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, jardy tall for animadversion. The history of *pursue, he was determined to support with his lag
Arum, could not be so easily blown over as a breath the cause that had brought him to his duo-
from-Mr..Honeace Lord Ellenborough, and on 'geon. He relied upon the power of the people as a
account it was, he hoped, the Gentlemen by protection more than enough to shielcihim from the
he was surrounded would bear with him.— oppression of those by whom he had been so tyrinni-
r.)—He was a married man, and had three ca.!' visited—(Load applauees.)
living: he had buried four. He had long fler. JOHN BAGULEY (a young man of very respeete
the cause of. Parliamentary Reform, and able appearance) then came forward. He informed
thought he knew something of the subject. the Meeting that he too was one of the sufferers of
r, 1816, he attempted to address a Meeting Manchester. He would not have intruded upee the
ichester, who were called together to consider time of those around him, but for the request of the
stressed state of the country. What he said on Honourable Chairman and other Gentlemen, who
occasion happened to please the people ; and he suggested the necessity of appealing to the Public,
-swards solicited to go to Lancaster, to York • through the sufferers themselves. The Meeting
and to Staffordshire, in order to assist at Meet- would then gram him their attention, while, as briefly
whiclr were called for similar purposes. He as, he could, he should state the history of his arrest,l
in pursuance of the invitations ; and he 'peke examination, imprisonnient, and discharge. They,
ly his sentiments, for he had no secrets at his had all heard of the blanketing expedition, as it was
lie was not afraid of speaking the truth, al- called, but it was legally assembled for no other pur-
oh, perhaps, it was not at all times expedient to pose than that of petitioning the Prince Regent upon
thus eiplkit, truth having been, however unjustly, the state of grievances under which the people la-
-aced a libel (hear). He would now come to bound. But what was the consequence ? The mili-
cbject which was the immediate object of his tary trampled upon those who were thus met toge-
tg, namely, to state the manner in which he had they, and after using him with the utmost indignity
.persecuted. On Sunday morning, the 9th of and violence, dragged him to the New Bailey, where
in the last year, he was comfortably in bed his pockets were picked, and he was treated worse-
), when he was alarmed by a loud knocking at than a brute. Thirty pound weight of iron war put
,loon Onlooking out of his window, he perceived upon him—(cries of Shame o—and the Constable
Ire men, whose appearance and behaviour were told him, when he asked for his travelling cap, pre-
illy discreditable. - They could with difficulty be paratory to his journey to London, where he was
naded to wait until his wife had dressed herself, ordered to be conveyed, that he would perhapi have.
seder to let them in. They refused to tell who a black cap in a very short time—( Shame ! ) Upon
were or what their business was, contenting being brought before the Privy Council, where he,
aches with vociferating " open the door r-1 expected that all the evidence would be assemble
WIS now about to mike a statement which he saw Lord Sidmouth at the head of the table, sit-
•be thought singular, but as he said before ting with the gravity of a Bishop ; and was informed
I no secrets, and would openly tell the truth. by him that he was sorry to commit so young a man,
had said he was a married man, and to but he was obliged to do so for no less a crime than
his wife, who became alarmed at the des- High Treason—(Laughter, and cries of Shame). And
• by which the house was surrounded, he at- on being asked what the evidence consisted of,, his
.to .make his escape. He however knew he Lordship replied, after a pause, " That is confiden-
no hope of success, but he was willing to give tiaL*--[The same expression of disgust and ridicule
to the wishes of one who was naturally dear to was here givenl—Nothing more happened at the
He got upon a wall, intending to jump into an Privy Council, .but the comfortable assurance that
ig yard, in which he saw a neighbour of his, he should have solitary confinement. From this
would no doubt have willingly given him lodg- precioas examination he was conveyed to Horse-
to hold him secure against the nett morning— monger-lane Gaol, and secured fast in the room
iter).—The man called out, " You d—d ras- formerly occupied by Colonel Despard. In that
if you jump over, I'll blow your brains out."— abode, where the Governor, who acted with the
did jump over, in spite of his threat, and was greatest humanity, as he felt bound to state, reluc-
oediately seized by two persons, one taking. each toady put upon him the irons, and expressed his deep,
:of his coat collar, while a third seized him by regret that his orders excluded all frieods. From
throat From Joseph •Naden, the deputy con- the 16th of March till the 10th of April, he did not
Sle of Manchester, he had received the most bru- ppll off his clothes, for the irons rendered so neces-
atment, who, in order to spew his avidity fat iary a change impossible--(Cries of shame, Jimmie*
service to which he was destined, behaved in the hornlle I) At this period came a Government Offiefle/
ruffianly manner, and exclaimed, " You a— (Mr. Proudman) accompanied by a Bow-street rin-
ig thief, we have got you safe at last.",—They I net, who told him he must go to the country. The
re-tonducted him to his house, ransacked his irons were then taken off, and he (Mr. Baguley.)
- tins

and took every thing which could, or could
excite suspicion. Among other things they took
Volney's Rains, which was under lock and key,
therefore the more likely to excite suspicion. He
--quentlytionducted to the New Prison, where,
two days, he was confined under circumstances of
• hardship and cruelty, being kept upon the gaol
of half a small loaf of coarse bread, a bit
cheese which it was scandalous to offer to any
(Cries of" Shame r)--Was this, he would ask,
lent that ought to be endured by the sons of
and of England ?—(Cries of " Ne.")-2They
tßritons never will be slaves." but •
they should change their note, and
" Britonsever will be slaves"—(Loud cheers).—
was not an individual cause—it was the cause of
:ple and in his persou the people suffered. On
uesday following, be was taken from the New
in order to be conveyed to London, previous
rich attempts were made to force irons on his'
on which he wore boots, such as were used
the worst of felons. This effort, which was
*,—the aforesaid deputy constable, gave him the
pain, and it was with the utmost reluctance
'allowed him to send to his house for a pair
While the shoes were gone for, Nalden, to
no doubt, his,employers, again tried to fix the
his boots, but without success. At length
shoes were brought, and he was chained to a fel-
sufferer ;he travelled to London. On his ar-
he was conducted to Coldbatb-fields prison?
he spent his first night la an infirmary, con-
eight beds, seven of which werenCanPied'il
_ring under disease or : To pe
,vil his.clue—aext day, ltdr. Adkins, the Bturer-
of the prison, gave himesenfortable bedding..
the 15th of March, he wet taken to the Office of
sesretary of State, where he underwent a sort
4,ation. He then made one request to the
f of State,.which was, that as ••he had some
living in and near London, he might be con-
if that he was to -be confined, near that place.—
Sidmouth promised him faithfully his request
be granted; to shew how much his Lordship
to be believed, however, he had only to state,
on the 10th of April he was again handcuffed
brother sufferer, and carried to Dorchester, &ohs
on the 28th of the same month, he was car.
in like manner to Exeter Castle--(Shame, shawl)
it was but justice to say, that Mr. Brown, the
of
.that place, behaved towards him with the
. humanity, lamenting only that he had not
means of making him more comfortable. He
only to add, when he left the gaol, Mr. Brown
hirn 121. to bear his expenses home—(d voice
'tinted, a He'll soon be discharged.")—He re-
• that he had not, like the Evans's and Ben-
refused to bind himself to make his appearance.
then briefly stated the manner in which he was
in the Court of King's Bench, and informed
company, that finding there appeared to be no
- business for him, he sent a note to the Attor-
reneral the day after his liberation, directi
;thy Gentleman to the Swan with Two Necks,
lane, if he should have any occasion for the pre,
of the ill-treated Johnston, or those who -
companionsin suffering—(Laughter..) He sow
ed leave to thank the Honourable Chaim:
Folkestone, Lord Cochrane, and the othat
Is of the country who sat in the House
mons, for having compelled the Attorney Gem,
to do his duty, by discharging the recognizance
ether an event which would not have beta
gist about but for compulsion—(loudapplause)--
ao man could say the At orney General w. .
done so of his own accord. Whatever mig
' mosequence of the line of Conduct he sho

- felt
as ire *as in a balloon—hot-in the midst-of t. de.
lightful sensation, the execrable runner caught 144
by the, wrists and told him the hand-cuffs must go to
work. This was with horror refused by the speaker,
who, however, was bound by leg to another, and
thus sent off to Gloucester gaol, where he was treated
in the most inhuman manner by the keeper, a wretch
named Newton, and compelled to bathe in a cistern
of cold water, -om which an illness-proceeded which
confined him to the -hospital, where he was stare-;
fused a visit from a human being. He applied to
'Justice Baker for a person to attend him and make

ter),--Re concluded by observing, that with regard
to Rsibrni, his Akjiety's Ministers- had, by their pro-
ceedings, made the people of Manchester ten thou-
sand times more than they were before, and
as far as his feeble powers went, he would on his re-
turn do every thing to promote it, as far as it could
be constitutionally done, for she people of that county
would go as far as any independent people would go,
as long as they thought they were tinder the protec-
tion and shelter of good Wien--(Loud applanse).
The Rev.. Mr. DRAM, denied that there was at
the period alluded to, any necessity for the suspen-
sion of the Habeas Corpus Act ; indeed there never
was a time which authorised the introduction of the
measures resorted to by Ministers, and the Green Bag
Committee.
Mr. Jazlits said, his principal object in rising was
to propose that a word inserted in one of the Resolu-
tions might be left out, for the purpose of substituting
another. It was proposed to the Meeting in one of
the Resolutions, to declare that they viewed with
alarm the suspension of the Habeas Corpus. He
would not consent to a declaration that they could
view with alarm any measure that could be adopted
by so feeble an Administration as the present—(Ap-
p&ttses.)—He should wish, therefore, that the word
alarm might be struck out, for the purpose of insett-
ing, that they viewed with indignation such a mea-
sure. He would beg leave also to offer another Re-
solution for their acceptance. They had all heard with
horrqr the-plain unvarnished tale told by the persons
who had that day stated their case. He was desirous
that a specific Resolution might go forth indicative of
tfinahlwarenee in which they held the practice of ma.
!fading human beings like cattle going to a fair.—
The immortal Sterne had drawn a heart-reading
picture of the miseries of solitary confinement ; but
how greatly was it aggravated by the additional
cruelty of loadit a prisoner with heavy irons!—
Englishmen haili•iong boasted they were fiee,dand
were they now to submit to be manacled like wild
beasts, or cattle sent to a market?
-.Was it possible
for any man to hear the piteous, tale told by the in-
jured, insulted, oppressed individuals, irlio had just
addressed them, without feelings of disgust and in-
ward horror, especially considering that they had
been tent from society, shackled like dogs, not like
Inman beings, and immured in dungeons, on pre-
tences far which it would be almost a crime to brush
a-fly from the table? (Loud and rippeated cheering.)
An Englishman's heart burned with virtuous indig-
nation when he thought on such horrid barbarines
being used, inctiebrisidered the 'quarter whence such
barbarities' We4e"lnfitoted—(Cheers4 i 0/I.t the present
moment,• it was the duty of the rational friends of
reform so adhere together, notwithstanding the base
insidious attemi!ts,x9ade use of to divide them. They
had in that char a reformer—a man who had stea-
dily through life advocated the 'cause of humanity,
and the principles bf the Constitutieti—lClreering.)--.-
The name of Sir Francis Burdett was•justly,revered;
and not more than due, for he was the unbiassed,
unprejudiced, inflexible patriot. (Cheers.) sir tr.!-
cis did his duty, and he acted not from the base mo-
tive of seeking a short lived popularity, for on the
contrary, amidst odium the most unwarrantable and

he persevered-to discharge his duty as
triot. 4CAecrs,) Never could Britain
me disinterested patriot, never was there
so boldly and ntitrfnlly sconied'the as-
cast an bis &incur, whether thaw OW-

d jasdY call fi
. „glings cool
ib frusulfi../b
account it is
.m he was sun
o—He0—He was
" , living :hi
pleated the cau
.ore thought
October, 1816,1
ikachester, wh
distressed state
occasion happ
afterwards soli
, and to Staff°
which were
in pursuance
dly his seutime
Ile was nc
, perhaps, it
thus up/kit, tn
ounced a libel
Elbject which
'ng, namely, to
persecuted.
ch, in the last
eep, when he w:
door. Onlooki
lye men, whoa
wally discreditals
ailed to wait
order to let the
y were or wh:
res with
was now abo
tht be thought
lad no secrets
'e had said 1
his wife, s
.oes by whicl
,pled to ,make
no hope of s
y to the wishes
He got ups
,icing yard,.
. would no dc
to hold him
es')..-The
if you jump
did jump OVI
ediately seize
of bis coat cc
throat From
.le of Manches
treatment, wh,
service to whit
ruffianly m:
coring thief, stn
re-tonducted
rs, and took
excite suspicic
ay Volney s Rai
therefore the I
subsequently*
two das, be w
hardship and
owance of half
cheese which ii
• ries of"
anent that ou,
.... and of Er
swere allowed,
g. " Britons etc
was not an inc
people, and in
, Tuesday folios
• ey, in order t
which attempt
on which h
the worst c
. by-the afore
. • pain, and
was allowed
, - While 1
- -• no doisbt,l
; on his boot:
t shoes were bn
$ sufferer ; he
Is lie was co
he spent h
.ing eight beds
s sons labouring
e devil his.clue-
k of the prison
the 15th of N
swaetary of
• lamination.
retarT of Stat
nas living in
• if that he w
d Sidmouth
• ld be grante.
s to be belies
• on the 10th
• brother suffe
ence, on the 2
in like mann
3 e it was but
ler of
.that I
• oat humanity
means of n
y • only to add,
a e him 121. to
exclaimed, a
✓ tad that he
r. refused to 1)
e then briefly 1
o ed in the Co
A company, th,
er business f
~, I-General the
A trodh,y Gent
g lane, lf he 51
.ce of the
companions i
• :ged leave to
d Folkestone
ds of the c
tN morons, for ha
to do his duty
,ether ; an e
0, ght about bt
no man coul
e done so of
the coasequen