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We are as little Itelonitd notice the Parliamentary con:lnct ail Senator individually: In the present in- L hl tice we deviate only from the general rule, ute'tu'e it is one that so rarely offers. ::hlir* IVAITHIVAN has long been a public man in , it Y of Londo,i, and be. has been indeed a ' ett ' l citizen. Public attention has been excited t o his • itt Parliamentary conduct, and especially the th ent i°ll of his Constituents. As a protector of or eir interests and property in a commercial point 44:iew:they may well calculate on his vigilance .i, l ea re, and they hare properly . elected a trad -4 man, as the best advocate of their rights. In I)."litical view, Mr. WatTrimaig will, we antici- 'Ili; be found a representative of the people ge le4ilY) arid from what. we here yet seen or listk;of h im, w e b e li eve be will exercise his se -4'41 do t functions with fid e li ty an d zeal—with a qisci' a id i • .:_ . .to public good—and with an acc , it . r , ate .tatnitarin blP ti , 1 it of the various interests and . tights iip el . l ith the Legislative Body is appointed to tile. •haoy..i."is co n d uct i n Parliament has been a, kit! I°"leative of th e ant i c i pation now indulgcd ‘' e trust t hh ;ritl o find hint proceed ( L e lib erate l y, to:., and f a i thfully in tlit.cliarge of the ;4cti°ll3 jested i n him by his Constituents. pursu e d b y any Senator shOuld be t o 444 i: s.'hus4('lY at publi c welfare, uninfluenced by 'lor coll ect i ve local iiiterest, and whi c h e`l o btain and merit the. grat-efu! approba -141-1 ex Iftb° se tvlio look to him for the fulfilment of etattorrs as his Constit uen t s , an d w h ose ate laerwoveii with the welfare. of society, quest i ons affecting `t be great b o dy ' 41141);{(11441.ttoity, whether as measures of justice, ° l' political econowy, 4 4 'vt * , feri t h it e Ins ert the foregoing let ter fr om a re. i t) . orrespondent, because' we con s id er i t *L11444:t1141 to`our impartiality,. and are not un -1111, give credit to his anticipations. —It is ne "kat - 7 1 e that any man of sense and expe :4l4l:4Alt,ff'%ve readily aekrPiwlege that Mr. :-.llle i'4Possesses both, can seriously rake : ) -44 sit h . s.1114 'io u o f the times, and the principles %ft '''of a . / • without alarm. He ... t0r,,,, odern Patr io ts, L' l ty Ce4ced his Senatorial carer very diffe : , 1 : 11° se er : 4l the new Member of eh,. 13, - )rough, -sif " eta 1 () hay. put an extinguisher on hien e'lltllit,„.4--% tvp • ' - that he will feel the y of - s!ncerely hope -l'e t' of „his situation as one of the Represenea tlisi "le greatest Capital in the world, relin ,. 'all I) -.'114/),,, 4rrY c onnexio:ts,and employ his talents 14,4 po rt , .‘ St °I °l2rgoOd old Constitution in h at e Church .n.ktvvi ' A t Pl tile e 1 ., sold a ~ eater amount e e -Zr tt • ----.....Au1toet. tsk p 111 the last Lottery than any other Of ' 111,11\;‘`el'eroni,,z•:--No. 2,387, a Prize of 30,0001. ti e- I ; 7 ,' - '''), a Prize of 5,0001. in Shares. The I,l°''lpti-tv will be all drawn in One Day,T"es '-ie lit e r.). i and con • its lo- Prizes of 20,0001. 19'-' vvilich arenotiSale at his New Oice, 4 26 Corn/ll a n d hi s old established ()thee. : p ).• 1( ( et , ' Ox ford .S . t re et. •-••• N. B. Only 6,000 t, ekr.„4., II ve he. 40wever the Kentish speculators may * tm tie i it) tinfortenate in time article of Hops, k tij eli t t i' le idlt season, there are some articles in t4tl,le sell„ Y I.'4'e been most fortunate : namely, et 1,..11e•p“,'11011 of P icky Numbers in the Lottery. 11)°,000fri".1, No, 5,535, recently drawn a r P e r ii i ( ze . 4 4 st ilati`°4 sold by lizsn, a Gentleman . I , 1 4)(1k f "rd, got a Half; anti, as it boituee tibtidit.j,:ed not to do thing s by . halves, this v. as i i ll il i i "Au another Share of 30,0001. sold to )2 of 11, It i in a former Lotter. A eat num' I, ~.,a,i, I - obtained s ..„ iii i. ,is have been also by per- N . C.,.,..... ,",ig at Maidstone, Canterbury, Margate, t:t,t,i,..•lhis has produeed a very lively spirit of t ,ve fuirie througLoat Kent, and will no doubt litti v . ' eutployine.ut to Btsn's Agents in this It ' • q`',, (ll3ll ti ly r r 1)1 ,13, 4 li i IN ri VDE PARK. --,lVethiesday night, (4, Il e oclo c k, as Mr. iVillianis, shoemaker, kal 4ii dle r .. st - „ 1.,•. 1 ... A Oxford-road, 1, 1 , ce tili..p sure r , , line -s.tet. t t , ttl 4 _, "f., from Pimlico, he imprudently en ,'"hte IYde Pdl k, thinking it would be his „ St ~,..a _ . 1:1 1 (16 i t 1 Y born e ; bet, wheu he had got nearly : i l i li e , l tero Stanhope -street -gate, three . ruffians lifiliotit n' the small plantation behind hint, and, 114tA si)eaki" " w ard knocked him down !.„ 1.0 ei , . s e , . . is k tts ' . 1 him of his watch, then rifled his iiglitt,°l about is , 6d., and escaped towatcls 1144 Pike°:idge• , i t itt tr.: — At a village church iti Slit opshire, 44:',y ilinttl?iles from the hnuks of the Sevein, one tl,) tqt el IY, Poor Moses, (who is Bellman and illt, ;‘,.r,ric ) , having finished his duty in the i l l tmi e ' id SKr )t1 Li() the singing gallery to exhibit tt e I,l,"werS'; bUt iliStead of giving out one 'Ate ,'.'llos he amused the eats ot the an- Llsimi i:It111 the following information : ' 4 4 Ati etin t ° give notice, (flat there will he'll sale IttL---itt,n,' t°-morrow morning at LL vi D-v-s's, 14„1,....',1,e e i n , Laile. under a distress fur rent."— I-e(ct'itek"(l himself, and made a transition 4 4iL i;) &C." A CITIZEN POETRY. CATITLLUS.—(tio. IV.) Phizselus ille quoit videtis hospites slit fuisse vavium celerrimus, THE HULK. A braver ship ne'er storm endur'd Than was the hulk which here lies moood Not one with proper hand to steer her, Brig, sloop, or cutter could come near her, Whether she scudded with full sail, Or caught oblique th' opposing gale, Nor can the channels which surround This, Island, Freedom's sacred ground, • Nor Malta's seas—nor Biscay's bay— Nor stormy Baltic—this gainsay— Nor main Atlantic, nor PA CifiC-••• This calm, and'that with storms terrif:c.... Nor Indian Ocean's isle—bestudded— Nor Polar seas, for ice rocks dreaded. All these, both when the tempest rav'd And when 'twas calm, alike she brar'd—. Far she was forw'd of heart of oak, Which in the British forest broke, For ages, the loud whistling storm, Then yielded to the fatal stroke, To brave it still in this ship's form— Nor storms alone—but Britain's foes— And from her launch to this her close, Most gallantly her flag she bore. The frighted Gaul oft heard her roar, And many a heavier ship, her prize, Declar'd 11,er glorious victories. Bui: now her triumphs all are past— No more will she defy the blast ! In this still slit:Um"l bay—of bulk Gigantic, safe is moor'd her hulk— In which, of old theft' bane and dread, The captive Gauls her deck still tread—. .And still, with cheers, the passing tat a - Recount her deeds and greet her scars. 1 LIE TIICATICES. KING'S THEATRE — TEliSTilCalre was opened last night, on accotlnt of King CHARLES'S Martyrdom failing to-day. The Opera was L'ltatiana, and th, Ballet Zephyr. It was well attended, and the season is likely to be prosperous, if it can pass through the ordeal of Law. , COVENT-GARDEN.—The Comic Opera. of Guy Mannering was represented last night at this Theatre with its usual success. The only change in the Pertormance was Meg Merl Ries by Miss SOMERVILLE. Phis character was so well performed by Mrs. EGERTON, who has been most injudiciously discharged, that her successors must appear to disadvantage in comparison. —Miss SOMERVILLE is well fitted for termagant charac ters, but she did not increase her tame on this occasion, nor did her attempt to give the part in the Scottish dialogue at all increase its interest, but, on the contrary, weakened the effect. REGIsThlt OF FASHION. ARRIVALS.—COIopeI and Mrs. Campbell, in Piccadilly; Viscountess Templeton and Miss Upton-, in Portland-place; Hon. Drunariond Burrell, in Piccadilly; Earl of Morton, in Wimple-street; Earl of Ferrers, in New Norfolk -street Lord George Beresford, in Gloucester-place ; Mi . . H. Hoare, in york-place ; Captain Heude, of the Madras army, from Earl Fitzwilliam's seat in Northamptonshire. ARRIVALS AT BATE-I.—Lord Neville, Hon. D. Massey, Sir W. Davey, Sir J. Davey, Sir J. Elley, Sir Richard Home, Sir J. M‘Lcon, Sir D. Prat!), Sir W. Struth, General Poulette, Colonel Moore, Colonel White, Liut.-Colonel Munro, Lieut.- Colonel Nicol, Major Burton, Major Cockburn, Major John stout!, Captain and Mrs. Pearson, Captain Barclay, Captain Drutumond, Captain Dimsdale, Captain Hamilton, • Captain Justice, Captain Jones, Captain Newman, Captain Perrin, Captain Rainey, Captain J. Wylie. UNWERsI I'Y INTELLIGENCE. - , OXFORD, JAN. 29.-0 ii Wednesday, the 20th instant, the Rev. John Bart, of Christ Church, was admitted 131elielor in Divinity, Oa Thursday last the following were admitted to Degrees : BACHPLOII rw CIVIL LAW. Francis Hawkins, Fellow of St. John's College. MAsTEBS OF ARTS. Henry Porter, Esq. of Brasenosc; Grand Compounder.: John Leycester Adolphus, yellows of Rev. Philip Wynter rst. John's Colleg e .. 'James D aven p or t, Edward John Smith, ot St. John's College.' John Watts, Scholar of University College. • Francis Brooke Welles, Fellow of Worcester College Buy, Rev. BACH BLOBS OF ARTS. Edward W. CaulGld, of I„Bieen's College. .10Ii Hardy, of Sr. Alban Hall. Henry Bonrcilicr Wrey,) , t Lillis)! College, Charles; Bacon, j-o Arden BAyley, of Exeter College. Edward Richard Gardiner, Scholar Lof Worcester llobett Downes, J Wednesday last, William Henry Cymric Lloyd, Commoner of Jesus College, was elected Scholar of that Society. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS ' The Rev. John Davison, Vicar of Sutterton, and late fellow of Oriel College, in this Universi ty, has been. presented by the Bishop of Dur ham to the valuable Rectory of Washington, in his Lordship's diocese. The Rev. C. 13. Sweet has been instituted to the Rectory of Arlington, Devon. The 11,:v. C. Woillsworth, D. D. Rector of Lambeth, appointed Chaplain to the House of Commons. The Rev. J. Griffith, B. D. -Minor Canon of - Ely, to.the Vicarage of Lakebeath, Suffolk ; pa trons, the Dean and Chapter of Ely. The Rev. John Cubitt to the Rectory of Hin derclay, Suffolk; patron, George Wilson, Esq. The Rev. James Cumming, M. A. Professor of Chemistry, and Fellow. of Trinity College, Cam idge, to the Rectory of North Runcton. On Friday settinight the Rev. John White, Clerk; A. M. was instituted to the Rectories of Hargrave and Chevington, in the county of Suf folk, on his own petition. TO TIIE 'EDITOR. 2. Bolton-rniv, Jan. 23, 1819. SIR,--Having seen it htlnounced in 'the Wor; cester Papers that a petition against my return to Parliament is to be laid before the House of Com 1110T15, I request you will have the goodness •to state my determination to spare no expence in defending that Seat to which I have been fairly and honourably raised. I shall make no com ments on the motives which. actuate_the promoters of the petition, they are well known, and, I trust, duly appreciated by every inhabitant of Worcester. I remain, Sir,. Your obedient Servant, H. DAVIES. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR coml . '', J. 4 . 29. His Honour was occupied till pelf•past twelve in hearing several demurrers of - no public interest whAtever, which had - been partly argued on a former occasion. The remainder of the day was disposed of in hearing a motion respectin 4 the rights of Assignees in a Bankruptcy, of not the slightest public importance, and at three the Court rose. Bankrupt petitions are to be beard on Monday by the Vice-Chancellor, and on Tuesday by the Lord Chancellor. Thursday is fixed for motions before his Lordship, when several judgments will he given. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 29. MAYOR OF GRAVESEND. Mr. MARRYATVed the Court for a rule to slim cause ‘vhy the Corporation of Gravesend should not proceed to the election of a new Mayor, upon the ground of the illegality of the Election or Mr. Croden, who at present holds that OtHce.—Role granted. No other case of public interest occurred in this Court.— (Morning Chronicle.) TITHE CAUSE.—Last week a cause was heard in e Consistorial Court of Exeter,• wherein the Rev. Chas. Eliott Walkey, as owner or proprietor of the Tithes of the Parish of Churstow, in the South of Devon, as Trustee for the Chamber of Exeter, was the promovent, and Stephen Bickford,- a con siderable farmer of Churstow, was the defendant. The question at issue between the parties was, whether the defendant could remove his barley, without affording the tithe collector a proper op portunity of seeing and comparing that,part which was set out . for the tenth with the other nine parts, it appearing to. have been the practice of the farmers in several of the parishes in the South of Devon, to put together 9 cocks or scores of barley into a truss, ‘Abich was immediately re moved, and to lea ve what theydenominated the tenth for the proprietor of the Tithe : when, atter an argument of considerable length, in which the ' Learned Counsel on both sides pourtrayed consi derable ingenuity, the Court was of opinion, thar though• such mode of tithing— did appear to have been generally adopted. in. several of the Parishes in the South of Devon, and in the Parish of Churstow in particular, yet that it was contrary Co law, and therefore the•prO l tnovent must recover Counsel on the part of the promovent, Mr. Tan. cred—Procter, Mr. Thomas Turner. For the de fendant—Counsel,' Mr. Stephens—Proctor, Mr. Thursday se'nnight the front of one of the stage•boxes at the Dublin Theatre gave way, and three Gentlemen who were leaning on it were piecipitated into the orchestra. Fnrtur►aredy the panne' in its fall fastened on the spikes-under neath, which prevented the party receiving any material injury. GLUTTONY EXTRAORDINARY..---A fellow named Isaac Briggs, who works in the dock-yar.! at Portsmouth, undertook last week to cat a corned leg of pork, weight 17 pounds and a half, in twelve liours,, At the first onset he cleated off . 11 the fat, and devoured six pounds and a half, al though it was not half done. In the evening he had another turn, and eat seven pounds more, some of which was fried, together with a gallon of pickled cabbage and a gallon of ' beer. He could have finished the pork, but at eleven o'clock the brute was bought for 3/. as some bets were pending upon it. This •gormandizing took place at the Star, Luke lane, near Portsea. - . ,12. . CRIMINAL „INFORMATION. Mr. SCARLET? moved for a rule to shew.cause why a criminal into, motion, should not be, flied against a Gentleman named Patrick Connely, for endeavouring to provoke a -Mr. William Mitchell to fight a. duel. The Learned Counsel stated, from the affidavits in support of the motion, that Mr. Patrick .Connely had married a young lady of fortune at Brighton—that Mr. William Mitchell had been appointed one of the Trustees under the 13r!y's.nratriage settlement —that in the year 1817 Mr. Comtely.had called upon Mr. Mitchell to trans. ter to him some of the trust property, with which the trustee refused to comply, alledging that he had no power so to do. In the year following Mr. Connely renewed his application, but the answer was, that nothing conld.he done, upon which Mr. Connely addressed Mr. Mitchell in very abusive language, which ended in -the latter determining to break off all further correspondence. Some time afterwards the parties met on the Sreyne, at Brighton, when an altercation ensued, Mr. Con nely calling Mr. Mitchell "a_ person of-low and contemptible origin," for which offence, however, an-apology was afterwards,made, . But since then. Mr. Mitchell had been continually addressed by letters, containing such offensive matter that he r was induced to take no more in. On the 46 .of January inst.,. however, he received a letter from Mr, Connely, the superscription being in a strange hand, conveyed nearly in the following terms : " You hard-hearted wretch, .the moment i l can get', you abroad, I will shake a whip ovet you, as a coward, distorted in mind as well as in body. You are the cause of ruining my family, and many others.". The affidavits stated other grounds for the motion, and represented that Mr. Mitchell had never used an angry word towards Mr. Con rely, 'who was stated to be a. surgeon by proles sion. Under these circumstances, the Court grant. ed a rule to spew cense. PARLIA MENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, JANUARY 29. The House met at ten o'clock, and proceeded in Appeak. The oaths were adminivered to ti)e Earl of Thanet. An adjournment took place at four, and the liolise resumed a little before fire. Mr. Mason, from the E”t India House, pre. seated, pursuant ;o Act of Parliament, an Annual Account of 'Salaries, Gratnitks and Pensions, which was ordered to lie lip'arl the Table. CARE OF THE KING'S PERSON. The Bill respectin g the care 4)f the King's Per son, was, on the motion of the Ear! of lavEit-• POOLi read a third time and na!zsed, and ordered to be sent to the House of Com:lions by two of his Majesty's Judges. —Adjourned till Monday, HOUSE OF COMMONS. L A NAR K POLWE. Mr. FINLAY piescnied the it -port of the Com mittee on the state .of the Lanaik Police, and Bill was ordered to he hrought in, pursuant to the recommendation of the Committee. PAPERS FROM THE EAST INDIA HOUSE. Air. Mason, from the East India House, pre sented Copies of all Resolutions of the Court of Directors, .being warrants for the payment of Pensions or Gratuities, within the last year.—Or dered to lie on the table. REPEAL OF THE TRIAL OF THE WAGER OF BATTEL. Mr. LAWSON rose to give notice of his inten tion for moving for leave to bring in two Bills ; one of them on Monday next, and the other on the following Monday. Ile would take this op portunity of explaining the nature of the two Bilk. The SPEAKER reminded the I - lon. Gentleman, that in a notice be was precluded troth making any observations on.the nature of the motions he intended to make. In giving notice. he was merely to state the title of his Bills, or their gene ral tendency. Mr. LAvrsoN said, that as he was restricted from giving the explanation be intended, lie would merely give notice of his intention to bring in two The SPEAKER observed, that this was in fact no mice at all. He was bound to state the title or general subject of his iraended.motion. LAwsox said, that the.first motion he in tended to make was for leave to bring in a Bill for the better preservation of what he would call tame wild beasts, were it not that he was afraid he would be trenching on the prerogative of the sister kingdom.. It bad been decided by a Welsh JutLfc, - • • an the Hereforif Circuit, .that a man could not claim a property in certain animals, as they were to be considered as of the species of wild beasts. His (Mr.. Lawsoo's) object was to preserve a property in the owners of grass and tame ferrets, and other animals of that kind. His second mo tion would be for a repeal of the Trial by Wager of BLotel. - Mt. SINCLAIR presented a Petition from Mr. H. Hunt,. against the Westminsterilustings Bill. It was as follows : . • " To the'Honourable the Coaimnns of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. " The Petitio n o f H enry Hunt, Esq., humbly sheweth, " That at the last Election of the City of Westminster, your petitioner stood along with five other Gentlemen, as Candidates for the representation of that City, and soon after the close of such Election,' an account was sent him by Ar thur Morris, Esq., the High'Bailiff of the said City, claiming of three of such Candidates only,Ahe sum of OM. 9s. I id, as his bill of charges and expences for such Election ; and on your petitioner objecting to several items contained therein, particularly to a lumping one 5221. for a carpenter's bill, the said Arthur Morris, without further ceremony, brought an action of debt against your petitioner for the same; and while your petitioner was trying to get from him full particu lars how such article, amongst others, was 'made out, he, by two sharp practising attornies, map/ a judgment against your petitioner in such action, and was about to levy an execution thereon ; to prevent which your petitioner was obliged toap ply to his Majesty's Court of King's Bench, in which Court the judgment bad been so obtained for a rule nisi to set aside the same, which rule, at the request of the said Arthur Mor ris's COnnSel,'stands over to he argued on Monday next. • " And your petitioner further showeth, that the Said High Bailiff, by bringing actions of debt, and snapping thereon anal judments, not only deprives the party lie shall so sue, of a right to dispute his charges, however illegal or unjust they may he; but also takes away from the subject the writ of inquiry by a jury to assess the damages he would be en• titled to, in the case of en interlocutory judgment, which yeur petitioner rhost liumbly submits is the bounden duty of • your Hon. House to prevent. And your petitioner further complains that the enormous ea-pence of erecting the hustings is wholly unnecessary, and that at the late election two thirds of the same was neither' appropriated to the use or convenience of the candidates or their friends, but that it was daily occupied by persons sent and .paid to interrupt the proceedings, who had no othßii business there, in violation of the privileges of your Honourable House, and iu defiance of the statute, that declares,'• The eleCtion of Members of Parliament ought to.be free.;' that the late Lord Ellenbo rough said, when presiding in the Court of. King's Bench, that the High Bailiff might hold the election hi Westminster Hall; or some other place, without putting the candidates to such enormous expence, as is-the case in all' other cities.— And your petitioner further adds, the place of High Bailiff is one of very large emolument, out of the proceeds of which he - Might, in virtue of such his office, pay all such outgoings, as is done in all other cities. " Your Petitioner therefore prays, that your Honourable House will cause due inquiry to be made into the amount of the large emoluments of said High Bailiff, and if they should be found sufficient for the above purpose, that your Honour able House will not pass any other new Bill, to throw more impediments in the way of free election. And your peti tioner further prays, that in case your Honourable House, after due inquiry, should think proper to pass any new law exclusively for the protection of the said High Bailiff; your Honourable House will nut fail to imtroduce a clause to pre- Vent hint in future' suing by action of debt, but that his re medy under such new act should he an action by assumpsit only, which would effectually guard against any attempt at future extortion, and not deprive the subject of his writ 'of inquire before a - jury to assess the damages; or that your Honourable House would in such act limit the sum to be paid to him for his charges on such occasions : - " And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray, " HENRY HUNT." Ordered to lie on the table. Sir R. Wttsou brought in a Bill. which was reAti a first time, for amending the different Acts relative to the Paving and Lighting the Borough of Southwark. Mr. Wito - r - rEsLEY gave notice of a Bill, fount!. ed on the Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into what was a proper site in the City of London for the erection of a building for the t§e. commodation of the Commissioners of Bank. , ruptcy. Mr. WAITH MAN expressed a hope, that rit e Re port would be sent back to the Committee for re consideration. BREACH OF P RIVILEGE —PETITION FROM OXFORD. Mr. DeNmAN said, he held in his band a Pecos t iOn containin g serious charges against a person /