Star. — London, England, 1819-09-30 00:00:00

LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 28. TO THE EDITOR. We this day witnessed one of those scenes which were last year so prevalent in Manchester, and most of the manufacturing parts of Lancashire, as well as in other parts of the kingdom. Several hundred persons engaged in the flax-mills, chiefly those em ployed at the extensive works of Messrs. BaNYON and Co. linen and canvass manufacturers of this town, this morning turned out for an advance of wages, and have been parading the town in large bodies, considerably augmented by crowds of idle children, who joined the procession, and kept fol lowing it, shouting through the streets. It is rt= moured that the people at vat ious other mills; both in this neighbourhood and the surrounding country, mean to follow their example ; and that they have come to a resolution not to work under certain State ment Prices, which have been fixed on by the Union Societies. The Requisition for a York County Meeting, signed as you already know, by some of the first names in the Kingdom, in rank, property and inde pendence, has excited no small degree of spleen on the part of the Ultra Magistrates, who, in conse quence, are straining every nerve here, as also at , York and other places in this County, to obtain a. Counter-Requisition—of rather, perhaps, a CoUnter- Declaratir ; with a view to which a fet of Resolu-. tions are in preparation, and the phalanx are in a state of training, to present as formidable an opposi tion as they can possibly muster on the day of Meet iog.—But "the sound men and true" of this first rate County, will not be driven from their purpose by the rant and clamour of time-servers, who care not what comes of the Laws and Constitution of Eng land, provided they can only shelter from their ven geance those who claim the privilege of acting with a vigour beyond the law. The trade in woollen stuffs, shawls, and pelisse cloths, is still tolerably brisk here and in the neigh bourhood ; but the demand, I am informed, is wholly for the home market, and comes quite in course at this season of the year. There are, however, some few foreign orders executing for coarse heavy goods, for the German and Dutch markets. MEETING AT FROME. lc 0 1' A second General Meeting of the Magistrates and Inhabitants of Frome, for the purpose of giving em ployment to the Labouring Poor, was held at the George Inn, on Monday last. The Marquis of BATH was called to the Chair. Mr. CHAMPNEYS, of Or ' chardleigh, laid the First Report of the Committee before the Meeting, and introduced the gratifying communication,. of a subscription having been paid in amounting to 12001.-600/.of which the Parish had advanced, in a concise speech of much point, corn plimentins the Gentlemen of the Town on their ac tivity and liberality in this desirable cause. Many plans were produced towards effecting the object of the Meeting, and the utmost unanimity and satisfac tion prevailed throughout the day. It is grateful to all liberal minds thus to see men of so many diffe rent persuasions unite in this common cause. A Meeting ha: been called of the Freeholders in terested in Waste Lands, in the County of Denbigh, who are friendly to Inclosure, and " thereby to im prove their Estates, give employment to the labour ing Poor, suffering under severe distress for want of work, and, as far as in their power, to prevent the necessity of their seeking an asylum in a foreign country for support, sepw ate from their connections, and at a considerable ex, ense to the Public." It is to be held at Wrexham, c n the 1 Ith of October. In the Second Report of the State of Disease and Condition of the Poor in Ireland, it is mentioned, that several hundreds of poor persons, at a Fair lately held in the neighbourhood of the County of Limerick, hired themselves at, four pence a day, without diet, which is only the half of the common rate of wages in that district!" The Nelston Band, who played Scots wha ha'etri Wallace bled, at the late Meeting at Meikleriggs muir, were all seized very early in the morning of Thursday, and conducted to Paisley, under an escort of Militat y. The Theatre Royal Drury-Lane will be exhibited this evening to a select number of private friends. We hear that the whole appearance is extremely im posing, the interior having been completely decorated and embellished. ELLISTON, with all his varied excellence, perhapi never acted better or gained more real applause, that by his late liberal performance with poor Wats.'Tzta A whimsical occurrence took place during the Be; nefits last season, at Covent-garden : Mr. BRANDON, on going round the House, as is his nightly custom after the performances, to see that « all's well," found countryman seated in the front row of the upper gal lery. On asking him why he staid there ? York - re • - plied, Why Ibe waiting, Sur, for the other enter tainments I" It is quite true that no Bills have been found by Jury of Middlesex against the different _.ciers, for selling what was called a libel on ,anchester Magistrates. The fact is, no Bills - preferred against them. The sureties of IY, one of these Venders went to Hicks's y, in order to withd r a w their recognizances. contest for Precedency between the two new 'las not, it appears, been yet terminated:— Precedency is a right of which our Citizens tys evinced great jealousy. A cheesemon. having attempted to take the lead of a wife, at a Civic fete, the latter thrust her behind her back, and, stepping forward, ex -" Nothing after cheese!". ' 1 tt is quite 1 i . Extract of a private Letter from Gibraltar, dated the Grand J September 6, 1819 t News-vender! 6 , We are much concerned to learn that the fever which ha s the blanches) broken out in the Isla, near Cadiz, has spread to various towns were even Pr! ;. , In Spain—some s at a r e is o o n t : i h de as rab io le co di ou_ st l an o c e e n . co, Th fol e s L.sieut to zant- hia H lVi a r il todDOLBY, -ay i i • duty to take the most prompt measures of precaution to guard, The conies ) If possible, against this dreadful scourge: all communication by Sheriffs, has s ill land between this place and Spain was, in consequence, totally This Precede closed the day before yesterday; and a strong c or d on o f troops, have always I composed of the 64th Regiment, formed out s id e th e gates of du' gee's wife Its neutral ground. The most rigorous measures are sue adopted wocer's wife, to prevent all improper communication by Gm Th e Gani xel, rival behind we are happy to state, enjoys goal health. , claimed—" 1 THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1819. THE FUNDS. pEKE Or STOOKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock shut 3 per Cent. Reduced shut 3 per Cent. Consols 691 ti 3i per Cent. shut-1 per Cent. shut 5 per Cent. Navy mit Bank Long Annuities shut India Bonds 8 pre. Exchequer Bills (2d.) 9 6 dis. Commercial 19 dis. Omnium pre. Consols for Acct. 69lia. We resume to-day our detail of the proceedings of yesterday's Common Hall ; which will long be re membered for the spirit and firmness displayed by the Independent Livery, in the maintenance of their Privileges. On this occasion the professed preservers of order and decorum, the pretended protectors of the Rights of the Livery, proved to be a confedericy for obstructing their fellow-citizens in the. exercise of their undoubted Privileges, by indecorous interrup tion, and disorderly clamour. All their tactics, how ever, were baffled ; and their phalanxes of vocifera tors planted on, and immediately contiguous to the Hustings, were, after a short struggle, compelled to give way to the wishes of the great majority of the Livery. Resolutions were passed on the subject of the Manchester Tragedy; in perfect accord with the feel ings of every genuine lover of the British Constitu tion—of every individual whose bosom retains a single spark of humanity. After marking, in appro priate terms, their reprobation of an attempt to trans form a Government of Law into a Military Despotism, the Livery proceeded to give their pseudo-protec tors another signal discomfiture on the question of the Election of a LORD MAYOR for the year ensuing. —Disregarding the rule of rotation to which the Junta endeavoured to restrict them, their choke, by an immense majority, fell upon Aldermen Woo and Tnoare.. A poll was demanded for Alderman BRYDGES, the result of which will, we doubt not, give a final quietus to the rota-men. After their ex perience of the present Mayoralty, the Livery will be much to blame if they expose themselves to the chance of being treated with similar indignity. In breaking through the rule of rotation, whilst they • vindicate one of the most important of their char. tered privileges, they confer additional honour on the object of their choice, and bind him more firmly by the ties of gratitude to the protection of all their other rights. By following a contrary course, th e y would convert the Board of Aldermen into a set of Dutch Burgomasters, " the slow-ey'd fathers of the land 'With when dominion lurks from hand to hand, Unown'd, undignified by public choice." The proceedings of the Inquest at Oldham assume every day a fresh degree of interest, from the irrefra gable proofs thereby elicited of the unexampled bru tality and savage cruelty of the Manchester blood spillers. llow vain the delusive hope entertained by these men and the advocates of violence, that the voice of blood could be stifled in England by any artifices whatever!—or even by the thanks of Minis ters to the perpetrators of these foul deeds. On the contrary, the very attempt thus to screen the guilty has operated, as well it might, to rouse the virtuous indignation of the country; and the cry is now uni• versal, from one end of the kingdom to the other, for a thorough investigation of the whole proceedings. Is it to be endured, that, in this country, people shall be violently put to death by wholesale ; and then smuggled into their graves without even a Coroner's Jury being called on to examine into the cause of their death ? Is it to be endured, that those high au thorities who ought to have been the first to call for investigation, should eagerly send forth their appro bation of such deeds, and prejudge the question; thus throwing out their thanks as a mantle to cover the men who have been the cause of so many miseries, and exposed all our most valuable Institutions to danger Such proceedings cannot be acquiesced in by the vir tuous without an effort to counteract the dreadful evils which they threaten : and, it will be found, that the English character is no way deteriorated in its firmness and perseverance. The Paris Papers of Monday arrived this forenoon, but are quite barren of intelligence. It is affirmed, in one of them, that the Chambers will be convoked for the 18th of October. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Nottingham, September 28, 2819. Sin—Many Members of " the Nottingham Sub scription News Room" have been highly amused this afternoon with a Letter, which appeared in The Sua Newspaper of yesterday, signed ALEXANDER MAN* SON, M.D. Chairman." As it is no secret here, nor will it be deemed a disgrace any where, that The Star is the Paper al luded to, you are hereby recommended to print the said Letter from The Sun of September 27th, ter &dint, in an early Number of your Paper, to which yak may add the following short exposition of facts : (Imo% rut .111:4 or sarrsancli 97.) 4 Sta--It must be gratifying to the Editor of The Sun to be acquainted that, at a Meeting of the Subscribers to the News- Room, at the Flying Horse Inn, in this town. where seventeen Papers are taken in, and the Subscribers amount to 152, that the s Newspaper was unanimously voted to be discontinued, on account of the departure from the e rinciplea formerly es poused by that Paper, and that another Son Newspaper was as Unanimously chosen in its place owing t• the steady adherence of The Sun to the principles of our glorious and inestimable Constitution, in Church and State....-It is with much pleasure that I make this communication, by deuce of the Meeting ; and " I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, ALSIANIMIL MANSON, M. D. Chairman." EXPOSITION. • In the Town of Nottingham, so celebrated for pos sessing Inhabitants who dare to think for themselves, there are a few violent spirits, who, not knowing how to use their own thinking faculties, always endeavour to oppose the exercise of them is their neighbours.— When Tory principles were in greater repute than they are at present, these men could sometimes, by dextrous manoeuvring, obtain a majority at the yearly Meetings of the Public News Room, and, by their violence, and the partiality with which they voted in Papers, they inflicted those wounds on a most respectable Establishment (held by permission of the Corporate Body in the Exchange) which occa sioned its deep decline, if not its final dissolution.— About three years 'ince ancther News Room was commenced ; the present subscription to which is twenty-five shillings per annum, and it is conducted in a manner which would do credit to a larger town even than Nottingham. On looking over the List of Subscribers, it appears that several of the great Tory partizans, besides the quondam Navy Surgeon (A. M--, M.D.), are sat Members of this Institution. They, no doubt, are also at the " Flying Horse," which, it seems, boasts 1" 132 Members, aad takes in 17 Newspapers." What these Papers are, Mr. Editor, persons here cannot conjecture, for it is a fundamental principle of the, concern, to take in nothing which is opposed to the present Ministers of the PRINCE REGENT. The worthy Chairman having spared a few seconds of that time, which is universally known to be so fully and usefully occupied, to furnish the world with information respecting this truly liberal, eminently enlightened, and very respectable Society ; and, having done this by the resplendent light of the " Sun," allow me the glimmering of a " STAR" to finish this intelligence, so important to man. This I shall do by stating, that the 132 Members of this So ciety, read their 17 Newspapers in the Tap-room of a Public-house, which measures 15 feet long, 10 feet wide, is 6 feet 6 inches high, and to which the sub scription is seven shillings per annum ! I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AUDI ALTSRAII PARTIAL cc, The Editor of The Star deems it scarcely neces sary to add, on his own part, that so far from any departure from the principles which it formerly espoused having taken place, as this " ALEXANDRA MANSON, M.D." is pleased to allege, it continues as inflexible as ever in that independent attachment to the cause of social order, and the constitutional liber ties of the Country, which has so long secured for it a share in the esteem of the Public, of which it has no other reason but to feel proud. The late Lord THURLPW, when he was Chancellor, would never put a Clergyman in the Commission of the Peace; wisely observing, that they were so eager to become, what they thought the Magistracy would make them, men of consequence, that the moment they were appointed, they took out their dedimus, neg lected the more weighty duty of the Church, and endeavoured to take the lead of the Country Gen tlemen, who are the only proper persons to fill, and make that office, such as it ought to be, respected by the People. There is a remarkable article in the Cazette - di France from Frankfort, stating that, on the 20th in;• stant, the Germanic Diet held its last Sitting for the present year, at which the Auitrian President, the Count de Boor. SCIIAUENSTEIN interpreted the inten tions of the different Powers of Germany, as explained at the conferences at Carlsbad. These intentions are, it is added," reduced to two Propositions:—First, to establish a Tribunal in the fortress of Mayence, for the purpose of trying, in the last resort, all the pro- Moters of the disturbances at present existing in Ger many, and to punish them militarily; and, 2dly, to furnish, the Diet with sufficient powers to provide for a Free Trade throughout Germany in the Merchandixe of the respective States. The first Proposition involves so near an approximation to . a Military Government, that all Constitutions, all Representative Systems, the Li berty of the Press, and Freedom of Opinion must sink before it. It remains to be seen, however, if the inten tions of the Powers of Germany are correctly stated, whether an establishment so supremely worthy of the darkness of barbarism, can at all avail in keeping down public sentiment, or whether it will not, on the contrary, precipitate that crisks which the ill-judged measures of some of the German Govern:new are intended to prevent ? ELECTION OP LORD-Aligr)R. State bf the Poll at One o'Clock this day ; Aldeimas Banyan _ Alderman Woob Alderman THORPE THE MIME Sunday the Lirrrx frigate, and Irr, arrived in Leith Roads, with part of ment, and Ist battalion of the Rifle from Portsmouth, destined for Glasgr were disembarked on Monday. Tx having on board the remainder of 111, were hourly expected, when the Mail NAVAL INTELLIGEN Pieism; Sen. 27.—Arrived the William wumut, from Seville for London, very leak , : CHINO, in coming out of Portleaven kl.trbout ing, got Oil shore, and is expected to go to pi t , Daarsotrin, SEPT. 28.—Arrived the Activ# Lansarotte for Hantburghl leaky. PLYMOUTH ' SEPT. 28.L—Whad W.—Arch Clan, from Lisbon ; and ftegiet, Bova, (rot Poatsmourn, Serr.29.—Wind S.W.—Arrit Prevost, 3loaarsoa ; and Samuel axd Jane. If bec; and Britunnta,Dever, from St. Dornii gust: spoke the AMlafita, and the James, for liatsvicn, San. 29.—Arrived the l hrebe, Hamburgh, with loss of an anchor and cable. of Orange Packet, for Holland ; and Lady Cuxhaven, both with mails. The litnitha, St. Ander* for London, harlost both at•.chors Doran, Sum W.—Passed by last iiibbt, rietta, ALLYN, from Batavia for Antwerp. DEAL, SerrEtuum 29.—Wind Belle Alliance, Route from Madras, with part of far giment of Dragoons, Under the command of Lienteazt:l4*,:, Baron Term.; she sailed the 15th April: f:olu t!..a France the sth June, and St. Helena the Ist .It;urt. mainder of the Regiment were at St. Helena, en howl Mangles, under the command of Major Hatt, bocnd is land. Also arrived the Lady Mackworth, CHTA, tram duns; Tobago, WESTMORELAND, for Demerata• th e V‘, BRAITHWAITE ; and John and Sarah, ---, fmtn:Quthte ; , man, SINCLAIR, from Barbadoes; WilEam Mary, BARCLAT ; Howorth, D tNsos ; Atalanta, Sr. Drrottsox ; Dry Harbour Planter, STRON,i ; and the Mary, MOON, from Jamaica. This evening ttrarly tae who;esf homeward-bound have sailed for the River. GIAITESVID, Serramatis 29.—Arrived the .Ifals 4 m, from Oporto; Ann Elizabeth, Laird, from firma; Frith, from Antigua; Alice, ?filler; and Sisters, " Teneriffe ; Eesex, Robertson, from Bourdtz:Ai; ater • and Old Maid, Revitr, from GI Jr,t Reetnington, for Demerara P • Claudine, We!sh, for the Good Hope; Jane, blearns, for Gibraltar; and Aetii, for Rouen. Noavn-Wasv PASSAGE.—The Captains of the r. recently arrived at Hull from Davis's Strai:s, n:port their opinion in favour of the practicability of a North-n, sage. These vessels have had a very narrow ercr.pe from locked in the ice, and their safety was clnsidered aro that they were insured at Lloyd's at 40 guineas per cent penetrated further to the Westward than usual, and the of the Bon Accord, who steered a South-west course into Bay, having observed that the course of the whales l.y direction, has expressed his firm persuasion, that a y 253.- exist from that quarter, to which he penetrated, Pacific Ocean, or into Hudson's Bay. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Yesterday the Court did not sit till nearly ten. the COMMON SIR:RANT, Mr. Alderman Cr Mr. PARKYNS, the new Sheriff, entered the The appearance of the latter excited some int from the stand and Protest made by that u to his seniority, it was expected he would taken possession of the box of the other Mr. PARKYNS however, as if by instinct, walked into the box of the junior Sheriff. _ unattended by an Under-Sheriff. Mr. Turista, the newly-appointed Under-Sheriff of Mr.! ROTHWCLL, resumed the seat he had for the year occupied under Mr. Ex-Sheriff ROBERTS. Seven prisoners were tried, five of whom • victed of felony, viz. J. V. Papeirs, for stealing 19s. 6d. and a hat, J. Gregory ; J. Banks. for stealing two Sovereign.. book, the property of R. S. Illingworth ; Ann Ne , stealing a sliver watch, the property of J. Robinson ; and Ann Martin. for stealing divers pieces of lace, ti of J. Shoolbred—And two were acquitted, viz. cUeby and George Bray, tlse latter of whom teurzins Session. ------- The RECORDER then passed sentence on the don prisoners, as follows: Felix Henry Miller, William Stevens. Furness G: Perkins, Charles Hubbard, J. Shutt, Daniel Huffman, - Newcomb, Thomas Moukbouse, and William Temple, to transported for life. Richard Bruin, James Bantine, and William Gilbert, transported for fourteen years. Henry MMs, James Mitchel, Gabriel Grers7, Juin William Martin, Nicholas Murray, Mary &mi., 'rho mini., Charlotte Clark, Ann Davis, Eleanor Connor, Bayless, to be transported for seven years. Nine were sentenced to imprisonment in Gilt:. SOD, and three to be privately whipped and discharyed: Tuesday, Jo/an Carter Warner, was indicted having, on the 17th of July, 1815, married beth Long, his wife, Elizabeth Warren, being time alive. The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he every endeavour to find out his first wife, atter separation, but had not succeeded. Her sister told him that she was dead. The RECORDER summed up the evidence, an Joy, after a short deliberation, returned aNI of—Ottiky. • BIRTHS. • Wednesday, at Penicual House, Lady Clerk, of a or. Thursday, the Hon. Lady Fergusson, of a son. Sept. 21, at the Manse of Maderty, Mrs. Touch, of gsrl. At Kiornore, county of Tipperary, the Lady of the Ardfart of a son. . MiFch 17, at Mitt William, Bengal, the Lady of Major P. Gratit, Acting Fort and Town Major, of a son. August 2, at Corfu, Mrs. Hood, widow of the la te sOod, of the 73th Regiment of Foot, of a daughter. . ati L 19, at Stosiefield, near Edinburgh, the Lady of Le ‘••• Thomson, of a daughter. MARRIED. At Loughres, 11. D. Peers, Esq. of the 2d Dragocn to Elba, daughter of the late I. J. Bricluiell, Esq. Ia Clontarf Church, Lieut. F. J. Turner, ILI"- to "'". coed daughter of the late IL Starner, Esq. of of Kildare. DIED. laharday, at SoutlAnd, 8 Moody, M. D. Physician sea HospitaL Sept. 16, at Whit Baugh, Aberdeenshire, aged 74, Forbes Leith, M.D. PALS. Sept. 17, at Carron Park, William Cadet!, Esq. of Wed 89. Mr. Cadell was one of the origin founders of Carrot bust Works. eltUtda3r, at Walthamstow, aged /7. Samuel away Tests Deputy of the Ward of Tower. LONDON Printed and publehed by bpi& Ka; l' 31 " "ice, Tegriplr tim• AYOR. his day - so? - . -0" 1 1 pcn slcnin I the 1:140 , ri ga& orZ I ;ow. The F. Tw o those ork !I came a•-, hie tt, Ire r NC/7. SC , , ttn ard th. ky- 1 . 4 yetteit .„ y , th ,IY , •ces. 11 Lo n ." fr . o lies Ived the 7.N otnl a of , s • hetivc, frr lo !nro-4iled ix I.ctaloc, bit N P. ctr., terraotn frcArn'QuOv.c ; osn ~ tot nta,tir !sky ; rly the %shoat c i full lyia .e .Ifaltina, ; kid ora &tt, *lt 41t Achi.. 4 D iro .. .—Saard the /tart e!sN, for the C.,v and Actif, Nr OF of the while shi alts, report gcaerzi l of a North-um Ps. 1 escope front Sai l nsidered z doestik leas per cent. Th e seal, and the C.irai ees it course il2O Ifslr'i Ale ke whales Ly , that a vs: 4 a lea rattd, for int I nearly ten, rtel to v. erman Cox, and pe a me,tered the Court. m e, I some interest, r that Gent! W Pet d Ire would ! , a s le other Shei' instinct, quiet] Sheriff. lie • wit the Mr. TURNER, of Mr. Alder had for the I. ROBERTS. Ch whom were con- hat, the proper!! ereigns aid a part- th, Ann Newton, fa or tobinson ; and Sari TO If lace, the property co ed, viz. Mary Pe* eh tesaai❑sw ilrest cc we on the Len. th c! Furness G Joy to 1 Huffman, Thomas er Lam Teaspk, to be ea Mani Gilbert, na be zit tr regory, John Great, Thomas Carp sr Coosa, and Jabs zr Gilt spur-stm t lischarged. zi was indicted fa married Eliza- h e u n a ee b h:e . s n h ati g l a ez d a er t r m th th h. a e t ea u : rlc t !videoce, and u l / 4 turned a ver!.id erk, of a sor. L son. Touch, of a sen. ad) , of the fir- , d Lady of Major I. of the late Gtr:' laughter. the Lady of Lae , ' Dragoon Guar6, , Esq. 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