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gold boxes, fur presents—and they had given sit entertainment to the Liberators of Europe, which was said to have coat 44,0001.—but which, on.ex aminatiosh would be found to have gone nearer to 40.094 than to 24,000 i.—( Hear, hear.)—The Geatlemon to whom he alluded might have mode an @mimosa calculation—but he held an account in his hand, to which he wished to call the peril. cular attention of the House, as it was published for the use of the Members of the Corporation themselves, and therefore might be presumed to be correct. From this it appeared, that, in the last 37 years the Corporation had expended— la the Improvements of Public Streets Gold boxes, swords, Sic. Statue of the Kiag—Moomients to Lord Chat ham, Mr. Pitt, aad Lord Nelsen—Gold boxes to the Dukes of Kent and Kamen, Col. Wardle, and other poblic characters —(a lough) 111,131 Coburg' of the Voluntser Corp. Public Charities 43,072 Donations to public objects, esionectod with go -Mica—cm laugh) 11laklag a total et L.1111,640 If they had had superfluous money to expend, many of the objects selected for their bounty he considered extremely proptera—but s he conceived, when they had no sessey of their own to comm an d, their munificence eittromely reprehensible.— They had ex the gaol the sum of 130,0(x/. which 1144ne obliged to borrow. But, if they had abstained NM laving out the sums he had mentioned—if they had slithered to the maxim, " Bo just before you are s"—they would have had a fund mettle =mg on the work without applying to raeliament. It was, therefore, tl Miami!Scaliest of Abbe money, which the House 'might to investigate% This , was tint the first time their funds were dolleillot. In a former period of their history 730.0001. had been forcibly taken from orphans, under the specious plea of protecting their interests, in consequence of the supineness end inattention of that House. That sum (which gave rise to what was celled the Orphan's' Fund) was slis isivase.l—was made a source of private emolument to the Corporation—who, instead of their owls money, had recourse to that. He held in his hand a paper, which wee called a brief statement of their accounts. They there made themselves debtors in the sum of sa,ocoOL to a fund of which they were the trustees—and which was granted for • specific purpose. He meant the bridge-house Estate Fund, which was given for the purpose cf building and repairing Loudon-bridge. From this fund they had, without security, bor. rowed 33,0001. in tummy, and 25.000/. three per vents Consols. which amounted to 20,0001. So that if London-hridge were swept away to-morrow, they had not the means of re-building it—but must again Emily to the Orphans Fund. This was not the only misapplication of money, which was in tended solely for the use of that btidge. By an ancient Charter, die Corporation had a jurisdictiou in the Borough of Saithwark=but it was not eli gible for any pen" se assume it, tusk's he had passed the Cltsift Thil right lay dormant for many years—but it was Weir revived. For what pur. pose ? lu order to emote a place for a decayed Altlermilo. It was a gross, a nefarious job ! Did thb Corporation mean to my, that there was a want or justice in Sauthwert ? There were 34 justices of the Penes resident within that district. Now, great incontinence had been created by this new system. The Sessions must, of course, be all held tit the same week, so that there were two Courts sitting in Surrey—two Grand Juries were acing—and the suitor did not know to which he was to proceed. To defray the expense of this establishment, 1,4001. per annum were taken from the Bridge-house Estate Fund. This was the trislversation of which he complained. With re spect to the salami. nothing could be worse planned or worse constructed. He need snit pass jetilgtnent tin it—fur the Members of the Court of Common Council themselves spoke of it as the most scanda lous thing that was net. see's. Were they then to in trust tlwm with theexpenditure of 34,00 a taken out of the pockets of others, in order to do that, which, by the law of the land. they were obliged, in their own district, to perform ? They complained, that they were bound to maintain the gaols in Middlesex, as well as in London. But they did not sell Parliament, that, along with this expense, them were various privileges and iminuirties. They would not suffer the Magistrates of Middlesex to interfere within their jurisdiction—and they had the exclusive nominatibh of Sheriffs. Let the House mark the way in which this latter power was ever civil. In the course of • year no persons were called me sometimes to till the office of Sheriff, 19 of whom, it was well known. would not undertake the duties of the office, and must, of necessity, fine. These flore t in one particular year, had amounted to 9,4004—and, on an average of four years, had Predolled 30.000/. or 5,000/. per ann. Had they appropriated this suns to the iniyinent of interest. tl•ey might have burrowed the money necessary for building the prison. For all these reasons. it was ',roper that the House ahould call for the City ac counts, that they might see whether the sums gr ontrii to the Corporation had been faithfully ap pt ise ose—mid he should therefore noise— Thl.ll awe be laid berme this House a Statement of the A.rowit of the Seventies of the City of Loudon. as the some kn.. Leven resoimul in the Chamber of the said City, fur See )tars, ending the 31st of Deeember, 1817; distinguishing the twits cuiniog is from rents sad quit-rests, partial °nom "nil leg uest*--Isrukei s—frcedonts suld—Ansedoiste take. up— (lwo fur aka—losorance of 'Akers ' hies—interest of pub. a becurities," is. Sir W. CURTIS said, the Hon. Member had seveial observations on gross jobs—but, for part, hr never heard so gross a speech in the iirse of largh.)—The Corporation heel) mist unjustly accused. The City were i•Yige(i, in some degree, to maintain gaols for all timisties of England—and they were put to mast enormous expense by the County of Mid. olesex. Last year it cost them 19,000/. for the tosi.iiewilice of the several prisoner., who came to 1...,0100 from all quarters. If the City had only support its own prisoners, the expense would not h.ive been more thou one.eighth of that sum. If I , :ey were to Maintain prisoners for others--if they "tie olilived to employ 250 persona to look after "'tin —i , e conceived it very hard that relief should be to the Corporation, especially as they were w;ily carrying iiito effect that which the House hod prevu. , l3Shr s anctioned. The City of Loudon ol:jr,:iioti to give au account of the expendi. lore of the !3,000/.—but they did nut wish to fur nish a copy of the whole of their accounts. Oo the issue or the City floods, there had been a loss of 10,0004—and, therefore, the Hon. Gentleman called the business a job. This was a round its sertion—but he would state us broadly, that it was not the fact. The 'Corporation accounts, were quite separate and distinct from those relative to the prison—and therefore ought not to be called for. The Hon. Baronet then argued, that mach of the expense arose front 'the extreme dif f iculty of procuring lend in the City of sufficient extent fur so large it building arm, defended the construction of thlr prison, as perfectly suited to its object. It 10104 a poor 011111's prison. Great debtors might go to the kitig'a Bench, drink their wine, and play at eves. But he did not like to eiscourarge such a system, which really affirdeil a temptation to u man to go in and get I !wit' whiteteashed.—(d larrgh.)— The !orison Was certairdy a long building—bun they were Obliged to build according to the form of the ground they lied. As to prodigality, there 'was no prodigality whatever alum t it. He their defended the Bridge-house Committee, whose conduct he,ton. videred perfectly proper—and strongly urged the propriety of granting swords awl gold boxes to those brave heroes who had fought and bled for their country. With respect to subscribing to public charities, he thought the Corporation ought not be taunted, because they came forward with 1,000/. or • 1,300/. in aid of the widows mid orphans of those who fell at the futile of the Nile. Trafalgar, or Wu terloo.—( Hear, hear. hear.)—The Hon. Baronet next adverted to the seizure of the Orphans' Food, in the lime of Charles 11. when 7.50,000/. was taken from the City Treasury. The Parliament of that time saw they could not repay the sum. and, there• fore, gave them the duty on coals. Every shilling of that sum was now paid—there was now no Orphans' Fund—and he would endeavour, next year, to have the title changed, since it occasioned people to say that the Corporation possessed money belonging to Orphans, and that they were ulust, ungrateful, and earbezdeful.—(el hargh.)— 'hey had, in the execution of that which the House sanctioned, created a debt of 34,000/. That sum ought to be granted to them to liquidate the debt, and they would never trouble the House more. ( Hear, hear.)—The Hon. Baronet concluded by moving, as an Amendment— _ . _ " That there he hid before ibis House an Recount of the several payments and duties composing the Orphans' Fund, for the last six years, together with the annual charges on the same, with the debts which remain outstanding and Vitargeable on the same fund." Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW said, notwithstanding the facetious speech which the Hon. Baronet had deli vered, he had not heard one word in answer to the motion of his Hon. Frieud. When the Corpora tion called far u continuation of a duty on coals, they certainly bad a right to state some strong grounds tut coining to the House with such a pro position. The Honourable Baronet had desig nated the speech of the Honourable Mover as a very gross one. • But really lie could not see how the. Honourable Mover, in speaking of the misapplication and molversation of funds, could use any other terms floats those he had *adopted. The Corporation, it appeared, had squandered away very large sums of money. This they certainly had a rigbg.to so, wovided the Money were their own; but the cise was very different when it belonged to others. 'Flue Corporation; according to the Hon. Baronet, had been very generous. but that was a new sort of generosity which made away with funds that did not belong to those who mode use of them. Those funds were applied to the ',archaise of trin kets—to the giving of grand entertainments—and to various other purposes foreign to the use for which they were intended. This, he conceived, to be no inducement to the House to grant more money. The llotiouralde Baronet alluded to the time of Charles 11. Now it ought nut to be forgotten that what took place theft had ins. posed a most grievous tax on the City of London, and on the neighbouring counties, which ought to be removed as speedily as possible. The manner in which the Honourable Barooet had treated the question was an unanswerable ground for agreeing to the motion. The honour of the City of London ought to make the Corporation anxious that it should be carried, and he certainly should vote for it. Alderman WOOD said, it might be supposed, from what had been stated, that the Corporation were spending the Bridge-house Estate Fonds— but. in no instance, were those funds applied to, when preaent• were made or esitertaimuents were Riven. The whole money expended, as stated by the Hon. Mower, in 37 years, was 126,840/. being about 3,000/. a-year. This was the expenditure of which so much was u. de. The dinner given to tlas Allied Sovereigns slid not cost In that sum was included 5,0001. for the entertainment given to die Duke of Wellington. He had himself, though an enemy to the war, moved fur that dinner—and he conceived he did his duty. It was owing to that great Commander that the Al lied Sovereigns visited this country—and he con ceived that he deserved the honour bestowed on him. —(Hear.)—The worthy Alderman then observed, that the county of Surrey. which the Hon. Mover represented. bed borrowed money and derived very great benefit from the Orphans Fund. The Com missioners of Sewers were obliged to borrow money from the City to enable them to carry on the great sewer in Si. George's-fields. from which the county of Surrey derived great advantages. %Yids respect to the jurisdiction of the Corporation of Southwark, he objected to it himself. But the Hon. Mover must know that. mouth after month, Petitions were pre sented by the inhabitants, praying for the formatMu of that Justice-Room—and the chauge wee by mimesis* the work of the Court of Aldermen, but of those persons who did not like to go to Guildford or King ston to prosecute offenders. The expense occosioued by the new establishment, and which was taken from the Bridge-house Estates, was tg.oool. per annum. ‘Vith respect to the Orphans Fund, from it was derived the suns necessary lor building Black friars-bridge—by which 500,000/. ii-year war. int ded to the rental of the County of Surrey. The worthy Alderman then defrosted the conduct of the Corporation with respect to the Orphans' Fund— touched on the immense expense which the City was put to, in maintaining prisoners for every part of the c try—wind expressed his surprise, that all this should be forgot, when they came to ask fur a trifling assistance. He concluded by expressing his lin;tility to the motinti—not heeanse he frareci Nn invesiigetion of the C►ty accounts, but Istocaiiie he cosueroved they ought not to be coined fur 'when No sue► was reque►ted, under peculiar cir cumstance•. Mr. 13ARCLAT denied that the. Coiinty of Sur rey hail derived such great benefit from the Funds of the City of Loustoti. as the worthy Alderman seemed to suppose. That benefit was not to be seen its the Borough 4', Ater, and. with respect to Blackfriars-bridge,' London reaped as muds advantage from it si Surrey slid. As to the sewer, for the building of which mosses was borrowed. that mini would lie repaid by the assessments levied on the places through which it ran—but, lie he the money taken by the Corporation fund tile Bridge-I se Estates, would never he paid, unless Parliament advanced- the nee •.• •. 14011(11111411•1110 now waisted very great repairs, aisd, lie believed, they had lio other mode of raising the ion, called for t except by corning he forma puts peril to that House. Parliament must uoduidit' edly approve or the exertioni , that were making to improve the prison.. But still au inquiry into their accounts was necess a ry. If it appeared that they had expended their funds in uiloccesiary gifts and public entertainments. lie conceived they 011411 t not to be relievedinad that he might know the truth, he shotildorote for the 'notion. Sir JAMF:9 SiIAW said, its the City were exclu sively hound to keep all the prisoners who c ante f counties (which lie did not think jinn or equitable), they hail a fair right to stemma' assist ance. The extra expeese of 34,000/. to defray which they now called for assistance, was minor oc casioned by their aintiety to carry into effect the suggestions of a Committee of that House. Mr. SHAW said, Tie was sure the City would not take the burden on themselves of suppurtnig all the prisons in London nod Middlesex. if some ad vantage were not derived .rota is. The Corpora tion objected to produsiing their accounts. But it should he recollected that those accounts were not called for, until a grant of 34,000/. to be raised from a fund which was generally contributed to by Middlesex and the neighbouring counties, was de manded--and, if the inhabitants of London thoiight it hard to support their own gaols, it was not won derful that the inhabitants of Surrey should be equally unwilling to assist in maintaining' theni. The county of Surrey, and the other home coun ties, supported their own gaols, without assistance from the City of London- s -eshy awn should they lie obliged to pay a tax to help to maintain those of London also Mr. Alderman ATKINS opposed the motion. Mr. C. CA LVERT said, no place ought tube call ed on to contribute to the expense or London pri sons except London. He would support the mo tion. Mr. BENNETT observed, nothing had been said to shew that the accouuts of the City of London should not be produced. The worthy Alderman had answered the arguments for the motion, with a panegyric on I • self anti his coadjutors, for their good muuagement of the prisons. The question, however, hi nut now, whether these places have bread enough, or meat enough. The panegyrist had made a most Material mistake in one respect— he might err equally isi others. He little regarded the sneers levelled at him, and the observations about coffee, chocolate, and carpets ; he did not want such things; what he wanted was, not to re duce prisoners from a state of health to sickness and disease, by want of food uud rest, iu such de solate places. Mr. GREN F :UT. wished to know whether the oh. taining the money desired by the City would not have the effect of prolonging the duty on coals, and of deducting trout the Orphan's Fund ? Sir W. CURTIS said it would not prolong that duty ins hour. General THORNTON said he would support the motion ; there was no means of examining the pro. priety of the grant but by a view of the funds of the City. Mr. 1101.318 Sumgait, in reply, affirmed that the City of London had diverted a sum of money given them to build a bridge, to entertaiiimento fur the Prince Regent and the illustrious visitors : he did not know what the fit designation of such wit.. Was it not gross mismanagement and etnbetzle ment ? He hail no antipathy a;:phist the City of London, but he had an antipathy against imposing taxes on his coustituents without good reason. Au Honourable Member had said, that 11,000/. a year was taken from the City by the strung hand of power ; hut, in fact, he knew nothing at all about the matter—it was but the third part of the interest due front the City for the Orphans' Fund of 730,000/. conveved 011 trust to the City in the reign of Charles 11. This Fund had now disappeared—he could never learn how—cer. tautly in a nwniter not creditable to the Elder Brethren or the Worthy Baronet. For when the subject was started there, they did not dare to come to the House with clean hands, but bearing u bribe of 1,000/. for Mr. Trevor, the Speaker ; for ac. cepting which he was immediately obliged to put the question on his own expulsion. and walk out of the doors. The question on the original motion was th en puts when there • pp ear , 4 l— the original 3lutioa . l l4 Against it Majority l3 EXECUTIONS FOR FORGERY. Sir JAmss MAGICINToSII said, tuna the accounts he wished to obtain by his motion that stood for to night, were, in part, before the House already ; but th ere h a d no t h e e ls presented any account of the number of rged convictions o note*, forande hxteceuetaiorniys veers o rfor t ge ti forgery, and uttesiug period includes! in his motion. Restricting cash payments by the Bank, it was easily foreseen. would have the etlect of increasing the crime of forgery, but it was never imagined it would multiply it a hundred fold, us it had. From 1783 to 1797 there were but fosir rxecutiniss for forgery ; from 1797. the erzi of the restriction, to the end of the next 14 years, the number was above 400. If the limpet). slim of cash payments is to be continued, it is de sirable to know at what expense of human' blood, what multiplication of crime, and what diffusion of depravity. We were anxious to improve the moral character of the poor, but ae acted with incon sistency --our efforts were vain while State Lotteries and the issuing of small notes continued. lie then proceeded to move, n That there Ile htid het. fiiis 'Nose an ...wit or the number," &c. uuil oft s4rved, tlitit he wonlil add u nwtion respecting an ac count of crimes, to th:e. former. hit.. BENNETT seconded the motion. when the SPEAKER sooesleil that ail alteration should be made in the form of the motion. Mr. Gat:Net:Lt. thanked his !loin Friend for bringing this subject before the !louse. it %Vela desirable the flotiNe and the public f•linnld know what proportion of crone liaol st - from the forgery of notes of tutu, :11141 far iiiii MIS in particular. Tlie?e In-ing the cla-s inns' usually iu the bands of low petiole, had t profLiltly g 4eu write:it cause for forgery. IL: w00!i1..mg : ,...,t the propriety of a specific rtiolloll for that Mr. LocKtuitr apprehend e d iliot nintiollit like the preselit tended to excite au improper coal utiscration for frintitiak. .Vii rsvessive lietZTre of compa , siint 11114:11t foster the coniiiiivOini Of Crime. It was the fashion of the day to indulge in a sickly feeling of sensibility to the punishment of the gitiity. The Bank, however, derived all iniiiien.;* profit front tieir trade, and it ‘‘as their ditty, before this. to have applied to, and the i , igenuity of cheini.ts unit arliAs. 141 Otticr t4l duce a colour for their notes, not to lie nuitatt and prevent the possibility of hogery. This should have been (loupe at any expense. fie was Plot friendly to the present motion, as it *ll5 11011 how far such 1111 issue Was absolutely necessary to our systent. Sir .1. NlArii.lvrosit the idea „r rx citinx lie l nilinlin atlall for criminals ; lie 11.411 not said a wool &built it. hits dreire Was 10 iiicep ligitte the effects of bringing home temptation to every one iii low life, by the issue of small notes. The holding out such a temptatiOn. by the Lee.isla turn was cell:may et participation in moral guilt. 11r. Wit.tarosi expressed his ier4ent to the motion. General THORNTON approved of the objects of the motion. They were the same with Rinse of himself iii a sundae motion two years ago—to ex hibit the great Wows the Bank incurred by prose cuting, and therefore the expediency of writing part of these to the inventien of somethiog that would obstruct forgery in future. The questions were then put from the Chair, reparatr lv, and carried : 1. That an finntile Address be presented from this House to the Prince Rezeist, entreating big Hord Hirliorws to or der to he laid before this House, ail areiiittit 4f the untidier of persons prusecutsil tar the forgery of Bank of Eliztonl motes, and fur uttertiez such notes, them to lie fmged; the number convicted, nail number executed for these crimes, with the expense of all such prosecutions daring the fourteen years succeeding the year 1197, the time of suspension of eahli payments, distilioishitig the num bers for rich year. 2. Au Address for a similar account for the fostrteen years next preceding the time of suspension of ea-ti payments. 3. An Address for the number prosecuted, Ise. for coun terfeiting gold and :Wirer coin of this realm, and fur uttering the same, knowing it to be counterfeit, during the same pe riods, dintinguisbing as above. Sir E. BRYDGES moved, ptirsnant to notice— AA That there be lam before th e House an account chew ing the number of goartos, oriavos,cluoilecisuos, anti pamphlets, received by tlit British Museum from Slat' re Halt, (feriae the hist year, competing from I■t Dec. 1810, ender the lute Copyright Art "—Ordered. General HART contploined of Excirie officers in Ireland withholding public documents necessary for framing a Petition to the Mimic, he was mir e without the pertni.sion or knowledge of his Ala. .ietkty's Mieripters. lie therefore ed that Such Papers as had not been returned I' the Excise offims in Ireland, should be returned forthwith." —Ordered. Mr. Pest. moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the liihnainhant Bill. It was rend a second tune, and ordered to be CUID• toil led to-morrow._ A Member, whose name we could not les►n, wished to know whether the Ftenince Committee had considered the loss occasioned to the Itereinte by his Majesty's subjects residing in fOgriggi parts? Mr. D.G. GILBEELT said—" Certainly nut." The Haase then adjourned. MINA. The Extraordinary Gazette of Mettieo of the 12tit of November, contain% the particulars of the capture of Mum. The fullotrisiK it au extract from a dispatch of Colonel Froucts ()ambito, &led Oc tober 29, itddres‘eil to Mujor-Getterml D. P.a.cuml de Livau, detailing, throe particillarti:— - - " After the route of Mina 011 the 21.1 instant, that Chief commenced his match with the grimiest sreresy, and ap. pointed his reitilesvous at Pueblo Norivo, anal the plantation of Boras. Not being aware of this cireurnstalice, I went in march of hint on the 22.1 and 2.3.1 to varions !daces, 1111 learned that he had crossed the Rio Grailde by Stantingoillo, and iminediatey I directed my nsioreineut upon Salamanca, where the river was must easily forded. On the 34th, I left that city for Pueblo Nittro, towards the Marital of Cuchieitato, following the track of the rebel hand, which now consisted of 7UO horse and GO infautry, and bad gut the start of us by a day awl a hairs match. " On the /sth I proceed. d from Corhienate, directing my march by the plantation of Darras to Guituattuata, executing a march of thirteen hours, hiving heard cannon and ►ern smoke iu the direction of Valeuciassa, from which I concluded that the rebels had made an attempt en that city,in whirls I was not deceived. They had begun the attack in the morn ing of the Ifith, and desisted in a few hours, from learning that I was 'advancing upon them, reheating by the ridge, o r the mine of Luz, as I was iu formed by the Consistent/ant ed . G Is. " At seven o'clock on the evening o f the 21311 i, we heard tbat Mina was to pass the night iu the pass of Vemulito,abotit seven leagues from Silso, and I resolved to attack him fortioeith, with 500 horse. At seven o'cloCk in the moruilig of the 27:11, I arrived at the above mentioued pass, without being perceived by the Mellott* of the enemy. f having marched through roads little known or used. fly this means a division of our force arrived oupereeiveil within a quarter of a league of the rebels, and its their contusion they were suitable to pot them selves ire a posture of defeuce, or to ancoort their h.urscs. They, therefore, tried to conceal themselves in the thick% is which sternum/11rd them, where the draitur Nina was made priaeitter by • draguots of F sera, Jose Miguel Cervantes. Twenty-five other limitary, isielwiling a Frenchman, also as sister, the traitor Nina, were likewise taken plisaiseis, and inure than the half of the gang were killed." FfIREIGiV IN7'E LLIGENC E. DUTCH MAIL. •ROM Tilt rneuro ertoNetrns, FPO. J. Vary write from Ilse bend-tissarlerst at Cambray, that the• new. of the allempt In sisrets.siosstz the Duke ka . 1041 has exellthl gediseral isselig s sali t sis its the Armt, the troops being unanimously iittachril to their General,- Who they know by expel eewe to have heels always as vat _ iug as ims•II•Is of Ito , blood tie Isis sul.liers: Ti.. y ex- r • -; 'i • 12 6 . , t u :Os Treat intivailener further ar:-ooni. r:-1,0 Firo i to thaw• light e me, this temssetnot. it elfin these e.or daye, toasty British couriers base passetl thougb Cam. , bray rousing from l'aris,.snel el , silllrla f,ir IN- il.1 1 ;i1r, aunt 1 ' other not them (2 •ts It is suppose,) they Lad ili•iiatelies relative to this evesit. The COI 1111 l antlers of the twee:all 1r0.111,1 of the Army of Occupation, Ili concert with the rival " . '" h ' t. , rities. l 11116111 e t.l take ike bent IIieaSIIIV4 that gond or d er • 1 and tramenbity may nut be interrupts el. The Duke ue t Wellington receives, on Ibis Dee.l,llltl, Ilatilerl/11a proofs tut - il , the high cste e n t w hi c h his great qualities inspire. lirtessst.3, era. 1(1. I. . s General Maillto o l. one of the Chief (Hiker, ft: . the arms , ff. • • . of the Duke of Wellington, lately arrive•l In re. room ilto held quartee at Catitheay. tool te . .. t owls other I'f e. IA I , ' •,: longing to that army. The late atte.!f l it oppose the Duke of I ' ' !i t • Wellissirtusi cued:ours to h e t h e su bj ect ur getstral conves - I i *atom. ' 7 ' . 1 ° SIISTFill):01. tit. 17. Letters frnm Copenbig,en, of F..lereitif y In, antiontive Iles i death of '' the King o f s we de, told th a t e all comintinteatiost hetweett the two countries is prll7llbileol, 011 the pall of Swcden, till the Crows, Ist•ince shall Le recognseed as King. STOCKHOLM, FEU. 11. his Majesty King Charles XI 11. died out the rah Felonni v, . . at 14 minutes past 10 at 'night. sifter a p sinful Illness, 10 . i • the tot' . 1 atnter of his Majesty ou r g r scions King, wow rlfactfitsg, thei r Matestees the Ofteen and Q . 11,011 Dossa. gee, and all the Royal Family, and all 1241401 solaject, 111'4 Majesty theft took the sloth, and signed it in pressa,ce eel Ilse: ii . Council of State, who is, saute Ike great ()Meer* of stale, ::,,:e. 1. took the oath of allegiance to his Slajewlys. *lto was pro- ll 1, , claimed nest *lay. the tit It, by the Her eld sit the Kisigdatte, lie st the usual fume, by the name of Chalk:42oLn. —,,--__ i t.e•r : l e iiHAM Bußim MAIL. ---. terocsitoo.m. VEIL 9. ,l! • 9 The following 1 1 10C1i111186011 N 45 pllbiliviiril lay PO ' t Isis present Alois-sly, Chinks Joliet, ittlitietilately : k , . I after the demist' of the late Ii log : " We, Cheeks John, by the grace of God King. of Swr. ' t den and Netiway, &c. ter all one faithful StohjectS bring and dwelling is S.yeeten, greeting . " As we, its consequence of Ilie pi5tia11"......1 of our late be- I 1 , loved Father, one A u g u st Ki ng an d S overe i gn Charles :kill. to the Estates of the kitegitost of Sws fl, it is. re stuattimonsly' # , i . chosen on the 21st A117.41,i, Itllo, his site( 1.,,i0r use the Swcili%ls throne, and at the saute time, ieseited by the unanimous' voice 1 '. of the King, and the people, acsa•pted this honourable call, though attended with greit responsibility, we felt a pat t ice:. 1 tar impulse thereto, its the a vents, wholly foreign to it., which decided our choice, and ishielt, without our having had any share in them, solely shrf•rted your flee 311,1 .11.11.1111. 1' r 1 ' dent regolettions. We were Hulett) , taken from that repose • 4 which had been out - mole slim, cad issiettefltate:y ono our arrival i heir, your deceased King received us wills 111 e dearest proofs of confidence and frietifiships sod sviffittioss us as Isis son, and impressing out your work it more lily seal, which enitl.l but increase our obligatioiss and our clevutethiess to our new . country. i " Dewing the years !hal have elapsed since that event, sit t 1 interesting to our heart, we have exerted ourself to fulfil towards that never-tu.be-forgotten mid ever-helured Psitiec s all Vse duties of a faithful subject and an affectionate son, . # 1, and have daily I-cc...rived in his paternal never-changing tett- 1 ' . demean the noblest recumpetice of our endeavours . This 1 happiness we are uu longer to enjoy. Death has de. prite,l its of him Who in this world us as attnchcd to us with the must faithful litre. From over libel bosuns, ! , s 1i from the arum 4 an inconsolable conso r t, Gum the circle of sorrowing relations, Irmo a p eo pl e o f w h om h e has beeu twice the deliverer, he departed with the ca l •as wall 0 1 of a sage, the peace or a good consci e nce, att en d e d by , the conseilations of i•eligion and the tears o f g r atitude, t o I . 1 i '. receive his eternal reward in a better wo r ld. W e h ave re - 0, ' .1 I e eiyeel his last blessing spun you, which lie pronounced on % !,.4.. ~i I's. the verge of life with the saute energy as in his must vigorons slays, 3101 its his dying 113$01 we folk the sesered oath to inherit, together wills his crows:, his tender cares fur the , a country, his ardent wishes fur your welfare. . Ila " .4s we now, in ermsciptratee of this afflicting event, . seem! • eem! the Mated Thrones of Sweden 11/1 Norway, to go. i vern boils kingdoms according to use fuudameutal laws of each, which were approved by Ike Estates of the Swedish 1. Diet ou the Bth of August, and by the Sturthiug of the . ' kingdom of Norway 011 she 31st July, 1815—we have given the Royal Declaratiun, fixed by the King and the States of the Keugelum, in the decision of the Diet of May 2, 1810. 1 " Since we first Haul ou Swedish ground it has heeis our i I highest ease to defeud your liberty, your privileges, and the indepossletire of the kingdom. Providenee cruse toed our en- 1 . I . &armee.. with success. Its the present mflanclioly hour it was, therefore, our first duly, as well as our fi rs t thought, . t ' 4 11 ' 10 iillyiure its powerful support its , 111 l • future act' s.— Frum your unanimity and patriotismwe expert the m us t t • i powerfel assistance. Its faithful Dillon with y•utir King, I t' - s , swim is hound to you by the Inver, yf•ii ee runtim e conti c 's , ; . 1, . '; •*, to Ise free and inslepeueleut ; its this mantic, you will most • 1 worthily liunonr the memory of the Ire ince whom we lament ; r and may Isis Messed spirit for excr protect a hippy people, who can say upon his grace with time heart Celt gialitusle, ' Through him we possessed the laws with li we uneselta ft % t 11111011., the free sill which ravers the bones of our fathers, and the brightened prospect of our future lot, %Oath his i I . virtues and his self-deuiel have prepared for n..'-11•e se_ . • ' . main afTectestl to you all, and each, with our Ilfiyal favour, mid recommend you to God the Alasiglety. 1 ' 1, .• Palace at Stuckhulin, February 5, !bin. i " CHARLES .101 IN. 1 t t " G. VON WRFFEHSTEDT." f'. • ! • On the Bth of Feints:ity the general Court mourning commenced. i 'i s Dis Majesty hail caused the Estates of the king. dons to be summoned on the 7th, to appear in tor. 1: Hall of the Diet, in Plena I'lesaaruni, to take the • , . oath of allegiance. .. .•. ' They accorclitrOy appeared with the T.mrid- -, . ',. Muratori, Count Suinlels, and a ll th e Speakers sit I . their head. At one o'clock . the King; accompanied I r• - I by the Crown Prince, rep a i re d t hi t h er •in solemn ri . t • • processi 111 l , and beim; seated on the Thr on e, m i d t ' • . . ). his Excellency' the Marshal o f th e Ki ng d om, Count E,sen, unclog desired to be heard, the Aulic it Chan- cellor, Baron tterterstedt, remit th e D ec l arat i on pro.. : . F 1 • erounFtd anc!signed by the King; then the 47rowit • 1 .• Prince iinetledittfore the HiFt/Ile, and usith his hand .. • . resting on the Bible, took the oath of allegiance, which• was read to kins by the 31ini-ter of Silos., •i Couist Erigestrom, on which 11;s Err1••11 Iligliire-r i ) r • . kissied the King's hand. -141 the Millie 111:11111Cf the oat ti I li was taken by the E s t a t e :4;4 the Ki ng . 1,,,,, ( it ii ., rend by Count F.usgest root ), hy the organ id . the t / k r 1.16101-.ll..rshal, the Aielthisliuit. the Sin-aka-es a the E.tates oi .11.• Pe eetlits ;,.iti Ce , itizet, -itot of the : it. ~ I \ at fit b 1. 44 )1 0 !? r 1 1 • ' ' " . ...;... • ..• _ ..-- ~ ._