Star. — London, England, 1819-08-28 00:00:00

NEETING§ AT HLINSLET MOOR. "FURTHER PARTICULARS. • te n umber of pecple present at the Meeting on msdar se'nnight, is estimated at about ten thou- The object of the Meeting was to receive in- Trxe from Manchester, in which, howiiver, they disappointed. We have been assureci, that a ,senger had been dispatched from Leeds, offering Lancashire Reformas the assistance of NOM and • and that if the offer had been accepted, it nteuded to hare been proposed at the Meeting, t hey, (the Reformers of Leeds and the neigh ,ood) should volunteer their services to a man. , cloy, it is certain two delegates from Lanishire is-mired to raise a Meeting ; and they openly owleJged that the Manchester people, being owed by the military, their design was, by excit many Meetings as possible in other places, to a diversion, which should draw off the soldiers Manchester! • ie adjourned Meeting on Tuesday was even,more is than the former. A band of music setting mo m florsforth, marched (playing on the way), igh Brumley and Armley, and passed by. Wort sd liolbeck, to the plate of Meeting, the Re. joining as they marched. They arrived on the pout half-past seven, playing the " Down ais," till they got upon the hustings, when iyed " Buie Britannia." Lugs MANN, in addressing the Meeting, said, it tot his intention to have addressed them that ig, but lie had received intelligence which he •ht it necessary to communicate to them. A 'cos and highly respectable Meeting had been m Moriday at Sheffield, and it was reported that t Wortley, Esq. one of the Members for this 1, had brought the Yeomanry Cavalry on the The people assembled remained firm, and he formed that Earl Fitzwilliam, the Lord Lieu had ordered the Yeomanry off--(Loud cheers.) ,at a contrast did this present to the conduct of lagistrates and Yeomanry of Manchester. It pleasing to them in Yorkshire, that they had moderate men in power. The same bloody might have occurred at Leeds, as did at Man scenes which were a disgrace to a civilized , had it not been for that moderation and of country, which characterized the Chief Ma te of Leeds. He had to inform them, it was tension of the Union for Reform is Leeds, to le, as early as possible, a regular Meeting. LEEDS REFORMER& LEEDS, AUGUST se. )then Requisition has been determined on by lers of the Reforui Party at this place, to be ted to GEORGE BANKS, Esq. our worthy Chief .rate, requesting him to call a Public Pdeeting, ly as convenient, for the purpose of taking into letation the best mode of peaceably obtaining a in Parliament, and a redress of the heavy axes under which one-half of the country at it labours—the Meeting to be held either on stet Moor, or wherevef else his Worship might pleased to appoint. Bit' should he refuse again 41 such Meeting, it is the intention of the Aqui , themselves to call a General Meeting of.the !tants of this and all the neighbouring Town , for the purposes above stated. The Mayor, it seems, during the continuance of othce, does not mean to deviate from the excellent of conduct be has hitherto aclppted. He will not his sanction to any Radical Reform Meetings, in present unsettled state of the country ; nor will on the other hand, countenance any coercive to dissolve or prevent their Meetings, so, as they conduct themselves in a way not to as any serious breach of the public peace—think (wisely, no doubt) that it is much better to permit to meet publicly, and give vent to their corn .ts, than sullenly to brood over them in private, is no doubt, therefore, hut the ensuing Meet both as it respects the number of speakers and will far outstrip any that Inv hitherto been in this part of the kihgdom. The greatest exer are making by the leaders, and 'Meetings of ties are held three times a week, in this town, to the dispatches received from other districts, arrange their plans of operation, be they what May. ~fl ptkes or other " deadly ;Deepens" have been dis- Ted in this district; and it is very generally be. here, that the seditious and threatening lan- T which so plentifully bedaubs the walls of the and gardens all round this town and neigh thcod, is not the work of Reformers, b4t of mis- Le/ous persons who are enemies to the cause of Re. 'm, and who design by such practices to bring its ,Icattes into jeopardy, by imputing such conduct ti.em, and thereby subjecting them to the hatred their more peaceable and loyal fellow-townsmen. The band of Reformers who marched through 'rsfurth, Wortley, Armley, &c. to Hunslet Moor, Tuesday evening, with their colours and band of .ic, created much alarm in the different places, along the road they passed ; but whether it was the cooling Flowers that fell, or what other cause, never w as an assembly that conducted them more peaceably. Previous to the breaking up 44: M etting, a vote of thank; to the worthy And Nl:iyoi of Leeds was proposed, and carried . . , with acclamations that rent the air for several miles around. A Subscription has been commenced here, in aid of the funds that are collecting for the support and defence of such individuals who may need it, that have been taken into custody in the disturbed dis tricts, and who are now in confinement, or under prosecution for alleged offences against the State. A Female Reform Society has been established in this town, and is already said to muster in conside rable strength. The idea of Petticoat Reformers sounds unseemly ; and it can be attended with no good whatever to alienate women's minds from their domestic duties. The n' horsda: id. I hgcnct .c diva essenge Lanc. ; into , t they, ghood; ,;carom err owe, . l inru ett a di' , Mao The adj ous from .ugh B: and a ors joi onnd abt of Pari y playcl Jots 1 1 not hi ening, b ght it etellS oa Mt We inty, h; id. T s infont .ant, hat', What a e Magid pleasi .re mod mig .try, h; e of coo e of intentic .sere, al !lather leaders t , :strate, early as :orm in canes -eat la! !Islet M pleased call sucl is tb .itants fort: The Ma: ce, c of cots his sa present on th - ures as tht 'on any (wisely -" to In is m both en, 1 in thi are ties ; c.ss tht urn . may No pike ;tied d het sage wh ses an hood tro ut In, an, iocatet tLeir The b 'orsfurtl Tue s c: al L i on tl, e re r.e ael rn , ' 4 44' e CHESTER --Thursday Evening. Nothing further has transpired relative to the trial of Sir CH ARLES WOLSELEY, so that it is most likely, not to take place till the Quarter Sessions at Knuts ford, in October next. 'the principal political trial at our Ass*, will be those of Bruce and Pierson, for aiding, abetting, &c. in shooting Birch, the Police Officer ; Parson Harrison, for seditien ; and Sam. Har ding, and Ralph Wright, for rioting at Macclesfield.' HARRISON, the Reforming Preacher, who:Was lodged in our Castle on Saturday last, is confined in the Yard No. 2; there are several fellows of an equally respectable class with himself in the same division of the jail, and yet this Professor of " Equality and the Rights of Man," objects to their company ! He con soles himself occasionally, by preachipg to them, and sometimes sings a verse or two of a Psalm. The seditious words, which he is charged with uttering, were introduced by him in the course of a long dis course, at what lie is pleased to call his " Chapel," in Stockport. They are to this effect:—" It is necessary for the consent of all three Estates to make laws, which cannot be altered btA by the same consent : the Commons Hou s e, or House of Assembly of the People, should watch their interest—but a few de signing persons have the whole sway there, and when the People ask for their rights, by a Reform in their own House, they threaten to make war on the People. Can laws proceeding from such a source be called the law of the land, or is it fit we should obey them ?" The Reverend Reformer's query will have an answer . at our next Assize.—Chester Chronicle. LIVERPOOL REFORM MEETING. On Saturday last, a Requisition, signed by about fifty persons, to call a Meeting in favour of Reform, was presented to the MAYOR, by Colonel WILLIAMS and Mr. OrrINTELL WOOD, to whom a most decided negative w:ts very promptly given by our highly-I'e ? spected Chief Magistrate, In consequence Of this dis appointment, an Advertisement appeared in WALES'S Monday's Paper, calling a Meeting of the Requisi tionists and others friendly to the measure, at the Castle Inn, in Lord -street, at twelve o'clock. The follving is a copy of the Advertisement:, " LIVERPOOL PUBLIC MEETING. " The Mayor of ii;erp;ol having declined acceding to-the Requisition presented to him on Saturday, for calling a Public Meeting, it becomes necessary to assemble to take his answer into consideration, and determine upon ulterior proceedings. " Those Gentlemen who signed the Requisition, and any others favourable to a Public Meeting, for the objects stated in the Requisition, are hereby invited to meet this present Mon day, precisely at twelve o'clock at noon, at the Long Room of the Castle In.o, Lord-street." Our Reporter having been refused admission to the Meeting, on the ground that it was not a public one, we cannot present our Readers with a detailed account of the proceedings. We learn, however, from a friend, that about fifty or sixty persons assem bled, amongst whom were Messrs. 0. WOOD, WILLIS Emma, Dr. CROMPTON, E. SMITH, RUSHTON, MAR &c. Colonel WILLIAMS was not pre sent, Mr. 0..W00D was called to the Chair, and stated to the company, that he and Colonel WILLIAMS bad called npon the Mayor with a Requisition re spectably signed ; in answer to which his Worship replied, " I will not call a Meeting," laying stress upon the words /will not. Upon which Colonel WIL LIAMS said, " Mr. Mayor, what you say, and the de cided tone of voice in which you speak, prevent me saying any more than wishing you a good morning." It remained, therefore, with the present assemblage to consider the expediency of calling together the advocates of Reform without the sanction of the Constituted Authorities. A difference of opinion having arisen on this point, a debate ensued, in the course of which the measure was supported by Messrs. E. SMITH, T. SsirrH, RUSHTON, &c. and op posed by Mr. WILLIS EARLE, Mr. MARTIN, and Dr. CROMPTON, (the latter of whom took occasion to re mark on the unguarded warmth of one of the advo-, cates for the Meeting) and was finally carried, and fixed for Monday next, at twelve o'clock, in Clayton square. Some desultory conversation then ensued, in which a subscription for the persons now in con finement at Manchester was talked of, but no Reso lutions entered into, and the Meeting quietly broke up, having first resolved that Colonel WILLIAMS and the Rev. Mr. SHEPHERD, should be requested to take the Chair at the meeting on Monday—LivetpoolPaper. The follo•Aing is a Copy of the Letter sent by Dr. WATSON to the LORD MAYOR : " MY Loan—Having taken the liberty of addressing a letter to you previously to the Meeting held yesterday by the Re formers in Smithfield, requesting to be informed whether they would be allowed peaceably to assemble ? and although I was not favoured with an answer from your Lordship, I embrace the earliest opportunity to request you will accept my thanks in behalf of myself and numerous friends fur the protection you afforded us, by the presence and excellent conduct of the Civil Power on that occation, which has given another convincing and practical proof, that the Reformers, however zealous they may be in their exertions to obtain their rights, under the most irri tating and alarming circumstances (the slaughter of their friends), 'are still desirous to respect even the laws enacted by men ap pointed by the infamous Borough Faction, and has afforded an unequivocal evidence that had the Manchester Magistrates equally respected them and adopted the line of proceeding so proiseworthily pursued by you yesterday, the same peaceable results would have followed, and the pages of our history would not have been stained in recording the foul and disastrous mas sacre, which issued from the rash and inhuman measures pur sued on that calamitous occasion; and I sincerely trust, that your Lordship's condirct yesterday, as the Chief Magistrate of the greatest City in the Universe, will be an example to all other Magistrates of,the United lingdom during the important and peaceable struggle the People are m aking to obtain their rights. " I am, my Lord, your mule obediest servant, e Three Kings-court. Fleet-street; Aug. 26. " J. WATSON." COPY OF A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY, LORD LIEUTENANT AND. CUSTOS RDTULORUM OF TILE COUNTY. OF IpANCASTRR. "MY LORD-4 address you as his Majesty's,Lieu tenant and the Custos of this County, not in the be half of any party of men or any set of political opi nions, but in the behalf of the Laws and Constitution of my country. I was an eye-witness of occurrences at Manchester, on Monday last, unparalleled in the annals pf England ; occurrences which will arrest the attention of the world, and which it is the duty of every Englishman to bring to legal investigation. " To you, my Lord, as a conservator of the public peace, I appeal ior the protection of the rights of the subject, by your personal and official interference, in 'bringing to justice all those who have violdted the whether they be persons of high or low rank, in ' anthority , or in subjection. For, lam perfectly con vinced, that the result of this important, business will decide at once the fact of—the liberty or slavery of ' the British - People, " The Public Meeting appointed for Monday, the• 9th inst. when it was proposed to elect a Represen tative foradanchester, was early denounced by the Magistrates, who gave notice that they would put it down ; and to .he satisfaction of all parties the nc tice for its taking place was countermanded. A Meetlug wee then convened for Monday last, merely for the purpose of considering the most legal means of obtaining a Reform of the House of Commons.-- To this Meeting, summoned in the usual way, no legal objection appeared. It is true, that threats and rumours of interference prevailed amongst heat ed partisans in Manchester ; but on Saturday last, it. was fully understood upon 'Change, that the Magi. strates had resolved not to disturb the Meeting, un less some breach of the peace occurred. " It WaS then said, by men of all parties, ' well then, the Meeting will go off quietly.' On that day, and on Sunday, it was currently reported that letters had been received from Lord Sidmouth and the Duke of York, ordering the entire quiescence of the mili tary, unless popular violence should be manifested. This report was never contradicted by any circum stance. On Monday morning a placard was issued by the Boroughreeve and Constables, recommending persons to remain in their houses during the day ; but still 'nothing appeared to indicate the intention of re sorting to violent measures. " The Meeting assembled in the most peaceable manner ; the usual compliment to our Monarch was performed by the bands playing God save Me King; the People uncovered ; the Chairman of the day at length arrived, and was beginning to address his countrymen when the Volunteer Cavalry of the town, many of whom hut a few days before had made most violent declarations, pushed upon the People, eutting right and left, taking forcible possession of the con ductors of the Meeting, and then proceeding, by direct charges upon the multitude, to force them from the ground. I saw numbers of men and women cut down on every side of me ; and even a few who stood against the farthest wall of the area, as spec tators, were sabred without distinction of sex or circumstance. The reasons on which the proceedings were adopted have never been avowed, nor can they be imagined. Was the Meeting convened illegal ? No oue pre tends it. Was it tumultuous ? All evidence denies it. Did it design violence? It was so completely un armed, as not to withstand a few swordsmen, and the experience of all former Meetings gives the lie to the supposition. Did any one previously depose that he knew of intended mischief? He must have learnt it from some individual circumstances, and he was a traitor if he did not apprehend the criminal.— WAS the language used by the speakers seditious ? It was to urge silence and good order—politics had not even been introduced. gg Was the carrying of the cap of liberty treason. able, then, is the man a traitor who bears this popu- 1 lar emblem before the King on his coronation; and so was the coiner of the copper coin of the last cen tury. Were any of the banners seditious, they might have been seized, or their carriers prosecuted, Was the exhibition of caps of liberty and inscriptions a matter of bad taste, which I think it was, because it offended the prejudices of political opponents, surely the people must net be cut down for bad taste. Was the attendance• of women bad taste, still the sword is !not the proper correction of it. Were warrants to be .served on the speakers for some particular reason, this could have been done during the procession, lor even on the ground, without wounding scores of unresisting people after the prisoners were secured. Had the Riot Act been read, and the Civil Power found insufficient to quell the riot? There was no riot. Was it road, as stated, soon after twelve o'clock? The hour would then have expired before the great procession arrived; and the crowd, then present, might have been dispersed with comparative ease.— Was it read at all? Numbers of persons who stood in every different part of the Meeting are ready to swear they never heard any mention of it. And if it was read, there baying been no riot, was the Meeting to be dispersed ? And if it was to be dispersed, was the killing and wounding of unresisting people necessary ? g g The above, my Lord, are questions which ate now running like electricity through all the frame of society, and it will become your Lordship's high character and office to bring to the test of the law, the conduct of Ow movers of these memorable deeds, in order that acquittal or punishment may take place accordingly. The great question must be nuw deter mined, whether or not Englishmen may be cut down for meeting to discuss their rights and opinions, and whether we are in future to recognize our country as as England or an Algiers ?—I have the honour to be, asy Lord, your obedient servant, (Sigoed) Liverpool, August 111, 1b19." " JOHN SMITH. THE ARMY. The following is a copy of a letter addressed to Sir JO/11! BYNG by 'Lord SIDUOUTH " Whitehall, August 21. " SIR-I lost no, time in laying before the Prime Regent, your letter to me uf the 17th of August, together with the enclosure to yourself ,rani Lieutenant-Colonel "'Estrange, • ard I have g reat satisfactinr, in 4 , bcying the commands of his Royal High ness, by requesting that you will 'entreat to Lleidenant-Colonel hrr ie- n' and to.the Q&cen, Nion.cornmissiotk4 Officers, and Priva , :s that served under his command at 11Ianchester, on the 16th cf his Royal Highness's hi g h 'Approbation of the vvemplAry manner in which they assisted and supported the Civil Pcwcr of the County PaLitine of Lancaster on that dlr. I have, &c. '(Signed) " SIDIUOUTH. " Majcr-General Sir John Byng, K.C.B. &c." . . " Sunday, the 22d inst. a Company of the 9th He• giment, under the command of Captain PATISONj stationed here some time, marched for Head-quar ters, at Armagh. It is but justice to say,:that the gentlemanly conduct of the Officers, with the good behaviour of the Non-corn missioned Officers and pri vates, make; us regret their departure. They have been rek , lAced by another Company of the same Re giment. —Strabane Morning RAIL Wednesday, as the Guards were on 'their march from Chatham to the Tower, the day being very hot, and the roads extremely, dusty, caused the. men to suffer very much f rom thirst., One of the men, being heavily laden with his knapsack, &C. and ip a hjsh state of perspiration, inSrpfudently sttank copiebsly of cold water. 'The consequence pro fed fatal —he *as shortly after taken ill, and received permission tb. halt a: a public-house, where, in less than twenty mi nutes, he expired in great agony. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Facsourti, Auo. d&—Wind N. to N.E.—Arrived the Oaks of Marlborough packet, with a Mall, from Lisbon, in 21 drys ; Susannah, Monts, from Lisbon and Coruna; and his Majesty's ship Liz, from a cruise. Sailed the Susannah, Manz, for Dore. PLY - mourn Aug. 26.—Wind E.—Ar t i ve d th e S tert , L aws . ' sox from Sc . Andero fpr London . Sailed the L on d on , B aowx , for Prince Edward's Is and. POATIMOUTII. Aua. 27.—Arrived the Barrick, Sums, front Fiume, sailed 18th June, in company with the Doras. Came into harbour the Rorai Gismos yacht to be laid up.—Wind W. DIAL, Auo. 27.—Wind KS-R. —Arrived and sailed for the River the Thalia, Hitairni, from Calcutta ; and Criterions Aviar, from New York. Saileci . the Thames, Hamm; ' for Hamburgh. Came down f rom t h e Ri ver and sailed the Loyal Briton, Rosa, for Sc. John's, New Brunswick. • Noarn Suisun, Aoa. 25.—Arrived the Lady Jane, Fciaintc, froarDavis's Straits, with nine fish : she left the ice on the 541 instant, previous to which she spoke the Swan, with four or five fish. On the 15th June spoke the Granville Bay, with 8 fish; she was leaky. HULL, AcO. 26.—Artived the Kiero, Gurwrini, from Davis's Straus, with 16 fish, 480 butts; Zephyr, Urrmsm, from ditto, with three fish, 80 butts ; Manchester (late Farrow), from, Greenland, with three fish, 45 butts; Cid°, Tomtits., from ditto, with seven fish, 156 butts; and Laurel, Ctrs', from ditto, with six fish, 1.80 butts. Extract of a letter from the Agent to LLOYD'S, at Valencia, dated 10th August:—" We have just been advised, that on the Jtir inst. the boat of the English brig Helot, Captain RICHARD CORNISH, arrived at Alicant with ten men. This; vessel proceeded from Liverpool, and was bound to Leghorn and Genoa, with a cargo of merchandize; and in the night of the 2d inst. being about 44 miles from Cape de Gatt, was boarded by a brig of 1G guns, which appeared . to be English. The Captain and crew were imme-. diately forced under the hatches, which were then nailed over them; but having begged of the assail-. ants to allow them some ventilation, they cut a has in the deck, threatening to kill the first that attempted to look through it. While they were employed in plundering the vessel, the Captain and crew ven tured tc look through the. opening, and observed,. that in the foremast-sail-of the pirate there was the mark—" James Quillan, Liverpool; and in the fore mainsail—" S. Ashburn, Liverpool;" and in the sprit sail the same mark as in the forckmainsail.' •Tha, ost mast and yards were painted white, t h e h a ll l , and the sides with two yellow sneaks; the stern bac . with two windows. The Captain, perceiving no, noise for some time, and observing that the vessel made a great deal of water, burst open • the hatch way, and saw the brig at about three miles distant,• and the rigging and sails of his vessel all cut. He, missed his small boat, and only found the large on; in which they saved themselves in a very bad state, The following day they were taken up by a Greek vessel, which conducted them near the' Island of . Plana, whence they went to Alicant in a boat." Yestetday his Royal Highness the PRINCE RaGara received, at Carlton,House, his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, the Prince ESTERHAZY, the Russian Ambassador, the Hanoverian Minister, the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments. The Count CAPO n'lsrain, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Affairs to the Emperor of RUSSIA, was introduced to, the PRINCE REGENT by Count LIEVEN and Viscount CASTLEREAGH. The Count was admitted to the ho t . nour of a closet audience of his Royal Highness, and, was most graciously received. The Count and his Excellency were dressed in full Russian uniforms 4 and came to Court in his Excellency's date carriage s the servants wearing their state liveries; The Panic& REGENT gave audiences to Prince Eitrzannix, the Earl of LIVERPOOL, Viscount SIDSIOUTH, and Vis count CASTLEREAGH. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Who Moots a Guinea ? was acted last ntht, for the first time this season.— TERRY, as Tarred, gave a rich uneuggerated por trait of impetuous benevolence ; WARD, as the re presentative of Batford, acquitted himself in a most satisfactory manner; and the remaining characters were most admirably sustained by the rest of the Com pany.—The house was well attended. ENGLISH OPERA.—Last night the 'mock Tragedy. of the Tailors, was repeated amidst repeated shouts of laughter. VAUXHALL GARDIIINS.—Thcse Gardens closed for the season yesterday eveni►:g, when the following Address was delivered by Mr. WEBB : " Latins Asa GENILD/11124—As this evening closeselte amt se ments of these Gardens for the season, 1 am directed by the Proprietor to express his patriot thanks for the patronage you have shewn them; and to assure you, that so long as they are his property, it will be his study to have tket so conducted as to continue them in that high estimation-latch your kind sup port shews they possess. In the name of sisyself and the other Performers, we beg leave to acknowledge the indulgence you have shewn to cut attempts to amuse. you., and humbly, for the season, we take our leave." Mr. BETTY, it is Said, succeeds Mr. YouNo, at CQ•• vent-Garden Theatre. Miss TREE, who has been for some time in hist! estimation at Bath, as a singer, is engaged fcic three year, at Covent-Garden Theatre, and makes her hut appearance as Itwiria, in the Barber of Snake 'T R 11 11 IA !if I • . • • J • 6 I ' . • . . • . • 0.2 . .