The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-30 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1820.

he Couple fur rim.* HAMPDEN fell in the Field. and SYDNEY died on the Seafelel!"

AT a tintuerons Meeting of the COAL-MASTERS.
held at the White Dart ten. in Wakefield, is the month
of May last, it was resolved, that a Vote of Thinks and a
Piece of Plate slooild be presented to Michael Meeks. of
Catharine House. Esq. for his valuable exertions, as a Ma-
✓lstrate. diming a period of great insuberilinetion among
the Workmen employed in the Collieries. In pursuance of
this Resolution, John Hendry. Jun. Earl. of Dewsbury, and
three other Gentlemen, waited upon Mr. Storks. at Catha-
rine House, on Tuesday lest. for the purpose of presenting
him with a nomalye Savor ('up. Upon resenting this ho-
nourable Testienneial of their approbetion of his conduct.
Mr. Halliley addressed him in the following Terms :
Although I could have wished It had fallen to the lot of
abler hands, to discharge the duty with which I am commis-
slotted. yet I ant proud of the honour of bring the organ
through which you are this day to seerive this cup. The In-
seription explains its cause and objeet, end is caressed, in
these terms :
TO MICHAEL STOCKS, ESQ.
et gallitmaart-n na: sr .
Tldgrup is presented, by the Owners and Masters of Col-
lieries and Miners, in the neighimerhood, to perpetuate
the high esteem and admiration of his firm and spirited
conduct as a Magistrate, during the late alarming com-
bination of the working Miners—conduct which was the
chief Newts of eta promptly restoring good order and
proper subordination.
Sept. 41st. iftd.
In addition to this. Sir, it is my npiolon. and that ;army
colleagues, that it should be explained to you. this day.
what are the motives which hate induced the owners aid
masters of collieries, within the West-Riding of this ('ounty.
to mark Your asagrsterial conduct in this way.
In order to do this, Air, it will he necessary to contrast
your cooduct with that of some others of the magistrates of
this Riding, who, to say the least ot it. never appeared to
us
duly sensible of the importance, and the dancer arising
oat of the late illegal and alarming combinations amongst
the workmen in the neighbourhood. and therefore contented
themselves by the adoption of those half measures shish
have rather a tendency to support and enameller illegal
practices. octet to *oppress them. Happily for the country.
sir, end even lbe deluded indisiduals concerned, you tools
a different view of the ease, and you acted wisely. Yoe, Sir,
have fearlessly and inflexibly done your duty as a magia-
trate : and the consequence of yo•tr prompt and vigorous
administrationlof the laws has been the rester-aline of order.
end we sincerely hope hes had a beneficial 'feet, in re-
am-06*g all the tie, of mutual good will which ought to
exist betwixt the employers and employed. 11~91011h,
Sir. we trust that the latter will never again forget, that it is
not thr interest or the former to oppress them, and that all
illegal combinations lend to increase both real and fancied
grievances. Should this happity be the case in this country.
it will mainly be attehuted to y oar owe individual exer-
tions as a magistrate: sad it is for these exertions we now
beg Irate to thank you. and to present this cap as a token,
from the body we represent. that they properly appreciate
your conduct. Receive it then. Sir, and may it long grace
your own ftettite and hospitable board. and descend to your
posterity, as an honourable testimony that the) had an an•
erstor who was not afraid of doing his duty.
To this Address Mr. Swim returned the following
roPld
•• During the late disturbances amongst the Coal Miners.
la the Wok AWN; ottbe Cowl? ofiforb. no ow I earn,
out, lamented more sincerely their obstinate and ill-ailsitril
conduct than myself: neither did any one hail with gaiter
pleasure the subjugation of that dangetoas and illegal com-
bination, which threatened sake destruction is a great mea-
sure to the seanufsetare of this Riding, annihilation to the
authority of the Master Colliers, and ruia to the hest in-
terests of the men. Gentlemen, it is not very surprising
that the captivating yet delusise ideas of men becoming
masters, through the means of a retnbination, never defined.
consequently Omnipotent in operation, should be eagerly
embraced by the Miners, but I cannot avoid expressing
my astonishment in conjunction with you (and I feel grateful
to Divine Pros idenee that it had no effect.) that such a com-
bination should have reeeiyed coantenance or support kiiii
Gendarme whose first duty it was to :iippress it.
From you. nentlemen. Representati%.: ot that immerons,
opulent. and respectable body. the Dencri and Masters of
Collieries. within this Riding. I ter •ive this inestimable
honour, as a proof of your *nod ofti.ti, n of my public con-
duct. with the must lively muntioris of pleasure: and I ewe
asses you that it will nut only occupy a prominent situa-
tion on my festive hoard (as yon are pleased to call it). hut
the Aral on that of my prosperity, It imparts to my mind
what I cannot express. hut allow me to say, that so Inns Mr
I am able to fill the arduous and important offer of a Magi.',
true, withia this populous aivi manufacturing district, it
Iwill continue to be the hat a: sell as the warmest wish of
my heart, that the duties thereof may lIP P teru ted fearlessly.'
v ronstitutionally, and impertiallty.
I ammo* conclude, Gentleman, without expressing my
0 thanks to Divine Providence for the honours of this day:
des I hare. In an especial manner horn, and still am under its
. imperinteedenee, allow me to give "honour where honour
k chit," nod humbly to Implore that "Ise who knowAth the
' knew of oil wee," will enable one so to regulate my Mum
emerlact, that it may be a blessing to my rountry, and an
honour to my office and to my posterity."

LIFERATURE.

LOCH lEL : OR, THE FIELD OF CULLODEN,
A %oval. 1% nevi TOLL litl.

This production, which we hare before notired,
may be ranked among that species of historical uor.•ls'
which has been founded by the prolific pen of the
still anonymous author of Waverly. In fact. s of
its narratit es and incidents almost clash with the
contents of that celebrated work. The brief course
of the Pretender forms the groundwork of the book,
and the interest and story are supported by the cbarae.
ten which surrounded hint ; many of ahich are
drown with a d ing and a powerful land. '1 he
extract we (Ise, presents a tine picture of phren-
zied Seer, when his mind was prrfurt&ng its gifted
operation of second sight.

“ As he approached, however, he perceived the per-
son before him writhing on the ground a, if in the
greatest agony like one in a fit of epilepsy, or en-
deavouring to contend with a troubled spirit. The
chieftain, conceiving that the indi►idual as in a si-
Illation that required assistance, hastened up to him,
when the inhabitant of the vale, starting wildly on
his feet, and dilatin., his aged form, whilst his white
locks streamed to the wind, discovered to Lochiel, the
venerable person of his men bard, L'alluni Vic Ilk
Phadriek. Callum, we have before observed, was OPP
of those extraordinary individual, who are called
Seers, and who are said to he endowed mit). the •ingn-
I.*r foculty of the second sight, a gift recitliar to
•:otue families, and which has with so ic, dr-wended
from father to soil. This faculty is not alleged to he
a voluntary posses ion. and has often a painful etreet.
'rite appearances which float before the eyes of the
Seers cannot be summoned, retained, or recalled : the
impression is sudden. And sometimes throw, the per-
sons upon whose minds it is made, into paro” sins or
convilsions.

" The second sighted Bard of locluiel, had been I
plunged into one of these prophetic swomus, and his 1
mind was labouring with perceptive faculty, at the
moment his chief appeared. The Seer contioned to
/trestle with the phantoms of his imagination, incups-
hie for a time of perceiving any other object. 1141
snowy hairs seemed to stool on end, :lull he st:/wOl
with his hands to banish frau; hi. eyes the vision
that was aftl:cting him. It has been observed that
the eyes of the second sighted person-, have this di(
ferenee from those of other people, that there is a
tryvyv .111F11 collies over them, hurosint.s.
kW of n 1 eyelid, and that when the seer I.l.ltolds
a vision, the inner part of his eyelids turn so far up-
wards, that after the object disappears. he most draw
them lowa With his lingers, or some one el.e must
a,..siAt bins to do so. The eyes awl eyelid. of Callum
Vic Ilk Pluadvio!: were uli• tended to their folla.st rapa-
cif% : they appeared) stone-set in a iuhrenzied and hor-
rid wildness, soul it it a• in vain he enuleav,utred to
close from his sight the dreadful forerunners of coin-
' ill
" They c ,' he exclaimed, ' from the south like
a park of tire ! the heath is covered with the curse%
thr ',rave. but ithere are the ahroinis that shall ell-
Mr all the slain A thousand biers are advancing is
the V.4:1 ; the white banner is stained with blmh!--:t
falls in the wreck of its house. Woe, woe, to the
orlsief.: who in conflict are met, for the dark bed of the
heather grows redder and redder. Away. away, ter
visions of defeat and rain! for Calluim Vic 1111. Phail-
trick will nut live to see the fall of his chieftain's ho•
sours• nor listen to the death no'e of his clam'
6' By this time I.nrhirl W 34 close up to the hard of
his house, and seeing him its one of his propheti.• re-
uvrrir., the Chief endeavoured to revsl him from his
it of abstrart• .

" • Callum,' said he. • I fear the cloud i< on your
mind ; allow 111 r to assist to banish from yoor eye-
sight, the gloomy phaeotoms that distress you. If pin
can gel' nothit”, hut unwelcome presages When your
chief appears, throw this mantle around ytm, and
cover yoarself from the phantoms of fright with the
plaids of the clan visa despise such idle sire *
"• Mock not, pram, chief of the replied
the Seer, without averting his eye•bAlls from the ob-
jects that were rivetting them to the sus.ith, mod;
nut the Seer of felicity with the covering of mortality,
for man cannot hide what lied would reveal. As vain
were your rtforis In conceal from my Pp.., the went.%
of Ili:aster that rush upon toy sight, as the arm of
you plumed chieftain otitis.; to sustain the fall;ng
stauilarJ of his Prince, or to iestore a fugitive king
to the throne of his ancestors. Lochiel
beware of the slay when the battle shall rage tin a
field that is barren and bleak as the ,amt, of .lie
skirting ocean, and when the mountains shall ring
with the harking of the Wood-hounds that tell the v,,p.
proud, of the merciless. foe. That hour is bear at
hand, far the clonds that hung un the brow of Dr.-
mashie have disappeared, and I ~ee the unequal hos!.
prcroring for light. They advance to the field, and
ihe death-meal of thousands is sonnAing in my ears.
The shroud mounts till it hides the rains front my
sight, and every hill and valley is covered with a
funereal hue. I see a chief, litre ti.e cable of the
mountain, darting from his eyrVon the tiebte foe
.beneath, but the fire of Heaven is around him, awl
the death shot of the format has checked Ids career
I see a sent vacant in the hull of his aneestortw—his
castle is blazing in the red lire of ruin, his wife
screams for pity, and his daughter lifts her Mir
hands in supplication to the unsparing, enenty—hark!
hear yr not their cries in the midst of their derola•
thin, chieftain of Lorhiel, for you are a husband and
a father ?: Arrest you, Lochiel, in the midst of yothe
usareh, for even the steed that is to !Oar yam to the
fight, star!* af. destruction, and reuses to •li.r aw
..0448e of its 't ider.' "

TBISII. Contractor for the LtiTTERY.—With
• grateful thanks for the past, T. Hosts respectfully so-
licits *lmre Patronage, sod halt spin the pleasure of pre-
senting the Public with a Lottery deserting their support.
Thi (Mowing ere its attractive Point., 3-
4,300 Tickets sure to be drawn the First Day, and are sure
to be all Prizes, ( if the Public avail themsett C 4 of the Con-
tremor'. offer).
Two. 4'2%000. Two.. elo.ooo, with only 7.non ?leiter!
The Two of !RIAU* in the Fleet 15 Minute‘, moil all the
Prizes *letting blow% '.
Even Purchaser bag the Chant* of Two IMys Drawly/
for the Purchase of awe '

Begins next TIIURMDAIi. (411 Orrosen.)
Tiekels sad Marts ere sellisg by T. 81811. Sole Cos-
tractor, 4, Coral:ill. and 9. Charing-Cross. London. who
shared and sold Sixteen Capitals in the last Lottery, by
ill his Agents in the Country.

-
Oa Wednesday se'nnigist a Melancholy nerturrence
took place at St. Peter's, near tiatlinteton, in Nbrfalk.
M Henry Bell, Esq. of Wallington-Ball, near Down:*
ham asarket, and of i.ynn, was taking a morning ride.
accompanied by Anthony ilam ;;;;; ntl, E,q. Mr. Ira
horse fell, and he was killed on the spot. In the de-
ceased were combined an affectionate husband, tender
parent, loving brother, and an inestimable Mead. As
a lawyer he was very mainstat; anal cratnitously gave
his advt.* to sack as stood is weed of it. which *a.
genre only received by all parties with the u par
/mod vearratios. He wen a aeoios Addeemmaof Lyme,
mid but Ailed the civic chair at that.bermsgh.
Wairdii a sent inspolisire attriet onnsprearkol IIP•0
Ols. eisfersiow eirramegOce. at Ihotnhnon.
to,.rcJ Arks" Ends Pannerips astii, v. LI • •
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