Star.
London, England, 1819-10-27 00:00:00

PUBLIC MEETING AT BrITILERGLEN.

FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
" Agreeably to the announcement you would see
in our Newspapers, sometime ago, a Public Meeting
of the friends of Reform was held on Rutherglen
Green, on Saturday, to express their sentiments on
the late proceedings at Manchester, and to take into
consideration the necessity of a Radical Reform in
the Commons House of Parliament.'
" The Meeting, according to the Requisition,
should have been one merely of the Burgesses and
other Inhabitants of the Burgh and Parish of Ruther-
glen; but it was attended by crowds of people from
Glasgow, and other adjacent parts. About one
o'clock, the Glasgow band passed through Calton,
where it was joined by a large body of the Reformers
of that place, and another body nearly as numerous
from Bridgeton. The whole party, amounting to
several thousands, now gave three loud huzzas, and
proceeded onwards to Rutherglen Green. They
walked in regular order, five a-breast, and linked
arm in arm. Most of them had pieces of green
ribbon tied in the button-holes of their coats, and
white wands in their hands. Each party had its set
of flags, bearing the usual Reform Inscriptions, of
6 Universal Suffrage, Arise, Britons, and assert your
Rights,' &c. There were also musical instruments
of all sorts—drums, bagpipes, flutes, clarionets, &c.
which kept up a most discordant symphony of joyous
sounds, all the way to Rutherglen.
" On reaching Rutherglen Green, it was found
already crowded with people, who greeted the arrival
of their Glasgow friends with loud cheers. Altoge-
ther there could not be less, I think, than from twelve
to fifteen thousand persons present. I counted thirteen
flags in all. On one there was a picture of a woman
poignarding a man, with these words inscribed above,
'So may all tyrants fall r I was told by one that it
was intended to represent the sacrifice of the infa-
mous MARAT by CIARLOTTE CORDS, but more pro-
bably by another, that it was 'only a figure of Li-
berty giving Tyraney its last thrapple.' There;were
also six or seven long staves, with a bunch of white
twigs on the top of each, designed to be emblematic
of the power of numbers when united. One staff ,
taller than the rest was surmounted with a Cap of
Liberty—not, however, of red—but of green silk.
There was another rod, which had a capital of
a still more singular description than any of these.—
It had a piece of wood across the top of it, from which
there appeared suspended the following darling in-
struments of social luxury—a tea pot, a snieshin-
mill (muff-box), a tobacco-pouch, a tobacco-pipe, a
gill-stoup (4uartern measure), and a dram-glass—all
turned upside down—a rueful indication of the pa-
triotic resolution of our Reformers to abjure the use
of every article of indulgence which can put a penny
into the pockets of Goveinment.
" A stage had been erected by the Rutherglen
people, for the accommodation of the speakers, which
was covered with black. They had also a Band of
Music of their own, all dressed in tartan.

4. With the detail of the proceedings which fol-
lowed, it would be superfluous to trouble you. The
topics, and the manner in which they were_ treated,
by the different speakers who addressed the Mee-
ting, were much the same as at other Meetings of a-si-
milar description.
44 The proceedings terminated about four o'clock,
when the multitude departed to their respective homes
in the greatest peace and good order- The Provost
of Rutherglen mixed familiarly among them in the
course of the day, and having, at one time, gone
rather close up to the hustings, in order to get a near
sight of the handsome bauble, the cap of liberty, no-
thing would satisfy the Radicals, but that they mast
put the cap on the Provost's head. His worship
submitted to the complement in the greatest good'
humour.

" The Glasgow bands returned as they came, and
entered town about dusk, playing Rule Britannia,'
Scots who ha'c wi' Wallace bled, Erin go Bragh, and
other popular airs. They spewed no disposition to-
disturbance whatever, and, after a short time, dito
parsed quietly to their homes."


A very active canvass is carrying on in all parts of
this county, for signatures to a paper, called a Loyal
Declaration, and we have received letters and verbal
communications, stating the different kinds of undue
influence resorted to for the purpose of obtaining signa-
tures to this document, that would, ifpublished,
py a very inconvenient portion of our Paper. But such
a publication is useless; the thing is perfectly under-
stood without it; and names obtained under such cir-
cumstances are-not worth the paper they are written
upon. It will easily be conceived that this Loyal De-
claration is-an expedient to break the fall inflicted at
the-York COunty Meeting upon those that felt so
conscious of their weakness that they durst not ap-
pear in the Castle-yard. Ministers, we have no doubt,
will, thank the Gentlemen.who are endeavouring to
bolster them up with these scraps of waste paper, but,
neither they nor the Public will entertain any very
high estimate of the benefits to be del ivedlrom their,
services.—Leeds Mercury.
Thistlewood has transmitted, through the medium
of his Grand Plenipo, Waddington, a letter to Lord
Sidmouth, apprising his Lordship that he holds his
situation as Secretary of State on a very precarious
tenure, and advising him, while he has the power, to
repay hint the £lBO which he lost when illegally ar-
rested on board the Alien brig, with simple and com-
pound interest, out of the candle-ends and cheese-
parings of office; in order to make amends for some
of his Lordship's misdeeds ; and adds, " I wrote to
yoni Lordship about a fortnight ago ; the letter mis-
carried I have no doubt, for your Lordship is too
polite to omit answering a Corre.poildrut."

WINDSOR,.OfTOBI4I26,

Saturday the Earl of WINCIIELSEA left,
for Burley Hall ; and the Earl of Mace Lap
rived, in Waiting, from Slicrburn Castle.
Yesterday being Windsor Fair, the piL
cusra, the Duc.he.is of CLovtesrEa, atiti
ce,s SOPHIA of,Gtoucerren, attendtd by 0'
MAccr.e,rlETD and Geaeral 111ANIER4,
through the whole of the Fair, and made w,
chases, which they gave to the children;
wards viewed Progmore.
This day the Duchess of GT..nr7tsittl
Princess SorettA of Ctouct.sacr. :etz the
Bagshot Park.

MANCHESTER, OCTOBER

MANCHESTER QUARTER SESSion
These Sessions commenced to-day at the
Bailey Court. House. They are County '
and held here by adjournment. Li this Cool'
Sessions are not held at one place, as is 1J:11.
others ; but, on account of the quantity of INN
and the extent of the jurisdiction, are held at
towns. They comnience at Lancaster, and a
adjourned to Preston and Manchester succes4
and end at Liverpool. They usually occupy
a month. The sitting at Manchester is -
about eleven or twelve days, and is a most :at
one. It comprises the business of the hunai
Salford, in which are situated the populous tot
Manchester, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham„
ton, Heaton Norris, Stc. Mr. I-LAY always siu
Chairman of the Manchester Sessions. He rt'
metly a practising Barrister, and has fulfilled
arduous duties of his present situation for
years. He is assisted by Jalms Nom% El.
Stipendiary Magistrate of Ma:r!.ester, and
a practising Banister, and many other Gent,,
of independent property in the neighbourhood
Manchester.

The Magistrates on the Bench were--
Mr. Hay, the Chairman; Sir William Harsh-twe, Km.
limn Marriott, James Norris,'Jures W.akias, Robert r
C. Crowley, and John Berwick, &qrs. E. W. Ethelstcn,
and Hahne, Clerk,
The Grand Jury were—
Robert Peel, Fsq. of Ardwick, the Foreman ; Thom..?
wall, Joseph Green, Jeremiah Fielding, Je:enLah V
Samuel Barker, Thomas Fleming, Esqrs. and MC.,
respectable Gentlemen.

Amongst the Counsel were—
Messrs. MIL Ashwortla, Williams, Coltman, 1-•!I,
Armstrong, Lloyd, Cuortney, Brown, Brauthw•aite,
AzHanby, and Strickland.
In his Charge to the Grand Jury, the
principally observed upon several important
passed in the last Session. He did not take

notice of late events, or the present tine of
'County, except by merely stating, that a!! Jr
lien to the Bench had been made by Frrttal
respectable inhabitants of some of the ou; to,
'to hare the Watch and Ward Act enforced in

He thought it was necessary to urge the prept:o
those- townships putting this Act in force, bi
haps the measure could not be too s.rongly
mended it the present time. He ..sas happy to
serve, that the number of felons was much le,s
usual, and hoped this was not merely accidental.
The business of this morning has been coafined
Appeals; and there has been nothing cf any
interest.—The number of felon prisoners in the
lendar is 151 ; of those for mistleincanours,

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