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the presmt oceasian, he should indeed be un grateful if he did not thank those whose Is. I r% administered to him so high a degree of pleasure and enjoyment. As a merchant also he Will not unmindful of the benefits which they con ferred apron the commerce and manufactures of his country. He bad also the high gratification of tiuding, that British Artists, fully impressed with the importance of the high engine they wielded, directed it for every moral purpose, and did not de grade themselves by abusing their pencil for the e ncouragement of immoral ifeligna..--(Greif Owe 1-11 e highly applauded the object of the f iresent lostitotion, and knew full well that in wavy instances so Artist's fame alone descended to his family, while the fortune which his works ultimately realized, was too often found the reward uof other nlividoals than those who had the best title to the ausoaut.—( ArePlusse.) The ROY A I.,CIIIIIIIISAK then propbeed the health of the Society for the Promotion of Arts. Com merce, and blanefacteres. It was irosopmed, as his !Royal Highness said, of a set oT iudependeut gentlemen, who amused themselves with the brie arts. Of one of the members, and that was the President, he could say .1444 bring that officer Inoterll.—(Load laughter ..d applause.) The health of the Ceepoeatottli of the City of Loudon, mud prosperity to its Trade and Com merce, was next drunk with great applause. Sir T. BLI.L returned thanks in as uppropriate speech. In the course of the evening the It oYAI. CHAIR NAN torsitioned, that, by an arratigement lust year, it was agreed, when 2,000/. were funded. half the interest and half the tumult I subscriptions should lie appropriated fir the relief of meritorious objects. It Wa. 1 .1. 0 decided, that when the funded property of the Society should amount to 5.0001. the whole of the interest, and the whole of the annual SU iM M*61)6011,, should be made directly available. A large sub.cription was entered into in the room. and the company sat until a late hour in the enjoyment of the most agreeable and convivial sin arty. _ _ CAMBRIDGE. Aram 10. The Rev. llwwaY Gorontsv, B.D. one of the Senior Fellows of Queen's College, Via 4 yeNterdiy 'levied President of that Society, its the room of the late Very Rev. Dr. Mauer. Toe election of Litcovisn Professor is fixed fur the Ist of flay. The electors are, the tc E-CtiA tr tect.ott and the other Dads of Houses. The remains of Dr. MILDER were an Friday ateroonn Interred to the vault under Queen's Col lee Chapel. encoded by his soiree and nephews, and his friends Mews. WII.BIIIIIIFORCE. 51116011. and Lots, and also the Fellows and Uuder-graduates of the Society. The Doke of Mdwractse will give on elegant en tertsi iiiii reit on Saturday next to a large party of rhstinguralied persoueses, at Isis house in Grosvenor- icitemtr. The Earl of I.OIIIIOALE ia expected in town in few days, from his seat, Cotesmere, Ruilsndshire. The Eat% of CASSIUS had a select dinner party yesterday. at his house in Privy-girdens. The Earl of ARRAN is expected in town on Monday next, from his seat Arran Lodge, Bognor. A Deputation from the Church of Scotland, to present an Address to his MAJESTY, has arrived at Blakc's Hotel, Jermyn-street, consisting of the following gentlemen :—Dr. looms. Mr. fiEBIIIY lxxtas, Dr. NICOL. Dr. AFFAILLAND, and Mr. Coast:Lt., from Edinburgh. The tragedy of laei Lear, the chef d'werre of our immortal bird, is about to be revived, after a slumber -a some years, at our national theatres. The rest at Covent.gardeu, we perceive, is very strong, and much public curiosity seems to he ex cited by the anumweement of the performance or this excellent tragedy for this evening. The thstioctiou is. the play-hilly, in which some performers ■re arenowitted in large letters and others in small letters, has barn long a caw, of jealousy and Heart-husisings in the Grtell.lloolll. Ire Jill to ►ee the practice condemned in the following letter, which is creditable to the unwieldy as well as the liberal feelings of th• writer fly D,sr Elliaton-1 am tom, you have aunsoureeml me fur Doctor Culdsrdt io large Wier'. You meet it, 1 am wil ling to allow, ma kindness; but 1 beseech you 10 slim it IN future adsrrtitemrsits. 1 caret that may little merit 1 may puss. - 14 in my profession shall bare Its fair Amara; but eau. nut endure that my came 'should be particularised by any marks ufslistisirtiots is the play bills. The most subordinate performer should he allowed to urge his claim to public favour umprejoidieeol, as well as 11w highest. Ido and ever rill/ regard my Brothers and Sisters of the Profession too nisch to desire fame or profit by injuring their reputation, or ousandiom their feclisous. Fur your ow■ sake, fur the houtour of the Stage, olosonin Irons such tometicea—leave them to (knacks, Inttlery•puliers, sod blacking•makers. " Yours, dear Elliston, morertly, " Apra 8, 1820. " li. DOWTON." OH Tuesday last the annual Easier Plate was run for on Barham Down., and afforded con siderable •port. Three h0n.... started ; the rare was well-cowered between 11►. QvltiamProw's Risbena, and Mr. P.D.weit'sOrse. hut was woo ty Rsehenu ; the third horse, belonging to a gentleman of Dover, belted. Rainer. the celebrated Kentish pedestrian, has uoitcrtiikrn, for a wager or twenty guineas, to run half a mile in Iwo minutes—to start from the Star, at Chatham Hill, nu Monday, the 17th inst.; and on Wednesday. the 19th inst. to run ten miles within the hour, ut the same place. Beta on the half-mile rsce, to a very large amount, are already depending. Mr. lit; NT has contradicted the statement of the Lertle Paper. that he left York without ;laying his tureen bill. He lived in private lodgings while in that cry. The consolidated infantry depot metcheJ from the barracks in Cannterbury yesterday sod tine day. on their route to the Isle of Wight. Tho►e ►tenoned at Dover and Chatham, are also under orders for the saint de,tinatiou. There was a thin market at Norwich on Saler. doy. and but little business was done; prices of rota much the mime as last week. The quantity of *took for sale was less than nasal, and terms high 1 the wine may be mid respecting sheep. DINNER TO 4LDERMiN WAITHM'AiC 'CITY OF LONDON TAVERN. , Yestrrdiar the friends of Alderman Waithman met at the above tavern to celebrate the efforts of lei+ friends to return him ds Representative of the City of Loodou to the Commons Huuse of Parlia ment. At an early hour the great room of the tavern was occupied by a 'throng of c piiiiy. FreA members flowed iti beyond the capacity which the ►nom afforded for their acconimorlat . A con siderable number were accommodated with dinner its another room, slid mingled anatilig the larger as aseruhly after the cloth was removed. At twenty minutes sifter live o'clock, the dinner being laid, Alderman IVaithutaii eutrrril the room, amidst the acclimations of the assembly, and took his seat nil the right of the Chair, hio anise, to 'ober with Messr.. Calvert. Williams. and Sheriff Parkin.. being arranged on his right, tend !Vietminh Byag, 1134rete*, the Ilan. H. G. Bennett. Mr. Hub house. Mr. Whitbread. and Mr. IVisiliatt. sitting to thy kft of the Choir. Mr. FAVELL was in the Chair. The first toast af►er the removal of the cloth sr 411..... " The King —tray be never forget the prismipita which mated his family on the Thrver."—With three. •' The Queen, and the rest of the Royal Family...—Three Imid cheers. " The revered memory and patriotic example (Allis Royal Highness the Doke of lient."—Drank ill solemn silence. The CHAIRMAN then observed, that the people of England fully felt the vital importance and neces sity fur a speedy lfefo►m of the Commons House of Parliament ; for his own part, he hail always been of opinion that it would he found to be the best preveubitive against tumult and violence, as well as against desputi,rn and corruption. The moral justice of the country was not to be *wis hed when the greatest men in the country were trafficking in boroughs with impunity, while S:r M. Lopez and Mr. Swann were punished for the same offence. This woulil never oatisfy the people of England, who could nut rely on the doplitittrirx Canning, and persuade themselves, as that great orator seemed to have done, that the inure corrupt and rotten the representation of the people, the inure sound was the Constitution.—( Laughter wed uppluee‘e.j—tle then gave, " A - sp.. IrAy a n d effectual Reform of the Commons Mose of Par !lament." The CHaizst•N tliea rose, as he said, to the tunic immediate business of the day. IVhatever there might be to regret in recruit events, there could be nothing regretful in meeting so large an assembly of the most enlightened of the Livery on such an occasion. From tun to three guineas had been offered for a ticket, sitter the company had been seated ; sod if there had been room, 300 or 400 more tickets would have been sold. As often us lie had met the Livery, he felt some embarrass ment in meeting them on this occasion in Slid) DU in be's. Doubtless they would have much to excuse or forget in the conduct of their Chairman ; but they could never forget the exertions which his lion. Friend on the right had on all occasiour made (or the welfare of his country.—(Applawse ) His zeal in defendiug the Constitution and the liberties of the people on all 04:01$14/11P, was such as must be engraved on their hearts. The attendance of the lion. Gentlemen on his left and right, was of itself proof of his patriotic services. The Livery of London had for upwards of twenty years sliewii that they were equally opposed to rashness and vio lence rut the one hand, and oppression and corrup tion en the other. They had of course incurred plenty of opposition and obloquy, which hail hero poured forth lately 115 a more profuse degiee than ever. They did not atteinpt to resent it— „, They waged oo wsr with Within' or the Mint.” It had been arid, that the conclusion of the late election was a triumph of loyalty over sedition. This was quite new. Formerly the support of the king, as it was called, used only to imply the sup port of the King's Ministers; now it was extend, d to the support of the merest tool of those Ali- Miters. lie would ask, if those extremely loyal persons had lived in the time of the Stuarts, would they have been equally loyal to that rule ? if so, while they were flattening the Monarch to lila face, they welt secretly undermining his title to the throne. The worthy Alderman's (Mr. Waithinatee) name was connected with ull the struggles on public questi which had oc curred within the City for twenty years past. If the Livery could abstract their attention from what he had dune formerly, they could not be blind to his zeal in serving them in the case - of the Clergy Fire Act, and other occasions. They could not forget that he had proved himself to be "un ho nest man in the worst of times." To hint *key owed the existence of any thing like public spirit in the City. Ile had eugeittlerril and fostered it when he was only supported by three or four votes, when the City was like a close borough, and when liberal principles could only be advocated almost at the risk of a main's life. They might regret the result of the late contest; but still there had been ho compromise of principle ; time worthy Alder man had nobly wine the laurel., although he did nut wear them. The only fault seemed to be, that the Livery, like the Creeks of old, were not suffi ciently careful in avoiding the exercise of ingrate. tulle towards their greatest men. Ile hoped they would yet wipe away the stain, and place the Honourable Alderman in that situation where he could best support the rights mid privileges of the City, and defend the liberties of his cuuutry.— Load applamse.)—lle then gave " Ahlerutaii Waldman, the long-cried Chatni+ion of Li berty and Coostitotiooal Reform"—Three nines three.— (Eolkortartic Chum) Alderman ‘VAITIIMAN rose amidst the loudest cheers. After observing on the difficulty of reply nag to such a strong tes ony of the respect which the meeting displayed towards hint, the worthy Al derman obserwed, that if he had Mt that the late defeat had been incurred by any abandoeimetit on his side of professed principles, or from any dereliction of duty which had caused him to line the esteem of his fellow-citizens, he would have felt uneasowes itt appearing before them. The nu merous assemblage cud snootier oh him reception, independent of the conviction of his own mind, was enough to matinee him of the contrary. He would have telt still were grief, if he could have believed that the Livery had abaira say such neglect of pun. ~...r ; ,, ciple or dereliction of chity, ind that the late defeat was attributable to such a cause. But he felt con. vinced, that if there should be another poll toe morrow, and the votes should be given unbiassed by any influence, instead of being in the minority, he would possess a majority of I,ODO over shy other candidate.—(applause.)—lt was not to be conceal ed, however, that the City of Loudon, from what. ever cause it had happened, had sustained injury id it. character from the result of the late con test. He had scrutinised the poll, and lie regret ted to Pte. that anionic the friends of Reform and the Constitution, wli.re unanimity might most reasonably be expected, there *as none to be diw o. vered, while an apparent consistency was Ithrwreali!e iti the measures of the supporters of corruption. —A• there were six candidates, there were Ito less than briefer') fifty and sixty les of polling, in the exercise of whirls it might well be said, that t , the children of corruption were wiser in their generation than the children of reform. ( Lougider and applanse.J—Upwards of one thou. sand sines had hero given to I and Sir William Curtis ; of course in utter perversion of principle.. This must have been Gum the e ffeet of influence. and there was nobody who hail impudence estough to say, that the ittflotence exercised could have been from his side, or t h at it was tint from that of his opponents. Six hundred electors had voted for him sisal the Lord Mayor. These votes could not have been given on principle. He. only adverted to these circumstances. to remind those around who were all reformers, that some reform of their own measures might be useful to their souse, and thiat in any future contest, whoever they might select to serve them, ought to be duly supported. There was in other respects much to be learnt front the hue election. In the course of his canvassing he had beets more than ever convinced of the or . cestity of a Parliamentery Reform. For if the people of London. who had been the first to com plain of corruption, of• excessive taxation, to keep tilt oppressiou at home and put down abroad, could not secure therneelves from the effects of gover 1111 l eta influence, but, turning away from those who had served them faithfully, elected others who were known to have betrayed their in terests, what greater proof could be adduced of the necessi►y of Reform' —(Lead It had been th gist by many. that he had been too silent usi the queetion of Parliamentary Reform. lie begged leave to say that he thought otherwise. For .25 years lie bad •Iway. supported that queation, and had always conic forward on every occasion which offered to advocate it ; while in Parliament he had not given a silent vote upon it when it way brought forwerd. It was needless fur him to say more. He thought it was the duty of the consti tuents to watch the conduct of their representa tives. He had cult his eye over the report of the speech which lie had uttered in Parliament. It might be faulty in composition, but there was nothing in it which he was ashamed of, and nothing which had not been pronounced in the hottest and earliest feeling of his mind. He profeased to have always been a firm friend of constitutional reform. He expressed his grati tude for the honour which had been done him in drinkirnig his health. His time of life did not tallow him to look for any improvement in his health and constituti 1111 l although both Mere in a sound state. He therefore did not look forward to be elected by them, though he should feel himself honoured by being called forward to serve them. The worthy Alderman finished his impressive and eloquent speech, and bat down amidst the loudest cheers, having given as the next toast— „ " The 4,119 imolepeadeoi Liverymen of London, who up. kohl their principles at the late election." The CHAIRMAN. after a neat preface, gave— " Mr. Byua and Mr. S. Whitbread, and the independent Freeholders of Middlesex." M r. BYNG and Mr. WHITBREAD returned thanks in appropriate speeches; as did also the Hon. GREY BENNETT, when his health was drunk. us the perse vering advocate in the cruse of humanity. The CHAIRMAN delivered the tipnli.gird of Lord (Moho'', Sir F. Burdeit, and Mr. Brougham. for their reluctant and unavoidable absence from the nieeoing. Mr. Cltorlea Calvert •nd Sir It. Wilson were given nest, with the Independent Electors of South wark. Nlr. CALVERT returne4l thanks fur Intnislf. and apologised for the involuntary absence of Sir H. The CHAIRMAN gave next— " Mr. Dollhouse, and the glorious example of Wcatmia ste.r."—(Eathrisiatlie dusts.) M►. lionitouse returned thanks, being mauled with loud arid long-continued cheers, at the com mencement and throughout his address. Our limits preclude us from giving any description of Its speech. Next was given— " Mr. Williams, and Purity of Election iu the Borough of Weymouth." Mr. WILLIAMS returned thanks. After which the Chairmion gave— " Captain Dun Diego Correa, a Spanish Liberal ; Don Joseph Alvares, Deputy from Cbili ; Dun Miguel de Arroyo., a Spsuish Liberal; and success to the cause of civil and religious Liberty in New and Old Spain.' M. CORILEA returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN returned thinks, alter 1114 herith hid been given, with in eulogiviee preface, by Mr. Bennett, and drunk with acclAusiations by the com pany. . _ • Next were given, received, and drunk with the uttuno upplatibe-- " The Army.."—" The Navy." " Trial by Jury, and rosy it be extended without its abuses thruuKlautit the world." " Thu honest F.lecturs, who throughout the United Kievhies have had the virtue to assert their rights suit iu driven& nee." . . . . _ The Stewards, sod thauks to than fur t►e arrangements of the day." The festivity was prolonged after the business of the day war concluded, and the company sepotated at a late hour. __ _ Accounts have reached London from Chili of November 4, stating, that the iquadron Under Lord COCHRANE had been repulsed a third time li otf Cullom. In the of f icial account of the transac tion forwarded to the Government at isgo, his Lordship accounts for this fresh defeat, by ha not having been supplied with a aoffiesent number of Congreve rockets or seamen. He had, however, continued the beochade of Can* and the covet of Peru. • , - . PIP WM 9tig, LAZY I,VII L I.."GANC COURT OF CHANCERY, Limeours-Itne, WSDNICIDAY, APRIL 12. ~.~- RIMY, V. PROCTOR. This was an appeal from die jucigmeot of Sig • Wm. Grant, the late Master of the HMIs. .1x woo a bill tiled for the specific perfo►mat,ce nhy , e ol, - (net, and the only question in the cause was , Islip. their a prISOSI of the came of Stelsitx, who told at an suction fur to certain minther . of •crrs of hind, wiits the timber grossing OD IN iu Nloilmoutlishire, the agent for the Defrothint for that purpose. 1 4.4 110 11111 l r decreed that lie V/Jll, and the iirr•t tit appeal nits lorotulit to reverse that judgment. The Loan CH ANC C T Lea was occupied Ilie whOle • of the thy, until three o'clock. in h-arit g the tertogatitiier tr iti, nod the arguments of Couoiel in part, at which hour his birilship rosr. COVttT OP KING'S BENCH. Gunmitat.t., WILDNICSDAt, APRIL 12. Adjourned Siiiinus nfier Hilary Term. before lite Cu lEr J ITICE and Special Juries. SMtTH V. ruass. The Plaintiff is one of the assignees of Mr. Rhode), (judders, who ranted on the boomers map and chart Warehouse in Conduit, Issooir known by the mime of Steel's warehouse. 't , ir Defendant is a pawnbroker. The present snit was all ectirin of trove'', to recover copper-plater, moo., and cluts, belooging to the emote, and also a emu prusatiois for the loss incurred by their detrotiosi, Mr. (iVIINEY stated the case. Mr. Ste. I toot carried on the business, and increased it to tin asto 'tithing degree of success. Mr. Steel died. and his relict was monied to is Lieutenant ILasais. This gentleman died also, mid Mr. Gladden. olio had been taken into the service of Mrs. Steel before the decease of her second husband, was grioltiall ele vated Mtn is confidant. and having bee a pert. ner, a. Mr. Clirhey lis the Most eate s ss ase sense 1.1 the word," was at length married to Mr.. Steel. Mr. Geddert became involved, and Ifs affairs growing gradually worse, in POD a 4•0111. mission of bankrupt was issued sonssat hun. 'the commission was di.putrd, but the creditor.' succeeded in establishing it. The chief in.:, tnent used fur that purpose being an egreessirsit which Mr. Goddart had entered into with 4 Sheriff's Officer to provide him bail at a fixed rate per cent. on the debts. Other acts of banks uptcy were proved by Guilder Oa own shopmen, svl afterwards prosecuted for peijury, end who, crier ii trial of five hours at the Old Bailey. were must honourably acquitted. The next ditficul'y wlncii the creditors had, was to recover the • Items be longing to the estate. The stock s.a.' kilos'''. to have been very valuable, and the net 1111114 .1 profits between three and lour II .and rounds ; but what with Mrs. Steel's marriage settlement. and portions allotted to her daughters, there was scarcely ally tiling left. Great quantities of valuable goods had also been disposed of lil monster which plainly proved that it was Goildert'. intention to move sill to America with es much the property or the estate us he could grill". A noti• collet lots was one of valuable ropper.plates of charts, which were io a tuitional Point of slew of great importance, being the best which mold be found upon the face of the earth. had been conveyed to the Defendant for 314/. ecarcely the value of the copper. This pro perty had been conteyed with some stratsgesit, so that the search of the commission) Might be legally eluded. It was taken out of the Snoop! by one person, and delivered to another outside the door; from him the goods were handed to a third. multiplying the agents, so as t o trader t h e tracing of the proptoty as difficult as putoib;e. The creditors were anxious to carry on sto vale. able a business for the benefit of the estate. 'the plates in' the keeping of the Defendant wrie essentially beeessury for that purpose. The 0.- signer. were aware of the difficulty of rerover's g the gond.; and offered the Defesidaut the norm which lie professed to have advanced ou them, un his giving them nl,. This the Defelidatit ratoosl to do, and the assignees lied at Litt sues...tole/I i n tracing the whole them of agents rinisltoed transferring the goods. A. the velidily ul the com mission was to be disputed, lie would first call es i dener of the perpetration of an act of bank ruoice by Mr. Guddert. George Motto's, clerk to the petitioning creditor, proved 11ra Goddart's debt to his employer, the present Plaintiff. Chaffee Holland, one of the persons whom G.id. dart bad prosecuted for perjury, proved that (hoi den had directed him to put off isopairmg sleds tors, in the shop in Curuhill, while he reinalticcl above stairs. Charles Cliff had been in the habit of printing for the honve of Steel for ten yeas.. Mr. Ooddatt introduced the witness to Mr. Purse, the Defend ant, at his shop in London-wall. IVittiess we% pie. gritted to Defendant as a mats who wt-had to raise money on some copper.platev, nautical instrument., &c. Witnr.s returned to Cortilull with Goditart, who ordered Holland, his shoprnan,atsd the last to deliver the plates and other properly to the pre sent witness, who requested that die porter might lie sent with it part of the way. ,V►tnes, roet the porter, took the goods from bins, and cotiveyesf them to the premises of the Defendant. 'tVsttt,s. was engaged 10 conveying the properly, at Marl • vale, ttu,usg a whole week. (irorge king. pur,er at (3oddart's warehouse, carried the plate. from the house in Coruhill, and delivered them to the last witness in Adstiu•friars. • The number of plates was proved to have beets 173 chart plates. and 53 hook Mr. Wit.o, for the defencr i now admitted the right of the as►ignees to the pruswrt) ; but ie submitted that no special damages could he vets,- vered on account of their detention, as the Loud Chancellor hod doled that asa►gurrs had nu right to continue die business of a bankrupt trade. The CHIEF JUSTICE said, that such rase could not apply here, where the trade had•been carried au at the desire of all the creditors. Holland being called again. peeved, that the sale of copies Irma the plates had bren. beture their de tention, 00 the average, •qusf to 4,500 tomes w it year. whereas in the half year sotreetptent to that period, the sole had been kw Wass 500. 1k was • "I "7"177 • - - THE STATE PRISONERS. At twelve o'clock yesterday the Attorney-Gene• ill entered the Old Bailey Court, and hjs appear. once at such an hour excited considerable curiosity amongst the spectators. He made an application to the Judges, but iu so low a tone as to render the nature of his application questionable. Upon in quiry, however, we discovered that be applied to the Court for on order to furnish Mr. Motile, the Solicitor to the Treasury, with • copy of the of Jurors in the cafe of the persons charged wish High Treason. The Court immediately granted the application, and the Attorney-General quitted the Court. At half-past five o'clock on Tues day, Mr. Harmer visited Thistlewood and the other State Prisoners confined in the Tower. lie pro mised at parting to visit them again this day. A message was received yrsterdwy at the Tower front the Sheriff of London, stating that aparsnienis were ready in Newgate Prison for five of the State Prisoners. They arc not common cell•. but rooms affording superior accommodation. Their removal to Newgate will take place this evening, or to morrow at furthest. Thistlewood, after his inter view with Mr. Harmer, his Solicitor. on 'ruesslajr, appeared it) unusually good spirits. ,'~ HEREFORD COLLEGE. We lately gave an account of II 6re in this College, supposed in lie the work of en incendiary. I, iven der, the Bow.street Officer. was sent down to ssmst the Nbigistrates iu their investigation of the business. Clicumstances of suspicion attached to Mr. (leper. the organist of the Cat h edral. who was particularly active in eitinguishiug the fire.— During I.svender's stay, :mother tire broke out in the upper cloisters, and nn repairing to it he found Mr. Haver and hi. brother on the spot. This cir cumstance confirmed the previous suspicion : they were taken into custody and lodged in Hereford gaol. POLICE. ..1.1. HATTOLOARDYT. ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN JOHN HENRY DAVIS OCT OF PRISON. Yesterday, 3t eleven o'clock, Mr. John Teague, keeper of C . .lnspire-street ("umpire, out of which Mr. Davis effected his escape, accompanied by one of the Marshalmes, waded sin the Sitting Magistrate at this Office, requesting • war rant and a couple of Officers to search a house in Lamb's Cundoit-street, where he received informal a trunk of Mr. Davis's, who escaped out of his custody, Sad been ear ned to, previous to his leaving the prisms; his motive for marching that house was, that • woman who had three chil dren by Mr. Davis resided there, and it was probable Mr. Davis might he there, or have called there after Isis escape, through which means he might receive informalities to lead to his discovery. The Magistrate informed Mr. Teague he was not autho rised to grant it warrant to search the house but on informa tion on oath that there was some stolen property concealed therein, and Mr. Datis'e trunks or clothes tieing bronchi there, could nut he deemed an offence of which be could lake cognizance, the property being his own. Mr.Teague acquiesced in the propriety of the Magistrate's object ion ; he stated, he was informed Mr. Davis had not yet left the cuitutry; that kis first resort was tip Lamb's Con. duit.street, and that it was very probable he might yet lie there, or is some other port of the town, *ma paragraph in serted initialise of the Myrnisig Papers, stating that there was a fleet horse waiting fur Was in Smithfield, which he mount ed, his arrival in Drighttni, mid sailing inaniediatel. (sum theuce,was inserted by some of his friends to prevent further inquiry or pursuit. He concluded, by requesting the favour of a couple of the officers to accompany hint and the Mar shalatan to Lamb's Conduit-street, where they would go sod ask permission to search lite house, and make sods to quiry as might lead to his apprehension. din this request the Magistrate assented, but none of the officers, except those iu waiting, being in the way, they being all either at the Sessions, or out on other duty, Mr. Teague had to wait till one o'clock, when Wainwright and Edwards arrived, and accompanied him to Lamb's Condait•strest, where we understand they learned that the informations respecting the trunk was correct, but what information they received respecting the route Mr. Davis bad taken after Isis escape, I. kept secret ; but we are given to understate) it was sorb as to warrant a belief that be has amt as yet left the king. skim, and iu all probability remains still in town. Mr. Teague has offered our bust lied guineas reward for h • ap prehension. • NoTr.—The above statement is from a person in the habit of reporting the proeertlinas at Haltom-garden, and will probably appear in oilier Jostens!s of this day. The paragraph there alluded to, respecting the escape of Mr. Doris, with the aid of a Meet horse, originated in Tile BRITISH PIIIE4, in which it was inserted by the Editor, with a lull confidence in its truth. It is therefore false, grossly false, that it was inserted by some of Mr. Davis's friend. to primal inquiry or pursuit, as most unwarrantably asserted iu the above report. We hope fur Mr. Teague'. sake that the report is not correct. There has been • report for two days in the city that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, instead of meeting the dilapidated state of our finance. with au effectual measure of retrenchment, means to propose a Property Tax of 6 per cent, for the first year, of 5 per cent, fur the second, of 4 for the third. and so on till the deficiency shall be Made gond the tax to affect only real property, and to tiffi-ct no income from real property under 51501. a year. A tax of this kind, even if granted, would he inefficient, for it wo►►ld not produce three millions per annum, even if it did Lot dimi nish the taxes on consumption, and therefore it is to be considered as the mere nest egg. from which a new brood of taxes on property is to be hatched. —(l:vening Paper.) The scrutiny at Ipswich wail resumed on Satur day seinnight, at the close of which day it was again adjourned till Wednesday 1.0. t. On Friday 'sight 41 votes had been struck off the tiunsberr of each candidate; but on Saturday the list of 'Alep‘rs. HALDIMAND sud LCNNARD was reduced four, rod that of Messrs. CRICIIIITT and ROUND only two. On Saturday Met between thirty sod forty bell-riagers from ibs neighbourhood, assembled at Mans. The Uses cmagday began the ammements, by pealing 1,008 bob. tripplos; nest a miscellaneous baud drew uff on the bob mese eyeless; and then Mr. John Austen, of Elbow, who is bliss', amdscted a peal of 41,440, when the bells mime round, OCCllablieli by au omission, which was very exesselde, considering the isilrmity of Sir. Austen. To add to the harm's, of the day, the Quest company rose, in a masterly style, a mune of espies', twelve iu , ma I. Powell, Seq.'s sewly.iavtased system, is which the anther maimed. The following day o Irse sad coesplete peal of 718 tvehlo.basha was nog M bleier, is 26 misuses Chmtick,) .~.e ~ f ie 1