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one person, but an outrage to the civil rights of Englishmen.—(Loud applause.)-11e could not look back upon the events at Manchester—(hear, hear!)—and those of the 14th of last August, - withotat coupling them as acts of that' one spirit which animated an arbitrary Ministry.—(Cheers..) Ile could not, in this point of view, separate the proceedings at Manchester from those at Cum berland-gate ; but the latter involved a question of the greatest importance, and they were about to deterthine whether the Crown could exert a deipotic authority over the interests and pro s wily of one individual, who was one of 30,009 Officers, for he (Mr. Hume) had taken the 'trouble to ascertain the number.—(Cries of bravo! and a laugh.)—lle : knew not to 'which to attribute that expression of approbation but ene thing ; it was certain that he wished, when ever he could, to prove his positions by figures, and to rest all his positions on facts, instead of vague evidence—(llear, hear!)—and he would' aow put it to them, whether the plea of preroga tive on which the dismissal of Sir R. Wilson was defended, could be upheld.. To ascertain this, they should see how' England stood in this .re spect in former times: He had taken much pains to inform himself on the subject, and he could assure them there was but one.case at all similar to the present, relative to the dismissal of officers on half-pay, and which forined the only excep tion to the general rule io the last twenty years. He alluded to the case of three individuals of . the 55th regiment of a Garrison Battalion, who' were dismissed without trial, and without any: opportunity being afforded them of shewing their innocence. Sir Robert Wilson was another instance,. and he (Mr. Hume) was prepared to sheer, that the prerogative claimed by 'the King was one which he did not possess.— (ApplanSe.)—This was not the time for en tering' at large into the discussion • Of this queStion, nor'was he prepared to argue a point -of great national importance, as a mere lawyer might be disposed to view it, but upon the prin ciples of common sense and common reason ; the foundation of all Government was the good of the many. 'This was the definition adopted by Locke, Blackstone, and other constitutional writers, and hence it followed that the King possessed no prerogative but for the.public good, and only to be exercised when the laws of the land were silent. In this case the King bad been advised by unprincipled Ministers, for he must call those men unprincipled, whether Wliigs or Tories, who could support such outrages against the liberties .of the people as those which had been committed at Manchester and at Cum berland-gate. The profession of a soldier was one which he could not but look upon as one of the most honourable character. It should never be forgotten, that soldiers were men who risked their lives t. and embarked their property in the public service ; who were ever ready to defend those whose local interests kept them at home, and to support the honour of the country abroad. This was a class of men, therefore, which the people of England were more especially bound to protect. Was it not monstrous, that a body of- 19,000 men, for that was the num her of officers on half-pay, including the half pay list ,of the navy, - which amounted to 7,500, should, as soon - as they had retired from the arduous duties of their profession, and- recurred, according to the constitutional doctrine, to their rights, as citizens, be render ed the dependent slaves of Ministerial caprice,. and degraded from their rank, if they presumed, like Sir It. Wilson, to act the part of a good soldier, and to defend the institutions of the country as by law established ? If the half-pay officers, amounting to a body of 19,000 men, were to be made slaves to the Minister of the day, what an engine would be at once establish ed against every attempt to support those prin ciples of liberty and independence which all good citieens were interested in maintaining. •On this most important occasion, the present meeting had very properly taken the lead. , The blood of their unfortunate fellow-countrymen, Honey and Francis, called upon them in k more especial wanner to take such measures as might have the effect of hurling the authors of these detestable proceedings from the power of doing further mischief.—(Hear, hear, hear !).—We could no longer be said to live in a country which enjoyed a civil Constitution, if it were in the power of the Minister of the day to send out a standing army, with secret orders to disregard the civil . , power, and to take upon themselves th e ch arge of ,}seeping the peace, in opposition to the laws of the land, which compelled them to 'act in subordination to the civil Magistrate. IThat would our Legislatcks, what would our Judges say, if the military were thus permitted. to take. the law into their own hands? Ile was prepared •to prove, upon a proper occasion, that the out rages of the 14th of August were committed, not only without the sanction, btit against the ex press wishes and opinions of the Civil Magistrate. A GENTLEMAN (Mr- Corbould, as was understood) said ha was prepared to prove that the whole p roceedings of the mili tary on the 14th of August were in aired opposition to the civil power. _ _ _ Mr. HUME resumed.--He had himself had an opportunity of witnessing the whole of the tran sactions of that day. Sir It. Wilson and himself rode together in the procession, and his Gallant Friend never quitted his sight for ten minutes during the whole of the day. He could speak positively, therefore, to the falsehood of all the charges which had been brought against him, and to the malignity of the detestable attempts which had been made to calumniate and revile Lim. He doubted not that his character would stand clear upon inquiry, for inquiry must take place, since it was impossible for any Ad ministration to resist the, united wishes of the people of England—(Hear, hear !)—• No Minister would dare to resist the public claims for justice. Let them call to mind what took place upon a recent occasion, when the people had but to speak and the cowards trembled—(Loud applause.)— This had invariably been the case, and he trusted it would still he the case. He hoped the people - would see justice done to all parties, and testify their abhorrence at the introduction of a military force instead of the constitutional civil power of the country. It was more especially incumbent upon them, after a verdict of wilful murder had been returned by a jury in one case, and of wil ful manslaughter in another, to express their in dignation, that from that day to this, no attempt whatever had been made to bring the criminals to justice. Let them place themselves in the situation of the two unfortunate victims, that of peaceful speotitors - al such a meeting.— There were two situations in which men might be placed at a public meeting ;- one, that of at tending a legal assembly ; another, that of being illegally assembled for the purpose of doing mischief. 'llse object of assembling to witness the ftineral of the Queen was unquestionably a legal one. What then would be the feelings of their friends and relatives, if any of those, whom he had now the honour to address, had fallen victims to the policy of such Ministers ? It was not a case which interested the relatives of Honey and . Francis alone; it was a case which interested the whole country. If this act of Ministerial op pression should pass unpunished, the officers of the army could never again hold up their heads, they must become the abject slaves of Ministers, aod bear for ever the marks.of slavery upon their forehead. They would be deprived of their civil rights, even when they recurred to the capacity of citizens, they would become more enslaved than the Janissaries at Constantinople, or the slaves of despotism at Algiers.—(Cheers.)—He was prepared to shew, from the case of General Boyd, which was decided by the Twelve Judges, in 1785, that an officer on half-pay was not sub ject to military law. Now, if he were not liable to military law, he was entitled to all the rights and privileges of a citizen, and he would ask whether it was not a flagrant violation of those rights, to degrade him from his profession, and confiscate his property, without trial, and even without accusation ? He had felt it his duty to make these observations ; and with regard to the present subscription, he trusted that if there were any surplus, it would not be confined to the object of indemnifying Sir R. Wilson, but extended to the relief of those miserable objects, who, though humble, did not the less call upon them for their proteCtion and support. He trusted that their fund would be found amply sufficient for carrying the whole of these objects into effect. He would add but one word more. It was now the time for English men to consider the state in which they were placed by the domineering influence of a stand- ing army, who were proceeding with rapid strides to undermine the liberties which they were paid to support. The difficulties under which the country now groaned were unexampled ; they affected every class of the community, except those who fed- upon ' the taxes, who were in the situation of biassed Jurymen, who might at any time be fairly turned out of the box. He did think it behoved the people of Eng land seriously to consider the propriety of recurring to the old constitutional country force by which the peace of the kingdom was once hap pily maintained. And here he could not help adverting to the outrage which had been offered on a late occasion to the person of the Sheriff— an outrage which, if it had formerly received the sanction of a Minister, would have justly brought him to the block.—(Cries of question in some parts of the room.)—He was not considering this question as one which regarded any individual, A. or 8., but as it related to the general office of Sheriff. Though the transaction to which he alluded was not immediately connected with the lamentable occurrences of the 14th of August, it was one of the highest importance. He was aware, however, that these observations were calculated to open the door to discussion, and, as he should be sorry to divert the attention of the meeting from the immediate object for which they were assembled, he should conclude by returning them his thanks for the honour they had conferred upon him, and assuring them that be would use his best efforts to carry into effect the object of the Subscription.—(Applause.) Dr. Lusinsiwrox next came forward, and was greeted with loud applause. He began by as suring the Meeting that it was not his intention to have trespassed upon them by any observa tions that day, had lie not been called upon by the Resolution which was last put from the Chair; for he conceived that the statement which they had heard from his Hon. Friend in the Chair had embraced all the topics for which the Meeting was particularly convened. His Hon. Friend had stated, with great eloquence, and with great warmth of feeling, that the case of Sir R. Wilson was the case of the people, and that to support him, therefore, was the bounden duty of every ' one who wished to uphold the Constitution of the country, and to save from oppression and destruction those who were the friends of the people. Most cordially did he (Dr. Lush ington) unite in that sentiment; for, ..when he considered the act of which his Majesty's Government had been guilty, in dismissing Sir R. Wilson without trial, without any avowed accusation, and without daring to make any .public authenticated statement of the facts, he could not but regard it as an act of pure despo tism and unmixed tyranny—(Hear, hear . !)—To what a state would the country be reduced, if all the Officers who now composed our numerous army,(an army more numerous than had ever been known during a time of peace) were liable, with out charge, without accusation, without trial, to forfeit all those claims which they had acquired upon the Government, and upon the nation, at the mere ipse dixit of the Minister of the day. The consequences were as important to them all, in a political point of view, as to Sir R. W., who had been made the victim of Ministerial ven geance; for if once this country were to view such an act in silence, or without 'the strongest expres sions of disgust and abhorrence, mark the con sequence. The example would take root ; the fear of similar treatment would necessarily operate upon the minds of all who now composed the army, and they would either become the slaves of Government, or at least shrink from the pub lic expression of their political sentiments to save themselves from ruin and disgrace.—(Applause.) —lie knew not which was the greater evil, or whether the public avowal of sentiments hostile to the people were not more desirable for the good of the country, because then they would I have open and avowed enemies to contend with, instead of that secret; silent acquiescence—thati abstinence from all exertion—which leaves us doubtful as to the opinions of the individual, and gives the strongest and best support to a bad Administration, the support of silent consent and adherence. It was, therefore, their bounden duty, a duty which they owed to themselves, to restore Sir Robert Wilson to that state of inde pendence, which, if the constitution of Britain were sound, he had enjoyed, while a General Officer in the King's service. He said, if the Constitution were sound, for no man ought to say, in England at least, that officers in the army ought not to be as independent as any individuals living upon property of any description ; their political sentiments ought to'be as free; in their military capacity alone they were bound to pay implicit obedience to the Crown ; in their civil capacity they ought to be free from all controul. —Why was Sir R. Wilson selected for this sacri fice ? He (Dr. Lushington) felt the strongest in dignation at this selection, but he confessed that in his mind it excited no surprise. They had se lected an individual, whose fame had extended to every quarter of the'civilized globe, who had shewn 'himself in battle bold, who bad shewn himself the kindest friend even to a conquered foe. Through all the extensive warfare in which he had been engaged, he had ever raised his hand to protect the fallen, and shared his purse even with his enemies in the depth of their affliction ; he alluded, more particularly, to his exertions to procure the release of Desnouettes, the Physician-General of the French forces, and to the donation which he gave to the enemy in the extremity of their distress. This was con duct which he hailed with admiration; this was con duct worthy of a man and a Briton, brave to those who opposed him, and merciful to those whom his prowess had subdued. Let them look at the other parts of his conduct. Without re ward from the Government of his country, with no other mark of favour than the liber ty of purchasing his commissions, unadorned by any of those marks oldistinction which were due to his extraordinary merit, he returns in a period of peace to the bosom of his country, and is elected into ParliaMent by the uubought suf frages of the Electors of Southwark. Let them view him in his Parliamentary capacity; and where, he would ask,,,was an individual to be found, more constant in his attendance, more in defatigable in his exertions, more addicted to the great principles of liberty and justice, than Sir Robert Wilson ? And, last of all, upon that memorable question which agitated the country, arising from the persecution of the departed Queen, who came forward with greater manliness, and stood in the breach with greater firmness and constancy ?—(Applause.)—Alas ! all might have , been pardoned but this !—[This exclamation was delivered in a most impressive and pathetic man ner, and produced a strong sensation in the Meeting. It was followed by loud and conti nued applause.]—All might have been forgiven (resumed Dr. Lushington), and buried in ever lasting oblivion, but this. This it was which spurred the dark spirit of malignity, and lighted the fire which was afterwards to consume him. Unmoved by all considerations of public princi ple—regardless of all public justice,-honour, or truth—his Majesty's Government proceeded to award what they conceived to be a punishment ; to degrade, if degradation were in their power; and to ruin, if their malevolence could have ef fected it. God be praised ! it had precisely the contrary effect.—(Loud applause.)—Against the tyranny of the Government had arisen the strong arm of the people—against the persecution of the King and his Ministers had arisen the sup port of the nation—against their degradation,' the honour of the land—against their depieda-, tions, a subscription, which, he trusted, would place Sir R. Wilson and his family above the reach of want, and enable him still to discharge his duties as a Representative of Southwark.— He trusted the Electors of Southwark would never forget what he had suffered in their cause, and that, whenever an opportunity should again occur, they would again return him, by their unanimous suffrages, as their representative in Parliament, so as to laugh at the threats of the Government, while they supported to the end a faithful servant of the people. It only remained for him to thank the meeting for the manner in which his name had been mentioned, and to assure them that, although he had on the present occasion studiously abstained from all other topics, he looked forward to the hour, with an earnest anxiety for its rapid approach, when the transactions of the 14th of August, and those which followed them, might be brought be fore the public, and sifted to the bran in their true and proper colours. He would not advert to these topics now, because he wished to advert to them when he had an opponent' to combat and an enemy to face. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman retired amidst acclamations of ap plause. Mr. ELLICE said,' that alter what had been said by his Hon. Friends around him, which so-com pletely coincided with his own feelings, little re mained for him but to express his thanks, which he should have done before, for the honour they had done him in choosing him one -of the Trus tees. He assured the Meeting that he should do his utmost to apply properly the produce of the subscription ; and he should do this not only from his private feelings of affection for Sir R. Wilson, but from his sense of -the public prin ciple that was involved in their proceedings. If any persons had been credulous as to the vague rumours propagat e d re specting the conduct of Sir R. Wilson, on the 14th August, they had now heard the positive assertions of his Hon. Friends, that Sir R. Wilson was not absent from their sides ten minutes during the whole of that day. He (Mr. E.) could assure them, that for four days before the 14th, Sir R. - Wilson was in his company on the road from Paris.—(Applaus e .) Affidavits, it w as s a id, had been sw orn th a t Sir Robert had attended Meetings at Kensing ton and elsewhere, previously to the 11th August. Now at the time of the alleged meetings, Sir Robert was in a post-chaise with him (Mr. E.) on the road from Paris, whence he only arrived at 5 o'clock the evening before the day of the , Queen's funeral.--(Applause.)—On as good evi- FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, OCT. 23.—The King received gentle men yesterday morning, and ladies in the evening. Yesterday M. de Queker, the ❑ew Archbishop of Paris, had a private audience of his Majesty. The approaching arrival of the King of Eng land at Paris is again the subject of conversation. The last courier from Catalonia repeats the assurance that the contagion has not spread beyond the towns and districts, where we know it had manifested itself. The number of ,deaths at Barcelona, on the 7th, is estimated at 400, and on the following day, at about 700. They are seriously taking measures, it is said, to en camp outside the walls such of the inhabitants as have escaped the disorder : but it. is very doubt ful whether this prudent step may not be de feated ; at all events the cordon has been carried further back in order to enlarge the space for the proposed encampment. The town of Tortosa is reported to be suffering more from the fever than Barcelona. Mequi nenza, in Arragon, is almost in as bad a state. Letters from the French Physicians at Barce lona, of the 10th, state that they are concerting measures with the Spanish Authorities for the commencement of their labour3. The bulletin of the Lazaretto of Marseilles, of the IGth, states that all the sick are recovered ; and the other persons there are in good health. The ships in quarantine are healthy, and no sick have been received from them since the 10th.— The contagion appears to have reached its term, and the town is remarkably healthy. FRENCH FUNDS. Oct. 22, Five per Cents. • Bank Stock 1592 f. 50 c. VIENNA OCT. U.-By an Austrian ship, which left Zante on the 17th September, and is arrived at Trieste, we have received intelligence that the Turkish fleet cast anchor at Coron, on the coast of the Morea, landed 7,000 men, and fur nished that fortress With a supply of provisions. The Turkish fleet then sailed for Zante, and ar rived. there on the 13th, and two days after it proceeded towards Patras, in the direction of the Gulf of Lepanto, apparently with the intention of landing there some troops, and of provisioning some of the fortresses. These accounts also con firm the report of the Greek fleets having gone into port to refit. Metallics were quoted yesterday at 734. (Austrian Observer.) CORFU, SEPT. 30.—(Extraciiif a Private Let ter.)—The central Government of the Greeks at Modou publishes bulletins on the advantages gained by its troops, some of which are now be fore us. They do not come down later than the 2d of September, and their style is very original, as may ,be seen by the following specimens : " Thirty-second Bulletin of Liberty.—Ho nour to God the Almighty ! and to the Holy Church of the East! Honour to the Empire of the Hellenes, to the Archi-Strategos., Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti, and to all the Chefs of the Hellenes ! Peace to the brave Victims of the struggle for Liberty !—This day (August 28) reports have been received from the camp of the Hellenes, near Avarin ; the following is the tenor of the words of Liberty :—The tyrant Jussuf Pacha, the Chief of these barbarians, children of hell, who believe in the Devil's emissary, Mohammed, has attacked the Hel lenes, accustomed to victory, who were en camped before the -fortress of Avarin, under the orders of Theodore • Spartaki. God has humbled his pride, he has chastised his blind audacity. The Barbarians have been repulsed, and -confusion prevails in their ranks; they lost 600 men, three of whom are Cimbachas, and 200 were made prisoners, and their lives spared. The Greeks, under the manifest protection of God, lost only 36 men, who were buried with all military honours on the field of battle. May the earth press lightly on them, for they died for their country. The reinforcement of 600 men from Calamatta, with two guns and ammuni tion, have put the conquerors in a condition to cannonade- the fortress. Perhaps the next re port will bring us joy and honour. God and the !" " 'THIRTY-FIFTH BULLETIN, (which appeared the Ist September.) " Honour to God, the Almighty, &c. " The news of the capture. of Artas has this instant arrived in this happy town. The inhabitants have surrendered by ca pitulation : the number of Barbarians found in the Citadel were but few, and their lives were spared. In general the Nellepe conduct themselves with great moderation. Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti is :arrived at Patras, where there are about 10,00 0 Hellenes. The powerful navaeque. v of the Isle of Hydri,a Pav; again announced the capture of three large Turkish ships of war. God and the Hellenes !" In this manner was published the capture of Corm', of Napoli, and various other small castles- The Bulletins sometimes contain local Ordi nances of the Senate, remarkable for their mode ration. Foreign merchants are treated with con sideration. The Hellenes are badly clothed, and worse armed. The traffic in gunpowder (from to 10 piastres the okkena) is very advantageous' to the foreign merchants. The number of troops in the Poloponnesus may amount to 30,000, a third of whom are provided with muskets. The arrival of _Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti has put an end to the species of war which existed be tween the Senates of Calamatta and Modou. FRANKFORT, Ocr.l7.—We have received news from the frontiers of Moldavia, dated the With of September, of which the following- is the sub' stance The. Kiaja-Bey has been beheaded/ and his head sent to Constantinople. The nov Seraskier has put the Bishop of Romania into irons. Salih Paclia having been informed o f the little success attending the Turkish attacks against the Convent of Seck, repaired himself to the spot on the 23d September with 1,000 mei'. The next day he summoned the Greeks to sta.. render, formally assuring them they should not suffer any personal outrage, but might retire wherever they thought fit. The Greeks, relying; on the promises of the'Pacha, opened the gates and laid down their arms; but they were scarcely out of the convent when the whole of them wer e massacred by the Janissaries, together with some monks. Only twelve women escaped these hor rible butchers." AUGSBURG, OCT. 17.- 7 -(Estract of a prirate. letter.)—A r e c en t l e tt er f rom Vie nna ends the following p aragra ph. 66 W e are assu r e d that the negotiatio ns b etween th e P orte an d R u ssia • have not tak en a f avoura bl e turn; yet, the Arll'- bassadors of th e Great Powers at C ons t an tinople are unremitting in thei r exer ti ons t o a dj us t the differences betwe e n th e t wo E mp i res . Th e Divan had first r e sol ve d on evacua ti ng Moldavia. a nd Walachia, but it renounce d thi s p l an qu i te on sudden. Not only w ere th e Ott oman troo ps in those principalities, w h o were p repar i ng to cross the Danube, ord e r e d t o rema i n i n t h e ir Po" sitions, but larg e r e i n f orcemen t s h ave been sent to them fro m Co n st an ti no pl e . S ome goer: chants of this t own h ave rece i ve d by exPre,s" the important n ews o f th e renewa l o f h o sti" - ties between the Turks and the Insurgents' Several attacks were made simultaneously a t various points in the first fortnight of SePtenl her. We were surprised to hear that the Greeks possessed such large forces in Moldavia ; but it appears that the dispersed bodies of Insurgen ts have rallied and been joined by a great numb er , of their country m e n w h o h a d ta k en refuge '3 Bessarabia, the Bnkowine, and Transylvan ia ' The--Arnauts have also joined the Greeks, w l ' a in this manner have mustered.an imposing farce,' i they have already o bt a i ne d some - a d van t a ges n the plains, which have made them masters of a part of Upper Moldavia. They have e ven di. 9- patched parties as far as Foksati." ST. PETERSRURGII, OCT. 2.—Baron Strogoroff, ors Isis re turn from Constantinople and Odessa, arrived at the Post-hen s " near Luga, just as his Majesty the Emperor, on his journey to Witepsk, was coming out of the Church at that place, wher e be had been paying his devotions. The Ambassador, in his trl ! ; veiling dress, immediately waited on hi s M a j es ty, an d was in° s graciously received. The Emperor immediately went with 111121 to the house of the Bailiff, near by, and conversed a long ti rlll with the Minister. His Excellency, who is arrived there, bas been honoured with the most flattering , reception by both 2 Empresses: The public hav e a l s o s h e w n muc h eage rness ~ testifying to him the interest'they h ave t a k en i n th e c ritical (l c curnstances in which he has been,placed, and th e firm and n () , D ,, conduct which he shewed in them. Our Court goes into inoa .l3 ing for eight days for the late Queen of England. 11.tsrovER, OCT. B.—Since his - Majesty's arrival, the e s _. change of couriers has been very active in various direr:tiro:se"' The Marquess of Londonderry is vcry much en gage d,. and 3 ..: pears but seldom in the numerous partie s g i ven by the 30' 1 ; 5 ters and others. It was thought ve r y singular thiit no body 4 4 it here from Llesse Cass e l, to compli men t his Majesty, and is contrary to etiquette, in these cases, thr the Ambararader is arrive later than the Prince who i s to be coMplimertted, it thought that the Elector would come in person. .This cic tatirn has not been realised, for last Thursday the berlain, Von Bardelelieti,"atiiveil from . Curse). o OCT. is said that the Hessian Ambassador liti s o ,l mission except to apologise for the Elector, who is prcven . from coming ; but he has not yet had an audience. . , a 1 • Tile beautiful Princess of Sclms,' daughter of' her Wi e . Highness the Duchess of Cranherland, who is 19 years of is particularl noticed his Majesty. Oc T OBER y R. 16,—An h e y xpress a:riv ed here from Vienna in P jf . days. The King's Physicians declared, that it was absolu'tely Da cessary that his Niajcsty should keep his bed five or siX tiring for which reason the dinner a t th e Duke of " Cambridge's , . 1 0 procession to the Church, and the grand parade, on dun morning, are countermanded. , His Excellency the Minister V. .Arnswaldt, will set ou.' i n g, the 21st for Gottingen, to prepare for th e arr i va l o f the , which, if his Majesty's health will p erm it, i s t o b e on the ':',errs STOCKHOLM, OCT. 12.—1 t is afrinned, that many 0 „,"",`;c 6 and other young people intend to gO thro ug h G erman y to Li:of to fight against the Turks.—.:A. letter from Finland says, 1 00 the 12th of August, a dreadful fire broke out at F r ederick which, in the space of six hours, reduced nearly the whole to ten to ashes. Two churches, 110 houses, the Town llous ,, w ere several public buildings, were destroyed. Only 10 houses 1) , 1 t saved. The unfortunate inhabitants have saved nothiM„ot., their lives from the conflagration."—lii the month of . I " l °,:teLl nearly 40.000 ship pounds of bar and other iron were c‘P' c isi from Stockholm, and 1300 ship pounds of copper.—etn e ° „ re rgn article states, that in the last two years, 1819 and 1820, '',' ll „o.• trade brought the kingdom a net profit of 3,330,256 ri% c`. ° de. MADRID, OCT. B.—The French journals of a certain 01 cription do not cease to utter invectives, sarcasms, iron ie i s ' c on' atrocious calumnies against the Spaniards, who so larg. y l l tributed to the restoration of—the throne of Louis oc; The infamous. conduct of these men, who are sold to a vil e 0 ot Lion, has risen to an intolta able height ; and the su)inen e o cit the Parisian censorship, in approving ,_ g and consenting pr insults, is a real violation of the rights o' nations, whose li t ' cf as and good reputation ought to be as sc r upulo'Asly those of individuals. The silence, observed uy thy' hence, the word of an honest man, he believed, that there was as much truth in those affidavits as in the rest of the lying stories respecting Sir R. Wilson's conduct.—(Hear, hear !)—lle had now only to add, that in the name of this great City, he felt grateful to his Hon. Friend who had taken the chair. This was the first great public•meeting- not confined to classes or districts, that was held for the promotion of this cause, and he was most happy to see his Hon. Friend present, as to his exertions they must mainly at tribute its great success.—(Applause.) Mr. FAVELL then moved that the following Gentlemen be added to the Committee of the Electors of Southwark :—llon. 11. G. Bennet, M. P. Hon. W. - Powlett, M. P., J. G. Lamb ton, Esq., M. P. Sir F. Burdett, Bart., M. P., Dr. Lashing ton, M. P., E. Ellice, Esq., M. P , .J. Hume, Esq., M. P., J. C. Ilobhouse, Esq., M. P., J. B. Beaumont, Esq., S. Favell, Esq., J. Morrison, Esq., F. Place, Esq., J. Tennant, Esq., J. Christie, Esq., T. Wishart, Esq., J. Barnett, Esq., G. Fitch, Esq., 'l'. Glover, Esq., Martineau, Esq., R. Taylor, Esq., C. Hoppe, Esq., J. Wilson, Esq., J. Todd, Esq., R. Lilwall, Esq., J. Blackett, Esq., A. Thorpe, Esq., Marquess of Tavistock, A. W. Robarts, Esq., J. B. Monck, Esq. Mr. LAMBTON said, a motion had been submitted to him which he put with sincere pleasure, for the thanks of the Meet ing to one of the steadiest friends of liberty in the City of Lon don, whose name calumny had never been able to assail, and to the gentleman who had joined with hint in proposing the Re solutions. He moved the thanks of the Meeting to Mr. S. Fa vell and the Hon. 11. G. Bennet.—(Applause.) The motion was unanimously agreed to. Mr. FAVELL returned thanks, and said, that, however ca lumny might have assailed him, he should feel thathe had then received full pay, in the praise of honest men.—(Applause). Mr. LAM BTON said, he had received a Note from a Gen tleman with whom he was unacquainted, who complained that he had not been able to obtain a hearing f hnd ileqUested - hisl3lr. L.'s) interference to procure it. It was not his wish to prevent any one from being heard, but he could not exercise any com pulsion on the .Meeting, with whom the matter must rest (cries of ".name!"). Mr. Lambton said, the signature of the Note was John Gale Jones."—(Loud disapprobation.) Mr. JONES presented himself, but he was assailed by a storm of hisses, and cries of " off !" mixed with very few signs of en couragement. Ile gave way to the general feeling, and des cended from the table. Mr. WEATHERSTONF said he rose with some embar rassment, to• propose_ a motion, to which he was sensible he ' could not do Justice. Ile then moved, " That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to J. G. Lambton, Esq., for his kindness in taking the Chair this day, and for his great impartiality evinced therein, and for his uniform and steady support of the rights and liberties of his country." The motion was unanimously agreed to. Mr. LAMBTON returned thanks for the honour that had been done him. lie also thanked the Meeting for their zealous and patriotic conduct, and assured them that he should always" be ready to attend their call when he could be of any service to them.—(Applanse.) Mr. LAMBTON then said, that subscription books were opened in the next room, and that several donations had been made since the commencement of the business. He therefore put the question whether the Meeting should be dissolved ? (Yes•) . . The Meeting was then dissolved.—The room was so crowded, even at the conclusion of the business, thit it was a considera ble time before the company could get out.