The National Register.
London, England, 1815-12-10 00:00:00

Mincine-lane, , Street,
Bucklersbury, stationers, at Guildhall.— Dec. 30. J. Kirton, Gray's
Inn-lane, scrivener, .at Guildhall.—Jan. 6. W. Warne, Bedford-
street, Covent-garden, shoemaker, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30. Hugh
Taylor and J. Vining, Bristol, grocers, at the Rummer Tavern,
Bristol.—Dec. 30. W.Verrsll, Uckfield, Sussex, grocer, at the Star
Inn, Lewes,--Dec, 27. C. Abel, Haselworth, Suffolk, surgeon, at
the Angel Inn, Halesworth.—Dec. 27. M. Fischer, Leeds, mer-
chant, at the Hotel, Leeds.—P. Homes, Stourport, Worcester,
grocer, at the Guildhall Coffee-house,Worcester.—Dee. 30. J. R.
Wilkins, Holborn-hill, linen-draper, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30. o.Ben-
nett, Norfoik-street, Strand, taylor, at Guildhall.—Dec. 16, J.Mac
Namara, London, merchant, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30, J. F. Nunnev,
Clare-street, Clare-market, victualler, at Guildhall.—. Dec. 30. J.
Reay, Mark-lane, wine-merchant, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30. E.Lewis,
New Bond-street, haberdasher, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30. J. James,
Dime-street, merchant, at Guildhall.—Dec. 25. W. Knight, ef
shot, miller, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30 J. P. Greaves, H. Sharp, and
F. Fisher, King's Arms Yard, Coleman-street merchants, at Guild-
2. W. J. Edwards, Rotherhithe, pawnbroker, at Guild
hall.—Jan. 2. S. Nolbrow, of Bishopsgate-street, mariner, at Guild-
hall.
CERTIFICATES.
Mowbray and Co. Durham, hankers.—John rrencli, Northamp-
ton, ironmonger.-Rlchard Black well and Samuel Needham, Mino-
ries, raerchants.—Charles Cobham, J udd-street, Bronswick-square,
musical instrument vendor.—Henry Ssokes, Throgmorton-street,
merchant.—Charles Barker, Ilanginn•shaw, Lancashire cotton-ma-
nufacturer.—Joseph Hight, Two Waters, Herts, farmer.—John
Smith, Feversham, Kent, shopkeeper.—Sparks Moline, Billeter-
lane, merchant.—John Nichol, Old Jewry, merchant.—Walter
Nichol, Old Jewry, merchant.—Nathaniel Cherry, Hanwell, Ox-
fordshire, miller,—Abraham Garnett. Liverpool, merchant—Hum-
phrey Levy, Denzell street, Clare-market, glass dealer.—Francis
Knowles and John Sawyer, Sheffield, merchants.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. and A. Peebles, Dunfermline, Scotland, drapers.—T. W.
and B. Thornton, Great Guildford-street, Southwark, tanners.—
J. Fleet and F. Cousins, Queen-street, Cheapside, vellum-binders.
—H. Underwood and H. Dyett, London, merchants.—R. and J.
Adcock, Linton, Cambridgeshire, maltsters.—J. J. and A. Old-
Lani, Brook-house, Holborn, irontnongers.—J. and T. Matteson,
Tokenhouse-yard.J. Grams, J. Yates, J. Greaves, jun. P.
Yates, and J. Clark, Liverpool, brokers.—W. Timson, sen. and S.
Wright, Water-lane, Thames-street, wine rnerebauts.--0. Alder,
sen: W. Hassell, and G. Alder,juu. Kingston tcou Hull, mer-
chants.

Monday, the Prince Regent held a Court at Ca: Itoa-house;
to Which Mr. Bagot was introduced, on being appointed
nisterlo the United Stares of America, when his Excellency
had an audience,, and took leave of the Prince. M. Canova.
the Artist, was introduced to the Prince Recent on his arrival
in England, and most graciously received. -Count Uardenberg
was also in troduced,•and had an audience.
We ein another pl,,ce a note addressed by Vis. Castlereagh
to the Allied Ministeis, on the 11th of September, enforcing
the policy and jtit!ce of the restitution of the objects of art,
Plundered by the French nation, The subject, from the fre-
quency of its discussion, has lost much of its original interest;
Yet this note, from the srouLd principles it contains—the liberal,
enlar'ged and conciliatory views it presents, is highly worthy of
perusal, and will cause, no doubt', much satisfaction to a large
portion of our Evaders. Both as to matter and manner, we
consider it a perfect model of diplomatic correspondence; and
it has inspired us, we confess, with a very high opinion of the
talents and liberality of the noble writer.
The Lords Coinmissioners of the. 'Treasury have directed
printed instructions to be issued from the, principal (ace for
the affairs of taxes, to the district commissioners for the general
purposes of the Property Tax Act, authorising them, under
certain conditions, to 'educe the assessments under schedules
A. and B in proportion to the reductions bunajide made in the
rents of the current year; in consequence of the depreciation
in the value of agricultUral produce. Special meetings of the
said commissioners will be genet ally held in their respective
di4tricts, fol. the purp(le of carrjog this measure into eilista

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date n9tice will be given on the church•dooer of -the days
places of such meetings, as is usual respectinl,, aperals in
the affairs of tales.
Tuesday the Lord Mayor proceeded in state from the \tan.
sion House to Guildhall, to hold a Court of Aldermen ; when
his Lordship addressed the court as usual, it being the first in
the Mayoralty I•he thanks of the Cm.rt were voted to the
late Lord Mayor, and ordered to be ornamentally written on
vellum, framed and glazed. and presented to him.,
It is reported, that the Directors of the East India Com:-any
propose to grant a large sum, instead of prize-money, to the
forces engaged in the late war with the Napaule in consi-
deration of the valuable provinces added to our In hair empire
by the victorious operations of the late campaian.
From the proceedhigs of the Protestant Disserveis
it appears, that our Government has paid all due attention to
the important object of procuring protection lot teat .ersee
cuted class, the French Proteshints \Viten our Govt.r nment
was first applied to on the subject of the religious rersecutious
in the south of France, they ass ired the P otestant S ciety,
" That it has been the invariable object of the British y;overn-
ment, and of their Allies, to support, and, on ever% suitable
occasion to assert, the nrinciples of Religious le—ation
Liberty.; and that, in their recent communications oith the
Government of France, they have brought forward •hese
ciples as the foundation of their policy and of thei, jest exaec-
tations; and that therefore they are using their best e,tm ts, to
arrest the progress of evils which they most deeoly deplore."
The Protestant Society has, nevertheless, expie,s,d it de erne'-
nation not to relax their efforts till some oeriti.in. tit security
shall be afforded to their suffering and unoffending boob. en
We !leg' et: to learn that a great derti of d:so ess 2 evads at
present in Sp' talfields, owing to a stagnation of the Silk Fade.
Were arguments necessary, in order to interest a fit itisli Pt
we nileti
is
in the sufferings of ~nv class of their fello,v-othjects,
only quote a single pa-sage from the eviden-e nn Meiloicoy ;
and, indeed, to the honour of the inhabitants of that ttstrict, ,
and as an example to the manutac turin r poor in other pa• is of
the country, we think the'fact we ate gorog to adduce cannot
be too extensively. known. In speak in..; of the poor of Sprtal-
field-, Mr. H.,le states as follows I know, at one time, there
were individuals sent up iron Nottingham, with a view to effect
something like what they were doing there; and .hat they have
been more than Once excited to riot during the last war; yet
they were always vet % quiet I be,ie% euo lust. ace is a be
found where so multitudinous a poor coo ..,,e4ree to4erhe in so
small a space, with so little inconvenieuce to ihcrr tier4h_curs."
We '
must not ow it to add, that Mr H. attribues this no state
of things to the diffusion of moral a d reirlooi.s kn wiedge
among the lower orders, oy means of Sund ,Y Schools and thee
Institutions of a similar- tendency.--NA e ate glad to find, that It
,respectable Society, which di, ects its chic f attention to the dis-
tressed poor in this quarter of the town. has :nude a spec.,-11 ap-
peal to the Public in their behalf. Need we, in doong his
paragraph, express a persuasion, that our fair countrywomen
are too humane and patriotic to atlord the least encouragement
to the produce of foreign looms, when su meritorious a node of
our own weavers are almost starving for want o. emproyment.
'The Corporation of Bristol has voted the freedom of that city
to the Duke of Wellington, which is to be presented to his
Grace in an appropriate box, elegantly ornamented.
The Duke of Portland, with, a liberal consideration of the
severe pressure of the tunes upon the farmer, at two separate
times, reduced the rents of his extensive estates in the neigh-
bourhood of Newcastle, '25 per cent.; and very recently has
intimated his intention of making a farther !eduction of In per
cent. in order to enable them to bear up under the extreme
deeression of the rreakets.
Lord Castletnaine has reduced the rents of his tenantry in the
Baronry of Kilkenny West, and in oi'ier places ,n the county
of We;•,tmeath, one-third, one-tMit th, and so on in proportion,
ai appeared necessary, in the opinion of tw impartial tnen, ap-
pointed by his Lordship- fur that purpose. —Alit oat
A letter from Athhoy, in the county of Meath, dated Nov.
12, *ices!, that the Earl ef Darnley and Mr. Bligh have made a
-coneideorble reduction in the rents of their Bata sla that CUIAII-

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n-street, tnereitant, at Ouiidhall.—Dee. 80. S. and S. Slytb, of and
Molton-street,ehinatuen, at Guildhall.—Dee. 30. T. Edwards, and 1
ne-lane, broker, at Ottildhall.—Dee. 30. J. F. and W. Street, the