The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-01 00:00:00

FURTHER E4FRACTS.]

GOTTENEtTnGII, AUG. ;26.—A convoy of up-
rards of• 200 sail arrived from the Baltic on
Sa-
ttlay, and sailed for'Englaud 'on Sunday. There
'Were 14 American ships amOug_them,..lo.of-which
bot having English licenses; were f;:utaided. in
tliarge.cf officers from the Eritish,fiea, by order
•
of Sir id SAUkAREZ.. A. convoy from Leith a"-
4vtd yesterday, and fromthe,Nore on Stui'dzi.y-.:.
The. Lady of his E)ceellen_4..,,Vr, Tunawrdicr;'
arrived yesterday in the- Starling gun-brig; •
The Altona Bank has-been removed to Rends-
berg., which is supposed to be. a.preparatory.step
1,0. its being .finally removed to -the island 'of
..-2ealand. •

The steeple and copper roof of Cronbcrg has
'been taken down and a ila.t bomb-proof roof
.
I.ll4tituted.m.its place.
AIfARBAW, AUG. 4.—The Russians, forced to'
abandon their position near Witepsk, on the 26th.
end 27th 'July, lost about 10,000 men in killed,
Founded, and prisoners, among which are several
tenerals.

CASSEC, AUG. .12.—The discharge of cannon_
italjust announced thearrival of his Majesty, at
the Palace of Napoleonshope.
AUG. 13.—His Majesty, upon rising yesterday,
teceived the Officers of his HoUsehold. In the
evening, all the . inhabitants illuminated their
4ouses.
s•
1)011E-RAN, AUG. 11—Yesterday, at night, -we
qistinetly saw the enemy's fleet raise anchor, and
ll'oceed in the direction of the Grand Belt, and
°
-uay none of the, ships are in sight.
:BERLIN, AUG. 13.—Our Court. Gazette con-
ta:
ols the following '
`` General KUTOSOW has refused the command
cl a corps of Russians under General WITTGEN-
hIt . .
iNT., on account. of the disorders which prevail
.11 it
• • .

•
TRACT FROM HIS ROYAL MAJESTY'S SPEECH TO
111E'DEPUTIES: OF THE STATES pF THE SlNG-
b°l\l:, AT THE DIET CHAMBER ,AT OREBRO, ON
.141 E 18TH AUGUST, 1812; WHEN THE DIET
WAS CLOSED.
rf.Noble,
.1-16nourable, Worthy,. Learned, En-
lightened and Esteemed, Worshipful, goOd
Gentlemen, and Swedish Men
I: It was, with' the right of confidence that I
Mit oiled
.you, good Gentlemen, and iBwedish

rne,a,to meet ana conguit on matters ^2 t relttse

-consequence to our native country it isnow, tat
with.my-hope fort.hefUturt--‘ being coufin-ned, that
I now close yoo di:'iciisSions. Yoti have followed'
the advice of your King, :and found that it was
conforrnlble with .what, your own hearts and .the
`welfare of the kingdom. demanded .of you. Ani-
mated by the Spirit:of unity, iron- have laid aside
private interest for the general well-being, and.
linked !for the :defence of Sweden those povvers,
which; parted,' Would only havC-
witnessed ' her
degradation•or her fall, '\ have shewn, that a'
king, With upright intentions and an, open con-
duet, need not -ft•ar, even under foreign ciecum-
stances of great in-;,port, to rely. on the deputies of
his people ; and
,that, no foreign ' Power .can
loosen or break those bonds of union which.bind•
together the lle.ir to S'weden's- Throne, and the
free-born heirs to Sweden's soil. Siece that I
•last saw you assembled before me, .the war on the
Continent lies broke out in a greater degree, and.
accompanied with all those misfortunes. which
are ' usually inseparable from it. (Joufident in,
the maxim which has been confirmed' by expe-
' riettee, that strong defensive preparations is
the surest means-to insure the peaceable situation,
,of a state, I have' found • it necessary to pay my
particular attention to the military_force of the
kingdom. My own and my Son's own inclina-
jions should. render you assured, good Gentle-
:then and Swedish men, that This warlike force
shall never be' employed to any other purpose than
to defend the honour of the nation, and the
interest of our native country. To defend the
independence of Swedeu'against present shocks
. and future misfortune should be the united wish
of yourselves and ine.' The unity of the Swedish
people, the valour of her sons; capable of bearing
arts, my son's protecting' . sword, .. and the
warm affection .1 bear to native country, shall
lead the way to this end. I.- have on this occa-
sion, gond Wlltitn7 .1.1 and - Swedish men, deemed
4t.•
it likewise needful to inform- yo‘ 4, that I have, on
the 18th .of last month, concluded :a peace with
the King of the United Kingdoms of Great,Bri-
tain and Ireland, and tha,etheratification of this
Treaty of Peace was exehanged the. day before
yesterday. Good Gentlemen of the knighthood and
nobility, continue Nellat'you have been and still are,.
true to the memory of your forefathers, true to your
joint duties, •and to the great demands which your
native country has tipowyou. Good Men of the
.
venerable clergy-, animated by the truths. of
-.s. 6-
the doctrines which on teach, no :sacrific6vhat-
eYei shOuld by yOu be deemed t- wflat for
your native country, and•unity among the people,
joined with obedience to the laws, shall be the
frnits of your zealous endeavOUrs. GoOd men of
the worthy estate of- citizens, your induStry shall
be supported by a well-inclined Government, and
if that general circumstances should at times by
_
, . a ~.,..
necessity lay bfond On your intentions, yet yon
will alwayi with impartiality reflect on what your
li,'-ing Often- with great sacrifices has endeavoured"
~. . .
to. do for ' a class Of' Men which best fulfils its
tinder when it unites its private interest with
the. general. welfare. ' Good men of the worthy
peasantry; be assured of the continuance 'of your
King's affections ; retain those sentiments towards
him, which have for a- course of. ages always
distinguished the commonalty of the Swedish
Kingdom-. Zeal for the defence of your own
privileges shouldt inspire you - with a true
respect for those of others, never forget that
. ,
true liberty rests' entirely on order and Deuce,
and that greater demands only excite intes-
tine division,, which sooner or later ends in
general destruction, and falls alike on the wronged
of fellow citizens,. and on that which under a rno-
Inentary delusion, has raised itself on the fall' of
. ,
the former.

Good Gentlemen—Swedish Men ! —There is
an experience Which is only gained by misfortune,
and another which is produced .by the judgment
of contemporaries, on minds devoid of preju-
dice.--May the 'Swedish . people learn 'from the
general state of Europe to take a sufficient guid-
ance for its own actions. May it learn, in pre-
ference to -every thing else, to support its own
honour and estimation, and, in true -Concord with
its King, strive to attain a common end, lvitimut
bring carried away by any other passions than such
as blend the life of every citizen with the existence of
the State, and their independence with its honour.
Then shall.no longer divided strength entice fo-
reign invaSion, nor the disunited 'confidence be-
,tween the Government and subjects, sink the
hopes of independence, no envious spirit will lead
'matte';s to extremity, nor the restless zeal for
amending possible abuses„ pave the Way to fo-
reign chains. With the 'solemn intent of 7guard-
ing your hearts against the delusive learnings of
the
,present times, you, good Gentlemen and'
Swedish men, will see your nativecountry preserve&
in her honor, her liberty, and her, boundaries.—
It is desired by those conquerors who merely

see ; for treasurer; it nGt be despi.,,d by such
a disdaitilobtainitiglthem unlosq -o..eJnipanied with
the honotirs of conquest. TYee mnd Inanly, will
the Swedish people car,.Jily, tpra their force
against dothestiC destroyers, and ardently against
th6se enemies, who. would seie cn the pro-
ducts, only sparingly besto'wed, on oar, soil:—
With this hope, I leave you, Gentlemen and
SwediSh men, and my eyes are constantly
turned to heaven, and ~afterwards full on my
son. To the joint protection of heav,n and
him do I recommend this kingdom, .inn an
internal voice, of comfort tells me that the Polar
Star shall never descend on the northern moun-
tains without being, when'wi thin the Swedis*h. land-
marks, hurt by free Swedish men.

I remain, &e.

The CatholicS of Dublin have -shewn soine re 7
gard.to policy, in withdrawing their .anger'. to-
' wards Lord MOIRA, or, at least, in concealing it
for that Nobleman has been one of .their best
friends, though not so violent as to go throagh
• thick and
,thin to serve them. It was, therefore,
prudent in them to propose his Lordship's health
at the late dinner,' which Was given in Publin, in
honour of the BiShop_of NORWICH. By the'-way,
The Patriot, respectable Jonrnal of that 'city.,
has inserted; in the fOrin of .a letter, soMe-forbi-
,
ble, . yet_ temperate remarks upon the conduct: of
the venerable Prelate on the support which he
has given to the CathOlid Cause, and on his Tit:hlic
appearance on such an occasion. The: same; ar-
ticle -animadverts with reasonable censure- upon
the 'inconsistency of the Catholic Body, in having
lately • adOpted Itesolutiops. of the most 'hostile
nuture 'against Lord MornA,,and within ",a little
mouth, or ere those shoeS 'were 'old" with which
•• •
'they trudged to the Aggregate ,kssetiibly,,for:the
purpose,.of stabbing the. Character, the unsullied
repntatiod of their •61.4 and tried-Benefd,tor; they.
walk back to. another Aleeting, tile 'Symposium,
•
and listen, with rapturons,-appau.sc, to, a high-
' sounding panegyric upon_ the eminent services,
the exalted Magnaniiniiy, and the uncorrupted
and incorruptible integrity:.of that ,caltunniated
Nobleman T! ! It -Would have been more to the
credit of the Catholic Body; if they had thought
,
of his Lordship's eminent services awl exalted
virtues, when they were =about to pass those of
,fensive Resolutions,' and then they might have
escaped li•om thexidiculous,to use.a mild epitficl,
inconsistency of, abusing- the same individual in.,
one place,' aml, applauding nitn to the skies in an7'
otht:r.

Accounts have lately been received by- Govern-
ment, announcing that a -t.lefinitive treaty of :alli-
ance haS been 'concluded between this Country and
Persia by "Sir Gore Ousely. :The terms -of .the
treaty are- represented as N-gbly tavourabl e to ..Bri-
tish interests, --and as ,ivrell calculated to-unite the
two countries in the bonds of a lasting and advan-
.
tageous connection,

•The. French Papers; in their' late attacks upon
British Prisoners who had' escaped from France,
a subject which, after the dishOnouralile conduct
\of some of the l`blenibers of the Legion of Honour,
if they had any :sense of decency, they would
avoid, mentioned Mr. CRESPIdIsIY as one who had
escaped to this country in violation•ofthis parole:
This; however; is' a false statement, as Mr. RES-
PIGNY, who •was one of the
33ritigh subjects so
unjustly:and .so crmelly detained:in France;•on the
ruphire•Of the;Teace of Ainiens; 'contrary to the
'Law of Nations,-and the practiee of all civilised
States, was exchanged for Capt. 1?/1 FonT,,, an
Officer in the French Army, who was sent to
France on the return of the former Gentleman.
It will be remembered that, a short time since,
it was stated that the French, had sent
,agents.to
the- Morea,- to organise a revolutiOn in their be-
half. :Letters from Malta and SiCily, by, the last
mail, mention,' that supplies of arms and ammu-
nition, and entrenching tools.: hadbeett sent from
the latter island to that quarter, with the view; it
is supposed, of gFuerating resistance, to' any q-tt-
tempts they may make.: Webelieve that the French
claim as present possessors of the Venetian terri-,
tory ; the Republic being, in its more fortunate
`days, sole masters of the Morea.
AccountS have •been received from Wakefield,
of the complete success with which the measures
adopted by General 'MAITLAND, fol. reclaiming the
Insurgents, have lately been 'attended. No less
than 200:.of the Luddites. come itt per day, and.
take the oath of allegiance.
Motiilay se'nnigbt, at the great fair of Ballyket,
in this' county (Clare), the shew' of stork was
little better than a country market, owing to the
hostile preparations that had been made by "two,
very numerous factious to murder each other on
that.day. The clans appeared early .on the field,
armed with' swords, scythes, and every weapon
that the most savage ideas' could Suggest for the
destruction of man. Richard Barclay, and-
bert Kean Charles, Esqrs. from- their great in-
fluence in, that district,-and by the rtioSt. indefa-
tigable exertions; happily succeeded in preventing
a general engagement but some trifling skir-
miehing took place' bel4veen detached parties--
-one matt m's so badly wounded, that .he died
in a short time after he *it'S brought into, Kil-
rush. Aninquest was 'held on.the body btu- the
Reverend lrwine „Whitby, Thoinas Hunt, and
Richard Brew, Esqrs. Magistrates—and after the
examination:of a number of witnesses, a verl;ict
was returned. Murder.--(Ennis Chro-
nide.) ; . - • ,

BREAD.7—There being no Court of Aldermen
this day;,the' Lord Mayor, after inspecting the
returns, ordered the present price to continve—
cgrartern loofah/.

FASthONS.

:'ROM LA- lIELLE ASSEMBLEE OF Till?. l'i1,7•1:.1,;":
MOICTI3, SEPTE-MBER, 1812.

WALK/NG!. pu.Ass—A pelisse of Printess Elizabeth iii: c
figured sarsnet, shot with white, sufficiently short to stint v s:xo
flounce of the Moll-lip": dress beneath it :it is rnafjp: rttliar
fuller than they. have been worn, the waist motleeltely lcn r,
and buttoned all the way Up with rich silk inittons; collar
rather full, and i bow of figured liband tied at the throat;
fastened at the 14dttnta of the waist, with a silver clasp in
front ; Sleeves:very iiiiik.and foil. A ruff, either of -scalloped
lace, or rich %fork, but to the latter we .strongly object, as it
looks very heavy, and indeed is not so gen::ral aOace. Lilac
glaVes and shnes. Small Spanish hat of the same silk as the
pelissdi ornamented -with three ostrich feathers, which fall to
the ri4c;lit side, abow of figured riband on the left. ,
EVENING COSTUME.-White figured satin demi•Ntrain,
richlytrimined round the bcttoin with crape intermiKed we 11
chenille ; ".over-this a short dregs' of white- crape, made nearly
to the knee in front, but considerably long\er behind, and
trimmed with a rich embroidery of chenille: dress is cut
-down round the. neck so as to it Very mach, a ,I-“Nrt
crape sleeVe falls over the satin one, and is trimmed, as is
the bcsom of thOlress, with chenille; the snider sleeve is
made very full, and looped up in front of the arm with a pearl
ornanieut. The hair dressed very:All( on the forehead, and
low at the 'sides ; stralhed bad: Irma the front in the Grecian
style, and fastereed up in a hive at the back of the head, from
-whence two ringlets fail .altucst to tlib neck. White pearl
ippring, placed teryfar back is the hair. Necklace and ble.tee-
lei:s of the same. Spitigled fan, and white kid gloves:

MARG.\TF, Aug. 31.—We are -all alive at thi'
place, and the visitors seem disposed to wake each
other merry :also. The Assemblies, Dandelion;
the iiotterv; "and the Theatre, are likely to have
great success, during the season, Miss DLINCA'g
has been very attractive. Her Lady Teazle last
Week was Much admired, and vas her Lady
Ann' Lovel, in The Sons of Erin. She will amply
indemnify the Managersior.engaging her Every
body, here regrets "the continued indisposition-' of
Mr.) GARNER,. who has been so- uniformly assi-
duous in promoting the happiness. °fall who visit
this place, not merely from interested views, but
from a kind and obliging cfisposition, that his re-
covery would• afford" general satisfaction. The
new Pier begins to have the usual influence of
novelty; arid promises to become' a profitable Pro-
menade.

Report positively says, that KEMBLE signed an
engagement last week with the Managers of the
New Drury-lane Theatre; but there are as many`
false rimiours in the theatrical as in the political
circles. We have, indeed, beard, that he is not
likely to perform at all in the -metropolis next
season.

Mr. T. DlBpn is engaged as factotum at the.
new Drury-lane Theatre, and his active talents
will rei nlet hitt: u5,.,4*(11 and efficient.

The Pigeon-holes in the one shilling gallery at
CovenVGF.rden theatre are, it seems, removed.
This removal will; of course, be an improvement
to the Theatre, though it will wit enable the pub=
lie to see clearer iazo the management.::.
The new Drury-lane Theatre promises to be
one of the most distir:gnished
,ornaments of the.
Britisheapital. impossible to decide yet up-
on it as- to hearing, but the performers are confident
in their predictions, of its merit in this respect. The
entrance in Brydges'-street is to be ornamented
With four stone pillars, and the whole exterior is
to receive a farther embellishment., ,When the whole
Of the interior is completed for representation.
Another Poem, it seems, is soon to be expected
from the fertile pen Of Mr. 'WALTER SCOTT, and,
.of course„-the public have reason to expect much
pleasure, the booksellers much profit; and the
author an increase of fame as well as fortune.
MucWcomplaint has Iven made by Sportsmen
against the Come Laws, and the Manorial Rights
in this country, without considering that Govern-.
merit has furnished them with a very easy way to
remove these impediments to their pleasures , for
S. single shot from the Wheel of Fortune Next
Tuesday Morning can secure a Qualification and a
Manor to themselveS, even by a Share of the
~e 50,000, which may be gained by a .Blank; if it
is purchased imncthately.
The penny exacted for pKtnission to walk upon
the New Margate Pier islftely to be very produe-
tiVe this season, AS:the twri is wellattended at
present, and islikely-to 'be more so. Those who
have a particular interest in the new Pier have
been very active in -demolishi4the old one. The
-penny required every time a person sets foot
on the Pier.

Yesterday se'nuight, a cOrporal,.who is station-
cd on a recruiting party at \the Hundred Hou.3e,
observed two persons in .a chaise, on the road to
Worcester; whom•he suspected to be Frenchmen;
he stopped the chaise, and told them his, suspicions:
they immediately produced a paper which they
pretended to be a passport, but he expressed
self not satisfied with this, and they then endea-
voured to bribe him to let them pass on'; the corporal
however,was too good a soldier to be th us tampertsd
with, and getting upon the bar of the chaiSe to'
guard theth,it drove on. During the journey one
of them attempted to escape, by opening: the door,
but on the corporal's producing a :brace of pis-
tols, Monsieur was satisfied to remain quietly in
the chaise. , Upon their arrival in Worcester,
they were taken to Colonel Leighton, .to Whom
they confessed that they were French Officers,
,and had . escaped from Bishop's-Castle. They
were aftewards conveyed to.. gaol: They are
understood to be Naval Officers, taken at the
,battle of -Trafalgar,. Thomas Carden, Esq. 'has
written to . the Transport Board, representing
the circumstances of the case, and no doubt the
honest corporal will receive a liberal reward for
his fidelity. It appears that he was some time
since stationed at a depot of French. prisoners,
.and the familiarity he thus acquired with the coun-
tenances of the Frenchmen, first excited his sus-
picions on the above occasion.

The immense quantity of combustible matter
which has been discharged from the " Souffriere
Mountain," says a St. Vincent's Journal, " is
equal to the bulk of the whole Island. • It is ob-
vious that the matter thus exploded cannot belong
to the mountain itself, 'otherwise it would have
been quickly consumed ; it cannot be derived from
moderate depths, since its amazing quantity
evinces that all the places near the bottom must
have long since been exlicuisted.
A Special Session Was yesterday held at Hicks's
Hall, Clerkenwell, for the discharge of Debtors
under the late Insolvency Act. Several persons •
were discharged, and several were sent back to
correct errors in, their schedules ; but no objec•
tion of an important nature was made to any of

41 ••.0.11.1E ELI; it.rolt- OF THE SUN.
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• - • •

SIR,--vartial extracts frdm tbk part of my
evidence in the House of Commonc, on ‘'..l:e sub-
ject of the Orders in Council, 'which ,tYt Com-
mittee thought proper to have expunged ivo,n their
proceedings, having been inserted in the Midland
eltrovide of Saturday the Bth oflunei AO from
thence copied into most of the London and-Coun-
try Newspapers, _I _am led to request the favour of
your publishing in your Paper, the. inclosed tran-
-script of the whole of the evidence, collated with
the minutes of Mr. Gurney, the short-hand

Writer.
I should not have thought it necessary to desire
this publication, were it not, that a system of
a. misrepresentation, founded upon those. garbled
extracts, has been resorted to, for the purpose of
repelling the charge 'made by me, that it had been
falsely and calumniously asserted, and the 'asser-
tion 'has never been denied, " that in this sup-
pressed evidence I had said, that when the labour-
ing people had good wages, they bad three times
more Fthan enough ; that oat-meal and water
was food good enough for Englishmen ; and thatlif
they were better fed they would become pampered
with luxury, and the frame of society would be
unhinged, &e." -
The questions iietweel inverted commas will he
found in the printed minutes of the House 5 add
arc \inserted, to shew the connection °lithe print-
ed, with the suppressed part of the evidence ; and
the public being thus put in possession of the whole
case, will be able fairly to judge between my ca-
lumniator and me..

I am, S.
Your very bumble Servant,
RQB&RT AI`IiF,RREL L.

Watling-street, Ang. 28, 18P2.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, '.17 litTasovi MAY .2.1, ISI2.
Transcript of that Part of the Evith.nce of Mr. M'KEußur,t.,
,which was erased by order of the Coaituittee of the Whole
llouSe on the Orders in Council.

" Q. To ivb at do .you attribute the distressed state
of the manufacturersof this country in general ?---7
A. I impute the feeling of: distress we have at
preient, to the depressed state :of the trade, arising
from the circumstances 1 have had the honour to
state: namely, the trade of the' country having
4111 en Off since 1810., and olVing, in great part, to
the Continental system.
«Q. You are aware that a considerable stagna-
tion has arisen from the stoppage of intercourse
with the United States ?—A. I have no dOuht but
the stoppage of that intercourse must have affect-
ed some particular branches of the manufaCtures
of this country, but'not generally.
Q. You conceive the Continental, system to
have been the preponderating cause I Con-
..

ceive so.
.e.` Has it not arisen, in some degree, from the
dearneSs of provisions
,also ?—A. I do not .think
it from tape dearness of. provisions ; I remember
the years 1800 and 1801, when there was a real
appearance of scarcity : the common people in
this country, at that period, were in considera-
ble distress, owing to the very high price of pro-
visions ; but in the end of 1810, till March or
April, 1811, the distress in. this. Country, was such
I have not witnessed during my, life. I am
warranted in saying, that not less than 40,000 fa-
milies in Lancashire, Glasgow and its environs, in
Paisley, and the West of Scotland, were out of
cthploy,., It made no difference to Om the price
of a qudrterts loaf, whether it walk a shilling or
eighteen pence ; for they had not a, farthing to
pay for it. The country now generally—(there .
are partial 'exceptions) but the country is gene-
rally employed. In' -Scotland, where my manu-
factures are carried on, they are all employed :
they got low wages, but they can live upon their
wages "—(Vide printed Minutes,' p. 427.)
Q. You arc of opinion, that the distress, as far
RS it has fallen within your own observation, is
not so great now, as it was sonic, Months 4.) ?
A. Most clearly : and distress has been com-
plained of in districts., where, to my knowledge,
it does: not exist. It has been complained of in
Lsnc:ishire, where the people are generally em-
ployed, 'althOugh at MO/ wages ; but in all manti-
factur;ng towns and 'districts, we have a great
number "of turbulent people; 'and, 'I believe, they
have been spirited-on to their excesses by the very
shocking conduct of, I am sorry to say, great
people, kit the great public'theetings in -this town,
as their conduct is reported in the public Papers.
Q. Do you consider that the master manufac-
-turers in thOse districts are those turbulent per-
son.; to whom you allude ?—A. No, I do not.
Q. 'Do you consider that the merchants export-
ing the manufacturers are those turbulent persons
No, 1. do not.
Q. To-what class of persons do you allude, as
having by their turbulence caused these coin-
. plaintsl—A. A set of people that are to be found
in al.I manufacturing towns, of ail intriguing; se-
, ditious spirit, that like better to `spend their time
in alehouses, at the expense of others, than to
Work for their own bread.
The Witness was directed to• Withdraw.
, •
The Witness was. again called in:
Q. Have --.you connexions in-Lancashire ?—A.
Not direct. I gave' up a large establishment I
had in Preston three years ago, Which I had for,
fifteen years ; but iny connexions with Lancashire
ire very general.
Q. You haVe no direct connexion with Lanca-
shire ?—A. I have grant dealings with Lancashire,
with people whom I see daily.-
Q.
Have you any connexion with the West
Biding of Yorkshire ?-214.; No.
Q. Any connexion with Roehdale I—A. No,
Q. With Bury,. in Lancashire.l—A. No.
Q. lititon in. the Moors ?•-L-.L.A. Yes. .
Y. -Do you. know the state of distress in which
people are. in Bolton in the Moors ?—A. Mann-
. facutrers and their agents here inform me, that
they are' generally employed, but, that the *ages
are low; and,' they arc men of character, upon
whom I-ran ,depend. '
Q. Do they inform you how low .the wages
are?..—A. I have i2ndeavoured to get that informa-
tion, and it is not 'returned to Me ;' but 1 ban
state, without fear of contradiction, that' it is
twenty per cent. higher than it was twelve months
ago. •

Q, Are ?Intl Watt 'of the number of persons
who have been turned out of work withi i the last
six monthA at Bolton in the Moors ?--.1.. I have
not heard that there has been in any on! town in
Lancashire any quantity of people turned out of
employ, so as to make it supposed by the ob-
servers, that the trade was upon the decline.
Q. Are you aware of the number of persons
who have been turned out of work within the last
six months at Bolton in the Mool:s ?—.\. No, I

am not.
Q. You know nothing at all about it-?-7-A, It
is quite new to late. -
Q. You never heard that there were any peo-
.ple turned out of employ at Bolton ?—A. Yes, I
have. Changes take place at Bolton, and all the
places in Lancashire, probably every six weeks :
upon the .arrival of Mails from different parts
abroad,—by the 'detention of the 'Mails by con-
trary winds. There were ten Mails clue as few
weeks:ago from the west, which occasioned. the.'
turning off a great many weavers in most 'or
the cotton-manufactories in'England and SeCit.---
land.

Q, Are you not aware, that a much greater'
number of . persons have been turned off,. and are
now out of employment in the cotton-spinning
districts, than is usual ?—A. With regard to the
cotton-spinuing,. and the. cotton-manufacturers,
conceive they are two distinct lines.; until con-
ceive no/men can have been turned 'off fr6*tn- cot-
ton-spinning, till within the...last four weeks ;
judge from the. state of the markets the `d'emand;
and the causes of that demand.
Q. You judge from those cirettmStatrefs, and
not from information of the :number turned out of
employ have a very large 'Manufactory
,my 7
,self ; and
;when .those
. manufactories affected, •
my own also.
Q. 'For what markets is your -Manufacture ?
A 4 ForMerly they were for every part cat 'Europe,
previous to -the Berlin
_decree ; -thev are. nor tor
the north of Euri.ipe, upon the expetation of an
openiug ; they. are largely for Portugal, for the
Mediterranean for the River'Plate; and every part
of the Brazils.; and Jamaica. - •
Q. N-one. for the _United- Statei of Ameeica ?-7-r
A. None; I have not.for twenty years past had
any direct. connection with North America.. •
Q. Do you know to what rate the wages hive
fallen iit those districts which have been imention7
ed ; Bolter', for instance ?77—A..111Aave heard that
lately there has beeu,a depression equal toy sup 7
'Tose, one-filth part of- the rise that took place
a twelve months ago—not one-fourth part," :1 am

sure.
Q. You now talk of the rates of wages ?
A.. I do.
Q. Do you know that the mannfaCtorers do not
gain half what they did twelve 'months ago ?
tl.. Myself and other inanufacturers.do not gain so
much money; but I most positively do assert,
that the men get more money now, than they did
twelve .months ago,
,and in every part of Great.
Britain where they are employed in the cotton
trade.
Q. Do you not know that the manufacturers
in that country have all great stocks on hand tit
present ?—A. I know the reverse in the cotton
line.
Q. You mean to say they have less stocks on
hand than usual ?—:A. I mean to say they have
not half the stocks they.had twelve months ago.
Q. Had they large stacks a twelvemonth ago ?
—A. Yes, they had, in consequence of the great
depression in,lBlo, which they ,were not relieved
from till April and May in-the last year.
Q. Do you mean to say they have less on hand
now than they hadin former years, not meaning
last .year ?—A. I do think that the manufacturers
in Lancashire, taking them generally, are not by
any means loaded with goods ; and I will state
my reasons for that :—We have'an extensive ma-
nufactory in ScOtland; we gave up that branch
Which we had in Lancashire, but we-1)4 of 'Lan-
cashire goods . to' five times the amount that we
ever manufactured. lam consequently every day
in the markei in London ; I see the agents of
most of the Manchester. manetfacturets ; and there,
are no stocks in London of magnitude nor' can
1 get articles up which I frequently want, because
they state to me there are no such goods:there,
and that is upOn the authority of the principals.
Q. In
,what place is it that there is such a de-
feet of goods ?—A. I do not sat that there is a
defect of goods, but I say the market is bare ; I
speak from what know of houses in Lancashire,
who have houses in London. ,
Q. Do you mean to say, that the parts of Lan-
cashire from Which the London market is supplied,
are uncommonly bare of those articles 1
mean to say that they.aye not Waded with those
articles,—that they are in. the common way of
trade.
Q..Do you mean to represent, that in the cot-
ton spinning iu gettoral the men are now gaining
as much as they used to do at any former period
of time Most certainly not ; they gained
some three or four years ago three tirneras much
as they ought to gain..
Q. When did the reduction take place ?—A. The
reduction took place in 1310.
Q. I)o you mean to represent that the men
gain now as much as they ought to gain
is impossible for tue to answer that question;
be-
cause it depends upon a man's way of thinking ;
but they gain as much as I think they ought to

POll

Q. You made your own estimate of what they
onght to gain when you said they gained three
times as much as they ought Yes, .1 meant
with reference' to what they ought to gain for
their,. own comfort and- the good of society.-7
Q. Then you think the cotton-spinners and cot-
ton-wearers gain as much IIOW as persons ought
to gain in that station in.soclety:r—A. 'These are
two.. distinct ; cotton-spinners and.eotton-
manufacturers arc different lines of bUsines

Q.' Of which ale you spc4lng r--A.,:„•COtton:
spinners.
Q. Do the cotton-weavers gain as much as per-
sons ,in that line of life ougLt to gain ?.—A. I
.think not *.
Q. They do not gain its much WI it would be
In Lancashire there are not less than 15 cottcn-weasters
foron,-• cotton-spinner, 20 and in Beotland probably.

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sae to society for theta to ?---A. I beg leave
to state, that the common peck* in this Country,
t'rom the. very high wages given for seven years
previous to the year 1810, got wag..!: that, in
fact, unhinged all that order of iociety, and that
they arc accustomed to luxuries that it is difficult
to wean them froth. I am perfectly convict=ed
that 25 -years ago the people in the same situa-
tion si,oulti have been contented with the same
Wages. -
Q. In What manner do you consider. that the
high wages of the poor have unhinged society Ira-
A. Because they have got into habits totally_ irre-
levant to their situation in life.
Q. To their row situation ?—A. I donbt call it
low—it is a very respectable situation.
Q. What luxuries do you allude to as having
been brought by those wages within the reach of
these poor people ‘vhieli it would be dangerous to
society for them to have I—A. I must beg leave
to_state the particular situations of the towns of
Glasgow and Paisley. The rate of wages prior
to 180(1 was so extravagant, that I should suppose
upon a Sunday,. going to church, you would see
-two or three thOOsand girls in silk stockings, and
probably ai uLniy rouged. The very best teas of
the East India Cowpany were not good enough
for :them ; their -Whole mode of life was upon the
same system: •
The Witness was directed to withdraw.
The Witness wars again •,i,rain called in.
. .

Q. "Were you not yourself, to a great extent,
engaged in the .13razil and 'South American
Trade i"—" I am."—Vide printed Minutes, p.
527.).

GurnLir_n. J. r.:—Yesterday Richard Perry, aisqua-
lid lOoking short man, was accused by his bed-
fell(iw, a lad abot;t. eighteen •years .of of an
assault:- The prosecutor was very circumstantial
in his testimony, and the prisoner -cried- bitterly,
and said lie.v,'as ignbrant of tht 17hole>transac-
tion, 'having been
.in a 'state of intoxication.at the
time. -The worthy Alderman strongly reprehend-
ed the conduct of the prisoner,' ani.v.:,tced, 'd-iat
drunken can must' - inadesans•Weranie for his
olio-lees when sober. 'Pie prisoner was v:lnanJed-
till to-.-day,. when he was de-ired to bring wit-
nesses to Oak to hiS•character.
Dhvid Davies Was charged` by Ch a 7-1 ' is,
a housekeeper, in.-Mitre-court, Docu.-•::; • Commons,
with robbing her .of a•sinall box, containing 11/.
in flank Notes, and some silver spoons, about a
fortnight ago. AceOrding to the testimony of the
prosecuti-ix, it .appeared that the prisoner had
lodged.with her a considerable time ; but, being
out of employment, 'he was in a starving conchl-•
tion for several days previous to the robbery.' Af-'
ferwards, however, he contrived to get drunk
&cry day, and exhibit considerable sums of mo-
ney, which made her suspect him of robbing her.
The prisoner being called upon -to make his .de-
fence, said, he wished to have the moral chit-
racter of the prOsecutrix inquired into. The Lady.:
hearing him, instantly, and in a strong Welch ac-
cent, said, " Character had nothing' to do 'With_
the business."
The Alderman said he' bad nothing to do with
her character, but called upon the Prisoner to •
refute the charge, Which he did to the satisfac-
tion of his Worship, by' producing two respecta-
ble witnesses who . had lent hint various sums of.
"money at the period alluded to. It was also stated,
that the prisoner had introduced the prbsecutrik as -
his intended wifeto several of his'friends, but not
acting up to his promise, the present charge was
made. The Alderman was of opinion, that the
grounds of suspicion were too light, and "the pri.
soner was discharged.
A Mr. Burrows was charged with detaining a,
dog belonging to a person who had lost it near
nine months ago. The complainant neglected to
bring a witness to prove that the dog was his pro-
perty. Mr.B. on the contrary, made it appear by
the testimony of a respectable witness, that he
had bought the dog and paid fur it,' and under
those circumstances, the liagistrate discharged
hint.

UtmoN-TlAhr,.—lnn Ashmore was charged on 1
suspicion of having been 'concerned in robbing
the house of Mr. Hill, a publican in Bermondsey,
of 51. in silver, and a silver watch. It appeared;
that early last Sunday morning Mr. Hill's house
was entered by some persons, and the property
in question taken from a closet in.the bar; in
which the cash was kept, and flout which he had
fartunately taken a considerable sum in Bank
notes the night before. The'servant, on coming
down in the morning, found the bar broke open,
and the candlesticks, with candles in them which
.had been lighted, standing in confusion .about the
room. The cellar-door also, which bad a bar on
it, had been opened, as if the house had been.en-
tered that way ; a hole having been made in it
with a gimblet, through which, it appeared,
a person might have put a finger, and push-
ed back the bolt. On Goff; the .officer, being
sent for next morning, however, .he was fully
persuaded, on examining the cellar-door, that the
hole, had been made by some person -On the in-
side,. after the door was open. This opinion was
confirmed, on applying a gimhlet which was found
near the: spot, and which was occasionally,nsed
by Mr. Hi-U
to pierce his porter butts with, to the
hole in,the door froM this .and other cirCurn
stances, was indueedlti believe that the rob-
bery was committed' by oomc one in'the ;
and the prisoner, who' lived servant there, and
who had been taken without any character, being
called and 'questioned,. Cioff•recognized her. as :an
old acquaintance, her ans confirming. Ow. sits-
picions before entertained. She was taken ilfttard
the ittiog -Magistrate, by whom' she lovas eom=,
mated for re-examination.

MARL 13 0 ItO 1.7 A lEtekney-eiiaeb-
tnan, of the !t*une of Pincot, was yesterdi4 fined
40s. and costs,' for insoleute and extortion. •l=ie
had been hired at the Mt./market Theatre, to gd
to Portland-road, for which he demanded 3s. 6d.
'A gentleman andltwo ladies were in• the _goacli,
and the extortion was at '•first resisted but the
coacilman refused to leave the house, audwas,ex;.::
tremely abusive until was paid.