The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-01 00:00:00

LETTER OF EARL GROSTE.VOR.

To THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO RECEIVE AND AP-
PLY hITISCRIPTIONS FON RAISING AN ADDITIONAL
AIMED YU)'$L IN THE COUNTY OF CIIESTEL

GENTLS)4O2I —As it is not my intention to contri-
bute to the above object. I think it due to persons so
highly respectable as yourselves, to myself, and to the
county at large, to state the reasons which ittanenced
me in declining to subscribe to a general fund, or to raise
any separate force. At the present moment, in this
neighbourhood, every thing is quiet and undisturbed ;
and had the existing force of the county been augmented
only by private subscriptions and individual efforts, I
should have viewed the proceedings in silence, giving no
opinion as to its expediency or disadvantage. Bit called
upon, as I have incidentally been, to assist in forwarding
the object of the late county meeting, I cannot, on an
occasion so public, avoid, ill a manner as pithlic, declar-
ing my reasons for the line of conduct I mean, after dote
deliberation to adopt. Those gentlemen of the Com-
ntittee with whom I have the hot tet..r and happiness of
Iteing acquainted, will, I tout, do me the justice to ad-
mit, that I am not a person likely to be unwilling, when
satisfied that the occasion is a proper one, to assist in any
way in my power, in maintaining the public peace, and
in supporting the credit and security of the county,
which must always mainly rest onthe faithful execution
of the laws, and the preservation and prosperity of our
happy constitution. To form an impartial judgment on
the question now before me, I have examined recent
events and occurrences with all the accuracy in my-power,
and I Insist beg leave to revert to certain local events
connected with these occurrences. The Grand Jury of
the county, at the late Assizes, seeing tracts circulated,
of a intuie to undermine our religious faith, and injure
our form of Government, naturally expressed their in-
dignant feelings on the occasion ; it appears, however,
from the result of a late tr:al, that these attacks on our
religion are not likely to be countenanced by a British
Jury, any more, I trust, than by a British people. And
1 ant also of opinion, that nor happy form of Govern-
anent is as little in danger fmnt the wild and pernicious
doctrines maintained and disseminated on the subject of
our Constitution. The nation is too much enlightened
to be misled by such dangerous theories. Whether the
voice of the people be sufficiently heard in the Com-
mons Mouse of Parliament, all persons may be allowed
without criminality, not only to doubt, but to dispute ;
and may endeavour to correct what they consider a de_
feet in our system, by lawful nears, but that that
subject, in itself legitimate witen pursued constitutionally,
ought ever to be obtained by force, I deny as peremp-
emit! as I wooed peremptorily and steadily resist it.
The Parliament. it seems, is to be called together at an
earlier period than usual ; and, as we are Ml], to devise
means for putting down disaffection. !Ministers, there-
fore, I conclude, mean to propose laws still stronger
than those that exist for that purpose and ibis is to he at-
tempted before any inquiry shall take place into the late
distressing transactions at :Manchester. Why the laws
ore to be strengthened, or the armee: force of the country
to be generally increased, I am at a loss at present to
discover; for, whether the late transactions at Man-
chester were legal or not, there seemed little difficulty
in enforcing a summary process, and protecting. if en-
dangered, the persons and property of the inhabitant..
lkfore, then, recourse he had to extraordinary legialla-
tiet, and extraordinary arming, it may be advisrable to
ittquire, whrther the minket of the Magistracy has not
been calculated rather to produce titan restrain unlawhil
combinations on the part of the people. Some of that
Magisuacy I have the p•leasurc ui knots mug, and more
honourable anti upright per•:nns cannot axis.. I would
at all times tely un bit integrity; and few things
; rteve me mture,than the y shouid stiffer in their repel.

t ;t:on, or in any other way, from the unfortunate cveiVs
t:.al lure recently occnrrt•,l at Manchester. Bin to

!•;..ne or dolly irtrii.y would only injure their!, olide a

I :mil fairduubtle•sl)e what t her
most rilyirelf, I lia%e Fide r!,,ohr
NON meeting A the 16,h erc

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r irate t,l-11iialaietl 34 p:•aceably ai those at outer

Is of the country Where meetings of the sline drfrriir

1.1 have been held, 11.1•1 it not been for injudicious in.
1, ,::,•retic,?. I,Yriat the immediate awl ultimate oltit•ct
1... the pi.tNntis ca.liug such meetings nt.,y be, I pret•
rt.: to determine: Im that at all events is a sithjeet aeon.
Tile affair, then, si-,04i1d be submit.
t,•.1, without ret,!rte, to tile ineeNti2atioti of iiimartia!
committees in Virliameni, which will alone gite b.I:;S-
-i.iction to the commy—will alone sate Parliament frnm
the teprnactie3 of t,iose whu think that ie re-v(4144:s
imperfectly the public voice. It is, I alit aware,
tained by same, that it would be best to wait the decisim
of the tribunals of justice but, nudes the discourage-

2t.11, ration.

went. that have recently occurred, one would find a
difficulty in recommending persevenatice in such a course,
particularly after the result of the Inquest at Oldham—
an inquest held for the purpose of inquiring into a charge
of wilful murder, and which should have been brought
to a termination as speedily as a due examination of
witnesses would allow. It is said, in justification of
the extraordinary and alarming adjournment of the in-
quest to a week after the meeting of Parliament, and the
consequvist postponement of the verdict, that it was done
at the desire of the Jury. This, however, it is also said,
they disclaim; but even had they expressed arch a wish,
the cause of it should have been made known, in a
manner the moat distinct and formal ; and if, from in-
disposition of any of the Jury, on the testimony of me-
dical men, then as lisle delay as possible should have
hero allowed to interrupt the progress of the inquest
UM'S:awes have been committed, let the offender; lie
punished; and at all events, let as give satisfaction to
an anxious and inquiring nation. Before, then, we stir
a step towards rigorous legislation, or menacing arena•
client, it behoves us to inquire whether out constitutional
laws may not have stilt-red something from those wit,
have the guardianship of them in their own hands ;
whether, if that be the case, such violation of its Facrerl
bulwarks may 1101, in reality, create, if it has not already
created, a disposition to retaliate, where no intention• n•
resistance before existed. 11, however, contrary to acs
my expectations, there should, indeed, appear a den's.-
intlldilolll, openly and distinctly acted upon, to overturn
the constittuion of the country, I shall he ready to exert
every means its my power to inert and resist such a spirit
of hostility, against what I conceive, in comuion, doubt-
less, with the great hotly of the nation, to he the most
perfect form of Government with
,which any country
was ever blessed.

During the late war I raised a corps of Infantry, and
subscribed in various instances, to other corps, for the
protection of my country against a foreign enemy.—
slay God grant that 1 may never see the hour when I
may he compelled to do so again►i a domestic one L. Ir,
however, that unhappy moment •should ever arrive, 1
shall not, I trust, he found wanting, in calling into
action all the resources within my sphere of influence.
I hive the honour to he, with sincere respect, Gen-
tlemen, your obedient aml faithful servant,

Oct. 24.

GItO,VENoR.

FRO.O SATURDAY muurs GAZETTE.

[This Gazette notifies the appointment of G. Grazebrook, of,
Stourbridge, %Voreestershire. Gent. to be a Mower Exuaortlinary
in the Court of Chantary.

DANKRUPTS.

—........ •
R. rearnek, Charing, Kent, miller. Solicitor% Nletgra. Greg.
son and Foonetedu. Angel Court, Throgmorton Street.
J. Wrangle, Antwell, Herts. conduit:utter. Soh. Nlessra.
Richardbon„ Wolbrook.

W. Hodir,nn, Kiturgton upon !lull, apothecary. Sa Mr.
Show, Ely Place, Holborn.
W. Amine and G. Yates, Liverpool, merchants. Solo.
Meows. Illackstock ..nd Bunce. Temple.
D. Bishop, Great Surrey Street, Blackfriars Road, upholsterer.
Sol. Mr. Black, Stanford r:trect.

.1. Collins, Newport. Moninouthihire, common brewer. Soii.
Messrs. Adlington and Gregory, Bedibrd How.
K. Langley and W. Belch, High Street, Southwark, engravers.
Sol. Mr. Taylor, Gray's Inn.
S. Sproston, London, merchant. Sol.. 3lr. Farren, Tbrcad•
needle Street.

11. (0 sag, I.ittic Hermitage Street. Wapping, fishmonger.
Sols. Messrs. Stevens and Wood, Little St. Thomas Apu.itle.
S. Chanipness, Fulham, market gardener. Sol. Mr. Joao.
•Size Lane.

T. Mitchinson, Great Driffivlil, York. grocer. Sob.. Messrs.
Stocker, Dawson, and llerringhani, New Boswell Court.
J. Craney, Holborn Bridge, grocer. SOls. Messrs. Denton
and Barker, Gray's Inn Square.
B. H. Ilrewman, Holywell Street, Strand, silk mercer. Sola.
Altura Jiteomb and Bentley, ilti.inghall Street.
J. kl,,klship, Cheltenham, grocer. Sola. Messrs. Vizard and
Blower, fjncoin's Jim
T. Burn, Sombend, Essex, brickinaker. Sob. Messrs. Milne
an I Parry, 'l'emple.
G. Scott, Wapping, builder. Sol. Mr. Templer. Jelin Street,
America Square.
•

C. Crisp, Bristol, oordwginer. So 3lessrs. Bridges and
Quitter. Red Lion Square.
.1. 1%. Heyton, 11olywell. Flint, wire and iron manufacturer.
Sol. Mr. Edmunds, Lincoln's Inn.

Fisher, Bristol, coal merchant. Sols. Messrs. Hilliard and
Ila.,tintp, Gray's Inn.
.....

Di VIDENDS.

Now. 20, J. Burle::,11, Bristol, brass founder ..IX. C. Grin-
stead, and J. Lanham, Iloralaun, Sussex, bankers-20, .1. Tay-
Morr!..-Wearniouth Shore, I)urhant, common brewer-50,
T. Smith. Vork, bacon Jumps. and T. Hargroves,
Fort: Siniet, hat manufacturers-20, A. 1 fort, Dom Street,
Finsbury S.,uare, merchant—f., F. Lear, Strand, brush maker
—2O. W. Illualew, East Smithfield, halier....2. a. .1. ‘Wohey, Wel-
Iwyn. Hertford, mealnern-210, H. liodson, Fleet !kr. et, oilman
- W. Lewis, and J. Al. Ilmderson, Little Tower Street,
wine merchant-25, E. Head and 'f. Baker, Great Hussy., Street.
Bloorn,birry, linen drapers-20. .1. Howe, Finsbury Place,
livay stable keeper--20, H, Jordon, and J. Smith, Strati rd,
Er•scx, and J. Lichfield, I.r.sulmirrell Street, coach roprietors,
20, E. Bourne, A:14011 Friars. merchant—v:0, J. Croft, Pell.
itutziff 'xi •• nacre rant-20, .1. Slater, I arket
!tom:, IVestntinster, bre •-er--.7. W. Bolton, Bury Street, West.
minster, c:ititriber—v7. .1. I Irrri.arn, Lower Shad well Street,
CIITCWIt A. Anci,r,rn, P rlpot Lane. nierclaint-
-23, T. E.iwar is, am. and T. i:Jwanis. jun. Bradfcir,l, Wilts,
clotl•:ers-2c.. 1). Stalk r it,rl A. D. VVeleir, Lendenhall Street.
slo:rsellers—i.t.e. I. W. Sicarplea and J. Datriby, Liverpool,
mwrekrcs—.l,.• 15. G. White: eiLl, jun. and G, Clarke, this
sitr;;lrall
C CFI r• ICATr:S to ire erantc.l Nor. •.n.
W. Tii:ner, I.l,ro4rrth•r. ICArb. i. I , Will A. Comer, Man-
chester, contra .iiiiners—:•l. Ilen:.ry, brat:Arra-upon .:4uli, nice-
c& 11;ikeirlrearl, Manchesur• and h. Nayler.
FLaiini;ron, . Flowers, Learlen•
hall Street, tarlor--!1. It. Hothlutts, Non Shields, eierualler—
Tndces, Lrrerpr•ol, incrchant--G. Brown, Broad Facet,
IVesterinster, uphoislcret--J. littivn, Dartford, Kant, pap r
Itlttii‘rt

L 01173011,
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1.

lire have received Paris Papers of Monday and
Tuesday last, one of which states that the Princess
of Wales remains at Lyons. The trial of the Editor
and Publisher of.the translation of Mr. Hobhouse's
history of-the Hundred Days took place before the
Assize Court of Paris on Monday. It seems that
this translation was originally printed at Ghent, and
that a copy of it was purchased from a traveller in
Paris by M. Domerc, one of the defendants in the
present case. This-copy was ahem) to the other
defendant, Regnault Warin, who thought it might
be published if some earts, which reflected with too
mutt severity upon the King and the Royal Fa-
mily, were suppressed Regnault Warin undertook
the task of erasing the most offim ive parts, and
these alterations beinl made, the book was printed.
—At half past four o'clock the Jury retired, and.
returned to the Court at half past six. They pro.
nounced the two prisoners Not Guilty of formal
attacks upon the inviolability of the King's person,
&c. but they. declared them Guilty of public insults
towards the King and Royal Family ; and the
Court, after some deliberation, sentenced Do►nerc to
six months imprisonment and 1,000 francs fine;
and Regnault Warin to one year's imprisonmeut
and 1.000 flatted fine.,

The Queen of Spain, in her slow progress from
tbe, frontier to the capital, was at Vittoria on the
7th and Bth of this month. The Authorities in
Vittoria, in the simplicity of their hearts, thought
to delight. their new Sovere;gn by a shew of bull
fights; but her more refined taste and generous feel-
ings revolted at so barbarous a spectacle, and she
soon-retired from the scene of cruelty, leaving her
less sensitive subjects to enjoy the torments of ani.
mals fir nobler than themselves. 1 t seems, however,
that this indirect censure of the customs of Spain
has not diminished the respect which the Spaniards
of all classes testify towatds this young and interest-

ing Princes.
The French Five per Cents. are 70f. SO c.—
Bank Actions, 1,487 f. 50 c.

A Dutch Altai has arrived, with Papers to the
28th instant. They contain some details of the
insurrection that broke out last year in Java. It is
attributed by the Dutch to the superstition of the
natives, but they were equally superstitious in the
time of Governor Raffles, and yet the Island did not
then suffer any such troubles.

Among the motives which have induced Govern-
ment to restore 10,000 of the veteran battalions and
Chelsea out-pensioners to active duty, it is said,
that great numbers of these men (not officers) have
been noticed in the ranks of the Radicals at their
late public meetings. The officers thus recalled to
the service have all retired on full pay, and the full
pay of the men will not exceed the aggregate of
their half pay and pensions.
The proposed increase of the Royal Marine fcree,
to the extent of YO men to each company, is not
connected with the alarm excited by the proceedings
of the Radicals. A correspont!enee bas been carried
on for some time between the Commander in-Chief
and the Admiralty, on the subject of the Dock-yard
duty, to which the present establishment of Marines
was represented by the hitter as inadequate. The
ease has been made out, and the increafe of tha
Roul Marines is, we understand, to supply this
deficiency.

PUUPC rINANCE.—We apprehend that the re-
ceipt of the revenue fur the current quarter will bo
far fium compensating for the deficiency cxperieuccil

in the last quarter, or from realising the hopes of
the Lords of the Treasury. We understand that in
the Customs alone, there was in the first week of
the present quarter, as compared with the corres-
ponding week in the last year, a falling off to the
amount of 100,0001. The produce in the second
week it seems was greater, but in the fortnight
from the 10th to the 23d of October, it appears by
official statements, that in the whole revenue, as
compared with the produce of the corresponding
quarter in the last year, there exists a deficiency
of no less than 37,561/. The amount of the two
week's revenue from the 10th to the 231 of October,
for the years 1818 and 1819 are,

Fur ihe year 18:8 £t.118.4n3 .
11319 1,080.8.11t

£37.5,

It must, however, be admitted, that from the
account of a week or a fortnight no argument can
be drawn to prove either the improvement or retro-
gression of our finances. The receipts of so short a
period may be affected by a thousand various cir-
cumstances, and it appears in the present quarter
that the second week offered a much more flittering
indication of the state of the -revenue than did the
week preceding, This partial ctutement having
escaped from the Treasurv, we felt it necessary to
communicate it to our readers, but we think it would
be much more prudent if such statements were in
all cases suppressed, for they can tend t no other
purpose than to deceive the public by creating er
runeous impressions reTecting the financial estate_of
the country.

THE NORFOLK COUNT).- MEETING
Was held on Frilay, pursuant to the appointment
of the High Sheriff; the Freeholders were too nu-
merous to be contained in the Shire-hall, and the
Alayor having politely granted the use of St. An-
drew's Hall, the meeting was adjuurned to that.
place; the late hour at which we reecivedsourreport
prevents our saying more than that. a series of strong
Resolutions were moved by the Right Honourable
the Earl of Albemarle, seconded ,by S. T=',Sottth-
well, Esq., and passed with scarcely any dissentents
in- the numerous body of the respectability of the
County we shall next week give the particulars of
this interesting meeting.

It gives us great pleasure to learn, that. betides the
Chattibtr of Commerce at Biriiiiiniain, several other
highly respectaVe Bodies have it in contemplation to
Petition Parliament for a modification of the restrictions
on the icicle with Fratice,and for the ditreitimion of the
duties on French wines. • We` feel convinced, that those
who really with to relieve the distresses of the country
could not possibly adopt a safer or more practicable and
efficient means of accomplishing that object. At this
distance of time it is needless to et•qttire whe.her Great
itain or France was foremost to fetter and restrict the
fietilont of trade with its -nearest and sanest opulent neigh-
bour. IVe believe both parties were in this respect
equally blasneahle ; and it is certain that which ever
rosy have been the first to continence this absurdcrnearle
an the comforts and enjoyments tat its own-subjects, Its
measures have been but too well seconded by the other.
Toe wretched effects of t ueb blind and infatuated poli-
cy have at length become manifest. Instead of being
natural enemies, Britain and Franey, from their near
anal the extreme variety, as well in their .aw
its in their mantifactured products, are especially fitted
to maintain an expensive and mutually heneficial inter-
:muse. And as the time is gore by in which gold and
tilter were alone coot:jarred as real wealthivit is to be
booed that the restrictions and prohibitionicto which
these istihmoded notions gave birth, will no longer be
pettlitted to retard the march of national prole-my. It
liecontes the people of Britain to spew that they have
emancipated themselves from the diaglaceful prejudices
by which their ancestors were animated when they de-
clared the trade of France a ouisatece! A rich, power-
ful and wealthy nat. , must midwife's-Ay prove. an
infauitely letter customer than ruse that is comparatively
poor and miserable. We do not reap a single ads atitage
toms our iiitercourse with Portugal, which we might
not realize in a tenfold proportion were we to permit
a similar intercourse with France. It cannot be too
generally tvederstood, that it depends entirely on our-
selves whetorr thirty billions of people shall become
the mounters of those eimmughties which are now
heaped lip i•t our warehouses, and for which no market
caw hetet, :Linea. Sir is it at all necessary, in order to britel
about this must desirable result, that we should attcolpi
to negociate a c tttttttt ercial treaty with France. It is
more than pntbable, indeed, that sock a measure would
miscarry; amp it is therefore limmiate that it is of ers
s contlary importance. All that is required to lay the
fonoidation tai a cotiimerce, of which it is impossible to
estimate the future extent, ad.l whicii would give an
immediate siinothis to toe languishing intlutatv, of the
country, is to have astute entite4li to porch Ise front lie
French those commodities with which they cap furoiso
us cheaper than any oilier nation, or than we call WO-
Ottee at hintie. This is the entire atent iii the •at liner
that we are called oti—to make. It, as a halloo,. ttr
consent tai JO oil the same principles. which. re wise.
the conduct of every prudent :ndi• elstal. we shall iiilal
liftly open a new and boundless market for the prttilun
of our capital and industry. The French, we may
depend upon it will not refuse to Fell. Boit as there
fact be oat selling evithotit an equal lott‘ing, there eau be
ho manlier of doubt that by acting on a liberal system
onrwlyes, We sisal! .compel thew to abandon tbuir re-