Star.
London, England, 1820-01-14 00:00:00

Lms, JANUARY 12.

r.:e alarm was occasioned this morning by the
sudden calling out of detachments of the Military
Dragoon,), and by orders for the others, as
-„ ell as the 6th Infantry, to hold themselves in readi-
I ?SS. On inquiry I learn, that warrants have ar-
on) London, for the arrest of several of the
Reform Orators, and other persons who have taken
an active part in the Meetings, in this neighbour-
hood ; in order to insure their prompt and sure exe-
cution, it was deemed requisite to call upon the Mi-
litary to back the authority, and strengthen the heads
cf the Civil Power. They immediately proceeded to
Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, and other places in the vici-
tity, where several arrests have ken made.
Mr. James Mann, bookseller, of this town, against
v I.lm a true bill has been found for sedition, has
i,ivn-ed the Indictment to York, and will be tried
t'n,..re at the ensuing Assites.
Ti:': r. m.—No particulars of the arrests hive
transpired ; but all remains tranquil in this town and
r,...ighbourhood.

certain person, in this town, is in the constant
practice of transmitting the most unfounded state
rungs, from this neighbourhood, to the Government
P.lpers. The same scribe, it is understood, is in the.
practice of sending a packet of seerd heforiudies to
the home Secretary, nearly every week, painting
tlivial circumstances in the most frightful colours.

T. lioutanwontes, Esci. 111. P. for Pontefract, this'
day transmitted £5OO, to be distributed amoa, tho
pool and necessitous of that Borough.

Lord and Lady CAstmeitoit leave town to-
n-Tr:ow, on a visit to Lord and Lady SUPIIIILD, at
ti.c:r scat, Buickling, near Aylsham, Norfolk.
A change is shortly to take place in'the chief di-
rec. ion of the Quarter•M'aster-General's department
at Cr.! horse Guards, Sir BENJAMIN I:I6URBAN, who
at i esrnt fills the distinguished post of Quarter-
Ma-ter-Genetal, having been appointed to the Go-
ve::trreut of two of the West India Islands. We are
n-t tnabled to speak with certainty as to the person
ly io succeed to the vacant situation, but we un-
der,tand an arrangement to be in contemplation for
bestowing it on Colonel JAccsow, of the Guards,
wl-.ile his Grace the Duke of RicassoND, who is at
present on half-pay, is intended to succeed thzt Offi-
cer in his Regiment.
About fourteen days ago, an emigrant arrived
nom Canada, at Paisley, and brings very favourable
intelligence rom that country. He is a native of
Scotland; was some time in the Army ' • and Is going
home again, as he calls it, early in the Spring. This
person gives the most satisfactory and cheering ac-
counts of the place, and says his chief complaint was
tilu wart of society to. share in his felicities, to be
companions of his joys; and to exult in his abun-
dance. .He aids, that one of his principal reasons
for coming to Scotland at eresent was, hearing of
the distressed condition of his countrymen, and that
he might persuade others to follow his example;
anxivis to be surrounded with happy, intelligent,
and social neighbours. His arrival and narrations,
cornhii.e.l with other circumstances, have been the
subject of considerable discussion. A strong desire
for emigration has been manifested, and about three
hundred have already subscribed their names, as a
testimony of their ardour to go away. A Petition
is immediately to be forwarded to his Majesty's
Ministers, imploring their assistance by way of loan
or doi.ation, to enable them to carry their wishes into
execution. This Petition, it is said, is to be supported
by the principal Gentlemen of the County, and the
utmost anxiety will, doubtless, prevail concerning

its success.
The following Letters have been seat by join; MA t.
viscc, Esq. M.P. to the Proprietors of the Glasgow
Publication, called The Spirit of the Union:
" Lincoln, December 31, 18'19.
" Ma. 111'Lson—In a Print published by you, a most infa-
mous construction, and a most ahominable calumny, have been
sent into the world. Your Work I know to have its circulation
confined to the labouring classes, whose bad opinion is of no po-
litical cmsequence to me. Still, u I wish the esteem of all my
fellow-creatures, and consider your Readers in Renfrewshire as
my Constituents by Nature, although not invested with suffrage
by the Constitution, I am unwilling to be plundered of their
confidence and good opinion. The two passages of your sheet'
in which I am so unjustly and infamously stated to have sub
scribed to a lie, are in pages la and 20 of Vol. I. No. 111.—I
am, in the first, called Mr. Maxwell, the Renfrewshire Re-
former; in the second, noted as having subscribed ' a silly lie,
in signing my name as a Reafrewsbire Reformer.' The severe
requital which I will exact from the person who has accused me
of this mean crime, will not di away with the impression which
ha has made on our unfortunate countrymen.
" f request of you, as the only atonement you cah make to
an honest man, for assisting in the unjust proceeding, to Induce
him to do me speedy justice (retribution he never can) for the
injury which he has dune. I have used no threats to him—for
I prefer his repentance to hypocrisy—satisfactitm to revenge.—
If he is your friend, tell him to place himself in the situation of
an honest and brave stun, who has been stigmatized as a Coward
sad a Liar, who has vowed before llEaverf to be avenged; and
assurd him that all he conceives, I will execute, as such.
" A letter of previous date (I need scarcely add) he hat per-
Vetted ; and instant denial that riot, violence, irreligion, and
plunder, were my' Reform,' be calls desertion of principles; the
Vol being unable to discover that I never was a' Radical,' and
that I employed the terms' Way in which Reform was recent-
menda, made me disdains it,' viz. the riotous, violent,
hindering way.
" If riu are a Reformer, do not aid in retrogtading all Re-
form, by sustaining falsehood and violence.
(Signed) " JOHN MAXWELL, Jun."
" TO T 91.: EDITOR or ' THE SPIRIT OF THE UNION,
tSELISH Ea IN GLAIDNOWA
" Lincoln, December 31, 1819.
" ;:et having so unf ..vourable opinions of your Readers, nor
sTen of you, as Amos-. e 7 cry proprietor in Scotland entertains, I
t an explicit avcv. al of your conviction, that I am incapa-
s.:: of falsehood!!!

"No man being able to dignify me by his esteem—ad rank
I,,Sw my notice, in anything connected pith my character
reputation. If ar. honest man, you will do me justice; if
.. tr.: not, you shall—in whatever snook yaw condition of life
(*tied) " JOHN MAXWFILLI Jun,"

NAVAL iNnittlGZAi

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PblAiser, JAIL 11.:= Arrived the Susan, Maros; and Jane,
BILASYS, from 'wansea, with loss of an ancltor anti Cable each.

Faueoura, JAN t I. Wind N.N.W.—Sailed the Princess
Elizabeth packet, for eh Mediterranean ; and Lady Louisa
packet, for Jamaica, b it with Mails; also the Andrew Savage,
Kral.; Abeona, Lmsza and Ann, Lawn, for London.

LreaavooL, JAN. 14.—Sailed the Stentor, HAaati ; and John,
PEARSON, with Settlers, for the Cape of Good Hope; and the
Perseverance, MooNszy; for Bengal.
PORTSMOVIII, JANUARY 13..--Wind N.—Cane into Harbour
to refit, his Majesty's schooner PleNzsis.--Sailed the HAWK cut-
ter, on a cruize.

DEAL, JaNtuar 11—Wind E.—Sailed for the River, the
Ann, LAYBOURNI' from Cephalonia.—Came down from the
River, and sailed, the Henry, Lowss, for Fiume ; Friendi,
Lowis, for Barcelona; Urania, H urcuntsors, for St. Vincent's;
Castle Huntly, DRUMMOND, and Aston, ClsswsLL, for Cal-
cutta. The two latter ships remain in the Downs.
Hauwicn, Jaw. 11—Wind N.E.—Sailed the Lord Duncan
and Prince of Orange packets, with Nails, for Holland.
HULL, JAW. 12.—The vessel which was wrecked yesterday,
Proves to be the John, ALLEN, from Shields for London. Some
parts of the wreck have been picked up by fishing-boats.

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