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compensate for his previous omission, in I 'lead
furAct"th vra e powers
read risttwin
betbe" gravely asserts 11. at tlet
Riot previous to the 6 rst ad.
trance of the cavalry. and to stamp the authersticity
of hie communication, he odds the names sof t.
Magistrates. and the order of their resdn&g...
" once 6y the Reverend Mr. ETHEuToi, .4
once by JOHN Smurfit, itsq." This sai*llt
writer probably imagiued that the frequency of she
reading would compensate for the waist of time, 8,4
that if after one reading the lapse of a isstiw.
hour were required, only hill an hour would he
quisite if the Act were read twice. Yet roan.
there is some deficiency, for not more than Melt:
minutes elapsed between the arrival of HUNT ut:
the charge of the cavalry. which makes one readisi
pot mutts more than twenty minutes. Probably hi
the next number of the Manchester Chronicle the
Editor will *saws, its that the Act was read rive,
tunes, and thus cover the whole time regular! ;.,st
the statute!
By such i

have the misersb!e!7.t.
tion exposed themirelves to the derision of the
lie. alter they hove excited its utmost indiguatic.r
by the outrage they have committed upon the toys
stitutirmul lights of the whole notion. We IsitsW
hot to which of their falsities they mean eventual!,
to adhere; but we give them their choice, for stool
of Ilium will brut the strtctrtes• Gt free sod ieupsrl
bib thquiry.

The rash and iisconsioler..te violence of the
cheater illdguitrdies lois not &tern t pral•'l
from tots.rottbling at Match—Art.l, un Flunsiet
and at Shiple3. Toe Ship'. y
at all o'clock, Mr. EDMUND FEAKNLEY evii,4
to the Chair. The Sprak-rs nere, BRlVraa
a Wrlaltalmalder at Sli pley ; Mr. I.lnAvsiitv.,
Yeaclost; and Mr. Mascot, of Leeds. Tin:
tutus were of the saute description as thou. tonal
at the oilier Iteforin Nlectitige, and the boUlieu
went ill with perfect tranquillity. The Luawee

or persons present were estituuteil ru..)
three thoucind.
The Meeting which was callrd at Nlanchesttt.
for the purpose of thanking the 51dgi•trwirs
their activity in dispersing the ructahle, k I
and constitutional fleeting in Prlreilitart, a.
Monday, wus obliged to be held in priuute, mid le
discussion was permitted on the Resolutions .;
thmks which were there propt,..ed. Care en
taken to prevent the intrusion of persons show
opinions were suspected as not bei..g raven:.
able to the measures adopted by the Magistrate',
and the resolutions of thanks were, of cows.,
voted without aashadow of opposition.

In Leeds, as in many other places, the intrlt.
Bence of the sanguinary scenes tratiracted in Mai
cheater on Monday. produced a deep sensatitt
Large bodies of people, drawn together ptiocipoty
by * wish to obtain correct idiom:thou, hued the
streets till nearly midnight, on Tuesday, nod
when the facts were fairly before them. tltry sett
canvassed with that freedom for which our coatitry.
men have in all ages been dtstingutitherl.
general opinion. even among mud tutittfiurneed
any particular degree, by party feelitigs„ was, the'
reprehensible precipitatcy mod iigoor hail he,:
' *bean by the constituted autlioritec of Nlitockebter.
The measure of sending the yeetritwry. foil Lf
local animosities, and some accounts add, ut.r
another ktud of toff amniation, amottgat aa un-
armed populace, where they ilytd their roatch:t
swords in the blood of their 'loaf cuttotry-
men and neighbours, was strongly condemned,
it was generally thought that the regular guidon
would have performed the service with quite
mut h bucreio, soil certainly with much less coma
and irritation. Some, however, there were amok...
us, that lamented not that victims l.ad
hilt regretted niteinly that Mr. lags. was not 0.•
of the number, and who, to grotury their
cal rrseritmeitts. had HO Whi,CliOts to see uuttage
their country's liberty and lace. feelt.ga
the populace, were, however, of a very ditfereit
d• scriittion ; hut we are happy to say, that they rot..
ducted themselves with their ut•ial good teniptn• tot,
motieration, soil that the prate id the town h» •'
buffered one muturrit's ititetruptim. Durk% dr!
*irk ae have hail a good rival of mil.tary thsple!.
owing to the march *lO counter-march of t••
tr..ops ; but we have hot heard of the slights:
dttference between the moldier, and the inhibit
tarts."—(Leeds Illercrry.)

The following are extract+ from letters 'mill
yesterday from Manclicster :-
46 lIANCHESTFR, AUGUST 2

" The discontent iii this place is unabste,
each succeeding day 11111peellrti to Wear a more sera,
aspect than the preceding. In the cooBict ono
took place on Friday evening: it was stated, that t
of the Reformers were killed, but ou more mioup,
iiiquiry, it appears that they were taken up'
lifeless, and from the speedy medical aid
they received. were in softy- degree restored, boL
very distant hopes are entertained of their Irt
very. It was past twelve o'clock before the 1ea,,1
appearance of peace or order begaw to ')/3"
itself, after which time some d..gree of Ott ••••
restored. The military continued to pars& "
streets during the night.
" Yesterday the Reformers again awiershled
; Piccadilly.Oldhant-street, New Cross. and Anroi•
lane, but without evincing the slightest dispois.tl.l