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London, England, 1812-05-18 00:00:00

or the §ervices of a rriciA upwright, and pat ripti,
Stategmln. ,

Nlr.Quirr and Mr.WAITHMAN likewise supportel •
the motion, bat' wished 'Hobe unideritood that they
could nut cc;ncur in any exptv,!song' of approbation
of services they had all albhg ccndemed.
A Committee was then appointed to prepare4n
Address, who having withdraWn for a short
Sir ChArles Price, on'their return, reponed they had
unanimously agreed to an 'AddresS to the Prince
Regent; expressive of their condolence on the assas-
sination of Mr. PerCeval, and of the high eAiMation
in which they held Mr. Perceval's public'and private
character, and, at the same time, ttia,,ki.ghis Royal •
Highness for his promptitude, in
.recommending to* -
die itnrnediate attention of Parlitment the proprierp
of making -a suitable provision for Mrs.
and her fonily. The Address- being 'read by Coe
.Town Clerk, Mr. Waithman moved (hat the words
motives most pure," should be substituted for the
words " patriotisth the most ardent," which ilie
Address ascribed to Mr. Perceval; lint his amend-
rrient, after some discussion, was neg3tived Lviiliout
a division. The Address was then agreed to, anti
ordered to,be presented in the usual manner.

MR. PE.RCI,V,iIL.

'The. following h.-Ater, . with a shOrt narrative pr'ti-
fixed t 6 it affords one of a thousand instances of the
benevolence of Mr. Perceval's charatler.

The father of the Lady to whom Mr. Perceval
transmitted the sum mentioned in the following let-
ter, had been almcsr all his life in the service of his
Majesty, in civil:and mllitary stations, in the latter
of which be had much distinguished himself. He
.came !tome from a t (colony, where his nu;•
merous family now Are, and in which he held ;he
situation of a Puisne Judge, to transact some public
business with his Majesty'q Ministry. He had se%
ral interviews with Mr. P. previous to a severe sick«
ness,during which Mr. P. conceiving he might be en-
derpecuniary difficulties, furnishe t hint with the set/
mentioned in his letter. He died in this town sort)
after ; and upon the melancholy news reaching nitk
family, his daughter wrote the letter which Mr. P.
describes as so interesting, and which a Gentleman,
the friend of the family left. V.ith her trvilurial, at
Mr. P.'s house, about six ,o'clock in the evening,;
and at eleven, o'clock the same evening; when he
re!urned to his lodgings, he found Mr. P.'s letter ora
his table. Tile deceased Gentleman and his family
,eere perfect strangers to Mr. Perceval.

" Downing.street, May' 26, tBc9.

S:tt,--4 have this moment received your letter
from Miss -----. It is extremely interesting, and
certainly seems to be written by a person of a very
anii:ible character. The distress it represents is very
great, and the claim for some consideration on the
part of his Majesty, is V;Cii founded : bia,‘ I have no
doubt you will easily imagine how many cases of
nearly similar distress are daily arising by the death
Of public servants, whose. salaries could not enable
them to make provi,i6n for,l heir family, and whole
wiclOwS and children are therefore left in great dis-
tress. The limited extent, however large it appears,',
to Which his Majesty is'enabled to grant pensions,
utterly prevents him froin'paying that attention to
all these cases which theit nature and interest .de-
'nand. At the presept moment I know that the
Duke of Portland has many claims upon him, which
ne extremely urgent, and which he his promised
at the first opportunity to attend to; but which the
exhausted state of the Civil List; 'Pension List, w fl
not enable hitrit present to gratify. I will send
Miss —7-'6 Memorial to his: Gr'ace, who, I am
sure, would be most desirous to attend to it if he
could, and when he can ; but I am vet); fearful it.
will be extremely •ditficult, it not impossible, for
him to do it immediately, of very soon.
" In the Mean time, ifyou would trouble' your-.
'self to be 'the conveyor of an hundred pounds, which
I conceive.to .he a. debt to Judge --'s family,
shall he Much obliged to.you.
" It is a sum which I advanced him without any
intention or wish•that he should repay it, and which
has been returned to .me since his death, at his u-t..
querst in his last illness. I cons'ented. to receive it
•onlyupon the terms of peitig allowed to return it to
his, family', if upOn inquiry into their circumstance',
they should
_be found to want it. Under such (11-
i..umstances, therefore, I can only feel, it a debt
which I am discharging in endeavouring to transmit
it to Miss --, 'who, if her letter present a fair rew
presentacion of tier mind, , I am 'sure, be the
best dispenser of what can be selected for
mother and, infamt family.
" I .have the honour to be, &c. fee.
• SPENCER PERCCVAL."

•g P. I will return you Miss letter al
soon as I receive it bacic troin the Duke of y0rt1.1.14,"

SMITI-IFIELD-NLNRKET, MAY iB.

This day's market had a middling supply ofprime
Beasts, and the shoW of Cattle, in general, was to-
lerably' good ; Beef, Veal, and Lamb, were dearer ;
Mutton and Pork said at last prices ; atul the traS*,
for the Most part, WPS somewhat brisk.—The
in the Hay-Market were pretty lively, Clover fetch.
ed a better. price, Hay and Straw obtained
prices.---We übjein a correct staterneoo. of the aricts
and ntimbers`t—