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London, England, 1819-09-24 00:00:00

pest, %alive fully concur in the Whole of the sentiments px.
pressed by the humble Address and Petition of the Lord Mayer;
Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, presented to
ydor Royal Highness upon the mournful sulject of the ealaini-
tour proceedings which took place at Manchester on the 16th of
August last, and it Is with feelings of thk deepest sorrow we
have learned, that your Royal highness was prevailed upon by
evil Counsellork to reject the prayer of the Petition, and to treat
your Royal Highness's most dutiful Petitioners with contumely
and insult.

" with' the cireumstani:es that preceded the late Meeting at
Nfanchestee arc not only your Petitioners but the people of the
Empire acquainted—a grievous National D.rbt incurred in tl e
prosecution of tiri:!st furcign wars--a needless list of Sinecure
Places end Pctisiors created—a load of taxation, which &h es die
c tpital and rufactures of the country to seek protection in
foreign States--a peaceful and industrious People redticed to
distress by the consequent Want of trade, and driven to despair
by their Petitions being unnoticed, and their prayers for rdief
unheeded. I,Ve hitiiih!y chew to your Royal Highness that
these were the circumstances that preceded' the Meeting in
question.

" We further hurnhl i represent to your Royal highness that
we are correctly informed that the. cimumstar.ces which attehled
the Meeting were peace and order on the part of the Rumbled
multimde, interrupted only by the wanton and outrageous in•
roads of an armed force, cutting with their sabres, and tramplihj(
under foot his Majeacy's peaceable, untatr.d.tig, and defenceless
subjects, met to, exercise a sacr4 right eojoyad Inttricalorlaily
by their ancestors, ind guarnteed to them, by the same law
which recogr.ites the title of your Royal nanny to the Crown
of thew realms.

" We take leave respectfully to call your Royal Highness's
attention to the Petitions of the People—not, a. your Royal
Highness seems to suppose, to institute an extra-judicial inquiry
into those dreadful proceedings; but that while the Royal Trea-
sery and Legal Advisers of the Crown ta•e always ready to in-
quire Into and relish pretended treason and constructive breaches
of the peace, that your Royal Highness will direct a strictly le-
gal inquiry into the conduct of those whn have levied war against
the People, and committed treason against the Laws and Con
stitutiun of this realm:2,We do, therefore, most humbly intreat
your Royal Highness to reconsider your decision, and to di',
miss from roar Councils those wicked Ministers who can have
advised their Royal Master to resist inquiry, and thereby tended
to destroy the confidence of a loyal People, the best safeguard of
a Monarch's Throne."

The following Resolutions were then severally put
and unanimously adopted ;
" 9. Tbat we feel it an imperative duty to sympathize with,
and to soften, by every means in our power, the sufferings of our
wounded and mutilated countrymen, and to afford consolation
and relief, as far as they can be afforded, to the afflicted Widows
and Fatherless Children of those who were the victims of the
barbarous proceedings of that mournful day.

" 10. That a Subscription be entered into for the above pur,
pose, and that a Committee of Twenty Gentlemen be appointe4
to wait upon the Inhabitants of the Ward, to solicit their con-
gibutions, and to carry the Ambitlons of this day into effect,
and that the following Gentlemen be the Committee :

Mr. Deputy Greenaway, Sir Wm. Rawlins, Messrs. Cordell,
Lemaitre Bowerbank, Peacock, Judkins, Nash, Pearson, E.
White, Bumsted, Downs, Sandford, Day, Holford, Stirtevant,
Bennett, Stevens, Barker, and Glover.
" 11. That a Petition be presented to the Right tiOn: the .
Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, in Coinmen COuncil
assembled, praying them to grant from the City Ftindi sue*
relief to the Unfortunate Sutkrers on the calarnito..s IGth of
August, as in their wisdom may seem meet."
Thanks were then voted to the Deputies, to Mr,
Pearson, &c. 4c. after which. the.. Meeting was dist.
solved by the Deputies of the Ward in the usual cmin,

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TO THE EDITOR OF 173E.8TA.11/47
SlR—Seeing an account lit YQu f Paper uf alsot,,Ao
commonly called the Oldham.Walte.l log t0.„a441,
from per,ovial 64,3ce-rnOory
as you state truly, been the cast:nail, time inalsequarigh
to have rush-carts, banners, &c. but after the tiagisal
transactions of the 16th of August, at Alanchestert it
was immediately determined by the youth...of Old.
ham that so rush-cart should be madei • ns•it
'hew a degree of levity, at 4 time when all ought to
mourn, to countenano such foolishness. They brOlte
a custom, established from time immemorial, in order
the better to mark their sense of a transaction, the,
memory of which no time can ever efface. Not 4
rush-cart paraded the street ; not a banner was hoist
ted—not a ribbon was seen flying in. the, hats of the
peasants. Two small bits of ribbou were, however,
seen attached to the watch-chain or button-hole of
thousands ; one of them, of a blood•recl colour, was
marked, in legible characters, With august 16th,
1819 ;" the other was of a black colour, as a token
of sorrowful remembrance for those who had fallen
on the field of Peterloo. Such were all the emblem;
•displayed at Oldham Wakes on this occasion. " Ah;
(cried old age) this is the first time in my recollection
that Oldham has been without a rush-cart I" It was
indeed, Sir, a painful contrast to the scenes of former
times. Scarce any but strangers were seen in the
ale-houses. lloth youth and age had brewed small
quantities for themselves and friends, over which
they regaled in small parties. I yi.ited several or
these parties; and, Sir, can venture to say, that I saw-
no sort of disorderly conduct in any of them—nothing
to compare with the scenes which used formerly to
take place.
It appears to be the fixed determination of both
old and young, at Oldham, to abstain as much at
possible fioni all taxed and exciseable articles, partir'
cularly tritachro; ale (ale sold by Special Constables),
spirits tea, coffee, tobacco, snuff, &c. until justice
shall l;a .xe. visited with its vengeance the actors in the'
'late melancholy drama of death.—l am, &c.
Manchester, Sept. 21. A TRAVELLER,
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BATH, SEPT. 23.-4 melancholy occurrence hap-
pened at Weston-super-Male, on Monday evening;
As the two eldest sons of CitAittus ELTON, Esq. of
Bristol (whose family were therefor change of air)
were amusing themselves gathering shells among she
rocks, during the flowing of the tide, the eldea . watt
rd
surrounded-by a strong wave, which was
by a second, and he calla to his brother,v,i o was a;
some distance: the youth instantly drew OF hi,
clothes, and plunged into his rescue ; lint the drengtV
of the succeeding waves baffled every exertion, and
both the youths were unfortunately drowned,
cOHN-EXCHA NOP, MARE•LANE, SEPTI
4 large quantity of \Vheat remained .over 1
nesday's market, and having' bin few. hi
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morning, the sales were very, heavy, and
kicked samples could be:Aisposed of, irpt,
day'a
,prices were obtained,.bnt all caller
may be considered 2s. per qr. lower. Dal,
IJ. to 2s. per qr. cheaper, and even at that
the Malters were not dispofd to purchase,
quence of the general infermity of its qv
:Beans, Peas, and other articles there is no .
01111TIVIELD MO UT; SICPT. 24.,-.-Beei 44 rid.
stotsl4 Ol SIN.; Muttus,ll4 6d. to Ss. 4d. Veal, .53.
Perk 3e6d. fellsaid.; Lamb 51. to 6s. 6d.—Cattle
Beasts 680 ; Crlvcs, 310 s SK-ep and Lamiss,6,7oo ;
Hly, per IoS, it,' to, .54 L.s. Litiwr, tit. to ..L. i
lie. to S. -....6.

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