THE BRXSTOIiXAJT, MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of JAMES ACLAND, Proprietor and'Edtfor- written by Himself. « / LIKE HONESTY IN ALL PLACES."— Judge ' Bayity. Tfinfed and Published by JAMES ACLAND ( SOLE PROPRIETOR HI EDiTon; atNo. 4, All Saints'street, Bristol. VOL. II.— No. XL V. J SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1S30. [ PRICE 1*. To the EDITOR of THE BRISTOLIAN. " Tie truth never brought shame nor disgrace Sir, I have been deprived of considerabhs pro- perty, my liberty, and peace of mind— and , uy family have been deprived of every comfort, without tlie least proof being given ( or could be given) to justify such depriva- lion—- the following are the circumstances : On the 25th of March, 1838, I entered • > nor. * small Farm, the property Of Mr. J::.". Thomas, of the parish of Christchurch, Mon- mouthshire, at the yearly rent of d' 5i. In May following 1 was confined by the Sheriff of the County. The time for my release being - uncertain, I wrote to ask Mr.' I homas, my landlord, to cut, make, and rick one of my meadows of hav to pay the half- year's rent, d » e tho 59th of September following. Mr. Thomas made no reply, but entered three fields, the whole of the farm, and cut and carried away the entire produce, and ricked it on his own premises. Before the end of the vear, the hay was valued a considerably more than the year's rent coming'due— and 1 sent a proposal in writing to Mr. Thomas, offering to give up the Faim by being paid the balance due to me— and if Mr. Thomas was not satisfied with the valuation, I pro- posed for him to call his own friends to re- value and settle the matter. The proposal was objected to, and on the 25th of March 1S29, James Wateis unhinged and carried away the front door of my house; and on the 27th, William Lewis and Joseph Man- warin entered my house and carried away the whole of my furniture to Caerleon; and after injuring it for three weeks, they employed James Morgan, an Auctioneer of Newport, to sell part of what was left, and part has been sir. ee offered for sale by Lewis.— Morgan re- fused to give any account of his sale. — I re- ceived an unintelligible letter " from Tames Smith, a Lawyer— I called upoti liim for an explanation— he pressed rae to go out of the house and be quiet, and let Mr. Thomas keep what he had got— he eaid he was rich and arbitrary and that he was determined to get the upper- hand of me, and that he had made up his mind to swear to a debt and put me to prison, and get my family out of the house. Soon after, Mr. Smith sent me a concocted account of a sale, part written by \\' m Lewis and part by Mr. Thomas, the landlord, in which they stated that my furniture and hay was sold by auction by James Morgan, under distress for rent, and charged seven pounds five shillings for his attending such sale. Mr. Thomas was not satisfied with griping fotty bounds' worth of hay and furniture more than was due to him, but had the hardihood to swear that I was indebted to him in the further sum of and upwards— to hold me to bail— proceed in the cause— to give notice of trial at Monmouth Assize-; but did not come forwatd to meet his ingenious account. I applied to the Commissioners of Cause for the particulars of the alleged sale; and at a meeting before the Collector it was proved, that Morgan hud nothing to do with the hay nor with the account that was manu- factured by Lewis and the landlord to de fraud me of full „£ 80. Mr. Thomas has made use of several tons of the hav— the remains stand now on his land, which with ihe written documents in my hands will prove the fraud, Mr. Thomas took my furniture, and made out the accounts of the sale; he knew it was fradulent, and when he sworn to the debt of o£' S- 7 and upwards, he knew it was false, and he shuffled me out of upwards of two pounds that 1 paid for fencing round his plantation, then he conspired wi, h Thomas Wallers to extort money from me, under pretence of its being due, for the use of the poor— when f saw ihe assessment in'erlined, aud my name affixed, I told Mr. Walter's that the fradulent making or altering of any writing to the prejudice of' another man's right, was forgery-^- he said—" I did not do it; Mr. Thomas done 11 to get the money from yo j ; it s his own hand Writing." I never knew- or spnkc UJ Mr. Waller's before..' lyt ..; ' MIV then that he was a dangerous tool of Mr Tho mas's and he did lend himself to swear to make up the libel against me to cloak their diabolical works. About a morith afterj the desperate Geo. Goold, who a little time before had been re- leased from Gaol, and Morgan Davis, a servant lo Mr. Thomas, broke open, entered, and plun- dered my house, at midnight, and much alarm"* ed my family, and the same two desperate ruf- fians not constables, arrested me atColel'ord. on the. charge of libel. The threats and brutal treat* ment that I received from them in five days was enough to prove that human life would be as little in their hands as the bolt of my doer was when they broke my house open, and I do be- lieve that they not being there at the time was was the saving the life of the whole family. Mr. Thomas might as well have taken mV life as to have thus plotted my destruction, and unjustly to deprive me of the means and liberty to comfort my family— every thin* seems to be sweet and well- flavoured to him that he can, by any act, draw from me — He had the heart to take ray potatoes and other food from my children to starve them, and think to outbrave his mean actions and cloak thtm with bank- notes. When Goold and Morgan arrested me at Coleford, they dragged me like a murderer to Monmouth Gaol— left ir. e there near four hours— the* ( .17- 8 THE BRISTOLIAN look me from thence to a low Pot - House conduct of those accused has been most outrageously for the ni" ht— and treated me in a brutal 1 have inserted Mr. A's ! 6ngdetter for he is i • r » 1 C t ""' fortunate and tn prison— and these are plea* which manner threatening to convey me in a Coal Lait ( n miy cnse mmt () e reMlllle, s lyhen , am enubied t0 with handcuffs and guard me with a pistol at revisit Monmouthshire I will endeavour to devote s^ me their pleas'. re until tht 5th day, the ls( day of time ' no personal investigation of the case; but I am December, when I was commilted'to the County bo" ni « > add that if it be fictitious or- exaggerated, ,, ty „ . , « r / » . i it , . L „ columns are open to any contradiction or explanation iphk- h the parties concerned may forward me. 1 am the To the EDITOR of the BRISTOLIAN. Gaol by the Mayor of the Borough. On the 14th of December Mr. Protheroe who have advocate of principles rather than persons. I seek • deprived me of hundreds of nights' rest and truth and ' expose, injustice— and it is indifferent to me drawn thousands of sighs and tears from my may be the parties to the cause 1 espouse or whothe .' , o . / delinquents it may be my duty to denounce. J. A. wife and child en, sent a detainer on the Mayors' commitment that no one here can un- derstand, and on the 27th of December 1 gavej notice to the Mayor to deliver a true copy of. SIR, his authority to commit me and on the lst of j your Correspondent, " Anti Prothero- ife," January 1830, I demanded a true copy of the his letter to you, as contained in your twoi commitments f. onft the Ke eper to enable me number of the Bristolian of Saturday'last, to remove to London by Habeas to be discharg- }, as intimated something respecting a trans- ed from custody. action ia which that worthy man, Edmund 1 then took the liberty to write three different! Jones, of Newport, who ' calls himself a I imber Merchant ( probably because he Seals in Matches) is mixed up ; but your corres. pondent declines going; into a statement oF ihe transaction, thinking worthy Edmund too insignificant a personage to be noticed, and because he would have you cleave to the worthy Steward alone. Although Sir I entirely accord with your correspondent that Edmund is a very insig- n Scant and contemptible being, and that the worth*- Steward should be cleaved unto, yet I cannot admit that Edmund is on that ac- count to be exempt from exposure when he has been guilty of base and unprincipled conduct, ths recital of which will make you Sir, and every other honorable man, burn with indignation. Geog^ Oates is an honest though perhaps impiudent man, residing at Newport. Some- time since, George became too fond of the Jollv God These devotions were expensive, and George at length discovered a little money would be necessary to support such habits of devotion.— By some means- worthy Edmund became acquainted with George's necessities, and he told George that he would let him have money on condition that he, George, would make his will, and give a house, which belongs to him, to worthy Edmund — George's life at that time not being worth a month's purchase Now, Sir, George ! had a wife an honest and respectable, though yet what is George in- to time-, and sent a statement of my case to the High Sheriff; begging, as a favor, that he'would cause it to be laid before the Couit at the . Ses- xions in January-, and lo calise the Burglars to be brought tojustice. 1 have not received any answer from the Sheriff, nor Magistrates, conse- quently the Burglars are at large, and I am lock d from justice with a golden key. A ser- vant of Mr. Thomas's said some of the Magis- trates are under obligation lo his master, and that it was useless for me to apply to them for redress. It is now almost twelve months lhat myself, a wife, and four, the younger of twenty five chil- dren, have labored under tliese dreadful oppres- sions. Mr. Thomas has been very lavish in hit abuse' without looking forward to the end. I I had made or altered any writing to de • fraud him, he would put me in the " felon's side" of the Ga'd to take my trial for the offence. If I had deprived him of his liberty by a false Oath, he would indict me for wilful and • CO- rupt perjury, and my Attorney for subordi• na ion of perjury. If any belonging to me had broke open and plundered his house at midnight the Magistrates would readily assist him to, brii g me as a Burglar with my accessaries to justice. Have they done unto me as they would I should do unto them. They who, possess true principles ofvirtue canno; be swayed by injustice to betray themselves many erf r s. pit These dating despoilers have caused • infirm, old woman ah. avy si£ h and groan from the hearts of my ! duced by Edmund Jones to do ?— Why t< stiff rino fa nily. and much depressed the snitils | ™ ake a will; and by that will, in considera and mjuied the constitution of Sir, Your very obedient Servant, RICHARD ADDIS, Monmoyth Gaol, March, 17th 1830, tion of a few pounds, which would enable him to drink himself to death in good speed, he is induced to give to Edmund Jones that which ought to devolve, after Geotge's death, to his infirm and aged widow. I low ever, such MEM.— This unfortunate and seemingly oppressed a will as Edmund Jones required; was made. man tells a plain tale of inhuman persecution— if the One day, as Dame Fortune would have it, rfacts be as stated by him. Of'the truth of his account George became sober, serious, and reflective-; Of judge- yet if but one fourth part be true, the he found h; mself yery unWell- he saw his aged partner in life doing all in tier power ( o make him happy and comfortable, and George felt how undeserving he was of such kindness — he felt deeply the injury he had done his poor old woman by the will he had made— conscience pricked him to the quick— he wept bitterly— he revealed to his aged wife what he had done— a friend was consulted on the case, who advised George to make another will, giving the cottage to the poor old wife; Geotge did so, and informed the worthy Mister Edmund Jones that he had done so. Edmund's face became pale, long, and more death like than ever— at length, summoning up his courage, he said, " Pay me my money, or I'll put you in Prothero's hands ;'' the money was paid, and thus ended this iniquitous transaction. Now, Mr. Editor, here was a pretty affair, here was conduct for a husband, for a lather of a family, and for a man. who has declared be is ashamed of nothing he has ever done! But he is one of Thomas Proihero's men of all- woik. Wonder not then, Sir, that feeling for the poor and aged, honesty, and decency are set at defiance. Edmund Jones— come krward.! Hold up your tight hand. 1 How will you be- tiied? By Protheroe and the welch Jurymen? No! No! that will not do. Look at me Man ! ( Edmund is supposed now to pull an old shroud from his uockfi to cover tin lace therewith) Edmund is it true you are a husband and a father ? are you a Christian f are you a Man ? are y » u an English. marr? are you guilty of the sin with which you stand charged or not guilty ? Dare you deny one particle of my statement? What think you of yourself ? What think you Mr, Ed ior of such a man as Edmund for a Churchwarden ? Can we look up with reverence to an establishment to the management of which such officers ure admiiled. Is not our holy church profaned— I* not the house of him w ho protects the orplnwi and the widow poluted and defiled by having ihe names of such men mixed up with it? Hea- ven forbid that such men be allowed lo fill an office connected in any way with our established Church !! ! You, Sir, shall shortly hear Bgain from Your well wisher, A Member of the Established Church. Newport March, 17ih 1830. To the EDITOR of THE BRIjTOLlAN. Sua, As I be but a poor illiterait sort of man, and as 1 have never seed much of the w- orlde and knows you have bin to Newport Ktely, could you tell me what the real name of that hanimal is, lhat I seed. walking about Ihere, and in case you did not see it, I will describe it. It goes u. pcn two legs, just like what 1 seed in the Shows at the fare once, what the men there called a Can THE BRISTOLIAN 1" 9. garoo; in moving along it seems as if it had len- der toei— it has a long face, and wares one of the most curiousest sirt r. f caps 1 ever seed, lis a sort of gleeni- h one not unlike a huntsman's only the ugly visage of this animal makes the cap Inok like buty, but upon my life lhare if ] din'iit laugh after 1 wa'ched this animal's ma- noavres till I was sore all over, 1 am not reco- vered yet— I heartly hopes I shall never see the ugly varmint again, or 1 shall dye lafhiig. I seed lols of persons looking at the varmint and some called him Prothero's buty, and some Prothero's Jackall; more called him a g- ig- wag, but the name that struck me as most legitimat was the green uc- wa. But tliare I must stop, kase I am nearly perrallized with laffing at the recliction of the animal. Lard, Sir, you never seed such a i outlandish we- wau- ish animal! Hoping you will let us know the ligitimat name of the animal, when you find it out, caut> e you finds out evtry thing, I remain, Sir, Your humble Sarvant, PETER NAPPER, Jr. P. S. Hease give this insertion as the cap fits a great rogue of whom bye and bye you shall hear enough. To G. F. PETERS, Gent, ( one & c.) No. 18, Somerset Sq'iare, and 20, High street. SIR, I have had a cme placed in my hands in which you appear to have acted wu'. i illegality against a poor man of the name cf Durbin, re- siding at, or near Nailsea. If he had not been a poor man,. 1 think he would not have been so grossly imposed upon, as he appears he has been. A » it is I am bound to seek at your handa that justice, which it appears you.(: hiough the agency of your clerk. Collins) have denied him. Your's" until Wednesday, JAMES ACLANI). To the EDITOR, of THE BRIbTOLIAN. Sir, I think it my duty to inform you of a voath of the name of William Whereat, living with his father, a Tinman, in Castle ! Street, who is in the daily habit of heaping every epithet he can possibly make use of on you, such » s robbeT. liar, rogue, thief, villain, rascal, & c. & c. and every one in connection- with you ; and since jour Account with the Association has been published, Mr. May has shared the same fate. — He is, I believe, the holder of two Shares only, and I under- stand his f . titer has done some pounds' worth of work for the Association. Hoping you may overcome every obstacle, and see the downfall of your enemies, is the sincere wish of A SHAREHOLDER. Mm.- Let my correspondent . give me proof of this and I will teaeb., ihe offender the prudence of speaking truth. J. A. To PARSON DAVIES,— CHEPSTOW. SIR, I understand you disgraced yourself on Sunday last by perverting the House of God to the gratification of your personal mal g- nity aga. nst me. I therefore be: r you will on Sunday, the 2Sth instant, atone for your un- orthodox conduct by instructing your con gregation ( of whom, on that occas on, 1 shall, God willing, be one) on the duties of the Christian pilgrim towards his neighbor— and in return, I will immediately afteiwa ds de- liver a discourse in the Square to your mis led parishioners on the duties of Ministers of the Gospel. JAMES ACLAND. To the SHAREHOLDERS in the B. B. A Shareholders, In the last number of the Bristolian you had a copy of the Resolutions passed at the Meeting held at Tailor's Hall, on Friday Evening, . the 12th inst. I shall now endeavor to lay before you a summary of the proceed- ings of the Association from that time to the present. Immediately after the breaking up of that Meeting, a number of Shareholders ( having previously by reconnoitring the Pakehouse and throwing out their hints of a disposition on their partsto possess theirselves of it, di- rected the attention of the late Committee and their partizans to its defence) formed themselves into a body for the purpose of going to the Mill and securing as much as possible of your property, which expedition was crowned with success Some Members of the late Committee, on finding what had been done, enraged and disappointed went to the Mill, and removed the little property still left there, some to the Bell, at Woollard, and same to the Miller'* lodgings. Your friends thought this a favorable opportunity for effecting another desirable object they had in view, viz the prevention of your property from being converted into cash by men who illegally claimed a right to manage your affairs A strong body of your fi lends therefore assembled at the Red Lion, on the wav to th- » Mill, and whilst the attention of their opponents was by this means turned in that direction made their way to the Bak- honse found it entirely deserted, entered the same, instantly removed the doors of the ovens with the - under liars and dampers of ihe fireplaces— pri ceeded to secure the mors valuable and impoitant parU of the Steam Engine and Mill — I adtd three carts with it and placed the whole where it is perfectly secure. Thus were the persons who would have robbed you of your just and equit- able rights by forcing themsi lies upon you as a Commit ee. of Management throw n upon their " backs- and sht'w- n- hmv- u'terh" imposiible it is or them to act in defiance of a large body of men firm and united as you are. Now, they can neither proceed wi h the Baking or cffi- cl a sale of the Steam Engine and Mil). But what was their next proceeding ? Morliiitd itid infuriated at their repeated defeats they drew up and signed a malicious, fake, and libelous placard, and caused the same to be posted on the walls of this city, on Sunday morning, s: at-' : ng that your Directors assisted by Act and and ihe Secretatry. had commenced the work cf Demoli ion, broken into robbed and plundered the Mill it Compton Dando, and not satisfied with this had with ruthless- hands invaded your Bakehouse and nearly destroyed the w hole of • your ovens— the evident intention of which falsehoods and misrepresentatives was to exci: e the feelings and enrage the minds of ihe Share- holders against th< sr. who were their bett frin. ds • and exerting themselves solely foi their ben- fit. Nor did they stop here; their emissaeries were busily engaged on the Monday in collectn g a number of boys lo surround Mr. Aclat. d's House in the evening, the result of all which was that a riotous mob assembled round ihe House using tne ill; st insulting language beattng in the'v indows'and threatening to pull down ihe- House, and had they not been overawed by the powerful means of ^ defence which Mr. A, dis-> played they would no doubt have efiected their purpose. Was this conduct worthy of men professing, to possess honesty or honorable1 feeling? ' Two © f your broher Shaiheoldt- rs- were summoned to appear at the Council House* on Tuesday to answer a charge made against ihew bv Mr. Cossens f.; r beating an 1 assaulting him,- when he swore that Wm. Green at the en- trance lo Tailors ' 1 fall on the night of your IdstMeethig there, and on his attempting toub aitr an entrance, struck him '. e- i h a bludgeon knocked ofl his hai and infiicted a severe blow on his forehead, alihough they were seven or eight persons of respectability present, ready to swear that they witnessed thS who'. e of the transaction, that William Green had no stick in his hand during the whole time, and that no person whatever struck Mr. Cossens. He also swore that he, Mr. C'osseris. being in the street seme time after- wards, saw a man intox cated, striking right and left at every one he met • with'- Mhat in discharge of his duty as a constable, he took the said man into custody, that Ilenry Phi Ipot rescued ihe said man from his- custody, and as saulted and beat him the said John' Cossens, and produced three ukntsS. s io support hii evidence. Now if this be true, all J cansay - is ; hat IIv. PnillpW must be a mos cou ageous Man to attack another twice his own size and surrounded- hy his party ! This business having been disposed of Mr, Acland obtained summons- es against seven persons for having been con- cerned in the riot of the proceeding nigh: — and on lea- ting' the- XVunril Huutt had ihs 4- 2 THE BRISTOL AN following B. iis printed and circulated in' Can JOHN COSSSKS? He has said that no one order, in some measure, to counteract the effect .' can : ^^ ^ to F] mfr „ 40s. produced by the gross falsehoods so unblush- j per ga(. k ( fyl. wllirh ' you pay at the rite of 5.1s.) and ingiy advanced and so persevertngly disje- jyour other property for less than it cost the. minated : — i large B. B. A. Shareholders, In a most impudeirtlv false and malicious Placard, po « t « d on the Walls of this City, on Sunday last, signed by J. Farr, JsCo'sens, and eight others, you are told that " In consequence of the outrageous roni • duct ol cerlaia Persons styling themselves Directors, assisted by Acland and the Secretary, the work of Demolition is beg'rn." BIJ whom tr< i. » the work- of Demolition begun? Who « as it that immediately after their expulsion from office, made forcible enfrv into your Bakehouse? Who was it that as soon as your Directors were ap- pointed, illegally and forcibly possessed themselvea of your property, both in the Bakehouse and Mill removing from your Premises and secretin portion of the same? « Are these the Men to say that your Mill has been robbed and plundered, when your Friends have, wiih praiseworthy exertion, wrested from their grasp some portion of your property ? ^ You are in the next place told that " The whole of ' your Ovens are nearly destroyed." This is jnst such an audacious and impudent falsehood, told tor the jMirpose of exciting uproar and outrage, as may be cxpected to emanate from . Men holding Truth iu as little estimation as they do the laws of the Land. The fact is, UQ part of the Ovens has been des- troyed, or in any way injured ; byt in order to prevent Tthese men from biking, and thereby converting your Property into Cash to your prejudice, the doors of the Oveus, and tbe under bars, and dampers of the Fire- places were removed. If these tneu think to frighten or deter me from pro. tecting your intere3t, by the outrages of hireling mobs they are much deceived. I have already received such information as will enable me to prove a con- spiracy for ihe purpose of riot and disorder:" and I now call on the friends of order and peace, to give me such further information relative to the dastardly scenes of Saturday night and last night, as may con* duce to the attainment of justice. - 4, All Saints' street, JAMES ACLAND, Tuesdav, March 16, 1830. 15. B. A. Shareholders, Why did tbe members of your late Committee when I called upon them to name four impartial and disinterested persons to examine my accounts insult me by selecting JOHN COSSENS, WADHAM COLK and ALKKEN PHILLIPS, for that purpose, and on my reject, itig them refuse to name any others? Wou! d auy of you be content to be tried by a jury of your enemies? They well knew that a fair examination must have proved the uprightness and integrity of my conduct to the ruin of their cause, which could stand no longer than whilst supported by falsehood and calumny. Why " did they declin* the scrutiuy, legally demand- ed by the Board of Directors? Because they well knew the foul and unjust means to which they had resorted to obtain their seeming majority, and that a scrutiny ef the votes would have left them in a disgraceful minority! Did they fear the expence ? I offered to bear the expenca! Why do'they still refuse to come to an equitable ar- rangement ot the differences existing between the • contending partiet? Because they wish, in defience of your legal rights to lord it over you, and manage your affairs in ^ private Committees, for their personal advantage. Who can say how much Cash they have received " for the property of the Association, illegally sold by fcheia, what has beeu done with it, or wiitre it is? Association ? Which of the late honest Committee went over in a gig, on Monday night, to confirm tbe * ale, and press for the mouey ? Ask Collis, the Stationer • North Street. JAMES ACIANl). 4, All Saints' Street. Wednesday March 17. tetfere in the business. Of this the Magistrates were informed, on Thursday, and expressed their surprise, and regret at such conduct, mor » especially as Mr. Acland informed them that i Mr. Gane and himself had agreed that any points which could not be settled between them' of should be referred to Mr. Thomas Saunders, for his decisioiu Thus whilst your Directors and their friends evince every disposition to come to On Wednesday, at the Couucil- 1 louse, Mr.; an amicable and equitable adjustment of all ex Acland produced conclusive evidence against j i4tjng differences, the members of your lata three of the rioters, sufficient for all the purposes! Committee reject all overtures for peace, but it of an indictment; but on a suggestion < f the; win not [, e possible foi them lo hold out much Magistrates, that if Mr. Acland and Mr. Gane j longer— defeated as they have been on every who was then piesent, wouM consult together upon some plan for adjusting the differences un- happily existing between the par. ies. an amica- ble arrangement might possibly be effected, Mr. Acland consented to delay his information for a few days, and agreed to meet Mr. Gane in the evening which meeting accordingly took place, and the following was the result J — MEMORANDA Between Mr. GANE and Mr. ACLAND. 4, All Sainis'- Strcet, March 1?, 1830. Agreed, that no observations made by either partv to be considered in any way binding, unless reduced to writing. Mr. Acland suggested, that the party feel, ing among the Shateholders in the B. IS. A. is so strong as to render a separation of the parties necessary. Mr. Gane, on the other hand, thought the Association so illegal in its formation as to render an entire dissolution necessary. Agreed, that the consideration of this ques- tion be postponed uutil to- morrow evening. Mr. Acland suggested, that the money due from the Ex- Committee to tke Association should be paid into Messrs. Stuckey's Rank, in the names of two persons, one on either side, in order to its immediate and equal di- vision among the Shares— the Ex- Committee, if requiring it, to have a release, signed by the. managing persons on either side. Agreed, that this question be also post- poned until to- morrow evening. Mr. Acland stipulated that the Books of the Association, so far as they relate to his Accounts with the Association, should be placed in the hands of a respectable Ac- countantant— Mr. Gane to name three Ac- countants of acknowledged character, from whom Mr. Acland shall select one to- mor- row evening. To meet again at half- past five to- morrow evening. GEORGE GANE. I was present at this meeting and thought this a good beginning, but Mr, Gane having taken a copy of the above, signed by Mr. Aclatid, to No. 7, Broad Mead — Messrs. Cossens and Lowe came to Mr. Acland's bouse at half- past en the same risht, and disavow ed every right 0n the part of Mr. Acland and M . Gane to in- point, and opposed " as they are by those ofyon who have studied the real facts of the case, and sincerely desire the interest of the Associa- tion, and by public opinion. But 1 must not omit to inform you, that C. Harvey, the Baker, who arrived at the Bakehouse on Satuiday evening, just at the moment vte were about to leave it, thought proper to summons one of your Directors before the Magistrates for an assault— and when there, not having been able to bring with him any person as a witness, who was present at the Bakehouse when the assault was said to have been committed, he produced two witnesses to swear what he thought would do— but it was immediately shewn to the satisfaction of the Magistrates, that they were not present aE the time. I need scarcely add, that the case against the Director was dismissed. Your's faithfully, J. B. MAY, Secretary. To the EDITOR of the BRISTOLIAN. SIR, A great deal of talk has been made as to the noti production of the cash account and B< oks of the Association, and John Cossens for one ha* not forgotten with stentorian lungs to descant upont he doubtfulness of the motives w hich ha* e induced the Secretary to keep them in his pos- session instead of giving them up to him ami bis compeers : but, Sir, how is it that. John Cossens himself lias not rendered an account of the good* sold by him, and the money belonging to the Associa- tion which he holds, nu one knows where ; how is It that the Ultra- Faclion will not deign to satisfy th* reasonable doubts of the Shareholders as to the man ner in which the money is expended. Who vested the authority in John Cossens » o be- nome tbe Cashier of the B. B. A. Did the Shape- holders ? Who authorised this daring and impudent Faction to deliver up the Bakehouse and Premises to Mr. Gane, Did tbe Shareholders ? No Sir, they hav « taken to themselves offices which the Share- holders neverfauthorised them to'take, and for which they ought to bo brought to an account and I think that it becomes every Shareholder INDIVIDUALLY to apply to those men for a satisfactory account of their conduct and ascertain whether or not Mr. Cos- sens intends to waste their funds as he has threateu- ed. In conclusion 1 thiuk it becomes our worthy Sec- retary to demand of them a » account of their receipts and expenditures and to publish the account 1n the Biiitolian'. 1 am, Sir, your's Sc. A SHAREHOLDER, ^ rioted and Published by JAMES ACLAND) sole Proprietor and Editor,') at the BRKTOIIAY- OPHCB NO. 4, Ail SainU'- Street,- Bristol, -• m \