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

'Or No. 211—VoL. XII.] MR. HoLrs LETTER TO THE EARL OF DERRY. The following letter has been addressed by Mr Holt, the respectable manufacturer of Manchester, to the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Lancaster:— • TO THE RIGHT HON. TIIE FA RI. OF DERBY, 1.0111) LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF LAN CASTER. As I have no olkject in view lint the good of my country, I trust, noble Earl, thou wilt pardon the free dom I n,r, in thus addressing thee; I hold it to he the ditty of every mutt, in times of imminent danger and dif ficulty, if he possess either influence or info.ination, to use it, if possible, to at rest in their progress the growing evils of the day, which may have originated in the dust tress occasioned by the general presstireof the times, and arc laid hold of by wicked and designing men, to create through the United Kingdom a general political tii:nesit, dangerous to the peace and happiness of the country. *' I have for tipsily years had %touch to do with the labouring orders of people, and at the present time em ploy several hundreds aIIVIIII'n these, occasionally, I have It id to contend with much discontent and iits,ibm dination, arising, I ant digitised to think, from the pre s ,ilitig associations for the support, of whist they call the pi, ir ma n's rights, and which have not untrequently been carried to such an extreme, as to int 0 Fen inosl materially With the comfortable conduct of nor nianu factoties, as well as with the best iyerests of the work men themselves. This being the case, the thentivenience could only he temporary, as the rill cured inch', without its being needful to resort •to stay strong or utsconstitu tional means for its suppression. "The alarm which has pervaded the country for some than hack, particularly the manufacturing districts, seems to have been pressed open the notice a every man ; and though it has been generally admitted that the labouring orders have long beets suffering severe Ke ratin's., for-wain of employment, yet they have mifortu stately been allowed so reiterate their complaints unno ticed; have been driven with their families for seek parochial relief; and front this state of wretchedness have easily been cersisailed to throw themselves into the antis of moderolteforieters, who, with this accession of power, • pmtuise to better their condition, by a re equal di , - intuition of the gored things with which the country aim Is. That thousands—nay, tens of thousands, should flock to the standard of these men, is not to uc woudpred at, while men of rank and fortune fail to do their Bitty. Many who, by their successful prosecution sir business,have, loy the very labour Iw.t I .c.l Is ;tow palsied sod rests as a deid weight on the market, acquired 'princely ft s—l say,while these men wise are alone competent to arrest the growing evils, lo ok supinely on, indifferent as it were to those consequences which are inevitable, what can be hoped fur unless relief be in sense way administered. "It is in vain to look for a more proverous state of things from the probable improvement of trade, as it re gards a great portion of four lablinring poor.; the means of prodnetiatt,, aided by our n 1111 l emus mechanical con trivances, are almost incalculable, and thew presv so upon the markeu to which this. far we have found ac echs, as to render our manufacturer of little oalne, leav ing the industry of the mutiny without hope Of remu neration. " It is not from foreign competition alone that these evils proceed : it is from the mistaken policy of our ma nufacturers. who ought to be the natural guardians of the labour of the country. but who am ever bent upon re ducing the price of that labour whelk:ter the demand I)econses languid; and thus producing a twofold evil, 'destroying the comforts of Ake operatives, and, in pro portion as the prices are reduced, inning them, by long hours and exceasiee exertion, to the pusloction of an increased quantity ofthe %cry articles w Men are al- ready too abundant. "I have too gond an opinion of g-wittlis of the popu lation of thiv country, for a moment to beliot that rhe present ebullition deserves any such character as that o to it; but I am at the same time confirmed in my judgement. that great distress precedes a la ge body of well-disposed and wellaliceted men in the country, who would sit down contented with living in great modera tion and plainness by their own intlmtrious exertions. Give them but food mid clothing as the reward of their labour, and all the cant of universal suffrage and annual Parliament% with the test of the catalopie of their de mantle, would d.s.rpuear, or be found only with the iti nerant politicians of the day. But wrien want stares them in the face, and the melt of weight, of conse quence, and of information, refuse to listen to their com plaints, to whoa, then, are they to lonic " I em no party nun myself, nor do I recollect ever in the course of my life, attending a political meeting, or in any way interfering with the political contests ul the day. But, surrountlesl, as me are with alarm and difficulty, I could not mime myself, if I did not mate what appears to mew be calculated to traequilize the 4.siblic mind, mull to restore order dod conduit awougst Ills. " Pr!Mil me with due deference and regret fur the character aged rank in life, to suggest that..ls Lord Lim iting.% Or the county, if thou wen to call .1 meeting of tbe.nobility, gamy, landholders, and princ;ll4l 111:11W • Ationali Argetitt4 Our laing, Cott6titution attb l dot MONDAY, AUGUST so, 181 . 9. fact niers/or the purpose of taAing into their serious eoluidee. Olio's the present distse•ssed state II the labouring orders of the people with a view to Me devising ry . 3101 measures as would give instant activity to the surplus lal•orer in the severtil ma nufacturing. districts, I am of opt,' on that many expedi ents might be resorted to, to effect this; and ratably, the mintuftctitrers themselves might bring about a co operation through the kingdom, for ►he purpose. of raising the price of labour, and tasking its moderate exercise sufficient to procure the 'ordinary means of existence, without the degradamin of parochial aid to eke out the scanty provision. " Could the poor but see the rich inreresting them selves, to restore to them wart the pressure of the times has gradually taken away; to what privatams, during these glom to serve them, would thy slot submit, with iritient resignation? " I lore my (mutiny. and greatly value its inhabitants. I cannot,therefore,contemplate the proposrd•emigrauon to the Cape of 'Good Hope as at all calculated to relieve our present distresses. Who, havieg the feelings of an Enalishman, does not look with affection un the land of his nativity ? " let us then cherish that attachment, by a timely attention to the difficulties end digresses with which oar suffering brethren arc struuteling. And this will, -I'll answer for it, call them back to their duty and alle giance, and a themselves the cunn trys • best se fegua rd. 'lite Clown and waste lands in the United Itiiiisdoin might, in toy huutble•opinum, be parcelled out, outlier the direction and smierintetulance of• Boards of Agriculture, composed of geotlemen who would most cheerfully guse their services, amongst the unemployed. labourers and their families, to be held a testis of years free from ma and taxes. • Thus would 'profitable activity be given to the la bour to mousers& of families, and. the districts where they are now hardly existing on paimerion, be relieved front a weight of expense which prodnees general dis tress and dais:inky. Tois measure would give au in creased value to the labour that remains; and it would be sought for at a price that w old sustain life in coot lon. • Should this plan he resort& to (and it has the sanction of a noble Earl, who is also the Lord Lieuie nant of a northern district), no man whose opinion is worthergarding, would dare to say, that it is a cotters . dun prompted by .fear ; because the ;precautions taken by Government and all the constituted anthorities through the nation, are of that inrinidaitle kind that can not hut convince the most tirsperioy, that in the event .4)t• a general cunflict nothing but destruction awaits thefts. l'he present poor-rates of tile country antuuu t ammally to 10,000.0001. or 14,0tfli,0001.; tf what , 1 would most respectfully reconsurensi were ha:comp on a broad scale by Gine 11111 l tint. s fourth (glints pan of this amount might be fairly called for and easily fur ' nishod, u the means by which usiestry into effect the proposed measure, because the operation of it would take t he poor out of the several districts where they areihe most hurdeusonte ; and, as a necessary cousequesice, would give a proponionately additional valise t i e every man's property so relieved. • 'ln ascertain die degree of distress prevailing through this country, (and which arsine people effect to dinr), aeu 1111 l Lissom ofeespectahle independent, and humane men, might to be appointed, coneet le to obtain the number of lautilies nut of employ went who are wil -1 ling to vork, their gestural character-, mita! occupations, wed how hog leor state (/'things Los ended trytongsl A( " Should this imperfect sketch noble katrl, be found to contain any thine worthy thy notice and attention, I shall indeed greatly rej o ice; and 1 do trust, that the motive by which I ass actuated will be admitted as a sufficient apology for the freedom I have exercised ; and ihat thou wilt believe me to be, with all.due raise:nee and respect. " Thy obliged, and sincere friend, " ibuo.lo. " DAVID 1104. T." SU.PPI.P)IEN'T TN Til 1? LnNDO.V C.-IZETTE, OF TUE-DAY, THE Mu OF AUGl7'l'. TRIDAT. AUOUSC 1819. India-Board, Aug. '27. Dispatches have been received at the East India House from the Governor in Council at Bombay, respectively, dated the (kit, 20th, and Slat of March, and 24th April, 1519, of which dispatches, and of their inclosures, the followin; :u•.: extracts and Copies:— Extract from a Dispatch ft am the GOVerilat io COanCil at Itaalialy 10 the neetet Commit tr t, March It, 1819. We have the honour to acquaint your Honour able Committee, that the military operations, under Major-General William Grant Keir, inSawunt warree, have been marked with mum a degree of promptitude, cfiergy, and vigour, on the part of the Major.Genertd, apd the Officers and then em ploycd under his command, as to merit the highest commendation; and we have much 3mi:4-Action in 'NICE a transmitting, for the information of your Honou. able Committee, the copy of a dispatch from the Major-General to the Adjutant-General of the Army, reporting the details of the capture, by a►- sault, of the outworks of Rairee, on the 13th of last month, the effect of -which was attended by the sur render of that fortress on the tidlowing morning., the greater part of the garrison having evacuated it during the night. The short, but brilliant, operations of the force employed under Sir William Grant }cir, occupied only a period of seventeen days from the time our taps passed the frontier, until the conclusion of the treaty. [Here follow the General Ordrr of the Government of Bombay, complimenting the (Miceli/ whit troops on the orea‘ionj Copy of a Report from Major-General Sir William Grant licir to the Adjutant-lienetal, dated Camp Ktiree, IJtb Fein liar', IKE). Sot,--I had the honour yesterday evening to fur ward a brieif report of the success of the attack on the enemy's lines before ltatree, and have new the pleasure to acquai.,t you that the fen was this morning taken possession of by r. detachment from my camp. The difficulties experienced in the disembarkation of the ordnance and stores retarded our operations in a considerable degree, but on the night of the Nth instant we succeeded in erecting our batteries, and opened on the tort at day-break the next mein ing with four battering guns and as toasty eight inch mortars, which were swrved with such vigour and precision as to dismantle the whole of the guns in the outer works in the course of an hour, when our fire was directed against the general defence of the place: about three o'clock a breach was effected in a curtain of the advanced outworks, and a party of 350 grenadiers farmed for the assault under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Clifford, of his Majesty's 89th Tegiment. The troops moved to the attack about four o'clock, and passed the breach without difficulty, driving the enemy in consider able numbers towards the second lines, which were immediately carried, and a lodgment effected within half-musket shot of the upper fort, to which the enemy were pursued, and many bayonetted at the lower gate, which was for a short time in our pos session. The spirit and rapidity of the attack, added to the advantageous position which wasgait ed by the advance of our troops, struck the enemy with such terror, that nearly the whole of the garrisoa •e,a:uated the fort during the night. This morning Satnbajce Sawunt proposed to 'tender, and was permitted to march out with about fitly adherents, the -small remnant of a garrison, which is said to "have consisted of near twelve hun dred men at the commencement of the siege. I . beg leave to inclose a more detailed report cf the attack, 'transmitted by Lieut.-Colonel Clifford whose conduct on the occasion is deserving of the highest applause. .1 have likewise the pleasure to forward a copy c.f the Field Orders, conveying my sentiments on the behaviour of the troops, together with a list of killed and wounded. I shall march toward Warree in order to arce:e rate the treaty with that 6ovecoment, which %ill I trust be speedily brought to a faroorahleconciusion. I have the honour to lie, &c. W. G. Kurt, Major-General. [if-re fo'dows the 1F.e1.1 (Wet by I.ljor-Griicril Srr not K. it, K.M. T., complimenting the Of fiC el A, trOniox, &C.l It is in the sontemplatiun of the Magistracy of Essex to erect a new county gaol or penitentiary, for the classification of offenders. The spot propo sed for the site of the building is on the estate of Lady Mildmay, at Springfield, opposite the Govern ment Depot. The expence of ..voepleting the work estimated at fifty thousand pounds. By advises from the Mauritius, dated Mw 11, we hear that a Dutch ship (4'Bo gams, h den with spices, has been lost cm the Island of Diego G..rcia. A Commissary-General, ail Admiral, and 100 men, had arrived at the Mauritius, and 200 men remain ed on the Island. During the recent Archiepiscopal ei.ita•ion the county of Kent, his (inlce the Archhishop of Canterbury confirmed, in the course of his tour, nearly t &Ave thou 4und individuals, ~►.' r 1. Lai C • ; • nour- I = '