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Magistracy of the country, while, ea the other hood, the natural feelings of the people Irail them to entertain a jealousy of to the restraint of freedom. a full investigation of all lite circumstances. before a proper tribunal, is tiievitable, and punishment must follow wherever • punishment is due. That the ends of justice may •,•be fully obtained, without etidanaering the public tranquillity. or occario tt itt g a sacr;fice of aoy part • of the constitutional liberties of the subj.ct, must be the anxious wish of every true friend to his country. in this feeling. I trust that ,all pasties will cordially *mite ; and while we join in rxrerat.i. ing the mischievous theories of seditious denies:Nue*, and in declaring our firm determination to support the constituted antliortties of the realm, let us never be unmindful of these rights which our ancestor. ,sued for Tina obtained, and which ins olve in them; ail that is dear to. as as men, as freemen, cod as . .Euglislimen. " Perhaps I• ought to apologise for having so long trespassed upon you. the peculiar 6v:um -stoners of the times seem to require. some allusion to passing events. on occasions like the pretreat; and I. could not refrain from availing myself of this opportunity of thus far obtruding my sentiments upon you. In doing so, I have cautiously en • deavoured to avoid all topica t to political differences, it being the tir-t object of ray bre. .three, as well as myself, in the discharge of those judicial ditties which our otters iorp.ise upon as, to , he regulated purely by a regard to the public good—to attend impartially to the ainolications of .every class of our fellow-citizens—ln ,• ii c om e to the , utruast of our power a due °Miltritte In the laws— .. and- to promote, according to the 1:e•t of oar , judgment, the general Unprovemeot and j•rospeeits t •uf this city, over which we are called to piesithr." ON THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION. The annexed observations on the question of Reform we 'Yiaeted from an awful little work recently published, ear tuirJ " A Concise and Imparttal Essay ea the Bellied Coatlllation." The suilior, Mr. Juha D. Porridge, is, as we can rotten from his title-page, a Solicitor at Law, and he his slown in his book very extensive legal reading. His .übjeet seems to have been to present to the public a clear historical statement of the laws affecting the prerogatives of the Crown, and the privileges of the people, conceiving, in • 'the present state of the country, that nothing could more • •fisetually contribute towards removing erroneous inspres siuus, leading the public millet to form correct views of old be considered public rights, than a fami lia pocuolis exposition of the principal laws on tb the fabric of our political system is erected. In this undertaking he has ahewn diligence and research, and his book cannot fail of proving useful to those who wunlil wish to make that branch of legal learning their study. To his legal tract be has annexed some general remarks upon elections, the borough system, and the expediency of Re. lot m; but although IHr.flurridge earnesey desires a Reform, is not that scheme of Reform which would captivate the n , innary politicians of the present day: So far is hr from advocating Universal Suffrage, that he ocema to think the right of suffrage is already too generally extended. The qualifieation of forty ahillings freehold property, in his opt- Pistil, might no longer to be observed, ■s it opens a door to the tide of corruption at contested elections." He, how. ever, advocates the expediency of limiting the duration of Parliameuut to the term of three years. The following remarks on the question of a reform in the mode of electing Iterribeis to serve in Pailiament, will also shew the general style of the work : The purity of our constitution mine enlightened men have conceived has been coutantimited, and therefore a radical Reform should take piece, first isy a more equal representation Of the people in the House of Cimino'le, and lastly by an immediate reform in the domestic economy, by the abolition of all sinecures, useless offices, and unmerited pen. sons, &c. " Chaque nation chit se gouvereer selwe le beAoin de set allures et la conservntron du bien puMque :" This idea also coincides with the popular senti ment that has prevailed many years past ; which has by some been deemed indispensable to our us. simnel welfare, and particularly as our taxes at this present time are necessarily very heasy. It is there ire hoped that the Committees of the (louse of Commons will be productive of much good. Every candid person lutist admit, that when Ministers Ih'mselves acknowledge ( h t certain newspapers) that the sale of mate in Parliament has been the practice and established custom of their predeces • s, as well known, &c. as that the sun duth shine at noon day, it is time for such a subject to be ▪ and again discussed (if necessary) by their delegates in Parliament; for when an innovation of 11 , 11 dangerous complexion begins to foul the spring la Purity, we know hot to what extent the stream way he tainted with it in process of time, if a remedy be 'not soon applied to the bleeding wound. Mon te..(iieu says, " When once a republic is corrupted, their is no peolibildy of remedying any of the ris mg evils but by removing the corruption and re storing . lost principles : every other correction is either useless or a new evil." And again be says, " When once the principles of government are con rowed, the very best laws become bad and turn ogairist the state." • Whatever veneration the people of the' present day might have for the practice and precedents of ..• door ancestors, yet when the fernier is had and the latter inapplicable, measures and resolutions found ►d VII, them cannot be jtimilied. As to precedents, , Jodi' siatesmeo anti lawyers, in say humble con eel:lnm. pay toe mug h deference to them : and cer. .brim it is, that our precedent run rarely he found to be completely applicable to two Mlles at remote periods ; therefore, though precedents might assist ~ a n d be us.fut,iniplicitelefereace ought not to be • p a id to them•; for dime do (4fter a time). we shall broorpemere inecbtratica, and be apt to adopt lore :. cedentolor print-44e.. and thereby never exercise . %nay own judgment aufficiently, and common sense iabstki be %bouldered out of the question. 'Ain critical and important case of national mo- ssstut coati before our iirrm.nt Ministers, I should hope 111141 believe they ;ire fully udtquate to display • svavalacb svi.dons in their mrll•urrs or resolves as very. aE their predecessors : end-.why afloat we • askhyst•?. I am not convinced that men of the pre :ll-rat-lit . 44 (take them generally) are infra& in cepa , air iheis forefathers: then certainly the exilic's , 4. jire . arf die aimer'sbould bit first considered before gy rcedents. -. By way of Arengthesing my argument. I will - jusoaktike. the liberty •f quoting a sentiment from ;Fier inmost* Tartan's 'perch on the question of the ittigtotby p the said; the sh:urs.lity of acting 41. : 'I ' qtly upoft precedents brought to his recollection . some lines he hartlearned at school Here maw,. a precedent, Slam put it there ? A better Man than you, f's Teach it if you dare." • l'lnt to return to my position on the subject of Reform. The cry of innovation, and these are not the time., by the opponeuts of Reform, seems absurd wheu.tlte canker worm is. supposed to be rid I consuming the very vitals of our c titution ; and I believe um national cousequelice can ~rise by taking away verbal, propleges, the loaves and fishes, from a few close cringing ministerial boroughs and rich monopolizing corporations (with respect to returuing Members of Parliament), and grouting and diStributing the same priiileges and franchises elsewhere upou popular and sound constitutional principles. Ahoy gentlemen who choose to attach them selves to the cause of Reform, nue unjustly stigma fixed with the odious epithets of levellers and jaco bins..who deservedly merit the name of firm pa triots, and are indeed the very beat friends and Ifni. lectors of the constitution, and would, sit my opi , Mon, be the first end foremOst to rally round and pr 'the sacred edMgreot our commtitution violate from the shock of faction, and the itordiuus attacks of lurking corruption, • The fear of a revolution in accomplishing this great end of Reform, Mil at this juncture is, striae, groundless and imaginer,. although I have been lately told from the pulpit, by an old Divine. the the reformers and their demagogue have no thing to lase, and that their Role ohiect was to pro doce anarchy mid •cotifereitor. to . the stare, and an equal partition of property!. Pray Nate Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Hobhouse t and .Sir Charles Woke ley. nothing to lose ? Lord Treasurer Burleigh. knowing the revenue of England to be so immense, sap, " /Inland can never be ruined but by the corruption of her Parliament." 11 . will now conclude with the exclamation of • Horace—" Quid ?yes sine moribus nonce profiei nit :" and perhape another such sentiment of tilts author will apply to the present degenerated age— " 2Elas paresanne pejor aria tent, nos negutores mot donna progentem vitiosoretn"— .. The age of our fathers, which was worse than that of our ances tors, produced us, who are shortly to raise a pro geny even more vicious than ourselves." Sonic have gone so far as to say, " Qua fuerunt villa mores sunt"-- 11 What were once vices are now the cons• coon manners of the age :" but certainly of all cor ruption the comption of the greet is the worst— " Corrnptio optirni pessineo." It is a maxim ever held by the wise in all ages, " that when the morals of a prince are corrupt, the nobles and plebeians generally follow the same fatal principles; and thus the nation gradually sinks into effeminacy and consequent decay." I have quoted this sentiment merely to shew the contagion of vice and the datigerons consequence of evil example: and, in my humble opinion, if u public character of rank and fortune fells unit in dulges himself in vice and fully, such a person sins doubly ; for as I have just intimated, vulgar minds are greatly influenced by the example of their au periors in rank. Much its vain is the gospel preached from pulpits to the poor, if men of literature amid elevated situations in life treat all its precepts with insignificance and contempt. I have further to remark, corruption engenders war, and war misery and poverty ; but I sin here happy to remark, that throughout all the ear, and in all battles and contests in which the English arms have been fairly engaged, both by sea and laud, that they have shone conspicuously and glo riously : in fact, the valour, courage, and physical strength of the English troops have not been ex celled. It might therefore he truly said, England has arrived at the summit of military renowo, us the page or history will record. I believe our national debt now exceeds eight hundred millions of pounds, which of course must be the cause of a heavy taxation for many years to come. Mr. Home says, that " Either the nation must destroy public credit, or public credit will destroy the nation." However true this assertion might prove by any possibility, it must be admitted that it behoves every patriot to promote public credit. It may not perhaps be here impertinent to re mark Baron Nltintesquieu'e observation on time cha racter of the English nation: lie says we are inca pable of bearing the delays, the details, and time coolness of iiegociations: " In these they are more unlikely to succeed than any other Minim; hence they are apt to lose by treaties whist they obtain by their arms." In concluding this subject, I am sorry to have occasion to remark, that although England is rich in soil, and productive of the ne cessaries of life; and although the late harvest has been abundant, yet provisions are now dearer in this country, thus' perhaps any other in Europe. It is therefore an indisputable fact, that the ways of man have perverted the ways of Providence! • The dissipation in the metropolis amongst titled gee. tlrmen certainly confirmed me is this opinion. various circumstances, and it apoeara in the Wield quarter that the second week offered a much. more Haltering indication. of the state of die revenue &11l did the week preceding. This partial state ment having escaped from the Treasury, we felt it necessary to communicate it to our readers, but we think it would be much snore prudent if such statements wen• in all ca.es suppressed, fur they cast tend to no other purpose than to de ceive the public by cresting erroneous impressions respecting the financial state of the country. $ l3llOll AND JLIDE.--HOlidli , of the Haut, Exchequer, E Ist ludas, and South Sus Houses. TH 15 Sil ESS. PUBLIC FINANCE. We apprehend that the receipt of the revenue for the current quarter will he far from compen sating for the 6ficieticy experienced in the last quarter, or from realising the hopes or the Lords of the Treasury. We understand that in the Customs alone, there was in the first week of the present quarter, as compared with the corresponding virtk in the List year, a fulling off, to the amount of 100,000/. The pruduee in the second week it seems was greater; but in the fortnight from the 10th to the d3tl of October it appears, by official state ments, that in the whole revenue, us compared with the produce in the corresponding quarter is the last year, there exists • deficiency of no less than 37,5611. The amount of the two weeks' revenue from the 10th to the i3d of October, for the yeats 1818 and 1819, are, Fur the yea( 1818 . 1819 Deficient It must, however, in candour be adulated, that from the account of a week or a fortaight.no argu ment can be drawn to prove either the improvemeut Of retrogressiou of our finances. The receipts of Ito ►bort a petiod may be affected by a thottesuld LONDON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER es, isig. The Paris Papers of the 24th ortived Their contents !nnses• little *lnterco. Tile KING rides ont drily. On Saturday he piot•eeuler'. in the direction of St. Cloud, and on his return visited the I)4eltess 4 IlgottY. Account* front Bourdeaux, of the 19th, state, that according to the :I.ltSt I t .11teII ..14ritce from Spuin, hopes were entertained that the progress of the yellow fever would be speedily arrested in Andalu sia. Ttie number of deaths in Cadiz arid its vici nity in the month of September, is stated in a letter from Nlailiid, of the 11th October, at 1,200 The epidemic had not broken out at Seville, There were only a few cases of malignant fever in a quarter of the city. It it positively stated that in Cadiz it affected none but those who were attacked with it in the year 1800. Business in that city was entirely at a stand. Every neces4asy precaution was adopted to preserve the south-west of France from the contagion. The 5 per Cent. ConNols on Sat uriLiy commenced at 701. 95 c.; Batik Actions 1,490 f, We are extremely happy to learn from various parts of the country, that the insult lately offered to the venerable and patriotic Eirl FrTzsvtlAraNt is universally condemned by all who are not imme diately conistctrd.with the officers of Government, and that even among those who in Parliament usually vote on the sole of Ministers, it is generally lamented as an ill-advised ■nd precipitate measure. Every Nobleman and Geotleiturii in Eagland must perceive in it a resolution on the part of the ' , resent Ministers not to suffer any individual, however re motely connected with the Administration, to breathe a thought in opposition to their will ; even should lie, however elevated in rank and cha racter, incautiously venture to question the acts of any dressed in a little brief authority" in ally part of the country, lie must expect to he •isited with the rude force of their high displeasure. We know not bow the proud spirit of our Aristo cracy will brook this despotistii, but we fervently hope that those who can humble their minds suffi ciently to endure so gross an insult, when offered to otte the least. exceptionable of their illustrious boely o will have ennilir opportunities in their own persons of exercising the virtues of humility and patience. It is mlarge stride towards the attain ment of .an, authority that must insensibly in k* r milli it bests down the independence of the 'Nobility. 'Moil' unintelligible jargon about what are called radical principleri, and an interruption of confidence bgtween the Ministers and the Lords Lieutenant, in • consequence of the York meeting, lois. been dri. yelled out by the Treatury scribes, in their miserable attempts to . justify their masters. The Ministers cannot be such egregious dolts as to think fur a mo. meat. that gaol FITZWILL4.III, and' time who with 771 "fitit"';'RILw'' THE ROYAL MARINES. The Officers of the Royal Marine corps have been hitherto placed on equal ground, with respect to promotion, as those of the Royal Artillery and En gineers. To this situation they have proved them selves well entitled, the services of the Royal Ma rines having been very conspicuous, and universally acknowledged in the late war. It appears, how ever, that since the peace some new orringements hive taken place, by which the two former corps are placed in a more desirable situation, thus destiny- Mg the equality that hitherto s ubs - wed b e t o e , n these three classes, to the disadvaiirige of the Marines. By these regulatinra as vacancies occur in the Royal Artillery and Engineers, 'hey are filled up by bringing in a Captain on the hall* pay, who is placed on fall pay, the Senior Lieutenant iwonitited to the rook of Captain is placed half pay. and the Second Lieutetaiiit is made first Lieu tenant. We understand that the Subaltern Officers of the Marines have presented a Memorial to the Lords Consiniuioners of the Admiralty, reqmist. Mg to he pieced on the same footing. but that their request has been refused. Tlns ihatiortion, we believe, has been made since the present Master of the Ordnance came iutu office, but opal , what grown' we are at a less to conceive. The past services of the Royal Marines have Mien highly appreciated by the country. Their present uti lity must be also admitted, fair if they he not itecewery, why are they continued? The chstiose time is rendered the more invulions by the liar. ticular state of the Royal MUMPS at the present moment. The present Senior Lieutenant of the corps is of 14 years matidiog in that rank, and the Second Lieutenant is nearly as old in his rank. A few facilities to promotion, where it is so slow, would appeal trot merely an iudulgence, but en act of justice. ___ ~._ ..sN 3 ‘. • \ • • S. . • \t him signed the Requisition to the High Sheriff of York, coincided in opinions and principles with the Radical Reformers. It is impossible that they could imagine that Earl FITZWILLIAIII, the Duke of NORFOLK, and the other Whig Noblemen and Gentlemen, are the advocates of Universal Suffrage, Annual Perharicots, and the Speocean princi ple of distribution, which, independent of the ruin and desolation that they must bring upon the State, would necessarily destroy their influence and raiik, and reduce themselves to poverty. Why, then, is such trash put forth in the Treasury prints, when every man in the country must perceive its futility as a cloak for so ungenerous and alarming an act of authority ? We are told that the measure is one purely poli tical, and was a necessary rtonsequence of the breads co,!fidence between Prlitaiste.s and Earl FITZ• W 11.1.1 AM, caused by the sanction given by the vehetable E.nl to the York meeting. Could the Nlini•ters explain why En! FITZWILLIAM, as a 111,114i•tiste, was less worthy of their confidence after the meeting than lie was at any time pre viotody ? Hn duties were, as a Magistrate, to inaintoni the public pear e, and to communicate with the Servants of the Crown respecting the generzti %tate and condition of his district. The Radical Reformers were, in the present cir curnstances of the country, the enemies against whose violence lie eves to guard. and if he did not *bare their principles of confusion, or with them pant after the blessings of a revolution to be ob tained through the medium of a civil war—if he was known to be as firm an advocate of the existing order of things as rya; the Alinisters themselves, we can see iirs pretension fir believing that he would trot with energy and fi,lehly exercise the powers re posed in him for the niiiiiitatitaoce of the public tranquillity. Hut, say the Treasury Prints, how could the 'Ministers communicate ill confidence with one who they knew to Ire opposed to their principles of government ? Was it necessary to wait for the York meeting to know that Esti FITZWI LLI A m in the Douse of Lords. and his 'soh, Lard Alli.roN, in the House of Coninioni;f:toidlormly expressed their opposition to the general principles of the present Ministers ? This cif cunistance, however, was never before found to impede those croolitlentiol communications which unit•t have I`Ced%loliillly taken place between the immediate Servants or the Crown and Lord FITZWILLIAM, in his magisterial capacity, as the King's Lieutenant in Yorkshire. In these confi dential communication* it was never supposed that tire Secretary lor the Home Department would with gobsipuitig familiarity inform the Noble Earl of the little schemes of office for manag ing the House of Commons, he would not probably tell the market price of Members, nor what Increase of slit ii.;tli he anticipated from a vacant Bishoprick, or a new batch of Baronets ; nor probably would he conceive it perfectly safe or prudent to whisper to the illustrious patriot what might to he the tone and character of his official dispatches with respect to the state of the country ; but lie might with confidence communicate to Lord FITZWILLIAM, or to any other Lord of Par. liament, no motor on which side he may vote (for the honour of an English Peer, intrusted with a confidential office, is not to be questioned)—he might communicate the intentions of the Cabinet with regard to the means of securing the peace of the country ; and the Ministers must be aware, that if such means met the approbation of the No ble Magistrate, lie would enforce them to the ut most of his power—anti that if he did not improve of them, he would, as the only alternative, resign his office. Pussitily Ministers may have in contem plation certain projects against the liberty of the country, of which the conduct of the Manchester Magistrates was the first sample, and the opinions un this unfortunate affair, publicly expressed by Earl FITZWILLIAM, proved that lie would not be a fit instrument fur the execution of such measures. A Whig Nobleman could not, consistently with his principles, cause be sword of the soldier to su persede the power of the law, and the mace of the civil authoitty. Tftis supposition alone can satis factorily account for so strange and harsh a mea sure, and ought to induce the public still more I Ily to demand an inquiry into the proceedings at Maticheatrr, for the strong voice of public uiun alone can prevent so undisguised an act of military violence from being drawn into a precedent clabgerous to the very being of our liberty. Letters and Papers from lladrid to the 13th, and from Cadiz to the 6th itt 9 t 91It. have been received. They confirm the account • ich we have already communicaten to our readers respecting the breach iii the military cordon around Cadiz, by the sudden and unauthorised departure of 6.000 men, who, with others, surrounded the places infected by the yellow fever. It seems that this large body, either terrified by apprehensions of the malady, or from .the difficulty of procuring food in the quarters assigned to them, suddenly broke the cordon, aod• retired to Santa Olalla, a village in Estrernadura. Finding that so large a force could not obtain ac commodation in so small a place, they proceeded to Casoilis, a pretty considerable town farther up the country. The inhabitants taking alarm at the . approach of so large a body of men, ind dreading a s c arcity of l►rovisions, armed theMselves in order to prevent their euteriog ;• but ift . order to avoid : • , coming to extremities. a deputation from Cittsi!ii remonstrated with the officers, and the troops, in cot_ sequence, halted. The necessity of going to seek for provisions is mentioned in the 'driers from Madrid as the only cause of this extraordinary p , o. reeding, but the circumstance very clearly m 0.,. feats that the discipline of the expeditionary amv Qf Spoia is altogether destroyed. The yellow fever still races at Cadiz. The mor tality, however, does not now exeeed 60deatlis a-dar. The Spanish Government, for the accommodation of the merchants and others, had appeonied vas as a port of entry fur all weasels from Soot , : America, in lien of Cadiz, where no ships were ' : - lowed either ingress or egress. A fiarnivtirgh has arrived will, Pa lren from which the following are evract.:._ WAR?A‘V. Ol:Telifil Yesterday evening, al seven eelork, h,e Mainly the 16, 1 of iVicirmberg arrived here. MI Royal llhelium the I to`. of Cumberland, nod Prince Antony Rafiewill, the Grand Duchy of Posen, are also arrived '►ere. I►s 0. bib there was a grand review of 38,000 troops of aria‘ below WiolB. His Majesty appeared in the un;!.r m a Polish General, and expressed his sativfne lion nt the sr. pesrance of the troops. The concourse of spetimlors immense. Oa the Otte his Majesty gave au audience to tint Senate and the Ministers of the kingdom. rewatunr.m. Yesterday a real national festival was er:ehrate.l in the Sudertilge. The canal was opened in the presence of King, the Crowu Prince, and many perisonsof eaiial has been finished in twelve years,and is esiurt , d to be of great utility. Among the vessels which first laded ih r „,,,t, it was it steam-boat, with many passengers Ginn StorlthWin SRANDINBURG, OCTuCtill 16 Our Government has appointed Countieli.ir Crow. Member of the Committee for ingnit Mu into tire tattier... of tho democrats, to be Commissioner and Member of th• Central Committee at Mentz, and he will brertly T ower,' that city. It has been erroneously stated that M. Kamr': was to be the Prussian Commissioner. A report prevailed in the City yeuerdae, that a serious misunderstanding existed Intween the Government and the Bank, and that a eftft...l pondence of a very disagreeable stature had take., place. It was also rumoured. that the American Government have determined to take Cubs, and a squadron has been detached for its cuptrtre. Three were no arrivals yesterday from America. se that this report was evidently fabricated for the pursimie of depressing the funds. We hope thai.the former rumour 1134 as little foundation. The fol!oseing article loss been onnonno'cated to us by n Correspondent : "CIRCULAR BY THE CoMNITTEr. OF THE RA DICA LS. " At a Meeting of the Committee of Ilan:term tat f Or Ratlieu' Reformers of London, on Monday presinig, rrfar!lt it) the: pisbile NlcelinK for ■ redress of the rieonnta'retei wires, intended In be held on 31 lay o. u . litnember 1, 1 1919, of twelve o'clock, in Finstntry Market•p.ace. tiros, square ; "A was made to the Committee, that si multaneous meetings were announced to h.• holden on the name day the meeting is to be held in Fin.hory Merkel-pl:.ce, throughout the North of England, Scotland, dec. " It was Resolved Unatiimonsly—That a warning and sp. pal to the Prince Regent, calling upon him to redress the mitnifuld grievances of the loyal, though slatting tool cruelly oppressed non-represented people of thin realm, be presented to the said meeting for its approval or rtjecinm." Here follow I lit P(411(1011'1 .iganot t h e ex penses of the Crown, the great amount of ,the Na tional Debt, the Boroughmongers, ,xc. The lo!. lowing is the concluding Resolution " Resolved—That as numerous bodies of I at feud from va rious districts of the Metropolis with flags, 11111.11 . , he they are requested by this Committee to be firm, penr-an'e, 511 i orderly tit their procession to sad from the Ileet!og, and while assembled. (Signed) R T. FORISTER, Chairman. THOMAS WALKER, Secretar,- Yesterdays Court of Directors wag Wit it thi East India House, when the following were sworn into the command of their ir.ltr, rive elsips, viz. Captain J. Jamegon, Earl of Balcarrrig ; CAptaiii T. Lar king, Warren Naming.; and Captain C. l.c 'f ham..— for Bombay and China. Captain P. Carneion, London—far St. Helena, Hericonlrii„ Prince of Wales's Wand, mud China. Caplaiu J. Pearson, Geueral Hertill—for,China direct. The Right Dom the Earl of CLANCARTI, Majerty's Ami►rnador to the Court of iiramel., em barked from Dover, cm Saturday, for o%tep.d. The Ultra Journal, the Dropeutt Maw, ve.A. seized ■t Paris on the eoth instant, nil account of its containing an article directed against the invio lability of die sales of National Doinnis.a. Accounts from Panama state, that RAFTER, and twelve of the officers taker r• at Porto-Bello, have been shot there by Ortier from the Viceroy at Santa nick, Sept. 3.) A circular has been sent from Government to the parish officers in the kingdom, directing iln-tit to transmit to the Clerk of the House rit • a correct account of the money that has peilrd for the relief of the poor, in their parishes, for 1917, 181€1, mill 1919. liesides the Chamber of Commerce of liireliwir ham, several other highly respectable boilie• h"`" it in contemplation to petition Parliament fur dification of the restriction on trade with Fr and for a diminution of the duties on French a I Ilt Mr. GLYN, of Glyn, Mr. COLMAN RASNLI the Rev. W. WALKER, Mr. l'h-rrs. Mr. l't %- DOVES, and several other of the most respectable Gentletneu of Coruwall, have called on the Frei , - holders- of that County to sign a Requisition for o Meeting, to consider as well the strange proceedings Under the forms of the law, which have f01i0.% ell the 16th of August, as the melancholy troissacti"i of that day. • .... c •x' .t• "'•-