The Sun.
London, England, 1815-05-18 00:00:00

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There's kindred worth twixt Giver and Rcteiver.

THE THEATRE.

. , . COTENT-GARDEN.--Lii-s't night, after the per-
, fnrmance of. Comas at this theatre, a new Farce
was produced, 'yclept. " The Fortune of War,"
froin the pert of Mr. KENNY, to whom the public
are indebted for Raising the Wind; Love, Law, and
Physic, and several other popular farcioal'Pieces.
As for that last night offered to the town, a short
account will suffice. The scene of action is in
Germany, and as the title imports, amid warlike
operations. The incidents hinge upon a story
like the, following :
One Gruntrum (MATHEws,) an over-grown'and
knavish cattle-feeder, in the town of Bustleherg,
makes love to an amorous and shrewish widow,
Puilendorl (Mrs. DAVENPORT,) Of the 'same place,
while Maurice (Mr. Jorms,). a flighty bustling
poet, the Nephew of the said Grotaritiiz, is iu dove
with Adela (Miss FOOT,) the daughter-ini•law of
Mrs. Puffendorf—Maurice is of course and ex
-officio poor, being entirely dependent on his Uncle
and the Muses. Atter a very sho-rt and ludicrOttS
courtship an immediate marriage is decided 6n
between the senior contracting parties, Gruntrian
and Mrs. Puffendorf, but the lovers, Maurice and
his fair one, are crossed, by their being deprived
of the favour of Gruntrum, at the instigation of 114
blooming bride. Meantime the army to *via,
Gruntrum, in the exercise of hiS -prOfession,, had
sold diseased cattle, approaches, and he is obliged
to fly to the woods for concealment. fle is.there
discovered by a party of soldiers', and, through a
series of ludicrous mistakes, detained as it spy
and a dangerous person. Some laughable scene's
ensue at the fort where Gruntrum is confined, in .
which a principal agent is a professed spy and
swindler, Baron TCheedleberg, alias Reynard
an-
derscamp (Mr. LfsToN,) who in the last character
had been the confidential friend, and partner in
some- of the knaveries, of GrUntrion.-31auriCe
volunteers into the‘army, performs a signal ser-
vice, is promoted—extricates his uncle discovers
the father of Adele, who is the reported dead
husband of the supposed widow.
The author has probably been Much indebted
for 'the great success with which the piece went
off to the novelty of the scene of action. The
dialogue is occasionally very neat ; but several
of the scenes might be judiciously curtailed.—
There is a want of variety in the characters, which
somewhat detracts from the merits of •this,
which indeed seems to Lave been hastily executed
on a design' that would have given scope to some-
thing better.

AcATITEws in Gruntrum, and JONES, in the
flighty part, were very successful. LISTON, as
Vandericamp, extorted muchlaughter, and made
us regret that the author' had not bestowed more
pains on the character.

Airs. GIBBS and Air. BLAtlctrsan had little to
do-, but they made the most of it. Mr. ABBOTT,
as the Commandant of the fort, displayed great
spirit, and indeed almost the whole comic strength
of Covent Garden contributed to the eclat of this
piece,-•which unanimously passed muster, and will
serve for a long time to entertain the frequenters
of this Theatre.

Yesterday Lord AIELvILLE held a levee, at his
Office at the Admiralty, which was numerously
attended.'

Yesterday the Right Hon. CHARLE6
NOT gave a grand dinner to the Marquis of-BATH,
Earl BATHtJRST, Earl CAssuLts; Earl CHOLMON.-
DELEY, and a laige party, at his house in Down-
street.

CRIM. COL.--.l'he Action brought by Major
WARNER against Captain JONES, came on to he
tried in the King's Bench this forenoon. The
criminal connection was very imperfectly proved,
as the Major was the only person present at the
detection; but the evidence of the servants, who
witnessed the scene that followed, was sufficiently
_presumptive to warrant the opinion of a fore-gone
conclusion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was Coun-
sel for the plaintiff, and Mr. SrARLETT for the
defendant. The Jury found a. Verdict for One
TkoUsund Pounds.

THE ARTISTS' GENERAL •_BENEVOLENT*
INSTITUTION.

The First Anniversary Dinner of ti is Institu-
tion, which is highly honourable to the Founders,
took place yesterday at the Albion Tavern, Al-
dersgatc7street, The Chair was taken by the
Mike Of. KENT) between whom and the Duke of
.Su:asEN.W!is placed the venerable-President of the
RoYal.Acadeiny. ;The Earl of POMFRET, PiTea
PEN-vs, Esq. Dr, Wit.t.ts, HeNtey WILLIS, Esq,
*ir WILLIAM 13EECIIIIV, Mr. TIANER, with other
INiembers of the Royal Academy, were present,
and a considerable assemblage of Artists, who, we
doubt not, will in due time do honour to that In-
stitution. It is:bardlyliossirde to speak too highly
in praise of the festivity, blended with benevo-
lence, which characterized the Meeting.
The Duke of KEl' 'supported the Chair with
ease, spiritondeuergy. After the health of " Ills
Majesty," proposed ,by the Chairman, had been
drank, in respectful silence, his Royal Highness
gave in snccess

" The Prince Itegent-;" "The Queen and 'llclal Family ;"
"The Army and Navy ;" and,," The Artists' General Belle..
volent Institation.7

.of which, toasts were received with the
warmest applause. Mr. WEST gave.,
Their-Royal Highnesses the Dulies.of Kent and Snssez,
joint. Patrons of the Artists' General enopyo/ent Institution.".
(Which excited zealous and repeated chierings).
The Cii4IRMAN then gave,

" The ROyal Academy, with its President?'
The warmth with which this toast was re-,
ceived, particularly the latter part of it, induced
the President to rise and testify his (banks to the
company. He gave a brief account of the origin
of that Institution, the honour of fOunding which
be attributed solely to his.MAJgsrv,'who had al-
\7‘raYs been a liberal and zealoP's Patron of the
Arts, and by whose command Mr. WEsT and three
`or four distingui§hed Artists of the time assembled,
and under the countenance of his MAJESTY ar-
ranged. the outline of an Institution, which has
produced a race of Artists who are far superior
to any- which. the Continent has pos'sessed during
the period in which it has existed. This Ad-
dress, particularly those passages which related to
our venerable Sovereign, prodpeed unanimous
peals of approbation. The Duke of SUSSEX then,
gave--( The British Institution." This toast
was tollovkil by " The Ladies, Subscribers to
the Artists' General Benevolent Institution," pro-
posed by-the Chairman.. Gallantry; mingling with
admiration anti benevolence, rendered 'this toast
in the highest degree acceptable. The Cbairmaa
also propoSed—
The Pro'ri:.ional Directors of the. Artists' General Benevo.•
lent Institution—then• The. artists' Joint Stock SOciety anti
Benerolipit Fund—The Stesvirds of the 'clay—The Stewards
Elect—and the Professional Gentleme'n (Musicians) who gra-
tuitou.styattended on the occasion.

All these toasts were of codrse received with
due applause.

In ifie, course, of the day, the Royal Chairman
Addressed the Company, and stated the purpose of
the Institution, viz, for the Relief of the Widows
And Ot'phans. of Artists in the United Kingdom,
explained, the dilKerence between that and other
Institutions of a similar nature, and with ;Anima-
tion and :e.tognence enfol'eing•the object in view.
T his speech came hone to the feelings of the com-
pany, and a liberal contribUtion followed, in which
the Royal Duke and Many Gentlemen present
distinguished th.:ln'selveS., particularly PETER DE.
Esq. who 'subscribed a kundred pounds. This -
Gentleman subscribed a thousand pounds to the
New Minical FUnd, and is always conspicuous on'
charititble occasions. Mr. 11,414,AND, one of
th,e chief promoters of the Institution for which.
the meeting assembled, addressed the company
in support of it, and Mr. YOUNG, the respectable
Engraver, and Keeper of The British Institution,
read the List. of Contributions, which was not a
little gratifying to the Meeting) as it
.gave an
auspicious omen of the success which is likely to
attend the Institution, -in honour of which the
company aSSembled. regret that we have
only been able, from the pressure of other mat-
ter., to give an outline of a Meeting which is in
the highest degree honourable to the Founders,
which promises a liberal support to objects of be-
nevolence, as long as the country shall exist, and
which constituted so delightful a repast to every
benevolent mind, as will doubtless render it
powerfully attractive on all future occasions.
The Duke of Ic.ENT retired at a late hour, and
consigned the Chair to the Duke of SUSSEX, who
nut only Addressed the 'company in a very im-
pressive manner in favour of the Institution, but
mingled many strykcs of pleasantry with what he
said, and gratified the company with the old song
of " The'Britieli Grenadiers," which he snug s'itlt
admirable-,spirit and humour. indeed, the Royal
Brothers deserve the warmest eulogiums for their
conduct on the occasion ; the one for the unaf-
fected dignity with which he stated what may be
styled the business of the Meeting, and
.the other
for the affability and good humour with which he
entertained the Company.

A Dutch Paper contains the following, extract
of a'tetter frbtri Paris, dared the sth of May
" The preparations making for defence in the immediate
vicinity of Paris have caused such general alarm, teat a
number of persons are preparing to leave the city, and have
,provided themselves with passports for that purpose.
' " The Paris Papers speak loudly of the voluntary enrol-
ments that ate thkingplace; anti among other things, assert
that in one day more than 1,000 young men entered at. he
'Hotel de Ville. It is difficult to beiieve this. Certain it is
that very ,few volunteers are publicly seen, and those few
Chiefly composeil.af indigent persons, whose poverty and lie-
CeSsities have driven them to this. None in.a fixed state of
life offer tlitutselvcs.

" The ►core opti!ent class of our inhabitants are almost uni-
versally dissatisfied with the present -state of affairs, and do
not scruple to express it openly ; as was lately very manifest-
ly displayed at the Opera, which is frequented by few of the
lower classes or the 'Military. The piece performed was
Odipe a Coltume, In which are the following lines :
" Mon nom latrine, moo nom est en horreur au monde !
" Les peoples elfray4s me rejettent loin d'eux. • •
" These verses, which the audience evidently applied to
the Emperor, were received with three rounds of applause."

The impress is established again at Newcastle
and Sunderland.

It is report 4.4 that several of the Gentlemen
practising in the Courts of Ki ag'i Bench, Common
Pleas, and Chancery Bar, will shortly be elevated
to the rank of Connsel. Among the names
mentioned as likely to enjoy this honour, are the
following, viz. SCARLETT,
RAINR, ABBOT, BELL, ‘VBATI4bRALI, COOKE, and
GURNEY; MI%-Seliraia VAUOILIN CO be ilia 's'
Serjeant. • •

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IVESrLiIN "rEft IviEETIN<3.

lb-ere was a Meeting, ill Palare-yiird,
t , /nside
•r (.4* the justice or policy of goings° war
Fratice.
."!!-Ie Elton BAFLIFF opened the proceedings,,
retni the reqiiisition in consequence of which
. !,yid Convened them. •
Major CARTWRICiTIT began by observing, that
when We heard-of any abandoned wretches break-
ing into the dwellings or innocent •and peaceable
•persotts, phinderin•g their property, and ill treat-
ii g their persons, we naturally felt the most live-
ly indignation. That intt:gnatiOn should be felt
71.ich stronger, when an nnoffending nation is
invaded in their dwellings, and -made
•,,sliffer all the miseries whier an unjust war can
ing down -(•rti their heads. lie Could •eonceiye
two just pounds for war. The one was, it
any nation threatened toinvade us, •and overturn
- our laws and liberties.; and the other was, if any
k nation, oppressed by despotic power, should
rail upon this country for succour and support.
1/I ;tiler of those cases, he conceived that war
iwonld not only be ju7tifiable, but that it Would be
,ren- ditty. The country, 'however, did not stand
in either of those two situations. As to Buo7
fetparte, although he had his faults, as all other
kings had, vet he was not threatening this coon-
-try. • „Ifsinstead Of sending over a ;herald of peace,
'instructed to negociate with us, he had seta *a
herald of menace and defiance, and required of us to
drive the King who had so long reigned over us
ont of this country, then indeed we would have a
1•IglIt to go to war with him. And yet this was
the course that Ministers were now pursuing with
re,pert to France. They wanted the French na-
tion to -drive from their throne the Sovereign
wliviathey had chosen, and to give 'lineup to the
toy of Jiis enemies who were thirsting after his
Efe thought the impolicy of this war was
eqn,rl to its injustice. .The French were now
pc:neeahly- occupied in • fog en 1.!, a Constitution on ,
the basis of an equal repreentation of the people,
--alai they had adopted the gOOd old English prin.
1-iple of putting arms into the hands of the people.
le was convinced that when two or three millions
of their people should be armed, the Allies would
llcver be able to penetrate much- beyond the,
threshold of France, and that every step they -
would take would bring thenrso much nearer
their destruction. After several observations on
we'qht our taxes,, and the contempt that
was shewn by Minister,: t)le. f^--•tiga and wishes.
of the people, be concluded by rea ne a-Petition,.
emit:lied in very strong terms, which he moved to
b, adopted as the Petition of the Citizens or %Vest-
trilin-ter.

W.ILKER, in rising to second the motion,
,
said, that he could not feel the least doubt but
that the proposition would he Unanimously adopt-
=ed. • He `was convinced that it was unnecessary to
urge. many arguments in support of it, as when the
question was put plainly to their sense of justice,.
he „could not doubt- what would be their deter-
Were we now to be celled uponto gcs
to war with France merely on account of the Sove—
reign she had chosen ; or could it be pretended to
laedeuieri, that ttuonaparte was the choice of al-
t!.t. of the Frenen natioe, tr-
wish before the people of this country con-.
seotM to be. plunged in a war with France on ac-'.
count of the alleged ambition of Buonaparte,
they wonld consider what had been the conduct
of the .!'lied Powers at the 'Congress of Vienna,
and •whether they did not display as much ambi-
tion. The people of England had 'been disgusted
with the manner in which those Sovereigns dis-
poed and pa;Telled out human beings, as if they
had.lnen su many sheep. One sovereign insisted
that so many millions of souls should be given to
Iran as his share. An:Alibi- complained that'more
souk: were given to his 'neighbour than to him ;
and its to Saxony, there was a great (IneStion,
NrEFther all the souls should not be given, in a
lump, tOsOine one great soulthastr. He neither
liked those WhO tyrannized over the soul or over
the .o(\uly. Astioug the:fOrtuer was that Ferdinand,
who had lately set up again that inquisition (most
blasphemously termed the Holy inquisition)
utiich Buonaparte had put down ; -and • while he
• was meditating on this holy work,' he amused
lrimsell With cuilvoideriug petticoat's for the Virgin
Tdary. he saw a Carrot, and men who
were known as 'the firmest friends •of liberty its
Fr.tace, supporting the present Government of
Franrei.he thought there was -something of an
11..surance that their object tras the' establishment'
of domestic liberty, and not to make wars of ag-
gression-on their neighbours. Those who were
now so anxiously striving to plunge the country
into a war with France, On= account of the cha-
racier of her sovereign, were the same men who
,trenuously fomented the war with America,
.und blackened the character of her President.—
Wheu the country was already taxed almost be-
Fond its possible means of paying those taxes, be
tnist cd that the people, of thiS country would not
al:ow themselves to he duped into another war,
that would probably bring them to ruin, althoUgh
it might be profitable to the promoters of war,
ti; tuo,,e %Olt) gained by the pnblic misery, and
t,io flourished on the ruin of the national in-
austry: •
.The Petition was then unanimously agreed to.
A Resolution t% as .also passed, that 'it should be
presented to the House of Commons by their Re-
prescutative, Sir Francis Burdett:
Sir PItANCIS BURDETT then came forward, and
that he should have much satisfaction and
pride in presenting their petition to that. body
svhich was falsely called the House of Commons
Gveat Britain and Ireland. At the same time
lie thought it his duty.,to state to them, that he
of
prospect their
Dot seethe *lightest
li'lAng'attentled to. They all had seen.with what
0,11,,,,Dpr, a petition had lately been treated that
eati;t: from Llte Livery of Londou, • anti pra.yed for
Lad tltati
so t t
de-
termined, that Reform in Parliament which was now ab-
cointely Decessery. It Was pretended
not the, majority of the Livery that
but that tl.cy were obscure persons only
m-ho had ;voted for the Petition. This Imight be a
very convenient way for them to represent it ;
but he hoped that the time would conic wlicn
the i'oice of the people would express itself
so strongly that Ministers coul4 not affect

:to doubt or disbelieve it. There were some
•thino which it ',vas impossible to disbelieve,
and we read in Holy Writ "that the devils also
believe. and tremble." He thought that it. 'mast
be a belief nearly as strong, and of the same na-
ture, which could alone produce any effect epon
Ministers. The people had now no other consti-
tutional organ by which they could express their
• sentiments to one another, but in such meetings
. as he then saw assembled. Ministers appeared
now determined to. plunge the country again into
war, or rather to continue the old war originally
intended to restore the Bourbons to the throne of
France. Although in the commencement of it,
the object was professed to be the relief of our
allies the Dutch, yet there could be no doubt but
that the restoration of the BOurbon family was
tire real object of it. At the recommencement of
that war, upon the breach of the treaty of Amiens,
the Minister came down to the House with a de-
claration (which every Man, woman, and child in
the country now knew to be false) of great arma-
ments in the ports of France. We broke the treaty
then, by refusing to give up Malta, which we
had agreed to give up ; and that war did end with
the restoration of the Bourbis. It was -now
alleged, that the character of I3uonaparte made
it necessary for us to go to war with him, as he..
was -a. man that would violate treaties. Now, in
• this respect, he could not have a character worse,
than our Allies. What treaties did our Allies ever .
make, either with us or with one another, that
they did not break, as soon as it suited any object
of their ambition ? He might ask, what treaty did
Buonaparte ever break u, ith us ? But, even if he
. was a common breaker of treaties, he 'Would be -
only on a par in this respect with the Enperors of
•Russia and. Austria. He, therefore, thought that'
his personal character was no ground of war. Ile
thought that'the real reason why Ministers- were
so anxious for war, was, that the borough-monger
faction was alarmed at the idea of the example
that France was about to set • this country, of a
tolerably free constitution, founded upon the basis
of egnal representation.. After variety of other
.I
observations, he concluded by promising to pre-
seat the Petition.

Thanks sere then voted to the High Bailiff for
his conduct in the chair, and various Resolutions
were agreed to.

SOUTHIyARK MEETING.

Yesterday a Meeting, convened by the. High
Bailiff,- pursuant to requisition, ‘vas held at the
Town-hall of the Borough of 'Southwark, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the several
questions of the impending War with France, the
Property Tax, and Reform in the Representation
of the People.
The HIGH BAILIFF (Sir W. Lewes), living
taken the Chair, proposed an adjournment, in coti
sequence of the thinness of the Meeting, and as
calculated to give to their proceedings a higher
degree of dignity and consideration. He lament-
ed, at the same time, the tumults and outrages
which bad followed" the last Meeting of the.
Southwark Electors. -
Mr. WADDINGTON' solemoly protested against the adjourn-
Inent, and wished his worthy and, venerable friend to point
out to him a piecident in whicti, afte? regular notice, Any
given nurrier.of persons was considered necessary to consti-
tute a Public Ha7l. The Property Tax Bill, fraught as it was
with inquisitorial powers, had been read a second time in a
Houseof Peers consisting of 12 members. As be was allowed to
proceed, he should now observe that the requisition embraced
three points, but -the Legislature had kindle saved them the
trouble of -discussingone of them—he- at ea ut the Property Tax.
The House of Commons, hr contended, tad received Petitions
on former occasions against money hills, particularly during
the mayoralty of .Alderman BeeLford. A reform in Parlia-
meut, he trusted, would be a sine qua non with the country.
before it surrendered its efforts. With respect lar the return .4
. Buonaparte to power, althoughhe could not culoise his cha-
racter, he appeared to him to have been received as sovereign
alm6st unanimously by a N o atio composed of 4•i ,i
hot t
nuilious
if
people. What he bad to propose, therefore,
peti-
tion Parliament, -.fur that, by long experience, they had dis-
covered to be inetfeetual.—but to address themselves to her
Royal Flightless the Princess Charlotte of Wales, imploring
her to intercede with her Royal Father, and prevent the
counsels of his Ministers from plunging the country once
inure into the calamities of war.. A Resolution was then sub-
nated to this effect.
Mr. CORNER objected to the Resolution, both because it
did not comprehend the, points distinctly stated in the requi-
sition which be amongst others bad signed, and because it
proposed to submit that to the daughter which they had a
right to submit to the father himself.--(Applause.)—With
retard to the Property Tax Bill, it had unfortunately already
b2COMC a law, and perhaps the sense of that Meeting respect-
ing the Property Tax could not be more strongly or clearly,
expressed than it had been in some of their former resolu-
tions. lie•firmly believed that the present wars was coin-.
silenced for the purpose of getting hack that oppresive and
unconstitutional measure, because there were many- amongst
the advocates fur war whom .a war only could support. The
enormous items in the expenditure of the Civil List appeared
monstrous when viewed with reference to the amount of
a peace establishment., but were overlooked -in the over-
whelming profusion that attended a state of war. .The
object of a war at present, if it had indeed any public
object, appear:2d to him to be, however it might. be
loured, to dictate- more or less directly to the French
people, by whom they should be governed. 'What. would have
been the feelings of Elsglishmen in the days of Richard 11. or
James H. when our ancestors thought proper to change the
dynasty of these realms, had foreign powers confederated for
the purpose of influencing their choice, or restoring the de-
throned Soveteigns ? The effect, he doobtesl not, would. be
the same in France, and we should again witness in that coon-
try the same union which a former combination against' her
had produced. On the subject of refOrm he still felt as he
had always felt; but recollecting the fate had attend-
ed their petitions with a view to that abject, the petitions
against the Corn Bill, and the late petition front the City of
Loudon, he was decidedly averse to any farther .attempt at
petitioning the House or. Commons--(Loud applause).—He
should, therefore, more several resolutions, expressive merely
of the opinion of the Meeting, relative to the different ques-
tions under consideration.
Mr. Basso recommended an adjournment,. as. it was his
determination otherwise to send round counter resolutions.
A considerable degree of tumult and disorder here' took
place, which was .at length terminated by the High Bailiff
statiiin that the deliberate resolutions of that Hall might be
considered as annstantionally expressing the seotiments of
the Electors of Southwark.
Mr. Ham, and Mr. Kt:Nl:suss-1 at some length supported the
objects of the requisition.
The HIGH BAILIrF suggested to Mr. Waddington the pro-
priety of withdrawing his resolution. - ' -
Mr. Wl‘nntreseroist refusest, and thought nothing could be
more_ natural and proper than to recommend to the female
sex to assuage the malignant, passions of men. (A Laugh.)
A motion was made that it be rejected, which was carried
unanimously.
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The question was then put on the Resolutions proposed by
Mr. Coto:tot, whielmere carried by a large majo:ity.
Mr. S. DAvtEi begged permission to read a letter from Mr.
Calvert, in which that Gentleman lamented his unavoidable
a.hsence is Hampshire-, and wished to acquaint his Consti
theists that he had voted in Mr. Whitbread's minority on the
question of tear, that he hail opposed the Property Tax on
every division which had taken• place, and was anxious to re-
new the. pledge he had before given
_of supportiug Parlia-
mentary Reform.
Mr...BARCLAY wastappy to have the present opportunity, as
allusion had been made to his conduct, of explaining. on what
grounds he had acted. He trusted that if heti& not assent
in all respects to the. opinious expressed in the. resolutions, he
slivalsi still appear to have acted the part of all hottest and

1 independent representative. Whilst -he listened to their in-
structions with all the attention which they kad a right to
demand from him, he must still teserve to himself the privi-
lege of forming his own judgment and obeying the' dictates
of his own conscience. Proud as he was of the situation in
which he had been placed, and anxious also naturally for
their approbation, his most earnest endeavour had always
been to be enabled to .lay his hand on his heart, and say
he was satisfied with the path he had pursued. The opi-
nions,and principles he had supported,' whatever they %very,
had at least not been very favourable either to his public or
• his private interests. He felt with- all .who heard him,
the evils of war, and the oppressive operation of the Pro-
perty Tax; ,but Buonaparte had appeared 'to him. to have
been recalled, not by 25 millions of men, but by a tumultuous
soldiery, accustomed to,rapine, and eater for future scenes
of conquest and plunder. How was it. possible that that so-
vereign could be dear to a people, who had dragged their
sons to every quarter of Europe, and buried them by thou-
sands in the snows of 'Russia, without a memorial to tell of
their heroism or achievements? He could place no security
in the professions of Boonaparte,, after the disclosures re-
cently made of his instructions to his Ministers, and conceived
that he was disposed to reuiain at peace only. till he could
increase his armies and get rid of the Jacobin party who
at present controlled him in his government. The Pro-
- perty Tax he was averse to in time of peace, and thought
it extremely unequal and oppressive at all periods. Those
inequalities he had wished to correct, and particularly
as they affected the lower class of tradesmen. After
the House of Commons had ple.dged itself, -however, to
support Goverukient in an augmentation of the land and sea
forces, and observing as he had that the contribution of trade
in general was 1-sth of the whole of the Property-tax, whilst
the new Taxes, which had been abandoned, were hay to at-
tach to trade almost exclusively, he had thoaght it his duty
to vote in support of a system of taxation that al-waved not
only productive, but to lay the burthen most effectually on the
shoulders of the great proprietori. Upon the third question,
of Reform in Parliament, it wai. impossible to deny that a Re-
fora WaS desirable; but he was not sangnine enough to expect
that anyßeforin which was at all practicable in the present state
of men's minds, would send to Parliament a much better set of
men than were-there at present.. He was anxious to discuss
the question witlathem as far as his abilities could embrace it.
Would they wish the qualification of the Freeholders of Eng-
land to be raised to the real value oft hequalificatiOn when it was
first enacted? That would be to fix-it at 401. or 501. per ann, Did
they wish to accomplish Reform by an extension of the elective
franchise' It they looped at those places where the Electors
were most numerous, did they find them always repreSented
in the best man ler ?—rva ;cried a voiee„>ar example, &Wh-
ig:in:li 1)—Ile was glao to find that there was atleast ono pre-
sent who, agreed with him. When they adverted to elections
of a more limited not..re,•theY ohaiwred shah inch returned as
Panks, • Mr. Wilberforce, and others. Upon the whole,
he had only to add, that if lie was so unhappy as to differ in
opni:in from his constituents, he should retire with the im-
pression that ha bad asiaired to a situation to which his ahili-
tes were unequal, b-ut with the satisfaction of reflecting that
be had never' sacrified their interests to any personal oojects
or moi,ives of his own.

The Thanks of the Meeting were then voted to Mr, Calvert
and the High Bailiff.•

,
' One of the Paris Papers after inserting the Act-
dress-of the two Fauxbourgs, accompanies it with
these remarks :—" This Contederatima is cale:l-
- to give rise to important ohs It
too strongly resembles those popiCar pioccedinE7
which distinguished 1793. The framer of the Ad-
dress makes use of theS!' rt,markable expressions :
." We will, by oil:. at ~!e, strike the traitors
with tenor," ii!;.±tile ,csd terror, these indeed
are cant words of the 9hl tunes. " We are in
a superb attitude ;
.let us maintain the attitude
of a free people," &c. ...ittPude was then a
favourite term : as to"terror, we cannot but too
well recollect the partiality, which was sbewn not
merely to the word but to the deed. But terror Zia'
had its reign, and the writers of the Fankbourg
Saint Antoine have too mkt) the appearance of
regretting_ that its authority is past. It may be-
..sides be remarked, that Paris has a National
Guard, which now preserves order, and wide% has i
proved that it well knows how to defend it. If
the interest of the State require an augmentation
of force, the Government will doubtless take the
necessary Measures fur that object, and will not
apply exclusively to the mechanics; and lah'ourers
of St. Antoine and Sr. Marceau, but to all the
citizens. In general, all these Associations,
formed under tke pretext of public interest, 'on;:lit
to be anthorised and superintended by the
.Go-
vernment, in order that the federations may not
become fife/ions."
nsoßmous WEN.—The followingarticleis taken
from a late New- Yof i paper :
" Pennsylvania Hospital, gel Mo. Vet 1815.—This day, Dr.
Dorey, assisted by Dr, Hartshorne, in the presence of several
Physicians, and of more than 100 of the Medical Students,
who attend the practice of the house, cut a wen from the back
of Julia Richard, a poor black-woman patient from Carlisle,
in Pennsylvania, aged 45 years—,the dimensions and weight of
which were as follow :
"6 CIRCUMFERENCE.
" Two feet 11 inches at the neck.

" Three feet 11 inch at flit lower end, horizontally.
" Three fed, 9 inches at vertical, as suSpeniled at the hack.
" It had been 1S years growing, and weighed '25 ponnds
Tfts PENITENTIARY 'HOUSE.—This extensive
fabric now erecting onAlilbank, proceeds rapidly,
and the appearance it makes is striking. The
outer wall forms' an octagon, enclosing at least
18 acres: At some distance from the wall, a
quadrangular building has been raised, with
towers or bastions at the angles. There are three
tiers of windows in each side, and loop holes in
the towers to correspond. Each tier consists of
nine windows, secqred by iron bars. The out-
works are made for various departments of the
establishment, and the space -between the wall
and building is to be laid out as adiitchert garden.
The entrance on Milbank is a square lodge, with
stone front, over the gates there is a portcullis,
surmounted by the word " Penitentiary," written
in large characters. The'entire plan and aspect
of this immense undertaking, conveys the appro-
priate idea .of solitude and repentance. Two•years
will be required to finish it.

'AFFRAY IN BOND-STEEET..—SiX men, who go
about in sailors! dresses to beg, having frequent-
; ly of late taken their station in Bond-street, an
' equal number of constables wits, yesterday, sent
to apprehend them. In doing this they met with
great resistance. The apparent seamen attacked
the peace-officers with bludgeons, and a battle
.was fought, during which .heads were broken and
very Severe wounds inflicted. After an obstinate
contest, four out of the six beggars were secured;
the other two made their escape.
On Monday last, two young mets ballast-beav-
ers., had an altercation at a public-house in Pa-
viour-Street, Ratcliffe Highway, and having agreed
to end their dispute by fighting, they retired into
a skittle-ground at the back part of the. premises,
When they fought several rounds, but being sepa-
rated, one ot them was-so much injured; that he
died in a few hours after; the other is in custody
to abide, the result of the Coroner's Inquest.
A bull, bred by TII6mAS MILNE, 'Esq. ot Dry-
hope, in Scotland, was 'killed on Wednesday
which weighed 272 stone; the gate of the slaughter
house at Selkirk was obliged to be enlarged, be-
fore the enormous animal cold(' enter.
New potatoes sold' at Edinburgh market on
Saturday last at 31. 12s, the peck, or Gs. the pint.