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perous than sues the time of the eaten ) that cotes
userce cud agriittlture flourialted ; that credit was
established upon • rock, too firm to be shaken;
that the measure was not only salutary, but audio.
penouble ; that it served the country. &c. &c.:
After a few other observationo, the question was
called for, when the Sheriff declared the ayes had
it ; Mr. Gifford, however, deatautled a ballot, when
there appeared—
Fur the Petition 42.-. Against it 35...Mejority 4.
Upon the noinbers being declared, Mr. GIFFARD
congratulated the Assembly, that there were 3tt
hottest men among them, who would support the
measure of Union; and concluded, by observing,
that the country was 38 times better off thou when
that measure was enacted.
A Committee was then appointed. consisting of
Meows, Willis. King, Craven, John Reed, and
Buchanan.
~ • :. Mr.WILLIs then moved, "That it be sent to the
.'Board for their concurrence," which, being carried,
itIF
Mr. OZLET moved for a ballot, for the purpose,
he said, of stifling it altogether.
1
r Mr. Gies ARD seconded the motion.
The ballot having been granted, there 'epees*,
so—Ayes 54--Noes 41—Majority 13.
. . •E: The object of the Ant,-Petitiou was thus de-
-r tested. ,
NNW 711PAITRE.NOVAL, COIRNT-GARDEN.

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This present THURSDAY, Mos to, atlas will be Wed,
KING HENRY THE EIGHTH.
Henry, King of Few sod, Mr. Cooke; Cardinal Wolsey,
kr 'Uvalde Croswell. Mr. C. Reelable. Katharine, Queue
tlf Euglaini, Mss. Sultana.
To which will be added, the Musical Farce of
THE FAR MLR.
Vskotirie, Mr. lariedou ; Blackberry, Mr. Taylor; Jemmy
Swamps, Mr Muuden. Betty Blackberry, Mrs. Listens ;
Mayliush, Miss Bohm,. •
To-seurirm, The Mt-reissue of Venires—Ow Saturday,
King John.
A New Musical Afterpiere is is rehearsal, mud will very
lOUS be produced.

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Mader the Special jaiY.:SCOi t►e lewd Cleaseberlais I
Thus preient THIIItaDAI', Moe 10. Isla. Their MAjtotirs'
SMIVIIAItb I/ 111 perform Ow Dramatic Flues of
THE CRITIC.
Sir Fretful Plagiary, Mr Mathews; Pali Mr. Melvin ;
Dos Fe,etu Whiskerarelus, Mr Del:amp. Tilburiaa, Mrs.
Darius.. Allen w►ich, the Cowie Drama of
THE THREE AND THE LUXE.
Pereirriut Riegle, Me. De Camp! Pertinee Single, Mr.
De Cusp !! Pettiest &ark, Mr. De Camp ! ! 311ss
Ikrgee; Phobe, Mrs. Mathews ; Tallune, Mrs Maud
To w►ich will he added, the Merieal Eaterisisineet of
THE RV-VIEW; OR, THE HAGS OF HINDSOR.
Catch Qa.uteus, Mr. Mathews; Loeser Meetweultrr; Mr.
hiliostause. (Ware Gaylen, Mrs *ger; Lacy, Mrs. Blend ;
Phoebe, Mile telly.
Te•aaw►ow, The Nowise; se, The Swiss Banditti ; wit►
His or Miss.

TIIE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON.
TiitiKsimv. MAT 10.

The adjourned debate, ou the City of London
Petition, was resumed. last night, in the !Joule of
Commons. After an interesting discussion, • di-
vision took place, when the Petition was rejected
by a majority of t 1.2 ; the ayes beim* 46.• the noes
It&

In the discussion of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S
cent conduct, in the Newspapers, much stress has
been deservedly laid upon his close connectiou with
ROGER O'Co m *wt. The ground of the fikailship
that subsists between these parties can only be to us
matter of conjecture. The Baronet may fancy
that Mr. 01.7.eistroa has a strong suflueseee in !re-
load, and may wish to avail himself of it in the
prosecution of his plans. What boon is held out
to the trash, iu return fur their support, we do riot
know ; but we do know that it cannot be that spe-
cies of Parliamentary Reform, to be effected by
the rejection of the rotten boroughs. Of that spe-
cies of reform Ireland may be considered as already
possessed, by the Union. Of the 100 Member,,
her gout/ in the House of Commons, 64 rep►esent
comities, 11 are sent by Dublin, Cork, Waterford,
and other great cities, and t by the University of
Dublin; while all England can boast only a 0 Se
preventatives of counties, with an excrescence of
167 boroughs, winch return two Membess each to
Parliament. With respect, therefore, to any com-
plaint on the subject of the representation, that of
Ireland is comparatively excellent, and, indeed, ab-
stractedly considered, as perfect as any reformer,
not absolutely wild, could wish.

We made some observations yesterday upon the
congeniality of principle and practice which sub-
sists between -Moister% and the diociples, or rather,
perhaps, preceptors of Sir Famous Straoter ; for
it is generally acknowledged. that whatever may be '
la private virtues, his public conduct is exposed
to the influence of evil counsellors. Like roan and
wife, these two parties appear to have been born
for each other's use, and although, like man mod
wife, they may have their quarrel*, they are generally
agreed in all essential ohjeets. Dread of Op-
position appears to have had a powerful effect in
giving this common direction to their proceedings ;
and while they hate each other most cordially, has
Placed them under the necessity of combining for
their mutual safety. How often have we seen and
bansionnif this llbtehiaveliaii policy, while its pa.
Ina ,bete rejoicing, and the people writhing in
tortisee ander its influence. To illustrate this
petition, t will not be necessary to rip up the
whole rotten conduct of Minister; a few recent in-
stances will suffice. When the Expedition to the
flibeldt hod failed, sod caseated every house in En-
gland into a house of mooning, what was the com.
mon language of the country ? The phrase in every
rasn's mouth,not connri.ted with Government, was,
••Suroly,tbese miserable Mmisteromust gooot 0054
tbq ere lost beyond redimptiop.“ But nu'

felt. and his aseistaut jugglers were at band to help
them. Sir FRA MIAS BIIRDIIT'S Committer was
declared in a state of permanence at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern, and a new direction was given
to the public discroitent, which, if left to its fair
operation, must have driven Ministers from those
places which they had proved themselves inemi-
petent to fill with advantage to the country. The
0. P. war was coinmeuced, and the Walcheren
Expedition was forgot, for the moment, in the riots
of Covent-garden Theatre. We heard nothing
then of the doctrine that an Englishman's house is
his esstle, nor of the respect thitis due to private
property. Mr. lignite's house was broken, his
person insulted, and a snob incited to destroy his
private property, embarked will that of Mr. HAIM.
ass and others, to the extent of little less than half
alnilfiou of money. Where then were the Minis-
ters, and their vigour. and their military forces? This
great metropolis Mari left at the mercy of a ✓wets,
consisting of a d, woken Barrister and a few turbulent
tradesineu ; and Ministers, of whom there was no
more trace or appearance than if none existed, stood
behind the curtain, rejoicing in the ',lan of the Bar-
&wiles, by whose assiitance • great national ques-
tion was reduced into a contest between the Play-
goers and the Play-givers of Covent-garden theatre.
Ministers were thus saved from the first explosion,
which they had a right to expect, as the i 111 l nediate
consequence of their calamitous Expedition to
Welchereit; but, with their shallow and short-
sighted policy, they little *inspected that the 0. P.
weir was nothing but the rehearsal of the wens
acted in the Piccadilly Expedition; that it was
wily a p►epuratory lesson for those pupils who Sir
Fag NCI% in the language of his advocates, tells tis,
have sought to try the Might. and not the right.
That is, men who sought to try whether the mob
of Sir FRANCIS or the Ministers were the stronger;
little considering that there was a power ititionely
superior to lath iu the great mass of the people.
and their great leaders, who, although unfortunate-
ly for the country, *remit now in office, do nut the
less on that account enjoy their confidence and es-
teem. The indignation of the people was thus di-
verted from Monsters for the while ; but no sooner
was it called back by the voice of the House of
Commons. when up starts Sir Faucets again to
interrupt and divert the prosecution of that t
usoineutous question. Of his success It is not lie-
cemary to inform our readers. The grass is not
yet green over the graves of the thousands of
British heroes sacrifieed iii the Welchem% Expe-
dition, and yet we hear no more of that horrilileen-
terpiize than if it had never taken place. Sir Faits-
cis and the Tower are the order of the day. But
then. it may be asked, why should the Bstrilettites
prefer Mr. Petteeet and Mr. iteova to Lords
Gas wvn.t.e and GRIM ?—The reason is obvious,
sad now confessed. They seek to destroy all par.
ties and principles, and to erect • new order of
things, that is, a revolution. in their place ; and in
the prosecution of this plan. they consider Minis-
ters a mere bull-rush. In the Opposition. if in
power, they would have to encounter a British oak.

We received. last morning. Paris Papers ; but
none of a more recent date than those already in
our per.sesaion. The Nunitner, of the ifith
contain, the account of the plot to liberate Ftlll-
- 41111) the V Hifi.. which we copied on Monday
from an inferior French Paper. The Mositerr.
of the 27th, corrects an error in the date of Fla-
ril•AND.4 letter. Nu. 2. which should ha* beers
the nth. and not the tith, of April. In the same
Paper we also find an Ordinance of the King of
Desectax, regulating privateering and the treat-
ment of prizes ; hut It is of Wu great length for in-
sertion.

The Master of a vessel from Portugal to Lime-
rick, reports, that previous to hi• sailing from
Oporto, an action had been too:JR between the
British, aide.l by two regiments of Portuguese
troops, and the Preach army upon the frontier, in
which the former gamed a victory—that General
BLAIII, with a large army, had entered Madrid--
and clot the enemy's force was retreating from
Cadiz, in all directions. and in some disorder. The
Espe,owee sailed on the lath ult. with part of a fleet
of 33 sail, under convoy of tan ships of war, Irons
which she parted on the 23d-..a1l well. There
were .everal Yowls to leave Oporto and Lisbon in
ballast fur Limerick, to take iu corn for the troops,
as our army were beginning to feel the scarcity
which had already distressed the inhabitants of the
country..
Marquis Wattistrr, it is said, has certainly
made to the KING an offer of Mr. Caawtao's aer-
vines, in any situation in the present Government
where His Msaaarr might think them desirable.
To this Overture it is reported His MAMMY an-
swered, that he was not deposed to admit any per-
son into his Councils who was not agreeable to Mr.
Pcacevar

At Boston fair. en Friday and Saturday last, the
(comparatively) little slot k which was taken for
sale, went off in gettersl at high prices, particularly
sheep. The fair, upon the whole, was the smallest
ever known at hstilo, partly owing to the severity
of the weather, and partly, it is supposed, to • luta-
taken idea having gone abroad of a contagious fe-
ver being prevalent in the place; the grounds for
which notion, we can wore our readers, are touch
anisrepsweented. The great display of camphor
hags, suspended from the necks of the farmers, was
rather • matter of surprise to the residents of the
town ; and such as are troubled with delicate
nerves, could hardly believe that they were so well
as their nattering appetites seemed to assure them!
—A few of the black-legged tribe wade their ap-
pearance at the fair: one of them has been taken
he had in his possession • quantity of notes. neatly
engraved. value ft.e lial.64ver, which. it is sup-
pnard. he has been proem,: on the unwary at 5?.
each.—lle is committed for further examioaisoil.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday being the tint day of Term,the Loan
CHANCELLOR. attended by the tither Judges, went
in state to Westminster

COURT OF CHANCERY.

The Lotto CaawcaLt.na sat but a short time;
nothing of public interest occurred.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

Mr. Kemble, Inspector of. Convicts, presented
an accoant of the number of ',lnflicts, the state of
their health, and how employed at Sheerness,
Woolwich, Portsmouth, Sandwich, and the several
dock-yards and hulks. The remainder of the day
was ()ermined in hearing bail justified, and motions
of comae.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

The Court was occupied the whole of the day is
hearing hail justified.

SIR FRAACIS BUIWRIT.

Yesterday, about one o'clock, Mr. Sheriff Wood,
iu his state carriage, atteoded lay Colonel Wardle,
Alderman tioodheliere, Mts-rs. Weidman, Elwell,
Jones, Quin, &c. and about ittu of the Livery of
the City of London, in private carriages., went
from °oddball, to procession, to the Tower, to
present the Address voted to Sir Francis Burdett
at the last Common Hall; (fur which see our paper
of Saturday last.)
The City Marshals directed the cavalcade. which
proceeded through Cheapoile the Poultry, Corn-
bill, Fenchurch-iiireet, Marl-lane, and Tower-
street, to the Tower. Upon their snivel they ware
met at the gates by Earl Moira, who received them
with the great. st ciurtesy : he übseived to several
of the Livery, who acknowledged the gratitude they
felt for his polite reception, that he wished to 'chew
every possible twirls of respect to the Corporation
of the City of London ; .• and." added lie, with
a smile, I regret I have not II room sufficieutly
large to entertain you all, but I will do the utmost
in my power to accommodate you." The Livery
having alighted from the carriage+, assembled within
the outer-gate of the Tower, sod proceeded in or-
der, two and two. till they passed the first bridge,
where the gates, which. till then, had been closed.
were thrown open, and they proceeded to the pa-
rade, the soldiers on duty presenting anus ; this
compliment was acknowledged by the Livery, by
passing the sentinels uncovered. Ou their arrival
on the parade, they were met by Sir Francis Bur-
dett, where the City Marshals forined the Livery
into a circle, two deep. Sir Fraileis advanced into
the assembly, utteuded by Sheriff Wool, and a
subordinate officer. The Sheritithen publicly in-
formed Sir Francis Burdett, that he waited upon
him with the resolutions of the Livery of the City-
of London, at Common Nall ; a meeting as Wl-
merous and respectable as he bad ever witnessed.
The Address, which he had tue honour to preient,
he stated, was not carried um ii i iii misty; but that
those who had opposed it were so few in number.
that he mos justified in saying it wits almost 1111/1111.,
lunch; and he would beg his attentiou, while the
attendant officer read it.

Sir Francis, who was rather in dishabille, seemed
to listen very attentively to the address. Atter
short pause, in which he appeared almost overcome
by his feelings. he addressed the Sheriff ■ud the
Livery. and assured them, that nothing could be
more gratifying to him than the address which hail
then been presented: to his private feelings it was
highly gratifying; hut *hat was Still more pleasing
to him, was the good etfe••t it was likely to pro.
doer upon the conotry ■t !woe. lie hoped it
would event nalb produce for t he conntry the restora-
tion of their Constitution, as i wit originally framed;
the chiefground-work of which was a fair and equal
representation of the people in Parliament. With
respect to his depre.ation of personal liberty, he
felt it but little; had it been severe and oppressive,
or eves attended with tonere, he hoped the forti-
tude and rectitude of his mind would have sup-
ported him; bolt the kind and friendly attention
he met with from the Earl of Moira, kft him with-
out the reason for compl ins ; nay. lie had even
cause to rejoice at his confinement, when hr re-
collected, that it load occasioned slate Lord Chan-
cellor to deliver his noble and constitutional senti-
ments in the House of Peers; sentiments so true,
and so eloquently delivered, that th y must have
weight w►th all ranks of society—he meant Lord
Erskine. While he was then addressing the A.-
ormloly, he wished to call their attention to the
manner in which he had been commonly accused of
decrying and vilifying both the Whig and Tory
parties in the House of Commons. As separate
bodies. he certainly-did condemn them, but not in-
disidually ; he would not wish to lie personal to any
one of either loony, but only to such as by their MD.
duct called forth public animadversion ; he hoped
to nee both these parties broken up—fur their ex-
istence as parties was against the general wo !fare of
the country—were that event to take place, we
should see that many virtuous men herd been at.
niched to each, and load been led astray by their
attachment to certaiu individuals. but would then
become • blessing to the country; above all, he de-
precated the borouglignongering system. and hoped
that it would soon give way to the general voice of
the public.
Sir Francis Borden was unanimously cheered
at the conclusion of his speech, and cordially shook
hands with nearly the *hole of the meeting ; they
then fell into the same order in which they came.
and were received with the same marks of attention
by the soldiers on duty, as on their arrival. Earl
Moira, with as atteadunt, *Ai at the outer-gate.
! and spewed every possible mark of respect to the
visitors. who as cordially returned it. and the pro-
' cession returned to Guildhall, between two and
three o'clock, nearly in the same order in which it
had stoned.

Lieut.-General Wiltinsoicate. eist.tegl by Co.
Rarorsr and Lieut. Colonel &Litwin/. 'Ate
the 14th Drmicsons. ie employed in ilowipliniog •
regiment of Spehi.h cm.ilry, rerouting to t:,..En,lwh teetic•, ortm h. it I.lluped, through thy, rs-
ertiono, rtil beenine g qt. thr *mush cavalry.
The triter 'Mott 131-1 t to-ti 011 • 1129
to Cm!hcht.

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Mes,A4ntiter Leavitt. last night boa.t,A
elegiakt Omaiente. Mrs. Eaw•ttt oreednied
past ;of CAorlottieJallie Comedy of 2%lE.Mypocritc,
wltOgrest vivacity.; good kunsowat and urclour4,
and recei%ed the twist unbousided applause.
Mr. M ixt* was -obliged to read Mr. 'tl at 14,
part. who was stalent frtlui Wiwi's. All the,
part: were well sustained. Mr. Mat.vto
the part of Storm, in the Melo.Drasua of f
Rosenberg, with feeling and judgment, tad ,
loudly applauded. Mr.. EDWIN was very iuteeest.
ing in the heroine.

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