The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-09-11 00:00:00

TO TRW RDITT)II OP THE BRITISH PRESS.

Stn—The lamentable state of the country, and the silly anal
harsh steps which are taken to preserve order and lemma •;-
lily In its distils bed districts, most shuck and confound even
the must renal .npporters of such weak and cruel meo.
noires—measures which tend sot only to iutlsme and en.
rap the isissubslited passions of s brave people. when they
see thErai injured and trample•) attais. lint ;,eve them
a joist eight. as it is a natural one—lo retaliate on Shale op-
reessurs. Sorely, Sir, foreig-n Halloos cannot gave belief to
the incongruous and ilicamanatent sin tourists of Eue:i►h
Journals (to them they must appear 1.0;. alien they real
in one of their volutions of Ike head of the British nation
visiti•sg dstrerent parte of his &missions, and 'aerie,'
by his loyal subjects with drvor avid alfretion and
in the neat eulnenst of the same Journal. to read of neva.
*acres, rebellions., and committals for high weer,* %%bat
can they argue from all this, hut that they ale 1 continua-
tion of the Derby Green-bag Plots, Habeas Cot pus Suapen-
Dion Act, and the whole system of spies, informers, and
yeomanry, to .hike terror, to give a f Ilse glare—false as
transient, to an nocapable Administration
Hal, Sir, ill revert to what can be mote easily amended:
Why are nut the regiment. which are quartered in the differ.
tilt totems and districts, for the caps-east purpose of ornery.
gag the public peace, employed instead :he yeomanry.
when the aid of the military is regillreil "tt sorb moutons
as the late riots at 31aucha•ster ? Is it Isecasere they would
defeat the objects and views of the rioter. Smirch, our
soldiery ought to be permitted Its perform a eat they are not
only paid, hut employed fur—the preservation of the State
against domestic as well as foreign foes. Is it by cutting
and slashing, and trampling to she'll, that the London mobs
are dispersed? But they are compelled to manage those
things better here. The metropolitans are not quite so
gettlable as t•ountry folks; they are muse op to Slate trick
than their mote unsophisticated oeighbours.
There were no lees than three reeimesite anal a brigade of
artillery in the vicinity of Manchester. Mat au awful re-
sponsibility does then rest with Olive oho possessed
such means of preserving Site public peace and safety, and
yet dial nut employ them as they ought to have done! lint,
perhaps, the worthy Magistrates of Manchester were so
blinded to the actual state of thing*, or to leader of the roil-
alitattional right, of their ew,wrym u, that they Ina-feln at
keeping them in order, even with sounds, blood, and death,
is a cirit way, to dispersing them quietly • Ali the <trial...t-
errific military.
I shall conclude, Sir, by exp►essint my strongest remon-
strance against Iheempluyn.esit uf the yeomaiwy, when regu-
lar troops can he brought to act; such high hurts might
nut to be deputed to niiskilfti I hands, notch less shunts the
hands of neighbours be srnia-d against mar ; Sher; and
confidently trust, that the colltlia y will drtillsia, any insiet,
through the nsedium of its organs—tlw fate anal unfettered
Press, that the directors of the late prociaaliags at NI ionehea-
ter will lw I ght to a just and relialsotiae .croon) of their
conduct, alike disgraceful to them as Christie** anal Eng-
lishmen. LUCIUS.

BOLTON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.