The National Register.
London, England, 1819-08-22 00:00:00

DI V I D I: NOS.

August 28. 1. Palyart, London Stets. Fenchurch Street. mer-
chant—September 25, S. Joseph and %V. Hughes. Wincheuer
Street, Broad Street, merchants—ti. J. Handley. 31ilwieh. Staf-
ford, miller—M, IL and W. Salt, Stenc, Staff od, datitt6-4, T.
Jmkins, Judd Street; Brunswick Square, nia.trr wanner—l n,
R. S. Hall, Bank Bu3dings, mere:JAW-li, A. Warner, St. Ca-
therhe Street, Tarry, victualler-1 J. Ili:mitt. Whimero,-.
Street. charcoal merchant-13, 1.. Teather, Nottingham. dealer
—l7. W. Breeze, Stoke upon Trent, Statibrilshire.potutr--11, F.
Gotham. New Ftillborne. Sussex. meal:ran-11kt. 23. T. W Watts,
Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, ironmonger-30, E.
Dampier, Primrose Street. Bishopegate, seed ertuther.
%TE.I to he granted Sept.

R. and J. R. Townend. Mitre Couit, Fen,:!limb Street, mer-
chants—S. Hughes, Liverpool, liquor mere! ant-I'. Fish,
Bridport. Dorset, victualler—T. Chaco:A. Biisiol, broker—W.
Honyaell, Bath, brandy merchant—T. Daunrey, Cate:arm
Street, warehouseman—J. Leaiit, junior, Manley, Worcesier,
horse dealer—J. Hunt, Saithin's Lane, merchant—J. Strafford,
Serooby, Nottingham, miller.

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

onDon.
SVSDAY, AVC.UST

In another part ef our Paper will he found a cor-
rect, and, as we think, a sufficiently full accoant of
the proceedings at Manchester, the greater part of
which we have extracted from what are commonly
called " Government Papers," in order that all
advantages that were possible might be afforded by
the most favourable statement of occurrences more
disgraceful to that part of the British magistracy than
any thing that we conceived could have been related
with truth, and certainly more disgraceful, if true,
than any thing that ever.stained the pages of Eng-
lish History in the worst of times. A meeting of
60,000 persons admittedly net illegal; in deportment
most peaceable, intending only to descant on their
difficulties, their wants, their distresses, and their
wrongs. are assailed by a corps of Yeomanry Csvalry
(who, from the brutality of their conduct, one would
suppose, had, like the wild beasts that exhibited of
old, been kept from food to increase their natural sa-
vageness), and unarmed, incapable of resistance, and
flying in all directions from well-founded fear of
their brutal assailants, sabred in cold-blooded co•
wardice. We have racked our brains for any thing
like an excuse, exculpation, or palliation of such an
outrage. The meeting in Smithfield was numerous
—the ardent wish of the Lord Mayor for a Baro-
netcy was equal, to prompt him to the adoption of

AUGUST cl.

al)! measure that might provoke a riot; but the Ad-
ministration, with laudable consideration, declared
Mal meeting to be legal. His Lordship was doomed
to witness " The Agreeable Surprise;" the meeting
separated in perfect peace, in despite of that " busy,
foolish, rash intruding fool," who risked the peace
of the metropolis, against wiser advice by the appre-
hension of Harrison on the hustings. We have no
doubt but that the Manchester meeting would have
had a similar end, had it not been for the guilty
officious zeal of those ivho interrupted it ; but the
I.tw, we hope, will be allow ed to take its cDurre. We
doubt not the possibility of finding a Jury cf honest
men in Lancashire, who, if murder have been com-
mitted. will declare by their verdict that it has been
so, and for the credit of the executive, to give the
lower class necessary confidenea in the equal admi-
nistration of those laws, which they are taught to
believe, are equally for the poor as, the rich, to pre-
vent a recurrence of such arbitrary and fatal exercise
of illegal power, and to render respected the Go-
vernment under wl.ieh we live, we confidently hope
that the last, the brightest prerogative of the Crown
will not be eserLkel in thvour of any one, be he
who he may, who shall become the sictim of the
grossly offended liras of God, of humanity, and of
the realm.

We shall pursue alit; subject next week-, when we
mall be in possession of the evidence ;iven Lef‘ire
the Corontr's Inquests.

The Puri 3 papers of Tu.-,day were received 7ica-
'-erday, but their content% are cf r.ty nunner.t.