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London, England, 1821-09-01 00:00:00

ion, &c.

The Duke.of Cumberland, and the rest of the Royal Famil
Air—" The Red Cross Knight."—Sung by NI essrs. Smit
Wcyrnan, and Jager.

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After a lapse of a few minutes, the Provos
gave, by command of the King--
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant.
[This toast was enthusiastically cheered, an(
was otherwise received with every mark of re
spect.]

The Lord Lieutenant instantly rose, and bow-
ed, with great dignity of deportment, first to the
King, and next to the company at each side of
the room. This toast was succeeded by the glee
of " Glorious A pollo.”—Chorus as before.
His Excellency the. Lord Lieutenant said, he
had again his Majesty's commands to propose a
toast—it was—
Prosperity to Ireland.

When this toast was given, his Majesty imme-
diately rose, and, with the most impressive man-
ner, drank his glass, while the company and the
spectators acknowledged their gratitude by peals
of applause.

The Orchestra had intended to sing a b.muti.
fill air that was appropriate to that toast, bu
they were prevented from doing so for severa
minutes by the loud cheering, and by the rap
turous acclamations, which the captivating man.
ners of the King had called forth from the corn
pany and the spectators.

Herehis Majesty expressed a wish toretire,and
the Duke of Montrose left the company to make the
necessary dispositions for his Majesty's departure—
His Grace returned- in a few minutes, and an-
nouncing to his Majesty that all was ready—the
"King rose to take leave. The company rose at
the same moment, and the Sovereign, after bow-
ing in the most gracious manner to those imme-
diately around him, walked down the Hall, ad-
dressing, with much cordiality, every individual
as he passed.

II isAlajesty paiticlarly distinguished -the Lord
Chancellor:and Mr. C. Plunkett, with the former
of whom he conversed for a
.short time, and with
the latter 'of whom he shook hands.

His Majesty was preceded by the Great Offi-
cers of State, and attended by those of his imme-
diate Household, and as he was retiring, the
Choir repeated the National Anthem. At this
time it rained heavily, still the crowd outside
were not to be deterred from this opportunity of
beholding their. King, and they huzzaed enthu-
siastically. His Majesty left the Hall by the
door opposite to "that by which his Majesty had
entered, leading to the outer sqOare of the Col-
lege ; his retinue was in readiness to•receive him,
and immediately on his Majesty's stepping into
his carriage, it drove off, escorted by a troop of
dragoons.

On the return of the Provost to the Hall, he
took the Chair, and gave once again, " His Ma-
jesty the King," which was drank with four times
four, every person standing, and the most enthu-
siastic demonstrations of applause followed.
The Lord Mayor now gave, he said, with the
leave of the Chair—

Tile Lord Primate and the Church of inland. Drank with
applauses.

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The,next toast was proposed by Mi. W.- C.
Plunkett, who, after a 'few prefatory observa-
tions, the immediate tenor of which.we'could not
•
catch in the, gallery, proposed=
The memorable 27th of August, the day on which his• M-
ajesty graciously Coridescebded to the'UnivetWty of MIT=
lin-with his p,res.;:nce.. Drank with three times three.
'By the ProvOst.
The Lord Chaneellor and the Irish Bar. Three times three.
Lord Oriel and the Linen Trade. of Ireland. . •
The Illetiber for the University—the Right Hon: William
Conongham Plunkett. -Three times three. Mr. . •
Plunkett rose, liovied to the assembly, and
resumed'his seat.
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The-neit toast was-4---
The Lord Mayor and the City of Dublin—proposed by the
Provo St. Thank with reiterated applause.
The toast which concluded the conviviality of

the evening was—
The Representatives of the City of Dublin. -Sir Robert Shaw
and Mr. Ellis. - •

'Pie greater part of the company had retired
shoetly -after his Majesty departed, Which was
preci;ely at five minutes past nine.
•• At-eleven o'clock the Hall was cleared, the
whole. of the company having. about that time_re-
tired.

SEiF.IIN BALL tan, Esq. is the new Mayor of
Worcester for the ensuing. year; JOSEPH ELLIS
VINER, Esq. Sheriff; and Mr. GARMSTON, Gent.,
Chamberlain.

The Jddges, after the Assizes at Hereford,
visited the hospitable. seat of JOHN BiDglizant,
Esq. the High Sheriff, and afterwards.proceeded.
to Eastnor Castle, where they: and a larkepititq
kv6ie sunipttiously entertaitnid- by -Earl SOIVIEIIS.

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FOR THE gUN.

EntToß,--If Lord BATHURST had not
noticed Mr. WAITHMAN'S Letter, some such an,
swer as the following might be sufficient to in- Ns
struct d correct this uppish person. ,
I am, Six,
= 4roulk WAIN" seivant,

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TO MR. SIIERIFF WAITHMAN,

Silt—ln taking measures for preserving the public peace at
the funeral procession of Honey and Francis, you acknowledged
Tour opinion of its attendants, of their character and their pur-
pose. Alore consonantly with your duty, you would have alto-
gether prohibited, or dispersed in its first..assemblage, a proces,
sion which you considered as so dangerous. - A word from their:
friend 808 WAITHMAN would have sent them off: his mere
• hint Ut the unseasonableness of their array would at least have
deferred its illegality.

The event has justified your opinion. But, expecting from
their " existing irritation", that some " insult might be offered
to the Life Guards," you signally failed in your duty,. whell
you permitted such a procession to assemble at all. Its crowd'
was pot composed of the friends or families of the deceased; but-
of followers, who would just as numerously have attended td.
see them hanged for any other offence than. 3ItTILDER.MO
rnl
hire's SOLDIERS. Its object was the collection and exhibi-
tion of seditious force. The • funeral, though not a fiction, was.
a pretmcc. Knowing. this, you should have sent Citizens }To-
ney and Francis to their graves, with the escort of their imme'
diate connexions ; such as they would, have had without a po-
litical funeral,

Upon your own showing, you " forepaw" a breach of the
peace; not from the Life Guards, .but from the mob. You
conceived that the soldiers might—mark the force of the
proposition, Mr. Sheriff—might be insulted " IN their
Barracks." You did not conceive that the f►rst insult
would proceed from THEM, that they would- meddle, or
even mingle with the crowd, or leave the precincts of
their own walls. But you conceived that the first insult
would proceed from THE mon, and that.theLife Guards would
be assailed by Radical insolence WITHIN THOSE BARRAcgo
WHICH THEY WCkELI) NOT LEAVE. . -

" In consequence of your precautions," the funeral passed the
Barracks quietly. The constables, whom you had instal "rD
front of the barracks," kept the mob in order. Without t43enit
you admit that The mob would not have been orderly. nacithe
soldiers withinside been riotously disposed, your outside c°r''
stables could not very easily have restrained them.
But THE BRICK, Mr. SherifF—Could.it have fallen so " ntraf'
your horse," yet wound a young girl without your seeing hero
wounded ? And do you mistake the Secretary's OfEce fir a
Coroner's Inquest, thatyou advance positive evidence on an "As
I KM TOLD ?"

Upon the return of the procession, " the gates of the Barracks
were thrown open, and the avenues filled with soldiers':
Indeed!—This also is " a violent outrage of the public pee":
The King's troops Inive so utterly surrendered at discretion ‘t:
your " people," that where and vrhensoever a Radical ill"
pleases to assemble, they must become fugitives or prisoners
A proper "subordination" this to " civil authority," esPecit'ill
when vested in the dignified importance of your " person 1"
"The people, as might have been foreseen, gathered ronn"
the spot and expressed their displeasure."—The displeasure of
a rascally mob at the presence of the. King's troops sh"'a
have thought, Sir, that this " gathering," and this "
lion," had greater tendency to a breach of the Pc'ice' *an thl
presence of the soldiers could have at the gate of their own
racks. But " Diis aliter visum"—the Sheriff and the 31°-
thought otherwise.
"A' tumult seemed inevitable." How !—were the 114(4°0
in such an " existing irritation," that the mere sight Of tho.
aoldiery so roused them ? It was careless' enough in Slier°
Waithman4 with all his previous conceptions ancr arrange,:
ments, to let them assemble at all; still 1. s ;,_ to allow the?,
pausing in frOnt of the barracks for an " inevitable tunVitlll.
By your own statement, Sir, the soldiers were more peiceg
disposed than the mob; since you could prevail on them' re-
tire within their barracks. When your constables
•ivere .3o•e
sufficient to enforce the progress of the mob, yott•ln:ight
hay
claimed " the aid and assistance of those very military-,

shove them forward. •
But you went about your other business, au".
hew tt!
" affray commenced," or how the " some time" which el*s,
before your return was employed, you . know as little
the brickbat and its wounded damsel. Though, it is 1311 j.
more likely, that it began with the-refractory mob 'who Wc-..
not go forward•;- you have dared 'to assert, and on yatir°wllAu-
thority, that it began with the obedient soldiers Who •hivi
'tired "in their barracks." Any. second-hand testimony-W"ic.,
Mr. Waithman can produce, is henceforth better than his 0.%e
''
lar evidence. Without the opinion of a Chief Justice' vi

now know the value of this veracious Sheriff's assertion.
c.
And you actually saw the soldier " load his carbine' 1
And " direct it toward you :7--If this be the cockle,' Or!
for taking aim, as " Oxford College" is for the LTDII-
-
how do you know that any lead Was put into the o'l'7: 0.,
make brotherhood with pm; precious noddle?--In stic elf",
ptle.rnele, the • very motion.of _loading (not •to inntiD4lnt, of
alarm which it mould create),. would not be very converli-e"
, • t
accomplishment. But, God bless us ! how suddenly!" /Tl'
r- •
have ducked and winked, 31;;Waitlnan ! —You 4.10 v the
bine loaded, and the aim-taken':•• but 'you are'only "
RD" that it was knocked dpryr A•reverend care•fq!):"^d'ef
bones occupied you•too totally, to,.sce-.ltow ..or -.by ,11. s
were saved for a different catastrophe.. And this, -t°°' •

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a 0youcall:. risking your life." ..
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, 1
Sir, thesecircumstances requireiriticii comment. . ''`. - e
l 'oil
forty Mr. Waithman's ate worth consuinincr time uP°rl. with-
have grossly slandered the Lifeguards, in charging °eirri;t bX;
cc insubordination to Civil authority." They resp.,:ctjt.' tiA
the closed gates of their barracks, WIT'IIIN which they werlbleir
suited by a seditiOus mob: They respected it by' el'ecit,,,ilir•tieta
resentment, even at YOUR instance, while by the;lta:dic'.-;ouf
you were better known than obeyed. ' The most rrYi3l.! ;01
-such as, I trust, the spirit of our Lifeguards will ne‘;'./. Ito'.
have to endure: —was their " subOrdinai.ion" to 31-is°ll.' ' . .
BERT WAITHAIAN. - • . .'
f
S itf'grill;
Your letter may assist your attendance at 11.61'erli elaW C:
in prejudging his Inquest. You know so. little.,°fist4e. 13f..0f.
evidence, that this prejudication may be a mere ".--t' 9 sterill
all Your activity as adVocate will never enable r)git:„ he 'ler:
to put the rope round one Lifegtiardsman's collar' '"- tnu and
diet what it may, of those impartial Jurors, who hear Y - 0 Dint
dispute Mr. Adolphus's right of .being heard, t/.2 °73IY ;led
which you can carry, will be some such notoriety .;13iS en:i ree
acquai,ia •.
by the Ex-Sheriff Parkins • w' o dia,big's all
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with his haberdashing.succe 'sor•llt I°ll
I have nothing to add, Sir, but. my sliort Advice';, that at,
will-not call the next pack of radi,ll scims'-' nwsfer 3:1111 its
tend, " the People." That term, -.with all its foFS.S.P:
li:waning, is beyond your reach.
i am,- Sir,
&c. &c. &c.

AT• _ _..____„,....,...............,................._
a MEETING of •GENTLInIEN at the
Aux
811 t 61.4)E1
TAVERN, FLEET-STREET, on the 31st
of, r 136: - -:
atm, JOHN BLADES, Esq. in the Chair.;
on- -`'vED—That the CONDUCT of the LIFE GUARDS
au .
t,_ occasions when they have been called upon to -support
tue Civil Power, has:been distinguished' by GREAT FOR-
'eAIANCE, GOOD TEMPER, and DISCIPLINE.
That
i t in
144 7e the recent disturbances, these qualities were dis-
r nan eminent degree, although while employed in the
iiii,c plostrge of their duty, they were exposed to unmanly insults,
``• brutal assaults, on the part of the perPulace. •
That had they avail 3d themselves; to its full extent, of their
,doubted right to resort tt their weaporis in self-defente; the
veuld`4rnage of that day must have been dreadful, and great numbers
have fallen tire sacrifice ta-their just resentment;
That while their behaviour entitles them to the admiration
and BTatitude Of the Public, they have, on the contrary, been
did misrepresented, maliciously, libelled, and almost
m.al-cd those leg
t al privileges, which, as Englishmen, they have
That right to enjoy in common with all their countrymen.
it appears from undoubted eVidence, that not less than
tilittY-seven of the detachment employed on the 14th of August,
*ere bye wounded, and were placed under the Surgeon's care,
tfloi
• an; three had their limbs fractured.
,:That to manifest the sense•which is entertained by the loyal
.Peaceable part of the communi of the Merit d value of
s,,lt services, a Public Subscriptionty Abe opened to arnemunerate
tile `4l°l the Military as suffered bodily injury by the attack of
.1,, Tulare the 14th of August.
Lat
after
corni a sufficient compensation, •in the opinion of the
bodily
k
, ;,, ' has been made to the soldiers who have sustained
i jurrin the late DisturbanCei, the surplus of the'rno-
4eY raised I.
4'41 he
ginaent given to the Begin-rent-11l Fund of the Ist
-•v
.441 T V Guards, instituted the the comfort of the
kirates of__
and their-families-
the following
tail:that
Gentlemen be appointed to act as a Com-
-1) ft' t° apply the Subscriptions according to the preceding
esolution with
jou, ' s power to add to their number :
J 4.1 BLADEs, Esq.
HENRY
.DOBBS, Esq.
"4
S JACXs, Esq.
J. G. ,
WAL. STRICKLAND, Esq.
li RENCII, Esq. AND
S4x.
GROVE PRICE, Esq. WM. BABINGTON, Esq.
. (Signed) JOHN BLADES, Chairman.
411 gust 31, 1321.
Sabs,,,.
-'Ptt°ll3 'will be received by the Treasurers, Messrs.
thettwo
h.. od, Cox, and Company, Craig's-Court, Charing-Cross( ;
ir the following Bankers, Messrs. Hammersley and Co., EJ,
pall-Inall ; Messrs. Hodsoll and Stirling, 345, Strand ; Messrs.
f-,e4td; Atackworth and- Co. 189 Fleet-street ; Sir William
;.,ortis. ,
16_ and Co. 15, Lombard
street, and George Stephen, Esq.
tclt7rarY-Secretary, 38, Broad-street Buildings: to whom all
41unications on. the subject may be addressed.

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