suffer more than the others. But if one member suffers,
it should always be remembered that every member suffers with it.

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.

Parliament met on the 23rd of November. In allusion to these
disturbances the prince regent remarked in his speech:--"I regret to
have been under the necessity of calling you together at this period of
the year; but the seditious practices so long prevalent in some of
the manufacturing districts of the country have been continued with
increased activity since you last assembled in Parliament. They have led
to proceedings incompatible with the public tranquillity, and with
the peaceful habits of the industrious classes of the community; and a
spirit is now fully manifested, utterly hostile to the constitution
of this kingdom, and aiming at not only the change of those political
institutions which have hitherto constituted the pride and security of
this country, but at the subversion of the rights of property and of all
order in society. I have given directions that the necessary information
on this subject shall be laid before you; and I feel it to be
my indispensable duty to press on your immediate attention the
consideration of such measures as may be requisite for the counteraction
and suppression of a system, which, if not effectually checked, must
bring confusion and ruin on the nation." The regent promised to lay
before parliament all the information requisite to direct them in their
deliberations, and pressed on the attention of lords and commons, the
enactment of such regulations as might tend to suppress the evil. An
amendment to the address was moved in the upper house by Earl Grey;
in which, whilst the necessity of checking practices dangerous to
the constitution was admitted, a strong opinion was expressed of the
expediency of conciliation, and of inquiry into the transactions of
Manchester, to allay the feelings to which they had given birth,
and satisfy the people that their lives could not be sacrificed with
impunity. Lord Sidmouth, in reply, stated that there had been
more exaggeration, misrepresentation, and falsehood applied to the
transactions at Manchester, &c, than to any other public transaction in
his knowledge. His lordship defended both the magistrates and yeomanry,
denying that they had done anything beyond their duty. The greatest
authorities maintained, he said, that the magistrates were justified
in the orders they had given, and that the m