Star. — London, England, 1819-09-09 00:00:00

t ~~; ,~ ~~ I t . ,I jr,t •i t • , .1. I 1 .. I % f I: ' I i ' l l, t A -- - TO THE• EDITOR OF THE SFAS. - ;7‘ London, Septesiber it, nth. • Etllt—Your respectable Paper having always adve cated the cause of the Army, I beg leave to represent, through its medium, a very gross abuse which now exists in London, and which bears - heavy Upon that numerous and respectable class of OfficeTs, namely, those upon Half-pay, who, from many causes, reside in and near the Metropolis. I have always under stood, that the Military Chapel at Whitehall, was es dadively a Military place of Worship, although many respectable people have been admitted. who were not in the Service; but sow the _case seems different, as I have, with several other Half-pay Officer, been obliged to stand in the aisle during Divine Service, white several other people (eat Military), and even servants, were admitted into the best seats, from either }raving paid the seat-keeper (a common custom here), or from having interest with that important per sonage. You wilt admit it would be very hard upon a poor Half-pay 'Ensign, or Lieutenant, out of 3s. or 4s. a_ day (and many of them have not a shilling besides), to expend a shilling or eighteen pence in purch.:4ing a Sitting at the Chapel, where it is understood they have an indisputable right to sit free. I feel convie.ced that his Royal Highness the COOSIANDIR IN CHIEF is unacquainted with this fla grant abuse, and that it only wants representing to be remedied.—l dm, Sir, &c. AN OLD OFFICER OE HALF-PAT. 7 f11141 EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1819. THE FUNDS. entre OF STOCKS MIS DAT AT ONE O . CLCCK 3 ter Cent. Reduced shut S per Cent. Consols 70h 5% per Cent. 801-4 per Cent. shut 5 per Cent. Navy 101 Bank Long Ai cities shut Exchequer Bills (2d.) 3 4 dis. Omnium dis. Cons. for Acct. 71 70i. " No news is good news," says the old adage, and, :At a pet iod like the present, many will consider it so. The Mails'cf this morning have brought us hardly any thing worthy of particular notice—whence we infer that every thing remains quiet in the agitated Districts. We cannot, however, pass over without some notice, the mention of a Meeting that has been called at Retford, " to take into consideration the propriety of forming a Corps of Cavalry and Riflemen, to defend their country against all traitor ous conspiracies whatsoever, and to aid the Civil Power whenever called upon so to do within the said country." We are aware of the danger we tun in expressing freely our opinion of such uncalled for associations, but we should ill discharge our duty to our country should we not boldly Impress our opinion that all such associations stand directly opposed to the principles of our happy Constitution. and are highly dangerous in every point of view.— We speak not of those bands which may now be con sidered as veterans, who embodied themselves at the call of th e ir country, when we were in a state of war; and have continued embod:ed and acquired the military discipline and habits of men employed in military service. To these corps we consider our selves indebted—and from such corps none can anti cipate scenes of bloodshed flowing in any measure from their own tremulous and fear-excited bra very. This case is very different from that of men who obtrude their volunteer services when we have no war. It is easy to find high•sounding words of loyalty with which to cloak the desire to be arrayed with arms instead of constables staves. We have already had sufficient evidence of the mischiefs (nor have we yet seen them all) that way result from such unconst:tutional associations. While we have regular Military let us trust to them. They will not butcher women or children. If these are not sufficient let the regular Militia be employed— and let them he trained and disciplined as all men entrusted with arms ought to be. In our last page will be found the proceedings al the Lancaster Assizes up till Monday at one o'clock, We learn by farther accounts which have reached us this morning, that on Tuesday Messrs.lfuNT, JOHN sox, MOOGIIOUSE, and KNIGHT. who were at large upon bail, appeared at the Bar, and respectively pled “ Not Guilty" to the Bills of Indictment found against them, and traversed the same till the next Assizes. The parties immediately renewed their Bail, to the satisfaction of the Crown Solicitor. Sir CHARING WotsetET and Mr. CHAPMAN were the new bail for Mr. HUNT. The Grand Jury broke up on the same day, and, we are informed, that the last piece of business they did, was to find True Bills against giro shop-boys of Waoz, the printer, in Manchester, for selling the Number of Shervsin's Resister, containing Mr. CAR lutes Account of the Manchester Tragedy. Witos, it seems, has himself eluded every search which has been matie after him, while his shop continues to be the grand mart for what are called " seditious publications ;" and the Solicitor for the Crown, or wither for the Manchester Magistracy, has thought it necessary to vindicate public justice, by making these apprentices criminally responsible for obeying the orders of their master. Mo Bill was found against John Adamson, for being a Delegate, using seditious enresions, and having iu hi:possession, with intent to publish, certain seditious and libellous papers and writings. Mr. Hu N T continued at Lancaster on Tuesday, and did not intend to leave it till he had effected the libe ration of the other prisoners who stood committed for want of bail. There is, however, no doubt of his being in London on Monday next. about the end of last month, with the Emperor of RUSSIA, at Torneo, or at Abo. French 5 per Cents. Saturday, 73 fr. 15 c. A Hamburgh Mad has brought us this forenoon Papers and Letters to the 31st ultimo. We subjoin some interesting extracts: — ST. PETERSBUFIOII, AUGUST 13. The Russian Embassy which has been sent to t'ersia, has arrived at the place of its destination; it has been received in the most friendly manner. The Persian Sovereign . frequently invites the Gentlemen of the Embassy to the Court entertainments, the military reviews, &c. On all occasions the Schah converses very familiarly with the Charge d'Affaires. M. Magarewisck, and the other Members of the Russian Embassy ; and thus entirely departs from the oriental etiquette, according to which a great distance is always preserved between the Sovereign and all those who approach him, whether they are foreigners or his own subjects. This is an unequivo cal proof of the increasing good understanding be, tween the two States. When the Embassy anived at Tebris, the resi dence of the Crown Prince, Abba Mirza, they were received in the most obliging manner. At break fast, tables and chairs were given them, which is con sidered as a great mark of politeness. " When we ar rived on horseback," observes a person of the Em bassy, " at the Prince's residence, they pulled off our boots in the hall, and we entered the Prince's cabi net in shoes and silk stockings. He received us standing, inhis state dress, with his sabre at his side, ari honour which the Turks never grant, and the great men of this Empire seldom. I delivered to the Prince a letter from the Emperor, after whose health he inquired, &c." • If we ate rightly informed, the sapient saplings who wished to have The Times and The Star ex cluded from the Manchester Exchange Rooms, have found themselves -compelled to abandon their enter prise. That Manchester possesses at this moment a n umber of blind and infatuated inveterate', we have had but too melancholy proofs within the last month. The consequences that have resulted from their im petuosity will long be lamented by the whole Em pire, and by no place more than by Manchester itself ; where an immerre number of cool and considerate persons, of character, property, and influence, deeply deplore the disgrace thit has been brought upon their highly-respectable town by the unhappy events of the 16th of Augost—oahappy, indeed! and disgrace ful, not to Manchester alone, but to the Cou iti y and to the age in which we live: nor can the stain be waished away by any or by all the detersive processes for which Lancashire stands so highly celebrated. We mentioned, some days ago, that ideas were en. tertained of having another News Room, or, more properly, another Commercial Exchange, erected at Manchester. In confirmation of this statement, we h'ave to mention, that an Advertisement has appeared in The Manchester Mercury of Tuesday, for a com modious plot of ground for a Commercial Exchange, of sixty or seventy feet square.—The Advertisement states, that a front situation, from Marsden-square to Moseley-street,' would be preferred ; and, indeed, in our opinion, a more convenient spot for general business could not be easily fixed on for such an object. About the end of High-street (the middle of the range embraced in the Advertisement) would be a most capital situation—being the centre, as it were, of the principal Inns, viz. Bridgewater Arms, Albion Hotel, Moseley Arms, Palace Inn, Swan Inn, White Bear, Talbot Inn, &c. &c. and being at that end of the Town where nine-tenths of the Warehouses are occupied by Manufacturers, Printers, and General Piece-goods Warehousemen. The lower part of the Tow 4, being principally the scite of Cotton and Twist Warehouses, the Exchange in that quarter might be called The Cotton Exchange, and the new one The Commercial. BERLIN, 41:GUST 25. Dr. Jahn has written from his place of confinement two affecting letters to his wife, which are inserted in The Bevnen Gazette, one of which consoles her for the loss of one of their children : " I am still imploring for an examination and hearing. I have already passed in confinement a fine part of the summer, and just that when I was used to make a tour every year for my health. " If this sacrifice is of use to my country, it is ma i de with pleasure, only I am too weak' to see the reasons. What may those think who have had me so arrested and confined like a convicted felon? I am a son, a husband, a father, and dearly love my family. is it likely I would forsake them ? I have from the State a salary of 1000 dollars. Would I run away from it, avid at a time when I have most urgently endeavour ed to obtain a hearing ? I a • run -away Prussian Officer ? Where should I dare to remain without his Majesty's permission? and my good name is besides worth something. " An inquiry is most desirable to me. If it is made soon, I will recognize my recent detractors as my best friends. In the examination it will be my duty to speak of my services to the country, which I litre hitherto omitted to do out of modesty.—l be lieve that has hurt me—be it so. " How will you continue to pass the winter? Can you lay in a supply of wood ? " FREDERICK LUDWIG JAHN. We have often heard those who are technically called Costntry Buyers, remarking, that if the Ex change was at the end of High-street, it would save them some money in the course of a year, as they did not like to go down Gennel Market-street (which they must do or go round some way), it was so very dangerous, and that therefore they frequently stopped at their Inn to the detriment of their pockets : and therefore we cannot doubt that the New Exchange will meet with a decided preference from the fryers who visit Manchester. Every person knows that the Seller will frequent the place where the Purchaser is to be found; the Manufacturer, Printer, and Ware houseman, will attend to see their London and coun try customers, the Spinner to see the Manufacturer, and the Cotton-men to see the Spinners. There can, therefore, be no want of support to the projected erection- " August 14, 1519." Dr. Henwig, who was considered .from the be ginning as one of the most to be suspected in the affair of the conspiracy, has been released, after eight weeks confinement, with a testimony from the Com , missioners that he is wholly innocent. 17se Courier continues to be greatly infuriated, or pretends to be so, that the valiant deeds of the Man chester Yeomanry should be recorded by the un bought Press of England. To put them on re cord is, in his eyes, an infamous proceeding.— The character which even The Courier attaches to these acts deserves to be preserved in our columns. " The acts (says The Courier) which they [the Pa-' pers which record them] so infamously ascribe to the Yeomanry, would disgrace the veriest horde of assassins and savages that ever leagued together for the demon-like pleasure of glutting themselves with blood and murder."—Well done, .Mr. Courier! The Private Letters from the United States still continue to represent every thing connected with Commerce as in a most gloomy and depressed state throughout the whole of the Union. As to emigra tions to that quarter of the world, they are represent ed as the most unwise and hopeless undertakings that men can possibly engage in. Still Emigrants continue to arrive there from every quarter of Europe, but in stead of being welcomed as an acquisition, they are considered as a curse, and as tending still farther to increase the general distress. They are compelled to betake themselves to the interior in quest of employ ment ; but such are their numbers, that, should com merce net improve before winter (of which there is no prospect), the situation of many thousands of them will be wretched and horrifying beyond the power of language to describe. Many of them resort daily The Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday have arrived since our last. The Jentrxel de Verviers contains a piece a intel ligence, which if true would, as the Paris Journalist remarks, cover all Europe with mourning. " A Cou rier," it says, " passed, at ohe o'clock, through Backe, announcing the death of the Emperor ALEXANDER, by •iolent means." to the Quays, imploring to be carried back to their native country, but, alas! in vain :—no money —no passage. Extract of a Letter from Valparaiso I have visited Santiago, the capital of Chili, 96 miles from Valparaiso, situated near the foot of the Andes, and was treated with marked politeness by the Supreme Director. The Army, under General ST. MARTIN, was at that time encamped about 12 miles from the city, and consisted of about 10,000 men, under good discipline, and ready for active operation. Nearly 60 whale ships are in the Pacific, Which were wholly The Journal de la Belgique gives a positive contra diction to this report, and states, that the only im. portant news brought by the Russian Courier last arrived was, the happy accouchement of the Grand Duchess ALEXANDRA. A Prussian Officer, of the name of GOSCHILSKI, who has been for some time imprisoned at Marie. burgh, on account of a duel which he had with a' Colonel DE Ziitt., effected his escape on the night of the 18th and 19th ult. He was traced by some Prus sian Agents to Hanover, the Authorities of which A v ery large quantity, o f O mn i um an d C onso l s permitted him to be retaken into custody, in order was this morning thrown upon the Market i a re that he might be conveyed back to the dungeons of spectable Broker sold £lOO,OOO Omnium a 31 prem. Magdeb UT gh. • and £lOO,OOO Consols at 701. It is supposed that A private letter from Stockholm, dated 20th of these sales were for the Jew Bull party : £lO were August, mentions, that rreport was current that hisl - giten to receive 4300, if Press Warrant> are issued Majesty CHAHLES JOHN was to have an interview, , once within the nest 14 day,. unprotected till the arrival of the Macedonian. Some depredations have already been committed, which it will be necessary to cbeck."—N. Y. Mons. P. Aug. 9. MEETING OF THE COMMON C01:1;c1L. t t r ° l a n s D In pursuance of the Requisition to the L and his Lordships l'recept thereat, a v e7y t .„ Meeting of the Common Cooncl was held td Manchester.tak e into B considerationeforetw e l ve a the ap hour of Meeting, the room was crowded to exte s i The Loin MAYOR soon after made hi s ai His LORDNIIP briefly stated, that he had Court in consequence of the application of a , of the Members. He could not help declari ng , he felt the greatest reluctance in doing as he been requested ; because he believed, that wi ; errors or crimes were committed, or suppo se d to committed, they should come before the preet bunal, where, no doubt, justice woll'd be a; tered. Notwithstanding this painful obiecion he held to a prejudication, without proofs rity, he had bowed to the request, and called a upon the earliest occasion. • The Requisition was then read. Alderman WAITnMAN rose. The Court 7 - as this time crowded above and below the Bar, -• to suffocation The worthy Aldeman that the introduction of this question was to ginate with him, and said that the Gentleme n bad placed it in his hands, had given a proof 'erronousness of their judgment, in selecting in preference to appointing one {tom their ow ber. It was, he said, commonly understood duty of a Chairman to act merely upon • which legally appertained to his situation—to mon a Public Meeting upon being request: , spy and to abstain from taking any part in cession of any particular question--(Hear, 1...:-The present was the first occasion upon ',Oath (Alderman Waithman) had, for the three or twenty years of his political experience, ..tear Magistrate rise and give his decided opir:cn subject previous to the discussion of it—(Cic But he hoped the Court would maintain its manly sentiments, and not permit its judgment be warped by any influence whatever—yl l . I The question now before the Court was cue ca there was a powerful sympathy amongst ::1::a! 'the people. It was therefore necessary to cis under such a check as would prevent in:: :which it would be best to avoid upon all It was not to advocate any particular cause re forward. It was from his having joined in :1-a ful sympathy that prevailed, and in which • signed the Requisition agreed; a sympathy sprung from the feeling that a wound had br ed on the Constitution. It became the duty of .t.o Mike an appeal to the justice of the country, petition that an inquiry should he made into ,unequalled atrocities which had taken place it, elsester.--It appered from the accounts 1%111:« arrived,. even to the Ministerial organs the Meeting had been peaceably assembled ducted, that those thus assembled were dis the Military, trampled upon, cut with sabres, that men, women, and children, suffered lam atrocious transaction.---ELeft Marshal Soma passed through Perrat, on 28th of August, on his way to tinint XmAnd his native place. Madame, his lady, and iwo were with him. Among the vessels which sailed on Monday noon from the Downs was the Lord Evnouth.!kl for Gibraltar, on board which ship was the Fr cassiap o with her attendants; from Gibraltar, be embarked for Constantinople. The Hon. G. VERNON, son of the Archbidioi . Yortit,-has built, at the Dock-yard, at Ipswir'.• most magnificent yacht ; it *ill be launched row. Mr. VERNON, his newly-married Lady, large party of Fashionables, will proceed in her few days, on a voyage through the Straits braltar, and afterwards the principal lslandi Archipelago. Lord and Lady 'SPENCER are ready. Like all prudent people, they take a medical attendant (an Englishman), and Mr. VERB, a celebrated satzeon. also accompat' The late outrageous proceedings at Maar.. have excited feelings of the deepest abhorrence Newport, Isle of Wight, among persons of err cription, and of eve: y political party. Those, have not been suffered to eyapoiate in idle di tion, but a subscription has been entered purpose similar to that commenced in Loam- Extract of a letter from Calcutta, dated 1819:—" On Sunday list, the celebrated 13: RAM MOIIUN Roy, accompanied by anotirr. of the highest cast, attended Divine Andrew's Church, and heard a Sermon Fri the Rey. Dr. BRYCE, previous to his eat for Europe. The Brahmin li,tened nith - marked attention, and I heard him e xpre3s highly pleased with the whole. Its solemn 5:74 accorded with his theological opinions, and absence of every thing approaching to poi ' molly and ritual, tended not a lit tle to tezo the Service of the Church of Scotland to the a and respect of this singular Native of ion, and &Jo: The Church was crowded on th e o:cas much pleased to see several of the Missionart gymen warmly congratulating RAM 31utitl: friend, on the first appearance of Nati res cf ttki;„ and character in any Christian place of Vionr, Corn harvot is. finished in this County, cY' someaids in bad aspects, and scarcely ore crops housed in so short a time, and in such g sii. clition. Wheat is'a variable crop; the ears al' be generally. short s and the g rains in Oleos average number; but very thick ur.ln the y remarkably clean and wholescme.. The 11 i& are great. but samples are not so gc 4 d fo r 1;:w Nt: w Wheat and Barlec we re I our mat 'het on 6aturday.---.s::lsxibry $P 7.1 appe, L :o exc.' s ,: . • LP. H. ad ca 1,4 tie f a n at .. . Laing, ;„.. as he t Posed t o • erm Pro Per T' ch be admi be :coon * 'As or aut f. 11cd a C.. Vi 1 . nett "-as ct Bar, alc, i an .reg ret• • was to 0 , :ntlemen proof nf electing ; eir ow n nu tool to he nn the pow. 1 ' ion—to s •. :quested rt in the di gear, I:tar For. wltich • • c cc or four a CE'• opinicn c it— (C.eer: ntain its c. ; judgment e s one co vizi tst rants ry to isc . .ta ir.:cmperent; r:ccasic cause ke ca • ; :d pa . . • : :hien those v • ympathy whi• .12,1 been inc . : its - of the Pi c u r.try, ,and lade into 'i- n p'sace nits whi,:h orsan , , mhled atd c. ere disperse. Satrec, a iftrt:d Item • Per rat, cn : Xmand ‘ To.. , and two sL. n )Tond tr ta Fair C ibraltar, she is c Archbishori i, at Ipssric . .. mulched to-eh ie.! Lady, ran.! )ceed in her he Straits ci al Islands 't NCER Jte. y take ‘rit'a th' ), and Mr. C • vompar.l4 • at Maac st abhorrence ons of or " ;!said in idle dec enterei iota in London e, dated Feb ebratri 13 : anoLh,:r B. ire Sertice , t tr.on preac ? ,`". his cub ed it 'n et . • m Iz' ;.s solemn ons, ane.the" te potri'° 'e to tezom ad tothe of :ct .ion, and 31,ission: 11 F 31otr:s 'tires cf their , e o f 15rort_ r:aoatit e'" tt r rely eve r ill s uch go"•. ; he ears :11 - . 0 in tleens d ie voila , Th e cod for ee: F welt odtt i;;( b3ry