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~b e whole of the interval, of nearly four hours, that were in consultation. At a quarter past seven .the jury returned to the box, finding " No bills." youneement was received with a burst of applause, we do not remembe r to have heard on any similar 1, It was communicated to the crowd, by whom it echoed. The news spread rapidly through the city, s the subject of general rejoicing among the numer ends of Mr. ()Connell, from whom the Learned m an received many visits of congratulation in the of the evening. General joy appeared to be j yr oughout the metropolis by the result. A public to congratulate Mr. 0 Connell on the event is already emp l at ion. It will in all likelihood be most re ylv and numerously attended. It is almost impoo. be here a day without catching some of the popular which is here felt towards him. It is not true le. O'Connell dined with Mr. Plunkett on the day of rest They have s ince met in the course of profes business, and have interchanged the civilities of ordi equaintance. Neither Mr. O'Connell nor any of his 'driers have been permitted to see the bill/ of in eat; thmughout the whol. business he has not expe ilt:ie slightest courtesy, nor hail any favour shown to y the Attorney-07eral. IRE OF ST. BRIDE'S, FLEET-STREET. ogi e Meeting of the citizens and other friends to the 2m. neat of the M e tropolis was held at the London Tavern, Bi :ste.street, yesterday, to take into cons i de ration the best of reserving the View, which had been eccuientally opened public by the recent destruetive tire, of that beautiful edifice 'orer and Spire of St. Bride's Church, and which till then t en concealed in obscurity by a range of houses for more centure. two o'clock u p w ards of one hundred Gentleme n were assern. am ong whom we noticed the Right Honourable the Limed mobsmas Wilson, Esq., r ib M.P. NV. Williams, Esq., M.P. the rlain, Sir 1. Laurie, a Slade, Mr. Samuel Dixon, lalloway, Mr. :Barrett, due. LARD 31avoa having been called to the Chair, his Lord.. o rdeessed the meeting by observing, that be regretted ex ly that it had, on this occasion, fallen to his lot to take the w hi c h CiTeUTOSIATICe he could atttibute to no other cause than , his having the honour to fill the office of Chief Magistrate City, because he was conscious there were many other gen possessed a considerably larger portion of i now present, who edge of the tine arts than he himself did, and whose trate was r[rior to his own ; but he would not suffer these co,isiderations od his exertions on an °caution like the present, and should that any conduct on his part should operate to damp the r which was evinced by the public, in promoting the object tow had in contemplation. As he wits aware there were many men present who felt deeply interested in the renown of their ry in the advancement of the arts, and who would address the rag much better than he could, it would not become him to them long with any observations on the subject they were met to discuss. The object of the present meeting was, to he public opinion on t he p ro p riet y of kee p in g open the beau. Spire of St. Bride's Church to the view of the public. ppmed that that great ornament of hie country, whose was now the object of their solicitude—that moat mess. architect, Sir Christopher Wren, at the time he it th proud monument of his fame, did not contemplate its , thrown open to public view; if he had, there could be suit that the church would have been as beautiful and as 'inmate an evidence of his genius as the spire itself. There many gentlemen, he understood, living in the vicinity of the h, who felt anxious to see this monument of British art pre ti to the general eye ; but he sincerely trusted there were s s ho,who. as lovers of the fine arts, and as well-wishers to the th metropolis, would give their support to the measure about to them. The city of Lond o n did not abound with o no tiet u ildings, and it would, therefore, be most seriously regretted were this tine structure, which for nearly 140 years had ti y b ee p seentbeing to be viewed only from Mackinac* Bridge, t Surrey side of the water), once more to be consigned to obscuri t wee wellknown that our city WAS at this time visited by various gnus, who would judge of our national taste from the circum e, whether we did or did not avail ourselves of the op portunity iccidentilly afforded us, of drawing forth to their admiration the piece of architecture which had hitherto been altogether hid them. If the public should feel the propriety of this mea , he should, for one, be highly gratified, as well for the credit it drefiect on us, for the progress of British feeling in matters of anti oraamental improvement, as for the advantage that would rived by the more open and free circulation of air in the city. her circumstance which made it desirable that the plan now t'itirlated should be carried into effect was, that there were only steeples of equal height in the king dom, which therefore t the preservation of that of St. Bride's the more desirable; is the structure was of the chastest description, being after the an order, it would be an act of justice, which had long been gto its eminent architect, to rescue it front the obscurity in Ii it had hitherto been buried. The question, he thought, not merely a local, but a general one, as regarded public . The expense likely Ira accrue in accomplishing this • bad been calculated at about 7,0001. This certainly ap t( at first view to be a very great sum, but when the' lAN for which it was to be incurred should be con. rod it would perhaps be felt a very trifling sum indeed. lie 11 now sit down, with the hope that the Resolutions about to oral would accord with the sentiments of the meeting. HOMAN WILSON, Esq. rose and said, that he had been ap. to some time since to take a part in the business now before meting; but feeling that he was not competent to take a lead put in a matter of such importance' both to the comfort and aunt of the city, and to the credit of the country at large, he lotted that which would, in his opinion, have been the means miring success to any measure that concerned the interests of metropolis. He recommended that application should be made lir Rm. Curtis,—he said, Sir Will Curtis, for he was red that anything confided to his hands would have been done effect ; but understanding that Sir William was at Ramagate, am induced to take upon himself the duty of attending this ring. After what had fallen from his Lordship, little was left for :to say. He did think there was much improved taste in the airy, particularly at the West end of the town ; as a proof of he begged to instance the circumstance of the buildings which [been erected near Westminster Abbey; these having being etted to, as being conceived in bad taste. they had, notwith ;ding the expense incurred, been since lulled down ; and the Et:that emanated from the Board of Worhs had been superseded we from a Board of Taste. This was a time peculiarly suited suional improvement. During the war our attention was called ay to other objects, and our means were devoted to very different roam We had more taxes than we could well bear, and which old scarcely allow us to appropriate anything towards the ad. icemen of science, or of the fine arts; but now, in time of are. these were the principal objects to which the public mind ould be directed, and as we lived in a season of prosperity, there aid be no fears as to the ability of the country to elect them. had been well observed by his Lordship, that foreighem came to is country and expressed their surprise at the very small number beautiful buildings to be found among us. If, maid they, you mass in the arts of war, in scienc:, and philosophy, you are r behind us in architecture; even the few good buildings that , 11 possess are so little valued by you, that they are kept I idden en the public eye by an uncouth mass of brick and stone. These nervations were perhaps too true ; and since we had accomplished rivalry with thou in the other branches of art, he did not see why should not rival them in the htautiful buildings of our metro- An opportunity was now given to commence this laudable aviation. As to the circumstances which produced this, although e all lamented it, yet h is a thing which our foresight could not mot, nor our anxiety now undo, and therefore we must do that inch alone is left us to perfurni--convert the calamity into a public wd. The object deserved oar best consideration ; the beauty . of a steeple of St. Bride's we all knew; the architect and his ins. mishable fame we all knew, and it would be holding up his name our rlorrity, act commanding their highest respect, at the ore time that it would redeem us faint the charge of' apathy in stem of taste, were we to seise the occasion now given to show a respect both to the master and his work. He did think that brevet we could do this, it really did become us to do it. He !geed to conclude with proposing the first resolution. •• That one of the strongest proofs of the high degree of advance. lett in a taste fur the fine arts, which the people of England have ruined. is to be found in that desire fur the improvement and em ellisionent of the Metropolis, which so honourably distinguishes at present ere.., A. Scot TIIROOD. Esq. in seconding the resolution, took the pportunity of exnrcosing a hope that as a beginning was now Mot to take place in practically evincing our high regent for the rchitectural beauties of time metropolis, and particularly for the Pieuvenent of the city, it would be the forerunner of other and :realer impmvement s w hich were very much required. (Hear). The Climax/at read the resolution, and was about to put at to he roe. when Mr. hex het Dixole rose, and lulled his Lordship Would allow WI Weak whether any other resoltatior.s were to follow the one ttal because if so, he did think that they should all be first Tau, to that every gentleman might know the general object of and what it was they were about to have proposed for nth'aeoption, and then the resolutions might afterwards be put, xis br ore. The CHAIRMAN said, he would with pleasure do as the Gentle rot had required of him. His Lordship then read the whole if the resolution,. The first resoluticm was afterwards put, and adopted unanimously. W. Wit.trame, Esq. said, although he felt there were many !her individuals much more worthy to have moved the Resolution hewn, about to propoee to the Meeting than himself ; yet, as it had Dram Tut into his hands, and as he was anxious, as an English. Pl'hn• that this country should excel every other country, in matters r.f `We as in every thing else, he came forward without hesitation toc•rr.•rhute hia•humble effuses towards effecting so desirable an : 61 2. 40 . During the whole period of his life. we had been engaged Pat--a war pas all wars were) most destructive in its effects, and ',‘ °thl:y subversive of all that tended to esalt the mind , or give a a i , :t•g renown to a people, notwithstanding we had vanquished et enemies. and displayed to them and to the world our superiority t 1 the held and ass the wave. But we were now met in dines of ince. and he hoped we should excel them in the arts of re f ire, ▪ 4.! in those of war. Each gentleman present had , no doubt. P- , %1 TV: Steeple of olt. Bride's, since the opening had Ip.en made, and had contemplated its beautiful and grand appearance ; he should feel it, therefore, as a serious reflection on their taste and discernment, if they did not take Advantage of the recent opening, to transmit that noble monument of English genius down to their posterity. Ile would now move— That the view recently opened of the tower and spire of St. Bride's Church, by the demolition of several house. in Flellt4UTtt, which had obscured it from the public sight for upwards of a cen tury, having clearly shown that this building may be made highly conducive to the beauty and ornament of the Metropolis, and par ticularly when the adjointrg buildings are made to enter into archi tectural combination with it, as shown in the plan, it appears to this Meeting very desirable, that the view thus obtained should be preserved." Mr. M. CUTLER seconded the Resolution. Mr. S. Dtwort trusted he might not be deemed obtrusive in taking up the time of the Meeting in again offering himself to their atten,ion. He was one of those who always felt proud at witness ing the crowded streets of the metropolis, to see new houses rise up, and population multiply these things inconteatibly proved the growing prosperity of a nation ; but, pleasing as these things were to him, he nevertheless rejoice d at the opportunlry now given of adding a grace and an ornament to the metropolis, and testifying to the world our national good taste. And when he considered the important object they were then discussing, he was surprised and considerably hurt at the idea entertained of the largeness of the sum that it was said would be required to make the alterations proposed. It he understood his Lordship, this sum was about 7,0001. or 9,0001. lie trusted, if the thing wu to be done at all, that that would not be the sum to which it should be confined ; for, if it was for i mi now tribu, very for ' object that o whatever difference not Iv their alone. worth not ro self. nobod' very nit!, princip steeple \ us—and esteem .o he done, he hoped it would be done in a manner worthy of the herein, of the City, and of every corporate body in it. Tee, he trusted that not a single corporation would forbear to come forward and support the object of this Meeting. When he looked to the liberality of the people to foreigners, he could not believe that a matter like this would he neglected. He did hope that not only would a sum be raised for the purchase of the ground on which the houses destroyed by the fire had lately stood, but that a further sum would be obtained, the interest of which would be sufficient to keep it in continual and creditable repair. The CHM' max put the resolution, which was agreed to. • J. BLADES, Ewa. MU to move the third resolution. He said he cordially agreed with his worthy friend (if he would allow him to call him so) who had just addressed them, that the sum to be raised should not be limited to any particular amount, so that an opportunity might be given for all the corporations in London to come forwird and contribute liberally. Its his way to this Meeting he had seen and spoken to two members of the East India Com. pany on the subject, and lie had ration to believe that that Body would not be unwilling to promote their fund; and he begged to assure the Meeting, that if he were to be, as it seemed he was, their treasurer, nut a shilling of the money should be spent impro. periy. ( Hear.) He would now address himself to the resolution he had the honour to propose. It would be superfluous in him to attempt to add a single word in support of It, as he felt that the whole of the Meeting would go cordially with him in adopting it. He therefore moved— " That this structure, which, for proportion, symmetry, and gran dent of effect, is not surpassed, if equalled, by any spire in this country, also possesses this strong claim upon the public attention, that it was designed by one of the most eminent architects Eng land ever produced, Sir Christopher Wren." R. ()MUSD, Esq., in seconding this resolution, begged to ob serve, that the sum which had been proposed as the antount of the expense that would be incurred in tarrying their object into effect, WAS upon a calculation of doing it within the narrowest possible limits. If more was given much more could be dune; and the space that was now opened would admit of a considerably larger sum being expended. The plan suggested, therefore, was only upon the supposition, that more would not be raised than had been mentioned. But it of course depended entirely on the liberality of the public, whether that or any other plan should be ultimately adopted. Mr. GALLOWAY rose and said, that previous to the motion being put, he begged to congratulate his Lordship and this meet ing at finding the people of this country come forward to aid public improvement. The great pride ot England was, that whenever any thing called the attention of the people to matters unconnected with politics, and which had for their object the advancement of I the general taste, all other feelings fell down before it, and every political jealousy was forgotten ; the people went hand in hand with each other, and all sought to advance the reputation of their country. England could boast but of few such geniuses as Sir Christopher Wren. whose talent reflected honour on us all ; and he felt proud that the time was at length arrived, when this rich gem he I had left us might be rescued front the obscurity to which it had till now been consigned, and brought forth to the public eye: by this we should convince foreigners that we were not behind themselves in estimating the masterpieces of English art, nor more indifferent I to their due appreciation by others, than were they of their Italian palaces. He was aware that a large sum of money would be re. quired, but he trusted that that sum would be supplied: and although he was himself interested in two of the houses which had been destroyed, yet he was ready personally is sacrifice to this good ob ject; and he trusted that the parish of St. Bride would not be backward in giving their support to the present measure. lie had the honour to be acquainted with the architect who was engaged in the intended improvement ; and he was proud to say that no man could have been chosen who was better able to perform it. His talents and his general knowledge could not be surpassed; and he was con. Tired, that if Sir Christopher Wren could rise from the grave, he would bear testimony to the opinion he hail just expressed. lie hoped this was but the commencement of the improvements to be made in the city. Ile had been represented as not a particular admirer of the Church ; but to convince those who thought so, how ; wrongly they had judged hint. he was now ready, as lie had before said, to make a personal sacrifice, in order that the plan might be adopted ; and he would also contribute his rite towards the fund, that the beauty, symmetry, and general excellence of St. Bride's might be drawn forth to public admiration. Mr. M anti lOTT said, he thought this was the best opportu , nity he should have of saying a few words to his Lordship and the meeting: and being peculiarly interested in the subject under consideration, he felt Its need nut apologise ; for, in the event that had taken place, not one had suffered to the extent that he had done. But as he was one who felt most anxious to see this country surpass all others in her architectural beauties, and in the en coutagement of the Fine Arts, he was ready to sacrifice any per. soma interest in order to effect it, and would have no objection to come into any fair and equitable terra!' of arbitration. He was the first, he believed, to suggest the idea, for he long considered the metropolis had been deprived of a view of the finest specimen of British genius that the country could bout; and he felt that now an opportunity had been thus—it mattered not now how calami tously—offered to improve the City, and do justice to the national taste, it would be the proper time to propose it to the public : and to all to whom he had communicated his views, he met with none who did not most cordially come into his opinion. The third Resolution was then put and carried. Mr. SLADE, in moving the 4th Resolution, observed that he should feel he was acting imprudently were lie to trespass much upon the time of the meeting; be would therefore confine himself to the observation, that it appeared to him we were now in pos session of a very great mine of tate, and he trusted we should ex plore it well. We had all read in St. Paul's the words inscribed to the memory of that great man whose work we were now solicitous to preserve—" Si motturnentum rrquirit circum.rpice." He would say, "Now look around you, and behold that monument!" He hoped that this day was only the harbinger of many other days, the labours of which would be devoted to the improvement of the City. saw around him several gentlemen who met last year to form Committee for Public Improvement, but they did not meet with that encouragement as they hoped to have done. But he did trust that this was a successful commencement of that general improve ment, and that ere long this city would, like Dublin, have a per petual Committee; and he was sure that a fund could be derived from a source which would not affect the Interests of any—he meant that one shilling per chaldron, arising from the port duty on coals. should be appropriated to that purpose. The gentleman then moved— " That the carrying into effect the plan now proposed, will, In one instance at least, rescue the national taste from the reflection so often cast on it by foreigners, that while the Metropolis of the Bri. tish Empire contains public edifices which would not have been un worthy the proudest era of the arts, they are so completely con cealed by the surrounding buildings that a view of them can scarcel.l be obtained." Mr. A. SMITH seconded it, which was carried unanimously. Sir PrAr ea Laotian said, on moving the Sth Resolution, thi accident had now afforded an opportunity to avail ourselves of tb beautiful spire of St. Bride's ; and the question was, whether dn. occasion was to be lost, and whether we were again to throw the veil over its fair features, and doom it once more to durance vile. He considered the question not only to concern the citirens of Lon don, but that it ought to be made a matter of notice to the Govern went itself. He was glad to see some Members of Parliament nos. resent, and lie trusted that application would be made to the 31inisters for them to aid and assist the great object now sought for, by obtaining a grant for the work, to be speedily accom plished. The state ot the metropolis demanded the attention of Ministers. It was a matter of serious concernment, in respect to public health, that the City should be improved—was nc Middle-row a disgrace to this great metropolis, and even Cheap aide itself was by no means in a condition worthy of the country. The NVorth v Knight observed, that before he moved the Resolution confided to him, there was one thing .he particulariy wished t notice. lie thought there was a very vitiated taste in this country he man. in making our places of misery and of refuge, houses ornament, and a display of public magnificence — instead of throe ing them in the shade, and keeping them altogether from the puhl eye. Why when a foreigner first ante to this country, and beheld the great Bedlam of the metropolis, could he avoid thinking thi we were all mad,—that a mania rewneil amongst us, and that w. were wedded to those wretched abodes? Ile did think that all this was in bad taste. Behold, said Sir Peter, the prominent manner in which yonr gaols, your bedlamr, your hospitals, are all put fc ward, instead of your churches and your palaces. This is not tt. manner of France: there they keep these taernenti of human misery two or three miles from the busy resorts of the public. It VII highly gratifying, he continued, to see the harmony and united feel ing that prevailed among them on the present occasion, and it gat him great pleasure to hear Mr. I ialloway advocate the measure; fot although he said lie was no friend of the church, yet he admired the steeple. Mr. Gannoway begged to interrupt the Worthy Knight, cause he. could not help saying that he imputed words to hint whit he (Mr. Galloway) hail never said. His words were, that althom he hail been represented as being no admirer of the church, yet, convince them how wrongly they judged him , he mo st read ' made • personal saaifiee in order to bring out to public view t beauty, symmetry, and general excellence of St. Bride's steeple. Si* P. h.Ai um—A: any rate it is the view of tl.e steeple and one . great ad , , effect .... ES porarim, dote:—When mitt' and, to into Al- Thos. therefore id felt in t for more pulled plan and .. the should ,twood begged to filling that " - inatru- .1 object . obvious improve • they Gentlemen ;ions. The em- A from -stet that otateamen. carry- ling be slight are facts betray • has _ great important in the reason ; the Wl made Lorca violently tiring the Posi. sustrian ' but that full is no will de. Court.— I&?1. da] COMITIVICt yolk ir"S ible for proceedings " equally unless conciliator. Tt is pre. Lees ,porting 1 Councils I Dan. rnooth , pro explai' tblishit neces- tbjects whis order• , uart; of i tti y properti P' ippon , . .... -.:., THE BRITISH PRESS. . ' i '''.: , ~ ............,., : ... f the church that we are now met to discuss. The Worthy LIVERPOOL IMPORTS. t ‘t/ i .'' :night then moved the following Resolution.- ow yes " T hat, relying upon the encouragement usually given by the • Imports of Various Articles of Produce into Liverpool, 18'23 and 1824, with the Supposed Stock on Hand at the E ,1 üblic to worts of rational ornament and utility, a subscription be ow opened, to which the public be respectfully invited to con- of each Year. ! ribute." Mr. BUTTERWORTH in secondieg the motion, said, he had a IMPORTS. STOCS. - • V _ .. try high respect for the church ; and he had also a t;ieat esteem e or the steeple. He thought it was only necessary to see its beauties 1823. 1824. Increase. Decrease. I 1823. 1824. Increase. Decrease. o confirm the proprit • y of its not being again suffered to be hidden. Etc most cordially seconded the motion. !' Ashes, American (bias) - 37,000 6,400 t L a w - ... Mr. S. Dix ox hoped the Gentlemen who had moved and 1 Pots 13.100 13,700 i me ' - e weonded the Resolution , would not be offended at the observation Bark, Quercitron (csks). 1,950 2,772 822 - ... I 3.500 f • Prls. 5.300 2,2a0 2,4404 .. he should make. They were met there to promote one specific Harina (tons) - - 453 225 428 180 170 ... ... 10 ibject ; and let us, said Mr. Dixon, take care that we do not injure Brimstone . - - 3,100 GOO 000 OM/ 60 -- 1 ' hat object ; let us not enter into matters that have no relation Cloverseed leaks) . - 156 2.490 3,344; 900 whatever to the question, and avoid touching upon points where a Coffee (aka)- . . 3.850 6.000 .... 7. " 0 7 0 s Z tons 1,400 tons 640 - difference of opinion very possible exists. He hoped he should (brls and bags) . 12,000 19.000 7400 ... ... not be considered as throwing cold water upon the subject, but as Cocoa (bags) . . . 6,680 7,600 3,500 7,400 3,900 - their object was one, let them confine their observations to that Cochineal (semis) - . 213 61 40 23 alone. Cotton (bags. Ste.) - 580,255 4411 042 ... ... 134,213 361,000 131,0 0 0 ... .., 149,000 The Resolution wart then put and carried. Dyewoode ' Festie (tons) 2,100 1.1180 - ... 220 1,360 760 - - Mr. POT NDE R moved the 6th Resolution. lie regretted that the Logwood - - 4.8.50 8.770 3,920 ... ... 2,000 2,714 715 .- worthy Chamberlain of that great City, whom he saw on his right, had Nicaragua wood 1,300 1,1440 640 ......300 670 270 ..- not moved it, as he was much move competent to do so than him- Barwood - - GO 220 lfid ... ... 1,100 £OO self. It had been already said, that it was an ill wind that blows Cam wood - - 60 220 160 ... ... 20 50 30 - . , nobody any good, and thus he thought. There was also another Flaxseed, Amen. (hirds.) 9.611 9.800 41 3,500 701 ... ... very common saying, which he would venture to repeat. It was Flour, American (MO - 13.600 83,700 70,100 ... ... 24,000 40.000 16,000 - said, that a penny saved wen a penny got. He, on the same Ginger,W.l(hrls.& age.) 160 370 210 20 - - principle, would say, that a steeple raved was a steeple got. The E. Ind. (pkts.) - None. None. 18,000 tons 200 ... ... ... ... - - steeple which had been bidden for a century was now revealed to Hides, Ox and Cow - 1(65,0e0 512,000 ... ... 63,000 MAO 62,690 ... ... 117,: to us-and it was therefore a steeple gained. As a. proof of the high Horse - . 430,000 483,000 66,0uu 275,00 129,000 ~, ... eti,e,••• esteem in which Sir Christopher Wren was held by his contem. Indigo, Spanish (serons) 730 671 ... ... 59 251) 100 1' I notaries, he begged to remind the meeting of the following anee. East India - 1,570 960 610 6eo 160 01 closet-When Sir Christopher was bowed down by age and inlir. Molasses (caks) . - 7.200 10.600 I 3,3110 ... ... 1,400 1,100 4 ',I mity he had occasion to go to the bar of the House of Commons, Olive Oil . . - 2.750 1.730 ... ... cellist .020 tuns 800 270 ... ... (:1) and, as he entered, the Members of the British Senate all rose as Palm Oil - - . 7,360 380 2,100 1.400 ... ... St +1 one man, to testify the honour which they felt to be due to that Pepper, E.. 1 (bgalerkts) 3.000 4,1164 1.844 ... .. LPN 3.200 Ci-1 great man. He begged to make one observation more. He re- Pimento (bags and brls.) 2..'G3 4 400 1.900 ... ... . .1,6 . 110 . ...... no: 1.290 2.000 coo - membered that on a certain occasion in the House of Commons, Rice, American (aka) - 12,000 13,500 4,500 rd„' i ' '* Mr. Sheridan said, that the Parks were the lungs of thib metropolis. East Indian (bgs) - ... ... 1400 20.000 10,000 ~. ... 10 nt, Now he would say, that when this new opening was effected. it Rum (puncheons) - - 10.000 9,000 11.1109 ... ..1 1,04 , 0 I I would add to those longs. The gentleman than expressed his as- Sidiretre (bags) . - 16.750 18,5110 1.6R0 ... ... 9,500 7.700 .4. ... 1,806 Mit/icicle' at the harmony that existed, and moved Shurnac - . . 25,6e0 34,1100 8,350 ... ... 7,800 I 11'.200 8 4110 - " That the following Gentlemen be a Committee, with power to Sugar, 18.P1.(hhdaktres) 4e.350 46.400 50 ... 10.350 13,1100 2,6e0 - add to their number,and to apply the subscriptions in carrying into East India (bap) 30,000 17,700 _ ... 12,74 17,080 16, 1 r20 -. 1 effect the plea now produced I- Ilie Right Hon. the Lad Mayor; Havannah& Brazil Mr. Alderman Waithrnan ; Thomas NVi:eon, 11-1. ALP; W. • (bap and chests) 8.920 11,800 2A9 ... ... 1,000 1.1117 107 - Williams, Esq. M.P. ; elr. Alderman Wood, M.P.; Mr. Al- Talihw (maks) . . 15,200 10,700 ... ... 4,509 7,500 4,000 3400 derman Thompson, M.P.; Mr. Chamberlain Clarke; Rev. Thos. (emits) - • 350 • 4011 none -- - ('lane; John Blads, E q .: Andrew Spottiswood. Ertl • Wm. Tex, Anittian (bris) - 14.990 15,217 12.000 2,1100 10,003 Brooks, Esq.; Mr. Churchwarden APDowall ; John Poynder, Stockholm . - 19,110 23.400 10.000 10,000 ... ... - Esq.; M. Cutler. Esq.; J. Burbidge, Esq.; H. Marriott, Esq.; Turpentine - . . 70,000 100.300 30,300 „„„ ... 15.000 40,000 25,000 - - and R. Obbard. Esq. Tobacco ( hhe.s) . . 12.970 5,250 7,739 10.960 9. 300 ... ... 1,660 ••• --- The CHAMBERLAIN of LONDON Mee to second the Resolution. .- _ -, By his silence, they had had a very eloquent speech , and therefore • they lost nothing by his not making the motion. He had felt in. Import of Cotton into Liverpool for Eleven Years preceding 182.5. terested in this very plan, and had had it in contemplation for more than half a century. He had proposed long since a general plan of improvement to be adopted, so that, as every house was pulled 1 1814. I 1814. 1816. 1817. I 1818. 1 1619. 1820. 1821. 1822. 1823. 1824. .• down, the one that should be built on its site should be on a plan of improvement; Mr it was well known that the city was old, and America . - - I 19.203 168.000 142.852 165,210 1416.777 1138.226 272.681 272.265 201,621 417,148 256,838 that in half a century hence every house would be rebuilt: such a Brazil end Portugal - - 103,663 68,000 93,069 99.1197 139,743 I 110,632 159470 111 1163 135.575 133,942 134,075 Dutch Colonies - - 16448 19,800 20.124 13.306 14.469 9.401 10.003 9,436 14,620 7,215 7,339 P lan, therefore, he hoped would be adopted ; for what could be done in a length of time, could not Ge n t le acomplished in a day. West Indies - - • 20,742 11,281 9.453 11.7117 11,850 6,f139 6.201 12.132 11.2r1 12031 12,131 v. ' The motion being seconded-a Getman suggested that the India - . . . ... 1,481 10,414 23,689 03,115 55,172 7.668 3,849 2,166 8,139 13,66! • ; words or such other plan "as they may think advisable," should Other Places . - . 2,030 2,200 780 3,068 4,2611 190 3,313 3,461 933 2,680 1.14 be added. Egyptian, Smyrna . • ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21,740 • , Thie alteration being agreed to, the Resolution was unanimously - e —.-- adopted. 1112,4514 270.762 276.649 1 313177 1425,29 e 367.212 14.58.3345 413.106 444.040 580.22 5 444.042 It was then moved by Mr. SrOTTISWORD, that 111 r. Atwood Smith should be appointed Honorary Secretary. THE THAMES QUAY. Ch ar l es 11. c h. ii.) was p asse d a t hi s s u g g es tion, to set out i‘ elr. Alenstrovv, who seconded this Resolution. begged to --..w..-_ 1 a quay from London Bridge to the Temple. We appre- assure the meeting that no person was more worthy of filling that • All ch ose who consider the " apparelling of the state as hend that the Committee, being uninformed as to the eta- • 1 office than the Gentleman proposed. He had been chiefly metro. . of some consequence , must hail with pleasure the a matter were indefatigable in promoting the object of it. enli ghtened and patriotic measure, projected by Sir science of the country at large, and the metropolis in part;- The motion was put and carried unanimously. Chi-Mei - thee Wren, was defeated by pr i vate cupidity at the T. W tesow, Esq., moved- cuter: Soane, Nash, and Macadam, are atoning all the time, and Carious encroachments have since bee n' gradually • • " That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Right Hat. streets to death, as though they were so many St. Stephens. advanced ; at length, when an attempt was made a few the Lord Mayor, for his urbanity and able conduct en the Cheir." In the embellishment of our City , it would be well to re- This being seconded, was carried by acclamation. ye ars e back by iome worthy citizens to improve the space Ills Lordship said it was highly gratifying to find that the object member that London is the metropolis, not merely of Eng- tween the Temple and London Bridge, these very en- of the meeting had met with such encouragement. It was obvious land, but of the whole British empire; an empire which, cro achments received from the legislature a sort of sanction , that this could not but be the opening of many and great improve- comprising its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America, • • oy a bill brought in by an interested party with sufficient menu in the city. lie begged to return thanks for the honour they as well as in Europe, in point of population is exceeded by had done him. few, and, considering its wealth, knowledge, intellectual mogo ,,,, fne. influence to carry the measure into effect.-• The London : I The meeting then broke up at half-past three, and Gentlemen were invited to comeeerwaed and gire their contributions. The energy, commercial enterprise , and the consequent mo r a l , "rte money subscribed was nearly 5001. and physical power, perhaps unequalled by any, ancient or ,- CHANNE BRISTOL AND BRITISH* LS' SHIP , modern. The capital of such an empire ought to possess • GERMAN PAPERS. a commensurate character. On the contrary, London, in C.4NA L. —wow— Freon TILE Dewunt, Dxc. 12. its improvements or embellishments, has scarcely kept pace , TO THE EDITOR. The Chancery of Foreign Affairs at Vienna is more actively em- with the provincial towns, It is but, like one of its book- • I • sellers, a proprietor of a series of very indifferent Highways ployed than ever. The number of the couriers despatched from Sta-Nature appears to have done more towards a good The houses crowd together and jostle like harbour at Beer, in the bight of the West Bay, than mil- this o ffi ce is very considerable, and every thing indicates that .„, 1 n „,...,. y5. affairs of the hi cat importance at present employ our statesmen. 7"" '7l - "r. . their inhabitants at an election, or in a Caledonian chapel. lions of money could ever possibly do ; and the advantages , If we may credit the reports in circulation, the negociatione carry- . ing on between our Cabinet and some other great Courts relate to There is not even a good leading street to connect the two are strikingly apparent, since the late gales and shipwrecks 1 the affairs of Greece and the future fate of that country. All the grand divisions, the City and West End of the Town. The on the coast. reports that have been spread of a supposed misunderstanding be - hest of them, that by the Strand, Fleet-street, and St. Nevertheless many important points suggest themselves tween some of the Powers on this subject, are built on very slight Paul's Church-yard, presents a tortuous, unseemly, and, on reviewing this national project-much requires t he foundations, for only those persons who by their situation are for the most paft, narrow passage, disturbed by cross I digested previous to its execution, which may render it r initiated in the setters of polities, can be in possessiou of the facts relative to the negociatione, and they will take care not to betray thoroughfares, jutting churches, and elephaets' mansions : expedient to change or extend the line of the canal. r any such secrets. On the other hand, considering all that has it is also invariably so choked fly stoppages, as to wage con- 'l' wo taellfieia/ harbours are at present proposed, srel a well-founded hope is entertained, that all the great timid warfare against business. estimated at upwards of 400,0001. at Beer and Stolford, , expose from g p the forget quite People i mpor t a n ce of the üblic buildin g s w hi c h , th e i r d situations, will at least recuire $ owes, without mention, will unite, and that the important question respecting Greece will be decided in a manner perfectly in am the pu leavenues totheir daily comfort , heavy annual repairs, and must operate as drawbacks Ihi' fort and convenience • from • 4 . h ionywith the general welfare of Europe. But in the end the d mos t difficult thing will be, to induce the Porte to listen to reason ; and it would take an entire paper to show the influences the dividends of the proprietors by wear and tear. ✓ for by the last accounts from Constantinople, it is known that the of all kinds which the position and the construction of Any project, Therefore, which can unite both Channel-. ,y it have u p on the morals and habits of its inhabitants- for vessels of 120 or ISO tons, in a lino whereby the tree- , t Sultan and the prevailing party in the Divan still insist on the un . a cl' aconditional submie.ion 01 the Greeks; and that the proposal made many of them are very evident. If a town is composed of tion and support of those harbours may he saved, witliu - tt ~. Y by one of the most ancient Turkish statesmen, to place the Mores • e a small houses, and spread over an immense space, commu- much increasing the expense, al thou though the route may Le r. on the sante finning as Moldavia and Wallachia, not on l y exc it ed great dissatisfaction in the Divan, but has placed in a very critical nication will be difficult, and social intercourse obstructed, extended, certainly deserves timely and serious deliberation. and of course diminished. Paris, where all the people live For instance, vessels of 200 tons, it ill well known, al- o situation the author of the proposal, who was mast violentl y • re threatened. The Turkish Government is not so blind as not to be a heap, like an ant's nest, is the most social place in the ready navigate as far as Bridgewater ; thence the anal • le sensible that It would expose itself to inevitable destruction, if it wo rld . If there are few open spaces or healthy places , might run to Taunton, Tiverton, and Exeter (a greater ' ) f . ventured to break with the Great Powers. The late combined citizens must sleep out of the town, and settle in the out- manufacturing district), and To p sham , near Torbay anti w steps of the European Ambassadors, peremptorily repilring the• i. evacuat i o n of the Principalities, have had the desired effect. Posit skirts. Hence the innumerable villas and small towns , Dartmouth , which are safe ren d e zvous in weather when i • t i tire information has been received a t Vienna, t h roug h t h e Austrian which are i growing upon and sticking about London like Topsham Bar is impassable. d Consul, not oral that orders for the evacuation had arrived, butl young oysters upon old ones. Let any one compare the state The line from Bridgewater to Exeter is hot much longer . i y to that they had been immediately carried into execution; and that etf . his temper after pioneering through a little nasty crowded 1 than the present plan embraces. the troops stationed on the left bank of the Danube ate in full The Bill nisy he easily amended in the Session of 1626. t o . march to proceed to the right bank of that river. There is no (tiny street, hitching in here a footstep on the trottoir, . . le doubt, that as soon as this is accomplished 31. 31inziscky will de- and then sidling up out of the way of a cart-wheel against If the former line by Mr. Rennie be adopted, it trill be r, liver his credentials as Charge d'Affaires of the Russian Court.- the dirty wall of an ugly old house, with the happy mood prudent then to finish Beer harbour and the line to Bridge- 1 ~ If Franckfort Papers, Nov. 211. in which he ascends from Carlton Howie to Portland Place, water first, as that would open the navig ation is teitout, , ssmamemsnasnmosame t- in a tine open air, on a broad and ample pavement , and or before theharbour at Stolford i s completed. Afterwards, I c- SIR HARCOURT LEES. looking upon magni fi cent buildings which have risen or the Canal might be improved by that second harbour there; to ---.1.--- as The following letter has been addressed by Sir Harcourt are rising in every direction. In London the number of , which is not, however, indispensably necessary, ht•wever , ' Id Lees to the Editor of the Dublin Morning NO. fine structures is much greater than is supposed-they are, I eligible such extra harbour may prove hereafter when the . 1. le Friday, Dec. 31, 1824. however, mostly concealed from view by paltry buildings, I navigation multiplies. se SIR- Observing that you have stated in your paper of this day, which appear to be run 111) for no other purpose : for such I The benefits likely to accrue from a Canal for larger ' • O. that oit is rumoured that the Attorney-General has commenced is the injurious arrangement, or rather such in the entire ; ships than ISO tons, do not appear commensurate to the legal proceedings against Sir Harcourt bees," 1 beg to assure you • ofall arrangement, that London, while it is scattered : want tt a l i that I leave received no official notification of the kind. At a _period I st like the percent, when the publie mind is much agitated, 1 shall over more space than any other y city , is positively the most I 120 t om . e- esteem it a favour if you will not, in future. connect my name with crowded and inconvenient. 1 hen one reflects that most I It is computed that the Canal will require nearly three 1. ..; any rumours that mar be afloat, or I will not be responsible for men spend one-fifth of their lives in passing to an d fro, the I years for its completion. i' i ell the consequences in this country, at this moment of alarm. I will passage becomes a matter of consequence. Every man is I A Rail Road from Bridgewater to Exeter might be . ( nt give you, Sir the earliest infiwmation should any legal proceedings inte r ested inplans which tend to render the city in which completed in less than one year, at one-quarter of the ex- Lc take place. 'At present I have heard of three reports all equally p part of hisyear, if not all of it , ' - lie spen d s a c o nsiderable lpense, and the navigation may be thus ensured without on probsetle. One, that an rx..officio will certainly he tiled. unless I beau t iful-in •• I ; turn Popish Priest; and sooner than comply with this conciliatory more commodious, more salubrious , more ! any artificial harbours, or intersecting the mail-coach roads, in stipulation. I would prefer the Incuisition. Another report is pre- plans which not only enable him to move from place tol&c. with bridges and locks, &c. so !talent in London-that a Royal Commission, with Sir H. Lees at place with ease, but which distribute objects of beauty ! Vessels would rendezvous at Exeter for freights, in order . ri' the head of it, is to be issued for examining into, and reporting on wherever he casts his eye, and render that which would be Ito convey the goods, particularly provisions and perishable • n- the Religious Disqualifications (founded un the Genova Councils agreeab l e c' 'item lation• Such I , .P • , articles , to their respective destinations, when brought In,- of the Church of Rome), which may militate against conceding (lull antl painful a source of NY political power to Roman Catholics. And the third mimic which being our opinions, we have paid some little attention, ' ' overland is winter. In summer there will, compamtively, ' distances the former two, is, " that Sir H.reourt Lees and Dan. among other improvements, to that proposed by Col. !b e trio nee d. O'Connell are to stn a race from the Corn Exchange to 3laynooth • French. That attention has led us to a most decided di:- In winter (when most wanted), mark, the Canal is liable hat , College, and that emancipation, or kgmate coercion, will bc the annroval of his scheme, and to the discovery of another to be frozen b Rai Ro 1 • 11 be 1' bl , ut a i a( wou t not la eto the Constitutional result of the ultra perspiration of these two political --• e. which we think avoids all the evils of the former-em- obstructions at that season, when the market prices fleeteste of' and religious antagonists : I will bet ten to one I beat Dan. the In haste, HARCOURT LEES. braces all its advantages, and includes malty others not more than at any other. ile. - — contemplated by the Thames Quay. At all events, whether a Ship Canal be cut from Bridge- (1 . an- PANEVALITHIC LECTURES. The Colonel's plan, we believe, is this:-It is proposed water to Beer or Topsham, a Rail Road at the aisle of the • m- _..........„ the river on the Middlesex side, from London Canal would be very commodious for inland trade and con- ow Mr. Boone havine, in his previous Lectures, laid down Bridge to Whitehall, a breadth varying according to local gumption. If a Rail Road be laid down in the first instance, • the the Theory of his System of Universal Education, pro- to take from circumstances. but generally sufficient for a Quay of 100 it would be most useful and economical, be cause it weld,/ ght en. ceeded yesterday, in his concluding Lecture, to explain "[self and the practical parts of it. For the purpose of establishing serve for the conveyance of the materials for censtructieee• of t he feet wide, and leaving. between the Quay i present banks, space for a floating dock. 'This dock is to the Omni, that must otherwise be conveyed at far greater it, he said that the following Institutions would be neeep. be approached by flood-gates from the river, so that the ex p ense , not sary-viz., a Juvenile Museum, in which should be intro- s!). &wed (in as cheap a manner as possible) all objects of vessels riding therein shall be always afloat. Staffordshire coal sells at present in London at 455. per • try which words could not convey the meaning, but which The Quay is proposed to be raised on arches; under I ton, which will be deliverable from Wales, at Beer, for tion these arches will he w h ar f s, open on one side to the river, I about half that price. 1 to must be visible and tangible in order to the proper under- , y __ standing; as, for instance, no one could define what quartz and on the other to the New Docks. This Quay will The competition must consequently be suceessfel against sof or granite was by the mere naming of i t - t h e idea o f it present a fine drive or walk, commanding a view of the the northern collieries, in favour of all classes. river, and will relieve the crowded thoroughfare of the The father of the Canal is Mr. Thomas Pyke, of Bridge- r -' • ow- could only be formed through the medium of the sight or water, aged 97 years, who lately wrote the Lord's Prayer . . it' bile to uch. Such a Museum was easily capable of formation, held Stran d and Fleet-street. The advnntage of narrowing and deepening the River (without spectacles) in the circumference of a shilling, per- weand might be done at a very cheap rate, and rendered en- h fatly legible. tirely encyclopedic, so as to embrace the elements of every Thames bee been admitted by all who have attended to this science, and to teach them in a very short period, in a the subject, and the late Mr. Jeslop, Engineer, presented a plan IO the House of Commons, illustrative of that sub- Coals, iron, and bricks alone, insure complete interest ener manner such as could seldom be gained by the study of (which was published in the Report of the Solect • of capital to the proprietors, whose names will be banded fo r- books alone. The names of each article and its properties :Jett down to posterity, whose profits may resemble those of the ' the might be written over them in large characters, so as at Committee for improving the Port of Lontloa in 1 6 00). New Paver Company. . • sery He recommended that the river should be narrowed to was once to convey the knowledge of their species and utility. 'iv • The project is likely to save more lives and peeve: 7 : more 600 feet, and deepened in proportion, so as to preserve an feel. The Lecturer proceeded to show the operation of his a shipwrecks than the Royal Society. lately most laut e . gave tern in the various branches of science, concluding by pro- equal capacity for the volume of water. The late Mr.: bly established for those purposes, consequently ti.: e • Mylne's opinion, and such an opinion was valuable, for tired - ' Phesying that, in a short period, Lectures in support of woe members cannot do better titan sehscribe to the peomotice. I such an Institution would meet with universal encourage- also to the saine effect. lof this grand national undertaking. . h e - nient. Although this plan of the Quay comes upon re row Isle of Wight, Jan. 2, 1824. A. B. Web ----.- • --- - sanctioned by Colonel Trench and the Committee with an •-ene•-__...ees•-'" , " • nigh As it has been reported that Madame Cstalani was in air of novelty, it will be remembered by those who have Two prisoners effected their escare from Brecon County t, to treaty for an engagement at the King's Theatre, for this attentled to the history of our great city, that the illustri- Gaol, on Moliti2V by forcing back the bolt of the lock i 'e Wily with ' , , season, we are authorised to state that there is no founds. ous architect, Sir Christopher Wren, 1 - imposed something the outer door, a Kee, Terwe , l cut of a come "cition < • t e a • Lion whatever for such rumours. The fact is, that she has of the sort in his plan for rebuilding the city after the fire lead and other metal, part of it Lic i t was found le - I - . I not absolutely renounced the stage for ever. • of Landon. in leete, and an Act of Parliament (22 ' the lock. • - . • • . , , . , • , . . • • e • A t e „.,, , . e . . .. .--