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

c 1 1 ; • a fl .1 4 ' I • • ) I i ' ;► `•1 :~ I 0 I ; r , ~t .I M 1 A t Papers, that I am a Placeman ; the only place I hold . at present, is thu one you have just been pleased to confer upon me. I thank you for calling me to this honourable situation, which, unlike many other ho nourable appointments, is unattended with emolu nients--(Cheer4—because this appoint:wit gives me the right of declaring your sentiments in Parliament. You have very properly instructed your Members to support - the prayer of your Petition. I hope they s. ill do so; as 1 have no right to condemn any men, I:l,heard, I will take it for granted that' they will 0::ey these your instruc.ions—(hear, Lear). —if they. do not, we shall then have an oppnrtunity of declar in our sentiments upon their conduct hereafter. • Your Membes, I mean those who ale . at present your Members;—(Cheers) —are in. the County, and have had ample opportunity of coming forward this day, and of tonvincing us - by their arguments—, (Much laughter)—or at least being convinced against their will by ours—(Applause)—of the justification . or condemnation of the Manchester Magistrates . and Yeomanry Cavalry; for their conduct upon the late lamentable transactions in that town. Gentlemen, this has been• done elsewhere—the Honourable Mr. Stuart Wortley /one of the Members for the rich, populous, extensive, and independent County of York),. did not remain absent from the late County Meeting held there upon this subject, though he (Mr. 'Wirtley) was of different political opinions, and de cidedly aouinst some of the Resolutions then pro posed. Gentlemen, 4:WAS the duty of your Mem bers to attend this Meeting, which has been legally_ convened by the High Sheriff of this County, and for which we return him our sincere thanks—(Loud applause.) The first place of a Member of Parlia ment is the hustings, his second, his seat in the House of Commons, supporting and watching over the in terests of his Constituents, and of the People at large —(Applatise)—and they are not worthy of being there, if they do not come and meet you here—(Ap p/usse). Gentlemen, as they do not attend, I can only account for their absence by presuming that they agree to the Resolutions this day proposed— (Long and continued applause)—or perhaps because they - have nothing to say—(Applause and laughter.)' Gentlemen, hear me out, I mean that your. Members have nothing to say in opposition to your Resolutions —(Appferse.) Gentlemen, it gives me great satis faction to find, that the County of Westmoreland is associating with its sister County of Cumberland, which was the first in expressing its sentiments on the late lamentable transactions at Manchester—our brethren in Cumberland have done themselves im mortal honour, and we nobly follow their steps. The.next is the populous County (I had almost said, Kingdom) of York—the proceedings of that County never can be forgotten by Englishmen or his Majesty's Ministers—they will be remembered, not only on account of the propriety of the Meeting, but on ac count of the characters there assembled—of the ad- minable manner in which their proceedings were conducted—and the honour, wealth, and respecta bility of the noble persons who led the way, and joined heart and hand with the people of that ex tensive and very populous County. Only look at the list—the first is the Duke of Norfolk, the Hefeditary Earl Marshal of England, the first Nobleman of the land. See him supported by Upwards of three. hun dred County Gentlemen, including Lord Fitzwilliam, and many other Gentlemen, who, upon minor and political opinions, differ from each other, and see them all agreed upon this momentous question. See these men, who put themselves at the head to demand justice to e done to the People of England, by the Government—{Lord applause.) One of the most important features of that day were those very per sons who, from 1793, always stewed themselves most alive to and fearful of the seditious Meetings attri buted by Mr. Pitt and his successors in office, to the people. I particularly mean my Lord Fitzwilliam,, a man of most excellent character, who always sup. ported Mr. Pitt, and in general though; the Govern ment in the right, and the People in the wrong; now he reverses the picture--(Louri and vaAanent applause.) Gentlemen, I am convinced that all these Meetings have been held in consequence of the loud expression of the public voice against the proceedings at Man chester—against the approach to military aggression —against the transgressors of the law, whoever they may be, and for the purpose of securing to the Bri tish People, that most invaluable right of Petitioning for a redress ofgrievances, which right has been at tempted to be wrested from them by military force. It would appear that there are persons not very far off. though not in Kendal or Westmoreland, I mean Cumberlarid, who approve of the late proceedings by the Ministers, the Magistracy, and Military, who disavow the Constitutional principles expressed by the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord 'Alilton, and others, at York.—l say it does appear, from the Loyal Declaration, a copy of which I now hold in my hand, and which was not brought for ward at any Public Meeting whatsoever—for if they had called a Loyal Meeting in the County of Cum berland, myJlf and friends would have attended.— We should not have staid away merely because it had been called by persons entertaining different politi- 1 cal sentiments from ourselves—if it had been called atµ hitehaveu. the extremity of the County, or at the village of Lowther, we should have attended and opposed. They were a call in our debt—we having legally called a County Meeting at Wigton, of which you have heard the result from Mr. V ybergh. 'l'his Loyal Declaration, Gentlemen, is a smuggled ene, and dares not be put to the test of any limited number of Freeholders whatever. What will you think of its contents or of its object, when I inform you thit irhas been privately prepared and printed, and Clandestinely circulated, sent into the shops and dwelbngt of a select few, without even a printer', name t r ei r. Brougham then read the Declarer ' Ten—Do not you think the °allusion of tl a ptintir s lame tells volumes, and in any other; than a tehjitf. ,Declaration, would have been visited' with the'seskiest penalties of the law ?—[When Mr. Brougham had read half of it, the Meeting appeared weary of hearing it, and disgusted with its contents.] Mr. Bro u gh am proceeded—Gentlemen, it is very long indeed, and extremely dull—(Great iaarghttr), CrpOn Mr. Brougham reading the expressions of " men bankrupt in character, in fortune," he said, did these loyal parties mean, that the noble, honourable, and respectable personages, who attended the County Meeting at York, are disqualified for popular favour? Are these men likely to4ncourage treason, sedition, or rebellion ? Do these loyal people conceive that the Noblemen I have alluded to are incompetent, and have nothing to lose ? Do they conceive that their stake in the country is of less consequence than the, stake of the present Ministers, and their supporters? Look at theirassurance, when they declare those per sons of rank and responsibility, to be the encouragers ,of wicked, desperate, and rebellious persons. I hope they do not mean it, though I fear they do. What! my Lord Fitzwilliam preaching up rebellion ! What do you think or this paragraph, Gentlemen, That, admitting lives were - lost at Manchester, yet greater, and far more extensive evils must arise if the people are allowed to assemble!' .What! greater evils than - murder; and the loss of the principal liberties of a British sub'pect? Yes, Gentlemen, they coßtemplate this lbw; like. slaves, they beg his Royal: Highness to recommen&restrictive measures and, like fawning sycophants, they assure him they will cheerfully sub mit to citem—(Hear, hear, heal`.) What else is this, Gentlemen, but to beg the Governmeit to take the most speedy and effectual .means of destroying the rights of the subject? Are they—Englishmen who do this? I cannot believe it: I do hope that this Loyal Declaration will riot receive the sanction of any Freeholder of the County of Cunibirlitid;.: any thing. so base, so pitiful, so low, such cowardly conduct, I never before heard of—(Great applause.) In Yorkshire, there are men who differed in opinions, from the Noble Persons assembled at the late County Meeting there, yet Mr. S. Wortley, to his immortal honour, although he manfully opposed some of the Resolutions, said he agreed with the People in the right of Petitioning, and, in defence of that invalua ble right, he was ready to shed the last drop of his blood. What a difference between Mr. S. Wortley and some persons of the County of Cumberland—for I will not call them men who have been so dastardly as to frame so slavish a Declaration. I trust they will find it impossible toprocure half a dozen signa tures, or even if they should get that paltry number, it must only tend to chew the cioncempt in which they are held, and the necessity of our this day at tending to enter our protest against changing the in valuable law of the land—(l.,nd applause). Resolutions of Thanks were then passed to the High and Under Sheriff; when the latter Gentleman returned thanks and adjourned the Meeting, which immediately separated without the slighest disorder. After the business of the day was concluded, the principal Requisitionists dined together. Mr. WY et M-I was in the Chair ; many excellent toasts were given, and all party spirit avoided. Among others, Mr. WYBERGH gave the healths of the Duke of Nor folk, Lord Fitzwilliam, &c. which were most loudly cheered; and he then gave "Mr. Stuart Wortley," with a warm eullogium on his manly conduct, and espe cially on his declaration, that he was ready to defend with his Wool the right of the People to meet and deliberate on their grievances. In the course of the evening Mr. BROUGHAM gave, " The gallant. and generous People of Ireland ; and may the lesson at length be learnt, that to gain their aff ections-in good earnest, is both wisdom and justice." -This was re ceived with the . greatest enthusiasm. The convivi ality of the Meeting was kept up till a late hour. The Rev. Mr. Hwy, of Ackworth, (one of the Ma gistrates who officiated at Manchester on the 16th of August, and who was afterwards delegated, along with another Gentleman, to lay the true state of the affair before Lord Stuxouni), received an express last week, demanding his appearance in London. The Reverend Gentleman immediately set out in a chaise-and-four, which was in readiness for him.— Preston Chronicle. The leading Radicals are at this moment, as might be expected from many parts of their conduct, greatlf divided as to the line of conduct most ad visable at this moment. Major CARTWRIGHT stands entirely aloof from Messrs. HUNT, THISTLEWOOD, end WATSON, and leaves them to flounder as they list in • the muddy pool. HUNT and TareTtawooo have commenced a paper war. The latter has cir culated a letter in print, in. answer to the letter of Mr. Huta (of which we gave an extract on Saturday), whose conduct Mr. THISTLIWOOD arraigns in no very measured terms. In addition to the abuse of Mr. HUNT, which is very plentifully administered, Mr. "fitisrutwoon recommends those Public Meetings to be held which Mr. HUNT deprecates ; and asks, , 4 Is there any law to prevent 1,000, or 1,000,000, or more people, of these countries, to meet at one place, or more places, in one day, with arms, or without arms, with flags or without flags, at their option ?" We have only room to give.another passage in the letter ; and, indeed, nearly the whole of the rest is mere personal attack ;. it is as fellows--:I e jive it as my opinion, my friends, !friss do not Stl with in a month, to bring your enemies to reason, to an swer your claims, your liberties are gone, for no man can say to what distant period, or what other favour able opportunity ; and, if you are to fight for your liberties, the longer you delay, the longer the fight will continue." TntsTutwoon further charges Heal.. with breaking the heart of Mr. CLIARY. Mr. CLEARY states in a subsequent letter, that (though labouring under severe indisposition from his exertions at the Westminster Election) nothing which could fall from such a man as HUNT would break it, as falsehood and imposture had no such effect on him (Mr. C.) Another curious letter is also in circulation ad dressed by E. J. BLANDIORD to Mr. THISTLEWOOD, charging Mr. Hoar with not accounting for five pounds, which had been contributed by Mr. PEARSON .towards the expense of the Smithfield Meeting ; and likewise a letter of crimination from Doctor WATSON to Mr. HUNT. We cannot throw away our columns on such lengthy and useless productions. The point that deserves most attentior from the Public in the Radical Correspondence, is the fact that all this bickering was elicited by t he difficulties which the united corps found to raise a balance of some seven or eight pounds! stiU due on the expetises of the Smithfield Meeting, or HUNT'S Procession into London, or THISTLIWOOD'S Missioa to Manchester— we have not tirue to examine which. Such is the state of the Radical Treasury ! such the resources of those who, we are taught, are to overturn the Con stitution !I! Some years ago, a lunatic in Bedlam was asked, " How he came to be there?"—He answered, " By a dispute." " What dispute ?'—The poor Bedlamite replied—" The world said I was mad ; I said OW world was mad ; and they out-voted me r 111, LONDON SESSION. Testercht these Sessions corifmenced, when Mr. TURNER, Lnder-Sheriff to Mr. Sheriff ROTHWELL, addressed the Court. fix application, he said,- was founded upon the 27th of Elizabeth, chap. 12, which empowered the Head Officer of the Court, the LORD MAYOR, to administer to him certain oaths prescribed by that Statute, in order to his more full qualification for serving the office of Under-Sheriff, a part of the duty of which office was to summon Juries, Tales, itt default of which he was subject to certain penalties. To .'some of these he might be exposed, in conse quence•of the objections made to him by Mr. Sheriff Parkins. The COI7IIT, after consultation,. thought that as the duty of Under-Sheriff in London was executed by the Secondary, the penalties under the Statute of Elizabeth would not apply ; and that as he had taken them already in Middle s ex, it was unnecessary for,• him to taise them a second time in London. Mr. Tuarren bowed and sat down. Mr. sheriff PARKINS, after this decision had been given, said that he had not the slightest intention of making any observation upon what , had just passed; he was sorry, however, that 'the time of the Court had been taken op so long on so unimportant and trivial a subject. J. Frain was indicted for assaulting E. L. Bridge man. The prosecutor is manufacturer of the patent iron coffins, and the defendant beadle of St. An drew's, Holborn. The charge arose from the circum stance of the latter having brought the corpse of a Mrs. Gilbert in an iron coffin without due notice. The consequence was, that the defendant remained several hours in the church-yard, without being able to procure interment; and a report being circulated that the burial was resisted upon the ground that the practice of using iron coffins would be detrimental to the interests of the sexton and " body-snatchers," a considerable mob collected. A riot ensued, and the defendant was ordered by the Churchwardens to carry the prosecutor to the Compter. It was on his way there that he complained of being struck by the defendant ; and the fact was not denied by the latter, who said he did it in his own defence, having first received a blow from Bridgeman, which cut him in the mouth. The facts have already been detailed at great length, and several witnesses were now called I, on both sides, whose testimony was most conflicting. 1 Mr. ALtAre addressed the Jury, for the defendant, and the RICORDER having charged the Jury, they retired for about one hour, and then returned a ver dict of Not Guilty. The body of Mrs. Gilbert remains still unburied in one of the vaults of the church. SURREY SESSION& Yesterday morning the business of these Sessions commenced at the Court House, Horsemonger-lane, before D. TROTTrit Esq. the Chairman, and a nu merous Bench of Magistrates.i On the Grand Jirry.being sworn, The worthy Ora t RITA)/ addressed them as follows; 66 Gentlemen, I sincerely lament the heavy calendar that will be laid befbre you, and , which will necessa rily occupy more of your tirde than could be wished for. In the few observations - which I shall consider it my duty to make to you, it wit be' of great im portance to call yoUr attention to the dissemination of blasphemous and Seditious publications. I haveto acquaint you of the determination of the Magistrates . of this County fo use every effort to bring persons offending, by selling such books,' to condign punish ment, and they do not doubt of having your hearty co-operation. If ever there was a time when the loyal and well-disposed should be active in suppott-, in g the Laws and Constitution, this is that time. 1' will put it to your good sense, and to every person capable of reasoning, which is the most dangerous person in society, he who steals a few shillings from his neighbour, or he who, by distributing those sedi-, tious and blasphemous works, not only destroys that consolation afforded you by Religion here, but also your prospect of happiness hereafter ? As there are seditious Meetings about to take place in various parts of the Metropolis, I cannot do better than direct your attention to the opinion of an eminent individual, Mr. Wigley. That Learned Gentleman, in his charge to the Grand Jury of the County of Worcester, has ably discussed the subject of Public Meetings, and has gone far in endeavouring to skew their illegality ." The Learned Chairman concluded, by repeating his most earnest desire that the Gentlemen of the. Grand Jury would give the cases that were submitted to them an impartial, serious, and full investigation. The Petit Jury was then sworn in, and the Court proceeded to the trial of traverses, but no case of the slightest interest occurred. Mr. Cahuac, of Blackman-street, charged with sell ing seditious pamphlets, has traversed till next Session. At the General Quarter Sessions, held at Leeds, on Thursday last, the Grand Jury returned a true Bill against Mr. James Mann, bookseller, for publishing a libel of and concerning the Prince Regent, con tained in a publication, called The Black Danzil.—' On Friday morning, Mr. Mann appeared in Court, and was admitted to bail, himself in £6O, and two sureties in £SO each. It was intimated'to Mr. Mann that this Indictment would not.be proceeded upon, on account of the West Riding Sessions having no jurisdiction in offences committed in the Borough, but that another Indictment would be preferred against him at the Borough Sessions. The Indictment was sent down from the Secretary of State's Office, and the only witness examined, by the Grand Jury, was a person of the name of Beverley, a sort of as sistant to the Police of Leeds. At the Warwickshire Sessions, true Bills have also been returned against Joseph Riasei and James Os borne, booksellers, Birmingham; against the former, for publishing Sherwin's Political ite,gister ; and the latter, The Republican. Russel is the I ame person who was convicted, at the last. Assizes, for publishing Hone's Parody. At the HuliQyarter Session; a true Bill was found against Frederick Coleman, a joiner, for distributing among thu military, in the garrison at that towu, a seditious libel on the Government, in Shenvin's Let- i ter to the Soldiers, and published in his Weekly Po-1 Vital Register. At the time Coleman was arrested, hit and two others of his companions were busily em ployed in painting the 6gure of Liberty, with colours sullen from his master's paint-shop !—coleman is in custody, ir4 the House of Cot rection. MANCHESTER, OC FORER o T f o Th w th n e i Quarterly the Meetingrterly Accounts c k o a l t , P , inPat:si a p poi n ted at f .' d th the t h e am' • o n e ,: at eleven o'clock this morning, r the', Manchester. •A hand-bill has for circulated, announcing the letting, and [ the Ley-payerf most e arnest l y to mien; the Poor-rates from being d,,.• d ote to • and•legal objects. At the time appointed, Mr. Pititatr • Churchwardens, took th e Chair. 13;‘,' Churchwardens, the Accounts cf e. immediately read. Several Gentlen.en, of the town, objected to this mode of it was of no avail; the Churchn arde.•., forced his orders, by declaring, th at I mined to have the Account read throng: shriord put the number cf those items w jected . to clOwn, and they should be dig wards. The whole amount tf them w as £1,400, and among titers were the accot Wheeler, the publisher of the Manchcarr , of Mr. Ramp, the publisher of the Vann, Mercury; and of Mr. Aston, the publisher Esthange Herald, for printing placards and bills, and for advertisements, by order of trews, amounting, alone, to the sum of near) Another item included in .hcse acceunts annsfirrnished to special ea:wattles. As soots as the accotaks had been • the Chairman put them to the vote. several rose top (and among them wt Joint EDWARD TAYLOR, Mr.JOHNSON, Mr. and Mr. CHArstAw) and insisted upon the able items being read over. The Chairman interrupted them by Statute, which directs, that if the accoub, lowed, the constables should produce them Justice of the Peace, mho • -Add examine hear and determine any objections that made to the account. Ile then stated, that he merely put the question whether they I . they were not passed, the objections tram wards urged before the Magistrates. and After order was partially resumed, the again put, and the accounts were passed. It was now moved that Thanks should to the Boroughreeve and Constables who retired from office, for'their excellod con( filling that station. Mr. J. E. TAYLOR hoped those " the motion applied to would not suppo . e any personal offence in the obscrvati , ns he make, as if his father or brother had been r reeve, he would make the same.—[liele partial disapprobation expressed which ~cca,: Taylor to observe, that whatever his op;l,i, be, he had always endeavoured to behave as man, and hoped he should be treated as such.] that as a legal investigation of late events wa! foot, it was, therefore, improper to testify p e p o r u o r b t a s t o io r n L o aw f th h e a c d o d n et elu e c r t in o i t r e cers, th until m Pla ere use w m. a d s t i the e ne expression used in the proposed which he thought the occurrences that tea pl the day subsequent to the 16th of Augus., meals warranted. He meant the ter% Was it not the fact, that ou that day the e ing to Manchester, put the whole town int atentt uP°n tho;thelerePoiicaZertthairlss,oooa sonic of t he men inert and mustered all the military without stulic quiries into the truth of the report ? But highly disapproved of the proceedings of . Officers, yet he would not be so harsh as to ,any Vote of Censure, hut 'hould confine hu merely moving that the Chairman do now le Chair. .The Vote of Thanks was-carried, some farther wrangling, the Meeting was di M,EETIVO OP SHOEMAKERS t ittIie Assemb, Portsmouth -street, Lincoln's-Inn.-- .-- STAR clyesterday.—Mr. Caooic concluded a series of Resolutions, condemning the , conduct of Ministers in the hasty applause them to the Manchester Yeomanry, and alv conduct of the latter in their transactions of August, and recommending a subscription I tuised.—Mr. MALIAN seconded the Resolutions fikody scene of Manchester, he observed, had been exhibited twenty-two - years ago in his . country (Ireland), the dogs of war being there loose for a thirst of blood. He hoped, however, present lifeeting would, in unison with the voice of the country, join in execrating such ings.—The Resolutions were then put and C 4 acclamation. On one being put for thanks to HUNT, &c. Dr. WATSON came forward to speak, was instantly repelled by a griat number in the • who said that nobody should be heard but belonging to the trade, and that the appeurance. the Doctor would only tend to bring their procecz• ings into ridicule. After a very long speech frozni Mr. CHRISTIE 011 that subject, the Doctor rritdent! declined saying any thing. Several other Resolut;c. , were then agreed to relative to the mode of tion, after which the Meeting adjourned. EPITAPH in Denmore Church-yard, Irelanl.-7 " Here lie the remains of John Hall, grocer. / - s world is not worth afig, and I have good ),:!sAticr saying so r mRTU. eet Atp 0 11 uti, of 3 50 opet nuni l nac In . ,on the I:Cth October, the Canon* cl ll _ _ ntra On the 37th irst. at Pold, the county of Lancaster, r , Patten Bold, Esq. Colonel of the let Royal Lane:ollre - At Kirkwall, on the it6th salt. Barbara Manson, relict ef t late Dr. Paterson, there. (in the lOth inst. Miss Bane -Ter, daughter of the lle Panther, of Inanits'lver, rear NAlrelisconil.e, Surncrse;.; .1:•1 within three hours after, the wife of the same Cecilia - ix). Jelm Park,.Em. Solicitor, Lencaster, cm of .4 Aldermen of that nn".d••••PL,... ~- %lAA LifTlail - D.0.T;.4111i• OM ask. P"' Dublin • 1 0 I Lisbon 0 1 0 I Waterford ' e 1 France 0 Guernsey aid Jersey • 1 liamburgb Holland 0 I Gotteuburgb 0 0 u Flanders •• • Malta IM - 7, HIGNAVATRII at LONDON BRIDGE TOMMIROIV. )dc ruing . - - 59 minutes Afttr 8 Ahrriteon . • . 1! .--- ...... 9 — .l -- -- - . _-----.- _ T...., 140100. Y: muted .iniTptialteti by Lavit. KAM 1 -1411•41. Place, Tamp*. Dal TA 22. the turn. "'tablet , neF;mtec; Liel 4 . 7 some day and c a ri', itte n d, to Co any $1 , iRLtY, llv ora te , CornstaY. ' 1 Precetoe• tit Hit hat he .rt, s roue!, but. ms which t tanst be di scusl r; d c o rm' m was u p v , s ect e accounts of Lad . ?chctrr . G.T : , Vol un t eer P So publisher .• .acards and . rder of Cie: TI ,m of nearly tb n :cants was, cc, }een read th ote. Im . A " u ne wer e notreed ore NsoN, Mr. B ><feo sport the obi. The oPe . 011 sn by reading e accounts be 4 do duce them . . • .r examice then; 11 ' 311 S that Mil( ; ited, that he !I' they pass, ions must be ••' t ' ates. and not • •d, the question • •• passed. ks should be bles who had ;llelli conduct e Gentlemen v. 1 t suppose her. 7rvati• ns he :a. • • had been Bo -- L „THer e there s vhich ..ccits:ueed '• r his opinions • • r behave as a (; ed as such.] He • e events was to testify either retuctot the late I letermired the the proposed s that te,,k t of Augus., r: the term—vig• day the ecn..itt . me of the E. iikemen were it a• i! town into a pa without rt ? But thouz,' . ... eedings of the } harsh as to rp d confine himseE in do now leave is- eat vied, and a:. tins was dissolve- - he Assembly R ontinuerlfron . oncluded by mo . . ning the prerir y applause given the and also asa , cscußtbieossncosrliuoptf tle her subscription i nins.ii.. }served, had al ". s ago is his us: war being there • toped, however, • m with the gen • rating such prong' s put and carried , : for thanks to N' irward to speak. b number in the roe. ! heard but perse