The Sun.
London, England, 1819-09-25 00:00:00

DUKE OF SUSSEX.

PRESENTATION of the FILF4EDONI of the CITY of BATH
•to itis iffivigfis-(Phsf, Ol-lICE ftfSUSSE.X.
BAT!! :SE Pi.24.—.:Pit'is morninK about 12 o'clock,
(his Itoval having 'fir'st received the
Sheriff; of Brkto!, deposed, ‘Ve presume; to•invite
his Royal 14ighness to that City,) the Royal
Duke arrived at our Gnildh4l, where he was re-
ceived by tlieMayor'," and the greater part of the
Body 'Corporate, in their. 'Civic Robes. Being
ushered into:the Banqueting-Room, G. H. Tui,i-
-vc;el4 Esq. (the Mayor) addressed' the ROyal
nearly the fotlo,•ing words •

" I have the honottr to present to your Royal Highness the
Fretdoni •,of Aiicjent and•Loya City of Bath, which
_has
been u.na,rpinionsly voted to your
.Royal Highness by the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, in Common Hall
Asietnided ; and which we humbly beg your Royal Highness
will be graciously pleased to accept, as a proof of • our 'most
profOund respect for your Royal, person, and of our firm at-
tachment to your Illustrious House."
The Freedom was-then -delivered to his Royal
Highness in a gold box, of exquisite workmaii-
!hip, on the inside-Of'which the Bath Arms was
adMirably engraved—the outside was beautifully
chased Itn :coloured gold ; the border displaying
the rose,"thistle, and shamrock.

His Royal I ighness Aber) addressed the Cor-
poration in a manner at once eloquent, o la,
,„,
cid dignified, the itibitance of which our memory
fOrnities. in'the following brief sketch t--
" Mr. Mayqr, Aldermen, and Gentlemen • •
• of the:Common Council;
",Believe me that I truly appreciate the honour you confer,
.on rye in thus,enrolling my name among the Freemen of this
ancient and hiyal lifeel it peculiarly 'so, as the names
of several of my family appear on thy same list, and ;as I
-bare always heard of, the distinguished attention paid in this
City to Members of. the lloycil family who have occasionally
visited it. I regard' this mark of 'esteem as an additional link
in that chain:of affection which I am proud to see exists.ht-
tweet' his Majesty's Subjects and our. afflicted Monarch, at
every tribute of regard to any individual Warier of the Royal
Family mo,9t, be considered as a loyal testiiiiony of veneration
to the best of Meni now labouring under afflictions, which- we
alt poiknantli deplore. I have. lately visiicd several parts pt
this kingdom, and am highly gratified in observing iticrewing
attachment to the existing Govsinment. It will Ire recollected
that our gracious Monarch. in his first speech after he
ascended the Throne, said Born jts .Britain) I glory in the
name. of a Briton ;'—and, with the like :proud feelings, I
boast of belonging to a people so firmly devoted to the en-
viable Constitution of this United Kingdom."
The Mayor then ,presented the Members of the
Corporation individually. to his Royal Highness,
to cach, of whom he spoke with the utmost po-
liteness, attention, and affability.

• THE TinallET-4n consequence of the indis-
position of LISTON, who has been 'advised to re-
tire for a few-days, in order to enjoy the advan-
tage of countt y air and a remission of nightly
labnnrs, the part of Dominic Sampson, in theOp'era
of Guy Mannering, was lsst night allotted to Mr,
FARREN, who 'proved that on this occubion bit
merit as an Actor is not confined to the repre-
sentation of Old Age. He perhaps too carefully
avoided treading in the steps of his predecessor,
and consequently, at times, he seemed to be under
a cautious restriction ; but, where he gave way
entirely to his feelings, be was ludicrous,'origi-
nal, and highly entertaining. Indeed it is evident.
that, with' all the
,diserting► and original burnmir
of LISTON, if the part bad been first assigned to
FARREN, he would have rendered it very conspi-
cuons, and manifested-great versatility of theatri-
cal skill. 'The Rollie was very well attended. •

The Duke of GRAFTON last week laid with
much Masonic ceremony, the foundation stone of
the intended new Pump-room and Baths, at the
lately discovered chalybeate spring near Thetford,
in Norfolk.

The accounts from the Earl of Film's shooting
party, at Marr Lodge, mention among the inci-
dents of sport, that the Marquess of BLANDFORD
killed two red deer and two roe bucks on the first
day of going our, and Mr. Coxe, M. P. for
Derby, Jhot one of the finest eagles 'ever seen,
with a ball. The eagle measured more than seven
feet.

The Surrey Yeomanry Cavalry completed their
six days' permanent duty Ht Epsom, 011 Saturday
lust. On Pi iday thry %vete inspected by 111,ijor
KELLY. Wl►n Speaks en the highest trrn)t► of their
dilciplinr, horses, and appointments.

PUBTIt Y:

ANTI-CONSUMPTION IS T;

OR,
STARVATION FOR EVER:

Good friendsil reckon it most advisable,
That tier.), artiele excise7lble
Should by the Ra!licais be forsworn,
To be eiiber eaten, or drank, 'or worn.

I hare not renewed my stock o' late, •
Of CoFFEE, COCnA, TEA, or.CztototJArs;,
Acid 1 hOpe' the Radicals will unite,
To refrain frdril Su Or white. •

That Minister a vile imposer
Who so heatily taxed the Groceries
C.tiRRAN.T or Yio, ',No Lott or 1.1110 E,.
You never will touch, with niy' adtqce.
I hope henceforth you never will sup any
IN 1-1.41. F, or P.Cfql4-ItlrffrfosiWsiNtC;
And I enjoin the Radieilvisllpi ;. .
To *ink ho BECK, daces. irtroitrorsmalla
. • fyisif a, •
A Patriot skews but little skill .or he 0,1
Would give no aid
,to ;
‘,

'Tis better,. wholly to keep him from
RUM, and BRANDY, and-OLD Tom.
. .
Many a daybaSTOI3ACC9,
An offence ,to rafih grudeytigaelAini,
Because then in the Clow; l.nks got,
The Government. Spies luay!si4pft the Opt.
And of SNUFF, that ticiqeisjoinetlY.
He will baulk his nose the more easily;
Because
.his opinions
Have sometimes left him in the tcylng 'box.

•

-Let thy GoVernmeiit find us too refractory,'lb assist
the Woollen Manufactory;
Arid until they catch me .bnying• a CoAT,
'The. Pkiflintent Oall,by,,,S:gos Culotte.

What !--•-like an fltra Roy Mist shalt I go,
To.bny or CAit:tartic;-CtrrfON or CALICO
?
Not never commit guclr a sin,
Al to put a'clean on adirty skin.
• ;.; .2 fi I: ,•
17 .
• HiiltSES I W•til not IWitp, nor CA R RIA GES ;
Sttch needless espehce my state disParages
'For whenever in tiliumpli I choose to'pasi,
'Each Radical` is my iwu-le

. .
So my order-4 hope yOri will applaud it—is,
Newer to use any 'such commodities': "
And to keep, upon oath- before the Lord MayOr,
My inside etipty, my outside bare..

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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS, •
OXFoRD, SEPT. 24.—The Rey.' Cains Barry,
• t
Curate of Walcot, Bath, to the Rectory of Little
Sodbury, Gloucesterdiiie, on the kesentation of
the Rev. W. H. Howard Haril}i, of BuckltbUry.-
house, Berks..
The Rev, Charles Mossop, M.A. Vicar of Help':-
stone, Northamptonshire, to be Domestic Char
lain to the Duke of Someraer:.
The Rev. L. H. Lotion, M.A. Piebendary of
Holcombe, fOuinled in the Cithedral Chu;ch of
Wells, to the. Vicarage of Hulcombe. Edna, Dy-
von, void
,by the death of the Rev. H. 814.,11..y.
The Rev. N. Peaeock, M; A. late Fellow of,
fopati:oen V,
the
icaratet:il
t
Bishop Ofgristol. •• • - ' •

The Rev. John Thomas,,B. A. of Gravely, Cain
bridgeshire, to be Doinestic:Chaptain to the Duke
Of-Sussex: '; • ' '
The valuable Rectory ofiratfield an'd ibe,siste'r
Livings, vacated by the decease .of. the late incuni.--
bm', the. Rev. S. Keate, have.been presented to
the Rev. J. Faithful, late tutor to the lion. Lord
Viscount Cranhourne..-

SPORTING INTELLIGgiIrEf

DONCASTER RACES, THURSDAY.—LAsT DAY.
The Doncaster Club. Stakes of 50gs each, h: ft.; fbree-year-
olds. 7st. 41b. ; four, Sst. 51b. ; 'five; Bst. 121 b. Two mileS.
Mr. T.' O. PoWlett'S b. C. The Juggler
All-age Stakes of 25gs each; four-year-olds, .7st. 31h. ; five,
85t.,51b.; six and aged, est. 10lb. Four.y4,ar-old fillies al-
lowed 41b. Four miles. (Fife Subscribers.)
LOrd Fitzwilliaufs bl. c. Belisarius, 4.yrs
Sir M. M. SyliA's b. c. Cambyses, 4 yrs
Mr. Latubton's gr. c. Consul, 3 yrs ..
6 and 7 tiv4 ou Catubyses-,-5 to 1 agst Belisarius-3 p 1 agst
Consul.

Sweepstalies of 20gs each, with 90gs added by the Corpora-

forihree•year-old fillies, Bit.2lt). fit. Leger Course.:
Subscribers.) •
Lord ritzwilliant's Galatea

Sir M. W. Ridley's Aurora
Mr. Watt's Jenny Wren' '3
• 5, to 4 on jenny' Wraii-3 to 1 agst the winner.

Sweepstakes of 50gs each, I Ogs ft. for three-year olds t colts,
Bst. 21b.; fillies, Bst.. Last mile and a half. (9 Subscribers.)
Mr. Garfortli's ch. c. Swift - I
Mr. Upplehy's ch. c. Wild Boy 2
Mr. F: Watt's cli. c. Dreadnought
Lord Fitzwilliain's ch. c. Explanation
March for 100 gs. b. ft. Bst, each.---Last mile.—Lord Queens-
berry's hr. f. Lightning:against Mr. LatObton's ch. f. Lady
Heron.—Olf.

One Hundred Pounds Plate; three-year olds, 7st. 51b. ; four,
Bst. 71h. Maiden colts allowed 211 ; maiden fillies Slb. Two-

mile heats.
Mr. E. Petre's b. C. Roman, 4 yrs 1 3 •
Mr. Pierse's,Ranter, 4 yes
Mr. Bell's b. c. Blancher, 1i yes
Mr. Lambton's gr. c. Consul, S yrs
0. The alinve was the state of the last race when the Express
left the Course. Betting was then 2to l on Ranter.

BOXING...—The boxing match for fifty guineas
a side, between Richard Sharp, a coachman, and
Harry Wolf, a Leicestershire man, who had
milled all who opposed him in the country, took
place on Thursday, on Wanstead-green, on the
confines of Bed t ordshire, the pugilists haring
been routed from Hertfordshire by no enemy.
Captain Cox, of thayton, hacked %Volt, and
Sharp was backed by subscription. The aeconOs
were Ford and Gee, for Sharp ; and J. Jones
and Cart, for Wolf. The men exhibited in a
roped squat eof 18 feet. The men weighed be-
tween 12 and 13 stone, and Sharp was backed at
5 w 4. Atter a ruitianing fight of 10 rounds, in
which both the combatants were trernendoutly
punislatcl, Sharp tt•as &elated the victor,

BiIt.IINGIIAII SEpr. 23.

Agreeably to a summons which -hail been pia.
carded far some slays through various parts of the
,town, the Inhabitants of Birmingham assembled
this day in great numbers, on a spot called New.
hall-hill, about three o'clock, to take into consia
Aeration the late Transactions at Manchester. A
:temporary plattoetri was erected, covered trial
black cloth, the :sombre and funeral hue of which.
•walt, if 'possible, 'exaggerated by the arrival of €s
mourning coach, with feathers, containing Sir
CHARLES WOI,teLEY4 and another with se-
veral Ai' immense concourse of people
•congregated on 'tile occasion. The inequali-
, .
'ties of the ground 'upon which the pleating stood,
presented the appearance of a large .amphitheatre,.
:exhibiting a perfectly senticircular atenti, or flat
Centre, upon which innumerable multitudes stootl„
in all appearance immoveably. condensed. !'be
hills behind ther4, nit the cobtraty, displayed 4
.fascinating view of. British beauty,.; in numerous
associations of weitiltess'ell and handsome. tepales.
Alm ground was flanked on one site by hills; ma..
filfrstirig tiie sauna appearance: as those jtist de.
scribed, and on the other by a couple at bridges;
on the top and upon the parapets of which a pro-
digious multitude was planted its various positions
and multiplied ranks. • Alt the orutdrs who pre.
seated themselves to the notice of this: auditory
were clothed 'in deep mourning ; and so :general ti
feeling of a eharactei, in unison witle,the sombre
trappings of the terilpOrary forum of Newhall hill,
appeared to pervade the listening .spectators, that
neon a display of hands,• scime were lactated, soma
snieared with soot,: and others eoverethin mourning
gloves. _ _ _

7 • Upon aseefiding the platform,-,Mr. ,EDMONDS
(die Editor or a' Birmingham 'Pupgr,) vi,as, imme-
diately calleda o the Chair. He opened the busi-
ness by deprecating any charge of presumption.
that might be brought, against' hint for so doing.
Ile hair hoped for the assistance-of others who
were absent, and it -was urged against him, dot
their" High Bailiff would have presided; but, front
some cause or other, he appeared to have feared
placing hiniseltin that situation. Now, if so, he
thought that the fewer who were exposed in, con-
sequence of this Meeting to any ill consequence,
the better : -for himself, be should have under-
taken tie 'measure orprcsiding at it because be
thought 'it preferable• so undergo 'any privation
rather than deprive- them of the opportunity of
expressing their sentiments on the late dreadful
occasion. Now this, be thought, was one of
thOs'i cases•in'which every . man was bound to
come forward!, and to vindicate, insulted humani-
ty': Ile could not here forbear expressing his ap-
probation of the conduct of the. Birmingham Mar
gist rates -as compared with that of the, Magis•
traces of Manchester ;• but it was to their pru-
dence only that they were indebted. They knew
that the people' of Birmingham required iso suck
uncinistitutiatal means to, be resorted to for the•
piapbses ofternir. The subject immediately be-
fore them was one deeply and p !infully interesting
to every friend of humanity, ar.tt to every one
of thole sympathies by which Eugitsh hearts
'were actuated. Murder bad been c.numitted, io
the face of day, in the front of justice, under cir-.
"COrnstances the most horrid and revolting : but it
bad been perpetrated tanner the sanction of those
by-Wbrini the exercise of the very laws should have
been protected, which had thus been violated. Yes,
his crime had in this invance been marke,l bY a
t. cruelty : i! bath
character of new
.-bceaseo its vengeance on hoary age, on defence-
Mess' tieauty, aridr on helpless infancy ! This had
necurred 'among Englishmen ; the guilt was %% a it
Englishmen. Yet the delinquents had -been ills-
tingoished by royal favour, and had received the
thanks o the Prince Regeut. Thanks!. for what?
"Why.as to his M-ajesty's Ministers, it was.true they
had passed oppressive laWs, nod had re4iealed good
ones ibsit so lung as they had paid a decent regard
to the laws, framed even to their wish, some little
merit *as due to them ; but here they were cou-
Arvening statutes Which even, they effected tp
respect. Their • efforts had been ainnsd against
'the peace, the month, and the happiuess of •ire
country, in Many other 'instances'; 'thee were sill,
however, at but one tind the same trick, and the
cause system of cruelty. Their proeseediugs
driven men.to madness and so suiCide, 'atter limy
had been buried, by their pet secutors, im prism's.
These mihappy victims had frequently cape' ien~ rd
on such occasions the most unreeling treatment.
Yet all this had beet, under the au• horny of a
Secretary of State's. warrant. They had been re-
fused a fair Eoglisli trial, and loot Ito longer even
to boast of the freedom as .d safety of their
own ty.rsons. The Reformets bed beets charg-
ed, with revolutionary designs ; they had been
declared, and stigmatized as the 'promoters of
anarchy and disorder.—(No, no )—Bur he ap-
pealed to them to facts, to reason, whether wiry
conduct,or any cootie of action could more forcibly
or immediately lead to a state of, anarchy and
disorder, than that pursued by the Magistrates at
Manchester. He asked, in the name of justice
Whether the conduct of I?.obespierre, of Danton,
Of Mario, while they conducted the political move-
ments of revolutionary France, could possibly ex-
ceed in iniquity those enormous outrages tvlsch
they were now called on to deprecate and to con-
demn ?—They bore upon them every indication
that could mark the excesses of foolish but brutal
men. Did not the Magistrates beguile the peo-
ple of Manchester to meet in immense multitudes
for the discussion of their great object, by de-
claring their intention not to disperse a Meeting
thus confiding and unarmed ? Could sophistry
itself deny, that after the multitude was justified
in entertaining the fatal confidence' that they
should be safe and Unmolested 2. What, how-
ever, was the event' of that dreadful day ?. A
body (Amen, sometimes called a Regiment of Ca-
vah y, rushed its among them, sword its hand,
tacking with equal attoci, y- and • fury, men,
women, and. 'children Could• 'Any creed sur-
pass the violence•of this ? Could it beremetn-
bered, but with sleep and enduring indigna•
lion, that those! for whom manhood,' courage,
and affection, atb'ever must interested and Most
excited, were thus trampled on and mangled by
cowardice and treachery ?—But it might be
asked what she Magistrates, of -.Manchester ba
to lay in their defence ? Would they say'ths t
their conduct' was legal ? if so, they were

etr the tiecessiry tit wing erginnents %shice re- 1 s
heeled -only epen themselves : for if they were
rhus•determined to -pi event the Meeting in ques-
Thou, %elle had they not publicly declared their in-
tentiou before it took place, as they had •done
on
a former occasion of a similar nature--; and when
the people, little as they were, perhaps, bound to
;Wide by their eletermination in the matter, no
tooner sate elre ;notification than they respected it,
end abstained altogethsr front the intended meet-
ire. The Recuisitionists had shown every desire
to he acting in the most legal teauncr. If the
Magistrates had not themselves thoneht they were
so :reline, why had they declared c hat they should
not disperse any meeting which might essemblee?
Sint the meeting wets a legal one, and the object
was ;toot]. What were the words of the Requiti-
? " To meet and determlne on the most legal
means ot obtaining Parliamentary Reform." The
more, then, this point sees examiner!, the more
clearly it resulted that such was the ease. And
set ely, this point estAlished, these desperadees
might at that moment just as well, as reasonably,
as j,isrle, rush from behied their backs, resume
their work of slaueloer, and butcher their wives and
shell children before their faces. if it was compe-
tent for the Aiagistrary by force to I'sail the Man-
chester Meetiniz, employed in the set ions pursuit of
n great legal object, they would be equally justified
in driving these soldiers into die very churches,
and in permitting their indiscriminate slaughter
Of all sexes and ages, I teouee kneeling before the
offended Mejesty of (hell. Maker. And lie could
assure his fellow-coentrynten, in the sole= con-
scioesness ot truth, that they were not more
legally, not mote morally, not mote religiously
employed, when adoring the Omnipotence of
Heaven, than they were when engaged in the
holy and benevolent task of endeavoering to same-
be coudition und to eulightee the suffsr-
ines of a great nation. Yet could not these Ma-
gistrves have at least spared this frightful effusion
of lonnan blood ? Could they not, itt any case,
have pre-occupied the ground with those very sole
;tiers. It was to be asked, whether they had read
she Riot Act ?—whether the people hail heard
it read %—(" No.") —Nov, he thought it tool been
reed by them—(" No, no")—in a private room,—
leateshter.)—Hal they not read the Riot Act,
they might hove had, in some sort, a plea of
ignorance left to excul/4e the guilty accidents of
the day ; but they stamped, they indelibly ascer-
tained the character of their intentions by read-
ing tire Riot Act. That act was, indeed, on cer-
tain occasions, directed by the law to be read ;
the Manchester Magistrates affirmed they did read
it ; yes, in a loud voice, and to themselves ; but
not to the people. Did they, however, mean to
assert, among their other judicial assumptions,
that this was the proper way of reading it ?
Borough reeve was in tire centre of this immense
multitude, surrounded by about 500 constables;
and yet lie had never had the humanity to breathe
a single warning of the impending storm which was
about to burst in thunder on their heads. He be-
lieved, however, the tragedy was all previously
fitrenged, the measures taken, the campaign de-
cided on. Circumstances conspired to prove this :
the field where this battle was to be fought—the
field where those half-bred soldiers—(a laugh)—
were to signal ze themselves—was cleared of every
obstacle that could impede the full exercise of
their valour. Nay, more; the Infirmary plasters
already spread, to dress the wounds they
bad previoues, -1-teeteined to inflict ; and the sabre
was whetted to the perfection - straw
wander. In fine, the conduct of rite Manchester
Magistrates was ell in an uniform course; for
never did any men persevere with more laudable
resolution in a system which they were deter-
mined should render them hated and despised
by the country. Take, for instance, their con-
duct to Mr. Hunt, which bad been so exem-
pliry and so wise, that they had changed
plsces with him ; the Magistrates had proved
criminal ; the culprit had shown them how Ma-
gistrates shonid not act. These-Magistrates were
" on the tone!," for fear their subtile wit should
evaporate in suceessless schemes. The event was
already k move ; and when would it cease to be
deplored ? To select one case, there was that of
Elizabeth Gaunt—a case altogether without pre-
cedent in our history, or in tire annals of any
civilized society. This poor creature had been
dreadfully mangled, the day of that meeting ; and
she was, by the humanity and attentions of Me.
hunt, conveyed into the carriage where be was :
this circutustence was magnified into the crime of
being found with Mr. Hunt seditiously engeged.
She was treated as his accomplice, so to speak ;
and in this wretched condition, tortured in mind
and wounded its body, she was dragged to a prison,
and coefieed twelve days there, her bodily pains;
being thus aggravated by the horrors of unjust
conbuctaent.— (Shame!)— They cried shame ;
and if they. as Englishmen, forgettiug the
claims of women, the calls of humanity, and the
sacredness of private safety, had not thus de-'
trounced so fearful an atrocity, he should have
cried shame on them. The conduct of the Grand
Jury of Lancaster was, in iris mind, utterly
cousistent with all principles of English Juries. A
bill ot indictment had been found by Mr. Hunt I
against a moo named Owen for perjury ; this
. was presented before another bill subsequently .
given in against Hunt ; but they, thinking that if
they lost their spotless evidence (Owen), they
could not substantiate their own respectability,
chose to entertain the latter bill before the for-
mer. The Jury refused to perform their duties ;
the Coroner world not, or could not, execute
his ; they hail refused iu some cases to take de-
positions; in others, ,to make them public when
taken, althotigh the country seas so deeply inte-
rested in the knowledge of them, and had a right
ro insist upon its communication. Subsequently
it had been attempted to exclude s Jungers front
the Coroner's Court : this too, was legally an
open Court, and one that never could be closed on
I.;nglishrneu.—(Here Mr. Edmonds instanced one
or Iwo of the cases that might arise out of
tine adoption of a contrary practice, and their
direct trodeocy to subvert the intentions of the
law.) lie had next to ;nivel t to a fact which was
to be looked at with peculiar anxiety and con-
certeeseire meant the Prince Regent's letter of
T:latilis to the Maeistrates of Menchester for the
manner in which they had approved themselves
tare guardians, friends, and protectors of the peo- ,

(toy ;lick ihtiy 'tic) reit of Au-
gust. They all well lincoe the influence ot ex-
ample ; nose, what was to be sail of each
example as this 1. He knew that it might be said
that by the custom of the Convitution the Prince
Regent WAS not politically responsible to them for
his conduct. It might be said, also, that
he acted by the advice of his Ministers ; but
Ice it be remembered that be had also the power
ot dismissing them with his own hands.—
This speaker then proceeded to declare, that,
as the power of Ministers was in a great mea-
sure upheld from a revenue in part raised from
duties upon spirits, porter, Scc: they should learn
to give up the gratification of these indulgencies,
the nobler pleasure of doing an action, where
Self-denial might claim the gratitude of the friends
of freedom and the applauses of their own con-
science. By following his advice, they would de-
prive the Ministers of a part of these resources.
Atter several observations, this Gentleman with-
drew.
Sir CHARLES WOLSELEY, Bart., then stepped for-
ward and delivered Himself to this effect :—Gen-
denten, I have received so many marks of your Ap-
probation since I have had the pleasure of being
known to you, that they call forth my sincere
thanks ; and in words which, were they many,
have not the power of well comhinina, and which,
being few, I trust and hope you will believe to he
tree, I return those thanks. It was the wish of
many of my friends who stand 'near toe, that I
should have taken the Chair to-day ; but
wished rather to be merely is spectator; and not be-
ing a tosvasntan, I declined it. We are metro exa-
mine this day, and to enter into a discussion ot, an
act which has never been paralleled in the annals of
this country ; and 1 am sorry to say, that up to
this moment justice has 'nen denied. The Ma-
gistrates have been applauded, and the blood-
thirsty Yeomen have been approved of for killing
their fellow men. What 'are we to think of this ?
FOr my own pat t, I w ill not, I dare not, Gentlemen,
give vent to my feelinp or toy thoughts on this Oc-
casion. I have been on the spot ; I have visited the
sufferers ; I have attended the Assizes, at Lancas-
ter, and have witnessed such Scenes as mike my
hest sink within me. Certain it is, that the
allegiance of the people, and their confidence in
the laws, have received such a shock as will never
be forgotten. What are we to think when we
see a Grand Jury of the County, containing men
of the first respectability in it, combining to
support the evil of which we complain ? What,
I say, are we to think when the Magistrates
are thanked by the Prince for their share
in the most disgraceful events that ever stained
the annals of the country ? Por his part, he
intended to erect a monument that might hand
down to posterity the record of this fatal outrage
as a warning to future nations. In order that its
intention may be understood, it is to be inscribed,
Gentlemen, " Sacred to the Memory of those who
fell at Manchester." I have chosen for it a
spot, one of the most beautiful in the County
of Stafford ; it is in toy own park, and one of
those beautiful hills which overlook the high
road to Manchester. It is washed by the
beautiful and meandering Trent ; but not all
the purity of its waters, not all the limpid
waves that it rolls along, shall ever efface that
" damned spot" for which it shall blush for eve)!
(Here the Hon. Baronet exhibited an elevation
of the intended monument.)---To show you that
I am in earnest, Gentlemen, look at this sketch ;
it contains the Dames of all the parties concerned
in this lint rid deed : and it would fulfill his inten-
tions of handing down its memory to ages yet ")
come. The Right Holt btpAeo and retired.
Mr. r_eiraos‘os then put the following Resolu-
-1 tions separately

1. Thai the right of meeting for puhlic discussion belongs
to all men by the law of nature.

V 4.. That this right is guaranteed to Englishmen by the
laws.

3. That as to the Meeting held at Manchester on the 16th
of August last, the most minute and impartial investigation
has failed to show that it was illegal, or that the Magistrates
were furnished with any pretence fur interrupting its pro-
ceedings.
4. That, admitting, however, the illegality of such assem-
bly, no palliation can he conceived fur the attack made by
the Manchester Yeomanry, by order of the Magistrates—a
brutal attack, made s‘iord in hand, on men women and
children.

5. That while we remember that we share in the fame of
our fellow-countrymen, we cannot forget that we also share
in the disgrace indicted on the English Nation by this das-
ta►dly and ferocious outrage. •
6. That by Wily of clearing ourselves as much AS possible
(coin such disgrace, we are hound to bring the Nlauchester
Murderers and their Instigators to condign punishment.
7. That we solemnly pledge ourselves never to shrink hum
any privation or exertion consequent thereon.
A. That a subscription he immediately entered into to de-
fray the expences of legal investigation, and fur the relief of
the solicrers.
9. '1
-at our feelings toWards the Ministers who have ad-
vised the Prince Regent to honour with his thanks the Assas-
sins of his People, aro those of utter abhorrence.
10. That the conduct of Henry Hunt, Esq., as connected
with the events of the I Gt h of August, is entitled to the admi-
ration of our fellow-countrynien.
11. That one melancholy result of these fatal proceedings
has been the loss (o❑ the part of the subjects) of all confi-
dence in the laws of the realm, and the shaking of their alle-
giance ; and that the thanks of the Prince Regent to those
who have. committed an open infraction of the laws have
identified bin► with those who were guilty ot
12. That all these circumstances prove the necessity of it
borough reform in the representation of the people, as the
only security against military despotism.
1;3. That a Committee he appointed, with power to add to
their numbers, for the purpsse of Cairying the foregoing Re-
solutions into effect.

14. That the thanlss of this Meeting are eminently due to
the public-spirited and disinterested conduct of Sir Charles
Wolseky, Bart., and for his important services in the cause
of Parliamentary Reform.
13. That the thanks of this Meeting are also due and tie
given to Major Cerlyer4,ht.
in. That they be ako given t• Mr. Edmonds, for his able
and impartial conduct in the Chair this day.
Each of these %vas carried unanimously.

Mr. EDMONDS having ►witted the Chair, and
the vo►e of thanks to him having been most cor-
dially pas,,ed, he stepped forward and returned
thanks: At retiring he again recommended the
strictest order, entreating the assembly to remem-
ber, that every symptom of an opposite nature
was giving an adt:antag►, to► their enemies.
Mr. Itussau,, Mr. Lawis, and Mr. LTKENS,
snccessively addressed Om people.
Mr. LEwts having moved it, a vote of thanks
was carried to Mr, ll'outer.—The Meeting then
dispersed.

It is not generally known that the residence of
the notorious Jonathan Wild, whose infernous life
was written by Fitmnxinro, is still standing nearly
opposite 'the Sessions House, in the Old Bailey,
and is at this tiate new fronting.

Old)

TRIAL OF MRS. RIDDING FOR CHILD-STEALING.

Yetterday, at ten o'clock, Mrs. Mary Ridding,
the wife nt Captain Ridding of the 59th Foot,
was put to the Bar, charged with ste„ling►, on the
28th of August last, the male child, aged 14
months, of John and Grace &brier.

The prisoner was dressed, as on the occasion
of her being arraigned, in the most fashionable
manner. She wore an elegant yellow silk loose.
pelisse, her hair was tastefully dressed, and she
had a long white veil, which covered her face.
She appeared greatly affected, and was attended
by her mother in the (lock, who occasionally sup-
plied her with scents.
Mr. ARABIN stated the case to the Jury for the
p rosecution.
The COMMON SEE:RANT presided.
Samuel Schrier, a little boy of nine years of
age, was first called, and examined as to his know-
ledge of an oath, and the nature of good and
evil. He said he lived with his father and mother,
in Benscroft-place, Mile-end. On Saturday, the
28th of August last, he went out with his little
brother into a field near the house ; he there
met with a lady (the prisoner), who asked him it
that was Benscroft-place ? he said, Yes ; she
then asked hint
.if there was a cake•shop near
be said, Yes ; and she 'then took his little bro-
ther Benjamin out of his arms, and gave him
three-pence to go and buy some. When he re-
turned she was gone with the child. The lady
had a bundle in het hand.
Cross•examined—His father was a constable,
and went out to work. He ;tad six other bro-
thers and sisters, His mother scolded hint very
much, and tilt eatened to beat hint for suffering a
stranger to take his brother ; be saw the lody
again a week afterwards at -Lambeth-street Of-
fice.

[Here the little boy was carried in the arms of
one of the officers, and having for some time
looked at the prisoner, who held her head down
weepiug, and in great agitation, he distinctly
swore that she was the person who had taken his
brother.]
Sarah Holdgate, of 4, Gold's-place, Shadwell,
said she kept a chandler's shop. On the 28th
August, the prisoner came to her shop with a
child to buy some fruit. She particularly marked
the child, and knew it since to be the .infant of
Mrs. Schrier. She was much agitated, and said
she had lost her way. She said also she was much
fatigued and wanted a coach, not eating what she
paid fur it. She said she wanted to go to Old-
street. Witness remarked the difference of dress
between the lady and the child, A hat, however,
which the child wore, appeared quite new, and
was too small for its head. Witness communicat-
ed her suspicions to others,, and a man M conse-
quence went after the lady to watch her.
Cross-examined.—She never saw the lady be-
fore the time mentioned, but she was positive as
to her person.
Anne Knight, of New-square, in the Alintaries,
said that the prisoner lodged in her house. On
Saturday the 28th of August she took an early din-
ner, %sent out, and said she would not return till
night. She was in the habit of carrying out a bundle,
but told witness not to he surprised, as it was only
a hat which she intended to give to a child. On
Saturday evening, about seven of the clay men-
tioned, she returned to the house to take away
her things and discharge the ludgings. The pri-
soner had no family whatever with her at the
lodgings.
litater Gilder said she was chamber-maid at
the Cross Keys, Gracecburch-street ; knows the
prisoner at the bar ; remembers her coming there
on the 28th August, with a male child, late in
the evening ; she left the inn on the Monday fol-
lowing ; she said she had taken the child from
nurse, but it appeared to fret and pine vety
much. •

Cross-examined.—The prisoner treated the
child ‘vith great tenderness. _

John Scisrier is the father of the infant child
Benjamin, stolen un the 28th of August. Lie
went Irons home on that morning, and returned
about four o'clock, when he learned the loss of
his child ; witness immediately commenced inqui-
ries, and pursued the prisoner in all directions,
and at length traced her to Birmingham ; here ha
found Martin, the officer, who had got there be-
tore hint, and he went with him to a bookseller's,
where he saw the prisoner and his child. Mar-
tin seized it, and held it up, when he instantly
recognized it to be his. A female who was pre-
sent inquired how he knew it was Isis child ? Ile
replied he knew it by its features, but moreover
it had a mole on the arm and a scar on one of its
legs. Ile was answered that he might hare learn-
ed this description since he came there. He de-
nied this, and instantly produced a bill, printed in
London, Oiing an accurate description of both
child and prisoner. The latter, after some hesi-
tation, raised her hands, and made a sort of ex-
clamation, by way of confession.
Grace Schrier, the mustier of the infant, proved
that its name was Benjamin, that it was lost ou
the 26th of August, and that it was the same child
her hnshand found at Birmingham, and which she
now held in her arms.

Joseph Martin, the officer, pursued the prisoner
to i3irn►inghatn, and found the prisoner lodging at
a bookseller's shop there. lie found her and
accosted her with a child in her arms. Witness
asked it she was the wife of Capt. Ridding? She
replied, " Yrs ;" and he then said, " My name is
Martin, the officer. and I must take you into custody
for stealing that child." The prisoner, upon this.
became dreadfully agitated; but having recovered
herself a little,she said," 00 ben,if that is the case,
I can only say that I had the child given tne, and
it is mine." Witness replied, " That cannot be,
for you never had a child." A female, who ap-
peared to be i►er sister, at this also became agi-
tated, and entreated her to explain the mystery.
The prisoner then said, " If I n►ust tell poll, I
knew that Captain Ridding, my husband, lids long
wished me to have a child, and having been taking
a walk iu the fields, I met a little bo,y, who ran
up to me, asked me for money to boy cakes, and
pot the child in my attics. Not teturniog,
wandered about making inquiries, butt tint Suc-
ceeding, I determined upon adopting the infant
tl'itt►ess said the child was dressed in very
handsome clothes; and havinz asked for tile old

ones it bail on %ben stolen, they 'pvt;e
diately produced.
This was the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner being called on for her defend',
said that she was walking in the fields as before
described, and the little boy having given her the
child, and not returning, she missed her way is
making inquiries, but without success. She then
resolved upon adopting it, and had treated it with
great tenderness.
Mr. AtionEws called one witness to her cha•
racter.

Sarah Appleby, an elderly respectable looking
female, who had been beside her in the Dock,
deposed, that she had known her from her in'
fancy. Site was just 20 years of age, and bad
been married about four years. She had na
children of her own, but was exceedingly fond of
the children of others. She had spent the earlier
part of her life in the East Indies, and had alwaYo
borne a most exemplary character.
The COMMON SERJEANT then summed tip the
evidence to the Jury, who returned a verdict of'
Guilty, hut strongly recommended the prisoner-co
mercy.
'rite Colrmoti San/SANT promised to transmit
this recommendation. Ile added, however, that
this was a serious charge, but uot one of such it
nature as would justify the Court in inflicting th!P
severer punishment of. transportation. It
quite clear that the unfortunate lady at the bari
did not take this child with the intention of plan.
dering it, or doing it any injury ; but on the con.
teary, to place it in a better situation ()Nile than'
that in which its parents could have disposed of;
it. Still, however, as it was caprice alone thatt
made her adopt it, the same caprice might on to,
future occasion induce her to consign it back td."
its otiginal station ; the crime, therefore, waC
one of a serious dye, for the Jury, as parents, had.
to consider the shock which the loss of a child its
this manner was calculated to create in the familt
from which it was clandestinely carried off.
The Fouamma.—We are aware of that, Mr
Lord ; but it is evident she meant to take proper
care of the child. It appears she also treated it
with the utmost kindness. We are unanimout
therefore, in hoping that the Coort will he to
tender as possible in awarding the punishment.
The COMMON SERIKANT.—The Court, gentle'
men, will take care and attend to your 1-i:cow
mendation.

The humane recommendation of the .Tory
evidently in unison with the feelings of the crowd'
ed auditory in the Court.
The unfortunate lady herself seemed much re'
lieved from her embarrassment on finding the ill"
terest which the Jury had expressed in her be-
half ; she made a grateful obeisance to the Cowl
as she left the bar, from which she was assisted
by Mrs. Appleby, the nurse, who sat near her its
the dock during her trial.

MELANC/MLY ACGIDENT.-All Inquest was
yesterday at the Adam and Eve Tavern, Chelsevf
before T. STIRLING, Esq. on the body of Estl4
Cranbreoke, a child two years and a half old,
daughter of Mr. Cranbrooktt, a respectable broker)
of Duke-street, Chelsea, who had her
:brains
dashed out by the wheel of a one-horse dray-carrf,
bdonging to Mr. Butcher, wine-merchant, 01
Leicester• square. It appeared in evidence, 'dial
on Wednesday night last, between six and sere)
o'clock, as the cart was corning over Battersea'
bridge, loaded with empty bottles, with two we
men and one man, beside Win. Field, the driver'
servant to Mr. Butcher, the horse took fright ID'
mediately upon coming through the gate on t"
Battersea side, and by some means or other ye
known gallopped over the bridge at a furious rate/
and before he could be stoppeo, on turning clic
corner near the second house in Duke-sticeti
occupied by the father of the deceased, it knocki
ed down and went over the child's head, al'
killed her on the spot. Mr. Cranbrooke, on taking
the child up, perceived her brains trickling slu'''t'
her back. It was evident, upon investigatiol'i
that no blame could be imputed to the driver,"
that the accident was occasioned by some of Mr'
Cranbrooke's furniture being placed off the payc4
went, and round which the child was 'playitik
Verdict—" Accidental Death."

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