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:~ (4 1 - it or tQ L , .4; Vitt! I . . . , . . . • , ....,. • . . . , . . . . . , , t . . . . 11 . ...i,'. .. . , ~,,,•_ .. ~,, • i 11•IP . 0 N. . ~..... • ' . . , „,„4.l,zize d 1 i , „,..., Aini., :-.."--.: ;•4 ;':• : „•„: 11 :. '....„...„.„,- , . • 4-- ~. ‘_/.1 02 te"-- , . ,:,'i,, , \ ' I4ii'.;, r' , .1 • NUIHUER 9767. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1823. ••i a .e I DAIIII , ILTY.OFFICA, Nor. 17, I S 25. NOTICE is hereby g i ven , th a t a S ess i on of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, for the Trial of O Pnerscomnertted on the High Seas, within the Jurisdic tion of the 4 dmiralty of England, will be held at Justice Mall, in th e Old Bailey, London, on F; iday, the 19th day of December ne.et, at Eight o'clock in the Morning. And all Sherffs, Gaolers, and Keepers of Prisons, in whose custody any Prisoners, charges! with Off.nces com mitted on the High Seas, or within the said Jurisdiction, may be, are hereby required to transmit a copy of the Com mitment of every such Prisoner to Mr. Biektail, the Solicitor 6 .1 the Admiralty, on Spring Garden Terrace, Landon, in order that the necessary measures may le taken, fur remooing all such Prisoners to His :Majesty's Gaol of Newiate, for trial at the said intended Session. J. 7'. CR OICER. T" is is to give .notice, that in Pursuance of Directions from the COMMISSIONERS fur VIC TUALLING HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY, I shall be ready at this Owe s ' on TUESDAY, the 23d instant, in writing ( sealed " to receive Tenders up), from such Persons as will undertake to /*chase the HIDES, (except what may be wanted for the ? Gel ' Ya rd), and FAT th at may b e produced from the Oxen ''' l tlghtered for the service of His Majesty's Victualling De partment at Portsmouth, from the Ist day of January next """ 1 "g, until the :11st day of March following. The Tenders to contain distinct prices, expressed in words at "Oh for each article.—The same to be paid for at the end of each month. WILLIAM MELLISH. lietdivell-Dorl, • Dec, 9, 1823. City of London Tavern, Dec. 11, 1823. AT a GENERAL MEETING of SHIP OWNERS of GREAT BRITAIN, held this day, c°nforrnable to advertisement, (Jaen the motion of John William Buckle, Esq., Vice-Pre sident, 111 r. GEORGE LYALL, was called to the Chair. The Report of the proceedings of the Committee last year was read and unanimously approved. A letter was then read, from Mr. John Marshall to the Secre -417 of the Society, on the subject of the classification of ship- P i ng in the Register Books at Lloyd's. Upon the motion of Mr. John Marshall, seconded by Mr. ! John Graham, Resolved unanimously, That in the opinion of this Meeting Me system practised in the classification of shipping by the 'committees of the two Registry Books used at Lloyd's is highly objectionable in several important respects ; and that a revision 'if the system in all its details is therefore essential to the pros ilsrity of the commerce and. navigation of the empire. Resolved unanimously, That a General Meeting of the Mer 'l"tnni, Ship-owners, and Underwriters of London be convened I , Qr the 22d of January next, at t h e Ci ty of London °vet; for the p ur p ose of a pp o i nt i ng a C omm i ttee to collect the fullest information on the subject; and to consider and re port to v Subsequent General Meeting such alterations in the mern a ' they shall judge to he expedient for the mor e e flident 'el:lllation and classification of the mercantile marine. Resolved unanimously, That this Meeting being desirous that an the great Interests concerned in the final settlement of p is Importa nt question should take part and acquiesce in its t li e efinitiveart angement, the Committee of this Society are hereby guested to cause copies of the foregoing Resolutions to be trunsulitted to the principal commercial houses in London ; to the Co!nmittee for M ana ging the Affairs of Lloyd's ; the Royal . l eita ngt and London Assurance Companies ; and the Corn 'llltees of the two R e •• and to solicit their attend. on ce ,„ , gistry Books , ulo proposed meeting; and also to cause copies of the It ltal e so • 014 ons to be transmitted to the Ship-owners at the princi, l i nal °481) ° 118 7 with an invitation to them to appoint an indivi ta ' resident in Lo n d on , to represent t h e Shi pp i ng I nterest o f co in port u ) Committee to be so appointed. I on the motion of Mr. Thomas Spencer, seconded by Mr. 4onathan Chap Resolved la g be -- "banimously, That the best thanks of the Meet, tic k Prese nted to the Committee for their continued atter'. .&itl .:0 the — all important subjects which have been under -s conside 77;ration. t ,„„ " Wil k , 4 . 1 having left the chair, it was taken by Thomas ) 'N. Al. P. Vice. President. was made by Mr. David Charles Guthrie, and se °Y Mr. Jonath an Chapman, That this Meeting, being (,h air 1e of the Important services of Mr. George Lyall, as kn 0 ,;, 4 of the Committee, do offer him their grateful ac t'll•linents and best thanks, which was carried unani .44y. 11, 4 41 en, 1„ e , etin g then proceeded to ballot for eight Committee lion; Inc room of that number who had gone out by rota when it appeared that the choice had fallen on the follow ql4o., mei ue viz. • that Brown 1? ,Pinthaniel 48 George Lyall, Esq. 4‘al h --foriett, q Esq. William Mellish, Esq. Jos?, eenivick, Esq. Thomas Old, Esq. ill y p h Henley, Esq. Thomas Spencer, Esq. k having left the chair, it was moved by Mr. e l e) Ih4ryk,and seconded by Mr. Oillespy, That the warmest ,s of t he Meeting be presented to Thomas Wilson, Esq. '°r the qtea t i o4 favour of his attendance this day, and for his t° Ole British Shipping Interest upon all occasions. GEORGE LYALL, Chairman, ---,-- AsBII,IOIJS AND Wino COMPLAINTS. F a , Mild Mud ' effectual Remedy , for all those ....iv,r --ki,rders which originate in a vitiated action of A H e t! :I/4, 4" Biliary Organs, namely, Indigestion, Loss 0 .. ! gi ft . less, An..4riaelte, Heartburn, Flatitlencies, Spasms, li°Bkr. 'US Wetions of the Liver , &c. &c. DIXON ' S AN any t have stet with ore general approval than t ti . 4 ..!) tir4r,li,i.e,lll(: whatsoever . They unite every recommenda 11,,Triti4t _ . :l 1 eration with successful !fleet • and require no :' it ,ii,. confinement whatever during awls. ilse and r - g iled iirrs, where the consequences of redundant . ~,_. lii tro i 'Od e lli 1r are sib prevalent and alarming, they are an inv . , It! . t'll'itliitd„deffi tient r ' to t' n They are likewise peculiarly .....,„ to corr e P ct ° di c so i r ° ders arising from excesses of th e 44 41t e c o '" restore the 'Cons of the Stomach—and to remorse k L . hlPlaitits occirsiuned by Irregularity of the Bowels. ah..o in . 11, tt s -41 144 A "t at 2s. lid., (is.. 11s., and 225., by Butlers, tt e LArgyi' 's Cheapside St. Paul's, 2?0, 4 tltvi e Roan 1 . 1 I 'l. I ce Edinburp I's t •le , . 'ki % ate,' 09-P 0 .11 i lder, ti teer, Dublin Regent-street, (ne . ar . rou ; sad by the principal Mdicine giloUt the United Kingdom. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of , ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notier, EAST INDIA , 1 - 10VSE, Dec. 10, IS U. That they hare received a LETTER, Copy of which is ni follows : To the Honourable the COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY. " GENTLSAI VS, " We, the undersigned, being Proprietors of East India Stock, duly qualified, request that the QUARTERLY GE NERAL COURT appointed to be held on the 17th instant may-be - MADE SPECIAL, for the purpose of Considering a Proposition which will then' be submitted, for Ertieting in .the Parish Cloirch of St. George, Bloomsbury, at the Cont. pany's'Expence, a MONUMENT to the MEMORY of the Late,CHARLES GRANT, Esq. with an Inscription, expres sive of the deep sense entertained of the loss which the East India Company has sustained by his Death, and of the bigh estimation in which his Character and Services are held. " We have the honour to remain, " Gentleman, '' Your very obedient Servants, " George Grote " John Plummrr 11, Shank H. Haworth henry Trail Richard Ktnoway James Shaw John Ken oaway Charles Forbes Edward Fletcher Joseph Cotton A. W. Hobart: William Fairlie Charles Mills Henry Sykes Thornton • William Heygate Henry Bonham Henry !Lakes • Robert Williams Thomas Low odes D. Caruthers P. Heat ley John Cockerel' Gco. Cumming John ,lones John Rae Reid • .1. U. Tritton Julio Irving Grant Allan John Twining George Hartwell Richard Twining, jun. Claude Geo. Thornton George Brown /Eneas Barkly J. Taylor chaeles Elliot W. Paxton • Joh❑ Fairlie C. Cockerell. John Smith " London, Dec. 10, 18411." The General Court, appointed , to be held at this House on he 17th Instant, is therefore made Special accordingly. "JOSEPH DART, Secretary. TO BE SOLD, OXFORD CANAL(dividing 1 0 82 per an num), Neat!), Thames and Severn, Kennet and Aron Canal Shares. Severn and Wye Canal and Railway Shares. West Middletex Water Wori,s Shares. Chartered, Imperial, and Bristol Gas Light Shares. Apply to Edmonds and Wolfe, No. 9, 'Change , alley, Corn hill. WHITEHALL CARPET WAREHOUSE, No. 91, CHAR INCi- CROSS. T B E Public are moat respectfully informed, they call be supplied with several Thousand Yards of the best sive.trame BRUSSELS CARPETING, of - last year's Patterns, at 4s. 91. per yard, for reads' money only. Also, a very considerable quantity of Hearth Itugs r►f every description, full 30 pc r under the Manufacturer's prices.. Every other kind of Crupetting, Flour Cloths, &c. equally • cheap. THE NAVIGATION ACTS. This Day were published, In Neat Vol ine, 2mo. price its. in hoards, THE a m NEW NAVIGATION ACTS, with Notes mid Observations ; also, the TABLES of CUS TOM DUTIES and DRAWBACKS. List of Articles whist; may be Wm:rimmed, and BOUNTIES. The NEW fIEGU. LA'I'IONS affecting CUSTOM HOUSE AGENTS, and the NEW SHIP II.WISTRY ACT. With an INDEX to the whole. By THOMAS WILLIAM TYNDALE, Of tl►e Middle Temple, Eq. Printed fur Cl,a►les limner, Law Bookseller, 9t, Bell yard, Lincoln's COMMON COUNCIL. Yesteiday a ,Court of Common Council was held in Guildhall, for 'the consideration of a variety of business. The Lour MAYOR took the Chair at twelve o'clock pre cisely, and immediately addressed the Court. He said, that having the honour of being placed, by the unanimous voice of his fellow-citizens, in the high and important office of Chief 31agistrate of the first commercial city in the world, he felt himself called upon to devote his whole exertions to the dia. charge of the arduous and responsible duties which had in con. sequence devolved upon him. One among those duties was to preside over the 'deliberations of that Court: in doing so, he could assure them his best efforts should be directed to the preservation of that temper and order which were essential for the security and freedom of debate ; and he thought he could venture to promise himself their warm support in the dig. charge of this part of his official duty.—(Bear!)—tie also thought they would believe him, when he promised that his ellbrts should be guided by the strictest impartiality. Should it be necessary to call any Member to order, he would pro: mice that lie would execute the duty without any distinction of political feeling. It would be in vain for him to express the feelings which actuated him on this important occasion ; and more particularly when the circumstances under which he was called to office were fairly understood. He had not attained the station which he now occupied, by the force of mere accident—he had reached it, as it were, by some share of right, by long and laborious, and disinterested at. tention to all the duties and fatigues of other civic offices ; he would venture to say, with reference to what had gone by, that there were more documents connected with his ser vices in the archives of that Court,. than could be found of any other individual 'Member of the Corporation. Under these cireumstances, it was only natural for him to feel Kane what of greater anxiety than others, for the maintenance of the rights the dignity, and honour of the corporation of London. When, many, many years ago, lie entered the walls of that Court, their deliberations were carried on with closed doors ; and for years atter his entrance, their constituents were shut out from a knowledge of their proceedings, anti the Members themselves lost the salutary influence of the controul of their constituents; and the voice also of public opinion. It was Ids fortune to have been the humble instrument of throwing their J doors Open to the public, and front that moment the Ctirpora . tion had yr, adually risen in the estimation of their fellow-citi zens and the kingdom at large, for talents, independence,and British feeling.- - (lfear, hear 1j —And he was persuaded din no small degree were they indebted to that publicity, for be coming, as they undoubtedly were, the great means of calling the attention of the country, whenever the liberty of the subject was invaded, and of standing forward as the best prop and sup- - port of Bo ot g, On all occasions when a similar support were wanted, Ile trusted their conduct and spirit would be always ready, to maintain the dignity and honour of the Cor oration, as being the best security for the well-being of all la w ful government, and the terror only of all (Bear, bear !).—fle had only again to solicit their support for' all his endeavours to preserve order in the regulation of their debate's, than which there could be nothing more essential for the dignity and indeed eilicaiy . of their measures. At the perfectly convinced, that any interposition o sa f tr t t l e l . e ante natu: le waseheal alluded to to would alwaYs.be nxed up with a fair share of indulgence for the intentions of a speaker, when h urr ied away in the heat of debate.—(llear, bear !) TUANKS TO TUE LATE LORD ASAYS2It. On t h e motion of Mr. West, seconded by Mr. Walker, a Note or thanks CM passed to the late Lord May or , for the num ner in which he had discharged the ditties 'of ins office. purse of fifty g uineas was theordered to be presented to o Rev. 111 r. Griffiths, sp Chplain, as a testimony of t h e esteem and approbation of the qirt. MARINE 80OJETV- The Committee for omen!. .Purposes.presented a report, re commending a grant of 500/. to be made to the Marine Society, which was agreed to, and the Chamberlain was ordered to paT the same. RUM PRICE or COALS. The Low) Mavon said that, it having been represented to him from various quarters that the priceeif coals, was exteed, ingly high, and that as one reason f or t h at excess i n pr i ce was the insufficiency of the number of meters, and the delay arising therefrom'mater, he had felt it h is d uty to i nqu i re i nto t he and found that so far as the meters were concerned, the im puted cause of the rise was tintenable, otat least only operative; if at all, in a very small degree There Were 11)5 ureters in the city, and eight superannuated. Many other reasons were assigned for the high price of coalt—excessive speculation, or some Understanding among - the coal-Mynas : something con nected with the freighta ge o f the 'vessel Wes-also talked of, anal some eorrespOndence respecting mode of effecting Wei which gave a nominal price to the market. He had not pronounced an opinion upon any one of these causes, nor did he mean to - pronounce one now. He was only stating to the Court the representations which had been made to Idm on the subject,. and it was for them to consider what remedy ought to be ap plied to the evil. It had beeniuggeoAphim, that it would' be - as well to supply efficiently the:l9W of the eight super ennusted . coal-meters—..he meant to give no opinion, as he be, fore said, on the subject, but after having called the attention of the Court to the matter, to leave it to them to consider and apply the remedy.—(llear 1) Mr. Hu RCO.3IIIE said, that the Court was highly indebted to his Lordship tbr the speedy manner in which he had called the attention to so great a public evil as the hi g h p r i ce o f coa l s, an 1 he begged to read a paper Which contained sundry calculations he had made,' and for the accuracy of which he was prepared to vouch, on the subject. Ile had made a scale of the labours of these meters, and of the nature of the work which they were called upon . toperform. From the calculation here produced, it appeared that the quantity of coals that can be delivered by 110 deputy meters, . at 42 cluddrons per day for 311 days, is 1,436,820 chaldrons ; at 52h chaldrons per dale for 103 working days, (or .4 months) by the same number of ureters, the quantity will be 694,825; and at 63 chaldrons per day, for 208 working clays, (or e i g h t months), the qu an ti t y w ill b e 1,441 , 440 . The number of ships' cleared from January -to November, 1823, both inclusive, was 6,949; and the aggregate quantity of coals, cinders, and clam delivered, 1,317,316 chaldrons. Mr. Hurcombe also produced, and read the fallowing statement, under the head of ".Extracts from sundry Deputy Meters' Accounts : " The Ann, Captain Ryder, Wm. Hunt, meter, cleared 9th of Decenther, 5 days delivering'llB chaldrons, 3 vats. " 'rite Lavinia, E. Grant, meter, cleared oth of December, 3 days delivering 36 chaldrons, 3 vats. " The Harrisons, J. Gandell, meter, cleared 3d of De cember, 3 days delivering 15 chaldrons, 3 vats, and kept on . board each day. ' "C. 'N. Lethbridge, meter, had done work on board the Vigilant on the 2d of DectiMber, at. two O'clock; had to attend the next day te clear, liming chaldron—cleared 3d of Decetilber. " J. (Mandell was 4 days delivering 63 chaldrons from the . Captain Cook, and kept on board the whole of each day— cleared Ist of November. " S. Mitchell was thlays delivering 251 chaldrons from the Nautitut, two days of which he was kept on board and did nothing, and four days only a score each day—cleared sth of November. " J. Russell. was 5 days on board the Esic, and delivered but 42 chaldronseleared Gth of November. " W. Jones was 9 days delivering 163 chaldrons from the' Hew Singer—cleared 7th of November. - 4 ,. T. um was 7 days delivering 123 chaldrons, 2 vats, from the Britannia, WOrktd as follows—cleared Pith of November. c. 0 0 10 2 10 2 31 2 31 2 lb .3 23. 3 October 30, . 31, . November 1, . tf, . . Total . . 123 2 " R. Spmtley 1V35 4 days delivering 42 clialdronti from the Danizig, kept an board each ilay—eleared flth of November. "J. T. Cox was appointed on the 30th of October to the Ceres a ship in distress ; w as on bowl 3 daps, and never de livered a coal for want of craft, and then gave the ship up. " C. Clinch had finished work at a quarter before three on the 10th November, on board the Young Dixon, eaving only eight and a half chtild rons to d o; the next day die lighterman refused to clear, although there was craft, as the Captain would not give him 15s. • " W. Cobb i, ft work on board the Sarah, the 20th Novem ber, at two o'clock, leaving only 4lelialdrons of coals for the next day; the light erman refusing to clear, as the Captain would not give him money. ".1. Fleming had finished work an board the Wialangis., the score, which the lighterman would 9th December, at half-pa st two. o'clock, leaving only half mined to throw the ship i nto a b aulk day, to pun i s h t h e mer chant who first stopped th e s hi p ." tad not take out, heing deter. In these calculations, the worthy Gentleman said, were coM preheraed the whole hominess of the meters, anti some klealif the conduct-of the lightermen: How else, then, multi the pike upon the public be otherwise titan high, when the trade from beginning to end was cond ucte d i n such a manner ? He con cluded by moving for the appointntent of a Committee to take into consideration the state of' the coal.trade, and Cause of the high price. Mr. Alderman Ix CAS begged to set right a main calcula. tion which the worthy Gentleman fuel, as lie thought, errone. ously assumed, which was, that the meters were understood to be constantly at work,—that was not the fact. The meters, in the absence of the ships, were at times wanting employint.nt, and, vice versa, the ships at other times had to wait for them. It was therefore not fair, under the circumstances of the ease, to alseume that the meters could deliver the quantity set down in the worthy Gentleman's schedule. Mr. Sim Et. DixoN said, that this was undoubtedly one of those subjects which must he fully inquired into. But he ttuld :more the worthy gentleman who had made the motion, that every one of his points of inquiry had already been under the consideration of the Coal and Corn Committee. A repre. tientatitm arising out of their inquiry hail been made to the Commissioners of Customs, to allow the meters to work extra hours during four certain months (then named) in the year : this was agreed to, except as to one month. The subject would not pass without adequate inquiry, even though it were not discussed now. A Member (whose name we could not learn) said, that he was a member of the Coat and Corn Committe, and he could assure the Court, that they had this whole subject under their serious consideration, and were, to-morrow, to have before thou merchants, captains, and others connected with the trade, for the purpose of thoroughly examining the whol e s u bj ec t.—The motion was then agreed to. lii.ACKFRIAR9-1311MGE. A conversation arose incidentally respecting the repairs of he bridge, when Mr. FAVELL recommended ayetition to rar lenient, praying for a. commission to inquire into the state of he bridge • he thought that ayublic grunt would b e th e n af forded, to obviate the inconvenience of a toll, which there, as at London-bridge,would,be found very objectionable, if not utter ly impracticable. A Committee was appointed to consider the subject. • MONUMENT TO DON RAFAEL DEL RIEGO. The .LORD m A yor L said, he held in his hand a Requisition which had been presented to him, most numerously and re- Ppectably signed, to which he culled their attention. It was us follows,— " To the Right nom Lord Mayor : " We, the undersigned Members of the Common Council, request your Lordship will call an early Court of Conarnon Council, for the purpose of granting permission to erect statue or monument An the centre of the Amphitheatre in 3loorfields, tattle memory of the late. Spanish General Don Rafael del Riego." Mr. SLADE moo and said, that before ho entered upon the immediate object of the motion in pursuance of the Requisi tion which had just been read, he begged to present a petition in some degree conneeetd with it. It was from Mr. John Tur. ncr, the owner of the around called I Inshury.circus, who had laid out a great deal of aame y upon, and made the ground on that site very va l ua bl e f or the city, and who p e titi one d t h at any statute or emb e lli s i nt i cr i t of that nature Should be erected there• upon, as h e l ea k ed u p o n such an ornament 83 tending to in crease t 1 :e value of the grountl.—( There was a laugh from a p art of the CoUrt while the petition ,was reading.) The petition b e i ng brought up and laid on the table, Mr. SL ADE procee d e d to address the Court. The dre a m, statice of hi s name sutu ding first or the foot of the tequitition • , y y • . sent to his Lordship had thrown upon hint the bUrthen of opening' its Subject matter to the Court; and although he could not but regret that this task had not fallen into the abler bands of his Worthy Friend near him (Mr. Emil), be' would endeaveur to discharge his duty as will as possible The petition proposed the erection of a statue to the memory of an unfortunate General of great fame and merit. To sln?w . that the exertion s o f t h at e x ce ll ent ma n had not been directed in favour of:any cause not allowed by our own Government, it would be sufficient an remind the Court that some time since the Spanish Regency had applied to our Court for an Ernbaesy which should recognise them in their political character of a Re gency ; and that air. Canning had declined the application, ob. .serving that this country had already a Minister at the Spanish 'Court; alluding to the 31inister then attending on the'King. It . ivasecareelynecessary for him to goon to s h ow t h e n at i onal feel. ing which had been displayed by the people of this country in favour of.Spaithsh Liberty, but he would just recur to the pro. ceedings which took place in JUII9, on occasion of the resist ance of the Spanish people to the invasion of Buonaparte. The people of that country desired a Representative Constitu don similar to our own ; and, in pursuan ce o f t h at d es i re, had elected D e p u ti es , tw o of whom were entertained et the City of London Tavern by a numerous and respectable Company of Merchants. A sum of 1,340/, was then collected in Kid of their funds. Recently also a similar dinner had been given to the Duke of San Lorenzo, the Spanish :Minister, antis liberal sub scription was collected on that occasion. This national feel: fag had been still further displayed in the • course of time debates in Parliament on the important questions arising out of the Freecit invasion of Spain, on which occasion even some of the Ministry luid expressed their wishes for the success of the Spanish cause, winch was the cause of re. sistance by representative Government against the insidious designs as well as the open attacks of the Alliance calling it self Holy. The public press had also laudably and energe. deafly given every support it could to this righteous cause. Its want of success, and the fate of' the gallant General whose name appeared in the requisition, were well known to all who beard hint. Having thus generally stated the nature of the subject which was befbre the. Court, and of the motion with which he should conclude, he thought it might be as well to anticipate some of the objectiens Whieh he hail no doubt would be made to the motion. It might be said that such a motion was without precedent. This he denied. A monument had been erected m Westminster Abbey to the memory of General Paoli and what merits had he to compare with those of' the late General Rim) ? A monument had also been erected, and deservedly so, to the memory of Handel, the composer. lie had therefore clearly idiom that the erection of monuments to the memory of foreigners was not without precedent. Another objection might be, that a suns of money had been voted by the Court for the assistance of the Spaniards ; and that no ac count of its appropriation had been furnished to the Coute— A 8 one of the Spanish Committee, he could state of his own knewledge, that nil the money voted by the Court had been properly applied ; and that an account of its expenditure would be given in due ti me . A quant i ty of arms had been purchased with a part of the money. Those arras were still in existence, though it might not be prudent to state where they were. But they would be sold ; and the produce of the sale would be handed back to the Corporation. There would, no doubt, be another objection raised, on th e groun d t h at any money to be voted by the Court had better be applied to the assistance of the Spanish sufkrers who lied survived the recent conflict, and had taken refuge in this country.— The practicability of this was, however, very questionable; for they were high-spirited people, and they appeared not to solicit or to 'place any value on pecuniary support. The Canon Riego, in a letter addressed to him (Mr. Slade), had .spoken with confidence to the Corporation, &hewing some mark of reepect . to the memory of his unfortunate bro ther. This Gentleman, the Canon, had himself' been a con siderable sufferer by the issue of the contest, as the Court might believe, on recollecting that lie had been a Canon, and referring to our own 'cathedrals. He was certain that there was nut one English heart which would not respond to the t'eel ings expressed in this letter; and he trusted that the conduct of Weep would be an incitement to others who wished well to the muse. Mr. SLADE then read the following Letter : " WO. 31, Frith-street, Soho. it Wcilftc.tday, DecrmLer 10, 1821 " Having learned that so early its to-morrow it hii in ' tended to move the Common Council of the Metropolitan City of 'England respecting the erection of a Monument i n memory of nry brother, for whose fate my heart will never cense to shed tears of' blood, I beg leave, Sir, to assure you, dint both my sister-in-liviand myself, deep and immoveable es are our griefs, would feel it to be unworthy of als as !lumen beings, not to re flect that our's, as private sorrotaff, ought to be held its subordi nation to the feelings of all the virtuous pert of menkind, who inusfdeeire that the tragical d eat h o f R a f ae l d e l Memo should be made as much as possible an incitement to actions such at this, in the universal Cause of' human freedoM and happiness, as well as impressively instructive to that end in which we take a &te at. interest than in our own misthrtenes. " Thus feeling, we believe, Sir, that the design in contem plation would b e e mine nt ly calculated to answer the great end in view and, as such, its adoption to us be a higher qualifica tion, and n more heartfelt consolation than any pentane' relief beyond mere bread ; mince we cannot desire au g ht more ho. !mumble to him we ament ; nor can we forme that any thing arising out of - his tragical end could be better calculated for fixing the eyes of all Europe on this renowned Country, as the instructress of the nations panting for liberty, and more .parti cularly on the City of London, as the centre of England's intel ligence and .virtne ;.'where every resorting stranger may learn the duty of, man to his brethren in all the regions of the earth. " With Much - respect, I have the honour, Sir, to subscribe myself, the grateful guest of hospitable England, ti And yout obedient humble servant, " MIGUEL DEL RIEGO. " Robert Slade, Esq., Member of the Common Council, London." • Mr. SLADE then resumed—We boasted of our own patriotic names, Hampden and Sydney; and they were the subject of a popular toast ; and unfertuntitely too Well did Mega% fate re semble that of Sydney : the latter had been condemned by Judge elefferies, without evidence ; and in the same way had Riego been murdered by. Alexander. Sydney and Riego had shown equel firmness to the hat. Indeed, the former on being con denoted, put out his arm and desired his pulse might be felt, to spew its regularity. From the. Holy Alliance had emanated all the acts which they had to deplore, and one of' which was the murder of Riego. Their object was the prOstnetion of intellect, and to establish misgovernment, and of what is called the Holy Inquisition. They were called on to erect a nuument to a general who had ably re s i s t e d suc h a cts , a n d he' saw not bow they could better mark their det e st a ti on o f the princeiles of such an Alliance than by such it proceeding. Ile wished to cell die attention of the Court to the infamous conduct of the Priesthood of Spain, and regretted that 'they had injured their own cause—that of Catholic Emancipation. Still how ever, notwithstanding the outrage and violence tit .. . Despots, and the present apathy of the people, the time would come when the scene would he changed—when the former would be sube (hied, and the latter would recover their rights. In conclusion he would only observe, diet he concurred in opinion with their petitinner, Mr. Turner, that the erection of the Monument in question would ranch improve the property of the neighbour hood, es all foreigners would flock to behold it, and it would do honour to the Magistrates under whose government it should be erected. Mr.'Slade here read the following Resolution :-;- " Resolved—that this Court is deeply impressed with the importance of those exertions which have lately been made in Spain, in favour of national freedom ; and although such at tempts have been for the present suppressed by the French arms, we feel bound to declare, that the right to alter and amend their own government, without foreign interference, is the in tlieouble right of the people in every nation. upon the tote of the Globe, and that such rights form the true basis of British Liberty recognised at the Revolution - of Ittlift.' And having learned the high charact er an d pittriodsm which disting u i s h e d the late Spanish Genteel, Don Rephael del Me o, in his en. dearours to maintain th e s yst em ofOniernment which had been: recognized by England, de must cordially allow his friends toe erect tr ,tattio or mounment to his memory, in any part of the Amphitheatre of Moorlichls." Mr. Favietre rose to second the motion. lie would take up but little time of the Court, after the opening speech which had been made ; and he should be ashamed to think there was any necessity to arouse the public feeling in behalf of the memory of a brnve man, tvlio'had fallen in defence of the liberties of his country.. The Spaniards had demean in their power to rebut the abuse. poured upon them, but they would recollect diet the sane abuse was once beetewed upon the great Washington.— Mr. Forel' then Minded to the Constitutional principle* which had pliteed Mr. Waithtnan in tin , . Civic Chair ; and said, that' al:!'coeli courtiers might s h un isnu, he had the love and esteem PRICE gEVENPOCi:. of his fellow citizens!. Of .the holy Alliance, he (Air. Fa yell) could only' fifty that it was' a 'combination to establish numary power, and. put down all_ the free, Govertnrients of' Europeounivlth standing their decla ra tion that they only vilehed; in the name, of the most Holy. and . Untlieided Trinity,. to establish Christian peace and c h ar itY. If there was ontelelai. greater than 'another, it was that of this Holy Allianee— He wished to sa y nothing to provoke, but he Anust say that .the power in question 'teki , a Hydra oil treads-, .dao,l geroes to the well-being of society, Mt: Favdl also alluded to the conduct of the Allied' POWers, iniktripping Sit IL Wile von of 14 honours, and said we inioht well deduce from such nets the object,,'' which they had in view' against the liberet ties of their subjects, to the Resolution *fere 'themi these was nothing whith all, might not approve, as 'it went to oppose the principles of despatien, and to support tlivae of our 'free. Constitution. „ . 'The ReSolution was then read by the Commeniierjeant.. Aid. Sir C. It titeTzu wished the Worthy Aloveeiif the lit i lotion had devissxl some better plan to revive a guNlect; which every good m an h eart il y desired, to be buried imobNvitm. '• As' he wns fond of short speeches, he should only say that the subject had been most unfortunately treated, althealei he' would allow that no pereon was more to kei pitied than the General, whose cite they were culled upon to reluniiserkte but why should we net rest with the bleseiogeetif• pence, and " damp as they now are," and- not bring up things-with whiell we have nothing to do. lie thOught they were travelling o u t a their duty, nut o n l y i n moving the erect.on of the statue, 'but even in allowing it. He did not doubt that , when the. army which wore still in the halide of the Spanish Committee were Sold, the produce would be applied to the purpose of erecting the statue in question. They were nut to he e.uped by the hypocritical speech of a Roman Stu:liter—that the , goad deeds of men live afur them, whilst the misdeeds are buried with them. He thought the evil would - lie 4 after them, and such would be the case with the memory, of Itiego—we ought! ra ther to erect statues to the men who had. preserved us from danger. The Worthy Morer, however, had had recourse to tin usual topics of declamation ; the fate of liemptlen &id Sydney. Their names might sometimes i i introduced into a speech with some effect; hut on the present occasion he thought the allusion very unfortunate. in all that could he said in praise of Hampden and Sydney he cordially agreed ; bet surely their names needed not to be mentioned on :loch a nietion as this, which was to promote the erection of a Statue to a Foreigner, when no statue had been erected to either'llatupden or Sydney. He had no hope - by his simple voice and retired habits to alter the intentions of the Court; but he would do what he thole& his duty, and therefore appose the motion by Moving the pre vious question. Air. S. Di :cox regretted exceedingly that the motion had been brought forward. The mover and seconder had, he seid, bandied compliments to each oth er , yet as i t was in hurt kind ness find modesty he should pass that over, but he wits sur prised at the conduct of the seconder, who now voted for the Monument of Riego, when he recollected that ut 411 times when a vote for a charity was proposed, he cried out " remember the state of the fonds of t h e City." Nothing coirla hav e been more awkwardly brought forward than tins proposition, particularly in the petition of .Mr. Turner, who was introduced its nn instrument. The Court had no right to imerfere. to point out what sort of Government should lie introduced into Spain. Me not the max% of the people in Spifin 'congratulating the Sovereign on the chan ge w h ic h had beets effected ? and had the Court therefore a right to pronounce an'opinion ? Ile ehould wish to knoW how the statue was to •be erected, thr he should not like to see an Opportunity afforded of putting upon the statue language which they aught repent of. ilesithe, if we must erect statues, let it be to deservitag'cluwaetem Of our Own country, and not to foreigners, There wits no telling where the creation of st a t ues wou ld en d ; they would next have the' litatue of the Lord Mayor. His Loupteury here said, he hoped he should live the ycar. out. And then, said Mr. Drum, we shall all feel the effects of your goodness. Ile would never object to the relief of the re fugee Spaniards ; but certainty he must protest atratnst the lie solution for the erection of thin monument. lie was glad to see Ni) full a meeting, as he trusted th e y wou ld j ust l y appreciate the danger of the experiment which WAN now making ; and he's appealed to their plain good sense to mist it. 31 us apposed the Resolution, because lie thought that there was nothing in the cane of Riego to deserve such a tribute elthough Oent/emen on his side could feel as warmly as these who brought forward the measnre, in behalf of the unfortunate sufferers by the war in Spain. lie thought the introduction, of the Petition front Turner exceedingly injudicious, and con siderisi that a great deal of unnecessary time had been taken up by the Mover ,tad seconder in dissertations upon the Holy Allitnee, which bad nothing to do with, the affitir of General Me l o. lie concurred With a preceding speaker in Opinion that when the units purchased for the Spaniards . Were sold, th e anninnt would b 0 applied art an introduction to ti subscription for a monument to itiego. Mr. Wm:sit said he had HOparty but his country, and bein g independent, he would speak openly itgaiitu that 'Holy Al. hence which was tyranntaing over kurope, arid wished to sink England into the sea. If the foreign Potentates would not grant a-free Constitution like that of Old England, they. must be prepared for the worst: Germany was ripe for re volt, and the flame would spread rapidly.,...a watch-word 'only Would be lequired. !le would stand upon the rock of Bri tish liberty, and vote for the Resolution. Let the syco pliants come forward boldly, and cull him a.Partisan if they dared. Buonaparte aimed at universal military despotism, but he had sown the seeds of civil and religious liberty where, ever he went. Russia might kick against the pricks—the cause' of God would 'flourish—and the Bible and independence would extend throughout the world. Here Mr. Welsh got very' warm in allusion to one of the last speaktrs, and was called to order. ' Oh, Sir Claudius, said be—ahhough the flame of berty is extinct in Spain for the moment, it shall, pliernix , like, burst again, in spite of all oppositio n ; and Sir Clatidinti— (Loud cries of " Order I order! ')—Here 'the iipe:tkr eon. eluded. • .11.1 r. GAL LowAY rose to support the motion, considering that Riego was one of the most honest and noble-minded men that ever existed in Spain. He had given to his 'country a govern :intent, not of the award but of free representation ; anti he would oak, was not such a man entitled to the veneration and respect of every man who loved 14 representative government ?. Nothing could be more creditable to the Court than to grant the permission solicited. The time was fully arrived when they Shetld open their ey,s to the obvious principlem of despotism ~,;• and lie had no doubt that the Holy Alliance would, it' they I;ad the means, direct their attacks against the liberties of i t Ilritain, with the Same authority as they had don e “ z T,ill,;t those of Spain. Some such manifestation of sympathy Itti thil 111) , V IMPOSed WaS much wanted, and it would do helium. to o:is city and to the country. He should be very sorry that the Cqurt should give an unconditional permission for the erectioa Of the monument : on the contrary, if there was not a 14ed g e that •it should do credit to the age and to the taste of Elli And, be would object to the Resolution, Alderman C. Swt.rit . wished to hnnw what had become of the lONi. grantcd by the City to the Spaniards ?-- (The worthy Alderman was out of Court when the explanation was given.) Mr. Vicious said, the motion had been brought ferwt.rd too hastily. •In his opinion it would be time enough to find- t h e ground when they h a d ra i se d t h e subscription. Ile should veto agehtst the Resolution. Mr. l'amst :mid, the only doubts he h a d ever entertained on the subject was , whether the Common Council would have virtue enough to agree to the motion for which he should vote. Mr. R. TAYLOR followed on the same tide. There had been tome questions he was sorry to say when they were considering th e dead: pr a man who was cruelly murdered by the •Despoon of .Europe who had combined against the people ; foul he saw no reason why the people should not ruinlune againq them.— The cause of Mega was the cause of liberty .eVery where, and above all of England. There was too much reason to suppo se that our Alinisters had acted their part of destiotisin on the Con tinent, and as their conduct had been, to say the least of it,. equivocal, it was the greater reason why th e p eo pl e should now speak openly. It had - been said that if Riego bad fallen in the - field, we should have heard nothing of this motion ; per haps this was true.' In his opinion the eireumateocea of his murder were what justified the motion. • A worthy Baronet (Sir Claudius Bunter) . had said the afildrs of Span thight tO be buried its oblivion but he trusted that the Murder of Hiegel would never be forgotten; and he hoped the curses of all man kind upon his murderers would ring in their ears until it was avenged. Ile had doubts of the prudence of the nii.wmrti but as it was brought forward; he would support it. Ile added that the Governors of the London Institution had expressed their% hearty concurrence in the measure. - • The Question was then callettfore--The Officer of the Court read the Atnendment, which was put and carried. Come. quently.the motion for erecting a Illonutaent was lest-