Star.
London, England, 1819-09-15 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

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would be absurd ir. me to attempt to add
any thing to what you, Sir, and so many other able
hands, have said and written on the subject of the
Manchester catastrophe. Fatal and melancholy day!
when a rash and unfeeling set of men in power, vio-
lated (is it not true?) ,the laws they ought to 'haVe
maintained, and scattered death and misery among a
defenceless multitude of men, women, and children !
The 113th of August will never return without at
once calling up a blush on th! cheek, and, I trust,
an honest feeling of self-satisfaction, in the breast of
every genuine Englishman—the former to think that
any of his fellow-countrymen should have so de-
graded the character of Englishmen ; the latter that
their conduct received the decided reprobation of the
people/at large.
It is, indeed, truly cheering to sec how powerfully
this reprobation has been already expressed. Many
Meetings have been held on the subject ; and.
I trust they will go on until the whole country shall
Lave pronounced tlitir uuqualitied disapproval of the'
f..:a.nchester Magistrates.
I take the liberty, then, as an independent Elector
of the County of Herts, respectfully to call upon our
Representatives in Parliament, the Hon. MMUS.
BRAND. and Sir JOUN SEBRIONI2, and the leading
Gentlemen of the County, as they value the best in-
terests of their Country, and their own peace of mind,
to come forward on this important occasion, and by
calling a County Meeting, enable the Freeholders of
HerOrdshire in general to take their willing share in
the patriotic and truly English-like proceedings of
other places.
Important as I demi the queition 'of Reform to be,
and sincerely as I hope fur I tafe and practicable one
to take place, I would, rather than run any risk of
distracting the minds of individtials, and thereby
wealrening our forces, recommend that it should be
unmixed with the consideration of the late awful and
unconstitutional proceedings at Manchester.
The insertion of this Letter, should it meet, Sir,
with :yolir approbation, will be considered a favour, by
Your obedient Servant and constant Reader,'

Este Mtrtge, Sawbridgeworth, Sept. 12. W. 9.. IIAWKES

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

BANKRUPTCY EZWARGED.

Wl:lhart Sawkins, late of nigh-street, Southampton, watch-
waiter, from S.:ptcmhtr 21 to November 9, at ter., at G.,i11-
halt, London.
. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Thames Andrews Diinchin, William Grover Curter, and Ar-
dr.a. Kelly, Portsmouth, baAteri.
BA t: ERUPTS.
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Thoinss Atdrevrs Minehit, Grover Carter, and Arthur

I:tlly, jun. I'ortsrnouth, bankers, to surrender September
i, October 9 and 95, at Clefel3, at Guildhall, Lor.dor.. At-

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tomes, Mr. Grcctham, Portsmouth ;or Dlr. Buckle, Size-
Buchldrsbury.
10:-,51rt and Gcorgc Beaty Flndlly, lstr of Adam's.court, Old
Broad-street, silk-manuacturers, s,rptt.r.lber 28,
.October.s

:rd 28, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Poole, Adam's-
court, Oid Broad-street.
&TM& Rudman, Lyncomhe and Widee:nbe, Somersetshire,
clam-woman, aerternher 29, 30, and October 26, at eleven,
at the York House, Bath. Attornies, Messrs. Irowd and
Pose, Serle-street, Lincohi's Inn; or Messrs. Cruttwell
Evans, Westgate-buildings, Bath.
Aga. Wright, Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey, vinegar-dealer,
September 24, at seven, 2.5, at twelve, and October 26, at
eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Smith, Aldermaubury
Postern.
DIVIDEND to be made at GUILDHALL.

Oct. 5, N. I)avls, Gloucester-terrace, New-road, White-
chzpel, merchant, at twelve.
lde in the COUNTRY.
Cotton-works, near St. Helen's,
:r2 at twelve, at the George,
W. Harper, Norwich, hatter
Hotel, Norwich. Oct. lit,
,orwich, wine and spirit-merchant, at
tel, Norwich.. Oct. 8, M. and T. Ilan,
foollen-drapers, at the Neptune, Xing.
id J. Foster, Selby, Yorkshire,
Selby. Oct. 7, N. Robilliard,
ten, at the Guildhall, Weymouth.
tTES—Ocr. 5.
ottinghamshire, miltster. W. G. Wil-
auctioneer. H. Spenoer, West
maltster. J. Cuthbert, Colchester-
rine-merchant. hi. B. Schlesinger,
,ne, Lombard-street, indigo-merchant.
"orkshire, innkeeper. J. StiU, South
merchant.
PARTNERSHIPS.
steel-refiners. Richardson and
Portland-stone-merchants. Sim-
milliners. Lazonby and Co. Bristol,
1 and William Houndsditch; cop.
Co. Mansfield, Nottinghamshire,
:k and Co. Flint, colliers. Low-
, linen-drapers. Mackenzie and Mor-

JuDarLEYCESTER's HARGE To THE GRAND
JURY ca THE COUNTY OF CARNARFON.

The Proclamation that you have Just heard_ was
issued early in the present reign, and directed to be
always read 'at the Assizes and Quarter Sessions,
with a view of constantly' keeping up the attention
of Grand Juries and Magistrates to the prevalence of
Immorality and Profaneness, and particularly to,
what was even then an increasing evil, (how exten-
sively it has increased since, we know too Well), of
Profane and Impious Publications. Proclamations
for similar purposes have been since occasionally
published, whenever special circumstances seemed
particularly to require it ; and you are probably all
aware of the Proclamation recently issued, calling
upon all Magistrates to make inquiry, in order to
bring to justice the Authors and Printers of Wicked
and Seditious Writings, all uttereis of Seditious
Speeches, and all persOns concerned in Riots and un-
lawful Assemblies, under the striking circumstances
specified in the . Proclamation.. That it was neither
unnecessarily nor prematurely issued, nor the evils it
alluded to overcharged, I presume, will hardly be
suggested even by the most fastidious in their belief
upon these subjects, after the demonstration of their
existence that has been afforded by various occur-
rences that have lately. Taken place, and particularly
by the thelitacholy events in Lancashire; where so
many individuals
.-have 'unfortunately suffered, and
amongst them some;-.l.hope not many, who were
meritoriously. acting ia.eiectstion of important duties
is the public. service. In all these calamito.ii pro,
ceediags, we.haxe a usefullesson to those who.wantecl
it, how much iericus. arid extensive Mischief may be
done by peiions: cif t}4o Worst .charaeleisi
most comerriiiible:dessiiition; and tfiat.neillter fire-
caution nor alariii;.fe. nnseaionable or INreMatnrlt
though little etihei pfChfiracter, rank, or fin-Wile,.
are parties to thi'cobtbination. Without any such,
auxiliaries (the trifling exceptions are scarcely worth
mentioning), but_ by every .species of fallacy and
falsehood, conveyed by the most inflammatory
speeches, and the most sedition's writings, plausible
only amongst the most ignorant, the principles of
the loWer ordeis..have been assailed in the forin of
Newspapers, crieap ,Pamphlets, and Placards,. day
after day, and"rmath after month, with an activity
and perseverance that scarce any thing can withstand.
And it has. succeeded With large 'limbers in the Ma-
'nufacturing Districts, by changing the feelings of
distress from causes,„whiih, however to be lamented,
are unavoidable,, into hatred of Al Government, of
all constituted Authorities, and of- all the upper or-
ders of Society of every denomination. They have
been persuaded that liberties have been taken away
that were never touched—rights invaded which never
had existence ; that their interests had been neglected,
and their wants insulted by the rich ; though it is
notorious there never was a time in any age or na-
tion, 'when the necessities of the poor were so largely
relieved both by public and private contributions, or
their interest so anxiously coilsnited at the expense
both of the time and money of the upper orders on
various occasions, and particularly in erecting Schools,
and providing means for 'their instruct en, by which
many of them have been taught to read the very
libels which tell them so falsely they have been neg-
lected and aggrieved. Under these and other false
pretences, holding out to them what they call Radi-
cal Reform (which means nothing less than Revolu-
tion), as a cure for all their grievances, though no
such Reform could either. increase their wages' or
procure them work or food, these pretended Re-
formers have deluded thousands, collected. together
large assemblages, almost without example, obviously
prepared to act. in concert, marching from different
quarters at the smile time,. with sticks and bludgeons
in military array, some of them prahised in military
training. menacing all constituted Authorities, with
Flags, -Ensigns, and Caps of Liberty, and various
symbols of Revolutionary Insurrection, almost throw,
ing aside all disguise ;. evilly disclaiming Petitions
in Parliament as useless, declaring their object must,
be obtained by force!---Taxes by Parliament Mir.:
ranni6tl=-Reform or Death'i—and, to crown all, en-'
listing Schoolmasters, anal even the female sex, under
their banners, engaging themselves to nurture their
children in their own princiOes. of disaffection, to train'
them up in the way they should not go, turning the
cradle of the infant into a hat-bed of Sedition,.and hiix
ing, as it were, this baneful pois6n with their daily &bd.
In order to root out every seed of loyalty from the
minds and feelings of the rising generation, we iind,
in the mean time, -work suspended, shops frequently
shut up from terror, and the country around in a
state or ferment and alarm. And yet, Gentlemen,
with all this unequivocal evidence staring us in the
face, because there is one standard with the word
" Order" on it, and these demagogues may occasion-
ally cry " Peace" to a mob, infuriated by their false-
hoods, we are to be told (which they who tell us
would laugh at us if we believed), that they meat only
to declare their opinion, and to reason quietly and
peaceably; that they come armed only with a pure
conscience; and that these demagogues, whatever
crimes they may have committed, or may be in the
act of actually committing. insulting, bearding all
authority, both military and civil, are not to be
touched, ri.or the law of the land executed upon them
in the presence of these assemblies, lest they should
be offended and irritated; and so they are to be left
under a confirmed persuasiOn, so much inculcated by
their leaders, that whatever they may do, the Civil
Power dare not, and the Military will not, act against
them ; that they may continue to gather strength,
till their numbers and training have increased ten-
fold; till to their tens of thousands hupdreds of thou-
sands have been added; till they have fixed pike.
heads upon their sticks, and muskets upon their
shoulders, and are fully prepared to break out into
open warfare, with a force that might not be quelled
without a sacrifice of the lives of thousands, and a
convulsion that may bring the Constitution itself into
~he utmost peril, and shake the country to its very
Centre. That these most dangerous principles have.
been diffused over large and populous districts in the
manufacturing counties, we have a melancholy proof;
r
that they are widely disseminated in other parts, is too
re-
ceived,
Blvleudkt
howeverwowe nm;
must
tn not
owt
extensivehfl aa ttetevre or check
72u rs
lourselves
a* s
delusion undoubththeyeymaare y
havesubdued.,undoubted-,
ly is, we may confidently •ourselves, assure • , that
a great and overpoWering majOrity
•of Our fellow-.
subjects remains untainted, too fully • • sensible
'their ownliappiness. and interest not f'vj
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zeal and ardour to the Constitution, which they know
secures them; and- it is the greatest satisfaction to
me to be assured that in that majority, no part in
his Majesty's dominions stand Moretorispicucius than
the codntië in.which I fla'A the honour occasionally
to address you ; nowhere are subjects to be met with,
more firm and unshaken in their loyalty, or more
determined to support the principles of true liberty,
and that excellent Constitution, which all who areac-
(painted with it, except those enlightened Reformers,
Admire, and are anxious to resort to as a model.—
I most cordially congratulate you on this auspicious
state of the country's feelings. I trust they will per-
petually remain so : nevertheless, it is most impor-
tant to be always upon your guard, and not to suf-
fer yourselves by too great a security to be ever
lulled asleep. When the plague is on an
.adjacent
coast, the embargo cannot be too strictly enforced ;
that it may be resisted with effect, it is necessary you
should all be apprised fully of the true nature and
complexion of these revolutionai y proceedings, which
I hare therefore thought it proper to enlarge upon.
I must exhort every Magistrate, and indeed every in-
dividual, particularly in places where numbers in
their daily occupation are necessarily brought toge-
ther, to keep a vigilant and zealous eye upon every
suspicious itinerant about the country, and others who
can be at all suspected of circulating Seditious or
Profane Writings, whatever shape they may assume.
These are the weapons by which the first encroach-
ments upon loyalty and virtue are always made; and
be is remembered, that the publishers and distribu-
tors of Impious and Seditious Libels may be instantly
taken up and held to bail. It is not necessary to
stand by and see the mischief spreading, without at-.
tempting to interrupt its progress ; it would be a re-
prOach to the laws of the country if it were so, and
if the Magistrates might not arrest the torch in the
intetidiari Shand, before it has actually set fire to the
'building.. lam persuaded, 'nothing but vigilance is
wanted in this country, to preserve every class of the
community from contagion, and to retain them in
their just'belief, that in peace, order, due obedience
to the laws, and the regular gradation of ranks, the
security and happinesi both of the rich and poor are
most effectually preserved ; and that they who would
endeavour to persuade them of the contrary, are the
worst and most maglignant enemies to both.

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DIVIDENDS to be ma:
Oct. 6, R. Wigan, Eccleston
.„ • 1.-ircashire, cotton-manufacturer
Dal:-street,
teleetb, u Ir
gi
he
Bono. I .
Norwich,
; 4 and asier, at four, at the Norfo
fo-.:r, at the Norfolk Hotel, Nor
Kirpton-upan-Hull, woollen-dr:
# • atot-t:pon-Hull. Oct. 5, J. and
merchants, at ten at the George,
Weymouth, merchant, at eleven
CERTIFICA".
T. Leviek, Ordsall, Nottingha
Pants, Throgmorton-street, Sul
Wratting, Cambridgeshire, malt
street, Savage-gardens, wine-n
C:r..4ch-eourt, Clement's-lane, IA
• VI. Dawson, Wetherly, Yorksh
lalar.d-place, Brixton, Surrey, t
DISSOWTIONS OF
J. and C. Tingle, Sheffield,
Wyke Regis, Dorset, P
• tons and Co. Penzance, millint
as:wilt-It-drapers: Sutherland an
tersissiths. Humphrey~ and Cc
• lsee-nusnufatturers. Bradstock
tisiau and Qrahaw, Enter, UMW
ri J 4 tiingdaL
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