The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-06-13 00:00:00

11111EFFIELD MEETING, Seitz 8. - AT s E [NG of from SEVEN. to FIG lIT THOUSAND of the INIIABITANTS of the Town and Neighbdurhosid of SHEFFIELD, conveued by public Advertiemeot. and held this :lay in l'anidise-fmt ire. ('Y ad journment from lite Town Ball, to take into cresideration the assumption of Privilege by the Howie of Comoro':, of impel. reline his lihiesty's Sahjerts for ()fences cognizable iu the Citurts of ew ; the etteect l'arliamentary Reforests; and :he propriety of rem ning thaisks oi Sir FRANCIS BUlt-' DlafT for his Services , to hi. (7ottutey, Mr. E. RHODES. in the ("heir, The followiag Resolutions were voted iiiianitsously Rcsoerco, I. That the Subjects of these kingdoms are entitled to per sonal liheity and security as their unnlietteble Birth-right, transmitted by their narestors. and contieried by many time rattle situates; A high stud sacred trust which they are deter misted. if possible, to treat unimpaired to posterity. • tt. That Do privileges subversive of these Rights can coe ex t• t with the statutes whisk enacted and cotter:Med them ; ;old whir we fatly nekeoWledge the rompeteacy of the t tun mole House of - Parlianimit to pupae' contemput, and to re move obstructiona to public bibinies, err most solemnly main tain that it him uo powerto thapoise w ijh the tiurepea led sta tutes of the. Realm, by punishing at discretion such °Welters ;Is cause no actual Interruption of its proceedings, and are cogie , aehlein Ike Curls of I.ew. J. That feeling the newt ar...eout attachment to the Constitu tion of our cngntry. and jealous of the least iufringetneat. upon those Laws to which sue owe our dearest enjoyments, are have observed, with unalfected sorrow mid alarm, Nene receut proceedings of the 11m:storable the Heave of Cont emns. by which it has assumed the power if depriving US of our per- mini liberty, contrary to the triter and spirit of many excretes* stritatre which enact (bat "no Freemau shall he imprisened but the LAWN' judgment of his equals, or the law of the land. 4. Thal in oar opinion a Judge and Jary form the only proper and legal tribunal iu cases of ; and were the., power now assumed lit the House of Commons of deciding in nil eases upon the Ware and e .tent of their own privileges I confirmed, it would have a fatal influence upon the liberty of the Press, and might, in the hands of a coartipt nut unlit tie cipled A'ilitainistratiene become a dreadful engine of deem- Mato, mut finally subvervive of the English Constitutinn. 5. That the fatal wars in which we have hues, enraged, the la ash expenditure of Public Money, the exercise by the 'louse of Commons of ilegal and unnecessary approbation of ruinous Expeditimie itienppint of weak and arbitrary alinistets, its reheat to enquire into the sharaful practice of trafficking for settle and to adopt any plan of Refor, and all the other miner us grievances under width we ha v e long been labouring, are entirely o wing to the waist wf a well-ergtmized and more extended representation of the • p e ople in Parliament. • • 6. That in order to arrest the progress of our national ea. laanities, ond atert those dangers which threaten the. de struction of the Seer, it is our decided opininte that the House of Clint:noes :should be restored to its Constitutional dependence upon the the people, wheat it is its proper Line tem to represent; ena we higlily approve of the Petition to she elooottrable House amts read; slant the Chairman and Requisitionists be authorized to sign it on the behalf of this Meetitie, 11114 i that it be transmitted to Mr. Whithreud, who is 'tetchy requested to prevent and support the saute. 7. That frum a fail conviction that the present nee of tire Represent:Mimi is the grand source of all our evils, and that no real, milastatrial, permanent benefits can he coaves•ed to the people. mull they have the power of setultug honest and isidepewlent men into Howe of Common., this Meeting do most eariwela and re s pectfully suggest to all the climates, I eitiel, mod 1(01,10 of these kingdoms the necessity isf present ing petitions us Parliatneut upon ;his subject on the ripening of the next :colon, and of support lag; Ity e v e ry means is; their pewee, Sir Francis Burdett, ate Brand, and other (Wilde. torn who niatreomperate with theta Mao important a work. 8. 'Fiat from toe recent decision upon Mr. Brand's blotino, it is too probable, that the almost unardismos "nice of tie natinu to favner of that measure Mee ewitinue to he disregarded by the present !louse of Commons. It is there fore become ihe duty at the people themselves, independ ently to exert the prover rmining to them in the State, by etabraeing every opportunity of electing such members only, as will wiequiteriely promise their Mel exertions to obtain I (tat Refiein in Parseunent, so aheilntcly essential to the ads 'ration and perm:item, presperity of the country. 'lliat the Right Bonournble Viscount hliltonp.when he solicited the honour of representin g the (amity of Icor**. did solemnly declare es the petiple at the'Cliith Han, in Leod,, the' they should ever find i u bins an active enquirer hen • a bises, aid were it in his plower, he would rota out the very seeds of •Curcroptisiu; but that his Lordship, by his conduct en the motiou of Mr. Alarbliwka, respecting Mr. • Perceval and Lad Castlereagh's truiticeine fur smote by his vole I. asainst the liberation Mr. John Gale Jones, and more part i ealarly by his vote and sprech °a Mr. *Arena's motion for Re- I farm, his insulted the peeple of England, and rendered him ref unworthy of the comideace of has enastiesents. it). Teri( the Thanks of this •Meetiag be given to Mr. Brand, for his raotiosiaad speech ill the Mien. of Commons tofavour of a Parliamentary Reform; to the 111 misname by whom that memiere was supported ; lib I.ord Erskine :rod Sir Samuel autqiliy, for Weir manly and eloquent defence sit' the good (ltd Law; of Bastian:l, and the rights of their reS eabjectst and to Mr. Whitbread for his unreinitting at teutioa to his duty in Parliatneitt, and ins constant support of every measure favourable to the interests of the people. 11. 'Filet the warmest acknowledgments of a grateful peo le are more pre-entineuily due to Sir Fran,, Burdett, lea bia prompt mid generous nomition to the eit.f. Of Mt: J saes fur his eloquent, learaed, and cons, mtionol Argument nguiwit the power ;gowned by the Home of Coinsusite, of imprisou ing his Suejects ciettrary to the hens of the hind ; and for his noble, his virtniass, leis ussreatitted exertions. I " throagb evil report earl r,siod report," la Path; ttttttttt :and 's uteri cif Parliasheist, in support of the g land CiltHe Su which he is engaged. . • 14. That the Address to Sir Francis Burdett, now read by the Cbairtitau. expressive of the iwistioseete mot feeliass scl . this Meeting, be by him transmitted to the Host. Bart. with out delay. IS net as the resneetableanito who are now uniting in the cassise of Beaten', have been the subjects ref much calumay. nnaeltuve, amt their motives most ustranaiille and isiagene reualy misrepresented, we cannot !ieitarsite mahout ituleur .ly deceit ing our uts ialableattac Moto.' us the (item rut of ibis Country as by Law established; that it•is oar Mae determine non equally to ...Import the Bights of the Croon, the just privileeesa the taeoinvisis i and the liberties of the pellicle that use want Ins imprecticable plane, a • fanciful theorset, no vain 141/CC11)01i00111131 the sober and ratishial Reform tar which we ,heebeen declared pe .esiary to the antra tent of the Wale Icy. the soot virotout Pierions ani mule en liglttenesl Statesmen; situ I ti,mJy. that the whole 'et tent Of out detnaad is " the Constitterim, the alai C . otOttluti to, told ;sa tisfy.; but the Coosaittaton." • E. 11110. )ES, Chaitwisin. Revolved, That the Tbaiiks of iha.hleetiui be given tri the Cheirnu es, for hilt swat), aitl lailepeedeut erinduefiti the Ci-al?. , a• ta That the Thanks Of this Meetinglse given to the-tweets'- . . tour lteatienten Web seined the Requiaition (.4 toge littei tee ltihabilaim.xf the Teem epee this Impact** erw - • , y 1 1 Nan, . • •TO the liouourebk the Coxswain thelhiited jtjagns of Grebe Britain and 'ream!. in it: •Urnotaiiitssien 'rill , : A01311E44 NI) • PrriTioN • or 11l E enerioiseetts A rDll4ll . llllTtiNfil l7ll F - inigi iiW,ll ANO Nr.11,11101111551000 bUairiEtia• Sheiteth, • That eer:awed, as we uuallerahly arr, that your &limner able Biome is .me-ui (he mans pillars our admirable Cade st•tatino, (to which we are sincerely attaehea s: is u, lab um fetesiell regret we are compeller; to e et tailea teat trig w i ve grit:tried, in Some respeets. *rim tee peculiar desiest of .our Institution. by enasoining the esterteive with VIE legislative tunciiine, on mid lateen the penetratine Mottiesq.iieu inret,:at./ might heinl this happy coign ry, Mid of - wrath, tie predicted, see fear too out ) , that should it ever come to pass, it would tercet the speedy decay ;sad eventual desti arum of our W I :bout recurring to other actrof your Honored'', House, which !nave a ispeered to es tore a disregard.for the ieutimente of ,your come:wrists, rind l's indicate that you are only tio venally our Representative., we will at present 'fatten: our-• wives to the emirs of Mr. Gale Jones mid :sir Frarattin Burdett. not IT HhOta saute huge that 3 , 11 will regret the esrerity of roar proreedbias towards those free-bora subjects' or mar lawful Sovereign. and that you w ill feel bound to re- aline them to their liberty, of which we conceive they have been uncialstitutionally deprived. • ' • We tire well aware that •votir Bonourelsle /lapse has fre quently claimed mid exercised tho.riget of impristitiins parr sons, Meialwra of the House of Goltunons, nett 1115011111eTs 1101 being members thereof; hut we cannot help tegereaig such right as opposed to the law of the land, and subaersive of titer 11C(51111.111 security. On former occasions, when the claim and exercise of the' privilege in tpratteiefuive bees) restated, yonr Hint. Hower, by adjourning beyond she time fixed for continuing tee dig eussiou upon such privilege, or bye:alit:tiring to persist in toe restitutions yea/ had paned, have fremoently *hewn the sewers Min 4411111 C of such claitiss, sine tacitly rein:tilted their hese pedienre. It is bectiese the exercise of this aisunied m ivik'ye " T 'THE --- rT - bat been generally imeomponied wit h 'so touch leuity that it hat trot been viewed with that deep abhorrence. which we co nceive its undefined and obnoxious nature is ralrnlited to eat iff..:1 , 111 which has been dist( rihed, in she truest and most' Jeci ive longliage, fit that Ft lend of the People, that firm 4iipparter of booted iimovence, Sir Francis Barlett. We beg leave respectfully to state to your Honourable Home, that we coillelllC eatiiely wit fi the learned ?Woolen( wed by the patriotic Baroutt, 'aid decor I'. uataeered and imams swerfihte. • While, therefore. we fully admit the propriety of your :removing impediments to the freedom of debate, while we readily acqoiesce in your right of punishing wailers 'sot your for contempt and prey:lac:nine, while we object to IKI privileges which have fortheir side design, the prevention and removal of every obstacle to the discussion of those itnportant . sulojects, and the potash olthowt nereesary Inquiries ? Which sn frequently occupy your Honourable House, yet to cases like those of Mr. Jelin (Lite Joins and Sir rfallCiS Burdett. cases wherein tut violenee was offered to your liberty sof speech, no opposition made tit your debates, no interruption given to your accesi to the Hume of Common:, nor tiny re. straiiit loom 'Oar pasons atietived ; un such casts we are decidedly of opinion test we ought not to arkdowledge your bleep'Privlee; and we do matt solemnly call 11111 M your Honour are to renounce, what ue must deem Wm improper ansumptiou of needless power. We earnestly breech your Honnurattle House to consider that Britons have rights which they ought never to relinquish -e-rights bought with ..the best blond of their forecathers— • transmitted by them through a long line of ',Meiotic Amwstry, and bequeathed, as tae noblest inheritance, to theirchildren. Fur the exercise of one of these booboo:161e rights, airoagli the medium of a free press. has your lion. House punished two of Hose Countryman', setting aside the ordinary -cootie of law, nod in your own cause tak:ng upou y norselves the Mike, a said' we humbly ittaintaia belongs only to a Jury, that of deciding wheth.o . the publication he libeling of not. At the saute I isne' we Inman to learn, that in the execution of Sour Speaker's Warrant, undue violence bus been used to that law. whirls regards all Englishman's house as his castle. With this terrific stretch of privilege are cauthot but be dis satisfied, as we feel that not even our real representatives ought, on ally orcaSion. to have the right or power of ills ' pensiag with time Charter of our Morales. We tinagine that we perceive allot lier danger arising from the possession of privileges unlimited by 10V, which, if la wero the role tt:thger, woottiu prove thew impropriety. If the two Hower of Isartianient have power to define their own privileges, coal may assert such us are incompatible with toose of the other, said which, by their clothing interests, t envy produce the evils of anarchy unit civil sour. Mere we cannot refrain from adverting to certain sentiments said to hove been delivered in sour Honourable House' we meals hints, we hod almost said directions given lathe Judges of the Land, its to their future ronduet in the *chino brought by Sir Francis Iturdctt against the Speaker of the Howie of Commons, and the Serjeaut at'Arms. While we regard those sentiments with indiguatiou, we trust that the Judges are to hi dependent as to treat all such intimation, wherever nod by whomsoever they may have been uttered, with deserved cans , tempt, and that the court of King's Beach will satisfy the country, that to Britons there isms wrong without a remedy, and that by them no violenCe can be tulfered w ithout au appeal to the law. We sole:nnly assure you, Una. House, that we regard the aforementioned rigorous treatment of British Subjects. and many of the Yttrium evils which afflict the State, as arising immediately froto the wretched policy of a weak 4;4 intule. rant Ministry, but primarily from the imperfect state of the ' repave:tutu:nil of the people. The Petition presented by Mr. Grey; now LortlGrey, in 1791, at the bar of your Unit. House, fully details the most shameful abstws in the election of Members Of Parliament, and numerous petitions since that t i me , s ow of tome very recent, have made it unnecessary for us to empathise on t how grievances and abuses here.— We must, however, take this opportunity to complain, that those grievatices and abuses not only rentoin ancorreeted, hilt Om, judging from sundry recent proceedings of yonr Ho: we tear that it is the determination of a majority it your Mesitheis t I perpetuate procure -I f woich are avowedly the disgrace of many lioroagh tlections, which are in direct violas' of tne purity of your Hon. Mime, anti which exist iii open defiance of the strong resolutions upott that subject read by Mr. Mattocks, when he made his motiou respecting the rio•rupt traffic and revocation of a seat by two of Iris Ma jesty's Ministers, in the ease of Mr. Quinsin Dick, into which case, flagrant amid aggravated as it appeared, you refused to wake any isrptirv. Under all t hese eircuntstances, we tannot, without I hegrent est sorratv ,coolemplate the fate of Mr. iiraturs Motion on the shntert of Pirliamentitry Reform ; a motiont tt hich had for i object only the formation of a Committee to inquire into the e x pediepc yof It: forest. We earnestly urge you( lionisour able House tolecoutider this saltject•; which, as ioseparahly 'entlitecied with the peace and prosperity sit our country, we have most seriously at heart, beim. coolidently persuaded that use disfranchisement of decayed lorouttes, the exteission of elective rights to t antalum Towns, and triennial Parliaments, so far &out being encroachateuts open the Untossitatton of this Kingdutn, are bidispenablv owes:al for is. preservation. 'And ) oar Midtown will ever pray.. &e TO Slit FRANCIS BURDETT, BART.. " Sus ;—Subjects of the same Realm, exposed to the same putter, timetable to the Nltlle laws will, ymtrself, awl county . munched in the Cilllre Of Vailituneutary Reform, we Seel it would be it dereliction of oar duty, and at, 41411411111114C1it dr priocipe, were tie to omit addresSing you on pair presdel .l cusifitsemetit in the Tower of Leaden. •• Your conduct, its a repirschtative of the people, beef& mined our highest npprishation, unit *et its retdili. give yes o ur sincere and heartfelt t a tenas. We have seen you -ysteasep• tieally mid iiiinouraltly Mist:tin from those party 4s-stabs , aad coulees ions which so frequently occu r in tee lima. of 1 ca, li maa%; draggles and contsnlians, its which personal aeb• Whin and the emoluments of Aire, but too often pr distoineld , wiser tile more important considerations of public eud.— I With equal satisfactiou we have sects you nppropt tate yner • tithe a sti your talents to questions, gesorally peril:kits. lees attractive and imposing, but, in our estimation, of far nape- riot tenimeant and of more salutary effect; the oppiessed In- I dividual has in von found a ready, and an able advocate, and 1 tbe.public peculator a determined enemy; . by your research and CWIIIIIIIII great Comistutional questions have been Au ! eitlated, the provisions of else grand charter of British Free { darn have become more generally knout), its blessings more extensivel, felt, tend its value more highly and more ;wea -1 rately estimated; uud thou,s,ll we lament that those exer t HUM Imre subjected you to great privations, and much I persumil inconvenience, - we rejoice that the .right of the I(tome -of Commons to • imprisou without the interven tion of a Jury,' is, by your perseverance, shortly 4.1 be (1( . 6401 upon to a Court of Law. Yet, vilieu we con : template the idiportant• interests involved in ibis deci siou. ive,,confes, we tremble. for tile •result, because we Frei siorerely ern& warmly attar heal to the Coostitutionni Government of our Country, as a Government, not strbi t Wiry .iind capriciou-, lint of known, defined, and positive I lust i r.ccui big to she people, trial fur impaled of f ence.. e‘ bi e r i we retard ;is the basis of nil political freedom, ;rust s 'without which no liberty eitir possilily exist. Feeling strathg- I,ly. (hi, ratinad attachment to toe a liolesione e r.ivieiusts 41.4 Isisitj enactments of our fthrefarherl, Me protest agaisrst the antes ri7tio winch has heels made of nii undefined and undeniable privilee. hy toe lies. the ;louse of Gummier, its the itupti isotleilis 4 J olio Gale 0 inlet; sod yoeself, for alleged oLfentes. which, in our sistuppe,, ore corm:gilt, say its the established L.Cainas id' Low., •• Sir, we regaid - priiiir without tfthr as ovievot Memo's ,1 ndintes (Miceli Coo rota be prt.seated to the human imagination; and we depremte itse s tablislitoem as apart of the kilo. foment 1 of our C4llUllir‘, herniate we know that whevever it is still...red to exist,' its iauence tend its operationtstuust of necessity be shistlly and swing:mo t. Nu salutary provision can &oafish %% Winn its reach. We know tikes n.e, that nor 'led pow- 1 er is apt to ((wrap' the minds of tante who possess it; rind that a here law eons, tirsurty . beginv. • Permit us, Sir, before we I quit this part of our suojeci, to candle, is; the language of 1 'lie great Unita:mi. when speaking of this =suns', lo t ; o f power by the honourable Home of Coutinoss• ; • What is this inyvieriimi p •wer, undefined by law, unknown to the stissiects wisteli w e twist tun approach without a we,,nor speak of a titian; tecirstee. u hien au wan way question, bat to winch all mess inapt su Bair ?' .` Sit - , I lasts( e tres.ed our approbation of your - conduct, , and gisen :aim our ,ineere and heartfelt iliiitiks, is e" have ouly 1 ; i add our 5% iNc4O, that. restored to your famity and to the public, ale 'se cause you assiduously serve, even from the re i etscs of a prison, NOll may long cordinue in perfect health, toe delight of tile ate. and she ho n$ and ad 'alien or the tillc• s use i' %;t.ople to all Gouts Is ...m, and the dread and ter ror W . viii doers. . A oh*. mg. 1 ••• . -tiotieutlturr,lt •••••••2 111 3 .•.. • , Lisboa . '.0!•••7. Malta 1 • JOE OF !YrOCK 8 111 IS VA VAT ON O'CLOCK. 3 per Ceiit. !lectured, 74 I Omni's& l* 4Vef Ceflt. ' • I India Bands 23,. 21s. pr. . _ ..r ~~ . 1 141 - ' 7 / . MAN Tag Letter received thin day, sired It. from Chester, Mat- . i• log to the authority assumed by the Haw of Catamors is lusprionsing their fellow 7 subjetts, et p&asurs, shall appear tooborrou, if possible; cad we shall be happy to rtwakte farther twinniuoicatiosi frost the mane Writer. a that of Sir Faint-is BUILDLTT I and timking ►uch Constitutional deduCtious iron) these premises m: became the occasion.. Above all things, he in. sista that the present pretensions of the House of Commons would lead io,as complete a despotism, 'many from which our Forefathers had escaped, And in which life and limb were wholly at the uu. 4untrouled and capricious will and disposal of that THEE STATESMAN: LONDON : WEDNESDAY, Juns.l3, 1810. Tut French Ganeral, whom 'we yesterday stated to hare been , picked up at sea, tutus out to be nu less a person than General SAnasztx, who was second in command to HUMBERT, when the French landed at Kitlals, in Ireland; in the au. tumn of 1 7 98. We understand that, in cense. [louse. We lament we cannot go further into this speech. But it was nut only this, but every Speaker on that day, who graced the occasion by the stretrgtil of their though's and ex pressions.Theliouse ofCon... mons have begotten a genius as well as patriotism in the country, fur which at least we thauk them : for, soniew.iy, it is natural to man's nature to thank even the unintentional and brute object of (pence of some apprehensions of being arrested by the French Government, he determined to plac.e himself beyond its power, and tqlopted‘ the extraordinary resolution of seeking a temporary I asylum in this country. In pursuance of WI de. termination, he proceeded to the coast with his servant, procured a boat and put to sea, and was taken up in the manner we have stated. He re. mains for the present at the Ship Inn, at Dover; where nobody is suffered to see him but the Cont. mandisigOilieur of the Garrison, the Agent of the Transport Board, and the Port Collector. As we arc not sufficiently acquainted with the nature of the offence Imputed to General SA RRAZIpI, or the grounds of 'his apprehensions, we cannot under. bite to pronounce upon his motives for coming to its good or pleasere ; and it would be but a little part of the gratitude we owe the House, to %yarn them of the danger they incur from this fact. if they are a fraid of the,power that spriugs from heated and impassioned minds, and whettEel ge nius, ;:ey hove mil 'Ned that power mid that ge. Mils, till these nearly till all space. Let them, then, beware of what they ore doing,,,4lut let not the couNTitY be fearful of the remit s for the zeal,*set in motion on this occasion, is 11 zeal accompanied by a proper feeling and know.. lege of the trueinterests of the country, and the genius elicited by the passing events, is •of that nature -which alone is safe, because it is multi:m*lQ by great good sense. The Illuus6 has every thing to fear, the nation nothing—and why will not the House of Cotninuns learn this in time? Mr. T. RAwsoN, of Warilsend, Capt. WAttn, of die Sheffield Local Militia ; Mr. J une BAI L ET, anti the Rev. Mr. Pine,. severed!, addressed the Nicol:lg in must tittle speeches. 'Doe thanks of the Meeting were then voted Co Mr. intones, for his manly, alibi, mud independent conduct in the Chair. • this country, The Session of Parliament now draws towards a close, and it is expected that early next week a Prorogation will take place. But the few days which retuain will be occupied by discussions of as great importance as any that Imre come before the two Houses during the wholu year, and far, more importaut than those which usually take place at similar periods of the Session.—We car. .tliassks were also toted to THOM . AS RAWSON, Esq. WILLIAM Snotty, Esq. Messrs. EXENEZER. RHODES, THOMAS 11,1141ESLEY, JOHN BAIPET, JOSHUA HAWKESLET, BENJAMIN SAYLE, llgNar HALL, lIENRY ACKSON, Captain Want), Messrs. J. B. FURNISS, JOSHUA SCHOLEFIELH, 11. ME, SMITH, JOHN BUTCHER, WILLIAM TIIO3IIISON, Dr. DATJIS, Messrs. ROBERT FISHER, J. F 4. TELL, HALL OVERENP, BES;AHIN DICKINSON, GEORGE OATES, Major Slump, Mr. • Daytrt CHAMPION, and Mr. SAMUEL DANIELS, for hay. lug signed the requisition, for coiling together tho inhabitants of the town upon this inwurtant ocea. slots. nestly. hope that this circumstance will not prevent those matters from receiving the attention which OL T so highly deserve. The Address to be moved in the Lords, this day, by Earl GREY, will produce a full debate on the State of the Nation ; and the same sub. jeet must be brought before the Rouse of Com mons to-morrow on the Vote of Credit—which, by the way, is of a strange amount, considering the state of our affairs abroad. We understand that Mr. WHITBREAD has repeatedly signified his ,intention of bringing this large subject under rev iew upon that occasion, according to the regular and t?sta. Wished practice of the best- times of-the Constitu. dun. The Bill for preventing Bribery at Elec.. tions, introlluced by Mr. C. W. Wamtre, will also be discesspd -in the Commons to.day ; and. Ms. Bitoeuttast's motion on the Slave Trade (which, we regret to find, still survives all the . blows that have been aimed at it) comes also on this eveni•q;. There are, moreover, tome im portant Bills in bath Bosses on Friday—among others the Scotch Judicature Bill. A motion of Lord CuCIMANE,usi theCutirt of Admiralty l and probably the last Middlesex Petition, will likewise be dis cused to-day ; anti Mr. C:IEETEy'S motion on the East India, Company's aff.ars, stands, for to morrow. While we lament that the indecent hurry of the Ministers to get rid of the Peril:a nima, should make it necessary to crowd into three days so many important discussions— , disiussions, of which, in former times, any one might have occupied a Session, we trust the Representatives of the Pc9ple will skew their regard for the .best interests of the nation, .and the character of Par liament, by giving an attendance suited to the oc. casion, and not allowing such welglitf matters to be hurried through, as the Gukerument would du. sire, in empty houses. . . At half.past 12 o'clock this day the folloiring flulkeda was lashed respecting the state of thy DUKE OF CUMBERLAND'iI health: His Roynt nigh:wk. the Duke of coluat*LANn haw Ip4 it restless oigtit, but ins wounds ure going uti far - our:ably. MARY 11A14 0 01tft; . June 13. LyEttARD 110A4:. , * The DUKE was very composed the early part of • the night. His Royal Highness got up about 11 o'clock; he has tint been confined to his bed since the 3d day after his attack. It has been said, that the hegociation for the change of prisoners with France was broken oft . in Cutilegnence of a most unreasonable demand hr. the' Government of that country. We believe it will he tuned, that hitherto no such obstruction has occurred. Thu following is an extract of It letter from Paris, of the sth• instant, in which lb, writer alludes to the proposed arrangement "The Minister of Marine is to arrive here this, week, and I presume that the final &Wein*, lion as to 60 exchange of prisoners only wails fu; his sanction." Letters faun GaMeta, by the Gold, nch, were delivered yesterday morning. The following is aft extract from one of them : , ' " CoReNNA, MAY 28. Wei shall'haye finished our forti fications here by the next week, and after these arecompkied, we arc to proceed to the works intended on the 1111114 St." Nltirgueriiii,at the distaste of half a mite from site totwa. A citadel is there to be erected, because if an enemy nullity -I-mow-- • that elevation, the fortificatioun at Coruna alight he destroyed IN a preceding part of this day's Paper we have . ia a few h ors. There are sit Aatoraa about 150 l of them , rias 54100. The French have four Marshals inserted an Advertisement , sent us by our Friends v i o s t ii ''' tl a te tri nd t l iti ‘ i:r t s u alt Portugal, among v.hont nM A VIiEN 4. We of Suarlittras, of the proceedings of the Meet. are muter oo apprehensions here, for before they can attempt any. thing itgannt us, may limo beat the English and Porlu lug at that plsce. Ilire call it the Sleeting, because - g um. it is now quite unnecessary to state tire object of Government received dispatches yesterday from t he m„ et i iiipi at in . esent go i ng f orwar d in Coon. Sierrs:Loone. There has been some disturbance iii the settlement ; but fortunately ( roes the class ties, r•itic,s, and 'l'uwus, for they all have bait one • of persons. to which it was mtinied, not of a eta. object, and that is—to reproach the men of the tore to endanger the safety of the Colony. • The Ilonse of Commons with their. desertion , of the Governor,. Captain Cosomultst, of the Navy, _ came t h ey wile. sent to t h at •n ottoe t o p io tee t_ had funnel it necessary to arrest a Mr• GRANT ) ""'"*""*t* -""--'—..44.4.-tioatautle41 a suit in the Council ; and also the. •' 'wooly, the tights and liberties of the people; r , . r., C apta i n L liOnOUrause a:01111E9 ,who supported his . to petition those Gentlemeu to turn totind in time, claiin. - The dispatches were brought by Lieut. and reform the douse ; and to thank Sir FwANCIS LINUNIS, of the 1 igris, who reports that tranquil.: • • \ WIWI:TT, for .the hum:nimble discharge of his lity was completely restored when he came away. . duty in that House, - and also aria of it, in account- , Mitch tellers were received yesterday morning , to the date of the 7th instant. Louts hail not at hog to his Constituents for his conduct oikti (tarsi- that tiMe left Holland, sod the report of his abdi.... eidar and important occasion. .The - Meeting at i. cation o f t he bawls: appears to be wholly un- . SIICPFIELD, we have its a former Vatter stated to Nuottod. • he very numerous; and we have now to say, that Yesterday morning a Mail from Heligoland, the orderly conduct of the Whu l e Avve mhl Y , reap bed 'London, bringing a series of 12 ztbedle and the talent, strength, and vigour dike speakers, dad Neill to the 29th ult. and letters from that • have nut been •surpa•sed by those of any other island to Use Bth instant. IVc have also inform .t.i.i.to ono day later from a passenger by the packet. Meeting.. Mr. Eunksz sit RUODSS Was Ittlatiinittity.• I Ino inti•reourse with the Continent had not bete ly called to the Chair. Ile opened the Meeting by o ,.. es iAlid„.d; 1 It was PUpposed that so. the a speeds, so tench to the purpose es ti, electrify amount tit live millions sterling`, hi British manufac every h ear t . li e i t i r it et t t he m to t h at c a n d our tures and eolonial produce,' were deposited on the , Island. All the tanks or reservoirs were cslianit of demeanour which adds lustre even to the ~. eel, and, exceptiug what was impure or brack ish) greatest otc.auses ; and the value of his advice was the inhabitant* were destitute of water. • . . shewli by the sYntpathy and , conduct of his andi- c I , sem. i 4; a 4- ERGUSOW, accompirnied by his Aid.ile. coca. He then developed the conduct of Ministers t omp,captaio M t : L T.l6ll l m o ff yest e rday rev u rts, and the [Luse of Continuos; 'coutra,sting it with ,osouth to embark fuiSpain. --,