The National Register. — London, England, 1819-09-26 00:00:00

7 ■ - • - '; ' 41 r .67 # 72 • e t _ c . p i ‘ • < 0 • A fir gliutonaT Utt.t.tDittr. Out Ling, itondtitution anb %Muff. No. 214—V0i... XII.] Voliticat netroopect. .1411.• Meetings continue to be Kehl on the subject of the 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 general voice of execration shall he heard throughout the country. We this day give the proceediegs at the Meeting in the Borough of South wark, hcldo Thursday, over which the high Bailiff presided. The Meeting of the city of 1 - ink was pe culiarly respectable, and its Resolutions, which were consonant with those of the city of Loudon, 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 sup ported by a most able and constitutional speech from Mr. Dundas, one of the Members fur the City. A Requisition flit a County Meeting, we understand, is preparing in Essex, and we cannot but lament the hike-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 of every County ?—The panders of corruption will hail such apatb as a victory ; and we would gladly Lave such a feeling of exultation prevented by a ge neral promptitude equal to that which by setting in action the willing swords 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 16th of August, to be fairly looked upon as " au accessary after the filet." The widows and father less of the slain, the pauperized dependants on the mutilated, join in imploring justice on those who have so irreparably injured them, and such a call, seconded by every feeling of humanity, cannot be disregarded by Englishmen. Our readers have ob served, no doubt, the covert attempts whiA have recently been made to strike at the root of the liberty of the press, attempts which, bad they succeeded, would have more effectually achieved what their infamous originators had in view, than any penal enactment against the author, printer, or original and legitimate publisher of any work—we mean, of clone, that Bromdinagian stride of police power which has dared to hold to bail as the puldishrtn, persons for selling books and pamphlets, of the con. tents of which they must be ignorant. Had success attended this effort, it would have necessarily been incumbent on every newsman to wade through six teen or twenty columns of each newspaper before he ventured to sell one copy ; but the Middlesex Grand Jury is not a Lancashire one—it will find or throw out bills by the facts of the case ; it will act from motives of rectitude, and in observance of the oath taken by its members ; it will not be wheedled to find bills, nor intimidated to throw them out...it is above all personal 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 way to do this, we presume to be, by instituting actions for false im prisonment against every Magistrate who shall have servilely lent himself to so illegal, so unjust a men- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER .96, 1819. sure. Tyranny may be exercised by a number of Magistrat..s, us well as by one Sovereign, and it then becomes more dangerous, for it leaves the subject of it, open to the effect of the bad passims of many, instead of the caprice of one, and we venture to assert that in no reign have such extremely dangerous inporations oix, the liber ties of the subject been made as by the sti- Nndiary Police Magistrates of the present one—. the present mament must be occupied by different consi&rations, but in supplicating early future at tention to this point, on the part of those who have influence sufficient to promote its bole:Mal agita tion, we would only refer them to the recent con duct of the Manchester Magistrates. ranquillity appears tote restored in Manchester, Paisley, and Glasgow, and if the exe:usively loyal will allow it, we cherish hopes that the peace will not be again disturbed. ‘Ve give today an extract of a letter from Manchester, detailing the mis chievous officiousness olsome"Offieers at the Theatre there, which happily, however, did not end in riot. We well remember that about twenty years ago the 01iiects then stationed in Birmingham used to enter the Theatre of that town from their mess room, " hot with the Tuscan grape and full of blood,"immediately call for " God save the King," and during the time it was pla)ing, oblige every one to be umsoremd. We have emu times seen these heroes pew over the front of the Boxes to en force their orders in the Pit. The Birmingham men at last determined to resent this, and a Captain B. having attempted to remove the hat of a Mr. IL, the latter struck him a blow on the ribs, from which the ttoMe Captain never completely recovered. A representation was afterwards made to the War °Sue, from whence orders were immediately, and most properly, itasutxl, forbidding the soldiery in that town either milling for " God save the King," or interesting themselves in the call if it were made by others—an example worthy to be followed by Mi insters now, if they really wish to preserve the peace of Manchester. Extract of a letter, dated Cowes, 2ad instant.— " His Royal Highness the Priam Regent entertained a large party jai:hiding several ladies', on board the Royal Yac.it on Monday. On Tuesday his Royal Highness folt sea-sick during his short cruise. The weather having become cool, anti the Equinox not generally considered the most favourable moment for aquatic excursions, it is .presumed his Royal High ness will not long continue Isis cruise. 'thus day his Royal Highness held a Council on board, which was attended by the Earl of Liverpool, and Lords Sidmouth and Castlereagh." Extract of a letter from Havannah, July 29. " Considerable 'agitation was experienced here a few days since, owing to accounts being received from St. Jago de Cuba that serious disturbances had taken place amongst negroes, who demanded their freedom, anti the restorat on 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 not warrant shipments; in fact, there is no mode of remittance without in. cutting a considerable loss. On Friday morning Crisp, the Norfolk pedestrian, started from the Griffin, Borough, at half past one o'clock, on his arduous undertaking of walling from Londoato Dover .for thirteen successive days, fbr wager of 99 guineas. He was in excellent spirits, and s,..ems fully confident of his ultimate success. lie intends stopping on the road for refreshment at the following inns:—The Chest Arius, Chatham, for breakfast; the Lion Inn, Sittingbourn ; I.ion Inn, Auspridge ; front thence to the Falstaff Istn, Canterbury, and the Castle Inn. Duvet. 914. FREE Teaer.s—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 France, wi:l always enable the one to produce innumerable articles of raw and manuf le. Lured produce at a much cheaper 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,that commixlithe, which we can produce with less expence than our ingenious neighbours, would be taken in payment. An 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 choultl be clearly understood, that we have it completely in our power to add indefinitely to the number of the consumers of British produce—to open u trade with a wealthy nation, possessing 30 millions of active, industrious, and enterprising inhabitants, abounding in various products, which are not the grim tar of Britain, and ut the same time destitute of many species of our manufactures; to accomplish this most desirable object, we have only to relinquish a few of the worst and most contemptible of our prejudices —to admit that claret may be as palatable as port, brandy as English gin, and that a Frenchman may be quite as honest as a Portuguese. GA RRICK AND MADEMOISELLE CLAIEON.—Xut long before Mr. Garrick left Paris in 1765, several persons of the first distinction of both sexes, English and French, met by appointment at the Hind do —. Mr. and Mrs Garrick and Mademoiselle Clairon were of the party. The conversation tensed ter sonic time on the Belles Lettres, in which the merits of several eminent writers were discussed with equal judgment and candour; teeny critical observations were shade On the aatiostentd eloquence of the English and French Theatres; and at the request of this very brilliant circle, La Clairon and Garrick consented to exhibit various specimens of their talents, which produced much entertainment. This friendly contest lasted a considerable time, with great animation on both sides. The company loudly declared their approbation in the strungest terms of the two exhibitors. It was remarked that the French gave the preference to Mr. Garrick, and the English, with equal pulitestizs, adjudged the victory to Nlademoiselle Clairou ; but, as the greater part of the former were link acquainted with the Eng lish language, Mr. Garrick was induced to reiete fact, cud atterwurds to exhibit it by action, which happened in one of the provinces of France, at a time he was there, and of which he hail ken 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 ehwitl sprung from his father's arms, toil upon the {;roused, and died upon the spot. What followed (he s..itl) was a language which every body understood, for it was the latiguage of nature." He immediately threw himself in the attitude in which the father appeared at the time the child leaped oat of his anus. The influence that a father's agony pro duced on such a company, and exhibited by this darling sun of nature, in the silent but expressive anguish of sorrow, is easier to be imagined than expressed; let it suffice to easy, that the greatest astonishment was succeeded by abundance of tears. As soon as the company had recovered from their agitation, Mademoiselle Clairon caught .Ir. Garrick in her arms, and kissed him; then turning to Mrs. Garrick, she apologized for her conduct, by saying !t was an invuluutary mark of her applause. MoDESTV.— it Lady who advertised fora husband in a Provincial ”ciespaper, lkis withdrawn her ad vertisement, stating that she was not aware of the iisdelieneg of the proceeding at the time. but, how ever, modest& saws, .4 any G ent.eman should be inclined to advertise for a wife, she will answer the advertisement without delay." Thursday night as Mr. Horton, of White.crert, Be. rough, was eros4ittg Clapham-a:lds, two men stopped I and one of them presenting a pistol, deniantle.l h is money. Mr. flormsi hesitated; on which one of them woe him a Ohne that fel;ed him, when they rittint.l hiin of Is*. in sitter, big watch, and a silk haniiktreltici, 11iey then ran towards the high road, telling him, if Le made the least noise or putattit, an would ruituu aa.4 mandu . • ( 14. 4 ;W.,,,; . .*L.`."4- - -.. -. ... , .!--4. , - • kol I \ i ‘b I C4- t ZZ 1. 4 411 . 1" .. ..,4 i -1-‘4.„,5), •••••