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

lol►i ca[ Ilet toOpect. atservations last week on the lamentable o.,..aTences at Manchester were written while in dif.r.iation was boiling in the blood, and we might have been pardoned if our expressions hod been stronger than our cooler reflection would justify ; the very reverse, however, is the ease. Every time we revert to the sulject, our feelings of horror are increased ; every fact we learn respecting the meet ing itself adds bitterness to the conviction, that those dio have perished have fallen victims to the most wanton exercise of power placed in the hands of i i ;narance and cowardice that ever disgraced the page of History. We rejoiced last week, amid all our griefs, that Government was not at all identified with these transactions, and we anticipated the pos sibility of those with whom they had originated expiating their crime on the scaffold. The letter of Lord Sidmouth to the Earl of Derby has removed this source of gratulation, for by that letter Govern ment has become the espousers of those acts which we hoped would have been left to their own justifi nation—acts which are anathematized by every ho nest man, acts that are declared on all hands to have been unsupported by even the necessity of the case; acts that are at variance with every thing that we are taught to respect as the laws of our country, are boldly approved by an administration whose incon sistency is glaringly displayed by their allowing a meting to take place the very game day as this notable letter is published, in the heart of the e.l , 2tropulis, which meeting separated in perfect peace -;.d order, and just as that at Manchester, doubtless, -oultl have done, but that the Magistrates deter . Lined to prevent such a conclusion. To have pro ..rvetl their consistency, Ministers should have imitated the Lancashire Magistrates—they should have ordered the City Light Horse to have chervil and sabred the unoffeeding, unarmed, peaceable, though misguided men. This letter of approval really appears to us to be the most uncalled fur and gratuitous act of gross folly that has ever signalised the present Ministers—et c' beaucoup a dire. Be sides, lot us look at the situation in which the exe cutive may yet be placed by this ridiculous document —suppose that a Jury of honest men be found in Lancashire, who, in conformity to their oaths, on hearing the evidence, should pronounce a verdict of Wilful Murder, and this is by no means a hyperbn ical supposition; why, in such case the executive would be obliged either to sign a death warrant for an net it had approved, or extend the Royal cle meney to a crime which never ought to be par doned. We tremble when we look at the effect that might be produced on the public mind by the exten sion of mercy under such circumstances. Moreover, imbecility itself might have remembered that the statements Ministers have hitherto received have been entirely ex parte, and furnished by those who probably, feeling they had gone too far, have, under the united influence of remorse and fear, suppressed the worst features of the business, and substituted in their place those of a very different complexion. Our readers will perceive that Ministers were determined the approbation to be expressed should Le pure and unmixed. The intrusion of the slightest expression of regret that so many Englishmen had Leen killed or mutilated, was not to be tolera'ed. The " Nun-rep:estnted People," as they call themselves. are asaociated, and we call upon those who are represented to unite, not to oppose Rational Ref •••1. nor to promote L'niversal Suffrage and AnT d Parliaments, but to call meetings all over the .;!oin, to address his Royal Highness to foon his Councils for ever" Owe Ministers • ho, '. : total disregard and contempt of the Dishes, wants, ulid sufferings of the i l 'enduced such as irritation in the pub. • . Al, as n ing tise can allay. Let, then, no • be lost—it is not yet too late, and whenever shall consist of men in whom a well- kOnbeli. MONDAY, AVOIIbT 30. sk i ,* We have received, in a blank envelope, by the Twopenny Post, a printed copy of one of the most infamous incitements to open rebellion that we have ever read. We would gladly lend our aid towards refor.ning the abuses that have crept into our Government, but those persons are entirely mistaken who suppose that every thing in our power wnyld not be done to b. - ;ng to justice any one who should attempt to subvert what we would willingly help to restore to its pris tine excellence. The private letters by the Dutch Mail state, that the recent additional duty on coffee is becoming every day more odious, and the manner of collecting it is still more unpopular than the imposition itself The public feeling on this subject was strongly ma nifested at the Vauxhall of Rotterdam on the 14th instant, where the Minister, Appelins, with whom. the measure originated, happened to be present. The instant he was discovered he was surrounded, severely beaten, and driven oat of the place ; had he not been near the gate, and thus enabled to make his es.l very suddenly, so irritated were his assail ants, that he would not have escaped without serious. personal injnry. lie his made retreat from Rotter dam the next day, taking the circuitous route of Vaarding and Ketel to the I lague, to avoid notice. A letter from Rotterdam of the 21st inst., remark ing on the tax upon coffee, observes—" Every means was used to prevent the imposition of this burden ; but the King would nut hear any reasons against it, and even employed his influence to procure a ma jority for it in the Chambers : he hos caused b) this a general di•gust, and roused anew the dislike for merly so fatal to his father. Had the geed old Datch system been adapted and followed, all could have gone on well, and trade would have flourished; but his advisers have served their apprenticeship under the French, and " all goes wrong." The difficulties to winch our commerce is subjec ted in the transit of goods through Holland to the interior of Germany have turned the attention of merchants towards a plan for establishing a different route, and,for avoiding the Dutch provinces altoge. ther. Thi3 is proposed to be effected by cutting a canal from Minden, through the territories of the Elector of Hesse, to the Rhine, thus forming ano ther communication by which goods may be convey ed from the sea to all.parts of Germany by uninter. rupted inland navigation. An eminent British en gineer has already been applied to; and it is in con templation to institute an actual survey for this rnr pose early in the spring of next year. A great sensation was excited on Friday at the Stock -Exchange by the failure of an eminent Lot tery-office-keeper, whose differences are stated to amount to 60,0001. The alarm, however, was greatly lessened on ascertaining that the individual in question was likely in the end to fulfil all his en gagements. and that an indulgence in point of time was ad that he required. Another casualty which occurred durit ° , the day was of a far less honourable character. A broker who, like many others, had bceome involved by the disastrous situation of t h ' market, without disclosing his difficulties, demanded checks for the differences in his favour, and drew others for those against him. He received the mo ney for the former, but when the latter were taken, in the usual way, to the clearin. , -house, it was found that he had no effects. In the mean time he ab sconded. The Stock Excnange was in a considerable ferment during the whole of Friday, but it was caused chiefly lay the adjustment of its own per plexed transactions. Though very few new bar gains were transacted, the prices of stock underwent material variation; the highest price of Oinniuto during the day was 4i, and the lowest 3 premium ; Consols for October varied from 72 to 71, 3 ,, and closed at 71,1. The following requisition, signed by a great number of respectable inhabitants of Westminger, has been presented to Arthur Morris, Esq. the High Bailiff, requesting him to call a Meeting in Palace yard, fur the purpose of taking into considerat►on Parliamentary Reform, and the late proceedings at Manchester. TO ARTHUR . MORRIS, ESQ. 111011 BAILIFF" OF TIIE CITY ♦NU LINERTIES or WESTMINSTER. We, the undersigned electors of Westminster, request you to call an early meeting of the electors of Mis city and liberty, to to.lo into their consideration the propriety of addressini4 tne Prince Regent and the nation on the conduct of the magistrates and Yeomen toward the people at their late public meeting at Manchester, held for the purpose •• of considering the propriety of adopting the roust legal and etfectual means of obtaining a re form in the Commons llouse of Parliament." _ . The answer of the High HAM' to the Requisition was, a positive refusal to call any Meeting ; but it is understood that it will take place uotwi►hstan'ing this refusal, Mr. Morita waited, on Friday morn ing, upon Mr. Birnie, the magistrate, at Boa - street, li.r the purpose, it is understood, of consult ing with hint on the arrangements to be made for the preservation of the peace in the event of a pub lic meeting. All the Police will be on the alert, an uuditiuual number of n►ilittuy are already in the Metropois. The meeting, it is confidently antic)• ciliated, will take place sonic day next week, and there is no doubt, that in point of respectability, it will equal any assembly of the kind ever !mem. bered in this country. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. founded reliance for their sympathy towards the feelings of the people may be phiced, the dema gogues who have lately agitated the public mind will sinl into their native obscurity, iutu the contempt they merit. FOREIGN ISTELLIGEAVE. OFFICIAL ARTICLE. MADRID, AUG. 12.—The King has addressed to the different Councils, through. the Ministry of Grace and Justice. the following Decree " The supreme Tribunals of the capital, the De puties of my kingdom, the different municipalities , several religious communities, and many other cur - porate bodies, have represented to me bow advan tageous and necessary it would be to the well-being of the nation in gLacral, and to all Christendom, to preserve by means of a new nuptial union the legi timate succession of the throne upon which Divine Providence. has placed me. I have listened with fa your to the just desires with which all these bodies areanimated, and have yielded to their arde.it wish es ; and considering the high nobility of tho Saxon blood, and of the most Serene Princes who compose that august family, the alliances, ancient as well as recent, that adorn it, the particular attachment that his Majesty King Frederick Augustus has always entertained for the Crown of Spain, and above all the rare and sublime qualities which Heaven has granted to the most Serene Princess Maria Josephine Amelia, his niece, (laughter of the most high and most puissant Prince Maximilian. and of the most Serene Princess Caroline Maria Theresa, of glorious memory ; I have chosen Don Ferdinand de Aguilar y Contents, Marquis of Cerralho, that he should go and propose to that Monarch my hand and my throne fur the said l'rincess. Having then imparted to his Majesty and her Highness my sovereign in. tentions. they have testified with profound venera tion how agreeable such an union would be to them, as also to all ,Saxony. I now inform the Council thereof, that it may be apprised of it, and share the satisfaction which this new union creates in me, from which I trust will ensue consequences the most favourable to the Catholic religion and my subjects." DRESDEN, A vo. 15.—1 t appears, that the com mission appointed at Berlin by order of the Prince de Hardenberg, to examine with the greatest care all the papers seized, and other written documents obtained by the Ministry, have made a detailed re port to the Prince, and that this examination has produced the most consoling results, there being uo man of influence implicated. FROM SATURDAY .viciirs GAZETTE. This Gazette notifies the appointment of C. Netherwood, jun. of Striven, York, anti J. Morfeud. of Kendal, Westmoreland, to be Masters Extraordinary in the Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. L. Foster, Famingham. Kent, miller, from Sept. 4to Oct. 3. BANKRUPTS. J. Bentley, Bradshaw, Lancaster, bleacher. W. Ashley. Aluinchani, Cheshire, worsted manufacturer. J. Lee, Bristol. woollen draper. J. Decks and W. Harper, Norwich, dyers. J. Cocked]. Lyncombe, Somerset, carpenter. G. L. Walker, Leeds, York, worsted spinner. C. Godwin, Kingston, Surrey, merchant. T. Perkins, Manchester, and S. Armstrong, New Mllls,Derby, cotton spinners. T. Gaw/and. Great Winchester Street, merchant. W. H. Greaves, Philpot Lane, druggist. R. Gash. Bridge Road, Lambeth, coachmaker. Rimington. Chatham, grocer. J. Preece. Peterborough Court, Fleet Street, gold beater. W. Hickson, New Bond Street, confectioner. ik‘i.tc Batik Slack 3 I.er (elm. ll§ i per Celts. Corm. 72j per Cent. Fill 4 per Lent. 911 5 per Crut. Neer ICSI Lug AIM* 19} Ommum 4. Im p . per Lem. India 8..1.41. 16.. di,. ludia Stork 2201 Exchequer Bill- ~. 114. tons. for At. 7lj Lottery 'firketx ,THE N ATIO NAL REGISTER. AUGUST SO. egt