The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-05-23 00:00:00

r , i ~ --_ fir, NONMULITA IU, 318611.VU. • tintwithatanding the onfavonrable state of the wet — thee, whirh prevented nninhera from attending the Meet ing at Lick, of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in lb: County of Monmouth, on Friday the 10th lost. it proved nee of the most ninserona and respectable ever known is Monmouthshire. Bet one sentiment as to the im portance of the great ohjert of the meetinv, and as to the necessity for instant and effectual relief. seemed to pervade the whole County; f slthnngh happily the state of things in Monrionthabire will not jninity the application to it, of the terms whirls Mr. Cartels (wlto,be it remembered, was brough t into Peri i amens at the general election in uppmition to Mr. Cs venilish,the Whig Candi .i•t.), wool the lions. of Commons, no the $ll of this month. to deacribe the deplorable si 'nation of the Bounty of Stoeseit, namely, that '• the state of things there r aald no looter he described as distress and misery, but trio and desolation," yet the lientry, Clergy. Yeo manry, No.l cultivator. of the soil in Monmouthshire know and feel too mnch of the general di . and have ton jest a sense of what is due to themselves, to their posterity, and to the conntry at large, to he longer deluded I.e byporritical or self -interposed Hanlonr against rnhlic msetinga in defence of their rights or properties,* ..r not publicly to protest 'taker. end - as publicly record their reprobation of those measures which have brought the errantry into its present eslsmitnue and perilous si tnation. The Sessions Hall was crowded to excess he. fore twelve o'clock, and on the commencement of the business, the press to get near the speakers was so great as to force down the door in the screen between the court and the opus space in the hall. Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed Sir T. Salusburv. Sir H. Protheroe. Mr. Lewis, of l.lantitlin, Mr. Lewis. of St. Pierre, Mr. Jones, jun. of Glanarth, Mr. Jones. of Cly tha, Mr. Williams. pin. of Langibbv Castle, Mr. Phil lip., of Wenion, Mr. Moggride, the . Vicar of Aberga ycnny, his brother the Rev. Charles Powell, Mr. Fleet wood Berv, Mr. Thomas, of St. Alban's, the Rev. F. Lewis, and many other magistrates and gentlemen, the body of the h ill being filled with the most respectable yeomen of the county. Precisely at twelve o'clock the High Sheriff rose, and Tend the Requisition, after whirls he declared the meet ing peened, and recommended strict adherence to the terms of the Requisition, and, in cast of diversity of sentiment. that every person should bete a fair bearing. After a short pause, — Mr. MoriontDGE rose, and said, it was to him mat- I ter of regret that, of the many most respectable gentle men who as well as himself had signed the reqnisition, no other presented himself to the meeting to introduce to its rodee the business for which it was convened. From there. naisition w bids had been just read, lie said it would appear that the objects of it were two-fold. That which came last is order (and he could hardly tell how it came there at el), the allusion to the present disturbed state of the county, he should speak of first, and dismiss in a very few s, orris, as be knew it was the universal opinion, which exactly agreed with his own, that a meeting. inch as the present, a meeting of the owners and occupiers of land of then hole county, iutended originally and reels nicely for the t.tinitidrnition of the present deplorable state of the landed and agtirithitral interests, was nei ther thr most proper, nor the most advantageous for the disraissine of ontrageo whirh had disgraced the work men in the iron-vi orks and collieries. whatever jest cause of complaint they might otherwise have had against any pert of the treatment to which they lead been heretofore eithj.cted. To hear and in redress any real grievances to the utmost extent of their power, and with the utmost rigour of the law. the magistracy of the county had been MO still were most aweinua--(llear.) —There had been meetings of the Lieutenancy and Alagistracy of tbe explessly for that purpose.** well as for the pur pose of presert ing the peace of the county, and enforce log the observance of the laws in all other respects; other meetings wound be held for the same purpose, and lie hoped periodic-Ole, so that all complainants might know where and when to apply, with a certainty of find ing Magistrates assembled competent in number, as well as anxiously inclined to discharge their duty in the im partial rl . 'tuition of justice to ell alike ; but the laws, whirls are equally for the protection of all, are above all, and must be respected, whether to protect or to punish. To these Meetings of the magistracy of the county, this sithject might therefore lie very well, and ought and most be referred.} He said he should now address him. eel( to the attention of the meeting on the main object of its being convened this dem sued of one of more tin pnrtance it was scarcely possible that any meeting mild be addressed ; he had, he said, witnessed the consider ation and partaken in the 'discussion of important sub jects in that hall ; but, when viewed together with this, all others were comparatively insignificant. Others re lated, perhaps intimately, to the well-being of certain classes of society; but this was &subject which involved in it the vital interests. 113 y, as related at least to the present generation, the eery existc4.-e of the leaded wad eigrianit•tectl interests. Mr. Moggri.lge then proceeded tie detail some very interesting facts explanatory of the situation and extreose embarrassment and distress in whirls the owned, and (weepier' of land were at present involved. But, lee said, there was one fact which spoke a volume in a few words, and which at once auperceded the necessity of saying more, and said all that words euntd express—a fact as inideniable as it was melancholy, and which was at one and the same time decisive of the triestioo snot of the ruin of the farmer; and that was, that the prices of farm-produre bad gone back below what they were in the year 1792, whilst in the mean ti-oe taxation hail increased four-fold. He dies showed that the existence of considerable dis- tense hs.l been of more than seven years duration, that eprt of legislative wisdom, the notorious Corn-Bill, • being dated the 2Gth et July, ISI I. Previous to that had the distress of the agriculturist been forced on the consideration of Ministers; but neither then nor since, Our even now, are Slinistvre disposed to adopt the only measure of elbeietst relief of which the case is seseep- , table. A REUECTIoS Ur TAXATION PROPORTIONID TO I Tilt lARDUCTION IN THS SAL* PRICE OP PRODUCE. ANO IN TICE VALVE 01 RENTS AND OTHER REAL I•ROPERTY. —(Cheers from all parts of the 111.11.)—The remedy fur the evils complained almost be one of two things; tither the value of farm-produce must he forced op so as to enable the fanner to sell again et high prices, or the expellees of producing his corn, moil of tearing and fat tening his cattle and sheep. must be reduced, so as to en able him to sell at the present low prices fur a reason. able profit ; the former was a project which he believed it surpassed human ingenuity to compass for any consi &rah,* length of time, and which would he attended with even surpassing injustice, excepting indeed (as re lated to its practicability) the old paper-bubble was again resorted to, and even then, nothing approaching to permanency could be attained hefure that bubble woold burst, and in the explosion hurl to destruction the bone sad corrupt system which had heretofore engen slued it t hut as for its justice, that inflicted on itself, of richly deserved destruction, would be the only reseus- Hance to justice a Welt it could bear. On the other hand, such a rrtinoion of taxation as would bear egni . table proportion to the diminution of price, and tents • A letter was reed by Oar Sheriff from Lord 0. Somerset, expressive, es we undrr.tood, of his apprehensions of the ill euniertienres of the meeting ! + AS we afterwards beard. an arranitensent. proposed by Mr. Alosigridne. fora meeting of the Ideuteessey and Ma gistrates of the Comity, at Pouf-y-pool. for Wednesday. ea , seceded to by the other Ministration, with the intention ul ha being renewed weialy . - *.?'"" .r-- .. [E STA' T: r o tl and the ifferession of at teal irdpery, *IV at Inc4ll Jost mud effectual t th;t o gr e ? of the Winer, which*. proved by re to *TWO' facts, and by appleing it to the touchstone of tr rte and the test of true policy, would oppress the entilr, most iu juriousWiffect the interests of the manufactufer,lncreile the present embarraumment of ell the induslrfeeit.clinlawllb end after all fait of the intended effect, for any length, of time, affording substantial relief to the farmer, whilst from the reduction of the charities en production in the articles o f taxation, tithe, rent, and consequently poor rates and price of labour, an as to enable the tanner to sell at low prices, and vet obtain a (dr profit, he would be completely relieved, and no other class of the comma pity be injured. That this was the only effectual reme dy, appeared clearly from reference to the situation of the farmer in I/92 and at present, ae well as from a va riety of arguments of nimenswerable force; and the hypo crisy or stopidity of those who thought or ted that relief from taxation would be little or no benefit, be ex hibited in a very ludicrous and conteuiptileir light, ad mitting, he said, of no excuse whatever hut from those quarters, such as useless Poetmasters-ileneral, Lay Lords of the Admiralty. Junior Cords of the Treasury, and in short all who lived empowthat filiation whose vitality in society it supported. and withnnt whic h, as prominent members of society, they 'lie. He enlarged notch upon and showed in a very clear manner, the monstrous i n j ury i dr ee ,..l b y tb s . public 'lt large from the pre sent enormous weight of taxation, rendered more than two-fold mlestrewtiye by the calamitous measure called by Mr. Peel's name, which at once doubled the weight of that enormous taxation ; it bring manifest to. the common sense of every farmer present that he was now obliged to take twice as much corn, twice as much cattle, twice as much of every thing to market, to raise a sum of money in order to pay the same amount of taxes. as leas than one-half that quantity of COT7I or that number of cattle would have raised in the marl-et when ' the taxes were laid on. We are sorry that it is latterly out of onr power to follow Mr. hloggrike thronghout the whole of his stood, ' or even to give our readers any adeqnate report thereof: hit we cannot omit to notice one exemplification of the oppressive burden of taxation, which amongst others he gave from the leather tax. lye said, that when we talked of taxation and its tremendous operation, we could not estimate by any means the whole thereof, from simply naming the amount of any one tax or the enormous aggregate amountof the whole; that the mere expencr of collecting the taxes last year amounted to between four and five million., being with• in a million and a half of the whole cost of the civil and military Government of the country in the year 1792. And when revenne was talked of, the expences of collect ing, fee. were never taken into account; these were aml dttional hurtle:l.m, but neither was this all, of which I will afford a Dotal& instance in the case of the Leather Tax, and the destructive weight with which it oppresses the Agricultural Interest. The eepences occasioned by the excise restrictions to secure the collection of the Leather Tax was stated by the most respectable persons before the Committees of the Hone. of Commons on the tax, to be at least equal to the whole amount of the tar, which is a real loss to the country of property to that amount, and must be paid by the commoners of leather. As the tax is paid on the rough article before it goes from the tanner to the currier or leather-cutter, the tanners must be supposed to have a profit on their extra capital and risk, the curriers another profit, the shoe makers another, and a 10 per cent. profit by each cannot be considered too great, so that the bare amount of the tax which meets time publics-ye, and which Statesmen call Hareem is considerably more than doubled to the unfortunate conennter—the nominal amount of this tax being 600,001 , Wit the pressure of the tax upon the community. snit the money actually drawn from the pockets of the pnblin thereby, exceeds one million four hundred thousand pounds. Lord Liverpool, as be Is deemed the Prime Ministet in England, so longer ago than Monday night last, is reported, in a Newspaper to have said, that " be did not believe the repeal of taxes could have the least effect neon Agriculture, un less it were limited to those which fell exclusively on the farmer ; that the general tiovernesest taxes pressed more lightly on the Agriculturists than any other class, and no essential repeal could be ob. taimed from their reduction." Now admitting that which has often been alleged, that the Agriculturists are about half the whole population, from the nature of their demand for leather, it is not unreasonable to suppose that the farmers consume full one half of the I ether manufactured ; lint as their shoes and some other arti cles are made of the coarsest and heaviest leather on which the tax is the same per pound as upon the fine. sorts, they may be reasonably supposed to use two-thirds of the leather manufactured—and as the whole tax is six hundred thousand pounds, therefore they pay to tio• vernment four hundred thousand pounds ; but when the additions are made to this sum on the various accounts stated before, it el ill appear that the leather-tax takes oat of the pockets of the elgricrlteral classes no less a lam then WIC million qf money ! throald the remission of this tax, would a present of one million a year. or, what is the same thing, a million a year saved to the (atoms s and their labourers, and added to the profits of one and the wages of labour of the other, "hare not the lea t Teel upon Agrieelture r. It was painful to mark the effects of Vanorance, prejudice, or gross self-interest sty where ; hut to see them in high places. to see them in fluence those in whose hands was placed the fate of a great nation, and, above all, when that nation was in the awful situation of this country at present, was in• deed deplorable. Mr. Moggridge went on to show that if the farmer were placed in the circumstances he was ' in in the year 17e., that he would be as prosperoes new as then ; that his knowledge, his skill, and time improve ments made on has farms by landlord coil tenant, were all in his fsvonr now; that in fact nothing but taxation and the effects of taxation operated differently, and, at the sense time, disadvan:ageously now to what they did then ; and initiate,' that it was true to demnonstratimm that the getting rid of the difference In these, by placing him, together with the same prices which be was cam pellet' to accept in eirctionstances in nave respects not wore disadvantageous, the most effectual relief would be afforded to the occupier of land, the fears of the owner of land would be removed, and the fate which threatened him, as already in Sontersetshire and other counties, where, from Parliamentary information, it ap peared that some of the best estates " yielded no rent, be averted. After enlarging upon this topic, again con trasting it with other modes of relief proposed, which, compared with this, he pronounced to he quackery and delusion, Mr. Moggridge said, but we have been told it is useless to petition the House of Commons for a re duction of taxation, or, indent, as that House is at pre present constituted, to petition it at present at all.— Ile certainly could not shut his eyes to that which bad been pronounced in the I lone, of Commons as " no unions as the sun at noon-flay ;" he could not-be, and he was not, insensible to the effacts of the state of that . House, as represented in the debates and as recorded in time jonruals of that House, which all knew, which WOW few befitted from, hut frosts which all the rest of the com munity (nineteen-twentieths of the nation) was reduced to its present calamitous circumstances : vet he could not but feel confident. that if the public opinion in &vote of retrenchment, reform, and cons, queen reduction ante , afloat', was generaly, firmly, and legally expressed at such meetings as the present, taxation must be minced so as to afford the most snlestanti at relief ; and, in sop- P° i h n o q r r u t se i o s t .t i t t . m i m h r i . i s a e i t i t i c e m r o ' n e h - e t a x a , sk i t r t d l e ii r reveal e a no o o n f * t r i e s: v : 4 ;l l i c u 'i l f tu t r h a e l Vitt of the remit-ante, and, in Own, all such remission cal taxation as bad been cLemiined, had nut been publie j 7 .4 14 — 10 t the Me-finis. at_ , st tit*s ofjOlf,eople ? and , hot for wes-k s a yaist tlikconorry would still hace bad th , poppor ng taco junior Lords of the Admiralty, and two instead of one sinecure under the high sounding name of Postmaster-general. Mr. MoggriJge con - doffed by' radio' soil moving a series of Resolution, and petitions to both Houses, all of whirl, excepting the 4th, were unanimously adopted with loud cheers. -To part of thi 4ili resolution, Sir 11. Protheroe snored an amendment, the purport of which was to petition also for additional corn latex or protecting tintiea, whereby a tax might be imposed on corn. S;e: imported, equal to the difference in taxes and tithes which the British farmer groaned under when compared with the foreign farmer, and a very animated debate took place thereon, which we re- gret exceedingly our limits will not allow us to report. Sir H.Pitorn ZRO e,after complimenting Mr.Moggridge for the manner in which he bad opened the business of the day, and for the very able and eloquent speech ' which he had concluded, declared his entire concurrence therein, excepting only as to that point referred to in his amendment. He also expressed his a pprehension of the uselessness of petitioning, and comm-eted, with just effect, on the conduct of Lord Orenville Somerset, in re- I gird to the last county petition. Mr. THOMAS. of St. Alban's, and Mr. Lewis, of St. Pierre, spoke in support of Sir 11. Protherne's amend ment; end the Vicar of Abergsvenny and Mr. Lewis, of Lantillo, as strongly advocated the original resolu tion, which on a divisson was carried on a majority of four to one. On the succeeding resolution being separately read, Sir H. Protheroe suggested whether a chain, for protec tion to the farmer against the netithed and untaxed corn of the foreigner could not lie inserted, to which Mr. Moggridge said unquestionably; that his sole objects in what he had proposed were to redress the preseut grievances of the servant and landlord, and to afford them both an effectual, solid, and permanent protection: but he obje cted to this beitig attempted by more corn I l aw s. He readily assented to the claim for protection in the general terms proposed by his worthy friend, and hoped the meeting would have no objection to its being engrafted in the words proposed by fir H. Protheroe oar the resolution he (Mr. M) had tendered; which was done accordingly, and stands part of the fourth rue- lotion. The Vicar of Ahergavenny then rose, and in a most animated speech characterised the Sinking Fund, as Statesmen call it, as a measure of mockery, delusion, and oppression, designed really and only for the purpose of swelling the enormous profits of jobbing capitalists, and of bolstering up the fundhohler, already filled almost to repletion at the expense of the property of the owners and occupiers of land, by the sacrifice of the interests of the country at large, and of affording the means of be ginning another war wheoever the caprices of Ministers might so incline them, or the Holy Alliance call for their aid in suppressing continental liberty. In a tone of impassioned eloquence the Reverend Speaker called upon the landlords, the clergy, the yeomanry, and the tenantry of the country to tome forth to vindicate their own cause and the cause of the eonntry, and to save themselves, if possible, from impending ruin. His Re solution was greeted with the loudest cheers, and se conded by Mr. Moggridge, who expressed his heartfelt concurrence in what had been so ably and effectually advanced by his excellent friend. The resolation paned unanimously, and the purport of it was inserted in the petition to the House of Coinwns. The earnest thanks of the meeting were also unanimously voted to the gen tlemen who had gigged the requisition, and a resoletion passed that Earl Orey be requested to present the peti tion to the Lords, and Sir C. Morgan and Lord Gran ville Somerset that to the toininons, and that the mem bers for the county be desired to support the prayer thereof in Pa:Hawes, PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. An Oficial Return to an Order of the Howie of COOOlllOl . Ol stiles the grand total of the °Seal sable Of lapOttb Into Crest Britain and Ireland In the year ending sth January. 1810 Z 40,135.950 9 0 ISO 33.94,740 17 6 1821 1822 Grand total of the ollcial 'else of Exports of British and Irkh produce and manufactures in the year ending bth January. 1810. X 44.570.633 2 9 WO. 1871 40.240477 10 2 1712 43,111.474 15 9 Foreign and Colonial merchandise exported in the year ending sth January. 1819 X 12,287,274 15 0 18310 1911 11,490.339 9 8 1922 Total Exports for the year ending on the 3th of January. 19.9 238.0.17.927 17 2 1920 40.033.10.i 17 7 1821 01,730,610 18 10 1912 33,131,414 10 10 It appears from the above statement that the total Exports of Ilha >ear exceeded the *amount in the preceding year to the event 01 nearly three millions and a half, but that there is a deertube is the imports of upwards of half a million. . PARLIASIENT.II:I PIPER. Account of the Sums of Moley due to the Crown of Great Britain from Fareign States since the year 1792. AUSTRI C-1795. 13 the Convention simod at Vienna. May 4th, 1795, his Imperial Majestyengages romlarly to discharge the haltyearly dividends on the loan of 4,600,101 f. to be raised for his servic•r—the repayment of the loan being secured on the Revenues of the Hereditary Doutioions of Ids Imperial Majeat', 1,6003)001. 1797.—8 v the declaration sign. , l at Westminster. 16th May, 1797, a loan of 1,620,090/. being to be raised for the repayment of the advances by Great Britain, on account of the former loan ; his Imperial Majesty en. gages to pay the dividends on the said loan of 1,620,000/. every six mouths; the same security as before being provided for the repayment of this loan. 1,620,0011/. The whole of these sums remain due, as also the fol- lowing sum, which has been paid for interest ou the said loans. An Account of the Solos paid by Great Britain as In terest on the Loans raised for the Emperor of Ger- niany. All the charges on the first Loan were paid by the Emperor of Germany to the first day of Mar, 179 i. from which period the charges have been paid by Brent Brifaln. Total Interest due 111,601,955/. be. 1300.—8 y the Convention signed at Vienna, ?et June, 1800, a loan of 2,1100,000/. bring to he advanced by Great Britain for the service of Austria (of which a proportion of one or two-thirds was paid) his Imperial blajesty'eneages, after the expiration of six months fol lowing the conclusion of peace, to pay the interest of the sum advanced, and to appropo isle a sum to the rradisal redemption of the Luau, 2,0110,00t1f. No part of this snot has been paid. PORTCCIAL-1805. By the Convention signed at Landon, 2lst Apr il a loan of litlo,oooi. being raised in London for the ser vice of his utast Faithful Majesty, the Prince Regent of Portugal undertakes to pay the interest of the same, and to provide a sinking fund of at. per rent. br .h • era dual liquidation of the princip.d, the rtst.sau.s of the .. r .... A..., Isle of Madeira, ike. being assigned as a security fir the lue fulfilment of bis engagements, 14.10,011111. The follon ing sums Were paid on account of this I.n 4n by the Portuguese tinrerutnent, vis.—On account nt ir. ter►st 163,3•211 f. ISs. On account of Redemption, 180,000.. —Total. 313,1N_11 t. Iss. . 1815.-13 y the Treaty signed at Vi enna , 22.1 January, 1815. the farther payments upon the abate Loan of ' 600.00 W. are remitted. FRANCE —ISIS. By the definitive Trraty signed at Paris. 20th Nov. lb la, the pecuniary intletnnity to be paid by Prance to the Allied Powers is fixed at 700.00000 frames; and by the protocol of the same date, Oreat Britain is to receive, as her share of the said indemnity, the sum of 100.0011,000 francs. The whole of this claim has bees settled. By the Co' 'mention of the '2oth November, 1815.0 i uulltou francs are to be annoalty paid by France, for the pay, clothing, B,:c. of the All , ed Array of OCCIIO4- lion ; and by tie protorol of the sate. rime, great Br-- ;sin is to receive, out of the sai.l sots, 10,714.255 (ranee 71 cents, per annum. The whale of this claim has thta settled. PRINCE AND AND PRI.VCESS OF DEN.V.IRIC Their Royal Highnesses the Prince sad Princess or Denmark yesterday morning visited the House of Lords and the Commons. The visit was unexpected. so that no particular preparations mid be made for their reception. They arrived at the House of Loris at eleven o'clock. In their private carriage, attended by the Danish Ambassador, sad their own suite. Mr. 1 Lusconsbe, as officer of the Hume, attended them. The tapestry and the splendid throne attracted marked attention from them ; and they were particularly pleased with his Majesty's rubiag room, the painted chamber, &c. The party thet.ce proceeded to the House of Commons, where they were atteaded by Mr. Bellamy, and other of of the House. Be.. aides examining the body of the Herne and learning memo of the peculiarities regardieg the Misisterial and Oppusitiva Beeches, they were conducted to the roof, where several ladies of distinction have attended, especially (toeing the present Session, to hear the Debates. The distinguished party next weut to West misstate Hall. where some offices connected with the Board of Works described the gement' that were made for the ►anquet, ea the Coronation of his Majesty. They appeared to be mush stra.:k with the extensive grandeur of the Hall, and its celebrated roof. After having inspected the Hall for come time. and having visited the Speaker's Loose, the party went to Westminster Abbey; and so delighted wens they with its various wonders, interesting astiqaities, and renovated monuments, that they remained viewing them for two hours. Ihe freshness of the several statues, firm. all appearing, since the general cleaning sad renovation, as if they were jest raised, called firth the marked •b ion and admiration dile Prince and Princess of Denmark. Such deep interest did they take in the peculiar scene that here pre sented itself, that they apparently left the Abbry with regret. It may be interesting to add, that the Prince an! Mown of Denmark, when inspecting the House of women., seemed strongly impressed with the pewee of that assembly, and the Importance of the debates that sometimes took place there; and they very anx iously inquired whether foreigners were ever permit ted to be present during the progress of any of the de bates. They expressed a strong desire is witness owe, of the Commons' debates. They were informed that female branches of the English Nobility bad recently very frequently been present at many of the debates. taking their seats i■ the roof over the chandelier, whence they could see and hear very well, owing to the open work in the centrist( theceiling of the house. Besides that accommodation. foreigners of distinction bad been permitted to take their seats in the Mem bers' side gallery, directly over the Ministerial benches; the late queen, when Princes' of ►Vales ; the Emperor Alexander and the Duchess of Oltlenimrgk o &c. had attended to the debates from such station. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India Holm. when Capt. William Heaviside was Weill into the command of the ship Thames. • Tux New COURTS AT WISTIOINSTER.—The erection of the long•promieed and mucb•waoted Courts at West minster is to be immediately counnenced.—The plans have been submitted to the Treasury, and have been fi nally approved. They are to be in a line with the pre sent Court of Comninn Pleas, on the western side of Westminster Hall, and are to he extremely commodiou.. Workmen are now engaged in fitting no temporary hoildings of wood along the whole length of Westmin. ster Hall, for the reception of the records and other pa. pers, which are at present placed in the buildings stand ing on the scite of the new Comas; and when Om rim. !wail of these papers has taken place, the labours of the builders will be carried on with all isoinible dispatch_ The north entrance to Westminster Hall is now nearly restored to its ancient }wanly, and in a short time the interior of the sontb end, where the old Courts of Chan cery and King's Bench stood, will be repaired in a style suitable to the general clia:4eter of this venerable fabric. CONORVIII Or WIWI, BAUM •ND MINSTIBrir. — An Eist , (Wood, or Congress of WOO& Bards and Minstrels, was held in the Preens ison's Tavern yester day, Sir W. W. Wynn in the choir. At the com mencement Mr. H. Parry sct forth Its media and 14. hours, and advantages of this estabiisbment, and the success which had attended its inquiries into thr tare and traditions of the ancient Crereres. Then fol:oat,4 music of harps and other instruments, accompanied alternately by English songs, and by Peeeillicra i 4 the ancient language of sue Principality. Wa were partieularly pleased with the vocal pet fos mance of Mies Williams, and with the cxerotioa of an old blind harper. Two very showy new harps isy Scheressin and tirossjean, *bough vastly more powerful, strink is as not so sweet and clear as either the old Cam• brian or the Pedal Harp, of which they are a sort of combination. Upon the whole the exhibition was respectable. Cituacii or SCOTLANn.—The Pre•bytery of laver fleas are now very much entb.srrasied with a ease OR which they must tied fr.— Rey suet on the 'nth Aril last. to consider the insist i..ty of t h e it proceeding. to act ou the presentation 4.f a it 111 l lan Catiolie Patron to the l Burch and Pariah of in:tidily, within their :sounds. No similar pr.sentation has been issued intice ihe It •formation ; anti steps have been taken to have the opinion of the Supreme Court on it. A Choi.. h if England man, who is a Dissenter in Scotland, may present to a living, and it is :IUI easy seeing w 3 t.P11140 Catholic may nut. I II k, II Midi TI I 1 IT lig is, ern tai oh rat Co to 1 _... ■ pie i h. tl IMO te a we i irrii ii 11, theft P a "'at P., ?Lrel