The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-09-25 00:00:00

THE BI UISH PRESS.

LONDON.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. ISI9.

Nothing in the power of the people to effect can
satisfy the partisans of the Treasury, for not withstand-
lug the numerous meetings already held, at which
the proceedings of the Magistrates and yeomanry
at Manchester have been euthusissticilly condemn-
ed, the Ministerial Prints have still the hardihood
to affirm, that the voice of the public has not been
raised against them. With their customary
regard of truth, they represent the meetings con-
vened in the metropolis for the consideration of
this subject, as composed of the very lowest classes
of the people, and sneer at some of the speakers,
because- they are engaged in trade. We hope
the tradesmen of London, the men whose in-
dustry, intelligence, and high moral feeling, form
the nerve and sinew of the State, will know how
to resent this gratuitous insult. It would ill be-
come them to dispense any portion of their favour
upon persons who make it pastime to turn their
useful avocations into ridicule, and make the ordi-
nary business of so large a portion of the com-
munity an object of contempt, and represent their
opinions, in consequence of their avocations, as en.
titled to no attention.

It is not founded in fact that the public meetings
in the metropolis were coinposed solely or priori.
pally of the lowest orders of the people ; of course
no public meeting could be held in London with-
out comprising a very considerable number of the
poorest persons; but at the recent assemblies con-
vened for the consideration of the events at Man-
chester. a much larger proportion of the wealthy
and middle classes of life appeared than usually
attend on occasional meetings. Nothing can be
more absurd than to think of collecting the sense

or a public meeting from the number of the
speakers. The speakers, when applauded, are
•formly supposed to express the sentiments of
till around them ; and never, we solemnly declare,
did we on any former occasion witness such ani-
mated bursts of appltuse, such eismlimisias6c
featations of feelings strongly excited, us were ut-
tered by the crowds or people at the several meet-
ings, whenever the speakers warmly and energeti-
cally condemned the condo. t of the Magistrates of
blanchester in devising the attar le, the yeomanry
for executing it, and the Ministers of the Crown
for blindly and inconsideratcly approving of it.—
Not a voice was raised on any occali,m to oppose
the Resolutions ; we must there-hire iu c:intlonr
presume, that every man of. the thous:mils present,
all of whom with hands alai cc' cc Itelettly and em-
phatically declared timely eeleibrotel, dot teAlly give
utterance to the ounitnent% of titer ht.„,14.

Instead, then& of there not Wog more than
one hundred persons in the empire who have ex-
pressed their abhorrence of the Alatorheoer proceed-
ings, as is osserted in • Treasury Print, there could
not be fewer than one million of the people who
have actually declared the sentiments of shame. sor-
row, and indignation, to which those clients have
given birth. Bat we are Ad that the same crowds
of persons might have been assembled fur any other
possible purpose, and would have expressed their
feelings with equal warmth and energy on any other
topic. Why then, we ask. does not some adhe-
rent of the Ministers, or some admirer of the 114-
gistrates of Manchester, try the experiment of Mr-
vetting a public meeting fur the purpose of Irene-
gpising the wisdom of the Magistrates, and the
courage and discipline of the yeomanry. and prove
by a bold appeal to the notion that the current of
public opinion, if fairly exposed. would be found
to waft upon its surface the starages of the wise
and good in favour of those gentlemen ? We open-
lyspd in the face of the country dare the Ministers
to this fair trial. In opposition to the known de-
clarations of so many thousands of persons, whet
have the Ministers and Magistrate* of Misucbester
to *hew ? Not one assembly of persons in the
country has raised a voice in their favour. Where
be now their parasites—their followers. " quite
chop-fallen !" Not Ell the 'wetter(' falsehoods of
the Treasury Print., not all their insolent sneers at
the hottest and virtuous men who, Ilitarreit by power,
have manfully come forward in dr fester of the no-
blest constitution that ever blessed a fire people,
can redeem the character. of the Magistrates,
and or the Ministers who thoughtlessly, or per-
haps of necessity, applauded their conduct.

We have received Nrw York rivers' to the 15th,
and Baltimore to the 12th last. The following
•re extracto:--

icrw TORN, HIM:ST 13.

Thr Washington Gate'le mentions, that a Calone'
Council W3l held at Ilu• Presidt nt`a on Tuesday; that the
Beads of wpm !omits, Rod the Attorney General,
were all pr. seal, and that Air hale siirpotrives from our
Minister at Madrid, funned the principal •abject under eon.
sideration.

The Hornet is ordered to return forthwith to Cadiz, with
dispatches for our Minister at the Spanish Court.
_ _

NVW VORK. AN:VT 14.

fated
,fens Texan.— !Ater.; f uu Officer in Ike
Patriot Army, tinder date of July 3, say General
Arailin,rlo, commanding the Royalists, is now moving to-
wards us in full force, the Indians are annnyinz him on all
sides, and have taken sonic prisoners from him, and sent them
to ns. The people here ere now more sanguine of success.
Recruits are joining us daily. From my knowledge of the
Indians and their language, there can be furnished, if ricers.
sary, 2.001) warriors.
The Firer in Dallinenre There is, I conceive, no mys-
tery in the health of this city; there has occurred here as
nearly like as possible In what lardy occurred in Phila-
delphia a most malignant and fatal fever, confined to •
space of one hundred square yards, destroying every person
whom ii seized, being iu all seven or right in number.
B. !mid this range three or four only have died of Aver
masked by symptoms in the slightest degree out of the usual
course."

We have received Paris Papers of Tuesday hist,
from which we have made the following extiuc'a

PARIS, OIiPTVNIBER 21.
The Marquis Demotic. yesterday transacted business with
the King.
Almost all the Princes of the Royal Family were mum-
bled yesterday morning at the house of her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Berry, who continues to enjoy the must satis-
factory state of health.
Her Majesty the Queen of Spain passe.) the 15th of the
month at Benume, where she ass received by the civil and
military authorities. Her Majesty replied with deep emo-
tion, but with much grace and spirit, to the short Addresses
that were presented to her. It was with peculiar interest
that this Princess, who is only in her 16th year, was heard
lo say to the Municipal Rudy, that in her alliance with his
Catholic Majesty, she estimated highly the happiness that
she bail in entering tutu the family of the Buiurbons. .1 he
Queen left Reaunie on the same day, on her way to Macon,
where she was to sleep.
The English Consul at Bouraleaux addressed a letter on
the 11th instant to the President of the Cleimlwr of Cum-
=Peer, its which he apprises him that the Prince Regent of
England has, by Proclamation, furbidden alt furriest vessels
from entering the ports of the Mauritius, unless provided
with a certificate of the British Consul resident al the liar.
boors where suck vessels shall have taken in freight.

Five per Crate. 71 f. 30 c. Batik Stock, 1,437 f. 50 c.

CIIRISTOPHE has issued a proclamation, dated
Silllll Suuci. declaring that no asylum shall be
granted in the empire of Ilayti to the disaffected or
run-away negrors from any of the We'd India
Islands, and especially from those belonging to Ins
Britannic Majesty. - - - •

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