The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-29 00:00:00

MANCHESTER.

The following is au extract frrm the petion of
.certain merchants,.manutiteturcts, and others, inha-
bitants of Manchester, to the -House of Commons,
published in the Manchester Gazette of Saturday.
After describing the arrest of Hunt, it thus pro-
ceeds :-
46 The corp. of the hlancheste Yeomanry, together a ith
the reorpqa of Cheshire Yeomanry, and a tardy of the 15th
Hussars, both ofishicb had by this tim.• come upon the field,
did then t barge upon the mooe in all directioti., and to a
grim' distunce train the place of meeting in consequence of
which eitin persons have lost thei. lives, nod not less 111411
400 OS 400 Of his Alatjesty loyal though lotael mg subjects
including all ages, from old men and women of 73
to young boyhood girls of 14, Isere grievously crushed, tram-
pled upon, h uised, maimed, or sabred.
" That yourtpetitioners understand and believe, and, in.
deed many of them art, by personal observation, enabled
positively to assert, that no art osatevrr, giving to
,the meeting the cb.tractrr of a tuausimous :.rid riotous itssem-
ley. had. at the pet iud of this violitin mew mogul the cattalo'',
bi en enmaiiiti d.

" That admitting the right of the klavoistrates, in the
exercise of their hest discretion, to make proclamation,
4iminaptling ,the meeting to disperse, pair .petitioners are
attired to believe, that at the meeting of the 113. h of August,
sat such pmcl Million was made; because they uodersta d,
that at uune of the inquests held on the bodies of the persons
who lust their lives upon the occasion, Wall arty ;Proof ut its
being made given, and because neither theimelves nor any
period with whom lir'', have conversed :spun the subject
ever heard it."

Poetic FUNDS.—The account in Consols closed
on Thursday last, without a single instance of de-
falcation, either public or private, though the dif-
ference
,of price between the highest and lowest
quotation has been full 4 per cent. The advantage
in the different speculation' made during its pro-
gress, appears very generally to be against the Stock
Exchange, and in favour of the puhlic, %alio bought
freely when the prices were at the lowest. The
operations carried on fur the fortnight preceding
the termination of the account ate considered to
to have been influenced by the late private assistance
rendered to ,Government, as they evidently showed
less command of money than usual, on the part of
those speculators who have the credit of furnishing
the aid in question. Nothing has prevented another
disadvantageous day of settlement to the speculators
fur a fall so much as the temporising mode adopted
by their opponents, of giving a continuation on
stock, by selling for Thursday last and buying for
the opening in January, thus relieving the great
Scarcity of stud, that previously existed. flail the
contrary course been adoptisl. and had the command
of money this party usually possess been called into
action, by claiming the delivery of the major part
of the stock sold them, the Funds wonld probably
have risen 2 per cent. The French Funds indicate
very strongly the unsettled state of the public mind
in that country respecting the late changes in the
Administration. On Tuesday last the rentez had
fallen to 67f. 50c , but recovered 90 rapidly, that by
the letters of Wednesday the concluding price is
Aiven ut Of. 20e. ; the me of exchangs being 24.85.

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THE NATIONAL kEOISTEE.

HURRICANE AT ST. THOMAS'S.

Extract of a letter front St. Thomas's, dated Septem-
ber 24, 1819:—"In the evening of •the 21st lust. it
began to blow with much violence from the W. N.. W.
..Fielided with torrents of rain. F one until ►our
o'clock of the mowing of the 22d, the hurricane
1114*:t severe, and blew with a degree of violence wean.,
than had ever occurred iii this hland within the recol-
lection of the oldest inhabitants, the wind occasionally
shifting between %V. N. W. and S S. W.
" All the fences have been destroyed, many houses
tuirotned, and some entirely blown down ; every whart
injored in sonic ditree, and many carried einirel
away. 01 the numerous fine •vessels that floated in
our harbour on the morning of the 21st, not one rode
out the gale excels: his Nlatesty's ship Salisbury, Ail-
IllirJi C4lll plitil, the Danish ship, ilarriet I)orts, the
schooner, Patriot, and two sloops. The whole
of the brach in the smut) extremity of the harbour is
completely lined with the wrecks, but few of which it
is feared will ever be got ofr, and it is to be lamented
that many have gonedown.
"Tote works and dwellings on almost every planta
tion on the island have been materially injured, many
of throw blown away, and on a few estates some negros
have been killed, which, together with the destruction
of the cane, has completely destroyed all our expects-.
of the ensuing crop. To atie.iipt to estimate the.
loss sustained would be impossilde."

(Extract
_item llic Sl. 7homas'J.Timcs.)

" ST. THOMAS'S, SEPT. 24.

4' Since the commencement of our editorial ditties, it
has not been our province to record .0 et eta of a na-
ture so much to be lamented, as that of the hurricane
of the 214, and 22d, inst. Dining the whole of the
day of the 21st, toe appeal:ince of the weather strongly
indicated the approaching noon.; consequently every
precaution the power of human iiimight was
taken by the vessels in the harbour to enable them to
resist its destruct rte effects.; hut the eve tit has llllfortn.
itately proved how weak are the utmost efforts of humlan
power. In the evening of the 21st it Irwin to blow
with much violence from the W. N. W. auciuled with
iorreois of rain (which cohriiitted to fall is idiom inter-
mission dor lig the storm,) from rune instil four in the
morunig of the 22,1. The hurricane was intrust severe,
and blew with a degree of violence greater that, haul
ever before occurred in this island within the recollec-
tion.oltla,: oldest itiliallivints; the wind oecasional!y
shifting between %V. N. W. and S. S. W. At day-
light, the is ind having moderated a little, our town 41111
harbour presented a truly melancholy and appalling
appearance ; all the fences has e been destroyed ; uwny
houses unroofed and souse entirely blown down; every
wharf injured in souse degree, and many of theist ev-
tirely carried away. When the wmul had moderated
stiffiviently, and the tremendous torrents of raiii had
ceased to obscure the ditnosplirre, the extent of our hiss
was discovered; of the notorious fine sessels that floa-
ted in our harbour on the • g of the 21st, not one
rode out the gale but his Ilajes y's ship Salishairy, Ad-
ur:ral Campbell, (she has ing dragged cousiderably from
her orirrinal 'immures), the Danish ship liartiet 1)oris;
the I)aisish schooner Patriot, and two sloops ; the
whole of this beach, in the south-eastern extremity of
the harbour, is completely lined with the wrecks, but
few of.wlsich, it it feared, will ever be got riff. It is to
be lamented, however, that a number went down,
irons which circ 1111 l ;lance we are apprehensive that
many loses have beets lora, in aclibtion to the great num-
ber already ascertained. %I'e wish we had it in our
power to close the record of destruction here; hot
uu-
fortuuately the ravages of the gale were not confined to
the sea %Ye learn from the country that the ware-
houses and buildings in almost every plantation in the
island have been materially istitired, many of them
wholly blown away over a few estates. Some uegrocs
have been killed, which together with the destruction
of the cane, has completely destroyed all our expects-
lions of the ensuing crop. attempt to estimate. the
Inns our insfortuti ute e-land has sustained is impossible.
Here billows the itie,atieltok list of vessels stranded,
Silll 1111 l tit% its all to 77 atid VG bo

ii@artati.
Al Flronrr. tiorihamptoomllirr, A. tist knian, en. of Clot& lane. to
Cathetinr. Ilanghter Mr►. I).snicl
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AI Mouthmioarr, Essex, 1, W. 'tools. r. y. of Rep!. ich *range, 1141.
doss, to Mary-, elooglorr of E. Clay, rsq...t ...00lioonstur nose.
Al George's, 114110Ver squorr, W. Novi. t ton. 01 Ex,o, 'chance,
to Nlolia,dantthler of llr. fiotrr, of 11/tone.. otreci.

Mr. I. I. Warren, of Old hoed Novel. so I lizabeth Jaffe Reels,
grand slassghirs of the file W. Waltham, esty. of Malthus, laaex.
At •srpury church, C. Woodward, eel. of NlCholsol esslicitur,
to Ir:lizabeits,,lskat daughter of Mr. .111111 lOW of Mottos,
4, .4. alargarrl's, Westminster, Caplaiw ltaxter, of Priatpert Places
Deptford. se Mom Nlat) Astss 1311 s, of diat twee Jslacr.
Al 'f. mepleru't, .dhrook, Ur. A. Ctamillell, of Woad Wert, to
flaria, shirt' (tallith., us the late 11. ai.s. of It i•ltlrrnif otter.
At Atilwar), Chettore, the Stew. A. M. itochanati. of ( Mater, to Sa-
aastaa,tiaughter us N. M. Pastime.. .4 Caungh.Suu.