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CL' , 1818. ith the 'N Es. 4 7, le Far as I le m e . trifling 'e is me wo as t, 'can. in t?. e Lord Brent. a week in the 1 in one icurred, 'lnds for 'sac the of tin*, Vl:en he a before ,that ea le to the :le him. rpose of ust be without iirr,ted re theft rot•ee to h, arias leussion lcknow. :euting. tat un nd that t, in the n taken : enter. a single -ty.pnr he plate tamped. :icut- ill that the de- Olas ept tit* in sad and the dry and merit. ied, and le inter- wit K. nu. Itt corn know• to both p i they ed tami. readied the amount they have even hitherto arrived at. The fol lowing memoranda will, I think, impress the Hoard with the mime trait g oa this point : SIANDATEs—STAMP st. o These are what we term in England warrants to prosecute and san s, ts to defend. Lis would of smote produce 10s. to the Revenue nn every cow above 40s. The officer% of the different Courts make no h es its , ion in receiving them without a MOT ; and I ant conti dentialiv informed by two or three of the most respectable writers in Edinburgh , that they are not stamped In one MSC out of a hen dad, ta king the whole of !Scotland, as in Aberdeen , Perth, lawn fries, (Ilasgow, and other places, they are almost wholly evaded, though charged to the client, as by law is anthorizrd. Oa this h e ad of fraud there is neither check nor control. The Inspector oc , w i art ally makes • report of certain offenders to the Solicitor, but no prosecution ever ensues. "1111.T.S OF LADINO, 3s. o These merry racily used on stamps (sca reely ever), though it certainly ought to h e a very productive *mum of revenue. " ATTORNIES. CERTIFICATES-2U. ~I found very early after my arrival here that these were evaded to a great extent. The mode, or rather the pretence under which it Is evaded, I hate explained oft the docnnirnt itself, here with en closed, which I obtained that I might fully understand the process in detail. I knew the system of evasion to have been long within the knowledge of 111 r. ltremner, and I spohe to him very strongly on the subject : his answer was. • that it had always been a dispoted point here as to whether it was payable, and upon what in. itritnieni,and whetherthe enter of admission was liable, and indeed a was the very snhject upon which lie was preparing a case Pr the opinion of the Lord : Id:mesh% and which he wished to get before livn, before he went to London.' Accordingly , as you will see by the enclosed note, I received some days afterwards a copy of this ease, 16 pages in length (which I shall send up by the mall with .thrr papyri to the Board). There is no opening for any doubt on :he point; but the fart is, as you will easily perceive, Mr. Itremner hal not:cunt for having so long arynkseed in the fraud, but that of laying been perplexed by the tilfficulty for 20 years, which in plain troth he never fell, PO, could feel, even for a moment. Judging by the length of the case, and the 20 guineas of fee therewith to the advocate, you would suppose it would involve a point of very complicated nicety. I took the pains to go through with it, std, to be sum never 11. - -s nothingness better concealed by prolixity. It hesins with the Act of /I'llilant rad Mary, which has as non!' to do with the matter as any Act n . f Thomas and Sally; and it trav els through all the Statutes seemingly from that date downwards; however, as it will be before you soon, I need say no more upon the ca tiffs of It. APFRAISEMENTS. " These instruments are seldom stamped in the northern parts of Scotland, and are much evaded even in Edinburgh, and the larger wens in the west. "I.EASES. " The stamp duty on leases is very generally evaded throu g hout all this part of the kingdom. The contract is thus managed : for instance, the Duke of (ardon, for one, never uses any stamped in rrutuent in granting a lease to any of his tenantry. but his factor enters the name of the tenant, the Fetus of Me tack, as they call it here, and the rent to be paid, in the rental book ; and I ant told twine!), of course, gives currency as well as confirmation to this saecies of fraud) that the Court of Session and House of Peers hive. by their judgment, affirmed, locks thus verified, than fuL hexed by powsslon, to he to all intents valid and rtreetutd. I should like to be able to get at some record of this derision ; if its carisequences are not counteracted by some positive statute, we gall, in vain, expect any revenue from this source. " PLATE IWTY. Thedeficiency, under thi, head of • ..ty, 1 bad occasion to ex plan; in a forma " CARD& Duty-paid cards are seldom used out of Edinburgh, and not much used in it, excist among the higher circles, and at the club hot: en. My attention was first called to this by Mr. 31`Kensie. • Supervisor of Excise here, who being known to me, had called, with the hope, as he expressed it, that he might sow be able to ob. tain somethmg, as his share of the penally, some seizures of Lards, made some years ago ; he had deposited them with Mr. Bremner, in a large trunk, of which he gave me the key, together with the annexed note of particulars. When I first spoke with Mr. Brentnee he was. of course. not aware of the extent of my infor- n.a.inn, and he affected to have almost forgotton the circuons an-e; Le believed three were soi..e seizures some years ago, anti, if he re collected right, they were lodged fit the Excise I ire. I told him I understood thy were lodged in the Stamp Office, and that I wan I besides quite sure they would never lave been received into the Excise warehouse, not being au Eeciseable article. When I shised him the key of the trunk containing . them, he then remem bered they were in a closet below. I inquired whether the parties hap been prosecuted ? he said. c the Magistrate wouldn't give any piaahaes ; he didn't know oliv, but it was, he believed, because they were v.coml-hand rtsrde f I said, if they are, I itippose they were seized for being sold without the wrapper ; perhaps it might to v', be really couldn't tell. 1 proceeded below to take a look a°. them ; the instant I looked at the ace, I saw they were sot second-hand cards • and not suspecting at first that Fe had told me a falsehOod, I said 31'Farlane was the Magistrate at that time, and I will go to him immediately, Cu I kn,.w him ritzy well, and ask him on what ground it was that he refused to condemn these card., and give judgment for ! the penalties;' upon this he said, he didn't know who was the Magistrate, for he didn't prosecute, as he didn't think he could emcee I was really so much disgusted with this gross neglect of duty, as wellasby the stupid prevarication under which he attempted to shelter it, that with the pack of cards in my hand I walked away. raids, which have the words , Ar exportation' on the my, and' which I suppose have been fraudulently relanded. hut which have :RC( paid duty, are in very common sae, and may be got in Glas gow and other places with very little ddficulty. "Combining all these with the extensive and gross evasion of the Lowy and Probate Duties (of which I shall shuly forward some curious specimens), I think the Board will be as much disposed as I am to wonder how we get what we do, and to be thankful for linen mercies. " I learn that Mr. Bremner is in a sad fright : he is very busy OR all reienne ynarterr, for I was privately informed this morning by a frier.d of the potion appointed to survey them, that the houses and property of three persons, via. Mark Watts, tobacconist, Thos. Todd. tanner, and Bailie Spotteswood, are at this moment under survey and appraisement, by order from the Stomp giftee,fur what Tarpew he couldn't tell. The former has been dead twenty year:, we two latter aheutjlf . teen.' I suppose there will turn out to be pro perty upon which no Inventory has yet been given, nor any legacy duty paid ; however, it show, at any rate that they are preparing for some ease* that may chance to be hit upon. I suspect I shall surprise Illtßrentner when 1 come suddenly to revive the memory of How 3 wnthira—but there are really such a host of thein,that I really don't brew hardly in what order to call them up. I think Ido not at all over.estitnue the amount when I say, that in my opinion, in duty and penalties, there is not lees titan HALF A MI LLI ON CLEARLY RECOYE AAAAA • There is much to be done, undoubtedly, anti much lahour to be gone through, before it can be got at; but I am quite sure it may be accomplished. Independently of this, were the present abuses corrected, and an efficient system establ ished, wider which the Stamp Revenue might be tairly and fully collected, I am satisfied it would exceed its present amount by a hundred aionr;ml a year. 3ly fingers are getting stiff and my head stupid, and it wants but ten minutes to one, all which circumstances mem to intimate that I should retire to bed; so good night, and with best remem !sante to the Board, believe me, _ _ "ly dear sir, most faithfully yours. "Jas. SEM:MICK." " MS.—Tuesday Morning —I have this morning sent up by the mail a drawing, which will give the Board a distinct view of Dambreck's Hotel, and its situation as it respects the Excise Of f ices You will see the advantage of thus consolidating by this puretase the p:operty of Government. It might, perhaps, be :al well to show this to Mr. %%maiden or Mr. Harrison. I eV.: write to the ?minty on she subject by this post. " I thought after finishing my I:stter that it would, perhans, be best that my letter to the T.--.esury should go through the Board, as the plan might be shown to them by whoever went to them upon the subject. The Provost and Council here are using their influ ence with Mr. Ind. Moulds, to procure a Stamp-office to be built; and 4 is rascal interview between sonic Member of the Board and Mr. !Edison will best counteract all this under-plot. hi. desirable to get the ruremse adjusted as early as possible. llumbreck's Hotel is to the left of the drawiug, the Elrille Opt in the centre, and the British l.inen Company's Bank on the right. I thought it best to hares view takers that gave two sides of the Hotel. Excuse this, fat the postman is waiting. " J. S." I shall take an early oppottuni.y of publishing my further cor. LaPendenee with Mr. Bindley, together with several of his letters it reply, which I find preserved among my papers. I am un. %Xiog, at present, to extend this letter, lest I should intrude be. yard the space which can conveniently be spared by a daily Journal. What has here appeared Is but introductory to the infinitely more ir.:porsant documents which I shall speedily lay before the public andwhich will abundantly repel the aspersions which your Report - - - - !as cast upon me. But I rcscrve the production of these till I crane to address Lour) 31E1.V IL LE hinutlf: !ha there is one subject to which I feel it incumbent upon me to 'z'tver , , before I conclude this letter—the charge of corrupt collu s•ct which you have endeavoured to fasten upon me, with regard g fra u d which you aver to have been practised upon the Revenue br the County Fire Office, of which for the time being I chance to brute of the Directors. As you have given your Report to the withnut the Appendix, which contains the evidence (a tie. • •Instance not a little remarkable), I have no means of examining the Appendix appears I will dissect the whole, and I it thoroughly and openly. As to the charge itself, I repel a loth disdain. I use no measured language ; the occasion is not ‘zittsl to it. If I take the pains to sift it, which I shall do, it wil l not be to exculpate myself, for I have no need of exculpation, but !)etable the public to decide upon its origin and its object; but for that. I would cast it from me with the ind'gnationin:pired by my cubteropt for it. I subscribe myself, Slr, Your moat obedient Servant, JAMES SEDOWICK. House, Sept. 8, 1828. 1 [ 1p001: NUM n o el a p Office, Somerset HAMPSTEAD VESTRY MEETING. Yesterday, a Meeting of the Parishioners of St. John, Hamp stead, was held at their Committee Room, for the purpose of re ceiving the Report of the U*mmittee which had been appointed to examine the accounts of the present Surveyors of the Highways of that parish, and also the accounts of Messrs. Newen and Hankins, who were the Surveyors for the years 11122 and Din There was a very full attendance, and at half-past 10 the busi ness of the day commenced by Mr. HANKINS moving that Mr. PHILIP PAXON should take the Chair. This was opposed by several Gentlemen present, who thought that Mr. I'o or.TE n,oneof the churchwardens, was the proper person to preside on this occasion. As this suggestion seemed to he unanimously acquiesced in, Mr. POULTEIi accordingly took the Chair. Mr. Ilawittws—l object to your sitting in that Chair, Sir. I have given you notice b e for e that yo u o ug ht not to preside, and 1 now object to it. ' Mr. Po LTE R—l shall leave it to the Vestry to decide. Mr. HANKINS-1 should be sorry to give you lITIV personal of. fence ; but as you are one of the Committee, whose lienort is now to be laid before the Meeting, by your sitting there, you will, in fact, be deciding upon your own Report. Therefore I request you will leave the Chair, Sir. Mr. Paso sr, sen., thought Mr. Poulter was not so full of am bition as to desire the Chair. Mr. Pout.SEß—Not at all. 11ANIC iss said that as a matter of right there was only one person who could take it. It might be is a matter of courtesy al lowed for others to preside : but as this Meeting was a particular one, he must ot , jeet to Mr. Poulter's remaining in the chair. Mr. Pout.T ER repeated that he had no wish personally to take it, but he denied is tots that any intimation had ever been given to him by Mr. Ilankihs, that he intended to make this opposition. Mr. HANKINS asked whether Mr. Hansel', who presided at the last Meeting, did not give that information ? Mr. POULT E it —Certainly not. Mr. GRAIN said, that in consequence of a want of attention to the Comr.::ttee, by the parties who were re mired to attend them. the document could not, in fact. be considered as a Report. It wan a mere history of the proceedings of the Committee, not a re. guise Report, and, therefore, could not be considered as th% act of Zr.l Poulter, although he attended the Committee. Mr. KELLY* said the Committee had been prevented from making a regular Report for want of the proper accounts being rendered. Mr. GRAIN reinoekVl, that as to the objection that only one per son hat! n taint to preside over the Parish Vestry, it had nothing to d' 'will their proceedings, because the Incumbent, whose right it was, was not now present. - A Pastsatoxxa said they might still proceed under the Art of Parliament, which altered the. at lent mode of proceeding la such Mts. Mr. HANKINS renewed his motion, that Mr. Poulter be re quested to leave the chair, and Mr. Philip Poxon be called to it. That gentleman was independent, unprejudiced, and impartial. He was neither a parish officer, nor had any thing to do with its affairs. Mr. POULTER hoped Mr. Hankins did not mean to say that, because he (Mr. Poulter) belonged to the Committee, be was therefore prejudiced and partial. Severed gentlemen now spoke at once, expressive of their opinion that such a mode of reasoning would be most unfair. Mr. PA2ON, sen.—ln my opinion, you cannot have a more ve sper:table man in the chair than you now have. Mr. II AM X I Nti—l coincide in that °Onion ; but in this one ha will be sitting upon his own Report. A PARISHIONER—Iint he has no vote. Mr. GILDY requested that the notice for convening this Vestry might be read. Before this request was complied whh, 111 r. THOMPSON rose, and begged leave to know who it was that had employed the gentlemen before him (pointing at the Re porters) to take notes on this occasion, and whether it was custom. ary to employ them at Vestry Meetings? He asked these ques tions because he thought there had been something very unhand. some, something very unbecoming, something very ungenerous, on the part of the Newspaper Reporters, towards an old and tried servant of the parish, who, if lie had erred, he (Mr. Thompson) was convinced had done so by his head, and not his heart. This having been so, he should move that the Repotters might with. draw. He did not see why they should be present on such oeca sions. He thought there was nothing either handsome or liberal t.tarards an old servant to have him into this room to look over his strain in the presence of strangers. lie knew nothing of Mr. Masters (the Vestry Clerk). He spoke an a Christian, a friend, and an in dependent inhabitant of the parish, on his behalf. lie knew well what it was to neglect things ; he himself was guilty of much ne glect, for which he could not account. At this moment he was los ing an immense sum of money from that very cause. He had ten houses, which had not been let for the last eleven years; he had also a house that had cost liim a great deal of money, for which he had neither agreement nor lease. Ile knew not bow to account for this; It was an apathy of the mind. He was confident that Mr. Masters, from what he knew of him, would do nothing wrong to hurt the parish ; or, if he had, it sprung from the head, and not the heart. \%'it'; great respect, therefore, for the gentlemen before him, he begged to move that they withdraw. They have nothing to do with parish business. book at the consequences of the Press taking up these things. Look at Pancras ; see how much that was divided, and all through these little things. There was Mr. Blew, a gen tleman of this parish, described as *perfumer. Why, what tad that to do with the business of the Vestry ? Why should he be called such in a report of the proceedings at a Vestry ? They might as well have spoken of him as a cobbler, or any thing else. Whathad his being a perfumer to do with the business of their Vestry P Mr. KELLY asked whether there was no; a motion before them with respect to the Chairman leaving the Chair. .Mr. HAWKlNS—Certainly you have. (Cries of " No, no.") The Orate MAN—Does any body second the motion as to my leaving the Chair? (Cries of •s No, that is past.") Mr. a AlN—Because a Gentleman is on the Committee of the parish, is he totally disqualified to preside here ? I deny any such proposition. It is usual for our Churchwarden to take the Chair; and as our spiritual head is not here, I move that our parish head take the Chair. Mr. Hai:mos, who had hitherto opposed It, DOW said, I se cond that motion, Sir. (Laughter.) This point being disposed of, Mr. HANKINS again rose and , said —Now with regard to the Committee r Reporters in the room. As some Gendemen - of wire _ _ at the lad Vestry thought proper to introduce a Reporter from the Morningllerald, they hu la precedent for Reporters being admitted, and he should therefore move that they be allowed to remain in the room this day, to do him justice, and every man in the parish too. He demanded this as a right, and not as a favour. His name had been introduced into the papers as well as Mr. Masters's, and what he wanted was the opportunity of repelling the foul calum nies which had been directed against him. Mr. KELLYquiteconcurre4 in the propriety of the Reporters be ing permitted to remain in the room, but he did not concur in attributing the introduction of theilleporter of the Morning Herald at the last meeting to the Committee. Not one of those gentlemen, he was assured, knew ten minutes before the Vestry commenced that such a person was about to be presented to them. The charge therefore was extremely unfounded. He could not but express astonishment at the tone and temper which Mr. Hankins displayed on this occasion. It was quite uncalled for, as there was no dispo sition on the part t.f any person to do any thing to affect Mr. Han kins. Ile could not imagine what part of that gentleman's conduct it was upon which lie was so extremely alive as to dread the examination of his accounts by the Vestry. (Mr. IlanLins " Dread, sir r) There was something of shame innate in 111,: feelings. (Mr. Haskjris,!' I desire to do . . of " people mys.lf Justice." Cries .. " enter, osier.") Gould it be sup. - hear, -- and chars.) Until such M . C&StItC3 wire posed that the Committee, who had taken a great deal of pains to The Re : art wit then read. ft stated that the Committee had wit; fi car e' r e i n er in in to g ettect,.the throne woufd - 1); - a - ccure, and the tranquil. Meer, carried into effect, the people w ould never b e ' , r ushed, and the , investigate the proceedings of the perish accou r n i ta i, h : ad „any, indi - not been able to complete their Inquiries in consequence of the ac- Great ( lod in Heaven forbid they ever s h ou ld. (Cheers.) . , v;.d ua l or pa r ti cu l ar i nterest i n annoying M r. ..enema r (Cries counts of Messrs. Newen and Hankins, not having been delivered, At the conclusion of Mr. O'Connell's speech, the venerable Earl or " Certainly not.• , ) Why s hould he, then, fee l allayed, or con. but that they had ascertained the amount of the balance to the , accompanied by Sir John Newpor t a nd the lien. Dlr. ceive himself att ac k e d b y t h e proceedings? Begging pinion for hands of Messra. Shelton a nd Gran g e for the years 1819 and HMO. Fpoitnesowinilbiaym. retired this digression , he wou ld now come back to the question before the A balance of 241 . ls. re mained to be received from Messrs. 13-- The co mpany did not separate until a late hour nest morning. Vestry. lie concurred in the propriety of the Reporter remaining, and Cooke. . d A GENTLEMAN (one of the prenent Surveyors, we believe) said he had Mr. Cooke's word fur the payment of it. 3lr. Kgt.t.Y resumed reading the Report. The Committee had examined illr. Orange's accounts, and found them quite correct. It appeared, however, extraordinary that, notwitiintanding ko much had been said upon the subject, theft accounts were not pt entered in the usual parish book, although a spate watt left open for that purpose. The Committee accordingly went to the .Sessions, when, after much discussion, the Ma. gistrates determined that they could rot enforce• payment of the arrears until the surveyors had passed their accounts in accordance with the Act of Parliament. The Committee, therefore, teem. mended that the acroutita nhould he paned. Some of the limns in the accounts of 1019 and 111/0 ought to be corrected, and sn account had been made out for that purpose. Mr. Ilmkina had disap pointed their expectations in not haying furnished a corrected ac. count. Ile had not given one word to justify the payment of salary of 301. to the vestry clerk. The arrears due on the different accounts were, in one instance, 300/. As., and in another 1,0311. 17s. Id.; besides what was to be added to the aecount pre. sewed by Messrs. Newen and Hankins. Mr. BLEw moved that the Report be received. 31r. llAwxtxs called upon the Chairman to procure him as nipsrtial hearing while he made some observations in vindication of his character. Ile then complained of the report contained its the Morning licrad, which he termed a foul report, and said t had already lost him two friends, besides occasioning great arnica tinn to his aged mother and two aunts. Ile had a right to defend his character, and expose to the world this self-styled glorious Corn. mitten, who had come to Hampstead and disturbed the peace of is inhabitants, and with whom none of the respectable residents would bare any thing to do. Ile begged to ask Mr. Hero!, if present (Mr. Ilerol—" lam here"); did you or did you not bring the Re• porter up in your chaise? And, .Me. Kelly, did you or not take the Reporter home to your own house? Mr. KELLY said the Reporter asked him for a copy of the Re. port, and lie went to his (Mr. Kelly's) and obtained it. That was all the knowledge lie had of the gentleman. Mr. lit Hot. denied bringing the Reporter up in his chaise, and asked what that could have to do with the accounts ? Mr. KEl.LY—Since you have asked me a qurstion, I will now ask you one, Mr. Hankins—Dad you not arterwards call upon me, and said that if the accounts were to be examined, you hoped it would ha done in a private Committee ? Mr. Elsstsrsts—liiou lie, Sir. (Cries of " Shame, shame.") Mr. Pszorr, sen. (to Mr. Hankins)—He was only asking a question. Mr HANKINS—He made an assertion. Mr.6ll.llY—l was in Mr. Kelly's house at the time he callcd. So much for Mr. Hankins's word. Mr. IlAstxrxs—Tbank you, Sir; but I have better ruthority than your word. The CHAIN MAN—My dear Sir, you really do go the way to give every body offence. Mr. GILHY—I give you notice I shall object to every item ie your account before a Magistrate. Mr. Ttwursow—lie should make an apology. Mr. llste K INS—To any other man in this room I might. M:. PAXON again assured Mr. Hankins Chit Mr. Kelly only asked a question, and did not make an insertion. Mr. KELLY—I will 'stake the assertion, and I will prove it. You called upon inc since last Saturday morning, and promised to furnish the accounts; when we sent for them on Wednesday you very laconically answered that you had no other account to produce than what you hid already produced. I know nu way to extenuate your conduct, except by supposing you are a little touched with the mania. Mr. THOMPSON—If you will make a motion of that I will second it. (Laughter.) Mr. HERON said he was one of the Committee, but was not sclf.elected. The object and desire of that Committee were to heal the wounds of the parish, and they had met from day to day for that purpose. They sought to pass the accounts without the slightest opinion that Mr. liankina had acted wrong; but, to their utter surprise, he, to the question of the Committee fur further accounts, returned answer, that he had no other to make. The Committee considered these men liable to a penalty of three times the amount of the balance in their hands ; and it was there. lore the wish of the Committee to save them hom having these penalties imposed. Mr. HANK iws—Let the Magistrates inflict them if they please. Mr. KELLY said, it would be unbecoming of the Chairman to suffer any debate to take place until an apology had been made by Mr. Hankins to the Meeting. .Mr. HANK INS said lie would make no apology. Mr. HERON said, then he would move a vote of censure upon Mr. Hankins. Mr. HANK:INA—Do. Sir, and I will second it. Mr. KELLY begged the Meeting would take legal proceedings, according to the Act of Parliament, to recover the penalties. • Mr. liRAIN entreated Mr. Ilankins to have the kindness to let the business proceed. He then seconded the motion that the Re port be received, and entered on the minutes. The motion was put and carried. Mr. Ilankins was now called upon to produce his accounts, as recommended by the Repert of the Committee. Much altercation again ensued, Alr. Ilar.kins complaining bit terly of the report published in the Herald, after having had his accounts received by the Vestry upwards of three years ago; and Mr. Kelly threatening to move that legal proceedings tre adopted to recover the penalties, a motion was put and carried, that Mr. Han kins should hand in his accounts; but he refused to do so unless he was previously allowed to make a speech to vindicate his dia. racter. At length the confusion became so great that several gentle men were about to retire, declaring that they should protest against and conclusion being come to amidst such irregularity. The CHAIRMAN said it was their own fault. He bad several times thrown himself upon the Meeting, but they did not sup port him. Mr. KELLY returned, and said as the business was of import. ante, and highly desirable to be concluded, he hoped the Meeting would support the Chairman. The Meeting signified it to be their wish to dp so. The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. Hankins for his accounts. Mr. HANKINS put them in, and begged leave to say , . that with regard to his not bringing forward the arrears at th e Committee, the words he made use of to them were, that he should not give them any account except through the hands of Mr. Masters. He would ask Mr. Masters whether lie had not an account of the arrears for the last four months in his possession ? Mr. MASTERS said yes, and banded in a book in which they were copied by himself. Mr. IlasgiNS —Why then should I be called upon to hand In my accounts after three years had elapsed, they having been already delivered and passed? Mr. KELLY then remarked, that there was an item in one of them, which was, he thought irregularly paid, though Alr.Hankina was not answerable for it,because, by paying it, he had only followed the practice for many years back ; still the Committee begged to draw the attention of the Vestry to the circu :stance. It was the payment of MM. as a salary to 1111.lilasters,as servant tOtheS;;7. veyors.This they thought deserved consideration. This was the only point with respect to disbursements. With regard to the charge of 131. which had been expended at a dinner, he did not mean to dis. curb that, because he believed the thing had been sanctioned by long practice, but a new regulation as to that subject should be made for the future. With respect to the arrears, if the book now put it contained that account, he was perfectly willing to receive it. So that after all this irritation there was nothing at all attaching to Mr. Hankins. Mr. HANKINS justified the salary to Mr. Masters, as being in accordance with the uniform practice of the parish. Some conversation now took place between Mr. Gilby and Mr. Hankins—first in a low tone of voice, but presently it became loud and warm. Mr. HANN iris declared that many gentlemen would not attend the Vestry while the Committee existed, and named Mr. Toiler, Mr. Hoare, Mr. Ballintyne, Mr. Wells (or Watts), Mr. Warren, and Mr. Nevison, as among those who had so determined to with hold themselves from interfering with the affairs of the parish. It would be uninteresting to dwell longer (indeed we fear we have already been a great deal too long) upon the proceedings of this Vestry t much more angry word.; were made use of—at least on one aide—but it finally terminated in a Resolution, which was unani. mouldy agreed to, that, in the accounts ellfessrs.Newman and Ilan. kins now received, it was the opinion of this Vestry there was no. thing whatever to impeach the integrity of those gentlemen. The accounts were then referred to the Committee. A Mr. PINE opposed this motion, for he knew that the account* were incorrect, although he had never seen them. (Laughter.) It was then moved and carried, that the Churchwardens should call a Meeting next Friday, to receive the accounts of Messrs. Levock and Barker. Thanks were voted to Mr. Levock, for his attention to the Com mittee. Thanks were also voted to the Committee, and to the Chairman, for the exemplary patience with which he had gone through the stormy business of the day. The subject of the offensive passages in the Herald was again discussed. ➢lr. FAaTAN said that it had absolutely created a religious feud in the parish. They were calling one another Calvinists, Deists, and Atheists, on account of it. Sonic wrote about it, and sub scribed themselves" Amici Pattie," as if the loyalty of others was not as trite as theirs. lie, for one, would Lot yield to any man i.;l loyal attachment to his King and country. GRAND PROVINCIAL DINNER. [Abridged from the Dublin Evritinr Post. On Tuesday the Grand Provincial Dinner was held in that fine epacioun room, generally appropriated to such purposes, in the Town Hall, Waterford. The triumph of Lord Fitzwilitam's prin ciples was graced by his presence. At seven o clock precisely Earl Fitzwilliam, accompanied by the , lor.g.tricel friend of Ireland, Sir J. Newport, reached the Town ; Hall, where they were received with shouts, lung, loud, and vehe. , went. Or those who 'needed we noticed in particular—The Right Hon. and the illustrious Earl litzwilliem, Lord Ebrington, the lion. Mr. Poneonby (son of Lord Duncannon), Sir John Newport, Bart. Altair. Newport, Captain Stowell, of the county Cork, Ho- , bent Shamand Carew, Esq. M.P., &c. Joust O'lla rE x, Esq. of Elnivale, county Clare, was in the ('hair. On his right sat Earl litzwilliam and Sir John Newport, ; and on his left Lord Etrington and the Hon. Mr. l'unwnby. On the cloth being removed, the Chairman gave— " The King—may lie never forget the declination of the Prince Regent, that power is held in trust for the People." Four times four :incessant cheers fur some minutes). Air—" God save the King " After the Duke of Sussex's health, and general national toasts had been given, the Chairman propene-el— " Earl Fitzwilliam—may lie speedily see the accomplishment of the just and enlightened views of the Lord Licirtenant of 95, and receive the congratulations of a free country." (.Host enthusiastic applause.) When Earl FITZWILLIAM arose, the enthusiasm which his , name had excited was again celled forth. lie felt there was re- , quired fronnhim some explanatlon of the motives which had l e d ; hint to adopt the system of politics lie had embraced in the year ; 1795. (Hear.) Ile did not mean to charge any one with the in- , sincerity with which he had been treated on that question, which ; he came into this country to execute. He came to execute that, , which circumstances afterwards inclined hint to ...tempt. He knew, be was well aware, that up to the time he came into this country he had powerful circumstances to contend against. He el . d no charge Mr. Pitt with having betrayed hint, for he did not , expect sincerity from him ; but it PO happened, that he (Earl rnz. , william) took a step which he was fully aware was the one he ought to have adopted. lie did adopt it. The measure was moved, not upon his account, but being once moved, it became necessary to ' adopt the measure itself, or, by not doing so, to abandon that prin. ciple which he had ever advocated. Itrith that view it was adopted, and so the responsibility of the measure fell to himself—the respon sihilityot having adopted a measure, which he then, aswell as now, cot sidered necessary the the good and the salvation of this country. , It was with that view he lent it his assistance. It was not moved , by hint, but by another. lie bad been given hopes that the mea. , sure itself would have been carried into effect. (Heer, and cheers.) Ile wished those who rendered those hopes vain, and who now op tio-ed them, were in that room. If they (us he did) beheld the opu lence, it duet ry, and wealth, which then attended and surrounded hint ; in teat mom, he was certain it would be no ' , tiger a question with them whether those rights Amulet be conceded to them to which they , were entitled. Why should they not übtain those privileges ? All the privileges which could be granted to the other classes had , been granted. The I tee orders of the people had every power , which they could possess. The power of election was already in the hands of the people. The gr at mass of the people was so situated, while the gentry were ousted of those places which they should possess. Every thing that could make die people power ful given them, while the bill for the relief of the higher classes was left in the lurch. Now, be considered the matter in this point of view, that the lower orders had the right of election given them ; yet, if their superior sought power, it was denied him. The country was placed in this situa.ion, that the higher the orders of society were, every thing was refused to them that could he refused. - Ile felt that this was a violent and cot rupt system. It was a system which he knew was preserved for its corruption, and for the undue influence that it gave. (Cheers, and cries of bear, hear.) The rejection of a Bill was to be attributed to those causes; those were the real causes of its rejection.— ( Hear, hear.) As to any thing the for which he could expect the kindness that he had received, he did not know why his ef. forts had been so appreciated—he knew of but one. It was that which made the people of this country what they were and wished to be, mere Irish Catholles—that was, the establish. merit of the College of Alaynonth. (Hear, hear, wer.) He had the honour of being the original miner of the establishing of such a College. (Cheers.) He knew it find done great gond to thie coun. try. By that establishment they had created an Irish Priesthood; not a French Priesthood, a feminist' Priesthood, an Italian Priest. hood, but such as were accustomed to the country—those who were bred to the country—natives or it—and had no connexion but with those in their own country. He conceived that eras one great and important object for obtaining the permanent affection of the 'wily of the Roman Catholics. When he cost his eyes around that room, lie saw the name of that man, Mr. Burke, who was the first to pro. pose that measure. Ile adopted it with pleasure, and he knew the satisfaction that it had given to those of their own 'tidy, to possess n Prieetrood who, to every intent and purpose, were truly national; a Priesthood who had no looking to the right or to the left, and do not seek a connexion with Sprain or any other country, but whose connexions were altogether at home. This was a measure which he, at the suggestion of Mr. Burke, first adopted. And are we to be alarmed beta:tee the Irish people have a Clergy of their own? Di rectly the reverse. They should think and feel otherwise, particu larly when they looked to the weetun horizon, where they saw a great peoele rising up, and embodying the principles of true liberty with the Catholic religion. Can lie then think that they ought to be afraid of Portioning privileges tovereons of that description, who on every occasion proved themselves to be patriots, and consequently fit to be intrusted with the care of a great empire ? He was sure the reverse ought to be the case. It was a satisfaction to him, at this period of time, to look up to the great example which had been held forth to the world by this country. To see the Catholics re ceiving a free Ct nstitution, and dispensing it also, was what he earnestly wished. This being the view he took, he was satisfied that a great event was approaching. He could not but think so, when he carte to that great town, and saw the niass of population with which it was filled, and when he saw the respectability of those around him—when he considered their great property and extensive it fluence—influence which they properly used—he wished that those who were opposed to them would come there, and see who it was they rejected—who it was that they said should not partake of li ' herty in this day. He had now only to thank them, and to assure them of his respect, arid the sentiments of gratitude which he enter. Mined towards them. (Cheering for several minutes.) A string of Catholic toasts were then given. The healths of Lord Ebringlon and Sir John Newport were drunk with the customary honours, and produced the usual effusions of gratitude from the Noble Lord and the Right Hon. Baronet. After a number of electioneering and other toasts had been given, and drunk with applause. Lord EBHINGTOS stud he had to propose a toast, to which it was unnecessary for him to prefix any preface, fur he was about to propose that of Daniel O'Connell (Cheers.) He was cer tain it was perfectly unnecessary . for him to say any thing on the toast. Ile should therefore detain them no longer, but would pro pose, with three times three, their able, powerful, and virtuous Champion, Daniel O'Connell. (Cheering for several minutes, during which Mr. O'Connell erotic) Mr. O'Correignt felt that tecre would have been a something soothing in the feelings of gratification which then filled him, had the toast come from a countryman of his own. He blamed him self for this e for he recognised with honest pride the compli ment that had been paid him, when coming from an English man, from the Noole Lord with whom it originated. The disinterested feeling of kindness which prompted that toast he never could he forgetful of—the honour he cherished, as coming from a Noble and Honourable Whig. He was truly proud of the honour which the Noble Lord had done him.— Never, he would ray, let it be said, that an English Whig has greater anxiety for freedom, a greater hatred for tyranny, than that of his religion.- (Cheers.) Two-and-twenty years had he spent, pleasantly spent, in tl.e cause in which he was embarked ; and, notwithstanding all the calumnious attacks that had been made upon him, devoting himself to the sacred cause, the sacred prin ciple, of civil and religious liberty. (Loud cheers.) His first love was for Ireland. lie felt pleasure in her delightful valicys--in her awful and MlX:reStie mountains, which frown upon the deep, and give to her beautiful and fertile plains tributary streams, fitted for all the purposes of commerce and manufactures ; and, more than all, her gallant, brave, and industrious people. (Cheers.) He did not forget th it this lovely and beautiful country was trampled on—that she was unfortunate—that she was indebted for her misfortunes for seven centuries to England. (Hear, hear.) He acknowledged to England that he did not forget this; but still he was induced, from ids anxiety for England, as well us for Ireland, to wish that the system of' misrule might be put an end to, from an honest convic t:on that England was, as she ought to be, the best, the safest, and most secure connexion which this country could have, if she grant. el that freedom that Ireland ought to have. (Cheers.) If Ireland willing to forget was granted her freedom, there was no one more v. ing tt. the injuries she had received. Ile never could forget that England was the country of Alfred, that she was the country who first put down the barbapzing feudal system, and gave to the throne and the people an equal security. He could not be insensible to the debt of gratitude he owed to a country, which had given birth to a Fitzwilliant, one of those ornaments of aristocracy, which, if pro perly constituted, was the best protector of the rights of the people the Corinthian ornament in the architecture of human freedom, which gave shade and shelter to every human being. Could he forget that Englund was the first country that established therepresentative system, which made it a law that we should be wi bout a repre sentative? He only wished that she should not have a mockery, but a virtual representation fot her feelings. Ile was anxious that England and Ireland should be united—that they should be con owed. But, then, he was anxious that there should be an honest, a just, fr aternal, connexion. He desired no ot her—he scorned an y other. (Loud cheering.) What they (the Catholics) minter' was an equality of rights. If England conceded those rights, it would be nut only prudent bit , wise in her to do so. Had the policy of Earl Fiuwilliam, in 1795, been successful, would not England hare saved two millions by that act of justice? Ile rated the ex pense too little; it was fur, far beneath it. He was anxious for a true, a real connexion between the two countries ; they might tt, be one, er g equal privileges, and niutual rights. .When that effect, ' THE BRITISH PRESS. lIIF:TROPOLITAN ALDEIVIEY A Meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company was held on Thursday, to consider of the propriety of dissolving the Com. From s Report made by the Directors, it appeared that there were 8.1100 *bares in the Company, upon which 24,(8101. had been received, all which had been expended in purchasing premises, cows, and the good-will of the Alderney Dairy ; b u t an f a r from their being able to make 3 dividend, they found that the concern was a loitr.g one. They valued their premises and cow*, and the good-will of the concern, at 29,9811. 25., of which suit, 6,0001. was reckoned as the good-will. The gentleman who had made this valuation was asked if he really tho ght that any verger) could be found who would give any. thing like 6.0001. for the good will of the concern ? The person who valued it (a 31r. Dent, we understand) replied, after some hesitation, that nothing like that sum would be got for it, he thought. Mr. GoLns MID observed that the Company was at present not in debt, end therefore might go on ; but after being 18 months at work, and having now only s*ol. st the banker's, the question was, whether it was expedient to proceed further? The Direc tors had done all in their power, but their exertions had turned to no account; they had been iwertakm by the badness of the thnes—a circumsuuce which they could not either foresee or control. A sort of desultory conecr , ation ensued, as to whether it would be polit'c to rinse the cone( rn or not. A PROPRIEToR observed, that giving credit for the value put on the Company's property to the fullest extent, and looking at the sum subscribed, there was an evident loss of 2,0, 0/., and therefore the longer they went on, the greater would be their loss; he therefore moved that the Compail should be immediately die. solved, and that there Proprietors should be added to the Board of Directors, to as•ist in the winding up of the concerns of the Company. This motion was carried, and the three persons named who were to assist the Directors ; thanks were voted to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Directors. dec.; And the Subscribers were told they would have to call at the office of the solicitor to sign • deed, so as to give a good title to any person who might become a purchaser of the property ; and thus ended the Metropolitan A Ioerney Dairy. althnigh he knew not what it was in the business of this parish that retpered such a display of talent. 1 Mr. Name, jun. could hate no objection to the Reporter's re maining, although his name had heen most unwamntahly mention. i ed in Me eleorniog ii the Reporter would favour him with 1 the name of the person who informed him that he (Mr. Faxon) had put a child in the work-house, and had been suffering it to re. main there the 7 years at the expense of the parish. It was a false , assertion; and whoever it was that made it, he could call hint liar to his lace, although it might be considered ill manners to do so. It was mentioned at a former Vestry (but he should have for gotten the whole circumstance, had he not seen v in the paper); when the gentleman then mentioned it, it was not his intention that it should be mentioned again : and he (Mr. Patton) had offered to settle it whenever properly coiled upon by any of the pariah officers who could vouch ter the accuracy of the statement. If the Reporter would give tip the name of the person who famished him with the information (for it was not mentioned at the 'ate Meet. I log, although it appeared in the report of that Meeting), then he (Mr. Faxon) should have no objection to such Reporter remain ing in the room. (Cheers and cries of—" There can be nothing more remit:mid:lc.") Several persons here declared that the account in the Morning Herald was not a fair Report. Mr. KELLY suggested that the explanation called fir would, with more propriety, be given privately—(Cries of No, no, pub licly, none of your pnvate work). Mr. KEI.T.V—What I mean .s, that as the Reporter is not a parishioner, he is not allowed to speak at this Meeting. Mr. Hee K [Ns —What ! not allowed to speck in the Vestry ? I mean to tell you, Sir, he 'lull speak. (Much laughter.) Mr. lit:Lev—Well, sir, since you are really so imperative, I have done. (Continued latighter.) The Coeinelex-1 am extremely sorry to have been called to the chair upon such an occasion as this. We are going ir to business which we have nothing at all to do with. I must dissolve this Vestry if any private matters of this kind are allowed to inter fere. Any communication of this nature hail better be made in private. I was extremely sorry to sec in the report statements which every body must allow had no connexion with the business of the last Vestry. I will now beg niche Reporters to give a fair and impanel account of our proceedings, and not a garbled statement of then!. Mr. 6nane considered the press a powerful engine, and cake. fatted to do much good ; and he should be glad that whatever liaised in this room might be made public throughout the parish and the metropolis. He therefore hoped the reporters might be allowed to remain. Mr. GiLitY alluded to the circumstance respecting Mr. Paxon, jun., and acknowledged that at a former meeting it had been men tioned by him ; but he declared he knew nothing or its having been alluded to at the last meeting till he saw it so stated in the Alorniog Herald. Mr. PAXON, jun. had forgotten that occasion. It was spoken in the warmth of debate ; but when a man came coolly and de liberately, and put into another person's hands a partial and un true account, and that secretly and out of the room, the case was quite different. The Reporter ought to have refused to accept it. If the Reporter did not give up the name of that mate he (Mr. ['axon) would cuter an action against the Editor immediately. Ile asked the Repor.er, as a Gentleman, to give up the author of that slander. The Co Ain MAN requested the Reporter to give an explanation. The REPORTER ler the Morning Herald begged to say, that whatever appeared in the Newspaper he was not accountable for; nay communication must be through the Editor. (Cries of " Shame, shame.") Mr. PAXON. sen.—The Editor could not be acquainted with it. The information must come through you, Sir. Mr. TtiomPSOW—What has the Reporter to do here at all ? Mr. fele•tw-1 must say, since the explanation of the Reporter is so very unsatisfactory, 1 feel it right to move that the Reporter of the Morning Weald be desired to withdraw (cheers), but that the other Reporters be allowed to remain. Mr. Beery approved of the motion, because, when at the last Vestry, he thought the Reporter was perfectly out of place. lie believed that if any parishioner had on that occason moved that the room be cleared of all who were nut parishioners, it would have been carried. The business of the Vestry, on that occasion, was not of a public nature. It the question had been as to the improve. mast of the roads about Hampstead, then there would have been something of a public interest connected with it, and fit to go forth to the world; whereas, in this case, private character had been brought farward, and a report of things only half digested. The characters of men engaged in trade were most unwarrantably handled. Nay, speaking of character. it was important to all per sons. The character of the Lord in their neighbourhood was only as dear to him as that of the meanest person in this parish. Every oan was jealous of the character of another. The whole report was most shameful in the way in which it had gone forth. Ile was not speaking of himself merely, though since its publication he had been addreseedby several persons, who said, " we did nut know your profession till last week." Not that he was Ashamed aids profession. It was his glory that the whole world should know it. If he wished to invite them to his house, indeed he should say, " Will you dine with me at Hampstead ?" but if lie wished to speak on business, then he was " Win. Blew, perfumer, of Cockepur-street." If the Reporter had introduced the word " perfumer" in a way that was proper, without its being evidently intended for an effect ; if it had been a fair report, he would not on a general principle oppose his being present today; but as they found the character of one indi. victual had heen injured by !tin, it was but right that he should be requested to withdraw. Mr. HANKINS—I am of opinion that the Reporter of the Morn leg Herald should remain here, that he may publish his own eisgrace. Mr. KELLY regretted the time that had been consumed by this discussion. If he were to understand that it was supposed he had a knowledge of the words used in the obnoxious report, he begged to disclaim it altogether. He, however, regretted that Mr. Faxon should not have had better taste than to notice it. Although the language of the newspaper was not correct, lie would call upon Mr. Paxon to say what was the correct state of the case. Mr. PAxON—I will. (Cries of " No, no, Chair, chair.") Mr. KELLY moved that the Reporter of the herald do remain. This being seconded, The CHAtamEN first put the amendment, when there appeared to be 19 for it, and 21 against it. The original motion was consequently carried by a majority of two, and the Reporter accordingly left the room. Mr. HANXINS rose, when Mr. THOMPSON said to him, are you any way interested in this business ? Mr. Ilaregrers—l'es, a great deal. Mr. THOMPSON—Then I think you ought to sit down. (Laughter.) Mr. tit Lex again required the notice to be read. The Vestry Clerk read the notice accordingly. The CHAlNmAx—First of all, we have to receive the Report of .the Committee. Mr. HANKINS again endeavoured to address the Chairman ; but was called to order, as being irregular. Mr. BLEW thought the minutes of the last Vestry ought first to be read. Mr. GILRY considered it to be unnecessary, as this Vestry had no power to confirm or to alter the minutes of a former Vestry. This was a distinct Vestry, and called only for one particular purpose. Mr. MASTERS, jun. wished the Report to be read, because it contained many observations reflecting on his father's conduct, which he wished to have ati opportunity to explain. Ile made a motion accordingly. Mr. HANNAN s here was very anxious to move en adjournment to a later hour, to give an opportunity to several gentlemen belong. ing to the parish, and who were in London, to attend. Mr. KELLY seconded the motion that the minutes should be read. The motion was put and carried. The minutes, which were very long, were then read; but as they gave rise to no observation, and seemed only to reflect upon the negligence of Mr. Masters rather than upon his moral character, it is unnecessary to detail their contents. The Reporter from the Moaning Herold entered the room, and said, now that the minutes of the last meeting heel been read, he wished any gentleman topolnt out the variation between those mi nutes and his report. In some few instances there might be in corrections ; and when he reminded the meeting of the confusion that prevailed, they would readily perceive how such errors niight occur, withoiit any imputation upon the intentions or general fidelity of the Reporter. With respect to Mr. Hankins having opposed his admission, that, he had since heard, was a mistake. It was impossible, however, he could be influenced by prejudice or partiality, not having the least acquaintance with any person con nected with Hampstead. Mr. HANK rea—But with regard to that young man's charac ter, who gave you that account? The REPORTER admitted that lie had been informed of it out of the room. 1111. Haman said that the misfortune was, the Reporter had Es- tened to the whisperings of individnels, Instead oitionining him self to the business of the meeting. Mr. BLEW.—If he had made his own report, it would have been unexceptionable ; but unfortunately he gave his ear to a man who was distracted in his disposition. One part of the report parti. tidally struck him with regard to Mr. Masters. That gentleman was made to say as to the accounts—" I will make it out ; but I expect to be paid very handsomely for my trouble." Now, if his recollection bore him right, those were not the words. Mr. Masser, said, "I plead guilty of negligence; I have not produced the ac count, but 1 will produce it." Mr. KELLY proposed that the Reporter should apologize, and be again admitted. A PARISHIONER said that Mr. Paxon was likely to be very materially injured by the report ; let the apology, therefore, be at the next Vestry.—(Laughter.) The CHAlRMAN.—Cientlemen, we had better go on to business. If you please, we will receive the Report of the Committee. Mr. KELLY said, so much angry discussion had taken place that he could scarcely see his way. NVith respect to the Report of the Co' in. ' mittee, he had briefly drawn up a narrative of their proceedings since the last meeting. There was nothing at all about Mr. Masters's account in it. The ultimate proceedings of the COIIIIIHUCt would form matter of discussion on a future occasion. THE CHURCH. At an ordination, holden by the Lonl Bishop of Bristol, in the Cathedral Church of Bristol, on Sunday the ad of September, the following gentlemen were admitted into holy orders : DEACONS.--John Kynaaton Charlton, B.A. Qaeen's College, Oxford ; James Cuishaw Parr. B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge William Ellis Wall, B.A. Trinity College, Oxford. By Let. Dim. from the Bishop of Worcester. ParEsTs.—Thomas Roupell Everest, B.A. Pembroke College, Cambridge ; John Lewis Capper, B.A. Pembroke College, Ox ford John Henry Bright, B.A. St. John's College. Cambridge ; William Carpendale , B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. On the 31st ult. the Lord Bishop of Peterborongh, licensed the Rev. Henry John Gunning to the perpetual Curacy of Horton cunt Pedington, in the county of Northampton, on the nomination of Sir R. H. Gunning, Bart. The Rev. Robert Ridsdale, M.A. Fellow of Clare Hall, and do. meiotic Chaplain to the Earl of Cork and Orrery, has been testi. toted to the Vicarage of Knoekin,Salop, by the bishop oiSt.Asapb, on the presentation of the Earl of Bradford. The Rev. Arthur Loftus was on Monday institpted to the Rec. tory of Fincham, Norfolk, on the presentation of the toed Chan. cellor.