The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-20 00:00:00

hot de prasectioe of iliaiSters, stas boaad ti Ity_those Mistimes
apes their awn evidence. to doe retry Mout Lot tome mak&
Ss their favour. but so slat their MOO tits-miry taiat that roight
pissably go against them.-{Hear. beer?]- lt was apes that
viand be cooteaded foi refertlu the preset* Pettroa. naiad
Petitions of a own lar aasete. Mid were iampect-
fel Luartage. la the Committee. The Uttar was sot tobligated
to form dialect opiaiatos dpola e.d. it arid.: poodle that it
amid do so. bet it was mrsesitedhly its its Pow& is Mot
them so the Comlnee, Mee to he dealt with amordistras they
deserve. He was *stoutly immeowed wish the tasisart.
Jam or the gitestion I Weddle there That oneorion more
thee umber, *appeared so bias he which lm-
the -SWON in all
bemired the Misers aad she Peap*-
or tlttasil sat be Wily head ?-(Mter, breol-1 °4e
the! bare shat the mild Wok Ow Paedsmollßilar re-
draw. whew. • diet 1111 hod have misted by
she seduetiows of Gorrerammit **estimated teem sow.
moire isid debit P ISereitetels hid dpolt itsakidost
character but was it a fair sae 41 maim of Os alammer
srf aav \meter basieveliet, Se Mime that
to pet-lake*, am if a pow Orthisier *he retied opt=
toe redeems oars bear. bear :It elaid to miser
his ollorlaims Trysails. ..a= we.owarw ma.
me they are ad ism of you
are wrong. tad we will sear dem morifievideamillee was to the
fact, that Ministers mood so hi. ia-theestimatioa isetbelabblies
ar was there not a feeling w Mast doom that it was pomade&
rate might be made dit *Mese dem, WAIF Iflfstasdiet the purity
of their fame. very dilkettat to ism complesim and degree hubs
what was likele to be entrained from their, ass Greta Sae.—
[Hear 1-The Itepurt of the Committee of lot year, admitted
that moue parting Ode disturbances was to be auribisted to de
cooshot oldie agates employed by Gramm-mewl S amid mosey per.
vim believed at this sweat. that the greater pots, if sot the
whole of tbe iasurrersionory spirit was fusiented by the is-
shit' ry Spies sad lafs-noers. The dittrevies of the times
had Arson numbers oat of employ uest. Oisrem produced
d,sciiiiteiss :tail the dames of discosceut were easily blast' into
rebellion ;is t.iose who haJ so ioterest in the d:-order of the
country. Were they net bindd to ampoite even with regard to
those yofortustate permits who had sari:red the stowed of she
o !ember they had acted ou a system conceried otoonisa
thenivelves, or whether they were encouraged and betrayed
by Informers ? Ibe friends of 111 Oldsters cowevraded, met their
wigwam ezertions preserved the peace of Sc courts" Their
°Arms-els were of °plaids, that toes,. ousiz.ken *ad 'directed
inserfereact dimirbed it. dere they aese directly at isvve ;
enquiry &lose could decide it. There sac MO loathes* point to
be . ousideted in the ontset-shat tort of euquiry shoe d they
gt into ?--[He,r!) - ••ald they examine the internal situ-
of the calamity ? :tts Majesty's Ministers sake so,
could they refuse to bear the Pentimb Hinge-nate .1 that me-
i atiou Would they review the evader( of Ministers through
the stink of the Late transactions ? - The Milliners said. yes
it so, could they reffee Sw bear the charges :bade egoism
them, ani submit to the degrading faun of neihnurered action.'
lour) The Petitioners demanded trial. and sere related 1 they
now demaNdetb enqiiiry, woaid is be decent to Peruse thew?—
The Ministers were 00 their trial, OM in open Court Wove
;ad and their country. but in their own daub chamber, before
their own Secret Cnorisittee. Wso ant that very circonestance
rami_» to ratite suspicosit I - [Hear!) -That Flavor was mot
consider the feelings of Ministers. bat Me general feeling of the
country. There ass as peso who most not admit that there
was torch mystery in she whole of those proceedonet. Esquiry
ww,fherefoie neeessae), as well to protect shear Owe character.
as to du justice so the People, who always bad, and al nay s
would. last to Parliament for protectiost. w loot as Parliament
maifeited a disposition to calmed it. If say question were
brow& before the Howie. is which alioisters had um cowers;
if uuy Bur. of a private mature was istrodoc d, aml that Pei-
' lions were presented against its ellsetaleffi. wide fetishist would
, be ieferred to the Csswooittee on the Hill as measlier of tune.
He thought it would. hose bees se ia the preset imemer
fur the isportaace of the occallioll. so fat Ass jostqrou.
e deviates. wird ammilboolley the it te
I rule, list be fogad that be was awaken is his esemitaises
from Nielsen. Wiest be was last ia sows, he intended to
have made a Smiler Minion, to *hid be did not contemplate
that any objection would he made. radii* that It would be
rented, be had takes time to coasidet. and be hoped the Howse
would not otsrlak frees lbedikhatir of its only. Iles labedshin
couclseded with eremitic that the Petitions &odd be Prettied so
the Committee of Secrecy.
Lord Si DM ourli observed, that the Noble Laird'
had confined his speech to olio strong eabortatios,
upon the general ground that all Petitions ought to be
received and referred to the Committee for the per-
pose of enquiry. This was a sweeping propositiert,
it amounted to so less than this, that any Petei
however calumnious or !Hotlines its contents, t::
titled only that it eta couched ia langeage respecifirt
to the House, was entitled to their attentioa. lie
was confident that their Lordships we refuse thole
assent to a principle of each deuterons latitude.--1
Th. Noble Lord wished to have the Petitions referred
to s Committee of Secrecy. There was as mode of in-
vestigation, supposing their cootie's entitled theert
to be considered, which appeared to his jedgeseet so
exceptionable as that. He would defy tho Noble
Lord to prose that such Petitions were so dealt wire
in any single lenience. If a case of hardship was
wade out, the meal coarse was to refer it, not to a
secret, bat a Select Committee. lie was sun the
House would perceive, that without more Informs-
', lion than ass contained in the Positions, it would be
unfit to refer them to any Committee, meek sore to
such • one as was now proposed. One of the Pod.
tioners undertook to prove the decorous sad pre-
privy of the Meeting held on the lush of March Mat
Manchester, but the Howse had esiderice epee that
subject already ; they bad the opinion of their Coes,
mutest. The Petitioner consplaised that be was add
tacked on that day by a riotous seri dreeskee
Jerry • but what was the fact? the Magistastes bed
received information that it was the intesitioa, after
the Sleeting, to proceed in a body to the Metropolis.
in order to enforce the compliaace of theSesereige with
their demands. Accordingly they applied to Gomel-
meat for warrants 'pion the persons suspected. Soma
of the most prominent were arrested two days before
the Meeting took place; bet the infatuated people,
though deprived of some of their leaders. persevered is
their intention to assemble, sad the Magistrates
adopted the wise precastioe of goardiwg against the
consequences of a tameltsows assembly. They keel,
that tne civil poser was not sufficient for this per.
pose. and applied to Sir James By for a military
force. About the same time, he (Lori Sidesoath)
felt it his dot,' to issue a warrant against the Pe&
timer, who was taken in the sit of addressing in.
llammotory language to the meskitode. The Riot
Act having been previously reed by Mr. Holland
Watson, WO persons were attested for *smokes*,
conduct at the Meeting. The character of Sir Jas.
Byng was a security against any improper severity
014 the part of the soldiers seder his command ; sod
he bad received the most satisfactory aseereacea
from the Magistrates sad other iudiseduals, that the
military conducted theasseites with the greatest
derails° red prepriety. Surritras the iosoleoce cos-
*amid de 11,9 i 100 the authority epee which he
*Ma amip sogiold, that the was talien before
stinicitto