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Papers, that I am a Placeman ; the only place I hold.
at present, is thu one you have just been pleased to
confer upon me. I thank you for calling me to this
honourable situation, which, unlike many other ho-
nourable appointments, is unattended with emolu-
nients--(Cheer4—because this appoint:wit gives me
the right of declaring your sentiments in Parliament.
You have very properly instructed your Members to
support -the prayer of your Petition. I hope they
s. ill do so; as 1 have no right to condemn any men,
I:l,heard, I will take it for granted that' they will
0::ey these your instruc.ions—(hear, Lear).—if they.
do not, we shall then have an oppnrtunity of declar-
in our sentiments upon their conduct hereafter. •
Your Membes, I mean those who ale. at present
your Members;—(Cheers)—are in. the County, and
have had ample opportunity of coming forward this
day, and of tonvincing us- by their arguments—,
(Much laughter)—or at least being convinced against
their will by ours—(Applause)—of the justification .
or condemnation of the Manchester Magistrates
.and
Yeomanry Cavalry; for their conduct upon the late
lamentable transactions in that town. Gentlemen,
this has been• done elsewhere—the Honourable Mr.
Stuart Wortley /one of the Members for the rich,
populous, extensive, and independent County of
York),. did not remain absent from the late County
Meeting held there upon this subject, though he (Mr.
'Wirtley) was of different political opinions, and de-
cidedly aouinst some of the Resolutions then pro-
posed. Gentlemen, 4:WAS the duty of your Mem-
bers to attend this Meeting, which has been legally_
convened by the High Sheriff of this County, and
for which we return him our sincere thanks—(Loud
applause.) The first place of a Member of Parlia-
ment is the hustings, his second, his seat in the House
of Commons, supporting and watching over the in-
terests of his Constituents, and of the People at large
—(Applatise)—and they are not worthy of being
there, if they do not come and meet you here—(Ap-
p/usse). Gentlemen, as they do not attend, I can
only account for their absence by presuming that
they agree to the Resolutions this day proposed—
(Long and continued applause)—or perhaps because
they -have nothing to say—(Applause and laughter.)'
Gentlemen, hear me out, I mean that your. Members
have nothing to say in opposition to your Resolutions
—(Appferse.) Gentlemen, it gives me great satis-
faction to find, that the County of Westmoreland is
associating with its sister County of Cumberland,
which was the first in expressing its sentiments on the
late lamentable transactions at Manchester—our
brethren in Cumberland have done themselves im-
mortal honour, and we nobly follow their steps.
The.next is the populous County (I had almost said,
Kingdom) of York—the proceedings of that County
never can be forgotten by Englishmen or his Majesty's
Ministers—they will be remembered, not only on
account of the propriety of the Meeting, but on ac-
count of the characters there assembled—of the ad-

minable manner in which their proceedings were
conducted—and the honour, wealth, and respecta-
bility of the noble persons who led the way, and
joined heart and hand with the people of that ex-
tensive and very populous County. Only look at the
list—the first is the Duke of Norfolk, the Hefeditary
Earl Marshal of England, the first Nobleman of the
land. See him supported by Upwards of three. hun-
dred County Gentlemen, including Lord Fitzwilliam,
and many other Gentlemen, who, upon minor and
political opinions, differ from each other, and see
them all agreed upon this momentous question. See
these men, who put themselves at the head to demand
justice to e done to the People of England, by the
Government—{Lord applause.) One of the most
important features of that day were those very per-
sons who, from 1793, always stewed themselves most
alive to and fearful of the seditious Meetings attri-
buted by Mr. Pitt and his successors in office, to the
people. I particularly mean my Lord Fitzwilliam,,
a man of most excellent character, who always sup.
ported Mr. Pitt, and in general though; the Govern-
ment in the right, and the People in the wrong; now he
reverses the picture--(Louri and vaAanent applause.)
Gentlemen, I am convinced that all these Meetings
have been held in consequence of the loud expression
of the public voice against the proceedings at Man-
chester—against the approach to military aggression
—against the transgressors of the law, whoever they
may be, and for the purpose of securing to the Bri-
tish People, that most invaluable right of Petitioning
for a redress ofgrievances, which right has been at-
tempted to be wrested from them by military force.
It would appear that there are persons not very far
off. though not in Kendal or Westmoreland, I mean
Cumberlarid, who approve of the late proceedings
by the Ministers, the Magistracy, and Military, who
disavow the Constitutional principles expressed by
the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord
'Alilton, and others, at York.—l say it does appear,
from the Loyal Declaration, a copy of which I now
hold in my hand, and which was not brought for-
ward at any Public Meeting whatsoever—for if they
had called a Loyal Meeting in the County of Cum-
berland, myJlf and friends would have attended.—
We should not have staid away merely because it had
been called by persons entertaining different politi-1
cal sentiments from ourselves—if it had been called
atµ hitehaveu. the extremity of the County, or at
the village of Lowther, we should have attended and
opposed. They were a call in our debt—we having
legally called a County Meeting at Wigton, of
which you have heard the result from Mr. V ybergh.
'l'his Loyal Declaration, Gentlemen, is a smuggled
ene, and dares not be put to the test of any limited
number of Freeholders whatever. What will you
think of its contents or of its object, when I inform
you thit irhas been privately prepared and printed,
and Clandestinely circulated, sent into the shops and
dwelbngt of a select few, without even a printer',
name trei r. Brougham then read the Declarer
' Ten—Do not you think the °allusion
of tl a ptintir s lame tells volumes, and in any other;
than a tehjitf.
,Declaration, would have been visited'
with the'seskiest penalties of the law ?—[When Mr.
Brougham had read half of it, the Meeting appeared
weary of hearing it, and disgusted with its contents.]
Mr. Brougham proceeded—Gentlemen, it is very
long indeed, and extremely dull—(Great iaarghttr),
CrpOn Mr. Brougham reading the expressions of
" men bankrupt in character, in fortune," he said, did
these loyal parties mean, that the noble, honourable,
and respectable personages, who attended the County
Meeting at York, are disqualified for popular favour?
Are these men likely to4ncourage treason, sedition, or

rebellion ? Do these loyal people conceive that the
Noblemen I have alluded to are incompetent, and
have nothing to lose ? Do they conceive that their
stake in the country is of less consequence than the,
stake of the present Ministers, and their supporters?
Look at theirassurance, when they declare those per-
sons of rank and responsibility, to be the encouragers
,of wicked, desperate, and rebellious persons. I hope
they do not mean it, though I fear they do. What!
my Lord Fitzwilliam preaching up rebellion ! What
do you think or this paragraph, Gentlemen, That,
admitting lives were-lost at Manchester, yet greater,
and far more extensive evils must arise if the people
are allowed to assemble!' .What! greater evils than
-murder; and the loss of the principal liberties of a
British sub'pect? Yes, Gentlemen, they coßtemplate
this lbw; like. slaves, they beg his Royal: Highness to
recommen&restrictive measures and, like fawning
sycophants, they assure him they will cheerfully sub-
mit to citem—(Hear, hear, heal`.) What else is this,
Gentlemen, but to beg the Governmeit to take the
most speedy and effectual .means of destroying the
rights of the subject? Are they—Englishmen who
do this? I cannot believe it: I do hope that this
Loyal Declaration will riot receive the sanction of
any Freeholder of the County of Cunibirlitid;.:
any thing. so base, so pitiful, so low, such cowardly
conduct, I never before heard of—(Great applause.)
In Yorkshire, there are men who differed in opinions,
from the Noble Persons assembled at the late County
Meeting there, yet Mr. S. Wortley, to his immortal
honour, although he manfully opposed some of the
Resolutions, said he agreed with the People in the
right of Petitioning, and, in defence of that invalua-
ble right, he was ready to shed the last drop of his
blood. What a difference between Mr. S. Wortley
and some persons of the County of Cumberland—for
I will not call them men who have been so dastardly
as to frame so slavish a Declaration. I trust they
will find it impossible toprocure half a dozen signa-
tures, or even if they should get that paltry number,
it must only tend to chew the cioncempt in which
they are held, and the necessity of our this day at-
tending to enter our protest against changing the in-
valuable law of the land—(l.,nd applause).

Resolutions of Thanks were then passed to the
High and Under Sheriff; when the latter Gentleman
returned thanks and adjourned the Meeting, which
immediately separated without the slighest disorder.
After the business of the day was concluded, the
principal Requisitionists dined together. Mr. WY-
et M-I was in the Chair ; many excellent toasts were
given, and all party spirit avoided. Among others,
Mr. WYBERGH gave the healths of the Duke of Nor-
folk, Lord Fitzwilliam, &c. which were most loudly
cheered; and he then gave "Mr. Stuart Wortley," with
a warm eullogium on his manly conduct, and espe-
cially on his declaration, that he was ready to defend
with his Wool the right of the People to meet and
deliberate on their grievances. In the course of the
evening Mr. BROUGHAM gave, " The gallant. and
generous People of Ireland ; and may the lesson at
length be learnt, that to gain their affections-in good
earnest, is both wisdom and justice." -This was re-
ceived with the. greatest enthusiasm. The convivi-
ality of the Meeting was kept up till a late hour.

The Rev. Mr. Hwy, of Ackworth, (one of the Ma-
gistrates who officiated at Manchester on the 16th of
August, and who was afterwards delegated, along
with another Gentleman, to lay the true state of the
affair before Lord Stuxouni), received an express
last week, demanding his appearance in London.
The Reverend Gentleman immediately set out in a
chaise-and-four, which was in readiness for him.—
Preston Chronicle.

The leading Radicals are at this moment, as might
be expected from many parts of their conduct,
greatlf divided as to the line of conduct most ad-
visable at this moment. Major CARTWRIGHT stands
entirely aloof from Messrs. HUNT, THISTLEWOOD,
end WATSON, and leaves them to flounder as they
list in •the muddy pool. HUNT and TareTtawooo
have commenced a paper war. The latter has cir-
culated a letter in print, in. answer to the letter of
Mr. Huta (of which we gave an extract on Saturday),
whose conduct Mr. THISTLIWOOD arraigns in no very
measured terms. In addition to the abuse of Mr.
HUNT, which is very plentifully administered, Mr.
"fitisrutwoon recommends those Public Meetings to
be held which Mr. HUNT deprecates ; and asks, ,4 Is
there any law to prevent 1,000, or 1,000,000, or
more people, of these countries, to meet at one place,
or more places, in one day, with arms, or without
arms, with flags or without flags, at their option ?"
We have only room to give.another passage in the
letter ; and, indeed, nearly the whole of the rest
is mere personal attack ;. it is as fellows--:Ie jive it
as my opinion, my friends, !friss do not Stl with-
in a month, to bring your enemies to reason, to an-
swer your claims, your liberties are gone, for no man
can say to what distant period, or what other favour-
able opportunity ; and, if you are to fight for your
liberties, the longer you delay, the longer the fight
will continue." TntsTutwoon further charges Heal..
with breaking the heart of Mr. CLIARY. Mr. CLEARY
states in a subsequent letter, that (though labouring
under severe indisposition from his exertions at the
Westminster Election) nothing which could fall from
such a man as HUNT would break it, as falsehood
and imposture had no such effect on him (Mr. C.)
Another curious letter is also in circulation ad-
dressed by E. J. BLANDIORD to Mr. THISTLEWOOD,
charging Mr. Hoar with not accounting for five
pounds, which had been contributed by Mr. PEARSON
.towards the expense of the Smithfield Meeting ;
and likewise a letter of crimination from Doctor
WATSON to Mr. HUNT. We cannot throw away our
columns on such lengthy and useless productions.
The point that deserves most attentior from the
Public in the Radical Correspondence, is the fact
that all this bickering was elicited by the difficulties
which the united corps found to raise a balance of
some seven or eight pounds! stiU due on the expetises
of the Smithfield Meeting, or HUNT'S Procession into
London, or THISTLIWOOD'S Missioa to Manchester—
we have not tirue to examine which. Such is the
state of the Radical Treasury ! such the resources of
those who, we are taught, are to overturn the Con-
stitution !I!

Some years ago, a lunatic in Bedlam was asked,
" How he came to be there?"—He answered, " By
a dispute." " What dispute ?'—The poor Bedlamite
replied—" The world said I was mad ; I said OW
world was mad ; and they out-voted me r

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