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

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TO THE• EDITOR OF THE SFAS.

- ;7‘ London, Septesiber it, nth. •
Etllt—Your respectable Paper having always adve-
cated the cause of the Army, I beg leave to represent,
through its medium, a very gross abuse which now
exists in London, and which bears- heavy Upon that
numerous and respectable class of OfficeTs, namely,
those upon Half-pay, who, from many causes, reside
in and near the Metropolis. I have always under-
stood, that the Military Chapel at Whitehall, was es-
dadively a Military place of Worship, although many
respectable people have been admitted. who were not
in the Service; but sow the _case seems different, as
I have, with several other Half-pay Officer, been
obliged to stand in the aisle during Divine Service,
white several other people (eat Military), and even
servants, were admitted into the best seats, from either
}raving paid the seat-keeper (a common custom here),
or from having interest with that important per-
sonage. You wilt admit it would be very hard
upon a poor Half-pay 'Ensign, or Lieutenant, out
of 3s. or 4s. a_ day (and many of them have not a
shilling besides), to expend a shilling or eighteen-
pence in purch.:4ing a Sitting at the Chapel, where it
is understood they have an indisputable right to sit
free. I feel convie.ced that his Royal Highness the
COOSIANDIR IN CHIEF is unacquainted with this fla-
grant abuse, and that it only wants representing to
be remedied.—l dm, Sir, &c.
AN OLD OFFICER OE HALF-PAT.

7f11141 EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1819.
THE FUNDS.
entre OF STOCKS MIS DAT AT ONE O.CLCCK
3 ter Cent. Reduced shut
S per Cent. Consols 70h
5% per Cent. 801-4 per Cent. shut
5 per Cent. Navy 101
Bank Long Ai cities shut
Exchequer Bills (2d.) 3 4 dis.
Omnium dis.
Cons. for Acct. 71 70i.

" No news is good news," says the old adage, and,
:At a pet iod like the present, many will consider it so.
The Mails'cf this morning have brought us hardly
any thing worthy of particular notice—whence we
infer that every thing remains quiet in the agitated
Districts. We cannot, however, pass over without
some notice, the mention of a Meeting that has
been called at Retford, " to take into consideration
the propriety of forming a Corps of Cavalry and
Riflemen, to defend their country against all traitor-
ous conspiracies whatsoever, and to aid the Civil
Power whenever called upon so to do within the
said country." We are aware of the danger we tun
in expressing freely our opinion of such uncalled-
for associations, but we should ill discharge our
duty to our country should we not boldly Impress
our opinion that all such associations stand directly
opposed to the principles of our happy Constitution.
and are highly dangerous in every point of view.—
We speak not of those bands which may now be con-
sidered as veterans, who embodied themselves at the
call of their country, when we were in a state of
war; and have continued embod:ed and acquired
the military discipline and habits of men employed
in military service. To these corps we consider our-
selves indebted—and from such corps none can anti-
cipate scenes of bloodshed flowing in any measure
from their own tremulous and fear-excited bra-
very. This case is very different from that of
men who obtrude their volunteer services when
we have no war. It is easy to find high•sounding
words of loyalty with which to cloak the desire
to be arrayed with arms instead of constables
staves. We have already had sufficient evidence of
the mischiefs (nor have we yet seen them all) that
way result from such unconst:tutional associations.
While we have regular Military let us trust to them.
They will not butcher women or children. If these
are not sufficient let the regular Militia be employed—
and let them he trained and disciplined as all men
entrusted with arms ought to be.

In our last page will be found the proceedings al
the Lancaster Assizes up till Monday at one o'clock,
We learn by farther accounts which have reached us
this morning, that on Tuesday Messrs.lfuNT, JOHN-
sox, MOOGIIOUSE, and KNIGHT. who were at large
upon bail, appeared at the Bar, and respectively pled
“ Not Guilty" to the Bills of Indictment found against
them, and traversed the same till the next Assizes.
The parties immediately renewed their Bail, to the
satisfaction of the Crown Solicitor. Sir CHARING
WotsetET and Mr. CHAPMAN were the new bail for
Mr. HUNT.
The Grand Jury broke up on the same day, and,
we are informed, that the last piece of business they
did, was to find True Bills against giro shop-boys of
Waoz, the printer, in Manchester, for selling the
Number of Shervsin's Resister, containing Mr. CAR-
lutes Account of the Manchester Tragedy. Witos,
it seems, has himself eluded every search which
has been matie after him, while his shop continues to
be the grand mart for what are called " seditious
publications ;" and the Solicitor for the Crown, or
wither for the Manchester Magistracy, has thought
it necessary to vindicate public justice, by making
these apprentices criminally responsible for obeying
the orders of their master.
Mo Bill was found against John Adamson, for being