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ever immeasurable the modesty of Sir HuuntitY I:imself may consider that distance, it so happens that, i n point of fact, no two names better deserve to be named together. In the days of NEWTON, the Philosophers of the old school were as slow to ac knowledge the merits of NEWTON as some envious' men in our own times are to do justice to the science and intelligence of Sir HUMPHRY DAVltegi- Posterity has vindicated the memory of the former, and Posterity will enumerate, with gratitude, the many discoveries given to the, world by the zealous and persevering labours of the latter ; nor will Ms memory suffer by comparison even with a NEWTON, if the value of their respective discoveries be mea sined by practical benefits actually conferred on the human race. We might here enumerate Sir HUMPHRY'S Elet tro•Galvanic discoveries,and the decomposition of the alkalies and earths—discoveries by no means to be placed in the class of dry speculations ; but, on the contrary, promising incalculable practical results to the manufactures and labours, and consequently the conveniences, comforts, and enjoyments of mankind but we have neither room nor time at present to no tice these, and therefore sum up all that we mean to say at present of the individual whose merits excite the envy of little minds, by bringing to the recollec tion of the Public the disco Very of the Safety-lamp. Ought people to talk lightly of a man of whom the late Professor PLAYFAIR, one of the greatest Philo scplicrs of the present age, expressively said, in an article in the Edinburgh Review, .on the discovery of', the Safety-lamp, that (we quote from memory) if BACON were to come again to the world, and ask , what advances had been made since his time in Ex perimental Philosophy, it would be sufficient to pre sent to him the. Lamp of DAVY, as the greatest pre sent which science ever made to humanity? THE EVEN ING• STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1820. THE FUND& PRI( E Of STOCKS VHS DAT AT 01.1 E O'CLOCK Bank Stock 219 1 / 2 219 3 per Cent. Reduced 69 68 78 69 3 per Cent. Cons. 69% V a 3 / 4 3} per Cent. 78 77%_i4 per Ct. 86 1 / 2 3 / 4 1/ 8 5 per Cent. Navy 105% 7 8 5 / 8 Long Annuities 17 13-16—India Bonds 255. pr. Exchequer Bills par, 2s. Is. pre.—Omnium par. Cons. for Acct. 70 1 / 2 6978 70. 1. , # DISMISSAL OF MINIST P.S. COURT OF COMMON •COUNCIL This day a Court was held, in consequence or a Requisition, to consider the propriety of presenting an Address to the KING, upon the present situation of Public Affairs, humbly praying his MAJ&STT to dismiss from his presence and Councils the present Ministers. The Requisition included several other topics, the most remarkable of which was the following : " That the Representatives of the City be instructed to oppose any grant of money out of the Civil List, whenever applied for by Ministers, until her Majesty is assigned a residence suitable to her rank, and there is given to her a recompense for past injuries, and her name is restored to the Liturgy." The LORD MAYOR stated that the Court had waited upon the Queen with the Address of Congratulation upon the defeat of her enemies, and received a most gracious Answer. The Answer was then read by the RECORDER, with great emphasis. It was ordered to be inserted upon the Journals. While the RECORDER was reading the Answer, the whole Court rose, with the exception of Alder men Leighton and Christopher Smith, and Mr. Birch (brother to the Alderman) and Mr. Conway. Mr. SAVAGE noticed the disrespect with which the Lord Mayor was treated; but his Lordship said, it was not customary for the Aldermen upon all occa sions of this kind to rise. The Cripplegate Petition was presented. Mr. Elms gave an historical account of Bills of Pains and Penalties, and reprobated the invariable course pursued by Ministers, during the Regency and the present reign. He concluded by moving, that the Petition for Cripplegate, which was against Mi• nisters, should be taken into consideration on the next day of meeting. After some discussion, the Petition was entered on the Minutes. ST. ANNE'S, SOHO. A very respectable Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Anne's, Soho, was held yesterday, according to the appointment of H. WILLIAMS, Esq. the Senior Churchwarden, in pursuance of a Requi sition presented to him by a great number of the re. spectable Householders. Soon after one o'clock, Mr. HOBHOUSE, M.P. for Westminster, and Mr. PETER MOORE, arrived; and on the motion of Mr. CROFT FISH, Mr. WILLIAMS was called to the Chair. Mr. C. Rot said, that letters had been written to various Members of Parliament, requesting their company this day, viz. their two Representatives, one of whom had done them the honour to attend, the Bon. G. Bennet, Mr. Buxton, Mr. P. Moore, Sir*G. Noel, Mr. S. Whitbread, and Sir R. Wilson. The only answer with which he should trouble them was from Mr. flume. That Gentleman lamented his inability to attend, as it was St. Andrew's Day, and he had engaged to attend another Meeting at the same hour. The CHAIRMAN said another letter had just been. received from Sir Gerard Noel, in which he stated his inability to attend, but hiswillingness to take part in the presentation of the Address, or in any other way to further the objects of the Meeting. A GENTLEMAN in the crowd suggested that, as the Meeting was now crowded, and threatened soon to be much too large for the Vestry-room, they should adurn to the Church. Mr. C. FISH said, that an application had been made for the Church, but the Rector had refused the use of it. Mr. P. MOORE said;that the Rector had no exclu sive right to the Church—that the property was in the Churchwardens, and, therefore, with Mr. Wil 'liams's authority, t h ey might go to the Church, leav ing the pulpit to the obstinacy of the Rector. Mr. PICKMAN doubted whether they had a right to claim the Church without the authority of the two Churchwardens, of whom only one was then pre sent ; he hoped;therefore, the Meeting would remain satisfied with what Mr. Williams had done. The Resolutions were then read, and the first was moved by Mr. Fon, and seconded by Mr. Da VRRE, to the following effect : " Resolved--That this Meeting is decidedly of opinion - , that not one of the foul charges against her Majesty had the smallest foundation in truth, but that they were the result of a most scandalous conspiracy which has, for years, been persevered in with unparalleled malignancy." Mr. P. Mooaz expressed his cordial concurrence with this Resolution—the truth of which had been proved by the late proceedings ; the whole world having been ransacked to produce charges against the Queen, and yet this mountain had not brought forth even a mouse, but an absolute abortion. The question before the Public had been, not as to the guilt or innocence of the Queen, but whether the law and the gospel should be trampled under feet at the will of an individual? The room being now quite full, and many persons being on the outside of the door and on the staircase, who complained that they could not hear, the ques tion was put that the Meeting do adjourn to the Church-yard, which was agreed to. In the Church-yard the first Resolution was again put, and agreed to without a dissentient voice. The second Resolution was moved by Mr. BEL. LORD, and seconded by Mr. GREEN, and was carried unanimously : " That the Bill of Pains and Penalties was odious, unjust, il legal, and scandalous, equally disgraceful to those who prepared and those who ente rtained it, and would, had it keen passed into a law, have stamped eternal infamy upon this nation.' • Mr. HoanousE said, the Committee had put into his hands a Resolution, in the substance of which he cordially agreed, and which he was convinced would meet with no opposition, viz. " That we rejoice that so iniquitous a Bill has been defeated by the spontaneous voice of a people, justly indignant at the attempt to degrade the Queen and the Peop l e to a level with its promoters." Now (continued Mr. Hstbhouse) after the expe rience of many months since the first attempt to in- !mince this iniquitous Bill, it was to be seen Who Were the fine Mends of the laws, of the Constitu tion, of subordination, and who were the enemies of the peace and prosperity of the Constitution. It was the People alone who had gained the great and im mortal triumph in the cause of justice; it was the People only who forced on the minds of those who were at first reluctant to receive it, the salutary truth ; on this case of illegal persecution against the Queen, depended the security, according to law, of every man's person and property. It was true that there had been found persons (much to their credit) to join the voice of the people in the House of Lords; and in the other House there were some, among whom he was an humble individual, who had made an early attempt to stop the measure altogether. But without the voice of the People all efforts would have been unavailing. If they wantedany proof of the Resolution, the appearance of the Metropolis yes terday was convincing as to its truth. It was im possible for any one who witnessed that vast assem blage of people to doubt what had been and was (and would, he was convinced, continue to be), the voice of the People. It was a satis faction wo rth a whole life to obtai", to see that magnificent assem blage, which proved that so often as the People were left to their own means of preserving the peace, there would be no breach of the peate--(App/ause).—They were now so accustomed to see the Sovereign sur rounded by his Guards—to see every avenue through which the true feeling of the Nation could reach him stopped, that it was as novel as it was pleasing to see the Queen without a single Ord to preserve the peace—(Applause).—He would not say that it was necessary for the protection of the other branch of Royalty. Far from it. The People felt nothing like disgust or distaste towards the King separately from the acts of his Ministers—and he (Mr. H.) was convinced that his Majesty would have no difficulty in making himself as popular a King as any that ever sat on the Throne. Only a ftw words spoken by him would make all the Guards that usually accompanied him to . Parliament unnecessary, and would make him safe in an assemblage of his people, as grateful and as enthusiastic as that which had yesterday sur rounded the Queen. It was his (Mr. H.'s) conviction, that it was impossible that the present system could continun..the present scheme of administration, plunder ) and proscription, could not go on—the People must become the mere clods of the earth, without animation, or the system must be subverted, and on the ruins of it one of justice and freedom erected. He alluded to a mistake in a respectable part of the Press, The Morning Chronicle) in which it was imputed to Lord William Russell and him self, that they had said, that they did not wish for a change of Ministry. This was a mistake ;he had said, that there was an absolute necessity for a change of Ministry—(App/ause).--But in saying so, he had I I added, that no change of men could be of use with out a change of system t that without that change no men could carry on the Government without find ing themselves in the same predicament as the pre sent Ministry. He was anxious to rectify this error; because he felt it necessary that the People should come forward to call for a change of men and sys tem ; without a change of system no honest men could accept office; without it he was sure no honest men could continue in office. It was impossible that the People could continue to be oppressed without any other answer to their complaints than dun. geons, halters, and bayonets ; it was impossibly, or this country must be sunk to the lowest pitch of ruin and desolation—(Continued cries of Hear,hear). There was no security for the governors or the go verned, without the formation of a National Council * which should speak the opinions of the Nation—(Ap plause).—lt was not impossible now for any one to say, beyond fear of contradiction, what the sentiments of the Nation were. Hundreds of thousands, proba bly millions' of people, had spoken on the present oc casion, and yet there were persons found to say, that the opinions of the People were not pronounced.— These persons were bound then, on their own chewing, to form some plan by which the opinion of the People should be pronounced. The Meetings throughout the country would be doing what would be useless, if, while they demanded a change of Ministers, they did not call for a change of their own Representation in Parliament. Having alluded to what he saw out of doors yesterday, he should tell them a little of what he saw in-doors. -He felt it his duty to attend her Majesty to St. Paul's, as he thought it at least the duty of the Representatives of Westminster to meet her Majesty at the entrance of the City. He attended her Majesty also to Saint Paul's, but within that Church he saw a feeling displayed very different from what he had seen without. There the Hierax chy-•-he believed the same Right Reverend Prelate who said the King could commit no folly, not even say a foolish thing—(A laugh)—had been at work I There the common accommodation of a carpet bad been refused to her Majesty—(Shame! Shame !).-- The Lord Mayor,_ considering hew poor the Church was (A laugh), offered out of the City funds, or (he believed rather) out of his own, to provide a carpet. But, no (the real object was, that her Majesty should have no accommodation, and no oarpet was allowed at,all—( Cries of Shame, shame! and marks of indig - nation). —So that it seems, at present, the anxious wish of the higher Clergy to spew no sympathy with the People. The Resolution was moved, seconded, and agreed to unanimously. After which the Address was seconded by Mr. PICKMAN, and agreed to. Votes of Thanks to Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Moore, and H. Williams, Esq. the presiding Churchwarden, were agreed to.—As also a Vote of Censure on the Rev. Rector (Dr. Macleod), " For preaching political Ser mons, and not allowing his parishioners the use of the Church to preach political doctrines themselves." The Meeting then broke up. Coxw PAMLICO!, MAIM-LANs, DISCEMIZS I.—Our Wheat trade continues exceedingly heavy, even for the finest qualities, for which Monday's prices were with difficulty obtained; but the ordinary soi t 4 were offered at au abatement of 2s. per quar ter, without being able to effect sales at that decline. The supply of Barley this week has be en ver y large, and chiefly of infer* quality, which description is full Is. cheaper, but prime picked 'ampler support Monday's prices. Oats are also ls. lower, and saleb very dull at that reduction. In Beans and Peas no variador . Surnartema MAUI?, Dec. 1.0.--Beef, tic Od. to 4s. 6d. per stone of albs. ; Mutton, 3s. Od. to 4s. 6d. Veal, 41. 6d. to ss. 84. Pork, 45.6 d. to ss.iod. Lamb, Os.od. to Os.od.—Gale at Maiket Beasts, 540; c a lees,l3o ; Sheep and Lambs, 1,550 ; Pigs,22o. Hay, 31.104. to 41. 4s. Clover, 41. 151. to 11. 154. Straw, 11. 124. to 11. 165. lament to see this insidious attempt to deprive the gentlemen of England of the support of the People, and to reduce theist to a level with.the titled slaves who bus about the Continental Courts; and we lament still More to see how many English Gen tlemen, from blindness or baseness, have fallen into the snare. They will find their error when it is too late—they Will lament tke loss of the generous devotion of the People of England when they have lost it for ever. " If we were not afraid of promoting the disunion which We deprecate, we could easily spew that the virtues of a Nation have their chief residence in what is properly the People. We could point to the patriotism and devotion manifesied, in our times, in Spain add other countries of Europe, by the People, when the higher ranks generally shewed themselves strangers to every manly and generous sentiment. But we will not pursue the invidious comparison. But let it be borne in mind, if the Gentlemen of England are higher in character than those of several other countries, they owe this distinction exclusively to the healthful influence of a free Constitution." The Duke of Kent packet has arrived at calmouth, with advices from Lisbon to the 20th ult. The Lisbon Paper, 0 Amigo do Povo, contains the following paragraph : " A new dispatch respecting Lord &amoral° has arrived, in which he is constituted President of the Regency, in military affairs; and, with regard to the British Officers, it is ordered they are to have a seniority according to the time they have svtved in England." THE KING'S COURT. Yesterday, at three o'clock, his MAJESTY held a Court at his Palace in Pall-Mall, which was at tended by— The Lord Chancellor, the Secretaries of State for the Hothe and Foreign Departments, the Chancellor of the Eschequer, the President of the Board of Controul, the President of the Board of Trade, the Master of the Mint, the Lord Chamber lain, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Treasurer of the Household, the Recorder of London, and the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL was introduced to his MAJESTY by Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH, when Sir EDWARD delivered to the KING the Insignia of the Order of the Bath, worn by the late Sir J. BANKS. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which Mr. BULLER attended as Clerk. At the close of this Coun cil, the RECORDER of LONDON was admitted into his MAJESTY'S presence, and made his Report of the con victs capitally convicted at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, at the last September Sessions. His MAJESTY gave audiences to the LORD CHAN CELLOR and Viscount Stomourn. Lord Astrutesr and General Fugal were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. We have frequently had occasion to notice the filthy scurrility of the Ultra Royalist Journalists. They seem absolutely to have banished from their minds every sense of delicacy or propriety on every topic that relates to the QUEEN and her supporters — the People of England—on the one hand, and their htaghty but discomfited employers on the other. The one class are " low born fellows," "a rancorous .faction," " the rabble"—the other, in one word, '• Heaven born !"—Yes, THE PEOrLE Or ENGLAND are stiled 44 the veriest reptiles on the face of the earth:" by the basest sycophants that ever disgraced the Liberty of the Press. The Courier of last night, speaking of her MAJESTY'S Procession says We will not waste a word upon the burlesque cavalcade of Gentlemen'—the Guard of Honour' on horseback—the pro miscuous crew of Publicans, Bakers, Butchers, &c. (for such, • know, were anon,: them) who bestrid their Rosinantes on this occasion. They were only the middle link of the chain, which clinruenced with the six distinguished Members of Parliament, and ended with a countless rabble." We resolved, as soon as we saw this impudent pa ragraph, to take some notice of it ; but we find it has this morning called forth some animadversions in a Morning Paper, so just, and at the same time so tem perate and judicious, that we forego our original purpose, that we may lay them before our Readers. The Morning Chronicle, in allusion to the fore going wise remarks of the Courier, proceeds thus : " What is the end and object of all this? " There are two ways of governing men, one by opinion, and the other by compulsion. The English have hitherto supposed themselves to be governed by opinion; and the power of the higher ranks has been understood to be derived from the influ ence which their rank, property, and character, gave them with thc classes under them. It was the publicans, butchers, bakers, and other tradesmen, and those whom they in turn influenced, who gave power to the higher Gentry and Nobles. They who treated the body of the people with contempt, by losing their support, only exposed themselves to become objects of contempt. " But how is it that the Government can now afford to insult all the industrious classes? To speak of butchers, bakers, and publicans, as West India Planters talk of their black slaves? What substitute have they found out for the aid and good opt. tion of the industrious classes of society ? Formerly men heard of Whigs and Tories—of high and low Churchmen, each o which denominations included in it all classes of society, from the Peer to the Peasant. But now, forsooth, it is only higher ranks and lower ranks ;—and all who gain their bread by honest industry are considered by the new expounders of the Constitu tion, as thereby labouring under some stigma. " Well then, what is the substitute, Gentlemen?—Come, out with it. You are tired of the old system of governing; nay, it is but too evident you have long been tired of it. You envy the admirable system of government of Russia and Austria. What a comfortable thing it is, no doubt, to trample down butchers, bakers, &c. with hussars, pandours, &c. at pleasure! What are butchers and bakers good for, but to minister to the wants of Lords? These fellows presume to have a will of their own—•to meet and vote Addresses - -'-t o a Qum whom Ministers had resolved to destroy; nay, even to pi:, sentence of condemnation on these Ministers! Such insolence in Austria and Ituseia would be speedily and d railly cured by the sabre. You wish, then, to govern by the sabre in turn, and forgetting the text, that' he who taketh the ccnrL shall perish by the sword,' you wish to irritate and provoke the people, to goad them on to madness, in order that they may word you a pretext for attempting the complete establishment ol your new regime. The signs of the times are too clear to be mistaken. We lament the turn which things have long been taking. We can not , hut our eyes to tbc crisis to which we are fast approach ire; and which, under the present system, is inevitable. We Extr it Of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Constan tinople ,dated the 25th October, and not Gibraltar, 2 5th oo tober, as stated yesterday :—" T wo American Gentlemen have arrived here from Smyrna, to which place they came in an American brig of war, supposed with a view to establish a Commercial Treaty with the Porte." DODINIIII, Nov. 28.—The Adeona, Captain Wstrxxxaso, ar rived here on Friday last, from St. John's, New Brunswick, after a passage of 28 days. On the 12th November, in lat. 47. long. 88. 40. spoke the Royal Charlotte of Greenock, from Newfoundland to Lisbon, out twelve days, all well. Lam, Nov. 28.—The Romulus, H mut zason, from Peters burgh, on entering the harbour, c arried away her rudder, and went on shore : the cargo has not received much damage. Faucoarn,‘Nov. 28.—Wind E.—Arrived the Rose, Saes*, from Zante for Guernsey; George, BASTED, from Bourdeaux for London; and the Lady Wellington packet, with Mails from the Mediterranean; sailed from Gibraltar the 12th November. The Montague packet, from the Brazils, last from Lisbon, was towed into Gibraltar in a leaky state on the 11th instant, by his Majesty's ship Favouaivr, About 100 sail of vessels came out of Gibraltar Bay with the Wellington, which had been detained by strong westerly winds. Sailed the Garland, Bzowx, for the Cape of Good Hnpe. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 24.—Wind E.—Arrived the Juno, Way, from Zante for Leith ; Afchimedes, Paarr, front Cadiz for London; Jean, Bence; and Ealus, Jounson, from Petersburgh. Poanuoutn Nov. 30.—Wind N.N.E.— Arrived the Salads, Goma°, from 'Quebec ; Express, Baaam, from the Straits; and Prospect, Waxy, from St. Petersburgh. Went out of har bour his Maiesty's America for Spithead. Sailed the Admiral Cockburn, for South ; and Golden Grove, for Port-au- Prince. Deal, Nov. 50.—Wind N.N. W.—Came down from the River and sailed, the Colonel Allen, BOND, for Lima; Duke of York, Himnrasoz, for Bermuda; Waterloo, WILONSON ; Agui lar, Rozzayson ; and James Harris, bouts, for Jamaica; Pigott, Timex, for Tobago ; Lady Warren, Hour, for Tenerife ; Charles, SKIT! for Barcelona; Aimable Eliza, Gzaunza, for Havre ; John Esdaile, Knut, for Bermuda ; and Nymph , RADCLUTZ, for Algiers. Haairscu, Nov. 30.—The Revenue cutter ---.---, Lieutenant SMITHY, has captured and brought in here a fine cutter, laden with 700 tubs of spirits, besides dry goods, and eleven men. Awvza—At Cuxhaven,.tho Ocean, Kidd; Helm, Balan tyre; Brothers, Hewson ; and Lord Wellington, Church, from London ; Britannia, Cammcll ; and Thornton, Lawson, from Hull; Alert, Ure ; and Adventure, Hocquard, from Rio Ja neiro • Burdon, ----, from Balboa ; and Rosidium, Loin man:from Op orto; True Blue, —, from the Clyde; and Deito Fair°, from Cork. At St. Übe s, Lark, Guest, from London. At St. Andrew's (N. B.), Dorcas, Savage, from Bel fast. At bruarnicbi, Hearn', WArthur ; Argo, Adams; and Bellona, Watson, from Liverpool; Oxford, Callender, from Leith ; and Thetis, Charters,from the Clyde. A large smuggler cutter, mounting 16 guns, hav ing contrived to land 500 tubs of spirits near Pad stow, Cornwall, they were discovered by the vigi lance of the boatmen belonging to the Boscastle Pre ventive Service, and soon taken possession of. The smuggler, however, on his side, was also on the alert; and, being unwilling to leave his choice spirits in the hands of these unsparing Philistines, he determined to make a bold push to recover his booty. He ac cordingly manned his boat with a stout gang of de termined fellows, who approached the shore, and effected a rescue, carrying off not only the smuggles property, but the preventive boat, and all her mate rials into the bargain ! This morning the following Gentlemen waked again upon the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER) for the New Lottery. The Biddings were : Sivzwmastdr - - £l3 6 6 Box - - - 13 7 9 CamsoLL - - - 13 3 3 HAZARD - • • 13 3 3 Mr. Rouse, who was the highest Bidder on Wednes day, did not make any bidding to-day. Mr. VANDELEUR is the new Serjeant in Ireland.— Serjeant LAFROT, will be the new Baron, if Baron GEORGE does not resume his judicial functions in the Court of Exchequer. FtaE.—Another fire broke out last night, in a house in Holland-street, occupied by a chair-maker, immediately in the rear of the three which wtra cone sumed the other day, in Wardour-street. It was en tirely destroyed, and a chapel adjoining was at one period In great danger of catching the flames. n. id ri- nal ord Sir nt re ich ng as the yes ord un- was tioa me % be •T, ross ph ual nv- 1 ~~ 'N~ i-=: • I i . •