The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-28 00:00:00

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1)1 -STRESS OF ME TRAPANI, AND MANt:PAC-.1 Mr. It 1 neer next aildresistil the Mlielltie. and after
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• TUffEltS 0 11111.111.1G11,1,11. A • • advertitio 16 what happened at the hist 1 own's Meet-
--aim-
Meeting . f the Merchants,— 31anufactureet and Tea. ; ine'• on air alletratioo that he trate elute intothe causes
.ire of the tows of Birmingham, geld al-the Public !tor the distress, prat-ceded to stale his sentiments on
4 tiles, A menet ee, I eto ; 'Joshua stautehod, 1:.,1 ; the objeett.of the present. At to the sending another
I ieh Bailiff, in the Chair. Petition to Parliament, he observed that it was singu-
:Thresh'. high 11.tifitY read the reetlisition, whit!, v..:-. tar that the requisitionists, altlioneh restricting thrus-
h, ;
all
a. meeting
of the Merchants, mattarat ta...,;.„ selves in public from expressing. their. notions of tbd
ran-es of our distresses, yet at private p lilies every one
and ': raders of Birmingham, to hear a 'limit of 'Was read I to ' Lis opinion,-. Ise referrafi•
their t'or 1111 l ittee, appointed at a former Alertin. :Ind t„ t li'e puler latsigarstotiegr" toe
tl laws,e•orii 'Lid so on l I
again to petition Parliament to inquire into and re- then to the remedies they were equally at home-.—inse
move the cause of the general distress, ;wanted more paper,-another an alteration in the stand-
The Low II timer (Thos. Ryland, Esq.) then ord. Ike. but no one could deny that the Government
s•.•iii ed forward, and addressed the Meeting in a had already given their opinion of the cause, and had
spree It, the facts of which produced a very impressive applied a iiteiede. for they considered the paper system
(tpit.)
it.
te the evil, anitl had accordingly resolved to get Yid
effect upon the Meeting. He- commenced by observing,
that the farts relative to the distress of the town, e,-n- !hoed tlet.t the Inas, tnonw)n's utireetiesameasn:e27lnans'thbentrielesebnit
tained in the Petition, nhich had been before adelre.ll- Was 'Wean. ..1 by those is ho Welt stiliritiiiiti to present,
it :
ed to the Leeislature, had been controverted: and the be helived that the distresses of the nianufarturing in-
Committee, anxious to ascertain the truth, hail deter- terests were not produced by the Pitt system ; it was an
mined upommaking an annual survey of the ton re far insult to those distressed inhabitants ft, pri•fewl to tom-
tbe purpese of discovering its real condition. 1 i''' miserate their situation, and yet to applaud sorb system 1
7net I the man that olvasioneel *it. 'Ellis man ( Mr. Pitt)
I.
ow Bailiff said he had been one of the Gentlemen ley called .. the Pilot that weathered the storm." He''
who had given themselves the trouble of applying to did weather the stories to he rare, for he got all that was
the different classes of traders, with a view to give in the vessel mudded overboard; lint he hued speak of
autheeticity to their assertions, and he would now Mr. Pitt as the demon that rained the storm. It was a
sate to the meeting the result of his own observation. systetu that hail in Itirminghaen matte cone matenfac-
The class of traders to which he had chiefly applied tunes into beggars—beggars and soinellere into tiler-,
chants—merchants into petty-foe errs—and hankers into'
for information were, publicans, butchersi,erocers mid pawnbrokers; for -a.d.iva when a man .top 4 pa% ow al
hucksters ; anti he thought their experience and vie- and ingniee.is wade about the u,,,,t, lately d.die,erd by
ettnettanees might he considered as no unfair criterion. the mannfac'erers, why they are at Lit erpool i then sat s•
if that of the ton-n at later. From the publican,. one, " I will gn after them,"—it is of no use,
they are
upon more than seventy of whom he had indiserithi• Alir'el! In pawn to some Liverpool shipper for advances,
nately called, he learned that they had hest full I-31 or to sow banditry vorrespouslent as security foe his
done. One
.. at ro-ra,epit...t:krir-40.
do;
*Fs:trite:Ts ad i &role. • Birtinieghans banker.
of the business which they had formerly
third of the whole ;4I haul lost more than one half rnptev, that
their business., They bad also to lainent, that of the Isa,. am i allitill butt his stock in trade whirls waspawned
linsiners which they actually transacted, a twirl' larcer to the fianlier. Another oho had no stoek in trade, hail
credit was demanded than formerly. Tin s found !nisi- I ..' ""4 his hook deht, to another hanker. A third de-
rv,. laldfamadr
ta,,,tina, t„,,,,,, and not
.Duly was the r.tilifer has int‘sed his pictures from his draining-room,
coaxal,. of the pl. mil beer reduced, but out so ins- 3f ml illtias.l"%eni""' "il Lis ii"4l-r""'"• i" the t""111
sowsrisleed were t heir I' ti:. t 1111 l ers, where je"'" 1"'"".1' tiro. n, these hanker' er;nt'isilid i;lilleaniqiihs"liiiii:tatTrilti atletwgrtole;snord ,
ached been called inn then; ""W soul 64" penny, and oanee crutches. It it h which assistance Ire reistlAel bobble:
0u
when they had sold a qnart tart new sold only a pine bir years, to the injure of his other crielitirte, lie did
Theeensequenre was as might eaturally Ise e%reeted, out time f Writ with the.liankers ; they were as respectahle ' •
their payment to tie Boatel sal F.xriee teed generally . :14 any other portion ,if the eiiiiitroutity. !haul he been a ExTuoLipiNA y ,stet ior I•TTeRISG r3aGED NOT'''.
lilltlkiit. probably he U111!.il :.ace ninon thr stow : hot it - Hasson-hurt eintiariewd front one third toone half. •• Such,- said 7L1.77.-E: a young mar, rained
tlis gentleman,- was the report whirls I ref-rived front /L 73 e e
ethe,ee ,n,,."'lne,.."'hiee".lll:::;"ilie'..4nlMiroeil' liliii-ittli:r.';:t:fl.kitetaibflaiiittrtuhal George Fielf1111;?, by piediessiint.a barber, aid who Les
all the publican, I rolled upon-•' The low lieildfart ; mils' mean to inquire after vont other Peotion i• It halt kart a .chap in heniii'nnes el"nel'inee-unirheti t'll'ali•
i receeded to state the situation of the burets, rs of tide' liven !Mt upon the rattle, and shier thit. I• I h lint side, ;vas hronLiet before the Loki, sltso.., sod um!, r.
sai Pelt
town, tothirtyof whom he had applied for iefortue- i , tinder the Table, awl ~mild shortly he, if it its, not I went a 3 t'XJ, ll ill atian, on a rlaarge of haring uttered
ti ni. They had loot they said, full one third of theis elreadv', in the band- of the Jailers.. to make•fitto met- two forged one pound Bank note*. and wish hating
former business, and, :mob, the lahuuting classes, in his possession forged notia ta the ausubat of 151 f.
iirnit.lel "le iik'w
11,1r11;lcsa
atrentied for theituronatioin.
more than one half. Respectable house:ie.-per., olio fonr'armoilii.V;;;'-attedt
ai:!:"lnin 17:3.01; h.te..,;ll:euil::all7a. Mr. Remise:it, the Ita•sk Solicitor, conducted tin
Westerly had their regular joints of meat, tyre new reeerte*P" I i i C. prosecution. .
sideired it rely, end he belle very estrus' and unpre-
redoced to logy grge-glioe sin:unit:es, inch ie. poond, and (*dented to petition the I.e.:Mature a second time on the Mr, al'ellew stated, that he kept a linen-draper's
half pounds. .1• for the poorer classes. they were same subject in the lemur. 'session. It would loner ns in shop, Pavement, Moortirlile At about eight o'clock
eeteueod to steels mee,siiies as to lie oloired to ear. the estimation el Governtrent to seem like traiing them, un the evening- of Wednesday last, Cie, prisoner came
chase chiefly beeves' liver, of said. the"- • could , two cooper oreasion;, when vq: lead favours to ask, some into Isis shop lit our:ls:me sonic silk handkerchiefs.
only purchases scraps and small 'portions,. as pen ny-. ' IE,
el; 1,117
thresitranwhie' t": h":":: ansi ti
at: tilehaartrrotHdaii.tewcZtido The wl:neaa left it to his skuptuari ha sews the prisoner%
worths and teieprony-wortles ; in truth, there ' ors and walked to the door, Soon :terry. arils a If. note was
attractl thee attentioti of die liovernment ; hut he themeht •
great importunity on the part of the poor, for the mensitre.east agitated likely to lead to an nnfavonr- but ught to the witness Isy his ~.es: gay;‘,r, that it was
what. time bark, wieuhl bare been eaten only by the able iiespreseioss on their part towards us, and finally lie a bad one, which hail 1.(4•11 trIII:. re ; by the. prisoner,
inferior aniseeds : so that now. instead of reit...tine &leered, herause•ke holier. il the measure its, If origin- who had giteu an address with i . 'the witoe.. then
Lemma liver, one butcher said, if a whole animal and in certaie persons, Whose sole or units object '
it was , went to the prisoner and asked . ...• n holier that was
My holik or hr retook. lo ranee the policy -of the Rank
were liver, he thought it would be sold instead ..fhis address which he had:giyen. .le replied in the
Reatrietion, anel-the eontiimanee of the Paper Neste-is Nil
bettee nrst.• They also cemplained, that although eieraeatite, upon which the with. es waist he should
he ri-agitatell. He conelnsleel by ex regain his deci.ied
their business was so much reduced. the demaiti lit t
nosairproleation of the Petition, ' P g rend for as silkier to KO IA ith the prisoner and aster-
tire& was la the seine proportion. increased.' Such Rieeseu SeiniNse, E.:I. then &advised the Meeeting,l fain whether lite address which he had ,iron wan a
(said the Low Bailiff) is the result of my personal ;It selwaiire as f silos% s --fie maintained, nootithatansE true one. The,prieener was ninth agitated. Ellis,
application to the ',etchers in nay district, which were jet:. all appearances to the contrary. that 11r. !Getout an officer, 110J11 arlit'Cil, and Ow prisoner Was given
Incliacriminifely taken.-31r. Ilj land neat proceeded std him`eir were Peffeetiv "greed neon inns? of the hit- :lido-restudy t hut sin the Miner outline round to ask
points now tinder the ronsideration of the all ant„
VI state the alteration in the eircesuistanci s of the I"lrt'nt questions, be darted into the street and attempt-
Inc.lite existent... of generrl and most al inning die- !
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grocers, whom he found in very much the same ~,..1 by
all a
,t-mon the
exioritee
of I eta to mast. 1111% escape; but was pursued, tabu, and
tress was acknowliolt.
situatioe as she publicans and butelse. The) all universal mi.,.„. ti„.„ ,r.,,„1,1 not t;,„ a di„t„it, of 0 pi. . lodged in the watels.house.witme the witness followed
• ord:deined of a great reiluetiou its the quantil) of niter,-=and while all nere agreed) upon the amount of Isitn.atiel understanding that he halt been bat slightly
their business. They found also that the iitilisi. it. all were erally .spreeil upon the nercssity of soine- 'searched, he desired that be eight he searched more
dual purchases as to their quantity svas
;very, muds thine brine done to reenot e it. It • was true that Mr. iseinutely, which was done, but soothing is hick could
lees; sad these melancholy changes chiefly affected
alZlinltohiett ania liiticiewis
dfr dishisehreno.
aliaas
tto„,the graiest Tose of lead to suapicion was foetid upon him. • I'he witness
the hewer classes; and what was still werse, the re- felt the eillinriiinit
lefreert.". :eel for the
rem'imoiTainonft .an.fli:lrie intimated to the prjesseni r that it would be better for
election was not confined to letxuriesr of which very we felt no anxious. But even mom this print there was him if he made a dim:l/2,511:e. and at length he did so.
Bele was conimmed ; a most serious reduction had less difference than might apiwar to some persons. Mr. ; The prisoner gave him a note to hip wife.at his lode-
• talon piece in the necessaries of life. lu tinning's Kitlout had attributed the distress to the original de- ; lags. which were at \u. 33, Honey-lanemarket, un-
with all others. the.complaiat. that they were obliged , partore from payment in gold, hut lie (Mr. Spooner) ! der the gattway of Blossotsa's Inn. 'I he witness welt
to glve more aredit than ever, while their lwinee. ,sullied it to the endeiront to trtern to payment in hie(-' there accomposied by Markwell, the officer. They
was so mach lessened in theam Hint. The Low Bailiff
,linoli
taitutfleaelloledonstt:nnilliafri.rl I:irii-I
hei,..sitirli ,
ii:;erilliaeted v.l7n i engage-
itio , saw the prisoner's wife and gave her Lis note, the
sleet proceeded to state the case of the hucksters, an nett still remaiited i.e full force, particularly all {f inn-
' purport or which was, to gite up some forged notes
tcrerier class of traders to grocers, but a class very i„jari„, sin,.„r„, presitins, salaries, he. kr. Mr. which were upon the premises. She at first resolutely
1 !timely connected with and affected by the laborious: Spooner Nether elopes-est that there was erect. ground : denied hat isg any knowledge of such thing's; they,
sr-habitants of the town. The hucksters declared: otroniplaint, that While the Itiereliwnts' Petition, and howes ex, took her to the shop in which the prisoner
limussaves almost in a ruined state, t-rdo, the .obtigs. 1 the Agriculturists' Petition, were referred to a 4 nin- ! carried Ull his business a, hair-dr, user. sod searched it,
credit ; they; mitre', that of the Illanitherturers remained unattended
ohm ander which they lay of givingl but (. and teithing. 'I bey then told ber that berliusbaasi
I to.
,coelel do no husieres, in fart, withont credit:and yet 1 .
The Report was then agrees! to and adopted. • I bail given these infoyination of his hating a large
they were suffering severely from bad debts.. Tile,' The Resolutions were then read and pet aerierien, and ;quantity of forged batik notes upon 44 remises. and
tow rarely sold a whole pound of cheese or' bacon to unanimously voted.—Several other gentlemen of great ! that unles'ehe pointed out where they were, thee.wbeW
slimier person, the quantities sold being airily ounces' respectability took a part in the iroetseelines; and after , take and luck her up with bins: She shed teati, end'
awl two miners: and of the article of bread, they the thanks to the iliattman,the Sleeting broke up. The
.; at leugth conducted them to a small reum on the
were continually obliged to sell it its halves and quarters i following' in a copy of the Reetintions:— second floor of the house in whieh the prisoner help&
" Resolved unanimously, .That the Report now read
match more frequently than in whole loaves, and ver* t and 'aid that it was kroous in itleiph her Istisbind hid
he confirmed ; and that' it he a i ved and ad, oed '
PI f°
often they had to sell slices of bread by the pennyirorth as ciintainins, the sentimetos of this meeting. ii charged her never to enter. Un going in and examin-
ant halfpennyworth. Such was the shoelitig condi.' " That the trade of this town is reduced to a most de- : ing thelslace, the first thing that they met with wag*
t;iret of the hucksters or second rate grocer's. The pinrahle state, the manufacturers not being able to stop- • brown paper parcel, which they found to contain set"-
Lew Bailiff then stated the result of his aftlication , ply their workinen wills more than three or four days' , ral rellit,44( Iltfkl, anionest which were twelve 51. notes,
to the pawn-brokers. Contrary to bisexperfallou, he Ilasses •
work per week, and one of the working r .
They scare:heel the place moat nei mainly for a long Rook,
being retheetei to the necessity of supportine their eictst-
fieund the business, like that of the Otter elm/stayers' and fouod some notes in several other parts of the.
cure Ire relief from the parish.
much fallen off, and he soon ellecovered she repos to , mum, but nut so matey ate . they expected, as the Alb'
o " Chat the patience, loealty,lntd fortitude, with which .
be, that the poor had pledged their property tiltat orbs.
,___, the inhabitants of this (owl; have borne their (themn - ""s had been given to understand that there were an.
all gone. and those Pledges which f"inieirf: bad unexampled stifferines and privet' .
eolith. to many .as iitlit on the premises. The notes were marbsd
punctually been redeemed now remain On their (lands the gratitude and respect of their country; and that it and given ia Abe care of theeffirer. .
unredeemed. Among other facts 4trougle illustrating is the dm v'of the 31errhants, 'Manufacturers, and Traders Vincent cress,. the shopman of Batten Msalewooub,'
the state of the times, Mr. Ryland meld 1* trained or this '1 oowls. to use every lawful means in their power rulmrated the, first part of Isis statement. The prim
front the pawnbrokers, that many persons wite felt to obtain for their tueritormes and starring townsmen, gave his same end address, Ashton, No. ti, Buit111;
the most 'speedy, substantial, and permanent relief.
obliged front circumstances to keep tip appearanees,
.;
.... row. Ile tensiereil .the note iu payment -for a Ada
were driven to the hard necessity aplietgieg their i. Merchant}, Manufactureis and Traders .
bat the Mers.ba i . . hinelkerchier 'thigh he had freight.
of dos 'rows refrained fur several_ years front bringing .I.Minrkwell: the °dicer, podiced the notes width
linen and other articles to pay their poor fettles!
• • their complaints before parliament. from motives of , .
• Sueb, sold Mr. Re wire is the gement condition of .
respect awl deference to the Legislature, and under the 'east beee.fussed is the prisoner'sapartments. There
ti le Upon facts iihe these 111BWri,
_At founded. , hope that some measures St mild have been adopted for were MAY-one 1,1. note' and twelve 01. notes. They 1
As *St Report is incontroyertild llivoided in troth, the pnr(sesse of investigittieg and relieving the extreme. were.all perfectly pew::. sad Trete dated June; ISO.O.
Selifieraly oamialified support, Ave Mi. High tylinery
°and anomalous distresses which limy* so long Robert Veda.* Book lasportoe,wissulitsed the „oat*
Aadro le move that it be me,tieedln. wepted by this' of lkted the middle and lower classes of lite.coinmatti!e: and deoste,itjutotidi to jwiorgerios in every
t.
mewing. - i),74. i•.! t• his s away without relurf,
but wheu year after yearps sed s , Mrs.,Ausinews. who* bombe ii •
a is a carpenter, &pi
• without inquiry, without. any determinate or whoop- 1,„.
'.... Prawn it, Bp. merebant. themigeppeA'foatattl. and 11____d exposit .:‘
exposition us thesailse, or remedy ollheiational --"ps a brither'esisep ht the city-ioad, also charged the
beget,
to
second
the
Resolui
640,4441. ml
generality
of i
.zreds,
which
woe,
to dollies, 1411. file_ „soli item , . esisatser with hoeing altered , a 11.. forged note. Tle
ductiref he had been an eyewitnesestefi)sAtird, as well thus seeetiiiir .is • led to declare, that the .vest Pristmiller% whets she knew frenthaeieg
.dratt with- hurt
askilse Low Bailiff, perambulated itipite!Alti the town to organ appeals to • lit *twat nnesegrrs4we the before, came ' , leer -.• We y enes& -
gpdp ilae thaw. fa at removing asiseey which allitse&s.wid aveet, ma purely
samartain is shoat' a ; and lee, • - t • ,eieg lip flow wbjele4reateus thispeeiWy. ~;!,•„.. ~ - -
2eelmerration. (ally sortfolaiirated,rabfb !menet...it?
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the
.ethee
air•
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le all abbrs. inlander blst.ll, tisur... Pa"' ".4! ' wheb-loi 'lista! Air sat,"=;ears. bee him o:lll:loP-
eprealing hi!. li%-• lila Kgsullgd *Dig rest. Iklities_ . . . -- `, 011espAinitarerssAitirreeselitel
the,- Meeting, .ibnuatfalp)
. r and fo . 'Ow Iftlibig

hipe
aroosetrrs of the
hie die Reeeledolt (Jr the ealieptiem of the Uommittees'

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Tradespeople Erwerally. relate
,Claymertaf she Cannesaky a • statembpsopegbes.• A
4‘ That when this meeting looks ronninpion the whole

County, and perceives every where the proluctive
classes of tls cumin-unity reoliterd in their eitpital and
means of employment, whilst 'the ntfroductivo classes
have experienced sedrrely any reduction in *their rents
and incomes, and none at all in the amount of their Sa-
laries, arid Annuities paid from the public Taxes, which
are on the contrary very considerably increased in value,
by, and in proport can to the general depression of prices,
this meeting cannot bnt apprehend that some power-
ful principle must have been silently at work, which it
is of the highest importance to have ascertained and on-
derstood. o
"'that it is well known that agriculture, manufactures
and commerce are the three great sources from whence
the riches, and the strength, and the welfare of nations
proceed ; but it appears to this meeting, that fur several
years past there has been but little prosperity for either
of these great branches of'the wealth of nations ; on the
contrary, this ineetingis of Opinion, that year after year
the Farmers, the 3lanufarturers, and the Merchants,
have not only toiled in vain, hut with few exceptions
Wye experienced i seriotis 'diminution of their capital,
and this ineetis% considers it sufficiently evident, that
unless this state of things can he altered, it is not merely
the riches awl the happiness, but the very existence of
the country, which is at stake.
." That the Petitions now read be adopted, and that
the Committee be 'requested to have them presented at
Buell time as they may &soh expedient.
" I 11. it ti e 31einheri fit the County aid time Right ,
Flom Lord Calthorpe be requested to present ,the Peti-
tions. and to loring the opestion before Parliament b) a
s writic tion.
" That the Report and Resoliitions he printed
in sneh
Papers as the Commitiee shall think Kuper; sod that
the High Ilailiff be requested to send Copies of them to
the Chief Magistrates of the principal Manufacturing
and Co tttttt ercial Towns in the Kingdom, and request
their cu-operation in petitioning Parliament un this im-
portant subject.
„'That the Gentlemen appointed a Committee at the
Town's meeting of the 4th of January, he requested to
continue their services on the present occasion.
" The High Bailiff having lett the Chair, anoTthe Low
Pailiff being called :o tle• -:tune,
",That the most coror.ol Thanks of this meeting be
Oren to the Iligli n.iiiiir for his readiness to rail thi's
meeting, and for Iris impaetiatatiol alth. coiduc in the
chair." . - * •
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