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PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

PAPERS RELATIVE O
T THE INTERNAL STAT&
VIE COUNTRY.
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utoautoso Tlli CLIIiCBAPAGNNT.
• (Continued from our Paper of Yesterday.) I
Vt. The information of R. S. that some called WlOllllOl said,'
. its his hearing, when he pretended to be asleep, " that it was their
intention to rise in the night, upon the Ist day of' November,
. and that it was to he done all through the country, and they
would divide tfie property among them :" and that two persons
told him, 'i• thist.44 blacksmith at Pickley Green was busy
making pikes." ik.This informant did not know the said per-
sons, but from theielanguage he onderstooffthat the pikes were I
to be used to kill the •Gedtlemen, and to take their property.
64. Letter from the Mayonof Newcastle, of 17th October,
giving an accoont of the riot of the keeknon at Shields, when
one man was shot by the Marines.
tiS. Letter from Mr. Norris :
Ifonckester, October 21, 1819.
Me Loin—From ere •y quarter the universal information and
opinion is, that the people are in a great measure armed, and
are continually, and as quickly as possible, and as extensively
arming and are sent
.
It is strongly surmised that pikes have been,
from Birmingham in boxes, and I have put this matter in.a
train of investigation.
I fear, also, my Lord, it is hut too true that many hundreds
of small priced pistols have been sold in this town within a very
short period, and that the lower classes are purchasing them in
great numbers.-11 have the honour to be, my Lord,
. Your Lordship's faithful humble servant,
Lord Viscount Susasoursr, &e. &c. J. NORRIS.
66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71. Examinations of T. U.—U. V.—V. X.
—X. ' Y.—Y. Z.—and ***, relative to the manufacturing of
pikes at Mellor, at Haslinden Grain, and at Rawtenstali, last
month, as then stated in the STAIt.
72. Letter Flom the Duke of Hamilton:
. Hamilton Palace, November 6, 1819.
Me Loan—l have to acknowledge your Lordship's two let-
ters of the Ist and 2d of November, on the subject of the Yeo-
manry Cavalry, and will endeavour to give every effect to the
same ; your Lordship holding always in view what I before said
of the great difficulty attending it. To the natural difficulty at-
tached to the situation of the Farmer, Ste. in this country, there
appears now a novel one, pioceedingfrom the alarm excited by
those who compose the various and numerous Meetings in this
district of country.
In regard to the general state of affairs, your Lordship bas
other sources of information, perhaps better than mine ; but
were I to nature to offer an opinion of my own, I should say,
that the state of men% minds is such at this moment, that the
most trifling irritation would load to disturbance; and should
any violence commence, there arc no means, nor should I be able
to counteract it.
As the Meeting of Parliament will occasion my absence from
the Country ere long, I must repeat to your Lordship, that this
neighbourhood continues in a state of extreme distress---gene-
rally in want of employment, and under a considerable degree of
agitation; all of which appear more likely to increase than di-
minish. If, therefore, your Lordship should have any particu-
lar communication to make to me, or any directions to give con-
nected with the public service in this country, I am anxious to
receive the same before my approaching departUrer which will
probably take place in about eight or ten days.
I have the honour to be, my 'Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient and most humble servant,
, . (Signed) II A MILTON and BRANDON.
To Viscount Sidmouth, &c. dcc. ice.
73. Another Letter, from the same to the same, stating, that
the Farmers, arc. required to act as Constables or Volunteers,
though disposed to do so, were deterred from it by the menaces,
e their neighbours.
74. Letter from a Deputation from the Parish of Monkland,
inclosed in the foregoing, and stating the fact alluded to.
IS. Letter from the Earl of Glasgow, to Lord Sidmouth, 9th
November, giving an account of the " Unions," and Reform
Meetings in Renfrewshire.
76. Extract of a Letter from Colonel Horton :
Habfar, November 9, 1819.
Sta—lt was expected that great numbers of persons would
from here attend the Meeting. at Huddersfield yesterday, but it
was thought sufficient to close the alehouses at eight o'clqck.
It does seem to me, however, that a most outrageous breach
of.the peace was effected last night hate. In truth. all we can
expect is, that on the next occasion. absolute plunder and the..
struction of property, and perhaps of life, will be the come-
%w-. e. This is the natural and obvious march of the spirit
dot pervades this part of the' country.
I inclose, for Lord Sidmouth's information, copies of she exa-
minations I 'have taken. It is my intention to apprehend the
parties, and if the complaint be proved, to commit them. or hold
them to bail to answer at the next ,Astizes.
To M. Hommuu., Esq. See. THOMAS HORTON.
77, 78. Depositions of a John Elderly and D. Mallensest, re-•
lative to the Huddersfield Meeting;
19. Letter from Mr. Norris:
• Mastchater,November 10, 1819.
Mr Loan—The state of this town and neighbourhood remains
much the same as when I last wrote to your Lordship. On
Sunday last, between six and eight o'clock, a pistol loaded with
ball was fired into the lodgings or sitting room of a Mr. Muuie,
who gave•evidenee before the Coroner, on the Inquest of John
Lees, as to the attack of thi mob on the Manchester Yeo nry.
On Monday night, about eleven o'clock, a pistol, load with
slugs, was fired into one of the bed-rooms of Mr. Thomas rd-
man's house, in Quapatreet ; but.fortunately, without injury;
and twp, ot three other instances of the firing of pistols, with
malicious intent. have also occurred. I mean, ultimately, to
milled the instances, on oath, for your Lordship's information.
I much fear they will Increase before the meeting of Parliament,
and most likely in a degree to cation the Legislature to interfere.
Meetings still continue to be though notthis immediate
in
neighbourhood. One was beat Wigan, about twenty miles
distant, and another at'Hudeld, distant twenty-six milt*
en Monday last, bath -large Meetings. I have the honour to be,
my Lord, your Lordship's faithful and humble servant,
Lord Viscount SIIBIOIITH, &C. J. NORRIS.
SO. Letter from Dr. Whitaker
BlaCkburn, November 10, 1819.
Mr -Loan--I have thought it expedient to transmit to your
Lordship, drawings of-different pikes, which have been seized
in• this neighbourhood, for the purpose of removing the incre-
dulity which even yet seems to prevail in some minds as to their
existence.
1 mast now request your Lordship's attention to another sub-
ject of immediate and urgent importance. . -
It is the general opinion, that the spirit of the Reformers, as
they entitle themselves, is on the decline—an opinion grounded
solely on their present quiet and silence.
I have strong reasons for thinking very differently. For, in
the first place; pikes continue to be made and circulated daily, in
different parts of the country, and with perfect impunity, as, in
consequence of former seizures, the makers will sell to none but
known friends, and will enter into no conversation with strangers
(excepting in a single instance) on the subject. I have the ho-
nour to bc, Ste. T. D. WHITAKER.
'fo Lord Viscount Sanuouve.
bl. Letter from the Earl of Damns, 11th November, giving
an account of the Wigan Reform Meeting.
gi. Letter from the Berousbreeve anti Constables of Man-
chester, of 12th November, relative to the attempt made to asses-
coate Mr. Nadir.
83. Relates to the Burnley Reform Meeting, when many of
lt? Reformers had pistols, which they fired, on their return
-.1...rne. A pike handle was taken from one of them.
at. Letter from Sir John Dyne
lam.Vrect, Member 18. 1819.
Me Loaf--I have the honour is report to your Lordship
the result of suck information as I have received in the several
journies 1 have made since I left town, and from creditable au-
thority in other places.
It appears certain that simultaneous Moir Ind boo
*greed upon to assemble en the Ist of this month, ail *mew
tle-niern-tigne, at Carlisle, at Leeds, Halifax, Iludessildikand
gamily, hi tie West Riding of Yorkshire ; at Meneleseter, Bel-
ton, Wigan, Blackbows' and Burnley, in ancashire •i at New-
-4e-soder-I.yme, at Nottingham,. at Leicester, and at Co-
I have beard other places named, but not from sock
f that I can name them la this Report : ear do I men.'
meetings in Logsdon, in ficutlend, ssd. in plow not in
:mantles composing the district In which I hold thie nail
enuaaand.
Meetings kid very lately been held in almost all the above

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