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bC4TH OF LORD laßox.

A Courier *mind in titian yesterday morning with
the distressing inteltigcsee of the dere.Ase of Lord
Byron, at blissolonviii, on the Iftth of April, after an ill-
ness of ten days. A coM, attended with inflammation, was
the cause of the fatal result. Lord Sidney Oishuene's kt.
t-rs from Corfu are dated the 27th of April. His Lordahip
was about to proceed immediately to Zante, where the body
ha.l arrived.

Lord Byron had prrfetly recovered from his illness in
February: which was ofßrute a different nature from that
und,v which he che,l. _

he following is a translation of the Proclamation which
War irstted by the Greek• Authorities at Nliswlonghi, to the
grief of it• inhabitants, who were thus arrested in the ce-
lebration cif their fishier festivities :
PRI/V(74ONA GOI-EItN3IENT.OF GREECE.

Tb:prewnt days of fcattivlty are consoled into days of bitter la.
mentation fur all— _ _

lord Noel Byron departed this life to-day, about eleven o'clock
in the evening. in consciluene: of a rheumatic inliimunatory fever,
width had lasted for ten days.

Ihtring the time of his illness your general anxiety evinced the
proforma sorrow that pertadnl your limns. All e1.111%,11, without
distinction of sex or age, own:a:wit by grief) entirely forget the
days of Faster.
the death of this illustrious personage isgrtainly a most cala-
mitous event for all flreere, and still inner lamentable for this city,
to which he will eminently partial, of whieit he became a citizen,
and of the dangcn of which lie was determined personally to par-
take when circumstances should require it.
Ilia munificent donations to this community are before the r yen
of every one, anil none utilimot us evR Call,ed, or ever will cease,
eonsider him, with the purest and most grateful sentinsebts, our
benefactor.

- 1 ntil the dispositions of the National Government regarding this
moat calamitous event be known. by virtue of the Ileum of the Le.
gills, ore, N 0.314, of date the litis October,
IT IC 011111 AIMED.

I. To-morrow. by II 37 minute-gam shall be fired from
the batteries of this town, equal to the number of years of the de-
cca.ed personage.
2. AU public offices, Inehtding all Courts of Justice, shall be shut
fir three following Jays. . . . . .

3. AU .hops, ''except those for 'embalms and modkines, shall
also be kept abut; and all sorts of musical Instruments. all dances
customary in these days, all sorts of festivities' and merriment in
the public taverns, and every other sort of public antsemetit, shall
cease during the. altnve.namod period.
4. A general mourning shall take ;sheet for 21 dare.
S. Funeral ceremonial shall be pectinated in all the churches.
A. MAVRtN'ORDATO.
GlOllOlO PRAIDI, Secretary.
Missolonglii, 19th April, 182.1.
We understand that at llissolovighi the grief that per-
vaded the inhabitants did not require this notification from
the Government. Mounting was deep and universal.
The Greeks have requested act' obtained the heart of
Lord Byron, which will he placed in a mausoleum in the
country, the liberation of which was his last wish.
His hotly will be brought to England.

Ills Lordship leaves one daughter, a minor.

THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.

•
I REFoltlif IsTfrCiLIAMENT.
1 A Court of Lowman Counfil fur the (7ity of London was held
resterday a% fluildhatl, pursuant to a tripaisition so the Lord
r
ftlafor, for " A Rpectal Court, to cahsidcr the tr of pet!. tirmg Parliament forthwith to institute an Mon into the state
of the mprese.atatkis of the pm* In the [louse t:ouvunnits, and
of directing the at:lntim% of -Paeliatnent mire especially to the
r'sesat: inequality thltt tour exists In the representatlOn of the
trict comprising the city of London, the county of Middlesex,
the city of iVestminster, and the borough of Southwirk, Cont.
pared with that of the rest of the kingdom. us It regards Pendia.
taro s proterty.' fie taxation, that distract returning urn members to
Parliament. While the icrt of the kingdom returns CM. with a
riew to obtain ouch reform its may be founded upon the true prin.
ciples of the Britiah (ktnstittlikin.

At twelve o'clock the ('outs was not vt;ry numerously attended
by Commoners, and but one Alderman (i tedey) was on the bench.
The Court h.aving waited newly an hour for the arrival of another,
The Loan 31A voit rose and said, that he had attended one hour
earlier that morning to the business of the Justice-room, in order
that he might arrive at the ('lnirt in proper time. It was
equally the duty of the Aldermen to give their attendance
tr enable the Court to proceed to business; but it appealed that
they were guilty or an ottraordinary neglect of duty towards the
(:owl on this occasion, though they we punctual enougli In their
attendance un public companies, eheie a guinea was to be received.
(Hear, hear.) It would become tieesotary fur him to leave the
Court in a *hurt time if another .llderman did not arrive, awl that
probably was the object of their negligence. However, lithe Court
wished it, he would call them together again on an early day. It
Would be useless perhaps to continue to waste their time much
bore by rernaitting there, as every Hentlentan had probably some
business to attend to, and it was to b.: apprehended that the pre.
ICDCC of another .lldernsan was somewhat doubtful.

In a few minutes aKarWa7tl; Mr. Altre;ll7l.hristophci Smith
entered the enure.
FRAUDS IN THE CO.U, TRADE. _ _ _

. ..... .-.. ... ..... ........ ..........
wesTheenterlldiTp,s:),Alh-oe Rhosapedid,hethsaht
up the time of the Court unneceswertly in mak a statement to
obuldfmnote the
be chorkne'eresdofasthetak4ll7l:
which he wished to give publicity. There were present a great
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many fraudulent and pretended companies. actually in rtistence or
about to be brought forward, by which the public and the fair
trader were equally cheated ; and in particular there were many
foul practices carried on with respect to coals. The t'orporation of
laruion had taken steps to remedy the evils under which that trade
laboured; but in his opinion the object could never be fully effect-
ed unless the matter was referred to the Goal and Corn (•.nnnuittee.
It was sperilied in the advertisements, that a particular wet of coals
could be supplied to the public at a rate much lower than it was
possible fairly to sell them. The custom was to supply an inferior
sort of the WOW denomination. Thus, for example, of 11'swa.
end there were two sorts, one at 34 shillings and the other at 41
shillings. In that instance a fraud to the extent of seven *billings
might be practised. He then held in his hand • bill of which
thousands, he believed, had been circulated. It professed to be Is-
sued by " The City Phesnix ('oil Company.," acting " under the
immediate inspecti,m of t'te Lord Mayor and l'otporation of Lon.
don." .Ind so successful had this pretended company been, that a
person of so much sagacity as to be a Judge of the land was about
to have given am order. under the impression tEst it was a germine
and fair-dealing establishment, if he (the Lord Mayor) had not
undeceived I • . This company offered to supply the best Halls.
end coal, at Ms. 61 per clialdron. The Coal and Coen t'omniittee
had, he believed, proposed mane regulations, to meet this evil, and
it was desirable that they should be brought forward as soon as
possible.
.. .. . _

Mr. BLEAnEN obserc.ll, that the projector of the company had
been already fiord for fraud.

OFFICE OF WATER 11.111.1 FF.
It was referred to • Coinnrittee. to inquire concerning the duties
and emoluments of the office of %Vitt? Bailin; vacant by the de-
cruse of 31r. Howell.

This laudable institution, the object of which is the prevention
of crimes, by the admission of the offspring of convict*, and for
the reformation of criminal poor children, celebrated its thirty. f'ITY BONDS.
Mr. JAMES then preeented a petition from certain holders of
sixth anniversary yesterday, at the Albiuu Tavern, Alderagate-
city hands, against the reduction of interest.
street.
The fluke of York, President of the Society, was prevented After a few words from Mr. Pavel', Mr. S. Dixon, Mr. Alder-
front taking the Chair, ris he was expected to do. The non. Mr. man (.
Smith, and the lord Mayors
The petitioners were called to the bar and heard.
Janice Park therefore presided.
The dinner, served up to about ninety gentlemen, was excellent. After which, the consideration of the petition was postponed.
As anon as the cloth was removed, the professional gentlemen PARLIAMENTARY 1(1:FORS!.
present, among whom we noticed 3leesre. Clarke. Hawes, Goo). The requisition for the Special Court was then read,
den, Fnewilliana, and Collier, sang ".'too .Vidiir /Mmise." 3lr. FAVEI.I. said, that when he considered the volumes of mat-
ter that might be extracted from the records of the Court, respect.
" The King" was then drank with three times three. Anthem-
-, God save the King." ing this great quistion, during the last forty years, and when he
" The Royal Family." Glee—" Mine be a cot." considered the mass of petitions which had been presented to Par.
figment, and which iniein continue to slumber under the tables of
" 'l'he Ihilie of York arid the Army." Glee—" (low merrily
both Houses until the day of resurrection, unless the attention of
wr lire that soldiers be."
.• The Duke of Clarence and the Navy."—" Rule Britannia... the country was arous4 he felt that he owed no apology fur
moving the resole noes with which it was his intention to conclude.
3lr. Justice Prise said, he rose to protium: the health a their
This gene question had resisted all the attacks of ingenuity •and
flora) President, which he was sure would be drank with a great
sophistry ; It had survived the calumnies of Jacobinism, and the
deal of pleasure. They must all regret his Royal Highness's
atioence ,
_. but he had received a letter front an officer belonging to otheropprobriousceithets formerly applied to its advocates
and
the Royal 'hike'. star, saying, that his Royal 11 ighnesies duty in to no one more than to his Ironlohtp, and it would at last obtain
that consideration which it amply deserved. On the last debate in
the Douse of lands prevented hi.n f attending the Society on
that occasion, which it hod been has full intention of doing, and Parliament, notwithstanding that nearly 200 Members were re-
desiring to assure them that the institution had ha best wiehes fur
turned by corrupt influence of various •descriptions, lewd John
its utimett passible sucen
Russell hail divided Ina in its favour. It had become an object of
t
no trifling consequence, and for this success It was much indebted
" The health of his Royal Ilighnese, President of the Institution,
to the :relines eeertions and independent feelings of the citizens of
and sueerns to the institution," was then drunk with considerably
applatlae tendon. lie could not conceive, indeed, how it could be opposed.
1 Sang—" The Whirligig World." By Mr. Fitzwilliam. Etery man professed to be a friend tc the ConstltUdOn. Scarcely
a
STEPNEY: liasEt.i:E, Esq. then rose to ropetie the health of speech wan terminated without such a declaration, especially by
gentlemen who were not the most friendly to reform. He would
the View-Presidents. Ile regretted they had nut the pleasure of
enjoying the mammy or mon of them titan appeared K. be ask them what they meant by the Constitution ? It was generally
then prevent; but their indimemoble duties in the Howse of
understated to mean the union of King, Lords, and Connuons.
The power of the two former wise not decayed or abridged. The king
Commons alone prevented their attendance. It was, however,
with grist pleasure that he saw one of those Honourable Gentle- hail nut only all the means of an immense government at hiadiopoul,
men then with the-in--one to whom that Institution owed much
but such was his happy lot, le: reigned besides in the hearts of his
(applause); and not that Institution only, but many others its subjects. Forty years ago, the Howie of Crenniona had resolved
that great metropolis, which bad for their object the amelioration that " the influence of the l'rown had increased, was increasing,
of human wretchedness, and the advancement of human happiness. and mg" to he diminished." No one pretended that the power
the presence at that honourable person prevented him front tit- and privileges of the ',oils were not as flourishing as ever. But
ing snore; but the couipany, he was stare, could well appreciate tine what was the state of the Commons P Where were their Reprcaen.
benefits which the exertions of that respected individual conferred tatives ? lie °amid propose therefore to Petition for an inquiry,
on moiety, as he believed there were very strong reasons .for suspecting that
The health of the ‘'ice.Preitidents was then drunk. something was wrong. ((dear, hear, and a laugh.) On every
Mr. Justice PANG, in returning thanks, said, he was extremely Turnpike Bill the House of C'entmons appoint it CAnnmltree of
sorry the office and duties of the Chair had fallen on himself. Inquiry. Surely tiler could not refuse one on so momentous a
secieg tio he did so many gentlemen around him much better qui,. question as that afll•king the repretientatiim of the people in Par-
lilted ; but lie should always be happy to do the utmost in his !lament. It was a favourite nrgument with 3lr. l'anning that it W 321
power to 'emote the interests ot the excellent Institution they important that the 'lnure of Commons should manifest its juilg-
were then commemorating. l'or the many years he had had the meatindependently of the sense of the people, and he quoted the
opportunity, by the public situation he had tilled, of witnessing instance of the Revolution of 11388. lie (Mr. F.) admitted the fact
the great Iwnelits it produced tat society, by retrieving from ruin to be historically true, and he was so far thankful that the House
the children of those who had by their crimes forfeited their lives had bad the ;sneer, because its exercise had laid the foundation cf
to the laws of the country., and by correcting the early vireo of thesuceession of the august Family now on the throne. But he
others, who if left unrestrained, would perhaps have finally finite would thew that even then the House needed to have some popular
to the same unhappy end ; he telt convinced that thee Institution, feeling mixed with it. The lewd Mayor, Aldermen, and fifty
though not so prominent as many others in this metropolis, v 33 commoners sat in the Convention by which the Crown was tyana.
calculated to do, and did, in fact, render much essential good to the ferred from the House of Stuart to that of Brunswick. (Hear,
(gantry, and deserved its most cold's' supports hear.) The present system of close Wrought' was a violation of the
Glee—" dell, smiling morn." statute of Eileen' I. and the !Sill of Rights, both of which rc.
The health of the Treasurer, Samuel Dosanquet, Esq. was then quires] that elecetions should be open and free. l'here ntet also a
resolution of th House of Commons that it was a high breach
proposed, and drunk, of their privilege's for any Peer to interfere in the eke-
Mr. Beset:tau Fee, in returning thanks, said that he had the thin of a Member, yet how notorious were the instances of
honour °l'M:lunging to thin eerie' y more than :10 rears and he re- interference. The inequality of the representation was anoth.r •
grated to say that he never retinanhered seeing sat few of the friends sourer of grievance. The borough' of ()1a Sarum, Castle Rising,
of the Institution present on any rennet occasion ; whether that and Newtown, in the Isle of Wight, sent as 1111111 y RA the cities of
circumstance was to be attributed to the weather, or to a want of I.:widen and Westminster, containing 30,000 electors. The electors
(cattiest feeling towards the Society, he multi not say, but he feared In Cornwall, who sent 41 Members to Parliament, were not equal
it was in some degree to be assigned to the latter cause, insomuch in number to those In Nottingham, who sent only two. To an !
as their receipts were considerably diminished. But, aeuin, to what increase of Representatien London, Westminster, and Seuthwark,
was that ten be attributed ? Was it because they had lust the charm of had an unanswerable claim, both as regarded population, pro- I
novelty ? lie was aware that new charities were greatly more limy, and taxation. fly the late census, die inhabitants of the
emaciate: ; but their Institution possess:el enntething much metropolis constituted 1.1 eth of the poeulstion of Great Britain
more than novelty to recommend it--it possessed the advantage and Wales,but they had only one ftieth share of the repro-
of thirty.six years experience. by which its merits had had 1 sentatien. The other nine pare returned A4ll Members, while
a fair opportunity of being proved, and all its ohjectionable perts 1 the great cities of leindon and Westinineter, and the 80.
removed or corrected. Butt perhaps it wank' helohjected to them i muith of Southwark, returned only ten. With respect to the
that they were too retired in their proecedmes ;it was trite, they ' claims of property, they had a pretty good trot by the
had not so much in splendor and attraction as other societies, returns of the property tax, from which it appeared that of tel
which however were nut on that account the more beneficial to the millions ranted an hill, seven millions were paid by this district,
public. Hee was it nothing, that sines. their last Anniversary four nearly one-seventh of the whole. The corrupt state of the Terre.
young women ha,' gone out to service, and seven others were , sentatum produced other consequences not lug pernicious. It gave
ready to go as soon as situations were provided for them, Was it rise to a system of favouritism in licences and ciw.traets. During ,
ntalitug, that seven young men had also, since their last meeting, the war a merchant hail first to negotiate his business with the ,
been apprenticed, :-.11 three others were prepared to be so; all of Treasury. The wrathy member then alluded to the evils resulting
whom poste-ma the merits of honest industry and religious feel-1 from the construction of Committees in the House of l'ommains.
ing ? The lion. Gentleman then concluded by expressing his All he intended to ask for at present was inquiry. ll'hen was I
thanks for the honour they hail done him. the question to he set at rest, if not in time of peace P lie then re-
Thc let Alit MAN then rose to proposes health which, when it was (erred to sonic statement read by Lord J. Russell, in the house of
considered how much waselue to those gentlemen by whose unahat- ; Commons, to *hew that there* P°lnd" members were, on all great
ing laimMlea the business of the Society was carried on, he was sure' tloroionas overruled by the corrupt majority. lie had conscien-
would meet the approbation of the company. This Society, notwith- I tamale weiethcd !besot:lee( in his mind, and he had carefußy di-
standing its diminished funds, had sent hirth upwards cut 1,01111 pie- I vested it of all patty feelings. Ills only guide was the pure prin.
mine lute the world, good undue:Ml nieniberiot isociety,capable, by I ciples of the Britiah Constitution--his object the preoervation of
their habits of active ualustry, and by their well-regeletee morale, of I tie rile' of the (niece' of London. The late Duke of Richmond
Laderingervaatial service, both by their labour and example, to that I had to d him in his youth, due the influence of the Aristocracy was
great class of society to which they themselves belonged ; and it was I so great, that he einikt conceive no mode of obtaining relief but by
1 Fr.,' i,yicg circumstance to know, that not more than four or lire force of runts, which he did not Teenillitles 11, or by the gin of
ul thin:: iiidiyidefes, who had been thus early trained by the Phi- • the Minister. fir Ofri F-1 troolil have it by neither of flies?
huttlimpie institution, lied lost sight of thew prineiphos which it i means. Ile would rather that it 'should proceed front the 'reps's.
Was the Olkjeet Of that Institution to inculcate and bad brought I tore, after due imit,iry by a (natutitose ot the House of Commons.
upon them the lenient. of offended lustier. Ice then proposed the 3I r. Pie himself hail said that if the Members of that House had
health' of the " l'ainianitice and Visitors of the Institut him" . 1 ANA 33 been retell:11 stewards of the public, if they had kept a diligent
Mn. G return
ASELEE retued thenks. He said every effort had been ileek on the administration of the tinanses, it they hnl bren con-
stitutional advisers of the executive branch ef the Gevernment,
tried in order to du allay with the objection urged egniteet the
Institution by those who complained of the secrecy lof the (amine:. and steady and continued friends of the people, the hi rthens of
tee's morn dir.ge. l'inns had been deviled by which it was entlea- the country would not have bent sat ;rem. l'he worthy Member
con:Mani with non frig a sinies of resole: on in conformity with his
enured to allow subscribers the power of voting far tile admission
of Objeeta 10 the Institution, but after every trial had been used, and speech (for wbieh see the advertisenient).
investigation made, the, result was, that the objects of tha Satiety Mr. lignite Revell, in seconding the motion, said, that it had
were Mitred, from the tweedier nature of the Institut' . to be ! been olcicsied.to the fricels of ere:nil. that they usually :welled
confined to the superintendence and Centro! Of the (eminence I th""eiv" of pedals
of fitment and discontent. This charge
who all cejovt.d the,
seen,.l could not he urged against them on the rr. sent occasion. not that
aline. In the 11•131 e 03 that Committee,
('section of knowing that they Were employing their tune in the I he thought it nov just ground rf objection. I'm:vie he was con-
promotion of one of the most glorious obWes that could possibly i
the safety
that the noire nee the current of public opinion, the tweeter
engage the human el—that of ameliorating the condition of the I
lie sleety of Oa: state. It was impossible to defend a system of re-
'
presentation on any ground except that it worked well. The re'
fathering anal the miserable—in their name ho begged to express; pr,,,,,,,,,,,:,,,e. er
his tbenks fix the honour done them by the company. Old Sarum and Gluon were not the worst come-
quenees of the present %%stem. The great manufacturing towels of
The health of the t'eairman was then drunk. I 31aerliester. Birmingham, aid I evils, were excluded from all slum:
Mr. Justice PARC rose, and his emotions appearnl to be in the nition.d councils. In favour .1 reform they had the concur-
very strongly excited:— i rent tea:intone of the tire mercantile permits in the city. The re.
.ii establiolt a (lumber of Commerce was an endeavour
tlentiteren--1 an totally insensible of any—Glere the Learned • et:Pitnart;:inyll'at-hat
the'
Judge's feelings Weenie overpowered, and he set down by saying, •defective state of the representation rendered
I ientlemem I beg to drink all your good 'weld's.") necessary. Thc ettenne was deo:toyed by the jealousy of the tie.
1 vernment, 'elm affected to dread the e onbliehment of an i:•:/. rho.:
Seig—"The Sea his bright rays." By 3lr. Collier. lin ire,- e'. The feclia„- in which i: heel originated was elcerly a
.4everl other licaltlis having been drunk, and the Treasurer so;l3r of the nee?‘stle el securing that share of attention which the
barites riot a list of the sotaerlittiOn3 and don:atone for the current mercer tile intense, iamb' not in Parliamcie. Ile tkni,:tl that the
i cur, the ecceesey retired. sys.cw wee kee well tie the people ; i; chid so. dembeess, for pant-