Star. — London, England, 1812-05-25 00:00:00

rkf ARgte .; • she Reutrum sailed on Friday from Plymouth with a considerable ntiMber of horses said 70 dta goons for the Peninsula. • Two fine Companies or the 2 dbati Awl 95th Rig s Corps, commanded by Major Wit.ittsss • are now in high spirits on their march to Portsmouth, there to embark for Lord WELLINGTON'S army. The Dorset Militia, now it Yarmouth, have re: ce i v ed their rout for Bristol, and will be relieved by the South Lincoln. Correa, MA Y 232 Th e Ist or Itoyai Chester Local Militia have returned to this city from Stockport, after in absence of 14 days on permanent dLtty ; during which period they have received the thanks of Lieu tenant. General MAITLAND and Major-General Aucx sawn, for their most exemplary conduct ; and surely a finer or more complete regiment is not in his Ma jesty's service having, exclusive of Link ccmapanies, vi art illery and rifle company attached. Every thing was quiet during their stay in Stockport. At a regimental court-martial of the Is 4 regiment of 'Oxfordshire Local Militia, held at Witney, on Saturday se'nnight, Holtom, H. Walford, and J. B r i i ics,rivates in the said regiment, were sentenced and committed to-Oxford gaol, the former for twenty one, days, andthe two latter for fourteen days each, for being absent from the assembly of their regiment on the ed or May, and not joining till brought by a aerjeant l s escort', on the Bth inst.—And agreeably to the 45th set. of the b . 2d Geo. 3. c. 38,. those men, so imprisoned, forfeit all their past services, and are compellable to serve the Ml period of four years in the Dual Militia, after 'the expiration of such impri sonment. Dom.-A duel was fought in February, at Up ?ark Camp, Jamaica, between Lieutenant W. HiLay ef the 18th (Royal Irish) regiment, and Lieutenant G. SCOTT of the sth West In4ia, when the latter re ceived a severe wound, his antagonist's ball having passed through his right side and wounded his liver. He survived only two days. Lieutenant HEIM has absconded, in consequence of the Coroner's Inquest haying returned a verdict ofwilful murder. After the battle of Albuera, when the 2d Hussars ' if the King's German Legion were covering the retreat pf, British army, Jouft B'rrij, a native of Switzerland, a private in the said regiment, was taken prisoner by a party of French Lancers, and escorted into Seville, where he remained for some time; led, to his great credit and honour, in a very short time persuaded 523 Germans ( who were then serving if different regiments ih the French service in Spain) to join the British army, and whom he con. ducted safely to Gibraltar, from whence he was sent pith them to the recruiting deeot in the Isle of Wight. General Boca, to whoirr he delivered these men, seas much pleased at his great enter prize, and has promoted bim to the rank of Serjeant. This enter prizing young man is now on his march to join the depot of his regiment now stationed at Ipswich. TOM THIRD Raotasesr•—At the storming of Ba.. dajoz, the 49d Regiment was ordered to furnish two Lieutenants and 70 men, for the advanced party, commonly called' "the forlorn-hope. This order was ao sooner comMunicated to the Regiment, than 11 antialtern'offreers and upwards of SOO men rushed for. beard as volunteers for that service. The two senior Lieutenants claimed the duty as their right, and were appointed the officers ; but such was the eager. seas and enthusiasm of the soldiers, that it became not oily necessary to determine by lot who should be the 70 men required for the party, but bribes were after wards offered for the places of those who had suc ceeded. Their subsequent exertions corresponded with this ardour, and their loss manifested too plainly the true spirit of this Regiment. Their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Nl , Leon, fell early, leading his regiment to the breach.. The 2d in corn. • nand, Major WELLS, was also severely wounded ; and not less than 16 officers, of different ranksovere either +Med or wounded ; and a proportion of gal bat soldiers, exceeding greatly that of any other re giment. Lieutenant Colonel M'LEoD was a most premising officer, and one of a numerous family of heroes, who ) in several of our late military atchieve tnents, have been most honourably but fatally dis tinguished. The 43d Regiment is one of the three regiments composing the Light Brigade, consisting besides of the 62d and 95th Light Regiments. This brigade, during the whole of the war in Portugal, bas displayed a zeal and discipline that will for ever, Idea on them immortal honour. The post of ho nour in advance, and close to the enemy, has been always given to them. In the memorable and con tested retreat ef the Earl of WELLINGTON towards Lisbon, they formed his rear guard ; and in his ad vance on MAssaNA, in the following year, this Bri gade composed the advanced division of his army. Amongst the various battles during this period, the 43d Regiment has, on two occasions, particularly distinguished itself, namely, in the affair on the Cox, in the year 1810 ; and again on the same river in the advance of the army, in the year 1811. In this latter affair, when General CEAUVORD, with this Bri gade unly;found himself, on clearing away of a fog, wady cut off by a large division of the French army, the manoeuvres of this Regiment were of the most brilliant description. The rapidity and order obser ved in their repeated attacks, and their coolness and shadiness when attacked in their turn, was a dis uf valour and discipline that has never been sur passed ; afid could not fail to attract the particular admiration of the Earl of WELLINGTON. His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief has lately, with ghat judgment and discrimination, granted to par- Naler regiments his Majesty's permission to bear on the,'. , Colours and regimental appointments, the name of the tsattles in which they have distinguished them selves ; a !rophy highly gratifying to the Regiments, aid of which both officers and soldiers are proud, tiu Regiments have ever earned an honourable dis *canal better than those composing this Brigade.— And when the spirit and alacrity with which they have performed, for so long a period, duties of the most arduous description, is considered ; the marked n iuuhation of their conduct by the Earl of WEL uxerow, and his repeated thanks to them ; added to the valour and enthusiasm again displayed by them at the storming of Ciudad Roo:big° and of Bad4oz it is to b e h ope d that his Royal Highness the Com mander in Chief will confer some signal mitt of Ro7al aennt on those gall= Regiments. • , ibALhartAfTwar pßomniNdi LUSIPIESS FOR 'THE WEEK: TIII3 PAS. Oftnats.—Further consideratfon of Report Clantieltie►e May. Also Bin—Further considerathin of Report Glass Duties Bill— , LosalTokens Bill, Second time—Committee on Bank Token Bill .—Committee on,Dnhwful Oaths Bill—Committee or' Riots BiU r.-Committee on Scotch Assessed Taxes Bill—Committee on ldsh Roads Bill—Committee tin Sbuthern Whale Fishery Bill— Committee of Supply—Committee of Ways and Means—Com mittee on General Enclosure Bill—Committee on Irish Popula tion Bill—Committee on Nightly Watch Bill—Committee on "Orders in Council, Persons to attend—Report Supply--Irish Commissioners Salaries of Appeals Bill, second time. TO►MOA*oW. No - rt c a —MT % Ward—Address to the Prince Regent relating to Barracks—Mr. Whitbread—Sir James Craig's Correspon dence relating to America. Oa utits.—Cotntnittee on Publicans' Bill—Committee on Ma nure Carriage BilL WEDNESDAY. No - rim—Sir John Newport—lnland Navigation in Ireland. OkDERS.—.IIO USG to be called over—Committee on County P., 'ge Bill. THURSDAY. Novica.—Mr. Canning—Address to the Prince Regent on the Penal Laws regarding the Catholics. ORDERL—Committee on Blachford's Divorce Bill—Com mittee on Moore's Divorce Bill. Flt I D A r.—A Holiday. [ln the List of the Majority upon Mr. Wortley's motion (in Saturday's paper) the names of Sir J. Astley, and Mr. G. Long man, Member fur Maidstone, were omitted.] RELIEF OF THE► MANUFACTURERS. On Saturday a respectable, though not very nu. merous, meeting of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and others, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration the means of affording relief to the distresses of the manufacturers in various parts of the country. Besides the Duke cf YORK, who was in the Chair, there were present, among others, the Dukes of KENT. CAMBRIDGE, and lturtaNn, Lerd ROLLE, Mr. Justice BAILEY, Mr. WILBERFORCE, Mr. H. THORNTON, Mr. BAYINOTON, Mr. STEPHEN, &C. Mr. Wiceeneonce regretted, that, however respec table the present meeting was, a greater number of persons of all ranks had not been brought together by an object so interesting as that for which they were now met. Indeed, as the distresses which pre vailed in the manufacturing districts were so very extensive in their nature, it might seem to some an object beyond the means of a meeting like the present to afford them relief ; but still those who ori ginated this measure would feel gratified by doing as much as they were able, if they c"uld not do all they wished, and at least a beginning would be given to exertions which might be more extensively follow ed up by others. He thought that the first resolu tions to be adopted by the Meeting should be of as general a nature as possible ; and that their first ob ject should be to appoint a committee for the pur pose of. receiving contributions, and corresponding with local committees in various pins of .the coun try, so as to learn what claims were most urgent, and also in what way relief could best be applied.— The attention of the C-I/mime should also be direct ed to the best means of husbanding the resources of the country amidst the present dearth of provisions, and particularly of forming soup establishments in various districts where they could not tail to prove highly useful. He trusted that the example set by the illustrious personages now present, would be fol lowed by the highest ranks of society ; and con cluded with moving several resolutions, which went generally to declare the necessities under which many of the manufacturers laboured, the duty of affording them relief, and the propriety of appointing a Com mittee with that object. The Duke of Ketir s in seconding the resolutions, observed, that the object of the meeting was not to consider the causes to which the distresses of the manufacturers might be owing. Discussions of that nature, connected with questions of policy, were foreign to their present purpose ; and their first ob ject was now to consider the evil as it stood, and to unite all classes of society in furnishing relief to the families of manufacturers till the next harvest, which he hoped would remove she temporary pressure arising from the high price of provisions. A Birmingham Manufacturer, whose name we did not learn, begged leave t.) recommend the general wearing of buckles and metal-buttons. If the illus trious personages now present, and others in the higher ranks of society, were to restore that fashion and make it general, it would open new employment to the mechanics of Birmingham, and do much to relieve their distresses. Mr. Swint* alluded to tome remarks which he had read in a Morning Paper, the tendency of which he deprecated as calculated to induce people to keep aloof from relieving immediate digress, while profess ing to recommend the removal of the Orders in Coun cil as the only cure. But if these measures were wrong, which he denied, the labouring classes were not chargeable with the errors of Government, and the proper inquiry was, not whether the distresses of the manufacturers were caused by this or that measure, - but what should be done to afford them relict in the first instance ? Having heard that this meeting was recommended by the Deputies from the Potteries' and from Birmingham, be had expected that it would have been attended by some of those Gentlemen who thought differently from him as to the policy of the Orders in Council. Hitherto the pure stream of public charity had in this country been uncontami nated by party politics ; it was humanity alone which should form the bond of connection on the present occasion ; and he hoped that thousands of those who differed in political opinion would contribute their exertions to remove distresses which all must lament. Mr. Oonv wished to impress upon the distinguish ed personages whom be had the honour to address, the inexhaustible resources which the country might derive from the cultivation of the waste lands, and the improvement of the fisheries. Mr. Justice BAILEY proposed that the Meeting should adopt a Resolution, recommending to the higher classes of society to limit the consumption of bread in their families t and to leave- off the use of pastry. • This might produce a saving equal in effect to a considerable subscription. Mr. Wn.sanfroacg begged to suggest, that a tacit agreement of this sort might be preferable to a pub lic Resolution. He trusted, however, that the atten tion of the Committee would be particularly directed to the obtaining an increased supply of Ash for the consurtiptim of all classes Of society. The Duke of Camaninor also reeontnentiect to the Learned Judge to postpone his Resolutibn. Mr. Justice Ban.Kv's Resolution Was accerchig4' withdrawn, and a coininittee was apivintbd, which comprised all the dentletnen whose names we have already given, together with several other individuals. On the motion of the Duke of kurtAxo, the thdnks of the meeting were Voted to the Duke of YORK for the zeal and alacrity which he had shewn in the busi. Bess of the day ; to which his Royal Highness made a suitable reply. A subscription was then immediately entered into, to which their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK, Karr, and CAMBRIDGE subscribed £3OO each, the Duke of RUTLAND £lOO, and several other Noble men and Gentlemen similar sums amounting alto gether to upwards of 82000. The Meeting, which was more respectable than numerous (being only about 200 persons) then sepa. fated. ANNIVERSART CELEBRATION OP WESTMINSTER ELECTION. The Fifth Anniversary of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S return to Parliament for the City of Westminster was celebrated on Satarday, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Sir FRANCIS BURDRTT in the Chair. A little after five o'clock the Honourable Baronet entered the room, accompanied by the Honourable C. H. Hutchinson, M. P.; E. Blount, Esq. of Staf fordshire ; W. Fawkes, Esq. of Farnley, York ; G. Johnsln, Esq. Scarborough, York; H. Clifford, Esq C. A. Thomson, Esq. Major Cartwright ;. William Bosville, Esq. ; Henry Hunt, Esq. of Bristol ; Mon. tague Burgoyne, of Mark Hall, Essex ; C. and H. Wolseleys, E,qrs. Staffordshire; Kinnaird, Esq.; Alderman Wood, &c. &c. When an assemblage of nearly' 500 Electors of Westminster sat down to dinner.—lmmediately after the removal of the cloth, " The Regent—and may he bear in mind the declaration of the Prince of Wales, that the Crown is ilea in trust for the benefit of the People,'" was drank with three, and loud applause —Tune, " God save the King." Sir F. BURDETT then rose and said, that although, in the toast he was about to 'propose, he necessarily felt deeply impressed with the virtues and abilities of the person to whom it related, still he thought the exercise of those virtues and abilities was too recent in the recollection of all those who were present, to render it fit or necessary for him to go into any com mon-place eulogium on the merits of a departed friend; although on such an occasion, it certainly would be excusable. The worthy Baronet then gave, " The memory of that true Patriot, who for upwards of fifty yeam, advocated the People's Cause—John Horn 'Tooke.".— [With three.] Tune, "The Dead March." Mr. STURM then said, by permission, or rather at the request of the Stewards, he rose for the purpose of proposing a toast. In giving it, he would detain them for one moment to express the pleasure he felt at seeing so numerous a company assembled on this occasion; among whom he observed so many of those faces which were familiar to him, persons with whom he had the honour to be associated five years ago— persons who, in common with himself, had supported their present independent Representative against the power of corruption, and of undue influence.—(Hear, hear)—They had abundant reason to dong~►►rratulate themselves on the choice they had made of die Hon. Baronet; even so lately as Thursday evening, hi had, in his place in Parliament, promulgated doctrines which clearly proved his invariable constitutional feeling. Mr. &macs! concluded by giving, " Westminster 's Pride, and Elsland's Hope—Sir Francis Bur dett."--(Which was drank with three times three, and the most unbounded applause.]—Tune, " Britons strike !mine." Sir FRANCIS BURDETT immediately rose, and said, he should be insensible indeed to any of those corn monfeelings which necessai Hy operated on the human breast, if he did not feel, in the strongest degree, gra titude towards the Electors of Westminster, and de votion to their and the public interest for those ge nuine marks of affection and esteem, which he had so uniformly received from them and the Public at large. They formed an additional stimulus for his adherence to that principle of public duty, which had secured him a reward, that, after the gratification of his own mind, after the feelings of his own heart, was the most pleasing return which could be made to him for his exertions—he meant the approbation of the Electors of Westminster.—( Hear.) Calamitous as was the situation of the country, he conceived little satisfaction could be derived from reflecting on- pub lic affairs. But he confessed he felt very great satis faction, in having an opportunity of addressing so re spectable, so numerous, and so enlightened a body of his Constituents. Those sentiments, which, unfa shionable as they appeared to be in many other places, where one should suppose they would be received with congenial feelings, he did experience much gra- titication in avowing, before an assembly where pub lic virtue, public feeling, and the consideration of public duty, were not extinguished—(Hear, hear.) It was often his lot, in the performance of his duty, to address a number of Gentlemen, whose feelings ap. peared to be of a very different description. Paying the Electors of Westminster this compliment, if, in deed, it could be at all so considered, he begged leave to observe, that it was a very indifferent one, and, therefore, they_must place it on the ground of his not having been in the habit of addressing assemblies in a complimentary way ; such, however, as it ias, he trusted they would receive it as it was intended.— ( Hear.) Their fellow Elector, Mr. Sturch, had re presented his (Sir Francis's) services, in a light ex tremely flattering—at the same time, he was perfectly aware, that, in his representations, more ought to be attributed to his partiality„ and to the indulgent medium through which he was inclined to view his exertions, than to any possible advantages which he could render to his Constituents, or to the Pub lic in general, under the present circumstances of the country. The worthy Gentleman had alluded to what passed on Thursday last, in the Hopse of Commons, and had done him the honour to agree in his sentiment—that, without certain - great public measures, the old sham miserable pretence of bene fiting the public, by any change in the Administra tion, would be found illusory. Now, the measure he proposed, and on which he would stand; was this— that no Administration should be formed, except on the.principle of 3eckessing the grievances of the public; cutting ° Of f mOttntayncli stepping n t c h :, l3 t r ep g a a y t i e n e g rP of e t t re• kited pentichS, and the granting of sinecure places to worthless individuals; that no Administration shonlg be tolerated that did not proceed op the broad basis of univerial rights, that would not oppose the rights of the Constitution being withheld from any descrip. don of persons, on account of religious opinions—to gethet with this principle, which could alone secure the continuance of the benefits he had ment;onea, or of any others which an Administration might bestow on the country..-" a full and fair Representation of the people in Parliament," (hear) , -to *hich he thought they were as well entitled as the King was to , the Crown. It was part of the compact, it was part of the original agreement when the Monarch ascended the throne—and the people had as full and . complete a right w it, as any individual had a right to his private estate ; and in one point of view, the claim might be considered more powerful, because it was most essentially connected with the happiness and prosperity of the country. By the recognition of that right alone could be supported the boast which they were so fund of making, sometimes, he believed, , without much consideration, that this was a free and independent nation. He had always believed and maintained, that the great Constitutional bulwark of a Parliament fairly chosen by the people at large, was not more necessary to the due acitinistration. of the Laws—the safety of the country, and the security of the people in general, than conducive to the greatness and permanency of the Throne... To illustrate this point a little, he would just call their recollection to the transactions which had lately occurred. They were told' in the daily papers, that the Administration Was put an end to ; and that the King had sent to my Lord this, and Mr. such a-one, to form a new one. Now, those persons to whom he was obliged to apply, are, or suppose they will be, able to manage so much Parliamentary influence (dust is, to command so many votes from rotten boroughs) as would'enablo an honest King, and an honest Minister, to carry on the Government of the Country.— (Loud laughter.)—. It appeared to him that the King was degraded by such a proceeding as this. In point of tact, he *as not the King—there was a Sovereign over him, whose will he was obliged to comply with, and to whom he was obliged to sacrifice (that he might be allowed to go on at all with his Government) the best interests of his people.—(Tar, hear.)—For his own part, he should call the act of the Sovereign, in thus sending to such and such persons to form an Adminisuottion, a periodical abdication of the Government by the King.—(Loud cheering.)—The great object which he ever had hr view, was to endeavour to bind together the interests of the King and of the people ; that .they should be strong enough, united, to put down that.borough faction, which, he again asserted, stood as Sovereign over both—to cuff down those owls and unclean birds that impudently seat themselves, cheek by joie, on the same chair with Noyalty.—(Cs eat sp plaure.)—ln following this course, though he was well aware that he was not likely to obtain ap plause of that description of persons who usually surrounded a.King, and, for their own private pur aposes, (and, generally to their own ruin) mis gu ided nd mislead trim —but he had this consolation in his mind, that he was doing that which every honest subject would do for his King— h e wa s support i ng hisinterests as much as those of the people at large. Sir Francis then, in on animated manner, called on the country Gentlemen to come forward, observing, however, that if they •d not chuse to shew them • selves the advocates their own sod country's rights, he had no doubt but the people, determined to be free, would act for themselves, and become their oven leaders. di The Navy—the bulwark ea free nation." Sir FRANCIS, previous to giving the health of Lord Cochrane, stated that illness prevented him from at. tending. " Lord Cochrane, and his able exertions against England's No reign and Domestic Enemies." The Army of England, and may it never be employed bob againfit the Foreign Enemy." Sir FRANCIS Buanrrr then read a letter from Mr. Brougham, apologizing for his absence, which was occasioned by indisposition. " Mr. Brougham, the alde opponent of the Orders In Council." " The Hon. C.Hutchinson, and Friends of Freedom in Ireland!' Mr. Hcrointso:: returned thanks in an energetic speech, in which he took occasion to contrast the growing interest which the people of this country take in the affairs of Ireland with their formerapathy on the subject. The band then . played " Erin do brazh," and " St. Patrick's. Day in the Morning," with great spirit. The CHAIRMAN then gave, " The independent Livery of London, Friends to Partisans& tary Reform.'—With three. it FeANCIS Bunnerr then proposed, " The Health of Mr. Alderman Wood," with three." Which was received by the Zompany with raptur. Mr. Alderman WOOD expressed the sincere grad'. tude which he felt for the thstinguished honour con ferred upon him by so respectable a meeting ; and he alsci felt himselt fully justified in returning them• the thapks of the Livery of London, friends to Perlis" tnentary Reform. Sir Faittxts Duanarr then proposed, " Mr. Fawkes, and the Hampden Club. Which was drank with three. • Mr. FAWKES, after returning thanks for the honour done him, addressed the company at some length, on the necessity of a Reform in the Representation of the People. The next toast was, " The veteran Advocate of Parliamentary Refortn.—Majae Cenwright." Which was drank with great applause. M2iOTCARTWIIGHT returned thanks for the homer done him by the Meeting, and shortly enforted the ' necessity of a Reform in Parliament, as the only re: medy the country had left for their numerous pre• sent grievances, and their best security against illegal power in future. - f I The following touts were then drank with great applause: " The Abolition of Flogging—May the Defenders of the Lan. be relieved from the Ignominy of the Leek." " The Liberty of be Preta•—it is like the air we breathe, if we have it not, we die." " Representatiou without Rotten Boroughs, S ihbers without Barracks,,Drfente without Foreigner*, and Legal means &burl pressing Riots without Military Executions. About ten o'clock Sir F. Burdett left the Chair , and the Company hewed him every deanoattration of respect mho passed. *ad departed shortly after tin). ,