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distinguish the people Of the several township.
By about one o'clock all the persons from the
neighbouring townships of Ashton, Royton, Mid-
dleton, Saddlesvoeth. Oldham, Bolton, Stockpint.
Fri!sworn), Bury. &c. had arrived, sod arranged
themselves, the flags and caps being pieced in a
regular line. and extended the whole breadth of the
ground. A banner with a black ground sod large
white letters was brought by the people from Sad-
dleworth nod Mosley. On one bide was painted,
" Taxation and no Representation is tyrannical
and unjust .1" and on the reverse, " No Borough-
neongering"--" Unite and be FREE"—" Equal
representation or DEATH !" On soother banner
" Die like men and not be sold like slayer." On
a third. " Major Cartirigkes Bill. and no Corti
Laws." Oa a fourth. " Unity and Fraternity"-••
reverse, " Strength and Liberty." On a fifth.
" No Cara Laws." and the figure of a bloody
dagger, &c. &c. There were in the whole IN flags
said five caps of liberty.
While she people were awaiting the arrival of
the expected orators, they were addressed by a
shabby-looking fellow, who exhorted the multi-
tude to be peaceable and quiet, but is speech was
cut short by a shout announcing the appearance of
liver. About half-past one o'clock this agitator
arrived on the ground. He came (preceded by a
band of music) in an open carriage ; Jot:seine and
some others were with him. A female rode on the
box with the driver, bearing a flag with a figure
of Justice painted moan it, and the words " Man-
chester Female Union." A great number of the
men had • kind of distinguishing badge in their
hats made of white cloth. He was received by loud
cheering, which was repeated and prolonged when
JOHNSON moved that lIRNRY HUNT should take
the Chair. The proceedings hitherto had been
sinned by the assembled Magistrates of Menches.
ter and its vicinity, for these gentlemen had taken
We stated yesterday that the requisition issued
their station in a gentleman's house, within sight of
by the Reformers at Manchester, convening a
the meeting, and • chain of special constables had
meeting of tl,e people fur Monday last. had the
maintained a constant communication between them
effect of bringing together an enormous crowd, con-
and the hosting%
silting, at a moderate calculation, of at least sixty
Howe having been called to the Chair, address-
thouvand individuals. We at the same time men-
ed the Meeting to this effect :—" Gentlemen, I
tioned that HUNT Was chosen to preside at the
must entreat that you will he peaceable. pi great
meeting. but that the proceedings were interrupted
dead depends upon that, and 1 trust all who hear
by military force—that HUNT, with several of his
me will remain quiet. It is impossible to make
colleagues, was arrested—and that several lives were
ourselves heard by all who are ossembled. but
last iii the tumult that ensued. Such in the orb-
-1 wish those who do will tell their fellow.
strata were the events that snarled this inauspicious
countrymen. Gentlemen. for the honour you
meeting ; but it now becomes our melancholy duty
have dome me in electing me Chairman on this
to lay the details before our readers, as we have
iin ort
been enabled to collect them through the medium paut OCCIII,IOII, I return you my sincere and
of private lettere, and other sources of intelligence. heartfelt thanks. 1 am happy to see such on im-
mense concourse of people assembled. It is u.e.
As the occurrences of Monday last, in the town of
lest, to attempt to relate the proceedings that have
Manchester, are of themselves, deeply interesting to
every occurred its your town for the last ten days. or to
individual in this country. aud will doubt-
state to you the cause of the meeting on Mondry
leas occupy at some future day not only the etteo-
tion of our judicial tribunals, but become the ob- being postpoised, you are all acquainted with it.
Those wise Magistrates, who were the cause of pre-
fect of legislative inquiry, we conceive it *dean-
venting the meeting on Monday last, fancied they
tageous to offer them in a connected shape to our
had achieved • glorious victory, hut their pusillaiii-
readers, protesting at the same time that in so
moos conduct enact, and the presence of such an
doing we have no political bias to indulge, and are
immense and respectable assembly as now sounds
influenced, we fervently hope. by no other feelings
before me, proves quite the contrary. A placard
than are inspired by a love of truth and justice.
which nobody could understand hail been posted up
It will be remembered that a requisition had
been published, bearing the signatures of some ob. all over the town, bigoted by Tom Long and Jack
Short, mid tome such contemptible beings."—
*cure individuals, convening a meeting of the
So tar had the CHAIRMAN spoken, having occupied
people of Manchester and its vicinity, to be holden
probably some ten minutes. when, at this isisiant,
on Monday, the 9th of August. fur the purpose.
some companies of foot soldiers appeared on the
among other matters, of choosing some person to
grouod, and instantly the Manchester cavalry, who
represent them for one year in the Commons House
mustered on Monday nearly 600 strong, gallopped
of Parliament. The Magistrates of Manchester
up and formed in line, near a well-known building
publicly declared this assembly to be illegal, and
called the Cottage. There they margined five
cautioned the people not to attend it. The con-
whinier. "during which time," says one writer in
yellers so far distrusted their own legal knowledge
an *account published in a Ministerial Paper, " I
as to take the advice of a Gentleman or the liar in
believe the Riot Act was read." Without further
Liverpool, whose opinion coincided with the public
Isesitatiou the cavalry. with cheers, entered the
declaration of the Magistrates, and they had so
crowd at full charge. advancing towards the hum-
much good sense as to withdraw their requisition.
lugs. Some stones were flung at them by the en-
They, however, then summoned a meeting for last
raged multitude. by which, we understand, a young
Monday, for the ordinary purposes of considering
the best means of obtaining a Reform in Perlis- man of the name of HULISE, one of the yeomanry,
Perlis-was knocked off his horse, and received a fracture
meat; of removing the grievances under which they
in his head, which is likely to be attended with
allege the nation to be now labouring; sod, finally,
to prepare an Address on thieve subjects to the dangerous consequences. In the advance the
PRINCE REGENT and the peciple. cavalry cut right and left, and trampled over great
numbers of men, women, end children. No dis.
At an early hour on Monday morning crowds
began to assemble at the place appointed for the inaction could, iii such a case, be made between
meeting. The villages surrounding Mauchester friend and enemy. and in consequence of the con.
stet forth their population. mad large bodies ce fat.iuu, our specie) eousteble Panted ASHWORTH. an
men and women, arranged in regular order, entered innkeeper or victualler in Manchester. was trampled
the town sod marched through it to the place of to death. The multitude fled in every direction in
nt the regularity and ap- the utmost confusion—the scene became highly
meeting, presenting. from
parent discipline that they observed, a very Non... terrific. the stoirks of females were mingled with
debit appearance. These bodies were its 'lumber, the groans of wounded men. while the uplifted
some about 2,000, some 3,000. and were estimated sabre spared neither-female weakness or the help.-
at not less then 8,000 tuthwiduelo. The Jews and lessors/sof infancy, our spewed that proud contempt
houses were closed as they advanced. but they fur an unarmed antagonist which would deter a
offered no violence to either persona property, maid brave mats Gout striking at one who had no means
bore no Weapons of any kind, unless a few slicks of defence I
may be honoured by such an appellation. They 'rhe space in front of the hustings being rapidly
were for the most part preceded by flags, bin- cleared, the military surrounded the hustings where
mounted by caps of liberty, and bearing on them the orators and leaden were stationed, and esp•
some device, motto. or expression, appalling to lured the entire groupe, mole and female. The
every peaceable sod loyal mind from its revolts- captives welte
tionary tendency. The several parties as they ar- Hoary Host. I Mary Weterworth, •
Joseph Jobeeses S.rals Heeereaves,
rived on the ground arranged themselves with great Jobe Tyas, I Elisabeth Gum,
regularity and decorum. and paid tot the most pert George Swift, Voleatiee Fatalism
Jobe Thacker Seaton, Junes Jelineue, s
strict obedience to the suggestions of certain indi. Hobert Wild, Wittiest Dilllege.
viduals whom pro hie rice they seemed to have Thomas Taylor,
constituted their leaders. The Bags. we lament to The lir" ermslemaliou oee°6Bbed .by this eb•
state. were for she must part bow by ",.."„
4.; tll°
'clip...Asti attack being *lli r the people rallied in
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'wady places, and finng RUMS MO bottles at the
devices and emblems were intended respectively to

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS PAPERS•

PARIS, AUGUST I*. . 1
Iris Majesty, after breakfast, received several of
the Grand Dignitaries, Peers of France, and Bishops.
One journal has announced, that the Duke of
Richelieu was to go to Spa, another that he was
going to Courteille, but both are in error. The
Mike of Richelieu will remain in Paris, until after
the accouchemeut of the Duchess of Berry, the
King having appointed the Duke to be present on
that occasion.
On the tl.ty before yesterday the Count Cepo-
d'lstria left Paris fur London.
MADRID, AIIeDST 3.
The King has returned from the waters of SA.
cedon, since the 48111 of July. He entered the ca-
rnal, accompanied by the members of the Royal
Family, who went out of the city to meet Wm. No
change has since taken place its the Cabinet.
The exertions to complete the armament are
pursued with ardour. It is determined to cause the
expedition to oil iu the month of September.
The ratification of the Treaty with the United
States is still in sot:pease.
It is said that the proceedings against the Ex.
Minister, the Marquis de Carr Irojo, have tertnin.
otted—there appearing no ground for prosecution.
We hear no more of M. Pismo. M. OM' is still
at his estate of Cautalipiedra, near Salamanca.

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their mandates. A communication was maintained
between the Council Chamber of the Magiarntes
hod the bustirtis, ito that if the civil power were re.
listed, the military torte might instantly be applied
to support it. We do not believe that this nicer.
nay World h6e occurred, and we should now liP.
spared the melancholy and heart-sickening taalz of
detatliug aiscene of carnage and horror. wh di i. .t
disgrace to our country. We think, too, that ti:-
Magistrates, had they acted with more refl.,. ~ i
temper, might have retired to their pillows on Nit',
day night with consciences as quiet, with li,itta •14
much at ease, and minds as happily composed, a.

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'troops. 4The cavalry charged them repealtdly, into
some lives were lost. A considerable number of
the people were severely wounded, of whom Mae
were taken to the hospitals, and others to their ow*
houses. The wounded are said to have amounted
to SU, some 'ay to 100, of whom, •' Ohl shame
to manhood !" some were women. On the part of
the militery but few accidents took Ogee. Re.
sides youmsg Unmet. who wns wounded in the
That charge, ■ serjeant in the Manchester cavalry,
named BARNES, was seriously injured. During
the course of the day some of the wounded died in
the l►rnpitals. HUNT ind the other prisoners were
'safely lodged in the New Briley prisms.
The meeting beitrg thus dispersed, the people
occasionally met in the street!, but the military
succeeded in preventing any considerable union.
The people appeared to be incensed in the highest
deg►ee, and desperation and revenge flashed in their
countenances. At a►► advanced period of the evening,
a large body of Orton collected at Nrw Cross, and
the Magistrates being apprehensive that some mis-
chief might ensue if this assemblage were not dis-
persed, read the Riot Act, and caused the soldiers
to fire upon the unhappy multitude. The conse-
quences were dreadful. The people, already in-
flamed to madness, flung paving-stones and brick-
bats at the soldiers, who continued to fire upon the
multitude, and several lives were lost. Such a
conflict, however, could not last long. The crowd
was finally dispersed, ■nd at half-past eleven
o'clock the tow►► of Manchester was restored to
tranquillity. The number of the killed and
wounded at New Cross had not been ascertained
when the last accounts left Manchester.
We have stow given what we believe to be a cor-
rect representation of the events which took place
in Manchester on Monday last, but feeling that we
may still be imperfectly informed of all the circum-
stances, we do not desire to express a decided
opinion respecting the conduct of the Magistrates.
We cannot, however, forbear to notice, that
even in the accounts published by the party
most interested in tinging the conduct of the
authorities, both civil and military, with the most
flattering colours. it is not pretended that the
assembled multitude had evinced any disposition
towards riot or disorder. The meeting was legally
! summoned, mod fur an object not inconsistent with
the most approved principles of our Constitution.
It was. indeed, tended by the presence of symbols
and mottoes expre►sive of revolutionary sentiments,
and tlo►e wl►o bore such flags should not have
been permitted by the Magistrates to bear them as
they did, in a kind of triumph, through the streets
of Manchester. The flags and revolutionary em-
blems ought to have been seized when first seen,
and the hearers of them arrested, and subject-
ed to the process cf the law. Such symbols,
however, had been used at former meetings,
and were not found to have contributed to ally
violation of she public tranquillity. The Ma-
gistrates had been looking at them for hours,
from the house where they had taken their station,
and by permittittg them fur so long a time to float
without interruption. tacitly recognised their inn°.
coons character. Some difference appears in the
several accounts respecting one point of vast im-
portance, on the determination of which the ques-
tion, us it regards the legality of the Magis-
trates' conduct, must depend. We allude to the
reading of the Riot Act, the publicity with which
it was read, and the length of time that was suf-
fered to elapse between the reading of it and the
desperate charge of the Manchester yeomanry
at the commencement of flus T's speech. A
doubt see►►►s to exist whether the Riot Act
was read at the commencement of the business
or ►tot, and several accounts agree in stating,
that HUNT had not been speaking ten minutes
whets the troops appeared, and inslutaly charged.
It is a melancholy fact that the great body of the
people assembled could not know that it was read ;
ho previous intimation was given that the Ma-
gistrates considered the meeting illegal, and would
disperse it by military force;—the charge therefore
was made at a moment when men's minds rested in
perfect security upon the faith of the law, the silence
of the Magistrates, cud the consciousness of being
devoid of any inteution of di►turbing the general
quiet.
The employment of military force in this coun-
try to suppress even illegal tneetiags is not sanc-
tioned by our Constitution, except in cases of
very serious difficulty, when the civil power has
been exerted and proved unequal to tl►e task.
It is nos extraordinary remedy, and ought not be
used but in extreme cases. On this principle
ucted the Magistrates of London, when the despe-
rate experimesst was made of arresting Hestatsow
in the midst of the mob in Smithfield ; on this
principle also acted the Magistrates at Leigh, when
CLURE was seized upon the hustings. Why then,
we would ask, was not the civil power tried in the
first instance at Manchester. if it were thought
necessary to seize upon HUNT and his colleagues!
'Whet apprehension could the Magistrates entertain
that the civil power would have been insufficient ?
The example of Smithfield and Leigh might coo-
firm their 'super, and they had the assurance of
'Mint that he would, on any occasion, willingly
Ansisimit himself to the authority of the laws, repro•
tented in the person of even the meatiest constable.
He I►ad surrendered himself to them on the Seto&
day preceding, which showed we disposition to mist

if they hid sea obtained the triumph of being 41, -
abled to count the numbers of their killed, u ounl!.
ed, and prisoners.

We have received Paris Papers of Sunday las..
In our extracts from them will be found a letter
from Madrid, dated the 3d of August. whir!,
asserts, that the Treaty with the Uniitil
of America for the cession of the Florida. is
still in suspense. The proceedings instituted
against the late Minister CASA IaUJO, and which,
it was said, were intended to mark the KING'S di,.
pleasure, at the part his Minister had taken its
that Treaty. hare been interrupted, there seppeatkg
no sufficient ground for a prcsecutiuti. Pizanao
and ON t• are still exiled from Court.
Alfred. still continue to be made to a great en.
tent in the Prussian States. If the activity of the
Government were a proof of the danger that threat-
ened it, the conspiracy must have been very alarm-
ing. The Students in several of the Gernasti 1,1-
versities. we believe, were tainted with n spirit of
revolution, and had embraced opinions of the very
worst and most dangerous character. A student
iu Vienna. named WiLIIBLII ROUISSAU, a native of
Moldavia, was lately arrested for having sent to
a Manager of one of the Theatres a burlettii,
under the title of The Sanuatte, with • threat of
having him Koirebred. Several other arrests have
been made in Vienna, in consequence of requests
from the Prussian Government.
The French Five per Cents. are 71 f. 35 c.—
Bank Actions. 1,430 1.

The Goisymede, the Hon. Capt. SPENCER, ar-
rived at Portsmouth on Moudry, from the Metister.

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Letters from Trinidad to the 47th June have at.
rind, with inclosures from the Main, and a file of
the Correa del Oronoko to the 7th of the some mootli.
The expedition against the Main sailed from Mar.
print, under Generals URDANETA and ENOI.I4IL
on the 13th June, in thirteen vessels of war and lire
transports; it copulated of 1.411 rank and file. On ti.e
16th they called at Santa Fe, a small port near Co.
nouns, for water, and it is supposed were to hurt! at
Cape Blanco, a little to the e..stward of La Goir..
It was understood that MORILLO was in the vic iii il y
of San Carlos. The benevolent and patriotic Dots
MaNuel. PALACIO, well knows, in the scitoodic
circles of London and Paris, died on the Bth May,
at Angostura, deeply regretted both by natives and
British. The Congress continued its laboure of
organization, with the best effect. Gen. Bot.tv.tx
had gone to New Grenada, to push the war it, that
quarter, judging that he had left a sufficient force
in the provinces contiguous to the Atlantic to ter-
' minate the war there. It however appears by the
official reports before us, that Gen. SANTANDFIC*
late defeat in the province of Cassnure has been
greatly exaggerated. A battle scarcely calk be sail
to have taken place, though the enemy retrr.teil
under very harassing circumstances, and lost a lar.:e
portion of their heavy baggage, sod a coniiderable
number of men by desertion.
The following is from the Port Royal Gazette
(Jamaica), of the 3d July :•••14 A report ices been
afloat in this city for some days twit, that Spain
had ceded the island of Cuba to Great Britain ;
sit
return for which she was to receive the Wand al
Trinidad, and the southern Colonies surrenderril
to us by the Dutch. There appears to be a con•
sidenble doubt of the correctness of the report,
and we are disposed to believe that it may ‘xosibly
be founded on the accounts published in ditleient
Papers of the United States on that subject."
Every arrangement has been made by the Sorrel
Magistracy to prevent any disturbance from arising
at the Meeting proposed to be held on Kesiunigtini
Common on Monday next.
There was a very thin attendance at Norwich
market on Saturday, on account of the harvest.
New Wheat and Barley were offered for sale, but
the quality of each is inferior in weight and cutout
to those of last year.—The pens were toler.ibly
tilled with lambs, which sold well ; hut there wipe
not so large a supply of Scots and homebred cattle
as usual.
Monday next is now fixed as the day on which
our worthy County Member, T. W. Cost:, Esq.
will be installed Provincial Grand Master of the
Ancient and Honourable Order of Freernamm..—
His Royal Highness the Doke of Sussex will arrive
in this city ou Sunday next. from Quiddeolnim
Hall, where he will previously honour the Eat 1 01
Ausgstaitzx with his company for • few dap,. We
understand his Royal Highness will be at W.
Forraa's, Esq. where it is supposed the
or poi 3*
tint will, in pursuance of the 1111111111R11136
pressed by them, at a full Court of Mayoralty sit
the 18th of July. 1818. pay their dutiful respects
to him.—(/V°mach Paper.)
TUE DISASTERS!' LIIIIITNING.—We are happy
to learn that no lives were lost, though several were
in great danger, by the accident which we inesition-
ed yesterday had befallen the Ipswich and Notwii I;
wl s. The waggon was discovered to be on Ilse
be it caught bold of the gunpowder, end the
waggoner, by great exertion. succeeded is, getting
three women and two children who *ere in the at
gou, as also the horses out of the way before tor
explosion, which was treaseadous, took place. The
mail had paused thews/Igoe Mt a few minutes lit.
fore. The wind was evicted, heard, sod with
dews shells. with it. I. Haadastreet. Colchester,
sad sway itheai *at INAS, Alarmed.