The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-05-06 00:00:00

.'I'ATitSMASt: footed It oteowsry to withdrair the let battalion 24th regialeat, together with a party of the Ist battalioo 20.1, regiment, by irbisdikee had been re-infOreed doting the night, at Ave A.M. of the 27th instant, and to tontine the defence of the bill spa mei left (which had been streogthened during the night by a breast work of bags of grain), to the immediate possession of the top. For this purpose I bad detached Captain Lloyd With one han dfed men of the Resident's escort; and fifty men of the Ist batta 800 20th regiment Native Infantry, under ad European Of. Aker. A body of Arabs gained possession of this post, at eight A.M. by the charge of an ovens betaking force up the face of the bill, after Captain Lloyd had displayed the utmost gallantry in endeavouring to keep his men to their duty and Gs maintain the post. At this semen' Capt. Fitzgerald, re-in'orced by a Native Officer, and 35 troopers of the Madras Body Guard. charged an immense body of the enemy's best horse, and having captured their guns, whico were immediately turned upon them, he remained in possession of the plain covered in every direction with the Hying enemy. Whilst we were waiting for spikes to send to Capt. Fitz gerald to spike the oneney's goes. Is being my intention to re call him to support an attack of the infantry on the bill in the possession of the Arabs, au ex plosion was observed to take place in the midst of them, and the troops with one accord rubbed for ward to the attack. It was with the utmost difficulty that they had been prevailed oo to wait for the cavalry, and 1 found spy utmost exertions necessary to prevent the hill we were on from, being deserted. On the near approach of our troops the Arabs led leaving two guns. Captain Lloyd took possession of the kill, supported by Captains Macon and .1. Macdonald, Lieutess. ant; Watson, W. Macdonald. and Campbell. Lieutenant and Adjutant Grant, Ist. Battalion 2lth Regiment Native Infantry. , who had been twice wounded during the night, in the defence of Mocha', was here killed; and I beg leave to offer my tribute of praise, and to express my regret for the loos of a most gallant officer. Shortly sifter the Arabs beginning to collect in ems nidersble numbers in front of the hill, and the cavalry having Is) this time fel tsrhed with their captured guns to the ltesideucy, a charge of a troop of cavalry. led by Cornet Smith, round the base of the hill, in which he cut up numbers of th-m, seemed so totally todispirit them, that from this time their attacks in every qnarter began to slat-ken, and at twelveentirely ceased. " I can never sufficiently express toy admiration of the con. duct of the troops on skis occasion. To Major Al'Kenzie, second iticommand. and to every Officer and individual eu gaged, 1 have to offer my thanks, which are feebly expressed in my orders. footed on the occasion,. of. which I euclo.e a copy. Jeoltiost, Resident, was present during the whole of the action, and his animating conduct tended, in a very consider. able degree, to excite the troops to their duty. I have to de plore the death of Mr. Sotheby, his First Assistant, a gallant Geatlentau, who had also been present from the first, and ex posing himself in every situation, wag' se,erely wounded to wards the close of the action, and died in the course of the day. • "I shall, by to-morrow's (appal (fiost), forward regular returns of the killed and wounded, which I am sorry to say is consider able, amounting to 14 officers and 33.1 killed and wounded, of ali other ranks.--I have s . -ac. Ste. .'M H. S. SCOTT, " conimanding at liagpore. 4 ' Camp. Nagpore, 29th Nog.. lel7. . , • ". P. S. From the bat. information I can obtain, and my ob servations. the enemy opened upwards of 35 guns opun us. The number of their cavalry is said to amouot to 12,000, and their infantry 5300; 25tY1 of whicli are Arabs, float whom we met our principal The nett dispatch of impoitance we subjoin entire, as it contains the substance of the other details,which time and want of room prevent as giving to.day listratt from a Dispatch from the Governor in Commit, at Bombay, In the secret Committee, dated 3th Jae. 181 P. 16 Since our last letter to your Honourable Committee, dated the 9d jowl. WM closed, we have received, through the Resident nt Nagpore, the cup, of a 'dispatch from Brigadier-General Dowcton, to the Adjutant-fienerril of the Army of the Deccan, dated the 19th of last mouth, a transcript of which we have the houonr to inclose., On a perusal of that dispatch, your Honourable Commit tee will learn. that after the arrival of the Rajah of Berar at the Residency, and a cotnpliance on the part of his Highness with all the conditions which had been demanded of him, the Brigadier-Geoeral, In proceeding to take possession of the artillery and to disperse the Rajah's troops, was attacked by a large body of the enemy, on the• 16th December, which be com pletely defeated. and no less than seventy-five pieces of ord nance fell in o his hawk, with the loss of one hundred ai.d thirty men killed and a onnded ; the return referred to was omitted to be forwarded ; but, we understand, by a truer received from Lieutenant Colonel Burr, that no Officer waz among the umber of either. N We ofer to ytkor Ilonotirable Committee our hearty con licatula loos .in ibis Irappy and complete termination of the coo tort tleri,r, the effects of which can hardly be e3;im ond at thi* interr•Unq crisis •• Letters room Lietitenant-Colonel Barr, sod Lieu•enant no! , ert.ion, of the Ist of thi- month, acquaint itb Oat o r l'eitthaa had re-appeared • ith his troops in the vii uii yof I'eooah, ts:th the buppuied intention of attacking ele I;riati-11 detachment, under the command of the first mentioned Officer, sod the Ci'y. _ . " lac pecond battalion of the Ist Regiment of Bomb ,y Native Infantry. which Bur► bad 0. clered to join him from beronr, has b en attacked and s urrounded by large bodies of the enemy. and has suffered considerably. It had re .cited the town of time. gusto, within about fourt✓en miles f Pooludi, and we hope, it may he e. Wed to protect itself against further loss, until succours may be vent lost. •• The only Nutter aerostat we have received from the head quarters of the army of the Deccan v. i.h Sir Thomas Milo's. re ports, *e regret to say, that upwards of thirty European Offi cers aud seven hundred men were killed and wounded at the battle of the Ylst Ibmenther. About two thousand infantry of the enemy had been killed in the field and during the pursuit, and upwards of sixty cannon had falters into oat hands. The names of the Officers adverted to are ant mentioned. •• The last accounts from Major-General Sir W. G. Keit, a re dated attßutlaum, the 25th December. The Bombay division was messiest' the direction of Rampant. towards *bleb place the enemy is -everted to have fled after the act iuu of the 31a. " Accoonts ha been received from lieutenant-Colonel Burr, dated the 3d, intimating, that Captain Staunton, com manding the second battalion Ist Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, had been fortunately able to commence his march back to Sensor, *kb 126 wounded, having buried about 50 at Germaine, and 12 or 15 there, very badly wounded ; that the Peishwa had proceeded southward,General Smith beiag in put- .suit, which has probably saved the battalion." A smart discussion took piece list night in the douse of Common., on a motion made by Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, to discharge TUOMAS FERGUSON, from Newgate, where this man is now confined for attempting to influence an elector's vote in Scotland, by corrupt means. The motion was grounded, not in any sympathy for Fatonsou's crime or its con sequences to him, but en the manifest injestice of punishing him so rigorously for as offence infinitely less than the traffic in seats in Parliament, of which Lord CASTLERSAGII, and the late Mr. PascavAL, were accused, and which they did not deny; yet Ph* HIiOSII did not visit them with any punish- Mal. 141 d CAALULEAG,II gowned by a toil)! bling retaliation, still more personal, aecating the Honourable Baronet of taking that method of snails to atone for neglecting to attend certain po pular Witting.; and his Lordship acknowledges that he is a bad subject to recover popularity upon, the abuses in his political character being nothing new. The Hon. Beronet seeing no prospect of carrying his motion, declined disiding the House On it ; and it was negatived without a division. Lord CASTLE REACH moved for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Peace Alien Act (similar to the last, and, like it, to continue f►r oily two years); which was carried on a division of 55 to 18. His. Lordship then brought in the Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. -0 . 0..-- By a farther arrival of American Paper., we are pot in possession of some documents of importance.' The PRESIDENT sent a Message to Congress on the 18th of March, relative to the obstacles which arose in the negotiations with Holland, in . which it is stated that " Congress may thiok it advisable t• leave the subsisting Treaty in its present state, and to meet the liberal esomptian from discriminating Tonnage Duties which has been , conceded in the Nether. lands to the lintels of the United States, by a similar eitemption to the vessels of the Nether lands which have arrived or may hereafter arrive in American ports, commencing from the time when the exemption was granted to the •escels of the United States." He would 66 further recommend to the consideration of Congress the expediency of ex tending the benefit of the same regulation to com mence from the passage of the law to the vessels of Prussia, llamburgh, and Bremen ; and of making it prospectively general in favour of every nation in, whose ports the vessels of the United States are ad mitted on the same footing as their own." On the 25th of the same month the ParsieEme presented a Message on the subject of the Seminole War, from which it appears, that he grounds the orders which he had given to pursue them beyond the Florida line, upon two considerations : —lst, That Spain had made no effort, in conformity to the Treaty of 1795, to restrain the Seminoles from committing hostilities against the United States ; ascribing her failure, however, to do so, to the incompetency of her force in Florida : and, 2dly, That where the au thority of Spain ceases to exist, there the United States have a right to pursue their enemy, on • principle of self-defence: a right the more complete and obvious, as, in this case,. they would only per. form what Spain was bound to have performed herself. The PRESIDENT further intimated, that the American Commander had been ordered to respect the Spanish authority wherever it was maintained ; sad to withdrawn from the provitice as soon as adequate se. curity was obtained against the renewal of the out• rages committed by the Indiens.•The PRESIDENT had also transmitted a Message relative to the independ. ence and condition of the South American Provinces. The Secretary of the Treasury had expressed to the Committee of Ways and Means the inconvenience hick would result from a repeal of the Duties on Salt, which he said would occasion a deficiency of about 700,000 dollars per annual in the resources to meet the contemplated expenditure of the two sac. ceeding years.—Mr. &agouti, from the Committee of Foreign Relations, to whom had been referred the representations in behalf of Mr. MEAD, made a Report, in Senate, of considerable length, taking a full view of the subject, recognising the wrongs of Mr. MEADE, and declaring substantially, that if the demand of the Executive for his release be not com plied with, the offence ought to be visited with severe retribution.—From the accounts in these Papers from Bimini, Ayres it would appear, that the Am,. titans are not faloarites in that quarter. Their Consul bad been ordered to quit the place in t wenty. four hours; but on a subsequent explanation he was suffered to remain. The country is represented as i n a very dibltirned state. and the Government as rigid in the extreme. The troops sent ageillSl Attica.; are said to hove been defeated. It is stated, that the Patriots in Chili had failed in two attacks upon Tel cuahatia ; and that a reinforcement of 3000 Spaniards had arrived there from Lima. We have received Paris Papers to the 3d instant.' The Chamber of Deputies have adopted the Project of the Law for raising 40,000,000 rentes to di e . charge the foreign claims on France. Not a single Member expressed a desire to speak on the proposi tion ; and the Chamber divided in silence, when there appeared—for the Law 162, against it 17. Th e Parisian Journalists remark, that '• this silence is more eloquent and more patriotic than all the die. courses which the subject could have inspired. The vote will remain as a monument of French loyalty," and as a monument exciting no very agreeable re. collections they seem to treat it. But the same dis creet silence is not preserved where it might hive been expected with equal propriety. French loyalty *ill burst forth in some shape or other, but it is never so amusing as when it embraces in its legitimate ardent objects that seem to have very little affinity iith their concerns. The same Journalists inveigh against the British Parliament for its parsimonious allowance to the Royal Dukes, in the contemplation of their forming matrimonial establishments. Public dignity, it is mid i has been outraged by the refusal; great latisfaation is expressed that the Commons have only a year more to exist ; end a hint is thrown out that if we do not make a better choice of Representatives tot nest Parliament, we may consider our glory as a People gone for ever. How amusingly truth and falsehood are blended here! W. shall not dispute the latter part of the assertion. We have indeed much need to make a better choice of Represematites, on many accounts ; bat we do not conceive that atii part of oar glory as -- 2 People has been sacrificed by refusing to comply with the inordinate detoands lately made, with so lit:, tle consideration and prudent*, 6n the score of Rays! dignity. The dignity and the glory Consist in not prostrating the nation before such Merest!tory intent", and the welfare and honour of the British Parliament and People would be still more permanently Oda blished were French "temple and Fteneh interests less allowed to influence the conduct Of Odt Legisla tors. The resources of this country, lthieh ire the best supports of its glory, would not base been in , the dilapidated situation they now ail', had a little more attention been paid to a just economy ; and could the French Journalists only persuade their grateful countrymen to re-pay us only - a tithe of the sums witch it has cost us to re-establish the Throne of the BOURBONS, it would enable Jose Burl. to put something into his own pocket ; and, at the same time, to contribute handsomely to the attainment of suds glory as can be derived from prodigal etpendi lure. The Emperor ALEXANDER. it • is stated, was to terminate the Session of the Polish Diet, in Jerson, on the 7th silt. The Emperor and Empress of Aus• TRU% a►rived at Trieste on the 17th oft. The Minis ter at the Frankfort Diet, for the different branches of Snotty, applied, on the 20th nit. in the name 'of she Duke of S \XE-WEIMAR, for a general law re lative to the Press in Germany. Ilk Memorial was unanimously referred to M. nu BERG, who hod been previously authorised in make a Report on the same subject. The 5 per Ceuta. left off on Friday at 67 f. 85 c. Yetterday the dispatches IMP rinsed et the East Indis-house, and &livered to the Pavers or Me fol. lowing ships, cis.:—Lord fields, Captain J. FIEES MAN, and Northampton, Capt. C. Tun; fee Ma dras and Bengal. Ext►act of a letter from St. Helene, dated March 17, 1818 :—" Mr. Dowrow, who has filled the si. tuition of Member of Council here for twenty years past, embarked for England on the 14th inst. The extraordinary honours peid him on this occasion by Sir Huosom Lowc, and the general manifestations of respect and affection from all classes of the inhabit. ant•, are proofs of the high estimation justly formed of his character. This venerable servant of the Fast India Company, who has been sometimes called the patriarch of St. Helena, has aUained his 65th year (50 of which have been actively employed in their ser vice), and leaves this, his native rock, for the first time. He called at Longwood the day before his de parture, bet biAPOLEOW was either sick, or desirous of being thought so, and did not see him. General GOURGAUD leaves the island in the same ship *ith Mr. Dovrro x. Itear.Aduairal Sir Gcoact Hort, whose death we have already announced, had resigned his office as a Lord of the Admiralty, about three weeks, hut had not left his house, and it was there that he died, on Saturday night. He is succeeded by Sir G kORG Coca BURY. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR, Sir W. CURTIS, Sir JAIRRI SII AW, Mr. Alderman ATKIN!, and Mr. Alderman Wuon. accompanied by several Gentle men, had an i ! view with Lord LIVERPOOL and the Ctitmcvt.w , of the EXCHEQUER, on the subject of eq oll,sing the Duty on Coals. The inhabitants of Tre Msdnc, Carnarvonshirp, celebrated the nuptials of W. A. Maw/cwt. E. q . with one general feeling of respect and joy. Wreaths of natural and artificial flowers, end other devices, were suspended in the windows of the moct respoct able tradesmen, while the inn formed one complete blase of light. The hearts of the peasantry were cheered by the distribution of ale. .The fire.works were brilliant. _ _ _ --.- DeuRY-LANt THEATitIe.- 6 .o * Ketres Comedy of Wild Oats was performed last night. Tarr wild. whimsical pert of Royer fell to the lot of Me. Eimer. Tom, who was received, after his long !Nettie, with the enthusiasm that was to be expected on• the retorts of an actor so popular. Rover could net have been committed to better hands. Ills eccentricities were etbibited in all their 800.0011 e vi v .,•py an d var i ety. DOWTON'S Sir George Thunkr was admirable; he played up to Hover, in the technical plume, • ith uncommon felicity. It appears from the returns ptesen'ed by order of the House of Commons, that the greatest number of Allen: resident in the United Kingdom, during the *ear 1817, wee 23,147—and on the Ist of March last the number was 2c2,910. In the year 1815 five 'aliens were sent out of the coontry—one of them (an Austrian) who had resided in Linden ten pare. CORY Elicit Ann c, MAY O.—A considerable quoin ' tity of foreign Wheat has wired since Monday, which,in Addition to previous very extensive supplies from abroad, and what appeared from our owo coast, have occasioned a stagnation in the Wheat tratle,frons the reluctance of the millers to purchase ; and although lower prices by full is. per quarter were asked than what were obtained on Monday, eery fern saln were effected. Barley went off slowly, and is I*. per quarter cheaper. Oats also Is. per I quarter lower, and dull sale at the reduction. In other articles there is no alteratitio. The new Banking Bill, it is supposed, will re ceive a few modifications by next Session, but it seems far from the Minister's intention to abandon it. The principle of the Bill is grounded on Public Benefit, as it tends to increase the security of Nego @bible Notes ; and the objection to loCk op a Capital may now be easily rentaied, by the Royal Exchange Plan of HALAILD and Co., the Contractors with Go. vernussint, to distribute 107 Capitals throughout the Country, including THREE of Treaty Thou valid Pounds, with the Scheme so arranged, that T*ENTT-ONE Thousand Pound Prizes will be drawn in the first 29 Minutes on the KING'S BIRTH -DAY; and the Sixth-drawn Prize above Rimo must be either R 22,000, or ,e 23,000, or R-10,000!—All Sterling Money. MINORITY . asi a lard LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL irOlt REGULATING •Licns. - Abertrotoby,Ha. J. UnaWeald, J. Rowell. LNrd G. W. Mortley, A. Montti. J. Sharlie. ft. &woelt. James Manes. Sir C. Soliin, W. Barbam,Jof. 1 1 4nrpe th. V is. is a , irailer. Mara ifs ehrter, Jahn PO W er; ft Tierne); Rt. H.)O. G. Folkestotie. Visa Rotnilly, Sir S. Wilkinp, Wallet TtLiktsl---Viscoeut Aithurpe Oki J. S. Laiobt•Ja. .. 1•• - 1. - • . • . Paws THE LOPIDON CLIZEtIt s Ali & .. • cr.ornroffite, Nay 5. . . MEMBER RETURN ED To SE!. VI, IN THIS ritE SENT PARLIAMENt.. Borooelt of Tarinoutb, in sbe County of Soodnimptok John Leslie Foster, of Callon, in the County of Louth; in It land, Es{. - MILITARY PROMOTION 5.. . • Cassinisions in the Derbyshire Regiment of Yeoman. i Cavalri; signed .‘y Ihr Lord Cientenorit of .be Calory of fkrby; John. flair 1 . to he Lieuteuant.. Hear, Reginald Chandos Pole, .ent. to be Carpet. . • in the Isle of Tbaart Troup of !•iist rent Regi: Swill of Vomitory Cast:lll, signed by the Lord Liestenalit of the County 'of Kest. Cornet Juno Powell Powell to be Lieutenant, vice Johil Cowell, deeeMei. • Jobs tramp, (Seat. to be Cornet, vice Powell. HANKIWI/TS: A. Spent,' Bariughall-street. merchant, May 16. 43, Jane IG. at Guildhall. Anomie., Moors. Blew and Cu. 'dread-week. buildings. 1. Spence, Providence-roW, Hackney, merchant, May 19; S. Jai* 16, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Michell, Ussiou-tours; Broad -street. J. Brigg-i Sculenatei, Y o rksh i re, grocer, May 15, l& June 16, aline White Hart lan, Kihroton-u Dull. Anoraks; Mr. Maw, Ely-plates nod Mr Rich . Ilull. F. Rolland. St. James's street. Pier/adolly . , perfumer, Mat 9. 19, J u ne 18, at thlildhall. Artentry, Mr. stalls, Rimell sq W. Nash. Bristol, drvelter, 'lay 11, 13, Jane 16, at tht Commercial Room-. Bristol. Aunt - sties, Messet. Buunialan arid Co. Bread -street, Cheaptidei and llefirs Bevan and Os. Armlet. C. Tomlinson, Dewar - den, Flin•sbire, apothecutj., Mat ?-0; 9.1. June Id. at the Pie? Bull toe. Cheort. Aitornien Messrs. Miloe and Co. Temple ; ai.-J Mr. tiel;all. CheAer. J. Wilkie, Pre too, 14thearbire,,draper, May 19. 90. line IS, at toe Mitre lon, PleSt4llll. Anomie.. Messii. Howarth. Preston; mid Mr. Norris, John-street, Bedford-row. C. Briley. Ailiburne, Derbyshire, butcher , . Miry 99, 23, Jini' 16, at the Bell 'nu, Derby. Aliornies, Messrs. HMOs, bank and Cu. &tibia: e ; and Ales-rs. Alexander and Co. Near lon. J. Thompson, Mappkton. Derbyshire, fanner, stay vs. 13, June 16. at ibe Bell tun, Derby. Atiornies , Messrs. Breda-- bank and Co. Aslibutue, Derbyshire; and Messrs. Ale/nada and Co. New lon. • VIVI MOWS. May 30, J. Hauls, Sherburne lane, victitaller—Maj 2S. D. Buicheltitir. Farnham, timber-Merchant—June '4, W. B. nig, Coventry, watch-fisaatifirf u rer —J mitt, T. H. Tay ler, Tot ueso. Devonshire. merratiet—play 18. J. Sigswoctb, Sunderland, dealer—May .."1„ J. Watson, Darlittrun DM haul, currier— May 'Ai, tl. Darling, Kingston-epee-Hall. cabinet-maker-- May t 9, J. Hobson ?Orefield. merchant—May -:.8. C. 'Hewitt, Norwich, boot arid shoe-noiker .fraveis, Neu lon, J. T. Koss, and IL .; ones. lAm cf Waitlev, Cheshire, May 9.9. J. Hampshitc. Kirkbet.on, totlssitiris, scribbling sod lulling-miller—May IV, Bret7e, Ilioney,Statfordsbito. potter—Jsine3, J. Brown, York, woollen-Iraper—J line li, T. Parks, Battle. Skives. tailor—June 9 P. E. Onvelez. Sire lane, merchant—Aloe 6. J. Pattie. St:Jean's-greet. Clrrkeu well, dour-fa,tur—Jone li, T. Niel !vale, Wailing-there, warehouseman- May 14 A. Paton, T. trill, and J. Blend. Old Gravel-lane. soap-tnanufacturers. [Certificates, itc. To.weirrow.) COMMTTLE FOR THE RELIEF OF DESTITUTE SEAMEN. 27. Poo!try, May 4, MS. The Committee for she Relief et .Dist ante seamen beK Wore to submit to the Public the atider.mentioird, NV a Report of the numbers and claw.ifirat ion of the Seamen now on hoard the two remaining ships of their Establishment t and while they stOold congeatillate gmbseritiers upon the comparatively trilling ex pence ;i t %T hie l 1314 men Live been provided for. sir). take the opportunity so acquaint them; that a Special Meeting of thl' Committee will be held lo a few days, tts deliberate upon toe moaner its %hick the remaining sum of )1. cm, be emplojed with the greatest advantage is the accomplishment of objects consistent with the intention of the Charity. Total 'mustier admitted on board the Establishes/et .. a 1530 Shipped and otberwise provided for t 1324 Dead Sent on chore for misconduct At present on boa:d • 414 'MD Who may be lbw clamed : Able and Ordinary Seamen . .... .') Men wishing to he sent In their parishea....... 14 infirm .... fnreigners w ishing to return lO ' * Ditto. rot wishing to rettlrii blacks 12 Sick and convalescent hl 141 The Sub• Committee of.rioance report, that the total amount subscliplions up to this day's date 14 16.0681.; of this sum, 6:565t. has been npplied to the ftwepopev of the Chatity, !tail* a balance of 950(h. at tie despomt .1 the CO•sqlitlee- J. E. GUItDON, Hon. Secretary. SCANDALOUS GOkDUGT T 9 INFLUE VOTERS IN ELECTIONS. ►Cg Mr. Thomas Fereoson, wise Is now in Neergoi tl for hi! COOdliet in the County of Lanark, is tilt the only rtsolt who, in Scotland, has most improperly in terfered in Elections. A most finfllftt instance is re corded in the Scotsman Newspaper of Saturday last. A Banker, of the name of Sir John Bay, has %slitters letters tree 1 o f the Town Councillo , s of the Boron/It of Peeblet, two of which hare been published, addressed to Mr. William Nluithead and Mr. James Brown. In one of these letters from thi s Worthy Scotch Baronet to Mr. Meirhead, the fol lowing sentence occurs !-- 44 To prevent all mistakes or misrepresentatinsa, I beg leave openly to solicit your vote for Sir John Bechannam Riddell, which L shall consider as a vote conferred spun myself ; and I candidly declare to you, that I shall consider every one who rates against hint as my personal enemy; sod if I feel myself obliged to renounce all coil. nection with that Borough, which Ito truly Inve, and its 101111)4"ms. I shall consider that man as Me occasion of it." The aniwer of Mr. Mai:heed to this threatening epistle is spirited and proper. We shall give it entire:— Peebl s. 27th April, 1818. Hokora co Sin .—litere was no riot or disorder here till prat letter came. threatening to that me. nod other Metnners of Council, your persoeal ~sties. if we did Dot support Sir John Riddell. It is tree, the towo's•fulk hare bees angry since that, o cause we were hot in be allowed to *ow arcordin* to our j..dgmeut, wlrlch our t:ouncillor's oath binds its to do and they base been sometimes ratb,.r n ,isy lately. Surely my wise can be an reisoo tor you I. renounce all connection whit this Bar" which you MI truly I 're; but, at any rate, I oust vole ateetdirig to my jadgaserit. 1 , lia. lemovred Sit. your most oliestieat sal hatable servant, To SirJuho Hay, Bart. (Signed) Yfe 11.Ltit. tdUllt BEAD. Die letter addressed to Mr. Brown is to the isms effect, and Mr. Brown's answer was equally spirited, and independent. If the Electors in popular 80. rough's would imitate the honest example of Messrs. Muirhead and Brown, ite should soon see the Cot.. roptionists treated as they deserve, and the anew oi Commons would suede another aspect. If the cities and towns that sent up Perilions for Before,. would but Illtt up to their professions, there w 41814 soon be a phallus% of independent men in the I[,u e, that noMwister s Stith all his inffuencecosillstoa.ol4. I f ~ • W M • _- •-,". I „ • I • 1 O ♦~'"a a