The National Register.
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proposed " The health of their noble Chairman," which
was drank with great applanse.
The CHAIRMAN said, he hoped they wont') accept the
thanks of a plain but Fine(' I e man, who was ever ready to
devote himself to the set vice of his country (applause),
who had no ether wish than to see his friends happy, and
the people prosperous and free. (Applause.)
Song—" The standard of liberty floats through the
world." Ice the chorus of " Down tyretits fall," the voice
of the Duke of Sussex was paiticidaily audible.
The Chair.nan said, that the next toast pressed mien
him more than any other lie had yet given, main to itv
euunexion with the county in which they had assembled.
In proposing the toast, need he add that the individual
was " Their worthy and long tried representative, Mr.
Coke?" (Loud cheering.)
Mr. COI( I, tetulti d thanks at great length.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the licalths of " The Mem-
bers for the City of Norwich."
Mr. W. Sat Tit returned thanks on behalf of himself and his
worthy colleague (Mr. Gurney) who was übsent.
" A speedy end eflixtual Reform in the lteptesentation of the
people in Fathom:lC
This toe 4 was drank amid the most rapturous cheering.
The Duke of Sussex rose to propose the next toast, which
from the relative situation of their Chairman to the gentleman
who was die object of it, would, he was sure, be more gratifying
to both when given from any other quarter than the chair itself.
Every person who hail the honour and pleasure of being ac
quainted with die family of their noble chairman, could not fail
to know what were its peculiar chivactetistics. Talent, warmth
of heart, sincerity of feeling, and urbanity of manners were its
distinguishing marks (loud cheers), and in no member of it
were those qualities more visib'e than in the noble representative
for the borough of Aruneld. Ile should now propose to them
the health of " Lord Viscount Bury. (Great applause.)
Lord Beier said, that the manner in which the company had
received his name was highly gratifying to his feelings, us it gave
him reason to believe, that they approved of his public conduct.
lie expressed hts satisfaction ut seeing so many independent
gentlemen of his native county ranged around him in support
of the principles of Mr. Fox at a tints when the severe pressure
of distress had compelled so many others to sacrifice the princi-
ples which they hen adopted on their entry into public life. He
was sorry, however, to observe, that Ministers had flourished and
grown great at the very period that the country hail beam im-
poverished by the system which they had pursued. That eysiein
was to divide those whom they hail to govern—to set the %el-
culturim against the manufacturer, and the manufacturer against
the amiculturist—to employ spite, to calumniate their opponents,
and to degrade the Royal family m the estimation of the king.
dom. (Cheers.) The ruinous measures which they were daily
pursuing could only be counteracted by withholding the supplies
and cutting down the expenditure by which they were supported.
This he had constantly etideavouted to do by voting with Mr.
Hume, upon nis different motions for economy and retrench
went. The noble Lord, after declaring his opinion that the
adoption of die principles of Mr. Fox could alone lead to better
days, sat down amid loud cheering.
Toast—" Lord Holland, the representative of the name and
principles of Mr. Fox."
The Chairman then proposed the health of " An honest man,
Mr- Hony wood. the member for Kent."
Mr. HomTwoon returned thanks.
The Duke of Norfolk proposed the health of " Mr. James
Macdonald, M.P." (Continued applause.)
Mr. MACDONALD knew riot whets was left for him to say ;
inasmuch as every ground had been already occupied with so
touch ability that he could not find even u corner into which to
thrust himself. Somethiug bad been said in the course of the
evening about " the pilot shat weathered the storm." Nuw they
were not met to celebrate his efforts in weathering the storm, at
a time when the storm was raging above, and beneath them :
they were not met to talk idly about the prosperity of the coun-
try, at a time when ruin was staring them all in the face, and
despair was imprinted in every countenance. They were not
met to boast of the achievements of the country in behalf of the
liberties of the woad. in an hour when that country had become
a by-word of weniach enema all the nations of the continent,
for the liberties it had sacr fieed, the treaties it mid violated, and
the promises at had fats fled. Neither were the met to laud the
bassed consequences of the Pitt system, at a moment when it
was crumbling inn pie es, mouldering into atoms, and leaving
" not a wreck behind!" No; but a debt, which exceeded in
;mount all the metallic currency of the world. To ,ach sublime
inconsistencies they had nut the folly to aspire. Their object
was t o cherish and keep alive the animating principles of British
freedom. To accomplish that object, they assembled under the
name of a man who was not perhaps faultless; for perfection,
as Lad Le en well observed, was nut the lot of humanity ; but
who sincerely loved the people, and desired their happineas, who
was the uniform denouncer of war, and triend of peace ; whose
mind was as much distinguished for its energy, as his heart for '1
its tenderness; wit° never the-ruined one mean or selfish
thought, but lived and acted alone for the wellbeing of his
country, and the amelioration of mankind. Were not the pre-
sent
times when it was expedient to hold up to public imitation '
such merits and such %Welts? Let the meeting constant with
the imply counsels which he would have given, the shabby,
shuffling counsels which had been exhibited during the Eat six
years. he t then contrast with his constant and undeviating
rectitut'e the bold enc o:elmtents and base eampliances--the
h net ring menaces mid ebject entreaties of whlch the Ministers
of the Crown, daring that period, had repeatedly made use...-.
Could they turret the permanent peace establishment, whieh
impuelesece in one once memo. ed to inflict upon the people ?
Could—he would not say the present tromp any—but could even
the bisque-.tens of Pitt Dinners ever erase troiu their recollection
the paltry shifts, to which their patrons were, sight after night,
reduced during the cominuance of the campaign which alr.
Hittite carried ens abainst them last session, for the purpoic of
reducing within decent bounds the peace exeenehture of the
State. Mr. Macdonald niwtetled to execrate the infamuus Six
Acts, ninth eleclered dust %Lea a wicked Minister possessed in•
fluence enough ocany ,rah laws, there was no real preventive
against absolute despotism—for such a state of things there was
Only one ireno.tly, anti OM loss en efficient reform in Parliament.
Alter poiiiiiiig out the ilegraeling conduct of the English go-
Vertilliclit to the oirAit.i of Norway, Saxony and Genoa, he con-
e:l:teed by baying, that if the pemile etadand should al!ow
these violent infractions of public liberty to pass by ice dimes,
and without expressing their indignation agaii.st those whu com-
mitted them. t sir own eonstautiun will mon undergo u very
materiul chunge indeed. Is v. as now in a bad situation, fora
bud a ic,:mentution which was not in unison with either the
*idles, or the wants of the people ; but in the case which he had
just
•pti.iztl, it would be a still worse sittnaiten die game would
be up with it, die country would have nu repressentwe system
whatever. but would lie goveined entirely by die sword..
Mr. whatever;
YWOOD, at the request of the Eiul of Albemarl
.. Wipe in

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Itoyal Highness the Duke of Susex out el
.the room, amidst
the loudest and most enthusiastic chewing.
The company immediately afterwards separated, it being at that
ticnealiuut one o'clock on Friday morning.

AMERICAN PAPERS.

New YonK, Dec. 27 —The British sloop of war
Hind, Sir Charles Burroughs, commander, arrived
at this port on Tuesday, from Portsmouth. To the
politeness of her commander we are indebted for the
London papers to the evening of the 10th ultimo—
all that were in the vessel.
The Hind had just arrived at Portsmouth with
the royal squadron from Calais, when she received
orders to proceed to New York, and was despatched
in three hours' notice, with a letter from the Mar-
quis of Londonderry to Jas. Buchanan, Eq. British
Consul at this place, relative to one of the chief clerks
in the Navy-office, London, who had absconded
with a considerable sum of public money, and sailed
for this port in the Conict, which arrived on Thurs-
day last. An officer came up to the city o Tuesday
afternoon at three o'clock, and in one hour and
a half the roan was taken, and nearly all the pro-
perty stolen, amounting to about 100,000 dollars,
was recovered.
The Hind came up yesterday morning, anchored
in the East River, and fired a salute, which was
returned by Fort Columbia, on Governor's Island.
The cause of the visit to this port of the British
sloop of war Hind, was briefly noticed in yesterday's
Gazelle. The following is an accurate account of
the matter :
• A person arrived here on Thursday last, in the
ship Coma, Capt. Griswold. from London, who had
been cashier in a branch of the British Navy De-
partment ter 29 years ; Ida sudden disappearance
from his desk excited an alarm : and upon an exa-
mination it was discovered that he was a defaulter
to the amount of 18,0001. sterling After searching
in vain for him, it was ascertained that he had pur-
chased a bill of a broker in Imndon, for 8,0001.
sterling, under a fictitious name, on a mercantile
house in New York ; he likewise brought 50 skirt*
of stock of the Bank of the United States, besides
other property of his own, he took with him in the
above-menamed vessel.
" The British Government, without delay, des.
patched a sloop of war in purmit of the above Oro-
perty, with instructions to the commander to pro-
ceed to New York, where she arrived on the 25th
inst. with documents directed to Mr. Buchanan, the
British Consul for this port, who immediately called
upon the house above alluded to, and was informed
that the bill of 8,0001. hail been that day accepted.
It was now time for the Consul to act. He pro.
cured the aid of two Magistrates of the Police, who,
with the Consul, traced the defaulter to a boarding-
house, where he had taken lodgings; but not finding
them suitable to his views, kid shifted to another,
whither they repaired and found him with his wife
in a private room. One of the Magistrates having
introduced himself in a way to prevent alarm to the
lady, proceeded to relate such particulars of his case,
in accordance with truth, and in such a manner that
it produced his confession of the whole affair. His
detail of the causes leading him to this disgraceful
act (although eloquent and interesting) would oc.
copy too much of the columns of a newspaper. The
property above mentioned was delivered up in less
than three hours after the arrival of the said sloop
of war."
Naw Yonx, DEC. 29.—A diplomatic fracas took
place at Washington a few day, since, between the
representatives of the Courts of St. James and St.
Cloud. We received a letter from Washington,
dated on the 23.1, giving an account of the affair,
and written by a gentleman who was present: but
it was accompanied with a request not to publish it.
—The matter, however, is before the public, and
our prudence has prevented our being the first to
give the news.
It appears that George the IV. and Louis the
XVIII. waxed warm on the subject of the slave-
trade, each claiming the honour of being the first
to terminate it, and to neither of which the honour
actually belonged—the little republic of the United
States being the first to set the example. However,
these two august potentates lost their temper ;
George drew his sword, and Louis his rapier; but
the Emperor Alexander, famous as a mediator, in-
terfered, and there the matter ended. The account
in the Advocateis incorrect as to the time of its occur-
rence, and is withal too highly coloured. The affair
tool place after dinner, as they were returning from
the President's table.