Star. — London, England, 1812-04-11 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. M i g ht ver y well obit tie either/tiering Pltisett of the tale Lard 3 but it would bring about a glmeral Kent b f injustice and •uin. Lard CASTLE REAGI I assured the kohse, that t bi ;motion of the Right Hon. Baronet, with respect t o oiso, was wholly unfounded. He was a proprietor of in the county alluded to, and therefore his weed mint be taken as of some authority on this sub. J In that, and some neighbouring counties, the goat ees evils must take place, if such a measure as ;*1 was not extended to Ireland. He did not con. a id e? the measure as restifte particularly on the Peti. toga he had presented. The measure was necessary l as e year for 74ths of Irelan I, and now it was more than ever necessary. her. PONSONBY denied that the gold had risen i n m ice; and contended, that the difference in price ba ; inan paper add gold was owing to the paper hav ing ban depreciated. The greater portion of the hods is Ireland were let on long leases, and the te mpts bad * Much better interest in them than the l an dl or ds; there the operation of this Dill would be to we e the landlords and enrich these tenants. Mr. W. POLE believed, that it this measure was not t.ttended to Ireland, as erect a revolttion would an place in the property there as ever there was under Robespierre in trance. If the Bill was not to lave effect in Ireland, every tenant would be obliged to go and purchase guineas at art exorbitant price, or he must quit his farm. Lord A. HAMILTON contended for the neces sity of inquiry whether this measure ought to be adopted before the Hous proceeded any farther. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER contended, that if the measure was proper to be adopted in England, it must be applied to Ireland. A Right Hon. Baronet had compared this measure with some that had taken place in France. The ac tual state ti facts was the best refutation of that statement. The system of France had caused an excessive issue of paper, which carried' ruin along with it. In this country we had an experience of nearly 12 months, and the issue of paper was dimi visited. There was besides a considerable diminution in the le ice cf gold ; and the exchanges with foreign count' les had, in the coui se of that year, become ta vourabie to us. There was, therefore, no foundation relies tt) believe that there is in any quarter of the British Empire, or aiitoUg any class of its inhabitants, a lack of loyalty or of attachment to the invaluable, privileges secured to us by our happy constitution r nor can we be persuaded that there is such a lament., able want of common sense among our artisans as to leave grounds to fear that they will not listen to the dictates of reason, and on a little reflection return voluntarily to those orderly habits which characterise the citizens of free states. It is not to be denied that the awful struggle which has been imposed upon us by the troubles of Europe for the last twenty years, has imposed upon every class of the community distressing privations—pri vations doubly grievous to the lower orders; but is tumult the way to remedy such evils? Is it not the ay to increase them? Violate the security with which the holders of agricultural produce can carry their commodities to market, and you will produce a real famine! This day four Anholt Mails arrived at the General Pbst Office, bringing letters from Carlbham, to the 98th ult. The accounts by these Mails are moat im portant. Had any doubts remained as to hostilities being resolved on between Rtissia and France, they are now entirely removed, as our Readers will see by the subjoined letter : Public distress can only be properly appreciated by comparisons. Look at France—at France--so long harassed by offensive wars with Italy, with Germany, with Switzerland, with Russia, with Spain I Our wars are defensive. Would you, like other States, give up your name and nation as Holland has done ? Spain was at peace—did that keep out BONAPARTE? Holland was at peace—Switzerland at peace—have they by peace been enabled to save themselves ? It will be seen by what passed in the House of Commons, last night, that though there is not an abundance of corn in the country, there is yet a sup ply sufficient, by goad management, to carry us on to harvest ; but let all orders and ranks in the com munity recollect, and speedily, that a portion of the detail of this necessary management devolves upon themulves individually, and let the misguided return to duty. A contrary conduct will only tend to base the efforts which, with their own co-operation, would avert the principal part of the threatened evils. We have seen several letters from Manchester this morning, dated the 9th inst. They mention, in va rinus shapes, the state of alarm in which the place had been on the preceding day, and the apprehen. sions they had been under lest mischief should be perpetrated during the night (as stated in the let ter given in another column) ;—hut we are happy to add, that the whole night passed without any dis turbance, and strong patroles of military parading the streets—and when the mail came away, every thing was quiet. We may therefore encourage a hope, that perfect order will soon be restored. " CARLSHAM, MARCH 2s. Things here are •ery unsettled. In consequence of War between Russia and France, people know not what to do. We have received the RUSSIAN DECLARATION OF Vv"A It AGAINST FRANCE : It is dated the 19th ul►imo, and, as might be ex pected, enumerates many acts of aggression come mitted by the common enemy.—But I have not time to transcribe it. A letter of the 13th March, dated from Konitigs• berg, states that France brings into the field 135,000 French troops, 40,000 Saxons, 6,000 Bavarians, 25,000 Westphalians, 150,000 Austrians, 15,000 Wirtembergers, 10,000 Poles, 40,000 Prussians. in the alarm, which supposed that we were sinking from bad to worse. He could state to the House, drat the Excise ~:f last year Froduced a sum of 417,900,000, mak'ng more by 4'300,000 than the tcise of the pec.-4ing year ; ai.d, although the sirms had fallen off, yet the whole of the revenue of 61 millions was only less, at the latent returns. by about iiliot , ,tlOu than oul he preceding year. This vas a most favourable state of. the coantry, when it was cunsidtred that the accounts were only made up within t!ie present month. Tt this measure had been calculated to produce the evils that h.td been stated, there IA LA rwt be at this unit such a favourable state dour afEiirs. _ Mr. THOMPSON said, he never knew of a Bank pore secure than the B.tok of England. He denied that there was an excessive r sue of Bank paper, or that the issue was the cause of the scarcity of Gold. Only let the merchants have an export trade, and then the Gold wt.uld soon come back to the country. Mr. BANXES, at the time he argeed to many of the points urged by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, could not lose sight of the &Inger which might result fium adopting the measure ; as in so doing, the House was losing sight cf the first principles of paper cur rency. He was involved in doubt ; it was a question deeply invclving the vital interests of the country ; but how far expediency might justity it, he could not determine. He should not oppose the measure, and hoped the adoption of it would not be productive cf the evils lie apprehended. The House then divided—For the Amendment 27. Arinit it b7—Majority ihe House then went into a Committee, and after some observations from Mr. Giles, Mr. Bankes, Mr. ''onsonby, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir V. Gibbs, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Ellison, the several clauses were agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, although he did not-see any probability of Par }lament not bcirrg called on annually, whilst the re- strictions lasted, yet, as a guard to the interests of the Public, he should propose that this should be a abort Bill, and that it should expire within two months after the next met:6llg Af Paiiament. A civise to that etrect ♦vas agreed to—the House resumed, and the rei:urt was ordered to be received ea Monday. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The OBSERVER shop of war has taken a French privateer in the Gulph of Florida. The privateer carried 14 guns and 90 men, SO of whom were killed. FALMOUTH, APRIL a. Came in the Hope galliot, bound to Gibr a ltar, from London, with tho loss of her loge-top-mast. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 9. Came in the Enielie French schooner, of 10 guns, and 64 men, captured by the TONSANT man of war ; FAVOURITE sloop of war, from a cruize ; and the Morning Star Cartel, from Morlaix. Sailed the ROYAL SOVEIVIGN and BELLE Pota.r, on a cruize. 436,000 in all : the one half of which is in full march. Com r issaries of the most approved abi• lities are employed by the different States to furnish magazines on the route pointed out for the troops. The Esnik.aost, with the King of Paussta, is shortly expected at Koningsberg, at the head of the left wing of the army of 100,000 men. The Prussian army is to be commanded by MASSENA. The inhabitants of Koningsberg are to be provisioned for six months, and in consequence thereof, the Prussian Court has gone to Breslau in order to avoid being spectators of the march of foreign troops through her territories. N. B. When the Morning Star Cartel sailed from Merlair, the Earl of Chesterfield, late a Guernsey picket, now a French privateer, was expected to sail on a ctuize the following day. Silesia is declared neutral; and the French have abandoned the Oder, but have occupied Colberg, Milian anci Memel. BERTHILR and DAvousT have the command. From this you will perceive, that going to Russian port:: will be attended with risk. At any rate great caution will he necessity, fcr:he object of BONAPARTS is to occupy them. But I must conclude as tl.e post is Just going." RIOTS. The Irish Spirits Bill was read a sk.:.:t..thl time, and committed Sar Monday. The Report of the Embezzlentult rill was postponed to 34r. brought hp the kteport of the Committee appointed to inquire into t .e itasa.ra of .he Laic India Company, labia was ordered to be printed. Mr W. I'ol.l. brotsg..t io dsv kit& Spirits Duty Bill, and the kisli.:lobaceo Ally Lm whisk were each read a nest time, and Ordered fcr a *toiled malt g on Montial.—Adjourtied. THE, EVE.NINGSTAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, APRIL 11. PRict OF S roots Tkits DAY AT OM& O'CLOCK 3 per Ct. Cons. for maim 5.11—D0. 1 t a 4. .01, Suet Cr. Reduced 531-4 vet. t'ent. 74 Sptr Ct. 90ii-3 per Ct. Scrip pre. 11.11. Bills is. Sr. pm—Bonds 7s. 3s. pros e had the grief to be obliged, yesterday, to en sconce the appeatance of a riotous disposition in 'carious quarters : we say it was to us a real martt &anon, to be obliged to record acts of indiscretion and madness, committed by people whose previous geed conduct, general deportment, and, we may add, sound information and rational loyalty, lcft us no ground to apprehend such a deviation from the dictates of sound same, true policy, and genuine re. l igion. We are much eancetned to be obliged this day to continue a detail of misconduet disgracei ill to Dritons. The only consolation, we have in recorsliog such acts of folly arises from a.ftrm conviction that, aoewitha staqing their complexion s they can only be viewed , as mob r i ots , o f which the perpetrators themselvee Will soon be ashamed hit we Astilis sllow our. • . • .4 , • - • • MANCHESTER, CARLISLE, AND BRISTOL. the Reesuglararre and Coinages, that, as gaardfane of t% popeci entrusted to their care, they carand comma tbsc die Mrets.ig should be held in any pan of the Negate " Manchester, April 7." •s• " TO TUC INIIAITONTS Or ismiciarrils . Alllo wAttcuto. " Fdlow Townsnien—A public Meeting la cotwens d, for the purpose Of* expressing the strongest assurances of attachmimt to his Royal Highness the Prince Ret,eut, and the nu st ardent teal in support of his Oth•crunsent. " This is a measure of holy, and introduced at a time What you are sulleting under distress anal wretchedness uu sampled in its event and pressure, and anticipating its incalculable in: crease; when every rank of society, from the highest order in the State to the meanest of the labouring pour, is viewing with agony the impending and complicated dangers which dirrusis our existerce as an independent nation. " Ihe luv r and revs race we bear our country, and he laws. denund, can this occasion, a display of that uncoil merable pars,. verwite, winch an sense of duty inspires and animates: My Allow 'lownsmen, ytniare sensible of this duty, you will attend the MI, ting on the 6th of April, and Convert this stew littionv that will be submitted to you into a Constkutiong call top on the Government, to concede to the general wish *nil ints ruts of the Country, by renouncing these tatal priticikles that ' hate been so pre - giant with calamity. " I have confidence in your wisdom, honour, and firmness; and trust that your conduct, calmly ro•operating with 14 rev generating sense and spirit of the peop!e ; will re-tort this sakted Ration to its natural soundness and vigour. " A waitaisici rocs." We shall not extend ti i; article farther than IsT subjoining another private letter which we have well, in addition to those we gave yesterday a " MANCHESTER, APRIL 8. " THREE O'CLOCK.—Where the disturbances will end, alas! who can tell ? The people manif st a • most outrageous spirit : they cry, " Now it (sir Nat for a cheap loaf!" and threaten to fire t!te warthot•ses lt is said the mob are now gone to demolish the Par. tier), but the military are oil to *protect ir. The ass. change would actually have been on fire in five mi. nutes ; they had laid all the n:wspapers, maps, and broken chairs and tables on a heap, when the soldiers arrived; the constables had before interfered, but they took their truncheons of them, and abused them. " Mr. H. Berley attempted to get into the Er. change when they were breaking the things, and talked to them, but they pulled him into the street, threw him down, tore his clothes off, and abused him. - Foun o'CLocat.—l have just been into the Ex. change ; it would really distress you to see what work is made there—they have actually demolished all they could. • ‘. &vex o'Ctocx.—The populace have not dis. persed ; the military are upon the alert ; no more mischief has been done by the exasperated multitude, but we dread the arrival of darkness. o'CLecx.—An express has been sent to Li verpool for more troops. We are yet quiet." CARLISLE. We are sorry to hear that a tumult has also taken place at Carlisle, where the people wished to unload some vessels th,tt were tP.king in corn and potatoes to be carried coastwise. This was prevented by the sea. sonable interference of the blagistrttes ; bu in Ms • afternoon the multitude were exasyerated by some of the military officers drawing their swords, They a 5...! setabled round the mess.room and broke the,wtin•: dows, when the Riot Act was read, and die soldiers fired. One po , r woman, far advanced in pregnancy. Was killed, .and several persons were wounded. MANCHESTER. BRPITOI , The origin of the whole proceeding is to be traced Some disturbances took place in the city of Briturl on tl.e last market day, on account of me dearness to a requisition signed by one hundred and fifty-four inhabitants of the town; addressed to the Borough- . of Prnvi'i°n% rotatoes had been on the rise for s reeve, to call a meeting cf the town of Minchester, some time previou ;and the Camas who had se— viral Waggon loads at the market, were attempting Salford, and the neighbourhood, to prepare a duti to advance their price, when a mob r.ssembled, and ful Address to the Pstme Recur. The following threatened them with their ver ,.. eance. Some of the is a copy of the requisition : . 6 ss We whose names are hereunto subs . stibed, request you win respectable inhabitants of the town in ct nseqUence convene a Public Meeting of the t o w n o f M a n c h ebt e r . Salford, interffred, and cedeavorred to appease the nit.b by and the neighbourhood, to prepare a dutiful Adders to :i!, Royal promising to prevail en the farmers to sell the po. Highness the PRINCE ltxur:s . r, expressive of the strongest a'Sti• Uttt`CS at the price of the I •v e u previous rnarlcet day. In ranee, of our attachment to his Royal Person, and of err erdoit th is t ley re ncuccessful ; and the cons:quence . zee/ for the Juttsrt el kis G4v:rnoteet. c t was, that the mob seized the provisions in spite of In consequence of this requisition, a meeting was every npposition, and either destroyed or c arried called for the Bth instant, but the occasion gave rise to the clashing of party feelings and political beat, which away the whole. produced agitation in the public mind, and promised t that the meeting, if it should take place, would be turbulent and tumultuous. • Placards were conse quently posted by both parties, and all the usual means resorted to for ins; truing the popular mind, and stimulating the passions of the multitude on boat skies. Flom amongst the many copies of the pla cards exhibited on the occasion, we submit the fol lowing specimens.—One party posted— " NOW or NEVER !—Those Inhabitants who do not wish for an Increase of Taxes and Poor Rates—an Advance in the l'rice of Pro4islons—a Scarcity of Work—and a Reduction of W . :lea—will not fail to go to the Meeting on Wednesday morn ing next, at the Exchange, and ()Prose. 'rite 154 Presorts who have called you together ; and you 11, di theft do right to express your driestation of the e:•nduct of thme M n who have hrongia this Country to its precut di.trecsed Stun, and are entading Misery on Thousands of our industrious Mechanics. Setae culls MINSS NOW, before it is too late; let not the Prince and the People be deceived as to your real Sentiments. Speak and act Yesterday all was bustle at the Costom-house . In boldly and firmly, hut above all ' be EACLAIII.E." consequence of the permission to export rice having The other party exhibited P " I: NCLAND LI PLC Et EVERY MAN TO DO NIS DUTY! been countermanded. I " Should you not this day give your surport to the PRINCE Reamer, ll you may, in a , very Limit time , evert a revival of the Yesterday a Board of the Lords of the Treasury was held at the Treasury Chambers, shicli was a:- t d. 2.l. 4 s7a f ke,. °:l ' .- :1 I'lf.uQt.it'ltialEN:veMA.ltrirl; whena. t" i e ' Y r " l a r ) saer":"„tfontlit7 were present tended by Messrs. BitoDiatco, PAGET, and BARNE. . Government have eledged themseives to stilt:ion the P Pep'sh The PRINCE REGENT dined with the Duke of oidigioit, mai os BJ NA ?A %TY if the head of that Rehron, your "tom( on Wednesday. , universal cry should be "NO POP:: BONAPARTE." These, and such placards, operated differently but Thursday, the Omniium Club dined together, and , - '. possertnity upon the heated imaginations of the pa though there h . s been lately a depression of the funds, • ulace. ' The effect was sensible in the busy bustle the compahy appeared not to have suffered any lort ' P d . an agitated temper t:f the multitude. The ferment of amittite ! i was so great, and the prospect so tremendous. that FAWCETT, the other night, in Tixour the Tartar, the Committee of the Exchange refused to grant the addressing Mrs. H. Joirestrst, eXCIAIMCd, " Lady, I ' use of their rooms for the Meeting. An application am come to assist you at the hazard of my tire." — ! was then made for the great room at the Bull ' s Head At this moment one of the side scenes gave way, and : Inn, which was also refused, and upon this the threatened to give a fatal verity to his declaration. 1 Boroughreeve and Constables thought proper to part ' The new Comedy to be produced this evening at t off the Meeting altogether, which they did by pub the Lyceum, it is said, is from the pen of Mrs. LA : lishing the following Notice : Fete, the sister of Mr. SHERIDAN. " Manchester, Tuesday Evening, April 7, 1512.' ' Disc Duchess of GORDON is given over by her o The Boroughreeve and Constables of Manchester having, Physicians I her Grace ' s calamitous case arose from i at t i our i o ' clock di e ts ahem . soon, received the following l communs a fall, as she was about to sit down, by which secs - I f rom flu the on p l u ng i t i t c ee o u h f at thg e tchao cc ge, abegppoieantve r ed f e i slect to - . dect the spine became so much injured, as almost . morrow, to the Dining-room of that Buildieg, cannot take f al ul t ly " to immediately to paralyse her whole frame. I place. — The Boreraghreeve and Constables were desirous that A galliot at Beaumattis, and a sloop at Bangor, the Publio should not be disappointed, and, with that vita, Bull ' s Head Inn, bat have been seized by the Officers of, the Customs, in ' gr a s p d p ri cat th iLt v o a lso r tbe b e lar en ge = :ices in the Bull ' s consequence of their having a quantity of gunpowder' o TO TUE BORODONBRIVE AND CONSTABLES or martcscseza , on board, picked up in hampers, and passed in their o 1 he Conan/tree of the Manchester Exchange have been de shipping Order as groceries. drool at ad timer to accommodate the Town with the use of the Mons-roan on public eteadettei but as the proposed Meeting Colonel Daamo, the Deputy Adjutant-Geherati to-morrow is likely to be mama:oat as to esCartge/ the safety has petfectly recovered from his Lars severe accidcut, of the raitesse. which is not calculated for a crowd, and upon and Ills eyei have bliss Outer . i which they had the epithet of an Aracitecr, they beg leave to in . . .. ._ LI RUTIN A fiT FFinQUISON, 47 . ru Fonv.—This young Officer died in February last at Cadit, in cons.► quence of a wound which he received from a Spanish centinel at one of the gates. The particulars are these e—Lieutenanz Fenotssox was returning to Ca diz, and had already passed the outward gate, but on attempting to get through the inner One he was stopped by the centinel. A scuffle ensued, and nu the cetttinel striking the Lieutenant with his musket, the latter knocked him down, arid then pre ceede4 into tom-. Tie had not gene many traces when he was fired at, and received the shot in his back. He lingered two days, but before he expired he was suf , ficiently collected to state the particulars. The con tine' was tried by order of the Cortes, anti condemned to death, which sentence was carried Into execution before the garrison of Cadiz. St. Clair, the French Officer who escaped smit e ti me since from Rochelle to the A seacaousre of 74 guns, and respecting whose profligacy, &c. so much w a y s said in the French Papers, bas been sent to Buenos ' Ayres, at his own request. Matusrosx, Arno. 9.—This day at :10 minutes past twelve o'clock, the five following unfortunate men were, in pursuance of their sentence at the late Assizes for this county, executed at Penneode‘ Heath, vii. Jame: Moore, for a rape on Charlotte is.'nell, of East Mailing. Guillaume Lemon, Jean Fi ddle Rouelle, Francois Alaoiir, and Ephraim Franilius for forgery and being accessary to the same, on board his Mojesty's ship Glory, lying in the river Medwar.. They behaved themselves in a very &cent manner, such as was becoming their truly awful situation, of which they appeared perfectly sensible, end met their end with seeming great fortitude. The conntenance of Franklin was, during the time they were praying and tying up, very interesting, lively, and frequently smiling and pleasant. The three Frenchmen were attended by a Catholic Priest, and the other two by the Chaplain of the Gaol. They were attended by the Under Sheriff and the usual retinue i ami d . great number of spectators were present. Last week, Rokre Doliver, the American, capitally convicted at the late Assizes, fcr Kent, of titterins counterfeit notes, received a respite from the Secret4ry of S'tate's Office, during the pleasure of the Prince Regent. . . Thursday night, at ten o'clock, a Ere was dis.o., vered in the two pair of Stairs of premises' in Mo. end New Towns whicb, by the exec:ions of the msighl ' hours, was got under, without doirawany other iajuiy than darn:aging-the interior of she room Wears it broke out. • 01 . . PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 10. Arrived his Majesty's ship ROSE, from Guernsey. Sailed the ACTIVE and VIPER, on a crilize ; GEANI. pus, to St. Helen's, bound to the Brazils—The Vistr- TOUR is appointed convoy to Guernsey.—Wind E. DEAL, APRIL 10. Arrived his Majesty's ship DRAKE, from a cruize off Flushing.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Ecno, on a cruize.—Wind E. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9. Yesterday arrived the Union, DARNOULT, from Demerara ; George, \VELTSTOOD, from Maranbarn ; Grace, Sumo, from Pernambucco ; Bambridge, GRAY, from Savannah; Smith and Isabella, WM.:ILL, from Charleston; Ranger, RursoN, from Lisbon; Constitution, PRI" from Cadiz.; and Lady Ann, EDGAR, from Sligo. Iv