Star.
London, England, 1818-09-15 00:00:00

TO TIIE EDl'for. 0

SlR—Your Paper of the
seen; it communicates to )1
the following information,
letter from Manchester :
" We understand that Mr. Davi(
mist to his Spinners; he said onl-,i
into consideration, if they would
and that it would be no worse for t
could take place until they were fai

This statement being so e
calculated so much to mislea
a question of
_great importai
rests of our extensive man
called upon to state the fac
from making any promise to,
avoided saying any thing wl•
into an intimation that their
raised. Their visit to me w:
called for : I had reason to
sed, but, like many of their
the influence and direction
gate characters, who were
and applying the funds extol
in all the surrounding count
purposes, while the great be
dependents, with their famil
ing. -To sustain this alarm'
encei nothing was wanting hi
of the Master Spinners ; ant
extent the defection would Ii
judged of by the arrangemen
It has ever been my stti
people in my employ as corn
believe there is not a man
would not confirm this asset
solicited permission to retort
ner so creditable to themselv
duty to state to them, that I
all that had passed, and in
sincerity of their declaration
for what they had done," I
my employ again, and ends
comfortable as they had eve
A few of them, whose who
to work, from the alterations
very respectfully, the tempor
labourers, at link more tha
they can obtain when they re
This simple statement of
credit upon the men themsel,
give; and I do trust, that i
lately alarmed and afflicted
populous town may never ag
With much respect, I am,
Charlton New Mills, Manchester,

September 1!, 1818.

Having laid Mr. Hotr'sl4
we leave it to others to ji
ment of our Correspondent
fairly quoted, was " extrem
" laced to mislead the Pub]
" of great importance to the
" extensive manufactures."
Mr. HOLT had made no pm
opinion that Mr. Hoer, who
so much kindness and libera
solve, before permitting then
that he would not take their
and that it would positively I
returned before any discussie
nothing disrespectful to Mr.
think he has viewed the stat
dent in a wrong light, if he
any thing like a compromise
character, in any respect wl
have admitted ;fly thing of
columns; and we are much
one who reads the staternen
on Mr. Hotr's sheaving, as
On another point in Mr. I
rences of opinion certainly
suaded that the question of
ployed and the employers
tance to the general interests
factures," in Mr. HoLr's vie
indeed, be a question of col
the extensive inanVacturers,
crease of wages may affect t
fits ; but it can be of no in
generally, whether the want;
men get the largest share of
the mangfacture—excepting
the share allowed to the latu
able to maintain them ; for
to put their hands iuto the j

ape of poor rates, the deft•
support.
in the view we take of this
lion in common with many
nay at times be too low for
he community. When the
are so low as not to be
irers, then one of two things
the general business does
to the community, or the
their fair proportion of
manufacture must be :than-
workmen and the commu-
conclusion is undeniable.—
the Master Spinners and
he following remarks from
of last Saturday, receive.l

rugglc the workmen have been
accept of the wages which they
lade a matter of great congratu-
!d, the firmness of the Masters,
is, will teach them a lesson of
It surely is a matter of congra-
if idle workmen, who were ae-
from morning to night, In large
stances were liable to grow des-
t of mischief and outrage, should
occupations. Whatever tends to
onably a proper subject of con-
y weak to suppose, that because
sent, they will never make the
lidlt as well imagine that a Ge-
an should never tight another.

.cil to the contruul of circum-
does not, it appears, warrant the
. Rather than give the rise dc-
td it for their profit to do with-
this is the amount of their firm-
a is the firmness of the masters
to submission mistake the effect
finatleva is a calculation of profit
misiderable bias no doubt against
ry passions. Now the result of
on the state of the trade. This
ich makes either the masters or
•om, their demands. And if the
ishing—if a greater demand were
m, their wages would necessarily
oft d firmness of the masters and
which the men were said to have

have to consider whether they
of their workmen, or forego the
aicful trade, and we may easily
ki not hold not long against such
ee, provided peace he restored,
crest to the public which of the
know, indeed, that they will al-
vt.: each other, according as the
to stagnate, the Masters taking
l, and the workmen raising them
ny human law prevent this great
ery constitution of society, from
already rehiatted, the public of
have no laterite in the matter—
s the article.iuto the market, and
vo parties who have furnished it
to spoil?
goods they want at a reasonable
ey should inquire very curiously
e masters and men as to the re-
o receive of their money. These
[eft to adjust themselves, always
Teak out into riot or outrage, and
that the law should rigorously

peace."

n the Master Spinners and 11
only add, that being at rest
[r. HOLT and the other large
now at work, will certainly
sideration," and that very
be " none the worse for the
urned to their labour before
:cease their wages—We are
the weavers are still un-
having refused to make the
,d to by the others, as our
übjoined Letter from one of

HESTER, SEPTEMBER Is.
luiet, our town still presents
:ary station in time of war.
Military parade the streets
wise the Police Officers and
ous buildings are also fitted
s in different quarters of the
the troops ; so that a consi-
rustered in a few minutes, at
of necessity.

it some hundreds of Weavers
)y—their masters positively
ante. The majority, how-
Liters have, as stated in the
.n four shillings in the pound;
Lion, he must be an extraor-
nd must labour 15 hours per
illings per week, and many
m ten to twelve—a miserable
a man constantly toiling at
v.-I.2re there is, as in most
large family. The Masters
urge that they cannot afford
o they cannot compete with
may he dcuhted, however,
Ictures are yet at so low an
remuneration being made to
anic Kifficiert to afford him
the common necessaries of '
fear that a perseverance in'
Inuit produce the very conse-
iuld avert by keeping wages

blow the rate necesslry for sate subsistence?
reduce _ workmen to this state is holding out the
greatest excitement to emigration, which is now tak-
ing place to a considerable extent, from this town'
and the country adjacent ; and frofn Nottingham,
Derbyshire, and Leicestetshire, to a still greater ex-
tent.—lt is quite idle to talk of the amor patria, and
attachment to the soil of our birth ; for, in spite of
the most restrictive laws, men will emigrate; and
who can blame them, when they find their utmost
exertions insufficient to their maintenance on the
meanest scale, and are compelled to apply to the
Parish for relief to eke out their paltry earnings?
" The Parish Officers have just stuck up a notice
on the church-doors stating, that an order was signed
on the 7th instant for a Poor Levy of seven shillings
in the pound on all inhabitant householders! This,
in a period of profound peace, must appear excessive.
Many of the small housekeepers, on whom it falls
with peculiar severity, complain of the heavy poor-
rates as an excessive tax levied on them to enable the
manufacturer to retain his hands, and reap all the
advantages of their labour at a less rate of wages
than consists with equity—a state of things which
cannot last.

" You will see in the Liverpool Papers that a man
named Potter has been committed to our county jail
for attempting to emigrate to America, with ten
cases of machinery for die manufacture of twist net,
and bobbin lace. This is a new manufacture, just
brought to perfection, and is confined chiefly to the
town of Nottingham and its vicinity, with.,some few
places in the adjacent counties of Derby and Leicester,
and latterly in Devonshire ; and many individuals
are at this time acquiring rapid fortunes by it.—Pot-
ter's case, however, is only a solitary instance of de-
tection; and it would be no difficulty to prove that
some hundreds of instances of successful emigration
from the districts I have named, have taken place
within the last three years."
Since receiving the foregoing, a Private Letter has
been handed to us, which serves to explain one of the
points alluded to. We subjoin an extract :

" MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBER le.

gg The late dissatisfaction among the Cotton Spin-
ners here and in the neighbourhood has been taken
advantage of by a number of persons denominating
themselves American Agents ; it appears they have
been particularly active in holding out to those de-
luded men the golden prospects they would realise
by transplanting themselves to America. Many hun-
dreds, it is said, have accepted the proposals made
them: and the spinning-jennies, and other implements
used in their business, have been packed up in as
small a compass as possible, with which numbers of
them have recently embarked."

The Earl of ROCKSAVAGE has left Lord Gitvutn's
seat, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, for his father's,
the Marquis of CHOLMONDELEY'S seat, Cholmondeley
Castle, Cheshire.

•
The Earl of LAUDERDALE and Lord MAITLAND
are now at Milan. After making a tour in Italy, in
which they are to be accompanied by Sir TMOMAS
MAITLAND, the party proceed to Corfu, the seat of
his Government, as Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands.

Tuesday evening the Grand Duke MICHAEL and
suite arrived at the York Hotel, Bath ; and the fol-
lowing day, Mr. MARSHALL, M. C. of the Kingston.,
rooms, escorted him to all the principal objects of at-
traction and curiosity—the Baths, the Pump-rooms,
the Abbey, Guildhall, Assembly-rooms, Sydney-gar
den, &c His Imperial Highness left Bath on Thurs-
day morning, visited Bristol, where having seen every
thing new or rare, he drove to Mangeon's Hotel,
Clifton, where he remained until Friday. and then
proceeded to Plymouth, for the purpose of inspec-
ting the Breakwater and the Diving-bell.
CROWN AND REGALIA OF SCOTLAND.—A warrant
kas been issued under the sign manual, and a Corn-
mission issued under the Great Seal of Scotland, ap-
pointing the Duke of GORDON, ROBERT Viscount
MELVILLE, the Right Hon. ARCHIBALD COLQUIIOUN,
Lord Register, the Right Hon. ALEXANDER MAC°.
NOCHIE, Lord Advocate, and the Right Hon. DAVID
BOYLE, Lord Justice Clerk, Commissioners for keep-
ing the Crown and Regalia of. Scotland. At ameeting
of the Commissioners, held in the Register Office on
the 19th ultimo, Captain ADAM FEItGUSSON was ap-
pointed Deputy-keeper.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Last night Pizarro
was played. Mrs. YATES goes through her round
of characters at least without loss of time, and if she
is not to establish her fame by their separate vigour
she obviously has merits on the ground of variety.
Her Evira was, in general, a spirited performance.
YOUNG was the Rolla, and a most manly and im-
'pressive representative of the Peruvian Chieftain.
His declamation, remarkable at all times for skill,
was displayed in its finest lights and shades in the
gorgeous diction that now and then catches the au-
dience in the dreary and vacant common-place of the
general dialogue. His speech to the soldiers is a
grand display, and sure to attract applause from every
one who has an eye for noble gesture, or an ear for
masculine periods delivered with masculine and ac-
complished energy. The other characters were suf-
ficiently sustained. Mrs. FAUCET was the Cora, and,
though not altogether the creature of the poet's ima-
gination, was clever, and adequate to the general
demands of the part. CONNOR was the Pizarro, and
played his ungracious character well. The House
was fashionably and numerously attended.
ONBERItY, of Drury-Lane Theatre, it seems, was
prevented from attending his duty on Saturday night,
by an accident which happened to a Margate Steam
Packet, in which he had embarked early on Saturday
inorning, and which, in the usual course, would
have reached London some hours before Mr. o.'s at-
tendance at the Theatre was necessary. The vessel,
with much difficulty reached Sheerness, but not till
six o'clock the evening.

Qtalitt,

At eleven o'clock, yesterday the Duke of Yoktt
arrived from Oatlands, and, after passing about half
an hour in the chamber of her MAJESTY, went on to
London.

At noon, her MAJESTY remained free from any
violent pain, and took a slight refreshment ; and,
shortly afterwards, the Paixcesses walked for an
hour in the gardens, accompanied by Sir HENRY
HALFORD, and General TAYLOR.
About four o'clock, the Duke df Sussex arrived
from Kensington Palace. His Royal Highness's car-
riage drew up at the private garden door, on Kew
Green, which he entered alone, and walked through
the Botanic Gardens to the house. His Royal High-

ness remained with the Queer; and Princesses, in her
MAJESTY'S chamber, upwards of an hour, when he
withdrew through the gardens again to his carriage,
which waited at the garden gate.

Almost immediately after, the PRINCE REGENT
arrived from Carlton House, and instantly visited
her MAJESTY. His Royal Highness was attended to
her MAJESTY'S Chamber by Sir HENRY HALIPORD
and Sir Famtcts MILLMAN. After they retired, the
[Panics remained with her MAJESTY a considerable
time, and afterwards joined the Physicians in the
Drawing Room. Shortly after Sir HENRY HALFORD
left Kew to visit the Princess SOPHIA, at Windsor.—
At seven o'clock the PRINCE REGENT dined with the
PRINCESSES.
Her MAJESTY up to half-past tea continued tole-
rably composed.
The following Bulletin was issued this day :
" Kew Palace, September 15.

. .
" Her Kiszsrs had some good sleep in the fore
part of the night, and remains without any material
alteration in her symptoms. (Signed)

"Y. HALFORD. F. MILLMAL"

• MRS. FRY.

Tuesday Mrs. FRY, accompanied by her brothel,
J. J. GURNEY, Esq. of Norwich, arrived in Glasgow.
Wednesday and. Thursday she visited the Jail and
Bridewell. In both of these places she collected the
female prisoners and delivered to them eloquent ad-
dresses. During her short stay in Glasgow she formed
a Ladies Committee for the purpose of affcrding re-
ligious and moral instruction to the prisoners. She
stated her opinion on the state of the prisons in a
letter, which she left in the hands of the Magistrates
for publication. She was perfectly satisfied with the
jail in respect of cleanliness ; but concurred in the ob-
i jections long since made to the classification of the
criminal prisoners. She on Friday set off to visit Mr.
OWEN'S improvements at. Lanark Mills.