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fIIF, RADICAL REFORMERS.

By his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Re-
gent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, in the name and on behalf of his

Alajesty.

A PROCLAMATION.

GEoncs, P. R.

Whereas in divers parts of Great Britain, Meet-
ings of large numbers of his Majesty's subjects
have been held upon the requisition of persons
%Om, or some of whom, have, together with
others, by seditious and treasonable speeches ad-
dressed to the persons assembled, endeavoured to
bring into hatred and contempt the Government
and Constitution established in this realm, and
particulatly the Commons House of Parliament,
and to excite disobedience to the laws and insur-
rection against his Majesty's authority
And, whereas it bath been represented unto us,
that at one of such Meetings the persons there as-
sembled in gross violation of the law, did attempt
to constitute and appoint, and did as much as in
them lay, constitute and appoint a person then
nominated, to sit in their name•and on their be-
half in the Commons House of Parliament ; and
there is reason to believe that other Meetings
are about to be held for the like unlawful pur-

pose: •
And whereas many wicked -and seditious writ-
ings have been printed, published, and industri-
ously circulated, tending to promote the several
purposes aforesaid, and to raise groundless jea-
lousies and discontents in the minds of his Ma-
jesty's faithful and loyal subjects :
And whereas we have been further given to un-
-derstand, that, with a "view of the better enabling
themselves to carry into effect the wicked pur-
poses aforesaid, in some parts of the kingdom,.
men, clandestinely and unlawfully• assembled,
'hace-practised military training and exercise
And whereas the welfare and happiness of this
kingdom
.do, under Divine Providence, chiefly de-
pend upon a due submission to the laws, a jiis'X
reliance on the integrity and wisdom of Parlia7
went, and a steady perseverance in that attach-
ment to the Government and-Constitution of the
'realm, which has ever prevailed in the minds of
,the people thereof : and whereas there is nothing
which we so. earnestly• wish; as, to -preserve the
public pitaee and ptosi)erii y, to secure to all
his Mai: sty ;s liege sphiecis the entire enjoyment
• of their rights :toil film :

'tt`,t•, tli'rre.fore, I)ti'og rt:Spiv.(l to !eptess. the

~.tickf:rl, seditious and treasonable practices afore-
said, 14,tve thonght lit, in the name and on the be-
, halt of
,his ;Majesty, and by .and with the advice
of his Mjesty's Privy Council, to issue this our
1:oyal Proclamation, solemnly warning all his
Mdiesty's liege subjects to guard against every
attempt to overthrow the law, and to subvert the
(ilovcrnment so happily established within this
realm, and to abstain front every measure incon-
sistent with the peace and good order of society,
and earnestly exhorting them at all times, and to
the utmost of their power, to avoid and discottn,
tenance all proceedings tending to produce the
evil effects above described :
And we we do strictly enjoin all his Majesty's
loving subjects to forbear from the practice of all
such military training and exercise aforesaid, as
they shall ans}ver the contrary thereof at their
peril.

And we do charge and command all Sheriffs,
Justices of the Peace, Chief Magistrates of. Ci-
ties, Boroughs, and Corporations, and all other
Magistrates throughout Great Britain, that they
do, within their respective jurisdictions, make
diligent inquiry, in order ►o'discovcr and bring to
justice the, authors and printet:s of such wicked
and seditious tvritings as Aforesaid, and all who
shall circulate the same ; and that they do use:
their best endeavours to bring "to justice all 'per-
sons who hare been, 'or maybe, guilty of uttering
.seditious speeches and .Iwangues, and all per.:

sons concerned in any riots or unlawful awn).

'bies, which, on whatever pretext they ntav he
rronivied, are not only contrary to law, butt dan-
, gernti3 to the most important interest 3 of the
kingdom.

•
Given at the Court tit Carlton House, thisnOth'
day of July, 1819, in the 59th year of his
Majesty's reign.
Cud Save the KING.

The following iK a Letter
.from Did FITZ-
U to Leid .STANIFoi;D, the Lot(' LiCurt:TRIO(
of the Couhty of Chestcr

" Wentworth, ,Tnly 2 .

" had the liotiour of sour letter on
the irith inst.int, conveying the Resolutions of thr Magis-
trates of Cheshire, passed on the I.lth iirstatit, in General
Qo,rter Sessions, fur which communication I beg your Lord-
ship to accept my best thanks. As a Meeting of the People
w, fixed bit- Monday, the Int h instant, to be held on Hunt-
let Moor, near Leeds, which I thought likely to furnish the
of forninnz an opinion respecting the important consi-
tkrttion of the temper and/disposition of the population of
ttint great town dad extensive district, I deferred ackuowledg-
in Lordship's letter till I had received accounts of what
passed on that occasion. The professed objects of this Meet-
did nut differ fr,,in those of line nlieady held at the same
place recently. They were,Parliamentaty Ratfurm, by means

IThiversal SlulTrage; F.:..tct ion hy iktllol anal Annual 'Par-
liaments. gronisded upon certain abstract principles of the
Rights of Nler ; hut to these were added, on this occasion,
another Reso (rather inconsistent with the spirit of the
former, which would prod tee a complete new House of CoM-
nions,) to send a Representative to the present House, when-
ever a proper one could he met with, Notwithstanding there
appears nn abatement front the large extent of their claims,
still I ant given to noderstand, there appeared in their man-
ner a.manifest ImmiliatiOn of. spirit-in the more humble tone
-and means proposed ,fOraitainingtheir ends, since they even
expressed an inclinathM to petition' Parliament. But with-
out entering into particulars of what passed, it is a great sa-
tisfaction to me to inform your Lordship that the numbers
Who attended at this neeting did not exceed half of those who
attended at the last; and that of the numbers.present, armies
larger proportion (it wonien made up this meeting than at the
last. At the close of the business the Meal log was dissolved,
and the People dispersed without Itimult or insult to any one,
in a manner the most peaceable 'anti eillerly. • On the a hiple,
I think I mac confidently assnre yuur Lordship, that though
there are to he found in this Riding-a certain number of very
'editions, designioz, and dangerous characters, who are en-
deavouring to instil into the minds of the uninformed, doc-
trines subversive of every thing valuable in :our Constitn-
fmtuil Establishment, these men are few in numbers, with-
out character or influence: the mass of the population is he
no means disaifected ; hut, on. the contrary, contented with
the present mode of things. If they attend such Meetings,
it arises ih a great degree from the want of occupation they
have the misfortune to lie unemployed ; however willing to
work, under the,present stagnation of trade they can find
none, and are thus reduced to the cruel distress which every
man whose daily support depends on his daily earning, must
be in when employment fails. This is their hard lot at pre-
sent, which to their credit, from every thing I hear, they hear,
in hopes of better times, with patience and resignation. I
have run into length, but I thought your Lordship might be
anxious to know the general disposition of a great population,
so contiguous to parts of Cheshire.
" I have the honour to he, Sze.
(Signed) « WF,NT WORTH FITZWILLIAM.

‘,„
" To the F.arl of Stamford, &c." • - -
" P. S. I find I have.• omitted to say, that the ()Mors on
Monday were mostly the same as on the former occasion; in-
deed they are a sort of itinerant Orators, who have attended
all the different Meetings."

LONDUN .IMJI{NALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THN.DAY.

[Morning Chronicle.]
SPAIN.

Extract of a Letter, dated Chiclana (near Cadiz),
July b :

As on a former occasion I mentioned to yon, it 'is really
matter of the greatest wonder where the Spanish Govern-
ment obtains the money necessary for the equipment of the
grand Expedition, so wretched, with the exception of Cadiz,
is the whole of Spain. This wonder, however, in some mea-
sure ceases, when one reflects that the plans have been in
agitation We snore than three years, that they were entered
into under a determination to nial.e every sacrifice, and on
this basis the Committee of Organization, or Junta de Recm-
platos, was set to work. The outfit was made the occupation
of merchants, rendered answerable for its success, and in this
the Government has certainly shewn its judgment; for if its
own agents had, been employed, the usual dilapidations must
have occurred. By' thissmeans they have insured fidelity and
promptitude. This Committee has been, as it•were, entrust-
ed with the, Finance Department of Spain, and hence the
Revenue collected in all the Provinces has been remitted to
Cadiz. To such an excess has this been the case, that ex-
change with the. Provinces is now in favour of Cadiz, which
formerly never wag, the ease, in consequence of the latter
being the chief emporium of the Peninsular trade, and con-
stantly in debt to allthe Provinces for manufactures and prO•
duce shipped across seas.
The chief contracts fur the shipping wanted hare been
made with a house it: Bourdeanx, and it is said their contracts
arc guaranteed by the
,French Government. This Ido not
myself believe; but such sums of money as Louis YVIII.
owed to Spanish subjects on the late liquidation of accounts,
for supplies to the French army in Spain, destruction of pro-
perty, &c. hare been taken by Ferdinand under his own care,
and the amount will, no doubt, fora\ a new denqmination of
, national debt, perhaps more pririteged than the Voles
Reeks. This Bourdeaux house has made the chief contracts
for the foreign transports, and they have besides hastily built
Several light vessels, of which I sent you an enumeration
when I was there. In this Bourdeaux concern an English
supposed to have a small share, and thus
the greatest part of the arrangements of shipping, bought
and hired, have been made by the two. The Victoria, cor-
vette, of 34 gusts, four bries of. war and twn schooners, Dour-
deaux purchases, all arrived a few days ago at Cadiz in one
fieet.

To make up the sum required, the produce of the quick-
silver mines of Almaden, in La Mancha, have been snort-
gaged ; and on former occasions, when this article was in de-
mand for the amalgarmtion of the South American ores, they
have been known to yield 40,000 quintals per annum. Almost
every Corporate Body has contributed something, but the
Monks and Friars have more particularly displayed their pa-
triotism, or, as they term it, their zeal for religion ; for really
Were you to hear these people, you would suppose we were
living in the days of crusades to the Holy Land, so much is it
the interest of the Government to stigmatize the revolutions
of Smith America, as horrid and anti-religious, and the in-
clination of the Monks and Friars to uphold such a belief.
The latter class of people, and certainly among them are
many dignitaries of the Church, do not like parting with their
doubloons, but Garay, to whom in my own mind the King is
indebted tor the finning of the resources, with them knew
how to touch the right spring, for as many, indeed most
of them, formerly, sided, with the French, the quantum of
their present contrilitstions is taken at Cenirt now for the
measure of their loyalty. The same reasons, added to a little
pride, have also induced certain Grandees and Nobles to be
bountiful on tho present occasion, souse of whom retaliate
by squecring their tenants. The future revenue of several of
the most certain and pi,oluctiv e e,law•os have also been
mortgaged to capitalists, so that what with individual sacri-
fices of pay and pensions, collected driblets, and a variety of
finarcial shifts, a considerable stun has been raised, and the
deficiency is made up by the Cadiz merchants. Some per-
sons of known property, who bad no ready money to
a sty, have beets told to follow the example of Queen
hantlla, who pawned her jewels and plate to fit out Colom-
bo s, Ind as the King sees into all these details, and by
his owe sacrifices has set the example, no one dares to say
no. nicse have been the arrangements that were going ass
for Or ,„„, years, since when the Spanish Government have
been giving monthly assurances their ,grand expedition would
sail, and, indeed, though tardy, the money arrangements
have beers successful, but the Cadiz merchants Legin to
make wry faces, the burdens are now so heavy. They dare
not, however, complain, for besides 20,000 men, who, as it
were, surround their houses, under a pretty severe task-
master, O'Donssel, they have the Inquisition staring them
in the face, for here you must know that to repine at bleed-
ing is deemed not so touch a crime of high treason, as a
symptom of heretical pravity, or, in other words, favouring

Of the liolependents, and this with the Goverment is an un-
pardonable clime. By hook or by crook, however, there
is no want, apparently, of money, though much is expended
infitaxierais, in delays, and in fooleries. The soldiers have
two uniforms, One of cloth, and the other of linen for a hot
climate. No article seems :de.ficient,, unless it .is salt provi-
sions; indeed, greatifacilities have been experienced in the
maintenatice,Of so many men; and victualling the transports,
by the low prices of wheat, which in Spain and the Mediter-
ranean is dirt cheap. They give out that the expedition is to.
have nine months provisions, three corresponding to the
length of the voyage, 'three to be expended during the opera-
tions of attack, and three fur the voyage home, in case of a
reverse. This, however, I think, is more intended to pacify
the soldiers who have Heeu greatly disheartened by the me-
lancholy fate that attended their comrades lately sent round
Cape Horn, and who, after being ball-starved, fell chiefly into
the hands of the Chili Independents.

. However, after all these grand, and, I must add, astonish-
ing preparations, I feel myself compelled to say, I du not,
know when this grand expedition, the perfect prototype of
the Invincible Armada sent against England, with the excep-
tion of the more modern structure of the ships and cuts of
uniforms, will sail, or whether it will sail at all. For my own
part, I shall believe the fact when the fleet has passed the
Canaries. There is a clog in the Madrid Cabinet that holds
it hack, but nobody can tell me what it is. I, however,
think, that sitter the resolve to send an expedition against
Buenos Ayres was made, the aspect of things has materially
changed. The Spanish Government has been completely
deceived
,with regard to the state of Chili and Peru, and
they are, besides, disheartened by the, failure of
.every thing
they have hitherto sent across the Atlantic) Lord Cochrane
rises as, a spectre before their troubled sight. They formed
their project before Chili was liberated by San Martin—b 7
fore their expedition round Cape Hurn was captured—before
Artigas had coalesced with the Government of Buenos Ayres
—and before they had discovered that the Brazilian P6rtu-
guese preferred an American to an European connexion.
Like the man who has several houses on fire, and only one
engine to play on them, they have discovered, that their
attention is urgently called to four respectively distant and
distinct paints, of which, if they carry aid to one, they lose
the rest. Morino writes, he has neither men nor money,
whilst the Viceroy of Mexico sends an express to say, the
interior provinces under his command are in a state
of ferment, and that this is kept alive by his northern
neighbours. Cochrane, in command of the whole Pacific, is
now before El Callao; but the next advices may state him in
front of the Philippine Islands. In the mean time, the Peru-
vian Viceroy writes home, he cannot raise money among the
Lima merchants for the defence of their own property. All,.
in short, is confusion, all perplexity in the Spanish Cabinet ;
and, so great is the press'ure on King Ferdinand's mind, that
I make no doubt he would gladly see himself back again at
Valancay, embroidering another silk petticoat for the Virgin
Mary. To crown all, a terrible hubbub has beerllicked up
about the Florida Treaty, through the influence 0f1a4,Ant-
,..„
bassadors, one'of whom is accused of having a secret interest
in the non-sailing and failure of the exped:tion ; and, Linder
a plea of an infringement of the balance of power, some of
the best promoters of the expedition have been diimissed
friim office. Ferdinand was never in a greater dilemma, even
when he was at Bayonne, under Buonaparte's thumb ; but
when he returns from his spiritual and aqueous exercises at
Sacedon, you shall learn the denouement, as by that time I
expect to be in Madrid.
If the expedition sails) it. certainly will be formidable;
but, if it fails, the last die is cast, With regard to its sue-
ceeding, that is another point. Nut a man or an .ollicer is
hearty in the cause; and if they do not here refuse to embark,
they will desert on the other side. O'Donnel has a most
select Staff; but they owe all their rank and ac,qUii.ements
to the revolution. O'bennel, in all his Edicts, styles
himself Viceroy of Buenos Ayres, but in this many people
think he is not `sincere; and -one of the grand reasons is,
that .though several. formal 'conspiracies hive been de-
tected, both among wen and officers, not to embark, no one
has been pithished.. The parties have merely been sent.
away.. . Many publicly use the boldest language, and say they
will have a Constitution. I was at one of the gates when a
large body of men, who had been hastily embarked, and
sonic days afterwards as hastily debarked. They Jowled the
expedition with loud imprecations, and said they would not
go-on board again. The fact is, their comrades who lately
sailed were nearly starved to death. They p 4,4 • not care for
America; they judge the contest useless*ul as to kingly
loyalty, they have none. Near is a depot of 5000 impressed
sailors; not a willing man among them. The Guerrero,
74, also arrived the other
,day with impressed seamen;
another 74, and the San Julian, tit, are in the harbour.
The Asia, 7.4 is expected from Vera Cruz with money, and
of this the sailors expect to receive some; but if she does
nut arrive, they will judge they have been, deceived.
She was to touch at Havannah, according, to the last
advices. The frigates Viva,, Pronte, Legera, and Perla, 'the
three first Russians re-baptized,. are also ready., O'Donnel
commands in Chief; Fournez, a Frenchman, is secand..Crui
Murgeon commands the first, division, Sarsfield the second ;
in short, there are Generals, ships, artillery, nay, every'
thing else, I will even say in readiness, and have been so fur
some time; but there is not kman hearty iu the cause. They
wish a change at.hume,, and not broken heads abroad. Most
of them have wives and ebildreri ; if they go, they judge the
separation would be eternal.
.',l'hese ideas, neither the dread
of punislynent our the preaching of Friars can efface.

,[British Press.]

Flanders and Hamburg!' Mails, with Papers to
the 30th of July, arrived last night. An approach-
ing Congress of the German Powers at Carlsbad
has been for sonae,time announced in some of the
Foreign Papers, and as confidently contradicted
in others. An article dated Frankfort, the 24th,
which is the latest intelligence on the subject,
seems to put this question at rest. TLe alarming
state Of Germany is said to demand some com-
bined measures as essentially necessary to its
safety. Alinisters on the part of Austria, Russia,
and Prussia, had already arrived at that city, the
destined scene of their conferences. The King of
flauoyatt will be represented by Count IlussTea.
The name of OwEN promises tube celebrated for
arts and science on the Continent, as MMICh as it
is in England for political economy. An English
gentleman of that name is building a steam-coach
at Stockholm, and has proposed to cast the statue
of CUAKLES Xlll. upon the model adopted by. the
Swedish UUTCrlllUtirt.

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