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04/11/1829

Printer / Publisher: James Ackland 
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The Bristolian

Date of Article: 04/11/1829
Printer / Publisher: James Ackland 
Address: No.4, All Saints street, Bristol
Volume Number: II    Issue Number: VI
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mwi A mm JSktSfi MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of JAMES ACLAND, Proprietor and Editor- written by Himself. " / LIKE HONESTY IN ALL PLACES."— Judge. Bayley. Printed and Published hy JAMES ACLAND ( SOLE PROPRIETOR Atfi EDITOR) at NO. 4, AM Saints'street, Bristol. VOL. II— Mo. VI.] WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1829. [ Price lid. To JAMES ACLAND, Editor of the Bris- tolian, and to the Burgesses, Inhabitant Householders of the several IVards in this ' City. [ Con& ude'tt fiommy last.] In Hilary Term., : S4 and 35 CHAS. II — Upon aWrit Si © uo Warranto being brought against the Old Charter » . i •• o- C.' ii rat, tl. mayor, burgesies, r——. " ami commonalty, surrendered the Charter so far as respected the governing part thereof. And after- wards, a New Charter vsas granted by the same king Charles the Second, under date of the fith of June, 36th year of that reign which granted to Ihe mavor, burgesses, a ad commonalty, and their suc- cessors for ever thereafter, all gifts, grants, courts, liberties, franchises, freedoms, articles, immunities, amd customs, as by that Charter as in any other the Chatters or Leiters Patent of the said king Charles the Second, or any of his progeuitors or predecessors, late kings or queens of England, contained, declared, expressed, specified and confirmed, and thereby gave aod restored, approved, and confirmed by the said Letters Patent. 9th A SHE, July 2 !.— Upon petition of the mayor, burgesses, and commonalty, for granting to them and their successors, all and singular tho powers, jurisdictions, and franchises, which they the mayor, burgesses, and commonalty of the City of Bristol, by virtue of grants or letters patent to them before that lime by her Majesty's royal ancestors granted, to- gether with such additions, regulations, and privi- leges which lo her Majesty in her great wisdom, should seem convenient to grant to them for the establishment and good government of the said city after constituting, declaring, ordaining, and granting lihat the said City of Bristol should he a citv incor- porate and County of itself, they were mcorpoiated by the name of the mayor, burgesses, and commo- - ualty of lite City of Bristol. After nominating the se- veral municipal officers and common council, and the times how, and the times when to take place, they were empowered to make laws with punishments by fines to compel and coerce every person into the ofV. ee of a common- council man, or into any other office, and powers were also granted to the common council, for the time being, or the major part of them, to make such Bye Laws, forthe better govern ment of the citv and the suburbs, as to their discre- tion should seem good, wholesome, profitable, neces- sary and honest, with power to levy and receive fines without any account to the Crown, and after other provisions, the said Queen, by the said Charter, wdlled'for herself, her heirs, and successors, did give, confirm, ratify, ami approve to the said mayor, bur- gesses, And commonalty of the City of Bristol afore- said, and their successors, such, so many the sauie aud like jurisdictions, liberties, powers and fran chises, exemptions, privileges', emoluments, and he- reditaments whatsoever, which by the said Charter were Dot alternd or changed as the said mayor, burgesses, and commonalty of the said t'ltv of Bristol, at any time theretofore had used or enjoyed, by rea- son of any prescriptions, or of any letters patent, by any of her Majesty's ancestors, Kings or Queens of England, theretofore made, granted, or confirmed, in any other lawful way, theretofore had used or accustomed, notwithstanding the same or any one of them had been illused, not used or abused, or dis- continued, except always and with such charges, alterations, emendations, and additions, as are iu the said Charter made, impressed, and contained. , I have endeavored, by the before- mentioned ex- tracts from the Letters Patent and Charters, by the Kings and. Queens of England, granted to the City of Bristol, to shew that the aldermen of this- city arc armed with the same powers and jurisdictions iu all things, and by all things to have, exercise and execute as the aldermen of the City of London, withirl'that City. THE LEITERS PATENT or CHARTERS make no mention of Wards, of which we have twelve in this City. The Charter of King John granted to the Bur- gesses c/ f Bristol, that they might have all their rea- sonable Guilds. When the creation or appointment of Aldermen first took place, which was iu the reign of Henry the seventh, the burgesses of Bristol, ( ma- gistrates) then created so many wards in. theCity, over which a principal, or head, or one of the alder- men, according to the custom of thecity of London, was to preside; and there cen. be no reason to doubt that the same havft continued down to this day with out alteration, except at the time when the number pf aldermen teas raised to'twelw. The Charter of Henry the Seventh appointing the six aldermen, gave them within the Town, liberties, and precincts of the same like power and jurisdiction iu all things as the alder- men of the city of London ; and! apprehend that these wards were so first ordained for the better preserva- tion ofths'peace, and hence arose the appointment or election of a chief constable of the ward, which the ward presented to the alderman, who being approved was sworn to his office; and it was about the begin- iiig of the reign of King Edward the third that petty constables were first divised in towns and parishes, but as the business of the town of Bristol increased, aud the authority of the magistrates were enlarged them for convenicney sake, the wards became connect ed with the magistracy, as is the case of the wards « f the city of London to this day, the alderman of which is eligible for sheriff, or lord mayor— the city of Lon- dou is divided in twenty- six wards. The chief consta- ble " f — nnI ii. litis X'itv5 oi] » ht n * >: r or free man, upon the principle that the corporation themselves must be burgesses. The watch and ward laws of this city vary very little from those of the city of London and accounts for, I conceive, arising out ot the power of the several Charters before mentioned. It is very uncertain when deputies to the aldermen of the several wards iu this City came into disuse, cer- tain it is they once existed, and true it is they are continued in Loudon ; and all the business of the ward, at ward meetings called for that purpose, is gone into by the alderman, if not by him, then by his deputy, who certifies to the alderman; and I ask, seeing the great extent of some of the Wards in tbis City, would it not be a more eligible and effectual mode of relief to the many duties to be performed by aldcrmeD, and of essential use to the several wards aud the inhabitant householders, who are empowered to tax themselves that these ward courts should be again brought Into u6e as aforetime ? The case of the Mayor of Bristol against Bush, triediu Westmins- ter Hall, on the 7th July, 1820, cannot fail to convince by the verdict obtained against Mr. Bush in that case, that the plaiutiffs went so far back as ' he Charter of King John to prove their right* to, and tstahlish proof of their case. The burgesses rights stilterist, are not Imtor departed from them, only by non- ue. The time approaches, when every inhabitant house- holder of each of the sards in this'City wll have a lull and fair opportunity to express theirseniments, look into aud exercise their respective privileges as bur- gesses and householders, that they wll take all into serious consideration, aud respe(\ but firmly addjess the aldermeu of the wards, thattieir ancient privileges be no longer witheld, and tha the- tame be restored. Your obedient Servant, STEPHEN WEBB. MKM.— J be.% tc refer Mr. Webb to my preceding number, where he trill find a letter deseving his early and seriouityittention— early, because affcting the liber J ty of a poorman, and serious, because rfacting ( as it appears to me it will, if unanswered) eiihe conduct « f my Me correspondent, J. A. 8 THE BRISTOLIAN. To JOHN WINTER. The Persecutor of Truth, the Frieud of the Fraudulent Clerk, and the Receiver of Elephants' Tusks. , Bat- blind- Bom bastes, You have preferred two indictmentts for libeli against me— that is, you allege that 1 have i written and published of you certain matters | which \ ou declare to be false scandalous aud ' malicious.. There were two methods of procedure open to you; one by action for damages, and. by which course the practice of the Law Courts would have allowed me to put your declaration of falsehood to the test, by proving in my defence the truth of the mailer I have published; the other course was that you selected— a prosecu tion in a Criminal Court whereby you preclude me from the fair advantage of proving such truth, and by which course you have reason to hope that my incarceration is secured you. Now,, it is unnecessary, for me to enquire whether your object;. be to punish me for the publication of severe and unpalatable truth or to cause an investigation of the matters I have charged again you before a Jury of your fellow Citizens, and my fellow Rate- payers. The former is your manifest purpose. Such pur- pose is unworthy a man who has no cause to fear truth— it is disgraceful to one who pretends to the possession of an atom of character, or • who seeks or pretends to^ seek the good opinion of those whose good opinion is worthy; the seeking. The following is the language of your second indictment ( selected by me because of the much creater length of the fir^ t):— ( COPY) City of Bristol, . and} The>, Jurors, of our County of the same j. Lord the King, upon CIYY.— TO wiT, i ) their oaths, present that James Acland, late of the parish of Saint- John Baptist, in the City of Bristol and- County of the same City, Printer^ being a person of an envious, evil, and wieked mind,: and of a most malicious disposition, and wickedly, maliciously, and unlawfully mind, ing. contriving, and intending, as much as in him lay, to injure, oppress, aggrieve and vilify the-, good, name, fame, credit and repu- tation of John Winter, a good peaceable and worthy subject of our said Lord the'King; and to brirg him the said John Winter into great contimpt, ridicule, and disgrace, and to injure, prejudice, and aggrieve him the said John Winter, on the twenty- fourth day of October in the year of our lord one thou- sand eight lundred and twenty- nine, at the parish of S; int John Baptist, in the City and County afiresaid, with force and arms cf his great rialice and ill- will towards the said John Wintr, wickedly and maliciously did compose, pint, and publish, and cause and procure to be composed, printed, and pub- lished, in he forjn of a letter addressed to the said John Winter, a certain false, scan-! dalous, malicious, and defamatorv libel, of and concerning the said John Winter, in a certain part of which said false, scandalous, malicious, and defamatory libel, there was, and is contained the following false, scan- dalous. malicious and defamatory words, and matter of and concerning the said John Winter, that is to say :— ( Then follows my letter introductory to the following question- s which are duly set forth in the indictment). These questions are:— I. When, some twenty five years since yon lived in Engcin- stiett, was not your house des. troyed by fire, I l2. i How did such fire originate? 3. IVere you. not iusureil in the sum of £ 500 ? 4. Did you not shortly previons to such tire, remove or cause to be removed, some of the most valuable portion of Hour gauds ? 5.. Were not such goods removed to your father's? With the allegation that the a- bove ques- tions are false, scandalous, malicious, and libellous, your indictment terminates! How so P. ' Why so ? Was, there nothing else published, by me in- the very same paper which you could call false, and scandalous? Were these all the questions I callsd on you to answer ? 1 Were these the most serious of the charges, I published against you in the Bristolian, from which you collected the matter alleged 6o be libellous? I answer NQ<!!! ' I he above questions, which you hive charged to be libelous, were only part of a string of categories— and it is rather curious to enquire what were the questions which you ( even you) did not dare to chargers libellous* The following were among them:*— 9. Had you not a lodger of the name oj WATTS!,.? 10. Did. he not, on his going into the country for the benefit of his health, leave in your pos- session a boi containing his will and tnontv to the amount of between £ 600 and £ 700 ? ' II., Was not such property feloniously ab- stracted during his absence ? 12. Were you not apprehended on suspicion of such felony ? 13. Were you not fully committed for trial, for the capital ojfence ? 14. Was not Mr. Strickland the Attorney for the prosecution ? 15. Did not your Counsels- clerk tell you that at best you must calculate en transporta- tion ? 16. How did yon escape the punishment of your deserts ? 17. Was it not in consequence of the death of poor Watts but. three days previous to the assizes ? Any reasonable man, woman, or child, will conclude from your pioceedings, looking at once to their nature and extent, that you have pleaded guilty to the robbery of poor old Watts; Why else did you not, in your vindictive persecution, select the more di- rect and more serious charge advanced b\- me against- you? Fool thai you are ! And could not y ® u see this? Yes! yes! You did see it— bat you recollected that I should fight you after the- trial— that I should shew you to be the very being you are before their Lordships of the Court of< King's Bench— IK a- Jury can be fonnd to convict me on your prosecutions JAMES ACLAND. To the EDITOR of the BRISTOLIAN. Si R, As you have- fully established yourself in the estimation of every honest man, to be the advo- cate of Truth and Justice, I take the liberty ( being an utter stranger to yoH) to inform you that in the year 1811, a Commission of Barcfe. ruptcy was issued againet Archibald Robe, then of this City, Merchant— that up to this hour DO dividend has ever been made,> and that I am a poor man and a Creditor for j640 him upwards. Mri Edward Stephens was and is the Solicitor to the Commission, and as you have some know- ledge of this gentleman's affairs you inform me the cause of, the delay. You may possibly be inclined to . say that I had better apply to Mr. Stephens than to you ; my answer is that I have frequently done so without gaining anything satisfactory, though both Mr. S. and his, partner say that a dividend will yet be made. I am, Sir, Your hearty well wisher and constant purchaser as well as reader. W. L. To the ASSOCIATED BREAD- EATERS. Fellow Share- holders, Pursuant to yowr requisition the General Meeting took place on Mrtnday, at the Tennis- Court ; Mr. ENGLAND, in the Chair. The resolution I had the honor of'proposing for your consideration and adoption was as foliows: " That Share holdirs in this Association shall 5e supplied with Flour, Bread or Offal, at one half- penny per shiirt less than the price to be charged to Strangers." The amendment moved against it was, " That this question be'discussed at the. first Gene- ral Meeting, af ter a dividend shall have been declared." On a shew of hands, the chairman said he thought it was in favor of the amendment. I then claimed, as I had a right to do, a division. On the division, the. chairman said he thought it was in favor of my motion. A ballot was then claimed by the mover THE BRISTOLIAN. 2,3 and seconder of the amendment ( as they had a right to do)— such ballot to take place at my office, on this day, to- morrow, and Friday, between 9 in the morning stud 8 in the even- ing of each day. It is necessary that each person giving his vote, should write on a slip of paper " one price" or " two prices" with the number or 1 votes to which he is entitled, and his signa- ture. Such vote maybe sent by any other person— but it is imperative that" the person bringing the vote, should himself- deposit it i- n the balloting t'box, without observation Or argument. Such course is desirable, in order to prevent charges or insinuations of foul plav or a resort to undue or unfair influence. You have now to exercise your individual judgment on this question. 1 have availed myself of my right as a share. holder to pro- pose a resolution, which appears to me calcu- lated to advance your interests respectively and collectively. It ought never to have been made a pa- ty question ; and hid it not been so, the proceedings of Monday would have assumed more of the deliberative than of the abusive characteristic. The appeal to you ought never to have been objected to, seeing that the objection could neither be rea- sonable nor valid. Your decision will be binding on the Committee, and whichever way vou mav decide, it will be their business to see that proper and safe measures be after- wards adopted and enforced in furtherance of your will, and in security to your interests and property. The question, so far as I am ^ concerned, is at rest. However strenuously 1 have argued in support of my motion; i shall- not stoop to the canvass. It were andnsult • to' ytjutf- judge- ment if I were to do so.' I have noiniproper' personal interest at stakte, and I will not re- sort to an improper exercise of the influence I may be supposed to command. In conclusion, however, on this subject, I call upon you all to come to the ballot, and at least record your opinion on the question- so warmly debated, whether that opinion be with or against Ybur's faithfully, JAMES ACLAND. P. S. The first five shillings on each share must be paid on or before Friday next, as other- wise the Shares will be forfeited'. The sixth shilling will be due on the 16th instant, and an additional shilling on or before each tenth day from that date. The total amount cf Cash received to this day is The total amount paid to this day ......... GENERAL COMMITTEE, Nov. 2, 1829 Resolved, That this Committee consider it essentially necessary either that Mr. Lancaster do forthwith complete the arrangement for laking bis premises, orihat the contract with him be Cancelled. That Messrs. Essex, Tripp, Ilamley and Mondey, do wait on Mr. Walker, immediately, as a deputation) from this Committee to deliver to him the correspondence and agreements with Mr. Lancaster, and to give him ihe necessary information and instructions. SPECIAL COMMITTEE, Nov. 3, 1829. Resolved,— That the Samples of Wheat, salt in'according to the former advertise- ment, are not of sufficiently good quality for the'" purposes of the' Association, and that the Committee do therefore advertise for other tenders'and samples, to be forwarded to this Offices, on or'before Monday next. Resolved,— That the tender sent in by Mr. Millsom, for ' 250 sacks be accepted. fg | =£' 2257 IS i ' 6 981 18 10 The Balance in the hands " 1 j? ic/-! i of the Bankers 17 PROSPECTUS OF THE BRISTOL! AN COAL ASSOCIATION. CAPITAL .£ 80.0. In 4000 SHARES, at 4s. per Share. Each Share to take half a hundred weight of Coal per week. The "" Association to import in its own ves- sel the best Red Ash Coal, from Newport. The delivery of Coal to the Sha: re- holders. to comtfience on the 1st of- December. One Shilling to be paid as deposit, on taking the Scrip — a 2nd on or before the 9th-— a 3rd on or before the 16th— and a 4th 0ri or before the 23rd of November. The'objects of the Associatioil'are; 1st, security in quality-- 2nd. certainty of weight — 3rd; the purchase of Coal by the- poor1, in small'iquantities, at cost price. The expence ot establishing the Association ( inclusive of Printing, Clerks, & C.) to be =£' 80. The projector to be sole manager until the first delivery shall have been effected ; kiimediately after which, a general meeting; of the Share- holders to be called, an account rendered, and a Committee of duly qualified proprietors to be elected for the subsequent management of the Association. Bankers and Treasurers— Messrs. Haythome and Wright. Share- holders will not be restricted tb any number of Shares, but no Share- holder can have above five votes. The price of the Coal ( best Red Ash) will be to Shaie- holders, 14s. per Ton, or 8Jd. per Cwt. and to Strangers, 15s, per Ton, or 9d. per Cwt. Share- holders will o « / y be entitled to half- a- hundred weight, per Share, per week, at the lowest price ; any further quantity, to be charged at the price paid by Strangers. All Purchases to be paid for on delivery, at risk of the forfeiture of the Shares. The Treasurers' Receipts for the amount paid in daily, will as usual, be exhibited in the windtowS of my office. ; " I hereby undertake the entire management of this Association, and Ho find competent persons for con- ducting it without charge of any kind to the Share- holders, and to de fray all expences o f every kind inci- dental to ihe business of the. Association— on condition, that the Shareholders assign to me for my personal use and'benefit, all profit accruing to the Association, over and obove ' Fip'rv PKU CENT on the Capital subscribed." JAMES ACLAND. Manager in'Trust for the Association. OfficK No. 4, All Saints' Street. November 2nd', 1829? - To the EDITOR of THE BRISTOLIAN. Site, • I had thought that with the entire defeat of the individual signing himself " Truth" after his futild attempts to leid astray the judgment of those who had read my charges against Messrs. Jones and Willcox and to dress those accusa- tions in false specious colors had been foiled. I must confess, Sir, that I had indulged the delu- sive hope that there were but' few wicked enough to fight the battle of the faithless as against the unfortunate victim of malevolence— to wield the destructive and yet despicable ' instrument of malice against the ruined tradesman, and the almost heart broken father, or at least I had hoped that policy would have prompted them to have ( if possible) prevented the resumption of a subject, which cannot be thought of without probing the deeply inflicted wounds in the heart of a wronged fellow creature— creating pain in the breasts of the just and humane, and at- taching a lasting, an eternal stigma— a blot of the deepest dye— to the " Escutcheon " of the malicious persecutors. Why, Sir, had I disgrac- ed my nature by trampling on the head of my prostrate victim, and had the knowledge of such conduct been published5 on the corners of the streets, I should have shrunk into the church yard with the dead— if I had not feared lest I should contaminate the unsullied dust of mine Ancestry.; but to the subject. The impudence of sortie: persons forces the resumption of this subject upon me, and another attempt has beeu made to give my statement the appearance of falsehood. This denial in the Mirror and Jour- nal of Saturday, 10th Instant, is in the shape of a well wrapped up mock Editorial paragraph, leaving us in doubt as to who is its author. It begins thus .'• We are authorised to contradict," but we hear nothing about the authority, it may be George Groves— or Bill Soames— or John Winter— or Thomas John— or pompeythe little 24 THE BRISTOLIAN. liiinself, we don't know who; I cannot think it can be Captain Wit- ford, or John Wesley Hall. They know well enough that whilst poor Phillips was laying the foundation in the lower Arcade, near about jlxe spol where . Mr. London's window IJOW stands, thai lhey came in and said " What d'ye think Phillips, we have met an Attorney in John Street, who says that Willcox told him he would raise the wajes of the journeymen till he had ruined you ( with a prodigious stare) but I'll tell you what we'll do, we'll give you more time"— and they know further that they did NOT give him more lime, but that the next morning they sent an order for him 10 put on more work- men, and they also know that on a Monday morning Messrs J. and W's men came, down to the Arcades and induced- Phillips' men to leave their work, and they know lhat Captain Wre- iord and Mr. Philips were obliged lo go to Bath in J. W. Hall's Phaeton, and there advertise fur men, and they know that Philips complained at the Council House, but could gain no redress and with all this know ledge they must indeed be possessed of consciences of triple brass,— ere they could contradict a statement so true in its every particular. If lam to be coniradicted, let Messrs, Hall and VVrefold themselves come forward and contradict me; I will then endeavor to substan- tiate my assertions, the tribunal of public opinin • shall judgebetween us; the people, the sovereign- ty of ihe people shall be appealed to and they shall decide w ho is to be believed ; if they do • riot come forward, my readers will appreciate the value of my accusation, and the oppressors ( though they may regret, that the gentlemen of whom I have spoken will not by resorting to falsehood uphold their tottering cause) will have reason to thank them for letting this subject gradually die away. ANTI- OPPRESSION. TO THE PURCHASERS OF FLOUR. FRIENDS, I have to caution you against one of the most disgraceful and dangerous impositions 1 have ever heard of. A sample of flour has been sent me by a poor tnan? with the name of the person at whose shop it was purchased. The statement forwarded me is, that after a portion of it had been made up into puddings, the taste was so nauseous that the stomach rejected it. The flour was then submitted to the inspectiou of a professional gentleman, who discovered in it myriads of insects, much of the nature of the mites in decayed cheese. I have examiued this precious specimen of Bristol flour, and have no doubt of the ani- , malcu! ac having been generated byputrescence i suppose some stinking contents of the bond- ed warehouses to have been worked up with a second quality flour, that it might be made it be wholesome to feed upon these disgusting insects ? lhave examined ihem by the micros- j cope, and find them partly of the form of the I louse and partly that of the bug— the color j brown with specks of white, and they are very lively. Few people would discern them • with the naked eye, but ihe following means of detection may atlord the poor public some means of . counteracting the views qf the wretches who vend this unwholesome prepa- ration in the form of one. of the necessaries of life. Render the surface of a small portion of the flour purchased, perfectly smooth either by slightly pressiug a sheet of writing paper, or by passing a dry knife over it. Then let it stand for one minuie. If there be insects in it, the smoothness of the surface will be destroyed by the motion of its living portion. Spicks of about the size of a pill's point will gradually be ob- servable, and complaint should thereupon be made to an active magistrate for redress and punishment. The name of the person w ho sold this stuff is Doidge, residing in the Old Market. JAMES A CLAN I). To the HOUSE HOLDERS of BBISTOL; Fellow Rate- payers, If such of you as desire to secure your- selves against dishonesty in your Clerk, and malversation in your Commissioners, will meet me this day at 1 o'Clockj on YOUR OWN BRANDON HILL 1 think I can - shew you 1st That vou have been shamefully ill- trCnted, and 2ndly. That the remedy is in yofir own hands, 1 have no doubt you will be true to your- selves, and, if it be necessary that I assure you so, I can promise that you will not be deserted by Your'- s faithfully, JAMES ACLAND. MAGNA CIIARTA. ( Continued from my last.) TO THE CONSUMERS OF COAL. FRIENDS, In a preceding column you will find a Pros- pectus for the establishment of a Goal Asso- ciation. The principal on which I hold myself justified in projecting these means for the cheap and equitable supply ox the necessaries of life to the poorer classes of society is simply this. Wages are now lower than they have ever been known, and the prices of the necessaries of life have not declined in proportiou with the remuneration doled out to the hard working mechanic and labourerl I therefoie deem it expedient that such most useful portion of the community should be enabled to obtain food and firing, if possible, at cost price, and 1 act up lo my opinion in- this retpect. The public are daily cheated in the weight of coal to an enormous extent, and I cau demon- strate the eeitainiy of fifty per cent, pur annum profit ou the capital employed in procuring the best coal at an inferior price. The Share- holders may take me at my word, if they will. JAMES ACLAND. MEM.— I have to thank many kind friends and correspondents for their communications, whieh to publish, would be to insult the generality of my readers. The only answer I shall give in print to the ravings of miscre- ants, is, that I shall continue to pursue the straight line of duty, unawed by the con- a saleable " commodity. Well may the flour- t tible effusions of things, who think factor and baker say " the Bristol people will1 ' . . , buy anything " !_ but 1 hope to improve your! they can wnte> and who Prcsume to expect taste by my appeal to your judgment. Can! hey can be believed. J. A. 65. " If we have disseised or dispossessed the Welch of any lands, liberties, or other things, without the legal judgment of their peers, they shall be immediately restored to them. And if any dispute arises upon this head, the matter Shall'be determined in the Marches, by tbe judgment of their peers. For tenements of Eng- land according to the law of England. For tenements in Wales according to the law of Wales. The same shall the Welch do to us and - our subjects. 66. As for all those things, of which any Welchman hath without the legal judgment of his peers, being disseised or deprived, by King Henry our Faihf r, or our brother King Richard, and which we either have in our hands, or others are possessed of, and we are obliged to warrant it; we shall either have a respite till the time generally allowed the croises ; excepting those things about which a suit is depending, or whereof an inquest has been made by our order, before we undertook the crusade. But when we return, or if we stay at home., ami do not per- form our pilgrimage, we will immediately do them full justice according to the laws of the Welch, and of the parts afore- mentioned. 67. We will without delay dismiss tbe son of Lewelin, and all the Welsh hostages, and release them from the engagements they entered into with Us, for the preservation of the peace. 68. We shall treat with Alexander King of Scots, concernirig the restoring of his sister and hostages, and his rights and liberties, in thesam « form and manner as we shall do to the rest of our barons of England : unless by the engage- ments which his father William, late King W Scots, hath- entered into with Us, it ought lo be otherwise; and this shall be left to the deter- mination of his peers in our court. ( To he- Continued.•) Priuted and Published by JAMES ACLANU, ( Sole Proprietor and Editor,) at the BBISTOLUN- OFFICOJ No, 4, All Saiuts' Street, Brisisl.
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