Star. — London, England, 1819-08-27 00:00:00

I 1 LONDON. Cons. for Acct. 711 72 71i. THE EVENING STAR. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1819. THE PUND6. Ittcz OT STOCKS THIS DAY AT OPTS O'CLOCK : Bank Stock 229 230 5 per Cent. Reduced 721 71f 3 per Cent. Consols 711 72 71{ Si per Cent. 81i--4 per Cent. 901 90 £ per Cent. Navy 104-} 105 104 k • Bank Long Annuities 19 3-16 India Stock 219--Bonds 12 18 pre. Exchequer Bills (2d.) 1 di:. 2 pre. par Omnium 41 pre. GREAT FAILURE!—The consternation created at the Stock Exchange this morning, by the announce ment of the failure of an eminent Broker, was equally as great as when the famous South. Sea bubble burst. His differences are said to amount to £50,000, as he was a Bear for upwards of one million of Stock ; he it reported to have offered ten shillings in the pound. The failures in this Account, in consequence of so many Accounts being carried over from last settling day, have been as numerous and extensive as have occurred for many years; previous to the above being announced, upwards of £400,000 Stock was posted against various defaulters. Seve:.teen had been de clared yesterday and three more this morning. A general gloom at present pervades the Market, as many more are expected to follow the above heavy failure. Consols opened at 71i, went to 72, and at one o'clock were at 71i. We have great satisfaction in laying before our Readers, this day, a sensible and well-written letter, addressed by Mr. HOLT, the respectable Manufac tnrer of Manchester, to the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lancaster. The sentiments he expresses, aud the measures which he recommends, for amelio rating the sufferings of the working classes, ate pre cisely those which we have long advocated, and to which we have unceasingly endeavoured to call the attention of those whose infirnce alone can bring them into operation. Secure a proper remuneration to the labourer—exert yourselves to alleviate the miseries of the famishing, and you will never be exposed to the danger of being wrought up to that degree of alarm which deprives men of reasons and urges them to seek relief from their fears, by resorting to mea sures which may increase, but cannot possibly re move, the threatening discontent that surrounds them. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 25. The accompanying letter I addressed to the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lancaster, (I trust from the best of motives) with a view, in the present unset tled state of things, of calling the attention of those - in the higher walks of life, to the present condition of the Labouring Poor, under a conviction, that it is OP ; that line of conduct only, that any thing like an amelioration in their situation and circumstances can be hoped for. The longer this natural intercourse is impeded by the mistaken policy of employing authority only, where humanity and sympathy promise to be most useful, so long will irritated feelings, and the worst of passions, be wrought upon, by political incendiaries, for any purposes but those they profess to have for their object. Having had no reply from the Noble Earl, to whom my letter was addressed, nor been able to learn that any publicity was given to it, although its operation was not intended to be confined to the County in which I reside, I take the liberty of sub mitting it to thy consideration, with permission to publish it, if thou think'st it at all calculated to be' of general use.—l remain, with much respect, thy obliged Friend, DAVID HOLT. " TO Tint RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF DERBY, LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER. " As I have no object ir view but the good of my country, I trust. Noble Earl, thou wilt pardon the freedom I use, in thus addressing thee : I hold it to be the day of every man, in times of Lmninetit danger and difficulty, if he possess either influence or information, to use it, if possible, to arrest in their progress the growing evils of the day, which may have originated in the distress occasioned by the general pressure of the times, and are laid bold of by wicked and designing mer., to create through the United Kingdom a general political ferment, dangerous to the peace and happiness of the country. " I have, for many years, lied much to do with the labouring orders of people, and at the present time employ several sun dreds ; amongst these, occasionally, I have had to contend with muc h discontent and insubordination, arising, I am disposed to think, from the prevailing associations, for the support of what they call the Poor Man's Rights; and which have not unfre quently been carried to such an extreme, as to interfere most ••:.rially with the comfortable conduct of our Manufacturers, best interests of the workmen themselves. , the inconvenience could only be temporary, itself, without its being needful to resort to any ational means for its suppression. rhich has pervaded the Country for some time the Manufacturing Districts, scents to have the notice of every man ; and though it has admitted that the labouring orders have long been rations, for want of employment, yet they .y been allowed to reiterate their complaints been driven, with their Families, to seek Paso- I from this stage of wretchedness, have easily throw themselves into the arms of Modern 'th this aecwsion of power, promise to better ay a more equal distribution of the good things country abounds. That 'thousands—nay, Teas -48:1 Sock to the Standard of these Men, is not . ` • 4 •, „ • ,t ; • snatcTially with the c as well as with the This being the case, t as the evil cured itsel 4 strong, or unconstitud " The alarm whir • back, particularly tin been pressed upon ail been generally admitti suffering severe privy have unfortunately b unnoticed t • have been chial Relie f ; and fro been persuaded to thr Reformers, who,with their condition, by a with which the count: of Thousands, should to be wondered at, *bile Men of Rank and Fortune fail to do their duty. Many who, by their successful prosecution of busi ens, have, by the very labour which is now palsied and rests as a dead welgat on the market, acqttired Princely Fortunes—l say, while these men, who are alone competent to arrest the growing evils, look supinely on, indifferent as it were to those conse quences wkicb are inevitable, what eon be hoped for unless relief is in some way administered ? " It is in vain to look for a more prosperous state of things from the probable improvement of Trade, as it regards a great proportion of our labouring Poor; the means of production, aided by our numerous mechanical contrivances, are almost in calculable, and these press so upon all the markets to which thus far we have found access, as to render our Manufactures of little value, leaving the industry of the Country without hope of re muneration. " It is not from foreign competition alone that these evils pro ceeds it is from the mistaken policy of our Manufacturers, who ought to be the natural guardians of the labour of the Country, but who are ever bent upon reducing the price of that labour whenever the demand becomes languid ; and thus producing a twofold evil, destroying the comforts of the operatives, and, in proportion as the prices are reduced, compelling them, by long hours and excessive exertion, to the production of an increased quantity of the very articles which are already too abundant. " I hpve too good an opinion of nine-tenths of the population of this country, for a moment to believe that the present ebul lition deserves any such character as that given to it ; but I am at the same time confirmed in my judgment, that great distress pervades a large body of well-disposed and well-affected men in the Country, who would sit down contented with living In great moderation and plainness by their own industrious exertions. Give them but food and clothing as the reward of their labour, and all the cant of Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments, with the rest of the catalogue of their demands, would disappear, 9r be found only with the itinerant politicians of the day. But when want stares them in the face, and the men of weight, of consequence, and of information, refuse to listen to their com plaints, to whom :hen are they to look? " I am no party man myself, nor do I recollect ever, is the course of my life, attending a Political Meeting, er in any way interfering with the political contests of the day. But, sur rounded as we ale with alarm and difficulty, I could not excuse myself, if I did not state what appears to me to be calculated to tranquillize the public mind, and to restore order and comfort amongst us. Permit me, with all due deference and respect for thy cha racter and high rank in life, to suggest that, as Lord Lieutenant of the County, if thou were to call a Mecing of the Nobility, Gentry, Landholders, and principal Manufacturers, fer thepur pow of taking into their serious consideratioxi Ke present distressed ;:ate of the labouring orders of people, with a view to the stet: ang (11 :soh measures as would give instant activity to the surplus labour us the several Manufacturing Districts, I am of opinion that many ex pedients might be resorted to to effect this; and, probably, the Manufacturers themselves might bring about a co-operation through the kingdom, for the purpose of raising the price of labour, and making its moderate exercise sufficient to procure the ordinary means of existence, without the degradation of parochial aid to eke out the scanty provision. " Could the poor but see the rich thus interesting themselves, to restore to them what the pressure of the times has gradually taken away ; to what privations, during these efforts to serve them, would they not submit, with patient resignation ? " I love my country, and greatly value its inhabitants. I can not, therefore, contemplate the proposed emigration to the Cape of Good Rope, as at all calculated to relieve our present dis tresses. Who, having the feelings of an Englishman, does not' look with affection on the land of his nativity? " Let us then cherish that attachment, by a timely attention to the difficulties and distresses with which our suffering Bre thren are struggling. And this will, I'll answer for it, call them back to their duty and allegiance, and a time may come when they might prove themselves the country's best safeguard. The Crown and Waste Lands in the United Kingdom, might, In my bumble opinion, be parcelled out, under the direction and superin tendance of Boards of Agriculture, composed of Gentlemen who would most cheerfully give their services amongst the un emploled labourers and their families, to be held for a term of years free from rent and taxes. " Thus would profitable activity be given to the labour of thousands of families, and the districts where they are now hardly existing on pauperism, be relieved from a weight of ex pense which produces general distress and di/culty. This mea sure would give an increased value to the labour that remains; and it would be sought for at a (nice that would sustain life in cornf..rt. " Should this plan be resorted to (and it has the sanction of a Noble Earl, who is also the Lord Lieutenant of a Northern Dbtrict), no man, whose opinion is worth regarding, would dare to say, that it is a concession prompted by fear; because the precautions taken by Government, and all the Constituted Au thorities through ;be Nitior. are, of that formidable kind, that cannot but convince the nv.st desperate, that in the event of a general conflict, nothing but destruction awaits them. The pre sent Poor Rates of the Country amount annually perhaps, to Ten or Twelve Millions of Pour.ds : if what I would most re spectfully recommend were taken up, on a broad scale by Go vernment, a fourth or a fifth part of this amount might b e f a i r ly called for and easily furnished, as th e means by which to carry into effect the proposed measure, because the operation of it would take the Poor out of the several districts where they arc the most burdensome; and, as a necessary consequence, would 'give a proportionately additional value to every man's property so relieved. " To ascertain the drg•se of distress prevailing through this country, (and of which, some people affect to doubt) a Commis sion of respectable, independent, and humane men, ought to be appointed, correctly to obtain, the number of families out of employment who are willing to work, their general characters, usual occupations, and how tong this state of things has existed amongst then " Should this imperfect sketch, Noble Earl, be found to con tain any thing worthy thy notice and attention, I shall indeed greatly rejoice ; and I io trust, that the motive by which I am actuated, will be admitted as a sufficient apology for the freedom I have exercised; and that thou wilt believe me to be, with all due deference and respect, " Thy obliged, and sincere Friend, " Bmo. 10, 1819. " DAVID BOLT." Yesterday a Meeting of the Cabinet Ministers took place at the Secretary of State's Office for the Home Department. Among those present were—the Earl of LIVERPOOL, Viscount SIDSIOOTH,ViScOUnt CASTLE REAGH, &c. The ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR GENE RAL attended the Meeting. A Cabinet Council sat at the same Office on the previous day. We learn that Mr. BROOKS applied yesterday for further time to give the answer which the Secretary of State desired with respect to Sir FRANCIS BUR DETT'S letter, and we understand that the time origi nally granted, and which was only for two days, has been extended until Monday next. MANCHESTER, AUGUST E. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. SIR-4 expected ere this to have sent you an ac.. count either of the liberation or committal of Mr. HUNT ; but both he and his companions still remain in " durance vile." A report that he would be dis charged yesterday, caused a crowd to assemble near the New Bailey. They were at length driven off from its immediate vicinity at the point of the bayonet; but they continued to throng some of the adjoining streets till a late hour. Indeed the employment of soldiers is but too common on every occasion : a small quantity of gunpowder having exploded in a gunsmith's shop in Market-street last night, a party of them were in a moment stationed on the premises. The anxiety and fear of our high party of Alarmists is wound up to such a trembling pitch, that the creep ing ofa mouse almost throws them into hysterics; and it is said that this noise was at first taken for the commencement of an attack by the Reformers, and that the consternation in the Exchange almost equalled that caused by the famous report of the advance of the 1.5,000 pikemen! GLASGOW REFORM MEETING. GLASGOW, AUGUST 21. The Special Constables were summoned to attend at half-past one o'clock, and upwards of S5O met in the Court Hall. The Lord Provost presided ; and a number of new ones were sworn in. The LORD PROVOST addressed them in his usual able and feeling manner. He began by alluding to the difficulties under which Magistrates acted in times like the present. No matter what line of conduct they adopted, there would be some people who would blame them. The Magistrates in the present instance had thought it proper to convene the Special Consta bles; whose attendance he was happy to see so nu merous, when the notice was so short. They had likewise military in readiness, but they had resolved to employ that force only as a dcrnier resort. This sentiment had all along guided them, and it was in unison with the instructions they had received. The Secretary of SW,: had implored them to employ the mi. li:ary only as a last shift, and such was the wish If the Lord Advocate.—He then adverted to the Meeting at Tollcross, for Parliamentary Reform. He said, that no doubt among them were many bad men; but he believed that the whole mass of the people of Scotland were too well educated, and too well informed, to be guilty of the excesses committed by the people of the South. Some per. sons might say, Why allow Meetings of this kind to be held? But it was the opinion of the Magistrates that hitherto nothing illegal had been committed in 'calling these Meetings—nothing at least so far illegal as to warrant the interference of the Civil Authority. It was his own opinion, however, that were these Meetings to be continued, and to be held time after time, apparently for no other purpose than to harass the public, they would then assume a different cha racter, and of course a different line of policy on the part of the Government would be necessary. The Constables were in waiting until near eight o'clock. When they were dismissed, the Deacon Con vener, Mr. GRAHAM, detailed the measures adopted by the Magistrates to protect the peace, and stated, that so complete were their arrangements, that no thing happened at the Meeting without their know ing of it in a very short time. lie then stated that it was extremely likely that the Constables would be called out next Thursday, when a large Meeting was expected to take place near the new Cattle Market. Saturday, according to public advertisement, a Meeting of Reformers for Universal Suffrage, An nual Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot, was held in the Relief Church-yard, Tollcross, four miles east of Glasgow. A motley concourse of people, to the number of about five thousand, were soon collected. To defray the expenses, a collection was made at the porch where they entered. Some preliminary speeches being delivered, execrating the Borough mongering system, and indulging in similar topics, a long series of Resolutions was then read, and un animously adopted. Their tenour was much the same as those passed at similar Meetings in England.-- After a variety of speeches.from several of the Ora tors, which occupied some hours, a Vote of 'thanks was unanimously given to Messrs. WooLER, SHER.. WIN, JOHNSON, &c. for their indefatigable exertions in the cause of Reform. Mr. H. HUNT, Major CART.. WRIGHT, Sir CHARLES WOLSELEY, and the Rev. Mr. HARRISON, received Votes of Thanks, and were in succession honoured with acclamation and loud cheering. One of the speakers then made a motion for a subscription towards the establishing a Journal in the West of Scotland, whose independence could not be doubted. The speaker enforced the plan by a long speech, stating the good likely to result to their cause by such an establishment. Another speaker then came forward and seconded the original motion with much warmth. The opinion of the Meeting was then taken ; and the motion was car ried unanimously bra show of hands. The business having ended, the strongest injunctions *ere given to disperse quietly. The loyal inhabitants of Leek, when informed of the Riots at Manchester and Macclesfield, requested the Magistrates would have the goodness to enrol them, and in three hours 560 Special Constables were sworn in. ATTRMPTED MEETING AT swrra! SHEFFIELD, AUGUST ti. Rumours have been abroad, that same romantic purpose as those held in NI Stockport, Leeds, and Barnsley, were to t here, and that HUNT and other worthies stamp were to conduct the busiuess, nob neighbourhood having either heart or tong high argument." On several occasions has been said, that large bodies of peopi on the New Burying-ground in the evi who were the leaders, and what was said done, we have never been able t') learn, those who had been on tre spot.:—their leak be any) holding discourse with those i about them, and their patriotic breatt on the multitude. It is not common for conspirators to me of a hill and to gather round them peo f , quarters who must be in general utter them and toeach other; nor is treason u,•„ in nests as conspicuous as those of a r yesterday, in consequence of a report i circulated that such an assembly s; 0; ,; ( 1 I every prudent preparation to preserve tla made, under the direction of the Magiqr , About seven o'clock several thoug did accordingly meet—but it was only to which they did most cheerfully, on th'e re tion of a person who told them they rrigi be called together soon according to law MEETINGS nt LO NDON AND WEST.I Requisitions are now signing to be prese Right Hon. the L•RD MAYOR, 14)7 the pin mining Meetings of the Court of Comm and also of Common Hall, to express the of the Corporation and Livery of London proceedings of the Magistracy and Milit chester. A Requisition to the following purpc! been sent to the thou BAILIFF of \Vestal a TO AILTMOS MORRIS, ZQ. NIGH BAMITT Or V LOAMY 01 wuraiitutz. " We, the undersigned Electors of Westinlnste; to call an early Meeting of the Electors of this Cit: to take into their consideration the propriety of Pawns Rums.: and the Nation on the conduct of t and Yeomen toward the People at their late Put, Manchester, held for the purpose' of considertni of adopting the most legal and effectual means Reform in the Commons House of Parliament.'" An answer, such as was desired, has received ; indeed, it is understood tha BAILIFF has demurred; but in the even fusing to call a Meeting, it is determined without him on Monday next, in Palaci FRANCIS BURDETT, in the Chair. The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived th It is reported in one of them that Mars!.al the Minister of War, has sent in his re . Five per Cents. Monday, 71 fr. 75 c. It is a singular fact that a French paper *al det Debats), in giving an account of proceedings at Manchester, has the folic graph : " The Magistrates advanced, am a loud voice, the Act against seditic_s ('Riot Act); and after having informed tht that the assembly was illegal, they ordi one to withdraw ; nobody obeyed ; and thi shewed various marks of contempt for t trates." The French editor must evid made up this account, rather from his on what ought to have been thefid, than fror ment to be met with in the English paps of which, however much some of them tempted to palliate the conduct of the have ventured to assert any thing of the the Magistrates " advanced:" had they real loud votce" the Riot Act; had they " or, one to withdraw" the result, we are satin have been, that EVERY BODY WOULD have A Dutch Mail arrived this day. Th , States arc far from acting with any kin(' mity respecting their difkrent Commer. While the old Constitution remained in force, of geaeral understanding prevailed anion; which the products and manufactures them were subjected to lower duties th, from foreign parts; but the former Constir ing been overturned by the events of ti :e I _of a century, many of the States have pi system of taxation which appeared best replenish their individual treasuries, regan usages. This matter has been brought Diet, and is to undergo discussion. We are concerned to see that illiber: vived in Germany, which would seek c. benefit by depriving the Jews of the mew hood. Yet those men cry out abons sec: , FRANKFORT, AUGUST 19. The desire of insulting the Jews set ms spreading all over Germany. Beginning burg, it has extended not only to Ban Frankfort, but at Darmstadt, Mentz, and Lv where the Jews are very numerous, we P proceeded to insult them. Our senate, precaution, still continues the mea , ures been adopted at Wurtzbing : several pc lost their rights of citizenship. 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