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London, England, 1820-09-15 00:00:00

PARINI OF PADDINGTON-

Yesterday upwards of 8,000 of the Inhabitants of
Paddington assembled upon Paddington-green, for
the purpose of voting an Address to the Queen. A
very extensive range of seats was erected in the
middle of the Green for the accommodation of the
Ladies, who attended in great trouthen, and were
udoutted to the husfisigs with tickers. The seats
forint...4l u semicircle, noel intoledtately before them
were the hustings. at which Ow conductors all ap-
peared soon sf!er one o'clock: There were amongst
the number, Sir Gerard No-1, M.P., Peter Moore,
Esti. M.l'., S. C. IVhitlir#acl, !cc! Ser.
S. WIIITIMAD. E.q. M.P. lin the county of
illidaltsex. was called to the Chair.
Sir GERARD Nowt moved she tirst Resolution,
winch expressed the pain the assembly kit at tile
'yams stloptcd against her MPiesty. The refusal
to allow the Quertl'a name to remain in the Liturgy.
upon the death of our late venerable Monarch, wee,
he rsid, most deserting of the ceubidtration of the
public. While the soul of George 111. remind-el
in his body. no ohicetion was started. but the mo.
ment of death brought on that putt of the pers.-cu-
ll". F.uttuusttly we lived undtr a tjonstitut on

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.Which afforded no Proleclion to the tissesein p but •
the Queen wise, at the decease of the King, in a
country where assassination was a trade. Fortu-
nately she escaped—she was new in England, and .
the people were. congratulating one:whose loss, if
she had remained in that country, they might now
be deploritig.-14ppitnese.)
The Restitution was carried unarrimourlr.
Mr.l'...Mooaa moved the second Resolution,
which warmly praised her Maje.ty's iefuaal of the
bribe offered to her, and her heroism in dosregard-
log the threats. He commenced by reading the
Resolution, as clergymen (Ile said) read their texts •
before • they preach their sermon,. lie agreed
with the Worthy Chairman and Baronet who had
preceded him in the olastrinti )))) a they had made.
The procerdint against the Queen was introduced
under variotia names: it was sometimes cabled le-
gislative, sometimes judicial. and sometimes it was
engrafted upon the roles of the Court. below ;
but it should be engrafted upon other rules 1),•••
fore it was concluded. Who was it that direct-
ed all this ? The Chancellor sat quietly upon
his IVonlsack, waiting foe the. signal from Mi-
nisters, and one Noble Lord_said do this, and an-
other do that, and all received the character of
Judges. Tho. was nothing. butt at profound mockery.
But there was, thank -God ! an appeal to the pro-
Oil who would scout this odious proceeding.
The trial wits, in fact, riot the trial of the Qiiern,
but of the Ministert —(Applawae)—who had them-
selves declared, through the medium of Mr. AVil her-
force, that, scape-goat of all Mioisterial imposition
upon the people, that the nroceetling " tirro-
goofy from the dignity of the Crown. and
iajn-
nnus to the best interests of the country." This
was the doctrine of the Ministers; and if en, how
came it that they adopted a course fraught with
such dreadful consequences ?—( Load app/ortse./
As to the divorce part of the Bill lie had a few
words to soy. Ile believed that Ministers would bis
very happy of an opportunity of divorcing them-
selves from the Bill altogether. A great writer had
said, that upon great public occasions the soice of
the people was always right. This was a case of
that kind. 'l'llol.. distressing and calamitous pro-
ceedings had loosed the people, and Ministers
would willingly give up all-their inflames' and pa-
tronage upon condition of being divorced from that
Bill. Their Leirdshipt pretended to be yews-
hated by the Couriat below, and they had applied to
the Judges to give their misiotance ; but there was
another Court, that of Doctors' Commons. which
must be engrafted on the Bill. Their Lordships
must be regulated by the proceedings in that Couto,
and how then would they be obliged to act ? Why
a host of witnesses must lie exannord. 'flue husband
tang be examined as well us the wife.—(A /dusk.)
—What would Alioistest sly upon hearing that
they must summon their Sovereign to the bar of
their House, and the Archbishop of Canterbury—
(A laugh/—and oilier Learned Prelates, upon this
case, which after all resembled the proceeding of
180 ti, alien it appeared that there was a child
, but do father.—( Load laughter and applause./—
These proceedings were raid by the Attorney-Gene•
ral to have been going on fur years, and yet three of
those years were never alluded to in evidence. The
Holt. Gentleman then made some comments upon
the g.neral character of Italian witnesses, awl
ttteir readiness to undertake any vile office for mo-
ney. After some observations upon the vast train-
' bersofuddrerates that were pouring in from-all quar-
ter, to her Majesty, he concluded by expressing
hi. opinion, that the efforts of the people would
frustrate all the desperate el in ts of the enemies of
' the Queen and the Constitution.—( Load applause.)
Mr. Otatea, a parialtioner, moved a third Re-
solution. After some otsservat • from other
' Gentlemen, an Address, founded upon the Result,.
tions. was voted, and the immense Alerting sops-
' rated.

The ivitible of the Duke of CAMIRMOOS plate.
library. &e. ha-s been embanked at Deptford. in the
Christisma transport. Twelee fine horse•, pur-
chased for his Royal Highness in this country, to.
grater with seven of his MAJFSTY'S horse., intended
for his use in Hammer. will he embarked in the
same marl, under the care of Mr. I.t.oiru, urting
Equerry to his Royal Highness; and the imitation
will then sail" for Cuxhaveti with the first fair wind.

We regret to state that Mrs. Genera TRAPAUD,
wheu landsitg at Portsmouth, on M ))))) 1.. y. from the
I.le of Wight, hod the misfortune in break her leg.

letter* or Mademoiselle DEIIoNT being an
completely nt variance with her orul testimony
Pg ain't the 'QUEEN, we think someone other lloyo
Ilighness's prosecutors might with great prop4iety
hare addre.wed the witness iu the words or BA-
LAAIt to BA LAIC :--ge Whitt 14 this that thou bust
dent ? I tent ftr thee to cu•se mine enemy, and
behold thou bast blessed he► altogether."

IVerlovertay evening, niter the Seamen delivered.
their Address to her 'MAJESTY, on paesing by
Knightsbridge harrceks, where the soldiers are'
quartered. they stopped and gave three cheers. and
cslled " The Queen fir erer I" which watt repealed
by as twiny soldiers as were present : 1,400 sailors
went in procession rIGGI one Louse iu the lietglilif;tlf.•
110011 of NVApping.
An elopement look place on Tuesday last from •
viliu near Camlwrwell which has given serious
alarm to the relatives of the young lady, who aft
in life end ut :twirl fortune.
The young gentleman, who is only 21 years of age.
W 31% Illt.re about three weeks on a visit. the young
lady's brother and he bring schout.fellowo. The
young lady is only turced Iti years of age.
All the trace that has yet been obtained of diem is
that on Titeeday last persons answering this de.
seription took a hackney-coach from near the
Plough end [Jarrow at Newington, into which they
lint two light bundles and drove to the -Bell I'm.
Holborn, where they blighted as if waiting to go by
a stage.eoach. After reineinittg there a very short
tithe the) got into another coach and drove otr.
lIAVE AGAINST TlME.—Joinv l'ETEns, who un-
dertook to MIN on Saturtlav se'nnight, 18 miles in
two successive hours on road, but lost it,
started agent last Saturday evening, gning, as he.
lute, flow the two-isle *tune at-the Pincushion to
the not-talk 'tune iu Shetbeek (4-rt./Pr, rod won by
about one minute and a hair. "IVe have nut heard
what was staked on this exploit, but we understand
that there was much betting, and that PETERS is
by no means a novice at this kited of spert.—( nos.
ton ttazeite.)

kIR H01;11laiS 15614 m Ji.

We are sorry to annn once the death of that very active attd
meritorious Offitee, AteldwirstSer Home Riggs Pepbym, R.C.R.
The mehincholy meat look place at Cheltessbam on the
11th instant. He had leis! recently returned from his corn•
mend on the Jamaica station, where he lost his daughter
awll his health.
The public way derive some gratificetion from the follow.
ing brief sketch of the life of this disittamoislied Officer. He
was born in Ireland about the year 1762. Hia father, by
two or three marriages, acquired a numerous family. The
boys were obliged to seek their fortunes The eldest sun, now
General Popham, alistitiguipheol himself in the Fast Indies. '
Hume Popham entered as a Midshipman Tutu the Bo high oaf!.
Daring the American war hr stlaisted the rank of Lieutenant.
In consequence of the peace be wss induced to turn his
thougbtv to the List, where his elder lumber bad been so
•uerersful. He voeited most parts of India, and evincing a
genius for nautical topography, was appointed al
recoomenilootion of Marquis Coma. il:i• one of a Committee
sent in 178 S to survey New Harbour, in the River Dually,
which had been represented by Mr. Laealll as a proper place
for a dock•vard. He also appears to have mhurled a
country ship, and being hound from Bengal I.) llomL•y in
1701, during • tempestuone monsoon, be was obliged to
hear up fur the Straits of Malacca, and anchor Ilt Pelt.
Pinang, now .called Priors- of Wales's Island. This event
leit to the discovery nod survey of the southern passag►, or
outlet, which induced him to think that the great deside-
'atom of a marine yard migat be effectually obtained
there. In 1791 a chat•! was .engraved sod puldisbed, and
lieutenant Popham received in corium (reface the illanka of the
Government, a piece of plate was wormed him by the
Governor General in Council, and the Court of Directori
romstarioleil him in strong terms to the Admiralty. Al t
lois period l.ientt•usnt Popham, who bad acted as a Erse
trailer in that quarter of the world, was appointed to the
command of the Eiruscoi, as Imperial East Indiaman, sod
on his return to Ostend this vessel was seized by an Eogiosh
frigate, end made ',tier of The loss of the Commander
was great, hut it had she eb-ect of restoring bin. to the ser-
vice in which lie had been bred, soul op.•uing him
the way to fame sod Cotton.. The Francis Revolu-
tion beamed the war into Holland. In 1794 Picheogru
hid Piece to Nimeguen. The Duke of Yolk was able to
throw in *applies from his ramp at Artilielm. Two strung
batteries were erected on the lett and right line of defetore,
and these were so effectually 'secured by the enemy's aria.
lerists, that they at length destroyed one of the boat. that
sumo fed the bridge of communication. lieut. Popham
having repaired thither from (Mend, immediately repaired
the damage, and protracted t fate of the town. Through
the representations of his Royal Highness the Commando r.
in-Cktef, he first obtained the rank of Master aid C.on.
ensnare, and shortly after that of a Post Captain in the
British navy. About the same time, having leers. properly
authorised, he urgailised the fishermen of Flanders into a
hotly for the defence of their own Moms, which proved rely
useful in the defence of IN imt guen. The scheme was after-
wants *doped no • large scale is England.
In 1795 Captain Popham was acting as naval agent for
British lrauspurt• on the Continent, and ouster his inspec-
tion were the Ilr;tish troniw, which had been serving in Hol-
land, embarked and escorted home by the Medalist; sod Ann.
ph' frigates. Some time after., his talents and enterprise
induced Government to appoint him to the command of an
expedition against Maritime Flanders. The arnianteut was
collected in the spring of 1198, in Margate Roads. This
flotilla, eon .istiog of 25 vessels of small draught of water,
sailed from the COMA of Kent 14th May, mid appeared off
Ostend on the 19th. The landing was deferred in copse.
eptence of the wool being boisterous, but intelligence was
received that the force in the aseighbonrissg garrisons was
trilling. General Cottle proposed an immediate debarkation
uutwitbstatiding the surf, and Captain Popham gave the
necessary directions. The troops being lauded, together
with • body or ..iiorg, ■od the isecetassy implements of de.
'traction, they marched to the sluice-gates and blew them
up. It was determined then to reimbark, but this was im-
possible from the roughness of the era. In the morning
ajorGeneral Comte found himself completely surrounded,
anolswas obliged to capitulate. The 'Emperor NO having
demo himself disposed to join in the attempt to drive the
French out of H.illatid provided lie received* subsidy, agreed
to fornish Great Britain' 17,593 men, with six ship., five fri.
gates, and two transport.. Capt. Popham supperiottuded the
en.barkatton °filer troops, in finality of British Commissary.
The F.inperor visited him on board the Nile locgir, and ai-
lerons& brought the Empress and family to inspect the
vessel. The latter visit was nnexpectcd—there wear accord-
ingly no suitable refreshments prepared; hut the. Imperil!
Family insisted on faring with the crew, and were accord-
ingly served with salt beef and biscuit. After visil:ng the
pots uf Cronstsolt and Revel, and travelling 600 miles with-
in the polar circle, Captain Popham took leya•e of tho ir
Majesties, after receiving from the Emperor a gold snuff-box
set with diamonds, and a large plcture of the donor ; and
from the Empress a diamond ring. The Emperor also be.
stowed on him the Cross of Malta, and it is said he is the
only Knight of the Order whose promotion oat formally
recognised at the Court of St. Jime.'s.
Ou his return to England he sought retirement from illness
and hard labour at his boost. at Weybridge ;. hot on his re-
merry he again sought for active service. He repaired to
Holland, where the Duke of York hail taken the cow stolid,
and rendered great and essential service to the mousy. Baltic
intrusted, along with Captain Godfrey, with the command
of three gun-boats station. et on the canal of Alkmaar, they
proteeted the flanks of the Anglo.l(u•sians, and sir annoyed
the soltancing columns of the Gallu-Bataviau army as to
acquire praise• in the dispatches of the Commander its-Chief
fur their spirited and judicious conduct. lit 170 i he orga-
nised the corps of sea fencibles at 110111 e, the.coen having pro.
toll ions from the impress to which they were before subject.
A Post Captain, with a certain number of Cominsoodere and
Identenants were appointed for a certain portion of coast
with liberal allowances. The men were to receive one shil-
ling each muster ; they generally occurred on Sunday, and
interfered lot sic with their usual occupation. England was
divided into districts, soul Sir Home nominated to the coon-
mewl from heathy Head to Deal, whieb he helot lona
1800. lit 1800, [wing appointed to the command of au
important expeolitiou, he sailed on the sth Decemlour
for the East Indies with a powerful squadron. After
rendering numerous services both of a political and mi-
litary character in the affairs sif the East, he repaired
to Calcutta to have an interview wills the GOVl.rairr,
octal i.) person. lie visited the Marquis Wellesley,
and at hi■ Lordship'e paiticul4r request, accompanied
loins in loi• journey to Owls., in the course of which he
pointed out the nolvantages which would accrue from a coin..
mereial iute•rcoucse between Intim and Arabia. His-Excel.
lency had plihned au expedition, which was to be effected
by the tromps about to be cmharkesi, for the Red Sea. The
whole direction was to have been conferred on Sir Home,
but the orders were countermanded.
(Si. the 14th November Sir House repaired on board the
Romney, to depart for the Red SCA, but was called back by
nu express Goon the Vice President it. Council, in crow.
'menet. of n dispatch received (loin England, intimating a
strung suapicioon that the French had aorta an expedition
against the Portuguese twilit:meld of Macao, with a view of
iutero opting the China trade. Sir` Hume suggested the ne.
cessity of sending an engineer tit survey anti repair the
works. Ile allfi•red his services for the convoy of troops
and traitaporta, and insisted au the propriety of taking
possession of the Mauritius. Th. necessary disensi.
shoos for the former measure acme made, bat waiv-
ing at Prince of Warbled Island on the 20th of Decem-
ber, 1802,- he timid Admiral Rainier, who directed the
Arrogaitt and Orpheus to proceed to Moen° with the
looliamen. lit 1803 he sailed into the Red Sea, and in
March anchored in the harbour of Suez. Hia arrangements
for preventing the plague, which was raging in Alexandria,
from communicating with the harbour of Sues sod the
shippiug, were highly spirited mud judicious.
The Commodore being nominated Ambassador to the
States of Arabia, entered a regular cormitondenee with the
Viceroy of kin°, then residing at Cairo, respecting an inter-
chauge of commodities with the India Company's settle.
meet seros• the D on paying stipulated duties; but in
consequence of violeal changei which occurred in the infidel
goveriiment, the treaty failed. He accepted an invitation
of the Nang of Egypt to visit Cairo. His Holiness sent es
officer of his huusbuld, with a troop of drumedarieri and

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iottoy led brawls' Sees, an 4 they agreed to Imes &tows
able In the.llogrob, vespertine the legit of remain to be
*old is the tiontisioos of the .revil es the come of the set
lI ties, SO to to swore masses the.reet a sumeopelyof the
coffer. trod?, He elm made a joists'''. to Tots for the same
purpose, and incurred gieat peril and fatisue. At length
be retoroed to 'Etselsoll with the approbstios of the Go-
straw thomel of Bengal. Oa hi. arrival be found-a neer
Ministry, sod a New Board of Admiralty. SOWS after a
cowl of ry was iostiteied Sc investieete into the asa-
ddiva
of his ship the Romosey when she left England, the
repairs which she hail audergone while absent, the mreel'7
fur these repair', kr. A Report was prepared by the Nary.'
Hoard, which became the sobjert of debate in the Wage serf !
Commons. Sir Home eadravoured to see Earl SI. Visceral,
who declined the interview. and told him a copy of the Be-
port would be transmitted to lulu.
In ISO Sir Home was salaamed for the horosseli of I'm-
mouth in the Isle of High:. Rut his own conds,st was I
threatened wish parliamentary inquiry ; the Hon. Clinics,
now Lord Kitiestsd, save notice of hie intention to most
for a Committee to inquire into the chafers aahhieval in Ilse •
Report us the Navy Hoard. An insprest was laid tau Ma
pay and half pay, and she charges respecting the expel's, s of
the Romney were so he laid before the Coinmissionerl sif In-
quiry into Naval Aliases. A sudden chow of Adoniuistr‘.
lion released bim'from this dander, and brought him tato
employment. Through Ilw patrorage of Loral Nit Willy he
was appointed to she coinmaml of the Antelope He wail
afterwards appoint. d :l the ropes intendence of a ►cheme for
destroying n fleet by mesh. never before heard of. TM. ex-
periment was lisaticrously termed she L'aftraftran
v rot two vessels were s•rry effectually destroyed by it
off 14"00R044 iu INC Ao atlark on a larger scale was
afterwards attempted at Fort Rouge, which iii,appointed
politic expel-to ion.
The Select Committee appointed In investigate the chsrgea
before mentioned, made two Reports, whieh wholly acquitted
kiss. The nest services which brought ibis entavprising
Officer before she public are sufficiently human to relieve till
from the necessity of detailing them. His reputation, thongit
clouded for a awhile by anrpieimu of misnian 'potent with re-
gard to stores and repail a (we idlude to his adventures in the
riser Floe, and their ronsequcnres'•, was happily clever' to
the gratificativa of she public nu less than himself. Sir
Home lately accepted the command of she West bobs !sta-
tion. The appointment, in fact, is equal to a ►round arrpsit-
tat iu recant to the vast sums which hr was accused of has.
log rmb• tried ander eh trees fir repairs and mores, that rum.
motel having been generally bestowed fur the purpose of re.
pairsog the indigence which ra•erprising Comnammera midst
have incurred is the course of long services. %Tr have little
room for it, or we might sperafrausre particularly some of
the satiny Nayarit:ages derived to the service from his skill and
zeal. The orgsitiZatiMi of Sea and River Fenbliles has been
mentioned 'heady. Ilia telegraphic improvements were no
less conspicnows for peufr.•tonal Moldy ezcellence.
Perhaps Sir Home lame tint left one 011 acer behind of his owe
age Who has *reel more service, or bevu employed isa atom
important affairs.

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BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, Scrremnr.rt 14.

As the St. Leger will he run neat week, many heavy bets
were mule as follow :
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
IS to 1 art Cavalier IR to I agst Reposed..
31: so 1 ago, Tramper 20 to 1 acid Felton
64 to 1 agst Arbutus 25) to I aglingir
9 to I riot VToodhine n to 1 art candling
II to I 'test Saucebox 25 to ago ',nee
1$ to 1 agst Czsar 25 to 1 eget Dunsinatie.
NEWMARKET ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 apt

MOOTING EXTRAORDINARY.

The following is a specimen of expert shooting rarely
heard of :—J. B. Flysi, li*q. of Crumb y Lodge, Cambridge-
shire Woe seat of hospitality for sportsmen), in company
with two friends, on the 4th, Silt, and Pith inst. killed as fol-
lows the 4th, thirty brace of birds and fifteen hares;
on the Sib, thirty-six brace of birds and nine hares; and on
the fib, thirty-one brace of lords and twelve hares. So
plentiful was the grime that the sportsmen kept the field six
hours only each slay. The amount of head of game was two
Lunched and tweuty-eight.