XASf, MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of JAMES AC- LAND, Proprietor a) id Editor- written by Himself. " I LIKE HONESTY IN ALL PLACES."— Judge Bayley. Printed anil Published by JAMES A CI, A N D ( SOLK PROPRIETOR AN. EDITOR; at NO. 4, All Saints'street, Bristol. VOL. II— No. I.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1829. [ Price lid To the EDITOR of THE BRISTOLIAN. 10, Dighton- Street, Oct. 15,1829. ( LETTER. V.) SIR, The Act of the 28 Geo. IT. provide*, in case there should be any deficiency in any one Yew's Rate or Assessment in any of ihe Wards of the City, either by houses, shops, warehouses, buildings or other tenements, being empty, or by insolvency or removal of any of the inna- bitants, let, arits, or occupiers, or insolvency of any of ihe Collectors, so that the salary and wages ol the Night- Constables and Watchmen could not be fully satisfied and dischaiged, such deficiency so happening, to be paid out of . the next succeeding year's Rate and Assessment, and if any surplus, in any one year, the same to be carried to the credit of the next year's Rate, and appjied for such uses as the Rates and Assessments cojlected in such Ward are di- rected, and for no other use ; and it was found, when application was made for the said Act 28 Geo. II. :* that in any houses in the several Watdsot the said City, were, by the landlords thereof lfct out to lodgings or tenements to dirers tenants, and it would be difficult to rate and assess such houses, or recover the rates when made, the said Act made it lawful to and for the persons empowered and authorized to make rates and assessments, to rate and assess the owner or owners of all such houses and tene- ments, as should be by such owner or owners let to and occupied by two or more tenants, » In the year 1736. a survey was' made of Bristol and its Suburbs, and found to contain 1,300 houses, and 80,000 inhabitants. Iu the year 1821, within the City, 7.736 inhabited bouses— in the Suburbs, the Out- Parishes, Kingsdown, Bedminster, St. James, and St. Paul, St. Philip and Jacob, and Clifton, 5,203 inhabited houses. Inhabitants within the City, 5I, 889. The Out- Parishes, 33,154. Uaiuhabited iiunses and buildings, 819. where the whole of such tenement should be of the value of .£ 20 or upwards at a Rack- rent, vyhich rate or assessment should be paid by one or more of the occupiers of any part or parts of such houses or tenements; and in case the occupier or occupiers of any part of such houses should refuse to pay ihe same, then the said rate or assessment should be levied by dis- tress and sale of the goods of him. her, or the. i. « o refusing as therein mentioned, and stu h oc- cupier or occupiers was thereby required and aqthorized to pay such sum or sums of money as should be rated, imposed, or assessed, on the owner or owners, and to deduct the same out of the rent, and the landlord was thereby re- quired to allow such deductions and payments upon receipt of the residue of their rents; and every tenant paying such assessment, should be acquitted and dischaiged for so much money, as fully as if the same had been already paid to the person or persons entitled to the sa d rents. 1 here conclude my observations on the two Acts of the 28 and 29 Geo. II. and an- ticipate it will raise a spirit of inquiry at the Ward- meetings, on the second Monday in November next coming, at which time all the wards in the city meet to tax themselves, that they will couragiously and fearlessly exert their powers, examine the accounts, and bring the Watch- Tax Rates or Assess, ments, into one sound and solid body, and learn by experience and example, what the Wards of St. James and St. Mary Redcliff, heretofore did in the year 1827, and publish the ward's accounts of the year's receipts and expenditure, as those Wards did, and hope they will continue so to do. It is the bounden duty of each of the Wards in this City, to enlarge their privileges if consistent, and let men reprehend as they please,— it is with regret the precedent adopted in 1827, pub- lishing the Ward'* Accounts should havtf been omitted last year. We have precedent of other public bodies publishing their ac- counts. The Dock Company, Corpora I ion of the Poor, and Commissioners for Pitching- and Paving, See. 1 therefore dr? w the attention of the inha- bitant Householders, Rate- Payers to thfc Watch- Tax Rates for St. James's Ward, far the following years :—• £ 4- tf. £ s. d. 1815.— 1445 4 10 18- 22.— 1982 17 4 1816.— J 333 9 1 1823— 1623 0 2 1S17.— J4l3 12 9j 1824,- 1737 17 4 I81S.— 1076 19 6 1825.— 1751 2 8 1819— 1803 9 9 1826.— 1719 £ 6 1820.— 2230 14 6 1827.— 624 11 II* 1821.— 2089 4 10 .— 756 13 4* * Assessments, & c. from the three late Chief Constables. An imperative duty is laid on the Rate- payers, that they at their Ward- Meetings, insist on the Chief Constable surveying his Ward, and in making his Rate ( let it be an equitable one) take care that all new buildings be brought irr and assessed^ shewing at the same time, the houses that are void in the first and second half- year:— that the retiring Chief produce to the Ward- Meeting, all vouchers to verify his accounts, and " allow no more money for expenditure or otherwise, than came within the spirit and meaning of the Acts of the 28 and 29 Geo. II. that the Rate- Payers pass no account but at their Ge- neral Meeting, or an adjournment thereof, and let it be borne in mind, that private right is under the protection of public few, for laws are made for the people, ahd ma- gistrates for the law, and most earnestly do I call upon all the Wards of this City, * they, in their meeting on the second " in November next, insist that the Rates collected quarterly, recollecting at the lestly ity, that Monday be P 398 THE BRISTOLIAN. time, the Rate commences on ami from the '• 29/ h of September, NOW last past, and that the Chief Constables do not permit their Rates to remain any length of time for allow- ance by the Magistrates: and I pronounce it to be a fact, ( although doubts are expressed by some) that the moment the Rate is signed and allowed by the Magistrates, it is in a course of collection, and becomes cash in the Collector's hands, who are forthwith to col- lect the same; the Chief Constable will be in cash to pay the Watchmen, and be en- abled at the end of his year of office, to close his accounts, and pass them as directed by the before- mentioned Acts, on the 29th day of September, or in two days after. The Wards will be acting wrong if they consent to, or permit any fraud of monies to be in hand for assisting the Chief Con. stable until the Hates are in collection, the wards are bound to calculate what amount will be sufficient for the year, and make a Kate according; first ascertaining what sum of money will be handed over from the re- iring Chief Constable. I therefore take my leave for the present. Your very humble Servant, STEPHEN C. WEBB. To the ED11 OR of the BRISTOLIAN. 6m, - Seeing in your paper of last Wednesday the high character Mr. Stevens has held in public estimation for thirtv- five years, Vcii- tas must be mistaken ; for prior to that period Mr. James Spencer Fry, the confidant of Al- derman Bengough, said, Mr. Stevens was one of the worst of characters; that after Mr. Bengough had taken him out of charity, he was detected in plundering him several times; he had also defrauded him, and was a common pilferer— and to my knowledge would take up dirty, mean causes, that were disgraceful to the profession. A LOVER OF TRUTH AND HONESTY. TO Mr. WILLIAM COOK, Sail Maker, and Rope Manujacturer. SIR, You supplied the Foreign brig, Kaven Elise with cordage, and you knew that ano- ther tradesman was making a Main Top. sail for that vessel, and I am informed, you told the master of the said vessel, that you would have made it for him at a cheaper late per yard. Query 1.— Did ytiu not know that the price at which the sail was making, would allow but a small profitto your brother tradesman? Query 2.— How then could you make it at a less price, and do justice to your em- ployer ? Query 3.— How many inches in length is your measuring stick ? DIAGONAL. A Retrospect of the Tragical Events which happened in Bristol, in 1793, aidrtssed to Edward Long Fox, M. D. By a Citizen. " Shall Truth be sileul, because Folly frowns.'' HAD I one spark of that poetic fire Which did great Pope, or Ad- iisou, inspire, Thm would my strains be worthy of my theme, And future ages curse trie sad extreme, When, by command-, the murd'riug bullets fled, And dreadful carnage over Bristol spread. Long, long, with sorrow, shall Bristolians bear The sad remembrance of the Bridge Affair; When ev'rv mind was fill'd with dire alarms. And forth the soldiers march'd, to sound ol arms' To Bristol Bridge, where thick the people stood, Exulting loudly, round the burning wood : Quick, to a merry tune, they march'd along, And, in an instant, fir'd amidst the throng, lit each direction round, the bullets fled ; In ev'ry place, lay wounded and the dead ; ( As iho' it was resolO'd the burning wood . Should he extinguish" fl with human blood !) Soon as the soldiers fir'd, they e- harg'd again ; Wounded o'er wounded fell, and slain o'er slain ; Loud shrieks, and groans, resounded in the air ; And ev'ry mind was filled with black despair : — The reeking blood the streets with crimson stains, And BAZLEY'S house was smear'd with human brains 1 Tho' far too woelul for the muse to tell All the mishaps, which on that night befel, Yet not in silence shall be passed by, Unhappy GILL 1 thy sudden destiny, Whose death thy widow does, in anguish mourn, With her two twins, who not a month were born. If, Reader, thou perchance, should be a wife, Blest with a husband, who endears thy life, Oh ! picture to thyself what horrid pain Must rack thv soul to find thy husband slain, Who thou hadst left but one short hour before, ID health ; and, now, lies welt'ring in his gore. BLANDFORD! with pity does the mnse relate The strange occurrence of thv hapless fate, When, eager to avoid the sad affray, Thou stupibledst o'er a corpse, and breathless lay, So great the horror did thy soul endure, No ined'cine could relieve, orart could cure, AndPowKLL, too, thou good industrious friend, Alike untimely met a woeful end : • Methinks I see thee, welt'ring in thy gore, Around thee friends thy hapless fate deplore, While thy sad brother heaves the heart- felt sigh, And thy fond sisters wipe the streaming eye : Yet Love, nor Friendship, could avert ihy end, Nor ought avail'd the peaceful name of friend. Thy soul to Heav'n sublime, has wing'd its way, And borne sad tidings of the murd'rous fray: There.— whilst thou sits amidst the tuneful throng, Thou shaiftehold just Heav'n avenge the wrong. See ! noble Fox, oppression's rankets foe Stands forth t'inveStigate our cause of woe J Illustrious Fox 1 pursue thy noble plan, With the same firmness which thou hast began: So shall the wise and. good thy deeds commend;' The fatherless shall own thee, as their friend ; The rich shall view thee., with a joyful eye; And widows bless thee, as thou passest by. Shall we behold our friends, or brothers, slain ? And hear the wounded groan, with rueful pain ? See the. sad widow mourn, her husbaud dead ? And orphan ehildreu starve, thro' want of bread? £ hall we, tmmov'd, behold these scenes of, woe, And'IVilful Murder let, unnotie'd, go? No, Rouse Bristolians, and enquire the cause; Enforce the Justice of the English Laws, Which do, with equal equity, secure The life of him that's rich, and him that's poor. Fox, of himself, however good his will, Cannot, alone, redress the recent ill. Long time the Bridge Tax the Bristolians bore, And thought, ere now, that Tax might have been o'er. Now Fox presents the TIMF. to public view, To know, if the accounts are false or . true. Ler lovely virtue triumph over gain, And let us, gen'rously, the cause maintain ; No longer let suspicion haunt the mind; Nor prejudice, or favor, Justice blind: But bring the Bridge Affairs to public light— If wrong, then punish— but acquit— if right. To the EDITOR of THE BKISl'OLlAN. Bristol, 14th October, 1829, SIR, • In your paper of this morning there is a truly curious letter, signed by an individual who calls himself ' Quill." Now 1 have always considered, ( and here I am confident we shall agree,) that accusations of private character, when made under fictitious names, are base and cowardly. This however is the course adopted by " Quill." He charges some family with " a propensity to manufac- ture and circulate reports injurious to others" but with the sagacity peculiar to cowardice, he shelters himself from all disagreeale conse- quences, by using an anonymous signature, and by abstaining from '' naming " the family to which he alludes. His omitting this, makes me fear he is under the influence of " bad and angry passions" excited by the pretty severe application of the lash of public censure, and cherished by the consciousness that such castigation is well merited. Your acquaintancewith human nature is sufficiently great to tell you that the only resource for any one in such an awkward dilemma, would be to assume the fact of his innocence, and to designate the tale of his guilt, however well supported by " evidence " as the fabrication of malevolence. If we suppose the possibility of " Quill's " being in such an unpleasant si- tuation, we shall then be able to account for his writing in a manner, otherwise totally unaccountable. If his accusation isjust, duty to the public requires him to discover its ob- ject, and at the same time to reveal his name ; if it is unjust, the dread of chastisement will doubtless suggest to him the propriety of keepinghimself safe, by remaining in obscurity X. From QUILLS FRIEND to his ACCUSER AND to the PUBLIC. " Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just, And be but naked though lock'd up in steel Whose conscience by injustice is corrupted." IVAKHOE. The sanguine imagination of a young observer stretching itself forth over the moral world, will be liable to conceive a favorable opinion of it irreconcilable with his more unbiassed concep. 398 THE BRISTOLIAN. tions, when his judgment shall be chastened by experience and reflection. The moral and in- tellectual world is an expansive landscape, whose emerging elevations are tinged with an illuminating sun. They are naturally attracted by what is most prominent rests in rapture on those sun bright spots, those lilysian eminences Where angels erst have dwelt." It will just serve my present purpose to ex- plore those facinating illusive appearances, and descend to their very bottom, and to discover that beneath them lurk the viper, the toad, the adder, and' that which is unclean. Man " God's chief work below" who bears about with him the stamp of divinity, to him we are inclined to bend an eye of peculiar levity. But when we wish to contemplate the heart of man, and by it his conduct, * e will trace him to his home, to his fireside, to the domestic circle and we will there find him either spreading around him content- ment and peace, or care and vexation. This paper is suggested by a charge which was lately made against the writer, by J s D— g— s of Norfolk street. A charge of an atrocious and malignant nature, of breaking the peace, destioyirig reciprocal affection, dividing a family, in short of seducing his wife. The charge is ol such magnitude and involving so many conse- quences, and of so serious a character that I feel bound to make this defence, and in doing so, 1 make it an appeal to my friends and to those re- flecting minds which are " open to all, influ- enced by none." I take this mode of doing it as the only present palliation which can ex- tenuate the belief of so gross a concatenation of wicked imputators against my character. " Truth ever lovely since the world began," shall form the subject of my remarks; and I come forth alone, armed with thai lance and buckler against an antagonist, whose flimsy and ungallant armour seems to be dreaming, misre- presentation and a horrid inclination to desert and forsake the wife of his choice. The humbug tale which he dared tell me, the base insinuations which he and others have reported to the world, in the face of heaven, are so replete with falsehood and so empty of evi- dence that I pity the depravity of his heart, and deplore his degrading mockery of the female sex, with feelings of repugnance and contempt. How bitter must be the fount from whence issues such a stream of wormwood? What unutter- able ingratitude must dwell on those lips which could turn against her whom he had sought and sworn to love, and without any reason produced by the prolific phanturies of a distorted fancy could viper- like exclaim. " You are a guilty thing unfit to live.'' How bereft of every golden link of affectation, goodness, and human nature. There is a wound in such a spirit of malevolence, too horrible to be surveyed with any unruffledness of mind ap- protching to calmness. It is too degrading to our nature to be able to approach with the quiet torch of contemplation and invesiigaiion. If truth had been the compass by which he wished to steer his course in th^ exposure of our pre- sumed guilt; why has he not been more candid to me and to his- relatives in town. No, no, candor and honesty of principles are opposed to falsehood— he makes the accusation and there he leaves us, to answer his purpose he must be grave, morose, reserved, melancholy, and heart- broken. But if he had believed that there was any truth in the allegation, I do Ihirik he would have dared to be open and hoi\ est in divulging the shameful and sinful fact. He is adverse to enquiry, but continues to allow the demon of malignity to sit upon his tongue and shed drops of Gail on a tale which by his conduct and the whisperings of those imps about him is already- saturated with bitterness. lie who would thus tear asunder the ties of affection which link inseprably ip. Hymen's chains those images of God, man and woman, he who would erase from an exuberant garden. " Those flowers of various dyes, Which all shall bloom in paradise." Planting in their steads weeds noxious arid poisonous ; would efface from his mind that eternal stamp with which the Almighty hath sealed it to himself would withdraw from earth the sole remaining feature of heaven, happiness and domestic endearments, and the recording Angel while noting in blood in the scarlet book of reckoning the deeds of this man, would weep tears of pity for his atrocious aberaiions from ihe paths of honor and virtue. In conclusion I beg and charge the said J. D, lo institute a legal enquiry into this matter, to prove me guilty, or wipe the opprobium from my name, to proclaim me innocently injured by his lying tongue, or basely criminal in the eye of the world. Until be does this he does not act manlike, and in delaying to do sp all good men will concur with me in saying that he should be expelled from their abodes and forced to lodge in the fields and forests, untjll the birds tfnd beasts have taught him tenderness and sympathy. I am, your's truly, QUILL'S FRIEND. P. S, He shall hear from me soon again un- less he comes forward and confesses he has done me an injury, and proceed against meat Law. TO the EDITOR of THE BRISTOL I AN. SIR, I regret that the painfuf task devolves on me, to intrude on the public by the introduction of family affairs, which I feel reluctant to do, had not a mother by her unnatural conduct, and the most flagrant acts of injustice towards hpr own children, forfeited all claims to the appellation. After an absence of 12. years from Bristol I re- turned trom abroad in January last, when I learned that my father had been dead about two years; also Mrs. Stringer, The late Mr, Ga- briel Stringer of St. Augnstin's- place, carver and gilder, made a will on the 25th January, 1814, bequeating the whole of his property to his widow, during her life, the one half of which he left in case his widow died intestate to his nephew, James Doran. Mrs. Stringer, died intestate, 21 st April, 1822, at the houss of Mr. Doran, on the quay, which enabled her in my absence to obtain possession ofihe whole of Mrs. Stringer's effects, without an administration. Mr. John Cornish, of this City, Attorney, having been employed as her legal adviser, whose ad- mission of part of the property in question, 1 have in the hand writing of Mr. Jacques, of' this City, Attorney, which I am prepared to prove by evidence, as well as the destruction oi a bill or promissory note for .£ 70, as I have the original document in my possession. I naturally asked some explanation from my mother on the subject, but she denied me the least satisfaction, and it will be scarcely credited, that after an ab- sence of twelve years,, she actually murmurred at my sojourn with her for eight weeks. I theie- fore repaired to London, in the hope I might meet with something to my advantage, until I should again proceed abroad, but being dissap- pointed I Wrote several letters containing such appeal to the feelings of a mother, ( yet in vain,) for only pecuniary circumstances, as would have moved a heart of stone. Finding a mother so lost to every right feeling of sense of duty, I took the opinion of eminent counsel, in Lon- don, and employed an Attorney of Gray's Inn, to write to her, but finding her inexorable, the only alternative I had left was, to file a' bill in . Chancery, which would be attended with great expence, I therefore resolved on revisiting Bris- tol, in the hope she would be induced to avoid sucb a preceeding, yet will it be believed ? this unnatural mother drove her own son from her door to seek an assylum, where and how he could, although he had strong claim, not only on her generosity, but on her justice, indepen- dent of her feelings as a mother. Butthen Sir, form only a part of the injustice of a mother, aided, by the machinations of an elder brother. The late Mr. Doran executed a deed of settlement to trustees on the 23rd. Dec. 1815, making an equal division of the pro- perty to his children, on the demise of my mo- ther, not even reserving to himself the power making a will; however as avarice is a predomi- nant passion, the elder brother would not rest satisfied until he prevailed on his late father to make a will, leaving the whole of his property to himself, to the exclusion of all the rest of his children, yet not content, he sought to en- deavor to prevail on an only sister, to sign away her right and title to a piece of land in Bedminster, on the ere of her marriage, and in consequence of her refusal, he never have ^ poken to her since. Oil the demise of the late Mr. Doran, notwithstanding theje were two sons in London, no communication was made to THE BRISTOL! AN them of the death of their father, that they' might pay their tribute of respect to the obse- quies of their departed father, nor did they know of the occurrence until they heard of it from a stranger, actuated no doubt by a desire to withhold from jheir knowledge, the unjustifi- able proceedings with regard to the will, for shortly after the decease of Mr. Doran, the deed if settlement was burnt by my mother, k will be hiinlly credited that a mother would be guilty of such an outrage on the feelings and interests of all her children, for the gratification cf the mercenary views of an elder brother. 1 ' inccrely hope this ins> ition will induce a rnotii"- r to peifoim an act of retribution to her children, and avoid useless expenditure ot mo- t. ey in law proceedings, although I am feartul fur the result, from a conviction of her obdu- racy and relentless spirit. Your's & c. JAMES DORAN. go through his wonderful evolutions on the TightT0 the ASSOCIATED BREAD EATERS. Hope, concluding by throwing a number ot Summer- sets, without the Balance Vole. r __ - Brother Share- holders, KYAN's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Montague Sheet, Bristol. Km TUESDAY next, OCTOBER 20, 1829, By Desire and under the immediate Patronage of JAMES ACL AND, And the Share- holders OP THE HUISTOImXA. N mmtixtmi. An entire New PROCESSION by 10 Mameluke Warriors, mounted on their fiery steeds. Mr. CHAPMAN will appear on his high- bred Clm- ger, and ride his Act of Horsemsuship, which for grace and elegance cannot be surpassed. Mr. PARRY, the Flying Phenomena! will exhibit i his inimitable Feats of Leaping, without the aid of a spring- board:— 1st. Over a Pole, 18 feet from tlie ground. 2nd. Through small Hoops, crossed. 3d. Over a number of Horses. 4th. Over a Post- Chaise ; lengthways, and through a Drum at the same time, 6th. Au astonishing Leap through a Circle of Steel Daggers Mr. WOOLFOItn will produce a most interesting and graceful Mythological ^ cene, called « he Games of Zephyrus et Cupid ; or, Love among ihe Rose*. A number of elegant Exercises will be introduced by Mr. WOOLFORD and Master GILES, in the above characters, conjointly, upon One ani » Two Horses, at full speed, without their once breaking from it during the whole of their circuition, concluding with the Flight of Zftphvrus upou his / Erial Ci urser, by Mr. Woolford, io which attitude he has been de- scribed as actually Flying by the side of his Horse. The whole of the Evening's Entertainments to con- clude with the ELECTION, or Mau Stitchem. Mr. William Button, Mr. Randall. | Jerremy Mitchem, ( not quite starved, hut almost) Mr. Pritchard. | Laud- lord of the Horse and Groom, Mr. Ryan. [ Postman, Mr. Green. Tickets and Places for ihe Hares, may be taken at tie Amphitheatre, from 11 till 3 o'Clack. Doors open at 6, and to commence all. Front Boxes 2s. 6 d.— Side Boxes Is. 6d.— Pit Is.— Gallery fid. Your Committee has purchased the 20 horse power Steam Engine and Mil! Machi- nery complete— nay, they have not only pur- chased, but PAID for it. The following are the amounts I have paid into the City Bank to your credit since the General Meeting— that is, from the money received from the second Instalments :'— The Evening's Entertainments will commence with the MILLER and his MEN, or Old Grub's Wedding Day. Old Grub ( the Miller) Mr. Randall. | Sooty • Sweep- o ( afterwards Mrs. Grub.; Mr. Evans | Timo- thy, Mr. Codke | Clodpole, Mr. Parry | Ugly Mug, • Mr. Pritcliard j Silly Jemmy, Mr. Green | Little Dick Mr. Williams | Yokel, Master Hickiu | Sweep'sClimb- iug Boys, Masters Mosoley and Pugh. By particular desire, the celebrated HORSE PY- ROIS, whose performances continue to delight and astonish the audiences ot overflowing houses, will re- peat his new and successful Scene* Peculiar delight arises from the exercises of Pyrois, which have cost Mr. Ryan months of incessaut labor and patience; the gratifying result is, that Pyrois is now brought to a • surprising degree of tractability, which will be evinc- ed hy a number of incredible feats peculiar to itself, aad will prove the highest broke horse in the world. TlieAGlLEVAULTERS will distinguish themselves jn a surprising manner on the Elastic Board, hy intro- ducing forward and backward Summersets, to an amazing height and number. PAUL PIETRO the Peruvian Artist, will iutroduoe his much admired and interesting Scene in the Circle, of the Indian Chief going to Battle. The extraordinary TWO BROTHERS will repeat their wonderful feats, which have delighted every be- holder. Mr. EVANS will introduce the laughable extrava- ganza in the circle, entitled the Carter in his Glory, or Horsemanship Bewitched. MISS GREEN will display her wonderful talents, and introduce a variety of Feats on the Tight Bope, particularly witboutthe aid of a balauee pole, perform- ing all those difficult tricks with the chair, & c. with- out any assistance whatever; a performance never attempted by any other Rope Dancer, male or female, after which, Mr. CHAPMAN, who is considered the most graceful Performed the present day, will'also October 12 th. 13th. 14th. 15th. llith. Cash .£' 30 35 or, 75 122 To the EDITOR of the BRISTOLlAN. SIR, In reply to the observations of your cor- resdondent '' Rate- Payer,-' I would beg to remind that person, whoever he may be, tha; when he comes voluntarily before the public to mak assertions, he should take care to tell " the truth, the whole truth, and no- thing but the truth." That this is not the case with " A Rate- Payer" ! assert; and if I find ( as I have) his very first item incor- rect, I say I have a right to infer the others also false and unworthy of credit. He says, " Messrs. Hare & Co.' s extensive premises rated at £ 100." Now, Sir, any man reading this would immediately conclude that it is the whole of their extensive premises; but it is not half of them that is rated to this amount, the premises of Messrs. Hare, and Co. that^ re rated to the amount of o£ T00, are only those, that are on the left- hand side of the road leading to the Bath Bridge, and not the whole of their extensive premises. I have now shewn the first item incorrect, and for aught I know, the others are also. Now, Sir, let us look a little at this Rate- Payer's principle, he says he intended to oppose the Rate, but by desire of a gentle- man he did not do it." What a pretty reason for shrinking from performing that which he considered a duty— for shame'! thou public advocate! take my advice, erect your pig- sty" on your premises, and for the future remain in it. A TR* TH- IEJ. LER, <£ 327 For this amount the Bankers' receipts ate i x- hibitad in my office window—- and despite the chalky efforts of the savage bakers and disap- pointed candidate, I have not yet bolted with yifur money. If those men knew how little I cared for thtir libels they would sav& themselves the trouble of scribbling nonsense. I am strong in public opinion, and cat) afford to be generous towards the fools or knaves who would that it were otherwise. I have received a late letter from Mr. Mas- ter Baker Slade, and regret being compelled to postpone its insertion until Wednesday. His Majesty's Ministers have followed out- example, and in their humane consideration for the health of the sailors and soldiers, ha\ e determined to erect Mills and Machi- nery at Deptford and Weevil for the purpose of securing pure flour and biscuits. Your Committee have had fresh premises offered them this day. Your shares still bear a premium of 6s. each. Your's faithfully, J A M liS ACLAND- P. S— Those who can spare the money, and who think that a poor man may be an honest man, will materially assist the opera- tions of the Committe by paying upthe whole of their subscriptions at as early a period as possible By such course they will also en- able the Committee to afford the poorer Share- holders the greatest possible indulgence. You mil see, that in your name, I bespeak a • performance at the Arena, on Tuesday night next. Mr. Ryan GAVE you the use of his Amphithe- atre— give him the fair return of your support on this occasion. He deserves it and I ervect it. . L A. 13T The anstver of Messrs. J. $ F. t) avis, of Shannon Court, arrived too late for insert ion in this Number. Printed and Published by JAMES ACLAND, ( Sole Proprietor and Editor,) at the BRISTOLUS- OFHOS, 4, AU Saints' Street, Bristol. i