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PI proaltil to let them pass. Of the Meeting! can say little, isei. therturving been there myself, nor having seen any one who was at it that could give a satisfactory account of the pro ceedings; every thisig there, however went on smoothly etioagli, decorum was übserved ins the hustings, 310 the orn were deemed in black, delive►ed or read speeches seiffictisetly lengthy and violent. The constables, who had ik dismissed ht two o'clock, again assembled at four; hit mg waited till shoat hattpast six large parties began le 'cm:leder% the High-street ; they were ranged on eachaide of the - atreet, for the porpoise of assisting the civil power ..i".taking the A•Ae from their bearers, who hail, before they length, been watrisig them &Ma one side of the etrk-et to the other, and had been as insolent as you can suppose to every person they passed who did not view their eiseirmilirigs as they did; when these fl kg gentlemen (it was .thet.(angow party), were passing the steeple at the Cross, the Per.most went kisitung them, and desired shears to furl sip their Hatt% or he would he under the necessity of taking them froste-thein; mi their refnsal the constables forced them away tat of their hands. A way was kept clear to allow the pen. pie to pass ; and when the parade appeared mostly over, toe Constables went down to the Cross, where an immense crowd was c o llected, and all their attempts to clear the ..trreta and set people home were ineffectual ; at limes one kei:old have Cookr.ht they were clearing them fast away, while ...goo after the y gut as Numerous as ever. There appeared Ikk he little hot curiosity among the crowd till it got dark, when the arse spirit of the mobility discovered itself. Stones were thrown at the constables, tamely of whom were hurl, vogue 'wirer ly. Many panes of the windows of the Police Chamber, and Court Hall, were broke, as well &sower - rat of drone of the houses of spas! constables who had hero active and who lived eerie. " Tie Aingistrutec, finding by tees o'clock that the m• b w:,. either increasing, sent to Glasgow for a party of the II - a, who were here by twelve; luckily, however, there %tie uo neeersity for their imierference, Ike town having gut more quiet before thaw arrived. It was out till near Iwo o'clock this alarming that order was earapletely restored. t` Tu-slay great bands of people are strolling through the etreets, apparently much dissatisfied, and reedy for whatever occurs. I hope, bowevei, that it is all over. Mr W. Runty on going home 10'4 night, was endea vouring to p-rsuade some people be go quietly to their houses, hot he was knocked thews twice, and, on coining to himself, snood they hilli got away his gold watch and appendages— thie be t okened su early at half-past seven u . c:ock."--(Glas. rot: Herald.) ot.ascow, serrecneo 14. Yesterday, so early as eleven o'clock, the mob commenced their outrages, by ittlackiwo a geolleastan who had acted as a special conatable the previous nights; after being 1141•311 II• I with stones he escaped with difficulty to the 'routine lea. Soon after "the Radicals proceeded to demolish w in dare • about thirty. or forty boys brought large stakes, feilltal from fences, towards the Council Chamber; the elagietretet and special eamstables approached the mob, and the stakes were soon is poosession of the police officers; 4he mob had then recourse to stows and brick-bats; the rti.4 Art was read, and the cavalry, aided by a detachment of the 80d, regt., preceded by the Magistracy and a strung lady of special constables, advanced towards them : warn inc was given to disperae, which was answered by a shower of atones ; the cavalry charged, followed by the infantry and censtahles. The mob was their dispersed; the paroles who went through the differeut at during the night, were often assailed with stones from chaste, and in two m stare% were fired upon with pistols. All was apparently quiet befere mideigh. Last night, a considerable somber of villains, who had in the Green with a view of joining the rioters in Peed. y, r. weed to this city about seven o'clock, after hay ire been three miles net of town, and were joined at the New Bridge by a crowd of others, perhaps in all about 3,000, olio paraded the streets for SOW time, to the great annoy ance oldie peaceable inhabitants. It bring represented to the Lord Provost and Magistrates, that a rust would take place in cosisequence of the cavalry being sent to Paisley, two troops were brought from Hamilton, and the Mack tratesoll the alert to preserve the public peace. At half past seven o'clock. information was received that great crowds were assembling at the Old and New Bridges, and at I imps, windows, &c. were broken on the opposite side of the ('tale. Parties of the Magistrates went out to see the elate asking', and on their return it was judged proper to go the Black Bull Ina, in order to observe more dis t,nctly what was going ow. Two troops of the 7th 'inseam, Vw Oils regiment, and the horse artillery, were ordered o. t. Alton) nine o'clock, by order of the Lurd Provost, the 11:0! Act was read by &dike Alston. In a short time, the cavalry assembled at the Black Bull Inn, waiting far orders. During that period, glowers of stones were thrown at the Magistrates, which obliged them to take she'. ter in the lobby of the ion. Every thing was done to per suade the mull to diaperse, but to little effect. When no. thing eke could be dune the cavalry were ordered to clear the streets, which they did with the greatest promptitude, and very few instances occurred where any hurt was sus mud these were from obstinacy or accidents, from the darkness occasioned by the lamps being broken. Almost all the lamps in the Gollowicsie, Siltmarket, Kent rind Great Hamilton-dreg'', on the bridgs, and iii front of the houses un both sides of the Clyde, were broken ; and irnwsi.lerable injury was done to several shops in town, elltou, at Greetthead, sod Tradeston. About 100 persons st err appethended and sent to the Police office, sixty of whom sere afterwards discharged ; and this morning the Mag:strates and official persues are engaged in further inves t ;3;1011. We have just now learned that 210 public lamps were I .at nomt destro y ed by the rioters, besidvs a number of pri vate lamps.---( Glasgow Herald ) RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS OF THE REFORMERS AT PAIRLEY.-THE MILITARY COMPELLED TO CHARGE. . . . Paisley. Sept. 13, Holt.-past Twelve, night. As was anticit•ated from the ourrezes of yesterday, and lb.. temper of the moll, whn had been load in their threats of violence, these has been this day a renewal of riots.— lie mob began to sesesnlile early in the morning—and, stAll their noinbers increased, nothiog more offensive than h •ering at respectaWc venoms was offered. About eleven o'clock, forenoon. the mob commenced by a most on provoked sud cowardly attack upon a private Gentleman, who had, on the previous nights, acted as • special con vent, tie hod accompanied a Lady through the crowd, suet, after seeing her home, be was on his reliant assail. ed by a shower of 41011r11, many of which airsick him.— lie Wei robbed of its we, and with great difficulty remis ed 11w Tontine Inn, whem be took refuge. Soon after the Radical, proceeded to demolish windows, sad whea veal ormabers had assembled at the Market-place thirty or forty boys came towards the Council Chamber, car. rang large stakes pulled from fences, and which no doubt were intended fur the wee of closes, more advanced is 'ears. The Magistracy and constables succeeded, however, 13 preventing the transke of these wampum to the hands spice' were &stilted to wield them, he n sudden, though hazardous, approach towards the mob, and the greatest 1111111- tier dr die slakes were thrown down and taken possession of . by eler Police officers. This dinppoistiment rendered it ne. century for the nob to resort to their old weapons, 114010 s and those were mom poured iu great firofulina a 1 the Magistracy suit peace-officers. The Lid Act leas raid, mid the cavalry were paraded at the (',OM. PAMONIIIIIIIII‘ were then carried in front of the wicds„ OM the Riot Act had brat read, trod a weharmagelerrylag ore of these humane notification% was komderd down all lbs paper torn from the board. I),,nug an ioterval of more than three hours, every effort was made to prevail us the crowd to disperse, but they re nes:oed °lntimate. At length, it became absolutely neer,. sal y iu tall the military Into action, but this was dune with the utmost mildatia. A party of the cavalry, supported by ▪ itetnelinseat of the Nth regiment, and preceded by a formic body aspects! (mutable% headed by the Magis.ricy, advanced towards the mob in Moes-strem. &Amu warm ing was glemahem to averse, sad tiresome? was a shower ul noises Irma' the glob. The c Welty were then advanced litacardereil to theme, and the eeestablee and iafsajry fob tom Afire this 'the &end* gleared the streets.' of military • laid have been v" var. tern the to op to lib how. Tfemptilffly *ode voters to be restored. In the moree of the everiin: a aunt. her of the risit4s have hems taken ap, some of them charged with the Capital critter of reiniiiniwg tionsUlt ly assent. Islet mad susashing the Civil Aisthoritie• after the expira. lion of the peeled limited by the Hint Act- The prison is so avirmied coesequessee of the commit mews, that it w towed weeetteary to lend off Ave of she prisoners In l;reenork. We believe it Is determined to bring the whole of the rioters who hove hem witted to trial, and it will he isidispensably witeemary that an loafed example be 'wile or those guilty.— The open defiance of the law, mid the dreadful state at alarm into which a populous limn is thrown by inch • mob, fettee esemplaryreiribletioto. patroles were often assailed with stones, and in two Instances were fired upon by some of the moh, who weie stewed with pistols, and Ind secreted themselves in the italic. The cavalry and constables, in one of their rounds, found large pieces of wood placed iseioss the street, for the 'Mr • pore, no doubt, of heinginc down the horses. A considerable number of the Lieutenancy of the County have been iu attendance all day. - - PAISLEY, IMPTI.NRRR 14.1 I reached Paisley yesterday, nt or near 12 at Looms; on mi . getting Ili the High-street, I observed some people getbite-_ beg together, consisting of shout 30 or 40, and, before!, ensentew past two p. at. it was implanted there was not less• ' than 20,000 marching theotigh the streets. The windows of twelve ditiCrent houses were entirely broke oust, Out a pane of glass could I see in either of them. The latexes belong ing to the Iwo clergymen, the Rev. Messrs. Imlay and Bunn, were in the same state. A gentleman who left Polley on Totalling Morning at half past nine o'clock, states, that Paisley was then trampeil, hut large parties were assembled at the corners of the streets, and no appearance of going to work. [FURTHER PARTICULARS.I Mr. Taylor was chosen Pretest, and began the business of the Meeting, by enjoining attention and good order. He these 'tooted, that the Reformers hail no wish for dm. turbance and revolution, es was fal•ely asserted by their catmint; they merely wished an end put to all unarm-pinery placer, pensions, sod siacceres, and to obtain a proper shore in the Legislature of their country. He adverted to the " inheenesoi butchery" at Manchester; and be, And all She other orators were partieulsrly vehement and declama tory upon this mournful and ominous subject. " Will it be b e liev e d by posterity," said one of the speakers, " that • peaceable assembly of free-born linghshmeu were wantonly murdered iu opeu slay? 0! I would rusher see stir bones of all my kindred whiten in the sun, pad have my carcass thrown to the dogs, Hutu that such an event should pass will t a proper inquiry, and ponishonent upon the guilty perpetrators. Tins is no time to pause be tween two opinions, wisest murder soil atissacre stalk in open slay; when the inhuman Magus es have received the shanks of those who gorge their bloated carcasses with the blood of the artisan." Another maiur observed, that 5 the British sword had been drawn oopou starving mew and hinting women ; has it desolated (lie inquire -4) every rarest. try its the world to be drawn among ourselves? And will yon allow your brethren to be mestere.' without routing your voice against the infernal Aced? No 11106111er shall the lake wash Reedomonel from its eternal site, than the sous of Caledonia shall he silent." An orator stated " that such proceedings clearly deatoustsated the neceoirty of a Radical Reform. If the Manchester Alsgistestes had not calculated upon the applause end rapport of a borough faction, this tragrdy never wend(' have been acted. N.uue but fiends, it was stated, catch have wished the slaughter of men, women, and children ; but a clergy. man, whose dilly it was to pour the helot of peace and con solation ban their wounds, had talleilollPll their decal, and imbrued his hands in human gore. An orator said, " the Sidmouth had acut bin Reynolds, his Kuehn 1111 l ds, and his Olive's throngli the country, to entoare the people, awl excite them into acts of treason and rebellion. They hail suspended the Constitution in the foolish hope of pease; ass end to public meetings; but the so-Tuition had toot an swered the purpose of its authors. Sooner :hall the wove which washes our western shores cense to roll, than we shall forego the right of assembling together." A number of Resnlntiona, deprecating the conduct of the Manchester Magi , trates, were signed; rates of thanks we i e given to the most illustriona Radicals. J. Peacock, was thanked with great applatme, for allotting the Merrier to he held son the Moor, and hi. pork:ill i. to he painted by the band of a celebrated Ra d ial Reformer, and pre mated to him. One resolution merits particular notice—" That, as the contest between the boroughmonvera and the people k of vital importance, hence it becomes indispensably nectssary that the people use every method in their puwre to rut off the resources of those relentless tyrants, whereby they may be expelled from their usurped authority, and the people re. gain their legitimate rights. That, at glancing at the vast revenue which the boroughmongersaltvire frum tea, tobacco, sail spiritous liquors, we conceive it to be our duty to ab stain from the use of those *Hicks ourselves, until a Radical Reform in the Commons' House of Parliament be 1111041 Ni And we hereby strongly recommend to all Reformers to adopt, as far as possible, the same inrnrerta. Thut Major Cartwright, Mr. Hunt, Sir F. Burdett, Sir C. Hrula.ley, Mr. Winder, and oiler friends of Refit' m its London, be rrspert. hilly invited to name a day for a G.dteral Merlin!: (11.11,- forelers throughout the whole king.' ~,,, , its ortl,r that the above Resolution he adopted and carrie.l into effect, where by it will become a truly national measure." An Address to Mr. Hunt was produced and read. Ilmit was panegyrised at great length, and the Address was car ried with a fervent shout of applause. After • speaker bad spent some time in making severe stiimures upon the duplicity ansl unfeeling conduct of slur clergy, the business of the Meeting coiled wish die prises rminiring the people to depart • ith reguiarity sod good or. der, and go peaceably haute. About the middle of the psi,. reeding', a cry of " Hussars!" roar, and the people fled un •11 aides, anti it was with some difficulty the Committee could get them rallied, and order restored. A orllceti .. s l was made, whets the people were retiring. for the relief of the Manchester sufferers. S o me light-lingered gentry ho soured the Meeting with their presence. It is supposed there were from 14 to 11100 people present. The riot became serious at seveno'cloek. The Riot Art was read three times before nine. TM windows of the T.,. tine, BaiHie Dowie, Mr. Burn's old and new houses, Dr. Findlay, Birkenyris warehouse, BaiHie bridunaie and NM, Buchansan (of North Bar), Mr. Sharp (Captain of the hatonmen), Mr. Lywamen sod Mr. Pollock's wiodoas, with the lamps of Comrade, High-street, Story-street, and Ney-stret4 ore all destroyed. The iron railing of the Me thodist Chapel was tort to pieces, and used as weapons against the cavalry sad basemen, and the mob charged them clearly np Story-street. All was quiet at obe in the morning. The snob began to assemble about three o'clock of Mon day winntiag, and motioned to increase till our, when the Riot Act was read, and the cavalry sad special constables begs. to clear the sitcom. Two rompanies of the 110th regi ment arrived at three o'clock, piled their arms, and remained in maims* at the Cross. lir the 'nom lime, the Reform Committee were met with the Provost, ma a Meeting of the people was held at the foot of St. James's-street. About six or eight thousand root assembled ia an instant to hear the report. The orators spoke as follows: " Gentlemen, we have had a long conference with the Provost, and be has pledged his honour, that every person who has sastainierl any damage in the late outrages, shall have ample justice dome him; and should any person secnse any batooman of wanton cruelty in the discharge of his duty, the affair shall have a complete and candid invirstiga- lion, and if the batonman be found guilty, he shall he brought to medico punislimeill, though lie were his own father. Now, Gentlemen, you t disperse Immediately, as the Provost is detrensiord Cu, use every effort to keep the peace."—( Here Ike mob shouted," Who broke the pears? Rowe Iles prisoners, rertore Ike prisoners without bail, pree'rp Ike flags," lirc.)" Use message is delivered ; one quarter of an hoar is allowed yen to disperse; every mates fits is in his own hand." The great body of the pro p% still cositianing in the streets, rl,e military were forged , itt kneel**. The cavalry and bowmen immediately , asirtftd the streets, mid dispersed the mob lo all directions. -Arlagett every close add lam were "ideated with torches, .aid quietwesi Seas 'coodiAliegy iiitthisa at twelve o'clock. AM the Maps is Georgedareit, Crisal-ativet, and Broom- 4 - f larsd.atreel, sere brakes at stifle o'clock. Several people are severely hurt wish - she bosoms of the constables, but swe have nek heard of soy oar dangerously woonded. All was quiet at eta (Meek. There is to be itootker grand Meiling at Kilmarsock on Saturday. [EXTRACT FIOW A PRIVATR LIATTSIO " Ott Saturday a Meeting was held on IMeikles riggs Muir, about two miles from Paisley, for the purpose of expressing the sentiments of the people as to the conduct of the ilatichesterMagistrates.— 'rite hustings were covered with black cloth, and the speakers were dreier(' in motorising. The Reso lutions passed were strongly declaratory of their detertasi ~,, of the emery violence used at Manchester. to disperse it Meeting regularly called, and legally and peaceably conducted,—With the exception of some nonsense about liytlical Reform and much abuse of the public press its the West of Scotland. the proceedings of the day were decorosis enough, and the Meeting broke up at six o'clork, without eny inaliciation of riot. flowerer, it appears that a party belonging to Glasgow hail the iusalence (as a Correspondent of The Glasgow Herald calls it), in touching homewards through the streets of Paisley, to wave their flags from one side of the street to the other, and the Provost and Special Crew rides .who hod allowed those flags to be carried through the town in the forenoon without isiteiference, now, when the business of the Meeting was over, and the people tuarching homewards, sallied forth, and seized the offeisding flags. A Scotch mob is always worse than en Euglish one--it has more determination, as it has generally some more definite purpose, which is persevered in as a matter of princeisle. The Porteous moll was one of this sort, when the people executed an offender whotn they thou4ltt the law was wrong in sparing. Was similar nature was the mob in Edinburgh lately, when they Witite!tawd the torture of a poor wretch from the neglect id means i to pot a perind to his sufferings. "'The Paisley snob appears to have acted on some- I thing like an obstinate pritieirle of rer iliation for an outrage c 'tied upon itself. Previous to the seizure of the flags there w,is hulking in the coot. duct of the people to justify apprelienst ~,,, unlearn ' it was the wearing of the fl apiwars to have been considered is seditious by the Provost and have constables; nor di.l disturbances commence I even Theo. It was nut WI the dispersed mob had collected in groups. and had conversed on the dis grace of having their flags taken from them, that tile rioting commented with throwing stone,' through the windows of the Court-house, where the con stables were esseinfiled. Whatever opinions may be forined of the conduct of the Provost in seizing the flags, there cannot be a difference of °lnfiniti us to his humanity in his efforts* to disperse the mots when it really became mischievous. Finding •Tall efforts to disperse it in vein, the Riot Act was ordered to he read—not privately. as at Manchester, so that none of the people should hear, but publicly; and the Provost and ilk friends itienrred souse danger in going nut in every direction, tied notifylig aloud that it had Levu reed. The :snivel of cavalry from Glasgow, at ten o'clock, removal' the appre 6ru inn thio;!er. though the constables consumed to be annoyed till three o'clock on Sunday morning by stones throw,' f narrow lasses mid cross-streets, The great degree of decency with which the Sales bath is observed here tenders the riot whirl, oc curred next evening rather extraordinary, Mail leads to a suspicion that spies had got amongst the pens isle, to keep alive their angry feelnigs, and ins* gate them to violence—and this suspicion is not without ground, for The Wingate Chronicle, which exposed the spy system in 1817. bud in a recent paper a declaration, signed by heir-a-dozen persons*, stating that a alnitiger had appeared amongst theni, who shelved them a drawing of a pike f. r actinz monist cavalry, and represented how easily Dumbarton Castle night be stormed and taken. It is not easy to account for the outrageous pro ceedings, on a Sunday evening, of the Paisley operatives, who are generally decorous and peace able, finless we suppose that this rcontidrel, or some others of the same stamp, had got amongst them. The windows of the chlfer-roost were broken, and almost all the 'arra lamps ; and it was again necessary to read the Riot Act and call out the military, aho dispersed the crowd without using their arms. On Monday trattquillity was again restored. No one has beet) materially hurt. " Magistrates are placed in a trying situation on occasions of this kind, and till particulars are very fully known. it is not easy to say whether they have acted prudently or rashly. But it certainly does appear at presets', that the Paisley Magistrates allowed their feelings to get the better of their pru dence when they seized Hags from parties who were proceeding homewards when the business of the day wits concluded. It is to be hoped dial they will publish their reasons for so actieg; lot their conduct doriog the riot, their anxiety to have it ended with. out calling in the military. and their courage in going amongst the people to apprise them of dm Riot Act basing been read. are so c &&&&& mendable. that we should be glud to find all their conduct equally correct.:' -•: --• commthi si t s 4T NORWICH. [Frees lb Norwich Cowrier.] A most numerous and highly respectable Meeting of the Inhabitants of this City was held MI Thurs day. at St. Andrew's Hall. About twelve (Mock the Mostar came upou the hustings, surrositided by It. H. Gunter, S. T. Southwell, A. Hudson, W. Dalrymple, W. Foster, and J. B. Tooke. &qrs.; Prebendary Wodehoove, Mr. Sheriff Shaw, Captain Monet, and many other Gentlemen of the lint re spectability. The lateness of the hour at which the Meeting terminated renders it impossible to do more than give a faint outline of the proceedings. The MAYOR. having opened the business of the Meeting, was onanisnomity called to the Chair. Captain MONCT, after a few peefatory remarks. moved the following Revoluti•ois, which were se conded by Mr. Nuns TAILOR. They were theu severally read. and carried with only one dissenting voter. 1. That the visite to winos she Throw, IN well as Noose of Parliament,* se km Wooded is maim. Aiwa*. * legalised y the CUOMMillliele Of this itintairy, etot Ilea it ea our liossariesidnip,ne an.mwertte tie laws, to. gam 41 slits oar mem sacred privilege oath the utmost jealousy awl ..- " anee; mid herein we are sanctioned hy the authority of the Dill of Rights, which enacts, "That it is the right of the subject to petition the'Kieg,and MI comiteltments and pro preution• fur such petitioning are illegal." • S. That, without 'commencing as to the expediency or fit ness of the late Meeting ot Manchester, called "To consider the propriety of adopting the most legal and constit titans's,' meat'. of obtaining a Reform in the CONIMUIIe Howse of Par liatueut,". we firmly . owned, that sorb Meeting was shied,. and essentially legal, and consequently under the safeguard' and protection of the law. 3. Thu we also think, and assert, that she dispersion of the people lbws law(uily assembled, and peacefully carrels. log an established right, by an armed fare.. acting tarok, the slier-robin of local Magistrates, in comsequeoce of whirls some per•ons were killed, massy snangleil,•nd a still renter -number trodden sutra and miserably wounded, Ca, an istroeisies outrage us the defenceless and peaceable people, again.' ail law aril in defiance of jostler, and is an attempt to fie...troy by the sword what yet remains to us of the liber ties Of England. 4. That several isdividissis so assembled, after satTering aolitavy imprisonment for twelve days., were discharged upon boil . and one woman, who in Sti.leilkill 10 111111 insprowniorist was severely wound ed and beaten, was discharged without nn lerimlitin or imputation of tiny kind. 5 That she justification pleaded by the Magistrates in behalf of their c tact, was the deposition of a nom qt4ilMt • whom the Grand Jury fur Lancashire hive found a hill for ivilfol and minim perjury. • ti. 'I lot it is tinpossalle fur us as Englishmen, to contras plate this disgraceful seem. •cishout feeling for its author' soil rieliirs the strot.gest emotions of shame and iniligisation; 1 and vice lug it as a tlireet and deliberate violation of the • chartered light• end privileges of a free-born ;colds., we de. nuance it at once to the execration of our coutewporarirs 0111 posterity. 7. That the Prince Rrizent's Ministers, by their amoeba. limo's '4 the conduct of the 3lantiliestre Magistrates, bare I piii,,i th,mselves wholly sin KM" hy the Colifilichee of the Prince ai.d the people, and that it becomes tow ditty to ad -1 dies. li a Royal 11111sor.:3 for their removal Irons Isis pre ! moire nail coimeils for ever. 11r. ST..lottN !lien staled himself to have been a nary oiiirer, sod avowed himself the solitary up. I iiiii colt if the Resolutions. He called on the . M”rtiiia tint to pr: j u dge the question, hut to wait lii r% itletwe of the facts shimlil he laid before the p.thlic. lie ciiiieluded by tuoviug, " That the Meet:lig do orliourn;" but no person appearing to second him, tl,e Ite.ol MIMI WUr slut put. Air. Ilit!ctrtwy.t.t. moved the following Address, after come ad tot:able remarks 00 tic right of pr. Calamine, : To his Royal Ilighnese the PRINCE REGENT, ' The humble and dutiful Address of the Citizens and halm- Milos; of Norwich in Common Hall assembled, Tlotosilay, she Ithh day of September, 1819. , We I<c Citizetis and Inhabit:gists of the City of Norwich, 'holy am:entitled smiler the aniliwity wed in the presence of our Chief Magistrate, beg base anal dolefully to solders* your Royal Ilighnetts coot a subject whirls we deem of equal nod vital imvortnisce in the iniereets of Peewee mod People. We humbly represent to your Royal Hiehness, that it is imp utes:hie for us, as Eitelishown nool the free.borte subjects of that lonised Monarchy which is the constitutinaal and righifeil Govertinii tit of three realms, to avoid feeling nod &showily exioreesitig our shame, and grief and issilignaeton, at the cruel oulmeee which have lately been commuted itt llanclseater; where ass armed force, acting under Ilse direc tion of the local Magivtrecy, in defiance of all law, has skew military execution nu a defenceless *multitude of woe country. men, assembled for a lawful purpose, mid peacefully eaer. rising an important pebbc right. And itoolepessdently of the regent motives fur this our humble representation and re. ettoestratece, arising from the harsh Stature and destructive tendency of the iritroasetiuns to which we refer, we are so much the more earaest to express our feelings on this occa sion, 11411111 Se we have long observed, Pa tier part of the King's 3liiiistets, a settled and systematic purpose to deny, tiaras, nod eupprtss, the petitioning of Ilse people; and by Ilsos iuterceptiieg the current of their complaints or its lawful need direct channel to the Throne, to prevent Abe voice of a euffering natiou from reaching tlw ears of • generous Prince. In language, therefore, the most respectful sod at the same time must farm, we earnestly entreat from your Royal Highness ass indulgent attention to our Address. The sub ject pride to none in Meyers' sad importance.. One of the alealcst of our rights—rights expressly recognised when the throne of these reelms was nettled 1111 the present august family—tlw right to petition the King, has liPell violated, and loy means the most °dimea. Blood hiss been shed, dies hare been mangled, lives have been destroyed! The' very principle tin vehicle is formed and founded the title of yaw Royal Highness'. Ilbistrioue {lustre to the free crowo or the kimploin, is beitiVIIII to gilieSt . and ends.. eered by the outrage. ne Manchester. The Bill of Rights declares, that it is the right of the soilijs et to petit the King;" end it is indispulable that wens she people's right to assemble publicly, inn' by petition to interlere ui the ad. suinistratnni of their affair., is mainly depending ail the Ps , of tow roustit 01 aaaaaa 1 liberties. We belies e 1 1 .1111 right of popular assemblage and petition. Mg, to be ismongst the earliese, SR it certainly is the most im portant of our privileges. The preserystemo of it, in 311 the fullness of perfection, ieerateutial to iser existence as a pinion of freemen. It has descended to us fruits our forefathers, it rectogni.l d its the Great Charter of our litweties, a n d we hold it In be arming.* she now' sacred of our duties to flans met it to posterity imiojortil bud tome. Confiding in the natural nodal:co:6 and eenerrowity of your Royal flightless's disposition; relying aim too the.. these, of roose ;i iem! and beneficcul pt iliciples of Government which, imbibed in early life, cameo* fail to be deepiy rooted iw the !wait of your Royal Hgbnras, we persuade ourselves that measures will at twee be tabs so for holding a solrmis itiquest into 11w causes an - leis cninstanct ; of 11w cruel conduct of the blagitilrates at Manchester ois the I MI6 day of August; that so this grass and wanton viol:dims of the rialtos nud liberties ref die 14,1111 e may mot he allowed to pass muu lea retell!raf ; and the several anthois, actors, moil abetting of this sanguinary military imitate tool execotion, may be !nought to condign punishment. Aad we dram this measure to hare been rendered absolutely necessary, iweause we have *deserved wish SalUDlAlnleal and regset,• shat—ob t ailet al, no dmibt, by false and wicked niisrepresentstions mf Hie runt nature and character of these preesillelige—the dia. honour of sour Royal 11i:fon-set •pproleatiso• has been bestowed Stu sets which this Cove of truth (I.Mial. as ii/ dr/Critic as illegal anti Disproval:eel, diagrareful to the rational character, sod repuguant to all the feelings of humanity. 'ridding to none of his Majesty's subjects in dutiful RNA affectineate attachment to your Royal Highness's illustrwas Haar and Person, and sincerely and equally il.euted to the pereartifilllion of the Consistoitional R ghla and !Aherne of the People, t e 'volute humbly sod dutifully to petition your Royal Highness to displeee, for ever.fi son your Royal Per son steel Councils, thou equally weak and violent furs who lore presumed on this occasion to 'Vallee' your Royal Highness'. noble Isomer with Ilea massacre at Man chester ; nail in srlimiegeurral maxims and oteetoures of Go vertu:mot we have long ceased to perceive the faintest traces of the mild qualities and attributes of English Law. The Sheriff-elect (Air. ED% MED TAYLOR) se cluded the Address. Ile exsuiiiied st.roisie length the proceedings at Alanetiester. wid contended Hutt the Wein% of the 16:11 Asignist was as legally ussetuli!ed as that lie was aililressiug. Ile then called on the people. it they venerated the laws nod Cusistitutiiiii of their countiy. to express their de coded dosapprolmtion and ntonirreuerr or ilm will tall tither attempts to violate suml infringe The Adder** wax oil carri.d, anal or. tiered to he presented by the Mayor mid the Aleut hers for the City. H. H. Gbartmr. Esq. said, that it gave him sincere pleasosere In obey t hoe request of lees comet. lentos, lie felt most keei,ty this atrocious attack oil the lieople's rigtvis. atul.he reprobated so stronger terms the conduct of Ministers, in to use the Prince's name as sanctioning the mur der of his subjects. He then moved the followin g Retinlistions:— P That it becomes no to amulet in proeuring redrera for iv 16,4 e persona who bate been illegally wornuted and inipru. aimed, in ennaeienee of ib• Meeting on th e le l b of Angus,. ; at Itilineheater i , to afford such relief as way be areeierry fo r the *antrerer• awl their families, and to brig le proisimeat the perpetrators! of the outrage. . . N. That a Sohocription he entered into for the above %iv. prw, and a Committee appointed to tarry the intention s Q i the Meeting into effect. _ S. TRAFFOILD SOUTNWEt.L. E N . wconded them. Ile remarked that Mr. St. John had e x . p rrrrr tl d wish that no inan should be condemns,! till lie hail been tried and heard in his tl.fenc-. lie (Mr. S.) wished so too ; and if this rule had been adopted, the Manctiester massacre would not have taken place. If th e right of petitioning we re taken away, or if petitioners were to lie itisperseri Iry an armed I . orce, we might with truth he said to have no liberty. If the proceedings at Nlaticheater were just and proper, we were under no Corers -meet—nut even military law; but under the sway of a set of red-coated barbarians. The Nlagisirstes or their justifiers had pleaded that the Riot Act had heen read, but he contended they had no 'girt to rend it; there was no tumult or not tiil the tee. marry made one. Ile hoped that every man in the kitigilo.o who venerated the laws would exprew that feeling, by endeavouring to obtain justice and afford relief to the Manchester I nts would see by the proceedings of this day, the re at the eastern verge of the kingdom felt for co l t wrongs, and wished as fur as we could to redress and alleviate them. If we owed this duty to the people, we owed it vile° to the Prince. He NJ heel. grossly imposed upon by his Alinieters, mid hr believed that he was quite ignorant of the rote of thanks to which they had attached his name. JOIIN BAIIIBLET TOOKE. Esq. then word— 10. Thst the Thanks of this Meeting be gives tow 110 f. thy Representative Richard Hatibury Gurney, far Yr presence and exertions on this occasion, and fu rlskiforai and seniors support, by his voles iu Parham-4a, of the Rights and Liberties of t h e People. IV. DA I. WV M PLR, Esq. moved -11. That the Thanks of the Meeting he given to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, for his read) segioescroce is the wishes of his Fellow Citizens in calling the renew Meet. My,. and impartial conduct in the Chair. Tise Meeting then dirpereed. CORONER'S INQUEST AT MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 15. The adjourned inquest upon the body of Camp bell, the special constable, who was sit inhumanly treated by the mob on Tuesday the 17th of last month, was held to-day. Chapman, the orange dealer, and the famed from London, attend ed, but were not Ahmed by the Coroner (Min Millie, Esq.) to interfere with the witnesses. Torre was a great deal of evidence as to the attack ; from Stu to 30 witnesses were examined. but as notes w. re not 'snowed to be taken, no particulars can be given. The verdict was-4 , Wilful Murder against certain person or persons of present nnknorrii." Mr. Ashworth, a barrister, and Mr. Barrow, a solicitor, attended ,ou behalf of the labillord of the house where Campbell had taken shelter, and In. brewer, both of whom have been in costody fur some days.. •-... from the evidence neither of tease persons are implicated, and that they did not turn Campbell out, to satisfy the filly of the mob, as was formerly stated, but that the door of the house was broken open, mid hundreds of persona rushed in and laid held of him; they were, therefore, hostutrubly Acquitted, and instantly liberated. The Jurors were so satisfied of the Sontllord's in nocence, that the whole of them signed a declaration to that effect, for the satisfaction of the M o gistreks at the ensuing Session for granting ale licenser. "Is BRITI S H PRE S S . LONDON. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1819. His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT left Carlton-house for Portsmouth, yesterday, at t•u ..'clock, accompanied by Sir BENJAMIN Bt.00u• FIELD. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, the LORI) MAYOR, attended by the SHERIFFS, the RE CORDER, Aldermen SMITH end WAITHMAN, Ii comiderable number of the Members of Cie Common Council, waited, by appointment. mei , the PRINCII REGENT, at Carlton-house, fur 1;:e purpose of presenting to his Royal Highness 11. e Address awl Petition voted at the last Common Council. The Answer returned by the Paiscr. RIMENT expressed his " dterregret" on receiving the Address, and alluding to the evil designs of turbulent men to• inflame the minds of their fel low-subjects, and to liieeste their affections from the Government and Constitution of the country, cummeuted upon the strong claim which the Magistrates its general bad upon the opprobution rind support of their Sovereign and country, in the " him, faithful, and active discharge of Ore . dirty." The Answer elm seemed in complain of the went of information displayed by the Conitn..•: Council with regard to the state of affairs at Man chester ; and remarked, that if the laws were in deed violated, the tribunals of the country were open for the redress of the injurer!. His Royal Highness concluded by saying, that, " to institute an extra judicial inquiry, under such circurnstati. r• us the present, would be manifestly inconsistent the clearest principles of public justice." This Answer conveys a very severe censu... merely upon the Common Council of the (711 y ..6 London alone, but upon all those who are so in discreet, od . lather so wujusi, as to express a doubtll4l ,l P the. "WPM and clemency of the Magistrat es Maacheatee, the legality of the measures thr ' PUrilealt 0/1114s1hagediiiiivii sad courage displayed i .--'-. .-