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l'.7rrs`.7loTO 3r O TC CRI I NDME, AND PROTECTION IGENT. that restrictions and obstacles were trio frequently twined in the wiw of real benevolence, by societies which opposed some technical rule to the exercise of real charity. 'fhe t' taralrav intenned Mr. Richardson that the suggestiOns ; t oo k place yestroley at the London Coe TTouse, he had thrown out would occupy the attention of the Provisional j o iotte.t.ii, for the purpose of tonsil:l , 7.ring the propriety of fano- con= joi e% to administer Temporary l'icoo nary Relief. 4 1 / 4 e. to A GENTLZSGM, whose name we eno!i not learn. suggested the inutiate :'trams who map be charevcil with Felon's - - propriety of keeping a Registry Office ' in which the names of stores, a:lto.-,ed to here bee, commit.: d within the It..:ty rr' p er sons who h a d b een t r i e d ant i acqu i tte d might be enrolled. end ,•,. c ou nty of Olithlimex, and oboe* of Icaltetioeut J the Committee of 'he Society might reconmend them for shuts. f.te , ar,l. iumored be the Grand Junta. I dins. There might he an objection, to be sure, to mkt, persons s ' Ell LA lilt' V, 1:oto la in the Chair. so situated in•o employment, but the recimmentiation of the oes which this Society will here in ri ,, w is, to administer Con maltose, and their asattraaice of the good conduct of the in eneh other aosintance, as circurosun'xis may requites disidual, would intiJee ' , cretins to engage him, who otherwise prisonen to proceed to their tones. and follow might be indiaposed to do so. .o• ' soul asivaians, or otheewtae p o s e -f i lo them with situations The CUAIRMAX said, that there could be hot one sentiment I et:lted to their capacities an d c h orac t er s, in order that by entertained towards the (ientlemen who had spoken last. and that .11r-ova ou the world, they way be prevented team a re. was a sentiment of thanks for the suggestion be had thrown out. ec to oil , oce. I The l'otonlinte should certainly attend to it. lie knew that an .11.3 'rasa Martin* for the ronose of imeirg the objection ntigitt exist to employ such person., which might iv s ome and neeees i,y, o r the re. roe, , Icietilinton, in degree be obviated by the r e commendation of the Committee. He Ia: a ree'et•e might be conned to cier y , o ,, es ir o Lle an oh- , had himself recemmensied • female torrent so situated and the •, e • ices Gentleman to whom he had nooramentied her, neared him that he • .'a Lottalle, on taking the cbair. streed , that if he had ; never had a better servant. (Hear, hear.) most of the (ientle blr: ia l Se:or , Honce with his tan taltogs and intention, the present • ton who had intended to offer their sentiments to the 3leeting, t t , - . 0 .. 4 should not have been convened at this stetson of the year. ; art afreedy Ilene po i , he begged to express,the pleasure he should e : . I is orinien that the tprirg wou ld I, e a men appropriate I feel in herring the sentiments of any Gedtleman who might feel seas' such a M 2 cling he bur h , "-I rcloo oesl hv ninny I disposed to accrue the Meeting on the interesting subject which 1 , ,t ptt • idle individuals to convene tEe present . fleeting, and had b roug h t them together. C'•: rata rather to tEeir suggestiers that , his con inclination, I air. It W. Ilart VEY Mid, that although he had not intended to he eons:mot t o Fo ot e at i t . D r the rro o ot i oro which in the mines' the meeting, and did not come prcrared to engage their at. c a lit ee of day would be proposed for their a dop i i i e t , they would i tendon ; but as tacit. worthy Chairman hod thrown out an invite- . o or thee it was not so touch the i ceation at prevent to attempt non to any pr. sent to address the meeting, he would avail •- '• f so c i e ty, as to attempt the formation of a ('rim- himself of person and occupy their time with • few once- ' Notu,silan r a . oi,oe to organise a gueiety. ( Heer. hear.) An objection fled cation.. The subject which they had assembled to discuss, was *nod to the formation of net institotiots, that there were ono of deeper iutporeaoce--of larger consideration—and more ex. W... Ira suiliOent numbs of charitable soci. tits. This conioktirt ten s t re range than suggested itself' to the minds of most per s on s • -,1 we. ctioAl price:4lY by peros s tine contributed very present, or than the minds of nuke& persons had to to invest i t... ti charitable institit,:on. ()Isar. beanie There were •pm or entertain. In conning their au:union to the evils of wkiete: .• s..cietos which embraced vulvas objects of utility, but none, ; they complained, the Meeting, in his mind, took but a r iperf List • pro b,beved, which aimed at similar objects of utility with the . view of the subject before them. It was cape:ltem to look further, ,„ o - ;licit it was new proposed should be formal. There were , and to see how far these evils were connected with the criminal kw roc ' which tatight its objects to t eal ra th e r for support On the lof the country. Without such investigation, their &bets would ce.o..mtior.s of the rich, than en their own industry and the re- be unseal:into-and indeed it might be added, th a t a sma ll an d ~ nro ol it own exertion would yield them. lie did not mesa trilling modification tended oather to aggravate titan diminish the to disparage other benevolent inantwiens; there was the Philan- great cause of comolaint--nainely, the roar e front which these tate;. le Soricy—the Marine Societo—and the Refoge foe cite Do- etils entanated.—tllnar, hear.) Ile did no t su pp o s e th a t enoti; they cash respecdrely ronferred gr e at and essential •it was, or could be, a personal luxury to airy person to v oices, but tone of them took into otmaiticration the sites. commit a fellow-eresture for trial, but that great abuses pre don of tt.e. unfortunate persons who had been emimitted, and' ve t oed i n euutra t tts s • could not b e demo! t ve roper molt v b.--qomtly either dtscharged ter acquitted, and them thrown. upon I, of correcting these *bums, would be by Iliesetatoing in the k' win without the means of nal:sift:moo To show them the ; what instance* they arose from the erintinol policy of the country, tow. of the evil which they were called upon to remedy. I aril in what instances they were attributable to an improper discre. Ile tes.hl held to State, from an official document, the number of tint v. %tea in the magistracy. Of the growing abuses in the exer. •, ehith. it would aopear. were eosomiited for trial. and sub- : else o f mag isterml authority they had daily ir.staneen ; and this l os , • • i ••• tI ; actriitted. Taking fora stnedard by which to judge tc- I was a subject, in his opinion, well worthy of the attention of such !to would direct their attention to tae year 1623. by the, a Society as that wined it was now propotied to fine. Whether o 'on ,of hich year it would he felted that cm 2(172 persons I committals which were followed subsequently by discharges or by e h•ei for teal. 813 were Cithernectilittell or discharged without ! acqu i t s d e , were occas i one d by positi ve statute, b y vindictive p%. :nab Since he (Sir P. Laurie) came into office, the number of ; aceations, or by any other of the causes to which be hail referred, pas --I rem: Otto! animated to Iftel; the number of acquitted if 1 was a consideration from which advantages the most ecaensive and 4;, ; ; ;;eg ,•,1 to 6ao, which, in the former instance, was a proportion I, important might be expected to emanate lie dhl not know whether n'o-: itoif ard in the latter of one :hied, of the mesons who ob- to propose the consithration of the source* and causes of the eels of v,• 1 , , , around or diszharge, to throe who were round guiltv.— which this Meeting eomplained, as a resolutiou• or to suggest it as llic..r, he:tot—Blame was not, he believed, Imputable to the 3lagi- a topic to engage the attention of the Committee; perhaps the lat. antts :he cause of the evil frequently arose front the vindictive- I ter would he the better point of view in which to place it. He would new of persecutors, who often shape.: their evidence in such a way, therefore le.r.re it for the decision of the Meeting, to determine In sr! sa hwohlyastooblige the magist-am to commis thencoused, but I what way the suggestion lie had thrown out should be dealt with. sew oiently he olent.d, and sm'o'ked down hi s evid e nce. and But this they should boar in mind: that whilst they attended to shared lOs case in 'tech a way, as obliged the Gruel Jury either to le s s e r evils , an d over l oo k e d t h e greeter, their conduct amoanted to Ignore : I bill, or to enter into a centpromiae before trial. which an encouragement of the abuses they overlooked, and thus idly and Inmost the pris mer's discharge. Eloquently. too frequently, vainly endesvoured to stifle. (Hear, hear.) Witty persOrs were detained in gaol for weeks arm months together, Mr. STErll EX/ was sensible o f importance of the lingoes roler the imputation of eharoes, which, it was aft - overt:saner- tion thrown out by the lloroutable flentleman, but was of opinion enrol, were futile in the extreme. It Wrss well worthy ofattention to the address ehich had just been spoken was one titter to be made tinnier the want of accommodation in Nesgate for prisconen in St. Stephen's, on the criminal laws of the country, than made to eirood Mit offences of different clegooes of enormity. At present such a cheating as the prase-at. (Ileac, hear.) persancommittal even for a slight miademeanor, were to be Mond The CIio:ROAN agreed in opinion with the last speaker, and sa in the same cell with those committed rer the most oaysge murder; he understood the Honourable Gentleman scold shortly he a ans' n would be the object of such a society as was about to he member of the Legislative Att.-nobly. he hoped the ilaiiiture.ble foontit, to consider to what extent an improvement might be ef- Gentleman would not fail in bringing forward the subject there. f.es• d in this department of orison ditic•pline. At theprearnt Ho begged litre to state, in order to prevent misapprehension, the meMag were several of the Charlains of the prisons of this comparative number of persons who were discharged w Ohmic trial, own and city, who, he was satisfied, would corroborate bin :he number acquitted after trial, art' the number of persons bills statement. Fur his own Tart, he could assure the meeting, against whom were ignored by the ("rand Jury. that day after day be was cut to the soul to contemplate Number discharged without trial 11l tha ounierous eases of wretchedness whirl] presented themselves of Acquitted after trial - eat/ rosins who vete at quitted, thrown destito:e on the world, injured hills against whom were ignored - 173 to diameter, without friends, and without home, se that they were Total . __toot ono it.dured, even en the very day of their acquittal, to commit This was an *venom t a k en f rom the evens of the old B l il e y, some misdemeanor which would entitle them to the shelter of • which 'hewed that, on a general estimate, one.third of the corn erison, of which their former innocence had deprived them, but mittals terminattd in discharge, acquittal, or the ignoring of the wnich they could not obtain elsewhere. (Applause.) It was true bills by rite Gotta' Jury. that irto many charitable institutions :Muses had crept; the press Mr. Itnowsee Gate manager of Newgate) said, that after a had detected those abuses, and the public were indebted to the meta pretty long experience in waiters of this kind, he felt that the tar tech useful exposure. Any society which aced on prinephs greatest advantages were likely to be derivable front such an Insti. of conscious propriety would court investigation, and not dread a mien as the present. lie entered into calculations of the number fair iuquiry into Its principles. (Cheers.) There were sonic who of accused and convicted crinenals, which supported the statement argil: say that this was en ostentatious display of charity—that the of the Chairman and ate preceding speakers. lie was of opinion werl.l engin not to knew—that their right hand ought rot to know that the number of tenons who were thus committed did not what their left hard did. In this principle he believed such per. arise from their ignorance, for most of them could read, and were sacs were very safe, for neither hand did an thing in the way of p e rson a of e d ocotion . O n an average o trec ooth s of them could charity. ( .% laugh.) Ile begged to repeat, that the present Meet- reed, and twooiftha were able to write. leg was convened for the rorrose rather of focusing a committee The Cum emote said, that the felonies who were committed were than of forming a society. (liras.) lie would be glad to hear the for the most part extremely ignorant ; and of the mixed populatioo sentiments of any gentleman present od the proposed object. The which London contained, it might be said that sixty-ail out of Isewas not ajob. Ile would feel derailed If be could be found ninny were inhabitants of London. in Meehan to countenance any thing that savoured of a sinister After a short conversation, in which Mr. Harvey, Mr. Baker, purpose. tit car, b , are) He was not without hopes that eve Spring and Mr. It'ood:horpe took part, die following liesolutioos were the sabject would be taken up by persons of commanding influence. moved by 31y. Rueli, and carried unani uously m— .t small begioning should rot discomfit them. Ile had himself " That a General Meeting be held, for the purpose of receiving stormed the litanies et Its soiree; they had seen the dimensions the Report of the Provisional Committee appointed this day, in the into which it had swollen; and he had every cot lidence that a Gs- Spring of the ensuirg year, or earlier, if the said Committee shall rourabk tide world flow upon the benevolent exertions of the new deem it expedient. Society. ((Otters.) •• That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. Leech Mut- Tne Rev. Mr. Rent proposed the first Resolution. Amide: till, the proprietor of the London Coffee-house, for kindly . granting the many Institutions which prevailed in ,he meropolia, there was the free use of his spacious room Oil the present occasion.' none, in his opinion• of greater importance than that *hicks's, In the course of conversation, • gentleman, whose name we about to be formed. He had, for ten years and upwards, been eon. learned to be Dr. Douglas, recommended the expediency of con nected with two prisons as Chaplain, but had lately relinquished fining the objects of the Meeting to these which were stated in the the Chapiainer of net, and now superintended the new prison of requisition convening the lleetiag ; as, although a variety of Ck.kenwell. lie Ind hefore him a document which would show the opinion prevailed as to the criminal laws of the country. there proportion between the number of persons committed, and those could be but one feeling as to the objects of this Society, namely, who weer acinitted, for ate last twenty years; but confining hi s at . that of extending relief and protection to those who were placed in basins to the last three years, it would appear that during the a state of want and misery. years 11,21, itf22 , and 1823, out of 14,000 criminals, or persons This sentiment was reooved by the Meeting by • general ex. eanottind on criminal charges, 3,1.53 were acquitted or diseharged, prwrion of applause. which tuttounted on an average to the acquittal of one thousand Mr. DaliEn proposed the thinks of the Meeting to Sir Peter Onions annually front the number of persons committed for trial. Laurie, to whose active exertions the runic were prOmipally in. The wretchedness to which persons were reduced after trial was too debted for the present Meeting, said hoped that those exertinns toparent to require to be enlarged upon. In addition to the very would be crowned with that success whin Do laudable and humane iceable and elos t ont observations which had fallen trom the Woe. an undertaking merited. it; Sheriff, he begged to remind them of what was said by Bar. The CliAllt3tAn briefly returned thanks. anti assured the Meet - on the occasion of his acquittal ; I thank the Court," ing that no object would be wanting on hie part to promote the eel he, "and lit the Jury, and I promiee faithfully, that if objects they had in view. Aftr.r which, the liming, pursuant to yes &.l me • master, aid give me employment, you will not find Resolution.adjaurnal to next Spring, or to a:lc:ober period. should a similar situation again." 'I he Judge could only say to the Patviskoal Committal deem it e•Oeslielit Moran • bee what was every day heard el similar occasions, °Take the meeting. trisoter from the bar." But, after they were tints taken from the lw, the loss of character, the want of friends. and the wretchedness to which they Werereduced, drove them to the commission o f the •rilfr -en; ::cr. The following isi;xtract4;l from a lilt - mos Ayres paper, entitled the Arg,er, of the 23i1 of June :—".tmong the various articles of intelligence cern muuicated from Salts by the last courier, who arrived at the end of the prectiling week, is the report that in Cabija pert of Atacama) had disembarked General Miller, belonging to the Army of Independence, with the title of General of the Vanguard. In this army were expected 2,5( , 0 destined to act against I the Royalist General Olanets. It is positively stated, like wise, that Brigadier Espartcro, the particular friend of ! General La Scrim, and much compromised in the plans of command in which that General insists, under condition of playing the principal part, had embarked under pretext of proceeding to Spain, but with the real object of going to another quarter to combine plans of importance. By the same convoy it is communicated, that the Constitutional General Val& z, having bevn much weakened in :Mora, had been cenducted to s.a Paz, where It- died in a few days. If this news be true, o:aneta has lost one of his principal rivals—Ferdinand the Seventh one of his greatest enemies —and th- cause of independence one of its most zealous supporters." ilre rejoice to sea that Gadshill, near Rochester, which our Shakspcare Las converted into classic ground, has been newly planted with shrubs, that are in a thriving state. It is to be !toped that the future traveller, when reminded by the similarity of scene of the pranks which our great Bard has immortalised, will not have tl:e pleasure of the read lectien disturb- by any dryad of a renewal of them. ' The metropolis was, at one o'clock this morning, visited by one of the most violent storms of lightning and rain that we remetnber to have witnessed. The flashes were p. culiarly vivid, and the claps of thunder the loud( st we ever heard. The fall of rain was immense, and in a short time the streets, in several pLices, were completely fm paautble. On Wadley evening, about seven o clock, a desperate set of ruffians, nearly opposite Saunders's Theatre, at Barthel.' lomew Fair, ataeleAl and robbed a vast number of p sons in a manner almost as atrocious as at the memorable West-Etel Fair. The men were deprived of their hats,' watches, and other property, by the gang, who, to fact. lime their operations, caused a fight, and then their , work of Omuta commenced. Serecal females were seized by the thieves, and their bands and buckles from their waists, brooches, and everything that came in their way, were forcibly taken from them. A young man named Prendergast, seeing the females used so ernelly, endeavoured to assist them, but he was itumediately brought to the ground by a tremendous blow on the head with a bludgeon, and was left in a senseless state: his hat and watelt were instaatly carried off by the geng. Not- 1 withstanding the host of men that are employed on the City Police, rot one was to be obtained, although many persona went about in quest of them, and the whole of this daring gang escaped with impunity. my manes of tehirli they before were charged, but of which they inieir.noccrit, and to which absolute want had driven thou. ( ili;e stoic from the runt of such a Society as the present. It was to argument against their present undertaking, that at the COM 'cement of this undertakin g they had not that powerful support' vi 1 04 they might afterwrds calculate. Such an argument iald b: equally applicable to every institution in its infant state. them totiteniplate the many advantages that were likely to cc. IrTe Pau such an Institution as the present. It would have the ret tot only of restoring unfortunate persons to society and vet friends, but also to their parish. At preaent, when an in dirdual returned to his parish who heel been subjected to • I std, the patisli officer told him be was a disorderly person, he rya Isd character. and might go and look for trork. But ti an ".cent Committee were appointed by such a benevolent Sevety as eat about to be formed, by unobtrusive but judicious interference, c,rycligh• be available to restore the unfortunate, though guiltless', "" , 'Tadao( to an honourable and industrious mode of earning a sub- 01 "» A distinction should be taken between incorrigible of. ' intl.-nand therie who might have erred once ae.d returned to re riNriici as well as many who, accused of error, were found hints tut nein trial. The dictates of humanity, and the ditty which i's morals t njaincd upon them. bcucd them to administer to lie writs and miseries of their fillow.creatures ; and if they "II lake a higher Night of argument, and soar to the sublime nettl e of their Saviour, they would learn " that ho came to set k trd are what was lost," and that " to convert a sinner from error" jos sick mri:-!rious and acceptable to their creator. (Applause.) tOeutktuan concluded by proposing the following Rests- liN.leed by this nutting, that a Provisional Committee ho funiucl, fir the purpose of ennoble: in' the best means xst. is.,ov: a Society for tile purpose of relic vieg those elm have osii-cd with crimes, in the City of I.ondon or county of Mid ^.l. their bills no; hov:rg been found by the Brand Jury, and 1 hat tis d OT discharged trom the non-appearance of prosecutors." Itculnion was duly seconded, and carried unanimously. Mr. TOWNE, to proposing the worst licsolutlno. ;4. t.hat liv was theCitaplain or %% IliteCTOU4treet prison—that his was tot equal to that of his Iter. Friend who preceded r'"i as far as his experience went In the di of his duties o..lnaplain to the gaol, he sus retuly to confirm and corroborate , L44 3: , ment of 111/It 'ter. aentlernan ; and was equally convinced 1. , of the utility and importance of such a Society as that sas now proposed to form. The Rev. Bentletvan, in t cl cnienettd eloquence, enforced the expediency et such a 1 , 4 7. s' d illusitated its utility by many appropriate sails. lie concluded by proposing the second Rao it be rat (Nee: of this Society to relieve those, • see Fees convicted and undergone imprisonment or small aril n'sr be asirous of returning to their homes." t fit ' MEE seconded this Resolution, which was carried pun- , k1.. - gaithstitir, in proposing the third rettoludoo. begged to • attention of the meeting to two cases which occurred, and iosmihly agyin occur. One cue to which he allotted • .at vineh ii.dtvitlind was en tile eve of execution, but enni , eituznee of his Miijesty's Government being • snri or his innocence (we presume the worthy lien vi the cr. c of Mr. A..-ron Seymour). T;ere was t to r%. , 2 it. two individuals had been saved front execu thc exertions of their worthy Sheriff: lie wished to *4 • 11 0!),K , 1s would be embraced in tile V iew , of the new J• lie xas very much of ilia opinion ut the Lora Mayor, eresi .try you I rtr i hi.: ty, to el 'try ,tc il:;‘ ei ■ 44 1 I '4 l Let (Toe • • dc, 014 OW 0 6.; Tit rM lie era 0 KI ty ii lan oa a • r, it Mi ce re tlt t' Il• 'if b- ral to rtj • as . cr, Itz it ti : :be , ; I riLa STATE OF TIM: nninsu TRADE. An Account 'hewing the Official Value of the whole Export front Great Britain, to Europe, Axia, Aides, and Aceeri=, and erila Kingdom, S!ate, or c o lony, depending on the time, on an Annual Medium of Fire Pcritais of l'eace, extracted from the inte. resting and cu r ious t. h e n of the Pn,t and Prcient State of the Trade rat• Great Britain with all parte of the ‘Vorld, drawn out with aeruoulum accuracy, from documents and authentic records laid before Parliament and the Bawd of Trade, by Caw Itloreaa, Vier-Consul of France, and 31,11 m, - of Scvend Learned Institutions. Division of each T:zdc. Europe, Farrar', and lintiNh. Foreign, North - - . - South- . - - Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, the Whrl:e Fut:l, ry, 6- C. - atbr.ltar and (from In 01) Malta are.l the lonian 1.1=4 - Europe, British, and Foreign - • - Asia, ditto, ditto - - • - Africa, ditto, ditto - - - - - America, ditto, di:to - - - - • (hand Total °f ail Exports . . . . Europe, Nanh. Ru•sla • idwerleo • Norway and Denmark • Pruogia Germany &tiaras Europe, South.. France Portugal . . 4 P l !iu - ludy ; Turkey . United Elates British CoJenks Alueriat, !Corti America: Scuth: British Wept Indies - . Foreign ditto, and (from 1808) Hewn and Spanish Cnionits Net Payment of the CUMOIO. DlAlja - - • British Tonnage cleared outwards e. • Foreign ditto, ditto . . Number of Bankrupt% . . • . SWEDEN ANL, NORWAY. manor Of ILIA NA.INSTIC THY VINO Of SWICDYN AND NORWAY TO TUE STORTHINO Of NORWAY. The absolute veto of the King forms an clement so risen. dilly connected with the stability and equilibrium of a representa tive government, that all objections founded upon local consider*. nions cannot invalidate the evidence of princiPles and of facts. If, however, a doubt timid exist upon this point, the events of our days hare demonstrated, the annals of every ^ountry indimte, the taw consequences as originating iv the same faults. Several nations hare been the theatre of a bloody struggle, the main origin of which was the refusal of au abso:ute Trio; and this fatal mistrust. inciting minds to excesses, the consequences of which were not fore. seen, snr.it g against it the dignity of the throne and the real wants of the people. has issued in giving Sovereigns more power than they hid at gut required. These lessons ought to have a decisive influence with a loyal and faithful people, who cherish towards their Sovereign the same attachment that they entertain for the guarantees n'oich insure their rights. The King has seen with pleasure that the Storthing of the king doms of Norway has. in the important question of the veto, recog nised in principle, what; tinder existing circumstances, and on ac. want of the reasons they have alleged, they have not considered they could recognize in reality; but, by this mode of viewing the question, the Storthing insulates Norway as much from flovern.l meats constitutionally absolute, as from Governments constitution.' all representative. If it be incontestable that the Constitution of a State, ought to be adapted to the wants and habits of the people, and even to ha geographical position, it would be a fatal error to wish to subject to the same forms, nations whose characters almost always differ; but it is evident that Norway, accustomed for upwarils of a century and a half, to be governal by the tole will of the Monarch, sees with displeasure that the new form deprives her of a support, and of a powerful defender agabist the encroachments of the legislature. The little part which the Norwegian nation took in the administra tion, previously to the form of the present f lovernment, removed her citizens from tile management of public affairs. 'l'he consequence resulting from this is, necessarily, that the class of the persons filling state attires were those who would nt.tundly obtain the most mlitience in the Legislative Assemblies. The possibility that the. se functionaries *Light abuse this influence cannot be de nied, the more so, as the King does not possess the consti'u. /lona' right of dismissing thenn ; and the King, not having the absolute veto, cannot arrest the effect of resolutions framed, pos. sibly, with the sole dente of dindifishing the control of the Monarch over those lilting state offices. The King is divested of sufficient authority to operate what the welfare of the State demands when the laws ere decided by those Rho are to put them in executirn. The Storthlng having =premed in their very humble Address the desire that the 17th Section might undergo revision, before the 79th Section was abolished, his 31ajesty, in admitting in part the ressons which the Storthing allege . in justification thereof, does not hesitate to declare, that he will with pleasure accede to every de sire on the part of the Storthing, on occasions when loan do so without injury to the prerogatives of the Sovereign, the power of which is as necessary to the liberty of the people, as is that of the rights of their Representatives. Ills Majesty, however, conceives, the he ought to Hz the attention of the National Kepreeentat'on oti the evident and sensible difference which exists between the results of die stipulations of Section 711 of thi. Constitution, and those of Section 17. The King can by this latter Section give and abolish, in the interval between the meetings of the Storthing, pro. visional Ordinances respecting Commerce, the Customs, Industry, and the regulation of the Pat ; but it is, at the same time, en. acted, thit these provisional Ordinances must not contain any. contrary to the Constitution or to the laws adopted by the Shoaling, and especially to those which, in virtum of Section 79. are independent of the loyal sanction. Now the examination of this text, and the inductions which may be derived from It. destroy the fear that the sail provisional Ordinances, although abrogated by one Storthing, may be reproduced under another form, and that thus a pullet legislation, solely reserved to the Sovereign, joined to the absolute veto, would render almost illusory the Mgt,- fame participation of the Storthing. These Ordinances, all provi 4iunal, submitted to the revision (Watch Storthing, and not acquit. ing the force of law until they have been adopted by that WO, cannot, therefore, be compared with laws, becoming such in vir tue of the above-cited Section, by the single . authority of a trench of the Legislative Power ; for there is an immeasurable distance' between an Ordinance which may be annulled every time that it is pr dared, sad a law which, rejected three times, preserves by right the character and J.ermaneece of a law i even in this ease, If the conscience of the King induced him to refuse his sanction to laws of this nature, who could promulgate them without declaring himself in op, n rebellion with the 3.1 Section of the 'Constitution, which declares that .• the executive power is vested in the person of the King." In the existing order of things, equilibrium is not even esta blished. To effect it, the King ought to possess the right,. et the third presentation , of imposing up o n th e storthing the . projects of law which be would have caused to have been proposed ; but his Majesty is far from aspiring to such a right; he only mentions it to chew how far theories may become dangerous, I.y establishing, in principle, the germ of discord and mistrust between two Powers which never can maintain the national independence until they are comyletely united. In order to bring about, in the most safe manner, this equili brium, the object of the constant sidles of .he King, and which ought to be that of the %lathes and mature deliberations of the Storthing, his Majesty . peiposes that the 79th Section of the Con stitution, and all that is connected with the rights therein stipu lated, be repealed in coucturethse with the present text of Sec don 17. To give, besides, a nen. proof of the paternal sentiments of the King, hi, Illaserty consents that the following shall Wadded to the WM Section : " The King, on refusing his sanction to a project of law, will make kne.wn the reason." which have tritium' his refusal." The Storthing having already rceogrered the principle that no foreigner an be naturalised a Norwegian eine= without the appro bation of the King his Majnty considers it Dec , on this oc casion, to communicate the projects of alterations in that portion of the fundamental law which relates to tlss subject. The King observes to the Storthlng, that Norway, to Sourish, has need to preserve her Patriarchal Government. The masses which inhabit the valleys read the summits of the mountains, after having addressed their prayers to heaven to obtain protecti o n, i m . plore the All.Powerlul to endow their King with the power, the couraire, and die will, to protect and defend them. These people , do not imagine that their Protector can experitnee obstacles in the good which he intends to do individuals, nor in the prosperity which he wishes to introduce into the country : Thaw people, in fact, and his Majesty by the certitude that it is so, desire that the balance should bet qua'. They wish that the King would propose, and that the Assembly would accept or refuse, and that the King would ac cept or refuse, acco:ding to the interests of the State. This is their way of viewing these matters; their feelings are suffeciendy known and their hopes are directed towards us. Let us have no other in. tweet than their welfare, and Norway, in preserving her indepen. denee, will present the spectacle of a happy nation under her Leas, and under her l'oosthutianal King, enlightened by a wise and con sistent represeotation. On these motives his Majesty judgss expedient to propose, ten formably to the 112th Section of the fundamental law , - thst the Storthing should resolve that Sections 17, in, 711, tilt, ft, 82, and 82, of the Constitution, should be henceforth in tenor as follows : SECTION 17. -.- The King can enact and abash ordinance% which concern can. merec, the customs, industry, and the police; they must not, how. ever, be contrary to the Constitution, nor to the laws established by the Storthing (conformably to Sections 77 and 78, hereinafter cited.) They saall have, provisionally, the torce of law, until the next Smrt Ming. If they are not adopted by the Storthing, they Cannot Le renewed. and the former laws concerning the uhjuct in question, shall be again in vigour. SECTIOW 711. If the King approve the resolution, he shall affit thercto his sig nature, and theoceforward it shall have the force of law. SECTION 7t. If the Kiog do :.iot approve the resolution of tht Storthing, it Ancual Medium of Five Periods of Peace, rEe 10.111 to 1701 1719 to 17. 1794 to 17112 In 14312 1316 to 1822 Vont years' % seven year; (nine ycani (ooe year (Nevelt ) WS' average.) average.) average.) only.) average.) X 3,11.6.265 4,169,699 4,761.965 13,6)5,299 17.910,820 1,42.1,231 3,122,429 3,187,139 7,2119,291 8,324,987 .4f9.333 1,333604 2.251.081 3 6(11.237 4 0 97.310 399,394 941.396 219,833 142,401 2.246.56 6,318.413 9,291,338 10,411,4111 29,430 141 31,810.092 214.212 714,105 1,795,747 3,919,1111) 3,219,416 114.613 213,841 889,5411 1,161.179 181.712 737.676 2,001,690 3,605,626 10,11911,833 1 7, 6 93. 3 33 6.449,394 I 12220,!14 18,621,942 41,411,259 33,128.495 80.663 109.35-1 1195.0151 12s1.s1is 2,3211,725 39.454 1.1.854 70,917 90,513 145,217. 39.974 87,296 2'94,103 427.016 423,810 152.201 171.091 117.247 1118,c69 1.0112,831 757.92'1 1,345,212 1,368 311 8,005,237 8,772,181 2,1.44,228 2,412,917 2,317,98; 4,302,1;17 4,337,211 1118,115 437.483 921.492 2.390,193 1,314.673 34:4,413 1,121.529 975,318 1.234,313 1 543,141 1580.422 1091.337 789,179 1.421.221 613 9'3 143.249 23" *76 75!,,240 1.950.418 3,699.718 213,002 133,671 121,077 163,134 ' 764,118 337.546 1 , f.." 36,161 2.239,464 5.3.29.410 8,39c1 MI 16,491 72,984 661,402 1.050,899 1.7 13 4 4 331.C3!1 664.067 1,e62.522 3,92,1113 3,030,367 Nothing. 26,470 39,131 284,831 4,3.53,737 1.397.333 1,030,910 3.8 3 1.712 6.053. C 27 9,248,633 259.139 609,219 1,319,504 1.623 966 2,281,423 62,701 18,3 0 13 1311,864 461,8•2.1 431.220 38 294 741 1,090 1.381 cannot again, wishout having previously undergone modification, be again sub mitted to the Bing during the situng of the Storthing then assemblt J. _ Secriox 80. The Storthing diall continue assembled so lcteg its that bsdy judge necessary ; not, has-ever, longer than duce months without the permission of the King. When, slier haring linislted their titan:rt, or after having ken assembled Miring the spare of time fired, it is dissolved by the King, his illnjrsty will give his resolution dh the preposiljo-ts not then decided, either by adopting or rejecting them. in the Liter ease. the King will act fordt the reasons which induced him to re fuse his sanction to the project of law presentecL 'SECTION wst. All the laws shall be promulgatedin the Nome...len Iratguage, and in the nam: of the K:ng , under the Seal of l ie Kingdom, and in these tants :—" We, &c.. make known, that a resolution of the ttorthing (of such a date) thus framed (here follows the resolu tion] having been submitted to us, we have accepted awl sane tiomd. as by these presents we accept and sanction as a I 11, the said proposition, by thereto our Signature Ltd the Seal of the Kingdom." SECTION 112. The sanction of the King ianutreqtaite to the resolutions of the Storthing, by which— (o) They declare thecnselres orgar.ized as a Storthing, contort:l- I ably to the Convitution -6) They regu!ate their internal Police— (c) They accept or rtject the procuration of Illernbers re ent— (d) They confirm or reject the judgments relative to election disputes-- (e) Nor. finally. to the resolution by which the Od e lvhin g causes any Member of the Cout.eil. or otters, to be summoned hero= the Tribunals. SECTION 92. Offices of State eon only be conWsrW upon Norwegian citizen., who profess the Lutheran Erangchad Relig ion, who have sworn fidelity to the Constitution and to the King, who speak the lan guage of the country, nod_ (n) Are either born in the kingdom of father and mother, who were. at that period, subjects of the State; (4) Or were born in a foreign country of Norwe,eian rarents, who, at thst period, were not the subjects of another :tats= (c) Or who. on the 17th of May, 1824. had a permanent resi dence in the kingdom, and who have not refused to take oath to maintain the independence of Norway; (d) Or who, in future, shall reside during ten year. in the kiog dont ; _ (c) Or who bare been naturalized by the Storthing, with the sanction of the King. Foreigners, ' however, may be appointed to the offices of !Rasters in the enieereity and In the Colleges, as also in thous of Physic and to fireign Consulships. To be eligible to an oi Et e in the Superior Magistracy, the age of tidily most hire been attained, and twenty-lire years to be eligible to a place in the Inferior Magistracy, Ju,:ge of the Prelimicary Courts, or a Public Receiver. SPErCiI OF FM NA.TiqTY TUE EII7O CF swinrx AND NORWAY, ON CLONING TUE STONTUING OF TILE LING DON OF NORWAY. ON TUN }Flit AUG. 1824. " liEltTLElf N—liis Majesty announces to the Storthing that its sittings are closed. luring the whole time that it has bei.tt m. sembled, the King has seen with satistaetion the rued feelings which have directed than. Several laws essential to general and particular interests have been adopted, and his Alves:) , expects from them the best results. His .Majesty rcgre:s that the constitutional propos!. Sons made by him in 1821, and especially that respectir.g Sect. 79, touching the absolute veto, have not been adopted this Session; hut at the same time his 31ajtaity has a motive of consolation in the conviction which he feels, that the non-ace:Twice of this proposi. tion has not had for cause a spirit of opposition, but rather a fear of tooprocipitately touching the Constitutional Pact. " His lilajesty thinks that the elucidations which have since been given to the Storthing will dispel any doubts which may yet exist on the subject of the absolute veto, whioh the Supreme Chief of the State ought to exercise over the pmposidons of the Legislature. " The King conceives that the Storthing participates in the hap. piness which his Majesty feels at the amelioration of all branches of the public administration. Although good operates slowly, the evidence of this good is so developed in the eyes of all, that even the most tenacious, in justice, canr.ot question it. •• The King is convinced that all the Members of the Storthing will concur with him to increase and maintain, by the means in their power, an the ramifications of public prosperity; and his Majesty will eagerly avail himself of the assistance of the National Assembly on all occa..ions when be deems that the welfare of the Stat • requires it. His Majesty renews to you, Gentlemen, to an in general, sod to each in particular, the asaurande of his Royal good-will." ANSWER Or TILE TIITSITENT OF 'Fitz STOUTIIINO TO TUN CLOSING IPEECII Or HIS MAJESTY TUE NINO OF SWEDEN ANT) NORWAY, ON THE 9th AI:G. 1824. Slac.—The fourth Stonhing of Norway has terminated its labours. With the consciousness of pure intentioos, and with the frankness which Inspirs confidence in the wisdom of your Majesty, we have endeavoured to attain the common aim,—the honour mid prooptritv of our dear country. " We feel ours:lves happy at :he utiifactien which your filajcsty has deigned to express at the mind which animates the 31enibtra of the Smelting, and the motives which have determined our re , solutions with regard to the important akin; touching the Consti tution of the State, which were the objects of the deliberations of the &milting. Ire will;prescrve, with gratitude' in our memories, this proof plebe gracious approbation of your fifajesty towards out efforts to fulfil our duty. " The Norwegian people will witness with joy the new pledge of happy concord between the Kirg and the people, which is to be found i n the I..ws adopted during the Sitting of the present Stouts ing. We ent=taiu the hope, that happy effects will be the fruit of our labours. •• Under the eirenmstancns which hare been rcfer:ed to, we re. cognize, at the same time, the most unequivocal proof of the hap. pines. which the Norwegian people enjoy under the wise Govern ment of your Majesty. `When your .il Neal appointed the heir to throne of the king. dom, our biloved Prince Royal, Viceroy of Norway, your Majosty fulfilled the dearest wish of the nation, and incited in the bosom of each Norwegian the most joyful hopes. Let us be permitted, on this occasion, to offer the most lively gratitude of the nation for this paternal attention of your Majesty to the wed are of the Norwegian people. `• The Members of the Storthing, now closed, participate with your ltlajesty in sentiments of the most pure joy at our future pros. peva, which augur the progress of political gritty to greater good and more extensive pmsperay. "Confidence in the administration and forms of the State lots in creased, in a_ equal degree, with the sense of the nation of its cwn strength. " The efforts for the welfare of the country, which, animated with zeal for the prosperity of Norway, your Majesty has deigned to ac. knowledge in the Members of the Sun:ldyl, induces the expecta tion, that on trtuming to their homes they will diffuse and cher.sh each in the circle of his jurisdiclion.reipect fur the Constitution and the Laws of the Kingdom. at weal as confidence and loyal devo tion towards their August Dispenser. " In hold...ring that Supreme Providertee to bless theefforts of your Majesty, and those of tita National Representation, for the prosperity of Norway, who has vouchsafed to the Norwegian King dom the tranquillity and ha..p.oots of which PO many other States are derived, we supplicate also the .rocrcdt•n of the All-powerful upon the Father of the Country, the I h to the alirone. anal all the Royal Family, and we eXCLiiII), tied 'Attica the King asl . the United Kingdoms:" An essayist, contesting the nsset don, that women have more imagination thrm wrr., asks triumphantly, Where is Mrs. Sl.akspeare ?" ..,e. araasp, S. veral small sharks hr.v.: Iwo taken lately in the Frith of Clyde. (hie csioz±l: or S.tturday lay: upon ► skate line measur:ll tire feet. IRRLAND. THE DUBLIN POLICE. By the nett Act. it is In the power of the Lord Lleutewast to re. dues the present souther Of Police Offices hi Buhl* from rim to tour. it is said that Aklerman Cash. Mr. Casey. sod Mr. Long. are among the nuniber to retire; and that the fissiboreogti.street Unice, to which there Magistrates presided, is, in fume., to binge one Magistrate on duty, who is to h 4 relieved every week. T.ie Head Office is to future to have fi.or Magistrates presiding. Icstcad of thrce. The retiring Magistrates are to have two-thirds salary, and in future no person is eligible to a Police Magistrate's visa that follows a trade or profession. A new officer. called Se. perin:eialent of Police. has likewise been created he the Act, and a oiler range given to tie powers of the Head °Mee then it hereto. Gate possessed i it is also said that future vacancies are to he filled up by such of the retiring 3legistratcs are arc deiaued cligit.le f law age a r other causes. PosTINO AVo sz.7 % .—I! ELD-Or ir E—Vestere:•• M isa Kitt] Ill•Catio, a y arm o r, tall, ra w -bo n ed, draggle.. tailed, slip-shod lemcle, from Bishop-street, accompenied.by her mamma applied at this o ffi ce for • summons againet Mr. Bid Lynch. When asked what he had done she biwerat her head. which stood near s ix f eet from her shoes, and bending a pair of eyes to the earth which boasted of the variety and übiquity of a 'quint. twisted the corner of her pin.a-fore this way, and then that, and answered, " sir, he has posted me." " Posted you! what! far • toward ?" " No, Sir, (with a main-Wine accent, and after souks hesitti;on,) but he has posted ow against gate, corners of streets, lanes, and alleys." `• llow did lie pest you ?" " lie Fated my name up and down." •• In what roomer did fie come in labial contact ? ' " Sir ?" " Did ha insult you ?" "Oh no, Sir • be dare not do that ;" and si t e raised au arm to which was appended a (we were going to say, fist, but female delicacy forbids it); well. sberaited her cleat lied hand, and with the air of • Boadicea, a smile of drnanee, art] a siiztilleaut ihakecf the head, repeated, •• Oh no, he ri.tra r.ot de. that." " There arc several Long Kittys eat !Wild% that's no libel." " Isn't it, Sir ? but I thiuk it is a lie, and a ball ton, so it Is, to *Ste me up Long Kitty, Kitty, Loney Kitty, against every corner, a nd I'd have revengo, so I stli ; have the satisfaction of getting Mr. Billy well kicked." She then walked MI with the air of a pitee of frailty that meld undertake the tank of kicking Mr. Lynch herself. IMrOITAXT 7 0 ItlANtgrAcTuutis.—Jattitnel-street Mice ban been in a more then °reins?, bustle this day, in consequent.* of a misunderstanding between Mr. Irwin, die cloth manufacturer, and thirteen journeymen, hroid-eloth woven, who refused fas work. Me Irwin preferred again,* them, tefure Mr. Tunes. sitttltg Nlagiatnie, a complaint of their baring combined sad ineeL tattd injury to his establishment Mr. FULLAII‘ wo attorney, stated the grievances under width there poor men laboured, by being obliged, contrary to an Act or Parliament, to take a certain proportion of their wages in cloth. 31any of them had to dispose of this elm'. to disadvantage, and even to pledge ft. He rontended that this grievance should at arm be rappels He produced a bundle of deltas. coofirmatory ct his clients' distressed cue, and stated, if Mr. Irwin should rte. Act. remedy the evil, be s.ould be obliged to prosecut e him under Cm Irwin affirmed. that it was an caress agreement between him and the working men that they should take part payment ut their wages In cloth. Mr. Tuna* said, that necessity compelled the poor working man frequently to enter into stipulations injurious to himself, bin that the law was against %Ir. Irwin; and he (Mr. Tudor) would feel himself obliged to impose the penalty upon the employer, For adopting such a made of payrirmt. However, he would give Mr. Irwin until Monday to cons.der the propriety of settling the busi ness amicably. and trusted that the inunmynten would go back to their work, as he had always found them amenable to the 31agb. t noes decision. Me. Irwin expressed his willingness to pry in cash what acres-a were due to them, and, accenting to the suggestion of Air. Taller, would take the tickets, and redee m th e cloth pledgrd. The teen, in eonsequc"er, returned to their employment. Up. winds or two hundred journeymen woe in Jsurits's•street, Icahn g to hear the decision, as it turc‘ted their condition in like moaner.— Patriot. • PAZLIANENTATIT rnitILECE—rOSTAGE ON TLRSTM rEes.--The following votive was left at the nonneel ilera:d 'ON yesurday evening, by Mr.Worrall. jun.:— " Post-office, Clonmel, August 31, 1624- " The Postmaster gives notice to the Editor of the Clermr, I 1,1, that he has receivrd an order from the General Post-Max, to ctiarge one penny on all newspapers sent to this •d6ee for this delivery—mat is to say, all papers delivered at the amulet P.m ofiice." Until we shall ascertain the determination of Government or ti ::s very novel ease, we request our suburibers in the immediate sic:- mty of elaninel, who only are affected by it, will send to our oiliest for their papers, se Inform es where they are to be left in town. It con,a 6 is, we a most extraordinary circumstance, that that Parlia. mentary ty, which secures free transmission of newspapers to ray pa the empire, cannot insure the same privilege in (he Post-office of Gionmel. We are confulczt the Government wily not sanction en order of this Lind, which has a direct tendenro to injure a most productive branch of the revenue. Our subscribers are earnestly requested to inform us of any irregnlstity in the tiiir.s. mission of, and of every charge made on. this Jottreil. _ ARRICAXACIIO.S Aro. 29. Yesterday the Ri g ht Rev. D r . K eenan , R oman C atholic Bishop of Clogher, returned to this town, after administering the aarm. meet of confirmation in nineteen paridus of his diocese. The nor... her of persons confirmed amounted to 9.753—a predigious rmm. bet, when the recency of the late confirmation, 1:9821, is takan into consideration. - . - Rey. SIR HARCOURT LEER IN LrICAN.—.TIII Nurthcris Whig says,—" We have to add, that no respect able person was engaged in the cavalcade; those who pro c.seded to meet this - Quixotic knight were of the lowest tribe. Their object is said to have been as much for the love of whiskey as of Sir Ilarcourt. In this they wen: disappointed, for their chieftain made a speech o I his ar rival at the inn, and dismissed them with kind exprts sions. The plebeians murmured, and next morning very few of them charmed his cars with their sweet voices. ' lie was permitted to retire from Lurgan very pvaccaLly, without beat of dram.' Sir Ilarcourt was not waited upon by any person of higher character th an a y oung attorney an d . his juvenile companion. It is said, the pri prietor 'of the soil refused to lend the chair used at clretierA. for the of conveying into town, in mock triampl: the pea ceable p reacher of the G os p e l. AVe state th:s. in justice to the character and conduct of the highly resp:c table and independent men of I.urgan." A memorial, signed by one hundred and forty-one re spectable land-owners and gentlemen of the county Kit ! kenny, was presented at the late Assizes to the Grand Jur , requesting that the repairs, ike. of roads should be pai -1 licly advertised and set by open contract. This proposal was negatived by a majority of the Jury.—lrish ere' r. The herring fishing at Wick has been very plentiful this I season. Although the usual fishing period of six weeks has not expired, the greater number of the boats have al ready gone home, after delivz•ring so much fifth as exhans:- ed the stocks laid in by the curers. On the 21th and 23th ult. the boats caught 10,000 barrcls each day, and on the 26th and 27th they were equally successful. If there were a sufficiency of salt and barrels, an immense number rnibt still be taken • although 71. Cd. or Sc. would n ow b e g i v‘u for empty bar rels, none can be got, and herrings arc tilling as low as 3s. 6d. a barrel. The number of fishing boats was about GOO, of which one half belonged to the entmtv, and the remainder were from the Frith of Forth and this Murray Frith. With these the fish emirs stipulate On they are not bound to take more than 260 or 300 barrels ; and she most of them bare exceeded that quantity. No Ica than 3.000 women were employed in curing and gw ting fish, and numbtrs earned from Ss. to 4s. a day. At Thurso the fishing has been equally gond, and the fish era still plentiful. No less than four vessels were despatched this season from Thurso with lurringa to foreign ports before the commencement of t! , e fishing on the east ecast. PEr.ro.—The season is said to have ban adverse to the bets; and honey is likely to be scarce. Some breeders have sent their hives to the Grampians, where they are doing well ; but - a numbt rof them have fallen a prey to the rapacity of thieves. A bee-hive, belonging t 3 William Pratt, in Mill el Tifty, parish of Fyvie. swarmed this season so. early a the 7th of June ; which first or top swarm has preduced three swarms since, viz. ;—July 14th and 26th, and et' August ; these swarms have all thriven well ; and if the weather shall continue favourabl for their operations A short time, all of them will be sufficient to stand a...- winter. A bee-hive, belonging to James Catanach, at Wood-, nd of Misr, has this year ',millet:l/ the extraordinary nunil cr of eight swarms. The live itself I.as swarmed four times, and each of the two first tin - arms has swanned twice. The first, or what is called the top. swarmed a third time, but the swarm went hack to the hive. Another person in the same parish has had twenty-one swarms from six h:ves.— Montrose Chronicle. ROWINCi rcii.—Four expert boatmen, Mesta. Hearne (yellow), Bird (red), Ilohnes (tdaelc), and !Whir ! son (blue), started yesterday for a subscription tankard t ' five sovereigns each. to row from Milbank to Isleworth.. ferry and return titremsh Battersca-beidge. Black Wok the lead, and kept it as far as Wandsworth, when the red got a.bencl, and it was a close race to Barnes, when the yellow led. Bloc ors filet on the return of the others half a mile behind, cud Mr. nobinson resigned the contest. Mr. Hollins was bc•at cif C'hiswick, and the race between the other two was admirably eantrs tett, both passing through Putney-bridge together. At Wairthworth pllow shot a-h7zaf. several beats I inzth, and the inaLli was rots cleverly at last by Mr. Hear ae. 7 ( I I' C - r ~~~ .` ~ tl ll' i 11 4 . i I ~ a