Star. — London, England, 1819-07-28 00:00:00

DLI.TRiCTS. LEICESTER, JULY SAS. z :vos u 5 niudi plea .ure to learn that an advance to the 1:.cr,,:-work knitters, formed mainly ~ L i puinc;p%:. Cue Statement of 1817, is in i,y many of the hosiers, to coin :his ; as we understand, this advance :;;an ea:l 'pc 1.1.t1y afforded by the ho the exiAi:q.; tircrmstances of the trade, 11 be cordially acceded to by the • I t;•,' ta: . cn in behalf of the : precin time, that their Is ders lturn uum . etc. to scr.d them from .•: -tint pia: , ;, and they will i w . ,th .t \V.! e.nderstarld that :.iy .col) h ive already been sent to Kai:ters' CorhiNittee. .•: Val ill:tel.:ley has Lome to the dctermi . i:t ccnfo .:.its with the Circular Address no ., Sr.ll: of the 17th inrtant, not to afford liatite-cork knitter who shall work be prices of 1317. And at a Meet •iieJay of the Guardians, Overseers, (I - i,tee, it was ngreed to purchase a .1 eitipioy all the frame-work knitters in the " S:azement" prices. NAt'Cl.nsl:l7.l.l), JULY 26. Placard has been posted here and ~.; .: : inh3hitart househo!ders of the tying ex2erienced the effects of the ~, of the P:ople of this Nation, have M.,etiog, to be hiad...n at 31aecles 31n .1111 y, 3819, at lour o'clock in the , c,n.lideration the most speedy and pro :- ler :forming the Repre4oazion of .• • tit -, iole that every man who is a good ~ t It. l to serve in the Army or ;, N t.., ;...: an tqual rilit to vote for a lte ,• :ix I louse of Parliament ; and that these it, elected annually by ballot, in order to cot: sequences which are now felt among • , i ~ T :e, through the present system, front 4,riunc , ‘: to: t!: fa:tae. .!, " uast II EArtcv, Surgeon, and Ten other Persons." t: , I .r,.i 1.1,1.1):S, JULY (25. 1 . :.e tat oa i 1-‘2.;•1 wool imported will be ren .lo.l altoeL:. , :: iv.lB.ttory by the time allowed for i ortation po:rious to the duty taking effect. Im .Nise eaTgoQs (...tierr;:ali and Saxon wool have been "To: - Led ..'1.41i:1i.: tine List fortnight; and still greater :ities;t::: k.10 . ...:1 to be on the way to this country. .i . .ii.:, every 111;:.iiiitrIt and manufacturer who 11.0 , y l )ect of ca: i ) log on trade, is speculating almost I.lSt Sliii:lllr, iu Uti. a: tide: and it is calculated Oc:05:2:-, the period fixed by law for the duty i,:c, will be several years stock on hand, makulacturing districts. Indeed, if no 7-..a,..1a.eat shall take place in our markets, the pe• L.: the nctual payment of the new duty must • re:v ranote, for nut a day passes but we hear of .:!s 1 0;:ir.-; turned uff by some of the principal rs in lotkshire, wl: ere many respectable firms as intending to close their establishments : - n, tv:lc , ,s a favourable alteration takes place.— now we a:ound ns many noble and exten arni,l, and manufactories shut up in this town and :: : :bourheod, etch of them until lately employing .4 hundred hands, and diffusing plenty and ::fulness u:1 around—hut now,,silent as the Tem t,i.lanus! This is no ideal picture—it falls far cl the original. Yet, great as is the distress ,7tienced in this district, it is trivial compared with: they are now suffering at Manchester, and the 'pouring towns in Lancashire. Were the Repre ..tatircs of the People to take up their residence for !lion time during the recess, in the principal /Iflel .,:cturng towns and districts, they might make ma,elves acquainted with the real state of affairs, much good might be expected to result, when - y Heil meet together. Something must be dote, ions, or even the middle classes will be speedily into thu vortex of pauperism ! " to the great accumulation of stoek, some t'e principal Woollen Manufacturers in the neigh•. I :ri,G , •.! of Leeds, hate been. obliged to intimate to rr workmen, that till trade improves, they can . cc allowed to work four days in the week instead `'z." .J Advertiser. !A:. OF TilE RIOTERS AT LIVERPOOL. the trial of the persons concerned •r,, ‘t Lich la..ely occurred at Liverpool, during i,; 4 . es-ion (;! . tile Orange Societies, came on at the The trial occuPied the Court frcm ten ..1 . 1 i„,r two eclock. The Jury retired for a few anti I , !turncd %cid , a verdict of Guilty against isot,ers (eleven in number) After a short :tion, the Court sentenced all of them to three rare isonnnut in the I louse of Correction. ''• . i.!1;(.111.1N, .1 respectable tradesman •sva , , on Wednesday morning last found the !*,ll road, ain,u, five miles from Tenhy he h.id gone on horseback, upon business) in n:;nsial,ii.ibty, having his scull fractsued in ilk horse was tied up to a bush in a distance, and his pocket•book cc ,•' about 1.:35), was found corn-1 in a path-way near the hedge. At in t;se evening, the unfortunate sufferer hut had tint recovered his speech.— ", have been apprehended, on suspicion of imrptr.ttors of this sanguinary *et. TILE ARMY., ---_„ Lieutenant -Colonel CORDEw has arrived in Ireland, to assume the command or the Royal Engineer De partment, in the bark District. • Liutenant-General Sir Mass lklusurtwomar., pre vious to taking leave of the Bombay Army, issued• the foll Owing General Orders : • " Hean-quativeits, Bostsav, JAM t t. " Lieutenant-General Sir Ain.sa Nuatrimait.s canape pay a better compliment to the Army serving under.this Presidency, than by an Act of Urace to the very kw individuals who have merited the sentence of the law by uusoldier-like conduct during the last twelve months: ft is therefore in c•nisequence of the templary conduct of the Army at large, that privates & lianas, S. Bradbury', M. Reyes, and S. Geary, of the Honourable Company's European Regiment, now' under sentence, of solitary ccedinement, are pardoned, and directed to join their corps : and the Commander-ht-Chief trusts this act of lenity will Induce them to behave like good soldiers for the future. " Sir M. VIOHTINGA lac cannot rake leave of the Bombay Army without assuring the Officers and men he had the honour and good fortune to command, that be shall ever consider the period he has been at their head as the happiest of his professional life : the many brilliant acts of gallantry and good conduct which have been displayed in the field, added to the strict discipline, order, and regularity by his Majesty's and Companys' troops, daring the last three years, surpasses all praise, and entitles them to his warmest and most sincere acknowledgments." General NicrrriNGA LE embarked on board the Ho nourable Company's cruizer Teignniouth, attended by the whole of his Staff, as well as many private friends, who, on taking leave, expressed their deep regret.— " As Commander-in-Chief," sa y t h e B om b ay Papers, " his loss cannot but be deplored by the Army ; for in him they have lost a firm and impartial friend, and under whose administration the eAablishment of the Military Fund took place, an act that will carry more consolation to his heart than all the trophies of the well-flight field—an act that will call down the blessings of the warrior, the widow, and ,the orphan: and the augmentation of the Bombay Army will often call him to the remembrance of the soldier, and be still more endeared by the perusal of the pre ceding General Orders." The following Circular to Army Agents, for the information of half-pay Officers, has just been issued horn the War-Odice, dated July L 3: Sot—lt having been determined that Officers entitled to Half pay may, in certain cases, receive an allow ince equal thereto, together with emo'uments of places or employments of a civil nature ; I am directed by the Secretary at War to acquaint you, for the information of Half-pay Officers to whom you are Agent, that any such ()nicer holding any place or employment of profit. under the Crown, the net annual emoluments of which do not exceed three times the amount of the highest rate of Half-pay attached by regulation to the rank in virtue of which ha is en title:) to llaltpay, may, upon application to the Secretary at War, be permitted to receive a military allowance equal to, and instead of his Half-pay, upon making an Affidavit in the following form, viz.— _ _ _ . - I, A. 13. do swear, that I bad not between the day of , and the day of , any military place, or any employment of profit, in any military department under his Majesty, besides [here specify the military commis sion or employment on the Staff, or in the Garrisons, or in the Colonies], nor any civil place or employment of profit under his Majesty, except [here specify the civil place or employment], and that the net annual emoluments of [here repeat the civil place or employment] do not exceed [here state the annual amount of three. tines the highest rate of half-pay attached to the rank in virtue of which the Officer receives Half-pay]. You will fur:her apprise them, that if they hold any such civil place or employment, the net annual emoluments of which exceed three times, but fall short of four times, the amount of such Hall-pray, they may, upon application to the Secretary at War, at the end of the year, receive so Much of their military allowance as, together with those net annual emoluments, may be equal to four times the amount of such Half-pay, upon making affidavits in she following km, viz. I, A. B. do swear, that I had not between the day of and the day of , any military place, or any employment of profit in any military department under his Majesty, besides [here specify the Military Commis sion or employment on the Staff, or in the Garrisons, or in the Colonies], nor any civil place or employment of profit under his Majeoty, except [here specify the .Civil Place or Employment], and that the net emoluments received, or to be received, by me in respect of [here repeat the Civil Place or Employment] from day of , to the day of , toge ther with the portion of my military allowance now claimed by me, do pot exceed [here state four times the amount of the highest rate of Half-pay attached to the rank in virtue of wki.h the Half-pay is claimed]. I am directed to add, that this arrangement is not to have a retrospective operation beyond the 25th of December, 1818. I am, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant, (Signed) W. Masan. A clause has been inserted in the Militia Pay Act, which entitles the Subaltern Officers of the Irish Mi litia, in future to the retired allowance as Subalterns of disembodied Militia. • • • THE RADICAL REFORMER§. Mr. Htt%-r bad b:‘en invited to preside at a Meeting which was intended to take place.at Manchester on the 9th of nett month ; the following is the letter in which he accepts the invitation: " 5, Wyeh-street, Strand, London', July 90. 4 My dear Sir—ln consequence of my absence from holm, and seine delay at the Post-office, your favour of the loth instant, containing the Battering invitation of tho Committee to pride at the intended Public Meeting to be held at Manche.teron tf,e 9th of Aug ust, did not reach me till Saturday last. If by tby humblv though unceming exertions to procure for the people-of England their undoubted right to elect their own Itepreventa. tives, I have secured the confidence of the brave Reformers of Lancashire, that is an ample reward for my trouble; and it Is moot grateful to my feelingv to kndw, that in propo:tion to the viedictive hostility heaped upon- me by the Osman ensodei of the human race, I.expesience the esteem and protection of such men as the &fanners of Manchester. , " Our Meeting takes place in Smithfield to-marrow, and yon may easily conceive the agitated state Of the tools of corruption" on this occascrii. The Lord Mayor (Alen's), who is as busy a fool as your hioroughreeve, is capering about like ss a parched pea upon a drum-head," mustering all his turtle-fed ferees; and would create a riot, or do any thing, however ridiculous, to be dubbed a Knight s if he were not restrained by orders from those at head quarters, who are ton cunning, sad have too much at stake, to run the risk of losing it to gratify the vanity of such a c ontemptible coxcomb. Ile is supported by horse, fool, sod ar tillery; but the iioroogh-mungers tremble when they reflect that those v. leo wield the sword and the bayonet, 11 well se thole who point the cannon and apply the torch, are the fathers, bro ther., and relations of the people pf Ragland. who ace struggling as mush to secure - for them their rights, as they are to obtain ;liberty and justice for themselves. .. Notwithstandirg all this' dreadful note of preparation,' I have full corfilesize that we shall have an excellent and a peace able Meeting, and that I shall have the pleasure of meeting my friends, and the honour of presiding again at Manchester, on the 9th of August. " from what I can learn of tit!: disposition cf the people in the :rem:palls, they are resolved to conduct themsehus peace ably and orderly; but, if assailed, they are prepared, and deter mined to resit the acts of those et ho may first break the peace. " X am, my dear Sit, yoi.rs most sincerely, " To Joseph Johnston, Esq. " ii. HUNT." WILTSHIRE COUNTY ILLECTION.—St:He of the Poll : rAGLIIIJ DAN —.Mr. Lienett 82 —'tr. Artily I.23 —Majority 35. Total at the close of the lith Day—For Mr. Bettett 1968:—For Mr. Astley 1770—Majority in favour of Mr. &nett 198. A marriage is said to be on the tapis bctwee►► Loid Viscount BULGRAVE and the amiable Lady ELL% GOWER, second daughter of the Marquis and Mar- chioness of STAFFORD. • LATE MEETING AT CORA': The following dre Copies 'of the Letters adtirzsse:l by the Chairman of the late Meeting of the Trades- Men anti Labourers of Cork, to the Members for that City, along with the Pt thion to Parliament: 10 THE HON. C. H. HUTCIUNSON. " &a—The poorest, but not the least -dons class of your Constituents, demand your support of their Petition to the House of Commons for a Redress of Grievances. " In your past conduct they have a proof of your sympathy with their sufferings, of your anxiety for their relief, and your l ability and ardour .in support of their rights. To you, therefore , tke working manufacturers, tradesmen, and labourers of COI k, I,;kons the acts of thz rulers and the complaisance of Parliament have reduced to a state of utter destitution, comirit the advo cacy of their cause with perfect reliance on your talent and in tevitT. (Signed) .` JOHN O'CONSEL." " TO SIR NICHOLAS COLTHURST, HART. " Stie—The working manufacturers, tradesmen and labourers of the City of Cork, are probably little known to you ; of the inhabitants, however, of the City which yen have been deputed to represent in Parliament, they form a portion, most important by its numbers and front its extreme wretchedness, entitled to the utmost consideration. They claim therefore as a right, and they also request gas a favour, your most strenuous support of their Petit(on•to the Legislature, for a redress of grievances. (S;gued) " JOHN O'COIZNZL." . • _ The answers received from both the Members ex pressed the strongest sympathy for the distressed situation of the Petitioners, and their determination to leave nothing undone on their part to obtain a speedy and effectual remedy. GENERAL D'EVERELLY'S LEGION. DUBLIN, JULY 24. Colonel AYLMER'S fine Regiment, the Ist Lancers of the Legion, has embarked, the first divi%ion isat Colonel Powers has his Regiment, the Ist Light Infantry of the Legion, nearly ready to embark. 1 1 Colonel LYTER, of the Ist Military Fusileers of the Legion, proceeds immediately to Belfast, to com plete and prepare his Regiment for embarkation. From the experience 'of this Officer, having been eleven years in active service, and the intelligence of Lieutenant - - Culonel Tit EDENNICH. the Fusilcers, which the General calls his own, promise well for the service. Colonel WIADDEN proceeds to Mays and Galway, to complete his Corps. of Engineers ; and from the admitted abilities of the Colonel, and his particular I selection of Officers and men, this will be a most va luable Corps. GRAND NAVAL•AFFRAV. It is with extreme regret we state, that on Mon: , day morning last, a most outrageous and despe rate attack was made on three boats belonging to the Dublin Fishery Company—an attack which, had it succeeded, must have incurred the loss of several lives ; but we are happy to add, that it failed in the .principal object, and partial injury sustained by a few, was the only result of it. About half-past seven o'clock, on the moi fling stated, three smacks belong ing to the above Company sailed from the Pi von house Dock, to proceed to fish in the Channel, as usual; in their progress they saw a number of wher ries, that are also psually employed in fishing, but not employed by the Company. The three smacks perceived, when about five miles to the East of Ilowth, that they were chaced by the other vessels, which were divided into three squadrons of six each; one wherry carried a ted flag, and *seared to have a person on board who commanded the entire,, as orders were issued from it, and promptly obeyed.-- One of the squadrons pursued each of the smacks, which were about one mile asunder; when the crews of the three vessels found their pursuers intent on continuing the chace, they all agreed not to continue their course, but return, in doing which, they had to pass their enemies ; they, however, made the attempt, and came so closely in contact, that they were nearly grappled and severely pelted with large stones, of rather pieces of rock, with which the assailarts were plentifully supplied. The crews of the smacks con sisted of only four persons each, viz. a Captain, a Mate, a man, and a boy ; while, on the other hand, the wherries had from eight to eleven men each ; the latter told the former, in the most abusive terms, that they would cut their throats, and throw them overboard, and shewed the hatchets with which they intended to cut away their masts and rigging ; not withstanding the vast disparity of numbers, and the want of means to defend'themselves, the crews of the vessels behaved with a determination truly character istic of good seamen, and when one of the' Captains was insolently ordered to haul down his flag, he re , ' plied he would forfeit 1-.4s life first. (The.flags car ried by the Company's vccsols are green, with the Union in the corner, and the words, "Dublin Fishery Company" on thezround.) The superior sailing •of the CompanY's smacks alone saved them front the destructitm, and when all hope of grappling them was given, over, the Admirtd issued his orders to a parti cular vessel to run down a smack, 'which he pointed out ;" this mandate was promptly attempted to be . carried into effect, but the consequences were inju rious to these acting on the offensive alone, as, in the attempt, they lost their bowsprit, and were otherwise very materially injured, when they struck . violently against the other vessel, which escaped without damage, owing to - her superior strength."--, 'The last of the three vessels that reached the air, was so malty overtaken by one of her pursuers, that they were in. that act of throwing a shower of- stones sufficient to destroy every one cti hoard, when the 'Captain prevailed on theM to desist, by promising not to come n u t again for the purpose of fishing ; they then warned him that if he did the" would in tercept and sink him •, the Captains of the three 'smacks were very much hurt by the stones thiown at them, as also others of the people on board. lidOr • mations of thin outrage have been sworn' at the Police 011 ice. • The Inductry, Ciptain RA swim which sailed from N.tv..ry on tin-21st of A pril last, with passengers, arrived sale at St. John7s, New Brunswick, °wale 10th of June, and landed tlkcpi all in good heAth.-- The Industry, two days_before she reached St. John's, spoke the Nancy, of Dumfries, from Belfast, out eight weeks and four days, with 170 passengers, all in good health. LEGITORN, JULY 9, 1919. • ' • .Mari Commerce in this quarter of the, worli has .Ma ri for a long time past, and contirwel to be, In a Inbsg denlor'able state. Ido not know one article, either in manufactures or Ctiloniai oil :( e, uhich leaves a margin for specn:ators at the !neva moment. The Arnericaus continue pouring in their ctugnes. T 1 erely for the adva , :ces they (.btain on them : and the. Ma nufacturers in nog:and their rods, evidently for tke same reason—thus de•troyms+ tbe markets: ffr consigned are necessitated to Cone sale; and sacri fice the propertY, in order to keep pace witit t 1 heavy advances they are obliged to make to proem e shipments. Our failures hive been very extertsix e 'here for some tune past ; and many mo re are expected; SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. A Meeting of the Sutherland and Trans-atlantic Friendly Association was held at the Meikle Ferry, Sutheriandshire, on the rth instant: At the opening of the Meeting Petitihns addressed to the PRINCE KERENT and both Houses of Parlia ment were suburitted to the consideration of the per sons present. These Petitions prayed that Govern ment would allow to the Petitioners a settlement on some moor or other ground in any part of the United Kingdom, where they might be able to earn a subsis: tenet: for themselves and their families; or if this could no[ be granted, that such pecuniary or other aid should be given to thiPetitioners ;is might ena ble them 'to emigrate to some part of British Ame rica. The Petitions were approved of, and scbs gibed by 67U persons from the County of SuthLriand at large. These subscribers have 2367 children. The Meeting then prcccedcd to the partivilar busi ness of the Asseciatiun, which embraces only the i.e ., nants removed, or about to he removed from the estates of the Marquis and Marchioness of STA rFoab i when persons were admitted :numbers, who are either tenants ejected or tei:ants warned to remose. Besides these there appeared at the Meeting Da. puties fire some hundreds of these unfortunate pee= ple, particularly in the county of Caithness, and in the distant parishes of Assint and Edrachilis, in Su» therlandshire, whose disance, poverty, and old age, prevented their personal attendance. But in oruee that a complete list may be obtained, fit pet son's are to be sent zound properly authorised for asimitting persons into the Association. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. The follmvi posi;:otis of the Comet in the con stellation the Linz have been determined _at the Glasgova Observatory J.ly, 3d 12 h. Ling. 99d. .561.1. 355. Lit. 204. 40m. :et. • . lath 12 h 101 53 Y 24 24 LO 7th 12 h 102 29 38 25 35 24 11th 12 h 104 41 11 28 6 40' 13th 12 It 105 40 50 28 52 57 18th 12 h 107 5.5 .50 29 s'. 40 There positions shew that the distance of the Comet from the Sun is less than that of the Earth. When the Comet first appeared, the twilight combined with the Lght of the . Moon to lender it. much less conspia cuous than it would otherwise have Lent. From the first approximation to the elements of its orbit, its distance from the earth on the 7th, is nearly 30 mil lions, and the length(( its tail about 1.5 mil:ions of miles. But if we consider nat this appendage would have been WWI to extend much farther, if the tv.i. light had not been so great, it will not be an impm. !sable supposition that its length is much greater.— When the elements shall be more accurately calcu lated, it would be an interesting result to find that the earth had passed very neat, or through the extremity of the tail. Tho nebulosity which surrounded the comet of 1811, sometimes separated, and disclosed by glimpses, what I imagined to be the real body of the comet, but I have nut observed any sui.h phea, - menon in although it is much nearer our 1)1:::ne . 1 am, Sir. &c. J. CROSS. Glasgow OlnurvAtory, July 29, 11119. A dreadful Fire broke out yesterday afternoon in the Sugar House of MES-TS. CRAVEN and SILUTTS, N e lson-street, Red Lien -street, Whitechapel, which from its first commencerhent burned most rapidly, there a great scarcity of water. The whole of the interior being 0f the sugar house is entirely consumed, t a vast quantity of sugar. Upon .a r computation e loss sustained is £15,000, the x greater of which is, however, insured. It tedea d ter its parta„ nY e A t e h r e arte with th ges into Duncan street, and at one extended time great fears *ere entertained for the White Swan Inn, in Whitechapel, -the lower part of the yard joining the sugar-house. Happily no lives were lost, and no serious personal injury occurred. During this scene of distrgss severill pick prckets were active among the crowd, which was imti,ense, and one Gentleman lost his gold watch and seals. A letter from Stockholm, dated July 9, cars— ii Th e to of.lune was a dt eadful day for Jon kopp4s Lao, and e!peci:llly for liryarums,Soeken, belonging to the parish of Tofleryd. It is the custom there to cut awn trees, to let them lie on the ground to dry, 'pot fire to them, and burn the ashes for maititre.— Semi negligence had taken place in performing the oporation, and the bong-conlinned drought, and a ' high wind, occasioned the fire to spread, till at length all the forests were in flames. Though the inhabi tants of several dish lets assembled, and exerted them selves with the most desperate courage to stop the rogress of the conflagratiou, the several fore , :s, and a great quantity of corn, were harm, and the churches add several places were threatened with destruction. It is impossible to picture the misery and ink') y caged by this event. Two entire farms, with the implements of husbandry, &c,, were destroyed. The value of the forests reduced to ashes h; estimated at 90,000 dollar s banco, andthat of moveable effect; at 4,500 dollar s." CORN-NI ARK'ET, 111 A 11K-I. INE, JULY 98. We had a further supply of Wheat fresh ia this morning (rim Suffolk, which, in addition to what was let over from ;Monday, made a very large she..v of samples, and the . e , eathcr continuing fine, render. d it impossible to effect sales wittrout subiiiitti-g to reduction In pikes of 2‘. per quarter, and even at that decline, only a few picked samples could be got off.—Oats are F. per qr. cheaper, having had an in. crease of arrivals since MonJay.—ln Barley • ani , other Grain there is no alter:aim. 1111 t 1 11 .`. I it n ~' ~` ~ j • ii , U I !i. , ..., 1 f I 1 •'. ii , • . i:i • t I I 1 . 1 . I i 1 1 Il ; I ' I . I i • l ot i s. i . • ' ', i '' i i .• • i I . • ~ , I 1 ' ‘,, il 1 . I i. . 11 ' • t''' • i f . I J I ••• •.. : , . . I .: 1 1 I i 1 il? , • . '! .0 ' • . I ) i .% I ' P 1 .. • i r , i 1 , 4 I , . , , I . . , , .., . , , 4 : ' i. t ‘ : f U