Star.
London, England, 1808-05-27 00:00:00

" MAY 25.

" Thepeople who assembled at Stockport on Montlay allretired
quietly in the evening. But yesterday about 5000 cotton-weavers
collected in the neighbourhood of this place, which excited great
alarm. The military got under arms, and after taking a few indi-
viduals Into custody, the people dispersed without committing
any mischit f.
" This day they assembled in greater numbers—at least 10,000,
in a held near St. George's Church. Whey sent a deputation of
four of their number to the Magistrates, to state their di,-
tress and demand relief. The Magistrates informed them that
it was not in their power to afford them the relief they de-
sired, and intreated them to retire quietly. They did not
follow this advice, and at four o'clock this afternoon, the
Volunteers, Infantry, and Yeomanry Cavalry were assembled un-
der arms, and proceeded to St. George's Fields, where the weavers
were assembled. The Riot Act was read, and the people were
dispersed. A few who were obstinate were taken into custody,
and sent to the New Bailey prison.

" I am sorry to add that two people were shot, and several I
wounded, before the people were completely dispersed.
" It is now eleven o'clock at night, and all is quiet, but we are
in a state of great alarm. The situation of the poor people is really
distressing—all ranks are sensible of this, but we know not bow
to apply a remedy to a ease so urgent, that we tremble at the pos-
sible consequences that may result from it. On the whale, the
majority of the people seemed disposed to conduct themselves
without violence; but a demand for an increase of wages, &c.
&c. accompanied with meetings, threatening so snitch danger
to the public peace, demanded the adoption of vigorous measures
to put an end to such meetings. Con grant that more serious con-
sequences may not result from the present distress."

The Bill about to be introduced into Parliament for
preventing the spreading of that fatal disease, the
Small Pox, we cannot but hail as a measure the most
important to the interests of humanity, and perhaps
not inferior in its consequences to the Abolition of the
slave Trade • that was the removal of the greatest
moral evil, the Small Pox is the greatest physical
evil, attendant on the human race. A judicious re-
striction of the Small Pox, which has, not unaptly,
been called the British Plague, is demanded by rea-
son and policy, as well as by every motive of huma-
nity.
A gentleman, who was going to the masquerade
in Dublin, on Monday se'nnight, in the character of
a piper, was stopped by the populace near Carlisle-
bridge, to whom he very politely exhibited himself,
and, in the spirit of his character, played them a tune
on his bagpipes, which they were so well pleased with,
that a party of coal-porters and flour-porters, who ply
in that neighbourhood, insisted on taking him into a
house on Aston's Quay, where they made him play
fur them until four o'clock is the morning ; when
falling out among themselves, and having got drunk,
they broke his bagpipes and his piper's mask, and
being thus treated with 6, piper's wages," he retired
to rest, without the enjoyment of a ball or supper, for
which he had purchased his ticket of admission.
CRICKET. —The Grand Match in Lord's Ground,
which commenced playing on Monday for Five Hun-
, Bred Guineas a-side, between ten Gentlemen of the
Mary-la-bonne Club and J. HAMPTON, and eleven of
the County of Middlesex, was decided the following
day, in favour of the former, by six wickets, of which
the following is a state of the innings :
Middlesex. Mary-la-bonne Club.
91 First Innings 107
75 &wad ditto - - 60

First Innings
cond ditto -

166

167

IfAUTIGAL INYELLiGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, MAY IS.

Last night passed up Channel the Transit hired
armed ship, from Malta and Gibraltar : she has been
twenty-six days from the former, and eleven days
from the latter place.: spoke on the 28th April his
Majesty's ship MErEOR, with dispatches from Lord
COELINGWOOD'3 fleet, also his Majesty's ship PHILO-
MEL; on the 2d May, off Maritimo, spoke his M:.jesty's
ship PYLADES ; on sth spoke the sloop Clyde, from
Greenock, for Malta ; on the 6th, off Majorca, she
had an engagement with a zebec privateer, of 7 guns,
and full of men, for an hour and a half, when the
fore-top sail tye of the Transit being shot away, the
privateer escaped ; on the 14th came through the
Gut of Gibraltar with a fleet of 19 transports full of
men, supposed to be bound off Cadiz ; on the 22d,
23d, and 24th, saw several small privateers in the
Channel. Sailed the TONNANT, of 84 guns, Rear-
Admiral DE COURCEY, on a cruize to the Westward.
Came in the Marie, Spanish chasse maree, from Ca-
diz, hound to the Canaries, with oil and olives, cap-
tured by a Guernsey privateer, re-captured by a
French privateer, and re-taken by the SCORPION, of
18 guns ; also a Spanish chasse marce, captured by
the RAVEN, of 18 guns.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 26.
Nothing arrived or sailed this day.—Wind S. E.
DOVER, MAY 26.

Pawed by the brig Golfins, Captain PONTES, of and
from Bahia (last from Plymouth), with sugar, cot-
ton, &c. bound to London.—Arrived in the Roads,
his Majesty's sloop CIIALLF:NCER, from a cruize.—
Wind E.S.E. and blows strong with thunder and rain.

DEAL, MAY 2G.

Arrived the Fluatant armed ship from Falmouth,
with a convoy, which are sailed for the River ; also
the Flora, Captain Bitooxs, from St. Michael's.—
Sailed through the Downs the Ann, Baknivrr, and
the Dart, WEnTs, for Malta.—Wind S. W.