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London, England, 1819-08-23 00:00:00

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THE FUNDS.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON►

MONDAY, AUGUST 216 1319.

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Nothing can be more natural than that individu.l
als who have incurred blame in the estimation of
any large portion of the community, whether on
well or ill-founded charges, should endeavour to
justify themselves by all the means within their
reach. Acting on this principle, the Magistrates of
Manchester, or their friends, procured a Meeting to
fie held in that place on Thursday, (of which we
ig arc some account on Saturday, and other particu-
lars will be found in our columns to-day,) for the
purpose of approving of their conduct on Monday
last. The proceeding would have been unblameahle,
had the meeting been public ; but from all the facts
we have been able to collect, ancl:we believe they
are-quite correct, the Meeting was select, and every
effort was employed to prevent any from being pre-
sent who could not approve of their whole conduct.
Of course the previously prepared Resolutions were
unanimously agreed to, and in due time will be
forthcoming for public inspection, with " due com-
ments and appropriate illustrations."
This, however, was but a preliminary—" a mere
step in the process to clearance." The first use to be
+made of this evidence was, to submit it to the Higher
Powers, who, ;t may well be supposed, had as yet
received do evidence of any necessity having existed
to call for a vigour so much beyond the law as had
been manifested at Manchester. Accordingly, no
sooner were the Resolution 3 carried in due form, than
they were immediately forwarded to London, to the
Reverend Mr. HAY, Rector of AckwOrth, in York-
qihire, Prebend of York, Scc. Chairman of the Quarter
Sessions, and leading Magistrate at Manchester,
and a Mr. TUOMAS HARDMAN, who had left .Man-
chester on Monday night, and arrived in town on
Tuesday night. On Vhdnesday a Cabinet Council had
been held, at which, we understand, all the Cabinet
Ministers, with the exception of the LORD CHANCEL-
Lon, were present, for the purpose of receiving and
deciding on the communication from this Manchester
Deputation ; and it was then resolved, it is said, that
Mr. Huy'r should be committed for High Treason.
In consequence of the recei)t of the above-men-
tioned Resolutions, on Saturday, at two o'clock, ano-
ther Cabinet Council was held at the Secretary of
State's Office for the llome Departm.;ct, Whitehall,
which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the
Earl of LIVERPOOL, the Duke of WELLlstrrou, Vis-
count SIDMOLITII, Viscount CASTLEREAGH, the Earl
llaTaturtsr, Sec.—The Council continued in delibera-
tion for upwards of an hour and a half.-.. The Ar-
comax and SOLICITOR GENERAL were in attendance.

Viscount CASTLERZAGII came to town on Saturday
morning from his seat at North Cray, to attend the
Council. His Lordship afterwards set off from the
foreign Office, on his return to North Cray.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL came to town from Combe
Wood on Saturday, to attend the Council, and after
it broke up the Noble Earl left town on his return.
Mr. Hoanouss, the Under Secretary of State,
was in close attendance during Saturday at the Office
of the Home Department.

Our limits do not allow us room for many obser-
•ations to day, having numetotss important commu-
nications to lay before our Readers. We must, there-
lore, for the present, confine ourselves to a few words
to the reading of the Riot Act, which the friends of
the Magistrates insist upon took place, previously to
the scene of blood—nay, according to some of their
injudicious advocates this " was effected (not in one
but) in several most coMpicuous situations !!" Advo-
cotes should never attempt to prove too much; but
this assertion happens to prove less than nothing.—
What can it matter how " compicuoue any place
may be, if what passes in it be done in a private
coom Not a cthesplasous, but an audible situation,
is that which should be selected for reading the
Riot Act.

It will be seen, however, from the subjoined arti-
cies, that the fact of the reading is not relieved in
this, though so much stress has
it on both sides, is, in out estima-
no importance whatever. This Act
for the purpose of enabling any man
convert that into a riot, which was
convert, by a kind of Magisterial
peaceable meeting into a riotous as-
is no such virtue in this Act ; and
iple question is, was there any riot
was read? slf there was not, the
armed men upon an unarmed and
ide, was an illegal act.
tilts LORD CALM Jgraucxe goia,

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Manchester: but
been laid upon i
tion, a fact of 111
was not passed fc
or set of men to c
mot so before—to
legerdemain, a p
semblage.' There
,
therefore the sing]
• before the Act 1+
sending in of ar
peaceable multituc
41:
it ill related of