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the security of thz State, attention to the wishes of the
People. isetAlliwnen-of rank, character, and respecta-
bility, inthe Country, unite and act thus, and the evil*
which threaten us may yet be happily averted. Let
them da otherwise, and the wcrst that the gloomiest
mind can forebode, will not equal the reality of what
there is reason to apprehend. Influenced by this
opinion—the opinion of one who asks no more credit
to his sentiments, than there :s reason in them—
azting from a sincerity of motive, which no man
Lying can impeach—(Much Cie:ring)—l have felt'
myself imperiously called upon to stand forward, on
the present occasion, in conjunction with those poli-
tical friends with whom I usually act, and in
consistency with those true Whig principles which
we have ever professed, and ever acted upon—prin-
ciples which, I am sorry to say, have, of late years,
been much out of fashion, and much misapprehended
by the People—butfrom which neither the frowns of
power, nor even the disfavour of the People, will
ever make us swerve—principles which bind us
equally to defend the Crown from the madness of
the People, as to defend the People from the en-
croachments of the Crown—(Hear, hear). Gentle-
men, I have now a complaint to make to you some-
what extraordinary, but no less true ; it is this, that
the case I have put into my hands, to advocate, is
too strong for me.
" Take it as you will, Gentlemen, the bare recital
of the fact,• without a single commert of mine, is
sufficient to carry your minds to every conclusion that
aspirit of truth can desire. I have done all I could,
Gentlemen, to make myself master of the real state
of the melancholy transactions of the 16th of August
last ; tut in vain have I sought for one single fact or
e!.,urhent which can justify or extenuate the sangui-
,,,-, character by which they are distinguished.—
at home, I have looked abroad among my
rolitical opponents for information, arid where could
1 look to better than to the notable Declaration of this
our City of Norwich?—(Flear, hear.)—Now, Gentle-
n.en, in this Declaration I do not find it said, or even
attempted to be insinuated, that the Meeting at Man-
chester on the 16th of August was illegal, or that
there was any tumult committed by the people. No,
Gentlemen, they could not tell such a story. Neither
do 1 find in this Declaration any one thing said to
justify or excuse the conduct of the Magistrates and
Yeomanry. Surely, Gentlemen, it must be a bad—a I
very bad cause, in defence of which nothing can be
said. But then there comes some Gentleman of lively
imagination, who has hit on the word fret:d.,e. ,
Vrejudge ! In the name of common sense, or cf
double-refined sophistry, how can inquiry be tor-
tured into prejudgment ?

The fact is, Gentlemen, that there is no case
pending—justice has been asked for, but justice has
been denied—the tribunals have been appealed to,
hut the tribunals have been shut against the injured.
We may say of Justice in this case, in the words of
the Poet—

" The Spanish fleet thou tacit not sec,

" For 'tis not yet in sight!"
The Coroner at Oldharn had tripped up the only sort
of argument or apology which the defenders of the
proceedings at Manchester had ; he had put off the
Inquest tc a period so remote, that he might as well
Lave put it off altbgether. As to the prosecution
against Hunt and others for Conspiracy, that can
I..ive no connection, either one way or other, .wfth the
conduct of the Manchester Magistrates and Yeci-1
Inanry. These men may be proved guilty, but that
not make the people who were killed and wound-
ed guilty. The only persons who have presumed to
prejudge in this matter are Ministers, who have pros-
tituted the sacred name of Majesty, to expiess appro..'
bation of measures which are a disgrace to humanity.
It is possible that Ministers may have had the Ite-
gent's personal concurrence to this approbation; it is
barely posible, that, with fleet horses and active
rides s, with wind and tide favouring, (for the Prince,
'be it remembered, was at sea,) to have obtained his
approval on the 21st, of what happened many hun.
Bred miles distant on the ltith ; it is possible, but I
believe it not"—(Load chee:ing.) The Noble Lord
thou proceeded at considerable length into a detailed
revi.:w of the conduct of Ministers with respect to
the recent Public Meetings in the country, from
which he deduced the conclusion, that they were pro-
ceeding on a systematic plan of putting down all
cpposition to their measures by the power of the
sword, and that the massacre at Manchester was
only a part of that system.

" When," he continued, " the human mind isshocked
and disgusted, it naturally turns round in quest of
some circumstances of alleviation or justification.
'Il-c minds of Englishmen have done so on this oc•
casion—and consolation they have found none. The
co:rse of justice has been interrupted—and it is in-
quiry into the cause that we demand. Let political
feelings once mingle themselves with the adminis-
tration of the laws, and there will be an end of all se-
cmity to our lives and properties—the word liberty
lt of our language—and no more'
proud-sounding name offree-born
te Noble Lord concluded a speech
and ability, of which, we regret
id limits, have allowed us to give
by moving the following series of

ance which, in their judgment is, or mt..), grove to be itijarloas
to the life, liberty, or property of she subject.
X. That every attempt to disperse by force such an Antra-
-1 bly, as long u the persons met together conduct themselves
peaceably, and no overt act of riot is committedrcannot be too
strongly reprobated.
3. That it appears to us that the Magistrates of Manchester
did, on the 16th of August last, authorize the Military to dis-
perse by force a Meeting not proved to be illegal, without suffi-
cient ground to justify so harsh a measure, and even witho4
having given due notice of their intention; and that moreover
the Military appear to have carried their orders into effect with-
out displaying that moderation and lenity which should always
be exercised on the most legitimate of such occasions.
4. That though every friend to real liberty must cordially de-
precate the danger of licentious tumult, yet it ought never to be
forgotten, that an attack upon our constitutional rights, under the
mask of attachment to order and government, is (to say the least
of it) equally dangerous.

5. That we observe, with deep concern, that his Majesty's
Ministers hive so precipitately given the weighty unction of his
Royal Highness the Prince Regent's approbation to measures of
so dubious a character; and we deeply deplore the advice re-
cently given to his Royal Highneu to dismiss from the Lord
Liebtenantey of the West Riding of the County of York, a No-
bleman eminent for his virtues, his loyalty, and his patriotism,
solely upon the ground of his having concurred with the County
of York in petitioning the Throne for iqgniry into matters so
deeply interesting both to the People and the Prince.
6. It is, therefore, resolved, that a Petition be presented to
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, most earnestly
riirlest-
log him to recommend to the immediate consideration of Par-
liament, the necessity of instituting an accurate and solemn in-
quiry into the real state of those unfortunate transactions, which
have excited for some weeks past, and still continue to excite,
an alarming degree of ferment on the public mind.

S. T. SountweLL, Esq. rose, amidst loud cheers,
to second the Resolutions moved by the Noble Lord,
and felt happy in having his name associated with
such a man, and in so honourable a cause. The Con-
stitution of England, formed on the principles of
freedom and on the reciprocal duty of protection and
obedience, had been grossly violated. History was
full of instances of the patient submission and obedi-
ence of the people, when under the protection of the
laws ; but at no period was it greater than in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth, who, although surrounded
with difficulties, and by no means free from faults,
evinced a constant wish to protect, and an eternal
love for, the People ; while they, in return, were obe-
dient, and there was not an instance of insurrection
in her long and glorious reign. When the Stuarts,
who succeeded, attempted to govern by a model of
their own, the people rose as one man, and expelled
tl-.o:e. This Revolution did not create, but re-esta-
ul'slleJ the Constitution of the Country. From this
time to the lath of August last, a period of 130
years, protection was never so abruptly denied as it
has been in the present instance ; and if we do not
cause a strict e:.quiry to be instituted, our liberties
are o:ertarned by the events of a single day. My
Noble Friend who has preceded me, wished this
County to be the first to espress its opinion on the
foul deeds at Manchester ; but it is gratifying that
the great, opulent, and independent County of
York should have taken the lead—( Hear, hear.)
The Meeting at York was more numerous, not more
respectable than this, and the Members for the County
attended both. At York, Mr. Stuart Wortley as-
serted, that Parliament could do nothing but refer
the matter to a Court of Justice. But does he call it
nothing to have Parliament, assembled and supported
by their Constituents, and those who ought to be
their Constituents, demanding a legal investigation?
Is it nothing to prevent tumult, disorder, and confu-
sion ? • It is in fast more than half our request. Is
it nothing to prevent Justice and Courts of Law from
being twisted into engines of oppression? But Par-
liament can do more. There is such a thing as a
High Court of Parliament—and will they be afraid
to institute it ? (" Yes, they are too corrupt," from
the erotvd ).—No, Gentlemen, continued Mr. South-
well, I hope not ; but that they will institute a High
Court of Parliament, and the impeachment of Lord
Sjdmouth. I am an humble individual—so are we
all : but, united, we are all-powerful; and we must
insist on our County Members calling for inquiry,
and, if possible, for impeachment. The character of
the Sovereign is the property of every man—and we
must protect it against the wicked Ministers who
have impiously and treasonably dared to use the
name of the Prince Regent in the approbation of
measures which his soul must, and does abhor, We
must therefore give him an opportunity of vindi-
cating himself, and separating the Sovereign from
the Minister. Since the Revolution, the personal
character of the Sovereign has been little inquired
into, bet it has often been exercised for the pro-
tection of the Rights of the Subject—(Applause).
When the Earl of Albemarle, the grandfather of the
present Representative of that Noble House, was
Ambassador in France, he found an oppressed Eng-
lishman in the Bastile, that necessary appendage of
a Military Government. The worthy representative
of his Sovereign knew he could do nothing more
grateful to his Royal Master, and he would not quit
Paris until he had obtained the release of his coun-
tryman. Those times were better than the present.
The Ministers were good men, and not like those of
our day, whose talents are even below their charac-
ter. Humble as I am, I will not yield to any man
in attachment to my country, and none can feel
more sensible regret than I do at the melancholy oc-
casion of this Meeting. I therefore most heartily
second the Resolutions moved by the Noble Lord.
Mr. E. WODZIIOVSE, • M. P. Member for the
County, now stepped forward, but it was with the
utmost difficulty he could procure a hearing, for morel

than a few unconnected words at a time. As far as
we could collect what he said, he dissented from the
proposed Resolutions, on the grodnd, that the con-
duet of the Manchester Magistrates and Yeomanry
was under a course of judicial investigation.—(The
hooting and clamour at Mit assertion, was (suasive.)
That it was the firm conviction of his soul, that there
was a faction at work, of which Satan himself was the
leader, and whose covenitt was to destroy ; and that
the right of petitioning had got into the hands of
demagogues and levellers, who bad made use of it
a dagger to stab at the very vitals of the Consti-
tution. " I prefer," said Mr. Wodehouse, in conclud-
ing, " waiting patiently, but firmly, the quiet course
of the law, to embarking on a sea of peril, and being,
thereby instrumental to a course which must lead to
the utter rain and destruction of the Liberties of the
country."

T. W. Cora, Esq. M.P. rose amidst the most tu-
multuous applause, and the hisses of a few of his
political opponents. After this had subsided, he cons-
menced :—" Mr. High Sheriff, I thaak you for the
readiness with which you have acceded to the Requi-
sition, and afforded me an opportunitrof expressing
my sentiments on an occasion of so much importance.
Thanks are also dee to the Noble Lord near me; and
the other Gentlemen who signed the Requisition.
Gentlemen, I never addressed you with so much
anxiety as I do at this moment. I have often told
you, it was my firm conviction that the object of the
Governmeot vas to rule by military despotism. In
confirmation of this assertion, I shall avoid the ground
.gone over by my Noble Friend, Lord Albemarle,
with so much ability. But, Gentlemen, it is impossible
to speak of the transactions, which we all view with
horror, without expressing our abhorrence of them.
We have been told that Christianity has been assailed;
but was it ever set grossly violated as in the conduct
of the Manchester Magistrates and Yeomen ?
Gentlemen, it is not a political question on which we
are met this day, it is to-teek inquiry into those foul
transactions: it is our right to demand it ; and if an
inquiry is not instituted, we are no longer entitled to
the name of freemen. This, Gentlemen, is not a
question of Whig or Tory, but one that appeals to
the heart of every Englishman. Were this a party
question, I would not shrink from the defence of that
to which I have been so long attached—for what is
it that the Whigs have not done for you, and what
have the Tories done ? The question of the proceed-
ings at Manchester has been so often discussed, that
it is unnecessary that I should enter largely into it ;
bat I must not omit to notice the plot which has
existed on the part of Government for some years.--
Twice within the List three years has the Habeas
Corpus Act been suspended, through the artful re•
presentation of Ministers ; and so well did they con-
ceal their share in the plot, that they succeeded in
obtaining the support of Earl Fitzwilliam to the mea-
sure; but when that virtuous and estimable Nobleman
found that the plot was formed by Ministers, and the
dangers imaginary, he would go no farther with them.
I would never withhold the necessary support to Go-

vernment ; but, Gentlemen, I can never suffer my un-
offending countrymen to be cut down, without raising
my feeble voice to protest against the outrage.—
To prove the share Ministers have had hi occasioning
the ferment of the public mind, it is only necessary
to glance at the Meetings held in different parts of
the Country, within the last two years. The first
IMeeting at Spa Fields was found to have principally
originated with Government Spies; but all those that
have not been thus excited have been peaceable.
The first Meeting at Leeds did not take place until
the poor distressed People had made applicition for
work to every quarter, but without success. They
then met to know what they should do ? At this
Meeting ten thousand persons were assembled, which
the Government hireling Papers swelled to twenty or
thirty thousand. At the second Meeting at Leeds,
not more than .5,000 were present; and a third did
not exceed 2,000. The cause for which they met
was dying a natural death. Government saw this,
and despaired of making a riot, until the Meeting at
Manchester, with the horrible proceedings at which,
Ministers have completely identified themselves, and
prostituted the sacred name of Majesty to sanction
an outrage which humanity abhors. On that eventful
day, Major Cochrane rode to the right and left, and
saved the lives of many of our countrymen from
the wanton attack ; but one poor woman, who co.
vered her face with her hands, that she might both
protect herself and avoid the appalling sight, was
cut down by the sabre of a Yeoman, before he was
able to protect her. Now, Gentlemen, is there one
individual amongst you, that can doubt the amessity
lof an inquiry into transactions of such a character?
I No—not even my worthy Colleague, for whom
entertain the highest respect, can doubt
For my own part, Gentlemen, I can do nothingmore
than in exercising that trust in Parliament with which
you have honoured me. Those who know me best,
' know I am a domestic and peaceable man; but I
hope I shall never be wanting in advocating the
liberties amp countrymen by whomsoever they may
be attacked ; and I can truly say with that great man,
Mr. Fox. that I declare to Goa I wish to live no
longer than I can live free.' Gentlemen, the Gag-
ging Bills, the Suspension of the Habeas 'Corpus
Act, and all the restrictions on our liberties, are of a
piece with the transactions at Manchester. Minis-

tens have been syitematic in their conduct ; and they
are now bringing forward 12,000 additional men far

active service. Why have
constitutional farce of the coul
they are afraid of trusting the
of the Coroner's Inquest at 1/4
have taken place if the Coroner
of Ministers. Gentlemen, there
and I do not know but this
we may have--(Cries of Ni
may not be the case ; but
other unconstitutional restr:
adopted. That amiable
Liam, whom to know is to esteem,
from a high office for doing •
People, who w: re pleased
ducted themselves peaceably,
'firmly and conscientiously believe
the Meeting at York did go
nisters found they must dism;
the courage and the honesty t
countrymen in asserting the
and protesting against their
tary force.

The Hon. EDWARD HARI
Suffield, the Lord Lieutenant
addressed the Meeting, at some
man of no patty—he defied
his adherence—he came forwart
occasion on the most independent
not without a very considerable
feeling. A great apparent
Rights of Englishmen had
he would join most cordia'
enquiry should be made it
visited on the guilty. He
rilous placard against Mr.
very liberally distributed
culatid to inflame the public
not insult the good sense of
it,but would treat it with that
merited. (Here the Hon. Gem
obnoxious placard under his
The Hon. Mr. PRIMROSE,
should not have intruded my,
my name been in the ReqL
Meeting this day. This, Gent
ount of my not supporting
friends who have preceded mi
crisis, it is the duty of every
berties of his country, which
just administration oC the laws.
sentiments a man 'Way possess,
and a stake in the country,
and declare it, and not act
good can arise from the propagation
aeons in a corner ? What, Gentlemen,
persons in your situation ?—x
petition, butjo call the anent
of the Parliament to events
Gentlemen, I am not bount
debted to one more than
Parliament. I am "as free
But, hnwever We may differ
jests, all must allow, that in t
Manchester, there must have
or the other. On that dreadfi
August, hundreds of our fi
wounded by a military force,
they could possibly inquire
made themselves a party in the
our Meeting this day, produce
these events in a course of jT
that the Magistrates will
right ; and we should be lost
stand up fer the law when imi
But, Gentlemen, Parliament •
journed Inquest at Oldham;
which never before occurred.
adjourned for six weeks. It
business of Parliament to gi'
the execution of the laws,
judgment of the case; but
ing enough before it to
That country is lost indeed,
where the laws are perverted
the proud boast of an Engli
equal law for rich and poor,
if the administration of justice
rather, much rather, that the .
however deep their crime, shoe
guilty, receive a free pardon,
should take place. This the "
but let the inquiry be fairly made,
to the Counts', that there is I
hesitate not.to &dare, that k
man that now Mors me, those
to subvert al taw, all
. " lenkniombilirhave w .
117-alireille, Wry other—lant .1
Intl wish um to stand in a
lions, 1 with not to prejudge
to inquire.
Mr. M. PALMER, of Yarny
are nos arrived at a crisis,
stand in the gap, and stop the
which threatens to sweep away
all that is dear to us. The
(Mr. Wodehouse) tells us, that
of petitioning in the hands of
made use of it as a dagger to
the Constitution; but does not
the Ministers who have brougt•
stab the Constitution much more

must be blotted out of our language—and no more
shall we boast of the proud-sounding name offree-born
Englishmen." The Noble Lord concluded a speech
of great eloquence and ability, of which, we regret
that our time and limits, have allowed us to give
but a faint outline, by moving the following series of
rtcsolittions :
r. That (ht. People of this country have a clear eorstitutionat
eptlt to us::utile tsr the purpose of discussing any political
44,itiaa, and of petitioStrig for the redress of any political ploy-
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that contempt it so j
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s feet.)
M. Gentlemen
syself on your notice, ••
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,entlemen, was not on
ng the measures of -
me ; for, in this air.'
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:h can only be done br
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he should come f.
:t in the dark; for .
)pagation of political
Gentlemen, is the dot,
-what the sacred risk
:ention of the Prince •
which demand enqu',
nd to any party, nor',
another for my seat
t as air."—(Cheers.)
r in opinion on other •
a the melancholy aim
re been faults on one '
readful day, the 16th
fellow-countrymen •
ce, and Ministers, bef
e into the circums.
the transaction. Sh•
lute the effect of pla
judicial inquiry, I •
prove that they •
ost indeed, if we did
impartially adminis
it will meet before the
r; yes, meet, with a
ed—an Inquest of d
t has often been the f.
give additional force •
but never upon a •
t as a Grand Jury •
institute an inquiry
ed, and beyond teem.:
d to party purposes: a.
Tishman, that there 4 •
, can be made no lon•
,ce can be stifled. I en'
Manchester Magis
should,• on being f
lon, than that no icq'
e Sovereign could do
made, and let us p
s still one law for all.
k detest, as much as
those publications sr• •
1 religion, and all • •
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nouth.—" Gentlemen, '
when it is necessal7
the torrent of DesPo
cay all that is valu ab'••
be Honourable Metn
at we have seen the rig
of demagogues, who
to stab the very vitals
not the continuation
ben us into ibis situa:;
more deeply: The
—..sceseena

.416th cf August make our blood boil ; but I
calm when 1 notice them. That Meeting was
ab1e.....n0t 2 stone was thrown, Until Mr. Hunt
vrested. (Mr. WodehOuse here Asked Mr.
it. the Meeting wAs constitutional?) I say,
i; VS constitutional. Our Second estattLes,
sa an Act of Parliament to prevent an pets-
-. never went so far as die Ministers of our day.
,:jj no: use military force, although, like them,
mi. the address to get Loyal Declarations from
mple. Tne Declarationists of both periods
the same character; but I warn those of the
Liar to beware, lest when they have over-
`ic Constitution, and trampled our liberties

.:r feet, they do not call for the support and
ton of those laws over which they have tri-
. llow have those laws been violated at the
at Oldham ! Mr. Ferrand, when on other
• Lancaster, sends his hackney clerk to hold
inquiry, and afterwards causes the body

Isinterred in the dead of night, and steals in
' obscurity to view it. Will the Declare...
indicate this conduct? they who have already
r. Hunt under their protection, and are so
as not to wish any inquiry until the trial of

i, which has nothing whatever to do with the

.as taken place."
INDER•SHERIIII/ now read the Resolutions,
were put seriatins, and carried unanimously—
lake opposition of fivelhands against one
and two against another, could be said to
, general harmony. The Steward of Lord
,:se, a Fite-Major, and an Attorney's Clerk,
1,; those who thus distinguished themselves.
)mst (late High Sheriff of the County) would
the Meeting by any observations on a sub-
, had been argued so ably. He would not
the gnebtiorr. GoD forbid that any person
it; but they had a right to demand en.
proceedings. He moved an Address
,nice Regent.
Rcv. Mr. Ntve6ouisz, a Genaeman whose

tutor to the late Mr. Fox, rose to second
Address. L hid been said, he observed, that
who supported, inquiry in the present case,
supporters of atheism and irreligion. He re=
the imputation, and defied the slanderers to
• thing in the Requisition, the proposed Re-
or the Address, which could possibly bear
.iop. It was in the talkie tit justice and
that he came forward, anci In such a cause
support never should be wincing. For the
of the insulted Majesty of the Laws of tht
the sake of their lives and liberties, and
and liberties of their posterity—they iiieke
called upon to stand forward and demand,
on the present occasion. Inquiry esesit take
try must sit in judgment upon it: and,
the case does come before a Jury, it will be
.ht, since Ministers have given their opinion of
utions at Manchester, that the Jury should
::re before them the opinion of the People of
of a whcle People, in a just
is like Tru:ss—it is great, and must prevail.
Cxn6a-Sureir7 then read the Address, which
:the followir.g terms, and on being put to the
it was adopted unanimously :

We, the Noblemen, Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders
Cianty of Norfolk, firmly attached to the Griernment
'Bader which we live, and to the Family ealled by the
ts the Throne, for the preserendon of their liberties, pre-
, -bait to your Royal tEghness this their Petition, with
bv.nrninit dutiful subjects, yet with all the confi-
freemen.

UL:a! as ft must evc:- be to us to approach your Royal
au7 other lanotage than that of congratulation,
• sip should mglect a paramount duty to your Royal

cartekt-s, and (Air posterity, if we hesitated longer to

:a• t,) you the fertnent which recent domestic events have
1 intb•• mind, and w, hich, we are conscientiously
J, tLat couneds the most concilirori, just, and patrio-
Je l'one calculated to allay. ruder these impressions, we
!to atZtt to your Royal Highness, that the transactions
icheittr, of the I'th of August last, and not less the va-
irrionlinary proceedings that have grown out of them,
11:1:d fur investigation the most solemn and effectual ; for,
;:c •vbatever apprehensions the times in which we live may
' ;:'en rise in the breasts of men, however they may differ
true character and causes of the existing discontents;
'+• it least, the great mass of the Nation is agreed, that the
public danger must augment, rather than dinihsish, tie
ty cf adhering rigidly to the spirit of the Constitution's
rE2ettiog scrupulously the People's rights-. The harp-
do of the sword of authority, arbitrarily or wantonly
'taint the Citizen, can never be the means of protecting
nutudwi, which, in the very act, it violates, nor of pre-
th' Legal Institutions of a free Country, which it so-

far, a-, far as the public are hitherto informed, a great out-
ts hzve been conimitted on a large body of people, as-
the exercise of a right, (which the law indeed is
'l7 'nuke, but which power cannot abrogate), to
the throne for this redress of a supposed public grit,"
How far such assembly mai have ken discreetly
together, or how far the redress it sought was in itself
1.71e7 ..re serious questions ; but not such as Ira can stop to
white it yet rentains unexplained, to the satisfaction of
'7ll why the blood of the people,o assembled was shod
.cis of riot or illegal violence OR their parts, have hi-
tc rasde manifest, nor e'en if such acts had been coin_
'ids is appear that the People were esanqilde allowed the
tll4l warning which the tenderness of British Law
on sada occasions.
b.rc strement of an occurrence so deplorable, we'
w,,utd Lave spontaneously called forth from your
F:;,.....ess's pates nal feelings, a prompt espressies of re-
, 4 Pl:dee your people of a satisfactory inqulrf ; but, to
irc.Lntnt 01 tt% country, no sooner bad the sad tidings
:lIIIIIers of the Crown, than, with a strange precl-
' 7c Prejudged the conduct of the partied con-
s `t":ri. in your Royal Highness's name, the Ugh-

loth of August
cairn when 1 110tiCI
~e3bio--not 2 stone W:
2... rested. (Mr. WI
the Meeting ro
constitutiona
pct as Act of Parlia
never went so far
no: use military f
the address to get
The Decla
of the same charactt
dap to beware, 1
, . the Constitution,
thcir feet, they do r
. :ion of those laws
Row have tho 4
at Oldham ! Dlt
~ at Lancaster, sem
stiletto inquiry, and a
kdisinterred in the do
and obscurity to •
:15 vindicate this coed'
.. Mr. Hunt under th
:e as not to wish an:
.121, which has nothi
:ion, has taken place.
Ile UNDER-SHERIFF 1
;:h were put seriatins,
finwidable oppositin
Annan, and two again
.rb the general harms
L'ehause, a Fife-Major,
.eaiaani; those who thi
.Lostsz (late High
drain the Meeting by
. which had been argue
badge the qUestion. C
do it; but they ha
' into the proceeding
the Prince Regent.
e Rcv. Mr. Ntve6o
was tutor to the la
Address. It had be
who supported. inc
supporters of athei
h. the imputation, a
• any thing in the He
ORS, or the Address,
• construction. It was
.ity that he came fc
support never shout
of the insulted Ma
y-for the sake of
lives and liberties of
ably called upon to
airy on the present oc
a Jury must sit it
• the case does con
right, since Ministers
transactions at Mancl
before them tl
Re voice of
,e; is iliac Tre:ll—it i.
se UNCIZR-SHERIF7 t:
• in the followir.g tern
it vas adopted una
We, the Noblevr.en, Geo
County of Norfolk, An
Law under which we live,
to the Throne, for the
.4,innit to your RisTal
twrodtt becoming dutiful
of freemen. .
tal:u as it must ever
in 7 ot!.rr lane
we should ncgleci
▪ cursekt-s, and (Jur
nl t., you the ftrinent
in th- p4t.lie mind, a.
'4,4,1, that cGunsels the r
•:re Lone calculated to all
.e to state to your Roy
rancbestcr, of the Mth
innordinary proceedi
fur investigation ti
•vliaievsr apprelensii
' ;:'en rise in the breast
ht.', true character and
haws the great ma,
public danger must
.."'"y a adhering rigidly
if
rtl?etting scrupulous
die of the sword of
against the Citizen, ca
Chthitudon, which, in t
'4g the Legal Instiuttior
hr, as far as the publit
•-, ?tars to Lye been con
in the exercise of
t to reigu4tes but
-41 the throne for the
How far such ass
• together, or how f,
serious quest
Whit: it yet relluit
. why the blood c
.cts of riot or ill
get. r
made manifest,
.i
4:e(7sappear that 11
of iilat war:ling
szsia occasions.
the lure strement c
YNW(! have 31
..7.:t.:4;;Liesi's paternal
elolee your pt
'.l4:sta.ntra of th_ co
••st :aouilers tt
' 7t
tt
ye