The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-07-23 00:00:00

PRWINCIAL CRLRRNATION OF THE CORO
NATION.
FROM PRIVATE CORRESPONDENTS.

MANCHESTER, JULY 21, 1821.—Eyery thing passed
eff here on Thursday quiet/a., so quietly, indeed, that
ti:e choprallett loyalists, who expected to make a
grand display, have almost excited the pity and com-
miseration of the reformers. The present municipal
authorities are respectable men, and averse to all ilia-
/ivy of ultra feeling. They had prohibited the ap-
pearance of the 4 )rantTemen, and took care to prevent
tete prodoction of any emblems of a poliiical nature.
rAriv ill the morning the children of the different
Sunday and Charity Schools paraded the town, and
mustered much more strongly than was expected, as
the working classes here are all extraordinarily anxious
that their children should get some education,
and were afraid that to keep them at home
on srvh an occasion would lead to their
being expelled the schools. About ten o'clock, the
different trades began to assemble its Salford, and
about twelve to proceed throneh the town to Ardweak
Green, where afi•F-ttejoie was to be tired by the mili-
tary, anti fonr t%-aces font cheers by the people, was to
be given. The whole number in the procession might
amount to about nitoll men and boys, a most miserable
number indeed, when it is considered that, by the re-
cent Census, it appears that Manchester contains a po-
pulation of 1..7,0M1 souls. Of the cotton-weavers,
the most nuaieroes body, at least 311,090, only fort!,
individnals atteni!ed. I counted them cautioltsly my-

self, and three other persons did the same, all at
dif-
tcrent plyres, and all agree to the exert number of
li.rty. The v.eavers are the most independent body
al well as the t numerous, ail working at home,
and free from the controul of masters. This fact is
deeisive as to the state of loqpnlar feeling in this town,
and by accounts I have read this day from the stir.
I-Jointing towns and villages, I learn that in no one
place could they get the weavers to attend. There was
not a single fnstian-cutter in the Manchester proces-
sion; and of the spinners, of which there are at least
I PPM in town, only about 700 were present. The
prJeession was lest by the military, amongst whom was
the noted yeomanry, who were hissed from their
st irting to the entl of the display.—The rear was
brought np by a considerable body, which called it-
the Gee/ie.:re , of Manchester, (thud sue the mark).
—Foremost, amongst these strode Josci li
rrlaitc. Na lin, Esquire, as you may know,
has left Itis and is succeeded by Stephen La-
s tonolPt by the bye, looked notch more like a
(Lontleman than any man I saw in the procession. Joe
has made his fortune as Manchester mcn generally do, by
thrir talents as arithmeticians. During the march several
attempts were made to get up something like a decent
}maxi', hut they totally and must ridiculously failed.
The people in the procession were mostly compelled to
attend, and those who looked on were altogether inimi-
cal to the whole proceedings ; very few indeed had their
hearts in it; hence all was as doll, silent, and as mournful
u, a funeral. When arrived at the place, where, accord-
ing to the programme, atl were to shout. it was found
impossible to extract one from them. None but the mili-
tary Istizt.k.a, mill a loyal cotton-dealer said to toe to
d sy in a great passion, that a score Radicals could have
ettouterl them all (town. In the evening there was a moat
fli.gusting exhibition of drunkenness and beastliness,
but still no enthusiasm. Oti Slsude hill, where the
beef and beer was given away, the victuals was thrown
from the windows to thecrowd, and the beer poured

into their hat:: the seatfuldinc: gave way ; one inn was
killed, and 1:1 were (langerottsly hurt and taken to the
infirmary; two clithlren were killed in the streets. The
wig, order men are ashamed of this drunken exhi-
aml I think on any future rejoicing, a more
Arrant and rational mode of regaling the people will be
&tilted. The money subselibed was to regale the
working (-Loses," and yet it was found necessary to
give the humane Peterloo Y miry a dinner out of
this subscription fund ; so much for the rt'ipertatility
of this celebrated corps ! This you may rely on. When
the news arrived last evening, of the treatment of the
Wren, a considerable crowd which had assembled at
toe Exchante, received it with groans and hisses, and a
few lovat men present were so treated as to make it
locce.tsary to :,end fa: the Police and clear the streets.

Yost:.—Onr readers it ill recollect, that on Monday
la.:t, we stated that the Corporation of the City of I
York had voted .101. to be expended in ale, and given
to the populace on the day of his Majesty's Coro-
rt4tion, that they wool.' walk in procession, Ike.,
and at the same time we expressed our opinion, that
ii the Queen was not crowned also, but few of the
disinterested inhabitants would join in the procession.
Our remarks, it appears, were correct, for although
the procession took place, it hail snore the appearance
of celebrating a Monarch's interment, than that of his
Coronation. There were a few banners, but not a
single one appropriate to the occasion ; not a favour
waved from the windows, as is usual during public
processions ; nor was there any cheering : all was
Oent, except the tiring of the mail coach guards,
the ringing of the bells, and the music with the pro-
cession. No: the enlightened part of the citizens of
Yotk are too much alive to the sufferings of their
much-injured end persecuted Queen, to celebrate that
eay ou which her Majesty was to be refused the right
of Coronation with her lawful husband ; and the sym-
pathy which her case created, appeared to throw a damp
ei en upon the minds of some of those persons who
sere partaking in the festivities of the day. When
the procession was moving along IValnigate, Mr.
Ralph Ward, shoemaker, accompanied by a few
friends of her Majesty, joined it, and accompanied it
the onzhont its route; Mr. W. had a board suspended
to a pole, on which were inscribed " C. R." encircled
with a wreath of laurel ; above which was a dove, hav-
ing an olive in its month, and below which were the
words "The Reward of Virtue, which a crown has
ror obtained. Queen Caroline ermined in the hearts
of the PEOPLE." After the procession, the worthy
ultra bleilists separated, most part of them retiring
to several public-honses, where they spent the re-
mainder of the day, in the most Aga! manner possible,
viz. by imitating Ast!idainas, and by devoting it to
the shrine of Bacchus. Amongst ;he numerous
p .rties who celebrated this glorious day, we
hear that one consisted of excisemen, who, no
doubt, thought it their duty to express theit loyalty,
by espousing " That cause by which they eat and
drink." The day, however, passed over in the most
peaceable manner. We had forgot to mention, that
thee Barracks were illuminated in the evening, and
that the privates in the Hussars were plentifully re-
galed with ale, whose orderly conduct was most praise-
worthy.

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