The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-01 00:00:00

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- Mr. Cocaan rose to order. He said, the Queen's Fu-
neral bad aothing to do with the question before the
t`ourt; it would be better to keels to the subject, than
- indulge la an excursion of this kind.
Mr. Paved. contended that be was Ririe* in Order.
Fle sea showing that the irritated feeling between the
and soldiery, which involved the question of the
geh,eiefFs mediae. arose oat of the fine of proceeding
which Government enhappily adopted !few days before.
He was, when interrupted, about to say, that if the
/obit of the unhappy Queen had, unlike an accusing
angel, abed a tear of forgiveness Out the asmerous its-
jades of her malicious foes, cake required more than
one drop to blot out this, the last, the deadliest insult of
all. Is this were seen the holly sad the infatuation of
Goarnistent, rad sales, a strong case could •be made
out is their fertair, thir guilt of the fatal celteequences
were os their bead: This was no !riding allusion.
. hocathie two .verdicts were recorded, one of loonier and
a the other of manslaughter, arising owt of the trans-
adios; sod he would beg to as* now if he was out of
osier?—(Hear, bear.)—Their constitutional rights bad
lees-trenched upon by acts which were the co:smarm:,
of the slight put noon the Chief alagiarrate of the City,
• and that loyal commiseration of the Corporation. sad
Cnians on that occasion. He then observed, that no
centermicalitia had ben weds to the.proper civic autho-
rity, although Mr. Budder had thought lit to comm-
. abate • with Mr. lintehinson, of Wood-street ; bat if
there who hosed him had not their feelings excited es
ally other grand% he was sore they mutt feel the im-
Omtadrit a a Viestiou which involved every tiling con
meted' with their rights and privileges. It was stated by
Lord Hatinerst, is a formal letter, that a most serious in
qui ry would beset on foot—every one must hare drought
that it meld bra ; but since there was no i miniry ise(Al r
F.) wee only en/savouries, to *apply thtt deficiency on
the past of the administration. lie appealed to the
Common as the great inquest of the nation, in a case
*hem Mood had been shed and no explanation. He
nook ask, if every argument which should weigh with
British Citisens, if everywomen's feeling, independent
of politiesl gentian/its did sot iodate them to support
their Sheriff ia his aerial capacity. as a duty which they
owed he themselves and the public ? He believed there
were Many beeourable sae who wished to give their
eolith's' on the goalie', sod he would a lager take
up the time of the Court. Had the Widens come on
earlier is the day; its was expected, he might have
spoken at more length. He then adverted to a prem-
. deal in the year ISIS, and stated that it was not possible
they could dispose with inquiry in a ease where the
Sheriff's life had horn pet in danger. lie reminded by
moving that the Court do approve of the Report, and
also, a Resoltithie grounded upon the Report, stating,
that the Cart viewed with comers sari alarm the many
frightful attemptable Majesty's (bemused made to su-
persede the civil authority by military power, Red deem-
ed it aressary to present a Petition to Parliament,
praying them to cause au beestigation to be aside into
the whole of the circumstances ineationed la the Report.
Mr. Feces seconded the motion; he said, it was a
qnestion Ogled importance, es it affected the dignity
of the office arlikerilf, and the rights of Englishmen,
and he shealthowsetieg in his duty to those who sent
him them Ina mafitented himself with giving a silent
vole. The Gait led net prejudged the question, they
lad made en ample isgeiry isle all the facts, and it now
• biamenehma N all through whether and a higher
4.t.
M..... sash inquiry as would satisfy the nation,
ilia dill roper atonement of the offended laws.
me was oat beaded epos sr pa rte evidence, and
dot freweittalitNet of the Sheriff as that
;tif :ekede who bad 'staked a spirit of rudest%
a ffielt. nod Ititleital intrepidity. which
was beyond me--(Nast, hear.)—On this occasion
they were easel ferny the tribute of personal respect to
that Oeutleman, hat to express their feelings on the
violated rights of the dice with which he was then in-
vested, ma the contempt of the civil authority, by that mi.
1 tary isterference, of which they had so freq neatly to cow •
plain. He thee adverted to some poi nes of the evidence, par-
titulary to that of Mr. Derbyshire, of The Morning
l'ert, which did him so much credit. and so steamily
stbstantiated the charge against the military. After
some further Aspirations in support of the argetnents of
the preceding speaker. he strongly deprecated the con-
(fact of Government in not taking any efficient previa-
tioaary steps to prevent the contact of the irritated pa-
p/Pend the infuriated soldiery, anti said, that though
Government had been on the alert in other processions.
Len the Magistrate was left alone, and it seemed as
if they wished that the Worthy Sheriff might be en-
trapped on this occasion, that in future they might have
a pretest for calling in the military. lie then read some
passage, from the Articles of We, to slew that coin-
musding officers are band to assist the civil power in
appt pelieeding and delivering ti soldiers accused of
pahlic crimes and the violation of known laws, and upon
meting otherwise, by favouring theconcealment or escape
- of as offenders. are, open legal conviction of the same.
to be ipso facto cashiered, and rendered incapable of
swab, his Majesty. He thee observed, that Mr. Burke
had long asked, was the Constitution asleep ? He
raid uk now. if Britons were asleep? Aud if such
events as the Manchester massacre and the Queens h-
are were not enough to awaken them? But what was
the fart? The Coastidition had lately been masa sub-
ject of merejasting at a public dieser, held she other
day in the city, by men calling themselves loyal, when a
istriatier of that Cuporation gave as a toast, » The Cup
stitation, it Las long stood by as. may we long stand by
it." This was followed, not by the torsi air, • God save
the King,' or the salami anthem. ''ltule Britaania.'
bat by the vulgar ead.ridiculoss air of • Alley eye and
Betty Martis.'—(Laeghter.)—He concluded by express-
ing hie sifters comerrence is all the parts of the motion,
particularly that for a petition to Parliament, praying
for an effeeteal inquiry into the circumstances of tbe Ms-
turissoce at Knightsbridge, with a view to the vindica-
tion of the dignity of the office of Sheriff of London. and
the protection of his functions against military inter
Preece for the future.
Mr. Jury spoke in supportof the motion, and approved
of the mode of lottery by muss of a Committee
of General Palmas, instead of a Select Committee
which might be represented as partial. He trusted the
question would be decided on its intrinsic merits, with-
out reference to party or political feeling, and epos the
fair, broad principle ofriblic right. As to the evidence
Lt append to him unimpeachable. It might be said.
thee nee 'dames who were under the office of the She.
Aat lie time of the disturbance, were interested; hat
Its mole be recollected. that at the time of giving al-
dose they were no longer seder his controul, but under
;limb Mire of political adversaries. The speaker seat
to the evidence given before the Committee by
Mr. ire, one of the Reporters to The Morning
reef it bad been said that the politics of that Gentle-
man were caudated to give a comb inclination to his
testimony ; harms that might be. be thought that the
evidence of lit. Derbyshire was fair sod candid, oaf
delivered with the elieferty of a ireutlema. Peso tha
*Adam of di do whassess, including that et the ins.
done se whesalatiliad_ jest altoded, it appeared e
that the el
_of the Worthy Sheriff was to pewit the
etuisaatUNl, aid le mune trasquiWty. Why had

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111sweefeits Leda sew the oseoebets ea her hearse covered
with owed and aid. mid the spun delve minters, lifted
sgairrit the breasts of the people who asoersed her un-
timely fate. turn might she say, like mighty Cesar when
he fell at the base of Pompey's statue, struck by thou
who had bees once his nearest Mends—
" This was the unkindest eat MOB, theta all."
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