Star. — London, England, 1819-09-13 00:00:00

t ~~~ .` ~~, ~: I I r ;I 'i r• ~ -• • • THE EVENING STAR. L'ONDON: MONDAY, SETTEMBEIt 13, 1819. , THE FUNDS. PRICE OT STOCKS THIS DAT AT Olt O'CLOCK Bank Strick shut 3 per Cent. Reduced shot S per Cent. Consols 70 fl Sh per Cent. shut-4 per Cent. shut 5 per Cent. Navy loqi Bank Long Annuities shut Exchequer Bills (2d.) S 4.5 •lis. Commercial 15 dis. Cons. for Acct. 70i. • The Paris Papers of Thursday arrived yesterday. The resignation of M. ROYER COLLARD is to be followed, it is said, by that of M. Ds SERRES and M. GUIZOT. A Dutch squadron, consisting of a 74 and two frigates, arrived in the Roads of Toulon on the 27th ultimo. They are going on a cruize in the Mediter ranean, and are to return, to winter at Toulon, about the middle of October. The English frigate the GLASGOW, Captain MAtr• LAICD, sailed on the same day from Toulon for Italy. On the 23d ult. the POPE held a Consistory, in which, in consequence of its having been represented by the Kum of FaAlice, that the burdened state of his kingdom did not admit of the establishment of 92 Bishoprics, as stipulated by the Convention of the of June, 1817, his Holiness resolved, provision ally, to limit the number of Bishoprics to those at present existing. Another attempt has been made at Carlsruhe to emcite a popular tumult against the Jews, but it was speedily suppressed by the prpmpt exertions of the Police. The joint Commission appointed by the KING of WIRTEMSKRO - and the States-General of that King dom, to revise the plan of a new Constitution, have finished their labours, and the States have been sum moned to receive the communication of the result.— The new Constitution declares all the territories at tached to the Crown of Wittemberg to be insepa rably united under the same Constitution, the privi leges of which are also to be extended to all future acquisitions. The little territory of Lippe, containing only a po pulation of 70,000 persons, is divided into two par ties; one of them, namely, the Noblesse, headed by the Pr ince of Sat Aubssot; nc LIPPE, a younger branch of the reigning House, has appealed to the Diet at Frankfort, against the introduction of the new Con stitution, granted by the Pniscess REGENT, in the name of her son, who is yet a minor. French 5 per Cents, Wednesday, 71 fr. 50 c. The Paris Papers of Friday have also arrived this forenoon. The KING has got a slight return of the gout in consequence of which he is confined to his apartments. A Deputation of Cotton Manufacturers had a pri •ate audience of his MAJESTY on Wednesday, when they presented an Address expressive of their grati tude for the favourable sentiments which his MA JESTY is known to entertain towards them, and re piesenting how much this branch of industry stands in need of an active and constant protection.—His Munn replied, that few things were nearer to his heart than the prosperity of the Cotton Manufac ture of his Kingdom, and that he would avail him self of all the power of the laws in order to give it protection. " Some Letters received at Cadiz," says the Memo rid Bordeleris of the sth instant, " seem to confirm the news of the existence of the yellow fever at the Isle of Leon, distant two leagues from Cadiz. This much is certain, that at the date of these letters, a cordon had been drawn around the island, and that notwithstanding this precautionary 'measure, consi derable apprehensions were entertained at Cadiz. Alarming symptoms of this malady have, it is said, also manifested themselves at the Havannah." The statue fishery in the Tiber appears to have .It is now, says an article from Rome, more than three weeks since the searches commenced, and nothing whatever has been found. The Direc tors confess that they have proceeded at no certain data, but have trusted to chance entirely. krencli 3 per Cents. Thursday, 73 fr. 15 c. Mails have arrived to-day from Ilamburgh and Holland. with Paper, to the 7th and 11th instant. On the fid of September, ten of the fifty-three per sons who signed the testimony in favour of Dr. JA RN, of Ikrlin, now confined at Spandau, were interrogated by C'onfmission , _•rs rpoif,ted by the King of PRUSSIA for the purpose. Tile remainder are also to be exa mined forthwith. The following article is dated Stockholm, Aug. 31: The day after to-morrow his Majesty will set out on his tour to the gorthern Provinces of the king dom. The object of his Majesty's journey is to choose the place for the scite of the new fortress, which is to serve at the same time as the chief military depot of Norway. His Majesty had proposed to dw Diet to grant a million of dollars for the purpose, which they were, however, forced to decline, on account of the distressed state of the country. The plan, however, is not given up, and it seems to be nearly settled *at the fortress shall be near Askerstmd, between the Weimer and the Wetter Lakes.—We learn that the Emperor of RUSSIA, during his present tour iu Fin land, will come over the frontier, near Tornea, to examine some of the great iron-works in Sweden.— The Governor of North Bothnia will go to meet his Imperial Majesty, and receive hire on ;he Swedish territory. The English General, Lord LYNDOCli,has arrived here from Copenhagen. The Emperor of RusstA will arrive at Abo on the 6th of this month, and, after staying there two days, go to the Aland Islands. Many persons leave this city every day, in order to be present on the entrance of the Emperor into Abo." It has generally been held to be a prudent and sound practice to let as little time as possible be un necessarily wasted in bringing cases of premature death before a Coroner's Inquest; that should the victim prove to have lost his life by ♦iolence, the most speedy measures may be adopted to prevent the murderer from eluding the pursuits of Justice. But in the neighbourhood of Manchester it is far otherwise. There an inexperienced youth can be sent as Deputy for the Coroner ; and there, though a full grown Coroner may be present, who of course could assist the baby with h is riper judgment, rea sons can be found for adjourning an Inquest for days —nay weeks, giving time enough to a criminal to reach the farthest corner of Europe, or even to cross the Atlantic. We will not dwell on these points to day, being pressed by other matters. Indeed every candid mind, on reading the farther proceedings on the Inquest-at Oldham, detailed in our columns this day, can have but one opinion respecting them. MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 11. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR A circumstance which has occurred this afternoon must not be passed over without notice. Mrs. WROE, the wife of the Proprietor of The Observer, and two boys who are employed in the shop, one of them only about seven or eight years old, have been arrested for Libel, under the authority (as it would appear) of the Circular which Lord SIDMOUTIV some time ago addressed to the Country Magistrates. To make a wife responsible for offences in her husband's trade, to take into custody servants for mere attention to the business of their employer, and above all, to ar rest boys, mere children, of from 10 to 14 years of age, on charges of Libel, has something in it so re volting to every principle of British Justice, that the blood boils when we think upon the subject, and we exclaim- 4, Can this be England?"—" Can this be the land of lofty sentiment and bold enterprize r As soon as the circumstance I have above related became known, Mr. DENISON, the Solicitor, went down to the New Bailey Prison, but he found that the parties had already been discharged on bail. As Mr. WROE has hitherto eluded the search which has been made for him, with a view to arrest him on the several indictments found against him, this vigorous proceeding against his wife and servants seems to arise from a determination to put down The Observer altogether. If according to law, well. If not, why, perhaps not quite so well ; but still it must be done! There is certainly a very great deal of matter occa sionally in The Observer, of which no prudent person can approve ; but I should think, even-handed Jus tice would seek the most direct means to punish the real delinquents, without multiplying accusations al most beyond number, and visiting the innocent ser vants of the concern i❑ a manner, of which the policy, and, in the opinion of many, the lawfulness, is at least as doubtful as the cruelty is palpable and notorious. Before this reaches you, you will have received accounts of the further postponement of the Coro ner's Inquest at Oldham, on the body of JOHN LEES, another victim to the Yeomanry sabres. Such oc currences do not take place elsewhere ; and I am very glad that Professional Gentlemen from other places have been upon the spot, to witness how things are managed in this neighbourhood, and what airs and impertinence every petty Jack-in-office ventures to assume. I observe that, in commenting upon the rejection by the Grand Jury of the Bills preferred against cer tain members of the Yeomanry, the Public Prints have almost hesitated to believe that the statement made in Mr. PEARSON'S letter, of the depositions and character of the prosecutors, and of the injuries they received, could possibly be correct. Two of those cases I am acquainted with, and can con firm. Mr. GJLMORE I have known for many years, and consider his word to be equally deserving of credit with that of any member of the Grand Jury. His account in his deposition, which I have seen, is strictly consistent with All. PEARSON'S detail of the circumstances. I have also seen Mrs. FA RREST :—she is an interest ing and very decent young woman, and was cut most severely on the head by a sabre; having at the time, a child five or six months old in her arms, which was much injured by being thrown on the ground as she fell from the sabre blow. She was again cut at by a valiant Yeoman, but the blow only toot effect in her clothes. The wound in her head. is still far from being healed, and she had yesterday .6 consi derable accession of fever in consequence of it. --- Of the other cases, personally, I know nothing, but I have not the slightest:dOuht'of their correctness, as stated by 111 r. humans. ~Upon what ptinciple .the Grand Jury acted throwing out•thi Bills, k confess I can form no idea -bu - t certainly if the door ofJu dicial Investigation is not to be thrown wide open on the occasion of such proceedings as those of the 16th of August, we here hold our lives only at the mercy of the Manchester Magistrates, and I would as soon bold mine per favour of the My of ALGIERS. —lf there is no process by which legal enquiry can be effectually secured ; if it can be stifled for ever by the fiat of any Grand Jury, then I say it is high time that the law were changed, or that we should cease to assert its equality as to rich and poor. MR. HUNT'S FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE REFORMERS OF LANCASHIRE. " Smedley Cuttage, September 10. " MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW-COUNTRYIERN-Be fore I leave your County, permit me to offer you my warmest thanks for your peaceable, patient, perse veriig, and manly conduct, during the Reign of Ter ror, since my arrival here. Many of you have been put to the torture of the sabre and the truncheon ; your amiable wives and innocent children have been inhumanly butchered by the cowardly hands of those who ought to have been their guardians' and protec tors ; myself and nine others have been incarcerated in solitary dungeons, and exhibited through your County, under a military escort, in order to draw the public attention from the infamous, dastardly, and cowardly acts of the cold-blooded villains, who insti gated the ruffians to butcher peaceable and unarmed men, women, and children. But, in doing this, they have only assisted in binding the rod which is prepar ing for their own backs ! Mark well this my re solve—l have made a solemn vow not to taste one drop of taxed Beer, Spirits, Wine, or Tea, till we have brought some of these Murderers to Justice. The eye of all England is fixed steadily upon the scenes now passing in your County—and there is not a man or woman in the Nation, who can boast one drop of English blood in their veins, but will assist either in obtaining justice or • * • • * • • * • • • • * • • for the wrongs you have sustained.—l remain, my' Friends and Fellow-countrymen, your sincere friend, " HENRY HUNT." In our last we stated the triumph which justice and sound sense had obtained in the neighbourhood of Leeds over fraud, injustice, and oppression, by the Resolutions come to by the most respectable part of the Manufacturers and Merchants, to establish a scale of wages for the workmen, adequate to their main tenance ; and to recommend the adoption of the same by Masters in other places. This document is of so important a nature that too much pains cannot be taken to give it a wide circulation. This, as we have often had occasion to remark, is the true way—we say more—the only way to suppress discontent, and put an entire end to all the rant and clamour of itine rant declaimers in the Manufacturing Districts : lII' . I:: .. I :.. i ~t 1 V , t RATES OF WORSTED WEAVING. We the undersigned Worsted Manufacturers, being deeply impressed with the situation of the manufacturing interest at this, period, especially as it respects the labourers, and being willing, if possible, to point out some remedy for the evils that exist, beg leave to lay the following observations before the Worsted Ma nufacturers, that, if possible, they may be convinced of the evils attendant upon the present system, and be led by an union of ac tion to iromote that change, which, in our opinion, can alone be advantageous to the trade in general The present system of manufacturing is, upon the least coin mercial distress, to reduce the Wages of the Labourer, and, al though this is done only by a few individuals in the first instance, yet other Manufacturers, finding themselves unable to bear the competition, are necessitated, reluctantly, to follow them. We trust that the Manufacturers engaged in the Worsted Trade will not think us premature in thus bringing this subject before them and the Public—for, deploring the state of the labouring classes who are engaged in tee Calico and Low Woollen Cloth Trades ; and feeling that, as it respects our Weavers, we are fast verging to the same point, we wish to arouse the Manufacturers to a sense of their danger, and call upon them to bring up their Wages to the regular prices. It is a well-known fact, that at this moment a considerable proportion of the Stuff Goods brought to the Bradford Market are woven for less than the regular prices, to the great detriment of the trade at large, by causing the labourer, in order to earn the same amount of Wages, to produce a proportionate additional quantity of work when least wanted, and thereby creating that glut in our Market, which has, for some time back, been so very prejudicial. If the Masters who have continued to give the higher prices were to reduce their Wages to the standard of those alluded to, the consequence would naturally be to bring them lower and lower, till the workmen were reduced to the same situation as those of the two trades before-mentioned. Pechaps it might be urged upon us, that were the Prices of Ls-1 Dour kept as we have presumed, that the manufactured article would be too high to find a market ; but, in reply to this, we might state the opinion of the hest informed Merchants, " That when the manufactured article is at a medium price, so as the Labourer and Manufacturer have a fair remuneration, then Wes are the readiest to effect." It may also be stated, that these evils will find their own remedy ; this, we have no doubt, Is true, but that will not be the case tat there has been much pro tracted human suffering. Perhaps the most difficult part of our task is to point out the way In which these evils may be remedied, and we Would not conclude our Address without saying, that the Middle Orders of Society ought, in all cases of local distress, to search out the causes, influence, and bearing to the very bottom. If we could prevail on the Manufacturers in each Town and Neighbourhood to form themselves into a Committee, and, by corresponding with other Towns and Neielbourhoods in the same Mlle, to fix upon a Rate of Wages, and publish it, thcre is nu doubt but the Prices fixed by them would be given unerally ; for no Ma nufacturer, however mercenary in his views, would think of giv int less. With these views, we have ventured to state the Prices we are giving for Weaving the different Sarts of Smti (;cods and we trust this will not be the only attempt that will be mad,: to benefit the Labouring Classes, convinced as we are that the Plan we have proposed, if generally adopted, would be of bid tlic,e advantage to our industrious Poor. Here follow the Rates of Prices reconizacildcJ, and we have pleasure in adding, that they a te cr ,„. , as fair and liberal by the Workmen. Th e , f1 ,. 1 subjoined signatures of most respe c t : 64 facturers: Richard Fawcett and Son Sameo p„! James Akroyd and San Simpson Smith Lister and Margerison Jahn Starishild Tweedy and Anderson Joshua g , James Wade, Son, aid Co. John 11.tr.so:: Wm. Rouse and Son JAn Kiterin7 William Smithson Thomas Ft3r. !e n Wm. and James Garnett Joieph Booth Thomas Huldsworth. Thomas I toii.i3 John Rand and Suns Samuel Detitov John Mortimer Samuel liciir,ca Abm. Keighley Thomas Br, As John Wroc and Sons Jacob Pearson, Thomas llirst Isaac Pearson Wm. and Joseph Hargreaves Richard Breaks Joseph Wood Willi ini Newsua John Denby Jonas Whit e John Firth Jonas Sur.dertml Shores and tirlby Abriham Breaks David Wright Francis Clayto:i James Greenwood Richard Smith Joseph Wood Isaac Hirst Jaben Butterworth John Wood, I. -. We the undersigned Merchants highly approvi , ; going Resolutions, strongly recommend that their adopted with as little delay as possible: Banks and Goodman Rawson & Aldan Pease and Co. Richard Pullan and Ca Ridsdales and Johnson Thomas C. Stabbits ARUNDEL, SEPTEMBER 11. In consequence of the death of our late Member, Sir ARTHUR PIGGOTT, Lord Bur, son of the Earl of ALBRMARLE, has arm ( canvass the Borough. He is opposed by NIL of Leominster, on the part of the Blue. or dent Party. Mr. BLAKE arrived this morning, ani into town by a number of his frien,ls. All and gaiety.—Flags flying—guns firing. Each party have opened their respective among which the Bridge Hotel, in the BI; is conspicuous. RAMSGATE, SEPTEMBER A Packet came into our harbour )ester, noon, from Dunkirk, bringing over three and some servants belonging to his Royal the Duke of CLARENCE, who hourly arrive here, with the Duchess, in the R;y2 reign yacht. The Duchess, we are slrry to' in a very indifferent state of health, and himself far from well. Many of the great is upon the anxious look-out to greet the the illustrious Duke and his consort. The man belonging to the Shellness Station, mentioned in my last, has is now in the Cage at this place: there is but doubt he will to-morrow be committed to' bury Jai,. We find the Magistrate's War apprehension of this man w.ts treated as by the Officer (named BROWN) at the _ he was found, when the Magistrate was a; plied to, and who, in consequence, al_ M , Cott.ocu, of the SEVERN, on the subject, mediately afforded every facility to the " in taking the fellow ; and, in the prese.ice of ti Constable, severely reprimanded Mr. Bums, Naval Officer, for his unbecoming conduct in affair. This is as it should be: and while the , u' , ;ec of REFORM is so much on the carpet, %elloi' o witness speedy Reform in this Department dot Naval Service—it it may be so called. A Leeward Island Mail arrived this mulling.- Letters from St. Thlmas's, dated Auvst firm the capture of Barcelona by the P.arior. The. state that General UN DA NE rA, who sailed with mind Iltimx, had landed his troops and trken The General then proceeded to Cumana. arJ 1-4 siege to that place, but the residt was ne: 1:;c1; when the packet left St. Thomas's. Letters have been receiv,...l this morning fomlit• nos Aytes, of the llth of June, t6-DdaTsl..:!: :!111 those already arrived, which make no Ment" ever of LOUD COC ItA NE, or any f..,aster wog) from Chili, later than ft.ose of List sve.:k. Thursoay afternoon, tix PRINCE PrGrfr r. at Warwick Castle. on a visit to the Earl ef WICK. The union flag was hoisted on. Saint Msql Tower, epe and the boefll!thlevetßeorii.naglivisitorall .thwe7lfatr in . tl r7i:i through the town in his private carriage,acce.alF°: only by Sir B. BLOOMFIELD. Next day lir ." Highness honoured Leamington with biC r e R r e : o,,d accompanied hy the Countess of WAntrlcl• other Ladies, in an open carriage. His ROFSI 1 1 ness was received with acclamations hr the ? a 0 ; visitors, yho had only a few miatitc.s not:Go:4 intention ; and, after driving round th! V p which he expressed himself highly gratte i ' ' f , t o turned to NN.irwick ; und,. we belie e, he gv es thcpioceßTtosNywisuitTitih,esnEteinrsloif.—KVlsnß.oortyull ClHagig!ebiriii PRIWE Itnt:ENT is expected to arr:ve hereon next, to embark in the Kw. - 41. GEORGE 9 4 _4 renew his aquatic trips. The yacht gill g o i7i harbour on Monday next. On Thursthvi the , 0 : Livinteoot, and Lord Vellt:I..01 arrived.:olZ;to havilig made a visit to our Cenirartay. afteeyd ' the ,Wmiralty-house, their Lordship* 104 went on &nand the Qt•retir ettAßterti sil l internal etiiiipment , , of th•it fine seip. ;IV" D e honol..ry salutes were tired on the o.;casie% Loid hips then set eff for : • ) ecta): : With . len ' , too ,o, son reaks ewsu l to tenant Brt aki ay 'With j• hat they se I . l2ekrev, r , , . %Ilan and c, :7. Stubbirts. 9ER 11. wr late rvr. .orcl Buy, el; as arrived hr , .d by Nlr. !IL A Blue. or In' , and ‘e is d Lis. All is b.- ring. respective'', the Blue rBLR 12. it esterd.r: .er three CA, is Royal Hie . ourly e;pectei t the Rcy.il e sorry to :err, lth, and the I to great folks' reet the arrive t. ellness Pre:. been secured. • there is but omitted to Car e's Warrant for .ted as =vie the Station •• rte was a.tin • addres , eci C e subje;t,whoia o the Cirri Pose