The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-09-24 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, COV ENT-GARDEN. This day is published, price Is. CA
THIS EVENING. FRIDAY. Sept. 24, RADICAL REFORM. the only Remedy for
be acted the Missies] Drama of the Disoiders of our Coostry; or, Observations ow
the Changes necessary boils is CUM' and State.

GUY MANNERING:,
Or, THE. GIPSY'S PROPHECY.
Co!. Mminering, Mr. Abbott ; Henry Bertram, Mr. Phi-
lipps; Domini.. Sampson, Mr. W. Farrell (his fir,t appear-
ance iu dirt Character); Dandle Hinniont, Mr. Eineiy;
Annie Murkletlirift, Mr. J. 11111.1011. Lucy Bertram, Mira
M. Tree. aim, in Art M. will introduce Yonne ;"
Julia Maiiiirriog, Miss Matthews; Meg Alcrriltesi
Taus.

To which will he added the Farce of
THE CRITIC ;
of, A TRAGEDY REHEARSED.
Sir Fretful Plagiary,
SuerW. Farren ; Puff, Mr. Jones -;
Dangle. Mr. Connor ; , Mr. Egerton ; Duu Fervid
Whiskeraudns, Mr. Blanchard. Mrs. Dangle, 3lts.Connue ;
Tillinrina, Mrs. Gibbs.
TJ
coseluile with a Grand Sea right and the Destruction
(like Spani,h Armada.
A Private Box may be had fur the Season, or nightly, of
Mr. Brandon, at the Bus-Office.
Roses 11.; Second Price 3s. 6,1 —Pit 3s. 6.1; Second
Price2l.—Lower Gallery es.; Second Price la —Upper Gal-
lery ls.; Second Prier tid.
piocra for the Boxes to lie taken of Mr. Brandon, at the
Rox..ufEce, Hart•sir‘it, from Teti till Four.
The Doors to be opened at Six u'Cluck, and the Play to
begin at Seven.
Mr. Philippa and Miss M. Tree haying been honoured with
the ruraptuat 41 appniral of the audience, they will perform
tuffeibtr tin Filthy ni xl.
Tudioniuw, The Clandestine Marriage, with The Mar-
riage of Figaro.
Oii Monday, Hyndet; Ophelia, first time, Miss M. Tree—
with The Forty Thieves.
On Tuesday, The School for Scandal.
On Wednesday, Rob Roy Macgregor.
t hi Thursday, The Steward.
Ou Friday, The :Maid of the MM.

TH EATR &ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE,
STRAND.
'FOR THE BENEFIT FM SS OERS.
EEVC. O'CALLAGHAN
AND IMIN RE.
/VMS EVENING, FRIDAY, September 24,
• ill be performed (secoud time this senor) the Comic

Opera of
THE CASTLE OF ANDALUSIA.
Principal characters by Mr. Pearniau, Mr.O'Eallagban,
Mr. W. S Cliattrrley ; Pedrillo (first time), Mr. John Reeve,
Mr. Donlon, Miss Carew, soil Miss Kelly.
Eud of the t)lwra Mr. Harley will sing, by desire, " The
liiMitiagale Club."
In the couree of the Evening a MELANGE, consisting
of favonvile Sougs and Glees; NEW IMITATIONS by
Mr. Joins Reeve. Mr. Nicholson, the celebrated performer
uu the Mlle, lons kindly consented (for this night wily) to
preform a favourite Concerto.
To conclude with first time this season) the musical Farce

THE TURNPIKE4GATE.
Crack (after the manner of the original performer of that
ch wader), Mr. Juhn Reeve (fur that night only).
Ticket.; to be had of Mr. C.O'Crillagham, 19, Gerrard street,
Sohn; Mr. Julia Reeve, lb, Soothampton-atreet, Covent-
garrit n; and of Mr. Steveition, Ran ogre, Stroud entrance,
uh..re Hares may be taken from Teo till Four.

----MISS CLARA FISHER,
Late of the Theatre Royal, Drary-lace--oaly Eight Years

of Are.
THEATRE.ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA.MOUSIE,
STRAND.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. PEARMAN, AND
MR. WILKINSON.
()N WEDNESDAY NEXT, September 29,
will be presented, for the first time at this Theatre,
the Musical Drama of
TUE PEASANT BOY.
•
Dui of the Opera, Mr. Harley will sing, " What is not;
or. I shan't set the Thames on fire."
In the course of the Evening, a variety of Entertainments,
rallol, ODDS AND ENDS, consisting of Songs, Glees,
It citztions, Imitations, &c. An Mike"; (written for the
OCCEISIIIII, by the Author of Doctor Bolas), in the character
Geutiry Muffincap, mounted nu au Ass! by Mr. Within.

After which, Specimens of IMITATION, by Mr. John
I:f. . re—in which the following Tragic and Comic Performers
their different Ideas how Romeo's Soliloquy, " I
ho ri member an Apothecary," should be spoken:—Mr.
Kraitite, Mr. Kean, Mr. Yount, Mr. D. Fisher, Mr. M no.
Mr. Harley, Mr. W. Prue'', Mr. Blauchard, and Mr.

Mohews.
To conclude with (positively for that night only) the
Barletta of
BOMBASTES FURIOSO.
Ceurral Boinbartes (with" Hope told a flattering tale")
Mi.. Clara Fisher (her 87th appea in that character);
Artaunniattus, Kiug of Utopia (with the song of " Rhyme
otioet lesson"), Miss Caroline Fisher; Fasbos, Prime
Miii;,ler of State, Miss Eliza Lancaster; Metalline (with
lire wag of “ Queen Dido sat at leer palace gate"), Miss
Amin. Fisher. Glee," Oh! creel mats," by the Mimes
Caroline, Amelia, and Clara Fisher. Flask, by the whole
of the characters.
Boxes, 5s —Pit, 35.--Lower Gallery,2s. —tipper Gal. Is.
Duos open at half-past Six, the performance to com-
mence at Seven.
Tickets to be had of Mr. Freeman, at Middle:wee Pencil
Manufactory, 162, Strand • and of Mr. Stevenson, Box-
Oilier, Strand &Armee, where Places may be taken, from
.11.11 till Futon

ROYAL COBURG THEATRE,
Coder the Patronage of big Royal Highness Prince Leopold
of Saxe Coburg.
The Proprietors !host respectfully inform the Nobility,
Gentry, and the Public in general, that from the rapturous
approbation with which the following new Eutertsiametals
were received. they will be repeated fur this Week.
Finns PRESENT EVENING. FRIDAY.
September 24, and tomorrow, at Hslf•past Six
o' Cloth pretisely, the Entertainments will commence with,
fifth tome, an entirely new interesting Melo.drama, with
New M ssie, Scenery% Dresses, gad Decorations, called
THE IMPERIAL 'VICTIMS;
OK, THE CAVERNS OF HOENH ELBE.
!Bulb s, a domestic At the Castle, Mr. &ebbing ; Albert
'Weltzla ar, enannoureild Adeline, Mr. H. Kimble ;
r. Barrynsure. Adeline, tbn Baron's ward, Miss
After which will be mitchiced (fifth lime), $ new Mono.

drawsmitt Basal;lle,
WINNING A HUSBAND!
Or, SEVEN'S THE MAIN.
The Marie composed and selected by Mr. T. Floglies.
The *bole to conclude wills, 10th time, the last mew inte-
resting Serie-Pantomime, with entirely sew Pictoreimile
Remarry, Dresses and
QUA
Deturatiows, Co bat, dm. called
THE ENGLISH HERMIT.
Qoarl, the Euglisb Hermit, Mr. Smith;
girlie, a Munkey of the Island, Master Arts. &Moeller,
Wife of Captain Steadfast, Mrs. W. Rarrymere.
For the aceosamodatiow of nomeroes Visitors from Green.
wick, Deptford, Ste. a Coach calls at the Theatre a quarter
Were eleven.

By ISKITANNICUS.
Printed for 'C.C.&II and W. Davies, Strand, Louden;
and W. Blackiruowl, Eillubtergls.

TO he SOLI), the Property of u Gentleman,
• heautif.ll Ft/REIGN HORSE, dun colour, IS hands
3 inches high, well setpisinted with his business as a charger,
and so perfectly docile that the most timid person may tide
hint He is warrauted sound, and free from vice.—Appiy
62,

MEETING AT YORK,
TO CONSIDER THE OUTRAGES LATELY COM.
MITTEL) AT MANCHESTER.

.
A Requisition having been presented to the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor of Yank, signed by above 400 respectable
inhabitants of that towit and neighbourhood, desiring him to
call a Public Meeting, to take into consideration the late
unfortunate events at Manchester, his Lordship appointed
Monday for that purpose; and erected a hustings in the
Guildhall, in order to accommodate the different Gentlemen
who were likely to attend as orators on the occasion.
About ten in the intoning, 4,000 or 5,000 people paraded
the streets of the city, with banners and music, and,
in
what is called at Alasichester, 'Waal" array, fur they march-
ed in a regular procession of six abreast. A mass preceded
them with a large black board on a pole, on each side of
which was inscribed, in white letters, " Order," whilst the
whole of it was decorated with black crape. The hand of
music came next, making a horrible discord of unmusical
sounds; after which was borne a very large flag, inscribed
" Magna Charts." " Trial by Jury," " Bill of Rights," and
" Liberty of the Press;" theta a yellow fl tg, with the inscrip-
tion, "To the immortal memory of the Reformers killed at
Winchester on the 16th of August." The C'uiou Flag suc-
ceeded, inscribed " England, Scotland, Ireland," similar to
that exhibited My the orator at Smithfield. The whole were
decorated with emblems of mourning. In Coney.street, the
band played "The Dead March in Saul," during which the
great concourse of people took their bats off their heads, and
by remaining uncovered gave to the spectacle • very solemn
mill imposing appearance.
Alruet half-part eleven o'clock the Committee, accompa-
nied by Mu Hun. L. Domini: ; W. Bryan Cooke, Esq. ;
S. %V. Nicoll, Esq. ; sued several other gentlemen of respect-
proceeded front Etridee's Hotel to the Mansion-
house. On arriving there They were loudly greeted by the

populace.
Precisely at 12 o'clock the Right Hots. the Lord Mayor
opened the business by stellate, that in consequence of having
received a Requirition must respectably and must numerously
signed, lie had eimeeneil the present Meeting, sod requesteal
tie. Town Clerk (R. Townend, Esq.) to read the Requisition.
Thi• was accordingly done ; after which the Lard Mayor
said, that from the confidence which he had that they would
all coueur in maintainiug good order, and would conduct
themselves wills the utmost propriety, he had sot (dated a
single constable is ottesilasre, nor sworn is an aatlitional
special irinistable. Ile haul always sees the greatest order
prevalent in the City, and until he saw something otherwise,
nothing of that surf should ever he done. Having thiss
briefly opened the Meeting, be intimated to it the necessity
of appoiuting • Chairman. Au universal cry of " The
Lord Mayor to the chair" immediately pervaded the whole
of the Hall, and his Lordship took the Chair amid the en-
thusiastic greetings of the swastika moltittole. He ob-
served, that at so numerous a Meeting as that which he saw
before him, there might be differeut opinions ou the sub-
ject, he therefore hoped that they would give every Gentle-
man who wished to address them as attentive hearing, and
that they would cunhne themselves to the subject of the Re-
qisisit ion.
S. W. NICOLL, Esq. (one of the Counsel to the city of Yorks
and also Recorder of Doncaster) then rose. He said, that in
bringing forward the Resolutions of that day, it was not his
inteution to address them as friends of Parliamentary Re.
form, or as its rectifies, hot us Englishmen, who possessed •
free constitution, and who were entitled to the benefit of
the laws, made equally for the benefit of all.—(llerse.)—ln
reprobating the breach made ou those laws cud that con-
stitution by the late teansactions at Manchester, all parties
most join, since it was only by their conjunction that re-
dress could be obtaiuril.--(llear.)—He trusted, therefore,
that they would, through 11w proceedings of the day, care-
fully avoid whatever might be • ground of division either
there or elsewhere: the meeting at which they were then
assembled, it was not unlikely, might serve as an example to
numerous others in the county; but it could only do so by
avoiding subjects of offence, and by strictly confining itself
to that point in which all of theta could coisicide.—(Chsers )
The Resolutions which he intruded to offer to their notice
were grunuded au a few facts sod principles a bich 'wear-
rut to hint to be incoutrovertilde. The first was, that it was
the constitutional right of the people of England publicly
to discuss State grievances, and thereon to address, petition,
or remonstrate, as they might deem expedient. 'ibis was nut
the right of the high and opulent Moue; it was the right of
all ; it was the right nut of 711 or 701) only, but of 70,000, or
of any smuttier*, who conceived themselves aggrieved; it was
• right nut to be exercised at suited the mere pleasure of
Minister*, or Magistrates, or military (if it were so, they
might assemble indeed to congratulate or approve, but
never could assemble to Petition or remonstrate); bat it
was a right to he exercised al the pleasext: of the route
themselves, unconfined and unrestrained, so hung as disoroet
or excess was nut committed by them. In the next plate,
lie held that the siteettog of the 16th of August was in *Witt
pm:mailer of the above right—it was fur • lawful porpoise.
This was clear from the nature of the notice. The people
assembled iiencesubly, and nothing wanting to disorder had
(sectored, or was likely to have occurred, .rheu the violent
irruption u( the volunteer cavalry took place. Muth had
been said and pretences bail been held out of arms amid mi-
litary array. What was Ibis military arrays The people
walked in raisks, as is usual us almost every occasion of
sulemuity. FreCIIIIII4IUS walked in ranks--(Heae)—Friendly
Societies walked ill ranks—(ifear)—the Corporal ion of their
City sulked in ranks. Was there any thing slanting or de-
structive of the peace in ands pew-nitwit? Nu; it wassim-
ply for the sake of iiiii re solemn effect. The story of arms
was equally absurd; the people came from the country, nod,
like other countrymen, carried each his stick. That they
were out armed, even to the pond of selfclefence, was mote
clear. Had they teen armed, dreadful indeed might have
been the result, aid not 'toothed% but thousands must have
frit the miseries of that slay. He also observed, that the cir-
cumetaweefi attending the meeting precluded every surmise
of intended tumult, or probable disorder. What was its
porposet—to express as adherence to the principles of Re-
form with that effect which combined ambers 'night give.
Similar meetings, comprising similar numbers, hest bees held
in various parts of the rosary ; neither tumult nor riot ap-
peared un any occasion ; the object was uniformly the saine
public expreirdon of opinion. What had the people of
alaucliester—what COlllll they have in view beyond this ?
Meetings of 10,000 or 20,000 men do 'sot usually kern Sr.
cress : they profess all they mean, and that usually with a
momentary vehemence, which rather exceeds thas falls shalt
of their real sentiments. In 1792, and the following years,
the public placards, meetings, speeches, Ste. well far beyond
what was now seen. Every portion of our established &Who-
rit its was then is tarn attacked. If the views of the peewit
day were the same with those of that day, their conduct sod
expressiotm would alto be the same; bat that They were sea
the saw, eveu those who dish against all probating, believe
in the ezietenee of designs hostile to the Gueeroniesit,
was
vela... Melly obliged to confess: asst • sink Oranlonelloor at
Noy ells public Dustin boil slim tbo ocopla to be pot.

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