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feeliags would run through this whole island, and si•ert the rights which belonged to a nation en titled to he free.—(Great applaxse.)—The pre sent Lord Mayor was, indeed, very unlike Sir William Wabsorth, for he took care that the p e ople should hare at hand their natural guardians, t h e e"il power, for their protection, not like Sir William, who came with force to assail the pea. ple.--( Load larghter.)—The present Lord Mayor passed the highest compliment upon the Re liF taking such good care that they should _ . HUNT, in 'Hitting the question from the eilair of alie vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor, cool, that the presto, who drew up the Resolution could not have thought that the Doctor would have addressed them as. he had done, with so grave a face, tespecting his Remlation.—f Laughter.) The question was then put, and received with loud groans. Mr. HUNT—" All you who are of opinion that this motion ought to pass will signify the same by holding up your bands.—(None.) —On the con- Uwe, sll who are of opinion that the Lord Mayor made those efforts, not so much for your protection as for his own particular gratification, or some other motive, will hold op year hands accordingly." All hands were now halt; op against the motion. Applause.) Mr. ilutur—ft Then. Gentlemen, it is my duty to inform you, that the motion has been unani mously derided is the negative. and it will also be my duty to apprise the Lord Mayor that such was its fate.—( Applause.) Mr. HUNT then said, that an address of some length had bent prepared for the people of Ireland, inviting their participation with the people of this comutry in the cause of Reform. If it was their pleasure, it should he read ; but he thought it right to apprise them diet a subscription hail been made by *eventl gentlemen, who did not deem it prudrut at ;Heston to conic forward in person, fur publishing this address, and distributing it in a very cheep form, both here and in Ireland ; there was no doubt therefore they would all soon have it in their hands, and it was for them to say whether it was now necessary he should take up their time by reading it.—( Cries of • 4 No, we will see it in prates ; we will wait f" 1 Mr. GAST then MK to propose the thanks of the Meeting to their diatingsisheil Chairman. It had, he said, been his lot to have seconded a motion at a former Meeting in l'alace-yard. On that occasion oume double-faced Janus sent an anonymous letter to the Editor of The Tittles, containing a sort of celtinsnions pretended biographical sketch of his (Mr. Gast's) life. The shield of an anonymous sig nature protected the calumniator. He now called Minn him, if lie were in hearing, to come forward and substantiate his assertions; if he dared to do so he was ready to meet him, according to the prin ciple,' of honour or the feelings of a mass.—(.4p please.)—Mr. Gast lien proceeded to animadvert on the occurreoices within the walls of Parliament during the late Session, which he severely arraign ed. As a woof that nu Reform could be fairly ex pected from inch a quarter, he adduced the refusal to Sir Robert Heron's motion fur triennial Parlia ments in the last Parliament. Moderate Reform was talked of, and yet when the must moderate of all was proposed, it received no support. There was a Gentleman in the House of Commons, lie believed hit name was Mr. Dawson, who had said that the 1: tilde were not proper judges of the mys tery and intricacies of Government. mid that there fore their opinions on such points were to be received *jilt caution. lie (Mr. Gast) had quite a contrary view of the intellectual possessions of the great mass of the people ; he thought they were capable of appreciating the difference between a good and a bad goverensesit. There were certainly some mysteries which they could oeitherdige.t nor under stand—for iiistarice, they could not understand the mystery of gistiog a son. even though he was u Prince of the blood, 10,0001. a year for doing that, which, as a son, he ought to have done without this rtipend.—(Applause.)—The steward of a Be nefit Society would find his club very little ioclined to give hire this bonus for performilog a natural duty, which he ought to perform from very differ ent motives than the impulse of a pecuniary reward. The sirs/wit of a Deliefit Society would also feel it a very difficult task to get the club to vote out of their box 22.0001. fur snuff-boxes for capricious presents, *lieu their funds were inadequate for common and necessary purposes.—(Applause.)— Three were indeed the mysteries which the vulgar minds of the people neither could nor would un derstand. Mr. Gast proceeded then to comment upon the various plans of Reform that had from tunic to tittle beau submitted to the public. With respect to the !Householders' plan, he thought that inadequate, said for this reason, that there were many lodging tenants who actually paid a higher resit than the landlord did for his premises. Why thrum should they be excluded ? In fact, on what principle was it that they who were called on in one shape or soother to pay taxes—to come for ward and give their labours both in the land and sea services at the cull of the Government—to lay down their lives for the protection of die Legisla ture—eni what principle. lie repeated, was it, that such non should be called upon for a particular qualification whets they came to vote, different from that which was required of them when their more octive services were called for by their country ? Ile concluded by proposing the Thanks of the Meeting to Mr. hunt for his conduct its the Chair. /(:nut urptsuse.) Sir. Putsfon seconded this motion. This was, hr seirl, a haply day for the people. It well a sada faction, for every friend of freedom to see the noble 4 , 01 igiVarNpirrabit manner in which the Chairman :tad conducted himself on this day, as he had on all farmer occasions, with firmness and iude.o voodooism. This motion was carried with acclamation. Just as Mr. flout was about to return thanks, an apparent impatience and inquietude was manifest in the crowd in front oldie waggon. Several voices from the .particular spot exclaimed, " The water per have been pulled up, we are up to our knees in water all at nice. " —Silence being obtained-- Mr. lIUNT addressed the Meeting—" I have, said lie. hitherto steered clear of sedition this day, hut I am noir going to be most seditious, for 1 am about io read for you a few passages front Fair burn./ edition of The Black Bask, or The Red Book, as it was for (lately called, bat the 1;114 is the. better name, and I ',nig ,read yot? rin• of the., l blackest items that ever were contained in tfic Nl* number of lines in the pages or. any ti•OlC•ver printed. Almost the whole . of the public press is 1 filled with comments upon the immorality of the people."—(A 'man in the crowd here called out. " Hunt. how much does Lord Castlereagh give you yearly for spouting in this way ?") This interruption led to momentary confusion, and the people around the iiidividual were prepar ing to push him from .1111011 g them, when— Mr. HUNT interfered, and entreated that the man should eiot be moleited. "He arks nie." said Mr. It " what I get from Lord Castlereagh fur speaking? 1 am not sorry he has put the question—l know he meant it well, and for so good an act, pray. out of compliment to me, don't serve him out, as the ex pression is.—( Loud laughter)-111 answer this man. I was born, as you might have before now heard, to the possession of a small but independent properly—l have led an active life, slid during the whole course of it I was never but oioc:r paid fur • . . single act in which I was engaged. A neighbour of, mine had once occasion to solicit my attendance in . London as a winless for hum, and afterwards when we were settling accounts on some business' th.,,t occurred between us. I remember he allowed me , • 6/. for my expenses when eumed fur him in towo. This was the only instance that ever occurred ,in . which I received a farthing for any act of 'nine. I de." dare most solemnly to you, my fellow-countrymen, that I never was in the employ of any humor, being for any purpose, and that I never shall be,—(411, 7 plause.) —I have always served the public biniestly and gratuitously, and you ace to-day what arr iso-,. grateful office it is for a man to undertake. when he exposes himself to such insinuations as this. You see that we have among us corrupt and abominable knaves who can never act except under the influ ence of some mean and selfish passion, and who suppose that every body else is actuated by the same sordid propensities.—(Applause.)—l admire this man's courage, at all events, in coming here and putting his questiou. I see some mud has fallen upon bairn (his face was besmeared with a splash of mud), but don't repeat such an I;act. I entreat you will nut do any thing which ; may be construed into u breach of the peace. -(Cries of ' No, no !')—The venal part of the Press ascribe every act of immorality to 'the Reformers; mid they say it is a proof of the corruption of the times—they level all their abuse eat the Reformers, and overlook the real offenders, end the crying grievances which bear, down the people."—Mr. Hint then proceeded to read ex tracts from the Block Book, as he called it, of certain grants to the Duke of York, nod to • Lady ooce connected with another Royal Duke. end to animadvert severely upon these particular grants, as well as on a sinecure of 3,0001. a year as Clerk of the Pell. in Ireland, which, lie said, had been granted by the sanctified Lord Sichnouth to a son of the late Mr. Ililey Addington, while a boy at, Winchester School ; also at Lord Ardeti's 38,5741. a year, and Earl Bathurst's 3!,000l. out of the pockets of an impoverished and starving people. —(Cries if " Shaine !")—" I know," continued Mr. Hunt, " I shall be called by the Government Press a seditious monster for all this." [Here another interruption was occasioned by the person who had already put a question to Mr. Hout. The people about hint said they would not endure his nonsense. " Well, then," said Mr. Hunt, " can't you let him stand for a while in the place where the water is ?" They took the hint and went a little farther than it was intended, for they put him on hIS bark, so as to give him something like a ducking, when Mr. Hunt again interfered and sased him.] "There are several things," resumed Mr. Hunt, " for which we want redress. When millions of de serving people are starving, we complain of the profuse, and worthlrs4, and lavish expenditure of the money raised, or rather wrung by taxes; and hove we not a right to complain of such acts ?—(Cries of ' Who says we hare not P . j—Yes, you have 1 at least the right of complaint, solitary as it is ; and so long as these grievances continue, no doubt you will exercise it.—(Cry of 'We shall P )-- Much as I honour our Parliament—(4 laugh)—l confess I feel the force of what Mr. Gast has told us. We have had many extraordinary Parliaments I —we have haul the Long Parliament and Ilse Short lone, t he litimpParliament,thePraite God Barebones 1 Parliament, but we had no such Parliament as the last—it ought to be called the ' Drivelling Par. liament,' for they were drivelling throughout.— (Laughter and applause.)—Well, then, you ask. iwhat was Parliament doing fur you last Session ? 1 Its an awkward questioh, and my answer is, • I do ! not know.'—(Applosise.)—You have all heard of the old v f— " The King or France, with thirty thousand men, Went up the bill, and then—march e d down again." —(Laughier.).—Why, your Parliament were marching and countermarching, and they have been doing nothing else. There is not a set of plain-going common people among us that would not in the same apace of time have done more good for the country—no class picked from our artisans that would not have legislated as ("ipplouse.)—Let us therefore speak out to that Parliament, let us address it peaceably, but with dignity. Let us proclaim our sentiments, as we have a right to do, by the Constitution. There is a maxim in Lstin— f or Populi, vox Del—that is, the voice of the people is the voice of God.-1 en treat you to avoid our enemies—let your demean our, while it is final, be wield and peaceable. If this Meeting terminates as I foully anticipate from your conduct, it will he productive of the very greatest importance for the country : if, on the con trary, any attempt shall be made to disturb the public peace, then indeed it will be an unfortunate day, and on the heads of the people will fall the bitter consequences—we shall all of us feel its me lancholy effects. Let us, when the business is finished, repair peaceably to our homes—cslinly assert our righta,and procure peace and properity for our country. As to our rewards for our acts, we can ensure them, for they consist in our consciousness of doing our duty honestly and faithfully. Such has ever been us, reward, and 1 hair now grown grey in your service—and when in my grave, it will not be in the power of any man to take a retro spect of my life, and fix upon any one act of mine on which he could fasten, with truth, any imputa tion of my having acted derogatory to the character of as hoot* Englishman or say that I ever Iteiertiel the cause of the people.—(Great a epitlause.)— I should rather be in my grave to singlit•with this conscientious reflection in iity breast, than live fur ages pinapereel with the' 1111110 IN wealth, and 'then sink into it with the reprobation of my countrymen. —(Applause.)—You have heard me charged with being lit the pay of Gavernineut ; but to there one among you who believes the charge ?—((.'ries of No !')—The Government hirelings re-echo the vile rain 1111 l y, 'bet my public acts belie it. There are. however, men of honour belonging to the public Press, who rill, I amt confident, do You mid sue justice in their report of our Resolutions, and of this day'a proceediogs. I ion persuaded they will be faithfully replotted by the Gentlemen whom I . see around me.--(Crean applause.) —They are, know, from what I have sere' on other occasions, capable. of doing . u' that justice. in si manner which has often struck me as most asto nishing, considering the trfteultiei which they are placed. When those, Gentlemen, as I believe Sim generally do, report faithfully and they drierve our warmest thanks--(dippiarise) r . anti when our proceedings are . not fairly gives. 1. know it is not their fault. the garbliug . or miser presentation . coines from other baud , . We are ob liged to them fur their etteudauce here this day. end they will add to that Phligation by sending fort') to the world with that talent and capacity which they so often exercise, a full and fair report of our Meets ing—t hat is all We aali, ill4texpect, andsall which, under any circumstances, we have. a right to des mend. It war lately, you will recollect, said iii the country by 'Major Cartwright, or by some body else, that nothing could be dime for the people, so ION( a. they .hewed any disposition to pay the taxes, winch were so isnot mously upon thein, while they were so unfairly represented. I will fairly tell you how I have of late acted towards the tax-gatherer. at m a y !dace in the cuulotry, every time lie called within the last 18 mouths. Some times I have told him that I was not prepared to pay his demand ; that I hail too money the house. At other times I told hint tlilt though Chad a lit tle money, I was sorry I had none fur him; for I had to pay my baker and butcher, with whoM I had honestly and faiily contracted *debts, but that as I had contracted none with him he must.wait fur his taxes. The tax-gatherer, whit was an honest neighbourly man, came again and again ; at length lie said, ' Sir, I ant very . sorry. but . I have beets obliged to return you to the Commuiaionerti as a defaulter.' I answered, 6 Very well, then the Commissioners and I will settle the matter.' Two montlia after, the tax-gatherer came again fur the same money—but I replied to him, Oh, my friend, I have nothing to say to you on the business; ; for you remember you returned me as a defaulter to the Commissi 111 l ers.'—( Loud laughter.) then, so far back us the Silt May, 1818, tbe Commissioners for the county of amt. (I have their names in my pocket) United a watTant to distv4in my good*. The tax-gatherer again came to me, skewed me the warrant, and entreated that I would pay him, or let him pay for me. to obviate the necessity of his distraiiiing. • No,' I said, • I won't pay you ; you ray you must distrait' in obedience to your orders—do your duty.—'Then,' ✓aid he. 'I be d—d if Ido distrait' your goods !' The man went backwards and forwards to the Com missioners, mail at length the original warrant for levying was actually worst out in his pocket.—(4 laugh.)—Abouta month ego a fresh warrant was issu ed, and the man came and said that positive insttuc lions were given by the Commissioners, that if lie would not distrain on my property for the amount (61. 1,05.). they would upon his. I was in town when lie called, and was informed by my family of the nature of the visit, and that the mast behaved very civil on the occasion. I again desired that he would distrait', that there was plenty for him—but lie did not do so. I had shortly after occasion to attend a county meeting in Wiltshire, and while I was front home, a distress was levier!, and a four-wheeled car riage, belonging to a friend who was at my house, was carried away. All I asked was, that they would inform me when they meant to sell it, that I might bend a couple of person a down to ascertain the pur chaser. I should have made them feel the matter seriously, for they had given toe no appeal—they bad charged me a window snore than 1 had, and their proceedings were front the beg' 111 l ing illegal. But I told them candidly 1 would hot avail myself of any rotund objections; I would at once meet the broad question. It was given out that my house was blockaded. and an •ffidavit was made that such was the fact. This usk" neighbours around my family, who offere d to defend my ‘souse with their lives, if necessary. I dismissed them civilly, and thanked them for their kind offers, of which I assured them I did not stand in need. The four wheeled carriage which had been carried off was sent back. and the tax-gatherer said he had paid( tile money himself sooner than the matter should go further.—(Cry tf • They were afraid.') — Now, the ground I mean to take is, that of fol. an humble 'way. the path of the cele brated John Hatupden, and not voluntarily paying taxes levied in the present state of the represent:i -t. of the people." Mr. Hunt concluded by repeating his exhortation to the Sleeting to main tain their peaceable demeanour, and then this would be a proud day for the people.— (Applause.) While Mr. Hunt's horse was leading up to the waggon. some person on the !topology reminded him, that he had said nothing about the penny subscription in Palace-yard. Mr. HUNT thanked the Gentleman for reminds ing him of this circumstance. He said, that at a limner Meeting in Palace-yard a penny subscrip tion had been entered into, and without his knowledge or previoui consent lie hail been made treasurer. Doctor Slop, a contemptible fellow— [Here Mr. Hunt digressed into an allusion respect ing some cause of quarrel between the Editors of two Newspapers]—this Doctor Slop had dared to assert that Doctor Watson was living ou the amount of this ;lenity subscription. and that he (Mr. Hunt) was flying from John Dee and ttiehard !toe. Now lie could state that the whole amount of the suli scription alluded to was 41. 14s. 6d. which. with the colorist of the Meeting (for as it was grouted by a public vote, it must be disposed of in a similar manner), he would apply to defray the expenses of the waggon on which he stood, and of the silver. tiseinetitsconveniug the present Meeting. He never parted with any money with greater pleasure. The Meeting acceded to this sppticatitin of the sAto alluded to, and Mr. !put moulded his horse and rode off at four o'clock, *mid loud acclsint lions. Tipe Meeting then th.perst.:l is the ntut ',see able insulter, and out the sh A hte.t 41.- i mmio-s riot or tumult occurred dismal; the whole of she proceedings. At the time the filming broke up. it innontstril to not less tit to 6.1,000 nervous. Au they digitised, they filled all the adjoining streets. Mr. HUM WWI ncoompaisied by a large party. lousily cheerio: Alt. FRANCI3 WARD. of Nuttioghim, commonly' called " 11 - 1141seol FRANK W ARD," and *Moe iwf.ollS from Storitimrt, ietentleil by tura:lei.) S. It sp. ',eared that the letters Pr IliVitillloll wore lot griritli. addressed to the parties, and post paid from 1,411. don. under the name of the Secretary of the Cum. mitoe thruuon which this NlerAilig had heels coo. (Fos Miscellaneous Intelligence see last P.,e.) 14 7 0. BRIT! s PRES S S. LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 2-2. ISI9. The formidable Meeting of the people in Smith field, which has been fur some time the object of curiosity mud apprehension—which the timidity of some, and the policy of other", had by anticipation arrayed in the most gloomy terrors, and from which evils the most tremendous, because wholly unde fined, were to have arisen—was held yesterday according to appointment. Of the proceedings that there took place, a very circumstantial and detailed account will be found iii another pert of this Paper. The Meeting was numerous, but we are extremely happy to state, that there was nothing either in the demeanour of those who acted the most prominent part en this occasion, or in the conduct of the great body of the people, that ceiald justify their enemies in attributing to either revolts tiotiary or seditious purposes. ‘Ve feel a peculiar setisfaction at this circumstance—having contended for the propriety of permitting the people to assem ble and express their opinions freely and publicly, although we lamented that they should be called together for no practicable or strictly constitutional object. ‘V . e do not profes to know any thing of the private lives or general characters of the individuals who have constituted what they are ;Armed to call " The Committee of Two Hundred . ," and who have so kindly undertaken to act on behalf of the nation fur the attai 1111 l ent, or as they think proper in the fullness of their historical and legal lore to express it, " the recovery" of our ancient rights, especially of having annually-elected Parliaments and universal suffrage. They might, for aught we know, be very creditable persons—but they are undoubtedly altogether ignorant of what they pro fess to inculcate, mud express themselves in a lan guage equally unknown to the Constitution and . punishable by the law. What oilvantage could these Gentlemen have hoped to derive from such a Meeting as that of yesterday ? Do they not know that their projects of Reform are listened to with alarm or derision by every individual who has any property in the country, or who is capable of forming au opinion upon the subject ? —lf they boast, therefore, the possession of good sense or common understanding. they would desist, at least for some time, from pressing a topic so unpopular and so hopeless. The conduct of the people, however, yesterday, was above all praise; their temper and demeanour were in the highest degree exemplary, which is to be attributed more to Mr. Durres firmness mad iiilpienCe with those about him, than to the pru dence or precautions of the City Magistrates. It will be been by our report of the proceedings, that Mr. HA'RRISON, who is stated to be a Dissenting and against whom bills of indictment were found by the Grand Jury of Cheshire, for having uttered seditious speeches at Stockport, was preseut yesterday in Smithfield. A warrant had been issued for his arrest, which he had hitherto evaded; but, as if it were dune to put the temper of the multitaele assembled yesterday to the severest trial, two City Marshals. attended by a posse of Constables. entered the crowd, at about two o'clock, and esteeming 'towards the place from which the speaker addressed the people, they a ted lisa aisow, sad conveyed him to the Giltspur.street C s niapter. A momentary agitation, as might natu -1 rally be expected, was created by this singular event; but Mr. liver so earnestly and successfully i entreated the people to preserve order, that no opposition was made to the arrest. nor was the slightest mark of disrespect shee§ to the officers. A more seasonable opportunity might, we think, have been chosen for enforcing the Warrant of the Magistrates, and certainly it speaks ill either for the wisdom or the humanity of those who, for the at tainment of an object which might have been ac complished at any other time, would hazard the chalice of irritating ass immense body of people, even though they might have been confirmed by the assurance of having instant support from civil and military forces. Was it expected that the people, all sturdy English, would have been ex. asperated by such a proceeding, that in their imps. titiei they Would have prevented the arrest' Mid beateu the officers ; and arcs it hoped tliai an ad mirable opportunity might thus be obteined,or Polite ing iu u►► the unarmed multitude the tens of thou. seu4s who were "shoed' nod ' mar i 4.1101 lift m ? Sit.ithfield mi;!►t once more have enjoyed the proud diatinctiou .1 Lord Alarm 4.1 toildoit proudly beating dowu the insolent man Mho w3uld dare to question the excellence of the raisliog ingitutiour, viudic•ding the honour of pity Crown, and astertinic his own loyalty ! The prudence of ;Ur. Hurt's'. and the exesnplary for bearance of the people, deprived Smithfield of ti,' diatinclion. • Viiidie Meetings have ads) been held at Leeds and Nottingham. and in each place the people were distinguished by their pr.iceable and order! 44 %7.. meanour. This is just as we hoped and expected: We lament that Rich Meetings are liettl, b-cause they are symptomatic of the exi•tence of severe &s -trati% in the country. and Irecause so far are they. in our opinion. from being caletil 'led to pr i trAltsce any advantage. that we apprehend from theta no thing but idleness. and that species of metcal Whits which must ruin the individual who is sti" unfortunate at to contract i!. But as they are ber l... it is satisfactory to find the people acting with pro- • priety, and proving that even the absuid but 11,.!- teeing theories of those who undertake to be thr:r leaders. 11..ve not had the effect of nudes .ing• that sterling sense u:.l respect for the Idas wile have for a long course of time characterised the people of England. The Paris Papers of Sunday last have arrived our Office. The Session of the Legislative hers was prorogued by proclamation on Saturday : the form of a closing speech from the throne lids not been adopted in Flower, with other poin:s our practice. The bulletin of the Chamber 4.1 Peers states, that at one o'clock, on Sa:urday. 11. e Chamber resolved itself into a Court of J udicatiere, for the purpose of hearing a charge against tie Hiroo SCGIIIER, first president of the Court It 4.1 of Paris, and that having heard the charge, th e Chamber dismissed it as untenahle. The King's proclamation fur proroguing the Session w .s thou communicated simultaneously to both Chairilter•, stud being read by the respective Presidtot... the Chambers instantly separated. The official part of the Moniteur co:Omits, a copy of the law I:iiely enacted, relative to the trade in Corn. A duty of 1 fr. 25 C. per hectolitre, is law. posed upon the importation of foreign con., I fr. 50c. per quintal, on the importat of for.-44 Hour; but a reduction in this ditty is provided 1..., in case the importation is made in French ships. It is also provided that a graduated reduction blia4 take place. in proportion as the price of corii flour rises in the various departments of France. The law further prohibits the exportation of Frerieit corn and flour from the southern and south-eastern departments when the wheat rises in theta to 2..1 francs the hectolitre—front the departments of the second class, comprising the Upper and Lower Rhine, Pas de Calais, the Somme, the Lower Seine, the Lower Loire, La 'Vendee, and the Lower Charente, when the wheat rises io them to el francs the hectolitre—and from the delimit.. merits of the third class. including the Nlostll4, the Meuse, the Ardennes. the Cotes-du-Nord, the Finisterre, rod the Murbilian, when the wheat rises is them to 19 francs the hectolitre. The French Papers take notice of the various rumours which are contained in English mid mho r Journals, under the head of Plivote Correspoi.- deoce, respecting alleged charges about to be made in the French Cabinet, and affirm that there is uut the least foundation fur such reportv From Egra, in Bohemia. it is said that the Count de ST. LEU (Louis BONAPARTE). who Inn' beta at the waters of Marienbad, met at Egret his sister ELIZA, with her husband, M. BACcIOtHI. The PriiiiTss DR 111orirsoar (wife of JERONY BONA. PARTE). was also present th is faintly suet-Wi s . Ti.i. boy had arrived at Ezra front Carlsbad. The negotiations now piaoliog at Rome li e i.see,i the French Government and the Pork, ace said to he in a state of considerable rdvaucemeut.anti that such provisional arrangement will be made previous to the coronation of she ofKing F a•teci; as wt.] enable several of the French Prelates to take pos session of their Sees. The French Five per Cents. are 71 f. '2O c ; Batik Stuck, 1,142 f. 50 c. • W'e have received Papers from Ntw Vuok to the 1911 1 , Charleston to the 20th, slid BtlNielti to the `lid last, but they contain no news of iuipoi tante. Ytsterday the Edit of WIEWIIIORLAND had an atnlnnice of the Patsce REGUNT at Carlton Mor. _ . . Yesterday, at half-past one o'clock, Viscount CASTLEREAGH arrived iu town to attrinl a Cabinet Council at the Foreign Office, .unsinolitil by the Noble Viscount to meet at two o'clock, whitio •e* attended by— 'pie Lord Chancellor, Earls Harruwby, Washoutlam!, Liverpool, Bathurit, and rdol(rave, Viscuoat halvautitt , , Mr. Variontert, Mr. Canuing, Mr. Rubiown, The Council broke up soon after four o'clock. Yesterday a Court of Director* was h«hl st the East India House, when JOHN COLD!BOUO•GGH iireVENSH IV, Heap took the initial twrtL• used to Prat as a Director, in the Mum of SA511)1(1. 1) AVIt , E.g. decea►ed. " " WILTSHIRE ELICTION.—State or the roa ott the berms', day : Mr. Beam' Mr. Ailley M■joriii in favour of lir. Hefted.... 144 - - , We understand that ass attempt war sienle su create a riot and confusion among the prism. we. nut at the Smithfield Meeting. be an 111111'4 Is , I (who. as usual, turned out to b. a Pulite Ot . se) mho, in among the crowd, and 'spun the I •enplf. toot Cring able to retreat sufficiently f.st how the advance* 1.1 his horse. he wait f lllll I u het a loaded pistol, end pointing it at a (ireilless an w the crowd; alio resides at stl. Sots-street, ilaratru..l 10 Mow Its* broirrt oat. `TbeoGesaileuteu tton etiessind .frout•thrfmesehices the tolistii . and *Nib, &at St. Brinslehre's Chereh far tie erupt nsre Isf the Poleve;• he Atm imiiird-ki MA beau taktu lute custc•tly. L.. • - • • I -