The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-03 00:00:00

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Ministers had, by their prorfer
chester ten thousand times mere
and, a: far as his freb:e lowan
every thine to promote it, as fit
done. for theiPeople of that c
prndent l'eopie would go, as
under the 'protection and she

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togs, mhde the People now
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ay ...mild go tut far man
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er of guild meu.—(Load ap..

plause.)
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Mr. DRAPER denied that tpergwas,spe:lshe
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the period alluded to, coy necessity which sothoriek
the introdection of the measures resorted rnao-Mai
nisters and the Green Bag Committee.—(ills
was marked with moth-acclamation.) • - •
Mr. GALE JONES said, his priacipal object ie
rising was to propose that a word inserted 'II out
of the Resoletions might be left out, foe the
purpose of substituting another. It tots prOPostet• •
to the Meeting in one of the Resoluti .ns, to declare.
that they viewed with alarm the Suspension ofthe
Habeas Corpus. He would consent to a deelaraoor,
that they could view With alarm any manetere.thae;
could be ado!ited by so feeble an, Altninstration his
th 9 present.—(Gres! applamse.)—lle should vriS4
therefore, that the word alarm might he struck. reati
for the purpose of inserting that they viewed with ina,
dignation sorb a measutP. Ile would beg leave also
to offer another Resolution •or their iocceleaace.—e
They had all heard with horror the plain onvarnisha.
ed tale told by the persons who had that it,, stated
their case. Ile was desirous that EpPCific itejole,
tioll Illi4ht go forth indicative of the anttorrettre
which they held the practice of nsaaacii,g linnose he.
ings like so many cattle going to s fair. Toe
mortal Sterne had drawn a h.!art.renilieg picture If
the miseries of:solitary confinement ; toot how veal•
ly was it aggravated by the add; 104111 cruelty 44
loading a prisoner with heavy irons. Keglishmen
had long boasted they were free, and were now to
submit to be manacled like wild beasts or cattle sent
to a market ?—Was it possible for any msn to hear
the piteous tale told by the injured, insulted, op.
pressed individuals who had just addressed them with-
out feelings of disgust anti inward horror, espe-
cially considering that they ha.) been torn from so.
ciety, shackled like dogs, not like human beings, and
immured in dungeons on pretences for which it would
be almost a crime to brush a sly from the ta.
ble.—( Loud cheering )--An Englishman's heart.
: burned with virtuous indignation, when be thought
on such horrid barbarities being used, and considered
the quarter whence such barbarities were inflicted.
--(Cheers.)—At the present moment it was the daty
of the rational friends of 8...f00 m to adhere together,
notwithstanding the base, insidious attempts, made
use of to divide them. Tl:ey had in that Chair a
Reformer—a man who had steadily through life ad-
vocated the cause of humanity, and the principles of
the Constitution.—((sheering.)--The Ildrni, of Sir
Francis Burdett was justly revered, and not more
than due, for he was the unbiassed, unprejudiced,
inflesible Patriot.—(Cheers.)—Sir Francis did hii
duty, and he acted not from the base motive of seek-
ing a short.lived popularity, for on the contrary,
amidst odium the most unwarrantable and uncalled
for, he persevered to discharge his duty as an honest
l'atriot.—(Cheers.)—Never could Britain boast of a
more disinterested Patriot, never was time a mama
who so boldly and manfully scorned the aspersion,
cast on his character, whether these asperaieus were
uttered by the vile tongue of a pretended, but false
friend—(Cries of " Age, thist is Cobbett")—or that
of au usurping, tyrannizing despetism. (Overt.)
Lae
•the frietorts of Reform reme ober the old fable of the bun..
'tiled sticks. If theydividerl., their energ) was gone ; but
let them adhere, and corruption would tremble fro**
its.pisonscle. In their worthy and most respectable
.Chaitman they had a pledge, that while the People
had 'rights, he would be their invariable and un.
wearied Champion. Let Englishmen remember the
irons these individaals had been (*.tiered with, and let
them dead petit on some other day ‘‘ the iron may.
„enter their own soots." To be an Englishman and
a slave was an absurdity ; and let them !icier forget
Cutunibus, who through life bore in mind the indig;
uity he had suffered in wearing irons. Mr. Jane,
concluded by moving a Resolution to the following

effect
• That •he subjecting of Mr. Lynnsand his Son,together witlt
other., to ,runs three days and three nights; was a gross 'into.
lion of the law of the Laud, an outrage of honsattity, as in•atir
to the whole People of England, derogatory from me character
of t•nglishmen, and inconsistent with the principles of the En.;
tisk Constitution."
JOsLell MITCHELL, of LiverPonl, seconded the
Resolution, and proceeded to give a detail of his
sufferings while in confinement.
Ile then stated the circumstance of his having got
into company, while in London, with a notorious
fellow who pretended to be a friend to liberty. This
fellow was Oliver, and this man he introduced into
different parts of the country, supposing him to have
been equally friendly to the cause of freedom with
himself. He solemnly declared that neither he nor
the friend with whom he acted, had ewer contemplated
any act of Treason, nor had any other object in view,
than that of obtaining a Reform in Par liament by
legal and constitutional means. Ile assured the
Meeting, that although he had suffered the greatest•
hardships by an imprisonment of sis months, and by
being reduced to beggary, he was still as hearty in
the cause as ever.
Mr. WILLIAM CLIFIf then came forward to state a
few facts which he thought the Meeting should not
be ignorant of. He was, he said, another of these
unfortunate men whom the Government had laid hold
of as a fit subject for their persecution. Ott the 2011,
May last, as he was quietly working in his shop,
man whom he bad never seen before, came in, and
asked him whether he would go to a tavern in the
town, to see a Delegate from London. At first ite
refused, being busy about his work, but the stranger
pressed him to go very much, and told him that the
Delegate he was to see was expressly sent to Derby
by the friends of Reform in London, Sir F. Burdett,
Lord Cochrane, and. Major Cartwright. By this coop.
ment his curiosity was roused, and he cons,mted to
accompany the stranger to the tavern. ',lle *sr
introduced to this Delegate, and after some CO"`
versation he was informed that his name was Oliver.--
(Loud cries of shame !)—Olicer very freely talked or
Reform, and said that the Petitions presented to ear-
natant were of no use, that they would not be
listened to, and that the London people had come
to a determination to present no more. This L)e.
legate further stated, that the country ions in an or-
ganized state,_ and that particularly at Leeds it `vs'
with great difficulty that ttse People were kert ‘1."""
The he said, which Sir Fran ""4
to bring fctivard iu the Ll2Jse, would no: