Star. — London, England, 1818-08-17 00:00:00

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We learn from Paris that General Cannel, who is closely confined on account of the conspiracy, is still au secret, and that even his Counsel have not yet been allowed to see him. lie has been already examined several times, and his examinations have been very long. lle has written from his prison a second letter to his Majesty the King, and one to the Minister of war, but the contents of them are nct known. A general gloom pervaded the money market this, morni•hg. At the opening of business, Consols were' done at 75k, at which they left off on Saturday, but almost immediately they fell to 75f and the sales, even at that trice, were heavy. The sellers are the same parties whn sold out so largely on Friday a.he Saturday; and to add to their depressing influence on the market, the orders from the country this morn ing for the sale of stock an. immense. It is said that the particulars of this plot, which so nearly borders on insanity, will excite the hightst astonishment. Atmusr 11.—By the Ordinance of the King re ipecting the organization of the General StafF, op. portu:nty is given to all the Officers on half-pay, pro vided they have the necessary qualifimions, to apply for a commission in that cosy,. The candidates ale to be exanuned by Miiitary Commissioners in the month of September. This revolution, like the Or dinance respecting the promotions, has produced 2 very favourable impression on the military upon haltpay. Whatever may be the probability of a rupture of one amicable relations with the United States, it is certain that it is the apprehension of such a rupture which isthe cause of the present panic among the holders of Stock. It is still American Houses and persons who may be supposed to be best versant in A tnerican rolitics, who are the principal and most earnest sellers. For our-1 selves, we certainly think that however just our cause of complaint against the United States may be, it is of a nature far more likely to be well settled by negociati , a than by any appeal to arms. It is as little the interest of the United States, as it is the intercs: of Britain to go to war at the present cii.is ; and s% here war is the interest cf neither party, war need not be very seriously apprehended. Two Mails from Holland have a-. rived since our Last. Among the articles of intel igence with which they supply us, of the most pleasing is, a noti ication fro:' Hanover, that the PRINCE REGENT has, on the proposition of the States of that Kingdom, ah,lished the barbarotis and preposterous punish ment of running the gauntlet throughout the Hano verian a my. By another official rescript from the PRINCE !Il ona to the Hanoverian Authorities, the Duke of CLARENCE, who goes to reside in Hanover with his Dachess, is to have no share whatever in the Go vernment of twat ki.igdom; but hi. Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, as Governor-General, is to take precedeace on all occasions of his elder. brocher. A letter from Stockholm of the 31st of July st,ites, The Paris Papers of Thursday arrived yesterday, • and this forenoon we have also received those of Friday. General CANurt. was permitted on Wednesiay to have an interview, in the presence of the Judge of Instruction, with Madame CAvzL, his wife, who had just arrived from the country, and on Saturday' lie was to undergo his second examination. that the latt Diet have, in addition to the f rmer The order for secret confiaement, which, as we duty, laid an additional tax on the use of wines, cof stated on Saturday, was taken o ff with r e s pe c t to the fee. tea, tobacco, silk clothes, rooms with hangings Shur JOANN is. has been also since removed in regard and furniture of silk, gilding, sofas, chairs, and bed to Messieurs CIIAPDELAIKE and SONGY. The whole steads rntde of mahogany. three are' now permitted to have free communication I From an article from Christiania, it appears that with their Counsel. M. ROMILLY, the-fifth indivi- • the Norwegian Szorthing have engaged in an at. dual arrested on account of the conspiracy, was to be tempt to overturn the heritable jurisdictions. to4ether examined on Friday. with the exceptions from tithes enjoyed by certain The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived on theevening N blerreri and landed proprietors in the kingdom ; dfibe 13th at Ghent, after having successively exa- ! and even, if we understand the article correctly, to Alined the fortifications of Menin, Ypres, Ostend, and abolish hereditary nobility throughout Norway, after Wieuport. His Grace will be at Hageneaux on the the decease of the present race of Nobles, and their evening of the 27th, and it is confidently expected : immedi..te children, The KING very naturally dis. that the Emperor of AUSTRIA 'will be present on the , sents from this latter proposal, hut seems inclined to Occasion of the Grand Review which is then to take favour the extinction of private courts of justice, and place of the Austrian contingent of the Army of to cut off the privilege of exemption from the pay- Occupation. ment of tithes. . An Ordonnance of the 'Cm, of the 26th ult. for ifislaanding the National Guard of the Department of the Gard, is now carrying into effect. The motives of this measure are, the urgent want of labourers during dull harvest, and the necessity of re embodying the Orps according to the prescribed regulations. An article from Constantinople states, that the Baron SrscooosorF, the Russian Minister, was lately insulted by a Turk Whom he met on the promenade; he complained to the llrts-Evr swot in an energetic Note, and was promised justice by that Officer. Two days afterwards the VIZIER sent him notice that the offender was in prison, and should be placed at the disposal of the Miniqer,to undergo whatever punish ment he pleased—the VIZIER recommending, at the same time, that the Turk should lose his lead. The 414inister, however, requested the release of the man, which was complied with : and next day the CAW Great }reparations are making at the Hague for the baptism of the young PR I NCg, which is to be so• lemnized on Monday, the 24th instant, being the 1 King tof Ho LLA ND'S birth-day, 6 A Camp has begun to be marked out for twenty eight battalions of Du:ch infantry, 'which are to be collected is th.: middle of September, on the heath between the house of Ter Heede and Amersfoort. The camp is to be placed towards the south, with the rear towards the road from Utrecht to Amersfoort, with the right wing at the F.srm of Kra Keling, and the left towards the village of Loasden; and before the front a large plain, on which the pyramid of the former Camp of Zeist appears at a distance. His Royal H ghness the Prince of ORANGE is to command this Camp as General in Chief. -published a severe order as to the respect due to Fo reign Ministers, and to all those under their protection. The Austrian Government has just issued at Milan • a very arbitrary order relative to the press. It would be well for Austria to keep in mind what it was that A Flanders Mail also arrived last night. The Antwerp Mercury contradicts an idle story which has been circulated through some credulous Journals, that an attempt bad been made to assassi nate Young NAPOLEON at Vienna. From Gottingen a letter has been received, :which states that the Students have addressed a Memorial to the Government of Hanover, to obtain an amnesty. It was refused them ; and after that the Leaders adopted a Resolution to prevent every Student, not a Hanoverian subject, from prosecuting his studies at Gottingen for two years. Some Students have re turned to Gottingen, but the greatest number of them remain atWitzenhanzen ; o►hers have gone home for the purpose of proceeding to other Universities. not many years ago made the Milanese hail in a cer tain greet conqueror, a great deliverer, and it may. probably be convinced, on reflection, that a revival of its old system of tyranny is not the most likely : way of cementing anew d:lie bonds of connection, which that N ery system was the great means of'break- ing so completely asunder. The following are the principal article; :—No book can appear without the permission of the Censure; even catalogues must be examined ; a Special Commission must be obtained to reprint books eke- Ady published in the Austrian iltmarchy. Dedications cannot be admitted to the Censure, unless they are provided with the authori. ration of the persons to whom the books are dedica- Tree QtYrtx.--YcAerday the account of the state of her MAJFATY from Kew was—" The QUILSN has had a good night, and is better." Yesterday the LORD Om ticetr.ott had an audience of the PR/NCE REGENT, at. Carlton House. (AA. No subject of his Majesty the ENIPILIWA and KING can have a book printed in a foreign country, Without having submitted it to the Austrian Censure. A letter from Perpignan contradicts the report which has been some time current, of die death of General CASTANOS, Who is stated, on the contrary, _ _ _ The American and Prussian Ministers paid their respects to the Paine ItscaiNT yesterday. Saturday the Duke of YORK left town forWindsor.' Yesterday being the Duke of YORK'S Birth-day, the same was observed by her MAJESTY, at Kew Palace, in a similar way to the Pluses IteneNt's, by a dinner to her Illustrious Family. The PRINCE ktitozNT left town to be present, at a quarter past ,four. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, accompanied by Prince WILLIAM and Prince FREDERICK of Hes:e- Cassel, left Cambridge House tor a similar purpose, at four o'clock. A numerous assemblage of distin guished characters called at York House to leave I di4r names respectfully, to coagratulatc the ithyal Duke cm the raturu of the day. to be enjoying the best health in his GovernmeLt of Catalonm, his au ministration of which has been greatly distingaidied for its wisdom and beneficence. Au article front Irun, dated the ‘26;h ult. says a One of our most cclehrated diplomatists, accom ... Paned by a numerous suite, will proceed immediately to the Congress of ti:-la-Chapelle U will, it j. THE SPLLVNL'RS AT MANCIIE3TER, RXTMACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM MANCORSTifi; TO A GENTLEMAN IN 01411GOW. • I " It may be matter of surprise to you in Glasgow how the SpiPners can so long remain out of employ ment. It is known here that when the Ashton Spin ners a fcw years since stood out for higher wages, About 23,0001. was advanced them by the Manchester Spinners, which sum the latter are now receiving hack by instalments. It is also known that those who have employment, contribute towards the su port of those who have turned -out, and the quiet and orderly demeanor of the " tuns-outs" enables them to levy contributions fro.: other classes of working people, who look rather favourably to their cause.— The Stockport Si.inners go round the country, and are assisted by the farmeis and country tradesmen. The Spina:rs, in the handbills they Lave published, say they do not ask any advance c; - , the reneral rate of wages, bat merely wish them t,. be what they were previous to a reduction which they had consented to, on the promise that whenever the price of yarn al. lowed it, they should have their old wars. They con ceive their masteis can n w fulfil their promise, and after their attempts otherwise to ob:ain the old rates have faired. they say they have no alternative left buL 4 general turn out.'" FROM WHEELER . S MANCDRiTER CHRONICLE, OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 " We are sorry to observe that the question re• specting wages, which has been so long pending be tween the Masters and the or.erative Spinners, still remains unsettled ; and that the same spirit of hosti lity continues• to be shewn to those men who are dis posed to return to their lawful employment, which has so repeatedly and daringly been (gyred in the course of this alarming contest We have also no ticed the varioui papers which have been circulated, and placarded upon our walls, to mislead the Public. and to excite the men to continue in their illegal combination ; and we deem it necessary that the public should be correctly informed, and that state ments, void of truth, should not remain uncontra dicted. We have therefore taken some pains to pro cure correct information, and we can pledge ourselves that the facts we now sale are authentic. " Doling the greatest part of the years 1816 and 1817 the weavers, and almost every other class of manufacturers and labourers in Lancashire, excepting spinneis, suffered excessively from low wages and want of employ-meat. The spinners had full and constant work, and high wages during the whole of this time. • No cla .s of people have had such constant and uniform employment for the last twenty-eight years. as they have had ; and tins advantage the Spinner enjoys at the risk and ex pense of his employer; fur such is the nature of the trade, that when once a Cotton-mill is completed and fully set to work, it cannot he stulped, or even :ri= terrupted, without peat loss to the Proprietor. The interest of his sunk capital, his rent, insurance, sala ries of principal servants, decay of machinery, &c. are nearly the same whether his mill be standing or going; and thew amount to so heavy a loss, arid he frequently finds himself in such a situation, that he must continue to employ all his people at full work, and for many months together, although he cannot sell to a profit. The working Spinners have not only enjoyed this constant employment, but they have had much higher wages than any other numerous class of ma nufacturers. At the time they turned-out for an ad vance, they were receiving the same wages that had regularly been paid them for nine months previou , to that period ; and we have ascertained that the net average of weekly wages paid to men spinners from the Ist of January last to the middle of June. when they turned out, was upwards of this ty• one shillings; and for boys and ; . .. t irls, spinners, upwards of seventeen shillings ; clear of all charges and deductions what soever. " Contests of this kind, which have for their object an advance of wages, have generally defeated the end for which they were entered into; and where the ope rators have usurped the controul of their employer;. or where insubordination has prevailed, to the tic gum interruption of business, those particular branches which have been thus exposed, and which in our several manufacturinF, districts hale been lo calized, have gradually declined—the or cupathais by which thousands gained a comfortable subsistence have been lost to them. 'The present depressed state of the manufactures in which the hatters, the hosiers, silk weavers, &c. sk ere employed, and which had-by ingenuity, industry, and perseverance, been raised to a pitch of great national importance, is chiefly owing to that kind of overbearing influence which is now, most unjustly and illegally,,employed to deprive the master-spinners of the controul of their own concerns, and must ultimately, if not successfully resisted, add another to the melancholy catalogue of events most distressing avid ruinous in their consequences. "'MACCLESFIELD, AUGUST IL " Two troops of the 6th Dragoon Guards are now stationed in this town. Troops of the same Regiment are also stationed in Leek and Congleton. We are sorry that the turbulent spirit which has manifested itself in some of our neighbouring towns, should hive required their presence among us; but our regret is considerably heightened in knowing that means have been taken to create a similar discontent among 'the peaceable and orderly artizans of our Borough. Most earnestly do we caution them to avoid giv►ng any ear to those who, in the dark of nig4t, have at tempted to scatter a fire-brand among diem." PROM TYE LIVERPOOL ADVIRTIsEIt, AUGUST is. . _ " The singular suspension of businiss at *Manches ter still continues, and the strength of the discon tented is even increased by continual accessions 4 f! numbers. No means of checking this monstrous and lA:airing evil has yet been suggested, and indeed it appears to be beyond the reach of human ingenuity to provide an adequate remedy without such enc ioach meats on the liberty of the subject as cannot be en dured. An appiicatiou of militar y force has been ski ken id, but such a cure would be uorse than the disease. This, however. is most certain, dig if we •cannoi destroy this ptinciple of combinaiion, it wid infalli bly destroy us. Neither commerce taw manufactures, nor law, nor liberty, cor ind-pendence, car consist with the right of regislatiou assunad by these con federaciei, in the mos: important of matters, the puce of labour. It has Lcen said that these ccrnbi &aka: are merely d.efeusive, .sind meant to protect the workmen igainst sitrtlfar corzbitrttiezt of the &asters. If that is the c.tse, credible, the masters are eit,i-ie.l t , : pit ! r‘ snsistance, a .d the tioverniite.t is Lund i suppress hoth or neethe7: n'f.)7LPaltT, ACCU3T t. " The charge made. by Itr . lborra l suri,eon, in this touts, against Setje..r,t 13r.4%.1.; the Cheqhire Tecnarry, lately utltr.lcrt investigati r befote dote Magistrate , . frt. of Cheshire, attended by Lieutenant-Cr-load of the ISrh Dragoons, and Lieu:enact-Co-n oe l T„ • • send, of the Car...hire Yeomanly, when it a-p • . in evidence, tl.at on the night ti the 16th • ball passed through Mr. Chlethirn's window, hear to Which he and his fcti with Mr. Side/co:ham, a e.e)k to Mr. Attorney, were standing ; and that wards two pistols were discharged tin ret,f e hole of his front-door, which thatter:td the door and shutters were much cut, an i th t light broken in, and that the noise, vie e, ,ti threats, threats, from without were cf su c h a 44 , , - duced Mr. CUILETHAU, under an aprt-cLen-itlam Tr sonal danger, to quit his house. In suppt. rt rf complaint several witnesses mere etan.h.ed, rr e whom spoke pretty s - rongly to the peis cn tt bill as being tcnnected with the parts. of these tran actions ; but in defer( r, Major Timor, and two other &rim e , of t . 13th Dragoons, who weft on duty that erec t prove,i 444 there must have bees a ni m:t as to the identity of Brownhtll, i.la,rtrich 4 t , sta.ed he WAS engaged Kith the former of thee nesses at another place in the neyl.bovh, moment when the &ling commei.ce6. The eiani titers were therefore! ut an end to, and it nil! ter,: unknewn who the person "as that find Cheetham's premises" The existing difference bets - een tl!e :tras•cF. 2 , Journeymen Carpenters, is said to b.: in a of •unicahle adjustment. A rneetil or bas bcen held to enquire into the jourtseyiren for a rise of their wages, rall Aided hi their favour. 3)1:1.5t 6 Saturday morning, at half-past P LEOPOLD, attended by Bann IlAtunt‘erct STORKIMR. &c. left Claremont in hii riage, and proceeded Re' uss the cinntiy : • where the Royal Sovereign yacht w . n to b ness to receive tim. and it w..s intendtd Royal Highness should embark as ,con as he at Dover. and sail direct for Calai 7. Saturday morning the Duke and Diche.:. 0: 11 BRIDGE, the Prince WILLIAM and Prince Yen , . ; , t1 of /lEssis-Cassszt., attended by Mi.s •ki Major Jos;gs, Colonel PRATT, and Sir .k t, Lt left town at half-past Line o'clock, in tv o and four, and proceeded to Woolwich. wh ov: !„ e were received wait proper military honours. r process of the manufacture ald operztioas of i different weapons of war were gone thrnu; h, i the manufacture of balls and rockets to the-charge and eapli scion, to the gre.t arr.niernen: cite Royal Party. Their Royal Higlmes:es rearnoi town soon after six o'clock to d o wer. Letters from Bourdeaux state, that the Duke GLOUCESTER arrived there OR the 6ih last. Saturday the Prince WILLIAM of liast-Ca dined with the llJnish Monday tile Duke and I)uthess of BEDF ORD : rived at Dumbreck's hotel. Edinhurgh, from .au Abbey. Lady Home has' left the [Nicht% of Evaa't ttr house in Privpgardens, for Dalkeith 11thhe, cs burgh. Lord Cat AvEs's fine yacht, the Lnuisa, 's now in Eouihampton River, with her top. masts z..t, previous to her being laid up. The English Opera has this season risen public estimation; the airy eleance of t!.e merit of the compaay, and the judiciou;:elt:ticcar variety of the picas, nightly attract crowded at elegant houses. We have before adverted to the affair of schoonerfrom Buenos Ayres, ser.t to Ccua;.: the Patriot Government, and dkr.ti - informed, with a refusal to inak2 meat of their independence en pa• counts of Saturday convey infortr...ti answer only has been returned to the a to the Ministry at Paris, which w,:s to t That armed vessels belcinsini; • Bucaos Ayres could on no acconn French ports ; but that meninx: Government would be freely ad-: a little , ary in thimefair is, ch who brought tl:e Arimendi into t deaux, has been thrown into pi is.)! there. The underwriters at BT.— ' have demanded an augmentati ,, i 25 to 30 per cent. since the c.t 1, - .4 nr tLe It FARM! AN FASIIIONS.—Gauze is still rally used, but the white hats are less nal those made of straw-coloured gauze: compararissely N are made of colour. 'Roses are net so much ea.rn daisies are mostly substituted. are worn in wreaths, they are generally with geraniums or elder 114wx.es, which ser..“ others, and produce a pleasing variety. Sti a double wreath, Gr cordon of ale tl.e white straw hats. All it.t.c.:l 5.:4" decorated - with puffed ribber. 11. e nun.ber .fb;:t lace handkerchiefs wl.lch have tudsiculy el; ay i .earance is astonishitT. ExaCtititYll FuRGERA -DVILIN, Madden, Aniele.ea-stmet, copi.t r-plate last nitht apprchcaled by Mr. ottlzer, in the sei y act of ter c iag n .es it.... of Ireland. lie lad is) his jos vaios the Bank of 'the oa Sir %Vial on and another on the liar.k of Reba..:, which 0 ex, seized, :and b ought to the Head Police 07f. he nu:a:cwt.-at a elo e .tien by and was this day totally committed L' sfeerne :~•,: r: A Dublin Paper s tys—u We are sorry to otisar that a traffic, to a to:lside:able eatlr.t. has bee. , a ried on in this city, ia spai: and ' ;thin the last tour day. u; wards three (nearly sixty chest s ..PAerions article h 4l been seized throei *Le S: re ~~ U~~e~ ....: ~+