Star.
London, England, 1812-05-25 00:00:00

RELIEF OF THE► MANUFACTURERS.

On Saturday a respectable, though not very nu.
merous, meeting of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and
others, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the means of
affording relief to the distresses of the manufacturers
in various parts of the country. Besides the Duke
cf YORK, who was in the Chair, there were present,
among others, the Dukes of KENT. CAMBRIDGE, and
lturtaNn, Lerd ROLLE, Mr. Justice BAILEY, Mr.
WILBERFORCE, Mr. H. THORNTON, Mr. BAYINOTON,
Mr. STEPHEN, &C.

Mr. Wiceeneonce regretted, that, however respec-
table the present meeting was, a greater number of
persons of all ranks had not been brought together
by an object so interesting as that for which they
were now met. Indeed, as the distresses which pre-
vailed in the manufacturing districts were so very
extensive in their nature, it might seem to some
an object beyond the means of a meeting like the
present to afford them relief ; but still those who ori-
ginated this measure would feel gratified by doing as
much as they were able, if they c"uld not do all
they wished, and at least a beginning would be given
to exertions which might be more extensively follow-
ed up by others. He thought that the first resolu-
tions to be adopted by the Meeting should be of as
general a nature as possible ; and that their first ob-
ject should be to appoint a committee for the pur-
pose of. receiving contributions, and corresponding
with local committees in various pins of
.the coun-
try, so as to learn what claims were most urgent,
and also in what way relief could best be applied.—
The attention of the C-I/mime should also be direct-
ed to the best means of husbanding the resources of
the country amidst the present dearth of provisions,
and particularly of forming soup establishments in
various districts where they could not tail to prove
highly useful. He trusted that the example set by
the illustrious personages now present, would be fol-
lowed by the highest ranks of society ; and con-
cluded with moving several resolutions, which went
generally to declare the necessities under which many
of the manufacturers laboured, the duty of affording
them relief, and the propriety of appointing a Com-
mittee with that object.
The Duke of Ketirs in seconding the resolutions,
observed, that the object of the meeting was not to
consider the causes to which the distresses of the
manufacturers might be owing. Discussions of that
nature, connected with questions of policy, were
foreign to their present purpose ; and their first ob-
ject was now to consider the evil as it stood, and to
unite all classes of society in furnishing relief to the
families of manufacturers till the next harvest, which
he hoped would remove she temporary pressure
arising from the high price of provisions.
A Birmingham Manufacturer, whose name we did
not learn, begged leave t.) recommend the general
wearing of buckles and metal-buttons. If the illus-
trious personages now present, and others in the
higher ranks of society, were to restore that fashion
and make it general, it would open new employment
to the mechanics of Birmingham, and do much to
relieve their distresses.

Mr. Swint* alluded to tome remarks which he
had read in a Morning Paper, the tendency of which
he deprecated as calculated to induce people to keep
aloof from relieving immediate digress, while profess-
ing to recommend the removal of the Orders in Coun-
cil as the only cure. But if these measures were wrong,
which he denied, the labouring classes were not
chargeable with the errors of Government, and the
proper inquiry was, not whether the distresses of the
manufacturers were caused by this or that measure,
-but what should be done to afford them relict in the
first instance ? Having heard that this meeting was
recommended by the Deputies from the Potteries'
and from Birmingham, be had expected that it would
have been attended by some of those Gentlemen
who thought differently from him as to the policy of
the Orders in Council. Hitherto the pure stream of
public charity had in this country been uncontami-
nated by party politics ; it was humanity alone which
should form the bond of connection on the present
occasion ; and he hoped that thousands of those who
differed in political opinion would contribute their
exertions to remove distresses which all must lament.
Mr. Oonv wished to impress upon the distinguish-
ed personages whom be had the honour to address,
the inexhaustible resources which the country might
derive from the cultivation of the waste lands, and
the improvement of the fisheries.
Mr. Justice BAILEY proposed that the Meeting
should adopt a Resolution, recommending to the
higher classes of society to limit the consumption of
bread in their familiest and to leave- off the use of
pastry. • This might produce a saving equal in effect
to a considerable subscription.
Mr. Wn.sanfroacg begged to suggest, that a tacit
agreement of this sort might be preferable to a pub-
lic Resolution. He trusted, however, that the atten-
tion of the Committee would be particularly directed

to the obtaining an increased supply of Ash for the
consurtiptim of all classes Of society.
The Duke of Camaninor also reeontnentiect to
the Learned Judge to postpone his Resolutibn.
Mr. Justice Ban.Kv's Resolution Was accerchig4'
withdrawn, and a coininittee was apivintbd, which
comprised all the dentletnen whose names we have
already given, together with several other individuals.
On the motion of the Duke of kurtAxo, the thdnks
of the meeting were Voted to the Duke of YORK for
the zeal and alacrity which he had shewn in the busi.
Bess of the day ; to which his Royal Highness made
a suitable reply.
A subscription was then immediately entered into,
to which their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK,
Karr, and CAMBRIDGE subscribed £3OO each, the
Duke of RUTLAND £lOO, and several other Noble-
men and Gentlemen similar sums amounting alto-
gether to upwards of 82000.
The Meeting, which was more respectable than
numerous (being only about 200 persons) then sepa.
fated.

ANNIVERSART CELEBRATION OP
WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

The Fifth Anniversary of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S
return to Parliament for the City of Westminster was
celebrated on Satarday, at the Crown and Anchor
Tavern, Sir FRANCIS BURDRTT in the Chair.

A little after five o'clock the Honourable Baronet
entered the room, accompanied by the Honourable
C. H. Hutchinson, M. P.; E. Blount, Esq. of Staf-
fordshire ; W. Fawkes, Esq. of Farnley, York ; G.
Johnsln, Esq. Scarborough, York; H. Clifford, Esq
C. A. Thomson, Esq. Major Cartwright ;. William
Bosville, Esq. ; Henry Hunt, Esq. of Bristol ; Mon.
tague Burgoyne, of Mark Hall, Essex ; C. and H.
Wolseleys, E,qrs. Staffordshire; Kinnaird, Esq.;
Alderman Wood, &c. &c. When an assemblage of
nearly' 500 Electors of Westminster sat down to
dinner.—lmmediately after the removal of the cloth,
" The Regent—and may he bear in mind the declaration of
the Prince of Wales, that the Crown is ilea in trust for the
benefit of the People,'" was drank with three, and loud applause
—Tune, " God save the King."

Sir F. BURDETT then rose and said, that although,
in the toast he was about to 'propose, he necessarily
felt deeply impressed with the virtues and abilities
of the person to whom it related, still he thought the
exercise of those virtues and abilities was too recent
in the recollection of all those who were present, to
render it fit or necessary for him to go into any com-
mon-place eulogium on the merits of a departed
friend; although on such an occasion, it certainly
would be excusable. The worthy Baronet then gave,

" The memory of that true Patriot, who for upwards of fifty
yeam, advocated the People's Cause—John Horn 'Tooke.".—
[With three.] Tune, "The Dead March."
Mr. STURM then said, by permission, or rather at
the request of the Stewards, he rose for the purpose
of proposing a toast. In giving it, he would detain
them for one moment to express the pleasure he felt
at seeing so numerous a company assembled on this
occasion; among whom he observed so many of those
faces which were familiar to him, persons with whom
he had the honour to be associated five years ago—
persons who, in common with himself, had supported
their present independent Representative against the
power of corruption, and of undue influence.—(Hear,
hear)—They had abundant reason to dong~►►rratulate
themselves on the choice they had made of die Hon.
Baronet; even so lately as Thursday evening, hi had,
in his place in Parliament, promulgated doctrines
which clearly proved his invariable constitutional
feeling. Mr. &macs! concluded by giving,

" Westminster 's Pride, and Elsland's Hope—Sir Francis Bur-
dett."--(Which was drank with three times three, and the most
unbounded applause.]—Tune, " Britons strike !mine."

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT immediately rose, and said,
he should be insensible indeed to any of those corn-
monfeelings which necessai Hy operated on the human
breast, if he did not feel, in the strongest degree, gra-
titude towards the Electors of Westminster, and de-
votion to their and the public interest for those ge-
nuine marks of affection and esteem, which he had
so uniformly received from them and the Public at
large. They formed an additional stimulus for his
adherence to that principle of public duty, which had
secured him a reward, that, after the gratification of
his own mind, after the feelings of his own heart, was
the most pleasing return which could be made to him
for his exertions—he meant the approbation of the
Electors of Westminster.—( Hear.) Calamitous as
was the situation of the country, he conceived little
satisfaction could be derived from reflecting on- pub-
lic affairs. But he confessed he felt very great satis-
faction, in having an opportunity of addressing so re-
spectable, so numerous, and so enlightened a body of
his Constituents. Those sentiments, which, unfa-
shionable as they appeared to be in many other places,
where one should suppose they would be received
with congenial feelings, he did experience much gra-
titication in avowing, before an assembly where pub-
lic virtue, public feeling, and the consideration of
public duty, were not extinguished—(Hear, hear.) It
was often his lot, in the performance of his duty, to
address a number of Gentlemen, whose feelings ap.
peared to be of a very different description. Paying
the Electors of Westminster this compliment, if, in-
deed, it could be at all so considered, he begged leave
to observe, that it was a very indifferent one, and,
therefore, they_must place it on the ground of his not
having been in the habit of addressing assemblies in
a complimentary way ; such, however, as it ias, he
trusted they would receive it as it was intended.—
( Hear.) Their fellow Elector, Mr. Sturch, had re-
presented his (Sir Francis's) services, in a light ex-
tremely flattering—at the same time, he was perfectly
aware, that, in his representations, more ought to be
attributed to his partiality„ and to the indulgent
medium through which he was inclined to view his
exertions, than to any possible advantages which
he could render to his Constituents, or to the Pub-
lic in general, under the present circumstances of
the country. The worthy Gentleman had alluded
to what passed on Thursday last, in the Hopse of
Commons, and had done him the honour to agree
in his sentiment—that, without certain-great public
measures, the old sham miserable pretence of bene-
fiting the public, by any change in the Administra-
tion, would be found illusory. Now, the measure he
proposed, and on which he would stand; was this—
that no Administration should be formed, except on
the.principle of 3eckessing the grievances of the public;

cutting
°Off mOttntayncli stepping
ntch:,l3trepgaaytienegrPofettre•
kited pentichS, and the granting of sinecure places to
worthless individuals; that no Administration shonlg
be tolerated that did not proceed op the broad basis
of univerial rights, that would not oppose the rights
of the Constitution being withheld from any descrip.
don of persons, on account of religious opinions—to-
gethet with this principle, which could alone secure
the continuance of the benefits he had ment;onea, or
of any others which an Administration might bestow
on the country..-" a full and fair Representation of
the people in Parliament," (hear),-to *hich he
thought they were as well entitled as the King was to ,
the Crown. It was part of the compact, it was
part of the original agreement when the Monarch
ascended the throne—and the people had as full and .
complete a right w it, as any individual had a right
to his private estate ; and in one point of view, the
claim might be considered more powerful, because it
was most essentially connected with the happiness
and prosperity of the country. By the recognition
of that right alone could be supported the boast which
they were so fund of making, sometimes, he believed, ,
without much consideration, that this was a free and
independent nation. He had always believed and
maintained, that the great Constitutional bulwark of
a Parliament fairly chosen by the people at large,
was not more necessary to the due acitinistration.
of the Laws—the safety of the country, and the
security of the people in general, than conducive
to the greatness and permanency of the Throne...
To illustrate this point a little, he would just call
their recollection to the transactions which had
lately occurred. They were told' in the daily
papers, that the Administration Was put an end
to ; and that the King had sent to my Lord this,
and Mr. such a-one, to form a new one. Now,
those persons to whom he was obliged to apply,
are, or suppose they will be, able to manage so much
Parliamentary influence (dust is, to command so
many votes from rotten boroughs) as would'enablo
an honest King, and an honest Minister, to carry on
the Government of the Country.— (Loud laughter.)—.
It appeared to him that the King was degraded by
such a proceeding as this. In point of tact, he *as
not the King—there was a Sovereign over him, whose
will he was obliged to comply with, and to whom he
was obliged to sacrifice (that he might be allowed to
go on at all with his Government) the best interests
of his people.—(Tar, hear.)—For his own part, he
should call the act of the Sovereign, in thus sending
to such and such persons to form an Adminisuottion,
a periodical abdication of the Government by the
King.—(Loud cheering.)—The great object which he
ever had hr view, was to endeavour to bind together
the interests of the King and of the people ; that
.they should be strong enough, united, to put down
that.borough faction, which, he again asserted, stood
as Sovereign over both—to cuff down those owls and
unclean birds that impudently seat themselves, cheek
by joie, on the same chair with Noyalty.—(Cs eat sp-
plaure.)—ln following this course, though he was
well aware that he was not likely to obtain ap-
plause of that description of persons who usually
surrounded a.King, and, for their own private pur-
aposes, (and, generally to their own ruin) misguided
nd mislead trim—but he had this consolation in his
mind, that he was doing that which every honest
subject would do for his King— he was supporting
hisinterests as much as those of the people at large.
Sir Francis then, in on animated manner, called on
the country Gentlemen to come forward, observing,
however, that if they •d not chuse to shew them•
selves the advocates their own sod country's
rights, he had no doubt but the people, determined to
be free, would act for themselves, and become their
oven leaders.
di The Navy—the bulwark ea free nation."
Sir FRANCIS, previous to giving the health of Lord
Cochrane, stated that illness prevented him from at.
tending.
" Lord Cochrane, and his able exertions against England's No-
reign and Domestic Enemies."

The Army of England, and may it never be employed bob
againfit the Foreign Enemy."

Sir FRANCIS Buanrrr then read a letter from Mr.
Brougham, apologizing for his absence, which was
occasioned by indisposition.
" Mr. Brougham, the alde opponent of the Orders In Council."
" The Hon. C.Hutchinson, and Friends of Freedom in Ireland!'

Mr. Hcrointso:: returned thanks in an energetic
speech, in which he took occasion to contrast the
growing interest which the people of this country
take in the affairs of Ireland with their formerapathy
on the subject.
The band then.played " Erin do brazh," and " St.
Patrick's. Day in the Morning," with great spirit.
The CHAIRMAN then gave,
" The independent Livery of London, Friends to Partisans&
tary Reform.'—With three.

it FeANCIS Bunnerr then proposed,
" The Health of Mr. Alderman Wood," with three."
Which was received by the Zompany with raptur.
Mr. Alderman WOOD expressed the sincere grad'.
tude which he felt for the thstinguished honour con-
ferred upon him by so respectable a meeting ; and he
alsci felt himselt fully justified in returning them• the
thapks of the Livery of London, friends to Perlis"
tnentary Reform.
Sir Faittxts Duanarr then proposed,
" Mr. Fawkes, and the Hampden Club.
Which was drank with three. •
Mr. FAWKES, after returning thanks for the honour
done him, addressed the company at some length,
on the necessity of a Reform in the Representation of
the People.
The next toast was,
" The veteran Advocate of Parliamentary Refortn.—Majae
Cenwright."
Which was drank with great applause.
M2iOTCARTWIIGHT returned thanks for the homer
done him by the Meeting, and shortly enforted the'
necessity of a Reform in Parliament, as the only re:
medy the country had left for their numerous pre•
sent grievances, and their best security against illegal
power in future.

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The following touts were then drank with great
applause:
" The Abolition of Flogging—May the Defenders of the Lan.
be relieved from the Ignominy of the Leek."

" The Liberty of be Preta•—it is like the air we breathe, if
we have it not, we die."
" Representatiou without Rotten Boroughs, S ihbers without
Barracks,,Drfente without Foreigner*, and Legal means &burl
pressing Riots without Military Executions.
About ten o'clock Sir F. Burdett left the Chair,
and the Company hewed him every deanoattration of
respect mho passed. *ad departed shortly after tin).

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