THE BRISTOLZASf MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of JAMES ACLAND, Proprietor and Editor— written by'Himisel). " I LIKE HONESTY IN ALL PLACES."— Judge Bayley. Printed and Published by JAMES ACLAND ( SOLE PROPRIETOR A. V » EDITOH; at NO. 4, All Saints'street, Bristol. VOL. It.— No. XXXIX. I SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1S30. [ Price lid. To the EDITOR of THE BRISTOLIAN. SIR, I beg leave to state in your Valuable publi- cation that, when at the Council. Honse on Saturday last, on u charge of insulting Master Gane— Phillips, Bevan. and Cole, hue. Committee- Men in the Bristolian Biead As. sociation, came forward to swear that thev saw me insult the former Gent, and that i also used abusive language to the Father— both of which I deny in toto, as I neither did by word or deed, which I could have proved by two respectable witnesses, had time been permitted forme to have produced them. Not having any person present whom I could have offering as bail, I was induced, by the threats of Mr Gane, to sign the acknowledg- ments which appeared in a paltry publication of Wednesday last.. J. MOXHAM. We, the undersigned, do hereby declare, that we could have proved the innocence of the above signed had we been present at the Council- House, as we saw every thing that occurred. BENJAMIN BUTCHER. THOMAS BRUCE. To the EDITOR of the MERLIN, Norimouth. Sir, You are related by mairiage to & ing- S; ork- Tom of Newport. Of course you can do no less than your best to m* ke him oul the consci- entious Treasure/ and " honest Lawyer of tha' borough. Come on and as your friend Robert Lane,' » cieritifical! y observes '* J— n the flinchtf ', Unky can pay you for your advocacy. JAMES ACLAND To the EDITOR of the BRISTGLIAN. S* R, As you are an in repid vindicatot of the rights of the people^ and zealously exert yourself for the correction of abuses, may I e allowed to ask, through the medium of your paper, why Swin • that die on the pas sage from Ireland are allowed to be imported into Bristol ? Surely the Magistrates might interpose their authority in behalf of the poor, who are subject to purchase the m<> st baneful food—" unhealthy pork," as a certain classical M. D. terms it Your's truly, PEREGRINE PICKLE. February 24,1830. P. S. I may avail myself of this opportunity to state that it would be politic in the Cheps- tow people to draw up a | etition on the sub- ject of their grievances. Parliament would no doubt consummate the work yon have so spiritedly commenced.— Daniel O'Connell, the able and intrepid advocate of popular rights, would ch- erfullv present, and zea lously support such a petition—" verburn nit." MF. M.—' My corrcspudent has mixed up the bad pork with the bad agents in so droll a mauuer that I scatce'. y know how to separatethe subjects. Neither one nor the other should be tolerated by the well wishers vf the human race. J. A. To the EDI FOR of THE Snt, I should be much obliged against calumny-; I should think ihere i' scarcely any man so indifferent to the common duties of humanity as to wish to defraud a poor man of his rights, and to Keep from him his property ? — —— { MKSI>"- I have given some particulars in No. 34, and am not prepared to give me whole of them this -, but I intend - at ttie earliest rrTomeift to lay the trans- action in full before the public. Suffice" it for the present to say that in 1817, Over, was goiDg to re side in Londoa; en that occasion, his Wile and Mi. Hartley Senr. as Trustee, wished him to leave the papers r « lative to the birsine- s in " his ( Mr. Hartley's") hands for safety— these papers were 1st, the last Settlement in 1804 ; 2nd. Five half yearly receipts fur Interest ; and Srdly his trade bill. J. A. DIUSTOLIAN. by vour inserting a few particulars respecting the claim of Dyer,- again- t William Powell Hartley— If- his claim be unjust, wbv, in the name of good sense does he not come forward and defend his character To the EDITOR of THE BRISTOLIAN. Sir, The independence with which you have at all times scrutinised the conduct of n; en of wealth and influence, and the truth with which any fcharges made by vou have been invariably suppor. ed, have had the effect < f giving to arty such charge the credit « . f being founded in truth, even before # ie evidence theteof has been laid before your readers, and it is for that re, son that I now address you. Is your Bristolian of Saturday the 20th inst. you have addressed a letter to Thomas Pro- thern the Mayor's Clerk & c. & c of Newport, Monmouth- hire — bur the name Prothero is spelt with an e find. Few persons are pleased to see others of their own name brought be- fore the public in an unfavoiable and dis- creditable light, and I have, from a feeling of sincere respect for pur late representative, Edward Piothero, Esq. as well as from a like feeling towards others of that name, thought it tight in justice to them to s< ate to you, th. t Thomas Prothero, qf Newport,'" is by no means connected vHth the ProtherOes, our respeetab!/, 4- 2 THE BRISTOL AN citizens either by relationship or otherwise; indeed, were he so, 1 am of opinion that a daeper stain could not rest upon that highly , respectable name. In your Bris olian of Wednesday last you make ceriain inquiries of the said T homas Protheroe, which he is not very likely to answer, and ns I shall ever be disposed 10 render you any assistance in my power I will reply to those inquiries. Having known the said Thomas Protheroe from the time of bis apprenticeship to the Usk Cobbler ( you may start at this fact but it is no less tiue) down to the present moment, I beg to inform you that the Worthy Gentle man was born at Usk and is the son of his mother; but whether he ever had a father or not. 1 cannot tell— I know the fact has been doubted, and he has doubted it himself, having at varipus times taken up the names of Prout Probyn. Campbell, and Protheroe. I am prepared Sir, in justice to him, to make oath that I never heard but one person spoken of as his Mother; but what little I have heard r - specting his Father, del caey and respect for King Tom prevents me from stating Looking to the commencement of my letter I see Sir, I have, referred to the spirit of independence with which you attack men of wealth and influence. - It might bethought that I intended to denominate Thomas Pro- the oe one of that class; now, Sir, I really do not he has little wealth and no influence, to my knowledge. The man's credit is good, and if he were to recommence, or one of his sons to commence, shoemaking, I should not hesitate to trust him with <£ 50 or c£' 100 worth of leather, or rope to the like amount. But, Sir, I would advise him not to inquire in Monmouthshire what u e he had better make of the rope ; however, should he inquire 1 will engage he would not follow the recom menda: ion AS YET, although he threatened o do so some short time since when he had the misfortune to be Frost- bitten. I have said • S'- r, Thomas Prothero has no influence; neither has he — Sir Charles M > rgan has influence, and the Mayor of Newport has influence, and it is f-. s Steward to the former and as r*; erk to the latter that he exercises an influence ; but, bear in min 1, Sir, it is not /^ influence — his influence indeed ! ! In my present letter I m: rely wish Sir, to shew the man up in his real character ; my course in fu- ure will be clear, and the matter ] shall ssp^ I/ you with, will be more interest- ing In a few days I shall take the liberty, with your permission, of proposing to you a plan for sending a horn- boy to Monmouth- shire. I will not now intrude further upon tthe columns of your valuable publication than to state that I shall supply you with a little Monmouthshire information for each of your ensuing numbers after Saturday week next. when I shall have returned to Bristol again. Each fact that I may communicate shall be supported by the best evidence. My first communication, after the day I have named, shall comprise a little tale res- pecting the Monmouthshire Merlin News- paper humbug.— King Log Tom and the pigs that were corked. Log King Tom and the late Chas Hopkins. Do. a'id the late Saml. Watkins Do. and the late Mr. Rees of the Moors. Do, and the present Mr. Burfield Your well- wisher, An Anli- Prothoroe- ite [ MEM: — In a few days t shall he at Newport— when, in addition to my general business, I shall have occasion to wait on a Lady, who received from her servant the Jsavinffs of her wages, but who has for a long while refused the repayment. I merely mention this that she. may not be surprised at my visit and be prepared to act justly, without compulsion. J. A. J If a man be a soldier should he not be brave ? If a tolditt be a man, should not he act like a man ! And if he be a trustee for the poor widow of a brother soldier should he not act honestly to- wards her both as a man and a sotdfier ? Falstaff was packed up i^ i a basket— and the unmanly soldier and dishonest Trustee ought at least to be cradled in his own workmanship, and work his nose how he might, and sniff it as he would, he should have a whipping from the hands of the widow he had robbed, with the withy of his own cutting. Did his deceased comrade place £ 100. in his hands for the personal vise of the Trustee or for', the bent fit of the widow.' Has the Trustee acted like a man or a soldier in withnlding from the widow the savings of her deceased husband ? Has he acted like an honest man in refusing alt account of his trust to the friends of the widow I I'll)/ such a man must of necessity be a coward. If a woman were to call him out, certainly this Mat of a man, would not come. I beg to ask him whether he ever beat a wo- man— for I am of opinion that he who robs a poor widow would do so. I would ask him, did he never receive a chal- lenge to the following purport:— '• Mr. My character having been calumniated by you and I having repeatidly requested an interview for you to explain your conduct, and you having failed to do s> I now f although a female) boldly challenge you to meet me tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock on Pile Hill and I willfight you with sword or pilots and revenge my wrongs, Feby. 16. 1830. It is only nccessary that I add that if no notice be taken of these distant hints I shall J some to closer quarters than the bunny- nose soldier I did with the wronged and insulted widow , J. A. To the EDITOR of THE BRISTOLIAN. Sir, This day meeting with a friend in Temple- Stteet, he informed me, that being at the Com- mittee Room iti Broadmead, this morning, Mr. Wad ham Cole, told him that if Mr. Acland at empted to go to the Mill any more, he would bo Murdered. Op such threats as these, I consi- der you would be very highly justified, in mak- ing your complaint to the Magistrates of oi. r City, I am Sir, your's & c. JOHN WINDSOR. [ MEM :— This is by no means the first time I have been thus threatened" nor did any threat le. s surprise ine thau on this occasion ; for the individual in ques- tion, the other night, when I went to his room, took away the light and left me and five or six others in the midst ot a gang of desperadoes, the manly feel- in » s of some of whom was wound up to such a" pitch of heroism that their courage flying to their toes they condescended to kick our worthy Secretary and my- self as we were retiring after the dissolution of the meeting. These are the very men from whom mur- derous threats may be anticipated and perhaps a stab in the back. It is by a being sueli as these ( Alfred Phillips) that the storming of my castle has been threatened— bul he is the prince of liars and I can't believe that six meu in Hristol would juin in such ruffianism, unless well paid for their services— 1 can- not believe it, when he states- it. J. A. To the SHAREHOLDERS in the B. B. A " When impious men bear sway the post of honor ft a private station." ADDISON. My Friends, The outrageous conduct of the late Commit- tee and their eigerde- ire to retain their situations has induced many to conclude there is some- thing more than honor attached to the office ( some di ty self interested motive) and as I do not wish to mix myself with such a party, f beg leave to observe, that if at our next General Meeiing you determine on re- electing them I hope you will do me the honor of excluding my nam?. If however, you are wise, you will act with firmness and not believe the infamous and wicked insinuations against the founder of the Association which have been so industriously cir- culated; you will choose none but persons capable of conducting your affairs with equal honor to themselves and benefit to you and dismissing from your minds, all party sentiments, unite together for our mutual advantage. Can you reasonably expect the Association to prosper if such men as the late Committee are rt- elected, men who have violated every principal of right and justice, who have broken into the Bakehouse and Mill, and plundered your premises, remov- ing what property they chose, by farce, without the least lawful authority, and depriving you of any further supply of Bread. If then nothing but wars and rumours of wars can be expected from such, I call upon you to prevent for the future such outrages, and by your votes con vince them that rectitude of conduct alone eiic titles to your approbation, Your's faithfully, N. RAVIS, THE BRISTOLIAN. 155 AGREEMENT For the Restoration of PEACE among the SHAREHOLDERS or THK BRISTOLIAN BREAD ASSOCIATION. February, 25ih 1830. The Possession to remain with Messrs. Cossens, Lowe, Burrows and Coltis— they be- ing responsible for the whole. Stock to be taken immediately at the Mill— each party to have a copy, Mr. May to be immediately supplied with a copy of the Stock at the Bake- house when pos- session was taken by Mr. Cossens and others. A GENERAL MEETING to be called immediately of the Shareholders TO BE HELD On THURSDAY EVENING 4ih March, for the purpose of making ihe mutual proposition: *' Which party shall have the future arrangement of the Association? THE OLD OR THE NEW!" Such quesiion to be decided by ballot— that bal lot remaining open for four successive days, closing at eight o'clock on Tuesday Evening, the 8th of March. That whatever the result of such ballot, both parties shall be definitively bound by it. The following resolution to be the only one, and to he proposed by J. Acland, and seconded by J. Cossens. " That a ballot be opened to morrow morning for a decision of the question—•' Which party shall have the future management of the Asso- ciation ? The old or the new i" That balloting boxes be opened at 4, All Saints' Street, and at 7, Broadmead. Two of each party to be at each place. Parchments to be produced, and no ballot to be allowed on Parchments which are not punched." Messrs. Ravis and Cosseas to see that each Shareholder has a balloting paper sent him— such paper to be compared with his Parchment when he votes," ( Signed) JOHN COSSENS, I GEORGE COLLIS, WILLIAM LOWE,] B. BURROWS. JAMES ACLAND. J. R. MAY. MEM:— 1 need scarcely state that I never will act with the late Cominiitee. If the Shareholdes vote - them in I shall opuose no object to such result beyond uiy final and fixed withdrawal from the Association on the other hand, if the majority of the votes arc at my back 1 will stick to the ship so long as two of its planks hold together. J. A. MEMS.— Master Whereat may be assured tliat I am in possession of fall particulars of his extraordinary conduct. Fortunately far him it is with difficulty I find roam for this short notice; but I may have more space in my next. Will John lies of Brand on- Street tell me who is his present barber, and why he does not now pratronise his late shaver ? IVili William Energy of No. 4 Dlghton- Street say if he did not yesterday discharge some of his men— and •. - j J why? Mr, Hillier's letter on Wednesday. I cannot receive any betters unless post paid. J. A. To HIS WORSHIP THE MOGGRIDGE AND HIS KINGSHIP THE TOM PROTHEROE, of Newport or thereabout. Sir, You have mixed yourselves up together in a manner which justifies me in mixing you up to- gether. As Trustee ( one of yon) and as Trea surer ( the other) to the CarieOn Charity you have managed matters so ingeniously and so'ad- vantageously to yourselves, that my admiration must needs be gratified by the publicity which I intend giving to all the circumstances connect- ed therewith. Your Worship rents a farm belonging to the Carleon Charily, and which immediately adjoins your own estate at Wood- Field. As Trustee to the the Charity, yon are thereby guilty of a most flagrant malversation of your trust. Your Kingship cannot deny that as Treasurer you might have connived at this iniquity. The rental of this farm is supposed to be in more than half its real value. If so there is fraud in the transaciion ; and if there be, both of you will, ere long, wish you had never had any thing to do with it. It seems that your worship was to pay the Charity— that is, the Trustees, of whom you are one, Jour pence per Ton for the quantity of coal work from the mine on the property ! that you, the Trustee afterwards let it to King- Stork- Tom ( for the Log- King has proved a Stoik- King) under the agreement that he was to pay you for the quantity worked, precisely twice as much as you rented it lor of yourself, namely eight pence per Ton !! and moreover it appears that the real value of the coal so worked is really worth twice as much as the rent paid by King- Stork- Tom to the worshipful Moggridge ! Of course it was necessary that in this plan of a worshipful Trustee to put the proceeds of the Charity in his own pocket, it was also neces- sary to bribe the Tieasurer, Now, you, Ktng- Sto'k- Tom, were very ac- commodating in this respect, and His Worship found no difficulty in buying you over to this disgraceful malversation of trust, You are raising about eighty tons of this Coal daily, j which ought to return .£ 1669 6s. 8<). per annum to the Charity. The amount actually paid to the Charity is abou ,£ 417 6s. 8d. per j annum; the amount pocketed by your landlord | is about .£ 417 65. 8J.; and the difference of =£ 834 13s. « gd. finds its way into your purse! . Why my men of dirty work, this is sheer: robbery— and the worst of all species of robbery that of a Charitable Institution, The Worshipful Moggridge, not content with this very pretty reimbursement for his cares as Trustee, has also cut down a quantity of timber, growing on the same property, and 1 believe, has converted it to his own use, with the concur- rence of the King- Siork. Let it however be clearly understood that I do. not say it is so. I dread a prosecution for falsehood and there- fore am necessarily very careful of my words-— especially as I know my customers. But I say and I have a right to say, ihat I believe this to be as I have stated it; and my belief is founded 011 the facts— Ist That you, Thomas Protheroe,. knew ol the cutting down and selling by yojr worshipful maj- ter ; 2ndlv ' I hat you expressed your astonishment at the " daring act;" 3rdly Ihat as 1 reasurer you have never called your worshipful master to account for his delinquen- cy. . ^ Youi's to the attainment of justice, JAMES ACLAND. TO ' 1 HE CIIEI'S I'ONIANS . Friends, I will thank some of you to tell me " whe- ther your Reverend Vicar does not refu e to bury a poor person on a Sunday ; if it be so, it is the fault of those who allow him thus to neglect his duty. I mean those whose feelings are outraged by this unchristian distinction between the fat and lean carcase of defunct mortality ! The Minister of bur religion should ever remember that its predominant characteristic is humility. Last of all, thrie can he be excused for an insult to the cold, remains of the unfed mechanic or the half- starved labourer. Have not the poor feel jigs, passions, affections f Are not their sorrowing relatives entitled to an equal proportion of Christian courtesy and Christian consolation as those of their more wealthy Candida e for etenal bliss ? Let the reverend the Vicar think of this, whilst I ihink of a remedy for the evil, if still allowed to exist. I shall be very glad to learn whether the Overseers and ChurchwErdens of Chepstow can satisfactorily prove that no portion of the money devoted to the relief of the poor is fraudulently withheld from them. How does Mr. Fornward apply the money received as Tolls for the Qat le, & c. sold i 11 Moon- stieet and Weech- street, the majority of which, not passing through the arch- way- are- noi in any way chargeabl- with s c: i Toll ? I understand Mister Lawyer Evans to haze said, " Give the dog ( meaning Robert Lane) a 4- 2 rope ^ meaning a rope with a noose} and he ( meaning Robert Lane as aforesaid) will hang himself. Now I profess my disbelief in this extraordinary prophecy of the understrapper to the factotum of my Lotd the Duke— for 1 understand that the Gout is going off and 1 am willing to believe that the poor man may thereupon become less unreasonable. So that you » ; e I am not the Mister ' Surgeon Evans has stated me to be. By the bye, a corres- pondent assures me fromLondon who, is in the history of this person, with which he favors * ie, gives me the information that in his youth he acquired the distinguishing appel- lation of The Doctor. Why was this ? Robert Lane may save himself the trouble of threatening me with personal violence; 1 shall'neither swear the peace against him from fear, nor desert the cause I have advocated from an apprehension of his having set all law and all appearances of legality at defiance. He will, h- wever, do well to consult Mister Lrwyer Evans. Your's faithfully, JAMES ACLAND. MEM.—/ fear 1 shall he under Ihe necessity of re- maining in Bristol this day, if so, I will not fail to he in Chepstow next week J. A. To the SHAREHOLDERS in the B. B. A My Friends, Inconsequence of the eflorts made by many per- sons to remove the " Property of the Association from your Premises, and the threats used to wrest the Books from my hands, it has been impossible to make the promised statement of your affairs for this day's paper— but your Books are so secured that I shall despite any threats or attempts at seizure be able to produce them to such authority as you may, by the approaching ballot, appoint, when ( if not before) you shall all know exactly how your affairs stand, and 1 have not the slightest doubt but that you will find it satisfactory. I remain, your's faithfully, J. B. MAY, Secretary. BOARD ROOM, FEB. 24, 1530. The Minutes and Resolutions of the preceding evening were read and confirmed. The following Letter from Mr. Walker was read,— To Mr. JOHN COSSENS, One of the late Committee of the Bristolian Bread Association. Sir, I had flattered myself, that upon my inter- view with you last night, I should have con- vinced you, not only of the impropriety but illegality of the proceedings ofjthe late Com- mittee of the Bristolian Bread Associa-~ tion, of which you appear to me to be a THE BRISTOL AN whom you act, with my request, that you of the Public Meeting to the contrary, and in will read it at your next Meeting to them, defiance of such resolution, should continue and to such of the Shareholders as may be to act as the Committee of the BristolianBread present: and in orderthat my sentiments may ; Association, and you, and the other Members be tqually known to the newly- chosen Direc-! of this Committee who act with you, set up tors of this Establishment as well as to your- this request as an effective document, and selves, I shall forward a copy to theSecretary take upon yourselves, in utter contempt of of the Association, and this act I wish both the law of your establishment ( for the reso- parties to consider as the last emanating out lution to which 1 have referred had become of my official situation as Solicitor to this its law) to act accordingly and to declare Association; for however I may have felt flattered by my original appointment. I can no longer consent to retain it when I per- ceive that faction and falsehood, misrepresen- tation and malignity unite, day after day, and almost hour after hour, to assail the very roo, of the Association— an Association whicht had different feelings and different conduct prevailed ir. its councils must have proved one of the greatest blessings of our city. It is admitted that the last public meeting ol the Shareholders was a lawful one ; and that as such, iis proceedings were recognised by you and your coadjutors. You, and they, not only at- tended this meeting, but addressed it, and moved, seconded, and supported an amendment against the original resolution proposed by the parly op- posed to you, and which original resolution being carried, aud your proposed amendment lost, led to your expulsion from office by the ge- neral body of Shareholders at that meeting con- vened. The correciness of theChairman's avow- al that such original motion was carried nei- ther you nor any one acting with you, at the time disputed ; a resolution so passed became as binding and conclusive upon the members at large, and those in parlicular whom it more im- mediately concerned, as any resolution that had previously met the concurrent approval of the Shareholders at large, and could not be. as I have before expressed myself, revoked, repealed, or impeached otherwise than by the voice of another public meeting of the Shareholders as regularly convened as the one referred to, and I should have imagined, that men, whose minds were well tempered, and whose wishes went to uphold the Association, would have yielded, whatever might be their private feelings, as well j yourselves to be the acting Committee of the Association. When I explained the irregu- larity of the proceedings to you, you observed that you should not object to a Public Meeting of the Shareholders to revise their decision, provided no discussion took place, and the simple question were whether or not the excluded Committee should resume their office, observing at the same time, that a straw would turn numbers who had given their signatures; and in effect, that you dreaded the powers of Mr, Acland's explanation and were therefore not disposed to meet Mr. A. ( whose conduct by the bye had been suspected and whose character had been traduced behind his back) in a way not calculated to afford him the slightest opportunity to vindicate himself. Where a cause is good, it will always bear discussion; it is a sorry omen of its purity, that it works, or attempts to work its way in the darki and therefore and for other reasons which I have already assigned, and without meddling with the original question, as to the correctness or incorrectness of the Resolution that sent the late Committee to the right about, I do not hesitate to say, that the plan resoited to, to regain their stations are bad in principle and practice that they are insurborditiate, unlawful, and re- volutionary; and I own it is my decided opin- ion, that if, in the struggle to obtain the proper- ty of the Association as ex- Committee men, or Trustees, any outrage should be commiitedjthe parties who in the eye of the law, would he con- sidered as leaders in the affray, would run the risk, if death were to ensue, of forfeiting their own lives by the hands of the common Execu- tioner. I therefore in taking leave of the establishment out of the meeting as they did in it to a altogether, seriously recommend the ex commit- decision, so unequivocally expressed, and by i tee, as they value their own personal safety to yourselves acquiessed in, and that if the reconsider their conduct; if they feel aggrieved, late Committee conceived the resolution had as it is quite clear they do, the course" is clear been come to by an act of inadvertance of before them but let them bear in mind that ihey their own, in not calling for a Division when they had an opportunity of doing so, means even to effect a lawful object, that they would have proceeded in a regular I remain, • and orderly manner to effeet their object' Your obedient servant, Instead of which, what has been their course?: fj. WALKER They have upon their own exparte statements Broad- Slreet, Bristol, 24th Feb 1830, to numbers of the Shareholders, made' in a Moved by Mr. Acland— seconded by Mr Carting-, way which they must be aware precluded the That Mr. vValker be earnestly requested to revise probability of bein? answered or lefuted, bis determination to resign, and that the Secretary - i - f •!• j T i i • j i • , 11 do wait on him with a copv of this Resolution, aud conspicuous member; tailing to do so, I obtained their names to a request that the late express to him the hope of this Board, that the As- io- . address this letter to you, and those with | Committee, notwithstanding the resolution ciation'will not be deprived of his valuable services. Printed aud Published by JAMEs ACLANDj sole' Proprietor and Editor,) at the BmsTOLiAst- OFFicK. SNo,- 4, ' All Saints' Street, Bristol.