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mzsri.vc AT YinWM I Icy numerous Meetitior of the inhabitants of *tl.e cify of wets Todd at the Guildhall. 'ye:stun:lay sensuglot, to take into considaratitsu doe :propriety of oPomaile any bill fur t. at Carrow. Mr. AlderinottOilliert itise, aqui taiiile"" - Ilatareo. to ticelare Ina decolecilesiposicina' to t e erec tion of a bridge at Carrots % •241aii. the chief oh ject of which appeared to Ilion to he the accommo dation cf tin: County, at the expense of the City. Mr. W. TRYLOIt. jan. spoke it considerable length, in favour of a bridge at Carrow. lie urged the increased tiacility of communication which it would afford to the district of Yarmouth with Man +c.oft Ward and Pore-street: The two City Members (Mr. W. SIIITH nod Mr. Parrs:son) attended the Mortioe, amid lioth agreed sou to the necessity of the; ~lity coming to a proper understanding on every point of automation, be 'fore they applied to l'artionient. Mr. SMITH observed, that he considered the City 'to boat 'wri t -et liberty to consnit its own iiiteretott before that of the County. its the latter had oever lhrwn a disposition either to agree to a toll for the support of the paving fund, or in any other way to &artifice their iuterest for the benefit of the City. The question was then put 1w the MAYOR on the fotfowing resolution :—" 'l T hut no necessity waits far the erection of a bridge at Carrow ; which was carried by u very great majority. c~'i V ~~ THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, FRIDAY, DEcistexa Mr. CAN NINO'S resignation, it is confidently re ported, will take Owe as soon as Parliament meets. We are assured that Sir AILTHCZ WELLeamtv has offered to undertake the, defence of Portugal with 44,000 infantry and 52,000 cavalry. Whether be wilt be seat by Ministers to execute this f,noc ties, we cannot however say. Vie Gentr,il- rho returned Troia Portu,al are to embark either for Vigo or Ise Lisboa. Deeply as we are isopreamil with a conviction of the iticapacky, want of ryatem, and defect ,if itiMemation, which hare characterised all the mea sure,: of the prostent Adtninistration. durinz the progrea. of the Spanish contest, we are nevertheless dasarous to do them justice. and even to give them a tresbatamf, whessever lit can be extended without the sacrifice of troth. That they hove neither ma nifested intelligence is the choice of Generals, lour kedginout in selecting the pluei,tecirrhicli the this Cab forces s hould have: been *gni, it would be 1014 of time to attaapt to prove. ',seen their advocates and supporters admit the facts. The brilliant sties Cellll and rapid progreme of BONAPARTZ, who boa ativaneed, in little more than four wet ka, Imito Bayonne to Madrid, are des no leas to 0111 iOlOOl. listed errors, mid loss of time, than to the cm rvy •r decision of his charm ter. lir,teorl of a toilsome ak a l a b or ious no-relo from i ishon to Salamanca, our troops sin e ; lir have been transported, in Septem bor, to Cornflour, or to St. Auden,. in the reecho that conveyed JuNcor to Rochelle. We see, is fact, that hie division is long ago acting in Gtripuseue, and that he himself was expected, on the 14th of Noreinher. at St. Sebastian ; while our separated forces, sometimes advaoicing, and aotuetimem retro rading, in the provinces of Leon and of Gallicia, have been unable even to form a junction down to the beginning of the present month.. There only teinained to add national dishonour to 'so many proofs of Ministerial error, or of military incapacity. A precipitate retreat would have been, in fact, an iguccuinioua eight ; and though Iludibres has eshoseeved, that • Tlie visa abs *Oft and roes away, May theta fiebt aaa►ea Say:* yet ibis is sot a asoareet in which to abandon. even is appearance, the object for which we are con t •uding. From this imputation, we are happy in being able to exculpate and to acquit the prescut Admi nistration. Re believe that a determination to prosecute the war, to feed and to sustain it, by every ese:tion is embraced in the Cabinet. Mee• sures, cosmonaut to these resolutions, have Leen taken. and are carrying into execution. The Ca. nand °dicers, whom the Court of Inquiry had brought over to England, are all under orders to return to t►eir posts with the utmost expedition. General Femme's", in particular, on whom the public favour and opinion eminently not, end who had rise down to Doncaster some days ago, on his family affairs, has been sent for by express. He ie expected to embark without delay ; but the pert to which he is to he sent cannot be fixed with cer tainty till the next dispatches are received from Sir John MOORE. They are expected With much society. Of all tir allies whom we could And among the Continental powers at the present crisis, the Turks could extend to us the most efficient aid. It is not to be expected that Austria, however desirous the Government may be of iinposit,g some limits to the ferocious despotism and violence of BONAPARTE, Iwill ventitra to em!arsce decisive measures agaimat 01°IP him, ultimo he should experience any reverses in Spain. Prusvia could not bring into the field 40,00omeu; ~or could FREDERIC WILLIAA 'main tain them in the field for three mouthy, in the pre sent exhausted and impoverished state of his revs- .. ..a... , _. __._ ... flees. So changed in fact is the balance of power, teriitory. pupulatiou, and political strength in Clermatiy, since the peace of Tilsit, that Sssoxy is now nearly on a level with Prossia on all thew I points. Nor is Bavaria much Inferior. They ma, be considered, together with Jr:ROM!, BONAPARTE, who resides at Cartel as King of %VI:M.IIAM 4, hi the character of gaolers to the fallen FREDERIC WILLIAM. But the Turks have little to fear from the Corsican, and every thing to dread from ALEXANDER. His troops occupy Moldavia, WO litchis, and the coasts of the E.lXille• From his trainable possessions on the shores uf that sea, our fleets and armies, acting in conjunction with the Ottoman forces, might soon expel him. The Turks would thus liberate Lapland and Finland from the Muscovite invaders. Kamissav would be necessitated to abandon his polar conquests, and to march towards the Crimea. We cannot too often repeat or Impress the conviction of that truth. Curravcs can only be saved by the . Tur kish interposition; nor can ALEXANDER ever be ef fectually punished for his base dereliction of the common cause of Europe, except by calling him frosts Tonics to defend Oczakow and Cherson.— Even BONAPARTE may be severely attacked in Dalmatia, at Cattaro, as well as at Corfu, which latter fortress, though, like Malta, it is nearly hit pregnable, may be reduced to surrender front the operation of famine. We have no hesitation in saying, that Turkey might at this moment he • far more valuable ally by land, if her forces were properly directed. than Austria. And the possesses • fleet, while Austria has not is riugle ship. These considerations tainuot escape even the weakest Nil- Maters; •ud we look with great anxiety to the ad ricer which may socia he expected from Mr. AUAIR at Constautiuopl e. A le t.'r, dated ilargate, Deeentber 21, Sep. " Hie Walpole is lying very easy on the chalk, and is expected to hold together until the cargo eau be wit out. A large vowel struck on Long Sand, oa /timidity, but got off at the return of the tide, ap parently without clannixe." Niue packets from the Intipok. and three from the Sir William Palieney, have readied the India House. We have the satisfaction to announce the safe arrival of the .Sir IYilGons Polk's'', on Wednes day afternoon. iu Nortiifleet. No accuuuts of the !lotion have yet heen - receit.- ed at the India House, since she parted from her anchor cud cables in 111.irgate Roads, and was driven to sea. ou Sunday last. Of the Ceitioa no accounts have been received since she purled kith the fleet. recently arrived in the Bay of driigid, on the dth July in the sight. Formerly Dasi ships used annually to arrive at and leave Dantric port ; but duri ig last year their were but two arrivals. •I integrits, GARDMISR, is laid to have nite r ' 14tinn Rio Janeiro, for t.ondou, on the lith of Sep ' tvonner Isrt, and has not billet LWVII heard of. The lieldirg, NIVIIICIIANT, which *as wrecked OH the t mtht of Stotland, has beets got nit and corned into Bona Island, where her carrgo is to he bottled, part of which hatog bur+ r is totirely washed out. A letter from Dover, dated 21st inst. sates, that a large ship was on Acre on the French coat. The Princess Mary, Huger. from London, for Waterford, put into Dartmouth, on the 19th inst. having parted from the convoy bound to Cork, un the 17th inst. - - The Rose in June, with butter, &c. from Cork, for London, was left by part of her crew off Hast ings, with her masts cut, and the loss of sac hors ■nd cables ; she was in charge of some 'lover boatmen, who, it is supposed, would take her to Dover. The Priseess.Chsrlotte, HISAR/I. from London, hound to New Brunswick end Jamaica, was cap tured on the INtil Sept. in lat. 4R. long. 14. W. The I)rie Gesuseers. Ross, for Loinlou, with ads, was lost on the Goodwin Sands, o:i the 19th inst.—Crew saved. Sir ARTHUR WlLLter.sy left town on Saturday, for Ireland, from whence he is expected to return in ten days. The Transport Board havin; given notice that they were ready to contract for more coppered and other transports, some for three, and others for six months, a large number of transports were taken up on Wednesday ; and so pressing was the demand, that vessels which might have been hired at seventeen shillings and sixpence per ton on the preceding day, were readily engaged at one guinea. —lt is generally supported, that they are destined for Portugal and the South of Spain. A Plararde, of which the following is a transla tion, was lately affixed, under the cover of night, in the streets of Lisbon :—" From French Protection; from a British Convention, and from the Regency of Portugal--Good Lord, d, liver as By letters yesterday retched front Liverpool, it appears that an American vessel, hound for that place, had arrived * Loch Ryan, in :13 days from `Wilmington, in Canada, laden with 600 barrels of turpentine, &c. It was afterwards reported, that letters front New-York, of the. 10th November, had been received at Liverpool by tile same convey awe, together with President JUIPFKILION'S Speech on the opening of the Congress. We leave reason, however, to believe, that the vessel in (ideation cleared out at %Wilmington for New-York, but, in stead of proceeding on that voyage, sailed for Eng land, and. of coarse, we expect nothing new by this arrival. We learn that the ritilmargo still con tinued, and that there was no expectation of its speedy removal. Mr. H*oui:, the infimer, who failed in his iu formatiott egain4 lllr. Wonorar.t., printer, at the Joistices' Room, Guildhall, yesterday, canec to the Court, at 1 i o'clock. in a fashionable chariot, with two servant, in livery. He was *companies' by Mrs. r or, a tine haiiihionie-looking woman.- 1k :I- ted. with contideuee, he ekpeeted to make 26,0001. proli•stion of en informer. AIRS. immusovs ANNUAL BALL. Mrs. I-hansom, of Pocket-straet, held he;• an nual Ball, on Tuesday evening last. at the Crosn and Anchor Tavern, Strand. OD this occasion the gicat room was lighted in the Most magnificent style, and every arrangement made for the actium mutation of her pupils, their friends, and other visitors, mountain; to nearly tire hundred person,. The Ball commenced with minuets, cotillions, hornpipes, reels, and figure-dances. by the yowl:: ladies of her seminary. They were all dressed alike, white frocks, white satin sashes. aid white kid shoes and gloves. Among the most distin guished dancers were the Misses Mat, Yalta?, °MILEY, JONI'S, HEMP, MILLE'S, LEVI', BUCEI MORTON, HEDGE, ANDERSON, kiosaEs, and TIFFIN. At eleven o'clock country dances commenced, and four sets vier., formed. They were kept up, with unabated spirit, ualil five o'clock next morn ing. A most excellent band was provided; and every person departed highly delighted witl► the night's entertainment, and the politeness and at tent►on of Mrs. I-Isamu/N. 11144 g. /4%.,, BATH ARRIVALS. The Duchesses? Northutribeinnd,l-aily Percy, Lady Raw lisaun, Lady Smith, Lord Coleraine, Him. Matthias A.pden, Hoe. Capt. and Mrs. Colville, Sir S Taylor, Sir Matthew Otakistion, Sir Robert and Mrs Baker, Sir W. and Lady Jerriughain, Sir Edw. Synge, Archhishopof Sarum, Maj.- Gen. Dunne, Cul. Langton, Lica -Col. Askew, Major Pees dentist, Major Brown„Major Kelly, Major Kuightun, Major Armstrong, Major asd Mrs. Ellis, Major Creagb, Inv. Mr. and Mrs. Crowns, Rtv. Mr. and Mu. 111.diehl, Rev. Mr. Spencer, Rer. Mr. mid Mrs. Phelps, Rev. Mr. Lloyd, 'icy. Mr. klerir, Rev. Mr. Dourle), Rev. Mr..Masicr, Rev. 31r. Nurtbey, Rev. Mr. Pam, Rev. Mr. Walley, Captain, Mrs. and Miss Tombs, Captain Daum, Captain Honey, Cap tain Porueke, Captain sail Mrs. P. Parnell, Captain Sey moor?, Captain Grauger, Captain Splat., (apish' Dickson, Captain Goudchlld, Ma. Drummond, Mrs. Bailin, Madame ()atonal and family, Mrs. H u tton, M rs . I r vi ng , Mrs. Lis. Dell, two Misses Jeferies, Mils Heasley, Moss Ityard, Miss Paul, Miss Sweating, Miss Bantle , Miss Blaudnird, Miss Lloyd, Miss Parson, Miss Jephson, Miss 31arsden, Mims Heilier, hiss Wilson, Mira Pried, Slip. Hartford, Miss Langton, Miss Pearson, Miss ley, Miss Stunfritli Miss Paleaned, Miss Andrews, Miss Sole, Miss Sams, &c. The Shrewsbury 'fiteutre will close this flight, with the Comedy of The Way to get Married, awl. the Farce of The Midnight Ilumr, for the of Mr. and Mrs. WATKINSON. Mr. Mu., late of CoventAlartlea theatre, had GM' his benefit, last week, at the Dublin theatre. Mr. tirIPHEN Kritnt.E's company is playing ever• night at the Whitebaven theatre. Mrs. KLMBLE and Mis 4 Fr:N*lms are the fe male performe►s : Mr. Knint.r, Mr. (lassi, and Mr. BARRY, stand foremost among the mules. Mn.s BILLINOTON is expected to resume her sta tion at the Opera House iu the approaching sewon. Uo Tliorsday last, a grand !IRWIN** given at the Mansion-lionse of Newcastle by Mrs. MATOREba. The ball-room was brilliantly lighted up, and or namented with transparent paintings; the floor was also painted with musical emblems, &e. in a very elegant stile. Upwards of 330 ladies and gentlemen were present. On Thursday the kith inst. the Iles , . JOHN Fox, M. A. and JOHN BAaaAOAa MAUDR. M.A. were ele.-trd Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford, ou the old foundation. Lately was instituted to the vicarage of Staple ford, Wilts; the R,•v. JouN MATTIIEWB. The two new scenes prepared for the favourite pantomime of Mother Goose to be performed a t the Haymarket the a tre, on Sioaday next, are the ruins of the late Covent-Genial theatre, and a view of the new theatre, now building. They are both said to he exquisitely beautiful: Sir C•1111141T Hariumoron bats been on a Vl.;t to the Duke and Duchess of RUTLAND, at Bel voir Castle ; he returned, yesterday, to his holm: in Albemarle-street. Gaoace DANCE, whose architectural learn ing. skill, and taste, are justly held its high estima tion, Inis keen amusing himself for the last fifteen years in sketching portraits, in chalk, of many dis tinguished characters of the present period. The Earl of BARRYMORE entertained a select party at dinner, yesterday, at his house iii Sack rille-strert. Mr. Mutants's Comedy of Toms end Coventry wits perffirmed at the Thew , Haymarket, last ni g ht. Mr. Youths Reuben was a most judicious per formance, and Mr. Jour% most happily persouuted the vacant unfeeling Plastic; his dress nifty be considered the ton for a Bond -street lounger —pea green coat, with basket buttons, huff icabtroat, cur dotray smallelothes, and jockey boots. Mrs. C. K Est isku was equally effective in the dissipated woman of fashion. The Comedy went off with much spi rit, and received considerable applause. Yesterday a Solemn High Mass end a Gravid Te Delta werarerformed at the Portuguese Cha pel in South-street, in honourof the Queen of Pos.. 11.70Ae1l Birth-day, composed by PORTOOALLO., The principal novelty consisted in au excellent Motet, by Signior Pgazz, called Deus Sc canner sat, sung by Messrs. LA N ZA, FITZSIMMONS, EVANS. MIA Norvt.t.o. Mr. VINCENT NOVILLO presided at the organ. The cougregaticin was rather thin, °whim probably to the inclemency of the weather. His Excellency and several Portuguese.Nobleinen and Gentlemen afterwards partook of a splendid dinner at the Th:tched House Tavern, St. James's street. The Meynell Hunt has el:ringed into a stilsicrip. *ion pack, nt the head of a hich are Mr. Henry ansittart, Mr. Germaine. and Mr, Hugh Smith, son of Ashton Smith, Esq. They have lately form ed a junction with the Melton Mowbray's, the tint Hunt in the world, and have turned oat frequently two hood . red strong. Mr. Va ns itt ar t k eeps up a vast establishment inborn:sand hounds ; that Gen tleman think that five or six hundred guineas is but • trine for a horse of sterling 'merit. There are two Hunts in Bedfordshire; Thomas Mostyies is now in full cry,. Lord Charles Somerset is at the head of the other, with the Ho noura'ule Mr. Stratton. ELECTION OF COMMON eOLITILIi . . The contetted Eeeti (((( for tlir Ws. ringdon Without end Within, see ms ti , Osa wl4l great s.iirit, awl it is gtrwr „ ii) the awry laderulwrs Ira be droteri. At th.• ere Puiy yesterday, the flambe e . FAI2IIINGDOM : 111 N. Mr. Darr ... Mr. Sestcherd .... Mr. Cadartll .... • . Mr. Pritchard 19$ Mr. T. S m i t h . Mr.4.l.aula Mr. Maier b -its ....... Mr. Ltigis Mr. Crusder Mr. Whcci:e IF.IItRIN6DOI Mr. Thee. Pl•tve e 46 Mr. James Crook .... ass It Herring. Egg. Dep. s23i Mr. Wet. Murrell.... Is!? Mr 1t0 , ,t. ‘Vaitharin.. an Mr. S. M.41.T . ft, I Mr IVOi. J.. 1,1, Reeve vei Su J. Brunicusub, I a WITHOUT ,11k. Join, Aicicle Mr. WIA Vii ght. Mr. Thos. Miu-p,, Mr. John Dan sua ••• Mr. AL Yuen; • NJ Brewer, Esry. Dep . N ti r. Wm tertaith.. Mr Jnines Breuer .:; to THE LATE iioll,ll. The fall of snow bus been very great in var!,, parts of the kingdom. It fell with stub 16.01.! out the evening of Friday and the forenoon u . turday last, ea the North-east and East, eat.; Yorkshire, as totally to suspend ►he pragre w every kind of imblie earrie.,e. The mail rest Market•We;ghton both ou the nights or Sui ts , and Sunday, from whence the bags were I•urw sr ,;., on horseback, and reached [lull safely, the tint , Sunday, at half past twelve, and the second , 'Tuesday, at half past ten. The guard, fume., iw returning, was, from excessive fatigue, Nor\ initiated, as to be unable to proceed further tha Bishop-Burton. The stage coaches, says the (lull paper of Ts day, have been since Sunday morning stispen,l e ,: until the roads are opened between Weigton •• fleverley ; but the whole of this day autik'ry has been a continued fall, which aid of cos render that event hes probable. The greatest weight of tutor, adds that Pam is on the East and North-east coast, as the Lou mail reached York on Sunday evening list, a t twenty minutes past twelve, having experie , ..A very little obstruction in her progress from t:a: South. The storm of wind and snow was very in the neighbourhood of Sheffii!!.l. 1%.e drivt•• • the Manchester mail coach to Sheffield, was forzen, in coining over the moors, as to be unable move Irons the box, when he arrived at bur; We was taken into the house, and aftcr sei time recovered. On Sunday eitiiititglit. a young woman (rota Flmighton, was buried at Elect:born, whose ditan;t was occasioned by having imollowed a quantity o: fruit -stones, at least seven years ago. Y.sed weal Bird, one of the guards of the mail coach between Newcastle and Edinburgh. ar:d Miss Bird, his daughter. were committed to Ber wick gaol. lie for taking too Italian absals, and several article* of Tulin:, and six for exelmagilei theta for other goods. On Friday re'nnight, • duel took place sear evainford. in the county of Durham, between CVMILTS MITCHULL, Eaq. and Mt. JAMS, is which the latter was wounded. Yesterday, a cruel wretch, a butcher, threw a terrier dog rarer the railing of St. Jaw s's pill: i at.) the canal. The weight of the poor auiinal b.., - the ice, which laud beew softened by the le thaw, sud continued to gire way at rrery effort ta e dog made to extricate itself; iis tries soon drys a number of persons to the spot, who wear laaas,Vtl unable to render it any assistance. .Iltersuwg gling and howling nearly half an hour, the pose animal, worn out with its exertions. sat nL bciaesaii the ice and ended its misery. The feelings of the slxctators were strongly affected Its the sunset fur tunably for the ruffian, he made u precipitate re treat. Last Saturday. being the birth-dav of Sir As- DREW CORRLI, Bart. was eelehret, .1 ttith ita wonted hilarity,' by his troop of \milt Shropshire Cavalry, and the neistittiourhood around his lin.- pitalile mansiou, Acton It eyaald flail. The Ba ronet's annual gift of two oxen was distributed to the 'poor. At might, about eleven o'clock, the buildings on the west side of the stably-card at Acton lteynald were discovered to be on tire, :And after burning furiously for some time, the who!? were consumed. A horse, a lamb, two calves, sod various other things, were destroyed. By the re tire exertious of Sir Aeoacw servsots and labourers, aided by a few other persons, the flames were happily checked. and the progress of the fire sutdued ; se that the too other runr, eC building (consisting of stables, couch-oin-es, said barns), as well as the stockyard adjoining, rive fortunately saved; and, providentially, tie lives were loot. A Pedestrian Match has been made, it is under stood, by Lord LOWTIIER. fa. Mr. sox, Bookseller. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to ;;* 10n0 miles in se successive days, for 1010 guineas, and Mr. SHAILLSPIIAR backs time. The peclestrnnt will undertake the task on the 11th of April, and will perform from Shoreditch Church to the 2.:th .04e -stone on the Cambridge road, nod return esch day. Mr. WILSON is the pedestrian who per Pron a match of 1000 miles at :Newmarket, in Orto; ter last. High odds are betted against the verforman , .... Mr. WILSON is to go the SO miles in 14 hours, a;:t1 to drink nothing but water during his journey. On Friday morning the following shocking cr.. cumstance occurred in Sandgate. in Newcastle. A young woman, sleeping with an infant child, awoke early in the morning, and missed the child oat of the bed. Oa searching the room, she found that it had fallen from the bcd into a tub of water, whir lt had been left near it, and was drowned. Thu shrieks of the young woman, on discovering this melancholy event, alarmed the neighbours, who. instead of endeavouring to quiet her peauibed mind, began to ',ha Fr her with carelessness., fttc. This added to the anticip steel reflections or the mother (who was then at Shirldpj operated ..c• powerrtilly on the young woman's feelii.gs, thus rushed out of the house.Antd. in a at of f r •ry. l"r -eipituted herself into the river, wlie.e stir was frowned befure any afti.tance could be alindvd. The young walnut wus the unut.