The National Register.
London, England, 1819-09-12 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Thursday a Meeting of this Coort was held at the
coutieil-Cnamber' Guildhall, in consequence of a Re-
quisition addressed to the Lord Mayor by several mem-
bers of the Court, for the purpose of taking into
oonsideration the proceedings of the 2iianclicsicr M 4.
gistrates, and the Iromaitry Cavalry, on the menturable
uccasiou of the 16th of August. The deep interest
which the anticipated diicussiou had excited was evin-
ced by the unusually great number of persons who
pressed fur admission at a very early hour. 'rhc meet-
ing of the Olin was ror is o'clock, but long before that
hour the avenues to the Council-room were completely
blocked up, and when the doors opened not one-fourth
of those in attendance could rind room below thebar.—
The reporters from the several Papers were, through
the civility of some of the officers, and the polite atten-
tion of a few of the members of the Court, admitted
through a private door, and took their places in a part of
the hall, which, though extremely unpleasant for see-
ing or hearing whin advantage, was, under circum-
stances, the best that could be afforded.

The Lord Mayor, who came in his private carriage.
entered the Council-room a little after 12, and in a
short time after, a number of Aldermen and Common-
ers, sufficient to form a Court were assembled.
The LORD MAYOR (after the proceedings of the last
Coon had heen read, opened the busineu of the day.—
He said, " Gentlemen, I have called this Court toge-
ther on the present occasion, in consequence of a Re-
quisition addressed to me b' several members of the
Court. At the aline time Gentlemen, I must say, that
I have done so with considerable reluctance, because 1
think, that where crimes, or alleged crimes, have been
committed in any part of the country, where they are
likely to be investigated by a proper tribunal, before
whom full evidence will be given, it would be prema-
ture and unnecessary to attempt to discuss them else-
where. However, 1 have consented to call the Court,
because 1 am allays ready to bow to the call of its
members, and 1 trust the Court will consider it with
temperance and moderation."
The Requisition was then read by the proper officer,
after which,
Mr. Alderman ‘Vatrituax rose, and proceeded to

address the Court. Ile premised with regretting that
the question about to be brought before the Court was
to originate with lino; it might have been safely
left in other hands; but as he had been desired by
others, as competent as himself, he should endeavour to
perform his duty. Previously, however, to proceeding
to the main question, he could not but animadvert on
the course that h.id been pursued by the Lord Mayor,
and on what had )(alien from his Lordship as their
Chairman. Instead of preceding the business of the
day with comments of his own, his Lordship's duty was
to state what was the business for which the Court had
been convened, and to abstain most carefully from tak-
ing part in the discussion. (Heart)—During the three or
Poor-and-twenty years' political experience which he had
• hail in that Court, he Ind never before seen the Chief
:Magistrate presiding in that Court, and whose duty was
merely that of a Chairman, address the Meeting, coin-
inunicati4 his decided opinion upon the subject about
to be debated, previous to the discussion of it.—(Much
cheering.)—But he trusted that the Cow t would not he
turned aside front its duty by any improper efforts, that
it would maintain its owl' manly seutimentr, and tnat it
would not permit its judgement to lie warped by Joy in-
fluence whatever. He could not avoid thus far adverting
to what had fallen from the Chair; he would now pro-
ceed to the question before the Court—a quesiien sill
which there was a powerful sympathy amongst all
ranks of the people. As it was a question of great im-
portance, it was necessary to discuss it wider such a
check as would prevent airemperatice, winch it would
he best to avoid upon all occasions. It wit not to ad-
vocate any particular cause he came forward. It was
from his having joined in the powerful sympathy that
prevailed, and in which those who signed the Requisi-
tion agreed ; a sympathy which sprung front a holing
that a wound had beets inflicted on the Constitution.—

It became the duty of the People to make an appeal to the
justice of the caution, and to petition that an enquiry
.110111iti be irit>tle into th,4e unequalled atrocities ‘v hicit
taken place in Nianchestur. It appeared hum the
accounts which had arrived, even to me Ministerial or-

Bans, ttiat the Meeting had beets peaceably assembled
and conducted, that I ho,e Mos assembled were dispersed
by the military, trampled upon, and that men, women,
and children, sotiered trout wen proceedings—proceed.
rugs that were without parallel in lint hmory.—(tacar
—Men, would:, and children, tenable to Vscape from
those who attacked them had been destroyed, and were
they not innocent of any %Vas were my pre•
cedent for such a proceeding 1 he knew of none, It
was tent necessary to give ans opin.on on the nece•

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of caking 11,,.e meeting; to.:ether, or enter into a tits-
cossion of the ol.ijocts they had in clew. llht sentiments
on tins subject were vse;l knout'. lie tud deli% t red
them on many 'mac nee t.ions, and kid •111\ 41y5 head
that the convening of them %.as not lotinded in wisdom
Of policy, and stntii:tinies he had (I,f3'.red front the object
which was sought to he attained by thew. limit it W.lB
110( necessity lo go into dull. It (v.'s (Villtill tit.tt when
the people were injined, they had a tight to judge as to
the means of retlre.s--.111 it it they thought lliciinclVeS
..;grieved, they were authnris J, under the Constitu-
t of the country, to nte4.l toe nature 0.

those Ktit.sroces, r.ta to deti,e the best means nj rem,.
dyitig them.—(Hearl)—This pririlr c W•lNOpra
tinder the B:II (which coutirii.vii our pri-
vilege to titsCtiSS 4; but tinder the common late
of the laud. It %v.*, not toe any Nia.4fstrate, stantlot.:
Iv-west:l. 111,41 i. t,t .I,c..tte to Ole pewitir now and w here
too; were io oleo. It war burticie.ii tor iunt Io acti,Ll:to
himself-with the fact that tne pe.ple posses,etl the ri.1,1.t,
and were at full liberty to exercise it. BM, tf :be own/ ht
it necessary !ts put down those indititiv-is, if he con.
ecited those meetings to be attended with treat dim-

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

ser, there was a constitutienal mode of ellecting that ob-
ject: Why did not the Al solutes stand furwaid—velty
did not the people of rank and property in the country
sir p forth, and point out to those nicht idualat heir errors?
Wny did nut they make iltenieelves acquainted wall the
itatuie of weir euniplattas—u. hy did they not point
out to those who complained the right and proper re.
medics for their evils, and the rational mode by which
those remedies were to be securevl2—(Much citeeritig.)
If the Manchester Alerting had been diderria to what
he had described lt—if it were illegally convened—ll it
had been tumultuously conducted—it violence and dis-
order had been exiituited at it—even in that case, tie
con:ended, the conduct of the Magistrates and soldiers •
was improper and unconstitutimial—((.ontinued cheers)
There Was a very severe Act on this subject—he meant
the Riot Act—which affixed the penalty or death to in-
dividuals who met teAether illegally, riotously, or in-
multuously, and who, out due notice being guru, did
not comply with the provisions ut that Act, and disperse
to their respective homes. Alter a certain notice had
been ilk en, they were liable to the penalty of death ii
if they did nut separate. But no set of men had a right
to interfere with, much less to disperse, those individu- •
als, until the Wrists of the law had been strictly attended
to—(Hear, hear, hear.) They ought to recollect a little,
the circumstances under which the Riot Act was paSseit
111 1715; at that sate, or immediately alter, a rebellion
which had raged in the country was put clown. Taw
rebellion was nut excited for the purpose of recovering
lust rights, hut was occasioned by an endeavour to place
another Sovereign on the thione, in the room of him
Who had lees recognised by the great body of the people.
Then, when there was a rebellion is the country—when
there was a Pretender to the throne—die Riot Act was
passed, for the additional protection of the existing Go-
vernment. That Act had, however, nett' considered by
sonic of the best men in this country as a gloat stretch
of authority, as sit undue assumption 01 power. It
certainly gave power to Magistrates which it was unsafe
to lodge in such hands—a power so liable to abuse, that
however necessary it might have been when it was
enacted, or however necessary at a subsequent period—
it was treated by many of the best and wisest men iu the
country as a t dangerous instrument. Ile hoped he
should not be considered as trespassing oil the time
of the Court, it he referred them to the directions
laid down in the Act, because then judgements would be
more properly guided by AO appeal to the Act itself, 01411
by any repiesentation of his. Por the inlormatioil
of the Magistrates this Act was printed at large
time statutes whirls were inteuchd fur the dire' lion of the
Corporation. [the worthy Alderman bleu read extra( to
from the Itiut :set, which, iu subs:mice, dee.sirtd, that,
where wit illegal, riotous, and tumultuous assembly, cumistmg
of tacit e ur wore pi rams, met tegeihess, the Magisuutes
were to gu Antonio the riute.s,ur Clear to theta u passable,
cud proclaim silence, iu au. audible tone, until piuelatuatiuu
was osade to them to impeise—with wits, it if they did hut
comply within an hour, they were to takeu iota custody,
and subject to pusiishment fur a capital felony.) Ile then
proceeded to espies, that it was evident that the lutetium' tu
this Act was nut to tuteriupt iu the exereSse of
soy tomtit ur ctrluulouuu.a tigut, but applied to meetings
col a certain d.scupt.uu, sit. Merriogs ulrgalll (townie., or
when railed t..g. tar r, actiug riotously and
this Act tise.r aassionicutiou made ot else y. How
ever accessary it migut b., 11111011le C.OOll, 'bete bile lists of
the ta.4o.ll*.ites welt la dapper, to have wealth.* to the
power, title as, litit,Stillalghtiltt the Act the slightest
twice of Lamm Il aim the COO ..tagurat., and lota alooe,
tliat aulta ut t. lir ark( icUillkidTerted tab the charge Wad,
by the ..... miry cavalry. at ale very moment that the isuti-
Wags Writ alai routidtti, and the perms,' standing in Neal
bilfiel.derta, and 1.1 nub was extolled by the car. tines ut tae
Monster, as a grist achieveuteut; mud it wily tairittilo)
Uuterted, lout lite people arty dispeised, because throe was
u 4 Alderman %%Malaita.' preseol to notate hie people will
COlitewitt fur the (lie,r, hear I) The worthy
Alderaitiu thou adverted to the tueetoots at :Smithfield, wawa
tv.,s lade, eo to asscial.le littd veparote about inulevtal ..... .
—lf that arise legal oat it had lava Mutated su by the
that law authorities iu the c AMU)), that a 41cti 4-veuil,led al
AtaisClosar, he evil/elided, was equally so. 11 as their C it)
the only true a here the people were mitered to metst to
express their grlevaders, sad were the people ut Matichester
alum to be refused this pnvdrge, to a hah they had au
u'asoubted right, hi co ..... lon wits the Iris of his hlajesty's
sunjocts of theta could returmber the Cuilvteritat
sew; h prevailed, mid the importance. that was attached to
the circouistant.: of a stogie tint' being killed in a trot in St
tieUrgv's Fields; they could all mu/ember laeserious enquiry
set atloat by 'Magri:at city ahem a Zile was hat at the Wile
Sir krauts's Burdett was comudited to tue lUw er. bidettl
tutu all oCI:11.111.011. it was %tell slid Loupe. ly ...twittered that the
oustitutaust could be so seriously tcouloteo %hit/ugh Mt op.
prertiuti or injury or u single individual, us by the loss of
'untie's, however Considershlc their extent. Its. Wished
that She people could meet wider the general iangisrin y of
tue couldr;,— suer authorities best calculated logwedigisity
io,d importune' to then d.liberattlim.'file people of Lou
dun, for instance, could meet to Culuwnn Ilall under their
us ti Cutporaton, to express their upi ttttt k Cite. 1 tut, .tn
some laughter at the alitisioll to retinal to
a L mom° I, but Was it alit lOU 11.111.11 40 g.
Ole rOple, lIU kid Out tile aid of liaise alto acre c Whales ea
Uu•ti .uproar, it it ing twasautms tool lava ill serf Slug lit
public, alter tile) had hi Sala applied to the magi.' ate. Ili
cuuiseiie allaelllallt.s in the WWII UsialUry, and laud, iiittlital as
awl' as they so a pplied,nict alto mann% but abrupt retinal 1
cheeltug).--N lwrever the people had 11111,11111 l'oo-
- theisseiyeb geheral a about tae
attend:tote and my p. 41 of too* alio ha ly
'heir toretings.—(t-taiiiimed cheeriak) —hu delicate a. ie
I.ollle persom of allotting toe people iu Judge for throw Ives,
that to a lathier( 1110.0. %IMO they ought to be pecultarl,
alde to judg. , namely, Wit made in ahi hat new lax a °Mil
ail. et them, tat) were not thought tio) taro' t 11;0 Muugistiat.s
souse Ur illscrelsoi; It. et/loader such is vithjeet,
or es ea cotopth it to give Wilt U. hails to their 0011 leer
esru 'martial Out an) ttttt dot ari,e 110.1.
10.1•Ular meeuugs, tal al/1,111 UJellt toe tit wen
ioi,eli:et to fall t Out *llion e.Se but thine *ha taloa the
Kttple 1.0 their uwu retitle. ft, fur the expises. of their
grit Sailers f 01.1 the itiggialrates, aau Viotti/ out, as they
ought, ligally to convene the people together, and toi the
Cove, meat, who appeared to encourage those niagi.trates
to throw clithtultiel it/ the way of the Futile in the exprcs-

SEPT. Ift.

NOW of their grievautes.—(4_ ries or •I I ear%) I lie reso-
lutions which he bad prepared for Lis uct•asion, lie had
takeu the usual studious l'Ofo! 10 avoid every moug extraneous
to the prec.se tonvtiuti, ev. ry &bang 110th could in the
slightest dew re. ILI Ile CI, Isle a V wield 'or iiiilionmittory
fnuupp iu tar toenail sit stay Maoist man. whatever might he
the bias or bus particular political up iiiiii us. (Hear, hear :)
If gr. 11dUCt did exist among the people, and the
iu their mode of seekiug redirw,nuwoux the primer means,
he submitted to the tense übduur of tiny homes( Inuit,
whether it *amid out be Imam better to allay t hose ea ievanCee
by the operation of time, and tax inlet VCA.IIIIIO of CloleilOslosy
Iliad Ihr
C°4 ::::41117y 0171ehRUSiet ut":"w or
tr.el I isaa d ru)i, kbatalLiettlYialb'f-ua;
such At nett semi prap.e had mistaken the reined .
neverthele/s it ao.ild better h. come (maw iu p„„,.r in Ito
Plod tit people whom they thought were delived, to alter
their opinions by nuu.urw and ettasiderate forbiarance, than
to rxtoperate their piahouits and wattage their feelings, by
tenet iig them with hostility, Mid diSpelsOlg them by viol/. I4C e.
That eau uever have Site of about the work of
peace, It Dever could client good. 'rite worthy Aide, man
having lead the Dates iit malutious which he propised to
co.ietutle with mowing, obierved, that he had omitted to
allude to the period wbeu the Riot Ant had been read ut
Manchester. lie thought that of very little comparative
importance at this imam tat; for the meeting, so far us it had
gusie, appealed by every account to bate been conducted
peace hay, sit that their appeared co justification at all fur
reading moat Act. it, however, the Riot At t old lead at all,
it aunt have been lead by the Magistrate at or near his own
Maur so that it atilt standing by could nut hear ohm the
Magistrate was reaumg from his paper. But even If it bad
been read its it ough , so as to have aide the merlin', ;erosible
of a hat suns coming on, still, he I:mortified, there could be
no iiiii for what was suliscipien•ly adopted towards is
&traceless mulaitude.—(Laud and cuntam-d cheering fol-
lowed the conclusiiin tit the lion. Pleasbees speech.)—He
then moved the following Resulutious
iiLSOLVED.

I. That, under the free principles of the British Constitunion,
it is the undoubted right or Enguallinen to assemble together for
the purpose of deliberating upon public grit:bap-7es, as well as un
toe leel and constitutional weans urootaninig mums.
2. flat, for the exercise in this rigl.t, a Meeting was held at
Manchester on the flab of August lAA, and, without eructing into
the policy ur prudence of cohieuidg 411C11 assembly, it appears to
us, from the lUlUnn4llolll %Ilk% tuts tratispirctl, mat the said
Meeting was legally lialellIbl•A; that its proceedings were con-
ducted in an orderly sod peaceable manner ; anti that the people
composing it were therefore acting under the sant:tier, at the laws,
and emitted to the protection ut the .Magistrates.
3. That we have, nevertheless, leiuneu wit grid and astonish-
ment, that while the Meeting was so assembled, sad when no
act of nut or tumult had taken place, the Alagistristes tamed their
warren 4 tut the apprehension of cirtain persons then present, fur
the execution of winch, although no resutaihe was made on the
part of the peoi le, Of those against wilioni the waitrons were
MUM, they iiinnetlietely resorted to the aid of lie Military;
when, without any previous warning of their intention, vie Man.
chester Yeouiaury Cavalry, suildvilly rushing lOf ward. opened a
passage through the mulutude. hinder:ly attacking, u, 10fel of
anus, peaceable and witilliasding milers., What et+) bran numbers
of men, icumen, and cluttiren, and even pesos vase. rs, were in-
discriminately and wantonly row ova, sinskluany inhumanly
sabred anti killed.

4. Tiled we Wel ourselves called upon to expreits our strongest
indignation at %nese unprovoked and intemperate pIA/Ceedilliti.
whiul we cannot but vie* as highly ul,gsllCC+lll .0 we character
of EntlibillllCll.lllllll it dicing violation tile ire alt cunsutuuon.
5. —hat trout the Mown anti ueelaret. atiac. scut ossn. Royal
nighties. the Prince Regent to the rwaututiun ono the laws, we
heel the must deeided eouviction. that his Royal 111,11ii.es never
could have been induce.. to express hi. approval at ie. etill(1114A
of the abettors and perpetrators or thew atrocities, had nut his
Royal confidence been abused by interemil unaxpresented state-
ments of these illegal and fatal tramactions.
6. That at a tune when the great hotly of his Makjesty's sub..
jects are suffering under the severest privations, hooeye r erroneous
may be their ideas as to tile means of rialres., a kind and coney.
hating attention to their complaint is equally called for by policy
and justice; and that depriving them at We means of expressing
their gran races, by =city taut despotism, can only tend to
increase the present diwonterws, dearoy public confidence in the
puns and equal administation of justice. elute duadfectiun, and
lead to acts of open violence or wend revenge.
7. That, in order to avert these calamities—to maintain the
authority uf the law—and w protect the lives anti liberties of the
subject—an humble and dutiful Address b..: presented by this
Court to his lima' Highness the Prince R.44etit, praying his
Royal Highness will be graciously pleased to institute an iiiinie•
diate and effectual inquiry into the outrages that have been cow.
mitted,and to cause tile guilty perpetrawrs thereof to be brought
to signal and condign pwlialiment.
the tr..uluuuu. acts by Nlr. Hurcom be, and
were sopported by Messrs. buinstead, Patten, Southgate,
Crooke, Taylor, &e.
Allll.l lierls Sir W. etirtis,• Seholev, and Itothwell,
Messrs. Ritmo, Jacks,* Dixon,• ac. oppused the resolu-

Mr. Alderman Waimman male a moat animated reply,
when a Ilisnana took place, and there uppemed—Fur the
re.olidluns— Aldermen. 2; 69 —7 I. Against
their—Atilt siren, 0 ; 11111 l Alajority iu
Coeur of dm IPAOIUI 1011 A, 26.

• Each having, or having had, Sovernment Contracts!

MANCHESTER.

THE FOLLOWING LETTER

From a respectabiegenileinun in Manche ter, to his
friend in London, giving an account of' what he saw
of the proceedings of the loth ult., is valuable both
as confirming the accounts already published, and
stating some particulars which we do not recollect
to have before heard.

SEPTEMBER E.

I wag upon the around at the Mretine.,ol•l Blood on the
rai•edklaund in the rear of the
hustings, tallest I cunl4l hear all the speak,, , and see ton
what vies going un. 1 16'•se Io Wise in •re many cf
the parties f he :iy arriie ; they come in regular
usd r, with 1141111r1P, att• as sun hair sera ns •ci tiled, and
When she whole of the Parceled pails.s lions the
11111 l y wet• collie In, iii, ITspeTi Ise Winds weir collected
inixellier and played :lA% r Ihr huui,•' which was
erei%eil rimy Jrouuu•ts..uuu of ir.p..et. lionsaiida
1141, were instals' h 4.11, I 41 44444 mlus-thei there was e
single it a ins wish's' hearing, " was also
played, and with the sa.iie &rt. 'llu•sr was lhu tiliticsat
pall at the r,aw,l,When Hunt',
pally rattle, the whole 411'4 was crammed. The
numbers could hot lie leas Ilia,' 100.001. It was really a
fraud eYd ituvosiug beset:mit. Doting the whole of

SEPT. It

the petiod Ills to this lima I had mixed as much as
caJd itle the ileoll4 who Were 1111rie.led 11l the
of the meeting, and was lintels 10 41 111... 04414.11 y be.
hasium act...) one. (I i• tei.ily 4140.• Mal Stir co ,411.111
subject of Cull y. 41,411011 them was Ilie Het 444.11 y and
importance of outlawing I's um all rittletteas ill rooduet,
and All inleinpriither of laiszteage. lit moo). iiistionees
wo4 I 4 Wlliierg 411 11111111414%11414. . to this ed.el be-
tween 1141111,. 4.uoageil In speaking lagellier. II seelll4-11
to Isle as 11 eleiy 'm11%41411141 was se, Iowa), impressed with
the dancer of to u.shiog Slit Ailisiglt re) %lila any piell•4l
for has 'folios, knowing well that they wouol glatby 4.411
tben.clre•lll Ille diYhlra pi chisel.. It is say Mg 11411 e on
this head 10 state that 1111* ulrrllug was pe4ecelne fur each
a ineetnig—for it %VW. SO ill • 1110.1 v 11.411041 y degree, awl
instice it-gimes Sc,. 111.11 the fact almond be stated sit tang-
ly. I believe that a tutteting 40 peavtillole oda never held
before ; lake the inf abets c pugliasil illlo alarm
and I am re' lain in this respect p Can base 110
Stick toolioned Id he ill character till Ilie Moat
in neon it. The hest manumits Citell4ll4l3llre 14 hell nos
tocaimt not nonillion of toe Masiglraleg was since Cone
reties of itie bails toot (session-in) marching Into Dickets-
ban.,lfe,-1, mid faring these. This 41411011, al )Ile M.)
seroileel, is sume diglaiii fi the Monad, hut ill tic*
of a great pail of Me Alerting. They were cheered, nut
in the t pelted good humour. Iminrdiulrly afier the
Yeomanry galloped 00 10 the groo', and for.sied farms
the clew d, and 111 hunt of a hulls in which were the Ma-
gistrates. They wel e 41.0 rbrrtcd, but IN the %aloe loud
humoured spit, by the people. sfltis was, 114 wetter, 4
signal fur site to ietire; for. thuitgli I have nut braid
of a single Indus 01141 tsliu tilt any sort of about at
the circumstance, yet I could not dive,' myself of au
impression that 11114 awash sir indicated all intention
to disper"e the people. I got, Ihry purr, npull a little
Mound of cloth, *tibia a tea yards in the lett dank
of die womanly ; before, however, I had got safely to
this Station, soitiellilos Was said to ttieto.anf they elitism-it,
Waging their swim ilf in the dir ; dining this, the enuatatalea
who had been formed 1014 4 41011141 e cui don from the house
where the (lagi.tr.ile. were, duViii lit 1110 Miming*, weie
tailing hack to gel Out tit Ilse way ; lime wig gealeely
larded Mein 10 do ling hem e the yeualiamy giffopad into
the crowd. I toot rved nu. part of the proceeding with
arsioua 1111 l nod 441 t ISO civil udicei• with the sol-
dier', but I have Drew .I,IJ 11141 0110 of the Mag.s-
irate,(Tiadold Ti difOrti ) 1111 a 1 11 them. Ido out believe
tins, though I lust' it Oil Amid autism try, awl scarcely
4:111)* how It, 11011111 it 011 11141 account. 1111e11 the I barite
was made, I loosed towards limn. 41111 lie *a.. 41111 in
altitude of addressing the iteopie in 1 1 0111, and 1.
to do list. fill some time, as if tic was nil aware of what
was going on. The crowd was 40 very clime lout 111 per-
son eOOl4l puasibly elienpe 1%110 happened 011101 innately 10
Ile 1.141 1111 l ed In the lure ..I Ilie ea( .11) 's prove's. Fur
!pare, I glimalti wwk, ..1 3d in. 40 'aids, the Yeomen had
liteially 10 rat ant and hark a road lip 111 the inigtitigg;
111111 110, lin.) di m Ihluu.o 4 pr.opie absAiactv pa,ire—no
resittaore in any kill I Na... ur 111,11.e.1 CUlllel be, offered. It
has liven sae., Mat at this lane stones weic thrown, but
thj., iwolge yol. aelogeti,er jalae -tittle is nut the slignt •
est fountlglim. 111 the 414114411 Na, except 111141 yon may
imagine 10 e 4141 Sr
are ler of ti ea I lag a ino,fication. 'I he Yeomanly, in
doing this. weir lit toe 0..41e-t contilaiuti, and cut duwit
Mall) of the 1'141.1 1.14, 411,1 hall each other. This was
nil I "aiv ill lit 1.14•141, for I considered there was dancer
ill ; 4. I tinned to go oil, the ISiii and She Cheshire
Yeomen catloped 11,1 me, lith.mnle ceattlettien at their
head. A 1 i...e I ime 111 e tool 1i1.1.110 were 11141Clied
to a station al Mr rolllh end at the Quake's' Alecling-
house. t• inlet rept the people who might lly in that direc-
tion ; and bele there was indeed 1110 st dleadlnt slaughter.
Crewel, pressed on 10 Ilits yiartier, and were J'arced bark
by our 1115 )0111 to or the Intaitily. the Casalry cutting them
11l Ille r 4, 41. The shoots, se. rains, 111141 eu14(04400, acre
here tiny lituriable.—The people, maddened wi h the
danger. 4. stilled 111111 Yr the influence urgiipernalmilt efirlgy
—they sealed the walls of lite Aleeting Hotote yard in
riser) dittrtion, while those near the yard galls hoist
them open; the soldiers followed up the steps into the
yard. and coil aN ay N ii:nott any si cumptinctitto.
The Meelille 0001, were 110.11, n, lie tenor of the
people, also tut erd ; but ever a Quak l's place of worship
was ISO Id 11141) —Site onoiers atilt followed, and many
wounds vi me given here ;—rvell iii the gallery, which is
Gitfieull of aectsg, three *rte. tualty stains Of blood. Fur
144.‘etlil days After workmen had 111 be employed to plane
away, and otherw.se obliterate tile, evidences lett here of
the buteheinigs which had taken place. The opt raruns
in other pat is of the ground were of similar character.
The people, treatedaslitthesame Mere adecied
to the 141111 e degree w lilt tel amounted Rbsulattly
to a paruxystu—they (twilled Ilityltgli the glass panes of
windows nito reliant and first floors of hou.es fur refuge.
In one street, 1 believe Newberry street, which happens
to be closed at one end. I am mold there Nag Mil) one
window which Heaped destruction from this ealige, I
mention these tars, because they have nut been munch
Dwelt upon, and beratl.e they incise that most amnion
violence and hub 41.11) were used ; and because they
Move, too, ;if an) woof %vete wanting) that ti:e people
could have Ito lilt 4 or such 1 'eat mead, tor hulloing but
ow/nue, added to 4111141111.1 of Stir troops, e4ll ill:011111
for such ali encl. d degree of fear among theist. In the
‘ttetts thrte Snag a 11e41 of cold-blooded wol k, kith you
would get some idea hl (tutu the public prints.
Li lilt re-pert to the I eatillit; 01 1114. Riot ACE, I ans coo-
-17 i..Ap NOT HEAD AT ALL, gbuullh 14411 y petiole
111.1 e 1141 e 14011011 Ihe turinalily wag gone through. 111 all
the discussions 11141 leave takru place 1.0111111 bag been eli.
cited, Irhit h has fismi any tl.ing of the shape of a Coulee-
tui eas to the time us leading, the place, or silt person who
read it.

An attempt has been made by the Magistrate'', Are. to
inlptess the imMie with an vpimmi that the pliltlished me-
dium) at.: tins, hoarser, IS hut the ease ;
and it %id, 4 dunbt lint, be PllO% 1:1), that all the rectum's
tall uutch .Hurt of the Net. Tile,. 01111.1 tee Wi 111\cottiga.
rim", and 'hrs. I think it will be estatilislied ihat nut leas
than j'eur to flee hundred were kilted and %issiuded.
Plisceettnias are 114$w he prOgrr%ll,l understand, at Lan-
caster, end I canilut ut/lieri%e w what hummer the 311 e is •
trates and Niiiii.irs ran meet the ease against them; but
still I liar a • • • • • •,

Vie arc something more comfortable now then we were
- -fur se% end dais the iiiiiolence cud us erbearitig vendor:
of the cxcluhirtly loyal here erar he”md con *Thou. and
requirtil Oroisg pi.:eiteal philosophy to endure. For-
bearance WWI ciculy a duty under Audi circumstances,

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

mud hitherto no simple/nom consequences hive remelted
Irons the collision of respectabis yartiss—hut all is not )i.t
seined.

PROCZSDINGS BEFURti TUX GRAND JURY
41' 14NC:4Sn:di.

[Extracted from a letto frau Mr. l'ear.soo the Solicitor.]

Alluoilail live ails, lot maliciously castling had Snell sent
boo Sur liiaud Jury on Elitidk) mos umg, 4, ratty of clue
o'clock. dud the cud tigatwil Air. limit mid lila Mends did
Slut 60 in Sill tile. 5.41111410, )et tile Baud Jury
lit, lo delldisee 01 0111104s1 usidar, dud a Yet)
5y1115.55 Cli Alice ill wrlllllg seal I)) Al.. kissiil, SO let
•ue hiss Be brat, dud list Sisal la,s. .1: Ise UI It of hicias
MiOs aigolust Edw. Teuuttil, 'deterred by Mr. (ldlllult•, of
itiveciaute who piubed, that
*hue Ile was al his dsuuer with Ms lawdy, uu the lush, lie
beard a Boise, and heiu,t iutucused Ilidl the Vtoilidiii)
Were Ordelell out to d.sipeiiit Me multitude, %stall it/ousts,
lilt gluuud, and is log aimsi Cd at Ilse (up UI Ilse sit eel
where Ma house tits situated, and louud Site people Hui-
Mug Netarll4l ttttt 'leftism(' al tile YeOlOdUl), iniued tumid
and 16dt Rill tog to tits walking, uu Use das flumes,
I hem, wllhtm Y. 4 parra trims troll clout, tilt• ui Nem 'truck
at Ilia lieu Milli 4 idOley 11.* 1141, iloWeirti, isiult Cita
11114 lrmu list Ulu*, Uul itaviug Isceti kuuc►rd fr •111 ht,
ile4ll, I.e was 111 the act ill stuuptos to int.r. 111111, when
one of the. gauday YeOsoallry rut tutu rum his swutd, min
mull :Ito aO, uuml oil the liedd. The lausectimes situ was
a 111111144 Irmisacituil, mid Jellied wllU 1114 tallier lit
:owing Cr iileist e uu Sir bill. it hoOr%rt, 11 was
isioll4iil w is) the 614114 plUlle was ash/111111W
with tae sooml ul •• Nut lumul.'

foe ~eat 4)111 1461. akiiint toe scum person, preferred by
Fairell. 4 poor roiereniiii; 100klug 440u1,h1, 14114 Niut
stamhog 111 tile weijoilimishilud of lilt ititeellug, Wall her
:It lies brawl; I no, hoacver, ss,o no p.utectolu
tow We 11...! QUACK 1/1 tat 7/Cow:An/I. :uretag I cd•dill,
tide oil We 11.4,1114111 y coasiug, sue held her I'llllll 0111111,
prayed of unu to spare her 1104111; o Hot% el, el , w toe
get of 14,111,, her cudd, the received a ue. p same uouod,
i hr. e wrbcs 1,04, from the memo or her It the lap 01
her forehead; net Child fell Irmo her onus, 71110 received f;
serrlC Cull 0,11141 1111 111 e head, 01 w loco it is at lois day suf.
feriog. Tile weimati hist:wily tell from toe el.o-.1. of the
blow ; NA! %%as 41,11 idler War.lll luibril 11 ~,,, e Im a Whiting
state; Inn the 10.1 was rejected ; it mould he observed, that
Ilse woman delouaed, 111.1. lull': bite Nil, bile
t/iJ ow, our Use. alse How, believe, tout the hoot Act had
been read t .ttll Weil. Wert Had 1,1,1 bucumi, tumult,
ally mums tit or 11, to 1111) redblitHCC Ut 1,4411 usit..t.'d to tie
rual.lllry, Ur WI) °tiler 'W14111166
'The tullouilt6 ca-C "mitred the same fate: it 44 as oil iu-
dietineot agaiint 1-.. Alt...oer, for maliciously cultiog, trotter
Lima Act. elieethaiii, the 1/1.11sel:Ul r, pro-
ved, that airier the sheeting had liceu dirpereed, 4551 WAS ,;inuig
down 5111.' ill toe et reels 11. .11auc ireater, U.r 0;14105. le direct/13
lile stierliag, about a godlier of a utile o oai the spin,
when he a.. met by a email party in the 1 comaory ; Were
were 1%V.1 or three straii,eis walking roc so ..e wog with the
prosecutor, ultra Aleagmer ern d I.w, " d—ii you, die
verse," to %Melt Clic; Multi leplled, " You stop lase way,
give us room, And we utti be gone." Ali-aging* Men dia.
pealed 40 luuut for pasiug, by riding out )41d or
tau; rOIII lac 444.1, 446cu111rrtbam iii1C11111;ell ill pass,
lie cried out, '• you, 1 will rut your head off," and
imenedialmy made a (kept' Ate etitike at bust, %%taco, atter
cutting clean oil about seven inches of the rim 01 his lial,
sheet io lilt. neck, jinn under the ear, mid
dicoditii g 0.17 Three ~,,, g ±ll5l ohs deep.

'file next indictment was against T..oms Shelu'lenfine.another
Yunnan, by a poor woman. upwards ot *tray years old, x 100
went out to the purlieu. of the meeting, to wet: tor a lad, her
bob; .extog Inc Yeomanry coining. luie tartive to make her
txcapc, When the man rode up to her iu a forums manner;
having known hint trout a Guild, she cried out, The as bud.
menline, thee wilt not hurt me, I know ;" deaf. hoocbor. to her
supplication., he rode her wawa, and cut her on time head with
hu xabie. trout the etlixta of which Wm intake it prunwOle are
Will never recover. _

The Lot indictment which was preferred was against
Carlton, by a little boy, who received a movt dte.avtui wound Uhl
the lieLd, twin the sabre of this person. The lad, %Vin. Leigh,
Wad, boy like, attended the meeting from euri,bity, aau Mat Une
uttltoae composing a thick compact lardy, crea.ed uy the as-
tempts of the crown to wasipo—upon the heads, ••twulders, necks,
tutu arms of these pour wretches, the Yeoutanry were dealing out
thew cuts with a liberal hand, alien the pour lad learthg caught
the eye of the attendant, whom he knew, lie ran toward, !mu to
get out of the crowd; but his acquamiance rvplied to his apple •
cation for safety by a blow at his iicad, whhco gave Min a ueep
wound, full 5 or 4 tncbca long: the Lime! Jury, liowe et, tlutri
out the but. Numbers of tither cases could have lomu preferred,
but a would have been unavailing: it became evident that the
Jury :semi upon sonic toted pritutitle, Winch would Lave rendeg •
ell alt mutts w umiuu Acme. unstieeesstul.

MAXCIIESTILIK, SEPT. 4.
From the WT.)
ANOTHER CURON I..it's INQUEST.

In my last 1 iiictitio;tal that a person who-was cut by a sabre
was dying in the Infirmary ; he was from Ssaldloiertii, his name
was liawson, and the inquest upon his body roe, hew this day,
application having been unsuccessfully made by Mr. Pearson to
have it postponed unul Monday. in order to enable lion to be
present, as he intended, I hear, to return trout I.4lA3plet on put'.
pose. A gentleman who was iu the room began to take lokelta of
the proceeding* This was objected to by the Coroner.
The first wailers was Mr. Janes Ainsworth, the surgeon under
whose care, at the Infirmary. the deceased had been. tie proved
that the deceased had died in tsinstquence of a wound g.ven by a
sabre or othersharp instruniunt."
'filen at witness %ea.:John longworth, a special constable.—
Ile stated that he attended aiong with others at the inecung held
at St. Peter's fields, on Monday, the 16th of August; was there
between ten and eleven o'clock. alien lie saw several himilsed
people collected together, and others coining with tags, caps of
itherty. and music, and many others having neither 'UN..., caps.
nor music. In answer to a question upon that subject, witness
said, •• that he supposed there were NI or pt,uu.t persons present."
Observation by a Juryman t--•• Do you think mac were so
many ? I have heard several people say about +0; or
resuniesl.—•• About one o'clock saw We Rev. C. W.
Etholston standing ow the ritrpr of Mr. lier.et.r,.B hwise. where
the Magistrates were, reading a paper, but could not hear what
he said ; and in about is minutes after, he saw we lasieliciter
Yeomanry dispersing the people." The same Jury:man who
spoke Wore. now said, '• so soon ?" to which the witness, after
a pause. replied, •• It might be half an hour." A gentleman
present here observed, he thought it would ere the fairest way to
let the witness state all he knew, without interruption; but this
did nut seem to phase. 'file witness said he saw the Yeomanry
Cavalry and constables; striking the peopie, but could not say he
saw any of the Yromar.ry strike with the edge of their swords ;
though; I should think thu mates death a tolerably convincing
proof that they did to.

As far as I have heard and believe, Ibis la the substance of the
whole evidence. It was never even attempted to be proved that
poor Dawson had ever been near the meeting. About tins unit,
tee gen tion,:a win»e account of toe proceedings has bc.n com-
municated to me, WAS ordered 001 of the rO4Olll for the Jury to
consider their verdict. Soon afterwards the Coroner also cams
out of the room, and whilst he was out, Alt. Jonathan Andrew.
one of the CUCl9U:ilefi, came with tne compliments tit the tlev. C.
W. littielston, to say, tart, if nee.:ssary. he would second. and
lake his oath he read the Riot Act. The Coroner said, it was
not necessary, as evidence upon that subj.= was alrcsdy given I
After coasidcriAg about half an hour. we Jury rinurned the
following verdict, via. —•• That the dizeased died in consequence
of a wound received on the head on the Ibta en,t. in the parish of
Alanc;iester. intiicted by the cut of a sauce or other sharp
instrument."

It must strike the most careless observer that this is no verdict
at all. The cause of the man's death was palpable and notorious &
and the Coroner's duty was to enquire by whom, or under what
carvimistances. the .ound was given? whether there was any
justification fur it? or whether the person by whom it was in-
dicted was nut guilty of wilful inurilci ? In the absence of all
proof of any riot having taken place, ur of the marling the pro-
clun4tion fitr disPerstlig. I maintain there can be no doubt that
he was. It is, therefore, impossible that the busimas can rest
where it is. Further proceedings will no doubt be taken.
To give you a sample of the accuracy with which the infirmary
Iteputrb, stating that there were only tour sabre wounds &Tong
the patients there, have been drawn up, I may state that a blend
of mine a few days ago had an opportunity of seeing John .Mel-
lard, a master earthenware manufacturer, of Barslein, who was
in town on the 16th of Au gust, and attended the meeting out ot
curiosity. In the Infirmary Report, lie is called Jobn
and his case is stated to be ** slight." This alight case is a
sabre cut, a little below die elbow, received in protecting his
head, which has divided on.: bone tit' the arm, if not bum, and
also another satire-cut near the wrist, similarly received. Not a
wont is said in the report about his been,( at all hurt by a sabre.
Tots one case is sufficient to destroy all reliance upon hie cute..
nients of Brownian and Hutton, if it dote not rove premt-
dusted deception. lam alto infurined, that Malaya was advised
not to report his case at the Worrier .office, where wry are col
lectmg the mutat and numbers of the wounded.

Accounts from Lancaster state, that Hunt, Johnson,
Nlimritonse, and Knight, renewed their Lail on Tuesday,
Sir C. Wolscley and it Mr. Cuainnan were the new bail
tor Hum.

A hitter front Manchester, dated on Tuesday, states,
that AIL Barflies and Mr. Denison, of Liveruoul, at-
tended at the New Bailey Court on Monday and Tues.
day. with teveial persons svno had received satire
woands on she 16111, in order to apply fur warrants
against those by wl he wounds were inflicted. On
the hist day no Maktisirate, were pi-esem, but on the
second th le were two on the Bench, 0.. e of whom was
Mr. Norris. Built M ittisirates wi hdrew, but after the
la' se Irian hour Mr. Norris returned. and took his seat
on the Bench, accompanied by Messrs. ‘Vri.4ht, Thul.
Marryer, 3id Fletcher. The Nlagistrares refused
to grant any warrants oh cases already decided on by the
Grand Jury. Mr. I-brines then applied for warrants on
other cases which had not been brought before the
Grand Jury.

Mr. Norris said, that he would step out and consult
with his brother Magistrates, who had withdrawn from
the Bench upon the declaration of the Court with regard
to tile application for warrants.
After about five minutes absence, M►. Norris return-
ed, accompanied by his brother Magistrates, awl said.
" I hive taken the opportunity of consulting with my
brother Nlit4istrates. upon your application with respect
to warrants, the consideration of which we had defer-
red ; and as all of us u Ito are now present frvl ourselves
peculiarly circa instanced respecting the occurrences of
that day, we have come to a deter iii itt ation nut to inter-
fere iu any investigation on that subject."
Mr. Harmer.—May I beg to know the names of the
Magistrates who are now present, and have conic to this
determination?

Mr. Norris.—Certainly; their names are, Mr. Hel-
ton, Mr. Wright, Mr. Mirriett, and Mr. Fletcher.

As soon as it was known at Manchester that a
true bill fur wilful and corrupt perjury had been
timnd against Richard Owen, the pawnbroker, the
walls of that town were 'ornamented with the fel.
lowing Placard.

11;hereas Richard Owen, of Manchester. pawnbroker tupon
whose affidavit of the alann he felt for the safety of the town, the
warrant against Mr. Hunt and others. un the 16th August, au
ranted,) has this day had a true bill of indictment found against
iin for wilful and corrupt perjury, in evidence which Le gave
at the New Bailey against Mr. Hunt, Mr. Itloorlioute, Mr.
Johnson, and others; the said Ilichaid Owen having, however,
on that occasion, refused to disclose his address, and, being sup•
ported in such refusal by the magistrates. persons acquainted with
his place of abode are requested to forward a communication to
Mr. Ilartner, Mr. Charles, Pearson, or Mr. Henry Denison,
solicitors for the pnisccotion, to be left at Mr. Johnson's
17, Shude-hill, lasicheeter, iu order that the said Richard Owen
may be apprehended upon the warrant obtained for that purpose.
The said Richard Owen is about live feet nine incites high. about
311 years of age, of a sallow complexion, dark brown hair and
ryes. and is supposed to base been lately conuteted with the police
of Al unchemer.

0. J. Wrue, printer Observes-office, Market-strect. Manchester.'

DRILL Anil IcULTURR..—A (Jot, of wheat has been
growt• tots miteinter hy :11r. BC1111:1C11, of NI ar,tt Court,
parish of Eldetstield, iu Inc. counts, of Gloucester, wlindt
produced 43 theavt.s per acre, after having been bown
lor the last three years with wheat, in double drills, at
a distance Of four feet six inches apart, with a distance
of eight inches between she single rows of each drill.—
The whole eif his tillage land (about 107 acres) has hem
hitherto sown in s' beat. without the aid of any manure
whaler. The average of the crop, which was all lions-
ed last week,, is calcula:ed to be about 30 bushels per
acre.

Last Sunday a gen eman a the Union coach haring
stopped at kind:den take some refreshment, a double-
barrelled fowliti mi e which he held betwixt his legs,
i
by some accident happened to slip from his hand, when
it insiattey went 06.. and the'cliar4e lodging in the back
part of his leg and thigh, they were so lacerated, that
amputation was rendered iurli-pensable, which the pte-
tient next day underwent with the greatest fortitude,
and, we understand, is going on well.