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ry. lie was opposed to the idea of unliutite confidence in all public officers. There were, he believed, more than forty cases of prosecution Mending, itt which oo noti prosequi had been entered. In floe, the Noble Lord observed, that unless the Bill should come front the Com mittee very considerably ameuded, he should feel it hi• duty to say " Not Content" to its ulterior pi ogress. 1 4 ord LILFORD, after a short general view of the causes which rendered the measure necessity, Tiltide some observations in support of the Bill. The question was then put, the Bill read the second time, and ordered to be committed cm '1 uesday next. ARMS SEIZURE AND TRAINING BILLS. The 1-louse having resolved itself into a Com mittee on the Arms Seizure Bill, The Earl of DARNLRY complained of the unite cetsary inconvenience created by the clause, which allowed Magistrates to break into any house et night to search for arms, and moved that it be omitted. The Earl of BLESSINGTON had also some objec tions to the Bill. The House bad been told that Ireland was in a state of profound tranquillity, and yet it appeared that the measure was to extend to that country. Was it then intended to disturb that tranquillity, and by unnecessary severities to scatter dismay and disorder among the Irish people / Lord SIDMOUTR assuked the Noble Earl that Ireland was not even named in the Bill. Its operation was confined to certain counties in England, which were duly mentioned, though it might certainly be extended to any part of the United Kingdoms, on the requisition ot their Magistrates. With respect to the Amendment pi op used, he thought that it world tend to nul lify the whole measure, for any person hevine toms might bear that intormation had been lodged against him, and it the Magistrates were not au thorized to search his house at night, he would employ that time in removing or concealing the seeepons in his itossessiou, so as to defeat the oh ject ot the Bill. ' The Duke of Sussex thought, that in enacting measures of severity like those proposed, an en deavour should at least be suede not to render them unnecessarily repugnant to the feelings of the people. He did not mean to encourage irri tai:on, but he could not help saying, that if his house was broken into in the midst of the night, in the manner which the Bill authorized, his first impulse should certainly be to resist. 'flue slum bets of the poor and laborious should not he ex posed to smelt interruptions ; he therefore busted that the clause would be withdrawn. The Earl of BLeSZINGTON explained. The Earl of Rossevta obieeted to the wording of the clause, which directed the seizure of pikes, pike-heads, dirks, pistols, &c. Lord SIDMOUTH explained, that the finding of pikes and plte-beads was made prima facie, a presumptive case that they were kept for an ille gal use, and therefore subjected the individuals holding them to the necessity of proving for what purpose they had them. As dirks and pistols might be in the possession of people without any evil intention, the elanse required a declaration on oath, on the part of the informer, that those weapons were kept for illegal purposes, before an order for search could be issued. The Earl of Russevu explained. Lord Li SKI N R understood the distinction, but objected to the whole measure. The preamble stated that a wide and dangerous conspiracy ex isted to subvert the order of the State. As he did not believe in the existence of such a conspiracy. be could not agree to such a preamble. He also complained that the Bill only requited en informer to swear to his belief, and nor to a fact. And on such a ground as the belief of an informer, was a man, who had gone to bed with his family—if any -wan would ever go to bed after the passing of such a measure—(laughter)—to be disturbed in the violent manner in which the Bill described. The Earl of LIVERPOOL called upon the House to recollect that the present Bill was not one half so severe as a measure which had passed four years since for the same purpose„ If the House did not believe the existence of wide and dan gerous conspiracy against the State, the Bill must of course fall to the ground as unjustifiable ; but could any one who had read, not all the mass of papers produced, but only what related to the meeting at Bentley, refuse to believe in the ex istence of such a conspiracy ? Pikes were the arms ot the disaffected, forged and collected for their use : their being found with any individual was therefore made a just presumption that he kept them for sotne illegal purpose. But as dirks and pistols were ordinary weapons, and implied no bad intention in their possessors, the Bill pro vided that the informer should swear, not merely to his belief of their being kept, but of their being kept for illegal purposes. He could therefore see en objection to the clause, and as to refusing the right of searching for arms by night, could the convenience of individ u als be put into competi tion with the important objects which the mea sure was intended to effect ? After a few words from Lord HOLLAND, anti the admission of the word " gnus" into the clause on the motion of Lord SIDMOUTH, the Amendment of Lord DARNLEY was put and nega tived without a division. Several verbal Amendments were then intro- Zueed, and the Report was ordered to be received On Monday. The [louse then went into a Committee on the Training Bill, which also experienced 'some ver bal-Amendments, and after a few words front Lord-' Hoemano and the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the Report Was fixed for Monday. ALARMING STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The Earl h Of STRATH MORE having understood that the accuracy of the statement which he had rierie last night had been called into question another place, took this 'opportunity of assuring tie House, that in what be had said he had kept rather within than without the mink. The dis •ricts to which he had alluded, he was sorry to have it in his power to say, were in an even more • disturbed state titan he had represented them to , he. He saw a Noble Friend of his, who was Lord Lieutenant of one of the Northern Coen ,.es, and who, be was sure, would conflict all that Le had statcd. There was no onejn tfla Uous c , mote averse than he was to abridge the rights of the people, but the present Bills appeared to him absolutely necessary, and he should be happy if they answered the purposes for which they were iutiodneed. without t he addition of still severer measures. —t Hear, hear, hear !) The Duke of NuRTHUMBRRLAND had not in tended to address the lions:, but having been appealed to by his Nolde Fsiend, he shimid tiot . hesitate to declare that Le was fully conscious that his Nable Friend had kept within the mark in the stait clients which he had made. The first accounts which he (the Duke ot Nortlmmberland) had recei v cd, tont ed t he number ot cnlliet s colleered to amount to sixteen thousand six hunched. Rut later com muoications bad informed him, and the informs. flan +Nos derived from their own accounts and estimates, that they bussed of being completely armed, and that the ni)mheis which they could as semble, and on which they could act, %vele one hundred ihon3and, between the Tyne, the Wear, and Carlisle. He hegged of the House to keep in mind, that this estimate was that of the men them selves, and not a mere assumption or calculation on, his part.—(Hear, hear hear 1) Lord R.RDEsnat.a said, that he had received a lelter from Newcastle, confirming all that had. been Slated, even to a greater extent. The Earl of STRATHMOBE added, -that be had been informed, that highly respectable Justices of the Peace bad been obliged to fly from the country;-end seek shelter at Newcastle. As soon HS he had received this intelligence, be had order ed his Dedinms co be taken out, and he trusted the country would al,vays find him at Isis post. — Adjourned till Monday. [For the Proceedings in the House of Commons, see the Fourth Page.] Dillt. KEAN. This poonlar Actor is so great a favourite with his friend% in 13,flinbnrgh, that they have presentel to him a Sword of State, to be worn by him svitenever he appears in the Tragedy of Macbeth, Kin,!, of Scotland. It was accompanied by H letter from Sir JouN SINCLAIR, Who is always ready tor HOS of private kindness and public bene fit, arid which does honour to himself as well as to the person wbo has received so flattering a tes timony of esteem and admiration. " SlR—Some of your friends in this city became extremely desirous of presenting you with a mark of the high estimation which they entertain for your talents as an actor, wore espe cially haring witnessed the very superior manner in which you performed the character of Macbeth. After considering the subject, it was at last resolved to present you with a Sword of State,' to be sworn when you appear upon the stage in that Tragedy, as the crowned King of Scotland.' I have much pleasure in sending you the Sword, which is pre pared by some of our ablest artists, fur the purpose of being transmitted to you. It is ' of the true Highland make,' and ornamented with some of the most valuable precious stones that Scotland prodders. Alachtill is, on the whole, the greatest effort of dramatic genius the world has yet pro duced ; and none has hitherto attempted to represent the Scottish Tyrant who has done, or could possibly do, snore justice to the character tlian the Gentleman to whom I hare now the honour of addressing myself. " The pt escalation of this Sword reminds are of two parti- Colors : The swords, in ancient times, were large and weighty, and tile scabbards broad at the points. Hence, in Shak speare, Hatsper describes himself (Part I. Henry IV, Act 1, Scene 3), " ledning upon his sword ;" that is to say, resting upon it in the scabbard. The Sword, also, was not carried in belts attached to the person (which, with a large and heavy sword, would have beets too cumbersome), but was either bell in the right hand, of carried in the left arm, the elbow being bent for that purpose. In battle, when the sword was drawn, the scabbard was thrown away, to imply, as that phrase denotes, that the combat was to terminate with the death of the parties. 9.. There is reason to believe, that Shakspeare collected materials for the Tragedy of Macbeth on the spot where many of the transactions took place. It is recorded in Guthrie's Llistora of Scotland, that Queen Elisabeth sent some English actors to the Court of her Suc cessor James, which was then held at Perth ; and it is sup posed that Shakspearc was one, of that number. This id e a receives strong confirmation by the following striking cir cumstance s—The Castle of Vonsinarie is situated about seven or eight miles from Perth. When I examined, some years ago, the remains of that Castle, and the scenes in its neigh bourhood, I found, that the traditions of the country people were identicall,v the same as the story represented in Shnk speare. There wits but one exception. The tradition is, that Macbeth endeavoured to escape, when he fuand the Castle nu lonerg tenable. Being pursued by Maccititf, he ran 'tip" be 7itistrxd•arf 'being.alain in single combat by Macduff - (which .Shithspeare. preferre;l, as being a more interesting dramatic incident), the country•pedple said, that, in despair, he threw himself over a precipice, at the bottom of which there still remains The liiittit'a Grave,' where it is supposed that Macbeth was buried. When you next visit Scotland, it would be int rrestiog to take ass early opportunity of examining these classic scenes. " With my beat wishes that you way long continue an ornament to the British Theatre, " I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, " JOHN SINCLAIR. " 193, George-street, Edinburgh, Nov. 16, 1819." INSCRIPTIONS oN THE swonD.--uN THE FRONT, IN THE CENTRE. To ErisRIND BEAN, Esq. A 3 a tribute of admiration Tu his splendid talents,. Frurn His Friends at Edinburgh. oN THE OTHER stoE, IN THE CENTRE. 'r his Sword was presented Tu ED::UND KEAN, Esq. To he worn by him, W.beu he nppears un the Stage As " Macbeth, " Kirrr of Scotland," November, 1619. MR. KEAN'S ANSWER. " Stn—l Lace the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, announcing the transmission of a valwible Soot d, which you track me to receive as it token of the Nattering esti mation in which my professional exertions in the Northern Capital arc held by yourself, and a portion of that public, Lo whose fostering indulgence I an► already bound in lasting gratitude. - " To those unknown patrons, in whose names you have been pleased in such gratifying terms to address use, I beg you will convey the assurance that their kindness has not been lavished where it is not truly appreciated and deeply felt. " I am happy in the conviction, that I shall only do justice to their intentions in receiving this Sword, as at once a record of national liberality and a pledge of Scottish patronage of the Stage. May I not recognize in this their object, by the selection of the distinguished pen, which has honoured use with this communication, as well as in the costume of the present itself, which yon are pleased to inform me, is strictly national, both in its character and in its ornament ? " Permit me to add, Sis , that my own feelings could Istiow no higher gratification than to be instructed to th e b e li e f, that I may bays been the fortunate instrument of increasing the number of the patrons of our Art, the difficulties of which may, in souse MCASIII t, be appreciated by the rarity and in stability of success, and in which we but too sensibly feel. how necessary is public protection to encourage and . sustai us even is our least chequered and unclouded career. " I have the honour to be. Sir, " With grateful respect, " Your very obliged Servant, E. fi.E3N. " To the Right am, Sir Juba Sinclair, &c. ssc,". We received this morning tke Paris Papers of Wednesday last. The following are extracts ; " PARIS, Dec. I.—Yesterday the King re ceived, at a private audience, their Royal High nesses the Prince and Duke of Holstein Augustem, berg, who were accompanied by Gen. Walters 'lo4, the Danish Minister. M. de Treitlinger, Minister from Mecklenburg Strelilz, presented to his Majesty at a private audience, the letter of notification from the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, of the birth of a Prince, his son. The A►nbassadors and Foreign Ministers afterwards paid their respects to the King and Royal Family. The King did not go out yesterday. His Majesty transacted business with M. de Pasquier, the Mi nister for Foreign Ail4irs. " The Alarqness de Latour Matibourg, the new Minister of War, arrived at Paris yesterday. " The Duke de Richelieu is expected at the end of the week. FIVE PEA CENTS. Tuesday DEFSRBED STOCK. Of the 22d March, 1817, 92d Sept. 1817, BB f. 95 c. 224 Marcb,lBlB, B6 f. 95c. 12d Sept. 1818, B4f. 95 c. 92d Marcb,lBl9, Bl 1. 95 c. 41d Sept. 1219, Bl f. 70c. " NIAYENCE, NOV. 18.—A11 the Members of the Central Commission, are now arrived here, but it is not yet known when their sittings will open. Each Commissioner brings with him a Secretary. As to the mode at proceeding to be adopted nothing is yet known, nor even the place where they are to hold their Sittings. The Con- gress of Vienna will issue instructions respecting the attributes with which the Commissioners are to be invested. In the mean time it is intended to com mence business by a detailed examination of the Papers relative to Sandt comparing them with the discoveries made at Berlin, Wisbaden, and Darm stadt, in order to discover whether there is any ,connection between different acts committed about j the time tinier MADRID, Nov. 18.—:•Tlra . last ; reports from Cadiz are as follow : Deaths. Sick. Nov. 9, 10, 11, AT PORT ST. MARY. Nor. 8, 9, 10, " FRANKFURT, Nov. 26.—Lord Cathcart ar. rived here yesterdAy from St. Petersburgh." The Charlestown Papers, received this morn ing, contain the following Letter from St. Thomas's, dated Oct. 20 : " From five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, until the same hour on Wednesday morning, It blew with such a degree of violence that nothing could withstand its force; men, women, and children, bereft of shelter, with not a single suit of linen to cover their nakedness, nor any thing to satisfy their hunger ; trees torn up by the roots, houses blown from their foundations, some of which were blown into the sea, one house in particular', si tuated over a pond, was taken up wholly by the wind, where was the manager and seve ral negrota; it was lifted from its basis upwards of 20 feet high, anti fortunately in its descent fell into a spot which had been originally a cellar, and contained three or four feet of water, in con sequence of which those in the house received no injury. An iron six pounder, with iron carriage, was blown from Fort Amsterdam half way to Fort William, the distance of about three quar ters of a mile I A cart, with iron axietree, was [ blown from Governor First's estate to Mr. DB:MC.6II'S, almost a quarter of a mile ! 5 10 P. son's Bay was almost entirely destroyed, there remaining in that town but five houses. One °I the buildings was carried away by the se e, ecn° taining 19 persons. In the middle.of the oriOnai town there is a channel, left of about 30 feet to breadth, and 7 feet deep. During the gal e there were three shocks of an earthquake, which is sup'posed to have done equal damage as the wind or THEATRICAL REGIS - 11R. • Prrforntrd Last Night. TREArRE'RorAt.. DRURY-LANE.—The iron Chest : Sir Ed ward Niortinier, Mr. Kean; Helen, Mrs. (Aorta. After which, Lock and Key. TifeaTat ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.—The Rivals; Sir An thony Alisolute, Mr. W. Farren ; Julia, Mrs. Davison. After which, Richard Cur de Lion. TO CORMESPONDENTS. We are sorry that we hare been obliged to postpone PERTS NAX, CLEnicus, and Ituaricus, but we hops to insert them, with other Articles, on Monday. 'P.* For A BRITON, gee the Fourth Page. PRICE 0 THIS DAY AT T 3 per Cent. Red O6ll GS 3 per Cent. Cons. 4 per Ceuts. s rer Ct. Navy Ann. .... shut Bank Lung Ann. 17i 1 -piths 7 , s•rocKs vEtx F. o'CIAICK. 1 India Stock ... shut India Bowls par 2s. pr. Is. dis. Exch. Bilk, 2,1 ... 4s. Ss. dis. Ditto Commercial ... 195. dis. Cons. for Account.... MAILS. AARIVED-1 Dublin. 2 Waterford, I Holland, I France. Dot —1 Waterford,. I .. Guerusey and Jersey. HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. llositimg, 47 minutes after 4. I Evening, 10 minutes after 5. THE SUN. 'OLEN QUIS DI(ER FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, SRTURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1819. sea." There has seldom been a greater 'proof of Scntvi` turial incredulity than was exhibited last night 13 1 Mr.LodaTox in the House of Commons. Th is young Politician, obviously young, in every sen se of the word., thought proper to state his belief , that the Earl of. STRATHMORE'S account of t he alarming state of affairs in Northumberland, and the neighbourhood, were great exaggerations. it appears that this statement, by Mr. Lassirrot4t reached the ear of his Lordship last night, and the Noble Lord not only confirmed his former account, but declared that his information was of a no re alarming description than what he had p r eviously stated. The Noble Lord then appealed to th e Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, the Lord-Lienten tlog of the County, who corroborated all that the Eir i had said. Other Noble Lords, not in the habit of supporting Ministers, added their testimonf ;in behalf of the Earl of STRATI.' mO O.ll Statement. It is evident therefore that LAMETON was imposed upon by his Corte' spondeuts, for it can hardly be conceife4 that be spoke upon authority equal to t ilgC of the Noble Lords whom we have mentionea; We sincerely wish that Mr. LatanTor; grow wiser as he grows older, and that be will be able to see things of the utmost importance tir himself as well as his Country, in their trite sii s and form, and not as they are obscured by 11 ' 4 mists of Party. CROWN AND ANCHOB.--.ThiS Tavern, the n ol _ 6 l of which ought to prevent it from being profsr by Factious Assemblages, of which it is too of tila the scene of action, was again disgraced v ested ° by a Dinner given by a band of RADICALS , ' 7ll° ' in our opinion, are little, if at all diff' ren d from Resets, in honour of that Apostate 8° Renegade, whose very name is odious to e tc/ . friend to virtue, loyalty, and good Govern 0 412 t; HUNT was in the Chair. A more derpiclibill set of wretches perhaps never were assem ble " and it is quite surprising that the Leu di°r .: should have given them credit for the dinner• is very probable, that if the Company had dr a° any thing but water at this Festival of Fac tiarl ' Isis credulity would not have extended so There was, as we gathered from various report' the usual proportion of Jacobinical poison seminated among the hungry auditors, who, appeared, would rather have bad Brandy , ° is° ° gin, or even Beer, than all the copious str eso Seditious Oratory that was poured among ' be° The only circumstance worth notice, but n °e I all surprising, considering the respective el" 1/84 tars, was a public reconciliation between C 05561 and Wootee, who bad abused each other " 1 all the figures of Billingsgate ClOVen ee. ; COBEETT, who had often reviled the ral principles of the infamous Tom P AIV , rot" yesterday pronounced an eulogiuns upon his , bones. Two or three decent Persous, wb ° dently went merely to see the nature of s Oltiner, manifested, however, their conte°ls Radical DoCiiinei, b , y indulging themselves to bib bottles of wine, notwithstanding the p ro svto l ' against the use of all excisaliteliqnors, P re of fal abstinence the Radicals hope whilt.eheY net t their own Coll3llltlfioo, to destroy the tion of the country. it , THB PRINCE REGENT'S Cover.—Yesteraelyfri, three o'clock, the PRINCB M OUNT held (ire and afterwards a Privy Council, at whi ch r a Viscount Lascelles was introduced, and Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding t )t shire. The Regent gave an audience to Bathurst. 8 061 Yesterday the Dukes of You,. a nd Cl.° visited the PRINCE RBGENT. C Mr. CANNING, we regret to find, is s t Oc , fined to his chamber by the gout, brought his rapid travelling from Italy ; butt he 5 0 ,0% wise in good spirits, and likely soo n to recoot Intelligence from Brunswick state" ofi di the 10th tilt. conformably to th e conous,r, 11 his Royal Highness the PRINCIi R EG :01. 0 1 mortal remains of Duke CHARLES d to 1P , ,! FERDINAND of Brunswick were rerrove tlrP town, Irons the place where they had bee ,i g ne 4. sited since the battle of Jena , and COs' oci l- ) the tomb of his ancestors. We are happy to hear that the Aneieri;Getigil for promoting Christian Knowledge, ati,e Meeting of their Hoard, on Mandel, ' spo t: :I November last (the Lord Bishop of 14 1 ` ) e d opa,d ► ing in the Chair) unanimously res°',9lclo'sr very extensive distribotion of Trac ts ' . „ ro of to counteract the present most wi culation of infidel and blasphe mous P o , e soul and an Address to the Public UV ° ' etsY trots' the Society, we understan d, , be expected. 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