The Sun. — London, England, 1825-06-04 00:00:00

i'iiE I,ONIOT.roUItNAI.S. DAILY . _ E.Fti acts fr•o;n the Morrang l'aJper•s, June 4, 1525. . • [N EW TINES.] lit the House of Lords, last night, the Earl of 12V - erpool gave notice, 'that on Tuesday next he should move the second reading of the Bill for improving the law of dealing with Factors or Agents. Petitions, signed by almost all the most eminent merchants in London, including many who are Members of Parliament, Bank Direc tors, &c. have been presented to both Houses on the subject. It was proved in 1823, that the laws of France Portugal, Spain, Sardinia, Italy, Austria, Holland,. the Hans Towns, Prussia, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia, all concurred in adopting the rule, that in moveable property " possession constitutes title," and that persons making advances of money upon such property are .not hound to inquire to whom it belongs, but are fully protected for the advances they make. A similar principle exists in the law of Scotland ; but in England, prior to 1823, the Courts of Justice held, that a person making a bona fide advance, in the regular course of business to an agent, upon the security of merchandise, in igno rance that such agent was not the owner of the pro perty, might be deprived of his security ; and that a bona fide purchaser from an agent not invested with the power of sale, would be liable to pay a second time the value of the merchandise. This English rule is to be found in no statute, nor in any decided case earlier than 1742, but between that time, and 1823, it had been established by a series of decisions ; and the argument generally Used in its defence was, that it gave increased security to the foreign merchant, in sending. goods to this country, by protecting him against the possible fraud of his agent. Now there seems to be no reason, in natural equity, why our laws should protect foreign merchants from the consequences of their own want of caution in the choice of agents, at the expense of our own dealers, whom no caution could save from loss.— S"either is there any reciprocity in such rule, as between us and the nations which afford no pro tection to our merchants. A refined argument, however, is suggested, namely, that the superior security which our rule gives to foreigners, in- duces them to send their goods hither for sale ; hut, in the first place, the. main and almost the only motive, for any merchant to select a parti cular market for his goods is the demand which he supposes that market to afford ; and secondly, in order to prove that he pays any regard to a collateral circumstance, it must at least he shown that he knows that circumstance to exist ; but it was distinctly proved in evidence, that of the foreign merchants trading to England, scarcely ' one ever suspected that time English law differed from his own, and the few who came to know l of time .difference disapproved of it. In 1823, the English . rule ' as we have called it, was so: far departed from, that by Statute George IV. cap. 83, it was enacted that persons in whose names goods appeared by a bill of ladiiig to be shipped, should be deemed own ers, so as to entitle the consignees to a lien there on for advances made upon them. A Committee of the House of Commons had recommended a Statute applying not only to bills of lading, but to any apparent .symbol of property ; but it was thought fit to confine time measure, in the first instance, within the narrower limit. Hence arises, in the present state of the law, a curious inconsistency : a merchant in London receiving, One parcel of goods by sea, from Leith, Bris tol, &c. and another parcel of the same goods, horn the same person by land, may acquire, by the mere difference in the mode of conveyance, totally different, and even opposite rights ! Such an absurdity as this cannot surely be suf fered long to disgrace our legislation. It, was, therefore, proposed, last year, and is now pro posed again, that the rule suggested by the Com mittee of 1823 should be adopted, in its full ex tent,. as law. If we were even to grant that the rule of 1742 was applicable to the state of trade at this period, when Factors or Agents were uni versally known as,a separate class of persons, and never traded on their own account, still we should say that the present extended commerce of the country produces such complicated trans actions, and mixes up agencies and ownerships so indiscriminately, that a different regulation is de manded by justice for the protection of the mer cantile interest. - [BRITISH PRESS., The capriciOus rising and falling of the Public Funds is a phenomenon to all who are aline (painted with the mysterious manceuvering of the motley Market. These, however, are operations with which we have noimmediateconcerthand upon which we are not at present disposed to comment. But we must say, and we feel assured, that it can not have eKaped the attention of the higher powers of Government, that for any opulent stock-jobber, Or family of stock-jobbers, to be staking deeply both in our own and in the foreign funds, and to •be employing all the enormous influence of their credit, and command of capital, to force those funds either up or down, as may best suit the nature and extent of their speculations, is a most per nicious system-i- and---11roductive of highly mis chievous results. .By the combined operations carried on under a family compact of this kind, a vast indirect political influence is obtained and exercised, over which Government has no con :troul, but which, both in its immediate . and re itOte consequence, materially affects the interests `of the State, and acts, more or less powerfully, upon commercialdiscounts, upon invested• capital of'eyery kind, and Upon all the leading transac tions of the mercantile world. This is no light smatter ; it is a source, at this moment, of great evil, and it threatens evils still greater. The despotism of capital, real and fictitious, becomes every day more palpable and more dangerous. — This subject is one of the greatest magnitude, hut" it is one we are well aware, with which the Land of power cannot directly interfere. The mischief will sooner or later work its own cure. [THE putudc LEDGER.] The Paris Papers, which arrived• last night, are almost wholly occupied 4ith the pro c eedings connected with the Coronation, but supsequent to that ceremony. On Tuesday last, according to immemorial usage, the King, followed by a numerous and splendid suite, visited the Hospi tal of St. Macrould. This establishment, which is situated in the neighbourhood of Rheims, is devoted to the treatment of scrophula, or King's evil. Here he touched all the patients, addressed to them some consolatory expressions, and per haps effected a cure upon some of them. After having left to the pious sisters of the Hospital some solid marks of his piety and munificence, the King, followed by the same train, proceeded to the ancient abbey of St. Rainy, where he per formed his devotional exercises, and afterwards reviewed the troops of the camp of St. Leonard. Upon this occasion, Marshal Victor, Duke of Bel luno, quondam Imperialist, now Ultra Royalist, commanded ; and as he is not upon the very best terms with the present Ministry, his selection for this honour is not easily accounted for. If it was the act of the King,. it would be honourable to his judgment and feeling, for Victor may be truly said to have created the present French army. On Wednesday the King was to leave Rheims for Paris ; and on his arrival in the latter city a succession of splendid pageants and enter tainments was to take place. For a man of 67 or 68 years, the King sustains his part pretty well, or rather excellently, in so harrassing a ceremony. He has fulfilled, almost to the letter, one part of Mr. Burke's remarks, where he says that a King of France should be always on horse back ; and nothing has operated so much in his favour with the Parisian canaille, and with some of the more respectable classes too, as this cir cumstance. E7PIORNING BERALD.] In the debate the other night on the subject of releasing Richard Carlile and others from prison, the Attorney-General said that the prosecutions in question had had this benefit—that " Palmer's Principles of Nature" had been put out of print or circulation altogether. Now the Attor ney-General said that which is not true, because the book is easy to be procured. Had that pub lication, however, never been prosecuted, it would for the most part have been a dead weight on Carlile's or any publisher's hands. In the first place, the price was ss. or is., and therefore the poorer and the middling class did not purchase it. Secondly, the wording of it was so far fetched, and so unintelligible to people possessed of merely common under standings, that like many of the productions of Mr. Jeremy Bentham of late years, people might have read it, but would have been incapable of comprending it. When Palmer's book was prosecuted, we sent for it ; we had never heard of it, and we asked our acquaintance if they had heard of such a book ; most said they had not, some said they had, and had looked at it, but could not tell what it meant. Of course, our curio,ity being excited, we turned over a few leaves. We thought how wrong the Attorney- General was to have advised the prosecution of such a book,one thathad comparatively never been heard of—a book that can hardly he said to have had an existence. But the cant of that particular period is fast subsiding. It would not have lived then, had it not been for Mr. Murray and others interested in goading on the Association for the prosecution of Blasphemers. But Mr. Brougham justly observed, while the Association were pro secuting a man for publishing that book, they had, deposited in their book-cases, books written by Hume, Voltaire, and others of an infinitely more dangerous nature, so far as Chrianity was concerned, and such books they called classical. THE TEuEs.] The Bill for the alteration, and not, as some have supposed, for the abolition of the Quaran tine Laws, was read a third time, and passed, last night. We have alread stated, that all which was unnecessarily vexatious in the system ought to be got rid off ; and this alone is the ob ject of the present bill. As to the necessity of caution in a matter so important as a nation's health, we have more than once expressed a strong opinion, and most happy are we to see our view of the question entertained by such men as Mr. Canning and Mr. Huskisson. Their autho rity, backed, too, by the judgment of the ;ate eminent Dr. 13ai11ie, will go far to extinguish the crude theories of two or three rash and hasty sciolists,even though supported by the credulous dulness of those who mistake pretensions far sa gacity, and oddity for genius. The management and conduct of Private Com -mittees came before the House of Commons, and was briefly discussed - , on Thursday night, on the occasion of Mr. W.. 11. Whitbread presenting a petition against the proceedings of one such committee on the Oil Gas Company. • It - it rather singular that all men of hon Our should reprobate the practices of these job-committees, and yet that each should continue by his- pre sence to support the existing mischief. From suclr an imputation, however,- two Honourable Members rescued themselves,. by declaring that till the system of private committees was alter ed, they would never sit • upon another. Mr. Calcraft proposed, and we think with reason, that provisions similar to those of the celebrat ed GrenVille Act on elections, should be ap plied- to the choice of private committees. It was stated, that Members but too frequently came down to the House to vote on questions which they had 'lever heard discussed. We should wish to see a more decent practice intro duced into Committees first, and then that re formation might ascend from the less to the greater body ;. not that the impurity of the greater body should be pleaded in palliation of the less.- - [MORNING POST.] • In the House of Commons, last night,. Mr. ,Brougham having discovered that his Bill for establishing a London University, came within :th6 description of Private Bills, and ought to 'have been introduced as such, moved that the Order of the Day for its second reading be dis charged, and expressed his intention of. present .ing a.Petition on Monday,• for leave to bring in another Bill in conformity with the.rules of the House. He then stated that the main object was to provide education for that very large class who, from a variety of reasons, were unable or unwilling to send thtsirsons to Oxford or Cambridge. The expence of these Universities could not be less than 2001. a year. He was stating it lower than the average really was, and the evil was one of rapid growth. The regulations of the New In stitution, in respect to its expence, would be that the attendance upon three classes, includ ing every branch of education, should be nine guineas, or three guineas for each class, and one guinea for the general support of the Institution ; making in the whole ten guineas annually, instead of one hundred and eighty or two hundred gui neas, the lowest rate at which a person could educate his son at one of the existing Universities. A short conversation afterwards arose on the 3d reading of the Quarantine Bill, in the course of which Mr. Secretary Canning reprobated the ab surdity and evil of the speculations on such topics as the Plague, as these speculations in England had induced Foreign States to make their Quarantine Laws more severe against us. If these Gentlemen wished to make experiments, it should be on their own persons and not on the interests of a whole nation. The Bill, it now appears, proceeds on the principle " that the present quarantine system is to be main tained as strictly as ever." A Bill for re storing to the Mauritius all the advantages which that island enjoyed during its connection with France, by placing it on the same footing as the British West India colonies, was read a se cond time last night, after some opposition, and a division, in which it was supported by a ma jority of 37 to 14. The Bill to allow the Uni tarians to celebrate their own Marriages was de bated in the House of Lords last night; on the question of the second reading, and rejected by a majority of four ; the numbers being—for the Bill 52, against it 56. [MORNING CHRONICLE.? That men of the rank and station in society of Members of Parliament, should have such very loose notions regarding justice, as to vote in Committees on private Bills without hearing the evidence, would hardly be believed by foreign ers, who are almost incessantly stunned with eulo gies oli ( "the high and honourable feelings of English Gentlemen. Yet, of the twenty-eight Members who divided in the Committee on the Oil Gas Bill, there were many who never hear a word of the evidence, and who were ut terly unacquainted with the merits of the ques tion on which they yet. presumed to vote. Several of those who voted were, no doubt, parties inte rested; but we are not now speaking of them ; we are speaking of those to whom no direct interest can be traced for.the part they acted. They pass as honourable men in the world, and if invited to a dinner, they would not imitate the conduct of some of the Sicillian Nobles at our mess dinners when our army occupied their native country—they would not carry off the fragments in their pockets, an act of meanness, which being new to the one party, was of course Viewed with due abhor rence. If it were not, however, customary for honourable men of rank in this country to consent to perpetrate an act of gross injustice merely to oblige a friend, we think that the perpetrators themselves would 'admit that it i 4 not easy to do a more wicked thing. But cus tom is every thing. 14,-t us see what it is •that the Member who contents to vote on such a case does. lie deprives one party of property with out a cause—that is, he literally itts that party. If a person were to say to anoihkr, oblige me by going into the street, and take the 'hat from that man's head and bring it to me—the . person so addressed would stare at the person making such a request to him. But in what would this act differ from groundlessly- voting away property from one party to another ? Only in this, that • the one act can be done with impunity, and the other cannot. The Italian in the neighbourhood of a sanctuary, had as little scruple with regard to lending his arm to a friend, as certain Members have in lending their votes. It was the custom of the. coun try. When Buonaparte made it a point of conscience to execute summary justice on every assassin, the Italian conscience received a new light. In this country petty transfers of property are punished, —wholesale transfers escape un punished. The Highlander, charged with steal ing a cow, indignantly exclaimed that he had not stolen one cow, but twelve cows. If the magni tude of an evil form a justification of it, the voters in question in Committees have such a justification with a vengeance. COURSE OF FACHANGLi June 3. AmSlet tia in ~.. Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam - .... 12 3 Antwerp l2 3 Hamburg!' Ahooa .. Paris,3 Day's sight ' 2s 20 0 Us. .... ._ . Diito 23 45 -2 ' ConrdeatiK, ditto . 25 45 0i 4 Berlin 7 0 Frank fort on I lie Ntain . .... 151 Ex. Money Petershnrgli . 9} Vienna • Trieste 9 54 Madrid .. sq Effective Cadiz Bilboa 36 Effective Barcelona ieville, 6ibrait Al Leghorn Getioa 'sl-Venice, Ital. Liv. 27 Malta Palermo Lisbon .. sli • Oporto Rio Janeiro ..„ 47 'pp; Bahia 5O main!! .... 9-i. Cork 9} pet Cent. BULLION. Portocal Gold, i n rein I.n 0 Co pry ()2 Foreign G o ld, iu B:trs 3 17 9 •••• s 17 6 New Doubloons • • • New Donal a 0 5 G Silver Standard in Bars, TAME EAGLE.—ft is a curious fact that, for these nine years past, an eagle has domesticated itself in the premises of 111 r. George Boyd, timber-merchant in Renfrew. This noble bird is quite tame, and seems to live in good fellow ship with the legitimate occupants of the barn-yard. It lately constructed a nest on the•top of the water-barrel at the back of Boyd's house, and on Sunday se'nnight its new habitation was found to contain an egg.—( Edinburgh Paper.) PITT CLUBS. • LEEDS. (From the Leeds Intclligencer of June 2.) ANNIVERSARY DINNER IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BIRTH-DAY OF THE RIGILT HON. WM. PITT. The Anniversary of the Birth-day of this Illustrious States. man was celebrated by the Members of the Leeds Pitt Club, at the Music Hall, in this town, on Saturday last. CHARLES BROWN, Esq. Mayor, in the Chair; Dr. Hunter, vice Chairman. A little after fire o'clock, about 120 Members sat down to a sumptuous dinner, consisting, in addition, to the more substantial requisites of the table, of every delicacy the season could afford ; among which was a profusion of turtle, green peas, &c. provided by Mr. Turnbull, of the White Horse Hotel, on whom the arrangements reflect great credit. The wines were also of the finest quality, and were highly approved. The Chair was surmounted with a canopy of laurel, at the back of which was introduced a beautiful transparent painting of a crown and laurel wreath. Opposite the Chair, and in an ele vated part of the saloon, was placed a striking bust of Mr. Pitt. The Chairman was supported by the Vicar on the right, and by Mr. Alderman Hall on his left. On the cloth being drawn, Non Nobis Domine was sung, and the Mayor proposed The King—which was drank with the usual honours. God save the King—was performed in full chorus, and in excellent style. The Duke of York. [This toast was received with most enthusiastic applause, and was drank with nine times three.] Glee—Hale Star of Brunswick. The Duke of Clarence, and the other branches of the Royal Family—Three times three. Band—Glee—When Order in this Land commenced. The MAYOR begged leave to offer a few remarks previous to giving the next toast. He regretted that the Chair was not, on that occasion, better occupied. However much he might feel the compliment of being placed in that situation, and lie thanked the company for the honour they had thus conferred upon him, he was sensible of his inability to do justice to an office of such importance and distinction. Impressed with this feeling, he had accepted the chair reluctantly, at the pressing invitation of a number of his friends, and if his services could at all aid the cause they were met to promote, he should be highly gratified. The principles and conduct of Mr. Pitt, which he had always approved, had been so often discussed in that very place, and were so generally understood and admired, that even if he had possessed the ability and inclination, it would only be a trespass on their time and patience to enter into a de tailed discussion on the subject. They had witnessed the effect of the operation of his principles, which had proved that Mr. Pitt and his brethren in the Ministry were right.--(Applause.) —What had been the consequence of them ? Why, every man could " sit under his own vine and fig tree, none daring to make him afraid," and prosperity increasing in all directions.— (Applause.)—What they had now to do was to make a proper use of it; and he would strongly recommend them to be firm to the established principles Of Mr. Pitt, and to the Constitu tion in Church and State.—[Here a burst of applause conti nued for some time, intimating the hearty concurrence of the meeting with the worthy Chairman's recommendation.]]—The advantages of the present system were obvious ; but if they had followed the advice of Mr. Fox and the Opposition Pasty, and had they daitardly succumbed to Buonaparte, as recommended by them, where would now have been the glorious institutions of our country ? He would leave it for them to make their own conclusions. He proposed The immortal memory of the late Right Hon. William Pitt; which , was drank in silenc'i, standing. Glee—Pittrs illustrious name. Our glorious Constitution in Church and State—three times three. Band—Glee—The King and the Church. The Army and Navy of the United Kingdom—three times three. Song—Rule Britannia, by a Member, the company joining in full chorus. The House of Brunswick—three times three. Duet—Hark forward, by Mr. Bellamy and Mr. Bywater. The Mayon said, although good and loyal men might differ in opinion as to the late agitated question, yet he could not sup pose for a moment, that there could be in that company two opinions as to the toast which he should have the pleasure of giving them. It must be either Protestant or Catholic, and he gave them— The Protestant Ascendancy. [Reiterated bursts of applause followed the announcement of this toast. As soon as this had subsided, it was drank with nine times nine.] Glee—The Rose of the Valley. Mr. Alderman HALL observed, that his Majesty's Ministers were successfully pursuing the line of Mr: Pitt's commercial policy, and were zealously upholding the honour of the coun try abroad and at home. ror the information of the younger members of the Club, of whom he was happy to see a great accession, he wished to state what were Mr. Pitt's views of the subject in which the whole nation had recently felt so great an interest, and on which he was represented to be totally at va riance with those professing his principles. Mr. Pitt's views of the Catholic Question were these : - -he thought that the Roman Catholics might be admitted to a participation in the few benefits from which they were yet excluded, but, for this end, he couhl not consent to a naked proposition, to repeal any of those provisions • which the wisdoin of our ancestors had . : deemed necessary for the preservation of our Constitution, in Church and State. The systeM which he meant to propose, would go to relinquish securities which he thought,, in' some respects, ineffectual to proMe the securities which would give more safety to the Church and State, as well as more satisfaction to all descriptions of his la jesty's subjects. And the last expression of his opinion on this subject in May, 1805, a short period before his death,. seas, 4 that to render the concession of the Roman CathOlics effective, he deemed a general concurrence of theCOMMUnity hiclisPens ably requisite. Ile meant it as a measure of peace and conci liation, which it could never be, unless it could gratify the wishes of one party without awakening the fears or exciting the jealousy of the other. Mr. Hall observed further, that unfor tunately we were not in possession of Mr. Pitt's plan ; but it appeared to him that, if his Majesty's Ministers would suffer themselves to-be regulated by his view of the question, they would not greatly err. He confidently hoped that, under the influence of Pitt's principles, the blessings we enjoy would be confirmed to us and our posterity. He proposed : His Majesty's Ministers, and may, the principles of Mr. Pitt always animate their councils-3 times 3. Song—The Bowl—By Mr. Walton. The Duke of Wellington, and the Pitt Clubs of the United Kingdom-9 times 3. Band—See the conquering Hero comes. The land we live in, and may those who don't like it leave it. Band—Over the Water to Charley. Song—Sweet Home—By Mr.-Settle. The VICAR felt pleasure in proposing the health of a Gentle man, who had always possessed and manifested a spirit of true and genuine patriotism. He gave Our worthy Chairman-9 times 9 . . The MAYOR lON amidst repeated tokens of approbation. His worthy and much respected friend the Vicar, had spoken of him in high terms, and he thanked them for the very flattering manner in which the toast had been received.. He knew not how to express his gratitude for the honour they had done him, and for the kind manner in which they had passed over his'im perfections as a chairman. Band—Glee—Foresters blow the cheerful horn, with additions from the music in Der Freischutz, which was encored. Our Noble President the Earl of Harewood, Song—.-By Mr. Betlamy. The Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrock. Glee.—The Witches. _ OUr County Member, Mr. Wortley...4 times 3. Catch.—Ali ! how Sophia. . Dr. HUNTER said", lie felt great pleasure in proposing a toast that would- be highly agreeable to that company ; nor was that feeling confined within those walls, but they were equally re spected by every individual in the town, and acknowledged wherever the members of the Corporation were known. He was proud to live under such a Corporation. - The Doctor then shortly, but in a clear and forcible manner, pointed out the la borious nature of their public duties, and illustrated their ex ertions for the benefit of the town, by alluding to the spirited course they had pursued with respect to the Middle Row, and showed their efficiency, by the effect produced upon that mas sive pile, when they brought their great guns to bear upon it. He next touched upon the great commercial facility likely to result from their exertions, in the erection of the intended Ex change, and also that of the New Bridge. He concluded with observing, that if faithfulness in the discharge of their official duties., integrity as merchants, and honour as gentlemen, with devotion to their King and country,—that, too, proved in the most perilous times, by the support of those measures which led to the present prosperous state of the country—were deserv ing of gratitude and applause, the company only do justice to the toast, by drinking the Mayor and Corporation in a full bumper, with three times three. The Mayor and Corporation—nine times three. The MaToit returned thanks on behalf of himself and the Corporation, and expressed his conviction of the firmness of their attachment to the King and Constitution. Song--" Death of Nelson," by Mr. Bywater. The Vicar of Leeds. (Before this time, the Vicar had retired from the room for the evening.) Glee--," The winds whistle cold." In introducing the next toast, the. Chairman commented on the unlimited liberality of the individual to the town and parish of Leeds, to whom their warmest acknowledgments were due. He could not egress what he felt when lie considered that gen tleman's unbounded munificence to the town of Leeds, and par: ticularly to the poor, and which would be handed down from generation to generation. Colonel NVilson—nine times three. Captain RICIIARDSON returned thanks on behalf of the Colonel. Clee—" Mynheer Van Dunck." The MAYOR prefaced the following toast, - by stating, that the worthy gentleman to whom he referred had - been a member of that Club ever since it was established, and stitch had been the uniform consistency of his character-as a subject, a soldier, and a gentleman, that he was still warmly esteemed by that company. He was yet considered one among them; and though he was absent, he knew his heart and soul Was with them. Colonel Lloyd—nine times three. Band.—Song—" Auld Lang Syne," by Mr. Bellamy, in full chorus. The CHAIRMAN remarked on proposing the following toast, that Sir John Beckett had always interested himself in - white_ ever was likely to promote the welfare of the town and borough of Leeds, nor was he ever backward in doing all in his power for their good, with his advice and his purse. Sir John Beckett.-9 times 3. Christopher Beckett, Esq., returned thanks. Song—My friend and pitcher.—By Mr. Walton. On naming Mr. Naylor, of Wakefield, the CHAIRMAN passed an eulogium on his character, and designated him as a. downright Pitt►te and an honest man. Mr. Jer. Naylor, and the Wakefield Pittites.-9 times 3. Mr. Nictums, of Wakefield, exceedingly regretted the absence of Mr. Naylor; he knew, however, that it was of ne cessity. On behalf of himself and the Wakefield Pittites, he returned his most grateful acknowledgments for the honour they had done them, and he felt great pleasure in drinking all their healths. Song.—By a Member. Plenty in the land, and loyalty in the people. Song.—By Mr. Bellamy. Mr. M. T. SADLEIt begged leave to propose a toast, and one he conceived in strict accordance with the principles which they were that day met to celebrate. It had been said that these meetings were degenerated into occasions of mere festi vity; and if so, the change was more than justified in the al tered position of public affairs. They met on former occasions under very different circumstances, when the country had to contend in arms, and singly, for those principles which were now triumphant. But now we not only sat each of us under our own vine and fig tree, none daring to make us afraid, as the worthy Chairman had said, but the country reposed as it were under a canopy of laurels, as he did on this occa sion, and had only to recount the triumphs which had distin guished the exertions that had been made in behalf of the liberty and independence of the empire. The great man whose birth they were met to celebrate, it is true, was a re former, but one of a very different cast to those who now assumed that name and character. Both he and his Noble Father were ever anxious to support and perpetuate the advantages of the British Constitution, to the utmost practi cable limits; and in contbrmity with their principles, we could now advert to a practicable reform that was to take place in the representative system of this country. The Borough of Gram pound was to be disfranchised, and two additional Members added to the Representation of Yorkshire. It was strictly in conformity with the patriotism and feelings of this meeting to advert to this circumstance, as well as to point ou t to an indivi dual who would, if he could be induced to come forward on the occasion, do honour to this great county : a gentleman whose. loyalty, patriotism, and practical talents were well known, and whose firm adherence to the Constitution of this country need not now be announced—and, in addition to all these recom mendations, whose munificence, one example of which.. the town of Leeds had lately experienced, was, it might be said., almost unexampled. After having thus described the indivi dual, Mr. Sadler continued, it would be almoSt unnecessary to name him—he must he present in all their thoughts—and, con tinued he, without the least knowledge of his own personal in tentions, or the opinion of his family or friends on the occasion, I venture to propose to you— Richard Fountayme Wilson, Esq., and may he become one of the Members for the County.-9 times 3. [This toast was drank with the universal enthusiasm it was calculated to excite.] C. lIECKETT, lisq., returned thanks, and observed, that Mr. Wilson entertained the highest respect for the town of Leeds, and had always great pleasure in promoting its welfare and prosperity. Upon the subject of the representation of the county, where Mr. Wilson's name had been alluded to in so flattering a manner, he had no doubt that he would faithfully discharge the duties of a representative, and would be happy in supporting those principles which that Meeting valued so highly ; but that, at present, it appeared doubtful whether he would come forwards as a candidate for that honourable situa tion. The Commander of `the District, Major-General Sir Jahr? Bg. Duet—Deserted by the waning Illoon.—By Messrs. Bellamy • and Bywater. The Committee and. Stewards, and thanks to them for their, • services—Three times three. • J. W. ELM, Esq. one of the Stewards, and also a member of the Committee, returned thankS for the flattering manner in' which they had noticed their services. if they hadgivensatis. factitin, (he . would '•speak for' hithself a nd hi s friends), they should feel themselves highly gratified. ~ Loid' Grantham and the YorkshiHussars—Three time three. Band—Glee—Life's a bumper. - The Landed and Commercial Interests of this Country, and may they ever be united. Son,7-,-By a Member. Sir H. C. Ibbetson, and the absent Menibers of this Club. Song—By Mr. Walton. Colonel Hardy and the Leeds Volunteers—Nine times nine. C. Beckett, Esq. returned thanks. Sotig—By a Member. Dr. Hunter, the Vice Chairman, proposed—.. Mr. William Brown and the New Members. The Mayor returned thanks on behalf of his son. Song—By Mr. Bywater. Prosperity and perpetuity to all Pitt Clubs. God save the King was again sung by a Member, the whole company joining in the chorus. The meeting was conducted with spirit, and the greatest pos Bible good humour and social friendship pervaded the whole .; indeed, every one seemed to vie with his neighbour, in expres sions of satisfaction and joy, at the return of the. auspicious day- The meeting.separated at a quarter past eleven o'clock. Great 'praise is due to the Committee of Management, who have taken much pains in arranging the business of the meet ing, and who are, no doubt, amply rewarded by the manner in which the whole went off The musical department was quite efficient, and was con. , ducted with equal credit to the managers and the performers. Besides the gentlemen whose names we have already mention ed, who promoted the harmony of the meeting, we may notice Mr. Settle, who presided - at the piano-forte, and Messrs. Chap. , pel, Clapham, Mallinson, and Williamson. HALIFAX. On Monday . last, the Members of this Club, held their annual anniversary dinner at the New Rooms . Colonel Ramsden pre sided, and Thomas Greenwood, Esq. was Vice-president, the utmost conviliality prevailed. Mr. Carr, of the White Swan, who provided the dinner, gained to himself much credit by his exertions, and gave satisfaction both as to th e excellence of the dinner andi as to his arrangements for the comfort of the party. HUDDERRSFIEI,D. The Anniversary of the Huddersfield Pitt Club was brated on Friday by a public dinner, at which Captain Atkin- son presided. The utmost harmony prevailed till a lite hour in the evening, when the company separated in good. humour. We are glad to learn that the Clubis flourishing. NI R. BRO IV NLO W. TA NnEttAGEE, MAY 30.—Between seven awl eight o'clock on Saturday evening last, a crowd of people collcet" .. ed a few perches out of the lower end of the town of Tanderagee , and were n few minutes afterwards joined by a number of per sons from the town, one or two of whom carried an effigy, about five feet six inches high : its dress was a black coat, white trolfr sers, boots, and a castor hat. There was a printed label on front of the hat, " Behold the Traitor !" there was another on the back, on which was printed. " Browlow 1" In one of the . hands across the breast was held a paper, on which was written' " The Catbolic'Bill." The other hand was behind the back , holding a parcel of papers. After the effigy was, exhibited t° the people, it was raised on a rosin vessel, on the top of pole, about eight feet from the ground, and, as there was !. considerable quantity of f ue l on the s p o t, to w hi c h t h e fire applied; all was in a blaze in an instant. There w as a vas" number of- !topple at the place, of every religious denominatio n ' There ivak much loud and hearty cheering ; and, after plaYii " Gbd save, the King," a nd some o th er t unes , th e y a ll dispers .without a single instance of disturbance of any kind.--(Nc wil Telegraph.) Private letters from Siberia state, that CaPt' KOTZEBUE, who sailed in June last on a voyage of discover?: round the world, had discovered three new ialands in the Soat i Sea. —00! Printed and Pubit bed for' the PROPRIF,TORS 4 at die OFFICE, No. 112, Strand, by J. B..CAIISTAIRS.