The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-11 00:00:00

Lord Sidmon.b came to town, yesterday morning,
about eleven o'clock, and transacted business at his
office.

We understand that Mr. iambton and Sir SAM
Wilson were enthusiastically cheered as they paw
through Darlington on the 2d inst. an their way to
the York Meeting. Hundreds flocked to see dr, gill.
lant Knight, though the carriage only remained to
el.ange borses.—(Derrhain Chronicle.) •
We he.ve received Gibraltar paper: to the 20th d
Nov. The Earl of Chatham arrived there on the 15th
and landed under a salute of nineteen grins; Le was
received by a guard of honour, and proceeded to the
Convent, where the Lieutenant-Governor delivered to
his Lordship the keys of the fortress, The stoups
composing the garrison lined the whole tray. from the
place of landing to the Convent. The insaberdiaa-
tion of the garrison of Ceuta, which was formerly men.
timied, is now stated to have arisen, not flout any poli-
tical motive, but from the extrette want to which the
soldiers were reduced. On being apprised of this, the
Commander-in-Chief reprimanded them bir resorting
to such a mode of making their complaints I$ll4Wll.
He pointed out to them the fatal eousepitnces tr.:4h
which their conduct might be attended in the forum:. I
committed to their charge, and the equally dangerous
impres-ion their example might make on the mbar'
corps of the army. Shortly after, deputations flow
the non-commissiooed offieers Anil privates of all those
which compose the garrison waited upon the General' ,
sod renewed their asserances of sincere and uniinaite4,%4
40rOtion to their King and country.
Saturday afternoon the Active frigate, Capt. Sir h.
Alexander Gordon, K. C. D., returned from Gibraltar,.
.where she lauded the Earl of Chatham and suite, after
nearly three weeks passage from Portsmouth. She
left Oibtaltar on the 24th ult. and touched atLislioaea
the 2Sth, but was refused pretig se unless twelve kr,
bad elapsed since her departure from Gibraltar. She,
left the Tagus yererday se'unight, and bad fine ma-
titer until Friday. Captain the Earl of Huntingdse,.
late of the Chanticleer, Mr. Gregory, Deputy Paymaster
General, and Dr. Coldstream, of the 2tith Foot, are
come home passengers. She is under quarantine at
Portsmouth.

A vessel from Coronas, after a short passage, re-
ports, that a popular meeting bad assembled in a large
room belonging to a convent there, for the purpose Of
deliberating on an Address to the King, similar to the
one sent up from Cadiz, when, owiug to the homes*
concourse on the occasion, the floor of the room seek
down with a tremendous crash. Seven persons were
killed, twenty severely hurt, and many, others wet
with braises.
Advicts were received yesterday, from Valparaiso,
to the 20th of August. They state that the ire
English vessels detained by Lord Cochrane--therk
ward Ellice, Lord Cathcart, Lord Suffield, Indianan%
Colombian—were still rentainiag there; the two
former have been acepitted by the Court of Prises.
The Lord Suffield bad been liberated, and shortly es-
pr cted to receive demurrage for her detentioe: des
ternotbers still remain. A considerable ponies of the
specie lost in the O'Higgins is said to have been mu.
vered ; but the other property, taken from trains
• prizes, is totally lost. The communication from Val
paraiso to Lima was still interrupted by the holding
out of Callao.
Friday the Russian frigate Apollinia, boand el a
voyage of discoveries in the North Pacific Orias, at*
rived at Portsmouth from St. Petersberg. for V'
plies preparatory to her hunt departure hoes &aft-
Sbe goes to Kanischatka.
The General Palmer, Tensseott, from Marais the
aof Good Hopi, and St. Helena, arrived u 6 Pif
mouth on Saturday ; she sailed from Madress abut
the 15th of August, and bas been oat sad Imo flu°
Cowes osly since the lOsth of February.
The Corsair, Petrie, arrived at Liverpord " Wed.
neaday, in IS days and 1S boars from Malaya.
The East India Company's ship Charles Ora°
rived at Bombay, on the 10th of June. •
The General Harris sailed from the Isle°, Setubal.:
on the 31st of hay, arrived at Madras, on the Alta r
'Anne, and was espected to proceed on her voyage to
China about the 15th of August.
111 appears from retinas made to Parliament, that the
suns expended for the relief of the poor only in the
seamy (independent of what is expended in the lorra:
' sad other parishes), is stated at 59,671. les., which
hu gradually increased since MI6, 56,4611. Its. a.;
more than the year endiag 25th of Marchers1:41.9. 0p.,.
13,2231. The average in three periods:—
three Ors!
years; ending in March, ISO, which reavbed;
the first yearof pence, is stated at 106,4'271.; !hese:,
embracing a period of three years, ending in msriv!,
ISIS, is 133,675/.1 and the third, comprising 0,1/Y „1.••
years, to March ISA Is reported at 153.06 ii.! • •
peoperey assessed, ia ISIS, was 10112,2171.
Chvonfe/e.)

MR. HUME.
sequence of Mr. Howe's acceptance of the in-
ritlitonOf the Gentlemen of Herefordbfilre, that Oeii-
I a,. we limo, left Loudon on Wednesday last,
sea on his arrival at Oloucester, the Mayor and
eetpeestioa waited upon him, at the King's Head,
to. WI him with the Freedom of that ancient and
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independent City.
On the borders of Herefordibire, a deputation of the
Committee met him. and preceded by a number of
„was from the neighbourhood of Ross, the members
of nations Benefit Societies, with their flags, banners,
se, sad a head of music, the procession entered
thw first town in the county; the people with one
mold took tbe hems from his carriage, and Mr. Hume
tem dreekdrawn is triumph through the streets of the
/lace, amidst the shoats of the multitude assembled.—
pop the window of the Swan Inn Mr. Hume address-
ed t numerous and respectable audience at consider-
ewe Wirth, pointing out in the most forcible manner,
the evils of the present system, the necessity of re-
unnehment, aid the real remedy—Reform—a Reform
commeacing with the people themselves, and shown by
the return of indepeadeat and honest members to the
Henna At the conclusion of his speech, several of the
rincipal gentlemen of the town and its vicinity, were
*lnduced by the Committee, and a handeome enter-
teinsest, given by the Deputation on the occasion. con-
dried the Ent day of Mr. Huroe's visit to Hereford-
shire. The next moraing, Mr. Hume and his friends,
4 die Mayor of Meamoutb, and other gentlemen, break-
kited with Mr. N. Morgan, hanker, of Ross, and then
proceeded oa their journey to Hereford.
The yeomanry and retry on the road, in every di-
rection.joined the cavalcade, and by the time the escort
arrived within a few miles of the City, the procession
had increased to an immense concourse of persons ;
headreds of horsemen blocked up the road, and attend-
et) by a redoes serer exceeded in that part of the king-
floe, sad the-populace having taken the horses from
Din carriage, Mr. Home mitered Hereford.
The public manifestation of respect was so conspi-
cuous on the occasion, that although the day was not
the most favourable. the multitude collected together
der exceeded all previous calculation; and thus accom-
?pied, the valuable member for Aberdeen, alighted
from the carriage of one of the gentlemen of the Com-
mittee at the door of the Hotel. He immediately pro-
ceeded to address the inhabitants and others assem-
kled,in a speech replete with perspicuity and interest.
—lie thanked them from his heart for the honors
they had beeped arra him, and trusted his conduct in
the House, would shim, how much he regarded the
real interests of the people. He urged repeatedly,
the immediate, the pressing necessity of retrenchment
sad reform, and said he was satisfied, they could only
be obtained by the steadiness of the people.
The flattering marks of attention and approbation
'hewn at the conclusion of his address, were evidently
most pleasing to Mr. Hume, who, with his friends,
Men retired to partake of the splendid dinner provided
for the occasion.
Nearly three hundred persons sat down to table,
sad very many respectable individuals were absolutely
impelled to adjourn to other inns, from the utter
liability of accommodating themselves with refresh-
seats tor room at the hotel ; so perfectly crowded was
it is every part.
Mc. ED% AL I) BOLTON CLIV I (of Whitfield) having
taken the Chair, o the remand 'of the sloth. the;
mall toast, " The King," was drank.—" The Coasti-
tst:on"—" Those foewhose benefit both King and Con-
stitution were intended, The People."
After the last-mentioned toast, Mr. Joule &Lax,
'pm having filled with Cider the splendid silver
Tualcard prepared for the Meeting, handed it to the
worthy President, requesting him in the names of the
Committee and the Subscribers to present it to Mr.
How, as a public memorial of their esteem and ap-
probation of his public conduct.
bir.CLIVE then rose, and addressing himself to Mr.
Hwav,eulogised his Parliamentary exertions; expressing
he much he felt gratified in thus paying honour to the
sell known abilities and praise-worthy services of so,
seiseotly useful a Representative of the people. He
nutted the task had not fallen to a younger man
Ilan himself, of presenting the present which the sub- 11
miptions of individuals of the county bad purchased.
lie aas most happy to state, that though the subscrip-
am were limited to one shilling, yet such had been the
public feeling of that gentleman's services, that not merely
lutissilver tankard and a hogshead of the best cider
di country could produce, been purchased, but. that
there was a surplus of money from the subscriptions,
%bid, would be handed over to some Charitable load-
bation. He had great pleasure in drinking Mr. Hume's
Ith, and proposing it as a bumper toast, and should
['thole by reading the inscription engraven on the
kard.
" Grateful for Public Services,
The Inhabitants of Herefordshire,
Present this Tankard and a Hogshead of Cider
To Josarn Hunt, Esq. M. P.
As a Public Testimony of their Approbation •
Of his Parliamentary Conduct,
ISM."

Mr. Hums, evidently much affected by this public
.. gratifying mark of respect, then addressed the
Ling. He felt gratitude, in every sense of the word,
~ ?the kind expressions of approbation with which
had honoured his nenions in Parliament. He
,eideavour to explain-what was the line of coo-
n kind thosght it most beneficial to pursue, and
them, by various documents then in his hand,
the wasteful system of extravagance which for
shad been persevered in by the Ministers of the,
ea, and which had tended to reduce this once pros-
country to a state of comparative poverty and
el distress. He proceeded to point out the progress
the wretched system of abate which now clogged
wheel of the Government machine ; and with
Moira! exactness detailed the enormous and elle-
Pertionate diference in the national expenses is
I and the present period. The varies@ papers
fled to and produced in the coarse of his
'd. though marked with the most business-tile prod-
i were listened to with the greatest attention. He
linderly noticed the shameful want of attention on
Pit of Ministers to common decency in squandering
Peblic money, having, more than once, known
.for millions passed with us little ceressoay or
nation as the most uLimportant every-day hiesi-
fthe House. He most forcibly urged, again and
the manifest advantage, the absolute seceseity, of
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counteracting the evil. Without it we must sink. Beery
Honest effort should be made to obtain chic great object.
Our political existence depended !pea it. Retrenchment
might and would do much, but Indian a Nat &tibiae
no real good would ever be effected. Unless that ma-
lure was adopted, our Affairs must retrograde. The po-
litical convulsions in other countries ought to prove a
salutary warning and lesson to ourselves—that we might,
ere it be too late, exert every constitutional effort to ob-
tain and preserve this breath of our political life.
After a Speech of upwards of an boar and shelf, Mr.
Hume sat down amid thunders of applause and coops-
tolation.
Mr. ULlve then gave—" A full, fair, and free repre-
sentation of the people in Parliament," which was
drank with enthusiasm.
Mr. Hume again rose, and after complimenting Mr.
Ricardo, Mr. Barrett, the 'county Member, Mr. Price,
and other Members of. Parliament, for the assistance
they had rendered him in the House, begged again to
express his grateful thanks for the kind reception he
had experienced in Herefordshire, and for the groatat-
' tendon which had been paid hiss by the Gentlemen of
the Committee, by whom the tankard before him had
been provided. It was a circumstance he should never
forget ; their present was store honorable in his eyes
than any reward which be could receive from the most
exalted personage—is was the gift of the people—who
had been pleased to approve his conduct, and whose in-
terest he pledged himself to support byevery exertion in
his power. He concluded by proposing the health of
" The Gentlemen of the Committee.' _ _ _

Mr. Au.sm, jnn. returned thanks for the com-
pliment paid to himself and the other Gentlemen of the
Committee, with whom he bad the pleasure to act on the
present occasion. It was particularly gratifying that the
county in general so warmly participated in those feel-
ings, which bad induced them to proposes public mark
of respect to Mr. Hume • and nothing could more clear-
ly evince the existence of such a feeling than the very
numerous and most highly respectable attendance on
that day. Ile trusted that the Meeting, though cer-
taialy a political one, would not be deemed a party
feast. It was not so intended. The object they had in
view, was to make a public acknowledgment to a
.public
man, for the benefits derived from his public services.—
To Mr. Hume, such an occurrence as the present, he
hoped, could not hut be pleasing; a stranger, as he was
amongst them, the Representative of a distant part of
the country. His spirited exertions in Parliament bad
rendered him deservedly popular and esteemed through-
out the whole kingdom. Those exertions had proved,
beyond the possibility of contradiction, that something
might yet be done towards reducing the enormous and
unexampled burthen of the debt and taxes, without di-
minishing the proper splendour of the Crown, or violat-
ing the public faith of the country. Mr. Hume's was
no visionary plan—no theoretical system—it was &prac-
tical good ; and they were (thee gradually reaping the
fruits of his labour. He hoped that those exertions would
be continued, that they would be malously supported by
the real Rep resent ati ves of the People, yd eventually they
would force their way—they w•oalddttiee crowned by suc-
cess. The tottering fabric of corruption, supported as
it was by an organised system of abuse, must fall, and
the expiring prosperity of the country would yet re-
vive, and triumph over its ruins. Whatever might be
the final results of Mr. HOMO'S arduous Investigation of
the public accounts, one thing, at present, was certain,
that retrenchment bad began, that a lavish expenditure
of the public money bad been, in some sseasare, stopped
—and that they had the hope, at least, that in the en-
suing Session of Parliament, still greater reductions
would be made in the national espeases. He trusted
that the career, so lymourable, so creditable to himself,
which Mr. Home bad commenced, would be persevered in;
and that they should all see the day when hie name
would rank as high in the list of political economists,
as that of his great countryman and namesake, amongst
philosophers and hietorians. The good he might do
his country, would ilb esessimitlPbrea-by the people's
gratitude. Mr. Allen then highly complimented the
Meeting on the choice which had been made of their
Chairman, whose political consist eacy and ardent at-
tachment to the best principles of the Constitution were
so well known and respected. The energetic and manly
delivery of this address excited mmisiderable applause.
The health of Mr. Ricardo, M. P. being proposed,
that Gentleman, in a luminous and able speech, took a
review of the great political questions which had been
touched on by Mr. Hume. He praised the great abilities
displayed by that Gentleman, and warmly advocated
the cause of retrenchment and reform. The clear ar-'
rangement of Mr. Ricardo's ideas en several of the most
important subjects, produced a most attentive effect on
his hearers; and we hope to present to our readers
a more extended account of this -Gentleman's speech
than our correspondent has yet been enabled to forward.
Mr.ROSSAT Pates, M.P.. on his health being drank,
returned thanks. He felt most bappy;that he had the plea-
sure of meeting his mastitanits on an occasion so honour-
able to themselvesouid in which he so completely believed I
the country in general participated in their feelings.
He was proud to have had soopporttwity of voting in the
House on many of Mr. Humes minorities, and was con-
fident that the necessary retrenchments, in various
branches of the public expenditure, proposed by that
Gentleman, if carried into effect, would be highly bene-
ficial to the kinedota.
On the health of Mr. S. M. BARRETT, M.P. having been
drank, that Gentleman, in a speech which excited the
most undivided attention and most marked appro-
bation, returned thanks. He regretted that he had
breathed so little the air which environs a court, that he
could. not congratulate his bearers with the infor-
mation that he had been born an Herefordshire
man, and would die an Herefordshire man. He
had not the honour q be born in the county, but he
felt that be was connected with Item by the ties of
sympathy. He respected Cue public feeling which
had called them together on that day ; it was honour-
able to any man possessing flaglish feelings ; and be,
at least, mild say. that he was born an Englishman
and would die an Boglishmaa. He lamented the mi-
serable situation is which this kingdom bad been
placed by the folly of some, and the profligacy of
others. He compared the coatemptible retrenchments
made by the Ministers, to the conduct of a man
who should give himself infinite trouble to rid him-
self of the gnats sad Ste which might annoy and
tease him, and yet would cherish and support
the bloodsuckers, the leeches, and the vermin,
which preyed upon his very vitals. He asked, what
would be thought of the conduct of that person, who, on
hearing hisfriead complaining. in bitter terms, of the
evil consequences of his vices and follies, and of the state
ofilestitation se which his extravagancies bad reduced him
should thus weasel him : You well know, my friend,
that your servants are rascals ; that your mistresses are
useless to you, sad you tothem ; that your expenditure
is beyond all comparison with your income ; sad that
something must be dose to reduce this enormous sad
wasteful system; and I therefore. with all due consider-
ed*. of your wretched case, thus advise you : keep all
hese servants you know to be rascals; retain all these mis-
tresses in whom yes have so enjoymeat, and who have ao
etjoyarsut in yea; but immediately discharge your ea-
der gardener. sad your stable boy, and make (madder-
able'redactioms is year consumption of potatoes and
eats." This, he tol4' was a little like the present tem-
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portlier systole. cestempdble to the last degree ;dis-
charging the peer sad seedy under clerks of dice. di-
siaialue their Wpm& to a nasty sebeielearst yet xe i