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London, England, 1819-09-21 00:00:00

HAMBURGH

BRUNSWICK, ERPTRIIIIIR N.
A Proclamation has been published in the name
of his Royal Highness the Prince Beetle. callaig
the Assembly of the States of the Duchy of Bruns.
wick and the Principality of Blaakeisbangs to
meet at Brunswick on the Igth October. Circus.
stances have nut allowed his Royal Highness to call
the Assembly earlier. as he much desired. Tie
Dirt will be convinced, says his Royal Highness.
by the proposal which we shall then have boil h..
fore it, that we have been equally careful to mia-
tain, as far as possible well-acisired rights, as is
introduce the changes in the Constitution eaic3
hate become necessary, and which, in this respect,
are calculated to prutnote the geed of the country
both now and in future.
HANOVER. SEPTEMBER 10.
His Excellency Count Munster anneal brie tia
the Bth from Carlsbad.
A notice was issued by the Board of Works en
the 7th, that his Royal Highness the Priory Kr-
gent hail, at the tostunce of the Board, ordered
a navigable canal to he made for the parrot of
uniting the river Schwinge with the Elbe, the par-
vent communication is very dangerous and ma•a
longer than the new canal. which will 1w read! I,r
opening on the 14th of this month. This
croak tt
3'2 feet broad at the bottom, 80 feet broad ma 'lot
surface at high water, at which time it is W feet
deep. sod has nu both sides a tow iisg-path 4 tr,'
above the usual high water-mark.
BERLIN, SEPTEMBER 11.
For some days plat alarming resents t, e tog
spread respecting the health of
Lt is in fact true, that the venerable hero hao,
seized with a dangerous illness nt Ins ,rat of li•lc-
blowitz. iii Silesia. Br the latest accounts dm
danger i• over for the moment ; but the ptip.itilw..
considering the advanced age of the Prince, are
not without apprehensions.
WARSAW, SEPTEMBER I.
For some time past a great deal has beets wive'
for and against the Jews its Poland ; wan•
pamphlet, have been publishes' ; but all these wr •
tinge are either partial or siiperlimal, and oritlessit
real knowledge of the subject. PO mil to I Iv l'.-
radise of the Jews ; here they form a ma,
is felt as a great burden in all the Cl'
life, and of the adaniiiistratimi ; thee tolAke At
!cot the seventh part of the inhabitants of h.'
country. Here, therefore, the 'simmers uf
Jews most be studied by those wish 1°
leans their good and bad qualities, and tarjuJ.:,
of the means of raising this deeply des
retki
people. We have the hope of looms seeing a cm-
prehensive work oit the subject. front the pen a ••
very able observer, the Imperial Rossiaa
Counsellor Von
STOCKHOLM, SEPTEMBER
We learn from Gottenburg, that the drawn t 1"
irou by the autueroua American vessels which
been there this summer has been so great that •. •
the i-rott warehouses at Gotteulbarg Ileac I)"
emptied.
COPENHAGEN. SEa
iitpTypill
C.unt Cap. d'lstria has arrirre Igo L
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turn to St. Petcrsburgh. The tranquillity which
prevailed here at the departure of the last post. has
bon Isoin disturbed. some riotous persons hav-
ing proceeded to break windows, and commit other
excesses. The troops, who patrolled in great noun-
hers, were obliged in several places to fire upon
the mob.
Tile Oster-street Inks quite desolate—the,
vqt-
do,r, of 1111111 yof the finest houses and shop have
suthfred the most. 'rite Jewish inhabitant. hive
I;. pt thtir shops shut for some days. .The member
of persons urreited far their riotows' Conslnct
amount to eiOtty, some of whom
teticed to rigorous punishment. It itrAnpe ,that
the arc strict men.iires employed to . secure the
public peace will have their due effect. At the
moment of the departure of the post all is quiet ;
numerous patroles parade the streets and squares.—
/ Ilambargh Papers, September 14.)

ST. MaTtusw.—Holittsy at the Bank, Extimpter, EMI
ledia, sad South Sea Houses.

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LONDON,

TUESDAY. SUMMER Sty jslll.l

A numerous Meeting of' the lAA'tants of the 1
Ward of Cripplegate Without was held yesterday. 1
in pursuance of a requisition, for the purpose of
collecting the sense of the Ward with respect to the
recent c:n►duct of the Magistrates and yeomanry of
Manchester. The meetings of this Ward have
When° been held in the church, without causing
July inconvenience, or injuring, in any degree, the
internal economy of the sacred adifice; but. on the
present occasion, the churchwardens, forgetting
that, as such, they are merely the servants of their
fellow-parishionen, thought proper, in the exer-
cise of their discretionary power, to close the doors,
and exclude the people from their own church.—
Tile Meeting, however, was held in the church-
yird ; and there, surrounded by the humiliating
memorials of human frailty, the people of Cry►-
plegtte expressed their shame, sorrow, and
indigna-
tion, at the conduct of the Magistrates and yeo-
manry of Manchester—and endeavoured, by every
means in their power, to bring relief and assistance
to the aufortanate persons who have suffered the
consequences of such intemperate proceedings.—
The Meeting agreed to a petition to the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen. and Common Council of the
City of Loudon, suggesting the propriety of direct-
ing some portion of the City funds to the relief of
the sufferers--aod remarking, that such au appro-
priation of the public money would harmonise as
well with the general sentiments of the people as
the large groats which, on former occasions, were
mode to the Russian', I'ortug►►ese, and Germans.
Indeed, if extreme poverty, tlineld,s of near rela-
tives, the loots of limbs, ■ncl the consequent impos-
bibtlity of labouring for subsistence, be sufficient
claims upon the sympathy and charity of the
wealthy portion of the community, we can scarcely
imagine any cues that more earnestly demand the
exercise of these virtues than those presented by the
individuals wounded and maimed at Manchester,
with their families, and the families of the killed.

The severity of the Magistrates of Manchester
has not, we are happy to say, operated as an ex-
ample to be imitated by any other set of Magi:•
Crates in the kingdom, although meetings of the
Reformers continue to be held in various places.
Upon the impropriety of holding such meetings,
we have never hesitated to express our decided opi-
i,ioi, ; nor have we ever disguised from ourselves,
cr ern:et:lied from our readers, that those who con.
elle such assemblies are actuated by a very dam-
t:. loins spirit, that demands the utmost attention of
the Government and of the local Magistracy. But
that the great majority of the people who thus seem
to they the call of a few leaders, entertain any hos-
t ,loy to the existing itistitotions, are unfriendly to
the Monarchy, or desire a change in the form of
the Coverninetit, we cannot believe. Many of
I item are no doubt sincerely impres:-,ed with the notion
that u Reform in the House of Commons would
in act tinily contribute towards ameliorating the ge-
i.eral condition of the people ; such ati opinion in
tine ulna' act implies nothing criminal or seditious;
but we are Candy convitict d, that if these persons
sass in the Government of the country a desire to
alleviate the sufferings of the labouring classes, by
rtiiiiiiiishing the pressure of taxation, or if by airy
'wows they were restored to their wonted habits of
ro:ristry, they would quickly cease to attend Re-
torin Meetings. Unless some means be speedily
:Aided to obviate the growing evil, we fear such a
revolution will have taken place ill the • Is of the
lower classes, as must be attended with (longer to the

contented paupers did not embrace diem, and they
never exerted themselves to alter their habits unit
conform themselves to their varied circumstance* ;
tin were exempt from the stimulus of want, and
Pothers
their pressure upon public charity disabled
Pothers from giving them employment, and thereby
Lierpsjuutel the system of pauperism. In such a
state of idleness they became Reformers, and the
mistaken and ill-directed charity of the public has
been employed in corrupting the habits and poi-
soning the minds of those who, under other circum-
stances, would contribute to the welfare and orna-
r merit of society.
Undotit.stedly, however, it is not by the sword of
the soldier, woe even the truncheon of the constable,
that these mistaken and unfortunate individuals
can be restored to the performaiice of their proper
duties; persecution and outrage will but confirm
them in notions that previously floated upon their
minds without consistency or object. To meet for
the assertion of their rights, is one of the noblest
and most undoubted privileges of Englishmen, and
although they may mistake the nature of their de-
mundii, the privilege remains unaltered. If that
privilege be invaded, if an undoubted right be
violated, even in the pursuit of au imaginary and
uncertain object, what is more natural than that
the populace should confound both, and conceive
the claim pursued to be of no less value than the
right invaded ? A point of speculative interest
thus becomes invested with the importance due
only to a constitutional principle, and assumes an
influence over the public mind, which it would
otherwise never have acquired. From the lute
outrage at Manchester an association will be
formed in the minds of the people of Lan-
cashire between Parliamentary Reform and the
right of meeting in public. Had they, however,
been permitted to enjoy the latter as their ancestors
bad enjoyed it, without interriiptionttheir anxiety
for obtaining the former would not have long sur-
vived the period of time devoted to delivering of a
certain share of absurd ileclamatiou.

The French Papers which have arrived announce
the pregna.!cy of her Royal Highness the Duchess
of CLARENCE. The same Papers, we regret to
state, add, that her Royal Highness does not enjoy
a good state of heal►h. The Doke and Duchess
purpose to embark at Du►.kirk on board the Royal
Sovereign yacht, whence they will proceed direct
to the Thames.

We have extracted from the Paris Papers an
accomot contained in a private letter from Tours,
of an English Gentleman who has purchased a
large estate in Touraine, and by the expenditure of
a great deal of money, converted a country com-
paratively barren into a scene of abundance and
beauty. This circumstance merits some attention ;
for although in the letter from Tours it is attributed
by a remarkable anachronism to the repeal of the
droit eraubuine, which was effected only in the last
Session of the Legislature, while the improvements
noticed in the letter must have been the work of some
years, and would probably, by the national vanity
of a Frenchman, be ascribed to the influence of
his fine climate and tine country—yet we fear

it will, on further investigation, •be loomd to be
only a part of that system of emigration from Eng-
land, both of English capital and of English
industry, which has been compelled by the enor-
mous and disheartening pressure of our taxation.
French 5 per cents. shut—Bank Stock 1,460 1.

A Hainburo Mail has arrivtd, with Papers to
the 15th instant. The demand for iron, for ex-
portation to America, has been so great in Sweden,
the depots of that metal at Gottenburg are quite
empty.
Some outrages have been recently committed in
Copenhagen. The cause is not distinctly stated,
but it would stem that they are chief.y directed
against the Jews.

A packet Inis arrived at Falmouth, with mails
from New York and Helif4x. The Papers from
the former city ure not of later date than those pre-

received.

The movement of troops in the direction of the
north would indicate that Government entertain
apprehensions for the public tranquillity in that
quarter.—We rejoice however to find, from the
Provincial Papers received yesterday, there hilve
been no fresh disturbances in the country since
those at Paisley and Glasgow. The riots in the
latter place were completely suppressed out Monday.,
Great preparations have been made for the Leeds
Meeting of Reformers, announced fur yesterday,—
The Leeds Mercury says, ,‘ The Female Reformers
are preparing a splendid cap of liberty for the occa-
sion, which they are to present to the Chairman, us
a testimony of their devotion to the cause; and
there are to be standards and music, to give eclat
to the proceedings of the day. To our inquiries,
yesterday. we were informed that neither Mr. HUNT
nor Sir CHA■. WOLSELEY bad yet returned any
answer to the invitation which bad been Atilt to
those Gentlemen to attend the Meeting."

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OLD BAILEY, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2:11;
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The Court war occupied until three o'clock in
the trial of John Pc4c-hey and Hobert carter, two
lads, who were capitally indicted for commitiiiig
detestable crime, which decency forloirls trs 10 OR111.•
After several witnesses were poplo.rt
of
the charge, who spoke to a t her of facts
cou-
Ilreitll with the inquiry, the Jury withdrew to ern,
eider of their verdict.
After they had Ireful out for nearly half an hour.
they returned into Court, and the Foreman h.-
lipped from the Judge wlpther there were any
Cottilti in the i.dicttnent that were not of a capital
nature.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM informed the Jury that
the indictment, in all its part.. W>l.4
The Jury again wired, and after tiring
for half an hour further, returi:eil mill a verdict
of Not.Gailiy.
The Prisoners were delainytl for trill moon an
indictment peeterred againet than +it tun itlil:rst X
Sessions for a misrh-nies,,or.
CHARGE OF FORGERY.
Thomas Fonsick was filiiniouoy
forging au instrument, purporiiniz in I,e lie 1,...t
%111 and testaintoit of .I+lllll Antleisooll, with :Weld
to defraud Mews. It LI I C
--1.1e...e
The Primmer, who is a Inr•-igin-r, alien hrrai:!hect
in the morning. reque.ted a Jury. consisiing of
foreigners.—A Jury an conspo,eil {wing now in at.
tendance, he was put to the h.rr, whets he applied
fur • postponement of his trial, on the ground, list
his material witnesses were absent. Ile said he 1,11.56
not apprised of the day of his trial before Friday
night last, and that lie had found it sittionsitsle to
communicate with his witnesses, without whom lie
could not fairly go to trial..
Mr. Justice Bust, after making some inquiries
fur the Prewar,, ascertained that tire two wanes-es
he wanted lived its town, one in the parish of St.
Mary-Axe. and the other in that of Sr. Catharioe'r.
Tower. TI hr trial was tlwrefore postponed until
to-morrow, when the Prisober was isifurened tie must
be ready.
Several trials for petty thefts took place in the
Cottrell of the afternoon.

POLICE.
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MAIL OK nocss.

Yesterday morning the Lord Mayor took his at's' at 11:e
usual hour, end later having dispose 11 of ...• einion•in
canes, Isis Lordship left the Cot, and retired t'i 6111
room, where be remained till nearly two o'clock iran.sicting
business of a private nature.
The following is the only case of any poldie interest
which look place :
A person of the name of William Clarke. was viand
the bar, to answer the charges contain'al lie the tasformatsait
of Masters, a common informer.
The information stated, ist substance, that one Thomas
Buck, the driver of the Totteridge stage-roach, s:.e
41h of September, carry more than tell siusside pa,selig• ss,
together with luggage, contrary to the fotto of the ',tat web
whereby the said Thomas Buck ineuned a penalty, and that
Clarke, knowing of the offence, dill connive at the same,
and for an doing, did nceive a mom of 2f. from Iluck,
wherell the said Clarke incurred a penalty of till.
Mr. Adolphus appeared as Counsel fur Ilia D. fru/laid.
Masters, the informer, with tunsiderahle ignermice and
self sufficiency, stood forward to examine the witness oat
behalf of the Crown," as lie was pleased to put it.
Back, the coachman, stated, tliat an itsfos mar an was filed
against him for having violated the law : lie was n-it awl' e
of having violated the law—he thonglit he hat a eight ir
take twelve outside passengers ; mod as fur the lura,n .t
was not as huge as the book before him.
Mr. Adolphus informed the witness, that he was cot
hound to answer any question us this subject that asti;;:.t
lead to convict himself.
Witness said he was willing to answer any rinestion.
On last Monday week, Clarke sent a mason of the ninny of
Bi'ibens fur witness; Clarke to' al witness he had done
wrong in taking mure pawing:lra outside than hr was enti-
tled to take, and that if he would give him ((hoke) 71. be
would not give information ngaiust him. A sum of ed. wan
aulssequently agreed to be paid by whiten*, and witness laid
down at the time the sum of 21. being the only moues, theta
in his possession.
Cross cranked by Mr. Adolphus.—ths Mostr!ay wind' last,
witness had nut, to lois knowledge, committed any offence at
all. Witness never saw Mr. flasks till the .lay he asked
witness for Cie money—a Mr. Rililmeus was wills Mr. Clarke
whew witness laid down the money, though out conscious of
loavini; committed any offence. Films, put down 2f. on the
table, he ra t say she took Shim op—he cannot aiy that
Clarke took them up. Witnesb paid the snooty to pia vent
hint front b. lug put Sc future trouble.
In ausaer to a question front the lord Ma; sir, the wilarra
said, that he certainly paid the money to pi. vi ot him from
being pot to trouble by Clarke ; lie tad She money on the
table; there ma. nu person in the room but C.is Ise rind lish•
bens, but he could mil say which of them took it up.
Mr. Adolphus, oil behalf of the Di fratilam. hi re contend-
ed, that the offence RZIIjII,I Clarke wan SSW strriv,d; it slid
tut appear Shunt Clarke saw the coach haemg pas.engers
mud luggage Fwyond s: bat the law permitted ; it tlid out
pear that Clarke of his own knowledge knew of She offence
charged against Buck, and yet the charge against Clarke was,
that be connived at that offence—bat he could nut emissive
ist any offence wlieh he did not witness, and which lie could
not prove; to connive at an offset* the pasty must have
witnessed it; but here there was no proof that Chaste wit.
tressed the uffirice sold t o be committed by the coachman,
and dui efore is was um to he as.noseil that he connived at
it; besides, it was no mat all primal that Bark gave any
money to Clarke ; lie laid down money un the table, 'Jut lie
did not see Clarke take it up.
The laird Mayor said, that in n ease of so rerions a
na-
tme, and where a penally so heavy as hilt. was to he h.
vied, the most clear and satisfactory proof should have
Been given; lie thought the proof in the present case tar
from being so; lie slid nut take the case to lie proved, and
he would the re fore dismiss tt.
The Defendant triton red to his Lordbltip, that the decisioo
was the must humane he ever made.