The National Register. — London, England, 1819-08-30 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS OP WESTMINSTER. , GENTLEggg— On readiag the Newspapers this morn nig, having m rived late ?nude, day evening, I was filled with grief, mislantlignation. at the account of the blood spilt at Nlantliester. This, then, is the answer of the illorouglimongers to the petitioving people—lbis the piartical woof of our stand r.,g in liti nerd of He fin is —*hese the practical blessings of war glorious Buedighinonge r ii —lbis the siva 01 a Stambne Army in time of peace. it seems our fathers a err fist aoth fwd. ‘IIIIW would snake us beliese in op. Kusing the cstabliohnient or a Standing Army, and sending ing William's Hotel, guars. out of the country —yet, *mild to Heaven they had been Dinclimen, or Sts or Hessians, or Hanoverian., or any thing lather than Err flishmen who have dune such deeds! What ! kill men un armed. unresisting 1 and, g44C101111 God! women too, dis• issued. maimed, cut dui. it, and trampled on by dragoons! Is this England ? this a CM istmn laud? a land of I reetliiiii? Can suck thongs be, and pass by us like a summer cloud, milli-riled Fur bid st every drop of English blood in every wem that doe. not proclaim its ow suer bastard! Will the Gentlemen of England sliming t, or wink at, such proceed imp ? They has e a great slake in their country ; they hold great 'stale!, and they are hound, in ditty and in honour. to consider them as Beta g fees on the part of their enlists y fur upholding its rights and liberties. Surly they will at length awake,and Sind they have duties to pet thins. They never ran stand tamely by as lookers-on whilst bloody Nrros rip open their minims' womb. They must join the general voice. loudly demanding justice and re .iress,. and bead public meetings throtigheut,the Visited Kingdom, to put a atop, in its commencement, to a • • • • • • • •—to afford consolation, as far as it can be atfarded—and legal se.heni to the willows and orphans. and mutilated victims of Ham unparalleled and barbarous tannage. . . . F"' ll, i4" , elm•e , I propose that a meeting should he called in Westminster, which the Gentlemen of the Con. mute, will arrange, and whose .alllnions I will hold my self in readiness to amend. Whether the penalty of our meeting will be death by niditaiy etitentiou, 1 kiiiive know, a 111411 1411 dtr Wit mice, al.l never bet ter than in I , llldlCallilig the taws and liberties ol• his et mitt,. Exense this hasty Address; I can scarcely tell what I have wiitleu : it may be a libel, or the Attorney General army call it one, just as lie likes's. When the Seven Bishops were tried for libel, the army of Jam. a the Second, then encamped on Hounslow Heath, for uyrpurtiug arbitrary power, gave three cheers on hear ing of tlµir acquittal. The King, startled at the noise, 1114: Slte, " was the answer, '•but the soldiers sbaist:iig at Ha: acquittal el the Sevres Bishops,"—" Do they toll that 5i0.,,,e" replied thu mis• giving 'l•)raut, and shortly after abdicated the tiovern mem. !1 iv true .hintes could not inflict the Monte on hie on!. dittrv•—could Ilot tear the liviss flesh from their bungs Innis a eat-o'-nine tailv—rould not Bay them alive. Ile thin at jt may, our duty it to meet, and y.ujiland ex. itevb early earn i 0 do his dilly. temain lieinjemen, Moat Sillily and faithfully, Your obedient Servant. (Sired) F. lilJuurrr. Kirby Park,224l Anaut. 1819. IiIOSBCCIIO Y (lb' Shi nuaDErr. A snessate was sent on Wednemlay afternoon to Mr.. h•ook.. of the atntod. the Secretary of the le% ....lonia...re Committee., desiring his inwodiate attendance at the office of the Nome renssrtment. . . . . - Mr. Brooks nceordmity repaired thither. and was intro dwert into a, mum, atuere he found Lord Sidiniku A, 11w hancellor of the Exchequer, and wine other Nleinbers of the Adrainistpdico, , reated n 1 consultation. The Attorney Gradrat was prevrix. 'the Attorney Brooks. we havesent for ynu in coovequenee of 4 letter a hich has appeared iu the public paper, as to the late wins:mom* ut Moor, hester, signed 6 . Fraiwei Burdett." 11u, it to you lb it letter au. add iewed ? Mr. Itronks.—Yes. A itnriwy-Gener.d.—lirve you , zot the original letter? Mr. Rrnoks.—May l be permitted to the purpose of tie inquiry? The Attorney-General—The letter is a seditious libel, nod our purpnve Is to prosecute. 1% ill you give it up to us? Mr. Itrooks..-1 n u n not nt the present moment prepared to :xy whether I a ill or not. I should like a little tune to :..is sr nn the subject. The Council consulted together. A ttnrney-Generitl.—.Will you be prepared to give an ar. er to.suorrnw liwoks.— l should like to Form till Friday. AU Tory-(.enrfal.—Wcll r ou Friday, Mr. Brooks, o e ah di expert )Ow' mit,verr. then wrthdr•w. We learn that Mr. Brooks applied on Thursday further time to give the answer which the Se crtary of Stat , ! desired with respect to Sir Francis B:rdetes letter, and we understand that the time v.ginally granted, aml which was only for two days, has been extended un:ii Monday next. Im taudistely otter, Mr. Brooks left town to confer with !_•ir Francis on the le!siness. A great di►ersity of ;pinion is said to exist in the Cabinet respcctiag the recent lamentable occur rences at Mame!Jester. Lords Liverpool and Siamouth are reported to be vehement in their denunciations of them, while. Lard Castlereagh and his adherents highly approve the prompiitmle displayed. A high Character is said also to be a decided advocate for Germanic treasures. l'yer.tti. whose execution we announre,l l a m week, was as remarkable for personal, f , r ineutal deformity.-1111% height ; from the Cruisli of the head In the foot, was only I..rt 2 inches; his logs benau only le inches lone, and Lis wins eselnsive oflli. hawk. but 13 t inches ; whilst the circumference of his scull was v'li fie ntuitality from Small-pox is somelint is writ : there "m.. 19 deaths from it in tha weakly hill; male* and to fensillcs.—The t-tai number uf,deatlis is . THE NATIONAL REGISTER. MANCHESTER MEETING trUILTHEIL PAATICULAALI MANCHESTSR, AUGUST to. Today at 12 o'clock a grest crowd attended at the New Bailey, with the hope of hearing the examination uf Huai. The Benda of magistames Mill full. :sir J. By tag was pre sent. Mr. Norris, the stipendiary Chairman, ordered the slate prlsuuess (as they now mint be called) to be brought up Hunt was bronchi first to the bar. I observed*. change upon Ishii. He *allied with a firm step, and asinine,' an undaunted and resolute, though not an insulent,ataniser.— His leatures, which are alwais feeble, seemed misuse Oran usual to wear a smile of Coll3llllilltd C014110M114 and sell satisfiaction. lie looked buldlt• sound. Mr. Norris ad dressed him to this etfact :—" Henry Haut; the proseama tore are ties Icculy prepared to gu mlu et Muter. in support of the charges "spun which you were appietieuded, bu s t ollicr evidebee has come before the umgistratca at time highest importance, and they have deemed it their duty to lay the whole lowly of .51 hrime the law officers ul Ike Crown, 10 advise opus. it. The magistrate% arliuse_urgark. ant, have therelote sumniniously 'leagued it their duly to remand you upon a charge mil • high trea►oll." Jlrint 7 l piesume I 411110 X allowed to say earthing ? The .llenc -- No. lie then was going down, but returned and said, " beg to state one word ; " I am perfectly innocent of the charge, and ready to meet it..". Having dune so, he bowed and retired. Joseph Johnson was brought 14). He appeared much agitated. Air. Norris addressed trim its the Millie words as to Hunt. , Johnson said nothing, but bowed, and retired. John Thacker tiaston was brought up. lie bowed slightly. Atter Mr. Norris had UAW east d bin as he did the others, niISIOn said. •' Am I to.cuattitler in)selt com mitted on that charge i" Mr. Not lie. •• You at e detained 011 that charge ; not finally committed." John Knight was the uest. lie said nothing, but was add .d as the others. . _ James Alorelsouse 'maid eontemptneusly. Alter Mr. NU/ 413 had 1 remolded Imo am list- charge of high treason, ha took up M. Odle NC which %At dust- at WM, and &WI " presume is'a my 11.111 you mean, dud out me. 14411 ready to meet she rims ee." To•abutesslauti ll.h, Il should be knossu That since Hutt ha. worn a lisle hat it has become the hatl,lte of reboil). Johnson wears one; Sir C. N'oissely, I have been 101.1, wears one. blot rhinige would 001 be le" 1101111* iss thus tapilal popish!. U13104'01 Gima, r till,dbin, pale woman, about 1.1 ; Sarah Hargreaves, about 28, ;hissed in blurt;; Robert Juum, 3 tag drake from Maucheptsr, about 2.i; Rotten W , tide, Jnu. about 23; trots' lis)le)•bridgr ; and tirot Swill, late of Doncaster. were all bought up sepass atels, and addre,wd by Mr. Nuns. u the oilier. had been, and then remanded on the same charies a• all the Misers, thin of high treason. _ _ . W holies the yorisonPrs are to be tried for high t season or AIM will depeud upon the ashler of the law mixers Mr. Hay, the Chairman of the Salford Sessions, woo went to London with the use on Tuesday, is expected to-day. We shall then know the determination of government. Front the number of prisons lustier toe charge who have nothing in tuusniou but their being at lire same meeting, the 'remota committed must have consisted in not dispersing at the read ing of the Riot As t. If this is the case, high treason may now a-days be usiconsciously perpetrated. After the state prisoners were disposed of, it crowd of 30 or 40 prisoners were brought up fur stolen?, some of whom were lenissmed, souse committed for trial, and some discharged. Thew wos aotaing M all interesting iu their respective cotes. SKETCH OF TIIE STATE OF THE POOR IN MANCHIisTER. The following description of the miserable state of the Manchester Manutacturers has been given in private letter—Can it be a matter of wonder that such a complication of distress, should produce des pair? The Aristocrats may denounce the wicked ness of resistance, hut they had better contribute towards an aleviation of the miseries that entbrce it. "It is occup.cd chiefly by s i diniers, craters, and Irish of the lowest description, Jail may he called the St. Giles 's of Alatichester. Indeed, nu part oldie me tropolis presents scenes of more squalid wretchedness. or of noire repulsive depravity, its natural concomitant, than this. t% hat it was in the tiotirilhliix, hines of trade, k not ; but its present situation is truly heart-rend ing and overpowering. '1 he ~treets are confined anal ditty ; the houses neglected, and the windows often without glass. Out of titese window s, or nt the most airy situation, the miserable rags of faintly, I Cannot say linen, (it being Satioday) were tiling up to dry; the shirt Irequently CUlia , Steit 01 a specits of sackclo Ii ; the household furoiture, the bedding, tile clothes of the children and the liiisbanl, were seen at the pawtibio, ker's. Tor consequence is, that in many streets of this district, the stcond.,or third house is a pawnbroker's shop, with scarcely any roller articles than the ',miserly thus WWI% fr listress and ninety, to ward oft faiiiiiie. The wretched °wile's are then 110;Igeti to take up their eel lass with scar..ely .any ticeotiiiitudat.on, in one tit wilier) frequently nom test to twenty people, of sexes, and tit all ages, assemble for the night. In the meanwhile the (thiCali4,ll and the of their children are neglected, and the prior urchins are tinned ar;r111 durin4 me day, is ithout a parent's vigi lance, or a parent's care, to lie how they 'lily, to be contaminated by any had example, or to engage iti any soft of depravity : 1 saw some u. titan feeding on the garoage and Rinse of the market; others wandering about to rags, pale, weak, and emaciated, as ill a slate of starvation atid sleeping on the pavement, or basking in a state of almost compiewe toy. Vest and I:mulles so distresscci and desperate, are fit for every thing. as iney have limning tic lose uy a Cll.lvgv. Ac cordingly, its nits quarter we hod the Most ntruulencc. Their (Cie tiethirs, sernis to madden them against the rich, who, they dangerously iinagitie, engross the font; of their ',loom, witnout having any sympatity KU their wants." AUGUST 30. ACT FOR BETTER REGULATING THE PRAC TICE OF APOTHEC'ARIES. This Act affords protection tothe public in the least objectionable manner, because it enables every one to discriminate between the competent and incompetent, and leaves the question of remuneration of fotnices ex actly as it stood before. Nor does i ptevent persons who hold a diploina from the College of Surgeons, or a certificate of ability front the Exansiiters of the Apothe caries' Contra:ly, 101111 keeping retail shops, and attend ing in the business w trade of a druggist, although it cer tain!y does prevent those who keep shop; (taut being surgeons or apothecaties) from officiously meddling with that which they cannot untiort.tand. This law was expected tolead to progressive improve ment.. The duties of /mother:mks had not been clearly ilefitierkprw to its enactment ; and it was considered beater its lt , ve all the practitioners of the present time in tile untli•puted possession of their occupation, than to be..4.ery rigid ; and more expedient to hazard occasional :friary in the public I.y preeetiders, than to Incur a more extensive Opposition lay the immediate enforcement of a nicatute u 1 olntuus.entlity, in suddenly checking their career. It never entered into the contemplation of the framers of the act .to subject druggists or charitable persons to penalty Mr the temporary exercise of any such surgical duty as bleeding, • tooth drawing, applying a plaster, dressing a iw3iifid, or performing any other act which the feelings of humanity may dictate, or 11le urgency of the occasion demand ; it was only against the baneful efleetsaff an interested misapplication of remedies that the promoters of the act endeavoured to shield the pub lic. All those who were in business as druggists before Aug. 1815, may act as apothecaries and sisit patients at their own homes ; but esery 111311 Of principle will als staiu Irons the anent tit toeeercise that for ss hich he is not qualliFell, where the Ike, of bis fellow.creat ures,and ofeit of Ins dearest friends, are at stake ; and titose who are nut so actuated will frequently meet with 4 suitshle punishment its the loss of character and (Kea 'tonal actions for damages which they will incur by the tocressing intelligence of the public in ►hese aliairs. The following additional particulars of the lute fire at Newfbundland are extracted from a letter addressed to John Pixie and Co., dated Newfound land, July '23 : . _ • We have attain to inform yon, with regret, that on the morning of the 19111 mitt, another tire broke out in this town, which soon spread, and as -every thing was dry and itiffintinable, the Wallies conmonticated won greater rapidity item ever we rettiritilwr to have witnessed, and in the short space of three hours the greater part of what remained in the Old-town was re. dared to ashes. The tire commenced nearalit premises of Messrs. J. IVilliams and Cu„ itt IVatcpstreei, whose store, house, &c. were all destroyed, and among the mercantile sufferers are, Messrs J. Aleagliee and !lons. Doyle, Attwood, and Haynes, S. }Cough, .1. Bayley, %Vets. Cullen and Co. Cunningham, Bell and Co., alto gether, we believe, upwards of too houses are consumed, which devised more than 1,000 persons of their liabi. tat:mons, and consesreney will add another serious Wow to this unfortunate town, and very much increase its distress aid misery ; a ;neat deal of property was lost; it is conjectured to exceed iOO,OOOl. The cause of this lire has not been a s certained, hut we are inclined int hope, upon a stile:- int e•telation, it w ill be found so hate originated through accident. We are fortunate in having our premises detached from the body of the town, which pliers our friello's properly in .1 state ut comparatite s-curvy ; and we are happy to 3CIIIIJont )011 that W , e laid not occa•iou to remove one article trout our premises during the late fire." . . COVFNTRY.—This city has set an example wortl.y of being followed. Front the state of trade the poorer classes were unable to support their families, and in consequence shewed a disposition towards vi. olence. " The Yeomanry Cavalry" were not turned in among them, to butcher the half starved mal contents. No—the respectable inhabitants called a meeting—promised to advance their prices so as to insure to industry at least an existence, and to fur nish them with temporary aid, opened a subscription which is now proceeding rapidly, and to which the Corporation has given 25 guineas, and the Company 20 guineas. On Monday last the sub scription amounted to nearly 1,0001.! In consequence of some altercation having taken place lately at the Dublin Theatre, between the l'roprietorsetnd some of the servants, the High Con stable interfered; when he vests attacked by a military guard, and driven out of thelheatre. The Lord Mayor attended, and investigated the matter, when the sentinel declared that he Mal orders to shoot thu High Constable if he attempted to exercise autho rity. Sir G. Beckw•ith•,tnas informed of this, and promised to cause a strict inquiry to be made into this singular affair. The guardians of the poor, acting for the tom!. ship of Leeds, have appointed Mr. Robert Oastler, Mr J. Cawood, and Mr. Edward Baines, a deputa tion to visit Mr. Owen's establishment at N:w Lanark, in compliance with the invitation of that gentleman, for the purpose of ascertaining how tar his plan can be made practicably applicable to the ditninisning the ntimber, and ameliorating the con. dition of the necessitous poor in the township a Leeds. I he Rev. ,Y. Sto,•lart, A. 11: Fellow of flare-hall. ei bridge, satittutrd at the Lunt Bishop of Prierholaute as the enmety al use laving of l'ailithall, r urthamptoes , sic, to iiic pre.isimitiou of the Lord Chancellor. V 39