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London, England, 1817-02-15 00:00:00

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FALMOU IN, FEBRUARY I
Nothing attired of N.W. fresh gales
and cleat weather.

PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY Is.
NJthing arrived or saikd.—Wind N.W:
• PORTSMOURI, FEBRUARY 14.
Pnt back the Minerva, Moons& Jobann4 and Fre:.
deficit, and Triton.—Wind W.

DIAL, FEBRUARY 14.
Came down from the River and sailed. the Mar-
qeiti Wellesley. for Grenvd.t. Sailed the Richard,
NOBLE, for Demarara ; Minerva. Masons, for Oporto;
Prince, BRAITHWAITI, for 111710011 j and Many
Foil), for the CApe of Good Hope.—Wind If.Ws

HARWICH, FEBRUAKY 14.
Sailed the Henry Fretting packet for Holland,
with a Ititisil.—Wind
RAMSGATE, FEBRUAItir a '
Put is for shelter the Margaret and islibella;Eliza,
Fitton. John and Sophia, Neath Castle, Lord Nel-
son, Dispatch, -and Boston picket.

'ORAVESEND, War. UARY 14.
Arrived the Eqk, Wades', from Adartenlee; Maria, Akin%
from MOSAini. Bailed the fifteen's, Foe, for Bounleaux ;
win, Key,: for Fore Areas; Young, fir at. l bonus 4;
Neptelse, Abseil*, for New Odessa; Sara, Adams, for Make;
Alert, Jaws, for Dahlia; AimweU, Tate, for Hamburg h ; and
Aleseedrine,‘ Brisk, for Rosin.
•

cusrommouss, FEBRUARY 14.
Sines •EINTall11) INWARDS.-The Jtenlnha, BMW*, him
Jan; Mariner, Baba, from Liverpool ; Mary, Fos, f sin
Dublin; Indus, Waldhans, from Calcutta; Brilliant; &oboe,
from Pernambuco ; mad Prince Regent, Clifford, from Hawk
OtErwoons.—:llto asterism, Avery, for New. York (U. S.);
Active, Divine, for Rouen; Perseverance, Matislass; Lorna,
Aids; and Aurora. Willson, fur Hentburgh; RoNrrasols,
for Bourdon% • Matcidete. Wilms, for Buenos Ayres; A.
' pbittite Mord:ell, for Tenerife • Petite Julia, Jacipteliee, fir
Caen; Ws. Zimmerman; Adriatic, Davison; and himblice,
Schmidt, for Pillae. Xoninpbuty, and Eibing; Warm, Trader,
for St. Kite's; Trader. Hall, fur Quebec and Montreal; tit.
Paul, Leest; Clementine, Schmidt; Laufer, Wielibold; All.
anon, Domatiski ; Furst under, Easel; and Vrow Lubliesina,
Enle, for Damask; Swan, Vickers. for St. Michael's and Rio
'swim; Maria Antra, Rentes. for Amsterdam anti Rotterdam;
Propels, Talbert, tor St. Potersburgh; Jane and Marys, Costes,
and Abbess, Imailatad, for Handset& ; Layton, ratios., kw the
Isle et France. Mutiny, and Bengal; Diseiso •, Read, for IDA-
wait and St. Petersbergh; bug, Fell, for Cork, and Hakim
(U. $), JUhlass. Wootton, for °steed; Wiltiena Pitt, Onhans,
sir Wes; saga Dorestshire, Turner. for Chine.

• The Kelton, *Downy from Liverpool to New.
foundland, pat back to the former place on Wednes.
day, with damage, and leaki, after being out twelve
week&

The Rachel,. •*--- from Baltimore, was obliged
to put into Bangor 13ay, during a gale on Thursday
night, and . must be lighteoed. She suffered consi-
derable damage on her passage; and lost her rudder
of Newfooodland. '
The Osaario. Gout" from New York, was driven
istisEcti, ton. the Noesb 8011, Dublin, on Satorday,
and nearly the whole of the.cargn damaged.
The 110111ilt0111- WALIII6I.IIY, 0001 I'ollllod to
• erenada, was abandoned at amain DecnObnr, being
a complete wreck: •
The Julion, TUOMPSOW, from Halifax to St. John's
(0. B.) is lost near Cape Sable,.
The Hart,• 'MONT Of Moose Island, was
wrecked on the 10th of. Lecembe4 near. St. John's
(New Brunswick).
The Mary, CLitonosto' from Newfoundland to
Scotland, was abandoned at sea the sth ult. being
water-logged, and afterwards went to pieces near the
-Bay of Bulls.
The Europa, HAMIA. from Miramachito Ayr, is
*lost off Cape Breton.
TM Swallow, Mossor, from Savannah to Jamaica,
was wrecked the 10th December, on the north side
of Elewtbra—crew saved.

'.: RlM—Last night, between nine and tip o'clock,
1 aii alarming ire broke out in the residence of Mr.
Guayas, Diana-place, New-rond,Eitaroy.square, and
entirely consumed the whole premises. The confla-
gration was for some tittle truly alarming, threaten-
ing destruction to several of the adjoining houses, but
fortunately the arrival of a number of fire-engines
prevented it from extending beyond the house whine
it broke odt.
Muinaa.—Thursday evening, as a French Priest,
residing It Reading, was returning from Wallingford
,to'that'town. between eight and nine o'clock, he was
I attai'ked in Pangbourn•lane, two miles hom Reading,
lbj Same.hiotpads, who robbed and murdered him.
His beechen' literally severed from his body.
Spniarano!—Ausrtm AGAINST Frizzatam...--This
.ornste actios commenced: by the plaintiff, Mr. Wm.
Austin, a respectable farmer at Blackthorns, in Os.
fordshire, against the defendant, James Freeman, the
'nil of a tenpectable farmer at Launton, in the same
county,urrecover damages for the seduction of the
plaintiff's daughter. The defendant had suffered judg-
ment by default, and the Jury, which were most re-
spectable, were summoned by the Under Sheriff, on
Monday last, at. the Cross Ina, Orford, to assess' the
damages. It apre *red that the defendant (who is
about 21 years of age) had become acquainted with
the plaintiff's daughter, Ann Austin, at the house of
her aunt 1 that he afterwards obtained permission to
visit her at her father's residences. and that, tinder
repeated promises of marriage, he accomplished her
seduction, at the early age of 14 years and 10
months ; that he continued to visit plaintiff's daughter
for some months after her seduction, still professing
his intention of marrying her, but upon being pressed
by her to fulfil his promise, he discontinued his visits,
and wrote to her a letter, in the concluding part of
which he says-64 As things be as they be, you must
take up with another, and think no more about me."
The plaintiff's daughter is a most interesting young
girl, and had been at school from 5 years of age nr fl
within three months of the seduction.—The Jury,
alter hearing the evidence adduced before them, as•
sassed the damages at asce, together with costs.

•

REFORM, IN PARLIAMENT.

Yesterday a Meeting of the inhabitants of the Bo-
rough of Southwark took place at the Town Hall, to I
coosi ler the necessity of petitioning Parliament for
Parliamentary Reform, and for the introduction of
ccont.my and retret:climent into the public expendi-
ture ; and for expressing an opinion on the atrocious
attempt made on the person of the PRINCE REGENT,
and on the excesses which had taken place in diffe-
rent puts of the country.
Mr. S. DAVIS having been called to the Chair, in
consequence of the illness of Sir %Vatkin Lewis andthe
Deputy B tiliff proceeded to read a series of Resolu-
tions. The first stated, that triennial Parliaments
Laments were demanded by, and granted to, the peo-
ple at the time of the Revolution ; the second, that the
Septennial Act, which was passed in the reign of
George I. was contrary to the doctrine which placed
him on the Throne' and therefore ought to be re-
pealed. The third Resolution imputed most of the
hardships which the people suffered at present, to the
unfair state of the representation I and that fair and
reasonable reform would relieve them from great
part of those grievances, and enable them to bear
with patience those burdens which were unavoidable.
The fourth Resolution was for a petition to both
Houses of Parliament, for a repeal of the Septennial
Act, and fur the abolition of places and pensions,
which would have the effect of increasing the attach-
ment between the Sovereign and the people.
The first and second Resolutions were agreed to
unanimously.
Mr. BRAND prisposid the third Resolution, which
in one part declared an opinion, that the House of
Commons had ceased to be the honest organ of the
people's voice.
Mr. Youso objected to this expression, as being
insulting to the House of Commons, he, therefore,
wished the word " honest" to be omitted.
Mr. BRAND declared his readiness to adopt the
proposed alteration, (No, no.) The Resolution, be
thought, would be equally expressisie if the word ob-
jected to were omitted ; it would then stand, That the
House of Commons had ceased to be the organ of the
people's voice.
Mr. Garrsium. wished the whole of that para-
graph to be omitted. He thought, when we were
about to solicit a boon, we should not insult those
whom we were asking to grant that boon. He was
unwilling to offend any one in the House of Com-
mons, even if there should be a rogue within those
walls. With respect to .the purity of the House of
Commons, let us have a House constituted as it
might he, there would not be one more pure than the
present. (Great diropprobarion.) He concluded by
moving, that the latter part of the Resolution should
be omitted.
Mr. Known supported the amendment. Unleu
they gave the House of Commons credit for being
the organ of the people, it was in vain to present pe-
titions to'them for redress. The people did not com-
plain of the House of Commons collectively ; on the
contrary, they venerated and esteemed all that part
of it which had 'shewn, by its conduct, that it felt for,
and wished to relieve, the 'Nutcases ot the people.—
He wished also to ascertain, from the worthy Mdeo-
bets present, whether a petition worded on this Reso-A
lotion would not be feinted ?
Mr. CALVERT was convinced the Hogse would not-
reject such a petition. He saw nothing insulting in
the-language of the Resolution. He was of opinion
that the House, as it was now constituted, so many
of the people not being represented, was not the or-
gan ot the public voice.
Mr. BARCLAY agreed in this opinion ; he further
added, that hr was convinced a petition from the 80.
rough of- Southwark would not only be received by
the House, but meet also with every proper consi-
titration. The amendment was then negatived.
. Mr. Comm then read a Petition founded on the
Resolutions'; and in support of it urged all the
Usual topics ia favour of Parliamentary Reform. He
observed, there were at present three parties in the
country—those who favoured moderate reform,those
who were for violent reform, and those who were
against reform altogether. He was of the first de-
scriptioqi and he wai happy to find the present
Meeting agreeing with him ; he was convinced mo-
deceit reform, if adopted, would. tend very much to
atreigthea the attachment between the Sovereign and
the_ people.
Mr. GAITSKILL repeated his objection to that part
which said the House was not the organ of the
people's voice.
Mr. Youtro thought the expression not objec-
tionable. The petition asked reform of Parliament;
was it not reasonable, then, to tell the House that it
stood in Deed of reform ? With respect to the re.
form to be adopted, he thought it should pot be to
increase the number of representatives, but to extend
the right of voting.
Mr. Ei.ua declared himself in favour of reform ;
• he had formerly been a Toth hot he had now, he nos
not ashamed to say, changed Iris opinion and joined
the Whigs ; this change was caused by the reluc.
tance in the Government to do any thing for the re-
lief of the people. •
Mr. Liaison declared his object to be moderate re-
- form ; be hoped the steady voice of the people would
obtain for them that object.
Mr. Knurls), congratulated the. Meeting on the
unanimity which prevailed on this occasion. Hp coo-
demned, in strong language, the cendoct of dose tra-
velling orators who, like itinerant tinkers, wandered
about from place to place with budgets of speeches,
pretending to mend the State kettle. These Gentle-
luso, led away by the warmth of their feelings; fre-
'squirt/I did harm to the cause they advocated. He
boti.jilmself, on some occasions, spoken with warmth,
fae wlich he .12a4 since felt great regret. At this
time he Iris persuaded the best mode of carrying the
great object for which they were contending, would
he so adopt the language of conciliation and mode-
.
- ration.—A Resolution was then agreed to for reques-
ting the iVIO representatives, Mr. Calvert aid Mr.
Barclay. to present and support the petition.
Mr. CALVERT declared he should support the peti-
tion with the greatest satisfaction to himself.
Mr. BA-RCLAT also,pledged himself to support the
petition. The Hon. Gentleman took this opportu-,
pity of explaining the cause of his absence from the
last Meeting. Ht was at that time 150 miles Ws-