Star.
London, England, 1813-12-17 00:00:00

STRASBURG, DEC. S.

We learn from Mentz, that several columns of our
troops have entered Holland.

Nothing has passed along the Rhine.

Yesterday a Bavarian division came and insulted
Kehl. The 128th regiment, which formed the gar-
rison, immediately took arms. A tirallade was kept
up for some hours, the enemy was repulsed, andtell
back more than a league from Kehl.

FLORENCE, NOVEMBER 27.
Letters from Rome advise, that between the 2id
and 25th inst. there arrived there 10,000 men, form
ing the fist division of the Neapolitan army.

ANTWERP, DECEMBER 2.
An advertisement has beep published in this city,
announcing that from next Monday, the 6th inst. the
artillery will be exercised in firing every day from It
o'clock till three.

The cannon will be placed at about 400 toises above
the entrenched camp between the dike of Kid, and
the road of Hoboc kin, and will fire against that dike.

NAPLES, NOVEMBER 27.

The news of the contagious distemper which was
said to prevail at Minorca and Majorca, has been ofE.
cially contradicted, but the isle of Malta still coliti-
nun to be a prey 44 the horrors of the plague.

TURIN/ NOVEMBER 30.

The Prince Governor General has received offiew
information that the first division of the Neapolitan
troops expected at Bologna, is arrived at Rome,

PARIVLA, NOVEMBER Re.

General Count Pino, who left Bologna on the 26th,
at four in the afternoon, with his artillery, attacked the
enemy at Malalbergo. The Austrians have been re-
pulsed ; .a good many prisoners, and four pieces of
cannon, have fallen into our hands. On the 27th
our troops entered Ferrara. The Austrian General
had escaped, having slept, it is said, in his clothes,
for fear of surprise. It seems that his troop are re-
,
embarking with all haste,
The head-quarters of his Imperial Highness the
Prince Viceroy are before Verona. This city conti-
nues to enjoy the most perfect tranquillity,
GENOA, DECEMBER 1.

The letters we have received this morning advise.
that the head-quarters of the Neapolitan army are to
be at Bologna. This army must be now arrived at
Florence, where provisions have been long pteparect
for it. A division, coming from Abruzzo, must be
now at Ancona. •
ZURICH, NOVEMBER 20.
Several Princes and Envoys, friends and enemies,
are now in our city. They frequent the same tom•
panics, and are lodged at the Sword.
According to news from Basle, the Austriaa Hus-
sars and some Co►sacks having appeared on the
frontiers, the Cordon of Neutrality has been strength-
ened. Three gates of the town have been walled up,
and the ramparts are furnished with cannOn.
SASLE, NOVEMBER ^.2.
Some troops of the canton of Vaud entered Rhein-
feld last Friday. 'The corps of troops which will be
stationed at Rheinfeld is to consist of 15,000 men.
Considerable purchases have been lately made of
brandy and cherry-water (a very strong spirit), fo;
exportation.
Nov. 30,—Our contingent is already on foot :
is
will serve partly for the defence of the city, partly
for that of the canton. We expect nest week some
thousands of the troops of the Confederation, whic!.
will be cantoned in our neighbourhood.
It is affirmed that several battalions, coming from
the interior of Switzerland, are advancing towar,ll.
Rheisfeld.
We expect here, M. Heir, Landamman of Gleis,
who is appointed Commissary in Chief of the Con-
federate Army. He will establish his bureaus in our
city.

SCHAFFHAUSEN, DECENI3IIt a.
The Swiss Diet tins named tno of its Members,
Mr. Ruttiman Avoyer, ot Lucerne, forn;eily Lan-
damman of Switzerland, and Mr. Wielands, Buis '•
master of Basle, to go to Paris t:' y the Em-
peror of the French. Two other. of 1:5

Mr. /63.'4 Reding, '2;4144141in. el 43; Castgin vif
Schwits, and Mr. De Hanel; ifediba of 60 elrerri.
ment of Zurich, ale bothoiitiosied td re air to thi
heacj.quarteri of the Em peters of Austria arid Itlissia;
and the King of Prussia:
Their mission relates to the nOtificatiOn of the ar-
med neutrality whiih Switzerland has jest adopted
during the present wat, and to deliver to the Sove-
reign to whom they are sent the Declaration Of the

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Diet.
DEC. 6.—The eniversal Gazette. printed at Ratis•
bon, relates; after a Leipsic newspaper, that before
the rupture of the Armistice, on the 10th August,
the Emperor Napoleon hactmade the following offers,
which were refused :
1. To restore
t. To cede the Duchy of Warsaw, indettiliifying the king of
Saxony by the cashes pf a track of country containing 500,000
rrsdne
S. Ta evacuate the Poissise fortresses, and restore Dantalc to
the King of Prussia, on condian that the fortifications shall be
demolished.
Some parties of the enemy, among which were
some Cossacks, appeared in the Brisgait.

. METZ, DECEMBER d.
The bead-quarters of the grand army, atrived here
few days ago. It is commanded by Count Beliard,
General Df Division, Adjutant Major General.
A number of conscripts continue to arrive
a.na thougls detachments set off every day to the
shine, onr town is always full, and it is impossible to
find a lodging vacant.
The body of General Count Walter arrived at
Meta *on the AOth of November, and was deposited in
the Cathedral,
Roßi 114 FRONTIERS OF SUABtA, NOV. ft
Private letters Mention a brilliant sally of the gar-
iisen of Magdeburg. It routed .a Prussian corps
stationed near that 'fortieis, and said to be command'
Ed by Count Tauenzien.
FieNeik FONDS—Ss Vann 25 Celltll.
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PARLIAMSIv PROCEEDINGS.
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iIOUSE OF LORtgl, bIICEMBER 16.
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WtcaT a. Rrrenta.—Thdr Lordsidps were pleased, on ma
of the Committee of Appeals, to terei4re this cause and
,OTheri, although not presented to the !louse within the time
Etyki3ed by its Standing Orders; it having betn *hewn to their
Lordships in the Committee, that the delay id presenting the
'Appeals arose .front circutnstances which could not be guarded
against.
The East.lnilla Circtltous 'Trade Bill, the Bryiettone Square
inVovernint Bill, the Montague Square Improvement Bill, the
Dorset Siare Improvement Bill, the Sun Fire Office Bill; and
lbw Sun 11ft Office Bill, were read a third time, and passed.
The £4,900,000 Exchequet Bills Bill, the French Wines 818,
.14,4 the •Portemoath Works Bill, passed through Committees,
and Were ;ipoited.
The Counit 'Fire Office Bill, and the Imperial Insurance Bill,
evert rorted by W.ALSING HA M without amendment.
. the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the meeting
tho,fit,se to-morrow was ordered for one o'clock Instead of
ten.--Aitourtied.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

, ECiVIS ER 17, 1813.
V'elctvir cics THIS DAY TWELVE O'CLOCK
fleduccd 60/{—Cohn. thut—for see. 624 i
pcj„Cf.l64—travj ,but--Bank Long Arms. 144 13-Ithiss
New Oinn. 9M-4)-Ktsl-Bonds, s. 2s. dis.
'Ads. Thus 31. Si. pre.

Vie hate today a Variety of Most interesting and
hetring.infortnitiOn to lay before our Readers-
French Papirsto`the 12th ; another glorious Bulletin
from itie Royal. of SWEDEN; and, though last,
notleast in importance, the Tieclaratien issued by the
Allied PoWers at Frankfort, previous to carrying the
War into the heirt of France. There is not a line—
iiot a 7-...et.tente in any of these communications, which
.holds out a hope of a general peace being concluded
while Bewarmitrc is at the head of the French Go-
:rem:tient. Ought this to be viewed as a calamity
el- as a bleisim ? He has rejected all offers of acorn-
4dation, and. has wrapped himself up in that sullen
eon* which preceded the lest desperate struggles of
the lerociniis and sanguinary tyrant of a former ?Jai
1k ii.long singe bit-hii *uttered t 9 himself the inferilal
tAilaquy-L.
" for mine own good
" All causes slrall give way. I arts In liicod
" Stcpt its io far, that, shcnild I wade no snore/
4. Returning Were as tedious as go o'er !"

In rejecting all offers of accommodation--in Per,
listing tiposii the sacrifice of 300,000 human lives, ih
addition to the 000,00 b with WhiCh the CROWN PRINCt.
reproaches him *luring the last year.: -he has put him.
)elf beybnd the pale of humanity, and severed for
tier the slender ligaments Which tonnected him with
the French Nation.• He has rung the alarum bell it
is true., but done have obeyed its surrnnons but those
lily livered slaves who, like hiniself, have forfeited
all claims to meter. The /Witch people abhor him—
they will not give another sous to suppori hint—and,
by cherishing such at the allied troopznshave hitherto
isited France, they invite his enemies-to enter their
:',:fttry to free them from his execrable sway.
We appeal td hii owls Oracles—the French Papers,
for the accuracy of our tiptdicnic We are told, for
instance, in a dispatch from Millormii4, Duke of
TAItiNIVAIs that the French troops which garrisoned
Neusse allowed themselves to be surprised in a man-
ner which would disgrace a picket guard of Local
Militia—one Colonel was asleep.—his soldiers were
not at their posts—the eagle of one of their regiments
is 44 supposed to be lost"—and another Colonel, imi-
tating the example of his General, M‘DONALD, and
their mutual Chieftain, ran away. Tn the next para.
frapbt ws lam another instance of the total want of

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,tidaltler iii thi liffeek*W‘64lrj, to the role s
of the service, the officers' and soldiers of the same
carp rarer
rar ise have skt for tbeii wives and Ciiilaren—
this is a inie'eiil in fhe eyes 6! Marshal MACDSINALIN
As the rrench solaks have now nothing to fight
for, and are deprived of the presence of their beloved
Emperor- that steady soldier's friend t we think it
hard that their enjoyments should be limited to the
solitary pleasure Of preventing him from 4. sitting
upon a degraded throne," or wearing " 4 crown
without glory."
These Parisian orators are always in exrremes :
after confessing that the head-quarters of the Grand
Army are removed to Merz7-i. é. into the interior
Of France—that a Bavarian division has insulted
Kehl and Strasburg—that Antwerp is to be defend-
ed—that the piequets of the Allies extend along the
whOle of the Rhine—that the extensive department
of Mount Tonnere (comprising the Bishoprics of
Liege and Spire) is threatened with an immediate
irruption—that it is necessary to fill the old buchy ot
Luxemburg with troops—that the Duke of TAREN-
-1 rum is ready to go wherever he is wanted, and that
fienatrtnni is at Cologne.
After all these admissions (sofilcifint, we think, to
alarm the most h irdy and credulous believer_in 1;:e
infallibility ot Cardinal MAURY'S riedie iOlk), the
sagacious Journalist turns round and flitipAisz..._y -x-
-claims—"g What have we to fear P' If thitmuosyl-
lable we means the French nation collectively, we
answer, Norutwo : if it means BONAPARTE and his
Government, we Sag, EVERY THING ! Ruin—destruc-
tion-L-annihilation I
Troops ate marching in the direction of Holland.
This is all the Parisians know of the Dutch insurrec-

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tion.—But, to make up for, this defeCtion. the Swiss
Cantons have taken up tht...ertise of the unfortunate
Mediator of the Helvetic Republic, and have sent
Deputies to Paris and to Frankfort to mediate a
' peace. They will return as they went. The fustian
in the Paris Papers on this subject has been manu-
factured to *raise the French funds : they are thus
kept at 55.
From Zurich, we learn, that BONAPARTE', faVolli.
rite cordon of neutrality has been strengthened, on
account of the slight incident of the appearance of
some Austrian Hussars and a few Cossacks. The
gates of Zurich are walled up, and the ramparts
are planted with cannon r that is to say—the French
emissaries are as busy as they can be to keep up ap7
penances. The Swiss Patriots hate nu occasion, how.
`ever, to be alarmed. We shall presently hear of their
" eating and drinking with the Cossacks and doing them
no hat m." This has been the case wherever they shewed
themselves among the vassals of the merciful NAPO-
!LtoN i why should the Swiss alone forget his tender
inerCit,s f
The Bulletin of the PRINCE ROYAL of SWEDEN
comes :lilt under re is w : it is remarkable not for
any detaili with which we were before unacquainted,.
but for another resuletc and manly denunciation of
vengeance against the miscreant, who calls himself
Emperor of the French,
We were partly prepared for this public declaration '
of the CitowN PRINCE'S sentiments by his recent reply
to the calumnies of the Moniteur. He has pointed to
1 BONA'PARTE by name•-••-:as the rhildeWed ear amid the
standing corn; which must fall under the scythe of
the reaper 'ere the inhabitants of Europe can ehjoy
I the bounteous harvests of PaovtbeNck in sectirlty.—
BONAPARTE (would that our columns weili not so
frequently stained by his being called the EMPEROR
IAPOLEON by foreign Journalists)—BameAnTE, we
say, with the CROWN PRINCE, " does not wish for
Peace ; and as Europe desires it, she ought to prepare
to obtain it by means of arms I Let us hope that
the wishes of the French people will unite with those
of Europe."
thus we see the glorious watchword of 0, ECRAZEZ
L'iNrAatoi echoed from every corner of Europe.--
PEACE WITH FRANCE !—ETERNAL WAR WITH BONA.
MITE!
The Manifesto issued by the Allied Sovereigns
from Frankfort, speaks a language apparently mild
and conciliatory i were it not for the glorious declara-
tion with which it concludes, %,,re would tell the framers
of it, that they were 4, too meek anti gentle with
their butchers." We trembled for the ultimate suc.
cess of the Allied cause—the bare mention of the
" Emperor NAPOLEON" frightened us, lest it was the
intention of the magnanimous A LEXANDER, or the
regenerated Sovereigns of Austria and Prussia, by
giving the low.born upstart another" personal inter-
view, to compromise their individual dignities and
honours, or excite the indignation of their subjects.
• " He has the smell of sloOd about him,
I" And all the perftithes of Arabia will not stfeeten it !"

With exultation; therefore, we have to announce,
that the Allies have crossed the Rhine, to put in exe-
cution their glorious projects. The fact is thus an-
nounced in a letter lircril Antwerp, dated the Gth inst. :
g. The Allies passed the Rhine oh the 2d inst. h t
Neuss, Uerdinger, and Rheinberg ; and we are here
in daily fear of seeing the enemy at the gates. lam
just come from the Exchange. All is consternation
there i do:: authorities are tit-Oaring to depart; and
it seems certain that this town will be defended."

BOIMPARTI has lately Con&scatedi the eststtes of
TAttirtitlitd>, and among others the Hotel de Riche-
lieu, one of the finest buildings in PAris ; so that the
ex-bishop, who could once command half a million
sterling. is now not worth a shilling.

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14ank fort; beCember 1, I it Ij. •
" Ftench Governmept has ordered a levynew1
of 500,000 conscripts. The motive= of the Seryltus
Consultuni to thitt effect contains an appeal t 3 the
Allied Powers. They, therefore Prid themselves called
upon to piomitlglie anew, in the face of the world,
the views wliich guide them in the present war ; the
principles which form the basis of their conduct, their
wishes, and their determination.

"The Allied Powers do not make war upon France,
but against that preponderance, haUghtily announced
—against that preponderance which; to the misfor-
tune of Europe, and of France, the Emperor NAPO-
- has too long exercised beyond the limits ci his
Empire.
" Victory has conducted the Allied Armies to the
banks of the Rhine. The first use which their Impe-
rial and Royal Majesties have made of victory, has
been to offer peace M his Majesty the Emperor of the
French.

" An attitude strengthened by the accession of all
the Sovereigns and Princes of Germany, has had no
influence od the conditions of that peace. These
conditions are founded on the independence of the
Fiench empire, as well as on the independence of the
i)thcr States of Europe._ The views of the Powers are
just in their object, generous and liberal in their ap-
plzation, giving security to all, honourable to each.
The Allied Sovereigns desire that France may
be great, powerful, and happy ; because the French
Power, in a state of greatness and strength, is one of
the foundations of the social edifice of Europe. They
wish. that France may be happy,—that French com-
merce may revive,--enat the arts, those blessings of
peace, thay again flourish ; -because a great people
can only be tranquil in proportion as it is happy. The
Powers confirm to the French empire an extent of
territory which France under her Kings never knew ;
because a valiant nation does not fall from its rank,
by having In its torn experienced reverses in an obsti-
nate and sanguinary contest, in which it has fought
with its accustomed bravery.
" But the Allied Powers also Wish to be free, tran-
quil, and happy, themselves. They desire a, state of
peace, which, by a wise partition of strength—by a
just equilibrium, may henceforwaid preserve their
people from the numberless calamities which have
overwhelmed Europe for the last twenty years.
" The Allied Powers will not lay down their arms,
until they have attained this great and benefici 11 re-
sult—this noble object of their efforts. They will not
lay down their arms, until the political state of Eu-
rope be re.established anewuntil Immoveable prin-
ciples have resumed their rights over vain preten.
, sions—until the sanctity of treaties shall have at last
secured a real peace to Europe."'

Extract of a Letter from an Offiezr *ith the
Blitish Army in France

" In front of Baynnne, November 24.
,‘ On the 21st we had a smart affair—,a strotig
reconnaissance was made by SoULr in person, sur-
rounded by an ittimense Staff, and preceded by a
strong body of troops. Colonel Vflu.tA‘ts, with the
4th Cac idoreN advanced and kept the skirmishers in
check in high styles until the brigade forme j. The
enemy retired with precipitation. General VANDE-
LEON of the Cavalry, 'had his arm shattered—Gene-
ral WiLsos had a ball through his month, and Sir
JOHN HOPE had a horse killed under him."

A repott prevails, that there is a disagreement be-
tween the Marquis of WELLINorow and General MINA,
but we cannot answer for its correctness. It is said
that this gallant Spaniard, who so lately distinguished
himself at Sarragossal and who has been so conspicu-
ous for his services during the whole progress of the
war, in some incursions with his Guerilla patty, had
Committed those depredations on the inhabitants of
France which were inconsistent with the Public Orders
and Proclamation, of the Generalissimo, and chat for
such acts of disobedience he had been put under arrest.

Captain Lord JAMES HAI', of the Ist Foot Gthirdgj
proceeds immediately to Passages.

To prevent a recurrence of a deficiency of forage
iti Lotd WELLINGTON'S army, the Commissary-in-
Chief. has taken the most active means. Immense
suppliei are now shipping in the River, and at Potts-
mouth and Plymouth.
A great number of Spani,h desnters frorn the
French armies have arriv,.ci at I-Tull from the Baltic,
and will be sent immediately to
General Pozzo DI BORGO is s:tid to have arrived in
this country, on a special_ ; I mission from the Einpr,
ALEXANDER, at Frankfort, to the BiitiA Government.
I-le arrived at Brunswick House, 11anover:square,
yesterday.
It is a curious fact, that the Triaxiisciivivc, for
the late glorious successes, appointed for the very
day leefure the Drawing of The State Lottery.

A quidnunc gravely expressing his wonder how his
little Majesty, the liihg of Rome, was dressed on his
late appearance in public, a punster said, he supposed
he wore ~moll clothes.

The Farce of Fair, Game is the production of the
Reverend fir.Ney BAIT. DUDLEY, Bart. the author
of At Heine.

Miss 3.‘uNntits, the old and faithful servant of the
Princess of WALEs, who came with her to this coun-
try, and has been since her constant attendant, died a
few days ago. tier funeral took place yesterday, at
Gteenwicb, and, in testimony of the regard of er
Royal Highness, her own servants and hores were
gold; employed in conducting the ceremony.

INTELLidEfiCE.
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IS HARWICH. DECEMBER ad. .
!I is Highness the Hereditary rut NI) e of ORANGE
arrived here late last night, accompanied by Mr,
dItEITIER FAGEL, and this day about non etttharked
in the barge of the MErLott bomb, accompanied by'
-his Aid-de-Camp, and Captain Fisurtn, of that sloop.
amidst the plaudi's and atclamatens df an immense
concourse of people. Al soon as his Highness put
offfrom the shore, the Mareon, followed by the dif-
ferent cutters, packets, &c. fired a royal solatte, and
as the barge passed the Circular Redoubt, twenty-one
rounds were also filed, as well as at Landguard Fprt.
As soon as his Highness got alongside the Nieman; the
Orange Flag was hoisted under another royal astute,
and the ships yards manned ; and his reception on
board was such as :nest ever impress his Highness
with generous ideas of that feeling and loyillty which
pervades British Officers of all ranks, when they have
an opportunity o strewing it to individuals, illustrioui
by their rank, and famed by their talour in fighting
for the re-Lowery of the liberties cif Europe.
SJOO as the ebb tide makes, the Merton will
proceed with his Highness tethe Duttli coast, where
it is hoped he will reach by tomorrow noon, and join
his devoted Cuuntrymen in the.ir exertions to expel the
common enemy. The transports to convey the Ez-
pedition from this port are all arrived, and to morrow
the different regiments are to embark tindei die di:
rection of Major HAYERFIELD."
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FALMOUI'H, DECEMBER 14.
Sailed his Majesty's ship MINSTREL with nine sail
of Merchantmen, 'to join the Du?cax man of vat.,
with the fleet from Portsmouth,for the cult of Siain,
Portugal, and the Mediterranean, now off this. pottyi—
The Queen Charlotte patket had arrived at Passage,
having sustained damage in a gale.—Wind N. light
breezes, and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, DECEMnER It:
Arrived the Ho rseun frigate, Honourable Captain
PERCY, from a cruize off the toast of France, in dis-
tress, having sustained ceeasiderable damage during.
'in easterly gale on the 4th and sth inst. Also arrived
the DaChess of Someriet, Lovumn, from Swaim.
A calm.

PORTSMOUTH, incEmatt.
As all the Indiamen composing the present fleet
have not reached Portsmouth, froth the River, ills
possible that the fimt may not sail on Tuesday next.
Put back his Majesty's ship ROSAItIO with nipe sail
of vessels, but they sailed again this afternoon for the
Downs. Arrived the queen transpoft, No. 415.
HEATH master, with the loss of jib-boom, an ancher,
and sundry other damage. elute into harbour 18
sail of colliers. S.tiled his Majesty's ship HANNIBAL
for off Chet-burg. No fresh convoy appointed.—Wind
S. by E.
DEAL, DEC. 14.
Arrived a Russian man of war from Portsmouth,
and the PK3NIY schooner, with dispatches from Ad.
miral YouNO, off the Sch The Scaleby Castle
and Elphinstone East InJiimen, an 1 several other
vessels, are now working through the Gull &team
for the Downs..--Five o'clock, a !1 et of transports.
tinder convoy from 'Portsmouth, ate just Arrived, se.
veral are proceeding for Ramsgate, and a great malty
are brought up in the Downs. We learn by the
PIGMY, th..t Admiral YOUNG, with the whole of his
fleet, are gone into the Roompot.

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dOURT. OF fiehtfMON COUNCIL:
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*Yesterday. i Court of Common Cobn ta arts held
at Guildhall, which was numerously attended.
The. LORD MAIM& stated, tat the PRiNCE REGENT.
• had been waited on eith the Address, voted by them
on the 7th. inst. His Lordship delivered in the An.
ixter of his Royal Highness, which was read, and
ordered to be entered cm the Journals.
. Mr. Divis said, he had a Petition seventeen yards
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Nag to-present to the dourt, and which he thought
' Could not tail to.engage the attention of the Court.
The Petition was signed by 7000 persons, many of
_them Members of the Corporation, and could not fail
.to interest all parents and guardians cf. youth ; for
syrone co Old behpld. the increase of the number of
tr•stitdtes in the*Streett without alarm for the morals
of-the•youth connected with them. The Petition
prayed, • that this important subject should be re-
ferred-Co a Special Committee, for them to examine
—and report thereon, as soon as possible, to the Cow t.
• The Petition Was signed by J. H. Bormawual H,
m'scp and' almost all the Bankers. in the City. It corn-
pained -of the Obscenity and audacity with which
-. prostitutes attack passengers.
_ Mr. BUTTEMWORTN, as one of a deputation from the
petitioners, appeared at the Bar, and stated thatthose
with whom the petition originated had not entertaived
the visionary idea of exterminating the vice which
had attracted their attention. They however,
. ileum a crying evil to which he hoped the wisdom of
the Court would be able to apply something like a
remedy.
• MT: DIXON said, on this subject there could be but
one opinion as to the horrid scenes of depravity ex-
hibited in the streets ; but he was afraid there was an
utter impossibility of matting these persons fit mem-
bers. of society. He had cliai ity enough to suppose,
that many of these unfortunate creatures would re-
' 'ttirn to the duties of society, if
.they could. There
no occasion to encinire ihtri 'abuses •which were
aelfovident; and he thought -it wouid' be better to
gnove, that it is the opinion that; great abuses in this
way exist,
,and that it should be reterre4.t6 the most
serious consideration of the Lord Mayor and Alder-
men
in their Court.
Mr. FAVELE said, that the time .of the Aldermen

r was already too vault taken up, and be bopid the
imendmeut would trot be pressed.
• • Mr. GRIFFITHS said, the punishments indicted by.
• • the Aldermen had not deterred the prcstitutes from
returning to their former course of I:fe. The Cow.
trittee, it appointed, would have the power to rendy
the evil.

Mr. Wm-urinal; said, there could be but one opi-
nion en the subject of this crying evil ; yet could
mot tics whit remedy could tie applied to it. He was,.
however, very willing to let itgo to a Committee,.
for the sake' of trying the experiment. He thought
the Petitioners oeght so-have mentioned the root of
the evil- For his pan, he thought the manners of
the tinies were less profligate in all ranks than for-
merly; arid he believed, that 90 out of 100,' nay,le
alight assert, 999 out of 1000 of those unhappy wo-
men, who were placed in this degrading situation,
did not' embrace such a course of life from any feel-
ing of innate depravity, but were &impelled to act
thus, in consequence of irresistible necessity. Many
persons were too ready t., discharge female stivants
on very trivial occasions. Without money, without
• fiiends, how were they to support themselves until
they procured a new situation ? Perhaps, when an
. opportunity did present itself, they had lost their
character—and, as no person would .then engage
them, they %etre forced to wander in the paths of
vice: It was, heretore, on this account th:it lie was
unable to see a remedy. They might, perhaps, pre-
vent disig-ders'in the streets; but wlien the Alderman

of his Ward came intu office, he tried to suppress this
nuisance,' but after a time he was obliged to give it
up AS hopeless.
1 Aldermen Worm and HEYGATE &fended the
conduct of the City Msgistr.res ; perform:A
their important duties, Kratis, while die Westmin-
ster Magistrates were liberally rewarded for their
services.
After a few words from Mr. DAVIS, the -motion
was agreed to, and the Committee immediately
appointed.