The National Register. — London, England, 1819-01-25 00:00:00

JAMAICA PAPERS. VV:ISEAU (DOMINICA), SEPT. to. cr.r,c.L.A.cATlox F&(M THE movoinaut.c THE HOUSE OF 4SSEMILY. Lim Honour the S,...akei . .end ilnuse of Assembly to his Ex cellent s the Governs:it . The He mit. haring I.pril toluished by the Colonial Agent• uith a copy of 1401141 y papeta laid to lore the Hamm of Coal limos, aid! pr:illed t' their order of the Ist of May lent, hese seehllllii in, 41 it moth sal ',lire, a 1111114.1111.0 of the 1 . 0.1 . 1. ..1 heVeril slave* io thin island, oho ;lye said to have been loaded se;th heats chall.• .no.l collars.. an f1:11 , A4 : .. 1, A . boy about 15 1 - cars e ar,e, a large iron chain round his nark, listened with a prulka I:, tit Al weighicg Wai s. td. Ise., girls of it yea ~ much marked by the effects of the eart-whip, he.tened together with iron chains round their necks, pad ! rated, weighing t stilet. so 5.!. A full grown man, after a severe flogging with the cart whip, leaded with an iron collier Arid chains, is eighing 21 ibs. " 4th. An oh) man. a. parertly 60 years of No, after lowing been seemly beaten lis• bin master. was placed in tic stocks, with an iron c-dar ttiond his meet, and chains. weighing thdhs. " sth. Alsoy about 12 years of age. loaded with an iron collar, sNains, and log of wood., weighing Wills. t" and it appearing that 1..... h statement Mae trantinitted from the Government-house of this laland, dated tint 3d September last. The H,.11•1 1/114 ted , e to In q uest your Eseelleney mill be I.!eisseil to fits tri•ls Mom wit h all the information you oils) p r o_ rola on that *object, whit the names of the neer,. II so etiolated, :tea those ot Moir so net ...11 , 11.111•11 lortiluel wily re-pikes to bi trt nerally known to be 1/11iVcrkally ea...canted its this commi t it y ; and ore it Ind yeti'. Ehcelleney w ill cormantarate to Lord DAlloost the getivi al condition of the slaves in this island, uhich has he cn , •11u,ticli sniareprehented in the lioaseof CAini . ; 4914. VV, I. rl confident that their condition in as happy a. • •lal 114 any •1.. re population in the West Indies, and rely with eilmatritee on the candour Anil justice of you. Excellenet's ( it...km:Lei In COilliiiiirl •li , I) untnatlftril dc..nsilli , nyt avuilit A lsks.le C 011111.111,11, alt 11 4 fest ilielivi•lllJl , : • are 011114. W 11.1.1.01 ANDERSON, Speaker. limt.ne• of Assembly, .loly 1, IS I •-.. !his Excellency the Governor to his Honour the Speaker and the !louse of Assembly. The Ge.rilioi, in C. 101111.1: .. O. ii:l lilt request of the House of Asheridi., . ha. assocs.-it the names el ' the 00 ner• or man•• gen ot the slaves who ale inernio.e d in the statement trans. Drifted II Ili, Gollebitineill 111111•• • dit'en Sd Sept. hint. Names of Slaves. Belongitir;.. Own. and Man. lit, A boy, Stow Estee, Mr. Curry. ~ Cd. Two girls, Fanny 'i Airs. Warner, (Mr s. Warner, in and Fra..ces. J 1 Roseau. 3d. A mat, I.reeriesol, Mount Eelus, Mr. Cross. 411). Anonimaii,Vie• } Mr. Roberts, Mr. Roberts, ion. .tort, :)th. A boy, Louis, Mr. Aly ler, Mr. Myler. wills s , g .„•4 . I „ t h e H u tt , or o h 1.13 the House hams been pithined to express " at these inslaticee of slices having been* loaded with ben r? chains and collar., which only rewires I. be renetally known to be swivel sally ”*:* l aird in this corn. sunnily," the (ii.neinot takes icase to r4+-r the House to his Illem.age of the 21Ith Ortolorr, 1816; to the Merida la of the Horne oho are Magisti arcs ; to the Circular L. tter by order o 1 t h e p i i. y Couto al, dated lUili November, ISM, tr.; thin s•.lijort ; and in Ihe )moose it. general; to the sus el at prose c•il tons %Illicit base beets instituted agaiiist illlll5 ideals for mong this unseemly and illegal mode of punishing, whirls last 1, ilv the hale law for the goad' unient of the slayer. has Abu.- fitly abulishetl. The Governor r. Crete that .01 coital probi• h:tion hits not been made to the tr-e of dungeon* oi l man e cot ales, which are of retch a rowainetion that A halllan being natlttot stand upright, or even egret its find) when I.:reeling i M`ti /WO .1/11iCil 110 light 1104 All , 41111 find elm:111CM, except LIP p ,Eh suntan zigzag apertnie in the wall. :fir tirarctoor I ecomtnenda to the tins...! to pass a supple :Ste wry tar to alinli.h these dniiri ons, and to enact that all 1 % i ts seed auf the impose ot con fi nement may be airy and pet dimensions. ' GOVCrII4Ir assures the Holum of Assembly that he will fltie ie at A furies roost 1111 l ricate to Lord. Bathurst the Iran state of the eondilllll and treatment of the gloat. population of this lola it.; and f t will be for 1i 1. ka 01111114110illdlle of the coition 11., fall* intuit of their situation with the 'laves in t h e et h er islands. CHARLES WM. MAXWELL. By his Excellency's command. J. M. WILLIAMS. Ceonaument House, Dominica, July 48, 1810. His Honour the Spraker and Heim of Assembly to hi. Ex. relletley the Governor. - - - Tile House, impressed with the importance of the discussion relative in the treatment or the slaves, andstesireasof exposing to public detestation those persons win', demi to the vole* of linntanity, have abasesk i the anitautfty intrasted to them, by loading their slaves with heavy chains, beg leave to return you their thanks fur your message, conveying to them the names ef the persons who acted in such an unjustifiable man aver. 'limy have called before them Mr. James Etoss, cue of that parties accused, and the negro Li vet pool: and 0 111. Cruse, in the defence. stalk d to the House that the chain affixed to •ehe tt egt o weighed less than four pounds, and produced a •chalas which lie declared to be the mimesis:tit of the same : this slaw anent vas t outfit oiled by the negro, as to the appea l . snit and prohatile weight of the chain. Under three eirctuastances the Home cannot hut conceive hfiss year Ext....llency must hare been misinformed by the pet on who weighed ; and all this matter is of must serious Importance, and as the honour and chat aeter (tithe country v:1 the Ler.i•hatate depend arm a full and complete raids.. I.l4:gua ..1 u h wallets connected with the t 'raiment of the the Hooke sequels that your Excellency wall cause the thann altsen to that negro laver; oral to he laid belot• theta, reith Ilae name of the person who weighed it, that it may be ',omitted hero, e the Home. WILLIAM ANDERSON, Speaker. I/cum *I Assembly. Augnot 12, rola. Vixen fuliuty a- tale atfiu•vits, for the purpose of prdOlag that the chain. used wet, of less weil.ht than stated ] We are antliorked I' state, that the paragraph in the 06- sertors,of last la `• that one or the Nletolters for Cali heter, %cho i r's lath r:iti tell on the patitotie interest of that h a faeorls, 1%441 eel enitql tlir Chiltern Hundred-, upon an n odes t•tantlitt.4 that Ile 1!! 10 g 0 0111 10 111 %VIA to iit s in .10 entoin. ial Appoio.tini nt ." is Ai: the tenants of the houses on the north shied Coeltspur insect. ot the Haptalket to the King's Mews. ineludintpart of t‘ultiAk Late moved nutim to (init. on the exp raunn or inch .tab; • se, on Lariy"loy, whet tits taw street, leAuing to ry a . lit coannet.eeth The !veer p:rt cft! a Kine's Hews is situ ;aim: town. St. Martin's ('Lurch (litst to St. T.µ ; l, the n n.t 11,:qtrlificent in the metropolis, sill thus he° 'tettetl, Gad Iwo it a striit...g uajtet ittmt and t.:hating.rrost. ri " 'ER MANCHESTER MEET! .\'G. ‘II*ROM MANLHIATEIL HERALD.] MANCUIITLIu. JAN. 11 1 ,•p tom al pliration had hem' made to flyr I 1 nt a hrert c end e'•sistoliter, to cont•enr a Met fling for thr porpoim or cli.eirYilog whriller it toidet hr proper to petition the Itome of Common's for• the immediate repeal of the Corn Bill "the moitiripal en attire ;hat iminethioc Imo e wn. meant Ilion met 'lit it tarsi eked that the rineatlon ol the corn laws Will solicited, to Swinish ee prerenee for tl.e dincuPion of other suhjr•cte, di dined 'he ittraiiure. The advertisement hy %%Welt the ptihlie meeting ill 'fir , sday was railed, stated that " the chair would be takes' precisely at I I o'clock." A party, with flags and isli ir. E.:et the iirellOr, and look 116 horses from the carriage. A little hethre 12 o'clock, ri.r tiblieliii pi ocession come dow n Market Street ; it consisted of 'hire mess, bearing flags with inscriptions. The first, we miderstand, was the property of the " Man horn Bristol." it was red, with gold letters; on imp •ide the w, ids ' Hunt and Liberty," and on the whet stile "universal Sidfrage." It was mounted on a red at. tf, whirls was surmomited with the red rap of Liberty ! The other flags were white ; en one adieu' was inscribed " din Cults Laws," and oar the other " kir Ids of Man." These were hitlowed by a band of music, and immediately afar came the silly people who dicta the baronet', in which stood, waving his hat, the amiifien•rejected candidate fur a seat in Ili• house he has co 1111101 411441 ed. When the procession arrived at the Exchange, the carriage stopped at the flout dour, and the manw wished to brave given "a spire otitis quality," by niakilig tan harangue to the subscribers to the newsroom, who were looking at the " conga impudent mail living" from the windows and dour. But the moment hr opened his month, he was sabred *Olt every tia4rl: of iudig aunt contempt, and lie was obliged to give tip his intention, for thehiases and groans 'lithe gentlemen whim' lie wished to lteertme his onditors, drowned even his stentorian pawns, and irls- soy lons moved onwards with their Feelings load, to the hustings (if so the seaffolding may lie railed), which was erected on Ott ground near St. regret' chinch, new rented for exercise by She Alanchesterwed Salford yeomanry cavalry. The seattidding was then taken possession of by Mr. Hon', and a number of person•, conipmed Willi whom, he himself (though Ida appearance has nut unaptly been compared lo !hat of a cow.jobber) looked sine.etitiing like a verticals's. Amanita them we entleestand, were Alitehrl , Saxon, Knight, and Ogden, whose oratorical linnets have *been all heard open the lame groomd previonsl, to the blanket march. Qrater. Knight, we understand, opened the business of the day by moving that Mister nom should take the Chair. He did so, and proceeded in speechify ; lie thanked them tar their fa vour, Hoar of elevating him to the high honour of being their clisirmnit at such a meeting, interlarding his inflamma tory harangue with libellous invert"' cA against the }lonic of Commune. Knight was the rent sneaker; hilt if we were ever AO ranch iuclised in report the >perches delivered at the meeting, it wonld he impossible ; rene but a voice like Mitts; Hunt's could be heard at many ca: el,' distance. in the open air, en so windy a day. MeV, sill other persons afterwaids spoke; and seen aftet one o'elei ins! es the chairman was *boot to eemodince another harai.gue, the scaffolding gave way, and Owls and of • leis all came tumbling dots n together. The mishap, we are happy to add, did not do much personal isjury, hut reduced the outs."' le a dilemma from which they were not semi released. illstsr lirit:t,h4)%l ever, rerad;reling his tomer situation in Spatirids, espying the sign of lisp Wise. near the t ijils of his to, e elevation, sans certntsivis went in, walked up stair., thr ew up a sash. 111111 was about to address his authors fauns ac whitlow; het the 1.1/11111ind f• • mieditig 11.191 that I.:. house was t:ceii•vri for the sale •r ale and not 10 have very properly toot' bins by the-as m, and tonged tin into the street. These was us alternative but waiting till the searohling Was again erected ; and in a little mole thaa tl ief! itnarters ef au hear this was effected, aid the sui-disani patriots resumed their lab/sins. At lets o'clock the ildTrrent motions w hieli had been made wet e ail disprised of, and Mister !Uhl concluded the "labour of his lain;:' by hoping he should huge! the glories, of the day. Tke patty then proceeded to the shunt.' to which hater Hunt IV3A incited , and to which he was di awn by a few poet deladed people, the precession passing front the scaffold in the wise order to which it came, again stopping at the change dour, where .the scene acted in the smutting was ie. ;seated ; the loan rtidently wishing to insult a class of sariety tar ranking above that by which he was suit °tweed, mottoa which not one resprelohlo prison comfit be recog nized. After staying a few minutes in this siimetion, the pro cession itiored thrusgh the Market Place, mad Old Magee, to the spcall Eagle, in flanging Ditch, whet e the public dimwit was pl Utijl:ll. Before wrcos.clude this article, it is a justice owing to the lower c l a sses of the town of Miniel.ester to say, that, clew. ing du; lag the dinner hoar, het stern t *else dad one is'etork. lad excepting a few women and eluldien allured by Ilse novelly of the scene, the greatest portion ut pitmans of that descriviium wise attended were evidently front a distaace sod front the country, cd to the town by Ike intitistore of the ad wertisesseut which bad been industriously circulated. A; soon theta wets pie/Wail at it/141 10,030 110 s”iss, but a rut, eutisi•lstsble p.p.., inns was drawn to the place •titirrly cariosity; and that lb. fevers' fueling was nut with Mr leastet of 'be spectacle furl pearl Wail slat's), by at trait Iwo thirds of lb* rersonsps s, nt,arittat‘ up a •Loal of satiates( tuns ea the fail wt the hu;tisiga. Poar Or Livuttpuoi.. - foilowmo i. an account of the number of es•el• 'rpm ted al tho ( mamas flame fur the year IbIS. without intititimg the seS.Pli4 .111 . 111VCii us IN. coasting 11•441.• ;—.. From FttroPe EC7 lisiti,ll trim Fortin Parts Forei ,, n ttneo Vortii:n Ports' lrclaad anti late of Mon til.4 'fund ...-31,17 int - coffins! arrivsly in the pit. ramp tAr uy 717.-11. c minibus of se.sels srsive4 EGI.I Indies I...t)rni (end inoindml in theliborr stlirmesst),' Wits 34, 4:olflrli*iog 211,K32 tons. 'rho numb's *lntl! hies 'leafed tint hams this pull slues the vists:ng of Il.i• incur eseeetta our number t Hit! et lite bade (ineltiditis thu►r bras 11.eit;m4 oi , h grain ) - imty computed' at 1.0.0 224" to 25'10 t•xclo.ive IC; e..eis daily tiavi ~t.n the 7%,1 y lii . ...eett this pmt ono is Wearer am; :vettS.,l a • lission.s. A new iastanec uYtt.iet inriaglnitilr lately in practice is l.or.e.cm. is to agal c.ewb„ paint the ditti.runt colour aoil trot en Vest: was. NAlibuce of iladolsw a have lately bans /abbot .nis musics, SAN' 1-14" INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY U. 1.111Y.1..-WARD V. CLEIIIENT. 'nig was au detain for a libel. The d•sinages were 14.4 al 30901. Mr. Seas lett stated the rake !O the Jirry. The present was a ease io tin rommon i 1115•14,1 'ail a political point of view. elamt , ff had raiseit himself from a lower situation la loaf of A I , !p.r lace-tointint:tetiorer at Nottingham. Ile took parr with Ihr journeymen W 114.11 they Stood 0111 fur the inereave wage,.. and :rave them that increase lii.ovelf. When the disturhaace loroke out in that part of Ike cnuur•y, Ward became flit ; and when the lialorow Conon.' Art was •tispenifed` in 3 one, 1817, he .14v taken from MA family by 10 or 19 cuu stablev, and nosier itio.fferturof:rioplfraelwroo to the maglairst e i At Noll iogllant. he woos conveyed ho Cold Balls Fields prison, and bout thence 10 A) wfm-11, where he remained the taint of November folio airy, alien he was releaved. Bust abets he arrived at Norio:than', he discovered, to his astunislimenr, that the Editor of a Newspaper, celled the Oherrver, had sent into the %solid, on the 10th of Novi-oilier, OM. a Paper, published different to the mood form, partly blank and with. out a stamp, differing materially from the paper of die pre. reeding d . t y (Sa li d a ). the volt of Novein!lrr.i.l which it lour. ported to he a areond edition. Lt thi• Ryer, under he l;eail of Derhyst:ire Invite.' coital, a:.d E•eciition of t:i. Convicted," a full detail of all the cif cniwoances euneel wiW those unfortunate proceedings is proote,sed to he ozi veil ; in the course of which Wald , the plain.itf, who know ustliing of polities or of Oliver, except what he 'night eavnal y gain firm tea/hurt a Newspaper, is accused of *• tieing nor of the ind;vidloale who fanged the Seen° I Committee at Nuilinghans, to when, Oliver was introittireit, and by ohu.n lou was in formed that all WA* ready ; and further, that some of the Luddites who were convicted and Parented at Leirevier. jtivt previons to their execution, declared, that the plaintiff, Frank Ward, was oar of the old Ned laidile who were appointed to town:nod the relief forcer.; that he load proceeded to his appointed 1)04, from whence he *as, with °awls, to march, for the pnrpose of storming the barracks, at an appointed Bete."' This way she libel. Ants Maid, ;laughter of the plaintiff, deposed, that her father is e.l at Nottiogham, and 1T71 , 1 known by the smote of Frank Watd. Ile was a laremtantsfarturer ; employes/ 10 or II hands, and condisered his own imsitit ss. Recollected the Constables coming to her father's house on the 15th of June, 1;47; they scotched the house, aud, haviug done so, lea it befote her father ; Ito ;afterwards went on? ; this was about thtir o'clock is; the afternoon of Tainulay ; after he went ant he did not retool, and on the Saturday matting after witness 54%, hint in custody. He returned home soon alter the lath of November, 1817. J. Holmes knew Oliver; was confined in Cold Bath Flehts in the month ofJune s was talon up ;it Nottingham. Wail was is rostotly•at the sane time, so was lirines; they was brought up to Cold Bath Fields at the same lime. Mr. Gaither, the pohlisher of The Meurer, stated the number of Pipers sold on Sunday, the oth of November. It was Impossible fur him to say how wady were pulled without stomps and :then away. Mr. C. himself racked them up and sent them away. With's, was not psesent when he sent theta •way ; does not know that Mr. Closest sent them tty has dretis to Ilse differeut Post Masters and prisons in the countrt• ; hat know* that it was enstataa; y with Mr. Clement to give away a 'somber of blank papers whenever any thing occurred to excite ',italic interest. Nelson, a letter.earrier at Derby, recollected receiving a large .quantity of Murree; oske day in November 1817, f.o:u Mrs. Latins, the gaoler's wife, to distribute about the tune gratis. _ _ Ms. Gorsiry, on the part of the defendant, addrinwad the Jury, and coniess.led thist Mr. Word aught to have tried lid% cause in hiss lo..vis nesulitsonrisond, if he felt that bi. character had snaps rd any thing by what Mr. ('tensest hind inserted in his paper, wino' could not have been evalieiously done, as it arose fr an account lie had received of the disturbed counties. The Chief Justice summed np, and went through a review of the libel, whirls he s lid contained cirennistaiires of gave charge against the plaintiff; and the defendant hewing been peeved the publisher, the platniiff was intitled to a verdict ; the enestion of 411111Ag.11 was one peculiarly for the csntille_ rattan of the Jar, ; lie would on this oeeasion, as he did on all others, recommend them to consider that rpiestiou passionately, and to be guided iu the mom they awarded by moderation, blended with just.ce, a cunrsr which he had vo doubt they would purse, ote the pre.clit oerasion. The Jury retired for near balfan hoot, when they wonted, and by the mouth of hlr. Kirby, their Fermat'. the lea' Sheritf of London, delivered a verdict ter the phtintstl— Damages 6901. costs 40s. At a dinner on Tuesday, at vehicls shout 100 persons were assembled, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, to eeleloate the triumph of Ward, Helier*, sue of the persons w lin hail be. r inii.rnioneil during the sospeosion of the Heiress Ciitlins Art, &set ibed los imptisnnturns to his efforts to detect Oliver. On the dith of May, Oliver was et Nottingham. and hail (ll' 'l 4 ' o a nd fond hilar•iessa riith Branitreth. On the 7th of Jane he appeared there admin, called a meeting of the fle foinier., and told them, that the resolatian an heopds begun in Ynikshire had been stopped ny the i n nel . of p..; meld, and that he had with difficulty ...coped. Holmes, nth.' its sting that he was a spy, roi.ti ' Red to rPI him into hoot fie r liy slietmg that i.e Ives auxi:ol.-d. He rime to it o .ll liai heat) pres.ed tie deviated abet tie mots ir.sily et film ni..tileat reel the stagieldrd of (II 'dem, shit iniplvie.l to Li•s:ii t;ir,et,rf or flip poor 1111 - 11 of Yin I, would be All Mut &red. WI,Pr why tiro lie Audit burly away 11015 them, he tepiird, t if any person woold gu f r Sins he wohhl Stay, WIC ni,db• I ;•8 eunid equally yr forts Lis dhtiy in Lin:doll. • He :bases d e iti,k,i the people, hy flel,setihk I.li lend, sage 1 . 10111 Sir nand., Nt.ilt Col t to . IW ItOtleel %% 0..11. Ms. Chirti:en Itte :t;r. Kurd, .I„reel, that 1,..‘ tog 1.14.11 Mit. It it:Venni , ' t. 1. - . , 61 stAlunie.w, ht !odd gout. to Ntstrios,lvissi to a*- r,rsan., to hi• real diet ort... Ile fo I they Wilune motive. fur hitting li.ni rirre net obvious ;mil rt. doable to then., lutes) and reispriest hie Ilia rio:rpy tes. fur srraeirt fwvis iosrenclis•il hs te; 41,4 fl i nt he 11.4 wi it-11:!Ch 1 .0- ithlnlfst 1111. dlitlgt 111 filet II 4.1 . 11 1 ::!•tt . 111. tta l ihnigertii, DWI .dcletAltr W11.•,1' hos hand with sseter - he orlon ing it tip the niild hard ba in acpeatatier i.fgrret. simphd.) a 4.11 MutleNly.. L a lnt, i ti, I natite:l ~,- Tst,irtztal.. a:* 1)r 44(.4 to tlc tid sit 11, I b . . s W. ' 16.411 s,