The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-02-18 00:00:00

.4. ,30. awl hying frequently brought before the eleaors, they were obliged 1 9 be more circumspect in their enndnct. The petitioners /Omitted the existence Of a k .riestitor.ci distress, but they also stated 'they wire equally dist tl. l'hoogli they kept their shojis open as sinful, yet their prnfi.s were so reduced, as to Tinder them inrapahle of paying the taxes. The bon. member concluded by moving that the petition be read at foil length. The petition wa.s.then read, (It was given in the• grareastaN of the 311th of January last.) Mr. Aldermanl9ool) said that he thought right to *Awry., thst a' the Veering at which the petition was aareed to, there•well slew persons, men of talent and respectability, who opposed it; bat the the division, the minority who voted against it did not exceed twelve. — The woolly Alderman added, that • be was happy the Right Ilon..Secretery for the Ferrier Department had. been in his place in the house, and had the advantage of hearing the statements and arguments contained ie the petition. He moved that the petition lie on tbd table. Ml. Secretary CANNING slid, he begged to'disclaim 'limbering derived any information from the reading of lbteoetition that night, as he hail the advantage reading it in the public papers about three weeks back. . .vh.CREEVY complimented the petitioners on the sla %%Irate calculations and clear statements set forth in the pe tilor. He then adverted to the unequal state of the Ha resen'at'on, and observed that by the returns which had t,rrn laid d n the' table of the Honsi from time to time, it appeared that the population of the country had increas ed from five to melte millions While that increase h id t.icrn place, the &naive franchise remised in the taiete rate, and iris not extended to correspond with 60 110. palation, 10. the bonaughs Ate number of elect Ors had ....Italy decreased. In Cornwall alone, it appeared that th re tr..ro 19(10 electors onlv,and theyreturned to Paella ..,rut heir as !many Member . eas the whole of the county population of England. It was impossible to avoid any longer the consideration of those new and increasing towns through the country, which bad no representative at Of, or which had tot representatives to correspond With ;he increase in the people, while the most worth- Vas boronghs—(bear, hear)--enjoyed• almost a mono poke the. elective franchise. The elective franchise Wnttltinferred by the prerogaite of the Crown formerly, / rind he could site periods at which new accessions of Members were inatle to the number of representatives in that floteie. Aft the reigns of Henry VIII. and James 1. one linn.latel and ninety Members were added to the represerratieos of the people. A Committee appointed lb the reign of Elizabeth to inquire bow tl.ose persons eo a Ided haf:bren returned, reported that they were elected by the prerogative of the Crown. Out of so itiany buroaghs at present io Cornwall, only sin existed itrior to that time. All the others were created in the time of Edward: VI., whose reign commerreed at the age of nine years, and eerminated with his death at the age of sixtesu. His (Mr. Creevey's) object was to suggest to the Noble Lord need him, (Lord John Russell), who had F 9 ably..takeo up the 'object of Reform, that there ought tube a restirti made to Parliament by the returning uffi tees thiceigit the ro intry of the right by which Members Were returnad, !selecting the partteular charter, the time when such itcarset was granted, with the number of elec. tors, who its "each . town and borough enjoyed the elective ff'l4 it; his.. In sneti• a return, the house would have a tide and an authorit y by which they would act.: That *as the purpose for whictr heflose, feeling titmjastlee of Bali agaire number of represent dives in that house cot re•pouding ,title the popohtion. Mr. I'. WILSON said he wools snot follow the Ho nonrehle Aletubei into the statement be had made. He lout from his resoeet to the petitioners to say a isi words.. Re was antffinti for economy In the pulalic'expenees, her bet perl.api V the Same extent as others would meow mcn A• to the question of reform, be wooldpay at tention and proper deference to the opinion of those in the bons-, who were better able to judge of Ars expediency, and be would give an opinion on it when itwes brought before the house. Lo:d JOHN .RUSSELL sa'd he felt obliged to his hen. Friend ()r..Creevey) for the suggestion he made, and be wonlil an-morrow (we understuod) wave for the api o io.rea.fir fri•a-ttolurniftre for that peep*. Whilst', was on theamb s iett be would beg to =tulle,' that his wrotionfor.Par anientary Reform• would be the same he suhs•ance as that Of lair Session, and he would make it on the 2.lth of April. He could not sit down without expressing his satisfaction at the interest the enlight coed classes of the people in slip arts of the country were tithing of late in the. 'teat. question of Parliementery reform. He was gbiti of the able calcnlation and Clear - ststement that Was presented to the 11 use in the petition of 11:e Corporation of. London.. The county of York was 1140 alma seedier a petition, which •had the signateres et more than 10,1160 freeholder., praying for Reforms. These wide sparks emitted from the dying embers of Reform. • • • . The petition was laid 04 the fable.' POSIIION ENLIST/MINT Bill. 6. Lord ALTHORP gave notice that on' that day %HI night, as we anderstoad. he would move fur the repasts of the Foreiget &Misting's% Bill. • • • ' coIItINNA. Sir ROBEAT WILSON wait understood to say, that be was informed that several applicatiOns had been made to the office of the Secretary of 'State . for the OM-, reign Department to concur ill the establishment of pace kers hetsseen this country. and Coronas, - or other pers . in Spain. He was desirous to know whether' the enlis tment was corrnt. Mr. Secretary CANNING replied that that weed's • tie he heard of it: best time .. Here a short conversatjno arose between the Chan. relbr of the Exchesper, alr.•reel, sad a member whoge n ame we could . not learn, on a question' put by thelast, in a tone Ismailile where we rat. From the answer oft Mr. Peal, we inferred it to veleta to, the'public seivices and interment of the late Dr. Joiter. • . I • sia.PLf—DisTiltup. On the motion of the Cheoeellor of the excheqnei, the Order of the day for the House to resolve itself ioto a Committee of Supply was, read. • • dirt luesti.ou that the Sp.aker do leive the Chair, Mr. CR,LEVEY said, he aisbed much the country , could see the way in which the Ipainess relating to the, Supplies was carried on in that House. Supplies were now asked for as matter of course, Now : he would like to compare this with the way in which sunh a thing was viewed entimts wh-n Kings add {ameells were more ar-' bitrary than they are now, and when Ministees.were made of rn-n far more distinguished, In tho.reig,n of Queen Elizabeth, svlsen.such men as 4ir Walter Raleigh and Lord 011C011.Wefe merni.ers of_ the house, the following was the way in which the,Minister tbought it becoming t o * 4 th e house to grant a Sitrply - Least tie house should suppose that the Snpp y granted to her - Majesty Lye years agn load been sutti . te nt for her. to do without needing to 4,11 c more, 1 -do. assitre . the -home that the same was not sulfa:tent. St was epoiteN esp e cially for Ireland by one %tit an!! . lier VakstY has been obliged tq furnish the rest out of Tier own pocket, shun. sing, as she does, loans ai:a peitilisitial canker." It was tifrcJlt.to know which most oo adoitire, whetheithe ge. n-rosity and justice of the Sovereign, or the wisdom of toe Mi)nuer characterizing Otos as,pestileptial-caulters., He wished to know nowt' ` what Such persons would think why' they 'had one of. their pestilential caulkers so the extent tie tight or nine bundrest tulllo4e. sterling : At anot`et • d'altDe. in thll maw mien, Si! 011Ati For went, is,sgernding.tile for a supply, spoke in the f e tt ow i ng . swirl T o! s ffhtm her idljesty came to tb, Tlig STATESMAN Crowe, she. found the nation four. /Minims in debt; hot sow she is free, and ab'e to cope with any Prince upon earth, a., the Spaniards learned whet they tame to invade this ronn:ry. As to her nwo private e.xpences, they are 'hut little in bedding; little in pleasure; and as to appa rel. she is splendidly attired as becomes her high station, hat withal not empeasively. She has done away with those hateful things Purveyors; and the weight of sell:tidies is now one half what it was in the reign of henry the Eighth. Therefore it is she trusts that every one of her sub jests will assist her out of his oe n purse, as it concerns his own eetete."—Why, he wished to know, were they not to be a.k-il in that way now for supplies? Would it not hare been as well had the Right Honourable Gentle man told them of some good done—if he had told them, for instance, that the salaries of Public Officers, which hail been raised when the currency was depreciated, were restored to their former amount with the restoration of the currency?—(Hear, hear.) He meant this observation to apply to all, bolt high and low, Prince or any other person. We had the same right to demand the abolition of sinecures and I erveyors, as Queen Elizabeth had thought proper to mak- ; and which were now oely main tained fur the benefit of the privileged orders. If this were not done by them, he entreated them to turn their eves to the proceedings at the different puhlie meetings throtighont the country, and say if any one could say , what would he the r salt there depicted of the conflict of property. Economy was the only remedy. But what was it that made this difference in the mode of asking supplies in the time of Elizabeth and the present. In Elizabeth's time, supply waif a• sacred suhject —it sat raised for !Odic porpotes.....The House of Common! bad not then found the way of convening the sup plies to their own emolansent.—tHear,liesr, Behr!). —lt was since that tine that the de t, and the emit ang mentation of places had occurred, and created pyfron age to an enorinoaii exteat never even conceived in the time of Elisabeth. That patronage had been brought by the Minister into the House of Commons ; for a Member asking the Minister to fill up a vacant place, observing that his brother could fill it as well as any body else, was bound to all intents and parpOses to give him his support. Thus it followed that the Minister, in asking the House to grant the Supplies, was in fact asking the Members to help themselves. If they had 'any doubt on this point, let them consult the Report relative to the Receiver General's appointment, where they would see it 'woolly in evidence, that two or three Members were sera - tabling for the same place. Then as to any sympathy leetwizt the Crown and the people, there was no connexion whatever between them. The Crown was a grant annuitant on the Minister, not as In thecase of Queen Elizabeth. They had occasionally the good fortune to hear that his Majesty was in good health, or to hear of a Royal excursion or so. hut there their connection ended. Now what did Lori: Bacon any upon this 'abject. King James, as it was known, was more anxious to raise *applies than tit subjects were to grant them: and upon one occasion it was thought thit ;ante one had undertaken to get him the supplies lie wanted. Lord Bacon was then his Attorney- General, and made a speech to the following effect : I liave• hitherto remained silent on this matter, In which I think the House much entrapped, beciu,e I did not at first midi-rallied what it was. That a private 'man should undertake for the Commons of England; appeared to toe as seemly as that one should ondertake for thelour elements; especially,. too, when there be a New Parliament, the undertaking - appeareth so vast, as that no men would enter upon in his sober senses. No man, when be comes in this house, knoweth till he hear the matter argued, what va(e be shall give.", It is JiAc h. said Mr. Creevey, to Itßow it for the,sime , house. As well might a tt an nedertake for ship essitiettnafte into pot t. Al&cflieteAted -mane. are the only trt. bold' which his #ejes ',taw bare epos the Commons, and no other. The•Kinebays. the supply you have granted me, is a proof °fame affectlin. New if thie had been done by . persons pneffid, it would rather. prove niilevolene^, time any thin else. It werabenter for his Majesty to call fir a, new ppek otetardeljuie to play with what are packed." Tete, what Lor4 Bacon had discussed as a wild imagine, son, had really ante to pass. That house was paebeil. There were eight-nine Court cards, and in the Committee these were reckoned as the sore cards of the pack. The people ought to have e list of those eighty-nine Members who held offices, and also of those who asked the Minister of the Crown for benefits for their families, and these shoofal he excluded • is all Supply Committees. All that he (Mr. Cresvey) .could do was to remind them of the that. he thought he should, tinder these circumstances; be justified in mov ing they take the grievances of the people into.consi deration before they went to Supply . business. 00 a mo tion for a Committee made before the passing , of the Bill of Rights. Mr. Secretary Wood had proposed that the house should go into aConsuiittee to consider of the , supplies to be voted, and the grievances which - called, fur redress. This was negatived, bat the addition which he now wished to make to the present motion he held to be pet'fectly constitutional. .. He did not oppoie thP going into a Committee of Supply, but he wished to add to the proposition In the hands of the Speaker' is otruction to the Committee to take into their Considera tion the grievances of the people. The Amendment we; 'put ; strangers were ordered 116 withdraw, and.t here walla rush oat of thet gallery, during whish Mr. Crrevy withdrew his motion. The :Original question-wee put, and Mr. Secretary CANNING rose, but from the noise which Wal made bv'the strangers returning into the gal lery, We were unable to catch his words. We understood him to vindicate the Ministers from the charge of using any influence in the House of Commons, or, improper conduct in the expenditure of the Revenue; andito corn ;eltin of the conduct towards an illustrious petsontige as ng neither just nor constitutional, considering that d ring the last two or theee years that illustrious Person age had m ide sacrifices iii every department of that 'part ' of the expenditure whitali Wag connected with- bito self personally. sea— A Tie Honourable W. LAMB nialotained, fWalthe *a* of the Crown Revenue at the • resent time and the dine 'alluded to was no proper subject fur ParliaMentiter dis cussion, or if it was to , be made theenbject of thatsdiscue sion, he 'saw no advantage to.o4l4olned by going "back to those times ivhen the powiti4f the Crown Was such, that the King's officers meditate for'the King's use any thing in any market in the country. &twee those times and th- present there was certainly a great differ ence; but the advantage watt all on the si de of the'preseut. There had been one naportant.change aioce time Rerulti tion. Before that event' the Crown had an'extensive feudal Revenue solely at its own disposal—but of this the ordinary expellees were paid, and as demands were made upon Pat liament only ; up in extraordinary cases, the im portance of the case itself male them watchful of what they granted. Now, the Crown hail resigned those Re ' venues, sod depended wholly upon Parliament f r its support ; and if the house were tu . raise a doobt of the - propriety of granting . that support which were necessary, such conduct would involve a doubt of supporting the Crown itself (hear, from the Ministerial benches!). Mr. HUME admitted, that it was very true the King did not now possess ihe.same feiiil4l power as before the Revolutisn —Kill William. when he was called to the Threilv, had V: ineti dg.d himself to mike over the Crown Lands for the 't of the public t and by a Statute of 1 Anne it was ordered, that they should be made. over for this. porpose • but the fact wet, that the poblid . had lost by the tran sfer-=they had now the Whole expiates of the Crown to pay, and in addition to this, they had fo pay the expeuce of k:eping io order the Crowe Lamb, with. ottt deriving any adequate revenue. The eerentie result ing to the public from this s niece sh e4O or 50,000. altar, but then it was who:ly cone fl and swellowed op in pensions had emoluments to rangers, keeper', and other office/a [hear, hear! from the ministers. "We shall have' hear, bear!' by and by, when we come to see ; what the amount of these sums is, anal to const4er what 'the people will think of them." There was one circum stance which had b-en stated in the Report of the Cora- , nrittee of Inquiry in 1819—the collection of the ell‘'o , llll at the' Port of Dublin co:t annually about 84,0001., whereas it could be done for 42,0001.; anal the out-ports of Ireland, e Melt came to 70,0001., might be done for 3.5; amid thus upon ore branch of the revenue a saving of 77, OWL might be effected. Ile meant to submit to the house a motion respecting the poundage paid on the col lection of the Stamp Duties. This cost the country more than five per cent„ and he was well assure 1 it could be done for two or two anal a halF.lle was convinced that there was an influence which prevented economy and *as sorry that his Hon. Friend had cot persisted in bis mo tion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would not follow the Honourable Gentleman through all the parts of is speech . He was anxious, however, to offer a few remarks of explanation respecting tae Crown Lands. The revenue arising from these lands did not go to the Crown, or the setrants of the Crown, but was carried immediately to the general revenue of the court try. He himself held no Crown Lands, and he was not sure that the honourable gentleman (Alr. Hun e) held any; but this he knew, that of all the Crown Was the hardest. The leases of its lands being by law always let to the highest bidder. No doubt an offer of renewal was made to the lessee, but it was not till a survey had been made by a sworn surv eyor; and if the lessee refused to accept the offer, then there was no al ternative as to the mode of letting. He admitted that the Crown Lands mud not bring 40,0001. a year ; but it ought to be bortiein mind, how much of those lands was in wood, not less than 9,000 acres sere in oak timber for the use of the Navy, and the taking care of these exten sive woods costa very large sum. Independently of this, 'the revenue front the Crown Lands had for the last five or six years been small; all that was accumulated in stock, and the annual proceeds as they arose having been expended i n•the new street (Regent-street.) Very likely *the Hanoueahle Gentleman would say that this was au improper expellee; but he (the Chancellor of the Mx. chequer) would say, that it was done according to an Act of Parliament; in consequence of which Act, and with an ulterior view, no doubt, to the public advantage, the stuns to which he had allu fed hail been laid out to purchasing the leases of those houses t, bleb stood in the way. This was, perhaps, in the opinion of the hon. gen tleman, a misapplication of the money, but it was a par liamentary application. The Speak-r having left the Chair, the house re solved itself into a Conintittee of Supply, whin, upon the motion of The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, there were voted 31,000,11001. for the discharge of Exchequer Bills. 12,000,0001 for the Supplies of 1922. 1,440,0001. for certain bills granted for the building of additional churches. On the last motion, Mr. WARRE pat a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting (as we under stood, for disorder in that part of the Gallery where we were seated made it inaudible), the duty on Foreign Wines? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that the Committee on Foreign Trade woald pay due at tention to the subject. The House resumed, and the Report was brought up and ordered to be received to-morrow (this day.) The Indemnity and !Vest India Trade Rills were roski vaecood time, and ordered. to be committed to 10001roirrx .0: DISTRIBUTORS OF STAINS. HL AIE tote to move for certa - n Ileturns ril dive to the Office of Distributors of Stamps. He trusted the ekefeippt lie then moved for, would be forthcoming at ao early period, as it was his intention to ground a subse quent tendon upon theta. lisi• was anxious that the house shoald be put in possession of the effect produced by the Resolutions of the list Session. It was most ex • traordinary that the Government, notwithstandieg the decision of a Committee of that hoose, '6.1 persisted in giving large allosanees to the Distributors of Stamps, although there were thousands and tens of thou ands of responsible persons reit ly to discharge the duties at a reduction of expense, which would not exceed one third 9f the poundage is:lw paid. In Scotland, he was fully' persuaded that one-third of the amount now paid would be considered a very liberal allowance. In Aberdeen for instance, where front 121. to 14001. was p . aid,'3llof. tumid he considered a very liberal remuneration. The Distributor's did little but pty their Deputies, who dis charged all the du ies at a per centage of 14, while they themselves charged the public at the rate of 4 per cent in England, and 6 per cent. in Scotland. He vaned 'therefore, " That there be laid before the house a re turn of the 'mother of Distributors of Stamps in Great Britain, specifying the names and districts, the amount of em - iluments and profits, together with an account of remittances, for the year ending in January, 1623. Mr. LUSH I NO'f ON did not rise to oppose the motion, but to state, that when the subject was- brought before the attention of the house, he should be able to .hew that the.allowances granted were mote on the calculation of a fair and just remuneration for the responsibility incurred. The only fear he entertained was, that the allowances were reduced below that standard. The motion was then agreed to. - - —• LAND TAX. Mr. HUME in rising to move for the praduction if an • Abstract of the Amount of Poundage paid to the Clerks of the Commissioners of Land Tax, adverted to the extra ordinary fact, that these Clerks charged a poundage as well on the redeemed as on that paid a , nually. It was a strange and important fact. He wished, therefore, to be 'folly ilkterstoud. It did appear, that of the two millions of Land Tax, 900,0001. had been redeemed, and that the same allowance of poundage had been drawn by the Clerks on the 9000001. so redeemed, as on the remainder of the tax annually teceivel The Hooonrable Member •mover fur a Return of such Abstract, with the view of an ulterior motion on the subject, which was agreed to. Mr. HUME moved, that the papers laid on the table relative to Receivers General be printed. In that Paper lie saw with tome, surprise that a Mr. Win. Bagot, who it was proved to a Committee of that House had not fur 25years p-rforined a day's daty in his former district, had been traiisrerred to the Receivership of the county of Middlesex. .11e presumed, therefore, that that Gentleman had at length determined to execute the dirks of his pre sen office tu persoo. In illustration of the fact that his Majesty's Government overlooked all considerations of economy, except in profession, he instanced the case of 'the City of London, The whole collection was offered to be done by a respectable Banking house, at a certain charge of 1,4001. per annum—the fullest security being at the same time given. That offer had bees refused, and a subsequent arrangement made of two receivers, the one at an aHowance of 1,200/. per annum, the other to receive 7001. with a 'loose allowance of 900!. increasing the ex pence to the public in the slim of 1,4001. Mr. LUSHINGTON said he had no doubt that at the proper time he should be enabled to chew, to the satisfac tion of the House, that the arrangement made was the most economical to the public. 'the greivest difficulty the Government had met was in getting rid of the recom mendation of the Hon. Member as to the Banking house. The motion was agreed to. Adjourned at seen o'olocks. . iv mai r.LEt, 1 IthS. • t (raou Tps seepoLe canor Mier the ceremony of chairing tin 150 persons dined at th.•ThreeCops 1 The Right Honourable tileonac C, Chair, wove eloquence prefitee , l the with a patriotic ardour worthy of as ei man : *.l " The King, (lo l bless him," three —" Gotl save the King." " The memory of Ge )rge I I 1.," in "The Duke of York. heir•apparent Tune—" The Duke of York's March. "The Duke of Clarence and the " Rule Britannia." Lieut. Sr. Jews returnel thanks. " The Duke of Wellington and the England, Europe's glory." J. BATLEY, Esq. rose, and proposed the health the President, 66 The Right Honourable George Canning; . ' three times three. Mr. CANNING returned thanks in a luminous speech, in the course of o hid, he took occasion to remark on the public line of poli, ies !se '.:ad hitherto pursued. Although, he said, lie had not in the House of Commons, as yet, lven able to make knots e to the country the line of policy he intended to pursue in the present eventful timee,ye; h e h a d the pleasure of saying, tint the sentiments expressed he his noh'e friend aud colleague, Lord Liverpool, comes ponded entirely with his own. IVith respect to foreign ' policy, it was the determination of his mind to pop ue and support the most liberal principlos ; and he -yi;e; proud in slating, that the nation was newer 'wire alb i.t '• support them; and should she he compeUel to take alp arms in their 41efence, that we were never lion raped. of entering upon a contest: but the. it was. the wish of His Majesty's 31iit'sters, if possible, to maintaio a strire, neutrality. lie believed this nation still held that imp.- sing situation wh:elt gave her sufficient inilueece to pre serve the peace of Europe, and that she still was the dread and wcnder of the sorid. With regard to dun-stir po liev, he w.ts disposed to support the Constitution as it Is. with ail its institutions, presuming that as they Lad. curried them through such times of difficulty, when almost all others had fallen to decay, they must be of ate ordinary value. Song—" Young Biho." A. Cox, Esq. pru; cried the heAtit of J. C. Berries, Esq. who returned thanks. Song—" Home it is home," Ike. The CHAIRMAN rose tin I observed, be was inform:lst there was a toast which was generally drank, on the -e and similar occasions, by Harwich friends ; lie therefore begged leave to cive s. The Constitution in Church and State." The Rev. Mr. Whiset sin returned thanks. J. HOPKINS. Esq., proposed the health of tke Right Hon. N. Vansittart. Mr. Hankies returned thanks ow the part of the Right Hon. lientletean, and assured the esporation of his grate ful remembrance of their past aerviees. and of his l.te nesion with them; and that, as steward of the bo,ough, he begged leave to ald a donation of 1100 L towards de f.aing the expenses of the new charch.— ( Cheers.) Toast—" The Right Hon. C. R. Bathurst." The following toasts wete then. given from the Omit in icusaion 4 * Civil and Religious Liberty all over She World." " Tho Mayor and Corporation." A. Con, Esq., returned thanks. • The Father of the Corpor ition, J. Hopkins, Esq." Mr. Hoentss returned 'limits. ",Mr. N. Saunders, and tie Fishery." Mr. SAUNDIERS returned that ka. hfr. Haien:a gate, "The Tow; pod Tea& inseneral of Harwich." Soag. by Mr. Aldrich. I. • Mr. fluirausa gave, "His Majesty's Nlin!sters." The CHAIRMAN retorned thicv.lo, an d quitted the:com pany shout half part 8 o'clock, when A. Coil, Esq.., 'took the chair. The Her. R. Gaiatx Kaye " May the Scion of British Liberty becoute ii,Tyee in 1 4,, fertile soil of Spain." The meeting continued in the utmost harmony till s late hour, when' they tepstated in peace to flair .everal habi•stions, much gratilie.l. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Stag Ls the morning papers of Wednesday; Feb. It 1 pledged myself to inform the public why the CO .e.ert advertised for that evening at the Freeinasoas Ha l, fur the benefit of myself low infant family of fi ve children, was postponed. Mr. 110-bsa, proprietor f the Oratorios at butts Theatres, felt himself aggrieved that I (or any one) should attempt a concert on Ash IVelne.sday, when the Theatres ware not allowed to be open; although the distressing circumstsm es under which a committee of rhy • friends solicited toe public furonr in my behalC and that announcing that his Hayek Ili:times+ the Duke of York had granted his 'patronage. ought to have induced any,' man, nossessing the fee:in zs of one, rather to hawe assisted my efforts than to ohs . roct.—Thz mntve for selecting Ash Wednesday was only that I migh,f be able to obtain the gratuitous assistanco,*of 'all the vocal and instrumental talent of'Corent Garden !Elmore (to which I belong), who had slat kin lly proferre 1 their aid, and who could not . be so.punctually relied on any foure evening; but Mr. Mancha, as he has himself sicknowle Iged, thought proper to interfere, on the ground that it was an invision of his rights, as he could not open the Theatre on that evening. He, therefore. first erotical-wired to intimidate the perform ers front attetiding, and finally, by application in a higher quer er a succeeded in rompelfing rose to change the night. to my Serious loss and disappointment, or Tun the risk of as application being m tde to ih- Mag4trates for a war rant to disperse an illegal assemblage, which,, however reluctant they might be. I was informed they Would : he osuipelled to grant. This explanation is due lir tr.unds and the public in general. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, CUARLIS MEARe. 26, Orafton-street,ftohoOlontay, Feb. 17. Ida. r. . SIM-1'58M% Fan. 16 . -jtile friends of Mr. Portman, after wavering for nearlya'eseek,liave at length consented. at the most earnestsolicibitione train alt parte of the • county, to bring forward • his clams to the repr - sentation, .in opposition to those of Mr. Bankesq at s the ensuing election ; their hesitation for such a length of time must have been highly injurious to Mr. Portman's interests. Indeed the advantage of a while week's previous canvass Is so great, that it must even , now render the result extremely doubtful, and will rt quire the utmost vigilance on the part of Mr.Portman's fr:e ids. They seem to he fully aware of it, and are making the most strenuous exertions to regain lost time. Lawyers, Couriers, placards, political sqnibs, Ste. at.. ' are dying . in all directions. from one end of the county to the other. The nomination is to take place at ' Dorchester on Totesday,the l!ot it, and if they go to a poll it promises to be as am in a contest as the county of Dorset has witnessed for some time. There is a child living in this city, at the age of twenty ' eight months only, which Is so much attached to a pips of • tobacco, that its mother, in order to appease its era ing, fn'- ' gauntly. grants it the indulgence, and it apparently enjos the tobacco without causing the least sickness.—(knobs e • -fitment.) During the late showing sessen, the I' Mowing is then K. her of heads of game on tie estate of Mr. Collo, o. Roltham, 12, t7i, includ.as phes - ;ants, partridges, hares, Ic .NE ERR. 1 . 0 0 .0 - TI. 4 11 Mar (witl ijreg Sout that Com In el Lurc qt hay% •4 el 64 L thin don 6 6 U) his and 4 1 to hen par TAW in Tina if t bu rIJ on A *ll , oattcr.a.) le lklemberr, - abont Inn. CANNING ll* the e eolightene4.&s e ._ e times thrt silence. t to the thni I." Navy. / I —. ! Army." T