The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-08-17 00:00:00

INTENDED MEETING AT KENNINGTON.

The following is the placard, calling together
the intended meeting on Kennington-common, un

Mondry. the 23d initant
Fellow Countrymen!—The dreadful, terrible, and the
naexempled calamities into which a great and industrious
people have been Flanged, by • long career of boundless
extravagalice and unexampled depravity in the adnsinistra-
lion of public property, • contistued system of 'artist laws,
and exclusive peivileges„ to support and encourage factioos,
descended from uses who have fur ages plundered, abased,
and oppressed the people, calls aloud fur your manly ener-
gies, wisdom, and elegise, to check any further aggressions
upon your rights, liberties, sod happiness; and the further
plunder of your property by the oligarchical despots and
their minions, who bask in the luxuries produced by your
superior iogessity, genius, and talents.
" Chaise, derision, sad oppression, have bees the reward
of your labour. patience, and forbearance; the laws of
natural justice have been perverted, awl tbe Pedal com-
pact destroyed; idleness lakes precedency of industry, worth-
lessness of merit, been tio sin mandextravagauceofprudence
and virtue. Dishes' and misery are the consequences; can
you--.will you endure such pe ions of reason sad jos-
tier ? Yon cannot. At last the pnblic feelings rite twine-
sato ; you seek a remedy; you will nod it in firmness, reso-
lution, and concord, in demaudiug its determined language, •
redress of your wrongs, • reform is the Commons House
of Parliament, and the right to elect ageiits to protect your
property, lives, and liberties; you seek a reward fur your
genius, talent, and industry ; you expect to heroine pros-
pering's and happy, you will uuly be su when you are again
the most free people out earth. Your knowledge, bravery, and
virtues entitle you to this pre-eminence ; your insular si-
tuation enables you to remain so. Come, then, and assist
with your counsel to devise the best means to obtain your
rights; be steady and Arm in your deliberations ; sad while
it the discharge of a lawful duty you are peaceable in your
evaded, you have a right to expect and derailing efficient
protection from the laws ; if your tummies disregard them,
as they have uo many occasions, nuil drive you, by uppres-
riot., to seltpreservatiou and resistatice, io so melancholy
all instance of tyraurical depravity mid fatuity, be you sole
to respect the rights sad possessions of your itojtorr4 coun-
trymen. The time cannot be far distant wheu you will
obtain equal laws and equal rights.
" Too seek Reform—assumed newer mud factions cannot
lung oesitt the turn of a people's justice, reason,
necessity.noel
(By older of the Committee) " DENNIS SHAW."

MANCHESTER. AUGUST 14.

On the subject of the approaching Meeting, which
will be held on Monday swirl, near St. Peter's. church ;
although we have much to say, we have neither
notch time nor much room to devote to the subject.
We shall. however, state what we conceive to be our
duty. as Jouritalists, in support of the intended as-
sensibly. The town, it is notoriosoi, has, for the last
fortisight,bern deluged with placard., some of which
even Solomon himself, were lie now liviiig, could
not possibly understood ; and which are shamefully
disgraceful ill the permit, or pervious, to whore charge
their composing was committed ; but no more of
this. The Meeting will doubtless be the most isu-
nitrous one that ever took place, either in London,
or any other place in Great Britain. If our in-
formation lie correct. both male. and females are ex-
pectril to attend, from all pasts of the country, ers
that it is probable that the population of the town
will, fu► that day, be at least double. We state this
with the view to chew what interest the poor now
take in political affairs. compared with what they dish
only tiro years ago ; and from which we may infer
that either their distresses are beyond all former
precedent, or, that they are waking throneless
masters of political science—tee judge that they
are both combined. It is rumoured. hut we trust
it is merely rumour, that the Meeting will not be
permitted to take place; and that the military have
orders to prevent it. Surely those in authority
here. will never pursue measures so ootoriously
illegal as to attempt to suppress by force, a Nleetisiz
held for the most legal purposes ;we ca►uot think
it—we will nut beliere it, until we have a positive
demonstration of the fact. Should we, however.
be deceived, we shudder at the probable I'MISC.
queuces of such an improper interference. It con-
tort be, that our Magistrates are so ignorant of the
laws, as that they can pronounce a Nleetitsg, held
to consider the best means of reforming the House
of Commons, as uucou•titutioual : if they are,
it is high time to appoint others in their places.
We can assure the inhabitants of this populous
town, that their persons and their dwellings will
he just as safe on Monday, if no illegal inteife-
relict is attempted, as they have been at any pre-
%iota' meeting at Manchester; and we think, nay
we are ►ure. that the fears of the timid have been
most umserewairily and improperly raised, and that
by those who ought to have devised every means
to allay them ; but it appears in us, that every
thing I. to It. Lid to Mr. Hunt's t. barge. even
l'roin the smoking of a chimney, to the minds., of
Birch. But we appeal to the public. whether Mr.
Hunt has nut, on all occasions where he has pre-
sided, and particularly in London, been the chief,
if not vole memos of preventing violence and
outrage. The public, to whom ae appeal. must
say, that no persons in his situation could have
coutluctril himself will' inure propriety ; ►s It
out then fair to presume, that he will have the
vane influence over the auditors on Moud:n•. as he
has had at other places and un the like ocea.iotiv.
We hope these observation,' will tenth to eninpora
those whose liars have beets excited ; which we are
quite confident will be found correct, unless goaded
on to madness by the folly of official inen.—(.llroi-
cheater Observer.)
WONDERFUL CONTSLIT.—We are very cre-
ditably informed, that the Magistrates
of humwtp-
hamm have only required oue-hlth putt of the sum for
the appearance of Major Cartwright. Mr. %Voider,
Mr. Lewis, &c. which the Magistrate► of Alamein-in.
ter requires' fur the appearance of Mr. Write. Mr.
Fitton, and Mr. Knight.
We are also respectably Wormed, that at Leigh,
on Wednesday evening last, after the public
Meeting there, some Magistrates and constables.
• • • • • went into several public
houses. and eves& searched some of the beds ; they
actually awoke three urn lodgers in one house, and
compelled them to get lip. lit unother, they in-
stated on a women doing the satyr. but she, bring
indisposed, begged them not to disturb her ; not-
withstauiling which, before they left lies, they COM.
pletely drew the clothes from off her.
Mr. 11. Battershy. a Reformer, and his wife,
bring iii olio of these puhlic-houses, with half a
pint of porter, they took him 'auto custody for
tippling. • • • • • • •
• • •, slid fined him 34. 4d. On his
iuquiring the punishment annexed, he was answer•

ed, four hours in the stodol He NA be pte.
(erred the stocks to the flue. But they, getting a
law book, mud finding they could distrain upon his
goods for the fine, would not put him in the stocks,
but gave him a week in which to pay the fine.
—( Ibid. )