Star. — London, England, 1819-10-02 00:00:00

~~~ fr! i I 1 1 1 *-1 )3 1 ,1, SA' THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT OFX O . CLOOK Bank Stock "shut • 3 per Cent. Reduced shut 3 per Cent. Consols 69. 4 1 4 tq per Cent. shut-4 per Cent. shut 5 per Cent. Navy 102; 103 . Bank Long Annuities shut India Bonds 12 10:12 9 pre. Exchequer Bills (2d.) 5 7 dis. Commercial 20 21 dis. Consols for Acct. 70 69ii. We beg to call the attention of every person pos sessed of the spirit of humanity—of every person possessed of property, to the letter from Mr. Hovr, of Manchester, inserted in our columns this day.— There is an old, and though quaint, very expressive saying, "while the grass grows the steed starves." Mr. Hors's appeal in favour of the suffering and fa mishing workmen will, we hope, obtain something more than a bare assent to the justness of his observa tions. The facts, which are admitted by all, call for something more than expressions of sympathy, which, however sincere, will not pass as coin in the purchase of even a penny loaf. Of what use is it to say, as is said by a Meeting of certain Merchants, Bankers, and others, which has this morning an nounced a Declaration, lying at certain Taverns for signattne—of what use is it to say We have witnessed the existing privations and sufferings of certain cla , ,ses of our fellow-subjects with feelings of the deepest concern. It is our hope and belief that these distresses will only prove of a tempo rary nature ; and, during their continuance, it will be our anxious wish to promote every measure that can tend to alleviate thern."—Of what use are such declarations, while nothing is done to remove or re medy these evils ? Unhappily, the same Gentlemen had the same hope and belief," no less than three years ago. Temporary indeed ! Who knows not that they are not etcrnal? but are we, for years, to witness such privations and sufferings, without any effort to improve the system that produCes them?— Would not much of the present suffering be removed by a public interposition to procure for every man a jut recompense for his labour, when he is employed? Does not policy, as well as justice, call for this ? But we shall not enlarge. Let Mr. Roues Letter be read with attention, and it cannot fail to carry con viction to the mind of every person not warped by prejudice, or blinded by avarice. Public Meetings still continue to express, through out the country, the general indignation of English. men against wanton blood spilling. But we have to announce, that in the Ward of Cheap, no less than 47 individuals have approved of the conduct of the Manchester Authorities on the 16th of August!— They have declared their conviction, that the Magi strates and Yeomanry 4 , in the disprtzion of the popu lace—such is their courtly phrase, " were animated by a sense of duty r—But this, unhappily for their object, is not the question that now agitates England. The motives by which these worthies were animated may have been most pure, but the question is simply, What have they done? Ilave they violated the laws of England? . Is the shedding of blood, in direct violation or the law, to be justified on any plea of motives ? If so, the authors of the massacre of the Waldenses and Albigenses—that of St. Bartholomew —that of Glencoe—those of the French Revolution —every enormity, perpetrated in every age, by infu riated zeal, or by fanaticism, may stand justified, and the whole page of history must be held to be a libel on the purity of the motives of the men by whom they were perpetrated! The proceedings at Oldham present one new fea ture. The Manchester heroes at first laid claim ex clusively to the honours of that "proud day ;" but now that the post of honour rather assumes the appearance of that of danger, they seem not only willing, but desirous to yield up their claim to the regular troops. But, unfortunately, not one of the witnesses can recollect to have seen soldiers with black beards cutting at the people. The Chairman of the Inquest has, from the evidence already given, mane a declaration extremely cheering to the friends of our glorious Constitution—that the Jury are quite satisfied that the Riot Act was not read, that the Meeting was a legal Meeting, and that no act of violence took place till the Yeomanry attacked the people. It was stated some days ago, that Mr. RI CHARDSON, the cutler, had been employed to whet the swords of the Yeomanry a day or'two before the Kith. We could not credit the statement : but Mr. llnicsiElt has announced that he means to prove that an order was actually issued for that purpse. The Paris Papers of 'Wednesday, which arrived tl,i, forenoon, furnish nothing of the least interest.— Five per Cents. Div. from the 22. d September, 1819, 70 fr. 30 c. A French paper, the Consithaionne/, gives'the fol. lowing article, dated from Genoa, the 10th ult.:— A Greek vessel has brought hither the important intelli gence that the Orroaettat Posers, convinced of the perfidiou de. Apo ut .11,1 knout V Janina, and indignant at finding Itself ompeomised with Russia, who had guarlreed, by the Treaty • of March, 1800, the politiWexistence of Pant jurisdiction of a Wahvode Chief of the four Cantons TerrattrMa, has adopted a measure worthy of its policy good faith. By a Katischerlff, emanating from the Suoinoa, his Sublime Highness has commissioned If a wealthy exile from Janina, and seven of the prin cipal Paellas of Romelia, so attack the Rebel Au. The Vassals of ALt are invited to abandon him ; the Mosques and Churches ate placed under an interdict; and It reward is offered for his head. The PORTZ, at the same thtteiguarantees the safety of Att's three SOW, MOVOTAIt s VW, and Siuc PACMA, provided they separate themselves from the cause of their father." A Mail arrived last night from Holland; and one from Hamburgh this forenoon. It is affirmed that the Kisro of SAIONY, COMpa9- sionating the persecution to which the Jews are sub jected in many parts of Germany, has granted to all persons of the Jewish Religicn, residing in his domi nions, the right of citizenship. The Army of Austria has been increased 80,000 men by the last levy, and a second levy, equally nu merous, is already talked of! His Royal Highness the Duke of CVMBERLAND left Hanover on the 17th ult. to proceed to Berlin. Hamburgh Exchange on London, 24th September, 36-9 36—Oh. • • • I - a t - THE I VENING STAR. of the 21st o fvflth R March, 1800 I 1 r - - LONDON. if the Terrattrnta, has adoi • and its good faith. By a ()RAND Suottios, his Subl SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1819. Pante BET, a wealth? exile IL THE ARMY. Monday, the First Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, consisting of nearly 700 fine young men, marched from Edinburgh for Glasgow. A division of the 52d Foot marched on Tuesday into Litchfield, and will remain there during the winter. The Head-quarters of the Corps are at pre-' sent at Derby, but are expected to be removed to Litchfield, as a more central point to the district. Monday, five Companies (the Head quarters) of the Second Battalion of Grenadier Guards, arrived at Chatham, under the command of Lieutenant-Co lonel ALEX, from Brighton. NAT'AL INTELLIGENCE. The sloop Charles, of Chichester, Capt. JAM EI Pant; bound from Liverpool home, haN founde red, and all on board perished. Loss or TIRI PARAGON East INDlANlkN.—Kxtract of a Letter front Calcutta, dated March 26 :—The painful task has fallen on , me to inform you of the loss of the ship Paragon (from England ' the 51st of August, and the Cape the 6th of December), on San-' gor Sand. The melancholy event happened on the night of the 24th—the whole of the passengers and crew, with the exception ' of a Portuguese lascar, who refuted to quit the wreck, have been saved by the Sophia pilot vesseL The (Dicers and volun teers on board the Sophia, much to their credit, volunteered their tervices to go in the boat to assist in saving the passengers , and crew. They brought the Ladies, seven in number, and Captain KLLSE, who has been dangerously ill for some time, safely on shore.—P.S. The vessel has sunk, and not an article of property has been saved. The Captain is since dead. FALM.OUTR, SZFT. 29.—Wind S. W.—Arrived off this port the Amelia, Suety, from St. Andrew's, in thirty-eight days, for London. She spoke, on the 28th August. off the Grand May nan, the Simon, TAYLOR, from Liverpool for St. Andrew's, out forty-seven days; and on the 21st September, in lat. 48. 6. long. 27. 19. the Providence Success, Ursula., from Liverpool for Se. John's, Xcw Brunswick, ant ten days. PLY2OI:TH, SAPT. 30.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Samuel Whitbread, Discs, from Fiume"; Eagle and Prata;from Prbace Edward's Island. Put back, with the loss of foremast, the Ldll Cochrane, for Malaga. Pools-mourn, Ocronra I.—Arrived the Richard, HUTCFUNIIS, from Havre. l'assed up Channel the Mary, BISaETT, from Gre nada for London.—Wind S.S.W. MAatttcn, Octonnt I.—Arrived the F.clipte packet, with a Mail front Holland. DEAL, 0.-roata 1.-IVind S. S.W.—Came down from the River, the .Ictive, JEFFERSON, and Jane, 51E,tairs, for Gibraltar; Europe, TALBERT for Bermuda; Ranger, REmutaurosr, for Demerara; and the Britannia ' Br u.v. for Seville. Arrived and saijrd for the River, the Nimrod, from the . South Seas; Castle reagh, WEIR, from Jamaica; and the Lord Nelson, ArtnEasoa, from Toisago. The latter spoke on lath September, in lat. 47. N. lung. 23. W. the Grace, of Lrbice, for Newfoundland. Saturday the Prince LEOPOLD arrived at Lowther Castle, from Edinburgh. • The Duchess of RICHMOND and family left Town yesterday morning, at seven o'clotk, for the scat of her Grace's sister, the Marchioness C(1 . RNIVALLIS, at Culford, in Suffulk. The daughter who accompa nied his Grace to Canada, was Lady MAR; not Lady ELIZABETH LEsex. The outrages against the Jews, at Copenhagen, ac cording to accounts from thence, appear to hare ex ceeded those committed in any of the German cities. 0;:e unfortunate Jew was forced out of his carriage and stoned in open day. and it is said he subsequently died of his wounds. The Secretary of an Advocate, who headed a mob that broke into the house of a Inv, and threw the furniture into the street, has been condemned to imprisonment and hard labour for life. Several Jewish families have quitted Hamburgh, in consequence of the persecution against them in that city, to establish themselves at Altona ; others are preparing to proceed to America. We learn by accounts from Washington,' dated the 25th of August, that the deliberations on the Dis patches, relative to the Florida affairs, lately received by the Hornet, have produced in the 'American- Ca binet sensations of the strongest kind against Of course it was impossible for the : American -Execu tive to take any decisive measure, for. the present, as the power of declaring war lies with the Congress ; but a Report of all the negociations, and their result, was preparing for Congress ; and, from the circtun. stances attending the whole affair, and the tone al ready assumed by the Republican Ministers, it was, expected that FERDINAND would be put at complete l defiance. The forbearance of the Americans is ex hausted—a popular clamour . has been raised from one end of the Union to the other, and it is thought that no terms short of immediate paymeirt of claims, or possession of the Floridas, will be accepted from Spain. In case things come to this length, it was ascertained to be the intention of the Government to acknowledge the Independence of Buenos Ayres and Chili, at once, leaving the acknowledgment of the other Sections of South America till they receive more satisfactory reports, or till it is evi dent they will be able tostand their ground. All ves sels suited to be armed as privateers, had taken a considerable rise in the United States. Private Letters received yesterday from New York, Boston, and other Cities of the United States, give alarming accounts of the progress of the yellow fever : ten or twelve dyin g d a ily indifferent to wn s. A t New port, in one house, all the inhabitants, six in num bera have fallen victims ; and th e house was shut up. LETTER FROM MR. HOLT fierniz EDIT4Rj OF THE STAR. • MANCHESTEC SEPT. 28, 1829. I feel exceedingly unwilling to obtrude myself' upon the Public, and quite as much so, to occupy, unpedfitably, the columns of thy Paper, in which 'the cause of the labouring Poor has been so much more ably advocated ; yet I may be permitted to add to my former communications a few hints, which thou wilt either give, as coming from me, or if thou more approves of that mode, incorporate them , in thy general remarks upon thismost interesting subject. Passing events convince me that " delays are dan gerous," and my regard for that old, but true adage, induces me to state, that duty, as well as policy, calls upon every man, who has either mind or money, to use his influence for the assistance of those whose situation and circumstances demand it. There are many who are now, most deservedly, moving in the higher walks of life, who will easily call to their recollection, that either themselves, or their predecessors, were indebted to industrious exer tions, supported by the blessings of PROVIDENCE, upon honest intention, for the elevation to which they have attained; and he who can lay his hand upon his heart, and claim such an origin, has indeed a tide to greatness, which Nobility itself may bow to with respect. Impressed with this belief, and most anxious that my suffering fellow men, wherever found, may have that aid to which patient, but unsuccessful exertion, is at all times entitled, I again call upon the men of influence, and of information, to lay aside prejudice, and ascertain for themselves, whether grear distress does, or does not prevail, amongst the labouring classes of the community? Their report would be a boon to the country : for such is the present state of extreme agitation, that what appears in the public Papers, reiterated and un contradicted, must necessarily contribute to increase that feeling, and augmeilt that turbulence, and dis position to complain, which peculiarly marks every succeeding large assemblage of the People. To as r certain how far these complaints are well founded or otherwise, would be labciur well bestowed, and would greatly tend to lessen the public anxiety. It is no uncommon remark, that those who ate loudest in their complaints, are not the people who are really suffering. Be it so: the complaints of the sufferers themselves have come before the Public, in every possible shape, and in language at once tem— perate, but firm and respectful : ,and what has so far resulted from these appeals of wretchedness? Has' not the same listless apathy left the matter to chance,' and the - coropltittants to distress and clisappointAttla, Shall we then condemn that sympathitiC - feeling, which adds dignity to the human character, •and ittlf pets every individual of the great family, to espouse the general cause? and thus an ebullition is every ', where seen, unheard of at .any former period. Let the wound be probed, and ascertain its Mill. nity : the cure is neither doubtful nOr distant, if pro perly set about. The private concerns of every matt of business require arrangement, foreclst, and Un ceasing attention, if he is either to be successful or comfortable : how much more must the great Ma nufacturing System require the united wisdom and experience of those who are the main springs of the great machine : if its operations are to proceed with vigour, every subordinate part of it must be pre served,. ft for the discharge, of its relative functions. It is by this vigilance, and faithful discharge of duty, that the prevailing dissatisfaction is to be re moved, and the thousands who meet to complain, be converted into gipups of approving and. peaceful subjects. Then, indeed, will the country resume its wonted cheerfulness; and whilst plenty rewards the toil of'tabour, the distinguishing mark will be—gra titude in the people. Another common objection to any public inquiry into the prevailing distresses and dissatisfaction is, •that it will be laid hold of as a matter of triumph on the part of the disaffected, and that concession,-un der these circumstances, will increase the evil. This it only opposing one opinion to another ; and as we see what neglect and inattention has done, it would be a mark of wisdom, at least, to give inquiry a fair chance, and see what may result from that. I have employed my feeble exertions to rouse my fellow men to efforts suited to the exigencies of the moment, that the spectre of which we are in fear, may be brought before us in its just proportions ; and, if it should be found that we have conjured up horrors which do not exist, the country will hail the intelligence with joy, and deservedly applaud the , spirit and determination which has led to the disco very. But, if it should be found that the measure of sifffering amongst the labouring poor has been gra dually on the increase, for a series of years, and that it has ct length reached a point almpst beyond endu rance, let us not lose one moment, but use our most strenuous exertions to introduce another and better order of things. Let it not be said, that now conces sion would betray weakness—call forth Justice and Mercy: and if to permit their influence be concession, then let concession become the order of the day, until we have subdued the prevailing discontents, by re moving the heavy burdens, and letting the oppressed go free. I am convinced that, though it may be at variance with our most reputed theories of political economy, ' yet that the experiment of giving to labour a value, which a series of thoughtless and oppressive exac tions have taken assay from it, ought to be made ; and if, in imitation of Birmingham, Sheffield, and some other of our great Manufacturing towns, where Chambers of Commerce, or Boards of Trade, do exist, similar Associations were forty el, of the lead ing and most respectable men, and that their avowed object should be, not only the general protection of Trade, but, most determinedly, to secure to the ope ratives, a fair and adequate remuneration for their labour, under all the starying circumstances that ne cessity or caprice may bring about, thus the la bourer would know where to seek protection against an avaricious and unfeeling master, who might at tempt to take advantage of his poverty, and offer any other than the gei.e..al and approved prices of the day. No one will, I think, assert, or can'teriously belieh that the present depre.sed price of labour is. either , essential to the commanding place we hold, a:La great manufacturing and Commercial cornmonity, or stall 1 - 11; .47, whid l been vey conducive to the general i n t erests which vet, attempted, I an , dt „ 6 ; , .. of the opinion, that until A cons id erable dit y . has A e r labour is taken out of the mark et , and some prt`-',, done e i i n r this by wa activity is given to it, the st,perabundarr.e ei:114" petually have the effect of deraaging a ov as have been pointed out ; and, therefore, the and Crown Land, under the sanction of tiave rtm .' must be resorted to. And if the .:kgrici:1•01::,' 1 —. rest should take the alarm, the ctiltivati oe lands might, to a great extent, be empin le d 'growth of Flax, the practicability of which L most satisfactorily proved by an expeiiment waste of Dartmoor, on the part of C1i.,1 ; ?, spectable and philanthropic character, large track of land There. He is decidedly eo e .:.. that upon the waste land of this Island, sti r, Flax might be grown to render The impo ttx :. : . German and Russia linen almost evtircly i ons, and, of course, give employment in Mcf. 'wring, to a large body of our populatio n . It has been confidently stated, that 20 years, at least 120,000 small Farm E r . e : broken up, and converted into ling:: eno,. ; 1, 7 measure, upon a moderate conipiffatien, persons have been deprived of their accnst, !means of obtaining a livelihood, and have been into the Manufacturing, and other bread there. If•to this mournful catalogue add the int.. numbers who have, since the conclusion cl 1:.: been also turned upon Society tor shall not wonder at the superabundance et 1.;;,;n•., which is on all hands pressing for emplfiya ma . It is also well known, that the Mercantile, M art facturing, and Labouring Interests have, for a kr :, of years, been made to partake of the general cll.* mitics with which the country has been visited, t at extreme degree, whilst the Landed latertas, the special protection of the Legislature, have :lets sheltered from a participation in the as is clearly and satisfactorily shett•n, by the co::(:. reasoning, and most interesting calculations, addre,43 to the Chairman of the Committee en the Poor Lroi, by a writer who deservedly ass mind the name ti a Briton ! Situated as the Country is, our grand object is , rally round the Constitution, ns handed down to r; by our forefathers. To restore its vigour and useftl ness, and preserve the stake we individually lay claim to, every man is called upon, in the present emu gency,_ to sacrifice to the common cause, in roper• lion to the value and importance of that stake t. hivalelf and his family: and if we thus coati-ll:nets the general aid, from the highest to the lowest rant the- end will be accomplished, and se *OP, asil i tt Conte tb feel that happiness and indepes• deuce sir* yet to be found in Old England. Only let a well organized plan be brought ferrrd, Ind the •public artent;on seriously and weigHly called to it, and I am confident that the united rh. (torts and patriotism of the Country would Jeri* Warts- of relief. The really• distressed would be asdiated.; and those whose object is not Reform, Itt Rieolution, would be punished as the laws d , rect, and their character held up to general elecration.. I beg to subscribe myself thy obliged friend. • DAVID 110 LT. ELECTION OF LORD-MAYOR.—At the usual her, yestorday, the poll-cloied, and soon after the followir.; numbers were exhibited : Mr. Aldesmaii Bridges Mr. Alderman Thorpe Mr. Alderman Wood 1474 - 1:273 Immediately after the declaration cf the numbers, the people in the Hall commenced a liidco:Ts ani almost deafening hooting and howling, a.ld the tc• mutt was increased to an-almost insuffer.,blo estert by the exultation of the friends of Alderni:tn BRILGES on the hustings. It was some time below 4ilenct could be obtained. Mr. Sheriff Pa muss endeavoured to restore min quillity, by advancing to the front of the hustings, and by waving his hand. " You have hitherto," to said, addressing the people, " conducted yourselves most peaceably and orderly, and Ihope you will re :stain so to the end of the electioh." But this inter ference had not the desired effect, and it was not until Mr. THONIPSON presented himself, that tranquillity was restored. He was received with great applaii , e. Although not yet recovered, he said, from the buil , s he had received on Wednesday, still he felt liirnie:: strong enough to address his fellow-citizens on tle present occasion. With respect to the poll been declared, it was a trite Ghser vation, but a vet true one, that little minds were always much ,tifaici at trifles; their opponents had gained a very small advantage, but they scarcely could contain them selves, so great was their exultation. One of these friends of corruption, one of these slave-h.:vets, had called out to the defeated party " Pull down your flags ;" but he forgot that he was speaking to Britons who were not compelled, like these dastardly !laves , to support a faction—("Shocking,:shockingri!,:s° 2 one on the hustings). Some of the fiiends of Alderman Bridges were crying out behind hi* " Shocking ;" but he would ask them if they would cry out " Shocking" to the bloody massacre at May chester ?—(" Disgraceful!" from the same qaartcrl This interruption would not prevent him from spew , - ing the language of truth ; and he could a sore these hirelings that he had patience enough to bear it all. What real cause had these men for triumphine — They had ransacked, he would not say the Jails, but the Bank, the Excise, the India House, the Customs, and almost every public office and private counting: house in the City, to bring up their slaves to the roll: It was almost invariably the case in popular elections that the popular party lost grolind at the commence ment of the contest ; and for this plain reason could be brought up whenever their masters rleaseit but freemen took their own time, and it was neces sary to wait their pleasure. Of one thing, however , the. Gentlemen of the Livery might rest assured that, however slowly Freemen might come to the poll, they wcre.always certain of coming up at last. ' Mt. Alderman BnIDGE* next tame forward , and attempted, but in vain, to obtain 'a hearing. li e ". 3 ititttbeiiiately assailed by hoots and hisses, whic h cca inned for some minutes, and he retired. a The Hall was subsequently adjourned in the rt.set T'ay, ulna this morning. , STATE OF TILE I'OLL .AT ONE OTLO ( Fur Alderman I; II (DU ....... • tim Aldern Ttooar lld ••114.i..tu.411 Woub ••••••••••••••• 116 lit h Ia CO ?eLf.. 4 ; Tile i 4 a d c r re c he r. r.! pt ha i • fit`i t 7 ,4 . s rai ••1 anc st ; nt e to Si] . • , 7 til e nch .r. ,cot 501 wen eatJ • lIS !TI iTn - r. , 71 t . It lan . TL et r•Jr lie, 3iann. 55T for a sr.fe t meral sited, have :x. La Lit ic the c0:(.7. s, ad 1re,4.1 1:. Poor L:ra.;, be name L i .c, • object is t% down to r; and useld• ly lay claim si went emer- iti proper. hat stake is ontribute is lowest rant md, anti rte id indepest• d. forrrd, wcigHly united iris- •onld Jeri* I v•ould be deform, 1. laws &reel, ecrativn. LI friend. ID 110 LT. usual hoar, he following 1474 1:273 minibers, hielcoas and std the tt.. T.,ble eitert rut liiticcEs lOW 4ilenct restore tr.in- Ice hustings, ithcrto," d yourselves you will re- it this inter- ,vas not until tranquillity at applause. n the bruins felt himself zens on the 1 had , but a very ugh affected I very small Main them- le of there !rivers, had 1 down your ; to Britoil' , irdly !laves, n a 1" hi' a. SOVS b • suds of behind hi:* they would CT , at Mat:* re yparlcr. , l front speaN - assure these ) bear it all. Imphing ? he Jails, but he Customs, to counting - to the re l 4 ar elections. commence-