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London, England, 1824-12-18 00:00:00

IMPOSTURE UNMASKED.

rip HE progress of Merit, although frequently assailed,'
is not impeded by envy and detraction. The aggression of
ambuscade terminates in defeat ; mid conscious rectitude ultimately
triumphs in the attainment of the grand object—public approba-
tion. The we of experience is the guarantee of favour, and has
established WARREN'S BLACKING in general estimation ;
of which there exists not a stronger proof than the tacit acknow-
ledgment of a host of servile iinhatoni, who surreptitiously obtrude
on the unwary a spurious preparation as the genuine article, to the
great disappointment of the unguarded Purchaser, and manifest
injury of VA RREN. whose character and interest by this in-
iquitous system, are equally subject to detriment. It becomes.
thvrcfore. an indispensable duty to CAUTION the PUBLIC
against the manteuvres of unprincipled Vendor, who haring no
character to lose, and stimulated by avarice in their nefarious pug.
suits, aim at the acquisition of money through any medium than
that of honor! . .

The original and matchless BLACKING bears on each bottle*
abort direction, with the signature " ROBERT WARREN."
All others are counterfeits ; and in many instances the imposition
labels arc artfully interlined with a different address, in very small
chararters, between the more conspicuous ones of No. 30," and
" STRAND." It is earnestly recommended to Shopkeepers and
others, who are deceived by base fabrications of WARREN'S
BLACKING, to return the detected trash to the source whence it
Came, and expose the machinations of rascality to merited obloquy.
Sold by every respeztable Vender in Town and Country, in
bottles, at 6d., 10d., Is., and Is. fid. each.

SUPERIOR SEIDLITZ POWDERS.
/VII k:SE l'owders produce, when used as directed,
1 Water, exactly of the same quality as :list found at the
celebrated Seidlita Spring. The Water itnpre:mated with them
becomes, in an instant, sparkling and effervescent, and fumes an
alterative Saline Aperient, as pleasant as Soda Water. They
remain unimpaired by time or climate.
Prepared and said t.y the Proprietors, Jlessrs. G. MARSHAL!,
and Co. Chemists, Brewer-street, Goiden-squarv, in Boxes, is. lid
each, and to Mottles at 225. duty included.
N.R.—The Public arc cautioned against imitatinns, and are re-
quested to observe the words, "Prepared by (1. Marshall and l'o."
will be printed upon every label, with each box and bottle all
other Preparations. under the same name, advertised for making the
Seidlits %rater, are spurious.
To he had as above :
The Oxygenated soda Powders Lavender Water
Cheltenham Salts in crystals Ditto, Perfumed
Ditto ditto, in effloireseence Ditto, 51ille Fleur
Finest Calcined Magnesia Vegetable Extract
Pectoral Lough Drops Espri ts— carious
Aromatic Vinegar Eau de Ceilattiv
lAvender Vinegar Arquebusade %Pater
Camphor Tooth Powder Vegetable Tooth Powder, Ac.
And every genuine Drug and Medicine, of the finest quality, far
borne and for exportation.
. .

Ales Urine Chests, of an prices, reoinpletely fitted for every
Climate.

N.B. All other *learned Preparations for making the Soda aad
Saidlits Waters. under the above names, are spurious.
era• Merchants, &c. supplied on liberal tams.

The Johanna Elizabeth, Holtz, is totally lost on her z,,y3g!.
front Randers to London—only one man saved.
The Olyfboonr, Ilarkema, f.out I.onticu to Rotterdam, has Fur
into Cuxhaven, with damage.
The Ocean, Salbooni, arrived in the River from Finial-AI, hoicked
up in the North Sea, three men in a boat, part of the crew cf the
Vine, of Scarborough.
The Eden, Pearson, arrived in the River from Campearly, frit
in with, on the tilt instant, in lat. 49, long. II 30, a brig, water-
logged and abandoned ; she appeared to be about 409 tons, lur frae.
mast and main-topmast were carried away.
Part of the stem of a vessel has been driven on shore on the ,olcc
ofJatlvul, with " Swift," on it, supposed to be the sell:, Jiutr,
from Fahr to London.

VESSELS SPOK wren.—The Dale, --, from St. John's
N.D. to the Clyde, 27th ultimo, in a very leaky state ; E.selo
Ilf•hea, from Demerara to Clyde, Silt ultimo; and Desdemotia
from New York, 24th ult.

The following are some of the shipwrecks, &c. in tl.e Baltic, &c.
during the late gales :
The Dube Maria, Sontag. from Stralsund to London, was driven
on shore near Gottenburgh, lath ult.
The Jonge Knipe', from Sunderland to Amsterdam, is kiss on
the coast of Jutland.
The Venus, Dickelman, is lost near Fleckaae.
The Frau Marla is on shore near Ancrum.
The Good Hoop, fret.: Antwerp to llamburgh, war lest 2.1 lust.
near Heligoland.
The Alma Sophia, Weage, is on shore near IVindau, ana abaa.
dossed.
The Frau Ann. aurae, is lost near Marstrand.
The Robert Fraser, ofAlloa,was lost early in Oaober, on IN icca
Edward's Island.

INSOLVENT DEBTOES'.
PIZ TITIOXI TO RE IIEAED AT THE COVET, It POSTURAL.
STREET, LIICOLE.S.INE.FIELDS, DEC. 41, Al Yllih.

Ashdown, R. Laneaster.coart, Strand, eating-boase. keeper
Burns, R. Uppw Eut Smithfield. victualler.
Bunko's. W. H. Isleworth, Middlesex, victualler.
Prose, T. Bath, land surveyor.
}on, E. High-row Knightsbridge, ender.
Gilbert, T. Tavisttick-street. Covent-garden, coal-merri.ant.
Grirowtiod. T. Tulae.bill, Brixton, bricklayer.
Hall, W. W. Crown-street, M'atworth.road, green grocer.
necktie, J. Dartmouth-street, Westminster, tailor.
Hardy, T. Leeds. cabinet-maker.
Ingram, E. jun. Uppingliam, liutlandshise, horse-draler.
James, Elizabeth, Gibson-street, Lambeth, dealer in nutriettores.
Lewis, T. Gower Grosvenor-erect, gent.
Martin, J. A. Gloucester-street, Boston, ex•ra clerk to the

Custom&
Rawlings, T. Bnnhill.row. bliddleaca, trarelks.
Rums, T. Norson-atreet. Furroy.square, gem.
Spooner, R. Norwood. Surres, builder.
Whitelsorn, W. Noble-sweet. Falcon-square, s.ctualles.

Allmon r, Tlsc. 10.—This day an inquest w
this town on the body of John Connor, who nar
from the mulct, on last Saturday Wight, eel
stabbed in the street by one of the watchmen, of
died yestenlay evening. The Jury returnd the
verdict:—" We find that the said John Conno,
his death by a wound inflicted by a sharp-pointed
strument, which entered the left breast and loin-
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same sitk) and that the same was committed.
Brows, William learkey, Patrick O'NeK Wi
and Mows Goad.-

was held in
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ante NritifSh PreISO.

TIMATRR ROYAL, DRITRY-LANF.
This iredall. SATURDAY, December IS, Will be performed
ytir CAHINST. . .

Prince Orlando. Mr. Saplo Count Curroso. Mr. Cattle; liaratilA de
Grab I Chateau, Mr. Browne: I..rrenzo. Mr. Moen Peter. Mr. Dou toe:
tli!.C..sieulo. Mr. Harley. Wh,retta. Slims straitens: Constautla. MU*
eo,,Y; Blanes, Mrs. Harlow.: Curioss, Mrs. 11. litiglica6.

After whirls.
IIY CNCI.E
. .

Gabriel Ornsfuns, Mr. (lattie: la1;71;dford; Lieutenant flat.
La.. %Ir. Item; Tam: Tacit. Mr. Kaight ; Jack Needy, Mr. Harley.
1-1,11. Min Purer Mrc. T.. Mre. Urger.
uu Munda), blacbet h. The Vaasa), Fete. and The Miller's Mald.

THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN.
Thk Evening. Y• ‘TURDA V. Doe. will be performed
A WOSI AN NEVER SEXT
or, 'ERE Si 11/OW OF CORNIIII.I.
Henry the Slash. Mr. Baker: ►'oster. Mr. I' mons Stepirn ►ester.
Mr. C. Amble; Foster, Jun. Mr. tooter; Walter Brown. Mr. Eger-
bom ; Sir iilldrreY Mseedweil. Mr. Bartley; Master I noneent Lambskin.
Mr. Keeley; Clown. Mr. Blanchard. Ago.•. %%elided (the 11 Wow of
I...eaten). Mho Chester; Mrs. Foster. him Lacy; Jaue. Miss Junes.
in Art V. the Lord Mayor's show. as It passed through Chewable. hs
the year 1444.
After which.
THE EItoREN LAKE.
'the Grand Duke of Bushes.. Mr. Bartley; Prime de Neulinurg. Mr.
isms.; Marquis de Fathom. Mr. J. lima's; F.sint de Linsl cri.
?moans Wilhelm. Mr. Keeley. The Prim?... Louise, Mo.. I .oce ;
am mese Matilda de Iltuseieldt. Miss M. Tree; Lisuntess de V. uletelii,

un Monday, The Fair Penitent, and The Miller and his Men.

ADELIWI THEATRE,

sTRAND.
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TAk Evening. SATURDAY, Der. Is, s UI be presented a new Conde

IltlrJetta,
OP AN ACTOR.

The Principal Characters by Slescrs. Wraith. J. Reeve, 111l11Insn,
tutu, Lee. Brown, fauipbell. Sillier, and Elliott; Misses linden,
Daly, Searle, and Bryan, he. &c.

Tv evueluee with ■ nvw ►'arch] Rurletfa, eallrd
IlOitk: 111.1:No ru•.n oNk.;
Or. TIO:

011 Mr:borne. 10.11VIIIth;son; ounx 11eIborne. Wr. Chapman c Larry
Illeulagui. lb. Power. Louisa Lui•tutor... Ilium S. 110,..tb

The Bore mg raging Commenced publishing yestenlay morning
at live o'clock.

LONDON, SATURDAY. DLclasica 18, 182$.

The Paris Papers of Il',dnesday, like those of the
preceding day, are not remarkable for much intelligence.
The chief topic in the liberal Journals is the Abbe de
l's APT.. pamphlet against the indemnity to the emigrants,
of which we gave the substance on Thursday. From the
tarther extracts we sec is these papers, it seems that the
ex-Archbishop, albeit an emigrant himself, spares no
argument to expose the injustice and impracticability of
the project. In particular, lie is severe on the "meritorious
devotion" which the emigrants are said to have manifested
:o the Royal cause. Besides, numbers of the emigrants
returned and served under the Republic and the Empire:
yet ail are to be equally indemnified for their " devotion !"
The Royalist Papers, on each side, maintain an unbroken
silence.

The Cottrrier Francais states, that M. DE POLICNAC
MIS been offcred the Alinistry for Foreign .IffAira, but that
he has raised many objections to the acetptance of it.
The Editor adds, that of all the Ministers, public opinion
is the least opposed to M. DE 1/Ames, whose frankness
a•:3 loyalty have gained him the esteem even of those who
tics sat share his political opinions.

From the Atoxittar of ‘Vediseadafi
Tlle official ;art contains the notice of the Mirada...dots of several
Av.:mm.4oo, and a /loyal Ordinaries relatite to the army ; the
to !truck says:—

•• I iencefoitrard no r:.rngagemer.t shall be made in our army,
earvpt fur two )1.1131 and ItHir yr.tr,."
(Non-oiritial Part.) -

PARIS, DEC. 14.
Next Monday, the tteth instant, the Deputies will meet in the
31..af their Shun" to draw lots toe the Omar Deputation which
is to go and receive his 3laiesty cm the ucuovion of the ltuyal Sit-
ting for the °inning of the Session.
[Front the Ei.ik dated Thursday.l
Cone/ tvviaortr Nov 11.
- - - ' • -

The Pone has at length published an o cis report on the est.-
cation of the Aloldsvinn officer as bleb caused such a general sen-
sation. If we way believe the Turkish report, this officet. was se-
area, associated with s band of robbers.

M. de Min:lathy has nut yet presented his credentials to the
flees Effendi. He issakulved not to do it till the Divan 'hall have
comptettly fulfilled its protoi,e to evacuate the two principalities.
A vi ry energetic note is said ti have been presented to the Govern-
ment of the sultan by several European Ambassadors. to urge the
et UnYlliell which bait been so often promised. The Sultan. it is
said, twit given formal order; to that (fleet, but nobody will believe
the rarity of the evacuation till it is effected. Hot then there will
he a much more delicate subject to be treated of, namely, the future
fate of Gnreee. It is already known that the l'orte protests aintinst
all interference on this subj..ct. land Strangford, in his last
eanferente wiji the Heir Effendi, wished to enter into some discus-
Mun OR this point, but the !Reis Effendi immediately chanqed the
coarvlonion. It ix thusgbt,l.owever. that the cures of the ileums
and eve% the Chiefs of the Janissaries. would prefer negotiations
to violent n:,-astires. but since the fall of the (ihalib Pacts& no con-
cessions front the Turkish Govetuutent in layout. of the Greeks is
to tie expected.
Ibushint row Admiral of the Turkish Fleet, toupee.
teedfd hum :llitylenc to llouitioun.

PARIS, DEC. 1:..

r hive reason to believe that the Principalities of Moldavia
N'alachia an nor evacuated. in consequence of fresh remelt.
stisices wads by t!.e Allied Courts at the beginning adds month.
I Front tin: Coat ritr Franrais of Wednesday ]
Itee. 2.

It apners that it wan the Tale airiest, and not that of 3layornua,
which wits seized by the Constitutionalists : this event has excited
a great sensation hue. It is a!so certain that bodies of l'unstite.
tionalists hate appeared in ttistly provinces in .►rragrm,
AT.,K11111111e:S. Mrsltcll by proscribed Cutistitutionaliies,
I Milk, in the ,traits ; they lately captured and wink a shallop
►ound to C.s:hz. having on board a number of oxen from Barbary.
It is sod that the Queen of Spain, anxious that on the arrived of
tur august father he slw+u]•.l nut witness a misunderstanding
an:angst the mcusbets of the Royat Family, bias brought about a
Er maid reeur.ciliation ; and this was the cause of the return of the
)(giant Iron Francis to the Escorial.
The intelligence which we seri:ire from Csdis speak only of the
somber of corsairs whtrit infest the coasts of Andalusia. The

French garrison continues en good terms with the inhabitants ; it
would be desirable that the same harmony should rel:m between
the French military authorities, and the Spanish civil powers- The
former behold with disgust the persecutions which the latter exer-
cise towards those imams who way have been misled in their po-
litical opinions.
Vim Neu Fuxin, Drc. 15.—Fiva per Cents. opened at 1021.,
rimed at 102 f. fx.; Bank Stuck 1,119111 f. ; Neapolitan Relates
; Spanish ditto, 18f. ; Royal Spaniel' Loma, :A Es-
change on London—one month, INC be.; three minas, 24f. Wk.
—Cowrs Aitheativas, Dec 13.

The letter from our Correspondent at Paris will be
found to possess considerable interest. It appetite that
General ExcELMANs has bad an audience of the Kt No,
respecting his compulsory retirement according to the late
Royal Ordir•.ance. ens tars X. received him with the
kindest urbanity, but dismissed him without hope of relief.
It is certain, then, whatever may be said as to the differences
that exist between his MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESIY and
his Ministers on some subjects, that they are quite agreed
as to this ; perhaps the most justly obnoxious that the
present King of FRANCE has sanctioned. A claim pre-
ferred by ExcEI.MANs for the arrears of salary during his
exile was evaded, on the pretext that it should be referred
for inquiry to the proper department. The Generals of
the empire may after this interview consider themselves
finally dismissed from actiresereice. Coupling this measure
with the indemnity to the emigrants, we may easily see the
policy that will be followed by the Ministers of Cu a RLFS X.
After the principle of indemnity has been established in
favour of individual sufferers by the Revolution, it will
next be extended to the benefit of the religious bodies, and
the Gallican church will rise again from its ruins, more
vigorous and powerful than ever. We do not believe that
CHARLIS X. himself is fully aware of the tendency of the
course on which he has been persuaded to enter. His
own personal conduct since his accession has been
marked by an csrnest desire to promote the welfare of
his subjects ; and though the flattering distinctions he
bestowed on Rice LNANS were WWII WO close upon the Ge-
neral's disgrace (for such, in fact, it is, be it disguised as it
may), we are not willing to impeach the KING of personal
insincerity. Laying out of view all the declarations that
have been uttered by his lips under circumstances that seem
hardly to admit of doubt, the incessant activity of his move-
ments evinces on his part a strong desire to become ac-
quainted with the tree condition of his people. In our Cor-
respondent's letter there are some curious particulars, illus-
trative of the system pursued by the French Ministry to
keep their Sovereign ignorant of the state of public feeling,
and draw off his attention from subjects not likely to re-
dound to their credit. So managed and surrounded, we
really know not how CHARLES X. can emancipate himself
from the trammels of his Ministry, unless,—which it would
be almost absurd to expect,—the Chambers were resolved to
address him in the language of serious truth, and point out
the constitutional path in which, for his own glory, and
the interests of humanity, he ought henceforward to
proceed.

From the further accounts of the late dreadful inunda-
tion at St. Petersburgh, received yestrrtlay through the
French and German Papers, it would appear that that
tremendous calamity was more extensively destructive than
the first advises would have led us to believe. The surviv-
ing sufferers were not aware of the vast and terrific ruin from
which they had escaped. The wretched inhabitants of the
lower classes arenow menaced with death by cold and famine.
The I.:mezzos has been visiting the scenes of desolation,
and exerting himself to mitigate the distresses and supply
the immediate wants of the destitute. A subscription has
been opened, to which he and all the Imperial Family have
contributed liberally. A Reseript has been issued, direct-
ing the appropriation of this money. The Est ea soft orders
that relief shall be strictly confined to those whose extreme
poverty renders it absolutely indispensable. The ravages
of this overwliC.ning and prodigious evil have however by
no means been exclusively felt by the poor : merchants
of eminence have been, in the course of one night, re-
duced from opulence to beggary. We ell' imagine no
situation so intensely horrible as that of the sufferers
must have been, while the resistless mass of water was
gradually, but not slowly, rising upon them, sweeping
before it all the obstacles to its progress, and bearing on
its surface the wroek of all the works of man. Powerless
and passive, the victim of the elements retains the full
possession of his faculties only to fee his own inevitable
fate approaching, and to witness the dread destruction that
previously ingulphs his friends and kindred.

During the late catastrophe at St. Petersburgh, it required
only an earthquake to have combined all the elemente in a
league against its unfortunate inhabitants. While the
wind was shaking down the edifices which the waters were
undermining, the Government establishments in the vicinity
of the city, which were removed by their position beyond
the reach of the inundation, were destroyed by fire ! The
suirercts are, by this most untoward accident, deprived of
the immediate relief they might have obtained from
these considerable magazines. Under such a Government
as that of Russia, however, assistance will perhaps be
rendered more promptly than under a less despotic system.
The supply must be immediate, as the price of provisions
of the first necessity had increased in sonic instances nearly
tenfold. Rye bread was selling at forty copses (very nearly
twenty pence) the pound, and salt at forty-five entices.
The Government had attempted to fix a maximum for pro-
visions, at the usual prices: we may be sure that this
measure will prove inerectual; and unless a large and
instant supply be furnished, at the coat of the Imperial
Treasury, it will only tend to aggravate the distress it is
meant to alleviate.

Before we close our observations on this subject, we may
be pennittcd to ask. why no subscription has been com-
menced for the gem ral relief of the sufferers by the late
inundations:in our own country ? There is, we know, a
subscription in progress fur the sufferers in the Island of
Portland ; but there arc thousands of individuals in other
parts of England who have sustained severe losses by the
floods. Why has no appeal been inside in their behalf to
British benevolence—an appeal, as the proceedings of
yesterday show, never made in vain? It is not yet too
late to begin this good work, and we earnestly recommend
it to the attention of those who can bring it forward with
effect.

We refer with pride and pleasure to the proceedings yes-
terday at the City of London Tavern. Yesterday was one
of those days which reflect unfading lustre on our national
character. The meeting was one of those resploulent spec-
tacles which only England can show! It is known that
there are foreigners in distress amongst us—exiles from their
native lands on account of the political storms which have
passed over them. Men of all parties rush forward to relieve
the sti&rers. It is a work of charity, and all political dis-
tinctions arc forgotten. May this undertaking, eyually noble
in its origin and object, go on as prosperously as it has
begun ! Still let our country, illustrious as the classic soil
of united order and liberty, retain the not Ills honourable
renown of always yielding a hospitable refuge to the un-
happy wanderers who seek its happy ►hores for shelter and
protection.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

PARIS.

trios 0011 CORRESPDXDEXT.)

PARis,lAxEmatirlt

The ordonnance relative to the General Officers of the
army has been executes! with as much celerity as rigour;
and those who unfortunately come within the reach of
its operation, find themselves deprived of every hope of
escaping the lot to which they are fated. General
Exert. MANS, who only two months ago was received by
X. with such distinguished tokens of personal
estimation, determined on soliciting an audience of his
Ifesztres, hoping to find him snore favourably disposed
than the Minister of War, M. ('i ramosr-Toxxrat.
lie accordingly did so, and his request was graciously
accedes! to. This audience took place two or three days
ago. The General represented to the KING that he had a
very numerous family; that he was a roldier without
fortune, and too far advanced in life to enter on any other
profession ; and that the pension to which he was to be
reduced on the Retired List was by no means adequate to
provide for the exigencies of his family. 1U MA 11 S't
replied, with his usual urbanity, that he felt extremely
sorry fur his peculiar situation; but that the ordonnance
respecting the reductions being a general measure, it did
not lie in his power to snake any exception. The General
then entreated that Isis claim for arrears of pay, due to him
for the four years during which he was in exile, might be
allowed. His M .v replied, that this claim should
be examined into. Here the audience finished, and the
General retired, fully convinced that there remained no
resource or recompense whatever, either for himself or any
of his comrades.

For some time put his MAJEary has almost daily taKen
the amusement of the chain. This is what the Nlinisters
desire, as they are much better pleased that the KING
should thus employ his time than devote it to visiting the
public establishments. 'We lately had an additional proof
of the dread which the Ministers entertain lest the truth
should by any means reach his ears. The day that the
KING visited the public granaries it was his intention to
have likewise visited the entrepo't of wine, an establislonent
of far more importance, and of much snore utility to the
public, than the former. After his NIA/ESTI( had expressed
his intention of inspecting this entreplt, information was
given to the persons employed there, all of whom, as well
as all the merchant', attended in their ceremonial costume,
which is a particular dress for such occasions. The usual
addresses were all in readiness, and the arrival of his MA-
ix/r y was waited for with impatience. However, previ-
ously to the day fixed for the Royal visit, the merchants
were much occupied in the scandalous affair of one of their
corporation, named BOMTIEREE, whom the Directors of
the depot had forcibly deprived of an extensive collar which
he occupied in this public extreplt, because he had at the
last election given his vote for the Opposition candidate.
NI. Boar PIERRE protested against this act of violence, and
the Tribunal of Commerce took his complaint into consi-
deration, and declared in his favour, but the ?rife/ de la
Seim-, NI. IC COMTE DE (.11 ADROL, appealed against the
judgment of the tribunal. In the interim, M. Boa/smuts
discovered a letter which developed the arbitrary and most
oppressive conduct of his opponents. The perFecut ion of this
Director, exerted against him in consequence of his vote
given as an elector, is here disclosed, and r. description given
of all the iniquitous mans to which they had recourse dur-
ing the elections. This letter had got abroad a few days
before the intended visit of his MA.; ES I v. The Ministers and
the Perfet, on a sudden reflected, that if the KING went to
the cntrepOt, it was probable the merchants would lay this
affair before him, and claim his protection against the
oppression and injustice they were exposed to, by a violent
and tyrannical administration. It was instantly decided
to be absolutely necessary, at all events, to prevent his
MA.11.81 r visiting this establishment ; and the public
' officers accordingly represented this in/repot as unworthy
his attention, and the merchants as animated by a seditious
spirit. They contrived to prolong his visit at the granaries
and at the Canal St. Alartin until it was too late to
extend it to any further survey. They thus succeeded in
hindering his MAJl.sry from surveying this establishment,
where the merchants anxiously awaited his arrival till a
late hour ; but neither they nor the public are deceived as
to the cause which was the obstacle to a visit officially
announced.

The captivity of Professor Corstx continues, and
France has still the humiliation of seeing its claims prof-
fered without effect to the Prussian Government. It ap-
pears that Government has stated, in reply to the Notes of
M. de llamas, that the Duke de RICHELIEU, while Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs, had sanctioned with his entire
concurrence all the measures of security which the Hoit
All lime,. had taken, even with regard to French subjects,
that after this the urrestation of M. Coos's bad the
perfect character of legality, and gave no room fur any re-
monitrance.

Little is said at the present moment about the interior
situation of the Ministry. Some persons, however, still
persist in their opinion that the arrival of M. de PoLIGNAC
will be followed by a partial change in the Ministry. In
the meantime, tout travail a sun prix.

WI N nson, Dec. 16.—During these five weeks past his
Majesty has not enjoyed so good a state of health as he did
(luring his sumtner residence at the Royal Lodge; but the
King's health has greatly improved since his return from
the metropolis, and he is enabled to resume his accustomed
exercise in the Great Park. l'estenlav, at a little before
one o'clock, his Majesty left the Royal Lodge in his pony
phaeton, accompanied by the Marquis Conyngham, and
followed by a second phaeton containing part of the Royal
Suite, for an airing in the Grcat Park. his Majesty, after
driving about for two hours, returned to the Royal Lodge,
where he dined. 'this day his Majesty again took an air-
ing in his pony phaeton, followed by his attendants, for
upwards of two hours in the Great Park.
The Duke and Duchess of Clarence, and the Duke of
Sussex, were of the party at the Duchess of Kent's on
Thursday, to celebrate Prince Leopold's birth-day.
PRINCE LEOPOLD'S 1/11711..DAY.—The anniversary of
the birth of his Royal highness was celebrated on Thurs-
day evening, at the Thatched house Tavern, by a large
party of the Prince's tradesmen, who dined together on the
occasion, Mr. R. D. Mott in the chair. The evening was
passed in the most harmonious manner; and the health of
of his Royal Highness was proposed by the Chairman, and
received by the company with the greatest demonstrations ol
enthusiasm. Several professional singers attended, and the
company were kept together till au early Lour on Friday
morning.
_

The 'Cabinet Council summoned to meet on Thursday
as.eniblol vesterday, at the Foreign Office, Downinn-
etrcct, at three o'clock, which was atteatb.(l by th Lord
Cbaneollor, the Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Peel, Mr. Canning,
Earl Bathurst, the Earl of kl'estmorland, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Iluskisson. &c. The
Cabinet continued in deliberation till near six o'clock.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer came to town yester-
day morning from Beckenham.
Lady Caroline Lamb has been very dangerously ill at
Bracket Hall. Iler Ladyship, we understand, is now
gradually recovering.
Mr. Mathews opened his American Budget at Dublin on
Tuesday night, for the first time in Ireland. It afforded
unmixed amusement to a large and fashionable audience.
It is stated that General Darling has becu appointed to
the Government of New *oath iValcs.

LITERATURF.

AN APPEAL. TO PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST TIM
DECISION OF TUE ASSOCIATE hIiNOD, &e.

BY ALEXANDER FLETCUEIL
w-.

TM " loring whose religions courtship
has made so much noise in the Court of Cupid—in the
Court of King's Bench—in the Court of Chancery—and
in every Court but the Court of Conscience, comes forward,
at last, with his " Appeal to puhlie opinion," being
" Resoled, like beaten-rejected ghee., to try
\net counsel t'othee party might supply."
How this watchful sentinel of the souls of Albion
Chapel may manage matters in the pulpit we know not,
but this we know, that in the press, where the eloquence
of shrugs, and sighs, and uplifted hands, is wholly lost,
he certainly cuts a very sorry figure. If the lungs only
were concerned, it is very probable he would carry away
the palni ; but tied down to the every-day weapons of pen
and ink, in the management of which his

" sudden stops, and circumflexions,
And prefacings„ and interjections,"
arc of no more avail than waste paper, this Director of the
Faithful becomes u "one of us," and A LEXAN nsa sinks
into plain Sandy.
The Rererrnd Pastor commences his Appeal with his
pedigree, thinking, as he says, that " a few minutes may
be employed in satisfying the curiosity of those who have
no acquaintance with the author;" and we are introduced,
in a flame of panegyric, to his father, and grandfather,
and great-grandfather, in the ascending line, after whitli
he descends to the different branches of the genealogical
tree, till he comes to himself, when he favours us with an
account of his being first licensed to preach the Gospel in
the place of his birth, "among a poile where his ears first
listentxl to the tidings of salvation." Ills next mission is,
by the Synod, to the congregation of Miles-lane. from
whence we accompany him, trudging onward with his 7ws-
lord stuff; and, like a sturdy Scot, turning neither to the
right band nor to the left, till we find him within the four
walls of ALBION CHAPEL, erected, as he tells his realm,
in a tone of triumph, " by his friends, and solely Jiir the
enjoyment or his ministration."
We are really sorry to see a congregation of' weals, but,
we dare say, well-intentioned people, fooled out of their
subscription-looney so easily ; however, this encenrage-
tnent, such as it is, inspires this spiritual eninl,:itant with
an abundance of courage; and he &clan's, that all the
parties to whom he is opposed shall find thmoselves to be
only " potsherds, fit to contend with the potsherds of the
earth ;" for himself, it seems, he was mar.ufactured in a
celestial pottery, and these fragments of ordinary clay
stand therefore no chance with him.

This doughty saint, who thus sets all " the potsherds of
the earth" at defiance, is constrained to confess' that, after
having fooled and insulted the female to whom he had ad-
dressed himself in terms of marriage, by all of a sudden
breaking off his engagement, he again. otter an interval of
several years, renewed those overtures, which were again
followed by the same rascally termination. But he, how-
ever, scores all this down, with the ewlest audacity, to the
agency of Providence. " Though I take all the blame to
myself," says he, " of the renewal of the second corre-
spondence, I cannot deny that Minx*: PROVIDENCE
rERMITTED this unaccountable suspension of Me remem-
brance if firmer feelings fir ends which I A a AESAID
VET REMAIN TO RE LEVI I OPED." This !Oft of' blas-
phemy may he quite to the taste of' Brother Fletcber's con-
gregation ; but it would make any one, not an Atheist,
stop his ears.
As we proceed we are presented with copies of the two
letters which he sent to his " Eliza." which ddkil the
cause that occasioned him to expose her a second time to
mortification and misery. And what is this cause ? Why,
his unfortunate brother Robert, who, it seems, is a drunken
vagabond, had attacked his chapel on the Lord's Day. lie
was, however, bound over to keep the peace for a certain
time, and during that titne "the /orb'''. AI. lIANnt a" had
no annoyance, and his pious serenity I;e7.oan to revive; his
heart. the amorous functions of which had been suspended
by the fright, was co ' g round to the regular beat ; but
in the mean time the recognizance to keep the peace ex-
pired, and the brother recommences hostilities with " re-
doubled violence and malignity." flow does Sandy deport
himself? Why, in this wise—" I sent another officer to
him; the measure had the effect for a season. I heard of
his reformation. My mind began to he tranquilized.
Some months passed joyfully along. Then I began to think
my prayers for him were answered. Ms was Me state of
matters when our correspondence was renewed.”—(p. 244
We know not what sign or omens this Co nvnoN received ;
which he mistook for an answer to his prayers about the
lady with whom this scene of cajolery was carrying on ;
but certain it is, that while lie was led, as he tells us he
was, to think they were answered, this !motherly Sul of his
got more beastly drunk than ever. " Alas ! on Saturday
week," says this amorous minister of Albion Chapel to Ins
dear El IZA, "he Caine I II:1 • ROARING I.ION FROM
TOPIIET. His raving and execrations were heard nearly
a quarter of a mile off"'—it is always right in these affairs
to be exact as to distance—" the neighbourhood was
alarmed—" in short, this roaring Um from Tot'uST put
the whole place in an uproar ; one may easily conceive die
rush there would le to get well out of his way, and the
contusions, bruises, maims, and dislocations that would
take place in getting clear of the danger. No man could
be expected to fulfil a promise of marriage after such an
event as this had happened in the world. What project of
a holy idlittnee could go on after receiving such a fright?
None certainly. It is therefore not to be wondered at that
this Reverend Al./011111T, who has manifestly written him-
self out of breath with terror, should hastily finish his
letter to " Eliza" as follows :

"'this awful and heart-rending event completely unfits
mr hr the present, /o carrying oa our correspondence;
and, till the sky brightens, and the storm ceases, it is as
impossible for me t 3 write to Now, in my present agitated
state of sutilling, as it is lofty in Me sly. Only a sense
of imperious duty has extracted this tragical, but true and
.fisityil communication from your afflicted

" ALEXANDER."

Such a tissue of impiety, craft, and hypocrisy, was
never, we think, more impudently paraded before the
public eye as this Gospel preacher's conduct prevents from
beginning to end ; and we are quite satisfied that if this
soi-disani Reverend, and a few more of the same tribe,
were ducked in a horse-pond for such doings, the example
would have infinitely more wsrlidness than all their mi-
nistry. We have waded thiough all the nauseous pages of
this " Are,: A 1.." not from any interest that it has in itself,
as connected with the writer of it, who is not, personally,
worth the ink wasted in exposing him ; its importance
arises only from its adding one more to the many warnings
that should put us on our guard against that hive of hypo-
crites that is daily emptying itself into the •' iiighwar and
By-ways" of this iretmpolis, and the tendency which we
think it must have to put a stop to that inundation of cant
and fanaticism with which they arc overwhchuing the
nation.

TALES OF IRISII LIFE.
ILLUSTRATIVE or TUE MANNERS. CI'STONS, AND CONDI.

TION or THE rEoruc.

With Designs by GEORGE CltViasttANK.

Robins.

The designs of George Craikshank are sufficient to
render any Tales imtnortal. No author :an have a better
auxiliary, whether his aim be to amuse or to enlighten his
readers, as t!ie pencil of this admirable artist is equally
successful, whether the object is to make us reflect or to
make IN laugh. The etchings of " The ‘Vale," and of
" (Eriit shot by Redmond," in the that volume; and
" Protestant Bill returning from Parade," " Turncoat
Watt burnt in Effigy," and " The Dance," in the second,
are exquisite sketches of genius and humour. he dif-
ferent Tatra bespeak strongly the feelings of the writer,
which arc those of strong attachment to the scus or Eat x,
and anxiety to see those defects amended, and those suf-
ferings reheveil, which at present so strongly interest the
public attention.

The Marquis Camden has paid over to the Consolidated
Fund the sum of 9,3114. 1%. ncl., being the amount of fees
which his Lordship his relinquished as Teller of the Ex-
chequer for the year 11.411 q.

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IXI.XDA 7'/OA' A7' S7'. I'ETERSBC-1;'...7.
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NT. PET Easa, Nin.o.
As if every scourge wu to he ut; lilted on th t: e
daynutt of tile i4t,f.
tinn, the Gnrerwtit nt emattli.hmennt at Cobeick iviiid, 4tie".•
of the reach of the ittittui.ttiot, W.le burnt tl,s, (twit g tf,i, iib.:l'
item 4,4.0)11411:emu have
het jr talutly in teyn,' •
glifir.,e, ,f file city, C. afrirli I ?IIIiiVAUNIS NI. ha,... , nr-g thing, A.. her. fire, proviaiuns,. and cloth:r!. :,tvri:.1c!„..,67:
ammic, 01,11141 C curb mitts in r.c.t!• The I:tup.:tar 114. 0.-. given a million of rubloc, -""11/
The Ettiptuu Merin . Wm.
'll lit tiratid Dultea. each - - :01.1.11
I lie cuicuiercial Funt: of the t 'olunita I.tain IN II
Coati* Scherenitteff -
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.. 41,111 pi
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- iirt
The losses eil the merchants arc inralctilable. koo
chregr
value of trmo:nem It is
hree miilions affi of rubles. that 111. Stiglaz has lust wipe „;1;
A charitable C ttttt mittee has been formed. and the Prim (ft, oellor Alexis Kurakin, who in appointed its l'residait, hat reee;;; from his Imperial 3lniesty the folios ing rescrip:
Irrieee Alexis itilr•MtWitsCh.
The disaster caused vt t t. Petershurffh by an inundation eitia,
sudden and extraordinary. has tilled my heart with sonaset.i.
of Affliction.
The timer, of the snoreme Wirer are just and rostra
tk
profoundly tollot.i..,:ve to Itts. a,7el petyitig the fate of ;6*
who have sit:lived tile Liss ani ruin td their pn.pert, the Coll.
merit cannot repair ail the evils of this disastrous day; two 144
titipored it on int self as u saervsl duty. to attired prompt and M4,
ous sacc.ur tho-e an particular Lace been ruined. ao;
the ineli,.:cat •liey, mire than all others, are entitled tom y wee.,
protection. as,tgli theist a gratuite us distribution of mi a nim t
rubles. trout the wavii.v; of the Administration of the 31,14 e
(time follow the names of the members of the committee.;
I. The firm core of the Committee shall be to provide iida
and su:isistrece tier tli.se w his are deprived of both,—and inpne.e
the relief afforded out of. the sum assigned, shall be gin:sou, 4
those whose cot:lpletc poverty renders it indispensable.
2. It shall be exactly and faithfully distributed according to ix
albumen t mock,

3. It shall he given promptly, and without obstacle.
These riles will serve as the basis of the operations of the en.
rnittee. The sentiment of compassion, of geneeal phiLlanusys
and or the ditty owed to God and to your country, Kill pact
rr
to you and to your colleagues the path you must foll.is is ths
great work of charity. I remain, &c. ALL/ANDEL

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PARIS,IL
New details relative to the horrible disaster at St. Petershals,
continue to arrive. The whole regiment of Carbinetra got of
roof of the barracks—all were carried away. A ship of his
at l'ronatadt has disappeared entirely. The burial *minds i
i t
been torn up, and dead bodies, with human bones and mom, Wu
have floated into the Erects of St. l'etersburgh.
Among those who have distinguished themselves be thei
rage and zeal to relieve, 31. de Beckendorf, Aide-de-cams t.
rht
Emperor, has been noticed, who any times rushd
water to save unfortunates from perishing through this horrible
master.

M. de Beckendorffi who voluntarily assisted in saving the eq.
ping, arrived at the Palace exhausted with fatigue, and hie try
wet. The Emperor metered clothing for him from his own rot.
robe, prepared with his own hands the refreshments Deemer he
him, and bestowed on him the Order of .I,lexandre de Neseit:
a magnificent diamond forord-hilt.--Etoilr.
ST. PETERSIVRGII, NOT. 2;.
As the inundation has destroyed all the brides over the Neu.
nod made the communication between the different psm of the
city very difficult, his Majesty has, by a Decree of the '2l. ete.
pointed military governors, pro trtopurr, for the several num
of the city, under the Chief Governor-General, 31iforelowioch.ta
the purpose of affording mote speedy and efficacious sumer tam
sufferers.

The Conscrrateur reports, that of t.dd the establishment'. it
which a great number of workmen were employed. it unions:
the Imperial Foundery, on the road to Peterhar, intletol
most, and a great many persons perished. It is impooibit to
paint the grief that overpowered his Slajesty what he visited Mc ersie
On the 211 the Emperor visited the scenes of &rehabsui liT
city and neighbourhood, walked about among the ruin. *i:hcat
attendants, condoled with the sufferers, and assured them that tbry
should be relieved.

The schools and theatres are closed. In the churches eelatises
seek each other, but often, alas, in vain. lly order of the GOV.
nor, 400 soldiers are employed in burying the dead. It is said ;1t
the cavalry of the guard have lost many thousand horses. Msty
merchants and public officers have even lust their books.
Count Aliloradowitsch lies sent expresses to Riga, !Aches. its
to order pmvisions of all kinds to this city. CI convoy has abed(
been sent from Libeau.) _ _ _

Several pi: viler, were drowned in the prisone.
A pound of rye-bread was sold at first for •Itl ropers. and a pound
of ask for 4. ctipees ; but an order has been poste .1 up at all the
corners of the streets not to ply rnorcithsn the u,val and esnitlishol
price. Five hundred oxen were drowned in the s‘aughtet.houn
near the Kalinka bridge, and those that arc lett alive ate in a soy
eabaosted state.

Entire villages are swept awe,. the Sailors Island. Drente
Island, Eniilianowka, ()lowa, laa•hta, and l'atharinenhot.taila
foundery and iron manufactory at lila,ke (f, urrents Iron, num)
are entirely devastated. The Galley harbour in It:myth-I ham 4
an ruined, tbat it cannot be scen whether houses or strects erer cwt
there.

The imperial islands of Ytlagin and Kammem i.Ostrow hart
sobered very much ; most of the country houses are in danger a
falling. All the wooden bridges are broken down ;
was more than an alsheen undo? water ; and, consequently, all tat
splendid shops in the Newski l'erspective.

At Cronsuult, the sea, rising iiver the great battery, laid the
whole town under water, and the inhabitance were forced to take
refuge in the second stone.. Many merchantmen have perished;
the Imperial Navy suffned extremely, and a ship of the Ime. of
100 guns, stands in the great square. Above one hundred Pe"o"n
are missed there. The Isaac's Bridge is destroyed, and its la•
mense foundation of blocks of granite was unable to mist ea
hay of the waves. A h.rge three-masted vessel was driven againt
a house which it ca rice away. The loss in bank notes slot 3
immense; and what addi to the distress is, the setting in of the
frost, and the dearness of previsions, which threaten us. A 22
tome loaf costs already is copec..
Count Miloradowitvch rowed about In a boat in the Nevski
Perspective, and saved the lives of many Der.olll4 General Bene .
endorff also distinguished himself by Ins humane exertions. Tie
water was half a yard deep in the moms of the Imperial Palace.
ICON WSW:11011, Pee. 2.
Letters from fit. Petersburgh state the losses to be tnuch artiste
than was at first suppmted. In the city alone, 5,000 rain, are
said to have perished. I )nly a small part of Cronstadt is reported
to be standing. The loss in raw sugars is seven million• of
rubles ; 500,000 ponds of hemp are partly wet and partly alshel
SIVIA.F. His 3fujesty has onleted a Committee of l'ustom-haste
Officers and Merchants, to examine into the extent of dani4e den
to goods deposited in the imcsaritnes of the Custom-house. The
whole loss for St. Petersburgh'is estimated at 80,040.01k1 of
tables, without r (kerning the daniq.,se done to the buildings.
A letter from Berlin estimates the whole at 150 mullets of nible
banco, of which 35 millions fall no the merchants. The Ices Tarr'
tined sugar is estimated at 10 millions of ruble*.
Illamouttett. Pte.&
The letters from St. Petersburgh continue to patiit in the roes:
afflicting colours, the dreadful effects of the late calamity. The
number of persona I
who
here perished is variously estimat.druss
4,000 to 8,000; the has of property at 100 million. of rubles. Tee
steam boats from the harbour at Cronatadt, lay in the nuddk eat
town not far from the theatre. Immense quantities of herrisgi
million in value) are washed away. The magazines of hemp Pi
oil lying higher, did not suffssr so much. Vast blocks of owavdet
lie in the streets, a hich they are now clearing from the ruins of the
houses that have been overturned. At least the half of the Sar
in the warehouses (thirteen millions in value). is melted. Bra 3
scarcely to be had. A cargo of sugai„salt. and dour, ire coed he
seat hither, would he very pmtitahle. The eanlus in PINY COI"
I were leaved. and people are pumping wine. mixed with wale-. se,
of them. Many streets arc impassable from the quantity of iirMseti
fuel, household fornitstre, regains of houses, ac. he.
Letters in the lA.:* G'azdte say, that the thermometer is'
on the preceding day, was at 0. ex I. above U., rose on the ilea •••
above o.—Mtn<basgle Papers.

By letters from Buenos Ayres, dated Sept. 27. it SP74ln
that the Asia and Aguila, Spanish own of war, lied Leon
spoken on the 2.lth August, in lat. 37. S. coast of ebile is
sight, by the British merchant brig snipe, arrived ffcc
Calcutta at Valparaiso. They did not attempt to 11,:sia
her ; and said they were waiting for reinforcements shoe)
expected from Spain.
We understand that a commercial treaty between 6'41
Britain and the Ihniblic of Buenos Ayres has been du"
up, the preliminaries of which are concluded, and t;kl
nothing but its ratification is wanted. It is added.
preparations are in progress for the arrangement ui a wcr
trenty with Mexico, and in the event of a war in fe,a
being concluded in the present year, that one of a
nature will be entered into with Colombia, and p0t316
with Peru also.-211oening psr.
It is confidently stated, that in consequence of *flak
tions from the East India Company, *lover:nett 14re,
agreed to increase the British force in Italia, eithr
addition of six regiments from this country, or by an 3,1.,
tion to the number of companies in the regiments now Pr;
ing in India. The latter plan, it is thought, is must liko
to be adopted, which will be a s,:nre.• of much pronto)!
for the officers of the regiments now in i •
At a numerous meeting of the (*.onitritlge
Humboldt,autiero the;e Geneva,
celebrated
were
Society, held on Monday last, the Baron Alexander 1.64
f
very interesting paper was read by Professor
construction of the cogs of wheels ; several models wen. 0
Waited to the Society, in order to show the action 0; 7
of different constructions UllOll 001 other, and I"7'' r 3,
cularly when their form was that of the Lt
circle.—Comflidge
electedlrav‘nc 1r oanto.nral rPyrurl etr'rberAs7;

3ErTII'G
.Pr the RELIEF of the SP.INISII and

ITALIAN REFUGEES.

Veeenlay a Meeting of Merchants, Rankers, and others. was
ottVitlej at the City of London Tavern, for tile purprose of con-
,,,kri„,4 'iv propriety of raising a public subscription for the relief
ru ;he Spanish and Italian refugees at present in this city. There
veto nearly three hundred persons present, anti amongst them were
novena and mercantile gentlemen of the highest respectability.
The I.OIID MA VIM was unanimously called to the Chair.
I.oansw re opened the business of the day by stating, that
of applications ban been made to him in his magisterial
set a number of unfortunate foreigners, fot relief, and he
',mance% of severe distress brought before him, that
his duty to consult some of his follow.citigens as
I mode of obtaining speedy relief for the suffer_
had been advised, by a number of merchante
'Vette the present Meeting, for the nurpoiws of
manner the unfortunate gentlemen, who were
it tier streets in a state of destitutiem, could be
they to enter at length Into any discussion as
events which brought the objects of their eon-
, condition, it might amuse feelings which had
and prove exceedingly injurious to their interests.
iduals, however, who were in this condition, it
unlit with our gallant army in Spain and For.
that contest, which, had it terminated in our
us might, like the unfortunate refugees., have
renderer, in foreign lands. (How, hear.) They
everywhere viewed with feelings of sympathy.
various letters front different parts of the country,
liog one thing, and some another, for their relief.
been most strongly recommentid, was their emi-
lbia, but this plan, aster due investigation, was
. 11'hatever might be done for their relief, it
care should be taken not to encourage further
tin country, or to hold out temptations to others
treated with the same severity, or placed under
to route over and subsist upon public charity.
no doubt, think it proper to give relief to
now in our mews in a state of starvation.
funds raised law year for their relief had been
o provision had been made for their further subs
numbers had increased, and eases of extreme suf. '
tiring ..ly brought before him. Numbers had come hirward
the relief of the unfortunates, without waiting for this meeting,
et without knowing that one was to take place. It would now be
fa those around him to decide what were the most eligible steps to
.he taken.
Mr. ItYNG, M.P. for Middlesex, then rose and said, that he
(sear forward from every motive which could actuate a man mud an
Englishman. As a man he felt for his fellow-creatures in distress ;
as sn Englishman he was bound to hold out his hand is the stran-
ger who wan unfortunate, amt sought refuge on our shores. 'nett
erre not to enter on this occasion into an examination of the pelitie
cut motives of the strangers; it was sufficient that they came
Kerr to save their lives, and that, be they what they might, they
v,n sincere in their opinions, and hail manifested that sincerity by
ft sacrifices they haul made for then,. On a former occasion, 2(
sews ago, he felt the same sympathy foe the French emigrants.
and thought them entitled to relief, though lie did not admire the
',bole of their conduct, and though lie did not think they did so
much in defence of their principles as had been done by the present
utiertuaate refugees, in behalf of those opinions which they main- I
:lined with unshaken fortitude. Ile concluded by moving the first
resolution, " That in consequence of there being in this country a
great number of the naives of the Spanish and other nations in a
Auto( Brett distress, it is expedient that they be offered to the eha- '
ruble consideration of the Itritialt public."
W. IV'Lt.tass, Esq. M.P. said, he felt great pleasure in se-
rending the motion which would do honour to those who framed it,
at well as those who adopted it. if there was out thing which more
Jun another distinguished this country from the continental na-
tions. it was, that political feeling did not separate us from each
sifter; that although they differed in sentiments, they could meet
nrecUal intercourse, and unite with warmth and sincerity in the
pursuit of works of charity and benevolence. (Applause.). They
night give the unfortunate refugees credit for being conscientious
sail sincere believers of the principles which they so firmly support.
el. without inquiring what those principles were. Every person
night properly extend to them relief, whatever were his principles
et persuasion, and the ground on which he would rest their claim
weld be that of Christian Charity. If ever there was an occasion
fee the pure exercise of Christian Principles, it was the present.
The motion was carried unanimously.
Mr. Thomas SUITII, 31. P. said, the resolution put into his
laird was one diselahning all political feeling in the exertions which
were to be made in behalf' of the unfortunate foreigners. It would
be recollected. that last spring a number of gentlemen, who were
by political sympathy with the spirit manifested in Spain,
I test and recommended a subscription on political grourf it, and
dist subscription, there could scarcely be a doubt, haul failed in con.
uuence. Ile was quite confident, however, that when it was con.
ed that there was an increased number of gentlenien—men of
k and education who'nl lived abroad in a state of affluence and

men.

.'dor, who were not, ..andering through our streets in a state
e destitution and miss: , that the hand of charity would be
!pay stretched forth for theireffectual relief, lie concluded by
swing a resolution to this effect :—" That, disclaiming all polio-
.alst party feeling, and totally abstaining from expressing any opt.
nee the merits or demerits of the cause in which they had em_
laded. and in consequence of which they are now suffering, they
we ..11ord to public commiseration wholly and solely upon
i grinutio Christian C01117.3•SiIIII and benevolence." _ _ _

Mr. Altirrman VEX Mil. ES, in a short speech, seconded the
1101joil.

Mr. l'oarts here rose and said. be had an insuperable objet_
lon to the resolution in the form in which it had been put. Ile
gain agreed that political feeling ought not to interfere in a quta.
OM of charity, but he considered that as to that the public ought to
be left to judge ii 3, themselves. Ile was himself too much an ad.
Mar of the principles of political liberty, not to sympathise with
tir refugees in the struggle which they had made. and in the prin-
ciples they had so nobly maintained. Though he might choose to
isbscribe to their relief from an ntliniration of their political con.
deo and principles, yet he did not call on others to think or sub-
title from the same motives as he did, but he left every one to act
feat his own conviction, whether from political sentiment or the
Libel feelings of common humanity and religious duty. Ile would
En W open to all to act as they thought right. The whole of the
htfth public ought to be appealed to, and none more strongly tban
what was called the religious public, in behalf of the sufferers.
The pulpit could not he more nobly employed than in such a cause
of charity, and appeals ought to be made by Ministers of every de.
emanation in behalf of the unfortunate. The religious body to
which lie had the honour to belong, would, as one, readily come
toward on the occasion.
Mr. Alderman IVoon strongly opposed the motion, which, lie
mid, had better be omitted altogether, lle detailed, at considerable
hogth, the exertion made by the l'ommittee appointed to manage
defamer subscription, oral said, that if the notice given of the
meeting had not been so short, a number of his friends would have
come forward on the present onassion.
The Lown 31 Aron observed, that this resolution was framed for
the very purpose of uniting all parties, of whatever religious or
political creel, on one common ground of humanity and Christian
thorny. It had been deemed advisable to disclaim all political
keliags, Iterausc an appeal had already been made to the public on
Pribtieal grounds, and it had partially failed, for though 7.090/. had
ken suheeribed. 3.oiiith was given by one individual. From the
inelficion subscription which had arisen in consequence of the
iwter meeting, until very recently, doubts were entertained
whether the subscription should originate in a public meeting, and
this was the reason why the present meeting Will convened, upon the
emergency. at so short notice.
Mr. Swum, the mover of the resolution, was of opinion that the
smissioo of the words objected to would be a great improvement
t) it, and he tbetefure agreed that the words objected to should be
sty:lsk out.

Mr. Alderman VENABLE/ concurred, and the resolution was
then carried unanimously, with the omission of the words, "
thinning all political or party feeling," and it then read " totally
Abstaining from expressing any opinion of the merits or demerits of
to Cattle," &c.
31r. Alderman Mimeses, M.P. said, be did not think that any
sf the observations already made were wanting to recommend the
,sox of these unfortunate gentlemen to the sympathies of the
tilitins of London and public at large. But he might observe that
the English people were a travelling people, and that the respect in
Jo instance shown to strangers, could not fail to ensure acknowledg-
ments whenever they went abro ad. l'rovidenee had placed in their
hcluls great wealth, and they could not apply it better than for the
relief of the stumpy who was driven by misfortune to seek pro-
tection from them. lie had too greet a dependence on the high and
;roots feelings of our nobility, not to rely that they would suf.
Sciently relieve those who had been driven from rank and wealth
4bT9111. Ile concluded by moving this resolution—" That the
gentry, and public in ;general, are respectfully invited
contribute to a neiwctiption which shsil immediately be entered
nto for the relief oil those unfortunate emigrants who are at pee-
wit ainonest us." -

1.17t0011;17:34 Fcconded by Joule CAPCL, Esq. and carried
unasimously.
Mr. DAVIT nAIICLAY, in moving the next resolution, observed.
dm there unfortunate strangers were not only outcasts from their
Istrii tailed country, hut from every other in Europe except this
°i per land. Ile then moved—•• That in order to carry into effect
the 4hove resolutions, the following gentlemen be constituted a
Corrionuee, with power to add to their numbers, should it be
;teemed neceisary to the furthering of thebcfore.inentioned benero-
era purposes." .1 list of highly respect:A.le merchants, bankers,
sod members of parliament, was then read.
Mr. lincear SFr CON .econitd the motion.
f The /lon. IVEI i.ESI.EV eloquently expressed his
crimp in Lonna of the objects of the meeting. Whatever might
fr•re been the (nobs of the Refogees. they were gentlemen, and
men of nice ieelirg on points of honour, and there were amongst
tocn men. who, whatever were their distresses, could not be pr`".
rodent upon to Come helix. the public and ask relief. They endured
the Ilbnst excessive privations in miserable dwellings, and they who
had Pallets in their own country were now to be sought for here, in
law, dine bore,. ( Hear.) If the public came forward as he ex.
Peet,ed• the, would obtain honour which neither arms nor arts could
,
upon them. It was not a notion in distress abroad that they
were "dint upon to relieve, Litt strap ors starving at their own
Ile concluded by mos ing—" That the following gentlemen
be appointed bankers to the soid subscription —Messrs. Smith,
Ptyne, 11,141 Smiths t Sir Richard 'Are Glyn ; Mills, lialifax, and
t o• and /lerries, Fortiutiar, soul Co."
T. IV' intim, Ml'. for this City of London, seconded the
t"t'iant and Said it gay: him great pleasure to join lit the proma:J.

ingi; ha I mil! to add, that he hoped these gentlemen weld have
to receive an abundant harvest.
The motion was carried unanimously.
Mr. llysti.su said, lee woold take leave to mention that his
Learned Friend. Mr. would have attended, but that
lie was prevented Ly his professional avocations. In truth, although
they only read the aneumnerneent in the papers of that clay of the
intention to hold a meeting. it was their design to have en.eie
both together. Ile expressed his regret for the absence of his
lasemeel Friend, who formed acquaintances among those who were
maw outcasts from their own country and wanderers in this, when
they were exercising at home a splendid munificence. and dispens-
ing benefits around them by acts which did honour to rank anti no,
bility. In contemplating the fate of the Italian refuges, in winch
the toe of Italy was so intimately interwoven, without looking
back to that spot to which we owed the revival of letters 500 years
since, they might find a description by the "'teat Florentine poet,
who, himself an exile, eloquently expresseed the miseries of his
condition he said, " Now you will find what it is to leave every
tender object with whiele you have been familiar from infancy—to
serer yourself from all you love and esteem, and break every tie.
These are your first pangs. Now yeu will taste how bitter is the
bread held out to you by the hands of a stranger." (A pplanse.) The
poet then eloquently expressed the pangs he tilt at ascending and
descending the steps of those who pitied not his condition, and
said, .` Now you shall see what it is to fail from splendor, luxury,
and comfort. anti be comp.ll,ai to live in wretched poverty, and tee
consort with those who are lease, ignorant, anti unworthy." Ile knew
there were many of these retugeet, to whom the objects this j
meeting could not extend, as they preferred resorting to their own I
exertions, and suffering almost terry privation rather than COMC
forward or coasent to receive charitable aid. But there were many
objects who hail imperative chines on all : there were the widows
of husbands who had died in prison,—the aged and the very young,
who would require their succour. The Learned Gentleman pro.
ceded to observe, that if the objects who were compelled to as.: fur
relief were the victims of the shipwreck en the storm, or nor of those
calamities to which ail were subject, common charity would relieve
thaw ; but It should not he imputed to these individuals as an of.
fence that they were the victims of their patriotism, and their
desire to cstalalish constitutions similar to our own. (Ap-
pl euse.) lie urged that the unfortunate wanderers were peculiarly
worthy of our sympathies, as we should not, but for neen
such as these, have gained what of liberty we mow enjoyed,
with the benefits which had resulted from it. In considering this
subject, it might not be improper to allude tip the commencing
Christmas festivities, and to urge Mew very small would be that
individual sacrifice of comfort, which wonted tend to pour joy into
the hearts of thousands. (Applause.) They should also recollect
the occasion of the festivity, which was tee celebrate the coining of
Hien who caste to promote pure charity and gossl-will amongst all
men; who hail said, that he would recognise hint who received the
stranger ea having taken unto hint Himself. (holed applause.)
The learned gentleman concluded by moving, that the resolutions
should be advertised in the public ',elects.
Mr. flow at no seconded the motion, in a forcible speech, in
which he stated, that every attempt to open the doors for the return
of these unfurturate sufferers to their own country had failed.
Some had been indue sl to return, upon the most sacred pledges that
were made nut to molest them, but no sooner did they land titan
they were thrown into prison, from whence they escaped by miracle,
and lied back to this country. In a word, this was the only country
in which shelter could he given them.
The motion was carried.

111 r. Freshtierd wax appointed Honorary secretary, and vas
warmly complimented for his exertions in favour of the unfortunate

Aldem= WOOD Moved, that the names of Mr. Brougham.
Mr. Hume, and several others. should be added to those selected
for the Committee, but the Lord Mayor declared the motion to be
utit of order.

Mr. Alderman Wont, said his object was to show that his lion.
Friends had not withdrawn thenuaives front the cause of the re-
fugees.
The Loa° Matron and Mr. iluan Et.rts declared that the
Committee, who had been vested with powers to add to their num-
bers, would not have any objection to add the names proposed.
Sir Jim m VovLE then moved the thanks of the meeting to the
Lord Mayor.
The motion was carried unanimously.
His bon DS it r returned thanks, and announced, that already
upwards of 1,1001. had been subscribed.

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