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1703. Xareh 81. Th* Mmehnter Herald, No. 1, price threepence halfpenny, printed and published by Messrs. Faulkner and Birch, in the Market-place. This newspaper advocated liberal principles, and became the object of persecution.*
17^, April 6. At the assizes held at Glou- cester, the printer of a newspaper was fined j£50. for advertising forstolen goods, and that no ^uet- tiotu ihould be athed, pursuant to the act of Geo. III. cap. 36.
1792. TheHutoricalRtguter; or Edinburgh Monthly Intelligencer, conducted by James Tytler. This extraordinary genius, but ill-fated individual, was compelled to leave his native
- A political aodety had been formed in Manchester,
called the " Constitational Society," In October, 1790, professedly to elTect a reform in the representation of the people in parliament, and other liberal measures. The popnlace then strongly attached to the policy of ministers, entered Into these unliappy fends ; and in the evening of December 10, 1793, they attacked the house of Mr. Thos. Walker, a respectable merchant, who had served the office of bozoaghreeve j from thence the mob went to the premises of Faolkner and Blich, printers of the HeraU. For some time they contented themselves with collecting in a menacing xnanner, in front of the printing-office, in Blue Boar-<»nrt, and the shop in the market-idace, ex- claiming "God save the King," "Church and King," &c. and at length they proceeded to acts of violence ; the p iupeit y of the onfoitnnate printers was destroyed, and they were obliged to seek refbge in a foreign conntiy.— At this time the following carious handbill, sorronndedby a mooming Iwzder, was distributed :
VIOLENT DISSOLirnON,
Being the hut Btil 0/ Mont. HeraU of Maneketter, a near
relation to Jfoiu. Argue 0/ London, who expirei onSatur-
day tost, to the great regret of the Jacobin Painitee, ^c,
but particularly to the BLACK CAT.
On Saturday the ssd alt. died at Manchester, the place of his nativl^, Mons. Herald, a near relation to Mons. Argus, lately deceased. — It is imagined by some that his death was occasioned by an assault and enormous battery committed on his body about three months ago ; but that vnn certainly not the case, as it is well known he was perfectly recovered, his organ* of vision having been the principal sufferers in that attack. — The truth is, his death was occasioned by sis mortal wounds he had received from acme masked assassins, and which were discovered in his most vital parts, by Twelve Physicians who were con- vened by the Coroner to hold a consultation oo his case, about the last Oencral Quarter Sessions of the Peace.
Notwithstandlngthe boasted number of his Mends, there were very few attended to pay their last tribute of respect to their deceased friend.— Amongst the few aitMcers who did attend tiie funeral obsequies, a Cooper, a Collier, and two famoos Walkers, were selected to bear the Pall.
The thing most extraordinary, and which excited the admiration of the populace, was a huge black Gib Cat, whose domestic fidelity was so great, that he could not be driven away from the corpse, but with his claws clung fast to the Pall until the moment previous to the interment. — His circular back, and spiral tail, were manifest signs, during the whole ceremony, that had he power, he would exercise complete vengeance on the enemies of his defunct master.
Mons. Herald was, agreeable to his dying desire, in- terred under the Pulpit of his own Kirk, that, as he ex- pressed himself, his very carcase might rekindle in the Orator the dying sparks of Liberty, Equality, and the Rights of Man.
Thomas Cooper was a barrister in Manchester, of very snp^or talents and learning. He wrote Letters on the Slave Trade. Manchester: printed by C. Wheeler, 1787, and a most eloquent and indignant Reply to Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons, 30th April, 1792. London -. printed for J. Johnson f and M. Faulkner and Co. Manchester, 1792, 8vo. He afterwards emigrated to America, and we believe is still living. Mr. Joseph Collier was a surgeon.
The conduct and proceedings of the dominant Church and King party, in Manchester, appear at len^h in The whole Proceedings on the Trial of Thomas Walker and others, for Conspiraey to overthrow the Government. Lan-
country. Having espoused the cause of parlia- mentary reform, and joined the society entitled " Friends of the People," he published at the close of this year, a political placard, which, in that excited time, was deemed by the authorities to be of a seditious tendency. Learning that the emissaries of the law had been sent in quest of him, he withdrew to Ireland, and tbenee to America. Having been cited before the high court of justiciary, and failed to appear, he was outlawed by that tribunal, Jan. 7, 1793. In America, Tvtier conducted a newspaper at Sa- lem, where lie died of a severe cola, iit the lat- ter part of the year 1803. His family never joined him.
1792. March 10. The Looker On, was pub- lished every Saturday and Tuesday until the twenty-sixth number. For this elegant and in- structive work weareindebted to William Roberts, A. M. of Corpus Christi college, Oxford.
1792. Farrago ; consisting of essays, moialr philosophical, political, and historical, which were published anonymously for the benefit of the society for the discharge and relief of persons- imprisoned for small debts. , 1792, Jvne 6. Died, David Henry, printer, who for more than half a century took an active part in the Gentleman's Magazine. He wa» Dom at Fovron, sixteen miles from Aberdeen, Dec. 26, 1710 ; " of a family," to use his own expressive words, in a letter which death pre- vented his finishing, " more respected for their good sense and superior education than for Uieir riches ; as at every neighbouring meeting of the gentlemen they were among the foremost." His father was at great pains to instruct his children; young Henry was put to the college of Aberdeen, but left it, and went to London, much to his father's regret, being a favourite son, and it was the old man's wish he should be a clergy. man. " I left both country and friends," he adds, " before the age of fourteen ; and may be truly said never to have seen either since, if Djfriendt are meant assistants." Mr. Henry was literally the artificer of his own fortune. His inclinations having fixed him in the profession of a printer, and a concurrence of circumstances placing him within the notice of Mr. Edward Cave, an uni- versal encourager of merit, he favoured the young printer with his protection ; and in 1736 Mr. Henry became related to his patron, by mar- rying his sister. Miss Mary Cave. About this period he lived in habits of intimacy with the celebrated Dr. Franklin and William Stiahan, who, like himself, were both at that time jour- neymen printers. Soon after his marriage, Mr.
caster, 2nd April, 1794. Taken in short-hand, by Joseph Gumey. Printed for T. Boden, Manchester, 1794. svo. They were all declared " not guilty." The trial was edited by Mr. Walker, who shortly afterwanls published an ex. celient Review of some of the Political Event* which have occurred at Manchester, being a Sequel to the Trial, jrr. London, 1794. Svo.
James Cheetham, a letter-press printer, who had been tried with Mr. Walker, emigrated to America, and com. menced a newspaper at New York. He became an apos- tate, and wrote a scnrrilons libel, which he called a Life of Thomas Paine.
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