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/ , i i ~ 3 . +1,4 .1 1 ) • ik ~~a Green. the agent- of Valentine Blake, E.q. Who hod petitioned the Howse against the return of M. Prendergast, Esq. for battery. The Petitioner, Mr. Creel). stated that Mr. Preodeirgoot. kit having say known residence in Gra►t Britain, the Petitioner -*nano( been able to serve isitivivith the requisite notices respecting entering into recognizance*. and t►raying an extension of the time allowed for that • translate. After a reference to the Journals, the order of the House of the 10th February was passed. by which seven days notice to the Clerk of the Howse f Commons is required to be given of entering into v.:cognisance, i►t cases where the residence of tl►e Member complained of is unknown. Mr. Greets, .the alleut of Val. Blake. gaq. *s► here called in. . and after being examined by the Speaker as to the character in Which he attended the House. the time for entering into the recognizance* was afterwards .extended to Monday se'onight. Alderman Wow) gave notice that he should inorrogo move for the appointment of a Committee OA inquire into the stale of the London Prison♦. EXCHEQUER BILLS. Mr. NIABERLY rose to move for certain *returns reldive to Exchequer Bills. Before doing so he requested the indulgence of the House to the few oisservetions which he 'should think it his duty to sabinit to them. It would be in the recollection of ;he House, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had, in the former Session, proposed, by t h e addi tion of new taxes, to establish en efficient sinking fond of five millions. He (Mr. Moberly) would not then quarrel with the means by which the Right Hon. Gentleman proposed to effect that purpose, though sit,doilliteilly some of the taxes laid on yres.rd most ileltri;y on the labouring classes of the community, by enhancing the price of the raw roater,el, diratnishing the demand. and costae t!uelitly thiowing the artisan out of employment. 11 al lolled snore particularly to the tax on wo.d. He had thought at the time, that the t .xis proposed by the Right Honourable Gen t.hlitaii would be unproductive ; for if the rt. was not employed how could he he able Tt, pay taxes? It was not fur this lie should find imy fault with the Right Hon. Gentleman, fur undoubtedly he was most desirous that the taxes sho , ill he as productive as pos-ible. but he did ti , :d v.ith him for afterwards misleading the llon.c, when he came down in February last. At that bone I,r ::new that the imports and exports of the year hail fallen short as compared wi:h the I.st year—the former via millions, and the Litter test millions. Now how was the sinking Lind of tits toillions to be created ? The taxes most he productive or unproductive. accurdiug to the increase or decrease of the exports and imports, •tod the Right Hon. Gentleman knew in February lost that they had fallen off, yet he then assured 'the House h.: had every reason to think his expec tasion. of a sinking fund would be realized.— The Honourable Member here entered into • cainperison and calculation of the revenue and expenditure (from documents which, though not yet printed, would, he trusted, be found correct), from •which it appeared that so far from there being mu excess of revenue to form this sinking fund of five millions. there was really • deficiency, and the country actu.,llv had no sinking fund at all. Ile estimated the deficiency at 838.3181. to which, if dm deficiency on the revenue of Ireland was added, the total would be above one million. In the last Session the Right Honourable gentleman bad waled 'a deficiency of thirteen millions, which had been provided for by loan ; and also he stated the unfunded debt as 10,600,0001. the amount of which he engaged to reduce. But to his Heat surprise, by the papers laid before the ouse, he perceived that the unfunded debt to J,,nuary, 1820, amounted to no less a sum than 11,698,0001., notwitlistandisig 10,600,0001. had been voted fur the reduction of the unfunded debt. He complained that the same system of temporary expedients were still pursued; and notwithsiand log the premise of a permanent system, they vet set med to have no end. The interest on the Ex chequer bills was never known to be so much in armor as vow, sod if this was • permanent system, he roust say he thought it was worse than the tern porsry one. It would be remembered, that when the Hight Hun. Gentleman brought in • Bill in the last Session to enable the Government to take FIX millions of the growing produce of the COOllO. belated Fund in aid of the current expenses, it was particularly approved of by the Hon. Member fur Carlisle; but surely he never could have imagined that the _greater part of that sant would be advanced by the Bank of England; yet this was the case, arid must be *a as long as the system should von - Wine of calling en the Bank for the arrears of the Consolidated Fund. The danger of this system was, that if the revenue should, its it appeared likely, fall short, the Bank would be again culled Owl; but as thew would then probably be paying in specie, and au tij.:ct toe run upon them for it. they would not be able to accommodate the Gusterrinsent, for it was the first July of the Directors of she Brook to :eke care of their own constitueute—and they roust end would do so. It was the duty of Parltameut to take care that thus should cot happen ; and they ought to lake cute that the public creditor was never pat in env bazar(' or doubt ps to his dividend. It the publie creditor was to be paid, then taxes XPost be laid no. but they would riot, hr hoped, be lases siffectitig the working classes ; but recourse mast be had to s property tax. to the amount he iihnuld recommend, of ten ; this might enable the Minister to take off other taxes, which at present bore hard on thr middling classes, and wauld be 'okra by them as a boon. Ile contended that the Cores Laws operated as a tax on all the community to the monist of the difference be tween the price at which corn could be imported, a , .d the price which was now paid. That wee • tax 100 which did nut go into the Exchequer, but into the pockets of the landholders and lie should thiuk that this was • tax IXIIICI) 110 Gentles:tau would con tend ought to be continued. He concluded by iterviag— " 'Mat there be laid before the House • Regime( all la chequer BM. sod Itiab 'ragwort Bills lowed batwing gib Massy,' iiit, sad Bib assuary, swims the bitterest issue% far what service, and soder the authority of artist Act." This CIMICII4OII4 the Escallops"' mid. that it_sreolist ho bet 4 soooessory sad improper for hies at this period to . „Faster Soto full 'spleen eie4ms.aiLdte.optvn which the HI,. .0•1 1 . 1 1'.. um had treated. as it mild be to egret pram. tut4ly diseusliog the pl•b if tinarroe Yw the ye•►, the impropriety of which was evident. On one or twit points►, however, he would make a few obser cations. The Huss. Member hail taken it fir granted, that the new taxes had all bided ; but although it wit *ell known that iu the first year anew duties they never were so fully productive, as there was much charged which did not come n► till afterwards, in the malt duty. for example, there we, a credit of five months , s bust taking the rectos and the arrears, it would appear from tile returns of three quarters', that the twirl would be very nearly as the estimated amount Mr the whole year. With respect to toe isiterest s.f lEsclorqutr bills, he could assure the Hunourab/e Member that it had been regularly lurid, and that • very large portion of those outstanding were in the pos session of tl►e Bank. It was • uiisuuderstandi uq of the I-Unions - able Member to suppose that he had ever engaged that the amount of taxes should leave a sufficient surplus to raise an efficient siuk issg fund of five nolliosis ; the amount of ouch • urplos could only be a-re►taused by experience. Mr. JOHN SMITH agreed with the Right Hon. Genilrman in the propriety of not disclostrig any part of his plait of flounce for the year, till the proper period arrived when he meant to lay it fhlly before the House ; and he expressed his hopes, that, when it was produced, it would he a. permanent plan : as the uncertaiiiry in snot respect was, he thought, one inducement to individuals to trod their capitals to foreign countries. Mr. Baeiito thought that, rotwitlistanding what had been said about u peemanent system, much of the fluctuation must be attributed to the state of the country, in which there had been constant changes; and lie could not say that a permanent system was so much to be desired as some Ho nourable Gentlemen seemed to think, unt►l the country had settled down to r quiet state. He thought that nothing was more essential to re store public credit, and the prosperity of the coun try, than a clear and suiboalitial sinking fund. He complained of the circulitioii of drafts out the Treasury at long terms hai•iog taken place on the Continent, as a means, hr imagined, of raising money in a way, which, among commercial men, was always e►teemed extremely disreputable. He hoped the Right Hun. Gentleman would afford the House some explanation on a subject which was ex. trernely similar to a tramaction of the hie Mr. Piti'a, which was the object of considerable censure at the time it occurred. The CHANCELLOR or the EXCHEQUER, in reply to Mr. Baring, explained the circumstance alluded to by him as arising out of our pecuniary trans actions with France, and that in a few months the whole would be closed, when complete accounts should be rendered. Mr. Gattf FELL supported the motion. Mr. BARING explvined. Sir JOHN NEWPORT raid, that if any alteration was to take place, or Hew taxes to lit laid on, it would he but fair flint funded properly shout.; bt ar at least a part of the burden ; as the fundbulder was actually now receiving a considerable bonus, he „having advanced his 'snooty to Government sit a time when the currency was gleatly depreciated, and was now receiving his interest In a currency whose value had been piece raised to nearly its ori ginal standard. It would therefore, in his (minion, be both cruel and unjust to make any alteration, or lay any taxes which should tend to increase the advantages which they already enjoyed. Mr. A 116111.11, in reply, observed, that as to what the Hon. Member who spoke last had said, hr could assure him he had no reference to the fond. holder in particular, but to the country at large. The Chancellor of the Exchequer hind affected to consider his motion as o call ou him to disclose his measures of finance, but lie would appeal to the House whether he had amid any thing so improper, or which could justify the Right Hon. Gentleman in taking that hue of reply. He contended that his former statements of deficiency were correct ; what hr had said was applicable to the whole of the revenue ; but the Right lion. Gentleman in his reply, had cotifilied 'morel( to the question of the productiveness of the new taxes only. The Right Hon. Gentleman had also talked of charges in aid of his trceipts ; but it was well known that there always were considerulde charges, on spirits, for instance ; or if there were not, the next year's revenue would be lameiitably deficient. The qiiesti 111 l was then put and carried. - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up returns relating to the etwil Lint of Ordered to be prtuttd. Sir G. CLERK brought up Estimates of Navy Extraordiroaries. Lord PAI.IIERSToN brought up further Esti. testes, which were ordered to he added to the Esti mates slreatiF before the Honor. Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up account« of the income and exprossistule nu the Consolidated Fund. IRISH F.XCHrQUER COURT. Mr. C. GRANT brought its a BM for thts . better administering justice in the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Inland, which was read a first time. Sit J. Ni.WPORT wished to know whether the reports of the Irish Judges, which were expected, had beets received ? Mr. C. GIANT replied that they were not yet received, though daily expected. If they did not anise in time. he signified his intention to go on without them. Sir Jou* Nawroar expressed an earned wish that they should be speedily brought before the House. Otherwise, as some of them would contain matter little short of an absolute subversion of pub lic justice. he should feel it incumbent on him to take some other method of bringing the subject be. fore the House. The Bill was ordered to he read a second time to-morrow. Mr. C. GIANT gave notice. that he would to• morrow move the Order of the Day for resolving the whole House into Committee 011 the Bill for regulatiwg Tres in the Courts of Justice in behind. The Bill for enabling his Main,iy to become President of the South Sea Company. was read a second time. Mr. Lestirecreor pee notice. that hr would to. mortar move the Order or the al for resolving the whole Moose int. a Consminao of Supply.. . kdkreroedwt twenty minutes paat seven o'clock till te.lostree (this de)). PORE' lON INT KLLIGKNC Ir. pARts PA PURL PARIP, MAY •. On Saturday inerning, before mass the King received Lori/ Spencer, Pee► ofAisglawil, in private ■odiesce. It appears definitively determined th it the report of the promo ageism. Lunt will he snide to the Chamber of Perri uu Seitorday, the 1351 of May. The Atturney•Gemeral will, it is mod, be heard on the Moseley following. Louvel will then be arraigned, sad the Chamber will determine upon the late of those persons who are partly compro mised in this affair. The law will bore again interpose a delay, and the trial cannot commence until the week after Pentecost. During this interval Louvel will be en. abled to choose his advocate, or in the event of hie refusal, to accept use who will be appointed by the Court of Peers. The Emperor of Austria was to leave Vienna on the sth of May for Berlin, where he will have an interview with the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Russia, oa the subject of those questions which were nut decided by the Congress of Vienna. Another atrocious attempt against the Royal Family has been defeated. The following are the authentic details of this important event : " Count Angles, Prefect of the Police, having received secret information that • scheme was amnged to he put in execution on the night of the 7th instant fur producing • second explosion under the windows of the Duchess Dc Berres apartment, Isis Exec Peaty, at half-past ten, repair ed to the Tuileries sud concerted precautionary measures with Marbbal Macdonald, Major.G I M. service, fur surprising the perpetrator in the act. The sentinels were removed, and disguised gendarmes and polite officers were stationed in ambush to inure his detection. At mid. night a man was perceived to approach, with cautions step, the private door which open. into the Rue de l'Erhelle, *here he deposited a petard. At 11 . : moment that he was shunt to set fire to the fuse by meags . 'of a heated seer, the police agents and military rushed upolihim. He was escorted to the guard-hotote, where he fainted. Oa recovering, he Lave his name Gracie's, and be was Won recognised, having been • Captain in the sth regiment of lancers of the Ex- Imperial Guard. 0,, his .person was found a copy of some odious ievectives seamed the Royal Family, in verse. On examining the petard, it Mea discovered that it contained about two pounds of porde,. The Attorney-General quickly arrived, before whom Grariers underwent as exa mination, which lasted from owe o'clock until six. In the comma yesterday two of his accomplices were lakes, owe of whom, named &don, was formerly • courier. It is supposed they are two individuals who were observed to post themselves, at the time of Graniete approach to the P. lace, one sear the Rue de Rivnli, the other iw the Place Carrousel, both of whom Red precipitately sin his arrest." Adviees from Madrid lu the 27th ult. have been received in ?aria by the regular courier from Spain, of which the following is the subatanee:-- " Several English aserekants have arrived in Madrid from London, to offer the Spanish governmeut a sum of four hundred millions reale at a moderate interest; the Provi. siunal Junta, it is said, has rejected the proposal, under the persuasion that on the asaembliug of the Cortes, the govern ment will del ire ample supplies from the immense resource. of the Peninsula. It is mid that the Spanish merchant■ have engaged to advance the required loam at the most mo derate interest." FLANDERS MAIL. saubseis, MAY 5. Later accounts relative to the passage of several English equipages through, aware us that they are in Net those of the Duchess of Kent, but that they only precede her Royal Highness, who will arrive in a few days.—(Joarnal de la Belgique, May 6.) BRUSSELS, MAY 6. Accounts from Ostend, dated play 5, *ay— " The suite of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, as well at her equipage, composed of a great number of horses and carriages, arrived in this town yesterday, to be embarked on board of the Christiana transport, which has come from Eng land on purpose."--(oraele, May 7.) 6RUSSBLS, MAYA. M. Moenen, clergyman of S. Denis, near Cour. tray, and M. Coulon, clergyman of Harigstader, near Furrier, are expected shortly in this city, to be tried for the offence which has caused them to he arrested. They are accused, it is said, of having preached against the oath which is required by the laws of the States.— ( Brussels Papers, May 6.) HAGUE. NUT li. The King'• health continues to improve, and no more bulletins are issued. His Majesty is ezpected to go to the Palace at Loo as soon as he is strong enough to undertake the journey, and it will not be till slier he has spent some time there, hi• Majesty will come to Brussels. FRANKFORT. NAT 1. The sentence of death passed upon Saud by the tiibunal at Manheitn, has been confirmed by the Government of Baden. The Plenipotentiaries of the German Courts at Vienna held their twenty-fourth conference on the 1114th of April. It is singular that there are still people who continue to affirm that the Congress has broken up. TILNIIA. APRIL 27. It seems that the Plenipotentiaries of the Ger man States are no longer stopped in their delibera tions by the discussions in the Committees, for on the 45th and 26th they had their twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth conferences. This rapid succession seems to iudicate that they are approaching the conclusion. LUCERNE. APRIL 24, The two Swiss regiments in the service of Spain, which are in the blood of Majorca, have acquaint. ed the Confederation, that, by the order of the King, they have taken the oath to the Constitution of 1912. We are informed, however, that no fo reign troops will be retained in the service of Spam. otooss, MAT 6. Tile Tribes,' of the pivot Instence has been copied jesterday andlo4lof iu the Unit ',die per. THE 13 RITISii Pit ESS LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 14. MO. A Flanders Mail arrived last night with Papers from Brussels to the Bth instant. The sentence of death pronounced on Sand, the murderer of KOTZEBUE, has been confirmed by the Government of Baden. It appears that preparations have been making for the reception of some member of the Rayed Family at Lliwsels, and hence arose the erroneous report of the arrival of her Royal High ness the Duchess of lirsc. We have received Paris Papereof Monday last. Spain continues tn. enjoy tranquillity, and the work of the revolution proceeds happily and triumphant ly. A Decree has been issued by the King of SPAIN. with the advice of the Junta, for forming regiments of militia throughout the provinces, with the intention, it is said. of immediately disbanding the troops of the line. The report that a French army was forming iii the vicinity of the Pyrenees, is contradicted in accounts from Iron. MINA is so unpopular in Navarre, that the people have prayed the Government to recal him.—An at tempt was made on Sunday night to cause an explosion of gunpowder under a window of an apartment in the palace occupied by the Duchess of EMMY, wita the hope, probably, or destroying by fright the last hope of the house of BOURBON. but the ruffian who under took to ignite the petard was seised with the match lighted in his hand. His name is GRAVIER, an ex-Captain of the lancers of the Imperial Guard. We hare received New Yin k Papers to the kith ult. and Philadelphia rod Charleston to the 10th and sth. The proceedings in Congress are brought down to the sitting of the Bth of April. On that day the Senate entered iuto the con sideration or a Bill, supplementary to the " Act concerning Navigaiimi," passed in April, 1818, the CIA of which are directly intended to affect the c aaaaa itiercial intercourse between the Colonies of this country and the United States. The first clause will explain it• operation : " Be it enacted, Ike. That from and afier the day of all and every of the provisions sad rekalatisma of the Aet of C,oagress mimed on the 18th April,lBlB, esti. Sled Aa Act concerning NatigstiOss,' be, and the sane are hereby extended sad made applicable to t►e islaatis of Cape Breton, St. /Oh s, Neirfoundlood, and their depoodesseles, to the &roods lamas, the Bahasa. bleeds, the Islands called Cakes, sad *sail ether colooice, plantatioas, imbued% sod pasiseasione, Istiarciag 141 Ilk seder the &minis of Grigg lkitaia, be the West ladies, or the Coittlaeot of Amer*, sea& of the With degree of mirth latliode; sod all sad web of the easements and provision of said Aet shall be consented as eatinedieg la, and as applyiog irk all -' t`l . ... • ami every of IM poilis - soioni, a lwiay pt Lees, sad islaids above roratioatd." The !envied clause enacts, that no goods, wareo, or merchandise shall he imported into the United States of America from soy of the above ptscvs, unless they are " truly and wholly or the growth_ produce or manufacture" of the said places. Am contravention of this law to incur the forfeiture of the vessel and cargo. The Bill having been read, and supported by Mr. King, of New York, 111 r: Macon, Mr. Barbour, and otheri, the ftirtit.r cussion of it was postponed till the fullowi,-.; on the motion of Mr. Parrott, Who thou i pat it " did not go fir enough." Six petitions were presented yesterday evening in the House of Commons from bodies of agriciii. turists in various parts of the country, complaiiiin 4 of the extremity of their distress, and peeving legislative assistence. In the representations eon. twined in these petitions of the severe distress that has befallen the occupiers and cultivators of land it all parts of the empire, there is, we fear, no mg. gerrtion. Bitter as the calamities have hero that have afflicted the manufacturing and com mr , c ,,i classes of the community, they have in no respect exceeded those experienced by the egriculturiats ; but the former, from their habits of society awl greater facility of communication, are geirtrally louder and readier than the latter in their coot. plaints, and phew less patience under the weight of their sufferiligs. The agriculturists are, however. not less entitled to the indulgent sympathy of the Legislature, and if the measures which they pro pose were calculated to relieve them of the dit.trrNT!, under which they now labour, the propriety of yielding to their wishes wonlil perhaps he little questioned. The error, however. of the leaders of the agricultural body is this : they do not seem to be aware that the clammily , they endure is iu fort derived froou the depression of the commercial arid manufacturing bodice, and while they aim at rut exclusive good, they destroy the very source and spring of their ultimate prosperity. They alarm themselves most unaccountably with the insegioary evil of being obliged to meet with foreign compe titors in their own market, but in keeping exclusive possession of the market they exhaust the ability of the purchasers. They indeed exclude foreign competitors, but they also exclude illative cow owners, and they will render their gloomy sove reignty still less profitable in proportion 34 they are permitted to render it more and more exclusive. An Winnable pamphlet upon the Injariour Consequences of the Restrictions upon Foreign eons. neerce has been lately published by Mr. Namur, in which the question respecting the restrict upon the trade in corn is very ingeniously ead satisfactorily examined. The author, who. entitl e s himself • Member of the late Parliament, and whom rumour points sot to be an eminent cirri !allot in the city, remarks very forcibly, that " the largest supply (of corn) which other countries h a v e ever afforded us, has not bees adequate to mole than an estimated sufficiency to supply three ur four weeks consumption ;" and that " this is not a supply which can annually he given to ti. Lc other nations, but is one which prtvions scrotum lotion, or a season of more than 'nod abundance, has enabled them to afford us." If this statemeut be correct (and that it is so we may safely cooclade from the very inconsiderable quantity, in com parison with what is required for our house con sumption, of both corn and flour, which, accord ing to the Parliamentary returns, was imported during the years 1817 and 1818), there seems to be no good ground fur the extreme alarm whicii our agriculturists felt at the notion of meet ing with foreign competitor.. The late in genious Me: COLQUHOUN estimated in the year 1812, that the quantity of all kind. of corn ne cessary for our consumption amounted to about forty millions of quarters. The most sanguine of our agriculturists cannot hope that sufficient corn can be raised at home for the use of our present enlarged population; 33333 e quantity there fore must be obtained front other countries ; and when we consider how small the portion must be, iu comparison with our wantl, which fo reign nations can supply us from their own super fluous produce—how great the expense must he of transporting such bulky and perodsoble articles as corn cud flour—the necessary rise in the price of corn even in the foreign market., which the ()veil ing of our porta most cause, cud which would be maintained equally by the regularity of the demand and supply, we may fairly conclude that the ave rage price of 1.1011 would be as high in the English markets as it is at present, were the existiog Corn Laws-altogether removed ; and we would forth , r add, that if corn were permitted to become a me diem of commerce freely titchasigeable lirtwrett this country cud the Continent, it would operate like as incense in the circulating metallic medium/ and infuse a spirit and animation into the commer cial concerns of this country, which, by increasing the abilities of the home consulates, would give an additional intimate sod energy to the native 'grind tura! interests. Wrre the inetessed restrictions now proposed by the sgrieultural body adopted by Parlisietel. we have no doubt that the result would be, W ieetiest in a iftutilegroe the existing sseborisesseeteso of tee oosster, The sviesiterielo dresiseewsp wilt admit t h at des proposed rostifedsee cas Si et so ions impl:tsted in the eland* off. tfie purchase, or the sale of the bales of nankin winch were ou board the Bores Ti which was ;wrecked in the port of Ostend. Tweettpone were sentenced to be im prisoned fora year: eight for our Month; and Him. teen are acquitted. A IEIMA. WASHIMOTOS, •Pllit. 7. A meeting of Members of Congrees i, lb be held ~,,, mew evroirig, for the purpose of norni naiin4 candidate" for President and Vice-President of the United Sinter. There appealss to be.a una• uinionr voice in favour of Mr. Monroe 's. President. Mach diversity of opinion prevails as to the candi date for Vice-Preaidelet. Messrs. Tompkins, Rash, Robert+, Clay, Mercer, and MOrtow, are all spoken of. It is vi ry doubtful whether a nomination will be made. Many will go to the Meeting for the !pur pose of voting to adjourn ; or, in other words, to defeat the object or it. Some think it wholly in expedient to go into • nomination at this time. Others will attend; •nd if the motion to adjourn al Id not prevail, they will leave the room. lam induced to believe, that if • nomination and recom• mendatiou should be made, Monroe and Tomp- KINS will be placed oil the ticket. A cousiderahle number wi►h to know the result of the New York election before they agree to nominate • candidate fur Vice-Prerident. You •ball hear soon after the meeting is over. /From the National Intelligencer, April 10. J General ♦'ireo, the Envoy Extraordinary from Sp:B6, yesterday arrived at the Franklin Hotel in this city. We have not received from authority rdly ac count of what took place at the meeting of Mem bers of Congress on Saturday last, convened by public notice, for the purpose of considering the expediency of makfng a nomination of suitable per sons as candidates for the Presidency and Vice- Presidency of the United item We learn gene rally that the meeting was shirr, about 30 Members only being present. The wortiiiig, indeed, was oce of the most on. favourable for the meeting that could be imagined, pouring rain the whole time. Mr. Nelson, of Vir ginia, was called to the chair, and it was determined in edict, but in what form we know not, that it was inexpedient for the Members then assembled to proceed to mike a nomination. I , fl