Star. — London, England, 1816-09-30 00:00:00

PO THE WOR MY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY OF - LONDON. • GENTLZIALI4, AN attempt Laving been this day made to wiry the.usuol course adopted by you in returning two Atter men to the Cow t of Aldermen, of whom one should be by them elected to the high and honourable Office of your Chief Moses trite, l (as next in rotation) appeal 'to your liberality to return We as One of theist. An Englishman by birth, and as sensible as Orly of my Countrymen of an Enghslunan's privilege to art as respects political suhjects, according to the dictates of his con science • I have adopted a line of conduct for myself, and have respected: that of others, however I may have differed flora them 4n opinion. • If to this is to he attributed the displeasure of those by whom I am ()rimmed, I shall regret the circumstance while I glory in the occasion that has giVen rise to It. I look forward with confidence to the result of the Poll; and should my expectations be realized, I wql so endeavour to Ms . charge the Duties of the Office, that it may descend to my suc cessor unimpaired in its importance, and unsullied - by my conduct. I hare the honour to be, • Gentlemen, Yeur faithful and obedient Servant, Guildhall, Sept. Mk, 1816. • CHRIS I'OPHER SMITH. • The Quibmittee for conducting the Election of Mr. Alderman - Cuatcroruca SMITH, respectfully beg leave to suggest to his friends, that in n►der to secure his return to the Court of Alder men, it ‘t 11l be expedient that they should give sivir wan in fmuur ut the Worthy Aides:wan. • London 'Tavern, Sept , :mber 28, 1816. Mr, Alderman 'Smith's Committee will meet daily at the London 'Tavern, and be thankful for any communications tending to secure Ms return. - DISTRESSES OF THE POOR. TO THE EDIIOR OF THE STAR. Sin— Having seen in the Sean of the 20th instant, that a County Meeting was held on Monday last, at Stafford, for the purpose of entering into a Subscrip. tion to alleviate the distresses of the blinufacturers and Labouring Poor of that County (the High She tiff in the Chair), and presuming that similar !meet ings will -be held in different parts of the kingdom, I wish, through the channel of yout Paper, to call the public attention to the dangerous tendency nt such meetings: it being a well.established maxim, that " it the manner in which reliet is given to the poor is not a spur to indualy, it becomes, in effect, a premium to sloth and profteacy." Th.r hest ieliet the poor can receive is from themselves, and the most effectual method of improving their condition is by the en• couragement of industt). Want is the strongest in. dneement„. to labour, and it demands the greatest ' caution in supplying the wants eif the poor, lest we destriii the effects of those incitements which Pnovi . Dont has implanted in our frame to stimulate Ms to that portion of industry which is essentially requisite foe the sanity of both our bodies and our minds.-- The in 'teary of the Bee is proverbial; but take away its in n • t t industry, or, in other words, gratui tously supply its wants, and tins mucleadmired vir tue of the Ste becomes extinct. We are told that a hive of young Bees was carried from Poland to Ba. tavia, and there stationed in a delightful garden, of large extent, furnished with the richest profusion of fragrant herbs and flowers, where plenty soon cor rupted their disposition to labour; and the stock of honey which they collected, during the first months of their settlement, was of little value; and as the expected winter did not ensue, and they continued to enjoy abundance in this happy climate, they became improvident of iuturity, and were no longer at the pains to store their cells with that food, which beun titul Nature at all seasons provided for them. No less i::i. , !o oils to mankind is that misapplication of :-hich may serve to nourish sloth, or to super sede th., necessity of human labour. The path of industt yis the path of wisdom and of peace. In dusery tianviilizes the mind—ti gives light in dark ness—it brings comfort in despair—it humanizes minkind—" nee sink esse ferns." It is the policy of the English Poor Laws to make begging unnecessary ; but it we stop here, the work of Charity is not hall done—for industry ought to be encouraged— " iris not enough to help the feeble up; " But to support bim after, till his strength " Can serve itself I" Eleemosynary fonds are at all times a greater proof of the genuine benevolence of the donor, than of his sagacity ; and they operate more like the thunderbolt which JUPITER PLUVIUR sent down on the enemies of Mancos Autumn:a, than the rain which fell upon leis fainting army. They are a kind of temporary °vet flow from the fountains of the rich—transient id their duration, and wholly inadequate to afford that substantial relief which the present necessities of the poor so loudly call for. Those necessities should be met with a manly fortitude, and with a supply more like the overflowing of the Nile on the 66 thirsty Earth," than with the superabundance of a Cornu copia. Industry is the only cure for indigence. _Popery may avail herself of the fetters which belong to arms, and the Mahometan may build his hopes upon them; but the Church of England is not content with such inferior duties; her Members understand that a man may bestow all his goods to feed the poor without Charity, and that without Charity, all he has done r ittasesit•i.isio nothing. • Charity gives a poor man employment, and pay him 'wages (the wages of virtue) ; but what is given in alms & is received as the fruit of idleness ; a gift to the Parent of Sin, and to the Nurse of Evil. industry is the remedy or cure • 44 To evils which OW own misdeeds have wrought. • u On man the curse aslope 66 Glanc'd on the ground; with Weer he must earn ' 4 His bread; what harm ? Idleness had been worse; " Hu law will srstaig 44* I" si If e%lry just man, that now pines with want," bad but employment given him, England would be herself again : remove the cause, and the effect will cease. When there was plenty of work for the poor, there was no complaining in our - streets. Let then the attention of the wcll-disposed be directed to the serfrhymitie of the poor ; and do not let them rest -satisfied in giving the bread of idleness. to those who, if they can work, and will not work, have no title, either by the laws of Gon or map, to eat bread. Commercial pursuits, however, will Rot allow ale' rude hand of impertinent interference ; they only who take tbetide of Commerce as it flows can benefit by it. It would be a! weak an attempt to make the tides of the sea to ebb end to flow according toman's wisdom, as to attempt to create a demand for British Manufactures where theta is no real demand forums,. But where the Lkbottr4 Of the poor are lagiadedi pro Import, as for instance in the Iron trade of 2. shire, and in the Cotton trade-of Lancishire, In it not be preposterous to stipposk that thole 4ibg► hands which have been long occupied in " the la 'hours of the anvil, and minei' or which have long throivn a shuttle, cannot be easily turned to other ,useful purposes till - trade again revives, and they are called hack to labours more peculiarly their own ? Have we then no National improvements to be take ourselves to; no resources at home, where the industrious poor may be advantageously employed, both in a temporary way as it regards themselves, and in a permanent way as it regards posterity ? Is this Island arrived at such a state of perfection, that no new channel can be opened in which human labour can be wisely spent ? He who will - seriously bend his mind to questions like these; and can point out a way of applying human labour in works con ducive to national wealth and prosperity ; and is able to excite the generous sentiments and co-opetations of the Nobility `and Gentry of this still favoured Island in a well-timed application of his measures, will, in thepayment of forty thousand pounds as wages, do a thousand times more real and substantial good, than he who, by exciting them to acts of generosity, can raise a fund of eighty thousand pounds to be given to the poor gratis, and not as a recompence for their labours. . Good roads, for instance, - are a permanent source of national wealth and comfort, by which all classes, of mankind are benefited. The making of new roads—straightening and improving old roads—. lowering eminences—and makiug vallies more pas ' sable, ate work. laudable in themselves, unexception ably good at all times, and doubly so in times like these. The Nobility and Gentry of Cheshire are in this way setting an example w“rthy of being followed ; in taking measures for the introduction of Chant Bridge:, which by modern improvements are likely to form a new era in bridge building, and promise to aff , rd dining the ensuing winter employment for several thousand poor people; for as they require neither daub nor mortar, they may be carried on in winter as well as in summer; and what is more ma. terial in regard to the quantum of human Taborer, the roads which will lead to these new bridges and their emnankments may be proceeded in forthwith. One of these Chain Bridges it is intended to erect across the river Mersey, at Runcorn Gap, which will be the meats of bringing the London Mail Coach to Liverpool at six o'clock in the evening, instead of three o'clock the next morning ; and reduce the pre. sent distance of the road from London to Edinburgh upwards of five and twenty miles. The advantages of a Bridge at that place are so very obvious, that 1 one has long been a desideratum, and in contempla. non tor generations back ; but perhaps there are in. superable objections to a bridge of stone at Runcorn, all of which are obviated by the modern improve- Ments made in Chain Bridges. Chain Bridges ought never to be lost sight of, in making new roads; they are apilicable, not merely over water, but over dingle: and *tallies, and tram lone mountain to another; and also as inclined planes, where bold and stupendous precipices may now deny access ; and whereby marshes, bogs, fens, morasses, and sandy deserts, now inaccessible, may be made passable in a cheaper and better way than has ever yet been attempted by any other method. And a speedy application of Chain Bridges, wherever th-y will be permanently useful, is perhaps more likely - to afford substantial relief to the Poor than any other expedient which has been offered to the attention of the Public. Chain Bridges are not a new invention, they are mentioned by the ancient Norden ; there is also in HUTCHINSON'S History of the Antiquities of the County of Durham, an account of an old one over the river Tees : and in Captain Twit:ill's Account of an Em bassy to the Court of the Teshoo LAMA, in Tibet, (printed for NictioL, Pall.mall), there is an account (and plates describing) the stupendous fabric of a Chinese bridge of chains hung over a dreadful pre. eipice at Chuka. Several bridges of chains have recently been made in America; but the superior ,01 workmanship of British Artists, and the well known skill exhibited by Captain BROWN, of the Royal Navy, in his chain cables, are decidedly in favour of what can be done in England, both in respect to the utility and magnificence of chain bridges. Chain Bridges require no centres, there conse quently is no interruption arising from building them in navigable rivers, •and the enormous expense of wooden centres is saved ; and let the extent of the bridge be what it may, no piers are required ; instead of piers, supporters are placed at proper intervals, formed like a Portcullis, and spfficiently high, so as to carry the chains from shore to shore, that the larg est sized vessels may freely' pass under without low ering their masts; and by a recent invention (for which we are indebted neither to the Chinese, nor to the Americans) these supporters can be so construct ed as to be fixed on barges, to float on the water, and to rise and fall as the tide, or stream operates upon them, without displacing the chains, or.in any degree injuring the bridge, or having any effect on its bearings or pressure. These and other important improvements (which this is not the place to enlarge upon) afford a ratio nal hope that the day is at hand when the narrow Sea between Scotland and Ireland may be passed over by a Chain Bridge ; and as there has long been a bridge over the l)rave five miles long, and the Sim on the Antrim shore is in some places less than/ war miles across into Scotland, this undertaking the more , it is inspected into will appear the less foemidable...* To the present race of mankind the immediate, and to posterity the endless bene fi t which would molt from it, renders it worthy of . the best consideration which can be. bestowed upon it, and the more so as it will be found upon investigation, that the whole 1 'of the chain work of the bridge from Scotland. ts' Ireland will not cost more than twenty thousand pounds, when made of the best materials. . I am, Sir, your constant reader and obedient humble servant, ' HUMANITAL ••11••••!••• ••1•••11•MEM• Lord COLERAINE'S Book on Sporting and Rat. Catching, is still without a rival, in the opinion of the best practical Judges Indeed, our first Spoil:- men would now almost as soon go into the field without a gun as without this Work, which being so small is no incumbranee. The New Edition contains a tine Portrait,' taken at Mr. Cokes, M. P. of• the Noble Author, on his mule, returning from Shooting. . lIRENCII PAPERS: PARIS. SEPT,EMBAIL IS• . • • The VW:lister of General Police has addctssed a circular to the Prefecti, of Which our Readers we doubt not will be s glid to see an extract. It proves to die electors, that in repairing to the posts Where their duty calls them, they may depend upon sifety and protection, and that the order and tranquillity which- ought to prevail in the Assemblies is every where secured t M. You will make no arbitrary exclusion from the Assemblies you have Lad occasion to convoke, and to which you will not have failed to summon every elector not legally divested of his political and civil rights. You will nor have neglected the means of convincing all the Elector; of the duty of repairing to their post at a crisis on which the destiny of France may depend: anti rank, you have 'doubtless proved to the public ofaetrs of every that this duty Is still more imperiously theirs. " You will have carefully thrown light on the proceedings and the Intrigues of party men, under whatever cloak they may have been covered. You will still neglect nothing to detect their projects. Above all, you will not permit them to utter seditious censures against acts of the Royal authority; and. if necessary, you will employ against them, with moderation but with firm ness, that authority which his Majesty has entrut'ed to you. You will take particular care that the Electors enjoy complete liberty, and that under no pretence any ohstacle be al,O to th', exercise of their political :Vim Every measure, every menace, every insult, every attempt, which may have for its object to withhold them from the College, must he severely and lastantly reressed. You will permit no mob to collect at :he doors or avenues ege leasdibelon ng to gs t theo p the Presidentslace of meeting. Tbe internal police& the Coll you will furnish them with the of toforcing it with out 'anJ trouble ° without lain. draftee, and with perfect security. The external police is unlit your jurisdiction: your foresight and constant vigilance will U. lure its restate' Sarrassami 26.—Among the Candidates for the Chamber of Deputies, the District C olle g es of Paris.' have already appointed the following :-.—Messrs. Bellart, Attorney-General of the Royal Court; Try,. President of the Tribunal of First Resort ; Silvestro de Sacy, Member of the Institute ; De la Bonardiere, Mayor; Brisson, and Villefosse. The number of Members of the late Chamber who cannot be re-elected on account of their age amounts, it is said, to 45. The nuptial presents for the Queen of Spain and the Princess Royal her sister were purchased at Paris i by the Countess Peralada, who carried them herself to Madrid. The Court of Correctional Police yesterday tried,' with closed doors, a very singular affair of swindling, in which sentence was pronounced in public. It was the case of a man, who, usurping the character and functions of a Priest, availed himself of this mask to insinuate himself into the confidence of his penitents, and render them the dupes of his artifices. This swindler, who had acted as a Priest for 18 months both in Paris and Versailles, was condemned to five years' imprisonment, the maximum of punishment pronounced by the law. FRANKFORT, SEPTEABER 20. The delays experienced in the opening of the Diet of the Germanic Confederation lead to all kinds of speculation among the Germans as to its future ope-1 rations, and open a vast field to discussions, which will produce, it is to be hoped, the good effect of giving public opinion time to ripen, and men's minds to ad bin sentownts more calm, and to look at things with more coolness. The unfortunate contest which has so long prevailed between the King and the States Wurtemberg may serve as an example, and in spire both in sovereigns and their people political ideas more sound and useful to social order. It is true that, in the interval which has elapsed since the first epoch filed for the opening of the Diet, there ' have appeared various writings which discover very bold opinions in politics, which might give rise to fears lest a longer delay in the orgagnixation of the Germanic body might give time to their propagation, and thus throw obstacles in the way of the general welfare. One of these pamphlets, among others which lately appeared at Leipsic, proposes that the Diet, where the Sovereigns alone are represented by their Minis ters, should have also a representation for the people. —But we should be much mistaken if we supposed that such writings afforded a faithful picture of pub. lie opinion in Germany : their authors are writers moreorless animated with a revolutionary spirit, and who, having nothing to lore amidst political changes, take 2 pleasure in calling forth and announcing new opinions, without examining whether experience gua rantees their political utility. But the nation, flaw rally calm and judicious, is not easily shaken by so phisms ; and has good sense enough to wait the sanc tion of experience, without being enticed by novelties STUTTGART], SEPTEMBER 15. Several German Journals publish a note which the Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, one of the media tised Princes subject to Wurtemberg, has addressed to the Ambassadors of Austria, Prussia, England, and Denmark, at the Germanic Diet, as Powers guarantees of the old Constitution of Wurtemberg. This note gives an historical exposition of the dis sensions which have arisen between the King of Wur temberg and the States. It refers to the act by which the King, in 1805, after the peace of Presburg, abo lished, by his own authority, all the compacts and iconventions between the States and Crown, and thus abrogated the whole of the old constitution. In 1815, while the Congress of Vivien* was sitting, the King proposed to the States a new constitution, in which he offered, of his own accord, the re-establishment of various constitutional rights. both for the old posses sions and the new provinces. The States declAred themselves incompetent to accept any constitution they maintained that the old constitutions were the only ones by virtue of which they existed and delibe, rated—they offered, nevertheless, to deliberate on the propositions by which the King wished to modify the 'old constitution, in order to render it applicable to the new provinces. The Court entered into negotia tions; they were fruitless. . At the new meeting of the States the King yielded on one principle : he admitted that the old constitu tion had legal force only in the old provinces; but he maintained that he was entitled to give to the new provinces such form of government as pleased him : he then offered to the States to grant them the incor poration of these new provinces with the kingdom, provided that, as a set-off, the States would accede to i modifications of the old constitution. The States did not choose to accept these terms, because they main tain, that in virtue of various pacts and conventions, the King is obliged to incorporate every • new acqui sition with the old tomanions. The note concludes with claiming the intervention of the . Powers guarantees of these oonventiona. r DUTCH MAIL. I . A Dutch Mail arrived last nivlit, with Pape of the E ' 1 the 26th instant. The grand review ,troops by the Duke of Wellingtol is expect d to tat. place near Cambray in the beginoing of th ensnia * l mmi th.—:-The following extract c ;;twos the m ew ings of the Dutch Legislature upon r.e Projet Ot t Law for restraining ttie Liberty ol the Press: HAGUE, .;EPTEMBEA e;, SECOND CH A NIBEtt —SEPTENIS%II, 24. The President announced, tl.at the Central S. tien was Ma to make A Report respecting the r salt of the deliberations of the different S ect i o : upon the project of A Law for restrair.;ng the Li. - of the Press in regard to Foreign Powers. TI port was accordingly read, and ccntained in subs; that all the Sections were sufficiently agreed ur principle of the said Project, but that som e Sections were of opinion that the manner i; the law was drawn lip was not precise enough, terwartis was read another Proi.ct, dr4wr i s pirit of .the Members of this Clisem!ily, s e his Majesty ; and on the moti , t et die Y:esitll deliberations on this subject were fixed for d Sitting. Upon which the Assembly adjourn, to-morrow (the 25th) at notri. THE EVgiNG STATt LONDO MONDAY, SEPTEMBER ?,o, isi PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWE I E O'CLocx Reduced shut—Cons. In°. 61g i—Cons. for act. 4 per Cent. shut—S per Cent. Navy 9211 India Bonds 6s. 75. pre.—Excliequcr Iltito, Is. 41. pre. FRENCH PAPERS. Last night we received the Paris Paprs of day, and this morning those of Friday arrive( contain two curious documents : the first is tory Address from the French Minister of , the Prefects on the subject of the elections, breathes a spirit of gond sense and moieratit second is a series of Resolutions voted by the piratic Institution, of which our Readers lm SO much, and of which Sir SIDNEY SMITH it PI It appears that the Chevaliers of this new Mercy are of opinion that Lord Ex:aour torious services ought nit to allay oti , sons as to the future treatment of Christian It is more than hinted that ail prisqu:rs Pirates will he put to death, now that 11;e: sell them : on this subject we have to observ , the profits nt sate of white slaves were if not the sole cause of the piraci: 9, the that the Pirates will stay at home, an.; pur other occupation. It their intirest rot r( they will soon tire of cruizing up and (law diterranean. merely to commit .nurders. PARIS, SEPTEMBER 7. The Princes returned this even :rig from Coi Ott the 19th instant, a stagecoach sunk ground on the road between Gand tnl St. All the passengers, to the number of seven, to leave it, and the horses were got away the harness, but the carriage was coinpletel, with mud and water. The luggage and goo, it contained have been lost. . The English merchandise exposed for s; last Frankfort Fair was sold at a very low bought up by Jews. The Saxon and Swi! factures rival the finest English productiont little which was sold brought high prices. FROM THE MONITEUR. We are requested to publish the followl ANTI•PIRATICAL INSTITUTION, HOTEL. DI; HUB ST. HONOSE, NO. .365. " Paris, September " The Meeting of the Chevaliers and of bets of the Institution; appointed at last M. .the 29th instant, shall take place at 2 e. Hall of the English Circle, Hotel Montesson, la Chaussee d'Antin. " 1. The Reports Shall be read of the Chevaliers Members, Coadjutors, and Correspondents, who employed in forwarding the ulterior objects of the the shores and in the Interior of Africa. " 4. The Meeting will then discos, the best methol an eye on the Prisoners of War which the Pirates • to take from the people with whom they have rhe declare themselves at war, and who have - navy, nor a flag, nor an official representative at tilt cause to be respected the principles already reclgn. who may fall into their bands. The Meeting wit into considera'ion the best method of watching tives who shall be put into dungeons,w*thont air worse fed than ,aer, under :he sys-wr..i! pre.ent admitted, the cuulition of those only change .1 its character in the hands of such ni:.f:cfs. " S. Means shall be taken to enquire itto the hest way rasing such Slaves a: are out of the jurisdiction of the Dr/ Algiers, and who cannot have the benefit of the s;ipalriO' made in favour of others, even supposing the goad faith go Dey to be relied on. Means shall ai obe devised for retrardilf in a mariner becoming the dignity of the Lis-itutiur, such .4U or Moues as hive liberated White Slaves in the Interior, OR the auspices of the Emperor of Ms.roczo. " 4. fbe haunts of the Pirates shall he found our, le ceder?' pat an end to the system now unhappily prat lied, since cannot sell their captives, of putting to death every ' they take. " S. An examination shall take place of the qua!ificatios two persons (one of them an Arab and a linguist) who le er° travel to Totubuctoo, to promote the views of the hutiali g l and to verify the narrative of John (RoLer) Adams. " 6. The model of a raft with wheels will be exhibited, petite of befog moored co water or land, and of afti , rarg a wl also to travellers against the hostile tribes. & $. Relate to the qualifications of Members. " 6. There are corresponring Members of the lastiteriee Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Tangiers, as well as i t all tbrr i capitals of Zurope and America, in most great ses Po" I°. partiesdaely in those of the MedSterranean: their ilwdssio, 'shall be gratefully enrolled, as well as those of L°l4 , wbd bee e ff ected at Tunis and Tripoli, by Deli"All,' ; e s i o n n m g tra t e l h o e f Sh r iehtl ent s ect i oui the Lifts l _Lt4. rs. The r e , u " in substance thi 'eeti up on the sec intr in whi c h floe lok wri up in t 4 y, s:..ot in by to e:esidetag, ebi for th* lat idjourned 14 in OLI A it. • Isl 6. el 'ECYCLoca I c. tilt} • 11< 41. pre. tE arrived. They r rc . ? ' s e trotis ; a i sl t P r i i h n l I n i o I t( by the Anti. b frs have heud to ii is President, new Order of u 1101.:TH% Md . .. P i ~ .!p p r ehet• t th.,n by die s it they wont lbserve thus were the chid 1 he ch titres are .; pursue r.r*t roiicerned, dawn the Me.. I rs. 'm Compiegne. I bunt Into 11:e 1 1 St. Nicholas. ;even, h.:d time way by con:insr ipletely cored nd goods elstti for sale at tle r low price, ad id Swiss mann. 2 ',rearms, and Ili . 4 .ices. R. nowiag L L.. DL CrgLGll5l,. tcmber 25, 1111% : , and other Men. last Meting fu t 2 P. m. in to ontesson, Rued: :hevaliers arid w 4 who are aerial sf the Insitatioa• b: mythol of k irate nuy cat* .ave •hc insolence neither a km' e at the Regencies, recnn:lel, or t rig will newbe t :itiog over those • It air or exercise, T +cm recognised tf nu.s:trs. the best wa, rife'