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From the A* Y. Com. Jidv. lrA in l *?* ;
LA IK * T Flf. >/ JSJVfi LAXD.
B\ iho arrival of tin* ship Hector,
p'ftijii iu Gilleuder, from Liverpool, the
editors of Lite Commercial Advertise)
Imve received from th’ ir correspondents
London pepeft to the tpth of April, #Dd
Livei pool pap* rs to the 12th
Uy this arrival we have news front
Scotland, and from Spain, of an impor
tant and painful character.
It is stated that the disturbances in
the west ol’ Ireland, which lately had
such a menacing character, are gradu
c.l!y* diirioishiug, aad there is every
Jeusott to hope tranquility will eoou fce
restored. This beneficial change has
been protla ed, partly by the increased
tirniness and activity of the local ma
gistracy and gentry, end partly by the
convictions which were obtained at the
late Hos'oimuon aosrzes against several
-of the ribbon men.
tint far different is the situation of a
part of Scotland. The Loudon papers
of the 4th, F h, Ttb and Bth, are filled
i? details of the diaaffe* ted at Glasgow
ao i Paisley, and in all the manufactur
in'; towns and villages for a dozen mile
round. An address has been issued, urn
widely circulated, calling upon the peo
pie o*‘ England, I red ami and Scotland
to c esc forward instantly, cud ‘effee
bv f if resisted, a revolution in the
f ‘liver.nr.ent ” This address professes to
e subs - tbed by order of the committee
©forget, z-iiou for forming a provision l ;!
government.
One >f the injunctions contained i--
this address w..i. to abstain from l!
■work after tfcfirst day of April, and
it has been implicitly obeyed. All lh*
weavers ir. Glasgow uud its subtnbs, ate
represented to have struck work, enc
the streets were erowdad with then
walking about. The weavers in Paisley
and its neighborhood were said to have
at so ce .set! from work. The colliers
have struck likewise, as well as the
cotton spinners, and some of the machine
maker; and founders. Thus, Ike whole
of (he mabiifaeturing population, as it
by one simultaneous impulse, lied sus
fended their labors. “Where, (the Cou
rier asks,) will this infatuation end;-
Jd!t ness must produce penury, penury
starvation, andstarvat-ien rebellion, per
haps. The military force stationed at
Glasgow is formidable, and so far, u
successful insurrection may nut be auti
eipated. Gut the sword will not eradi
cate corrupt principles. Blood may Dow,
but it will aot wash out sedition from
the heart. We must, as we have ui
ways onteniled, cure the disease by
operating in another quarter. We must
effectually aud sternly silence the rank
of seditious press, ao; when iull mum*
‘ory stimulantß are uo longer applied,
the. maddening fever they produ t may
be ex ected gridu.ly to debate.”
The magistrates of Glasgow were
prompt in issuing a proclamation, de
claring the aSoveint-utioued paper “trea
Conn ut"” uud warning the people “that
ai ; measures in prosefuliou of such ob
ject;, will he regarded as an insurrec
tio •. iust the government, aud be in
•r r. put dowu by the most prompt
jtiiii; .ry execute in.”
ne.exv.is already a strong mi l it my
f >;e at ULsgow; Lut so threaluing were
the appearances, that expresses had
been sent to Edinburgh, and other pla
ces for reinforcements, in eouseqheuce
of this, the Sth regiment, from JEdiu
b'j'-gh Castle, the 10th liussurs, from
Piershill barracks, and three companies
of the l3,ti regiment from Sterling Cas
tle, marched instantly for Glasgow. The
yeomanry cavalry, at various plates,
w re ordered to hold themselves in rea
diness to march at a moinem’s warn
ing.
A Glasgow paper of the 4th April,
s jb ‘‘the tunes are perilous in the ex
t . me. We do not exaggerate when we
a /, there are, at this moment eo.ooo
pe. sons in this city and the surrounding
towns and villages, who have struck
work; many of these, not a doubt re
mains, have been compelled to join this
ill gui combination by threats; such au
immense hotly, however, cannot long re
in :in inactive, if strong measures be
ti instantly resorted to. it is impossible
to s.ry when and where this mischief will
end.”
Abe regular troops and yeotnaurv
continue to pour in ftom various guar
ters; all is bustte and confusion; amt rati
riy respectable families have left theit
houses, fearing the consequences. Tht
Loudon Courier speaks in very despond
ing •• mgu ige liow, he says, this in
il&iiiuidtory mass is to be b ought -ack.
w.th s afety, into the social body upon
tv.t,eh it uow hangs as a frightful ex
i e-o-nec- we know not. We can only
Ii >it nmy be effected. ‘i he prr
vate letter i from Glasgow ant! Paisley,
uro of to. most gloomy disc rtptioa. Bu
ei e. ■ entirely suspended, ..ad, it is
s’ a ail public works within to
miles h been stopped, as uo laborers
were found >o work: the few that shewt;
t os. io i to return to tbeir uvoea*
tions, were deterred by threats from the
il .tug- At Paisley, several ef
forts had been made lo get possession of
ur as; and an attack on the uulitaiy was
said to have been attempted fur that
purpose, but rtv s dofriued. i iiem>*b
cbta proceeded iu the {lead of the night
to tbe country. Fevers 1 hooves were at
fucked. One,thut of Mr. Kobertsou’s
three miles from Paisley, was attended
with fatal effects. The inmates of that
gentleman’s house fired on the mob,and
killed one man, but they still endeavor
ed to force iheir entrance. After re
peated firing, during which several ol
tbe mob were desperately wounded,
they retired. The body was conveyed to
Paisley.
Sodaring have tlieae people become,
that they seize upon smith-shops, and
manufacture pikes, aud other weapons}
and they even drill oml practice military
manoeuvres, near the towns, in open
day- )
A letter from Glasgow, dated April
5, says, “affairs are growing worse, a
party of vetrans who were escorting l*
prison a man who was caught in the a.t
of pulling down the governor’s prods
ma’ion, was nearly murdered by.lb<
mob, who made an attempt to reseue
the prisoner. The corporal who com
manded the guard, cautioned tbe mob to
desist, but without effect; and finding
themselves in perilous situation, firyd
t vo shots, which, instead of having tho
desired effect, only irritated them tofui*
• her acts of violence, and at length the
party were obliged to fire amongst them!
which was the cause of a woman being
severely wounded in the neck; she i9 co!
dead, but her life is in great danger;
upon which the w hole mob lkd # inhbe
greatest confusion, crying out, “do not
lire again.”
‘■l have this m- meat learal that r
> general skirmish has taken place near
Ivi'sy i ft. on the river Carruu, between a
parly of about 60 radicals and IS hu
strs, joined by nine of the Sterlingyeo
manry, and utter several being wounded
ou both sides, the radicals were routed,
and 3 tme of the prisoners taken •were
aonihicted to the gaol.
“Eleven of the committee of the pro
visional government h-ve been arrested
here, and conducted to Sterling Castle-
Hopes are entertaiued that the
measures which are now taking, vvii;
put a final stop to these dreadful pro
ceedings.”
‘) here have been few latcdisturbanees
as we learn in England. At Manches
ter, however,the !o *al in tgistreleshave
received information whi'-h justifies the
adoption of the strongest prefe-u winery
measures. The conviction of Hunt, and
four of his associate-', hss filled tbe radi
cals with alarm, and it is possible, thu
from the impulses of desperation,, they
umy attempt some guilty enterprise.
lhe number of jurors summoned for
the trial of I’histlewood and other con
spirafora, amounts to 22? The num
ber of witnesses also summoned, is 161.
The names of witnesses and juror* are
all given in the Courier.
) The same nigh’ a companV of gentje
men were returuiug irom Midclletoif,and
ou their way they were sm prised to tee
a number of men, sitting under a hedge
or wall, each armed wills a pike or spear
and ntrar them was a quantity ol the
same weapons, about 200 beeped on the
ground. The gentleman who was sep
arated from his cempaniors, took up
one of tire pikes, and was proceeding to
examine it, when one of tbe men struck
him, and he was attacked by several
others. At the same moment a number
of persona, at least sixty, came over an
djdiuing wall, armed in the same man
lier The gentleman felt af aimed at
bis dangerous situation, and attempted
to make off:*—while doing so, a pistol or
musket was discharged after him, the
ball of which whizzed close by his head.
In the meuntime, the rest ofthepafL
were attacked and beaten. One
named Tolson, received several pike
wounds particularly ou bis ltftide, and
is now under the cure of a surgeou.—
Early the next morning, iiiformation
was given te the magistrates, and one
of trie men whom they were able to i
dentify, a blacksmith, was apprehended
and is now iti custody.
George Charles Canning, aged 19, son
of the'fann. Mr. Cauniug, died on tint Ist
of April.
The accounts from Paris are to the
sth of April, and from Madrid tu the
U7lh March, seven days later than were
received by the Maria Theresa. There
is no addiion&l news from France, ex
cept two Royal Ordinances, the firsi
appointing members of tito commission
of censorship, and the second investing
• erthin members of live council with tb.
surveillance, of the censorship.
The accounts from Spain are verj
contradictory, and we begin to be appre
hensive that affair* are not so tranquil
as we have been led to supp se.
The papers contain (from Madrid
ofli ial Grazetts.) a series of dispatches
addressed to the government, by gener
al Freyi e, from the loth to the 15th ult.;
itid also a eemmnnieuuon from the cap
tain general of Andalusa to the iniutsier
of the Marine, dated Cadiz llthMarJi
relative to the movements in that quar
ter. These documents are pubiishe.i as
a “maftifestatfou of the anxiety of the
govurumeut, to lay before the public all
the details which it bus received rela
tive to the deplorable events which have
tnkeu place at Cud:z;” but so iar fion
being wnat they profess to be, the mas
sacre of the 10,h is scarcely noticed in
general F. eyre, in a disputcu, datnl th
iiJth ult. f oin Port St. Mary’s as loi
iowsj—“The garrison of Cadiz, eve r
faithful talus tit*j*enc 1 * ‘W
the king! sad dispersed the papulae*
which hud assembled in square St. A*-
tonio, and who were shouting,‘long liv
the couitiiutior!’ and thus tranquility
UMiSTcM.-tjct/.'” He conclude* by suyiiu
“the Krrffnn,and the battnlicn Leal tad
arid thU of Gjuias, are still in an infu
riated state; iheiuhabitauts regard then
with horror.”
The kitg haa-ianued orders to bring
to prompt justice the authors ol this
massacre. The last dispatch from Cn
difc, dated tbe l7Th tilt, state* that the
refractory battalions, charged will
these rAtfjon excesses, have been con
veyed wlip*hy water, aud landed at
Port St. Mary.
The lit official despatch from gener
al Odonojo, recently appointed captaiv
general f Andalusia, dated Seville
23rd u!to addressed to the minister ot
war, stiles, “I have the satisfaction to
ouaounw. that the accounts which 1
have received although not official, ao
certain, f iud they infoim me that th<
■onslituticaal oath has been taken at
Cadiz, jrith becoming solemnity , anc
celebrated by rejoicings. The peupl
of Cadiz are generous; they have for
gotten Pjfsi’ntm'eut, and ‘here is no long
•r any fiqVad that tire catastrophe of the
loth inst wiil be feuewCd.”
A royti ordinance of the 22r.d u't
fixes the convocation of the Cortes, lh* >
will consist of 139 members for lh*
PcninnrU, withc.ui those of America
w hose place will l>9 supplied, for the
present, hyA 3o deputies, selected frou
the Am tieaus who are residing i
Spain.
The foilwirg extract from a j rival*
letterfd:*t r d Madrid, March
i very and <-/ixat iarguuge from the utk
dial , m *
“Spas. a trsr
quit
4p*t-n co'U itwWe -renewed in seveta
qo orlers.rf sullen disquietude prevails
n thfc pv’ilie mind. Many good met
Mu ganged themselves at the bem! r-
tio nary movement in lle hop*
of *'.irectidg it; will they suceecdr Mis
trust is at its height, the temp* st menu
ees on all sides.
“Tlte daj before yxteniay tl a revo
tutfon to display itself. A decree
of ihejoaU pronouueeil the t-onfisi-uiiou
of all property belongin ‘ to the inquis
ition, and tliis i- tltepr.lude tea spoli
ation far mot e eonsidabie. which affects
the ti's* classes of tbe state, and tin
plans of ninth, it is said., is already a
£?eetl usoti. .
“ A club of Libert. I-s (Jacobins) is o
pelvly organized in M.vd■•*('; it exercise”
ns influence over tin, provisional juata:
it is a portrait of you. liretoo
Club, ofirtls. Various members of iht
junta this i-ssociatiuu to rceeiv*
ibi'tr iy uc'inn*. /
Terr... h g>„e-bi. *v .rc tibttrtr f
(lie pret s is the exclusive of a par-vs
woe to him who should usa ft (it pubitsb
reflections on what is pussit;.! •iui-
Tevoi.vtidn’ ou. be Ait:;’ ibis it the 0’
dee of tin* day, fee are not without
fears for the lives of lhe m os', augi&i
personaget.
Vo TEtJurr.—On opening a pape*
which fcau before escaped us, we find e
lung and parlictiiar account of a most
daring conspiracy, aetirg in conce:l :
ivith that at Leeds, to capture and pi!
luge th lov/n ol‘ Huddersfield, (Yorl.
shire,) the couches. This w .
to have becPti.e signal for a general ri
sing th: uH|l the nisnufacturiog dis
tricts in Rjjptud and fe- otla:i W*
have nat rnin for phriu-ulara today.
N*etH?s fiom Gibraltar, mention the
leasing animosity between the 54th
imeff: sJT||ihe officers el the Ameri
can sqo t<Uln. VGun^tter, after giving
(tome i>£ duels, t.ud Ore
fu rt IrtflF ra
lengrs.A haa
suggest a , commandant
the prc{|L /tffipui vess is of war
not (iit This, it was said
bad been needed to, ami squadron was,
ordered te d^urt.
01LD OATS.
“ Is 51d Ten-per-cent up ?”
said a wile! young dog, a dis
tant relation of mine, to the
house-maid of my banker, as
she was scrubbing the parlor
stove. ‘No, Mr. Thomas, re
plied Dolly, ‘but I expect him
downliv||y minute.’ “Then,*’
said grace,“ if he com
heforf I hfife had time to
change my clothes, tell him
that I am gone out to Lord
—’s, to inform him he has
to hint to
him fjaLiir time of bal
ancingallMpp accounts; ano
my dear Doll”—Oh you ga)
decei ver!’ “ I say my dear Doll
you took your wages yesterdy,
do lend me a pound to appeast
my washerwoman with.” It
was lent,
My neplitw Thomas is the
third son of a clergyman’s
widow, in very poor circum
stances, and 1 thought that I
bad done a charitable act in
getting him the situation of a
banker’s clerk.
lie now pulled off his bond
street coat, divested himself of
his dress shoes, his diamond
broach, his massy gold rings;
riband and quizzing glass set
in gold, hid his enamelled snuff
box, took off his gold chain
and dozen seals to his watch,
locked up his opera hat and
cockade (he not belonging to
any crops,) and put on a full
suit of black, rather the worse
for wear, clapped the pen
behind his ear, went down to
die counting house Ilis looks
he could noUo easily lay aside,
for he was heated and fatigued
with waltzing all night at the
Crown & Anchor.
“You look as if yem had
not been in bed,” erxliamed
old Turnpenny on entering
the room. rt Why sir,” replied
the young reprobate,’ 1 ‘have
not slept a wink all ’ nighty I
have been thinking how much
we shall lose by the house of
Vanderfunkei buttle b co and
counting the many bad debts
which we have. I think it;
would be met (here he heaved!
a sigh to arrest the yourtg wine
merchant. I think that he is
going on a little too fast,here,
he kteps a tilbury and a lady,|
. here lie heaved another cigh);
and he owes Its two hundred.|
I have reasons for doubling
the stability of the newcuhtry’
bank, and I tremble for our
discounting any more of the
Welsh baronet’s kites.”
“ Good Thomas, said his
master, yon a conacien-f
tio us youth; and I Will take
you into the firm at Lay day.”
i: 1 hope sir, replied Tom, you
know that I am as anxious for
your interest as if it were my
own.” Ivight, Tom, every clerk
should be so; besides, one
hundred per annum is a hand
some allowance; but in future,
when you are my partner, you
will have a sixth of all my
profits.” Tom was overcome
with gratitude. .
“ I cannot, resumed the old;
gentlman, trust those rascals,j
my other clerks, whoavill spend
day.” i homas gave f
“ Ay sir, and ten
hack, horse, tavern dinner—
treat a lady to an ice, and
confectionary.” “Shocking,”
cried the old man. “Fare the
well, Thomas; take out a writ
against the wine- merchant,
stop the baronet’s credit, wind
up the concerns with the
country bank, and write circu
‘ars to all who owe us money;
lend the lifo-guard officer that
money at ten per cent, and take
a walk into the city, find how
dl our customers stand with
regard to credit,” It shall be
lone replied Mr. Thomas.
Now this embryo partner,
rhis steady young man. upon
one hundred per annum,keeps
a tilbury at the west end of the
town, a groom also; e\jpry
half price to the p ay;
into no 66,5 t. James street oc- j
casionally, and owes his tailor
300 pounds. This is done by
representing himself as on the t
eve of being a partner in the
firm; by givingout to another
creditor that he is going to
marry miss Muckworm, with
a large fortune; by doing a bill
ocasionally in private, and un
known to the firm; by making
love to his washerwoman; by
hinting at matiimony to Doll,
each time that he borrows a
pound of her, or that she
up to let him in, at 3, 4 or 5
in the morning; by giving in
telligence to young men when
the old banker means to arrest
them; by taking a douceur
from them when they keep out
ot the way; by treating his
tradesmen with old Turnpen
ny ’s wine, he keeping the key
of the cellar; and by laying the
deficit on a rat which he huntedf|
through .he bottles, or
brick which fell doWn, btjjfl
which he really picks
the arch and throws upon tna|
empty ones.
These and a number
ingenious tricks have kept hnLj
frt'in detection; but “ there ifi
a tide m the affairs of
and it is much to beapprehendj*
ed that the storm will bursS|
upon him ere the partnership!
be entered into: for durts are”
beginning tobe very clamorous
jand the coachman is jealous
k>f the clerk, and the washer
woman is jealous of Doll; the
groom haiioundout Thom?s*
| real name, and where he lives,
; though he passed himself . ff
;for a Waterloo hero; and pre
jtended to reside a little way in
the country with his lady.?-
‘The arrears of the groom’s
! wages militate against his se
crecy, and the livery stable
keeper has threatened to sell
the horse for his koep. The
business is near a y close
He will be a partner or prig,
oner ere it be long. May his
confraternity take the hint thus
afforded th;m by
The Hermit in London.
LOUISVILLE. *'•
TTIUJISDJir. JUNE 8, 1820-
(COMMUJUCATED.)
MONITOR No. 3. ■
Mr. Robertson— When i wrote my
first uumber, which appeared iu your
paper, and which was a fair, and candid
jinvestigation, oflhe proper
!of a principle, I Lad no
I shold draw upon myseifihgl^|^sjppi
Ichnnot answer, uiust naturally
on provoking their resentment;
expects any other reward than suent
have received, w ill he wufully mistaEVi .
Whether this state of things be the £
suit of any particular organization of fflfe
brain, or whether it be the consequent;
of some secondary cause, lam not pb}F|
siologist enongh to determine; but, whaft
over the cause may be, our gmaii towlri
has, in a groat degree to feel the
For I perceive in your last paper, no
less than five pieces in answer, us I sup*
pose, to Monitor; four of which resein.
ble such a composition as v.e might sup*
pose, would be produced by putting a
great number of opprobrious epithets,
aud oti£r words, with a lew Luiu quo
tations uot understood, iuto a bag, and
then turning them out, an a suffeting
them la take precedence according to
seniority. Feeling myself totally foeum
petent to the teak of explaining ihtms
because 1 cauuot myself understand
them; and having greed ’reverence
is the fashion of the day), for w hat 1 can||
not understand, and have determined to®*
send one copy of eaeh to the Edimmrsjaifc
Reviewers, with a special requeslljHr
ftbejfewiil um-.lize them, and mforjp.j
it fcprdMK in. .r, M.xt, i * i the Fr
; to Sal.bails i .lie .Is and Bat fusti* ’• ni<
eluded id these *i
iclicol., alt la there a*e
grammatical errors iu b:s
Monitor and thesubioct in a fair and
j itianner— tberetore •■Fin Jut,tie, rbWKKrveW