HC Deb 17 March 1831 vol 3 c498
Mr. Hunt

presented a Petition from Blackley, in the township of Manchester, praying for Reform, and for an inquiry into the Manchester massacre. It was his intention, he said, to bring that subject before the House on some future occasion. Murder, it was said, would out, and he knew no. reason why that murder should be palliated more than another. He moved that the Petition be printed.

Lord Althorp

suggested, that as the language of the petition was so strong, the petition ought not to be printed. His own opinions on the occurrence alluded to were well known.

Petition to lie on the Table.