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their widows and' children, in the event of their
death. If this unjust and oppressive plan is car-
ried into efect; they will be compelled either to
deprive'themselves of the common comforts of
life, or to dispose-of their policy of insurance, at
a price much beneath its,i4eal value, in order to
save the annual expence of the premium, and
thus deprive their families- of that future provi-
sion which they had been for years labouring to
secure to them, at the price of many personal
privations.
Come we now to•the last Class—Those who
for upwards of thirty years- have borne the bur-
then and heat'of the day. Are these men also
to be mulcted of their hard earned stipend ?
When they complain to the First Lord of the
Treasury of, a breach of his engagements, can
he, in the language of the Lord of the vineyard,
say to them, " Friend! I do -thee no wrong,
take that that is thine own not agree with
thee for u penny
There is yet another Chtss,of Clerks, and. a
numerous one it is, upon. whom this grievous
and unjust measure would preSs with particular
sev.erity, namely upon all those whose daily offi-
cial duties, prior to 1809, commenced at 10
O'clock and closed at 2, and who did not attend at
all on Red Letter Days.—With these persons Go-
vernment have entered into a direct contract of
bargain and sale. The Clerks have biirtered the
only valuable commodity they possessed, their
time, against the coin of their employers. Their
hours of daily attendance were, in consequence,
extended from 2 till 4 o'clock, and all their holi-
days were done aWaY,—ln this traffic, as in all
others between Government and the Clerks, the
balance of profit was in favour of the former ;
for the augmentation made to the Clerk'S sala-
ries was in the ratio of only one-third, whilst their
labours' were increased in the proportion of nine
to live •• • •

By this arrangement, the Clerks gave up a
large portion of their time to the'service of the
public, from which they had, till then, derived
no inconsiderable emolument, by employing it in
the counting-houses of individuals. This I know.
to be fact, from my, own experience. Is this coral.
pact now to be • broken which has been held
sacred for more than twelve years ? Are these
men to be defrauded of their wages for the
paltry saving of- a • few hundred pounds per
annum ? Such a system of trickery may perhaps
suit the meridian 'of Baltimore or of Batavia. It
may perchance do well enough iu the pen of a
Dutch Planter, or in the store of a Yankee
Huckster. But is it fitting that it should be
adopted, by the Ministers of an Empire, which,
for commercial consequence, for extent of ter-
ritory, population, and of resources, stands un-
rivalled amongst civilized nations ? Sir, I would
add much more tnshew that the plan is oppres-
sive and unjust, -and that , it, involves a direct
breach Of faith on the part of Government, but. I
have already established my position' by irrefrag-
abk proof.—lt never can,he carried, into effect.
The thing is impossible—l know it may be
said, that Parliament may do anything.- -I do
not, deny that to Parliament all things are lawful
—but all things are not expedient. Parliament
in the • plenitude of it 'power may abolish the
Sabbath, or may decree that " Sunday shall, not
shine a Sabbath day" to the poor Clerks; and
say, with Drawcansir, " and this I do because I
'dare." Sic vole, sic jubeo, scat proratione voluntas."

But such enactments would be na less a trans-
gression of the laws of God, than they would be
a violation of that fundamental human law,
which binds society together,—the immutable
rule of right.
Dulwich, Oct. 18. MERCATOR.
[The. Remainder to-morrow.l

NOMINATION OF A- ILEHt.E.LNTATIVE FUR
SllttorsmltE.-A. numerous meeting of the Free-
holders of this County took place at Shrewsbury,
on Monday last, under the presidency of 'the
High Sheriff, 44 to consider of a proper person to
be put in nomination as a /Representative in 'the
room of the late J. CoTEs, Esq." when, on the
proposition of W. CLIVE, Esq. seconded by the
Rev. Archdeacon CORBETT, ROWLAND HILL,
ES q. was unanimously approved of. The elec-
tion was to commence yesterday.

SHERIFFS OF YORK.---Mr. ALLEN, W 110• Ara ,
elected one of the Sheriffs of York, having re-,
fused to serve the office, being a Dissenter, the-
corporate body met on Saturday week, and Mr,
ALLEN in person expressed his determination as
above. It was therefore resolved, that a man-
damus should be procured as .soon as possible
from the Court of King's Bench, to oblige Mr.
ALLEN to shew cause why he has refused to
serve the office. On reference to the records of
the Corporation, it was discovered that there is
a law still existing in York, which subjects every
than refusing to serve the office of Sheriff to a
penalty of 1501. A new Sheriff must, of course,
now be chosen as soon as the requisite routine f;'?
etiquette can be obsetved ; but the charter day
having gone by, authority to proceed-to.another
election must be procured 'frGa the Court of
Ring's Bench; and, in the, diean time, the city
of York will remain destitute of effective She-.
riffs, as those who served the -office last year
have now no right or power to act, nor. can Mr.
Sheriff Woon, the respectable citizen who was
chosen Along with Mr. ALLEN, enter on his office
alone.—( Tyne illereurs.)
The industry of the oyst.er dredgers, in the;
harbour of the purt of Chichester, promises to-be
well rewarded. The vitch is plenteous in the
extreme. Similar tisiri which, four years ago.
were sold'as high as 3s. 6d. and even 4s. per
hundred, are now sold at Cowes, at the very mo-
derate price of $.;,,d,