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London, England, 1831-11-05 00:00:00

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WIGAN REFORM MEETING.

(Abridged from the Bolton Chronicle of Saturday.)

A public meeting, called by the Mayor, in com-
pliance with a numerously signed requisition, was
held on Thursday, in the Commercial Hall, to con-
sider the propriety of addressing his Majesty, on the
rejection of the Reform Bill by the Peers.
On the motion of Mr. Fegan, carried by acclama-
tion, the Mayor, JOHN LORD, Esq., was called to
the chair, who opened the business of the meeting
in an appropriate speech.
In moving and seconding the various resolutions,
the following speeches wiere addressed to the meeting.
Mr. ALsToN said, when they last assembled for
the purpose of petitioning the House of Lords to
pass the much desired Reform Bill, he little ex-
pected they should have had so soon to meet again,
to request that they may be put into the possession of
their just and undouloted rights. But a majority of
the Lords have resolved to reject our request—thus
they have blasted our fondest expectations, and
have disappointed our most ardent desires. 199 of
this body have placed themselves in opposition to
158 of their own number—the King's Ministers,
and the Monarch himself; and also to upwards of
twenty millions of their fellow subjects. Can this
be borne ? We live in awful times! The ocean
of public feeling is heaving from one extremity of
the kingdom to another, portending a tremendous
storm—Bull is standing with clenched fist, stern
countenance, and determined attitude, calling aloud
from every corner of the empire to the Monarch,
and to his Ministers, not to flinch from before the
common enemy.—(Cheers ) The Ministers have
answered this call. Lord Althorp has declared in
his place in the House of Commons, that nothing
less efficient as respects the Reform Bill should re-
ceive the e:upport of the present Government ; and
when they found this great measure not likely to be
carried, that hour they would retire from office.
Lord Grey has also declared, over and over again,
that with the passing of this Bill he would stand in
the position he occupied ; in its failure he would
fall. Lord Brougham has assured the country with-
in these few days, that the Reform Bill was only
delayed, and that it would soon pass; that it should
pass, and become part and parcel of the law of the
land.—(Cheers.) The King himself has given his
solemn assurance that he will support his people in
obtaining their rights; and in a short time they will
possess them. Since the infatuated vote the oppo-
sition Lords have given, it is reported many of
them have shewn strong symptoms of repentance;
and have given assurances to Ministers that they are
sorry for what they have done; and to make amends
will support the Reform measure, when introduced
again, even should it be as strong in all its pro-
minent features as the one rejected. Their object
in opposing the measure so obstinately, undoubtedly
was to upset the present administration ; but finding
this cannot be done, they are afraid of what may
follow, as respects the good things they have been
feeding on; and that now they are standing on a
fearful precipice, beholding the yawning gulf below,
between which and themselves the present Ministers
stand. This has served them with eye-salve, to
correct their vision, and perhaps may also serve
to make them use their reason, should such a quality
be in their possession.—(Cheers and laughter.) But
some might be inclined to ask, what means this
report which has gained currency within the last
few days about a deputation to Lord Grey, to ascer-
tain the probable duration of the prorogation, &c.
It would, however, be unfair to condemn a man un-
tried, and we should, at least, let him speak for him-
self. Mr. A. here read extracts out of the Times
from Lords Grey and Brougham's speeches, in ex-
planation of that affair; as also Lord Grey's letter
to Sir John Hobhouse, all of which were loudly
cheered.

Mr. GREENIIOUGII-I am afforded an opportunity
which I will not (with your permission) allow to
pass, without giving expression to the feelings I
entertain on the subject which is the cause of our

assembling here this cla'y . The vote lately given
by the thoughtless and ungenerous :leers !to say
the least of them) has caused a delay in the pasfit,g
of that Bill
,which we have all with the most in-
tense anxiety been expecting. I deplore the delay
most -exceedingly; because it is my firm conviction
that the passing of the leeforti is essential to
the well-doing of the country. But lie of good
heart,"be not dismayed--remember that delay is nor
defeat.—(Loud cheers.) Our cause is sanctioned
by a'patrintic and beloved King—directed by a wise,
hone 'And, T rejoice to say, united Ministry, rati-
fied by an independat House of Commons, and
supported by a truly affectionate and It7al people,
What can the jacobin Peers expect from such e
compact as this. Nothing but defeat, shame, and
disgrace.---(Cheers.) No man who has any love
for his King—no men who has any love for his
country—will now remain a moment undecided;
the time is now arrived when every true hearted
Briton will come forward and support a beloved
Monarch and his Ministers. I, for one, shall be
proud to enroll myself as a body guard and march
to Windsor (and I am sure that thousands would
join e) tekriefend our beloved King's person,' "We
will how rad Londonderry that tie know hoW to'
use pistols as well-as he does, should occasiun to
quire.—(Tremendous cheering.) But in exhorting
you to do your duty, I wish most particularly to
impress upon your minds the necessity, the abso-
lute necessity of your refraining from committing
any breach of the peace—(Hear, hear)—offer no
violence to persons or property, for nothing will
tend more (to make use of the Lord Chancellor3S
own words) to place tile Bill in jeopardy—than acs
of violence. At the same time that I exhort you
to conduct yourselves peaceably and patiently, I en-
treat of you to be united, to be firm—to be deter-
miner], and if you remain so, you may rely upon it
the Lords may as well attempt to alter the time of
high water at Liverpool, as to prevent the Bill from
passing.—(Cheers.) I will conclude in the words
of the great Lord Brougham and Vaux, " It will,
it must, it shall pass—the stepping stone towards
restoring our glorious Constitution to its original
purity. —(Cheers.)
Mr. R. ACTON—I am at a loss for words to ex-
press myself; I assure you I have been for ta last
few days quite chop-fallen.—(Hear, hear) It is
really too bad, for a nation of twenty-two millions
of inhabitants, to be beaten by 199 titled Lords;
beaten did 1 say, yes; but not vanquished,—
(Cheers.) Neither have we lost a single man ; but
on the contrary have gained thousands of new re-
cruits, and why ? because our cause is a good one,
and all our friends see plainly that in the end we
must triumph. How can it be otherwise, while we
are commanded by a King who has identified him-
self with his people, all of whose Ministers are old
tried veterans in the school of Reform ; and whose
followers in the House of-Commons are true-born
Britons, who have nobly performed their duty. It
is impossible that we can fail; but you will ask,
what are we to do to accomplish our hope ? we
must be firm and united, and remonstrate, and peti-
tion. You will say we have done so so often, that
we are quite tired, and begin to be weary. 0, let
me advise you not to give way to despondency, for
there is no occasion for it ; so long as our King, his
Ministers, and the House of Commons are on our
side, we are quite safe ; we have only to wait patient
a little longer, and all our wishes will be completed.
—(Hear, hear.) Then, let me entreat you, as you
value your lives, your liberties, and all that is dear
to you, to abstain from all riotous proceedings; for,
instead of riot or tumult forwarding Reform, it will
greatly retard, if not ultimately defeat it. I am of
opinion that nothing could please our opponents
better, than to see us led away from our great ob-
ject, by some designing spies, who are now hovering
about our camp ; who would no sooner get us to
consent to a breach of the peace, than they would
be the first to betray us.—(Loud cheers.) But I
hope we are all too old soldiers to be so en-
trapped; let us, therefore, pursue one straight-
farward constitutional plan—that is to be firm
and united as one man ; and earnestly pray his
Majesty to exercise his prerogative. Then shew
me any number of Dukes, Lords, or Bishops, that
can again say no ! I am very sorry to mention the
name of Bishops without reverence ; but what I
have read of them, within the last ten days, is quite
disgusting. Twenty-one Bishops who ought to have
shed healing balsam front their wings, and comfort
to the nation, voted against Reform,—the people's
only hope, without any one of them assigning a
reason for it.—(Tremendous cheering.) Seventy-
nine titled Lords, too, voted by proxy, some for and
some against, when not one individual amongst them
had heard a single argument either for or against
the measure. How could they, when there are
some in America, some on the continent, and some
at the devil, for any thing I know.—(Great
laughter.) Are such things as these to be borne
any longer ? No, it is high time that such voting
should be put an end to ; and the sooner the better;
then let me ask you, have you confidence in your
King? Have you confidence in his Ministers?
Have you confidence in the House of Commons?
Yes ; then all will still end well, and the boasts of
the Anti-Reformers, that we shall never gain our
ends, without revolution, will be frustrated.—
(Cheers.) I cannot pass by Sir R. Peel's kind
offer of our meeting the Lords half way—( Laughter)
without making a few remarks on this consistent
statesman, who, not two years ago, would not con-
sent to one single corrupt borough being disfran-
chised, viz. East Ret ford, and the franchise to be
transferred to the populous town of Birmingham.—
(Hear, hear.) Is such a man as this to be trusted,
who can turn like a weathercock, with his back al-
ways before the wind.—(Laughter.) I think we
may easily dispense with the services of Sir Robeit
Halfway.-7-(Continued laughter.) It is one of the
greatest insults that he could have offered to Earl
Grey and his colleagues, after the manly declara-
tion that Nobleman made in the House of Lords,—
that he would not be a party to any less efficient
measure, emanate from what quarter it might:—
(Hear, hear.) These are our men, and to these men
we must cling if we wish to gain our point.—
(Cheers.) Then let us give them all the support
we possibly can, and by so doing we shall both serve
our country and ourselves.
The Rev. Mr. KNowLEs—Perhaps I ought to
apologize for presenting myself to the notice of this
meeting, not being a resident of Wigan. But being
a near neighbour, and cordially devoted to the same
great cause as yourselves, I venture to throw myself
on your candid indulgence, whilst I offer a few re-
marks on the important subject which occupies your
attention on the present occasion. When I read the
decision of the House of Lords, on this great and
important question, I was filled, as no doubt every
true Englishman was, with the utmost astonishment
and indignation. I wondered at the high presump-
tion of those Noble Lords, in thus setting themselves
in array against the people, and blighting their dearest
wish. What right had their Lordships to do so?',
The question is the people's question, and by
them it ought to be decided.—(Loud cheering.)
When the voice of the nation had once been pro-
nounced, and that unanimously, it ought to have
been listened to—it ought to have met with a ready
Acquiescence; for the will of the people ought to
be the peoples law ; as the object of all•government
either is, or ought to be, the happiness of the
people—not merely a part of the people, but the
whole people.---(Loud cheers.) The Lords, in their
loftiness, thought differently, and they refused—

what
character`,be
greatly
tOsity, benevolence, a most fervent desire sn
promote htlteetri happiness, not only of this
nation, but of the Vilrcece veorld.—(Loud cheers.)
What, I ask, have these noble Lords in common
with this most distinguishing national' characteristic
of the British people ? Nothing—not the least teace
that I can discern in their Lordships, or any of their
measuies; They are aliens to Britons—are they not
a dishonour to milt] i--,-(Loud cheers.) In my opi.
nion it would only have beet; Fioncr and courteous
in their Lordships, if, when the Biil wets introduced
to them, they had declined pronouncing un7 decie
sion upon it, and left it to the people, or the Come
moriS, the people's represerratives. It would only
have been beer:titling in them if they had said " We
are as anxious us yourseltes to purge away every
species of c4ruption from the repteveatation, and to
resthre it to it. original purity; knowing,. s 3 we
that the happiness of the people is identified vri
this it-intern Or, if they had thought it sus-
ceptible of iMpto?ereents, to have pointed them out,
by way of suggestions, W the other branch of th
legislation, to which the decialdn of the question
properly belongs. They ought not to hate inter-
fered in the case. They are a separate and distinct
body in the Legislature, and it is contrary to the
C:mstitutiod that they should interfere.—(Cheers.)
But, if I were filled With astcnishmentwith indig-
nation, at seeing the Lords arrayed against the
people, and opposed to their dearest wish; what
was that astonishment—that indignation, when I
saw in this phalanx nearly the whole of the Bishops,
Christian Ministeressenuisters of a religion which
breathes peace and !tree, end professed disciples of
that Saviour who is denominated the Prince of
Peace !—(Loud and continued cheering,) Yes,
these holy men of God stood up against the people
to defeat the people in a righteous and benevolent
cause ! They would riot that the spirit of sympathy
should be diffused—ghat spirit which is identified
With all that is beautiful, dignified, and happy in the
great social community—all peace, and harmony,
and joy. They would not that it should be spread
through the next body politic, to bless the people,
and unite them as brethren, in one heart and soul.
No; they stood up against it, to oppose its benign
tendency, and prevent its advance. And they said
to it, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further;
and here shalt thy influence be stayed."—(Lend
cheers.) Yes, this was the work of Ministers of
religion, who ought to have been the first to pro-
mote conciliation, peace, arid good will. This was
their work, a work of iniquity. For was it not
work of iniquity to, cherish corruption, that mo,t
gross and revolting corruption, which has so long
been the disgrace of our Constitution ?—(Great
cheering.) Was it not a work of iniquity, to main-
tain in baneful existence, the reign of •political sel-
fishness, and prevent the diffusion of sympathy, in
the extension of the elective franchise—the spread
of that spirit which is so identified, and so insepa-
rately identified, with all that is amiable and endear-
ing and delightful in social life? Was it not a work
of Iniquity to prevent the success of a healing and
conciliatory measure, and perpetuate strife and ani-
mosity, hatred and ? This they have done !
These holy men of God have acted thus !—(Tre-
mendous cheering.) And more than this. They
have supported war—the most unjust, bloody, ex-
pensive, and ruinous war that England ever waged
—a war that has burthened the nation with an im-
mense debt, which has crippled all our energies—
which has reduced us to poverty and wretchedness,
and which will entail evils on the country for gene-
rations yet unborn.—(Loud and continued cheering.)
They have opposed almost every measure that has
been introduced to them, for the reformation of our
most sanguinary code of laws—the most sanguinary,
to their disgrace be it spoken, of any code in
Europe I—(Great murmurs.) Yet, with a few
laudable exceptions, the venerable Bishop of Nor-
wich, and perhaps another or two, they were set in
opposition against Sir Samuel Romilly, in his most
praiseworthy labours of benevolence and mercy.—
But mercy reached not their ear—touched not their
heart; it was not in unison with them; it found no
response in their minds. This have they done!—
(Cheering.) And now ! to fill up the measure of their
iniquity, they presented themselves in hostile front
against the great work of Reform.—(Cheers.) But
it will not be stayed—it will go on and prosper, till
it shall triumph. It is not destroyed; it is only
impeded; and it will receive fresh impulse and in-
creased energy from the opposition which has vainly
been brought against it to crush it. The present
interruption which it has experienced, is, as has been
beautifully observed, like the receding wave of the
increasing tide, rolling majestically and irresistibly
its waters along.—(Cheers.) It is a just, a holy,
and a benevolent work !—(Deafening applause.) It
is the work of God; and so sure as it his work, so
sure will it triumph, in spite of " the rulers of the
darkness of this world," and " spiritual wickedness
in high places."—(The enthusiasm with which this
passage was received exceeds all description.) Re-
form is the spirit of sympathy, as it diffuses the pri-
vilege of the elective franchise among the people.—
And when sympathy pervades the social commu-
nity, then it is that all are united in the bonds of
peace and love. Society is in its proper healthful
state; and the consequence is, the general welfare.
There is a fair, an open, and wide fi,ld, for enter-
prise, for competition, for honest industry, and
laudable ambition. Merit is brought forward, en-
couraged, and rewarded. All the intercourses of
society are facilitated; its advantages are promoted,
increased, and multiplied to an indefinite extent, and
peace, and harmony, and happiness every where
abound. In, fine, society is in that state in which
the Creator designed that it should be; and it is
therefore the happiest and the most prosperous.—
(Cheers.) Let not the friends of Reform relax in
their vigilance. Their work is the work of God, as
it is moral renovation, and contemplates the happi-
ness of society; and as it is his work, it will and must
triumph. Let them riot be wanting to themselves,
and to the glorious cause in which they are engaged.
Let them not for a moment lose sight of the grand
object which they have before them. But let them
press forward to it, with all their might and main;
and doubtless, they will speedily obtain it, with
honour and renown.—(Loud cheers.) I ask
pardon, Mr. Mayor and fellow-countrymen, for
having trespassed so long on your indulgence. I
thank you for the patient attention with which you
have favoured me. And I hope, the next time we
may assemble on this important subject, it will be to
celebrate the triumph of the glorious cause in which
we are engaged.—(The Reverend Gentleman sat
down amidst the most rapturous applause.)
An operative, of the name of MARCH, followed,and
after stating that Mr. Knowles had anticipated him
in what he intended to have said, related the tale of.
the unfortunate old woman and the upright Judge,
and advised the people to weary the Peers with
petitions for Reform until they would be compelled
to say " take it, take it."
Mr. JOSEPH ACTON moved the address, which
was to the purport of confidence in Ministers, and
that his Mujesty be pleased to exercise his preroga-
tive for securing a speedy Reform as effective and
tfficient as that lately proposed,—and that the

Thomas Haynes, jun. stated—l am a shoemaker;
on Sunday night loot there were dreadful riotings ier
this city; I was assisting in dispersing the mobs on
Monday morning between eight and nine o!clock, for
about tsrp hours.;, I wa near the Grove, in 4,4ee.n-
-square, with my father and two friends ; rheard a
pistol fired; I turned my head round and saw a boy
crying with pain, lying on the ground ; I have seen
the deceased, and believe that was the boy who was
shot ; he was carried away to the infirmary ; I
passed on before the boy was taken from the ground
to see who had fired ; I discovered it was Captain
Lewis had fired.
CORONER— How did you ascertain that ?

Witness--I saw several persons round Mr. Lewis,
who gave him a blow or two ; this was after he had
fired, and he had a pistol in his hand at that time ; I
knew it had been fired off, because the pan was open :
persons cried shame at the firing, and a sailor came
up and said," - him, he is loading again," and
the sailor prevented him from re-loading ; the crowd
asked the Captain what he had shot the boy for ?
He replied, " I did it in my own defence ;" when
he had shot the boy " like that," we said we would
have nothing further to do with it, and we threw our
staves away and walked off ; I afterwards saw Lewis
in the act of re-loading his pistols as he walked
along the avenue, but he did not fire a second time
as I know of.

----- George, Esq., Alderman of the City of
Bristol; entered the inquest-room with Mr. Daniel,
the solicitor for Captain Lewis. The Alderman
said he wished to go away as soon as possible, as be
had examinations to take and public business of
importance to attend to.
The solicitor stated, that his object in calling Mr.
Aldermen George was to show that Captain Lewis
was sworn in a special constable by the Alderman,
and was directed to assist in suppressing the riots.
Mr. Alderman George was sworn, and stated that
on Sunday evening there were serious riots in Bris-
tol, and the Riot Act was read twice. He said, I
remember that in December, 1830, Captain Lewis
was sworn in a special constable by me in Castle-
green ; on Sunday last I called upon a number of
citizens, and I beiievot Captain Lewis was present,
to assist me in suppreesingthe riots ; I spoke to him
either in or out of the Commercial-room; he was a
half pay officer; and I wrote to hint on Monday
morning to meet me at the Council•roonr, to aid in
putting an end to the riotous state of the city.
John Sambrook sworn—ln consequence of the
riots on Sunday night I was out as a special con-
stable. I went out again on Monday morning as a
spectator merely, and not to assist in suppressing
the riots. I passed through the square soon after
eight o'clock, and saw constables driving a man who
was tipsy out of the square. When they had driven
him out of the square the party returned into the
square again. One of the constables followed the
man, shoving him along, till he came to the corner
of the avenue towards the Grove, when another
man cried out to the drunken man, " don't move."
The man said to the constable, " I will not go."
The constable said, " I will make you," and put his
hand into his pocket ; I thought he was going to
take his staff out, but he took a pistol out of his
pocket, cocked it, and fired it off. He did nut appear to
take aim at the man, and I thought it was merely pow-
der in the pistol to frighten the man.. The moment after
he had fired, a boy dropped, at a distance of thrice
the length of this room. The boy fell on his knee,
and cried, "Oh Lord, oh Lord !" A butcher,
named Davison, ran up and said, " The boy is
shot." We opened the boy's waistcoat and shirt,
and saw the wound in his belly on the right side,
just below the navel. Davison and another man
carried the boy to the Infirmary. I was so horrified
that I turned round and' went home. The man
who fired the pistol immediately after turned round.
and the man who had been previously driven out of
the squat; with another man, set upon the person
who had fired the pistol, and with their fists knocked
him down. There were very few persons about at
the time the pistol was fired. The distance Irons
the boy when the man fired was about forty-eight
feet. Ido not think for a moment that he aimed at
a harmless little boy. He took no aim, as I thought;
I am sure the bey fell in consequence of this firing;
I do not know the person who fired the pistol, but
I could identify him if I saw him; the person who
fired told the man he was driving out of the square,
that he had not been in bed all night; the man- said
he had been in bed.

CORONER—The man was supposed by she con-
stables to be a rioter ? Witness—l suppose so.
By a Juror—When the person fired, where did
the man stand that was fired at ? Witness—He
stood directly before the man who fired, and if he
had intended to have shot him, be could hardly have
avoided it.
Juror—l think Captain Lewis ought to be sent
for, that the last witness may identify him.
Juror—The identity of Captain Lewis as the pet-
son who fired is, in my opinion, sufficiently proved
Thomas Simmonds—l was in the avenue in
Queen-square on Monday morning last; I heard a
pistol fired, and saw a man run away ; I kne* the
deceased ; he worked at the Pottery in Temple-
backs, and lived in Temple street ; it is not the
direct road through Queen-square from Temple-
street to Teinple-backs, where he worked ; there
was no business done at the Pottery that morning;
I went to Queen-square but of curiosity merely.
Wm. Hoof, a botcher, residing 'lst Bedminster,
stated—l was near the Grove-avenue; in Queen-
square, on Monday morning, between eight and
nine o'clock, when a pistol was fired ; I saw the boy
fall, and also the man who had fired with a pistol in
his hand running away; one man jumped ou the
back of the man who had fired, and pulled him
down on the ground; I should know the man who
fired, if I was to see him.
By a Juror—There was no rioting, or disturbance,
or resistance of the constables at:that time; there
were not above half a dozen persons, besides a
drunken man, who was lying on the ground, near
the person-who fired.

Thomas- Ponten, recalled, stated, that he had, •been
to the Infirmary, and had amen:the body of the de-
ceased ; it was the body of the boy who was shot
on Monday morning last in Grove-avenue, Queen-
square. •- •
Henryulmen, :an architect, stated.,-4 acted
withetihirelspecial. constables on Monday morning be-
tween six and nine o'clock, .and assisiedin.driving
persons-•frpm the square; the constables were in the
Avenue, opposite the ruins of the Cm:ltem-house,

and we had driven some men out of the aquae to
the Grove; we were returning to the square again
when I heard a shot fired; some one tried out " the
soldiers are firing ;" the special constables and my-
self ran towards the Grove ; about the centre of the
avenue, a few feet below in the Grove, a boy was on
the ground in a recumbent position, crying ; at that
moment I saw a man, with a brown coat o;
surrounded by several men, one of wheal was a
sailor; I did not know the man at the time, his
hat being off, his face dirty, and bleeding from the
forehead ; I afterwards recognised him, and Itid it
is Captain Lewis; 1 saw him with a ristol in his
hand, and the persons round him were compelling
him to unload the pistol; he sad he would unload
it himself; but he took nothing from it; I took ttra
pistol and snapped the pan' and found it ,:ms not
loaded; I kept the pistol, and desired Captain Lewis
to go away to avoid the—ernwd, and he went the
back way over a cooperage; several men followed,
calling out " it is a shame for a special constable
to shoot a poor boy ;" the Captain got into a house,
and a fellow attempted to follow him; I told him
I would knock his head off if he entered the house
after the Captain ; I had never been acquainted
with the Captain before that morning; his name is
James Coraley Lewis.

-By the solicitor of Captain Lewis—l was at the
Council-house soon after seven that morning, and
saw Captain Lewis in conversation with Mr. 'Hilts
house, the Magistrate; I was armed with a pair of
duelling-pistols; I did not hear any orders given to
Captain Lewis; I asked the Magistrate if we were
to arm ourselves, and bow we were to act in case
of riot ? and the Magistrates on the preceding night '
said, "We cannot give you any specific orders
about using fire-arms; but it is the ditty- of every
man to arm himself on such an occasion." I thought
it my duty to arm myself with pistols, and I knew
that several were armed,. There were man" per-
sons moving that morning in masses about 4lieen-
seeare, and, seemed disposed to riot did not use
fire-arms, and saw no °erasion for their use; there
were Very few persona in the avenue; though I did
not- use pistols, it was uccessary to use our staves;'
one man was dead drunk in the avenue. Previous
is firing the pistol; I bad been engaged with Cap-
tain Lewis in dispersing the crowd ; the mob was
much more numerous than the constables; I should
think there were seventy persons in the Grove.
Cross-examined 'by a gentleman from Mr. Pal-
mer's office, solicitor, of London, on the part of the
father of the deceased—l should think there were
upwards of seventy persons about the Grove within
a narrow compass ; indeed the persons we drove out
of the square remained in the Grove. Cannot tell
how far Captain Lewis was from me when he fired;
I went to the spot about three minutes afterwards;
there were then about seventy persons, or consider-
ably more, but cannot say there,were more than six
or seven persons near when the pistol was fired;
the special constables when I came up were rescu-
ing him from some persons who were apparently
about to use him with violence; I had not struck
any one within the previous half hour ; there was
no necessity to strike ; I only pushed the mob ; I
had only been there about ten minutes; most of the
persons around me had sticks and pieces of wood.
Ity Mr. Daniel—Can't tell whether they were
rioters; we had driven the mob outside to the
Grove ; Captain Lewis asked me to go and see the
ruins of the gaol, which I declined, because I did
not like the appearance of the mob about the Grove ;
I mean to say, I thought our force too small, and
we might be attacked.

Re-examined by the gentleman from Mr. Pal-
tner's--I loaded my pistols at my own house on Sun-
day evening; there were -no special constables at
the Mansion-house when we were there ; I am sure
there was a conversation between Captain Lewis
and the Magistrate at the Mansion-house on Mon-
day morning, relative_ to ,:de • use of fire-arms; I
never saw Mr. Lewis's pistol till he was surrounded
by the mob; can't say that it had not been fired,
but my opir:ion is that it was one of a pair; I heard
the Captain, after the pistol had been fired, say the
villains have knocked me down; this was within
three minutes after the pistol was fired ; I did not
observe the Captain re-loading his pistol; there was
no powder of any kind in it. when I came up; the
people cried out, " Take it from him I" and he
took the pistol from his breast; did not. hear any
. one say, ." Curse him, he is re-loading the pistol ; '
neither did I hear words to that effect ; cannot tell
what my feelings were when I came up, but the
people were excited ; did not think the excitement
was caused by the shot ; I heard many horrid im-
precations, and think, if the constables had not come
up the mob would have killed him (Mr. Lewis).
• By Mr. Daniel—l never spoke to Mr. Lewis pre-
. vious to the Monday morning. .
By a Juryman—The pistol Mr. Lewis fired had
been wrenched from him previous to my coming up;
he told me so an hour and a half afterwards.

By the gentleman from Mr. Palmet's—l have
never seen Mr. Lewis since; but have repeatedly
seen his attorney.

Mr. Daniel, the solicitor, proposed an adjourn-
ment of the case till the folio wing day, as he thought
from the turn the iniestigalon had taken, his client
would think proper to call other witnesses, which
were not nt hand At that moment.

The gentleman from Mr. Palmer's said there could
be no objection to an adjournment, especially as his
client, the father of the deceased, might think pro-
per to call witnesses.

Morris, the father of the deceased, entered the
room, and complained to the Coroner that Mr.Danie],
the brother of Captain Lewis's solicitor, had jus.
been in an adjoining room with him, and wished to
induce him to come forward and state to the Coro-
ner arid Jury that his son's death was entirely from
accident, and that he was satisfied. He could not
state what he knew to be untrue, and told Mr. Da-
niel he would not say so on any account, when Mr.
Daniel called him a rascally old villain.

The CORONER said the conduct of Mr. Daniel
was very culpable, and he should take an opportu-
nity on the following day of expressing his opinion
to the party.
The Jury were bound over to appear on the fol-
lowing day at one o'clock, and the inquest was again
adjourned.

ADJOURNED INQUEST ON. DANIEL JAMES.
The CORONER then proceeded to receive evidence
on the inquiry into the cause of this person's death,
who had been cut in the head by a soldier with a sabre.
Mr. Morgan, a surgeon, described the wound, and
said the injury caused inflammation on the brain,
which terminated fatally on the 2d inst.
Mr. .James Wyatt, of the Angel Inn, High-street,
Bristol, on Sunday morning last was informed that
the people were breaking the windows of the Man-
sion-house, corner of High-street ; he went out and
saw the deceased, who was a sober, steady, and
most respectable man, in the street ; at that time
lie heard trumpets sounding to the charge, and the
military were riding up Corn-street ; they passed
down Wine-street in a gallop ; there was a great
crowd, and the soldiers cut at all persons within
their reach ; he (witness) ran away to avoid the
soldiers, and soon afterwards saw the deceased with
a sabre wound in his forehead ; it was bound up
with a handkerchief, and he was taken to a surgeon's;
the wound was not at that time supposed to be dan-
gerous ; the Riot Act had been read previously ; I
was informed the deceased was not a man likely to
interfere in the riot.

The CORONER. said this was all the evidence he
deemed necessary to receive on this inquiry.
The gentlema❑ who appeared on the part of the
father of the deceased, hoped the Coroner would
consider it proper to call a number of gentlemen of
the first respectability, as merchants and traders in
the city, who would be able to prove on their oaths,
that if the Magistrates of the Corporation had on
Sunday last not deserted the city to the mob, and
ran away, or concealed themselves, the subsequent
rioting would have been prevented. Ott the Sun-
day, hundreds and thousands of the inhabitants were
ready to go out with any Magistrate to put a atop

to the outrages of the thieves who had congregated
'but riD Magistrate could he found.
The CORONER said, that his duty was to inquire
into the cause of the death of the deceased, tnd net
into the cause of the previous rioting.
Juror—We know that the `city *as left to the
mob ;t Sunday, and the 13dbarLAuent destruction of
property wag entirely 'owing to the Corporation.
Had 'the magistrates taken out 500 constables en
Sundiey, the peace of the city would here titett pre-
erved, and a dozen soldiers might have defeated
the mob.
The CoaoNrP. knew the truth of what was
1
stated ; fn. be was himself active, with some of hit 1
neir,'..liours, to assist in restoring are p'ea';.4:l, t4f the
'city. It was not within his provirido) or within 'the
scope of the present inquiry tb go into evidence to
prove that the Magistracy had or had not exerted
themselves to preserve the peace and property of
the cititens. He said, that if the ••it ury were satis-
fied the Riot Act had been read when the deceased
received the wound which caused his death, thrie •
verdict must be "Justifiable Homicide,"
The JURY, after some consultetitrr,';:iturned a ver-
dict, " That the deceased rettived a sabre wound,
which produced intkamm-ation and caused his death;
and the Jusy could not let the opportunity pass,
without ',expressing their deep regret, that those
means which were within the power of the Magis-
trates of the city were not called into attion by them,
by which they might have prevented the calamities
which have taken Out."
The military are still on duty in every part of the
city ; but happily all continues tramteil. Not even
e, ten-pound householder hes been concerned in the
riots. Many of the tonvicts who escaped out of
the gaols have been retaken. Some of them, who
were under sentence of transportation, have been te-
ceptured, and proved to have been the Most active
idestroyers of private property%

THE BRISTOL POLITICAL UNION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—You have written your leading article, of yester-
day, on the .utility and necessity of the people of this
country forming themselves into Political Unions at this
eventful crisis, and you ground your observations on the
advantages to be derived from them by referring to the
conduct of the Bristol Political Union during the late tiols
in that city. Now, Sir, I feel convinced you would not
wilfully insert a known falsehood in the columns of your
very respectable Journal, and therefore think it my im-
perative duty as a tradesman residing in the centre of the
city, and paying at least 2007. rent and taxes annually, to
tell you, that the late riots were quelled by the whoh of
the inhabitants acting as special constables, attd parading
the streets in every direction, aided by the military, and
not by any Political Union whatever. As a body, the
Bristol Political Union are wholly unknown to the respect-
able class of tradesmen of that city, and excepting a very
few individuals, they are confined to any and to every
person who will subscribe one penny per week, be their
character what it may.
Bristol, Nov. 4. A REFORMER.