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Cleves, publicly to contradict the libO report as meat to alga Englialimem were accustomed, a
Government of law and justices our .111" aunt
cute tlnfoundeil. At the same time that we exe-
cute this Commission, we recommend to the informers—by resisting a wanton and useless
Infants of this province, to avoid. in future, paying
expenditure on the pan of the Goversiment—sby
attentions to such reports, which frequently do nut
originate in the purest sources. opposing the imposition of new taxes,
(Sigied) 110YAL PRUSSIAN GOVERNWERt. above all, that moat oppressive and inquisitorial
Cleves, lase 5, ISIO.
one, the Income Tax, if ally
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UPPER RHINE, JULY 4.attempt should
On the Rhine we expect this year a threefold be Made to bring it forward in the new Par-
harvest (vintage), On many vine stems there are liament—by abolishing oarless offices—by ender-
Moiety bunches of grapey, and the grapes are al- I souring to restrain the power of the Crown, to ex-
ready of the size of pease. If the weather conti- tend the right of suffrage, said to shorten the
favourable, we may safely prophecy that the lion of Parliament by bring the friend of
wine will be equal to that called Comet wine.
BERLIN, jut, 1. and religious liberty—and by efforts to restore
On the 4th of this mouth the first atone cf a new the high character Which the country had formerly
theatre was laid, on which occasion CuUlit [kohl enjoyed, that of being the asylum of all who in
made an appropriate speech. any loan of the World were persecuted for their
A new periodical publication appears now at St,
civil and religious opinions. These are the prin.
Petenitoorgh, edited by M. ~parka, under the ti-
tle of " Juirmul of Siberia," which is exclusively ciples avowed by the opponent of Sir MURRAt
dedicated to that country. MAXWELL, embracing a wide and extensive range
of duty, compared with the nohow and pitiful
promise of resistance to the doctrine of universal
'Ohne and annual Parliaments, a doctrine scouted
by the great mass of the intelligent and thinking
part of society, and chiefly used us a catchword
among the enemies of all moderate and salutary
Reform. flits Sir MURRAY MAXWELL promised
these things, or has his Chairman promised them in
his name ? No such thing : the coat would not
fit hint. lied he come into the House of Commons
as the Representative of Westminster, he noted
not be iia he now is, and we hope lie shall long;
remain, an English boll-dog, lout a tame raldril,
playing about the feet of the Moister in the I louse
of Commons, and proving, by Lis sub-erviency, his
gratitude to the official and ministerial sycophants
and dependants who honoured his dinner with their
presence.—To Sir MURRAY MAXWELL we give the
credit (if being a good mar), and an excellent naval
officer ; but the duties of a Rein esentet ve for West-
»)i t oder embrace a much greater sphere of action.
It is ungenerous to war with the dead; but if people
will obtrude themselves upon the public intention,
they may he presumed to court the public notice;
and we will fairly ask Sir M.MAXWELr. and his
friends, in the event of his having been elected for
Westminster, what had the country to expect, con-
sistent with his narrowed professiona of resistance
to the bug-bare doctrine of Annual Parliaments
and Uoiversal Suffrage, but that his seat tit Parlia-
ment would become ancillary to his promotion in
the navy ? It would have enablid km to mount
over the head of a brother (-Hirer of equal or supe-
rior merit. Tliia is the great victory lila success in
Westinimiter would have obtained.

HAMBURGH, JULY 9.

Their Highness Prince and Princess Iltudenburg
kit us this morning to proceed by oil of 'Labors
and Nlunster to the lthenivh Provinces.

It is reported that England viII probably obtain
by negotiation a Willow in the Baltic.
The British Bible Society has presented to that
of Sleswiek I Inlet. in the ste►rotype plates for Lo.
titer's Bible, without linter. iii large octavo, winch
are east by C. Taifelitinz, in Leipaie, and are
worth about 500/. eterling.—(liantbargii Paper,
July 10.1

BRUSSELS, JVLY I I.
They write from Paris that the last journey of
the Duke of AVellington to that city had no other
übj, et than the mediation of the differences be-
tivren Spain and Portugal. Tier Russian Auios-
rarlor takes great interest in this mediation. The
accounts from Paris in the Eng Papers, allege,
that the conditions upon whirls Spain will accept
the media*. are slot approved of by the Portu-
guese Asisbarsailor; but the accounts which we
haves rtreived directly lions ti,3t capital are more
favourable.

The hotel which lies been hired by the Duk• of
Wellington is now in sofficient order. It is affirm-
ed that his Grace will pass the approaching winter
in this Haarlem Courant, July 14.)

We ha►e received Papers of Tiieaday lost.
The Five per Ceuta. are 76 f. 70c.; Bunk Actions.
1,615 I.

Dutch and flatuburgli Mails have arrived.
with Papers of recent dates. It is reported that
England is negociating I.or a harbour in the Baltic.
The Duke of WELLINGTON is expected to pass
the ensuing winter at Brussels.

Yerterrlay Count NJ tNS lER hail an audience of
the Patrice REGEsT at Carlton I 'mite.

We have received Quebec Papers to the 18th
uh. The Gazelle of the Bth contains a draft of a '
Petition, resiwctil"n the grievances of the inha-
bitants of Upper ,
Catiada, or rather, we should
say. the supposed grievances.
We have received Sierra Leone Royal Gazettes to
the 2J of May. They contain nothing of any gene-
ral interest. The Governor, C. MACARTUY,
had paid a visit to the new British Settlement of St.
Mary's. in the river Gambia, upon which occasion
lie established some salutary regulations, and ex-
tended to the settlers ull the rights and privileges of
the English Constitution, lie also fncilitated the
adoption of arrangement. for introducing the traffic
in gum, a branch of trade which cannot NI to be at-
tended *all the greatest benefit ; and which appears
In be not only practicable, but of easy acquisition.
Upon his return to Sierra Leone, a public dower
was given to him, the first entertainment of the kind,
as we learn from the speech of the Chief Justice,
that Intel ever been witnessed in the colour,
A Ilaailiurgh Paper has asserted (hot without
stating the authorit ), that the King of SWEDEN
has addressed a Itescript to the Committee of the
States of the Kingdom, proposiii,,,,, to sell the Island
St. Bartholomew the West Indies, and to apply
the proceeds of the sale to the/ liquidation of the
old debt of Norway. This intelligence has, bow-
ever, been since declared wholly destitute of foun-
dation.

THE BRF n s H PRESS.

LONDON,

SATURDAY. JuLir 18, 1818.

A dinner was given by the friends of Sir Mua•
RAY NI AXIVELL, at WIMA'S Rooms, on Thursday.
It would have been rather awkward to celebrate the
defeat of the gallant Knight. The fete was there-
fore entitled to he in honour of the principles on
which he had otkred himself a Candidate for the
Representation of the City of Westminster. These
principles the Noble Chairman, Lord F. BEN..
TINCI, avowed to be n steady opposition to the
doctrine of universal suffrage and annual Parlia-
ments, those dangerous innovations attempted un-
der the specious colour of Reform. If this be a
true representation of the gallant Captain's views,
it must be confessed that in offering himself a Can-
didate fur IVestininster, he undertook a work of
supererogation, und his proffered services were very
properly rejected. Neither Sir Ssinuer. HOMO.?
nor Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, the two successful Can-
didates, advocate the cause of annual Parliaments
and universal suffrage, and they are as fully compe-
tent us the gallant Captain to protect the country
against these dangerous innovations. Sir S. Ro-
m t 1.1. T, in his Address, thanking his Constituents for
placing him ■t the head of the poll, said his thanks
were not to be expressed by north., they were to be
expressed by actions—not on that hustings, but
within the walls of the House of Commons. The
way wa4, by a faithful discharge of the important
duties of a Representative/ of the People—by an
assiduous attention to the intercity of the public—,
by resisting all attacks upon the Freedom of the
l'rr>s, Trial by iiiry, and the Habeas Corpus, the
gre,ii bulwark of the Constitution—by resisting any
attempts to substitute, in place at that Govern.

it appears by en Address issmd by General
MAcAt; Lux (the unsuccessful Candidate). that the
merit. of the late Election for the borough of Star-
ford will undrrgo a scrutiny on the esermbling of
Parliament. The Petition will not affect the seat
of Mr. lit:Niro:v.

On yesterday st'onight, ut the nomination of
Members for Glainurgaiishire, Sir C. COLE with-
drew, in consequence of a threatened opposition.
The Honourable BOOrn GREY, HMI J. EDWARDS,
of Met)la, were proposed. 51r. EDWARDS,
iu his address. declared his determinutio►► to sup-
lion Whig principles and the independent n►terrst.
Mr. GREY afterwaid4 withdrew. It. BLAKI.MORE;
H.q. objected to Mr. EDWARDS as a representative,
because lie was in the profession of the law. This
drew from Mr. EDWARDS an explanation, that he
had only continued Ina business in order to establish
therein a deserving young mars whom he had
brought up front a child, and mbsequently taken
into partnership. Mr. I/LA.OIIORa then put a
direct question, whether Mr. E. would now pledge
I * elf to retire from business, ►n the event of this
election ?—Mr. EDWARDS—" I (10 ; and in the
first 'Nun that 11.4111i41 WI application shall be made
to withdraw my name f►otn the Court of King's
lieuch. I hta distinct pledge gave universal
satis-
faction; unit Mr. EDWARDS'S election at Bridge-
end, on blonday, is certain.

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