The National Register. — London, England, 1819-08-08 00:00:00

AUGUST S. 'these towns and their e.eighhourtiood. at glitch a Declaration was unanimously agreed to, suiting. that " the meeting being seriously imprtased with a sense of the danger which threatens the eemmunity frum the signs and praaices of the di..offected, deem it indispensably necessary to declare their determination to support The Constitution of the Country. and to co-operate ith the local Authorities for the preservation of the public peace, and to call on their fellow townsmen to join them in taking every measure which the urgency of the case may demand." BURNLEY. A Public meeting was held at the Commas al Room here, oil Saturday, of the magistrates and inhabitants oldie Higher Div Lion of the Hundred of Blackburn, fur the purpose of adopting effectual measures fur the maintenance of the public .peace at this imports:nem:is. It was very numerously attended, and a Declaration was unanimously agreed to and signed, ..the substance of which was exactly to the same effect as that pret iously adopted by the magistrates and inhabitants of Bolton. NIANCIIES reit PuBLIC Alta rl NO.—The meeting ap• pointed some time ago to take place at Nlonehester, at 7 which Mr. Hunt i 4 to preside, will certainly take place cit the 9tll inst. Sir Charles Wolseky is exptete.l to .do the meeting the honour of 1)4 presence. Mr. Bar. !ism; also be time.; and indeed every man of stoic among the party whose presence is not %veluml else• where. The following is a copy of a circular which has been extensivelycircillated, announcing themeeting: .• The Public are respectfully informed tl a meeting will he held here on Monday, the gth of Atiger.t, on the area near St Peter's Church, to take into considertsion the nio , t speedy and seffeetuid niode of obtaining Radical Reform in the Commons House of Parliament, bring fully coat inced that nothing else can remove the intolerable evi's under witier the people of this country'have re long and da stiKgroan : ar.d also to consider the propriety of the unrepresented inhabitants of Manchester electing a person to represent them in Parliament, and the adopting Major Cartwright's Bill. Chair to be taken at twelve o'clock. " 11. Heal . , Esq. in the Chair." The following Proclamation has been issued Boor the New Bailey Court Roust, dated Saturday 31st of July : " Whereas, it appetts by an advertisement in the Manchester Observer Paper of this day, that a public and illegal meeting is convened fa: Monday the 9th of August neat, to be held on the Area near St. Peter's Church, in Manchester :—We, the undersigned magistrates, P acting for the Counties alatimz of Lancaster and Cheshire. do hereby caution all persons to abstain at their peril front attending such illegal meeting. 6. William Milton, " J. Holtre, " J. Norris, " It. Marsh, •6 John Entwistle, " Trafford Trafford, 66 6 A'. Marriott, " Ralph Fletcher." Thos Talton, It will scarcely be credited that a sufficient num. ber of' men cannot be procured, as volunteers, by the Admiralty, to man the squadron of ships of war, destined for the South American Seas, to protect our trade from the privateers cruising in that quarter. This must appear the most surprising, as the streets arc crowded with strong and youthful sailors, either begging or chaunting dismal ditties, that they are starving for want of employment. The giving alms in the public streets is nothing more than setting a premium upon idleness, and diverting charity from its proper channel, which should go to relieve the indigent, who are ashamed to beg, but who mould cheerfully labour if they could procure work. The trade of begging is become so profitable, that we shall not be surprised to find that it will be deemed necessary to issue press warrants to obtain men for the public service, though we always lament when recourse is had to so harsh and unpopular a measure. It was said an Friday in the City, that negotia tions are now going krward between the Govern ment of this 'country and that of Spain, for the signature of a Convention, by which the British Commissioners in Mexico are to be permitted to transmit to this country from thence specie to the amount of 10 millions of dollars, as heretofore, in ships of war; the previous agreement which was entered itito was for 15 millions of dollars, all of which, with the exception of 400,000 dollars, have reached the Treasury. The latter amount is to re main at Vera Cruz until the second arrangement ilas been completed with Spain, when it will be put on board a British frigate, with a larger amount, for England. Whether it will be accessary to obtain any further sum than 25 millions of dollars, will he a matter for future cousideration. Jt is conjectured that when the payments in specie, by the Bank of England, become general, that an additiaaal quan tity will be required. Gtasoow, Aunesr 3.—Ycsterilay morn*, the Magistrates gave work to 250 unemployed weavers, at forming a Tunnel in the Green, for containing the Camlachie Burn from the Episcopal Chapel to William -street, at the head of the Green ; and this morning they have increased the number to 350. 1t is gratifying to know, that when bread is found for so many flimilies that an important improvement is to be accomplished. By this scheme, the High Green and the Calton Green will be thrown into one grand swced, and the stagnant water removed, which fre quently became offensive in warm weather. We also understand that the heritors of the:Barony Pa• rish and Gimbals are making great caUtions for procuring win to the unemployed. 171 e rate of wages is 9s. a tveek fir persons with 3 triiildreo, Ts. fid. for those who have fewer childroalhan 3, and (is. for single men. A henevolenvand public spi rited proprietor in the Lower Ward has tittered to the heritors of his parish to employ 100 weavers in digging land at the usual rate an acre, or Is. a clay, if it be prekrred; and has recommended porridge in the morning, and soup at dinner, to be given to such women and children as choose to accept them. This judicious mode of charity, we hope, will be imitated.—The weavers in the Upper and Middle Wards will be employed on the new Carlisle toad. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. THE FUNDS. -4er Tl4e extent to which speculations in the Funds, in the absence of almost every other employment for time, or capital, or judgment, arc now carried on in the City, is so great, that whenever an impulse is given to them in either direction, it is sure to be carried too tar. Numbers continue to be pouting into the market, while the more discreet speculators are already realizing their profits. This was the state of things in the early part of last week, when the general opinion took so decided a turn in favour of au advance, that Omnium rose to a premium of t per cent , and Consols for August, to 73!. A re-action of 2 per cent. then took place, influenced by no exterior cause, but entirely owing to the reasons just stated. The prices subsequently de clined still lower, but recovered partially in the latter part of the week. It is worthy of notice, and is a proof that these variations arose entirely from speculation, that they occurred only in Otn nium and in Three per Cent. Stock: iu Five per Cents. where time bargains are seldom made, the price remained stationary. At present the funds appear to bear a just value: they may be raised above or depressed below it, but will probably return, at intervals, to that standard. The more immediate change, it is expected, will be a depression. The disturbed state of the country, continued ferso long a period, affords serious cause for apprehension ; a fear not lessened by perceiving that measures are in en►b,yo which indicate an alarm in the executive power, and whose impression is rendered greater by the uncertainty that exists about them. Mer chants also are led to anticipate a falling off in the, revenue. The state of foreign commerce, after nearly a year of despondency, is, indeed sufficiently gloomy ; but as the revenue is derived principally from home consumption, no very matetial alteration can be expected. The opinion, however, is very current at present, and appears to govern the ope rations in the funds e actual stateof the market is unfavourable too to an immediate advance; all the efforts of the jobbers who arc overloaded ►with money stock, and therefore interested in supporting the prices, have proved inadequate to the task ; and it has been observed, that the most extensive purchases have latterly been unattended with any sensible improvement. T:ie principal re-action upwards was on Friday, but that was partly owing to purchases made for the purpose of closing the accounts of a defaulter, a member of the Stock Exchange, who, on that day, declared his inability to pay his differ ences, amounting, as we are informed, to nearly 20,000 L Omnium closed on Saturday at fbur per cent. premium, and Consols fur the account at 71 h. The two line-of-battle ships for South America, Superb and l'entreur, are waiting for men ; the lat ter wants upwards of 100, to increase her complc• ment to 540. She has been completed (according to her only present orders) for foreign service. The Ilyperiow, Capt. T. Searle, is also tilting for foreign service, and, it. is supposed, to accompany Commo dore Sir Thomas Hardy. It is supposed that these ships are intended to go out only as a squadron of demonstration, nr of observation, in consequence of Lord Cochrane having, by Proclamation, declared all the ports on the coast of Peru and Chili in a state of blockade. Extract of a letter from Buenos Ayres, tinted May 14,:—We have accounts by way of Chili that a South Sea whaler had arrived at Chacabuco from Callao de Lima, bringing the intelligence of Vice Admiral Lord Cochrane having entered the latter port on the 23d of February, during a dense fog, with the squadron under his command, and imme diately opened a brisk fire against the shipping and batteries, which was returned and kept up for a couple of hours. The result was Lord Cochrane's carrying °flu gun-boat, and doing great damage to the shipping, which he was unable to cut out, owing to the chain fastenings. He afterwards captured the Spanish merchant ship Vittorio, from Chili to Lima, laden with timber." Mier the abdication of Bonaparte, in 1814, it was observed, at a fashionable party in Paris, that things were be restored to the slate in which tiny were 1788.—" Oh! 1 sin delighted to hear moat," exclaimed a lady, who was no hooter m the bloom of yout.i, " for then 1 shall be only 18 years of age." More Parodies.—At the Assizes for Exeter, Mr. Justice Best, on the Grand Jury being sworn, ad dressed them in a most impressive charge, in which he stated that ke thought it his duty to call their attention to the circulation in the heart of that city of the most blasphemous pamphlets, ridiculing the Lord's Prayer (which every Chriatian held sacred, and other parts of the Church Service, which lie held to be clearly indictable, and for which he un derstood an indictment was to be preferted. Au indictment was accordingly, we understand, imme diately preferred and found.against a vender of these impious books, who has been committed to LutLl gaol till he finds frail to.answer it. El LONDON FLIfiILE FOR AUGUST. MORNING DRE.F..-A round dress composed °f jnce°. not muslin ; the body is pi•in tight to the shape, and the w•ist of a moderate length ; long sleeves; the skiit is oi• namented it this bottom vi ilk • Iriyiming of shit I I. tonne; theirs are thire rows, eachns finished with a cord at top, bud the tipper row is surmounted by a rich letting. in of **OIL. A round peleiine i, attached to the dress, which falls very low over the shoulder ; it is trimmed with two rows of broad lace, which give A cry elegant tittish Is the bust of the chess. Full hwe ruf f , put on so as to dis play the Throat in front. Headdress, a cue 'tette of while British set; the caul is moderately high ; the ears are very small ;it has a full border of Merlitin lave, and is I. sed with evening primrose ribbon, cosseted with net ; tt fas tens under the chin by a bow la corresp2nd. White kid shoes. . EVEMIVG Utters.—A white lace skirt over • white satin slip ; the Within of the skirt is ornamented with a fulness of white satin, confined at each edge by a narrow swine iimlcati ; shove this is • trimming composed of satin stars; in the come of each is a rose, and between , every one a full satin leaf, this trimming is siirmounted by • fall of blond. The corsage is composed of while satin ; it is cut rather low, and sloping down a little in front of the bust ; which is slimmed milli A blond lin lie. Shutt bireve, of • siuguldrly novel and pretty forni.—The hair is dressed is full curls in front ; the hind hair is disposed in bows in_ ternsixed with plaits. The wily ornament of the head is a lull plume of e ostrich feathers. Necklace mad ear rings peas!. While satin shoes. White kid gloves. We arc .informed by a gentleman who left Sheffield the last week, that in one wauna he saw 333 dead doss carried out Mr interment, and 250 the succeeding day. The slaughter occurred in consequence of the late la mentable itistatire4 of hydroplsobia nn that town, whick had induced a town's meenne LO be convened, and • reward of 3s. each otl;:red for their destruction,—We hope the owners of do.o in this town aill, rloritig the present hot weather, keep them confined. We catunt hear of the melancholy occurrences at Sheffield without serious alarm. _ The newspapers published in the manufacturing dis tricts for and against die Radical Reformers, are so snitch in *he habit of perverting facts, that it is inipossihle to have any just or impartial view (tithe proceedings at the Reiorin Meetings without being actually present. One paper asserts that flags have Levu displayed whit iiiflaininatory inscriptions, wbi:e another as ',tenth ely declares that rio such Hags were exhibited. Pi% ate let ters agree IN stating, that toe Reform leeiiiigs are tut the decl,ne, which IS attriluted to the very ohscure cha racters which take the lead at these assemblies. CITY or EDINBU RG II ELLCrloN.—Wednemlay being the day appointed to elect a representative in Parliament for the City of Ediliburfalt, at a 2 o'clock the Right Hot, the Lord Provost and 'foam Council assessibiled in the Council-chaitiber for that purpose, when the writ for 4 new eleciion having been read, and other preliminary business gone through, Deacon Gillespie nose and pro tested against the competency of the Town Council to elect a Illeniller of Parliment, oil the ground of tile illegality of their own election. The rotes: was laid cis the table, read by the clerk, and ordered to be recorded. The Lord Provost then ruse, and, after briefly eulti giznig the character of the Right Hon. Win. Militias. whout he considered every way qualified to represent the City of Edinburgh, proposed that lie should be re elected. Bathe Smith, no a short speech, seconded the motion; when Deacon Patterson ',resented himself to the meeting, and proposed James Mansfield, El. a gentleman ultimately contracted with the citizens of Edinburgh. and who was, in his opinion, a much morn suitable person to represent them in Parliament than the Him. Mr. Dimelas. Deacon Lawrie seconded the motion. Ile said he had no personal enmity to Mr. Militias, but he of to hint on public grounds: lie held lucrative situations ueder Government, and had. morcovei, opposed the wishes of the citizelis of Edna bitrali in their attempts to obtain a inure lih,eral system of burgh polity ; and although he had not the smallest doubt Inn that Right Hon. Gentleman would be returned. yet he could not conscientiously gwe him his support.— rreasiner Nlanderstoo remarked, that he was se i nes hat surprised at ihe confidence expressed by Macon Lawrie that Mr. Dundas would he elected, when only two intanbers of the Coliticil had as yet declared themselves in his favour. Deacon Lawrie sarcastically replied, he should be happy to find himself mistaken; which ob servation melted a general lasigh and a slight disposition to applaud. The clerk then t imecard to call user the moues of the electors.; all of w hoin, with the excepiniit of Deacons Gillespie, Paters i, and I. I W vide(' fur Mr. I)lindas, who was acconlingly de clared duly elect ed. Tne 11/glit Hon. Gemlcitian vv.c; our present at the meeting. In the afterimair the Lord Pros ost and Council, and a numerous par y of ii ie.uls o f the nrwls elected member, doled together at tile George-street As:embly roms, where they spent the reanalinler of the day in social harmony. SINGULAit CIIICUMSTANCE.—At the latter end of last month, as a cat belonging to Mr. W. All work of Goudhurat, was prowling through the meadow*, it was observed to kill a partridge, and, on examining the spot, a west was found, containing 18 eggs, which were taken up and that evening do. posited in an oven that had been recently used. Out the tollowing morning, when the OMB was opened, the whole of the eggs were found hatched, and the young ones running about, but iu catching them S were untbrtunately killed: the remaining 13 were put into the nest, and place in the meadow where it was taken from on the preceding evening. In a shoat time the old cock partridge was attracted to the spot, old in u few minutes it departed with the whole brood, in the presence of several persons ; since that time they have been frequently seen Li tie vim:keeper of 1. Wallis, Esq.