Star. — London, England, 1819-10-23 00:00:00

1 .. I. I ,11 ,~ , `~ .` ~, S A, i . i i• V: i ID. • TkIE:KtENNG STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1819. THE FUNDS. TRICE OF STOCKK THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Reduced 664: 1 1 3 per Cent. Consols 671 66k :31, per cent. 4 per Cent. 85 8-1-N 5 per Cent. Navy 1 0 2 fl Bank Long Annuities 17 11-16 India 13onds 9 11 pre. Exchequer Bills (2d.) 2s. 3s. dis. Omnium 2/ 1 dis. • Omnium for Payment 2 Consols for Acct. 67112:- Very little business has been done this morning. Consols opened at 67, but afterwards rose to 67k. The Market looks very heavy, every nerve being strained by the Bull party to recover yesterday's de pression. Nothing has been done in Omnium. We noticed yesterday the sudden depression which had taken place in the Funds, in consequence of the resolution of Ministers to increase the Military Force of the Country. Being now at peace with all the world, it was naturally concluded that the augmen tation originated in a real or supposed necessity, for the maintenance of internal tranquillity. Au ad dition of 10,000 men is to be made to the Army, by taking that number from the Out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, and putting them on full pay, un der Officers retired on the Half-pay List, to do duty in the tiar r 'sons, thereby relieving an equal number of the Standing Army for whatever services they may be required. At the same time twenty men per Company are to be added to the Marine Corps, for the duty of the Dock-yards, which ill relieve an equal number of the Military. The whole increase will thus be 11,600 men. It is believed, whatever other reasons may have induced the adoption of this measure, that one motive has been a desire to separate these Veterans from all mixture with the Radicals, and to take from them every temptatioi., to which they might be exposed, to induce them to assist, either openly or secretly, in training any who may have treasonable and revolu tionary objects in view. If Ministers have any real grounds for believing that these retired soldiers were exposed to such a temptation, it may be allowed that the measure they have adopted is not void of pru dence ; and it may also be granted, if an increase of the military force was indispensible, that the plan they have adopted for accomplishing this object is the most economical that could have been devised. But if the raising of this force is to be substituted fur an answer to the calls of the Nation to have the Laws duly administered, and those who may have been, or may yet be found wicked enough to disregard or pervert them, England is on the verge of a crisis. The Public will be surpsised to learn, that at the same moment that gives birth to the measure we have just stated, the venerable Earl FtrzwtmAm has beeen dismissed from the situation of Lord Lieu tenant and Custos ltotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire—" fur the leading part which his Lordship " was induced to take in signing and circulating the, " Requisition for a Meeting, at this critical period, in', " a County, of which he was Lord Lieutenant, his personal attendance at that Meeting, his entirecon currence with the Resolutions and Address, and his " public approbation of all the proceedings."—This is a measure that needs no comment. We only re mark, that if any disgrace attaches to this removal, it falls not where it was intended. It ought to be remembered, that the great and sole object of that Meeting was for legal investigation of a measure that had excited alarm, and to discountenance all the at tempts of those wild and insidious itinerants, who are striving to delude the people with plans of impracti cable and ruinous Reform. The Noble Earl was in strumental in calling a Meeting of his Count rto con ciliate the population, to still alarm, and to give them assurance, that Government, by Law, should he pre served ; and, for this, the Noble Earl is displaced ! Rumour says, that negociations are on foot for what is termed " strengthening the hands of Go vertnbent," by a Coalition with that party of Peers, and their few followers in the Commons, whose thirst of Office is so truly appreciated by the Country ; and that the only obstacle to a treaty is the scruple of Lord Livenroot. and his friends, on the point of Catholic Emancipation. It is supposed that the will give way on this question, by an ar rangement which will satisfy the Noble Persons with -whom he is negociating, and that the partial change will take place before the Meeting !—Morning► Chron. A Couwer-Address is now circulating for signa tures in Cumberland. Printed copies are sent from Lowther Castle to such persons as the Lord of that mansion thinks he can influeuce. It sets out with a -laration of attachment to the established institu the kingdom ; expresses detestation of the agues who mislead the multitude, to effect a ion by force, and Of " the Liberty of the Press, iy abused to the most flagitious purposes;' t d i c a c n l : rati of dcmagol revolutic dui4gly and," regarding these things with just apprebension," expresses " sorrow that any persons of rank or respec tability should be induced to take measures which tend to encourage wicked and desperate men in their rebel lious purposes. For, (say they)" however much we re gret the lives lost at Manchester, we cannot but see that greater and far more extensive evil must arise, if multitudes are allowed to assemble under such cir cumstances, in contempt of the Constituted Authori ties; and we perceive, in the attempts which are made to misrepresent the transactions of that day,' a manifest design of diverting public indignation from the real authors of the mischief, the effect of which would be so th pervert the laws as to make them protect those whom they ought to punish, and intimidate those whom they ought to protect. As Englishmen, therefore, who rightly appreciate the blessings which we enjoy, and desire that the free and happy Constitution which we have inherited from our fathers may be transmitted to our children, we feel it our duty thus to address your Royal High ness; and should your lloyal.llighness be advised to recommend to Parliament Me adoption of restrictive measures to check the difusion of licentious principles and curb the audacious spirit of blasphemy and treason, we beg leave to assure your Royal Highness, that much as we deplore the necessity for such measures, we evil cheerfully submit to them, under a full sense of that necessity, as the natural consequences of excesses, which have at all times produced similar results, and as the indispensable and only means of saving the country from the worst of all evils." Wednesday there w•as a Meeting at Hull, to take into consideration tlit proceedings at Manchester, on the 16th of August, and the necessity of a Radical Reform in Parliament. The number present was not very great—about five or six thousand, the day being very rainy. The proceedings are given in another part of our Paper. During the last two days the wind has been un commonly high from the North-west along the Coast, which has occasioned some damage amongst the shipping. Several vessels have put into Ramsgate for shelter ; and, as will be seen by °fir Port Letters, a few have lost anchors and cables, but the damage has not been so great as might have been expected. -C_ The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this forenoon. Their domestic intelligence is unimportant. We learn, by an extract from the Journal Constitutionnd, of Antwerp, that the Tribunal of First Instance, of that city, has acquitted M. CONSTANTINE, the editor of the Constitutionnel, of the charge preferred against him by the Austrian Ambassador, for an alleged libel on his Imperial Master. The result of this process is of particular importance, inasmuch as it may be regarded as a solemn protest in favour of the principle of free discussion, and a new gua rantee obtained for the Liberty of the Press at a time when that Liberty has been so strongly compro mised by the decisions of the Diet of Frankfort.— French 5 per Cents, Monday, 70 fr. 25 c. The Paris Papers of Wednesday, which ought also to have been received to-day, have not arrived. A Mitch Mail arrived this forenoon with Papers to the 20th instant. The States General were opened by Commission on the 18th. The Address of the King, in as far as regards foreign interests, is quite of a pacific character : it regrets that so much of the revenue of the country should be expended in the maintenance of the Army ; but observes, that " the positions and relations of the kingdom make it ne cessary to follow the example of other Powers." The following is the conclusion : Deeply penetrated with the sense of my obliga tion, in all the acts of my Government, always to have in view the interest of the Netherlanders in general, and never to prefer that of a part to that of a whole, I shall continue, with calmness and firmness, to pur sue the path which I have proposed to myself, con vinced that it will lead to the real happiness of oar beloved country; and in the co-operation of your High Mightinesses, I hope I shall always continue to find the proof that you do justice to my sentiments and inclinations." The following is an Extract of a Letter from Curacoa, dated the 26th of August : We have received the official intelligence of the fall of Bar celona, by the Expedition from Margarita. There were only 40 men found in the works. They defended themselves bravely till the whole of their ammunition was expended, and were afterwards all of them put to death. The Commandant of the plate, GOMA, Kilt a body of cavalry, about 30 men, and a Lieu tenant, to reconnoitre the enemy. They got as far as the suburbs 'of Barcelona, without meeting any opposition : they there sur prised a picquet of six men and a Sergeant, whom they put to death before the alarm was given. They then advanced into the town, in like manner surprised a Lieutenant (an Englishman), and In men, who were doing duty at the quartets of General UMW:ETA. The Spaniards soon overpowered them, and took the English Lieutenant prisoner, and, in order to secure him properly, tied him between two of their horses. UILDANITA, in the mein time, made his escape out of the house, and gave the alarm, when the Spaniards being obliged to retreat, galloped off with the unfortunate Lieutenant, who, shock ing to relate, was literally dragged to pieces. PA !mum, an In. dian Chief, attached to the Spanish cause, has intercepted 2000 head of cattle sent by MA RINO for the supply of UIRDANLTA'S army and the English forces. The report we had here . of an en gagement between the Spanish and Patriot naval forces turns out to beineni-rect. It appears the fleets were some time in sight of each other, but that neither of them shewed any disposition to fight. The Spanish men of war Nymph' and Tyger, were both' in Puerto Cabello, according to our last accounts." • BRIGIITO,V, OCTOBER 21. The PRINCE REGENT did not venture abroad yes terday, on account of the turbulence of the weather. iris Royal Highness bas to-day taken exercise in the Riding-house. The Marquis and Marchioness of CoNmon A Nr, with their fair daughter, were included in the Royal dinner-party yesterday, and partake of the festivities of the Pavilion again to-day.—The PRINCE R EGENT has postponed his departure for Carlton-House till Monday next. THE ARMY. TO OFFICERS ON TIIE RETIRED LIST. WAR- OrrzcE, 22D OCTOMR, 1819. ALL OFFICERS lately belcrging to the ROYAL. VE TERAN BArrALioNs, and now upon the RETIRED LIST, are hereby required and directed immediately to report their respective Addresses to the Adjutant-General, at the Horse Guards, London. By Command of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, PALM ER STON. Yesterday, the 90th . regiment of foot marched through Oxford from Portsmouth, to Daventry Bar racks, Northamptonshire. Some further reductions are spoken of as about to take place in the Adjutant and Quarter-Master-Ge neral's Departments. Several of the Assistants abroad can be very well dispensed with. The following is given to us as the contingent expenses of an Assistant abroad, per month : Office Rent - - - A'S 0 0 One Clerk, at St. per day - 7 10 0 One ditto, at 2s. 6d. per day - 3 15 0 Office Messenger, at Is. per day - 1 10 0 Stationery and Postages - - 8 ,0 o House Rent - - 5 0 0 Fuel and Candle - - 210 • . Two Horses, at 2s. 6d. each per day 7 10 0 One Servant - 2 5 0 Pay, at 14s. pet day - " El 0 0 Per Month £62 0 0 And this at stations where the duties were always performed by the Adjutant of the Regiment, or a Fort Adjutant. WINDSOR:Om 2.—Yesterday the remains of the late Quarter-Master ADAMS were taken 'from the Cavalry Barracks in military form. The pall was car ried by six Quarter-Masters, the Officers followed two and two, the Band-drums muffled ; his horse followed, the boots and spurs hung across, reverse. The troop he had belonged to followed, the Band playing all the way to Clewer Church-yard from the Barracks. A great number of spectators followed, to witness the interment of this much-respected man. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALItOUTH, OCIO2III 20,—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Rose, from Zante. Sailed the Sally, LAWRY, for Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, OCTOIER 21.—Arrived the TOM Cod, Bovtco, from Bristol for Gibraltar, with loss of fore-top-mast. Sailed the *forge Daysh, Eno.ta ; and Patience, hear, for St. Michael's. PORTiMOUTII, Ocrinza 22.—Wind W.—Arrived the James, from Zante, and is put under quarantine; St. Johannes, Pa mir:, from Antwerp for Cadiz ; Importer transport, from New foundland; Pluxbe, from Boston for Hamburgh ; Earl St. Vin cent, SIMPSON, from Java for Holland; and American ship Ophelia, from Canton for Boston. Dux, Ocrosai 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrited the Foxhound, Waxsoar, from Botany Bay - Elizabeth, Barka, from Jamaica; and Rosa, Was" from Quebec. Put back the Perseverance, M'Naaa, with loss of anchor and cable; and Averick, ilLismova, with loss of anchor. Came down from the River the Oporto Packet, Tuxaauxsa, for Naples. Two brigs, names unknown, have lost anchors and cables, and been supplied from the shore. , Maw:me; Omits 22.—The Commerce, Rurrairtzt.o, from Chester to London, got on shore this morning at the back of the Pic r, and has since washed up under the Cliff.—The Victory steam-packet, having broken her chain in the toads, and been on shore, is come in, it is hoped, without any serious damage.-1 it boat, said to be a French one, with fruit, has gone to pieces on Foreness Rock, and, it is feared, all hands have perished. RAIMATI, Oczoaaa 22.—Arrived the Albion, PALMER, from Exeter, with loss of anchor and cables. The William Shand lost an anchor off the North Foreland, and has proceeded for the Downs. 1 During the • late blowing weather, his Majesty's survey brig, INVESTIGATOR, was driven from her anchors, but brought safelx into Margate Harbour, where she now lies. Extract of a letter received from Newcastle, dated October 20:— " There is no settlement whatever with the keehnen. They met Mr. Chennell and some of the coal-owners 'on Monday morning, when they offered a farthing per chaidron on spout coals, to be paid for the extra quantity carried since January and when off work, 2s. 6d. per day. This would not, however, do. They seem quite determined to have the spouts done away in part. They say now eight keels may be taken under the spouts ; before they stood at six keels. When any arrangement will ble made is not known. The Inquest is still going on at Shields." A Bill of Indictment was found at the late Berk shire Sc.ssions, holden at Abingdon, against the Rev. Wyatt Cottle, LL.B. Vicar of Cholsey, Richard Min shull, Richard Roberts, William Moore, and Joseph Button, for violently assaulting John Huggins, the Parish Clerk of Cholsey, and forcibly removing him from. the Clerk's pew, in the parish of Chclsey, during Divine Service. We mentioned some days ago, that Sir CHARLES WOLSELEY had obtained a certiorari, and removed the proceedings in the prosecution, pending against him, into the Court of king's Bench. The writ was obtained on the affidavit of Mr. PEARSON, the Baronet's Attorney. After the several explanatory matters as to the charge, and so forth, Mr. PEARSON " further saith, that he hath heard and believes, that several of the Magistrates in the habit of presiding at the Gene ral Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the said County Palatine of Cheshire, entertain strong preju dices against the said Sir Charles Wolseley, Baronet, by reason of his having, in despite of his elevated rank and hereditary possessions, associated himself with the labouring classes of society, and, in opposition to the Magistrates and other individuals of his own rank, in Cheshire, assembled with the poor, to deliberate upon the means which he and they thought would be best calculated to relieve their digresses and redress their grievances ; and this deponent further saith, that he verily believes, that matters of law of great diffi culty and importance, will rise at the trial of the said Indictment, which it is essential should be discussed before a Court of greater legal knowledge ihan that which is ordinarily possessed by Magistrate►, 'not having had the advantage of a professional education, and extensive legal experience; and this deponent further saith, that he is of opinion, that for these rca• suns the said Sir Chat le, Wolscley, could not obtain a fair and impartial trial at the said Quarter Sessions of the Peace." HULL REFORM AfErTING ocr has been held in flu cald by p u yi t • tisement, to which was attacireci is • .e, si:er li‘eltoneeofuatntihn,ibegt eairdvi;oc.flaa'lilnciiodi--titlea<.oifcszofckromtemeieplipenf'raresrthsns,s'ieeiatod,tf;b•olsee:l'y: declined to call it, on application ba' a It united the two objects of passing... to g m? so ' i Manchester Magistr;:tes and Yeoman ? f of the 16. th August, and on the Xui sters for o va l op ' up P rn : a tr b l la ia el ment. On the evenirg previous , of meeting, Mr. JACKSON, who se n ame head of the Requisition, and a few other persons, waited upon the by whom they were received with polite assured them of his conviction of their ri g h t and of his determination not to interfere if the Meeting was peaceable. He had not , any Special Constables, as he fully relied on peaceful disposition.—The morning s f the •• extremely- unfavourable, the rain falling hem eleven o'clock, and this circumstance probabl vented many persons coming from the nei , , hood, who would otherwise have attended. At o'clock, the weather was promising, and began to form themselves into a procession, accompanied by flags, paraded the streets town, and arrived at the Hustings about ' one. The Meeting was far from being nun more than 5000 or 6000 persons being pr one time. The inscriptions on the flags 'Kt in a great measure, to those displayed at the: in the West Riding ; scarcely any of them u I tionable, except one, on which was painted of a woman, almost in a state of nudity, and mighty ugly both in form and feature, te, bandage from John, Bull's eyes, and setting liberty from his chains. A Cap of Liberty brought forward by some Female Reformers, was to have been presented to the Chairm: the rain, which cut short the proceedings, that part of the ceremony. A band of music the tunes of Rule Britannia and God save the Mr. WALKER, the Artist, proposed that Mr, SON, a Hull merchant, should take the Chair. motion being seconded, it was carried by act The CHAIRMAN thanked the Meeting for nour they had conferred upon him ; and his fears, lest he should unworthily cccup} tion to which they had called him. They gaged, he observed, in the glorious cause justice, and injured humanity. It was qui: sessary to dissuade them from tumult and he might as well warn them not to run Humber: and, indeed, inw no part of the Kingdom, had any disturbances arisen from Meetings of the Reformers, where the M. had not interfered. Many foolish people had into their heads, that the Reformers wanted but plunder ; if it had been so, he would h; the last to join their ranks. They wanted obtain their rights—and those they would Some had observed, that at that Meeting, the , ought to have been confined to the Manchester sacre, and have had nothing to do with Reform: he believed, that it would be made as clear tc as mathematical demonstration, that had they proper House of Commons, one which really I sented the People, no Minister would have sanction such bloody deeds as those of the August, and no Magistrate would dare to act , Some persons had compared the .. Manchester to the assassins of the south cf E but this comparison was too high a compli the former. He had lived in those countries assassination was common—and there, no would attempt the life of a man when a woman present : but these had killed men, helpless . and children, without distinction. He would trouble the Meeting further at present, but • read the Requisition by which the Meeting called. The Requisition was then read ; any Chairman concluded, by mentioning his vita to May s or, on the evening Previous, and the very fr answer and assurance which had been given by that Gentleman. The Rev. THOMAS GRISWOOD then addressed Meeting to the following effect :—lmpre!seJ, was, with a deep sense of the importat:t occnsion that Meeting, it was with some difficulty th tempted to address them. But, in those eve: times, with the stimuli which they had to e 7 who could refuse to come forward, and :ludo• mite of intellect into the common stock, to adv: the cause of suffering humanity, to stem the to: of corruption and distress, to preserve the small tion of liberty still left to them, and to recover g Th re e a y t er werer artthwenhiinchthheadezerbsz sirs to tional beings—in England ; granted to them bY Ccit.stitution, of which no just law on earth COL ever deprive them—the Tight of public discussion O s all public subjects. But how was it that niany aloof, when every man ought to be at his post , the discharge of his duty ; and many even of t 1 ,7 to declare their sentiments with ability, and to n. la i l ts who had been accustomed to stand in the fit , : • l ti k: taken tram of their r tain them with fortitude ? Was it that . their ti . , h d r ic had not been invaded' Impossible—Vi, 9l4 " stV — r e tee The events by which they had been itivadt‘• "' DCT.% 'ous t hing the ki nd , the A. to a( ,'et. %.y,„ aed Made to' , , tile r censure n o rth for t !... e own islets for ' Id th sentir iz „.. 4 ,e rit Inu tons H lik loos to t h e to le stands at .1 y Mr. W o o, ng V he new . ers: L etless, and ed. r righ t „ eul ere iu the . wo td not syn. se ( relied en of the slay • ha ling he:oil.; the e probably , alit the neigh„ se ( aded. At to ld h and the tl 'cession, it', th e streets of ' (I about half, tc g numerous, .1 g present It er igs were ti • f I at the Nleef hero were .; s, sinted the 6. city, and wi.s tnt ature, nt setting him Ir. Liberty Iva;- ort Refortnets, w aairman, had dings, prere. al of music nix 1 i save the K:7 : d that Nlr h he Chair, an.; c by acclaim ' c rting for the ; and ears. cccupy the si They were a cause off • was qui:e alt and riot to run into t of the 1."••. arisen from • the lagi>tr ieople had wanted would hare wanted enly y would eh': :eting, the obj• Manchester 31 rith Reform; as clear to th- t had they had ich really 11 Id have dared se of the 16th ice to act .• outh cf Euro , t compliment countries N. !ere, no assass en a woman v. helpless wore; He would n. csent, but we:* he Meeting w • read ; and • g his visit to ' d the very prn . , : en giver. to I. en addressed the impre!sed, as he •taut occasion tt ic ultv th it he :a. is those event:al had to evertion, 1, and throw F.: 3 :ock, to advocv stem the tottelt cc the small rot - id to recover tit from them ;Is ' 2 ' .1 to them by :Ile r- on earth Yol l . l )lic discussion Oa that many stroi at his post. is ay even s - 4 . thel