The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-11-25 00:00:00

...piling ern the @object of the Manche.ter Meeting.
.r,r,,.,i4 to his estrsordioarv. Vier three months
they iwerd of nothing bet a lecrl mod peaceable Moo.
Inc. He oar clod to bro that ground aband..ned b.
In don. Gentlemen who mond the omeadmeut,
0. „Re...a that •hat Meeting we. illegal.
Ar.ll ERN EY *bowed on inch thing.
The SOLI C ITOR •(i ENERAI. eppretion.letl from
Iso now of the observatinns .4 the lionnurab4
thrt the inference of its illeolity was
quo istoligible. An linonorable Gentlemen oppo-
site, however, had out been an discreet and guarded.
Tofoogh the entire of big speech ho had pronounced
0, uterine a decidedly illegal nr,e.
Mr. SCARI.ETT (amidst cries of Order!) op.
ruled to the Right lion. Geologist. in the Chair,
whether, after the esplanation he had Oven lest Met,
tossaquence of what be convened to be an
laaury mliapprehensino, it was correct in the-116.n.
(indolent opposite to gnome the same 111110111111s1 he
had a@ decidedly contradicted,
Air. BANKEi, we believe, mid, that it had been
sometimes allowed to lion. Cowles's* to set • Ment.
Us right through the courtesy of an Member.
Th. SPEAKER said, that no explanation or npi.
Vim could be sore correct than that delivered by the

11 Ai. 611 embpr.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL preeeeded to ob.
term that there izisted
of
to wartant the charge
that the Legal Maisel s ef the Crown bad recommend.
etl le migairy. The principles of 11e Ref..r seers,
estbeywerecalled, were Amnia Parliament.,lilect ion
by ReUot,sed Universal Selfrage; or, in other words,
the overthrew If the Constitetion—( near, hear !)
sod their Smear was, that the fate of Charles and
Jammer:sired the prelim Ruler of the hinivile. Il .181,
eke had so mantes with Manchester, bad been
sent for I. preside at the Meeting, who, on the 25th
of July had presided at • similar Meeting at Swithield.
•t which Imbed asserted, that lb. Arts of Parliament'
since 1500 were not bidding no tbe county, and that
the National Debt aught not to be paid. In fact,
orders had been given to rewrote hies ctiminelly sill
the proceediegs at Sailibield had been sank in the
superior importance of those at Mancheater. Ilsr.
risen, On bad held similar longtime at Stockport,
bad been traced to ',gado.i and been arrested three.
To the use party belonged di boson and
who bed Inscribed ever his shop, " Ofire for Repel).
lino and Deistical writing." Hunt bad stated that
Meetings bad bees held for the purpose of playing at
'Wier., and that many at those Meetings haul fee.
merly belonged to the At troy and the Militia.—(
hem !)—A Sleeting of each a were as to molder,
alum, had been defined by the Lord Chief Justice to
be a riotous Sleeting, though no overt act of riot had
been committed. The standard, bore settees Inman.
sbtent with the principles of the Constitatine, end
the Magistrates had acted with the impost notion and
predence. The only creation Was, whether the
proceeding' were or were sot of a treasurable cbs.
Meter.

Mr. SCARLET"' explained.
Sir F. oultuErr considered the aspect which
the glair. of the coontry had pow assumed, was of
tee dew/Weed • character to admit of • doubt, et-
coot in the eves of those who were interested In the
system of petition Insrosed co this country, but
which she was no longer able In bear. The &due-
lion, from the arguments of the lion. and Learned
Gentleman. wnelll .how that there was no necessity
for chow; that !be esisri.nr laws were sufficiently
SM.,/ N.. pr..iviStumal knowledge of she 'oaf
tom .41,0, in oreer t•• nerietst-iod the gre.r
prittripie of tio• Consti.uti n ? No; nolt+lg more
than honest information could be required. It
was proasige that Ilse lion. am!
might 11,reaftet he Oersted to tt.. in p-rt•ist
tuition of • and that mitte.a file the
present might be brought hef..re him, *lsm than 'lnuitt
be his dec,.ion, if he ennaicirred brat the it 5..1.,
SlieStioh war 18,1 flit h as demanded •11.1,) ?
Gentleman ortiosi.s us hid to hate it said, that i,
was admitted by she sal plovers ..f the sinendrisent
that the Meeting at Manchester wsa oral ; hu
why did G•solrtoele bring forward the &rimed that
the Meeting should he considered Woad, utile..
they felt the necessity of having it viewed in that
light? Afurlfuri, enquiry woo, therefore, sego!
SI'S. Ilia blaj•st)*s Ministers bad caused the Print,
Regent In repress his satisfaction at she conduct lot
the Magistracy. Ile was persuaded, that his Royal
Highness, if left to the dictates of his o•n heart, *mild
hate hesi!•.ed, before he would have she; harried to
express satisfaction at the shedding of the blood of his
set jecta—bis thanks mere, however. given, and for
what? Not for f.obtarance, ant fur coolness of

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temper, end gentlemen of eat:duct, pot In haring
eontribeted to swim the People of lin‘land in the

recovery of their birth.rights. bet for theprompiness
displayed in the slaughter of the gnaltending persons,
men, women, sod children, en that melancholy or.
casino. Bet the Riot Act, that Act, which from she
Petted of its receiving the sweet • • the Legislature,
hid always been COM demi, ■ Disgrace to the Code of
England's had ben► 'kora by the lino. and
Leaned Gentleman as too ',sliest ; yet where, in
whet rises', by what poser, did it arthritis, the sm.
bring. the slagabler, the insider of *omen and child-
ten ? And was it now to be said, that forbearance
was tube considered at only caeseof dissatisfaction
There had beta en riot at Manchester became men had
assembled tbere,any were thaw there hod been treason.
Did the Riot Art, berme it ordered the disperson
of a eseititede, give getherity to the Magistrates to
butcher those who reeliined No, it constiteted
offence a felony, and a Joey of their reentry.
alone cosh! determine their gent. The intro.
iodate of military towa►ds car►ying into effect the
taws was not contemplated by the Legislature at the
rrind of passing that Act. Their introdersion was
indeed jgstified by Lord Msnsl•l!. Bet how was
it jostsfed ? By hating it declared Out they were
introduced only as citizens. for the pr lion and
support of the laws of the country. Bet they,
who were this introduced, were, although consi.
&red is citizen., to be viewed as mparticelar class,
‘4ll,ject to the severest punishments, in case they
!,.r a moment refused to obey the dictation of
,!srir loidegi. it wcs to be hoped that Ministers
4.4 ant desire the subversion of the Constitetion.—
l•et Mr. Heat, who was guilty more than •others,
idistaied remitired ;anal it ibelnirtyt class oat not
:rmurrnt, why was the head suffered to maws en-
`.rt. 2 Mr. Berl, oho sewed am wise Mao his