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hadefitratt. Id Ilea Sasiollese(Helir !) The propseitten ey - the
Wm. airdVallant General was Undoubtedly esernewbat . strange,-
ooltsidering the ruinous and distressing state .of the shipping vim,.
gawky. It appeered by the accounts, as was stated, that the number
of registered 'each and seamen had- diminisfiesla but a very
sellicient explanation was annexed to the foot of tfie account
melt, which would have satisfied the Hon. Members if they had
given a little more attention to the subject. Front the nature or
such registration, a real Increase was perfectly consistent with
an apparent decrease.' On the real question, the Hues! bad last
year come to a decision, and nothing whateverexisted which deputd
induce them to come to a conclusion that there was•any just cause I
of alarm to those interested in navigation. Since the 26th of Geo.
111. anothia. Registration Act had been passed, and vessels were
now registered under the 6th of Gen. IV. which in no respect
failed of Its intended object. The Right Hon. Gentleman here
complimented the Officer at the head of the department on the
manner in which he had discharged his duty. He was certain that
no person would censure that d.partment, and if not, then no cen-
sure could attach itself to his Right Hon. Ft tend. It should he re-
membered that the ethane', ilia had not been discovered•by the
sagacity of any individual in that House. but had appeared in enn-
aquence_of the Act of his Right Hon. Friend himself. '1 he annual
registration was fallacious front its very nature, and was nut to be
depended an. It cues now in contemplation to require an accurate re
gistradon at the end of every three years, and thus to have a triennial
obituary of British shipping. With respect to the speech of the Right
Hon. Member for Liverpool on the last occasion, be could confi-
dently affirm that he had made no allusion va :be Ittlltfaer ef regis-
tered vessels but his argument entirely rested on the real employ.
meat of navigation interest. The number aegistered was,
.as he
bad already stated, utterly fallacious in gtsWing•thens to a conclu-
sion. fir two•thirds of the number might Imgptit.a. he lying idle
hapset. This, therefore, furnished nu 0122911.9(,,auvrttipitli the
amount of active operation. which only covid 0034 a lateira.
of the body. The Hon. Member we, mistaken in one part of his
statement, as the tonnage of the ships entered from foreign ports
its 1823 was 2,143 000; in 1926 it was 1.950,9Q0,i a$ in 1827 it
proved to be 2086.000. It appeared that be was netenmi because
the Imports and exports had diminished. boa on account of the
business having been performed by a small numiiir of hands, or hi
other words, without any supereisous aslistatirkeei(lringhter). The
Right Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to 'beet the number of
Seamen employed in the trade of the United Kingdom with all
parts of the world, and referred to the following statement-
G reat Britain. Ireland. , total.
Years. Bridal'. •Foteign. British. Foreign. British. Foreign.
1895 169,614 42.943 65.021 3,779. 226,535 52•722
1826 181,327 74.137 73,301 2,701
~ 211,628 39 838
1427 165,54 a 41,508 71,913 2.028. 237,461 43,536
'The Reuse would perceive that this statement exhibited an increase
o' Width seamen employed in the year 1227 ascompared with
1445 of 6,926, and as compared with the year 1626. the increase
of seamen appeared to be au less than 12.238-(Cheers). Thos.
while he showed an increase with respect to British seamen, there
was an evident decrease in foreign seamen employed isa the year
lti?."1, as Soinpared with the year 1825. The decrease appeared to
be 3,186. and the increase in lira as compared with. 1826. was
wi1y:3,698. The result of these calculations stood thus-
BrithihinCrealie, 1827 • - 19.833 tas compared
Foreign ditto ditto . . 5,696 ) ' With 1826
(Hear. bear). After these statements, where was the argument of
the Honourable and Gallant General. that the Writing interest of
Great Britain was in a state of such depression as be bad endea-
voured to show the House?-(Bear.)-t was true that the ship-
ping trade had suffered a depression in conuneo with other branches
of trade; but that depression could be traced act thee want of em-
asployment,' the - Honourable and Gallant General would make the
Heist bailers, but to the want of profit on the part. of the ship.
owners. He {Me- C. Grant) agreed with the Honourable and
GesSint General as to ii depression in the- shiPping Interest, bat he
diffhtel entirely With him as to the cause
_el that depreasion-
(Yefar,bear).-It was no doubt natural foe sbe Shipping interest
as ow puts of their decreased profits; but he (*. C. Grant)
would. 41h the ROW What branch of our trade or manufacture
waalt that bad net seined a similar decline? In looking at such
a 002% as the of the shipping cancans of Great Britain,oleo.
vollesbie inference, ought not to be drawn became partial demo-
simmeeight be *own at particular periothi, when all branches of
trade sad nsawsfactare were 'similarly alemod.-(kieu).-Tne
itlitlellaisoorable Gindwnan then read the Moly:big statement of
the total Stashes Of 'seals, with the amount of thfir tonnage. and
the slumber clown employed in neeigasiog them, that entered in.
war* and dewed osWrorda, from sod to all parch of else world, in
the yew 1014, and in tbe subset years of 11125,1.824,aud 1837.
British. • • • Foreign-
'hauls. • Tows Mss. Vasa's. Toot. Men.
1214 16,00 1,846470 114.049 5109 466,516 33.531
1112 S 11,716 14726,844 16e4114 6.561 .432401 42.943
1916 upon .14474,047 151.337 . 5439 :114413811 37,137
Ifis7. 20457 11.777,3118 165,548 5,820 •:315,1164 41,508
The above weivahe Amu= of vessels, toss. and meth entered
• lieniti is Gram Britain from all parts of thor He would
aver puled us state the stweber.ef :British Benign vessels
Ilia Cleared outwards daring the above rtano• '•
*kills.
?lei Tons. Mena Vesals. • ,-.Toqs. Min.
111,4 .lON 1,075.605 1146564 4,450 371,415 33,198
8886: 21.394 2.633,524 140,725 6.733 1154854 44,431
FOS kti 474 1475.265 163,027 5,129 t 641406 34600
1387 • 61449- 2416,669 171,566. 5,503. 13•8,4 all 39,566
Tila it would appear, that the wattage in the year 1827. as cons-
pired with the manage of ISM bad increased nearly 78poe tons
-4Hear). The House would sottierstand, that In the above state-
ment,. Imbed was invalided ss a 'sedan country. The following
Was a list of the amount of all Foreign and Bridals noway at-
tired awards, enclusive of hobo& from 1225 to 1827 ktdativo-
British. •Ftareign. , •
.. • Tens. Tons.
• 1025 2,027409 • 02,201 .
j 4105 1,796,250 343,9211 . .
. -3927 1,972,790 715,824
Thus* would uppeer. that there was an increase of nearly two
pea st sons,kretween the years 1926 and 1227,11 a fearer of the
ltd year. His Right Honourable Friend, (bar.,Hushiesen) bad
hate aerated by the Honourable and • Gallant, General of taking
only tag% years for Ws comparisons, but the !fight „Honourable
Gentleman bad takes: the average of *Metal,' jierookt*aiterage
J Isl 4 so 11123 inclusive, and *ea front.lB24 in 311* The Right
Himourabie Gentleman then proceeded to. qpete fremithe speech of
Ille! Diadems itt 1927, on the state of .the shipping Interestolse
Overage amount of tonnage of British and forkign shipping smelt
all tater of five years, from 1814 to -1811* ihrlosire. The is.
crease of British shipping in 1826, as etaipared with the abs's
average. was 432.712 tons, and of fatigue:l%l,96o tom. Tie
excess of British above foreign being 122,752 tens. The Right
lipaoarable Gentleman, after some addltionaliealculations, pro-
f:coded to read extracts from the Report of the Committee appointed
in 1811; adoring that the shipping interest had no reason to etas
ptain. There was one most maariaapartof the present questilm
which be bad nearly omitted, be mean( the coasting trade-
In the year 1823 it amounted to 7,899.606 tons
Ditto 1824 8,191,337 cues
Ditto 18th , 1,308,756 tans
• Llino 1224 • .. 25542.2 12, tons
Ditty 1827 --11,186,701 tons. •
Thus it would appear that the coasting lade although slightly
diminished during the last year, was sell progressively improving.
Ile maw begged to call the attention of &canine to the following
statement et the amnia of tonnage which entered and cleared coast-
wise at the several ports in Ireland for-thefts, lan years....
At. Account dike Number of Vesselk with the Amount of their
Tonnage, which entered and cleared Coastwise, at the several
Ports in irelasd, in the years ending Bth Jan. 1826;1827, and
'lett, gallant of the Intercourse with Great Britain-
Inwasds. • Outwards.

' Years ending Vends. Tooker. ' Vemeie. Tonnage.
• lith Jai. 11120 2,974..... 1E7,465..• -2,939 63,976
Dim 1297......2,882 117,443 3,203 102,575
• Ditio 11122 3,052 ....141,095.....3,046 129,053
ly tioievratements the House would. perceive the wonderful dif•
Utince between the tonnage of England and Ireland. He thought
k was *a debt of pratinuto due to the latter country to devise Dome
limas to Increase bee maritime eonimerce—(Hear). This Right
lion. • Gentleness then read the following statement of shippinmg
awaredinwards into the United Kingdom from foreign parts, e-
pty/id In foreign trade—
' • &WM Vessels. Foreign Vessels.
Tears. Rh*. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.• Ships. Tonnage.
Ind 14923 ;143,317 6,981 269;311 20,4114 3,10;629
121113• 12,473 1.950,650 3,729 6104,216 16,9152 2,644,746'
tor 111.1311 8,066,8118 6,046 751,864 18,179 8,658,762
He Would sow proceed to show die. House the number if ships of
eirostions which passed through the Sound to and from the Baltic,
dorierrhe years 1626 and 181:7. the number of British Tessa
that pakodin the year 1626 &minuted to 5.730 ; in 11127 the nuns-
bra' wets. 51,99—showin; an increase between. these years of
1.300- • The total somber of foreign and IWO& vessels thq.pessed
siwileisowija 1026 was 11.065 total untkiper to 11127, 15,000;
efiskriiipe total inciesse in favoUr of thi,linier year of 1,957 *tub
moils. • By this esloishitiotk. would spry that
sipe iiittesiolit the ntitillitr of feta& tress-els amounted to
*Mk . *cesahlibe increase In she ifisiotter of British week was
se die Me of 371* cres..-406hrti). After this comparative dal&
illent with respect t. British lid *wigs vessels, be woad
es! the Mese if be was OK idettiirein *Sag that thlicosintri/ di4
sothlop whatever to teas (too 8 compotitioo with fonign nadional
Thiloossotry which passasseddie vast resseras sit 13viiii &Was
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net only In e atorithaillikt an ogdesdneal and
from mumfacturfig paint
of need nabs wader ont &prehension forego comps.
tidon. The Right Hon. Gentians* conehoded by stating, that the
more the subject which was now under discussion was investigated,
the more "souk' the result show that the shipping interest or Greet
Britain was far from being in that state which the Honourable and
Gallant General who bad brought forward the present motion had
deactibed--(Cheers).
Mr..HUAKISSON mid, at this la•chour o the night
be would not trespass long upon the an of the. f House. In
preceding Sessions of Parliament be bad already stated at large his
views and principles In reference to this important question; and
it would he quite impossible for him to add any thing to the lucid
and convincing statement of facts which his Right Honourable
Friend (Mr. Grant) had laid before the House intim this now
almost exhausted subject. The Honourable Member- for Dover
had expressed hi, indignant feelings at the treatment which he (Mr.
I hiskisson) hid receiSed from certain parties. He could assure the
llonrse th3t such meet had in no degree disturbed the tran-
quillity of his ( Mr. Hiseitisenti's) feelings, and If they paid b
to ut i€2oo
the writer of the scurrilous pamphlet alluded to. he would only
soy they had measured their liberality by the•low rates of freights-1
(A laugh). lie would own that he had 'liven rather startled by the
first statement of the Gallant General. The Gallant General cons.
menced by stating, that be was about to discuss—what? all,
abstract naval question with a Collateral view to commerce—
(Laud laughter). He must acknowledge that his Gallant Friend
had well performed his words-.-if by " abstract" he had meant a
view of the suhj.-ct, leaving our all the facts of the ease—and be
treated the collateral part:of the question with quite or little reserve
(Laughter). The Gallant General bad argued upon what he.seemed
in consider an apparent deficiency ur falling off in the tonnage
Hof the country, and in the number of seamen ; and his propqsB. I
din was, that neat Sestion they should inquire into a subject %Odd'
• had been already fully and satisfactorily explained. .In the luxe
11823,1 w ( )Ir. Hasidism) felt it his duty to consolidate all the. corm
plicated and various dcts relating to shipping, and by one provisiou
then made. it was ordered that all ships on coning into port should
be registered upon the oath of the Captain. The old !registry Act,
the 46th of the late King, elki not provide (or the ships which might
be lost at sea, or nthev*lse destroyed—their registries stirffrin;aiiied;
but when he came to remodel the registries in the year 'lll2/41eseas
plain that those ship. which were no longer in existence 'could not
be registered de neat—(llear). Therefore all the shipping Which
had been lost or uestroyed from the year 1774 to 1827 were omitted
in the new registry list. Thereupon the Gallant General calls upon
him to account for the apparent diminution in !hipping between
1826 and 180. Why, the same thing would have happened if the
remodelling of the Registry Act had taken place in 1814, or in slay'
ether year--(hear). Bet his Gallant Friend inquired, what had
became of the seamen? In reply to this question he would state, that
about a century and a halt ago this House granted a land-tax to the
, Crown, and ta Commis toners were appointed by King
Wi.lion
is every county for its collection. These Collectors were appointed
only for the year • and it appeared that each year the County Mem.
hers returned to Government the names of a number of Gentlemen
.qualified to fill the office. From the period of Kiug William to
the present time, this law had cuntinued unchanged, when at this I
moment a Ilia for that purpose was pas.tag through the House ;
and it was found necessary to append to that Bill all the names of
all the Commissioners who had been appointed, and of all the per-
sons who had been recommended b the several County Members
from the time of King William yto the present. The Bill in
that state had been • already read a third time--it was a mass
of such magnitude, that the mbar Bills on the table would
appear but as mere shreds before it ; and, indeed, be should
not be the perms to move that it should. be carried to the
Lords by any one Member of that House—(A iaegh). Now if
any one proposed to take out of that the :tames of all those
persons who were unquestionably dead—such as those appointed
in the reigns of King William, Oaten Anne,•King George I.
and 111.—his Honourable and Gallant Friend ,would probably
stare at the diminished bill, and ask " What had become of all the
Commissioners-a-(Laughter). its Gallatin Friend had admitted,
that there was an increase In trade, but be complained that the
ezp*use in the men and 'hippie', by which the trade was carried
on, bad decreased. What then was the manifest object of his
inquiry? That the shipping should be employed at higher rates,
—that the country should be put to greater espies', and that
thus all tompetition with foreign countries should be prevented
--(Heir, bear). •His Gallant Friend had complained that by the
aid of steatn.packete, vessels were enabled often a fortnight
smarms to get to sea, and that British vessels often made two
voyages in one season to the Baltic. His Gallant Friend ought
at once to pass a law to put don steam-packete. and to pre-
vent vessels male: more than ones oyage in the year to the Bei-
de...o laugh). There was an agent in London at present for all
the shipping belongingio the north-east coast of Englisiti. That
Gentleman was Mr. Richmond, nue who had closely attended
the interests which it was his duty to watch over ; and in a letter
which be (Mr. Hiekisson) bad received from that Gentleman this
waning. seemed the following sentence ; " It is not from want of
eniployment that we cauplain,we have more of that than ever there
was. Owing to the coosainsptioe of oar treble and wealthy country,
'I am Convinced that the importations of the year 1827 have ex-
ceeded *osier( the far-famed year 182.5"—(Hear). This showed
that the 'hipping interests were in no want of employment. He,
would admit that the shipping interests, as well as the other in-
terests of this country, had latterly made hut small progress to
prosperity. bet that was owing to general causes, which all must
&delft, while obey deplored their existence. The shipping in-
terests cooglabed, on the one hand, and so did the farmers
and manufactainws as the- other. It. had been over and over
again asked, whether, under the present system, Biltish"-shipping
Mehl stand a fair competition with the strips of other nations?—
He would answer that ip.estion by a mein whisk had been
into his heeds by true of-the Members for the City 1$ London
(Mr. Alderman Thessipsoo). The ports of Brazil were free ports ;*
tied it appeared that the trade of *Skil, between Brasil and
Iforope, owing to the want of shipping in Brazil, must be carried
an either by European ships, or by those of the United States....
Vat article of Brazilian prestigee was sugar. It could not be
brought to England dm as.ount of the high prohibitory duties.--.
• great portion of it was exported to, Trieste, and the other
on to Hamburgh. Twenty.eleht vessels sailed from Bahia
sethe last year Tadenwhh sugar to Trieste ; and of these four were
'Assyrian (belonging to the country to which Trieste is attached);
two were Swedes; cue Ratites ; in all seven ; end the remaining
twenty-we were linglish—(Hear, hear, hear). Fong-eight ships
tailed to Hamburgh from sahia during the last year, of these lO
belonged to Hamburgh, two were Germans, one Dutchman, one
Swede, one Russian, and 23 of them were finglish.--( Loud cries of
'6 Hear.") Thus out of 75 vessels which carried on tie trade of the
Snails with Europe, about 50 were Raglish—(Hear). While be
bad been absent from the House, he bad beard that his Right Hoe.
Friend, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, bad declared,
that his own mind, end that of his Right Hon. colleague, the Pre-
sident of that Board, who was not at present in the House, were.
"blank upon this subject. He did not think, however, that they were
persons likely to adopt any change in the several: policy and prin.
eiple of the commerce of this country, which had been Introduced
within the last eight' years by his (her. Husitissoe's) two Noble
Mends, now in the other House, mid himself. fie was stare that
his Right Honourable Friend the Vice-President of the Board
of Trade was animated by such liberal teeliogs, that when be came
to examine into the present einem, be would caste to the deter-
mination of maintaining and supporting it. That treetrekad the
approvals:if the present Secretary of the Home Department. It
had the approval of every Member of Lord Liverpool's govern-
ment, and it was entirely approved Y 1 by Lord Liverpool himself.
-(Hear, bear). He was &truism's that it should go forth to foreign
nations that this country would not retrograde from that system—
(Hear, hear). And be was sure that his Right Honourable -Fliend
did not intend to mean, by the eapreseion which bad tidiest from
him, that any change was contemplated io that system. All be
would ask was, let the system get fair play. If the blessings
of peace could be itertinuell, he was sure that, under that sys-
tem, commerce, and all the interests conuected with commerce,
"timid flourish and improve. A charge bad been made elsewhere
by one who, because he had been a diplomatist, assumed the wis-
dom of a statesman, against this country for recognising the inde-
pendence of the South American States-{Chem). It was a tardy
wisdom which came in whh its advice when furtunately it was
impossible to prevent the establishment of the independence of these
great and extensive countries. These States bad unfortunately ,
occupied the relationi of belligerents with one another..and some;
irifractions of the laws of nations bad bees committed. But hail
sock infractions never beers courineteed by this and other civiliagd
countries in a state of war ? Why, 014 Spain herself bad sinned
fifty times as much in that way as the countnea that had
been treed horn her yoke. There had not been one case of in e-
golarity constrained by those belligerents ea itritish commerce which
Sad not beep made the subject of R.:manumit'. These Suites,when
they became inure settled and tranquil, he was convinced would
add increased wealth to the commerce of this country, and would
be in every way productive of the greatest' &diastases to England.
The Right Hun. Gentleman concluded by expertise; a hope that
the present commercial sytens worthl get fairiplay ant a fair trial,
and be would stoke his character and hiasepetatimi en Its success.
Lord W. POW LETT reeonumpidpd his (Anent. &deed to
vritbdraw the motion. Many Hon. 'drabber" wOoli,l4' bad no
doubt, bee ready's.* take up the question neat Assii;:n. • •
The CHAttieIILLOK of *by RX.CHEQUZR was anxious,
as do, part of his )majesty's Government, to disclaim theorem),
which bad been is some degree imputed to diem by Lis Right
lionourahle Friend. the Member for Inverneas, and more strongly
by the Honourably Member for Dover. Tbe Honourable Mem-
ber for Dover seemed so think, from something which had fallen
from lib lionotitable Friend, j 8 Vicsortesident of the Booed

of Trifle, dist Ogoemotent—itsbaidesi to abandon the prinettrit
with respire to navigation and trade which they bad Breed on pre.
vio► ell. to the late separation ; but
his Right Honourable Friend
the Member for LivOrpool tad fairly answered the lloonutable
' Member for Dover, when be asked how it was possible Goiern-
ment could abandon those prluciples. when so many Members of
the Administration were the vary individuals under whose auspices
those principles were first promulgated. He could sincerely say,
on the part of those blembers of the Administration and of him•
self, that there never was the slightest disposition to abandon those
principles--( Hear). Time was only, wanting to show how (Icel.
dedly and unegivocally they would be followed up—(Hear.)
Sir M. W. Il l DLF.Y said, that though he stood there as a friend
to the shipping interest, still he should feel it to be his duty, if his
Gallant Friend premed his motion to a division, to vow against it.
Grated G ASCOY NE said a very few words in reply.
The gallery was then cleared; but during our absence the motion
was negatived without a division.
Mr. STANLEY obtained leave to bring in a Dill to amend the
law respecting the leasing powers of trollops and Ecclesiastical
Corporations in Ireland.
The Order. of the Day were then disposed of, and the House
adjourned at Two o'CLoce.

VHI4; 10-14NING STA It.

-LONI)0N,

WEDNESDAY JUNE 18, 18M

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STOCK VS rIIANOK, TWRLVE O'CIA0( K.
We are very dull in the City this morning, as we have no news
from s
wardßust or from Portugal. Consols opened at 881, were
afters done at 6411, and at present may be quoted at 886.
Nothing is doing in the F..reign market.
CITY. Il ALF. PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols have b-en fluctuating between 881 to sal I for the Ac-
count, at preselit may he qnoted at 881, alternately buyers and
sellers. The Commissioners gave 871 for Reduced.
PRICR OF.SIOCKb. AT TWO 0 CLOCK.
1 Bank Stack £lO India Bond. 100 101
3 per Cent. Ilea. el II I '.South Sri Stuck
3 per Ct. Cons. Shut Old Annuities 871
36 per Cent. 256 _ 21000 Excheq. bilb 63 4
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34 per Cent. Ilea. 951 5 £5OO Onto 6S 6
4 per Ct. New, Shut 2100 and .‘'.loo Ditto 65 6
4 per Cent. 1826, 1041 * Advertised
Long Ann. 01 11.16 flank for Acct.
India Stock Consul, for Acct. $Bl 1 i
. FORKION FUNDS, TWO 414 4..1.
Brazilian 11.1... S net. 64 Russ. litis.llo2, 5 per Ct.
Do Acct. MI 31 4 . IN)Acet 911
Me5.13t14,1825,6pCt. I Spanish Bd. .:ip Cr. 101 fp
Do. Acc.3B/ ki i INu Acct. 10j {
Portug. 11 .411. 5pC.61 601 Span. lids. 1823, 5 p. C. 7j
Dolack6l6 606 6 Do. Ackt.
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IMAM ?AM
Brazilbn 5.5 20
Dkte National 65 5
Marine Alliance 100 5
/Waren.= 100 ls

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27

- ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF
WATERLOO. •

When the French, a bead-like band,
' Threaten.% to despoil the land,
When their Chief, with eery brand,
Was Buropa's deadly foe,
Britain, with her flag unfured,
From ids throne th' Usurper hurled— •
• • Britain said a falling world,
And laid the Tyrant low ! t •
The annivelsary of the battle of Waterloo on this
day, is one which we cannot let pass without softie
notice ; not because anything new can be said upon
that glorious event, but because it deserves to be heiaH
in perpetual remembrance in the annals of this sus.
tion. The extinction of that military despistient
that held the Continent in chains—the conclosibe
of an arduous and destructive war, unparalleled
in history for the forces called into action, and
for the magnitude of its objects—and the restora-
tion of peace to the world, harrassed and worn ont,
and disgusted w t't the horrors of w aria' e—ere Wett-
ings- that call on us in a peculiar manner twthank that.
PRoVitmoiCE which fought on ourside on the memos
table 18th of June. It we have not among us the •in.;
stitutions of games and festivals to celebrate these glo-
rious days, after the manna r of the ancients, vve believe
they are not, on that acionnt, the less firmly impressed
on the minds of Britons. Let them cherish these feel•
ings—let them tell their children, and hand down to
their grandchildren—that on this day the eternal fame
of WILLWaTorI • Ras scaled at Waterloo—that on this
day, he earned a deathless name for his country, for
himself, aid f..r those brave troops whom he bad so
often led to if:atoty— •
Nen at to shield us front alarms, •
Though all the world were upin arum!
Party politics should be laid aside on festivals like'
this; let men enjoy their opinions freely; but let not
attempt to obscure, by arguing upon recent occur',
remelt, the lustre of the military character of the Duke
of Wasirtacrrow. Let none gainsay the determined
courage, the energetic mind, the undaunted perse-
verance, that distinguish the Fannin of Great Britain;
Int them. rather trust, as we, fervently believe, that those
qualities which have shone so conspicuously in the field,
will display themselves with equal brilliancy in the
Council. CiEssit is still CAUIAR, in whatever situation
he may be placed ! and
Should the Foemen, bold again,
Dare us to the battle plain,
Heart and hand, with might and main, •
We'll arm by land and sea!
Waterloo or Trafalgar,
In our minds a kadmg star,
Guiding fleets and hosts afar,
Shall urge to victory ! t
t From AlaieNa's Gratulatory Address is the British Army re-
' 'turning from France.
rce

We seceived this morning German Papers to the
12th instant, but their contents do not possess the least interest.
Up to the hour of going to press, the French Papers
of Monday's date had not arrived.

.This day his Royal Highness the Duke of Cr.a.atace,
in honour of the Battle of Waterloo, gave to the Nobi-
Lity a public breakfast upon the River Thames. The
preparations for this fete were of the most extensive and
splendid description; and such have been the extent of
them, that tor several days past numbers of persons
have been engaged in completing the arrangements.
According to the regulation of the plan, the company
who twisted invitation embarked at Somerset House,
and proceeded in State Beiges up the river to Wftite•
hall, a here the Maria Wood State Barge, belonging to
a
the Corporation of London, and lent for this occasion
by the Lord Miyor, was mooted. On board of this
barge the entertainme.At was st r ed up. Within Somer-
set fir Ilse the wren ements for th barkation of the
c r pant Pete Feculiavy tieg :tt corerei platfouts