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PASHIONARLP: IyTELLICENCE. 11010-41;0rib, the name of qiintakeil and Old nine A brother achotil-fellow of hla, no 141.; a man than the Ilarnuiti of lluckgmbam, ipet, and reeuguised him !milt ita Ireland, and with the moat roasted solicitude of friend ship, dill everything hut assist him, in obtaining a troop of dragsmos, which 1w bad much at heart. TICS 51.1., minor, abould then hare had the eulogy of ;hate mach elder art than than My years! In those early days his exercises, read publicly in school, gave Me uaii ripation ref what time awl advancing years have brought faith. He was an admirable rehidar, and a poet from nature; forcible, neat. and discriminating. The fame of his igandsire, the of Addisun, was not hurt by the descent to hint. Ilia sister, who was the beauty of iVindsor castle, and the admiration of all, early excitor' a passion in a boy then at school, who afterwards married her. Of this sister lie ' was very fond; but he was not less so of another female at %Windsor, a tensed since terminated in a better way with his present wife. Ilia pamphlet of Onticioation, it is said, places! him . where he since was, tinder the auspices of Lord North ; but his abilities were of better quality, and deserved a bet ; ter situation for their employment. Lord Peowortrr, then lord Irintlaor, hail to boast !some distinctions, which kept bin, aloof front the boys of his time. lie was of that inordinate size that, like Pal- I sit " Cour STUMP yards 011 even ground were so many mikes to him ;' and the struggles which he underwent to raise himself when down might have been matter of in struction to a minority M miser. In the entrance to his ; dame's gate much circimispeetien was necessary ; for, like some good men woof rover, he found it difficult to get is. Lard Leif vault had the reputation of good selitnar ship, and not mide servolly. In regard to poetry, how coo., lie was sometimes apt to bask the eighth command ment, and prove he read more the Mane Rtnneuses than , his Prayerohook. Inheritino it from Lord Townsend, the father of caricaturists, he there pursued, with nearly equal ability, that turn for satiric drawing. The master, the tutors, slender Prior, and fat Roberts, all felt in rota tion the effects of his pencil. There too, as well as since, he had a most venerable af fection for heraldry, and the same love of collecting to old titles, and obsolete mottos. Once in the military, (From the gsg/reo Spy, Part 111. I be hail, it may he said, a turn F" arms. In a seal of this kind he once eot over the natural mildness of his temper, The LITTLVION—father and son—Conned two and was heanl to exclaim—" There sire two griffins is my opposite characters in their times. The former hall a ills- 1. /Omifir that have been missing 14c.w Three centuries, and by hartiolud turn for pastoral poetry, arid wrote some things • (; )71 hare them Icwk again !"—This passion was after at Eton with all the enthusiasm of varly years, and yet I wards ienproveal into 110 perfect a knowledge, that in the with all the judgment of advanced life. creation of l'eers he was applied to, that every due ct•re- The latter 'hoard thin-, in some traits of disposition, mania' might be observed ; and he never failed in his re what was to be expected front bun ; but he too loved the collection on these antiquated subjects. Muses, and cultivatol the TOM PLUMMER gave then a specimen of that quickness Ile there too displayed t he strange contraries of being an land vivacity of parts for which he was afterwards famed. ardent admirer of th.. virtues of classic limes, while he was But not as a scholar, not as a poet, was he quick alone ; cheating at chuck and all-fours ; and though lie affected j h e was quick too in the wea n ;; en4s of things, as well as every species of irreligion, was, in filet afraid of Ilia own the right, With a plausible aroount tofollow it. 1111440 W. In tact, lie was born for the law ; clear, discriminating, The whole Nowt"; family have, in succtasion, arlornai • icious, alive, and with a noble impartiality to all sides this school with their talents which in the different branchts of questions, and which none could defend better. This were various, but all of mart am! vivacity. To the younger goes, however, only to the power= of his head ; in those part, Dampier was - the tutor ; who, having a little of the heart no one, and in the best and tenderest qualities agreement with Frank North on the hunth'ell oder°, coining lof it, ever stood better. Ile was liked universally, and down from the terrace, at Windsor, they adjusted it, by should be so; for no man war ever more meritorious for Frank North's Telling his tutor very quickly down the b e i ng good, as he who h a d a ll t h e a bili t i es w hi c h some whole of them. The tutor has since risen to sonic emi- times make a man otherwise. nente in the church. In the progress of life oiled changes often, and body Lord CoH I.DsoNnt: LEV was early in life a boy of great almost always. Both these nth s, however, 611%1.11 to con parts, and they leave coutinuesl so ever since, though not trailict ; for his talents and his qualities retained their lively one". virtue, and when a boy he was as tall as when a man, and Earl of Brea is:foram was a plain good scholar, bitt apparent ly the same , would have been better at limy other schoul ; for lie was no Lord 111N1'111 N 1: Rim r, from the earliest period of tri pod., anti a verse is here one of the first requisites ; be" fancy, had all the marks of the Aliontagu family. Ile had shiers, he had an impediment in his speech, which, in the a good bead, and a red head, anil a Homo nose, and a hurry of reloading a lesson hefore a number of boys, was turn t o th e ars amatnritt of c hill, and all the writers who always increased. It was Inculcated to him by his (taint— may have written on love. As it teas its the b eg i nn i ng _ .that Ise must look upon himself as the reverse of a woman ma y he sa id now , in everlthing, and not bold—that s r ho o va "deliberates Though in point of schalorship he was not in the very is lost.' first line, the di seemlant of Lord Sandwich could not but UM Chaplin has issued canal of invitation for a ball on tbq let Jona, at Mae Wane in t ir:illon.stre,i. Mr. and Mr.. I 'WWI' entertained the llowafec Duci ta r of Rich. fl ood and a dhaitioriti•hed parry at dinner on Thu y, at their haulm in 11MrMrIA..n•rt. Lord Ilchtrave hail a strand dinner party yesterday, at his house in Groarrrita,ntinris. Dowager Lady Salmon has issued cards of invitation for a b o ll on Tonalty, the 4: 2 th inoiti:l, at hl.r br'a'e in 'innherl.nd.strect. . , . Vul:llseles Ifitior. Wirt. entertamed a izrge p rtty at diniar yes terday, Olds Itnisse . s3 !lea Itt..l . ldAtoc..,trePr. . . - "J;fin iVeyl3 d. E. 141. hid a dinhiltiatty yeatertlay, at his home ID COrklarri. The lion. 31r.. lb-v.llO entertained a Loge ty of Lishionables year/they evening, at her - hoax in Portland -1i e. The Connie.. of Cloailli. gave a most in lint A Al 111.111141 id eirosohly on Thimollay evening. et her house in Privy.gardrns, to i *r AIM T41%111111 id the highest diatinc:inn. Six f ,l Ol l l , were thrown open. The grail, gallery of fine Finnish tapestry Tlfunted the prateat delight to all the visitors. The great di.play of chins, gold plate, nod other ilertrrioora, were super:). Among the dis tinguished petwavagys proicot wee.. The l'ritirea Saugloyko 4 I 'n...ut .Munster; the !hikes of Grafton Aid Athollt the Dot-hoots of Kichningd, Leeds. and Dorsett tic Margolis of Dandy; the Slarciriont-os of IViucheovr; F:nrl IbltbY f the Earl of Shaftesbury ; the Connie.. of Cathcart ; the Earl and Connuiss rind the ladies Coins:tie ; Lord Duncannun: lewd De Dunoanville; the Earl of VVestutorland and Lady I. Vane; Lords litretortno, Sydney, anti ifidnionth ; lord and Lady John Thynne; Lathisitfahnun and Cumidiell; land ilayo: Lord Rod Lady Carrington, and the ltlisses StLith; lady Win. Wynn, Ai. . AC. Si e. ... .. _ . The Owners:l of Saridwkh has lift town, for her b&nt, Hinchin or.tokr, Uunting.loo. Lod Geortte 4.e.nnow has left town, :at his seat, :4laleolin, Suisse:. Atrivals Fentim's ilatel. St. Jai. s's-atreet :—M. IVevill. Zs+ AI.P. tram his seat in Viirkshire; IL Norris, Esq. Irmo his Neat, Ruin Park. Dams; Captain ster.iri, 15th Iltessars, from a ?mu.; and - l;aplain fl n k P.oker, K.N. ditto. Arrivals at tl#e Ifriash Ilioel. Jerniymstrret :—Captain Bust, Ma !Mit; rtaill Campbell, Esti. from his scat in Essex; and . yce , %op from a tour. Departures:—The 31i,sco %Whim krt. ter Cheltelphipp. Art! at o flinaltrs Jeemymatrcet :—.3lr. and Mrs. ran roll tw,. trims ; G ~ Om onger, from Hampton ; A esandre. rm. from loosest. Seven Oaks, Kent; and Ow. frau Citeltavihani. RECOLLECTIONS OF .1N OLD E TONL4X. Lord HAMA' N n T ON was a boy of much natural spirit. lo the great rebellion under Forster. when all the boys threw their hooks into the Thames, and marched to Salt kill, he was amongst the foremost. ,tt that plate each took an oath, or rather swore, he would be el-4 if ever he returned to school again. When, therefore, he came to London to the old Lord Harrington's, and sent up hit name, his father would only speak to him at the door, in sisting, at the same time. on his immediate return. " Sir," sail the son, " Mishit/ I shall be 11-41 if '1 do!" " And I, - answered the father, " will be d----d if you don't!" " Yes, my Lord," replied the son, " but you will be d—d whither do or ins!' liaaav Cow way, brother to the resent Marquis of Hertford, though younger in point of learning, was older than his brother, Lead Beauchamp; but he was not ass forward as to slim this : a somewhat of mo desty, a consciousness of being younger, alwaya kept bins back from displaying it. In fact, they were perfectly un like two Irish boys,—the Wades, who followed them, and who. because. the younwr was taller, used to fight about which was the driest. s. A 'lime well known for Barnard's commenda tion of it, and fur his exercises in the ;Wimp Etliuccres. lie was amongst the best poets that Eton ever produced. K lassie AW, son to the late Doctor, of Leeds, and since' Fellow of T • • y College. When his father would five taken him away. he made a singular request that he might stay a year longer, not wishing to be made a man so early. Many satiric Latin poems bear his name at Eton, and be continued that turn afterwards at Cambridge. He was remarkable for a very large head; but itabould likewise have ability, and h' hail it; hut this was so mixed with the wanderings of the heart, the vivacity of youthful ima gination, and a turn to pleasure, that a steady pursuit of any one object of a literary turn could not be enacted. ;isms.—Some wen are overtaken by the law, and same few overtake it themselves. In this small, but happy num ber, may be placed the name in question ; and a name of better prmuis.•, whether el man or boy, can scarcely be found any hi re. At school be was oi the foundation ; and though amongst the I. 'ollegers, whin. the vies of future life, and hope of better days, arising from their own industry, make learning a Itecossity, yet t.) that he added the better qualities of genius and talent. As a classical scholar, he was admirable in both lan guages. As a poet, be was natural, ready, Anil yet dis tinguished. Amongst the hest exercises of the lime, his were to be reel:tined, and are yet remembered, with praise, For the medals gireii by Sit John Dalrymple for the best Latin poem, he was a eamli late ; but though his produc tion was publicly read by Ihtetor Forster, and well spaces of, he was obliged to give way to the superiority of another on that occasion. Describing tho u hiding of the Thames through its banks, it had this Iteantiful line:— " Radii entn.bileas radii sinuamine ripas--." Perfect as to the picture, and beautiful as to the flowing of the poetry. Ile bail the good fortune and the gond temper to be liked by everybody of his own age; and he was not enough found out of hounds, or trespassing against " sacred order," to be disliked by thus.: of greater age, who were I set over him. he witted, their wasrt good deal in it. On this he.til, his father avid to ho!il fnrtb lu the faun try. Ile was, without a figure, the head of the school, awl was afterwards in the mind at the University. Atter pascing through all the i!lfferent forms at Eton, he was ninor•ctil to Cambridge, where he disting►►ished himself not less than at school in trials for different literary honours. • ~l~rhuilAw, under 113rnanl, dist i oguishod hiorrielf very early as a scholar. and fur a logien' aeuteners, which does not often fall to the share of a boy. Ile was distinguislud There he heenrue assistant tutor to Sir Peter Darrell, who then listuncil to his instructions, and has not since forgotten thew. too both by hind and by water; (or while he was amongst the most informed of his tittle, in school hours, in the playing &Ida. •is the water, with the etirbratell bUatman, The DeWitt Free Jourisal of Wednesday says— " We are happy to :tare it in our power to state, that the Governor and Company of the (lank of Ireland have agreed to lower the rate of discount upon bills from five to four per cent., and that this regulation will be carried into vfll'ct this day." my palms piper, at rrirka, or in riming, Ike was always the breinost. Hs nseil to bow, that he should in time be a.! goal a boxer father wiet, though he used to add, Aa r i never could he exactly known, as he could not de cently have a set : to with him. FA . W Exta, II:410r, with the time turn fur Elcalque as his luotber, but snore oniat imueituoum in is manner, more unritiervati its him behaviour, then maul- A petition to the llou3o of Commons is in course of sig nature, praying for inccvliotion into the cireummtanees which led to the condemnation of Mr. Smith, late Mis siunary at Donernru. and for the personal safety and pro tection of all other missionary labourers. l.ie, rpm! r. Snaqd, what ha has siuec dawn, thy bun rieunt of every so eicay, sad was then, as since, the admired companion in every party. 11 r t 'A.:. Amongst the best tennis-players that Eton ever sr tit up to Windsor, where he always was. As a trot be distinguished himself greatly, by winning one of the sairdals given by tier John Dcdryinple. flits exercise on occasion was the subject of much praise to lb. Forster, then master. and of much envy to his contemporaries in the sixth form, who said it was giYen to him because he _ It is eimsidered pmbahle that Sir George rh..ttryntl, at no very distant period, V. ill resign the ('hair at theStaltbrd shire Sessions, on areettut of his removal to the family seat at (:rent Warwickshire. He gave notice at the late Sessions that he should bring the subject forward on some future occasion.—Dt rhy The subscriptions at the Anniversary Festival (on Thursday) of Qom' Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, amounted to 1,134. was had boy. These were his arts; besides which bu b.'. many tricks as any boy ever ha I. llc had iwthilig when prcrwiter, The lkr'si Mereurp sayP, " Our theatre was °pencil for 1111 Thursday, when Mr. Kean appeared in the arduous eliaracler Richard Mr Third. Ile performed (Ara. en Friday, and Sir Giles Orer-reneh en Saturday ; thus exhihiting the versatility of his powerful talents to the lovers of the drama in this town and neigh bourhood." and of rairse ruling under Imes, of ili;:mity about 1 • , or of what might enforce his authority. When he ought to base hem angry, some monkey trick always Gime across him, and he would make a serious eon:plaint 11,4ainst a little boy, in a hop, atop, and a jump. Mn!crn ii c. //aVillg a great pretlee,:ssor befivre him under the appellant)? of " 1 blutungue," heil always a consolatory comparuon in this way in his favour. In truth, at times lw waisted it, for he was what has been termed a geuiNA : but he was likewis:.• NO in talent. Ile win an admirable pot, and hail a neatness of expression seVom discoverable at such early years. In proof, may Ike blinught a line fruru a ,11.40 pocin uti Cricket : " Clavigeri !Mit without—viral) radii." And anotherynseraping a man down at the .11. Zia 'loud : . . The intrepid and meritorious individual, Mr. Sadler, in ' tends to ascend from the Cattle-market, Lime-stieet, on Thursday, the instant, Lhould the weather prove fine, l and if this should, un,. , rtunately, net be the case, on the first fair day after. We hear that this ascent is under tarn to gratify R. H. Peel, Esti., of the 341 Dragoon Guards, and to make a number of experiments on a new plan in the inflation of :talfoons.—Lieerpoo/ Co ilc i er . Thursday se'nnight, in honour a opening the Rochdale t ;as IVurks,Alr. Sadler, accompanied by AI r. Platt. a gentle man fmm Lire rpool, made a mot successful and imposing asc: nt from the satin workv, the balloon being filled gratu itoesly with gas supplied by the new company. On Monday the 3,1 lust. the foundation stone of a monu ment for the late John Earl of I fig - smut' was laid on the top of Byres-hill, sit (tan tl on the north side of I laddinvtoll, and the pmperty Of the Noble family of llopetottn. Several Lodges of the craft convened at Iladdiugton, and walketl in procrsaion to the summit of the hill, attended with a band of music, when the usual formalities were observed at lay ing the foundation-stone. A great concourse of people from Iladdirgton and the surrounding count)). attended. " Radii arAcv:ai The scratching of the foot on the musty door is admirable. During a vacation bond Sandwich kwk him to Holland ;! and he aporttd on his return a ,Dutch-built coat for teatty weeks. The boys used to call him .1111uhr..r .11ualli6ige; hut his common habit of utklity soon got the better of his coat. _ ---- ----- He ruse to be a young man of great promise, as to abi lities; and died tuo immaturely tier hie fame. Tie K rt., the elder. Jfanu firagig yearn eapile should have been his motto. Hy natural instinct lw loved fight ing, and knew not what ftsr in.s. 1k went amongst his cotiim of COMMON mexcm. bC4TH OF LORD laßox. A Courier *mind in titian yesterday morning with the distressing inteltigcsee of the dere.Ase of Lord Byron, at blissolonviii, on the Iftth of April, after an ill ness of ten days. A coM, attended with inflammation, was the cause of the fatal result. Lord Sidney O i shuene's kt. t-rs from Corfu are dated the 27th of April. His Lordahip was about to proceed immediately to Zante, where the body ha.l arrived. Lord Byron had prrfetly recovered from his illness in February: which was ofßrute a different nature from that und,v which he che,l. _ he followin g is a translation of the Proclamation which War irstted by the Greek• Authorities at Nliswlonghi, to the grief of it• inhabitants, who were thus arrested in the ce lebration cif their fishier festivities : PRI/V(74ONA GOI - EItN3IENT . OF GREECE. Tb:prewnt days of fcattivlty are consoled into days of bitter la. mentation fur all— _ _ lord Noel Byron departed this life to-day, about eleven o'clock in the evening. in consciluene: of a rheumatic inliimunatory fever, width had lasted for ten days. Ihtring the time of his illness your general anxiety evinced the proforma sorrow that pertadnl your limns. All e1.111%,11, without distinction of sex or age, own:a:wit by grief ) entirely forget the days of Faster. the death of this illustrious personage isgrtainly a most cala mitous event for all flreere, and still inner lamentable for this city, to which he will eminently partial, of whieit he became a citizen, and of the dangcn of which lie was determined personally to par take when circumstances should require it. Ilia munificent donations to this community are before the r yen of every one, anil none utilimot us evR Call , ed, or ever will cease, eonsider him, with the purest and most grateful sentinsebts, our benefactor. - 1 ntil the dispositions of the National Government regarding this moat calamitous event be known. by virtue of the Ileum of the Le. gills , ore, N 0.314, of date the litis October, IT IC 011111 AIMED. I. To-morrow. by II 37 minute-gam shall be fired from the batteries of this town, equal to the number of years of the de cca.ed personage. 2. AU public offices, Inehtding all Courts of Justice, shall be shut fir three following Jays. . . . . . 3. AU .hops, ''except those for 'embalms and modkines, shall also be kept abut; and all sorts of musical Instruments. all dances customary in these days, all sorts of festivities' and merriment in the public taverns, and every other sort of public antsemetit, shall cease during the. altnve.namod period. 4. A general mourning shall take ;sheet for 21 dare. S. Funeral ceremonial shall be pectinated in all the churches. A. MAVRtN'ORDATO. GlOllOlO PRAIDI, Secretary. Missolonglii, 19th April, 182.1. We understand that at llissolovighi the grief that per vaded the inhabitants did not require this notification from the Government. Mounting was deep and universal. The Greeks have requested act' obtained the heart of Lord Byron, which will he placed in a mausoleum in the country, the liberation of which was his last wish. His hotly will be brought to England. Ills Lordship leaves one daughter, a minor. THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY. • I REFoltlif IsTfrCiLIAMENT. 1 A Court of Lowman Counfil fur the (7ity of London was held resterday a% fluildhatl, pursuant to a tripaisition so the Lord r ftlafor, for " A Rpectal Court, to cahsidcr the tr of pet!. tirmg Parliament forthwith to institute an Mon into the state of the mprese.atatkis of the pm* In the [louse t:ouvunnits, and of directing the at:lntim% of - Paeliatnent mire especially to the r'sesat: inequality thltt tour exists In the representatlOn of the trict comprising the city of London, the county of Middlesex, the city of iVestminster, and the borough of Southwirk, Cont. pared with that of the rest of t h e kingdom. us It regards Pendia. taro s proterty.' fie taxation, that distract returning urn members to Parliament. While the icrt of the kingdom returns CM. with a riew to obtain ouch reform its may be founded upon the true prin. ciples of the Britiah (ktnstittlikin. At twelve o'clock the ('outs was not vt;ry numerously attended by Commoners, and but one Alderman (i tedey) was on the bench. The Court h.aving waited newly an hour for the arrival of another, The Loan 31A voit rose and said, that he had attended one hour earlier that morning to the business of the Justice-room, in order that he might arrive at the ('lnirt in proper time. It was equally the duty of the Aldermen to give their attendance tr enable the Court to proceed to business; but it appealed that they were guilty or an ottraordinary neglect of duty towards the (:owl on this occasion, though they we punctual enougli In their attendance un public companies, eheie a guinea was to be received. (Hear, hear.) It would become tieesotary fur him to leave the Court in a *hurt time if another .llderman did not arrive, awl that probably was the object of their negligence. However, lithe Court wished it, he would call them together again on an early day. It Would be useless perhaps to continue to waste their time much bore by rernaitting there, as every Hentlentan had probably some business to attend to, and it was to b.: apprehended that the pre. ICDCC of another .lldernsan was somewhat doubtful. In a few minutes aKarWa7tl; Mr. Altre;ll7l.hristophci Smith entered the enure. FRAUDS IN THE CO.U, TRADE. _ _ _ . ..... .-.. ... ..... ........ .......... wes Th e e nter ll d iT p, s: ), Al h - o e R ho sa ped id, he th s a h t up the time of the Court unneceswertly in mak a statement to o b uld fm not e the be c h or kne' ere s d of as the tak 4l l7l: which he wished to give publicity. There were present a great 5 many fraudulent and pretended companies. actually in rtistence or about to be brought forward, by which the public and the fair trader were equally cheated ; and in particular there were many foul practices carried on with respect to coals. The t'orporation of laruion had taken steps to remedy the evils under which that trade laboured; but in his opinion the object could never be fully effect ed unless the matter was refe rred to the Goal and Corn (•.nnnuittee. It was sperilied in the advertisements, that a particular wet of coals could be supplied to the public at a rate much lower than it was possible fairly to sell them. The custom was to supply an inferior sort of the WOW denomination. Thus, for example, of 11'swa. end there were two sorts, one at 34 shillings and the other at 41 shillings. In that instance a fraud to the extent of seven *billings might be practised. He then held in his hand • bill of which thousands, he believed, had been circulated. It professed to be Is sued by " The City Phesnix ('oil Company.," acting " under the immediate inspecti,m of t'te Lord Mayor and l'otporation of Lon. don." .Ind so successful had this pretended company been, that a person of so much sagacity as to be a Judge of the land was about to have given am order. under the impression tEst it was a germine and fair-dealing establishment, if he (the Lord Mayor) had not undeceived I • . This company offered to supply the best Halls. end coal, at Ms. 61 per clialdron. The Coal and Coen t'omniittee had, he believed, proposed mane regulations, to meet this evil, and it was desirable that they should be brought forward as soon as possible. .. .. . _ Mr. BLEAnEN obserc.ll, that the projector of the company had been already fiord for fraud. OFFICE OF WATER 11.111.1 FF. It was referred to • Coinnrittee. to inquire concerning the duties and emoluments of the office of %Vitt? Bailin; vacant by the de cruse of 31r. Howell. This laudable institution, the object of which is the prevention of crimes, by the admission of the offspring of convict*, and for the reformation of criminal poor children, celebrated its thirty. f'ITY BONDS. Mr. JAMES then preeented a petition from certain holders of sixth anniversary yesterday, at the Albiuu Tavern, Alderagate city hands, against the reduction of interest. street. The fluke of York, President of the Society, was prevented After a few words from Mr. Pavel', Mr. S. Dixon, Mr. Alder front taking the Chair, ris he was expected to do. The non. Mr. man (. Smith, and the lord Mayors The petitioners were called to the bar and heard. Janice Park therefore presided. The dinner, served up to about ninety gentlemen, was excellent. After which, the consideration of the petition was postponed. As anon as the cloth was removed, the professional gentlemen PARLIAMENTARY 1(1:FORS!. present, among whom we noticed 3leesre. Clarke. Hawes, Goo). The requisition for the Special Court was then read, den, Fnewilliana, and Collier, sang ".'too .Vidiir /Mmise." 3lr. FAVEI.I. said, that when he considered the volumes of mat ter that might be extracted from the records of the Court, respect. " The King" was then drank with three times three. Anthem -, God save the King." ing this great quistion, during the last forty years, and when he " The Royal Family." Glee—" Mine be a cot." considered the mass of petitions which had been presented to Par. figment, and which iniein continue to slumber under the tables of " 'l'he Ihilie of York arid the Army." Glee—" (low merrily both Houses until the day of resurrection, unless the attention of wr lire that soldiers be." .• The Duke of Clarence and the Navy."—" Rule Britannia. .. the country was arous4 he felt that he owed no apology fur moving the resole noes with which it was his intention to conclude. 3lr. Justice Prise said, he rose to protium: the health a their This gene question had resisted all the attacks of ingenuity •and flora) President , which he was sure would be drank with a great sophistry ; It had survived the calumnies of Jacobinism, and the deal of pleasure. They must all regret his Royal Highness's atioence , _. but he had received a letter fr ont an o ffi cer belonging to otheropprobrious ceithets formerly applied to its advocates and the Royal 'hike'. star, saying, that his Royal 11 ighnesies duty in to no one more than to his I r onl o htp, and it would at last obtain that consideration which it amply deserved. On the last debate in the Douse of lands prevented hi.n f attending the Society on that occasion, which it hod been has full intention of doing, and Parliament, notwithstanding that nearly 200 Members were re desiring to assure them that the institution had ha best wiehes fur turned by corrupt influence of various • descriptions, lewd John its utimett passible sucen Russell hail divided Ina in its favour. It had become an object of t no trifling consequence, and for this success It was much indebted " The health of his Royal Ilighnese, President of the Institution, to the :relines eeertions and independent feelings of the citizens of and sueerns to the institution," was then drunk with considerably applatlae tendon. lie could not conceive, indeed, how it could be opposed. 1 Sang—" The Whirligig World." By Mr. Fitzwilliam. Etery man professed to be a friend tc the ConstltUdOn. Scarcely a STEPNEY: liasEt.i:E, Esq. then rose to ropetie the health of speech wan terminated without such a decl a ration, especially by gentlemen who were not the most friendly to reform. He would the View- Presiden t s. Ile regretted they ha d nut the pleasure of enjoying the mammy or mon of them titan appeared K . b e ask them what they meant by the Constitution ? It was generally then prevent; but their indimemoble duties in the Howse of understated to mean the union of King, Lords, and Connuons. The power of the two former wise not decayed or abridged. The king Commons alone prevented their attendance. It was, however, with grist pleasure that he saw one of those Honourable Gentle- hail nut only all the means of an immense government at hiadiopoul, men then with the-in--one to whom that Instituti o n ow e d much but such was his happy lot, le: reigned besides in the hearts of his (applause); and not that Institution only, but many others its subjects. Forty years ago, the Howie of Crenniona had resolved that great metropolis, which bad for their o bj e ct th e ame li orat i on that " the influence of the l'rown had increased, was increasing, of human wretchedness, and the advancement of human happiness. and mg" to he d i min ished." No one pretended that the power the presence at that honourable person prevented him front tit- and privileges of the ',oils were not as flourishing as ever. But ing snore; but the couipany, he was stare , could well appreciate tine what was the state of the Commons P Where were their Reprcaen. benefits which the exertions of that respected individual conferred tatives ? lie °amid propose th erefore to Petition for an inquiry, on mo i ety , as he believed there were very strong reasons .for suspecting that The health of the ‘'ice.Preitidents was then drunk. something was wrong. ((dear, hear, and a laugh.) On every Mr. Justice PANG, in returning thanks, said, he was extremely Turnpike Bill the House of C'entmons appoint it CAnnmltree of sorry the office and duties of the Chair had fallen on himself. Inquiry. Surely tiler could not refuse one on so momentous a secieg tio he did so many gentlemen around him much better qui ,. question as that afll•king the repretientatiim of the people in Par lilted ; but lie should always be happy to do the utmost in his !lament. It was a favourite nrgument with 3lr. l'anning that it W 321 power to 'emote the interests ot the excellent Institution they important that the 'lnure of Commons should manifest its juilg were then commemorating. l'or the many years he had had the meat independently of the sense of the people, and he quoted the opportunity, by the public situation he had tilled, of witnessing instance of the Revolution of 11388. lie (Mr. F.) admitted the fact the great Iwnelits it produced tat society, by retrieving from ruin to be historically true, and he was so far thankful that the House the children of those who had by their crimes forfeited their lives had bad the ;sneer, because its exercise had laid the foundation cf to the laws of the country., and by correcting the early vireo of thesuceession of the august Family now on the throne. But he others, who if left unrestrained, would perhaps have finally finite would thew that even then the House needed to have some popular to the same unhappy end ; he telt convinced that thee Institution, feeling mixed with it. The lewd Mayor, Aldermen, and fifty though not so prominent as many others in this metropolis, v 33 commoners sat in the Convention by which the Crown was tyana. calculated to do, and did, in fact, render much essential good to the ferred from the House of Stuart to that of Brunswick. (Hear, (gantry, and deserved its most cold's' supports hear.) The present system of close Wrought' was a violation of the Glee—" dell , smiling morn." statute of Eileen' I. and the !Sill of Rights, both of which rc. The health of the Treasurer, Samuel Dosanquet, Esq. was then quires] that elec e tions should be open and free. l'here ntet also a resolution of th House of Commons that it was a high breach proposed, and drunk, of their privilege's for any Peer to interfere in the eke- Mr. Beset:tau Fee, in returning thanks, said that he had the thin of a Member, yet how notorious were the instances of honour °l'M:lunging to thin eerie' y more than :10 rears and he re- interference. The inequality of the representation was anoth.r • grated to say that he never retinanhered seeing sat few of the friends sourer of grievance. The borough' of ()1a Sarum, Castle Rising, of the Institution present on a n y rennet occasion ; whether that and Newtown, in the Isle of Wight, sent as 1111111 y RA the cities of circumstance was to be attributed to the weather, or to a want of I.:widen and Westminster, containing 30,000 electors. The electors (cattiest feeling towards the Soci e ty, h e multi not say, but he feared In Cornwall, who sent 41 Members to Parliament, were not equal it was in some degree to be assigned to the latter cause, insomuch in number to those In Nottingham, who sent only two. To an ! as their receipts were considerably diminished. But, aeuin, to what increase of Representatien London, Westminster, and Seuthwark, was that ten be attributed ? Was it because they had lu st the charm of had an unanswerable claim, both as regarded population, pro- I novelty ? lie was aware that new charities were greatly more limy, and taxation. fly the late census, die inhabitants of the emaciate: ; but their Institution possess:el enntething much metropolis constituted 1.1 eth of the poeulstion of Great Britain more than novelty to recommend it--it possessed the advantage and Wales,but they had only one ftieth share of the repro of thirty.six years experience. by which its merits had had 1 sentatien. The other nine pare returned A4ll Members, while a fair opportunity of being proved, and all its ohjectionable perts 1 the great cities of leindon and Westinineter, and the 80. removed or corrected. Butt perhaps it wank' helohjected to them i muith of Southwark, returned only ten. With respect to the that they were too retired in their proecedmes ;it was trite, they ' claims of property, they had a pretty good trot by the had not so much in splendor and attraction as other societies, returns of the property tax, from which it appeared that of tel which however were nut on that account the more beneficial to the millions ranted an hill, seven millions were paid by this district, public. Hee was it nothing, that sines. their last Anniversary four nearly one-seventh of the whole. The corrupt state of the Terre. young women ha,' gone out to service, and seven others were , sentatum produced other consequences not lug pernicious. It gave ready to go as soon as situations were provided for them, Was it rise to a system of favouritism in licences and ciw.traets. During , ntalitug, that seven young men had also, since their last meeting, the war a merchant hail first to negotiate his business with the , been apprenticed, :-.11 three others were prepared to be so; all of Treasury. The wrathy member then alluded to the evils resulting whom poste-ma the merits of honest industry and religious feel- 1 from the construction of Committees in the House of l'ommains. ing ? The lion. Gentleman then concluded by expressing his All he intended to ask for at present was inquiry. ll'hen was I thanks for the honour they hail done him. the question to he set at rest, if not in time of peace P lie then re- Thc let Alit MAN then rose to proposes health which, when it was (erred to sonic statement read by Lord J. Russell, in the house of considered how much waselue to those gentlemen by whose unahat- ; Commons, to *hew that there* P°lnd" members were, on all great ing laimMlea the business of the Society was carried on, he was sure' tloroionas overruled by the corrupt majority. lie had conscien would meet the approbation of the company. This Society, notwith- I tamale weiethcd !besot:lee( in his mind, and he had carefußy di standing its diminished funds, had sent hirth upwards cut 1,01111 pie- I vested it of all patty feelings. Ills only guide was the pure prin. mine lute the world, good undue:Ml nieniberiot isociety,capable, by I ciples of the Britiah Constitution--his object the preoervation of their habits of active ualustry, and by their well-regeletee m ora l e , o f I tie rile' of the (niece' of London. The late Duke of Richmond Laderingervaatial service , both by their labour and example, t o th a t I had to d him in his youth, due the influence of the Aristocracy was great class of society to which they themselves belonged ; and it was I so great, that he einikt conceive no mode of obtaining relief but by 1 Fr.,' i,yicg circumstance to know, that not more than four or lire force of runts, which he did not Teenillitles 11, or by the gin of ul thin:: iiidiyidefes, who had been thus early trained by the Phi- • the Minister. fir Ofri F-1 troolil have it by neither of flies? huttlimpie institution, lied lost sight of thew prineiphos w hi c h it i means. Ile would rather that it 'should proceed front the 'reps's. Was the Olkjeet Of that Institution to inculcate and bad brought I tore, after due imit,iry by a (natutitose ot the House of Commons. upon them the l e nient. of offended lustier. Ic e then proposed the 3I r. Pie himself hail said that if the Members of that House had health' of the " l'ainianitice and Visitors of the Institut him" . 1 ANA 33 been retell:11 stewards of the public, if they had kept a diligent Mn. G return ASELEE retued thenks. He said every effort had been ileek on the administration of the tinanses, it they hnl bren con stitutional advisers of the executive branch ef the Gevernment, tried in order to du allay with the objection urged egniteet the Institution by those who complained of the secrecy lof the (amine:. and steady and continued friends of the people, the hi rthens of tee's morn dir.ge. l'inns had been deviled by which it was entlea- the country would not have bent sat ;rem. l'he worthy Member con:Mani with non frig a sinies of resole: on in conformity with his enured to allow subscribers the power of voting far tile admission of Objeeta 10 the Institution, but after every trial had b e en use d, and speech (for wbieh see the advertisenient). investigation made, the, result was, that the objects of tha Satiety Mr. lignite Revell, in seconding the motion, said, that it had were Mitred, from the tweedier nature of the Institut' . to be ! been olcicsied . to the fricels of ere:nil. that they usually :welled confined to the superintendence and Centro! Of the (eminence I th""eiv" of pedals of fitment and discontent . This charge who a ll ce j ovt . d the, seen,.l could not he urged against them on the rr. sent occasion. not that aline. In the 11•131 e 03 that Committee, ('section of knowing that they Were employing their tune in the I he thought it nov just ground rf objection. I'm:vie he was con promotion of one of the most glorious obWes that could possibly i the safety that the noire nee the current of public opinion, the tweeter engage the human el—that of ameliorating the condition o f t h e I lie sleety of Oa: state. It was impossible to defend a system of re- ' presentation on any ground except that it worked well. The re' fathering anal the miserable—in their name ho begged to express ; pr ,,,,,,,,,,, : ,,, e . er his tbenks fi x the honour done them by the company. Old Sarum and Gluon were not the worst come quenees of the present %%stem. The great manufacturing towels of The health of the t'eairman was then drunk. I 31aerliester. Birmingham, aid I evils, were excluded from all slum: Mr. Justice PARC rose, and his emotions appearnl to be in the nition.d councils. In favour .1 reform they had the concur very strongly excited:— i rent tea:intone of the tire mercantile permits in the city. The re. .ii establiolt a (lumber of Commerce was an endeavour tlentiteren--1 an totally insensible of any—Glere the Learned • et:Pitnart;:inyll'at-hat the' Judge's feelings Weenie overpowered, and he set down by saying, •defective state of the representation rendered I ientlemem I beg to drink all your good 'weld's.") necessary. Thc ettenne was deo:toyed by the jealousy of the tie. 1 vernment, 'elm affected to dread the e onbliehment of an i:•:/. rho.: Seig—"The Se a his bright rays." By 3lr. Collier. lin ire,- e'. The feclia„- in which i: heel originated was elcerly a . 4 everl other licaltlis having been drunk, and the Treasurer so;l3r of the nee?‘stle el securing that share of attention which the barites riot a list of the sotaerlittiOn3 and don:atone for the current mercer tile intense, iamb' not in Parliamcie. Ile tkni , :tl that the i cur, the ecceesey retired. sys.cw wee kee well tie the people ; i; chid so. dembeess, for pant- lvelar individuals (hear, hear). that thew eree I rest deal of prosperity it was true, hut as well might they swathe the fruits if the beneficence of Pmvidence to Ministers, se these benefits which had followed the improventents in the arts and sciences and the spread of knowledge. It was notorious that the peasantry of this country were dvraded and debased to the lowest degree. The higher chow] had besoeble to take are of thbenselses, but the pose had been owniuttally oppressed owe severely. The worthy Deputy then adverted to sonic instances in Which the initiate of the paA had been ertelitteed, in consequent* of tile thstleiciency of their share in the eepresentation. Mr. Alderman Brume could not agree that the thonlrl publish those Pr.:soh:time, or go to Parliament with a Petition that was the et•ho of them. He begged to remind the Court, that theory was one thing, and practice another I and with regard to the late Mr. Pitt, it was bet fair to the memory of that great and geed man to state, that In his after days he had footed that the pimni. briny of the theory of Iteforin was its greatest merit. Teen after he had been laid In his grave, it was found that his was the correct policy ; and to a steady perseneame in it our present coennwmdism iu the nations of the smell, was, under Providence, to be aseetbed. The Court had. hot:ever, beard great complainte of the reprcschtz"ion of the people, and it would appose that they were greatly aggrieved. Ile (Alderman Brows) doubted that re.clt was the opinion of the majority of the Liverpool, else how die: it hap peu that no kit )(donnas were sent into Perlis. meet ? If he was :old that cerritprien was the reason (charm, he would ask what great good euu.Ul be effected by a reform ? If as ester:sive a body as the Livery of Lonthwt could be corrupted. why were better represebtatives to tie ciliated after a reform? He believed in hie conscience that there *ere no elections purer than those of London. lVisatever Was the practice in other places, it was their happiness in the City that they could walk to the pole. both ano-in-arnt, end vote for eppasiteCandidetes without having • their good feelings interrtipte4. He was incliner) therefore to the Opinion that the Livery of London were not so desirous of reform as the Hon. Mover bad suited. Redid not dery that there were eflrellpe riots in the representation, and that there Mere modes in which the ! business of the Committee, was conducted Which had better not taint. It had been felt Li that Court. The question was, whether the evil Was so great as to Induce ther.s to run the risk of greater evils ? ll'lteneva the twice of the opulent and respectahte part of the • country had been rained, with thit of the commonalty in general, 'it hail a power almost irresistible. He alluded to a recent instance, in which all the fen* of Onvernthent had proved unable to came teract the law as it bad actually existed. When there were such ' barriers as these, was it Wise to put them in Jeopardy for imaginary erOs ? Such were the energies of the British l:Onetiortion. and the : power of people, that he should regard it as the greatest folly to throw away the good we posiessed—:. " To fly to evil that we knew not of." If the people were reulty desirous of refornt, let them manifest it be returning none bat those who were pledgeU to its principles, and he would undertake to say that at reform would soon follow, because the voice of the people would then be co etpreseed the it could net be misunderstood. He doubted that 3lanchester and leads were • so desirous of representation th tb want what, in the plenitude of the lion. !Meter's liberality, he bee aneious to give them. lle begged the Cam, therefor*, lot to hold themselves op as the laughing stock bf the country, heeamie . r.emchody had stared sone ; thing, which the Hon. Meter proppend to make the foundation of ! this appeal to Parliament fir the iedt'is of a grievance of •hit.it : nobody but themselves ctinDlained. It was bls opinion that they had better mind their corporate Concerns, as no practical good could i result from their labours, fen the house of Commons would not be one jot less corrupt than now, it' their measure was carried. Mr. JAMES said, the question was not whether the House of Commons raw now consututed as it * Would be ig they were about to institute it. The country note in a state of general prosperity, ! and the Ministers and Parliament deserved the most unhould,d confidence. If the House of COmmons granted a Committee of Inquiry for the mortises of repeal, It would declare itself unworthy of the confidence of the counter. for all useful and practical pure poses it was amply conetituted; Not a petition had been permitted from any part of the kingdom for reform titis Station. He should therefore oppose the propesitiou that that Court should set an exam. pie by *MA the country misfit again be disturbed and disquieted. Mr. PEW TIIIISS ctentendtd, that if it was improper for the 11.11. ple t.t exercise undue influence over the House of Lords, equally erong ass it for that Hlfuse tb intlerfere with the election of the lieu w of Commoes. .11r. S. Dt xox said the motion had avow.dly one object, but it had palpably another. The real meaning ass in the first para graph of the TESAIItiONS. An increase was sought i n th e n um b e r of Matobtex fur the City of Lootroo, by which some gentlemen, whom he then had in his eye, hoped to obtain seats in Parliament. (A laugh.) No elections could he fairer than those in the City of London. What necessity was there then for any change? As to the elections of ll'est m ln a t er and Siiuthwark, where the pot-wsl toppers formed the bulk of the voters, what kind of Members might be expected from them P The present system had carried us triumphantly through the late alarming war ; and that alone was a decisive argument in its favour. Ur. PATTEN said, that if we had had a }Worm, there would have been no twenty years' war against liberty—no -rcht that tilled our poor-houses with paupers, and ear streets with orphans--none of the persixtitiohs tor treason, and still we should have been re. spitted abroad, and happy at home. Mr. Wltteit said he was though last not the least advocate In that emit for parliamentary refann. He had ivied the requisition, and he would stand up for his rights as a man, a Briton, an tEneish man, and &citizen of Widen. (A laugh.) He said, with Chathiun, " without reform from within, you will have reform from without with • vengeance." Air to the freedom of election in the city, when he was ou his Lordship's Committee, he knew one man who said he would vote fur Mr. Waithman, bat if he did he should lose all his business. If h.: had dared, tenth ued the orator, your Lordship would have had a vote, and aU. note into the Newlin. (A laugh.) Every thing said by that worthy. honest Briton is so. controvertible. Tiny have tried to oppose him, but they can't. Wilson was elected by the itiereleirts inst , x.I of Atkins. Wrier, order.) If I um nut of order, toy Lord hlayor, say so. Sir VV. Curds is no more tit to be a Member than I am. Then as to Pitts, who has a monument opposite to his father's—oh shame ! (Order, order.) Who clammy order? Let him say it to my face. (quts thin, question.) I have heard that the machine works well. Leery body ftooli that the best machine, if not repaired in time, wdl go out of MVO- (The learned orator was here compelled to desist from th e Write., cries of question.) gili a 'ratab replietLre ritoultttlalas we carried by a large majority. A yeti ion, form on thew et-volutions, was then agreed to. (ITV WINDT, The consideration of the petition from the holders of bonds un der the Ott Seal was then resumed, and it was finally agreed to re fertile petition to the Finance Committee. The London Workhouse Comn.iuee reported, on having settled the clef it s upon that Establi.huient , and m ade arrangements for its present inmates, without calling further upon the several initiates ; and a elan haying been aubmitted to them by Charles William flick, F. foe putting the WSW upon a permanent toot lug submitted the same to the enun, which wa s read. Mr. OLDILISI stated that Mr. Prince Hoare, the biographer of the late uraneille Sharpe, had given the copyright of that work, and arm obit bond for 4.000/. towards the lostuution, which, it appeared *at Intended principally to becom e an as yl um f or house less and destitute children. The Loan MaYon made some observations on the importance and utility of such an Inktitution. He stated several instance* sine± his official life, in which he had Mt its necessity. The matter was referred bark to the l'ommiuee, to take such reps as they might edge expedient. •Tli lA)NDON DOCKS. The Cor IT having resolved to petition the House of Commortr against the South London Hocks, agreed to a petition which had been prepared in consequence; and the Sherif f *, attended by the Hemembrancer, were direetrd to present the same, as usual. The l'oun thou adjourned. PrBLIC Blir.4K-rjST, A A'll 31 F. FT7NG OF 11112 ttIGIOI'S 7 Ir.iCT SOCIETY. -- "Te'- -- Vesterclay morning. at tire rr dock, a public breakfast was par taken of at the (tie at London Tavern, Bissgate.arnret ; after which, the pmons interested in the above repaired to the spacious room fitted up fire the purpose of holding a public Meet ing; and notwithstanding the early hour and the unfavourable state of the moiming, there were at least from 1,20 to LAO per sons present, the majority of which consisted of elegantly-dressed females: and among the company we noticed B. Nud, Esq. and I several persona of distinction. At a little after six o'clock, J. R erxra, Esq. was voted to the Chair. _ The ACV. —Masr.t.tt xnumeneed the proceedings of the Meeting by offering an extempore player. Mr. W. -louts read the 23th Report of the proceedings of the Society, which ezhibtted a flattering account of its operations in ('hins. Adams, he.; by which it appeared that during the three re. 171 preceding May. l 9 102 110 tracts had been circulated in the l'hinese languale„ and 3..100 in the Malay, which had been _printed at the expense cu . the Soricy. The Report went on to detail the communications re.-eiv.d from divers miosionaries arse correspunderits. by slik-h it appseired 'hat the ramifications of the society eltentied to the Isles of the Eastern .Stehipelago, Hon (Listen, (by ion, Cairn wt, )1 a.lras, Strampore, 11encoolen, and miler important stations itt the I:ast Indies : and it was stated that (hieing the past year the Socii is bed granted to Eastern nations NO/. froin their tne,lo. In New Smith %Vales his Excellency the tito rernor, Si? Thomas Brisbane, and the Government of Vim I)ienian's Land, had counteraiit ed the Society. and signified their inter.inn to give terry fsedity to the circulation of their publica tions throughout the reseective colonies. The Report contained also the most favourable accounts of the progress made in the M'es tu try Hemihere ; and, indeed, throughout the whole Continent o f Europe. The Report of the tkimestae pewee rigs was also oldie moat pleasing description. The Rev. Dr. 3loat sow, of Carton, rose to rapine thst the Repeat read be received, adopted. and printed. ne Rev. Disuse stated. that he had been nezrW . twenty years In the East, during the ~•-reater liar of which time hebad been immured in his MOW. owns - laing the Bible, the tracts of this Society, and other works b.f. die Chinese latiguse,e. He was glad of the opportunity of stating the impressions on his triad, the reselt of manure debit. ration, relative to this Society. Ilia thus consiernm was, that the distribution of religious truss was in mane respects preferable to the preaching of a Alissfonary. ( Hear, hear!) The Ike. llama WI e as, front Paris. wended the motion. He Rare an animated account of the progress made by the exertions of the Soriety in France. The Rev. S. ('urvets. the 31 ini‘ter of Barbican Chapel; If. Ring, F:set. 31.1). of Reading ; the Rev. Leixb Richmond, and stvw-tar other gentlemen, addressed the uriertieg at considerable lenit.h use the betiefieial exertions of the Society. The meeting dim dissolved, and every one appeared_ ,ovinified at the statements which had been :nada A mnsidevehte subseelsr tior wilt entered into in aid of the funds of this excellent institutaless , ,„ , r I /'. I