The National Register. — 1819-10-04 (London, England)

XII.]  Voliticat Uettoopca:  It is a painful, though necessary, duty which the trpect and circumstances of the times impose, that we have week after week to pursue the same melancholy details of violated Law, of persecuted Justice, of Individual Suffering, and of 'spreading discontent. The theme of the Mtochester Magistrates, anti their doingr from the memorable 16th of August downwards seems to be inexhaustible and eternal. NVe cannot quit it because it involves the dearest interests of our country, because no man is safe if such proceedingsare suffered to pass away unnoticed, and because it is through the medium of a free and unfettered discussion in the public Journals that we must especially hope to have the enormities which have been committed properly understood, and the paramount necessity of resisting the establishment of such precedents generally felt and duly valued. To the strenuous effects of the .preas to enlighten the public mind, and to set 'before it the character of the events tc which we allude may be mainly attribute-el the march of sound patriotic feeling v. hick is now making in every part of the kingdom.— Meetings, rising both in the number of their attendants, the rank and weight of those who preside over them, and in the firmness and constitutional tone of their- deliberations are becoming almost universal. In addition to those of London, Southwark, York, Leeds, Birmingham, and Norwich, we have new to add that of Liverpool, a place peculiarly im- I purtant because immediately connected with the memorable scene of action, and of course fully able to judge with unquestionable accuracy of what has been the nature and stamp of the whole sum of these extraordinary transactions. On the other hand the Dlagistmtes of Manchester seem determined to proceed in their own extraordinary career of unsubdued passion and undisciplined intolerance. Alike regardless lanh of the letter and spirit of English law, they appear to think that their own authority is alone supreme, anti that the kingdom of Great Mi. tint is only made for these Lords of Judgment to think and act and move in. ‘Vhat 'Tumid we think in other parts where too we have Magistrates sufficiently stupid, and sufficiently disposed to un arbitrary exercise of power; but what I say should we think of a Magistrate who should be gravely sitting to dispense impartial justice thus addressing en individual brought bethre him under theTharge of having assaulted a constable, in the following words, anti this teo bethre the guilt •or criminality of the accused had been at all proved—" 'I believe. that you are a downright 'blackguard aeliumer.— Some of you Reformers ought to be hanged; and soma of you are sure to be hanged—the rope is already round )ota necks.; the law Las been a great • deal too lenient with you. 4 will have no hail for this ruffianly crew, 'unless they have some money." What may be thedeservings of those who are wretched and therefore complain, who see rottenness and corruption.overspretul the land, and therefore presume to think 'that some remedy is wanted, and to pray akat it may speedily he applied, we do not feel it necessary to determine. but we seriously and gravely believe that to hung up one or two of that august but worthless Hedy who have been the cause and origin of so much mischief, would bea cheap and wholesome sacrifice to the manes of the murdered, and their bones a very•tit appendage to Sir C. Wolse-.