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li' , .. LONDON. • tuVEMN6 STAR: FRIDAY. JULY 23, 1819. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONS O'CLOCK S per Cent. Reduced 7001 3 per Cent. Ornteas 691 70 691 31 Iler Cent. 7911--4 per Cent. 8811 Bank LOng Annuities 18 13-16 Itrperial 9 per Cent. Anus. 694 India Bonds 9 6 pre.,_ Exchequer Bills (20 2 pre. par .Commercial 27 discount Omnium 14 91 pre. Consols for Acct. 69j 701 70. . . • This day the second payment of the Loan was. me of 10 per Cent. Seven millions are already pitia ,up, and turned into Stock, and the holders biro -benefited by holding it, as it remains at 2 ! per :Cent. premium. Consols remain pretty steady sgt . .lo: A very proper determination had been adopted by the Committee of the Stock Exchange,l that of not permitting Clerks to Stock Brokrs, to act upon their own account ; this resolution hai not been abided by, and last account produced inumber of those stripling defaulters, as they had brand to an amount considerably beyond their means of settling. In consequence an investigation took place yesterday, and them' t of them are said to be expelled the House. The total -amount of their speculations is said to be poo,ooo. It is impossible that any friend to mankind and to his country can remain indifferent to the present con dition of the Labouring Classes throughout theXiag dom. From the best estimate thatcin be made, by those who have applied their mind to the subject, and hare actually traversed the greater part of Yorkshire for the purpose of ascertaining the present state of employment, it appears that from fifty to sixty thou sand men, women, and children. are out of work; and that such of those who yet have work in weaving calicoes earn only from four shillings to six shillings a week. In Lancashire, from the best data that can be obtained, about forty thousand persons are simi larly circumstanced; and, generally speaking, though t:fat all the Manufacturing Districts, the numbers thrown out of employment are increasing every week,- and the wages of those who still have work are very inadequate to the maintenance of the people. Palliatives are the resource of fools alone. Radical eeMedies are what the wise will ever seek after Tor eiils that threaten universal danger and ruin. To trim sport all the unemployed, free of eipense, to fo retgn climist,Vere this practicable, would not, in our dfthastiftmeses, remedy .the evil. On the coatraryi , this bitild Only aggravale the sufferirie tdthoii felt behind. The couptry 41eires, and must obtain from the fruits of groctucisve industry, a supply for ,the maintenance of the whole population, and a sum equal to our public irittptonditure. Strictly speaking, these two constitute .but one aggregate ; but for the convenience of argument we separate them for the present, for the purpose of shewing that every mouth sent out of the country, every back that wears cloth, every font that wears shoes, is so much of the effi cient sources of revenue annihilated. All indirect taxes are raised upon consumption, and if the number 'consumers be lessened, while the sum to be raised continues undiminished, the difference must up by those who remain. therefore evidently impolitic to seek, by any to lessen our population : and to imagine that by so doing, lessen the calls upon our in would betray an ignorance little short of in :y—and if acted on to any great extent as a sys ild bring its punishment in a shape and form contemplated without dread. Reader, have your circumstances hitherto been to keep you above the misery and distress Which the working classes are now suffering in manufacturing districts ? Is it a desirable object— worthy of some pains and exertion, to avert which would affect your comfort ? If so, do from this subject as one that does not con ! Your prosperity, safety and comfort de ttirely on the degree of 'wisdom or folly which pervade the public mind in considering of the tmstances in which our country is now placed. (Uic is a collection of individuals. You are ' if every individual shall put away the con sideration of the subject from himself, we are lost. . 1 - are the causes of our present distress? Why our labouring classes be fed ? Is there any scarcity in our land ? Have we beet visited' with ;ng, mildew, or famine? On the contaltrY, has blessed us with abundant harvests, and barn-yards and granaries are filled with *am* of the fruits of the earth. Why then should born on the soil, be suffered to starve soil ? Are they unwilling to labour for ipport; to put forth their power and strength to the common stock by their industry ? nothing could be more equimble than that should be made to fbel the effects of their own ggishness and idleness,; (or it is a Christian maxim, .Pectlng the able bodies% that, " he that will not • neither *hall he eat lout it is equally obvious ut-traos Christians if you refuse to support is willing to work, but for whom neither he nor you can Ond employmenA, We "sy eak now of Comanuaity. The Comm:laity, aging by its Guvoi vernmelat a its head, is a great/ family, bound supply the wants of all its children. Nothing call' 411seolif this obligation: Butyhat can be done? 41te answer is sufficiently Clarion's. Find einplosnent for all the children of the Stete.--In weaving cloths and calicoes, for which there is no markit? Certainly not. Employ them. In that species of labour for the products of which there is ae uateasing demand—in cultivating the soil: • Are all the lands in the kingdom in such a state a cultivation as to refuse farther improvement?' ao. We have more than enough of uncultiva ted' land to employ every idle person in the king- Ikon. What ! send away your people to improve fo feign lands, when you have thousands of acres lying waste at home? Send away the'consumers of the very commodities from which the revenue of the country is produced! Reduce the strength of the couutrp, when you should do every thing in your power • crease it! This is the height of fully.— We shall take anearlj opportunity to *turn to this subject. A Dutch Mail arrived this forenoon, with Rapes to the' 21st instant. They are filled with extracts from American Papers received at - the Sarre, into specting the reported cession of Cuba to Imglatuk " Accounts from Spain," adds the Editor of die i Hague Courant, " assert, indeed, that the whole re port of the cession of Cuba is a mere action ; but, when we remember what was written about the ces sion of the Floridas, and _what wasafterwards found, to be true, we cannot wholly discredit the report." The following are some other extracts: • STUTTG A RD, JOLT la The King has named three Committees, in conse quence of the approaching' Sessions of the States- General, two of them to examine the Certificates of Election and to open the Session, and the third to negociate with the States. When Mr. Scott was elected Deputy for Bobingen, his constituents gave him a paper, containing their wishes respecting the Assembly and the administration of the government, in twelve articles, the principal of which are, that the Assembly shall consist of , only one Chamber ; that a general tax be laid on income; that the owners of noble estates, and public officers, contribute ac cording to their ability ; that no tax be imposed without the consent of the States ; that the adminis tration of affairs be simplified so that many offices might be abolished, and the expense of the salaries be diminished ; that the military establishment be reduced and she pensions diminished; that several indirect taxes be lessened ; that a permanent Com mittee of the States be formed, to guard the rights of the people, &c.—The Deputy is requested to ac quaint the Deputation to be named, Qr the Bailliage for this purpose, every two or three weeks, or oftener if nccessary, with the progress of business; and also to receive and offer the opinion of this Deputation. l• ' i $ 1 I I I every . / vim c ient sour taxes are r: 14' 1 of consume in taxes cc be made ui 1 • It is the: i. ' means, to 1 . : 1 we shall, I dustry, we sanity—an . tern, would not to be c Reader, such as to - , ,1 I : under whi4 the manuf: • 1 a matter u 1 • a change v rot turn fr t c i i c ern you! 1,, . pend entire shall perv: • circumstas The publio ) , Alt one, and i k i % sideration Ntiltat a: cannot ott real scatci. blighting, 4 HtAvEN I . , ' ,1 • our barn.; stores of any one , : . on the 51 , their sup : to add to i If w, not ' 1 i the/ shoal : 1 : sluggishnc respecting wark4 tieit i t h A vyou . I )• 1 / 4 hint Who 1 ~ . , . ♦UGSBURG, JULY ii. Our Gazette 4 to-day has the following article, under the head of Carlsruhe:—" In the Sitting of the Second Chamber, the SOth June, M. Toehrenbach communicated, the Project of an Ordinance of the Sovereign, concerning the Abolition of the Office of the Bailliage, and the transfer of their functions to o k hers. The Government had, therefore, in this re_ spect, met the wishes of the Second Chamber, which had not yet begun its discussion of the motion made , on the subject by M. Toehrenbach. It is remarkable that this Deputy has received a letter addressed to him, with the post-mark of Stutgard, 18th of June, of the following contents To the Deputy Toeh renbach—Man ! those who live, and think to live longer, listen! K—e (Kotzebue) spoke against a whole nation, and he is dead ; thou who speakest against a .single class, and seekest to plunge it in misery, think, of thy existence !' Other Deputies have received similar letters, as also Mr. Brodhag, Councillor of Archives, and editor of the Mee anger of Me Chambers, who has printed in his Journal this curious Paper, with the consent of Mr. Toehrenbach. Mr. Kern, Deputy from Friburg, who made a motion for the abolition of the offices of the High Foresters, is stated to have received a letter conceived in very harsh terms, from a person hold ing a high office in the Administrationvf the Forests. It is said that the Officers of the Grand Dial Forest , will complain in a body of the imputations of raps= city, neglect of duty, &c. which are alleged against them in the motion in question. All the papers of Professor Oken, at Jena, were put under seal on the 29th June, by Commissioners of the Police who came from Weimar. The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this forenoon. Count de CAZE is said to have succeeded the Duke of RICHELIEU in the dignity of First Gentleman of the Chamber. Generals GROUCHY., CLAIMS!, and Laraaat Dia- NOUZTTES, have obtained permission to reside in Belgium. A squadron consisting of one 74, two frigates, and three smaller vessels, is fitting out at Toulon. It is said to be destined for Gibraltar, to unite there with an Englisll squadron, for the purpose of clearing the seas of the South American corsairs. ' A Madrid article, of the Bth July, gives the fol. lowing view of the state of affairs in. Mexico Th t Government continues to publish the official Ms. patches of the VICEROY of Mexico, giving an account l of all the military operations agabist the rebels, of whom there are still some b a nds beyond the Rio- Blanco, though not Very •tiumerous. Every day we hear of the taking of some of their Chiefs, and the destruction of the pNeties they command. By the Gazetitof to-day, me see that in the Province of Guanawate o . the richest in mines, the soi-disant Colonel 'of Rebels, JEAN CORONA, who has been engaged in the rebellion since its very commence ment, has been surpt ised by the troops of Lieu tenant-Colonel OTA NO, and made prisoner. On the side of Saint Augustin del Parmar, different Chiefs have presented themselves to the Royal Au thorities in order to take the benefit of the Amnesty, and the whole country known under the name of the Tierra-Caliente, may be considered as entirely ti an quillized. VICTORIA is the only one of the rebel Chiefs whom they have not been able to get hold of jt is,supposed that he is gone southward in the direc tMazateopan, and the most pressing orders A bautOcom given to the Royal troops in that quarter to took - after him." TlveGeneral Diet of Wirtemberg was opened with o*h Ltnietinity at the Chateau of Louisbourg on the instant. The uegociations between the Govern ,* and.tlxemediatised Princes are said to be now %ft good train. Count WALDECK has followed the intantple set by the Prince de la Tout and Taus, 'nd renounced every claim to exemption from taxa tion. Other similar arrangements are in progress, *PAU Ph Awed ere long to realize that general has tmoitylithidx has been for some time so greatly desired. thiTnyt Chamber of the Diet of Baden, apro 'positiost wiltlately made for an address of thanks to his Mair.sri, for the firmness with which he has resisted all attempts, on the part of the Court of Rome, to mingle itself in the ecclesiastical affairs of the Grand Duchy. The Chamber thought proper to pass to the order of the day on this proposition ; but another, precisely similar, has been •introduced by M. DUTLENGE2 into the second or Chamber of De puties, who have resolved io take it into considera tion, and ordered it to be remitted to the Bureaus. The plague, which has been for some time raging in the kingdom of Morocco, is, we are happy to learn, on the decline. The last advices received at Corunna cotne down to the 14th of June, at which time the daily number of deaths had considerably diminished. French 5 per cenjs. Monday, 71 1. 4O Z. Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT, Prince LEOPOLD, &c. dined with the Duke and Duchess of YORK, at York-hOnse. The Duke of INV * ,and Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the PRIV* Stsetiznt yesterday. His Royal - MORl . ..lathe Duke of Suss= yesterday visited the East India :house, and after examining the CoinpanielA)4o.; led viewing their numerous and valuable ccilleitiOni. or OrientarCuriosities, his Royal Higtine7is retite4 p ,blglifytratifiett w ith his morning's escoratosu 1n the' ettenNehe'hinfotited Sir r.ilicoßuß and Lady Cicala 131.401 with, his company to din-1 ner,_ in G reat Cuttiberfatad-Plice. - 1 Yesterday being the armivetsary of the marriage of the Duke and Dachets of GLOUCESTER, their Royal' Highnesses celebrated the return of that happy day' by having a numerous party to dinner at Gloucester-1 house. The Metropolis continues to be enlivened by crowds of distinguishedTashionables. The Parks yesterday exhibited a brill ant display of the beau monde. The' Duke of WELLINGTON and a party were on horse back, and Lord and Lady GRANVILLE, the Mar chioness of DOWNSHIRE, and otherfirst-rates, appeared in open carriages. WILTSHIRE COUNTY ELECTION.—State of the Poll, etch day, since the commencement : Ist—Mr. Benett 302—Mr. Astley 199—Majority 103. 261—Mr. Benett 190=34r. Astley 151—Majority. 59. 3d—Mr. Benett 586—Mr. Astky 250—Majonty 126. 4th—Mr. Benett 331—Mr. Astky 313—Majority 16. Total at the dose of the 4th Day—For Mr. Benett 1209—For Mr. Astley 925—Majority in favour of Mr. Benett 284. Last night, the Rev. Mr. HARRISON, accompanied by two Peace•O6icers, left London, in a post-chaise, for Chester. It is said that after the Lona MAYOR had counter signed_ the Bench -warrant, for the apprehension of Mr. HARRISON, Mr. Alderman WA llTHMANentered -the room where his Lordship was sitting, at Giltspur street Compter, and in a somewhat angry tone, pro tested against the measure. He said he was as much interested in the peace of the City as the Chief Ma gistrate, and he thought it a most unwise act, and one that would create confusion, if not a general battle. To this remonstrance the LORD MAYOR re plied, thatas he considered it his duty to order his apprehension, he would not shrink from the respon sibility of discharging that - duty.- :He was even so 3riite as to inform the aforesaid Alderman, that he not sit there to be dictated to by him, and that if he had nothing else to say, he might leave the room ! Every man of sense and temper will agree with Mr. Aldermsm WArrnsmo that the conduct of the LORD MAYOR was precipitate in this instance. Mr. HAR RISON might have been secured without this defying demonstration of power, and though happily no evil consequences ensued from it, still it might'have been remembered that multitudes are more frequently_ ruled by caprice than by reason ; and this haste o? the Loitn - MAvou to display his authority might have been followed by bloodshed and turmdt. It looked, in fact, like a challenge to the people. YESTERDAY,The Ticket No. 16, drawn yester day a Prize of .£2OOO, was shared by Wows in One Quarter, One Eighth, and Ten Sixteenths, and SOLD at his fortunate Offices, 9, Comhill, and 17, Lud gate-street, where the Possessors of the Shales may receive their money immediately. AGA A KROLL has sold another Prise. of £90,000, viz. No. 1345, which was drawn gesterd,, and sold in One Quarter, Two Eighths, and Eig h t Sixteenths ; No. 13444 the number immediately pre 'ceding it, and entitle& to 010000, was also sold in Shares by CARROLL, at-hi4.fortuna,terOfficr4 No. -19, Comhill, and 26, -Oxfurdiereet. This is the Fifth Prim of L'2u,ooo dratAs been recently sold by him. THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. PO 4 L M LOCIC eeting S r o t f A , Geo WS 3dem SEA en it •GI was ASGI heki ow, . otiTu consiJer of the be,t plan of relievin th g e . pr elett es tress of the operative Weavers, Sir Joffe M Ax , Bart. of Pollock, in the Chair. After mat . beration, it was thought that some pond mi g h t done by purchasing webs to fill the idle loom. ; a preference should he given to checks , st ry e ., ings, sheetings, and such other co.trse work as c be sold ar.d worn in the paritli; that the money' be raised by subscription, and the profit vided, in proportion to the stocks in that the loss be covered by a general , Sir JOHN MAXWELL, Mr. MAXWELL, M MONTEITH, Baillie BAIRD, the Rev. Mr Rev. Mr. STEWART, the Rev. Mr. PRIXt MERON, MT. FLEMING, Mr. PATRICK, an, Gentlemen, were appointed a CommiT Itloeretru to be Convener. Ten guin , into the power of the Committee of N\ the immediate relief of the most distressc, weir brethren. Mr. MAXWELL was liar been no turbulent meeting, and praise for their judicious and peaceable behavi Meeting was adjourned.- Me.II.TING PAIISLEV. FROM A CORRIP‘PeaItpiNT. Agreeably to adveitiitt‘erse, Mcith habitants F irriiiley !was held on Saoraa , on MoiklesiggsAloor, ..Hustings so to adord rooms. oo abon LOU Fiersont, Mr. JAMES WAttßet opened the proceedi reading the advertisement, by which the convened. In this notice, the object of was avowed to be the consideration + distresses of the poor, The Chair was WALLACE, who introduced a series of R.( which the causes of the privations of the attributed to taxation, -induced by the ! " faction" were stigmatizidits wog menu likrties of the country. Several spear(' all of whom supported the Resolutioi were, with the exception of a proposal Prince Regent, adopted. The teeth address a, statement of their sufferings at large.. The Meeting was . condnci .greatest order, and by seven o'clock gone tohis home. This Meeting WAS extrei and was witnessed by many respectable It was'stated on the authority of the Cr. had conducted the preliminary business ing, that in Paisley there 'are it present' out of work, exclusive of winders, ant thole number, it was said, would has increased, if all the Returns had been Many details of individual misery were FROM' ANOTHER CORRESPONDk.. I take the liberty to send you a short the Paisley Public Meeting. The Meet 7 ley. took place on Saturday the I","th of ing to advertisement, in a moor, th , William Peacock, Esq. of Meilderiggs. fine, it was numerously attended. Th estimated at from twenty to thitty thousan, One Mrs Allison was chosen to the chair mittee brought forward a string of Its the purpose of petitioning the Prince . redress of grievances, which were neg; large majority, and an Address or Appeal tion adopted in their place. The Resolutions buted the distress of the times to the present of Government, and contended for Cr' frage, Annual Parliaments, and Electi One circumstance of rather a singula, tended this Meeting, which was, that sat down, and continued sitting for nearl ThiS was occasioned partly by country marched at an early hoar to the place and who lay down to rest themselves short heath which surrounded the hustings. people gathered they sat down with brethren, and heard six or eight orators speeches. After which the Meeting voted Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Wooler, and some kin( and dismissed in the most peaceable a. manner, those from the country marching sound of a bugle. One of the Committee read the followin t ment to the Meeting : WEAVERS OUT OF EMPLOYMENT - Paisley Johnston - - - Kilbarchan Total - - les Besides a number of places which had not s' in their Returns. FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. All the Resolutions were carried unanimouer cept the last one ; it met with the decided di' bation of the Meeting. The Committee appeal think that to proceed .by -Petition was the best but the Meeting was of .a different opinion. which was once thought an invaluable privi was but little' esteemed, either as to its princii efficacy ; it was therefore scouted as unwor 6 Majesty of the People.' An Address to the was proposed as an amendment : this the Mc Seconder said was the most honourable and road to the end they had in view ; as, from ti cent conduct of the Home Secretary, there era= probability of the Itegent ever seeing their per and that though he did, and had the will to their grievance, yet he had not the power. dress to the Nation was produced, read, and :xlmost unanimously, amid the thundering ao tions of the multitude. Warrants were issued on the ilth inst. by Sir VANE, Bart. J.l). B. DYKES, Esq. and No SENTIOUSE, Esq. for the apprehension of several vers in the neighbourhood of Cockermouth , administered and taken oaths, binding thernsel to work for certain persons, &c. The pante , brought up on the Iclth, and after a suitable nition from Mr. DYNES, sheaving the evil ten , their conduct and of illegal oaths, the pressed themselves sorry tbr what they had doe I , rateful to -the Magistrates fur their were discharged. Mit/CTs. W, JCLY 10 Tu e'd2!the , pr extt - ag kft; Nl Azt T 1 ood zna t ,,, re might le Loom s; • is 1, stri., , e s , • s. work as 03 for e money , fits, if ar t s s the c, m.p. .• 4r. I, OGA otl ~. , tNoLr, M r . 0 and many ed nittee—P ineas we re Workmen, resscd 'aptly there ce ised the re f . tviour,,t7,l , ' r. eting of de' •"' relay afte et commodiou s s* were er tu . .e proceedinp be MeetiN . of the NI • t of the p is taken by .• Resolution es the poor s r4 e i3te war. li t enethies tot e eaters folio* ti ions, and al to Petitiot eting agreed 45 to the 1C : a acted With • every...tian extrenory able ' Committee. less of this nt inct w.• and this in. save been been receiv ere given. iDENT. short accout , leeting at of July, ac the propen. s. The day Clio nurr. l ”r , housand lair. Theta Ilesolutiots ce Resent fa negatived bl >peal to the esolutions sass present sy • Universal ' sction by Bal ular natures t all the pear; early two ho ,, try people ace of Meetirr ves on the 0.. 'stings. As; h their w ors deliver the voted thanks s tindred any le and ord..: 7ching off al • . following s' 1 dENT. 1184 84 204 s• had not NDENT. inanimouey.e ecided disaro wee appears! s the best opinion. 7' luable privi its princip.e . • is unworthy': ess to the N s the .11evr. Table and d:. • as, from , there wal:z! g their petite e will to Tee! ower. Tht ead, and r; ti dering acclJ- - . MINIM . nst. by Sir I% and Nt-trio a of b everal mouth, who. il fa h e r :c vst il eiuh ei l o a i g eptt a t finaea,:lebldr::t.lld,cei