The Manchester Gazette was a conformist non-Tory newspaper based in Manchester, England. Founded by William Cowdroy (previously editor of the Chester Chronicle) in 1795, the newspaper was written and printed by him and his four sons. Although considered of poor quality, it sold because it was the only non-Tory newspaper in Manchester. 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: