MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of J AMES ACLANU. Proprietor and Editor- written h Himself. « I LIKE HONESTY IN ALL PLACES;'-— Judge Batley. Printed ami Published by JAMES ACLAND ( SOLE PROPRIETOR EDITOR; at No. 4, All Saints'street, Bristol. VOL. lil.— No. I. SATURDAY, APRIL,' 10, 1830. [ PRICEL*. The following lines, supposed tohuvt been iniendtd as an Advertisement for a lafe occasion, w. re discovered in a certain place, and Thand than to you for the Rristoliari. A pentite man near fifty yens of age, ^ IV ouM v* rv - A - • i: n"- v '- J^' M ' rf| < r II. manager""! your HRKAD ant! GRAIN, AR. rt cut the MASON'S name. But should the grain bj chance be carrieii off, And not a quartern loaf or hushe! left; 11c begs to say, he won't be fool enough, To answer lor the Mi LI. BR— or the theft. If wanted, be can have, by God's good grice, An excellent character from his last place— With Mr. ('. at Fishpond^, Wi'ho. nt a puff, If you enquire, you'll find it quantum sulf/ To WILLIAM SHAYLE. IRONMONGER. Alonnow Street, Muunwnth. • If you don't co. ne dawn. I'll fetch yuu dovcn— that's t icUe." • Do you beg- Mr. Comnierical!' StR, To look at you one would imagine you h/ id no conceit beyond lhat which might prefer rum- punch to gin toddy, ,< r short- cut to shan; yet I should do you an injustice were I to judge ybti by your looks In the liist place, being an erudite phrenologist, [ should be tempted to say that a carbuncly nose is the organ of » good nature ar. d the evidence of wit— foi I well re- member the renowned Sir William Curiis and I never heard any tiiina to his prejudice as a man, though much as a politician. Vet never was there more deceit in the heart of man than i n your nose; as to your good nature, you are only pleased when you sell a saucepan or flavor your & rog— and, as to your wit, i: is purely arni. orthognphical ! " Deary me— I never done business with a rommsrical gentleman more fuller of ancedote in all my life!" Nevertheless you are rich, for the principles of a Job Thorn- bury have never prevented your turning your pots, pans, and kettless into pence, shillings and pound*. Indeed, with you, all is fish that ' coitus to net, and the scource of your wealih is not alone to be traced lo yotiv « ! lop iriTVlonmnv- Street. It is said you can play at cards— or thai you think you can— and some whisper that before now you have picked up a flat or two— bul have you never been found a flat? We shall seel •' Once upon a time" you chanced to fre- quent a low pot house, called the Wotcester Lodge, in your lov. n ; and as it is your habit to talk largely and your weakness to speak highlv cf yourself you, on the occasion in question, speedily informed the company that vou were, in your own conceit, a very Don - at Cards, and especially at the genteel game of " AIL FOURS." Nobody disputed, your pre eminence -, so you fret-. ed on your dunghill and crowed-— and smoaked and sipped and crowed— and sipped and crowed and smoaked — and crowed and smoiked and sipped in all the varieties of a cowatd's courage when there's no enemy in sight, until your brag- ging so disgusled your hearers that even the children in the room could no longer sit silent under your disoaraging insinuations, There was a little boy pi. eseut who had . oftf. D see. n tne game played and happening to catch a grin on your face, which he thyugbt a sm:/. 1, and which sprung from your unquestioned ni- umph and not as he thought from good nature — he hesitatingly asked " Will you play a game with tne Sir? " Ah sure my boy " you replkd " it's quite material to me who I play with, so as ! get* my winnings— but I won't play for les than a sovereign t" Now this was a bounce — a mere bounce— the bounce of a man to frif-.' ep a bey. But he w » 3 not frightene i and yet tie had no sovereigns lo lose— nor even to sbt. . So, on you crowed and sipped, and smoaked for yet another half- hour— and you had it all your own way until a person of the name of Hall was provoked to berk the | i » tle boy against you for your biyh stake of a sovereign a game. It tell out that the boy had luck enough to beat vou arid still you kept your sovereign? out of sight. You would pay him presently; one more game and ihen you would settle your ac- count. Yet on you played and smoaked and sipped— « nd as you sipped, you lost. The little boy's luck was prodigious— your sight failed you— you became desperate— begged on low and jack- played double or quits— and slili got beat. At length— that is, at jive o'Clock in the morning you owed the lad TWENTY SEVEN POUNDS which you promised to pay in the course- of the day and whereupon you were led home drunk.— You did not- pay the £ 9,1, on that day, as you promised, nor on the next— nor that week — nor the next; but after much haggling you cumpomded the debt for =£ 10; thus cheaply purchasing the knowledge that fools who boast and bet ana drink a: e likely to pay for their f. « ! ly, their vjiiity and their drunkenness. 1 fiH-. e yet oilier oncedot< s for vou. cqmmeri » eal blust. erer, and you will please to bear in mind that i am provoked by you to this ex- posureof the fooleries of one who hasthought St to attack me with personal abu-^ e without the si ghtest cause. Thank yourself, my fine fellow, for this honorable preference, and be sure 1 shall stick to you like a leech, and like it too 1 never bite at healthy honesty JAMES ACL AND T t THE BR1STOLIAN CONUNDRUMS. '"^ Wliy ii Burrows like a Jeweller ? He dea! « in furl ( pearl) Why ii Cote like a race- horse? Because he kas often run for a plate. I » which month does Phillips lis least t February. Why is Osgathorp's hat, when he wears ft, like a irgib'et pi « ' Because it lias a goose's head in it. " Why are Phillips and his crew like pirates ? Because fond of privateearing ( pr. vate- ear- ing- i. e. • ear- wigging.) Wiiv are Phillips's supporters like gooseberries. Because they are made fools of. Why is the refusal of Salter's gang to produce the 1 books, like a wet day? Because it is not fair. Jn what does the stable- yard in Broadmead ffesemble the Kingswood Colliery ? Because it's Cole is in bad repute. Why, when a mason tries to write, dees he re- semble learning itself? Because he is learning. Why. is the writing of'Phillips. iike a bad pencil ? Because it has no point. Whv are the falsehoods. of the faction of fools like f The candles in - my cupboard ? Because they will one by one be brought to light. Why are Messrs. Gollity Cossens and Co. wheu cal- tjioj for Cidertt a certain Pothouse like Nightingales ? Because they sing jug, jug, jug. Why is Cossens in the Stable Committee like r Watson the C'ato Street Conspirator ? Because he is the Ringleader " Why are certain members of the Stable Committee • - when at the Cieler House like a watch < Because tlrey are regularly wound up. Why is a certain had slay maker like a place for '" dirty water and'filth? Beeause he is a common sewer. Why is fat Smart the Dyer like a superstitious opi- i niated person. Because he is big gutted ( biggotted.) Why are the Shareholders who thought Phillips, t^- ifltention honest like a girl who has been ruu away with Because they are mis- taken. Why is the assertion that " James Acland robbed ' the Shareholders," like wood ashes and water! Became it's a lie. • Why - are the wits of the Stable Committee like a >%! ow- worra ! - Sfcsuso it- nnitt he dark wbett Jief- thine. To the EDITOR of THE BRISTOLIAN. Sir, Bristol, April 7, 1830. I have noticed in your Btistolian of this day some remarks of a correspondent who signs himself " Amicus," & c. & c , on the ar- ticle pf Beer, and 1 agree with him entirely cs to the ingredients enumerated therein to be such as ought never to be used in the manufacture of Malt Liquor ; and I shall go farther than your correspondent has done by stating, that I know from experience that any man who uses them is a fool, and ought to be transported for such offence. The remark as to the Excise Officers is not cor. rect— because they cannot prevent the use of such things, unless they were to remain at the copper side during the whole process of brewing. I have before stated that every man iia fool that makes use of deleterions articles in brewing, because it is against hi » interest in any point of view to do so, and therefore such practice proceeds from complete igno- rance ( whether he be a common brewer or a publican) of the principles of brewing. I have had some years experience in the art of brewing ( although I have not at present any thing to do with it), and therefore from such experience 1 shall state that there is no substitute that can be used for Malt and. tfogs, that will answer the purpose ; and further* that if a person cannot brew good beer from those two materials, whether it be poiteror pale beer, he cannot brew it from any thing else. I believe the beer brewed by the Pub- licans of Bristol ( with a very few exceptions) to be free from adulteration—. but their prac- tice is generally incorrect, as they seldom produce such a transparent and fine flavored artic! e as they ought to do The best malt and hops may be employed, but the beer pro- duced from them may be foul and ill- flavoted, which arises from their not knowing how to conduct the fermentation in a proper man- oer, and from this cause is produced the many different sorts of beer as respects flavor and transparency, in the same house in the course of. a year. 1 am. Sir, An Enemy to Drugs in Brewing. [ MEM : — I do nut charge A. 13. or C. with compounding a Poisonous ' Beverage for their customers— I only say that much Poison is told as Beer. J. A.] To ONE PEARCE— The pauper- lord of Ckcpstav;, Sir, I understand that- you thii- k to excuse your- self on the - charge of picking the pocket of poor j Pitt when he was in a Mats of insensibility, by ] ihe assertion thai you afterwards offered to ro- il- turn: him his money - on condition that he wonld swear that which would enable you to pay your self and your friend the Doctor from the funds of some other parish. ed and do not attempt to throw dust in the eyes of the peobleby urging that your act of to day wiTI give a fair reference as to the motive by which you were yesterday actuated. Whatever might be the nature of your excuse— the real question after ail reverts to your felonious insertion of your hand into the pocket of Pitt— your felonious withdrawall all of six shillings from stich pocket and your felonious introduction of that money into your own.— Now, I am not ignorant of the necessity of a felonious motive in order to the establish- ment of the crime of felony to the satisfaction of a jury ; nor am I unaware that that motive may be either evident in the act, inferential from the conduct of the accused or deduced from all cir- cumstances in evidence before the jury sworn to try. I think there is quite sufficient to shew a very bad and even a criminal motive, in the circumstances under which you took the poor man's money. The man, was exhausted from loss of b'ood and lay insensible when \ ou committed the act. The money was taken from him when he was incapable of either resistance or re. monstrance You say indeed that you took, it as security for remuneration ( o \ ourself affd vour- frieird ! BtJt it- is iUegal t « T- prr » k* a' man's pocket of money whether ihe offender is pleased to call such money security or booty, Perhaps you may say you picked his pocket in payment of a debt- but if I am your debtor, have you therefore a right, without shew of legal proceeding, to seize on such'of my property as you may fancy ill pa\ ment of a claim— not even made— and therefore' be- fore payment could have been demanded ? Subsequently, you refuse to gave up the mc- ney unless on conditions ! Truly you are in a very pretty situation to ask conditions from tin- man you have thus treated— and who, wire he to apply to a magistrate, aml- wtjre that magis- trate to di'charge his duly, would secure to you the opinion of « j lry— if not the sentence of a judge, on your case. At all events, it must- be self evident that vnti are utterly unworthy the situation you now fill, and if Pitt does not seek justice as against yoi>, I will as in protection of future im fortunate* and in vindication of ( he Patishioners of Chepstow. JAMES ACLAND. TO DOCTOR EVANS, ( Of " Scamp" and « ' Tvi' notoriety.) The Guinea- Pig of Chepstow Pou- ilouse, SIR, I desre you will read, mark, learn, and in- wardly digest every letter and every line in the preceding epistle to yourfiiend Pearce, and you will see that I have said nothing about his threat " to knock my t> y. head it! my d ,- d * § THE BlilSTOLIAN shoulders." Poor feliow ! he hud better look to his own nick— but that is his affair— so we'll proceed* if you please, to your's. Your friend Pcarce says he took the money from the pocket of Pitt as in security for your claim of a guinea for dressing his mutilaied hand. It were a libel on the profession— the highly respectable profession into which you have intruded yourself— to suppose that any other of its members would have sanctioned so barefaced a robbery for a mere share in the ad- vanteges resulting from such act of criminality. It is however unquestionable that you, if not particeps criminis in the first degree, arc at least an accessary after thelact and an abettor of the delinquent. Pitt came up to your house 011 the morning of the robbery and was followed by Pearce when you in express terms approved th<: conduct of the latter ; and on a subsequent occa- sion, when Pitt called on you to dress his wounds you told him that you would not do so untill he had paid the guinea he owed you. I shall not attempt so improbable a feat as to teacbyou humanity and I therefore leave entirely out of the question the consideration of w hether you were justified in charging a poor labouring man, whom a severe accident had thrown out oi work, the sura of a guinea for your professional and otherwise chari able assistance. But surely it was only a debt and only recoverable by a process ! Yet you approve of the lobbery of the sufferer— and refuse to finish your job un'. il paid for your opening effort ! 1 he arm may mortify ann the man die— hut the doctor must be paid ! Strange and disgraceful excep- tion ( o the usual humanity of your professional breihren ! My experience in such cases of cruel self- ishness and heartless extortion is certainly of a very limited nature — but 1 should think such conduct as your's is without a parallel - r- and I doubt whether you can even find a defender among your disgraced fraternity. Just look to the simple facts of the case :— A labouring man has his hand severely lace- rated by the knives of a chaff cutting ma- chine— there is no surgeon to be found in the parish where the accident happened, and he airives in a fainting state at the door of the parochial surgeon of the nearest town. His wound is dressed and he is conveyed in a state of insensibility to the poorhouse, where he is laid in a bed, and when there and whilst insensible robbed of all the money in his possession-- six shillings. He misses his propeity before he leaves the workhouse,— charges the theft— the thief confesses and urges in excuse for his conduct, that the doctor must have his guinea, and ha ( the master of the poorhouse) remuneration for his trouble The poor man does not believe the tale and rep , irs to the doctor, follo. ved by the felor. The doctor confirms the claim "-- approves the stealing from the person . and when the wound, which is really a dangerous think this a most infamous demand on the one, requires dressing, absolutely refuses to poor widow. By inserting this and making look at it until paid his guinea!! ! your comments upon it, you will greatly It is a case of inhumanity and crime such as I oblige, Your's, Ax could not have conceived even of one who had j A Defender itf. the Deftvcehss, robbed the till of his employer when a lad— or I of the most practised overseer uf poverty want! , , • 1 bcS t0 say , he widow keeps a and wretchedness! Huckster s Shop and was at. Market during the And will this Doctor be still tolera ed by ' robbe, r.\' j. and when she'returned had but gentlemen as their companion i two sh, lllng< » n ^ e World. V„,„ ,,„ RRON. MUM.— In the first place I beg to clear myself from 1 , ' ""!> Iteming neglect/ j staling that this letter vas ontp JAfllhS At LAND. put in my letter- box in the course of yes'erday, although i dated eighteen days since. As to its matter, it Kill MKM.— 1 have received the communication from be generally admitted that the Police should ncl be Coleford and will attend to it the earliest opportunity, j ZTZtll I^ AW'^' s^' J'V* ° f • rr J , "> l' 0 nave been robbed of their hard earnings. But. in 1 have no doubt that many oppressions have been en- | thh City, it is not the fault of the Police; thm are gendered by the calculator) that they might be perpe i inadequately paid— by which I mean with regard- ,. , ., . . ", , to their fixed stipend*, and ( hey are therefore dricctislo tr& ted in secrecyandwith impunity— but now that ihey j imposition by their necessities. It is amv, t which will have utterance— and appeal to the just and honest feelings of the good and to the fears of the evil doer with a spirit- stirring voice, I will hope that the reign of wrong and usurpation has passed its meridian. . J. A demands reformation and it Here to be hoped the Corporate Body will perceive the policy aid prudence of a prompt and voluntary adoption of some remedial measure. There would thsn be le< s " settlings," which of itself would be highly desirable. J. A. BOARD ROOM, April 5th, 1830. Mr. WEBB in the Chair, To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Brittolinn SIR, Mr. Webb reported that himself and Secrerarv had As a friend and admirer of your valuable this day waited on Mr. Biggs, where they met Messrs. little publication the Bristoltan, 1 think that1 — J nui i - *>•• » » - » — "• by the weekly insertion of the departure of the several Steam Packets to and fio from Bristol and Newport, would prove highly serviceable to the sale of your Memoirs Continue, Mr Edilor, the noble course which you have as yet pursued in supporting the cause of the weak and oppressed— and be lieve me, you will always obtain the sincere regard of your fiiend. AMICUS. Newport, April 7, 1830. MEM :— Thanking my correspondent forhis friendly Slut, I beg to inform him that my Memoirs differ altogether from a Xiwspaper— and that tile matter in question is precisely that description of information which especially constitutes what the law officers call " news.'' I was once in the Exchequer ( from which the good people of Bristol delivered me,) autl a burnt child dread* the tire, from dearly purchased experience. J. A. To the EDITOR of Tilt. BKISTOLlrtN Thom: is- 5t. March 23, 1830. SIR, Cossens and Phi lips— 1That Mr. Biggs Mated, he had not been able to obtain the Books Ironi the original Committee and that they would not give them up urns! the Bond of Indemnification had been Mgu<- d hv Messrs. Cossens, Karr, and Neyler— but that tr>, y would then take ihe^ usiness into considers iou. ( ill. of April, 18: 0T. Moved by Mr. Acland— seconded by Mr. Wimiscr. Thaftwo persons be appointed by t'iis Board, to form/ in conjuin. ion with two persons to be appointed by the pa rty meeting iu Broadmead, a deputation to meet a deputation of four persons, to he appointed by the Kx or original Committee to tike into con- sideration to win ni, and under what crcumstanees the money due to this Association f otxi : hs original Committee shall be paid. Moved by Mr icland— seconded bv Mr. StnkeU, That Messrs Webb, and Cave t, e appointed i, v ' this R.' srH for the above purpose wirh instruction- to ] report as they proceed to this Board for its coi. hrr j maiion or rejection. 7 th of April, 1830. , Tbe only business don this evening was the disci, ago i of three ut the servants of the . Association. 8: h of April, 1 « 30. Mr Webb reported that he HIK) . Mr. Cave, had this et Messrs. Mimdey, Adownv, lt\ b » rt, As vou are a lover of Honesty jn all placcs « f< eroonu m I; take the liberty of forwarding you a case °, ss,,"< , u< i 1 arr> P" ™ '! ™ 1 to'^"" nion. lhat has eome undsr my notice. Last Wed nesdav, a widow woman, residing in Long Row, of the name of Atkinson was robbed of <" ash and valuables to the amount of <£' 37. There wi re three girls and four men appre- hended on suspicion of be. ng concerned in it, and a quantity of mone. was found on them, but the poor widow not being able to iden- tify any of it, they weie libiiated on Satur- day, when, toiler great strprise, she had to pay I to vhc ftfficers fpr their trouble,— I of the tfth instant ; that they Hr » t required that the | original hooks should be placi d iu the liaads of Mr. Biggs the accountant or lhat tliat gentleman slio'oit have » cce- s to iheiu tor the purpose o! comparing the entries with those of f. e hooks oljthe Assocutuii am! of ascertaining ike correct amount o! the money belonging io tlie Sh^ n eholders which is in the josses ™ 1 siou ot ttie original Counni tee; that ibi* request was refused aad ibai. ihereupj n , he and Mr. t. Vve ieji the oihcr parties, obsert ing rt. ia! no, hitig colli.' i; e , it. tie as to ihe payment of the iiioni- y to long n- • s matter ot quysiioti. and the no-. aii> o! aicert;. n. ing that Hinouut peremptorily retn- ed to fee Assuciat'oi! bv these. holding tbe btoss. .4 THE BRISTOLIAN, SHAREHOLDERS IS TUB BRISTOLIA jv una AD ASSOCIATION Arc heteby informed thai they need not be laughed at any longer than it is their pleasure to. continue the djtp< s of the ditigt trig. It is my intention immediately t<- commence Baking on my private account, and selling pure BMSTOLIAN I LOUH /.. vn BREAD to any body who will purchase them ; such es- tablishment to be continued until the Association can again be brought into working condi'ion, 1 propose to IV; i e the necessary Capital by HALF CROWN loans, from those who have be. N ! earnestness and w, h so much reason. If" or one, soaonarent , Sti- u « "- holders in the B. I?. A.; giving my ac » m ' « be la « Khed H, 1, i wh,' s: ! • » " « » « •<*, "'. apparent, that > full amount of su. ch beinPs avenge themselves on me and on the Shareholders* To the Inhabitants of Krccpcrt. who have supported me by the destruction of as Snbjec! J of , he Stork- Kine- Tom. ncble an Association as was ever formed. 1 here being but little if any prospect of a speedy at-: Do not imagine that my delayed ab sere tainmerit of justice for the Shareholders, ( the : roro >' nllr ls attributable to an indifference Books of account and money taken from you by t0 >' ol, r w! fare 01 an indisposition to assist in tbe original Faction being refused 0; i quibbles: >' our disen hralmrnt from the yoke cf bondage which are b it a poor cover for the dishonesty of b> wh, ch )' nu a! e habitually disgraced. The such refusal— and the destruction of the Assso-! more pressing complaints of many who are ciation isdf, being intk id upon by the sfcond ! more immediately within my reach are the sole Faction as he only condition of a setilemei, t); he ! C9USPS ' f ' » )' reining negligence- hut in a few question now is whether the Shareholders are of , la> s 1 hope to be enabled to devote that time opinion that became I have unfortunately been ! am? a, ten, ton to >(, ur interests which you are imposed on by a set r. f rogues and fools, they I en'' it( i ln clalm> iui< l whlch 1 pledge myself are quietly to resign theii claim to the pure! J0-" sha11 rtCfiv « ' at ">)' han< is- loaf they bad lately sought with so much i 1 Hfe nature of the influence possessed by one man over thousands— and the evil result of his ceptance at twelve months for the full amount of! BU<- » as Essex, Hjbart, Humley and such loan fund, to the inerabtrs of the Board olhers can bul( i ol, r money, and breakfast, dine, of Director?, and a sepatate acknowledgment j [ ea< arid S, 1P off P. ure bread or ullat. lhey ca! 1 so- to each individual— whereby, for ever/ Half- Crown advanced, they will become entitled to one quartern loaf of best seconds per week, for Sevenpence half- penny, or at a proportionately low price, according to the state of the market. tJo h> an will be received from any who have not been Shareholders in the B. B. A. There will be no Committee to make snug I am of opinion that the poor and holiest Share- holders who have befn robbed by those f< liows, and on whose money I believe them to be now trading, have a right to object to being poisoned with aluin and bone- dust. In the above advertisement, I afford them an opportunity of escaping the jeers of suc- cessful and therefore impertinent rogues, as births for themselves, or their friends— or to blast i well as of the concoctors of the Alum- Paste the characters of those who might resist and and Bone- Pudding. counteract their selfish schemes. ! Those who have given credit to the lies I alone, shall be responsible— and if 1 break ! for which 1 am prosecuting Phillips, and faith with you— you will know who to blame, j which prosecution he has not dared S: rar.° ers will be charged a halfpenny per to defend, I do not expect t i entrust me with loaf above the piice paid by those contnbudng ! their helf- crowns— but there will be amply to the Loan Fund. sufficient of the more honest Shareholders, B; ead will be delivered within a w< ik after who, in the absence of all evidence of dis- one thousand subscriptions shall have been re-, honesty on my part in this Association, will ceived. ! remember my conduct towards the Share- The Subscription Book will remain open for holders in the Coal Association, and will give a few dsvs. at No. 4, All Sanus' Street, but an me credit in this instance for meaning to earlv application is advised and requested. j afford them the most easy and effectual means . . x. t- c. » /-• » , i of frustrating the designs of Committee Men JAMES ACLAND. jand Bakers S — The advantage resulting from the proposed plan, beyond that of obtaining Pure Bread, is MEM;— All tbe misfortunes of that most unfortunate association, the B, B A. are heaped upon inf, » s their cause., by friends and foes! The latter allege that I have betrayed the interests of - the Shareholdtis, and have abused the confi- dence reposed in me by them— but, as if it were not enough that the crafiy and unprincipled - should deluge my chansr er by torrents of lt< s and misrepresentations, 1 have the fortune to be sulj cted also to the blame of a majority of the ShaiehoHers, who- e confidence in my integiiiy has never been shaken— for having, as ihey urge, been tool enough to allon the man- agement of the Association to ge, into the hands ol such men as Essrx and his friends, and Phillips and his fiiends, who, biing thwarted in then equal to the realizing of 2s. 2d. per annum on each loan of half a crown ; and if this will not suffice, I know not what, that can reasonably be expected, will. Your's faithfully, JAMES ACLAND. t would seem scarcely to admit of .- I doubt— nor do I ihink. that, among you, there are any who will question these premises; but this case of modern vassalage must appear so extraordinary and so improbable to all but yourselves, that ft may be advisable to demonstrate the accuracy of my position by a statement of facts on which l hall enter in my next communication. Meanwhile I subscribe myself, Your sincere welt wisher, JAMES ACLAND. I'o the In A abitant 11 oaschotutrs oJ J\] u/ t'nouth• My Fiiends, I beg to direct your attention to a -. object which is of great importance to you and which needs your united efforis in ortler to your cor- rection of , lbe evils which have sprung from your own censurable negligence. I allude to the Pitching and Paving ac, and to the rates levied under its authority, and to state of the original fund— of which yon have received no account fiom the Commissioners who have the conduct <, f the business Surelv there can be no excuse for those gentlemen treating ; ou with the contempt which they have manifested towards you by their refusal to produce an account of their receipts and expenditure. Nor can you be held excusable for having foi so many years consented to remain in your lamentable state of ignorance on this subject by the annual payment of a rack- rent assessment of a shill- ing in the pound ! P. S. As I i\ ri not Is there no clause in the local act which tenders it compulsory on the Commissioners to do their duty r Is there no punishment for to benefit men against | their interested negligence P ! should think desire of personal emolument have sought to pieference over strangers. their will, I de ire no half and half sup 1 there must be, and" as i am promised a copy, porters, and shall close the Loan Book in a I will lose no time in ascertaining this irti! few days 1 should perhaps add, ihat this is • portant fact. If I am right in my anticipation, but one of several prorinoriary plans within the remedy is in your hands and will be in my contemplation, and m each of which I mine as soon as 1 shall have bccotr. e a house- shall give the honest and unfortunate Share holder in vour town holders in the Bristolian Bread Association a , ' Your's faithfully, A. JAMES ACLAND. sPrioted and- Published by JAMES ACLANR, ( sole Proprietor and Editor,) at the BuMTObtAX- Omc- B, No 4, All Saints- Street, Bristol, Vfe.