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then such continuing shall be adjudged fanny, &c.

" And the order or form of the Proclamation shall be as fol-
lows :—The Justices of the Peace, or other persons author iszcl,
• shall, among the said• rioters, or as near 'to them as ha can safely
come, with a londraice command silence, and then shall openly,
and with a loud voice make proclamation in these words, or to
the like effect :

" Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and conunandeth
all persons being assembled, imnu datelylo disperse themaelews,
and peaceably to depart to their habitations or bs nisi► lawful
busir.ess, upon the pains contained in the Act for preventing tu-
mults and riotous assemblies."—Then fviliaw the penalties.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBER ♦.
Dean SIR-I have to inform you that the Grand
Jury at Lancaster yesterday found a true Bill against
Richard Owen (upon whose oath the warrant for the
apprehension of HUNT and his coadjutors was issued)
for WILFUL AND CORRUPT PERJURY. I have not yet
heard the particular statements in which the perjury
consists, but the fact is beyond question. Bills, of
which you have below a copy, are now placarded
about the streets.

To give you a sample of the accuracy with which
the Infirmary Reports, stating that there were only
four sabre wounds among the patients there, have
been drawn up, I may state that a friend of mine, a
few days ago, had an opportunity of seeing John
Mellard, a master earthenware manufacturer, of
Barslem, who was in town on the Ifitli of August,
and attended the Meeting from curiosity. In the In-1
firmary Report he is called John Mellor, and his case
is stated to be " slight." This slight case is a sabre-
cut, a little below the elbow, received in protecting his
head, which has divided one bone of the arm, if not
both, and also another deep sabre-cut near the wrist,
similarly received. Not a word is said in the Report
about his being at all hurt by a sabre. This one case
is sufficient to destroy all reliance upon the state-
ments of Brownhill and Hutton, if it does not prove
premeditated deception. I am also informed that
Mellard was advited not to report his case. at the Ob-
server Office, where they are collecting the names and
numbers of the wounded:

' ANOTHER CORONER'S INQUEST.
in.Viy!hgtllpritioned that a person who was cut
• 1:4 4* . the Infirmary : he was from
Saddlow9pih his nailleovea Davfeon, and the Inquest
• upon his:body emateld.‘visier ; application saving
been tinineeisdellf made, :bip.ble. Pearson to have.
h ikiWoried 10g.V4i4); hp. order to enable him
to be present, is he ithesideZ; mat 6MR I

Lancaster on purpose. A Gentleman who was in
the room began taking notes of the proceedings.—
This was objected to by the Coroxer.
The first witness was -Mr. James Ainsworth, the
urgeon um* whose care, at the Infirmary, the elts,
ceased had been. He proved that the " deceased.
had died in consequence 2f a wound given b' a sake
or other sharp instrunsesa."
The next witness was John Longweeth, a Special
Constable. He stated, that he attended, along with
others, at the Meeting held at St. Peter's Fields, on
Monday, the 16th August : was there between ten
and. eleven o'clock, ilium he law several hundred
people collected together, and others coming with
flags, caps of liberty, and music, and many others
having neither flags, caps, nor music. In answer to
a question upon that subject, witness said, that " he
supposed there were 80 or 90,000 persons present."
Observation by a Juryman :—" Do yon think there
were so massy ? I have heard several people say
about 40 or 50,000." Witness resumed...." About
oust o'clock saw the Rev. C. W. Etbelston standing On
the if", af Mrs Atom's house, where the Magistrates
were, readiaja paper, bat could not hear what At
said; and in Aso= ; nevem minims after, saw
tie Manchester .Y.soesaary dispersing the peopie."—
The same Juryman who spoke before, now said,
" so soon 7' to which the witness, after a pause, re-
plied, " h.IIOEIT XI \RALF AN 110 Ore A Gentle-
man present here observed, he thought it would be
the fairest way to let the witness state all he knew,'
;without interruption; but this proposal did not seem
to please. The witness said he saw the Yeomanry
Cavalry and constables striking the people, but could
not say he saw any of the Yeomanry strike with the
edge of their swords r though I should think this
man's death a tolerably convincing proof that they
did so.

As far as I have heard and believe, this is the sub-
stance of the whole evidence. It was never even at-
tempted to be proved that poor Dawson had ever
been near the Meeting. About this time, the Gen..
tleman whose account of the proceedings has beak
communicated to me, was ordered out of the room
for the Jury to consider their verdict. Soon after-
wards the Coroner also came out of the room, and
whilst he was out, Mr. JONATIIAV ANDREW, one of
the Constables, came with the compliments of the
Rev. C. W. ETIIELSTON, to say, that, if necessary, he'
would attend, and take his oath he read the Riot slab
The Coroner said, it was not necessary, as name'
upon that subject was already gixen!!!
After consulting about half an hour, the Jury re-
turned the following verdict, viz.—" That the de-
ceased died in consequence of a Wound received on Me.
head on the 16th instant, in the Parish of Manchester,
inflicted by the Cut of a Sabre or other sharp in..
strument."

It must strike the most careless observer tha
is NO VIRDICT AT ALL. The cause of the

tbis

death was palpable aid notorious ; and the Coroner's
duty was to inquire by whom or under what circuits-
.,.tances, the wound was given ? Whether there was
ANY JUSTIFICATION for it ? or whether the person by
whom it was inflicted was 'not guilty of Wurtn.
Muansta? In the absence of all proof of any riot
having taken place, or even of the reading the Pro-
clamation for dispersing, I maintain there can be no
doubt that he was. It is, therefore, impossible that
the business can rest where it is. Further proceed-
ings will no doubt be taken.

COPY OF THE PLACARD.
• Whereas RICHARD OWBaN, of Manchester, Pawnbroker
(cpon whose Affidavit of the ALARM be felt for the safety of the
Town, the Warrant against Mr. HUNT and others, on the 16th
August, was granted,) has this day had a Taut Bn.r. of HUM?,
IMP found against him for WILFUL AND Coafturr Pmsavirr,
upon evidence which be give at the New Bailey against Mr.
Hum, Mr. Moommusx, Mrs Jourson, and others; the said
Roma= Owen having, however, on that occasion, axruuto eo
Doctors au A/MIMS, and been suppreed as ruck refitted by tie
Magistrates, Persons acquainted with his place of abode are re-
quested to forward a communication to Mr. Houma, Mr. Cams
Paaaaccr, or Mr. Hilmar Deimos, Solicitors for the prosecution'
to be left at Mr. Jonmores, 17, Shute-hill, Manchester, in order
that the said RICKARD Owes may be Arravuonsin UPON axe
WARRANT °STAINES TOR THAT PURPOSITbe said Bacsaal,
Owns is about five feet nine inches high, about thirty-eight years
of age, of a sallow complexion, dark-brown hair and eyes, and
is screw= TO ■AYH RUN LATELY CONNICTID WITH sus Pours.
or Mencsaarsa.

" J. rrx, l'sitster, Observer Office, ilfarliti.strret,Mesedirser."

To THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

LANCASTER, SEPTEM/lIIR-4.
SlR—Last night a true Bill for Perjury was found
against Richard Owen, the person on whose oath the
warrant was granted, on the 16th ultimo, against
H. HUNT, Esq. J.- JOHNSON, Esq. J. Mooanousz,
and J. KNIONT. Two or three other indictments for
perjury are prepared against witnesses in this cue,
and many others for wantonly, cruelly, and unlaw-
fully, cutting and maiming his Majesty's peaceable
subjects, assembled on that ever►memorable occasion.
ONI O'CLOCK.

• The Grand Jury it now examining ividence upon
a Bill oflndictment fora Conspiracy, preferred :against
Mr. Howr and his friends. Several Bills for capital
Felony against those of the Yeomanry, who,overe
the most active on the 16th aldn, were laid Wore
the Jury yesterday ; but, although, the Bill %Mpg
Mr. HUNT was only presented this momingit the .listy
have resolved to postpone die taus against Os
irtaary, by haring the case of Ilsespisney first.
Mr. Hurt, nidarlhe at/vital:l hfs Selleito
Written a au* ipiOted leer tO the P.O.tentalli
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SrAnitv,) protesting, in becoming terms, against
this irregular proceeding, and calling to the recol-
lection of his Lordship and the Jnry, that they are an
Ivrea to corridor only, and not a Jury to try oases.
The, practice adopted by the Jury is, doubtless, un-
constitutional, as the evidence, secretly given by the
witnesses on the Conspiracy, without examination or
contradiction, may be mired up with that to be given
on the other Bills, and the Inquest thus erect them-
selves into a Tribunal unknown to the English law :
that of a Court finally to try offences in the first in-
stance, instead of presenting Bills, upon spirts evi-
dence, to be afterwards tried by a petty Jury.

We hate also seen a fetter from Mr. lim n. him-
self, received in town to-day, in which, in addition
to the facts communicated in the preceding letters
from our Private Correspondents, he states that two
other bills for perjury, which were afterwards prefer-
red against Plitt and De►bphire, on exactly the same
evidence which had sustained the bill against Owen,
had been thrown oat.

We have seen a series of Resolutions purporting to
have been come to by " a numerous Meeting of the
Subscribers to the Reading, or News-room, of E.
SKILTON and Co. Southampton," in which they to-
tally disclaim the letter sent to us, signed " Iticnaan
DAVIS, Secretary," affirming, what the Courier was
" not surprised at," namely, that it had been kicked
oufl-of the doors of " the Southampton Reading-
room," on account of itsfisitVal representation of the
late events at Manchester, and of its manly, house,
and loyal commentaries thereon. The said Resoln-
tionists declare, moreover, that " the name of Rich-
ard Davis is unknown to this Society, and to the
town, as far as the most diligent enquiry can deter-
mine ;" and they conclude with requesting, that the
Editor of the &ma will send them the said "original
letter"—for what purpose they do not add.
We can have no objection to give every satisfaction
in our power to such as may have a right to ask it,
as to the origin and genuineness of the letter in ques-
tion, signed " Richard Davis," but we most take II
the liberty to insist foroc hide fair play in the exhibi-1
In the first place then, we must insist that the
Members of the said Reading Room shall amend
their call on us fora sight of the letter, signed" Rich-
ard Davis," by calling, at the same time, on the
Courier, for a sight of the "several Idlers" received
by the Courier, from 44 its friends," assenting the
very same fact (vide the Courier of Monday, 90th
August), in order that it may be awn whether the
letter received by ns, and the letters received by
the Courier, are of the same date, or of different
Gates—whether any of the " several letters," from
the Courier's " friends," are in the same hand-writ-
ing as that sent to us, signed " Richard Davis:"
•and in order, especially, that if there be no such per-
sin (which is net impossible) as " Richard Davis,'"
is SouthaMpton, some real person, such as some of
the Courier's friends mat be, may be found out, who
can tell how be came by the slander complained of;
so that the real delinquent (no friend of the Courier
surely) may be detected. In the second place, we
must insist that, when the said Subscribers have so
amended their call, they shall. farther make it in a
Way which Gentlemen should and would make it,
without which it cannot be deserving of and will re-
ceive no answer. And, thirdly, the said Subscribers
must only ask that any Deputati&s of their own
number, or any respectable person in town on their
behalf, shall be permitted to inspect the said letter,
which they are very welcome to do, at our own
Office, and in presence of witnesses. It is rather too
much to ask us, to send the original adrift among
such friends as the Courier has in Southampton—
friends who, for aught we know, may, after the ex-
ample of certain other patrons of the Courier, be
themselves at the bottom of the plot or fabrication,
at which they affect to be so virtuously indignant.

It is the more necessary that we should be cautions
not to part with the original, as we have reason to
suspect (from an imposition practised upon us from
the same neighbourhood last week), that possibly the
letter, signed " RICIIARD DAVIS," was a forgery,
and were we to part with it, we might be shut out
from all possibility of tracing the fabricator, by
means of the hand-writing. If it be a fabrication,
the author would, no doubt, be well pleased that we
should put this out of our own power.
' The imposition of last week to which we have
luded, was a letter from Portsmouth, of the 2d in-
stant, inserted in The STAR of FridaT, giving an ac-
count of a .Meeting of Reformers, and a pretended
copy of a Requisition to the Mayor to call a Public
Meeting ; and stating, that the Mayor having re-
(tied, a Meeting had been called, by public hand-
' bills, to take place as this day. To this letter •
given every air bf authenticity, by the regular signa-
ture of one who calls himself " C. T. Stone," proba-
bly a forgery, and Jelin of names, given with all
apparent' gravity,. who were to perform prominent
parts in4the ethibition. The letter had the regular
post-mark.
We have this morning received letters from various
friends in Portsmouth; informing us that we have
been hoaxed. The place of the pretended Meeting of
ers, dubbed " The Black Horse Inn, St. Mary-
itreet,k -is a very small weather•boarded pot-house,
ftequented by sailors and their girls. " Benjamin
Mardian, Tie
awovet to be no less a pasonage
than a Town te•e ;•" Mr. Richard Gads.," is a
utsn ; and " Mr. hem Hodge" is the town-
'hi -sweep, &c. kc. It is next to inspoilible that
it Editors of Newspapers ents, 'with every degree
tire, effeFtesally screen Ilsemeelves nouns such
•••Iftnposrtious. - t . .; . ,
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THE rrns.

Scarcely any business has been trap
Funds since Settling-day, and consec
have remained steady. The late tree;
have made Jobbers and Brokers rnor
making such heavy speculations, and
at the responsibility of their Principal
close a bargain. It is said to be the
of the House to thwart those great sp
have been borrowing money of the
kers, and depositing the Stock in t;
large amounts, not to buy this Stock
to market. If this determination is
depression in price must inevitably t
the Funds find their natural level.
morning, commenced at 72i for the
have not varied a fraction. Indeed
little business doing; and on Saturda
three, an hour when the House was fon
there were not twenty Brokers press
doing nothing.

Yesterday the following Bulletin of
health was issued: u Winds°, Cast
His Majesty's general health continues to
is no dhpinntion of his disorder."
From Madras it is stated, that an
of the Army there is immediately to t
new regiments are to be raised, and a
be made of one Major, one Captain,
nant, to each regiment of cavalry.
The Paris Papers of Thursday aria
their contents are unimportant. Ftv,
Wednesday, 72 fr. 95 c. Papers
to-day, have not yet arrived.
Mails have arrived since oar last
Holland, and Hamburgh.
The Official Gazette of Berlin aria
Gazette which appear at Naumburg,
well as the Paper called liermana.
pressqd by order of the Prussian Go
having permitted themselves to use
expressions."
The plague is said to continue its
stantinople. The Captain•Pacha has
and banished to Smyrna, for his ren
ling the late disturbances. He is s
office by ADDALLAH PACIIA. Princ
returned from his exile at l‘lytelene.
We have received to-day a father
can Papers, reaching tb the 12th ulth
The heads of the different Depar
ceived a summons to repair to the
meet, in consequence of the dispatch
Spain by the Hornet. The PRESIDE!
on the Bth. The invaders of the pr
were, on the 23d of June, ten miles
birre. Their force was daily increash
A letter from Valparaiso, dated 111 a
Lord Comma-az has excluded from 1
port of Payta, and left it free for wha
for supls. Lord COCnaANE had t
of San Lorenzo, and bad captured a r
vessels, which be had converted int
and fire and explosion ships
It appears by letters of the 22d ul
tktt the time granted in the prelin
Allem for the KING'S signature to the
the Florida Treaty has been suffered
out that necessary appendage havin
The KING announced on the 22d his
tion not to ratify the Treaty of Cessi
mains to be seen what course will be I
United States, who are already in pos
we think they will ever be induced tt
hold. It is believed in some circles at:
5000 troops which lately sailed from Ca
teed for the Havannah, as was then rep(
rida! In the mean time we are told ag
hundred and ninety-ninth time, that the
tier for South America willsail by thee
--" It consist (says one letter) of 12 s
gun-boats, 150 transports, and 22,(
a large train of artillery. All our an
exhausted to supply it ; as for the spit
it is not such as to argue well for tl
distant an Expedition. Many General
esteemed by the troops, have been re
sequence of late events, and replaced
devoted to the Court. There is still
in the Kingdom of Valencia. Them
dura are insecure ; and the Portuguese,
of covering their frontiers against the
formed a cordon from Almuda to El
lately posted up on the gates of the It
containing, in large letters, the folio,
4 This house to let from Ist January,
lowa, Sernorma S.—Sailed yesterday I
packet, Captain P.tscon, for Ostend, with a ni
also, the Chichester packet, Captain Rimes,
Captain ADAM, for Calais, with pimento
suer embarked Isere yesterday ter Calais, o
Jane James, Captain HAYWARD- Arrived y
the King George packet, Captain Kea ; and
from Calais, with passengers.—Arrived this
Cele Chaliatit packet, Captain Hamm* fro
mail and passengers. Sailed this morning I
Moves, for Calls, with passengers.
We beg to correct an error which s
statement on Saturday, respecting tin
to arrange a triumphal entry, for Mr.
not held at the Craune, Clerkenwell, bu
public-house in the vicinity.
CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE,
The supply of Wheat was very larg
from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, but the
triging, trade was exceedingly hear
quarter lower than on this day week
of fine quality could be disposed of,
derable quantity remained on hand at
market Fine Barley being scarce, fin(
both of New and Old sold 2s. perqw
White Peas being scarce, obtaired
more than on last Monday. The Oat
heavy, at a decline of Atli Is. per qua,
articles there is no alteration.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEPTI
• (To sink the offal ; per itOCC of
Beef .......4* Od to Sr 44 I .........
Mutton —.148 04 to 5a od Pork .....
Lamb 5a od to tis
Beasts I 910—Callabal.0-.4%41, end lArtbs 1
LONDONA:Frinted an 4 ptablisbrd br Los
• Place, 'People-Iw.

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