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4 . -orts, :.a .. Alr. Daleai ARD asserted that he was in order in tint!' fer 1111 rcuuomy of the orit..et of their proceedings. Ile said, that whets the time of 'lay ing the hire of a ship came, they would then see, like all early tb Its , the I. het• had to dr frmy beyond their migisial t•alcul.st . Ile was firmly opittino that the hest coarse would hr to apply to I.ord Solmositli for • ship, who would give the ortrur try intimation to the Admiralty to have it iii o complete state. The Noble Lord wa. the proper Prro4 , lB. Serrrtr of State Tor Ilse Mole a Morning Paper, annnuncing his iatention of call ing a inweing, if no ether person (lid s for the pur pose of relieving the distresses of the atilispoy heisigs who were daily perishing in the streets. *Vs tin. solar day another letter hied a ppeared upon the name subject in soother Morning Paper, asst io resoweiseuce of the rutint having hero taken up br other seruttessen, isitUsil 'Sewed his lineable ser vice* on the Committee, peresatted that much good inight•bes • dune by the exertion of the common feelings of charity: Mr. Menne mid, the „subject had been several time, cansaseed be the Committee. mid that Mr. S , eploors had mast slily supported the cause, by an wiplirseti gggg to time Ailieinelty fur their co-opera tion; that'ilw Admiralty had agreed to grant all rcasserewidemesiatatice, and desalts'. necessary inquiry Lail learn made relative to a ship for the accommo elation of the destreeesed. At 1111k-tnsil a vessel bey. which . was in every respect calculated to re ceive tlw seamen; and it was to be belted dud sisiercentile marine would, upon ascertaining the somberw lit for service, give them employment as see . .ve as prositile. Mr. I /aixgrato declared, that it was wholly ttttt wresseiry to hire a thip , --a proceeding which wessililereate se very iwrious expense; for there were ow lying at l/eptfoed and Woolwich, two vessels 1 , 9 every respect adapted to the views of the Com mitter, and lowing slow the additimuil recensions.- elation of being attended with no expense. The ..DD.. of the two veseelito:which he alluded. were t'w Dedurgaerree and St. nerves*. bins useless at It'uolwo h wool Deptford. 'His only object ire murk iest; this communication was, that the Committee Awed,' cononetwe elwir duties with economy. slid be hied Ms elffilbt Ilia!, on an application to the Se crrtary stow time Home Ilepartment, the Admiralty would be ordered to tiring one or both ref dose veseels iiito the River, to I,l'OlllOlC the object of time Steeling. They might be had up in 14 boss rs.--(//e,w w . h ear .) • Sly. STeelltNe said, it might save lime if be now slimiest ter tommunications which time Committee hail already lwlettrith the Admiralty on iiiis 'abject. Ile (Mr. Stephens) had waited on Mr. Croker (time .144,14,118 y Secretary). as a sort of proxy for his friesid, Mr. Willwrforce, who was prevented by the wale of 'seethe? hoot going himself. The rtsult of this intereieer ass, than the Secretary promised every co-oprratiose se his power to protnote the views of the 31reting.—(blear.)—Ile had since that re ceived, ors the part of the Committee,- au official letter. stating. that the Loreto of the kliniralty were ready to second the views of the Meeting in the lost manner in their power. Their Lordships offered to place a ship for the reception of sailors its the care of the Committee ; they could not, however, give officers to it, or enforce discipline on Wind, as this could not be legally done by them to the case of others, who were . not *hen so put on board rept tarty entered for the service of his Majesty. When the Committee took this letter into their considera tion. they hail also before them an offer of the ship Cringes (a 74), now It *forgo at 131acksvoll, where it was employed. by the East India Company, for the ace tation or 'Awing in their rervici. The i;aager lad aczo 1111 l nalaiion now in a full state of readiness for 700 sailors. soil her use was offered ou th e mod e rat e terms or merely paying •the interest ern her Mow for the lie C * tee may waist her service,. From a review of hods offers, the Committee preferred the latter, as being snore eli. gible and cheaper. In consequence of u letter vehicle lee received from I.ortl Steleille (the First 1.4wel of the Atimiraltj) he had me interview with the Noble Lord this morning, and lee had the sails. faction to at quaint the Sleeting that the Admiralty lewd the wannest desire to efford every frua,ible as sistonce to give Ore ct to the laudable Irtoine, iu the pr tion'of whirls the present assembly teas eo grtgerl.—(Hene.)—Fle thought it right to surestitos that the expenses of Inho f e the Gariger would amount to (wily twelve guineas a month. Mr. 51ATTIIIEW 11IAW11,1 stated that time great object ow, to procure suitable clothing fur poor melon., but this should be dune with proper care nod artenti 111 l to the object. soul his respect of eilinnately ttrueuting, ettspluyment fur I • -elf by his own exertions. He had clothed many of tune people. There were three descriptions of sailors— eresei-of-war's men, merchantmen. and Eat !oldie Conopeolv's salon. Stone of the lint claws had pen sion's. The greet difficulty, lie would repeat. lay ire the veleetioso, fur witted of those who had hero telirved were found at once to have diaposed of their clothes for other stecessaries. The protwr course wnold In to leo.' these people clothes. or to ore that ramie were given unless the party really vermeil disposed to seek the prospect of employ snent. 11r. STEPHENS here read Mr. Croker's letter, slated Ad by, December 29, promising the use of a ship in the manner already explained in his Causer statement. Air. DRUNKARD thought this letter very moot's. factory. As to the 4..tertints that the Ail by could not supply Officers fur the ship, it was grow tenuous. They hod Officers aletody to superintend them where they lay, sod why n o t, as it would in coke no additional expense. let these Officers sic cesitrowny the ships up the River. ) The real fact swiss, that most of the poor sailors ibout the streets were KiSleltnes, and few of Owns lit for the ll ler. OSHA service ; they had either gone or been 11111 lorts!ell lulu the navy at • Isle pr • lof ilk, aisil I were *Mee the peace throws. off, Muhl the moat 41.101ValellelgelillS circumstances. Mr. MARTIN rose to order, and thought the comae which the Gentleman" was taking was teat ex actly that fur which the Alerting was converted— namely, to promote 111 subsciiptrun fur the relief of the distressed sailors. knowing that some time ago this integer had been beforeNhe City Magistrates and the Coalmen Coun cil, wished to know allot had beers done les the matter; or why it had limo abandoneelf Sir J. Susw Feeling I • self so poinrodly called upon, could not sit still without giving the best answer in his power to tits quest' just put to him, About eighteen months or tit° oars ago, the attention of the City Nliegistrntes in the time or the late Lord Nlayor, was called to the state of the metropolis from the influx of poo'r distressed sailors who were di-charged at the conclOsion of the war. The bliegistrates had had several initerviews on this subject with Lords Sielinotith and 3lelville, who .11. w. ell every sincere desire to assist in Velievisig these !root sailors. It was then arranged that a ship should he visored in the River within the jurisdic tion of the City of Loudon ; that it should be furnished by Government, have °Seers appointed by the same (inviter, and a reuser to attend to the distribution of provisions. All tragraets found in sailor's attire were to be conveyed on board and carefully remained ; those who hod been in the King's service, and were fit to be• employed again, were to be provided for on board, until the Admi. ralty put fresh «hips in commission, by which they were to he put again in the service. Those who were disabled from further service, were to be peas ed on to their respective homes. The men of co lour were to be sent by Lord Sideurnitle to Sierra Leene, or to bis Majesty's Colonies in North A us.!- rice ; and all foreign sailors were to be sent, under the care of constables, to their respective Con. aids. This arrangement was adopted seed carried into rigorous execution, and the moult was, that in a short lime not a vagraut of this description was to be found in the streets of London. If the Gentlemen asks why this ship is - not now in the River, end the same reguhitioies - subsisting (Mr. Dornford, G. That is the iniportmet part or my question"), lie (Sir J. Shaw) could give him no answer. lie had 110 slifficuliy in stating it as his own opinion, that from the mount" io which Go. vereement had acted me the former occasion, and in which he was persuaded they would now again act, the whole business might be effected as it had been before, by the aid of the City Magistrates, and without any public subscription. Mr. COMMANEY recaminended caution in the pursuit of this object. If the parishes really took up their several duties as they ought; Mid cleared the streets of such vs:mints as they found loitering in them, • gresc deal or the evil complained of would be removed. A number of impostors were among the loiterers, who would now be easily found-to encounter a second time the 'discipline of Bridewell. Captain FRANKLIN stated, that he had the cont• mend of a ship in the service of the East India Company. He could assure the Meeting, that a great number of the poor sullen about the streets were real objects of cloudy. He met, almost every thy, men who had served with himself, who were in every sense fit sod willing to serve again, but who could nut get entploymesit. The Imor fellows invariably said, what he knew to be true, that in then , staked and destitute coudition, nubady would take theist ouloatd. Those who were littiug out chips very naturally looked out fur young sod able men—they would not take miserable - diseased ob jects, who had been suffering in nakedness and poverty about the streets. His sense of the import ance of, this Meeting induced him to come there to-day to offer his mite, roil to tender his personal a.sistance if it were steceptable.-(App(anse.)— lie had done his duty its relieving the &Stresses of many of these poor sufferers ; he had lately clothed souse of theist, and got thena on board Captain Janteson's ship, dun ready for see. The great thing was, to get the poor fellows clothed, for the,. they could look out themselves fur that employment which he knew they were most anxious to obtain. It was oio later thaw Friday last stave be saw more than fifty of these poor fellows turned adrift, massy of ohms, he had no doubt, might have got out board, if they were in a state to be looked lit.— (Hew, hear.) Lieutenant GORDON, R.N. drew a most affect ing picture of the wretchedness of the unemployed sailors now lying in the streets of the Metropolis. About nine o'clock owe night, at the oud of last week, he went down to St. llotholp's;'Aldgitte, to one of these *retched receptacles Into which these Inner creatures sometimes gain admitnusi.e. He there saw, in a room 14 fret by 16,•en:arly eighty of them stowed together. He staid there amidst the tuffocatiois until 1w rm. eee i t bed nearly fifty, and had no doubt that they were really what they stated themselves to Ire—distressed sailors. One of them had been a petty officer, who had distinguished himself in the memorable action of the Shannon. and earuestly inquired alter Capt. Briske's address, raying, that if his old Captain knew his distress, be would soon afford hots relief. These distressed men, one and all, exclaimed. that in vain had they sought employment, they were always rejected as naked and starving beggars, lie agreed in the opinion that if these poor people were clothed, a great number of there would hod out employment foitheniselves. He assured the Meeting, that the pluce in which he f el these miserable men was, it, itself, es filthy nue sauce, awl enough tip create k general pestilence, and this was a luxury in their situatiusi,and to which such only could gain admiwitiii as were able to pick up 9d. io the course of the day. There wins another , which might be entered fur LI, As hr quitted this noxious abode, he saw several poor creatures loitermwolousit, who were unable to pris tine the scanty putative which would afford them shelter front the inclemency of a very frosty night ; they !helloed completely motionless from cold and ; and one of them, front the ap pearance of his I. IO E, was evideolly lahowing titider a fever. These creatures were constantly . 1 ) mg ilur the streets. The St. George'a tiatrole, not litany shays ago, took up one stotkrer alto lay in the streets, after being expelled Irons one of these floosies, where lie could 110 hoigrr 4111 y her his looting, and 1113 creature died in the ail of removal. Anollwr died in the same place. and under "ilia , Eill'UlliStillieVll. S . tar events occurred at Great !hermitage, ‘Vopionee„ and at Greesse kit. S a il ors , the Meeting well knew, were a very peculiar class of prolate. When they I . :I nie on sbllifr, and had their g Ireor .b.rper., or every description, who in s'asrvly robin el them. awl left them without a Their transit ttttt 170111 111,411/ 1 1 to want was, therefore pectiliatly sudden, and without any inter- • \ \, 1 vesting preparatino. in such • state they were. the m u st helpless victims Alit could loy found in the whole ritrige of araiiity. F .-1 (NW Awry) Mr. Blvrittej felt himself fille d "pros, otter what 1,4 Wien from two Gentlemen who lied ceded fin (Sir J. SWIM and Mr. Oininaney), to state the object of the promoters of this Meeting, mod. es an individual, to plead guilty to the charge, if such it wet, of calling the attention of the pub lic to the stale of the sailors now about the metro. pubs. The Committee load not acted so hasty or iiijudicions is part as to convene this Meeting, until they found all these means alluded to by the worthy Baronet quite impracticable on the present occa sion. They had consulted the. Lord Mayor, who saw with them insuperable difficulties. according to the worthy Baronet's plan ; indeed, difficulties of such a nature, that great numbers of the victims whose sufferings it was their object to alleviate, must perish before any effective measures could be resorted to.—(Hear.)—lf the worthy Baronet's notion of the remedy be a right one, then the mea sures of this Meeting, and of the larger one already agreed upon, will be quite unnecessary, and there will be no occasion whatever for the exercise of pri vate charity, so long is the Government and the City Magistrates do their duty. He (Mr. S.) was glad to hear this declaration from • Magistrate, who must be supposed to know the fact—he would re joice that the result fortified the worthy Baronet's present view, for then the only business of the Coin. 'entire would be to turn round to their subscribers, and say—" Friends, take bet*, your snowy, we have no longer need of it ; welte, been anticipated to our hearts content in this grWeliiikle of charity." Most heartily should he rejoice in this consumma tion of their labours. But he could not bring himself so to yield to this Battering anticipation. as to recommend a relaxst . of their efforts. They load seen the distress of the poor sailors in all parts of the town. They hail heard a touching descrip tion of it from Captain Gord 0000 0 who in the whole course of his honourable life was never more Ito 'monthly employed than he was in visiting these victims of affliction—a:rear applense.l— had heard the evil stated, and lie hoped they would apply to it their view of a remedy. It was not expected from him there to enter upon a proof of the mendicity in the metropolis—this was too obvious, too admitted a fact. to o i 000 es of lem Ines sure, various and complicated distresses were ob. servable, which the Poor Laws could not relieve; but these wretched sailors had iii general no settle. meant, or knew not where to apply for it. They were to be seen every day half-naked, relating their tales of distress and famine, with countenances cor roborative of their sufferiags. They were to be found seeking that employment which was denied to them. owing to their abject and forlorn condi tion, and surely this constituted no small claim for their relief and amelioration. If the Magistrates could remedy such u state of things, why had they not before now come forward and removed it ? It was not, be was convinced, through any back wardness on the part of their worthy Lord Mayor, fur when he was waited upon relative to the busi ness of the present Meeting, he instantly offered every co-operation ; he declared himself ready with 501. to aid their subscription, if that would do any good —(Applaose)—ood he also offered the Egyptian Hall for a public Meeting. His Lord ship pointed out how useless it was to send the pour creatures to seek a few pence from parochial over seers, useless something on a general scale could be adopted. Equally futile, but more indefensible was the suggestion of committing them to Bride well. To commit a poor sailor as a rogue and vigil bond, and t 'slo him aa suck because he was poor. forlorn, and houselers, was a sort of remedy which most shock a humane and feeling mind.—(Ap• plawee.f—The only photo which struck him was to call for public assistance in behalf of these objects, and then to apply it in a discriminating manner, and wider the observation of fit and proper persons. It was Arid that the Admiralty might do more than merely supply a ship—that they might do every thing which the nature of the case required. Thor was erroneous. for the Admiralty could toot at will apply the public money to purposes not authorised by Parliasneut—they could not legally ilo so.— (Hear. hear.)—But he the public aid what it 11114 y, there could be no doubt that the evil to be reme died was of sufficient magnitude to call for. in addi tion, a large share of private beneficence. It would be ill vein to give partial food or clothing, unless the men were kept in a proper place until employ ment could be procured fur them. 'I hat would be the only way of getting at the root of the evil. While pursuing this good work, they ought, and mould no doubt, avail theniselvea of every sugges tion which would be made to them ; but they could not delay any longer commencing their work. —(Hear, hear.)—Let individuals pursue. at their owu discretion, their own views of relief—the more the better ; hut let them, in one mode or another, endeavour to deliver from It state of distress. pitiable and nowt deplorable, a class of men whose sutler nig* must come home to the hearts of Englishmen. for they' had been their country's defenders, and dust co y could never see them, in the language of the Poet, driven " To beg their bitter breast " 'Through Realms their valour sas'd!" —(applause./—lt was impossible to view this state or distress without sympathy. and also without affording it every possible relief.—( Hear, hear.) Sir JAMES SHAW, hi explanation, said, he I►arl not doubted the existence of this di•trera in its most aggravated sliape; Ids only doubt was, as to the application of the best and most efficacious nmde of relief.—(Hear.)—No swan was more anxious than he was to relieve from statteritu , that brave class of men who had nobly fought ml7l bled fur their country. His only wish was, that the aid should be given ou a suitable scale, in conjuliction with Goversianeut and the Civic Magistracy. Fur this he was certainly most anxious, from a persua sion that without it no permanent good could be accomplished. This was his firm belief. from a kitowledge of the former ci►cuuistsice. when. by their united means, a much I:►rger number of sailors than could be now picked up were relieved throughout the metropolis. He had by no means said that this Meeting was unsteermary.—t The LORD MAI/UR said. that he attended tl►is Meeting. nut as Chief Magistrate, but iii Isis pri vate capacity as • man. anxious to I to its ob jects. After the observations thet must have all formed, and the statements they had heard, it WOO = 1 quite nnuecesery fur him to say dhy thin?, in con lirqpf of the disteesa t s 'hick prevailed nisson.c the unemployed sailors. Any mode of relief would be better than to delay further any active attention to these poor people, in the expectation of t.otor re effective plan being struck out. It was most to be wished that Government would go Wool in hand with them—but if they did not, they must go to work by themselves.—(Appleese.)—The grrot thing would be to commence with a discriminating plan, so as to separate the real sailor front the im postor. It was only last week, that, by getting doilies for some poor sailors, lie was able to pro cure them employment at the West India Docks.— If the same aid were afforded on a general scale, the same result must inevitably follow.— 1 I tear, hear./—He felt it his fluty to Niteroi there to-day, nod offer his services in the promotion of a hiv.iiirss in which the motto was " Charity." His Lordship concluded by saying, " They (the sailors) protect ed us in the worst of times, and we should prove unworthy of their future services and ungrateful for their past, if in their hour of greatest distress, we did not commiserate and relieve their situa tion."—(Great applause.) Lord Cocuitang said he would not trespass long on the attention of the Meeting. If they hail not been unanimous before they tort on the subject of the prevailing distress, and the imperative necessity of relieving it, the statements made in the course of the day must most certainly have made them so. —(Applause.)—lle came there with ast g and natural feeling for the 1 sufferers whose distresses called forth their sympathy, urid prepared to give his poor mite for their relief.—(Applause./—lle remembered two years ego the great subscription entered into for the relief, as it was said, of the dis tresses of a whole kingdom ; and the hopeless view he originally took of that subscription was borne out by the result. Great as that subscript' amounted to, what had it dine? The distress ails now as great arid universal as at any preceding period. But lie would ask, what had the Admi ralty done to relieve the !mom sailors ? 'They hail no funds, it was said. What then had become of the immense Units which they held and no nage(' I—were purposes of charity to be alone excluded from their disposal ?—( '/ear, Acur./ The Admiralty were ready, forsooth, to give ail old hulk, but without a single officer to see her fixed in the River, and this was to be the amount of their contribut . .—4 Heur.)—lt was of a piece with every thing else that they were ready to do for the poor sailors, to whose great and unparalleled ser vices Englishmen owed whatever of liberty they still possessed, oriel not to the exertions of soldiers, for whom such ample provision had beets made. if sailors were not protected they would abandon the country they had so gloriously served—they would go to America, where encouragement was held out to theni.—(Order ! questioa !/—The Noble Lord insisted that be was in order, arid would lint be interrupted. The Meeting was for the relief if the distresses of sailors, and it was essential that the cause of these distresses and their extent should he universally known.—(Hear, hear, hear.) — Writhing, as he was, under the infliction of unjust treatment from the Government, lie could not but feel a more titan cons interest for those who were exposed to equal injustice. It had been said that many of those poor 'serious had discharged ',elisions. Some of them Neurally had, but others, ' who were within a few mouths of the time which would entitle them to pensions fur their services, hail nothing. Nine years was the time of servitude, and why not put on board the new ships pot in commission such of these men as haul but a short period to serve, end let them there finish the term instead of taking up new men ? If the Secretary, or any of the Lords of the Admirably were there, let them come forward, either to exploits or justify their conduct. His blood rim cold when lie recd. lected the deeds of these men, and LIM the treat ment they had experienced. There were on itirrt jugs for the relief of soldiers; there were nu sol diers begging Omni the town—they had been well taken care of. The subject was too painful for contemplation. He again said, that some person from the Admiralty should have been present ut this Aleeting.—(4 Geutlesman exeliiimed ii We could riot compel their atteadastre.")—The Noble Lord said he was sorry for it. If they were here, as they ought, lie would not only she./ them how they could do all that was necessary, hut he would him self be ready to subscribe 1,0001. nut of his claim on the Dhotis. Look at the distribution of that fund in the Parliamentary Papers, and let any man say if it was conscientiously disposed of. He was s a tis.. lied that the present Meeting would do some tr,"4 ; but lie could not flatter himself that it mould he of that permanent nature which Mettle gentlemen expected, without the cordial aid of Guyer ttttt era. The true cause of the want of ruiploymesit for sail ors, was iii the fetters which the CllO/111101111 weight of boxes imposed upon the commerce of the country. The Noble Lord concluded by giving in live gui neas as his contribution, and wishing most hearty success to their attempt. He at the same time said, that Ise disliked the plan of consig . g to con stables the disposal of sailors, in the arraugenients hinted at in the course of the day. Mr. Z. MACAULAY expected from the Admiralty every assistance, and suggested that every informs time should be given by professional men to the Committee, to enable the members of it to dis charge their duty efficiently. Mr. STEPHENS said the Admiralty distinctly pro mised their co-operation. If the Noble Lord (Cochrane), in addition to. his subscription, which did hint much credit, would also lend his assistance to the Committee, there was no man more compe tent to give them effective co-operation. Auto 04• diers, there were many of them to be found objects of compassion in the streets, as well as pour sailors. The pensions and provisions for both services were regulated by Act of Parliameist, arid therefore the persons in office, immediatoly administering either, 'oust be governed by the rules of service legally instituted. Mr. STuitor (one of Ilse Society of Friends.), said, that the object of the 11erting was to relieve the distress of all sailors, whether employed in the King's o► the u►rrchasit service. Ile Irlt it right to say this, lest Inv imb.cription should he supposed to sipply to throw only wi n ) hail suffered in wars, whirls Isiv i o nic of thinking taught hin► were un lawful. Ile strongly reeo tttttttttttt economy in the iaNktaMM . irrnitgentrulP nt the Coni - ottittep, ti;t4patc;, , u executing them. . _ Lord COCHRANE. said, dint the ri as;nee why the risme was so well off was . , that it ic7a• kept up as tt whole, while the whole siaq were tor , ,iseis lip. Mr. LEtr hoped the t xeriimis of Goveromeitt would lie broieglit to hear upon this subject ; and if so, that the exertions of the present Meeting would be tttt iteil with a future one on the general subject of nersidecity. Mr. Itowcitorr drew o strung• outline of the op= pressive extent of the four's It ire% in the district where lie resided. They exceeded seven shilling; iii the pound. lle knrv► our ilitetuployed ware= house from which the owner derived no profit, that was first charged 400 i. for Poor's Rates, and afters wards the stem was ►educed to ecoi. The worthy Gentleman condemned any alluann to pnli!ics or details, where only gen►ral feeling and harmony should he cultivated. He hoped relines would always he kept alive, and free opinions passed upon them iii their proper place and on special occasions; but he deprecated their being intermixed with eine. citable topics. The better feelings of charity and humanity sl►ould alone be found to prevail on occa sions of this, kind. The introduction of irrelevant matter had marred a runner sttl►scription, and pre vented it from being as beneficial us it otherwise might have been. As to the efforts of Goverument for sailors, who could say that they had not been ah►e to their situation, when there was 3,900 sea• Mril and marines in Greenwich Hospital ? The list of subscripti was 'hell reud—(see Ad vertisement . 1—at ! !l thanks were voted to the Chair man, who hri►fly expressed his. acknowledgments for the favour done him. The Nltettog rhea separated soon after five o'clock. liotv.—Hultelay at the BJek, Exchtviscr, East laths, wad. Swat' S* ihmues. (For Foreign Intelligence, c. sic last page.) THE BRITI SQL . PRES S. lON DON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, iais. Dutch, Flanders, and Hamburg!' Mails have brought, since our last, Paper% from every part of the Contineut, the spl;►stance of which is given in our subsequent columns. We regret to find that the favourable Report of the state of Sweden, made by the Government of that country, has not truest fully borne out by facts. lis the subsequent deli heretionsi of the Diet, on the Address to his Maje%ty on the Report. an amendment was proposed and adopted, *fisting, that the people of property were unable to pay the ordinary taxes without danger of entire ruin, and praying his MAJESTY to adopt. as speedily as possible, measures to prevent it. The anti-commercial policy Gf the present Government, prepared us for this remit, and it was, therefore, with surprise we read the favourable representa tions. which now appear to have been to a ce►tarn extent fallacious.—His Royal Highness the Duke of CmastutscE recently paid a visit to his intended Convert. at .Cusisel. We hare received Paris Papers of Tuesday, Wednesday, mid Thursday . last. The law tots the Journals, prohibiting the appearance or all political periodical works, without the special au thority of the Kt St 0. until the end of the Session of 1818, has been adopted by the Chamber of Peers, and receives) the Royal Assent. Orders have been issued by the Court of Madrid to proceed with a levy of nerdy Is,ooo men, fur the pi-racist year, to he drawn by lot from all the rried between the ages of 17 and 36. Several of the numerous rxeu►psioos from personal service, which were formerly allowed its Spain, are u•. longer in existence; and as the new system of tistat:ce embraces every species of property, and equalizes the pecuniary burdens of the State, • so does the present ballot subject all lies sons not actively engaged in the perform ance of indispensable civil am) religious duties to the military service of their country. A key of this description was in France denounced as an arbitrary and cruel measure. and the con scription was deservedly the object of universal execration. We are not aware that the legitimacy of the Government will in Spain change the cha racter of the measure, or whether the iieople will endure this last outrage on thei► personal liberty. On the 31st of December the Five per Cents. were 61 1. 60 c. ; Bank Actions, 1,46 a We have received New Yolk Papers to the 3,1 of December, anti Charleston to the 7th. Thy.! repeat the rumour of the cession of Florida by Spain to the Uuited States ► upon ativatitagemo term.. It appears from an article in our subsequent co lumns. that the Antelope owes tier safety to her good fortune in having sailed bow St. Lucia the day before the hurricane came on. The Courier, in continuance or ite late inibcciie attempt to degrade the character of Dr. WAISoN, returned yesterday to its rr ucrinininolift of gslt" against this eminent Pulite nod worthy iimn, whose only offence Wag illatTriltlerre of t onl,l and a conscientious supped or gr Mime- W big !.tio• promos. tor„ as :Serrelasy of Stale Tor site Iloto i ‘ priairilispoit, it was los slortsi iltil) to l o w AI th, tor•ots In his poser to 'or% rot that isivrrdibleti I. 111. 4 .11•111 IRI6IOI was ostsw so gs ',ridgy felt S IP , •lil.l..rii. Mr. Doitanuto terns Sir J. Show present, am 1 .4 , a. 4 . tihihih ~~ .. ~ `