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great influence which every great landed proprietor enjoyed in his neighbourhood some centuries back; and that, in fact, was the real an d only influence they possessed, and not that kind Of corrupt influence of which Mr. S. Wortley spoke recently at York, as having existed four hundred` years ago. Under • formnf government the possession of great wealth, used as it ought, would continue to have its proper influence ; but it would be begging the whole question to assume that because they must have some, they ought to have more than was. consistent with the principles of the Constitution._ (Hear, hear !)—The Noble Lord who that day honoured the meeting with his presence and enlightened it b' his eloquence, had that influence which ought to attach to his rank, station, and character; .but he was willing to make a sacrifice for the public good.—(Cheers.)—His Lordship knew full well that a Reform in Parliament would not exclude the sons of the Nobility from seats in the House of Cornuintvi, if they possessed the talents to snake them useful in the service of the public. But one of the evils arising freom the want of reform was, that we had dolts and. dandies sent into Parliament, merely because they were' sprigs of heir !)H -They might, it waseene, be very respectable men of the fancy, or as members of a four-in-band club figure away on the' box of a barouche, but they were as little calculated to perform efficiently the.du. ties of Legislators, as Caligula's horse 'to discharge' those of a Consul—(Applause and, laughter)--eXcept indeed that, like him, they would be quite ready to pick . up:the golden oats.— (Hear, hear ! )—They had lately heard a great deal 'about the violation of vested rights which would result from a reform : ,was it possible to suppose that Hampden bled in the field and Sid ney died on the scaffold for the sake of granting to a few oh garchs that power which ought only to belong to a whole pee . ple ? Was this the Constitution ? Was it given by any known law ? He could'find no such statute. Nevertheless, the'cry was as loud if one of those old. abases was approached, as if its existence had been guaranteed by the most sacred law of the land. "Do not touch Old Sarum," • cried one—" It has • existed in its present state during the best deers •of the country. Tt is a vested righeof which you have no right to• deprive the • possessor." But who, he asked' again; gave the vested ri g ht in Old Sarum, which nutralized 'the votes of the - county of Wilts? But the great cry of the anti-reformers uttered by the mouth of their apostle was, " Th e sys tem wor k s we ll , and the country has been carried through her difficulties under it.' It was, indeed, true, it did work 'well, but how? It enabled the few to - work the money well out of the pockets or the many.—(Applause.)— This reminded him of an anec dote which he had lately heard of a dignitary of the church in Spain—that country against whole rising liberties they stow saw a band of friars, welling themselves' the Army of the Faith, and a gang of crowned despots, mis-named the Holy Alliance, entering into diabolical Assodatione.—(Appl a us e . ) — it was not the holding up their hands in support of the petition of that•day which would' be sufficient. - They must persevere : let them imitate the exatilple of their ancestors, whose perse [ verance was active, until they a c com pli s hed t h e i r g l or i ous ob ect—the emancipation of their country. It should be relevant ! ! bored,' that they had powerful adversaries, to. whom circum stances gave many advantages. They had nine points in their favour. They had got possession, ay, possession of the stolen gouda; and it should be. the business of reformers to imitate the example of the poor widow with the unjust Judge—to worry them until justice was done.- , (Cheers.)—They should noteease eo worry their adversaries until they had got the stolen goods Out of their poseession. • • . • • • Mr. M °etc x (the Member for Reading) came forward and was received with cheers. After what they had already heard on the important subject before them, he would not trouble them with many observations. He would only say, in addle tion to what had been observed by the Noble Lord, that the situation of our • Representative System was very different in the present day from what it was four centuries back (the period, which sonic of the anti-reformers compared with the present. Since that time, since the Revolution, we had two most important changes in the, Commons House of Parlia ment. , The first was the union of. Scotland with this•conntry. The next, that of Ireland. Let the Meeting consider the effect of those two most important alterations. By the first, forty-five Scottish Members were added to the House of Com. mons. Hew .the, great majority of those members were 'elected, was well known. The whole of the elections for the Scotch burghs was by corporations the members of which, in turn, • eleCted each other. This system was so general,, that an hide pendent member for a Scotch burgh was a rarity which they seldom saw. It was exemplified in what took place in the borough of Montroie: The ahuties there were so great, that new 4:hurter was 'given, by which the franchise was some what extended. The consequence was, that the electors re tinned an independent Irian. They sent Mr. Hittite - to Par. neteeete—(Applause.)--Froni this they mightdie of the .effect which a reform would produce in Scotland. If all the Scotch burghs which were now under the influence of the Crbwn, or of individuals who acted with Ministers, were reform. ed, we should is far as Scotland was concerned have a House I very differently constituted from what it was at present, be cause the people of that country W ere not enemies to reform. On the contrary,•they were generally the warm friends of eco ninny and reform ' • and when we saw the S cotc h b urg h s send i ng 'thesupportere of Ministers as their reprementatives, it should - be ascribed too - this—thet in most cases those members were chosen for and not by the people.—(Cheers.)—The union of Ireland was the next•great change to which he had alluded. By that act 100 members were added to the House of Commons. But how were, they chosen ? In Scotland the great evil in the re. piesentation urine from the small number of electors. In Ire land the same effect was produced by a different cause. There the evil was in the'great number of voters, in consequence of the manner in which they acquired their qualifications. In that country the man of the largest property generally nominated the Members for the county. Some landed proprietors had 30,000 or 40,000 persons on their estates, to whom they gave qualifications, in order to vote as they should be directed ; so„ 'that, in faet, it was not an election, but a nomination, which generally took place in that country: If reform .would not eome to them, they must go to reform. They had already some experience that petitions alone would not be sufficient•to ob. ttaM their great object; for where was the county in England, which within the last 30 y ears , h a d n e t pet i t i one d f or r eform ; and what had been the result e They had been all retitled and s and lie neglected on the table of-the House. Reformers, then, should do more. • What did they ask by petition ? They asked a House of Commons, such as we had, to reform itself ! They might as well ask the wolf to give up its prey. The result • would be the satne,--(Cheers.)—What, then, were they to do ? If they continued to aseernble in that place from year to year; •to agree to resolutions and a 'petition, and then disperse, they would not assist the cause; they would only expose themselves to ridicule. It was necessary that they, should not only talk • well, but act well, an d l et t h e act i on be suited to the word.— Let him not be misunderstood. He did pot recommend the use of physical force. Ile would not have the Reformers attack the Horse Guards. There the Government was invincible. But he would have them attack the system where it was yidn r • able. At th e present moment the Government could note hike more from them than ten millions a year in direct t x , . but to meet the &mantle, to keep the eystem up, it 4 W e ns necessary that they should have 60 millions in addition Those , Gil mullions, ,or,the greatest - part o f t h em, might, if the people had the firmness to do it, be withheld. • , They were; in fact; • made uP of.'he might call them voluntary Contributions to the State, for they consisted in taxes, not upon necessaries, but superfluities. The only chance the people had of reform • was, that the extravagance of Government had rendered •it dependent upon them for its maintenance. The people • had thus the means in their power of putting an end to the extravagance, and the system together. This could be done by associ at i ons i n different parts of the country agree., ing not to consume certain superfluous articles from the Chancello r o f t h e Exchequer derived his greatest l r u e e which Let them haye n one o f hi s wares. He sold at entirely , high a price —a price which included not only a great portion of the people's property, but also of their liberties.. (Cheeee.)..... By abstaining twat any farther purchase, they would not only save their money, but so weaken the forces of their adversaries, as to ensure a final triumph in a full and' fair representation. • :The best way was to starve the enemy into compliance—(Heer !) This was, in his opinion, the only effectual means within their power. At present be would not develop the plan farther. When this petition, as lie was certain it would, should be refused by the House, they would then assemble to deliberate upon what farther steps were to be taken. At that meeting he would explain himself farther on the subject. He would spew historically the effects of such a remedy. He would prove that, by denying ourselves a few ordinary gratifications, we might reduce the piesent resources of the Chancellor of the Excite= , quer from 00 to RI or 12 millions. Let not the present be look tipen as the cessation of their efforts. They had a glorious cause to induc e theme.° proceed and let it biecollected that, if they relaxed, they must expect the following up of that change of property to which the Noble Lord had alluded ' and which would leave th em without remedy and without hone It Should than be their constant endeavour to urge their claims _by the means he lied pointed out , a l ways bearing in mind that upon the success of their efforts depended the salvation of their country from utter ruin.--(Ch eers.) The question was than put and agreed to; there being 'only - two hands held up against it. Considerable applause followed the declaration, that the peti tion was carried with only two dissentients. Mr. EYSTON said, that those i n di v id uals who thus ex- Pressed their dissent by their vote, acted in a fair and manly Hi is mariner. He then moved that the petition be signed by the Sheriff, on behalf of the meeting. This was put and carried. He next moved, that the petition be declared...." A petition, . agreed to, with only two disientients, ate meeting of the county Of erks."—Agreed Air. F. PalderEn said he did pot mean to co ptradiet the as. sertion of his Hon. Colleague (Mr. lifonck), that the petition, amwevex strong and powerful, and strong and powerful he ad mitted it to be, would be unattended to by the - House of Coin mons. The utmost they could expect was, that after giving rise to some discussion, it would -be ordered to lie on the table, and then be heard of no more.—(llearaa-The question now was, by whom 'should' this petition be presented Ile thought it could not - be in better hands than In those of the county members, and therefore he would Move that it be presented by their two representatives. This being put, and agreed to, Mr. DUNDAS c.ame. forwerd. He said he always made it a practice to attend- the county meetings, in order to learn the sense of the people. He had attend.wiat the celebrated York Meeting for .Reform in 1784, and since that time he bad not been present at one Which gave him More pleasure than the meeting of this day. He had listened with great satisfaction to the speeches of the mover and seconder, and also to the very able one of his Nobl e F r i en d, t h e author of the petition, which did equal honour to himself and his country. The mo. tion which had just been agieed to called him up, and be could assure the Meeting, that he would with great pleasure present the petition; and • support it by every means in his power. The mode which the freeholders of the county had thus adopted of seeking relief, would, he was eatistied a be found ultimately to be the most ef. fectual. Had it been adopted and persevered in long ago, it would, he had no doubt have prevented many of the evils tin der which they laboured at the present day. It would have curtailed a ruinous war, and prevented that ruinous system of extravagant loins to support an 'exorbitantly extravagant ex benditure from the effects of which he feared it would be long efore the' country could recover under any management.— (Hear, hear !)—lled the 'House, instead of atting under the controalaif a Minister, legislated according to the wishes of the people of 'England, they would now be relieved from th e pressure of taxes which f e w of them were able to pay. In conclusion the Hon. :Member thanked the meeting for their attention, and congratulated them up on suc h a numerous an d respectable 'assemblage. Mr. flahniTT next moved the thanks of the Meeting to Lord Folkestone, for his unwearied zeal in the cause of the people, and for.his exertions in bringing about the present ineetinga—Carried: On-the motion of the same Gentleman, thanks were voted to the mover and seconder of the Petition ; also to the High She riff, for his readiness in calling the meeting, and likewisesfor his impartial conduct in the Chair. . Lord FOLKESTONE thanked the meeting for the very flatter ing mannerin which they bad noticed his exertions in bringing about the meeting. To, him it was but a trifling trouble, but the zeal and cordiality with which his efforts had been met by the Gentlemen to whom he had applied rendered it a source of great satisfaction. He was happy to have this opportunity of bearing testimony to the readiness with which the subject was taken up by the Gentlemen who joined him in ,the requisition, and he only regretted that their names were not included in the vote just agreed to by the M eet i ng . H av i ng , w h en he last addressed them, occupied their attention, he fear ed, at too great length, he would not now detain them any longer. He could not; however, refrain from expressing the joy he felt at finding the petition ; carried- in the manner it had been. ' His own opinion and feelings were very strong on the subject. He believed that the'solvation of the country' depended upon reform, and that if not speedily brought about, the greatest calamities would befal the nation. It was the con viction of this truth that had induced hitn to take the steps he had taken on the present occasion. He was at first afraid that his application to the gentlemen who had signed the requisition would be considered intrusive ; but the kindness with which it had been received soon banished that fear, . and convinced j him, that it was only n e c essary to M a k e the effort in order to induce the Gentlemen of the County to express.their opinions on the necessity of Reform. He looked forward to what might, in all probability, be the situation of these who were to come after him ; and he was anxious, for their sakes-2hr the sake .of his country, he was anxious to avert evils which he Saw ap proaching. For his own sake he did not act; for before the tithe the measures which he was anxious to have brought about . could be effectual for the country, he should he removed from any cessation of pleasure or pain, which 'their success or failure could excite. As long, however, as he could exert himself, he I would be active in the cause of reform, because 'he was certain that it was by stemming the tide of corruption in the Corn- mons we could alone tender this country prooperoue and happy at home, and respected abroada--(Cheers.)-1n conclusion he again thanked the Meeting for the honour they had done him, but added, that he was entitled to no thanks for the part he had taken in bringing - about this Meeting; which were not equally due to the gentlemen who had joined him in the re quisition. Mr. EYSTON and Mr. IIOWLES (the mover and seconder of the petition) severally returned thanks for the vote of the Meets lag in which they were included. Mr. HALLETT again addressed the Meeting, and observed that he had only one word more to offer, and it was as to the place of their meeting. It was well known, that two Sheriffs of the county had refused to call a meeting of the free,holders, and it happened that they bad also been refused the use ' of the Hall of Reading, on two occasions, by two mayort or that town, and turned out to hold their meetings in the open air. tan one occalion they were obliged to assemble in a stable yard. It was true, they might feel as warm i n t h e cause of reform in a stable yard as elsewhere, but that was no reason why they might not be more conveniently accommodated, where the means were within their reach. The hall- in which they were now as sembled belonged to the county of Berks. He mentioned this for their government on future occasions, and that if a fu ture sheriff should think fit to attend to a requisition. fur that purpose and call the. County together, they might as s embl e i n the county-hall at Abi ngdon. The hall at Reading also be. longed to the public. It was opened sometimes for eating and drinking, (a laugh) and dancing and fiddling, and was never refused to any itinerant showman, but it was twice refused to the County for the purpose of holding public meetings. New, under those circumstances, he should inure that in future all the public meetings or the County be held at the Shire-hall at Abingdon. • a Mr. H. MARSH hoped, that, as a Reading boy, he might be allowed to say a few words before this question was put to the vote. He was one of-the party (for he was always in the way of Mischief) who were turned out to hold the meeting in the stable yard. It was also true, that a Mayor of Reading had made a mistake, for evil communications corrupt good morals, and had refused the use of the town-hall. 'These circumstances he regret ted as much as any man, but letnot the meeting judge of the dis positions of the men of Reading from these facts. aa To no men of any town in England would they yieldin independence and a zeal in,the cause of reform.. Let not the meeting press too -hard- on them in consequence of the mistake or error of two Mayors. Let there be two meetings held at Abingdon, for one at Reading, it' it pleased the meeting ; but he would say, do not cut them off at once for ever.—(Hear, hear !) Mr. HALLETT observed, that Mr. Marsh had pleaded so well' for his townsmen, that for the present he would withdraw his motion. He hoped, however, the present would be a lesson to the authorities there. • Mr. dross.--Oh, no doubt ; the mayors will go the bet-' ter for this whipping. • • • Mr. BUDD moved that the two Members for fteading he re. quested to attend the County Members in presenting the• peti. non and supporting its prayer. , This was put and carried. Mr. F. PALMER said, that he. should know from his friend Mr. Dundas when the petition was to be presented, and should feel great pleasure in giving it every support. Mr. Molicit said he should also feelmuch pleasure in at. tending to the wish of the Meeting. He felt proud of the compliment couveyed to hi m , i n b e i ng . associated with the Hon. Members for the County on such an occasion. The Riau &trins ~ returned thanks for the honour which had been conferred on hint. lie then declared the Meeting dissolved. The Assembly then gave hiM three Hearty cheers, after which I they separated. An ingenious fraud has been practised by some individual, in altering the large 1/. notes of 'aNiessrs. Chapman and Co.'s North and South Shields Bunk, to five pounds. it is done with a pen and India ink, both in the body, of the note anti in the corner,. and the difference may be readily discovered on comparing the colour with the other parts of the note. The words " Five Pounds," in the corner, are also quite different from those in the genuine 5/. notes of Messrs. Chapman and Co. being in some instances church text, in imi tation of the same words in Messrs. Bilackhouse's notes, and in others the word " Five" alone is used in imitation of Messrs. 'Ridley.and Co.'s, or Messrs. Lambton and Co.'s notes, but the letters are stronger than in either. These are both a full black ; but the word " five" in lstes.ors. Chapman & Co.'s real notes is a shaded German text, The " Five Pounds" in the body of the genuine note is also of Roman capitals shaded ; while in the forgery the same words are Italic, and all black. The following is a correct list of the houses destroyed by the tire inSVatling-street :-51r. Penny, wine-mer chant; ‘Villiains, warehouseman ; Jones, Russell, and Co., ditto ; Marryatt, R o h e , an d Co. ditto ; Tho mpson and Son, silk-manufacturers ; and Profit and Lowndes. The Pre 1111 s" of the two latter firms are partially injured. Men oh 'Mr. Thompson's property was preserved, and conveyed into the parish church of St. Faith, in consequence of which no ser vice was performed on Sunday. Great exertions were made by the constables and firemen, to prevent the fire reaching the skin warehouses belonging to Messrs. Row, which they happily ac complished- Their warehouses, we understand, contain pro perty to the meant of several hundred thousand Pounds. PRICE a Red TH IS DAY AT 3 6 ali per k e S e t n n 241 Ek 3 3r F r e e r e C il e t nt Ccirth. 0 7 f 6 4 4 per Cent. S °ld 9si tin k New 966 5 per Cents. 17D7 Bank Long Ann. Imp. 3 per Gents.. F STOCKS ' OKE o'cLocit. India Stock India Bonds 40s: 375, South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills l3 14 pr. Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Account 714 77 77 PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, JAN. 28: AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Centa. 79a. Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 74. Neapolitan { Five per Cent. Bonds, 69. Scrip, 72i. 1 Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. t Five per C e nt. Bonds, 45. Spanish • New Ditto, 421. Scrip, 23A disc. Prussian 4 Five per C ent . B on d s , 77. 1 Ditto New, 75. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds 80. Chili 70. , Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 58k. Peruvian N e w Loan, 76. Bank Shares 4•21 ss. • American Six per Cant. 90i-98. Five per Cent. 95-96. Three per Cent. 09!. French • PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, JAN: 21' Bank Stock Grand Canal Loan, 4 p.ct. 68 Gov. Deb. 31 per cent.... 92 24 ---Ditto 6 per cent.... Stock, 32., per et 9Qiii --DittoStock — Gov. Deb. 4 per cent...... Royal Canal Stock Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. —Stock, 4 per cent.... 99 74 Do. Deb. with Gov. sec-- Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. „Pipe Water Deb. 6 per ct. city Debentures, 5 per Do. cent. Lying in Hospital 4 per cc. 6 per cent. Exchange on London, Jan. 22, par. 111011 WA -TER AT LO sow llnrninig, 2 minutes aftei• 4. J BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Eveziing, 16 minutes after 4. 14' 8 UN. soz,xx outs. DIOERE FALSIIfft .lUD LONDON, ESD Y, JANUARY '2B, 1 823. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] STOCK EXCHANGE, Ilaf-past Twelve Inconsequence of the anticipation that the Speech of theAing of FRANCE will be pacific, the Funds have risen this morning. Consols. opened at 76i, and up to this hour they are 771. Spanish opened at 41 : , and got up to `421 ; , but the principal buyers of Spanish Bonds are the Bears, who fear that the Speech, when it arrives, will be found favourablii to' peace, or at least that the war will be postponed until after the close of winter, or until a sufficient French force shall have been assembled for entering .Spain. There are no Expresses with the French, Funds to-day, in consequence of the intervention of Sunday.— The French KING'S Speech is most anxiously expected in the City. FOREION MARKET.—Most business is doing this morning in Spanish Bonds, and a general opinion still prevails that England will not suffer Spain to he invaded ; and that if a war does take place, England cannot remain neuter. The foreign intelligence received .since our last adds nothing of importance to theinforma tion of which we were previously in possession. :111 the rumours of changes in th e French itai,,; nistry have gone quietly to rest; and the only warlike indications are the 'alleged preparations making for the reinforcement of the Army . of Observation, and fur the departure from Paris of the Duke D'Asuour,Exc and the other General Officers who are to assume the cot. amid of the troops. The Journal des Dames has published another of its dubious articles, in which, though it censures the fabricators of false reports:, who seek to enrich themselves by excit ing the alarms of capitalists, and though it bukes the other Paris Journals for circulating that which is lithe, it is itself guilty of most pro vokingly abstaining from any declaration of the truth, respecting the great question of Peace or War with Spain. • Count METAKA, %yin) was deputed to the Coo:. giess of Verona by the Senate of the Morea, but who has - • not been admitted there, has just pub. lished an Address of the Greek Government to the 'Christian Monarchs assembled at Verotia, dated Argos, the 29th of August, 1822, of which the following is the concluding paragraph : " The sentiments of piety, humanity, and justice, by which the Congress of Soveigns are animated, induce the Greek Go vernment to hope that its just dernabd will be f avoura bl y receiv ed ; but if, contrary to all expectation, the offer of the Govern ment should be rejected, the present decla rat i on shall be deem- NI equivalent to a fonnal protest, which the whole Greek nation now deposes at the feet of the throne of Divine justice --a pro. test which a Christian people addr esses w i t h confidence to Europe and the great family of Christianity. Exhausted and forsaken, the Greeks will now place their sole hope in the all. powerful God .• Sustained by his potent arm, they will never bend to the yoke of tyranny. Christians persecutedtduring four centuries, for having remained faithful to our Saviour, and to God, our Sov ere i gn Iflaster, we will def en d, to the last drop of our blood, his church, our hearths, and our tombs,—resolved to descend to them free, and Christians, or to conquer, as wejaave hitherto done, through the strength alone of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by his Divine Power," FRENCH I:UM/S.—JAN. 25. Five per Cents. L0we5t....... . .... 77 1. 80 c. Closed at • ........ 78 f. 85 c. Bank Stock - 1475 f. e. Neapolitan Five pet Cents. ........ ... • 601 1. Spanish Bonds 1821 Exchange ua London--One Month 25 f. 35 c. Three Mouths 25 f. 20 c. , . Brossuls Pap ers to the 2 5 t 11 , and Frankfort to the 20th, reached us this morning. The follow. lag are short extracts : "The New Court Theatre at Munich was ea• tirely destroyed by tire on the lath ; happily the whole of the audience escaped. The da wage is estimated at one million and a half o florins. " An article from Ongaling says, that it is rumoured an army is about•to be formed on the right bank of the Rhine. An attempt is making in Vienna to raise money for the Greek's on bonds issued by their Government. " TRIEST):, JAY. B.—A vessel arrived at Malta on the lath December, which left Napoli di Ro mania on the 9th December, states that that im portant fortress was at that time in the bands of the. Greeks. The Turks capitulated, and were allowed to take away the third part of the con siderable property they had amassed there. 44 BRUSSELS, JAN. 23.—A journal states, that the police, for some reason not known,has visited several writing masters in this city. They have been required to furnish a page in writing of each of their pupils. It is said that the requisi. tion had been general, and that each pupil has bad to sign his writing." [Firom the American Papers received yesterday.] SOUTH AMERICA.--The followingis an extract of the last communication (under department of State) addressed to his Excellency the Pao- TECTOR, by Col. LENZA, from Yu3quisive,‘ de monstrates the critical situation off` the enemy occupying tlu interior of Peru—that the enemy are reduced to pass their lives in continued uhrin, and a kind of suspicious fear of the inhabitants, who, although oppressed, have still continually struggled to free themselves from their tyranny, and desire only that he, COL LENZA, would spare some of his forces to exterminate at once the barbarians, who are in exorably resolved to keep them in the same de graded state, under which they and their an cestors have been groaning for 30Q years. The communication concludes with a kind of Bulletin,—" It is now eighteen months since that Chief has maintained himself in those vallies, where he has been often attacked by the enemy, lout he has had always the glory of chastising him severely. Being now convinced that their force is of no avail, they have tried to seduce him by th, 1t10 , ,t flattering promises ; these have also proved fruitless, and they resorted to the perfidious means, of having him poisoned, to gather with his first Officer." THE ARMY. It appears doubtful whether Lord Hill or Sir George Murray will succeed the late Sir Hildebrand Oakes, as Lieutenant-General of the Ordinance. Lord Hoptown h 45 been also mentiorieci as the probable suctessor to that appoint. rent, but nothing definitive has yet been settled. It ever, understood, that the vacancy will be filled up in the course of a very few days. Detachments belonging to the 49th and 56th Regiments of Infantry have received orders to embark on board the Urania transport, at Cowes, for the purpose of being conveyed to the Cape of Good Hope, to join their respective corps there. - A detachment of the 30th Regiment of Foot will arrive from Portsmouth at Chatham, on the. 29th instant,. in order subse 'quently to proceed to Gravesend, to embark for Madras. The grenadier comp a ny o f t h e 77th Regiment, under t h e command of Major F. Baird, and for some time s t a ti one d i n Stirling Castle, marched into the Castle on Wednesday. The "grenadier company has been replaced in Stirling Castle by another belonging t o th e same regiment, commanded by Capt. Jeffiey.—(Rdintureli Courant,Jan.s.) AIERCANTI,LE SHIPPING. DEAL, J. B.S.E.—Carne down from the River last night and Sailed, the Lapwing, Stoper; for Rio Janeiro. Sailed this morning the Sussex, Oak, for Stockton. Came clown this day and sailed, the Norfolk, Grey, for Cal cutta ;•-• 6 P. at. Wind S.W. and moderate and a rapid thaw. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 26,---.Wind • E.--Arrived the Sum, Hamilton, from Bengal : sailed the 23d July. and from St. Helena the 24th of November, has had very bad weather. The mail by the Susan, cannot be landed tonight owing to the weather. •Cotta, JAN. 22.—Wind N.B.—Arrived the Medina, Owen, from Bombay. ;WEYMOUTH, JAN. 24.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Owen Glendower for the Coast of Africa. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2 7.—Windl.—No arrivals or sail. ings this day. THE KING. - -(Brighton, Jan. 26.)--It is with heart-felt satisfaction we observe that our gra dolls SOVEREIGN, though gradually, is advancing to recovery. The answer to all enquiries at the Pavilion to-day has been----" Bus .31.4JErry Can t tinues better." CORRESPONDENT OFFICE, Fiveo'clock. —We stop the. Press to annottoce that an e.r-officio Information • has been just filed against Mr. T. HAM IGT Nof Roscrea, for the riot at the Theatre. Mr. DRISCOLL made a motion in the Court of King's Bench on behalf of the several prisoners The point will be decided to-morrow......'rhi s being the first sitting day of Term, the Lord Chancellor held his usual Levee.--(Ditb/in correspondent, Jan. 23.) Private letters from Madrid speak of the people as being quite enthusiastic in the cause of defending their country. Volunteer corps are being organized in all parts much in the same way that they were obtained in England in the year 1795. The fable of the " Pox and the Grapes" has been lithographed, and is exposed for sale at all the booksellers' shops. A recent letter from Frankfort states that a great number of horses pass through that town for the French army. in the neighbourhood of Frankfort a great contractor has purchased tiooo for account of the French Government. The price paid is, for the Cuirasse Dragoon '2O Louis d'or, and for the. Light Chassuer 18 Lot's d'or, per. horse. - Notwithstanding the great fall of snow, the in. land mails all arrived safe and in good fin*, yes. terday, at the Genet al Post Office. The latest arrival was not more than fifteen minutes beyond the usual time. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, in St. James's square, from her seat, North Cray, Kent; Lord George and Miss Fitzroy, from North Cray ; Sir George Robinson, Bart. M.P. in South-street, Grosvenor-square, from Cranford, North amptonshire ; Sir J. W. and Lady Lubbock, in St. James's place, from High Elms, Farnborough, Kent; Mr. and Mrs. Keene and family, in Charles-street, Berkeley -square„ from Westowe Lodge, Cambridgeshire ; Colonel Dalton, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-str ee t, f rom Bagshot Par k; the Rev. Mr. Mergeson, at Blake's Hotel, Jerrnyn-street, from his seat near Doncaster, Yorkshire ; Admiral Tollemache, at the Clare moot Hotel, Bond-street, from Englefield Green. CnANGEa.—.The Earl of Powis, for Walcott, Salop ; Vis count Granville, for Wherstead Lodge, Suffolk ; the Hon. Mr. Vane, for Oxford ; Capt. John Russell, R. N. f rom W arren ' s Hotel, Regent-street, fbr Woburn Abbey; Mr. and Mrs. Proctor, from Hodgson's Hotel, Dover -street, for Staffordshire; John Reeve, Esq. frotriditto, for Melton Miwbray, Leicester shire; Sir John Broughton, from the Claremont Hotel, for Kingston ; fleneral Alontressor and Sir John Tylden, from ditto, for Sittingbourne, Kent; Henry Wormahl, Esq. f rom ditto, for Leeds, Yorkshire; Colonel Barnet, from ditto, for Paris. The Hon. BAItRINGT9N, scn of the Viscount, is on the eve of leading to the altar the Hon. Miss lannEla., daughter of Lord RAVENSViON.TII. On Wednesday last, John Clayton, Esq. recently elected Town Clerk of Newcastle-on-Tyne, gave an elegant dinner to above forty of hiss friends, at Mr. Dodswurth's, the Queen's Head Inn. Turtle, lamb, asparagus, young potatoes, and many other delicacies, in season and forced, graced the board, Grapey and other delicate fruits constituted the dessert ; and the choicest wines kept up the enjoyment and hilarity of tie happy party till a late hour in the evening. • • 1 J e , ,>) (5 - \ • • r' • ot i g . F ‘'.'*4•••S' '4l at*4 0 9 ' k. s ) ' o - • It ' 1 ;11 OED ‘'sb .• -.4 f THE TIIEATItE. COVENT•GARDEN.—Mr. BENNETT, from the Bath Theatre, last night appeared at this Theatre iu the character of Richard The Third. This actor had a difficult task to perform, as he had not only to encounter the critical ordeal of a London audience, but the strong prepossession which has been excited in favour of Mr. KEAN., Mt. BENNETT possesses a good figure, and though not a very expressive countenance,he has a marking eye. His voice is powerful, but apparently unequal, as some of his more vigorous tones were succeeded by others faint and almost squeaking, More ex perience, however, with the space of this large theatre, will doubtless enable him to adapt his voice to so wide an area. Ii e evidently conceived the character justly, and if he had wholly avoided Mr. KEAN'S Manner he would have been more successful. Some of his attitudes were striking, but, his deportment in general was not easy. If actors in general were to follow the impulse of their feelings, and not think of deportment at all, their action would prove natural and characteristic. In person altogether Mr. BENNETT bears a re- , semblance to Mr.Macfttabr. We do not think that the Morning Papers have done justice to this new performer. Many candidates fur public, favour have gradually improved upon the London Stage, and we are of opinion that if Mr. KEAN had not become so popular in the character of Richard Mr. BENNETT would have been more successful. A Morning Paper, speaking of Mr. KEAN'S Richard, says, " his powerful delineation of it stamped by universal consent, as the chef d'retcce of dramatic representation." This is a very rash*as seniors, and proves that the Critic knows vet y little if any thing of Mr.'KEAN's predecessors, and that he takes the opinion of Mr. ItileAses adosirees as the universal decision of the people at large.. We shall not follow Mr. BENNETT through the wliolo of his performance, because we make allowance for the timidity unavoidably attendant on a tit , t appearance on the London boards, and for the difficulty of struggling against partiality and pre judice. We shall therefore wait for his secaud appearance, simply adding, that he last night; displayed talents and judgment that entitle hull to public protection and encouragement. There were some " perturbed spir its" in the thew to who indulged themselves, at times, in attemptirw to throw ridicule on the new Performer. 1. 1 0%. hope that the geueral Ceilings of the Pubtic wi!l always crush such illiberal hostility. SPORTING INTELLW FACE. Com et State of th e Betting at TATTERSAL L'S yestertlay, , at W s, One Tun Tavern, , lermyn.strevt, last r4,i - tt: DERBY. 7 to.i agst Emily 15 to 2 agst Fanatic 11 to 1 apt 'Webb 13 to 1 agst Panting 13 to 1, apt Talisman 20 to 1 apt Sir W.Milner'* c. 20 to 1 apt Charcoal 20 to 1 apt Bro. to Pachl 25 to 1 apt any other. 7 to 1 agst Zaidit 17 to 2 agst Sister to Sultan 9 to 1 agst Sinter to Sailor 10 to I agst Oliveira , t 2 to 1 agst I.:tnilsetpu 12 to 1 apt Sorcery 12 to 1 agst 11Ir. NVynclhato 15 to 1 apt any other. HET. CLA 3 to 1 apt Moses 7 to 2 apt Swap 9 to 2 agst Vosthuma • DONOASTER 10 to 1 agst Sherwood, 14 to 1 agst Fanny 20 to 1 agst Fanatic 20 to 1 agst Ilarefoot 20 to 1 apt :Palais 22 to 1 apt Tinker ßoyal 25 to I apt Armstrong 6 to 1 agst Wanton , • - 13 to 2 agst Aquilino 7 to 1 agst Ajox. ST. ,LEGEtt. 25 to 1 agst liontstJart 30 to 1 agst Sir W;;Miincese. 30 to 1 apt Br. to Violet 30 to 1 art Mr. Powlett's c. 35 to 1 apt Mr. "hunter's 35 to 1 apt Werner. • • TROTTING MATCH EXTRAORDINARY.—Mr. tkizsah, in company with Mr. COX, a respectable dealer in Blackfriars road, accepted a bet of 600 sovereigns to 140, that lip+ product Ki. a horse to draw a - vehicle soul trot 10 miles in one hoitr.- Cox caked lOU anti Mt. Atkinson 20/. .Is.a deposit ; the ro us:titling knon is to be made good the first week in March, or the deposit to be forfeited. The match is to h e petit:timed on or before 31st of March next. Betting Ito I p.p. on time. ARGYLL PUTNA,M, whose Rod. ings and Recitations we attended on a former occasion, resumed them last week ut these Rooms. lie attracted a numerous audience, aed his recitations were much applauded, Ile seems chiefly to succeed in the delivery of lighter cam positions, but in those of a so l e mn and pathetic nature he was very impressive. We h a v e nut room to detail his merits, but as his ent er t a i n . meat is rational and amusing, we hope it w in b e repeated with success. _ "On the 23ti Jett. the New I Veoeyee ChaPet at Baroazdeastle, was opened for divine service, by the Rev. NEW TON , *OM Manchester. A fter two sermons, the surli of 64/. 11411 collected towards defraying She . eapenco .of the t the