Star. — London, England, 1819-08-09 00:00:00

II W II V {~~~ • 1 4:.11 1 -; II . • THE EVENING STAR. • . 'I., LONDON. MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1819. THE FUNDS. PRIVZ OF STOOKS THIS DAY AT OVI CaLOCIt t 3 per Cent. Reduced m it 3 per Cent. -Consols 7140 1 85 per Cent. 811-4. per Cent. 90 , 1 ff 6 per Cent. Navy 1041 f Imperial 3 per Cent. Anns. 71 India Bonds 12 pre. exchequer Bills (2d.) 2 pre. par 2 pre. Commercial 20 discount "Omnium 411 pre. Consols for Acct. 71M. We did not mean to return again so scion to the case of the defrauded workmen—the willing la bowers from whom a due remuneration is withheld by unjust employers, under a pretext that the price of labour will find its level,—though themselves are doing every thing in their power to prevent it. Now we are going to concede to these cruel unfeeling men their whole demand :—the price of labour musr axd will find its just level, in spite of all their efforts to prevent it. Action and reaction are always equal and contrary. This is a universal law both in Physics and Morals. You may dam up water, and as its height increases raise that of the dam ; but there ate limits beyond which you cannot go : the head of water will, by its weight, at last break down the impedimi nt to its natural flow, and in such a case the torrent sel dom fails to sweep away before it all the artificial means employed to prevent its attaining its proper level. Ye blinded men, who have laboured upon system to depress the price of labour below its proper level, ye have reached this crisis—your artificial mounds have begun to give way; and if you do not speedily lend your aid to lower the head of water you will be swept away with the torrent that is ready to burst forth. It was not, as we have said, our intention to enter on this question today. but we have just received a letter of a most consoling nature from Glasgow, the contents of which w ill be hailed with rapture by every one who has viewed this question with proper feelings. Our Readers have already been informed of the judicious conduct of the Magistrates and Land holders in that large city, and the surrounding dis trict, and the no less proper conduct of the working classes. The LORD PROVOST, as was stated in our columns, expressed great sympathy for their suffer ings, and assured them every exertion would be used for their relief. These were not idle promises—the state of the sufferers was instantly considered, and a plan agreed to which will eventually compel the Masters either to give the people they employ a remu neration sufficient for their maintenance, or to carry on business, were this possible, without their services. —ln a word, till the men have finished the work now in their looms the parishes will make up to them the difference betty een the pi ice they have contracted to receive and the sum necessary for maintenance; but when the present work is fin7s l .led they ate to take no more from those masters who will not gi e wages sufficient to maintain them :—and in the mean time public work has been contrived to occupy those who are out of employment, or who may be thrown icre, for a time, by this wholesome arrangement ; so that the Public will receive, in permanent benefit, a re turn for the present expen 'kure. " TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE STAR. " Glaspw, August 6. 64 Go on, Sir, with the judicious and humane la bour in which you have for some time been so exem plarily assiduous, and you will, ere long, r:ceive an enviable reward, an abundant harvest—the thanks of every honest Manufacturer, and the blessings of thou sands of famishing individuals. I am, myself, Sir, a Manufacturer, and have long been most unhappy— compelled, by the prevalence of a most impolitic and iniquitous system, to keep kek the hire oldie labourer, while, on my pillow, I have rnethought heard their cry ascending to t. 7 .c ears y' JEHOVAH SABAOTH:— Nor is my case singular. I can assure you that many Manufacturers have the same feeling, and have often lamented the alternative to which they were reduced of either beating down the wages of their workmen to the price paid by their unfeeling neigh bours, or at once resolving to give up business, or sub mit to be ruined with my eyes open. I had actually resolved to wind up my concern ; but now, by your labours and that of the other Public Journalists, who I hope will not be backward in furthering this indibi pensible revolution in the manufacturing system, I am not without hopes that our business will ere long be put upon that footing which will enable both the masters and the men to sleep soundly. You have already been informed with how much feeling and humanity our Chief Magistrate attended to the representations of the suffering workmen, and also of the orderly and quiet manner in which the latter conducted themselves. I have now to inform you of the result. By desire of his Lordship , a Meeting of the lieritors (Landholders) of the Barony Parish, in which are many thousand Weavers, was held, when, after much deliberation and consulting with our principal Manufactufers, it was resolved— ' That to each weaver who has wcrk in the loom and cannot make a living by it, the parish will make up (with what he earns) nine shillings a-week ; but no more work shall, in the mean-time, be taken out either by those who are entirely out of employment, or by others, at prices which will not yield the work men nine shillings weekly.' " Delegates have been appointed for the different districts, to collect and give in the names of the suf fering workmen, to Mr. Hzwnv GORDON, a most ac tive and benevolent Gentleman, Agent for many of the Landed Proprietors of the Barony Parish, and Trustee of the Highways, who furnishes the unem ployed with spades and mattocks, and pays them not less than 9s. weekly. The plan has given universal satisfaction to all ranks, and it is not doubted will be followed immediately, not only by all the parishes in this neighbourhood, but in every other manufactu ring district in the Kingdom. Nothing else is wanted to remove a large portion of the present sufferings, and to bring, as you have been contendingfor, the price of labour to its proper We have received another interesting communica tion on this subject, which want of room compels us to defer till to-morrow. In the mean time we would press upon other manufacturing towns the example that has been given by Hinckley and by the large City of Glasgow ; and we entreat our fellow-labourers not to relax in this good work, but, if possible, to in crease in their zealous labours for the welfare of their fellow-creatures, and of their country generally. THE. DISTURBED DISTRICTS. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 5. The declaration of the Magistrates, as to the ille gality of the intended Meeting of the 9th, has had the desired effect. The Requisitionists dare not pc, severe in their intentions of holding it, and the following Address to those who signed the Requisition has been issued : TO THE REQUISITIONISTS WHO SIGNED TIIE NOTICE FOR THE PUJILIC MEETING ON MONDAY NEXT. " Fiz,now Cisizits:4.—On my return from Liverpool, with the result of the important mission, and in the faithful discharge of my duty towards you, and the rest of my fellow-citizens, I deem it necessary thus publicly to inform you, that after taking Counsel's opinion, npon Ahe legality of your public notice, I am instructed by Mr. Ila?macre to say—' that the intention of choosing Representatives, contrary to the existing law, tends greatly to render the proposed Meeting Seditious ; under those circumstances, it would be deemed justifiable in the Magistrates to piteent. such Meeting.' " In recommending you to withdraw your notice, and to re linquish your intention of meeting your neighbours on the im portant subjects Intended to have been discussed on Monday next, I deem it necessaty to state to you, and to the public, that in the opinion of the most enlightened friends to liberty, re sident in Liverpool, your Requisition is perfectly legal and constitutional; they are, nevertheless, induced to recommend this pause in your proceedings, merely in consideration of the cruet threats of violence issued in a paper from the Bench of Magistrates, since the publication of your notice, and of the evident preparations now making to carry these threats into execution. lam acquainted with your necessities—l know the honesty of your intentions, and the lawful means you are desi rous of pursuing; but in a quesion of absolute right, you are not prepared to defend yourselves ; I therefore do not deem it ad. Tillable, under the present circumstances, to subject the persons of yourselves or your friends, to the illegal and unconstitutional Iviolence which your oppressors and their contemptible tools have prepared for the occasion. " The formidable preparations which your tyrants have made to meet you, their unarmed and suffering victims, is the highest compliment in their power to bestow upon you; it is more even than y m could hope to gain by the Meeting ; you, therefore, may relinquish the objectionable parts of your Requisition with out the regret, or even the shadow o' a defeat. " Colonel WILLIAMS, a County Magistrate, had the honest boldness on Monday last, at the Liverpool Quarter Sessions, to advocate your cause, and the cause of the Lancashire 'Reformers. before his brother Magistrates ; he confounded the whole Bench; not one man being disposed to reply to the constitutional argu ments of this faithful and sincere friend of his country. " I beg leave to conclude with reminding you, and all the friends of liberty and justice, that our cause grows, and gathers strength with the plunderings of our enemies; whilst their rapa city must not only destroy the means of their own existence, but must, ere long, turn them to the destruction of each other. " I am, very faithfully, your obedient servant, (Signed) " J. T. SAXON. " Manchester Observer Office, August 4, ISO." Another Requisition is now signing, but their tone is much lowered. It is addressed to the Borough reeve and Constables, and is as follows: 44 We whose names are hereunto subscribed request that you will conv..ne a Meeting at as early a day as possibl,:;to consider of the propriety of adopting the mo‘r legal and effectual means of obtaining a Reform in the Commons I Louie of Parliament." llevr has arrived at Manchester. 'MANCHESTER, SATURDAY EYENING. The Botoughreeve has declined calling the Meet ing, according to the amended Requisition (above inserted) in consequence of which the Requisitionists, have published the following Notice, caning a Meet ing on their own responsibility, on the 13th instant : " A Requisition having been presented to the Boroi:gbreeve and Constables of Manchester, signed by above 700 lnhe.bitant Householders in a few hours, requesting them to call a Public Meeting' To consider the propriety of adopting the r. - .ost legal and effectual means of obtaining a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament,' and they having declined to call such Meeting, therefore the undersigned Requisitionists give notice, that a Public Meeting will be held, on the area, near St. Peter's Church, for the abovementioned purpose, on Monday the 16th instant—the Chair to be taken by H. Hunt, Esq. at 12 o'clock. " Major Cartwright, Mr. Wool, r, Mr. Pearson, Mr. Carlisle Dr. Crompton, Edward Rushton, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Thoma; Smith, will be invited to attend this Meeting. " Manchester, August 6, 1819." This Requisition is signed by upwards of 200 names, and the Paper in which it has been published, adds— " The signatures of Householders, who have since come to the Office of The Observer, have exceeded One Thousand, which, for want of time and room, we are compelled to omit." A grand review of the troops stationed here and in the neighbourhood, took place yesterday, at a short distance from town. The number of horse and foot assembled could not be less than between two and three thousand. The spectacle attracted a multitude of gazers, among whom Mr. HUNT, with two friends, all mounted on horseback, were conspicuous. Several Cambric Manufacturers have given their Weavers an advance, chiefly on account of their sa crificing neighbours having walked the plank—or in more apt terms, quitted the stage. Good sixty-reed cambrics have been sold for many weeks at 245. but considerable sales have been effected at '26s. this week. Low stout calicoes continue in fair demand, and are easy sales at 3d. advance, which makes an average in the last three weeks prices of 15d. to 18d. per piece. Second and third seven-fourth calicoes full 18d. higher within the last four weeks. Fustians have fetched a penny to three halfpence per pound on last week's prices, and are very brisk sales at the advance Various other descriptions of goods calculated for the autumn trade are a little improved, say 21 to 71 per cent. on prices obtained the second Tuesday in July. A great deal, in obtaining an advance, de pends on stocks suitable for immediate demand. MR. BIRCH. The Stockport Magistrates have received such in formation of the perpetrators of the murderous at tack on Birch, the constable, as has induced them to publish a new edition of the advertisement offering the reward, with the names and description of James M'lnnis and Jacob *lnnis, natives of Ireland, and weavers of Edgely, near Stockport, as being deeply implicated in the felony, and as having absconded. The following letter respecting the state of Mr. Birch, and the measures taken for the discovery of the assassins, has been transmitted to the Editor of the Leeds Mercury, by desire of PETER NI Alt S A ND, Esq. of Stockport, one of the Magisttates fur the County of Lancaster : " Stockport, Thursday Morning, August 5, IRI9. " Six-Mr. Alar.land has this moment put your letter into my hands, and desired me to answer your inquiries respecting Birch. lam very glad to say, that he still survives, and that he is much better than his medical attendants had reason to expect ; he improves daily, and although he is yet extremely weak, yet very great hopes are now entertained of his ultimate recovery. The Magistrates have sat daily since the unfortunate affair hap pened, and have (as you know no doubt) committed a person of the name of Bruce, to Chester Castle, as an accessary. Several others have been in custody, and one still continues; the real as sassin, I am sorry to say, it is believed, is not yet actually in ettstody ; but it is a pleasure to add, that the Magistrates are in possession of such information as has discovered to them the whole transaction, and as will very shortly, I trust, lead to the apprehension of the principal offender.—l am, Sir, yours very respectfully, gg LEEDS, AUGUST 7. Last Saturday, a Select Meeting of Merchants and others, was held at the Court-house, in this town, to take into consideration the propriety of affording to 120 croppers and their families, amounting in the whole to about 500 individuals, the means of emi grating to America. This Meeting was held at the earnest request of the suffering workmen. After about two hours spent in deliberatin, it was deter mined, that it would not be adviseable at the present time, to originate.any public subscription for the pro posed purpose, but that if no material improvement should take place in trade, before the next Spring, the matter shold at that time be re-considered, and if it was then judged proper, a subscription should be set en foot, for enabling such of them as were then inclined to quite the country, to proceed to Canada. We hear, with great pleasure, that the Cotton trade has improved considerably within the last three weeks. The raw material has advanced about three half-pence a pound, and the manufactured article will sell for at least ten per cent more than it would have fetched a month ago. Calico weaving, which was one of the most depressed branches of the trade, has undergone a material improvement, and the ad vance to the weaver may be stated at 20 per cent. upon his former wages. This improvement in trade is said to arise from an increased Continental demand, and not from any home speculations. The Sub-Committee lately appointed by the Board of the Workhouse have now made their Report on the causes of the present increase of pauperism, and the means of remedying it. They have come to the conclusion, that the only general resource is in the soil. They therefore recommend that the guardians of the poor should provide for each of the partly employed families from half a rood to a rood of ground, as near as possible to their habitations, on which they may raise potatoes, cabbages, beans, &c. for their families, and employ their leisure time in this kind of permanently productive labour. " A rood of potatoes and a pig," say they, " will begin toraise the cottager into independence, and for them he will love his country the better." The next source of relief they suggest is the culti vation of Wastes. Domestic colonization, upon a small scale, they think should be tried, the requisite funds for which they suppose might be raised in Leeds, by voluntary contributions. 'The last point to which they directed their atten tion was Emigration. They do not reject the idea : they feel a conviction, that, under certain circum stances, with the concurrence and aid of Government, it might be rendered advantageous; but it appears from their correspondence with Lord BATIiiiRST, that Government do not contemplate, as yet, the interfe rence of Parish Officers on the work of Foreign Colonization. MEETING AT SANDBACII. The most numerous and loyal meeting ever wit nessed in the town of Sandbach took place on Fr: day, at the Market-hall, where some patriotic ne,a lutions were entered into, expressive of the f irm des termination of the Subscribers to aid, to the ii tn „, st of their power, the Civil Authorities in niaiiitaibirt public peace and tranquillity at the pr , :sem Before the conclusion, "Cod save the K sung in full chorus by the whole assembly eminently distinguished by a loyalty and highly gratifying to every lever of his Country. nnnBYSIIIRE. The Grand Jury of the County of a published a Declaration, similar in substao of the Grand Juries of the Counties adjc specting the recent proceedings nt the R e ! " At the same time," they sate, " that we Red by the assurance founded on our ow l tion of the good disposition of the inhabit: County, and of the continuance of their oi haviour, we are desirous of expressing of rence of the attempts which have becii ni; duce them to enter into combinatims, purpose of seeking redress for grievance Ifrom distress, in a regular and constittun . ner, but under the visionary pretexts of Ii form, and ofgiving the people ;heir rights; t a total disrespect for the Laws and Constii to disseminate principles subversive of the Government of the country." They atm expressing their opinion on theoretical pit ing the Representation of the People, or oi sures that may have been suggested with removing defects supposed to have ere! Constitution ; but they state their decide " that no redress can be obtained, or provement effected, by means of tumult' ings, at which Resolutions arc adopted, a! ful to the Constituted Authorities of the Si are repugnant to the known and establif pies of the Constitution." 1-IEATON-MORRIS, WARBU Meetings of the loyal inhabitants of e. places were held last week, at which L were unanimously adopted, expressive of attachment to the Constitution, and their tion to give every possible aid to the civ' preserving it from innovation. otic :e f i rm de. lai utak ..1 11 it .11 •c, v. 4 8 I. It vsz , ur:aiac t i t , Kin g 44 TI Vo. y p se e t . ni oidile, 4 • n iaee t„ 111 t. '!ti tr; 11 ' .1 01141 11. a. 'C It;niistal 1s e to icrulcal ittitit aria !esccbli '„cd 11 astain 'doft 'lots re .;t e r. On any r nc; , the vin ept kto t, led opini s salutary i. 1 atom M-. is disres; State as . 1 . ished URTON. each Declara:i; itheir st it det vil power, Imaster,:: td, has, it part of the walk nation cf on-Tyne a. y have s, not ear... be one pe, ich inn/as notns • are in c labourers .• sequentlyf it is not much trc , •'. our city I the loom, a us pasts of c. ye bccn M.. Isyth, and m has been u•ish uti brain employ ;) in all power to )me ce in the .cquisition of the petT. Karin- I upon for expecte2 tat th so soms Ind, has solicitines ling oa tte after the table eriig . and it . he Gear d yle, illustricasy lore, icansare%• as snot '.`c: l * cause e s ieze2 "" 101 11 I; orr 2 • r L t ios e.. It.. rEWCASTLF. The advice of the Reforming Fchooli addressed the late assembly at Ciateshea( pears, been acted upon. In the early week, a printed bill was potted up on till Newcastle, under the title of the " Declat Political Protestants of Newcastle-npoi Neighbourhood," which states that they ved to meet once a week, in small classes, ing twenty in each class, and to subscribe each for the purpose of purchasing sod information as may be required. Rum( neral Meetings on the Town Moor, &c. lation. As there are no great classes of of employment in this district, and conseq materials for disaffection to work upon, • bable that the Magistrates will have mi in repressing disorder here. CAR LISLE. We understand that the weavers in of generally, if not entirely, returned to th. cepting a few who are traversing variou' country, and subsisting upon the public. SCOTTISH WEAVERS. In the course of last week there hay( ings of the weavers at Kilbarchan, Kils; Monkland, and the result of all of them the most satisfactory description. The sally expressed by the people was to obt ment ; and the Heritors (Landholders; parishes are doing every thing in their pc cure it for them. PROJECTED MEETING IN SOUTI3 Friday night a private Meeting of sol formers was held in some obscure plac( rough, when, as we are informed, a Re( concocted for calling a Public Meeting of Surrey, on Monday, the 23d instant. Common, it seems, is the place fixed I assembly, and as Mr. HUNT is not c: from his Apostolic labours in the North the day fixed on, a letter, we understani addressed to Mr. ( General ) PRESTON, ! to do the Meeting the honour of preidi, casion. Mr. PRESTON will of course, aft ner of his great prototype, wr;te a not answer; this epistle will be published, horse can by any means be got for th• make his entrance and exit in due sty may be expected to go off nearly as it if the Great Chief were here himself. We have received to-day Papers from of America—from New-York, Baltim phia, Boston, Quebec, &c. The Americ belief, from the intelligence they have reel Treaty for the cession of the Floridas ha: by Spain, which, as yet, it certainly has • accounts of the state of the Patriotic ( flattering : lhe city of Cumana is bes, land and sea, by General fiEnsit - nrz BRION, and must soon fall. BarFl( tected, and will meet the same fate. hurino, Cumanacna, and the extensive hat:risk 4re Possession of the ratlis)? I