Star. — London, England, 1819-08-31 00:00:00

;+.l (l a Thursc a. ;resent ou s . ...!re, east amou rroporti rersons wet the obje 1. 7 i•••sirj, a • and . tl t..! the Fe( .tnd tli 5 ;1 1 ; hut t I .; ;; was 1 - 4.! , : I series 01 . l o'v .17, pulp( y. ite utn. • rking -.• .'s el tim .::11 Na . • • w ' • i•‘• ?stens: ; . .•.• „ t ▪ !.O!.JiIZI E .. Ire rc,o Pro - - I tnd :::et..6 . J. of Sce..ker of r.sany bolo! mentiouel knight forwa which was err but to the Cap oi'ed a roicef,l bare kindly vi 901e- 1 1 coast of . cut in quietises ravage! Thy ti it to the Ds iisit his Ro sett more stri • 21ed at &Ten's On , nethods u Parliamei brionet, a 'the Oratcrs t!-,e laws c nt in exi tines' Skeicl • who had ike as much s would satisf his horse to cm Dcutero v of nature +der circum ding to the ilry bribe eirjust righ bribe them + crated ? The speech ?, as any f sin, with t suffered try do at si MIA, it open enen they shot ..,Torther t , ° western h , °t?ital and Al poor p " a lazy idleset e irevere I .CHALItt 4 or Lay ' 4 the grow were sev knowle.l 4. o rtunatel kple appea Oue of the 'I, at the d 'd begged 1 . o )ation. the Press 'rotating i icti!sed as .ne a mot'. la Pacer The noti, ';.asise. ed liflari tit Wally bled in land ; for Mr. .fr:E77..VG AT GLASGOW. day, a Meeting of the Weavers and others ut of employ, took place at Graham's : end of the Gallowgate. The Meeting tint to about 2000 or 3000, a consider- Lion of whom were women and children, c out of curiosity. After some p , efa:ory , ere delivered, the orators proceeded to sects of the Meeting, but just as they were " The Hussars, the Hus cry arose of the passing of a carriage at the time, , ople think it was the approach of ca- Ley forthwith decamped in every direc• however, ascertained it was a false Cie females, once frightened, could not 1 thc Muting afterwards was percepti- A co isidcrable time elapsed before tared. Resolutions was then read, to , the fot ,ort :—That the present state of wages trallele I, and it was astonishing how classes could submit to it for such a me; that by their zeal and exertions, the Tavy had been supported through a long tar, and had conquered our foes, and 1:e.; prostrate. At length.peace came, but the big tear cf pity in her e) e, and a cup a in her bawl, to avenge herself on hell 'ae blood and treasure wasted ; that it is .7 law of nature that provisions should zed by a few; that the earth was not one particular set of men. ations were carried by acclamation. As ,olt-ed to try every peaceable measure, a read, to be presented to the Ileritors one to the SherifF, and another to Session, failing which, they resolved to royal Highness the Prince Regent: now rose, and after lamenting the fate ,re 11;m, and adverting to the causes, number of the plans that had been :ard to remedy those misfortunes, among !migration—" Not to America —no, no, pe of Good Hope. (Cape of Despair, ..oln the side of a hedge.) And Ministers voted 50,0)01. to transport us to the Africa, where we would get our throats !ss, provided we could pay 101. for our hey might as well have made a present )uke of York, that he might be enabled 'oyal Father once a-week, and thereby , :rongly his filial respect to him." He great length with considerable humour. ators then spoke, reflecting severely upon used to tax and enslave them ; adding, :nt passed the Corn Bill at the point a a thing certainly unconstitutional. Clan . -s stated, that if they were not listened of nature must give place to those at .i•tence. A passage was quoted Mons. ;hes on Man, to prove that a hungry. td no other alternative than to die, might of his more wealthy neighbour's goods isfy his appetite, and might take the loan lo carry him off from his pursuers ; and :roftolay, to prove that it was the express Ire that the rich should support the poor, Imstances similar to the present. In al soup. kitchens, he designated them as a to keep the people from demanding ;hts, and that the wealthy classes thought !in with a meal a-day. Was this to be :hes were very lengthy. and perhaps as that have been delivered on the like oc- the exception that the Clergy, at this !d more than the Boroughmungers gene such Meetings Bpetking of Professor was said, that even he, that had been my of the poor man, had recommended iould at least be kept in bread ; but a cer nil Divine, who had become the star of hemisphere, had stated. that Poor Laws, Id Infirmaries, were the very things that people, and gave them i lle habits; nay, chield would break his leg to get a t." He continued for some time in the erent str.tia of invectives against the Rev. En, for his erroneous opinions respecting . About five o'clock, a number had and, and the rest seemed very impatient; !veral speakers less so to display their wit !Jge, and earn their weed of applause. however, it was now too late, as the :area eager to be off. to Committee then came forward, as he desire of a Gentleman on the Hustings, I leave to read two motions for their ap- They related to the extreme corrupt state in the West of Scotland, which, for not the great cause of Universal Suffrage, he Is being most corrupt and servile. lie then ticn fo; a subscription to be set on foot of their own to espouse their cause. :on •Nas than put and carried with great The of the Meeting were then inimously to the Lancashire. Reformers; ly to the good People of Mancl.ester, who n the cause: ; to the Female Reformers of and tic Committee of the late Meeting at After a short pause, there was a general Jolts WLLSON, of Camlachie v to speak. He accordingly came fistiird,. and lamented the Pmt distress of the country, occasioned by the pressure of Tares, and the exorbitant demands of the Landlords: He concluded by repeating the follow ing lions fthEl BURNS :-- bee yonder poor, o'eriabour'd Wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordlyfullow•wsres The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn t The Meeting WAS about to break up, when a per son from the Hustings prrposed that the Thanks of the Meeting should be given to HENRY Hoar, 29. for his labours in the good cause of Reform, which was unanimously carried.--(Great applause.) The Meeting then quietly dispersed. The Military wcre under arms the most of the day. TORRYBURN, AUGUST 19. The operative Weavers in this parish met here on the 14th instant, and unanimously agreed to Petition the Heritors of the parish, to take into their conside ration the deprivations they lay under from want of employment. In consequence of which representa• tion, a Meeting of the Heritors was held in the Ses sions•house here, when Sir ROBERT PRESTON, of Valley field, Bart. Itstrs Muumuu, Esi. Advocate, of Inzievar, and other representatives of the absent Heritors, met, and agreed in the most cordial man ner to employ the young men at 1 and the married men at lc 6d. per diem, and to continue to find them employment till such time as a revival of the trade took place, or the hands were otherwise employed— an example worthy of imitation.—Edinburgh Star. MEETING OF THE COUNTY OF RENFREW. RENFRiW. AUGUST SO, At a Meeting of the County, called by special ad r rati ement from the CONVEN ER, on the Requisition of Lord BLANTYRE and other Ileritors, for the par pose of taking into consideration the best and most effectual mode of relieving, by creasing employment or otherwise, the distress at present experienced by a very considerable proportion of the Operative Manu facturers in the County, Mr. Munn, of Caldwell, Vice-Lieutenant, in the Chair—The Meeting having taken into consideration the state of the Operative Manufacturers of the County, and the difficulty of managing a General County Subscription, in such a manner as properly to meet the present emergency, recommend that Parochial Subscriptions be imme diately resorted to, under the direction of the Ileritors of Parishes, for the relief of those . who are out of work ; and at the same time, in consideration of the peculiar exige.icies of those Parishes which contain the largest proportion of Manufacturing population, the Meeting resolve to place a Subsidiary Fund, is be raised by volun:ary subscription, at the disposal of a Committee, consisting of SirJous MAXWELL, Bart. and nitre others.—The - Meeting unanimously recom mended it as more beneEcial to at:minister relief as far as posible, by providing employment in agricul tural labour, or the like, for such as are out of work, than by granting direct pecuniary aid ; and that one shllfl ig per day be adopted as the general rate of, wages to be given for such employment. WAKEFIELD, AUG UST 29. The Meeting of Reformers which is to take place here to-morrow (Monday), is looked forward to with considerable anxiety ; and many thousand persons, from the neighbouring towns, are expected to be present. It is already known that great numbers mean to attend from Manchester. The various bands of Reformers in the neighbouring townships intend to proceed to the Meeting in marching order, with bands of music, &c. LEEDS, AUGUST 29. Meetings of Delegates from the different townships within 16 miles of this place, are held almost daily, either on the subject of Reform, or to procure an eclualization and advance of wages. Many of the Masters are willing to accede to the terms of the Union Societies, %tith some modification ; but most of the opulent ones rem • tin inflexible. lam happy, however, to state, that there is a gradual improve ment in the Woollen and Stuff Trade, and many fresh hands are setting on in some of the principal Factories ; though the Manufacturers complain, and with reason, of the scarcity of cash, and the paucity of their remittances from all parts abroad. If trade continttes to ist,prove, it will dd away with much of the discontent that at present exists. The workman and labourer, when enabled to procure a sufficiency of the necessaries, and a little of the comforts of life, for himself and family, will care little as to Reform in Parliament, or any thing else connected with the subject.—The two arrests stated to have taken place here last Monday, were not any way connected with political offences. HALIFAX, AUGUST 29. On Monday se'nnight most of the principal inha bitants received a printed Circular, requesting them, in the name of the Magistrates, to repair to the Ses sions House, for the purpose of being sworn in as Special Constables. In consequence of this intima tion a considerable number of the inhabitants attend ed, and were sworn in to preserve the peace. On the 'Wednesday preceding there was a Meeting cf the work-people of this nei7hbourhood on Skercoat Common. The persons assernt.led were addressed by a man who said he had been at Manchester and began to give an account of the affair. Whilst he was speaking, THOMAS HonToN, Esq. arrived on the spot, and the orator desisted. Mr. HORTON then spoke to the crowd, telling them they would not assist their own cause by such Meetings. Some one exclaimed they were starving, and must have a cheap Govern ment. The worthy Magistrate cautioned them against using any seditious language. They were civil, and appeared evidently disappointed. The Meeting broke up after about two hours, during which Mr. lion 'Tux remained 0:3 the ground. SIR FRANCIS PURDETT'§ LETTER TO LORD SIDMOUTH. • . , " Cormssetoor; Axiom 2R. " Lofttiz-Hearing your Lordship had applied to the Gentleman through whose hands my Address to the Electors of Westminster was transn.itted to the Newspapers, to give up the author, and had at the same time intimated that a refusal would subject him, as well as the Editors of the Papers, to a Minis terial prosecution ; I take the liberty, in order 10 save your Lordship further trouble, and also the Gentle men above-mentioned an unjust prosecution, to in form your Lordship, that I am the author of the A I dress in question ; and, moreover, to assure your Lordship, that although penned in a hurry, and tin der the influence of strongly excited feelings. I can discover nothing in it, on a re-perusal, unbecoming the character of an honest man and an Englishman. I remain your Lordship's most obedient and very humble servant, " PRAS. BURDLTT; " Lord Viscount Sidmouth." WESTMINSTER MEETING. The Electors of the City of Westminster who signed a Requisition to the High Bailiff, the object of which was to call a General Meeting on the sub ject of the late disturbances at Manchester, met at the Crown and Anchor Tavern lait .night, to consi der of the most propel• steps to be taken in conse quence of his refusal to comply with it. Mr. PROUT was called to the Chair, and stated the purpose for which they were assembled ; after which he read a written motion, the effect of which was to resol4e, that a Public Meeting be convened by resident Louse-1 holders. The proposition was unanimously agreed to ; but a discussion of some length took place with regard to the Jay which might be most conveniently or judiciously selected for holding the Meeting. It was contended, on the one hand, that no time ought to be lost in the bold expression of the sentiments with which they viewed those transactions that had taken place at Manchester, or in presenting an ex ample which, on such an occasion, it must be pre sumed the country would be eager to imitate. Un• der an impression, therefore, of the necessity of as early a declaration of their feelings and opinions on a matter interesting to the whole body of the people as could be obtained, it was strongly recommended that Wednesday should be the day appointed. To this it was objected, that the interval between that time and Wednesday would not afford the means of circulating sufficient notice; and it was suggested that Thursday was preferable. To this one Gentle man added, that he had good reason to believe the Marquis of TAVISTOCK, Mr. BEN NETT, and several other distinguished persons, had signified a wish to be present. As the Marquis, however, was now at Oakley, he could not receive intelligence by the post, of the day Sled upon, at a period earlier than would enable him to be in town on Thursday. The presence of such characters mast confer importance on their 'deliberations, and make the result of them more for midable to their enemies. Another Elector expressed -a wish that the Meeting should be deferred till Mon day, in order to give an opportunity to men of al; .parties to come forward. Mr. LAMB, the colleague of Sir F, BURDETT, would be at Lancaster, attend ing the Assizes, till Saturday, when it was his inten tion to proceed immediately to London. There was no ground for apprehending that the City of London would get the start of them, as the LORD MAYOR had refused to hold a Common Hall. The motion for further delay beyond Thursday was vigorously opposed, and on a shew of hands, the question for appointing that day was carried by a large majority. Mr. Hoanoust, who had entered the room during this conversation, and been received with load testi monies of applause, then addressed them. Although not an Elector of Westminster, nor connected with them in any other manner than by the insignificant share which he had taken in political affairs, he felt that he stood in no need of an excuse to his own con science. or to their minds, for stepping forward on this occasion. When he had last the honour of ad dressing them, he had given them an assurance, that whenever the cause of independence was at stake, they should not find him far behind in his exertions. They had kindly supported him from the flattering opinion that he might be of service in a wider sphere, but it would be his pride, as well as duty, to labour in the defence of freedom in every situation in which he might be placed. But although these considerations might furnish a sufficient apology for his intrusion, he was not sure that he should have come amongst them, had he not received an intimation from several respectable quarters, dust his presence would not be unacceptable—(Great applause). • He congratulated them sincerely on the unanimity of sentiment which had been hitherto evinced with regard to the mo mentous subject that would shortly engage their con sideration. There seemed, indeed, to be bat one feel ing, as to the atrocious outrage which had been com mitted on their fellow subjects at Manchester ; there seemed to be but one opinion as to the conduct of what was called our Government, but which did not govern, but misrule us, and which this last atrocity had covered with universal contumely and disgrace. The blood, indeed, which had been shed—the blood of their innocent countrymen, would not sink into the ground ; it would rise in vengeance on the heads of the immediate perpetrators of the crime.-- When he spoke of vengeance, he meant not the law• less vengeance exercised by their oppressors, not the vengeance of the sword, but of those laws to which an appeal would certainly be made—(Applause). It would 'appear as if those who possessed the iron that was dug out of the bowels of the earth, thought they could also command, for any purpose, the brave arms by which it had been wielded. The effort they had now made, unhallowed as it was, was, however, a timely one ; it was made befote the people were quite ready for military domination. Their enemies were prepared to affix, before they were equally prepared to- receive, the last seal of despotisnl—(Applause). All disguise was now removed, and the whole coun try must see its dangers in their true light. It must be disposed, he should conceive, to rise as one man, and deprive of their abused power, those Ministers of the Crown, who had at length forfeited sill claims to respect, and even that small portion of esteem which they had previously possessed in the minds of some honest though deluded persons—(Applause). He . trnsted no unnece:snry delay would take place in holding tits Meeting, is ample time had been already afordei to those desirous of attending,. And had now to comm mit iti to theut, the agterahle it„teiligence that Sir F.ancis Burdett had just lathed hi town. After his it:tial good old Lishoon. he had haiiened to obey the call tit his rbiiiiiiiients, and to maintain the rights of his fellosii-CoUntrymen: He hoped Other Gentlernen of rank and property, would not i. for the sake of shooting partrid ges, tamely look oo the 'hoot ing of their fellow-subjects; but shalt they ti mid evince an equal readiness to testify their sense of this attack upon the rights, the Hies, and liberties of Eng. lislimen—(Appla tt ee).. . . . A Resolution of Thinks was the 'voted to Mr. Nonni:it:sr, who, in returning his acknowledgments, observed, that the great question ht Betel m, not in deed in its details, but in its substance, was most inti mately coo tested with the late enormities ;it ; Man chTiter, that it ought, therefore., to form d pi eminent feature in their e!eliberations, and wait **red by what had recently occurred, to be the only subject now woithy of public discussion. Mr. BRYANT informed the Meeting, that he had applied to Mr. Justice H, Iroyd and Mr. Baiba Gra ham for a writ of Habeas Corpus, to bring up the prisoners from Manchester. 'I he'lestdi of this appli cation would be known to-mo rrow: 'He had applied on Saturday 'at the house of the Chief Justi( e, but he was not in town. The Clerk, however, infiirmed him, that he had a commission to receive applica tions, but disappeared before one could be put into a written form. It appeared to him desirable that the Meeting should sehd somebody down to assist Mr. Pearson, aid to move the Judges that the trial should take place in some other county than Lan caster. He concluded by mentioning a variety of circumstances which have been already made known to the Public, relative to the hardships and rigorous confinement sustained by the prisoners. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the Mecing was dissrtived.—The following is a copy of the Resolution as finally agreed to:— " To Alertly& Mounts, Eq. HUI Bailiff of the City and 1. serty of Westaninsvy. We, the undersigned Electors of Westminster, request you to call an early Meeting of the Electersof this City and Liberty, to take into consideration the propriety of addressing the Prince Regent and the Nation, on the conduct of the Magistrates and Yeomanly towards the People, at their late Public Meeting, at Manchester, held fur the purpose • of eoniddeiiag the propriety of adopting the most legal and effectual means of obtaining a Refui in in the CAltuonb House of Parliament.' " Sig ied by nearly SOO Elector. " The High Bailiff having r. fused to comply with the above Itxqniiition, the Hectors who signed the Reqnisitiou hereby give notice, that a Public Mee.ini; of the Inhabitants of West minster will be held, for the purpuse above stated, on 'Thursday next, the 24 of September, at Twelve o'clock at noon, in New Palace-yard, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Ban. in the Chair. " The Chair will be taken at o.te o'Clxk prvdstly." NOTTINGHAM FRAMEWORK-KNITTERS., The following Answer to the Add r e ss o f t h e Frame work-knitters has been received trom his Grace the Duke of NtwcAETLE, Lord Lieutenant of the County " to umus lIILLICR, SANDS, AND SKINTNALL, CObII4IITEE-110011, . _ _ NALL, COALTIi•LANE, N 071 ING11•11. " Clumber, Augt.st '25, 1819. " Mesas. MiLter., SANDs, AND B4ENTNALL-1 have received your Letter and Address. For the present, I will only assure . you, that your case shall be attentively examined by mt, and that. it 44.11 occupy my most serioas cousideration. You have beers so good as to, look upon nw as a friend. Believe ma, la= and Nnl be your real friend; and if in this character I caa have anfinffirence With you, let me exhort you to be patient under misfortunes•-to be' eaceable, Orderly, and obedient to the laws: Let me beg of you to bear up manfully, and make the best of even what you may consiter an indifferent lot. The evil must. be merely temporary. Let us look forwatd to better times; and pray remember this, that nothing will fore spec i'v contri bute to restore prosperity than contaln • amongst en 11 miss, ailing from a consciousness of perfect security. " llclieve me to be y tur we l-wisher a .d true friend. (S Lard) " Nli WI: AS/IRS ALFRETON STOCKING-WEAVERS. At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Alfreton,in the County of Derby, held in the Vestry of the Parish Church, on Wednesday, August 25, 1819, to take into consideration the present st tte of that part of the Population of the Parish en, , aed in the StocVng Trade, the Rev. Jou NI WOOO, in the Chair, it was, inter alia, resolved: " I. hat from the information submitted to the Met en g, it appears that the greater proportion of the Framework-knitti.rs resident in this parish are at present out of employment. " 2. That this Meeting learns with great concern, that the prices which have been fur some time past paid lot labour in this . branch of business are, in many casts, to provide tLe means of niaiutenancc for the families who depei:d upon it for their support. " 3. That from a conshlerstion of the causes which regulate the price of human I ibour, this Meeting would ha. a adopted tlic• conclusion, that the distress incident to the branch of Trade now under inquiry arises frcm the number of hands cog ged in it being greater than the demands of the Trade require; but it his been reported to this Meting, on the authority of very respect able individuals, competent to affard information on the subject, that a part of the distress alluded to is occasioned by the want of unanimity amorgst the Hosiers generally, in agreeing upon a fair remuneration to be paid by them for the labour of the Frame work-knitter. " 4. That so far as the present question involves a disagree ment between tbr Alaxte.- and the Workman (it any such east), this Meeting fields it to be improper to offer any interferenoe— forth:rt. than that the individuals now assemb.ed do earnestly en , treat the kloiders : resident In dierrent parts of the Country to take immediqtr e tneasures for ascertaining the sentiments of each otbvr on thiebtiportatit subject, and to adopt such tetre:dies, if in their pOWST,, as the general interests of the Trade and the , cases of the itifreiing parties will admit. " 5. That, acting on the principle of the foregoing Resold thins, this Meting euttsiders is to be unwise to encourage a po pulation to continu.e its labour in a branch of industry already overstocked with hands; for, notwithstanding that causes may exist to counteract and retard the ordinary etficteptoduced by an adaptation of the supply to the demand, the: e, in the opinion of this Meeting, never could operate to the extent now corn ' plained of, if the supply of labour in the case of the Framework knitters were not vrry greatly in excess. "6. That t h is Meeting, therefore, strongly recommends that labour should be foand ler such Framework-knitters as belong to this Parish, and are hi distress; in employments of Husban dry, or any other mode out of the line of th:ir occupation, pay ing th e rm a fair remuneration for their work, rather than that they should confirms to pour an increased produce MI an over stocked market, andlhat the Parish should be obliged, as here. tofore, to make gucd the deficiency which may arise between the price paid for their labour, and the amount required to their subsistence. " 7. That the Inhabitants of the Parish of Alfroton be there. fore most particularty desired, each trecotilie.:, to his means, to set apart such work as the applicants ore capable cf executing.' The patty which attended the last Hunslet Moor • Meeting from llorsforth, return , - t by Li.: way of Woodhouse Xkor, where they p uaded about for some tia , e. They surruuntiej toe house of a person • who is one of the Yor.,shite ilu,ars, who was very much alarmed by their thre.4t, but they did not not commit any acts of outrage. After keeping the inhabitants of Woodhouse is a state of alarm tcr sonu• time, they departed thrrugh 1 ,I t 111 ' 1. tr rr 11 •• t . 11 i , 1 • 1 t r. . , 1" i • • 1 ot.' ' 141 t if 1 1