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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 181 9.

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31 per Cent. 751./
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The Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday have
arrived. The following are extracts :
The report of an Epidemic disease having broken
out in the Texel, is contradicted.
The Duke de Richelieu has arrived at Amsterdam.
The King of the Two Sicilies has issued a Decree
for arresting all foreigners who arrive in his King
dom without a passport, or with a passport not signed
by the Agent of the Two Sicilies, resident at the
place from which they may have arrived.
Some disorders have taken place at Brest, on ac-
count ofthe arrival of several Missionaries, authorised
b; the Bishop of Quimper to preach in his Diocese.
On the 24th and 2.51 h, the inhabitants broke the win-
dows of the house occupied by these Ecclesiastics.
Letters from Prague state, that the Prince of
Swartzcnberg is dangerously ill.
The Emperor of Russia does not visit Vienna or
Berlin, as repotted. He quitted Warsaw for St. Pe-
tersburg, where he was expected to arrive on the 23d
of October.
A Farriers arrived this morning. The prin-
cipal details which it presents relate to the Central
Commission at Mentz, which, we are told with great
gravity, will confine its inquiries to preliminary pro-
ceedings, and then send the accused persons before
the Tribunals of their respective countries, to be put
upon their trials. Was ever undisguised tyranny
more openly thrust upon mankind, on the pretext
of law! Instead of putting the accused party directly
to the bar in his own counts y, he is first to be sent,
perhaps from the most remote parts of Germany, be-
fore a foreign Ttibunal!—and for'what purpose? to
be again sent back to the place he came from, to be
there tried for the alleged offence, whatever it may
be! And to crown this outrage on the rights of man
and the dictates of common sense, we are also told :
" That this mode has been adopted only to give more
uniformity and activity to the preliminary proceed-
ings of a trial, in which individuals of almost all
parts of the Confederation are implicated, and whith
would have been endless had the ordinary forms
been followed!"
Several Reading-rooms at Frankfort have deter-
mined no longer to admit the German Papers, and
too take French Journals instead of them. It should
seem that the Students of the Universities who were

forbidden to attend the proposed Meeting at Berlin,
have met in different bodies in several parts of Ger-
many on the 18th of October.
A hundred of those young men who arrived the
day before from the neighbouring Universities made
a great bonfire in the neighbourhood of Frankfort,
in spite of the prohibition of the Magistrates. They
passed the night in singing patriotic hymns, and
listening to the discourses told by some of the stu-
dents, from a stage which had been erected on the
spur of the occasion.
The French Government seems to attach great
importance to the present state of things in England,
for it has given orders at Calais to transmit imme-
diately to Paris, by Telegraphic Bulletins, all impor-
tant intelligence from this side of the Channel.
Both in the Netherlands and in France important
results were expected from the proposed simultaneous
Meetings of the Radicals on the Ist of November—
now happily over without any bad consequences.

Prince of Wales Island Gazettes have been received
by way of New York. The following is an extract,
d.,ted Coast of Pcdier, 15th March, 1810:

•• 'rho brig Vogl'lamina, Captain Oar:To, sailed from Pulo
on the eltt of January; when nearly opposite Achecn,
Crew, imtiz,ated by a Seacunny, named Jeru, and tempted
by the knowledge of money bring on board, rose at night, and
in the rzost cruel manner murdered the Captain and Officers,
f::' 7Wlng up their barbarity by throwing overboard the helpless
v.:, of the Captain and the servant girl the next morning. They
itiattled the vessel, and proceeded in a boat to a place
re:: twenty miles from Achet-n, where one of the villains has
Lc.!:: secured."

A Cabinet Council was held on Thursday at Lord
St.u.mtrrit's Office, which was attcn,:cd by the E.t.a
o LiviturooL, the Earl Ilarnunsr, Lord CASTLE-
-1C.M.11, and the CIIANCELLOR of the Exettatatam.
Yesterday Viscount IVIELvti Le presided at the
Ward dAslmiralty, for the first time since his Lord-
bhip's return from Edinburgh.
The Dowager Marchioness of LANsoowwn, and
the Miss GIFIVARD3, arc arrived at their house in
Albemarle-street, from the Continent.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Lassnowaz and
J.tmily are expected borne the 15th Jan. from Paris.
Lord and Lady RIVERSDALE and family arthed
in England on Tuesday, from the Continent
Lady raraa is arrived-at her house in Grosvenor-
squArc, from el tour.

C.IRLISLR ADJOURNED. RADICAL
REFORM MEETING.
(From thy Carlisle journal.)
'About one o'clock, on Monday last, _the Union
Committee, and their brethren in the cause of Radi-
cal Reform, consisting of parties from Dalston, Wig-
ton, Brampton, Longtown, Bce. arrived at the hust-
ings, at Coalfell-hill, near Newtown, with banners
flying and music playing.
Mr. MURDoCK opened the proceedings of the day,
by stating that this Meeting was agreed to at the
former one, which WAS held on the 11th of last
month ; he then begged leave to place on the head of
the Chairman the Cap-of Liberty—(Acdantation.) .

The Cap of Liberty being placed, the Chairman
(Mr. BELL) proceeded to state, that this Meeting was
holden for the purpose of denying themselves the use
of certain exciseable articles until a Radical Reform
is obtained in the Commons House of Parliament.

Mr. M'KENZIE then addressed the Meeting to nearly
the following purport:—.. Friends and fellbw country-
men. and I hope most staunch and loyal Britons;
believe me it is with heart-felt satisfaction that I see
so many of you here this day to consider a great na-
, tional, and, indeed, a great individual question; be-
cause, whatever nationally concerns the country, also
concerns the individual who forms part of that
country. I repeat my exultation—l do feel happy
in being surrounded by so many thousands of my
fellow-countrymen, who hold the same opinions with
respect to our political rights that I have long
cherished, and am not now either ashamed or afraid
openly to avow--(Cheers)—for I would sooner die at
my post than shrinliCom the performanceof that duty
which has brought me forward this day--a duty which '
holds the foremost place in my heart; and whose call it
would he high treason agairist freedom to disobey.--
Oh ! my country I' exclaimed the apostate Son of
Chatham, when the stubborn heart-strings of his
flinty bosom were cracking and giving way under
the-agonizing reflections—of what? that his perverse
and headstrong perseverance had involved that country
in inextricable difficulties? No; but that his mad
schemes of ambition had been blighted —that the
eagle-pinions of his expansive mind (for his mind was
as expansive as Satan's in the pursuit of evil) had not
availed to eclipse the beams of the rising sun of French
independence. He rushed upon the lambent fire of
freedom that shone from afar ; and his plumage, his
honour, and his life, were the Merited. sacrifice.—
( Repeated cheers.)—Had the consequences of Pitt's
engaging in the French war been confined alto-
gether to himself, the mourning and distress that
now pervades the land would not have arisen to
Heaven. Neither the property of the People, nor
the far dearer and more cherished inheritance of
our fathers—the liberty they transmitted to us—
would have been to be bewailed. The youngest
man amongst you cannnot say that England is
now the same happy country as when be first
knew it—r No ! No!)—Year after year has the na-
tional wealth been plundered, and something abridged
from the privileges and comforts of the People, until
the invasions that have been made on cur chartered
and inalienable rights have become to the last
degree alarming, and we seem to have proceeded
to the utmost boundary of human endurance.—
Public and legal Meetings for redress of grievances
nave, contrary to the express contract between the
King and the People, been forcibly interrupted: wit-
ness the proceedings at Manchester on the 16th August.
The tragedy that was enacted that day will never be
forgotten-4 Never, never No, never t) The
principal persons that figured in the leading proceed-
ings of that day were Clerical Magistrates. I think,
after the specimen afforded by their proceedings, and
the sermons, edifying serm 'ns, preached before Judges,
that the less Clergymen had to do with being Magis •
trates, the better. Now the performers in this bloody
tragedy, the Yeomanry Cavalry, a band of—l do not
know what term to apply to them, for they are in
nature different from. • any thing in the heavens above,
or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the
earth; for no creature in the universe delights to riot
in the blood of its fellow. In future ages, the name
of Yeomanry Cavalry will be synonimous with every
thing cruel and bloodthirsty—(' Bravo, bravo!')—
To proceed—new and strange Laws have been made
to put down Public Associations, when these did not
square with the absurd and bastard loyalty of the
day : the term loyalty' itself has been perverted from
' its legitimate meaning : and he is upbraided as dis-
affected and as a Jacobin who would wish to restore
the Constitution—who would desire to repair her
gates, and cleanse her Palaces ; while the men who
trample upon all equity, who do as they list, who
are deemed respectable characters in proportion as
they advance the designs of a corrupt Government,
and minister to the slivery of the community—are
held out as the only truly loyal—( Shame ! ) Some
of our men in power, who are mere Jacks-in-office,
may not know, in the excess of their overweaning
vanity and conceit, the meaning of the word ; but I
would be ashamed seriously to inform you, though
many of you may be imprudently called the rab-
ble, that it signifies an attachment to the Laws!—
Now, Ministers, and their vile panders, and herds of
supple Magistrates, on the oue hand—and the uni-
'versa' Nation, on the other, are at issue ; and I ask
you, boldly, who are they who have transgressed the
laws ? who are they who have plundered the temple
of the national sanctuary ? and who are they who,
uncorrected by experience, heedless of supplication,
deaf to remonstrance—may, possibly, make ship-
wreck of the Throne of their Sovereign, if the whole
People (not the respectablei,' as they are foolishly
and, in too many instances, improperly called ; but
the rabble,' the hardy class of labourers, who are
the sinews of the State, and the only origin of wealth)
do not simultaneously press forward, and demand
that those men, who have so long oppressed these
Kingdoms, be driven from their unworthy seats with
disgrace, to make room for others, who will attend
to the prayers of a long-suffering People, and re-
establish the Kin; 's Throne in righteousness I°
(C6eers) Were the enormous taxes we pay appro-
priated to objects of absolute necessity, the People
might, and I believe would, bear up under their
bur thens with manly resignation ; but when they
see vice, and folly, and harlotry, dancing among the
treasures accumulated under privations and suffer-
ings of the most heart-rending description ; and, in 1,
the madness of their revelry, scattering them oa

most worthless objects, and for the basest purposes,
the deep-drawn groan must relieve the bosom strug-
gling
must betoken the feelings of the heart—(Cheers).—
with indignation, and the glistening of the eye
What think you, my friends, of last yea-.'s taxation
(including four millions, for charges of collection),
amounting to the vast sum of fifty-eight millions of
amountedpounds— to sum
when nn hisim
presentes
greater
Majesty
th an
act:
cee Revenue
ied tim
Throne—besides the many millions of National
ten
Debt now hanging as a dead and intolerable weight
upon all of us, and this independently of the hun-
dreds of millions that were drawn from your pockets
without having recourse to borrowing : and let me'
ask if there is not room fur surprise that the national
discontent is not more strongly expressed than it is ?
Amongst other items of taxation (which embraces
every thing that rapacity can come at) is Tea : this
article pays a duty of 100 per cent. and all other ar-
ticles of foreign produce, which come under the con-
troul of the Customs and Excise, also pay most enor-
mous duties, though not in the like proportion with
Tea ; whilst Salt, an article of such prime necessity
that the use of it is indispensable for the enjoy-
ment of health, pays a tax of 3000 per cent. or
a Government addition of thirty shillings for every
shilling's worth of Salt procured from the pits
These are only a few of the cisterns whence the over-
flowing and desolating stream is fed; but I am con-
Ivinced, that if the people remain firm and true to
themselves, they must speedily put down all their
foes under their feet, and shake the pandemonium of
tax-eaters to the very centre; for what is that which
feeds the ravenous appetite of the Hydra. but your
own folly in cotuattning articles that contribute so
largely to the excesses of Government ? You are
aware, that is many places numbers of individuals
have determined to consume as little as possible of
exciseable commodities, spirits, wine, beer, tea, cof-
fee, sugar, tobacco, &c. &c. kc. and the consequence
already is, even on this partial scale, that the monster
is gasping for breath; already the Revenue is greatly
deficient beyond what it was at this period last year,
though then a failing quarter. My friends, there
will be a series of Resolutions submitted to you,
either for adoption or rejection, which I shall not at
present enter into the merits of; suffice itto say, they
are in tone similar to those adopted by 40,000
of our brethren in the North, at a Meeting lately held
at Rutherglen, who have boldly come forward, and
are determined to reduce the Resolutions to practice--
they are determined to prove themselves not un-
worthy the name of descendants of a Bruce or a
Wallace. Come boldly forward then, my fellow-
countrymen, and support the Resolutions, and prove
that you will never be unworthy of being called the
countrymen of a Sydney, a Hampden, or a Russell !
(Cheers.)—And, my countrymen, mind me, it only
needs ' a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull lto-
gether,'—a general co-operation of the whole king-
dom—' to drag the savage struggling into day;
and occasion a final, and, I trust, a peaceable end' to
all our miseries."—( Loud and continued cheering.)
Mr. JAMES Whams addressed the Meeting, by
stating, that he was sorry to inform them that -his
friend Mr. Cockburn had been rendered incapable of
appearing amongst them that day, by the effects of
indisposition; but he was happy to assure them that
a more determined character in the cause of Reform
was not to be found. He then observed, " you have
heard a detailed account by Mr. M'Kenzie, of the
mi-
sery in which the country is involved; and you must
be fully satisfied that the late war was unjust and
impolitic; but that infamous apostate, Pitt, was
the original cause of all our sufferings—by waging
war against the rising liberties of France,. to uphold
the Thrones of the Despots of Europe, which led to the
restoration of the Bourbons, and of that despicable
character, the petticoat-embroidering and beloved
Ferdinand ! who.has proved himself a disgrace to the
name of King; by involving the Nation in that war,
it has been brought under that enormous load of
debt and taxation, which has led to our present
ruinous and starving condition. Our absurd rulers
have had the audacity to state, that the Country- is
in a flourishing condition; and have had the im-
pudence to make such a statement to the Prince Re-
gent ; but let them visit our manufacturing towns,
and they will have proof of that condition which
these panders in office call flourishing—(Hear!)—
They have asserted that Radical Reform is contrary
to the Constitution; but we say, that Taxation with-
out Representation is contrary to the principles of
Magna Chattel, the great Charter of the Country.—
The People of England have long been cajoled by
the Whigs ; these men have now come forward as the
pretended Friends of Reform ; for 25 years past they
have cried up the necessity of Reform and Retrench-
ment; but when they, with Charles Fox, came into
power, what blessings did the country enjoy? The
Boroughmongering System continued in its full
strength, and the.finger of a Whig came heavier upon
the great body of the People than the whole thigh of
a Tory. These same Whigs have now come forward
to proclaim a refined system of Reform, consisting
of Triennial Parliaments and Household Suffrage,
which, they assert, will answer every necessary pur-
pose; but which, we assert, would be neither just
nor answer any purpose necessary to relieve the
sufferings of the People : we hold it to be due of
right to every man of full age and of sound mind,
to be represented in Parliament. Parliaments ought
to be Annual, because then an opportunity would
be afforded to kick out a rascal at the end of a
year, if he did not do his duty.—( Loud cheers.)
As we have no hopes of any efficient Reform from
this plan of the Whigs, we must exert ourselves' in
order to accomplish that desirable object. Wisigs
have, at all times, made use of the People as a step-
ladder, in older to elevate themselves to the*Treasury
Benches ; and, alter accomplishing their vile pur-
pose, they bare, disdainfully, thrown their step-lad-
der away, and denominated the People a rabble !'
The true way of obtaining a Radical Reform is by
English mea smiting in small bodies, of t:0 or 25 each,
mutually assisting each other, in every lawful en-
deavour, to obtain the grand object—emblematical
of which union is the bundle of sticks. Our. object
is nearly accomplished—tyranny trembles upon its
throne, and with grief beholds our union, and large
Meetings of 40,000, 60,000,9 and 100,000, where the
People assemble together to expose the abominable
system of the tyrannical Boroughmongeting faction.
But the honesty and spirit of Englishmen will step
forward and elect a pure House of Commons, which
wily sweep away the corruption of Saint Stephens.--

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pti,;n cf
cchiaellartthemselves Divine l'eac 'cave .„fpersettewled t
pretenders
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Christian m the
hayP• from tine
pit, had the temerity tt, pror,),
tlrrt
are these se•.
, 1, ,
ers the enemies of (ion and :nail, and .eE,TA
dash, have plunged them headlong info ,tern"
one"
dition ! They are the supporters of the pry"
surd system of taxation and misral airld
quently vindicate the practice of all impiety
parliament e snot ?se seriously
sbleYcaa luasrernsendda Pad cal !ief4
quity. They, themselves, are partakers in th
ottn
'lcea,lbleydttheiherTliivthinegs. AllViihuy • 47
io(on;ffeptt:7:l
re.
heayt
up.eurerpoinsetetnhdeeydrcerii-geizpiarlii:nyatr(i)leynabgraientEsi
the Itle4llS of investigating into the origin of ]"hawnhde tfhoerr ‘‘t
°l‘
bellied Doctors in Divinity to riot in I
the support of the poor of the parish? if it stas
Glared in favour cf the latter, it wol,ld be an tr..-
tunate discovery for the sons of luxury and
corrupt'
He believed that the Tithes were principally meanti,
the support of the poor, leaving only a small stir
in reversion for the Clergy; and he asserted that .
shillings a week is a sufficient allowance fee prat'
ing two sermons once a week. The peDple mn
cling together, and encourage each other.
Meeting of to-day was intended to shcw that e,
individual is yet useful in the comm .city, and
assist in accomplishing the great cause for al;,
they were assembled. Men who are small of •
like himself, and not fit for bugle, may effect. "
serve the cause by abstinence. Keep money Iron
pockets of your enemies, and you will reduce
power of doing evil, •as you take from them
means of supporting their armies, for, according
the old adage—' No pay, no soldier.' The sr%.
must come down, and will come down; and by.d.,
ing ourselves, fcr a few months, the use of thel
ciseable articles we can do witholt, we ill tiuish
job, for corruption has got a death-blow alreadr
He concluded by stating that the Resolutions sio•-•
be now read, after which he would do himse:f
pleasure to make a few observations thereon:
1. That this Meeting views with grief and sorrow n
mulated load of poverty, starvation and wretchedness,
on this once happy laud, and that this state of suffering is •
confined to ono class of society, but extends less or more .
all (except those who live on taxation'' ; that this misera:
result of an enormous load of taxation irr.pcsed -..:pas the Prcf
by those who styled themselves their Ttilers, but tr'o Sart
plundered the defenceless People of their al!, to render
selves despotic, and to rule by the law of the sword.
2. That the ruling faction could not have carried ontbelt
qnitous measures, had it not been from the igutratee cf
People, because tyranny ceases to exist the mene tit itta
lightened : therefore it is the duty of every man to roc=
fyl inforrriation respecting his sacred rights and libtr.ks,;:a:
a man he may defend* them against every encroacloneet,
whatever quarter it may come; for which important i.ur7.-
•naurt should assoehre in small numbers for their manol iner-
don-and itripoovernent, that thus a race of enlightened men .
arise who shall demand their rights a' nwn, in a tune fluted
make tyranny tremble arid hide its guilty head.
5. That fie People have, in A great measure, therasdro
blame fur their sufferings; because they have incotuidem,
wasted much of their money in the consumption of err,
article., whereby they have kept themselves
ranee, to the support of 'despots, v..ho keep a large sta:•,..itiez...
in time of. peace, to prevent the People from obtaial-„;
constitutional varies--all which; is a direct violation of On ~
.Charters of British Liberty.
Tea, which pays a duty of cent. per Cent. or just one 4. Tblt the exciseable articles particularly referred is
sequently every five ounces of rea,eonsumed by oat fansil--s
a soldier a day's wages, to prevent the People obwi7i.,!::
rights and liberties; Tobacco said Snuff pay three ; ens
ounce, so that five ounces of the“.: ar:ieles pay a so ZiCr
wages; Spirituous Liquors pay Ils. per gallon, or better
four-pence per noggin, consequently every four nesting
man drinks, he not only abuse* his own constitutioe,
his finances, benumbs lus n, and paralyres
noble faculties of his soul, but pays phiCaing bAtitCr :a lei
him in subjection to 'a
cruel and merciless task-maas.r;
which pays duties equal to' pixits, may be viewed in the
light, as being equally destructive to the inorah, the E!.;.:4
and as tending to the support of tyranny.
5. That every Radical Reformer should put on a srmas23
tion to abstain from the use of the above articles until he el
s Radical Reform in the House of Common,: the ka:::‘
results may be expected from this line of conduct; Le 4
always be in a sound state of mind and body, he will irorr
his mind by reading and reflection, and afford to his
Brethren good evidence that he is earnestly desirous to prone
Radical Reform, and that to obtain this important end he a
sacrifice his own propensities; and lastly, that whirl is of ir.t.L's
importance to the grew cause, he will keep out of the pocto
of the Boroughniongering faction a great part of that Revere•
which they depend to support themselves in their ustmatd,''
thority.
6. That as Radical Reformers are renerally oppressed Ltd,
jured by those who oppose their constitutional claims, it is iaa
peasably necessary that they e:,sieavciir to assist aad Aar]
each ocher in their respective trades, calling', or professieß,sol
that they should deal, as much as they possibly can, Wilts ea.
other : thus aiding, assisting, and encouraging one another b the
good and gt cat cause of universal freedom.
. _

7. That although the faction in power may trump up grf
bag plots, in order to form a pretext for the Suspencion of •
Habeas Corpus, and may obtain such Suspension,
operation of which they may send many innocent men
harass and plague men, infinitely better than t:lnnselvri.
they cannot thereby pay that enormous lopd of debt they
contracted, neither can they compel the Reformers to P!
interest thereof, by compelling them to swallow their sb'
nable exciscable articles ; therefore Reformers may tem
themselves with the idea that the debt, and all 1:s conseear•
hang ever the heads of the Borougluuongers, notwithea,--
Indemnity or Suspension Bills.
8. That it is highly absurd to pretend that a People clri
guilty of treason, conspiracy, or rebellion, as a faction. slots
be guilty of those crimes, and the simple reason is, that :he,'
dofespth9etisin beingmajiitye!otfatalisPhedeop, and
is Supreme Law ; ther. ft,.
charge the People with such crimes is another in.,ta! c:
anr will in making laws b v‘
and that such doctrines should
be universally condemned
9. That however much mankind may differ in religious
hdich a
tdlien,yiaclhtoohaste thet otle'ec topc k
political opinions:and that great diversity prevails is crruir
k highly iniquitous and oppressive to drag men before Courts '
Law on account of such matters, the proper tribunal being
lie opinion, and the proper weapons of attack and deinge
sa
reasonand' sound argument : it is a sufficient punishment :a a
uthor that his ignorance or fc:ly be exposed, and that his ''ft'
nions sink to oblivion by the all-powerful arguments of au°
and reason; if, therefore, there ate laws to punish melt for
tees of opinion, it is high time they were abrogated, sad
just and reasonable ones substituted in their stead.
10. That a Subscription be opened to aid in rel,cvirs
Sufferers in Peterlcs-field, to be transmived to the I're-I'T,,
appointed to receive such contributions, and that ;dr. JP-•
Cockburn be appointed Treasurer to the same.
11. That it appears to be highly expedient that a Geer',
Meeting, by deputation, of all the Ref.,rmL: s in the
Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ireland be called by 1'.11,14
vertisement, t 6 be held in some central town, to Like irw cc
.
sideration the propriety of Making one Univerrd Solemn,
peal to the Prince Regent, explaining the true state et c ",
country, and pointing out to him the constitutional tned..:
enfranchising every man in these Kingdoms, and thus .to T:7
their constitutional rights. And that to such 31et!.:4
Cartwright, Henry Hunt, Esq. !Sir Charles WolselrY,
tg
and the other couspici.ous advocates for Radical !Icier+.
it mil
invited to assist in the discussions, that all the steps ws s".•`•
nia),:qb:..gu\vitledtubzyawgi:sclihotnctitannideelfisocrrevtviarood.
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11.

,•:•ns 'act read. On the first Resolution he
• i`
in.lt the state 'orpieierty, starvation, and
hid, the Nation is plunged, was occa-
• •••• continued system of misrule and misre-
'•• Parliament. Whoever has Book the
•
Ine,re. properly called the Black ),
be astonished at the enormous' quantity of
• • v to Sinecurists, Placemen, and
given • lwa
.....ers; even Foreigners (whose naraes we scarcely
k: ,5 n) enjoy part of the Taxes which
' f, orn you by that detestable crew, the
...',r.:angers. The second Resolution, he said,
;most-lameniable truth, that the plans of the
..,,nengers could never have. been carried
but through the ignorance of the People.
get ourkelvcs instructed in a true know-
onr political rights. Were the people gene-
..„uucted, tyranny would cease and be ashamed
odious countenance; because tyrants have
,::.!towl over enlightened minds. Were this
',shed, a race of enlightened men would
from the Prii:ce Regent, would take no
bat demand the testeration of those rights
man is, Constitutionally, entitled to.—
trt info: ms us that the people have'
;,r blame for their folly, in giving money
;lest of Placemen, Pensioners, Sinecurists,
army, for the express put pose of keep-
41eals•
clvei ground down. If we have been fools,
so no more, but act wisely and circumspectly;
and, by keeping our money in our own
.x.s, endeavour to withhold the means of our op-
en. Such scenes as Peterlvo may render it ne-
.f that we should buy tools for our own de-
by the Bill of Rights, Act of Settlement,
it..4na ;liana every man has a claim—(' We will
!,,.";—to secure them, and hand them to pos-
,..:„,„ired,___The fourth Resolution states the
zt kinds of articles obnoxious to this Meeting.
le ;Ire many taxed commodities we cannot dis
with; but ale and spirits, which are partly
,11011., pay an enormous duty; the use of them
debi:itate the body, stupify the mind, Fara-
racket, and renders a man despicable in the
his countrymen. By denying ourselves the
•!..b.cse articles, we will fully evince the since-
c; our profession; for if we cannot now sacrifice
::‘.per.sitie.:, how shall we stand irr the day of trial?
Siespected the next Resolution, he doubted not
I‘l would all firmly resolve to reduce it into
.s:e. The one following recommended•all Ra-
,lllcfermers to ~pond their money with one ago-
, it tead of giving it for the support of their ene-
The next Resolution informs ns that the
e Regent has, in his graciousness, thought St
smirch his Parliament, for the dispatch of public
and the Ministerial prints, have slily
J :La titre will be another green-bag plot, si-
to tl..tt of Derby, to afford a pretence for the
ensiun of the Habra Corpus Act, that innocent
may be dragged to jail : this may be the case
us; but such proceedings will never throW a
.p on the cause, but be a means of adding thou-
of converts to our principles. Proceedings like
will not be the means of paying that abominable
't which hangs upon the necks of Ministers, and
..ch will sink them to ruin—and let them sink !
rest Resolution asserts; that it is highly 'absurd
thi:l that the People can be guilty of treason, se-
Gr itheitioa, as a Constitution of the Country
• tl,at the voice or will of the Peeoeis the,m,
w't is of the land. To say that aPeople can be
it of such acts, is absolute nonsense, and most
absurdity. The Boroughmongering faction
ebeen guilty of High Treason against the Pea
by issuing what they call a Proclamation to pro.
it the legal Meetings of the People—os if Procla-
ions were to be law) ; and enforcing the object of
Proclamation by the silly means of a non-de-
. t soldiery, yclept Yeomanly Cavalry. But the
is fast approaching when that faction will be ar-
pleci before the just tribunal of the country, and
re auw reward of their unhallowed deeds.—The

n kcy,lution states that, however much we may
fa respecting religion or politics, no man has. a
Otto be pro,ecuted for his opinions ; as has been
Kt to some nicn, highly useful in society, whohave
to the veil from the eyes of the People, and have
and imprisoned under that iniquitous sp-
.• e sat Resolution is reccmmendatury of a sub!.
to be opened for the sufferers at the Man-
•.rina,,sace; in order t.) obtain the best means
teve:. likewise to be a means of partly sup-
pecuniary wants. On that bloody day
" not less th'tn 500 wounded, and ten or
:ve '‘:,lied.—He said he would inform his hearers
ac!-cAmstance which lately happened in the town
Bran; ?ton. in this County :—A certain taz-gatherer
c tine to demand the taxes, which were for house
'‘.l4dow duty, 7s. (id. the poor man. had only
to answer the demand, when the benevolent and
e Ltx-gatherer kindly relieved him of his hat
make up the deficiency.—He then asked the mul-
e it ea: Resolutions met with their approbation?
471:en he was answered by three cheers.
p" f the Committee of the Female Reformers
'h"• Larnatt.) presented to the Chairman their
vhi,:h was ;ascribed, " Whoever sheds.nsan's
"i'd by man shall his blood be sbed;" there was
4 tigme of !tritannia • mourning for her
'oz:tetel suns on the 16th of August. On deli-
111.' flag, she spoke to the following effect :
Or. behalf of the Female Reformers of Carlisle,
fiy'eit the honour of presenting you with this
":•.!t! motto on which will admmusll you of your
cc u:ttrymen at Peterloo, whilst it exhorts
that is dear to man, to use every legal
col:,..itutional means to bring the murderers to
'•dign punishment."
t:r.vocK then enumerated the different flags,
' :heir mottoes, which were—Union flag,
I:.trtwright's Bill of Rights," and on the re-
" unto all men, as you would they should
Yo'l ;" this flag had likewise the emblem of
ri, two hands joined:—the next was the national
gr)f Cie three kingdoms, and was inscribed " Eng-
.l'eLknd, and Scotlan,'," three in one ; reverse,
L-44n•-t •.,-ta, and No C-n-n Law," or ydur rights
e-licvanccs ;—tlic nes-t was " Annual Par-
Laiversal Saffiape, and Vote by Ballot,"
`;7.e ,ide, and on the ether, " Liberty or Death;
e r•s't,c, of the next were, " Abbot the Manchester
"cle," and on the reverse," Trial by Jury, but
roe ;"—the next vas inscribed on one
F':^7ll Unity proceeds Strength," the other,
--tons \sill bz ; —the Truth has fallen

in the street, and EViitpeannot enter," rererse,,, Tax
upon Tax we cannot etulure,-a Radical Reform is our
only Sure;"—the next, " Peace, Unity, and Reform,"
" No Corn La*:;" this flag' ad an emblem of Justice
on one fide, with her Scales ;—the next was inscribed,
" Hunt and Liberty," and .1 The Rights of Man ;"
the next and last was, " England expects every Man
to do his Duty," and " Liberty of the Press."—
There were, amongst other devices, an emblem of
retrenchment—a pole, with a quantity of quarts,
pints, glasses, tobacco-pipes, snuff-boxes, tea. kettle,
coffee-boiler, cannister, tea-pot, &c. all reversed ;
and
a large cabbage, much eaten with caterpillars,
representing, that as caterpillars riot upon the cab-.
bage, so do norough-mongers riot upon the state, &c.
Mr. Muanotx then recommended a subscription
to be set on foot on the ground, which was imme-
diately complied with, when the sum of Di. 6s. 7d.
was collected ; after which, a vote of thanks was
given to the Chairman ; when, after stating to the
populace the sum collected, the meeting was dis-
solved; and the whiile returned in the same orderly
and peaceable manner as had marked the whole pro-
ceedings of the day.
It is supposed that about 10,000 men assembled on
the ground. Neither Magistrates, nor Constables, nor
Military, made their appearance ; nor, during, the
whole proceeding, was there a single exclamation or
murmur that could be construed as disrespectful to-
wards any individuals.