Elizabeth-Town gazette., 1819-11-16

butchery" at Manchester; and he, ana
all the other orators, were particularly
vehement and declamatory upon TINS
mournfuI and ominous subject. " VIII II
be believed by posterity," said one Of the
speakers, that peaceable assembly Oh
ifree-bogD Irishmen we're -wantonty muf-
dered in open day. Oh, ] would rather
see the bodies Of all my kindred whiten
III the sun, and have my Carcase thrown
to the dogs, than that such an event should
pass without a proper inquiry, aud pun
ishment upon the guilty perpetrators.
This is no time TO pause between Two
opinions, when murder aud massacre stalk
10 open day; when the inhunan mssls-
trates have received the thanks oil those
who gorge their bIoaied carcasses with lhe
blood Of the artisan"
Another orator observed that &c the Brit
ish sword had been drawn upon starving
men and fanting women; has it desolated
every country 10 the world TO be at last
drawn among ourselves? and will you al
low your brethren to be murdered without
raising Your voice against the Internal
deed? No; sooner shall the lake wash
Benlomand from It's eternal site, than the
sons of Caledonia shall be silent"
A number of resolutions, deprecating
lhe conduct OF the Manchester magistrates,
were passed; votes Of thanks were given
to the most iiiustrious radicals.
An address TO Mr.. Hunt was produced
and read. Hunt was panegyrised at great
length aud the address was carried with
a iervent shout of applause.
After the speaker from the east side OF
Glasgow had spent some time IN making
severe structures upon the duplicity aud
unfeeling conduct of the clergy, the busi-
ness Of the meeting ended with the speak
er requiring the people to depart with
regularity and good order, aud 60 peacea-
bly, home. About the middle OF the pro-
ceedings cry OF the Hussars" rose, and
the people Red on all sides. and it was
with some difficulty that the committee
could get them rallied, and order restored.
collection was made when the people
were retiring for the relief of the Man
chester sufferers. Some light fingered
gentry honoured the meeting with ;lieir
presence. II is supposed there we're from
IA to 10000 people present.
When the people were going home,
those from the west, with their flags, aud
the Neilston band of music, went down
Story-street in compact body, and got
quietly out Of the iown, but those from
Glasgow we're less fortunate. The special
constables were ranged on both sides Of
the High-street, with the civil authorities
at their head. The first flag was seized
at the eress, scume ensued, and the pub
lie mind being in state OF the greatest
fermentation, an immense crowd instantly
collected. The special eonstables did
their utmost to clear the streets, but the
mob continually increased; stones and
other missiles were thrown with violence /;
the windows Of the council chamber were
broken, aud similar outrages we're com
mitted in other parts OF the town; the
riot act was read at little past 10 o'clock,
and the mob increasing, the cavalry were
sen; for at II, and came from Glasgow
about |. When they asrived, the people
gave then, hearty cheer, and immedis
ately dispersed.
Next day as the magistrates were going
to church, they were iDsulted by the pop
ulace; and one of the most active Of the
mob was seized by Baillie Bowie, who with
the rest OF the mag istrates conducted him
to goal before proceeding to church.
During the evening of Sunday, gentle
men were generally assailed with stones
wherever they were found. About dozen
of the large panes of the Coffee e-room win.
dows we're broken, and the gentlemen
by the mob from retiring for
about an hour. The cavalry dispersed
the mob without drawing their swords.
The riot became serious at Z o'clock.
The riot act was read three times before
9. The windows of the .Tontine, BailIie
Bowie, Mr. Burns old and new houses,
Dir Findlay, Birkmyre's ware hocse, Bail
lie Leishman and Son, Buchanan Of North
Bar, Mr.. Sharp, capt. of the Batonmen,
Mr.. Lymburn and Pollock's windows, with
the lamps Of the Causeyside, High-slreei,
Story street, New-street, are all destroy
ed. The iron railing Of the Methodist
chapel was torn to pieces, and used as
weapons against the cavalry and Baton
men, and the mob charged them clearly up
Siory-street. All was quiet at one in the
morning.
A Paris paper Of the 25th Of Septem-
Der, contains the following articles:
It is reported that the famous Jew
Banker, Rothschild, Indignant at the i'll
treatment of his brethren in religion, has
refused TO discount the paper Of any Of
the Bankers in the towns which persecute
the Israelites. This refusal has greatly