Star.
London, England, 1819-08-21 00:00:00

FROM THE LEEDS PAPERS.

" WEDNZSDAT, POCK O'CLOCK, P.M.
" We have private accounts from Manchester to
last night, and we have seen gentlemen who left that
town this morning. There were not many new facts
in addition to those stated below. The town was
tranquil, but the tranquillity was the effect of coer-
cion, the military constantly patrolling the streets.
One gentleman states, that several shots had been
fired at the Yeomanry patroles, from the ends of al-
leys, &c. by unseen hands. All agree in stating that
much mischief was apprehended to take place to-day.

wunrigsAlt, IZV O'CLOCK, P.M.
" Four troops of the 4th Dragoon Guards have
just arrived from York: they, however, expect ciders
to proceed forward to Manchester. This' concentra-
tion of the troops toward the disturbed point seems
to confirm the apprehensions entertained of renewed
mischief to-day. The force already collected, how-
ever, is abundantly sufficient to protect Manchester
and the neighbourhood.

" THURSDAY.
'A very numerous Meeting was held last night
on Hu/Islet Mora near this town. They had been

assembled in so private a manner, that We di
hear of the circumstance till after the
over. It was resolved to hold another Niteti
the same place this day.—This town rern,4,,,
fectly tranquil, up to the hour of this Paper
press (after midnight). Numerous bodies
have, however, at times to the amount of ab,
thousand, been loitering in Briggate during the
day, and even after dark."
The following is a copy of an Address,
was the intention of the Female ltefia nmr
chester to have presented to Mr. HUNT, a 1..,
a new banner, on Mon:lay last, had not the
been so suddenly dispersed by the imptiol
military :

4, TO HENRY HUNT, Egg
CHAIRMAN OP THE REFORM MUM' Lf rAccßisTrj

" Sta—Permit the Female Reforusers of
sensing you with this flag, to state, that they are actaurd
motives of petty vanity. As wives, mothers, datr,!iner.,
social, domestic, moral capacities, they ensue forward in
of the sacred cause of liberty—a cause in which tbs:r so,„
their fathers, and their sons, have embarked the
suffering humanity. Neither ashamed nor afraid
you in the glorious struggle for recovering your 1,,•r
privileges upon which so much of their own bappirkl, d
—they trust that this tribute to freedom win aninswe
steady perseverance in obtaining the obj,vt of our wino,
citude--a Radical Reform in the Commons house s[
meet_ In discharging what they felt to be an imp(ratir
they hope that they have not overstepped the mnd,

turc,' and they shall now retire to the' bosoms of thei-
with the ci.e.:ring and consolatory refection, that }•our
are cn the eve of being crowned vri•h complete buttes;
our slag never be unfurled but in the cause of Peacemd I
and then may a fentrit's curse pursue the coward who
the standard.—August 16, 1619."
LEEDS, AUGUST 19.
FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDE:`,

In consequence of a second express, which a
here late last night, with the pleasing informal
matters having become more tranquil at Mine
and the neighbourhood, the five troops of 4tli
Irish Dragoons, which arrived in this town yestt
on their route to Manchester, have been salted
remain here for further orders. Letters frtrn
chcster, dated at noon this day, state the Maze
apparently settled and tranquil—indeed, it cash
be otherwise, when we colaider the overwhe;
military {nice row statianeJ t here.

There is too much reaon to fear that an a 1
spirit of mischief is abroad; or, i.: ;;her worth
a number of de►igniug men (perhaps hired spi
the guise of Radical Reformers) are prowli
every part of the kingdom, goading on the di
tented workmen, and lower orders of the poi
acts of desperation, treason, and revenge.
The privacy with which the Reformers now
most of their meetings, and the concert with!
they act, are by no means the least alarming ci
stances. Last night there was a numerous

on the old spot, Hunslet Moor, which, until
sembled, was unknown to those out of the
Union ; they remained on the ground in c

until a late hour; but I could not learn that
thing worth reporting occurred. Before they
rated, a Resolution was pasted to meet agail
evening, at seven o'clock. Their assembly
day evening was, however, not unknown to the
gistrates, and they had taken every measure,
prudence could dictate, to prevent any ill
quences. The soldiers were kept in constant
ness, and each man had a plentiful supply of
nition and ball cartridge ! The most silly (thoui
some measure alarming) reports are in
with respect to the meeting to-night ; it is eves
serted, that a great body of the Reformers have
vided themselves with arms, and mean to

force to any opposition that may be offered them.
Numerous Radical Reform Meetings
for early days in the ensuing week, in various
in the neighbourhood.

Ten o'Clock, p. m.—The Meeting on Hunslet
has just broke up, and every thing has gone
peaceably ; but the details are not worth '

The professed object of the meeting was to rece;
formation from their sufferiDg brethren in -
It is quite evident that the Reformers are

ed by the measures that have been adopted at
chester. Upwards of 10,000 persons were
They meet again on Tuesday next.

RUNCORN-MIDDLEWICIL

Meetings have been held of the loyal iithabi,
both these places, and resolutions come to ell.
of their firm determination " to support to the
most of their power the civil authorities in the
mance of the Laws and Constitution of our Ccui
as at present established, against the evil deliL
practices of seditious and traitorous conspirators,
though few in number, nevertheless whose object
factious publications and inflammatory language
fully disseminated among the labouring class of
ciety, tend to delude and lead them into the coo
sion of violent and unlawful acts, by no means
culated to obtain a redress of grievances, or tc
the temporary distresses of the country, but
if not checked by the firm arm of the law, au:
productive of greater evils and worse times."

It is said that a pension of £IOO per annum is
be granted to BIRCH during his life; and if hi,
takes place now, which is not expected, the
sion of it is to be given to his wife. A
subscription is commenced for him in St°‘;
which is expected in a few days to amount to Lk'

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rETTIYG, Tills DAV, AT TILE CROWN
AND ANCHOR.

ensconce of the Notice issued from the Of-
ci. \v,„,1,111, the large room in the Crown
‘„ci,or %v.', nearly tilled at one o'clock, by an
of persons, of whom, in general, it would
„ in:t.:ice to say that it was otherwise than ex-
reipectable. Among the more notable
who niinle.l in the throng, we observed
G a..., I, :Ind several others who
tro lead at the Smithfield Meeting.
tC.I 1111:1 lltCs pikt CI:2 o'clock,
Major CA RT-
at r. accon,r.„,i,d by Mr. Woot.F.ll and several
ei.t..!.ed the room, amidst tl:e loudest

quarter aftz'r one o'clock Mr. WOOLER as-
.d the table. Ile observed, that on an occasion
riolventous importance as the present, it was
t• I;R...test consequence that a person of weight
rowectithilitv should be called to preside over
procee,iings.—Their old and tried friend, the
C.%RrWRIGHT, was present ; but from
state o! health, had expressed a wish that
Lour of taking the Chair might not be pressed
lira. lle therefore begged to move that Mr.
D1!;(;r0N should take the Chair.
• nicticia being put, was carried nem. eon.
\VADIJINGTON thanked the Meetiqg for the
it they had done him, and pledged himself to
;.:ed in conduct in the Chair as he trusted
ould be iialuenced in their's, by the maxim
partem.
_ _ _

WAootsoroN said lie had been in America, in
;, is helium, and in the Peninsula ; he had
t:ie revolutions in all these places, but he
ki,oc nor heard that the Magistrates, who
to be the conservators of the peace, ordered
1 troops to ii:e on unarmed and defenceless in-
to plunge their sabres in the breasts of in-
women, or to sacrifice the sucking babe.
then proceeded to Address the Meet-
spoke in terms of vehement reprobation of
i:..luct of the Magistracy and Yeomanry (he
1.:.: call them soldiers) of Manchester—
t!iat it would have been quite as legal

to go to the Public Meeting armed,

to defend their exercise of a constitu-
t:::::l: as it was in the Yeomanry to tall sword
tine people, without any cause or pro-
Applause.)—Left speaking.

The Pais Papers of Wednesday arrived this fore-
per Cents. Tuesday, 711 r. 30c.
Tl:e Doke of LOWESTER arrived in town at a late
I.r. on WeJnesday night, from Cheltenham. Yes-
nhly his Itoyal Highaess left Gloucester•house for
'shot, fur the season.

I: is but justice to observe, that no circumstance
-fver has yet appeared to connect Ministers with
tte eve:as is the North of England, or, ever so
itely, to Compromise, through these unhappy
rsactions, the honour, the integrity, or good po-
'el their administration. We trust, for the satis-
aanand contentment of the Public, that his Masts-
's servants will leave the depositories of local power
Manchester and elsewhere, to stand upon that
Tinal responsibility which they have courted ; and
the moody Reformists, that the laws of Eng•
can vindicate their own purity and majesty from
ult—let the offender be in robes, in rags, or regi-
ntals. li a spirit like this be displayed by Govern-
a (and we have no reason to doubt that it will),
whole question may be settled without further
fie; since the people, when they find that those
have assaulted them are not screened from the
sequences by an interposition unknown to the
coursein of law, will naturally repose upon
prutection this open to every injured subject of
realm, and all thirst of farther vengeance will
irally die away.
We ymer day expressed our hopes that the Gentle-
.of England would see the propriety of coming
rward on this awful occasion. To a timely exertion
this kind we may owe the restoration of the minds
the people in the Reforming Districts to a state of
,arative tranquillity, and the prevention of that
. which, in their present state of exasperation,
is but too much reason to apprehend, and which
if not so prevented, lead the people of these
tricts, step by step, to a state of things we shudder
ink of. The only means by which this feeling
animosity can be allayed is, to skew the sufferers
no class of Englishmen is insensible to their
llgs, but that they are all determined to see that
~tire, and full justice be done them. We cannot
too often the importance of preserving in the ,
sof every description of our countrymen the idea
they may always expect a fair and impartial ad-
aratiun oldie laws. This salutary conviction that
and poor are equally safe under the protection
the law has hitherto given to all classes that con-
ace and sec•alit-, without which life would be a
:rie of misery and apprehension. It ktoit we are
bed for what no police, no precautions can
us—chat we can lay our heads on our pillows
security from the niidnight assassin. The people
aye been wronged, and cruelly wronged, and it
'es the Gentlemen of England, the Grand Ju-
; the different counties, and all that is respect-
• is the country, to come forward and express
teir strop" disapprobation of the Manchester pro-
41ings, iu uric: that they may not take Counsel
rum tlieir despair.
in.(;CULE.y, pftt: TONI), AND J(JI-INSTON.—At se-
,c.le4.tings which have taken place in the neigh-
l'tallood of Ma• nthester, letters from these persons
'at: been re..d, ia which the same principles which
); avowed sod exulted in at their trial, were again
Pro
imitated and encouraged—on paper. At last a
has been put to this plan of disseminating sedi-
: the Magistrates have ordered, that no letters
rafts pass from, or he received by them, till they
undergone the crutiny of the visiting Magis-
ews• k
4-, which, if improper,will be suppressed.

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