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per,ml; but that. if !heir ;An* at stir/tension of their joyfully concur with other Associa similar purpose. • sere they opened, and the lists r:ipid and munificent manner. individual subscriptions, .iOO, xternal Hall tables were laid out Tiptions : they were principally .men of the St)ciety of Friends, unostenutions manner, contri. the Fund. Indeed. this Meeting genuine character of benevolence. ETINGS FOR THE RELIEF THE POOR. General Vestry Meeting of the united ldrevr, Holborn above Bars, and ailestz..was held at the Workhouse, 1i notice by which the meeting Object to be, "for Considering the ig a fund, by voluntary subscrip )ners, to be applied under proper le Relief of the deserving,Posr of .►is interesting period of temporary sale of Bread, Meat, Coal:, Poloist:, and in such other way as may be Able to carry the above purposes to Charman of the Bench of Ma .animously called to the Chair, mess by a humane and interesting istreisful situation of the unemployed (merited sufferings, arising front the could not be more effectually the mode now submitted to gene- He expressed his hope that the which seemed, to prevail of the measure, and the certainty of its would not bt trenched upon by the political sentiments, which could foreign to the laudable objects for had been convened. He then .esolutiens, founded on the terms of which was, that the Committee lilies applying for relief, to assure propriety of the cases. The whole agreed to, and a Committee was ippointed to carry them into effect. -u, E. was appointed Treasurer TAYLon, the Vestry Clerk, Se. have much pleasure in stating that were most liberal. About £3OO was down. consists of the Clergy and all the the two parishes, together with active and opulent householders. IINGDON WITHOUT. imerous and respectabl e Meeting of the Ward of Farringdon Without, 'ari.li Church of St. Sepulchre, to 'ion the present distressed state of the best means of affording relief. one o'clock Mr. Deputy Reeves was and misted himself to the notice of the led that he had some claim to credit on account of the part he had the political fraud that had lately be played off upon the public, he at the London Tavern. On that :ornpelled the advocates of that mea- Commander in Chief and his Staff, , treat. The question now was to state of the people. That state _Abed to a transition from a stateof peace, and that solution was strenuously those who hal been the cause of into its present state of wretch aware, that by the course he was 4 be exposed to much obloquy, and Icing for popularity and of exciting all good men must be convinced of seeking for relief in a constitutional their motives would be sure of be;ng a polluted Press— ( dpidesames. ) dy to praise those who held as a pattern of mildness and pater. subjects, and to justify that war, :ed him upon the throne. These Jat called forth the praise of a venal press. The existence of the evil which denied, was now at leng th admitted ; to be found so h ardy, as to main ig population was a proof of national evil was now admitted, and the to the remedy. To the desolating liberties of mankind, was our cala be imputed, as from that war had of excessive taxation, under which ;maned for such a series of years ; 'fleeted all ranks and all conditions ile fluid mixing with the blood, and aciple of life—Wm/aura)- He, and tuned with him, had been represented public charity, but that aspersion by their conduce. But all that fervent could do, must, in the pre: igs, prove unavailing, as the necessity , )ved to-day would recur to-mono*. of a beggar that has been wronged and who ought in justice to be re rormer state, and not to be obliged to ity of is Christian and an English. state had the people of England been operation of the system that had so Applause).—As to the remedy pro present distress, it was absurd to talk cultivating waste lands, when culti. were daily becoming waste. The na • effect of excessive taxation, was the calamities. If the present distress iporary, as was contended by place. why did they not give up a year's daces? they who bad been receiving thousands from the public ? Mr. by Moving certain Resolutions on 'arliamentary Reform and Retrench. tine nature with those that have been public meetings recently held. seconded the Resolutions. also supported the Resolutions, and the proceeding of the Meeting had ...with so much order and decorum. inn mode of attaining the object they had in view, the gyeat enemies of which were the promoters of violent* end terbulence. The public tnind'was now becoming more and more enlightened. sad many who had formerly doubted were now con vinced. That distress pervaded alike every part of the kingdom, and was felt alike by the peasant and the nunnfncturer, the former of whom, in many parts of the country, could only earn five or six shillings per week for himself and his family. Ministers were not so much to blame, as the system under which.the country had been governed for a series of years. It was necessary that the cries and groans of the people should reach St Stephen's Chapel in order to obtain redress, by obtaining an adequate representation of the people in Parliament. Mr. THosason followed on the same side. and ob served, that the intrrventinn of madmen was not wanted, and would only frustrate the great object of a reform in Parliament. Mr. WAITMMAN concurred in the opinions that had beer: delivered on the subject of taxation and Parlia mentary Reform. For the period ot twenty years, he bad been pointing nut the necessary consequences of the present systenr—(krft/aere ) He trusted that the exhortations that had been delivered on die sub ject of moderation would make their due impression, as nothing -could be so fatal as intemperance to the cause of reform, which it was the object and policy of ' its enemies to identify with revolution.— The late war had been carried on against liberty, as it was seen that the establishment of liberty in one country would lead to its establishment in another. The American war (which he was old enough to remember) had ended as all such wars against the lhts of freemen ought to terminate .—( Lord op. ase.)—The House of Commons had been oriy nally intended to operate as a check upon the servants of the Crown, and to prevent that check from operat ing, Parliament had at one period scarcely been summoned at all. But the Bill.of Rights had settled that question, •by appointing that Parliament should meet often, though, as now constituted, it was in fact no representation of the people. Though the Property Tax had been abolished, in all their other plans of expenditure, on the subject of a standing army, on the subject of salaries, and of lavish grant. of the public-money, Ministers had been supported by a majority in Parliament. '!'he cause of reform was connected with the present distress, as the whole had arisen from a system of bad government. The people did not want soup shops, but work.— (Loud and reiterated applause.) One of the grand causes of the delusion that had been kept up for the last twenty years was the system of paper currency, by means of which all the circulating medium of gold and silver to the amount, as George Rose admit. ted, of from SO to 40 millions had been taken out of the country, and replaced by the same quantity of paper. By means of that paper currency the farmers had obtained a high price for their corn, which, now the delusion was dissipated, they could no longer ob tain. It had been said that the whole of the sine.' cures amounted only to re 200,000 per ann. and what would that do to remove the distress of the country ? That observation came with a bad grace from those who had only subscribed ,fifty thousand pounds to alleviate the public distress, when much larger sums had been voted to the Russians, Germans, and to the Emigrants from France.—(4llfilaute.)--. —He did not, however, so much object to the sum of £200,000, even were it larger, as to the use to which it had been applied, which was directed against the liberty of the people. It would take a long time to restore the country to its former state, and he trusted that what had taken place in another country would operate as a salutary warning in this.—(Burits of applause). Tne thanks of the Meeting were then voted to Mr. Waithman, the Chairman, and the mover and seconder of the Resolutions, after which the Meet. ing broke up. FRAbCE. PRIVATE LETTERS. •' PARIS, NOVEMBER 21. On the 18th, Sir Charles Stuart gave a grand din ner to Prince Talleyrand, who in the presence of "30 persons, made to M. Pasquier a violent attack upon the Ministers. al Are your Deputies," he esclaimvd, " about to drag themselvei through the dirt of your Ministers ? There is no Administration that can suit France but one composed of men who have root in France." (It is certain that M. de Richelieu has not an acre of ground in the kingdom, but M.lde Talley rand knows why, and he has 400 or 500,000france of income which. M. de R. cannot have). 64 It is only we who ought to hold the reins of power ; they must return to us. The treaty is the scandal of France—it ought not to have been signed. The Ministers must give an account of their weakness in this matter. The Administration of which I' was President, did only noble and great things. It is such an Administration alone that can save France; the present dishonours it." This sortie is the subject of all conversation, and ever/ body says - -" M.' de Talleyrand must be. hard pushed indeed, for he gets angry and loses himself." Speculation is busy as to what conduct will be adopt ed towards him." " PARIS, NOVEMBER 23. Is In consequence of the co nversation whidh took, 'place a le* days since at Sir Charles Stewart's, on the subject of the Micibtry of Police, and of which I gave you some account.in my last, M. de Talleyrand received yesterday morning an intimation from the' King not to appear at Court for the future. This eient is considered as an additional triumph.of M de Cates, and has at once dispelled the rumours which have prevailed of late, of M. de Talleyrand, sup ported by British influence, forming a new Admi nistration in conjunction with M. de Chateatibriand., These two personages have combated the favourite, and the department he holds, upon the same princi ples, but with different weapons—the one with •wit, the other with reasoning,' gad both have fallen in the contest. " M. de Blacas appears fer ever supplantedly M. de Cazes, who is now justly compared with the Prince of Peace ; for he governs the King, • the Ministry, the Chambers to a certain degree, and Ifiereby' the whole of 'France. The dissolution of the latearam bet., it is observed, took place for no- otheilinipese than to maidtaia this Favourite in 'office.. IL de Montmorency having ventured, in the King's pre sence, to allude to the °Vacancy of his birth, hiilda.. iesty, borrowing - the 'expression of • Tiberius • on a similar dementia, dissetved; dos he was ewes wigs. • N . H. do TilleySidd Issivaddiessod a Jitter to she' King in enflitYque . lee of the vbove-ntenOoned act of his Majesty's displensuie- He gave a splendid par last night. which W:4l attended, by the principal F. reign Ministers; by Mr. Canning in particular, ant by several of the most emitkent Members of the t.w.• Houses. " The Luc d'Angouleme sets out in a few days for the West of Fiance, to restore Order and tranqud lity in that quarter. The Vendee . reluses to pay tax-s, and claims indemnity for the sacrifices it has madu during five aid twenty years for the Royal cao.e The Deputies representing the Western Dvartatents propose introduciog such indemnity into the Bodge• of this year. The letter addressed to M. de Talley. rand, to inform him of the. King's displeasure, was indited by M. de Richelieu, upon the refusal of M. de Li Chatre to indite it himself. It states, that I: is Majesty. acquainted with the unbecoming t:rms in :vh.efi M. de Talleyrald has expressed himself on the sub ject of his Ministers, commands him (M. de Richlit.u) to inform M. de Talleyrand that his attendance will in suture be dispensed with at Court. " The letter addressed by M. de Talleyrand to the King concludes by an allusion to the ingratitude of (nose, who are originally :adebted to him for their present preferment, and to the confidential intercourse that has existed between him and the King. " I must lament," says he, "haring recommended to your Majesty's notice, persons who keep you so completely mystified in all things. My hand-writing I awed not apologize for; your Majesty is long since acquainted with it, and reads.it with facility." THE EVENING STALL 1 .0 NDON. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1816. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK: Reduced 621—Cous. me. 64 6.sCone. for ace. 65f1 4 per Cent. 7711-5 per Cent. Navy 9SII • Isitheisst Bah, 75.10 e. pr.—lndia bond* 151.16 e. pre. This was Settling Day at the Stock Exchange ; and, we are happy to say, there were no defaulters. The Exchequer Bills I:stely issued at 31. in place of 3:d. bear a premium of ss. to 6s. The Meeting at the hlansion- House yesterday, for the purpose of considering of the best means for re lieving the distress of tfic poor in Spitalficlds, and other inhabitants of the north east part of the Heti u polls, w.is most numerously and respectably attended. No party politics were introduced, but charity alone, unmixed charity was the orelti. of the day. We shall not here repeat any part of the statements made to the Meeting, having fully detailed them under their proper head—but as it is the duty of all to promote, as far as possible, the efficiency of the plans that may br ad?pted, and, by every practical suggestion, to increase the aggregate ben:!fit which may be derived from the liberal contributions of those who labour for the relief of the poor and the destitute, we shall here, in addition to the plans which may be in the contemplation of the Committee, submit one which, perhaps, may have occurred to some of the Members, but which ought to be tarried into effect on the most beneficial plan. A detail of what has been already practised and with good effect, when this can be done, is generally the simplest and most convincing way to enforce its adoption.—Duting the scarcity which followed the injudicious letter of the Duke of PORTLAND, in the year 1800, subscriptions and different plans were resorted to for the purpose of lessening the distress, or rendering it lighter. At a manufacturing town in Scotland, money was raised by a subscription loan for the purpose of opening shops .to count rust the machinations of those who contributed to enhance the price of provisions by charging excessive profit: , on bread, butchers' meat, and provisions of every iescription. It was observed, that in proportion as the ret:!ilers charged extravagantly, the cupidity of those who supplied them was increased. The latter argued thus: " The retailers charge excessively, and the public still pay the prices charged. Why suffer them to have all this profit ? Let us come in fora share of it."— % Thus the prices kept rising from time to time, to the great distress of the consumers.—lt was resolved to assist the labouring classes generally, not by dividing the money among them—not by selling provisions below prime cost—but by selling them for ready money oily, at such moderate prices as should preserve the ca pital unimpaired, pay the expense of rents and maintain those employed in retailing the various articles: and to render the plan as universally beneficial as possible, it was also resolved, that the shops should be open to every person who might . wish to purchase at them, without asking them whether they were subscribers or not. To be brief, the result was this : the retail dealers, through time, .generally lowered their prices to a fair retail profit ; the people had their provisions compa ratively low; and when it was thought ne longer ne cessary to continue these cheap shops, the subscribers* not only got back their entire money with interest, but with even a considerable _profit, besides the benefit their individual families-, had derived from being supplied it cheap prices. The profit was such as to surprise the subscribers--for three guineas, to their astonishment they received in return ten guineas, and so in proportion, though their profits were always of the lowest money denomination—a farthing or a halfpenny per mind but the cause of the increas Was easily discovered when investigated : in fact their small profits were repeated once a-week, or once a fortnight—and su they are with every butcher and baker in a populous neighbourhood. We have stated these facts . in the 'hope that this ettat evert Committee now laboutini., `or the relief nrthe distressed—.4ify tesdat'llitir fnn !s nr/re gerierolly tistful by euiploying a past of them ..,t least in such a wrnstire which would es<eini.4l rebel to m toy 5m.411 pining in want anti pot , .rty, vi'm bide th.f;r •uq•!rm gs, and put as far aw,y .is poisibi.:, (by psanislA and sellin7 their scanty ~,o ck I ,, rni!ttre MIJ w/itso Ole), s'qall be obliged to hualble the/nst.:yes so tar AS tr.) impi le charity. It may be a:Aue..,l that nn us , wire .. , !!oli!ti be ad.ipted injuri,ois intle , ,troos The ancwtr is a slo:rt ore. This me issir., Wii not i•iiure o l ine who can be contented with tnoder.!te prnli• . s is lin hnlisble that many of the ba.cheTs 114 kers.has e been long acting the part of ese2 , fir,,,,-;. 'Their is oiLs have been s' excet4ivil. that sin Ai;:tig cnrrecily. ev•ry spur to industry WAS tAk n axay Wein was only necessary for their 5../;);:o.t that they *she , ll.l 5,11 a se:y small quantity weekly, and hence their nulther. it is an undeniAyle asi(qn in political e._ try thtt eyery hand . unneeebsr ly occupied in atq or art; i is, as to the community, oi.iy an idle pets n. The Act by :he Assize of Brend was An.. lisped has (icon reprobated by sane as a principal cause of the excessive prices since ch trged by many bakers; but this is unfounded. It ws: a wise act,' and in time will have the effect to bt in Ole price of bread to its minimum. The fact is simply this : the Corporation having, by the necessary opera.' tion of the Assize Law, got into an orgariized habit of assnciati continue still to combine against the consumer, in the hope that unani. mity will support the monopoly. In this they are mistaken. The Assize Law in its operation attached a kind of odium to the man who might sell under the legal price. It is otherwise now : every price is legal, and the baking trade, like every one that is freed from restraint, will run its course of competition, and, hap. ply for the community, it is one which may be con. ducted on a scale to induce capitalists to embark in it largely. This will sooner or later be done in London.. Large bakehouses will be established, and vending stations for retailing the bread to the con Aimee—or it may be done by send:ng covered carts thruirth the, streets, with the selling price painted ca them.— night uot the Commit :ye contribute to th. intro inc. ti.. 11 of such a sy stein and at the sami: tirr.i: wive the public and increa.e their ort•n fund ? • N 31 1 ,1 h lA' !ALLA; EivG A letter from the Agent to Lri Ws, at dared the sth instan*, rates, that the fr. , urareht v.tte. r ha. c:.pture I eicht. vessels IT that P rt. The William and Wory, of Clearlston. and am. rid whet vers:l3, particuLrs unknown, were wrecked on the 11 ih instant, near Ity , c l -‘4io. FALMOU tit, NOVEMBTER 24. . Arrived hi. Majesty': Islif Luc from 40 . .14'7; and the Commerce. Homo . , trom London. Sailed Om Comet, Tu ihirSOO, for Gthraltal and Cami:erdowa, Lw.ia, for London. The Oak, Wmcsa, did not sail as reported last evening. _ DEAL. NOVEMBER Arrived and sailed for the River the Electra, LIAMS, in 33 days from Philadelphia. Came down ' from the River, and remain, use Lord Cochrane, KING, for Jamaica ; James and HeEry, A 111.11 Y, for my' na ; ussaren Tr.inspnrt, P-rtsuro:it!. ; and the Vest Indian, CuOK, for Antigua. Put back 114 Grenada, APecuros, for Hayti. RAMSGATE, NOVEMI3F.R 24. Put in fur shelter the followinv vessels s dence, for Plymouth; Aurora, lor Waterford; lie*, ' for Swansea; Hope, for Brighton ; Nlanly, for U. verpuol; William and Mai y. f.ir ; • rind Mary, for Porhowuth : the latter has lost an'ancher t cßAvEsEND,.NovEmnrit • • Arrived the Princes •of %Vales, u , tewart, ftton Wats; Ca. thasine. Probert, front Rigs; Vrow l larnm.a, Pother. from Lears Put back the Maly, liethert, for St. Vioee-es. having been,uo shore.—Sailed the 'llortit, Barely , fa. Roam g:.; .Ann, Go 4 win; awl Ceres;' Matthew, for Jamalea; lte•olte inn; Robin* ? for Dublin ; Commerce, Scott, for Liavre; and Junde Peter hit cobus, %Vybes, for Amsterdam • CON IDAI-110th:E, NOVEMBER 26. • SHIPS EN rt.utai INWA a1)40.-..1 he Vrow Ji.atie, Berg; Vrow Tenutt.ana.; and Jonge !'inter, Boer, from GroM.l l ;en ; Teazel, ' Ror,ers ; and Z•vinew, Pim, from it otterrtant ; Warkwork, Men., (mut iamtmrtft :net' Utittlncrmii.%, I:l•ecit, ft urn Eireann. OUTWAI63- he P.laria, Tate, tor. St. P:toridesacu i p. Jones, tar Cork ; Diligeotee,'Edwat:!s, for Det:fio ; Her/llama Hendrick,rick, Van Veen, for Ant.fertlant ; Wuouen, Tot r• Ostend; and Generous Koster. Thorp, tar fama;ca. • .. The Gazette 4 last night commits a prOctaniailtier from the Petsce RIWENT, ordering that the Nita. merit shall meet on the 28th of Initial, nrefor . dispatch of business. It also contain! .. brder - iti Council revoking a previous order for obliging :MPs comingfrom the Meditcrraneae to rrform quarantine. The 69th Regiment has maraed limn Gravesend tcr Sheerness, to supply the place of :he 21 Battalion of the 89th, which has beep disbanded.• 7 . • • The trial at B.Lr, in Dublin, to deride the Alen of appointment to the office of Clerk of the Plots ih the Court of Exchequer, which cc.mmenced onthe I I dr, still continues, and is nut expected t 49 close tAltil the last day but one of the Term. The Colin Wavine prohibited an ex It.irte publication, the progress of the trial has been only noticed in the p:.pets. Whether it is owing tg the long vii;hts, wlich of course give more time to dream, or whether it is owing to the richness of the Scheme get the pres,nt•Lovert, we know not, but we are credibly informed there never was, at this early pet'.ocl, matry,partic tr:ar numbers bespoke at the Lottery Oftizes ; so many, indeed, th at we adviie those who may have a predilectien for fancy numbers, to lose no time in their application, otherwise their favourite may be sold. CORN EXCHANGE, NNEMBIR 2,7.—We have , had no fresh arrivals of any Grain since . Monday, in coq. sequence of which thcre was very little new . Wheit at Market, and which readily sold at 1. st• day's prices. Barley being scarce, and in demand, is 41. per quarter higher. Oats were also Is. per .quarter dearer. In Peas, Beaus, and other articles, there is d oe alteration. - * Bouxo.—A pitched battle for twenty Fuineas - a•side will be fought at Ch ring-water, near BAgerot, tb. morrow, between Samuel Atkins, a navigator, wh o fought once or twice when a lid in the London ring, and George Smart, # hawker and a Yorkibireman, of superior power compared with his adversaty.--A match has been made between Bone and Croziey. for twenty guineas a.side. to take place on the sth of December, in a twenty-feur loot roped ring, w thik 20 mile& of London. . 2 j ol ly 150.0 0 n IP beces4tei A tbri w ould joyfoll Mad fora siesta; p, Mad h e m ost T:t p Al p• la 1 were sever.' indi V i e , i n t h e extern deriving subscripti by Gentlemen i n t heir plain and s] largely to th e F er bore the germ • fir ,iL MEET.] OF TA imee day , a General a t St. Andre ' ge, Middlesex. ' s lnn•lAnr° . 111 " ca lled stated its obje y o f raising a e f,the parishioners • j o int, in the ftt • ..',fishes, at this it by the sale of , • ra i sio i prices, not he more desirable 400! WATSON, the Cl ~ being unanir t he business b • igt the distressful Acne unmerited stagnation, cm • led than by the I en sideration. He • , opinion wh of such a met effects, would ion of any poll ' b e t be totally foreil *. the Meeting ha * wits of Resolui testier, one of whir visit All families ) yes of the props • manimously Agre tely appointed A 101 STEPHINSONs e the Fund, and Mr. 'I ... sr, ; and we have Salsscriptions were I ..distely . paid down • The Committee cons • -I authorities of the ..r a the most ace s t FARRING Yesterday a numero lihabitants of the ' o we in the Parid ''•• Igo eonsiderwion /fatty, and the b i Aradt after one o'c • to the Chair, ani • 110:13bates presents He stated th k• die Meeting, on is tsposing the • atthrpted to be p *rhos% at 0 , as• semieobikad compe 4 111thahatalitthe Con a au *Wide retreat ns theifistressed st to • • thdteel tem ascribe is that of peace, an tw , for by tilos the country i Vie • Sivas away • ~ he would be in mooed of seeking di•. at. But all w atcessity of seekin ' • , though their • d by a press was only r s. Laois XVIII. as a feeling to his subj od • bad replaced I the topics that ca • • mercenary press. ' long denied ; sere any now to that a starving pa c. .Iy. Th e evi , was as to th s' . .• against the lib et ti ' 1 • state to be in , ett ' that system of inn had groan • 'system had affect o' lie, like a subtile it t dung the principle I who concurred silliCal to publi t i. ' be refuted by ' To the most fery 14 state of things, pi 1 • and removed tothe state of a I ' •thinherited, and g to his former s • the charity o r'' ' 11 ; to that state h foe "wed by the operas 0 • R prevailed— ( 4/ 9 e el ' Aar the pres e n t ' ' 40101 ...x ; " -- and culti 0141 lands were ds debt, the effeci of all our cal FC nnely temporar and tinecurists,s wig : • of their place • As, y ew se many at eoweloded by i' w tibet Parliai In d I g• •W the same n, at all the c on i 3 _.; c , I , 44 %_TAYLoI t secon nD` 4f, : W iLLtaSis alb( II v‘ • that the ,pus ehoducto d 'with the - las trae r r i