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London, England, 1820-03-14 00:00:00

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TIIE GENTLEMEN', CLERGY, AND FREEHOL-
DEES OF THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. •

GENTLESIFN, •
QINCE I had the honour of addressing Tali, I
LI have ascertained, that a feeling exists on the part of many
-,eeholilers, that the Representation of the County shonld be.
-rusteil to other hands; and, under such circumstances, con-
:.dent as I am of success in the present Contest, I have, from a
:!e ire that the peace of the County shall not be disturbed on
r:y accoant, determined to resign all claim to the trust with
which you have hitherto honoured me.
In announcing to you this determination, T cannot forbea'r
:riding my sincere hope, that whoever may be elected to the
r..,nourable situation of your Representative, may have the same
regard which I shall ever continue to feel for the independence
prosperity of our native County;
The kind and flattering assurance of support Which I have re-
et:red from numerous friends, will ever command my most
recollection, and I shall have the sincerest pleasure in
an opportunity of personally expressing my 'heartfelt
to them for their friendship.
It is inn without deep regret that I have thus-aecided open
putting an end to a connection which has existed between you
:.nd my family for more than a century ; this regret, however,
tempered by the proud feeling that the interests of the County
have never suffered in our hands.
I have the honour to he, with great truth,
Your most devoted Servant,
1820. GOWER.

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LONDON.

TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1820.

TUE FUNDS.

?MU OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT ONE 0-CLOCE
S' per Cent. Consols 68% s/8 14,
.5 per Cent. Navy 104 10078 101
Kish 5 rer Cents. IJS
India lic ads I.ls. I ss. pr.
Exche(pier (21) 2s. Is. 2s. dis.
Consols in- Account 6873 71.
Bark Stock, 5 per Cents. Recluzed, 5e per Cents. 4 per
Cent.. and ILIA Lung Anus. arc all shut.

It will be most tin ise to let the business of the
Civil List dmp. The Public are indebted to The
Times for bringing the subject forward. But, in our
cwitendiug for the iega/ rights of the Crown in this
iwtance, we have been misunderstood by that Jour-
nal, and yet we characterised these legal rights as
founded on a " rude and tyrannous custom of savage
antiquity," and stated that Lis MAJESTY could not
give a greater boon to his subjects at present, than
by consenting to the abrogation of his hereditary
lights, in what respects the Rents and Droits of the
Crown. What we do maintain is, that the Law does
give his present MAJEISIY an enormous Revenue, and
we would give " the pound ?lAA r since the law
allows it, _

" And no power in Venice
" Can alter a Decree esta'alished!"

Now, as there cart be no question whatever of the
fact, that an addition will be proposed to the Civil
List, and, it our information is correct, this addition
w ill exceed the hereditary revenues considerably,
such as they are, we would ask, what has become of
his late MaJEsTY's private property?
We were told that his present MAJESTY, although
the Will was not executed, generously took upon him-
self all its obligations. But " cocks are free of horse
corn!" The property of the late KING, according to
the usage of the Constitution, belongs to the Nation,
his Will not having been executed. We refer to the
Act by which he was enabled to make a Will—and
which Act was, among others, one of those inroads
on the Constitution that we have to deplore; for it
gives to the British Monarch, for the first time, the
power of accumulating and disposing of property
acquired from his people, which property may be
employed for corrupt purposes.
We are aware that in all the- King's dominions
there is not an individual who cares less about
money than his MAJESTY. But how is it, that with
a full knowledge of this fact, no notice was taken
of the subject by his Ministers in the last Parliament?
For this and other acts, peace to its manes!
We foresee a miserable subterfuge about to be
played off on the honest De Coterleys of the new Par-
liament. Mr. VANSITTART, in the last Parliament,
with a perfect knowledge of what was Meant, when
the vast amount of the Hereditary Revenues was re-
ferred to, said, that the Crown lauds did not yield
above £500,000 or £600,000. Was he afraid to tell
the whole truth ?
As to the reference which The Times has made to
a speech of Mr. Fox on this subject, we can only say,
f-.at Mr. Fox's opinion was never /ctu—nor, with re-
spect to facts connected with the history of the Con-
stitution, was it often such as could be trusted.

Tie singular return or four Members from Bishop's
Castle, the votes for each being equal, is the first bu-
siness that must be taken notice of after Parliament
'rem and is constituted. It takes precedence of
every other whatsoever. The vote which would have
cast the balance was refused by the Returning Officer,
in tl:e teeth, it is said, of all legal precedent. A
)outh, who was born on the 10th of March, tendered
ote cn the 9th, as being of twenty-one years of
az;e oa th.tt day he was rejected, as not being 01
as e 1;11 the 10th.
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T7'.! Pm is Papers of Saturday- arrived this forenoon.
I".te attention of the Chamber of Deputies still con-
t;nt.es occui ie.! with the Project of Law re-
sFetnig lin!ividual Liberty. Oa Friday, after the Re-
pyrter on the Project had nraJc his geaeral reply,

and the Chamber were pretending t. decide on thi'
articles of thiPrOject seriatim, 'several Menibers who
had not hitherto been able to disburthen themselves
of speeches they had prepared, 'eagirly seized the op-
portunity Of the gnes•ion being put on the first
article (which embraces the whole principle of the
Law), to carry the Chamber again at large into the
subject ; and the discussion was kept up till so late
an hour, that another adjournment, for the fifth time,
took place.

The Chamber of Actusation of the Royal Cotirt
has presented, before the Court of Assize, the respon-
sible Editors of the Conaitutionnel, on account of
an article in which that Journal has accused the
friends of the Throne of having prepared Lists of
I'rosci iption.

" The accounts of this evening (Frid.ty)," says the
Constitution act, " announce that the Cortadura has
fallen into the power of the Insurgents. This posi-
tion, which commands the town of Cadiz, affords
the means of bombarding it, and putting it at the
mercy of the National troops. On the Exchange it
is even reported that Cadiz has opened its gates
to them."

Five per Cents. 74 fr. 75 c.

The private letters received in the City from Spain,
and from the South of France, confirm the state-
ments which we yesterday extracted from the Paris
Papers, and add several particulars relative to the
insurrection, which appears now to be rapidly spread.
ing over the Peninsula. The Constitution was pro-
claimed at Corunna on the 20th February, at eleven
o'clock, and the whole affair was conducted with so
much prudence and temper, that the change of the
existing authorities took place without any .inter-
ruption to the public tranquillity. Letters of the
23d February from that place, assure the friends of
the writers, that, in entering on a new order !Ming:,
there was nothing to be apprehended either to the
trade of the place, or the comfort and security of its
i nhabi Lavas.

The intelligence of the ascendancy of the Insur-
gents at Carolina, was conveyed to the Government
at Madrid by the Director of the Post Office at
Lugo, a city fifteen leagues distant from Corunna,
on the road to Madrid. The Governor of Burgos,
on hearing the news, dispatched Colonel SERRANO,
with three squadrons of Cavalry, towards Galicia, to
check the progress of the insurtectiou in that quarter.

--In letters from Bayonne, of the 4th instant, it is
stated that Ferrol and Vigo, as well as Corunna, h.ave
declared for the Constitution, but no details are given,
and the intelligence does not appear to be founded
on equally good authority. NEBOT, who has started
up in Valencia, at the head of a small party, and
who meditates a junction with RIEGo, was formerly
a friar, and distinguished himself in the Guerilla
warfare. That General FREYBE is anxious to resign'
his command, or that the Government is desirous to
displace him, is evident ; and, if the statements in the
private letters are correct, an extraordinary degree
of insubordination prevails among the Officers under
his command, who are said even to have required
that the name of the regiment which made the attack
on the three companies left behind by R tEpo at Ma-
laga, should be erased from the list of the army, for
having shed the blood of their countrymen. Girton
and BALLASTEROS are both said to have refused the
command of FREYRES army. History presents few
examples of an insurrection like the present—of none
wore honourable in its progress to the professional
and moral character of those by whom it has been
undertaken, It seems a National enterprize, pro-
voked by intolerable injuries, and the agent of it is a
Military force: yet its general characteristics are
providence, mildness, and moderation ; nor has a
single movement of vengeance in the Spanish sol-
diery, or of unworthy ambition in their Chiefs, drawn
an expression of regret from the friends of humanity,
or caused a feeling of shame among those of freedom.

The Inverness Courier of Thursday contains no
further particulars of the late rift of the tenantry
in Ross-shire ; but adds, " We have heard, and hope
it may be true, that the rioters are awakened to a
sense of their misconduct, and are sending down
messengers expressive of regret for their late out-
rage, and of submission to the laws which they
offended."