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raaltiplicity of private letters from Earls g've
atin'ineholy account of the *ant ,of provisions,
all netarticles in tha(capital, and of the
rent . essary
rat gloom which prevails among the people.
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—llium lIPS be as lop:, as-251; it' is. no*ltt)out
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'i Per cent. better.
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In tr- rejoice to see the suggestion we threw out
SU:q of Saturday for the consideration• of
13y
ri4:l°°lt EXCHANGE so promptl- y acted upon
Itrolitoo, whOse motion for the appro-
c, lt`°' of the profits, accruing to the frauclulent,-,
as 14ritable purpoSes, does him infinite honout,f
k adoption twill be extremely creditahlF,tothe,
L°t'' Exchange. We trust this body of men will
nand what we stated, that.the Brokers
)eteti as the Agents of the Swindlers are not
1;4,1/
.nuswera4le to their Employers for the
.
t(l)4'eut of the sums thus- nefariously obtain-
tb"
t e who were -duped by the ini-
in"' As honest men, therefore, all they
t), "sie is an authority under which they
resist the application for such payment
tp/sthe imputation of proceeding upon
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In9tit'es., and refusing the demand that
le!
Migh Pt tit the money' in their own •
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'B' This authority, the Stock •Exchange,
is , eer the power of expulsion over its
.imately eommembers,
tort.
-1)1411., petent to furnish. Their
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littee has published the names of the sus-
t.cted Parties ; in addition to this let them no-
tolVeSstS. FEARN, tiiTCHIN, SMAJ.k.BoNE, and
cK
over the differences
that if they pay
Ppka"ed from the Sales of the 21st to their
that they shall 'be expelled from •
.espo ei
-xm
,:ange, and directing them (on the .
4,11 118lbility -of the Exchange) to pay the
b°l'nt into the Bank of England, to be applied
ereafter may seem adviseible. When this is
We differ, and we do so "with reluctance,
thin the hi; proposed by Mr. RICARDO. We
lt is too much to call OW the persons sus-
tteted, to prove their innocence before
wn. they can
teieive their O funds. This would be pro-
ijol'ng too strongly and decidedly on a presunz
to of guilt. The StOck Exchange ought rather
tri.pqrsue its course, 'and, as the Accuser, substan-
4iite its charge against whom it can, and those
'sh.e, who. ever OR-7 flr,ty be,- might to be deprived
tt'l't henefits of their own frauds. This is more
intlylet to the spirit of justice than the
t/enp, 41'141 mode of potting it to the accused to
wi ate his innocence. •
to 'if I'Le the are 'Ton this- suhject, we take leave
lit) ate with reference to Lord CoCITRANE, that
`vever
to unwise, (foolish and misguided we will.
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t - - ''e.have ever con4idered him in having any
torirle•eti°ll with the rotten Party,in politics, and
titwever we must disapprove of persons in his
liaock, ti°n of life, mixing with Gamblers in the
,
they ' Yet his deposition has sati.fied our minds
.is kudticss of the stain of this infamons
,:s. -Lord CoCHRANE is a brave and dis-
t; Britkh'Officer. Ile cannot but hold
,x'‘ls honour in higher estimation that life itself.
lat huliour has never been impeached in public
or
pimin Private, ar d when sub a M:in gives such a
see for his veracity, we are not, Cannot be,
ePtical EliC.:ll;h to doubt his faith.
Of the conduct of Mr. Coca RANE JOHNSTONE
t" BUTT who; it is reported, is Secre;
nrYt to Sir FRANCIS -RunJOETT, and professed 'to
1e some ' Of his purchases for the llonnurable
iq 44Thet), they too have denied all participation
tlie
fraild, and certainly taken the most ob.-
ten" Method of bringing their guiltlessness to the
v st) bY' directing their Solicitors to carry the
:flie before the tribunal of justice. There is no
'ace; beyond-what is attached to gambling of
'erY description, in the mere sale or purchase of
tt'it to any amount, and if these Gentlemen_subt
t autiate their assertions of being utterly uncon-
:naected With the propagators of the fabricated
"vs' they will have a right to complain of hay-.
!beeirlielil up to unmerited odium.
•cf„ the,Stock Exchange, however, appears to have
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strong grounds for their proceeding : and to
s''"ve done what became them to remove the re-
v °aelt from their own door.
Sine . .
e writin
tt g the above, we have received a
in er, dated this day,' from Mr. C. JoutisToNz,
4 Preceding coluthn.

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le Staffordshire Mercury of the sth instant
has accidentally fallen into our hand, con-
tai ati account of it Meeting held on the
pre-
Zding 'Monday at the Shire Hall, to celebrate the
"'nory of Mr. Fox, upon Avhich we feel our-
3elves irresistibly impelled to make a few observa-
ti°n3. We think obrselves, however, bound
id
earl(!4ur to premise, that we are not quite certain
that the Recount .to which we allude is a serious
"t i it certainly has very much the appearance. of

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a hOax upon the persons, whose orations it pro-
,Vitfapecord, and as 'we 'know that hodern
paitiots• tire very much inclined to indulge in wag-
xeries of that kind, sometimes for amusement,
sometimes for mischief, and soinetimes.for.protit,
We really should have-passed it over without no-
tice, if we had not been assured that the •narra-
tive is giVen ;in sober seriousness. * LOrd,AN'SO/4;
the only nobleman of th t-eounty who gave an eaui-.-
vocal sanction to the Meeting, 'was:, it appears,
cotivenientlyprevetfted/bY a fit of the gout from
taking the Chair, and as a Peer was wanted to
give eclat
.to the Meeting, Lord CREWE was
borroWed froth Cheshire to act as President.
IPS"LorciShip; it appearS, is not, like some of his
t
•
Parkainentary friends, a long-winded orator, for
his' opt3tiig speech upon this solemn occasion con-•
sists .of just thirteen lines, and the only notice,
able point in it is the congratulation which be
offered to the County upon "this new feature.
in 'ts character." The tardiness which the Gentle-
men of Staffordshire have evinred in discovering
the merits of Mr. Eox as a Statesman call-,
not be denied ; but we think Lord CREWE
might have spared the select band of converts who
were assembled so galling a sarcasm. The Gentle-
,man who followed his Lordship, and who seems to
have been selected (for what possible reason we
cannot imagine) as the chief spokesman upon the
occasion, was a Mr. TOLLET ; of him we know no-
thing, he may be a very worthy Staffordshire Geti=
tlenianAut his Speech displays a most marvellous
Ignorance upon the subject of Politics, and particu-
holy those of the late. Mr. FOx, a panegyric upon
whOittlie tried to pronounce.
We are strongly inclined to suspect that this
plan of ;giving a new feature to the County-of
Stafford has been a long time in agitation, and
Coat this meeting was expected to 'take place
about this time two-years. The sneeehes, parti-
cularly Mr. TOLLET'S, scent to have been manu-
factured from the besr patriotic samples of that
day. We know that one of .he topics niion which
the Patriots at tl.ac tistv %lost ueligaed to descant,
was the distresses of ot manufacturers, and these
Staffordshire Whigs last Monday week repeated
all the old declamation upon this subject, utterly
regardless of the great .and gratifying change,
which- the liberation f,t; the Contiount has occa-
sioned in our commercial affairs. Mr. ToLLET,
however, was further resolved to favour the
company with a few of his own lucubrations, in
addition to the hacknied tirades of his Opposition
frietitis ; he therefore ventured to give his audi-
tors a sketch of Mr. Fo4's political principles,
together with divers new historical anecdotes, and
in both he was pre-eminently wilucky. He dwelt
with a sort of mischievous fatality upon the Con-
. sistency of Mr. Fox's political life ! We have not
room to follow Mr. TOLLET through this part of
his haiatigUe; one sentenee, "however,--we- cannot
avoid quoting
" Anti be it remembered, Gentlemen, that he
was also through life the firm, the consistent, and
the never-failing friend of the people. His were,
principles not shifting with time, and place, and
circumstances ; not mere expedients to attain po-
pularity ;—his were not opinions flowing at o.ne
period, and ebbing at another, just as the King
or the Court, or the prosperity or adversity of
parties might prevail, No, Gentlemen, he'was
ever, as I have said before, the steady friend of
op ,
the pele." •
Now, as this Gentleman seems to have a pretty
smattering of oratory, we feel ourselves' bound in
charity to advise him' to cogitate a little 'before he
speaks again upon this topic, upon the following
extract of a Speech of Mr. Fox's, spoken in De-
cember 1776, and reported by Mr.
. Were the people," says Mr. Fox, " really
dis-
contented, I should be glad :to know how I am
to ascertain the reality of that dissatisfaction. I

'must freely confess that I know no other way of
ascertaining i• but by consulting this House.—"
Here the people are represented, and- here their
voice is expressed. There is no other criterion but
the majority of this Assembly, by which we can judge
of their sentiments."
Mr. Fox was then in a majority ; let Mr. Tot.-
LET cotnpare this extract with the language of
Mr. Fox, when in a minority, and it will assist
him wonderfully in his next panegyric upon that
Gentleman's consistency.
We shall probably take an early opportunity of
animadverting a little more severely upon the un-
manly ribaldry with which the memory of Mr.
PITT was assailed, and some of the other proceed-
ings of this Meeting.
* Mr. Tott,ET, in one of his many speeches, said-7" 'Whoa
-• it was suggested to Lord ANSON, that the meeting should be
held in the Shire Hall, he replied, that he was afraid ' a much
smaller room would hold all the Whigs in the County.' "

The Committee bf the Stock Exchange have,
it is said, discovered the pretended Coloncl Du-
Boy RG. He is not the Officer mentioned by Lord
Cocn RARE. •

Thcre have been several slight engagements
between the Neapolitan. and French troops in

'lle rumour of an armistice between this c'onn-
try ,and Naples is confirmed; It is to lasetill the
conClusit..n of a General Peace,.
Accounts confirming the arrival of the CROWN
PRINCE'S army have reached town. It. is also
said that he has himself visited the head-quarters
of Marshal BLUCHER.

Yesterd-ay the Loan CIIANcELLori was sent for
to attend the PRINCE REGENT, atCarltoti-bouse.
VisCouct MELVILLE had -an audience of the
PRINCE URGENT. yesterday.
Major STAN KOPF. arrived yesterday At Earl BA -
TITURST•s Office With dispatches, and afterwards
was introduced to the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton-

fir. Mirt.s. the messenger, arriv,zd at the Fo-
r• OTte, op Saturday night, with dispAtehes
Lard USTLE.REA.GH; He came through