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187:.. the violent resolutions generally passed there – the intemperate harangues of the travelling speechmakers – the very questionable character of many, if not most of these persons – … all these are things which do infinite mischief – which utterly precludes moderate men from wishing them success – and throw all the timid into the ranks of their opponents. 205:
was (like the account sent to London by its reporters) highly critical of the magistrates, and of their actions. The Gazette said that despite extensive inquiries no witnesses had been found who had heard the Riot Act being read, and therefore it was dubious if the actions were legal. Reporting the
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Upon the present occasion, Government have acted with much greater propriety than in 1817 … but a wise policy would endeavour, rather by temperate and conciliatory conduct, to detach the people at large from those who have assumed the station of their leaders, than to maintain a hollow and insecure
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in March 1817, to the extent that it was in return criticised for 'highly libellous' statements, but felt itself vindicated when charges against the alleged ringleaders were dropped in September 1817. In 1819, during the days leading up to the
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In 1821, the other members of the first Little Circle, dissatisfied with Cowdroy's politics (which they considered insufficiently radical) helped John Edward Taylor (previously a cotton merchant) set up the
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reporter had been accommodated on the hustings and was consequently arrested with the rest of the hustings party and hence unable to file a report. The subsequent report in the
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The anniversary of the 16th of August was observed in many places in this district by Mourning Processions, and by the singing of hymns suited to the occasion. We trust that
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Whilst favouring Reform, the Gazette was highly critical of radicals who it said "live by ranting and railing against abuses" and of their use of mass meetings:
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In 1822, the younger Cowdroy died, and ownership of the newspaper passed to his wife. In 1824, after circulation had been struggling for a period,
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ceased publication, worn down by repeated prosecutions for seditious libel (and the loss of a number of straightforward libel cases). The
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After the death of William Snr in 1814, his son William Jnr became the new editor. Selling only 250 copies weekly, Cowdroy engaged his
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After Peterloo, the first reports to reach London were those of Gazette reporters: its more outspokenly radical contemporary the
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and John Shuttleworth assisted the then editor Archibald Prentice to raise the £1,600 required to buy the
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who constitute its readership". Prentice struggled against the now established reformist agenda of the
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compared the authorities' behaviour favourably with that seen in 1817, but did not endorse it:
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all became regular columnists, and by 1819 the Gazette was selling over 1,000 copies a week.
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was in its best days always poorly, owing, in great part, we believe, to some original
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from a pub, describing the paper as "admirably adapted to the capabilities of Irish
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reported the trial of an Irish labourer charged with stealing a copy of the
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had been involved in the organisation of the St Peter's Field meeting; the
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In October 1828, Prentice began publication of a new paper; the
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The Gazette was offered for sale in an advertisement beginning
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advertisement (with exposition of political principles)
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recommended its readers to transfer their custom to the
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before the completion of another twelvemonth, the stain
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Founded by William Cowdroy (previously editor of the
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Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser
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Index

Conformist
Tory
Manchester
conformist
Tory
Manchester
Tory
non-conformist
Little Circle
Archibald Prentice
John Shuttleworth
John Edward Taylor
Blanketeers
Peterloo massacre
Manchester Observer
Manchester Guardian
Richard Potter
Manchester Times
Poor Men's Guardians: Survey of the Democratic and Working-class Press
ISBN
0-85315-308-6



Poor Men's Guardians: Survey of the Democratic and Working-class Press
ISBN
0-85315-308-6


"Manchester Gazette"

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