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TRE-ROY AL, COVENT-GARDEN.
/11111 S EVENING, FRIDAY, September 10,
will be acted the Comedy of
TUE PROVOKED HUSBAND.
1.o:d Townly, Mr. C. Kenai)le; Sir Frusta, Wroughead,
Mr. Blanchard ; Mr. Marty,. Mr. Abbott; Squire Richard,
Mr. Liston; Count Basset, Mr. Como. ; John Moody, Mr.
7.-nti v. Twenty, Mr.. Davison ; Lady Grace, Miss
)00-.e; Lady Wrongbead, Mrs. Davenport; Miss Jenny,
Mr.: Gibbs.
To wh.ch will he added, a Comic Opera, is two aets, called
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE.
Count Alsuiviva, Mr. Junes; Doctor Bartoto, Mr. Faw-
cett ; Figaro, Mr. Liston; Fiorello, Mr. Ppm. Rosins, Miss
M. Tree (from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, being her first ap-
pearance in Lonitug) NM Sterling.
Doors opened at Six as'Clock, sod the Play begin at Seven.
Bow. 75.; &voila Peke Ss. dd.—Pit 3s. 6.1.; Second
Price 'lL—Lower Gallery Is.; Second Price Is.--Upper Gal-
lery Is ; Serum' Price 6d. •
Place* lur the Boxes to be taken of Mr:Brandon, at the
Box.afice, Hart•street, from Ten till Four.
A P:.lv:ile flux may be had for the Season, or nightly, of
TI r. Brandon, at the Box-01Bre.
To-onorriiw, The Maid Of the Mitt; Lord Aimirorth, Mr.
Patty, Miss M Tree—with Lowe. Law, and Physic.
On Monday, Pisan-u, with Mother GUUSC.
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On Turman', The Devil's Bridge.
tln WchieWlay will be produced a new Comedy, called
The Stew3rll.

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No.XLII•
is published THIS DAV.

not wooded in wisdom or policy, and
1 have differed from the object which was sought to
be attained by them. But it is not necessary for
us to go into this. It is evident, that, when we are
injured, we have a right to judge for ourselves air
to the means of redress--that, if we think our-
selves aggrieved, we are authorised, under the
coustitutiou of our common country, to meet and
disease the nature of those grievances, and tO
devise the best means of remedying them.—
( Hear, hear./—This privilege we enjoy, not under
the Bill of Rights (which only confirms our privi.
lege to discos* our grievances), but under the com-
mon law of the land.—(Cries of Hear, hear.)—
It is not fur any Magistrate, standing however high,
to dictate to the people how and where they are to
meet. It is sufficient for him to acquaint himself
with the fact that the people possess the right, and
are at full liberty to exercise it.—(Hear, hear.).;—
But, if I thought it necessary to put down these
individoala. if 1 conceived these meetings to be
attended with trews danger. there is a cammitutimpal
:mode of efreotiog that object. Why do not the Masi-
gistrates stand forward—why do not the people of
rank and property in the country step forth—and
point out to those individuals their errors ? Why do
they not make themselves acquainted with the nature
of their complaints—why do they not point out to
thrive who complain the right and proper remedies
for their evils, and the rational mode by which
those remedies are to be secured ?—(Hear.)—
If the Manchester Meeting had been different from
what I have described it—if it had been illegally
convened—if it had been tumultuously conducted
—if violence and disorder had been exhibited at it
—1
say, even in that case, the conduct of the Ma-
gistrates and soldiers was improper and unconstitus
tional.—( Hear.)—My Lord Mayor, there is a very
severe Act on this subject-1 mean the Riot Act—
which affixes the penalty of death to individuals
who meet together illegally, riotously, or tumul-
tuously. and who, on due notice being given, do
not comply with the provisions of that Act, and
disperse to their respective homes. After a cer-
tain notice has been given, they are, 1 say,
liable to the penalty of death, if' they do nut
separate. But no set of men have a right to
interfere with, much less to disperse, those indi-
viduals, until the forms of the law have been
strictly attended to.—(llear, hear, hear.)—We
ought, my Lord Mayor, to recollect a little, the
circumstances under which the Riot Act was
passed in 1715—st the time. or immediately after,
a rebellion which had raged in the country was put
down. That rebellion was not excited for the purs
pose of recovering lost rights, but was occasioned
by an endeavour to place another Sovereign on the
throne. in the room of him who hail been recognised
by the gieat body of the people. Then, whew there
was a rebellion in the country—when there was a
pretender to the throne—the Riot Act was passed,
for the additional protection of the existing Governs
nient. That Act list, however, been considered by
some of the best men iu this country as a great
stretch of authority, as an undue assumption of
power. It certainly gives a power to Magistrates
which it is unsafe to lodge in such hands—a
power so liable to abuse, that, however necessary
it might have been when it was enacted, or however
necessary at a subseqiient period—it was treated by
many of the best and wisest men in the country,
as a most dangerous instrument.—( Hear, hear.)-
1 hope I shall not be considered as trespassing on
the time of the Court. if I refer them to the direc-
tions laid down in this Act—sbecause their judge
merits will be more properly guided by an appeal
to the Act itself than by any representations of
mine. For the information of the Magistrates, this
Act is printed at large amongst those statutes which
are intruded for the direction of the Corporation.
The preamble of the Act states, 6 that whereas of
late mail rebellious, riotous. and tumultuous
meetings have been held in divers parts of this
kingdom, to the disturbance of the public peace,
and to die great danger of his Majesty's Govern-
ment.' This part of the preamble discloses the
reason why the Legislature passed the Act, which
then stairs, ' that if any persons, exceeding the
number of twelve, shall assemble together, ille-
gally, riotously, and tumultuously, and after pro-
clamation for their dispersion shall be read, shall,
notwithstanding, continue together unlawfully, riot-
ously. sad tumultuously, that then they shall be
apprehended, and, on conviction, shall suffer the
penalty of death.' Here, we see that it is necessary,
in order that the Act should be placed in operation,
that the meeting should, in the first place, be
illegally assembled, or. in the second, that it should
be riotously and. tumultuously conducted—and,
under these circumstances, the persons continuing
together for an hour after proclamation is made
become liable to the penalty of death. The words of
the Act are, ' And, if' such permute, to the number
oh 12, shall enviable illegally, riotously, and tumul-
tuously. and remain and continue together for one
hour atter such command or request is made by pro.
clamation, then such persons continuing together, to
the nuniber of 12, shall suffer death, as in cases of
felony.' But there is another part of the Act that
deserves your particular attention, as it sheers how
the provisions of the statute are to be carried into
effect. The words are, • And be it enacted. by the
authority aforesaid. that the proclamation under
this Act, as hereafter stated, shall be read in the
following manlier:—that is to say, the Justice of
the Peace, or other person to whom the execution
of the Act is intrusted, shall appear amongst the
said rioters, or as near to them as he can, and he
shall then, with a loud voice, cousin:Aid, or cause to
be conimanded, that silence shall be preserved,
while the Itiot Act is read—which being done, he
01411 then make proclamation in these words, or to
this effect : • Our Sovereign Lord the King hereby
charge,' or commands all 'persons to deport to their
respective habitations, and un their lawful busis
mess, under the penalty, in case of refusal, enacted
by the lit of King George 1., for preventing riot-
ous and tumultuous meetings. And every Justice
of the Peace, within their respective jurisdiction, are,

• . ATKINS, MAYOR.
A COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the CHAMBER of
the GUILDHALL of the CITY of LONDON, us
THURSDAY, the 9th day of Sepiestber,l6l9;

• Rueter!),
THAT, under the free principles of the British
C,oestitsition, it is the undoubted right of English-
men to assemble together (or the purpose of delasenting
upon Public Grievances, as well semis the Legal aid Con-
stitutional Means of obtaining Redress.
That, foe the exercise of this Right, a Meeting was held
at Mese:heater, on the 16th of August last, and, without en-
Wirt into the policy or prudence of ing such As.
amiably, it appears to us, from the informailue which has
transpired, that the said Meeting was legally assembled--
that its proceedings were conducted in an orderly mad peace-
able manner—and that the people composing it were there-
fore acting under the sanction of the Laws, and endtkd to
the protection of the Magistrates.
That we have, aevertheleirs, learnt with grief and astneisii.
matt, that white the Mertes; wash assembled,and whets
we act of riot we tumult had taken place the Magistrates
kneed their warrants for the apprebensiusof certain persons
then present, for the execution of which, althongh no resist.
epee was made on the part of the People, or theme against
Arbon the warrants were issued, they immediately resorted
to the rid of the Military, when, without any previous
warning of their intention, the Manchester Yeomanry
Cavalry soddenly rnshiag forward, opened a passage through
the multitude, furiously attacking, by force of arms, peace-
able and unoffending Citizens, whereby great numbers of
NMI, women, and children, and even Peace-officers, were
indiscriminately and wantonly rode over, and nutty inks-
manly sabred and killed.
That we feel ourselves called upon to express our strongest
indignation at these unprovoked and intemperate proceed-
ings, which we cannot but view as highly disgraceful to the
character of Englishmen, and a daring violation of the Bri-
tish Constitution.
That from the known and declared attachment of his
Royal Highness the Prince Regent to the Constituting. and
the Laws, we feel the must decided conviction that his Royal
Highness never could have been induced to express his ap-
proval of the conduct of the abettors and perpetrators of
these atrocities, had not his Royal confidence been abused
by interested misrepresented statements of these illegal and
fatal transactions.
That at a time when the great body of his Majesty's anh.
jects are suffering under the severest privations, however
erroneous may he their ideas as to the means of redress, a
kind and couciliating attention to their complaints is equally
called fur by policy and justice, and that depriving them of
the means ofexpressing their grievances, by cruelty and des-
potism, can only tend to increase the present discontents,
destroy public confidence in the pure and equal administra-
tion of justice, excite disaffection, and lead to acts of Open
violence or secret revenge.
That, in order to avert these calamities—to maintain the
authority of the Law—and to prob et the lives and liberties
of the subject—a humble and dutiful Address be presented
by this Court to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
praying his Royal Highness will be graciously pleased to in-
stitute an immediate and efftvtnal Inquiry into the outrages
that have been committed, and to cause the guilty perpe-
trators thereof to be brought to sigual mad coudigu puuish-
Damn.
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LAST WEEK OF THE COMPANY'S PERFORMING
THIS SEASON.
BY PARTICULAR DESIRE.
TIfEATHE•ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, FRIDAY. September 10,
will be performed the Play of
THE STRANGER.
The Stranger, Mr. Wards; Coast Winterseu, Mr. Barnard;
Baron Strider*, Mr. Bengongh; Peter, Mr. Russell. Mrs.
Haller. Mrs. W. West (of Ilb• Theatre.Royal, Drury-lane);
comae., tViuternen, Mrs. Coventry; Charlotte, Miss E.
Blanchard ; Savoyard, Mrs. T. Hill.
Af:cr which, a sew Female Interlude, in one set, called
LADIES AT HOME;
08. GENTLEMEN WE CAN DO WITHOUT YOU!
The Principal Characters by—Mrs. Davenport, Min E.
Blanchard. Mrs. Edwin, Miss Beam/tont, Mrs. Connor, Mrs.
Kendall, Mrs. Liston, and Mrs. T. Hill.
To conclude with the Melodrama of
TIIE TRAVELLERS BENIGHTED.
Raymond, Mr. Barnard; Theodore, Mr. Russell; Robert,
Mr. Terry. Agnes, Miss Scott; Beatrice, Mrs. Davenport;
fllargurrttte, Mrs. Gilpin.
Boxes, Sa.—Pit, 3s.—First Gallery, 2s.—Second
erv, Is.
The Doors to he opened at Si% °Thick, and the Perform-
ance to begin at Seven.
To-morrow, Pigeons and Crows—The Actor of All Work
—and Love Laughs at Locksmiths.

TII E A TRE-ROY A 1., ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE,
STRAND.
THIS PRESENT FRIDAY, September 10,
will he performed, the celebrated Musical Farce, I.
two acts, called
AMATEURS AND ACTORS.
1):;lret, Egg. Mr. Penrose ; Mr. 0. P. Bustle, Mr.
142,1,1; Weitz, Mr. Wrench ; Elderberry, Mr. Musson ;
Gruff, Slulsiicap, Mr. Wilkinson. Mier Mary Hardacre,
Idiss love: Mrs. Mary Gmwril, Miss I. Stevenson.
Ater which, sth time, a new Operetta, called
A CURE FOR ROMANCE.
The Principal Char:tett'''. by Meows. Wresch, Harley, W.
S. I:thitterh y, Wilkinson, Mrs. W. S. Chatterley, mid Miss
I. sirrensou.
i it !tie course of the Piece a Serenade, by Messrs. Penman,
soul O'Callaghan.
which will he added, the Grand Serious Ballet railed
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOK.
Europeans—Captain Cuok, Mr. T. P. Cooke; his Lieute-
nant, Mr. A. Jones; Lieutenant of Marines, Mr. Hart;
Boatswain, Mr. Wilkinvom.
iSati‘es of the Island of Owhybee—Terrerobuo, Mr.
Se.oung-gin, Mr. Gouriet. &mai, Miss I. Stevenson;
Mims Lure.
In Act it. the admired Triu, " Chia; Chit Cluaw "

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Mors to be opened at Half-past Six o'Clock ; the Per-
formance to begin at Seven.
MONO, b.; Second Pricy as.—Pit, 3s. Second Price,
is. 6d.—Lower Gallery, 2s. ; Second Price, ls.—Upper
G.dtery, lv. • Second Price Bd.
Bohm Ploistea, Tickets, Admissions for the Season, and
or Prate ioses (with the advantage of a separate entrance
is Exeter.street), to be had of Mr. Stevenson, at the Box
°dice, Strand entrance, from Teo till Four; and of Mr.
Fraratan, Library, 11u, New Bond. street.
To-morrow' The Brows Mau—Bacbelors Wives—and
The Death of Captain Cook.
On Monday, The Duenna, with The Woodman's Hut.

ROYAL COBURG THEATRE.
Under the Patronage of his Royal Highiiesa Prince Leopold
of Saxe Cohort.
THIS PRESENT EVENING, FRIDAY,
September 10, the Entertainments to commence with
a eta Molo-dramatie Barletta, called,
THE MANIAC!
OR, LOVE AND MADNESS!
Abet which, the popular Barletta, galled,
THE SECRET.
To couclade with,
FLORENCE MACARTHY!
Private Boxes have hers made, and may he had nightly.
cannot possibly be kept later than Half-past Seven
c•Clorl
For the accommodation of numerous Visitors from Greta-
...lett, Deptford, &c. a Coach calls at the Theatre a quarter
Lutore eleven.
A new Serio Pantomime, to he called, Philip Qum'', will
he produced shortly, with new Music, Scenery, Dreams, &c

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on notice of any such uulawfUl, riotous. or tousul-
tuous assembly, to the number of 12 or tAore, to
proceed to the same, and there make or cause to he
made, the aforesaid proclamation.' My Lord
Mayor, it is not necessary that I should trouble the
Court more at length with quotations from this Act
—.because it is plain and evident, from what I have
read, that the intention of this statute wits net to
interrupt individuals in the exercite of soy !Down
or constitutional right—for instance, to petition for
the reform of abuses—but merely applies to meet-
ings of a certain description; namely. meeting*
illegally called together. or, when called together.
acting riotously and tumultuously. Even in these
cases. however. the Act expressly declares. 4 t hat the
Magistrates shall make proclamation. and thit ass
hour's time shall be afforded for the nieetu.g io
pene' before ulterior measures are resorted N. By
another part of the Act, a very severe ',tinily airy'
be inflicted if the Magistrate is iuterrupterf. While
making proclamation. My Lord Mayor, is there.
1 ask.-in this Act. any sosalieft made of a-Military

filter ? pp!, it Male, that. when the riot stassrat...
formidable appearance—when the lit e. of the YI
giotrates are in douger—when act' of grew vi►tler++.e
bare been committed—does it ittite even then (two-

ewer necessary it might seem to call in the
that they shall be made use of? Nu such thing—
throughout this Act no mention is matte of the ill:h-
-wy. It is the civil authority, and the civil
city alone, that must act. It appears iiidipputat,l,
that, when the Magistrates themselves, in this ca,,
called for the yeomanry cavalry to attend them—
when they proceded to the hustings and caused a
opening to be made through the people—when
persons on the hustings surrendered to their !mire.,
and were in custody—those Magistrates and t1.0.e
yeomanry acted illegally. What pletente cupid
there be for this attack on men, women, and OW..

dren—an attack distinguished by the most bark.
rolls fury ?—ineor. Lear.)—ln the history of th:s
dreadful catastrophe one would suppose that soia-
instances of humanity would be found—but 1 re.
Bret to ray that I have not heard of one. From
the first moment of this calamity. when the yea.

meury threw themselves on an unofiending and un-
armed multitude, when they made that glartoUt
dash, which the creatures of the Minister extol as
a .bold military manoeuvre, until the tragedy was
concluded, I have heard of no one act of forbearance.
The whole of this proceeding was praised, in the
highest terms, by the venal scribes of the Ministe.
rial Press, who, while they returned thanks to the
gallant actors in the scene, observed, ' That there
was no Alderman IVaithmau there, to thwart the
Magistrates, at.d assist the populace. What is
this hut to say, that there was nothing to restraia
their fury—that there was nothing to hound their
atrocity !—(Hear, hear.)—Trulv, it was a credits.
ble triumph, to cut down %wort* and children, and
to boost that this was dotto, because there was
not even an Alderman Waldman there to restrain
their heroic rage Bear, bear.)—Happily, my
Lord Mayor, no such scene as that which 1 have
described, occurred in Smithfield. If it had beets
intended to proceed on the same principle, at that
meeting, it would have been a high honour to me.
if, by my representations, the design was abandon.
ed. But the fact is. if any honour was can.
nested with the measures adopted at that twriod, it
is due to the Magistrates of the City of London,
who, with one voice, declared themselves hostile to
any intemperate proceeding—s-(Hear,
and to the great chagrin of certain agitators. every
thing went off in the most peaceable and quiet
manner.—(Hear.)--It would seem, my Lord
Mayor, that those meeting's are highly desirable in
the eyes of the Government of the country. "f hey
had taken the most effectual means, not to put
them down, but to give them coosequente and
im-
portance.—(Hear, hear.)—Never was there an uc.
eltion, on which such a bloody scene could be act-
ed, without calling forth the general sympathy of
the people, and raising and exalting the cause and
the personal consequence of those who have been
the object of persecution.—(Hear, hear, hear./—
Looking at the subject in this point of view, the
conduct of his Majesty's soldiers and of his Magi'.
trates, has been grossly wrong. They have eta-
deavoured, not to put down an illegal in-rtiag,
—but they have endeavoured to put down the law
—they have-endeavoured to put down the colistitu.
tiou—they have exerted themselves to destroy the
reverence due to the Magistrates of the country
by the people of the country !—(Heur, hear.)—
They have laboured to raise those individuals whom
they have assailed, into consequent e and import-
ance.—and thereby they have done great mischief
to the constitution of the country !—(Hear,
There is, my Lord Mayor, another tarcutnstance, to
which I must advert, though with considerable 'wilt
and difficulty. After those melancholy trittsitact ions
had created alarm and horror its the minds of men
of every party with whom I have cotiversed—tor
let their political opinions be what they might. they
all agreed in one sentinieut of ahhorreuce—l found
that foul misrepreseutatiou was resorted to, in order
to screen the guilty from merited punishment.—
Still I hoped that the Government itself would
stand forward and vindicate its character. But, oa
the contrary, his Royal Highness the Prince Re.
gent has been induced, in consequence, I hate no
doubt, of these misrepresentations, to exprets hits
approbation of the conduct of th-se Megistrater,
and to thank them for the violence tory lure con..
nutted I.—( Ilear.J—There is, my Lord Mayor, only
one point of consolation in the midst of the whole
business—and that W. that the regular military, as
far as I am informed, had no hand in .t.--.(Hear.)—
It is so foul a stain on the notional character—it is
so enormous—su cowardly—so degrading to human
nature—to attack women with children in their
arms, and even children thentselves--that I heartily
rejoice none of dope who fought so nobly abroad.
WC implicated in the futsl deed !--(Hear, hear.)—
iitudar description. But. myimthay.. bLeatotligd
ot
rhaLt else, p;rs,
Laid Mayor, were not
the MOW thugs tliillbited to Smithfield ?'—/Hear.)
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