The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-06 00:00:00

MBETIA AT STOCKPORT.

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A M Reformers tank place In this lows
leo Monday last, pursuant to Bid following notice,
whlth had been not to the 'ravines Union Societies,
and Signed by several names We, baring hone.
hoiden of the township of Stat!tpott, hosing pre-
tented II liegeisitian to the Rev. Chance Pielart, to
cell a public Meeting for the purpose of taking i,•14
consideration what steps are necessary td be adopted
to get out Petitions to the Throne, end of unkind la
solemn tipped to the People of then Britain, praying
them felon es in fanning a National Union; alto the
propriety of considering whether the people do or do
not post.ess the power of destroying the Rink (baslotti
wo presume is the tend omitted) being convinced
Bret Bur mein quettion to bi decided Ir. whether we
shall submit to an additional burden of taw, or
barne.heasegers and usurpers shall sibielt to a Its.
died Helens ; and he basing refused to call such a
Meeting, we therefore do convene a public Meet.
big for the above.mentioned purpose, to be
on iawdy.brate on Monday, Jone " ASeut
and o'clock Knight, Fttton, Otilrn, the Reno
rend Mr. Harrison. of Stockport, and W;llan, 'et
Dewsbury, who presided at the first Ilensiet.moor
Meeting, sear Leeds, end 'enrol ether., a•cended
I stage made of tannin-. Hari' ion th, • rem I a let.
ler from Bolivar?, addieesod to II e Mon ing, !Witt
Cisetter.castle, in which it was argued " That the
Deity created roan for happiness, aid a reCiency of
g0..c1 things .• makoalt men hat Ty: hot that the
majority of that 141.4.141 f brine miserable in lbw
highest degree, the intentions .1 he Deity had been
frietrated by their rulers: that when a Govern.
metal was guilty of demur) in,;, or diminishing tie
happiness of the People, such anetrument acted In
direct opposition to the of and rebel.
lion against It was an imperative duty !" The ether
then proceeded to applying th•so doctrines. A little
before tale, the word " Spy" WV bussed slant, and
imane'llstely followed by a tree...dons blow ludic ed
on a maw by a Reformer. lle cal is the sea of rt..
pe.iing the blow, when a by-slander told him it wan
ainiiopatTnentalu . n
wasntaere tarried-sery,f ir h
for his victim
irimwneanit in a
wet dead.
ITlshie•
s
ri! total imeasihility, and medi-al sii obtainvil. TN*
artiest a/ the Chairman for the day,Sir C. Wiilseley,
of an ancient beim in Staffordshire, now pet
• t..s into • more regular train. Th. Nronet
I.:Jressed she people, chose number. were el t
Ins than 11,000, by Informing them r, that he writ
no orator, hot a staunch Reformer, Ind a seaint•
determined ailacicate of Annual Parlisments and
Universal SolTiage. A. to annorr claw cf portent,
spies, and inf•lrrners, let theta set down ell, nay
more than he sail ; he eerpiseil them; bat let them tell
the Sidmnutht, the Castleresgho, and the other mon.
stern who employed them, that he elevated and alto
horred them and their prooeadinas."

Several 'isolations ;ere afterwards pet, end est.
sled by acclamation, of which some were to this per.
port :—"That laird S dmeeth hid boon evilly of high
treason, by intercepting thePotitions of tliePonple, arid
stopping op the legal channel of rommenication
betMeen the Prior. Regent and the selti.et. That a
subscription be catered into, and a Committee et
Management appointed In London, to obtain legal
redress sgainst his !Repay's Minister', who had been
guilty of messy infractions of the law. Thin, as their
Prtioions and Remonstrances to the throne end to
bo!h Houses of Pediment had heen inelfectost, a
meeting of Googlies from ell ports of England be
sppoloted to take plere at 01,1 ham, or such other
place as might be hereafter agreed upon, to esnol.let
of the best moans of enabling them to obtain their
rights." In moving end seconding the Resolutions,
several long and very inflammatory speeches were
made. Mr. Fitton, of Royston, made • Wag
harangue on the progress of Reform; sod Witten
propounded the doctrine of active resistaoce to the
Government ; recommending to the Peoplo " to ap.
ply the foer.shesved blork of Liberty, Equality,
Anneal Parliaments, and Unltersal SolTreie, meth
he had no doubt they would tear the vast fabric of
tyranny and superstition from its beer ; that the
strain would he tr.mendoes; yet feehle as be eat,
he would willingly lend a hand to effect ii.- TIN.
poison in sailor's clothes oho spoke at the late Moot.
ing in St. Priet's-fielJa (In islancoestet), desired the
people to be firm and coaraeenea ; and alluding to
the poetic which seised the Meeting at Manchester,
said, " such costlect would ant do whets they mot
at Oldham; each man mast boldly lay hold of the
rope, and he ha I no liooht, they should speedily
cowls. Commod, rat Stilmooth and his crew."--
4 The Meeting conrletirol with thanks to the Chair.
man ; end the principal sporkets propeeed votes
of thanks to each' other.—ln townies his
arkno•ledgments for the banner dime him, Sir
Cl•arlos Welsoley swore to be " faithful to the eager,
so long as his heart's blond should fl io." Ha awed,
" that his political career commenced in Freese :
that he was one of thrive who moentril the ram-
, parts of the Ilistille et the commencement of the
Revolution in that country ; and if he did that for
Frence, he should never sada front attacking the
Bistiles of his non country." ilarthon, of Stock.
l lino, in the course of the speech which he astir,
' I said, "that those who entbailtril in the HMO of Re-
' form mast linltl their biros at be bell his hoot was its
• I his hand): nay, they meat not be sfra'd to let it qo
!(tivre he threw it among the people): it wee not
worth 7s. in the cause of fteretinm."—When hit hat
was returned to him, he said, " Too see my friends,
we shall get our lives *On!" A Resolution was
• elan proposed by Mr. Ilirrisoo, and certif.', swing.
" That as the Miristors had recited a Bill of le.
donsnlty to he pissed, to azreen them from the tense-
I q ccccc a of their late illegal acts, this Meeting 16 in-
I demnify all the speakers who hare addressed it, in
' as. any thing 'Millers has been said by them."
The Cap of Liberty, on the toper a dig staff, was
disloyed ea the hostlogs. •

We liod that ibo erpostt of a Reforms Sfeedet. said
to bate take. place at Wakefield, is wittiest foorwle.
lion. It /NOS bet the lahshiteets of Wehrleld
would *et accept the Middle of Mr. Perot, the Re-
fors Orator, who west there for the promos* of
rasing a Public sleeting beiug Introduced logo
orse of the priocipal factories there, sad eating
kites. his beslotte, the Principal distaissesi biro, by
tickle' hie elf the resins.