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COVENTRY , 11111 BAND WRAVERS. The diotresse. and sufferings of this meritorious claw of his Mljesty's loyal subjects, from the want do just return for their industry, have been almost unparalleled in the annals of the country, while London employees, to them aliens and foreigners, have been deriving considerable prutitt, and the Treater! of the State considerable revenues from their persoind labour's. These meritorious artionns— according to the 41, clination of Mr. Charles Lilly, one of their liberal employer'', at the late Meeting at Coventry, cmisistiog of the Mayor and local Magistrates, and the employers of the sit k.weavera— had been curtailed in the prices of their wain:try earnings, in other of not less than I,ouo/. per week, which, in the lost five years of their out , ferioga and deprivations, would amount to a sum VIUSi to 860,0001. while poitions of the deficiency have been made up from what die inhabitants of Coventry have ever felt to he most degrading, the precarious contributioris of the poor rates. It is *angular indeed, thrt the great profits of these valuable labours should be derived by the non resident intereoted capitalists of London, while the labour itself was locally sustained by the resident landed interest of the local manufacture; and that the general interests of Coventry should not roomier hays currierl themselves to cure the unnatural evil, the mischiefs of which they all alike felt, and all alike deprecated, bat, until lately, made no general movement to abolish. This case of the ribband-weavers of Coventry was, however, brought before the House of Com mons in the last Sessions of Parliament ; and the parf;es to the application for all the teller they waoted, which consisted wholly of a public recap. nitinn of their own acts, were the most respectable, of ill)• liorliest authority in the city and in the trade; rind, in tine, of all the parties interested in the i-sue. These parties were, the Mayor and Corpo ration and the Magistracy of Country, the inho hitaiits paying poor rates, and all the employers and the employed in the ribband manufacture. The application to Parliament was thus unani mous. A ruinous system had prevailed of alder-paying, measured by • competition of the wants and distresses of the weavers; and, conse quently,' of underselling each other, the mischie vous effects of which, they one and all, felt, and determined amongst themselves to abolish. With this view, they hail made au arrangement amongst themselves ns to prices and returns for labour in future, and they applied to the Legislature to unction these their own arrangements and agree ments by an Act, ordaining this and nothing more •—that the parties should abide by their own voluii eery agreements. This was the virtual amount of their unanimous application to the Legislature ; thereby meaning, in other words, to put it oat of their own power, individually, to under-pay and under-sell each other, and to countenance a bastard system of half-pay apprenticeship), which was one of the principal instruments of the ruinous system. This was the limited extent of the application to Parliament ; but if granted, confined as it was, would have removed all the distresses of the rib barid-weavers, and restored the city of Coventry itself to opulence and to prosperity. But, however important this simple application to the relief, or sitailv fatal to the very subsistence of twenty tiiimaand industrious British subjects, struggling sonnet distress, poverty, ruin, and wretchedness, the introduction of the Bill was officially op posed, and under that opposition, hopeless of sup port, was, therefore, withdrawn. In support of the Bill, it was stated, that the trade was never brisker, the demand of ribbands seldom greater, the con sumption more general and rapid, and the retail profits more encouraging; while the labour of the employed was never more incessant, and the prices of the labour not half as much as seven years ago, nor soused, as fifty years ago, when the necessaries of life were net above one-third of the present prices, seal " would not now do more than keeps man from starving." That the consequent distresses inflicted oil the weavers had the effect of reducing thousands of them to the necessity of seeking parochial :,id, and consequently of increasing the poor rates to such an alarming extent, as to threaten the whole city with one common ruin. In the words of a printed evidence before a Committee of the House, " If this system continues, our streets will be crowded with prostitutes, the workhouses tilled with paupers, and we shall be all wretched together ; it will not he the ruin of the trade only, it wi:l be the ruin of the city of Coventry itself; and, though a resident of upwards of fifty years, I have made up my mind, if this Bill do not pass, to leave the place." Such was the state of au ancient city of the empire, where ribband-weaving is the staple manufacture, as detailed to the Corn- ' inittee by this honest witness; and to manifest the %dal importance of the question, and how it int ',heated the very existence of the city, he con. tamed. " If the ribband trade revive, the whole trade of the city revives, such as shopkeepers, shoe makers, and so on, all revive with it." Therefore, to relieve the ribliand-weavers, was to relieve and to uphold the whole city. Most of these weavers, it was proved in evidence, had, iu other timer, when the price of their labour was at a proper standard, contributed both to parochial and parliamentary ussessulents ; they paid property tax:—and, to ice:t the possibility of degradation, by parochial relief, they hail long formed friendly societies to receive small contributions, and by this accumu. haled means, had provided a fund, sacred to bene volence, for the relief of poesible distresses un foreseen, amounting to 4,681/. 56. Bd.; but the •Nliole of which had been expended during the last tour year. of their sufferings, by payments to •ielt members, and for fsweral expenses. Ye os tentatious. morel projectors of Saving Banks, look this brilliant display of dignified, provident hu rosiiity, and proudly imitate this Coventry example lf integrity and self-denial, in this humble order, under the severest sufferings of poignant distress. and immolate sacrifices to heavenly 'services alone ! It was a rule of these provident societies. that members not pa) ing their contributions regularly, should be struck out of the books of the fraternity. But, in their common distresses, humanity com pelled them to depart from this rigid though neces 'guy rule, while they struggled to keep their society together. aM What could be said," declared one of the bbecal-minded wituesses, " to such a mournful and *riling prayer a s this from a father of a family : Domot exclude me on account of my inability t• pay my contribution. trifling as it appears to be. I have been so reduced in my wages, I am no longer able to pay my contribution, though I work iuceniently; do not drive me to the parish; if I was the only person concerned, I would bear my distress and privation in silence; I would preserve my honour ; you should neither see me, nor hear me—hut my children must be starved, and I must be compelled to brand myself with the disgrace of a pauper, if not spared tyros this trifle." For relief from this deplorable condition of the ribband-weavees, and the (odor(' state of the city, where, of 3,560 houses. 1,100 only can he rated to the poor, the ftluyor and Corporations, and the local Magistracy, all the employeis in the sulk manufactuie of the city, and S) masters and firms of the city of Lon. (foil, tossiarcted with the trade, with liberal minds and benevolent hearts, came lorwurd, one and all, unreservedly, to pray the Legislature for the act of coofirmation petitioned for—at their own exclusive exprn-e, individually and collectively—opposed nod ti,erefore withdrawn, as before stated. Thus, hopeless and despairing, while perishing for want, or left without other than the scorned resort to the degradation of parish aid, what could he expected from human nature otherwise than that this discountenanced class of British pas pulation would orderly endeavour to relieve them selves. They were human beings this was a question of human nature 'testi; and they appear to hare managed to relieve themselves, by means which God and nature dictated, with good order and dignity, veneration for the laws of the country, and undiminished obedience to the magistracy, whom they most respectfully invited to witness their rigid and uniform subordination; and whose stilisequent attestation is highly honourable to the Magistrates, and no less creditable to the ribband weavers. The unfavourable decision of Parliament, wholly unexpected, loaded these destitute people with despair ; their condition was now rendered despe rate, their families were starving, and themselves doomed to perish, or become perpetual paupers. stained with a parochial badge, or positive slaves to beggary; and, therefore. that henceforth they must make their election either to be free, or slaves brand ed with dishoncur, by sharing parochial contrilin lions, sacred to the helpless, the impotent, the lame, and the blind. " We labour like slaves," said they, " but without that natural return which even slavery commands at the shrine of humanity. Slaves have a regular subsistence provided for them, we have not, vet slaver cannot be compelled to labour more severely than we do willingly : human strength can not labour more—but, with all our labours, we cannot obtain the subsistence which is provided for slaves. We are indeed partially mid by our em ployers: so far honourable—but. beyond that, to sustain nature, the interested jealousies and com petition of our employers doom us to the scornful relief of parish aid, or to perish. Thus crippled and degraded, between honour and disgrace, we feel that, as men. we are imperatively called on to take our own line of appeal for that measure of justice which our humane employers were, one ucd all, most willing and ready to adopt, under the sanction of Parliament, in the List Prices of 1816. We know it is in their hearts to do us this justice; but how to effect it, under the denial of Bahr meot, demands some more than ordinary impulse. We must make a last appeal to their own virtuous and liberal feelings, ou the alternative of List Prices or nothing,' and with one consent they ap pointed deputies to seal all the looms.—As ex. pected, their humane and willing employers felt the full force of the justice of their appeal, and. as will be seen by the public prints, unhesitatingly adopted it, gratified their own best affections, and readily acceded to the common interest. Thus mutually, laudably, and harmoniously terminated that simple question of common reciprocity which had been unceremoniously opposed by Ministers and rejected by the House of Commons, as improper in discus sion, and hostile tocommercial interests in general. _ . Various unfounded insinuations of insubordina tion and irregularities have been circulated, with a view to prejudice this question, and the parties con cerned in it. They require only to be understood to be refuted. In fact, they refute themselves; and the general approbation of the superintending Ma gistracy is the most undeniable proof. The city of Coventry exercises its own particular pleasantries, peculiar to its own locality; but the people, high. spirited and honourable, are exemplary for their loyalty, and subordination to the law. of their coun try, and they know how to bear and forbear with each other as largely as any society in the world. The manufacture of ribbands at Coventry and precincts adjoining is about sixty-five millions of yards annually, every particle of which, in all the stager of process, contributes revenue to the public Exchequer, except the personal labour, and a frac. lion of a farthing per yard, which must impercepti bly merge in the immensity of the concern, restorer the welfare of the whole ci , y, and the ease and corn. fort of its industrious and highly-meritorious itilis bitantr—whilst in torn the circulation of their ordi nary expenditure contributes to support the general interest* of the community. Mr. RICHMOND, one of the Commissioners of Customs, Mr. MORRIS, Surveyor-General, and Mr. 11'n [TIMOR; principal clerk, Secretary's Office, have left London fur the purpose of visiting the principal ports in Ireland, with a view to the further facilitat. mg commerce between the twn countries. " Negociatiuns," says one of the letters received in the City, " are still carried on between the Bri tish Government and that of Spain, for the supply of a quantity of specie, probably in contemplation of the expiration of the Act restricting the Bank of of England from cash payments. The proposal was in the first instance that nine, and subsrquently ten millions, should he conveyed from Haviinnah, or Vera Cruz, in British ships of war. Hitherto nothing has been definitively determined: but it seems, from the progress which has been made in the negociation, that Spain is herself, at the present moment, so much in want of gold and silver, that none can be spared by her for the use of this country, until next year at the earliest:' The match between Serrphon and Teresias, at the Second October Newmarket Meeting, is off by consent. . At the next Newmarket Caren Meeting. Mr. CIIARLTOIOI Sam. Bst. 71b. is latched against Mr. Joim's Filmy, Bst, fur 'too guineas, h. ft. TO TRW RDITT)II OP THE BRITISH PRESS. Stn—The lamentable state of the country, and the silly anal harsh steps which are taken to preserve order and lemma •;- lily In its distils bed districts, most shuck and confound even the must renal .npporters of such weak and cruel meo. noires—measures which tend sot only to iutlsme and en. rap the isissubslited passions of s brave people. when they see thErai injured and trample•) attais. lint ;,eve them a joist eight. as it is a natural one — lo retaliate on Shale op reessurs. Sorely, Sir, foreig-n Halloos cannot gave belief t o the incongruous and ilicamanatent sin tourists of Eue:i►h Journals (to them they must appear 1.0;. alien they real in one of their volutions of Ike head of th e British nation visiti•sg dstrerent parte of his &missions, and 'aerie,' by his loyal subjects with drvor avid alfretion and in the neat eulnenst of the same Journal. to read of neva. *acres, rebellions., and committals for high weer,* %%bat can they argue from all this, hut that they ale 1 continua tion of the Der by Green-bag Plots, Habeas Cot pus Suapen- Dion Act, and the whole system of spies, informers, and yeomanry, to .hike terror, to give a f Ilse glare—false as transient, to an nocapable Administration Hal, Sir, ill revert to what can be mote easily amended: Why are nut the regiment. which are quartered in the differ. tilt totems and districts, for the caps-east purpose of ornery. gag the public peace, employed instead :he yeomanry. when the aid of the military is regillreil "tt sorb moutons as the late riots at 31aucha•ster ? Is it Isecasere they would defeat the objects and views of the rioter. Smirch , our soldiery ought to be permitted Its perform a eat they are not only paid, hut employed fur—the preservation of the State against domestic as well as foreign foes. Is it by cutting and slashing, and trampling to she'll, that the London mobs are dispersed? But they are compelled to manage those things better here. The metropolitans are not quite so gettlable as t•ountry folks; they are muse op to Slate trick than their mote unsophisticated oeighbours. There were no lees than three reeimesite anal a brigade of artillery in the vicinity of Manchester. Mat au awful re sponsibility does then rest with Olive oho possessed such means of preserving Site public peace and safety, and yet dial nut employ them as they ought to have done! lint, perhaps, the worthy Magistrates of Manchester were so blinded to the actual state of thing*, or to leader of the roil alitattional right, of their ew,wrym u , that they Ina-feln at keeping them in order, even with sounds, blood, and death, is a cirit way, to dispersing them quietly • Ali the <trial...t errific military. I shall conclude, Sir, by exp►essint my strongest remon strance against Iheempluyn.esit uf the yeomaiwy, when regu lar troops can he brought to act; such high hurts might nut to be deputed to niiskilfti I hands, notch less shunts the hands of neighbours be srnia-d against mar ; Sher; and confidently trust, that the colltlia y will drtillsia, any insiet, through the nsedium of its organs—tlw fate anal unfettered Press, that the directors of the late prociaaliags at NI ionehea ter will lw I ght to a just and relialsotiae .croon) of their conduct, alike disgraceful to them as Christie** anal Eng lishmen. LUCIUS. BOLTON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. nm this moment arrived in this town, having followed the cavalcade, along with Nir. Hunt and the men sent to Lancaster Castle with him, from Blackburn. An attempt to describe any thing like the feeling expressed by the people in Blackburn and on the road, would be alto gether useless. I never beheld such enthusiasm— women and children, men and boys, old age and youth, decrepid and hale, lined the road all the way to Bolton ; and. as I ■m informed, the car riages were drawn nearly all the way by the i ipopte. This, town is at preseut (Mr. Hunt and Sir C. Wolseley are addressing the multitude) crowded for several hundreds of yards; linked where I am it is in vain to attempt to hear any thing, and there is no possibility of getting nearer.• The people are really frantic. How foolishly the Magiatratrs of Manchester have acted ! no step could have so fully established Mr. Hunt's Issue a. this foolish prosecution, which they must allow arose out cf an act of the most wanton and etrocion• kind. I am told the three gentlemen (Mr. Hunt, Sir C. Wolseley, and Mr. Pearson) have this day de picted in no pale colours the acts of the Magist►ates and yeomanry, and the great mischief they emitted, and did inflict on a peaceable people. Our famed Fletcher comes in fur his share of these Gentle men's remarks. I would to God that these Ningictrates and powers that be would open their eyes—the expression of the people here is truly awful !—it haw nn up pearance of an ebullition, but a solid and firm fixed determination of public feeling. - - ANECDOTE OF JUDGE JEFFERYS. When this arbitrary Judge was not under State influence, he seemed to have a sense of the natural or civil rights of men, and an inclination to 'pro tect them. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Justices of Bristol had been used to transport convicts to the American plantations, and to sell them by way of trade—and finding the commodity turn to good account, they contrived a method to make it more plentiful. the legal convicts were but fow, and the exportation was considerable. %Viten, therefore, any petty rogues and pilferers were brought before them in a judicial capacity, they were sure to be terribly threatened with hanging, and some very diligent officers were always in attendance, who advised the ignorant intimidated creatures to pray for transportation, as the only way to save them ; and, in general, by some means or other, the ad vice was followed. Then, without any other form, each Alderman took one in his turn, and sold him for his own benefit; and sometimes warm dispute* arose among them, about the next turn. This trade had been carried on unnoticed for several years, when it came to the knowledge of Lord Chief Justice Jeffers's, who, finding upon inquiry that the Mayor was equally involved in the guilt of this cruel practice with the rest of his brethren, he made him descend from the bench where lie was slitting, and stand at the bar in his scarlet and furs, and plead is a common criminal. Ile then took securities from them to answer informations : but the amnesty after the Hevoluf stopped the pro ceedings. The foregoing is u proof of an obser a tion no less common than true, that no character is completely consistent—the best not being entirely free from vice. nor the worst totully destitute of virtue. The neighbourhood of Kensiegtoo has hitherto been the refuge of the most dexterous and audacious video'. in the Metropolis. Burglaries within the last few weeks have !men committed to an alarming extent, ■ud with inspouity ; mid on Thnrsday night only, some of this daring gang tore op the pump opposite the White Lion public house, and car ried it away, leaving the greater part of the neighbourhood, who depended solely ou the some foe water, in the greatest want, in consequence of the ion of this temple of con ireisiesee.—Yesterday a►orming some daring villains broke into the premiere of Mr. *odder*, roach-wain, of South Aelky.etreet t Oroevewor-orrerto sad at"k a quantity of glares from wr e f al emit" efreriota, wed landaus, with which they leo& their Ewer. SOUTHWARK MEETING. Sir Robert Wilson having arrived in twe, the lowing letter was sent yesterday to Mr. Gilles, thw Chairman of a Committee, by the High of the Borough : * Town Hall, Sepblusher f, 1119. " Silt-1 have bed the honour of receiving your loti•:. of yesterday's date, requesting infornsmion whelk, r next du, will be convenient for me to receive the Gent!cairn forming a Committee, to hold a Public Meefoig in 1: 1 1, 1 Borough, to discuss certain roceiiiings which ilAtft ink. is pluce at fancbester. " fn reply to ah.cb, 1 beg leave to any. tint I shall hold myst If ready to receive the deputation uo that " 1 am, Sir, your °ludo of " .1. PRINCEP, &ea. " Jobs Gilles, Esq. Chairman." MANCTIESTEIt SEPTEMCER 7. The followitig is a correct report of what took place at the New Bailey Court this day, upon the vtobject of an application to the Megisttztita for warrants against certain snootiers of the Ma.schester yeomanry, charged with coning and maiming, at the Meeting of the 16th ult. Mr. Harmer—l beg your attention for a few gm:meals. Mr. Norris—Whit is your came? Mr. Harmer—Harmer. I alit nd here on behalf of per sons who received sabre wounds on the 10th nit. from cer tain members of the Manchester yeomanry. F. rionately fur the ends of justice, the per -imps mh o inflicted these wounds are identified ; and the object of my application to you is, that you will take the depositieras of the it litif..f4. which I have here prepared, and issue warrants to bring the parties before you. Mr. Norris—Have you not presented bills of indictment to the Grand Jury at Lancaster against the persons to whom you refer? Mr. Harmer-1 do not mean to disguise Ili aWs of in dictment have been preferred to the Giant! Jury at Laiicas. ter, which bills have been returned ignoramus,. lied I he . to obrarve„.thst the Gram! Jury are not to be (teemed tall:. ljhle ; and that it does not follow, that because they may have mistaken their duty, or misconceived Me eviiletic., the Willits of public justice should be closed, or all means of legal inquiry set aside. Mr. Norris—Are slot these on whose behalf jots now am ply. the same individuals whose bills of indiclntcul lure been cot by the Grand Jory ? Mr. Harmer—Yes, So% Those parties are in attendance. Mr. Norris—My own impressions are certainly eery i!, eideil upon this subject. Hut mill, as there ore several of env heather Magistrates here. I wish to consult their jud;.nctit before I express my opinion. Mr. Norris then retired from the Bench, sad in a fete mi. mutes returned, accompanied by several other M igi•tra tea, to whom Mr. Norris stated is Court, that an applientwo o is made fur warrants against the same individuals with regard to whom hills of indictment had been thrown mit at the pre sent Assizes, on the chime of cutting and maiming. He then, addressing himself to Mr. Harmer, asked, " Have I stated your application correctly ? if not, l beg you. will set me right." Mr. Harmer—Yon hare stated my applies! pretty se. cnrately; but I have to observe that I have additional ta '- deuce besides that laid before the Grand Jury. Mr. Norris—l have no hesitation in rayitig, that lam decidedly adverse to the object of this application. For, after the eases of the persons to whom you refer. bare M ea determined noon by so high a tribunal as the Grand .lore. I cannot see the propriety of issuing warrants to commit them, in order that they should undergo the same iiiverti ga • again before the same toibisaal; surh a procee.loic would, ku my opinion, be • work of supererocation on one part. It would indeed be an art of impertiuence sod limo. sion towns& the Grand Jury of the county, If we were so to interfere; that would he to assbjeet 1110 Ilieli44lllll of a higher to the consideration, if sot to the control, of a lower Comet. Bat suck a proceeding would he altogether withwit precedent, ana what would be thought, fur itistance, of s Magistrate who should grant a warrant against a man for murder after a bill accusing him of that crime had been ignored by a Grand Jury? such a course would, in fact, he totally inconsistent with the principles of British jostice. Had an application beet. made to us before the bills of in indictment were rejected by the Grand Jory, we might with, propriety have interfered, and I should riot have refused to interfere to receive the depositions. I believe that I have spoken the judgment of all my brother Magistrates; to which those gentlemen bowed assent. Mr. Harmer—Am I to nnderatsnd that the Clout Fringe the application for warrants bermaso the arm have already been decided by tbe Gaud Jury? Mr. Ntirris—Certainly ; yes. Mr. Harmer—lt is solely upon this grossed that the Court Wale to interfere? Mr. Norris—Yea. Mr. Harmer—Then Ibe leave to slate, that I have other cases which have not been before the Greed Jury, and into which(as now fully prepared to eater. The parties are present to make their depositions. Mr. Norris, after consulting with his brother Magistrates, observed, this is a :natter of importance, 311t1 will require some consideration ; bat, as se hare other and pressing too. ricers to enter into, we must postposie the subject of this application, and will apprise you, if you will let as know your address, whether it will be coaveuient fur us to cuter Early last week hills were posted through Pais- into the investigation to.dsy. ley and in all the (owl's and villages in the neigh- wh tr. m H a a y ros i e er x — pec l t s i m o be a s t r i t h ro e m lll y os ou le? Arms, Manchester; st e all so prob7 o blj et he ain eogag f ed for an hour bourhood. and even in this city, intimating that there would be a public Meeting in Meikleriggs Muir, on and l a e b i N 'o lf rri and sh a ll " Saturday the 4th instant, to take into consideration business which may require " your attest:so y a " runt any other the late proceedings at Manchester. Then bills Mr. Harmer—l have Iseee spoken to by the friends of Iwo hail broad 'black hoes in the margin, as is usual lads of the name of Wrier, arsenal whom itultchnesor have with Newspapers on occasions of public mourning, been found fur libel, and who are new in custody on a Koichi warrantiii w i l l for waut of hail. I wish to know to what amount It was currently reported that the Iladicals were to hart be required ; because, if the sum be moderate, march to the place of meeting with flags and in the y can immediately matelot it. military order, in consequence of which intimation Mr. Norris then said, that be would step out and consult was given to sonic of thorn that such processions with his bristlier Magistrates, who had withdrawn from the f would not he permitted in the streets of Paisley. Renck upon the declaration of the Court with regard to the applicatio n Afte r event fit five irwar warrant s. On turtle'', however, several hundreds from the a . &tes absence Mr. Norris returned, at. towns noel villages to the westward, marched with companied by his brother Magistrates. and said, " The o ral flags to Paisley. The flags were four in number, required for each of the %Volt . * is 1001. and two soothes in white with black edges and inscriptions. On atone 00/. each; and added, " I have taken the upportonity of or them were, " Weep for Manchester"—" Right consulting with my brother Magistrates, ' I P" your previous " and al c it h ea we had def ithr er ra r p e e d respect a ti n s a w s. arra l is i t t a ii u tb s e w ei.wonarried•-uratnion pre_ Union Mers"—" The Massacre of Manche s ter , wl t ri ou the reverse, es I) Suffrage."—The Sheriff sent f ee l ourse l ves p ees : had; circumstanced respect e ssic p ow of the County, and the Provost mid Magistrates of occurrences of that day, we bare come to a deternsinatiou Paisley, called out about eighty special constables, nut to interfere in any investigation on that subject" Mr. Harmer—May I bet; to know the names of the Ma_ not with the view of giving any interruption to g in ti t tes who are now present, and have come to this deter. the meeting:. but to prevent such indecent process sions. Of their laudable purpose we cannot speak Mr. Priories—Certainly; their names are, Mr. Holton, with too much commendation, while the folly and Mr. Wright, Mr. Marriott, and Mr. Fletcher. impropriety of such processions call for the strong- Mr. Reenter naked, when the Court would be prepared to est reprobation. At the same time, it its but justice receive the bail for the Woos? Mr. Norris—lt will be ureessary that notice of the pro. to the people of Paisley to say, that they conducts posed bail should lie given in the solicitor fur the prostrat ed themselves very properly. Much as we disagree ties; mid if the names are now reels the bail any attend its political opitsions with the Paisley Reformers, we to-morrow. Ilan to state to their credit. that tumultuous pro.. Mr. Harmer—The warrant merely expresses that they shall ceedings form no feature of their general conduct, and their behaviour on the present occasion was o he rd i er ol ukh C l u b u e r fi t i t r l e m a t Justice to put t n i ven bail It willii there °sin-P.l' he an extreme harilaltip that there lads, one of whom is only such ite might have been expected. So soon as they fif teen years o f „ ge . „h oo k; b e ei r o g sle a with petals. of I I , e knew that such foolery was to be attempted. and most exceptionable character. Let me hope that the Mans. before the constituted authorities had expressed hates will take into theme etto ree 7ideestinbo6 themselves on the sub le of the ject, they had . sent to the o Il . f. eg i het:tell:l:er charge s a t e la re in o s i t ilv i ir ' ra ing 'u aYs li the age' is the sits or elo a sai r brother. country advieing otherwise, and. when the Meer- Mons as above mentioned. arrived 11 . om the "alit, Su v e i h heit a pr t i tme icee b t a l i i i n a g p i pe s, I NrzprmreheNnoirrl, Norris ge lat ep lu t t ito ppireredal them eut. le they diostioileil them to forbear, and the flags were their responsibility. arnrl asked sloes if they co xf u r ld_s a wea e r r that laid mode at the end of the town. thus rendering they iwereth:esoer.l.hm!:::ll;oseacahs?solll..herweessit'esum.altmednm: ;11 the iiiterference of the constabulary unnecessary. . 4 gb ec r ie ;ha to t sum the bait were come prepared lojostify. The meeting, however, it Meikleriggs Muir, did xi,. Norris—lt is she melee , here 18 ,„„ spr i the bail to not take place, but was adjourned tilt a futu re day. I j„ iiit i s i y.ft ip ar t er tr i i i b a c i a lf in s u r u s ii t o -.ahem bs . thereof._ —(Glasgow Courier.) Thomas hoonil. John Morey, JAR Jay, Thomas' Marlin, Henry hobinton, William serre, and Daniel !Ayer mar, headhorouglis of the parish of Spitstfirlds, appeared in cons. quence of summo n ses issued against them at the in stance of Mr. Downes, the High ('unstable of the lower divi sion, for having been absent from their appointed ;dace of rendezvous in the CVVIIINg of the 25th ult. the day ut the last Stnithficld Nleeting. In excuse these officers alleged that they had been accus tomed on former occasions to dismiss themselves when they considered their attemianee no longer necessary. and did so on the evening an question, without the irgli Constable's authority. The Magistrates expatiated on the inconvenience which mty arise to the public, if peace officers were allowed to set upon the sitzTestiosi of their melt minds on such area_ shots as the present, but in the hope that nothin; of the kind would again occur. inflicted only a nominal fine. John !ling and Wsfliant Mullins were charged by Messrs. Hoehn' and Larking. clieesernongers, residing in Whiteehopel road, with stenbog from them a (Itrllitity of oats, their pro perty. The Prisoners were, folly committed: the latter for stealing the oats, and the former fur receiving the same, kilo% itog it to be stolen. 4 1 I 1 I immiiiii ll4 40e: -....rdrli .111111F'"' APPREHENSION OF .11• INNIS. It will he recollected by one readers, that on the night o the 7Jilof July last, William Bitch, Assistant Deputy Con stable Of Stockport, having arrested and brought in rum. body the Iter. 3fr. was, npun passing from bit house, fired at and wonntled ; several persons were its rtinsrquenee taken into custody upon suspicion; Iwo laughers, Jacob and Mt if, natives of Ireland, the former a weaver, were strongly suspected; Birch hay ing furnished a description answering their persons, and the circumstance of their immediate disappearance from the town, a reward was offered for their apprehension; and a c 1111 l inunication matte to the civil authorities in this country; it wan ascertained that on the Bth of An. gust last, Jacob 511attis arrived in a vessel at Warren point, Newry; search woe accordingly made in the neigh bourhood, by the Rev. Holt Waring, Magistrate for the county of Down ; the supposed culprit bad however fled, but was subsequently taken at a watering-place in the vici nity, tolled Newcastle, under a warrant frum the Marqnis of Downshire, and comtnitted to the gaol of Downpatrick. In • form town of the circumstance having been received in Dub lin, Major Sirr, who is a Magiatrate fur the county of Down, backed the warrant for the removal of the Prisoner, and slr. Maiming, Chief Peace Officer of College.stseet Office, was dispatched to execute it : hr yesterday evening at ' , teed iu town with his prisoner in custody, with whom he will probably depart to lodge him in Chester gaol, to take his trial at the present Assizes. The Prisoner is au interesting l oo ki ng young as., shunt twenty-one years of age.— (Dublin f:rening l'ost, September 7.) Intelligence was received nu Monday last of the appre hension of Jacob 51• Innis, who is strongly suspected of being the man who fired at Birch. He was apprehended at his Otter's house in Dublin, by an officer named Man ning, and arrived here on Tuesday, on which day he was examined for the first time, before the Rev. Mr. Armitatead. Wlnnis is described as a young man, apparestly about 25, very decently and respectably dressed in black. He appears by no means dejected, and roundly asserts his innocence.— Pearson, one of the other persons committed for this offence, we are informed, is wholly discountenanced by the Radicals of !Rockport, who have rejected his petition for an allow ance. Our readers will perceive that uoue of these people with be tried until the next Assizes. We since understand, that yesterday *lnnis had a second examination, sad a third and final one is expected to take place on Saturday.--( Chester Graven/1m) INTENDED AIEETIAG AT PAISLEY. POLICE. ataaalairdioita. CARLILE AGAIN ARRESTED UPON A WARRANT. Yesterday, at five o'clock, Mr Carlile was apprehended upon a warrant issued by She Lord Mayor. and charging him with having publiihed an unlawful, inflammatory, awl *editions Ebel, tending in %cite ilisstli menu towards the person of the Priore lteQrot 31111 h•e Government, to create itonirrection and breach. , of the peace, in a pamphlet called " The Repoli:lean," N 0.2, vol. 1. 'The Lord M” or and Mr. HAW received Mr.Carlilean4 his hail in the private rivotn, and unformed him that lie had !wen under the necessity of iasuinz another natant against him for another publication, for which lie had now to re "lire hail Mr. Carlile-1 have two Gentlemen here who are reedy to bail me. 'The Lord Nucor.—Let them eotne forward. Mr. Carlil► protested azainst the ktality of hia Lordship's warrant, and his requiring so emitter' on that warrant, mid tie..tared to hip Lordship that he shuulil seek te.fress in as anion for clainnes. The Lu,r,l Ilayur-1 hare only pirfornied my linty as a Magistrate. The usual forms were shim mme throsith, sail the two'. flirts's-es sworn. The bail we're Santini F. Waddington, Esq. of Lewisham, gent, and Rob., t Liturge Hardisty, Esq. of No 20, Bury-street, B:oonishoirs.. The sums required siert. VW. each, and Mr. Carlite by himself 300!. The personal rsco4tizanees et Mr. Carlile exceed 2,000/. LAMTitTiI STREET. THE LATE SWITIIFIELD MEETING. he op.