The National Register. — London, England, 1819-09-27 00:00:00

cos , t AltrOi(kilttr 1 1 4 '"7:77• -, .. '.PIOIII ~~ l • 0 1° % ap v I kb„ ItLUi uRiC eitit eondittutinn ivn zth34. .~:. -•. :MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1819. No. 214—VoL. XII.] Volttital Lettapect. .0 , • Meetings continue to be held or. the subject of ;he Manchester atrocities, and we doubt not but • that they will be held by every body corporate, by every county, city and town in the kingdom, until the genetal voice of execration shall be head throughoi:t the country. '.Vc this day give the proceedings at the Meeting in the Borough of South work, heldo Thursday, over which the :ligh Bailiff presided. The Meeting of the city of \ink was pe ' culiarly respectable, and its Resolutions, which were consonant with tba a of the city of London, will derive weight from the fact, that the Lord Mayor of York was in the Chair, that one of the Counsel to the City moved the Resolutions, that One of the Aldermen seconded them, and that they were sups . ported by a most able and constitutional speech from Mr. Lundas, one of the Members for the City. A Requisition for a .County Meeting, we understand, is preparing in Essex, and we cannot but lament the luke-warm spirit that allows it to be asserted that no other County Meeting has yet been applied for. Why is the Metropolitan County yet silent ? Why have we not Requisitions from the Freeholders,dr every County ?—The panders of corruption will hail such apathy as a victory ; and we would gladly have such a feeling of exultation prevented by a ge neral promptitude equal to that which by setting in action the willing mew& of the Manchester Yeo manry, renders silence a crime, and will cause every one who does not declare loudly his detestation' of the illegality, as well as brutality of the memorable lfith of August, to be fairly•fooked upon as " cti accessary after the fact." The widows an,'. father less of the slain, the pauperized dependants on the mutilated, join in imploring justice on those wl.o have so irreparably injured them, and such a call, seconded by every feeling of humanity, carittof be disregarded by Englishmen. Our readers have ob served, no doubt, the COITH attempts which have recently been made to strike at the root of the liberty of the press, attempts which, had they succeeded, would have more effectually achieved what their infamous originators had in view, than any penal enacts: eat against the author, printer, or original and legitinlate publisher of any work—we meant, of course, that limedinagian stride of police power which has dared to hotel to bail as the publishers, persons fur selling books and pamphlets, of the con. te”ts a which they must be ignorant. I La succts,,. attended this effort, it would. have necessarily been incumbent on every newstaan to wade through . six teen or twenty columns of each newspaper,before he ventured to sell t,ne copy ; but the Middlesex Grand 'ury is not a Lanesshire one-.-it will find or three.. out hills hy • the facts of the case ; it will act from. motives of rectitude, and'in observance of the oath taken by its rnetaliers ; it will not be whee,:led to find bills, nor intimidated to throw them cut—it is above .dl p,rsonal considerations. In proof of the verity of this well-merited tribute to a Middlesex Grand Jury, we have heartfelt joy in announcing that every one of the bills of the nature we have alluded to, has been ignored without hesitation. This is however insufficient—an ul terior proceeding is requisite to set the question entirely at rest, and the only t: ay to do this, we presume to be, Ly instituting actions for false int. prisonment against every Magistrate who shall have *mild) lent hiniself to so illegal, so unjust a mea• sure. Tyranny may be exercised by a number of I Magistrat's, as well as by one Sovereign, and it then heroes more dangerous, for it leaves the sulsizet of it, open to the eff,:et of the bad passions of many, instead of the caprice of one, and we venture to assert that in no reign have such extremely dangerous innovations on the liber ties of the subject been made as by the sti pendiary Police Magiitrates of the present .one— tile present moment must be occupied by different considerations, but in supplicating early future at ' tention to this point, on the part of those who have influence sufficient to promote its beneicial agita tion,. we would only refer them to the recent con duct of the Manchester Magistrate& Tranquillity 'splicers to he restored in Manchester, Poiaky, and Glasgow, and if the ere:usive/y loyal will allow it ) we cherish hopes that the peace will not be again disturbed. We give to day un extract of a letter from Manchester, detailing the mis chievous officiousness of some Officers at the Theatre there, which happily, however, C... 1 not end in riot. We well remember that about twenty years ago the Offiects then stationed in Birmiliglaun -used to enter the Theatre of that town from their'-utess rootn,*" hot with the Tuscan grape and full of blood," immediately call fur " God save the King," and during the time it was pla)ing, oblige, e _ very one to be uncovered. We Lave many times aria these heroes pass over the front of the Boxes to en force their orders in the ?it. The Dirming,hata men ut lust determined to resent this, antra Cejitai r n B. having attempted to remiiVe the hat of a Mr. H., the latter struck him a blow on the ribs..from which the Noble Captain never ccmpletely recovered. A representation was afterwards made to the War iseice) from whence oriers were immediately, and r!••st prepnrly, issued, forbidding the soldiery its that towns either calling for "'God save the king," or interesting themselves in the call if it were made by others—an exumtle worthy to be followed by Mi nisters. now, if they really wish to preserve the peace of Manchester. Extract of n letter " kl l3 Royal Hight), a large party, includl Royal YOCIIt on Nif I Ugliness felt sca-sil weather having beet gentrally considered aquatic excursions, nen will not long his Royal Highness uttendcd by thi instant.— Itertained Sitlinuuth and Castll Extract of a letti " Considerable viti few days since, ow: lwarki the his 110741 from St. Jago do had tal.en place ami :misc.. The lintix not toincnt for %11 I fight- This day board, which end Lurds lily 29.- 1 here a received t u rhances lemanartl their freedom, and the restoration of a certain track of land. It is said some troops are about to embark for that place. In fact, we cannot obtain any cor rect information ; but that some disturbances have have taken place in that quarter I have no doubt. Business is almost at a stand with us ; the prices of colonial produce abroad will nut warrant shipments; in tact, there is no mode of remittance without in curring a considerable loss. On Friday morning Crisp, the Norfidk pedestrian, started front the Giulia, Borough, at half past one o'clock, on his ardtiOus undertaking of walking from London to Dover for thirteen successive days, fOr a wager of 90 guineas. He was in excellent spirits, and seems fully confident of his ultimate taiccess. He intends stopping on the road ti r refreshment at' the following fans:—The Chest Arms, Chathaia, fur breakfast; the Lion Inn, Sittin;;'bourn; Lion Inn, Auspridge ; from thence to the Falstaff Ina, Canterbury, and the Castle Inn, Damn. LPRICE 9411. FREE Tasor.—The diversity of the soil and climate, of the natural and artificial productions, and of the national character of the people of Great Britain and Fiance, . will always enable the one to produce innumerable articles of raw and manufac tured produce at much choaper rate than they could probably be produced by the other. If we were allowed freely to purchase the wines, the brandies, and the laces of France, those commodities, which we can prmlucc with less expence than our ingenious neighbours, would be taken in payment. Au extensive market would thus be created for many branches of our, manufactures, and a natural and powerful stimulus would be applied to the in dustry of both countries. It should be clearly understood, that we have it completelyin,our power to add indefinitely to the number of the consumers of British produce—to open a trade with a wealthy nation, possessing SO millions of active, industrious, and enterprising inhabitants, abounding , in various products, which are not th e grow th o f Britain, and at the same time destitute of many species of our manufactures; to uocomplish this most desirable of jeer, we have only to relinquish a i'w of the worst and most contemptible of oor prejudicesto admit that claret may be as palatable as port, blind! as English gist, and that a Frenchman may be suite as honest us a Kt ingin se. GARRICK AND MADLMOISICLIA CLAMION.--NAt long kkre :Jr. Garrick left Paris in 176.5, several pelsons of the first distinction of both ilexes; English and French, met by appointment at the Hotel de - Mr. and Mrs. Gemini' •end Mademoiselle Chilton were of the party. The conversation turned for some time on the Belles Lettres, in which the merits of several eminent writers were discussed with equal judgment and candour ; many critical 'observations were made on the action and eloquence of the English and French Theatres; and ut the request of this very brilliant circle, La Clairol' and Garrick consented to exhibit various specimens' of their talents, which produced much entertainment. This friendly . ..contest lasted a considerable time, with great in on both sides. The company loudly declared their approbathm in the strongest terms (tithe two-Ithibitiors. It was remarked that the French gave the preference to Mr. Garrick, and the English, with equal politeness, adjudged the victory to Mademoiselle Clairon • but, as the gr ea t e r p ar t of the form e r wer e littl:acquainted with the Eng lish lungtiage, Genie& was induced to relate a fact, ar. - .1 etterwar:!s to *exhibit it by action, which happened Pi one oE the provinces of France, at a time he was there,•Asnd of which he had been an eye-witness. " A father," said he, " was fondling his child at an open. Window, whence they looked into the street ; by one unlucky effort, the child sprung from his father's arms, lea upon the ground, and died upon the spot. What folluwed (he said) was a language which every body understood, for it was the language •of nature." He immediately threw himself in the attitude in which the father appeared at the time the child leaped out of his arms.. The influence that a father's agony pro duvet( on such 'a company, and exhibited by this darling SOU of. nature, iu the silent but expree•ive anguish of sorrow, is easier to be imagined than expressed; let it suffice to say, that the greatest astonishment was succeeded by abuudence of tears. •As soon as the company had recovered from their agitation, Mademoiselle (Aairun caught Mr Garrick in her anus, and kissed him; then turning to Mrs. Garrick, she apologised for her conduct, by saying it • was an involuntary mark of her applause. Her Royel Highness the Duchess of Clarence stilt continues ind.sposed at Dover Castle, and, it is feared, some weeks will elapse before she is sufli cietilly recovered to return to town. His Royal Highness the Duke is constant in his attendance on the Princess. Thursday night as NI r.• Horns'', of v% - ithe-.,,,cp, gh, was C . f1.1511/1t Capitalll•4l.lllS, Iwo Men 11101 rood 111111, ami one of likens foreseibilliva putty;, dvtua....rd Ins 'stoney. r. Hutton 11.a.—.1.ated which this: of Omni g trhtm a 1 )1.)w that felled I , *hilt h,,,, w I rjs m wiser, hisss.ttch , and a silk hattilk..-relitel. ; Thee then ran towards the hip m. I, ii4l;uit h;in, made the Irast noise or puniti, they wuula Kitten 41114 insider Wm. er, ilated..fowes, :23(1 it luss the P . Regtot ent (ling seve ..aches, on I onday. b. Tuesday h iek (hrini Short crui lone c(x)l,,, , the Equi the most ruble mo it is pres. lloyo continue; ~ i.e. '1 ; held I 4 Cl 2 ,i011 boar le Earl ' , no!, at lereogh." • 2 tcr from , • • Jo Minn wa. red ring to ace. o*: ing Cuba that iaieei; disli mongst negrocs, ivho de