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r - I li ERRATUM The Aile,risement reloive n'tia,nds, in tbe fNnt of this Ruler on Satur.lsy, should have stated Mee 13. 6d. not y Gd. 'rills Day. G t Fast. firafid..y at the Public Offices. THEBRInsiIPRE S S. I.ONOGN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2G. Yesterday, a Comma HAI, consisting of the Loan MAY° a, Aldermen, and Livery of London, was held at Guildhall, pursuant is notice, when several Resolurions were carried by a great maks. rity, expressing, in the strongest terms, their appro bation of the pr-sent Ministry, and their ccnfidence that, by a revision of past errors, a reformation of public abuse, a wise application of our resources, •ac,l an effeefive constitutional plan for narional de fence, this country may be restored to its former rank, power, and ir,fluei.c• ; and th- le iv., liberty, And security of His M cigar .esta blished on a firm and lasting foundation. these words imply the severest possible censure upon the late Administration ) but the Common Hull did not stop here. the original requisition to the Loan MA von, required him " to call a Meeting for the Livery of London, to atprass their approbation of the New Ministry, 'and their dissatisfailion at the late vote of the Common Council. to elect a Monument to Mr. PITT, in Guildhall." The latter part, the LORD M YOR refused to com ply with; but the Gentlemen who signed the re qaisi,ion, contrived yesterday, notwithstanding, to carry their point. A resolution of thanks to Alder man Coossac, for his manly and mer;toricitts eonduCt, and especially for his resistance to a mes. tion in tLe House of Commons, for the election of a monument to the late unfortunate Minister, Mr. Purr, was also carried by a majority; and ems the vote of the Common Council was as dec , - siedly condemned, as if the question were directly before the Common Hall. A stronger motif of the popularity of the present Ministry in the City of L radon. cannot be conceived. A report of the proceedings is given in our subsequtmt columns. Intelligence having bean received at Plymouth, on Sunday, of the escape of four sail of Cm line, and a corvette of 24 guns, a f••.v days ago, from Brest the P, 'et of If 98, Rear-Admiral MORNS° • ■ot ore; "Phisie, 84, Cart. KING ; Cenueror, 74. Ca,lt. I. Pr (Lew; Mille:. 84, Capt. Bey. ; aisle ittoirbri; 74, sa.led from Cawsand Ray rn the westward. 'Cie Piles, 32, (:apt. Lord COCURANE, was ordered to join the above squadron, and the erhtle we• • clear of the litad Sands by sunset. The Chorttle, a 14 guns, brought eie intelli,:Tnc • to Plymouth, and also an account of a mos. 4 .d. bra exploit performed by the C.we.: Inn .brig .•r 14 grins and 50 men, Lieut. Gut . v, is an aaion scv;:h the above French corvet: s. at 24 guns, and lgO men. The Contest wt .s cruisir..c in-shore four days since, and perceived the four sail at the line and the cot verse stealing out of Brest along shore ; I:•rurenant GREGORY very properly dodged them evenir.g. and next morning saw the corvette and separated from her consorts, on which he determined to bring her to close section. Th:, he snort accomplished, and Insight her close aboard, for sons* time ; when, finding the fire of the Cosiest too hest, she hauled off, and ran away to seek prs.te&ion from the heavy batteries in Bcr. thraume Ray; the pursued her close in•shnre, aria drove her on a idg- of rocks, where she left lire hedged ; but could not approach near enough, T.) efielihrally destroy her, nn kccount of shallow • . :atcr, aid the smart fire of 35-pounders, kept up I. Froteek the corvette, from the batteries. NVe have received New-York papers m the 26th. Fume strong resolutions againbt this country, were prepose.l by Mr. litat:Dot.ro, in the late secret sit tings of Congress, but they are said to have been teje6ed, on the lath last, in a Committee. A Bill 1 1.1 been brought in fur the proteetion and indemni fication of American seamen. The first clause erles— " That any person or perinnii, who shall imperil any sea on board me vessel bearing the flag of the United States, the high sets, or iii any riser, haven , basin, Sr bey, um. 4 Wetizt or cutour of a commission from any foreign Power, 4 4; for such cadence, Le adjudged a pirate and felon ancl. ^,11?Itt141/, shall suffix death." ... Captain RYAN, arrived at Wilmington from '"ridui, which place he left on the 14th Decem- Lir • Ent', that a few days before he sailed, 700? ne had revr.:.ted, at a port there. with an intro ,lop of des:re ) lag the place, and committing a 0 %111 massacre t,f Cie whites ; that martial law 11 . 1 4 been proclaimed, the troops and inhabitants tu rn . d (Int, and the Kir.g of the insurgents, with 17 " their ring -leaders, v..e.e taken, examined, and "'flitted to prises ; in the afternoon of the .. whew Capt. RYA% was ander way, there was eral 41 42=1fire.1, t he bloo,: Lo4tej. - e - r• - We have received some sets of Paris and German Papers to the 19th. and e( Dutch to the 21st. Prussia appears greatly Manned at. the large army which France is forming cm the Maine. She is accordingly plac;ng herself in an attitude to resist the danger to be apprehended from these warlike demonstrations. A letter from Berlin, of the 11th, states, " That he regiments of the B.rliii, Potsdam, Pomeranian, and Brandenburg inTeSion, remain, by the Kinn': command, on their fni tuer footing, and have received ortiPts, by eapreises, to discontinue the sale of th it baggage horses. Beside, the,e, a second cot 's, of SO squadrons, and 33 battalions, are up-n the war establishment, so that a Prussian army of IGO squadrons and 80 battalions, exclusive of the Bay reuth inspeOion, is still in readiness to march." Another letter of the ISth adds, that an order was issued on the preceding day "renewing the isjunethsns to the troop: to hold themselves in readiness to march ; that the regirnunt of Gras d'Areres have also receive,: orders to get their extra complement of men, and to hasten the delivery of their recruits ; and thst I lis Majesty's Geld equi page is again getting in readmess." A letter I—im Naples, of the 29th January s states, that the llnssian and English troop; had evacuated that kingdom ; that all the corps v,f Neapiditan troops were broken up. ail some of the principal eni-s evacuated. The K Ivo had sailed for Pa limo, on the preceding Wedlesilay; hut the rest or the ROYAL FAMILT still remained there. 'I heir stay probably would not be long, as ill the valu able furniture of the Palac..., and all the money of the Treasury, were • enba-keil. The 25th of May is fired for the grand military feta at Paris. Yesterday mo inu th- Due of Yoke arrive:l in town, frnm Win Isar, and o -Id a yx.s.ic day, at his Oct,ffi in the tinr.e Guards, gure audiences to a number ot Officers. Yesterday e - ch.., were finally closei at the East lodia H-lte. de:ivered w the Parsers of he following %.;a. Lede U3ll. I b4lllWilitt. • Cal't 14 0 0.F1. Lin.l , av ; Hugh loathe, C A pt. Veld ; awl Reap!, Capt. A.C.nsios, fur Meat Rengel. C E Preseett, ter Ma Iras anal The Gnsefie of tilt night coqtaini the follow/wig rem ns . S for_Suff 1k ; Lord tc rot: inel Sir A OTHUt Pigott. for S.eyning ; Jo . 1 CAI CH Arr. Esq. for W..reitam ; flan. I) M. F. :INC and A4l/11441 RKH AV, f Portsnichoh ; lord WILLIAM RI:SIELL , ••;I: rev, HEKRY PA3- K ILL, Esq. for the Queen' fount +; a., I the ItiAht !-to Cii rates Gars, r w Northurrh- ' The G. 1 - t• • , TOR Kt • b beeta4.%etee4 tape t - psi,: e• Strome o r the Muni (!.eat Brim I IftLad L. the following G-nz e 4,u1 11w !espective reale of the', beei fa.(sally oegort. : " Chutes !ti 01 , y, of IV , l!ree-1..1 , ,iu the eel,' Elq. 1. ••t n II s :14.623 1 's Fo.c, ‘• bytehe Shelley, • f Goring, .0 ine county us S,,e.ev, etneseve Cholmeiey, of E,sto,t, in the county of 1.10- rein. F*4 4, L I en. as Sutton, hfoloey, in the county of f:u.tey. Eat." The Spaniards have eight sail of the line, ready for sr:, at Carthagena. fr is generally believed in S'atia, tiro the Court of Niadrisi wiil be obliged, it the approaching Spring. to march an army into Portugal, by coin sziaod of !totia P A 1 6 lhe Nen Josef, Vice- 9 dmiral Sir Charles Cot ton; Pei , t Role!, Prima Gece v e, ja w .. C o al e . Beefier , . Formidrisie, Gt,ey, and Atalenen sloop of war, arrived on Saturday at Falmouth from off Brest. Extract of a letter from Brizhatn, dated r.). 9.1, 1606:—Ay the repeat c.f . a Captain of M coast tag • Ise!. arrived On. day. tl.ete is great reason to belies. that the Perot:re" Frite:l,, bound to the fleet O m off Cadiz, is captured hr a French Its !ger privateer, the report ans , vering every description of her; certain it is, tha five privateers from St. Ma kes have infested this coast for this month past. At the Calm of Aldermen held y-sterd :y, at Guildhall, Wu., lArt Domett.zr. Esq. was sworn Alderman of Queenhitlie Ward, in the room of 'fume AS SCIMI4IIII, Esq. deceased. T. Court ordered the price of Eread to be re docod half an assize, which makes the qqartern loaf; wheaten, I I Id. The Irish Society wee: sworn. Mr Jowls WELLS WAS also sworn into the Of- Ike of Rridgemuster for the remainder of the year. A Common Council will be held on Friday next, to ele& the Committees fur the year ensuing, and on other busittess. The Memitcsir, of the 17th inst. in a note on Lord Castlereagh's speech upon presenting the Treaties with Foreign Powers, contains a long series of ob rervatt}ms not interesting. The note refers to that part of the speech in which he expresses his anxiety to have the freatics undergo Parliamentary discus sion, and conclude , . thus:— " bth, Enmity, that t was but nuts thing granting MOH.% powart—set be insulted by Fogland; and, as tact, the Goversisaent has sufficiently manifested the contempt which she has for her Allies, in thins goon; to the world *eves trelti:l, the putilicatiod of %hid& caanut but be very disagreeable and tniusinio. to the S.ivereigns who use had the ws.iiiness to at cede to them, tint of rourthen angles of these Treat". said Lord See are ..1 a nature not to he pub hilted.' I'l.i...oppression is an additional peel of the tretfuly of the Cabinet of l.errnlnu. Alter having tioeorased sq many things whirls it shored have mace-lied fee the honour of its Allis., it is unwdting th, ,, t the inisginatinn Ovoid haft We 4.11 sake u p for 'lt •dertrv, end reveal this grand my.i , ft, sullovring are the stipulations emitaiiied in these bra Wide. Belgium shalt be restored to trultina. ' The Meuse e.• urc, c e bc remstatei ohcality et Sudthelder. ' The lOftrelPei ea the Meese shall Oa delisced up, *4 eau tiutiary tawn., and garrlsohei b A Istvan, and n ' Satoy, cu d the Vountis of Nice, shall i a 161..1ca Fooiall•, if th♦ oreeoei ohould be e4uat to whit hooroool, th e c,t, ef t, uu• et t pats the demi. ta:.l.: t s i:.oog D. ti•• . 111.. ; . •••• . ...11111111% st, Vb. • 4. • , EARLY LIFE. When young in life, nor known to sorrow, How lightly flew thee:Adenine day ! Gay d.earis , of bli.i brought oil the morrow, And gilt the sues dec!ining fay. Then, sweet and tranquil were my slumbers, , Then never " waked mine eyes to weep i' N.' ,I,(TOM the the heir? encumber, Potiored the calm of downy sleep. Nor treadirAas Prietolsisip thee had round me. Nor Doath'i dread poser had ri.nt my hurt; I h.pe spread her fair illusions round ece, And p!ay'd the dear deceiver's pan. Slur pia or'd years r 4 tranquil pleasure; Peace and CHItPlt, she he'd to view; My trwaiitat heart dwelt o'er its treasure. ' And thought She lovely 'Won true.. Ah, see•res 41./ ! by Fancy itusen, To cheat th' enraptur'd„ e..zlng eye, S.ty who, alas ! ye rem.se 11 •asen, An'4/e..--krut J) appointment's sigh! Dear da)tof 1.14. e! ye wake soy sorrow-- N•tw. sherly mores the tedious day, Wile sombre shades u'ercleud the morrow, Aid shroud the• sort's declini. Her bistsrsry is to hold a drawing __ expeeted TOOrn to-morrow se ' nnight. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wilf.ES gave a grand diiiner, yesterday, at ( ' aileton House, t‘, Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK and CLARRSCP. the Duke of ficuroan, Marvis of BUCKINGHAM, EArlk Mots* and SPENCER. 1.41d1 ''GULNVII.IR And H. l'srvv, Sir JOHN! NtWPORT, Mr. Fox, Mr. Guy, Mr. Sault/soot, .Gcneral FirKPATRIcc, arid Colonel M•C • 1 nom. ..„_... '1 he Duchef.s of Goeutis had a family party to darner yesterday, The Duchess of BEI.FORD, the Mar.Ms and hiarchionesa Coalosa t.t.ts. Lady Cuatti.o tat LENNOB, Viscnitnt and Viscount's CARTLLRL•(.II, iscouns. HINCHINISRUOKE, and Mr. Mr.. ind Miss Folover. inc' Duke and Duchess of NORTIMSIBFILAND and family, arrived on Sunday last at Newthum'sei -1 tad Charing-cross, from Aluwick Castle, Northumberland. G.rvernor .rom presented a very pretty pietserr of cruelty, on Monday. in the Com t of King's Bench. Count Sr Ait rtr se Bears, Countess TEM r t, Ladies :.inncKlrs, HeauLar, and MILLMAN, were at Coveot-gardea Theatre last nigh;, to see the per formance f she Tragedy of Alacbet4, in which Mrs. Sint:was and Mr. Kest nits played with their usual excellence. Vi•rountess Gosroan will have a rout, to morruw. at her house in Harler-street. The Has. lA'ret,r rftr HEM', LTI-fin-ion, assures t!ie Freeholders of the county of Worcester, that he is Tear filar, and will never desert them, until they d.,rrt him. Tire tragedy of DOI/fief, and the farce of The Dm/ to Pus, attra:led an elegant company to Drury Line theatre last night. Mrs. Jonoas, in the fa vunrite part of Neil, excited the most rapturous appl. use; she was loudly encored in the unaceum panie,l b.ltad, a Tiro' Ile I war a Coker's 'iii." The Countess De INe sit DatillEßG, who was sworn yesterday in the litinse of Per. s, relative to her Na tiir ilia aiion ROI, WAS accompanied by Viscountess Met.souena : they were attended by His Royal I lighness the Prince of W A t.as, who conversed Limit Laity with ihe latter the greater part of the time their Ladyshimi remained in the linuse. His 110 Y AI. RIIIIIINESI linked remarkably wall, and Appeared in high •spirits; he is become a regular treq renttr of the House, since the commencement of the New Ministry: Her Chace the Duchess of Goa oos.last Sunday evening, at the Marchioness of SALISBURY'S party, While in the drawing : room, entangled her foot in one of the lady's gowns, by which means her Grace fell down, and was much hurt. She was brough• home it) Lady C. BR LL AS YSt'S chair. Upwards of one hundred cards of enquiries were sent yesterday, and we are fmri i iy to say her Grace had nearly re covered the etreets of the accident last night. Lord ALEX•NOLR GIINEILaN yesterday sported Lis new Trafalgar gig, built at the manufaCtory, Old Pond-Er:et. Lord MOIRA has launched a superb ris•sp-cis„ not unlike that formerly used by the Duke of Poart A•ct, and so generally admired ; the body is of royal purple, the mouldings are large, finely carved, and richly gilt. New CARR I AGES.—Gen. PECHE has a handsome chariot coming out from the Coach-manufactory, New Bind-,beet, finished very elegantly. Captain D scars has taken his highly-finished light travelling chaise to Hull, from ihe same manufactory. Major Nunsot launches hi; r ost•chai se in a few days hum 'ii, New Bond-street, for Dublin ; and Col. Max.. w e Les, for Calcutta, Bengal, with handsome new harness. A Gentleman, not 'inaptly, observed yesterday, that if Fortune had been aware that more than three .forrths of her principaL gifts in her present Lottery Wheel gave a chance to late adventurers ef possess ing them at half-price stake only, that she would bare beer. more liberal 4 her dispensations during the first five days' drawing. But what may be more repugnant to her Ladyship's feeling is, that she will be obliged, under these most advautageeus circum stances to new adventurers, to give the immense prize of 40,0001. to the first drawn number on Fri day ,next. We have to congratulate our Readers with the pleasing information, that many respedlaSlc persons are daily signitying their intention to X. Y. Z No. 11, New Round Court, Strand, to be con cerned in eStablishing so laudable an undertaking, as to secure from Loss by Fire, the Property of the Poor. To be candid. in our opinion s we have not for some time heard of an Institution mole likely to bt popular, than the one in question, and we trust (if necessary) in a short time. to hear of the Legole ruee's interference us support of the plan. ' OP COMMON ILL . • . • ' LIVERY OF 1.04D0:1. • Yettetrier, the Lord Mayor went in seat, from the Mansion House, and having held a Como a Aldermen at Guildhalls Ilk Lordship, attended by the whole Coon. in their Lollies. ded to the Great Hall, where the Livery Cif proceede d à th. Great Hill, where the t_iv.r bf Lo n do n: were ass , sembied, for the porPole of considering and express. ing their oatisfattion on the late appointeneut of a new Adminivration. After the usual phielarnation had been Made by the Common Crier, • The Loan Maros came to the front of the Hastings, and addeessing the Livery, ...d.t, he fiad summoned them there at the reque•t of a amid* able number of respeCtable Liverymen, to consider of the propriety of addressing His Majesty on the late change made in the Ktheinittrleion. His Lordship then having taker his seat. a paper was presented to him, which he permed, asd again came forward. He stated, that a Gentleman of thodLivery hail requested that the names of the aptifffihree of the I ;very who had signed the regoiskintficir sum. moning the Common HAIL should'be read. it was also requested, he mid, that the correepoosdett,•,: be tween him and the Committee. on the like subjedt. should be read, to neithmol wine could he Ate o the slightest objeaton.• - The Common Crier first read Over a list dr. the names of the Gentlemen who signed the erqtrisitim to the Lord Major. He then read a kart' of correspondence. The first was a hetet from .did °amnia* odo dressed to the Rigi , t Fisseeettliet the tied Ulm it consisted of two pare—the'fttst reteired tit she new Administration, mid resttellted that this Ifrevy • should be suvmoned, to take the prorfety off As' Address into consideration. The second. seni,esi . • pressive of the disippectbation of the greaser . /Olirt of the Livery, to for eveiftion of a nonsolnese ds the memory of Mr. Pitt, in Guildhall, and rammed that ti:ar measure should illy+ he taken Into howls deration The answer of the Lord Meyer to this letter, approved of the first part of it. and aimed IS, summon the Livery for that mpg. 13;tf era' respedt to the second parr, 11".% LordAtretated, that: he could not comply with the request. s.f it was in- - cumberit on him to promote unity, and revent. is • much as he p , ssibly could. all kited, of contention and disapreement. f-le also added, as another rim son for not granting the request. that it 'was opinion, the Livery of London had no rentrodloyet an set passed by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, end Common Council. of London. The answer of the' . Committee to this letter, denied that the Livert wished to interfere with the ad of the Lord Mayor; • Aldermen, and Common Conacil ; hot, in tote,' they wished it to be un.!elootxl, the • the Livery 0. London ackrowle.lud no superiority or coats* over their anions ; and affirmed, that, at their Res neral meeting, they had a right to comp' in of, sr refer to, any grievance that did then, or had before thar time existed. M'ith this letter, a formal requisition was sent la.; the Lord Mayor, to summon a C..esinon Hail, es to insert in the precepts. " for ttia pimples !Ad bf taking into consideration the erection of a mosta: 3 ment in Guildhall, to the memory of Mr. Pitt." After these sliffrrerit papers had been reed, die oa ID MAYOR rose, and said, that not luting aerate the correspondence between ham and the C.Arrnittittee was to be read, his answer to the hilt bar of the • Committee had not heel copied. end It wee serldese.. in so small a hand, he wits ofraid the Contiseki Crier would not be asle to read it, ad tedeilt, therefore, with the parmissitio of the Livery. read it himself. This latter commenced by setting, that the pip.. copes for summoning the - Vire/a had actually been issued ; and, aft r a•serting. in the stsoogest terms ; that the Livery could have no controgl over the Lord Mayor, Aldermen. and Common Council, concluded by affirming. that the present Lord Mayor , would never be detened from doing his duty, by' any set of men whatever, and that be week! ever be anxious to maintain the rights of the Lavery. Mr. WSITM N A a came to the front of the bootie** . amidst general applause, and addressing himself to the Livery, said, he hoped for their attention fees few moments, while he Centered his sentiments. He hoped also. that they would patiently hear all other persons who might speak after him, whatever might he their 'enamors. If they cnntray to those he had to offer, he A I hoped they would hear them. as it would give others, who were of his opinion. an opportunity of refitting them. He would not, he said, enter into any discussion of the propriety of the Lord Mayor's conduet. for only in part complying with the request of the Committee in summoning t h e Livery. in a conversation with his Lord s hip, i t was state d Ji b- • tingly by the Gentlemen who waited on that • it was not the intention of the Livery Miring* om the prerogative of the Common Commit; be woe, therefore, astonished that should be mat-. by the Lord Mayor, one of the grounds for refusing to comply with the request of the Live, y. 'F worthy • Gentleman then alluded to soma cams whitlo. bad occurred in the city, in one of which the toted Mayor was desired by the Livery. not to let hi political attachments warp his general cor•olost fin eauld not see bow complying with die request at the Committee would, its the slightest depict. have.. tended to promote di o u n i on , or exc i te f euds ; on the' contrary, he thought, from the present situation of affairs, they had every chance of becoming unani- • mous, and, at last. putting an end to that system. which had been so destruCtiee to the emodry. From the abilities and various qualifications of the present Ministers, he hoped the country would be again restored to her place among nations; it they nere not able to effeteit. he thighs say with a Ia" moos Grecian Orator, " Our situation meat be hopeless." For his part, be had every hope that out affairs might now be conducted in such a man ner, that every obstacle would be surniosreJ, and that we might defy every assault, either intetoaL or external, which ought tanoi to diminish the liberty of the people, or the isearpredence of the Crown. Ho then concluded, by reading user the two oho lu•iuns he had to propose. Mr. Gooos aaaaa , in seconding the motions, said, any ieluetance he might hay h4J in coming ictt ward. was done away, as he was conviticed that the r •nit would be in his favour. 1.;.v. , ry m..:1 cane there float a love of his coma), aml though but. ~~ , ) !