Star.
London, England, 1820-01-04 00:00:00

PRIVATE LETTER.

" CAI'S HENRY, THIS Ci SM. 1819-:-YEAS 16.

cc Since my last letters, the Government has seen
it in its pbwer to put in execution several parts of its
great plan, such as the concession of land to the
Officers, under-officers, and soldiers of the guard.
aud at my—a plan which has already shewn all the
.advantage which ought 'reasonably to be expected.—
The lands granted tc the guard, which amounts to
8,000 men, are given in the environs of Citadel Henry,'
in such manner, as at the stroke of a drum to rally
that force to the point required : and to facilitate the
c.Jture to which these brave fellows are going to
turn themselves, Government has resolved to make
the aciluisitien of a considerable quantity of furrow-
ing took, and other cultivating utensils, which have
alteady been ordered from our friends in London.—
iiis does more—he assists t.l..vm in their esta-
blishments; he gives rewards to those who marry,
either in cattle or any other encouragement, or
money, so that they may enrich themselves, and
be enabled to buy other portions of land when they
have large families.
" Orders have likewise been given by the Govern-
ment, to make contracts for twenty-five thousand
barrels of flour, a thousand barrels of beef, and as
many of pork ; and contracts have been made for
these provisions with several American merchants
the first supplies will arrive in twenty days, and the
-rest at intervals of fifteen days. I estimate that the
Government will expend from three to four hundred
thousand dollars to assist these new inhabitants in
their establishments. It will be seen what it k to'
have ample means in hand, and to know how to
make use of it for the general good aud common
happiness; and it way be judged what a like Govern-
ment can do, when it determines itself upon a thing •
with desire to accomplish it.
" We have received many overtures from Jamaica
and from Martinique, to treat with France. In truth,
I do not know what to think of these proposals ;
what can'they be called but insignificant? for it is
not with Martinique nor Jamaica that business can
be done; it is directly with the French Government,
and to do that, it must declare itself openly, and
without shuffling, upon the Independence of Hayti
and the Government ; it is in vain to eloigne the
thing, to make us declare before laying down the
basis of the negotiation : we will never do it ; and
the more it shall persist, the more it will put us upon
oar guard, and pet harts it will oblige us to some steps
elsewhere, which will break for ever the hope of
arriving at a reasonable arrangement. if that Go-,
vernment knew better our situation, or would bring
themselves to what instructed persons advance, it
would see that it loses a favourable opportunity fo
run after a chimera.

You have often conversed with me upon many
important points which occupy the Government, now
you have it in your power to see them develope them-
selves daily ; do not believe all the follies which they
circulate at Paris, upon this part here, with the other
part of the south-west; believe that neither the one
nor the other can attempt any thing to hurt us; do,
rot believe a single word of what they tell, that
Boyer has intention to march against us, or us against
him ; Boyer's plan is to keep himself quiet. The war
he has sustained with Gomar, who has but a handful
of men, badly armed, and without ammunition for
nine months past, gives you the measure of what he
can do and undertake in that respect. A hunilred
intriguers, issued forth from all countries, are assem-
bled at Port-au-Prince, and do all they can to pre-
vent the communication of that people with this.
They have more to fear for their. lives, and the little
booty which they amass with difficulty, than to at-
tempt hostile proceedings against us. To preserve
their influence, they are obliged to abandon the peo-
ple to licentiousatss and barbarism, without being
able to repress it. They cannot impose their false-
hoods on the Public but at two thousand leagues from
them, by their miserable Gazettes, whia the Hay-
thins do not read, and which are printed but to send
to Europe.

4, Thine people will not presume to march (even
supposing that some troops might follow them),
against a disciplined army, which exercises daily, and
has a flying artillery of twenty pieces of cannon, and
Officers acknowledged the best in Hayti; besides,
you have seen the troops of the King's Guard exer-
cise—) on saw them at Cape Henry, when his Ma-
jesty was there. The fact is, that his Majesty has
taken the resolution not to make war with the troops
of the Soutls-west, because his policy demands to take

LONDON.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1820.

THE FUNDS.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCt
Bank Stock 220
5 per Cent. Reduced 671 68 671
3 per Cent. Consols sink
3•; per Cent. 761 1
4. per Cent. 841 f
S per Cent. Navy shut
Imperial 3 per Cent. Anns. 661 .
India 13onds 2s. 4s. pr.
" Exchequer Bills (2d.) ss. 4s. 2s. dis. •
Omnium dis.
Coasels for Acct. 691 681 69.

Bets to* considerable amount were made, that
Consols would not reach 69 during the present :Ac.
count. The Balls, this-rnorning„made a successful
effort, laud several bargains were made at 69t, which
&tided the above wagers: they soon receded, and at
one eilock were 68f: ' Notwithstanding this fall, the
Bulls are using great exertions to get them up, but
the monied men are of opinion, that they will not im-
prove before settling day, the 18th inst. it is expected
that thc.state of the Revenue for the last Quarter will
be made-public this morning or to-morrow; which,
no doubt, will operate for a rise or fall.

Letters from New York, of the /*Of December,
have been received (via Liverpool) which, contrary
to all previous hopes, have brought several consider-
able orders for British goods, particularly the manu-
factures of Yorkshire (exclusive of..coarse woollens)
and Lancashire (exclusive of coarse cotton goods).
These letters express strong hopes that the commer-
cial distress of the United States had passed its zenith;
specie had become more. plentiful, and confidence
among. merchants had considerably- revived. TO.
markets were still overstocked with various *descrip-
tions of coarse goods; and many thousands of , mi-
grant mechanics still continued unemployed and in.
most' destitute circumstances. The yellow feler had
entirely subsided, but the western shores had-been
visited with the most tempestuous gales ever remem-
bered, and which had done considerable damage,
not only to the shipping, but to many buildings and
plantations.
Notwithstanding the prohibitory laws of the Ame-
rican Legislature, two vessels sailed from New York
on the Ist ult. wholly laden with arms and inimuni-
tion, known to be for Lord CochttßANe'S squadron and
other Patriot armaments. The cargoes were raid
for in hard dollars.

Letters from Sierra Leone state, that inconsequence
of the arrival of the Commissary, Jude, the Com-
missioners, their Secretaries, and the other persons
attached to their suite, together with various Officers,
both in the Civil and Military Departments, the white
population had increased in an eitroOrilinary degree;
so that, in the early Pare,of last June, it coqsisted of
118 individuals, men, women, and children, of whom
94'had been attacked by the fever, and no loss than
.54 had perished between that period and the 24th of
AUgust, when the accounts were dated. The rainy,
or sickly season, is not ova *till the month of October,'
and the fever still raged with great violence. Those
who were recovering from Its effects are described as
exhibiting the most ghastly and cadaverous appear-
ance; and as trembling with apprehension of a second
attack of this dreadful malady on their debilitated
constitutions. In short, this Settlement fully answered
the description given of it by the late Sir ItintS Lu-
CA3 Yeo, 44 that it proves the grave of most En-
ropeans who go there, and that those who escape the
grave, linger out a painful and miserable existence."

Such is the general horror entertained of the cli-
mate of Sierra Leone, that it is well known a delay
of nearly eighteen months took place in the esta-
blishment of the Commission, on account of the
difficulty found by his Majesty's Ministers in pro.'
curing proper persons to accept of the appointments'
of Commissary, Judge, and Commissioner of Asbitra-
don, even with double the salary that made the same
appointments, at other stations, objects of eager com-
petition. When this obstacle was at last suridoonted,
the PHEASANT frigate, which took them out,, was
directed to call at Cadiz and St. Jago, and there re.
ceive on board the persons appointed to fill the same
offices by the Spanish and Portuguese Government‹.
With great difficulty, the Spanish Government found
Gentlemen to fill those situations, who embarked at
'Cadiz; but on the PHEASANT calling at st. Jigo,
the Captain was told by the Governor of that place,
that the terror entertained at the Brazils,, of the cli-
mate of Sierra Leone, was so great, that. the Per.
tuguese Government were unable to.prevail upon-any
fit person to go there upon any terms.
I The Treaties between the different Powers prer

Public Opinion, we shall be acquitted. There i , llow-
scribeZthat no. proceedings shall be held under this
CoPUnission, against any stave vesseljunless- in the, ever, one point, whereby out employers endeavor to
presence of the Commissioner appOinted by the Go-. enlist the prejudices o: e merchant and the con.
vent' ment of that Country to which such vessel be- sumer in their favour. They state that
longs. Portugal haying appointed none, the. Corn' such' an advance as is asked by the workmen, ad trade
would be destroyed—as it would lay such
.z-in Addi-
*mission, as far as relates to the Slave Traders of
Haw nation, remains a nullity to this very moment k
price upon goOdi. Now we challen!..• any or
even all the masters, to prcive that the gia;•:!Ig. even
fdr in conformity to this stipulation, two Portu-
guess vessels that were sent into Sierra Leone list the highest wages asked, would, upon an average, red-
May,vane goods more than 4d. per-yard, and this' ss.o.
have never been brought to adjudication, but
lie there rotting in the River. instead of diminishing, give an addition to theanis-
ter's profit. And where is the judge who tan be soli
...el' The only other vessels likely to be sent in are Spa-
that he knows the value of goods to such a trifle ? The
tisk Spain being the only other nation by which the
Slave Trade has not been abolished; and when the advance of the raw material passes away unhee:ted:
last aceounts came from Sierra• Leone, no Tribunal Though it is well known that the advance i wool
for proceeding against Spanish vessels could possibly alone has caused an advance upon very coarse goats;
be constituted, the Spanish Commissary Judge, Don of from Is. to Is. Sd. per yard, no one then sail :Lac
FRANCISCO La Fan, a Gentleman who came out the the trade was in danger. Where -then is the danger
very picture of health, being so ill that his life was now? What difference can it make to•the consumer,
despaired of; and the. Commissioner of Arbitration, whether he has a workman, or a wootstapier, to pa!,
Don Josev CAMPO, being so terrified at the mortality if his goods be high ? u tits WEAVERS:
that raged around him, 'that he declared he would,
not remain at Sierra-Leone, if his Government would
:ive him 100,000 dollars per annum, and was deter-
mined to go home by the very first opportunity.
The English Commissioner of Arbitration was also
suffering so much from illness, as to be incapable of
• tending to business ; so that, in fact, no Court could
possibly be held for any purpose whatever.

Last week there was a disturbance among the Work-
men employed by Mr. VA ALE; of Stanningley, York-
shire, who turned out-for an increase of wages. Mr.
PARLEY applied to the Overseer of Morley for hands,
and set on a number of persons who had been em-
ployed on the roads. When they arrived at Stan-
ningley, the inhabitants would not suffer them to
enter the mill, but drove them out of the town,
throwing mud and stones at them ; but we have not
heard that they committed any farther violence.
The Workmen have published the following de-
fence of tLeir conduct in The Leeds Mercury:
The • Master-Manufacturers of Woollen Cloth
having spread many unfounded calumnies against
those Workmen who are desirous of instituting such
Regulations as the 'situation of things imperatively
demands, it is thought proper to make a clear and
candid statement of the question at issut, in order
that the Public may be able to judge between us.
“ In the first place, we are charged with being idle'
and disorderly. Now it is well known that the work-
men in Pudsey and Stanningley have been usually
accustomed to work from 14 to 15 hours every day.
Indeed, an inhabitant of Pudsey and a slave are al-
most become synenimous terms, in the estimation of
people at all acquainted with our habits. And as to
the latter part of the charge, it would be ridiculous.
seriously to notice it ; for what time has a man to be
disorderly (in the proper sense, or indeed in any sense
of the word), who is employed from 14 to 15, and
even as much as 17 hours in the day?
" But we are also charged with being Drunkards.
A number of drunkards, no doubt, maybe found in
the town of Pudsey; but, considering its extent, we
believe that their number is few in comparison with
many other places. Indeed, where is the town con-
taining a population of two or three thousand per-
sons, which is entirely composed of steady characters?
But to intimate that, because one or two individuals
in a town are dissolute, all the rest me so in conse-
quence, is a species of logic too contemptible even
for an ideot to use. A. calumny more gross and un-
founded never was, we assert, propagated against a
patient and an oppressed people. Where, in the
name of common sense, is the man who is cooped up-

at his work for fifteen hours a day, to find tune to
drink ? But setting evefy call of nature aside—not
to mention the claims of affection—nor the calls of
families—how is a man, employed as a issanley man
clothier in the towns of Pudsey, &anningley, &c. to
get the means for drinking? For just to give an ex-
ample of the earnings of the men in those places, take,
for instance, 25 warterns of siubbing "to weave 63
portiffs—breadth 10i quarters—length 36 strings,
which will employ a man 21 days, according to the
following statement :
189 Skeans of Warp Spinning
14I_Watterns of Weft Spinning

PRESTON, DECEMBER, 31.

An occurrence has this week taken place which
has caused no little sensation in this town. On.'ftrrs. -
day last, two officers belonging to the Maichester
Police arrived here, with warrants to apprehetial
seven individuals, against whom charges of sedition
had been preferred before the Magistrates of Mar.,
chester. These warrants, however, were fined up in
so loose and indefinite a manner, that much difficulty
was found in filing upon the real pei soas to avh, m
they applied ; and there is the strongest ground to
believe, that the only two which have yet been exe-
cuted, have been served upon two individuals no:, in
any respect, implicated in the charges. These per-
sons are, Mr. John Earner, a respectable ma tufa--
curer, and Mr. James Southworth, a man, we are
told, who takes no part whatever in political matters.
Not satisfie.4- with taking the persoa of the former,
who so little answered the description of the wai rant
that his Christian name is John, whereas the docu-
ment applies to some Thomas Earner, the officers
proceeded to search every part of his dwelling-house,
and carried away several books and papers. He,
together with Mr. Southworth, was placed in the lock-
up, in this town, during the whole of the night of
Tuesday, and they I ere both conveyed to Manches-
ter by the coach,. on Wednesday morning. We be-
lieve it is now pretty well ascertained that the per-
sons against whom the informations are laid, hive
all absconded, the parties having been apprised of
what they might expect, by a number of prisoners
similarly charged, who passed through the town to
Lancaster, a few hours before the officers arrived.
JANUARY I.—lt has turned out, as we confideetly
anticipated it would, that the above-named Mr.
Earner, and Mr. Sonthworth, were apprehended
without the slightest charges having been entertained
against them. They both returned to Preston late
last night. We are informed, that on their arrival
akt Manchester, on Wednesday morning, they were
taken first to the Police Office, and then to the New
Bailey, at which latter place they were locked up in
one of the cells of the prison, and remained there all
night, without bedding of any description. Nest
morning they were brought I eore the Magistrates, .
and being confronted by their supposed,accuser, the
latter declared at once, that they were neither of
them the persons he intended to charge. They were,
of course, immediately dismissed. The men who exe-
cuted the warrants in these cases are doubtless an.
swetahle for any error they may have been led into
by an over-zealous discharge of their duty ; but we
cannot think the Maghtratel entirely blameless in
the business, for we understand so much was left to
the discretion of the petty officers, that edt of the
whole seven warrants with which they were charged,
not one gave the full description of the individuals
against whom they were intended to be issued, and
some of them were even signed withsa blink for the
christian names of the parties accused..

uttvtwaboti have
their house in Bryanz..... are, for Abby -Chw
Hive, Radnorshire.
Lord STEWART, on; Ambassador at Vienna, has
had the honour to present his wife (Lady EXULT
VANE TEMPEST) to their Imperial MAJESTIES.; since
which his Lordship has, agreeably to custom, been
visited by the higher ranks of Nobility, the Diploma-
tic Body, and the most•distinguished strangers.
DRURT-LANE THEATRE.—Tke Siege Of Belgrade
'was performed last night with its accustomed suc-
.cess. BRAHAIi and Miss BYRNE sung delightfully,'
and were each rapturous) y encored.
COVINT-GARDEN.—The new Tragedy of Merry
Stuart,- was last night repeated to a numerous au-
dience. Though the Play does not take that strong
hold of the feelings that might be desired, it often,
demands applause, and the audience appeared highly
gratified with the efforts of the Performers in all the
principal scenes.
ADELPIII THEATRE.—The discovery of the North
Pole has at last been effected, by 'an easy passage
through the Adelphi Theatre, where the brilliancy
.of The North Star sheds an unusual lustre on the
crowds of spectators who assemble to enjoy the
beams of her splendour.
RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. respectfully
acquaint the Public, that the State Lottery of 10,000
Tickets, with- Four prizes of A 20,000 Money and
Consols,- will begin drawing the 12th of This Month
—Second and Last Day of Drawing the 29th instant.
Tickets and Shares 'are selling by iticitAansoN,
GoonLucK, and Co. at their Offi-ces, Bank-buildings,
Cornhill, and Charing-Cross, who sold, last August,
No. 710, a Prize of £36,000 onsol3.

ifssping and Seeing both Webs 2 Dirs.
Looming sodweaviag both Webs, 56 Strings 12 Days.
Here then is 21 days'. work for the man, and for 14
of those days the man's wife must assist him in wind-
ing, warping, sixeing, and the like. Then he has his
own geers and siaeingi to find, 'which may safely be
stated at sr. This sum deducted from £2, which has
been given for the above quantity of labour by Mr.
JobnVarley, of Stanningley, leaves Sss. for three weeks
and three days' work for a man, exclusive of the as-
sistance of his wife; or about 10s. 3d. a week for both
their earnings. Nor must they work moderate hours
to make this ; they must be employed
.14 or even 15
hours each, day, for six days in the week, to earn such
a scanty sum. How then can even a single man be
enabled to drink to excess, since he cannot earn more
than &. per week ? Bit to hear masters lay such)
things to our charge is monstrous, since they 111412 e
know that they. are uttering a gross falsehood. •
,4 The advance which the workmen require would.
demand 12 lours per day to be fully eniployed, to
enable a man to earn from ISs. to 20s. per week. And
who will-say that such a wage: is Exorbitant ?Is it
not a sum'quite too small for the proper maintenance

The Earl and' Countess of H.

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oh bran, his wife, and lour children ? To the Public
we rake our Appeal, and are confident at tin Bar of 1