The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-28 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER


proposed •• The health of their noble Chairman," which
was drank with great applause.
Tll. CHAIRMAN 114111, he hoped they would accept the
thanks of a plain but sincere mail, who wag ever ready to
devote liim•elf to the Sl.l vire of his century (applause),
who had no Pllll'l' wish than to 11811 his friends happy, and
Ire peoplc prove, olio and ft er . ( pplanse.)
Song—"'Tire standard cf liberty floats through the
world " In the chorus of " Down tyrants fall," the voice
of its. Drake of Siisst.l was partieulau ly audible.
The Chili mutt said, that the neat toast poetised upon
him more 111811 ally courr he had yet gisen, ow Mg to its
connexion with the comity in which they had assembled.
In proposing the toast, need lie add that the individual
war " Their worthy and long tried representative, 310.
Colic r" ( Loud chisel ing.)
Mr CIIKE remitted thanks at creat length.
ThefttaiHMAar next pro; osed the healths of " The Mem-
bers for the City of Norwich."
Mr. W. ',MITI' returned thanks on behalf of himself and his
worthy colleague (Mr. Gurney) who was absent.
" A speedy and effictual Refotm in the Representation of the
prairie in Parlianient."
'I his toad was drank amid the most rapturous cheering.
The Duke of St say: rose to propose the next toast, which
frim the relative situation of their Chairman to the gentleman
col o sob the object of it, would, he was sure, be more gratifying
to both when given from any °Met quarter than the chair itself.
Every person who had the honorr and pleasure of being ac
quainter(' with the family of their noble chairman, could not fail
to know u hat were its peculiar c aractetistics. Talent, warmth
of heart, sincerity of feeling, and urbanity of manners were its
tPstinguishing marks (loud cheers.), and in no member of it
were those qualities more visib'e than in the noble representative
for the borough of Arundel. He should now propose to them
the health of " Lord Viscount Bury. (Great applause.)
Lord Belay said, that the tnanner in which the company had
received his name was highly gratifying to his feelings. as it gave
him reason to believe, that they approved of his public condom
Ile expressed los satisfaction tit seeing so ninny independent
gentlemen of his native county ranged around him in support
of the principles of Mr. Fox at a time when the sevete pressure
of distress hat. compeller( sir many others to sacrifice the princi-
ples which they Iwo adopted on their entry into public life. lie
was sorry, however, to observe, that Ministers had flourished and
grown great at the very period that the country had been(
int-
poveriehed by the system which they had pursued. That system
wish In divide those whom they had to govern—to set the agri-
culturist against the manufacturer, and the manufacturer against
the agriculturist—to employ spies, to calumniate their opponents,
and to degrade the :loyal fancily in the estimation of the king.
dorm (Cheers.) The minor', measures which they were daily
pursuing could only be connteracted by withholding the supplies
and cutting down the expenditure by which they were supported•
This he had constantly endeavoured to do by voting with Mr.
Hume, upon nis different motions for economy and retrench •
talent. The noble Lord, after declaring his opinion that the
adoption of the principle,: of Mr. Fox coved alone lead to better
days. got down amid loud cheering.
To st.—'• Lord Holland, the representative of the name and
principles of Mr Fox."
flie Chairman then proposed the health of " An honest man,
Mr-Hony wood, the nwniber our Kent."
Mr. HON rivnou remined thank,.
The Doke of Nizfolk proposed die heahh of Mr. James
Macdonald, M.P." (Ctintinued applause.)
Mr. MacnoNaim knew not what was left for him to say ;
im sintich as every ground had been already occupied %his so
much ability, that he could not find even a corner into which to
thrust himself. Soinetiiiinz had been said in the course of the
evening about " tile pilot ;hat weathered the storm." Now they
were not met to celebraie his efforts in weatheiing the storm, at
a time when the storm was raging above, arid beneath them :
they were not met to alk idly about die prosperity of the coun-
try, at a time when ruin was staring them all in the C:Ce, and
despair was Untainted in every countenance. They were not
met to boast of the achieventents of the country in behalf of the
liberties of the air 1.1, in sn hour when that country hail become
a by-wind of reproach among all the nations of the continent,
for the liberties it had sacrificed, the treaties it had violated, and
tae monaisee it had falsdied. Neither were the met to laud the
Inessed consequences of the Pitt s) stein, at a moment when it
was crumbling int) piece-, mouldering into atoms, and leaving
" not a *neck behind l" No; but a debt, which exceialed in
amount all the metallic currency of the world. 'fo such sublime
inconstenmeiee tiwy had nut the folly to aspire. Their object
was to cherish and keep alive the animating principles of British
freedom. To accomplish that object, they assembled under the
name or a man ist.o vies nut ihriiaps faultless; for perfection,
as bad been well observed, was not the lot of humanity ; but
who sincerely loved the people, and desired their happiness, who
was the uniform denouncer of war, and blend of peace ; whose
'Mod ass as muck distinguished for its energy, as his heart for
its tenderness; who never entertain•el one mean or selfish
thought. but tiveil anti acted alone for the wellbeing of his
country, and the anietioration of mankind. Were not the pre-
sent time* whets it was expedient to hold up to public imitatton
such merits and such virtues? Let the meeting contrast with
the manly Coilr..elt %hid) he would hese given, the shabby.
shuffling counsels which bail been exhibited during the last six
gem.. Let them contrast with his constant and undeviating
rectitu••e the bold etaituachmente and Wee caimpliances--the
biome rung sk.eneeCt. and abject entreaties of which the alinistere
of the Crown, daring that pe.its!, had repeatedly made use.—
(!ould they iore.et the permanent peace establearnienc, which
impudence to utihe 4111,1; peopesed to inflict upon the people ?
Could—lie would not e.y the pi, sent coniparty—but could even
the friquentere of Pitt Dinners ever erase from their nwollections
the paltry shuts to %Lich their patrons vete, might idle; night,
reduced thring the continuance of the campaiati which Al r.
Hume carried on against them last session, for time purl ow of
reducing within dila:tit bounds the pence expenditure of the
Snit?. Mr. alatalimuld pioceeded u. eXvCrli,C Ihe tiix
Arts, aud declared that while a wicked iluuster possessed in.
/Weave enough to eatry such 'awe, there was no real preventive
tri.aitist abeolute tiesputisiti—for such a state ut things there was
tad) one nn etty, and HIM was an t Itietent rennin to Parliament.
Atter poii.tiiig out the degrasling totoltiet of the Eligi'sit go-
vs nintent w isle affairs of .Norway, Saxony anti Genes. he con.
clotted by riyuig, that if the people hi England should allow
thew. violent malt istions. of public Oberty to pa., be in
Vaal althinti uhpre,bing /),Ch Le.:i,nutlutl “gaiilnt ihn,. v. 111) COlll
Ihittrd abeam. t eit owe ronstitution will soon niatergo a very
imterisi cleinat Mow!. it was now in a bud zitiutitat. tor it
had a te;ireseittatioa a loch was not in union. with either the
wishes ur the wants of the people ; but in the case which lie had
joist posed, it would be a std. worse eitua,ion, the game would
be up with ti, the toutury mould have nu rCi.r,nlitliie system
wliateve.; but would be govettied entirely by the Avoid..
Iloa v woof>, at toe request of the East of Albeinarle.
favoured the company with tau song of •• Whilebappy in my
native .a
Hit Liman Wiliam and may the English soldier net er forget
his rights and dgzi s as a citizen."
Tottst—" Sir T. licevio alt.! the Steward,"
'l.lln I tit Al.B S.lll KULL in giving die net and last town,
•"f lie I. .die of tile County," returned the etinilany his
thanks his tie. sitelsiat irliteit they had given him its toe chair,
add trishaws! ma great matelot:non at 1111Xl.ng CO I,uinerou,
and reqw•ctable au twavaubly ea me gentry anti yeoulauty tit
Narks k.
Ntlu Lokiship then qUitted the chair, and atwompanied his

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Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex out of the room, amidst
the loudest and most enthusiastic cheering.
The company immediately. afterwards separated. it being at flea'
timeabout one o'clock or. Friday morning.
AJIERICA At PAPERS.

New YORK, DEC. 27 —The British sloop of wai
Wind, Sir Charles Burroughs, commander, arrived
at this port on Tuesday, from Portsmouth. To the
politeness of her commander we arc indebted for the
London papers to the evening of the 10th ultimo—
all that were in the vessel.
The Iliad had just arrived at Portsmouth with
the royal squadron from Calais, when she received
orders to proceed to New York. and was Oespatched
in three hours' notice, with a letter from the Mar.
quis of Londonderry to Jas. Buchanan, Esq. British
Consul at this place, relative to one of the chief clerks
in the Navy-office, London, who had absomded
with a considerable sum of public nur‘ey, and sailed
fur this port in the Comet, which arrived on Thurs-
day last. An officer came up to the city o a Tuesday
afternoon at three o'clock, and in one hour and
a half the man was taken, and nearly all the pro-
perty stolen, amounting to about 100,000 dollars,
was recovered.
The Hind come 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 Hied, was briefly noticed in yesterday's
Gazette. The following is an accurate account of
the matter :
" A person arrived here on Thursday last, in the
ship Comet, Capt. Griswold. from London, who had
been cushier in a branch of the British Navy De-
partment for 29 years ; his 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 London, fur 8,0001.
sterling, under a fictitious name, on a mercantile
house in New York ; he likewise brought 50 shares
of stock of the Bank of the United States, besides
other property of his own, he took with him in the
above.menti ,ned vessel.
" The British Government, svithout delay, de-
patched a sloop of war in pursuit of the above pro-
perty, with instructions to the commander to pro-
ceed to New York, where she arrived on the 25th
inst. with documents directed ta Mr. Buchanan, the
Briti-h Consul for Otis port, %vim immediately called
upon the house above alluded to, and was infortned
that the bill of 8,0001. had Oeen that day arceptell.
It was now time for the Consul to art. 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, had 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
de•ail 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 "
New YonK, DEC. 29.—A diplomatic fracas took
place at Washington a tires days since, between The
representatives of the Courts of St. James and St.
Cloud. We received a letter from ‘Vashington,
dated on the 23.1, giving an account of the aflitir,
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. kind 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 sct 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 Adtwate is incorrect as to the time of its occur-
rence, and is withal too highly col tired. The atlitir
took place of4denner, as they n ere returning from
the Presidentilable.

A noble Earl, it is said, has written a letter to
the King on the present state of public affairs, mat
the distressed situation of the cout try. wh.ch he
intends, as a Pear of the Wolin, to lay btfore his
Majesty previous to the meeting of Parham-ctn.—The
letter occupies much conversation in the political
circles at the west end of the wan, and takes a dis-
tinct view of the subject from that of the Marqt.is
of Titchfield.


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