The National Register. — London, England, 1822-01-27 00:00:00

proposed " The health of their noble Chairman," which was drank with great applanse. The CHAIRMAN said, he hoped they wont') accept the thanks of a plain but Fine(' I e man, who was ever ready to devote himself to the set vice of his country (applause), who had no ether wish than to see his friends happy, and the people prosperous and free. (Applause.) Song—" The standard of liberty floats through the world." Ice the chorus of " Down tyretits fall," the voice of the Duke of Sussex was paiticidaily audible. The Chair.nan said, that the next toast pressed mien him more than any other lie had yet given, main to itv euunexion with the county in which they had assembled. In proposing the toast, need he add that the individual was " Their worthy and long tried representative, Mr. Coke?" (Loud cheering.) Mr. COI( I , tetulti d thanks at great length. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the licalths of " The Mem bers for the City of Norwich." Mr. W. Sat Tit returned thanks on behalf of himself and his worthy colleague (Mr. Gurney) who was übsent. " A speedy end eflixtual Reform in the lteptesentation of the people in Fathom:lC This toe 4 was drank amid the most rapturous cheering. The Duke of Sussex rose to propose the next toast, which from the relative situation of their Chairman to the gentleman who was die object of it, would, he was sure, be more gratifying to both when given from any other quarter than the chair itself. Every person who hail the honour and pleasure of being ac quainted with die family of their noble chairman, could not fail to know what were its peculiar chivactetistics. Talent, warmth of heart, sincerity of feeling, and urbanity of manners were its distinguishing marks (loud cheers), and in no member of it were those qualities more visib'e than in the noble representative for the borough of Aruneld. Ile should now propose to them the health of " Lord Viscount Bury. (Great applause.) Lord Beier said, that the manner in which the company had received his name was highly gratifying to his feelings, us it gave him reason to believe, that they approved of his public conduct. lie expressed hts satisfaction ut seeing so many independent gentlemen of his native county ranged around him in support of the principles of Mr. Fox at a tints when the severe pressure of distress had compelled so many others to sacrifice the princi ples which they hen adopted on their entry into public life. He was sorry, however, to observe, that Ministers had flourished and grown great at the very period that the country hail beam im poverished by the system which they had pursued. That eysiein was to divide those whom they hail to govern—to set the %el culturim against the manufacturer, and the manufacturer against the amiculturist—to employ spite, to calumniate their opponents, and to degrade the Royal family m the estimation of the king. dom. (Cheers.) The ruinous measures which they were daily pursuing could only be counteracted by withholding the supplies and cutting down the expenditure by which they were supported. This he had constantly etideavouted to do by voting with Mr. Hume, upon nis different motions for economy and retrench went. The noble Lord, after declaring his opinion that the adoption of die principles of Mr. Fox could alone lead to better days, sat down amid loud cheering. Toast—" Lord Holland, the representative of the name and principles of Mr. Fox." The Chairman then proposed the health of " An honest man, Mr- Hony wood. the member for Kent." Mr. HomTwoon returned thanks. The Duke of Norfolk proposed the health of " Mr. James Macdonald, M.P." (Continued applause.) Mr. MACDONALD knew riot whets was left for him to say ; inasmuch as every ground had been already occupied with so touch ability that he could not find even u corne r into which to thrust himself. Somethiug bad been said in the course of the evening about " the pilot shat weathered the storm." Nuw they were not met to celebrate his efforts in weathering the storm, at a time when the storm was raging above, and beneath them : they were not met to talk idly about the prosperity of the coun try, at a time when ruin was staring them all in the face, and despair was imprinted in every countenance. They were not met to boast of the achievements of the country in behalf of the liberties of the woad. in an hour when that country had become a by-word of weniach enema all the nations of the continent, for the liberties it had sacr fieed, the treaties it mid violated, and the promises at had fats fled. Neither were the met to laud the bassed consequences of the Pitt system, at a moment when it was crumbling inn pie es, mouldering into atoms, and leaving " not a wreck behind!" No; but a debt, which exceeded in ;mount all the metallic currency of the world. To , ach sublime inconsistencies they had nut the folly to aspire. Their object was t o cherish and keep alive the animating principles of British freedom. To accomplish that object, they assembled under the name of a man who was not perhaps faultless; for perfection, as Lad Le en well observed, was nut the lot of humanity ; but who sincerely loved the people, and desired their happineas , who was the uniform denouncer of war, and triend of peace ; whose mind was as much distinguished for its energy, as his heart for ' 1 its tenderness; wit° never the-ruined one mean or selfish thought, but lived and acted alone for the wellbeing of his country, and the amelioration of mankind. Were not the pre sent times when it was expedient to hold up to public imitation ' such merits and such %Welts? Let the meeting constant with the imply counsels which he would have given, the shabby, shuffling counsels which had been exhibited during the Eat six years. he t then contrast with his constant and undeviating rectitut'e the bold enc o:elmtents and base eampliances--the h net ring menaces mid ebject entreaties of whlch the Ministers of the Crown, daring that period, had repeatedly made use...-. Could they turret the permanent peace establishment, whieh impuelesece in one once memo. ed to inflict upon the people ? Could—he would not say the present tromp any—but could even the bisque-.tens of Pitt Dinners ever erase troiu their recollection the paltry shifts, to which their patrons were, sight after night, reduced during the cominuance of the campaign which alr. Hittite carried ens abainst them last session, for the purpoic of reducing within decent bounds the peace exeenehture of the State. Mr. Macdonald niwtetled to execrate the infamuus Six Acts, ninth eleclered dust %Lea a wicked Minister possessed in• fluence enough ocany ,rah laws, there was no real preventive against absolute despotism—for such a state of things there was Only one ireno.tly, anti OM loss en efficient reform in Parliament. Alter poiiiiiiig out the ilegraeling conduct of the English go- Vertilliclit to the oirAit.i of Norway, Saxony and Genoa, he con e:l:teed by baying, that if the pemile etadand should al!ow these violent infractions of public liberty to pass by ice dimes, and without expressing their indignation agaii.st those whu com mitted them. t sir own eonstautiun will mon undergo u very materiul chunge indeed. Is v. as now in a bad situation, fora bud a ic,:mentution which was not in unison with either the *idles, or the wants of the people ; but in the case which he had just • pti.iztl, it would be a still worse sittnaiten die game would be up with it, die country would have nu repressentwe system whatever. but would lie goveined entirely by die sword.. Mr. whatever; YWOOD, at the request of the Eiul of Albemarl .. Wipe in THE NATIONAL REGISTER Itoyal Highness the Duke of Susex out el .the room, amidst the loudest and most enthusiastic chewing. The company immediately afterwards separated, it being at that ticnealiuut one o'clock on Friday morning. AMERICAN PAPERS. New YonK, Dec. 27 —The British sloop of war Hind, Sir Charles Burroughs, commander, arrived at this port on Tuesday, from Portsmouth. To the politeness of her commander we are indebted for the London papers to the evening of the 10th ultimo — all that were in the vessel. The Hind had just arrived at Portsmouth with the royal squadron from Calais, when she received orders to proceed to New York, and was despatched in three hours' notice, with a letter from the Mar quis of Londonderry to Jas. Buchanan, Eq. British Consul at this place, relative to one of the chief clerks in the Navy-office, London, who had absconded with a considerable sum of public money, and sailed for this port in the Conict, which arrived on Thurs day last. An officer came up to the city o Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock, and in one hour and a half the roan was taken, and nearly all the pro perty stolen, amounting to about 100,000 dollars, was recovered. The Hind came up yesterday morning, anchored in the East River, and fired a salute, which was returned by Fort Columbia, on Governor's Island. The cause of the visit to this port of the British sloop of war Hind, was briefly noticed in yesterday's Gazelle. The following is an accurate account of the matter : • A person arrived here on Thursday last, in the ship Coma, Capt. Griswold. from London, who had been cashier in a branch of the British Navy De partment ter 29 years ; Ida sudden disappearance from his desk excited an alarm : and upon an exa mination it was discovered that he was a defaulter to the amount of 18,0001. sterling After searching in vain for him, it was ascertained that he had pur chased a bill of a broker in Imndon, for 8,0001. sterling, under a fictitious name, on a mercantile house in New York ; he likewise brought 50 skirt* of stock of the Bank of the United States, besides other property of his own, he took with him in the above-menamed vessel. " The British Government, without delay, des. patched a sloop of war in purmit of the above Oro perty, with instructions to the commander to pro ceed to New York, where she arrived on the 25th inst. with documents directed to Mr. Buchanan, the British Consul for this port, who immediately called upon t h e house a bove alluded to, and was informed that the bill of 8,0001. hail been that day accepted. It was now time for the Consul to act. He pro. cured the aid of two Magistrates of the Police, who, with the Consul, traced the defaulter to a boarding house, where he had taken lodgings; but not finding them suitable to his views, kid shifted to another, whither they repaired and found him with his wife in a private room. One of the Magistrates having introduced himself in a way to prevent alarm to the lady, proceeded to relate such particulars of his case, in accordance with truth, and in such a manner that it produced his confession of the whole affair. His detail of the causes leading him to this disgraceful act (although eloquent and interesting) would oc. copy too much of the columns of a newspaper. The property above mentioned was delivered up in less than three hours after the arrival of the said sloop of war." Naw Yonx, DEC. 29.—A diplomatic fracas took place at Washington a few day, since, between the representatives of the Courts of St. James and St. Cloud. We received a letter from Washington, dated on the 23.1, giving an account of the affair, and written by a gentleman who was present: but it was accompanied with a request not to publish it. —The matter, however, is before the public, and our prudence has prevented our being the first to give the news. It appears that George the IV. and Louis the XVIII. waxed warm on the subject of the slave trade, each claiming the honour of being the first to terminate it, and to neither of which the honour actually belonged—the little republic of the United States being the first to set the example. However, these two august potentates lost their temper ; George drew his sword, and Louis his rapier; but the Emperor Alexander, famous as a mediator, in terfered, and there the matter ended. The account in the Advocateis incorrect as to the time of its occur rence, and is withal too highly coloured. The affair tool place after dinner, as they were returning from the President's table. 2, ------------ Elto.ll TUESDAY NIWIT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, Jaw. 21. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. W. Spencer Whitelocke, Clerk, Master of Art, to the Vicara he ge of ath Gedney, in the county and diocese of Linco ln, void by t de of the Rev Dr. Douglas. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. W. Edwards, Chathant, Lcuts Nan draper, from Jan. 22 to March 12. BANE Rurrs. W. Mann, Thompson, Norfolk, fanner. Solicitor, Mr.' Barbor. Fetter Lane. J. 'f lturbon, Much. C a mbridgeshire, draper. Sol. Mr. Mt:- redid), Lincoln's Inn New Striate. T. Gallon. Leeds, stuff merchant. Sol. Mr. lakinson, Middle Temple. C. Lea, Haywood, Shropshitc, maltster. Sot. Mr. Hicks, Gray's Inn Square. A. Morcott. %Varwick, draper. Sols. Messrs. Meyrick and co. Red Lion Stove. .1. Dockland., Chard, Somersetshire, miller. Sol. Mr. lIMe, Essex Court, Temple. .1. and T. li. Pigram, Maidstone, Kent, groves. Sols. Messrs. Atnory and Co. Throgninfton Street. C. Tamer, Horton Kithy. Kent. fanner. Sol. Mr. Collins, Great Knightrider Street, Doet..rs Commons. %V. Fell, 11'orkinwon.CuntbAiand, broker. Sul. Mr. Falcon, Temple. f. Edwanls, Brighton, merchant. Sul. Mr. Warne, Leaden. hall Street. H. Valentine, Hatfield. Hens m ill e r. Sol. Mr. Bond , Ware. B. King. Coventry Street. 'Haymarket, grocer. Sol. Mr. Carlon, High Suet, Marylebone. DI VI D ENDS. F.b. in, R. flawsm. Norwich, linen draper-15, .1. Lavender, Leominster, Ilerefoldshire, mercer--h, B. llomby, , Ballard 'treet, Foundling Hospital, plumber--1 6 , J. Bryant, Austin friars, merchant-5, W. Cross, Lombard Street, banker-1^... 1 . Nicholls, Farehatn, Norfolk, butcher—l 3, .1. Coate , Worcester, woollen draper—ts, E. Brines, Leicester, tailor--19..1 Jones, Mount Street, Lambeth, and J. H. Jones, Kent Road, limn drapers-19, S. Humphreys, Charlotte Street. PortlAnd Place, merchant-14, J. Pitt, Cheltenham, upholsterer. WESLEY:I N MISSIONS. The Annual Meetinp, of the Queen -street branch %I tssionary Society was held in the Great Queen -street Chapel, on Monday evening last. Ily the report made at the meeting of the Mis.ions, conducted I.y the Parent Society, it appeared that the Society have extensive Mis sions, conducted by the Parent Society, it apneared that the Society hate extensive Nlissions in the West Indies, among the negroes ; in Ceylon and Continental Inai ; in West and South Africa, New SOll , il W ales, Van Dieman's Land, :mil other parts of the world. It was stated that the Society employs in this wmk one hundred and fifty Missionaries, independent of Catheclibts and other subordinate agents, and that the number of per sons connected with them in religions society, on the above Missions, is upwards of 28,000, who for the most part have been converted from Paganism. The number of children taught the principles of of Christianity and useful knowledge in the Schools connected with those Missions, and soriiittendecl by the Missionaries, was stated to be, in the Island of Ceylon. 5000 ; in the West Indies 4227 ; and in the Islnd of Newfoundland 987. The contrtlnitions to the a present Society were last year upwares of 26,un01, being upwards of 80001. more than ball h oat raised for these benevolent purposes in any hunter yen ; butt still leaving the general Treasury in a large advance, owing to the extent of the Society's operations. The Meeting was addressed by several Ministers and Gentlemen, who enlarged upon the in e:ssity of increased exertion to sup port institutions which were producing effects so etteer ing among the idolatrous nations of Ceylon, I South and West Africa, the Negro Slaves of the %Vest Indies, and the destittve settlers of New Smith %Vales, Valk Dieman's Land, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. WESTMINSTER HALL.-NEW COURTS OF LA J$ Toe Hall is now entirely cleared. The coronation galleries, &c. which was sold by Lord Gwydyr ; as Lord Great Chantbet I sin of England, to Messrs. Page and Co. and by them disposed of by auction, have been taken away, and the keys of the Hall returned toLuroGwydyr. Westminster Hall is to be open to the ingress and egress of the public as heretofore; but as there are some considerable repairs to be petfeete i, it is not exiactei that the Hall can be come:two I.v opened as usual he ore the meeting ul Pm-Lament. Men under the direction of the Board of Works have already commenced weir lain mt. 'Dien: are many of Lute windows to he repaired ; the renovating and coloui Mg of such parts of the walls could not be got at while the galleries remained, have to lie done and the figures that used to appen u.onve the seats of the Lord Chancellor and the Kitts's B nett Judges, are to be a..aito placed under the grand window in renovated niches. The Ltw Courts are not to be restored within the Hall ; with the exception of the stone staircases leading ions the Courts of Ext:lit goer, of the Duchy at Lancaster, &c. which are on each side of the Hall gate, the Hall wilt be entirely clear. The arrangements fui toe erection of the new law courts have already elmlltlellCetl. They will b. rais:il un spaces to be elettred iu a lot: with the smite buitilitips, facing Henry the Seventh's chapel and St. lart,;.tret's church. 'Foe occupiers of Olivet's' nod the Exenequer code...houses, of the lame wine v. ilais, (Mr. B Witty's) and of soul: conitios of the a visitant:tits in the s• one hkailthilits, Isis.: already 61:1:11 pen cd by the. Board of Works with notices to titan as early as prissitiie. Toe plaits of rite Lae Mr. W jai race been partially lot. lots ed. but the whole ate arrainctil by, and under the direction of, Mr. S time the alcititect. who is attached favourtsl the company with the song of .• While happy in my native haat." A noble Earl, it is said, has written a letter to ulicci , u , . ‘,.. ••••• ---, ---- - - . .. Sir Ittioert Wilsqrt, and may th e English soldier never forget the King on the present state of public affairs, and in the Board of ‘Viirks. Tne design is, to erect liiiill IleW his rights and duties as a citizen." Gurus ; mon. ly, lin the Lord Cdatietlior, the V tee the distressed situation of the country, which he Tossr--.. Sir T. Beevoi and the Stewards." Cli.iiieellor, the Kinis li:tich Jittlir's bee. mid nu the • , l ice Earl of A Luiistant.tt in giving the next and Lot toast, intends, as a Peer of the Realm, to lay before his - 3 ,,„-,fi nt i o „ o f b a il Tile wi „, i , ~, b e ,„ hue ~i,I, t h e " The Licht , of the County." returned the company his ,inccre Majesty previous to the meeting of Parliament.—Tke C Mr the support winch they Mid given him in the chair, preseat C of Col 1111 l on Picas and Exchequer, letter occupies much conversation in the political nititotit the Wks:OCM w.,11 of the Ha:l, AS %%VII As 110411 anti expi, , iol his gwat satiiiaetion at moding /10 numerous . .oid nio,:cuble an ossembly of the gentry oral yeomanry of circles at the west end of the town, and takes It (us • the open street before the stone build.itp. Tiiese ahem. Norfolk. thict view of the subject from that of the Magni/ 1.0111 are :u tic lie t pin arm the conclosinu of ate present fers. k 5 .116. Loulbitip then Tattled tilt chair, And al:comp:anal his o f Ti tc hfi c hl. • , . —.