, 1864-12-29
BRITISH NEUTRALITY.
Great Tumu1t at Bristol,
England
4 Lincoln Meeting Broken mp by q
Mob--Greaning for sod Abe'
and Cheers for Lee--Pro-
posed Fotb Of Thanks
tSJeff DaViS--EX-
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From the Manchester Guardian, 3d.1

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tFrom the Manchester Guardian, adj
On Ihursday night meeting WAS convened
at B1oadmead Rooms, Bristol. by body styl-
ing Itself the 'sBristol Emancipation Society,""
to adopt IN address expressive Of qualification
ut the reelection Of President Lincoln. and
the consequent continuance and extension Of
the anti-slavery policy which the Federal Coy
ernment has ina1guzated under his admins
trnt1on. The room Was crowded to excess.
The following account of this "demonstra-
tlon" is taken from tho Bristol Daily Post of
yesterday:
"At the time appointed for tho commence
neut Of the meeting, Mr.. Handel Cossham,
3Ir. A. Warren and Others ascended the plat
form, movement which excited the dense
crowd who tbronged the room to the most
demoniacal outburst Of indignation. Those
who had not already. got upon the seats
uon} Ct t tic ua Gs yoey
kissing and yelling that was perfectly indie
sc1ibsble. Mr.. George Powell, who Is generally
known as the 'w0rkingman,' and usually
takes part In meetings, having similar
objects in view to this ono. advanced to the
front OF the platform, aud essayed to address
the meeting, but he had no sooner uttered
the word "Gentlemcn," ," than be was assafled
by the most discordant sounds. Some per-
son near the door had excited the ul-feeting
Of those around him by uttering sentiments
contrary to those entertained BY the majority
was raised, wiich served to divert attention,
from the upper end Of the hall to the point
indicated, and Mr.. Powell endearored to avail
himself of this diversion, but the utteranee
of the word "Gentlcmcn y acted like tails
man, and the crowd forgetting the unlucky
wight who had ventured to express his opin-
Inn $tro ho
to their first loyu," and seemed deter
mined to cry the bold Powell down. The
meeting cheered for President Davis until
they we're utterly hoarse, and groaned for
"Abe Lincoln" with equal yehemence. The
working man" again made feeble attempt
thai. they we're defeating their own object, t.
but this line Of argument Has q: lie it failed
to obtain him my hing approaching hearing.
He shouted at the hpof bis voice, Il am here
merely TO u,ee99e chairman woa't you have
chaltlEGan n but In the dire confusion which
1shen existed big words could not have been
heard beyond tie reach Of the reporters ia
bic Immediately underneath. An Individual
in the back gallery here called ont, "Stone-
wall Jackson forever "a sentiment which
evoked the heartiest response, cheer following
cheer in quick succession, and Increasing In
Powell still stood bis ground. and, apparently
losing his temper, said, "Do you call your
selves men? There is no manliness about
your. Derisive cheers and laughter.1 The
speaker said he begged leave to move that
AIgernon Warren, Esq. take the chair, and
then resumed bis seat. The meeting not hear,
ing what he stated. cheered yociier6asly. and
waved their hats with the widest enthusiasm.
Mr. J. Harris rose upon the platform, and was
understood to second the motion, but II
he said thing 1t certainly was not
heard by those Who we're within
having assumed the chair, stood upwith the
playcard conyentng the meeting ID his hand,
upon seeing which some person at the lower
| end of the room commenced singing the bac-
chanalian song, ave won't 20 home till
morning, TIL daylight does appear" which
WAS Joined in BY the great majority Of those
present, and was accompanied BY stamping
| Of feet and other noises. The refrain WAS
sung again and again, and The Chaffman's
| patience having been exhausted, he resumed
| his seat, and was loudly cheered for having
thus admitted his defeat, and again the re-
frain Of the bacchaualian ditty WAS taken up.
! came forward, and putting his two hands to
| his mouth, shouted " Hear both sides!" But
the meeting had evidently made up their
minds to hear neither side. An elderly man,
in the middle Of the room, standing upon a
! seat, with frantic gcsticulatious and tue way
Ing OF bis cap, demanded something upon the
rights q! nm Engltshman, but what it Was no
one could tell, for even to those Immediately
around him 1t Was but d dumb show. The
meeting, conceiying that they had found fresh
food for fun In the lmpromptu orator, crowd
ed around him. Stools were thrown down,
a scene Of great confusion ensued, and IN at-
tempt Was made to force him on to the plat
| fo,nl, but the old gentleman declined the
"honors they would thrust npon him." sub.
sided into silence, and WIS lost In the crowd.
a cry was raised IN the body Of the room to
$}c NJ 1atf 1f affn
| President Lincoln, and no sooner was the
| suggestion mrda tHau several hundred per-
! eoas came sursing over the seats like IN I'M
| mcnse wave, and in the foremost rulks was
| distinguished the stalwart form Of grcua-
dier. The promoters Of the meeting clustered
around each other, and formed sort oiseeret
| eonclaye, discussing, It was presumed, the
| course best to be pursued, but what rcsolu-
tion they came to We know not. excepting
| that they stuod their ground for some ten
| minutes or a quarter Of m hour attcr tue
enemy had successfully assaulted their "po.
sition." 4 number Of Lincolnites endtayored q
! TO improve the occasion Of being brought IN
cuing in favor of Old Abe - but was throwing
Wolds away. With mock earnestness pub
1ican advanced towards the centre Of the
| platform; and seeing him come those In the
vicinity drew back on either Side, leaving o
| space by the chairman clear. Behind the To-
ble, and great even in ther defeat, were the
devoted band Of Federats, and Mr.. Cosshau1,
I foremost among them, seeing the burly form
approaching, courteously removed his bat,
and went forward to ask what was wanted.
for 4uellng the disturbance, as Mr. Coss-
| ham perhaps expected, requested to know II
he could have the ssxpcnce1which be had paid
foradmisson returned, upon which some one
inquired ironically whether two three-penny
picces wonld do instead In the midst Of the
fcrft1c the table WAS seized and turned upside
down, and hurled of the platform, while to
show the wreck which had been made chair
minus legs Was held up, and benches bercfe
Of supports were thrown down. Whilst this
scene was being enacted, numerous In
cidents Of MI amusing charactcr were
Some one suggested that a glass Of
beer should be ssnt for for Handel Cosshan,
q remark which was provocative Of much
q laughter, and two respectfully dressed per
sons Immediately under the platform in9ults'
cd In some strong expressions a5 to lne meE, ,
an animated conversation was brought to d
conclusion by one challenging the other
"just to come outside.n Small shot and dried
peas we're thrown in great quantities nbona
! the hall to the discomfort Of many timld per.
sons. Cheers were given for Gen. Lee, aud
resonndcd through the room again nnd again
and, on an excited individual ID the middle O.
the room declaring that he wished to address:
the meeting in favor Of the South, loud cr1e:
for "Silcnce" were raised, and many seemed
disposed to give him hearing; but when tht
disturbance had almost been quelled, and tht
meeting had subsided into something ap
preaching order, the gas vas lowered, m;
there WAS general rush towards the door.
vast number, however, remained in the room
and an individual in the back gallery com
menced singing some ditty-a. parody, Q,
s'John Browns body"-the burthen Of which
was that they would "hang abe Liucoir
to = sour apple tree" and tho ,sh'i, ehorus
rlorv lallelufah," Three cheer
for the defeat Of Cossham were then demand
ed and responded to, md the gas was furthe
lowered, but the ruse did not this time suc
coed, and very few left the room. perso1
from the platform suggested that now the.
had got the room to themselves Sthe promot
crg Of the meeting having left they shou1t