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-IN • • It -- -- •' V 1 V o i rt. ' 6 'S , 13 1 .4 (a:: p: • N :1 7 - brikr ,_ e• A _ N 0 i ,..„, 11 e:; lrill,MAl L '' :: Mit. k t e' to I •W - - Er NT 4 ? kV' ' • 3.lSikte. '-° - -_. --, v •-.. .fP ... • - t . , •c. , ~•!".), •,.•..., 0 rt i— . 14 . - .:. • _ • E iZ i r - • .‘r t ra it c : • , ,__0„.‘0,,,,,, ... ''' .. - - ,41010 \•\ \ • '; .. ,- ..Vi 0 /j CiV; ..a/14'.. fl to ley le 5 1 of ,giti I,L e 4'7s) KA) T Ict NUMBER 9461. , ss‘ sl House G. W. - OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Dec. 13, 1512. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of lIIS MAJESTY's ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that t hey will be ready to receive Tenders, in writing, at their Office in Pall Mall; on MONDAY, tlie .. 3oth December in stant, from such Persons as may be desirous of Purchasing l'l ftY Tons of COPPER HOOPS from the Ordnance Stores at Nrfleet. The Copper Hoops may be viewed upon application to John Godfrey, Esq., Ordnance Storekeeper at Purfleet, any day previous to the day of sale; The Hoops are to'be taken away from the Ordnance Stores nt Purtleet at the expence of the Purchaser ; and payment of Il ls Purchase Money must he made to the Ordnance Trea turer at the Tower, previous to the delivery of the Hoops. The Tenders must be delivered at the Secretary's Office in Pali Mall, sealed up and indorsed, " Proposals for the Pnr 4ase of Copper Hoops at Purfleet ;" but no Tender can be 4dtr.itted after the 30th December instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noonoteitlaer will any Tender be noticed, unless the Part• making it, or an Agent in his behalf, shall, ktod i ,„ ''By Order of the Board, , - R. H. CREW, Sec. 1118 . JOHN SCOTT, ENGRAVER, No. 13, ' REGENT STREET, PALL MALL. - THE Case of this unfortunate Artist, a Native of Newcastle, being correctly stated, in his 'Address to t he Royal Academy in London, and his talents as an Engraver"ell known, and highly esteemed, it is hoped the lovers of Art, a nd Friends of the Distressed, will give his deplorable Situa "eu their benevolent Consideration, and exert themselves to lave a respectable Man and his Family from utter Ruin. P Subscriptions recived by Messrs. Morlan and Co., Bankers, Lan Mall, London e ; Mr. Lambert, Engraver; Messrs. Hodg '4l; and Mr. Charnley, Newcastle ; and Mr. Andrews, Burbam. tubscri uke of t Northum berions already received 'j .land - - £lO 0 0 Huron Brown, Esq. 2 2 0 AlCraster, Esq. -2 0 0 Peareth - 3 0 0 Plummer - 1 1 0 sh,Wilson, and Bell 2 2 0 A, ;111 . Chapman, Esq. 1 1 0 C. J. Green, jun. - 0 10 6 A, B. Bewicke, Esq. 2 2 0 :!%. Bewicke - 1 1 0 d lss Kemp a 1 1 0 rt ewcas e R. H. William -1 1 0 Ws. Rt. Williamson 1 1 0 1, -41 % R. Embleton - 1 1 0 -44 % R. Burdon - 0 10 6 - - £6B 1 6 Mr. Wm. Anderson £0 10 6 Mrs. Ingham - 1 1 0 R. Ingham, Esq. - 1 1 0 Mr. R. Bewick - 1 0 0 Mr. J. Price - - 1 1 0 P. J. Selby, Esq. - 2 0 0 Mr. R. Johnson - 1 0 0 S. NV. Parker, Esq. 2 0 0 F. Hutchinson, Esq. 1 1 0 Mrs. 'Bewicke, Close _ _ -2 2 0 - 0106 Mr. Ra. Robson - 0N 6 Mr. R. Blackbird 0 10 6 Mr. T. Featherston 1 1 0 Mr. W. Robson 0 10 6 I R. W. Brandling,Esq. 1 _ 1 0 Newcastle Chronicle 1 1 0 Co.'s, Pall Mall. I C. B. - £3 00 At Morland and T he Marquis of Hen £lO 0 0 - ord . ,• f u• Pittman,_ . Esq. Pro prietor of the A,lnSport- Magazine - 5 0 0 11. Alexander 5 0 0 , ~,S, u bscriptions are likewise received at Messrs. Grote, Pres "utt and Co.'s, No. 62, Threadneedle-street. The following letter to the Royal Academy will explain • the particulars of this melancholy case. The gentleman re byr a shocking calamity to this painful necessity, is Mr. unn Scott, the eminent animal and landscape engraver. To persons who have the slightest acquaintance with the works ri`living artists, the mention of the name is a sufficient intro lttion. In the course of an industrious life (and what life noshed be more industrious than the Engraver's ?) 11Ir. Scott bas ti t lished several hundred plates, which are all in high estima -1)4. The Sporting Magazine, Mr. Daniel's Rural Sports, other works of a similar nature, owe a large portion of their e ktation to the exquisite delicacy and truth of Mr. Scott's taven His two large 1 - dates— ,4 Breaking Cover," and b eath of the Fox," after Gilpin and Reinagle—are possessed % , 3 ,' ever lover of Art who prizes pictures of animals and field ar,„ ° tts- Indeed many good judges conceive, that these plates s , e alone sufficient to place Mr. Scott at the top of his proles f!R, than(la in tha lin talent t e. We canot conceive anhing more distress bt a man of high who was y livi ng respectably by 4 11 labours in a profession of which he is ardently fond, sud 4111Y cut off from his means of subsistence, and thrown into 'ter despair by an affection so dreadful . as a paralytic stroke. " To tie President and Members of the Royal Academy. ; Gentlemen—l am reluctantly ycompelled by necessity to Pte the present appeal to your benevolence in behalf of my a wife, and a numerous family. b For many years past, by indefatigable exertions, I have :en enabled by my humble abilities as an Engraver to support increasing family, now amounting to nine childrenprospect a continuance in such honourable endeavours as every mde rtldent mind delights in. But by one of those awful visi r4tiNa of Providence, which it is not for its to question, I was t e Mered wholly incapable of further professional labours. I :iered a violent paralytic stroke in March, 11121. My medical ii k lsers recommended a visit to my native air, as the only means s„„_ e Yto restore my shattered frame. A stay at Newcastle or 1: 0 "le months affording no change for the better, I returned to i t Non. In my absence, my enemies injured my interests by (I,lldiously lamenting my total loss of intellect, while they se soehtlY promoted their own selfish and mercenary views. The se 6 ennence of such conduct was, that have been deprived 'oork, amounting to many hundred pounds, which was trans. to the hands of the men who had thus assailed me in the trans- Or e of affliction. f t . In this state of sickness and distress, I was a better sale my 1)1 1 erlds to take a house in Regent-street, for the better sale of h a Prints, and to let a part furnished although this step answered my most sanguine expectations, and would enable l e and my family to live rent-free, yet the previous embarrass thkell„,_ts arising from a total loss of income, had brought me to e" a state, that nothing can save me from inevitable ruin but p eiv inte Tes i ng hand of benevolence. To aggravate the ills fiv e ' Which lam encompassed my wife has fallen sick from t i ed exertion to avert them ; and the husband of my . only mar tw' child is consigned to pnson for debt, leaving his wife and ° helpless infants an additional burden on me. trust, Gentlemen. this recital of my misfortunes will be t , apology l Jicient for the boldness with which I have ventured si, dress you. plead urgent distress, and feel confident I not plead in vain to those who know the difficulties with lioueh Artists are often beset, and who have on various occa thetl s stood forward to their assistance. Although I have not shakotiour of being a member of the Royal Academy, I trust I eceive the sympathy and commiseration of its members, /4;' ,influence them to rescue me from irretreivable ruin by a t sh ,„7 donation, which will enable me to complete the works s r ,qed to my execution, and again to support my family by k t i' e °urn exertions. Trusting you will not deny me that assist -0,,!, for which I shall feel for ever grateful,—l remain, tli e „"tlelnen, with sentiments of the greatest respect, your obe 't and humble servant, " JOHN SCOTT." Th. h,,," appeal was not without its effect. Seconded by Sir ere was Lawrence (who has behaved with a feeling and deli sa.whieh double the value of his generosity), Mr. Soane the s k ilt . e et, and other Gentlemen, who have hearts to appreciate ,Ks kt r ings like those above detailed, the Academy voted to Mr. a donation of thirty guineas, to head the subscription ss,asWhat add s t o th e h o p es o f M r . S cott ' s f r i en d s on thi s l'l O f I°ll is, that the aid now sought from the sympathy of the (l e ssors and Patrons of Art, and the benevolence of the for c 'eS not extend to the support of himself and his family ti s : s 4 , indefinite time,—which might render hopeless all exer -1441:11.his behalf. He is so far recovered as to be able to re nis work partially, is greatly assisted by his son, a 1 Lq he rais ul Promising abi li ties. Should such a sum, therefore, Rhied, as would relieve him from the immediate pressures Pe e ' ~threaten to crush him; he possesses the consoling pros- Inaintainin his fa mil asformerl The following Sub -4 law ns g Y Y. ave been received :—The Royal Academy, 311. Ios. ; nornas Lawrence, President, 64 Roht. Robertson, Esq. 2 2 , 0 J.M. - 2 00 J. Medley, Esq. - 1 1 0 C. A. - - 1 10 KING'S THtATRE VfR. EBERS begs leave, most respectfully, to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that the. King's Theatre will be RE-OPENED 7 on SATURDAY, the 4th of January, 1823, under the Direction of a Committee of Noblemen. The fol lowing Performers have already been engaged : For the OPERA—Madame Camporese, Madame Ronzi de Beg,nis, Mademoiselle Caradori, Mademoiselle Clerini, Madame Veatris, and Madame Borgondio (who has never yet appeared in this country), Signor Curioni, Signor Reina—Primo. Tenore at the Theatre dela Scala, at Milan, (who has never yet appear ed in this country), Signor Placci, Signor de Begnis, Signor Porto—Primo Buffo Cantante at the Theatre-Royal, Barcelona, (who has never yet appeared in this country) ; the Chorus will consist of the ordinary number of Voices. Leader of the Band Signor Spagmoletti ; Composer and Conductor, Signor Coccia ; Poet, Signor Stefano Vestris. For the BALLET-Moisieur fils, (Premier -Dan seur at the Royal Academy of Music, at Paris), Monsieur Albert, Monsieur Charles Vestris ; Mademoiselle Fanny Bias, (Premiere Danseae at the Royal Academy of Music), at Paris ; Mademoiselle Noblet, Madame Ronzi Vestris, demoiselle Aurelia (Premiere Danseuse at !the Royal Aca demy of Music, at Paris), Monsieur Armand Des. Forges (Premier Danseur at the Theatre Royal, •Bourdeaux), Made moiselle Mercandotti, Mademoiselle De Varennes, Monsieur Falcoz, Madame Falcoz (from the Theatre Royal, Lisbon), Ma dem °l44l44 o./ e ercci, Monsieur Lefebvre, Mademoiselle Aubert, Monsieur Faucher, rilademoiselle Athalie, Mademoi selle Gane, Monsieur Boisgerard, with an improved Corps de Ballet. Principal Ballet Master, Monsier Aumer (from the Royal Academy of Music, at Paris) ; Leader of the Ballet, Mr. Mori ; Deputy Stage Manager, Signor De Giovanni ; _Principal Scene Painter, Signor Zara ; Superintendant of the Wardrobe, Signor Sestini. Secretary, Mr. Allan ; Treasurer, Mr. Webster ; Bankers, Messrs. Chambers and Son, 150, New Bond-street,. who will receive Subscriptions for Boxes ; applications for which are to be addressed to Mr. Ebers, at the King's Theatre, and 27, Old Bond-street. An Engagement has been sent abroad, to Signor La Blashe, Premier Basso Cantante, at Turin ; and Mademoiselle Le Gros, Premiere Danseuse at the Theatre Royal, Naples. Dec. 20, 1822. 52 CAPITALS FOR ONE DAY. y and J. SIVEWRIGIIT are Selling War • :anted Undrawn Tickets and Shares at their Offices, - --, 37, Cornhill ; 1 38, Haynirket, 11, Holborn , I Corner of Coventry.street ; for the Grand Last Day of Drawing, viz.:— - MONDAY NEXT, DECEMBER. 23, . . _ when the Lottery ends, and all the Prizes in the Wheel, in cluding 52 CAPITALS', and all the Tickets, must be Drawn. The Capitals in the Wheel are 1....0f.... £20,000 9 of . . X5OO 2. lO,OOO 9 3OO 1 5,000 26 2OO 4 l,OOO J. and .1. SIVENVRIGHT'S 'Offices hare always been dis• tingnished for the Sale of Capital Prizes, and in the Present Lottery ►hey have Shared and Sold 2,612, a Prize of £2,000, and several other Capitals. As the drawing will begin at an early hour on Monday Morning, they solicit those who in tend to honour them with their purchases for the List Day, to apply at their Offices on or before Saturday Evening next, PRIVATE TUITION. AVACANCY is NOW OPEN in the FA MILY of a MARRIED'CLERGYMAN, Within a con venient Distance of London, who prepares a,FEW PUPILS for the UNIVERSITIES, or their respective Professions ; many of whorl) have been of the highest rank. Letters directed for,Rev.W.M., Mr,Reynolds, Bookseller, 137, Oxfoid-street, London, will be duly forwtded. • COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was yesterday held in the Council Chamber Guildhall for the dispatch of general business. The LORD MAYOR rose to express his sense of obligation to the Court for the situation in which they had at present placed him. He was consulting his own inclination, as well as ad hering to the practice of his predecessors, in stating that he was desirous of obtaining their approbation at the expiration of his Mayoralty. lie had only one observation to make that he con sidered important, and that was,-that in endea v o ur i ng to pre serve the good order and decorum of their debates, he expected to meet with the aid and assistance cf each and every Member of the Court ; for without that good order and decorum being preserved, adequate weight could not be given to their delibera tions. He expressed his determination to keep up the dignity of his high office, and hoped that such a good understanding would prevail between that Court and himself, during the con tinuance of his Mayoralty, as would entitle, him on its expira tion to look forward to their applause and approbation. VOTE OF TIIANKS TO THE LORD MAYOR. Mr. Wityria - (Deputy to Mr. Alderman Magnay)- moved a vote of thanks to 'the late Lord Mayor for the conciliatory manner in which he had presided in that Court ; ; for his ready access to all descriptions and classes of persons; for his vigi. lalice in the preservation of good order in the city ; and for his ability, punctuality, and mildness in the administration of pub lic justice. S'o discussion ensued upon this motion, but a division took place, when there appeared— For it, Aldermen 1 Against it, Aldermen 0 Commoners 25 Commoners 54 Tellers • 2 Tellers - 2 . —2B --66 The vote of thanks was therefore negatived. A petition was presented from the Philanthropic Society, stating the advantages which they had already produced among the lower classes of society, and praying for such assistance as the Court in its wisdom might be inclined to grant —Referred to a Committee; as were also certain petitions on the tithe system in the City of London, and others regarding the present state of the London 'Workhouse. A petition was presented from the wardens of the Company of Butchers, and another from the tradesmen and salesmen of Smithfield market, praying that the avenues of that market bitty be guarded with chains, and the thoroughfare through it for carriages be prevented from 6 o'clock in the morning till 12 at noon, every Monday.—They were both referred to the Com. mittee on City Lands. Mr. NORTON tendered his resignation of his office of Common Pleader, in consequence of his appointment to aju dicial situation in India. In doing so, he returned his thanks for the civility which he had received at the hands of the-Court, and wished them individually and collectively every degree of prosperity. Mr. OLDSTAM said that he had to present to them a Special Report from the Committee on the Law of Elections. That Committee was not yet enabled to report on the subject referred to it, but as they had received an opinion from Mr. Norton upon it, filling 39 sheets, and containing a most valuable compendium of all the documentsrelating . to it, and as they could not remu nerate him on this occasion in the usual manner that gentle.: men of his profession were remunerated, they wished to pre sent him with some mark of the esteem of the corporation be fore he left England to undertake his ;'idicial duties in India.— He therefore brought up a report, \ proposing that a piece of plate, value 50 guineas, should be presented out of the funds of the Corporation to Mr. Norton. The Report was then brought up. Mr. S. Dixox suggested that the value of the plate should be increased from 50 to 100 guineas. The suggestion met with the approbation of the Court, and a vote to that effect was immediately carried unanimously. Mr. Norton, who had left the Court immediately after re signing his office, was then recalled, and the LORD MAYOR communicated to him the vote which the Corporation had agreed' to in his favour. Mr. NORTON made a suitable reply, and again left the Court. The Loup MAYon presented a Petition from the Mer chants, Maltsters, &c. of the Town of Ipswich, praying for a revision of the present rates of the Fellowship Porters ; which FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1822. was read, and, on the motion of his Lordship, referred to the Coal and Corn Committee, for them to consider and report. Alderman VENABLES'pTesented similar petitions from the merchants, brewers, maltsters, and others, of the towns of Read ing, Great Marlow, and Henley-upon-Thames, which were se verally read. Alderman VENABLES, in moving that these petitions be re ferred to the same Committee with the preceding, begged to observe, that there was no member OF the Corporation who felt more anxious than himself that the valuable and industrious class of freemen affected by these petitions should recoilte the full benefit of their unquestionable rihts ; but he‘was satisfied that such regulations mi g ht b e ma d e ` as would materially serve all the parties interested ; and nothing, he apprehended, was more indisputable than that it was hi g hly i m p o liti c i n t h e Cor poration of London, by a pertinacious adherence to obsolete principles, inapplicable to the present state of commerce, to en.' danger the loss of that commerce to our port. The petitioners were a most - respectable body of men, and highly important to the city of London. , The Petitions were referred to the Committee-- Mr. FAVELL brought up the report of the Finance Commit tee upon the question of borrowing the sum of 23,000/. from the Commissioners under the Exchequer Loan Act.—lt was read, and agreed to. PA RLIAMENTA RY REFORM. Mr. FavEaa brought up the report of theitefor7 L COPl' rait tee, which was read. It recommended - tfiattaConinron eilrishould petition the House of Commons early in the ensuing Session to adopt measures calculated to ensure a more adequate representation of the people in Parliament. The Hon. Mem ber observed, that often as he had had occasion to address the Court upon the subject to which the petition referred, he had never before felt so confident of - receiving their support. It would, indeed, be almost an insult, to the Court if he were to say much to induce then, to entertain the great and important question of Parliamentary Reform, because they could pot avoid doing so, unless they were prepared to act in opposition to the sentiments of the great body of their fellow citizens assem bled in Common Hall, and were determined to expunge from their own records all the declarations they had made in favour of reform. The Court would perceive that the result of the report was merely a recommendation to take the subject into considera tion at an early period of the next Session. Ile trusted that the members of the Court would act upon the recommendation of the Committee, and 'would, in the conscientious discharge of their duty to their constituents, come, forward in the present distressed state of agriculture, and co-operate with the counties pf England in demanding a reform of the present state of the representation of the people. It was unnecessary for him to repeat all the reasons which he had formerly urged to prove the necessity of reform ; but he might observe, that an addi tional ground was to be found in the late official returns of the population of the country, from which it appeared that a large addition had been made to the numbers of the unrepresented part of the population. Smile peculiar circumstances had re cently occurred in the _House of Commons, which bare upon the question of reform. The House of Commons, which al. ti affected to be extremely jealous Of its purity, and indig nantly repelled any imputations of bribery and corruption, had .not long since punished certain electors who had been convicted of bribery. But how did the House punish them ! By ex tading the elective franchise—thus adopting the very principle for which the reformers contended. He could not see why the House should stop with Grampound, and not extend the prin ciple farther; but, at all events, it was necessary that the man ner in. which the people were represented in the House of Commons should be made the subject of inquiry. In his opinion, no fair objection could be made to inquiry. He recollected, that when it was alleged that the patronage of that Court had been sold; every member was anxious that a Committee should be appointed to inquire into the subject ; this was the conduct of a body that felt strong in the conscious ness of their rectitude. The enemies of reform were only those persons who were interested in the support of corruption.— There might probably be a few sin ere persons who ent e rt a i ne d doubts on the s u bj ect , b ut the grelt body Odle enemies of re form were deeply intrenched in corr u pt io n. M r. R eeves h a d formerly been prosecuted for saying; that the 'King a nd the House of Lords could carr y on the Government very well with out a House of Commons ; and really, if the present system were allowed to go on, Mr. Reeves's opinion would not appear very preposterous. It appeared on the face of a Parliamentary document, that the influence of the Crown extended over about 90 placemen and pensioners who sat in the House of Commons. Many Peers procured the return of their friends and dependents to the House of Commons, and thus the majority of the House . was under the influence of the Crown, and of a part of the House of Lords. He believed that the country did not consi der the important subject of reform as a party question, but, on the contrary, as one founded in justice, and the principles of British Constitution. If the people would continue true to themselves, refrain from perplexing discussions as to the best remedy, and make a powerful and united effort to expose the grievance, they would, indeed, obtain the Pilot that would weather the storm. He concluded by moving that the Court do agree with the Committee in their report.—(Bear!) Mr. SLADE rose to second the motion. lie observed, that the adoption of a plan ,of reform in this country could not fail to produce a powerful and beneficial effect on the moral condi tion of Europe in general, and particularly with respect to Spain and Portugal.—(Hear!) Mr. GALLOWAY said he would vote for the motion with great pleasure, because he considered it very important that the Court should pledge itself to take the question into considera tion early in the next Session of Parliament. He for one was of opinion, that the reformers in that Court had, to use a vul gar expression, been lying on their oars during the last year, because it afforded an opportunity for the agriculturists to speak their own unbiassed opinions oil the subject of reform, and it deprived the enemies of the cause of the pretence for saying that the class to which he bad alluded had been made the tools of a party, and did not act upon their own conviction. It now appeared to be the wish of the agriculturists, in common with the rest of the community, that the question of reform should' undergo a full and dispassionate discussion.. The re.commen dation of the Committee, confirmed by the opinion of the Court, as he was sure it would, could not fail to produce the most sa tist'actory result, not only in England, but over the whole of Europe. The great struggle which was now going on in the, world, was respecting th e ques ti on w h et h er there, should Or should not be a representative form of Government. England. who had so long advocated that system of Government, could not shrink from the contest which agitated the world, but mils; stand forward to advocate it. Mr. WELCH gave his hearty support to the motion, and pledged himself to advocate the question of reform whenever, it should be brought under the consideration of the Court. Mr. JAMES was of opinion that this question had been brought forward at the present moment, under the idea that it might by,possibility have some influence upon the approaching elections of Common Councilmen. No selfish considerations, however, should deter him from declaring, that as long as ha stood in his present situation, he would, to the utmost of his power, oppose the, wild and visionary schemes of reform which some gentlemen advocated in that Court. If he should lose his election by expressing himself in this manner, he did not care : he acted according to his sense of duty. Mr. TAYLOR denied that there was any foundation for the insinuation which had been made by the Hon. Gentleman who had last spoken. If the persons who had brought the question . before the Court had done so with a view to influence the elec tions, they would best have effected their object by calling for a division, which was not now intended. Mr. O . I.DHAM supported the motion, because it did not pledge the Court to any specific plan of reform. Feeling as he did that some kind of reform was indispensably necessary to the safety of the Constitution, he could not let that opportunity pass without tendering his thanks to his Honourable Friend for having brought the subject before the Court, and declaring that he would be always ready to vote for any constitutional plan of reform. Mr. Alderman 'WASTHMAN, in allusion to what had fallen from an Honourable Gentleman in the course of the debate, said he was not aware that any Member of that Court had ever advocated a plan of reform which merited the designation of wild and visionary.—(Hear !)—lt was impossible that men could advocate any subject•, with success unless they felt strong ly ; but because they were, in earnest they ought not to be con sidered violent. The same Gentlemen who talked about wild and visionary schemes had frequently entertained the Court about the advantages of a moderate reform, but they never would state what their moderate plan was.—(Hear ! )—Until they did this, they had no right to call the proposition of others wild and visionary.—(Hear!) After a few words from Mr. DixoN and Mr. HuncomnE, the question was put to the vote. The show of hands was un usually large in its favour, and only six vas held up against it. After disposing of some unimportant :business, the Court broke up. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. W e have already presented to our Readers two Letters from MARCUS, taken from The BUTN 6-'azette, and' we now .have the pleasure .of insert ing another from the same Paper of Wednesday' last. The recent Election for. Cambridge tni-• versity gave occasion to these letters, but the author has extended his remarks to other inci dental subjects. The observations. on MonEttN WHYdcfsm,and on what was stiled the TALENTS' A DSITN.ISTI2 ATION, in the following Letter, are acute, sound, and convincing.. It is not a little to the credit of The Bary Gazette that It is fa- VoUred with the Correspondence of a Writer so learfibd; so a bl e , and so fir m a p ro p to our CON STITUTION in U111•11CII and STATE.—It rust be gratifying to every wise and good man to find that this admirable writer has promised another lQtPr,.and tire hue, to see many future effusions of Ills viorous pen. TO THE tinTou OF THE BURY GAZETTE. sin—l proceed to observe, in continuation of my last week's remarks, that very different is the violation of political integrity, • and very much increased the reproach of it, when men are in fluenced to vote contrary to s their declared opinions, not from mo tives of gratitude for favours received, but from the covert hope of advantage in expectancy. I would have these gentlemen recollect, before they yield ,to the prevailments of such seduc tiOns of their probity, that a conduct of this kind is the nearest approach any mind can make, and especially a well-informed one, to what is dishonest and dishonourable. ,Sent qulrdam vitiorum ekmenta ; but this stretches further into the womb of evil, and gives us it in its full birth, with all its limbs, joints, and organs, strongly knit and formed at once. If virtue is to be laid asleep, and appetites of this coarse and voracious na ture alone to wake, we know that the feelings of integrity will be sacrificed to the calls of interest; that the notice of die great will be courted by unworthy submissions ; and that he, who sets his heart upon preferment, will not be anxiously scrupu lous about the means of obtaining it. I confess I know not a greater debasement than for a man to desert his grounded sentiments, because he believes that such desertion will aid his interest more than the maintenance of them. Such a conduct, in the private transactions of life, would go near to be our ruin. In our public political conduct 'alone the sharuefulnesss of the deed is varnished over by its adroitness ; it passes for a sort of lucky hit ; a felicitous adust ment of the mind to the varying complexion of the times ; a skilful appropriation of the ambitious views of others to the concealed designs of ourselves. Amid the crooked aberrations of callous consciences, the want of political integrity is a very trifling affair of the heart indeed. It seems to regard no sanctions, and hardly to require them ; and that which every man does, when it tallies with, his particular views, or makes for his private ends, every man is conceived to have the right to do when the slave market is open, and he can have his own price. If these be maxims that hold in the World, they should yet not hold, in a place set apart for preparing the mind fora re nunciation of that world ; for a seclusion from its cares—a dis dain of its allurements-,-and a calm sequestring of the mind from its pomps and. vanities, its riches, its honours, and its magnificence. Here surely, if any where, life should not be found perpetually-throbbing with inordinate desires, nor inte grity disturbinglier'peoce for boobies, whit -if s'o:c obtain, she can merely gaze and dote upon for a nanucnt. So far as pre ferment may be desirable; which is not aikveyt.. the ca e, it is to be obtained, I trust, by a very diretero line of procedure; by' doing our duty and the. result of it with ilt. :t ven. if i t cannot so be compweil.::. Lich I will never be; ieve. sr. Img•a s am persuaded th...t Prn...idt , nt..7 ;catches ov. r the of men, we shall have cause to r it as any thing rather than as a blessing. If we can only e;o-t:.- the obJec of our ambition by the relinquishment of onr intt.:o.4v; if we must continuo to be poor, unless we will Consent: to be worthless, and the ironical suggestion of the Ethnic. must become the sober rule -of the Christian. Qumrenda,pectmia prinirn ; Virtus post maims, the case is desperate indeed. Preferment may come . ; but the moment it knocks at the door, Honour starts up alarmed, In tegrity sighs and tleparts, Respect turns her back upon us, and we are left to eat our morsel alone. Where duty, dignity, principle, are forgotten, what less can be expected no recompcnce to a mind not lost to virtue for such a volun taiy disruption of all her sacred intendments ; and let these men be assured, however they may hope, in the partial judg ment of friendship, to palliate the unhappy error, that where suspicion once fastens and scorn points her finger, preferment is turned into dust and ashes ! Of s conduct thus polluted in all the honourable motives by whi..ll it ought to be characterized, it is difficult to speak with ju p ica, unless we speak with severity. Surely that man is not to b..• envied who attains the accomplishment of his wishes means that compel every one to lament at his suc cess ; who, looking down the avenue of tim e , an d see i ng t h e golden image i , t die end, claps wings to hi s d es i res , an d l eaves his integrity to follow after him as she can. If there be minds of this disreputable cast among those who have lately ex ercised the elective franchise, (for I neither make nor intend any personal application of my remarks) they must be content to take our contempt, mingled with our regret ; for they are al together too mean not to be dcspisea, at - id certainly too miser able not to be compassionated. That the Whigs coolly do these things, and scruple not to violate all consistency where any thing is to be got by it, is no apology which any right minded man will d es i re t o res t in.—. The Whigs have a latitude which no one dares allow himself that is not a Whig. They are a sort of " chartered libertines" who proceed all lengths, because they find that impudence and sedition pretty well clear the way before them, and drive off their timid adversaries on every side, Without the shadow of a political character to support, the field is therefore open to them for the commission of any enormities. With souls im mersed in the very slough of radicalism, they have, over and over again, prostituted their itinerant talents to every audience that has thought it worth while to coax and wheedle them in their behalf. These usurping Whigs, professing the spirit without a remnant of the principles of their original ancestors, have, I repeat, neither characters nor consciences to stand in the way of their proceedings. They may worship Aristocracy in the morning, and deify Republicanism in the evening ; they may protect what they affectto consider as injured innocence at one season, and sacrifice it under the notion of polluted purity at another; they may, like the renowned 31r. Scarlett, come forward cockahoop for the independent representation of a University to-day, and skulk back to the old kennel, the bought and sold, hard and fast, rotten borough to-morrow, In short, any inconsistencies of conduct, any commutation of principle, these bastard slips of Whiggism may be guilty of, and no one ask why they thus roll and wallow in the stye of their own licentiouSnass. The circumstance may indeed create dis gust, but it cannot excite surprise. In a body without politi cal integrity, it is absurd to stand chaffering about political consistency. But to put this foolish faction out of the verge of any other 1 I than aanost depraved imitation, their a bility, Si r , w ill b e f oun d quite as lean and ill-favoured as their honesty, if we may judge of what they would do by what they have already done. They made the experiment of purifying the augean stable of the state somewhere, if I recollect, about the year 1006 ' • and how, in the omnipotence of their diploma t i c gen i us , how did , PRICE SEVEN PENCE they succeed ? Did they discard influence ? Did they abo. lish pensions ? Did they reduce the numb er o f placemen ?' Did they lighten th e Publre expenditure ? Did they dissolve, or even decrease, the usual sources 'of taxation ? And that great eye-sore, the income tax, that they were evermore railing against, did they fritter it down to a mere cypher? Or abroad, put they on a higher form of sagacity and boldness than at home ? 'Were their foreign achievements worthy to be engraved on tablets of brass ? Did their enemies fear them ajot Did • their allies a jot esteem them ? 'Who thought of them but with regret when they were in power ? Who gave them a moment's recollection when they were out of power ? Did a single tongue speak their praise or a single heart immortalize their renown ? EVery tongue had indeed its voice, and every heart its feeling ; but that voice only resounded their folly, and that feeling. re verberated but their shame. Indeed, the senatorial essays , and exercises of these Whig Tyros, both at home and abroad,'bave ever been of more sound than worth. They take nyon them high enterprizes, and generally contrive; with all their pompo i sity, to sink them down into ridiculous performances. Like the country pedagogue who fancied all eyes upon his Press, ,they " publish a spelling book and dedicate it to the Uniivise Pt It is unnecessary, I trust, to add;that, I am not here Speaking of our Oxford and Cambridge Whigs, or of the legitimate off spring of the Whigs of 1688; but of that degenerate race who, assuming this designation in - various , parts of the empire, buy up corrupt spirits' atiufv price, and every where invite recruits to their standard of disloyalty. Our Universities, lam willing to hope, know nothing of such reprehensible characters. Men differ there with far less of obnoxious feeling. They do not carry with them, into those calm retreats, that bitterness of soul against Government, ecclesiastical , and civil, which flames out in the mob cavalcades of Smithfield, the demagogue elections of Westminster, and the county meetings (made up of snob orators, and freemen without an inch of soil), of Northumber land, Durham, Norfolk, Surrey, or Kent. Those consecrated shades are, luckily, not blaSted by such mildewS of the mind. There they learn to soften asperity by the lessons of philosophy, and while they strengthen the understanding and correct the judgment, they forget not that amelioration of the heart, with out which all understanding is strengthened and all judgmeht corrected in vain. But .I must leave this part, Sir, of my letter, where I dare trust myself to do no more than merely fashion the first rude outlines of a spirit thus corrupt e d i n it s p r i me an d v i ta l organi zation, I will not insist upon the injury sustained, when such a question as that of the Catholic claims has to be tried for life or death by such perverted Judges. I will get clear of this darkness of the mind, this gross delusion to hope to reconcile a righteous name with unrighteous doings, and will hasten to the last excuse which political inconsistency, hurried and harrassed in all her windings, cloth usually take shelter in. A man's opinions, it is said, may, by the current of events, or by times and circumstances not foreseen, or cal culated upon, or sufficiently prepared against, suffer some modification ; some variation, therefore, in his original prin ciples must be expected and a ll owe d f or. C erta i n l y allow ance should be made, and very liberal allowance too, for all conduct influenced by an honest modification of, and departure from our generally received opinions. To bind down a man under the many changes of public events to no change of public conduct; amid an ever varying system of polity, to expect him to entertain political sentiments that shall vary never, would be absurd a nd un j us tifi a bl e . Th e m i nd must be left to its own boundless nature; to turn and use its powers of reflection at will. It must be permitted to do this in justice to the benefits, to be derived from its free ex er ti on .— It observes the government of human events ; the channels through which life is running on in its divided streams, political, moral, and religious, to the great ocean of eternity ; and it sets itself, from time to time, to discover how this mighty rush of intellect may lest pass without danger ; how it may so pass 41S to dispense light, knowledge, and fructification, as it proceeds. No man therefore can be the same at all times ; can stand at all times in the same attitude with respect to so c i e ty. His conceptions, hi s a pp re h ens i ons of evil and of good are suf fering perpetual inequalities in their vividness, perpetual abatement and increase. He, at one period, may find the Throne too strong and the People too weak : the despotism of the Monarchs too high, and the liberties of the Subject too low; the authority of the Clergy too great, and the understanding of the Ltsioty boo acrooo,ai. no e.ey that Republican notions a re overpowing Monarchical feelings; that Whig doctrines are embodying themselves with radical dis organization ; that popular rights are usurping upon royal pre rogatives ; that the Church, " militant here on earth," is ceas ing to le considered as useful, and the Throne as sacred ; and that, in short, the whole head of the State is sick, and the whole heart faint. Under these circumstances, it is more than justifiable, it is essential for every man to modify his principles, and so to con form them to passing events, as to meet, and with greater ef fect to counteract whatever may be the more settled infirmities of the land. But let him not, when he has pared doWn his principles to their demandable standard, forget to pare down his conduct also ; let him not, when he " begins to feel some rouzing motions" in bins, some strangely kindled symptoms of good will towards the advocates of Catholic emancipation, con tinue his signature to anti-Catholic petitions; let him not in one and the same breath declare, that though the admission of these Catholics to civil power, would, in his opinion, h 3 totally ruinous, he will yet give his vote, aye, and exert his influence, for those .who are determined, if possible, to effect such admis sion. 0 never let him consent to trench on the very heart of moral rectitude in this lost a nd depl ora bl e manner ! All we ask, and in duty to the virtuous feelings of the community, we cannot ask less, is consistency ; for a man to be what he pro fesses to be. If he has the spirit of Toryism about him, let that spirit (it is a noble one) shine forth openly and fearlessly in his conduct. If he be possessed of the seven devils of Whiggism, let him wear the contaminated badge, and practice his incanta -dons within his own select circle. Whether, in short, Whig, Tory, Radical, or Revolutionist, let him be politically knOwn for what he politically is—He must be known for this, or for worse. There is, in fact, Sir, no pretence adequate to the apology which all tergiversation of the mind requires. Whether we veil intention under the disguise of paying court to our patrons, of bending to contingent circumstances, or of modifying opi nions, while our conduct remains unmodified, it is, in every case, a sacrifice more or less, of principle to convenience ; cf that which is everlastingly valuable, to that which is valuable only transitorily, and to some private end. I think this might be shewn invariably, and especially in the present instance it might be insisted upon, that no member of a Protestant Uni versity was justified in voting otherwise than in pure consci ence, where a point so important to the interests of the Church of England, as that of the Catholic question, was in debate, and most alarmingly in debate. 1 am not, Sir, address ing my remarks to those who have reasoned, or dreamed themselves into a belief that the claims of the Catholics might be conceded without injury to the State, but to the conscientious and orthodox opposers of those claims ; to those who, in all the solemnity of conviction, have declared before God and in the face of the sun, that Protestant Ascendancy lost, every thing is lost with it ; that, from that moment, our Hierarchy is vir tually abolished, our Monarchy endangered, our Constitution wounded to the very quick, and all our Legislative acts and edicts a cold, stiff; and dead letter. To such surely I need not observe, that to come forward and vote for those, who, in re turn, • will, themselves, on this grand question, vote against them ; overthrow their b es t i n t eres t s , an d treat heir most so lemn convictions with disdain, can be only folly united with madness ; and something, I fear, less excuseable than either, creeping and shrinking, and sheltering itself under both. Ilinow not, Sir, whom these concerns may affect, nor ought I to be very solicitous about it, let them fall where they will, and as they will, why should they not have their course ? Un sound conduct can never be defensible conduct. Plato and Socrates cease to be venerable when they cease to be virtuous.— Let the heart that feels itself tainted by any approach to these infirmities take the measure of its own corruption in time, and silently work itself into a better frame. It may clic) this, if it please, and surely it is worth while to do it ; for what can more powerfully incline us to return to rectitude than the recollec tion, addressed at once to our penitence and to our shame, that where political integrity is outraged without a blush, moral integrity itself' may cease to be reposed upon with our usual confidence. Some what, Sir, yet remains before I close this correspondence. An event of so decisive a nature as the election of %lr. Pankes ought not, considering under what circumstances it was effect ed, to pass entirely uncommented upon. It has a right to find that praise which justice delights to award to virtuous , and inde pendent conduct. I must request, therefore, the admission of a few observations in your next week's paper, connected with this subject ; and as it will involve, in some measure, both the doctrines and duties of a Protestant University, it cannot, I trust, be a subject of indifference. MARCUS. .: -..,,,