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London, England, 1821-01-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

Wiltshire County Meeling.—This Meeting was
hell on IVeducsday last, when stroug It.2solutions
and Petitions were agreed to. We regret to add
that Lord Holland's presence was prevented by
illness—he addressed the following excellent letter
to the High Sheriff :
" .Nla. 11 to it Su La ter,—After having signed the
requisition which was pr,S;.!llleti to you, 1 regre: that 1
am prevented, by indisposition,. front attending the
county meeting, which, comphance with that
regni-
suino, iu virine of the (Alice which you hold, and in the
spirit of our Ir,:e acid popular Constitution, you, Sir, have
so readily and so properly convened. I was m hopes of
having it ul my power to ixplaiii to the freeholders of
my native County of Nl'ilts tile 1110lIVCI which imlticed
one to solicit you to call them together at this time.-11
it he not irre.Atilar, I shall now heel obliged to you, Sir,
or to any broilier freeholder, to read the following short
statement of them:—
'• I wag persuaded, first, that there never was a period
in which the conduct of public affair: required more
deliiieration and wisdom. Secondly, that until the
Queen was tit full ptitsession, not only of her strict legal
rights and dignities, but of all those outward mat ks of
a.iti other advatitaws, which the tiberat and
loyal people of Eitglcild have been in the habit of com-
ing on the Consorts of their Sovereigns, the Councils
of the Nation neititer would nor could pay due attetttion
to the cations important mailers upon their decisions,
on which tile Cilarjeta at the country abroad, and the
liberty, propel ty, peace and ha irvillebs of its inhabitants
.it home, seem to me esi‘mitally to depend. And
thirdly, I was coin weed, from many ob.ervations, too
minute to he detailed in a letter, that nothing but the
sense of the community, conveyed through such eltan-
lids as the late restraints oil public discussion have left
uninterrupted, could extinguish all further proceedings
on the subject of the Queen. it was with such views
wan I sigued a requisition, calling on you to convene
the Freeholders of the Comity, and I now write to you,
in tile firm hope, that regularly convent,id by your com-
pliance titerewith, they may do all that in them lies to
pievelit the recital of discussions which, according to
the just appreliensitins of the Legislature, have beeii
found, on exp.:rience, to be derogatory Ironi the ho-
nour of the Clown, and Injurious to the best interests of
the country.
" I have the honour to be, with great respect, Sir,
" Your obedient linnible Servant,
" VASSALL 11OLLANI).
"Old Burlington-street, Loudon, .lati. iii, 1821."

EXPORTATION or Hors.—We latelylstated that
the measure of allowing a drawback of the
duty on this produce, when exported, was under
the consideration of the Lords of the Treasury ; and
in reply to a Memorial thereon by D. J. Parker,
Esq. on behalf of the hop-planters, the tbllowing
official communication has been received

" Treasury Chambers, Jan. 12.
" St rt—l am commanded by the Lords Commissioners
of his Nlajesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the infor-
mation tit the hip ',Loiters of Kent, in reply to their
memorial requesting that a drawback of the duty may
b: allowed on the exportation of hops, that my Lords
have directed the Commissioners of Excise to allow toe
drawback on hops, exported to foreign parts, in the Ville
manner as it is now exported to Ireland, provided they
be produced to the proper officer in the original packages
in which they were charged, with the marks shewmg
the weight, the grower's ozone and place of alxxle, and
the year when grown, perfect thereon; and in order to
prevent imposition upon the revenue by the exportation
of foreign or oilier hops, which by long keeping have
because of little or no value, or of mixtures of such hops
whit others of better quality; my Lords have directed
that the provi,ions IO II a lit 11th sectious of the Act of
67th 6,-o. 111. chap. 87. by which the allowance of
oraw-back un goods not worth the duties is prohibited,
should he cmorced with regard to hops, and Mat all
mixtures of Mips of ditiereut qualities, or of hops with
Joy other article or ingredient, entered hir exportation
or driwi.ael., should be forfeited, with a penalty: and
for pre\ etitiag Iraudident relanditig of hops after being
snipped tor exportation, the drawback is to be coniiiieu
to such hops as are shipped in packages of taut less than
one huto:leal sv,oll.
" I ant, Sir, your obedient servant,
" R. LUSIIINOTON.
" D. J. Parker, Lg. Canterbury."

Extract of a letter from Margaretta, dated Nov. i :
" We hate del:OUllts that the hitttiiihota de la lii ina
had passed over bout the Sliatii.irds to the Patriots, on
he banks of the river Tuy. A column of the Patriot
army, under Colonel Maseru, has occupied batiks
01 the 'nay, and had pushed on 150 meti to Camageza,
within twit days' march of Caraccas. Na' arro, the
cominandatii of the militia in the adj icent towns, de-
serwd I. the Spaniards, joining the Patriots with the
greater part of hi. knee. A vessel is just arrived from
CII111:111.1, the Captain of which gives a ItliSetable account
Ila the st,te of that city: the blockade on the land side
is SO strict, that supplies have become scarce beyond
concein.ou. The iiiiialnimas are almost starved, and
entirely destitute of resources: a chicken sells for a
Spanish dollar. All the principal families have emi-
grated from the provinces of CUIIIAIIa and Barcelona.
A few days since, nearly 300 1111 l re of toe Svailisii army
went 1401.1CJIrtiltantt over to Ilse Patriots. The Capiani
says, the general ireling oh toe inhabitan.s CUlllalldl IS
tit welconie the lin

The Duchess of Clarence, is so much recovered
from her accouchement as to sec two select friends to
dinner on Monday with her Royal Highness and
the Duke. Tuesday her Royal Hi,;hues.s received
a visit from the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Vit-
toria, and the Princess Peodore.