Star. — London, England, 1819-11-30 00:00:00

1 I• 1 I i e 6 ' . .1f 10 , I. • of Government will be evident, and that those objects, by the public yoke, will be for ever defeated: If the Country abstains from this course, and if the Home, wAcitit any evidence to warrant these innovations, shall consent to follow the Noble Lord in his despe rate and adventurous course, all I can say - is, that I shall witness it with the deepest and most sincere re gret. I shall then have lived long enough, and I can n; longer be of service to my Country !—(Hear, hear). I observe, a smile playing upon the countenance of a Gentleman opposite. It that Gentleman supposes , that I shall ever retire from the service of ,my country, let him be assured, that it is contrary to every principle of my life r He did not mean to re tire from Parliament—he would still attend, and, by his vote, oppose the progress of laws destructive of the Nation's rights; but he should not feel bound, after the People had shewn such apathy, to sacrifice for it, as he had hitherto done, his time and his health ! —Wear, hear, hear). He h oped that all Members would give the subject their most deliberate attention. The New Laws"were not such as the public exigency required ; the extent, or even the existence, of disaf fection, were not proved ; and, until they were, it was the duty of evert honest man to pause. At least, attention ought to be paid to this point—whether some course of conciliation alight not be adopted— whether steps ought not to be taken to satisfy the People, and to prove, that while the House was wil ling to repress sedition, it had a fixed determination to. listen to their grievances, and, as far as possible, to apply a remedy ?---(Cries of Hear, hear). Lord CASTLEREAGH explained. It had been stated by the Hon. Gentleman, that he had affirmed that no diitress existed in the country, except as re garded the commerce with America; he had merely said that the distress of the country was not of that description that could be alleviated or redressed by Parliamentary interference. Lord FOLKSTONE said, that he hoped Parlia ment would not separate until it had restored tran quillity, by rescuing the Constitution, the main pillars of which were now on the point of being subverted by audacious hands—(Hear, hear). It was ridicu lous to talk of Meetings sanctioned by Magistrates, when it was so much the fashion for the Constituted Authorities to decline presiding at the Assemblies of the People. It became the House particularly to enark the tone and manner adopted by the Noble Lord in proposing and explaining his new measures. lie held it forth, forsooth, as a matter of kindness— nay, of corkession—that those who shall have no right, by the new Act, to attend a Public Meeting, and who, being desired to withdraw, obey the mass. date - within a quarter of an hour, are not to bef of felony !—(Hear, hear). This was the Noble kindness, that, indeed, such persons were not to be considered as felons, if they fled at the first intima tion! Again : the Noble Lord would not, indeed, establish a Censorship over the Press of England ! Oh, no ! nothing in the world was mere remote from his wislies ! . But then, he made no difficulty whatever in taking away from Publishers, in many instances, the Trial by Jury— (Lord Cheers).-- Not only the tone, but the spirit in which the Noble Lord laid down his new plans, Was calculated to awaken the most anxious jealousy of the House. One of the Noble Lord's measures was to be local and temporary; the others were to be permanent—(Hear, tear).—And because some of these measures were said to be called for inconsequence of the disaffection and disturbance existing, or said to be existing, in a few districts, therefore, the whole, except one, were to. be unbounded in their their endurance !—(ateers)..—An Honourable- and Learned Friend of his stated, a few nights ago, that for upwards of two years and a half, publications were circulating in great numbers, urging the propriety of assassination, and preaching the boldest treason. He begged leave to ask, why were not the laws put in execution against those abominable tracts ? He would not impute negligence or indiscretion to the Law Offi cers of the Crown, but he felt in his conscience that these gross and manifest outrages upon the Liberty of the Press were permitted to go on, in order to bring the legitimate use of a free Press into contempt.-- -It was obvious to the most cenfined capacity, that the laws were not executed, in order that a pretence might be obtained for cutting up the free Press of the country by the roots. - The Solicitor General laid it down the other night, that such Meetings as those held at Manchester might be suppressed by the laws already in existence. Why then was not a termina tion put to these assemblies by the old laws, without having recourse to new statutes ?—(Hear, hear!) But the truth was, there was no real wish entertained to put a stop to the large Meetings, until there was a sufficient number of them to answer certain purposes. There was internal evidence of this assertidn in the letter of one of the Lancashire Magistrates, upon the table, and also of a premeditated design not to arrest Mr. Hunt, until he should be seen in the midst of the people—(Hear, hear !) The thing was manifest : there was no desire to use the laws where they might have been used with effect, according to the Solicitor General's account. No—the storm . was suffered to gather, until it should become formidable enough to induce the House to enact new trammels for the People, and to destroy their liberty—(Cheers). The SPEAKER then read the Question. • Mr. BROUGHAM, after the lapse of a few mo ments, rose and said, that he was not disposed to take the sense of the House upon the Noble Lord's mea sures at this stage; not because he entertained the least doubt that these were measures which it behoved the House, and the Country, strenuously and unanimously to resist. He concurred entirely with the protest just given by his Noble Friend behind him (Lord Fulkatone) against the whole system pursued by the other side of the House, and he fully agreed in reprobating the spirit, and the total want of information, in which the House as called upoa to accede to these measures. But he did not think it right to take the sense of the House upon them now, because they were connected with so many matters of detail, that distinctions sufficiently clear, and opinions sufficiently guarded, could not be entertained In the present stage of the business. Ile was •ot prepared to say, at this moment, what might be all, or even a few of the consequences of this mo mentous measure—for instance, of putting down Public Meet ings. lie did not see what was meant by these new regu lations and restrictions, under which the Pee* were to meet.— It seemed that they were to be confined to their own separate parishes, that the pariahs*. were to be limited to a certain num ber of inhabitants, that in consequence some parishes might be too large, and therefore that in future no parish could safely meet for public purposes, unless they previously consulted the abstract hat of their popu lation—(Hear, bear). Further it ap peared that every parish consisting of nineteen or twenty then shed inhabitants was to be cut down and subdivided e for the pur pose of legalizing their Meetings. Ile would like to know who. thee dtie-law war to extend to all kinds of Public Meetings, to Meetings for charitable purposes, and those for. difusing . the ' efed Scriptures? He was curious to know whether the Noble Lord would permit a counter Gentleman to go byroad 11110 precincts of hie own parish, to give ME mite al thorny .0 the poor of the next Parish?—(Bear, bear, bear).--ika 130- nourable Friend of his, not belonging to Kendal, attended i Charitable Meeting there the year before list, and took an av tive part in promoting its objects. It would be seen, mbar, dangerous for him to be so piously disposed, according' to the new laws which were proposed. It would alio be soon it ques tion whether, for charitable purposes, stranger. could meet stranger in the City of London !—whether the Right lionestu i able the President of the Board of Controul, whose obsess% particularly as it was on account' of indisposition, he latimeiod,' could pursue his old habits at Liverpool, where he attended sad spoke at Meetings above ground and under ground, while can. vassing for suffrages? (Hear, hear ! and laughter.)— Were Eno. lishmen now , for the firie time to be prevented, under the se verest penalty, from going. bey ond their homes to solicit rotes at elections?—(Hear; hear!)-It was curious to munterate aR the difficulties in detail which this new /11l involved. Sap pose a ease where two parishes being conterminous, ors el them has one more than its legal number, the other he lqpi number only. -.What was this unfortunate solitary sneer Ow do? Was he to stand exactly balanced on the line of separation, and to address either Meeting, one half of his frank heirs illegal, because not in its proper parish, and the other haw ful, because there is a proper number—(Hear ! and laughter).-- Under thine circumstances, seeing that so many minus Paola were to be considered, he implored his irked* to Muter im pressing their general sense of the measures now. No Geode. man wee mere even* to these measures than himself; but it was Wore allvhdlie, per to suffer the Noble Lord to brim br bis . Ilk aid then, slim ell these di/amities were renammil all these man.* powers restriqgd to the bare sommiky 'rib* ease, to some diem in tees--(Hear, hear). As to tilestraesures - Offeedng the Ellarty of the Press, be would tierhape ;admit that Mate change be mastery. At the same tint% It Was bet tin boot cf hie to these new measures, that while they molmpoi noir powets—that While thee tended stroliZie to ptidooger sai lle Warty—they did not go to proven any one of the . einflphloa of, or to a ff ord one of the reme dies called for. • MOM Mackes remedies might 1* fa. .sorted to, IMO he was net Peered' to eirphin. • But he wadi pledge himself to the Home to present, epee a film= 911 00 / 0 11r, pity, his view of such remedies as he deemed effectual fee gm!, useful and constitutional purpose (Hear, hear). • •Lird RANCLIFFE said, he was not much in the bilker speaking his sentiments publicly. He generally proved damn' by his manner of voting. But on this occasion, be could not avoid stating, in his place, his decided opinion, that the new measures were as unjustißabk as they were unconstitutimiaL Mr. G. LA MB thought, that amidst all the innovations with which the liberty of the People was menaced, be could meths =rdstnader hope, one scintilla of consolation, which might be to them if Ministers had really Am least disposidoa towards conciliadOo. He perceived that the right of Smarm ' was to be taken away for misdemeanours, bait that the .Crown still reserved the choice of reesning to 'sip& Informations.,— Now be requested to be informed b ~TT the Hen. and Loomed Gentleman opposite, if the right of betaken sway, whether there is any intention . % do away ilaillckistforeselfeste —that formidable engine, which may be sateen deci over the head of an Englishman during his life ?—(Hear, hear!) No answer was given to the Honourable Gentlessesa—The SPEAKER proceeded to put the Question, and Strangers wire ordered to withdraw. It was understood, however, that the call for a division was not pressed. Leave was then given fibrin in the Bill for mote tdrectuony preventing Seditious Meetiap and Assemblies, which was brought in, read the first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next.—Adjourned at Niue O'Ckeit. THE EVENING STAR. - LONDON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER SO, ISIS' THE FUND& PRI= Olt STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONZ O'CLOCK I 3 per Cent. Reduced 67{ 3 per Cent. Consols 67U Si per Cent. 7.5 i 4 per Cent. 841 45 per Cent. Navy Jai Bank Long Annuities 17f India Bonds 6s. 7s. pre. Exchequer Bills (2d.) 2s. Ss. dis. Consols for Acct. 68f. • 1 The proceedings in both Houses of Parliament last night call fir the most serious consideration of every Friend to the Constitution. Should the Restrictive Bills proposed last night pass in the forms in which they have been presented, let us hear no more any cries about the danger of a Revolution, for, to all in. tents and purposes, we shall then no longer possess the FREE CONSTITUTION which we now bout. We shall then, however dreadful the words may sound, have undergone a Revolution ! Nothing is easier than to insult the common sense of mankind by high-sounding terms of respect for our venerable Institutions, at the very time , that the most decisive measures for their subversion are car rying on. This procedure reminds us of the man who overheird two thieves planning the robbery of another person on the high-way, on whom they ex pected to find considerable booty, and who reasoned, most sagaciously, that as the person seas to he robbed at any rate, he might as well secure the booty as an.. other, and therefore himself robbed the intended vic tim. We would, if we could, hope that these Bills will be considerably modified by the good sense of Parliament before they are suffered to pass. The first Bill professes to suppress Seditious or Tu multuary Meetings. It proposes, that Public Meet ings, called at the Requisition of Seven Inhabitant Householders, shall be restricted both locally and numerically—to-single Parishes and Townships, and where the number of Inhabitants in either shall ex mad 10,000, then the Magistrates shall divide the Districts, and the Inhabitants of each Division so made, shall alone have the right of meeting within it. Any individual attending a Public Meeting, in violation of the boundary so prescribed, shall be liable to the punishment of transportation, if he con dnue to assist at the Meeting one quarter of an hour r after Public Proclamation hash been made. To pre -vent simultaneous Meetings, the Requisitionists shall give six days previous notice to the Magistrates, of their intention, their object, and the day chosen by them, and the Magistrate may, at his discretion, alter the day within the limit of four iuccessive days. The carrying of arms or flags is to be declared , and punishable, and the offender in each case way be taken into custody on the spot- The next Bill proTesses for its object the suPPrif sion of seditious and blasphemous publication; in a cheap form. It propose;. that' all publisattiMw re, liming, to matters of Church and State--a very vague demription, by the bye—and not exceeding a certain number - of sheets, stall be subjected to a stamp duty like the Newspapers; that each regist ered publisher shall be obliged previously to give security to such an amount as shall secure the payment of such fine as he may incur by conviction of a libel ; that all hawkers and venders shall be liable . to 'a fine by a Magistrate, upon conviction of haiing hawked or sold an unstamped or suppressed publication; and lastly, that a twice-convicted libeller shall be liable to transportation. This' Bill, if passed in its pre- 1 sent : form will completely annihilate the Liberty r orthe Press. It is obviouslyintended s to annihilate, by intimidations and penal bowls, that part of the printinp • and bookselling business which embraces religious and political discussions; and to reduce the Press to the same abject and useless. state in which it is found irtlpainv—And on what evidence is Eng-, land to be thus degraded? On the statements of Manchester Magistrates—the affidavits of A B, B q, CD, and the zest of the Johit'Doe and Richard Roe alphabet, and on the assertions of Ministers, who have hastily (perhaps deliberately) mitred themselves up, with these Magistrates.' The third Bill _provides that the persons charged with the commission of a misdemeanour shall not . have the right of traversing at discretion, but shall be obliged to thew good cause to the Court ;—and, with 4 iiew to the speedier administration of justice, there shall'he three Assizes in the year. The fourth Bill requires that certain portions of the Bill (4 . 11112 shall be revived, for the purpose af ern powering Magistrates to take arms from suspected persons; within certain limitaiions of time and place; and the fifth Bill provides for the suppression of all drilling and braining in military exercises. Of these, the two first were brought into the House of Com mons, by Lord CASTLZRIAGIT ; the three last into the House of Peers, by Lord SIDMOUTH. The Seditious Meetings Bill was read a first time last night, in the House of Commons, and that relating to a Stamp Duty en Publications will go through its first stage, after a Committee of Supply,on Wednes day. Two Bills have been read in the House of • Poets, the other stands over. Great alarm was naturally expressed at these mea sures in both Houses. They are indeed of a strange and 'portentous character. It •is rather a singular circumstance that the two Bills relating to Meetings and Publications, are borrowed from the modern Legislation of France, indeed, we believe, that which ; takes away * the right OF traversing also. ,We should, think the English People will thick it singular, th at the English Government should attempt this political assimilation between the two Countries.. Perhaps it is parr of the system adopted for perpetuating the peace of Europe. Our knowledge of the details of these measures is as yet too imperfect to enter further into their cha racter and probable effects. We shall only say, that they are sufficient to re-animate the public pulse if it were absolutely dead. Be it always remembered,' that they are not temporary, but perpetual—at that they are so intended. • ' • • The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this forenoon: •The change in the French Ministry, and particularly the removal of Marshal Goovwx Sr. Cis from the War Department, is said to have excited a.disagree. able sensation in the army. The numerous changes in the General Staff of the' French Army, which Were effected with great pat>: severance by the Marshal, gave rise to many COW' plaints from some well known Royaliseibelooging to the party of the Ultras, for which reason his dismissal gives them great sitisfartion. On the other hand, the Marshal had a great party 'among the militarrfor miserly belonging to the old army, and among the great number of Officers on half-pay, whom. be in preference called out from time to time into active service. His successor is also a General who till the last in the old army, and eves lost a leg in the Battle of Leipsic. It is asserted that he is a stranger to the extremes of Party, and a friend to a pure Con stitutional Government. Is the North of Prance, however, they expect ?" - evikii,endeavours on the side of the laboodsto petitions signed, ttc. as they employed at the tin d ig proposal of Count BARTHILIIMM diiicham her of Peers, and for which ►nstractions were rep lady sent from Paris. The Duke of 'Bloom:tau arrived at Brussels, on the 15d of November, and took up his abode at the. 'Duke of Annualises. It is alleged that proposals have been made to the Duke to accept again a high office in France, but that the numerous obstacles which be met with during his Administration de.: tarred him from acceding to the proposal. o The fever is now rapidly disappearing from Spain,' On the Bth of November the buinberef sick at Cadia had diminished to 1705, and there were only 20 Oaths. On the 4th, at the Isle de Leah, there were ;only two deaths out of 117 sick, and not a sin patient in the Military Hospital. The diminution at Porte Sainte Marie, and other' places, was nearly Is the tame proportion. Trench S per Cents, Friday, 68 fr. 75 c. .• THE ARMY. Saturday se'ensgh. Rrevet-Maior t itastypiir ' Company of Royal A rt ill ery, late y ga t i ogted merick, embarked at C ove on board th e m on transport, of 250 toas, and salted for Barbacioes. Orders have been given for the iromedint ton of the Ordnance Depot at Tullamore ; the ea ammemitioet, &c. have b een removed to Athlooe. Tuesday, sixteen carts loaded with arms mod tart' stores, were. sent from Edinburgh Castle toi gow, crosier escort of a party Of the 13th Begin NAVAL iNTELLIGENCS. ----- Monday se'nnight, the Titian, Camas, arrieed oa gs days from Miramichi. On 30th October, in hL 4.5. la loop 66. 6. W. fell in with the wrec k of the Jess et - Baowx master. FeuM Qnebtc to Shoreham, which had big aet in a squall on the auth, and,filkd with water ; th e {,„ maiming in their perilous situation, without any subsist - pidted up by Captain Carona, who km landed thus all at berdeen. Days., . Novenae& 4A—Wind li. W.—Artived the Caerifigtors, Mooar., from Calc utta , w i th loss of sash, sable; Lady Borringdon, Lima, from B om b ay itsemaans, from Miramichi • his Maje sty ' s ship yires,„ - has sailed. St. Helena ; and the tea' a, Gam, from Bahia4 l ;-, Massata, Normans 29.—The Itfilding, Kamm, i,, Quebec, for Lon ion, bas l os t an anchor sad cable. Dastatootar, Nannum 28 . —Arrived the sloop Joh Mary, d laid DALT wuks from Bonrdeam, for Dublin, with loss 04 boat, an. Fatamemr, Novanea 27.—Wind N. W,.-.paled the Do, Keount .ans pocket,Ms Jama fig Lisbon, with a Mail; and the C at h ar i ne C h H, ica. Poserissouin, Norman B.—Arrived the Tyne, In t , dt • lady Nugent, tram Madras; Susannah, from p m bargh ; 11.6nosny. front Cephalonia: his Majesty's shi p F, am, front the Brazils; and the Wellington, Aram, 1,, ~satavia Dantsic....Pnt hi, the'follpering outward-bound ddi a; y blistuntalnear, Ikdln, AquMar, Lady Holhnd, James la Reward, Canape, Do rothy Fencer, sad bar Godfrey Wm, 1 foe Jamaica; Warm and Anne, for Mont serrat ; Jams h lop, for Sc. Kites; Orion, for Messina; Julia, far Gibe* and Caledonia, for Ormada.,--Put back, the Kitson/ley e a 1 and Thomas and Mary, transports, for Brigol.-.fi a g t 4 i Aurora transport, for Deptford.—A brig from Dantsic, , thgalteg, hon shore at the back of the island. The Su Gag Webster Ms bean on shore between Dover and Duageorss o lost an anebbi and eabk.—Wind S.W. 81. , ma, Nov. 99.—The Ocean, Ant; of Banff, bun I air= for London, is wrecked near this plate and gone top" The whole of the cargo, except from twenty to aim ratio and from 'thirty to . forty bales of cotton, is lost. Tanen! one per on board, who was saved, but he has lot a thing he had on board. Two of the crew maim:matey yaii Rider morning, thsf-Cotten Mal, No. 3, . ..* to Mr: Owes, atNew Lanark, took fire,. and, • withstanding every exertion made to save it, vas a short -period totally consumed. Ma. Rtsmomt 01 Krivt.oon.--We understand, in consequence of a charge of sedition having preferred against GROW! lINLOCII, Esq. of •• • one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for • County of Perth, and .a precognition having . place before the Sheriff of Forfarshire, Mr. Ki , bearing of the circumstance, attended at Dundee Monday se'nnight, and gave bail for his future pearance to answer the charge. This Gentlemn, will tie remembered, presided at the Meeting of .dical lefortners lately held.at Dundee. DRURY-LAWS TM ZATRZ.--The Tragedy of the Third was performed last night at the express , sire of the Duke and Duchess of Star. Their R.. Highnesses, on entering the House, were received' ▪ numerous audience with every ciensonstrations loyalty and affection. Komi exerted himself his usual effect, and the Royal Party seemed Ng.' delighted with the Performance.- • lestsirr-G•sanzse.--Last night, Mr. MACS undertook, for the first time, the arduous characar Corielawas and sustained it throughout with . • force and feeling. At the end of the Play, he loudly called for to announce the further • .;, of the Piece, and, on coming forward, was rec.' with the most. tamultuous approbation. ADILPRI TialtAlallar—Last night, a new Farm called More Ways teas Chic, was produced at di 'Theatre. It contains the materials of a good Piece; but there are evident marks of precipitation in a composition. We are informed that the Author ks young Officer in the Royal Cavalry Staff Corps. success his Barletta obtaiitd, ought to serve as s .stimulus too more Important attempt. The Hoes was remarkably well attended. Bereno Room, Nom 9:ll.—Odds en the Derby :-13i apt. Mr. Pierce's e. by Warp-14 to 1 apt. Brother to Sr cher—la to 1 apt. Headser to firsßor-18 to I apt. Pindsri -111 to I Apt. &other to Comas—iii to a apt. Brother to di* her--aa to 1 apt. the colt out of Tooe-15 to . I apt. wenn 'irt thermion in the Oaks. The held is backed at 10 to I apt Bride. Doss -A meeting took place yesterday, on Warenrad aorstop,.beewees Captain F v and Mr. s—v, whenthe lust was dangerously wounded in she left side, on these:sod dm Boss.—A severs battle wan freight on aramlay meeit Whitecondult-Fields, between two young ms sof respozialk coonexions, named Chagenuen and Broderick, when the latter w ceived a blow on the 'ear, which killed him. Ctj• T. Boa respectfully offers his best apologies and his most deicer, expressions of regret to those ends Ricoh whose late apelestions foe Tickets and Shares at his Mite ro maioned them to be diaapPointed. Ho wis aware that the popularity of the present Lottery would canoe an extensive nand, and in some measure to meet thi s , b e ' o rdered back antic Tickets and Mures front his Rents in the Counuy long beim do mod time of rearming them; but they were iossfiriest i amotabe awirisrom applications He is, however, lappy mots. E:0 it la his power, in some meaning, to compensate diestintments, by informing them, that however save Arrangements of the First Day's Drswing, tar lint MIT possesses sontaay points of Advantage. Two Dim of:~00 are Are to be-drawn on the Neat Day, ors VfiCElll/IgR, Mak*. ‘40,b00 . in the First Five Minus; sad ills Prises 11 4 4 20,000 art still indrawn, besides other Capitals, skid neat' a k dram opt that Day. The 4,000 Tieketeeew Gm Sale, men tf deddintleaDsceaker, sod tick fele /many deckled en dot pg. Tickets and mares, warranted nsdraint, are What hf T. BISH, aso,k-Brairer, No. 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Crow. Locale • And by his Agents, in the Country. •,,* BUM has aheady sold Five Capkah L the present t* tery. His Agent at I.iverposil sold part of one of the /1 10 , 1 Xb., Prizes drawn the First Day; and his Agent at MlAs* I " pan of the other Prize of 390,000 the lane Day. Yesterday evening a respite dariog pleasure, W 2l ..received by the Keeper of Neivgate, for Woe. Pde• sox and John ,detheav, convicted of a highway rob' bevy, and who,:were to have suffered the sentense of the law this morning. A Anther respite has also bon - ' Per. but rs. mama a per :;eats, x may, to tr. 75 c. ' b een rece i ve d f or jfira ges // R i s h er , ess w ecsi .tbe pe a l . A Dutch Nail has brought us this fotenoon'Pepers Thin sess itm whe was to have suffered as Friday last, bi II to the St7th inst. 'The States General fo r th e ---- s — aa th e preceding dad for no neck . _,____ first time 4 0.4, ession, on the ItSd. Tbdr per . 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