The National Register.
London, England, 1817-03-24 00:00:00

MARCH 2

Chinzuncu were c!:pe,:tel to be dispatched hems with
cargoes ea the 26th of November, the day guhscquent
to the date of the advices; and the departure of the
Marquis of Malley, and two other Company's ships
for England.was intended to take place on the 15th
December.

Emnassv To Cif tsA.--Wolnesd rty a Quarterly Ge.-
neral Court was held at the East India !rouse. whet)
after some other business Mr. I rume wiNlied to he in.
formed if the Directors had any papers to lay Mime the
Court relative to the reported failure of the embassy to
China ?—The Chairman stated, that the Court had not
received any official twcounts from Lord Amherst since
his arrival in China.

Martects-CAanesr.--This Nobleman has, in a letter
to the High Sheriff of Kent, acknowletlzed the
munieation to him of the thanks voted to his Lordd.io
at the County Meeting holden at Maidstone on the
6sh instant. The following are copies of the Vote of
Thanks and of the Noble Marquis's Letter to the•
High Sheriff;—

Reolscd—Thast the Thanks of this Meeting arts doe to the
Marquis Camden, for hip attention to the :nants anti wishes of
his countrymen, by the noble tAample he At t, in rolinitarily
relinquishing the unlimited mot •nt% of his office of Teller
of the Exchequer, and that the High Sheriff be requested to
communicate this Re'ulution to the Noble lisrquis.

MARQUIS C.%Mt)VN'S ANSWER.
" Sir—l have had the honour toteeeire. and Ibe leave to
acknowledge your communication of the Thanks of a Meet-
ing of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County e I Kent •
held at Maidstone, on the ft.o instant, giv en to me, fer having
placed mw office as one of the Tellers of his Majesty's Exche-
quer, upon the allowances regulated hy Parliament. It
affords we great' satisfaction to learn, thkit the ei.nduct I.
have thought proper to pursue in the present times. has met
with their appinbiliioll. rbcg lease also to return my thimks
to you, Sir, for the manner in which you have fielfilkd the
request of that meting. I am, Sir, your most obedient hump
ble servant, " CAMDEN."'
" W. A. Morland, Esq.
" High Sheriff of the county of Kent."

Among the nnmemus retrenchments in contemplatirn
is the abolition of the Naval Asylum, for which Parlia-
ment has for some years made an annual grant, but which
is not intended this year. The grant last year was
20,4611. The Finance Committee have, it is said, come
to a determination to recommend the abolition of the
office of Auditor of the Ex(leper, held by Lord Gren-
ville.

We are extremely glad to observe the renewal of the
Committee on the State of our Police; and hope that
something will be effected with reference to the dread.
ful di3closure of a system for entrapping necessitous per.
SOTS into the commission of crimes, in order to obtain
the rem and consequent on their conviction. It is impos.
sible to speak in terms of sualvicnt abhorrence-of the
disgusting facts lately braught to light. Much surprise
has been expressed at the reprieve granted to the men,
upon whose evidence the three unfortunate Irishmen •
were convicted of coining, and had nearly forfeited their
lives : but we beliave this is owing to some technical
form in- their indictment:

By the Bill lately brought into the House of Com.
mons, relative to the sale of Game, it is proposed tore.
peal die 48th of George H. ;to enable Justices-of the
Peace, assembled.at the Seassons, to grant licences for
the sale of Game to such unqualified persons, being
'househouPers, and airrying on the basiness, either of
poulterer, fishmonger, salesman, tav-Atr-keeper, or inn-
keeper, taking out a wine licence; as they shall think
proper ; provided that no sncli• licence shall empower
any person to sell Game in any other country than that
in which it is granted ; and provided also, that every
person so liceneed shill cause to he painted, in legible
characters, over the ddor of his house, the words...-
" Licence to sell Game."

We believe there must be some mit,take in the ac-
count of Cain Man's will given in our last. When a sai-
lor is paid Off from one ship and turned over to another,
the next ship cannot proceed to sea until the Commis-
.
sinner at the Dock-yard has been satisfivd that eve'y
man so situated has received all that was due to him;
nor can a man receive his final discharge, or the pen-
dant of a ship when put out of 'commission be hauled
down, until every lhrthing is paid ; and a certificate to
this purpose must 'be laid bane the Admiral Comman-
der in Chief, by tlic Captain ; as also that every justice
has been done to the men. There might, it is possible,
be prize-money dim to Cashman, but it is well known
that Government has nothing to do with the payment •
of prize-money, ft often happens, however, that poor
ignorant sailors sell their share to petty agents ibr less
than it is worth ; and on finding that their companions
have a larger dividend, imagine that still a balance is
due to thenr.

The Lord Mayor lek town early on Tuesday morn.
ins for Cornwall, on private, but very important busi-
ness of his own, leaving, for a fortnight, the magiste-
rial duties of the Mansion-house to the united care of.
the Aldermen who have passed the chair.
RrNI %It KAHLE OCCL R HEM F.--The Bath Chronicle says--
" , how evil No and three o'clock in the afternoon,
the room was full of 'fashion:stiles, and Mr. Fox,
attended by several other Quakers, stildres,.eil the company .
t',,r some time; after which MrsJ'riscilia.linrucy,aQual.rr-
e's.conunenccd an oration; but was prevailed upon by some.
untleuieu to desisz.t:

MAR(' II 24.