Star.
London, England, 1819-10-18 00:00:00

CtMBERLAND COUNTY MEETING, 0(1.13.

The Sheriff; T. SALKELD, Esq. opened the busi-
ness by stating, that the Meeting would hear the Re-
quisition read, by which it was called together. He
trusted that every Gentleman would receive a patient
hearing, however his opinions might differ from those
of others; and that Gentlemen would confine them-
,. selves closely to the object of the Meeting. The
Under Sheriff then read the Requisition.
WILFRID LAWSON, Esq. moved the Resolutions,
which he prefaced with a short speech, in which he
stated that care had been taken not to imitate that
conduct which we blamed in others. The Resolu-
tions demanded only a Parliamentary inquiry into
the conduct of Ministers.
C. S. FETHERSTONHAUGH, Esq. in seconding the
motion, expressed his satisfaction that the Resolu-
tions were drawn up with moderation, and the re-
quisite attention in not prejudging a subject proper
for l'arliamentary inquiry.
" RESOLUTIONS.
It was unanimously resolved—" Ist. That it is the undoubted
right of the subject to hold Meetings for the purpose of consi-
dering any matter of public concernment, and of adopting such
Resolutions thereon as to those assembled may seem meet, con-
sistently with the Constitution of the realm.
" 2d. That the interference of the Executive Government
(more especially by a military force) with this right, while it is
exercised in a legal manner, is a gross violation of the Constitu-
tion, and an invasion of the most sacred privileges of the people.
" 3d. That while we are resolved steadily to discountenance
all acts of popular violence, as both criminal in themselves, and
peculiarly mischievous to the interests of the people, we feel it
one duty to maintain our right by law established, being firmly
determined to oppose all encroachments upon the Constitution,
by whomsoever they may be attempted, as alike destructive to
the freedom, the peace, and the welfare of the country.
" 4th. 1 hat the right of the subject to meet and deliberate
upon public affairs, appears to Lave been violated in the late
transactions at Manchester, as far 73 they have hitherto been
made known to us, and that it is the more especially incumbent
upon us to direct our attention towards %Pose evenu, inasmuch as
they were also attended with the loss of life, and other grievous
injury to a number of his N. ajesty's subjects.
" .sth. That we have seen, with astonishment and deep regret,
the approbation which his Royal Highness the Prince Regent
has, to the manifest obstruction of the administration of justice,
been advised by his Ministers to express, at a time when it was
imposiible that the circumstances connected with those lament-
able transactions could hive been fully brought under his Royal
Highness's consideration; and that we regard with equal concern,
the extraordinary Answer which his Royal Highness has since
been advised to returg to the representations of the first Corpo-
rate Body in the United Kingdom.
" 6th. That, without pronouncing any opinion upon the ob-
jects of the Meeting at Manchester, or the manner in which it
WAS assembled, we hold, that the circumstances attending its
dispersion demand an immediate and ample investigation; and
we therefore feel it our duty humbly to petition his R,oyal High-
ness the Prince Regent to a:.senible Parliament with as little de-
lay as possible, that a full, strict, and solemn inquiry may be in-
stituted into the whole matter, and that the wisdom of the Le-
gislature may be specially directed to consider the present
di-tressed and alarming state of the Country.
" 7th. That the Address, after it is signed, shall be transmitted
to the Karl of Thanet, to be by him presented to his Royal
Highness the Irince Regent.
" sth. That the Members for the County of Cumberland be
earnestly requested to support every measure in Parliament con-
nected with the above Resolutions."
Mr. CURWEN—Of all the eventful transactions of
a period the most eventful, the most important, is
the late infringement of the right of Petition—a right
co-existent with the very basis of the English
Constitution. What, are the six Members sent to
Parliament •by the County of Cumberland without
the aid and assistance cf the People? I am positive,
and I have closely observed the transactions of the
last 25 years, that nothing but the increase of know-
ledge could have prevented the democratical pars
of the commonwealth being borne down by the aris
tocratical—the People, by increasing knowledge,
have prevented despotism :—I say, then, it is but for
the People to declare that the Constitution shall be ex-
ercised for the advantage of the People, and that
.esseptial point will be effectually obtained. The
eventful transaction at Manchester, the cause of our
meeting here to-day, has forced itself on the general
attention of the People; but where was the voice of
the People when I, and the Honourable Gentlemen
with whom I acted, forewarned you of the conse•
quence of Ministerial profligacy? Why, then, that
voice was silent, or only raised to brand us, the op-
posers of a wicked and unnecessary war, with the
opprobrious term of Jacobin. Had the voice of the
People been as powerfully and distinctly raised against
that war, as it has been to prevent us being plunged
into a war with Spain, we should have escaped our
present perilous situation.. On that occasion the voice
of the People, and I rejoice at it, stopped the career
of the Minister. To come more immediately to the
business of the day, I offer my tribute of approba-
tion to the Gentleman who has moved the Resolu-
tions, for the moderation of them. It ill becomes
Britons to condemn any people without being heard
in their defence. For. my part, had the subject re-
solved itself into a legal contest between the Magis-
trates of Manchester and the subject, I would have
said—let the point at issue quietly await the determi-
nation of the law; but unfortunately it happens that the
Ministers, interposing between those Magistrates and
the People, prejudge the question, and not only give
those Magistrates an acquittal, but the meed of praise.
From the bottom of my soul, I hope that the horrors
of the 16th of August have been exaggerated—that
no Briton has been found so base as to Plunge his
sword into the bosom of woman, or to slay the inno-
cent child! I pray to GOD this may be found to be
an exaggeration; but lives have been lost, and an in-
quiry must be demanded. It is attempted to be said,
for indeed it is scarcely credibly asserted, that the
Riot Act was read previously to the slaughter. Be
it so. What then ?—the Riot Act was intended for
a very different purpose. That Act was the cape-
diegt of a time of great danger to the succession,
and never meant to justify the use of military force,
except when the civil power had been exerted and
found inefficient for the protection of the public peace.
But 0., this occasion, in the first instance, a military
force is let loose on a mixed multitude of both sexes
and of every age. These circumstances must have
been known to Ministers, and whether the Manchester
Magistrates acted with or without the connivance of
Ministers, is almost immaterial, as the Ministers have
iven them the sanction of their approbation? To
form a proper estimate of these Ministers, we must
connect these horrors with their green bag. Have
ye forgot the bag full of plots?—plots conjured into
the bag to destroy the liberties of the country. There
Vas then an honest voice in the country. To stifle
that voice was the bag filled with plots, and the li-
berties of the country suspended. Magna Charta,
was put in abeyance---(Great applawe.) The late

Speaker of the House of Commons has declared
" that an avowal of the sale of seats in that Honourable
House being as common as the sun at noon-day,
would have made our ancestors' hair stand on end I"
The People, encouraged in their constitutional exer-
tions by this honest avowal, began to raise their
voice aloud against corruption ; to stifle that voice
the Bag was filled, and all the bitter consequences of
the suspension of the Constitution risked. However,
an honest Jury negatived the Ministerial assertion of
plots, and the Green Bag fell into contempt. I avow
myself a Friend to the People,'and that I am for Re-
form—a Constitutional Reform ; not such a Reform
as is preached to the People by designing men. The
sufferings of the People have gained their attention
to what otherwise they would not have listened.—
Annual Parliaments, from the institution of which
the People have been endeavoured to be taught to
expect so much, would tend to make the Representa-
tive corrupt, by inducing him always to keep his
eye on pleasing for the moment, instead of attending
to the real interests of his country. For my part, -I
have always been an enemy to corruption, and I as-
sert that it is a libel on the people of England to say
that they can only be governed by corruption. To re-
turn to the Administration ; I say that they were
either weak or wicked in suspending the Constitution.
I saw the six men who were tried for plotting to
overturn the Constitution of Great Britain—it was
really laughable to think that a poor wretched man,
who probably never had sixpence in his pocket, was
charged with attempting to bribe the garrison of the
Tower. I hope, however, that the people of England
will defeat every other attempt at the suspension of
the Constitution. I blame not the people for the
apathy which they have latterly shewn to Constitu-
tional Reform ; but the Whigs, and myself amongst
the rest, for not coming forward to head them ; we
have no interest distinct from that of the People, and
I trust that this Meeting will bring the People for-
ward in the line of their duty. I rejoice that the
subject of our Meeting this day has been brought
forward. It has been said that we are anticipating a
verdict. No; if the voice of the People had not
been expressed, the Ministers would not have been
put on their trial ; a precedent would have been
established, and the liberties of England destroyed.
Now let me observe, that I do not approve of such
large Meetings as that of Manchester; a single ebulli-
tion might have endangered the lives and properties of
many individuals. GOD forbid that any difficulties
should be thrown in the way of Public Meetings.
Every man should raise his voice in his own district.
This communication of thought is even prudent ; it
gives an opportunity of relievingthe mind or thoughts
which, when restrained by outward force, hurry men
to acts of violence. I have again to observe, that it
will be said, the object of the Meeting is to prejudge
the question. But did not the haste with which the
Prince Regent approved the conduct of the Man-
chester Magistrates skew a want of feeling for the
People? I apply nothing to his Royal Highness,
but to the Ministers, his advisers; I respect the Crown,
and the office of the person who wears it ; hut when
,we pay .deference to the Crown, it is not a servile
deference, but to a creature made for our use.—
Had the Ministers paid a due deference to the dig-
nity of the Royal Family, would they have granted
£lO,OOO a year to the Duke of York, for doing that
which the greatest wretch in the kingdom would
gladly do fur nothing? If the proceedings of this
day have the effect of turning out such Ministers, I
shall rejoice. But if a change of Administration take
place, and the Whigs come into power, it is to be
hoped that they will act for the People, and not, like
the Ministers in power, create three millions of taxes,
when, by economy, they might save half that sum in
the collection of the taxes in existence. During 35
years I have acted with the Whigs, and if they do
not disappoint the opinion which I have formed of
them, I shall continue so to do while I am sent to
Parliament. I support the Resolutions without any
more blue, Gentlemen, than you should all have. The
Ministers have no feeling for the People, and the
sooner we get quit of them the better ; and if the
Whigs, when in power, do not keep their promises
with the People, the latter have my consent to drive
them from power, and I will afford my assistance.—
The distresses caused by the war are unexampled ;
and I hesitate not to affirm, that he who supports
them with patience is a greater hero than the Duke
of Wellington. I exhort such among you as are suf-
fering under the privations occasioned by distress, to
weigh well, when you retire, what you hear at this
Meeting ; to then contrast it with the doctrines of
yesterday (Monday, it is presumed); 'and if then you
seriously prefer those doctrines, I shall be content to
believe that there is some truth in them. The Gentry
of England have been calumniously asserted to have
no feeling for the People ; but I fear their situation
can only be amended in the slow progress of time.
The miseries of war have destroyed the markets for
industry. All the nations of Europe suffer with us.
They may'quickly emerge ; but we must long con-
tinue to suffer. I trust that nothing in the power of
Parliament will be left undone to remove the distress
under which the country groans.
Mr. GRAHAM, the Member for Hull—After the
eloquent and able Address of the tried friend of the
People, my Honourable Friend, it is almost presump-
tion in me to offer an argument in defence of the Re-
solutions, but I am unwilling to give a silent assent,
especially when I consider that this is the first oppor-
tunity which I have had of meeting the inhabitants of
my native County. It is a delightful sight to see this
County, hitherto bereft of all political importance, re-
suming its rank, and taking even the lead, in the in-
quiry Into the dreadful and portentous transactions'
at Manchester ; this circumstance is even an allevia-

don of these shocking transactions. Let us hope from
this display of rising spirit, that all is not yet lost.
The consideration which it is at present necessary to
take of those transactions, is short and simple—it is
merely, were the proceedings of the Manchester
Meeting quiet?—and, if quiet, do they demand in-
quiry ? That the People have an undoubted right to
meet, resolve, and remonstrate, will scarcely be dis-
puted ; and the only conditions with which they have
to comply are these two .—the Meeting must be le-
gally convened, and kept in the peace. And these
two conditions complied with, I hold the right of the
People to meet in public to petition, address, resolve,
and remonstrate, to belong to them by the Common
Law of England, as well as to be assured to them by
the Bill of Rights, and by the Act of Settlement. At
Iteyolution our mecums claimed, demanded,

land insisted upon certain privileges as their un-
doubted rights and privileges ; and king William
' (a patriot King) declared the privileges so claimed to
be the ancient and undoubted rights of the People.—
'And in the Act of Settlement those privileges are
again declared to be the birth-right of the people of
England. Among those privileges so solemnly as-
shred are, Trial by Jury, the right of Petition, and
the possession of arms for self-defence. Of these pri-
vileges it behoves us to be jealous of their being with-
drawn from us, aad zealous of their defence ; if we
be bereft of one, the rest will be of no avail. Apply
these observations to the assembly of the People at
Manchester. The Meeting. was legally convened,
and its object was legal—it was to Petition. The
People afforded the strongest proof of their wish not
to infringe on the law, by their having abandoned
their intention of holding a prior Meeung when ad-
vised of its being convokFd for an illegal purpose.—
And as the Meeting was legal,. so it was peaceable;
not even a stone was thrown, not a window was
broken. Whatever were the intentions of their leaders,
wicked and artful men, there was no intention appa-
rent in the people to break the law. When they were
peaceably met, they peaceably proceeded to the bu-
siness of the day ; and when thus employed under
the protection of the law—a protection which if it
be in the power of the Magistrate to withdraw, our
liberties are extinguished for ever—the act of vio-
lence, into which we are now met to demand an
inquiry, was committed. If there be any sufficient
defence of this transaction, •I
am ignorant of it ; I
have seen none yet. I have, indeed, heard it con-
tended, that circumstances preceding the Meeting
gave it a tincture of illegality ; these circumstances
were the martial array in which the multitude came
to the place of meeting, the banners which they
carried, and, above all,-the secret training to arms.—
Nothing has been shewn of the former two circum-
i stances in any degree illegal : the latter practice
clearly is so ; but the identifying the people of the
Manchester Meeting as those guilty of that illegal
practice, has not been attempted, much less made
out ; and we must all be aware, that if Magistrates
are allowed to executesummary punishment for sup-
positious crimes, we permit the establishment of des-
potism. Had the apprehension of the ring-leader
been the real object in view, that might easily have
been executed before the Meeting took place. A
Parliamentary inquiry is imperiously demanded into
the fact of the sword of the Yeomanry being pre-
ferred to the staff of the Constable. The Courts be-
low are open to the redress of individual wrongs, but
it is in Parliament that a National inquiry must be
instituted into the National injury. The Minister of
Police, for, Gentlemen, we have a Minister of Police,
has.said no occasion for Inquicy eiists,And only five
days after the transaction, when it was scarcely pos-
sible to have taken a view of the subject, he bestows
on it his full approbation. Then let us demand
Parliamentary Inquiry. I have always observed,
that when people are unwilling to comply with
your demand, the prOper time can never be found.
The time is always either too soon or too late. Par-
liament will meet, but it will not be to enlarge the
bondage of your liberties, but still closer to contract
them. I believe it to be the intention of his Majesty's
Ministers still farther to restrain the right of Peti-
tion, and the Liberty of the Press. It becomes the
People of England to say the laws of England shall
not be changed. If a sufficient case be made, out to
,suspend our Liberties, do not allow them to be de-
stroyed. Shall it be said we have received our Liber-
ties from our ancestors and have not handed them to.
our children? May we remember' how these Liber-
ties were attained ;—by exertions in life and in death,
in good report and evil report ; and shall, then, their
degenerate children retire in the first moment of
danger?
A few words followed, which were rendered partly
inaudible by the thunders of applause extorted from
a then breathless audience.

W. LANVSON, Esq. moved the following Address to
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent :

" we nts sweat nrcitxxss ozonce PRINCE OT WALL'S, 120TH? OF
TIII UWIFLD SINGDOX, Tin 111,11131 X ADDILSIT OF THE NOBILITT,
WINTRY, CLEILOY, AND FILIZUOLIOELS OF THE counts. or et:m-
isstates.
" May it please your Royal Highness,
" We, his Majesty s dutiful subjects, the Nobility, Gentry,
Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Cumberland, beg lenVt
to approach your Royal Highness with feelings of unalterahht
attachment to the free and happy Constitution of these reahni,'
and of unshaken affection to the illustrious Family under whose
reign it has so long been preserved unimpaired.
" While we assure your Royal Highness of our steadiest re-
solution to discountenance, by every means in our power, ail
proceedings which may endanrer the peace of the State; and
while we repose the fullest confidence in the efficacy of the exist-
ing laws, if duly administered, to frustrate any designs that may
be entertained of seeking a redress of grievances by Illegal courses,
we feel ourselves compelled humbly to represent, that we have
witnessed, with serious alarm, the late transactions at Manches-
ter, whereby. as far as at present appears, the most invaluable and
the most unquestionable rights of the People have been brought
into jeopardy, and the blood of many persons has been shed.
" Abhorrert to all such proceedings, as your Royal High-
ness's nature must be, we have seen, with astonishment, the sen-
timents respecting therm which the Advisers of the Crown have
conveyed through your Royal Hichness's sacred person • and we
humbly pray that your Royal Highness may be graciously-pleased
to asstmble the Parliament, for the purpose of instituting a full,
I strict, and solemn inquiry into all that has pasted, and into the
present distress. and alarming state of the Country. To this
course alone we look for effectually presetving the peace of the
Nation, and vindicating the purity of its happy Constitution."
The Reverend EDWARD STANLEY seconded ,the
Address, and supported the business of the day, in a
speech f some length, and of great energy. The
Reverend Gentleman stated, that when the Address
was first proposed in Carlisle, it received his warm
approbation, conceiving that so gross an act of via
lence as that which was committed at Manchester
on the 16th of August, if suffered to pass without
Parliamentary inquiry, would be drawn into a pre-
cedent, and hand us down to ages yet unborn, as a
degraded and degenerated race. But Mr. Stanley
was happy to find, that substantial justice was likely
to be obtained through the means of the Inquest at
Oldham, and that, in despite of every legal and
vexatious subterfuge thrown in the way of inquiry,
enough has already transpired to shew the impro-
priety of the approbation given by the Ministers of
the Crown to the transactions of that day, and of the
rebuke to the Corporation of the first City in the
Empire, put by these Ministers into the mouth of the
Crown. Some people think that from this lamentable
case some good may follow ; they hope for the dis-
, mission of his Majesty's Ministers. Mr. Stanley said,
i that for his part he did not look so much to a change
of men as of measures; at present, the Constitution
is marching in double quick time to desPOtiao•

Mr. Stanley next drew the attention of the NI
to the men called Radical Reformers, unfu
led on by blind guides to excessive demands.
men do not consider that that Itefarm is the
which is the most practicable. 11, maid
rot
look with suspicion on their congregating frutht
in such numbers. They might be compared tu
crew sailing on a wrong tack, and if they du nez
about, he feared they would make a shipwreck •
of the nation or of themselves. Mr. Stanley s
would now return to the third party, more nu
that either of the others—the body of tilt. whi
He trusted this body would again give tulle to
public voice, and that they would practically enk
what they had recommended in _4,edur
of every unnecessary expenditure ; and they must
forget to reduce the Manchester Yeomanry.... 4
iterated shouts 9fapplause).—Mr. Stanley re,u
The Sovereign Power must be made as respecta:
possible ; and something more than a chaage cr
nisters must be effected. He certainly had not
learned how the Address was to meet the l;, al
Bence. Mr. Stanley then observed, that one 0
Members for the County was not be expected zt
Meeting, but he had hoped for the presence
Morpeth, had it been only to do the cafas
able impression made at the last County Men
Mr, Stanley concluded by moving, that the AO
I be confided to the care of the Member for cathi
the Member for lA'inchelsea, and the nctr'-lri
Hull, now present (Messrs. Curwen, Broughzmo
Graham).

Mr. Cuewee rose again, and observed, that
Stanley, in making his motion, had not, perhaps,
his consideration that the Prince Regent wua 04i
be approached by Commoners at a Levee, which.
not likely to be held for a considerable time; but
must desire that not a day—rot an Lour •houll
necessarily intervene: this objection did not app'.
Peers, as every Peer had a right to demand an
ence. Mr. Curwen said he would propose a h
who would have been lucre if he had not thought
his presence might be construed into party motives,
meant Lord Thanet, who, having a right to dea'
an audience, and to offer his advice, Mr. Curl
hoped that he would make known to the Prince]
gent how much he was injuiing his chAracte.-..
that of the Crown, by the continuation of his

Mr. STANLEY withdrew his motion, and sec,
that of Mr. Curren.

Mr. SAUL came forward, and made some oSsei
tions on the absence of the County Mem; er,
he moved, should be instructed to support a Pri
mentary inquiry into the transactions at lai.cl;e:l
Mr. GRAHAM came forward again, and r%::1
the absence of the County Members, whose du::
conceived it to be to attend to the call of ther
stituents, and fully agreed with Mr. Saul's •, .1
tion.—Canied unanimously.
Mr. BROUGHAM having moved the Thanks
Meeting to the High Sheriff, for his calling ti!e
ing, and for his conduct in the Chair, said,
could not retire without addressing aver:- le:,
on the subject of the Meeting.—The Learned b:-1
man said, that he would not occupy much C;:tt'd
of the Meeting, but it was necessary to n06.-.:i!
representation which had gone abroad of ::is
placeman, and an enemy to Parliamentary lh
in every shape. As for Reform, he had suri,
every proposition Made in Parliament but the
which he could not •honestly, and which he
would, unless the convictions operating on
should undergo such a change as would
of his doing it without violence to his judiv,lll:n*,
And as for his Pension, the pro.:ecds of he
gave to the Penny Subscription, and that he Li‘l.7l
out violence to his conscience, as the donatior. x:
not increase the mischievous agency of that !..Ir.;
Mr. Brougham referred his traducers to his N:
mentary conduct, and added, that it was
he either was, or ever had been a Plocema:!.
Brougham then dwelt with much pleasure ea:
native county taking the lead of all the cowles
England in a business of such importance—it vz
right fit to fill a Cumberland man with honest fdik
If any man a few weeks ago bad been asked
of the counties of England would first meet ton
cuss a question likely to lead to the dismissal 01
Majesty's Ministers, would he have guessed CO
land? Mr. Brougham having recommended to
Meeting an attention to strictly legal measures in:
prosecution of their objects, concluded with thz.
ing the Meeting for the attention with which he:,
been heard.

Mr. CURWEN requested the attention of the.
ing for a moment ; an arrant falsehood h.•l been
tempted to be fastened on him, that he had beet
negotiation with the Radicals to induce thus
attend the County Meeting. The Honourable
tieman alluded to some imprudent strictures in Tie
Patriot of last week. It was necessary that he should notice
invention, or else the author of it, who, for aught he knelt,
on the hustings, might go home and circulate an Adr.
falsehood. He would explain to the Meeting the minor
transaction. He had been applied to to attend the ?fret'
the Radicals, and stated to the Agent, through whom the
cation was made, that if .Ite did attend, it would be for the
pose of correcting their errors; but he advised that the 31-
should not be held; it was held, and eventually Mr. Curs -I
not attend. Mr. Curwen said, that he called Radial ft!
Revolution, and he was glad the Meeting bad been ha 1
contemptibility skewed, that where there was one M3ll
to the Constitution, there were ten friendly to it. The R.:,*l
stated, that they would have no communion with the W
sow, if their vows were those of honest men, they atcdtd
have receded from an invitation which was given them f$
purpose of explaining the nature of their demands.
No other Gentleman presenting himself, the Rice Sol
declared that the Meeting was dissolved.

A Requisition was presented to the 13oreash, -
of Manchester, on Thursday last, requesting
call a Public Meeting, to be held on the I.!d of •
vember. This he refused, but it is fully eqectNi
the Meeting.will nevertheless take place.
The County of Durham has hastened to fo!!e,,.
example of the Counties of York, Cuinbeihr,'• •
' Westmoreland. A Requisition, signed by t‘\
the most respectable Gentlemen in the CouiT•,
last week presented to the SHERIFF, reqlli•-ti •
to call a Meeting of the Nobility, Gent!
the purpose of expressing their conviction
tot t!c.
cessity of a full enquiry taking place intoe
of the late melancholy events at Manclie.yr,;.,
the Constitution and the Laws may be
supported against whoever may have inv.:,!
The.SnEitsre has acceded to the requ:st,
•;cl'
Pointed the Meeting to be held ou Thur)Li.i, •

%THE EVENING STAR.

I,ON DON.

oND AV, OCTOBER 18, 1819.
Lyst.—lioliday at the Bank.

papers of Thursday arrived last night.
iet; -los Sr. Cis has resumed the duties
,I:„;,try at \Vat-, which his illness, real or
j for ,ornc time interrupted. It is still
I,wever, that there will be some modifi-
:be Ministry previous to the convocation of
French 5 per Cents, Wednesday,
~bcri.

•
If..:el.2ttcr from Paris, in The Tinges of this
that, " The Princess of WALES is ex-
at Paris; one of the best Hotels in the
14:i4yC;it3/ is taken for her use.'
•

.ca rapers to the sth of September arrived
~,in We are sorry to learn from them,
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,rry s:TiJus malignant fever prevails on the
crli:nialy amongst the Military, and that
z.:niber 1..1 persons had fallen victims to it.
tog: ii I,,iN ea from a letter from Trinidad,
.I.,zes that, en the night of the 24th August,.
iaous a;lonipt was made to assalsinate the
fcc: (4. that ',land (Sir RA LP II WOODFORD,
i,ia..-..11.:, I..tdy. They were sitting together in
eseim: in a room in their own house, when two
h; :1.i.:. qproached to the window, and fired
~,i;;I:-.: , th:ough it, loaded with balls. The
fr.ik-; IVai vounded in the arm. with two balls;
Acaft,:in was also wounded; but, we are
' to learn, that anther of their wounds were

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s.!!v.te receivel tceday some farther particulars
the committal of the three persons, for
:Liicti:lg pikes, to the jail of Preston. John
a youth of about twenty years of age,
1-3. s taken in his grandfather's smithy, in the act
one of these instruments on the anvil.—
c:amination, a crowd assembled in the
It, sen:e appt chension was entertained of an
re,cne the prisoner: but a party of the 7th
or.Guartis being called out, no serious mischief
Alivr a short hearing, the prisoner was
tot a further examination. At present,
mmon with the two men, (Morris and
sands charged on oath, " with having fa-
al C:1'.:1111 weapons called pikes, or pike. heads,
i'etent e..a the same pikes, or pike-heads, should
mei the purpose of effecting by force and 'Jo.
change in the laws and Constitution of the
.tikiagdom." The other prisoners were, we un-
.li, apprehended in consequence of declarations
to by Juhn Miller, or his grandfather, Ralph Mil-
; tie latter of whom has eluded the vigilance of

ie ate informed, that their further examination
lie deferred until the Magistrates receive an an-
,to ummunication which has been addressed
his Maje,ty's Ministers. Miller is evidently a
Hof iiitcllect. Morris has much of the
xaczer of a touet country blacksmith; but
=lei seems to po,sess a considerable share of in-
irce, and to be a man of keen sarcastic obser-

lconviction of the necessity of restoring, univer-
iybe pices of labour to a level adequate to the
licer.ance of the labourer and his family, appears
it fat gaining ground. It has long been an cb-
Af cur most zealous endeavours to promote that
atittion, and we feel extremely gratified in wit-
ts,irg tl.c gi ms ii.g fruits of labour inwhich we have
is thare. We have been led to this remark by

cmg that the MAYOR and Corporation of Not-
Oarn, at their last Common Hall, voted the sum,
'rainy Pounds to the " Framework knitters
1:;c4;' the object of which, as our Readers are
is to protect the workmen from any oppres-
iow the part of their Masters.

.p• .
•••:i rnorrong, iklijOT FITZCLARENCZ was married
kleiugllter cf. the Earl of E6REMONT.
2.:d loyal Address tothe RECENT
in:iabitants of Glasgow is in course of sig-

tt'A

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

THIS DAY

The Court was much crowded this morning, a re-
port having been in circulation that Mr. HUNT in-
tended to appear in a wig and gown, upon the pre-
sumption that he would meet even with more indul-
gence in a fictitious than he had received in his real
character.

by a variety of specimens of Mr. Bellamy's intended
new Translation, contrasted with the same verses of
Scripture, as they stand in the present version. In
passing some observations on one or two of these
passages, Mr. l ariile remarked, that the Translation
proposed by Mr. Bellamy went to deny the prescience

Of the ALMIGHTY.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE interposed. It was very
certain that Mr. Bellamy intended no such thing.
Mr. CA RLI LE bore testimony to the excellent cha-
racter, and, he believed, sound Christianity of Mr.
Bellamy. So far from imputing Deism (which he
had no hesitation in professing to be his own per-
suasion) to that Gentleman, he had had frequent in-
terviews and conversations with him upon the work
published by the defendant, called Ihe Deist; to
which Mr. Bellamy wrote a periodical answer, called
The Anti-Deist. This last, he (the defendant) had
offered to publish, in order that both sides of the
question might proceed from the same press. He
then read the names of several of the subscribers,
beginning with the Prince Regent, who at prat sub-
scribed only for five copies; but, pleased with the
specimens of the translations forwarded to him by
the Gentleman in questi-in, had increased that num-
ber to fifty. There were the names, also, of almost
all the Royal Family, most of the Nobility, and the
Bishops of Durham, Exeter, Norwich, . hichester,
Cloyne, and Derry. Here Mr. Carlile reiterated his
argument, arising from the discrepancy of the two
translations, and the consequent fallibility, at least,
of our version. He did not stand before the Jury as
a hypocrite% he was no Christian sectary whatever;
but an avowed Deist. Proceeding to read the other
parts of Palmer's book, and insisting upon his right
to adopt that line of defence, he declared openly,
that with the exceptions he had; already made, he
fully concurred in the opinions of this professedly
Deistical production—and should be happy every day
of his life to stand forward in their defence.
The succeeding extracts, however, proving to be Of
a most objectionable nature, and exciting evident dis-
satisfaction among the Jury, and Mr. Litin.Nsx pre-
testing against the course pursued by the defendant,
at a quarter before two o'clock, the Foreman 8f the
Jury rose, and said, " My Lord, the Gentlen.en of`
the Jury are unanimously of opinion that Mr. Carlile
is pursuing a very improper line of defence."
The Lo RD CHIEF JUSTIC E—" You hear that de-
fendant ?"—On which Mr. CA RLILE soon after gave
up all farther defence, and the trial closed, as stated
in The Star of Friday lait.

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LONDON. •
oND AV, OCTOBER 18, 1819.
sr. Lru'll°llday at the Bank.
r n es of Thursday arrived last night.
Poi" a‘
Sr. evil has resumed the duties
1111.k.ty at \l':u-, which his illness, real on
j tor torte time interrupted. It is still
s.swever, that there will be some modifi•
.es to the convocation o
•7:l;;Ministry p
'1• bc.i,—Frencli 5 per Cents, Wednesday
~;c•
▪ .:,...;el.2ttcr from P
earis, in The Times S
is
eof thi,
that, " Th Princess of WALEx
Y' • one of the best Hotels in th
15 at ans
• ^:•yclieu is taken for her use.'
IcaP.l^C, TS to the sth of September arrive
We arc sorry to learn from then
s,:riJus malignant fever prevails on th
Fy• • 'ely amongst the Military, and th;
n
persons had fallen victims to i
a jo.
• is tsiN ea from a letter from Trinida
,rtes that, on the night of the 24th Augut
(sus azlonipt was made to assassinate t 1
el that ',land (Sir RALPH Woonrol
•' • I sdv• They were sitting together
i.• 3 • •
sit,: in a Worn in their own house, when is
aproached to the window, and fir
• ' •ou.,h it, loaded with balls. T
„•,,I•sa; sounded in the arm' with two ball
, WcaloaD was also wounded; but, we
t to kern, that neither of their wounds wo
tinge received tads y some farther particul,
•:::•.7 the committal of the three persons,
..il:1:1:1g • pikes, to the jail of Preston. Jc
, is a youth of about twenty years of a
us taken in his grandfather's smithy, in the
one of these instruments on the anvil
c:amination, a crowd assembled in
t7•d apprehension was entertained of
;, re-toe the prisoner; but a party of the
...onGuarsis being called out, no serious mud
Aft,•• a short hearing, the prisoner
lot a further examination. At pres
ecramon with the two men, (Morris
..ieslonds char3ed on oath, " with having
•• IC:1:3111 weapons called pikes, or pikohe
intent e..a the same pikes, or pike-heads, slv
.lf,.r the purpose of effecting by force and
a change in the laws and Constitution of
Kingdom." The other prisoners were, we
...s,afprvltended in consequence of declare'
by John Miller, or his grandfather, Ralph
tie latter of whom has eluded the vigilant
Ham
We are informed, that their further examin
be deferred until the Magistrates receive as
•to a communication which has been addr
bs •I:ijesty's Ministers. Miller is exiden
'of ucak intellect. Morris has much c
• ter of a touglt country blacksmith;
les seems to possess a considerable share s
tease, and to be a man of keen sarcastic •
Icetviction of the necessity of restoring, u
4,,the pices of lahour to a level adequate
ranee of the labourer and his family, a]
be fart gaining ground. It has long been
sista most zealous endeavours to promo'
s.iction, and we feel extremely gratified i
iIT fruits of labour in which 11
• a share. We have been led to this rem
ing that the MAYOR ar.d Corporation •
at their last Common Hall, voted tl
• Teirty Pounds to the " Framework K
f'on,' the object of which, as our Reads
*. • is to protect the workmen from any
••• ca the part of their Masters.
morning, Major FITZCLARENCR was I
k diegincr of the Earl of ERREMONT.
1,:in,1 and loyal Address to the Pirsic•E I
, .l.e in'aabitants of Glasgow is in course
T.> Reinl'm Meeting . •
• which was intended
ca Wednesday last at Bolton h
in consequence of a Proclarnatio
by fwar of the Magistrates of
two of whom figured at M 3
memorable lsith of August, wherein
~7-•11." certain individuals" had called
'a direct opposition to the °pink.
, I Constables," and announ
:..ni in case of the Meeti
"1 ply al those powerful meal
le,! at their disposal, and in tl
nett• ty. •:±l'..ey would be sanctioned by
The hint of military interfer
t• somewhat obscure, seem
'""t‘' ot the ltequisitionists too on
•• t ,•,, :„,
- • ..sy longer prudent to per
; their fellow-townsmen
: 4 ''A _lt and Mr. STANTON, the
C's 4 ( .it Itoltun' have, on their E
a d'''.l.4• I. 11' in which they give the
• .I;;lstrates ; they flatly d
. • .I,•.ellibling of the People
•.niion that there should be
w,), cc tile ..uthotity of the Town
better to preserve the pc;