Star.
London, England, 1820-12-28 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, DECEMBER 25.

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Divine Service was performed in Marlborough-
row, in the presence of the SOVEREIGN and his fa-
mily this morning. The Sacrament was adminis-
tered to his MAJESTY by the Dean of HEREFORD.—
The KING subsequently promenaded the enclosed
grounds, although the weather was piercingly cold, a
sharp north-east wi.nd prevailing.
DEC. 26.—The weather to-day has been quite as
severe as was that of yesterday, with the cutting
breeze more from the northern, but without any fall
of rain or snow. The KING, as yesterday, paraded
the enclosed lawn, walking with a firm step, and cheer-
ful air, and appearing much to enjoy the exercise.

Yesterday morning, Viscount CASTLEREAGH came
to town from his seat at North Cray, Kent, and
transacted business at the Foreign Office.
The Duke of YORK left town yesterday morning
about ten o'clock, on a visit to the Earl of 'WEST-
MORLAND, at his seat at Apthorpe, near Walmes-
ford, in Northamptonshire.

Yesterday the Princess SOPHIA visited the Duchess
of CLARENCE and the Infant Princess ELIZABETHe--
We are happy to say the Royal Duchess and the
Infant had passed a very good night, and were going
on extremely well.

Colonel FITZCLARENCE and his Lady are spending
the Christmas at Petworth, the splendid seat of the
Earl of ECRESIONT.

Sunday last the Duke of WELLINGTON accompa-
nied Lord COMRERMERE to Audlem Church, and
afterwards rode with him to visit their brother hero,
Lord HILL, at Sir JOHN HILL'S magnificent seat at
Hawkestone. His Grace was expected at Chester
yesterday, and on leaving that ancient City proceeds
for Northamptonshire.
A grand Subscription Ball is to be given in the
Upper Rooms at Bath, in aid of the hinds of the
Asylum established there, for the protection and
education of Female Under-servants, of which the
Dowager Countess BELMOR E, Dowager Lady FORD,
Lady JANE JAMES, Lady BATEMAN, and Lady ACK--
LAND, are the Lady Patronesses.
It is evident that our Monthly Periodical Literature
is about to assume an importance far beyond that
which it has hitherto enjoyed. Independent of the talent
and influence of the present Editor of the New Monthly
Magazine, we hear that its plan, commencing with
the New Series, on the Ist of January, will he consi-
derably enlarged and improved ; that the Original
Papers will be printed in a larger letter, similar to
those in the Quarterly Reviews, and the Register
part only will remain in double columns, and be
bound up separately, making three volumes in the
course of the year.

From an official document it appears, that in the
year 1815, between 400 and 500 widows, in the pro.
vince of Bengal, had voluntarily sacrificed themselves
on the funeral piles of their-husbands ; in 1816; up-
wards of 600 ; and in 1817, 706.

The confectioners of the Metropolis were actively
employed yesterday in filling their cellars with ice ;
the produce of the last two days frost.
A few evenings since three individuals, at an Inn,
in a corporate town in Gloucestershire, drank six
bottles of wine, 12 bottles of porter, and 36 quarts
of cider, at one sitting: after which they supped to-
gether, and drank a glass of brandy acid water each!
A horse, the property or Mr. Pm LLINIORX, of Dor-
setshirc-street, was backed yesterday for 50 guineas,
to trot one mile in three minutes and ten seconds,
. being at the rate of more than 18 mi!cs an hour. The
ground was on the new road between Hounslow and
Sunbuty•common. The horse went off in great form,
having gone 50 yards back to take the starti and won
cleverly, having three seconds to spare.

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. PALEMBANG.

The frustration of the Dutch Expedifon against P.,.
lembang has been for some time known; but as the
particularshave not yet been published, the following,
translated from the Batavian Courant of Nov. 20,
will prove acceptable to many of our Readers:

BATAVIA, Nov. 19, 1819.—The Government have
received intelligence from the Expedition at Palem-
bang, by which it appears, that on going up the
river of that place they met with impediments which,
it seems, cannot be removed; but -by slow and difE-

cult operations. The Rear-Admiral, Walterbeck, had
therefore judged it advisable and expedient, for the
preservation of the health of the troops and Crews,

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that for the present all further undertakings in that
quarter should cease ; and, during the present 'un-
favourable season, that he should station himself at

the mouth of ?he River Soensang, which resolntien
.had, on the 4th instant, actually taken effect.
The following is a connected account of what hap-
pened to the Expedition, since their arrival at Man-
tok, on the Island of Banco, about the end' of the
month of August:
" Immediately after the ships of the Expedition
had anchored in the harbour of Mantok, the Rear-Ad-

miral, Walterbeck; took information respecting the
depth in the mouth of the River of Palembang, when
it was found that the bank lying there could not be

passed over by his Majesty's frigate Willejnine, and
other large ships, with the springs of the 4th and
19th of September, on account of which all their
endeavours had hitherto miscarried ; and it was nct
until the 30th of the same Month, that all the ships
of the Expedition could get over the bank and into
the River. The taking out and hoisting in again
the ships' guns, the dividing of the troops, and the
filling up all the water casks that had been emp-
tied to lighten them, delayed the Expedition till
the 10th of October, on which day they began to
work up into the River. The difficulties they met
with were almost innumerable ; the strong current
of the River, the shallowness of the water at many
places, and the continual care required to send off
the floating fire•rafts, were the cause that the ships
advanced but slowly; whilst, at the same time, the
great fatigues and almost incessant rains, to which
the troops and crews were day and night continually
exposed, soon increased considerably the number of
the sick. Nothing, however, could abate the courage
of our men : and on the 19th of October, the squa-
dron had already advancid as far as Palembang,
without suffering any loss worthy to be mentioned,
from the batteries of the enemy, whiefi here and there
bad been raised along the banks of the river.
" On the 20th of October all the ships passed,
with great difficulty, the Strait of Sala Nama, where
they found themselves before Gombara, the battery
where it seemed the enemy bad all their strength
united, to prevent our passing on; but the wind was
not favourable to our purpose, and it was not until
the following day, being the 21st, at noon, that an
attack upon that battery became possible for us.
" The Sultan being convinced that the place where,
in 1812, he had endeavoured likewise to dispute the
passage to the English, was by no means a fit one,
had now chosen a position, which indeed one would
almost be tempted to attribute to a more advanced
knowledge of the art of war than he is likely to pos-
sess. Well placed batteries on both banks of the
river,formed and maintained a heavy and well judged
cross fire, which moreover was supported by a great
number of floating batteries, anchored there in the
centre of the river. All these batteries were con-
structed of trees ; and so thick were their breast-
works, that our balls could hurt them but little;
whilst, at the same time, very high roofs, constructed
of trunks of trees, and piled upon one another, secured
them against our bombs. However, these difficulties
might have easily
.been overcome by our men, had
nos such an incalculable number of piles, rammed
'so closely together. intq the ground, shut up entirely
the whole breadth of the river, so that it was im-
possible for a vessel to pass through then.
" Yet, in defiance of all these impediments and
difficulties, our ships, notwithstanding, stationed
themselves, at noon of the 21st of October, in the
best order of battle, across the batteries of the enemy,
at the distance of about half a musket-shot from
them. This firing lasted until four o'clock in the af-
ternoon, when a flow of wind 'sprung up, which com-
pelled the squadron to put back to_ the former posi-
tion they had taken on the 20th, or the day before.
Though the means of defence of the enemy, which,
during the fight of the 21st, we were fully able to
view, were by no means insurmountable by the va-
lour of our troops, yet it was nevertheless quite other-
wise respecting the works of defence raised by the
enemy, in order to make the bed of the river entirely
innavigable. To remove all these impediments, re-
quired a length of time, and many hands; we could
not, therefore, think of this, without exposing the
troops arid crews still longer to excessive fatigues,
and to the incessant rains which daily poured down
upon us, and to increase thereby the already great
number of sick, to such a degree, that perhaps the
Expedition might, even without fighting any mole,
_have become unfit for any further operations.
In the meanwhile, the desire of our troops to be
engaged with the enemy was very great iutesd, and
we sought everywhere, with great eagerness, for a fit
place either to scale or to surround the batteries of
the enemy; Lut wherexer we came, we found nothing

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1-.lt very strong pile works, close thickets, and exten-1.
tire marshes, which, in the present season of the year,
ate entirely unfordable. Having thus, for three whole
days, bestowed in vain every 'possible endeavour to
7-ing the enemy to close combat with' our troops,
thereby to come to a decisive conclusion of the affair,
ve were fully convinced of the impossibility thereof,
and that, in the already advanced prevalent rainy
season, ni-thing more to that purpose could now be
tndertaken with the least hope of success whatever;
in consequence of which, the whole squadron on the
icth of October, dropped down again into the Soen-
sang, where, on the 4th instant, we arrived.
"The ships of war will, it is said, remain there to
blockade the river, whilst the transport ships are to
carry back to Java all the troops that are not abso-
lutely wanted there, in order to refresh themselves at
Java, for which there is no convenience on the Island
of Banca.
" The Rear-Admiral, Walterbeck, praises much the
courageous conduct of the troops under his com-
mand during the Expedition ; that neither the exces-
sive fatigues which the men and ciews were obliged
to endure, myr the diseases prevailing amongst them,
were able to diminish, but for one moment, their
courage, and that the only complaint of the soldiers
was, that they could not engage with the enemy, and
attack them in the interior of their very entrenchments,
as had taken place at Banca Cotta, where they were
led on by Captain Laenibin.
" During the heavy exchange of firing, which, for
more than three hours, our ships kept up with the
batteries of the enemy, some of our vessels suffered
much from the fire of the latter; amongst which are
principally his Majesty's frigate Willemine, and the
corvette Concord. Both ships received much damage
in their hulls, as well as in their rigging ; some of
cur troops were also killed and wounded in that en-
eagement. Amongst the first, we have greatly to
lament the loss of the First Lieutenant and Aid-de-
Camp Be Bonin, who at his own request had volun-
tatily accompanied the Expedition ; that of the First
Lieutenant of Marine, Fabricies, First Officer of his
Majesty's corvette Concord ; an:l the First Lieute-
nant Rey nst, of his Majesty's 18th Re,iment of Foot.
Amongst the wounded Officers, the Captain of Ai -
finery, Vander Veen, is mentioned.
" We may view the advance of the season, and the'
delay which the Expedition met, 'on account of the
bank in the River, as the proper causes why, for the
present, we were obliged to put a stop to the fusthet
operations of war. Had the Expedition, immediately
on their arrival at the latter end of August, been able
to proceed into the River, they would now, to all pro-
bability, have obtained their wished-for aim:'

A letter dated Curacoa. October 4, says :••••44 The
schooner Maria, from this port to St. Martha. was
taken by Brion's squadron, and carried into Sava-
nilla ; and, on her return to this port, she spoke the
Spanish fleet which passed this harbour: by her we
learn, that a brig of Brion's squadron had gone ashore
at Savanilla, and was lost. The whole naval force
consists only of five vessels. Bolivar is stated to have
increased the import duties from 25 to 30 per ceiit."
The Jamaica House of Assembly met on the 31st
of October, and, having' chosen the Hon. JAMES
LEWIS, as Speaker, his Grace the GOVERNOR opened
the business of the Session with a speech, in which he
says to the Gentlemen of the Council—" Let me
earnestly recommend you to proceed to the discharge
of your public duty with a sincere disposition to pre-
serve the greatest possible harmony among your-,
selves, an object which I shall ever be most anxious
to promote." The House went into a Committee on
the Rules and Articles of War Bill. It was stated in
the discussion upon the Bill, that by the latter part
cf the 6th Clause, persons were subject to be tried
under this Bill in the same manner as if martial law
were in force, which placed too much power in the
hands of Governors, it was therefore moved that the
fonawing should be omitted—" Or when on any
gt.rril or duty ordered by the Governor, or person
exercising the functions of Governor of this Island,"
mhich was carried by a large majority.
SUFFERERS AT RIO DE LA HACllE.—Twenty-five
of the unfortunate sufferers who were taken at Rio
de lit Hache, and confined for some time, but after-
wards released, and who had arrived at Jamaica in
the BANN sloop, of 20 guns, made their appearance
at the Court-House in the most abject and wretched
state imaginable. A letter from the Surgeon of the
BANG was read before the Corporate Body, giving
an account of o:eir miserable condition, and solicit-
ing that they might be sent to the Public Hospital.—
An order was accordingly issued, that they should
be received into that Institution, until his Grace the
Governor's pleasure should be known.
Out of nearly 340 prisoners, marched to Panama,
only 113 have survived the labour and misery of their
situation. About 40 Officers were sent to Cheman
and Darien, fifty leagues along the coast of the Pa-
cific ; 14 of them were shot by order of the Govern-
ment, most of them British half-pay Officers, Cap-
tains and Lieutenants. Of the others, eight only sur-
vived, the rest having, as it is stated, died of disease.
Forty more of those who had remained at Panama
'were to be sent to Chagres as soon as another vessel
arrive,' there for their conveyance to Jamaica. No-
thing, it is said, could exceed the kindness of the
Feopie of Panama to the British prisoners.
ENOLIAI SPIRIT.—At Newark, a party gave um-
%rate to the u powers that be," by the manner in
which they celebrated the triumph ofthe QUEEN, and
three %vete committed to prison. On Tuesday last,
these men were liberated, and while passing through
the yard, mete pointed out by the keeper to several
Gentlemen as the RuzEN's men. One of the Gen-
tlemen addressing them, said, " Well, my men, you
Kill be King's men now, and sing GOD save the King."
To this, one of them nobly and sensibly replied—
" Sir, if I were confined for fourteen years, instead
of fourteen days, it would not alter my principle, and
a prison is the wrong place for heform, it makes gate
n',-/s bad, and bad worse .1" On gaining the outside of
the prison wail, they gave three huzzas, and shouted.
4. .4.)D save thf. Queen.

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THE ARMY.
Friday, the Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry were
inspected at Bothwell Castle by Major-General liar- ,
NELL, who expressed himself to them in strong terms
of approbation. He gave them the highest credit for
their appearance in the field, the regularity of their
movements, and" the neatness of their uniform and
appuinto ents, and assured them that it was his in-
tention to report the same to the General command-
ing the Forces in Scotland. After the inspection', the
troop received refreshments from Lord DOUGLAS,
and giving the General three cheers, they drank the
health of their Officeis with the same token of e,teem,
and returned to their respective homes highly de-
lighted with the very flattering encomium passed on
them by the Major-General.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Saxony, Jonosow, from Hamburgh for London, was on
shore at Lowestoffe on Tuesday, and full of water.
The Arahe; ',llourrent, from Marseilles to Para, was wrecked
near Matanham, previoui to the 4th ult. A small part of the
cargo caved,
The Victory, AY RES, from Kingston (Jamaica) to Chaste',
was totally lost on the 21st of September, near that place.
The Henry Lovett, Comaato, from Jamaica to Arnapolis,
was wrecked the end of September, on the Isle of S'ache.—
Crew saved:
The Sophia, BARNES, front Jamaica to St. John's (N. 8.), ,
was wrecked in October, on Mayaguana. Crew and part of the
cargo saved.
The Fame, Herwoon, of London, from Liverpool to New-
foundland. put into Limerick on the 21st ii st. leaky, with both
masts sprung, and other damage.
The Neptune, Miststacn, of Wisbeach, was on shore under
Dunlington, on the Yorkshire coast, on Monday, and it was
feared would be wrecked.
The Dandy, from Liverpool to Smyrna, ran on the rocks, off
Holyhead, on 31onday, but was got off.
The Coaster, W.sautri, sailed from Riga about the 24th of
September, passed the Sound on the 10th of October, and has
not Since been heard of.
The British ship Neptune ran on shore on Florida Reef, in
October, but was got off with loss of her rudder.
Friday week the smack Lord Collingwood, of Penzance.
Hewer, Funce master, bound from Cork to Portsmouth, was
wrecked tin the eastern part of Whiting Bay, and every person
on hoard perished. The bodies of two of the men and a young
lad were washed on shore, and buried in Avamore Church-
yard, county of Waterford.
Saturday se'nnight, the Helena, of Workington, struck on the
rocks of Ballywater, near Donaghadee, and immediately went
down ; the whole of the crew Perished•
The Grimsby Custom-House boat (having brought to Hull
Mr. MA &SHALL, the Collector) left that port on her return to
Grimsby, on Wednesday night week, and has not since been
heard of. It is feared that the boat has foundered in the Hum-
ber, as the wind blew strong at the time. There were six men
on board, all married.
As Captain Wu.soo, of the sloop Harmony, was coming up
from Grimsby to Hull, on Saturday evening, while the wind was
blowing fresh, he was precipitated overboard and drowned.
Fm.stotrtm, Doc. 25.—Wind E.—Arrived the Two Brothers,
LAUDER, from Newfoundland; and Brothers, Jimenss, from
London.—Sailed the Catharine, RICHARDS, for St. Michael's.
DEAL, Dec. 27.-11 ins E.S.E.—Remains in the Downs, his
Majesty's ship SEVERN.
YARMOUTH, Dec. 27.—The Saxony is hove rather higher up
the beach, but owing to the bad state of the weather there has
been but little progress made in landing the cargo.
Roseorv, Dec. 18.—The sloop Two Brothers, Mar, ot
Queensberry, from lii.boa for London, foundered at sea, of Pea.
mark Point, on the 14th instant; it is supposed she struck on
a wreck. Crew saved by the French brig Le helm, and
landed here.
Cos-roll-House, Dec. 27.—Ships Entered Inwards: Triton,
front Quebec ; Commercial Packet, front Antwerp ; Lady Pop-
ham, tram Jamaica ; Westmoreland, from Demerara; Malabar,
from New south Wales.—Cleared Outwards: Lovely Ann,
tor Constantinople; Phoebe, for Londonderry; Perseverance,
for Belfast ; Daphne, for Gibraltar.
A R RIVED—At Bergen (leaky, and with loss of main-mast, &c.),
the. Pollux, Stemming, from Liverpool. At Jamaica, Edgar,
Switiey, front London; Amity, Vaughan; and John rowther,
Morrison, from Liverpool. At New Providence, Highlander,
front London. At Nassau (in distress), Mother Duckett, from
Bermuda. At Bourdeaux, Averick, Moore, from Plymouth.
At Filial, Isabella, Henderson, from London. At St. Michael's,
Endeavour, Wood, from Liverpool; Three. Brothers, Dug dale,
from Dartmouth ; and Bustler, Mudge, from Topsham.

REPEAL OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ON MOONE,SETWEEN GREAT
BRITAIN AND MIDLAND.

Treasury Chambers Oct. 27, 1820.
Gentlemen—The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Trea-
sury having had under their consideration the subject of the ex-
pediency of repealing the Countervailing Duty on Books im-
ported into Great Britain from Ireland, or into Ireland from
Great Britain, while a corresponding drawback is paid in the
country from which they are exported, I have received their
Lordships' commands to direct you not to charge the counter-
vailing cinty, or to allow drawback on Books, Maps, and l'rints,
belonging to, and removed for, the private use of persons changing
their residences, or passing and reprising from one country to
the other, certificates being in every case produced that no draw-
back has been allowed on their shipment. S. it. Lussuaoron.
To the Commissioners of Customs.
Orders were sent to Outports in conformity, Nov. 2,182 d.
asriticTioN or THU DUTY ON CASTIIL-11=0.
Treasury Chambers, Oct. 28, 1820.
Gentlemen—l am commanded by the Lords of his Majesty's
Treasury to authorise you to deliver any Caster-seed now re-
maining in warehouses under the King's lock, or that may be
hereafter imported, until the pleasure of Parliament shall be
known, on payment of a duty of 4d. per pound ; the parties
giving bond, however, for the payment of the full duty of Is. per
pound, in case Parliament should not sanction the reduction pro-
posed. S. R. Lusumamo.
To the Commissioners of Customs.
TUE HOUSELESS Pooll.—At a Meeting of the Ge-
neral Committee for affording shelter to the House-
less, held on Saturday, the fl3d instant, pursuant to
the Resolutions passed at the Mansion-Heuse, it was
resolved that a Committee of Eighteen Members be
chosen to carry into effect that part of the Report
which relates to the preparation of a proper place for
the reception of the Destitute, if the weather should
prove severe, when- Mr. HACK stated, that in fur-
therance of the abject, he had moved in the Com-
mon Council that it be referred to a Committee, and
that until the Report were made, it would be de-
sirable that the London Workhouse should be lent
to the Houseless Committee as a place of temporary
refuge. He selected that Establishment, because it
had been fitted up for a similar purpose during the'
Mayoralty of Mr. Alderman WooD, and because
both it and Bridewell were originally intended for
the same object, though from change of times and
the Poor Laws, the original destination had been
altered ; he, therefore, proposed, that a Deputation
of the Committee be appointed to confer with the
Corporation on the subject, and report the result.
Yesterday, a poor Irishman made his first ascent as
a bricklayer's labourer, to the top of a house, in Sid-
mouth-street, Spa-fields, when, on looking down, he
became so giddy, that all the rhetoric of his fellow.
workmen was insufficient to induce him to descend.
The poor fellow laid himself down in a gutter, till he
was nearly frozen ; and there being no entrance to the
house front the roof, a rope and pulley were procured,
and a handkerchief being tiJci over his eyes, pour Pat,
to his unexpected joy, once more reached terra firma
in safety, when he expressed his determination to seek
• some leas aspiring profession.

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is7:CORRESP(MWENCE
IIitTWZIN THE REVEREND MIL BERESFORD,
• ' suctos..or sr....massw,sroLsosirt
AND ME. ALDERMAN WAITHMAN.
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LETT6a FROM MR. BERESFORO io Mn. WAITUMAN.
" &. Andrew's-court, Decendwz
" have heard with the deepest concern;
• at the privilege, assumed on the ground of ancient
usage, of holding a Wardnlote, for the Election of
Common Councilmen, in Si.'Andrew's Church, was,
on^the 21st instant, outrageously abused, by the in-
troduction of much scurrilous and irreverent decla-
mation, and the recital of a blasphemous Parody, in
'derogation of the sanctity of the place, and irrelevant
to the occasion of the Meeting.
44 It might have been presumed, Sir, when the ac-
customed offices of Religion had been suspended, for
the purposes of your Temporal Court, that you, as
President, would not have quite forgotten where you
were sitting, or have been negligent in restriining
discussions which would have been highly offensive
in a less sacred place.-
" I lament, Sir, for your own sake, and for the
sake of all to whom the influence of your example
extends,. that you have not more reverence for the
sanctuary ; and I sympathize with no small number
of my parishioners, whose feelings have been wounded
by an act of gross profanation, which, if you did not
promote, you certainly took little pains to prevent.
1 remain, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
(Signed) " (MST. BERESFORD."
ALDERMAN WAITHUAN'S REPLY.
" Bridge-street, December 26.
" Alderman WATTIIMAN acknowledges the receipt
of a Note from the Reverend GILBERT BEREsFonD;
and begs to inform him, that while he is ever ready
publicly to vindicate his conduct and opinions, he
does not consider himself bound to enter into any ex-
planation of his public conduct, with any individual
who may choose to consider himself warranted in
privately addressing him; nor does be admit the
authority assumed by Mr. BERESFORD, of reprehend-
ing him, in the exercise of an official duty, as Pre-
siding Officer of the Ward of Farringdon-Without.—
Instead of Mr. BEREsToRD venturing to impugn his
conduct and 'motives, and those of the Wardmote,
he should have attended the Meeting, where he
would either have had the means of substantiating
his charge, or have received a refutation of the un-
founded assertions ccntained in his Note—as well as
of those aspersions which appeared in a recent De-
claration, arrogatiqg exclusive loyalty, to which he
had affixed his name. Indeed, all those calumnies
have been indignantly repelled by the great body of
Householders of this Ward, as well as by those of
the most populous Wards of the City, who have re-
placed their confidence in the Members who sup-
ported the late Address of the Corporation, and in
other cases selected and returned new Candidates—
advocates of the political sentiments contained in that
Address.
44 Although Alderman WATTITMAN is in no way
bound to correct the errors of Mr. BERESPORD, yet,
in courtesy, he condescends' to inform him, that there
was no recital of a blasphemous Parody, in derogas
tion of the sanctity of the place, and irrelevant to the
occasion of the Meeting; nor any act of gross pro-
fanation ; much less could any such act have had
Alderman WAlTHallas sanction or permission.
" It is true, that when a candidate was brought
forward by certain persons, who, with Mr. Banes-
roar', had signed the pretended Loyal Declaration,
an inhabitant of the Ward did produce the Parody
thus described, with the sole vie* of chewing the
unworthiness of the candidate by whom, for his own
benefit, it had been edited and published, and of ex-
posing the inconsistency and hypocrisy of these pre-
tended Loyalists; but when only a few lines of this
Parody, containing, he believes, twenty stanzas, had
been read, Alderman WAITHMAN then, perceiving
its tendency, requested the Gentleman not to pro-
ceed, which request was immediately complied with.
Notwithstanding this exposition, the Loyal Declarers
continued to support and vote for this very candidate!
" Alderman WAITHMAN further begs to state, that
this Wardmote, the largest ever before known, was
conducted with as much order and regularity as ever
had been witnessed, exhibited no ordinary display of
talent, and every person had a fair hearing. He like-
wise informs Mr. BERESFORD, who, he believes is only
a recent inhabitant of this Ward, that the Ward-
motes have been immemorially held in its respective
Churches ; that the annual choice of Common Coun-
cilmen being an important trust, it is highly neces-
sary that the electors should have a full opportunity
of investigating the conduct and pretensions of the
candidates ; that it is the duty of the Alderman, as
presiding officer, to hear every person with patience
and impartiality ; that the right of discussion has
ever been freely exercised on such occasions ; that it
became more imperiously necessary at the present
moment, as the Loyal Declaration, to which Mr.
Beiteseoan affixed his signature, had charged the
Members of the Common Council with supporting
an Address to his Majesty, disgraceful to themselves
and the City at large, and breathing the most malig-
nant spirit of hostility to every distinct branch of the
Constitution. It therefore became incumbent on the
persons making such atrocious charges, publicly to
stand forward at the Wardmote to substantiate the
same, and upon the persons so charged, to vindicate
their character from aspersions so foul and so infa-
mous, aggravated as these charges were by the sal
crecy of their manufacture, and the ostentatious
publicity of their circulation ; printed and circulated
too, as these Loyal Delarations were, on the Sabbath
Day, when they themselves had so hypocritically
denounced the publication of Sunday newspapers I
" As Mr. BEREsroRD has volunteered himself un-
necessarily and unasked, Alderman WALTIIPAAH
humbly submits two or three interrogatories for his
calm reflection.
" Is it not the duty of a Minister of GOD to avoid
worldly contentions, to abstain from branding his
fellow-subjects with opprobrious epithets, tending to
excite and inflame animosities among them, and to
become an example of kindness and forbearance, by
allaying and softening their asperities
" Is it consistent with the Christian spirit to meet
in secret places for the purpose of framing and pub-
licly circulating aspersions upon the conduct of
others, imputing bad motives for that conduct, and
thus depriving them of the means of explanation or.
vindication ?
$‘ flow can Mr. Saileevoini reconcile to his duty'

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as* Christian teacher, the signing of the, Declaration,
charging the great body of his 411bseLeitizehs wilth
breathing a malignant spirit of hostility to the Cor=
stitution of their country?' and upon what principle
of Christian feeling or common justice would he at-
tempt to restrain them, when assembled in Ward-
mote, from defending emeelfres against the scan.
dalous imputations contained in the said Declaration?
"If in that Loyal Declaration which he signed he
complained of blasphemous publications; by what
other name than gross hypocrisy and contempt of
the established religion wail he designate the conduct
of his brother Declaratinnists, who brought forward,
and voted for, the canciiiiate who edited and pub-
lished a parody, which he in his letter has termed
, blasphemous ?' On the contrary, does it not be-
come his duty
.imMediately to reprove, admonish,
and exhort. his brother Declarationists, rather than
discover sorenexs and exasperated feelings towards
those who presume to entertain political opinions dif-
ferent from his own?

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•6 Alderman WAITHMAN would humbly submit,
whetherthe E.tablished Church has not been severely
injured by the dormant claim of Qs. 9d, in the pound
for tithes, recently set up by the London Clergy?
and, finally, he would with great deference inquire
whether Mr. BERESSORD has not contributed in no
inconsiderable degree to this injury, by the notice he
has recently given to his Parishioners, with whom he
has only been connected about eighteen months, that
he shall enforce the payment of this enaction?

" Alderman WAITHMAN would earnestly recom-
mend Mr. BERESFORD seriously to reflect upon these
subjects, and to consider whether, by endeavouring
to wean his affections from the perishable things of
this world, and devoting his whole attention to those
spiritual duties by which he can correct the errors of
others, he would not best maintain the Christian cha-
racter, and essentially promote the true interests of
religion ? •
" Alderman WAITIIIIAN would finally recommend
to the consideration of Mr. BERESFORD, whether his
vehement fulminations from the pulpit, on the last
Sabbath, were in conformity to are admonition of the
Apostle (2 Tim. ii. 24, 25), that the servant of the
LORD must not strive, but be gentle unto all men—
apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those
who oppose themselves. "

Yesterday evening a Meeting of the United Friendly
Societies of the Metropolis was held at Mitchell's
Rooms, Portsmouth-street, Lincoln's Inn• fields, for
the purpose of addressing her MAJESTY. A series of
Resolutions, and an Address to the Quezw, were

unanimously agreed to.
The Sheriff of Hants has consented to call a County
Meeting, for the purpose of petitioning the two
Houses of Parliament on the subject-of the late im-
politic and di.sgraceful proceedings against the QUEEN,
and praying them to take such steps as may appear
'wisest and most effectual to remove every obstacle to
a final and satisfactory arrangement, as well as to
prevent the renewal of any measures whatever against
her MAJESTY. The Requisition is signed by—
' The Earl of Carnarvon, the Hon. George Herbert, the Hon.

Newton Fellows, Sir H. Tichborne, Bart. Sir Charles Mid,
Bart. Sir W. C. De Crespigny, Bart. M.P. Wm. Chamber-
layne, Esq. M.P. H. Baring, Esq. M.P. John Carter, Esq. M.P.
W. Powlett, Esq. Henry Bonham, Esq. John 1111118,-13aq.
A. Atherley, Esq. and several other Gentlemen of the county.

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A Meeting of the Inhabitants of Hawick was called
by the Magistrates, to be held in the Town Hall on
the 21st instant. From the numbers who attended,
the Meeting was adjourned to the Church, where a
Loyal Address of the usual Ministerial cut was pro-
posed. An Address to dismiss Ministers was then
moved. Ten or twelve of the most violent Tories
opposed the amended Address for the dismissal of
Ministers, and then left the Meeting, when it was
voted unanimously. The numbers present were
greatly above one thousand.
We have already informed our Readers of the re--
fusal of the High Sheriff of Northumberland to ac-
cede to the Requisition for a Meeting of that County,
” for the purpose of taking into consideration the
measures lately pursued for the degradation of the
Queen, and the propriety of presenting an Address to
his Majesty, and Petitions to both Houses of Parlia-
ment, praying that they will take such steps as may
effectually tranquillize the public mind, by prevent-
ing the further agitation of a question which has al-
ready proved so injurious to the interests, and may in
its continuance be attended with the(greatest danger
to the peace of the Country." The following is the
correspondence on the snbject, which has passed be-
tween Sir C1:141111.113 MONCK and the Mon SII2FtIrY
" Benton House, December 21, 1811 D.

Data; Sta—To 'the subject of our interview of yesterday,
I have endeavoured to give every due consideration, and regret
exceedingly to stete, that I cannot feel warranted in acceding to
the wishes of the Requisitionists.—l remain, dear Sir, with peat
respect, your most obedient arrant,
(Signed) , WM. CLARI, Sberalt
4 To Sic Chas. M.• L. Month, Bart. Bebay Castle:"
• Belsay, December 21, 1820.

" DWIL Srsrl am surprised and disappointed at your refusal
of a County Meeting, to,the Requisition which I had the ho-
nour of putting into your bands yesterday; and bing left by
your letter uninformed of the ground of your refusal, I feel it
my duty to those who charged me with the application, to re-
quest that you will make me acquainted with that ground.
" If the purposes of the Requisition are deemed by you un-
constitutional, then the point is at issue between you and us the
Requisitionists: if the manner of the Requisition only has been
deemed exceptionable, I have no doubt that the same Gentlemen
would authorise me to make a second application to yourepon
any other form which would admit the same propositions.-1
have the honour to remain, dear Sir, your very humble eervaiet,
"CHAS. MONCIi.

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" To Wm. Clark, Esqt Benton House."
" Benton House, 22d December, VW.
" Hui Sin—l have this moment received your letter of yes-
terday's date, requesting, in the name of the Requisidoniib, to
be made acquainted with the ground,' Ste. itc. on which I de-
clined calling a County Meeting.
16 In reply (though entertaining the highest respect for the
private worth of a very large proportion of the Noblemen anti
Gentlemen whose names the Requisition bears), I cannot son.
shier rnyrelf bound either to answer the interrogations that are
put to me, or explain the reasons which influence me in the dis-
charge of my public dudes. -
" Our sentiments dm this occasion being so unhappily et Irl_
riance, I fear we shall always be at issue on the points to width
you allude; I must therefore, beg you to consider my answers
to the Requisition through you as finaL—l remain, dear Sir, vire
respectfully, your most obedient Servant,
WILLIAM CLARK, Shed,.
To Sir Charles Moak, Bin. Beissy Castle..