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cers (three or four in number) then went up stairs,
showing, however., no staffs or warrant. One of
them said to Sloane, " I am sorry to say we must
seize your guns." Lavender, the head police-officer,
was-not there then, but he soon afterwards came in
with two or three officers. Up stairs Lavender in-
terrogated Sloane, as to where he was going with
the guns. Sloane replied, "I am going to sell them
in the town, if I can ; if not by private contract—by
auction." Lavender said, " Where did you buy
them ?" Sloane answered, "In Birmingham." La-
vender asked for the invoices of the makers. Sloane
showed them, and Lavender retired, the Irishman
concluding that he had satisfied his curiosity and ap-
prehensions.
On Tuesday night, about ten o'clock, Lavender
and four or five police-officers came again to the
Flying Horse, went up stairs, searched every room
in the house, turned up the beds, and seized all the
guns.
The officers took the guns away in a coach to the
police-office. On the following morning they told
Sloane, that Mr. Redfern, the head-officer and pri.
son-keeper of Birmingham, must " give a character"
of himself arid M'Anulty before they could give the
guns up. On his arrival at home, he immediately
applied to Mr. Redfern, who forthwith wrote down
to Manchester to Lavender to report the good
character of the traders. On applying subse-
quently for the guns, Lavender admitted
that he had received a satisfactory letter and
character from Mr. Redfern, but put several ques-
tions to M'Anulty, whether the gluts in fact were
not intended for Ireland, which M'Anulty answered
in the negative. The guns were then giver. up to
him by Lavender, but he was obliged to remove
them at his own expense from the police-office to
his lodgings. The Irish dealers have wasted nearly
a month's time and personal expellee, incurring a
loss together of :30/., besides the guns still continu-
ing on hand.
The time wa-, when it was the high privilege and
duty of our countrymen to be armed. Now the
possession and removal of arms, even of fowling-
pieces and fire-irons, is matter of suspicion and op-
pression. The statute-book restricts the possession
and import of arms as respects Ireland, but neither
the 3d Goorge IV. cap. 4, nor any other statute,
authorizes the seizure of any arms, but by warrant
granted to information on oath. Is such a docu-
ment in existence at Manchester as a warrant for
this extraordinary transaction ? And cannot the
Irishmen maintain an action for assault and damages?