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London, England, 1819-12-01 00:00:00

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that of their own Creation.
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Ord. MA NCHES--y-e-- TER. NO i'EMREP
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ce. PRIVATE LETTER.
dis- "By the Public Papers you will have seen
of.HI
announcement of Mr. COEBETT'S intention to .
[Mi. Manchester. His arrival was fixed
to take place -ell
wn- twelve O'clock this day. As early as ten a' . c
considerable numbers of persons moved along *in , 'l'
Salford road to meet him, and form the pros..'
by which he was to be accompanied into town. I
the same time bills were posted about the streets,
1, as order of the Boroughreeve and Constables, oa ; V
the •
mg the peaceable and well-disposed inhabitants ' t
per- abstain from joining the assemblage, and to , t
their children and servants as much as po, •c
within doors. The Special Constables were }
called out, and the Military were uncles' arms.
:31- the time at which Mr. Coaster's arrival was
dpetted drew near, the military arrangements as . •
a more threatening aspect. A troop of the 1
" sor Hussars, a large body of Infantry, and (I . : w
seir Two FIELD PIECES were stationed close to the ,
Bailey, by which Mr. Cosazrz was expected (
eed
pass. Other bodies of soldiery were posted in .: 1
quarters of the town, and, I am told, two field-p•
in Messrs. Plczaosuis waggon-yard, where the ,
many were concealed in the early part of the f ;
noon on the never-to-be-forgotten 16th of Aug 1
and two more in George Leigh-street, where
dinner of Mr. COBEETT'S friends was announcec
• take place. These formidable preparations seen
to announce that desperate measures were in ap
tion. On passing the New Bailey, about ties
o'clock, I met a friend, who saidt , They surer. ,
not mean to use violence towards the people? I • •
plied, , I do not knoir, I thought they would not
the 16th of August. Now, therefore, I have no , 1
fidence in their conduct.' Mr. Cosner?, lu,
stand, last night slept at Irlam, a place about
sto
he miles hence, on the -road to Liverpool, and , I
sat horses were put to the chaise in which he meant ,
le, proceed to this towns when a Beadle arrived with ,
to letter from the Boroughreeve and Constables,
A 4 which he requested an answer, wherein, I underst
we they said in effect, that 'as his entry in proc ' •
of into Manchester would collect a great crowd,
" cause great disturbance, they should not pease it
Kit take place ; and that if he attempted a public en .
of they should feel it their _duty to INTERFERE.
be Coati/ITT infornled the messenger that , no ans
at-
was necessary; but as his own opinion coinci,
to
with the- judgment of his friends, that the nun
pled military preparations made proved what sort
ng
b ' INTERFERENCE' was contemplated, he deemed
nd y
most prudent to return to Warrington, whence, I •
to derstand, he proceeds, probably this evening, to
,•
me ion. He has, however, lam told, written an an
to the Boronghreeve and Constables, which will k
,ris
published to-morrow, wherein he says, ,Wn 4
es,
in,
KNOW WHAT YOUR INTERFERENCE MEANS. The tic.
ns, however, is fast coming, when I shall not depend*
le- your pleasure for permission to enter Manchester:
ea- " Upon the circumstances I have narrated,lken
nd not how•to comment. It is a thing, I apprehet
tan unexampled in our history, that an array of hti
fe. and foot and cannon should be made to oppose:2:
icy ..entry of an English Citizen into an English ton
ii? Nor do 1 know by what law, by what authority, tbest
alarming manifestations can be justified? 'll3
of question does not involve the personal or politic.4l
he character of Mr. CoaaaTT, but the Rights of ever!
British subject. Upon the prudence too of thus sty
rn
diously adding to the irritation which unfortunatO
prevails amongst the populace, most people will inn
'e- doubts, for surely, however strenuously we ought to
Id visit any attempt on their Oft to violate the luwore.
aas ..„.. ought carefully to abstain from any act which ca
afford them just ground far complaint, still coca
it r
orom any which may tend to goad them to ?nf
ir breach of the public peace. `
he " Upon the whole, it is my decided opinion, bow•
re ever dreadful the idea may be, that hail Mr. CC*
o-
SETT persevered in his intention of making a pnbll
1 entry into Manchester, THE TRAGEDY Or PETERLO4
I WOULD HAVE BEEN RE-ACTED. Mr. COBBETT said,
10 hishould never forgive himself if he were, howere:
sr unintentionally, the cause of blood being spilt."
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Yesterday being St. Andrew's Day, the Governor,
so
Friends; and Benefactors of the Scottish Hospital, n
e. Crane-court, dined together at the City of Load( 1
p Tavern, the Duke of Ctitaanca in the Chair. Aftt
kg the cloth was removed, and the usual loyal toas•s
b_ given, his Royal Highness rose, and, in animated
S terms, alluded to the praiseworthy object of the Se•
la
ciety, to relieve the distresies of their poor fe1113%,
'tb subjeCts and countrymen. His Royal Highness sne-
le nuously solicited the aid of the humane and beneror
*, 'cam in behalf of-the Institution, the calls on which,
id he olssetved, had lately far out-run its means. 11l
!It
Royal Highness concluded with giving ~ Success to
Scottish
d the Corporation.”—Other toasts followed,
with some excellent songs and glees from prof
is sional Gentlemea ; and at eleven o'clock the Royal
s. Chairman retired ; previous to which Mr. Aux% the,
it
worthy Secretary, announced that the donations 01
the evening. amounted to nearly £440, among which
11. were 20zumeas from the Duchess of CLARENCEe..•
Er The company did not finally separate till a late hour.
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