Star. — London, England, 1819-10-26 00:00:00

c: 17 lio t:: ( j, in • ; fah they „. I ,r a a I :I. a , - • r•oxt . . ..! • 4y r • de • •. • 211' •"•• tei rfer f ot i;... - ioas ,I.in ; ',1”;• I• -1 3 ; S•A‘i • :rn to L I (AD dm, on AKi '7O „ Ti ,:tings 1. : lit of During N.: nio'l c I d.:11 seas 4,.e beat, w ;!er,'.•,l var.ag , ri•e bsuirti ter. It give mks 'olv•rc x. , on 1 'in on 1 Duti, Last v '7. Is lir is usua, . 1 4S, 1 i ?artly Ji t,;Ta ea Vide cease Bur .; A r p • ; 4 s.• e t. • • THE ARMY. !:e 10th, or Prince Regent's own Regi :oyal Hussars, were reviewed, in a field rshiil Barracks and Leith, by Sir THOMAS Cummander of the Forces in presence of a vast number of spectators. 1 appearance of the Regiment, their splen n, and the alacrity and precision with executed all their movements, formed al unusual spectacle; and called forth the of the General, and the high admiration ;atm s. ,burghthire Regiment of Yeomanry Ca of three Troops, under the com :MCI ELLIOT LOCKUART, M. P. assem ro o❑ Tuesday last, for six days training r.:in of Artillery, consisting of light guns, .fly:11 London on Saturday, from Wool.. v.ay to IVeedon, Northamptonshire, to ca.-.e any emergency should require its aid. ,v arrived the Fanny and Fos transports, ~..enant COATES, RN. having on board the cl the 3dd Regiment, commanded by ~olonel . CROOKSHANK, from Guernsey. the same day, and are.now doing gar at Portsmouth. ra has offered to raise a Troop of Yeomanry the preservation of the public peace, and ..t , been accepted by Government. :iag of the County of Renfrew hal been fer niday, the sth of November, for the into consideration certain comma .ont hie Majesty's Secretary of State, as to 01 Yeomanly t:avalry in the County. he Officers of the 30th Regiment who have maid, to the 3d September I. La, Br , rut-Major Ber. Rose, Brevet-1114cm Henry k, Liaitenant Edward Richardson, Lieuter.ant 1. uttr.uit Charles North, Ensign John Barlow Juha icontgornery, and Assistant-Surgeon Joseph ;;;; ‘NGTORD, our present Ambassador at hai been appointed Minister Plenipoten tl.e OTTOMAN PoRTE, in place of Sir 1.1.•T0W, 1-wing notice has been given relative to the of the Court of Chancery :=" The I INCII.LOR will hold his first Seal before Mond.ir, November I, in Lincoln's-Inn he second Seal will be on the Wednesday ;, a , Term commences on the 6th orNovem- V icc-CHANceu.on will commence his t his Court in Lincoln's-Inn, on _Monday, No .:ember. the long Vacation, Lincoln's-Inn Hall has )st elegantly and commodiously improved. 1 i, now ten feet longer than formerly, and arc covered with crimson cloth, instead of aize which used to be formerly on them. Laiftri painting of Paul pleadin,& before which was at the upper end of the ` H is and the frame fresh gilded, which gives it a .Irattce. In short, from the alterauons and irprovements which have been made, this , y now be considered one of the most elegant, tic and finest Courts in the Kingdom. The ages also resulting to the Honourable Society to the Inn, will be very great. 'ommittee of the Bristol Concentric Society yarded to the Westminster Committee a first ioa of Fifty Pounds for the sufferers at Man- •es us great pleasure to learn, that, besides the :r of lts:mmerce of 13irmiNham, several other respectable Bodies have it in contemplation to l'alistmciit for a modification of the restric- Trade with Fiance, and for a diminution of :it's on French Wines. wee!;, a man in Glasgow, about 25 years of 10 had been treating himself with immoderate IQ, of ardent spirits, felt himself so elated above tal mode of lite, that in defiance of any caution aliy cot the greater part of a chrystal dram The mouth, fauces, and gullet were much in i.ll.tmmation came on, and the unfortunate Ited three (Flys afterwards ; it was supposed, from the effects of the ardent spirits as well as acing the glass. • :r.esJav a !act! pheasant was caught alive near Church, lork. What had caused it to :ti nAiive fields is a matter of conjecture. Tr. NG AT TATTERSALL'S YESTERDAY. :* b. .tit.g was on the great match between Tlresias, +A. !nth. and Financier, sat. 71b. The last mile of ( . .,ur,e, en Monday next.-7 to 4on Dregs& DERBY. Mr. 1': , rse's Jolt --- 14to 1 agst Brother to Sucher !,./ Walton. 20 to 1 agst Briseil. ;:s: 25 to 1 agst Pindaree. 4; 4on Turner for the fight. Pleby Annoal Stag Hunt took place on the 14th n.orning was wet and unpromising, but ;:cr cleared up towards noon, and continued • mainder of the day. The Stag was tdraed before a numerous field of it little after twelve. He went off in the a leap at the bottom of the hill of ith the utmost ease: r the lawn he bounds, o'er the high bib :rare, and leaves the scatter'd crowd!" • '• were laid on in half an hour, going off' iftness ; the scent laid strong, and " all at once nostt snuff the fuming steam, .1> •heir Eli:tering hearts!" and footmen followed with sportsman : there was a strong competition be. ;7n:et-, who had a sufficient opportunity • •og themselves, for a warmer chase was . ' witnesed. At going off the Stag shaped north-e.tst, but in a few minutes turned on Fla;tbridge Wood and onwards to Lang -- Ililton, over Brackenbar Moor; then and came towards Coupland, crossed the o:lnside, went on to the Heights, passed :, I; re crossed the Eden, passed Sandford, • Warcop on the right, made towards is cu totaled eastward and gave up the I .4;e:holuic, near Brough, where he was' ••• .ace of nearly three hours. At five • .....•.lemen of the Hunt sat down to an • ,• 1 •Its. .‘fter the removal of the cloth, the t •bt went round, and mirth and good umphant. The Ball in the everun • attended, and dancing c .41, .. c WESTMORXLAND COUNTY MEETING. KENDAL, OCTOBER in: The Westmoreland County Meeting, which was held here to-day, was most numerously and respect ably attended. A hu n d r ed an d s i x ty o f the Free holders had signed the Requisition, including some of the most respected Gentlemen in the County, Mr. STR WIELAND, of Sizergh, Messrs. BROUGH A 51, W HA R TON, and Cuitwasi, (M; P:s) Messrs. Wynzacia, CRACILIINTHORPR, SHRPHIRD, KING ' MICK LER, HAMMOND, and many others ; the Rev. Messrs. WAL LER, Rirrox, Sanoawrca, &c. &c. The utmost ef forts bad been used by the Lowther party to prevent attendance, among which may be mentioned the ab surd report, industriously spread, that a battle had just taken place at Manchester, in which the Mili tary were overpowered, and the mob marching to wards Kendal, to join the Meeting there. Notwith standing these, and other artifices, such as reviving the snail , of Mr. BROUGHAM being ill and unable to attend, asserting that two troops of Cavalry were or dered to be present, &c. &c. above five thOusand per sons were assembled at one o'clock, when the Deputy Sheriff (in Lord THA NET'S absence) proceeded to the hustings, accompanied by a number of the principal Requisitioniits. Thomas BRIGGS, Esq. the Under Sheriff, took the Chair about one o'clock, and opened the proceedings by reading the Requisition. He stated the happi ness which the Hereditary Sheriff felt in complying with it, and his desire of attending the Meeting in person, but that his Lordship had been under the ne cessity of proceeding to London from the Meeting at York—that he (the Under Sheriff) had no doubt but that every Gentleman, of whatever political senti ments, would be heard with attention and respect. Mr. WYBERGH—" The Noble Earl, Hereditary High Sheriff of this County, having readily complied with the Requisition which I and other Gentlemen bad the honour to present, it is my duty now to sub mit to your consideration, Resolutions which are, in effect and substance, precisely the same as those moved and carried in the sister County of Cumber land, at the late Count . ) , Meeting. This Meeting is called to express our sentiments on the disgraceful transactions of the 16th of August, at Manchester, and of the necessity of strictly inquiring into them. , Those transactions have been so ably and amply dis cussed in the Counties of Cumberland, Yorkshire, and almost every other County in England, that we are prevented from the necessity of entering fully into them ; and I shall have very little to say of the fatal and disgraceful proceedings of that day. They have been represented in the public papers in two very different ways, I mean in The Courier and ano ther Ministerial Paper, on the part of the Magistrates . and Yeomanry, and in most of the Independent Papers in the Empire, against such Magistrates and Yeomanry. In the first place, The Courier tells you, that the Manchester Meeting was illegally assem bled, disorderly conducted, and the only speech there made had a tendency to excite tumult, riot, and se dition. That the Civil Power were prevented from exercising the due process of the law by several acts of violence and riot, on thepart of the people. That the Magistrates bad previously declared the Meeting an illegal assembly. That one of them (without naming him, observe) had read the Riot Act. That proclamation was thereupon made to disperse, with a loud and audible voice (observe, Gentlemen, these are the very words of the Act). That after the read ing of the Act, awl making such proclamation, the people refused to disperse. That the Magistrates then thought it advisable to call in the assistance of the Military to enforce the due execution of the law. Pardon me, Gentlemen, I have made a sad mistake here, when I said the Military, I meant the cele brated Manchester Yeomanry Cavalry—(Laughter). But you will observe, Gentlemen, I was and am, only quoting The Courier—That the Yeomanry Ca valry conducted themselves with great forbearance and humanity—(Hear, hear, and laughter). On the part of the sufferers, the Public Press, throughout the kingdom, with the exception of this Courier, and another fabulous Ministerial Paper, publishes the very reverse to this statement, which has been circulated, and which the people at large believe—(Hear). If the Riot Act had been read, and if the people re fused to disperse, and prevented the authority of the law, " it was a grievous fault, and grievously and fatally has it been answered." But, Gentlemen, as I said before, there is another way of telling this story. The Meeting was legal, the object of it was legiti mate, and this object has been allowed to be legiti mate ever since the illustrious House of Brunswick sat on the Throne of these realms—(Cheers). No. act of violence was committed on the part of the People, and instead of speeches of an inflammatory and seditious nature, the only one delivered was a strong exhortation to continue peaceable, and that the process of the law was not even attempted to be enforced—(Near). That the military, I beg their pardon, I mean the gallant Yeomanry Cavalry, in stead of forbearance, instead of humanity, without any notice, wantonly sabred and rode over the peo ple, and that an unoffending peace-officer became the first victim to their courage—(Shame). Gentle men, can both these accounts be true ?—(No, no, from the. audience.) You know it is impossible that the Yeomanry Cavalry could act with humanity, and at the same time with the ferocity of wild beasts:— (T.owd cheers). Notwithstanding the solitary contra dicting accounts of The Courier and another Minis terial Paper, there are facts admitted on both sides : Ist, That the Meeting was dispersed, at the point of the sword ; and 2d, That in such dispersion, several of his Majesty's subjects lost their lives. Gentlemen, does not each of these admitted facts alone, call for investigation and inquiry with regard to the due pre servation of our Liberties and the Constitution of England ?—( Yes, and cheers.) Gentlemen, after the, loss of many lives—after the grievous wounds given, not only to the People, but to the Constitution, ought not these transactions, in the first place, to have i called forth deep regret from the Sovereign, and kb-, mediate and effectual inquiry from the Laws or from Parliament? Gentlemen, his Majesty's present btn sisters do not think so. They have not thought fit to put in the mouth of their Sovereign one sentiment of sorrow —they have advised (with haste and an awful responsibility) his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, without any inquiry, to thank these Magis trates andteomanry Cavalry; and instead ofdeclanng his regret, they have heaped expressions of appro. My object is solely to secure, and hand down to our children, the British Constitution, unimpaired either by military violence, Ministerial or Magisterial op pression, or the efforts of Infidels or Atheists—(Ap plause). Regarding, as I do, the right of petition 2s the imprescriptible birth riglit of Englishmen, handed down to us by our ancestors, secured by Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights, and confirmed by the !Act of Settlement, I feel, that the invasion of this right affects us all, whether Whigs or Tories; and, as an Englishman, as a Freeholder of this County, I stand here totally independent of all party feeling for its support. Should it be restricted •at the will of Ministers, much less of Magistrates, He who lives and is not weary of such a burthen, is not worthy of the honest name of an Englishman, but deserves to die a slave r —(Great applause). It is admitted on all hands, that the• Meeting at Manchester was dispersed by Military force, and that lives were lost. Ought • not some inquiry, then, to take place? I think you will agree with me that it ought. Have the Man chester Magistrates and Cavalry acted in a legal and' humane manner ? Let it not be understood that I now condemn them ; GOD forbid that I should con demn any man unheard—(Applause)—or that I should judge one roan, or any set of men, without hearing both parties. Have the Ministers done this? As they have avowedly sanctioned and applauded the con duct of persons in taking away the lives of his Ma jesty's subjects, those Ministers, those men, I de cidedly condemn—(Great applause). Knowing the • generous character of his Royal Highness, I have no hesitation in saying he has been imposed upon ; and the subsequent conduct of his Ministers confirm me in that opinion. Their Answer to the Address of the Corporation of the first City in his Majesty's do minions, shews a deliberate determination on the part of. Ministers to encroach on the remaining liberties of the People, and of their wish to insinuate, that the Public neither know, nor ought to know, the circum stances which attended that Meeting. Instead of re. gret, they express thanks, and condemn the People unheard, and the Corporation for their ignorance I When I consider that these Ministers are the same weak, imbecile set of men, who cannot govern ac-1 cording to law, who, only a short time since, enacted, the Gagging Bill, then the Seditious Meetings Bill, and, last of all, to complete the breach they had made in the Constitution, suspended the Habeas Corpus Act, the great bulwark of our liberties, I am not ago nished they have my pity and contempt--(Applause). When 1 consider these things, I confess I see an incli nation on the part of his Majesty's Ministers to en , gross the power, and suppress the rights of the Bri, tish I'eople. Whilst I condemn the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers, you will allow me, at the same time, to make a few observations on the nature of the Meeting at Manchester. It may, perhaps, be lawful for the People peaceably to assemble from different . . l'ation an I aclenirition on such Conduct. I Must say, 1, places, in large multitudes, to petition Parliament ott that the apathy of hie Majesey's Ministers (to make the Crown, though I cannot help declaring that the use of no harsher terni, or at least the mildest term) meeting of so large a number of persons, collected to is astonishing and reprehensible: Gentlemen, I will gether from differ,:nt towns, is highly impolitic— not follow the example' of his Majesty's Ministers, such large numbers never can be considered what nor of the Yeomanry Cavalry, who have acted as they are constitutiona;iy presumed to be, a delibera executioners on the People, without warning and tive Ast,embly. But though 1 cannot approve of such without trial—(Cheers). The conduct of these immense masses meeting together, I must decidedly " would-be military" is disgraceful to them as Men , condemn their illegal dispersion, at the point of the and as Christians, and contrary even to the spirit of bayonet .or sabre—(G twit applause). Gentlemen, British soldiers ! Notwithstanding which, I would though I disapprove of the illegal dispersion of the not follow their example ; they should not be con- Manche:ter Meeting, let me not be considered for a demned and executed without a fair trial. I wish moment as approving of the conduct of those persons not to be premature in prejudging them : I wish for who support what is called Radical Reform, which, inquiry. For myself and you, I demand a strict, if carried into effect , will be subversive of the first legal, and rigorous inquiry into those lamentable principles of our envied Constitution—will increase 'transactions. Can any one say, after reading the the evils which are at present endured more than ten late public Papers, that due inquiry has been made? fold—will benefit neither the poor nor the rich, but Can any one deny that inquiry is necessary ? (Shouts a few despicable individuals, who, under this pre ef " No, no.") Gentlemen, there has been one open tence, seek to aggrandise themselves at the expense Court, called a Coroner's Court, which has been con- of the community; men who go about propagating ducted in a most extraordinary manner; day after .iloctrines full of blasphemy -to their CREATOR, and day have disgraceful proceedings taken place, and sedition to the real Constitution a the. Country. At finally, it has, after some strohg expressions from the the same time that I depricate whet is called a Ra- Jury, been most unaccountably (and perhapsillegally) dical Reform, I wish to see, and I am as anxious as adjourned for the space of ten weeks ;—most probe- any man to obtain a firm, temperate, and practical bly till a Bill of Indemnity can be obtained to cover Reform in Parliament. The chATess which at pre these disgraceful and (thereby acknowledged) illegal sent prevails is mainly to be attributed to ruinous transactions—(Loud and continued applause). Gen. councils, and to the profuse squandering of the Na .tlemen, we care not for a Coroners Court, we de- tional resources, in supporting despotic Governments, mend, as a last resource, a Parliamentary Inquiry— and rendering this a Military one—(Cheers).—Can (Cheers). If, on this investigation, it should appear you doubt but that the present loyal Addresses (as that the Constitution has been wounded, neither a they improperly call them) are got up as a counter- Government prosecution against Mr. Hunt, for a poise to gloss over and support this weak Martini misdemeanour, nor a Radical prosecution against stration and Ultra-loyal Magistrates ; that is, men Mr. Owen for perjury, can be of any service. if our who act beyond the law, and are therefore entitled State Physicians have no other remedy they are mere to.a Bill of Indemnity ? Who is there that does not Quacks—(Laughter, and loud applause). Gentlemen, know that the National .Debt of 800 millions is the if no further investigation takes place—if the Minis- bane of this country? Who dies not know that.with ters prevent this inquiry—if no further proceedings out economy, the-interest thereof cannot be paid ? take place in our Courts of Justice—mark what will I hope and trust that the present distress is only TEM.. follow. Any wicked Minister may in future, at his porary ; but am fully convinced, that, without real pleasure, retrenchment in the expenditure of the country, it " Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war!" cannot bear up against its present difficulties. Ano (Continued applause). The Minister, or even the Ma- ther supposition in the loyal Declarations or Addres se s gistrates, will then have nothing to do but quote the is, that the present distresses and discontent in the precedents of " 16th August, 1819, le Manchester," country is solely attributable to the licentiousness of and that will be a complete defence. What a mockery the Press. Gentlemen, that some trifling part of the •it will then be to say, that the ears of the Prince will Press circulates the moct dangerous blasphemy, and be open to the cries of the People. If, on the con- the most seditious political doctrines, is not to be de trary, Parliament exerts its omnipotence, and, not- nied ; it is what I lament, in common with all good withstanding the late proceedings in the Courts of and Constitutional men ; but this is only a secondary Justice, enters into.this investigation with solemnity, cause—the roots lie much deeper. What does that with caution, with temperance, without prejudice , .celebrated man, Lord Bacon, say on the subject ? without party feeling (which I now deprecate), and, His words arc—that " poverty, discontent, and op; above all, without having prejudged the question, pressive and unecpial taxation are the sole causes and then I congratulate you on the invaluable right of' foundation of sedition."—This great man, has well • petitioning being firmly established, and the wrongs explained it ; and, it appears to me, that his rules of the People redressed--(Cheers). Economy and real are very applicable to the present state of the coun retrenchment will then become the order of the day— try. The question is, what remedy is to be applied? then, and not till then, Corruption will receive a mor- In the first place, I say, by reductions of the 'faxes, tai blow. Then, Gentlemen, all ranks of society will the Military Force, the Civil List, and the Expendi be united in links of confidence. The nobility, the tore of the Country ; in the second place, by the rich, and the poor, will meet together under the safe- well-balancing of Trade, and the improvement of guard of the British Constitution—confidence will be Agriculture and Commerce. _I would ask, is there restored—trade and agriculture will flourish—and, a single Commercial Treaty existing with any of the above all, every one will be compelled to admit, that Powers for whom Great -Britain has lavished her The safety of the People is the supreme law of the blood and treasure? - Have Ministers reduced the State." [Mr. Wybergh concluded by moving five Taxes or Expenditure, as they ought to have done, Resolutions, similar to those of the late Cumberland in the time of Peace ? Have they not, on the cone Meeting .j trary, in the last Session, laid on three millions of new ' Mr. CRACICENTIIORPE, in seconding the Resolu- Taxes, which arc as unnecessary as they are unjust— tions, said- 4, I trust, that in addressing the Inhabi- as impolitic as they arc and will be unproductive? — tants of the independent County of Westmoreland, I (Great applause) -L-These, Gentlemen, are some of shall not be accused of any desi'e to promote the views the principal causes of those distresses ; but, note of a party calling themselves Radical Reformers, or withstanding the present critical situation, I have no of any other party of men, whether Blues or Yellows. doubt you will rot d eviate from the true p rinci p les _ of the Brir'is Constitution—( Cheers). the Britisn The Resolutions being seconded by Mr. CRACKEN TIIORPI, Mr. Bniccs,tbe rider. Sheriff, put the ques 'ion, and the Resolutions mere carried unanimously. lIENRY CURWrS, Eq. said, he would 1 / 4 ie no opi. nion on the conduct of the Manchester M agistrates on the 16th of Aug,ust, but 'that he was of opinion that the matter ought to be inquired into, and that they ought to be heard in tbeir defence. There had been an attempt at inquiry in a Coroner's Court, but that inquiry being at present put. an end to, it was the duty of every man to do his utmost to bring the matter before a proper tribunal, for if the accounts which he had read of the transactions of the 16th of August, at Manchester, were true, the Magistrates have much to atone for ; and he hoped they would be made to atone for it, or he should consider the law a dead letter. He proposed a Petition to Par liament, which was read by the Under-Sheriff, and received with loud and continued applause. Mr. CHRISTIAN, a Magistrate, of Ewanrigg-hall, Cumberland—" Gentlemen—l am proud to say that I am a Freeholder of the Independent County of Westmoreland, and being so, I felt it my duty to attend this Meeting, and I am glad I have done so, as I find it conducted with the greatest decorum and order. lam proud to say that this County still re tains its principles of Independence, without in the least bordering on licentiousness or riot. As to the late proceedings at Manchester, I cannot at present give a decided opinion, either as to the legality of dre Meeting, or the conduct of the different parties concerned ; but I have no doubt that an inquiry . upon that subject is indispensably necessary —(Applause). I have conversed with many Gentlemen in the County of Lancaster, whose sentiments in politics ale the reverse of my own ; men who are impartial in the highest degree, who all pronounce this opinion, and wish his Majesty's Ministers had ," they and I do, a most unfortunat lamented affair.' Mr. Christian secs Which WAS agreed to without a di Mr. THOMSON moved that the rented by the County. Members, Brougham, which was seconded, unbounded applause, as was also instructing the County Members, Brougham to support ,the pray( proaching Session of )<arliament HENRY BROUGHAM, Esq. M.. amidst loud applause, which lasted and ia was with difficulty he coat' don nand obtain a hearing. highly honoured by these marks tion, and especially by t he hononi me in associating my name worthy Members for the County tion to the Commons House of men, you have lately heard it 4 14. d denominated it, as ~ .'" ,1 • . ate and much-to-be- ;econded the Petition, 1 • ) dissentient voice. . • ; the Petition be pre- 1 . ' . , ers, assisted by Mr. 3, and received with , 1, 1 ! Llso a Resobition for , . rs, and desiring Mr. . .yer of it, in the ap- it. I M. P. came forwai d ' t .sted several minutes, , uld prevent a repeti- ,if I "Gentlemen, I feel ks of your approba- ! i • 1 onour you have done r t with those of your y, to present this Yeti- Parliament. Gentle- P asserted in the public I I : • 1 i tII ill i . . ; ~ + LI ; t Oa , 1 I. ' Jll' ,1 ~ , !I It II Id