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coiv..n-;rrs EVENTNG POST. blive nrit for some- ti4lte r4i,t seen many things 6 , 1111tR;11;-: AS 0110 BA' 's annotincement of Li! coming J-o,lritil. ()oe tvntllti Otiok th-wt the. entire appArfitcs of the new Lva s cvaq wepared against alone ; as idepli be pretty pLiinly insice it to have been, How his ne«iy ICC 011.• (lied friend, \l'oor.t , R. t►r,t) the others of the reli4ll this 3rroz4tion. lye shad !not) .4ee. Ho ever, .it is •exres4ively comical.— Never "as there a more hid:crfols a.,somption of rnstt - ry, oral of dignity, aoc! of r o o wer :.mystery which is impenetrable, whirl, is timitssail- able, and power whicli is actually nbilinitariao The Orator, with %limn* be will as•ociaie ; the Baronet, who will not mcsociate 'oh ; all the Printers, and all the Preachers, and till the tneti, are mere hrirmit-ss ag,ti'n•t it was not worth wittle to sir die law Of Ott sWor tl. The whole d4n ; :er originAted and still resides in WILLIA.M COL'nETT. I 8121 bArily 10 I , Ctif it. We are visited wilt the trrntendmis intelli- genre, that this great rn-oi only " dictates" 11 5 lticubrations. " I spettic: Registers, but I Y ery " sildom write them." It is to he hoped that he mill li,ep p 1 in hip rye :--speak daggers, bat Ilse none. NlTto , derfol consequence truly—what hand sent!s sedition to the press Al ttln•l fl 9 wol:tierfol, as w!tat mouth vomits It for 11 !--Let oar fear, lin:: ever, owlergo some miiigation the Radical Briareus may have en huneted bands to take it domt, but be has only une mores!) to utter it. hundred thousand hands u hid] are te4(ly—is Oryitor HUNT SO eril rbwically said—" for the tie of action," will I•erhap.l he tuanackil, Slfety enough, from exe- cittirg the " dict4tinti." Of the shape of Mr. C0313117 - I's pew Journal, • at‘ti. of its pr;c,, we are kept in impatient ignorance. Larg'e nr small, dear . or cheap, its voldicat!on is lto , vever certain :—n:Oeste one of these three contingencies should occur—ao 'Excise Law for the cn , ting off his bands, or out his t.nagtv ; or the radical eradication of every Eng -1.'141113W.; eyes. What an tweresting VerSloll.of Ovid will it make: Philomela CoBBF.TT, ravished by that terrible Ttrel:s, Lord CASTLFSSAGII, And slrnplerinc the sad story into an Eveninc 1 3 .)st ; rioane Woot,Ew, dishing the Con , tirntion 'in revenge I Arid each metam , rphoscd, from a Por cupine into an Owl, and from a Black Dwarf into --- I)..hakv—tLe tereteheS' are not worth laitgl)ing st :--the Rope VIM be their best reit!. tatinn. For, as COBBF.TT biinstif truly says, " the question is extremely knotty,'' Bet the " shape" of this portentous Journal ? It remains in Mr. COBBETT . 3 breast —mane (did mode repostuni—wbet her he ‘vill fulminate in folio, quibble in qnar7o, or organize in octavo ; w must wait for the blow before we understand the weapon, The price, indeed, is not quite so problemalical. " To twenty it will cost about tkvo-penc•e a week each." 'Twenty-one will be the exact weekly cut of a seven-penny Paper. It " every thirty or even forty" Radicals throughput the Empire join for a Post, CORBETT will have rare I hope he will then be enabled to apply some of his superfluous gains, after advancing the dear little Porcupines into their merited station in Society, towards paying Sir. FRANCIS BURDETT ; though the Baronet has not yet been able to put down all taxation. i observe nothing of Mr. Tirpart ; ns his forbearance, they say, is to go snacks• with old l'eter. CAISt 0111. How unforeseen were site 'Ministers The two penny l eg s ister did much :—hut the seven-penny Post will do more. In proportion, as ME. CoB RUTT's Paper rises in price', it will—Fke the Sybil's leaves—rise its value. To promote his in terests, its s'amp F hould be donbrd :—no-extreme of taxation will mike the poor R.sdicals too poor for il4 ptirchase. I wonder if his promised orga nization of , ise anti-revenue plan, %sill extend to the rejection of all stamped N e wspapers , ---ercept his man. Thinks to the wisdom of our unre fornr.d reads Sedition must pay for the lesson, and remunerate the State for studyitig its 41: hVerSion I leave The Courier to its own vindication avainst this malignant Joutnalist. Of the Book sellers, I ant not the splvoe.ite ; but to the Press, end to its liberty, I sat suficiently a friend, to wish that its worst enemies were restrained. At all times I have considered its rational freedom as best secured by its rational limitation. If the abuse or a privilege, ...hereof "the use depends on the jodgment of the Legislature, shall be ren dered danverons by such speculators as COBERTT and his fellows, on them must foil the fault and the reproach of a Censorship. If the evasion of the exi,ting: laws, or their defiance, shall 'trove them inadequate to their purpose, laws t4f severer potency must be enacted. The hardship of s re straint lies in its weakness. None can desire the vexation of an enactment ss . c hoot its efficacy. It the existitn; laws are slrong enoogh, Mr. ColsitiTT will snots experience their trength ; tf they ore not, they inns( he sticogthetted. When sith,ennent punishment tails, previous restraint most he adopted. Of this, however, in Mr. COP- L'-'11••S case, I have no present apprehension The ATIORNLY-GE9tERAL dots riot tier does TEN:`'. STATES OF II %N()VV,II. flAsTnygß, bEc . '27 —Yektettl.ty the General Assembly of the S Ate% ~t tt e Kingdom Wan letnnly opened by his Royal [lioness the Duke of CAMBRIDGgi.as Gnvernot-General and Repre setvative ot his Royal Highness the Prince Re gent. At ten o'clock his Royal Highness pro ceeded in state to the church ut the Palace, and after ilisine service repsired with much pomp to the Hall of the Assembly, where, having taken his seat, and saluted cite Disitties, who then ail sat down, his Royal lli4iotess (without rising) addeesSed the Assembly its the tollo wing speech:— " Worthy assembled States of the Kingdom, '' The more important the period is which begins for our beloved country on this day, on which the now established relations and forms of the Assemble of the States take effect, the more ag: ecable it is to me to perform, as Governor-Gene ral of the hini;dom, in the room of the Prince Regent, my :togust brother, the duty of introducing . you, the . assemh!ed States of the King:loam, into the new sphere of action which now opens itself to your exertions. " The Royal Letters Patent of the 711 of this month har e aerrainted :.nu with time viec;ides which guided the Prinve Itel:rut in 1'10:14 the Constitution of the Gentrral Asierubly of the St:ttes. tle hod not in VIEW the introduction If a new Constitution founded merely on theoretical principles, -hut, on the contrary, proceeded upon the conviction that it was more consistent with the welfare of the 'Kingdom, to pre serve as fir puss:Me the existinginsflintions, which bad been already sftnetioned by experience, and,,,irto introduce such modifi;:ntions as the change of circumstances render necessary. • " The division into several ChamberS'is conformable to the tiernian Constitution, and particularly to that of our country : it is introduced into the General Assenshly of the States with the more reason, as the important affairs of the country are thereby subjected to a store careful and thorough examination. But, far from you be the.thought that the two Chambers are to he guided in their deliberations by a dif ferent object. No : however your views may , litier upon the subjects laid before you, you roust tut n all your thoughts to one grand Object—the general welfare of the - country. 7he Prince Regent depends on your patriotism and public spirit for keeping this object always in view, and for remembering that you all, without e xception, have to represent in this Assembly, not your own persons, your class, your province, hut the whole Kingdom, and all classes of the inhabitants. The rights given you are great, but great also are your duties. The word of the Prince Regent gUarantees the pre servation of the first fulfil the :latter with conscientious fidelity, and the satisfaction of having promoted to the best of your ability the general good of the country, the favour of the P. lime Regent, and the gratitude of your fellow-citizens, • will acco►apany yon from this House to your ow❑ houses. you will be rejoiced to hear that no Hanoserian has been denounced as partaking in the intrigues, the extensive ramj,- ficationS of which have induced the German Confederation to adopt general measures; unite your endeavours with those of•the Government to maintain this disposition, that under the blessings of undisturbed tranquillity and order, the wel fare of the public and individuals may daily increase. " By the laudable exertions of late provisional assemblies of the States.• many important affairs hare been pat in a train for further discussion. It will be for von, 'Gentlemen, to complete what they have began....AmOng all those crib jects, one Of the highest importance to the welfare of all the inhabitants of the country is, the establishment of a general system of taxation, adapted to the wants of the State, and the situation of the various parts of the kingdom. The necessary previous measures arc ordered, and the results will be laid before you in slue time, and partly, it is .hoped, in tour fist Session.—Meantitue the existing taxes must con tinue, that the wants of the State may not be unprovided „.... His Royal Highness proceeded to observe, that the Prince Regent, desiring to alleviate the public burdens as much as possible, had ordered very considerable reductions in the army, and extended them as far as his oldigation'to the Con federation and the maintenance of internal order allow. Some changes will he made in the military o rganization, which wil l be communicated to the States. Several subjects connected with the administration of justice will also be laid before the States in this and the following Sessions. ” Any proposals which you may yourselves make on the subjects submitted to you will be willingly received and at tended to by the Prince Regent: " The ordinance which contains the necessary rules for the order of your assemblies, as well as the. full - powers of the members, will be communicated to you by the Royal Com missioner acting in the place of the H e reditary. Marshal. In his hands you have to take the oath which the law prescribes. Bear it constantly in mind, and the blessings o f Heaven, with imploring, which we began our solemnity of this day, will crown your labours with a secure and happy result." His Royal Higba►ess then rose, and returned to the palace in the same state as he came to the Assembly. A great number of spectators attend ed the ceremony accot ding to invitation. Yester day ant! to-day his Royal flightless has invited the Deputies to dinner at his palace. STATE OP IRELAND. " A Dublin Evening Paper says, That the Ribboomen of the County of Clare have discontinued their illegal proceed ings.' NVe cannot suffer . such a►l ohservation to get publicity, without noticing its incorrectness. Ribbone►en have not made. their appearance in this County--they dare not--our Magistrates are too vkilant to suffer such gentry to get any toot ing,amongst ns ; even if we could complain of any supi►►eness in our Magistracy,we have too good all opinion. of the loyalty of our Peasantry, to dread, for one momen‘, that they would harbour or attend to incendiaties of any kind."—(Clore journal.) Relative to the cultivation of Dartmoor, we are enabled to communicate the following :—A Society is to be institnted for the permanent em ployment of the pauper poor, which will c.,m inence with 2000 children. His Royal Highness ihe Prince Regent has consented to become Pa tron of the Society; the Archbishop of Canter bury, President ; and 50 Vice-Pregidents, to he chosen from the Merchants of the city of London. The prisons ate in future to be calle.d the " Me tropolitan School of Industry."—(port”nouth Paper ) Jobs' o,,bnrne, of Union-street; bookseller, was liptchended yest,eday morning, charged~~ith publishing the 12t1, Number of the Warkllook, Hid will he brought up this day (nut sday, Jan, 6.)—(Chantsford Chronicle.) LAW IN ILLLIGLNCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 8. xON V. COLE'S. This was an issoe dit coed by the VICE-CHAN CP.LeoR, to try whether tssn hills of exchange, One for 1,1501,, the other for 6301., drawn by a person named Taylor, accepted by Galpin, in the name bf the firm of Coles and Galin!), and endorsed over to the plaintiff for goods, were formed in usury ; and secondly, whether they had not been accepted by Galvin without the kooa ledge or consetat of his partner, Coles ; and further, whether the plaintiff had laken the proper care and precaution to in form himself of these facts. The facts of this case, which has occupied the Vice-Chancellor's attention on several occasions, have already been fully detailed to the public, in the investigation of the commission of hankroptcy against Coles and Galpin, and the decision of the Court of King's Bench •to-day was highly int-. pnr ant, a 3 going to establish or• overturn the se cud( y of similar acceptances to a very large amount. The case now/ occupied upwards of six hours, and from the evidence it appeared that Mr. Coles, the defendant, had retired from business, to reside at Southamptoo, leaving Gilpin, who ha:l been in his ser vice, and young Coles, to carry on the hosioess of stationers in Fleet-street. liete Gal p:it and young Coles -became acqulinted with Kitties t'. of the first of Levy, Wolfe, and Kinnear, awl a plan was set on foot to raise tunuey npmi the accept ance of Coles and G,tpio, which Kinnt ,,, r was to get discnunftit. A' person named Taylor, was the di aa er ot hills to the amount of between 70,0001. am! 80,000/. G .-iccrpted them in the oatne ot ihe firm, and they were deliveted to Kin near, who was to get them discounted, and have 20,000/. fur his share in the t ran S , CA loik• - . I'he bills were drawn in sets for still fat' sums, nod of the same dates, to avoid the appear aace of too large ail i a tlox of bills into the mat ket. The two bills in question, part of one of the sets, were delivered to a per , fin mantes! Easton, an aeent of Kinnear's, who applied to the Plaintitl, and represented to film that a merchant of the name of Le Brun, who was about to pike a consigumtitst to Holland, was in Will Of some at the commodities in which the plaintiff dealt, and would pay for t 'mem - sell h . the 'acceptances of Coles and Galpin. The pl!intiff applied at Cites and Galpin's to know if the bills 'vete good ; saw and en his saying they were. IJ.e without y of Mr. Coles, or ever. seeing Mr. Le lit nn, who it appeared was an old elothesman, sometimes Going ay the ,tattle of Josephs, and lodging in a splendid aparmeot at the, east end of the, town, took the accentatices, and delivered the goods, which were then taken, away from the plaintiff's house in a cart, under the superintendence of Lewis Levy,Coureyed iiiKinnear's warehouse to Suffolk matte, and ft-ton thence traced to the Custom-hOuse Qty where they di‘sappeared. The bill tions having reached the ears ot hlr. C oles, :Southampton, he became 'alit - ford ; ft commission of bankruptcy against' Coles arm! 6 dpio %vas the result, to which co;mnission Galvin nevtir appear ed, having absconded , to Atnet ice. The plaintiff attended to prove as a creditor opon these bills, hot they were not allowed, on the plea of their having been concerted in usury bet weett Galpin and Kinnear, and the present action was brought to try that question. The Cruet: JUSTICE prOCt!el!ed to sum tip the case for the July. llavisig shortly stated the tiiit ore of the action, he observed, shaft wo questions wet e presented for their consideration. The first was, whether. Shese bills had been framed for the pOr poses of usnry; if so, in whiiiils6ever hands they Might be,, they beyame•vitiatcd, and their toriount could not be recoveted in point of law. The de fend.rws would, Con seqiiehtly be entitled to a verdict. Another question was this, that these bills, which had been accepted in the name of the partnership by Galpin, had .1. in fact, been accepted for any consideration, applying it self to the two partners. A further ground urged on the part of the deteudants was, that the circumstances attending this r ansact jou were soch, that Mr. D xun either knew, or ougitt to have ktostan, that these acceptances had been given by Galpin in the name of hien. self anti his partner; without his p tuner's know ledge, if this proposition was.established satis factorily, and that the circumstances were, in point of fact; such as to raise a doubt ill tile mind of a reasonable man, then also, on that ground, the defendants would be entitled' to a verdict.— His Lordship then stated to the Jury, ito a clear and perspicuous manner, the evidence as it applied to each question separately. He commenced with adverting to the question of usury, and read the evidence of Charles Coles. It had hem- truly remarked, he said, that the con duct of this young, man had been !post d,isgrace lid, and the Jury winild view his testimony with great Jealousy ; hat still, if they considered him toohled to belief, and that the circumstances which he detailed were founded in truth, then the charge of usury was complete. His Lordship next read the evidence hoth for the plaintiff arid defendanti, on the other point, as to whether these bills were the acceptances Of one partner without the consent of the other, and as to whe ther Mr. Dixon did not know, or onto not to have known that tact, and-then left the• Join; to form their own conclusions upon. the whole traos• act ion. The Jury, after a shorLdelibet•atioo, found a verdict for the defendants. Mr. Kinnvar,was in attendance to be examined. Ile was in the custody of an officer, having been brought from Coldhaih-fields. The . Solicitor- General declined first, on . the ground that he did not wish to raise ti3e qitestion as to the admissibility of his evidence and, cc condly, because be thought' his case was suffi ciently strong without him. ' • • .. Henry Welts, wl,O Was lately acquitted at the Oh! liaiky, on n charge of ,being concerned in the loonier of one of the crew of the. Fox Revenue titter, isiterwards went on board one of the ships about to ptoceed to the Cape of Good Elope, hut the Captain discovering that his eir,- tactrr was eXceptiollable, put him on 'shore at Deal, and on 'fhorsday last the wretched Mail nuog linnscit in au out-house at Dover. VON. 111,. INSOLVENCY MR. EMTOR—The object of the Lw must be, to render a Debtor's propetty beneficial to his Creditor as speedily and as effectodlly as - possible. The relief of the fair Debtor, anti the punishment of the fraudulent one, are to be attained by the same measures. So also are the satisfaction of the ..fair Creditor, and tGe defeat Of the fraudulent CIRC. So afso is the disappointment of the Creditor, who would he oppressive. For these objects, let the Bankrupt Laws, or others of the same eject but if less cost, be put within the reach of both Debtor and Creditor.— Thus, the Debtor will not be able to hold back property, nor the Creditor to incarcerate his person. Fraud eau no longer retain the one, nor si&!en confine the other. The honest Debtor will have his freedom, and the tnercihd Creditor will have money. Where the latter is not to be hid, witat is the use 44 withholding the former '? JITSTICE. H ATit ICA 1. EGIST 1 4 : It. Performed on Sat:l7.llm/ Night. THE:Arctic ROYAL. Day tY-LAN Mannering I Henry licriram, Mr. Witham ; Lucy Dern am, Miss Carew; Mc; Merrilics, Mrs. Egerton. Atte" which, Jack and the Bean Stalk. THE.% rat: CovENT-G.kanss —The Marriage of Figato: Figaro, Mr. I,i,ton; :,usattnati, Miss M. Tice. Alter winch, A Short Reim awl a Merry One; to which was added, Harlequin and Don Quixote. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received au admirable Article, entitled " Tris lloissiNos OF THE CONSTITUTION," which we hare the plea sure to find is the First of a Series, intended to counteract the open and insidious Designs of its Enemies, and to . render ((US Countrymen more sensible of the happines which they enjoy under the vay best Pojitical System that human wisdom ever devised, and, its fact, to - render us the happiest and freest People on Earth. We shall insert the First of the Series To-morrow. • PRICE OF ; STOCKS THIS DAY AT vvvr.tn: urcto,cK. 3 per Cent. Red........ 6,31 India Bonds 9s. 1 03. pr, 3 per Cent. Cons Bills, id... Is. par d,5. 4 per Cents. * per N y Cons. for Account 69.ti Bank Long - Ann. I M.ll L'. A ant vsu-1 Dubin, 1 Watrrforcl, 2 Gottcnhurgh, 1 Flandeys. IJuz-1 Dublin, Y Waxdorti, I Einnund, 1 Lisbon, 1 Fraticty 1 . HIGH WATEII AT LONIJON RitI.LIGE TQ•MORROW, morning, Jj iniortv.3 !if.. Evcuii:, 12 wrintes Attur 100 TUE SUN. saLkAl QUI6 DI CliiiE A U DEA r LONDON, MONIMY, J.4/NU.4IIY 10, 1820. No Paris Pt pers have arrived since Sisturday, Though Ale Country has now been „rendered , secure by the Laws recently passed, yet, as there are still many discontented Spirits, disappoint ed of their hope . of overturning the Govern- meta, we deem it 4troret' to - dr..+W itito further •- - notice Whatever may / c/i4 l the sures which have so happily- coot-6:410v' to the safety of the'Co n atitutio-n . in Church anti State. F or this I►nrpose, w e r e-pithlished, last week, tl►t: admirable Speech of Lord GaaNVILLE, took a general view of the state of lice Coun try, and the dangers whieli threatened it, 114 Weil %S. advanced the most solid reasoning in sill - 4)6a of the measures which those dangers not only ten dered necessary but essential for the preserva— tion of the 'Monarchy. This day, With the same view, We ptibli3ll the Speed) of Mr. PLusKET, ivtio briefly hut emphatically noticed the dangers which poriended the tiestrticliqn of the Govern- merit, and who principally Directed his attention to the Manchcsterbtisiness. 'flie arguments which this en li g h tene d politician offered in defence of the conduct of the Yeomanry Cavalry of that place. and of Ministers fur having procured the sanction of Royal approbation on the occasion ate so sound, and are founded upon such striking facts as most satisfy every liberal mind. Indeed ii is impossible for the most prejudiced Qpponents of Ministers, to ;cad Mr. PLUNMET'S Speech without a full con- viction Of the propriety of the approbation in q+►es. Mr. PLUNKET has in this exce llent s p „ c h prove], that he is above all Party feelings, and is, animated by the true spirit of Patriotism, anti felt; sense of the evils which assailed the Country. We reason, from the brief introduction. to this. Sperch, in the loyal Paper from which we derived it . , to suppose that, the able and !rained Speaker bitns , elf revised the copy. if the people are highly indebted to hint, as public spirit, 'awl not vanity, must have impelled hitt), on this lion. occAsion, to discharge what eu.►►ceive to he a ditty to his Country; and sincerely h we wish that Mi. CANNING, %din so ably Mlle forward on a, subject so interesting and important would fal low tfe laudable example. Friday evening the I)iike YoRK came to town (nun ;wending tie Kis“ tit Winctsor. SAtiii.chty his Royni 1 - I . l . glonesi tranSirted with the FRINGE 11EGEN'r at Catltoti•iwitsr. yss ter<ky his itnia! Highness Lit to,rii W o ijurt4 Abbey, utt ti Visit to the Duke sat 13bDf0.1141. I CO W B° Wdn Ge neral 1-6 1; Blire tu i B Purn, 451 %vat( th, ugh -t(lvery Vr ec i c - . S ti , sold IC N.F . tiald River. but t. tr oug Irane, POl 3„0 11 4thr Vest q„, kins litiri toll for Is