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London, England, 1819-09-17 00:00:00

RIOTS AT PAISLEY.

[FROM AN EVENING PAPER.]
The following is an extract of a private letter
addressed to au eminent commercial house in the,
City, dated Paisley, the 13th instant :
" This town is at present in a state of great
disorder and anxiety. A meeting having been
called of the town and neighbourhood to express
their opinion of the conduct of the Magistrates
at Manchester, our Magistrates issued a Procla-
mation, disapproving of the people proceeding to
that meeting with flags. This was disregarded,
and upon the return of one of the party with
two flags, the whole constabulary having been
previously called out, were placed in one of the
narrowest parts of the street through which the
procession was to pass, and on its reaching this
point, those who preceded i:, in a very contemptu-
ous manner, huzzaed as they passed the Magistrates
and the constables, which was continued in that
style until the flag-hultlers were opposite the She-
riff and Magistrates, when instantly the Sheriff,
Mr. Campbell, and Provost Jamieson, our chief,
darting from among the constables, who itntnedi-
ately supported them, seized both flags, and carried
them into the Council Chamber. The flag-holders
were taken also. After this the constables who
had been previously ranged on the opposite side of
the street, again arrayed themselves in that order,
and allowed the people who had been attending the
meeting, freely to pass on between them.
" All yesterday the town had a threatening aspect.
As it became dark 11. great number of the people
moved from the square, passed through several of
the principal streets in the town, breaking almost
all the lamps as they went along, and the windows
of the best houses as they proceeded. The Riot
Act was then read. and the military mid con-
stables being called in, restored order only by
patroling the streets, which they did till midnight.
l'his is now two nights we have been up nearly all
night. Many of us are severely wounded—fortu-
nately none of the stones which struck me were
large ones.
This day again portends a bad night ; but the
needful precautions, we trust, will be taken for our
safety. More troops must be culled in. It is re-
ported, while I am writing this, that 5.000 people
are on their way from Glasgow to this. What their
object is we know riot."
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Si► H. Fosurncitiass, K.C.B. Commander of
the Royal Artillery in Ireland, accompanied by
Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. CAIRNCROSS, are nnw on a
review of the several artillery stations. They have
been at Limerick ; thence. through the stations on
the Lower Shannon, and the counties of Clare,
Kerry. Cork, ■nd Tipperary, they arrived at
Waterford, and proceeded on Tuesday to Dun-
cannon Fort.
The following regiments have been ordered to
be disbanded:-21st, ittl, and 25th Light Ora-
goons on their arrival from India ; 34 West India
regiment on arrival at Sierra Leone; Royal African
corps, on arrival from Sierra Leone and the. Cape;
Royal York Rangers, Royal West India Rangers.
and York Chasseurs, on arrival in North America..
Tuesday last, the Annual Meeting of the Mem-
bers of the Book Club was held ;n Kendal ; no
which occasion about fifty Gentlemen, chiefly from
that neighbourhood, partook of a sumptuous dinner
at the. Town-hall. The Rev. HENRY LOWTHER,
of Disiiiiigton. President ; J. GANDY, Esq. Vice-
Preruieut. The Meeting was attended by the
E-irl of LONSDALE, K.G. Lord LOWTHER, HOD.
Colonel LOWTHER, and Lord I)OI.I.INGTON.
Mier the usual toasts, the 'following was given :
" The iVestntoreland Society estublithed is Lon-
don, and tipsy it long continue to prosper ;" when
Lord LONAOALE rose and spoke at considerable
length, expla g the designs and objects of that
benevolent institution. Lord PoLLINGTON favour-
ed the company with several excellent songs. A
ball. as usual. was held at the King's Arms. in the
evening. About eighty Ladies and Gentlemen
were present, and dancing was continued till three
o'clock in the morning.-

INTENDID
MEETING IN T;IE BOROUGIL

Wednesday evening, at ei;tht o'clock, a ntinierouil
Meeting of the inhabitant householder,. of tin- in 4
and borough of Siiatlissirk took place at the N
Head Inn, in the High-street, to receive the
of the High Bailiff to their terititsition, frifio-11111{
him to call a public 'Meeting io take tot. consider+,
:dint; the late atrocities at Manchester.
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Mr. %TETHERS-FON is hoary; hero onanitunts-ly
called to the Omit-. bilortiy opened the Itusiness Ivy
observing. that the Htirli Bailiff laid acceded to
their request. and consented to call an early Meet-
ing of the people, to pronounce their opi is
common with the rest of th- nation, on the late
atrocities at Manchester. Unlike the simoirsit
Chief Magistrate of London, the High Bailiff was
not afraid that their otijrct in nieriong was " to set
lire to the Borough, or to murder all its peaceable
inliabitante;" but he knew they meant to assemble
to record their execration of an outrage which had
no parallel—on outruee both brutal and illegal.—
(.4pplumse.)—The conduct of the High Raiiiif was
liberal and gentlemanly. for 4:m1,1(1i-ring
plea, profedserlly mwiarnal. nod the iii I 1 it -e-
-dema heliire him (tile Lord Mayor's refu-41 to col,-
vene a Common 11411, and refusal of the
star High Bailiff, we preminse!, the relittiotiolio44
without aurprise, 104; to a relmal ; hut i!.e
conduct of Nlr. Print:li (High %As a proof
of what value lie placed au such precedent,.
The CH A lILM A'l then read the High 's
letter, sod the notice intemled to announce the
Meeting, leaving the requisitionists at liberty to ap-
point their own tune.
Mr. BiLsce moved that the Meeting he held on
Thursday, the ,23t1 lost. atcouded by Mr. %V 111 C H
maul carried unanimously.
Mr. BLACK then proceeded to give a detail of
all that pas-v.l between the High Bailiff and the
deputation who were instructed to wait on him *ills
the requisition. After having read the requisitiuu.
the High Bailiff said, " Gentlemen, you leave
acted very properly in presenting this reqinsiiiint
to rue, as it is a part of my duty to receive such
documents; it iv my duty to preside at all public
meetings within this Borough s but 1 have also En:-
other duty to perform—to preserve the peace; there.
fore, Gentlemen, I wish to know if you have any
objection to lay your Revolutions befule me; I
mean those you intend to propose to the Meeting,
as it is nay duty to preside if a Meeting be held,
and if I were fornisheii with the Resolutions, they
would asi.ist me in determining on the propriety of
calling a Ikleetiii4."
This request of the High Bailiff gave rise to the
conversationfullowintt _

Mr. !SLACK-" That is quite impossible, :is
every Elector has on undoubted right to prop.oe
whatever lie mat• think proper to the Meeting. IVe
are only deputed to receive your answer to the re-
quisition—mar power extends no further."
HIGH IBAILIFF-" Then for the reasons you
have mentioned, you say I cannot have the Rests..
lutions."

Mr. lILICK—" I presume, Sir, it is very un-
usual to require such a mode of proceeding."
HIGH I/AILIFF—" The lavt Mall which was

held reflected great credit on the inhabitants of
the Borough, and I only wished on this occasion
to know if the Resolution's were such as 1 could
consistently out to the Meeting?"
Mr. STRIGHT—" I presume, Sir, with deference
to your boort-tor judgment, that, as Chairman of
the Meeting, you will have nothing to do with the
Revolutions but to put them to the Meeting for its
adoption or rejection—sod if they are adopted, they
will be the Resolutions of the Meeting, not yours."
Mr. GILLES—" Sir, we have nothing to do with
the Resolutions—we know nothing about them;
we may all prop tae some, if we dislike those pro-
posed."
1110 H BAlLire—" You ought to have sent me
the requisition unit your letter, and I should have
been able 'o give so answer bow; but as it is rather
an important affair, I must take some time to coo-
older of it."
Mr. BLACK (all.r requesting an early uuswer)
—" If the Town Hall should be found tostiflicwrit
to hold the Meeting, we may adjourn to an open
space."
Mr. LINDSAY, the Deputy-liailiff, seemed um.
willing that the Meeting should take place any
where but in the interior of the Hall.
Mr. STRIGHT—', When the Hall meets, if a
motion for adjournment is proposed nod carried, it
must take place."
This, Mr. BLACK observed, was the reinerksh!e
conversation at the interview with the High Bailiff.
Other business of a routine nature was then
transacted—and, on the motion of Mr, Coo?La,
Solomon Davies, Esq. the Magistrate, was added to
the number comprisiiig the Committee.
The CHAIRMAN passed a bib eulogiorn on the
merits of Mr. Suloinou Davies, and observed, that.
although a Magistrate, he was no Masschrster Ma.
gistrate.—f ripplorrst.l—The appearance of such
mats at their head would give weight and import.'
once to their Meeting.
Mr. BLACK more's, that the Secretary do read to
the Meeting letters of a public nature wtticls
he might have received team Sir Robert Nilson.
tvlr. IttcHARDsoN (the Secretary) said, he had
received various communications Irons Sir Robert,
but could not consider them of a public nature.—
Indeed, they expressed ut such strong Scioto's*e
the well-known uoitnotis of the llnii. Knight, that
he did not feel himself justified irs readiur, them ;
hut he was hourly expected us London, and would
attend the Meeting most certainly.
After the disposal of same buwiess of a Ova's:
nature, thanks were voted to the Chairman, mod
the Meeting separated.

A letter from St. Helena quotes the prices of cer-
tilt* urti:•les, in the month of July ling, as follow
viz.—Beef. mutton, and veal, Is. 5(1. a pound;
a tut key, 305.; a goose, 215.; a grown fowl, 10s.;
a chicken ss. ; and a duck, 10s. ; eggs might be
had so low as ss. per dozen; cabbages (in abun-
dance, we must suppose) at nine-pence a I iece ;
and turnips and carrots is. per dozen. Bread was
sd. per pound, and very good Cape Madeira aisle
seven shillings and sixpence per gal:on ! Unties-
PA ITS was very well ; and ilia palace nearly
finished.

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