Star. — London, England, 1819-07-31 00:00:00

y T 11 IP I I :J 1• 4 . 1, r ~3 LONDON. THE EVENING STAR. SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1819. THE FUNDS. PRICE Of STOCKS THIS DAY A T ONE O . CLCCK : 3 per, Cent. Reduced 72 71i per Celt. Consols 711 4 per Cent. 901/ 5 per Cent. Navy 101 Bank Long Annultie3 191 3-16 India Stock 222—India Bonds 9 11 pre. Exchequer Bills (2d.) par 2 pie• Omnium 411! pre. Consols for Acct. 71111!/. 'hie accounts which we lay before our Readers to dip from the disturbed districts, will be read with imps than an ordinary degree of interest. We beg t direct the attention of our Readers, in a parti c Air manner, to the satisfactory view of the state of the popular feeling which is contained in the plain and unvarnished account given by the Earl of Frrzwict.tast of what has passed under his own im mediate olbserration in his official capacity as Lord Liedtenarituf the West Riding of Yorkshire. " The mass of the population." his Lordship says, " are by no means, disaffected;" their attendance on the Meet ings is owing, in a great degree, to " want of oc cupation," and " this their hard lot at present, they bear in hopes of better times, with patience and re- signation." The PRINCE RECENT held a Council yesterday, at which a Proclamation respecting the internal state. f the country was agreed upon, and ordered to be is sued forthwith. It will probably appear in this ' Evening's GaF:elle. The Paris Papers of Wednesday arrived this morn ing.—Tuo,day there was a mysterious sort of Minis terial party at Monthuche, near LongjnmeauNthe seat of Marquis Dtssouxs. The Ministers•dis pensed with the presence of their domestics at dixner, passed the night with the Marquis, and returned next morning to Pails. Marshal Sr. CYR has left the waters of Ncris and gone to those of Mouat D'Or, on his way to which he spent two days at the house of General BECKER, who acted so important a part in the last escape 01 BONA PA RTE. The Chamber of Accusation of the Royal Court has not agreed with the Tribunal of First Instance in thinking that the recent disturbances in the School of taw form suf f icient grounds for a charge of re bellion with aggravating circumstances. M. Ba ne:Peke, 0.. e of those who had been sent before the Cimort of - Assises, has been acquitted and set at liberty. Thitiro• other prisoners, Armand and Chavelet, have bead remitted to the Correctional Police to be tried misdemeanour, and will to admitted to therbenek of caution. - :The Papers from Germany mention' some more *arrests. M. M. PLEIFER and HERMANN, tutors to tfie::(aniiiies of the Wirtembeigh and Baden Mini sters at Frankfort, were taken into custody on the VA instant. _ _ • A Convention is talked of as either concluded, old about to be concluded, between Austria, Prussia,' and the confederated Germanic States, by which these Powers engage to preserve, during 20 years, a perfect neutrality in whatever wars may occur.— These Powers being masters of the centre of Europe, and having 600,000 men under arms, might, it is thought, render a Continental war almost impossible. French 5 per Cents. Tuesday, 71 fr. 25 c. No fresh intelligence has arrived this morning re specting the late movements at Cadiz. At Madrid the affair is considered by some people at least, as of little moment. One letter of the 14th instant has the following passage. "Be cautious what you believe as to the events thattaken place at Cadiz, for I know, as a positive tact, that though some trifling disturbance may have occurred, all is over and tran quillity restored." "Tranquillity restored !" Yes— but of what character ? 'Die plots of the disaffected have for the present been frustrated : it has been pre vented from bursting out in acts of violence. 131 n the discontent—the decided aversion of the military to the service attempted to be imposed upon them, of rivetting the chains of the South Americans, re mains unchanged. It may be true also that the known bad state of many of the ships destined to convey the troops across the Atlantic, might influence many to oppose their departure ; but no one can have forgot the conduct of some of the troops who sailed last year, and who instead of going to their intended destination, actually forced the Commanders to go into 'a port in possession of the Patriots, and joined the standard of emancipation ! Yesterday, at three o'clock, his Royal Highness the Pniticv. 11EGENT held a Council at Carlton House,' which was attended by 'Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of, easury, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, aster of the Mint, the Aiidge of the Admiralty Court. the 'lief Baron of Scotland, the Earl of Harrington, tbe Cap. he Gentlemen Pensioners, Admiral Str John Borlase Mr, Arbuttinet, &c. Pauses HEONT held a Privy Council. A Pro- Aion respecting the internal state of the country Treed upon„.and will be issued forthwith.—His Highness game audiences to the LORD CIiAV , the Earl of LIVERPOOL, Viscount Stomotatr, Earl of COURTOWN. ! 1 1 : ' ti I ~ 1 k , . . I 01 1 • i Al I,', 1 ,4 t i e, l i • t Ak ' , , . mi II destinatic . I .. • ' I' - astalpouirt in standard Ycstcr PRINCE 1 ' WIIICh W '' • 1 The 1.01 file l'i east . I the I.‘tstel • Lord ('hit tan cf thi Warren, I . i ' The 1 1 . clamatia was aga .. - • Royal 11 cation, k , aati tlx c . • . : STATE OF TAU DISTURIMD DISTRICTS. YORKSHIRE. LETTER FROM EARL lIITZWILLIAM TO THE LORD LIEUTENASTT OF CHESHIRE. " W e ntworth, July 31. 44 MY LORD—I had the honour of your Lordship's letter on the 16th instant, conveying the Resolutions of the Magistrates of Cheshire, passed on the 13th instant, in Geneial Quarter Session, for which com munications 1 beg your Lordship to accept my best thanks. As a Meeting of the People was fixed for Monday, the 10th instant, to be held on Hunslet Moor, near Leeds, which I thought likely to furnish the means of forming an opinion respecting the portant consideration of the temper and disposition of the population of that great town and extensive dis trict, fdeferred acknowledging your Lordship's till I had received accounts of what passed on that occasißu. The professed objects of this Meeting did pot asp. from those of one already held at the same place Ve ceritly. They were, Parliamentary Reform, by means of Universal Suffrage; Election by Ballot; and AO.; naal Parliaments, grounded upon certain abstimc i principles of the Rights of Men; but to these west added, on this occasion, another Resolution, (rather inconsistent with the spirit of the former, whids' would produce a complete new House of Commons,)l to send a Representative to the present House, when- 1 ever a proper one could be met with. NotwithstansiT ing there appears no abatement from the large es. tent of their claims, still, I am given to.understand, there appealed in their manner a manifest humilia tion of spirit in the more humble tone and means proposed for attaining their ends, since they even , expressed an inclination to petition Parliament. — But without entering into particularspf what passed, it is a great satisfaction to me to inform your Lord ship, that the numbers who attended at this Meeting did not exceed half of those who attended at the last ; and that of the numbers present, a much larger pro portion of women made up this meeting than at the last. At the close of the business, the Meeting was DISSOLVED, and the people disper-ed, without tumult or insult to any one, in a manner the most peaceable and orderly. On the whole, I think I may confi dently assure your Lordship, that though there are to be found in this Riding a certain number of very seditious, designing, and dangerous characters, who are endeavouring to instil into the minds of the unin formed, doctrines subversive of every thing valuable in our ConstitutioaalEstablishment, these men are few in numbers, without character or influence: the mass of the population is by no means disaffected, but, on the contrary, contented with the present mode of thi4gs. If they attend such Meetings it arises, in a great de gree, from want of occupation ; they have the mis fortune to be unemployed ; however willing to work, under the present stagnation of trade they can find Done, and are thus reduced to the cruel distress which every man whose daily support depends upon his daily earnings, must be in when employment fails. This is their hard lot at present, which to their credit, from every thing I hear, they bear, in hopes of bet ter times, with patience and resignation. I have run into length, but I thought your Lordship might be anxious to know the general disposition of a great population, so contiguous to parts of Cheshire. " I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) " WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM." " P. S. I find I have omitted to say, that the ora tors on Monday were mostly the same as on the for mer occasion—indeed they are a sort of itinerant orators, who have attended all the different Meetings." LEEDS, JULY 29. By some babbling among the Reformers them selves, as well as by some documents that.have fallen into the hands of two respectable Gentlemen in this neighbourhood, it seems that the arrangements are nearly completed for a General Meeting of all the Union Reform Societies throughout the Kingdom, who are to assemble simultaneously on one and the same day—the small townships, villages, and ham lets, in the nearest large town, or convenient spot of ground contiguous to it and that very strong Reso. lutions are preparing:which are to be adopted gene rally by these Meetings. It is certain, that an active correspondence has been, for some time, carrying on between the Societies in all parts of England, Scot 13nd, and Ireland ; and that they do not trust to the casualties of Post Office conveyance, but arrange their plans by means of Deputies, or Delegates, who are now constantly traversing the Kingdom, from one end to the other ; while others are stationed in the principal large towns, and act like a chain of Tele graphs, to convey important information to the prin cipals in these movements. Notwithstanding all these alarming symptoms, the Magistrates here seem to feel perfectly secure in the protection which the civil power, and the few troops. that are stationed in this district would afford them, and they have hitherto declined taking any notice of , the suggestions that have within the last month been repeatedly and pointedly thrown out, for raising an additional armed force. At present we are perfectly tranquil ; but as commercial distress increases every I hour, there is no foretelling hoc• long our fancied se curity may continue. BARKINSLAND MOOR MEETING?. An attempt was made to muster a Reform Meet= ing at Barkinsland Moor, near Rippentkle l `y4 - 01 . Nest Riding of Yorkshire, on Wednesday iast.. Irpi this purpose, a public usti,:e had been previously tic• culated with some industry ; and, on the appointed! day, there was a motley assemblage ready to bear all the plans that had been formed for their benefit , and the remedy of every political evil. They waited patiently for a considerable time, in the vain expec tation that the projectors of the Meeting would make their appearance, propose a Chairman, and proceed to the important business for which they were eiviem bled ; but at six o'clock, none o . f them having shewn themselves, the people dispersed quietly, and returned to their respective homes. True bills for sedition having been found against most of the itinerant orators, it is probable that this may have been the cause of their keeping out of the way, LEICESTER, JULY 30. Mr. BURBRIDGE, our Town Clerk, has, by order of the Magistrates, published an Address to the Frame- Work-Knitters, in which he states that the Magis trates had not been indifferent observers of the pro ceedings during the last week—that they had hoped nothing would transpire to render any material in terposition. on.,,their part necessary—but that they have learnt, with regret, that many workmen, who were taking work from the warehouses on Saturday were compelled to return it, and others deterred from accepting work, although their Employers had agreed to•give them the full Statement Prices. Such men, says the Address, have not the shadow of pretence to justify their remaining in idleness, and the parties who would prevent them frim working,. deserve the severest punishment. The Magistrates accordingly now feel it their duty to express their opinion that the Meetings and paraJings through the streets, all occasion for them being now removed, should " not be continued, and they hope the good' sense of the people will make it unnecessary for them to say more, bearing in mind that the first duty of the Magistrates is not only to maintain the peace of the town, but to prevent it from Icing placed in hazard." Bruce, whose committal as an accomplice in the attempted murder of BIRCH, we mentioned yester day, arrived at Chester Castle on Wednesday even ing. He is a middle-aged man, short, and deformed in his person. He is not a native of Stockport, but according to some accounts he is a Londoner, while others say that he came from Ireland. We under• stand that when the unfortunate BIRCH was proceed• ing to the house of the Rev. Mr. PR2SCOTT, the Ma gistrate, to consult with him what he should do, he was accosted by Bruce, who entered into conversa tion with him, while two others, who seemed to be in his company, walked behind him. BIRCH was apprehensive of some danger, but before he could make any sort of effort to disengage himself, one of the two men fired the pistol. It is upon this presumed connection between Bruce and the actual assassin, that the former has been committed for trial. The other prisoner, Davies, remains in custody at Stock port. BIRCH is still alive, but considered in great danger. During Tuesday night he became delirious STOCKPORT, JULY 29. The unfOrtunate BIRCH still remains, lam sorry to say, in a precarious state, but hopes are entertain ed that the injury he has received will not, as was at first apprehended, prove mortal ; the fever which generally accompanies gun shot wounds not having assumed that character which indicates mortification having taken place. Every person here feels deeply interested in the case of this suffering individual, and anxious for the discovery of the vile assassin. Some faint traces of the perpetrator of the cowardly act have been discovered, and it is not doubted, from the large reward and the general interest excited, that he will soon be in custody. CHESTER, JULY 7,0. A movement is anticipated among the disaffected the ensuing week ; every civil and military precaution is taken to thwart their designs. A considerable quantity of ammunition has just been forwarded from the Castle for the disturbed districts : it was escorted by a guard of the 71st Regiment. On Monday last 1000 stand of arms, under the escort of an Officer's party, was forwarded from the depot at Chester Castle to Manchester, for the armed association of that populous town. The latest accounts from Stocicport, yesterday, at three o'clock, describe the case of BIRCII entirely hopeless ; the ball has lodged in the vitals, and all idea of extracting it is abandoned. It entered a below the pit of the stomach, struck the breast-bone, and took a direction to the left. The Magistrates have come to a deter nivatida to act with decision, and suppress all seditious meetings immediately as they assemble, and it the 'civil power be not sufficient, then to read the Riot Act, and call in the aid of the nalitary. This is as it should be.— An indescribable state of uneasiness prevails at Stock port and the environs. A letter from a most respect able Gentleman in that town to a friend in this city, says, in allusion to the assassination of BIRCH, " Gou only knows whose turn comes next : I am fearful the matter will not end here."—Chester Chronicle. MANCligrElt. The Boroughreeves and Consubles of Manchester and SAlford have published an Address, dated from the Police Office, Manchester, in which, concurring Whit the recommendation offered by the Magistrates atAhe Gitatter . Sessions, they:" strohgly point out to all the friends of civil governmerat and social order within their respective townships, the urgent necessity that exists in the pre'ent crisis for the'r forming Th em . selves, under the direction and cot - drool of tlx p ee. cutive (love] nment, into Armed Associations for th e preservati .1' of the public peace." LATEI) ISTURBANCES NEWTOWV. At the Alontgomery Sessions, three men convict e d of disorderly conduct at Newtown, by conspi racy against their employeri, were admonished with pe cu . liar emphasis and humanity by C. W. WYN, Chairman, svho, in consideration of their contritk and this being the first offence of the kind in t,‘, : county,sentenced them to three months imprisonme!„. N 4 VAL 1 VTELLIGENCE. Fa twiny's, Juts 2,l.—Vind varlableo—Arrived off this last evening, the Reward, Colmar:, from Jamaica for Lot.d,-: Pwrsionyit, Ram 29.—Arrived the Ilarchioness of Grt.erx ' from the Cape of Good Hope for London ; Hind g o% of war from Portsmouth ; Medusa transpeet from ditto, to LA, mechanics from the Dock-yard to Bermuda; Sceptre, Gi no, from Prince Edward's Island, In 24 days. Pasted up Ch aw the Christina Nlagdalina, TACOSSON, from St. Übe's for Gott.,. burgh, and the Reward, from Jamaica for London. The C a> min of the Reward died six days after leaving Jamaica. 11,, M a ry, &ravers, from Almeria for Loudon, is put in titre t v provisions, and is placed under quarantine. On the 13th icy. in lat. 40. 23. long. 13. spoketbe Jack Tar, file Jatnaica, a :I Q the 18th inst. in lat. 44. lone,. 16. spoke the Joseph, from 1., bon for Cork, all well. Poossmouyn, JoLv 710.—Wind R-44rrived . the Comet,if t colon, from Quebec. Passed by., Jot London, the llet,x , STILANACIS, from St. Vincent's; apd John Shand, Rees, fru St. Domingo. Jour 30.—Wind N.E .- Came doWII from the t it and sailed, the John, Mutattaan, for Malaga. Passed byte, back of the Goodwin Sand, the Rebecca, Row, from St. D, ming° for Amsterdam. , WHITBY, JCLY 29.—Arrived the Esk, Dvna.ta, from Crt el land, and brings the following account of the success aid- Whitby ships, between the 2d and 6th ofJuly: The kik, tisk 115 tons ; Lively, 3 fish, 45 tens; Mars, i fish, 25 tons; lie z , rietta, 12 fish, 90 tons; Revolution, 12 fish, 45 tons; 1:416 ; 3 fish, 50 tons; Harmony, 4 fish, 23 tons; James, 2 flab, is tons; Aimivell, 2 fish ; 19 tons; Mentz, 6 fish, 29 tons; V, • lunteer, clean; Fame, 4 fish; William and Ann, 1 fish, damaged. Yesterday, after the breaking up of the Court, 6 PRINCE REGENT rode out on horseback. Thursday PRINCE LEOPOLD had a numerous Paai to Dinner, al Marlborough House. The Prince LEOPOLD left town this day for Clare. mont, where his Royal Highness will remain fora few days, and then set out on his tour through Scot• land, in the course of which he will pay a visit to the Duke of MQNTROSE, the Earl of LitunzaDALT, and the Marquis of STA FFORD. Letters from Rio de Janeiro contain lamentable sc• counts of the almost universal stagnation of co* merce in that hemisphere. The last arrivals frtn Europe had inundated the country with every sort tc produce and manufacture, all of which were seltin: considerably under the invoice price. An order has been issued from the War•OTice L reducing the reward•for the apprehension of desert:. from the Army, from 40s. to 20s. exclusive of to 20s. allowed by the Mutiny Act. The Memoirs of an eccentric Lord are at length published, with much mystery, under the title s Harold the Exile. Sir JGISEPII &twits has greatly improved his t* byshire estate, by a fine plantation on the East Me: which is now in a thriving state, and has already h. come a game cover of no little extent. The front of the new Furnival's Inn, in Holborno now finished, and presents to the eye of the spectatz. one of the handsomest buildings in the metropolis. Nearly 300 Methodist Preachers are at this tinr assembled at Bristol, in which City they are holdi:i a conference. We learn from Paris, that the Duke of B-0.1: bunting the other day, met the Duke de M—u who crossed his way, when the former, in a rage. applied his horsewhip, which was borne with all du patience of a courtier. Colonel J—cm--r was pie sent, and swore, in the hearing of the Duke, he served me so, I would have run him through tie body !" WILTSHIRE COUNTY ELECTION.—State of the Pet: ELEVENTH Day—Mr. &nett 44—Mr. Astley 644—Majoray Mr. Astley 24.—Total at the close of the Eleventh Day—Mt &nett Astley 2053—Majority for Mr. &nett 154 Mr. ASTLEY, as we stated yesterday, has announcill his determination to keep the poll open till the ve:r latest minute. The opposite party, however, give out most confidently, that there are not now Electes enough left unpolled to enable Mr. ASTLEY to Ea the'day, although he were to poll every one tithes The number already polled exceeds that at the las or any former El&tion. No renewal of disturbast: has occurred, and the business of the hustings gve on with the greatest order and decorum. Sir WILLIAM RAE, Lord Advocate for Scotlasi was returned on Tuesday last, Member for the Fs District of Buighs. FUNERAL OF PROFESSOR PLAYTAIE.—TheTvi m I 'of this much latneated individual were interredta Tuesday in the Calton Burying ground, Edinbal* The corpse was preceded by a great numberofk tlemen, who had been pupils of the deceased, anae .Members of the Speculative Society, in fours : followed by the Magistrates of the City, the . and halberds of their Officers covered with crack , - the Members of the Royal Medical and Physical cieties—the Astronomical Institution—the Werterim Natural History Society—and a great number private friends. All the windows in the sue through which the melancholy procession meni were filled with Ladies, seemingly anxious to eel so large an assemblage of learning and talent. An Hydrangea, which has upwards of two but and seventy blossoms upon it, now growing in garden of Mr. SOLLY, at Walmer. It me.rsum circumference vet y nearly five feet. Richmond Theatre opened on Monday everil and nothing can be conceived more brilliant or raw tul than its general appearmice. The perftnro( were The Gamester. and Is h , ,Icalcus? Sviso as Mrs. Beverley, and Mr. KLANERT, as the Got der,, were justly received with great a ppla...ce. Yesterday morning between ten and eleven o'clt av the housekeeper of Mrs. COUTTS WAS CrOoong' fields on her way from Highgate to London. O'er' stopped bya well-dressed young ma n and n • Y•ei a gold watch, and some money, with % hie'. tcr tress had entrusted her fur charitable purpa,c• . 9 M. ) 41 pu i J 7.1 r )fr %t ur • d 2 Al ue 31: • ir t • 1r it 1 •r re. • a he nd ac• tf in: I':. th gth. rt, • au: is. ag- e, ea: Pif" t. Had tft Pet: a se- . VC:f e ott aces sir c hen If e las >arag Fr: • mis e dti 1 uff t • 1 one ape — al S" . nens suer nerd rie' in t 4 • tagr :arcs VIVO flg 0 1, ei '