Star.
London, England, 1819-09-02 00:00:00

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ri,ght be expected the Magistrates and different
Akers throughout London and Westminster
a early attendance this morning, and active in
Reparations to maintain the peace of the hie.
s, should any of the many miscreants whict it
libly contains, endeavour to convert the pro-
)ltx.ing into an occasion for riot or tansult.
such as the India lime*, have I
lie Companies,
equated to detain the labourers in their wate-1
Mier the usual time of quitting. The Cots.
and Beadles in the different Parishes had or
b, in attendance in the Watch-houses of their
at Wards front twelve o'clock, and to remain
dl four. I

Milkaty were also stationed in the neigh-
wd, to be in reitdincss should any emergency

Char aid.

number of people assembled previous to one
was by no means considerable—not, perhaps,

tk,ui 5,000; but immediately after one, the
t rhich the working classes generally go to
, a great influx of persons of that'description
:3 pour in frOm all quarters, and there seemed
,tobibility or Palace-yard being ompletiii

Ere minutes past one o'cleck Sir FaitNuts Dnar
accompanied by Mr. Elosnoust, and, we be-.
Lard lt.‘setaFrE, followed by a Lumber of
crs of ,sic Wesminster Cowsmittee,.advanced
front of the Hustings, and was received- with
eors. •

at a nilmlze afterwards .Major ennrwittont,
uhite hat, was seen pushing forward from
part of the hustings, and on being recog.
yi the multitude was. also n ekomed with loud
, intermixed with much- clapping of hands,
)L his station clese by the side of Sir FRANCIS
Ir, on the left ; but we did not observe any
Anio-e of civilities between them.

FsAscts 'lll./M=7 1101, commenced addressing
gmbly, but, in consequence of a general out-
'vaz at this moment raised, for .the removal of
ter of hackney-coaches which had drawn
short distance from the hustings, and•which
rtcly intarrupted the view of thore behind them,.
incurable Baronet was obliged to suspend his
Ile for a few miautes.- The ccazhes being at
compelled to retire, by the hootings of .the •
:de, the Baronet was about to resume speak...-.
La a new, and rather unexpected interrup,
as preLitcecl, by the advance of no less a body
The Committee of Two Hundred," with their
ket,ds, ar.d banners flying. • . . .
F ran td tl.tmsehres immediattlY treleiv' the
gs Une cl their banners bore theirtstliPtitki tit
e nd Llrat ;" the other, " 'Universe Suffrage:*
ceptien %%loch they expel iencerwas of a emi.
descriku, n. The Bartnet and • the Other
men on the hustings looked a good deal dip,
ted, and a cry was raised by what miglti be
the more respectable part of the Assenibly;
y, away r but by the bulk of the people they
:ivred, though not very enthusiastically.

NANCIS Bonner? began by stating the object
'Meeting. He said this was not a patty ques-
or a questien of under what modifications the
anent might be reformed? but it was a ques.
paramount hnportance, and no other than
Whether the People should continue to exercise
izalierable right of publicly expressing their,
ns on political subjects? Whether they should
Eider the laws, or under a system of mili-
despotism and discretionary violence ? It
question on which all parties, Whigs and
t, and all, except the men of violence and of
doLould not hesitate to come forth. He denied
tie Meeting was premature, for the facts were
Itke:n, even taking them as detailed by their
ts}' advocates of the hireling Courier. He vindi.
qe regular Soldiers, who had raised their cow/
the highest pitch of military fame, and begged.
!might tot be confounded with the Yeomanry•L—
!te Hotspurs of the North," who had acquired.
trjlorious celebrity by their deeds at Manchester..
*ten led that the warrant for Mr. Hunt's arrest
i; was not on an oath to a fact, but to
n, and he declared that, in his conduct at
^mei-, Mi. Must was entitled to the approe
:a7.d support of all good men. He said hill
:0 Advocate for changes of Administration,:
'ktilowzlit this a proper time for the eountry•tri
fr,tward and call for the degradation of dips*
Lo had sanctioned, if not caused the late
He then recommended that Subscriptionsbe entered into to support
those who had auf-
4"Pie sling to the laws ; and for the relief of
victims of this foul and wanton Colvtragee—
speaking at a quarter past two o'clock.
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Church at Manchester, on Sunday
.1 a singular appearance ; the soldiers
service having each his musket,
..t; rTed.

slinle of the corn has been housed
•. :•, having been half a day's
1. i; the weather doting the harvest. .
111 commence generally Unt.
«n laid at Etitr,),ooo.
ri pl:ity of partiitiges this season, is
un:‘,tial :lumber of those birds
I'Y 111, afternoon coaches yesterday.

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, EDITOR OF TILE-STAR..

Site—lf as Eriglishmen we possess patriotism and
humanity at heart, and bestow (as is our duty) the
best attention to the present situation of our country,
and to the misery which now pervades the lower, and
too mail), of the middling classes of our society, their
I believe it impossible for us not to see the necessity;
there has been for exposing certain facts, through
the medium of the .public Press, which, by serving
as the constant guardian of our general interests, acts
as a monitor to those entrusted with the public weal.
While complicated misfortunes assail our country,
it is also impossible that men possessed of feeling
should remain silent, while the Courier, by its mean,
cruel, and cowardly invectives, endeavours to set us
(For very evident motives) against our own suffering
countrymen and fellow Christians. Such a-tifice,
however, is too shallow not to be seen through by
every thinking person ; and by such a line of conduct,
has done more injury to the cause it pretends to up-
I hold, than it is aware of ; for false assertions and
scurrilous language will never obtain proselytes for a
cause thus advocated : nor will it frighten men of
comiton sense into obedience or veneration ; but, on
the contrary, ever awakens suspicion and creates
contempt.
And, as Englishmen ought ever to be alive to their
privileges and rights, so ought they to recollect, that
by concord and unanimity those blessings are to be
maintained ; but more especially by a eealous and
disinterested' patriotism on the part of every indivi•
:dual who has the teal welfare of his King and Conn-
try at heart.—l have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
August Q,1819. A BRITISH OFFICER.

To-morrow the LORD AlAvon, attended by the
City Marshals and other City Officers, will proceed,
in grand'state to Smithfield, to proclaim Bartholo-
mew Pair, according to annual custom.
The Earl and Countess of CLAwcAnTy and family
left the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, yesterday
morning, for their seat in Ireland.
Lord RIVERS arrived yesterday at his house in
Chesterfield-street, May-fair, from his seat, Bedwell
Park, Herts.

Lady HiATHCOTt left her house in GrOSVIIMOT•
square, on Tuesday, fcr her seat, Normanton Park,
Lincolnshire, for a few days, on her way to Buxton.
Mr. and Mrs. Million; and family are expected
to leave their seat, Corsham House, Wilts, in a few
days, for the Continent.

Prince Erraitniszy entertained the PiRSIAIt AM-
BASSADOR and a select party, yesterday, at Chandos
House, Cavendish-square.

Gwieral DsvzitEirx is arrived at the Tavistoek
Hotel, Covent-garden, from Ireland.
he Duke of Sussex, in his way to town from Mr.
Co.Ki at Holkham, visited Cambridge, and dined
With the Ree.Gs A. Baowse, of Trinity College, and
in the evening supped at Downing Lodge.
A few slays ago Mrs. BELL, a widow in Annan,
went to milk her cow, when another cow, which was
grazing in the same meadow, ran at her, threw her
down, and was in the act of goring her, when her
own cow came running, up, attacked the other with
r treat furVand succeeded not only in relievirig, but,
,kn all probability, Saving the Mk of her mistress.,
•, NI; s. MART ANV CLARE R 0,4 her two daughtert
landed a few day*, since fTom.tlie .Isle of Wight...a
Portsmouth, from which place they set off for Londgn.
Corn-harvest is finished in all the forward, in full
activity in all_the middling, and commencing in the
most backward districts. Beans will soon follow.
Wheatis a variable crop ; but, on 'a comparison of
the various Reports, will, in all probability, excerd
expectation in respect to quantity. The straw is long,'
but not stout, and remarkably clean and wholesome.
The Barley crop is universallygreat, but partially
injury affected by blight, to the great of the sample.
Oats are not a bulky crop upon the ground, and it
is supposed will prove a medium produce. Beans
and Pease vary extremely ; in some counties they
are much hurt, in others a most abundant crop;
Beans far the most productive. The same of Tares.
jj Rye will yield a middling produce. Potatoes ate sk
rllarge growth. The Turnips have planted well; and
in consequence of the favourable state of the weather,
have been well cleaned, the fallows sharing the same
advantage. Hops have had great strength of bine,
are very luxuriant, and, notwithstanding the injuries
they have sustained from the change of weather, are
likely to prove abundant.
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Ltvitarooz., Awn: 31.—1 t has blown a strong gale sal the
day, attended with heavy rain, which has done Viten damage
among the shipping. The followirg vessels have suffered by
the storm :
Margaret, Blown, on shore near the Mile Rocks.
Dee, Dscittois, on shore near Mount Beggar, and lost her an.
ehor, cables, and rudder, but expected to be got off.
Nymph, CLovea, lost anchors and cables.
Rodney, Moonset*, on shore near Jaekeon's Data
Cybele, on shore near the Regent's Dock.
Supply, on shore near Mount Beggar; also a brig and galliot,
MIMS

..$ uninown.
Waterloo steam-boat, lost her foremast.
The Master of a fishing boat arrived here,,reports he saw fin
men on the wreck of a vessel of this port,but be could alit save

them ; they Oldisappeared.
Fanmourn, Aug. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Passed this Pond!"
Canada, SHCARLY, from St. John's, New Brunswick, for Loa-.
don. Arrived the Bayard, Dims, from Petersburgh.
PLYMOUTH, Ara.- :I.—Arri►ed his Majesty's ship Vennetts
from Port,:nruth ; Dc Gler Dutch man of war, Capt. TAate,"
from Ilolt,ad, fur t►e Mediterranean; and Active, Bans*
front Sr. John's, Newfoundland.
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PnR7 C:4Ot:T11, Srrr. I.—Wind N.W.---Arrived the May
Straw, from gmbec ; and Britannia, HAMM!, from Grenada;
the latter with her main-mast-bead sprung, mizen-mast 'rutty,.
.stain-yard carried away, and with loss of anchor and cable.--!,
Sail.d his ALje..ty's ship Hypes:n.7,, for South America.
DEAL, Seth. L —Wind W.N. W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River the Rambler, &area; Hero, Futatsrla ; and Maria,
HARRISON, (ruin Quebec; Hebe, Ctrairser, from Genoa ; Bo&
dington, Panther, from Jamaica ; Ann, Witxtr, from Ancona ;
Lindsay', Roaasoir, front Berbice ; Margaret, I*GL...sums.
front Tobago; Henry, A TgiSaKIN. frum St. Mary's, (or New-
castle ; Venus Lawsoir, from Bahia, for Ilainhurgh ; and Lady
.Campbell, M. suet's. from Bengal, sailed 2.5 d January; frem
Madras :oth February, and tit. Helena Sal July : the General.
Hewitt, C seauN, sailed from Sc. 'lett aa, fnr England the manse
day. Came dosin froth the River the Meanweli, Moaoax,
for Jamaica; Lord Exmouth, Mitts, for Gibraltar • and Tho-
mas Fox, for Newfoundland. Sailed several of the outward-
bound.
Dovul, Sinnott I—Sailed this day, the Princess Clark**DOvta,
packet, Captain IlattaNns, for Ostend, with a Detail and passer-,,
(hers; also the Chieheater packet, CaptAn Marta, Cumberland,
Captain Hanasrain, Ant, Captain B/13811171, and Lord Serfage*,
Captain Pcsaa, for Calais, with passengers. No arrivals froth
Calais either yesterday or to-day.
SZP7. off thi. place; he Cornwallis;
rthatax, flora It! C cf Coal

ni2ORM . Pets. "
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- TO THE EDITOR OP TEM STAR.
• "Vaasa;AOjast if:
Ste—ln my briefleftnr: etlestersday, I informal
you, that the Radical Refelm Meeting held hem
had passed of quietly. The number of persons pre-
sent were variously estimated; at from five to ten
thousand. A person of the name of Myrenem.
opened the business of the Meeting, and after a short
preface, proposed that Mr. WILLAN should take the
Chair, which being seconded, was carried by acclama-
tion. The principal speakers were WILL AN, of Dews-
bury; MASON, of Leeds; MITCHELL, JACIESON, and
a number of others belonging to the itinerant squad
o Reformers. Their Speeches and Resolutions savour
so much of that sameness that has marked the pro•
ceedings at the other Meetings, that I have not
thought it necessary to copy them for you, though
the whole are now before me. There is certainly
much system and concert among the Refot mers
throughout the Kingdom; but my firm opinion is,
that these frequent Meetings, instead of pmmoting
the cause of Reform, only tend to put it off to a more
remote period.

MEETING OF THE COUNTY OF AYR FOR
THE RELIEF OF THE POOR.

The Meeting of this County, which was held at
Ayr on Friday last, for the purpose of relieving the
distresses of the unemployed operative Manufac-
turers, was numerously and respectably attended ;
and as many of the people were present in whose be-
half the Meeting was called, it .must have been highly
gratifying to them to witness the sympathy that was
discovered for their sufferings, and the anxiety that
was felt to afford them assistance. The Earl of
EOLINTON*; though the state of his health Prevented
him fmm presiding personally in so crowded an as-
sembly, came to town for the purpose of giving all
the countenance ia his power to so humane a cause,
and to confer with the Gentlemen by whom Abe pro-
ceedings were directed. The business of the day
was opened by Mr. Oswald), of Auchincruive, who
strongly urged the propriety of something being im-
mediately done for the relief of the sufferers, by pro-
moting a general subscription throughout the dif-
ferent parishes, as he did not think that the law an
thorised them to have recourse to a county assess-
runt; and he concluded by proposing. nearly in
substance, the Resolutions which were adopted.
—A number of very able and interesting speeches
were delivered on the occasion. It appeared :that
several Gentlemen were employing labourers to a
great extent, for the avowed object of affording theist
subsistence, and it was strongly recommended to
others to imitate their example, A very satisfactory
intimation was made, by a Gentleman who had the
best means of procuring information.owtheaubject.
that the principal Manufacturers in Glisgaiv enter,
*nod the conviction that the present pressure would
• ve in a great measure temporaryi.and &sit they
• f reason to believe that trade would ve7.sesai•es-
Oreence a consideral*revivalf.: *Am& °thee MIT-
*
aims made on the occasion, it was very judiciously
• ted, that there wet!'" numerous class of fenailes,
Whose subsistence depended on the weaving trade,
who, of course, were also suffering from. *rain of
Work, and, therefore, that they shbuld not"be over-
Ooked in the measures of relief that the M
Ilisight adopt. We think it proper to take nott t:4
'the following incident, which occurred in the
because we deem it highly creditahloto the 1-
Phil; .of independence which it discovered—a feeling
'for which our Scottish labourers and mechanics have
been long characterised, but whiff we fear has been
of late very inuh on the decline. One of the Gen-
tlemen, in concluding his speech, alluding very elm
4uently to this feeling, observed, that he felt a pride
in the consciousness that his countrymen, poor as they
Might be, spurned the idea of being beggars—that
they did not now petition charity in the way of alms,
but only that they might be furnished with the
'means of earning their bread by their honest industry.
This seemed to accord so forcibly with the feelings
of the crowd of mechanics who were present, that it
was received, as if by a kind of instinctive impulse,
with a general cheer of approbation. It is but justi
at the same time to say, that the same feeling seemed:
to pervade the whole tenonr of their petitions, which;
from one or two specimens that were read, wet**
drawn up in a style highly respectful and becoming.
We are proud to observe so laudable a spirit disco.
tiered by the landed proprietors and others in Scot-
land, in entering so warmly into the existing hatrl
ships of the poor, which has been one great cause of
tipping down sedition among them ; but while wri
fay this, we cannot help at the same time expressing
our regret and surprise at the apathy and indifference
in tiff's- matter discovered by the higher ranks in Env
'tansiewhere the hardships of the operative classes ati
Treater still than among ourselves.
There is now every prospect of the Public speedily
enjoying the advantage of a good and level road
from Ayr and Kilmarnock to Paisley. On some
points of this line of road, there have already been
upward:Of 100 weavers n day employed in !trellis*
hills, tilling ditches, breaking metal, and other ope-
rations of that nature; and liberal subscriptions in
.aid of the public fluids have been made for that pur-
pose. The men work diligently and, faithfully at
wages from li. to Is. 4d. a day ; and boys from 6d.
to 10d. according to their a3e and ability.

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Cheshire Summer Assizes commenced yesterday
at Chester; before the Ron. eiIArtLES W 411111211, and
the Hon. SAMS'S& SIA li$lllAl.L. The Calendar is
cornparatitely light. containing the names of only
t 9 prisoners. • in the listnro-..
lama Parr, aged 36, a clock7maker, from Wigan, Lancashire,
`sr sedition and misdemeanour. -
Mph Jlirria" aged 40, a schoolmaster, frs Stockport, foe
Nihon.
Issaiel Bindery win, a weraktlivaromig• >/1 f:
rd. $4, a silk-weaver, both trop. foe
Ma%
AIMS George linee;kaLeAf 2.2, a ter, front
or aiding and abottlnt an attempt to murder Mr.
Reek of Stockport. . . .. .
These are the only cases in the Calendar conneAkd
,ith the politically disturbed state of the country.

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