The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-01-17 00:00:00

i.. Fw . r . " FOX ANNIVERSARY. (rant rue ZDINNUION AWL, JAN.I4.) This political festival was celebrated here yesterday. by the annual dinner, which was provided, as usual, at Oman's Hotel, Waterloo Place. The company was of the firat,tespectability, and in number appeared to ear seed that of any former year. We should imagine that at least 500 individuals were present. . . Sir James Macintosh was in the chair of President, at 0. Cranstoun, Esq. in that of Croupier. The Stevear46 chairs were fi lled by the Earl of Roselyn, the Earl e Minto, Visct. Glenorchy, Sir Ronald Fergussoo,lll.P., S. P. Brant, Esq M. P. ; Thos. Kennedy, Esq. IL P.; R• A. Oswald, Esq. of Anchencroive ; C. O. Stewart Me. testis, Esq. of Closeborn ; Hugh Mossman, Esq. of Anchtyfardel; John Mansfield, Esq. younger, of Mid. mar; D. Carorgy, Esq. of Quito; R. Cunningham, Buntine, Esq. of Ardoch ; Major Leith Hay, younger, of Rennes; William Young, Esq. younger of Her .barn ; James Moncrieff, Esq. advocate: Job@ Cunningham., Esq. advocate; H. Cockburn ' Esq. advo cate : Brown, Esq. advocate; Francis Jeffrey, Esq. advocate; Robert Hunter, Esq. advocate; Wm. Oibson, Req. adeocate ; J. Horner, Esq. ; J. Balfour, Esq. • J. Craig, Esq.; R. Scott, Esq. I Archibald Anderson, Esq. Mr. T. Edmonstone ; and Mr. J. Paterson. There being more guests than could dine together conveniently in the Assembly Room of the Hotel, din ner was served up for a part of the company in an ad joining room. After dinner, their return to the Assem bly Room was marked by an anxious rush for seats ; and when seate d , the company were indeed united " shout der to shoulder." While the cloth was being removed, the band ((low's) played—" Know that the Lord reigoeth," from The Creution. The cloth being removed, and the table covered with dessert and wines, I. The CHAIRMAN rose, and addressed the company as follows : Gentlemen,—Although no clue of men our ;piss the friends of liberty in attachment to the /louse of lira nom kir, and although, generally speaking, I should think it indecorous to preface the health of the King, at a political meeting, with any preliminary remarks ; yet, on this particular occasion, L may be allowed to say, that we shall drink his Majesty's health with more plea sure, on account of the honour which he has conferred on as by his recent visit to this country, and by the im partial courtesy which be extended to all cl a f his northern subjects.—(Ckeers.) 1 therefore give, Gentle mon "The King"—(Load applause,)--.Tape, King's An them. The Chairman than gave— " The Duke of York. and the rest of the Royal l'amily,"—(Applaase.) Tune—" Britons, strike home." • The ClitleklAlN,-.4 now rise TO propose that toast which describes the peculiar objects of this meeting, and is Identified with the principles which have /leaven you together. I propose, Gentlemen, the me mory of him whom you are 11111,111111114 d to honour, and whose name you have chosen as the symbol of yoer principles; and I feel considerably relieved by that eircusustance, from the arduousness of the task which 1 have undertaken; because, in thus assembling to 'commemorate the principles of Mr. Fos. and declaring them to be identical with year Ow 0, yea have pro financed a greater encomiasts os his memory than it •is in the potter of human eloquence to bestow. Oen. tletuen. the highest honour which a morel and intel lectuel community can confer on an iodlvidual, is to eldsw tilts they regard his name Rs identified witb the priXciples of civil sad religions liberty.—(Cheers.) In directing your attention to the character of Mr. Fox, Gentlemen, I do not speak of his intellect and genius— iaftriur qualities these, and which may be either the most sere. cable or the most detestable. [A amides hive of applause proclaimed the sympathy of the mi• thence in Gm sentiment of the spencer, and the cheering 'was prolonged for several minutes.] Yes, Gentlemen, you have chosen the principles for the man, and not the roan for the principles . (Applause.) But you have done well in assuming a man, by which yen associate with the principles you would cherish, the warmth and the fervour of the man by whom they were so long, so ;vigorously, and so faithfully ted. The friends of • peace, of lsbrrty,and of equal law,know his whole life was ,ilistinguished by jealousy of power—by respect for po epular rights—by resistance to oppression—(Cheers)— Auld by an anxiety and tenderness for personal liberty.— ,(Cheers) These, Gentlemen, mere the principles of it,. Fox: - these are the principles which you are asset to celebrate, and in doing so have chosen the name of Mr. Pox as the bond of union. I 'peak not of personal qualities, because these are impertinent to the objects of this meeting;— but I have had an eye to those qnalities which exalt the nattier, and dignify the man. Of Mr Fox, Gentle. morn, I may say, that Isis darling passion was a love of freedom ; and its this we have the source of all his public virtues. If I may descend to an inferior rate of qualities, the intellectual capacity and attainments of Ale. Fox assigned him a rank among the most splendid ornaments of literature and science. But did the lustre of his literary and his public life, cast any shade upon his private virtues? Will any one charge him with insincerity or inconsistency ? 1 shall not be contra. dicted by any one present who know Mr. Fox, when I say that his public conduct was in unison with his private opinions. In him were united, with uncommon intrepidity and firmness, a more than ordinary share of meekness, tenderness, and compassion. He never f.-It contempt but for baseness ; he never kindled. into lasting anger hut against tyranny. (Cheers.) In the course of his lung and arduous life, he always selected for his protection those who most d d it, and who were the least capable of defending themselves ; and ... ,be espomied tp the last, with undaunted firmness and unshaken constancy, those measures in particular, wl icb, from the iliffienlty of attaining them, the hassle ranee of the times, or from whatever clues, were most the objects of illiberal censure and vulgar prejudice. Nor was his intrepidity abated by the distance of the quarter to which some of his nseeseves applied. He advocated the freedom of Americo—(Cheers.)—and would hate given liberty to India.—(Cheers.) --Although it is far from me to ascribe merit to any man for having destroyed, while he had the power, a practice so barbarous and unnatural, yet his last legacy was the abolition of the slave trade ; —(Hear. hear.) --end he sedulously endeavoured to ameliorate the condi tioned' Ireland, which to this day, is a reproach and a dis honour to the British name.--(Cheers.)—Thereare some in deed who think they perceive too much seal laths Maraca* of Mr. Fox, and who say that he carried his perseverance to en . Gentler's. I consider this the highest enco mium which his opponents can confer on the memory ofthat illustrious statesman. Will those who think the principles of Mr. Fox were too pertinaciously maintained, assert that we have had too few wars? (Cheers) too light burdens f— (aseers)--too few suspensions of the Constitutions/ (cheers) toe many checks to undue power ?—(cheers)—too few violations of personal liberty ? (Cheers)—too many extensions of the liberty of the pare? (Cheer.)—tow great a control on the prerogative of the Crown I—too little restraint on the assembling of the people? Those who think so, I hope, will always be able to distinguish their opinions from those of Mr. Fox. But it is said, those wino hold the opinions of Mr. Fox are the advo cates of Catholic Emancipation and Parliamentary Reform. We•are the advocates of Catholic Emancipa ties and Parliamentary Reform. (Vehement cheering.) • Gentlestea, It is curious enough, that such a charge should Goose from the (Hendee! Mr. Pitt. (Hear. hear.) I shall not endeavour to exalt a great man, by de. grading his competitor; and certainly no two was. / / ~F-^+ sures were ever, so ardently exposed, lic Emancipation and Parliamentary Re. two great men, Mr, Pitt and Mr. Fox. _ basis, I ask, will rest the ,memory of Mr. Pitt, I( the grounds of those . two measure. be taken ainy ? dHear, bear.) Is it on . the tyrenny and coital - ea isplayed towards Ireland ? Is it on his opposition is the abolition of the slave . .trade?—(Hpar, bear.)—Or will his friends rest his fame on that celebrated mea sure, the suspension of cash payments?—(Cheers.)— for I am one who do not conceive that his successors can claim any meth for measures of which that was the precedent.—(Hear, hear,)—lt is with grief, 'gentlemen, I reflect on the memory of a great man, when I consider that his successor, in twelve months, abated that mon strous mischief, the slave trade—a mischief which that great man (Mr. Pitt) in the height of his popularity, and armed with all the power of the Goverment. de clared his inability to abolish.—(Hear, hear.)—lt is with shame, Gentlemen, I investigate the character of a great statesman, when I find in his policy such a blot of injustice, as a law which occasioned one half of the community to sustain the burdens of the other—(Cheers.) a law, gentlemen. from the effects of which many of you are still the sufferers.—(Hear, hear )—No, gentlemen, the political character of Mr. Pitt has not another prop than the ones which his pretended admirers are so anx ious to remove. Yet for advocating these two measures Catholic Emancipation and Parliamentary Reform, are the followerd of Mr. Fox procribed as being naworthy the confidence of their Sovereign. There were those who insinuated that latterly Mr. Fox was not a sincere • reformer ; Mr. Fox, however, gave his sanction to the principle of reform in the last year of his administra tion. The question of Catholic Emancipation called forth all his energy and zeal; and he left it to his friends to charge him with insincerity on that sub ject, if they could : as for this he forfeited his power. Yet, for this, we are charged by some of his followers with carrying his principles too far. If you need an argument in favour of emancipation, I have only to say, Look around you. Can the Catholic subjects of Ireland obtain justice? Can the laws be executed against Irish Protestants? I will only refer you to that flagrant abuse of the law, by which the late daring as. sault upon his Majesty's Representative passes on. punished, through an unwarranted and unauthorised construction of law by a Protestant Grand Jury ; and I say, that there is no happiness for Ireland, until you limit the tyranny of that oppressive caste, and restore the great majority of the Irish to that equality of which they ought never to have been deprived.—(Load and unanimous cheers)—On the qn non of Parliamentary Morin, I trust there is occasion to say little in an as. 'nobly of true Whigs.—(Cheers,)-11, however, any , shall ask the grounds on which I approve of that tee long neglected measure, I say, both because Scotland most needs a refortn,—(Vehement applause)—and be cause the principle of reform was once sanctioned in Scotland by law, Before the Revolution, the National Convention, which was not then so slavish as the Con vention of England, presented a petition to the English Goveri.ment ; and the 14th of a list of grievances which it detailed, complained bitterly of the conduct of the Scotch Representatives in Parliament.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.)—So earnest, indeed, was this remon strance, that it was actually attended to by the Go vernment of King William; and that great monarch, whose " glorious and immortal memory" I revere more than those who have his name in their mouths, but whose principles are foreign to their hearts, did actually assent to a measure for giving a better repre sentation to Scotland. (Cheers.) This was the doc trine of Parliamentary -Reform at one time unction ed by the law of Scotland; and it doubtless would have been carried into effect, but for insuffirient care having been taken of it at the Revolution. U nwilling as I am, Gentlemen, to suspend any longer your social pleasure (Hear, hear, hear; and cries of "Go on,") I will yet trespass another minute on your attention, in order to implore your more earnest aid and assistance in a cause, in which we have so deep an interest. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, there are certain political philcso• pliers, who teach that, the more enlightened we become, the less we have to do with liberty ; (Laughter, and cries of " Hear ;") and that it is not the people of this intelli gent nation, but those of Siuscovy and Siberia who are the proper objects of freedom. (Alucli laughter and applause.) It is no longer an enlightened population, but hordes of desperate barbarians, who are fit fur self govermitena This is the proposition which, plainly stated, is calculated to terrify and astonish even the stages from whom it originated. Yet is this so glaring an absurdity, so monstrous an oddity in logic, pat in the van of all political arguments again.t Parliamentary Reform. But; gentlemen, what i have seen of this meeting, what I recollect of the national character, au• thorises me to conclude, that you will not abstain from the use of all constitutional means, in order to obtain for every individual of the commaaity an equal share in the privileges of the constitution. (Loud cheering.) Gentlemen, I propose that we now drink •" To the Immortal Memory of the Right Hon. Charles 'James Fox"—ln silence. and the company standing, while a solemn dirge was performed by the band. From the Chair— " His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the strenu ous supporter of those principles which placed his fa mily on the Throne.—(Cheers.)—Air, Joy to Great Cse.ar. The CHAlRMAN.—Gentlemeo, when assembled in the cause of freedom, 1 hope we shall never forget that we are Scotchmen.-1 give— •' The Dukes of Hamilton, Argyll, and Roxburgh: and the Whigs ot Scotland."—(Applause.)—Air.--Three good fellows. The CHAlRMAN.—Oentlemen, I give you the natural defence of the country, and of which Scotland is not without its share— • The British N'a►y."—Air. Rule Britannia. The CUAIRMAN.—I now propose another part of the defence of the country, and of wield) also Scotland claims SD equal share— •• I'he British Army."—Air, The Grenadier. The CHAIIINAL—The nest toast is the favourite toast of all' of you, and so well expresses the sentiments of the Statesman whom we are met to celebrate, that it might almeat stand in place of his creed— •• The Rights of the People, as established at the Re. volution 'of 16$8."—Three times three. and long con tinned applause.)—Air, A man's a man for a' that. The CROUPIL:R (Mr. CSANSTOUN) now rose [and after a very eloquent speech, which our limits oblige us to omit, gave] Sir James Macintosh," with all the honours.— (Three times three, and enthusiastic appla2se.) [Sir James, after a speech highly complimentary to Mr. Cranstoun, having proposed the health of the Crou• pier, which was drank with 3 times 3. and deafening ap plausr. that Gentleman returned thanks, and proposed] with all the honours. " Earl Orey and the Whigs of England."-3 times 3, and loud applause. Mr. Jsert.cv.-1 wish, with your pt.rnsission, Sir, to propose a toast, in:which, from what I have already seen, I entertain no doubt but that we shall all most cordially agree, although it is one which has given rise to many shades of difference, even among those by whom it is, i n general terms, approved. I must be understood, Sir, to allude to the cause of Parliamentary Reform. (Long continued cheering.) In undertaking to introduce this subject, it is some consolation to me that 1 shall thereby atone fur some not to say hostility to the measure, yet tor many years of Indifference towards it, and for having sometimes approached it with considerable reluctance time when many heal. e l o that by 4* was termed thbile interests might be suffielentljr secured; and the, any change, though mo derate and Safe, would a t b es t but give rise to a new machinery, which world not operate more beneficially on the eouatry than the present. Sit,from there prim. dices tisise Ass reclaimed es all. , (This avowal was met by the most nnanimous,cheen of the company.] Sir, it is my opinion, ant) I believe the grin* of an immense Majority of the country,.' that some bhange in the representation of the people I! 001 only life, but necessary to preserve the stability of Ow Constitution.—(Cheers.) rite facts on which this op,- don is founded are. the disposition of the people * large, and the conduct of the Parliament itself.—(Hear. bear.) The cause of Parliamentary reform has, set without reason, multiplied its advocates to an unpremi dented degree.—(Cheers.) Many who once looked epee reform as a monstrous and incredible propositioe; hive gone over to. that cause w hi c h th e y formerly regarded with disifedit and distrust. This change is mainly owing to the recent paltry attempts of the Legislature to aim borate the, condition of the country.—(Hear, hear.) The conduct of Parliament has shown that it no longer represents the people of Great B a itain. (Cheers.)— But for the cause of this antipathy—this divergence or feeling and opinion; we must look to the manner in which the House of Commons is constituted. Where s can be the difficulty id obtaining a corrupt majority. when four out of eicht of its members are placed there by the Treasury? That the Commons do not represent the sense, the wishes, and the general spirit of the coin siihreky, is made evident, by the People at large dissent. log in the proportion of nine out of ten, from the opiel. ons of Parliament. When this is the ease, it is plain that its functions mast constitutionally cease.—(Cheena) The benefits of representation, in tranquillizing tie , public mind, may be inferred from the fact, that while Leeds and Manchester were the seeds of insurrection, Bristol and Liverpool were comparatively quiet.—Peace and tranquillity, however, are not theonly advantagespro. raised by reform. We require something better than House of Comruons only capable of putting down rebel lion. (Cheers.)—lt must control the Royal Prerogati re. Such a House of Commons may be obtained by the exertions of the friends of the people. The only admoni tion which those friends can require is, to sacrifice something of individual opinion for the advantage of union among the friends of Reform. That it might not be alledged that the true character of your measure is not to ameliorate, but to destroy ; let it vary as little as possible from those forms and institutions which were found sufficient in the early stages of society. Sir, I give you— " A cordial union of all the friends of freedom, in the cause of Parliamentary Reform." This toast was drank with 3 times 3, and the most decisive maks of approba tion,—Air, " Scots wha hae." &r: Lord GLENORCHT, in a spirited address, proposed the health of Sir Ronald Pergussoo, and may the British soldier never forget the duties of a citizen. Sir RONALD FERGcSSON expressed his gratitude to his treble friend and the meeting, for the manner in %%bleb his health hail been received. That his humble efforts in Parliament had met with the approbation of such a respectable meeting as this, was a greater honour than the crown could bestow. It gave him the greatest satis faction that the subject of Parliamentary Reform had been so well received—convinced as he was that the tfety of bis country could not exist unless that measure was adopted. He trusted that the last sentence of their chairman was still on their lips—to do their utmost efforts to make Scot:and independent. He would con clude by proposing as a toast, u A real Representation of the people of Scotland in Parliament."—(3 times 3,) JA number of other toasts followed for which we have not room, and] the meeting broke up at half-past one on Tuesday morning. • :rt fc'te.r.,!l•2ol,lo •N. • I:. 0./ Yank •r. :2 1 ...../ .." 1 " 1 4 • SPOR rim INTELLWENCE. Lt) . , - . .. • Inuan.R. Timothy liehiee was indicted for the wilful ieturder of Michael Flood, by Kiwis's bine ri mond! bruise or contusion with a stump arm, °treble# be died. „ William Murray depos e d Thar re lived ae OM Emit ford„ eight dt6 October. He knew Michael Me 1, bet did oot recegnise the features of the priestlier. Un ti set morning Ilhich was a Sunday, he wae/standinCin th toad and saw a person come upend 'Hike Flood a iielen( blow in the face s which mule him stagger.. As,soortas be recovered from the blow and was making toveiside the curbstone, a woman caught the man tlia; stisicit him' ,by the collar, turned him round and encialaii s foklorl's sake don't kill the man," or "have you killed the man ?" As soon as that' was said, deceased , Made a kind of a rim. When *lie woman turned the person, round, be was mahing towards the deceased to strike him again. The man who struck the deceased ran after blu,, but several persons got round them to that ha only saw them on the ground struggling together, but he could not tell how they got on the ground, whether by being knocked down or tripped, or by falling only. He saw no more pass, ,as they were then parted, hut he saw deceased i times afterwayds. His face was much covered with blood.— The blow was directly over the temple, the blood from.- which streamed down very copiously. Flood himself went for the coustal , le, and was able to go about for a week or so afterwards. John Morris Banner, house surge n of St. George's Hospitil, deposed that the deceased was brought to the Hospital on tke 14th of October. The witness described the appearance and progress of the wound, with its effects on the deceased, till the 20th of October, when be died. IVitness believed the wound to be the cause of his death, and thought also that if proper niediesl atten tion had been paid him at first, be might have been saved.. . John Walker stated the circumstances similar to the last witness, and was quite sure the prisoner was the mart who was striking at Flood. Prisoner afterwards tient into a lodging house, where be was apprehended. Ann Woodward ( t he woman above referred to) coo -1 firmed what had been , previously stated respecting Ler. William Watson, a constable, apprehenee I the prison er, het saw nothing of the affray; and only gave an account of what passed before the Magistrate!, when a compromise was agreed on bet Nero the parties. a • Thos. Brooks, a Chelsea penstoeer, saw part of the affray, but took little notice of it. Pri•oner, when called on for his defence, said he was in liquor at the time he met deceased. He asked de ceased to take sausething to drink, which deceased refused, and told him to go to H—ll. Words ensued, and be might have struck deceased, but bad no wish to do him an injury so as to cause Iris death. He had no persona to appear for him, but Almighty God, and his Lordship, who would do for him what was just and right. The LORD Cater BARON then summed up, and the Jury, after a short deliberation, found toe prisoner guilty of—Manslaughter. In the matter of Duncan *Callum who was remanded front last Sessions on a charge of forging a certain warrant for the delivery of seven bales of Cotton Wool, with intent to defraud llamas Sterling, Mr. WALFt/RD. applied to the Court for Able purpose of respiting the recognisance* of the %haggises fur the Prosecution. Lord Cater BARON—•" Ayr, but Is his case to stand over for ever ?" Mr. WALVORD—" That is for your Lordship's decision —the East India Company have done all in their power to procure the attendance of lit. Stirlieg, bat without recces., as they were informed Mow is France." Lord I nice Beaori—" Then the °Visit of your appli. cation is, not to F o ut the Court of Exchequer." Mr. W Ammon —•• I es, my Lord." Lord Cater OA —" Be it so then." Mr. WALPORD said be could say nothing as to the 31. t joists fate of the prisoner, as his Counsel was then ab sent. Very little betting at Tattersall's yesterday. No al• teration of any consequence took place. Ma. ABILUNCTIIT'S GREAT Marce.—This amateur pedestrian started yesterday from St. Giles's Church to go to Huntingdon and back, a hundred and twenty-four wiles from the place of starting, in thirty hours, for a trifling sum, but heavy bets were pending on the issue of the event. He did six miles the firrt hoar, five, the second, and five and half the third, when he halted to breakfast of a roast fowl and wine and water. H• started again. and travelled for three hours at the rate of something less than five miles an hour. When our in formant left him he was resting at forty two miles, after eight hours and a half work, which appeared a pleasure to him rather than toil. He travels in flannels, with thick shoes. _ Cvntaxo.—Yesterday se'nnight, a match betwixt two amateurs, for a considerable bet, took place in the neighbourhood of Auchincruive. The game was 21, fee stones each, which after a very close and keen contest of three hours and a half, was gained by one shot only, the shots being tie and tie to the very last. • A curling match, between some of the married , and unmarried curlers in the parish of Penicuik, proposel by Mr. Kenton on the part of the latter, and accepted by Mr. Brown, Broadwood, on that of the former, w.te played on Thursday, the 9th curt., upon one of the Penicuik house ponds. The weather and ice were ex tremely favourable for the bonspeill, which ;vas won . by the single gentlemen by a majority of 13 shots.— (Edia. Observer) The projected curling match, between the counties of slid Lothian and Tweeddale, is to take place, if the frost continues on Tuesday first (the 14th current) — .According to arrangements which bare been made upon the part of Mid Lothian, the curlers from the parishes of Penicuik, Lasswade, and Corstorphine, and from the Roslin and Duililingston clubs, will play upon the Whim pond; while those belonging to the Merchieton club, and to the parishes of Currie and Mid Calder, will play upon iho lower Panicnik House pond, at tga o'clock —(ibid. ) BRutsraox►t Boxl%o.—A battle was fought last week. on Moseley Wake Green, between Ben Preston and Bill Mole, two Brummagem men. They were amongst the list of Weld weights, neither of them being more than lOst. 71b. Though unknown to the ring, and mere infants in science, they kkd both dabbled a little in the art, and had each the reputation of having beaten his man. This was something at least to begin with, as Josh. !Wotan would say: and coopled with that conceit which a single victory never fails to give a man. they were expected to show some sport. It is absursitely impossible to deeeribe the battle, or the uproar by whietsit was attended. Preston, when he peeled, showed melt"' condition, and had decidedly the advantage both in weight and length of reach; from his superior action he omOst to have licked his man in one-third of the time. Pres Vii, da ring the whole of the battle, showed considerable judgment in defending his head, but left his body completely sniff& teeted ; he got severely punished on bis heft side% Geoid being a right handed hitter. Preston's ambitious. from the beginning of the fight, evident.y was to deface the upper s% oras of Geoid; and certainly it must be acknowledged that he succeeded to his soul's wish, for no man's head ever presented a more woful and terrific appearance—ft Was sae complete imam of claret, that even his own mother would not have known him. Stil, in spite of this punialinient, pad of came dreadfully severe hitting collet be recelOrd on his jugular. he stood up one hour and thirty minutes, while more than WO rounds were (mufti ; when Preston, by a knock down Now, rendered his °warn! incapable of coining again. ..... • • . , s. 1 •• • •••P -, • • ~.., llif* " fi r ra#o4l l4 l r .. •... d.- 1 . , 1 , as were Ceiba.' -411ear, bear.) There was n t r Reform by those gent Melds of liberty belle v 0 t .: Fox. • Oa what • virt ua l representation the $t P LI. Ma. 21 •L.— --11E—I__.%, SHIPYINd IN'i ELLIGENCE. DIAL, JAN. I6.—Came dow.o from the River last Right, and sailed, the Marlborough, Nliddleton. for Jamaica ; also ■nd remains, the Spanish Patriot, Bogg, for Cadiz Sailed this morning, the u hole of the homeward bound for the Itiver.—Arrived this afternoon, and remain, the Charles Forbes, from Bombay; the Lord Wellington, Montmorency, and Hannah, all from Qdebee ; the Venus, from the Cape of flood Hope; and the Highland Lad, from Oporto.—The Brig mentioned yesterday as being on shore at the south end of Deal, was got off this after noon with little damage.—Alan arrived, the Maria and Triton, from Quebec; and John and William, from Oporto.—Wind N.N.W. PORTIIMOVII, JAN. 16.—Arrived, the Stranger, Johnson, from the Mediterranean. Sailed, the Edward, Drew, for S►. Vincent's; and the Cadmus, Appleby, for London.—Wind N.W. FALMOUTII,JAN. 15.—Arrived, the Ida, Sanderson, from Oporto. Sailed, the Prince Eornest Packet, for the Mediterranean ; the Princess Elizabeth Packet, for America ; the John and Harriet, Hudson, for Havre.— Wind variable. PLYMOUTH, J ax. 15.--Arrived the Vittoria, Barker, from Palermo ; the Fortitude, Martin, from London for Jamaica; the Samuel and Sarah, Campbell, from the Coast of Africa ; the Kitty, Quillon, from Lisbon ; the Dolphin, Bully, from Newfoundland ; the Duke of Wel lington, Beaumont. Terciers, Orange Branch, Church wood, Lisbon, and Great Palmer. from Mad: as. WINDOW AND HOUSE TAXES IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. • --.0.- [remit ♦ IPARLIAVIIIITAIII Amount of the Duties on Houses and Windows In Logland and Sootland in 1794 and MO. Windows. HOUbell. I Total. Vetrs. Z s. d. Z s. d. Z a. d. 1799 107.1130 l 11 161,449 II 2 1.093,041 II l 1210 9,417,614 6 8 1,160,34.1 y 8 I 71,964,026 9 1 UUOTLAND. 1792 1 1 31.961 10 1 e.90:e.90: 12 0 1 38.885 111 1820 147,624 14 10 80.719 16 91 234.21$ 11 7 By so examination of the shove statement. it will appear that the Tax on Windows in England is now nearly three times It,. amount of what it was in 1702. In Scotland the 'NZ on Windows Is now nearly eleven times what it was in 1792. The Tax en Houses in England is now seven tunes the amount of what it was in 1;93; and in Scotland it is no less this li times the amount in that year. The aggregate amount of Taxes on Windows and Houses in England is 1792, was 1.093,0491. I Is. Id.; and In IWO it was 3,684.0991. 9a. Id. being three and a half times more now than is 17114. The amount of Taxes on Windows and Houses in Scotland in 1792, was 16,6661. 181. 9d.; and in 1922,233.944/. I Is. 7d. beiag nearly seven times more now than in 1799. CORN EXCHANGZ, J ex. U.—Owing to the continnanre of the frost, little or no business is doing, es our buyers are very reluctant to purchase any quantity of Coro from the granaries at present. The market is ♦ery thinly attended this morning. SMITHRIELD rIA•NET, JAN. 17.—There was either • short market of oxen this morning, hut the supply of sheep and other articles were middling. and folly ;vie- Ilaate to the demand.—Priute Beef is 4s. per stone, but the inferior qualities remain as per last market day. Yesterday afternoon, a large flight of field-fares crossed the Themes from the surrey side, near Blackfrines-bridge ; they pursued their course over the city. on the West side of I St. Paul's. There is a •ulgar prejudice, that When th,sse birds assemble together near the dwellings of man, it be- I tokens a severe winter. ~- :~