The National Register.
London, England, 1819-08-23 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

August 28. I. Palyart, London Street, Fenchureh Street, mer-
chant—September 4.5 y S. Joseph and W. Hughes. Winchester
Street, Broad Street, merchants--14,..1. Ilandlcy. Milwich. Seat=
ford, miller-16. R. and W. Salt. Stone, Stafford, dealers—o, T.
Jenkins, Judd Street. Brunswick Suare. master mariner-18,
R. S. Hall. Bank fluildings, merchant—l t. A. Warner, SI. C 2.
thatine Street. Tower. victualler—i J. Howitt,
Street, charcoal merchant-13, L. Teather, Nottingham. dealer
—l7, W. Breeze, Stoke upon Trent. Staffirrdshiro, potter—l I, F.
Collins, New Fishborne. Sussex. mailman—Oct. T.Williats,
Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, irennxinger-30, E.
Dampier, Primrose Street. Bishopsgate, seed crusher.
CRRTIFI CATES to be granted Sept. iI.
R. and .1. It. Tceenend, Mitre cattt merchant—T. Street. mer-
chants—S. Hughes. Liverpool. nor erchant—T. Fish,
Bridport, Dorset, victualler—T. Chi t. Bristol, broker—W.
Bony well, Bath, brandy merchint,—T. Hauncey, Cateaton
Street, warebouseatan—.l.•Lewis, junior,. :tittrtley, Worcester,
horse dealer—J. II ont,Swirliin's Lane, merchant—J. Strafford,
Scrooby, Nottingham, tallier.

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lon Don.

MONDAY, AVOUST 23.

In another part of our Paper will be found a cor—
rect, and, as we think, a sufficiently full account of

the proceedings at Manchester, the greater part o£
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 ooald 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 not illegal; in deportment
most peaceable, intending only to descant on their
difficulties, their wants, their distresses, and their
wrown arc assailed by a corps of Yeomanry Cavalry
(who, frcm the brutality of their conduct, one would
suppose, had, like the wild beasts that exhibited of
old, been kept from food toinerease 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 f

AUGUST Qt

any measure that might provoke a riot; but the Ad-
ministration, with laudable consideration, declared
that meeting to be legal. His Lordship wus doomed
to witness The Agreeable Surprise;" the meeting
sepurateil 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
Lad a similar end, had it not been for the guilty
afficious zeal of those who interrupted it ; but the
law, we hope, will be allow ed- to take its course. We
doubt not the possibility of finding a Jury of honest
men in Laneashire,.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 confidence in the twat• ahni-
nistration of those laws, which they are: taught to
believe, are equally for the pour as tlae.rich, to pee-
vent a recurrence of such arbitrary and fatal exercise
of illegal power, nail to render respected the Go.
vernment under ‘,liich we live, we confidently hope
that the last, the brightest prerogative of the Crown
ill not be -exereisod in favour of any une, be he
whom ho 11141 y, who shall become the victim of the
grassly offended laws of God, of humanity, and of
the realm.

We shall pursue this saject next week, when we
shall be in possession of tho evidence given before
the Coroner's Inquests.