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of a declaration I boldly make, that the great body of the Irish Catholics are as faithful and conscientious in the discharge of all the duties of good citizens and loyal subjects as any of their Protestant brethren Can it be a matter of indifference to possess- the hearty attachment an& co-operation of seven millions of our fellow-subjects in support of our excellent Constitution.—( Loud cheers.)—We have long enough made trial of the influence and tendency of civil disabilities; and now I trust, the day is no t f ar dietant when we shall take: our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects by the hand, and make them wel- . come to all the privileges of our c ommon birth-right. --(Continired cheers.) —I know that some good Protestants, who only form their judgment of Ro man Catholics from the conduct of some of their ancestors, are Overwhelmed with.. fears in antici pating the day which• we hope is at handeand which we doubt not will prove the Millenium of the British C o nstitution.----(Cheers,)—je the dangers appre hended were real. I am' confident that they would not escape the keen penetration of such, advocates as Mr. Wilberforce—(Shonts of applause)—and a host of champions in this case, who, like. our venerable friend, have been able to view the subject in all its bearings, and who, at least, can never be suepected of indifference to the welfare of the Established Church. (Cheers.) . •An earnest regard fonthe in terests of religioninduces me to take a pail in the business of this day. ,(Cheers.) lam a- Protestant, Sir, and I wish the principles of the Protestant faith to have full scope and fair play. (Cheers!) So long as my Roman CathOlic brethren labour under penalties andirestrictions, I cannot expect them to listen to my testimony. Under existing circum etances persuasion and arguments are sure to meet with insurmountable obstacles. To me, Sir, it ap pears that the Protestant religion has nothing to fear, but every thing to expect,- from the Genius of Liberty and the Light of Truth. (Cheers.) She requires no disabling Statutes for her 'support; and ought never to seek her 'protectidu in restrictive en actments. So long as we consider the safety of our religion secured by the infliction of penalties on those who refuse to profess it, we seem to me to be making the tacit acknowledgment of our weakness. (Loud cheers.) J recollect, Sir, the" late Dr. Bogue, the ft . /end of Ireland and of the world,- after 'having visited -Ireland on an errand of mercy, ex pressed in a few words sentiments which wish to e navey to this Meeting. " Under present disabili ties (said cite-Doctor)otrreeffortn-to instruct and im prove the Irish Will .accomplish little good--what ever we may think - or nay, thee good -people • fancy that we have them on the ground beneath our feet, and never till they- are .er.eet.auft.in the same posture as ourselves can we ,hope to malie a fayourable im pression on their minds!'. ~/gy,:eatbuaia,cti:e admira tion of the British Constittltierl will' not allow me to besilent this day. PenalAratairei are 'annmalies in the English law, and contraryt`ONi:o:ii of o ut Con. .titution. (Che4s.) N . 4.1101;41;1 retiredirtim the front of -the hustings .pm‘4leelond ,and ,releeretea plaudits. Mr. ALExaNDER.Kty.-7Ttie. expression .of ei 3 i. niorks on doubtful mg asmes of 'policy, hyan . Address to the Throne, appears to me highly. injudicious and indelicate---(Laughter:)---I . think the Honourable Member of Perlittnient in the-Chair will• agree with me on this point. (Cries froin the . hustings;. "No; no, he does not.")' €4 , -appears tome that Addresees* to the -King are onlrproper on subjects of congra tulation; on which there is-no difference of opinion. Petition is the other-mode of subjects approaching their Sovereigtl ; but this is only to hexesorted to co occasions of high import, and it is necessary that the 'prayer be sub Star tially . et forth, with the. grounds on which it is 'pieferred; 144 to - make a professedly loyal address the vehicle of meats Opinions ofalsart of his Majesty's subjects, to call forth a .similar expression of the counter opinions of others . -which-can be- supported by irrefraggfile 'argument, and thus to distract the Royal mind, is to iegelt the Sovereign, without the hope of such address pre du sing the intended effect. Now, Sir, what has culler: for this very irregular mode of proceeding ? I havo no reason alleged but the provo4ing cir cum.:twice of a number of. loyal Britons ,carrying their notions of loyalty to their Kieg, and fldelity to the Constitution, a few degrees further than some people; and having learned that no treasures, and, above all, our conatitutional - blessings, can be pro .teefed by inactivity and aseur:ty, have thought fit to form an association, which they ion the - Leeds AronsTick constitutional Association, in main tenance, of slime blessings, by opposing, all eotenitutional means, the- concession of fur- then political power to the Roman Catholics.— Such is the Association which itaz frightened gentle . mien from their propriety: But was It needful to require the interposition of the Sovereign to put flown a bot!y so insignificant in number, so contemptible in property and respectability ? (Loud laughter.) [Here the Meeting became again quit 4 eonfused ; and after remaining some time in that state, eke Rev. T. Stales,- addressing the gentlemen on the Brue,s wickers'- side of the hustings, said, " Gentlemen, do try to keep your friends on thateide 'in their pro.: priety.' " (Loud laughter:) • Our oppnreentS know very well how to get up ,counter declarations, eeo in this instance therrnigbt easily have outenumbered the 13runswick ers,, as- in their-case Rooms were all that would be required; whereas the latter necessa rily limit their body by-requiring a-pecuniary pay ment on theadmission of members. But gentlemen have discovered that clubs are a bad thing, and may he rendered instruments Of evil. No further proof is required of this than the pestilent eeesociation which divides the rule with the Government of Ire land, and which, I suppose, is to be allowed lo dictate to u' , end arbitrat e on the Ccrnstitutionof England: . And who.eneourages the club system so much as some respectable individuals on the other side ? I enntend that the religiou. associationw which are'uow so rife and which have been productive. I do u bt not , o f M uc h' of politi ca l c l u b s . go9d, have led . to _the . formation .dire are accused of thwitling the.plans a ministers, p by people who, perhaps , fo r the first time in their fives, are tender about their - fe elin g s, and offer them protection. I beg leave to te ll those ersons, t h at whilst we will support Ministe rs to .the walest in every legitimate exercise of their powers, no Minis ter of State, or Minister of Religion either, shall cause us to swerve from those Protestant principles which are the stay of the Throne, the ground-work of the Constitution, and the essential safegtrafel of our dearest interests. The very Bill, which has gone beyond all others in opening the door of nflice to the Roman Catholics—viz. Sir Francis Thlrdett's• Bill-proceeds upon this ground by declaring in the preamble, that the Protestant Episcopal. Church of England and Ireland and the Protestant Presby terian Church Of Scotland; are permanently and in-: violably established. Befoie we can be entitled to attention, we must' prove, then, °dr attachment to; or at least declare our . readiness to uphold such este , blishment. This brings us to conaid.e. the relative situation in which the' Protestants of this king dom now stand ; by - the repeal of the, 'Corpora tion and 'Pest Ai:As, Dissenters are placed in a. Mate of complete political equality with the'mem bets of the -Established. Church ; has this' great boon been attended by the desired effect - of causing' us to." think and feel alike concer n in g ' the comthon weal ?" I shall rejoice if the proceedings of • t hi s , is (Lay produce this: on ay good-Lan un d erstan dh ig On this head._ I will pr opaqi ,a few articl es , of which,,] in judgment, an Englisignan's creed ought to' consist. Loyalty to the , : King -As Our Supreme; Governor; .acquiescence in arr Estabiiib.ed Church, with perfect freedom to' join: in any other re m of. worship ; obetlience . to the laws which are necessary for the. preservation of Our infernal interests, and a.' willing support of the several branahes of Govern ment and authorities in the State: - I .request,•Gene tlemen on the other side to- correct me if I require , too much at their hands: I know the qualms of sonic' to acknowledge theechuxeh- in any degree. indi .7idnally I consider conform 4 N% ith a terse Established Church a great duty. I think it incumbent on the addressers to assure his Majesty, 'tat sitould danger tytatta•PPPY,AriWet.4ey aye eadyt.., hn i his Majesty. 4i Fiftfstant Cqusii l tution 'arch and State N il' Vim=',,_,--- i l 4: ~ r. „ -•,„ 0 IN„ - -- • w'th all their might. (An old soldier said, " Wei have done it before, and are ready to do it again.") The Resolution is singularly deficient in all these particulars--it professes loyalty indeed in common place terms, which might be •used to the veriest despotic Monarch that ever reigned : it advirts also to the principles Which placed the House of Brunswick on the Throne, hut it goes on to ittsintiate that those principles would not be shaken - hy . a departure from those principles in, the extension of cid rights to all classes withot any regard to their religious opinions; and is it fit to lay before the throne matter like this, which appears-to me to comprehend:in it every,anti religiotts,,every anti-social principle, which distin guished the early demagogues 'of. the French Revo lution ? thirik Lath correct in asserting; that there is no such thing as eiVil rights, in the sense here put upon the expresSion-: . there are natural rights, but . all lags are restrictions on natUrfirritiit, and every civil society impose, ! such terms as may ap pear adVisable in limitation of civil power. If there is to he no-regard to religious opinions, proclaim a new- Revolution at once, for . the British 'Constitu tion cannot exist with such principles. As to the, belief that the measure would produce union, and that ifearried intOeffect in due time, in favour of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, it world tend to secure harmony and peace in Ireland, and strength and stability to hipi'Majesty's Government; it is not worth a.straw beeause'unsubStantiated by any proof whatever. [This speech .was so much interrupted as to be . heard only by those at a very small distance of the speaker.] The Rev. Mr. GALLAND, a Clergyman of the Me thodist connexion, came, forward. to support - Mr. Hall's Amendment ; but he had scarcely commenced, when be was met by cries of disapprobation on the part of a few persons in front. He commenced by observing that he appeared before the Meeting as a staunch friend to Civil and Religious Liberty.—(A voice on the hustings ; " You are at the wrong side, then; come over to our aide.")—He appeared ' before them as a Christian Minister—not of the Established Church, and therefore no• interested motive could be attributed to him ; and as a Chris tian Minister he felt bound to oppose" a principle which, in his conscience, he believed would be highly injurious to the liberties of his country, and to what' -was so intimately connected with those liberties— the blessings of religious freedom.—(Hisses and applause.)--The principle to which he alluded was, the concession of any further political power to the Roman Catholics of these reahns. Before he-en tered upon the argurnentS affecting the general question, he must, as a Christian Minister, enter his protest against the steps which had been taken by some gentlemen on the other side; to influence the public mind . on this subject. He alluded to placards, circulars, and hand-bills, which had issued from the office Of a gentleman.near him (Mr. Baines). Some of those-hand-bills bore the signature of Mr. E. Baines, junior. One of them purported to be the " Testimony of an eye-witness," in:which Mr;-Baines laiddownrertain principles, - and. made certain state ments in which he could not concur, believing them to . he'ditectly hostile to truth. In that -hand-bill . Mr. Baines declared 'poSitiVely that it was a - Slander, or wilful misleading, to assert . that, the Catholics of the present daTwere. like the Roman Catholics of the mitlclle,tges; that, in fact,. Catholics were shanged from what they had been. (Mr. E. Baines, jun. "hear, hear.".) Notv. to this statement he (Mr. Galland) .gave the lie direct.. [Mr. Baines, senior, " very charitable for a Christian Pastor Pi] He re wed, he gave the -statement the- lie, but it was not meant ip 4 sense personally offensive .to Mr. B. The Rev.'Clentleman . then - adverted to another hand- bill, in which, it was asserted that the R. heipish Tes timent did"fiot_ contain certain notes which had been objected to, and that those notes were aot to be found in an guthorised Catholic edition of that work, which was left. for ln;ppction at Mr. Baines's office, .and contended that an assertion w.a made which tbe-Darties well knew they could not prove. He thed'pzce:eded to contend that the Roman Catholic religion was not changed—that, on the contrary, as it was now taught and nractised, it contained tenets and principles Whictlmtere in their nature de stmctiye of civil liberty, and therefore it would be unwise and dangerous to entrust persons holding sach doctrines with apy share of legislative power in a, Protestant (Rate. Ile wo4ltt, how, ever, let the Raman Catholics speak for themselves on l; is sub ject. He would say of them what Queen Elizabeth had said of the figtges of the four Evangelists, which were in the procession pla her' coming from the Towar, after her coronation ; these figures appeared, to supplicate her Majesty to set them free, but she said " she would first igt# what they had to a say . .",— Now the Catholics sought to he a‘lmitted to • equal nower with Protestants ; hut before their request 'wazproplied with, he would call upon the meeting to hear 144 were the doctrines held by Roman Ca tholics, and for this prpose he Would cite the opi nions of Roman Catholics, wbo, it would not be de , 4;0, were competent judges of the nature and ex tent a their own religious tenets. In quoting their opinions, and arguing upon them, the Rev. Gentle• man proce . eded at 513th great length as to tire the r.tietice of - many,' even among his oyin friends, some of wi.4-4m gave him several hints to conclude. The. ReV. deritiemap at length brought his address to "a close.,, • The•CHAIRMAN now, at -the dg;ire of both pal , ' tie; proceeded to put Mr. Hall's arfiendmpot, and a show of hands took place for and against it"; the latter were more improus, in the proportion of about four to three. . The ChtAIRMAN said, that the Amendmer,t. was negativarL. , He 'then put the .Resolution and ‘4.0- dress moved by Mr. Tottie, and a second show of hands took place. The result was as nearly as pos sible-the same as before: hat tie gentlemen of the ' AilmsWick, party . on the htistings loudly aimed the majority a.s on their side. The Requisitors; we be? lieve without a eingle exception, had • not the least doubt that the Address ryas carried. ' The Chair man, however, was importunely addressed by the Brunsyiekers, and he advanced several feet from the centre of the hustings towards their side. Whilst he,was in this situaturm, another show of hands was mad e ; theßrunsWickers elainie4 the majority as loudly as beCore, and the Requisitors expressed their astonish ment at the claim. The Chairman, who was now quite out of the middle of the hustings and of the yard (several feet on th side of the Brunswickers), said he doubted what was the c.,e l pision of the meet ing. Mr. Alde rman H a ll t h en urge d t h at t h e • Ad. dregs-should ,he , withdra wn , an d no d ec i s i on come to either way; This proposition was instantly rejected. It was then PwPosed,' that f‘ tellers should he 'ap pointed, and that the parties should f )e more distinctly o as sen gentlement e d,anodn each requested si de separated by, making a lane betwixt them down the Mr. la t ir p 7s m o a ff k e e re atn l 'cotre. p it i t e h s is ly t o b i e di h ia a m irm e t a l n v y t oa similar.et as o o n fl e e , t h o u n t seein g the f t o h r at ti tr ptirpoie, .8 t n h o e g o e th n e tl r e s n id a e n . ' l3pearei unfavour able position , of the Chairman for viewin g the two sides of the meeting fairly, requested that he would take 144am:exactly in the centre, or come as much to theirehle as he had been on the opposite side. He then resumed Otis OVein..the centre, but never moved a step from that posifikgi Pivards th e side. of . the Requisitionists. Another sho w of iO- 1 44 now t oo k pNee when it was evident that those in favour ct 0 ,, .Aallr #o pecupied,a much larger portion of the yard than their oppneats.. A pump, which was believed . to be exactly in the canto pf thearea, showed. that the mass of those faVoLrable to the address extended from two-to three yards over the line whl4 MP 4Pwn the centre of the area of the yard. The Cloth Hail yard was a r lii - time nearly filled, and the parties \ver, ranged from 4pe end to the other, the line of sepa ra ti on ( or rat h er o f junction) being all the way, With the exc eption of a few stragglers, from two. to three y r . r d s on the seuth (or Brintswicker) rid? of the pump. When the Chairman saw the divisions, from his position, in the centre, he said," I Am of opinion the Address is carried." This d'ecisiOn was immediately announced to the Meeting, and wasloliolve - 4 by. the loudest shouts of applause for some miptes. . We ha v e since measured with exactness the - situa tion of the pump, and we 'find that the 4paee on:the north side of it is eight inches wider than that: on. the south (or Brunswicker) - side making the - Mass of the ,Brunswickers, who were two or alive S*As within the line of the pump, a narrower body, by that space and eight inches over, than thOise in - favour of the Address. The width of the area is 3:3 yards, and therefore the s pace occupied by,those in favour of the AddTesswas at.least 19 yards, and that occu pied by .the Brunswickers.l4.yards. We understand that..a 'Reverend-Gentleman. who spoke on the side of the Brunswickets has since, the meeting expressed - his opinion that the persOns as sembled might be divided into five parts, of whom three were for the Address,-and two against it. We also know that two of the BrunSiviekers on the hust ings enressed"tlielt Opinion that the decision of the meeting was correct - • • a One of the Editors of the 411anchester Guardian, who was on the hustingS, and our own short-hand writer, who was lately in the Intelligence,. Office, and is now a .master printer in this town, *are equally of opinion that there was a majority in favour of the Address. Mr.BAINES now moved, " That the Address be . signet' by the Chairman, on behalf of the meeting; and sent for. presentation to the Secretary of State for the Home Department." Dr. TAYLOR'seconded the motion, which was put, and tarried by the same majority as before. Mr. :roux CLAtniAm moved, " That the Address and Resolutions be advertispd in the Leeds news ,' papers. - The Rev. Mr. SCAPN seconded the motion, which was put and carried as before. The Chairman then quitted the Chair, which was taken by Mr. Thomas Clapham. Mr. F. CARBUTT, jun. moved, that the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chairman, for his able and impartial conduct in the Chair. Mr. Josnun BOWER seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation. At this time .a formidable shower. of stones and other missiles were thrown at the party in favour of the •Address from a body of vagabonds on the roof of the Cloth-hall, on the south side,. who had pro vided theMselves with a large quantity of stones for the purpose. Mr. John Heapswho was on the busting , , was severely cut in he faee ; the Rev. Mr. Hamilton was also struck on the face, but not materially injured 3 : and several other persons were bruised by missiles, some of which were of a pound weight. LEEDS MEETING. (ilto3t TIIE TIMES lIIRPORTFIt.) Leeds, Saturday, Dec. 6. _The length at which the Mercury of this morning has given the speeches at the Meeting of yesterday, renders it unnecessary for me to send you any report of them. lam the less inclined to do so for this reason—that, indepen dently of my confidence in the general accuracy of the re 'ports in that paper, 1 know that in the present instance some of the principal speeches at each side were furnished to the editor by,the speakers thenaselves,and also that the written co - pies differ in no degree worth notice from the speeches as delivered at the melting. There are, however, several circumstances connected with the commencement, progress, and termination of the proceedings, which have come witidu my own personal observation, which I think it ne cessary to give you more in detail, and in a more connected form than 'they appear in the, printed account.. The public mind in Leeds and its vicinity was worked ups to an intensity seldom witnessed even in provincial towns where party spirit is frequently tallied so far. Placards, hand-bills, and circulars were distributed at both sides in great numbers. 'Some of these contained violent" No-Po pery squibs"—others consisted of answers to them, and, considering that the subject has been worn almost thread 'bare, the talent displayed at each side for those composi tions was by no means inemisidersble. With such excit- ins causes, it was not surprising that on the morning of the meeting there should have been a numerous attendance of both Istrties at the place appointed (the Cloth Hall yard.) nias in the yard of the Hall soon after ten, at - which time there were not 500 persons present, - and from the extensive space over which they were nattered, they did not appear to consist of half that number. Haying paged the length and breadth of the yard, I found it to be 120 full paces long and S 4 broad, or, as nearly as may be, 105 yards by 31. This would give a surface of 3,255, square yards, but there were many persons who insisted that it. contained upwards of 4,500 square yards. It was, how ever, admitted by. the most intelligent persons of both par ties with whom I conversed, that it would, full from on e end to the other, contain 90.000 persons. Towards eleve o'clock the crowd began to assemble in such vast masseu as if they bad moved towards Fhe hall its large and regul bodies. Whether they did so or not, I could not, fro‘' my posion in the yard, ascertain. They continued, hover , . ever, to pour,in from eleven o'clock until long after th bnalnest of the- day bad commenced ; and by about onee o'clock, there were not fewer than 13,000 persons present. Many estimated their numbers much higher; some as high as 20,00 ; bat I do not think that at any time of the day there were more than from 18,000 to 20,000 in the yard. It was, from the middle pf the yard to the hustings, the most dense mass of human beings I had ever'seen wedged together in so limited a space. I should here mention, that the bearers of the'placards (noticed in the report) had placei thetnselves at equally distant Intervals so as to form aline extending from the right side of the hustings to the other end of the yard. Within this line; aura between it and the wail, on the right, the space contained was about one-third .of the width of the whole yard:—and in this the No-popery party ranged themselves as they entered, with great regularity. The same placards which pointed out one side of the yard to one party, natnrally sent their npponents to the other. . Both . parties woited at their, respective stations, with (considering their greg numbers and the cause of their assembling) tolerable traminillity, lyldeh was only interrupted now and them by a scuffle, created in the attempt to seize and de stroy Rome of the obnoxious placardi. These Were the cause of constant disturbance and of several despe;ate con flieta (;0 far as the parties had room to fight) in the course .• of the day. When the whole of the speeulies )]ad runuluded, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to put the question on the amendment. At this moment a large placard was held up from the " No-Pope;7" side, calling on their friends to f' hold up both hands." This injunction was obeyed; and the show of hands in favour of the amendment was very considerable. When the negative of the question was put, the show was still greater, embracing, as it appeared to me, seven to five of tbp assembled multitude. TkO CHA Rua If paid ; that in his opinion the amend ment was negatived.. . This declaration was received with tremendous cheering by one party, as soon as they could know it, which was only by the huzzas and waving of hats of their friends on the platform. • The CHAIRMAN then immediately proceeded to put the original motion, and as a signal to their friends; some of the requi;:itiocists on the platform held . up a large placard with the words " For Mr. Tottie's resolution." The number of hands held' up for the affirmative of the question was as great as that which had negatived the amendment. Those held .up against it were in the same proportion in the minority as on the preceding question. .The CHAIRMAN complied with this request, and having taken his etand in the required spot, the hands were again held up for and against the address, _ _ _ The CitAttorarr now declared that Le cculd not make up his mini as to which party had the majority. It was then proposed that' a tellers" should be ap pointed, who should place the respective parties more :dis tinatly'ap.art, by making a lane between them down the centre. •TO this the Chairman assented, and requested that the parties would name for the purpose one or ttvo genthOnen at each side. Mr. BA iNrs, 'senior, offered to . net as one, and was about to descend into the body a the meeting fine that pur pose, bairn - gentleman appeared to make any . Siinilar.offer, on the oppoite side. Some of those among the crowd who •were , nearenough to :bp hustings to hear what passed took the Lint, and endeavoured to carry it into effect. A 'divi• _ilea was made.by an open space in the centre of the meet ing, extending a good way down. Another show of lands tiro taken, but the majority in favour of the address was, of course, . a till more a pp aren t. ~The . h an d s were again a held up, and the Chairman now declared. that, in his opinion," the majority was in favour of the address. Vie decision was immediately announced te the meeting, and was followed b y l oud and cont i nued s h ee ti ng frorn the requisitionists and their supporters. The opposing party also cheats-I loudly, and still claimed the victory. After thanks had been voted to the Chairman, consider able confusion took place on and near the hustings, by a shower of stories and other .missiles, which were thrown by a party on the roof of the Cloth-hall; on the BrutisOick J side of the yard, and all of whom I situ and heard voting and cheering in support of that side in the course of the day. Manrof these took effect, and some gentlemen were cut on - the , .head and face, and others struck in various parts of the hody. It has, -I see, been mentioned in the intelliyeneer that those stones wee thrown by a set of law Irish, who are also called 6' Popish miscreants." I could not know at the distance whether they were or were not Irish; nor am 1 aisufticientjudge in polemical matters to tell a man's_ creed by his - countenance.; but I can assure you solemnly that the stones were thrown by the persons who during the. day shouted and cheered and held op their hands.for theikuniwickers; and I think . I may fairly .as sume that-they belonged to that party.. I-can also state, that the ittones %Wife thrown, not at the Brunswick, hitt, at .the Liberal side of the 'hustings, and_ .that most of those struck were of that party, and:standing at that side. It has. also been said that was lined with women all the way up to the hustings from the steps i❑ the centre of The yard.' This-abio is without foundation in fact. ' ." is ilar,4ly nfcess:try for rue. to say that rfothing else ie talked,of here but the meeting and its result. Though in pttint of numberstitereVas not a great deal to boast of, or to cause any feeling of triumph,' yet . several of the liberal party have assured me that even if the Chairman had re fused to decide on the" krinmd of equality of numbers, it should still be considered a triumph. of the liberal party at Leeds, where on, the same subject, and intha 'same place, they were'defeated 16 years ago by a majority of nearly 2.0 to 1. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Ntock 3 per Cent. Bed. 86% 3 per Cmit. Cons shut 314 per Cent Ditto Red. 95 M% per Cent. Ditto, 1F26 IOIIA Bank Ann, India Stock ....... ........... - Ditto Bonds... ...... 64 07 pm. DAY AT ONF. 'O'cLOCIC. ,South Soa Stork Ohl Anuuitiea New Ditto Fat. .El,ooll*l. 66 pin. Ditto 500 Id. 85 61i pm. Ditto Small - 2d. bB 70 pm. Ditto Commercial Bank tbr Account India for Account Cons. for Acct' SVA PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 64 — nenos Ayres Bonds 47 Chilian Bonds Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1821 2391 Danish Greek Bonds Ditto s 18 , 15 l7 GUatunala Mexican Bonds 254 Ditto, 1825 •12 5 j THIS DAY AT ONH o'Ct.oCK, Neapolitan Peruvian Bondi Portuguese Bomb; Primal). Old Ditto. New -- Ens;len Spanish. 'lB2l 9 1 6 0 t-- 1823. ii Freneh Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. -- Exchange ....f. —c. 3 per cent. —f. —c. -- Exchange PRICES OF SHARKS THIS DAY AT GNP O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, BoLoos Mining Co. ' VOO 305.100 Bolivar Mining Co. United Mex. Min. Co. (its. at 21. pm.) 38 16 15.% protector Fire Insurance Co 2 £1 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. S. Bank Stock. 251% IStPatrick Incur . (per sb.) Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 334 per cent. 94% National Ditto — Ditto, Now • %M Patriotic Ditto % 4 per Cent lOl% Hibernian Bank . ..-- Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 95% Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock Royal Irish (dine — Grand Canal Stock lmperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. --(Commercial Buildings — FORICION RICHANCES ON LONDON. HA NIBURGII, Dm. 2.-13. 9%.—Two months, 13. 8%. I.F.lpstr, Nov. 28.—Three months, C. 14. BF RUN, Nov. 29.—Three months, 6. 9.2yi. AvsTE ROAM, Dec. 6.-11.97.—Tw0 months, 11.137 . Arrived. DUP. O America 0 -0 Brazil O Buenos Ayrei. 2 Dub] n 0 I Flanders 0 I • France 0 O Oottenburgh O Guernsey& .ler.ey 0 Arrived. Due. O Ifamburgh.... ...... O Holland . 0 O Jamaica Leeward Islands 0 Lisbon 0 1 Malta 0 Mexico i 2 Waterford RION WATER AT LONDON BUTDOI TO-MORROW. Morning ...36 minutes after 3. j Eventng....s3 minutee after 3. n. • or LONDON,. MONDAY EVENING ; DECEMBER 8, lBiB, It will be seen by an account in another column that the efforts to obtain a reprieve for iltrtiTorr have been unavailing—he was exe cuted this morning. Comment is unnecessary. According to the Lisbon Gazettes to the 29th November inclusive, Don MIGUEL was not dead, but according to the bulletins issued, " con tinned in the best state of health, and the INFANTAS remained without change." On the 24th the following Edict made its ap pearance, caused no doubt by the remonstrances of the Earl of ADERDDEN ) respecting the Eng lish imprisoned in Portugal. It is rather Singular that the recollection of the " most intimate friendship" subsisting from remote ages between England and Portugal, should not hare occurred sooner to Don MIGUiL-but - Royal memories are apt to slumber : (orrzciAr..) • r. miaow, Nov. 24. Department of the Secretary of State of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Justice. Most illustrious Mid Excellent Sir, the King, our Sovereign, orders that your Excellency shall be again recommended most scrupulously to observe the legal privileges granted by treaties to subjects of his Pritannic Majesty, and the greatest brevity (without ne glect of the legal forms) in the course of the criminal pro ceedings in which they are accused—a brevity which is called for both by their situation as persons accused, and their characters of foreigners belonging to a nation be tween which and Portugal the most intimate frieudibip has subsisted for remote ages. For the due fulfilment of this sovereign resolution, your Excellency will make it known to the Judges of this province, declaring to them that his Majesty will . require a rigorous and effective re sponsibility on this sul.ject. Palace of Quetta, Nov. 24, 1828. LUIZ DE PAULA FURTADO DE CASTRO DO RIO DE MENDOCA.' TO Senhor Joao de Mottos e Vasconcellos , Barbnzi de Msgalhaes. ~ A duplicate of the above has been sent to the Governor of Oporto. The Gargtte contains' two other similar notices from Senhor de Mendoca, and states that a similar one has been sent to the Judge Conservator of the English in the city of Oporto. St. Petersburgh Papers of the 20th November say that the EMPEROR has given a more ex tended liberty of commerce to the port of IS MAEL—probably the better to relieve the wants of his army in that quarter. The ice on the Neva became fixed on the 18th Nov. Up to he 14th 1,285 ships had sailed from Cronstadt. Hamburgh Papers of the 2d inst., received this - morning,, state that the Lord . High Com missioner of the lonian Islands had; . At .the re- quest of General MA TROIY, permitted the Island of Zante to export corn and provisions duty free .• to . the Morea, - This 'continued cordiality be tween the English and. French - authorities must produce a sensible: effe c t upon . the SULTAN, and may probably smooth away some of the dif f~cultie to ne g o c i a tions. An artit;le from Stockholm, dated the •21st ;Mays that the: Royal proposition re lative to the - Finances of'Sweden Calls for an in crease of expenditure in every branch of the pu blic : Service. The whole amount of the bud get is staled at the , um of '8 ; 879,700 rix dollars, .which is 525,609 rix dollars more than the last budget ; the revenues are estimated at 7,171,230 rix dollars, leaving a deficiency of 1,708,230 rix dollars, which must, be provided for by fresh grants. Beside's this extraordinary grant, 3,591,000 rix dollars for the fortifications is proposed, which 'is to be repaid in five years, by means ofirea<ury b6nds bearing interest. Flanders kind Dutch Papers:to,the . 6th inst. have been received. They make no mention whatever of the reported " raising of the siege 9f Silistria." An article dated 4.4 y, Nov; :14, mentions the report -of an action said .to have taketi place on the Bth, near Silistria, but. no re sult is given. We shall not be at all surprised to hear either that the siege has been raised or taken"; because the R ussians would make desperate efforts to reduce a fort which has already cost them so . much. The Turks, on the other hand, will strain every nerve to retain possession by relieving it.:-- CRAcow, Nov. 2 . 2.—We.learn. from Warsaw that the Grand Duke Constantine _ was expected to re turn shortly from St. Petersburgh, and that the Grand Duke Michael will go. to Italy to meet the .(rand Duchess, his consort. Many Generals and Staff Officers who have been' on this campaign, have asked for furlough, for - the recovery of their health. The report that General 'Paskewitsch will have the command of the army' on the Danube, gains ground, because Count Wittgenstein is said to have left the army; and gone to Jassy. Part of the Russian Guards are said . to have been ordered against .Silistria. JAssr, Nov. 14.—We hive just learnt that the head quarters of Count 'Wittgenstein, which were lately at Kallarasch, near SiliStria, on the left : bank of the Danube, will come here to-day; and, it is even reported that Count Diebitsch, and some other Generals, have already arrived. 'Nitre hear also of an action, said to have taken place on the Bth, neat Silistria :- but-the statements ate' so Vague that it is difficult to distinguish - the.true froM the false. The most current aeconnt. is that Hussein Pacha, or Omer Vrione, or, as, others have it, the Pacha of Widdiu, , had made an attempt to relieve Silistria. But we have been so often deceived by false or exaggerated statements, that we. have reason to distrust the whole account. VIENNA, Nov. 25.—Metallignos 95 5-t6; Bank Share 1,0933 . ..-:-Aggemeine Zeitung, Nov. 30.. By the French mail, we have received Gibral tar Chronicles to the 18th •olt., which announce the pleasing intelligence that the epidemic fever was declining faster than its virulence increased. The wind had been for _some days SM.-, at tended with cloudy weather and flying-showers MEDICAL REPORT. Nov. 14.—Remain ill, 1548 ; admitted, 41; dead, 8 ; under chservation in camp, 211, officers sick, 18. Nov.-16.—Remain ill, 649 ; admitted; 27; dead, 8 ; nutter observation in camp, 21 ; officersisick, 19. Nov. 16.—Remain ill, 628 ; admittid, 24; dead, 9 4 under observation in camp, It ; officers sick, 21. Nov: 17—Renaain ill, 600; admitted, 44; dead, 10 ; under observation in camp, 11; Officers sick, 19. The FrenCh Papers are silent with respect :to Silistria having been relieved, and the siege being consequently raised. The retreat of the PACHA of Widdin, from Kalafat, was said to have been with a view to detach a large portion of his troops to act in contert with the army of HUSSEIN PACIIA for the relief of Silistria; . but ietters.from Bucharest ofthe Ilth November are. silent with respect to any events near Silistria. The Council of the Bank df France met on Thursday, to decide on the proposal of M. ODIER, relative to the reduction of the rate of discount from 4 to 3 per cent. The proposal was again discussed, and several gentlemen spoke; after whiCh a Committee was appointed to examine this important question. This Committee consists of Messrs. ODIER, LAFITTE, CASIMIR PERIER, PELLET-WILL, and JACQUES LEFEVItE. FRINCH FUN RIS, DEC. s.—Fiv'e per Cent. 106 f. 85c: 107 f. 106 f. 95c.; Three per Cent..7sf. 60c. 80c. ; Bank Stock, 1,81.5 f, ; Naples Relates, 78f. 65c. ; Royal EpanishLoan, 79i. By Papers from Calcutta to the 24th July, it appears that on the Bth Calcutta was visited by three shocks of an earNuake, but no. serious damage Was done. The following was posted at Lloyd's this rnorning " DEVONPORT, Dec. 10.-4 he Royalit of 10 guns arrived yesterday from Gibraltar; which she left the 18th ult. She touched at Tangiers, and found there the Orestes of 18 guns and Meteor bomb blockading' that port, in con sequence of a commercial infraction by the Bey, who had. imprisoned Mr. Dougla.s, Britivh Consul-General, and re fined any explanation. The flag-staff of the Consulate , was struck, and no communication allowed with the shore except by flag of Urine." It appears by the Brussels Papers that the Second Chamber of the States. General, after five days' debates, remarkable for the number .and talents of the speakers, rejected the motion of M: DR 'BROUCKERE, by a majority of 61 to 44. The galleries were' filled during the whole of these remarkable debates. This . result of the numbers being only a majority of 17,.proves very clearly that the Ministers have little reason to be proud of their victory. If the liberty of the Press is to be suspended throughout Holland in defe rence to such a pitiful majority, the Government of his Majesty is in a bad way indeed. But the majority voted only against the, proPOsitiOn of M. DE BROUCKERE, in order to afford his MAJESTY the gracious task of originating some alteration himself—at least we hope so. Upon this subject the, Editor of Le_Belge Makes the following. spirited remarks • • DEc...5.--TheSeecind (Thamber of the States general us convoked to-day. For whit purpose we do not know. It was conjectured yesterduy, that perhaps a Royal proposition might be brought for ward for the unqualified revocation of the provisional law or decree of 1815: If it were really so, what a unanimous' concert of applause' from the nation would prove the gratitude of 'the',pople I A skilful Minister; devoted to his King,' would propose' such a.measure, and the magnanimous heart and sound judgment of the Prince would approve . it. But What can we eyipect from serronts, who instead of giving wholesome advice, maintain that they ought _ to *lit for; Arfd blindly execute the orders, of th' master? • The great majority of the Meother's of the Sec °9l Chamber have sufficiently shown their desire for rt speedy abrogation of the legislation of 18, an enactment of.li judicious law to repress theliontio'r; ness of the Press. 'The fear of being wanting jA spect to the Royal autho r ity, induc e d them to v4l „ against the motion. ,Let the Monarch speak a and every scruple will vanish, aud.the ;nation ti delivered from partial laws, which are reptV7, to its feelings and continually menace public rvEo' . . By the Florida Packet New York Pe i have been received to the.l6th Nov. They CO' a detailed ac c o un t o f the conspiracysgi°l 01.1 VA, hty SAvrAlsbait and PADO - ' 0 which luckily proved. unsuccessful. We We il room to-day for extracts. A private letter from New York 50' General JACKSON has a majority of all 41t , votes of ..the State 94 of New York, an d ') large majority of all 'th e vo t e °f the lin i° States. Coraequently, he will be the : nest sident of the United Statee." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE--(THIS 01'') FROM LLOYD'S. • itt Dent., Dee. 6 and 7.—Wind S. by W.—Atriv'"tise, Suffolk, Jackion, from Q ue b ec; C aro li ne , f rom Of , and Sovereign, M'Kellar, from Calcutta, sailed Juif o f and from St.. Helena the 52d of October. The GeV bound remain. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. —Wind S. to S. S. W..—A l b • l o n a his Majesty's ship Talbot, f rom t h e Mediterranean. /4 the Ceres, Todd, for Santander. tY PLYMOUTH, Die. 6. -,—Wiud S.S.W.---Arrived ot , Diana, March,' from Aichaagel ; his Majesty's ship L"Pos from Gibraltar ;and - his Majesty's ketch Vigilant, fO Coast of , Afrira.. • Far.motrrsr, DEC. s.—Wind S.. to s,aw • the Kilregve,. Kindley, from Qu e b ec , w i t h l oss of -11 Ste.. Sailed the Stammer packet, for Lisboa; and 05" packet, for the Mediterranean. ao , Cart Ex, - Dec. 7.— . Arrived the bfattaxet Doak, °ar— son ; -Dennet, Lacy; Charlotte. Wylie, Jebb ; and P' 6o o ' earthy, Carlton, from Smyrna-; and Waving, B e nsons'', Valencia. MARGATE, - ny.r. 7. Arrived the Emerald, frOm Quebec. HoLYHEAD. DEC. G.--Arrived the Active, iron) i York; Horatio, from Q u eb ec - ; and • Hamilton, fro Palermo. :(3 0 Do- R), DEP. '7.— Arrivcd shut Duckenield, It ; iron) Honduras. . t i The Paci fi c,' Taylor,. from Wyburg to Ha, was I ° s :, Nickmates Ground, off Dagoe, the 16th ult. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TwErvz o ' CLoCI) , The English Funds have remained all the s ooruirl "0 , little animation, nor h ave the prices scarcely var:ed 4 . ,„4 the above hour. Consols opened at 671, and are now byr tr e with mere than usual Bruited business. India Bonds 67 9 ; and Exche.quer. Bills, 65 7 pm. big 4l ..In the Foreign Funds the principal alteration hag i g, in Colombian Bonds, whi c h h ave fallen from 281 2 ' o r in consequence of the intellig ence rece i ve d through gb...te ilium of the United 'Stat es , o f an a t tempt to nesaso a s Bolivar, and who, it appears, has had a very narrow from the late Vice-President 'Santander and his' plas t Y o . Bogota, the capital -; it appears that the cons pire,' 0 , composed of some men of aonsequeac e i n th e counggl' -tor, one of the objects. besides taking the lif e o f th e -0 0 0o t was to release General Padilla from prisen, who is at pi cc i s in confinement for his conduct at Cartbagena ; Bra, Bonds - are 64 3 ; Portuguese, Mei 6 ; Russian, 9 " 10 Mexican, 6 per Cent., 32-1; the acceuntefrom this represent affairs to be inn distressed state, business bo s i t a stand-still, and the welt of Santa Acme had not been down, although he appears to be on bin last In Shares there:is nothing new to r e port, the same g u tt , lugs pervades the matket which it has been our business state far some time. Papers of the 02d July from Oalcutta have been reca , o ' but they contain nothing w or th extract i ng, except t b t„ two shocks of au earthquake had taken. place, but were tended with no damate. Three per Cent. Console, shut ; Ditt o , for c :,, count ; VII k ; India Stoek, abut ; India Bonds, 67 9 P Exchequer Bills, 65.7 pm. konesox.--13raziliaa t 64 ; .Basuos Ayres, 4i- I . Chilian, 26 7 ; Colombian, 221 4 ; Danish, 1549 „ 4 0: Greek, 17 IS; Areeican, Five per. Cant., 95i 6 ; Six pot Cent., 32 3 ; l'auvian, 19 SO ; Portuti' 54i 5; Russian. 96 1;. Spanish, llf 11. Als:ces.—Anglo Menioan, 76 4 di e . ; 04$ ; 1 1 pm. ; Bolancis, SO 190 pm. ; Colombian, 14 13 ills. ; Del Monte, 140 160 per share; United Mexican, 22 1 TWO O'CLOCA: to Consols have declined to Sill, seller*, which is said , acco , ion-d by au advance in the price of the corn jbQh THREE O'CLO Cg "Consols for Account, 873. FOUR O'CLOCK.—tLOSING PRiC Consols Danish— Do. for Ac. 87i, 3 Greek, 1825 17 Brazilian Bonds 643 Mexican, 1825, 329 Buenos Ayres 47 reruvian , Chilian Do. Columbian, 1824 22i Rits§ian 96i Spanish 104 Miss Perceval takes her heile.fit to-Mor7,' evening at the Surrey Theatre. Miss P. will play "f v. : to Mr. Dibdin Pitt's "Pizarro.. 'l O A few even ings ago an attempt was maw' violate the grave of a child recently interred in Greei ja pt church-yard. During the interval between the rond' #o l the watchmen the d e pr e d a t ors h a d b egun t h e i r bl o at'" bad pnioseded some length in unooveriog the coffig ,^ Yi t io the re-appearan ce o f th e wa t c h put t h em to a pre i f Fortunate it was for them that they got so „id out of the way, for in an instant, on the alarm bell b rung, the greater part of the poPnlation Of She loWn fri l, in active search, and had they been found, they wolitp ir o doubtedly have been very roughly handled.- —lO l , Advertiser. In consequence ,of the arrival of ass irotn quantity of ship letters from viuious parts atoroid, ib e f oo ter-carriers could not be despatched from the Gener): l _, L Office this morning until much beyond the usual per'Zd FiRNI Wit Ext.s..—The proprietor of the P U P' Lothian coach, fladdington, has at pr es ent i n u se "io! of coach wheels, made by Messrs. Scoular of 'diet t° of which, with a few 'slight repairs, have performed I l i 21,800,090 revolutions on their axis, and travelled °` 0' distance of 25,009 mike, equal to the. c.4clnferen the globe. The wheels must be staunch Itevoluticoisto ' . Scotsman. h ;rt)f INCREASE OF NEWSPAPERS.—About Apo years ago the number of 'newspapers received in Kiaca r : en the Forth ; did not exceed' six weekly; tt preeeni,:o fewer than ninety-one arrive every weak .. Mercury. tv There is one public-house inTottentinnt-c° 11 4 , ( road', at which the sale of gin alone is said to IM r " -' 15007. a month. . We hear of uo additional failures, and c°l,; dering the extent of the recent ones, it is a proof,!: a . y, several stability and, h ea lthy s t a t e of th e ,t re d e g hfir that so little perceptible injury to it has followed or train. The trad e t o Todia;strys the Greenock Advafr ce, does not s e e m t o h av e r e ce i ve d an y c h ec k i n conseque %i g t as vessels engaged in it at e fitting ou t both beref,,, o f Port-Glasgow, sad we understand a . large qua- 3 7, . 1 1 3 ' t goods was made up at Glasgow for . the East 1000 0 week. We Wive touch' pleasure, in adding further, .°, ee ;4 4 sitisfactOry proef of the uninterrupted progrs of 64P" n re there, the Exoise revenue - of Glasgow was oeyor flourishing state than now, the duties for the sss o weeks having amounted to more than one laundrol.o" 41 ' thousand pounds sterling.— Glasgow Ch r onicle. h ,, There have heen.dreadful. gala . aloAg , • whole coast of the Baltic. The dauriao doirs.t-P ti 4o.4** * P f ping i$ very great; grieve to add, , s ihat . t.lk I ° l • ° ., lives has been conaideiable. The — ale fasted thirty-$:4 hours, and raged with suCh fury as had not been since the disastrous winter of 1811, when, it may be _,„ l : ,ll collected the St. George, Defence, and Nero; Br'w. re ships of the line, and G ra sshopper sloop of .war, `vfii) lost. An Archangel 'ship was many lest, together the captain and the w h o l e of the crew.— Co rn wall a:ix el'e 7 :;' - w r , it 41 414 Vo, : 1 / 4 41 e 1 tat, ktt