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FQ.R THFA,SUS• HOLY ORD,ER.S.—rNo. VIII.), PREPEST,IN.ATION.—CHAP. VII. Itis said, that; whatererinay be the commonlense and ap= prebensiort.of. mankind the doctrine orabsOlute election arid rcprobation,,i's most - pdsitively • declared in one llth Article, itiAluch rlirect• terms us it -is impossible to "evade, founded ;Ton -the 'general 'spirit of ~ Coriptiii.e, and more partictriarly, upon tliecelehrated passage iii•tliisth chapter of the Epistle to tht, Rornans,which to their minds expresses this doctrine in the plaineSt and most uneptivot-alng-i)age;- - That it is not supported by the general spirit of the Scrip tures, or by the common sense of niankind, I have before at tempted to prove by sliewing that the doctrine even of a par tial redemption is nowhere to be found in'either,.much less can.fhere be, aiscOveredin the plurnornena of the Creation, Or. of the revealed will; any "the most distant traces of abso lute reprobation; the very idea of .Which is as repugitant to the benevolent spirit of the Seri.ptures, as it roust everbe to common sense and reason. So-repugnant indeed is it to both, that if there could be found any articles, of Whatever thUrcli, in terms not to be inis'undeistood,,that alone would he sufficient to throw di'scredi't upon its foundation`, which professes to be upon Scripture, only "to Stand b) Stir 6 profession, ,and set Pro claims a doctrine, so entirely opposed to its purest and best principles. For after all it is not to the Articles of .any Church only, which are not of Divine Authority—hut lo the Bible, and to the Bible alone, that we must malie, our final appeal, as that is the only rock impregnable upon which the true , Church most be built. believfug in our Articles, hecanse I believe them to he the doctrines of the Billie, I will endeavour to defend the 17th lirticle in qtte'stion, from the uojitst . charge which tlse foilowers of 6alvin,who himself calls . it a!'horrilile decree," notw•ithstandinghis Zeal to"maintain it, do scruple to impute.. . . • . Now there is nothing said lu aor part of this Article abort the dOctrine' of - ReProbtion,ft is not Predestinethin to deatb(which St. Austin himself declares to be impious, to ascribe to a God of mercy, who can predestine nothing but good)—hut to life:—" It is proclaimed the everlasting pur pose of God, deci - eed by his counsel, secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation, thcoe whom he has chosen in Christ out of mankind." i. e. That part of the world which was called by-,his Son to the knowledge of the truth— which calling was kept secret in God's counsel, except by faint and imperfect gleams, that shone at intervals in the Prophets and other holy men—bnt . remained a mys tery, like the great lights of the world shining in dark ness ; it was clearly revealed, that not only the Jews but the Gentiles were to be called,--. not merely a peculiar Sect within the narrow boundary-of their favoured circle—but all people, of whatever natioh, that would listen to his voice and come, When they were called—then and then only are the " chosen of Christ out of mankind," who, in whatever clime, - will obei his general summons to all; ano perfurtn the works of Righteousness in his name. 'Chess are they who are described in thegequel a 4 " endued . with so excellent .a benefit of God, and called according to his purpose by his Spirit working' in clue season'," and pro ducing in consequence.all_ those qualities enumerated; such as walking' religiously in good works, which is one of the criteria (Q. 3.) to distinguish the Predestined to eternal life' Without these qualities we rnAy,tie aniong the called, and even the chosen out of mantsiiid' in Christ in a; genetal sewe, of admission into hit Religion ; but we are not called effec- tually accordiug'to his purpose, to the knoaqedge - of the truth, a• it is .iti Him- 7 " That we might be holy and unhlatneable brfore -him in 'love." - We may; therefore, have been called and even, cht,:cn in a general setise,. but vet if we make not " our calling and election sure," by the practice 'of good works, we may lose all the privilege of Election, and fall at the lr.st.. But 'if there were issued fromthe 'Almighty a Decree in fallible that we mnst . be sated,Jt would he impossible for us . to fall, 'and consequently' th'exii . ortation to make'our Elec tion sure, Would be aniockerff . , 4ar future pr!iti9"Y , .. • No, tQ ensure outEltittion,..wetutist trot" trust to any pre- , dctermintitions of PrOvidetie:ein . inae'pendent of our own conduct, but must folls*w the,:ituptilse of the spii in this article, and through grate : cifteythe calling, and walk religionslY good- works. It: is . a contradiction (Q This appears manifest from what has keen said upon this article, and will appear still More rnalcift;iifCOmpared with the particular passage iri•Scripture to which it most proba bly refers.—the sth Chap. of the Epistle to Romans—for there it is Moot clearly astierted i that the Decree of God is founded upon his foreknowledge, anal northis on the former. We know, says the Aposife;:fbat all things work together for good to them that love God--not' to thtem whom Cud has loved, AS the advocates for 'alisolUte election would contend, and therefor 4 niake leis law antecedent to Oaf:• obedience' but to them . that love God and are out that account called ac'• cording to his purpose, he did foreknow; lie also did predestinate—whot a int4knoW tq fore him, or to be called;ahortlin.rtri biiiuithic;:te did predestinat to be conformed-iv the tiOri=- 2 6i.:t0 he: like onto: hits in glory.; 'and those` Ithin he has justi- Sed from all theirla9t.s - ins; it:it:Wert' 'he bins alio glorified by the effusloh'Of" ilit!`'pledge arid' earnest of his lore to all that itiiehituand peesdrat hkinsase in correspond , - • ing purity. t I , ' This was.i6 PtirPT 4 e, .cc.ording to .:hich we are called ; •41 , 1 is not ascribed tOGml's .o)solutrdycret•,n.or that we are justified grgiorited h!tt theri.hil,choicest facture all degaend upot!yOtt . ,:la i ecornplishuiel4 of Lip purpose by the assistarye of, his .grace.. through faikh.,.,ty ,satii love-of biro, and onfofrnityto•liil . .ipage., ! •-, • And t hTri ivy/gre (Q t. 6, a ; to.tb e foreknow-. • ledgo of Gpd A 'nnto obedience.. .our. Election, therefore; .is built upon Goit'Vforeknowledgel- who , could foresee, from the,' grit, that we should:.notonly-he in lumber of the:Elect, is the more general- 1465 e, of.bein&czilltd by hie name, but that we should'be Elect unto "obedience; or walk morthi'of oar vocation v itid: of .that name 'by which We are.calted, •for : : that is the greai puipOse WitereuhteeWe'are•Eleet.• . " Election;lileed;F as bur Ad3rersary•sa)i, Secret to'its. and Holiness visible only in good mini," • -But to God n4illiei 4 Holinist , "tioi-:E4 ' eetinn: can be feerit,' and the only tftieititki:is 7 inhieh'is :most cotrsiStedt with leis itt-'1 tributes, to el iet. Ei iti:a" 'Arai e of Probation, like the present, before any possible'regarti'btht utter abuie of'hi VfaleetV, t;i• 4 . 4?, talents the cri;erloci'lif r I Thoth the drstirlfil i rid catidt ct of tlA . ltre'eilliallyithO l t4 Rya, but if W 4 bia ' aliti 64146 ' ff(ilii I .„ . ;„ c• • I? NI light of _nature ota ; ly, see should at once decide.that In the sight ofil'lnOral GOVernor our destiny would be fixed by our conduct, and not'our conduct by destiny. • Withrespect I to the " Utility and Design" which - , our versary dwells upon, there call no . comparisoni our con struction of • EyeArticle , 3ndhis., This godly consideration of predestination, and our elec tion in Christ, as it is full of sweet, pheasant, and unspeaka ble comfort, to the godly, &c., so for the curious and carnal to have continually before their eyes the sentence of God's pre , destination is a most dangerous downfal, whereby the . devil doth thrust -them sillier into desperation or wretcht•duess-of Most unclean living, no less perilous than tlesperttion. Now most undoubtedly to the d godly it is a comfort sweet and pleasant, hecatise it tends to 'establish their faith of eternal salvation, and fervently to kindle their loVe towards God, because they ate tonsciutis• of that obedience unto which they are elect, and their religious walking in good work3—not beeanse • they rely iipou their work s or that obe dience,' as if it were ali•their own ; for what have we, that we have out received ? but because they are eonscions, with the converts in the ffrst age to whoM the Apos t le off e r s the consoling sentiment-in the midst of all their trials and perse entioni; that the Spirit helpeth one thAt though' in Onrselvei weak, in we may bd strong,. that notwithstanding all 11o,:se alipau : en-t evils which float upon the surface of a spiiittial life,_ and may w ent d derogatelsom hii Providence , yet that all things .w, , nok t. tog(;thri fur good to thetit that love Him. •• _ Surely .this is a real comfort as sufficient to kindle thi love otbod tif l ose..whio are.conscioui.of _this _his aniinating tssistatice, as it they i t ao the evidence our adversary maintains of their election, atn.l4s,,suraiice th!tt that election is solely .of Grae, At the same time that it is not liable to thou dangerous consequences which so ,fitiirally follow from, this imaginary assurance " injurious to the individual -as to society at large, by exciting tiisgrOuntied hupei . in the cuiladifiit . hyp ociite, and driving modest virtue to despair. Whieli ex . pression of the Bishop' its his :9th question, is only a translation into modern language of this part of the Article: - To hare continually before their eyes the sentence of God's Predestination, in Calvin's .sense, unto death, naturally tends ro drive the most virtuous to desperatimi—as they gine themselves already under sentence, and all that they have done, or are able to do, will not revoke the decree once gone out against them, and front the same gloomy imagina tion, the very hypocrite may only be encouraged in his hypo crisy, flattering himself, that now the sentence is once past, he may still persevere in the same course, since, if he were to retrace his steps, it would be absolutely impossible for hint to besaVed, and therefore be may plunge into . ," ; wretchedness, of most unclean living, no less perilous thanAesperation" in this life, and infinitely more perilous iu the next, from the intaccouritablC persuasion that he cannot be saved, with all his zeal in his own cause, and, that therefore, "he cannot be guilty, because he is not justified, and heis nut justified only because he is nut called, and is not called because he is not predestinated." This argument, .which one of the newest writers iti .the early period of the Church, urges against Predestination in our adversary', sense, has never yet been answered, and for the best of all reasons, that it is cleanly unanswerable. - A. M. MIDDLESEX MEETING. • Yesterday, pursuant to requisition, a meeting of the- Electors 9(.411e County of Middlesex took place at the Mermaid, Hackney, .Mr. ' Sheriff W,tyrum As in the Chair. The two Members for the Cotlitty, Mr.Tyn , and Mr. Whitbread, were present.. At one o'clock, ,Mr. WAITHMAN took the Chair. He apologized for the abSence of his colleague, I'4r.Williams, by stating that he was to go up that (124 witl 4 a loyal and dutiful. Address from the COurt of Aldermen to His .Majesty. He expressed regret,for the disappointment some per Sons had exprienCed last week, Who attended there from an expectation that the Meeting was to have taken place on i Friday. He did every thing in his - Power to preveni the inconvenience, ,by sending. a paragraph round to the Morning Papers. The Requisition was # then read. It stated that the object of the Meeting li'as to.ad dress his ( Majesty, prayingthit he -would .dismiss the present Ministers, and also to vole an:Ad-, dress of 'Congratulation to the Queen, on the abandonment of the Bill of Pains and P'enalties. Mr. P. Mooric observed, That he was one of those who had been instrumental in calling the Meeting to address the King to change that system which had been so ruinous to , the people. He was glad to see their worthy Magistrate in the Chair, for he was one who had done much to enlighten the public mind, he bad been greatly instrumental in making the sentiments of the City of London almost wholly in favour. of the People. He (Mr. Moore) had recently had an opportunity of speaking to them largely respecting Green Bags. ThOse filthy bags had been blown into air; not a vestige' remained; but, he repeated, all had beets done, by the voice of the people. The Country saw what had been done by attacking the Green Bags ;—bat what might hare been the result had , the'Cato street Conspiracy, which was ‘• a Green Bag outof doors," or the Manchester Green Batt, been exposed ? These, and the thousand other Green Bags , the stinking Green pays, were of a like character—but•they had now been -pretty weld exposed. He lamented, however, that no reference:was made in the Requisition to the present system carried on, which produced 'gambling" the 'Funds. The Uoilolidated Fend had hen broken ,trpon—t he Country had 'been "deceived out of 3.so•riiilljont4And while l i ttat system, lasted, there was tin hope of redeni'pfroli.;' . condutred with moving - a Ileio- Ititionfor air Adill:es3 , iti. the King to •disthiss his Ministers; who had sought to bring into . contempt the cl*nity of the. Crown. • , • Mr. 11t 1.1. s rose to propose an amendment toi f he Address, ' but -AVRS . calted: Co tiw; ChaVrinan, 'ivtit;l'erathted'hin, that'the hUnot •yet. been read.: The onty question may was, whether, nut ant AddreSs shoilld• be pretiente,d. .•. Tlteßesoletiriti'brong put froth the Chair, ;, "Mt. (whi) was received With if•he understoosl 2 lfie Resolution, thy object of•id.;was to"cen-. sure the presentMinisters-,and to address his MttjetY, for the purpose of substituting other.) better qiiali6ed fo fill their . 'Places. However they might differ inetpinioll=frontltlinisfers eprpert)Hie trusted they would never. be ke• (Need to a situation))) which they would have only an humble. iniii'Viduallike himself to defend'lliel't cause.---"(The'noise:be; came violent far. some minute;, and Mr. Milian)* could riot be t iri , r it.),.—H e trusted the meeting, infairness, would hear what, hr had,to say. He never murmured against any Gentlenian 'who might differ in opinion stiiti'him. SUppose the Ministers I dismissed, who .were to• fill their placesi—(V.proar.)—An allusion had been made to the Green Bag system. In lts opinion it would not have been possible to bring the questimi of hei Majesty's guilt or introcenee before Parliament in any -other way. Erroneous notions,: prevailed:sioonc the with respect to 'Ores n Bags. The noise became so great that tbiS . Gerttleinan was obliged to desist, amidst:loud tries-oknock" him itowif, WNW big i,ut of,the winduly, • . . . The Resolution was then put and agreed to. Mr. P. Moi , tte thett'iatai for'syaid Zo propose - tite - Addrrit! It went into 1 ong, detail of the.distressesot t eon ry.,; lernti ' cUnclu4ed by poying'that;,,iiik,Maiesty would he pleased for ' 1 A1.11.• tigTH r A; ilAlrlt sp44ch',•eearlded the rtrotioti . .l : What hg vintlernx,n sajd.iwitsfoT the Iliktnitpart Mt. Mat.a proposed anothgc..Adiltiss t as pr n.,94entitupiA, initth longer, t ind "nater in l'enguage"thill ADIS' • of Mr. Moore. The ptincitral tif - .differtilCe however was, that Mr. Mills reqffired as an indispensible condition from any Ministers who might go into office, that they should pledge .themselves. to bring about a Reformi in •the present .cysteut of Administration. Major CARTWItIGHT seconded the amendment, in as much as it supplied it great deficiency in the otiglnal Address. A Reform in Parliament : was the only thing that could restore the country to liberty and happiness. 'Tie removal of one set of Ministers and the appointment of another was not suffi cient. After all that had been said about Ministers, the truth 4as, they were only the slaves and tools of the Borough Fac tion. The Boroughmongers were in fact the tyrants who held real power. Ministers were but• mere chaff, the tools,. the wretched slaves of that Faction. . Sir GERA RD NoEi. preferred the Address of Mr. Mills to that of Mr. Peter Moore. It was conceived id language much more nervous and effective, and it was altogether, in- his mind, - wore applicable to the subject immediately under considera tion. lie was quite convinced that it Would meet with the perfect cotturretice of the meeting. • • Mr. RYNG shouldnot have risen at that period had it not been for the concluding 'sentence of the Gentleman's address. He certainly hop'ed that the proposed Address of Mr. Mills would not. meet with their ennui; rence. Retbought •it right to state, that sneh was his opinion ; and he should be deficient in . the dot y•which he owed to them did he not fearlessly express that opinion.. lie should give. them his reasons for that opinion. , The Address stated, that the pre sent Representatives in Parliament were illegally elected , . which was calling upon them not to look on • the House of Commons as the legal Representatiyes of the People. In the next place"; he had been taught from his boyish years that it, wris. a wise practice adiipted by their an cestors at the -Revointion, never -to enter •into any per sonal altercation with the Sovereign. to hold the ,maxim that the Kitrir could 'tin no wrong—(Hisses)—hut that Ministers were responsible for every. act of - -political miscon duct. The address of Mr. Moore was quite consistent with that principle. Ile openly attacked Ministers, and that system which they had pursued for the last thirty•years, and in that there was nothing personally disrespectful to the Sovereign. During the whole course of his (Mr. Byng's) political life he had endeavoured, as far as his exertions could tend to that object, to obtain a Reform of the Commons. Muse of Parlia ment ;—(Applauses)----but while the House of Cownions re mained constituted as they wile, they must be looked on as the legal Representatives of the people—(Hisses, and cries of No !).---and be should never consent, as their Iteloi-cseii !alive, to tarry .an Address to the Throne personally Offen sive to the SoVereign. Those were the sentiments which he -entertained, and he should never recede from the avowal of them.—iHisses.)—He never obtained or expected a favour from the Sovereign, nor .was he a frequenter - of his - Court ; but be felt that respect was due to the King,. and that respect was not incompatible with duty to the people. ;rhose were his fixed opinions with respect to unposed Address of Mr. Mills, and also his dozy as their Representative; and he thought it right and manly at this period of the meeting to make them known. If by the declination of his sentiments he should incur their displeaSure, he had still a higher tri bunal to obey, his own conviction, and this he must obey, though he • might thereby forfeit their esteem, which he prized above all other earthly considerations. • • Mr. Iluste attended the meeting without meaning to offer his sentiments on the subject for Which they had been con- s;ened; but front what had fallen from the Hon. lientitinatt who just addressed them, he thot4;lit it necessary to Make a few observations. With respect to which of the two Addresses they should choose, lie conceived that a selection was not ter , ditificult. He had paid the most anxious attentio:t to lioti the Addresses, in order that he might discover what was ott Jectionahle, and what good in eachof I hem, in order't that they might reject the one, nod adopt the other, and he cuuld assure the worthy Mover of the first Address, that he want the whole length of that Address; hut he thought that under the presot circumstances of the Country, it did not go .ha i lf far enough. Tire - Hon. Gentlenmn 'then proceeded to suggest a few alteratious -in the Address proposed "by Mr. Mills, and coneludedby recommending; it to the support of the meeting. Mr. BYNO rose, and was received with considerable disap probation. He said, that tie did not rise for the purpose of stating their opinion but his own, and ,he should never be prevailed upon to present an Address which contained no- thing more nor less titan 'treason. - The Hon. Gentleman who spoke last hail proposed several emeneations in that Address, and he hoped, that - if the meeting, apptiii-ed 'of 'the Address itself, he, would at all events require ii . f4ir copy of it, since it was quite impossible to tell what it meant in. its present ,improved slate of confusion. Mr. Mt LLs thought, that the amendments proposed by-Mr. Hume would have satisfied the host fastidious mind ; for he hesitated not to assert, ttrat there was not Only not treason able language in th e Address, but that ii did not contain ime single word which conid reflect dist espect nimn his Majesty ; and be thought it unbecoming any .man, however high. might be his station, to utter in that place what was circumstan tially untrue. The Cum am.sN rose to order. He could never remain in that Chair for one minute when such language was applied to any -Gent lermtn. Mr. Mt Lis apologised for the irregularity into which be had been so unconsciously-hetrayed ; but be believed there was nothing disrespectful in the Address. Mr. MoottE was willing' that the great question'of PAr!ia mentary Reform should be incorporated with tlat Address which he had the honour of proposing. • Mr. 13vNo moved, that 'a Committee might be appointed fOrthwith to prepare from the two Addresses one whiCh ,hauld he• proposed to the Meeting: He conceived the question of Parliamentary Reform ought fOr the present to be abandoned, since it was a question upon whicb the public opinion was touch divided; and in the • treatMent of *he •Qtreen there was but one opinion, and that was, that •Minliters deserved universal reprobaticin for their conduct on the treatment of the_ Queen. Mr. Wurrottgau—ln consequence of the difference ofopi nion which had so unexpectedly occurred, he rose to pi Lipase a course cf proceeding which, in his opinion, would meet with ..• , • their concurrence. He did not think the Address of Mr. Moo e went far enough—qtheersj—liut if Address of Mr. Mills was proposed, as he read it, he should certainly nut have given it his support. It contained many things highly offensive to the King ; and though he did not go the length of the P.i• 114 of London, who said, that upon a moral question,' the King could do no wrong ; yet he held it to lie a wise and sate maxim that in political questions Ministers alone were to lre,held re sponsible. With respect to Reform in Parliament, it was included in the dismissal of Ministers. He should,not pass further on the time of the meeting, lest their proceed ings should resemble the Minister?, Which generally took plate in the dark. Mr. Whitbread concluded by moving that a Committee consisting of Mr. Byng, Mr. Hume, Mr. alder• man Wood, himself, Mr. Mills, Mr. Pearson, and,Sir t4erard Noel, he forthwith appointed, With instructions.to prepare an • Address: . , , . Tiw queition was then put, and 'the proposed. gentlemen appointed on the Committee. Sir GERARD NOEL moved, in the absence of these gentle men, an address of Congratulation to her .Majesty, on. trey fortunate escape from the , .ate foul conspiracy against her . . purity and honour, and concluded by rcadhig a letter frolti a gentleman of Brussels, which stated, that Baron oaWeda previously to his appointment to the Milan Commission, was in a state of pauperism, and shortly atter his appointment be came rich, and died worth fifty thousand ppunds. Woowt was called on by the meeting. fie said, that be should merely detatutheva during-the absence of the Com mittee, and compared the meeting to,a flock of sheep, and .himself to their' shepherd piping on the mountains. Ile %Vas lom3ly applandLd. - Mr. PEAttsog proposed a Resolution, which he %vilely oh served, ought to follow thesAddress itself. It .easo-thautlie; Address should he entrusted to the Dukts of Bedford and Leinster, and the Earls Grey and. Grosvenor, 'to ts'ir•by them presented to his Majesty. '•" The Committee returned,Jand the offspring .of theie labours was read with great.popnlar effect by Mr. Milk, and carried ututimously. • '* • • By an amendment to the motion of Mr. Pearson, Lord Erskine was included in the' list of those who Weir appointed to present the Address to his Majeity, Votes of thanks were past - ,rd to Aldertnau, Wood; Mr. Bytig, Mr, Whitbread, the Chairman., Mr. flume, Sir . cierao goal, and also to Mr. Pearson, for his late exertions in bringing to light the conspiracy of Franklin. The several t-lentlemen re turned thanks, and the MeetinV,separated peaceably. '• Wednesday evening lot, there was ia 'Meeting Of , the Inhabitants Of St: Ann's, Limehonse,.. held for addressing the QUEEN,-111 the-Boys?-National School of that Parish. The Senior •ChnichWar den - took the appointed 'Chair, when '.gr. Rxcw .ittns ON took occasion. toprotest against he - a buSe of the National Rooth; aid - soon .afer left. Several Resolutions were 'subsequently carried, Thanks were voted to . Lady" Ann- liainiltan", in tizinSjcieration of her at(achmene to the. QUeen. 'uir this, and another vote of thanks to . - Air. FRO ) the Meeting . diSpetsed, r • • IQIT Y of LONDON !TAVRIIN,Dec. WO' . At a, „GENERA:I4 • ANNUAL MEETING of SHIP' OWNERS ordaEAT BarnuN; held. bete this • day, G: fbt flyable. to— rry ft ,E ifie'rtisiment, re c eive' the' REPORT' of tu comm,s4a to .ELECt E HT NI EM 11 ER§ , th g room sar 00dumber who are to go out by rotation: . JOi-IN W. IdUCKLE, Esq., Chairman; , a • The: Mita Report was read arid: approved, with one a ir sentient. voice, „::. - . Upon the motion of Mr. ThOinas.trquhart, ' esolVed unairimously,lhaf it be rec i otum ended to the an y mi4ee:of Society to consider of a Petition to the - 0 6 "; House of .Commons, praying their Hon. House - to appo.i o •• Committee ttritti l 'eitigate all our Maritime Laws and Instittr. *tits ac'regard Seamen, and heilr evidence thereon, with I . view to foun a Code.of Nlaricte - -Law for our Merchant Sersucei anti to arrange-a. System. that. will tend to ,roan our Navy al' 4 Merchant 4 .4ervite . etfectnally, during the time of Peace V!'. War, with regular bred - British Seamen, and without th e at ;' ! of Foreigners, . . That, after — sucli a Petition - sball.liare been drawn up f°' the purposes ties - cribed; a Public Meeting be requested of tbe u . Merehants,•Ship 7 owners,.. and Mastee-mariners of this - Poit to exiiress their sense and consent to. the same, to prolV te the object intended. Resolved- Unanimously, That the thanks'of this Meeting-11j; given to the Committee, for their continued attention,O ti j their valuable services. . Resolved unanimously, 'that the future annual meetingi. this Society be - beld on'the 211 Thursday in DeceMber. - The Chairman reported, That the following eight gert'`i men had -beeti elected Memberi - dithe Committee, to that number who had one out by rotation. Henry . Blatisftafd, Esq. ' Thomas Gillespy, Esq.. ._ William Curling, F.sq. Ge - orge Lvall, John Dawson, Esq. CliritoPler Nockels, Esq.. Jultn.Graham,; Esq. IV i I Parker, Esc, J. W. BUCKLE, Chairmart . . , _ Int the warmest thaolii,,f t. irinan, for his zealtuts ant: P' . refit of the . Shipping Intere.! .S. COCK, tie" Res'jived Undrii - ipouily , , 'fig. Meeting , be• given- , to the (Thai severing eSertiiini ft 4 the ben , the Kingdom. • - - PRICE OF RIIIS bAY - 1' 3 per Cent. Red... 3 pe r . Cent . Cons. 3 pt:r Copt.. • 7:a. per Ct. Navy .....shut HIGH WATER kt LON'T)( MorninK, 13 minutes after STOCKS ;"ELVE ()."°"". India stock lii lis lionA ()alumni • :Colts. ha Opening )".\* BRIDGE TO-MORROW . Ev6iiiitz,.3s.imillitrs att:, THE SUN. SOLE3I QUIS DIC.ERII . F.I - LSUN AUDEAT , LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1820. We received this morning - the Paris Pai)ers Qf Tuesday and Wednesday last.—The followi4 are ex " PARiS, DEC. 6..—The.Kinglesterda); transacted husinc:s with the Dahe de Richelieu and the Minister of the Interior. . . "In one of our late Numbers we were enabled to etc! 4 1 the good spirit which prevails in the Departments of South of France; the letters whiLlt we receive front the De partments of the NOrth state, that the same harmony pre vails in these Countries, and particula'rly,its. the Department of Pas de Calais, where crime; hare touch ,ditniuished. -- This happy disposition of mind 'is to be atttihntcd• to the birth of a so'n of the blood Royal, which has fulfilled ti:c hopes of the nation, and to the c 4 ltuirte of the new Deputies.- - (Journal de Paris.) " There is a talk of the conclusion of a Treaty of Cum' merce and Navigation between gugland and the ottomart Porte.—Politicians "think that this Treaty i 3 rtnreiy a. vri;, to curer a inure inthnate and nrore extended union. What' ever it may he, it appiars ihat.the intelbgenee of it, ceeeirit by the Emperor of Russia, will hasten his return , to his Stare , " The capital punishment of Grittier and Boutin, ha-s Wren (the Duchess de Berri having interceded fur their lives) com muted for perpetual compulsory labour. . . " The Mitijsters assembled ott Monday' erening ht the re sidence of the Duke de Richelieu. • FIVE PER CENTS. londay Turiday 77 f, 80 c. DEFERRED STOCK llonday Tuesday. Of the 2,24 Sept. 1920.. .93 1. 507.-e.„.., 91 f. " Txarttvctc, Nov. 25.—Severat letters - urn' Italy maii - e: mention Of the near appritaching asemblage of the Pienipo•• tentiaries of the Courts of Sardinia,Rome, Tuscany, Modena ? . aril Parimv, - at Florence. It is also said, - that an Austrian. Plenipotintiary will assist at these cOuferences, the result of which may be very important for the affairs of Italy. • " VIENNA, Nov, 23.—Field-Marshal de Bellegarde return ed yesterday from Troppan. It is said,that be is to proceed to Naples with the ultimatum of the. Allied. Powers. • " MADnin, Nov. 27.—There has been another tumult at Valencia, which lasted for three days; the people as before demanded the head of Elio, and the punishment of the Arch- • bishop. .They have been 'promised that Eliu shall he 'trit;il, without delay, and it is said' the Archbishirp_ bar eruhathed, intending to proceed to Rome. , . • • " The 25th instant, the King's valet, Basangouri,:ait: arrested. " VIENNA, Nov. isotaidi that the Emperors of Rug .• sia and Austria,a - nd'all the Ministco compriking the Congres* at 'fro * piJaU,'NVill be here in ten or twelve days. The negoci7 ations are enveloped in the tuost profound secrecy, uiore - even. than on former oc'casion4. " It is said; however ; that the•'Ultimatunt,of the Allies is expressed•in very pacific tern s, hat Unit they*'gland guaran tees for th.e.nraltaenauce of tranrini.l4itrin-1ta547 , .---- - -' • - "'NAPLES, Nov. IB.—The Giornale, (;nstiN:iovale says, there is reason to dOubt the paeifre intentions of the Sove reigns assetnbled•at T : scgrp,ta, nntess the•Neapolitati Authori ties interrupt the geueralt ranykiliity.7 • SA. INT MAII i GA 11 ET T he Election for the Lectgyohip Parish closed yesterd4y altornoop, whin the numbers- un tho Poll were For The Rev'. I ,, aac Saunders , •• •• AO* The ' • • 449 The Rev. . ' 3l - The Rey. —:----Denhain l6 The Rev. 4. , Thus have the Modern - gvirigelisti 'obtained'ano4 ther victory : their triuniph,•'-however, will, we' hope, he. short-;--and - 'that' the • ll:ector will no' doubt exercise his right, end 'prevent' a, recur . rence of those scenes within his - Church which' have disgraced so many others in and near the • Metropolis. ;We shall in a fer days return to this subject,.it being too important at the present - for us to suffer it to pass without observation. " His Royal Highness the Duke of York arrived at his hou s e ja the Stable-yard, St-James's - Yap'' lace, from Sudbourne, at,six.Vciock on Wednes day evening, .His Royal Highness was attended" by Coiono UPTON ? -0'