Star. — London, England, 1819-09-25 00:00:00

a - he thtught that the fewer who were ,11. ):° 1;-- s° ' cnce of this - Meeting to any ill _ ,„A i n cons e q u ence tr.- , t i, • letter: for himself, he should have ';',l"kel"the IlleAstltC of presiding at it, because lie i'''', - , ''''' preferable to undergo any privation ra vr::••• ' i t ,-, ive them of the opportunity of express °' than " t ' '' ' eits on the late dreadful occasion. .• !.. „' i ;s. r r l : t t i l l ni ought, was one of those cases in which .. ' l. "',„ - ' boon(' to come forward, and to yin r7.,.,7,,,1'A'''',17 humanity. lle could not here for '' '3l: l e his approbation of the conduct of the I s for 'r c` ` ' + i ila..i tt ates, as compared with that of 1i ., " 3411 1 1. , i , n .:t es o ‘iNlatichester; but it was to their `'' i ''' '. ..''r that they were indebted. They knew r :Te i nce e '' ' ' ‘ ' 'le of Birmingham required no such un- ' ' - ' e P '''), he re sorted to for the purposes ;... ,• :u rie , ..l3 , means to ~..„, Ihe subject imm ediatel y before them w as 1 . . • j cp ,y h in d painfully interesting to every ftiend .., . r 4 1 , and to every one of t ho s e s y m p athie s •'''-i'En-lish hearts were actuated—(Loud op ' larder had been committed, in the face of '. • . trout of justice, under circumstances the t ad and revolting ; bu t it had been perpe ' ....u:nier the sanction of those by whom the exer -1)e very laws should have been p rotected, . t ' • 1 c t thus been violated—(Lind and long; con , .0 ia ries ,/.a Shame.") Yes, the crime had, in this been marked by a character of new and : 41; CTIW Iry • it had wreaked its vengeance on , • , i 1 0 • ~ .=1 Oil defenceless beauty , an d on hel p less in- , ,:.— t _ua;ne.) This had occurred amongst Eng ' with Joel; the guilt was lt glishmen. Yet the • "'Nuents had been distinguished by royal favour, -,i'liad received the thanks of the Prince R i fent. 4 ' : ' 1 for what ? Why , as t o his Majesty's t aus -1 i t was true they had passed oppressive laws, and r epealed good ones ; but so long as they had ,A a decent regard to the laws, framed even to • i r wish, some little merit was due to them ; but 7e they were contravening statutes which even they :=toted to respect. Th eir efforts had been a ime d d - '1 the peac e , e, the morals, ~,and the happiness of .e aviary, in •many other instances ; they were all, ever, but one and the same trick, and the same ):rein of cruelty. Their proceedings had driven ea to madness and to suicide, after they had been 'arid, by their persecutors, in pzisons. These ?f victims victims had frequently experienced, on such trims, the most unfeeling treatment.. -Yet all this ~l e ten under the authority of a Secfeuu7_of State's ~wart. They had been refused.a fair English trial, slhad no longer even to boast of the freedom and ...fe7 I their own persons—(Hear, - liear). The Re .,.:er, bad been charged with revolutionary dc.' . gt,; they had been declared, and stigmatized, as promoters of anarchy and disorder—(No, no). i:a he appealed to them, to facts, to reason, whether .y conduct, or any course of action, could more xib:y or immediately lead to a state of anarchy 1 Ji,order, than that pursued by the Magistrates . Manchester ? He asked, in the name of justice, .ket;.er the conduct of Robespierre, of Danton, of Nuai, ac bile they conducted the political movements :revolutionary France, could possibly exceed in ini nity those enormous outrages which they were now Called on to deprecate and to condemn ?—{Loud v iva). They bore upon them every indication that mid mark the excesses of foolish but brutal men. LI cot the Magistrates beguile the people of Man ager to meet in immense multitudes for the discus ial of their great object, by declaring their intention :a to disperse a Meeting thus confiding and un r.ed? Could sophistry itself deny, that after this . .multitude was justifiel in entertaining - the fatal cidence that they should be safe and unmolested ? Fiat, however, was the event of that dreadful:day ? &body of men, sometimes called a Regiment of Ca r.:ry, rushed in among them, sword in hand, attack .lg with equal atrocity and fury, men, women, and 6:drea!--iShante) Could any deed surpass the vio 'ewe of this? Could it be remembered, but with Itrpand enduring indignation, that those for whom mnitosd, courage, and affection, are ever most zterested and most excited, were thus trampled on ad mangled by cowardice and treachery ?—(Hear.) ILI it might be asked what the Magistrates of XL - Attester had to say in their defence? Would they le' that their conduct was legal? If so, they were "der the necessity of using arguments which re er..eil only upon themselves: for if they were thus z.errninetl to prevent the Meeting in question, why LI they not publicly declared their intention before z,trok place, as they had done on a former occasion ).t a similar nature ; and when the people, little as . :.iy v:ere, perhaps, bound to abide by their deter :444ton in the matter, no sooner saw the mtifica t..:: !Lai they respected it, and abstained altogether f:ea thz Intended Meeting ? The Requisitionists had '-'4.•••••n every desire to be acting in the most legal tti tar. 11 th e M ag i strates h a d no t themselves I .43ght they were so acting, why had they declared Lit they should not disperse any Meeting which ii-gl.: a , stmlile ? But the Meeting was a legal one, ' , l , lthe obje c t was legal. What were the words of Le ik(atisttion? "To meet and determine on the x , t,st leg a l means o f o b ta i n i ng P ar li amen ta r y . Re km," The more, then, this point was examined, t..e .,, r-ore clearly it resu l te d t h a t suc h was the case. ‘' 'Lrely, this point established, these desperadoes '''. '' , i.: at that m oment j ust as we ll, as reasonably, as 1 ' , : :, t lt Irons behind their backs, resume their ...:, ,l laugliter, an d b u t c h er their wives and their ` - a Lttue th e i r f aces . If it was competent for 3 1,.....:. • . ,,i..tta ‘ y by f orce t o a s sail the Manchester i t , - , , ~ employed in the serious pursuit of a great .. t'' , Jiat, they would be equally justified in c,•• ~ ‘ .'. u.t,L soldiers even into the very churches, .211attin g their indiscriminate slaughter of ~., •., , and :t. , es though K kneeling before the -..' . I.:*.a.•.ty b of their AER. And he could )00y...countrymen, in the solemn con .-....-. 7 ' - ~. .,•.)1. truth, that they were not more legally, . ' '.• -.), niurally, not more religiously employed, .....: `, the (hINIPOTENCE of HEAVEN, than ':: • ... --e %‘!“.31 en aged in the holy and benevolent . .. - e.•. , . : •leouring to ameliorate the condition, t. '...,tit...11 •the sufferings, of a Great Nation— :: 1 aFfadsc).--yet could not these Magi 4zi. --: 1..:v,: ,:t l east spare d t hi s f r i g h t f u l e ff us ion of -1 .. 'bad ? Could they not, in any case, have I:,:i:Li,i..:d th e groun d w i t h t h ose ver y so ldi ers ?—' .. ; I '," l l '' ,. f). —It wa s t o b e as k e d, whether they had .), Q Pi ,t Act !—(" Na, no.")—Whether the '., ': '' flad heard it read ?—(•' No.")—Now, he .....-.... :, •.. .. • ~ ....l ! seen read by them—(" No, no")—in ' 4 •• '' '' ' ' t l '' ' ' - '4 l " -- (Gi era lansktor.)—Had they not read the Riot Act, they might have had, in some sort, a plea of igiaatance left to excuse the guilty ac cidents of the day ; but they stamped, they indelibly ascertained the character of their intentions by read ing the Riot Act. That Act was, indeed, on certain occasions, directed by the law to be read: the Man chester Magistrates affirmed they did read it—yes,' in a loud voice, and to themselves—but not to the' people. Did they, however, mean to assert, among their other judicial assumptions, that this was the proper way of reading it? The Boroughre,eve was in the centre of this immense multitude ; surrounded by about 500 Constables ; and yet he had never had the humanity to breathe a single warning of the im pending storm which was about to burst in thunder on their heads. He believed, however, the tragedy was all previously arranged, the measures taken, the campaign decided on. Circumstances conspired to prove this: the field 'where this battle was to be fought—the field where these half-bred soldiers (A laugh)—were to signalize themselves—was clear ed of every obstacle that could impede the full exer cise of their valour. Nay, more; the Infirmary plas ters were already spread, to dress the wounds they had previously determined to inflict ; and the sabre was whetted to the perfection of cutting a straw asun der—(flear, hear).—ln fine, the conduct of the Manchester Magistrates was all in an uniform course; for never did any men persevere with more laudable resolution in a system which they were determined should render them hated and despised by the coun try—(Reiterated cheers).—Take, for instance, their conduct to Mr. Hunt, which had been so exemplary and so wise, that they had changed places with him; the Magistrates had proved criminal; the culprit had shewn them how Magistrates should not act. These Magistrates were " on the touch" for fear their sub tile.wit should evaporate in successless schemes. The event was already known ; and when would it cease to be deplored ? To select one case, there was that of Elizabeth Gaunt—a case altogether without pre cedent in our history, or in the annals of any civi lized society. This poor creature had been dread fully mangled, the day of that Meeting; and she was, by the humanity and attentions of Mr. Hunt, conveyed into the carriage where he was: this cir cumstance was magnified -into the crime of being found with Mr. Hunt seditiously . engaged. She was treated as his accomplice, so to speak; aril in this wretched condition, tortured in mind and wounded in body, she was dragged to a prison, and confined 12 days there, her bodily pains being thus aggravated by horrors of unjust confinement—(t/general burst of indignation followed this observation). — They cried shame; and if they, as Englishmen, forgetting the claims of women, the calls of humanity, and the sacred. ness of private safety, had not thus denounced sofearful an atrocity, he should have cried shame on them.— The, conduct of the Grand Jury of Lancaster was, in his Mind,. utterly inconsistent with all principles of English Juries. A Bill of Indictment had been found by Mr. Hunt against a man named Owen, for per jury ; this was presented before another Bill subse quently given in against Mr. Hunt ; but they, think ing that if they lost their spotless evidence (Owen), they could not substantiate their own respectability, chose to entertain the latter Bill before the former. The Jury refused to perform their duties ; the Coro ner would not, or could not, execute his ; they had refused in some cases to take depositions ; in others, to make them public when.takea, although the coun try was so deeply interested in the knowledge of them, and had a right to insist upon its communica tion. Subsequently it had been attempted to exclude strangers from the Coroner's Court ; this, too, was legally an open Court, and one that never could be closed on Englishmen.—(Here Mr. Edmonds in stanced one or two of the cases that might arise out of the adoption of a contrary practice, and their di rect tendency to subvert the intentions of the law.)-- lie had next to advert to a fact which was to be looked at with peculiar anxiety and concern—he meant the l'rince Regent's letter of thanks to the Magistrates of Manchester, for the manner in which they had approved themselves the guardians, friends, and protectors of the people (for such they should be) on the 16th of August. They all well knew the in fluence of example ; now, what was to be said oi such an example as this? He knew that it might be said, that by the custom of the Constitution the Prince Regent was not politically responsible to them for his conduct. It might be said, also, that he acted by the advice of his Ministers; but let it be remem bered, that he had also the power of dismissing them with his own hands—(lmmense applause). This energetic speaker then proceeded to declare, that, as the power of Ministers was in a great measure up held from a revenue in part raised from duties upon spirits, porter, ticc. they should learn to give up the gratification of these indulgencies, for the nobler pleasure of doing an action, where self-denial might claim the gratitude of the friends of freedom and the applauses of their own conscience. By following his advice, they would deprive the Ministers of a part of these resources. After several ingenious observations, delivered with considerable power, and a very sen sible exhortation to good order, this Gentleman withdrew. Sir CHARLES WOLSELEY, Bart. then stepped for ward, and delivered himself to this effect, as soon as the immense applause which his appearance created had subsided—" Gentlemen, I have received so many marks of your approbation, since I have had the pleasure of being known to you, that they call forth my sincere thanks ; and in words which, were they many, I have not the power of well combining, and which, being few, I trust and hope you will believe to be true, I return those thanks. It was the wish of many of my friends who stand near me, that I should have taken the Chair to-day ; but I wished rather to be merely a spectator ; and not being a townsman, I declined it. We are met to examine this day, and to enter into a discussion of, an act, which has never been paralleled in the annals of this country ; and I am sorry to say, that up to this mo ment justice has been denied. The Magistrates have been applauded, and the bloodthirsty Yeomen have been approved of for killing their fellow men. What are we to think of this? }or my own part, I will not, I dare not, Gentlemen, give vent to my feelings or my thoughts on this occasion. I have been on the spot ; I have visited the suffeiers ; I have attended the Assihes at Lancaster, and have witnessed such scenes as made my heart sink within me. Certain it is, that the allegiance of the people, and their conti • deuce in the laws, have received such shock as will never be forgotten. What lilt we to thik, When We infeeting. At a part of his speech adi . chaige of mai , see a Grand J ur y o f t h e Co unt y ; -conta in ing men of beano was heard at a distance, and the roll of a drum, the first respectability in it, combining to support the which agitated the out-skirts of the peopleupposed evil of which We complain ? What, I say, are wet° to be a trick of the Authorities, a very foolish one, to think when the Magistrates are thanked by the Prince try the nerves of the Meeting. The great body stood Regent for their share in the most disgraceful events firm on the defensive, and we ate told that not less that ever stained the annals of the country? For my than from six to eight thousand had armed themselves part, he intended to erect a monument that might with pistols, in case they should be attacked. The hand down to posterity the record of this fatal out- people had now doubled dulls number. Sir Cnantes rage, as a warn;ng to future nations. In order that continued, and said the massacres ought to be handed its intention may be understood, it is to.he inscribed, down to posterity; and he was going to build a mos Gentlemen, Sacred to the memory of those who nument on an eminence on his estate to this end. fell at Manchester.' I have chosen for it a spot, one The remainder of the proceedings were of little ins of the most beautiful in the county of Stafford ; it is terest. The Resolutions were a kind of substance of in my own park, and one of those beautiful hills arguments of the speeches; claiming the right of which overlook the high road to Manchester—(Long meeting to state grievances, as an abstract one, and continued plaudits). It is washed by the beautiful expressly guaranteed by the Laws of England: and and meandering Trent ; but not all the purity of its proceeding to call for punishment on those who had so waters, not all the limpid waves that it roils along, outraged the Laws and the Constitution, and shaken shall ever efface that damned spot,' for which it the allegiance of the People to the Throne. shall blush for ever !—(Here the Honourable Baronet The company broke up, thousands followed Sir exhibited an elevation of the intended monument.)— CHARLES to Mr. Eomoszos s house, and he requesting To shew you that I am in earnest, Gentlemen, look them to depart, they peaceably followed his advice. at this sketch ; it contaitis the names of all the parties concerned in this horrid deed; and it will fulfill my intentions of handing down its memory to ages yet to come."—(Here the applause was literally be yond description.) The Honourable Baronet bowed and retired.—Mr. EDMONDS then put the following Resolutions separately : • 1. That the right of meeting for public . discussion belongs to all men by the law of nature. 2. Tim this right is guaranteed to Englishmen by the laws. 3. That as to the Meeting held at Manchester on the 16th of August, last, the most minute and impartial investigation has failed to shew that it was illegal, or that the Magistrates were furnished with any pretence to interrupt its'proceedings. 4. That, admitting, however, the illegality of such assembly, no palliation can be conceived for the attack made by the Man chester Yeomanry, by order of the Magistrates—a brutal attack, made sword in hand,on men women, and children. 5. That while we remember that we share in the fame of our fellow-countrymen, we cannot forget that we also share in the disgrace inflicted on the English nation by this dastardly and fe rocious outrage. 6. That by way of clearing ourselves as mach as possible from such disgrace, we are.bound to bring the Manchester murderers and their instigators to condign punishment. 7. That we solemnly pledge ourselves never to shrink from any privation or exertion consequent thereon. B. That a Subscription be immediately entered into to defray the expenses of legal investigation, and for the relief of the sufferers. 9. That our feelings towards the Ministers who have advised the Prince Regent to honour With his thanks the assassins of his people, are those of utter abhorrence. 10. That the conduct of Henry Hunt, Esq. as connected with the events of the 16th of August, is entitled to the admiration of ' our fellow-countrymen. 11. That one melancholy result of these fatal proceedings has been the loss (on the part of the subjects) of all confidence in the laws of the realm, and the shaking of their allegiance. 12. That all these circumstances prove the necessity of a Borough Reform in the Representation of the People, as the only security against military despotism. 13. That a Committee be appointed, with power to add to their numbers, for the purpose of carrying the foregoing Reso lutions into effect. 14. That the Thanks of this Meeting are eminently due to the public spirited and disinterested conduct of Sir Charles Wolseley, Bart. and for his important services in the cause of Parliamen tary Reform. 15. Th.t the Thanks of this Meeting are also due and be given to Major Cartwright. -1 16. That they be also &eh to Mr. Edmonds, for his able and impartial conduct in the Chair this day. Each of these was carried unanimously : perhaps, NA PAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, SSP?. 22.—Wind ErAntiVed the Cypress, 13,0" vmsorr, front Archangel, in nine weeks. Arrived off this port, the Brilliant, Fatis, from Calcutta, all well. Pcymourti, Srpr. g3.—Wind E. S. E.—Arrived the Latoar, Dior, from Prince Edward's Island for London. _ _ DIAL, Seer. 24.—Wind N. E.—Sailed the Ann Alexander, Howtatt, for Bremen; and the Rovst fsoviratisx yacht for Portsmouth. Passed by the Amelia, from JLiyarool for liamburgh. ILtawren, Sm. 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Priree of Orange packet, from Holland ; and the Lady Xepcan packet, from Cuxhaven, both with mails. NORTH &MOM, Serr. 23.—Arrived the Love, Pattrza, titan Davis' Straits—nine fish, 370 busts. Winvay, SETS. 23. Arrivtd the steinune, from Davis' Straits; 11 fish, 150 tuns. Gesvmarre, Sm. 24.—Arrived the Thetis, Morrison, from Bourdeaux ; Fanny, Ilergus, from Montserratt ; Undetnuminz, Klle, from Antwerp; Baltic Merchant, Laughton, from Gre nada ; Thomas Wotton, from Harlingen ; and Rapid, Hough. ton, from Bilb o a . Sailed the Craigie, Watson, for Ilebau ; and Barbara, Ridley, for Hamburgh. Curios-noose, Ss:mamma 24.—Ships Entered Inwards— Earl Clancarty, Gibbs, from Rotterdam; Fox, Fox, from Os tend; Adventurer, Burnisle,from Archangel; Endeavour, Parry, front Sligo; Margaret, Smith, from Antwerp ; Countess of El. gin, Cullen, from Rotterdam ; Duncomb, Sleigh, from Jamaica ; Betty and Nelia, Harrison, from Archangel; Donegal, Gowan, from Belfast; Futst Blucher Brenckman , from Rostock; Sin gleton hey, from Stangate Blucher, ; Resolutior., Thorp ; Active, Nazar, from Jamaica ; Julius, Wuttenden, from Saint Kites ; Vansittart, Burnett, from the South Seas; Letitia, Montgo mery, from Belfast; Charming Molly, Farrier, from Calais; Fair Ellen, Rimers, from Dominica ; and Rambler, Smith, front the South Seas.—Entered Outwards—Sarah, Thacker, for Bom bay, Madras, and Bengal; Huffneig, Horsman, for Bremen; Brothers, Can., for Riga; Brothers, Robson, for Hamburgh ; Caroline, Vrtux, for Jamaica • Osprey, Mickleburgh, for Malta; Venus, handler, for New Y ork;' Prince of Waterloo, Page,for Ostend; and Nally, Burnell, for Trieste and Venice, it were more proper to say by acclamation. Mr. Enstowns having quitted the Chair, and the Vote of Thanks to him having been most cordially passed, he stepped forward and returned thanks. At retiring he again recommended the strictest order, entreating the Assembly to remember, that every symptom of an opposite nature was giving an ad vantage to their enemies. Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. LEWIS, and Mr. MIMS, suc cessively addressed the People. Mr. LEWIS having moved it, a Vote of Thanks'was carried to Mr. Woolen. The Meeting then diSpersed ; and the whole of this great multitude were, in one moment, seen retrograding homeward, by a simulta neous movement, which appeared to be the effect almost of magic, and which was conducted with the order and regularity almost of a parade. The Gen- I tleinen who had been lookers-on, in their tilburies, drove off ; the numerous parties on the hill retired ; and in ten minutes from the signal of dispersion, of the many thousands who had been present at the Meeting, not a dozen persons remained on the Hill. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. BIRMINGHAM, SF.PTEMBER 24: The Meeting was held yesterday (Thursday,) tha 23d, at three o clock, on New Hall 11111. Mr. ED MONDS, the principal manager, had acceded to a re quest of the Magistrates, in dispensing with the use, of any flags. A hustings had been erected, the front of which was hung in black cloth. A few minutes before three, a mourning coach, containing Sir CHAS. IrVOLSELEY, Mr. EDMONDS, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. E. HILL, and some others, drove up to the hust ing, and were received with the shouts of the people —but not more than 5,000 or 6,090 had assembled. By the time the proceedings of the day began, the area, at the former Meeting entirely occupied by a dense mass of population, was not more than half filled ; but every exertion of controul and induce ment, had been made use of by the Magistrates fo l keep the people away—but the far greater numb& absent were deterred from apprehensions of the sol diery. The Regiment of Horse at the barracks wer e under arms ; and the Warwickshire Yeomanry Ca valry were mustered in the vicinity of the town, ready for a burst, on a shew of disorder. Hand bills had been circulated by order of the Magistrates, warning all good and loyal people to absent themselves. Mr. EDMONDS was called to the Chair, when a smart round of applause greeted his acceptance of the same. A black flag was here waved in front of the hustings, having a red border. Mr. EDMONDS began by requesting all such symbols to be withheld; and the flag was lowered. He then paid a compliment to the discretion of the Magistrates of the town, who were, he said, incapable of the conduct adopted by the Magistrates at Manchester; and then introduced Sir CHARLES WOLSELEY, and stated, that he should have ben happy to have seen Sir CHARLES in the Chair; but the repugnance of that Gentleman to the office, who declined from feelings of delicacy, had caused the honour to devolve on him ; and he knew his duty too well to decline any post assigned to him, and in which he could be, of service to the Public. Mr.. EDuoNos then went at length into a view of the recent proceedings at Manchester, to which he very properly confined himself. Sir C.0.1.2.1.LS WOLSEIIY afterwards addressed the OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. This morning Mrs. Mary Ridding, who was tried yesterday, and found Guilty of Child-stealing, was brought up before the COMMON SERJEANT to receive her sentence. The COMMON SERJEANT, after stating at considerable length the enormity of her offence, being one of a most heinous description, sentenced her to pay a fine of one shilling, and to be confined twelve months in the House of Correction—to which place she was immediately conveyed in a coach. A Requisition was presented to Alderman ANSLEY to call a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Bread-street Ward, but the Alderman has declined complying with it. A Requisition was presented, on the 20th, to the Convener of Renfrewshire, requesting him to call a Meeting of the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Heritoss of the County, for the purpose of receiving the Re port of the Committee, appointed at the last County Meeting, for providing Relief to the Operative Ma nufacturers out of Employment; and for considering what farther measures ought to be adopted. The Convener has, accordingly, appointed a Meeting to be held at Paisley, on Saturday, the 2d of October. A few individuals in Glasgow, who, owing to the depressed state of trade, and lowness of wages, had turned their attention to the British settlements in North America, formed themselves into a society de nominated the Bridgeton Transatlantic Social Union Society. In July last they wrote to Earl BATHURST, wishing to know what assistance they might expect from Government in the prosecution of their design. In the course of fourteen days they received the fol lowing answer,• accompanied with a duplicate of the conditions of Emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope: Downing-street, " Colonial Department, 234 July, 1819. " Sic—ln reply to your letter dated the Bth instant. lam directed by Lord Bathurst to acquaint you that his Majesty's Government no longer give encouragement to persons proceed ing as settlers to his Majesty's possessions in North America. " I am, &c. (signed) " HENRY GM:Lit:RN." The following gratifying information respecting the growing demand which exists in India for the Cotton Manufactures of Glasgow and Paisley, may be regarded as correct. By the Cornwall, arrived at Liverpool from Calcutta, there have been received letters to the 22d March, which state that the market was' improving for manufactured goods, particularly for Scotish muslins, which are gettinevery generally into use, and having once done so, the natives will not be able to do without them, as is now the case in Brazil. This augurs well, and holds out the cheer ing prospect of an increase of orders every year for the staple manufacture of Scotland. There was very little cotton at Calcutta when the Cornwall sailed, and the former accounts of a failure in the crop up the country , are confirmed. Monday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in the hop oast belonging to Mrs. SWAFFER, of Chilminton Green, Great Char; and before the arrival of the engine from Ashford, the oast and stowage, and between two and three hun dred weight of hops, were entirely consumed. A young lad of the name of Punnett, was found in the ruins entirely burnt to a cinder. Tuesday, a haystack was discovered to be on fre at Potter's-corner, near Ashford, which burned with 'such rapidity that it yeas entirely consumed before sufficient assistance could be procured. , Friday sennight a Coroner's Inquest was held on • the body of John Dismonlings, at Great Oakly, Es sex. It appeared the deceased had left his house, about six in the Morning, and at nine was found in a pond upon the estr.te of It. B et. L, E•y. 'Verdict— Accidental death. j Pr • ; _ ; ; • • 1 i Il i ~ 1 . 1 1 1 ' • il . '4 ,:. 1 •. ; :t II '. 0 11 111 3+A- UP 'i 'I I' i rT I r 's l i 11 I It'l 1, 11 i