Star. — London, England, 1819-11-20 00:00:00

4 1 I A 1 1, f !- .. 1 ter : i 1 ~ I' 7' 1. i k ~. .1 • /don oh all the Resolutions intended to be propose d for your coosideration. Is it yoor pleasure that an , . Ai.iress, founded on these Resolutions, shall be pre sented to his Lordships'"—(Criss rf, Yes, yes). Sir Feasets Lions= Woon, Batt.--" Gentlemen, it is my duty to propose to you an Address to Earl Fitzwilliam, founded upon the Resolutions which von have agreed to; and it is a duty which, though a meroscholy one, I shall feel a satisfaction in dis; . - c:iarging. To express our feelings at parting with me with whom we have been so long connected, and under whose government and protection we have . no long happily Hied, is indeed a' painful, though in the homage it pays, a gratifying task. It seems to me that when thus assembled, every Englishman , s!iould speak front his heart ; an d .I am glad that on this occasion we are all allowed to speak hem our hearts—l mean, Gentlemen, that every Man, should speak his sentiments freely and without reserve and ihit we should no: be frightened loaf the per formance of this duty by the dread of a few hard words. There are, doubtless, Gentlemen in this Meeting who differ from Lord Fitzwilliam and hem one another in politics ; but whether we agree or dif fer with Earl Fitzwilliam in his political conduct at any particular period—in 1794 or in 1798—during the last year or during the .present—nothing can or ought to cancel the debt of gratitude which we owe to him for his conduct as Lord• Lieutenant. I have had an opportunity of seeing a great many letters which have been received from the Gentlemen of the Riding on the subject of this Meeting, and in almost all of them I have met with the strongest assurances of high veneration for the character of his Lord ship, and of gratitude for his public services.— Some of them, however, are qualised with a pusilla nimous • hue—for some reason or other, they could not attend here to-day. I say, Gentlemen, it is a . pusillanimous, cowardly ' but'—(Loud cheers)—un worthy a freeborn Englishman, who ought not to fear the face nor. frowns of any man on earth, when in the discharge ,of a public duty. We ought not, for the sake of propitiating any man, or set of men, to be false to our own convictions, nor he deterred from any work we are bound in duty and in honour to perform. Although jealousies and fears exist, and though, as Hudibras expresses it, " Such jealousies and fears Set men together by the cars." Yet I hope we shall not be jealous in the performance • Of sus noble a duty, as that which we are now met to discharge. The Nobleman whose removal we all so much deprecate and regret, has been styled by the distinguished Representative for Cambridge, 4 a Minister of Peace ; and this is exactly the title by which he may must justly be described. I cannot help deeply deploring, that the connection between the Noble Lord and us is now at an end, and, I fear, for ever. I would have abstained from mentioning his successor, but he has already been alluded to. - I admit that his private character is amiable. But how can we compare what we may expect from his pub lic capacity with what we have experienced from the Noble Lord, of whose services we are deprived. In my mind, there is not room even for a comparison." Sir F. L. WOOD concluded by reading and moving the adoption of the Address (Mitch cheering). The Hon. E. PETRE, in a brief speech, seconded the adoption of the Address. The Address was then put to the vote, and adopted by acclamation. The CHAIRMA:i." Gentlemen, there is no man for whom I entertain a more profound veneration than for the Noble Lord who is the subject of the Address which has just been unanimously passed. I have been a witness to the. distinguished activity, the temper, the moderation, and the diligence, wit h ! which ie has at all times di-charged the arduous du: ties of his important station. I have seen the courage and self-possesssion nhich he has uniformly dis played in cases of alarm and difficulty, and even OF danger, and I know of no person who could havii conducted himself in the high station in which he was placeJ, with more advantage to the country. I have only to add, that the Addre;s has my most cordial approbation, and as you have done me the honour to appoint me your Chairman ofi thi. occasion, I shall fail pond, as the organ of the Meeting, to affix my name publicly to this declaration of its sentiments. The Chairman then took a pen and subscribed•his name to the Address. Mr. BAINEs rose on the seat below the Bench, and said—" Mr. Chairman—lt might not have become a-ny Gentleman on that Bench to adiert to a subject which I may perhaps be allowed shortly to notice.— The object of this Meeting is to pay a tribute of pub lic gratitude to Earl Fitzwilliam. That duty has now been discharged positively ; and it only remains that what may be called a negative testimony of our esti mation of his character and conduct should be offered to his Lordship by imitating his example. I have ob served, with feelings of deep regret, that certain Gen tlemen, in elevated and responsible situations in this County, have conceived it to he their duty • to mark their disapprobation of the conduct pursued by Minis ters towards Earl Fitzwilliam, by resigning their Com missions—some in civil, but more in military situations. —However much we may applaud, and no man can appreciate more highly than I do, the motives by which these Gentlemen have been actuated, the ex ample may prove prejudicial to the best interests of the Country. Nothing can save .us from that state of degradation to which 1 fear we are fast approach iog, under our present Rulers, but the determi ' ri.l%ion of every man, in a public situation, to stand firmly to his post--(llear, hrar).--The Country is in need of the services of discreet and good ire^. ; and, for Gon's sake, let not the screices of r.;cli men be withdrawn from her—(Hear, • hear).—' ...Not, I repeat it, that I mean to pass theoslightest censure upon those Gentlemen who may have'thooght it their ddty to retire from any public office ; and one of whom (turning to Mr. Itamsden) I have at this mo. 'trent in my eye. Their exalted and dignifiechminds • are.incapable of harbouring for a single moment the idea of abandoning their public dirty ; but they must pardon the liberty I take in expressing an apprehension that their example, if extensively foltowed, would lead results which every patriotic mind would deplore. s".!aatzeas, there is too much TcasOil to fear, LONDON.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1819. TITS FUNDS PRICE Or STOCKS Tills DAT AT OKI O:CLOCK 3 per Ceilt. Reduced GO, • , 3 per Cent. Consols.67ifl . ni per. Cent. 751 4 per Cent. 84-11 5 per Cent. Navy 103 iii Bank Long Al3nuities 17 9-1 g India Bonds 73. Its. pre. Exchequer gills (28.1.) Is. N. dis. • - Consols for Acct. 674/4. Our Readers have been already apprised that a Meeting of the Deputy Lieutenants, Magistrates, rree holders, and inhabitants, of the West Riding of York shire, was appointed for Thursday last, to consider the propriety of publicly testifying their gratitude fir the services of the late Lord Lieutenant (Earl Ftra, WILLIAM) during his continuance in office, and of adopting such Resolutions' as might appear most conducive to that object. The Requisition for the Meeting was signed by the Duke of Noarotx, the Earl of THANET, and the larger portion of the. M agistrates and respectable Freeholders, of whom we laid a list before our Readers in Tnk &An of Mon day last. Aware hoW much importance was attached to this Meeting, we took some pains to form such arrange ments as might enable us to gratify the public an;iety by publishing an early, yet a :lost ample and impar tial report of the proceedings—which thi3 day occupy a considerable portion oEour columns. The Duke of Noarotx, whose name was at the bead of the signatures calling the Meeting, was UR i•rfroidaNy ev en ttd from being present ; but his -Grace commiss i oned the Ilon. EDWARD PETRE . to declare to the Meeting his entire approbation of the Resolutions that were prepared to be brought for ward, and his sincere regret that any circumstance should have occurred to prevent him from attending in person. By farther accounts from Coventry, but for we cannot find room to -day, we are happy to learn that the violence experienced by the Meeting held near that city on Monday last was not authorised by the Magistrates ; on the contrary, when apprised of, the assault that had been made upon the People, they proceeded to the place to give them their protection, and actually did protect them horn any farther vio lence. The assault seems to have been made entirely on the authority of the High Constable, and was executed , only by a portion of those who attended Lim—the: others breaking their staffs when they saw the purpose to which some of them were applied. The Paris Papers of Wednesday arrived this fore noon. They contain nothing of any importance.--Five pet Cents. Tuesday, 69fr. 80c. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • Fatuously, Nov. 17.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Amity, Pluvory, from Valencia ; and Eagle, Boworx, from Patras, in 64 days, both for Liindon. Sailed the Duke of Wellington, C , for &. Michael's; and Enigheden, Pastime, for the Mediterranean. PLYmontst, Nov. N.E.—Arrived the. William, Roanoost, (ruin Rio Janeiro in fourteen weeks, for Amsterdam ; hfutin, Cantrwiucny, from Liverpool fur Antwerp; Symmetry, Moose, from Leghorn for London, in 68 days ; Spring, Doan, from Dantsic • Asaph, Bantaa, from Oporto fur Loudon, with her sails split Lady Banks, Mastonax, from Quebec for Lon• don, iA wren weeks; and the Dree GebrOeders Nrccra, from Calcutta for As ere. On the 25th ultimo, in lat. 35. 16. long. .35.39. she spoke the Dutch ship Vreede, from Batavia. Poarssionlm, Nov., /9.—S...tied the John, Karr, from YUCa tan.—TlVirld IC.E. ' Drat, Novantsin W.N.W.—Put back yesterday, an.,4linedian sh}p„bonnd to Holland, and has sailed again this' afternoon.-Rem abt bin Majesty's ships Sivitan and Piciena. • . Dynamos, N lll.—The St. Vincent's,. Com:taxa, sailed from heneird Vincent's this day, and got on shore near the Red Nose, bat is iniseeted to be got off without damage. - i.r ,im•••••••••••••• COURT OF KING'S BENCH. THIS DAY.-OLDHAM INQUEST. THE ZING V. TATLOR. This morning, Mr. SCARLITT moved that the Rule he bad obtained on a former day, for shewing cause why a criMinal information shoUld not be filed against Joseph- Taylor, should be made apsoltne. The cri minal information was, for having circulated among the Jury on the Inquest on the body of John Lees,' the deposition of Earnshaw. The Rule was made absolute, and the information will therefore be filed. SEDITIOUS LIBEL Joseph Russell, of Birmingham, who received the sentence of this Court, a few days ago, for publishing " The. Political Litany," was brought upthis morn ing to plead to an Indictment for libel, in publishing the second number of " The Republican." • On being' asked whether he would plead now, or ask . for fur ther time? he said, that he had, on a former day, ap plied to the Court for a copy of the Indictment, but. had not obtained it ; and that it was so excessively long, that he could not make the necessary defence, unless he was furnished with such copy. Mr. Justice 11011101'D said, he hid no power to order him a copy of the indictment. He was now called on to plead, and it was for him to say whether he would plead new or next Term'. Russm.t again addressed the Court, stating that the whole of his property had been assigned for the benefit of his. creditors ; that he was already sen tenced to six months imprisonment in Warwick gaol for a libel ; that he was unable t• employ Counsel or legal advisers, and he wished to know if he could not now have a copy of the indictment, or obtain it by pleading in forma pauperist Mr. Justice HoL nova said, if the defendant pleaded now, the proper officer would inform him how he might afterwards make application to the Coact by affidavits, stating that he was not worth 14 ; he would. then have the benefit of pleading informs pauperis. Russell said, he was anxious that his trial should not come on until the expiration of his imprison ment. After some hesitation, he. pleaded Not Guilty, ,and his plea was recorded. ' HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY. NOV. IL DESTRUCTION . OF THE'ANESICAIS SNIP FILICITE, SY CAPT. ItOPE, OF ISIS MAJESTY'S ifflP ENDYMION. This was a suit of restitution, brought by_thi owners of the ship and cargo, against Capt. Hope, as captor of the Felicite, for not proceeding to adjudi cation, after having caused the said ship to be cap.. tiered, bUrnt, and destroed. The value of the p r o. perry was estimated at £12,000. The KIND'S ADVOCATE and Dr. WM. ADAMS, were heard in support of the grounds of justification claimed by Captain Hope, under the following brief statement cif facts It appeared, that in 1812 and 1813, our Army, then engaged in the Peninsula, in the height of the war, being in digress for supplies, the Felicite, with other American ships, waslicensed, by the-British Govern ment, to carry supplies for our Army to Cadiz, and firm thence re-licensed to proceed with a cargo of wine, atc. to America, protected by this license, artisth, it appeared, was'granted otly ore day after lOW bad been declared between England and the tinted States. Proceeding on her voyage, she en countered Heavy gales off thZ American coast. when hiving sprung a leak, which rendered her sitnitioo the must perilous and dlstressirg, she was fallen in -with and chaced by the Endyrnion, which latter was then stationed in blockade; for the purpose of inter cepting -and.engaging the Presiclent, United States frigate. Captain Hope, on coming up with, sent a , Lientemrs: un bigird the. Felicite, also his car/4111cl s, who steceeded in. imprint tt, that vessel had been under the r six- hundred boxes of raisins or the ship. On being asked if h the British Government? Smith , ter, 'leaner produced, nor said Ho was then, with his trunks, gate, certain papers being pre; Captain Hope, whetller from ; that the Felicite was nnseawor to be considered prize of war, :4 duce the strength of his ship's to enable him to cope with th putting hands ou board, arid 5. for adjudication, or makiag the ascertain the potection of a I Itgve entitled her to proceed, i; ders that she should be set fir sooner was this order car; ied crew about to be removed on b; the Captain produced his licen be replaced on board his shin. On the part of Captain liep that be was justified in treating property from the nor-product til after she was set the to. 'l' license immediately was requisi if not produced, hostilities inn were justified. It was further Captain Hope, that the destruct in consequence of his conside worthy ; and that the delay t duce the license, was with a s the burning, in order to fix Captain Hope; and thus in eff Captain Hope by an action of thereby contemplated, for the ship, it was contended ; at that worthy, or safe for the lives or - Drs. LUSIILNOiON and Dohs owners, contended. that Capta able to the owners for the rash sures he had taken. Sir WM. Scort said he wool Court day. • - • . THE KIN ' We axe concerned to state, morning respecting bis Mais alarming. We ate informed tl was senefor yesterday to Wind Sir FRANCIS BURDIMT has re krronNaT-CirgEKAL has filed tion against him for the Lett Westminster on the subject of th DRURY-LA ,!E. —Last night for the first time this season, in tl his performance of the part w even- more than his usual en of the name of MOODY, and army, appeared for the first corps in the part of Titus. figure and face, and appears knowledge of stage tactics. 'highly favourable. Covakr-Gmtnew.--A new Petit. Comedy, in Two Acts, and a Merry One," was this House. It met with avi tien 'and was announced for r without a single dissentient roi ADELPHI•THEATRE —Last celled " Odds and Ends; or, if was acted for the first time. raining trifle is the productior EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY. Mr. G. Alexander, manufactu at Rye, whilst walking thmul street, was accosted by an elegy whom he imprudently went c College-place, where she picket containing £l2O in notes. before her departure, and gave property was not in her posi searched, but neither the book Still the countryman was conl had robbed him. Next mot Union Hall, where the girl w mination ; and whilst waiting the disposal of other busines a woman, who asked him it wan who had been robbed ? affirmative; on which the o pticket-book, with its contents, would give £lO, and forego .the girl in custody, it should He consented, and she led h house in Kent-street. Here h who, be was informed by his gi He paid down the 101. reward men left the room, as they said but as soon as they got outside him In. In the mean time pee very differently at the Police. been put to the bar, and the pri the ordinary way, but not app compelled to discharge her. Ha she repaired'with her associate! Mr. Alexander still was. The opinion that he still roisesse resol : cd to rid him of it. A pera e fellows were procured, ; Mr. 4.bad wearied himself wi paire . I of being released, the do Not Joubting but that there he waited for their ; determining not to lose so favo he began to descend the stairs, He haa.tot proceeded far beie blow, and at the same mernem ed.—lle began to lay atom hi stick brought him to the grow position, •three or four men (a him, and rifled his pockets of r three half-sovereigns. They r him to grope his way out. A again apprehending Donovan, women who had inveigled ti street ; also a man of suspici , Andrews, who had been offeri neighbourhood.-.-The pasties examination, 1..ONI)l)N l'nnted and pvhii•!, i ' • 4 r • 1 ^ • .; • would be filled by succeecom, as much. their infe rior in British feeling as in enlightened policy'; and the country would Le •leCt in the situation of having all its Public .01Scers of one cast, and that of the wrong one. Let us all, therefore; whatever may be our publiC'si;uations, whether humble or exalted, imitate the example of Lord Fitzwilliam, bystanding .to our post till the strong arm of power shell displaCe us—(Cfecpi). It is this, in a pre-eminent degree, combined With a determination nut to shrink from his duty, that has, given his Lordship so strong a bold upon the gratitude of his country. We cannot have a better model for our imitation ; and I hope I shall be excused the.liberty I have taken in presenting this view of it to the present assembly."—(Cheers). W. Mims COOKE, Esq. then mored the Thanks. of the Meeting to. the Chairman for his conduct is .the Chair. The motion was seconded by the Hon. ;sir. StoonTos, and, carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and declared the Meeting to be dissolved. The Addiess was signed by almost all the Gentle men present; and it was orderid to be placed in all the principal Towns of this Riding, to receive the sig natures of those who chose to sign it. Mr. WILLAN, and Mr. DICKENSON, of Dewsbury, after the Meeting was dissolved, shortly addressed the persons who remained ; and expressed their con viction of the soothing effect which the Resolutions then agreed to would have on the public mind. RESOLUTIONS. . Resolved Unanimously—That the able, active, and conscien tious manner in which Earl Fitrwilllam bas discharged the duties of the Lieutenancy of the West Riding, during a period of more 'thin twenty years—a period fraught with events of unparalleled importance, and in the course of which more than ordinary exertion bath been required, has secured to his Lordship the respect and affection of every clan of Inhabitantecd the Riding. Resolved Unanimously—That this Meeting has leirnt with feelings of deep and unfeigned regret the event of his Lordship being removed from the office of Lord Lierttenant. Resolyed Unanimously—That the loss of his services at this period of difficulty and distress, is peculiarly unfortunate, because while the temperate firmness which his conduct has evinced, would have given us confidence that the preservation of the peace and subordination of the Riding was most safely entrusted to his care--his known attachment to the Constitution •of the Country, would have equally satisfied every class of the Inhabi tants, that no measures would be pursued by his Lordship which tended to infriiise the Constitutional Liberties to which they have a' right. Resolved Unanimonsly—That an Address conveying these sentiments be prepared, and lay for signatures at such Towns in the Nest Riding as the Committee shall direct. Resolved Unanimously—That the following Address be adopted, and be presented to Earl Fitrwilliam by Mr. Parker, the Chairman ; Lord Althorpe, Mr. Smyth, Sir F. L. Wood, Mr. Fullerton, and any other Gentleman who may choose to attend. (Signed) HUGH PARKER, Chairman. Mr. Parker having left the Chair, Resolved Unanimously, on the motion of Bryan Cooke. Esq. seconded by the Honourable Edward Stourtoo, that the Thanks of the Meeting are due to Hugh Parker, Esq. Chairman, for his able and inward:l/ conduct in the Chair. (Signed) EDWARD PETRE. ADDRESS. " To W/LLTAM We-wry/anlls Ftrxwttt.Ltu, Earl Fftzwilliam, Viscount Milton, and Baron Fitzwilliam in England . ; Earl Viscount Milton, and Baron Fitzwiliiam in Ire land, and one of the Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. " Animated by the warmest sentiments of gratitude, regard, and veneration, we the undersigned Nobility, Magistrates, De puty-Lieutenants, Gentry, and others, inhabitants of the West Riding of the County of York, are anxious to testify our sense of the services of your Lordship as our Lord Lieutenant for a period of upward of twenty years, and to b-nclitr for your ev ceptance, with deep and unfeigned regret, this past's% assurance of our unalterable esteem. . _ _ " On this grave and unusual occasion, my Lord, we recall to our remembrance the eminent qualities Which have, for so long a period, distinguished your Administration of Mice. The seal, the honour, the courage, the impartiality, the unwearied atten tion, the prompt independence of year Lordship, in the dis charge of your arduous duties, in the worst of times, and at all times ; and we beg leave to add oar bumble testimony in the 'relation which we have been honoured by holding with you to the high estimate of, your public and private worth, which is cherished through the Kingdom, by the great and good. • " If among the first and foremost of virtues be justly reckoned a grateful sense of kindness received, this one ennobling quality,' , at least, we shall be proud to cultivate in common with your Lordship, and to assure you that our heartfelt gad expanding gratitude will for ever accompany you through yaw future life. " In the fervent hope that you may still very long onjoy.the happiness which springs from pure religion, from elevated mo rality, and from the consciousness of having so disehirged the duties of your high station s as to endear your Lordship to the Inhabitants of this District. and to the Country at large, " We remain, pay Lord, with dutiful respect, " Your moat faithful and obedient Servants, (Signed) &c. &c. Su." .THE EVENING STAR. ~~