The National Register. — London, England, 1819-10-17 00:00:00

. bV) 1l Efi'CdJTl.h', OCTUBEI? 12. The meeting which took place here on Moutiay is calculated to teach a great moral lesson. It has l. -.‘g been the boast of the Pitt faction, that the population of this part of England was perfectly f..ssive and destitute of spirit. At length one hundred thousand people started up, as if by magic, tad declared their determination to unite in demand ing their constitutional rights. The meeting was intended to have been held on the parade ground, but before half of the divisions hail arrived, it was completely filled. The whole hotly, therefore, marc:ted to the Town Nbx)r, pre ceded by the hustings, drawn by three horses. The divisions followed each other in close regular ranks, four and six men deep. Part of the pro cession which approached from the South was one hour and live minutes in passing. The banners and fags were splendid and numerous. Several excel lent bands of music passed, playing patriotic tunes. The whole immense hotly marched upon the ground in solemn silence, the music playing " Scots wha kae tri' Wa!lace bled." All the flags, and the rods of those who direct the affairs of political societies, %len surmounted with crape. The following is a lie. of the principal inscriptions, as well as we codd collect : “ lai nie 33333 ry of those who were murdered at Man chester, and history recording the dreadful e‘ents of that day.”--4..)11 a white ground, with the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock. " We mourn for the massacred at Manchester.“—A black Sag with a red border. " Rachael weeping for her children. aid would not ha comforted, because they are nor."--o.tler, lose, and unity.—Gold letters on blue around. " We'll brothers he lor a' that." " England, Ireland. and Seottantl." " England expects every lII3U to do his duty." Do unto all melt as ye would that they should do nolo you." ' An hour of ‘irtuotis liberty is worth a whole eter nity of bond tat.".. " Though Claud join in hand the wicked shall not go unpuunihrel." On a blue silk flag, with the figure of Justice and her 'advs. Society. Pt!Killed by the Female Itefottners of Winlaton." " Evil to hunt brat evil thinks."' _ " Annual Parliatucnts—universal Suffrage—Elec. t;on by Hillot." .4 A wonderful and horrible thing has been com mitted in the land" ••'!'hanks to Got which gireth us the Victory."— Whi t e fl 4g. with Death's head, ate tuns and sab►e. " When the wicked licareiti rule, tear pcnple mourn. —Solomon." • Exeeuire Taxation- generates Poverty—and Po. ‘erty generiars C • .." _ _ . Justice overtake the Manchester Murderers." 'En tile immortal Netuury of nee Refottin.ll mas sacred at Manchester on the Hith August 1819." A pair of Fasces (the Rowan symbol of union and power, consisting of a bundle of ro , ls and an -at). •• North Shields Refortners."—Red flag. •• Take away the wicked Irons before the King, and Its throne shall be established." Several parties of female reformers were seen in the procession. The speakers arrived in three post chalice,. dressed in deep mourning, and on &wend the hustings, which were now decorated with a krofasion of flags, therbusiness commenced. Mr. Nlachenzie, a respectable master-printer, was called to the chair,. who addresse.tl the meeting in an energetic speech. Mr. Marshall, a bookseller, then read the Reso. hitions, which were sugorted by a Mr. Layton, a schoolmaster, Mr. Hodgson, a toaster weaver, the itev. J. M'Phereon, a young man named Jameson, and . the Rev G Stevenson, who, we understand, is a uzethedist preacher. One of the Resolutions c.Alled upon the Clergy to attend to their Spiritual business, and another proposed the immediate for mation of a permanent fund, for the protection and support of those who may become the victims of tyranny ar.d oppression. It was ascerelined by actual admeasurement, that the space occupied by the compact body of the meeting would hold 76,000 persons. at the rate of thin to a square yard ; but when the thousands of scattered spectators are included, and the close scanner in which the great laxly stood, the whole may safely be stated at 100,000. Perhaps the lar,,oest public meeting ever held. As soon as the Chairman bad dissolved the meet iag, the whole firmed . under their respective flags, and within six minutes this vast body of men were in marching order. Nut a constable or soldier was seen en the .siontel, and Cie assembly was, while the epeukers a ddressed - them, as silent as la church. Nearly the whole of the immense assemblittie stood sana vered, and their shouts of applause were im et -ustonishirg. Several hundreds of men marched past the barracks, their baud pluyiog " Johnnie Cope arc ye sealing yet r Those who belungcd to the eountry, marched through the town without halting, and at night the streets were never quiete'. The Shields Reformers were tocomosnied by obeli SJO sailors, and the whole h.. tad in the suburbs when, after taking a refreshment of brewl cud water, they precerclud quietly home. ~' cuc Batik St Ink prr letai.l3Bl. 3 per Ceut. cm.. 681. 3i per Cent. 771 per (-rut. 85i 5 per Cent. Nay) ICU Lug Anted THE NATIONAL REGISTER. "ROM LAST mcnrs GAZETTE. CROWN OFFICE. OCT. 16. MEMBER returned to serve in the: prewrit PARLIAMENT. - Rostotrott or Attu NM:L.—Hobert Blake, of Leominster, is the county of Sus,ex, Evq. itt the room of Sir Arthur Piggott, Knight, deceased. BANKRITTCY ENLARGED. . J. Meek, Vine Street, St. Martin in the Fields, victualler, from Oct. 23 to Nov. 30. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. R. S. Daplyn and 'l'. Swavne dealers. BANKRUPTS. J. Iles. New City Chambers, Bishoplgate Street, insurance broker. Solicitor, Mr. Cottle, Aldermanbury. W. Edwards, Langlonl, Somerset, tanner. Sols. Messrs. Clarke, Richards, and Medealf, Chancery Lane. 0. Whitworth, Mists!, York, blat.ket manufacturer. Sul. Mr. Evans, Hatton Garden. 11. Candy,FrofneSel;;d, Somerset, linen draper. Sol. Mr. WO'Mum, Red Lion Square. W. Collingwood, North Shields, earthenware manufacturer. Sols. Messrs. Ikll anti Brodrick. flow Church Yord. R. Bird, Kingstanley, Gloucester, thither merchant. Sol. Mr. King, Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street. T. C. Hodson, Leominster, Ilerefintl. draper. Sols. Memo. Clarke, Richards, and .‘lcilcalf, Chancery Lane. C. Hodgkin, Bishopsgate Street Within, merchant. Sul. Mr. Pope, Rishupsgate Church Yard. 11. Evans, Cheapside, silk manufacturer. Sul;. Messrs. Stratton and Allport, Shoreilitch. T. M.Niut, Queen Square, merchant. Sols. Messrs. Walton and Gliddon, Girdle's' Hall, Basingliall Street. T. Prichard, junior, Bristol, merchant. Solt. Mass... Bout tbLon and Ilewitt, Bread Street, Cheap-We. • 1/IVIDENDIi- Oct. 30, W. Hallett, Spa Fields, cattle dealers-48, nick ingten, ‘l l intliorp, and W. ILii:kinson, Newark-upon-Trent, 'Nottingham, bankers--10„ J. Stevens Unylelant, Cornwall, farmer —s, J. and B. Slater, Liverpool , joiners —Co J. P. H. Ilagedorn„ Ohl Broad Sutet, inereltant-6, T. Walcor. l'ortsea, linen draper-3..1. Giuins, Ludlow, Salop, iniller-6, IL Harris, Wood Street, Spitaßields, stationer-6, A. and J. Payne, St. John Street, Lierkenwell, flutir-factors-6, 11. Higgins, Fins bury Square, mercliant—J—lenkins and 'l'. Pamir's, Piccadilly, brerrhes makers-6, G. Charmer, Sutton. Nlitklltticx, me:chant —6, G. Whitehead, jun. and Choke, ltasingliall Street, lflarkwell hall-factors—l 6, J. Tuptuan, Great 'tassel' Street, Bloomsbury, watchmaker -11, W. Kirby, Chilvers Caton, War wick, talow chandler-11.3. Hindus, Arbury Warwick, miller—l s, J. Thorpe, and W. Paul, lieddilf Mills, I.ancrishire, calico printers-16, Ir-hiatus:, Yidc, coal merchant. If Coda. ombium Imp.. per Ceut. luilia Butt& 8w tlis. hattia Stuck Lacitrquer Balls 2t. Cl/116. fur Ac. NL Luttery rickets 119 THE. N ATIONAL . REGISTER. toms:in. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17. -.....- The Trial of Mr. Curlile for re-publishing the Age of Reason commenced on Tuesday, anti on Friday evening the Jury found him Guilty.— From anxiety for the well-being of Society we had hoped that all the Newspapers would have refrained from publishing the different counts in the indictment, because those counts em brace the most objectionable parts of the work ; as however we have ascertained that all OUR CON TEMPORAPTES mean to give them at length, WE UNWILLINGLY insert them to-day, lest some of our readers not properly appreciating our motives fur the suppression, should be dissatisfied ut the omis- siun. Our constant readers, and those who know us best, will least of all suspect us of an inclination to offer adulation to any one, however exalted his situ ation;. but as we *ensure when we see cause so to do, so we are certainly justified in praising where praise it due, and with these feelings we cannot pass over without eulogy the conduct of the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench during the late trials for blasphemy. If he erred, it was on the side of mercy, when he allowed the defendant to go such lengths in derision of those sacred institu tions we have all been taught to feel deference for, from our earliest infancy. In his charge he was so perfectly impartial, an fair a representative of the Goddess who ought always to be considered as pre siding in a Court of Law, that we at once honoured him us an upright Judge, and drew a comparison between his liberality and the conduct of his into lerant predecessor. la this day's raper we have given the nett pro duce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended 10th October, 1818 and 1819, spewing the decrease thereof. Comparing the t wo quarters in 1818 and 1819, there is a deficiency in the Litter of 900,0001. in the Customs. 're,ers is also a diminution in the Excise in the quarter just ended, Of 192,Q001. compared with the correspcnding quar- CCT. 17. ter of last year. The whole of the Revenue of the year ending with October 1819 has fallen short of that oflBlB, to the amount of 370,0001. There is a very serious falling off in the last quarter, and there is no prospect that the Revenue will improve. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will find it diffi. cult to provide for the deficiency. It will be seen that the Inquest on John Lees hes been adjourned to the Ist of December. Our law libraries are yet incomplete; we want a digest of the Laws of LANCASHIRE, thr sure we are, that the• practice there is any thing but the Law of ENG LAND', Berge the Jury returned their verdict on Thursday, Cathie retired from the Court, accompanied • by sonic friends, to the Guildhall Coffee•lionse. The City M.r. simile informed of the cirzontsiance, placed offic....rs at we trent and back doors, till he left , the house, stout 20 minutes afterwards, and proceeded to his own ribs el. nig. whither they followed him. lu about an hour a:ler, a coach drew up to the door, of which notice was sent to the Marthals.—The verdict having by this time been &yeti, Mr. ‘Vontiler arrived with two tipstalts, and went into.Carlile's shop, who had then put on Ms great coat, preparatory to getting. IMO the coach.— I 'thinned that the officers had a warrant to detain him, he suit!, that he was only going to Blackheath to see his children, ,which he.did every evening. Mr. %Vollmer informed him, if he could produce two respectable. housekeepers to be.bontirl for , his appearance the next incrning. lie would be at. liberty ; this Mr. Cathie pro mised to do, and named moral. These persons were, applied to, but declined becoming security. Mr. Wont tier waited two hours, when finding the security could not he obtained, lie left Mr. Cathie in the custody of Turimeiniy and •Merchant, two city officer., who re. Ilijitied with him all night, and on the following 1111 l ru ing they delivered Ilink.outo the custody, of the ruler. Thursday• was settling day in Consols, and it pre. sewed a remarkable contrast to the settlement of the last account. No fluctuation of any consequence occurred, nor does any apprehension appear to be entertained on the score of defalcation. it is now evident, .that the effects of the inordinate specula- • tion that prevailed at the time the loan was nego. dated, have. passed away, .and that affair• at the Stock Exchange again find their natural level. The price of Consols at • the close of the business was GBi, and Oinnium is quoted at a discount of per cent. The continuation for November is per cent. in the year 17$0 a message was sent by his Ma• jesty to each of the twelve Judges, offering theca the protection of the military, to which Judge Gould returned the following answer :—" I am grown old under the protection of the English laws ; and I am persuaded, however some per.sons may be mis led, the people in general love and respect the laws; .and so great is my attachment to them, that 1 w ould rather die under them, than live under the protection of any other laws," We wish that all the admirer of Curlih and Paine would read the eighteenth Chapter of Leviticus, and Paley a Sermon on Joshua xv. 40th T. before they attempt to pass such decided ,judgment on the command of " the Lord God of Israel," that hii people should utterly destroy all that breathed in the land of Canaan. Archdeacon Paley, be it remem bered, was the warm friend of both civil and reli. gions liberty, although he was no less the enemy (,f that, mi•called liberty, that blasphemous licence, which disgraces the writings we allude to. On Tuesday, the Mayor of Hull declined acceding to the re•it:isition from the Radical Reformers, fur a public meeting of the inhabitants of that place. A meeting has, however, been appointed by the Radi cal Reformers of Hull, for Wednesday, the 20th inst. The notice is signed with 24 names. The force of public opinion on the necessity of imposing on the electors in close boroughs the same regulations which apply to •he voters in counties and cities, begins, it is said, to be extensively felt throughout the kingdom ; and, as evidence of this opinion, a Correspondent informs us, that there are at present several of these boroughs for private sale ; amongst them, one in Surrey, two in Sussex, two in Hampshire, three in Wiltshire,. two in De vonshire, two in Cornwall, anal one in Yorkshire. Extract of a letter from York, dated Tuesday evening.—" On my errival in this city, I fount every one of its inhabitants whom I conversed witli unwilling, I had almost said unable, to converse upon any other subject than that of the county nice - hag which is to be Kid here on the ensuing Thurs. sh; Their expectation is, that the meeting will be more numerous than any which has taken place in the county since the celebrated meeting of 170 ; and their boast is, that if the numbers answer their expectation, it will be protluctive of the same benc. facial results to the country. Among the requisi tionists arc to be found setae of the stubborucst Tories in the count•.