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coame of England should be converted into Great Britain at
he time Scotland wan united with this country, a Noble Lord
eee in his place in the Fleil.o of Lords. and most vehemently
Q:testeon that d agaiitnstwould be it, hecause
the thoubversion of all liberty
change woold be such an in.
:r l in the
au! MT 1. And her Noble Lard sad that if they were to do so it
would not only be the ruin of the country, bitt it would be making
it like Nebuchsdtu aro'. statue, part tine and part stone. lie
would now read to the electors a letter which he had received from
j journeymen betters of Snithwatk. wherein they expressed shelf
respectf to him for the lii,er II principles he had advocated in the
geese of Commons. The worthy Knight having read the letter,
said this was conduct which deserved linhation by every other per.
two of those who had been, and he hoped would again. become his
ciciamenis. A question had been put to Mr. Polhill, which
nttleht to he repeotel. and he would now put it again. Would that
coalman do as he (Sir R. Wilson' anti hls colleague had done-
-worse and pledge himself to give up his seat in Pat Bement when
aeresndal of him P He thought that gentleman would act on this
Brien as the fable told them the fox had done. A lion asked 'a
ioh whether his breath smelt : the lamb said " no." for which the
jos b...t 'itch's hetert for telline a lie. The lino then asked the wolf,
fTiie Ie h said " yes ;" for which the lion offhir head for being a fool.
on then asked the fox the samebit qoestion. who replied that he
jets deaf and could not hear. (Cheers anti laughter.) He thought
they had now come in a right u. d4stauding upon all these points,
tercets and laughter.) and they thight depend upon it that the ae-
rator which they had made, though it was flattering to hint, was
sore fistteting and valuable to the twelves : and though the result
of the eonteet would confer on him great honour, yet they might he
snared that for the mode of e-nducting it, every one of them
would receive the admiration and grsiitude of every rational man.
and every well-wisher of mankind. He should now bid them good
evening. He hoped many of them might sleep on beds of roam
to-night, but of this he was mire, that to-morrow they would all
?tem on • bed of laurel. (Loud sheers.)
?Ir. POLHILL now cane forwsrd to address the electors, but the
noire that took pace must have prevented all except those home-
dia.ely around him from hearing a word of his speech. fie said
tat he had been invited there to armee a cause which was the
hot, cad which he found wan the general feeling throughout the
kingdom. He thanked his friends fcr their great exertions, and
he had not the twist doubt of success by their perseverance. the
should not be diverted in the least from his course by what he
could by chance cat-h from the Gentlemen who had spoken, but
which boom bad made but little impression upon those whom they
bid addressed. if politics were brought into discussion, he would
sly that there never was an Administration which had more the in-
tense of the country at heart than the present. There never was be-
te-. and there never would heagain; they deserved to be supported.
and he now gave the borough of Southwark a fair opportunity of
expressing their sentiments of approbation. The state of the poll
was Battering to him. It was inconvenient for many of his friends
to come up this afternoon, but he thought to-morrow they would
see a very great alteration in his favour. ( Here the noise was very
rest.) It would be impossible for him, unless he went on in
the same strain wh'ell they had already heard, to expect their at-
trition; but these, would be other opportunities for him to address
them, when he should feel -bilged if they would give him the
mite patient hearing as they had done the ether gentlemen. Ile
wood now take his leave of them, with the expectation of seeing
his f lowish' great numbers to-morrow.
Mr. Blatt e then began, in the midst of the moet dinning noises.
This. he sold, was one of the glandes' snectacles that had ever
been amen in the borough of Southwark. There never was a time
when they had po led so many plumper' as had been done to-day.
He meant to say, that his friend Mr. Polhill was come forward
thee uron independent principles. He was a man that intended
la go int, the House of C tmwtoos unfettered, end not linked to any
party. biz Robert Wilson, at the time that he was first elected for
the Borough. promised them that he would not, on any considers-
nod, vote against their interests. Now he (Mr. Bishop) was full
ready to retire that Sir Robert Wilson had on one occasion voted
out of their pockets 6.0801. a year. to serve a friend. The man that
held himself up to be the protector of 'their purse was the very man
who took the money cut of it by Ills vote. They did not mean to come
forward there to make professions. By returning Mr. Polhill, they
would have acts, and not words. Sir Robert Nilson had told them
he had been into the field of battle and had bled. So he had ; but
they all knew that people who did that were paid for it out of their'
rickets. Sir Robert Wilson never bled without belag paid for it.
Titry spoke of charities—Sir Robert might talk of the distresses at
Manchester, but had he contributed to their relief ? Did they tee
his name in the hat of sobseriptiotoi ? (Cries of—" It is only
because he cannot afford it.") 'They wanted a man to come forward
whit would bleed his pockets for the poor creatures whom he (Mr.
Bishop) bad seen on the canie's, and not his person. Ile could
only say further, that with thelrexertlona they would to-morrow
place Mr. Polhill ten the top of the poll. " Yes, you will, 1 know
you will; good night gentlemen."
The uproar that continued while this gentleman was speaking,
quite 'quarted anything that occurred yesterday.
The candidates now retired from the hustings, and the people
began to :costae.
The poll ems adjourned to nine o'clock this morning.

ST. PAUL'S ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF
CHARITY SCHOOLS.

Yesterday the Annual Meeting of the Charity Schools of
London and its vicinity was held at the Cathedral Church
of St. Phul. His Royal Highness the Doke of Gloucester
attended; there were also present litany of the Nobility,
some Dignitaries of the Church, sod the Lord Mayor of
London. There were at least 16,000 spectators in the
church, and the number of children present was over six
thousand; they all vr•'re new dresses, and presented an
imposing display of public benevolence, and, as has been
said in the Report of the Sor'ety of Patrons, an animating
incentive to the present age to patronize and transmit to
posterity the cic-llent Institution in which those children
are educated.

Prayers were read by the Rey. Mr. Nwp, one of the
Minor Canons of St. Paul. The reading psalms were
channted by the gentlemen of the choir, and the children
joined in ' Gloria Petri" to each psalm. Before the
prayer for the King, the Coronation Anthem was sung by
the gentlemen of the choir, and the children all joined in
some parts of the grand chorus.

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The sermon was preached by the Right Rev. Lord
Bishop of Lentlaff (Dean of St. Paul's.) He took his
teat from the 4th chapter of the prophet Hosea, etblverse;
and although he was nearly inaudible in the distant part
of the cathedral, he appeared to make a deep impression
upon those within his hearing. His Lordship enforced
with great elognenze the importance and nee:ashy of a 11
religions education, and strongly recommended the sur-
ruunding 'little ones to the attention and patronage of a
benevolent public.
After the sermon four verses of the 10 ttli Psalm were
sung, and a grand chorus by Handel, in parts of which
the children Joined, with wonderful effect. Indeed the
scene was the most imposing that can well be conceived,
and (hashed with the Hallelujah; after which the com-
piles separated.
The children returned to their respective schools as they
came in the morning, headed by their beadles, attired in
new liveries, and accompanied by the masters and mis-
trews of the schools.

The collection at the meeting amounted to 3611.

The papers and letters from Calcutta to the 3d of Fe-
bruary, which arrived ytatenlay, contain no intelligence of
much interest. The purser of the Maluis of Wellington
stater, that three days after the vessel sailed from the Sand
Head (6th of )February), they spoke a ship, which reported
.1.01 thu Steries-VeVel Xeterpritte was in the offing, with the
treaty with the Burmese, ratified by the Government
of Asa.

By a China wind just arrived, we are favoured with
important information from Batavia ; the dates from
III? latter are 1 the ilk! February. By a Decree of the
Governor-General, Van de Capellan, in Council, of the
Slat DeCeenher, 1825. after a recapitulation of the present
state of the law of the Netherlands, concerning the trade of.
its Indian possessions, it is ordained:—
" That all ships arid 'teasels of all nations, from whatever places
they may be coming, and wherever they may be destined, shall
henceforward be allowed to enter the following ports of the Nether-
landish lndieo, and there discharge their cargoes; on submitting to
the laws of the land. and the regulation. of freight and trade, and
prrtieularly the trie. el exports and import, via.. Batavia, Sit-
mans". and Sournbala on the eland of Java; Riouw, on the
hand of 131pRop t kl tintok, Cri the islard of Hanka; Palembang,
Bencoolm, Tappenordie, on toe Wand of Sumatra; B .njer Nat.
sing, Pontesnak, and Samba, on Borneo; Makassar, on Celebes ;
and Koeping, on Timor." A reservation is, however, mile in
WOW 0! home shipping,, of the trade between one pert of the Nc-
therhal Indies it.ld another—whether it coacerna pzods the produce
of the country, cc goods laid in c:. repot at one port. which it is in_
tended so carry to another eotrept t. Netherland products in Nc.
lierland vessels, pmvidel with prover certiffestes of origin, continue
free from duties according to the King's decree of April 25, 1819."
The island was perfectly tranquil. Reinforcements from Holland
had arrived, and the Dutch frigate Belton* was spoken with within
a day's sail of Java, full of troops, and with five millions of gull-
d:ia on bran!.

We hAve recei veil the flnpnee statcm.,nt of Buenos
A vies for the year IC2S. The chief item of the revenue is the int-
-I)mi:intim aluch are nearly two millions of dollars. Total rt..•
mite of the awe, 6,467,224. 31, including 3,1132,790. from the
English loan.
2.665,200 I
- 3.602,024

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Lapeaudtture
Excess

6.11;7,224 :14
Without d e loin there cud have been s deficiency of 231),C00
dollars.