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London, England, 1806-03-24 00:00:00

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The erroneous report respeling the Duke of
Rammer, being to be invested with the Order of the
Garter, en iginated in consequence of the deaths of
tl.ct Duke ta GLOUCLSM, Watcptis of Ls NSDOVIN,
and Marquis CORNWALLIS, clime of the Knights;
and itwas supposed t wo of them were vacant, only one
of the three having hen giver; to the Earl of DA It r-
MOUTH but it turns out, that the Order worn by
the Doke of GLOVCSITF.R is not to be disposed of,
as on his death it came to the Chapter, he being a
Prince of the Blood Royal it died with him.
On Saturday His Al AJLITY held a Chapter of the
Most Noble Order of the Garter, at Windsor Castle,
fur the purpose of investing the Marquis or ST AV.
rose with the Blue Ribbon worn by the late Mar-
quis CORNWALLIS. Between eleven and t*elve
o'clock. the Noble Personages who were to form
the Chapter, began to arrive at Windsor, from
London; likewise the Officers Iselonp,ing to the
Herald'sOffiee. The Prince of WA Les art ived at one.
His MA.IrSTY, as usual, took his early dint er soon
after one o'clock. At two o'clockL,rd S
the Lora in Waiting, informed the Principal King at
Arms, that His M kJESTY was ready to hid
Chapter; and the Knights being previously ar-
ranged, 'becording to their seniority, they prii-et.d,..,d
in grand procession; th. junior Knig'Hs first, ill
dressed in their superb robes. made orpot rely-•,
lined with white satin, with the collars a' e 0: der

on their shoulders, which had a very grand etre&
procoeoied in the following order to the Go-ao.l
Piescacc Chamb.or s•••-
Eatl Dartmouth.
Earl Pertatni,e.
Marquis A bercorn.
Earl Vlf inch,lsca.
The Mike el Beaufort.
Earl Camden.
Earl Speort.r.
Earl Wcim,rland.
firs Royal 11 Ernes, the Uuke of Gloucester.
His Royal Higbee.; the Doke of C41114640*
His Royal Highness the Duke of SUMitll.
His Royal 11,ehiles; the Uuh • of Cumberland.
Hot Royl litgiotett the Dok of Kent.
His K0va1,1.,-,.test the Duke of ,Clarc3ce.
His Roca: liishatets the Doke of York.
Rnyai litglinoss the P, ince of Wale..
They were fel...need by
The Hon. 1)r io.hop of W:ochetter, Pre-
ate id the Order, who wore a Noielo velvet rob.:, with ztiftl
taist:s e ,rd, round h, slioulden, likewitu Cid emblems
of Cie lYtdr ht. r.glit
13.. JAN. Douglas, of S ,Ikbury, the Chancellor* the
Order.
The Holt. aid Rev Henry I,,ege, 13:au of Windsor, the
H egotiar.
Ilia Majesty's Attu dant,' nd Utii,ers of 5, ite.
His in his inn robe. of the Order
Lord Schee, tits Matter of toe Rohe:, holding u. hi, Majesty(o
train , A
His M A J vsr v took his seat on a superb chair covered'.
with crimson velvet. at the head oif a table covered
with the same. The Knights then birwed to the
SOVEREIGN, and took their sees at the table accord-
ing to their order. The 805h,..p of Wit:CH.:ST co,
the Prelate et the Order, stood on His MAJISTY'S
right band. The Bishop of bal.:suer:v. the Chan-
cellor, stool on His VIAJSITV'S fe't band, and
opened the Chapter. by reading t:-.e B:atata
which the Order was ; :Ind afterward, said he
was commanded by the Sov rot to in:orrn the
Chapter, it was His Royal wish to till up a vacant
stall.
The Principal King at Arms, standing at the
foot of the table, retired backwards into an adj
romr., and introduced the Most Noble MarAiols
of STAFFORD 10 His NI SJPSTY, who, kneeling oa a
crimson wiect cushion, His Ma.tc;r v waved the
Sword of State over his bead, and conferred the ho-
sour of Kii;glithood in the usual form, upon which
occasion he had the honour to kiss Ho. AJ y's
hand. The Noble Marquis, with the Principal King
at Arms, retire.) backwards, buwio,r.
The Bishop of SALlSsulty, the Chancellor, then
cialleCtel from each Knight, beginaing wit', t: a.
Prince of WA Les, their votes, which each ICn:ght
had vrriuen upon a fool/cap %hoc of pone', fol:ed
in four, and delivered dieter to the Savereign. who
examined thin, and instruolled the Bishon of SA Las-
iSJlty to declare, in his name, that the Nlarq.,l, of
Srarrotn..was dale elefted a M-mher of the Most
Noble °tar of the Gartir. Earis PcnltltOlte and
WINCIILLSES, the two inkor K.lights, with the
Priniipal King at Arms, retir.od bowing, and in-
trodened the Marquis ; the Principal ling at Arms,
c 'Trying the Garter :toil Ribband tapes a crimson
velvet cushion. Ali of them continued bowing, as
they hpproached His MAJESTY. On their arrival
at the head of the table. the Prince of WA I. as and
Duke of, Yount introduced the Marquis to His
MAJESTY/ who, kneeling upon his right knee. His
MAJESTY was pleased to place the Garter of the
Order between his left knee and calf. The Marquis
then mse, and the Bisliop of S strstuar pro-
nounced the following Admonition :
To the honour of God Omnipotent, and in memorial of the
Wetted Martyr, St. George, tie about thv kg, for thy
Oho Noble G•rter ; wear it as the symbol nt the most illustri•
out Orde,, never to i.e (written or laid aside, that, tltrmhni
thou I.llAy'st be admonished to ue a•id itavbtg ee.
derralcen a lust war, in which thou sh in be engaged, thou
ruai'at stand firm, valiantly fight, and esiecevelit;ly conquer.
The Marquis then knelt on his right knee again,
when His MAWS* V was pleased to place the Blue
Ribband upon his left shoulder ; and, after rising,
the Bishop of b• a liana v pronounced the following
Admonition :
We.o r this Rihhand about try neck, adorned with the impge
of th, Messer! Martyr and Soldier of Coirist, St. George; by
CIOM imitation provoked, thou nity'.4 sn etworitas pro..
penoiv sod adverse adventures; that, having constantly till-
quialled the em-mien, both of b.idy and soul, them ris.,:e.t not
only receive the praise of th,s transient couslmt, but be crowned
with the iialm of eternal victory.
Each Knight then shook hands with the Marquis,
and congratulated him upon his eleelion.
The Chapter being over, the Principal King at
Arms called over each Knight's name, beginning at
the Junior Knights fin st, and they retuned, bowing
to the boycotters. The Precession then returned
in tl.e same order as it entered the Chamber.
The Knee's Audience Chamber was appointed
for persons of distindion, and respeCtable persons,
to behold this rand ceremony, and it was crowded.
His MA t EST v had a moat sumptuous dinner pre-
pared for the Knights, and those who assisted at the
ceremony. The whole of them attended dinner, ex-
cept the Duke of Cc tenet and the Bishop of W 1.-
eats-rem ; the former being much inch-no, serf, and
the latter having a daughter danc.:erouily ill. At

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for o'cleek they rot down to Ma;
J FAT y'S dining worm lb s ornanne is on tile table
Wefts entirely new, and had been a long time in pre-
paration, by Mr. BARKPM, of London. There were
three very elegant emblematical &viers cf the Bat-
tle of f'rafalgar, the Nile, and Copenhaen.
After dinner, the following toasts wete drank :
The Sovere,gu of the Or.ler.
P•enti..r finhght Compa!:i
The Knights Con, aa; ..f t h !roll !loyal. •
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALT!. and
all the Rover. DiArea, reve, returned thanks, and
drank the healths of the Knights present.
The Knirlota Compel:Om
The liootht ekfct, the Motelnis of Stafford.
The Khieha Ant, Katt Dartroooth. •
' The Offic,ra Ant,
Orria, the Revorar and
The Prelate orthe Order, the Hethop of Vimeheln'•••
The Claur•eltor of the Order, the bemires of sAtititure.
At eight o'clock the Noble Knights attended Her
MAJtSTV'S Concert, to which they had been pre-
viously invited. In the great ball and steirease 4
the Cant,, el number of the Royal Horse Guard;,
in •ftill uniform,were stationed to receive the Knights
oe their gnu ance. During the ceremony of tise
Chapter, His Majesty wore spesitclet.
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TO THE EDITqI? al 7HE HI2ITISII PRESS.
Sict-1n perusing your Paper of Mencley, the 17th
instant, I observed a paragraph inserted at the in-
staece of f 4 A Pt opt ietor of Last India Stock;" the
iinportalaue of the subjeet it embraces gives it a
just clams to the information it seeks, not only from
throe, who are immediately itithareeted with the
affair; trarseftions of the India House, but from
eve: y ode who f:els a concern in the welfare of his
country, with which India is now become Ideftellted ;
it may he fairly supposed that there are others het-
tet gin:ll6e than in) self, oho will, by ;led bye,
take up the subjestl; but I surely cannot be cc:l-
in:et; 14 precipitancy, r.or blamed for je es- miption,
in thus tally giving it my sentiments, when I de-
clare that, in doing so, I have no other motive than
that of serving the Public, and that I have no ab-
strafeconneelion, either with' India, or the India
Company.
I have read very carefully the Rye-law of the
Cmonany„ quoted in the paragraph in question ; it
is too cleur and explicit to admit of doubt, and I may
venture to say, will not receive a difference in opinion
on it; it ordains thet, .• Ever; member of the Com-
pany who may eel in opposition to the restri,litin it
contains, shall incur forfeiture and fine, and be ren-
dered i,ropable of serviog t.4e Comp4oo in ono ,ffire or
place whiftiotrer ;" now, Sir, assuming the fact, that
some narsicular meleilr of the Company has been
attue'l eniiv'lled on that live-law, and fined its
consiquence, and I have Uredifli:ulty in aster:iv,
nor goy aprirehension of being conttatfiaed, that
such person is absolutely and totally disqualified to
serve the Company as one of the*Disibenrs of their
affairs, or in any crSce whatever, civil,
or nano, and I am digressed to say, tbat he is
inconsoetem to vote for others ; pet haps it will
he sooe; Allow to add, that if such a pent n, so
ditSu l'ified, were eleard a Hitesgor, it would he
a breach of tie ie which the dist-111.-
I:s:mi= miginated, and that 11;s eleo:ion woad
he aL imi•se null and void ; but it may be re-
,toanswerthe thirdprisposition of the advertise-
menr itt more particular terms, and to aver at I now
do, tba't any servants, or members of the Company,
wlistaise,theic suffrages to such a person, with a
kno edge of ibis ciiciftitstances in which he lentedere
?oil become equally disqualified with himself. In
this opitiioa, 14 might he borne out completely by
the nature of the case, and the arguments it lute
niih-s, but there are other grounds, namely, the 4th
section of the 3d chapter of the Bye-Lows of the
Company, by which it is ordained, e that if any Di-
seat, 0, or anyp ficer, or servants of the C.,rnpany,
shall be guilty of a wilful breach of any of the Rye.
Laws of the Corporation, to %%high any tether spe-
cial perielty it not annexed, and shall he so judged
isy a General Coon, he shall be incapable of hold-
ing any office or employment in this Government."
I will not dwell any longer on the subjea ; if, how.
veer, I have not been suffieiently clear, SO as t., be
fully comprehended, I shall again trespass on your
attention. Vgaez.
March 11%,

We understand, that Col. MARK Woon,
for Gatton, Sorry, is a competitor for the Duke-
dom Alia Estate of Roxburgh, in Scotlaad.
The Earl of Moi RA, Master-G:n2ral of the Ord-
nance. and Commissary-General Mons,, and suite,
arrived, on Wednesday list. at Harwich ; and, on
Tharsday, went to Landgoard Fort. to inapee the
fortiScations there ; and, from thence: they mein to
proceed along the coast.
Friday the lit Regiment of Heavy, and the lit
Regiment of Light Dragoons, of the King's Ger.
man Legion, emhatked for Ireland._ _

The French Ge :orals Itoca.sat,Eau and Bov re
have left Yaelty Barracks, upon their parole of
honour, for Vyickendon, i.t Somersetshire.
General Fit AZCIOS hrigade, consisting of the 14th,
26th. and 9lst regiments, has marched from 0.-
pringe and, Faversham to Ash :Old, and hos been
!:placed by the Lanark and Perthshire Militias.
Revort states, that S,r Joan Monet is :o sue-
red Lord Lean, as Commander-in-Chief in
It is added, that the gallant General is to be accorn-
paed by his Regiment (the 52d), one of the fittest
t to service. ,
Admiral Trrotrteostovorr arrived of Rochefort
on the 3d instant, in the Prides of with the
/Vela, e10441e, Iduslriorrr, Conyeerer, Pallas, and
Ateteetr. The Latolle was watching the port ;
where there is one three-decker, four 74 gni ships,
four frigates, twq corvctes, and two brigs, at single
anchor, ready for ICI.
Viee-Admiral BIRK EL Ex, in addition to his be-
ing made Inspeßor of the Sea Fencible,, is ap-
pointed to superintend the raising of men for His
Nisa est T'S Beets, and to inspeet the signal stations '
along the coast; Captain Tata° r is appointed to
the Theatre,; Captain H. PICOT, tc, the ellltgeter ;
'Capt. J. Sr Lei %art to the Nee.llorse; Capt. W IN.
GA TI.St to the Zebra; Lieut. Lord J. TOW ristlEN
to Li Ville de ildien ; Capt. Rittwioa, to the Hare
store ship, which is fitting at Wtsulerich for the Cape
of Good Hope; Capt. Cwrx, of the fatotari„id, to
the rank of Commodore, and to essiumaad the Clyde;
Capt. Caorrom. to the Seals ; and I it.:RyGnixT
EL4i. its br Fatale Secretary to Mr. Catty,

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POLICE'.
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The er.cupier or a Tanta, its Rathbonr.place, anti
his lodger, attended on Seturday. at this Office. in
investigate the cans? ore fire, which bad repeatedie..
broken out in the house. It appeared, from the .antia.
dence of a fi-eman of the lVestminster tlface,. that
the chimney of the house was ma fire. co Thunder . ..
morning;. and that at eleven o'clock on the night -,,
of the same day, a bed-near-1 and foriiiiiire. la one ~1
of ti•e garrets, were alto oh fire. The occupier and . •
lodger admitted, that on Friday night, one of ffeti.. -i
servant's bed-rooms was on fire.
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On Saturday after n.inn. about four o'clock, t ~
servant's tern-up hed-stead, in the kitchen, was di . .t
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. covertel to be in flames ; and, on investigation, -t. ' -•
proved to be occasioned by some hot embers havi 4i. . _
been put among the bed-lathes, the greater part • i' ..
which were consumed; the eery an• burned her ste •
severely, in extinguishitig the flames. The perti
have very little doubt bet the premises were set • ;`.
fire he design each time, by some person or ;sumo
Neither the householder or lodger are insineat
The parties retired, and are to attend no a tun .
day, whoa anothet w tness will be brought turves, i. ' '
110. We crireuir.
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MAID TON-; MARC9I..ft:
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The Assizes ended here this in,. ii...g, the L:M'C
BARON having finished the causesieft oa the Ci
Side.
CROW D. WEELDE4. .
I • This was an. *Alen of asntolt an! -
brought by the Plaintiff, gunner of the '1”-!fte East- 1.
L-idiarn.in, uttainet the Defendant. Captain of the
same ship. To this the bele:lda:A hid ple-atl ~
that the Plaintiff wds mutinous and di.ri',a,ti-nt, 4 '
and that the battery was infrified for the pte-erva. s'
tion of order and subordinaticn nn board the shier.
it apeuste.l in evidence, that when the I,ders wit., '
Wag r.ff Crookheven, on the :O:st of Irelan,', the
Captain dined one day ow shore, and en his rtrann
0 til!, ship, fumil all the crew dru:-.k. and anteing
the rest the Plaintiff, and that the Captain beat him,
hpt not in the lariats way stated.
Verdi& for Plaintiff, damages one shill:rm. with •
leave for Mr. S.ejeant BEST to move to enter 1
verdiet for the Detenc!ant, if the Court should he of
opinion that the facts amounted to a meet- of the
justification that the Plaintiff Writ " 1.111:i:1009."
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Saturday a report prevailed, that an anion had
take* place betw.'on .‘drit ral I noessoinsuou's
squadron and a FrenAi force. It is stated that
the Matta and Cedar having bean detached by Ad-
miral 'Facies BOROVGII, from aft tletch--fert, tea ,in
-with an seiemy's squadron of six sell of the line,
and were captured after a Reliant resistance ; but
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that the Admiral nest slay f II in with the same
sqnadron, recaptured the . :atia. and task four of
the enemy's cdps of the lire. No accent* of this .
event hiv. however, reacted, any of the fit!slie
Offi.am ; n itber coeid we trice* how oe by. wheal
it was received /V Piymeutli. from whence it comes.
Saturday m wiling, at hall.pact ten ci 'cioek. while '-1
' Mr. Sane co, and two of his men, wre erneilsyed
'in getting some scenery from under fee step of
Covent-garden Theatre, a man of the could
T hoes f 11 down the tr..p. ft-a:lured his skull, an
broke his leg and Arm : to ..s.is itntniediateiy con-
eeversolem-Miefsgaseisauipilal. --
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•1:::- wider: et ihe late i'L.tcolstsWiloo tit. Ora ,
last week to the Ilatli General limpttal, the sum of
51. paid by an inhabit.aot of George-strut, for her
fcnbearine to prosecute :hi' for leavitig the ce.q.
grate i:if e_ure, by which her carriage and horses re.
c:ived s inn: injure.
It was proposed in a fill Senate of the Voiaers
city at Cambridge, on Friday. to-app•• int a Cam,
mittee of Seven fileniliers, to consider in what man- ,
nor they mild best manifest their respea to the
meme y of the late CriANCELI.OI of the I ICitE.
mita ; but this measure, at once so honour:fah.• to,
and so becnmeig the Univer:ity. was Ins- by the up.
position of (air of the Members 01 the Caput
Tn- subjea of Use Author of liei.ts aeptars,te
be revived again wit, new zeal. •it. A 11. ad OH !lA,
adduced eh the evidence of whica the ,inject is -•
susceptible, and has given to e:ie wield the portrait
of the Author, and a fro wade of his grannie hats&
writing ; we are, however, to be adJitionaiiv gra.i.
fled, by another party, with a fee Aitaiie of tie fe Kneel
hand under which he corresponded with his. "tint --.
On Tuesday, a Coroner's Inquest was held na .err
body of r.I.IZMICT/1 TI1101:T. a young vanniati, I.f
Little Sherfi.dd, Yorkshire, who, in a lit of desi, •_•.
drowned hsrsell in a pond on Sunday last. The ,1
deliberate manner in which the put an cad to hue
ezistenc.• is somewhat extraordinary ; the prima be-
ing
frozen over, she broke a hole in the ice, iub: to
admit her head, which she put into the water, and
her bsdy remained quite cry.
An occurrence is said to have take* place at a ,
small village in Staffordshire, which mbar, may
occasion some inquiry:—A man who hat. lived there
some
clared, upon his death-bed, that he was hired to set
fire to Ilia MAJLAT Y'S :hip the i3o..!ae, of 1:8 piess
which ship the public m..y remember to have been
Lunt at Spithead, upon her return from the West- '
Indies. where the had borne the Bag of sir d•niu
dee vis (maw Earl Sr. Viscese), who. in coon-
<pence of this mistortune, lost al his ba!tgage and
papers. The man, however, has left some docu-
ments which may, perhaps, throw some light upon
this mysterious affair. 0
if Waiter to. Let !—Tisere is a custom. which
most likely is peculiar to a small distriA in the
western pact of Cumberland. A few days ago, a
gentleman irons the neighbourhood of Whitehaven„ '
calling upon a person at his house in Ulpha, was
informed, that he was not within ; be was gone to
church ; there was " a rePtiPP Iv id r, On enquiry
as to the eiranieg of this singular expression, it was
thus explaieed. Wheel any assgle earavart, belonging
to the parish, has the mistortune to prove with child.
a meeting of the parishioners is called, for the put.
pose of providizg her a maintenance in some f tinily,
at so much per week, (rem that time to a limited
time after delivery ; and this meeting (to give it the
treater sandier.) is uniformly hoiden in the church;
where the lowed bidder has the Asmacriel—And, or.
such occasions, previous notice is given. that on such
a Jay there will be " a 1i10a114,7 50 W"

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CITY or WITER FORD ELECTIOX.
A rEuro.n, MARCH 15.
Yesterday morning, pursuant to notice tro:n the
sheriffs. A Loge meetb g of thr Freemen alai Flee.
holders of Waterford, t p 1 ice at the City Contr.
house, in order to elektl a Represemative fin this city,
in the room of the Right Hon. Sir John N •wpoit,
Bart. a lan had vacated Ins vat, by accepting the
office of Chancellor of the Escheceirr. After the
writ had nee', read, 1 homas Esq propo.ecl
Sir John Newport, Bait as it fit and props p• iron
to represent the city nt Waterford in Parliament
Alderman Jarrvs Ramsey seconded the motion,
Mr. W. Wants said, that w':en he corsidered
the Parliamentary contlit& of the honourable Ba-
ronet who ha 1 been proposed lot re-eleetion, since
he became the Representative of this gtent comtner.
cid city. hr conceived, that to pats it over a eosin
observali n, wind I he an an of injustice to Lis
merit. He w:a.41.1, tiserefore. trespass oo their at-
tention, only while he stated a few plain reasons
why, in his kidgment, the lion. B,i. io t vas en-
titled to their auppirt. 6-hewed it was almost
uanecessa-v for him in remind the worthy and inde.
pliJent aors he a }dressed, of the llmourable
Baronet's uniform vigilance and a3ivity in all mat-
tets cunne.sed with the general prosperi'y of the
county. To the commercial interests of this city
he had been particularly attentive ; indeed, the mer-
chants of Witerf, ad, with whom he had Lad various
cominunications nn points of importance, had re-
peatedly acknowledged his exertions, and long since
uaaniruousl) tes:itisd their opinion of his set vices, by
presenting him with a flattering mark of their appro-
bad:lw A. in his polities, the lion. Bait. early malt
most favourable impression on his constituents, and
evinced the purify of 1,,s ptieciples by opposing the
late A.:minis/ratio., in the plenitude of their power.
With the ability of the lion. Bart. they are all well
acquainted ; it was even confes,ed by' patty zeal,
and party prejudice. The discerning lodgment and
sound policy, iinit, d with the personal friendly re-
gards of the ableit dministra•i,n whi•h ever pre.
sided over the destiny of a great nation, had placed
hi 'n in the imp.-rtant. office of Chancedor of the Irish
Eacheqiur. Nuet an appointment, by such men,
and at sic!, a crisis (if evidence were wanting), was
an untie' ,ahl: proof of his talents ; 1,141 when, from
his own kr.ostieeltze of the Hon. Birnnet's char after,
lie refleetcd or, the eCtvit of his infortniiiiii, the
clearness his c..nceptimis, and the admirable ar-
rangeinent cit his ije.i4, even at the moment of in-
vestigation, sided to hit liner :Mama industry and
perseverance, lie felt the firmest conri[tion, that his
services ermild be of the most essential hem lit to the

countty. Os the wisdom. viwair, and energy of
the present Minis•ers, with 7vhrm the 110.1. Ilaionet
w.is so happily cuttneeted, hr placed the firmest re-
liance; they possessed tbe conSsience and good opi-
nion e..f the Unit. d Kingdem. The feclie attacks
lately ma 10 vn 'hem, world add to then pet ma-
none and SSA The people of Avg... often re
marked. that their viaes fl with greater
luxuriance, a'ter being riihnled by donkeys. M..
Bur ea Made Went bother ph ions, ard eon-
eitteei&lay r;lL,ressing h:s satisfaaion at the prestsehi-
lienif 'he faun. Raromet's eing tmanir;3l3.a.,ty ataazit
their iteprescu:.l•3,c •.! • !. • .ar that could
be conf.ft-ed oa :my by an independent
sky."
Mr. PI. t Are some general remarks upon the
Importance in ;he dm,- in which they were eitgag..d,
and the peculiar dirriculty of the times, observed,
that under circumstances of so weighty a nature, it
was matter of pleasing idles:lion, 1.3 consider, that
they had it in their power to fix upon a man coal:-
fied, in every p inc ot view, to all the honorii Able
and arduous station. if private worth and pir;dic
integrity, if great and tined talents were ot ate va-
lue, Sir John Newport came b3.frire them with the
strongest and most teTeltable claims ; he said tried
talents, for he hit often been a witness with what
attentiJU i.e had hzen listened to in tl e /-hatse of Cora
anon% and of repeilful regard with which his
• inc.ples .111t1 pans had been received in every
• Thee all knew his westh, and were not idle spec-
tators of his exertion, for the general welfare. lu
each times As the present, it was necessary, fur the
tate.y and happines.. of Ireland, to have represents-
tees in Parliament, who were intimately acquainted
wit:. their grievances and claims; and whose talents
foe public speaking were equal to the task of be ing-
ing them forward iva manner thc most advantageous
end effrati tl. Sir John Newport possessed, in An
eminent degree, those talents, as also a readiness in
de ate, and facility of communicating his opinions,
which must cronely recommend him to the Kleaurs
of Waterford. The unanimity which prevailed at
the Meeting, rendered it unnecessary for him to
-encroach farther on their time; he would nor, how-
-1 ever, conclude, without observing, that he (Mr. P.)
WAS no par y-mai ; an individual vote was the sit-
most length he lead gone ; but the present was an
occasion to which there lad been no parallel, and
he conceived it a duty w!.ich he owed to his fellow-

citizens, to his country, and to himself, thus openly
to avow his sentiments ; and he had no hesitation in
expre.sing his confident belief, *at the cerndtter of
the lion. Baronet would meet with their fullest ap-
peAation, and answer their warme.t ho ws."
The question being then put. on hir. Wallis's
Motion. and ttnammnnsly cariiril. the Sheriffs de-
clare) Sir John Newport, Bart. to be duly defied.
fsfr. Ww. NeeteO• re whe represented his brother,
then roae, and .d.:ressed the M-eting, to the follow.
ing purport : —" Gentlemen, for the high honour
t• us unaninviusly conferred on my brother, in his
oth.enee, permit int., in his name, to retain you his
Area ri.ittiel and heartfelt acknowledgments; and
to erniesi host il,seply he regrets, that the important
tilir!r% of his ritS-e deprive bin of the pleasure which
he would led, in rh inking you in person, for this
additional and flattering proof of your approbation
and regard."
A/clei man Sl`loa Ness Pelee said, ss He rose as a
I/ father, twretitri, 'honks. from his hest, tat his wor-
thy f:iilea-iitizens, for the high and distingni‘lied
honour they hid conferred on his son. He kit an
honest pride in recolleding, that from their present
unanimity, he niust have discharged the trust for-
merly term, in him, with faithfulness and integrit).
by again making Is m the ohjeill of their choice, they
bad sandioncil los past coaled, and he was truly
grateful ler am:h a decisive proof of their regard and
• iebation. I e himself would not grant him hi;
iota, if he were not convinced, set

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his conscience, that the Interests of the city of Wa-
terford, and the good of his codutry, were the great
ohjeets of his life." The worthy Alderman again
repealed his ackrlowledgm:nts for the !avow- con-
ferred on his family ; and made sane further oh-
servarions, which our limits unavoidahl,y oblige us
to .snit.—The mecing then a tj:lu•ned.