Star.
London, England, 1819-10-05 00:00:00

REFORM MEETING AT BRAMLEY.

On Friday a numerous Meeting of Reformers took
place at Bromley, about four miles from Leeds ;
which, notwithstanding a very heavy rain, was nu-
merously attended. We have obtained a correct
RePbrt of the Proceedings, which we present to our
Readers.
Around the hustings there were seventeen flags,
bearing similar inscriptions to those used at the late
Hunslet Moor Meeting. There were also two caps
of liberty displayed.
Mr. CLAPHAM, of Leeds, was called to the Chair,
and addressed the Meeting as follows—" Gentlemen,
I hope you will excuse the manner in which I attempt
to stand before you. I had no knowledge of occu-
pying the Chair; but some person must do it: there-
fore, I return you my sincere thanks for the honour
you have conferred upon me, and I hope you will
conduct yourselves in a peaceable and manly man-
lier, during the Meeting." Mr. C. then read the
Requisition, after which he continued:—" Gentle-
men, the business of the Meeting is now open, and
if there is any Gentleman amongst you who has an
intention to come forward, and deliver his sentiments
on the occasion, he will be gladly received."
Mr. Mirculua..—Gentlemen' I am requested by
your Committee to read the Resolutions, which I
shall do, leaving it with you to move and second, or
act as you approve. I appear as a stranger (though
not altogether so, as I have spent the principal part
of my life within a few miles of this place,) ando
therefore, did not intend to tale up much of your
time to-day ; but individuals being caUed away on
business of greater importance to the Country, to
the protracted Inquest at Oldham—an Inquest that
would have been decided in two hours, had our
enemies been likely to have got a verdict that would
have suited their own purpose, I will endeavour to fill
their place as well as I can. Gentlemen, we are ar-
rived at a period, when a great number of individuals
see they must come forward, or we shall sink into a
Despotism from which we need never expect to
emerge. Hence the strenuous efforts which are making
to get an honest verdict from the Inquest at Old.
ham ; and surely no one can be surprised at these
efforts, when he sees how the doors of justice were
closed against the injured at Lancaster; how the
ground on which a Bill was found on one day,
against one individual for perjury, was not sufficient
on another, though supported by the same evidence,
against others who had sworn to the same fact, thus
verifying the old assertion, 6 what is law in the fore-
noon, is not in the afternoon.' Gentlemen, this was
not all, for every charge preferred to the Grand Jury
against the murderers of the 16th of August was
considered frivolous and vexatious, and too trifling
to find true Bills upon. I saw individuals who were
examined before the Grand Jury, who were (as they
said) laughed at and ridiculed , and one woman, who
had her infant child much cut, and herself wounded,
was tauntingly asked the question, if she had not
done it herself ?—( Cries of shame, shame.) Yes! and
a shame it was, for though oppression might compel
a mother to seek her own destruction, there is not
one Englishwoman, I feel satisfied, who would
mangle her own infant. - The conduct of this Grand
Jury has forced our friends to take our enemies on
another ground ; and it is from this circumstance,
that you are deprived of the Speakers who would
have been here, which, together, will prove my apo-
logy for now being called forward to read the Reso-
lutions, which are as fellow:—

Resolved, let, That distress and human suffering press so
heavily upon the, inhabitants of this town and part of our
country, that life, embittered by the cries of our children for
bread, and the general wants of our friends and fellow-creatures,
in the place of being enjoyed u the greatest blessing Gon has
given to man, is become a barthen, and, is many instances, al-
most a torment, to its possessor.
2. That though unacquainted with the mysterious science of
politics—seeing that we are blessed with a land which furnishes
abundantly every ingredient calculated to contribute to the com-
fort of man, and knowing that we are a people famed for our
usefulness, industry, and prowess, we cannot behold, on the one
hand, abundant harvests, and granaries and storehouses of all
kinds groaning beneath the pressure of the products of Peovi-
DENCI and industry—and see on the other hand, our infants and
aged perishing by hunger and nakedness: nor witness one set of
men rolling In splendour, vitiating and destroying themselves in
the lap of luxury and sensuality, while another body of the
community, a far more useful and virtuous race, are crowding
the gaols and poor-houses, and filling the streets with prosti-
tutes, and the prisons with delinquents and thieves, without
concluding that there is something radically defective in the
management of the affairs of the nation, and wfiich calls loudly
for investigation, improvement, and reform.
3. That this Meeting is quite unable to discover anx use that
that establishment, called Government, can be of to a-People:,
unless it secures to those who discharge the .moral duties and
civil obligations, each individual owes to his fellow and to so.
ciety, the full enjoyment or disposal of the fruits of his own
labour ; and we hold it as our opinion, that when a Government
drains the labourers of their earnings, to feed and pamper the
voluptuous, to oppress and punish the useful and virtuous, to
aggrandize and reward the most immoral, vicious, and depraved
of miscreants, it is no longer a duty, but an act of policy and pru-
dence, for any individual not to conform or bow to such misrukt.
1. That, as a people, we are grievously burthened with taxes,
paying impost upon almost every necessary of life, and afflicted
and scourged with Corn, Combination, and such like iniquitous
Laws, made by men who call themselves Representatives of the
People, but whom we have no share of electing; therefore, we
call upon our Prince, in the name of the regard he has for the
peace and happiness of the House of Brunswick (seeing that le
holds in his hands the power of discharging the persons, alike
the of the royal ear, the .. of the Throne, and
the , ..... and of the people) to Make

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common cause with us, the people, against our common enemy,
the devourers of- the poor man's bread, and intreat hint to fly
from the descendants of the betrayers of Charles and James,
ere the people, having lost sight of his good-nattired and amicable
qualities be compelled to • • • • • •
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5. That the Moeting with abhorrence and Indignation,
the outrage and wanton cruelties committed at Manchester,
inflicted on a Famishing People while legally assembled in Pub-
lic Meeting on the 16th August Inn, to consult on and agree to
a remedy for the grievous ills they were enduring ; anal cannot
but conclude, Sum the unprovoked nature of the theft
and there committed, and the evident refusal of the legal Autho-
rities to afford redress to the injured Men, Women, and Chil-
dren,_ who were sabred and otherwise cruelly treated on the
above never-to-be-forgotten day ; and also in the continued strife
to pervert justice, to the screening of the vilest of human
butcheries, that there is manifest a design in the oppressors to
goad the People to violence or Re►olution, that they may sweep
off that superabundant population so much complained of in the
blalthusian doctrines, and which a wise Legislature has kindly
furnished some money for transporting to foreign climes.
6. That this Meeting high!), qproves of the 12th Resolutioa
in the series passed at the Leeds Meeting, reconur.ending the
Nation to appoint guardians to act for the People in their re-
spective Districts. Stc. and deans It the more adviseable that this
step should be taken speedily, -seeing that all Petitions for Re-
dress of Grievances are
the Monarch by • • • • • • and do resolve to give thi,t mea-
sure our utmost imp/tort. confident of the wheleionae and good
tendency it will be of to our Country at large, Upon like tho.e

recommended, be chosen by the People, and the measure early
put in practice.
7. That the conduct of Henry Hunt, Esq. throughout his
public life, and more especially previous and subsequent to the
Meeting f the 16th of August, 1819, at Manchester, is such as
deserves the praise and thanks pf all true friends to rational
freedom, and demands that our sincerest pledges of support be
given him, both in person and in purse to enable hiln to seek
and obtain justice for the injuries he and our friends had in-
dicted on them on that day.
8. That a Subscription be immediately entered into for the
purpose of enabling Mr. Hunt and the other our injured and
aggrieved friends and advocates, to bring to justice those Magi-
strates and Yeomanry of Manchester and of other places, who
so wantonly violated the best Rights of the People and the Laws
of the Land, in massacreing unoSending Men, Women, and
Children, at Manchester, on the 16th of August, 1819, when hi
Public Meeting assembled to discuss and devise the most legal
means of redress for the afflictions they were writhing under.
9. That this Meeting consider it due to their excellent friend
and champion, H. Hunt, Esq. and mein to principle, to abstain
from all Taxed Liquors, Ale, Tea, Tobacco, &c. and du now
,make a solemn declaration, and resolve to give up using all
kinds of taxed articles and commodities to the utmost of their
power, till justice be done to our injured friends and fellow-
creatures, the victims of the 16th of August last, and a Radical
Reform obtained. _ _

10. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Sir Chutes
Wolseley, R•rt. for the patriotism, humanity, and firmness, he
displayed at Lancaster, in braving the Corruptionists then in
that town—in solacing our injured friends, and particularly for
' hie manly determination not to leave the place till he saw all
that wens incarcerated for charges of the memorable loth, libe-
rated ou bail; and that our warmest Thanks be also given to
the rest of the patriotic Gentlemen who so cheerfully came for-
ward to tender and give bail on that occasion.
11. That the Thanks of this Sleeting be given to Mr. C.
Pearson, Mr. Harmer, and Mr. Denison, Solicitors, of London
and Liverpool., for the greet services they have rendered to the
People's cause, in their efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators
of the horrid acts of the 16th ult.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to our venera-
ble father, Major Cartwright, and to William Cobbett, Eaqr.
for the valuable services they continue to render to our cause,
with our warmest wishes to the latter patriot that be should
again return to the bosom of his country.
13. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. Carlile,
Mr. Wooler, Mr. Wroe, of Manchester, and all other advocates
of Radical teform.
14. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. John
Haley, the owner of this field, for his kindness in suffering us to
meet here this day.
IS. This the Thanks of this Meeting be gives to the Chair-
man for his able conduct in the Chair.

The Resolutions were all carried unanimously, the
14th with three cheers, and the 15th with three
times three.
The Bth was not carried into effect owing to the
rain, which fell in torrents.

Mr. JAssits MANN, of Leeds.—" Friends and Fel-
low-Countrymen, it was not my intention to have
addressed this Meeting, but Ending a number of our
friends absent, I come forward to deliver thy opinion.
Gentlemen, we are all convinced tat great distress
prevails in our country, and that op festive taxation
is the cause of this distress; and to what purposes
are the taxes applied which are taken from the pro-
duce of your industry ? Are they applied for the
benefit bf our country ? or are they not lavishly
squandered on Courtiers, Boroughmongers, and their
dependents?—(Neer, hear.)—Had the People of
England been represented by a House of Commons
of their own choosing thirty years ago, we should
not now have to complain of those burdens which
have reduced the most industrious people on eat th
to such a state of wretchedness. Would those unjust
and murderous wars have taken place, which have
deluged the Continent of Europe with human gore,
on purpose to prevent a brave people from obtaining
liberty ?—( Cries of No, no ! )—lt is to the want of a
House of Commons to protect our rights and to pre-
serve our liberties, that we owe all the evils of which
we so justly complain. More than thirty years ago
it was declared by Sir George Saville, in his place in
Parliament, that the House of Commons was no more
the Representative of the People of England than it
was of the People of France : and if it was so cor-
rupt in the time of Sir George Saville, what would
he have said were he living at the present time, when
corruption is not only openly avowed, but vindicated ?
and for what? Because it is as notorious as the sun
at noon-day. When, then, corruption exists in so no-
torious a manner, is it not your duty to come forward
and cleanse that House of corruption ? Can you ex-
pect that a House which is so corrupt can support
or protect your rights? Gentlemen, the Reformers
have been stigmatized as claiming something that is
not their own : this is false : they claim nothing but
what our forefathers fought and bled for—nothing
but what the Constitution of our country declares to
be our birth-right ; and shall we not prove degene-
rate sons if we do not maintain these rights, to which
we have so undoubted a claim ? If I were to at-
tempt to explain the many corruptions which prevail
in almost every department of the Government of the
country, it would take up too much of your time;
but when we see 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 thousand pounds
a-year lavishly squandered upon worthless indivi-
duals, who never rendered any real services to the
country, ard who have the astonishing impudence to
say they never did any thing for it, need we wonder
at the distress which prevails in our country ?
(Cries 9f They have turned our pockets inside out I')
You must be convinced that there wants a Reform.
Were you to read the Reports of the House of Com-
mons, with respect to the Nothing-to-do Gentlemen,
you would be struck with the corruption. Numerous
are the individuals who, when asked for what they
receive their large salaries ? answer, We do rothing,
we never did any thing !' Can these things be pa-
tiently borne?—(Cries of No, no.') It depends
upon you, and you alone, whether you will suffer
them thus to **so *es* *******.—(Cries '9f We
will not.').—l am glad to see such a spirit prevailing
In our country. I knew well that, if the People of
Yorkshire were called upon to express their opinion,
they would express it in a manly manner ; and we
see Public Meetings ate taking place, not only in
this County, but in numerous others ; and we see
also, that a Meeting of this County is about to take
place, when the Whole County assembled will have
the opportunity- of expressing their abhorrence at the
barbarous outrage committed upon our urioffendin
r
fellow.countrymen at Manchester, on the 16th ult.—
Gentlemen, your Bights will there be advocated, and
1 expect you will be present to support them.—
(Loud cries 9f We will.)—More than twenty years
ago, when the Life and Fortune Men met in the
County of York, it was not their last guinea that
they wished to spend, but the last shilling of the poor
and industrious Labourer, to support war ard cor-
ruption ; but we find these Life and Fortune Men,
soon after, blocking up their windows. You were
then negligent of your own interests. You, though
rr, have as great an interest in the welfare and
ippiuess ut the country as the ptoudost Nobleman.

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neglectful of your country's v:rongs at
time.—(Loud crirs of /se, en,
The Landholder and the Merchant have
of removing the burden from their sal,
beneath raet
throe ing it upon the shoulders of thelaheeT,
lmabuostu reberarh nits, noorwhfaelrle
,not your duty to come forward and s "t
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Righte, by advocating a Radical Referee, • ,
of we will." )—I see a spirit preval
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which, if persevered in, will bring Ave a
tion of our Rights, and is not this object roe
tending for ?—(Cries of " it is.")—Mezr,
gislAtOls of our Country have declared,
the
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is the no'ile3t privilege of man; And,
is life without liberty ? Look at the slave •
giers and Turkey, and lo'ek at the k!eree4,
non to which they are reduced. And snall'i,W.
become the land of slaves ?—Enelattd, ;Eat c.„;,
an asylum for the oppressed of ad /Leon,. :
land of liberty ! Look at the situation re • ,}e
sons of America, who are fast rising to ev
people upon earth. Could not Englis: meat,
under their own vine and their own fig tree,
joy the produce of their labour, when Taz•gazee
were not so frequently coming to take Iron' ;
produce of their industry ? And is it not in,
power again to render England what it once Ras;
The reason why it is oppressed, is bee:l4l.e the
faction of Boroughmongers who traffic in out ili
Is not the West Riding of the County of I's
much entitled to send Members to Parliament a
Sarum, where there is only one house? It le
offered to be proved, at the Bar of the llot
Commons, that about 200 individuals return a
jority of Members to that Ilouse, in opposie
the free will of the People. Is there any
then that there is a hired Press to calumin
Reformers ? There is only one class of (:or
and that is, all who :ire below Nobles. Then
consider the Landholder and the Merchant at
moners, and you are Commoners also. Wlr
stigmatize you with the term lower Orders?
been frequently mentioned in the Houses
that they would badge the Paupers:—l wish
they would badge the State Paupers—(A !a;tp,
cries of" aye, aye' )—we should then see them
ought to do. But, Gentlemen, this is a scr:
ject in which we are engaged, and the only
have is this—that you will continue to act as
have begun, and that you will supra tile -
Reform with all your h cells, and m ith ali you:
There wants only a long pull, and a strong
and a pull altogether, and lietOrin will be obeli-
Mr. MITCHELL then gave a definitlen of tie
Boroughmongers, in svhich he stated Lc rd
Earl kitzwilliam, and several other Noblemen,
Boroughmongers, from several of which '
they sent Members to Parliament. :Amer
urged the propriety of forming . a Refoim
Brantley. Mr. Mitchell then informeu the
that there were a number of their femele
with a Cap of Liberty, which was intended to
been presented to the Chairman ; but h.' he
would excuse it not being presented, es tilt
so very heavy.
Mr. CLAPHAM.—it Gentlemen, Ire urn ye.
most sincete thanks for the honour ;ea havv
ferred upon me. I am sorry the weather
so unfavourable, but as it is, we must.e. so. e
hope you will all go home peaceably, quiet.
order; and remember one of the Resole: a•
have just passed. Don't go from bent to a
house, but go to your own homes"
The Meeting was then di,solved.

Lord THANE; Mr. BROUGHAM, and Mr. WA.
FIRLD, appear among the subscribers at liend.l
the Manchester sufferers.

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proceedings at Manchester.
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ings ever assembled in the Guildhall, at Tavi:::,t
in Hampshire, was held on the 27th ult. when
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.Manchester, on the 16th of August, and for tiler
lief of the surviving sufferers, was adopted.
At Bolton, there are placarded on the walls de
town, the Answer of the Constables to two Rcgtv
Lions which had been placed in their haadt. One
them desired that a Meeting might 13,2 hel., to t.
into consideration the events at Manchester ; the e!'''
desired that no such Meeting should be conrc.
The Constables. printed the two Requi,itiens, wt.
the names of the Requii,itionists, ri.ie by a
and answered, that, as the Requisition against 1.1
summoning was more numerously end er fttreda:
signed as that for the summoning of a PuhlieMeetu
they thought it their duty to comply with the Count!
Requisition, and therefore refused to hold aoyMeeti
for the purpose specified. The other party have den
mined to meet to-morrow. Bolton is only 12 no
from Manchester, and has a numerous populatios.
Saturday se:nnight a Meeting of the persons i•
netted with the Union Societies in Calton. Glaser
was held there, in a beaming-house: about
sons were present. They were addressed tly
BRAYRIIAW, from Leeds. in a speech of conilJell
length. Ile endeavoured to impress on their ma
the necessity of forming themselv,m into sand,
cieties, and of abstaining from all kinds of span,
liquors, as well as tea and sugar, and tobacco. 1
adverted to the advantage of each Reformer ac k.
reforming one; explaining that the first task of .11(
former was to reform himself. He titge,i the ri
priety of watching over each other's cu:: a:t: a:
that, as brethren, they should admonish catch.o':
not to deviate from the strictest morality, ar.dt.t..•
drunkenness, profane swearing, Sabbath•br"
or any act of riotiog, should be sufficient ca fit
expelling a Member from amongst them•
adverted to a paragraph which had at.pette:l 1n;
Edinburgh Paper, & calling hint an atheist. !h"'
a base caliimny. There wax not an in idnai..!4
Britain who was more firmly attached to the Jectt:
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,114 CHESTER, OCTOBER 3.

(Press The Meneing Chemlick.)
.d The Yeomanry a!ready identified] before the In-
among thine Active on the 16th August, are:
, Trafford, of Tr.fford ; IL li. Bleley, who is the First
spin or the Corps, and a Cotton-spinner of immense wealth,
are said to be worth 200,000/. Robert V: trp, an
72,:ii:rt; It. 1%1. Whitlow, an Attorney; James Moon, a
; Robert Barnes, Cottnn-Tinner ; Edward

iliac' Carlton, Livery Stable-keeper; ltdward Meagher, Tai•
'Trumpeter to the Corps; John &id, Publican; lid.
Vigvr C.ilito-printer, and son to one of the last I,:rzn-
„ Grand Jury; Jehn Mime, Calico-printer—{This is the
wbuwas thrown from his horse by Ms own impetuosity';
11;rints Stelmerdine, a Caravan-mau for a Dyer in Spring-
far whom he is a Substitute.

It is understood that evidence will be adduced
gJentifv about twenty mere of this celebrated corps.
;re was. I hear, a great difficulty in identifying
of them on the 16th of August, in consequence
;he singularity of their head-dress, or helmet.
Yesterday, at the Inquest upon John Lees, a
role was established, which- still more serves to
•row the inquiry; namely, that no evidence shall he
emitted which does not apply to facts immediately
a the hustings, where John Lees was proved to
:e been wounded. Hence provision is made against
Miring many of the active Yeomanry : but yet
names of several are gradually disclosed.
I think that the lilquest is likely to terminate on
eaesday or Thursday. The last day or two may
occupied by the Coroner's charge and summing
of the evidence, each of whom is yet to subscribe
Us depositions.
While occupied to-day in ring our com-
mit:l6ons for you. a Constable of name of Fit.
forted himself into the room which we occupied.
ten asked :he motive of his intrusion? he said that
came by authority of the Coroner, as he
re that an inii Toper correspondence was going on
nuong us. Soil met! at the fellow's impudence, we
aired him to withdraw ; but, in consequence of his
it lion and rudeness, we were under the necessity
thrusting him out. I subsequently complained to
Coroner, who disclaimed the conduct of his agent,
did not pronounce any censure upon him.
Meagher, the Trumpeter of the Manchester Yeo-
nry, who has been so fully identified at the Inquest
in John Lees, as one of the most active of that

allnit body in cutting and maiming the unarmed
people on the 16th of August—who was, indeed,
'iritively swore to yesterday as the person who cut
the ear of a poor woman of seventy-one years of
e—is, it appears, become quite desperate. In his
7, occasioned, perhaps, by what was disclosed in
evidence yesterday, he proceeded last night into
mblic-house with a case of pistols, which he osten-
iously exposed, declaring, in indignant language,
'resolution to shoot any one who attempted. to re-
proach him for conduct of which, as a loyal man,'
• felt particulariy proud. And I cannot pass this
idamation, which is frequently heard from hot-
headed partizans in this town, without expressing my
anishment at those who presume to abuse the high
We of loyalty, by committing the most atrocious
deeds in its name; thus imitating the conduct of Ma-
' and Robespierre, who sullied the sacred cau,e of
tits. by daring to make it a pretence for scatter- ,
desolation in France. Hut loyalty and liberty !
a disclaim and deprecate such proceedings. To j
ern to Meagher, the company in the public-house
ig very numerous, he was impelled by a cry of I
lame!' to quit it. Upon entet ing into the street, !
sas hooted at until he reached his own house.
moment he entered, be proceeded into an upper
meat, which looks into two streets, and from
time he fired several shots, two of which took ef-
This case will be brought before the New Bai-
to.morrow, and we shall see what will be the con-
t of the Magistrates, when one of their ardent
• los is the subject of accusation for a capital oft
leagher has been, I understand, for some
:we the 16th of August, in the habit cf de-
vengeance against any one Mho dared to
to, or even look at him.
" The following are communications from eye-
::,e,ses of the transaction:
Natunhy night, about half-past twelve o'clock, James Mo-
ro, labourer, 3,tinning-field, says, he was coming from
Westen's, the George and Dragon, corner of Bridge-street ;
along Dzans-g.i.e, saw a crowd opposite Queen-street, when
bard Edwani Meagher soy—' It you don't disperse I will
• " -I k looked up, and saw .;t• agher leaning out of his
a p.stol in his hand; he several times repeated,
it Tula don : dispense I will shoot you, at the lame time point-
''h pied At the people who stood around his door. Depo-
Wo: :ma..., and when he had got au far as Parliament-
he turned round to see if his brother-in-law was follow-
!kr ; on meting him, deponent went back towards the car-
G, 411,-01,treet, when Meagher, pointing the pistol at him,
'd+-'•d deponent heard the ball, or bullets, whiz past him; it
Zaicier inoou-light, and deponent Is sure, and will swear, that
14.,ghtri pointed the pistol at him. Deponent remained
could, and heard several people say Meagher had been
g sane persons about Dog Entry. Ile heard stones thrown,
U< ?her,
nle windows ; he thee heard a second pistol fired
and iu about four or five minutes a third pistol was
;, b.heves all three to have been fired by Meagher. On
.acond Fii:•4 hying tired, he saw a sailor taken away woun-
;, and h-lad him moan. This morning (Sunday) he heard
were two wounded. He went thin morning to look
mulh c lhe• balls, as he had heard the people say there
krtht them in Deans-gate. When he went to the spot
h.d been standing the night before, he saw the marks
re 66, r • -
window-shimer of a grocer's shop near
;clean.; 11,Jue.!.
•st. s deposes as follows am the brother-
: --s Mather', and was with him on the night of the
':7er• I saw Edward Meagher fire a pistol. I was stand-
queen-street ai.l Parliament-street. I saw him
:it James Mothers, and heard it go off. I then
home, and met the Watch and Ward, who were
the crowd.
; a poor woman, residing in Pleet.street, the
o• Jaseph Jones, said, that her son who is about IS
".i .1c
tturned last week from OP board a man of war,
. .-`,l been for the last ten years. She and her two sons
vs:ng thrtJgh Deans-gate, between twelve and one on
eight. IM passing the Louse of Meagh,:r, she saw a
?trams as*mbled. Her son, hearing that a man had
;tuppet.to inquire into the cause of disturbance.—
"" been standing more than a minute, when she
`-7 report (.4 a pistol, and her son exclaimed,' I am shot.'
4.
,' .111n1.111:digely taken is the Hospital, when it was found
received a ban in the &shy part of die thigh. Ile
11, .'IWaY Connected with the crowd bef we Meagher's
,j;,. ?Id he know the cause of it. The poor woman said
u,"l Children, and that all her me!' had served in the
zod 11°1; ands added she, with tears its her eyes, it is
• 4 one's children should he shot at home, after hay-
, trl tenni the dangers to which they had been exposed in
'teloitt of their country.'
4ve just seen the two men who have seen Jo-
. J'l`23 :And John Robinson, the young met. who
t.
wounded, The former through tlic thigh,

aad the latter through the fleshy part of the leg be-
hind the abide. Robinson is in no danger. The wound
of Jones is of a more serious nature, the ball having
passed close o the artery. I have also seen Mea•
gber's house—one of the windows is broken. One
of the balk fired entered the shutters of a grocer's
shop, nearly opposite Meagher's house. The hole
made by the ball is large enough to admit two of my
fingers. It is said that Meagher was taken oif.to the
bat racks, at three o'clock this morning, under the
protection of a guard of soldiers."

ANOTHER LETTF.R, S. ME DATE.
( From ti: Times. )
" 1 have just learned, with sufficient accuracy to
justify my sending an account of it, the particulars
of an outrage committed in this town last night.—
About twelve o'clock as Meagher, a trumpeter of the
Manchester Yeomanry, (who distinguished himself
at St. Peter's-field, and against whom a bill was pre-
ferred at Lancaster), was returning from a public-
house to his own home, in Deansgate, some persons
fecognized him, and cried out, "There goes one of
the bloody butchers." Irritated at this exclamation,,
Meagher drew a pistol, and threatened to shoot
any man who sh-uld dare to follow him.
" In spite of the threat, he was followed to his
own house, which he entered, and having fastened
his door, soon appeared at an upper window with
his pistols, and told the persons collected in the street,
that if they did not go away, he would fire upon
them, and immediately presented his pi'.tols. Some
stones. it is said, were then thrown, and a few panes
of glass were brAcen ; when Meagher fired, and shot
two men : a ball passed through one man's' leg, ano-
ther lodged in the thigh of the other. The wounded
men were immediately taken to the Infirmary, where,
they are now, in a feverish, but not in a dangerous
state. It is thought that they will not be able to bear
the fatigue of being removed to the New Bailey, to
prefer their complaint, for some days to come. I
have seen the bullet which was extracted from the
thigh of one of the wounded men; it is of a large
size, such as are used for horse-pistols. Meagher,
very shortly after the outrage, was forced out of his
house, and with an escort of military to protect him
against the popular indignation, was conveyed to
King-street Barracks, where he remained last night,
but was set at large this morning.
" I have stated what strikes me as the most pro-,
bable account—namely, that the windows were bro-
ken before Meagher fired ; though it is right I should
inform you, that it is also most confidently asserted
that the windows were not broken till the mob found
themselves unable to enter the house to seize Meagher
after his firing. The door of the house was not opened
till the military arrived and broke it open.
" I might easily swell this account with various
details relative to Meagher's conduct ; but as these
will come out with more accuracy at the New Bailey,
I think it fair to wait for that examination.".

ELECTION 01 Lose-MAyott.—State of the Poll
yesterday, at three o'clock :

For Alderman Suomi 2457
Alderman THORP 1732
Alderman WOOD 1715

Mr. Sheriff PARKINS then came forward, and re-
quested the multitude to keep the deepest silence, as
he understood they would now be addressed by one
of the Aldermen, to-whom he hoped they would give
a most patient hearing.
Mr. Alderman BRIDGES came forward, and the
hisses and hootings commenced as usual, without any
possibility of his being heard. The worthy Alder-
man seemed, however, to bear all the uproar with
the greatest degree of urbanity, and smiled very
much at the confusion which he saw prevailing in
the Hall. He then observed, that he saw they would
not hear him, and lie could only wish them good
day, atter thanking them for the high state in which
he was placed on the poll.
Mr. FEARoN re,re,ted that they would not allow
the last Gentleman to speak. It was due to the high
character they had already sustained, that they
should allow every one to be heard. At the same
time, the worth,. Alderman and his friends, many as
they might be, had certainly refused them the exer-
cise of their light:l; and had, on the contrary, done
every thing to uestroy the Public Liberties of the
City. Much had been said relative to the private
character of Mt. Alderman Bridges ; he had no
doubt of the excellency of that character—but the
question was, whether Mr. Alderman Bridges, a
milk-andwater man, was a proper person to act as
Lord Mayor for the year ensuing ? The blood of
the Livery had already turned cold at the conduct
of the Manchester Magistrates, and yet Alderman
Bridges was one in the Common Council to oppose
Mr. Alderman Waithman's Resolutions. In the elec-
tion of Members of Parliament for the City, the same
Alderman had acted as Chairman to the Committee
of Sir William Curtis. The worthy Gentleman then ,
attacked a Morning Paper for its general support of
Ministers, and concluded by hoping that the Livery
would recollect ;hey had the most important of all
duties to perform, via. to be faithful to themselves,
their Country, and their GoD. Mr. Hunt had
charged Mr. Alderman Bridges with having expres-
sed a wish to send the City Light Horse among the
people assembled at Spa-fields. That charge had
never been denied, and thus Mr. Alderman Bridges
must stand the charge against him as true, unlesshe
refuted
Mr. MLSGAY thought they were acting wrong in
refusing to hear every one. Alderman Bridges had
as much right to be heard as Alderman Thorp, or
even as Alderman Wood—(Disapprobation)..,-He
voted to-day for Alderman Thorp and Alderman
Wood. When he came to the poll he did not know
who the Candidates were ; but if Alderman Bridges
was a man of character, and stood next in rotation,
he saw no reason why they should not elect him !
(Applause, disapprobation, and laughter).—He called
on them, however, to persevere in the good cause,
1 and there was no doubt they would prove successful
.(Laughter, and cries—g, Mr. Eithersiaie ! Vote one
way, and speak another I")
idr. PEARSON, at considerable length, refuted se-
veral of the aspersions which had been cast on his
character by a Mr. Williams, who addressed the
fleeting on Saturday last.—At a quarter before four
tlie Sheriffs Adjourned the Meeting.
State of the Poll at One o'Cleck this day :
Alderman )kinors - - . - SES
Aldermaß•Woon - - - - IS
I Alt:mtat: Tuners -

THE ARMY:-

Lieutenant-General Frans, of the Royal Engineers.
Is arrived at Tarbez t, to inspect the fortifications rn
the Lower Shannon.
Major-General Sir FRAMINpiIAbf, who com-
mands the Royal Artillery in Ireland, arrived in Ath-
lone on Thursday se'imight.
Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir EDWARD
PAC:ET has arrived in Dublin to a,,sume the command
of the Garrison in the room of Lord Foams.

An offer havin,°, been made, through the Lord
Lieutenant of the County of Stirling, to the Secre-
tary of State, to raise a troop of Yeomanry Cavalry,
in the Parish of Kilsvth, it was accepted by. Govern-
ment, on the 11th ultimo. The trcop is called the
" Kilsyth Yeomanry Cavalry," and coasists of 45
privates :--A RCHIBALD ED:sioNstoNE, younger, of
Duntreath, Esq. is Captain.

The following singular Advertisement appears in
the Reading Paper : _

_ -
W.H. T.
Several Gentlemen having expresses' their inclination to be-
come Members of that :Troop, (to whom 1 shall ever be gratefnl
fur the honour they have done me in placing me at their head),
I am sorry to be under the unpleasant necebsity 411 informing
them, that I cannot accede to their wishes, the Troop having,
for some time, exceeded their complement ; and sincerely hope
that Government may, by comidying with the general feelings of the
Nation, not be under the disagrc,:able i 4 e..sit 41 of further augmenting
them/ (Signed) FULL AR CRAVEN,
• Captain, Vale of White Horse Yeomen.
Chelton House, 30th September, 1819.
The Earl of MAnctr, now Duke of RICHMOND, ar-
rived in town on Sunday morning, about eight o'clock,
from his seat, Malcolm, Sussex. His Grace remained
in town about an hour, and set off for the Marquis
CORNWALLIS'S seat, Suffolk.

THE LATE DUKE OP RICIIMOND.—By the Brothers,
which arrived at Cork on the Ist instant, in 25 days
from America, letters have been received which give
some particulars, not before known, respecting the
death of the late Duke of RlcrimoNn. They state
that his death was occasioned by a bite horn a fox.
received some time before. His Grace was up the
country when symptoms of hydrophobia first ap-
peared, and fell a victim to the dreadful malady
before he could be brought to Q..lebec, to which place
his remains were conveyed by a Steam-boat, where
they lay in state in the Grand Hall, on the 3d of Sep-
tember. The funeral took place with great solemnity
on the evening of the following day.
Lord GEORGE LENOX arrived in town, about ten
o'clock, on Sunday morning, from his Regiment at
Ipswich: His Lordship immediately set off for the
Marquis CORNWALLIS'S seat, Suffolk. Lord GEORGE
LENoX, it is expected, will be chosen to the Repre-
sentation of the City of Chichester, which is now
vacant by the Earl of MARCH and DARNLEY being
calledoto the House of Peers.

Lady DAcntE died. on Sunday evening, at her house,
at Wimbledon. By her Ladyship's demise, Mr.
BRAND, her son (the present Member for the County
of Herts), succeeds to the title and estates ; there is,
therefore, a vacancy for the County.
The Baronetcy of the late Sir JAMES SIDEALD has
descended to his nephew, now Sir DAVID SCOTT, one
of the Directors of the East India Company.

Lord Marown and his brother, the Honourable
Mr. LEESON, are arrived at the Clarendon Hotel,
Bond-street, from Ireland; FRANK STANDISH, Esq.
deft ditto for Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

Lord M ELBOUR NE returned to town yesterday, from
the Earl COWPER'S seat, Pansanget, Herts.
Lady LOUISA LYGON 'landed yesterday at Dover
from Calais.

Count Imtvew, the Russian Ambassador, gave a
grand entertainment on Saturday to the PRUSSIAN
AMBASSADOR and Suite, the AMBASSADOR from the
NETHERLANDS, and a large party, at his villa, Cam-',
den-place, near Chislehurst.
Fresh accounts from Quebec have been brought
by the Montreal, arrived at Falmouth. They state
that Colonel WlLsort had succeeded the late Duke of.
RICHMOND, as Governor-General of both Canadas,
being the senior Offi.:er on that station. His Ma-
jesty s ship Cyrene had arrived at Quebec from Hali-
fax, with 600,000 dollars ; also the ship Naiitilus, 42
ldays from Jamaica, with 160 troops ; ship Ocean,'
DAVIS, from ditto, with 210 troops; brig Streatham,
from Sunderland, with 85 settlers. Part of the troops
are to be disbanded at Quebec.

It is truly edifying to observe the astonishing saga-
city with which some political wiseacres penetrate
into the secret springs of ail great or remarkable
events. The French Five per Cents. were on the 21st•
September at 73fr. 15c.; on the 30th they had fallen
to 70fr. 20c. A contemporary Print of this morning,
which seems to pride itself on its daily doses of finan-
cial dreaminess, endeavours to account for the fall in
the following veracious manner Owl letters from
Paris attribute the late fall in the Funds there, to an
alarm excited by what they consider as revolutionary
movements in England. The exaggerated statements
in The Times and Chronick, as to the influence of
HUNT and his followers, have excited nn small con-
sternation, from an apprehension that, if the British
MARAT attains to power, his success will produce
imitation on the Continent !"—Monstrous ! Only
' mark how a plain tale will put the slanderer to the
blush. On the 21st September, when the Five per
Cents. were at 73fr. 15c. the Half-yearly Dividend
from the 22d of March preceding was included; on i
the 30th of September, when they had fallen to 701 r.
20c. the Dividend from the 22d of September, or
eight days' interest, was all that was included. This
is the simple explanation of that difference which the
sapient we have been quoting could not possibly ac-
count for, without conjuring up to his aid the Ghost
of the bloody MARAT, and fabricating apprehensions
which never existed—no, not even in his own trou-
bled imagination.
Yesterday Mr. CARLILE, of Fleet street, received
notice of trial from the Crown-office, to take place
on Tuesday next, at half-past nine o'clock, at Quad-
hall, for the publication of Paine's Age of Reason ;
The Deiit, or Moral Philosopher, Stc. number, in
all, five different Indictments and Ex-escios. It is
expected that his first trial, for The Age of Reason,
will occupy the whole week, if not longer. Mr. CAR-
MR has t ken out no less than thirty subpoenas for
some of the most eminent characters in this coun-
try. Both Archbishops are subpoenaed to attend.—
Notices have aiso been served upon him to attend at'
the Crovri.-offize, and reduce the Juries on Thursday.

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