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\\ • , r Z 0 1 44 $ N. t, A N ] , , LLO 4A PAIGE SEtrtNl'tNCg. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1821 FOR THE SUN Ntrivnimt 9150.1 ELECTIONfor COMMON COUNCILMEN ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, Dec. 10, 1821. NOTICE is 'hereby given, that a Session of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, for the Trial of Offences committed on the High Seas, within the Jurisdic tion of the "Idmiralty of England, will be held at Justice Mall, in the Old Bailey, London, on Monday, the 21st day of January next, at Eight eCiock in the Morning ; instead of Friday, the 11th, as before advertised. J. If'. CROKER. BANK of ENGLAND, December 40, 1821. THE COURT of DIRECTORS, desirous of facilitating the Circulation of a METALLIC CUR- ItENCY throughout - the Country, do hereby give Notice, That they will rent ft any quantity of the GOLD COIN of the ItEAL:V4 . un and after the Ist of January, 1822, to any of the Printiptt.l:Ahros in England and Wales, free of ex pence, in Sums not less than kBOOO, on application being Made to the Chief Cashier, prior to thel.l it February next,. and the Amount previously paid into the Bank of England. • R. BEST, NEW ARGYLL ROOMS. G RAND MASQUERADE.--:--The MA NAGERS of the MASQUERADE advertised to he Oren at these Rooms on THURSDAY, the 27th 01 DECKM 13Elt, having been authoritatively restricted from giving that Entertainment at Half-a-Guinea the Ticket, beg leave to in form the Nobility, Gentry, awl the Public, that the Price of Admission is altered to ONE GUINEA, including Sapper and Refreshments. lltlvA E TUITION. . AMARRIED CLERGYMAN, accustomed for many Years to the TUITION of a FEW PRIVATE i'UPILS, would be glad to till up a Vacancy with the Son of a "cutleman, whose Health or Education may require more than usual attention. Terms 175 Guineas per annum. Distance from Londun ten miles. Letters to be addressed to Rev. B. L. Mr, Reynold's, Book seller, 137, Oxford-street, London. LONDoN, Dec. 14, 1821. To the AGRICULTURAL, COLONIAL, EAST INDIA SHIPPING, anti NIONIED -INTERESTS of the UNITED KINGDOM. AMEETING of ME M BERS of these seve ral BRITISH INTERESTS is intended to he held at the CITY of LONDON TAVERN, on the assembling of Par liament, for the purpose of .INVESTIGATING the CAUSE of the present NA'! lONAL DISTRESS, and of discussing and devising a Remedy; and particularly for the purpose of ascertaining whether our national ignorance of the mighty sesources of the British E-npire is not the principal cause of our national difficulties, and whether those mighty resources cinnot be beneficially bro• ght into action by a wise and com prehensive system of Commerce, founded on principlesofreci procity of benefits, and comb;ned with a system of finance, tountled on self creating and self-supporting principles, so as /0 give profitable employment to the whole of our capital, shipping, and people, and thereby to render a numerous and art increasing popolation, with a proportionate taxation, blessings—iiistead of what they now are, a curse. With the knowledge of such a system of commerce and finance, the inevitable tendency of which would be to remove the present distresses, and to carry the power and prosperity of the British Empire to the highest pitch, the Meeting will be made acquainted ; and, as all British Interests have oue object only to promote, it is intended that the Meeting should t:onsider the expediency of petitioning Parliament to appoint a Committee to ascertain the value of each and every British Interest to the State, with a view to the imposition, on rival foreign products, of protecting duties, which shall equalize, ill the British markets, the burtbens and privileges of Fo.. reign arid British Producers, Ship-Owners, &c. Under such an equitable system, commerce might he allowed the freedom of air ; and the interests of every class of Britons, being se cured front undue preference and unequal competition, would be permanently secured and rapidly advanced. • The Manufacturing Interest at present possess undue pro hibiting protection ; their machinery is untaxed, or is at least very unequally and inadequately taxed as compared with ma nual labour ; --a large portion of their labour and poor are paid by the Landed Interest, through the poors'.rate, for which the Manufactut jog Interest repay no equivalent. In addition to these considerations, it may be added, that their manufacturing from foreign in lien of Colonial and British linlia cotton, is a loss to the Empire, amounting in the whole to about twenty tuitions sterling per annina. The Manufse turers, therefore, cannot he considered as an entire British Interest, a great part of their capital being employed on foreign product; nor can they be considered as having senti ments altngetker congenial with the real interests Of the Em pire. In inviting them to-attend the proposed Meeting, therefore, they will he considered as present in their real chat•acter. General Merchants, as well as those trading exclusively to foreign countries, although both amiable and wealthy as men and gentlemen, are still its their mere mercantile cha racter, only factors for others; and, in their dealings, are necessarily regard If SS of country, or of the cost of production orproducts,provided the customer at the end pays them their tutorage, or ,a profit on the adventure. They are also, how ever, invited to' attend the proposed Meeting; and it is put to the candour of many Merchants themselves, a hether, as our unwise laws have invited, and do invite, theist to invest their capital in foreign loans, forests, and ships, or in foreign corn, hemp, flax. cotton, tobacco, and rice fields, or in the speculation and factorage of them, thereby alienating British capital, and as they are now or about employing foreign in liett'of British people arid ships,•to the great prejudice of the latter and of the Empire.,—whether their attendance can be considered as that of a real and entire British Interest.. This question I leave them to determine. It is also wished to be understood, that an Interest suppotted by a slave popula tion falls very short in its value to the State, when compared with one that gives employment to a free population: but I entreat there to consider ; that the measures for which application is intended to be made to Parliament are.ftruitded on theprinciples,— , That the profitable employment of our awn, and not foreign - people nor slaves, constitues the wealth and prosperity of the 33ritish Empire. That the agriculture of our Empire, when duly protected, is the root of and propelling power to all our other branches 'if industry; and that ultimately all oar other interestsativance or retrograde with it in an equal ratio. That our exports are the mere payment of our imported articles of consumption ; and that our general consumption can only be increased by the profitable employment of the great mass of our people. That in consequence of our Empire requiring about two tundred millions of additional people, to bring all its resources into action, every man, when duly employed, is a positive gain .to the State; but, when deprived of profitable employment, is a loss to it, on the other hand, of about fifty pounds per 'annum ; and consequently that -.the consumption of every foreign article, (even though such articles were bestowed upon us as a donation) provided we can . prodrice.the like of the foreign article ourselves with otherwise unemployed people, is dearer to us than. if we paid such of our own unemployed people for its production fifty pounds per annum per man. That a large taxation can he supported only by a large in come, that neither the quality or cost of things are State goes .tions, but belong solely to traffickers, producers, and consum ers, and that all that statesmen have to do is to ascertain their value' to the State and protect them accordingly. • The - time of meeting will be announced in a future adver tisement.—The Gentlemen who attend it are requested to be prepared to approve or to dispute the accuracy of the above propositions. The Editors of Newspapers, and other publi cations, are invited to insert arguments in opposition to these principles, provided they .do the same by tire answers. Those who understand the fundamental rules on which tine propo ' eitions are grounded, as well as thoie who do not, and yet feel alively interest in their success, if found to he true, may learn further particulars, by letterpost-paid.) onapplica 'tion to JOSEPH PINSENT,. 22, Birchin-lane,'• Cornhill, London. • P. S., No Englishman has completed the discharge of his duty while tine means remains untried of avertiug.the approaching fatal crisis 'gills country. • • CNSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION for OPPOSING the PROGRESS of DISLOYAL and SE DITIOUS PRINCIPLES. Committee Rootn, 6, Bridge-street, Blackfriats; I tee. (5, 1821. Resolved, That the Lit of Subscriptions received since the last publication, amounting to ,C 348 14s od. be published in the Newspapers. It 'haring been falsely and industriously circulated through some of the Public Journals that the Funds of the Alsociation have been applied in support of the prosecutions instituted by Mr. Sharp, their Honorary Assistant Secretary, against " The Times" Journal, and " The News" Weekly Paper, the Committee feel it proper to contradict this assertion; and to assure the subscribers, that no part of the Funds has been, either directly or indirectly, so aNilied, and that it is not in contemplation to appropriate any portion of them to such a purpose. In justice to Mr. Sharp, to whose useful and gratuitous services the Association is highly indebted, tore Committee think it right to state, that no application whatever, for as sistance in these matters, has been made to them. By order 01 the Committee. CHAS. MURRAY, lion. Secretary Subscriptions received since last publication :---- A Friend, by W.Cardale Halifax. Esq . •ZSO • 0 Captain Slade Li I T. S. Harwell, Esq 5 0 Major Priestley • 1 Lieutenant-General Sir W. Greenup, Esq 1 0 F. Maclean _ 5 5 Wm Bates, Esq 1 0 Admiral P. Halkett 5 0 Edw. Wainbouse 1 0 A. B. Z. . 10 0 R. Wainhousr, Esq . 1 0 Rev. William L. Glover 2 0 J. Sunderlond, Esq 1 0 Captain William Henry , Nottingham. Dulon, R.N. I 0 Reverend John Kirby, 5 5 Rev..). Russell Deare , 1 I i Gotham • 1 1 Mr Charles Deare 1 1 G. de Ligne Gregory, Esq 5 -5 Rev. Chas. Almetic Belli Huddersfield. ed subscription 2 0I W. Jacond, Esq 1 1 Mr R. Harris 2 9 - Loughborough. Rev. Matthew Marsh 2 2 W. Middleton, Esq 2 2 Mr. F. 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Osborne, Hill, - Durham County Ad and Co 5 0 . v e rtiser 10 10 The Letters of " Cato" are in course of publication by the Society, as a Volume. N. B. The names of additional Sabseribers will be occa sionally published. Donations and Subscriptions will be received by the Trea surer, John Atkins, Esq. Alderman, No. 7, Walbrouk : and by the following Bankers in London:— • Messrs. Barclay, Tritton and Co. -; Messrs. Barnard, Dims dale, and Co.; •Messrs. Birch and Chambers ; Messrs. Bond, Sons, and Pattisall; Messrs. Bosanquet, Pitt,and Co.; Messrs. Cocks, Cocks, Ridge, and Co. ; - Sir W.Cur fist. Bart. and Co.; Messrs. Dorriens, Mager, and Co.; Messrs. Drummond% and 'Co.; Messrs. Everett, Walker, and Co.; Messrs. Frys and Chapman ; Messrs. Richard and George Fuller; Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. and Co“ Messrs. Goslings and Sharp; Messrs. Hammersleys and Co. ; Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co. ; Messrs. Hoare`, Fleet-stiect ; Messrs. Hodsoll, and Sir W. Stirling, Bart.; Messrs. 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Praeds, Machworth, and Co.; and by most of the Bankers its the Country; also at the Office of the Association, 6, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London ; where all other communication% may be addressed by letter, to " Mr. J. B. Sharp, Honorary Assistant Secretary." PROCESS to PREVENT MILDEW in every KIND - of CANVAS, made either of .HEMP, FLAX, or COTTON. MESSRS. BROWELL and CO. '23, Alder manhury, having had their Invention honoured by a thorough examination of the Society of Ship Owners of Great Britain, and Mr. COCK, its Secretary, having on the I Ith October last acquainted them, " That the CoMmittee (from the evidence laid before them) are perfectly satisfied that " the Invention possesses the valuable quality ascribed to it, " and consequently that it is of great importance to Ship " Owners in general ;"' beg leave to acquaint the Shipping Interest, that Sail-Cloth of varivis kinds, which have under gone their Process, may be had of Messrs. Chalmers and Guthrie, Idol-lane, Tower-street. Each Bolt is marked by a red ttamp with a Crossn surrounding the' letter B.—The low price of ss. per Bolt (or l ld, per yard) occasions an expence not exceeding in any ease 5 per cent., for every Ship of what ever sizt', upon the whole - cost of the Sails.' PUBLICATIONS• TILE QUART,ER.LY REVIEW, WAS PUBLISHED THIS DAY. . • SMIRKE'S SHAKESPEARE. • • In the conrse of Publication, LLUSTRATIONS of SHAKESPEARE, AL from Pictures Painted expressly for this WORK, by ROBERT SMIRKE, Esq. R.A. and Engraved in the finest style by the most eminent Historical Engravers. A celebrated Ger Man critic hos said, that the fame of Shakspeare." for centuries to come, will continue to gather strength, like an Alpine avalanche, at every period of its de scent. ' Certain it is, that any work connected with Shak. spectre's name, and which has fur its object the illustration of his inimitable productions,_ may confidently rely on finding favour with the world. His tame is the cause of fame in others. Commentators innumerable have been permit ted to inscribe their otherwise perishable names on the sacrital.rtick of - his genius ; and even PlayerS have for yeatsacquired opulence 'and popularity by happy portraitures of his liviag characters. In announcing, therefore, a series of engravings, intended as embellishments for any edition of Shakstware's Plays, it is unnecessary to offer an argument to vindicate, or an apology to excuse, the undertaking. The spirit of poetry, which haunts every scene of the Plays of Shakspeare, beckons to her sister art to wander with her, and thus " make society the sweeter welcome :" and it will now, it is hoped, he seen that she does nut call in vain. In the whole range of the drama, there are no woks in which characters so striking and various, or situations so romantic and delightful, present themselves, to invite the illustration, and inspire the emulation, of painting. . The editions'of our Poet's plays have for the most part been pnbliihed without embellishments, or encumbered with en gravings so indifferent, as to make their possessors consider them " when unadorned, adorned the must." It is chiefly to supply such editions that the Proprietors of the present Work hare undertaken it. Each Play will furnish subjects for five elegant Engravings, in addition to a Vignette ; the aggregate number, therefore, of the plates will be Two Huh- died and Twenty-two. The name of the Artist from whose band the Paintings fur this Work are to•proceed, may fully Justify, and will doubt less not deceive,, the must sanguine expectations. The Ge nius of Sarirke has successfully displayed its power in his Il lustrations to Gil Bias, the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, and the late Edition of Don Quixote ; and the varied scenes of passion and humour, in the Plays of Shakspeare, will afford a still more ample scope for the extraordinary skill and • beauty of his pencil. The Proprietors, refraining from the usual promises and flatteries of a prospectus, content themselves with referring the public to the Numbers already published of thiS Work, as a fair specimen of the care and ability with which the whole will regularly be produced. atonc of PUBLICATION: I. The Work will be comprised in Thirty seven Numbers; each Number containing Five Illustrative Engravings, and a Vignette. It. A Number will to published 'every Two Months, till completed. • ,C. s. d. • • India paper, proofs, 4to l' 10 0 French paper, proofs, 4to 1 5 0 Imperial Bvo 0 18 0 Royal Bvo 0 14 0 *** For the accommodation of those who may be desirous of possessing a beautiful and correct Edition of Shakspeare, it is intended to publish one in•Qctavo, (without Notes;) from the last corrected text of Johnson and tiwve us ; and the Play illustrated will be published at the same time with the Ent, bellistiments, price Three Shillings each Number. A limit ed number of copies will be printed on Imperial Octavo, price Six Shillings each Number. : The Numbers already published are as follow I. The Tempest. . . 11. Taming of the Shrew. • 111. Merry Wives of Windsor. • IV, Twelfth Night, (in February 1822.) - •. Meioure.for Measure, (in April.) VI. Romeo and Juliet, (in June.) VII. Henry the Fourth, Part I, (in August.) VIII. Midsummer Night's Dream, (in Octeber.) . • IX. Two-Gentleuien of Veruna, (in December.) London.. Printed for Rodwell and Martin, Bond-street sold by Colnaghi and Co. Cockspitr-street, and the principal Booksellers in the United Kingdom. POWER OF CONSCIENCE. tage." A jeweller, a man of good character and considerable wealth, having occasion, in the way of his business, to travel at some distance from the place of his abode, took along with him a servant to take care of hiS portmanteau. Ile had with him some of his best jewels, and a large sum of .money, to which this servant was likewise privy. When the master had occasion to dismount on the road, the servant, watching* an opportunity, took a pistol from his master's saddle and shot him dead on the spot : he then rifled him of his jewels and money, and, hanging a large stone to his neck, threw him into the nearest canal. With this booty he made off to a distant part of the coun try, where he had reason to believe that neither he or his master was known. There he .began_ to trade in a low way at first, that his obscurity might screen him from 'observation; and in the course of several years, seemed to rise in the natural pro gress of businesS into wealth• and consideration, 'so that his good fortune appeared at - once the effect-and reward of his in dustry 'and virtue. Of this • he counterfeited the appearance so well, that he grew into great -credit, married into, a good family, and '• by laying out.. his • hidden stores dis., erectly as he saw occasion, and joining to all a universal affability, he was aelniitted to .a share in the Govern ment of the town; and rose from one - post to another, • till at length he was 'Chosen Chief. Magistrate. In this office be maintained a fair character, and continued to,•fill it with no small applause,both as:o Governor and' a Judge; tilt one day as he sat on the Bench, with some of his brethren, a criminal was brought before him, whci was accused of murdering his master. The evidence came out at full, the Jury brought in their ver dict that the prisoner was guilty, and the whole assembly watch ed the 'sentence of the President of the Court (an office which that day belonged to him,) with great suspense. In the mean while he manifested an unusual disorder and agitation of mind, and his colour often changed ; at length he rose from his seat, :and, coming down from die bench, placed himself just by the unfortunate man at the bar: " You see before you said he, addressing himself.to those who had sat on the benchwith him, " a striking instance of the just retribution of Heaven which this day, after 30 years' caneealQent, presents tolou a greater crimi nal than theman just now formaguilty." He then proceeded to make an ample,confession of his . gtult, and of all its, aggrava tions ; " nor can I feel,"- continued he, " any relief from the agonies of an awakened conscience, but by requiring that jus tice be forthwith done against me in the • nost public manner." We may easily suppose the amazement of the whole assembly, and especially of his fellow Judgei. However, they proceeded upon his confession to pass sentence upon him, and he died with all the symptoms of a penitent mind. THE SILK TRADE. -- A meeting of the General" Association of the Silk Trade was held at Wea ver's-hall, on Wednesday, when after a most able exposure of the mischiefs of the present system, and its tendency to destroy the trade of Spital fields, it was resolved that the Act of Parliament to regulate the prices of weaving within their ju risdiction, is highly injurious to the interests of the Silk Trade in those districts.--( Blackburn Mail.) ..„. ' • P TaEMENnQsJS ,G AL ..—Thursday night it blew 'one of the most - dreadful hurricanes that has been recollected . for many years. In some • parts, which were. exposed to the fury of. the blast, trees and old buildings were blown down, and , in many places stacks of chimnies were thp:-, wu into the street by the viplence of .the- PRICE OF BREAD. (Continued from Tuesday's Su br.) Page 104, " What proportion of potatoes is used to a sack of flour?-1 have understood about eight pounds of potatoes to a sack of flour is the average, &c. I conceive this to be a great improvement in the baking trade, but nevertheless persons, to my knowledge, have been fined for the use of it."---[Potato yeast.l Page 112, " What number of quartern loavesdo you get per sack from the flour you bought at Feversham ?—I have made 80, 82, and 79; sometimes a sack of flour will give more, some times less, according to the grinding of it; that which is ground very low I cannot expect so much bread from ; if it is ground high, I expect more. " Do you not usually get snore than 80 quartern loaves from a sack of flour ?—We generally expect a little more." [This was so called cheap baker's testimony, who bought his Feversham flour, as he stated page 111, at no less than 10s. under the 6;13 price,' having paid 50s. per sack when . the top price was nominally 60s. See the page referred to.] Page 114. " Would it not be more convenient to the Bakers and to the Public if the Quartern loaf was 41bs. instead of 4lbs. si. oz. and the other loaves in proportion ? I should like it better ; and I think it would be better for the community, that they would know what they were to have, and they might weigh it more easily. Is the Baker subject to much inconve nience from the weighing his bread and the examination of it; and the information given as to short weight and so on ? That depends upon the man's principle ; I believe altogether I have been in London two years, and I never had any thing of the kind laid to my charge; my Quartern weighs 41bs. 13b. oz. before it goes into the oven ; and if a man pays proper atten tion to his business, it will come out 41bs. and a half; and when it is cold, it will weigh 41bs. 6 oz. " Has it not become the practice to use potatoes in making bread in London ? I have heard of its being used ; I think it is a great advantage to the yeast. Does it not improve the bread ?—lf the yeast is not made good it must receiv2 be nefit from it. Do you not think the use of potatoes in baking is an advantage to the baker and the customer P—No, I do not; it is an improvement to the bread to the eye, but Ido not think there is any thing more in it ; it makes the bread lighter. " Is it not more agreeable to the palate ?—lt makes lighter for the first day ; but when it gets older the bread gets cold at heart; therefore I do not consider that it is much of an -advan- By the old Assize Laws, which formed one of the most vi-' cious and defective systems that ever had existence, we should not now, according to the price of Wheat, be paying mote than 7d. to for the Quartern Liaf. They were repealed for th 4 express purpose of our having Bread at a more reasonable rate by the competition to which it would lead ; and.now it is . proved that one of the most charming practical conse quences to which it has brought us, is to pay I Id.* instead of ;it reminds one strongly of the fish and the fue. Not that I would advocate a return to the Old .System of fraud and falsehood ; but have a new and most effectual check put to frauds of old standing, as well as peculation of modern in vention. To the foregoing evidence, I shall just add :—First, that the beet households from Berks, Wilts, Gloucestershire, &c. &c. under the name of West Country Flour, during the first eight months of the present year, and the latter end of 1820, is well known, and acknowledged even by careless mismangement, to have produced not less than eighty-six quartern loaves, and by • proper attention to hive yielded eighty-eight quartern loaves from a Sack of Flour. Secondly, that at St. Luke's work-house, the very laudable plan has been adopted of grinding their own wheat, being all red wheat, by manual labour, and making the bread used on the establishment from the flour produced there by. It is found that with the addition of nothing more than water, yeast,' and salt (no potatoes, no conings, Ste. no alum, no doctor, no chalk), anddue care in baking, that their, flourpro ducis at least eighty-seyen quarters loaves and a half, of the full weight of 41b. 51oz. each from'the sack of five bushels ; although the flour is by no means dressed to the greatest pos sible degree of fineness, since nothing, more than the bran anti pollard are taken out by the mode of dressing *l*d: Thirdly, evidence is to be found that no less than nineti-three quartern loaves, of full weight and well baked, have been produced from the sack of very good household flour, made wholly and entirely from white wheat of a very superior quality and de scription, and after a peculiarly favourable season for its growth. . So much for your Inquiring Correspondents ; as to those who wish for further Information, and to those' who may entertain any doubts, I beg to recommend to them individually, for their gratification and the satisfying of their scruple's, that instead of being Inquirers merely, they should become Investigators, par ticularly of the Reportfrom the Parliamentary Committee allud ed co. 1 assure them they will thence derive no little amuse ment, and no small degree of information as to the causes of the present shamelessly high price of Bread, while they will feel no trifling, slight, or transient indignation at other villanies there pourtrayed, but not touched upon here by one who has already taken the trouble to be an London, Dec. 20, 1821. INVESTIGATOR. In this Letter I have confined myself strictly to the number of loaves produced and obtained from a sack of flour of 280 lbs. net weight, anti in all my calculations have expressly limited them to prime households, or the best flour bread bakers use, that is flour or prime quality, and granted also that they paid the top'price quoted for all they use, which we well know :they do not. The following is the summary of the number of loaves re duced to an average according to evidence and known facts .1— ' Quartern Loaves ' from a • Sack of Flo Or. Ist Witness - • i.i. 2d - - 3a - - . - 4th - sth - - - t;th - - - 7th - - Town t rnade and West Country Flour :.;t. Luke's Workhouse - ;T);53 83i To which should be added-, 'Oenefit and gain, from the use of Potatoe Yel:..st (additional in number) 3 Ttus making - • 88-Quar, : , tern Lolly? , as the average number really obtained from . cmack• of flour; instead of 83, against which complaints were.matiel- , This pric'e the writer was charged in the City, eastward of Cornhill, on Wednesday, the .sth of Decembef Init.; where even now 104 d. is the common price of the average of Wheat, at 493. 2d per quarter. . ... . , Yesterday being St. Thomas's Day, Wardmotes were held in the different Wards of the City o( _ . . London, for the election of Common Council men, and subordinate Officers, for the ensuing year. [II the following Wards there was tao alteration in their Members :—Aldgato, Billings, gate, Broad-street, Candlewick, Cripplegate Without, Castle Baynard, Cord vrainers', Cornhill, Farringdon Without, and Vintry. There were partial changes in the following Wants : BISHOPS.GATE. . Mr. Win. Johnson, resigned; and Mr. John Dowler and_ Zvi r. Baynham were proposed as fresh candidates ; but the shew of hands being in favour of Mr. Dowler, Mr. Baynhau: declined a poll, and Mr. bawler was elected. COLEMAN-STREET. _ Mr. Francis Poynter, Deputy, resigned; Mt. John Wiuit was elected Deputy in his room, and Mr. Joseph Griffith vas returned to fill Mr.. West's vacancy. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. • Mr. Herring and Mr. Smith: but the shew of handsteing in favour of Mr. Herring, Mr. Smith declined the poll, anti. Mr. Herring vraa duly elected. CHEAP. Mr. W. Edward Smith resigned_ through ill health, Hatt Mr. George Cowie was elected in his room, without opposition. TOWER. Mr. Clarke resigned through ill health, and Mr. Silvands Phillips was returned without opposition. The thanks of the Wardmote were returned to Mr. Clarke, for his former services. The following Wards are contested : • Those marked thus* arb new candidates. ALPERSGATE. aI - Mr. Paxton sg. Mr. Lorkin 52 . Mr.. Walton 521 Mr. C.orbould!" Mr. Fisher • 111 r. Diggers• Mr. Rails - Mr.,lllatthews - Mr. Fore3t This Ward retun .BASSL Mr. Leicester° %Ir. Hughes• . 13 Mr. Frisby - 12 This Ward retu : BREAD• Hayward Burrs Webb" Mathie Coleman - Dibbin - Gibson • ' is eight Members. MIA W. Mr. Vngueiin Mr. Britton" - • 4 Blakeslc y - 41 Crocker - - 4 Bridge - - 4 Thil Ward return, DOW t ns four Member!. iTRBET., Mr. Hallam Mr. Bider• De Grave* Mr. Hatch'' Mr. Fulton Mr. IVitts* Mr. Buckfield• Mr. Corbett• Mr. Thomas :slirelve MeMbeis. ;ATE.'' Mr. a Price - Mr. Wm. Wright' Mr. 'Nesbitt' . Mr. Forster - Mr. Vandercom - Mr. W. C. Wryghte' us eight Members. BOURN. ' • .•• . Mr. Haswell° -. Mr. Rice' - Mr. Joyce - Mr. Gibson - Mr. Bedomet I - . Mr. Wright" . . Mr. J. E. Sauhders - 22 Mr. J ames Saunders - 19 Mr. Bennett• - . - 16 Mr.-Mortimer• - - 1G Mr. J. 11. Coombs• . 15 Mr. T. Anson• - - 15 This Warn retui ' Mr. Wiltshire 31r. Dixon Mr. Millroy r. Ayres Mr. Stubbing Mr. Elliott Mr. Carter - - This NVard rettL • LIME-S' 5 44 - B - 7 - ~, rns ten Members. TREET. Air. Shearman Nit. Jones , •4 . 2 - 2 - - - 2 Mr. Price • - 25 Mr. Byster - - 21 Mr. Prince • - - 2U j• , - This Ward returns four Members.—Mr. Adcock resigned% PORTSONEN. Mr. Edward Colcbatch 39 Mr. Thomai Parker . sir. Robert Carter • -3; Mr. JOhn Smith 31r. Peter Perry - 35 31i.. Cundeli* This Ward returns tire Members. W .ALL Mr. Deputy Williams. Mr. Pearce .7 Mr. Gibbs• Mr. Cope - . Mr. Watkins' - • - 8 This Ward retur FAICRIIsaint 26 ;ROOK. Richardson Mr. Woodward , r Mr. Hale ' - Mr. N. Williams - 31 : 30 ~19 ins eighf 4 Nleiiibers. )N WITHIN. I Mr. Howell Mr.. Oldham A . 5 5 :* • :. 4 Mr. Hayward - - - 25 Mr.•-Muroott - .. . - • -23 Mr. Crowder, Deputy - 24 Mr. Pritehaid, Newgate-st: S 5 Mr. Law - - 24 Mr. Hogard - - 23 Mr. Pritchard, Blackfriars 24- Mr:ailbertson - - 23 Mr. Seatcherd - -- _. 24. Mr. Plummer.. - ,-- 22 1 MT, Winter - : 24 Mr. Hartley '-• - 4 -.22 Mr. Westwood - -• 24 Mr . Woodward * %..4 . 1. 17 Mr. Dunnat . - - . 24 - - Mr. nl - -. ...• lt/ This Ward returns 17. Members. ~.„ . WARD OF FARRINGDON WITHOUT: , In this Ward, which returns 16 Members to the Common. Council, some opposition was expected, but Mr. Rowe; *ho had been nominated at the Precinct of 'St. Dunstan's, in oppo sition to Mr. Galloway, had• addressed a letter •to Alderman Waithinan; the Alderman of the. Ward, declining the hoficiir of the appointment. • ' Alderman WA ITIIMAN having opened the business of the day in a short speech, proceeded- to read the names of the Candidates as returned by the respective Precincts. 11r. Galloway's name not being in the rteturns, Mr. TIOMP.SON - rose to propose him. He proceeded to state that it was his intention to have animadverted upon the conduct of one of their late Common Councilmen (Mr. W hams), and to have proposed a Candidate to take his situation; but he understoOd he was absent from illness, and he (Mr. T.) would never descend to the meanness of attacking a person tic , hind his back. When he recollected that this Gentleman had declared that his political principles were the nearest to those of Sir F. Burdett than of any other man ; and remembered the ab horrence he had expressed of the conduct of the present Minis ters,, both with regard to the Manchester Massacre, and their treatment of the late Queen ; and now saw him associating with these very men,expressing his satisfaction at receiving their ap probation, and even descending to accept a situation from them, he niust declare that such conduct ought to excite the suspicion of his Constituents; and if not satisfactorily explained, it ren dered him an unfit Representative for that independent Ward. This he had told Mr. ‘i illianis to his face, at a late public din ner; and had he been present this day, he (air. T.) should have entered fully into the charges he had to make against his late vacillating public conduct, and have compared the Gentlerindi4 former speeches with some of his late declarations ; but hitAb scnce prevented it. After a few other similar observations, and sonic facetious remarks upon the science of ratting, Mr. Tholnp son concluded by proposing Mr. Galloway. • Mr. .ED ,) A IWS, in a short speech, seconded the proposition. . Mr. PON.TI.FEX stood up to offer a few words in defence of his absent friend, Mr. Williams, and complained that he was attacked merely upon sutpicion, no specific charge being broUght ,forward against him. Ile believed his only fault was, that he had lately begun to think for himself. Mr. VIIOMPSON, in reply, said he bad abstained from making any formal charge, on account of Mr. Williams s ab sence. The shew of hands was then taken, after Icl:id% the dentle-: men elected generally returned 'thanks. On Thursday evening, as a gentleman wal go ing along Sun-street, he was met by three filen : just as they had passed, one of them said " He'll do," .9r. will do," when two of them laid hold ot arms, exclaiming, " We only want ,y9ur monel 2 7, and immediately a wet rag or handkerchief _was placed over his mouth, :and he Keceiyed a blow vii4ch knocked him down ; they then rifled his pockets 'of 22 sovereigns, with %% Welt the villaho Sutceeded in making their escape, , *.-tr.6 • - • • •