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a~ ~'/ E ~I 1 ~~ 4 I 1 the Gentlemen present to contradict his statements, • an. t Mr. Lambton remarked that they were too true. Ntihea this statement was read, the crowd called upon Alr.'Clark to stand forward. He did so, and his appearance by the side of Mr. Hobhouse, was the sinai'file a 1nu..1 burst of laughter. After this it Brats odd that he (,Mr. Hobhouse,) should be corn-, pl aired of a, a moderate Reformer. That which , Ii td now stated would, he hoped, make it sufficiently cL ir how far his opponent was a friend to Reform,' aril he requested them to give him a patient hearing, that they might know what progress he had made since yesterday, in his studies connected with that question. Mr. LAMB remarked Mr. Hobhouse had expressed himself very confident as to the result of this Election. He was a little confident also, as he thought he had a right to be, from the state of the poll, but had he been some hundreds behind, after the speech his op ponent had made that day, and the exhibition of the elegant figure he had produced before them, he should not despair of ultimate success. He .was glad that Mr. Hobhouse had made some use of the hints he had given him on the preceding day, and that he had tried to be more witty than formerly, and lie had no hesitation in saying he was coming on very prettily ; and the jokes he collected from the other Candidates —from various publications, and which were written down for him by his friends, would, he thought, shortly entitle him almost to the hon. title of Joe Miller.- -His friends too were not behind him in wit. He saw, on the opposite erection, a placard o ffe ring 100;31. reward to any one who could understand Mr. Lamb's plan of intelligible Reform This, he be lieved, was playing off on him the is/ cacique, as the plan of intelligible Reform belqnged to somebody else, and he would refer the advertiser to Mr. Ilob house, who ought (as he was the only person who could explain it) to pocket the 1,0001. He was glad to see the Honourable Baronet there, as he thought he ought to attend to hear the replies of the friends of the third Candidate to what he had advanced on a former day. The Honourable Baronet had ac cused him of coming to the Hustings in disguise. lie denied the charge, and he had, at all events never come there in the livery of the Honourable Baronet. As to the differences said to exist among the Whigs, it was to be expected that amongst them, as among all large bodies, there would be some differences on the details of a great measure, on the principle of which all were agreed. But if the Whigs differed from one another, how did the Reformers differ from themselves from day to day ? Mr. Hobhouse had first come forward with a plan of Reform, that fell " far short pf Universal Suffrage," and then after four days consideration, he told them he had no plan at all, and had ad objection to Universal Suffrage. Then Mr. Hobhouse had produced a Gentleman, who had attended a Meeting of his friends,• and a paper stating what had taken place at that Meeting. He could wash the person who had furnished that document to be brought forward again. He desired that Samuel Clark might be called. Mr. CLARK having been called, presented himself on The rail in front of the hustings, and briefly ad dressed the crowd, stating his readiness to face any man. Mr. LAMB resumed.—He stated Mr. Clark to be a very proper person to be b r oug ht forward on the present occasion. He had a gooddeal to do with the Wig:, as he was a barter (Laughter), and, as he sup posed, had Come to the hustings for the purpose of shoeing hint dose!--(Laughter.) He had suspected him at the time he come to the Meeting ; for he thought he saw something of the Oliver about him— (Laughter.) Now for the facts:—Mr. Clark had asked the question of which they had heard; and he (Mr. Lamb)bad replied, that he could not say what were the numbers of the voters, in the Boroughs Mr. Clark had mentioned, so accurately as those whom they returned; but if the facts were such as he had stated them to be, the evil ought to be corrected. This was the answer he had given, and , he thanked Mr. Hobhouse for producing this Mr. Clark. He knew him now, and they knew him, and he would have none of them trust their throats near his razor. In the course of the election he had availed himself of no Mean artifice, and to none would he stoop; and he cared not one farthing for all that might be done, said, written, or devised, by Mr. Ilobhouse and his friend, Mr. Samuel Clark. He again expressed plea sure at seeing Sir Francis Burdett on the hustings, and hoped he would be allowed a patient hearing. Mr. HUNT had expected to hear something from the giant—the political apostate, Burdett, this day, but he believed the Honourable Baronet had run away again. Ile begged to read a paper which had been just put into his hand. This paper purported to be an advertisement, describing as lost, and offer ing five guineas reward fur the recovery of a Banker's check, which read as follows To Messrs. Coutts and Co. Bankers. Please to pay to Mr. S. Brookes the sum of £lO,OOO, and place it to the account of F. Burdett.—The check was dropped last night be .. tween St. James's-place and No. 110, Strand. Who ever has found and will restore it to the owner, or to Sir Francis Burdett, shall receive five guinea; reward. This is the highest reward that will be offered, as the check is of no use to any other person, • as payment is stopped at the Banker's, and another will be issued in order to uphold the Purity of Elec-' Lion in Westminster."—Mr. Hunt proceeded to state, that Sir Christopher Hawkins, a great Borough monger, had been there that day. This Gentleman' possessed five Boroughs in Cornwall, whose Repte sentatives always supported Ministers. And who did Sir Christopher Hawkins vote for? Why, for Mr. Ilobliouse. While 11r. Hunt was speaking, a person rose at the further end of the Hustings, and attempted to speak, but could not obtain silence. Once or twice he fell off the rail, but again presented himself; sticke&an orange, and seemed determined to wait till a more favourable moment arrived. The crowd were against him, and when he was forced from the rail, before he could ascend, All.llunt concluded, and Mr. GALE JONES spoke. He thought at first that the electors of Westminster would have been treated with Hobson:s choice, but he was now glad to see them entertained with the fine farce of .4 Hob in the Well," and Hob had fallen so low that the Honour able Baronet and all his friends would never be able again. The only voter s seen i n t h e to bring him up Lou: se of the present election were the drunken and disorderly friends of Mr. Hobhouse. Mr. Hurr, alluding to the state of the poll, re. LONDON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1819. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Bank Stock 264—Excheq. Bills (2d.) 17 11 pr. 3 per Cent. Reduced 771{4—Cons. 764 711 • Cons. for Acc. 7611 pi , r Cent. MI 7 4 per Cent. 954 61—.5 per Cent. Navy losit 7{ 7 Bk. Lg. Ans. 201 5-16--India Bonds 67 pr. Old Annuities 77—New Ditto 761 The Paris Papers of Monday and. Tuesday ar rived this forenoon. The KING is entirely recovered from bis recent indisposition. The Chamber of Deputies had a public meeting on 'Monday, when several matters of considerable importance came before them. A Petition was presented from several Pastors of the Reformed Church of the Departmeat of Dor dogne and different Protestants of Bourdeauz, pray- ing,..that there should he established, for the instruc tion of young Protestants. some special Colleges, I which shall be supplied by Professors, and superin tended by Pastors of the same communion. The Committee on Petitions recommended that it should be remitted to the Minister of the Interior. M. D'ARGENSON, in support of this Petition, put a 1 number of questions, which excited a great deal of sensation in the Assembly. Is it not true, he asked, tliat great complaints have been made of the zealous spirit of proselytism displayed in the Rcyal Colleges by the Catholic Clergy, in regard to Protestant, youths? Is it not true, that in the Colleges of the South of France not a Reformed Minister is to be met with, and that they have gone nigh to excluding entirely Protestants ftont these Colleges? Is it not true, that at Montbeliard, a town entirely Protestant, after the fathers of families had, at their own expense, re-established from• its ruins the Protestant Gymna sium, Ministers introduced into it a Catholic Rector? Is it not true, that at Paris, and especially in the College of Louis le Grand, which has lately been the scene of so• much disturbance, the spirit of Conver sion has been carried so far that they have forced the Protestant scholars to go to mass ? Has not this been one of the causes of that disturbance? (Great murmurs. Some voices on the is true.) Is it not true, that, in the Department of the Upper Loire, i a Protestant youth has. been seduced by a Catholic', Priest and carried to Lyons, and that when the father endeavoured to. reclaim his child, he was thrown into prison by the Mayor ?—(Great murmurs.) Is is not true, that they cited to this unfortunate young man' the example of St. Louis, who renounced every thing in order to become a Christian ? Is it true that in the Military Schools none but' Catholics are admitted ? Is it true that in the Or phan-house of the Legion of Honour, only one Pro testani girl has been admitted, and that only after having taken the vows; so that the orphans of those brave Protestant officers who die on the field of ho nour, have no other alternative than to chuse be tween apostacy and retiring into a House of Refuge, destined to lost children ?—M. D'Attozusoa conclu ded with moving, that •in remitting the 'Petition to the Minister 6f the Interior, accompanied by a let ter from the PRESIDENT, ,so as to produce an answer from the Minister, which might be communicated to the Chamber. M. ROYER COLLARD, the President of the Board' of Public Instruction, replied generally to the facts adverted to by M. d'Arger.so . n, that no complaint on the part of Protestant parents had ever been made to that Board, nor, as he believed, to the Minister of the Interior, who would doubtless; if he had received any such, have remitted them to that Department. After several other Members had delivered their, sentiments, the Chamber adopted the Report of the Committee, for simply remitting the Petition to the Minister of the Interior. The Minister of Finance, Baron Louts, next pre sented to the Chamber the definitive Accounts for the years 1815, 1816, 1817, and by approximation those of 1818, and a Bill connected therewith, equi valent in purpose to the Financial Resolutions usual in' the Treasury practice of this country. Article Ist, declares the expenditure of 1815 to have been 798,590,859 francs, and specifies the pro portions in which it has been divided among the dif ferent Ministries. Article 2d, declares the Expenditure of 1816 to have amounted to 896,707,205 francs. Article 3d, that of 1817 to have risen to 1,039,810,583 francs. —And Article 4th, proposes to recognise the total Expenditatre of 1818 as having amounted to 1 1,1:A649,360 francs. Each of these Articles speci.' fying, in the same manner as Article Ist, the parti cular sums expended by each Department. The Bill was ordered to be printed and disttibuted. The Minister of Finance developed the grounds of another Bill which he brought forward, containing a Financial Project, of as great magnitude and novelty perhaps, as any which has figured in modern his tory. The object of it is to lessen the burden of the large debt which France has been recently obliged to contract to discharge its obligations to the Allied Powers, and the method proposed is to spread it over a larger surface, instead of keeping it, as it is now, concentrated at the Capital—that is to say, that there shall ,not be one grand Stock Exchange alone in Paris, but that a Stock Exchange shall be opened in every considerable city and town in France, so that monied men in all parts may have equal facilities with those in the capital for investing their money in the Government Funds, free from that trouble , and expense of correspondence and negotiation which at present keeps a large part of the real re sources of the country.locked up in private coffers, or employed in a manner from which the owners derive less advantage than they would from lending it on the interest which Government allows. The idea of this project is, we think, borrowed from our iimaix, who, in his speculations on the na tional debt of England; has some striking observa • tions on the danger which the country runs from the great determination of blood, as it were, to the head, which arises from the Capital being made the grand repository of a load of debt so enormous as that un der which we have the misfortune to labour. We are inclined to think favourably of the project, and haze no doubt that, if adopted, it will afford us an instructive example in the relief which it will give to the Finances of France. The discussion on the Bill for the Alteration of the Financial Year was then resumed, but at so late an hour, that it was obliged to be aglin adjourned till another day. The rumour which was current in Paris of•the deaths of the Pors and the late Queen of ETRURIA, is now declared to be wholly without foundation. M. REGNAULT de Saint Jean D'Angely, BONA PARTR'S Prime Adviser during the hundred days, has received liberty to return to trance. By the ship Glide, arrived at New Yolk from Ba tavia (which place she left on the Ist of 'November) advice had been received of an insurrection having broken out at Amboyna, at the head of which was SAPPERWA, a great Insurgent Chief, who, with his followers, was committing great slaughter. The pirates had become most desperate depredators on the Malacca coast. An English ship had been at tacked by them, and the Captain and the whole of the crew murdered. Communications had been sent to Sir THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLIS, begging that some armed vessels might be sent in search of them. The exterior and interior Of the late QUEEN'S Pa lace has latterly undergone a complete repair. A quantity of elegant furniture, partly . from Windsor Castle, and partly from Frogmore, and a selection from the PRINCE lixotrir's Cottage, has been con• veyed to Town in Artillery waggons, and placed in the Palace, where the PRINCE REGENT will reside during the repairs of Carlton House. Lord LAUDERDALE was much better last night, and there is every prospect that his Lordship's health will be speedily re-established. By an Order from the Horse Guards, the Mourn ing in the Army for the QUEEN is to change on the 2d of April, and to cease on the 2d of June. We haver, great pleasure in performing a part of lour duty, by referring our Readers to the advertise ment from the Society for Promoting the Blargement and Building of Churchls and Chapels. it was thought that the Society would have been rendert%l useless by the intervention of Parliament, but it has been shewn, that quite otherwise is the case: In the short period of six months, it has been the means of causing the expenditure of at least thirty thousand pounds, in addition to its own grants, towards pro curing for the lower orders of people the opportunity of attending Divine Worship according to the rites of our Apostolic Church. The Ferry bridge Hunt Ball, which took. placelast week, was attended by all the rank, beauty, and fashion of that part of Yorkshire. The ball was oprened'by the Hon. Captain STOPPORD and the lion. Miss PETR E. After the two first country-dances, qua drilles and waltzes succeeded, until the supper-rcoms were thrown open. After an elegant repast 4 , the merry dance" was resumed. The band of the York' Assemblies occtipied the orchestra. The dresses of the Ladies were extremely rich and tasteful. Bremos-aoom, Fes. 15.—The following are the odds on Races to come :—Riddleswerth Stakes tto 1 agst Tr e a surer . 31 to 1 p apt Blatstockin, 9to 1 apt Soothsayer c. 10 to 1 apt En:. parer, 13 to 1 agst Dodona.—St. Leger. Tto 1 agst Laird, 9 to 1 agst Mazdar.e, IC. to 1 agst Blaestrate.—Duly, tt to I agst Euphrates 15 to apt Pledge SO to a gst It s, to t apt litueaiotkiog, 7to 1 apt itarossn..2Nu lauding admit ally ' other Liam NAVAL LVTET.LiGi.:NCZ% The John and Mary, Nasnam, from . put into Bridlington, on the 17th inst. with mu c h mane, having been struck by a Leavy see VKSSELS SPOKEN UITH.—The Liza Ann, London to the South Seas, on the 414 inst. i n 38.4.3. lon. 11. 15. The Reindeer, Munk Bourcleaux to New York, on the 12th inst. i n • O. IoL7. 9. 29. by the Margaret; BZ'CW N . - Liverpool. Facuovrtt, FranuaßY gales and thick weather.—Arrived pert, from Portsmouth for Barbadces, Bristol, i\ tA sTr.nu N, from Plymouth to Vt.lles, loss of foremast and other &huge; also 5i:V tra: • names unknown. FORTSMOUTU, FEBRUARY It : ie.-`lllld S. W. rived several outward-bound vessels, and remai3 the others, all well. Sailed the Scot:cc ent:et, a cruize. • • DEAL, TEnIarARY 18.—Wind W.S. and sailed for the River the Catharine, Bn(. the Sooth Seas. Came down from the itiver raid, SrRANACK, for St. Vincent's; Marquis ley, NamEa r for Grenada ; Gulden Grove. for Cape of Good Hope; Duchess of York, HAM, for Buenos Ayres ; Mars, lIEPPSLL, for and Letitia Tennant, —, for Belfast ; and in the Downs with the rest of the out- DOVER, FEBRUARY 18.—Sailed last night , Duncan packet, Captain PASCOE, for Ostend, mail and paspengers. Arrived this day the Leopold, Captain ltocEns ; Lady Jane James, ll.tywartn; and l'lris French packet, from ( with passengers ; also, the Favourite, Capt. Poi with corn from Wend. Sailed this day the, chester packet, Captain lturrEft, fur Cal.us , wr.: 2 mail and passengers. LYNIINCTON, I'FBRUARYIB.—Ptft back the I'm Eliza, .Sr molt: f and Jupiter, Si' ITII, forCuracrL BRIXA Ni t . FEBRUARY 17.—Arrived schooner I'itEAsANT, from a cruise. MILFORD, FEBRUARY 14.—Wind N. N. W.-- the vessels bound round land sailed yesterda-;, the wind shifting during the night to the South , : they have all put back. OLD BAILEY, FEBRUARY Is. SPECIAL COMMISSION. Sort after the sitting of the Court this mo:ni Mr.SitELTON, the Clerk of the Arraigns, read cial Commission, authorizing the trial of persons charged under the Abolitioft cf the Trade Act with having removed, for the N r : being sold, a number of persons from the island Mauritius. Mr. Laren GRAHAM addressed the Jury it a sllort speech. The Grand Jury then withdrew, and about tlrTe hours afterwards, returned with . a Nil not for against Jaques Aristide .llnuneron ; and traz it against Philippe Cuday, alias Phillithed, A Clarensae, and Joseph Anne Tre , grose. "they se., rally pleaded—Not Guilty. Their trLl wos then appointed to take place at ten o'clock on .4::.ltur morning. Willson Bremen was found guilty of stealing pieces of foreign coin, the property of John Nelson. Robert Hines and John Close, chimney-sweepers, were capitally indicted, for stealing, in the dwelling house of C. P. Rushmore, Esq. in the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea; a silver cream jug, a silver sugar br son, twelve silver spoons, and a variety of articles of plate. Guilty—Death. Aged 17 and 19. Charles, Hannah, and Sarah Ptotrell, father, mo ther, and daughter, were capitally indicted for steal ing in the dwelling-house of William Goff, a US note, two £lO, and rive £1 notes, his property. The Jury pronounced Charles Powell, Not Guilty; Hannah Posed!, Guilty—Deal', aged 40; and .Slra4 Pesen, Guilty—Reath, aged 13. C. With Inu i t sea. izi t A n; ins t. is ibizARD, lins t . i n l at • 111 1 &W. l'e. , en . 1 , •. .1 e,.• • 1 - I to r.. 11 17 • o sevtra ; ;1.1 % , . atetl 't ind S.W .t C tnd remai n )!;CC VIL;e; • g ( *ice BRoox, .; e River tilt a t ora larquis lV e .r ;rove, Ste t •rou iork, Nasal s tei for dit t4 t; and 11: :ward-bound, night the L .ira Ostend, with .a lay the Pr; , ;re James, C. 4 a, from C. ••• Capt. Pout'. day the Cr Jti • Cidais, tri•:a tit' !melt the r rd 1L J for Cul acr. I ills 3Li];*s*.f N. N. W.--A3 • yoterda•;, the SouthLar Ai Ei c.] RY t this morning, gns, read :t Sne• :rial of v: , .:;.:s )11 of the 51..C.1 • the Is:A-post et n the island ei Jury in a sllort ,nd about three 13iil not found ; and true bias e. They sue- wos then ck on It:au:jay r of stealing 11 , of John Nelson. imney-sweepers, in the dwelling- le parish of N. silver sugar ba• ty of articles of d 19. ,ell, father, ma dicted for steal- m Goff, a US ~ „4, property.ot Guilty; 40; and .Sl/114 (who was dis- fence) stood in- vay, in January owing .it to be •ernor and Com- prisoner plead- I ~. • , , . I 4 • • . -A"... ..-_ -4, • . marked, that on a former day Burdett had snapped .his fingers at the electors : they had to-day returned the compliment, and snapped their fingers at him. While Mr. HUNT was speaking a stick was thrown at him. Mr. Las directed the constables to endea vour io find the person from whom it came. , The man was pointed out, and after being roughly used by the mob, hoisted over the rail to the front of the hustings, and taken into custody. Mr. HUNT decli ned to exhibit any charge against him, observing, the poor-wretch was no doubt in the pay of Mr. Nob house, and the state of the poll was sufficient to ac count for his conduct. The man was then liberated, but prudently remained with the constables till the business of 'the day was over. Mr. WALKER eulogized Major Cartwright, and declared, in answer to the assertion, that some of the Major's friend; had canvassed for Mr. Lamb, that they had never canvassed a single man for Major Cartwright himself. Whatever respect he might ha ye for Sir F. Burdett, he would never hold him self to be obliged to sacrifice his opinion to vote inr the nominee of•the Honourable Baronet against Ma jor Cartwright. Ile censured the conduct of the Westminster Committee, and described them to have packed a body of their number to support Mr. Hob-- house on his nomination. Three hundred persons would form a very large party in any room in the metropolis, but why did they not appeal to the peo ple at a public Meeting in the usual place of meet ing ? Ile preferred the Whigs to the Tories, as, though they had not done what they might have done for the benefit of their country, they were guilt less of those acts which disgraced their opponents, and which stunk in the nostrils of the people. The business of the day then terminated. SIXTH DAY. State of the Poll this day at One o'clock: Mr. LAM - - - 1473 Mr. lionaorsz - - 927 Major CAarwaioirr - S4 THE EVENING STAR. FEBRUARY 19. This morning William Connor, (who was dis charged last Session for a similar offence) stood in dicted for disposing of and putting away, in Janu.ry last, a forged one pound note, knowing ,it to he forged, with intent to defraud the Governor and Com pany of the Bank of Eiigland.--The prisoner plead ed Guilty to the minor offence, when Mr. Serjeanf BOSANQUET stated to the Jury, that the prisonr having thus pleaded, the Bank declined prosecuting capitally. The Learned Judge then shortly addressed the Jury, observing, a , there Ns no evidence to substantiate the capital Fart of the charge, they would find their verdict accur,:inglv. The Jury accordingly feund the prisoner ;irk," of the minor offence. John Jackson ariclFrancitPirry were also arraigned on a similar charc , e, being separately indicted v.-Als having passed, ia January last, each a note, pnrpon ing to be a genuine one of the Governor and Com pany of the Bank of I.lglancl, alto with intent to de fraud the said Company. Both these prisoners a!:0 pleaded guilty to the minor offence, which subjects them likewise to transportation for fourteen years. CLISGOW MARKETS, FEBRUARY . Corrvx.—The $.11:5 of the week amount to 1160 packari. Sea IsL:A! (11:: rgia, 29, at 2's. Ud. to 4s. 1 td. ordivary to 1 04 line.— Ilitto, very interior, 4, at 2-..—Ditto, stained, 14, to 22,1.—New Orlyng, 86, at 17:d.—Bowtds, 634, it ICd. 160.—D0. 70, at 17ict. old.—Pvrnambucco, 4, at 251/4.-sfa -20, at 20d.—Yana, u Md.—Demerara :7nd Be bice, 203, at 17 id t05e;.1.-1 /a. :nailed and at 15d. to MO.—Jamaica, 16, at 16,1.—Surat, 16<1. to i:d. CORN-EXCILINGE, MARK-LANE, FEIII%.I:AFY We have not hal many fresh ;u rivals since !qen day, nor has there been any demand ICY BaneY) ! which article is from 3s. to 4.5. per quarter cheapen: ancLa large quantity rent Hies on hand, which not be got off at that reduction, The Wheat u . de :s very heavy, but not cheaper than on Wednesday. as it is now settled that the Importations from abroad cease this dig. Oats, 13ear.F., and Peas arc dra sale, at almost nominal price. I'EB. 19. Beef .......4s 04 to Ss 44 I Vysl • . 51 Od to Ts ed Nlutton Cd to 81 t;.! Porl. BrAsts S7o—estves IW—She.fr_and_Lasrbs.44l:9-116111.41. HAY , AND STRAW I'±a LoA Hay 45 Os to £7 7. Straw 101 to ,C 3 Os Clover 6 .us t 0 . 19 IN I Rowers ... es es to £0 Os • BIRTHS. . Tuesday, the Lade of Col. Aspinwall, Consul of the 1 . -.l:cJ States of America, of a son. Weiliwadry; lady Katharine Mkt tOrtittr, of a daughter. . • -- LONDON NI and ptchtfslnid by 1.14 Waal; ?UMW rs.4ce, - . II Ti L: I S . .W... t