The Sun. — London, England, 1822-01-19 00:00:00

TUE LONDON JOURNALS. *AMY EXTRACTS FROM Tin , : MORNING 'PAPERS, January 19, 1821. [THE TIMES.] It is known that M. tie Serre, the late Keeper of the Seals, had, ere the dismissal of the Mi nistry of which he was a member, presented two . projets against the press of France, one of which only, viz, that continuing the censorship, was abandoned by his successors in office. We gave in our publication of yesterday, a sketch of the' report upon the other projet presented on Mon day last by M. de .Chifllet, an Ultra Royalist placeman, and active deputy in the Chamber of 1815. We have since received by express the Moniteur of Wednesday, containing the entire re port, (seethe Ist and 2d pages of THE Surf.) The report partook deeply of the distinguishing spirit of the party from which it sprung. It so com pletely metamorphosed the original propositions of M. de Serre,, as to constitute in itself a new projet, and offers to the French people the tempting prospect-Ist, of having juries super seded by a set of paid, functionaries, under the immediate influence of the Crown, in a class of cases, the most important of all which can 'affect the rights and liberties of the subject; and 2d, of having the property of individuals made liable to be confiscated at the - will of the same arbi trary tribunal. The grand attack upon the Charter itself s and on the very foundation of those rights and free institutions which it recognizes, is in the clause of the report which proposes to abolish absolutely the Trial by Jury, in all questions relating to the Press! What a picture does this present to us of the progress made by French statesmen in the study of civil government! And should the attempt suc veed—should the legislative body be willing to abandon the first fruit of a representative consti tution—then France is none the better for such a cumbersome apparatus as the Chamber of De- Puties ; and the' Ministers need fear no great re vistan ce in sweeping - away every other semblance of an obstacle to the restoration of principles of Go vernment Which were enforced under Louis XIV., and improved upon by Buonaparte. And besides the power of finding the offence, which is thus to be transferred from Jurymen to Place men, what is the amount of punishment which the latter are to be authorized to inflict ? Here, again, the project is appalling. It is not only whom they are to punish, but how they are to punish, that will be left to the discretion of the tools of Ministers. The right of suspending or suppressing journals is to be given to party men, for party purposes ; and this, says the Ultra Royalist reporter, is not equivalent to confisca tion, because there is no forfeiture to the Crown. But what matter how we designate an act of total destruction to the fill-tunes and subsistence of families ? Is there any 'nit a Jesuitical distinc tion between plunder from a rapacious, and ruin front a revengeful persecutor ? The whole law is of a piece. It appears to have been suggested only by men who felt that they had to deal with a barbarous or hostile nation, who must be dis ciplined into slaves, before they could be edu cated into free citizens, or. cherished into loyal subjects. The report was to be discussed this day. [NEW TIMES.] Political affairs in France appear to remain on a satisfactory footing ; and the French Funds consequently maintain a fair price. We have been assured that the Rentes in Paris were on Wednesday at 85.75; and to this price are added the following—Bank Share 1535—Neapolitan 5 Per Cents 674 —Exchange at one month 25.25, and at three months 25.10.—The report of the more general law on the abuses of the Press has been drawn up in the same spirit as that of the Law on Newspapers; both are opposed with equal vehemence by the Revolutionists on the left side of the Chamber, and both are equally supported by the united Royalists of the right and the centre. It is very gratifying to see that among the speakers who have inscribed their /lames to speak against this Bill, there are few whose former conduct has not been branded with the most infamous treason. At the head of this list stands De St. Aulaire,the notorious father-in law of the notorious Decaze. This man (St. A...lllaire) was appointed by his gracious Sove reign to the high and confidential post of Pre fect of the Department of Upper Garonne. It was his sworn and sacred duty to have opposed • rebellion to the last, to have encouraged loyalty by all the means in his power, and to have shed his blood in defence of the Throne—ln stead of this, he did not blush in March, 1815, to publish a Proclamation, which happily .will go down to distant posterity in the pages of The illoniteur, stamping his name with indelible infamy. In this document he not only called on the inhabitants to rally round 'auanapatzte, but he had the audacity to declare, that the least sign of attachment to Louis XVIII. • (which attachment he called rebellion !) " should be punished with the utmost severity." Such Is the first opponent of the necessary restraint on the press. The next champion of the freedom of, the press is Etienne, who was actually a cen sor of the press under Buonaparte from 1810 to and was again promoted to that honoura ble employment by the Usurper, during the re bellion of the Hundred Days. At this period he bad the effrontery in a public address to Buono 'parte to compliment that despot on the en couragement which he gave to letters, and on " the freedom of thought and of writing" which he was going to establish. Etienne is a creature of Maret, who was a creature of Buonaparte. — We need scarcely mention Manuel, who on the tad of June, 1815, moved a resolution in the Itebel Chamber of Representatives, " that Na poleon 11. was de facto become Emperor of France by the abdication of Napoleon. l."—We need not particularise Benjamin Constant, th e Swiss—or Sebastian', the Corsican —or Bignon, or Lafitte, or Foy, or Corcelles, or Lameth.— These Gentry are too well kno wn, b y their pre vious conduct in the Revolution, for any person to pay much attention to their professions of re gard for rational liberty, or of attachment to the cause of the Bourbons.—On the other side, we see with pleasure the unimpeachable names of De Castelbajac, De Coussergues, De Bouville, De Bonald, De Frenilly, De Marcellus, De' Kergorlay, &c. &c. &c., all true Patriots, all men of undoubted honour, all firm defenders of religion and of the throne. We may be assured that they will be supported by the great majo rity of a .Chamber, in which their antagonists are as accurately appreciated as Wood and Peter Moore, and Joseph Hume and Waithman (when he was there) have been in our House of Commons. [MORNING HERALD.] It appears by the French Papers that the de bate in the Chamber of Deputies on the subject of the Press, stood for this day. The Report of the Connnission has already been presented, but from the perpetual clamour which prevailed dur ing the time occupied by the Chairman in read ing and commenting upon it, there is scarcely a sketch of its provisions in the Journals. We collect from it in substance, that the several reli gious creeds protected by the State in France are to be guarded from insult or ridicule—and that insult to the Royal Authority, and attempts to bring the King's Government into hatred and contempt, are punishable as libels. - The vagueness of those two last mentioned provi sions excited a strong feeling of indignation, which the. Chairman attempted to assuage by gravely stating that nothing therein contained should militate against the right to discuss and censure Ministerial acts. This only heightened the feeling of disapprobation, and very naturally. Such ,DA exception is more like a sneer than a guarantee suggested in good faith. The proof of its nullity is, that exactly the same exception, in the same words, was made at the passing of the law which authorises the Censorship of the Jour nals. Thus far, however, there was, perhaps, nothing really gained by the Government. The definition of libel by eminent lawyers of our own country is as strongly restrictive as that proposed in the French projet. Yet is our Press free, under that essential guarantee of almost all the rights of British subjects—the Trial by Jury. In England, the Juries incontestably determine the question of libel, as well as the facts of pub lication. They do this in the spirit of free dis cussion and British liberty, not in that of the strait-laced -definitions of our old, and in other respects eminent, interpreters and authorities of law. The French might in like manner enjoy liberty in spite of the definitions of this projet, secured to them by the Trial by Jury. [MORNING POST.] French Papers to the 16th have brought us an account of the Sitting of the Chamber of Depu ties on Monday last, when the Commission made its report on the new ~,Project of Law for regu lating the Press. Before this report was pre sented, however, an interesting discussion arose on a petition from a Mr. Vial, praying that addi tional relief be granted to the Refugee Colonists from St. Domingo. The Commission proposed that the petition should be referred to the Minis ter of the Interior; but General Foy thought that an opportunity had presented itself for procuring the Refugees more effective relief than an elee mosynary grant, and for promoting at the same time the commercial interests of the country. He stated that General Boyer, the present Pre sident of the Ilaytian Republic, had made over tures to the French Government, to obtain the admission of vessels under the Haytian flag in the ports of France. If these overtures were not rejected, he conceived that some arrange ment might be made with Hayti, by which some compensation might be obtained for the losses suffered by the refugees as the price of the con cession which France should make; a concession which would prove at the same time highly be neficial to her trade. Ile therefore proposed that the petition be referred to the Minister for Fo reign Affairs. M. Manuel and General Sebas tian' took the same view of the question ; and the latter enforced it by the example of Eng land, who had eagerly formed commercial re lations with her American colonies as soon as they had established their independence. These recommendations seem founded on so just a prin ciple of policy, that it would be difficult to ima gine any ground, except that of no overtures hav ing been made, on which they could be reason-' ably opposed. Yet M. De Villele, not satisfied with declaring that the Government had not re ceived any overtures of the kind alluded to, added, that if it had, " to submit to them would be the depth of degradation ;" and that "it would ba its most imperious duty to refuse them.'.' We do not really perceive what degradation France would incur by recognizing the inde pendence of a State, over which for more than twenty years she has ceased to have the least controul, and the re-subjugation of which is as impracticable as the attempt would be impolitic. There is a noble pride which would make a na tion break rather than bend, and which France might have honourably felt in 1814 and 1815, when strangers trod down her harvests and her glories; but the indulgence of wounded vanity is always mean in itself, and becomes ridiculous wheft it is united with impotence. [BRITISH PRESS.] In the principles avowel by Lord Sidmouth and Mr. Peel as the rule of their political con duct, there is, we believe, but few, if any, shades of difference. This probably is the cause why the public should evince no soli citude upon the change that has been effected in this particular. Upon the subject, how ever, of Mr. Charles NV. Wynn's accession to the Cabinet there is some anxiety felt. The public are desirous to know the principles upon which the party with which Mr. Wynn has usually acted now unite with the Tories, and whether the union has been accomplished by any sacrifice of opi nions upon either side. The questions of most im portance at the present moment are those which relate to the state of our finances, and to the admissibility of Roman Catholics into the Senate and Council Chamber. Upon these the Buck ingham party have usually expressed liberal sen timents, and one of that party, a man with whom few can compete in point of talents or learning, whose ppwers off' eloquence ate as singularly great as his: knowledge of mankind, whether acquired from observation or from books, is extensive and profound, has presented him Self to Parliament and the country as the parent of a measure which had for its purpose the relief of his Catholic fellow-subjects. Is this great question still to continue what is called an open question ? Will the Cabinet, now fortified by this new accession of strength and vigour, still treat it with indifference, as if it mattered nothing to the Empire whether the chance of discussion should establish the claims of so large a por- tion of the people, or reject them? Upon this matter, and upon the subject of retrenchment in the expenditure of the State, the public are indeed deeply interested , but nothing can •be known with confidence upon the subject until the several parties shall have an opportunity of explaining in Parliament the motives of their conduct. [MORNING CIIRONICLE.I City, Friday Evening, Jan. 18.—Ad vices from Paris, of Wednesday last, have been received by English vessels this day, but the regular mails have not yet arrived. By the regulations betwixt the two Kingdoms • these must be brought over by the French packet boats, and the English merchant complains that he is frequently de-1 prived of his letters, from different parts of Eu rope, longer than is necessary, and that the mail ought always to be forwarded by the first oppor tunity. He is, however, aware that a hint to the Post Office, in Lombard-street, is only necessary, in as far as'theirgood will can serve• him, to have the grievance remedied. Private accounts from Paris, dated on Wednesday last, quote their Five pet: Cents. at 85. 75. On the Stock Exchange the Account terminated this day. The fluc tuations have been from 79, at which it opened, to 761, to which price it fell on the 26th of Decem last. The price of this day has been from 77+ to 774, and it finally closed at 771, or, in other words, at 761-, the dividend being no longer in cluded in the quotation. The next Account is fixed for the 28th February, and business has been done in it at 76-k to 761. Many persons, who have hitherto been- in favour of an advance in Stock, have not continued their Accounts, there by shewing, either that their opinions are altered, or that they no longer see their way clearly enough to induce them to venture on speculations. Ad vices have this day been received, via Liverpool, from Charleston, dated sth December, at which time markets were very dull. Cotton is quoted at 17 a 17+ cents., and Rice as low as 21 dollars. From Calcutta letters have also been received so late as to the 24th of August. At that time there was a good demand for all articles from England, at a profit of nearly 40 per cent. on the last ship ments.—At the Corn Exchange fine Wheat main tains the advance of last Wednesday, and consi derable purchases are making by merchants spe culating on an advance in prices. The supply of in ferior grain is, however,so much greater than the re gular consumption,that salesof this description are, with difficulty, effected at last Monday's quota tions. Fine samples of any article are extremely scarce, and the deficiency is likely soon to ma nifest itself when the supply of damaged corn becomes less abundant.—Tallow fully supports its price. There is an idea amongst the spe culators that the Government intends to put an additional duty on this article when imported,, in order that they may assist the Agricultural In terest by enhancing its value. It is not, how ever, likely, that any farther restrictions can be laid on foreign commerce, which is already ill able to support its present burdens. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. [From the " LIVERPOOL COURIER," Jan 1(L1 MR. HuarE.—Our worthy Chief Magistrate has very pro perly refused to call a meeting of the inhabitants of this town to vote thanks to this Gentleman. The following account of his Worship's refusal, and of the subsequent proceedings of the requisitionists, we eopy from another P a p e r : " The requisition, which was signed by nearly 100 highly respectable names , was on Tuesday morning presented to the Mayor, by :e deputation from the adjourned meeting which had b ee n held the previous day at the Saddle Inn, when his Worship informed them, that he should be ready to give an answer at half-past two. The deputation accordingly waited upon him at the appointed time, when he informed them, that, with all due respect for the gentlemen . who had signed the requisition, he must beg leave to declitte calling th e mee tin g . M r . Freme asked whether his Worship objected to any phrase in the re quisition, the alteration of which might m ee t his vi ew s. The Alayor said, he had nothing to remark upon that point. In consequence of this refusal, a meeting of the requisitionists was on Thursday held at the Saddle Inn, at which !Ir. Freme pre sided : and after a long discussion, in which Col. Williams Mr. Booth, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. H. Earle, Mr. Rathbone, Thomas Thornely . , Mr. R. E. Harvey, and many other gentle men participated, it was resolved, that a p u bli c me e ti ng s hould be called, in some convenient place, for the purpose of address ing Mr. flume, and a committee was appointed to carry the re solution into effect. This meeting, it will be seen, is convened for Wednesday next, the 23:1 inst., at the Yo r k H o t e l." On this subject , in addition to the remarks we made in our last, we may observe, that in proportion as th e ex p ress i on of th e sentiments of the public, or any considerable portion of it, by public meetings, is an important privilege, and designed to produce a powerful impression upon the Legislature, care should be taken that the occasions selected be of weighty consideration, and that the manner of doing what may be weighty in itself, should not counteract the effect wished for. W e k now o f n d grea t e r enemies to the liberties of the country, th an th ose who work upon eve r y impression of popular prejudice or passion to convene public meetings; and those who, being a mere faction, get into some hole or corner, and, collecting a careless or an ignorant a ssembly about them, dignify such a group i ng together with the appellation of a meeting of the inhabitants of such and such a place, and exhibit a most partial and contemptible proceeding as a public me a sure to those who, in distant places, s,. know nothing of th e cha racter of those who have originated it. A folly and a faction which, in fact, belong to a few only, is thus t rans f er . red to the large mass , though unjustly ; the influence of pub lic opinion, when it really exists, is weakened ; and consid era t e men are put upon their guard, after frequent imposition, a nd ma i n t a in it too scrupulously in cases which ought to have their concurrence. It was thus that public meetings were brought not merely into contempt, but became the subject of alarm t o all honest and quiet peop l e , b y the mischievous activity of the Radical demagogues, during the career of print and other iti nerant orators, incited by the laudatory prosings . of the dibcif_ fected prints. If the populace were to be nude judges of the most difficult questions in legislation, and were to be br oug h t together by thousands, to overco me b y a display of phy s i ca l force, and to be taught, as the Mercury taught them, that to petition was to demand ; if the most extravagant expectations of prosperity, and even abundance, were held out to them as the sure results of carrying into effect a theory of government devised by thinking blockheads, and entertained by unthink ing ones, and their eye and their hearts were thus to be turned upon their neighbours' property, it was time for the Legiala tare to interfere, in order to save the cour.tr . v from anarchy and Radical spoliation ; and those most truly j . ealous . of public li gr.eater calamities. Public opi nion felt it imperative upon them to submit . to its temporary in influence, in . so short a tanO, abridgment, ra i r n og o r r a d d e ed r to so e r s a c p ay d e ly. as in those most silly proceedings and . nieetings which . vere never held during a late investigation.. To decide without . evidence, and to substitute passion for judgment, were principles . so openly adopted, by that foolish mass of people who yielded. tbc..lnscives,76l . iltat occasion, to be- duped by the artful and the disafThcfrd 'litho pulled the strings which moved the puppet show, that it 'Will be long before any popular .movement- of addresses, meetings, Sce. will regain any influence with the reflecting ,p-azt of the community and with the, Legislature.— It is thus that public interests suffer 1 y the officious interrried dling of the factious and the foolish ; and the late proceedings respecting Mr. flume are not of a character to redeem any folly of this kind committed in this town at any former time. Is every man who finds fault in the Legislature to be deemed a patriot? Is every man who objects to the national expenditure to be deemed worthy of public credit, merely because he does so ? We know that the gullibility of some so determine ; but, in truth, nothing can be an easier road to popular fame ; and if it .be well rewarded, the swarm of F.retenders will become rather too numerous for the time of the busy to devote to a sufficient number of public meetings and gratulatory addresses. We know not what Sir. flume has done, but make a noise. His blunders in calculations have exp . osed him frequently to the derision of the House of which he is a member • and we do not find that he has been supported by those independent gentlemen in . that House who have the greatest interest in the reduction of the expenditure. He has been considered as a good barker against the Ministerial benches, and thatove be lieve, is all. But the true movement of this matter lies deeper, ilthough, to catch the gulls, the retrenchment of the expendi ture is the decoy. Mr.. Hume has not only had to substantiate his claim to a great financier in Parliament, but to, be a leader of faction out of it. There lies the attraction, his,out-door prac tice; and, . as Mr. Hunt is busy settling the question of the perfection of Radicalism between himself and his ex-gaoler, and is still held in durance, the party are in need of a succes sor to the post so honourably filled by him. This is the secret of the whole ; and the object is to trumpet him into some note, that, when any period of popular delusion next arrives, they may have another wondrous patriot to expose to the „gait: of a wondering mob. NATIONAL INIONUM ENT of SCOTLAND, AND RESTORATION of the PARTHENON of ATHENS. Mr. lANNING having been Called upon by the Highland Society, at their anniversary meeting on the 6th instant, to re port the proceedings that had latterly taken place in regard to the National Monument of Scotland, stated that at the last General Meeting of Subscribers, - held at Edinburgh: on the pith of June, Lord Rollo in• the Chair, it had been unanimously resolved that the • Parthenon,. .or ,Temple of 'Minerva, at Athens, should be adopted as the National Monument of Scotland, provided sufficient funds could be raised for that purpose, and that the former Committee, to which se veral highly respectable names were added, had bee ! con-. tinned, with directions to. take the necessary steps for car rying the measure into effect-that .it would be superthi °US to say any thing more in. recommendation of the seheine of havingn National Monument or ' Westminster Abbey of the North, or of the particular structure that had been adopted, seeing that it had been deemed .of all -others the best calculated to disarm criticism, to unite and reconcile the views and wishes of all the Subscribers.,--to .do honour to the national taste, and to suit the noble and sublime. pur poses for which it was destined—that the. Committee- had re -solved to meet once a week until the object should be accom plished—that -under the sanction of the General Assetnbly letters had been again addressed to all the Ministers of the Church of Scotland, soliciting their personal and official in fluence in the proniotion of this great national object : That letters are also abOut to be sent to such Noblemen and Gen tlemen in the . different counties and distruts of Scotland as are most likely to co-operate in this noble undertaking, requesting their exertions in particular districts committed to their immediate charge, and that the Committee would feel obliged by the Noblemen and Gentlemen, members of this Society, furthering the measure in the different ,distriets of country in which they may be resident, and with which they. may be more immediately connected : That the total sum re quired for the completion of this work is about 40,0001 : That the present aggregate fund arising from the subscriptions and other sources amounts to `'23,6331,.195. exclusive of the subscriptions expected from England, Ireland, a - id our foreign settlements, from none of whom returns hal been received, with the exception of . 10001. front the Presidency of Bombay, and about 2001. from the Mauritius ; but it was known that the subscription was going on most favoura bly in other quarters of India : That it was absolutely neces sary that 10,0001. more should be raised in Scotland, which did not amount to much more than 101. upon an average for each parish : That the parishes that had hitherto con tributed had yielded that average, and that it was impos sible to conceive how, with proper exertions, there -should. be any difficulty in raising such a pittance for such an ob ject, in which every Scotsman and every Scottish family must feel an interest : That as an instance of what may, be done by individual exertion, he stated that a public spirited and patriotic gentleman, James Davidson, Esq. a - Deputy Lieutenant in a neighbouring county, (Stirlingshire) of own accord, a few days ago, and in a very short time, raised between 301. and 401. in a single parish ? (Kilsyth) thus af fording a sure earnest that the expectations of the Commit • tee would be ultimately realised : That if this additional sum of 10,0001. were raised, the structure might be begun, and the foundation stone of the Edifice laid on occasion of his Majesty's approaching visit to the metropolis of Scotland, so as to immortalize the epoch of that auspicious event, and combine it with the commemoration of the achieve ments of his Scottish heroes by sea and land : that two yeari would see it finished, and Scotland crowned with the wrist splen did monument the wend ever saw; . and that, no names would bear a more conspicuous figure in this great depository of na tional glory than those of the Highlanders of Scotland. He concluded with expressing a hope, that the Members of this great national institution, a considerable proportion of whom are already subscribers, would collectively and individually give heir aid to the measure in every quarter within the sphere of heir influence. ..... The Earl . of Etc; Ix rose to express his satisfaction with what he had just heard, and to congratulate the country, and the So ciety, not only on the near prospect of attaining so desirable an object, but of seeing restored, in this our modern Athens, that much admired structure, which, to the . regret of the civilized world, and every man of taste, might now be hardly said to exist : that the restoration of this inimitable edifice, the greatest architectural ornament of ancient Greece, would conduce most materially to . the study and improvement of the fine arts; that he had brotight home specimens of the Entablatures, which might be of service as models in the construction of the building ; and that the excellent free stone in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh afforded uncommon facilities to the accomplish ment of the work : that every one must be peculiarly impressed with the resemblance which the Calton Hill bears to the Aero polls of Athens, and that he entertained no doubt of the final success and accomplishment of the object; the more especially as.. the selection of the design had united and reconciled the views of all the subscribers, and obviated that diversity of opinion. which had retarded, and was likely to prove injurious to, the erection of the National Monument of England. He concluded by expressing his conviction that every member of the Highland Society would be most strenuous in his exertions to forward so noble an undertaking.. After a very interesting speech, the Noble Lord made the following motion :—" That the Highland So-. ciety having heard the Report of the Secretary to the National Monument of Sco:land, take this. opportunity -of- expressing their continued approbation of this highly important and inte resting object, and their gratification with its progress and suc cess." Thismotion having been seconded byMr.Nlacdonald of. Staffs, the Secretary to the Society, was supported by Col. Macdonald, of Lyndale, and unanimously agreed to. SEIZURE or A PRIVATE STILL.—The Excise' having received information that an illicit distil lery, of immense magnitude, was carried on under ground, at a private house in Chandler-street, St. George's Market, the officers repaired thither on Wednesday. On knocking at the door they were answered by a little girl ; they sans cere manic rushed by her, and on descending a flight of stairs, into a place fitted up very compactly as a distillery, they found a copper still, capable of containing about 40 gallons, fixed in brick-work, with all the apparatus requisite for distillation, together with a vast quantity of wash and spirits, and other materials used in the business. On the officers entering there were five men in the distillery, but on finding themselves discovered they made a precipitate retreat out of the back windows. The whole of the apparatus was seized and is now in the great store room at the Excise Office. This is the sixth capture within a few days. We are happy to learn, from unquestionable authority, that 'the account published of what was termed a riot at Frome, is exaggerated.--,- The whole town and neighbourhood are perfectly . tranquil.—(Bath Herald.) LIVERPOOL ROYAL INSTITUTION- On Monday last a meeting of the Proprietors of the Liverpool Royal Institution, which had been called for the purpose of.receiving and accepting their Charter, was held • in the Lecture-room. Soon after twelve, the chair was taken by Mr. GLADSTONE, the Vice-president, who stated to the mem' bens present the object for which they had been called together , and then. Observed, that:his MajAty the King having • preyi' owl) , consented, in the most gracious manner, to patronise f e , Institution, by its bearing the • name or ' 44 RoyaV and, as further mark of Royal favour and . munificence, -presented the. Proprietor's with a set of casts from the much-famed 'Elgi° Marbles, (for which they:were mainly indebted to the, represen-r ' • tenons and influence of their Right lion. Representative, M' -Canning;) had now also, been pleased to gratitethem a RoyeAr' Charter of incorporation, for which'. the Committee had BP' plied, in- conformity to a resolution entered into at a /veil' ous general meeting. Here Mr. G. read the original resolute, tion, and then observed, that, however meritorious the efforts the Proprietors had been,. in originating and hringing so portant an establishment to maturity, yet the Committee had to contend. with considerable difficulty and delay in the prosecutiao • of their application, as no precedent was said to exist for the incorporation of-any similar body in England, beyond the me tropolis; a circumstance which, duly considered, ougharather tee have forwarded than retarded the-Measure.. It was, however, overcome, .and the Charter-obtained, which gave permanency' increased respectability, and legal authority to the institution/ and:which, he doubted -not, would be unanimously accepted by • the Proprietors then present. The expences, he regretted to say, had exceeded the expectations which were, in the first stance, held out to the Committee ; but they were only what was usual on such Occasions, and the instructions they had re ceived were imperative. Mr.:;. then proceeded to express his regret, that though, for several years, he had not been wanting in.Ws attendance and endeavours to forward the objects in' trusted to the Committee. for -some time past, owing to un avoidable absence from Liverpool, and other causes which he could not controul, he had not been able to ettend, as fre quently as his wishes and sense of ditty 'would have led bin/ to do; -but he did not hesitate to avail himself of that OP. - portunity of bearing- his humble leStiniony to .the indefati gable and unwearied exertions and attention of the President' and many of the other members, who; under many difficul ties and disadvantages, had • carried into effect, and ultimately realized, all the important objects with whiell they were' charged, and would now, at an early period, be, prepared tO; resign their trust to those by whom it was delegated. ' Mr. G.- regre tt,d that he was under the necessity of leaving LiverpOol previous 'to the Meeting which would be called-for this purpose, 'being obliged to attend - his duty in Parliament; and lie undere , stood that their President, Mr. RoScOe; was also likely to be' absent. He liar!, however, great pleasure in beingable tomen." tion to the- meting, that there was reason to expect, not only that their zealous friend, Mr. R. A. Heywood, would then be disposed to take the chair, which he had, on several former oc casions, filled with so much ability; but that he would also be prepared again to lay before the Proprietors a detailed view of their concerns, and of the progress the institution had made 02 the promotion of the Arts and Sciences and of Education , which, lie believed, would be found such as to reflect the 'greatest credit on the ! Committee, and afford entire. satisfaction! , -to the Proprietors enclitic public at large. It, therefore, s'as not his intention to say more on this head, whilSt, at the sane time, lie could not but express the regret he felt at the inade quacy of the funds to-the objects Of- the institution, which weakened and paralized their best efforts, though the original subscription had been liberal and highly cre ditable to Liverpool.. Every exertion in the power of the Committee had 'been used to increase 'their pecuniary re sources -; and, considering, as' they. did, that Liverpool. had peroaPs, contributed more to extend the commercial prosperity and maritime importance of the kingdom, than any other plaits. • the Metropolis excepted, and aware that no previous claim had ever been put forward for-public aid- tOproinote the numerous • public institutions which are to be found in the town, they . had: dining' the last Session of Parliament, presented a memorial 'X i the Prime' inister, soliciting the support of .Government, and Cieir recommendation to ParliaMent, in favour of a' limited grant of money in . aid of the institution, for which : so many precedents existed in Dublin and other pieces. This memoria; was transmitted to aid presented by Mr.. Canning, who bad exerted himself to the utmost in favour of its object ; but, net! fortunately, the session was far advanced,- - and the Govern ment, as well as Paeliattent, then fully occupied with the line portant discuSsiorei which grew out of the claims of the Queen so that no ansmer to this Memorial had been obtained... lie (Mr. ()L.) trusted, however, the measure would be again taken up by. the new Committee, .when appointed, and sincerely hoped and desired that it might terminate succeesfully. The question was then put, and the Charter tinaninscristy accepted , after being previously, read over by Mr. Martin, the Secrewy! Some conversation, on other subjects of minor interest, after" wards took place, when the Meeting was , disloivect.—(Livers pool Courier, Jan. 16.) COAL-MARKET, JAN. 18. Ships at :Market. Ships sold . 40 Newcastle H - - ti 7i Siinderiand - 3 Pike: 34s 6d to 44* 0d 36s 6d to 43a CUUKSI: Jalatiary 18. Amato dam .... 12 7 C. F. Ditto, at Sight l2 4 Rotterdam l2 8 Antwerp l2 7 Hgathurgb 37 3 2 L. clllon:t - 67 4 21 U so. Paris, S Day's stht 25 40 0 . 14. • Ditto Bounteous, ditto Fiankfort on the ?Join N 1 adrid • Cadiz EtfectitO 13i i boa fiancei ona - - 36+ Ett4ctiss 3hi ivville . ...... ;~r~# Gibraltai Leghorn Get ,a Ital. Liv. 27 60 Malta 45 -Naples 4O Palermo - Lisbon °port . ° Rio JRneiro Dublin .... 9 3 / 4 Cod; !)21 pri Ce BULLION. Portur,al Gold, in Coin 1.0 0 O. petOr• Foreign Gold, is Bats New Dombloons New DollarA silver in Barc, Standard . 0 0 0 . 0 5 0 BIRTHS. On Sunday night, the Lady of Wm. Williams, F e sq, of St- John's Hill, Shrewsbury, 'of a son. On Friday se'nnight, the wife of Mr. Campbell, Wacksmithr at Benenden, of a son—the twenty-eighth child. MARRIED. On Thursday the 17th inst. at Chearn, Surrey, by the Rev , H. T. Ellicombe, M.A., Lieutenant-Colonel Charles °tone Elhcombe, of the Royal Engineers, C. 11., to Mary, third daughter of the late Rev. Henry Peach, Rector of that place. On Thursday, the 17th instant, at 11 o.Aney, Mr. Thomas, Strange, of Swindon, to Miss Slaik, of Hackney. . DIED. At Salcombe, Devonshire, Lieut. Charles Barber, It: N. Yesterday, at his house, Manor-place, Walworth, Sugeft William Haynes, Esq., in his 83d year. On Thursday, the 17th instant, at East Sheen, Surrey, Ca' therine Elizabeth, wife of Francis Seymour Larpent, .Esq., oua of the Comin!ssioners for Auditing the Public Accouqts. On Thursday, at Bath, in the 79th year of his age, J.ieut , ' Gen. Slr Henry Augustus llontagu Cosby, senior offiter of tie whole of the lien. Company's Service. On the 10th inst. at Milton Hill, Wilts, Benjamin Bel' nolds. This worthy man lived to the great age of 100 years and upwards ;- 70 of which were passed in honest wad faithful servitude in the Astley family.. On the Bth instant, at Allensmore, near Hereford, Thong Gilbert, in the one himdred and twentieth year of hiS age. H e , was baptized in December 1702, as appears by the register DI the above parish. His son, upwards of 70, attended at 11. funeral as chief mourner. A clergyman lately; as a matter! 0 curiosity, went to see old Gilbert, who instantly recognized hilu• saying, Ah, Sir, 1 remember hearing you preach once, abou t 14 years ago, and your text was from the 2d chap. Romans , and the 10th verse." Suddenly, much respected and beloved by her family an d friends, Mrs. Patient, relict of Mr. John Patient,.of Wilts. What renders her death most remarkable is the " girl' ° gular fact, that she had frequently expressed her hope ',,t live long enough to see her daughter married , arid then .s he should die cheerfully." Her wish has been literally ae cos " plished ; her daughter was married on Tuesday list - to Mr. ' Holloway, of Bath; the anxiously affectionate parent took small piece of the bride cake, drank the health of the bride W A ' bridegroom in a glass of wine, and instantly expired ! 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