Star.
London, England, 1821-01-30 00:00:00

COMMON HALL.

Yesterday a Common Hall was held, pursuant to
• Requisition, to con ider the propriety of Petitioning
both Houses of Parliament to resist all further pro-

ceedings against the QUEEN, and to take such seeps,
as in their wisdom might seem fit, to put her MA-
. JesTY in full and immediate possession of allthe
rights and privileges to which she is entitled as QUEEN
CONSORT of the Realm.

At one o'clock the LORD MAYOR came upon the
hustings, accompanied by Aldermen WOOD and
WAITHMAN, Mr. FAVELL, and several others of the
Common Council.

The Meeting was not so numerously attended as
upon some former occasions, but when the Crier
made the usual proclamation ending with GOD save
the king," the Hall resounded with the response of
" GOD save the Queen."

The LORD MAYOR then came forward, and said,
that he had received a Requisition signed by a great
number of respectable Members of the Livery, and
that, in compliance with that Requisition, he had,
taken the first opportunity for convening a Common
lall, the present being the first day that he could,
consistently with the discharge of his other public
duties, attend. The Requisition would be read by
the proper officer, and he felt it unnecessary to call
upon them to afford to every Gentleman who wished
to address them, no matter what his sentiments might
be, a fair and impartial hearing. They had given
proofs heretofore of their willingness on all occasions
to give a share of their attention to everybody ; and
he made the observation now, because it was at-
tempted to cast a reflection on their conduct else.'
where, as not being such as to afford an opportunity
of free and equal discussion. Those persons who had
said so, had nut themselves set a very meritorious
example to Public Meetings in another place—( Cries'
of " The Mansion House, and Sir William Curtis").
He w culd only add, that he was sure the Livery of
London, in Common Hall assembled, would not fol-
low that example which had been set them by their
ilifiers, but would then, and on all other occasions,
tyliold their character for decorum, good conduct,
a:id propriety— ( Applause ).—He had to communi-
cite to the Coinmon Hall, that since their last Meet-
hig, the Address voted to her Majesty had been car-
ried up by him, attended by a most respectable body
of his fellow-citizens, who were most graciously re-
ceived, and an Answer was returned by her Majesty,
which the proper officer would then. read to the
Livery —( Applause ).
The QueeTi's Answer to the Address of the Livery
was then read, and received with acclamation.

His Lordship then stated that he had the honour
of receiving two letters from Lords Holland and
Erskine, thanking the Livery for their vote of appro-
bation at the last Hall—( Applause ).—He had, un-
fortunately left the letters behind, but they wuuld
be there in time to be read before the Meeting had
tes urinated.—The Requisition for convening the flail
was then read, after which,

Mr. RYLAND came forward and said, it was the
first time of his appearing before the Livery, and to
a great part of them he believed he was unknown,
but having an honest intention in a good cause, he
had no fear or doubt of meeting with their support.
He was born a Citizen, and was in heart, as well as
by birth, one of that body whom he now ventured
to address. His dearest interests were connected with
the City of London, and he would die, as he had
lived, anxious for its benefit--(Hear, hear).—lt was
true he came forward unknown and unbefriended,
but he would give them his character in a few words,
and by that he was willing to stand or fall. He was
a friend to Parliamentary Reform, he was a friend to
civil and religious liberty, a friend to justice in every
sense of the word, and therefore a friend to the cause
of our much-injured Queen—(Loud applause).—This
was his brief and comprehensive character, as far as
he had any pretensions to a public one. If it was a
passport to their good will he ought to be satisfied
Kith it. This, then, was the first time in which he
had made his appearance on the London boards as
au actor in thefarse just about to be performed—
(.l laugh).—They had been told that County Meet-
ings were farces, and if the Meeting of the County
of Southampton, attended, as it was, by the wealth
and rank of that part of England, was to be deno-
minated a farce, the Meeting of the Livery could
hardly hope to escape from being stigmatized by
the same name. Was this language consistent
with the dignity of the subject?—(Cries of "IVO r)
Were they to be told that Meetings of their country-
men, constitutionally assembled, to take into consi-
deration the unprecedented and alarming state of the
public distress, and to look for relief, were only
farces? They might, indeed, appear farcical enough
to those who were rolling in splendour, and enjoying
thousands upon thousands by the grace and favour
of the Crown ; but to himself and others like him,
who earned their bread by their honest labour, they
were neither a farce nor a joke—(Applause). It was
melancholy to witness the people of this country la-
bouting under every burden of aggravated distress,
while the first person in the realm replied to their
complaints by insult and calumny—(Cries of Bravo).
Indeed, there never was a time when the state of the
country suffered so dreadfully in all its interests.
Look to the state of Agriculture! What was the fact?
The farmer who grew the bread did not receive such
a price for it as would pay the expense of cultivation.
Look to the Manufactures! Small as the price of
bread was, the artisans of England. were scarcely able

to purchase it—(Hear, hear). Along with this was
the intolerable weight of taxation, which was unpa-
ralleled at any former time. With respect to this
taxation, he would' have again something to say,
which was connected with the great object of the
Meeting. What was that object?—The case of the
Queen. Look at the situation in which her Majesty
then stood. She had been tried, he would not then;
consider how, but she was at all events formally and
virtually acquitted—(Applause). What was the con-
sequence? Why, with respect to her, the principle of
English law was completely reversed. It was usual
for acquittal to produce to the party accused relief
and indemnity; but it would seem as if the Queen s
innocence was her greatest crime—(Applause). Her
acquittal produced degrading punishment, such as
ought only by law to have followed a conviction.
This was punishment not by law, but by the will of
Ministers—(Hear, hear). They had withheld from
her Majesty every right and dignity to which she
could legally lay claim. He (Mr. Ryland) could not
forget what particular day that was; he c uld not
forget that it was the day of the Accession of our
gracious Sovereign, whom might HEAVEN preserve;
but he could not also but remember, that it was the
day when our late regretted and venerable Sovereign
breathed his last. If that beloved Monarch was liv-
ing, or if his amiable and lamented grand-daughter
(Hear, hear), of whom the country was so unhappily
deprived, was then in existence, would it be neces-
sary for him to stand there on that day to defend the
Queen?—(Cries of No!) Their hearts and their con-
sciences would answer, No. After all the attempts
which had been made to destroy the mother and to
bastardize the child, for he would use no milder term,
if HEAVEN had not taken the latter to itself, her
Royal Mother would then have had a shield which'
would have protected her from all the shafts of her
calumnious enemies—(Hear, hear). But, to go at
once to the object of the present Meeting, they had
met to petition the House of Commons, and he
would point out the leading features of the Petition.
It condemned the Milan Commission and the system
of espionage connected with it; which employed spies
in every hole and corner, and used such influence to
procure witnesses, as was shewn by the case in the
Lords. It complained also of the system of suborn-
ing witnesses, and of the profligate expenditure at-
tendant upon those proceedings—(Applause). That
expenditure had not only been lavished upon spies,
but a bribe of £50,000 a-year had been offered to the
Queen to betray herself!—(Applause.) Yes, to deny
her name—to give up her tights—to abandon her
country—and to live in exile in a foreign land, dis-
honoured, deserted, and obscure!—(Load cheers.)—
With a spirit not expected, she indignantly refused
that bribe, and, with honest anger, threw herself
upon the protection of truth and the people of Eng-
land—(Ct ies of Bravo!). Ile then proceeded to trace
the conduct of Ministers towards the Queen since her
arrival in this country. The refusal of the royal
yacht and a royal residence, when the Queen, driven
from the doors of all her family, would not have had
a roof to shelter her, had it not been for an honest
'individual of the Corporation of London, who per-
formed to the Queen of England those rights of hos-
pitality which the Government refused —( Loud ap-
plause).—Ministers were resolved to pay her no com-
pliment but what wai contained in the Bill of Pains
and Penalties, which they had ready cut and dried
to honour her with on her arrival —(A lame).—But
if the Queen was to be reached by that malignant
and anomalous Bill, such an influence might reach
the wives of any of them—(Hear, and a laugh).—He
then commented on the illegality of the act by which
the Queen's name was left out of the Liturgy, and
the application of the 25th sec. of the 13th and 14,th
of Charles 11. to the case, and said, that although
the Queen's name was left out of the Liturgy, it was
not left out of the hearts of the people ; and though
she was not prayed for by the Church, she had the
prayers of every honest man in the kingdom —(Loud
checrs).—lle o.:en, after some similar observations,
went on to say, that the Bill of Pains and Penalties
did not arise from any malicious feeling which the
Ministers entertained towards the Queen. It was
brought forward with the design of keeping Minis-
ters in their places, by veiling the eyes of the people
to the existing state of distress, that they might not
look to the actual sufferings of the country, and call
the stewards of its revenues to their account--(Hear,
hear).—After some remarks upon the conduct of
those who fabricated, in holes and corners, what they
mistutmed Loyal Addresses, which vilified the Peo-
ple and deceived the King, he concluded by moving
the Resolutions pursuant to the Requisition.
Mr. HALL seconded the Resolutions. He regretted
that there was so small a Meeting of the Livery on
so important an occasion, particularly as the Minis-
terial Press would make it a handle to under-rate the
expression of public feeling in the City. The worthy
Liveryman, after pointing out the infinite advantages
that were derived from a free Press, proceeded to
animadvert on the treatment which the Queen had
received, and expressed his firm conviction that none
but a person conscious of innocence, could have re-
fused the bribe offered to her at St. Omer's. The
root of all the evils by which the Empire was as-
sailed, was to be found in the want of a House of
Commons that fully, freely, and fairly represented
the people—(Applause).—ln conclusion, he expressed
a hope that the Livery of London would frequently
assemble for the purpose of discussing great public
questions, and that they would, to use a phrase of
Lord Castlereagh's, make Parliamentary Reform a
" fundamental feature in all their proceedings."
Mr. SCHULTZ observed, that Ministers inflicted pu-
nishment after the prosecution had failed. It was an
established axiom, that causa cessante, effectus cessnt.
But Ministers had first degraded, and then brought
in a Bill to degrade the Queen—(Cheers)—and when
the Bill failed, they continued the pains and penal-
ties—(Cheers).—They thus violated another rule—
accessorium sequitur principium ; for they contended
for the results after the failure of the principle. Lord
Castlereagh was for putting the cart before the horse,
and naturally, as he was an Irishman.—(Applause).
The King's mind was too noble, good, and generous,
to have suggested or desired the erasure of the Queen's
name from the Liturgy. It was all owing to the or-
ganized system of corrupt influence--(Cheers).—lf
the Parliament were reformed, his Majesty would be
hailed as the father of his people—(Great applause).
Mr. Sheriff WAttnatAN congratulated the Livery
on the establishment of the principle, that they were
a regular and deliberative body, by whom questions

could be discussed. The self-styled Loyal Merchants
were not qualified to set them a good example—(Ap
plause).—lt might have been expected, that when
such persons chose to sally forth from their holes
and corners, where they had been calumniating
others, they would have :hewn how men were to be
met by fair argument. He alluded to one Declara-
tion by persons in the City, which accused the Com-
mon Council of disloyalty, and charged them with
spreading disaffection and disloyalty among others.
There had been in St. Andrew's, out of the City, a.
jollification, such as was to be exhibited in the City
this evening—(Laughter). A collection of Loyal Ad-
dresses, published more than a century, from which
Mr. Marsh had so aptly quoted at Reading, proved
that even at that period it was found that nothing ,
promoted good humourlike the bottle—(Great ap-
plause).—At that period it had been sung.,—
" Brave Cavaliers he jolly :—five and be merry ;
" Cheer up your sad souls,
" O'er RAcchus's bowls,
" With sack, and claret, and sherry!"
(Immense laughter).—At the jollification he had men-
tioned, the health of a jolly Clergyman, who had made
an attack on him, and which he had endeavoured to
beat bat k—(Applause)—was one of the toasts—(Loud
laughter)—and the glee that followed,
" With a jolly full bottle let each man be arm'd !"
Another toast was, " Women and wine I"—(Great
applause), and the glee, ,( Flow thou regal purple
stream !" In this style had those patriots resolved to
meet annually—to support religion and morality I—
(Shoats of applause). He might suppose that they
had concluded with a song—
" Come, jolly mortals, fill your glasses,
" Noble deeds are done by wine !"
(Cheers).-4t appeared by the Resolutions of Doctor
Sewell and his Secretary, that, notwithstanding the
laws respecting Seditious Meetings, Corresponding
Societies and Subscriptions were recommended and
partly adopted for the support of religion and mora-
lity. He had thoubtrlitthis'a swindling attempt, till
he found Dr. Sewell and his Secretary, Mr. Charles
Murray, in the black book, with ample pensions. He
had been disposed to form ,the same uncharitable
judgment of the Ward of Cheap Meeting, till he
found the name of Alderman Rothwell there—(Much
laughter and applause). The zealots of such proceed-
ings were very modest at present. Not a word of
Ministers. No : their hearts and souls were entirely
engrossed by the interests of religion and morality—
(Applause). But, if their artifice should succeed,
they would soon put out their horns, and loudly pro-
fess their attachment to the present virtuous Admi-
nistration—(Great applause). He could tell the Li-
very, however, that the publications issued by those
who could not support religion and morality without
subscription, came from a shop in his neighbourhood,
from which Go it, my boys !" had come some years
since. Publications the most obscene and disgusting
were thus promoted and circulated; and he had
means of knowing that Clergymen were employed in
writing them—(Shame!). One of those works was as.
Parody on the Pilgrim's Progress, embodying the most
disgusting scenes in a prosecution proved to have
been one tissue of falsehood and perjury—(Applause).
The attention of the Society for the Suppression of
Vice ought to be directed to this subject.
The Re ()lotions were then put, and carried una-
nimously.—. The Petitions to the two Houses of Parlia-
ment were then read, and agreed to unanimously.
The Duke of BEDFORD was requested to present
the Petition to the Lords, and Mr. Alderman WOOD
that to the Commons.

SIT WILLIAM CURTIS, Mr. Alderman BRIDGES,
and Mr. WILSON, were instructed to support the Pe•
tition to the Commons.

The following letters from Lords HOLLAND and
Ettsiti NE, were then read :
" 14, Arabella-row, Lower Grosvenor-place, Jan. 12.
" -.llv Lono—l beg that you will do me the honour to com-
municate my sincere thanks for the notice so kindly and par-
tially taken of me at the Meeting of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and Livery of the several Companies of the City of London, in
Common I fail assembled, on Friday, the 13th December last.—
I feel with pride and satisfaction that the principles which
through a lung life I have uniformly maintained in our Parlia-
ments and Courts of Justice, are the same which animate and
distinguish the Citizens of eondon. I acted in conformity with
them during the late proceedings in the House of Lords, and
they may depend upon my constant and invariable support of the
free principles of the British Government.
" I have the honour to be, with great respect and regard,
" Your Lordship's most faithful humble servant,
(Signed) " ERSKINE
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
" Old Burlington•street, December 23.
--- - .

" My Loas Mavoa—l am much gratified by the communi-
cation of the, Resolution of the Mayor, Aldermen, and livery-
men, of the City of London, in which they were pleased to no-
tice, with approbation, my opposition to the Bill of Pains and
Penalties, which was lately under the consideration of the House
of Lords. I am hardly entitled to so flattering a distinction.
Nothing but the orders of the House would have induced me
to attend so irregular, unnecessary, and disgusting a proceeding ;
and when compelled to do so, I did nothing but my duty in
voting against it. It is, however, some compensation for the
time unprofitably and unpleasantly spent in that inquiry, to find
that my conduct during it has met with the approbation of so
great and respectable a body of my fellow-countrymen as the
Common Hall of the City of London. I beg you, my Lord,
fur them and yourself, to accept my best acknowledgments, and
to believe me with every consideration of respect,
" Your Lordship's obliged and obedient humble servant,
" VASSALL HOLLAND."

Thanks were moved to the Mover and Seconder
of the Resolutions and Petitions, which were agreed
to with unanimous and warm applause.
Mr. RYLAND and Mr. HALL returned thanks.

Mr. Alderman Wool) said, that it was unnecessary
for him to say that he would, on this occasion, be
happy to obey the instructions of his constituents ;
indeed, if they had even agreed to a Petition con-
taining opinions the very opposite to his own, he
would feel it his duty to present it ; nay, if even the
hole-and-corner men agreed to such a Petition, he
would present it—(Applause)—though he would not
support it. He was glad that the Meeting was held
after the discussion on Lord A. Hamilton's motion.
The fate of that motion would pretty clearly shew
the little regard that the House of Commons paid to
the Petitions of the People. The very night when
that motion was brought on, Petitions from all parts
of England were presented in such numbers, as to
take up four hours in the brief description of them;
and yet, in defiance of those Petitions, in direct op-,
position to the declared wishes of the nation! the
House of Commons refused to censure the Order
which excluded the name of her Majesty from the
Liturgy. He was glad to see the Resolutions of the
Livery of London; they would, lie had no doubt,
give a tone to the whole country—all England, he
anticipated, would follow the example of the City of
London. It really became a question whether the

people of EnglanJ, who were in the right, should;
put down by the Ministet, who wl.as in the
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Englishmen were not in the habit Of suhmir,i, 6'
insult or oppression, and Ministers were much' g
tafkceno
mifmtlolenys thought that one decision of the
would put down the spirit of the
try. He hoped that the Learned Gentleman
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Wetherell), whose speech on the question
the other night in the house trf Commons, was -.:14
rowed on allhands to be a master-piece of clear a-- :I
forcible legal argument, -would bring the main
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tion before Parliament. The question rat in
means disposed ot. It was impossible that h.a..;4
jest), ever would give up that point—(bmd
Ministers might :mike 0a absurd calcanion,
allowing her a large sum of money, she wood „.
abroad—that the People would forsake he-,
more would be heard about the Liturgy. Th:
knew little of the proud and indignant kt. •
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or
her Majesty. The very day of Lord A. Hainiro.
motion, she assured Mr. Brougham and Mr 1,),:
man that she would not give up that right as 10„
as she existed—( Continued cheers?. As to m 0„,,., shge
felt indifferent on that point. It was never her wish
to waste the money of the People—(.
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dinner a day would serve her; she required little (4
herself; but her rights as Queen she was deierm;„e4
to maintain—(Loud cheering). Her Majesty kacx
that her great support was the •Peop!e ot E,111„d;
if it were not for them she N% o,lld have hen,
trampled upon ' • she only sought for her Tie,
and, in looking for them, she looked forward wla
confidence to the unabated and generous assistnte
of a noble-hearted People—(Appleuset. It was aid,
indeed, that she looked for more than her righn_it
was asserted that, in some of her Answers, she cal
the People her subjects; that was not true. He woh.l
defy any person to put his hand on a single Anse»
where she called the people her subjects. But it vr.ii
a regular system to turn everything against her, au
to represent her virtues as vices. A proof of tea.
derest attachment to her lamented daughter, which
would be applauded, if known, as characteristicol
the most affectionate of mothers, had been turned
against her by her enemies.—Perhaps his three col-
leagues in Parliament might be converted by age.
merits before the great question came on, especially
since Lord Castlereagh had said that her Majesty
was in the same situation as if no prosecution '
been institoted—(Hear, hear, hear).
Mr. FAVELL came forward to propose a Vote
Thanks to the Lord Mayor, whose independent,
duct as a public man was a subject of just and gene.
ral applause. His Lordship was a very patient mar,
and never was his patience put to so great a tear
it was lately by a certain 1-action of Traders
Bankers who met at his own hou,c—(4pplasue)—
Those Gentlemen thought fit to hiss Mr. bari..h,
even the Lord Mayor himself, and by the force
clamour disturbed the val. le of the proceedings. '
' denounced this kind of conspiracy, and sorry he,
to say that three of their Representatives had been,
the Meeting to which he had alluded. Yet
were the men who accused the Teeple of dison
conduct! They inveighed against Public Meetings;
though it was in the recollection of many men thi
Mr. Pitt and his friends constantly had recourse ai
Public Meetings. But they no longer answers-die
objects of Ministers, and therefore they were discone•
tereanced. He hoped, however, that the Penis.-
persevere, and preserve those rights in d(
which the best blood of their ancestors had '

The Mption was put and carried with applause.
The LORD MAYOR said, that he had rcceived tie
thanks of his fellow-citizens with great -
He had had experience lately, that the friends

tra loyalty care.i not what they did when t.
(Applause). He hoped he would ever mai.
far as he could, the rights of his fellow-citizens.
The Hall then dissolved in the most orderly

Petitions to both Houses of Parliament have lee
numerously and respectably signed by the Surges's
and Inhabitants of Selkirk, praying that her 31a.
JEST I's name may be restored to the Liturgy of the
Church of England, and herself to all the rights tad
privileges of a Queen Consort of these Realms. Tte
Petition to the House of Lords to be presented'
Lord ERSKINE, and that to the House of
by the Member for the Selkirk District of b.
Friday afternoon, the receiving-house of the,
Powder Works, at Kinterbury, near Plymouth,
up, and a man and a boy were killed.
In consequence of so small a Number as
having been a £21,000 Prize in the Lottery
finished, several persons have determined to
the Number corresponding with their age;
they are not expeditious, they will not be
obtain that, or any other Number, as the new
adopted by the Contractors, of giving away
Prizes of £2,000, and letting the Public have
chance for the other Capitals for a few shillit
created such a demand, that we think there
be Tickets sufficient to last till Valentine's Day,
the Three £2,000 given away will be decided.
Advices have been received from Naples to eg
10th inst. A report has been made to the Parliaineis
from the Council of Generals, presided over by the
Prince Regent, in which assurance is given
frontiers are in a valid state of defence against
hostile aggression whatever. The Council Lad
solved on forming the army into four divisions,
which three were destined for active service, and
fourth as a corps de reserve. Orders had
mated for conveying a portion of the troops s•.
to the frontier provinces of Naples. Supplies
muskets had been received from Corfu, from Malla
and from Spain. The Prince Regent a,
intention, in the event of war, of heading the
A Memorial has been presented to the Palm,.
accusation of Carascossa, the Ex-Minister of W
which he is charged with having refused
horses for the use of the Army ; with having
ferred the Officers from one corps to another,
own caprice ; with not having fulfilled his
ment to augment the regular Army to 52,000 • 10,
with not having furnished the supplies necessary
the battalions ordered to the frontiers,
either of pp a;
der or of other articles; with not having, exert'
himself to procure muskets, and with having.
refused many that were tendered ; with having
the prices of provision, of forage, and of
and with hiving neglected the Orphan Schools
odser Military Establishment-. The Memorial
referred to a Conimittee.

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THE EITENIt4 STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1521.
31AnTyanow.—Holiday at the Bank.

*Bulls and Bears continue their contest at the
cot Exchange with vigour, and have recourse to
;sir goal expedients with unabated industry. An
tiro arrived yesterday from the Continent—and,
°fore, there was ground to believe that some sin-
e isr event had taken place, somewhere or other,
vhitl, could not but affect the value of our Public
rods Out came the secret—" A conspiracy has
'bee discovered at Paris against the whole Royal
Family—Lows has been assassinated!"—" Oh, no!
Ica are quite misinformed : the fact is simply this—
via was matter of speculation before, is now re-
duced to certainty—the Austrians have actually
powerful army into the Neapolitan terri
You are both wrong : it has transpired,
the King of PORTUGAL has determined on a
to reduce his subjects by force!" Such were
• rumours of yesterday, and for a time they
l their purpose. The Consols, which were
„fell to 71j/8; for though it was a close boll-
, there were plenty of bargains made in the vicinity
Stock Exchange. In consequence of the great
ity of business done yesterday, the Exchange
this torenoon, though also a close holiday.
commence.' at 71 ys, and soon went to
:—the sellers of yesterday having reduced the
re now buyers.
The Paris Papers of Saturday reache,d us this morn-
but, we Heed hardly say, contain nothing tend-
in the remotest degree, to confirm any of the
rumours. The following are the only arti-
,
possessing the slightest degree of interest pre-
1. in the Ftench Journals :
1: is stated in an article from Geneva, that a co-
, of the Austrian Army has passed the Po, and
' Ravenna.

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Lnd

The Congress at Laybach has not yet commenced
On the 12th instant, which was the birth-
the King of NAPLES, who entered his seventy-
, there was a grand gala in honour of the
when his MAJESTY received the congratulations
EMPERORS, all the Foreign Ministers, and
distinguished Personages. On the following
Emperor of Russui gave a grand fete.

The King of PRUSSIA was expected at Laybach
of January.
It is said that Lord STEWART will wait at Vienna
an answer to the Note which he transmitted to
,REICH and Count CAPo
tonjecttnes are formed as to the contents of

article from Frankfort of the 20th instant
_Representative System is making much
in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Schwe-
A Deputation of the States had assembled at
and were occupied, 'conjointly with the
• - of the Grand Duke, in the prelim'.
.or the entire abolition of vassalage.
The junta of the Portuguese Government has is-
stating, that as it is of the highest im-
that the Cortes should assemble with as
delay as possible, it is the will of the Govern-
. immediately after two-thirds of the Den-
have arrived in Lisbon, the National Con•'
shall be installed and open its Sittings. And it
that the Deputies, on arriving, shall
. their Addresses to the Minister of the In-
that he may be able to announce to them the
the hour of the Installation of the Cortes,
:eremonies which are to precede it.
letter from Madrid of the 16th instant
. a new conspiracy had been formed at Sa-
but abandoned : its first object was the as-
of General RIEGO, on the day of his entry
city.

zw Penal Code will be presented next Session.
reported, that a Commission of Public Safety
be created in the capitals of every Province,
will be charged with the punishment of all
Trench Funds, Five per Cents. 81f. 75c.

\evt York and Boston Papers arrived this morning

. of January.
In the House of Representatives, on the 213th of
Mr. F. JOHNSON gave notice that, on the '
January, he would move to take into consi-
-13111 reported in the last Session of Con-
tuthorise the PRESIDENT ofthe United States
take possession of East and West Florida.
NORFOLK, DECEMBER 26.
Captain Stone, of the Alpha and Omega, reports,
Cape Haytien, that three or four days before
two French frigates laying off there, sent
Rag of truce to President Boyer. Capt. Stone
not learn the purpose of this message, and
ag had transpired when he sailed, from which
might be conjectured ; it, however, had excited
itich speculation among the inhabitants.
INTELLIGENCE FROM AFRICA.
(From the National intelligence %)
" John Adana, off the Island de Loss, October ID.
" Subsequent to my last communication, per the
inlet, we have continued cruiting off the coast
12 Cape Sierra Leone to Cape Mulmada. We an-
ed a few days since at Sierra Leone, where the
air, Coker, the only surviving Agent to the

.Colonizing Society,. Irit,ited Os, and coirbOrated the

circumstance! mentioned in telatlon V) the recent
emigrants from our country : their number is now
reduced to twenty-five, and not a white individual in
existence among them ; they had removed to a settle-
ment called Yonne, though he apprehended, from the
encroachments that had been recently made by the
natires (by whom they were environed), it would
eventuate in consequences of a serious nature. _ The
donations sent by the United States are all exhausted.
" Coker was engaged in palaver with the King
and Chiefs of the Shebro Settlements—he left them,
however, without being able to adjust his negocia-
tions relative to the land on which they propose
making a permanent settlement. It is situated on
the Uanna River; the country is mountainous and
fertile, and there is little question that their labours
will be crowned with success. The man Hizzel,
on whose land they were temporarily located, has
proved a designing and mercenary wretch, and left
no means untried to throw every impediment in the
way of the advancement of our colonial interest."
Exports of the United States for the Year ending 30th
September, 1820:
Domestic Products - - 51,683,640 dollars.
Foreign ditto - 18,008,029 ditto.

Total - - 69,691,669 ditto.

Letters were yesterday received from Buenos Ayres,
dated November 6. Great agitation was created by
the arrival of the French squadron at Monte Video.
It was reported the expedition was connected with
the late plot to put a French Prince on the 'Throne
of South America. The squadron consisted of a man
of war and a frigate; and it was rumoured, that
several smaller vessels were daily looked for. No
accounts had been received respecting the success or
failure of the squadron under Lord COCHRANE.

Letters received this day from St. Thomas's, dated
December 30, state that an Armistice has taken place
between BOLIVAR and NIORILLO.

A rumour is current in the commercial circles, that
a negociation is either on foot, or to be shortly com-
menced, for the cession of the important settlement
of Sincapore, established by Sir THOMAS RAFFLES,
in the Indian Archipelago, to the Dutch Government.
We would, if we could, hope that this rumour is
altogether unfounded. It is a station of the greatest
importance for the protection of British com-
merce in the Indian Archipelago; and, if Minis-
ters shall make this sacrifice, they will exhibit the
same ignorance and inattention to the interests of
the country that was strewn by them in the Treaty
by which they restored the Dutch possessions
in that quarter. A reason could, indeed, be seen
at that time for their conduct: they had in prospect
a family alliance with the Dutch Monarchy. But
what motive, in the name of common sense, can they
now have for crippling any one of the branches of
our commerce, when every consideration of policy
should dictate a quite opposite conduct?

Lord Casn.enzeon's motion for making a provi-
sion for the QUEEN, will to-morrow occasion another
long debate in the Commons. The issue, however,
will be whatever Ministers may previously deter-
mine, for the strength of parties was tried on Friday
night, and the House of Commons, which always
expresses the sense of the country, has decided that
Ministers have acted with wisdom and prudence,
whatever other sentiments their constituents may
choose to express in " mob" and "farce" County
Meetings! It is true that, beyond contradiction, in
the minority were found the representatives of the
most ancient and wealthiest families in the king-
dom, distinguished equally by their titles, their rank,
and independence ; but it is equally true that the
greater number of noses were found on the other side.
It was believed by our forefathers that they had
framed a Constitution for posterity that provided
against the insidious operations of every species of
corruption so effectually, that the real sense of the
Country, as expressed by the voice of the People in
legal Public Meetings, would command the com-
pliance of Ministers; but now-a-days, the fate of any
Motion may be anticipated, even before it is taken
into consideration. The public voice is, however,
still more potent than Ministers could wish. It has
compelled Ministers to retreat and take a new posi-
tion ; they have abandoned the original plan of the
campaign, and placed themselves on the defensive.
The real state of the case seems to be, that they have
received a coatrouling and corrective rebuke—but
which has not shaken the stability of their places.
They have then weathered one dangerous point;
but another danger awaits them, not yet fully de-
veloped—'the line of policy which they shall adopt
during the present year in the affairs of Europe.—
It is impassible, we think, that the actual state of
Europe should not be full of gigantic results. Ob-
jects of reason, like those of mere sense, sometimes
fail to be distinctly seen, from their too great proxi-
Imity. But let any person sketch the actual aspect of
Europe, contemplate it for a moment, compare it
with his historical recollections, and then ask himself
whether nations have ever appeared possessed and
animated with such a commoving spirit in the pur-
suit of any object, whether rational or chimerical,
without the birth of some great and permanent charge
in the condition of men? The present epoch is really
more portentous thin the opening of the French Re-
volution, or even of the Reformation. In the in.tanaa

:of the first•mertioned event. the spirit of change may
be said to have been local—and though Migions
zeal is a stronger Stimulant than that of political
and intellitctual freedom, yet the itefiii-rnatidn
chiefly a contest between the ledira men in go-
vernment, theology, and literature, whose triumph

or defeat decided the adherence and faith of the
attendant mass of their followers. But now the
whole of the body politic is agitated and active,
from the heart to the extremities, through a large
portion of Europe. The evident disposition of the
Allied Sovereigns is to check this great movement—

and the first step in the execution of this, ds we
think, insensate and impracticable design, will be,
the intrusion of Austrian bayonets into the territory
of Naples. —Should that take place, this country
cannot remain an idle spectator—and, in its pre-
sent temper and condition, Ministers themselves are
well aware of the effect which would be produced by
any proposition for increasing the public burthens—
even by an addition to the public debt, for such a
purpose. We must, therefore, infer, unless we were
to believe them mad, that they are labouring for the
preservation of the peace of Europe much more
strenuously than even their declarations would seem
to express; for this is their last stake; and should
they fail, it is impossible to foresee what may be the
result—we do not say to themselves, for that is a
mere matter of moonshine, but—to the British Em-
pire.

Yesterday the Duchess of CLARENCE took an airing
in her carriage. We are extremely happy to say, that
her Royal Highness is perfectly restored to health.
Lord and Lady CASTLEREAGH had a party to din-
ner on Sunday.

Saturday, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER left Frog-
more for Bagshot Park.
A singular circumstance occurred at the late Levee.
A Gentleman of respectable appearance being pre-
sented to the KING, knelt down, and commenced a
speech to his MAJESTY, complaining of the manner
in which some Petition he had presented had been
received. His MAJESTY waved his hand for the
Gentleman to pass on, but he continued kneeling
and speaking. On this Lord LAKE, assisted by
others, seized the Gentleman by the shoulders, and
removed him from the Royal presence by force.
Mr. MASH, one of his MAJzsTY's Gentlemen
Ushers, was in attendance in the House of Commons
during the whole of the debate on Lord ARCHIBALD
HAMILTON'S motion on Friday evening. After the
division, Lord CASTLEREAGH sent a note by him to
the KING, communicating the result.
The following Addresses are w be presented to
her MAJESTY, to-morrow, at one o'clock, by—
Lord Mu.row M.P. Lord Arsox, Lord Joxx Russal.a, M.P.
Sir Witxuas Ilowurr,M.P.Bart. M.P. Hon. H. G. Bs:mire, M.P.
FRANCIS Prii, Esq. M ALEXANDER BARIKO, RS; M.P.
J. A. WAILER, Esq. M.P. W. A. MADOCKS, Esq. M.P J. J. G.
LAMBTON, ESLIM.P. Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, M.P. WILLIAM
W HIT3READ, . M.P. ROBERT CHALONEB, Esq. M.P. Wit.
maw WlLLtams, Esq. M.P. J. Hines, Esq. BLP. Hon. R.
Kserst. CitAnot, Alderman Wotan, M.P.
All Saints, Poplar Litchfield
Blandford Manchester
Biggleswade Higham F
Birmingham Hull
North Leach Memnon th
Warrington—Do. Females Danford
Newlyn Sandy-Orkney
Woodbridge Rou
Sudbury Week flock
Wantage Guisborough
St. Pancras, Chichester Wrington
Abingdon Übbey
Lackford Hundred, Suffolk Guildry of Dundee
Bedford Nairn
Taunton Pennycuick.

The Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND has presented
to the Master of the Ceremonies of Newcastle, a most
splendid medallion and gold chain, to be worn by
him in future as the insignia of his office.
Nearly eleven hundred persons, many of them of
the first rank and title, were present at the Master
of the Ceremonies Ball, last week, at Bath.

A splendid repast was given on Saturday week, by
Lord OXFORD, on the summit of Coxal Camp, where
CARACTACUS held his meetings, on account of the
coming of agt of his son, Lord HARLEY. Lord
HARLEY was seated under a canopy of evergreen.
All the surrounding summits had bonfires ; the vil-
lages and farms round were illuminated ; and at the
mansion, in the vicinity of Brampton Brian, several
oxen were given to the poor.
Miss STEPHENS is prevented from appearing at
Covent-Garden Theatre, by the death of her vene-
rable mother.

' Mr. WALLAex appeared at Drury Lane Theatre,
last night, in the arduous character of Richard the
Third, and with good effect.
Mr. TERRY is dramatising the romance of Kenil-
worth, for Covent-Garden Theatre. Two Acts are
already finished.
Mr. MACREADY leaves town in a day or two for
Bristol, where he is to perform two of his original
characters.
We understand that Mr. VANDENIIOFF, of Covent-
Garden Theatre, has had permission from the Ma-
nager to absent himself during the run of the new
Tragedy of Mirandola, and is now performing at
Salisbury, his native City, with great success.
ENGLISH OPERA-House.—The Soirt,es Arnusantes
continue to receive the unanimous approbation of
numerous and genteel audiences. Last night an alter-
ation in the performances took place, which was re-
ceived with much applause.
I'EA nm AN, of the English Opera House, is engaged
at the Dublin Theatre as the principal singer, until
the former commences its short but active season.
Mr. JOHN CBANcit, the artist and painter of the
unique picture of the death of '• Chatterton," now in
the possession of Sir JAMES WINTER LAKE, Bart.,
died at Bath last week, in the 70th year of his age.
Yesterday beinF.the Anniversary of his MAJEsTy's
Accession to the throne, the morning was ushered
in by the ringing of bells, and display of flags on the
different steeples of the parish churches. Tire lt'yal
Standard was hoisted at the Tower, and the ships on
the River Thames displayed the colours of their dif-
ferent nations. At one o'clock the Park and Tower
guns were fired. The In•pensioners of Greenwich
and Chelsea were entertained at dinner with boiled
pork and pudding, after which each man received
two quarts of ale to drink the King's health.

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