The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-13 00:00:00

SALOP COUNTY MEETING..

In consequenCe of the indisposition of the
High Sheriff, the Chair was taken•bythe Under
Sheriff (Mr. J. LONSDALE),, who read. the Requi-
sition, and stated the object of the meeting. •
Sir ANDREW CORSET then rose, and proposed
a loyal and dutiful Address to .the King, which
was eloquently seconded by Joux ARTHUR
LLOYD, Esq.
The Ilon. H. G. BENNET then rose, and, in the
course of a long speech, in which he denied the
truth of the statement in the RequiSition as to the
extent of the existence of sedition, and condemn-
ed the conduct of Ministers, proposed an
amended Address, which was seconded by E.
LECIIMERE CHARLTON, Esq. who, after speak-
ing some time, proposed and in vain endeavoured
to bring about an union of all assembled, by pro.;
posing to the .Requisitionists to incorporate.
certain Amendments in the original Address ;- he
also warmly inveighed against the Ministers, and.
as also did Mr. Bennet, observed, that the origi-'
nal Address was . evidently -intended to sanction
the conduct of Ministers.
The Rev. %V. Otter, Ralph Benson, Esq., John
Bather, Esq., IL Slaney, Esq., the Zion. Thomas
Kenyon, F. Knyvett Leighton, .Esq.-Lord Clive,
and Panton Corbett, Esq. supported the original
Address, denying that by so..doing they meant to
give any opinion for or against Ministers.
The Rev. Cum:lA:s PETEns'spoke in support of
the amended Address. Ri'cuMtn. WALFORD,
Esq. also rose to support its but could not obtain
a hearing. A
A spew of hands then took place, *heti the
Under Sheriff declared that " a large majority
of the Freeholders were in-favour of the original
Address ;" and the Meeting was then dissolved,
amidst considerable uproar, Mr. Bennet and his
friends declaring the Under Sheriff bad not .de.-
cided aright.
The number of Gentlemen. -acid Freeholders
present- was unexampled ; and the original Ad-
dress was indeed carried by an. OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY : it will be signed throughout the
County.
Mr. BENNET also stated, that his Address
should be sent round for signatures, and be after-
wards presented to his Majesty by the Earl of
Darlington.—(Salopian Journal.)
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DUMFRIES COUNTY MEETING.

In consequenCe of two requisitions, very re-
spectably signed, a numerous Meeting of the •
Gentlemen of the County was held at Dumfries,
on Wednesday, the 3d inst. for the purpose of
voting a Loyal Address to his Majesty.
The Marquis of QUEENSBERRY being called to
the Chair, Sir .1 offs HERON MAN:WELL, Bart. of
Springfield, in a neat and appropriate speech,
proposed the Address. It was received with
cheers, and seconded by Sir PAULUS JEMILIUS
IftviNn, of ltobgill.
General SHARPE rose to propose an Amend-
ment, but-was--interrupted- so ---frequeutly.lit the
progress of his remarks, by calls to order, that
the gallant General said, " after the usage he
had received, he had no inclination to trouble
the Meeting any farther. It might, how-
ever, be satisfactory to those who were so
anxious on the subject of Ministers, to be
informed, he did intend to have argued,
that whatever, public discontent existed, had
its rise in the general distress of the
country, and that such distress was owing to
the system pursued by the Ministers. lie would
do them the justice to say, they only followed a
system introduced long before their administra-
tion ; and it would be seen, by his reading the
Address which he had intended to have offered to
the Meeting, that all he required of them was,
a change of those measures." General Sharpe
then read his proposed Address.

General of Blount-Annon, spoke
briefly in support of the original Address.
General SHARPE'S Am endinent not having been
seconded, the original Address was, of course,
carried, and the Marquis of QUEENSBERRY was
requested to forward it, to which he politely
consented.

On the motion of General DIROM, the thanks
of the meeting were unanimously voted to the
Marquis of Q,(JEENSBERItY for his conduct in the
Chair.

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LONDON,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13,. 18.21.

Paris Papers to the 9th instant, inclusive, ar-
rived at a late hour last night. On Monday, the,
Chamber of Deputies was occupied in discussing
the projet of law, for a provisional grant of
twelfths of the contributions of 1821, to the
Government. General DONNADIEU opened the
debate by a vehement attack against the mea-
sures of the French Ministers, whom he accused
of having betrayed the interests of their coun-.
try, violated the principles of law and jus-
tice, and neglected the organization of the
army. With these opinions, lie should consider
it his duty to vote against the grant of even one-
twelfth ; and at the same time contended that
Ministers could not be in want of money, as they
had been enabled to offer 100,000 francs to one
of their Members, lately returned from the Cri-
mea, for his support, who had rejected the pro-
posal with indignation. M. de SERRE, Keeper
of the Seals, then rose, and desired the General
to prove his assertions. General DONNADIEU,
amid violent murmurs and cries of Order, re-
quested permission to name the Member, when
he was interrupted by a voice from the centre,
" You have designated him sufficiently."—M.
PAUL de CIIATEAUDOUBLE, the Member alluded
to by the General, was advancing rapidly to-
wards the Tribune, but stopped at the bottom of
the steps. After this, M. de VI i.LELE addressed
the Chamber in support of the Projet, without
once referring to the charge brought against Mi-
nisters by General DONNADIEU.—MM. ETIENNE
and CONSTANT spoke against the Projet. It was
defended by Ministers; and the discussion was
adjourned to the following day, after a very
able speech in favour of the Grant by M. LALOT

FRENCH FUNDS.
Jan. B.—Five per Cents.
Bank Stock 1445 f.

.• VIENNA, Dr.c. 98.—Prince Metternich arrived tare froni
Tropput on the 26th. The Emperor of Russia is expected on
the 30th.
" It is calculated that the King of Prussia could not bear

of the intended Journey of the Allied Monarchs to La).b3ch
till yesterday.
4i Prince Metternicb.Wiil set out for Laybach on the Ist of
January; the Emperor Francis on the 2ti., the Emperj
Alexander on the 3rd., and the-s Ministers of the different
Courts on the 4th. It is reported that all*t he Italian Courts,
will sen)plinisters to the corigres at Laybach.
," On New Year's•Vay, Lord Stews ,twill give a grand 13311
which'the twNltperurs, and all the Ministers will b'
'present.
" The proposed Congress' at Laybach has had the effect of
raising the funds for several days. •
" NAPLES, DECEMBER el.—Count Loofa, the Arnbassad°
at the Couit of London, was received most graciously
his Britannic Majesty on the 22d of last month, whets the
Count delivered to his Majesty the Letter of our Kings ar
nounciog his acceptance of the new Constitution. His Sri'
tannic Majesty made inquiries respecting the health of -ogl
King, the Prince Yiear-General, and other branches of lye
Royal Family, and renewed his assurances of friendship
wards thent.
" The Duke D. Nicolas Rignatelli has been appoiP4
Minister of Foreign Affairs, during the absence of the D+ll‘,6
del Gallo, who accorapanies the King to, the Congress °S
Laybach.".

We have at length the pleasure to see, whet
we have long expected arid ardently desired, that
a Meeting took place on Thursday last at the
City of London Tavern, consisting of a large
body of the most opulent and respectable cha-
racters which the City of London, the genera
Emporium of the Globe, contains. They asses'
-bled for the important, the essential, purpOse of
supporting our glorious Constitution, comprehend'
ing and combining whatever can secure the happy
tress of man. on earth, and his hopes of future'
felicity, in the most solid of political systems,ana
the purest of religions. Such a meeting, and the
sentiments which their Declaration expresses,
must be highly gratifying to all wise, honest,
and' loyal men throughout the British Empire'
It cannot but act powerfully in impressing upoll
all well- disposed subjects the necessity c'‘
rallying round the Throne and the Altar, to re'
sist the rebellions and blasphemous enemies of.
human happinessras well as of the welfare of the',
British Empire. The factious prints hold forth:
the menace of a counter meeting, to bring forward
a Declaration of a different description,but we are
persuaded that no other body of men equally re-
spectable with those who composed the meetirig°‘
Thursdfty last, can be found in the City of Loa
don, with different sentiments ; and that whatever
other meeting may obtrude themselves in opposi"
tion to that will most probably consist of seal'
tious Scribblers, Itinerant Orators, and the hack's
neyed Brawlers of a desperate faction.

We-stated'on WedneSday, that the great botif
of: the respectable Inhabitants of Lichfield,:
anxious to avert the disgrace of that town, ha',
in a most spirited and patriotic manner proieste't
against the offensive proceedings of a Meeting g
up, by two or three discontented individuals, an
signed, at their solicitation, by several illiterate
paupers, in perfeCt ignorance of the-contents 01'(
the papers to which their marks; or signature's'
were respectively affixed.We stigmatized th
Resolutions of that Assembly on Jan. 4th, ig
containing an abgract of the principles broached
at all the Radical' Meetings throughout the
Country, concocted by a " muddled head."---111'
.the hurry of the Press " convicted" was uscti'
for " concocted."

'TIDE QUEEN.-L-TIIC following notice relative' • •
to the next presentation of Addresses has been issued by h'
MAJESTY'S Vice-Chamberlain :
" I have received the Queen's commands to state that ber.
Majesty will receive on the 2-2 d inst. those Addresses v,4i4w
were appointed fur presentation on the lfith.
" It. KEPI'EL. CRAVEN,
" Brandenhurgh House, Jan. 12. Vice Chamberlain.'''
ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION.—At the close of the
third Day's Poll (Jan. 11), the numbers were'
Fur Sir Henry Wright Wilson lBO
John Easthupe, Esq
Charles Ross, Esq.
An article from Vienna, dated, the 28th of ,
December, states, that Lord STEW:ART was to'
give a grand fete and ball on New Year's Days ,
at which the two Emperors and all the Mini' v
sters were expected to be present. •
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. will 01'1
tertain a distinguished party on Thursday nex4
at his house in Downing-street.
Dr. ANDERSON'S house is -now fitting up (o.l*
the
.Duchess of KENT, and her Royal llighneis
is shortly expected to take up her residence in it.
It is near Claremont.
Mr. GREEN, after being eleCted Recorder ot.
Dublin, invited the whole Corporation of that
City, and the 10 'successful Candidates, to 24.
sumptuous maertainment,

On New Year's Day, at the desire-of Ladd
Viscountess DUNCAN, twenty bolls of good oat"
meal were distributed among 50 pour families 9f
Lache-e, N. B. in proportions corresponding to the
number and wants of each. The objects of th►s
seasonable benevolence' were chiefly. old men and
widows ; and the gift was enhanced in value 11
her Ladyship herself overseeing the distributions
at the farm-steading of Mr. TILT, the factor.
The London Grand Jury yesterday found A
true'bill against William Gedge, for publishing
a libel hsgaiust ThOnias Gorton ; they also found
a true' bill, for .ft nuisance, against the London
Gas AV ks, in ndisei:street referred by the

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inhabitants. ,
It is a singular f4t;lhat on- Wedvsday, last
one of the Filmouth'`waggcins Trotn,l.4)4pdon over-
took the mail coach, which could not proceed
from the depth of the stunv, and.chp,bw,,Tu.a,rd?
and .passengers were stkken on 19. 13 oclipi!t,h ;_tV
waggon. ,

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The Aid sloop of war, Captain W. 11. SMYTH,
:S arrived at Deptford from the Mediterranean,
having completed a very extensive survey of the
Adriatic,
the lonian Islands, the North Coast
()1 Africa, and other places in that sea. Of such
alPartance did the Austrian Government consider
• a klinwledge of the shores of the Adriatic, that
4 il)Plication was made to this country for several of
leir Officers to be employed under Captain
s
"Tn's directions, which was complied with,
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'arid le y returned to Vienna,with the result of
liheir labours. Captain SMYTII, during the time
e was employed in surveying the Northern
(l
'Gast of Africa, had many interviews with his
li'ghaess the Bey of TRIPOLI. At one of those
audiences NIAMELUKE ltEis, the 13ey of Fezzan,
was present, and stated, that on his return from
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engagement he had, to the southward of Mour-
-2°llk) he fell in with a ruined City, heaped with
the remains of large edifices, and filled with
I'l°l a number of statues, as to have all the
aPPearanCe of an inhabited place. The curi-
-134tY•01 Captain SMYTH induced him to prevail
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the BEY to allow °Nils visiting the spot, which.
Highness obligingly permitted, and directed a
Party of Janizaries to accompany him. In Fe-
brilarY, 1817, Captain SMYTIL accordingly took
i
departure from Tripoli, and in three days
reached Benuleat, where he learnt, that at
q.iiirza he • would find plenty of figures of
ulen, women, and children, intermixed with
eareels, tigers, horses, dogs, &c. &c. all in
st'ne, to which they had been changed by Di-
Vnle Providence as a punishment for their
In a few days Captain SMYTH and
his party arrived at Zemzem, after having
passed a dreary and mountainous country ; but
Instead of finding- the wonders that had been
slated, and which were fully thought to exist,
bathing but a few ill-constructed houses on
the break of a rocky hill could be discovered,
and at a small distance a number of tombs, con-
structed
in bad taste, with ill proportioned co-
lumns and clumsy capitals, the frieze and entabla-
tures of Which were loaded with absurd repre-
leutatinns of warriors, husbandmen, camels, &c.,
f
°4l.ling the very Av:irst attempt at sculpture.
"Le chagrin of a scientific mind at such a disap-
ttlilltrnent may be easily conceived, and Captain
Ntrr,
hastened his return to Tripoli. During
J°llrney he learnt from Mameluke REIS the
lust
certain information of the death of Mr. F.
°"Eltaar, a Gentleman employed by the Afri-
ear,
lbAssociation for prosecuting Discoveries in
e Interior of that Country, and of whom they
ad received no account for upwards of 17 years.
t another audience Captain SMYTII had with the
Cy, his Highness gave him permission to examine
the
ruins ,at. ancient Laptis, where he suc-
teea_
"ed in removing and sending to the British
useurn many valuable fragments of antiquity,
acme fine porphyritic columns, many of very
frige dimensions, and beautiful marble parts of
tiezes, and fragments of statues. In consequence
14. long conference which Captain SMYTII had
int
o vs
t,
ge Bey on the practicability of proceeding
Ntlit'e Interior of Africa from Tripoli, the ex-
ile under the late Mr. RITCHIE, in which
stlis"orks
accompanied by Captain LYON, dis-
t('
Itiikb as true Mussulmen, was undertaken,
eal 42 like all the rest that have been attempt-
reach its destination, through the
sa
eat 411 d privations invariably attendant on
tea "'Prizes, bat which served to add to the
Rraph..
*caw. 'cal knowledge of that quarter of the
terms Captain SMYTH speaks in the highest
wlithtr the affability of the Bey of TRIPOLI,
• 1111014 Itttention he received from his Highness,
Cagvwas permitted to visit at all hours. He
brltie:l4llnently in the Italian language, and
"ail is ds
Coh English, but seldom converses in it.
111411AL4off represented as far more orderly
ne other Barbary Powers.