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PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. (Front " The Leeds btleiligencer," Jan. 41.) We think it gray truly be said, that party spirit has been the bane of this country; that it has been the cause of the greatest part of that discon tent, which at present exists ; that it has aggra vated tensfold, the pressure of distress, by em bittering the minds of the people against the go vernment, and by ascribing to Ministers, not only those evils, which may perhaps have been occa slotted by injudicious (we are certain not tentioued) measures, but also those, which human foresight could foresee, no human agency prevent. A determined resistance is made to every act of administration, " right or wrong," by the men who are willing to sacrifice honour, future fame, and the dearest interests of their country, to the desire for ;dace, or the paltry gratification of thwarting those, whose syvem is so opposite to tire one they recommend. No opportunity is omitted of ra;siug, from one end of the empire to the other, an Outcry against the goverfiment ; and the most dishonourable artifices are resorted to, for the purpose of bringing non contempt, the Sovereign and his advisers. This conduct is par sued by the ei-dirant "Friends of the People," burp in and out of Parliament. It has beep pur sto.ri by them for years back, and we cannot cal culate upon their adopting all other line of con duct, in years to come. That such camiluct is not aceot dant with that pwriotison, which ought to reign in every British bosom, is evident to all who ore impartial spec tators of the strife of parries within this kingdom. Th a t it i s or pa se d to every principle of sound policy, and calculated to excite discouteot and sedition, must be equally evident ; and we regret the infatuation, which leads so many noble and honourable characters, to rank therusalves in the list of patty, or rather of Faction, to the embae rasmeotof public business, and the injury of the public weal. We do not mean to say, that parties should not exist, that no opposition should be offered to the views of Ministers. No ; far from it. A Con stitutional opposi+ion is necessary for the preser vation of our freedom, and the security of our rights ; but then this opposition ought to be con fined within the bounds of reason and moderation. The general and regular reprobation of every act of the Ministers of the Crown, is not less degrad ing to the individuals who are guilty of it (Whilst it is attended with infinitely more detriment to the interests of the country), than is the blind confi dence, which makes the credulous populace the dupes of the veriest knaves that ever disgraced humanity. We " cannot conceive it a matter ot honour or dtry (but the direct contrary), in any Member of Parliament, to continue a systematic opposition, for the purpose of putting government under diffiet&ies, until tire Whigs (with all their present ideas), shall have the principal. direction of affairs placed in their hands ; and until the present body of administratiou (with their ideas and measures), is, of course, overturned and dis solved."—This is the ground on which we cen ..snre the modern Whigs ; this is the ground on which we reprobate that baleful party•spirit by which they arc characterised. It was justly observed by Lord Castlereagh, in his address to the freeholders of the county of Down, at the last general election, that " it was only by tiro honest conflict of opinions, that truth was elicited.. It would be impossible," said his Lordship, " for the most enlightened Cabinet, to govern a nation without tin boniest conflict of opinion." In this, every independent man must entirely coincide. Every measure of Ministers ought to receive due investigation, but not un qualified opposition, without any investigation ; they ought to be opposed if wrong, supported it right. For if there be a " Ministerial corruption, to which no man, be he of what party lie may, should disgracefully bow," there is also a " wild biasting licentiousness, against which it becomes everyman to protest," arid " a popular corruption, t o whi c h, if we bow, our disgrace will be our lightest punishment." The evils of faction are as devastating as the evils of corruption ; both should be avoided, and -that manly independence preserved, which would disdain alike to surrender up the right of private judgment to rite beck of a Minister ; or to tamper with popular prejudice and passion, for the attainment of any private ends ; or for the gratification of any motives illicit ambition. The proof that the conduct of the Whigs has been the cause of the disaffection that was lately openly manifested, and which, we fear, still se cretly exists, amongst a large portion of our po pulation, stares us in the face in every page of our history, for the last thirty years. Who ori ginated the cry of Reform which has been rung in our ears, till they were almost deafened with the din ? Who set the example of designating all who dared to dissent from their dogmas, as " the unprincipled enemies of freedom, the worthless and degenerate . hirelings of corruption ?" In short, where are we to look for the origin of the doctrines now broached by the Radical Reformers, but in the speeches and writings of the Whigs ?' And yet the latter now disown the former, for having followed up their principles, to the' legiti mate conclusion ; and are angry, when told that they are the " cause of the present discon tents." That the 'opposition of the ‘Vhigs is only a struggle for place, is evident, from the acts of the Administration of 1806. That " talented" Ministry, when in power, forgot the abuses, against which they had declaimed with so much energy, when out ; and never did any Ministry so little fulfil the professions they had unceasingly made. They were dismissed, by the united voice of Prince and people; and they have since been excluded " from the most exalted offices of Stme," not (as we have lately been informed by one of their apologists), ' 6 because they were clogged with conditions, that would have de prived them of the power of reforming abuses, to the extent which - they wished ;" but because they refused to accept of them, except on terms, in compatible with the dignity of the Sovereign, and the welfare of the people. Instead of a limited Alonarehy, they wanted an aristocracy, in which the Prince and the Peoule would have been equally the slaves of a few great families ; and they shewed their patriotism, end their regard for Eng land's glory and prosperity, by pertinaciously adhering to their demands ; though they pre tended to believe, and endeavoured to persuade the people, that nothing but their return to power could save ate Country from ruin and dishonour ! They hoped, that the Prince would have been driven to the necessity of acquiescing in their art ()glint pretensions ; they calculated upon placing him in the same trammels, in which the Fox and Norib coalition hail placed his Royal father.— But, happily for Britain, they grounded their hopes on a rotten foundation ; the Regent formed an Administration svithont their aid ; and dis missed ‘• his early friends," to mourn over that wayward policy, which had led to disgrace and exclusion from the confidence of both the So vereign and the People. Since it has been the effect of the Party-spirit of the Whigs, to excite discontent and disaffection ; since it has been the policy of o'tr political agi tators,--to depict the peseta situation, and the fu ture prospects of Englishmen in the most gloomy colours; to infuse into the minds of the lower classes, a hatred of our Government and Institu tions : and to set before them a false representa tion of the happiness and prosperity of other coun tries, the inhabitants of which are, in reality, in finitely more depressed than themselves; the task of every friend to his country, should now be, to root out this spirit, and to re-kindle in the breast of Britons, a love of " their own, their native land ;" an admiration of its 'establishments in Church and State, and a resolution to hold by them to the last ; and to oppose all who aim at their destruction. Instead of supporting a parti cular set of men because they assume an imposing natne, and come before the public under the pre tence of defending their rights, and opposing the encroachments of prerogative, let the people be' taught to estimate measures rightly—and to sup port such as are calculated for the general good, whether they emanate from Ministers or from the Opposition. Let them place a generous confi dence in the Government of their Country ; and not insult Ministers, by unfounded suspicions, and undeserved calumnies. The task of governing is no easy one, in the best of times ; and, as the judicious Hooker observes, those who go about to persuade a people they are not so well govern ed as they might be, will never want diligent and attentive hearers." Whilst there are so many, who are inclined thus to persuade the people— every good subject should strive to counteract their efforts. DUTCH MAIL. Mail arrived from Holland last night with Papers to Saturday last. The following are Ex- tracts : " BATAVIA, AUG. 22.—8 y accounts from Sa- marang, we learn that his Excellency the Gover nor-General and the_ Baroness Vander Capellan arrived there on the 29th July, and set out on the 15th of this month on a journey to the Courts of Sourakatta and Djocjocarla. " The crops hitherto have been very produc tive, and the corn still in the field promises very well. These favourable circumstances led the na tive population fully to appreci,,te the advantages which the measures of the Government procure them ; since the direct sale of most of the fruits of their industry, and the circulation of money thereby occasioned, afforded them indeed a de gree of prolierity which they probably never be tore enjoyed. " Alter conferences held at •Samarang, with Mr, Miltinghe, Commissioner for Paletnbang and Banca, Major-General de Kock,, and Admiral Wolterbeck, the measures have been arranged which are to be employed against the Sultan of Palembang, Machmmd Bedroedin. Admiral Wol terbeck has the command of the expedition des tined for that place. " BRUSSELS, JAN. 16.—We learn from the French frontiers, that much dissatisfaction is be ginning to be excited in the troops with the pre sent kVar Minister, by assuring them that he pro poses an entire re-organization, and to dismiss all the officers, who possess in the highest degree the confidence of the soldiers. It is, however, cer tain, that the Minister has hitherto dismissed no body from the army, but that be only has made a difficulty of effecting some changes in the great commands, which his predecessor intended. " General de Beauregard, lately acquitted at Ghent, has been conveyed over the frontiers of the kingdom. " AMSTERDAM, JAN. IB.—By an account from the Cape, of the 28th October, the Netherlands ship Prince William 1. which arrived on the 26th of June at Simon's Bay from Batavia, in bad con dition, and after being repaired, sailed on the sth October, put baCk on the 71 h so very leaky, that it was necessary to run her aground ; a great part of the cargo was damaged and sold by auction." BOXER9.—There was a report yesterday that Spring had sustained some injury in his shoulder through using the dumb-bells" that he has sus tained some injury is certain, but whether to that extent which will prevent his meeting Ro bert Burn in the ring on the Bth of February is not known. That fight is for 100 guineas, p. p. Fifty a side is already staked, and the other fifty is to be made good at Ben Rurn's next Tuesday evening. B. sting was 6 and 7 to 4on Spring. hut yesterday Burn was backed at even, play or pay.—Last night was appointed for making the stakes from thirty guiceas a side already deposited to fifty a side between Belasco and Sampson, the Birmingham youth, who fight on Tuesday next, if the money be made good. Betting 5 to 4on Sampson. SIELANCHOLY DEATH BY BuatinsG.—Nester- day an inquest was held at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Alice Wiagins. aged fifteen. It appeared that the deceased was lifting a kettle off the fire on Tuesday morning, the 18.11 instant, during ‘vhicit her apro n was attracted to the bars owing to the draft of the chimney, and she became enveloped in fl4nies, i n c onsequence of which she died on Thursday l as L—Verdict ac cordingly. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CLIANCERY, JAN. 45. BINGLEY FREE SCHOOL. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. LIARTLEY. The LORD CLUNCBLLOR delivered his judgment this morning, in this importarit cause, respecting the Bingley Free School. After going very mi nutely through the whole of the information, the answer, and the depositions, biS Lordships was de cidedly of opinion, that no ground of complaint was established against Dr. Hartley ; that the situations of Vicar and Schoolmaster were not inconsistent, and by the decree of the Commis sioners in 1623, and the original intention of the Founders, as far as he could collect it, this was to be a Grammar School (and not a school for teaching A, B, C,) with power for the Master to take boarders. His Lordship would deliver out his minutes in two or three days, and the only point on which he should direct any inquiry, would be as to the person in whom the legal estate of part of the charity estates is now vested, in consequence of there not having been a feoff ment made of that part since the year 1650. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 25. BLASPHEMY AND SEDITION. THE KING V. v‘ILLIAM FRANCIS. The defendant, who is a news-vender in the Borough, was called, and as he had been fur nished previously with a copy of the information filed against him, he was asked whether he wish ed the original record to be now read ? The defendan , —Certainly. Mr. DEALTRY now read the information. It charged the defendant with publishing a certain seditious and inflammatory libel, heine, in fact the Letter of Carlile on his return from Manchester, after the 16th of August last, to Lord Sidmouth. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty, and receiv ed notice that !his trial would take place at the next Assizes for , Surrey. THE KING V. JAMES SAINSBURY. This defendant and several others, who bad been informed yesterday that their pleas would be taken the first thing this morning, to informa tions filed against them for publishing other of Carlile's works, were now called. Some of them appeared, but as others did not, though called on their recognizances, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE ordered those who were present to remain until three . (o'clock, to give an opportunity for the absentees then to at tend, to avoid the estreating of their recogni zances.---Ordered accordingly. THOMPSON V. GORDON. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL obtained a Rule to show cause why the verdict in this case should not be set aside. The cause was tried a few days ago at Guildhall, and the plaintiff recovered 10001. for agency in procuring a customer for a Royal Spa nish license to trade to Vera Cruz under peculiar advantages. The objection urged both now and at the time of trial was, that the plaintiff had done nothing to entitle him to so large a remuneration, having only conducted Mr. Moravia, the pur chaser, from his (the plaintiff's) counting-house down to that of the defendant. The CHIRP JUSTICE had conceived, and still was of the same opinion, that the promise of 10001. which had been made to the plaintiff im plied a consideration for trouble which he was ex pected to take in completing the bargain, where as he had done nothing after the first interview with the purchaser. His Lordship therefore thought him entitled to no more than quantum meruit, and readily granted the rule. THE KING V. GOWER. Mr. SCARLRTT- moved the judgment of the Court to Francis Gower, late Lieutenant-Go vernor of Upper Canada, for publishing a libel against Doctor Robert Thorp, Chief Justice of the same province, impeaching the character and judicial conduct of the plaintiff. The CHIEF JUSTICE was proceeding to read the indictment, when— The SOLICITOR-GENERAL informed the Court, that be and Mr. SCARLETT had agreed not to trouble them with reading any more. His client, the defendant, had not in fact published the libel, but had only shown it to Mr. Firth, the Solicitor- General of the same province. Neither was the libel written,by the defendant, but by an officer of great merit in Canada, who had died subse quently._ The Counsel had agreed to refer the obnoxious pamphlet to the Master, who should be instructed to settle the damages. Mr. SCARLETT said, that if his Learned Friend meant his observations as a declaration on behalf of his Client disowning the libel and every one of its charges, and as proof that he (lid not wish for its circulation, he would withdraw his motion, and recommend the plaintiff to settle the business in a more lenient manner. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL assented to Mr. Scar lett's proposal, and the motion was for the pre sent withdrawn. RIOT. James Becket, Mary Becket, James Green, and three Defendants of the name of Essex, appeared to plead to an indictment, charging them with an assault upon Sarah Rake, on the llth of October, in the parish of St. Mary, Whi►echapel.--The defendants pleaded Not Guilty, and were told their trial would come on at the Sittings after the present term. MANCHESTER MEETING. THE RING V. .HENRY HUNT AND J. JOHNSON Mr. CHITTY applied t o t h e C our t, in the ab sense of one of the Judges, for a certiorari, to re move the indictment against the defendants, from the County Palatine of Lancaster, to this Court, at Westminster. The Learned Counsel stated, that he made the motion upon the affidavit of the Attorney for the defendants, who had found upon inquiry that the charge would reqnire investiga tion, not by a Lancashire Jury, but by a Jury in another county. He was not able to move to try the indictments by the Jury of another county, until he had those indictments before the Court ; his application therefore was for a writ of certiorari. Mr. Justice BAYLEY—Have you such materials as will stiow it ought to he tried in another county ? Mr. CHITTY, in answer, proceeded to read the of of Mr. Pearson,' the Attorney. The de fendants were charged with conspiring toget ill to excite disaffecti on by i n fl ammatory spee c he at a meeting of 50,000 persons, h e ld near 'Maf' chester on the 16:h of August. The depon g ; stated, that h av i ng ma d e enqu i ry, b e foun d fatal events which had occurred at Manchesteri l created great dis s e ns i on i n t h e cou fi ty of Lsoco ter, as well a s p re j u di ce aga i nst the said He s t Hunt a n d J o h n J o h nson, on account o f the 1' ; they took at the meeting. The deponent on; such circumstances had been requested by the, i r fendants to move the Court to permit the ind'' . ments to be tried in another county. Judge BAYLRY—You had better mention when cite Court is full. If you want an inter 6 gent Jury, you cannot get men more intelligei than the county of Lancaster can provide. 0 will find a l arge p ort i on o f t h em d o not come fr 9 Manchester, but Liverpool and other parts. . 6 , Mr. CHITTY then said he wo u ld ma k e his " plication when the Court was full. SEDITIOUS PUBLICATIONS, William Witt lin, James Sainsbury, William Pl i bins, sen. John Har r i s , J o h n D un ki n, and K o be r ; Shorter, were then ca ll e d to p l ea d to Information ' filed against them, for publishing and vending' sth of September, scandalous and seditious lib of and concerning his Royal Highness the Prig:, Regent, contain e d i n C ar lil e ' s l etter. Af ter Information against Wadi!' had been read, d e fenda4ts pleaded Not ,Guilty. IVatlin having applied for a copy of the O s formation, was told he might it. From the•LONDON GAZETTE of Jan. 25, 18: [This Gazette contains Loyal Addresses ft the Magistrates, Town Council, &c. of the of- Lochmabeu ; from the Inhabitants of t' Parish of Shiphatn, in the County of Somerset from the Mayor, Corporation, and Inhabitac ° of the Borough of Plymouth ; front the Mae: (rates, Town Cou nc il, an d pr i nc i pa l I nha bi to l' of the Town of Peterhead, in the County ° Aberdeen ; and from the Ministers and Elders ° the Presbytery- of Kirkcudbright,] BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. .T. Grant, Dingwall, Scotland, dealer, from Jan. as Feb. 22. It. Holroyd, Halifax, Yorkshire, jeweller, from Jan. In ) Feb. '29. BANKRUPTS. W. Briant, Kennington, wine and spirit merchant, di 5,8, and March 7, at eleven, at Guildhall. Solicitor, Clarke, Southampton Buildings, Holborn. h $ S. Cowell, Sutt on a t H one, K ent, miller, Jan. 49, re' and March 7, at twelve, at Guildhall. S o li c it ors , Mess y i Tilson and Co. Coleman -street. si ti ‘ A. Fulljames, Greenhith e , K ent, b a k er, Feb.B, 19, ir, March 7, at one, at Guildh a ll. S o li c i tor, Mr. Yatmau, At." d del-street, Strand. OP W. Roscoe, J. Clarke, and W. S. Roscoe, Liverpool, b a d ers, Feb. 15, 16, March 7, at o n e , a t t h e G eorge Inn, I."e - pool. Solicitors, Messrs. Stanistreet and Co. Liverpool.: d J. P. Clarke, Drayton, Warwickshire, dealer, Feb. 9 'o six, 3, and March 7, at eleven, at the Golden-Lion -Inn, StL, , ford-upon-Avon Solicitors, Mr. Sunburst, Stratford-Ur Avon ; and Messrs. Adlington and Gregory, London. , N. Grihbell and M. Helly e r, East Storehouse, Deron9ler builders, Feb. 7,9, and March 7, at eleven, at the C010 1 ;: o . cial Inn, Plymouth. Solicitors, Mr. W. Young, (Awl' e row, Mansion House, London; and Mr. T. Wingate, St ° honse. J. Wire, Colchester, grocer, Feb. 7,8, and March 11 s 4 i eleven, at th e Fl eece I nn, C o l c h ester. Solicitors, Mr. For,la Ely-place, Holborn; and Messrs. Daniell, Sewell, and fl niell, Colchester. J. Rutherford, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, woollen draper, O9 f 9, 15, and March 7, a t e l even, at the Turk's Head ""jj, Newcastle tipou-Tyne. S o li c i tors , M essrs. Bell and Brod y Bow Church-yard, Cheapside, London; and W. Stoker,* castle. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 14, J. Rimmer, Liverpool, brewer—Feb. I „'" f t Chapman, Margate, bak er —F e b . Is i M . A. Watson, barn, Hampshire, mercer—Feb. 26, D. Bishop, r a p/ Surrey-street, Blackfriars-road, upholsterer—Feb'. 19, 4 ,' * W. Collins, O x f or d , l i nen-drapers—Feb. 22, T. Ed"' , -‘ ,f, , Rumford, li nen -d raper —Feb. 17, J. Banyan!, Sticlai" e Lincolnshire, farm er —F e b. 17, J. Watt, Preston, , cashire, manufacturer—Feb. 23, S. Williams, Brighthe ston, carpenter—Feb. 19, B. Deacon, Red Lion-sqt?'o, eartbenwareman—Jan. 26 and 27, M., 8., and S. Blunoc Holbor n -b r id ge' drapers. CERTIFICATES—FE B . Is. B. Wright, Birniingham, victualler—T. Meadus, 3 .1 1 Globe -street, Mile-end, cabinet- ma k er — J. Cousins, Olio ton-street, Somers-town, cheesenionger—J. Brockliss, 711, ford, corn-dealer—W. Hardy, Manchester, drysalterli, Taylor, North Bierley, Yorkshire, shopkeeper—W._. o Greases, Philpot-lane, Hughes, Chelleollf, porter-dealer—T. Meredith, London-street, merchant-' Bean, White Horse-street, Piccadilly, horse-dealer. A Gentleman of considerable rank and conne lion in the country w as l ast wee k apprehende d" w Bishop, on a warrant issued in Yorkshire, obeli"; ing him with f org i ng a marriage register that county, near twenty years ago. He II conveyed to Bo:v.-street, and after remaining (7° night in custody, he was liberated on bail, to se pear at the next Assizes at York. AmstetdamCOUßSE OF EXCHANGE, J AN . 25. 11 19 C. Ditto, at Sight ll 14 Rotterdam l2 0 Antwerp l2 t Hanth argil 36 1 2i 15* Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight , Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto r Frankfort on the Main Wt." 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