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r t n • l..n 'ate , offered a suMeient proefof the weft- • rug introthiciiig some alteration is. the (misting system : A Member, whine name we email got ascertain, said he w orld withdraw his opposition to the Bill, in consequenee of the Amendment proposed, which he entirely approved of. Mr. COURTENAT wished that the Anseftdawat should be introduced, as calculated to give full effect to the principles of the Dill. Lord CAM. and Mr. B. BATROMIT spoke sever. rally in f.ivuur ut Ilse Aniendaseat. Mr. Ban s eTT withdrembis apposition to the Bmeajment, w hich was, Neer fore, agreed 'Nand the Bons, reseenerd Sir H. PAIINI ELL brought op the Report of the Committee, which wan received, and ordered fur further consideration uu Friday so xi. •Th e t td th•• Committee of Supply, regarding the grant of 3N071/. to the Protestant Charter *heals of Ire land, for the current year, being taken into 'further • aon. &rat ion— • Sir H. Paltne.t.i. contended, that there wap reason to apprehend a Misapplication of pia of the Nun • • and mooed, as an aniendoneut, that the grant should* 4deced to 30,0 l. Mr. PeaL said, the sum was appropriated not In the Atl i:llion only, hut also to the maintenance owl clothium of the rhililrrii ; and that as great part of the grant had bees al ready espemileil by way of anticipation, the year being eons rated from the .15tis December, 1817, to make aey redaction et preset w••nlil he unfair. Sir 11. Pantry:2x replied. Mr. Bterreawnarn thought the Aim too large fur its prof, 'aril purposes, hut that to diminish the grant at this wasan of distress and disease in Ireland, world be nil impolitic. • Mr. tV. Slllllll contrasted the cheapness of "lineation in the nrw established schools in Esigl.itsil with the charges Male in the schools under consideration. After some ronversatine between the Csitittatt.Lolt of the Exeslegt rR, Mr. BASINGTOIt, and Sir C. HILL, the Amend. meat was negatived without a division, and the original li•-tuintiou'sgrrest to. Tbe Churches Badding Bill then passed throtigh the Co miller, the Report was ordered to be brought up tomorrow, and the Douse adjourned at Two o'CLocit THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY. MAY 3. 1818. lVe have received New York Papers to the sth lint. The following are extractib II VW YORE. MARCY! 31. The Fatima-re Federal Republican of Friday last, says On the aulhor.ty of two letters received in this city, oar from Cie A ide-dr.ranip of General Mins, 4141.4114 days Mute, the eth.r from General 31iiia himself, dated only twenty days since, we arc illPilfied in saserlinz, that the accounts pub liehril of that Officer's being shot is without foundation, and that his ,flan s ..re now in a more prosperous situation than seer they have been. On the mine day the same Pap"- states as ("How. :—We him , always hesitated in vino: full cresleure to the see iiiii lIP Of re rap:us, and death of General Mina. Letters are now in this est,. which the Dlitor is assured from a source on which he can rely, are genuine, whirls rewire it certain that hr wu. alive, at Warily, and Juin well about twenty-one slays since. xrw YORE, ♦PRtt. I. The motion aft red by the Hou. Mr. Clay, to wake an approin Milton for isertling a Minister to the United Pro vinces of La PMta, in South America, VMS decided in the negative, un Saturday last, Ly au urtratheliiiing majority of 70 ,'ors. alum* 31. Commodore Story, seem ding to a letter. recrivrel io Haiti. murv, has bees. imprisoned its Charleston, at the tustigatius of the Spanish Consul. Barbadoe? Papers to the tyth of March have been received.—Admiral ila avast hall arrived at that island in his Majesty's ►hip Antelope, accompinied by the tenders Flying Pith an.l I ere'''. The follow. ing sends liJil also arrived :—Ship Cartur, London; sebooners Wuirdoo, Porto- R 'co; Kitty and Searcher, T • ' hnl ; and sloop Aid, St. The following extruct of a letter, dated Grenada, 1411. February, 1818, had been addressed to his Ex cellency Lord Coustasszax, with respect to the souation of the contending parties in Venezuela, about the middle of February last :—" Your Lord ship wall be pleased to learn, that, with the 'lmp lion of Angostura, or rather Guyana, the Provinces of Venezuela are in possession of the Royalists, and are now in • state of tranquillity ; but it will require many years to bring them to the condition th acre formerly in." We have received Pdria Papers of Friday last. ri,ir contents •re not of any importance. itiiiitirgh Papers to the 28th last, which have hrrii received, contain copies of a letter from the Duke of BADEN to the King of BAVARIA. sod or Ike answer ttf the latter, which throw some light upon the urgociations long pending between the Courts of Niigata) and Baden. That of the Grand Duke c".siplains of the attempt to te:tr from !tins his tine.t provinces, and dispose of his succession during his life. We extract the following ." if it is mortifying to my heart to see how persons who have declared, in the are of the whole world, that they took arms wholly to destroy the dominion of arbitrary power, to intiodure Polo Europe a political v}stem, fuuaded vn the basis 1111 l 'Mill, suffer themselves to be iuflueaced by lase 1.1,,t that are made so them, that their tl. I , :f ire I. b, p.l with pri/Wilirrq that belong to me, end the preseevation of 161101 has been purchased with ti,• blood of my biihjett%—what a painful feeling must it exile in me slit is I see soy nearest relations at the head of those who seek to oloprtiM sae , awl who, nut routented with aCceptulg 'bat of sind. I :sin to he rubbed, Urge the execu tion of sistorsitr:s to shuts they ought weer to hare given their ell:welt r• MEETIiIC NEAR SPA-FIELDS. l'esterday morning, in consequence of plecards and public advertisements, signed by Henry Hunt, Esq. and Mr. Whittman, announcing that a Meet. lug would be held in Spa-adds, to patitiou hi. Royal Highness the Prince Regent for redress of grievances, &c. a vast crowd assembled near the former places of nieetik, in the vicinity of the Loyal Volunteer and Merlin'os Cave; but in consequence of Mr. Wilson, the proprietor of the ground, haring given notice by printed hand-bill., that he would not suffer his property to be trespassed sopon by persoeur attending the Meeting, the crowd began to disperse, from their toot being apprised of the precise Pilot fixed upon .for the intended Alerting. Application was unsuccessfully made on a publican, whose bootie is situated near the Islington side of Spa-tieldr, for the use of Iris premises, end subse quelotly the landlord of the Union Tavern, near Ilagnigge Wells, WAS applied to, and he acceded to the request of the applicants. A 4 soon as the arrangement was made with the landlord, a placard was hoisted upon a board, and Lazed. to the house, with the words—" Peace and good-will towards men." The crowd having intimation of the place wlrcre floe Meeting would Ire held, collected in great hers before the house, the interior of which was taken possession of by the C tier, consisting of the following per sous :—Dactor Watson, Messrs. Preston, Dog dale, Whatmati, I'. 11'140111411, Willittnison, Franklin, Cockle, Richard., anal Massey, when letter received from Mr. plant, which was produced, positively stated that lie should sail on Thursday last from. Ireland, and immediately on his arrival at !Milford, he should throw into the ina . l, and use every effort iu his power to arrive in time to preside at the Aletting ; limit if he was prevented by contrary winds, they would inform the Meeting of the cause of his atisence. It was generally sup. posed that the Home Department would have pro vented the Slretiog taking place; but it appears, however, that no such intention existed, and that nothing was ever iu dcliiierreion but to take those precautionary measures that would prevent a breach of the peace, The Mag:strates of the (lacua Police Offirces were at the Cobham'. Read Tavern, Coppice-row ; anti the officers of the various police establishments were placed tinder the directions of the 111agis- Irides, iii different directions leading to the Union public-house. Sir N. Conant directed the Bow street officers. and Messrs. Rainsford, Baker, Ro gers, nod others, were equally active in directing other civil officer. The militury were ordered to be in readiness, if they should be wanted, hut none „r them were no the ground. The conductors of the Alerting waited an xi ou sly f ur Mr.flunt More than an I r beyond the time appoiuted, and the c:owd called fur the proceedings to commence. when Dr. Watson, preceded .by tilt. Preston, sod the rest of the Comuni!tee, made their appearance in the front of the house, swim the roof of the bar. Mr. PRItATOM having disliked the appearance of the leads on which those most interested in.the ex-. hibition stood, fur the props were not very sit ttt it g. a numerous body left shut position in order to super intend the putting up of such quantities of timber as would secure the speakers, &c. from falling. As soon us these arrangements were made, he returned to his friends, who were all in the front, and were faced by a very quiet and good-humoured crowd. —At ten minutes before one. Dr. WArsott took off his hat, which was a pignut for commencing the bonnier'. Ile then addressed about 4,000 people, who had flocked lions the fields right and left, in the following manner:—" Friends wad fellow-citizens ! —A dtity is devolved upon me, in consequence of the absence of Mr. Hunt, which lam very incompetent to perform. Before I pro ceed to the subject on which we are assembled, I *hill take leave to read two letters which 1 received from Mr. limit, one of which was in answer to a letter from the disfranchised inhabitants of the county .A1041411~2 6 requesting dust he would take the Chair at this Meeting, his Mobility to do which hes placed me in tine eituatinii.—lßravo! brae° !) —The letter was dated 23 , 1 April, and directed from Middlrton Cottage. It stated his approba. Lion of the object of the Meeting, which was to Pe titiou the Prince Regent upon the subject of the distresses of the people-. He exp • il his regret at being obliged to go to Cork upon business which ad milted of no delay, and mentioned that the Meeting proposed deserved the most serious consideration ; that if it was managed with prudence, it might be productive of the must beneficial effects. Upon such a view of the subject, lie could have no possible objection to attend the Meeting, hut tiered lie should not arrive time enough in town to do so. Ilia absence, however, could be easily supplied by a more eligible person. The oh. ject of the Petinon being to represent the die. tresses of the poor and those approximating to poverty, and to beg his Royal Highness to alle viate their cowl - dim), it would he necessary to con_ eider that the only means by which that could b e effected, would he a Reform in Parliament, b y which the people would have the power of annuall y electing Metnhers to represent them. It should b e recollected, that the Prince Regent had no powe r iu granting the desired Reform, except merely tha t of g ivin g his ...rot to it. The letter further stated that the Meeting were already possessed of fin opinions upon that oueelion ; recommended the the Resolutions should be short nod to the point steel that care should be taken not to suffer it:ls crafty spy, or any one likely to turn spy, to lead the assembly astray, or incite them to do any thing which might he converted itan a pretext for further acts :lomat the liberty of the subject. It coil eluded with advising that the sigoutures of seven I 00000 seholdero should be tibleteed to. tie Petitioit, itt order that no objection might be made to it 011 that Neentillt. Dr. WArao!t then proceeded : I beg leave, in •• - • 'doe of those who Called that- Meeting togPtiwr, Mr. tiLlist was the only man tit Isis post of y on that day, when the calls of the poor eat.iisls- re quire(' him to be there, lie. anal Ise ossly, iittesisled to the request of the Continii ter 011 111:11. OCC.i.II/U. Previous to his arrival. Ise cosi-islered the rotttlut Lions in-Noosed for N kngth of time, llr piasairil out tier grievances that existed, stated the calutiii. ties ( stsd suffeirogs wider which the poor were 1111• pleased, and finding that the rese•lutississ eon. bodied massy of the Spencenn tiles, he de- Odra . Ilarx 'twre Contr.''y to the le,lu g of the corm/b., and the isriiiciiilsts express., u! by Jeremy Bengtson. After mailing the no-sc.-IW, Ire said, here are sonar good sentimehts, thtt Co re are others, for instance, thid of Hoowis, g the Imo! of the country into natirmal dominos. which formed au olilecuino to the adapt' or it. fir isteset..eif. that till this plisteiple tens titiatittbotWiy timl,rsl mid t o l d consented toot would be only Inen rise sit dos, f, gltrhmeu . and ineitme I brio to Cut each other's threat Mr. flout on 111111, Ns 01/011 all other occasions, spoke theliitigii , ige of truth ; upon liras-log what he had to say, i aillulretr thr lemons Limo. and reqrsr sled that Air. limit would draw out such as V/011111 bq hkel r to b.- arerlit..blr ; this Ire set :.pout, a nd youare :ti possession of the MIN! I Wilms lima the petition &awn upon theta. 1 shall hoer read Mr. limit's second leiter : " DEAR SIR—I am ibis moment :II Ito cid! for (.' , 4k with s fair wind, nail hope L i be there to. rli io s. A as 'll have mimed my buiiineror, I mean to if tom fi Waterford to Milford, stud co at wire ti ) the mad to Lou don, in hopes of Mine in 1101" for youte intend, :Meting on the 4th. If I should lie di !eyed by the Vim: :111/111 , /1 in lime, pray iiifiirin the Meeting theelose°, my oleo nee, and ss•ure them Ihce have my heart with Shells —.loins sincerely, "I!. HUNT." " Lriniplichtrrs' (fall, Monday morninz." P S If I Pm is time, you may rely oil my elating on Sunday, if not I will call on you after the Dublin maul as rivi s. " To Mr. 'Watson, Zt, Scrrey.atreet, Strand, London." I um scurry Mr. limit is not ',err tu-day. , t am sorry it has fallen to my lot to s u ppl y hi s plate; for he is known to be infinitely more evalsie of dressing you than I an). I n..* inform you, thtit this Meeting is called pursuict to ~,,, the Clerk of the Peace of the County of iSlitlitle>es: taw' by mtivertisernent. It is a 11eriitie by law, w; directed by the last-mentioned Act of P.irlitimioit. We are met under the Act. rdriimoe n t Its, dri,n o a line for our proceedings, end ite me it Is 6.ilittl amsembly. . . . . Ile would now proceed to read t.'w- Requisition. according to which the Meetior; was C 113% ClWti• lie hoped no interruption would take place to disturb the peace of the sssembly. e' r motto " Pence cud good _will to ell men "—( ,lpp ro eu. tion.)—Uuder the present law they were nidigeil to proceed In a methodical manner. H -re Mr. Wat son read the Requisition, signed by svtrii testtirtit householders of the parish of Sr. Matthew, Middle sex, mid directed to the Clerk of the Mr. %Vinson then proceeded :—They who heeled him would not be compelled to do or to agree to sow thing of which they did not approve. 11 their were any Magistrates prevent, he hoped they would 'lot consider it illegal not to omit reeding what they had now heard. It was the substalice oi the hiker tisement. lie would beg again to Imps ass Upon them the necessity of peaceable mid ottle sly con. duct. The success of their cause %-7y niticle trended upon it. They were called it'grilier ay la bowers and mechanics, a class of peep le Isom whom all the good that men enjoyed was deemed.— (3p plause.)—Thry would. he hoped, conviiice their enemies that they were deserving of the rights whirl, they were going to demand. Loud Castlereagh Airs reported to have charged the Opposition Members with attempts to Carry all their measures by alarm. Tbey would nut subject themselves to such a charge. The would endeavour to car y their lima• sures by reason.—(Applause.)—The present pious Ministers observed the injunctions of the satreil record ; they put bridles in their mouths, and then mounted Magistrates upon their shoulders. giving them the reins to hold,—(Applause.)— There had been much talent displayed upoii the siels ject which they were met that day to coosider. The hist person be should mention was the Duke of Richmond. He was a friend to Parliainenttery Ite.• form. The next was Mr. Pitt but, ; coon - ray to his juvenile opinions, when he Mlle into power he was the first to pot a gag into the people's mouths. The third was Lord Erskine; while Mr. Erskine, he was the friend of Iteforni, but now that he becalm a Lord the cause Was giveii up by him. Earl Grey also gave rip the principle', which, while only piano Mr. Grey, he zealously supported. Sir James Mackteiten.h, with great knowledge and elegance of latiguttge, advocated the same cause in an able publication. The mo ment he became Sir James Mackintosh he fu. got what he had said before. He would come now to the name of one person, whom be could not infec tion without grief; lie hoped, however, that prr. POll would still prove that lie sus wito the Pe )1)Iv ; the name to which lie alluded was that of Sir F. Burdett; lie was the man, who. upon a bosoer occasion, called the delegates up from the country. He met them in !ittite. mod lie addressed the pub. lie openly upon the cause which these delegates were Petit to advo, ate. When, however, his contra trymen weic suffering in prison upon the same ac count, Sir F. Burdett was not very ready to come forward and assist them. He would willingly hope better things from him iii future. Ills heart wa: good ; sod the principles once supported by hum, would, he hoped, soon bring him beck ream to virtue.—( d person from the crowd cried out ilia Sir Francis di,l not wish to be made a puppet of.)-- , He could name many others who had opostrotze,t from the principles of Major Cartwright. If the people therefore wished now to Atolls privtlegra. they should depend upon their oitli exertions, de termination, and fortitude.—(4pOiouse.)—.l 'r situation called to his !Mild the fsbi- of the 1... 1 / 4 end her young ones, While the fanner depended ul , on his neighbours to have his wet k dyne', it acs . • - ~... . , -i- 1 . tyi ev ---. ( k 1.1 , ..i .., ,t 4 ct • ~... 4.f.4-41k . ' s 'ea. .) C 4l:Wi l*. AO .. --- t..A 5, 1 •- - s.-_, , N.d 0 l ...) 40".../ /al ••• -..5. ' ' .•...est 111.-N,' . •. • THE QUEEN. I air FRANCIS MILW sold Sir HENRY lIAL VOID visited her 1 4 / 1 /ESTV a second time uu Sllle. day evening —and, although the QUEEN is not re. covered from her indisposition, are happy to ray she is much better. Sir FRANcI, 3111.51 AN sod Sir HENRY HALIPoiID attended the QUEEN yester day morning, for about two hours, and a few ►ni t►utes after twelve o'clock they issued the follow ing Bulletin : Tbe'Queeli has experienced a 31414 return a t Ream, bet bee Majesty has passed a gaud night, and continues better. " F. MILMAN . , " Chivies Palace, nay 4." " H. Hat.rOttD. The PRINCE. REGENT, and all the blanche, of the Royal Frailly, called or sent to snake their in quiries in the course of the dry. Prince Li:omm) crone to town from Clrreinotot, to pay loos personal and dutiful respects to the QUEEN, and attended her MAJESTY in the afierisoino, with the 11)iske of Volts, the Duchess of tit.ouccaten, Noi.l Prince's AUGUSTA. in taking On airing in the garden be hind the'Palace. • Sir Hammy HALYORD, no leaving the Palace, proceeded to Cumberland-honor, in tit. .I.onte,'s Palace, to make his Re the n Report to and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, of the state of th e h- a lth of the Quinn. and afterwards torocercled to Carl ton House, to snake the Report to the Powit.:E REGENT. The Queen's Palace was thronged in course of the day with the Nobility and p, vt dis tinction, making inquiries aa to the .t.de of the Quutu's health, and leaving Alen PUBLIC MONUMENT TO THE. MEMORY OF THE LATE LA3IENTED PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES AND SAYE COBURG. . - _ The Cenotaph Committee, after matii.•. Iv eme.l.lerintt the various communications they hare recrii eel, mid in roam-- mity with what they hate rear nu to Wiese is the wadi of the Public, hew s leave to sl a te th a t it 14 th e i r i ntent i on , should thew idiots be adequate, to con.truct the propmwil Temple of the Cenotaph on a true sufficiently vstrissive to admit of Its bring appropriated In the purposes of Divine Worship, aad conallitsied a Free Murk (Fur the Cummithir) BENI!. ROTCII, Jun. Yesterday the Patrice REGENT rode out on horseback for about two hours, in the Parks, &c. The Dukes Of YORK, CLARENCE, CUMIIFR LAND, and KENT, visited the PRINCE REGENT yCsttrday. On Sunday the Duke and Duchess of GEM'. cEsTRIL attended Divine Service at St. Georga'• Church, Ilanover•square. Prince LEOPOLD returned to Clsretnont last eveiiiiir, previous to which he paid his respects to the Duke mint Duchess of Cusrsent.smn, the PRINCE REGENT, stud the Duke and Duchess of You's. Yesterday the Prince and Princess of HESSE HOMBOURG left the Queen's Palace, in their new travelling carriage and four, with out-riders, and proceeded to Richmusid Park, which they inspect ed very particularly, also the homer, grounds., and prausises, belonging to her Royal Highness as Ranger of the Park. They proceeded from thence through Bushy Park on their way to London, and strived at the Palace about five o'clock. The Duke of RuTLAND arrived on Tuesday at his house in Arlington-street, from his seat Belvuir Castle. The Duke of DEvoissutat has issued cards of invitatiou to upwards of 100 distingui•hrd fashion ahles to a grand supper this esenitig, at Devon shire Hour. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hutrrt.• and family intend leaving town shortly for the Con tinent. _ - The Marquis of Lansnowm will give M grand entertainment to the Duke of GLoULEsTER. mud a huge party of distinction, on Suinby next, at Lanadown House. The FRENCH AVEASSADOR entertained a select party at dinner yrtitrrilay, at his house in Portland. place. _ _ _ The Euri of MALMESOVRT h•id • onset party et r yesterday, •t his house Betke ley-square. Lady HARRINGTON had • small party yesterday evening, at her house in Berkel e y- square . His Honour the MAsTEIt of the ROLLS, we are sorry to say, is seriously indisposed, and his not been able to sit in the Rolls Court fer the last fort. night. We have great pleasure in staling that Miss S. BOOTH es so much recovered frrm her late indispo sition, us to visit Cheltenham, iu expectation that the use of the waters of that salubrious place will perfectly restore her to her friends and the public. Mrs. !loves Benefit at the llaymatket Theatre, last night, attracted a crowded 1 splendid au dience. It was a just compliment to the merits of the lady, but was not more than what was due ex clusively to the excellence of the performance. Mr. Jonas-wax was never more happy in Dennis Brislgnuldery. lie kept the house in constant Laughter. The other parts were admirably *MM. tained, and the whole went off with mat. On Saturday evening. Dr. DAGUE. the Profc.sor of Music at the University of had a grand Concert there, which was led by the Norm'. *or, and conducted by Sir GEORGE SN ART. Milos GOODALL ivii% the principal vocal 'Mai awl .. .. ~..5.... ...„ p.‘,....„.‘..v... • tttrp , tc ,,,,, , t „ t ..., .......- ..,, ia o.cora to nave nos wort: (WM°, It ~i t 4 •••••• v•y mrosnx ul no rxrrinuroit rune waata ruin ran utPUAILL Wlll. me principal vocal performer, and „6„,,,,,,i,,,, ~r * .i i: ,, l b ,. b een wititeio, to !may J r ,.. i never attended to properly. The yoliiig books ssw Ipi • Yestrolay riling early Mr. Disown , the King - a I snug four songs , three of which were encored. as7saufacturet or hie country, and decrease the value of I het owl, fortutim.' They alleged that the Salttax porn- cr ivrd another letter fr Mr. Hoot from Cm k, i him coming into the field, but the another told Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Others i n I l Hint AlaiesTir's !ATV VIiIT TO THE CITY.— cafarfp affected the poor, who could not afoot to cod flesh 4 i Ilowoing-sireet, wish disputchrs Iron) Collsrline, ln our Report of the Examination of the Children proviaoins ; and that, a• it formerly occasioned marmots r l .. e t ti t l e i r et . /. ti 1 y og o a u tte w t i i l l i t i ,: i k ,.. e er t v h . e e i l n io n i r i, i i , o nd tLie t l i i i • i i:;k h o e f I , ls i them not to fear, as he tritsved to Inverts AIM lads. a t- i lions for the culture of his land. The former, .ii after an expeditious yinnory of live or six days. I sof the Nonional Schools, at the Mansion-House, on n s. l , l , d a t i l l s , s f e.: l nt: . n . ts among the tower class of people, the se- ,` Nlit, in a n p rt , b . bili t y , exasperate slim into floors here to anno•ilting olh•Itt the Spence/no prin. , however, was heard to decla,e that lit . would !.e4, i Government we understand, :restettlay received : Wednesday last, we stated erronroosly that the ~p,,,, a r a it: ,,,,. Th ey u ha efa ed, tha t white it was exact e d hi clibl , • It is Ill'e.1•!•311. t h at I .1.,,,,:d s: , y „ H „,, tbing i layout the work himself: upon winch the old link . i otelloge nee from iodia, that a general netiou has ! QUELIII haul ordered at sum of money lii be ilisiri- Cooxisott. al erect somber of were:hams sent their slops lo of those Spence:ins, tor it lia•. I regret t t o ka sr I: :oil: : tolitl to h er young ones. " Theis it 14 time for us t Ireland, he . virtanlted fur skew respective ao ) ages; 0111. ',eared on " The Seto Timel " taken l'lllee between the arms nosier Ciesteral lilts- I buted among the children. The mono, which woo to be moving."—(Applgare.)—Thou.4l, moos. of Lots and Meuse, in which Ile* latter was de- i very considerable, was Ilie gift of the LORD NIAYOR. Some it hot been ateoinke l d. was i e he e.rperionears had been t lieatimi was wade of those forming the society. I their friends had forsaken toetn, their was still J ii- be sa en t ti f r " ely ii , 6 l: 4 l ,.7 l '.77 h e e nt r f. l iv a a l i r ,: f It is in the retollection of those ' , resent. flout Nir. teated 4 1 1 11 great lose. Our hits it ;Ike) severe, but I end was distributed in sixpences and shillings to szee th lu r e i rs ir t ic e h rie w sf nn sr i h i !Went momigh left to support the Cause of Hermon. Itti o ffi cer of Funk we understand it. fullest. I the children. this impo,itwo" Hunt w.il at the hist Spa -Lteltk Afar:tog. 1 war They were still classed win, the old veteran, Major • .... , . • - . _ ___ . . _ 1 77 4 1 E TURF. The changes awl floeteatioes in betting yerteritay, from the public trials of the horses at Newmarket lost week, ashes the list very interesting to sportsmen. DERBY. sto spit Prince Paul 12 to 1 apt Sorcerer colt, 5 to 1 apt I Allegretta out of Csitinera dam 8 to 1 apt Hyale 29 to 1 agst Meroisider Bto 1 apt Seymour colt 20 to 1 apt Dictator. 9 to 1 apt Guy Mao -041111. 5 to 2 art Waxy f. out of I I to 1 opt Leo Briseis 10 to 1 apt Phsotom filly 3 to 1 apt &Gay CITY BUSINESS. Yesterday the Lonl 111a}or lichl • Court of Common Conitell at Gnil46ll, in consequence of the Order of the HIM*? of Commons for the rei tiros to be made of the Cit%'s ten ipls nod disbursements. The Lord Mayor laid hefure the Court Ste answers to the sever3l Addresses to the Prince Reteiet, her Majesty, the Princes* Elizalietli, and the I'rintr of Hesse Honthotife, which were read, and ordered to he entered on the/commas. The scireral Oriels of the Hoore of Commons, regeirisig the production of the City Acconota, were then read. The Committee to whom the Orders of the Hume of Commons had been referred, delivere I in a Report, recom mending that a respectful Pelitiou should be presented by the Court to that House, praying to he heard by their foliose!, wtlnesse•, anal agent;, at the err of that Hoose 'to rupport of the nod Petition, which brio" , read, and ■ mutiou to agree In lug made, an amendment was moved to mg. ee alit, tly Report of the Comitter, presented at a frrm►r Court, tee ttttttt tending the Account; to be presented which was negatived, and the original motion put and car ried—and a Petitiou toeing prepared, wait agreed to, sod to dried to be presented by the Sheriffs forthwith. RARA AV/S. On Saturday last William Prince, the Gamekeeper of the Earl of Mount Edgcrtmbe, shot, near his Lordship's man. si ~,,, a curious bird, which. on investigation, proves to he the Ihropne, and exactly resembles the one figural, iu T.I. want,' ("flea oo ioo gs of Natnral History, except that It is rather larger It is remarkable for a towering crest of long feallwrs tipped with black, and but rarely occurs, though& 'Migratory b:rd, in etas c..untry. It is common in most parts of the continent of Etirone, and ocrainonally found in lilt East Indies. particularly at 01 ton. Its usual size is that of • blackbird. At 61 recent Meetin g of the Catholic Board in r letter from the Ea►l of Domoucnmoitr was read, in which lie advisee the Catholic Body not to ', g uilt kitin g forward their question in Parlta ment, without u full and previous st.sturatire of the attendance and htlioport of its friends. A Brnoln tim,. however, was ',mowed— " That an ilegregate Malin, .1 M.! Catholics of Ireland be convened in Dublin, on t►e 9th day of May next, for the put pose of Cusillidering of the propriety of presenting a Peti tion to Parliament, on behalf of the Caii,,lies of Ireland." But this Itesolution wits negatived, and Titanks were voted to Lord Dunouunnkioah. Tire Company's attic; Inglis end Marquis Camden, arrived oil' the Start the hat instant.— They railed from Macao the 47th December, and St. lichens the 14th March. Compatity's shops Waterloo and Winehe/sea, sailed from ClllllB the 29110-Plovernber—ibe C a p e the let Mardi—and St. Helena the lath March.— The Weirdo° separated from the Winchrlsea on the 19th Mardi, and arrived oil Falmouth the Ist inst. TL e two 18.t.menii mie d ships left at St. Helena the Company's ships Carmarthen and thadort.— The Coltipait's ships Bourbou and Charles Grant, smiled from China the .2lst December last. An excelent Sermon eras preached nn Sniidar, at Hanwell, by the Bishop of CHESTER, for the National School, lately established there. The text was taken front the Bth Psalm, part of the 2.1 verse—" llnl of if,. mouth al eery babes end sodding' has( Shun ()brained sires:gilt." The new !Linking 13,11, it is supposed, will re ceive a few mmlifiesstions by next Session, but it terms far tenni the Minister's intention to abandon it. The principle of the Bali is grounded soll Pnblie Benefit, as it tends to increase the wearily of Negotiable Notes; anal the objection to lock up a Capital stray now he easily removed, by the ft.. ) al Fxchurge Plan of HAZARD and Co , the Con tractors a ith Graves ta went, to distribin e 107 Capitals through. out the country, including TRIM of Twenty Thousand Pounds, with the Scheme au arranged, that Twenty One Thousand Pound Prizes will be drawn in the first twenty t i ttt Iles on the KI`:G . II BIRTH DAT; Mid the Slxtli Drawn Prize shove 1,090/. moist he either 22,0001. or 2.1,000/. or 40,n00t.!—.411 Sterling Money. SALT DI7TIES.—Our Readers will probably be gratified hr the following curious account of the Debate in the !louse of Commons, on the renewal of the Salt Duty in 1731. It iv extracted from SMOLLETT'S Ilivtory of England, pd. ii. page 409. " No motion, diming this Session, produced such a warm contest, as did that of Sir Robert Walpole, when, after a long preamble, he proposed !bat the OM SALT, which shout two year. before had been abolished, should nos be revived, and Emaid tat his Majesty, his heirs anal succes sors, for the term of three years. lis order to sweeten Ibis proposal, he declared that the Land-tax for the ensuing year should he reduced to one shilling in the pound. All the Members of the country party were immediately in commo tion. They expressed their surprise at the grossness of the imposition. They observed, that two years bad scarce elapsed %ince the King, in a Speech from the Thruue, bad ex- Imrted them to abolish some of the tsars that were the must hnetheissome to the poor; the Rouse was then of op' that Ike fax *pox Solt was the most burihenseme and the most pernicious to the trade of the kingdom, all the imposi tions to which the poor were subjected, and therefore it was taken off. But that no gaud reason could be produced fur altering their opinion so soddenly, mad resolving to grind the faces of the poor, in 'Haler to ease a few rich men of the landed interest. They affirmed, that the must general taxes are uot always the least boorthesisonte: that after a maims is obliged to extend their taxes further than the luxuries of their country, those taxes that can be raised with the least charge to the public, are the most convenient anal easiest 10 the people; but they ought carefully to avoid taxing those things which ars necessaro for the subsistenee of the poor. The price of all stercsonrie. twill; thus Csibauceil, the wages of the Iradeamau and manufacturer will he undersold Ivy those of cheaper countriva. The trade insist of consegitence lie ruined; soil it 111 out to be supposed diet the lantkd grit 'lemma would choose to solve a shilling as. !hr pound from the Land-tax, by means of an expedient MO woxid ruin the 4.