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tlierelry destroyed ; they have, we fear, slietmted
the sifections of all who felt or witnessed the re-
volting We're, from the Government of the wintry;
and if, in consequence of the wanton outrage com-
mitted nn Monday last. any portion of the people
should unhappily think of retaliation, to the Man•
cheater Magistrates, and the intemperate seal of
the Manchester yeomanry cavalry, must all the cou-

sequences be attributed.
Mr. HUNT is said to he conflued under a charge
of high treason, but no intimation is given of the
time or place of his offending. He seems to have
been treated with stitched injury and insult. We
certainly have no esteem or regard for Mr. HUNT;
but for the character of our laws and country we
must lament that the officers of justice should
thew themselves unworthy of the trust reposed in
them by the superior authorities. 'file repeated
blows inflicted upon him by the constables, to
whose custody he was first assigned. were as con-
t ory to the spirit of English liar, as they were
issooosistent with commis,' humanity. Handcuffs,
tee, we are told, were put on him, trbtwithstanding
his indignant expostulation. There certainly was
no necessity for offering this insult to the feelings
of a man who *hewed no disposition to resist the
authority of the Magistrates. Stich conduct chews
a vindictive disposition, which we are confident
could not be grateful to any member of the Go-
vernment. A little mind delights in power, be-
cause it can abuse it to bad purposes--but to a
noble and generous mind it affards gratification,
because it enables the possessor of it to lighten the
sufferings of the unhappy.
Meth stress is laid upon an expression directed
by Hurts' with indignant warmth towards NAOIN,
a police officer in Manchester, whom a courtly
writer says " he impudently threatened that before
a fortnight passed over his head he (i. e. NADIN)
should suffer for the measures that had been
taken." This was soother instance of pressomption,
that HUNT should tell so important a personage as
the great Mr. NADIN, that he should suffer for his
illegal actions! It was great impudence, no doubt,
thus to address a constable who abused his power,
and threaten him with the just vengeance of the
laws lie had flagrantly violated. To the crew who
surround him and watch his words, that they might
thence extract poison for further mischief, this ex-
pression was construed into a threat of vengeance
from the great body of the Reformers. I'o this
point they constantly return. The dread of rets-
ltation hangs over them—
Conscience bath a thousand several tongues,
And tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale eoudenins then.

LONDON,
SATURDAY, AvousT 21. Isl 9.

Tranquillity seems by the latest advice+ to be
et length perfectly restored in Manchester and
Macclesfield, but the active vigilance of the
Magistracy and military is felt to be still necessary
fur maintaining it. The irritation excited in the
public mind by the wanton outrage committed by
ru infuriated ►oldiery upon an unarmed and Ito-
offending multitude, had not perfectly subsided, or
at least the aggressors, feeling the extent of the
injury they had committed, conceived that, in so
short • time, the indignation of Etielishmen,
jealous of their righ.s and impatient of oppres-
sion, could not have sufficiently evaporated to
have lost the ►plilt of revenge. Indeed, a minis-
terial writer, whose duty it is to tretennit occasional
reports to London from the disturbed district•,
respecting the progress of events, says, at ten
o'clock on Tuesday evening. that he k 4.4 fear-
ful several more lives will he lost. lot the mull
take every opportunity of insulting • wearied
and exasperated soldiery." Mark with what ten-
derness this individual speaks of the " wearied
and exasperated soldiery." Pour fellows! (we
speak of the Manchester cavalry) we must really
sympathise in their sufferings! To think that their
wounded and agonised feelings should be exposed
to the rude insults of a barbarous mob !—" Wearied
and exasperated"—"' wearied" with cutting down
and riding over an unarmed multitude. and " exas-
perated," no doubt, in proportion to the extent of
these laborious duties. The mob are a very un-
grateful and shocking set of fellows not to go upon
their knees and thank these gallant fellows
have exerted themselves so much about them.
What right have they, unthinking senseless block•.
to feel irritated or indignant at bring sabred and
trampled upon ! It would he great presumption
in the mob to feel exasperated, and nothing can
equal the insolence °Wick conduct in taunting and
insulting the soldiers, " tie tried and exasperated"
as they ore, but the meekness and forbearance
with which these good and gentle Creatures en-
dure it.
But who could feel any surlier,* if indeed the
people did act in the manner %%hick the " coward
consciences" of those violators of the public peace
seem to anticipate? When the flaming brand is
thrown, who can commend the raging element ?
The Magistrates of Matti:hester, in adopting the
him of conduct they pursued on Monday, under-
took a dreadful respons►bility. They nut only co.
dangered the lives and limbs of • great portion of
the people, whom they were bound by their duty to
protect, but they created an tiogry feeling sawn
the assembled thousand►, and the tens of thou-
sands in the country who are united to theist by
kindred, community of sentiments, end the innu-
merable links that bind society together. and have
probably taught no incousid•rabls portion of them
to indulge a disposition for violence which had not
been previously enterteisied. Several lives have
1 been already sacrificed to their raolutemr; the peace
and comfort of many familia nand littessat ily be

The Meeting this day at the Crown and Anchor
Tavern, to take into consideration the shocking
cativitrophe at Manchester, promises a full attend-
ance. l'here never was a CAW in which the life
and liberty of the subject were more immediately
concerned. The fatal result of the Manchester
'Meeting has not, we find, intimidated the friends
of Radical Reform is the vicinity of the metropolis.
The notice of the County of Surrey Meeting at
Kennington Common stands fur Monday nest, no
measures having been taken to read it.

A case was heard yesterday at the Mansion-house,
before the Loan M•YOR, in which his Lordship
put several questions respecting Mr. HuI4T. They
derive some interest from the peculiar circum-
stances of the present moment.

Whose existence alone proves the absurdity of so ge.
neml a contradiction. It nye, that MMus and
Metustoe had i d ret_re_ upon Cordova, " after La,.
ing sustained an actioa, in which MeLcUtott lost
his wife arid many of his soldiers." This Chief,
however, bad still with him, even by this accouw,
twenty.four men well mounted.
The inhabitants of Creutinseh have presented
• petition to the King of PRUSSIA, complaining
of the dtilieriei they endure under his Govern-
ment, from the effects of the injudicious laws that
have been 'mimed for the Rhenish Province..
The Petitioners say, " Daring the long successupi
of years in whirls the French power continued, we
ever preserved hearts truly German, and frequently
this was made the subject of reproach. We nos,
however, are forced to acknowledge, that, under that
foreign power, we had resren to be satisfied with our
lot, for the Government promoted our agriculture,
industry, and commerce, and we lived under the
protection of laws, and an equal distribution of
taxes tendered them less oppressive. We moot
now disguise from your MAJZSTY that this pro.
sperity has ceased, that our industry and commerce
have experienced • deplorable stagnation, and that
we ate threatened with total ruin."
There are simpletons who will call these peti.
toners seditious, and their presumption in address.
ing the Royal ear in the language of complaint, IN•
suiting to the Royal authority. But when griefs
are bitterly experienced, when patience is exhaust-
ed, and no hope points to better days, not only is
it the right of the people to complain, but it is for.
tunate for the Monarch that they adopt such a
means of expressing their sufferings. They prove
themselves his best subjects, for they afford him
an opportunity, by evincing • sympathy for their
distresses, and correcting the errors and actinium
of his Government, to preserve the affections of los
people. No room is given for the infusion of cits.
affection, or the machinations of traitors.

PARIS, AUGUST 17.
The latest *mounts, from Madrid announce that
General O'Dounel, who had suppressed the mutiny
at Cadiz, has been summoned to Madrid, whither,
however, indisposition prevented him from proceed-
ing immediitely. He was expected in s few days.
Some persons think that this measure has been
adopted with regard to him in consequence of cer-
tain reproaches directed against him, either for
having given the conspiracy time to form, or for
having subsequently clothed it with an importance
that it did not merit. The conduct of the Govern-
ment will quickly remove all doubts. The same
letters say, that the proceedings against the arrest-
ed officers have been suspended.
On the day before yesterday three Editors of the
Renoeintee Journal, and three Officers of the garden
du corps, fought at the barrier d'Enfer. M.
Rienzi, one of the Editors, was dangerously
wounded, and wounded hiss antagonist.
The 5 per Cents. are 711. 35 c. ; Bank Actions
1,4271 f.

A Dutch Mail has arrived, with Papers to 1
the lath instant. From Carlsbad the Duke of
Wellington is expected to proceed to Warsaw, mid
to visit Paris on his way back to England. All
the Journals agree in giving a political character to
his tour, but none of them have speculated upon
its precise purpose.—lt appears from a Procla-
mation issued by the local Government of Jars,
that the advantages taken of the innocence and sim-
plicity of the natives by the Dutch inhabitants and
settlers are grown so grove and oppressive, it
has become necessary to adopt extraordinary pre.
cautions to protect them from the rapacity and ex-
tortions of their more acute and cunning neighbours.
The Commisaionerv-General accordingly order, that
all contracts with the natives respecting crops that
may be completed within a year, shall not be made
for a longer term, with other regulations to guard
against deception. Of the extent of this system of
fraud and extortion exercised upon the natives, an
idea may be formed from the following extract
from the series of enactments :—" The President
shall prevent, as far as possible, all deception, and
not suffer the natives, by the suggestion of ill-
founded hope or fear, and still less by means of
threats or constraint, to be induced, in spite of Omn-
i selves, to enter into engagements which do nut ee-
-1 tirely coincide with their own free will and choice."
The Proclamation is dated January 5, 1819.
The system of extortion and oppression which it it
intended to restrain. commenced with the restora-
tion of the colony to the Dutch. It was not, there-
fore, without cause the unhappy Javanese depre-
cated that event, and lamented with tears the ter-
mination of the mild and paternal Governateut of
Sir THOMAS S. RAFFLES.
BRUSSELS, AUGUST 13.
The Duke of Wellington, as coon as he landed
at Ostend, sent an Aide-de-camp to Paris, who NI
now returned, and has followed the Duke to Ca!
login,. It is said that the Duke will go to Pare
before he returns to England. Lt is also supposed
that his Grace is not only going to Carlsbad, but
also to Warsaw, where the Emperor of Russia aal
shortly review the Polish army. The Dukes
journey at this moment eau hardly be Supposed 110
to have soots political object.

The Paris Papers under the joint dates of Mon.
day and Tuesday last, have arrived at our office.
An article front Frankfort, of the 14th of this
month, speaks of a violent outrage committed by
the rubble of that towo against the inhabitants of
the Jewish persuasion. The houses of these indus-
trious and inoffensive people were attacked, parti-
cularly the house of the firm of Roritsctilt.n,
but by the activity of the municipal authorities,
tranquillity was restored, and measures have been
adopted to discover the csuse of such riotous
proceedings, and to punish the ringleaders. The
revival of this fanatical spirit, which disgraced
the middle ages of Christianity, is attributed to
the high tone with which the Jews, supported
by the influence of England, demanded of the
Congress of Vienna the removal of certain hu.
initiating distinctions which oppressed them in
many parts of Germany. But with the rabble of
every country, prejudices, whether religious or no.
once entertained, seldom become extinct.
The idea of wealth, too, which, front the charac-
teristic industry of the Jews, has long been familiarly
associated in the minds of the vulgar with the name
of Jew, hai contiibuted, we believe, very essentially
to preserve the animosity of the rabble against them,
for the possession of wealth is too frequently with
such persons a source of hostile feeling, and any
pretence would be gladly embraced, by which the
snob might testify their religions hate, and, at the
same time, gratify their envious disposition and
their hopes of plunder.
The Journal des Things. on the authority of an
assurance given by a traveller who recently arrived
in Paris front Spain, affirms that all the accounts It is self-evident, and the spirit of ode *hateful':
published in the English and Belgian Papers, re- I nicipal laws maintains that recourse Must nevtr
he
spectiug the disturbed and dangerous state of the had to the.militaiy and to violence and blot Silt
interior of Spain, are destitute of foundation. ualftleirtsthef ceiviilzwer stllnheacvne, in via,iyes wet►"l LOS
,
It is, however. singular, that this Paper shook, at stables, and in a word, the aid ;A,' every man wit"
the same moment speak of " the united beads of may be called upon in the King', Silitei 104 her
Mails, and McLane'," cedar some other binds, aid hiseppresaing actual riot