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~~. ~' '")"' • , 6",a,,r71r cel l 9 fr:44-111: Li t , x' 7 , , —I-- . . / , - 14' , 9' / & a / - v ' ) . e , ...0 . kt, , 0 0 ' * Nfirlte ' . 4 ,04,, r li r fs v ,„, /7.2 c//,;---a-A-- 311110.3 !~ — "in - • , r s ki t•; • t. kte . to, NI r :A ' II3ER 9577. MONDAY, MAY 5, 1823. Piuci SEVEN PIi:NCE6 Joni four 11. —of iota Var.. on+ Olrer of duc:. 'eat the. at of 1, re like- ,s ar" ant i j 5 os. pod ocLici el i'l. ~- °'l 1)1i 11' by t t' c ad, in tvitell` 0 0 " riti t ; ',l°llll t 11°11. SUS * PAYMF,NT of PRIZES shawls on the 23d Day of Apt ii It - stant, being the SECOND DAY, of DRAWING the SE . COND LOTTERY tor the year 1822. LOTTERY-OFFICE, SOMERSET-PLACE, . . May 3, 1823. TR" COMMISSIONERS appointed for MA .. NAGING the LOTTERIES do hesseby give Notice, That Numbers of TICKETS and SHARES thereof in all preceding Lotteries may be examined at this Office every day (,Sundays excepted), with their Registers of Benefits and Blanks. And the'COMMISSIONERS appointed to take in the BE NEFlT'nexus of the s SECOND LOTTERY for the year 13r!, do hereby give Notice, That they will attend at their us Somerset-Place, on MONDAY, the 12th Instant, front Ten o'clock in the Forenoon to One &Clock in the Afternoon, to take in and enter the BENEFIT TICKETS drawn on Wednesday, the 23d day of Apt it last, being the Se c"d PaY of drawing the same Lottery, to be exchanged for Certificates purshant to the Act of Parliament in that behalf. And for further dispatch thereof, the said COMMISSION ERS will take in and enter the TICKETS numbered from 1%41 %,001 to No. 9,500 at one seat, and the Tickets numbered from No. 9,501 to No. 14,000 at another seat, and the per sons possessed thereof are directed to bring with their Tickets separate Lists thereof, marked A and B, formed in Humeri , cal order, adapted to each of the said seats, and at the hot -1" as of each List to write the name and proper additions of the persists entitled to the value of the said Tickets. And the said C OMMISSIONERS' also give further notice, That Certificates for the value of the said TicketsAxill be de livered out on THURSDAY,. the 15th day of May next, at Noon, after which the said COMMISSIONERS will take in and enter 'rickets its their usual Monthly entry; and all persons are desired to observe they must bring duplicates of their Lists when,th ey come for their Certificat es. The CONIMISSIONERS. also give further notice, That a liond of indemnity must he entered into by two respectable, 11 "t'keepers (to be approved by the said COMMISSIONERS) together with the person entitled to the value of any Ticket or Tickets which may have been lost, or to any Ticket or Tickets the Checks of which may have been torn or destroyed, before the Commissioners can grant Certificates for the same; and that, in ease of a lost Ticket, an Affidavit must also be made of the eirCumstances attending the loss of the same, hifore one of the Honourable Barons of his Majesty's Ex. chequer. CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION, for OPPOSING the • PROGRESS of DISLOYAL and SEDITIOUS PRINCIPLES. PM:NIDE:XT.—Sir JOIIN SEWELL, LL.D. F.R.S. II I'd CONS'FITU'rIONAL ASSOC"- ' "LION was formed in December 1820. Its establish ment was called for by the alarming infinence of a licentious Press in disseminating Disloyal and Seditious Principles—an evil which had become the general subject of compl a i nt ,i n nu merous Loyal Addressea and ' Resolutioi.s, throughout.all parts of the kingdom. Zealously attached to the Legal and Constitutional Liberty n o d f the Press, the Association stood forth to uard tilt greatr this paUr invaluable privilege from perversion abuse;and and POse it proposed to itself two especial objects—the o _ encourage meat of loyal and able writings in support of the Constitution ; and the restraint of Seditious and Treasonable Libels. The Association had soon the satisfaction to numb er among it s supporte rs persons o f t h e hi g h est rank and respectability in tike State : Members of both Houses of Parliament, A u l n a l g ie is i t n ra f t e e r s . , • Cleigy, andothers whose names have been n p t ~ , . ?ITheisdvertisernents. The Committee rp , t e o e w s h nf om th w e was entrusted l ie task of carrying into effect , oe unceasingly devoted their th e e x . e p r t t l ion e s to . th n i e s l h a rr r e n a w t e d l u e t f y i — he • r , b -eY have, in strict conformity with the original avowal _ . 1.1,7 _ . Principles of the Association, invariably abs h tained n f e r i Mg in the party politics of the day. They ethmermreigul nerated any work. in support of party principl a e v s e ; nor have they Pbtriets..telealey ted any lib e l on persona l character, however elevated ; have encouraged. attem to ate constituti.nal d° eu -i nea, and they have endeavoured to illust res r train publications subversive of the respect due to the Soveleign, to . . the Consti.. toted Authoritiea of the State, to the public Administration of t : us tice, and to the Civil and Religious Institutions of the Em 'are. a „, ,It was their desire, by encouraging writers of integFit e y -- m• taient, to persuade rather than to punish. But, agala t to rt publications of mere invective and malevolence, directed no a ti a le di re loM ,on e in n a t, but to the baser passions of mankind, argument are of no avail ; and it became necessary, pt se to.veral flagrant instances, to consign offenders of this description the punishment of the law. IlltThe ommittee, however, did not adopt this last measure ,hout great caution. Anxious to warn the ignorant, and un witting to proceed against any but wilful transgressors, they tallaCti a short, buteear exposition of the Law of Libel to be 01/iinetneds bannntlkdeiasntrtippu:iendtea;mon , the venders of Impious and Se.. and no prosecution was commenced lima it -appeared that the warning thus given had been altoge slher ineffectual. In the same spirit of moderation they mu bwraaced every y e a °lT l rt 11 n i t y of exercising lenity, where contrition e re 1 a -IV / anq security given, that the dffence would not is ceZ"fd. it 1Y beproper to add, that the Committee pro indictmente`lY by the plain, legal, and constitutional course by trw ; that they pseferred no bill but by the advice of w i l r ei e l 7 Counsel ; that every publication prosecuted by them, to ~.. _ m_ititherto c ome before a Court, has been pronounced " I: (l t ac h f e e l'i n_d b t e e l ur t b b Y ; l , n le a tu ci d u l t e te ; d land that in no one instance has travrsedPartoeves.rs of their operations the Committee have been alone ' and 1 . - Y steP. They will not allude to the personal re . ne il et i r --- misrepresentation which they have so effectually 1i4,1 + nor to the alleged unlawfulness of measures which , ore }!en since dechtred hy the highest judicial authorities to be , o cu Y l egal ; hut the effect of the dexterity v merasinittoiniiimtepodsleegrperaete 1 1 1 , 1 Zi ; Yeti on behalf of the accused to defeat the ends of justice, a.. e. to n„tteeea suchany management. additional eedin labour on the Corn- Tient the expence of prosecution. and very greatly to under Seven subscribed to the present moment are considerably 0 1._ rvaeven Thousand Pounds, and it is scarcely necessary to iZ,,•T e, that the services of the' Committee (all of whom are eTributors to the funds of the Association) have been per tii,,lrgilltuitous. The disbursements have consisted in the rF thele auon of Loyal Writers, in the publication of Tracts, i , n. tha t , 4 7 ex Penee of Advertisements and Printing, in fta l._ Ises or the numerous Prosecutions which the Committee . Salaries it their duty to institute or to defend, and in Rent, ~ t ies to Clerks, and other • incidental payments, during a l'etlo I of nearly two years and a half, ! ~.. ',o i r the success of their measurea, the Committee may refer d i es diminished circulation of those Seditious Libels, which ti Otiered the Association neeeasary ; and to the suppression of p... 451 ' odious prints which condense within the compass of a t "Din t t he poison of a volume. The convictions obtained agains 1 . . 4 ._e of the most' hardened and perseverini; violators of the th !f. have operated as salutary examples to deter otherst and to(c)!neficial effect on public morals and public tranquillity is • 4 6 1 P.Ited not to strike the most cursory observer. . tr 4 d i `tton and Disloyalty, however, though checked, are not tecft, c ,, 4 ted and it is with deep regret that the Committee have ,viri•Y seen To o ,l .eraded rank and perverted talent enlisted in this ,Iktee4ome. meet such -adversaries further exertion is still • , i , $_ ,.) ::::::: 4 and the Committee appeal to th e Friends 4-c leesL!i e , rel 6 t in of the etation, and to the Public in general, for additio w n i al in si t i e p ei ent that hey shall receive it from all those the welfare of their country ; and who, ryl therd ,.7 1, 1 , are aensible of the danger to which its- Religion, its 1 44 _ , hi Shalld its Constitution,. are still exposed. 1 uY order of the Committee, f., a ' ~,,„,, CHARLES MURRAY, Honorary Secretary. ...'" l ee-Itoom, 13, Salisbury-square, May 1, 1023. . . CHILE LOAN. MESSRS. HULLETT, BROTHERS, and CO. beg leave to inform the Holders of Chile Bonds, that they have received an official communication, of which the following is a translation : Legation of the Republic of Chile, London, May 1, 1823. The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chile writes, under date of the 2d January last, to the Mi nister Plenipotentiary, Don Ant. Jose de Yrisarri, the fol lowing:— " In consequence of the contract entered into by your Ex cellency with the house of Messrs. Hullett, Brothers, and Co., in London, to raise a Loan of one million pounds sterling for account of this State, by virtue of the powers conferred on your Excellency, the Supreme Government, desirous to secure the investment of the principal in such a manner as to benefit the nation, and at the same time to insure to the lenders the punctual fulfilment of its obligations, has subinited to the most excellent supreme House of Representatives (Corte de Repre sentates), all the official letters, bonds, &c. which you have transmitted to this Government relative to the said loan. After a mature examination, the House passed an Act, which I have the honour to transmit to your Excellency, in order that, after having taken cognizance of the contents, you will com municate the same offiCially to lessis. lTuUctt and Co. for the purpose of their honouring the drafts which will immediately be issued on them ; it being clearly understood, that after the same are duly paid out of the funds in their hands belonging to this Government, they will be relieved from all responsi bility. The present resolution adopted by the House of Re presentatives being only provisional, until the National Bank shall be established, the Directors of which will be charged with managing every thing connected with the loan, and its re demption, as well as the payment of the interest, &c. I reserve it to myself then to communicate to your Excellency all further instructions that may be necessary.' In the absence of Don Antonio Jose de Yrisarrii I have the honour to transmit to you the above, as also a copy of the Act to which it refers, for your information and satisfaction. I renew to you the sentiments of' my most distinguished consi deration. (Signed) - A. BELLO. To Messrs. llullett, Brothers, and Co. Ministry of State and for Foreign Affairs.—Copy of the Act _ addressed by the Most Excellent the Supreme House of Re presentatives to his Excellency the Supreme Director of the State of Chile, on the 23d December of the rear 1822. The House of Representatives, assembled in the extraordi nary sitting of the 23d of this month, at eight o'clock at night, took the following; official communication of his Excellency the Supreme Director into consideration : " Santiago de Chile, Dec. 21, 1822. " Most Excellent House of Representatives—The measures which the House has been plea.ed to point out in its note of the 19th inst. seem to me to be the most fit and adequate for the good results which the loan raised in London by the Mi nister Plenipotentiary, Don Antonio Jose de Yrisarri, by virtue of the full powers which were conferred on him for the purpose, will produce to the country. Anxious, however, to conduct this transaction with all the prudence, frankness, and rectitude which may insure the success of operations on which depend, as well the prosperitiofthe State as the opinion which they are to produce abroad, 1 . have , ceded and do cede to the most excellent supreme. House of Representatives, all the fa culties which in me reside, as head of the executive power ; in order that the &Aid House may, after the most mature consider ation of the subject, designate the persons 'which it may deem the most fit to direct the national bank, which is to be esta blished, and may also prescribe all the laws and regulations necessary to give to that important establishment all the con sistency, effect, and public confidence, without wFish the bene fits which ought to accrue to the nation cannot be obtained. " The Supreme Director, &c. " BERNARDO O'HIGGINS." Accordingly, and until the establishment of the bank already decreed shall he carried into effect, it is ordered, that the funds .produced by the loan negociated in London, and on the eve of , arrivitig,.shall-be deposited in the Treasury of the Mint,- at the sole disposal of this House, and to authorize, as hereby is au thorized, the superintendant, Don Jose Santiago Portages, the comptroller, Don Anselmo de la Cruz, and the trea s u r er, D on Silvestre Martinez de Ozhagavia, for issuing drafts against the funds of the said loan, which may be in the hands of the house of Messrs. Hullett, Brothers, and Co., which drafts are to be countersigned by Mr. Ilumpliry Bunster, as agent for that house. Ordered, That this resolution be communicated to his Ex lency the. Supreme Director, to be printed, published, and circulated. . (Signed) Francisco Ruiz Tagle, Joaquim Ilieto, Casimiro Alvaro, Francisco Antonio Valdivieso y Var. gas, Jose Santiago Monte, Jose Tadeo Man cheno, Secretary. (A true copy.) Manchend, Echevarria, Portalles, Ansehno de la Cruz, Silvestro Martinez de Ochagavia. A true copy of that transmitted by his Excellency the Se cretary of State' for Foreign Affairs of the State of Chili, Don Joaquin de Eclievarria, to his Excellency the Minister Pleni potentiary of the same State, to the Courts of Europe, Don Antonio Jose de Yrisarri, which I certify for all necessary purposes. (Signed) ANDRES BELLO, Sec. of Legation. FAMILY MANSION. WANTE6,%vitiiin . l66 - iffies of London, for two, five, or seven Years. a Good, Plain, Com fortable HOUSE and OFFICES, Furnished, and in good Repair, fit for a retired quiet Family of near Twenty Persons, including Servants; with a Garden, and a few acres of Mea dow Land.—Letters, post paid, describing the Particulars of Situation, number and kind of Rooms, and the lowest Terms, including Taxes and . Repairs, addressed to T, E. Z. Ja maica Coffee-house, Cornhhil, London, will be answered im mediately. TIiURSDAY NEXT TWO of X 20,000, and TWENTY-TWO other CAPITALS must he drawn on THUBSDAY NEXT, Bth Instant, when the Lottery ends. SWIFT and CO. are Selling [lndrawn Tickets and Sharps, by which the abore great objects may be gained. They also respectfully inform, the Holders of Tickets or Shares, drawn Blanks or Small Prizes on the Second Day of Drawing (4:4,1 April), that the same may be exchanged for others that are Undrawn, without any additional Chalge, as SWIFT and Co.'s Old offices. No. 11, Poultry; 12, Charing-Cross ; and 31, Aldgate High-street; at any time 'before the Next and concluding Day of the Drawing. • - GRAND LAST DAY, NEXT THURSDAY. and J. SIVEWRIGHT beg to inform the . Public, that the Tickets and Shares of the Present lottery are on Sale, warranted Undrawn, at their Fortunate Offices. 31, Cornbill ; I 38, Haymarket, t, Holborn ; Corner of Coventry-street. NEXT THURSDAY,. May Bth, is the Last and Only Day of Drawing.—The Wheel contains 9 .... of .... £20,000 1 4 of £5OO 2 . _ Besides numerous other Prizes of £lOO, £5O, £l5, &c. tice.; the whole of which must be drawn the Bth May. J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT Sold SEVEN Capital Prizes in Shares, the First Day of the Present, also No. 1,467 i Prize of £16,000, in the Last Lottery, and No. 14,315, a Prize of £IO,OOO, besides many other Capitals, in January last. FOR WORMS, FITS, PAINS IN THE STOMACH. &c. WORMS are the Cause of many Internal Afflictions, which vary so much in their effects that they may be mistaken by the most eminent Physicians, and prove equally fatal to the Constitutions of Adults and Chil dren ; though the latter more extensively suffer from their destructive ravages. Their 'more usual symptoms are Fits, Pains in the Stomach, Side r and Head, Loss of Appetite, and Pale, Languid, and Emaciated Appearance in the Patient The extraordinary efficacy of CHING'S PATENT WORM LOZENGES in all such Complaints, as well as Obstructions in the Bowels, and every Disorder where opening or cleansing Physic is required, is so universally known, and has been puh licly acknowledged by so many persons of distinction and rank in society, that it is unnecessary here to enlarge on their peculiar virtues. Sold in Boxes, at is. 14d. and 2s. 9d. by Butlers, Clirmisti, No. 4, Cheapside, St. Paul's, 290, Regent -street (near the Argyle Roams), London • Waterloo-rlace, Edinburgh ; Sack rille-street, Dublin ; and by the principal Medicinc,Nenelcrs tbroughiut the United Kingdom. VIII. BACK LER's GREAT WINDOW o f lUL the LAST SUPPER for the ALTAR of HERE FORD CATHEDRAL. from the Grand Picture by West, the property of .his Majesty, is NOW EXHIBITED at his Gallery,. No. 18, Newman-street. -Open from ten till dusk. Admittance, One Spilling. PORTEUSIAN BIBLE SOCIETY. Patron—His Royal Highness. the DUKE of SUSSEX. THE PORTEUSIAN BIBLE, in addition to haring the more interesting and • devotional Chap ters distinguished, for the help .of the fount; and inexpe rienced Reader. contains " The Portensian Index, or Family Guide to the Holy Scriptures ;" and may he h I d, in various Sizes and Bindings. of Bookseller,. i n general, but those in Plain Binding, at the Society's reduced prices, can only be had at the Depository, 40, Frith-street, SAO. Subscription( to the Society are. received by Sir Richard Carr Glen and Co. Bankers. Birchin-lane, Cornbin ; by Messrs. Drummond and Co. Bankers, Charing Cross; and by the Treasurer and Secretaries. From the LONDON GAZETTE:, 3/4 3. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. IV. Johnson, Addington-place, Camberwell, butcher, from March 29 to May 10. BANKRUPTS. G. Willingham, Great Marylebone-street, iilarylebon?„ money-scrivener, to surrender May 6, 13, June 14, at the Bank rupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Tanner, Fore street, Cripplegate, P. Powell, Brighton, silk-mercer, May 10, 17, June 14, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. !fan ner, Fore -street, Cripplegate. J. Tomlins, Boddicot, Oxfordshire, merseryman, May 13, 14, June 14, at the Red Lion Inn, Banbury. Solicitor, Mr. Ma kinson, Elm-court, Temple. T. Wilkin, Soham, Cambridgeshire, scrivener, May 28, 29, June 14, at the Rutland Arms Inn, Newmarket. Solicitor, Mr. Leuber, Newmarket. _ _ 13. Penn, 'Birehilla, Staffordshire, coal-master, May 14, 15, June 14, at the George Hotel, Walsall. Solicitor, Mr. Hunt, Surrey-street, Strand. H. Cullingham, Kensington, carpenter, May 10, 17, June 14, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basingliall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Poole and Greenfield,. G rav's-lo n-squ are. C. Mather, Lambourne, Berkshire, brewer, May 10, 2 7, June 14, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Bousfield, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. E. Howarth, Leeds, woolstapler, May 12,413, June 14, at the Court-house, Leeds. Solicitor, Mr. 13attye, Chancery-l a n e . R. Baxter, Great Eastcheap, Scotch-factor, May 10, 17, June 14, at the Bankrupts' Court, 13asinghaU-Street. Soli citors, Messrs. Walker, Rankin, and Richards, Basinghall 'street. W. Johnson, Grange, Bermondsey, tanner, May 10, 17, June 14, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Soli citors, 3lessrs. Walker, Rankin, and Richards, Businghall street. DIVIDENDS. May 24, R. Herbert and W.' Buckmaster, St. Mary-Axe, wine-merchants-311 v 29, J. Kirkman, Liverpool, merchant.:— May 27, T. Hughes, Oxford-street, hosier—May 24, T. Hoyle, J. Lord, J. Chatburn, and W. FothergiU, Irwell. Sprints, Laiwashire o calico-printers—May 27, W. Heap, Cob bees 'Nab, Lancashire, calico-printer—May 24, E. Marsh, Huddersfield, grocer—May 24, W. Murray, Pall-mall -court, Pall-mall, tailor—May 31, C. Haws and W. H. 131unden,- Oxford-street, linen-drapers—May 24, T. Lowndes, Mitre 'Court, ClSeapaide, warehouseman—May 27, T. Parker, jun., Wood -street, hosier- 4 -May 24, W. W. Deschamps, R. S..lllor *gan, and P. M"faggart, Suffolk-lane, merchants—May 24, J. S. Wilcox and T.. 1. Titterton, Theobald's-road N coach-makers —May Id,. R. W. Dean and T. W. Cooke, Sugar-loaf-alley, Bethnal-green,brewers-31av 21, F. Holmes, Vere-street, Ox ford-road, merchant—May 10, T. D. Latham and J. Parry, Deronshire-square merchants--- May 29, E. Hales, Newark upon-Trent, corn-factor__May 10, J. Holmes, Portsmouth, coal merchant--July 26, 11. Carter, Rateliflt a lighway, d raper—Alay 23, J. Alallinson, Birdsedge, Yorkshire, And A., and J. Alallitison, Huddersfield, merchants—May 211, 11. Fortl, Portsmouth, hardwareman--Alay 07, T. hill, Thorn bury, Gloucestershire, linen-draper. cEitTIFICATES, :11A y 24. T. Lingham, Worcester, mealman—J. Rout, 'Whitechapel, linen-draper--J. It italic! ! Watlin g - street, ware h ouseman —S. Boyden, Chapel-street, Pentonville, beast-salesman—W. Cot- BiShop's peeve, Gl ou ccsterlhire fartner—D. S. Norton, Uxbridge, brewer—J. Cuzner, I nliii,gtan, Somersetshire, fuller—J. Knott, Barfreston Kent, miller—J. Peters, Bristol, merchant--V. 'Musson, Gedling-stre t t, Bermondsey, baker. PAR TNE ItSll IPS D Isso I,VE D. J. Pagan' and S..3l‘.Millan, Ipswich, drapers—O. Barclay and W. Pugh, Regent-street, St. James's, tailors—R. and J. vezey, Long-Acre, Soniersetsbire coach-builders—T. Webster and J. Sharp, Fore-street, Crippiegate curriers—J: and W. Whitmore, Prince's-street, Landieth, smiths—C. and H. Bodin and A. Landin, Shoreditch—J. Garbutt, - jun. and .7. Lumley, FoAton-mills, Yorkshire, tnillers--J. Ede and J. Bond, Finsbury place south, West I ntliamerchan ts-11'. Crowther and J. Curtis, lted-crs.street, w oo i, uei, J. L. Moilliet, and J. Gordon, Birminghani, bakers—J., and S. Penny, Shep ton-Mallett, Somersetshire, corn-factors—R. Courteen and J. Robinson, Walbrook, attornies—G. Lowden and W. "Axton, Southam, Warwickshire, surgeons —J. Phillips and J. 1). anky, Staffbrd sh i re, in anu facturers of eart hen ware A. iisat,temr old and, G. Parker, Li verpool, c o mmon- b rewers —3l. . 1 7 1 0 a n i esai , ld Aste rley, Shrewsbury, -milliners—E. Porter and .1. Cocks, Norwich, tailors—J. and J. Buckley, Stayley bridge, Lancashire, shopkeepers.._ W. Roberts, R. Wall, and W. Butlin, Shrewsbury, mercers. LAW INTELLIG ENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Mn 3. vax v. can% Ilk LonDsnip pronounced his d ec i s i on i n t hi s casesobserv in h 4d a ' d cloneat he eby no means approved o f M r . C arr ' s procee di ng as he ; but at the SUM u time he did not think that it warranted an application for his commitment. lie therefore thought the.best order he could make was to dismiss the peti tion, but without costs. COURT OF KINWS BENCH, MAT 3. The Lon-13 Crtrxr Jusric E having reedvered from his in. disposition, resumed his seat on the bench. Mr. Justice Best is still unable to appear in Court. TUE KING VOVOOIL Mr. Co s; stox SERJEANT moved fora rule, calling on Mr. William Wood, of Leicester, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him, Ile made this application on behalf of Or. Henry Payne, a respectable solicitor marriage. Mrs. W oo d' s fortune, which was very of that place, to whom Mr. Wood had written a l e tt er ten di na to instigate him to tight a duel. The parti es were related tf coeanchsidoethraebrlbeyand settled on herself, was under th e management of Mr. Payne, who for some time conducted h er af f airs to the a a l p t i gmi re t n i t on took satiac handed over Mrs. Wood's papers to a •proctor, who had since satisfaction of f t i er husband. consequence of which 111 r. P a yn e In September last some acted as her attorney. On the 11th of March last, Mr. Payne received a letter from Mr. Wood, charging hint with advising Mrs. Wood to take measures hostile to his mttrestai and adding, " I cannot but take this opportunity of thanking you ; I con sider you a dirty scoundrel, and I will publicly say so wherever you are known. If you dislike the epithet, you know where to find -- William Wood." The LORD JUSTICE asked what situation in life the parties filled. Mr. COMIIOW SERJEANT replied, that Mr. Wood had married a lady of fortune, and that Mr• Payne was an attor ney in good circumstances. Mr. Wood had not only sent this letter, but had posted Mr. Payne as a coward in the principal inn, and in the news-room at Leicester. The Cotiwr granted a rule to show cause. INDISPOSITION' OF T/IE JUDGES We regret to state, that for two days during the last week, not fewer than six of the 12 judges were p revented by indis position from attending to their public duties. Saturday eight were enabled to resume their seats. Mr. Ba ron Rickards, Mr. Baron Garrow, Mr. Justice Rieha.dsol, and Mr. Justice Best, are, however, still confined to thtlr houses; and we lament to observe, that the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pletet, although - anxious to give his attendance in COurt, is by no means in good health. AIR. lIUSKISSON. THE SUBST.,•INCE OP • Krlt. SPEECH, • AT TliE DINNER IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ? In the CITY of CHESTER, On Thursday, the 3d of April, 1823, when the 1 1- 4sz leas presented to th 51, And his Health proposed, . - By the Chairman, FRANCIS DIGGEN, Esq. - " GENTLEMEN--It has sometimes been my lot in another place to rise with the duty imposed upon me of discussing some complicated and difficult question, and with the certainty that my view of that question would be encountered with all the ability of p6Werful adversaries, sharpened by all the accri mony of party feeling ; but I own, that on these occasions, however inadeqUatc to the task, I felt less embarrassment than I labour under the present moment. There is something in political conflict which creates energy, and stimulates exer tion ; but kindness, at leas; such kindness as I have now re ceived at your hands, is overwlx*ing. 'Whilt T feel it to be so, I must claim your indulgence, if, under the influence of that feeling, I should not be able, in terms of suitable grati tude, to acknowledge all the honours which you have conferred upon me. Gentlethen, when I received your Address, so gratifying to me, at the close of our political connexion, I justly considered it as the highest distinction and best reward, which any Re presentative, under such circumstances, could receive from his Constituents. The sentiments of that Address,—the nume rous and respectable signatures to it, are, I am proud to say, permanently recorded upon parchment :—A parchment which I shall preserve and cherish as one of the most valuable Title Deeds which a public man can possess. To this written record of your friendly feelings, you are this day pleased to add, a more splendid and conspicuous, but (however imperishable the materials of which this elegant Vase is made) not, I trust, a more durable testimony of your approbation. For this further memorial of your good-will ; 1 can only repeat those thanks which your uniform kindness has so often elicited frOrn nie on former occasions. I trust that I may be allowed; in all times to come, to look to this Vase, as a proof that, in your jtidg went, I was not deficient in the rule which I had prescribed to myself in the discharge of the important duties of your` Re presentative. That rule was simply this. To be diligently attentive to your peculiar interests ; but at the same time to be true to what, according to my honest conviction, were the general interests of the Country. For my conduct, in respect •to the latter and more extensive part of my duty, I am not more responsible to you than to the whole of the people of England ; but in respect to the former, I hope I may say, with out fear of contradiction that, for the ten years, during which I represented this City, its local interests, and the interests of every individual connected with it, have had, when required, my..best assistance and most unremitting attention. I will only add that those interests, however now committed to other, bands, will always have a share in my most sincere and earnest good will. , ' In adverting to the ten years which have elapsed sinceyou first called upon me to represent your City, it is impossible al together to forget what portentous years they have been. Perhaps the History of this Kingdom could scarcely furnish another period of equal duration so fertile in, events of the greatest importance, or marked by such vicissitudes of for tune—of threatened destruction and providential deliverance —of danger and glory—of Alternate alarm and security—of peace won by British perseverance, and secured by the down fal of our most formidable enemy—of War again renewed"by the Restoration of that inveterate Foe,—and of Peace agaili conquered by British valour and again secured by Briaih Victoiy: When our connection began in the autumn of . 1812, how awful was the situation, how appalling the prospects of this country. We were then in the twentieth year of a War, un paralleled in its character and magnitude, and which had called forth, and then more than ever required, the greatest exertions and fortitude on the part of this country. The efforts of the Tyrant of Europe, of which our destruction was intended to be the final triumph were of the most gigantic nature. At die period to which I' have referred, he was absolute master of all the resources of the Continent from the Baltic to the Mediter ranean, from the Western Coast of France to Moscow ; whilst England at War with Him, was, as the consequence of that War, either enga ge d in actual hostilities, or at least shut out - from all friendly intercourse with the other nations of Europe. From Archangel to Bayonne, from Gibraltar to Trieste, not a port which was not closed against our Flag, —not a mile of Coast from which English Commerce, even in the hour of ship wreck and distress, was not repulsed with more than barbarian inhospitality. Gentlemen, you all recollect the rancour with which Buona pane persecuted Commerce:—partly, perhaps, because it has been one of th e great means of civilizing and enlightening Mankind, of diffusing liberal ideas and of creating a commu. city of Interests between Nations for their mutual benefit and improvement ; but mainly, I apprehend, because, with all these blessings in its train, it was, at the same time, the great source of our power, anti of that maritime superiority which appeared to be the only remaining barrier between . liberty, and the.estahliahment of &system of universal unmitigated rani tary despotism in Europe. Such was our situation in 1812 ; a situation of such imminent danger, as other countries, per haps would have attempted to avert by compromise. -Jut this was not the feeling of England even at that crisis. Some few among us, it is true, deprecated the continuance of the struggle as hopeless ; but the Government, the Parliament, and with them the great body of the people, true to the characteris tic firmness of Englishmen, proclaimed that the road to peace lay not in submission but in victory. By the influence of our example, and by our exertions, the prostrate nations were roused to vindicate the many sufferings and insults which submission and compromise hard brought upon. them ; they rose against their oppressor; from that moment the recovery of their independence became to us and to them a common cause:—the result was victory, and' that, which to a Chris tian people must always be the great end, and only just use of victory—security and the restoration of peace:--a peace, of which, whatever may have been its benefit to the otheraNa dons of the World, impartial History will assign th (llory and the achievement, to the vigour, the fortitude, and th exertions of this country. Gentlemen, when I am rekrring to our exertions in the late War, if, instead of a Retrospect to the ten years of our political connexion, were to look back to the longer period of twenty-seven years that I have now sat in Parliament, and been more or less actively en gage d i n t h e pu bli c concerns of the Country,'—what, I might ask, has been the leading feature of these eventful years ? My public life began nearly with the commencement of that revolutionary effort, of which the almost avowed object was the subversion of every civilized Community in the World ; and of which the mighty means, physical and moral, appeared, for a long time, but too adequate to the end. Before this dreadful scourge the most extensive Monarchies, and the most ancient Republics, the greatest and proudest States, as well as the most humble and unoffenchng, the widely spread Empire of Austria, and the little Republic of St. Marino ; the military•Eingdom of Prussia, and the peace. ful Republics of Switzerland, equally bowed their heAds,— Amidst this devastation alike of all that was most stately and all that was most humblei one edifice• alone stood tirm and erect, affording at once a refuge to the fallen, and succour to those, who though broken and scattered by the storm, had still, like the gallant Spaniards, the courage to' brave its &so ' letine fury, Well, Gentlemen, w as t h at unassailable Buf warkdistinguished for its superior sizeand dimensions ;.--by the greater number of its garrison ; or by its position cora mantling a far greater range of territory ?*Certamly not. lit all those respects, many which had fallen were far. superior; but it was a fortress so happily put together, so strongly t on fleeted in all its parts, so wonderfully combining all the means of interne' security and external defence, that its gallant gar rison was able to defy the power which had laid waste the ci vilized world. That fortress, Gentlemen, was our Country, and the secret of all its strength and greatness, the sacred ce- • meat 'which binds together that impregnable work, is the Bri tish Constitution. 'lO that Constitunon the people of Eng land are, I trust, all equally attached and devoted, however, • as free-men, we may sometimes honestly differ as to the best mode of practically applying it in the detailed administration of our publick concerns. But, after it has withstood so many storms, after it has enabled us to overcome so many danger, and difficulties from within, and to repel so many assaults from without, during the last thirty years, I cannot believe that a sober arid reflecting people will easily be seduc e d to at tempt any great, and undefined change in the struct ure -a the fabrick itself. When men deal in loose and general th upon such a subject ; when they glibly talk of the most diflicult and fearful question which human ingeouity can cone ceive, and the most Intricate which human wisdom can tn. vestigale—the formation of a new, or the entire re-modelling of the old Constitution, in any country —es of a plain, self-evi dent proposition ; I own that I feel very little respect for their understandings; or, if lam compelled to acknowledge their intelligence, I can only do so at theptice. of assuming, (what I fear is too eften the case) that they themselves have very li t'e respect for the understandings of those to whom they address such 01-servations. Least of all would they be found applicable to our own Constitution, the w, rk of the accumu lated experience of ages, favoured by chance and circumstances, and progressively improved and matured by the cautious wis dom of all the great, Legislators and Statesmen, who have served and adorned this happy count r y. But in the logic of these wholesale Reformers, you would suppose that the Brie fish Constitution was something, the merits or defects of which might be exactly measured by a rule a nd compass , or determined. by a comparison with some universally acknow ledged, and long ascertained standard of perfection. If a dif. ference existed between us as to the relative distance, by two distinct roads, to any given point, a simple admeasuiement of both, would settle this difference for ever. If we wanted to know the exact weight, or the precise degree of fineness of that splendid Vase (the selection of which does so much ho. nour to your taete) a pair of scales, and a Crucible would en able us accurately to determine both those points. But where arc the scales by which you would weigh the British Consti tution ; where is the Crucible in which you would venture to melt it down ? I do not say that, like this Vase, it is without a flaw, or a blemish ; but I do maintain, be those flaws and blemishes what they may, it is still the best condition of civil society which has ever yet existed in the world r—that, in which life, and liberty, and property are most secure, in which industry is best protected and rewarded, and ire which talent and virtue are most promoted anti most frequently at tain their fair share of honour, ascendancy, and influence in the state. It is by these tests, Gentlemen, and not by any pre. conceived theory, or any imaginary standard of political per• fection, that I would recommend to you to try the Constitu tion under which we live. It is somewhat a homely saying, hut one to which, perhaps, On a convivial occasion, I may be allowed to refer—that the Proof of the Pudding is in the I eating. So I say of Constitution. Let ~ ,us have no new cooks, no new Receipt Books, greatly altering either its pre ' sent ingredients, or the d ue proportion of each. At least let us cling to our English diet, till they can shew us some other people habitually fairing better, and permanently thriving titan ourselves. I mistrust those who make it almost the business of their lives to inculcate an oppo site doctrine ; 1 neither envy than the task of incessantly la bouring to persuade the people that they ought•,not to be cone tented,- or to depreciate their own Country in the estimation of other States. I leave to then uoliappy tempers the en joyment of the pityful satisfaction of pointing out imaginary Lop incurable imperfections, and of suggesting vis;onary and unattainable improvements. Perhaps you have heard much lately of these imperfections and of these improvements.— Near as much as you please. But let me intreat of yott be fore you decide to look well to all the poesible consequences of the chenges which are proposed, and above all, to weigh well, against the uncertain benefits which are held out to you, the certainty of what you are called open to give up as the• price of these Innovations. Is it not rather the more prudent course to preserve those blessings, which the Comaittmon, as it now exists, has secured to those who have gone before us ? , And if it be, let 113 feel contented—and try to inculcate in others that feeling to maintain the Institutions: and Establishm ents which we hi ve received front our forefitthers. This appeari en one the safe line of an. Englishman's duty it is one which' ex poses him to no risk, by which lie can incur no reproach, -and by which, I conscientiously believe, lie will afford himself the best chance of leaving England what he found he—and what long, very long, may it continue t o b e —t o hi s . children, arid children's children, the best and richest inheritance of freedom and happiness in this world. Gentlemen, having adverted to the immense exertions made by this country fur the restoration of peace, and the settlement of the Continent, it is, with great grief, that 1 must add, that its peace, there is too much reason to apprehend, is again about to be interrupted. The most anxious endeavours of this Country have not been wanting to prevent an oecurrence which, 'in the present state of the world, may lead to such fearful consCquences. The Parliament of this Country will 'soon have an opportunity of judging of the conduct of the Government at this crisis. I have no 'doubt that you will find that the same men who were so properly alive to the honour of the British name, during the late War, have not compromised it on the present occasion. Without an- . ticipating the decision of Parliament, we can have no a 3 'Englishmen . ; in forming our opinion of the grounds on which the attack upon Spain has hitherto been justified. I all not prepared to contend that France, from- its vicinity, might not have found in the proceedines of the Spanish Government* and the disturbances in Spain contiguous eo her own frontier, reasons for vigilance, and jealousy, and precaution :—possibly gretieds Slur strong remonstrance, and, if explanatisu and satisfaction were refused,.Whilst her e. own institutions and internal security were endangerd by the j conduct of Spain,—th e ca r e o f that secur i ty wou ld have ose titled, if' it could not be otherwise provided tor, her having course to War. But France does not rest bet' aggression ou these grounds. In common with the late Congrese at Verona, she claims the right to interfere, not for the safety of France, but for the purpose of deciding in Spain by Foreign bayonets, whet share of the public power of that Kingdom shall belong to the monarchial, and what to the popular branch of her In stitutions ;—or rather that there shall be no popular Institu tions, except such as Ferdinand the Seventh may be pleased to bestow upon his subjects. The principle of this doctrine, not only forms no . part, but is utterly su b vers i ve o f t h e Law of Nations:--aprinciple as revolutionary as any which was ever promulgated in the wildest exesses of the French Revo lution. By what authority are all the Independent States of the World to be placed under the perpetual guarditinehip of this new ..Court of Wards lately erected at Verona ? Who gave it a eight to take other States into its tindery protection, to manage, or to interfere in, their interanl concerns, and to treat them as in a state of political inicoritv and incapacity ? Who is to decide when that minority and incapacity mine mence, when they terminate, and by what criterion a nation is either at one time to be deprived of, Or at another intrusted again with, the management of its own estate and internal con cerns ? Slid% a system, Gentlemen, never tan be recognized by independent States, apd the moment it was avowal, in re spect to tipain, all the sympithiee of England were awakentd in favour of that couotty. If there must ba a struggle, I trust it will - end in the establishment of her independance, and or a. Government of rational freedom in that tine portion of Europe. I trust it will entl in the disavowel by all Governments of those principles which are so dangerous to the Peace and ludepentl ance of all nations i—unel lastly, from my sincere love of Peace, from my great anxiety that nothing shou ild occur to n. terrupt the growing prbsperny of . this country, do . I itravntly pelted,upa y et , u that her r e ndv. good ien° fir (}fliers i acts c i ig gi re 7 raii. c t i o ir r i d fl ot u ilv e n / w w th ,e a j to n i otil i r l o : uo r rr og i n i n t t ig ):: (, „v el.nn ii ,lc i: of our own essential interests, again to embark in war. Gentlemen, I have dentioed yoo too long. Once more ace in e kc e e o ei cs r P t y tt d i e l s l oi d: t g :y Y n s t o e a r t u t s i w et s i t ht : o l i n c it h , fil le i t i a i Y i al t ril e t i t t i f tz ie c y e l ei l 1041fet;:yel;:itlhn:ncatkillo:Itteinpnid:ptrfiresuoailytbli6laronnit4hie.ole:tn:06.11c:oinisTi:letkiilerlautc: conscience, antrilvel