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PRICES OF CORN

Aversge Prices of Corn of Eaglasd sod Wales, by the
tioLirter of Eight Winchester llinsbeis, and of Oatmeal per
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sorl. fended the 27th of November, 1819.

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NEW SOUTH WALES.

SYDNEY, JANUARY 8.

This country never resigned • scene inure in-
ter,stiag to philanthropy and the vorigenial feelnigs
gf Britons. than was exhibited at Paraniatzu on
Monday List the ult. when, in pursuance of
the invitation of his Excellency the Governor, which
appeared in the two last Gazettes, the natives, or
aborigittes of the territory, assembled together to
partake of the kiiirleiess and hospitality held out to
them by Government.
Al'hougli the dry was intensely warm, it was not
altogether etillivourahle for the occasion. At e1e-
%..• the forenoon his Excel:ency the Governor,
untininied by the Lieutenant-Governor, the
hltmliers of the Native Institution, and several
miter Gentlemen, entered the circle where these
criilMen of Nature were seated. Chairs were pro.
voli.tt 'for the chiefs of tribes (as on the former occa-
blois). detached and itch:owed from the line of the
grand cliche, which not only distinguished them
p•-ri.onslty, but shined the number or strength of
their several tribes, which were placed to the left of
their respective and consisted of the fa-
milies of each of them. The number thus assem-
hied very far exceeds, that of soy, former occasion,
3110 pewit's. among whom were some tribes
with had travelted frau) beyoud the Blue Mountains
tt. tae present at this festive!, and who were distin-
guishable from the natives on this side by their being
decorated with a timuhcr of white feathers, and the
teeth of wild animals suspended in rude festoons
ever their foreheads their bathes and face* were
a is.o painted, with red and white oebre, which ren-
dered their appearance singularly qatre. There
was, however. a degree of confidence in their inatir
net, which iudicated a coosciousness of security in
the protection of European trietidship, a eircum-
sienti, perhaps, the more to be wondered at, when
it is considered that this was the first t that
several of them had held any intercourse with elide
lan, or had eier had an opportunity of seeing the
artramisig improvements of the isterior settlements
sal the cuinny. There were other tribes from the
south and south, who had tntielled a distance of
upaserds of ide rule.
Aber bis 4acelle.ncy hod conferred some badges

LONDON.
MONDAY, DIMMER 6, is*.

A Court of Common Council will be held this
day, fur the purpose of collecting the sense of the
freely-elected Representatives of the Livery of Lon-
don upon the pleasures proposed by Ministers to
Parliament for meeting the dangers that now
threaten the country. There are no men in the
kingdom who, from the Mauro of their property,
are more interested ui the preservation of social
order than the citizens of Loudon, and atone who
from their habits soil occupations would be wore
likely to feel the indaleace of alarm ; but they are
too to purchase tranquillity by the sa-
crifice of their isohtir:Jl rights, or to limey that the
security of property could be maintained if the
integrity of the Constitution were invaded. It will
be 946'140:t0ry in learn the opinion of a body of ho.
nest rod wealthy citizens upon the necessity sod
character of the new laws. Considering the manner
iu winch the Csisoniou Council of Loudest is con.

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stituted, how freely and fairly the members see
elected by the respective bodies of their
citizeus, the tet.tisticitts expressed by the Common
Council may be taken as a fair estimate of those
that are entertained by the mars of the nation in
general.
The new measures have, for the most part, beets
considered in Parlientent as a connected system,
and, as sorb, have in the aggregate been either
rinsed or tenured. according to the sentiments of
the s I spepkers. In this shape were they intro-
duced by the Miuisters, and in this shape it was in
some degree necessary for the Opposition to view
them. For our osvo parts, however, we do not
think this mode of proceeding either convenient
for discussion, or entitivent with the duties of the
Legislature. Each proposition isbould stand upon
its respective merits, without any reference to its
coin si ions Ito justify each a clear case of
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necessity should be established. In the six Bills
will be found some wire and prudent regulations,
and the scheme of mixing ell together was evi-
drolly devised that the presence of a few good and
equitable provisions should cover the progress of
those that are unjust and pernicious. Nothing can
be fairer or more detirahle than that individuals
should be prevented at public meetings from pro-
! posing any treasonable resolutions, or suggesting
any unconstitutional principle of action, that *illy
or mischievous persons should be prohibited from
exhibiting flags with inflammatory devices, from
carrying to such places lire-arms or offensive wee-
-1 posts, and from practising military evolutions with-
! out being properly authorised. It is also of advan-
' tage that trials for misdemeanore should not be de-
toyed beyond a reasonable time, and but equitable
that one description of political writings should be
subject to the same burden that is borne by an-
other. But what proposition can be more mon-
strous or offensive to the best principles of our
Constitution, than that the people should be pre-
vented from meeting to petition the Crown or the
Legislature, to complain of grievances, or to pro-
pose the means of redress, in bodies exceeding a
certain number—that no interchange of sentiment
'tumid be permitted between the inhabitants of dis-
tant ur of contiguous districts—that the act of au
obscure isidividual should be visited as the must
syrious c • upon the heads of a whole parish,
subjecting the innocent inhabionits even to the pe-
nalty of death ?—What also can be more terrific
in a free country than the reflection that the house
of utiy individual in the country--the hitherto sacred
castle of as Esiglishrosn—naight be broken open
and watched at soy hour of day ist• night at the
will of every ruffiao, upon whom the solemnity of
an oath has no WI cc, sod who perhaps may
choose this mode slog a mast of protection,
on Proem gang rimy have formed
some criminal dew is would be an easy and
certain mode of redncing his victim to this impossi-
I bility of defeuding his properly, and the unfortunate
may, after being t.hused and plundered, shall have
I no redress but an softest to the Quarter Sessions
Ifur the recovery of his arms, 'sow use'ets.
Again. with respect to the Press, .sa which the
Ministry* seem res.Aved•peincipally to pour out the
; phials of their wrath, what can be less consistent
with the trinciplee of liberty—the liberty even of
ordinary trade, than to exclude an individual from
the advantages of publishing small pamphlets and
cheap tracts, unless lie is capable of giving large
security for his good conduct ? It was admitted by
Lord Stustouni that the propriety of establishing
a censorship was a question in the Cabinet ! So
was once the policy of introducing the torture in
England ! The proposition, Nisi true, was negatived,
and the Ministers, no doubt. look to be applauded
for this concession to the , vinciples of our Consti-
tion—as they are entitled to our gratitude for nut
proposing the abolition of trial by jury ! But
what difference is there in e&ct between the scheme
of requiring heavy sureties, and an open and avow-
ed censorship ? The latter would indeed prevent
I the publication of every expression displeasing to
'serums in power, but the former goes to prevent
publication altogether. One might imagine that
without this scheme of previous security, sufficient
I guards had been placed upon this offending portion
of the press. Its guilty cheapness is obviuted
by the stamp duty, and the terrors attendant upon
• criminal prosecution for a libel are not diminished
by the certainty that the trial of the offence cannot
be postponed until the notoriety of the prosecution
shall have enabled the defendant to realize a for-
tune, and still further by the penalty of transport-
, ation that is denounced upon a second conviction.
This is the first iostatice, we believe, in %Melt it
was ever proposed to a British Parliament to foolish
ill individual, not merely before he it guilty, but
even before hr can acquire the possibility of being
guilty. The necessity of finding bail lii cases of
libel upon information before a Magistrate has been
j considered a deviation from strict justice, and is
certainly in itself a punishment ; but now a pub-
lisher will be iequired to fital bail, even before a
libel can by any possibility be in a state fur publi-
cation.

The Favourite, of 26 gulps, Captain H. RONK-
sow, recently snivel! at Portknouth from the
South American station, left Monte Video on the
3d August, Itio Janeiro on the I.2th Sistember, arid
St. Salvador Bth October. At those periods our
squadron, under,Coanuodore Rotates, was cruis.
tog in the Pacific Ocean. So deticreot was the state

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of information in the Brazils, that the highest ton-
lidence prevailed there that the Spanish Royalists
in South America would ultimately succeed in
exterminating the Insurgent forces, by means of
the powerful armament which was fitting out at
Cadiz, which force the King of Putcrutaxt. mud
the BRAZILS was in actual expectation of being
attacked by, en passant, iu retaliation for his
having invaded the Monte Video.' territory. IVben
the Forc«rite left Rio, he was pulling his troops
into the must etlective state to repel this anti-
cipated retaliatory visit. The information brought
with respect to Lord COCIIRANIeS movements
is of au old date. It was generally under-
stood that the Chilian government was very poor,
and it is to this circumstance, and not to any
relaxation of zeal in the cause of indepeniience,
that their operations had lately become so con-
fined. Lord COCHRANE'S squadron, it was ap.
preliended, could not he kept together, in an
efficient state, front a waist of money to pay the
crews, and to obtain supplies of provisions for
thern. his Lordship, it ought to be known, had
its !JO one intianice interfered with the fiii; or any of
the rights of British merchants ; hut he hurl, on
the contrail, so conducted the affairs of Isis com-
mand, that had he been 'erring in the British
interests, hr could riot have more conformed him-
self thereto. The increase to the British naval
force, therefore, with any view to secure or protect
the interests of our merchants there, was considered
at unnecessary. Ti,e Favourite brought 660 cues
of quicksilver, and 100.000 dollars in specie.

A Flanders Mail arrived last night, with Papers
from Brussels to the 4th instant. Lurd CATHCART
arrived at Frankfort on the 20th last, on his return
Nit') St. Petersburgh to London.

A Dutch Niail has arrived, with Papers to the
Ist Ms:. A fire broke out on Thursday it' •t;ht
it, the lodgings of Mudalne MoNTlioLox at Brus-
sels. That lady had only time to save a few vs-
luable articles and papers. The following is an
extract :

I, women= 29.

The Cadmus has arrived at Helvoetsluys, from the Isle of
Frame, haying on Guard the crew of the Evertsen man of
war, which was lust un its passage home Gum Batavia.

We have received Paris Papers of Wednesday
last. The KING did not go out on the preceding
clay to enjoy his usual promenade. The fears en-
tertained for his MAJESTY'S health are so lively, in
consequence probably of the dangers which are
supposed to threaten the Bourbon dynasty, io the
event of bib demise, that confinetnent to his cham-
ber is regarded as a matter of greet interest.

The meeting of the Chambers for the dispatch
of business was postponed until Thursday, when
they were to form their bureaux, appoint secretaries,
and regulate their intereal machinery. It is observ-
ed that GREGOIRE did not appear in the Ktmo's
presence, for the purpose of taking the oaths. His
absence, however, is rendered the less remarkable,
as two others of the newly-elected deputie., the
Couut BEUGNOT Bud M. PUY, were also absent.

Accounts contained iu there Papers from Madrid
state, that the inquiries instituted in the case of
General O.OONNEI. have terminated. All the per-
suns implicated in the mutiny of Cadiz declare that
they yielded to the importunities of O'llobtrizt.,
who hail made them " a thousand promises," and
that his Aide-de-Camp GUTIIERRES, who has
escaped, was intrusted with the negociations.
O'DONKEL iv now in Madrid, and offers in his
justification that he acted under the express orders
of the King, and gives letters front his Majesty in
proof of his assertion. 'lke Madrid writer adds,
" the further proceedings will perhaps throw fur-
ther light upon this affair, which is now, involved
in impenetrable mystery. But whatever it be, us
Kings are always in the right, to the great satis-
faction of the people, O'DoNrizt. will probably
receive in the bottom of a dungeon the reward of
his valour."

The English Ambassador at the Court of Madrid
has transmitted a diplomatic note to the Govern-
ment of Spam, in which he demands, with great
eagerness, liberty of commerce for the British flag
with all the Spaidsh Colo Dies in America.

The services of Dun PABLO MORI LLO have been
so pleasing to the king of SPAIN, that his Nhjesty
has granted him the titles of Count of Curthagena
and Marquis de lit Puerta.
The French Funds have suffered a slight fall.
The Five per Cents. on Tuesday were t f. 75 c.
Batik Stock 1,4ti51.

On Friday a meeting was held at the Old Ship
Tavern, Brighton, the Earl of EGRENIONT in the
Chair, to determine upon erecting a attune to the
PRINCE REGENT, a 4 a memorial of affection to
him. when 4501. were stotwribed in the room. The
statue is proposed to he of bronze, and Mr. %VEST.
SIACOTT the at List. The estimated expeioe is about
4,00 d.

The LORD CHANCELLOR and the VICE-CHAN-
CELLOR lidd audiences of the PRINCR }tenet'r
yesterday at Catltim flowe.
The ed battalion Royal Veterans (1,000 men)
have arrived at Fort Cumberland, to be formed
and perfectly embodied.

A letter from Baltimore dated Nov. 9, says01 By —.
the arrival Is of the sCioower Tossed, is 39 days
6.186 Ceding's*, we lane that Boalitroe's gravy was middle
90 souks of that city—lt was t apt cud the place would fall."