The Sun. — London, England, 1831-11-03 00:00:00

THE RECENT RIOTS AT BRISTOL. (From the Times Correspondent ) BRISTOL, NOV. 2, ONE O'CLOCK A. M. On leaving London yesterday morning I passed Ft company of the Foot Guards beyond Kensington, in marching order, whose destination, I understood, was for this city. Within a short distance of Reading I also passed a detachment of the Horse Artillery from Woolwich, proceeding in the same directioa. They escorted a six and a twenty-four pounder, with ammunition waggons, and travelled ;mit:ly, having called in the aid of post horses, six of winch were harnessed to every carriage Groups of the country people were collected to witness the unusual cavalcade. Nothing farther indicative of commotion appeared until I reached Bristol. A slight tendency to dis turbance manifested in Bath bad, I was informed, been easily and promptly suppressed, after the break ing of some panes of glass in the wiedows of the White Hart Inn. As I entered Bristol, the vigilance of alarm began to be manifested. Special constables, with white bands around their hats or arms, to enable the mili tate, to distinguish them, threw a glance of inspec tion at the contents of our vehicle. As we advanced, troopers, mounted owl dismounted, infantry sen tinels, and knots of constables, were almost the only persons to be seen in the streets. At the place where lelighted I read a placard, warning, in the name csi . the local authorities, the citizens to remain rtteir dwellings. I had learned en the road that every thing was quiet, and I now found that the an nouncement was true, With the exception of the movements of the protectors of the peace, there was scarcely " a mouse stirring." This was at ten o'clock pan. Daring the intervening time I have conversed with malty persons well acquainted with the parti culars of the riots; some civil, some military, and nearly all more or less devoted to Tory principle , . The last fact is important, from the eh/neuter of the information they have communicated on the subject of my inquiries. The leading pants of that in formation I shall endeavour to convey as faithfully as possible. They are singularly corroborative 01 the view of th e c a se l a id down in at; article in the Tbnes of yesterday, and while they are calculated to excite astonishment and abhoitence, they cannot fail to afford gratification to every honest Reformer. It was distinctly and unequivocally admitted by every person I addressed, that neither Reform nor its advocates were in the most remote degree cor m-teed with the unparalleled outrage and barbarities by which this city has been so signally injured and disgraced. It was likewise stated, to the credit of the Bristol Political Union, that its members had done all that could be expected from active citizens and honest men, to maintain public order, and secure the rights of property. Though there is nothing in the exculpation and acknowledgment but what the rational part of the community would naturally anticipate, still, at a period when the engines of party malevolence are so busily at work, they deserve to be considered as a gratifying tribute to the unsullied purity of the na tional cause. The Bristol riots ere, I thials, at an end; but their memory will not readily be forgotten. They have been marked by such rare atrocities, that one would almost conclude that England was returning to the barbarism of the middle ages. The rioters, from the beginning to the close of their operations, were stimu!ated solely by the hope of plunder. Their ranks were recruit d from the scum of the quays and the collieries. The unneces sary parade of force on the entrance of the Re corder, gave a mischievous importance to the pro ceedings of a group of youthful vagabonds. A elope thrown at a civic pie, cooling in the area of the Mansion-house, led to the indignant interference of a constable. A mob collected,—the dining-room and cellars were stormed,—their assailer - its became doubly-brutified by drunkenness, and numbers joined them with a view to participate in the surfeit and the pillage. To create the confusion favourable to rapine, they fired the houses. I have heard the Mayor and Corporation vehe mently censured for not adopting measures of orde nary energy. Fifty resolute men, it is asserted, might at once have arrested the ruffians in the begin ning of their career. At present, however, it would be unfair to pronounce a judgment upon the conduct of the muncipal authorities. Yet, it is certainly un accountable how the 14th Dragoons, who terminated the disturbances on Monday merning,should be al lowed to retire to their quarters on Sunday, leaving the city entirely at the met cy of wretches frenzied with intoxication. It was fortunate for Bristol that the rioters were spurred by the love of plunder, and not by political fury. Had they thought of any thing but gorging and thieving, they would have fired the city in twenty places, as they might have done on Sunday night, and reduced it to ashes, instead of confinnig their ravages almost entirely to Queen-square. That unfortunate locality presented sights most ex asperating to the citizens, and most revolting to human nature. Men stretched in drunkrn stupor beside puncheons of rum ; women in loathsome shapes, bearing the outward marks of the sex, in the same state of beastly degradation ; wine held up for sale, by sated robb rs, at 2d. a bottle ; and while the flames burst from the burning build ings, so as to be visible at a distance of seventeen miles, a crew of miscreants, so intent upon rapine, that not a few them were buried beneath the tumb ling roofs, which their own hands had fired. At the Custom-house, while one - frantic gar* applied the torch to the upper part of the pile, anothtr, unwit tingly, cut off the retreat of scme of the more tardy of these desperadoes, by setting fire to the lower division. In this manner, three men (I ft el as if I profaned the word) were entombed in the glowing mass. Two leaped from the roof, and were dashed to pieces ; and two boys, who attempted a similar mode of escape, were, I was assured, actually s eem: frying in the molten lead that streamed upon the pavement. But enough of details to which I have unwillingly granted belief. The plunderers were in possession of the city from Sunday afternoon until about seven o'clock on Monday morning. Charged by the 14th Dragoons in Queen's-square, they were rapidly dispersed. The number of the killed and wounded cannot as yet be computed. •Sixty--hree are said to have been taken to the infirmary, and it is supposed, that in addition to those who have fallen by the hands of the . military, many have - become victims to the confligration, and their own devilish cupidity. Four men were token prisoners when about to set fire to a house of the Duchess of Beaufort, in the vicinity of Bristol; and, but for energetic interference, would have had summary execution done upon them by their captors, the dragoons of the 14th Regiment. Thus does lawlessness generate lawlessness. I have given these statements from the represeu tai ions of eye-witnesses apparently worthy of trust. I shall be heartily glad to find that they have been over-coloured. • 1 repeat my own and the general opinion, that there exists no fur ther cause of apprehension. At all events, there is now a superabundance of troops for any contingency. The constables are employed in bringing in stolen property, and the rioters who secreted i•. I understand there arc already 300 in custody. HALF-PAST SEVEN O ' CLOCK A. 31. With the dawning of day, I have visited places that will lorg be registered in the records of crime. There is now no doubt of the appalling fidelity of the :atemetits I have reported. The half of Queen-square, comprising the Cu:- tom-house, and the habitations of persons in the I middle rank of life, is a total ruin. Hoe and there hurts of flame are still issuing from amidst heaps of bricks and mortar. I drew near t• some persons who were bending over a heap of straw in a carn,r of the square. Be neath the straw, was laid a black and shapeless mass abtut three feet in length. One of the spectators, as I advanced, observed that it was the body of a child. " No," sail another, "it is the remains of as big a man as any among us." I looked, and re cognized the cinder of a human form. One house escaped the flames through the cou rage of its owner's wife. She told me - the stow v. Her husband i , lame, and she was left to protect her dwelling aga'nst the rioters. They shattered the windows, but she kept tht.. , doors closed against them. A t l ast so ft ie drunken boys and prostitutes gained admission by a window, and flung her into the' street. Her account confirms the charge of cul pable supineness on the part of the magistracy. A te,v determined men in each house, she deciarec4 would have prevented the accomplishment of this devastation. All the evidence I can gather goes to establish the fart that the ringleaders in these hor rible vilhanies were the most contemptible as well as the vilest ruffians which the receptacles of human abasement could vomit forth. Terrified by the yells, and threats, and outreges of the mob, many persons, such tts maid-servants and children, re mained, and perished in their hiding-places in the burning houses. Their relations look for them in ain. BRISTOL MAGISTRATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sift,—l herewith send you a list of the Bristol Magis trates, the whole of whom are Tories, or Anti. Re Ormers, with the exception of the Mayor and one of the Sheriffs. Your readers may judge from this what confidence the inhabitant+ can have in such a junto. They are a self_ elected body. Confidence will never be placed in such Magistracy : net more than one of them (Barrow), with the Mayor, resides in the city. The inhabitants are de termined, as soon as peace is restored, to petition the Par liament fur a new charter, and thereby get the whole of them, if possible, removed. MAYoa—Charles Pinney. ALDERMEN. Sir Charles Wetherell !:: John Barrow Thomas Daniell Thomas Camplin John Haythorne Gabriel Goldney James Fowler George Hilhouse Wm. Tripp A. Hilhouse James George John Savage. John Lax (Tor; ) IFTS. Bengough Clio party inan BRISTOL, Nov. 2. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sur,—Under the head of the Bristol Riots, given in your Paper of yesterday, a statement is made, no doubt inadvertently, that Sir Charles Wetherell, in his escape fram the Mansion-Loose, had procured a hat and colt from the landlord of the lble-in-the-Wall Tavern in this city: and as this statement, if allowed to go uncontradieted, would matetillly injure an honest and deserving man, I beg to say, from my own knowledge, that such was not the case—as the individual through whom his escape was fffeeted is in a very different situation in life. I trust that you will insert this contradiction in your earliest publica tion, as at the present time there is a strong feeling in 13ristol on the subject. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, A DAILY READER OF THE SUN. BRISTOL, Nov. 2. (EXTRACT OF A LETUER FROM A RESPECTABLE CORRE SPONDENT.) " We are net settled down to business yet; the city is tranquil up to this hour (five Wel. ck). They hare dug out several bodies of the rioters - from the ruins in Queen square this morning. One man crawled out i❑ a torpid state like one aroused from a lethargy, with his arm burnt. Several of the ringleaders have been taken ; a man from Klnsham, five miles f, em Bristol, who set time to the new gaol; another named Willirms, a cabinet m :ker, is identified as the man who fired the Mansions house ; three boys, not more than twelve years of age, and a man, are committed for assisting in forcing the side door of the Mansion-house, and destroying the furniture. A paper is in course of signature to Lord Melbourne, calling !Cr an inquiry to be made into the unprecedented supine ness and total want of decision of the Magistrates. From the activity now displayed, large quantities of the plunder are continually being brought in, as having been recovered either out of the river into which they had been thrown, or from houses in the country where they had been secreted. Fresh troops are arriving, hut they are not now, I am happy to say, wanted, far all is as tranquil as ever. The embers occasionally re-kindle, but the firemen are en the spot. Much wine, oil, and valu Ible property have be, n removed from the cellars this morning. P.S. The Anti-Reformers attribute all the destruction to Reform; I say it is owing to Anti-Reform. BRISTOL, Nov. 2. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Business has been resumed to-day, that is, the shops hare been opened, but beyond this li•tle in the resmopticn of I business can be said. The streets are greatly thronged 1 with people, and the arrival of bodies of miftary, which has occurred frequently during the day, adds very much to the interest and anxiety generally felt. The extent of the destruction is almost beyond belief. I have heard that the loss of property is estimated to amount to not less than a million and a half of money ! In some places the engines are continuing to play, and generally the ruins give evi l(fence of the tire being still existing by the smoke which they continue to send forth. The members of the Politi cal Union and the special constables are continuing actively in search of stolen property, and of the individuals con ! 'serried in the abominable outrages. The Exchange, by the cruder of the Magistrates, is allotted to the reception of props rty, and it is h.mrly arriving in loads of every des cription. I apprehend that of the furniture little of it will I be of much vain so rough is the handling it has received. At every tura you meet with speci ,I constables, who are distinznished by bandages of white on their bats end arms at particular places, or the corners of streets, the people are not suffered to assemble toaether. During I th e day the firemen have been busy in Queen square, searching in the runt for the individuals who have been honied ill their, and for the property that may have been left by the plunderers. A nuttile , r of bodies, four or five I believe, have been already duz out, and they present a most appalling spectacle. Burned in many parts almost to a cinder, portions of the limbs broken off, and otherwise EX hibiting maths of the dreadful violence they have been sub jected to in the fire, and in the falling of portions of the building. One woman was. among the number, she was found in a sitting posture, and had something lik e arrow , root wrapped up. There is no doubt entertained of many more bodies being still in the ruins, and every expedition is used too them extricated. A singu;ar Occurrence took place in examining the ruins of the Mansion-house. Part of a human figure made its appearance, and speedily releas ing it, a man was found to be still living, with his arm I burned off near the shoulder, and, to the surprise of the by-standers, he was able to rise up and walk away. I saw seine of the bodies deposited in the middle of the square, merely covered with a little straw, while a guard of the 3d Dragoons kept moving round them. The men seemed not to relish the employou nt, and as they pass' d the bodies, they placed their hands on their mouths and noses, apparently affected with the stench that proceeded from them. I herd some complaints of the impropriety of keeping the bodies in that exposed place, and I saw some very tour'' affected with the disagreeable, I should say horrible, appearance the bodies presented. I have just been making a visit to the several places which the mob s i gnalled out fur their venaeance, and which continue to attract great numbers of 'spectators. Next to Queen's-square the Bishop's Palace was an object of much curiosity. The gentleman who bad charge of the remains of the Bishop's rt.,,idence, informed Inc that he endeavoured to repel the attack made on it, but, of comae, all the opposition he could make with the aid he had was unavailing. lie told me also that the assailants all ap peared to be men from the country, anti had their faces partially discoloured or blackened. The Palace is a com plete wreck. The Cathedral, which is adjoining, escaped very narrowly, hut my informant told me what scented an td,i feature in the transaction, that the wreckers said they would not learnt the Cathedral, and if so, they kept their word. But I have reason to believe that its safety was a matter of chance, not design. I was strewn the marks of their attempts to break open the doors, but either they of fered too ninth resistance, or the mob had not time to ac complish its destruction. While I was at the Palace tuins, I saw books and papers, which bad been saved flouts the library, brought into the chapter, but I undetatand that deeds of great value, which had been deposited in the library, have been wholly destroyed. Every article of furniture in the Bishop's residence was also completely de stroyed. The arrests to-day are very numerous, I saw several patties of prisoners in the custody of the constables, and apparently great vigilance is now exercised, when as one of the citizens remarked to me "tire horse has escaped." The most indignant feeling is expressed against the Ma• gistrates ; their conduct is certainly most t xtraordinary, and cannot be accounted for by any ordinary at indard. They seem to have been completely panic-struck, as it cannot be denied so were the great mass of the inhabitents. I have been assured th,:t the scene was altogether of the most (rightful character, won - ,en and children screaming, and farni!ies thinking only of their personil safety, leaving their property defenceless, as of no moment, while the occ sional firing of the military, and the savage shouting of the nth ; added to the terror of the scene. One thing I hive been struck with, and that is, the ju venile appearance of many of Vie special constahles, they seem to be quite boys that I allude to, and evidently quite untitte4 for performing such an important office at such a period, and under such circumstances. If the constables who were sent among Vie mob in the fir 4 instance were of - the same description, it Is easy to account for the un• fortunate collision that took pl tee. The several parishes have met again to-day, and I understand that an idea is pretty general among them to apply to the King's Bench for a writ, if that Court can grant it, for suspending the Mayor and Aldermen from the exerc'se of their magisterial functions. I have just heard, however, and I am in- Formed that the fact is beyond doubt, that Government has issued a Commission supplanting the corporation in its authority over the city, and of which Commission a General Officer, who is, I believe, trained Jadison, is stated to be the head; such is the position of affairs at this moment. The rioting at Bath has been trifling. HUNT'S VISIT TO MANCHESTER. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2. According to the announcement on the walls of the in tended visit of Hunt to Manchester, and the triumphal entry purposed to be given him by his partisans, (the people c riling themselves the Political Union of the Working Classes,) that body on Tuesday last, about half-past twelve o'clock, left Manchester on their told to Stockport, to meat their distinguished orator and patriot, accompanied by the whole of the tag-rag and bob-tail of the town, the principal part of the working classes being at their usual occupations in the factories. The members of this Union extended a considerable distance, !docking up the road on Loth sides, by linking their arms together. Two bands of music attended upon them, and a number of flags and ban nets, bearing the following inscriptions, were exhibited : The Manchester and Salford Political Union of the Working Classes." A banner, with a portrait of the Man of the People. with the inscription " See the conquering Hero comes. —Here is attachment without interest.—The voice of the People is the voice of God, and must be obeyed." Ano ther, " Vigour and determination will do every thing— No Corn Bill—Annual Parliaments—Vote by ballot, and Universal suffrage." A quantity of black flags and pie- totes of the scenes of the 16th of August, 1819, with flags bearing the numbers of the districts of the Union, made up the complement of favours, with the exception of each member wearing the tricolour. In this manner the procession moved towards Stockport, and less than half way met Mr. Hunt in a carriage and four, attended by a carriage and pair, filled by persons of his own class pos sessing similar sentiments. Upon meeting him the c owd set up a loud yell, or huzza, which continued for some time. The procession then wheeled about towards Manchester, and on its arrival upon Ardwick• green Mr. Hunt stopped the carriage, and addressed his open-mouthed admirers in the following words :—" My friends, I want to say a word or two to you. I understand that, from the result of the late great meeting at Manchester, the people have began to act for themselves, and have routed the Whig fiction. I hear, also, that you have had some Whig rows in the town ; a set of idle disorderly rascals have been breaking a few windows. It was a Whig mob that did it I am sure, and I hope this day, as you are all a set of peaceable radicals, that you will show the difference be tween a Whig mob• and what our enemies call a radical mob, by being perfectly peaceable. Do not even give a groan, or display any ill feeling before the Peterloo but cher Burley's house, if you chance to pass it. There have been Whig mobs in other places, Nottingham and Bristol, all which have been encouraged by the Whige, such as breaking open gaols, firing dwellings, and other acts of vio lence, and when the hirelings of the Whigs had finished their work they were rewarded by the military being called out to fire upon them, and shed their blood." Having concluded this harangue, the procession moved on, passing several extensive cotton-mills in full work, which Mr. Hunt observing, remarked to the reporters, " Look there—look there—the owners of these factories are Whigs—they are keeping their work-people locked up to prevent their coming to see me." On pa-sing the dwel ling of Mr. Houldaworth, the Member for Newton, one of the mob cried out to Hunt, " Look at the borougbmonger's house." Upon which Hunt replied, " Don't fill your Lead with nonsense, my good man, about bnroughmongers. What's a boroughmonger ? What's a Whig? It is the Whigs you have to fear." On passing up the respectable streets, especially Morley-street, he was much hissed by the persons who line.l each side of tie road, who appeared to have planted themselves there for the express purpose. A group of respectably dressed individuals, who stood near the Royal Hotel, were very marked and loud in expressing their disapprobation, which Hunt, in his usual gentlemanly style noticed, by placing his fingers to his nose, in the manner the flash men of London do when they have dune a flat, or in noticing their pals, which is elegantly termed " Taking a sight." _ _ _ Ij i sin arriving at the place appointed for the meeting, the arrangements which had been made on the spot did r.ot appear to please Mr. Hunt, and previous to hid ad dressing the assembly he loaded with abuse several carters who had placed their vehicles in the way so as to pre vent access for the carriage to proceed to an eligible spot. The carts were fi led with men, women, and children, end Mr. Hunt very humanely advised the ;nob either to turn them out, of turn them over, if they did not 1110VC out of the way. Silence being ob tained, and Mr. Hunt having commanded all to sit down excepting himself, he commenced his address by :loping they would not call silence, for those persons who did mule the greatest noise. He said that he should commence by proposing three cheers, not for the King, not for the Queen, not for the Tories, not for the Whigs, not fir the Bishops, not for the devil—but for the people.. —(Great applause.) Three lend cheers having been given for the people, Mr. Hunt proceeded. He was sure it was impossible that he could be I;crrd by half of the people present, unle s they gave him exclusive attention. • fie was delighted to find, from what he had heard of the hat meeting in Manchester, that the people had begun to know their rights, anchto exercise them ; they had re solved to be no longer the tools of the Whigs, the Tories, or the devil—(A laugh)—those factions being alike hos tile to the liberties of the people, though the Tories had never shown themselves half so badly disposed to the rights of the people as the Whigs.—(Hear, hear.) Since last he had the pleasure of meeting the radicals on those plains, the naughty Lords had thrown out the Whig Reform Bill, and yet for all that, he did not see any of them crying for its sad fate.—(Mr. Hunt here instituted a parahel between the fate of the Reform Bill, in a story about a brick, a child, and the moon, which teas so extremely applicable and sprightly, to say nothing of its humour, that even his own particular partisans looked more than usually grave.) lie had been studying ever since Ire had left Manchester what degree the Whig Re tOrm Bill would be of service to the working classes, in case of its passing into a law, and had not been able to discover ths,t any benefit could arise to them from it. He was sent to the Mouse of Commons by the working classes of Preston, because they thought that he would advocate their interests in that Burnie as faithfully as he had in variably done out of it, and that he had done alone, and would continue to do, in spite of all the falsehoods issued against him by the public Press, which was paid by the Whigs out of the secret service money to libel him.—(Loud cheers.) Notwithstanding all these attacks he was now in Manchester, surrounded by 20,000 of his fellow suhjects, and did he look any Iworse in health or appearance than when he was ad dressing them before.—(Cries of " no.") No ! lies break no bones certainly. But lie would ask those now before him jf ever he had done anything contrary to the interests of the working classes.—(Cries of " no, no, and yes, yes.") He was on his way to his constituents at Preston, there to deliver, as all good Members of Parliament ought to do, an account of his stewardship, which he should do as soon as they were assembled together ; and should there be one out of ten of the electors of Preston who disapproved of his conduct, or who would say he had ever neglected their interests, aye, if the rotten Whig, Dickey Potter, were to say so, after he hal canvassed the opinions of the electors, be would i.e willing to vacate his seat to sonic more worthy person. Then, why he would ask was he continually attacked by the public Press ; it was no doubt because he advocated the cause of the working classes. In a great town like Manchester, they had no doubt some hard-hearted, un'orgiving parson or migistrate, who had no commisseration for the poor. Did the Press ever attack such characters as those ? No, the vagabonds merely pitched upon him for the reason of his being the friend of the working classes. He acted honestly, Ire acted from principle ; and it he were wrong, let his assailants prove him so , and not continually indulge in invectives against him. Mr. Heywood, the Lancashire Member, had as much r'ght to indulge in his own opinion as himself; but if the meeting recollected when he (Mr. Hunt) addressed them before, he told them that Mr. Heywood would be equally as bad as the late Member, Mr. Patten. Did nut Mr. Heywood say that he would support you in your n ishes, and vote against the Corn Laws—(Cries of " He did") him. but how had he redeetned that Wedge. Time same amount of Civil List which was granted in the reign of George the Fourth, and which the Whigs declared was infamous when Out of place, hasl been granted to a shilling now they were in place, and Mr. Heywood voted for the grant, which was 170,0001. They might recollect the railing of tl.e hypocritical Whigs at that time.—(Mr. Hunt here intimidat- d, that as good Members of Parliament were scarce, he *hauld put his hat on for fear of cold.) He had been that morning addressing 15,000 people at Stockport, and hash enough to do, fox he had to proceed to see his friends ht nolton, and from thence to Blackhurn, before he presented himself to his Preston friends. Many of the spinners, he understood, subscribed money for the expenses of Mr. Hi yweod's election ; hut when he (Mr. Hent) brought forward the subjsict of the corn laws in the House, Heywood voted against the subject being introduced. He also voted for the 100,000/. being taken out of the peeple's pockets for the support of the Queen ; the King having chosen to marry a young German Princess, who was likely to live forty years longer than himself; and thus wet e the people cheated out of their money. Then came a provi sion for the Princess Victoria of 4:0,000e, for the purpose of teaching the young lady to dance, &c. When he (Mr. Hunt) objected to these grants, Burdett, tbeWhig :limner, said that no reasonable person in the country could object to the provision but the Member for Preston. The men who live upon potatoes, and others who contrive to live upon nothing, of course would not object to it. The Bill, he did not hesitate to say, gave the people no thing. The who'e of schedule B would, in the event of its passing, become nomination boroughs, and the Govern ment would take care to have possession of them. If the Bill passed, the Aristocrocy would have from two hun dred to two hundred and fi ty people in the House of Com mons, which would give the Aristocracy a fearful influence in the affairs of the country which they ought not to pos sess. The false newspapers have said that the Tories are the boroughmongers, and not the Whigs; but the Whigs are the principal boroughmongers. The dirty grasping Whigs when they framed this Bill, did it merely to take money out of the people's pickets. What had they done for the people? Why they had taken the duty off coals; and what interest had the Lancashire people in that ? None. They were also amusing the country by talking of reducing candles and soap a penny per pound, but had they done so, —no, no, they are all promises. Many impudent knaves had got up in the House of Commons, and had had the audacity to state, that the country to a man were satisfied with this Bill, he would ask them was that the fact ? (Cries of " No, no.") The . Ministers were perfectly un worthy of confidence, but were they honest, the Whigs lacked the ability to carry on a Government. The defen ders of the Bill would say, would you not r ather have a g , ass of wine and water than no wine at all ? He would say no, not if he knew there was poison in ehe wine and water ; such were the arguments of the venal Press in fa vour of the Bill. The Times and tote Morning Chronicle were both in the pay of the Whig Government. It might be asked, did the y pay them individually out of their own pockets? No, they were bribed out of the secret service money, formerly used for the purpose of sending spies into political associations, for the purpose of exciting the people to acts of violence and then betray them, but those means having failed from exposures, the Press was now used as an engine in lieu of the other plan. The late Duke's paper, the Times, should the Duke again conic into power, would be found one of his Grace's warmest supporters. The hypocritical rascals of the Press, having represented that the people had given up the universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, and annual Parliament, for the sake of this Bill, the Whigs began to cut and curtail it, till there was scarcely anything left of its originality. lie would have the people unite throughout the country to have universal suffrage, vote by ballot, and annual Parliaments, for their whole rights, and he was sure, eventu ally, that even a Tory Ministry would give them a better Bill than the Whig Bill. Mr. Hunt here r. quested that all those in the meeting who thought that the Weig Bill was likely to be of the least service to the working classes to hold up their hands. A few hands only were held up, but on calling for a contrary spew, a forest of hands was im mediately held up. Mr. Hunt again indulged in a long tirade of abuse against the Press, in which he stated that when they attempted to write him down, they were at tempting is write down the hands of the thousands just held up. He also alluded in his speech to Earl Grey, who, he said, had not been in office more than three months before he placed in situations relations, whose saLrias rea lized together 60,000/. per year, exclusive of the Bishopric of Derry, which had recently been given to Load Grey's brother-in-law. Lord Althorp had, in answer to a question from him (Mr. Hunt), as to- whether it was true that Lord Grey had done so, answered yes, why not, if they were competent to fill the situations? Such might be very good reason ing, but quite inconsistent with Whig economy. —Mr. Hunt here observed those present who were of opi nion that the Whig Ministry were unworthy of any eon fidence from the people would signify the same lay holding up their hinds. This display of mob feeling was also carried to Mr. Hunt's satisfaction. Some person here cried out, "Lord Grey and Co. will use none of your blacking old Hunt after this." The people of Manchester, Mr. Hunt continued, are now stigma tic d as mobs, when they meet together so express their opinions. It was only three months ago that they were complimented as the most enlightened, the most amiable people on the face of the earths. He was informed that the Whigs were forming armed Unions for the purpose of carrying the Whig Bill. If that was the case, lie thought that the radicals had quite as much right to arm, eto carry their Bill, as the Whip, for what was sauce for the goose, was sauce for the gander. He did not advise the radicals to arm them selves, he wished them to carry their measure peaceably; but if the Whigs conspired together, the radicals must unite also. He intended to propose to them a plan of unisn similar to the Northern Union he had planned when in prison, each person being a member paying a subscrip tion of one penny per week, anal let them choose an officer, and ca I him a sergeant if they thought proper, and when they became one hundred strong let the chief officer be termed a Captain or a Centurion. He hoped they would consider of the plan he had broached, and firmly unite together', and by-and-bye their fuilest wishes would be realized, a Bill would pass without doubt that would give them a cheap loaf, candle, soap, and tea, duty free. He intended in the first week of the neat Session to bring before the House of Commons the subject of taking off the Assessed Taxes, and the duty off malt, and substituting a proportion ate property tax. He did not wish to lead the people to believe that they could live with. out working, but he hoped to see the day when the people would receive higher wages, anal work but half their pre sent hours of labour. He had a right to ask the people to place their confidence in him, as he bad never deceived them ; the people had sorely belied him, and I.e had been much Hued in his trade in consequence. He had a traveler who went to Bristol and Bath in his blacking trade, and in consequence of misrepresentations he could neither collect orders nor money, the shopkeepers alleging that time people would not buy his blacking because they said he had been bought by the Tories, and instead of receiving about 2001. per week, the traveller was only remitting 50/. Mr. Hunt took out a letter from his pocket from this traveller and then read it to the meeting to prove the truth of his assertions. The meeting appeared to condole nide him, and shouted out— " Send your blacking here, we'll use it for you." Mr. Hunt then alluded to Mr. O'Connell, as being one who had propagated the report of his being bought over, and indulged in censuring his conduct in accepting the office of King's Counsel, hut was compelled to desist by the loud and repeated murmurs that arose horn all parts of the meet ing. Mr. Hunt, finding this to be the case, very accommo datingly said he did not blame Mr. O'Connell so much for accepting the appointment, not knowing his motives for so doing. Perhaps Mr. O'Connell thought he could be nefit his country better by it. Mr. Hunt concluded by pro posing three cheers for the breve electors of Preston, which b e ing given, the cavalcade moved off towards Dale-street, accompani_d by the mob. Scarcely a single person of re spectability was upon the ground, and neither Mr. Pren tice, Mr. Whittle, Mr. D o h erty, M r. W roe , M r . O a t e s, o r any of his old, and in some degree respectable supporters at one time, appeared on the hustings, or at the meeting, to lend him their countenance. So far as we have been able to ascertain everything went off peaceably. BEAUTIES OF THE COURT OF CHARLES —The brilliant engravings that form the portraits in the fourth number of this unique collection, are accompanied with Memoirs of the Countess of CirrstEarrimn, one of the fair principals in DE GRAMMONT'S celebrated story of the " Bag Verts,'.'— o f Miss BAGOT, who became i❑ sue. cession the irreproachable wife of two libertine Lords —of the Countess of Sotrnxsic, whose faults, follies, and miseries, constitute a tale well fitted to " point a moral"..._ of Mrs. No', fair, sentimental, and Madonna-like --of t he interesting and exemplary Countess of RocirEsTEß-- of Mrs. LAWSON, mild and gentle, yet opposing the forti tude of virtue to the perils of a licentious Court —and of t he magnificent Lady BELLASYS, famed for her beauty, wit, and high spirit, and recorded as the mistr,ss of the Duke of Yoxx only through her voluntary resignation of the marriage contract by which she bad become united with THE ANNUALS. ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE KEEPSAKE. These illustrations comprise some of the best engravings from the paintings of some of the best artists of the day. Nothing can exceed the exqui site grace and delicacy with which the majority of them are finished. There is none of that harsher's, of outline which we but too cf en see even in the works of some of our best engravers; the lights and shades are blended in the most harmonious • sty le possible. " Scandal" is an arch, piquant sketch of two old maids ; one of whom is full-fraught with a more than usually calumnious anecdote, which the other, though she discreetly professes to be shocked, is drinking in, with open mouth, staring eyes, and pricked-up ears, as if her every organ were re. freshed by the malignant details. The engraving is remarkably spirited, though we cannot but think (with all due deference to Mr. Smirke) that the countenance of the lis'enn-r is rather too much cari catured, especially in the expression of the mouth, which conveys the idea of the old Tabby having swallowed a hot cinder. " Mrs. Stanhope" is love• liness personified. The graceful fall of the ringlets; the soft, bland expression of the light, full eye; the snowy whiteness of the symmetrical neck; the deli cate Grecian nose; the ruby lip, and eloquently ex pressive mouth, might thaw the frozen heart of an anchorite, and qui ken rite pulses ofan octogenarian, If St. Anthony, as legends report, ever wrestled with a being of this perfect beauty, he must, indeed, have had a desperate struggle. " Lola Bella" is a sketch of the far-famed fantastical island of that name, in the largest and most picturesque of the Italian lakes. It is full of that striking character in which the landscapes of S anfield always abound. " The Wedding" is a sseet dos clic little tale, sweetly and simply told by Miss L. Sharpe, in a drawing which does infinite credit to the purity of her invention and taste, and which Mr. C. Rolls has adequately engraved. The print abounds in figures, is full of life and motion, and characterised by con summate etse. It is altogether a woman's creation, tender, affecting, and exquisitely delicate and femi nine. " Mady" is an engraving by Miller, from one of Turner's most gorgeous and poetic conceptions. It is very rich and picturesque, and a difficult per spective is managed with great skill. "Da you remember it," is another of Miss Sharpe's expressive paintings. The tear in the eye of the young girl, and the miniature portrait in her hand, at once tell the whole story, so as to render all fur titer illustra tion superfluous. The subject has lost none of its touching interest in the hands of its masterly engraver, Mr. Heath. " The Champion." A fair girl is present ing her lover with a ring, just as he is setting our for the tournament. The conception is picturesque and graceful, with the exception that a dashing pa'r of antlers are suspended in the hall, just above the young warrior's head—a rather inauspicious omen. On the whole, we consider the Illustrations of " The Keepsake" as equal to any of their prede cessors, arid superior, very far superior, to those of any other Annual, with the exception, perhaps, of The Picturesque Annual," or " The Literary Souvenir," both of which, it must be confessed, are perfect gems in their way. PICTURESQUE ANNUAL. We have already noticed the beautiful landscape illustrations of this Annual, and have merely now to speak of its literary contents. Mr. Leitch Ritchie, to whose versatile pen we are indebted for them, has executed his task with great judgment, neither dis playing rhapsodical flights of admiration and as tonishment on the one hand, nor common-place and indifference on the other. Most tourists in Italy make a point of running into enthusiasm in their descriptions. As for discretion, they invari ably leave it behind them ut the very first Italian post-town they reach. Every thing in their eyes is wonderful—rommic—unequalled. Rome, Flo rence, Venice, and the Lago Maggiore—on these our travellers ring their changes, till the reader, however naturally fond he may be of picturesque description, is sick to death with the repetition. Mr. Ritchie gives us no such surfeit. We have just enough of every thing, and too much of nothing. He has looked on nature with the discriminating eye of a man, the secret of whose excellence is good sense. And this qualification, we should observe, is more needed in an Italian tourist than in any writer, fur temptations to vt rge from the broad highway of judgment into the fairy regions of romance and affectation, beset the traveller at every step.. Mr. Leitch Ritchie's descriptions are worthy of Mr. Stanfield's illustra tions, and we know not that we can give them higher praise. They are animated, true to nature, full of life and observation, yet neither florid nor too often repeated. Here and there, by way of relief, he introduces a short,characteristic tale or anecdote,which in his hands greatly heightens the charm of the volume. Of his varied descriptions of scenery, we give the preference to those suggested by his first descent into Italy from the Alps, the truth and accuracy of which we can ourselves attest. The enchanting Lago Maggiore is also most graphically descried ; but indeed we know not a feeble or inefficient de scription in the whole volume. We, therefore, feel fully justified in asserting that of the numerous Landscape Annuals that have yet appeared, the " Picturesque Annual" is decidedly the best—the hest written, and the best illustrated. ILLUSTRATIONS TO FRIENDSHIPS OFFERING. Very pleasing embellishments, select( d and m ewed with great taste. " Friendship's Offering" is the best of the minor Annuals : we cannot accord it any higher praise. NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, PART XXX. Tne present Part contains Portraits, accompanied by agreeably -written unostentatious Memoirs, from the pen of the Editor of " The Literary Gazette," of Lord Eldon, Sir Alexander Johnstone, and Mr. Thomas Mot:re. ILLUSY'RATIONS OF THE CONTINEX- TAL ANNUAL. These illustrations are many of them excellent, but there is too great a sameness throughout. They are almost all architectural sketches, and a glimpse of a mountain, a valley, or a lake, is au absolute God send. Now, Mr. Prout should bear in mind that the continent does not wholly consist of cities and Roman ruins and cathedrals ; that there are other objects besides these worthy to be illustrated and had in remembrance, that deep, sunless glens, such as abound in the Savoy Alps; expansive Likes, whose shores, as in the instance of Como, form the most pie_ turesque objects imaginable; bluff crags, and wind beaten mountains, with their scanty patches of ver dure and small occasional ranges of sheep-walks ; Mr. Prout, are rept at, should consider that these things are quite as much deserving of illustration as spires and cities, and cater accordingly fur the va- tieties of public taste. We, however, fi, with this gentleman's archi►ecturul design. ject only to the repetition of them. His Ruin at 'Fre ves" is incomparably his best ii BEAU7'IES OF THE COURT 0 CHARLES 11. This splendid, showy work, if it met v ser a, would be in every one's bands. I thing more than a mere !et of embellishi plained hr an Editor in the slip-shod style backs of engravings are usual y explained, some really excellent, sterUng writing in Lrovred pen of Mrs. Jamieson, who is one a r.atural, and eloquent, and effective femah BRUSSELS. (From the Moriang Herald.) We have just rec ived a I,tter from our c‘ , l in Bruise's, containing the divisi o n o f th e Chic present itives in f.votir Of the Five Powers. - Paris Papers Tuesday, and the ifessager dated yesterday, hive also been received. BitUisELl, TUESDAY EVENING, The Cliiiinb,r of Ilepres,nta!ives divided the at two o'cinck, on the acceptation of the T Articles. The numb-r 4 are a 4 follow : Member; present 99 For 59 Against MAjority... • —2l . . Two abstained from :voting. 'ad M. Char'es d • Brouckere, the Minister of War, dl attend the sitting,. 11 0 The Projet Loi Wail immediately carried up t ° , Senate, and will I.e discussed to-morrow. There is doubt of a maj , :rity. A most disgra ce f u l sc ene too k p l ace i n t h e Chambe„r,bef'd Flepr,sentarives pr ev i ous t o vot i ng . M. Pi rson, t h e 34— e t , fur 1/:rant, in opposition to a vote of the Chamber , mined on sp,akin;. The Pre s ide n t qu itt e d th e Cba ir ' suspended the sitti ng . D ur i ng t h e i nterva l sevetalf oey words were exchanged, and the Members almost 0 ;10 lows. On their re-assembling it was thought ad - to let. M. Pirson sp,ak, and tr anqu illi ty was res tored. Yen will find that the m a j or ity i s not overw hebni o Lord Durham and Sir Robert Adair were present' 1 ,4! The following ate extracts from the letter of our corn spondent, dared 'Nov. 1. : The return of th.! Dukes of Oilcans and Nentoi l l' Paris on Mondry has removed all doubt that relO i l t here of the acceptance of the definitive Protocol bi.,l gium and Holland, and consequently all apprebet7 war betwe,n th e g r eat P owers on t h at su bj ect. The e oli, io gi have not. h o w ever , i mprove d, ow i ng to t h e magnit,• the diffe,er: ces t o b e arrange d a: the settlement, .7!; commence 1 on Moadov. The Chaniber of Deputies continue to be occordt,, the law of recruitment. The Ch am b er o f P eer s It v d 7i,JlT : journed over to Wednesday. The law on the hernol is supposed, will nut be introdu ce d b e f ore MondaY o rg in order to afford ti me f ur t h e conc i l i at i on of some kJ,/ in the list resource, fo r t h e creat i on o f a new bit'7, This day (Tuesday) being one of the four holidir i ..± served in France, the Bourse remain d closed. • t ad ACCELERATi ON OF THE LONDON (Front the Glasgow Chronicle.) td We subj&n a copy of Sir M. Shaw Stewart's te l L od' . Ear! Grey on the ac ce l era ti on o f t h e ma il, w i t h hit '' ‘ 'llo ship's auswer. H a il th e gent l emen o f• waited on the Duke of Richmond on the subject, a ' — „ditO themselves to thi n k th at th e acce l erat i on o f the IS e r mail would be a matter of importance to scot' nook, and the other important places in the West 0f Gttl , land, allud..d to by Sir Michael in his letter to Ein 71 pi as well as to the c o mmerc i a l i n crests o f t hi s c ity, an bbl they consulted th e s p . r i te d represent (dye of Renfr ew ;itlh accordingly, they might have got an advocate slung them worthy of the cause, and one who would soon I ') set aside the frivolous objections of Sir Francis FreelioL, or the gratine a'amt. the most convenient hour for &air:- which, by some aecount4, appeared to bite been the 1 5..0 . . (nut topic of conversation. eloq Sr uien'Aictl tlAieeMi S belrmw S of ts te e w r a i r o t is a nourai w ,le ori i ! i ing w ouse a ; an e d l l gfArl the manner he has taken up this subject, we are conir o , that those interested may now rely on seeing the object of eompl , sbed, provided h e b e p ro p er ly b a cked by the l y ost towns interested in the early arrival of the maiL worthy Baronet complains in his last letter justly, t bs 4 . lo' had never g 0. .. any public m emor i a l b y w hi c h h e OITA assail the Treasury. This is owing to some mistakeo7,oii we hope to see tra ce d ou t, f or i t i s now some 01:ty' since the Commissioners of Police (the only repc io i t:ve body in P a i s l e y) agree d t o a memor i a l o f the which was to have been forwarded to Sir Michael for r sentation. Worthing, Oct. ` ."2d Mr Lotto,—l feel it to be my duty to request your atten d a subject of vast public imp or t ance t o t h e W est o f Scotlan"iiin . , on which I have received repeated communications fron t ! , o f ent bodies of my constituents, I a ll u d e to t h e accelergti° ed; G asgow and London mail. I h ave aga i n t hi s day refie i c earliest remonstrance from th e t own o f P a i s l ey, urging '-ftt-a dress the Lords of the Treasury on the subject. I think, o cvi fore, under all the pressing an d i mportant b ear i ngs of a:,A , the most effectual and resp ec tf u l course to address yo ur ; ',' d ata; at once, and earnestly to reques t your i mmed i ate cunalaased of the loud complaint s o f th e peop l e of Hamilton, del Paisley, Greenock, a nd o f th e w h o l e of that vast ma nilla and opulent district of Scotl an d. I w ill not trouble Y°2,r-aerfd, ship with any particul a r s i n thi s l etter, as memorials int already laid betore t he Postmaster -General ; but I know.s n ship will give me credit w h en I state that the differencellibea hours in the arrival of the L an d on ma i l at Glasgow tft,o9 immense importance to the wh o l e mercant il e an d m anilla , 4 community of the West of S co tl an d . A t presen t the mail arrives at four o'clock, p.m., in Glasgow, while it nor, Edinburgh at one o'clock, p.m., (b o th t owns b e i ng e qualli e g2 from London). 1 call assure your Lordship the Pen Pois West of Scotland never can rema i n sat i sfied under eit,4 unequal arrangement, which is productive to them of is r os te and inconvenience, and I, and other Members of r 3,0 0 ;0 connected with that part of S co tl an d, mus t f ee l i t to belity,' to persevere in our just rem ons t rances aga i nst the inetlna. to say injustice, of su c h an arrangement. eel i P In the confident hope that you r L or d s hi p ' s a tt en tion blutf to be called to a subj ct of such national importance, !lord put upon a footing much more b ene fi c i a l to the gre at id concerned, I have taken the liberty of thus addressing /0 0 11 I am sure that thi s c ommun i cat i on w i ll, in the meisn„.elj satisfactory to the people of th e W es t o f S cot l an d , beCa7oo, know the confidence they repose in your Lordship—in wills, my Lord, your f a ithf u l and most humble servant.,, To the Right Hon. E ar l G rey . M . S. STEV".OI,I 9.5 et East Sheen, Oct. l e tt- Di.: A It SI R,-1 have had the honour of receiving your t o the thld, ma the subject of the Glasgow mail. 's °se II I had a meeting a few days ago with respect to thl a t with the Duke of Richmond and Lord Ilelhaven, It apt" 01 me that there were considerable difficulties in the oa 2 r of i r, proposal made by Lord 13,1 haven, for expediting the r 4 t pl their mail at Glasgow; but it was agreed that we and tl' h eed of Richmond should meet again at the Post-office, ° I / 3V whole case might be carefully considered, with all the rd tion respecting it which the office could afford. I araz d is every disposition in the Postmaster-General to is .0/ accommodation in his power to th e persons inhabiting,* be lit) commercial district; but I feel th a t i n a matter of whic"t"" much better able to judge th an I am, the decision mus t' his Grace. I am, with great regard, Dear, Sir, your's very faithiliolllV. INSOLVENT DEBTOItS' COURT, N ° s'. , wr George Beck Johnson, d e scrib e d as l a t e ly of I ) % ir t$ w race, II tckney-road, out of busin e s s , as oppose" ,',er° creditors, named licotnley and Drinnev ; the for auctioneer, and the latter a tailor. sr Frir A 1 1 Lo K eno (4, th j "fllbl4 1 Paud, t ip e n '!lc li t °u, 4k►°iY e A 7 n • 'llu its, th, the 1 . th ou [4, till er„ d, ) (c Se el laet)) k rat c h at t; y 0 4t as ;1 .. . e ' Vii The case occupied the Court a considerable t i° i v ,(l o „ Ire , Pi had the appearance at first of b e i ng an exee erlit4 4 'do' i ll or on, ; but Mr. Drinney infused life ia , o it, and, hY tij Coo rl St h , kl, 4%, w a y in w;iieli be vented his lamentations, kept th e is for Ili s i i. ' th a t convulsed with laughter. He stated that he s' 73 ',- ' l oe . ' ilt , i , - , 43 %-. tunately a tailor. The insolvent, in the summer ni i vo co Avb 4 ,i: ' c .tne to him and represented himself as a %volt)). l e bail (4the r Zi he-ides a rum of prop,rty, whose tailor, by cl"' jce i l io ; 1 44 1.1 i gone away, and be, therefore, wished to patronl' e cre do A i and (continued Mr. Drinney) this chap wanted t bia' eL •1 4 f and I itn,d-.; inquiries. I was told that I might true i ns 4, ( l :'''l y; ' ~, about ten pounds, and would probably get it ; ''' t , j id'' 441',Of . tb ' him a suit of clothes and an airy pair of troth , '" pot: ickt It aud all 1 got was a glass ,'f wine, and found be "T t ir r ti t . l4 op e : worthy fellow. I met him one diy, and ventur e 7 l ;:lo: ;; tl i , ' , l for my money. He was very abusive, and salt'', p.) t ' l di t4te l' going out of town ; and he has eorrowfudy added 3-r ', drill 11:nttill put me to thirteen pounds law expenses, barring ' 19 ",, 4 lii ~. Nl, tii ° of pl. 2s. And, oh ! had you heard the hard O il l ! ll Stid e Iti DO Il k • called tar, what would y.:u have said then ? -r '''' 11 t' 'net " And pray, Mr. Di imay," in, Mr. Coo* E' i't el, append for tl! insolvent, •• I suppose you never u!,, " ktiai eh ' names ?''—" No, Ido not," nsponded Mr. Drin nt. ' ' t ilit s sh a am the mildest man in the world." g t , 114,,, t ,, e, " Nor ev e n write them ?" dcmauded Mr. Co o ti on 14 " Ah," iejoined Mr. D., "but I did ; wasn't i t sub , tiati n t '' r. to ni.ke me, alter the ponderous manner in vd: lc , ' 4 ti ' .1, 4 ,' , treated Inc ?—(ltoars of laught e r. ) L oo k at l' 6 l. "° ' th at 4rn't he a yreat villain ?he h as yi nger i n Ilini'. l c''' 'he L h If Lave I. Now look at the poor suff erers in his so , ' t , ' l, tile ° ' the poor tailors, butchers;, bakers, an d to forth•" redi to o , At \,.''''' The CHIEF COMMISSIONER, ob ser v e d that those . 'te r , t , had di-du:bed the gravity of th e Court.—,, V it br es'" 'ill,: 1 '41, 0 , fil remember," sell Mr. D., putting his lksk"' ther e( '4 t i 1 ,14 t " I am singer,•il now." i i tht 4, t CHIEF COMMISSIONER —But I an] 0* an Sty . you nay stand down. The judgment was (14, rred until ' at should have been filed. ind uo fs f • P S k el toc us, tv- ce nt. I S 111 , , i , cr &t t e. Ilustrai °, . t : Cent , 7FXI I. '‘ ht * m ng With Ps s. an It is 9 ! • Prilt; jc ajefltS) e, w 1 Eltt;:si,„" f. Thel l it from dour t i n : . i . a 1 , 1 le w riters' '" ,1 1 Rr ~i•regio4"'l. 'lt amber ctet tm cv t 0 1, and Go nk , I. nsqls,"k .1 % .1 his after' *it % s t , TwestY . 'tl 3i 99 4 and cial • 13:141 1 4t 6 4 1 IH. specific aC C° °P r 'y