Star. — London, England, 1816-12-17 00:00:00

CARLISLE,* .02.04MAt it 14. a h va dy known that Is public Meeting Was on the 2d instant, for the purpose of ow" for the Relief of such as need assist• considerable sum was in consequence sub and it was hoped that the labouring classes, • the efforts 'hitt were made for their cows% have ceased to trouble their heads about' thus wasting a portion of valuable time aright be much better occupied ;It pursuits of • for the sin pert or their .tAmilies: But the -reformers will not aglow this. Instructed di re ctions from Societies in other quarters, the after various meetings, have sent a cir er to the different Master Manufacturers, tte I ell')Wing is a copy : We the Operative • in your Employ Considering • of a Reform in Parlinn nt to ►e the only Means of tbe Present existing Distress of the Country, Cali come forward along with your Brother Manuf.tc_ Treads in calling a Gent Public meeting to ex \Tanen which the people ly under & the necessity 6- -It Is the full Intention of the People to Pet tion the gkewise the I.egislature—& if you Absolutly Refuse to Public C;pasity in the business we will be under the • Necessity of taking the cause in hand ourselves-- 1y hope you will Accede to our Rewilable Request forward to use every lafull means in your Power to • own gtiev.tuces & the grievances of your Szav " & Your Petitioners will ever Pray " • N. B. It it probal that a Meeting of Manufacturers will the above Subject in order to come to a Deform'. we Request that you will be so condescending as to Deputation of the various machanacs On the 12 Deer. at -I Mrs. Meow; Green Dragon at 7 o Clock to come to . unlastanding of the Business." The &Isnot acturers wishing to spew their workmen able respect, held a meeting on Tuesday night, it was determined that a Deputation of three I wait upon them on Thursday evening, in iiinee with their request, to hear what they had and also to explain their opinions on the sub- Accordingly, on that evening, the Deputation an interview at the Green Dragon with a Mem o! the Weavers' Committee, and through him, ivied his Brethren to avoid holding a Public Meet. In no benefit could be expected to result from it• ..Here the matter rests for the present. Further proceid ngs . depend entirely upon the discretion of Idle Weavers and their advisers. in de. es., Jut boo ; r Ariliss Ma* 'Lick' !OP. ;and ; sacs, ent — ; eat!, 'duo's tog 1 0 aaoi, Ssteritay se'nnight two troops of dragoons reached Perth from Pi , rshill Barracks ; one of them continued ib march to Dundee, the other took up its quarters k Perth. The same dty a detachment of the 7&h kft Perth for Dundee, in consequence of the late sets in that town. Among other devices of the seditious is the impres. kg on penny-pieces the fillowing words—" No landiordi !— 7 on Fool: ! —Spence's plan for ever!" The state of Mr. PLATT% health is greatly im posed. Ile ,was so much better yesterday, that loos are .entertained of his teeing enabled, in the Ouse of a few days, to undergo the operation for atracting the contents of the pistol. The expectation that the younger WATSON would ipeedily be discovered seems to have very much skated within these few days. A number of the let imaddressed to the LouD Msxou on the subject of this y tang man, are mere exertions of that miserable gears of wit which is called hoaxing, and which, when exercised on such serious matters as the life of s fellow-cresture, and the maintenance of public jostice, chew as great a want of feeling•as of sense. Yuri;.--Monday se'nnight eight persons were Wend to appear at the next Sessions, and to keep the peace in the interim, and one was sent to prison, all for assaults committed on the Sunday morning, from one to six o'clock. A Hull Paper says—ti A report was prevalent in fie early part of the week, that Watson, jun. had Teen in this place, and had succeeded in getting_on board .a ship which has since sailed for the Continent. We cannot learn there is any foundation for this re port.. It is certain; however, "that he has several re latives in this part - of the countrgr, and we believe he oiled from this port in 1814, as'surgeon on board tbe Sisters Greenland ship." CARLISLL—Ac a precautionary measure; and to en sure the public tranquillity, the Mayon, along . with other Gentlemen, visited every public house in the City and suburbs on Thursday evening. The Chief Magistr.ite has directed that all inns and public houses be closed by .r o o'clock every night, and that none but inmates b- permitted to remain beyond that hour, under a penalty and the forfeiture of licence. The Committee for the Relief of the Labouring Poor at Carlisle, have been very active in carrying into effect the Resolutions of the General Meeting. Agreeably to Public Notice, they met at the Town Ball on Monday sennight, when one hundred and forty labourers in wade of work, applied and enrolled their names ; which number has since increased to Upwards of 200; and the whole have been set to !ark in various parts of the city and neighbourhood ; a portion of these isemplqyed by the - Corporation and County. and the'remainder by the Public Sub taiption. One party have begun the new road from the bridge-end to Finkle-street ; another is filling up the old course of the river which di vides the two cattle markets ; land many are em 'loped on the east.and west Nails; and various other places. The men at work are contented and thank . to'; their wages are is. 6d. per diem. Last week the Trustees of Wareham turnpike- Mils were employing about 40 persons, at from 6s. to 9s. per week, in lowering Burnbecke-bill, in the Isle of Purbeck, between Wareham and Corfe Castle. his intended to lower it twelve feet. NEWICASTLE.—About 50 persons were brought before the Mayor of Nts castle a few days ago, charged ity the Avatcli and patrole with &orderly behaeiout in different parts of the town ; about 15 of them were apprehended in one public-house, in Sand gate Most of them pleaded dm :shames: as an excuse. The Mayor, in order to chew; the such *llea Was itself a mime, a djudged them earis to pal a fiat Of pre shillings. r tea dew' oit wick via bi L'acka Kirk• as, r 1 %tan . ; b 'a 'hi, a is l i btad hero on t • means con ' .• ; and g the 1 ...id b l thus m i g ht I • o n for ti chbe-refo directions • lt , of letter I ,hich tte • g r .—we d *co ot ) , of ▪ i n g tke To p to COO dotber t ▪ ki grtavi Redress: • ste--lt I „ Nkewise las-Public , ble N ve fondly 1 wale for wal your o .. to • N. B. It i 1 photon t . we R • a Deputa bowie of 11 props veld ▪ Tne Mao • possriste k hen it wat ould u• ai It .mplianee d o say, and g tcc. Ace! an in', • • IZELIi P . O f i .iffE ~ i 011. •-,!. • In notifyini Several• benevolent orders given lot the employment,af _the pootAteavers in Spitalfieldse especially for 2 000' yards or silk for the Princess CHAIM/TM and Prince Conouno I also 450 frntn Lord lelmon, and £5O from Sir 81114.1. HormAst, (donations to which we have pleasure in again calling the, attention of the public), we observe the ex/meiotic* lex Pressed that the whole of the Royal Family will head the Subscription. It is but the testimony of gratitude and justice to say, that that example has long since been set both by her MAJEOTY and by the PRINCE REORNT. It is now some months since her Mase.srt permitted one of the principal Manufac turers to wait upon her.at Windsor. and gave some orders in consequence ; as did the Pnvicu REGENT at Carltion•House. The bread of thousands in many manufactures, and especially in the silk trade, de• ponds upon fashion, and many starving families have for months owed their breai.l to this timely protection of her NIAJE. 64 I'Y and the Pamir REGENT, and to the orders given in.cousequeace. It is hoped that their 'examples will be every day more generally followed. And especially that Gentlemen will order piaitt vets for the ensuing Court days. This particular suggestion is made, as it is the sort of order which requires a little time to execute, and would be pecu lia►ly beneficial to the trade. Saturday se'nnight a public Meeting was held in Kilmarnock, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the PRINCE REGENT on the present dis tressed state of the country. The meeting took place in a field at the east end of the town, known by the name of the Dean Park, and commenced at half past eleven, and was completely over by two o'clock. l Notwithstanding the terrible state of the weather, the hail and snow blowing at a dreadful rate, it was reckoned that not less were present than from 4,000 to 5,000 people; the most complete order and regu larity was preserved during the whole time of the meeting, and when the business of the day was finished, every ene retired to his own home with as much solemnity as generally prevails at the dismissal of a congregation. Same day a meeting of the inhabitants of Hamilton took place, for the purpose of petitioning the PRINCE Runner on the present distressed state of the coun try ; about 700 persons were present, and JOHN Boves,, Esq. of Wellball, being called to the chair, a string, of resolutions were agreed to. The whole proceed ings, were conducted with an order and decorum highly creditable to the good sense of the people. A meeting of the inhabitants of Warminster wac held on Monday se'nnight, at the Towa-hall, at ..shich upwards of £350 were subscribed for the relief of the poor of that town, and additional subscriptions AIM daily received. Thursday a Meeting was held at Caine for the purpose of relieving the distress of the poor, when vary lioeral subscription was entered into. At Newport, on Wednesday, a numerous and most respectable meeting of the Magistrates and principal' inhabitants was held at the Guildhall, to take into consideration the most effectual means of affording some additional relict to the pour inhabitants of that town, when a very liberal subscription was made. A Meeting was held at Peterborough on Wednes day last, to take into consideration the state of the poor, when a subscription was entered into, and Earl Ferzavtwast contributed £lOO, and Laid Mturon £5O. A subscription has been entered into at Grantham, and a Committee formed, for the purpose of afford ing relief to the poor of that Borough during the win ter. Earl BeowaiLow has subscribed £5O, and Sir W. EARL, WILLBY, Bart. M.P. stloo. 'The sum col lected amounted on Tuesday evening t 0,1317. 55.6 d. Nearly £350 has been subscribed for the relief of the poor by the inhabitants of Beverley. The Ladies of Kingston-upon -Hull have com menced a subscription for the supply of raiment to the distressed of their own sex £l5O was in a short time collected. The Marquis of TAVISTOCK, having taken into consideration the pecuniary difficulties experienced by tradesmen at this juncture, has ordered his trades men's bills to be regularly paid every month. Lord Viscount BARRINGTON having completed his{ harvest, and sown his wheat , ga ve his annual su pp er and dance to about 120 poor persona at Sedgefield, yesterday se'nnight. An ox was killed en the occa sion, and plenty of strong ale served out. His Lordship has given in:irritant to his agent, that no person' in his neighbourhood is to be without work. Such mechanics as are ignorant of agricultural pur suits, are employed in trenching the waste grounds near the hedges, cutting drains, &c. . Tuesday evening a Meeting of the Workmen was held in Calton, Glasgow , and on Wednesday a De putation proceeded with a Petition to the Minister of the Barony Parish, explaining their distress. A troop of cavalry arrived to the morning from Hamil ton, which gave rise to a valley of unfounded ru mours. Constables were also summoned, and some new ones were sworn in. A public Meeting of the Inhabitants in Govan Parish, near Glasgow, to take into consideration the present distressed state of • the country, and the propriety of petitioning the Pewit RSOKNT and both Houses of Parliament thereon, was held on Thurs day, the .sth instant. It was numerously attended, and Resolutions like those of similar Meetings were submitted, and unanimously adopted. Thursday last, a beautiful cap, formed of Brussels point lace and other costly foreign materials, from an eminent dress-maker at Brighton, was presented at , the Palace far the Princess C—HARLOTTeII inspection. Her Royal Highness appeared much struck with the, form and elegance of the article, but at length or dered it to be returned, observing, that had the ma terials with which it was composed been solely of British manufacture, instead.of foreign, she admired it so much that she would have been the purchaser. The LOAD MAYOR and his family were in the Stage Box of Drury-lane Theatre on Saturday, to witness the performance of the hen Chat. Between the Play and Farce his Lordship was recognized by the Pit, and received marks of the approbation of his c o u ntrymen. • The Ladies of his party were most elegantly dressed, and wore feathers, which pleasingly reminded us of the beautiful appearance our Theatres used formerly to wear. before late hours and French . Plays in London had alienated the higher cIamITOM the patronage of the Natiooal Theatres. PtiastAr 01 , tP4l7 l so*. titter:, tbf Mr. Weofoita, the City Matslial, re- Wiled to tO4ii by M . * Woircester Mad, after a fifth. lest and arduous journey to several principal cities and towns, and lastly Into Wales, in quest of the fugitilte Watson. We have no doubt that Mr. Woaroalt was no a Wrong scent I but we will telate the several occurrences which led to the suspicion.of the individual being Watson, and leave it Id the public to draw their own conclusions on the subject. At the public-house called tile Chequers, at Tewkes bury, Mr. Wowroatt learnt, that a person answering closely to the desdription of the fugitive, came there on the 6th inst. requesting to knot. if he could have a bed : he sat down and tad a pint of ale. As every stranger coming that way, since the riots, has been examined with a suspicions eye,. the daughters of the houses on surveying the person in question, thought they observed Mmething singular in his conduct : lie looked at thernsideways, and always endeavoured to prevent a full view of his face: There being no bed disengaged, the person was recommended to the Farmer's Aims, where he was told he Could have a bed for the night. Them the traveller satdoWn with an intent to sleep. A resident in the town happened to be present, and made particular observations on the manner of the person, which keduced him so change his seat to two different parts of the room within a short' period,_ always endeavotiiing to keep his lift cheek towards his observer. At length the traveller became so uneasy at the remarks made upora4 him, that he gave up his intention of st3pping all night, hastily ate some bread and cheese from his pocke,;, and abruptly left the house. As he departed he inquired the road to Bristol, and pursued that di rection. In the course of an hour and a half, how slier, the same person was seen at the Old Bear, the last public-house in the merit, on the read to Worces. ter. At this place he engaged 'a bed, paying for the same over night, together with some refreshments, in order that he might depart early in the morning. This he did not do, but stopped breakfast, for the payment of which he tendered a £1 note to change, which the woman objected to do, under the impres sion that it was from the bank of Birmingham, and did not pass currently at Tewkesbury. The travel • ler undertook to send the amount by the coach from the Hen and Chickens, at Birmingham, whither he said he was going, and could have the note changed. He took the road to Birmingham, but it is considered worthy of remark, that before he went to bed over night, he inquired if there were not more wa y s out 'Of the house than one, which induced the landlady to suspect him for an impropar character. Beiore he lett, he inquired tot a newspaper, and one of an old date being offered hint, he seemed disappLsinted, and said.be wanted to see the latest details rat thedis turbances in London. All the parties at the diffe. rent houses where the Man stopped, concur in the fact of his dress, and as to a mole or mark on his 'lace, and also state that he was in a trifling degree pitted with the small-pox. At a little village about four miles OR the Worces ter road, the same person was observed. .to pass through, very Much splashed ; and what made the person remark him was, he thought it strange that a person of apparent respectability should -choose to wait, when coaches on the road.were so plentiful. At Severnstoke the traveller called at a public-house, and had a piift of ale. At a pot-house two miles from Worcester, he appeared.to be inclined to stop, - but Was supposed to be prevented from nounsher persons being there drinking, amongst wbom,ls did not - wish to mix. From this plate the person wired onwards to Worcester, and was heard of thereat the Pheasant-inn, inquiring for a bed, but there was none to be had, except one in the garret, which the landlady says she did not offer, as she considered the person too respectable to accept of k. On the ,Sun day morning the same person al here desclibed, was observed on the bridge at Worcester, looking at the vessels • lying there: but all trace at him after that period was entirely lost. Two BOw..street Officers female in that neighbourhood prosecuting their in qUiries. The Loan MAYOR has received a number of letters on the subject, *lost Of which'have been evidently written in ridicule of the expectation or a discovery.- In one it is stated that young Watson' is happy, in health and spirits, amongst meads United and true, at Kilbeggan, near Moats.; Westmeath; Ireland, which spots if any rif.his Lordship's emissaries should be inclined to visit, they would be firtyserly reeeivd, and treated with •inarks for their faith or prelumption, by persons who admired his Lordship's conduct when it was directed to prevent the oppression of iudivi duals, is in the £5 note transaction. Another of the letters says; “.Why not search Mt. Hunt's pre mises, both in town and Cl:Unlitl No other person could conceal him." In a thirdletterit was stated, that the writer had heard from a friend, who had it from excellent au thority; who received the information frees a Noble, Lord, 'that Watson was _either at Barnet or AMC where else that wherever he was, he was an infer nal- villain, - and the writer' hoped his head would be taken from his body. - This ctintutimiiation was full of professions of sincerity, •and ended in expressing a conviction that justice would overtake the villain. In a fourth letter notice was given or ii plot likely to prove voile than the Gutspowifet Plot, and that it was hatching at a public-house in the west en& of the -town. The Loan MAYOR is every 1110111011tteeeiving things of this idle description; but there were in the course of yesterday several personal communications made to him, Which he considered worthy df attention. We are given toUndentand that Drill, whose name appears 'under toe head of second Secretary to the Spa-fields Committee, has not been found to be in any manner conterned in the late disturbancesa that he lent his name to the meThbers under the impress sion that he would bate beets subject to no irnputi 7 tion from appearing anxious for reform, and that he ' was not aware.ahat any violence was tontemklated. This Dyad, it is said, is the person who at the Wer.-. minster Election appeared as the green-coated orator. A report prevailed at Boulogne that young/Wei son bad been apprehended in that towel by an Mar froM Bow-street, who had been sent in pursuit o him. A private letter from .Boulogoe,. sEtted . tie says thit the mart wakfully credited icr seve ral hoar*. The story was-,post' miautely'circuni siatitial, bat, prsirl4Ao ba•totally destitute art tow, distion. 4 . - • bEJIM o E4RL STANNOPZ • . Sunday night, died, at his seat at Cherening, Kent, CHARLET STANHOPRe Earl Stanhope. His l,ordship was born August 3. 1753 ; succeeded his tasl‘er. Philip, the late Esri, Iklaich 7, I 7Sti ; and married in December, 1774, lirster Pitt, eldest daughter of William, first Earl of C.11.4C) nt. sister of the present Earl and of the late 'tight H , n. William Pitt, by whom lie had issue, Hester Lucy married to .1 )hn Tickell. Esq. of Ham. ledon. Hants; and Lucy Itachael, married to Thomas Taylor, Esq. of. Sevenoaks. Kent, since dead. His Lordship married, second,y, in 1731, LOUISA, only daughter of Henry Grenville, E , q. late Governor of Birbadoes, and uncle to George, first Marquis of Buckingham, by whom lie had issue, Philip Henry. Viscount M►►= hon,now Earl Stanhope, and two other sons. Hts Lordship was a firm and incorttiptible patriot, detply read in the policy and.history of his country. In him the Arts and Sciences have lost an ardent friend and patriot ; to them his time and fortune were larrly devoted ; and to him they are indebted for many in genious improvemehts and discoveries. He was a kind landlcrd, and a 1,1-...ral benerwror of the poor. Mem—Saturday last an information was exhibi ted et Bow street Office by Mr. W—, a Gentle man of fortune residing at Bath, against Lieutenant F—=, for having challenged him to fight a duel Bishop was, in consequence, dispatched to apprehend Lieutenant F---., and:he succeeded in obtaining ail overview with Irina yesterday, and upon his promise to attend Sir N. CONANT, the officer p-rmitted him to 'attend at the appointed hour in propria fursona. Mr. W—'s information having been read,. Sir N. Ci ... Lone ordered the acCused, Lieutenant F—, to fioh bail, himselt in £2OO, and two sureties in MOO cul'. The Lieutenant exhibited much disapPrabatien at this mandate, but some of his friends, who were pre. sent, having interfered, and having strongly recom. mended to him temperance and respect for the juri, -prudence Of - his country, he became reconciled to th.S order of the Magistrate, and entered into efficient re. cognizances to keep the peace towards all his NI , - jetty's subjects, particularly towards Mr. W—, whb is a man of family. Saturday se'nnight a duel was to have taken place between two farmers; residing in a parish between Grief and Perth, which the Fiscal being apprised of, lie sent three police officers to apprehend the parties concerned, and they were bound over to keep the peace. Friday morning, about sun-rise, .fawn Nora, at most notorious poacher, was detected by Major Os soesre's game-keeper, in the woods near s Plaitford, with. a swing gun and a dog.. A scuffle ensued, but the game-keeper eventually succeeded in securing the man. He has, in' consequence, been committed to the Bridewell, at Devizes, for three months, to be kept to hard labour, arid inliiary confinement, . . Monday. se'nnight, John Irihon, accuied ol rape, was brought to the bar of the High Court of Jus. ticiary, at Edinburgh. After the examination of the principal witness. from whom no evidence was ob tained to implicate the prisoner, the public prosecutor abandoned the trial, and the 'prisoner was dismi.ised front the bar. Monday se'nnight a most 'disgraceful occurrence took place at the butter erns, I)oncarter—the passive wife of a journeyman nailor. scat &inducted by h.r husband, amidst a concourse of the gazing populace, to the:public cross, where., aittir placing a halter aboet 'her neck, he dispersed of his fair rib, or rather spur' •r' ;6; ko 'an edmiring painter, at the moderate price of •fiste shillings itnel sit pence.. d i . MURTMR.—Further particulats . uf the mtit er o f Mr. Chandler, of Rainey trear,Oxford :.•:.le appetts .rliat Fruicis and WillianrCliandler., of Radler, , witt their uncle William Chandler , had linen, on Wednet ? day, the 6th inst. at a larva sale, at the house of Mr. 'lnheres, tFewoodman, at Bagley Wald, wherethey • remained qtrarrellirg and drinking titl ten •o'ciciek at night. • Francis was dies - telt sober, and was cc nand. ring the brother and iretlO home ; on their way the letter iaidr Francis, ON.. heal)* you hang on m V strafe' Francis immediately dropped down lifeless 4 .. the uncle ancibrother then tarried him home, Arai; a mile and a 'half. The next morning they repor ted, that the young man had died in a fit ; but, on laying out the body, a large wound was discovered in. his side. This occasioning a strong suspicion, an Inquest was held on the following day. On examin. ing the body, a wound appeared between the second t end third ribs, which had penetrated the chest, whereby the large artery arising from the heart was pierced, which occasinned instant death. This, with Viva evidence, induced the Jury to bring in their Verdict of—Willul Murder against W. Chandler. ten.aand W. Chandler, jun. and they were accor dingly committed to Abingdon jail. The latter has wrote confessed the murder of his brother, and the knife with which he inflicted the fatal wound was found in a field where he acknoWledged having de posited it. FlRE.—The fire which we mentioned yesterday in have broken out near Wapping Docks was not en 'dray subdued at a late hour. last night. The actual Loss is much greater than we: et fist understood.-... The fire commenced in the warehouses of Messrs. .Winer and Co. and was occasioned by the drying o f grain in the kilri. These premises Were coasumed In a very short time alter the -fire' was discovered, as were those of Mr. Vi'aldie, a vintner. Tbe ektensicie jacrorkshops and premises of Messrs. Oliver, which were situated on the other side, soon caught fire, and ',wilt with great fury, when the utmost apprehension .*at entertained fig the adjoining houses, and some ,shipping on the stock's. . Fortunately, however, the ..ffarnes did not extend . beyond there buildings, which vine 'completely &Soiled ; but much alarm pre r tailed on account of Meitrs. Oliver .having about 60 hildrdns of coals in -their cellars, to which it wi a fined the fire woulti.comitunicate. We are happy 4 End that th e se Gentlemen acre insured to a large amount, though not equal to tb.: loss they must sus. 'min. The powerlbl 'body of water. from the engine 'aft'llis Dock Company. *as exceedingly instrumental is preventing the flames from spreading. The fire man Scott is likelt to recover. • ' • Thursday stonsight, ditting a gale, - a f etu s:l o3u ' . stint-ateakie ilx Witting, sonk opposite the &NO soclii Eivetpoel, and they I,lerit all drowned: h:•There tits' Wien. so %easy' a fall of now, on the toinruncerton road, about tca • m i les from York,. that 4te stage-Waggon was, on Tfintiday last, five hours trivellinglour Mil:a! P.