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BANKRUI"I'S.
William Henry Pyne, Queen-square, Westminiter, bookseller,
to surrender Feliruary 19, 2%, and March 16, at one, at the
Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. At-
torney, Mr. Van Sandal), Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street.
William Grainger Jackson ar.d William Hardley, Great Surrey.
street, linen-drapers, February 9, 16, and Alarch 16, at tstelve,
•at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts; Basinghall-street.
Attorney, Mr. Jones, Size-lane.
Charlie Newman, late of Brighton, inventor of improved coach-
lamps, February 5, 12, and March 16, at twelve, at the Court
of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall.street. Attorney,
Mr. Bennett, Tokealtouse-yard.
George Dicker, Dawlish, Devon, builder, February 20, 21,
and March 16, at 'Loren, at the Subscription Rooms, Ezt-ter.
Attornies, Mr. IL Brutton, Old Broad-street; or Mr. C.
Brutton, Castle-street, Exeter.
William Kellaway Coiling, late of Liverpool, picture-dealer,
February 27, 28, and March 16, at eleven, at the Moe of
Mr. Mawddey, Lord-street, Liverpool. Anomie., Mr.
Mawdsky, Doran's-lane, Lord street, Liverpool; or Mr.
Wheeler, Castle-street, Holborn.
Richard Chinnock, From Selwood, Somerset, builder, February
18, 19, and March 16, at twelve, at the Red Lion Inn,
Woolverton. Attornies, Mr. Jeyes, Chancery-lane; or Mr.
Seymour, Frame.
Thomas Jarvis, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, fellmonger, February
12, at three, 15, and March 16, at eleven, at the ing's Arms
Deddington. Attornies, Mr. Chilton, Chancery-lane;
or Messrs. Churchill and Field, Deddington, Oxfordshire.
Thomas Baker, Wolverhampton, mercer, February 15, at four,
16, and March 16, at. eleven, at the Whistan-Cross, Salop.
Attornies, Mr. Wood, Wolverhampton ; or Messrs. Willians
and White, Old-buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
Thomas Prowse, Axbridge, Sontersetshire, surgeon, February
14, 15, and Alarch 16, at one, at the Commercial Rooms,
Bristol. Attornies, Mr. Edmunds, Exchequer OMee of Pleas,
Lincoln's Inn; or Mr. Ruud!, Bristol.
Joseph Hill, Regent-street, tailor, February 5, 12, and March
16, at twelve, at the Cdurt of ommissioners of Bankrupts,
Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Rice, Jermyn-street.
Michael Gill, late of Skiptnn, Yorkshire, haberdasher, February
12, 16, and March 16, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners
of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attornies, Meters. Post/Lail
and Fairthorne, Old Jewry.
John Alderson, Liverpool, oil-merchant, February 13, 14, and
March 16, at one, at the George Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool.
Attornies, Messrs. Orred and Co. Liverpool; or Messrs. Lowe
and Bower, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-la:ie.
Richard Jabet, Birmingham, printer, February 21, 22, and
March 16, at eleven, at the Woolpack Inn, Birmingham.-
Attornies, Alessrs..s,eytick and Broderip, ted Lion-square;
or Mr. Short, Solihull.

Ann Roper, Gosport, brewer, February 18, at one, 23, and
March 16, at twelve, at the Star Inn, Gosport. At:ornles,
Mr. Hewson, Gosport ; or Mr. Dyne, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
James Bramwell, Leadenball.street, hatter, February 5, 16,
and March 16, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners of
Bankrupts, 11 eiinghall-street. Attornies, Shelton and
Clark, Old Bailey.
DIV I DRN DS to be made in BASING Il A LL-STREET.
March 9. W. Hailstone, Nlildenhall, Suffolk, grocer, at ten.
Feb. 26, D. Thomas, Loudon-street, Greenvisieb,• chinaman,
at ten. Feb. 9, J. Hooper, Tooley-inset, chemist, at one.—
Feb. 23, J. Welton, W. James, and T. Payne, jun. Wood-
street, ribbon•manufacturers, at teg. Feb. 5, G. M. Thtutk,
New-street-square, Fetter-lane, wine-merchant, at twelve.—
Feb. 23, J. Bysh, Paternoss.r-row, bookseller, at twelve. Feb.
23, S. and 11. S. Crane, Stratford, merchants, at twelve. Feb.
26, J. South, Fulham, plumber, at ten. Match 2, J. Slater
,larks-street, Blillbank-streer, brewer, at ten. Feb. 23, S. 'll
Thompson, Cannon-street, boot-maker, at twelve. Feb. 23
T. Krr, late of the Strand, boot.tnaker, at one. Feb. 25, 31'
Essex, IVuod-street, Cheapside silk-manufacturer, at one. Feb.
t:3, J. 1). Rayner, late of Broad-stmt,triast-maker
at eleven. Feb. 23, J. flame, Bath, cabinet-maker, at twelve'.

DIVIDENDS to he made in the COUNTRY.

Feb. 25, R. Massey, late of Eccleston, Lancashire, watch-
maker, at eleven, at the York Hotel, Liverpool. March 1, J.
Edwards, late of Warminster, coal-merchant, at eleven, at the
Angel Inn, Warminater. Feb. 26, W. Enfield and J. Browne,
Norwich, bombazeen-manufacturers' at four, at the Norfolk
Hotel, Norwich. March 4, J. Hackett, Breedon-on-the-Hill,
Leicestershire, lime-dealer, at eleven, at the Queen's Head Inn,
Ashby-de-la-Zonch. March 4, W. Handley, &eaten-en-1e-
Field, Derbyshire, miller, at eleven, at the Queen's Head Inn,
Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Feb. 25. W. Bell, late of Horncastle, Liz-
colnshire, at one, at the Bull Inn, Ilorncastle. Feb. 27, T.
Finley, late of Whittle-Hills, Lancashiri-, cotton-manufac-
, turer, 'at three, at the Commercial Inn, Bolton-le- Moors. Feb.
27, W. Kemp, late of Bath, banker, at twelve, at the Com-
mercial Rooms, Bristol. Feb. 26, J. Gordon, l'Avrpord, mer-
e: ant, at one, at the George Inn, Dale-street, LiverpooL

CFAT I FICATES.—FblinuAmr 23.

8. Lapage, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, drystiter.
Chamberlin, Bristol, merchant. J. Bates, Bisbnp's-Stortford,
lierts, draper. T. and W. Fossett, late of llir.cing-lane, mer-
chants. T. Atkinson and J. Spark, Newcastle-uron-Tyne„ li-
nen-drapers. T. Ilolker, Manton-green, near Eccles, Lanca-
shire, manufacturer. M. Howley, late of Bear-street, Leices-
ter-square, dealer. • IL Tuck, Thrapston, Northamptonshire,
draper. J. M. Blocks*. late of the 3linories, bay-salesman.—
H. Wheatley, Coventry, silk-dyer. G. Lawrence, Evesham, -
womestershire. victualler. H. Coates, late of Bradfield, Es-
sex, farmer. C. F. Forster, Margate, coal-merchant.
DISSOLUTIONS OF PA IaNIi.RSHIPS. .
Price and Co. (as regards W. Tunley). Jstferies and Don
New Ranelagh-road, lead-refiners. Dawson and Rice, Regeut:
Onus, haberdashers. Heald and Pace, Chelmsford, molesters.
Pritchard and Co. bread-bakers. Pearse and Braunri, Esher,
linen-drapers. Fullford and Chambers, Birmingham, woollen-
drapers. Power and Hopkins, Queen-square, Westminster,
men-midwives. Glynn and Thomson, Busimin, bankers. G.
and J. Richards, Bridpcnt. Dorset, carpenters. Choat and
•Turner, High Holborn, trut:k-makers. Nap and Co. Bristol,
lirhographicio inters. Barrowelifie and Co. Bowery, Yorkshire,
timber-merchants. Forster and Warner, Lime-street, anomie*.
Mirka and PAckhanr, Thames-Dimur, carpeaters. Rogers
and Shaw, Nottingham, hosiers. lieugh and Milne, 1),,4n.
street, Subo, coach-builders. Lyon. and Jones, Little Holton
Lancashire, timber-dealers. Korersght and Co. Snepp awl
Prointer„;.Clieltenham,' wine-merchants. T. and IL Hitchcock,
I.aviniam, Suffolk, brewers. A. and T. S. Potter,
I ter. Itiptik.and Webster, libcflick johsrs.

Alanchrs-

DEVON

,UNTY MEETING.

Friday, a Meting, convened in pursuance of aI:
Requi,ition to the High Sheriff, was held in the Cas-
tle-yard, Exeter, very spacious hustings having been
greeted In, the purpose in front of the Sessions-house.
A considerable time before the appointed hour the i
extensive area began to fill with yeomanry. About
twelve the High Sheriff took his place on the hustings,
and " 4 soon j..ine by many of the leading person-
ages ul .he County : these did not take particular sides,
as is u u.O on party que.tions, but mixed indiicrinsi- '
. navel . Some tiom elapsed before the assembly was
red tic to order. The Sheriff waited tor the arrival
of Ln RoLt.a. When that Nobleman arrived, the
Sheriff b efly addressed the Meeting, and requested
that e‘ et v Gentleman ight have a patient hearing:
The Undet Sheriff then read the Requisition, and the
following letter Itsini his Grace the Duke of BEDFORD:
• " Woburn Abbey, January U.
" Six—l prrceive by the Exeter papers, that you have, in.
compliance with a Requisition, numerously and regrettably
signtd, convened a Nleeting of the county of Devon on Friday
• • the Ist of Fe.truary, 'to take into consideration the propriety of
petitioning Parliament on the present alarming state of the Agri-
- culture of the Country.'
" Had I been in Devonshire, I should have felt it to be my
duty to attend this Meeting, bat as it is impossible for me to be
there, I must apologize to you for my absence; and in doing
this, I cannot refrain from expressing shortly my view of the
momentous question about to be brought under the consideratiols
of the county of Devon. I have endeavoured to divest my mind
of all party feeling, as it is the duty of every man to do on such
.an,occasion ; and on the most deliberate and impartial review I
can Lite of the state of the country, l shall express freely the
conviction of my mind as to the causes of the difficulties under,
which we tabour.
" The accounts I receive of the universal distress under width
the extensive and once opulent county of Devon is maw suffer-
ing, ',deed melancholy ; and as the County is now about to
meet for she purpose of petitioning Parliament, it is incumbent
on us to endeavour to discover the real cause of that isistrs u,
and to find out an adequate remedy. The main cause is, in my
opinion, an oppressive and burdensome taxation, pressing hea-
vily on all the sources of our national industry, and paralyzing
all our sfforts to struggle again this overwhelming evil : the
--,e‘ty is equally obvious—a reduction of taxatis

remedy is equally 0.. _ __ -.......ei0n, retrenchment
by way of rider, a clause praying for a time! 10Tm.
of all useless expenditur., and a strict and rigid system of eco.
in the House of Commons.
nanny in every branch and department of the Government ;
and to this alone should our Petitions to Parliament be confined. Dr. McKee, though lassourine under severe indis-
Without going into the various causes that have been assigned position, felt it his duty, as a Briton, to attend do
fur the distress which now weighs so heavily on agriculture, or Meeting. A more momentous subject never afSelll -
the rem:dies which have been suggested, I cannot abstain from
caution:a% the country against that delusive mode of relief which bled them within those Castle walls. The agriclil-
Las been so much insisted upon---proteegiN; duties. This is a pro. turists of Great Britain, in the last Session of Parlia-
jeet so utterly inconsistent with sound policy, thatleannot but re- meat, under the direction of that simpleton Webbe
s that the more enlightened amongst our farmers are
joice to • .4: Hall, sent silly Petitions to the House of Commons,
daily upruing their eyes to the fallacy of it. The English farmer
must :ie enabled to maintain a competition with the foreign which were, as they ought to have been. sillily treated.
grower of corn by other means than forcing high prices. There A Committee was appointel It met, and spoke, and
is, moreover, something odious in the principle of levying a duty examined, and wrote. The Members of that Com-
m the Anal of man, and thus raising, by artificial means, the miller, like children at hide and seek, to use a Devon-
price ut such an article of the first necessity as bread corm shire phrase, were all burning; but not one of them
44 Taxation is the main cause that prevents tbe British culti-
vator from competing with the corn-grower can the Continent ; was lucky eaough to find the prize. They at length
and the ovenvhetiniog weight and pressure of taxation, which prescribed patience—as it , atience would discharge
affects nut only the farmer, but every class of the community, the rent of the landlord, satisfy the cravings of the
must b. removed. Agriculture is the principal source of a us- tax.gatherer, and maintain the poor. But to talk ef
co.'', wraith and prosperity ; and when that is crippled and de-
of the patience to the agricoltuitsts, when labouring under
presstd, the depression must extend through all parts
popul num. the weight of extreme distress—when they saw ruin
.. It would be entering into toe wide a field of discussion, to bieaking the hour-glass of' Time, and seizing its
exami.:e the various causes which have brought us into our pre- scythe to destroy their peace and property, was to
scut difficulties ; it will sin te to say, that we must look chiefly
to all impthvidem wate on our national resources ;to au extra. add insult to injury. Now was the time to speak
vacant .ipenditure of the public money ;to a lavish disregard out. To the political system of the Tio ies they oaed
of every princiele of economy, grown into a system, long pun. .hear).—
I most of their political wrongs—( •
sued by the Executive Govertunents and sanctioned by a coad- In defence of this maxim, he would that he could
inz louse of Comnions.
,pie with their sturdieNt champion this day. 11l
* One thing alone can serecu us against a recurrence of this glai
mighty ivil, and this is, a timely and salutary Reform of the lie. as he was, he would meet hi.n even w
iithout his ar-
p es. litltio; of the People La the Commons !louse of
Parlia-mom;
he would go forth to battle with a sling and a
•i, rt. I have long almost this, and every day's experience con- stone; and it he did not succeed against the Goliah
a !In me wore add more in the truth and soundness of the opinion. of
the Philistines, he would be content to be cursed
a at ,y I request that you will have the goodness to commu-
ricati th. eoutents of this letter to the Meeting on Fri ay nett. out of the pale of civil society. The landed interest
I have th.: h4riuur to be, Sir, your very faithful and obedw: t had been told by one of the political economists of
sorvant, "BEDFO II D.' the day, that the stockholders must nave their last
Sir John Davis. Bart. High Sheriff of the county of Devon." shilling to support public faith. It was quite neces-
Lail FORTESCUE came for tvarii. With all the care nary that they should not be deceived by those politi-
with which he bad investigated the subject, lie could cal economists. Mr. Malthus described the great GOD
not bring his own mind to a sati•factory conciusioo ;
of benevolence and wisdon—,he fountain of good-
and he trusted he might be allowed to add, without
ness, the .ounce of knowledge.as providing a table
o:Fence, that he did not come to this Meeting with
nests ; and those who could one
the expectation of deriving any cos.:elusive intorma.
lion. Ile was anxious to exclude all extraneous matter get to the table were to be starved. You have had
and all ieletence to party politics, this being a subject the theory of Mr. Malthus ; now for the practical
knowledge of the Pi inie Minister, Lord Live' pool. His
in which they were all sufferers in common—(Hear,
Lordship
!tear).— l he low prices, affecting every article of aga i-
rovisi provisions too abundant. Here are tells you that the table is.too large, and the
theory and prac-
tice produce, enhanced by a heavy taxation, was p
in opposition ; they do not, like Peace and Mercy,
the evil of which they had to complain ; for, that
kiss each other; but are like vinegar and oil in the
high taxation and low prices could not exist together
flame cruet—(Much laughter). Now, Gentlemen, for
was a truism which he should be ashamed to repeat the cause : that cause is was. An amiable Poet tells us,
before so respectable a Meeting, were it not forcibly
" War is a game, were subjects wise,
applicable to the business before them—(Hear,/rear). a Kings would not play at :"
Their ~bject. therefore, should be to petition Parlia- (Cries of" Question !") —I am glad that my oppo-
anent to relieve them from a part of that oppressive limits admit that there is force in my expressions :
taxation. He hoped no means would be used on the they touch those who ought to feel. They ought to
present occasion to delude the farmer into the expects- come before you in sackcloth and ashes, and i epent.
tion of deriving relief from an increased importation They have assisted in heaping upon you 800 millions
duty on corn; he was not prepared, however, to say of debt; they have nearly plunged into the gulf of
that it would not assist in the general end ; but no ruin, you, and your wives, and your little ones. In
possible regulation in the import duties would meet 179.2, the whole expense of governing did not amount
the evil in any material way. It was impossible, to eight millions; now it is about 27 millions. Re.
therefore, that the Meeting could decide on any other duce taxation as nearly as possible to the standard of
remedy than a relief from excessive taxation. Under 179'2, and you will again proper. 1 will tell you
this impression, and conceiving that a series of Ileso- how it may be fairly reduced. Direct your Repre-
lutions would be only a circuitous mode of arriving sentatives to give Ministers double the sum which
at the same result, he begged leave to propose the they had in 1792, for the expenses of Government,
Petition, which he would read to them: and no ii.ore, and you will save eleven millions.—
.. We desire humbly to Cali your attention to theovrrwhelm- Then one-third part of the most oppressive taxes may
ing distress which has spread itself over every desciiption Of per-
sons connected with the landed interest ; which, If not speedily be rea.osed : these taxes are injurious in effect, as
«r rested in its progress threatens to involve the whole comma- well as en. rmous in amount. They take from those
Mt): in one general ruin. who want, to give to those whir ought not to require.
aWe do not presume to point out to your wisdom the mum- The mode of taxation is unjust. Then, again, we hear
sures which may best conduce to our relief, but we venture to
express our opinion that it is not to be derived from any system much about poor-rates; but those as ho talk so loudly
of protecting or prohibitory duties, since the evils of which we about these rates, forget that when the poor-rates did
complain arise from causes wholly different from those to which not exceed two millions, the Excise amounted to no
such remedies can apply^
more than five millions, and has now
risen to 26.
.. Without entering upon any discussion of the causes which .
rhe productive classes pity 20 of these 26 millions,
have produced the low paces of every article a agricultural
produce, it remains only to adjust the means of the agriculturist and yet some grudge the six millions paid to the ve-
to the existing state of things, so as to enable him to bring the cessiteus brethren of these productive classes. Do
produce of his industry to market with a reasonable profit to you, then, require taxation to be 'educed to a fair
himself, and with consequent advantage to the country.
level?---(" les,we will !")—I am sorry the Petition
" We see no prospect of this object being effected, but by re.
lieving him from the burden of those taxes which bear most proposed by the Noble Lord does not contain all the
directly upon bins, and thus, in some degree,assimilating his con- requests which you ought to make. I second the
dition with the cultivators of the land in other countries, where pro,,osition made by the Hon. Mr. Fellowes, antionly 1
the fiscal demands of the Government lie less heavily upon them.
" So far from presuming to suggest what particular taxes regret that it extends no further. It seems i should
might come within this scheme, we freely allow that our local call his amendment a rider 1 We have had too many
hablts render us incompetent to take so comprehensive a view 1 riders in this country—the Clergy lave rude you •for
ut the general ituerests of the country; we therefore humbly . centuries—now the Lawyers ride you : but ifou
y
submit that subject to the wisdom of those whom the Conatito-
tion has vested with the legislation of the whole kingdom. take my advice, you %ill msike the seat uneasy to
.. 11.0/tug submitted to your consideration, the state of the ac- . both—(i.aughkr). The day of adversity hes'begun— i
tual cultivators of the land, we cannot overlook the condition of it is your • truly to try if you cannot regain happier
the land-oolders, the clergy, and ~flier tithe.owners, who ate of day, The 'Tories are fallen this day before you ; and '
necessity 'haters in the same Oulu. -•, and who, with reduced Li b. i .411 ic,,,,i that they means, canout possibay sustain al.:: sai-e weight of taxatiou which op t. t 1 .
tlisy have hitherto done. .sir. RODD considered the present all awful crisis.
~ To aft ct these purposes, that is, to aitord protection to the !MC subject was horrific; their 'uoble ship, the Bti.

most numerous, the most useful, and meet respectable portion of nia, wag plunged in Most teemendostifireaken
the community, which is the Dahl legitimate end of irienullsat• I not arag Gina, water-logged, and niithout a held' t
it is in one view become necessary " have MOM. OD 110 sons- but the elforts of her gallant crew could
ordinary reduction of our Public Mahm4ats, Mgitary,
resale her from sinkin nOII.IIII
cal, and Civil, and to apply the 'economy to the admi- g.
attrition of these which may be Waled to remit; and Nisbet, Colonel 411 A it e thought it perfectly useless, after
to use an impartial and unsparing issid in paring down to tbe the two witty speeches which had just been delivered,
present level (vegetative value ose incomes, frem that of the .„
trouble the Meeting, more than, for the sake of
highest to the lowest individual in the State, which arise out of
the „hue expenditure. To ma measurer done we no look , unanimity, to agree to the Petition brought forward
far any real and substantial redress; and we rely with the fullest by she Lord Lieutenitis
caaidenee on the wisdom and power of Parliament for the ac- I Lord Cravirean, as otie of the Itequisitiosists, was
complishment of our expectations, by turning their immediate anxious that there should be no appearance. of diva-'
attention to our well-Emended claim on their interference en
rat lisielL" sion in the Meeting. He would not say that he con-
• Lord ROLLE then came forward, but was received sidered the Petition as entirely perfect, dr embracing
with marks of disapprobation by the Meeting. As all the topics th.st would be desirable ; but it appeared
soon as silence was restored, his Lordship said his to him to answer all the purposes of the Requisitrenists.'
object in addressing them was to second the Peti- Mr. HAHLYNr—It had been aptly said. that the
tion—(Cheers). As a Member of Parliament, who knowledge of a disease was halt its cure. The canker
would have to decide ultimately on the question, he which oppressed them was taxation and corruption;
would mot now prejudge it —(Hear,hear). No an the remedies were Reform and Retrenchment. He put
could be more sincerely zealous to promote the in- Reform first„for without that they would never have
terests of agriculture than himself; and he should give the other. 'They should petition Parliament in plaits
the Petition his warmest support when the subject and explicit language, to, Ministers were dull of ap-
came before Parliament. prehension when retrenchment was called for.
It W. NEWMAN, Esq. (M.P. for Exeter), said he Colonel Pass addressed the Meeting in support of
agreed with the Noble Mover, that excessive iazation the amendment. The times, he said, were perilous;
had a great deal to do with the evil ; and he was de- and if the depression on agriculture were not re-1
cidedly of opinion that retrenchment, in an extraor- moved, the sinews of this great country would be un-'
dinary manner, might be made without danger to strung, fir agriculture and commerce must rise or,
the State. He recollected that, After the return of fall together. Nothing but a reformed representation
peace, Mini.ters proposed establiAments still larger of the people would go to the extent•of the remedy.
than they were at present, as absolutely necessary to The Rev. W. P. THOMAS conceived it their duty to
the public safety ; but when deprived of the means of speak the whole truth ; si.d if he said that the Pet:-
supporting them, they cut them down ; and he would tion ha : his concurrence, he should say what was un-
ask the Meeting, if their reductions had endangervo true, tor it did not go fa. enough. The Ite.eiend
the country ? He thought they might still reduce Gentkinaii drew a comparison between (Jove, iiment
them to a greater extent. expenses and taxe• of 1783 aed those of 1819. In
The Hon. NEWTON FELLoWES said, he should be 1819, and let it be remeniberel that was a time of
sorry to disturb the unanimity which seemed to pre- (eace, he taxes were •eventy-seven millions, and the
vail, but if it were their wish that he should tell them poor-r e• more than eight millions; and the differ-
what produced the malady under which they now ence in axes and other imposts, compared with the
*vie suffering, he would refer them to a detective yea: 178:3, shewed an excess in the present day of
state of the Representation. 11e therefore proposed.isixty-two millions
• .lelleb Mr. BIRD icr

:nngrat
spec: of carrying up, a Petition on Parliamentary Re-
form. A Reform in Parliament, though rt w..utu riot
pas' our debts, would convince the people that they
were sincere, arid would restore the country once
more to unanimity and happiness.
Lord Forerescee said, that the Petition was purely
the result of his nu n thoughts, without communicai-
min with any other persi.in. He hoped it would go
forth as the unanimous voice of the County.--,it would
then have a strong impression; but if divided, its
effect would be lost.
The UNDER SHERIFF said, that he should take the
opinion of the Meeting upon the original Petition
and, if that wit; adopted, then, whether the rider
should be added to it.
The Petition was carried by acclamation, without
a dissentient voice: the rider was then rut, which was
declared to be carried by a considerable majority.
It was then moved and seconded that the County
Members be requested to present the Petition to Par-
liament, and support the prayer of it.
Several voices called upon the County Members to
promise to support the prayer of the Petition.
Sir "fatomns ACLAND then came forward and said,
that he had heard the ref Bated calls of the Meeting,
and he had not been insensible to them ; on the con-
ti ary, he had not obeyed those calls kroner', from that
respect to the Meeting which would not suffer him
to interrupt the regular order of its proceedings. " I
hope (said he) to support the body of the Petition ac-
cording to the best of my own judgment, conscien-
tiously, disinterestedly, and with the knowledge that
I am to meet you again; but, upon any particulac
details, or the precise m de of effecting retrenchment,
I do not conceive myself called upon to express any
further opinion; and, as to the rider proposed to be
added by Mr. Fellowes, I aid plainly ato. that that
part of the Petition will receive no pledge of support
from me—(:Much noise and ditapprokaton frons the
eroted).-11, Gentlemen, you aie not disposed to let
roe proceed further. I will no longer disturb the ge-
neral good hum,ur of the Meeting, but a ill only beg
those a ho do not choose to hear my opinions, not to
misreuresent them."
Mr. BASTARD said, that be.should content himself
with statirv,, that he should consider it his duty to
attend in his place in the House of Commons, and
present the Petition they had adopted.
Lord PoirrEseue then moved the thanks to the She-
riff, and the Meeting dispersed.
It is supposed that between five and 6,000 persons
were assembled in the Castle-yard.

Itulated the County on the pro-

1 lIE 1 ENIAG STAR,.

LONDON.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, IS2.
THE FUNDS.

The Funds rise with great rapidity ; 3 per Cent.
Consols, which were on Saturday 76%, were, at one
o'Clock to day, 77%. All the great Bears have
turned their accounts, and are now as sanguine of
an advance as they were a few days ago of a fall.
3 per Cent. Reduced 77 sh 7/
i per Cent. Cons. 76 % 77 %
3VA per Cent. 881,-4 per Cent. 973/i
5 per Cent. Navy Anns. 107% 54 %; %
Bank Long Annuities 19 9-16 11-16 %
India Bonds 78s. 795. pre.
Exchequer Bills of £l,OOO, ss. 7s. pre.
Ditto small 4s. 7s. pre.—Omnium, 6s. Bs. pre.
Cons. Mir Acct. 76% 773/4.

Lord LivitnPooL has sent for some of the City
Bankers, who have this morning gone to Fife-House.

We received a German Mail at a late hour this
forenooa, which brings Frankfort Papers to the 28th
ult. and the Algenteine Zeituxg to the 24th. The in-
telligence. from Constantinople, which is of the 24th
of December, gives little prospect of the negociations
between Russia and Turkey being •s 0 speedily or so
amicably terininated Xs has
.been represented. The
account states what we have always urged, that Rus-
sia desires war, and Turkey seeks to 'avoid it: The
following are extracts:

AUGSBURG, JANUARY 24.
The Lemberg Gazette has an article from the fron-
tiers of Kohiwria of the 28th of December, which