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MOM LAST. NIGHT'S GAZETTE. (This Gismo contains Addresses to the King frogs the *- Way, Gentry, Clergy, and other Freeholders and bahabitehts of the County of &mu ; from the Gentry, Clergy, and other lehabitsots of the City of Carlisle and its Irk:inky ; from the Beakers, Merchants, Own ' Members of the Professions of Law and Physic, Traders , Householders, and others, of the City of Edinburgh; from tle Inhabitants and Householders of the Ward of Farrhorden Within; from the lehabitant House holders of the Parishes of ik. Andrew, Holborn, and &.George the Martyr; from the Mayor, Aldermen, Capital Borgesecs, and Inhabitants-of the Borough of Truro, in Colnlyall • front the Magistrates, Gentry , Clergy, Freeholders , and other In habitants, of the Town and Neighbourhood of Roos, in Here fordshire ,• from the Mayor, Bailie, Burgesses, and other In habitants of the Borough of Carnarvon ; from the Inhabitants of Mildewy, in the Isle of lily; from the Bailiffs, Burgesses, and ocher Inhabitants of the Borough of Pwlisell, in Career • vonshire; from the Magistrates, Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders. and other Inhabitants of the Borough of Wigan, in Lancashire ; from the Magistrates and Then Council of the Royal Burgh of Dumfries • from the Members of the Presbytery of Dalkeith ; from the iresbytery of Aberdeen ; from the Magistrates and Town Council of the Royal Burgh of Cullen ; from the Pro- mat, Magistrates, and Town Council of the Royal Burgh of Peebles ; and from the Inhabitants of the Town and Neigh honchoed of Swansea]. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. Samuel Rogers, Gutter-lane, Cbsapside, hosier, from January 111 to March 3, at ten, at Guildhall. : Thomas Meadowcroft, Liverpool, ;merchant, from January 11 to 50, at ten, at the Swan Inn, Great Belton. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Webb, Warwick, horse.dealer, to surrender January 16, 19, and February 90, at eleven at the Woolpack Inn, Warwick. Attotnies, Mr. 1 /Vol - tit:ins, Castle-street, Hol • born; or Mr. Kitchen, Raiford, near Warwick. Francis Shand, Liverpool, iron -merchant, February 0,3, and 90, at one, at the George Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool. At tinges' Mr. Lodge, Liverpool; or Mr. Battye, Chancery-lane. William Coombs, Norton St. Philip, Somersetshire, butcher,' January 22, at five, 23, and February 20, at eleVen, at the White Hart Inn, Bath. Attornies, Messrs. Perkins and Frampton, Holborn-court, Gray's Inn; or Mr. Miller, Frome Selvrood. James Lewis Dumont, Austin-friars, merchant, January 16, 23; and February 20, at ten, at Guildhall. Anomie), Messrs. Kaye and Co. New Bank-buildings. William Kerby, Margate, coach -master, January 17, 16, and February 20, at twelve at the Royal Hotel, Margate. At tornies, Mr. Derig, M argate; or Messrs. Hall and Willett, Great James-street, Bedford-row. George Melbui*h, Crediton, Devon, tanner, January 16, 22, and February 20, at eleven, at the Old London Inn, Exeter. Attornies, Mr. R. Brutton, Old Broad-street; or Mr. C. Brutton, Castle -street, Exeter. Thomas Pearson, late of Ilipperlsolme-cum-Brighouse, York shire, butcher, January 50, at six, 31, and February 20, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Halifax. Anomie*, Mr. Wipesworth, Gray's Inn; or Messrs. Wiglesworth and Co. Halifax. John Hinson, sen. Wakefield, oil-crusher, January 16, 17, and February 20, at eleven, at the Dog and Duck Tavern, Seale lane, Hull. Attotnies, Messrs. Rosser and Son, Bartlett's. buildings, Holborn. John Jennings, Sittingbourne, Kent, innkeeper, January 22, at seven, 23, and February 20, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Attornies, Messrs. llinde, Sittingbourne; or Messrs. Brace and Monists, Essex -court, Temple. Campbell Allan, Shad-Thames, lighterman, January 20, 23, and February 20, at ten, at Gu il dhall Attorney, Mr. Car ter, Lord Mayor's Court Office, Royal Exchange. Thomas Douglas, formerly of Dover, merchant, January 13, at eleven, 27, and February 20, at twelve, at Guildhall At torney, Mr. blaughant, Great St. Helen's, Ifishopsgate-street. Moses Abitbol, Bury-street, St. hinds, merchant, January 13, 16, at ten, and February 20, at one, at Guildhall At tornies, Messrs. Erin and Rixon, Haydon-square, Minories DIVIDENDS to be made at GUILDHALL. Jan. 27, J. F. Boyle, Pall-mall, fancy-paper-manufacturer, at elzven. Jan. 27, J. Bassano, Upper *rhaines-street, sugar-re finer, at twelve. Jan. 27, A. Blackean, late of Winchester street, merchant, at twelve. Jan. 27, W. Goodwin, Cambridge, currier, at ten. Jan. 97, J. W. A. Sauna and J. Walley, Line-street, merchants, at twelve. Jan. 27, H. Krill, late of Dukaatreet, West Sniiihield, butcher, at eleven. Jan. p, R. (ironing, merchant, at twelve. Jan. 27, Charles Scudamore, Manchester, woollen-cord-manufac tikrer, at one. January 27, W. Ansel, Cambridge, cabinet tukkeri at one. Jan. 27, J. Ilonyman, Church -street, Spical. fields, silk-nunufacturer, at one. Jan. 27, J. Cary, Raquet court, Fleet-street, merc hant, at ten. Jan. 13, J. Gvnun Duck land-Common, near Wendover, timber-merchant, at twelve.— Jan. 27, J. Cummings, Osborn-street, Whitechapel, brewer, at tea Jan. 27, S. Thomson , Red r - -zos.s-street, Cripplegate, Ca. lenderer, at ten. Jan. 27, J. Cook, Eye, Suffolk, miller, at tai. Jan. 27, H. and J. Dodson, Three Tun-court , Southwark, hop and seed-factors, at ten. Jan. 27, W. Homan, Baking, Essex, smack-owner, at twelve. Feb. 3, C. 13lazdell, St Martin's lane, bell-hanger, at ten. Feb. 3, Y. Wigglesworth, late of Church-street, Shoreditch, grocer, at one. Jan. 27, G. Ley burn, Bishopsgate-street, provision -merchant, at ten. Jan. 23, It. Collens, Maidstone, dealer in hops, at ten. Jan. 30, G. Evans, sen. and jun. High-street, Southwark, hop-merchants, at twelve. Jan. 30, W. and J. Devey, Coal Exchange, coal. owners, at ten. Jan. 30, J. Making, T. Heaviside, and T. Borman, Barge-yard. Bucklersbury, Blanchester-warehouse men, at ten. Jan. 30, J. N. Durand, Upper Cumming-street, Pentonville, merchant, at ten. Feb. 3, H. Hay and T. A. Tur ner. Newcastle-street, &rand, printers, at eleven. Jan. 30, C. Boldero, F. G. Boldero, 11. Lushington, and 11. Holden), Combat, bankers, at ten. Jan. k 7, E. Blyth, late of Dyer's- buildings, Holborn, dealer, at ten. Feb. 20, E. and J. Greg • son, Liverpool, perfumers, at ten. Feb. 6, W. Lushington, jun. late of Mark-lane, merchant, at one. DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY. Jan. 13, Q. Parkinson and J. Duckett, blauchester, calico printers, at nine, at the Bridgewater Anna Inn, Manchester. Jan. 30, W. Fear, Bath, cabinet-maker, at twelve, at the Grey hound Inn, Bath. Jan. 31, W. Crossley, Doncaster, joiner, at eleven, at the Eagle and Child Inn, Conisbrough, York. Feb. 1, W. Ansell, late of %Vantage, Berks, tanner, at twelve, at the Bush Inn, Bristul. Jan. 51, J. Tarleton, sate of Liver pool, merchant, at ten, at the Office of Messrs. Lace and Co. Liverpool. Feb. 3, J. Woolfe, Birmir:gham, fiercer, at three, at the Stork Tavern, Birmiugham. Jan. 31, C. Ilammond, Durham, draper, at two, at the George Inn, Deansgate, Man chester. Jan. 30, IL Fowle, 'Sandford, .Dersetshire, draper, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Blandfurd. Jan. 31, It. Parker, late of Halifax, linen-draper, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, CERT I FICA TES—Ja ua ay 27. W. Bright, Newland, Gloucestershire, dealer in corn. B. Iloruby. Bernard -street, Foundling Hospital, plumber. W. Mee Market-Harborough, Leicestershire, spirit - merchant. W. hod , Redditch, Worcestershire, draper. C. Atkinson, Hud dersbeldOnerchant. T. Ashby, East -street, Manchester-square baker. J. Mann, Leeds, brewer. W. Tozer, Ctediton De! ' von saddler. J. Chester, late of Doncaster, grocer. G. Hay wood, Birmingham, spirit-merchant .16X11111T 30.--7-E Body, Morice Town, Devonshire, tiler cheat. H. Wood, Ropoinaker-street, Cripplegate, coach - smith. O. Pumas, Liverpool, sailemaker. W. Watkins, Norton, Worcestershire, corn-factor. G. F.theridge, Norwich, gold stnith. It and .1. Stater, Samlesbury, Lancashire, cotton spionen. DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS. _ _ Peirson and Jackson, Coleiti;n;:unei,;ciit;;;LlTs. Step- herd and Sheppard, Frith-street, Soho-square, jewellers. 80. i Sher and Perkins, Bow-lane, writing-ink-manufacturers. Bates and Co. Manchester, warehousemen. ' Hilton and Co. Repot. street, Pall-mall, wine-merchants. . Henworthy and Ireland, Irocunouger-lane, warehousemen. H insand Co. 'Change alley, skip-brokers. Heard and mit, I brokers. Marsh I and Barnard, Norwich, anoraks. Wallington and Co. Frame, Somerset, =den. .7. Stokes, mea and jun. Grosvenor-market, dyers. Codger and Co. PI mouth, wine-merchants. Cortney and Newton, Chester, ship Were. °ice-hell and Ross, Brit . eel, ship-brokers. Bruckli..4d and Williams, wholesale-Mbar. dashers. &infield and Co. Bankaide, Southwark, dniber-trisr chants, Oa he as regards J. Schofield). Staten and Macre, ikicester, haelem. Miller and Wolstenholme, &afield, Bri meniaanmstaumedhetnrers.Bgll and Taylor, Poultry, fur nishiseirommegan. Wheeler and Sheen, Upper Thanias-street, onknerchassh. Davies ant Baidgridge, Pitston, •bluchers. THE EVENING STAR. for support : for, when the People cannot pay the priCes themselves for what is indispensable to th ole existence, the Poors' Rates must pay it for them. These remarks will be found not unseasonable at the present moment. The Agriculturalists are at their wits' end—they are in real distress—but their proposed remedies hre mere delusion. A Meeting of ,tile Owners and Occupiers of Land in East Kent, was held at Canterbury on Saturday last. The Members for the County, Sir J. C. HONTWOOD and Sir EDWARD KNATCM. etas, were both present; and the former was in the Chair. The Cnataxas opened the proceeding, of the day by an ap propriate speech, detailing the reception of their late Petition, and stating that part of their object was obtained by Parliament having entertained the question, and instituted an inquiry into the mode of obtaining the averages; that they now met for the purpose of considering what farther steps should be taken in the ensuing Session of Parliament. Mr. Renee Beceron, before the business of the day Was proieeded in, begged to obtain their attention to some Reso lutions he had drawn , up ; that his opinion was still fixed as to the fallacy of the returns under the Assize Law, which he had brought to theit notice on their first Meeting in April last; that the Committee appeared to have formed for the basis of their Report the consolidated Act, 31 Geo. 111. and not in quired into the preceding enactments on the Corn Trade ; that this presumption, be said, arose from the Report doubting why the first district is governed by the returns of the Corn Ex charge, London, and not by the returns of the markets in the three Counties—Kent, Essex, and Sussex—that to elucidate this he had drawn up a Resolution, which, by the permission of the Meeting, he would submit for their consideration ; that the subject of average returns had been maturely considered by the Board of Trade in 1789 and 1790, and two valuable Reports were made, chewing that the returns from the twelve Alaritime Districts only, were directly against their opinion.— De urged forcibly the adopting for the future, that the averages should be taken as so recommended; but that would not be of much avail, without getting rid of a law which the Board of Trade did not contemplate, nor could human foresight contem plate such an Act as the Bread Assize Act of 1813—that it cannot avail much from what places averages are taken, as long as that law exists. By the very able Report of the Committee, it was cler b ly shewn how much the market towns particu larly are in the hands of millers—that bounty was the mother of averages, from the Revolution down to the year 1814, when bounties were repealed altogether. Averages were first made fur the purpose of obtaining bounties on exportation, and it was very long before Parliament was awakened to the. frauds of averages. Front 166.; to 1773, they had run one course.— A year of great scarcity brought the Corn Trade under the con sideration of Parliament, and an Act was in consequence passed, reducing bounties; and in the subsequent Session, a new mode of collecting averages was enacted; and it was from this Act the first District seems to have had its origin—for in the year 1781, the returns of the market price is Kent and Ewes - Were so incorrect, that an Act was specially passed to take from those Counties the power of making returns : but if restored to make their returns, they can be of very little avail while the Assize Act influences, under the control of the miller, the artificial returns of high priced wheats. And in elucidation of that sub ject, he entered into a statement of the price of Sour retailed in Canterbury, as compared with the assize price of bread. He then proceeded to read a series of Resolutions, and submitted them for the consideration of the Meeting. Mr. MADDOX observed, that whatever weight ought to be given to the Resolutions which had been just submitted, this Aleeting being called for the purpose of petitioning Padiament alone, it was not competent for it to entertain the consideration of them, but they might become a subject for the deliberation of a future Meeting. This appearing to be the general impression, the Resolution' were withdrawn. Mr. D. J. RUMP% then, in a neat and pointed speech, pro posed the Resolutions and the Petition founded thereon. Sir EDWARD Kraircitsuu., In returning thanks, observed, that he had ever had the interest of Agriculture most at heart, and trusted that there would always exist a good understanding be- tween landlord and tenant. We have great pleasure in stating, that the same views that we have always held.on this question, are now entertained by some of -the most enlightened men in the kingdom ; and we are not without hopes that their number will increase, so as to make a suitable impression on the minds of those whose dis tress blinds, at present, their better judgment. It is impossible to mend their circumstances by any body of laws calculated to increase the price of bread; this can only be done by enforcing such a system as shall ultimately enable the People ge to eat to the full," by the earnings of their industry, without de riving any portion of their wages from the Poors Rate; and this will never be effected till the appetite of the Government, by a system of economy, and other and suitable remedies, be rendered less vora cious. On this subject, we beg to call the particular attention of our Readers to the following extract of a letter from Lord NUGENT to Mr. BAKER; of Adstock, Bucks, in answer to a formal application from the Buckingham Agricultural Association to support their Petition : " I agree with you (says his Lordship) to the full extent in the description you give, at the outset of your letter, of the dis tressing difficulties under which the Agriculturists of this kingdom are now labouring—but I differ from you when you state that those difficulties arise out of the melancholy deprecia ted state of their productions.' The Petitioners appear to me to contemplate the causes of their distress at the wrong end. Far mers are suffering, *t because their productions are too cheap, but because the means of producing them are too dear. The more cheaply the food of man can be supplied surely the better, if it is raised at a rate which will afford a fair profit to him who raises it. This leads at ace to what I consider the rug causes of agricultural distress, which must be abated before any substantial relief can be hoped for—l mean ova TAXATION , and the ruinous pressure of our s y stem o f P oor L aws. That the depression now so universally felt by the Agriculturists (and which must, if it continue, terminate at no very distant period in general bankruptcy), cannot receive even temporary mitigation from duties on foreign corn, or from a prohibition on importation, appears to me to require no clearer proof than this :—that, for now consirierably mere than a year, no corn has been imported, except oats, and yet that the price of wheat and other grain has been falling, and the distress of the farmer Increasing, during the whole of that period.— Would then the price of our home produce for the last year have been increased by enacting a forced price upon a foreign article which was never brought into our market, or by a prohibition oh t he Importation of goods that &over were s'%ipp e d ports? But, even supposing that, by artificial me,,, sort, the price of corn could be increased, the whole di! between that increased price and the present pric e p J d ee d be paid by the consumer, but it is a fallacy that it would be enjoyed as so much clear gain by di ; c .. . 4; The immediate rise which must necessarily ensue in th e pa y labour, and the immediate increase in the burthen of t h e Rates, are two out of the many obvious instances in v a tk i expenserof raising corn would be augmented in reopar,. its market price. It is only to such means as will : m i t enable tke native grower to enter into the market ttid foreigner, that I can look for a relief to agriculture ; and i t not but feel anxious to oppose a delusion with which i t apo to me that Government is well content to amuse the am turist, in order to divert his attention from the real c aws distress, namely, public profusion, and a want of clik energy in Administratiou to meet fairly the momentou s j‘ki of the Poor Laws." Lord and Lady Cotowery arrived on Monday t o n i ng Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from the Contin ent . 4; The Countess of WesrsllZATil has left her house is St z it place, for Brighton. BuncoToe, Esq. is arrived at Thomas's Hotta, square, from a tour. The Earl of Ho meows,' left the Marquis of Burma', , Trentham Hall. Bedfordshire, a few days ince, to Countess and the Ladiesßvnia, in Devonshire. Captain Gam', loth Hussars, arrived yesterday at Ei t u ut Hotel, Lower Brook -street, from a tour. Count LAGAZA left Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-it... terday, on a tour. General Puwterr is arrived at his house in Half ll onitrit Piccadilly, from Brighton. T. Buarott, Esq. is arrived at the British Hotel, Jerry /INN from his seat in Lincolnshire. AWI THOMAS PAct, Esq. is arrived at Fenton's ;fowl, &Jaw street, from his seat in Surrey. Arrivals at the Royal Ilotel, St. .Tames's-istreet:.,c it Hawn:pm, from Melton Mowbra:', LeicesterAiri; F ay , Wets, Esq. from Otford, Ikparturei front Shelley's Hotel, Cockspur-streett—C4ll NNE:aml', on a tour; WVOTKIINt EN. to Camirtt. Fowcza, Esq. on a tour; J. Esq. to Cattirt s Major lltwirr, to Newcastle; and Captain M. Fsszca t scat in Kent. His MAJESTY'S Attorney-General, Sir am ! GiFronn, was last week presented with the • of the City of Exeter. Last week, the Bath Corporation nnaair iv ,• ; :• voted the Freedom of the City, in a box of Imar, t oak, to Captain PARRY. It was the first e4C41,. Hall that has been held since his return from 1, perilous enterprise. The Marquis of STAPIORD has ordered 200 r: of coals to be distributed to the poor on his estates;! Staffordshire, in addition to his other usual bounties The Marquis of Nonrirnurrox has this rune given employment to an additional number of labouring poor round his estates, in Northampta, and Warwickshire, and distributed his annual basal of jackets, gowns, flannels, and firing, to the agel infirm, and indigent. The Countess of CHICHESTER was honoured, u Saturday last, with a visit at Stanmer Park, from the Princess AUGUSTA, where her Royal Highs continued about three hours, and then returned the Pavilion at Brighton. Mrs. LUSHINGTON, the mother of Mr.LUSIM TON, M.P. for Canterbury, now lies alarmingly ilia his seat at Sanderstead, in Kent. Lady OLIVIA BERNARD SPARROW has distributri no less than five hundred pounds in seasonabledu rities, in various ways, amongst the poor round bo seat in Huntingdonshire. The Sheriffs of Middlesex having some timenge refused compliance with a Requisition which vs presented to them to call a Meeting of the County, to take into consideration the propriety of Petitioning, the House of Commons for a Constitutional Refork, 1101 U in the Represensation of the People is Parliament,r second Requisition, to the same effect, has been sented to the Duke of PORTLAND, Lord Lieuten of the County. His Grace has complied with tbe Requisition, and fixed Tuesday, the 16th inst. In . the Meeting. • A Requisition has been presented to the High Shs.. riff of the County of Cambridge and Isle of Ely, to convene a Meeting of the Freeholders and Ilia. tants, to consider of the propriety of addressing the RING to dismiss his present Ministers. The shed bas appointed such Meeting to be held in the Shire. Hall, in Cambridge, on Tuesday, the 16th instant,. The names of the Duke of BEDFORD, the Marquises TAVISTOCK, Earl FITZWILLIAM, and Lords ems OsRoRNE and DACRE, stand at the head of thel Requisition. In pursuance of a Requisition addressed to the Churchwardens of the Parish of St. Botolph out, Aldgate, Middlesex, to convene an early Meet., ing. to take into consideration the propriety of pee. tioning Parliament to use such means as may apple necessary to effect the restitution of her MaJzsrls. name to the Liturgy, and the restoration of all her other rights and dignities, the Churchwardens have appointed a Meeting. In addition to the County Meetings which have lately been called for Ministerial purposes, we bad that one for the County of Chester has been convened, • at a very short notice, for Thursday, as if to take the County by surprize, and thus smuggle a suitable De. claration, -not to be obtained by a more regular pre. cess. The subjoined Notice, however, will shew ths Ministerial expedition will be opposed by independot zeal ; and the day of meeting will, we trust, make manifest that true loyalty is not confined to those who call themselves loyal; and that a sincere love for the Constitution is perfectly compatible with a hatred Cl those by whom it is badly administered: " We, the undersigned, perceiving a Notice given by do Sheriff, In pursuance of a Requisition respectably signed, of s Meeting of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of tls County Palatine of Chester, to be held at Nortbwich,' on so seri early a day as ' Thursday next, the 11th instant, to nonvey ts his Majesty the sentiments of loyalty and attachment to dr Constitution which animate the minds of its inhabitant , : leave earnestly to entreat the attention of those inhabitants ts this most important subject. Such vague declarations of lola* unaccompanied by any notice of the late proceedings against be f Majesty the Queen, of the abrupt and hasty prorogation of PO liament, at a season which peculiarly called for its counsel and advice, or of the present distressed state of the country, apPeor t° us necessarily to imply approbation of the conduct of Ministers . ' of which conduct we feel it impossible for us not to disapptsi. " In this and every other view of the subject, believing it i ll be of the utmost importance to the County, and to the Ott dom at large, that the opinions of its inhabitants should be fidll and manfully expressed, we feel it incumbent upon us to anal' the proposed Meeting; and we trust that every Freeholder onli notwithstanding the shortness of the notice, come forward 111,4 0 this most urgent call of public duty. 4 ' CaEWE. " EDW. D. DAVENPORT.' " GitOSVENOn• " GEO. TOLLET. " GEO. WILBRAHA " CNA& WICHSTEAD: " WILLOUGHBY CRLWE, " JAIN TOM111)40X. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PROCLAMATION' a sr NICILLINCF D1A3090.011112AL atisatsx MAW/ DOINGN, JUGGIIT, &C. ACTING 410121131011. AND COMMANDING M COW WS INA/211Tell FORCE/ AT via can or GOO/ /OM &C. &C. " Whereas it has appeared to me to be expedient and advisable that a foil and permanent Seat of Magistracy should be esta blished in the district of Albany, in order that the inhabitants of that district, including the new locations of the settlers from England, may have the full benefit of every access to a Provin cial Court, and be visited annually by the regular Commission of . Omit from the Worshipful the Court of Justice; I do, there fore, hereby give notice, that the Province of Ultenhage shall heneeferward be limited and bounded on the East by the Ashes man's River; and that consequently the country to the east ward thereof, with the nevri*-acquired territory between the Great Fish River and the Kieshanima, and including the Field- Cornetcies of Upper and Under Bohemian's River, of Bru intje's Hoogte, and of Albany Proper, shall form the Province of Albany, whose chief place and seat of Magistracy shall be the town of Bathurst. " The Court of Heemraden for this district will consist, "on its formation, of the Heemraden resident, within the limits of the subdrosidy of Graham's Town. But it is hereby further made known, that these regulations shall not take effect mcii the Ladirost, whom I shall appoint to the neW district, shall have arrived at the seat of Magistracy, and taken upon him the duties of his station: after which he is hereby authorized to make such minute arrangements with the Laddrost of Uitenhage, concern ing their respective boundaries, as shall not have been provided for by this notification. " And that no person may plead ignorance thereof, this shall be published and affixed as usuaL Goo save Tim KING ! _ _ -..—.- ...- ..-..._ . " Given under my band and seal, at the Cape of Good Hope, this 13th day of October, 1940. (Signed) " IL S. DONKIN." GIBRALTAR. Extract of a letter, dated. Gibraltar, December 18: " Yesterday (Sunday) was a scene of riot and confusion at St. Roque, in this neighbourhood, on the occasion of electing a Cor ridor ( Magistrate) and Town Council. The country people all assembled in the morning In the Church, where it seems the election takes place, wken an affray began between those and the townsmen and Militia; knives, muskets, and bludgeons, being the weapons. The former ch ased the BLilitia away, and order was only restored by,a company of the Regiment of Ga. lids, quartered in the neighbourhood, who came in. The casual- I ties are one man killed and four wounded. There seems to be a spirit now brooding among the lower orders in Spain, that I may produce fatal consequences hereafter : they wear publicly in their hats a green riband, with the inscription—' The Con -1 stitution or Death.'—According to the most recent accounts from the coast of Barbary, a contest for the Sovereignty was carrying on in the Empire of Morocco. The new candidate for the Throne is Muley Ishmael, the son of the celebrated !Willey Yezzeid, and nephew to the reigning Emperor. The struggle was likely to be of short duration, as the Army had declared for Muley Iblnnael, who had been . publicly proclaimed and crowned in Fez, where he had taken up his residence. The old Emperor had not, hosirever, been yet dispossessed of his power, so that there were two Emperors—one at Fez, the other at Morocco. An offieial announcement has been issued by our Governor, de claring the coast of Barbary free front the plague. The : dis turbed state of the country Is likely, however, for some time, to throw impediments in the , way of commercial intercourse with Morocco." LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1821. THE FUNDS. PRICK OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Bank Stock 223-3 per Ct. Reduced 70 1 / 4 I/ 4 70 S per Cent. Cons. ex. div. 69 1 4 1 s/s 3 / 5 Si per Cent. 79 1 A-4 per Cent. 87 ;A % 5 per Cent. Navy ex. div. 1004 % Long Annuities 18 1 4 3-16 India Stock ex. div. 224%—80nds 335. 345. pr. Exchequer Bills 4s. 6s. pre. Omnium 1 1 / 2 pre. Cons. fur Acct. 71 1 / 8 70N. For several years now—years of peace too—the Manufactures of the Country have been in a most depressed state. Our Landholders and Agricultu ralists—among whom will be found the most power ful part of our Law-makers—thought t h ey had very sagaciously contrived to avert from themselves, by Corn Laws passed for the purpose, the distress under which the country was labouring. The process ap peared very simple, easy, and efficacious; namely, to contrive and enforce a system which would operate to enhance the price of Corn. They forgot, or rather, they despised the dictates of common sense, though frequently pointed out to them in this and other Jourmds:—they forgot that without money people cannot buy bread ; or that, if their income be small, they must buy the less, and dine the oftener with " Duke Humphrey ;" or that, if the demands upon their income be many, those which cannot be di verted being satisfied there would remain the less to lay out on bread. All this was abundantly evident; " but only fix by a law a minimum price," said they, ‘ 1 below which foreign corn shall not be importable, and, as people cannot live without bread, we shall obtain prices that will protect ourselves and our property." It is true that People cannot live without bread; but it is equally true that the Government will have its tastes and if the demands upon the in dustry of the country for the supply of the latter, trench r deeply on the earnings of the labourers, as i not to enable them to fill their bellies, the consump tion of cern must be diminished—not from choice, but from necessity. What follows ? The farmers must sell to enable them to pay their rents, and prices fall. But, do the People get more bread?—Yes, more for a given sum : but as the Revenue is running a race with Industry and Distress, the increased de mands of the former absorb what should have been expended in buying a fuller regular meal. The Re venue outruns every rival for a share of the produc tive powers of industry, leaving all other claimants to get satisfied how they can. As to the Agricul turalists, they mistake the question entirely. Every step they take, only lessens more and more the power of the People to buy their products ; and could they force their machinery to raise the price of corn ever so high, they would, by the operation of the very same mazhinery s increasle the demands upon them 'I - E 6 q Chu afte al 'V a fi tai di wi