MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of JAMES POLAND. Proprietor and Editor— written by Himself. " / LIKE HONESTY IN ALL PLACES."— Judge Bayley. Printed and Published by JAMES A1XAND ( SOLE. PROPRIETOR AKD EDITORJ at the ERISTOLIAN OPFICE, Bristolian Ci^ rt, Bridewell Lang. VOL. IV— No. VIII. I - SANGUINARY CON. ri. ICT w* s this ernite^, between RATrCLlF F, 150~ G V N 5. H IP, COMMODORE BLUSTER; ANO THE F. UNITED FORCE, 28 GUN FRIGATE CAPTAIN STEADY. Hostilities having began a considerable time previous to the commencement of action, the Radclif, under the immediate command of Commodore Bluster, exerted every nerve ( although symptoms of Mutiny have recently been observed amongst her Crew) to make the United Force strike in a short period; but her spirited Comman- der, Captain Steady, at the head of an undaunted Crew, knew too well her capa" biWty to keep the Radclif at bay, if not totally to sink her. The action commenced by a heavy broadside from the Radclif ( which took little or no effect) and was returned in a most gallant and able manner by the United Force, by which the Radclif lost a vast dial of her presumption, and WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1S3G. roomily wounded Lieutenants Glass and Midt. After sharp figh ting for four hours, with * s snatch manoeuvre as the Commodore couM muster, the Rwfcfffi sheared eff, and w- aa chased! W tfc © fcttti tti'Ki ( w . da \ s after, \\ hen the gallant little vessel poured in only six heavy shot, which totally disabled the RarlclifF, v hen she struck her Colours to as rranly a Ccmman der as ever directed a Shot ! P. S — The action having been near shore' some of the United Font's heavv shot weie most severely felt by seveial Divines, who were witnessing the engagement. From the im mense diffeience in the two ves. sels, it is imagined that the dry rot mus1 have infected every plank of the Radclif as the smtll shot from the United Force were observed to lake such wonderful effect on her timbers. The reason Commodore Bluster was appointed, was, on account of long ex- perience, as Supreme Commander of the Select Squadron. 4 Tx> THE EDITOR OF THE BRISTOLIAN- Sin, I have copied the following very excellent observations on the subject of Colonial Sla- very, from a Pamphlet entitled * A word from the Bible, Common Prayer Book, and [ Pules U</. Laws of Eflglatfd, « n behalf of enslavai British Sublets; with suggestion's for " security tlie liberty of fwtwre Children, ( and proofs thrtwwtfictal < e/ f t « a « fid}) t » l? Wfi. w— I -#••.< 4 ft tw ihut • - will t'asm at- in yenr vufaaMe Paper, as ii cannot kiri tt » be interesting io many of yo « r readers. HUM ANITAS, ' Liberty is the common property of man • and that power which deprives innocent vicn of liberty, is not law, but tyrunay, and, coh » 5, eqtient!), cannot be part of that compact by which the aibjrcts of the King of England are bound. " Allegiance," says Blackstone, < l is the lie or ligament which bir. ds ibe sub. ject to the King, in return for ths » t protection which the King affords the subject.' 5 Tha{ ihesepriiiciplcs are in accordance with the spirit of the British Constitution, I need not stop to prove. Nothing more true than the language used by Mr. Crawford, in his pro clamation addressed to the inhabitants of the ceded provinces by the Burmese :—" In regard to employing the labouring people, they shall be employed on the payment of customary wages ; and whoever compels their labour without reward, shall be punished. In regard to Slavery, since all men, whether common people or chiefs, are by nature equal, there shall be under the English Government * a TSiioj: ajrAvgs " » A\ siiJttt^ jr ajjjjttis was- issued liy, SMrSiUffl& sAi fteffilH, off Sg earner* f. fJUleffJJWliWgg etkmh ftwto Mft*. Ju^ ejoa. V jotififlsi wjJtobpsiWbMitbSe B( WMbh thgelfelU . agfciUfp t*. tbfte spj/! « uof, i!}& J4 » !. » st say?*, o( inthge Hts-. o| Js » ijy , 1 ,"> I injeeis « 4a i ijifl j bBtSC houl » o > Uyy by. Mpps told the- man- be hitd'no right, tQ, jsell!| thteichU. d."'- and ihat it was a very wicked thing, which the English government would not allow ; bul if he would give her to us, we would bring her up in the school without making him ex pense. This he had no wish to do, and there- fore took the little prattler away, resolved to get thirty or forty dollars by making her a slave for life. A purchaser was soon found, of whom he obtained his money, and all was settled according to Burman custom. But many days had not elapsed, before an uncle appealed to claim the child. The case was then brought before the English magistrate, the little girl delivered to her uncle, and the purchaser put into- prison. The question na- turally occurs upon reading this nurrative, why a wrong should be tolerated in the West Indies for which a man is imprisoned in the " East f To THE EDITOR OK THE-: BRISTOLIAN. Sir, As if any thing could be wanting to add to the degraded and unhappy condition of the Negro Slaves, I find, from a Pamphlet pub- lished about a year since,. the following:— " Read the following insertions in the Roy a' Gazette of Jamaica, of the 30 h of August, 1829, where certain persons are advertised as run- away slaves, who, if they continue unable to produce documentary evidence of their ftee. dom, even though they claim to be free, and are claimed by no one, will, in a short time, according to the workhouse law of Jamaica, be, sold into perpetual bondage, for the bendr, after paymen. VLo| fthstrgMliftes^ o£ fih^ revep, u « ribi> ibl? tb'se se} J « r a& dd bfwyjtf*, ion stwrbh ceaesj, oijithsjisliodi. Am ® ng; » tbsm,, we,. fifld a « sf< i>, UiHK » :: thfe stjtggw*, a « Jd tfctee gg ® i, and.! tbtee pffoalfiitass J. i> h ® nS< jyp » A> ufj a< i cfeoltf., 0£ f Sn- rtaa Lews* (^ refo" r, eeaafftecbit?. iipiis! » fej « ctt offUiisMij^ yy , bjfya » , yy p^ lbiJiiitiyy. pjt^ SS- jdjJCttB msni^ syy evid « Kj? ee of fhy 6 frfcjinfifest. say^: hfet,- issfrte^, buttcaan. pfoJiliset no,; document* 11btefeof/, a qiJ ' was . bought: to, tbSja | M4iidd b'iyy thfee^ asppa- Etfishujyy, ate, u! ti: thr: ee Wa& Ssaggp," UtfchtaatldtbHfcr Mf. ISsftCOey jtoroietyy b& aditmtfit r of f tb& e 2adu West 11 ndw i^ g i<> WB tv, k s h I? <• i s| t f tft e <•, Elizabeth, a black woman, a native of » " New York in Americr, 5 feet £ inch ; committed as belonging to a Mr. Hughes, Rock Castle, St. Andrews, but she says that her name is Eliza Weeks, that she was b> rn free, and that she came to this istand after N.: w York had been given up by the British, along with a num- ber of other refugees, who had attached . hemselves to the British cause during the l a war. Mary- Ann Miller, a likely yonng Creole mulatto woman, 5 feet 3f. inches, has a small mark from ring- worin under the left eye; committed by the Sitting Magistrates as belonging to some person unknown, but she says tliBt she is free, and was born free, and her mother also, at . Moetegi Bay ; says that her mother's name was Eleanor Miller> but she aftei wards married a fres black man, named George Sutherland, a house carpenter, with whom she went to the BAy of. Hon- duras, about eleven or twelve months ago. Susanna, alias Susanna Terry, an elderly Creole sambo woman, 5 feet 4 inches, her lower front teeth are decayed, committed as belonging to some person unknown, says she is free, but can show no document thereof, and that her mother,' named Jenny Terry, ( who is dead.) was born free in the parish of St. Ann. Can these individuals be sold without in- fringing the Abolition act ? Or is the workhouse law of Jamaica of sufficient po- tency to supersede that solemn enactment of the Imperial Legislature, which affixes to alf PjiniMff..??"" . Ca » n h| ifc « flfln nfcyieryy ggo father ,<?? ( lir Us itit ttittt ftiim littrase tbiifcub'Se w. rwaggsoif nifclMjuas off > uir ftUkiwv cfeawum*. whtoo diffiftr ftWJUi uss ijjyv itjacol » ) » c, sbttfU- Ud bfee reddest?? MUIOUSS. mo- rnEfcEQJ i'OfeotjF THEEaRlStl OJiHV^ i m, Thisree iSs n ® o ppwnJt ifci Hffe nmaee cal- culated to call foith the animosity of'" the, wicked, than a steady perseverance in pursuing the " bright paths of Truth,'' and a firm determination to expose vice, even should it be founl in the breasts of the wealthy and influential. Hence then, it is no longer a ma. ter for " speciaj wonder," that you should be singled out from amongst us, as the object of oppression; and that the machinations of the wicked and cowardly, who hate you, because they fear your exposure of their unpiincipled actSj should be eternally directed against your happiness, your comfort, and, more than all, against your character, to the end, that they may subsequently render powerless the " sharp pointed pen of honor, honesty, and truth," wielded by you against knavery in all its varieties. There are ' galled jades," who " wince"— wretches who hate because they fear— who smart because they have grievously felt the thongs of the " Bristolian cat o'nine tails," wielded not against defenceless innocence, but de- fended vice — and whose scourged backs are so lacerated by the dreadful flagella- tion, that they are grown uneasy in their lightest apparel— fretful and peevish — and whose tempers are so soured by the pain and mortification they have endured, that they becoms regardless of the many thanks which, as citizrns, they owe you for your valued protection of the interests of the million— and of the gratitude, which, as individuals, they should entertain as that your wholesome castigation may have bee » 711 iff, BHiKIMniL^ m tfese retrains off tbfeirr ppeasfreitttm ft'oowra; lesss eoviafcLee, tbkaotgjStfi aa rwwee etaatitdd ffiiee Tfwse ' odiwijraaicwjas aaee ssaggasedd bfyy ffatt, th'ait ( fee '" fig^ hiugg AttoonMryV" aisri tttte "" ffiteecagg AUesrwy/," Niiassss Hiiniaar \ Wii » lM> a « r HiirrH^, asadd ssoajte oohfcer dimktt/ e mnm,, off tMnsllgakl ppodsfesBoon —— wrttUsig uraidscr t tele di ee difill fee oil's e fctoari aSf "" Hiras- toliisntootaiEe?"" a aril liceeaaedd bbytkbe sfehipf pp^ Eteddspjpailrolftrniihi^- iwasfeeeogg^ ddth'aai! inn am uafebtyyccmn& e aggametyjwMrlJIibet?} — aside! hiasree b'seen aadivefc^ y eairjsjidioedd, im: conjunction:- with1' suadiyv of f th'eiiir agents in an endeavour to possess themselves o one of the Bills,. published by you, call- ing upon the Inhabitants of Bristol to sign your very Excellent Petition to the King, for Vote by Ballot;' or one of the Bristolians, containing a cop. of the same. In some places, they have offered very valuable considerations for the pos- session of one of them, but have failed in their endeavours ( as I hope the ene. rcres of truth ever w ill fail ;) their objsc' being to Indict you for Sedition. The impossibility in these enlightened days of upholding such a prosecution, is not yet known to these scions of the da: k age, who wander about owl- like, with their closed eyes, ignorant of the bright sun beams that illumine the day. Let them wander—" ihe wishes of the wicked can never prevail," and they who seek to oppress you, may find, that they ate tampering with him, who is ' upheld by the VOX POPULI. MEM.— The 1' etition to the King for Vote Iy Ballot, referred to in this letter, was for- warded to Mr. Aclandt who is in London, on Sunday lust ; it contained 5355 signatures. It will bt • presented to the King at a very early period, and his Majesty's teply • will be announced in the Biistoliun_ as soon as possible after it is received. PRINTERS' DEVIL. Monday Morning, 12 o'clock. TEOTHEE EEUIIR3SR OT- THEE Btt* BSEUU Lyyander;— and'! iWeeW off W. WU'IMOWT- STLJ/ I II ifffel ' aacooriitWfiieeti Art hfeeextei ttnceeolf t Wstaaaws SSrj-, II pBccceree HyytlfeeFBtUUcc FSypw• tUltt a2t atWecaM,-, whSohhetnibbWefts^ nw' tfr> ppoceedj. lit > 6f wimbh II awn aa f/ ebttetht » a^ 5 cowieteflMtOTM* Mieettij^ Haas bbenri HaMd inn thiae Kkrsfah oSf QMrretitOSkiBcHj, aaairiaaffietataw. aggeeckl upjwan f6 ® rtblecTOppaMo( 5fthh » t''< bbarhiiotiggr( tmM « i » t< x; " Ajebbon, ® t bite Hlxausc amraH W/ mkkwv TEacsss I bnypnK rwtii! juM> ieppppef, ssTrKtet tinnssaiiefjyyxau vweeee a& t t btae ppaass t* 6f ppmhatwig oaaf, thite < zm }' eflfiFeCSsod ftbfessoq> pps « sifee srpsterni upptsn ailll ( Itiasss^ fthiieG& njniiii^ > pacatskves.!. SStoetyy thling, S » t? r itit ii; a^ s boom worth asking for. Why do not other Pa- rishes follow the example of Christ Church, and reiterate their complaints, until the loud echo reaching, the walls of St. Stephen's should force the " collective wisdom," though reluctantly to redress our wrongs. I reman, Sir, your's, & e. A BRISTOLIAN. MEM.— Master fears it must be a very loud echo indeed, to produce any eff- cC upon the " collective"— Master does nut say " wisdom." In fact, we poor deamons of this world are long, since convinced, that the King is our only hope — let our appeals be directed to the King— our Patriot King— let him know our wrongs, and 1 doubt not, he will redress them. PRINTERS' DEVIL. To THE EDITOR OF THE BRISTOLIAN. Sir, Notwithstanding the hfavy war that has been carried on between '' Alcrhiades," '' Lysander," " the X of VV. Wilkinson,'' & c. in the Bristolian, I, although an inhabitant of Temple, and con-,— sequently an interested person, have remained /] O tHE EDITOR Or THE BRISTOLIAN.' a silent observer— bnt there are timet, Sir, when , , , , . l ' t - - Clifton, Nov. 1, 1830. it behoves every person, be his abilities ever so humble, or kissituation in lifeeverso insignificant, j Sir, to stand forward in defence of his rights and K- j I Can scarcely expect in the press of matter berties as an Englishman. 1( is to this end Sir, that must force itself on your limitted columns that 1 coir. e forward— and, although it may that you can give much room to such com- appear presumptous in me to raise my " little mon place observations as mine— I therefore, head" against the gigantic one of the ex- chief of withhold two or three pietty long papers, Temple— ihe craity and lawyer- like cunning u and simply ask Mt, Claxton to give the plain. s?, S$ » f, aaf& etaasnartrrowssniss tfefee S% » na » t newi Myy, ttettTKbwwM? H4wee hlass bfeetm f^ i> r tto ® (> vyaaif, thbe seWfaappitimdd ctlbeff ciMBtafeWii off * rteepiJ- AVVkA-— iiktu hhssccWettd • r « aefs inn. idiaaoea-+ tila& t n'aehlaas nnot reggiMly pfWdH thfec MufttbbiwfiB— rtil » aihfe( hik8 « 6lsediJ, e « Bflna* Ufcbelig$ t • ecofl » Qt « — rf5lihthbeissn> iwvd4seefidWdtootlil8eli » fM f &" pBn'yycoilstiiblej'hkving conftrred his dignifi- * ed chiefship on one of his peities, who cannot' wiite his own name— that Thomas Ilowe signs for ( he new chief, many of the official docu- ments— and, that to the inhabitants of the ward' not attending the vestry meetings, the over- whelming influence of the constables, and the culpable neglect of the chief is to ba attributed. What ideas do not these facts suggest ? Do they not lead us to the consideration of how our parish accounts are kept ? Whether in chaik on an old frying- pan by the present chief, otr whether on the back of an old o> a! ledger, by tne worthy Thomas? Be il as it may, are we not convinced of the necessity of reform ? it is to this end that I take up my* pen—' the attainment of Justice. Let the insulted inhabi- tants attend the vestry meeting on Monday next, let them be firm, and they in ( he majority, and the petties in the minority, will convince Thomas Howe that he can no longer escape the otdeal— that he is amenab'e to public opinion— and that - he must ptepaic to render up an account of his conduct. I). A. L. 32 THE BRISTOL! AH Bristol people in next Week's Gazette, a i elate that we make < no . complaint ngainst the patriot . King. We deprecate sincerely " the lliltle explanation, that will reconcile the J Mouse of Lords. That Right Tionorble II. mse insidious and criminal attempts, which we fulfils its duty as an irttermediite body between frequently witness, to hold up our gracious the " Crown and the ' People,; rand it has tiften Sovereign before the eyes ot his People ill an following monstrous and barefaced inconsis- tency , in his medley of last week. iF. iest, he gives a long Dialogue between Bill and his Mass. a, which might . have been imposed on the Public thirty years ago— it • ends with Bill! s saying, " Me tank my Massa jf « r de money berry much, me tank my Massa , for wish to make me free; but Massa please lo write to - old Massa in ) Ei; g! and, and fay- - . can, Sill no wi « t to lbs free"' Very well , Mr. Claxton:! so snucb far the Public, who suppose have no common semce. In like m. eatt csikifflwi of your * Organ/ lis the foililo w- ing passage., which certainly if brows ata air < pf incons'stetvey ctvar iboiih— these atxte your wards,, u iDo you not kriawthat iim the event . © f « aaa7i£'. patiQB, before the Negro can ' be gat tso ® « « rc ® 3ne afflae pr.- jj'jdkx he lias to field labour, root owe srragi'e frogs- Fieaiif of sag- air w. SE be made by his help !!'" Had you not better add a Postscript to the letter to old Massa in . England, and say, " such are poor Bill's sufferings in field labour, dat him radar starve dan bear dem— and tell old Massa to send out a new whip for Bill's back, else Maasa neber have another single hogshead of sugar made by Bill's help." If this question should cause Mr. Claxton any awkward embarrassment, I beg in his own words to " ask pardon and beg Chris- tian forgiveness." Mine is a light that must have all matter clearly explained. Your obedient Servant, THEMANATNOON DAY. TO THE PEOPLE OF BRISTOL. Bristolians, The following are the views of the " Birming- ham Political Union," continued from the last Bristolian.— stood forward in defence of ' popular rights, unworthy end derogatory light,; and those when those righ's have ibeen endangered. But equally insiduous efforts which are also made, by some means or other, the mftuet. ee of the « o hold up before the Royal Eyes, the faithful House of Lords, breaking out from its proper and affectionate subjects of his M tjeSty, as dis- affected to bis Royal Person, or to his Kingly Office and Government. All these attempts we deprecate, as ' calculated and intended to sow sphere, has gradually ended titself to the Elections of the Members of the. House of Commons, ond this latter House, thus partaking of the station, habits, Mid modes of thinking ot distrust and dislike ibe6weei> his Majesty and his " In seeking a Reform in the Commons' House of Parliament, we tbiuk it proper to de- the'Upper House, ' has consequently lost much of its original character, and discharges inefficiently; by the duties ; pnexcr> beti to it by tire Cons situ atrn. JiJ « r have we any fan 11 to rfind in the general faane arm) ftbrick it our Constitution. On the cocsrary, uve ireadily * c: k; no> w ledge, what all ex- perience couiirms, that mo system- could possi'b'y be devised., fct « ea- surkd t> 0 the genius and habits •• if aft* Eriatfeifc PiticylW". wil} Eiifl Snail: * ii ih { he present state and com position of the Peopli ' » own house, where, i, n our judgment, the interests , and rights of th<* People are not proptr'y under- stood; and, consequently, not pioperly defended and secured If we should succeed in obtaining a jtist and effectual Reform m this. Honorable j House, it will be happy for us, and for all classes of our countrymen; for it is now suffi- ciently evident that through the defective repre- sentation of the People in the Commons' House of Parliament, the Aristocracy themselves are, beginning to feel the injuries and the dangers to ! which the industrious classes have so long and so • cruelly been exposed. We call, therefore, with ! confidence upon the ancient Aristocracy of the land to come forward, and take their proper fai hful and iloya'l iPeoipie,, in order that the jguiky parties ' concerned in tjJhose calumnies, may find the means of controlling and cir- ( cmnscrvbir^ g the Royal { Prerogatives on the one hand, and the Just and lawful rights mi liberties of the People, on the other. It is with this guilty object that these atrocious calumnies are propagated. It shall be our 9* twanfamOt ( fceB., as Car are lies in our l- immbje- powetr,. . fey exfti'tMli'rrg;. utporn every occasion,, the1 most sincere attachment to the sacred person of the K ng and the most dutiful submission to the Laws. If our fello- v- townsmen should think pro- per to act upon the plan which we have laid down, and if iheirexample should be followed j up by similar Unions throughout the country, i we cannot but anticipate the most important benefits to the Lower and Middle Classes of the community. These class s will thus pos. sess representative bodies of their own, chosen annually by themselves, and entirely depen- dent upon themselves; by means of which | they . will be enabled to act upon the national legislature in a just, legal, and efficient way. station at the head of the People, in this great The public Opinion, instead of being scattered crisis of the national affairs, They have, formerly ^ ^^ throughout the countrV) and befended their country against the exercise * | concealed whhin the breasts of individuals, tyrannic power. We Iru. t that they will now,^ bg c0, lected and concentrated in infiu. also, defend it against the silent and undermining ^^ and Jn ( hose masses ; t wilI be encroachments of a corrupt Borough influence, guided and dirccted int0 wholesome and le- which deprives them of their just political power, gjJ operation upon the legislature of the and threatens their interest in common with our country. own. | To be continued in our next. Above all things, we rely upon the benevo- j lence and paternal affection of our good and ; Printed and Published by JAMES ACLAND, ( SOLS PROPRIETOR JNB EDITOR) at the BRUTOIMH Orrica, Bristolian Court, Bridewell Lane.