Star.
London, England, 1820-04-22 00:00:00

GLABCOW, APRIL 19,

The miserable attempt at insurrection ended, as we
stated, a fortuight age ; and nothing bee the usual
tranquil routine has since occurred,- ewer ing the
melancholy affair at Greenock, which was a mere
riot, forming no part of the previous rebellion. Ti:.
Civil Authorities have since been Actively engaged
in seizing the leading Radicals, and have, in no in-
stance, encountered any resistance. Most of those
who took up arms are either in custody, or have ab,
sconded. Their number for Glasgow and the 'neigh-
bourhood, it will be recollected, was formerly corn,
puled at 214 ; but subsequent mote parti, oiar ac-
counts give a still smaller amount :—Calton and
Bridgeton, 95 ; Gorbels and Tradeston, ; Division
at Donnymuir, 20 ;- making a total el 185 men,
miserably equipped, and oniy armed with pikes,
fowling-pieces, or pistols, In addition to these may
be cminted the Szrathaven Radicals, who moved upon
CatlikinAills, expecting to find there encamped Mar-
shal Macdonald, and the rest of Bonaparte's Officers,
flow many of these besotted creatures were armed,
we have not accurately heaid ; but they must have
been very few, since the Special Constables alone
dispersed them, and took ten of the most active pri-
soners. It is now ascertained' that the party, who
appeared at ,Kirkintilloch, on the morning of the Oth
inst. were part of those who had musteied the night
before in Calton and Bridgeton, the rest having
skulked away on finding their numbers so despicable,
In corroboration of this computation, we may men-
tion, that the persons seized for taking up arms,
coupled with those who have absconded from cur
neighbourhood, fall short of two hundred. A num-
ber of the individuals now in the Jail and Bridewell,
are imprisoned on other chieges.
Whoever coolly considers the ccndi:icn of the
country, and the character of the people, will easily
see that no serious insurrection could occur in Scot-
hind. The population in the manufacturing places
forms not a tithe of that of the country ; and of t! is
tithe notone-hundredth part is addicted to Radical po-
litics. With the exception of Paisley and (ilas:;ow,
the manufacturing towns are so inconsiderable in
size, and so far asunder, es easily to be checked by
the neighbouring landholders. Paisley has nlway
been accounted a strong hold of Radicalism ; but it
did not join in the late effort at rebellion ; and v. e
hear that there will be no convictions there for Ilitth
Treason. With regard to Glasgow and the suburbs,
we have already seen that 185 men in arms appeated
out of a population of 148,000, Surely there never
was so ridiculous, desperate, insane a rebellion ! •
lied the insurgents been fifty times mote numerous,
the military would have finished them in the first
rencontre ; and the state of the Lowlands would haver
made war, in the manner of the Luddites, altogether
impraCticahle,
Though no general plan has yet been adopted for
aiding the distressed workmen to go to Canada, we
ere glad to hear that spontaneous emigration, to 4
considerable extent, is taking place. Eighty persons
from Paisley have lately gone for Canada ; and 4
Pissenting Clergyman, with sixty of his flock, from
the north of Ayrshire, are Oscan removing to the
United States. The expense of transportation is so
small that it is a pity any weil-meaning man should
want the means to transport binned to where a day's
wink will purchase an acre of Lund. A vessel at
Saltcoats last season, took cut passengers for a guiLea
a-head ; the passengers laying in their own food.