The National Register.
London, England, 1819-07-04 00:00:00

NORTII DILVON.

A meeting of the inhabitants of the North of Devon wns
held at Ra►nstaple on Friday last, fcr the purpo►e of taking
into consideration the present stale of public affairs.
.1. I). ILtssett, Esq , a Candidate fur the representation of
the borough, addressed the meeting hi a speech of very con.
sidei /Able length, in a hick he took a detailed view of the Si.
tnation of the ...sentry, its liilances, and public stela. He
particularly adverted to the immense es pence of our colonies
to the mother country, and the di; nivantages experienced
from the want of acts for the enclosure of waste lands, and
the commutation of tithes oft his kind. He concluded ait h
moving a serer., of res Idttims, she last of which went to
detrire, thAt hy a proper reduction of expence in the Ord-
nance, Military, and usher Departments, seven millwus of
taxes might hr remitted to the people. Ile further moved,
that a Petit' to the Douse of Lords should forth a ith be
foamed on these r:ssuluti 111 l s.

hereto! gentlemen of the Corporation of Bunion'sle op.
poem! the tesoluti .... s, on the ground Ihit as the ntevt•tig was
held in the Gutlol4llof that Borough, they might he injurious
to the interests of. the &trough in the pending contest before
the I I nine of Lotds.

lintiNeti replied.
Dr. W:well contended that Ministers had done every thing
to lesown the ',Odic e% pendittire. De therefore mired. that
it it. inexi,edient to Petiti 0000 .

Bouchier PAM Wray, lett , also a c:indirlate fur thr
Borough seconded Dr. Wasri',. ammlmcnt.
Mr. Bassett spoke tf) the mitemlment. W:ili regard to
t)r. Warrlrsolmervalinm,th a the %fini. ter, had d "Jr every
thing to lessen the public expeonlitm c, he nerd only 'dale
the instance of a grant of 111,01106 per minium to the Duke of
Turk (cries of hear) for reistleting that attrniimi to a parent
which every good soli would ;Jan), hr ttttt st a nsious gosh(' .
The a mendment %as then ma to the determination of a
shun of !muds, and ae.:ai ire(' by a large majority.
Mr. Bassett's resolot ions *sere then passed as a matter of
comae.

PeGiLi=m. Shelton, who recently tlfeated
llurns, was matched on Friday night last agnitist
Bettniworth, the Champion of Essex, fin. fifty
guineas a side. To meet on that day six weeks, in
a twenty-four foot ring, in the above county.—
Twenty guineas a side are deposited, and the whole
of the stales arc to be made good at the Castle,
South End, Essex, on Friday week. Benniworth
has beaten seven men in succession without a scratch
upon his Face, and the lust man he fought was
called " Bullock Bows,' whom he defeated with
the greatest ease, having his left hand tied to his
botly. Benniworth weighs about thirteen stone
and u halt, and is a good right banded hitter. The
Essex Fancy are all upon the alert told even bet-
ting was followed up with great spirit.
Not less than five thousand pounds, it is said,
have been received this year at the door of the
Royal Academy tier admittance to the exhibition.
We bud much rather hear that it was thrown open
tree of expeuce to the public, in the same manner
as similar institutions are in Paris.
Ihntsday a liner 1,1 no ftwer il.an five leverets were
tutted ott the lauds of the Iter. C. „Wilmot', of Bildestri.e.