Star.
London, England, 1819-11-13 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1819.
TIIE FUNDS.
PRICE Or STOCKS THIS DAY AT OHS OCLOCK :
3 per Cent. Reduced
S per Cent. Consols 67{}
4 per Ccnt. 844,i
5 per Cent. N:tvy lO3fi
Bank Long Annuities 17i 946
India Bonds 7 8 pre.
Exchequer Bills (2d.) Is. dis. par, ls. dis.
Omnium 2 dis.
ConsOls for Acct. 67H11-.

In our Report of the proceedings in the Court of
King's Bench, given in another column, will be found
some details respecting pi osecutions instituted against
News-verniers, deserving of the most serious atten-
tion of the Public. In Germany, the Censorship
established over the Press puts it in the power of the
Governments to stifle every literary proauction which
has not been previously su!,jected to the Proems-
tesean process. In England, the process is somewhat
different. If any publication is found to be of an
objectionable nature (and, unhappily, we have many
such) the Law makes the Author, Printer, and Pub-
lisher responsible. The meaning of the Statutes,
when first framed, was conformable to the sense at-
tached in common language to the terms employed.
Every one knows the meaning of the terms " Author"
and " Printer ;" but the Legal construction and pro.
cedure, which is proverbial for
,fictions, has so tam-
pered and played with the word " Publisher," that
it will require the entire energies of the friends of
o Justice," (a term somdimes of a very different
im-
port from that of " Law") to bring the word " Pub-
lisher" back to its original sense.
In the common acceptation of this term, it means
the person whose name is attached to the work, as
Publisher; but, according to the construction con-
tended for by the enemies of the Press, it meansany
person who having bought the work from the Pub-
lisher, after wards re-sells or circulates it :—in a word,
any third, fourth, ex hundredth vender of the publica-
tion. The idea is abominable ; and the object aimed
at is detestable. How should it be thought possible
that the common venders of Newspapers, after buying
them from the Publisher, should be able to read them
over, before selling them to their customers ? or if
they could find time to read them, (and could all of
them read) that they should be judges of what is,.
or is not, libellous or blasphemous !

If the law can reach the real publisher—and the
late trials have shewa that it can--why should it be
strained to entangle in its toils the ignorant retailers ?
The intention, we think, cannot be mistaken, but we
are not without hopes that the public voice will be
found sufficiently energetic to turn the laws into their
proper channel, and prevent them from overspread-
ing their banks, to sweep away unwary and inn*.
cent victims.

A Dutch Mail arrived last night. It brought
nothing interesting relative to Holland or the Nether•
lands, but some statements from Germany are pre-
sented in the Dutch Papers deserving of notice at the
present moment. The King of PRUSSIA, whose secret
instruction to his Envoys at the different Courts has
already been laid before our Readers, shews his zeal
to hasten the proceedings at Mentz, by sending a
Minister to join the Committee of the new Tribunal.
M. GRANO, who has been appointed tothis office,
passed through Frankfort on the 3d instant, on his

way thither, accompanied by. the Referendary Dam-
mtcn. • The Austrian Minister of State M. Vox
WESSEMBERG, who had been requested to place him-
self at the head of the Committee, wishes, it seems,
that that honourable situation should be filled by
some other person. In fact, even at Mentz public
opinion is so decided against the objects of the Com-
mittee, that one of the persons appointed to act as
Secretary, has resigned and gone home, " because it
evidently appeared to him that everx body shunned
him, Merely because he belonged to the Committee."
In the mean time some importance is attached to the
approaching conferences at Vienna, both by the Pub-
lic and by the Ministers who are likely to conduct
them.

We have received this forenoon Hamburgh Papers
to the 6th instant. They contain an interesting ac-
count of a visit of the King of SWEDEN and the
CROWN PItINCE to Upsal, and of the induction of the
latter as Chancellor of the celebrated University of
that City. The KING delivered, on the occasion, a
speech equally remarkable for its eloquence and wis-
dom ; but the press of domestic matter to-day obliges
us to defer its insertion till Our next. The Emperor
ALEXANDER has received the communications made
to him by the Hamburgh Anti-Pirate Association, in
the most favourable manner, and given reason to be-
lieve that he will lend his powerful aid to the cause.

Letters of the 24th August, from the Cape of Good
Hope, announce,, that at that period the Colony was
entirely freed from their troublesome neighbours the
Caffres, who were driven, or had retreated across.
the river that separates their territory from that of,
the Cape. Government, it is said, have ordered the,
21st regiment of Light Dragoons from Indin.to the
Cape, which, if the intelligence is correct, will com-
pletely secure the Settlers from the future inroads of
the Caffres. By the aid of Cavalry, they may al-
ways be driven off before there has been time to effect
any extensive mischief.

According to letters from Demerara, of the 2Eth
September, it appears that there has been a great
deal of sickness in that Colony this year, not only
among the white inhabitants, but the negroes also;
and that the mortality had been very great indeed
on some of the estates. The weather, at the above
period, still continued extremely hot.

The Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday ar-
rived this forenoon.

The Constitutionel has a curious speculation on the
subject of the postponement of the Meeting of the
Chambers from the 15th to the 29th instant. M. DE
CA2E, it states, wishes to open the French Chambers
just at the moment when they will lave received at
Paris the news of the opening of the English
Parlia-
ment ; and when people will still be under the panic
produced by the terrible measures which Lord CAS-
, TLEREAGH, Lord WELLINGTON, and their colleagues,
have to propose. The measures which the French
Ministers have to bring forward, will, by the effect of
contrast, appear so much the milder; and the Cham-
ber will adopt them peaceably, thanking their souls
that they are no worse !

The K:so gave, on Monday morning, a private
audience to M. RAvsz, the President of the Chamber
of Deputies.
No notice is taken of the state of his Majesty's health,
from which there is reason to infer, that he is com-
'pletely recovered from his late slight indisposition.
Five per Cents. Tuesday, 69 fr. t 0 c.

New Brunswick Papers arrived this morning to
the 14th October. A Meeting of the Inhabitants of
that City was lately held, at which several most
laudable measures were adopted for the assistance of
needy Emigrants during the ensuing winter.

We yesterday alluded to certain Resolutions of the
Magistrates, &c. of the County of Galway, tending
to impress an idea that that County and Roscommon
were in an alarmingly agitated stat 2:. It is possible,
however, that the fears of some individuals may have
exaggerated the real fact ; for it is only a few days
skim Mr. Justice FLETCHER, in a charge to the Grand
Jury of Dublin, spoke in terms of exultation of the
peaceable demeanour of the whole Island ; and 'to the
same effect speak those Journals of Dublin, on which,
from their character, we may rely with confidence.--
Magistrates have, in some Counties, thought proper
to petition the Government that the severe provisions
of Mr. PEEL'S Peace Preservation Bill may be ex-
tended to them ; but their representation of the ne-
cessity of a proceeding so arbitrary is not considered
by many Gentlemen of their respective Counties as
correct, and in the County of Limerick we find that
a Counter-Declaration has been submitted to the
Government, directly contradicting the statement
made by some of the Magistrates. A similar pro-
ceeding was expected to take place in the County of
Clare. Amidst such conflicting testimony, we must
appeal to the facts presented to us, and certainly we
do not, in them, find any case• to justify the alarm felt
by the Magistrates.

The Duke and Duchess of CLAniNCE are on a
visit, for a short time, at. Boley Hill, near Rochester,
the seat of Sir Joists Goan. On Tuesday. (as noticed
in the Star of Wednesday) his Royal Highness paid
.a visit tgiSheerness; and on Wednesday he inspected
the new Dock, lead and sawmills, &c. at Chatham.
In the evening his Royal Highness and the Duchess
dined with the Commissioner, the ,Atimiral, the
Comptroller, ;cc, bciug proem. . • d

TILE AiLi(y

ettopfwthaerdvs
Veteran
la1010zio(nr::::_r&.
arrived at at Chatham, from Maidstone; tc::ac-:
tendedSatu rtdoajroinlasto:
I for service.
A Amber of Invalids, selected for •
garnson e:
have already arrived in Chester.
Colonel PLUMEE, of Tong Hall, near Lc,',,
of Aughton, in the County of Laacasdr, Cas.,
appointed to the Ist Regiment of Royal Lan
Militia, vice PATI'EN BALD, Esq. deceased. •
' RENEE RA WETNOII NE, Esq. of PCllWoTalatn, 51-7,:
to the Lieutenant-Colorielcy of the same Iten-re,
Saturday, a detachniert of the 1-th Font`na' a
into Edinburgh a'astle lion, Stirling, to ;e;ity,
two companies of the 6th, echo are immed,..l,
follow the remainder-of the Regiment to Eoz; •
Wednesday, two compahies if the bbzii r
marched into Blackburn, from Rechdale.
The additional 500 Marines are to l,e censor
tributed at the four divisions of Por;sninlal,, p
mouth, Chatham, and Woolwich. It aoesno..,
ever, appear, that any augmentation to t!e pt
number of Officers on full pay is to take ri ic:,.
The Detachment of the Wth Regiment, v..1,';?..
at Portszoouth, is arrived at Sorewsbely, at...A
place the Head-quarters are fixed.
The Depots appropriated by Government, at •
the ten new Royal Veteran Battalions ale t 0!,,,.
bodied, are as follow, :-Ist Battalion, at thatla•
2d dido, at Portsmouth ; 3d ditto, at Plylrranh:;
ditto, at Hull ; iith ditto, at Chester; i-til a%-.
ditto, at Inverness and Edinburgh ; and three iQ ~
land. The tqal amount of this force, when Li, 1,
with Officers and men, will be upwards cl:,l,‘ia,
Lord Assoc, it is reported, ItAS sent in ,assts;,
tion as Major in the Yeomanry r:tva.
T
._,ry. ne i.
nation of so efficient an Officer in the Corp-, 'i.
KEEN, the Lieutenant-Colonel, is said to li.,vcla
considerable influence on many of tit; men.livii,‘
that several resign ;dons may be articivated 4r,
early period of the year.—Li;kfi'dii .11e, -cur,,.
M ' It is confidently stated in .olveihampu,n,thai
Marquis of ST, Fro rt D has proposed Volunteer A
ciations to the whole of his Tenantry in f:;itropia
and that those who are too old or intirm to ak,
personally will be expected to ti :Id subditutcs.

NAVAL L\TELLIC;ENCE.

DIAL, Novestzsa 12....-Wind E. N. E.— 11:11 s
rived this morning from th, Westward. She
off Dungeness, the kkringapatarn, liaiirrit, from the Svl.4,‘
The latter had spoken, on the sd Occoher, in lat. b. SS. X. ;p4
24. 41i. W. the Cadmus, of Loncl•li, bavi,,e t boaniii
crew of a Dutch 4, which founderrd at ie.t on bee pass
Batavia. The Astrea, WiLsow, replied to het: Qat
10th, did not sail till this morning. *term of th- mme,
bound rem an—they cannot get their anchors, it blywic;ri
fresh from the N.F.

FALMOVTH, Nov.
Elisabeth packet, with a Mail for Amerk-a; and tlle Gt d
Pike, CIUiDEIFORD, for Charleston.
l'ivarourn, Nov. It.—Arrived the Atalanta, Br 172
London for Jamaica ; and Ann, Rol, cui, trout St. Join:
founsiland..—Wind N.N.E.
POATIIIOII7II, Novamasa IS.—Wind N. E I
S. de. los Dolores, BATOLDUA, from }Whoa 14 lesid,4l; 177 s
HALL, from Memel ; and Ilarleston, TNOINHILL, (47t1
—Came into harbour, the Albany and Sir
transports, to discharge troops.—Sa.:L.l the Viper case;
cruise.

Itaxtrictitts, Nov. 11.—The: Paris, from Richeh•cro.
timber, in coining into this port last night, gro.:ntle.:
but is expected to be got off without damage.

CHESTER, NO:: 12.

As a measure of prudmt precaution, stron7
are making for the different outer entrances to.
Castle.

On Wednesday last, at one of the mo.t respedit
Meetings ever held in the town of Stockport. it os
resolved to r4ise an armed force, chiefly of ca%21.-,
for the preservation of the public peace. A 3 al..
tional troop of cavalry is to be raised at Coligieta;
another in the district of Newbold Astbury, the
of which .are to be under the csommand of Cqual
SWETTESHAM.

Within the last few days, upwards rf 20 p:exi
cannon, 9 and 12-pounders, have been lodged in=
Castle, collected from some of the Gentlemen'son
in the neighbourhood of the disturbed districts of f:.:;
county, and sent here for protection and safety. Le
have heard there has lately been a considerablemor•
anent anion the military, who are concentra4
around Manchester, Stockport, and the other pop
lons manufacturing towns. The reason is not 1.
signed, but it admits, we have little doubt, of ear
explanation.
The arms, ammunition, and accentrements,
warded from Chester Castle some 10 or l wefti
ago, for the use of the Manchester titled Assat..-
tion, have been returned to our arsenal. %%c tart .
heard that the alarm prevalent among the ye-•
disposed classes of the people of Manchester Was I
great, and the intimidation held out so fearful, that
it was deemed prudent not to distribute them, :61
they were accordingly lodged in the Cavalry FA
racks, near Hulme, till their return to this depot..
From the additional subscriptions received sir
the County Meeting on the 15th tilt. at Northwict,
the total now exceeds eight thousand two hundli
pounds. An entirely new regiment of Yeorna!ul
Cavalry will be raised, in addition to the exart
fine body of well-trained Cavalry, the Earl a
CintsTen's Legion—and an extra Tro.ap of C
valry is also to be raised in Wirral, on the eititti.
of Sir T. S. M..STANLEY, Bait. and the other prar
pal Land-owners

The removal of Earl Frrzwit.tivit has causei e
change in the Clerks, and all the subordinate OE:e:1
of the Lieutenancy, which, to many of them, v.i:l
a serious evil.
' Public Notice having been given, that a Eeforl
Meeting would be held in Cross Cheeping, on 1110r.,10
"'text, the 15th instant, the Mayor and llagivratl
of Coventry have issued a Proclamation, stating, eat
as Cross Cheeping is the Market-place.—a place of
resort for Public business, and a great thorong?lfare
through the City—No MEETING of the descripti•lll
alluded to in the Notice trill be permitted to be hr :
there—that if attempted to be held, they shall ors:.
der the s:tme as a breach of the Peace, and take 0(
most ecient measures to suppress it."

DIED.
Yesterday, at his house in New Duilistiteswibilis 34°
Dawson, F-4. an eminent Solicitor.

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