The National Register.
London, England, 1817-06-16 00:00:00

CITY RI: ['R;; 2V1'.1 TION.

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A Common Hall was or. Tmsday convened at Cullithe% and
very fully attvielealv for the elvttor of n fit and discreet persen to
serve in Po:behind for the try of London in fac Place of Harvey
Christian Condit, lisq. umd rtti histcsignation.
Telc lihig's writ authorizile the election horMg beat reel. and
t: having se rt:imt to ti e utrual custom. been sworn.
'iVtu. Smith tMcniesa to: Norwielu i.us a forivnid in address
the Livery.' He lamented ;is much as any man the w sere illness of
the worthy Member of Partiameut by whose neje:oaten the present
vacancy laul oecezr...d..• Ho led been a winters, during the whole
course of that ger tlea:mt's atiendanee to his parlianie:dary duties. to
the strict integrity•ffitd reedy end upright behaviour with which
liege, performed tbsn 4-iind to that spirit if unabated petrunisin by
which his conduit- had always been distinguished. The city of Lon-
don, he maintained, writ not ermplstely and properly rcyresented.—
• lie did not mean the slightest itisrepeet to those genileinen. in their
c!orraeters, who Ind be-nn elected Members of Paillament to
represent the city; but he could not help repenting. that Mr. Al •
dainan Comb: sus the only representative who bind always obeyed
the orders of Ids constituents. Under the anxious desire of seemg
the %%weary tilled by one a to would be likely to pursue the line of
eon:lota which he had thus atteinpted to describe, he begged leave to
propose the present worthy aed moist excellent Chief ata,mstrate. lie
• did so because be thought that fur the last two years the citizens of
London had had a:sufficient knowledge of his public and private
character to enable them to Judite whether he was likely to be a fit
and proper representative in Parliament. The gentleman he had
now the honour to propose had performed all the duties of his offire
in the most exemplary manner ; he hail stood forwanl on every oc-
casion the champion of his f.llow-citisens' rights; and, whenever
the opportunity called for it. he had shown himself ready to do. per-
tuore than the dunes of his station required; and, in order to
s• ure.the peace of the city, he had exrosol himself to non:emus den-
ten. His fellow-citizens possertal the touchstone by which they
• were enabled to try his strength. and they had found bun to be wor.
thy of their confidence and approbation. lie concluded with mov-
ing, that the Lord Manor be chosen to fill the vacant situation of
Representative for the thy of London in Parliament
• Mi. D tent seconded rite motion. It was a gratifyhrg sight to wit-
wets the return of so valuable a citizen as the Honourable Member for
Norwich to their boards ; ond he rejoiced the more in the circum-
stance, because these *tie times in which it wan necessary that stirli
characters should come forward to gise more weight to those send-
znents which utherwisemight not be so much attended to.
MY. Hunt next pteserittil himself, and immediately upon his ap-
4aritade he was with hooting:. hints, and cries of Of! ryr!
'Mind with' liome merles of approbation. This tumult midi-
' maul far nearly thespact of minutes. during which time both the •
Sheriff's iwterfetetileveral times, but were unable to obtain silence;
amidst) ail of -'4.01f. 01E4' " Spafields." and " No, Hunt," were
%card amidst the general hooting. and whistlinga.
Mr: Hunt again attempted to be:heard, and partially suoreeded.
He said, he had movetimn a former day a rote of thanks to Alder-
man Combe, ands request that he would resign his Seat, on account
of his health not permuting him to attend to his public duties.. lie
. had done this' with no party views, but with a sense Mahe necessity of
eketien of a neVereptetentativein these momentous times. lie
moat theerfiallyssed isoldiallreoincided in the principles and senti-
ments of the Honourable Member for Norwich. and would support
with equal platatuni the motion which he had made. lie concluded
witifthaulting-flieHott. member- for Norwieltfiw the notice lie bad
talsen of his resolutions, and to the Livery for hearing him on the

shale to patiently. • •
The Lord 'Mayor. amidst loud applait2es. came forward to ad-
dress thi Lives". He mewed them that:noiaing upon earth would
ialittee him so-change the *Maims he had footled. If he lout done
hiseduty a magistrate,and had islet with the approbetkei of his fellow-
citizens, he would now call upon them to place hint in a higher si-
tuation. so a rettresetuative in Pasiintaenoto watch over their inte-
:e ot‘ Ile assured them that he would atever give a vote but in favour
Of Oldie fiberty, and ho never should be feuod from his post of duty.
Should he be deprived a the health 'which he at present enjoyed. or
iihat any time be should be found swerving from bin duty. he wished
thou to -take back that which they this day were about so give. lie
belted id. Ma me hisfelloi citizens, that he had not the slightest idea
• that in wfoniter Conunon-hall any resolutions .were about to be pro-
, mooed by 'Mr. Hunt. until the moment they.wets mentioned to the
I ivery ; nor had he had any communication with Mr. Hunt upon the
adbiect.
Ter,. ldermen lieygate said, he Came forward on the present cr-
eation, not as a catate, because he had not 'clean! any one to
,propose him ; but, as one of the magistrates of the city. he could
etanolthr himself the right at being one of the candaletes if he pleas-
ed lie would always maintain that du mode in which the reeolu-
. 'none had bean passed at the last Common.hall was not respectful to
&gold representative. The resolutions should have been submitted
• to • taming called espreedy for the purpose. Ile mould now state
in the most unequivocal berms. that lie knew nothing upon the sub-
ject of the Loop Ma acquaintance with the interetionaf Mr. I lust
to propose the *resolutions; but he would repeat, that that was not
ti .the proper me when such resolutions should have been proposed.
'At a !Mum time it was his intention to conic forward. He professed
his adherence to the old whig principles, and to every practical re- ,
farm of abitstA
Mr. Waithman was surprised at the speech of the worthy Ahler-
• -roan, who had boastad so much of his magisterial powers. It ap-
peared as if the magisterial gown bail given him liberty to do what
he pleased. , If the worthy Alderman had not been prevented by
great delitetey. he might have told his fellow-citizens some of his
foimer_glorious acts. With respect to himself, if past services were
not iuMelent to gain the approbation of his fellow rime's. he would
aware them that he would not resort to idle promises, which would
and ought, in such a ax, to go for nothing. A seat in the !louse of
Commons would only be rendered valuable when given by co free a
hotly of people as the Livery of London. ( n the present occasion he
'had not been proposed as a candidate, nor should he upon any future
opportonity that might six, thrust himself forward : but lie could
-only state, that if those gentlemen who before thought so well of him
as to bring him forward, were again to exert themselves in his be.
`half, lie should do his duty, as he had a sacred obligation to perform.
The question was then put in the usual form by the eve:mon crier,
and the election was declared by the Sheriffs to have fal•••••1 upon the
}Olin Hon. Matthew Wood. Lord Mayor of the City of London.
The I .r;,l Mayor returned throats.
Mr. Favtlltiwn moved a resolution of thanks to Alderman Combe.
for his zealous and constant attention. to the intensts of his consti-
t::•nts, whkh was seconded by Mr. Thorpe. and supported by Mr.
W. Smith, and Mr. Hunt. The Hall was then dissolved.

tintmetw tux Buirac.—The firit stone of the north or,
7.ondon Moo mentlias been laid by the Lord Mayor, attended
be several of the Aldermen an I Mr. Sheriff Kirby, and the
Cans line of Mismixi molt. By the special favour of the
Heht Hon. W. W. Pule, a sovereign was deposited among the
-other ruins of •the present sign. All the three arches, of
which the bridge is to consist, are to be finished before Christ
'twist next and the bridge itself opened for the accommodation
of the piddle in the year IBM
WA L Yet NG Bscxwmins.—A issumile snatch inn been made
by a tope,msker, fora considerable wager, that he will walk
backwards for 1000 miles, to perform 38 miles each day, till
the Above numbrr are reinpleted. He is to commence this
mew sporting trait at Wormwood Serublis.immediately on the
completion Of the match hetwt en Baker and Eaton.: -k. •.•
It is a singular coincidence. that on. the very day the Ludy
Ncvison. Somersrt-ilr Portroarti.iptarr

TI: 1.1 NATION A L 1i1:G:?•~Efl

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

VIENNA, MAY 91.—The weather continues to be
very flivovriaile : the corn is beautiful, mil the
vines gave Cie best hopQa. Yet the pries in
our maskers do not fall regularly.
ST PETEIinIM.II, MAY J.—Connt. Yermoloff is
gem to Persia ; he is said. t., .Le commissioned to
obtain .from Persia the cession of the southern provi mes
lying on ,the Caspian Sea, and a free commercial inter-
course between Russia and India, through Persia.
FitaNitrowr, Jame 3.—An article from Manlieim;
of the =?!ftli May, givi s a most dreadful account of the
incalculable damage done by the rising of the Neckar,
caused by :ti hours heavy rain, and by SeVeral water-
spouts. The anchors of tie Neckar bridge were torn
away, and the bridge carried oil; a number of people
upon it were saved. All the neighbouring roads and
causeways are under water, and passable only in
boats. The Neckar broudit down with it timber,
ruins of houses, &c. The Rhine also was very
high.
ANTWERP, JUNE 4.—A letter from Curacoa, of
the fnst of February, •which has been received to
day, contains the tidowing : " Simon 8011% an, Gene-
ral in Chief of the Independents, has sent to Admiral
Kikkert, Dutch Governor ot the island, a decree, dated
at Barcelona, by which he declares in a state of block-
ade the four *knish ports of Guyana, Cumana, La
Guttyra, and Puerto Cabello ; every vessel, of what-
ever nation, which shall be ftnind under any pretext
whatever within three miles of the coast, shall be the
prize of any Independent who can make himself master
bf
FRENCH FRONTIERS, MAC' 26.—Foreigners tra-
velling to France, whether they mean only to travel'
through that kin:nlom or to remain there for some time,.
have been obliged tir some little time past to provide
themselves with &special permission from the Minister
of Police ; not to he fined however, to remain at the
frontiers till a passport can be obtained from Paris.
.But when the pm-mission of the NI Mister. of Police is
once obtained, the foreigner may travel in France
without bindrance. anti stay a longer or shorter time
at his pleasure.
,;GHENT, JUNZ 4-General Constant de Rebeeq,
first Aide-de-Camp to the king, is commissioned to
carry to London the lists according to which the do-'
pinion to the army is to be distributel Ile will go
first to the head quarters of the Duke of Wellinom at
Cambray. It seems that England, at the request o.
the Commander in Chief, advances the ueckssary
funds upon the fifty millions which it is to receive
as well 'as in Prussia, above the share which is to come
to the Allied Powers_ The Belgian military will' be
divided into few -classes. The share of a superior
°nicer is valued at :;,00;t francs.

16.

A3fERICAN

NEw Yeller. Mar 111.
CfIIIIIr.TT'S AMERICAN n::tastEm.
ID mnounring the revival of this work to the public. it seems is
the author ittressary trs say sootothin in the way of explenation as
to what has taken place With regard to his writings during the teat
eight or ten months. Messrs. limey Colibett and OldfiAl begin
their publication. shout the May, last year. About the
loner end of .Itt me die rionliers began to'find their way ho*to Lott
Cut4t-mg/I's tete. Of this I had informs-dot that I could rely od ;
and after eohsiderinte all the 711(17111 which that office possesses, I
thought it too dangerous to trust any more manuscript on that side
of the water. out tif'dre hands of m 7 own family r thenfore, afire
the cud of June, I desist ods and thus tile &trio-kits Regiiter stoppids
and. that, too. *BMW OUT thinking it safe even to write to New
York to state the reasons of the stoppag,:, which
.put Mt ssrs. Cabbed
and Oldiiekl. I understand, to some inconveotence with their sub.
entices ; but this was no fault of mine, who sever contemplated any
sale by subscriptkm, though they found it impossible to eondur
the business in any other manner. I was well aware of the rower-
taint y of the power of continuing to transmit manuscript. and,
therefore they were advised not to enter into any .o!aer iptios en-
gagements. But they frond it impossible to go on without giving
in to the custom of die country. :sir. Henry Cobbett will now
re-
tify every. thing in the peettnialy way. with his sabscribent, for it is
not my 'Mention to meddle at all with any part of the laisinoa.
which he will take wholly upon himself. As to the nuere
therelre, and wilier part:eitlars connected with the sale and distribu
don, he will give his notification to the publi:. ;. but it belongs to me
to describe the trenner in which it is inten:.ed esinplete thepreserl
period, which I am very anxicus to do, the last ten trontlii being,
in my opinion, the most interesting ten months in the .idstory
modern Europe. while I am cor.yinced that my writings have had
more to do in producing the no:Lk:fit' creme of that period than all
other mums put together—an opinion which will not be thought
presumptuous, when I state. that, in the space of six monMs,; more
than two millions of n-imby: -I were printed and sold, consumedfhwe
thoissand ream, of piper, and smiling for about scir:ttecti Moutont
pounds sterling: so. that. when the reader shall see (as he will by
and bye) that the haughty borouglinrongers pitted themselves and
drew forth their naked swords solely against "ne„ he will not be so
much surprised at this their ad of seeming unnetasary elf-abase-
en int.
Lord Sidmouth confessed his " sorrow and his shame," when he
brought forward. in the House of Lords, the Bill for giving to the
Ministers the absolute power of imprisonntrat—the Bill, in Awe, for
establishing a despotism. And well he might feel sorrow arolihartir;
for while he was driven to point me out almost by 'tense. he was
obliged to confess, in distinct terms. " that he had regularly sent all
the publications to the law officers of the Cones ;" and, said be, r
am sorry toadti, that they have not ken abk to diseov-r any groan*
for proscrutiun;" and, Ittce!fore. he proposed a law to give iiim the
absolute power of imprisoning me at his pleasure. Was there ever
any, thing so shameful as this heard of in the world until that day ?
My son William was dime to the Bar. looking him hard in the hire
as he uttered, these words. lily son had sent in a note to Lord 101-
land to bring hint in. Some other Lind had gone out, and intramed
Win below the Bar. The whisper bad gone about that he was there.
The Ministets themselves were ppihmatea to look up "bile lord Sid-
mouth was smelting. The Chancellor hung down his head.. A deep
sense of shame seemed to alkot the whole :assembly, wlichheard, is
dead Silence, die *Cads which I .ere Sidmouth was reaupellod to utter.
at theeiniunind of the boroughmongers. And. assuredly, this was
the most lituniliming acute. that eyes ever beheld. That assembly,
which had been dictating, and was still dictating, to all Europe ;
which extended its arm over half the civilized world ; whichtlispensed
millions of money. with as little thought as we scatter grains ofbar-
ley on the land ; that assembly (for the other is only its ). to pit
its whole power. and to resort to in doisigiit, against
one single mom who had no earthly support but what ht owed to his
own talents and character ! Bare justice to myself, if there were no
higher motive, would induce ma to put into a shot e for general cir-
culation in America the writings which produced these events. and
which events are only the forerunners of others of much. greater im-
portance.
illere follows an outline of the plan for that :prirtiose.l
(Signed) WM. COLS TT,
To this letter is annexed an advertisement', Signed I (Coq gobbet.
announcing his intention to publish a Itegiikr immediately,. frinw the
pen-of Mr.-tobbett. and also a contimuitioo of (Willett's wntings front
the end of the American volume.
FROM THE BOSTON ADTBRTIAER, MAY 14.

William Cobbett has already commented his labours in this cour -
try, by .a letter addressed " To the people of America." The leading
object is to deny the implication contained in some paragraphs that
have been published from English newspapers, that he left England
to escape debts which he was unabif to pay, and to contradict a story
of his having beea horsewhipped by Mr. Lockhart. Ile announces
his intention of publishing
.311 w day or two a prospectus of his future
literary lolx.tim. He also says in. this letter, that be is able to prove.
that before be left Epglaial his income froml his writings was more
than 10,0001 a year clear money, and that he expects to receive i.t
least 20,0001. nut of the dispostl of his bottled and other ?Poverty.—
He closes his letter. by effering the Proprietor of The New YLI
Eventig Post. a bet of as even thousand dollar, that the Cover.-
ment of England dots notlet three years longer. We should ad-
vise the Editor of the Post. if he is in the way of betting. to accept
the offer, tint taking care to see the money recur:ly laid down.

There are al present in the University of Cambridge,l,3so
members of the Senate, and 3,275 members on the 'Wards,
being the largest nmober on record : the nnn,Ler in Itso4.
beige but 2,1241, and in 17314, but 1,500. Trinity and Sr.
Jollies include half the University. The Liter*. y and Ile-
batist2 Societies of the University have made application to the
Vice-Chancellor for permission to ft.6lllllC their meetings, but
in vain.
The Hill to amend the Volunteer Act contains the follow-
ing classes:--
" To allow magistrates and constables to grant biNets to yeoman:7
cavalry, when tailed out its aid of any civil authorities to suppress t r
prevent riots.
To allow balf-pay off errs to hold conunivions in yeoinctry
corps. without forfeiting their half-pay.
To exempt yeomanry from serving parish of sett."
FairritHeang.--We learn by the New Iwk Papers, tht:t
there has been a severe earthquake between Tobasco and
the South N. sixty miles distant from the former place,
which hail stink tinily leasers in extent—the whole face of
the country has bees thin up. and the rivers Tolimen and St.
Francis were rendered impassable by the iiiroherlet:s e..utinr
trees on its surface. An Indian village had been swallowed
up. wills all its inhabitants.
'Flit Civil Authorities at Amiens, pithhely resolved, not
long since, that vaccination wow net to he rationed, beeaose
Providence sect the stuall-poz among men that they fright
not increase too fast,
A poor little sweep, who was dreadfully senrched in the
chimney of a Mane iu Liverpool, died iii consequence. A
Coroner's Inquest has been held on the body, And a verdict of
Accidental Death returned.
CAUTInN Tit CARTI.:R9.—Thomas Gay has been committed
to Heading Widow cll tar one ~moth„ for treating his teas-
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