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LANC.IIIIRE:.-LEIGHITON HALL.

To be LET, FURNISHED, fora TERM of YEARS,
And may be entered upon at the usual times in the ensiling
Spring, with One Hundred Acres, more or less, of excellent
Arable, Meadow, and Pasture and,
ALL that Modern,i Spacious, and Convenient
Mansion-House, called LEIGHTON HALL, at pre-
sent in the occupation of S. Powell, Esquire; containing a
Breakfast-room and Library; Drawing-room, Dining-room of
large dimensions on.the ground flow ; and six good Lodging-rooms
on the first floor : the House also contains commodious Servants'
lodging-rooms, Servante-hall, Kitchens, Pantries, Brewhouse,
Dairy, and excellent Cellars: attached to the House is a hand-
some Billiard-room, Coach•house, two Stables, and many other
desirable Ofikes; also an extensive and productive Garden and
Orchard, brick walled, well stocked with Fruit Trees of high
bearing, and a Hot-house with choice Vines. Also a large and
convenient Farm House, with Barns, Stable, Shippon, and
other commodious Farming Buildings, contiguous to the Dwil•
ling-house.

the Lawn and Pleasure-grounds are disposed in an elegant
and modern stile; the Plantations are thriving, and several parts
of the Estate command picturesque scenery, scarcely equalled
in the North of England. The [louse stands about one mile
from the Sea, nine from Lancaster, twelve from Kendal, fire
from ,Nlilnthorpe,and two from Burton, all good Market Towns ;
plenty of Coal may be had near; and the Estate, with the
Farms thereto adjoining and belonging, are situated in a sporting
country. The [louse is fated lip with fashionable an;. valuable
Furn4ure, and is a most comfortable and desirable Residence
for a numerous and genteel Family.
The I'remises may be viewed by applying to Messrs.Worswick
,and Co. Lancaster, of whom, or of Messrs. Wilson and klig.
gin, Solicitors, Lancaster, further particulars may be known.

NO Medicine has maintained so extensive and
durable a reputation as Dr. SOLOMON', CORDIAL
DA LAI OF G ILEA D, which is now statedly resorted to by
invalids for relief in those debilities of the Nervous System that
constitute a large portion of the complaints of the studious, the
fashionable, and Ike dissipated. It has a surprising power in
controuling disordered sensibility, and inspiring new vigour into
the languid powers of life. In affections of the bead, palpita-
tions of the heart, flatulence, loss of appetite and strength, and
disordered digestion, this remedy will be found to possess the
most salutary efficacy.
It is Suld by Mr. Johnston, 68, Conthill; Mr. Sanger (late
Bacon and Co.) 150, Oxford-street, opposite New Mond-street;
and all Medicine Venders, in bottles, at Ils. and 535. each.

Of whom may be had, price 4s. that scarce, Interesting, and
useful Family Work, entitled,

A OVIDIC tO IIZAI41111; or, Arsvica to both lianas, hi a variety
of Cus►rt.atttrs By S. Solomon, M.D. containing a Treatise on
Female Diseases, Nervous and Hypochondriac Complaints; also
Genetal Remarks on those Diseases with which the Human
Body is most frequently afflicted; explaining the symptoms,
Intxte of treatment, and remedies most properly adapted for
Sexual Debility, &e. site.

WOOD'S LAXATIVE PI LLS,• WITHOUT ALOES,
MERCURY, OR ANTIMONY.
FIE Medicines advcrti•ed for the relief of Bilious
1 and other complaints of the 13ovsuls, are so numerous, that
the Proprietor of these Pills would not submit them to the notice
of the Public, did be not believe them' o be c.ssentially difi.rent
in their composition from those generally sold. Most, if not Al
the advertised A:ierient Pills have At.ois for their basis, and to
has been clearly ascertained that in many instances the use of
Aloes is highly injurious; they almost invariably aggravate every
case of Piles, and are frequently the principal means of inducing
that painful complaint. Other public Medicines, it is to be feared,
contain preparations of leactiiir or Auxtuoter, which, thou
Invaluable in the bands of the Physician, are altogether inad-
missible in a Medicine designed for family use. The Pills now
recommended to die Public are entirely free from those objec-
tionable articles; they are carefully prepared with firer et the
very best qual ty ; and although by no means offered as a Sped, ss
fur the elite of decry disease, they.will, it is presumed, be found
an excellent ArItRIENT VA MALY ItEDICINZ In Habitual Costive-
ness,Occadional Obstructions of the Bowels, Bilious Complaints,
I lead-Aches accompanied witk Nausea or Sickness, and air
eters arising from an overloaded state of the Stomach and
tary Canal, they will prove decidedly beneficial. They require
eoutinement, and possess this peculiar and important advai.
that the bowels are not left in a cotdined state by their
They may be used by Adults and Children, and hi every
of Pregnauey.
Prepay -d and sold, wholesale and *tail, by JAatEseottgs
Druggist, 32, Iligh-street, Bristol. Sold also, by hit appouum",,to
by Mr. ltdviards, 681 k. Paul's Clierchlards. 42dos ; ar
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THANKS-et:them:H.AtOka !VT HOUSEHOLD.
ERS of READIP.G to J. FIUME, Esfy.

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ti compliance with a Requisition presented to
HRNRY DIANE, Esq. Mayor of Reading, a Meeting
of the Inhabitant Householders of that Borough was
convened, on Monday. last, at the Guildhall, for the
purpose at considering of " The propriety of expres-
sing their gratitude of Joseph Hume, Esq. for his con-
stant and unwearied exertions in Parliament, and,
more especially, for his most laborious and minute
detail and demonstration of the wasteful extravagance
• exercised in various branches of the national expen-
diture, and of the corrupting influence thence arising;
and for his cretinous and indefatigable endeavours
to promote economy, retrenchment; and reform."
At twelve o'clock the ightott entered the Hall,
• and was received with the 'most cordial applause.—
lle immediately proceeded to open the business of the
day by stating, that he had desired the attendance of
the Inhabitant Householders on this occasion, in
consequence of having received a Requisition, most
-numerously and respectably signed, calling on him
to convene a Meeting, for the purpose of consideting
the propriety of expressing their gratitude to Joseult
Ilume, Esq. for his conduct in Parliament, and fOr
other purposes therein stated. But, the more fully
to explain the object for which they were assembled,
he would call on the Town-clerk to read the Requisi-.
tion at length. The Requisition having been read,
The MAYOR stated, that it then devolved on the
Meeting to appoint a Chairman—(Loud cries of,
.1! the Mayor, the Mayor)."
Being thus elected to preside over the business of
the day, the MAYOR shortly addressed the Meeting. He
wished (he said) that they had nominated a more able
and experienced person to fill the important situation'
of Chairman. But, having raised him to that ho-
:tour, he would endeavour to discharge the duties
which it imposed on him, without the slightest de-
gree of •partiality—( Apple use. J—ln so numerous a
Meeting, it was natural to expect that sonic difference
of opinion would arise; and, therefore, he earnestly
requested that every person might be heard peace-
ably, attentively, and without interruption—(Ap-
pinan.J—Such conduct would add much to the cre-
dit of the Meeting, and would also save a consider-
able portion of tine. He would take care that the
several Resolutions sh..uld be put separately and dis-
tinCtly. It %mild be his duty to decide whether they
were agreed to or not; and this he would do, ac-
cording to the circumstances, unequivocally, and to
the best of his judgment—( Alpplesuse).—lt was un-
necessary for him to trescass on them farther. He
would, therefore, take the liberty of calling upon some
Gcntlenian to come forward with a proposition to
the Meeting.
Hes ItY MARSH, Esq. then presented himself to the
Meeting, and, in a speech of considerable length,
noticed the distressed state of the country, owing to

excessive taxation. In alluding to Mr. Hume, whom
they were that day met to thank, he said there were
many individuals of great ability in the House of
Commons—they could make eloquent speeches, and
declaim, w ith much effect, against taxation ; but there
were very few who could enter into the detail of ac-
counts, and anatomise the public expenditure, as Mr.
Hume hnd dime--(Applatise).—He had laid base the
nerves and sinews of corrupt on, and shewed how they
were nut tured by the pubic purse. He was a man
to whom labour seemed to be a pastime, and in whom
perseverance was nature—(Applause).—He had done
more to expose the present esti avaeant system, than
any o.her individual in the House ofe Commons. He
was not admitted, like the hero Hercules, to enter the
Augean stable for the purpose of cleansing it—he was
obliged to look through the crevices and holes tor the
purpose of describing its filth ; and, havisi done so,
he called on the Public to ,et about purifs ing it
Mr. Hume threw a new light on this system f so-
cial order." Ministers, when they introduced the
topic, bad always connected it with the ne.essity of
',waning the .Government ; but Mr. Hume had
shewn that the phrase had another meaning, and that
many of those who used it meant, " that it was neces-
sary to be supported by the Government."—(Ap-
plause).—He and a few others had done a great deal
for the country. Mr. Marsh concluded by Moving a
series of Resolutions; the first two, thanking Mr.
Hume for his active exertions in investigating the na-
tional expenditure, and entreating him to persevere
in his honourable course; the other Resolutions were
respecting the excessive taxation of the country,
causing national distress, which could only be re-
lieved by the adoptiou of a severe system of retrench.
ment and reform in every branch and department,
commencing, as justice demanded, with the most ex•
tensive and costly establishments.
After these Resolutions had been put and carried
unanimously, and thanks had been moved to C. F.
Palms:a and J. B. MoNce, Esqrs. the Representatives
of the &Lough, for the steady support they had given
to Mr. Hume,
Mr. FYSCHE PALMER stood forward, and was re-
ceived with long-continued plaudits. He said the
Resolution which the Meeting had just been pleased
to pass, was extemely flattering to his feelings, be-
cause it expressed their approbation of his public con-
duct; and nothing could be more satisfactory or more
complimentary to any man, since it did not proceed
from blind pat tiality to the individual, nor was it a'
husfiage paid to one in power, whose authnrity might
be supposed to influence their conduct—(Applause).
was not granted as a reward for venal votes in the
support of corrupt and wicked measures, but was
confessed as an acknowledgment for the faithful dis-
charge of that trust which his constituents had re-
posed in his hands. He was the more flattered, be-
CAWe it proceeded from a Public Meeting, held un-
der the protection of the Mayor of that ancient town,
and was carried with such cordial unanimity, as ren-
dered the compliment doubly valuable. It could not
fail to make a strong impression on his mind, and
it certainly would stimulate him to exert all the ener-
gies :le possessed in supporting the tights of diese who
viewed his past conduct in so favourable a light.—_
Ile begged leave to say, that having done no mere
than his duty, in watching over, with his best ability,
the interests of those who had sent him to Parlia-
anent, the compliment they had paid him was quite
unexpected on his part. But though the compliment
was unexpected by him, the votes he had given could
.I,ot be unexpected by his Constituents; because he
had, during a canvass of a year and a half, before,
tne election wok place, given his opinion on almost

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every subject that had sincelseen bteught forward in
Parliament. Therefore, whenever any particular
.question was introduced, them was not an Elector in
the town who could not judge of the vote he meant
to give. It was on this principle that he had been a
steady advocate for frequent Elections, because it
brought the Representative and the Voters together;
the latter, if necessary, to question, and the former
to answer for what he had done. The Honourable
Member noticed the services of Mr. Hume ; services
which had been acknowledged by Ministers, who
had complimented him on his exertions, but he was
sorry so say he never SAW their votes attending on
their compliment. That good was likely to be ef-
fected by Mr. Hume's exertions, he had no doubt;
but it could not depend on him individually. He
must have the warm and zealous co-operation of the
people. He must be strenuously supported ; and if
not supported by Public Meetings, he knew not from
what quarter he was to derive support—( Applause.)
Beaten as they had been by large majorities, what
was to console Mr. Hume and those who had fought
by his side hut the eipressed and avowed sentiments
of the people?
Mr. MONCK entered more at length into an exa-
mination of the Parliamentary conduct of Mr. Hume.
It was certainly necessary (he said) to have been pre-
sent, and to have witnessed, as he and his Hon. col-
league daily and nightly had done, the efforts of Mr.
Hume, his unceasing perseverance, and his minute,
his extraordinary accuracy, in order fully to appre-
ciate his labours—( Applause) all knew that,
at one period, when the annual estimates were pre-
sented to Parliament, it was customary to have what
as called •• a grand field day"—one side of the
House to make a general attack, and the other to
make a defence as general; after which, the matter
remained unnoticed during the rest of the Session—
(A laugh). —But Mr. 1-lume acted very differently.
Instead of dealing useless blows in the air, at random,
he came to close quarters, and grappled with his ad-
versary. Instead of making general, and therefore
unavailing statements, he overhauled the estimates,
night after night, with the accuracy of an accountant,
but with the enlarged views and temper of a statesman.
It was in this manner he contrived to bring to light
many odious jobs and abuses—thus it was that he
dragged into day, the wanton, woful, and wasteful
extravagance of Ministers. He pointed out various
instances of shameful corruption, particularly in
Queenborough. He made manifest the lavish ex-
penditure ot the public money, for that worst of pur-
poses, the corruption of the People ; and he proved
that the national treasure was expended in buying
those who ought to be the guardians of the national
rights and liberties, and who were most emphatically
denominated the guardians of the national purse. It
was clear from his statements, that appointments of
considerable magnitude were converted into mere
jobs, for the purpose of bribing those, who, if they
acted rightly, would be the constitutional watch-dogs
of the State —(Applause). Though all this was de-
monstrated by Mr. Hume, yet he made no converts
—in no one instance was he found in a majority—he
was not able to reduce the estimates a single shilling.
But the House of Commons, with extraordinary in-
consi teney, after having refused to sanction's single
motion for retrenchment in detail, suddenly voted for
economy in a wholesale way. Yes, they voted that
memorable Address calling on his Majesty to direct
his Ministers to revi e the whole expenditure of the
country, particularly in the military department.—
dhe Honourable Member next alluded to the state
of Agricultural distress, which could only be relieved
by a must material reduction of the taxes. If such a
reduction were made, a double benefit would accrue
1. om it—the country would not only be relieved to
the amount of the sum deducted, but it would render
a less quantity of gold necessary for the public set.-
vice, and thus the remaining taxes would bear more
lightly on the community. With respect to another
remedy which had been scouted in these Resolutions,
the introduction of a new Corn Bill, he could scarcely
speak of it with patien:e, it was such a monstrous
absurdity. Surely that man must be neatly mad who
could argue that, to make bread dear was the proper
way to extricate this country hum her difficulties—
(Applause).—Let the Landlords and Proprietors,
instead of stipulating for that which was odious and
contemptible, stand forward and make common cause
with the People. Then, and only then could they
obtain, and then, and only then would they deserve,
success—(Cheering).
The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the
MAYOR, and the Assembly dispersed.

CORN IMPARTS.—From the Ist of October, 1820,1
to the Ist of January, 1821, there were imported
into London 81,880 quarters of British Wheat, and
107.39 sacks of flour; and which is nearly the ave-
rage of the same quarter during the last 12 years ;1
but from the Ist of October, 1821, to the Ist of Ja-
nuary, 1822, the quantity of British wheat imported
into London amounts to 150,694 quarters; and of
flour 128,206 sacks.

By the Indefatigable, which ar ived at Liverpool
on Ftiday, we have received letters from Bahia, dated
the 6th of November, which state, that an insurrec-.
tion occurred there on the 3d, among the native Bt a-
ziltan tioops,with the design of removing three Mem-
, uers of the Provisional Junta, who were suspected of
selling Commissions in the Militia. The Portuguese
soldiery, however, among whom was the Lusitanian
Legion, took part with the Government, which so
overawed the malcontents, that they suffered three
or four of their leaders to be apprehended and sent
on board the Don Pedro Portuguese frigate, then in
the harbour, in order to be conveyed to Lisbon, to be
placed at the disposal of the Cortes. The Insurgent
troops afterwards succeeded, by stratagem, in gain-
ing possession of two of the fortresses of Bahia,
which they occupied, and again held out defiance to
the Junta. Their position was a strong one, but as
they were only provisioned for a few days, and had
no supply of ammunition, they were expected in a
very short time to surrender at discretion. It was
noticed, that chain the commotion the inhabitants
of Bahia in general took so little interest in the trans
action, that after the ringleaders were arrested, and
about to be conveyed on board the frigate, they ap-
plied to the Commanding Officer for a guard to pro-
tect them against the fury of that populace whose
rights they professed to, advocate, but who, so far
from supporting them, tumultuously demanded that
they should be put to death. •

'l HE EVEN ING STA 11.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1822.
STOCK EXCHANGE-ONE O'CLOCK:
The Market opened this morning at 77%. The
business chiefly doing is in small sales; the leading
Brokers being engaged with their Account. The Ac-
count is' reported to be a heavy Bull Account.—Con-
sols continue steady, at the above price.
Bank Stock 2371/2-3 per Cent. Red. 76% 77
3 per Cent. Cons. 7614 3/a 34 ex. div.
VA per Cent. 88-4 per Cent 963/x
5 per Cent. Navy 1081/3 108 10814 ex. div.
Bank Long Annuities 19 7-16 14
India Stock 2351/4—South Sea Cock 851/8
per Cent. 1751, 76—Etch. Bills £lOOO, 4s. ss. pr.
Cons. for Account 77% 34 3/4.

Our Readers are aware that Ministers have, for
some time, been investigating all the Government
Offices, with a view to ascertain not only what re-
ductions could be effected in them, but also whether
some curtailment might not be made in the salaries
of such persons as it might still be necessary to retain.
One of the first measures contemplated by Ministers
was the dismissal of a large number of Clerks, and
a considerable reduction in the salaries of those still
employed. A Treasury Minute to this effect was
issued in August last, which, if it had been carried
into full effect, would have borne very heavy on those
who hold subordinate offices under Government. We
are happy, however, to find, that on more mature
consideration, these regulations have been much mo-
dified, as will appear from the new Treasury Minute,
which we insert in another part of this day's Paper.
From this document we find that every person em-
ployed in a Government Office is to be subjected to
an abatement of 5 per Cent. on his Salary; but per-
sons at or under £lOO a year, only to 2i per Cent.—
Those payments are to provide in part fur their fu-
ture Retired Allowances.

Such as hold offices, the salary of which is consi-
dered higher than necessary, retain those offices at
their present salary until removed by promotion or
otherwise, and in the meantime suffer a further as•
sessment of 10 per cent. on so much of the salary as
exceeds what any such office is to confer in future.
If the parties die in actual service, the money which
had thus been stopped for the expense of their retire-
ment is to be refunded to their surviving relatives.
And, as many dismissals must take place, such
persons as have served more than twenty years are to
receive the usual superannuation. Those who have
served between ten and twenty years, are to receive
pensions of half their present salaries; and those who
have served between five and ten years, pensions of
one-third their salaries, until they can be again em-
ployed in future vacancies. Finally, the young men
who have served less than five years, are to receive a
gratuity of one year's pay.
Such are the retrenchments contemplated by Mi•
nisters ; they are not, however, such as will either
satisfy the country or alleviate to any extent the pub-
lic burden. It is not by dismissing a dozen or two
of subordinate clerks or reducing the salaries of such
as have barely the means of living, that the public
expenditure is to be lessened, but by a rigid economy
in every department of the State, and particularly in
such offices as have large emoluments attached to
them. It will be in vain for Ministers to enumerate
the trivial savings they have effected by paring down
the salaries of junior clerks, while they are enjoying
lucrative offices of from two to ten thousand pounds
a-year, undiminished.

New York Papers to the 22d of December, and
Boston to the 24th, arrived this morning.

FROM THE NEW YORK GAZETTE OF DECEMBER 21.

LATEST FROM THE SPANISH MAIN.—The fast-
sailing ship Hippomene, arrived last evening from
Curacoa, whence she sailed on the 6th inst. By this
arrival we have accounts from Porto Cavello to 23d
ult. which represent the affairs of that place as in a
wretched condition. The Royalists were unable to
obtain any fresh provisions from the interior. The
destruction of the outer fortifications had afforded
them materials for fortifying the inner. All the pri-
vateers had been hauled up in consequence of a re-
port that an American and English squadron had ar-
rived at St. llomas's, in pursuit of picaroons. The
American schooner Union, and the English cutter
Ardent, had been captured, sent into Porto Cavello
and condemned, and the crews treated in a most
shameful manner. The British frigate Falmouth had
been off the harbour, and demanded all the English
property which had been captured by privateers ; the
demand was not complied with, and she sailed for
Jamaica to obtain a competent force to compel them
to restore such property. A French brig, of 16 guns,
had put into Porto Cavello, with a schooner under
convoy. The Authorities ordered the schooner to be
taken possession of, but the Commander put thirty or
forty men on board of her, which induced the Go.
vernment to suffer him to depart without molestation.
The expedition which had appeared off Laguira, re-
turned to Porto Cavello on the 22d ult. with the loss
of four killed and six wounded, having been into a
small Patriot port, six leagues from Porto Cavello,
and plundered the inhabitants of evelything. The
frigate and brig were stripped and hauled up. An.
expedition, of 409 strohg, under Colonel Garcia, had

marched far Caraccas, but on arriving at Valend;
they found the Patriots so strong th they made a
precipitate retreat. In consequence Of the nail
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piracies on the Dutch flag by vessels fitted out at
Porto Cavell°, the Governor of Cur acoa had wrinca
Ito Surinam for an additional naval Torte. Ten Dutch
vessels bad been captured by Spanish privateers.
Accounts from Buenos Ayres state, that tie pa.
triot General Artigas was a priAmer there; thine
place was very unsettled, and that they had Lai
three different Governors in a month.

Captain Wheeler arrived yesterday. in 16 tics
from Port-au-Prince. News had arrived th,t the
Spanish part of the Island of St. Domingo had been
taken by the Patriots with little opposition.

In the Republic of Columbia the following corn.
metcial regulations have been adopted:

IMPORT CUTICL
On Bar Iron, Tin Plates, Copper ditto, Paper,
Rigging, Tar, Pitch, Cables, Cordage, Anchors, 15 per cu.,.

On all Cotton, Woollen, Linen, Ilempen, and Worsted
171 per cent.

On Hats, Wax, Wine, Vinegar, Oil, Gold and Silver NV.,t,t,,,
Saddles, Stc. 20 per cent.
On Silks, Jewels and precious Stones, Handkerchiefs, Art
dal Flowers, Looking-glasses, Spices, Olives, Sc. 20 per c •at.
On Shoes and Duets, Household Furniture, ready.tc,4,
Clothes, 25 per cent.

All other sorts of merchandise, goods, and ccol.
mercial effects, which are not expressly (crve.
hended in the preceding Articles, shall pay a du:y
of 20 per cent.

On the 14th November, the General Congress of
Columbia passed votes of thanks, separately, to
Holland, the Abbe de Pradt, Mr. Speaker Cai,
Colonel Duane ; and to James Marryatt,
Sir Robert Wilson, Members of the British
of Commons.