The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-08 00:00:00

stone, ,11.Goulbograi) A. C. Grant, G. M. Grant, P. Gren-
fell; •-• Herries, H.glandley, Sir 11. Iliftlinge, R. Heber,
W. Ilecgato, Right lion. Sir G. T. Hill. G. P. ilolford,
Sir A. Hope, Lord Hotham, W. Holmes, Hight lion. W.
Iluskisson, J. Jones, Hon. 11. King, lion. T. Knox, lion.
H. Legge, E. P. Leslie, E. J. Littleton, Right Hon. Sir
C. Long, S. R. Lushington, J. F. Luttrell, J. Mansaeld,
J. Martin, Sir T. B. Martin, J. W. Maxwell, Sir W. Mat-
*ell, H. Monteith, Sir S. B. Morland, Sir T. W. Mack-
euzie, Sir M. Nightingale, M. Nolan, Sir G. Nugent, Sir
F. M. Gwaltney, A. Onslow. Sir J. Osborn, Sir H. Par-
nell, Lord Palmerston, Rt. lion. R. Peel. J. Philtinsore„
lion. E. Phipps, J. Pitt, J. Plummer, Sir W. Rae, llor;
O. Rice. A. Itohertsoo, Right Hon. F. Robinson, C. Ross,
Sir G. Shiner. Rt. it. T. Skellington, Lord 0. Somer-
set, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Stewart, J. Smith, G. Smith, w. Stu-
art (Armagh) W. Thompson, H. Twiss, A. Tulk, Viscount
Valletort. G. G. V. Vernon, R. Ward, Hon. J. Walpole,
11..1 Wilmot, Sir IL W. Wilson, T. Wilum, T. Wood,
C. W. Wynn, W. W. Whitmore.

MAILS.
ARR. DUE. ARR. rott7..
o....Dnblin I 0. —Holland v,
0....Waterf0rd.....2 0....11ambr0 I
0....6 & Jersey. • • . I 2.... France 0
U.... Lisbon 0 5.... Flanders .......0
o....Gottenburg 1 U. ...Malta

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
1 Dittoindia Stock
..5. Ws 23s.plr
Bank stock
3 per Ct. Red
3 par Cl. Coos .........7g i 1 south Sea Stock
3.f per Cl.
1 South See Old Ann...
4 per Cents ........ .....
New Fours
6 per Ct. 1797.. --SOOT. 111 91 Illspin.
Long Ann. -Small 11595114 pis
Imp. 3 per Ct.... .. 1 Con.for acct. 73iti
Irish 6 per Cents I Lottery Ticksts .... tiL lb.'

vAte *tataOlnalt•

SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH S,

DINNER FIGHTING.

Yesterday took place, at the City of London Tavern,
the grand Dinner Fight in defeni e of Spain and Port..
gal against the French armies. The feats of pot-ratour
are very well known to be surprizing ; and particular in
the City of London; and greater valour of this sort we
do not recollect to have seen displayed titan, according
to the account in the morning papers, appears to have
been displayed at the City of London Tavern yesterday.
However, no declaration of war with swords and I, at-
lets took place; nor did any of the parties venture to
say, or to hint, that this country would do any thing
more for Spain and Portugal than drink most bravely to
their success. Much these was about French aggression;
much about the horrid principle of interference ; much
about civil and religious liberty all over the florid ; mach
about the unanimity of the people of England in their
prayers for the success of Spain ; but not one sine.:
word about fleets, armies, Fowder, or bail to be employe
in defence of Spain. If the Spanish Ambassador under-
stood the real meaning of the parties as well as we do,
and also the real state of the country, he would derive
little consolation from the pre! tle that beheard yesterday:
and especially when be should have con pared it with
*bat was taking place in the Houle of Commons
ett Ms same time, and of which we shall speak by
and by. This dinner was looked upon as a sort
of trial of strength between those who are for war and
those who are for neutrality. And we find that even the
.
woman!, and even over their pots, did not dare to utter
one i.ingle word expressive even Of a wish that England
should embark in this war. If, therefore, the opinions
and wishes of the people of England are desired to have
any weight with the French, this dinner will have (lore
the Spaniards a great deal of mischief; a great deal, in-
deed ; because it shows, that their friends, as they call
themselves, and those friends well stuffed with turtle and
well charged with wine, dared not talk of war.—This is
the main point ; but several things took place worthy
of notice.—The Maripiesf. of Lansdowne, in reprobating
the principle of interftrcnce, went so far as to say.
that the interfere= of foreign nations ought to be re-
sisted by any people under any circumstances. He sail,
that however great might be the abuses existing in
any country, the peopLt of such country ought to fight
for that tyranny and oppression, rather than suffer a
foreign power to interfere. If the noble marquess did say
this, we suspect that the 'truffle most have gone round
pretty swiftly; for he cannot have forgotteu, that a Dutch
army landed in England; that it fought with some Eng-
lishmen, at ally rate ; and that the result was the driving
out of one reigning family and introducing an-rther;
and that this event is, to this very day, celebrated as A
glorious revolution. The :with! Marquess bad, too, pet-
haps, forgotten the princi pies promulgated in 1811; pro-
mulgated by the Congress at Vienna, and also by tl:e
English Parliament. Ile mucthavt forvttt n, that upon
no other principle %chafe-. er was Boon:Tarte met and
fought al Waterloo. However, of tiiis we have some-
thing snore to say by-and-by. Upon the to ist " the City
of London and its commercial prosperity" being giver,
Mr. A. Baring addressed the company, and concluded
with toasting "the eetension of commerce." Mr. Baring
desired the foreigners present to look at the noble spec-
tacle which that company then presented. Nobles, he
said, mixing familiarly with the commercial and brier-
trious c:uises! We wish Mr. Baring had defined a lilt's
what he meant by industrious ; becausst the Fr.mch
rail
Thieves in general, and particularly Thieves of the
worst description, Chereiers d'industrie ; that is toes',
In lostriotts Knights; and in this souse, we have no ob-
jection to apply the r?ithet iitinstrinvA to that class
which is, and, to the disgrace and ruin of this
long has been engaged in the mak of stock jobbing of
vari..us descriptions. The lam &nominates stock job-
bing to be infamous. The law ;knurls a heavy punish
meet to the int:stenos offence; the law declares stock job-
bing to be fraudulent ; to he destructive of the
morals of the people,—and particularly to be ch•
structive to industry ;—but in spite of this la t*,
there are,—every day of the week, except Sundays,
assembled together on a spot not many hundred rale
(ions that on which Mr. Baring was speaking, froth ten
to twenty thousand of the greatest villains that Goo ever
suffered to pollute the earth, eazageil in carrying on th:s
infamous practice to the inexpressible injury of the n .
Lion, and the shame of the government. it
was, we rather suspect, from this horrid band that curse
the greater part of those of the industrious dosses, that
the poor deceived Spanish ;Ili: inter now assembled
around him. • And if be knew how false, how nerfiiiion,
bow selfish, how base a baud it is, little satisfaction, in-