Star. — London, England, 1819-08-20 00:00:00

1f '.. .1 -. 'I - l ~. fi l ~~ .~ 10 ~~ i TiIir: . VWING STAR. LONDON. muniwr-Aixon-10, Isis; THE FUND & • TRICE OT STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3.per Cent. Reduced per Cent. Consols 71ii er Cent. 81H-1 ',er Cent. 911; 5 1-er Cent. Navy 104} 105 . 'Bank Long Annuities 193.16 India Stock 219 220 India ponds 17 18 16 pre. , 22 ts4hequer. Bills (2c1.) par 2 pre. *petttitim . 4I'S 41 pre. la ! toni.licU . Acct. 711 e 71}. ktOttetts from . Manchester this morning are, weAriApilyio-iay, as favcurable as could possibly be expected, after such a scene as was witnessed there on Monday. In one word, all was quiet there yeate i r st ify;fetepoon .at eleven o'clock ; but, were we to perfect tranquillity prevailed, we shittild be misleading our Readers. Every mind is filled faith apprehension on the one part, and bitter exie;ations (Kt the other ; and it will require a long period to allay the alarms which some have created for themselves, and for all the considerate inhabitants, by the transactions of Monday ; to obliterate from the minds of the sufferers a sense of the injuries, the wrongs and the wounds inflicted on an unarmed multitude of men, women, and children ! onto dis sipate their desire to see the blood that, in our opi nion, has been wantonly shed, avenged by the arm of justice. Nor will the day cf tranquillity be has tened by the attempts that have been made by some eafee:ing scribblers, who are a ..i4erace to a free press, to palliate the mischief L deliberate false hoods. One Journal, from which we ought to have expected more candour, says, " After the Riot Act had been read, this body (the Yeomanry) advanced Merely to enable NADIN to execute his warrant. Numbers instantly tied with precipitation, but the snore daring part of the assemblage remained, and assailed the Constables and Military with brick bats, and other missile weapons, and a few fired et gum pout windows, c ' the tops of hoists 1— ;k:ot a single shot was fired I , 'he military until loos afterwards, when it became necessary for their own snerinral safety. We repeat, therefore, that the pro. • were not only called for by the exigency of the - o ccasion, but were adopted of imperious neces sity; upon the une. rag principle of self-defence! r- Shame, shame, Ach profligate impudence. vestereay we laid bd.re ouilleadersthe opinions formed by the more sober of bur contemporaries,, on eveiti.ifiuch every humane zniod--every fliendo€ lyia country' and of its Constitution , must sieplort). Zia Atorwing *tarok!, waiting for more'factn hadavoilled. giving a deciiled'opinion : from an extraerehich we subjoin, it will be seen that that journal also &Vain the tragic scene which we have tad to describe, - and with similar sentiments. .As to The Courier, which now and then honours us with its censures, we will not say all that we think of it :—enough will be seen of the effect its anithadversions have produced in the minds of the Public, by 'erne well-written observa tions which we subjoin fmin the Morning Papers: From Tars AWNING IfElhano—" The respectable part of the press is of one accord in regretting the contact pursued by the Manchester Magistrates, as far as the circumstances have yet been known. It is curious to observe tfe impertinence with which the Courier attacks those who have expressed themselves with independence, mcderation, and humanity. Why will this wretched Journal so far forget itself? Is there a human creature in the country of sound mind, that gives the least weight to what the Couriet says—that regards it in any other light, than as a spaniel frisking at the heels of Ministers, caressed o r kicked at their caprice, in the one case; and the other, licking the dust of their feet, and barking at all Who do not wear the livery of their masters ?—ls there a person of good taste that could read, without dis gust, the shocking stupid pleasantries of the Courier respecting brandy bottles,' and hanging,' and • gibbets'--images, which One would think, could present themselves only to the fancy of a low sot or en executioner. Is there a man with the advantages of common education, who does not despise its per ' ignorance of every object of liberal study ?—We shall give an example from the string of impertinencies which it published yesterday. Another Journal--a Morning Paper, justifies the exhibition of I the Cap of Liberty' at Reform Meetings, by stating, that it is carried before the KING when going to his Parlia ment.' Does the Courier correct this blunder?—No ich thing, but receives it with implicit faith, and sets sting its learned adversary with a nonsensi lity that is truly amazing. We need not nadeirs, what the youngest of their children, ;q cared the mystery of reading English, is icenainted with, that the g Cap of Liberty se the Krug,' about which these two learned are disputing, is the Cap of Alabama . nee,. by Pope JULIUS 11. to King HENRY VIII. of respect for Ilestaia defence of the " Tor Mozonwo CHRONICLE : Ton the cord hearts and quibbling heads . that cannot silence thtir petty animosities, nor catch one spark generous fct/ing, IMO tooled throw a vest stew the climes (even if such had been committed) of men acting from the , neisbe enthusiasm of reel patriotism and undebanctied loyaky." 14 Such is the language of The Courier. We blush to think that an Englishman should so far forget the manly generous feeling for which his country has hitherto been characterized, as to give utterance to language like this. Cold must indeed be our hearts, and quibbling our heads, if we could view with cold indifference the slaughter of an unoffending and peaceable population, of unarmed and defenceless men, women, and children, trodden down and sabred by an ungovernable military force—if we could read without emotion the recitals, every fresh one more distressing than the one which preceded it, of the havock and distress which has been the result of this infuriated proceeding, of the lives which have been sacrificed, of the numbers of wounded and mutilated Who have been taken to the Infirmary, and the num bers since discovered in fields and by the way sides, unable to reach their homes. Over excesses of this nature we trust we shall never throw a veil, or attempt to insult the understanding of our countrymen by at tributing them to noble enthusiasm, real patriotism, and undebauched loyalty.' For what was the conduct pursued on this occa sion? A Gentleman, who had the best means of seeing and hearing all that passed, and . whose evi dence will deservedly have the greatest weight with the Public, tells us expressly, that the outrage origi nated with the militaryforce. — ' A; soon he says,' as Messrs. HUNT and JOHNSON had jumped from the waggon, a cry was made by the cavalry,' Have at their, fags! In consequence, they immediately dashed not only at the flags which were in the waggon, but those which were posted among the crowd, cutting most indiscriminately to the right and to the left in all directions, and it was not till this act had been corn mined that any brick-bats were hurled at the mili tary. From that moment the Mancbester Yeomanry Cavalry lost all command of temper.' " The Courier, therefore, is not warranted in say ing that the mob inselted the military, who were moving towards them to enable the civil power to execute a civil process ; for that civil process had been executed, and a single stone had not been thrown, or a pistol fired by the people, when the scene of havock commenced. 77,. Courier has indeed, in giv ing this account, suppressed the passage which we have quoted : but though such a suppression might have been serviceable on an ordinary occasion, it will not nnw avail them. The public will not be trifled with on such an occasion as this, but will demand that the whole of these proceedings be sifted to the very bottom. It is now allowed, on all hands, that the meeting was perfectly legal, and it is not even pretended that there was the smallest indication Of riot when the Yeomanry Cavalry were ordered to advance ; What, then, was the cause of their advancing ?—To aid the Civil Power, it is said, in serving process on Mr. ki UN? and others. But supposing all this to have been legal, supposing Mr. IIuNT, and those who were with him, to have, in some way or other, laid them selves open to prosecution, a feeling of mercy towards the many thousands of people then crowded toge ther, would have avoided driving in among them a strong body of Cavalry, from which, in any case, seri ous conseque:.ces might have ensued. rr The story of the marching order in which marry of these people entered the town, which has been dignified with the appellation of military array, is a poor-pretext for this cruel proceeding. Manchester was full of armed men—the Reformers must have been well aware that it would be so before they en tered it, and to suppose, that with the knowledge of all this preparation, they would proceed to any out rage, even if they entertained the wish, is to suppose them absolutely bereft of their senses. The fact of any such intention having been entertained, is com pletely disproved by all the accounts hitherto re ceived, which describe them as not only unarmed, but even for the most part without sticks. Many of these men are stated to have been in the army, mi litia, or some volunteer corps, which may easily ac count for their possessing so much of military tac tics as to enable them to march in a line ; and when we reflect that there is hardly a person in the coun try, arrived at the age of manhood, who has not served as a soldier, militiaman, or volunteer, at one time or other, no great stretch of faith is required to induce any one to give credit to this. " From this unarmed multitude, then, amidst a large body of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, not the slightest danger could be apprehended. And the waggon which was driven through the midst of the Meeting, shortly before the advance of the cavalry, supposed for the purpose of trying the temper of the people, and to which they every where gave way, demonstrated, beyond a doubt, the peaceable inten tions generally entertained by them.—But we have seen, for some time past, the gradual approaches to 'this catastrophe. Intimations were openly made that the Manchester Magistrates would be found of a very different stamp from those who paralyzed the ener gies of the worthy LORD MAYOR of LONDON. He could only manifest the warmth of his honest zeal by the judicious selection of the time for the arrest of HARRISON; but we were tauntingly told there were no Alderman WOOD and Alderman WAITIf- MAN there. No! indeed, there does not seem to haie been any such men there!—But well would it be were the whole to end with the calamitous proceed.- ings at Manchester. What we feared, however, bas come to pass. Tie %shale of the neighbouring towits are in a state little short of civil war. A foundation has thus been laid for scenes of violence, of which we may not so soon witness the termination r From Toe T . /sm.—This Journal, referring to its article of yesterday, and stating that its own packet of Manchester intelligence not having arrived when that article was written, it had therefore expressed; only a qualified opinion respecting the statements circulated (by the STAR), proceeds thus: " Our own Correspondents have confirmed those accounts, and added many facts of which we were not previously possessed. They have removed from our minds all doubt as to what the judgment of an honest Englishman ought to be, and all obligation to modify or reserve it. The bold Thersites of the, evening press may rail at us, though he has not con tradicted one of our assertions, or answered one - of those arguments, which we have founded upon the acknowledged provisions of law, and the esta blished principles of British right and liberty.— The Courier reproaches us with stupidity, folly, and falsehood.' Such abuse is a fitting apology for deeds, which, unless we are greatly misinformed, the Go vernment itself is not so ready as scme of its rejected advocates to incur the degradation of defending. Is lo fury, however, can destroy the fact, that nearly an hundred, if not more, of the King's subjects, have been sabred and trodden down by a body of cavalry,' in the streets of Manchester, within sight of Magis trates, responsible for the preservation of person and property, and for the maintenance of public order. , —. This, we repeat emphatically, is the simple truth. Many of the particulars attending it are already public ; the evidence on which it rests will be made public also ! but, in fact, it is neither denied nor seri ously justified, except the following apostrophe be meant for a justification Shame on . the absence of that manly, generous feeling, which would throw a veil over the excesses, even (ifsisch had been committed) of men acting from the noble enthusiasm of real patri otism and undebauched loyalty.' And again, May not virtue and honour have their venial transgressions in the eyes of these Liberals?' (meaning by Liberals, the Times). Gracious Heaven ! our generous feelings are appealed to in favour of an excess, which excess consists of nothing more than a charge made by a regiment of cavalry upon a multitude destitute of arms, creating no disturbance, exhibi:ing at the time no tendency to riot, or defiance of tie constituted authorities.— To advance upon these defenceless, and then, at least, unoffending wretches, cutting to right and left with drawn sabres, by which a number of individuals were killed and wounded ; this, too, is, it seems, the venial transgression' of virtue, honour, and un debauched loyalty.' Yes, but unless it can be shewn that this interference of the military was absolutely required to support the ineffectual authority of the Civil Magistrate—the necessity ef which has not yet been attempted to be proved—we must say, that these are also the kind of excesses against which laws have been made since the beginning of history— these are the venial transgressions,' on account ri which gibbets were invented in less liberal' times. This is precisely the species of loyalty' which, when not restrained in its excesses,' has, before now, pro duced civil commotion, and almost excused an open defiance of the laws. The more attentively we have considered the relation subsisting between the upper and the labouring classes throughout some of the manufacturing districts, the more painful and unfa vourable is the construction which we are forced to put upon the events of last Monday. It is foolish in The Courier to talk about people on the spot being the most competent judges of what is likely to hap pen, or of what ought to be done in any great emergency. Where a conflict of interest and pas sion exists between two bodies of men, who inhabit the same neighbourhod, each individual is a parti , ga, and a few, if any, are qualified to be any thing mote. A similar form of party spirit to that which raged in Ireland about 1798, has, we doubt not, appeared in the manufacturing districts of this country. The two great divisions of society there, are—the masters, who have reduced the rate of wages : and the work men, who complain of their masters for having done so. Turn the subject as we please, to this complex ion it must come at last.' There may be partial mo difications of the quarrel ; but that such is the out line, we have steadily contended." From the PUBLIC LEDGER.—",Two Ministerial Edi tors have undertaken the defence of the conduct of the Manchester Magistrates on Monday; but if they can not make out a better case for themselves than what is stated by their advocates, they ought not to be al lowed for a instant longer to disgrace his Majesty's Commission. .uch of our Readers as have atten tively perused the different accounts which have been given of the lamentable transactions of that day, will contur with us in designating it as one of the most false, paltry, and quibbling apologies which ever issued from the Press I" a MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING, EIGHT O'CLOCK. 44 Nothing of particular importance has transpired since I wrote you yesterday. A deathlike stillness pervades the town, which looks more like a place be sieged than the once busy capital of the first manu facturing district in the world. Tranquillity has been re-established, but I fear much not on the most secure basis. Evety body is under fearful apprehen sion that the state of extreme exasperation into which the populace have been unis ersally thrown by the ose. lincho'y events of Monday, and v.l t i c h t h e: ate nually indicating in a hundred ominous rburst forth in a manner too awful to be cr.inen.f The Authorities here d nut c: n.:e2l they feel that their situation now is even sk it was. Orders, I understand, from an as which I can rely, have been sent off in el, rections for more regular troops. - Yet rfe troops arc to be pared from I know not, f ci ing to every account which has reached us the towns round about us, Stockport, Ma( 'Oldham, &j. are even in a worse state thin In fact, it is from without that every b o d must ; for, notwithstanding thsshoar of yest re-action on the part of the country people, as they are sure to be by the mass of the Manchester, is an event which the most and reflecting allow Dabs but too probahl , !. " Neither IIeNT nor any of his fellow have as yet been brought- up for a seco n d tion ; I understand that HUNT sent a mea l sentation through the keeper of the prison to gistrates, to be admitted to give bail; but answer either negatively or ..ffirmatively Las made to it. Indeed it is yet to be lalowl the offence which he is charged with is a bai or not. The prisoners are all confined in cells, and are not suffered t s I . ave any cr tion with each other. The examination will, stand, certainly take place to-morrow. " On inquiring at the Infirmary, I a m find that there has not been any farther a( the number of the, dead ; but many are still dangerous state from thait wounds. " P. S.—Thursday Morning, Elewn send this by a Gealeman who is just leads,the Mail. I have nothing further to add tr, All is still -quiet. ‘f The MAgistrates have issued the collonim which is posted all over ti.e tov T 9 TNT T;HATITANTs Of TNT HUNDII.I9 OT 2/1.1 " It having been proved, oath beture the that large bodies of men assemble in various places H un d re d o f S a lford, for the parpo:e of training am military exercise, which, in many instances, has been with seditious and treasonable purposes, we. the Magi tracts, do declare, that such assemblies and contrary to law, and -ye hereby strictly enjoin aLI after to abstain therefrom. And we charge all Con, others, on their allegiance, to give information of where the practices aforesaid prevail, and again:: za be concerned therein. " Given under our hands this I 7tli day of Augm "W.Hrttox "W. )AI " W. R. HAy " W. C. Ilk "R WILMS? " C. W. Er " T. TRAIPTORD • " J. &axon "H. D. BILOV2TSOK "R. Fuse • "T. W. Tanya "J. Warr, " J. Nosats." 4 , LEEDS, An ‘ 4 Aliouthalf-pst twelve o'clock this d, pressirrived here from General BTNO, thi hitiroop of the 4th, or Royal hash Di Manchester ; and, in the course of half an were equipt in comple:e ranching order, a after set out for their destination ; the of had previously left this neighbOurhood, for quarter—so that, with the exception of a fi inz parties, we have not a single iegulai our vicinity ; the Hussar Yeomai ry are, quencf, in momentary expectation of bell out; though, thank Gon, there is not, as 'lppearance of their services being wanted neighbourhood. Matters, however, wear a aspect all round us ; and were a stranger through the town, without making any inr would naturally conclude that we were ii insurrection —judging from the immense - unemployed workmen anJ others loitering streets, and haranguing each other. It is astonishing to witn!,s the nu leset every coach ar.i es irom or via ter, all eagerly inquiring for news; and, intervals that elapse hem een the arrival ous accounts, RUMOWR spreads the MO details. TEN, P. M.—The Express which ar to-day for the -ith Dragoons, proceeded Barracks, to order the remainder of the Manchester ; they accordingly marched.ip six o'clock, and will march agaiss i at, tit to-night for Manchester i where (tbp !xi evening say) atrairs..a . re still in a mop state, and business quite suspended. . Here (in Leeds) the streets still contir ed ' • and murky and scowling clouds of I may be seen too visibly depicted on hundrec Many in this place, and not without grog: prehensive that something unpleasant bare, when the troops are all withdrawn." COVENTRY, AUGUST 16. A Meeting . of the Ribbon Weavers of took place, in consequence of the low prii weaving vand as an agreement was, in tared into between masters and men to pa price, which has at various times been iv, body of Weavers inflicted what they &ant nishment upon two individuals, who, they' had been the means of those redactions, them on an ass, and parading the streets, amusement of some, and the great terror but not offering any violence to their persei Extract of another letter, dated the 19t1 " Coventry is at this time-in a state of ont.!- yesterday several Masters rode spoil - t • I ' 1 % • .) • t A • , % • such thing , : 1 ..1, k . ! . a b o ut refut ' t cal volubili r.t... 00 tell our teal w h o bi t s as , probably at borne before . , t • Thcbans an t ( prcsemcd b 1 as a mark. t 1 Christian fa • I trom To I i " Shame up 1 111 11 , for a moment 4 tha: numly , are Ltd' f te, ) WOTye I,f eterl Alia t for, 4 , 44 as h ere, racCal k han lody d ith resterd b. e, fay.. pe op k rea ° Priseteg d e tc * . rong Teo. ti , t 3{ 4 . th A t Jal kis Ith r l t )allabl e p it in s iva :ornw ir i 4 , ill, I tinder. mha;p addiil3 ll ,“ ill in a v t i here in rs the ahm, inr placard, Magi ltra; Cell Wieg E acd pray , i;t i aeen :onttecti to ur.derstgat4 :d practices av persons So* onstables f the 1.)1. , .7::1 all such r c 4 gust, mason atoscerat 'spares [Mal rGiST:o. day an Ii ordering Di ar,ocus, in hoar, , and sac; other troop for the s ietrit• lar %Wick e, in cocic• being calloi as yet, Er need i:T tiaa alaraiss sger to pa inquiries, la in a cosi se crowds lag aboat iumbers oia 31auckt. !, in ese 1 of the sa.; lost alarrig arrived on to Li Regitrrl .41.11eteaba !wire Otltd accounts :10 att • itin3e cow l ' of dis,v ll ireJs 4 11 : 6 rancis. may &c: t. of this rites rzj in ISr•• ' pars resiUCe 4 , eelnej 3 LV Collid*" reds, ror of O S vete. t ? 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