Star. — London, England, 1819-11-05 00:00:00

LOYIL MEETING& COUNTY OF AYR. AYR, OCTOBER en. • CL v •isequerce of a Public Requisition by the LieUte;l:lnt and the Convener of the County, a :t.ctiog of the Noblemen, Freeholders, of I:1:: Peace, and Commissioners of Supply, I, e lj this day, to take into consideration the iety a n Address to his Royal Highness the ,:s„ce R E GENT, ow the present disturbed state of rKent parts of the Kingdom. Licti.enant-General MONTGONIERIE, of Vrighthill, f the County, was called to the Chair. .I.lver!isement calling the Meeting having is •. : J, a ietter from the Earl of &MINTON to x;*:•airni.to was laid before the Meeting, in which , ;,10 Earl stated, that it was with infinite regret t:',sna himself, from the state of his health, totally phie to attend the Meeting, though extremely gi :tus to have afforded his personal support to ~,,:ne.tstireS which be was sure the County would to express their determination to support the t:.,;ittaion of the Country—their attachment to the person of the PRINCE REGENT, and their reso to rally round the Throne on this important occasion. L - ...ers were also laid before the Meeting from the Lrquis cf BUTE and the Earl of CASSILIS, apolo i:1-2; for their absence, and declaring their readiness c , :cur ir. whatever measures the County might to adopt. 3.4 MILTON, of Sundrum, the Convener of the t;.en read the draft of an Address, which it to present to his Royal Highness the F:NC! REGENT. j.I;IES FERGUSON, of Kilkerran, moved that it aJopted as the Address of the Meeting ; motion being seconded by Mr. HAMILTON, Stiacimin, was put to the vote, and carried 1.. e A.l. l ,:tss is very brief. It states, that the Meet. l e ..tel it t.) be their duty, at this . time, to approach ! T:::3. 1e with 4 Declaration of their loyal attach-. ....t to the eitabl6hosd Institutions of the Kingdom, r -- 0pp.•,:1,0n to the principles and practices by which ,e,urity is now in danger, and the peace of so ; and exproisses their firm determina ca tc p:fterve these Institutions, civil and religious, utninA of their power. G.r.eral MON f GO3IERIE was requested to sign the Chairman of the Meeting, and to trans- to the Secretary of State for the Home Depart• ,t to be presented to the PRINCE REGEI4T. COUNTY OF HADDINGTON MEETING. FURTHER PARTICULARS. A more ntruerous and respectable Meeting ha s not, re are informed, been held in this County, dur q many years, than that held on Tuesday se'nnight IA of which we gave a brief notice in the Star of tl Ist instant. D 1111 D ANDERSON, Esq. of St. Germains, Con. ..ter of the County, opened the business of the Meet g. It was well known, he said, that seditious meet gs, to an alarming extent, were taking place, and ery friend of his country ought to employ his ut- ost efforts to suppress such unlawful proceedings. Ile Marquis of TWEEDALE rose, and stated, that I cane there unprepared for making any observe is on the subject which had called them together. had, however, to submit to the consideration of Meeting some Resolutions, which had been com •,. ated to him by a near relative, Lord F. Hay, was then absent. These, he presumed, would 2 with the approbation of the Meeting. As to lf, his Lordship observed, he fully concurred in absolute necessity of something being done to re ess the turbulent spirit which seemed so prevalent cughout the country. The Earl of WEUYSS and MARCH, in a very neat ech, which was much applauded, seconded the •esolutioas. His Lordship thought that no well . posed person could look on as an indifferent spec or ci those Meetings which were now held in diffe ..t parts of the country, without feelings of detesta and abhorrence. The numerous and undisguised ,:.empty, by factious and turbulent persons, to sow :cord in the country, demanded the most watchful : 1 2tion. The question for the Meeting to consider, zs!reed his Lordship, was—Whether they would age their present glorious Constitution, as by their ancestors, for a state of anarchy confusion, and give way to the inflammatory tkrragues of demagogues, who sought only to stir :;•.distuiban ce by 11asphemous publications and se c-. cas speeches ? The Earl of HADDINGTOW said, it would be quite ,!;erfluous in him to add a word to what seemed to t- :he manifest tone and feeling of the Meeting. He -^"ctived, that an Address, founded on the Rem:ali t-4 which had been brought forward, should b ;':posed. ; Address was then read, which, happening to .tanda e in the sentiments .of the Resolutions, was ."...37IMIUSly approved of by the Meeting. • , e Earl of HADDIPOTOW observed, that this was ter proof of the unanimity which prevailed on • t',seihject. Th e N o bl e Mo v e r of the Resolutions, the Gentlernan who had prepared the Address, :I..oreship had reason to believe, were totally un <-•:ainted with each other's intention, and had no finicatiou whatever on the subject. . as Chairman of the Meeting, was t effected to forward the Resolutions and Address Sect-etary for the Home Department. •‘• G. Su•rrix, Bart. M.P. for the County, begged assule his Constituents, that he should consider it d"tYi as their Representative in Parliament, to `acnii In his pl ace on the fi rs t day of its meeting, to s ex it s uc h measures as t h ey m i g ht t hi n k most , terit at the present crisis. 1, •Inss were then voted by acclamation, to the Ct I - Inoolmorow, for his conduct in the Chair. SCOTCH REPOltlif MEETING& . GLASGOW, NOV. s. FURTHER PARTICULARS. It gives us pleasure to say that the Meetings in this part of the country went of yesterday without any disturbance. Good humour, indeed, as well as good order, marked the proceedirigs ; and the political harangues and incidents, on the hustings, seemed to be considered by the populace to be fully as much matters of amusement as of business. We are grieved, however, to :Ay, that considerable numbers were armed with pistols. MEETING AT CLAY KNOWES. Yesterday, about mid-day, the Anderston Deputa tion passed through Trongate, to the Clay kowes.— They had two flags, and a very good Cap of Liberty, which was tarried by a female, attended by several others. Wands with green tops and bughts of green ribands, were worn by the men, in their hand; and button-holes. Parties paraded through Calton, Bridge town, and Mile-end, previously to the hour of meet ing, Which was one o'clock. The hustings was erected in a large level field, snrroundcd by slightly rising grounds. Afew minutes before one o'clock, there was a very great assemblage, and, at a considerable distance, was heard the music of the pibroch, clarionet, trnm. pet, drum, fife, and other martial instruments playing Johnny's Grey Breeks—The Garb of old Gaul--The Downfall, of Paris—Johnny Cope—Scots tuba ha'e wi lWallace bled, &c. while caps of liberty, union flags, and ensigns, with all the former inscriptions, and many new ones; a large broom besom, carried on the top of a pole, with an inscription tagged to it, " Sweep Corruption ;" a cabbage stock with all the thin portions of the leaves eaten- away by insects, and only the Radical with the former supporters of the leaves left; an old teapot, with some indigenous plants, and below it an inscription of " Fine cheap Tea without Taxation ;" a representation of a Man- cheater Yeoman cutting down one of his townsmen ; Wallace pushing his sword through an enemy to Scotish freedom ; a figure staggering under a load of -taxation, with several others, were seen approaching the hustings in all directions, while the people made way for them, and the bearers marched in and de posited their flags, caps of liberty, and females, at, on, and around the hustings. At this time, accord ing to some accounts, there were 30,000 people pre sent. When all the business of arrangement was con sidered completed, all those on the hustings, as well _ _ as on the ground, took off their hats, while the band belonging to Rutherglen, joined by some others, played the King's Anthem. The Requisition was then read, and an introductory speech made by a Mr. WM. STIRLING, who called to the Chair a Mr. Low, whose character he highly eu logized, and this being seconded, Mr. Low was una nimously elected Chairman. Mr. GILBERT M'LEOD introduced the Resolutions in a pretty good speech, during which he was more than once interrupted, at one time, by a cry of " The Cavalry !" which, when he got the People quieted, he assured them was raised by some pitiful, low, despi cable Spy ; and that the Magistrates had given the most positive assurances that no Military should dis turb them as long as they conducted themselves in a proper manner. But scarcely had he resumed his speech, when alarm and dismay appeared in several faces, as well off as on the scaffold, from one side of it giving way, and sinking considerably ; and unfor tunately on this portion were seated the women and some children. This was however quickly repaired by the carpenters, during which time the band played a tune; and at last Mr. M.Lacm finished his speech, and the reading of the Resolutions, which were nearly in the same words as those passed at the Meetings that have been held in this neighbourhood. They were adopted unanimously. Several speakers followed, two of whom spoke at such length that several candidates for this kind of fame were very much disappointed, in not being able, from the want of time, to shew off. Some ap peals to the People were likewise kept back, and some speeches which the females had prepared. One of the above speakers was a native of Manchester, and said he had often in his youth sported on the very ground where the massacre had taken place. He proceeded to take a view of the operations of our armies in Ireland, under Lord Lake, who had subse quently gained such a lead of laurels in the East In dies, and the fruit of such laurels was the dethroning of the gallant Tippoo Saib and several others, among whom were the descendants of Tamerlane the Great, who held such a respectable situation in the page of history. Lord Lake had enthralled that part of Asia, commonly called the East Indies, in a military des-. potism, and what, he would ask had all these vic tories brought to the country? The proceeds had been pocketed by individuals, the soldiery had been paid by the Country, and a son of Lord Lake's now held a pen sion from Government for those glorious achievements. (Here another cry arose of" the cavalry are comings - ) This was, however, soon.quieted ; but scarcely was l this effected, when a tremendous row was again com mended. A fellow was detected stealing a watch from a man's pocket, and some hundreds were round him ; the whole assemblage was in commotion. The band again played. The fellow was then taken to the Police Office. The hustings again gave way a little ; the Committee were anxious that the speaker would curtail his speech, and come to the point. The people were gradually going away. The speaker was on a religious view. He appealed to the crowd, whether he should stop? .4 Go onI" was . the cry.— He stated, that he would thank them to call order on the hustings, which they did. He continued for some time longer, and was followed by three other speakers. Tile Cap of Liberty, a very handsome one, belonging to Tollcross and Par Ahead Union Socie7, was then placed on the Chairman's head by a very smart-looking female Reformer. Thanks were then voted to the usual Newspaper Edit Ors and Reformers (Hear excepted, we believe); to the Proprietor of the Field in which they met, the President, the Female Reformers, &c. &c. The Meet ing then broke up a few minutes before five o'clock, and left the ground in the most orderly manner. I Nearly all'the shop s on the route through which! they passed had on their window shutters ; neither a Military nor a Civil Force made its ayearance ; the streets were crowded with spectators, and not even a surly look was to be seen ; in short, it had rather the appearance, judging by the smiling faces and the number of well-dressed and seemingly well-pleased females, to be the assembling of some grand proces sion at the termination of some holiday. The Mili tary, horse and foot, as well as a very strong force of Special Constables, were in readiness to act if re quisite; but their services were rendered unnecessary; and the streets were soon, considering" Hallowe'en,' unusually quiet. It was mentioned from the Hust ings, that there were 100,000 people present, when the Assembly assented to this observation with cheers. —A Gentleman •f accurate habits, who ptid atten tion to the Meeting, informs us that the number pre sent, never at any one time exceeded ten thousand ; of which about three thousand were Members of the Union Societies. PAISLEY NIEETING. Pursuant to public notice, a Meeting of the Radi cal Reformers of Renfrewshire, was held, yesterday, at Johnston. About one o'clock the people from Paisley and neighbouring towns had arrived, to the number of about two-thirds of the Meeting at Glas flow, with various bands of music and thirty-two ags. Upon a fine large blue flag, was a full-length likeness of Major Cartwright, with his Bill in his hand. The motto was, above his head, " The vene rable Champion of our cause," and at hi., feet, " For a Nation to be Flee ' it is sufficient that it wills it," reverse, " Let all who love Liberty, rally round the standard of Reform." Upon another was a painting of Wallace, inscribed, " Sir William Wallace." on the top, and at the foot, " Like our ancestors, we'll defend our Liberty and Laws." Upon another was a spade and grape, with the motto, , The mucking o Geordie's byre." Others had harps and Scots thistles, &c. "Abhor the inhuman butchers at Man chester." " No Corn Laws, Cartwright's Bill." " Take away the wicked from before the King s and his Throne will be established in righteousness."— " Reason not with Tyrants, man has only once to die." " The Borough mongers' fall is fast approach ing." " Against Tyranny and Oppression, our lives we'll spend our Rights to gain." " A day, an hour of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity of bond age," &c. &c. All the flags, a bundle of rods with the fasces, and a black board, with the words, " Or der ! Order !" were placed upon the front of the hustings. The business began a little after one o'clock by a person reading the notice, and recommending a Mr. BRODIE for Chairman, who was accordingly chosen, and a good looking young woman placed a splendid cap of liberty on his head, amid the cheers of the Meeting. Caps of Liberty and Addresses were pre sented by the Female Reformers of Johnston, Millers ton, Kilbarchan, and Elderslie. Some short speeches were delivered. Resolutions of the usual kind were passed; and an Appeal to the Prince Regent was read and voted, and Messrs. CARTWR/GHT, WOOLER, Sheriff PRIMERS, and T. DOLBY, are to be requested to see it delivered to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Major COCHRANE received the Thanks of the Meeting for shielding the People from the sabres of the Manchester Yeomen on the 16th of August last. Mr. SPIERS was thanked, with three cheers, for giving the Meeting the ground ; and Votes , of Thanks were given to the most illustrious Radicals' of the day. A number of Female Reformers re mained upon the hustings during the proceedings, and a number of the Committee and spectators wore white hats. As the day was short, and the weather cold, and many of the people had far to go, the 'speeches were brief and few. As there were five caps of liberty on the hustings, 'every speaker put- on one when he addressed the Meeting. The Chairman put on one, and requested the people to go quietly home, and persevere in the cause of Reform, and he said he would never cease to admire and advocate the principles of liberty, or if he did, he hoped a worse curse would befall him, than what fell upon the murdering Cain. The Meeting then dispersed. When the procession was returning through El• derslie, they halted beneath Wallace's tree, and the band played Scots who ha's vd Wallace bled, and gave three cheers, and a number of pistols were fired. The whole body of the people turned down Storie-street to avoid the Cross. A band of about 70 or 1(X) boys closed the procession; they carried eight little flags, with such mottoes as—" The Draw Boys lament for the Times"-.-" Bread and Liberty"—" The Juvenile Reformers." • On one flag they had the figure of a cock, and the motto—" As the auld cock craws, the young cock learns." On another—" Let Tyrants tremble, and look down upon the rising generation" Rights of Man," &c. There was evidently a good number of pistols in the Meeting, and all the Radicals had sticks; and two battle-axes were carried. in the procession, and placed upon the hustings during the proceedings.— All the shops from the North end of Paisley to the head of Storie-street, were shut, and a party of mili tary were in readiness; but the people dispersed in the most peaceful manner, and at six o'clock the streets were nothing thronger than usual. To such an extent do the Reformers car ry their abste • miousness, that the small public-houses are likely to be ruined in the mass. The snuff and tobacco-shops are also unfrequented; and tea and sugar have given way to native viands. A tailor, employed last-week in a gentleman's house in the country to make a great coat, observed, on being asked to sit down to break fast—" 111 tak' nae tea; I dinna consume oily thing that's taxed !" EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER. " fair tp, Nov. 5, 1519. " The preparations for the Revolutionary (Ile,oim) Meeting of this County, which was held yesterday at Johnston, were of such a kind as to create al.um even among those who have hitheito stood forward as the leaders of these deliberative mobs. None of these persons haps either character or property to be implicated by tl:e proceccE:lgs or consequences of these confocatinns, but th(7 perceived that the flame they had kindled was likely to burst prematurely forth, and deeming their hecks to be hazarded by the aspect of aft'airs On the present occasion, they have seceded, at least for a time, from the conduct oftht cause. In the course of last week, numerous flags and caps of liberty were got in readiness, and to de fray the expense of these emblems of snatchy, con tributions were exacted from many of the inhabitants, under threats of vengeance if they were retirsed. It had also ban recommended by some of the new hot headed managers, that the mob should come to the Meeting armed, which many accordingly did.— It is confidently reported that pikes, daggers, and other weapons of c !fence, were made b and pistols purchased and repaired, for the use of these Pcii• Boners for redress. The Meeting was attent'^ formidable party of bludgeon-men, and sr•rn• the flags from the suburbs of Paisley and sum . i. , ting villages were guarded by individuals bearing pikes and halberts of various fashions. The processions, however, avoided the Cross and principal streets in passing through the Town of Paisley, and the Ma gistracy were not called upon to determine the ques tion, whether they would consider an armed multi tude, marching in military order, with flags and music, as a rebellious Insurrection, and act ac cordingly ?" M.:f . . KILSYTII. The number of Radicals who assembled at Kilsyth, was very great. After unanimously passing several Resolutions, the Meeting separated quietly. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, Nov. 2.—Wind N.—Sailed the Friends, Bao-ro, for St. Michael's; and. Rose, &ARE, for Guernsey and Rot terdam. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. O.—Arrived the New Phenix, LLWTH. WAIT, from London for Trinidad ; and Fortitude, SMITH, from London for Barbadocs.—Wind S.W. LYNN, Nov. 4.—Arrived the Eliza, Comma, from Alga; she put .into Copenhagen in distress, where she landed, and after wards reshipped her cargo of oats, except about forty quarters, which, being damaged, were sold at that port. Dst.' L, NOVENZER 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, he Eddystone, BILL, from Hudson's Bay. Came down frum the Liver and sailed with the re s t of the outward bound, the Neva, FAILOMAN.3O,4, for Jamaica ; George, Ilottonft Ton, for Malta; and Elizabeth, Mieritza, for Seville. Several ships are working down the Gulls, but will not reach the Downs till after post. !Lmm'', 4.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Auckland packer, with a Mail, from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Earl Leicester packet, for Holland; and Beaufoy packet, for Cuxhaven, all with Mails. TILE ARMY. . Monday, several labourers Commenced breaking up the ground for the erection of a spacious Barracks, situate on the new line of road leading to Eccles from Manchester. The quantity of land purchased is ten acres, and when finished will sufficiently ac commodate 5,000 men. Ten additional field-pieces, with a proportionate number of artillerymen, have been ordered by Government, into the districts under the command of Major-General Sir Jona BYNG. Copy of a Letter from G. B. Gazattouon, Esq, Lieutenant of rite Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, to Colonel BOSANQUET, the Corn• mander of the Corps: Oct : 180819. " MAL explanation of the motives which induce me to trouble you with this letter, I beg to refer you to two docu ments, both of them but too notorious, the one a letter from Lord Sidrnouth, his Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, conveying the Thanks of the Prince Regent to the Magistrates of Manchester, for their conduct on the 16th of August last ; the other a Declaration of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, congratulating the lovers of social order on the dignified posture of vigour and resolution which the several Authorities throughout the country are j. sumii.g, at a period when an unexampled abuse of magisterial authority is, from one end of the Kingd an to the other, a tope either of regret or alarm. These two documents have drprivtd me of that assurance which is obviously indispensable to every honest man who allows his name to continue on the roll of tte Light Horse Volunteers, an assurance that he will not be calls d upon, as a Member of that Corps, to endanger or destroy the lives of the smarmed, the innocent, the unsuspecting, menb women, and children—fellow-subjects, friends, and neighbours. In loyalty to the King, in attachment to the onstitution, in a desire to counteract, by all legal means, the machinations of those bad men who wilfully impute the distress of the poor tie false causes, in order to give effect to their recommendation tf desperate remedies, I yield to no man, either in the Cabinet or in the Court of Aldermen, but I cannot consent to serve any longer in a Corps, in which the only security I have for lac' bsing engaged in civil warfare, is the discretion and temper of the Ministers who advised such Thanks, and the Magistrates who framed such a Declaration ! With these sentiments, I beg the favour of you to take whatever steps may be necessary to enable me to resign the Commi.sion which I have the honour to hold in the Regiment under your command. I request also that you will have the goodness to communicate my resignation to the Committee in any way which, under the circumstances, you may deem expedient. To yourself, your brother Officers, and the Regiment at large, I am anxious to express, on this oc casion, what I have always entertained—a strong feeling of at. :ach:e-m. I leave you all with regret, and with sincere wishes that my apprehnsions may bts vain, and your prosperity perma. neat.-1 tLe honour to be, dear Sir, your obedient faithful t:.rvant, " G. B. UREKNOUGH." Extract of another Letter to Colonel BosAtvciort from Lieutenant GREENOUGII, dated London, No vember 2, 1819 : " I beg leave then, with every feeling of respeet, both to. wards you and the Corps under your command, to repeat the request contained in my former letter, but, I am concerned to say, with ore mod:fteation. When that letter was written, I desired only that ti e rantivesn , hich induced me to resign should be known to you. I ant now (11:Oreue that they should be made known to the Committee. The dismissal of Lord Fitzwilliam from the Lord Ideutenansy of the West Riding of Yorkshire, for having promoted an inquiry into the unconstitutional pro. eeedings at Manchester, and an addition of 10,000 then to the Regular Army, for the purpose of intimidating the people, are circumstances which require that the motives of my resign:don should be distinctly avowed. The day is come, when the friends of a free Government must speak out, unless they mean to be silenced for ever. " I remain, &c. " G. 8. GREENOUGH." COIN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, NOVIIMBEtt We have had but little Wheat fresh in since Monday, but some quantity remains on hand of that day's sup ply, which, being of inferior quality, is but little in demand, but prime samples fully support Monday's prices. line Batley being scarce, and haviiig several buyers at market this morning, sales of the. above description v.ere readily nude at an advance of 2s. per quarter. In Beaus, i'eas, and other articles, there is no alteration. SMITHFIELD MARKET, NOVEMBER S. (To sink the (dial ; per stone of Sibs.) Beef ..... ....3s 6d to 4s 103 Veal Ss Od to es Od Mutton ..3s ad to 56 24.: I Pork Beasts 760—Calves g O--Sheep and Lambs s,Boo—Pige 340. 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