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THE BRITISH PRESS. 131114''''"---- PUBLIC MEETING AT MANCHESTER. In rotenone* of a mihne notice, signed by a respectable number ef alanufacturere aml Tredesmen of this town, calling a 31 . ertiog of the Ley Pavers, for the purpnee of consideregthe propriety of addrroing the King., praying him to convene Parliament, no the . o f ising the Corn Laws, and of effecting .1 reduction in MIT"! re " - s assemblage of person% col. the national expenditree, a numevou leered cat the Maner Court Room, where the 31ceting was *fiver. need to be held. About twelve o'clock. Mr. Edward Baxter was called to the chair. This gentleman, after stating hit own inability to 61 so imoortant • 'situation, repreetteil hie regret that the meetin i g bud not been called by those persons, to whom MAURO ha I „ eel , t h e ao ilinrity of doing an, and he afro . reg a rded t t, by an hehitunl rehire!, on the part of persons in o ce, to ca ll _ n p on e me ,eings, the Important interests of the town of . i Ma . h ea rer were dep rived of the legit im ate influence to whir i they *hearer ore e mitted. revi hail, he said, in the first instance. been prreented to the Churchwardens, requesting them Ito call the prepare meeting; but those gcndemen had alleged, as an vaunt fin their refusedl that it was not within their province to do so; at 4 as it was ainsidered useless to apply to the Borough. me re. a number of reeperable gentlemen thought it necessary to all the meeting. for the purpose or laying before his Majesty the opinion.' of the inhabitants, that Parliament should he convened with all convenient despatch, to relieve the distreeses of the suffer lin* front'eople, before des) were driven to desperation. It was hot , any disrespect to the people generally that the 3iceting was wenn! to the ley payer', but for the purpose of showing that the Resolutions did not emanate from the persons who suffered most by the present distress. The gentleman then alluded to the refusal of the Exchange Committee to grant their room for the use of the Mitering, and congratulated his towneenen that the Town Hall weula soon be in such a state as would enable them to assemble, red exercise the public right of expressing their opinions, for l each the friends of the hole-and-corner proceedings considered nom unfit. He should be happy to hear any gentleman wh o would coofine himself to the subjects of the Resolutions which were to be proposed . Mr. R. POTTER rose to p ro p ose the Brat Reeolution, and he Was tenon d that the number of prelims who had collected. and the i nte nse interest which was felt, respecting the objects of the fleeing would, In the eyes II his townsmen , fully justify the Re solution of those gentlemen who had called them together. When such a country as England, with her great capital. her skill, and unwearied industry, was labouring under calamities, it was the del cadre people to investignre and discover the causes of the di.- tee.; and in doing its it was necessary that the inq uiry should be cenduned with the utmost calmness. (Cheers.) Ir. l'otter then Wig on to prove that the operation of the Corn Laws, and the eseesnive amount of taxation, were the principal causes of the resent distress ; and referred. in support of his opinions, to several 'torches of Earl Carey. Mr. Brougham, and Mr. iturke. Ile said, when the people found their incomes :educed by the operation of the law. they hod a right to say to Government that they ape, f lei relief- leaving it to the Government to devise the melind • of carrying their expressed wishes into effect. There was no doubt but deep distress prevailed to an extent of which few were aware. lie. ass member of the Relief f amimittee, had some opportunity of whet-ening such scenes of misery, as, it' he were to unfold, mead harrow up their very souls. And, great as the distress was is Manchester, it was still greater in ROMe of the eurrountimg Iberian. In Burnley, nut of a population of 11,000, there sire lideni receiving relief. Under such circumstances, be thought it incumbent en the people to demand the severest retrenchment of the public expenditure. (Cheers.) Mr. Potter then moved— Ist. That this town, and the manitfacturing districts of which it it die centre and the mart, are suffering at the present moment un eire the pretence of distress, which is wholly unexampled in its ex tent oat duration, 'which has already brought to insolvency and non great numbers of manufacturers, and dealers, and merchants, whose norm acquisitions appeared to have placed them beyond the reach et* embarroesment ; which is daily augmenting the difficulties of three whom it has not yet overwhelmed; which has deprived of all employment many thousands of skilful and industrious families of the labouring Meisel, degrading them into miserable dependents on the scanty pittance furnished by the poor rates, and by charita he relief; which is continually adding to the number of those who am so dependent ; which is, at the same time, gradually forcing down into the racks of the neresnitous many of the persorre by whom those rates have been paid, and the relief has been given ; and which is thus threatening to involve in all the horrors of star vation this most tlikklya copied portion of the three kingdoms." Mr. DAVID IIOI.T seconded the revolution, and bore testimony to the accuracy of the a atement which had been made respecting the prevailing distress, to which bethought the attention of Govern ment, and of all classes of the people, should be inemedia.ely di rected. 31r. LILLY. a corn-dealer, thought the Meeting had been pre etstately called; and be also thought that the subject of national expenditure, if intowhiced into the intended address, would colt likes too.eoged sword. In his opinion, the subject of the fern 1.1111, and that of the national expenditure, should be kept meant& litre there was considerable disapprobation evinced by the nleeting. and Mr. Lilly found it difficult to proceed. The Chair. wan condemned the interruption, and said. if the sentiments of Mr. Lilly roe rot in accordance with those of the Meeting, It would be easy to show it when the Resolution was put to the vote. (Hear.) Mr. la 1.1. Y resumed, and expressed his regret that the Meeting had not been called by the authorities. (Hisses.) His great ob jection to any expression of opinion on the Corn Laws was, that if the manufacturers commenced the work of calling public meetings, the agricultural interests would form associations to counteract the manufacturers, and the County Members would be sent into Par liament pledged against the repeal of the Corn Laws, as ninny of them now were against the Catholic Question. (Ilium.) [Mr. Lilly's o bs ervations were frequently inaudible in conse quence of the uproar which prevailed during his speech ; he con cluded by inning an adjournment for three months, which Reso lueinn was not seconded.) f The CHAIRMAN then put Mr. Potter ' s resolution, which was carried. 31e. J. SHUTTLEWORTH Mlle, in furtherance of the objects of the Meeting, to propose a resolution against the Corn Law., and he did so with perfect satierection, because he thought no other subject surpassed that of the Corn lows in importance, whether the injuries which they inflicted in their rations modifi cations. or the advantages of their tepee', were considered ; anti In investigeing the subject, it would appear that the conduct of ' Parliament was not deserving public approbation. The growers i of con were the legislation, and their acts proved that they were suit auperior to the selfish and sinister interest, hut wished to float on the outface of society like Leander on the Hellespont, at once the plot, passenger, and bark. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the argument, that taxation required en Laws, lie would say. that temps fall as heavily on manufactures as on corn—and I my argument in termer of corn, derived from taxation. 4 must be cmdined to those taxes which apply exclusively to it ; and he would ask:what were these at preterit e They were I scarcely any. The Corn tee' were passed as a protection and indemnity against 13 or 16 millions of taxes, which were since # rerealed; and, unless the country opposed the landed proprietors, they would succeed in retaining the equivalent after the taxes were repealed. (('heers.) From the best calculations which nod been matte, lii millions were paid in this country for corn, over and shove what it was sortie elsewhere. Such a claim as this., or, the part of the agricultural interest, was monstrous, he . tied all parallel in history. Ile knew of nothing to compare well the spirit which retested the agricultural interest, except \ the Arab Chief mentioned by Voltaire, who wished not only for every thing within his potter, but also for what belonged to every body elec. (f;lteera.) It had been said, that other com. melnics, besides corn, had protecting duties. There niay be some Co set a value on such patronage, but he was confident it I was the feeling of manufacturers generally, that they deplored R , ch parroorge. (Cheering.) The trading interests of the pre tent day were not liable for the restrictions on commercial Very : they ought rather to be compensated for the losses sus tained by such regulations. 11 we prevented imports, we pre vented exports, and loot all that might be made by the exchange— theen. Whilst, as manufacturers, we tall for a repeal of pro letting duties, let us disclaim all protection for ourselves but the cheap administration of laws which secured the possession of Property, liberty, and life. (Applause.) From the extent and '-.ante of itritt•h cnmmeree, from the insular situation of the sountry, it must be the granary of Europe, if the Corn Laws were neneeled. It was now understood that several Members of the ettthinet were dote mined to modify these laws ; and in confirma tion of this, he would refer fo the following extract of a speech of Mr. Ilu.ki,on, at the Liverpool election : " That tne commercial measure'', for which lie was responsible, ha d been undertaken by him, that be might show the landed to lerant that they took an erroneous view of the eubject, if they :likened that their monopoly could any Langer he allowed to mend on the same f oun d at i on as that on which It rested in 18111. These measure; had, hi his opinion, prepared the way for a safe alters nott is the Cons Lawn, under such regulations, with respect to dory, as would secure, at a moderate, reasonable, and steady price, a sufficient supply of that first article of consumption, and thus enure that which was the only legitimate foundation of power and steam of wealth. namely, comparative care and comfort to the lamming classes." It was necess ar y th a t suc h opinions should be supported against the landed interest, and it was further necessary to wee that sup- Pori with all the spirit and energy which was called for to break down an odious monopoly. li e th en moved— •• that, in the opinion of this Meeting, the alarming dieters in the neighbouring districts cannot be effectually remedied without a change in those laws which forbid the importation of foreign corn, until corn of home gmwth shall here attained a price which it is impossible for the people of this country to pay ; widen lame, there free, a mount to en exclus i on of t h at corn , an d which exclusion "ewes to the injury of the manufacturing classes, end of the na hen at large, in the four following ways :—lst. in enhancing pro anibusly the prices of the prime necessaries of life. ad, In shut ting out from British markets all those foreigners of various nation s *nose need of the goods which we make is surpassed only by our P ; efti of tile enan which they offer in exchange. :ad, In making it hte 'roam of those nations to encourage, by all possible means, the e Progreso of native manufactures ; thus not only depriving us of !ft..' trade of supplying their wants. but raising them up against tie into most dangerous ovals in the trade of supplying the wane' of tee other countries, the markets of which are equally open to all ; 4 'l 4 thie. In intrxlucing the spirit and practice of hnzaedous tope. en_htion into t h e f ormer ly s t ea dy and regular business of all permits r" , cerned in raising or emoting the products of the land, making the Panic:ire even of the farmer, and the supply of the fruits of the ' , rib, to depend, not upon, the industry of man, ner on the bounty of the seasons, but upon a system of averages, managed with so much falivehood and fraud, as to produce the most deceptive and in jurious results." Mr. 31. PHILLIPS rose to second the resolution; and alibough he appeared in the dubious character of manufacturer and landed proprietor, he had no hesitation in saying, that whatever other causes, besides the torn Laws. contributed to the present distress. there could be no remedy without an alteration of those laws ; and even that measure, without a reduction of taxation, would not hate the desired effect. Those two great measures were absolutely ne cessary, in order to put the country on an equality with foreign nations, anal then we might again arrive at that superiority, which our skill and capital had enabled us to obtain. Mr. 31•WIL1.111143 rose, and took out a paper, from which he was attain to read an Address, in the commencement of which, he stated, that he was a working man, unaccustomed to public speak ing, and therefore he sought the indulgence of the ;Betting, which was granted with considerable liberality, whilst he travelled over a variety of topics. At length the meeting became impatient, and when be was comparing the Civil List to the salary of the Prod dent of America, the Chairman reminded him of the subject be fore the Meeting, and at the suggestion of some other person he withdrew. The itetiolution was then put, and retried nnanimmialy. Mr. A. PREXTICE said that after the picture which had been drawn of the prevailing distress, he would not detain the gentlemen present by dwelling further upon it; but the Meeting would only tin half their duty if they stopped at suggesting a rem el of the Corn Laws as the only remedy. The strong expression of feeling %hitt would go forth respecting the Corn Laws would, he hoped, be accompanied with a similar resolution on the subject of taxation. is friend, Mr. Shuttlevrortli, had proved, in his eloquent discourse, that the Corn Laws were a tax of 311 millions, or 71. Ins. on each family in the nation ; but whatever be the amount of necessary taxation, we should see that the money collected 'should not be ex pended in a wasteful and extravagant excess. (Hear, hear.) He contended that, by a system of rigid economy, there might be a saving to the State of ten millions. A century ago the whole ex penditure did not amount to four millions. The machinery of the State was the only one that had not undergone eimplilication and improvement. He hoped and believed the present Meeting would be followed by various others, which, he was sure, would have a great effect in preventing the gradual increase of the public expendi ture. lie then moved -311. That while ascribing so many evils to the operation of the Corn Laws, this Meeting cannot retrain, at a time like the pre sent, front teetering their belief that much of the evil under which the whole British people wirers is to be traced to the enormous amount of the taxes levied in this kingdom ; an amount which, to its present extent, this Meeting is strongly of opinion, is un necessary for the purpose of a Government anxious only to pro mote the public welfare, seeing that, besides the great auras ap plied in discharge of the interest of the national debt. a revenue several times or great as the whole revenue of England is expended in the maintenance, apparently designed to be perpetual, of an immense standing army. in support of what the Ministers them selves have denominated the " dead weight ;" in the payment of greatly dispropottioned salaries to the officers of state; in supply ing, by pensions and sinecures, the means of extravagance to great numbers of individuals and families to whom the public never was indebted fur any the smallest portion of service; and in various other charges, for which the most prosperous condition any country ever knew eauld furnish no excuse, and which, in this country, after the exhaustion of a 2 rears' w sr, are as unjustifiable in their principle as they are oppressive and destructive in their effects. Mr. Cantor seconded the Resolution. lie thought the causes of the distress were, a diminution of the currency, the corn laws, and excess of taxation. It would tee impossible for this country so compete with foreign nations, without a repeal of the corn laws; and even Sir T. Lethbridge thought free trade should begin wit h them. The Resolution was then put, and carried unaeimously. Mr. 11 Ake KY rose. to propose a Resolution on the subject of the currency. It had been truly stated, dist the corn laws were op pressive, and the evils of taxation were also property complained of; but he thought the fluctuations in the currency more oppressive than either. This gentleman went into a long derail of the opera tions of the Bank of England, from the year 1797, to the present time, with a view of showing their mischievous effects. Ile then moved— .l•h. That the enormous pressure of the Corn Laws, and the taxes, has been aggravated to an incalculable extent by the arbitrary changes that hare been made in the value of money by the operation of the measure for causing a return to cash pay ments : the abstract wisdom and necessity of such measure, however injurious in its immediate consequences, this Meeting does not in the least dispute ; but which measure, being unac. companied with any remission of taxes, or any alteration in the Corn Laws, has had the effect of lowering (in many cases to less than one-half) the prices of all descriptions of produce and of gond% except those which the Cnrn Laws and the taxes hare unnaturally kept tip, and of lessening in like proportion the income, the profits, and the wages of every man, not dependent on the land and taxes. Ale. Be e GESS seconded the Resolution. He stated, that out of 18 respectable calieo.printers io Cannon-street. within the last eighteen months ten had stopped payment. and he attributed their losses to the changes in the currency—The resolution was then agreed to. Mr. BENJAMIN HOLBROOK wished, in moving the next Re solution, to advert to some arguments which had been brought forward against the proceedings of the present meeting ; it had been said that the only effect of such meetings would be to urge the agriculturists to obtain pledges front the Members whom they re turned, to vote against any repeal of the Corn Laws. Ile believed such meeting would have another effect, that of supporting Mi nisters in the course they had taken. Ile then moved " That for all these manifold and aggravated evils, this Meet ing is firmly of opinion no adequate and lasting remedy can be applied, except by a repeal (as prompt and effectual as may be consistent with the regard which is due to those interests which have been created by the present artificial system, and which de pend upon it) of every law which enhances the price of bread, and obstru:ts the manufacturing and commercial prosperity of the nation ; and also by an immediate abolition of tuxes, to an amount which this Meeting does not presume to specify, but which, to produce the desired results. must be so great as to put as end to all government expenditure, beyond that which shall he suited to the altered value of money, and directly conducive to the freedom and greatness of the kingdom ; that therefore an address and pe tition from Oda Meeting be presented to his Majesty, most earnestly and respectfully stating those views, which this Meeting has taken of the causes and remedies of the dreadful condition to which these districts ere reduced, and most humbly beseeching hint, that he will be graciously pleased to assemble the Parliament forthwith, and to recommend the immediate adoption of those great measures, which, and which only, can, in the opinion of this Meeting, prevent his suffering and loyal people from being hurried into the petits and the crimes of some awful convulsion, and which only can restore permanent prosperity to all parts of his Majesty's dominions." Mr. FI ELDING seconded the Resolution, which was carried unaniniousiy. It was then moved that the following Address be presented by a Deputation, or in such other way as the Committee think proper to adopt. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman for his proper conduct in the Chair, and thus peaceably has terminated a Meeting reaped ing which so much alarm had been entertained. It was conducted with the utmost decorum and impartiality, if we except the inter ruption experienced by 31r. Lilly, which was strongly censured by the Chairman. ADDRESS. " TO MIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY. GEORGE Tire FOURTH, OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c. &C. &c. eaThe Address end Petitian of the Ley Payers of Mancheater, at a Meeting held at the Manor Court House, this 17th day of August, 182.6, pursuant to public advertisement for that P urpose " Most humbly showeth—That your petitioners deem the time to have arrived when it is their duty to lay before your Majesty a statement of the distressed and alarming condition of a great par. tion of your Majesty's subjects ; of the causes by which your peti tioners deem that condition to have been rocketed ; and of those remedies, the timely application of which appears absolutely neces sary to prevent, in England, consequences as disastrous as any that ever befell a civil:zed country. * In discharge, therefore, of this their duty, your Petitioners beg leave to state to your Majesty, that this town of Manchester, and the great manufacturing districts of which it is the centre and the mart. are now suffering under the pressure of distress, which is wholly unexampled in its duration and extent ; that this distress has already brought to insolvency and ruin great numbers of ingenious and enterprising manufacturers and dealers and mer chants, whose holiest acquisitions had apparently placed them be yond the reach of embarrassment ; that it is daily augmenting and multiplying the difficulties of those whom it has not yet over whelmed ; that it has deprived of all employment many thousands of skilful and industrious families of the labouring classes; that it has degraded them into miserable dependents on the scanty pit. tance furnished by the poor - rates , and by charitable re'ief; that it is continually adding to the number of claimants for t h is pioance, while it is also forcing down into the ranks of the necessitous many of the petsons by whom the rates have been paid, and the relief has been { e ven ; that while, from this cause, the legal fund for the poor has been becoming less productive, the fund created by cha rity is almost totally exhausteal ; and that thus there is much rea son to fear that the approaching winter - p ro re involved in all the horrors of starvation this most thicklypled portion of your 31 el csty's dominions. Your petitioners presume to represent to your Majesty their decided opinion, that the alarming distress in the manufacturing districts cannot be effectually remedied without a change in thieve laws of this kingdom which forbid the importation of foreign corn until corn of home growth shall have reached a price which it Is impassible for the people of this country to pay ; which laws therefore amount to a positive exclusion of that corn, and which exclosion operates to the injury of the manufacturing classes, and of the nation at large, in the four following ways:— First, In enhancing prodigiously the prices of the pilaw neces saries of life. Second, Li diluting out from,, British markets all those foreigners, of various nations, whose need of the goota which your Majesty's subjects make is surpassed only by the need of your Majesty's subjeent of the food which those foreigners offer in exchange. Third, In making it the into-tat of these nations to encourage, by all possible means, the progress of native manufactures , thereby not only depriving Great Britain of the trade of s applying their wants, but raising them up against her, into most dangerous rivals, in supplying the want' of those tither cote•b its ; the markers ef which are qually open to all. And, Fourth, In introducing the spirit Intl practice of hazardous adventure into t"e formerly strode and regular Intslncvs or all persons con cerned in raring or selling the products of the land ; thus making the surreys of the farmer, and the supply of the fruits of the earth, tn depend, not nn the inittory of man, nor on the bounty of the seasons, hut upon a system ot averages. which is managed so falsely and fraudulently, as to produce the most deceptive and injurious revolts. s` While, however, your petitioners are ascribing PO many evils to the laws against the importation of corn, they cannot re frain from declaring their delibera'e opinion, that another most grievous cause of the misery under which the whole body of your Majesty'a aubjects is suffering, is the enormous amount of the taxes levied in this kingdom; an amount which, to its pre sent event. your petitioners are strongly of opinion, is unneeee. wiry for the purpose of a Government anxious only to promote the welfare of your Majesty's people; for your petitioners have learned, by the annual accounts issued by your Al.jesty's Mi nisters, that, besples the sums applied in discharge of the in. tereat on the national debt, a revenue, several times as great as the whole revenue of England a century ago, is expended in the maintenance (apparently designed to be perpetual) of yin im. mense standing army; in the support of what rue Majesty's Mi nisters have denominated the " dead weight t" in the payment of largely disproportioned salaries to some of the officers of state ; in supplying, by peasiona and sinecures, the means of extrava gance to great numbers of individuals and families from whom the public have never received any the smallest portion of ger. vice ; and in various other charges, for which, as your petitioners humbly beg leave to submit to your Majesty, the most prosperous condition that any country ever knew could furnish no excuse, and which, in this country, after the exhaustion of a twentyslive 'cam' sae, appear to your humble petitioners to be as unjusti fiable in their principle as they are oppressive and tuinous in their effects. . . " Your petitioners most humbly state to your Majesty their full conviction, that the enormous pressure of the Corn Laws, and of the sacs, has been aggravated, to an incalculable extent, by the arbitrary changes in the value of money, produced by the operation of the manure for causing a return to cash napments. Your petitioners, so far from disputing the wisdom or necess i ty of this measure, have long borne lo.silance Use injury of its im mediate consequences, and been willing to make great sacrifices, in order that a circulating medium of full intrinsic value might be established throughout the kingdom. Hut this great measure, so necesrary,•ao wise, and no just in itself, having been unaccompanied by anyOreminsion of taxes, or any alteration of the Coro Laws, has hail the elf, ct of lovrerieg (in many eases to less than one-half) the prices of all descriptions of produce, and of goods, except those which the Corn Laws and the taxes have unnaturally kept up s and of kenning, in like proportion. the income, the profits, and the wags of every man not a landlord, nor a dependent on the taxes. "Sectitg, therefore, that the manifold and aggravated evils which your petitioners have humbly set forth to your tll tjesty appear to have arisen from those causes to which your petitioners have re ferred them. your petitioners are firmly of opinion, that an ade quate and lastirg remedy Is to be found only in the repeal (aa prompt and effectual as may be consistent with the regard which is due to those intere.ts that have arisen out of the present artificial system, and that dercnd upna it) of every law which enhances the price of bread, and (instructs the manufaruring and com mercial prosperity of Great Britain. and also the immediate abolition of taxes to an amount which your petitioners do not presume to specify; but which, that it tray produce the desired results, must be sufficiently great to put an end to all national expentiiture beyond that which shall be suited to the altered value of money, and directly conducive to the freedom and greatness of the kingdom. Your petitioaers. therefore, most earnestly beseech your Majesty to assemble the Parliament forthwith, and to re. corn ..end the immediate adoption of those great measures Which, and which only, can, as your petitioners are fully convinced; pre. vent your suffering but loyal people from being hurried into this perils and the crimes of some awful convulsion, and which only can restore permanent prosperity to all parts of your blajesty's do minion.. " And your petitioners shall ever pray." STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS, Attu. 17.—We have nothing material to add al present to the facts upon this subject which we last week published. Improvement is slowly but steadily proceed ing, and it certainly augurs favourably, that notwithstand ing the discontinuance of extra relief to the unemployed poor of Lnds, for the past fortnight, the circumstance, how ever it may he felt, has not led to any ostensible effects. Although there is a disposition to extend confidence in trade, some time must elapse before it will be fully re stored. Respectable houses wish to wind up their accounts after the losses experienced during the late distress, before they do business again wish suspicious customers, on former terms.—lntelligenrer. We lament to have to say that there is no trade in Dub lin, nor any appearance of its revival. We have, on the contrary, inuelt extreme poverty amongst us, at this, misfortune is now aggravated by the prevalence of fever. Sickness and distress arc spreading over various parts of the country too, and the great deficiency of several of the crops necessarily gives rise to apprehensions for the future. —Freeman'a Journal. In Glasgow manufacturing is going on, certainly not worse (which it cannot easily be), and as certainly not much better. Little business has been done since our last, and that little connected with one bad feature, viz. that still lower prices have been offered fur twist and yarn.— Glasgow Free Press. Dust.—On Friday, a meeting took place on the sea shore, at a place called the North Crook, in the neighbour hood of Drogheda, Ireland, between Lieutenant Chesshire, R.N. and W. Huey, jun. Esq. both of Drogheda; Lieut. C. was accompanied by L— F—, Esq. and Mr. H. by Lieutenant B—, R.N. The gentlemen were placed at ten paces distance, and on the first fire Lieut. Chesshire was dangerously wounded ; the ball entered his right breast, and, having passed through his lungs, came out on his left arm. Surgeon Pentland happening to be near the ground, paid every possible attention to the wounded gentleman. lie had him immediately removed to a house in the neighbourhood, where he now lies in a precarious state. The quarrel arose from a pecuniary transaction, the particulars of which Mt. Huey published, and this occasioned the message. Both parties acquitted themselves with firmness. The greatest anxiety is evinced in Drogheda for Mr. Chesshire's recovery. He is an officer who distinguished himself in the late Peninsular war—in the engagement at Bayonne, he was the first who leaped on shore, and planted the British standard on the bank,' of the Adour. FeRTiIER PA RTICUT.A RS.—We regret to state that Lieut. Chesshire has since died of the wound which be received. This transaction has been, we have heard, muked by a melancholy coincidence. The unfortunate gentleman whose fate we have recorded received hie death from the same pistol by which his father had been shot in a duel, some years since, with Mr. Huey, sen. BRADFORD UNEMPLOYED Poott.--On Monday nighl last, a meeting was held in the Court-house, in Darley atreet, Bradford, on the subject of employing the unem ployed poor labourers, when it was resolved to continue to employ them in cleansing the beck, on such terms as to add wages to the relief they might be receiving from the town ship. A great many labourers have been since this re gularly employed. INI OLERA NC E.—A clergyman of the Church of Eng land, residing at Stoney Stratford, recently sent the follow ing letter to a parishioner :— Sir, if you have any com munication with the person who lives next door to you, or attend his meeting, I shall give you notice to leave my house in three months. Yours obedietly."—This notice was sent in consequence of the tenant holding intercourse with his next door neighbour (a respectable man in the town, but a Dissenter), and attending a Dissenting Chapel which has recently been erected there.—County Herald. CHILD-STEALING.—Mary Keefe, the woman in whose house the child was found, who was taken from the car by the sweeps on Monday evening, was yestntlay brought up for examination, before the Mag istrates of the Head Office, and fully committed for trial. This woman and her hus band keep a buster's shop in Digges-street—the husband has absconded. There were seven other children on the car, belonging to the Foundling Hospital ; they were on their way out of town,and not coming in from the country, as stated in our paper of yesterday. —Freeman's Journal. The sharks are very numerous outside this harbour, attracted, it is supposed, by the shoals of pilchards. On Saturday, a man belonging to one of the trawlers, while fishing for congers, drew np a fish of this species, which weighed nearly seventy pounds, and was destroyed with some difficulty, the fierce tyrant having, in the struggle, bit his hand severely. An officer in the Navy also caught a shark, about forty pounds weight, with a hook and line, last week ; and several others have been taken. Experi enced fishermen universally respect the courage of the shark, by attacking him while over the gunwale; for if taken alive on hoard, t h oug h out of his own element, he attacks every thing i n his wa y with the ferocity of a bull doe. Dandy fisher men s h ou ld avoid the shark ground.— Pi;mouth Journal. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, Tww RS DA T, AtIOURT 17. Arrived the Roman, Dickinson, from New York—sailed July 22 ; Ganges, Mount, from New Orleans--imila July 10 ; Samuel Robertson, (;hoot. from Charleston—July 17; Home, Maxwfll— Scott—Margaret, Porteum—Kingston, Wood, from Que bec; Thornton., Brown, from Cape Breton ; Elizabeth, flurchell, and True Blue, Dutton, from Alitarnichl ; Phillip Tabb, Wil liams, and Concordia, Bailey, from New ()deans ; FICITi(I3. f dray, from Charles:Do—sailed July 14; Margaret Ann, Costa, from Charleston. Messrs. Lee, Hayes, and Co.'s signal for the Pandora from Bar t:radon. The Perseverance, Brown, from Liverpool for Calcutta. ex. changed numbers with the Lady Douglas on the 13;h instant, off Aldebaran, from Mobile for Liverpool, put into New Bedford on the 13th July, leaky. • Mary, Simms, from Liverpool for lliramiehi, was spoken on the 9th inst. off Cape Clear. Norviji, Leslie, trom Liverpool foe Quebec, Wu spoittn on the 20th July, in lot. 4S, 29, long. 59, 38. Asia, 'ragas, sailed from Liverpool on the 15th instant, has put back leaky. Aurora, Ilalsey, from Liverpool. at New Orleans. Ilanketisim„ Coekindale, from Liverpool, at Ilavannah. haws, llutchinson, and Lady Digby, Wood, fro:n Liverpool, at Quebec. FA I. MOUTH, At. o. I6.—Arrived the Hope Packet, Wright, front Jamaica, sailed the I tth July, and from Crooked Island the 111th ' • spoke the 27th July, in lat. U. 12. long. 54 . 20. the Eliza, from Grenada to London ; on the 30:11, in lat. 38. 30. long. 50.:10. the Mary, 19 days from Quebec, Mr Kingston. and Ist August, in lat. 39. 10. lung. 47. 50., the ship Undcrwooil, from Demerara to London. Also arrived the Camden Packet, Tilly. from Brszil, sailed from Rin 24th May. from Ilahia 9:h June, and from Per nambuco the 19:h; the Lord Hobart Packet, from Buenos Ayres, sailed Slut May, and from Monte Video the 2d June, spoke on the 3d July, In lat. 20. long. 28. 10., the Caroline. from Antwerp to Buenos Ayres. Sailed the Sophia, Boadle, for Quebec'. Pt. MO U T tr. A trts..lo —Arrived the Quebec Packet, Atkin son, from Quebec, in forty days, spoke the Paris,. from Havannah, in Liverpool, on Pith August, in lat. 47. 30. long. 31. %% Wind W. PORTSMOUTH, Ann. 17.—Arrived the Branch, Morrison, from Qui bee.—Wind W. DEAL, Aun. 17.—Last evening a Bark from the westward passed for the River, with a black ball painted on her fore topliail. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Orestes, from North Ame rica. Remains, the Fawn, from London to the South Seas ; with the Atlas, ibr Jamaica ; the Royal George, for India ; and the 3largaretta, for llavannah. The Susannah, Clapperton, put back last evening, and turned away again this morning. The Tartar, the Louisa, the Rosetta, and the Victory, have not put back.— Wind S.W: GRAVESEND, AUG. 1R and 17.—Arrived the Amity. Gray, from Quebec ; Knock, Crocket, from Georgetown ; Philleria. Milne, from Cadiz ; Burlington, Hudson. from Petersburgh ; William and Alfred, Wickendon, from Dominica ; Cato, Wil liams, from i Sierra Leone; Fleetwood, Blake, from Jamaica; Euphemia, Noris, from Montserrat ; Renard, Harris, from South Seas; Emperor Alexand,r, Divison, from St. Petersburgh. Sailed the Achilles, Henderson, for the Cape ; Hopeful, Cuthbertion, for Palermo ; and Fort William, for India. NASSAU, N.P., JULY o.—The Triton, Gonzales, from the Canaries to Havannah, struck on a sunken rock near Little Isaac, but got off in a leaky state, after throwing part of the cargo ova ! board. She put into the Birninia, landed part of her cargo, and proceeded. The John Gilpin, Couthway, from Boston to Ha varnish, is totally wrecked near the 1101e.ill.the-5t'311. JAMAICA (KINGSTON), JUNE 24.—His Majesty's ship Bri tartan will give convoy on Tuesday morning neat to vessels bound to St. Sago de Cuba. JULY I.—His Majesty's ship Harlequin will, on the morning of the 11th inst. afford convoy to the trade bound to Charts, and re main there a sufficient time to communicate with Panama. JULY B.—His Majesty's ships 11419. Rattlesnake, Tweed, liar. lequin, and Monkey, remain in Port Royal Harbour. MONTE VIDE°, JUNE 2.—The Perseverance, of London. bound to the Mauritius, has been condemned as unworthy of re pair, and will be sdld in a few days. The Bodtlington Thomson, from Nevis, ran on shore yester day in Erith Reach , but was got off, and is not supposed to have received much damage. The Alknomaek, from London to St. Mary's, is totally lost, going into St. Mary's River. Part of the cargo saved. Extract from the Agent to Lloyd's at Monte Viedo, dated June 2:—" The brigs Monarch, Ann. and Jesay, from Liver pool ; and Henry. from London and Countess of Alor ley, from Plymouth, have been detained by the Brazilian squadron. The Monarch, and William and Henry. it is expected will be made good prizes, as 81,1 attempted to breai , the blockade. The Jeasy has been li berated, and it is supposed the Ann will be. The Peru, Graham, of London, came down to this port, and is dis charging. It is untirrrood that the merchants of Buenos Ayres have resolved upon receiving their goods hers, giving the muter& • discharge In Extract from the Agent at Buenos Ayres. dated May 29 : " This port continues to be strictly blockaded by the Brazilians, and though they have within the last week madeatvo attacks upon the squadron belonging to this Government, under the command of Admiral Brown, they were repulsed without much loss being sustained on either side. The Brazilian squadron is again in sight, standing up the river, and another attack is expected to take place shortly." Extract from the Agents at Carthagena and Colombia, dated June 27 :—" The Spanish schooner Antonio (a Cuba coaster), was sent in here on the 18th instant, by the Executive privateer. The Colombian ships of war in this harbour are—the Colombia, 64 ; La Plata, 62 (new American-huilt frigate) ; Venezuela, Ceres, Brazen, and Constitution, corvettes. The Lavinia, Smart, arrived on the Bth instant, in a leaky state, from Santa Martha, and has datnaged part of her cargo. She is hove down to repair. CUSTOM-HOUSE, Auctuar 17. SHIPS ENTERED iNWARDS.—TheJonge Otto, Brahms, from Leer; William 111`Gillivray, Stoddard, from Montreal and Que bec; Ann and Mary, Lancaster, from St. Petersburgh ; Hero, Hind, from llamburgh ; George the Fourth, Bailey, from Adra, Malaga. and Gibraltar; Amity, Gray, from Quebec; London, Smith, from do. ; Park, Lidgett, from St. Petersburgh ; Bradock, Hewaon, from Jamaica; Courier, Taylor, from Santa Cruz and Port Orittrva; Resolution. Ward, from Quebec ; Weatherley, Wishart, from St. Petersburgh ; and Bramin, Rawson, from Cadiz. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—TheVigilant, Thorp, for Elsinore and St. Petersburgh ; Belfast, Roberts, for Rotterdam; Graham Moore, Dixon. for Naples; Maria. Thomson, for Batavia and Singapore ; Britannia, Newman, for Stettin ; Ruth, Hore, for Jamaica; Triton, Owens, for Belfast; Ranger, Savage, for do.; and Albion, Towne, for Cape Haytian and Port-au-Prince. CLEARED OUTWARDS.—The Fort William, Neish, for Cal cutta; Maria, Cameron, for Sierra Leone; John Danford, 31• Andrew, for Halifax and St. John's, N. 8.; Juffrouw Anna, Fokkcs, for Amsterdam ; Georgians, Warren, for Berbice ; and Vrouw llendrina, Vander Dever. tor Antwerp. GRAND ROWING MATCH FOR 500 SOVEREIONS.—On Tuesday next, the 22d instant, a match will take place, which for interest exceeds any thing of the kind since the celebrated Guards match from Oxford, between six pair of oars, to be rowed by amateur watermen, picked from the several rowing cutters on the river ; the start takes place a little after five o'clock in the afternoon from Westminster bridge, to row to a boat moored off Kew Palace, back through the centre arch of Putney-bridge, the first boat through to be declared the winner. From the known goodness of the men, and the great stake they contend for, good sport is anticipated. We understand there is to be a race from Leith to Lon don, between the steam-packets the James Watt and the United Kingdom.—Ftlinburglt Observer. RACE or Foury Beddoe, the younger, ran his match yesterday morning for 200 soya. anti some heavy bye bets ; the road selected was four miles to and fro upon the Lea Bridge road, and the runner won by two minutes and ten seconds. HYDRO p nom A.—Owing to a faYoutite terrier dog, which went mad a few days ago, and died the morning after, under al the terrific symptoms of hydrophobia, the family of Lord Brudenell, King's-road. Brighton, have been thrown into great confusion. Mrs. Delhay was severely bitten in the arm by the rabid animal, and has been obliged to have the torn Earl cut away. MIRA CIJ LOUR ESC A P E.-011 WetilleStlily week, as a man and a boy were ascending one of the coal-pits at Hurlet, a piece of tile fell from above, and struck the man with such force, that he was pitched out of the basket ; but the boy, with wonderful presence of mind, seized him by the foot, anti kept such a firm hold of it, that he brought him safe to the surface, a distance of fifty fathoms ! The poor man was for some time stunned, and has lost his voice and the power of swallowing; but little doubt is entertained of 1 these being soon restored. On Tuesday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, as one of the nurses and a child belonging to the Foundling hospital were coming into town from the county AVicklow, on a country car, they were surrounded, when passing the lower end of Camden-street, by a number of chimney sweeps, who forcibly took away the child, a boy about five years old. The circumstance being immediately re ported at the Head - office of Po' ice, a party was sent in search of the child, which, after some time, was discovered in a house in Liberty-lane, with its mouth gagged. The woman of the house was taken into custody, and lodged in the Head Police-office, where the nurse. and child are re . maining until the c . .: cuinstance can be investigated this day.—lrish Pttil.r. LAW NOTICES. COURT OF CHANCERY. Tits LORD CII•NICIILLOR. IN LINCOLN'S INN NALL, THIS Wit/ AT TIO., Ksp.Solarte re Daniell, part beard Clarke re Came den, per order Money re filude. ref order !often re Arnold Burel , h3rdt re Ke:ty. 2 former petitions Terry re Lucas Bankrupt reiltions. Esp. criirma re kiln- Esp. Harper re Mara Chin and Co. Dalaraloe re Dal. Tuo.lins re Thai amine Ilia lil Kirkpatrick re Colrr re Shop Dennett hard Ford re Ford CoNley re Halbert Lryland re Mode Same re Same Rolland re Mara,. Hall re Bytes apd Co. Collier re Ship- Hoiden re Bally bard Pierce re Dine. Col Mr. Jostlee ffolroyd w In the forenoon. IL'RT OP K I:erre tIENCFt. N1:1 attead Chambers, this day, at Eleven deicd! LAW INTELLIGRATE. COURT OF CHANCERY.—FRIDAV, Ato. 10. LITERARY PROPERTY—HARMAN V. TEGO. This, it will be remembered, is a case in which the plaintiff, rell proprietor of The Encyrhp-dio Meteopolitana, applied to the Court for an inju elle to restrain the defendant front publishing Tire Los,. Jens Encyclopedia, on the ground that many of the articles cone tamed in it were pirated from the plaintiff's work. Mr. Horton said the affidavits which his bord.hip had directed to be made on the pelt of his client, Mr. Tegg, had been filed, and he would now read them. Two long sffitlivite were then produced ; the one that of the Reverend IThe Styles, and the other of the Rev. Dr. Curtis, both of them contributors to different portions of Mr. Tcgg's work, called The London Encyclopedia. The affidavit* were read at length. hey admitted that some portions of the plaintiff's work had been copied, but denied that it had been ear: tied to the rcen• which had been alleged. In some instance* the creepil rs of the Encyclop!dia .11c , ropolitana hid copied word for word from the Edinburgh GiGudlcei, and because the defendant hail taken from the sante work, they were said to have pirated thd Plaintiff's wo-k, wit the plaintiff was the pirate in the fires ineance. The same observation might apply to an infinity of other parts of the work. The article, for instance, upon the Arundelian Marbles," also said to have been copied, was taken firm the Eitcyclopalia Perlhenx;s ; and another article was teakrt rim Ilarriil ma's East Julian Guz.ltree. What, therefore, the plaintiff' bed termed original matter, collected and put together with infinite trouble and expense, turned oat to be servile Co. lie.. and he defendant was to be accused of copying from three mies, when he, as well as the plaintiff; might as easily consult tie origins'. The Learned Counsel accompanied the reading of these affidavits by some observations favourable to his client's case. The SOLICITOR.GENERAL, on behalf of the plaintiff; said he had sought in vain, either in the affidavits or the argilments, foe die information required, namely, a simple answer to the simple question whether the defendant, in the compilation of the London Encyclopedia, had improperly availed himself of the work of the plaintiff; or whether he bad depended solely open his own legiti; mate taltnt and research ? The affidavit of Dr. Styles disavowed any knowledge of the sources from whence a considerable portion of the teener embodied in the London. Encyclopedia was drawn, it having been put together by a subordinate person, who was not now forthcoming. With regard to that part of the work of which the Doctor pr feared to have been himself the compiler, his affidavit c mailed a tall china statement, which it was his (the Solicitor-Ge neral's) they to expose. It is asserted that out of 52,1100 lines, to which the London Encyclopedia emended, not more than 510 were copied from the Encyclopedia ALrfropolilana. It was, however, material t r observe that those 52,000 lines comprised four distinct utiles or brandies of matter, namely, History, Science, Biography, and Lexicography; whereas the piracies cemp!ained of were m.det only from one of those tiranches, namely, that entitled Lexicogra phy. The statement therefore made by Doctor Styles was evasive, tee ruse i might he the fact that the particular branch of the plain tiff's btok from which the piracies were made consisted only of 2,000 or 3,000 lines, and thus the extern of injury done by the de. fendant would be much greater than what it was endeavoured to be represented. Now, although a person engaged in compiling a ler& body of information for the benefit of the public, was justified in resorting, to a certain extent, to the works of his predecessor,, yet he was not at liberty to use them without limit, or in such a Tan ner as to entrench upon the rights of the authors. it had been argued that the plaintiff; who had been guilty of literary larceny, was himself guilty of a similar offence towards other.. Now, even supposing that to be so, it was not for the defendant to come for ward to vindicate such conduct, or to set up the injuries done to others as a justification of his own misconduct. The Loon CHANCELLOR said that the argument was effectual to this extent—that the plaintiffs had no right to complain of the defendant taking from his book those articles which he had himself copied from the works of other; ; the effect of which would be to reduce the quantity of piracy on the part of the defendant. Be sides, if any analogous case had been decided, this circumstance would, in sonic degree, go to show what a man might legally do. and what he might not. There was a difficulty that had occurred to him as to the terms in which the injunction should be penned, seppoehrg the piracy to be established against the de. tendant to a certain extent. If the piracy were to be proved as to six Ile seven article., it would be easy for the Court to prohibit the defendant from publishing those articles ; but he did not conceive his power to extend to the prohibition of the publication of the whole work, on account of those six or seven articles. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL submitted that it would be con. nary to the whole course of the practice of this Coutt, and to the peinciples recognized by it, to grant a partial injunction. If the main charge were established, it was not competent for the Court to distinguish between that part of the work which was, and that which was not piracy, so as to give the party permission to publish so much, and no more; but it would grant that process which in its extent went effectually to protect the rights of the. injured parties. Mr. SPENCE followed on the same side, and pointed oat a great variety of other instances of piracy, which had been dis. covered since the first hearing of the case. He argued, that the discrepancies and alterations attempted to be shown on the other side were mere cloaks to cover the piracy of the defendant ; and con. eluded by proposing to accept such an injunction, whether general or limited, as the Court should deem must conducive to the ends of justice and the rights of the parties. The LORD CHANCELLOR—But the Solicitor-General has stated that there is no such thing in this Court as a limited in. junction. Mr. SPENCE.—With all deference to the Solicitor-General, I would much rather have the opinion of his Lordship on the sale. ject, whose authority was much greater in this Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the very same question arose in a case before Lord Kenyon, who said the difficulty with him was whether he could do so or not without prejudicing either patty. Lord Kenyon, in delivering judgment, stated a case where Lord Bathurst had granted an injunction for part. It would beg strange thing that a parson should be restrained from printing eleven. twelfths of a work to which he had both &legal and equitableright, because it happened that he had no right to print the other one twelfth part. Such a principle could not be maintained, and in all his own decisions upon the subject he had acted upon a different principle. It was usual in actions at law to insert a count in the declaration, first for damages for printing the whole work, and then for a part ; and if so, it surely was quite equitable to limit the injunction to that part only which was proved to be pirated. The great difficulty was how to do justice to the plaintiff-without grant. ing the injunction, supposing the plaintiff should succeed in esta blishing his right in a Court of Law. Mr. LonAINE said he was also on the same aide, but was afraid his Lordship would consider it inconvenient for him to address tire Cour. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I shall be glad to hear you, Sir. The case is a very important one, and cannot be argued too much. In the case of Miller and Tonson, which was heard before Lord Hardwick, in 1751, that Learned Judge gave the Counsel just twelve moults to enable themselves to argue the case ; a sort of thing whick would now-a-days amount to impeachable matter. Mr. LORAINE then quoted further instances of piracy, and pur sued the maw line of argument with the preceding Counsel. Mr. HORNE, in reply, complained of the course taken by the other side, they having in fact opened an entirely new case, Wetted of confining themselves to the affidavits before the Court. But notwithstanding the long speeches that had been made, he did not consider the plaintiffs case to be at all strengthened either in fact or in law. The ease being so doubtful as to the right of the plain tiff' to the copyright of the work, he hoped his Lordship would decline to interfere, but would leave the parties to their legal re. needy of going before a Jury. At all events, should his Lordship think fit to act otherwise, he trusted h would only be to direct the defendant to keep an account of the profits on the sale of the work until the question should be tried. The defendant was an indivi. dual whose whole property was embarked in this concern, while the plaintiffs were twenty-two or twenty.tbree in number, and per. sons of large capital ; granting the injanction, therefore, would press most injuriously upon the defendant. The LORD CHANCELLOR said this Mae having takes two days in argument, and he being of opinion that many of the facts were rew and important, he should certainly take till tomorrow to am id ler of it. He could not absolutely premise his judgment then, but if he did not give it to-morrow moenlig, he should certainly give it on Monday. WELLE4LEV r. THE DUEL Ole bEAneotte. Mr. HART addressed his Lordship this mooting on his entering the Court, upon the subject of the guardianship of Mr. Wellesley's children. In doing so, however, he wished his Lordship to under. stand that it was not intended to represent the case es exenetingly pressing, although Mr. Wellesley was impressed with a firm con viction that the care under which his children were at present placed was as misehievous as it could possibly be. For this reason he was desirous that his Lonlehip should ptooouuce his judgment at as early a period as possible. The Loan CHANCELLOR—I have certainly not delayed the judgment for want of attention to this ease, but fur reasons which ought to have been perfectly satisfactory to all parties. If the present guardianship of the children is improper, I will make that the subject of my immediate attention. Mr. HART begged not to be understood as speaking in dispa ragement of the Misses Long, under whose care the children were placed; much less did he mean to make any reflection oo their con. duet or character. But his Lordship knew that frequently a want of discipline was as pernicious as evil example. No km:nom:an was intended to became upon the moral character of the ladles ; bit hi! assured his Lordship such was the impreseio lien the mind of Mt. Wellesley with reference to the manner in which his chid a 1 the re 7e. 0, to on nth «4c, n)Ch r Wi S. the r hiv ived Like