The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-14 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM TRINIDAD, FLAY 16.

" By the best information .! have been able to procure
since my arrival hem the Patriots are getting on in a very
uncertain way, and•seem destitute of those funds and re.
sources which are really requisite for carrying on the contest ;
they have been partially successful, but at present Wald arms,
men, anmineition, and money. Bolivar has bi:eu appoiatedto the
civil radministration of affairs, and has been succeeded by
Paez, a man of tried courage and some abilitio, but of no
education. *They wish to hold what they have, but the native
Spaniards are not to be depended en. The followers of the
army are three times more numerous thou those at tually tight_
ing, a circumstance that may give you some idea of their
patriotism, and plunder seems their chief object. Poor
1P Donald fell a sacrifice from foolishly exposing his baggage;
although some people say he was killed by the Indians; many
here know that smile straggling Pat lots took his life, tempted
by his baggage. An officer is going to England to raise a
regiment at 300 dollars each man, a measure that probably
will not be permitted by the English Goverument. If the
nations of Smith America are not 4bic to cope for their in-
dependence against the miserable Imre opposed to them,
they are not deserving of the blessings -attending a free go-
vernment. The Patriot army is at present composed of blacks
and people of eclintr, but it is reported that 2,500 whites ate
on there way front New Urauada ; my opinion is that 2000
British troops would march from one end of the country to
the other. There never was a cause n here so much depended
on the natives, endsa little exertion was made by them; tittle
e many men of 11:111.1kime among them, but none of them of
abilities sufficient to govern ; they wish to make every dr
pat tment English, and that in the end may injure the cause.
WGregor is much wanted, and might bit of great service.
The British officers engaged in their last two battles lost no-
thing of-theledirraracter its soldiers. I wish to join the patriot
cause, but am told it is of no use going for the Ilain unless I
take men !! How is en officer coining Boot Eutriand to pro-
cure 11101 ? The idea is ahsurd. It appears, therefore, that
if the independenee of South America is nut °brained by
themselves, they must eel nto t ttesr original subjection."

Recent area:twits front Angtistora state, that Colonel Wilson,
a British officer, and native of Ireland, who some time ago
joined the cause of the patriots iii South America, had become
iuvolvetiitl an affair likely io terminate in disagreeable coosr-
wieners. Thisoffieer, having fierient OCCIIAII/11 in the Course
of the cainimign to reams k the military ill lertreominitted
by Bolivar, atiJ indignant at tent ar fatal consettneares to the
army tinder his command, anti to the ean-e in which he had
enthaiked,wint indbwri le enough to rapiess hi•,enliiiirota on
'bat head to Geitera4P4ez, the second w command, and even
to ilto,lolle to him that they .1 Id 'costive Gem ral Liulivai
troll his situation at the. head at the mime. Nita gave an at
nitre ear to the sagge.tionv of Colonel Wilson, blamed the
e Wirt of his rollciiesie, and appeared to :requiem-4. u, toe
.1 jest for 4lisitlaelog bins, nnul thr design was linen teaea:ed.
lie then gave iiiformallon of the altole proceeding to Bolton,.
Wirson war Tire. 11 wodei arre4 ; and .when the anl•
vices cattle away, .• a. at to Or Mill by a Coisrbinai
Anon sloop ne..latety tironrhcil Gum the aturka 4.f Mr.
Jo.. Ph Satter, at ,runic.. alto, Of ‘.014/1, up
t • Leed•,::t to••• co u•troutTam 1.-hall roltieay i 5
'rt.-which fort 1.6.11 th, iv, 9feet 6 4..4114.. in
a‘• ad 1., 41.:awv only ti feit.4 molrearof watetf and wouthi, if
etitaigmt to Wt. *rose sisrp:atly.ls tans inure titan a cota.nott
.;.,up built or mood.

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SEPT. 14

MEETING IN PALACE YARD.

A meeting took place oil Monday in Palace-yard, pursuant
to public notice, " To take• into consideration the propriety
of waking a public ilea:lotion of their tights; to adopt the
most effectual measures for redressing their wrongs; and to
remonstrate with the Cro.% n to remove those grievances uMelt
are now become insorpurtable." . _

Soon alter 12 o'clock, a cart arrived, hearing four inscrio.
tions, exhibited in four different directions, t• itli the winds,
" Conte to the Public Meeting in Palace-yardibis day at twt it e
o'cluek." 4b •nt half-past twelve Mr. Hunt, the• ChitiriiLits.
arrived in a carriage, accompanied by his sun, blether, atiq
Dr. Watson. They were received with partial cheers. Tee
person: at this time assembled did not exceed three or furs
hundred, but the crowd afterwards increased. Mr. Mint
mounted the hustingsond after someconsultation withDr.Wat-
bull and others who were assembled, he addressed the Meeting_
%He observed, that their object on the pi esent ocrasion was
not to petition Parliament. but to remonstrate it ith the prince
Regent, and to call upon him to assist them in obtaining their
right °leafing fur Members to reprt seot illeityn the Houst ~f
Commons. Although lie had nothing to do with calling ftis
leet Mg, he by no means wished to shrink from any respensi •
'nifty which might attach to those who had called it, ivatnincl.
as he was fully aware of every thing which was to be deft-.
Petitions signed by a million and a half of the subjects ef
this realm had been seneto the late House of Commons, b,„;
their petitions had been treated with neglect. Iu this stave
of things it was their determination not to petition the new
!tense of• Commons, hut•to appeal boldly, manfully, and in a
dignified tone, to the. Prince Regent himself; to restore :o
them these rights they were entitled to enjoy berme they
were called upon to tight the battles of tbeircountry,.ts► pay
the taste', or to support the Government ; and to restore to
them the rigid of voting for those who were to impose their
burdens mine them. Mr. Hunt coneiuded by calling upon
the Meeting to tominet themselves peaceably and with good
order, and not to be fed away by the suggestions or those
who might be inclined to encourage riot and confusion. A
declaration and resolutions would be read to them, which they
might eject or approve as they ilsonght proper. If there
was any person disposed to offer objectionsdo the sentiments
contented in that declaration and those resokutions,.he hoped
he would be heard with patience. Their minds were upon to
conviction, and they would not decide hastily or impru-
dently.
Dr. Watson complained that some person who had pledged
himself' to come and deliver his sentiments upon this occasion,
had not been inauly enough to chow his face. He had nut
himself been in the habit, until lately, of addressing a public
assemblage ; but for more than thirty years lie had paid no
little attention to the• promises of public mum, to the measlier a
of sume of our greatest orators and statesmen, and lie heard
promise after promise, that the day was not far off when those
liberties, for which our foiefoniers fought and bled,und whirl,
had been torn from ns, shoulit be restored. Ilutalas! fectims
had been joined with the Despots of Enrage, tun tor the
purpose, as they pretended, of giving happiness and liberty so
•Europe, but to further enslave them. He wiebed the groat
body of lloronglimotigees were present, that they ;night hear
some important truths : and he, (Dr. IV.) v ould fearlessly
•mount any place to deliver those truths to them. It was not
Acme the loss of motley that had been sustained by die ope-
rations of die Burouglimungering faction, nor was it money.
that would make reti ibetiou, but there Wile those who had
lost wives—fathers—mothers—children, and alatont every
one who liad lost every kindred tie, by the opt/mime' of Is
apendthiift Miaistry (true, and.bravo 1) Every domestic
'comfort had been invaded; wises hod famished firm) want;
children had di••d from disease ; and others had been visited
by Amine; a son or brother hail been token from a death
bed by the effects of the law; indeed there seemed to be a
couspiracy against the }tepidness of Englishmen (applause.)
What recompetice could those have WllOlll hue had described ?
(cries of none.) That corrupt Borough wongering faction
ought to consider ►he situation in which the pieapleuf Eng-
land stood—means the most effectual to alleviate the dn..
tresses. of their fellow countrymen, otieht immediately
to be. adopter!, else it was probable the people might be
driven to that btate ‘‘liielt might induce them to seek that
relict which the Government and its corrupt factions laud re-
fused them (applause.) He had heard a great and learned mars
say, that their hearts might to be strong; he wondered all the
hearts of the flctions did not tremble at their conduct, when
they reflected upon the state to which they hid reduced the
people of -England (applause,) He had seen the miseries of
hia letlow countrymen in their darkest colour. He had seers
the miseries of the iiidlistrious part of the community.—He
had also visited Use matinfactw ring part of the coinniuntly, and
their miseries were badeseribable—all occasioned by the
Boroughmongei v. In some of those places they worked front
four iii the morning till eight a! flight; be had seen sights 'the
most miserable and loathsome—sights that would appal
human neture—children of the tenderest ages had been
driven from their hovels to their work whimpering and.
trembling under the want of food (shame ! shame!) 'Dm
people lof this country were now, If ever, to spook the lan.
gunge of into. Too long had they been trifled with by ML
nisters and their profikate agents, who delighted in &Ohre-
presenting the sentiments and will of those liar whose service
they were politically created. It was. now tar the people to
say whether they would be minions to a sot of abtuidoned
men, suppoi led by a- parcel of lioroughniungers, or not. The
ruler of units ulna's would nut 'di, ; the 'novel ity of the
country depended upon the voice of the million (mud ap.
plause !) who were now to detertinue whether they were to
exercise their liberties, or to abandon them tor ever. He was
convinced that there were of people its Faigland and
Ireland w Ito were determined to die rather than to submit to
*laves), oh' any kind (loud applause.) The page of• tindery
raid, that never was there a Meeting of despots, whose ob-
ject was net of a conspiracy against the liberate* of mankind.
(hose who were now assembling could 1101 be supposed to
have any other thutivern view ; and Amid the vabaw people
of 'hesitation are 16 millions enslaved by half•a, minion ? (No,
MI, we never shall.) II Persia and turkey, anti site East
bodies wese looked to, it would be sera how many usiiloiie of
li4Vra attended the beck of almost a single tyinutt. England
was approaching to this. extremity, and mount teach it if !be
most zealous anti uuauiuruos eset thins west• not made. Were!
not the people tinder the coutrotil or the bayonet P and had
nut JLmster• tiiieatetie•d iu the
•Ines* to use the
uayunet? Hr I.liley lOW brim.ol,l filrViAld uiru Calllloll alpinist
the liom ties ofwiturkitor ? (C91(05 Aliplitise.) But ol were
lisyy setting
„4, digon,,,;eilepe,,,,le, by tannin; w th• mai ilf the.
1011111 d) ? Fattier ditaniod ..015 "lutists Against nrelliet,
lit
fart, were .I..ing shat olgillllll wtii.ls mlttrfeelings hu-
,nan nal ilfe revolted, and which mewlchar.telerised
the t savege state of existence (Cr.ra of oravo
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foreign enemy, we thus 'forced into a bloody contentleh
with there who were nearest to their hearts. (Loin, applause.)
--He then proceeded to toad the d••claration, which he said
the result uf lo;; ionl deliberate consideration. It Wil3
a sty ill tzof ltriolotieos, 2.4 i in %mother, which,
groin their great lee tit, we are nut enabled to give in detail.
Itt italiNtaiiee, however, they oltii deo! to the present consti•
tuition of the House of Commons —ins'isteol on the tight of
Vi.iversal Sitar:lv—condemned the existence of a standing
sra,v—poinittil out the propriety of Slolistitiotiug the ancient
civil force for a military one, and the reliance for our di fence
from invasion, rather upon a milaia drawn from the e. rat
ho-ly people than upon a regular tierce. They next cod-
lierrned the condmit of I% Unistera in the employment of spies,
and the passing of the Corn Bill, whivli waa Stilled to he a vile
conspiracy between the grcet landholders and the Ministets
to extort all linoleum,. portion of taxes from the poor. The
liesolntions lastly c mused the encomageineut given to
the Rank of England in the mi!imited issue of their paper:
The language of the Resolutions was throughout exireortdy
strong. There was now and then a slight interruption, and
one man in the crowd cried out " base." Hunt said, that as
the myrmidons of Otter:lll'lmm were ready to pounce upon
any in the assembly who appeared warm, it would be adviso -
able to restrain the natural feelings open such an occasion.—
All the Resolutions id the declaration were then carried, and
Hunt slid they would, no doubt, appear in the public papers,
kith the comments of the hirelings df Ministers. Hunt then
said, that a remonstrance to the Prince Regent would be pro-
posed, which was coached in language salt as a free people
ahould use to their sovereign.
Mr. Gast, a shipwright of Deptford, seconder] the motion.
A penny subscription for furthering the objects of the
Meeting a as proposed by Mr. Watson, and carried.
Mr. hunt then went to tire Home Office alone, and was
immediately introduced to Lord Sithnouth, to whom he de-
livered the remonstrawce. Mr. H. then returned to the per-
sons who waited for him, and stated that Lord Siduronth had
promised to give them an answer in a few dtys.
The-croad then dispersed.

At a meeting of the Magistrates or Brighton, to fentw the
Victuallers' licenses, the following complaint %yea made against
YttrsW. It. Mott,of the Royal Hotel, by W. Burrell, Eaq. M.
P.—Mr. B. stiote to Mr. Mott, on the till of August, re-
questing to be informed if he could have a sitting-t omit and
bed-room at his hotel. To this letter no anwser was given,
IBA Mr. 11. in consequence dispateked a Servant to ascertain
if he could be eccommuilated. This man went to the hotel,
and was told by the servants that apartments hail been pte-
pared for Mr.B. Mr. B. arrived in Brighton, and %vas Set
dawn at Dr. Tierney'a. Tate ethleill)1311 then proceeded with
the curriele to the hotel, wfiere he saw Mott, of whom lie in.
qttired if Mr. A. had not taken apartments, aid was aua (tred
In the affirmative. On the-cuaelintatt desiring Belt somebody
might he sent to assist in Mk Mg out the luggage, Mott replied,
that if lie wont! take the homes into the stable yard, lie would
:send a porter to him. Mr. 11.'8 servant observed, that he was
to take the horses to Mr. Penfold's statutes. " Then," said
Mott, " be cursed'il I take Arr. B. without his horses."—
to this he persisted, etc, the coachman was obliged to leave
the house, and Mr. B. was put to the inconvenience of seeking
accotamodation elsewhere. Mr. Mutt, in defence, stated,
that his motive for desiring the coachman to take the bones
to the yard was, that he might not he subjected to the inquire
tunities and corrupting influence df the stable-keepers of the
town, who had frequently by bribes induced the servants of
families, coming to his house, to take the horses to their yards.
Atid," added Mr. M. " I wish to know by what law inn-
keepers are compelled to reserve rooms from day to day, or
• taint for a single bow, fur gentlewien nut euiniug themselves
to take possession. If the Hon. Member (for whom 1 have
the highest respect, null to whom I have to express my regret
that the circumstance complained of should have occurred)
will try the question in a Court of 1,0, I than be happy to
meet him ; bat with the power to dots, I think it hard that
he should aim to deprive me of my license, amid time to destroy
property to ui autotint of 30,0001. Mt. Burrell professed his
motives to be purely of a public nature. Mr. Serjeant Run.
nington was impressed with an idea that Mr. Matra conduct
was contrary to law ; but he begged to be understo id as nut
giving a derided opinion 'you that point. At ad event?. it
was hostile to every prineiple of justice and fleet/11111, amid he
felt that he should slot pertiont his ditty to the !mbar, did lie
not refuse the license. The license was for ilea I;Vesesit
pendeds
We have this day the melancholy task to record a most dreadful
eatastroplie which took place last week on our coast by shipwreck.—
The Sine, Captain Ns Doak. sailed from this port on Monday last,
for Reston, having oh board 3apassengers; and or Thursday night,
shoat eight o'clock, struck on the flatters, on the'Weleh coast, near
the Sketrics Light-house, and in about an hour thtvessel went down.
and 13 of the passengers were drowned ; the rest of them and the
cre r were saved by a pilmt bca: which fortunately happened to be
rear at that moment. Not a single article either belonging to the
s'op or passengers was saved. Anion:4st the passengers saved, is a
Spy about 14 years of age, who has lost both his parents by this dis•
tress:::, event. We have made ea Lay endeavour to gnat a hat of the
percns lost, but the Captain does net reconcet the iianlN of any of
them. and the only copy which he had of them was on hoard the vas •
eel. The crew and passengers eweil were put on board the Mary and
Fatly, from Salem. and arrived here on I. ridity. Al mat ten o :lock
en the night previous to the fetal oceerrence. the Sine run down the
brig Coat, foam Bangor for 1,0111:011, (Chen unfottunately three cf the
crew were drowned ; the ether; (teas; were saved by the Sine. and
were on board when that ve.;scl was wreaked. Great praise, we are in-
formed, is due to the people on board the pilot beat, fir their active
exertions in resetting the persons on board the Sine from their perilous
stetation.—Llatrpiol
Bruminond, and Rmley. who were confined dtairg the
late Stivension of the habeas Corpus Att. have been
handed, charged with using inflammatory speedier, nt Stockport, and
conintitted to Chester Castle, hot have interned their indictments,
sad thereby put oti.their trials until the next Chester Assizes. They,
Ntswever, were re-contimitttal till they should find bail. lour more
persons were indicted. viz. W. Temple. C. lloolum, J. Gooch, and
:r. arid J. Stevendale, who also traversed, and whose Biala are con-
atoeuently '`eu; oft: _

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Letters from M:lncltet,tcr state. that the spinners of three eminent
("none, had voluntarily returned to their tvorkot Afithit any concli..ion.
There was, however. a Lentral into-es:Anti at Nlatrzhester. that some
titmice of wages would soon he announced on the part of the Mai.
tern. According to sonic of the letters, the manufacturers have de•
re: mined to employ agt;n, only such as had been ntiacvl by oilier,—
reunite lists itf the rialto of the ringleaders bare been ltept, and they
are perenipt4nily mice:ed. The prevloos rei,or ts that the dlanti kettirers
conAelitcd to an increa .0 of 43. per week to the weavers, are
continued ; hat it is said, they arc firmly de:enninctl to resist the
&tumid of the latter fur a further rte of 3.,. a week from the Ist of
Oetobei ensuing.
As H. li,titler, Hi. of Isliagern, va. glinla:roas the (lolls near
that 1114c_.. :111 n half p. 14 11 (0 toCk nn lon<fnv ni:;1)t: he ""
tacked by two f.s.pe.l4.wito :tooeaed II:nt down attitt a butli;c`.; '1:.(1
tabbed lulu at. 5!.:3,. e 4.1 Inn watch. '
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Tht' NATIOAL gEoTstrn.

CUR 11 AS PO E E
BETWEEN LORD SIDNIOUCH AND ML HUNT.

Sept. F.
Stn,—Lord Siiinouth has directed ioe to inform yon, th.,l
as the paper containing the Declaration and Rettionstt ute
addressed to the IPrirre Regent, which you put into his Lord-
%lnn's hands yesterday, purports by the tle>ci iption thritqa
given of i:, to contain the Declaration and Re111,111.41411ce of
the inhabitants of the Cities of London and Westitiiii.ter, and
part. adjacent ; and as this description is evidently and no-
toriously untrue, his Lordship does not think himself at liberty
to lay the sante before his Royal Highness.
I ant, Si,, your obetlignt servant,
RY CLIVE.
H. Hunt, Esq., tt, Nurfolk•itreat, Strand. •