The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-16 00:00:00

PROPOSED AMENDMENT 70 TIM CONSTITUTION.

The lime required into a Committee of the whole
on the resolution offered by Mr. SMITH, of North Ca-
funna,for amending the Constitution of the ("tilted
Staten, se 23 to require the election of Members of
Congress. and electors of President and Vice President
uniformly by districts throughout the rnited States.
Mr. ROSf. of Ohio. was in the Chair, the resolution
WI. passed by the Committee without much debate,
atul repotted to the House ; but, with a view to allow
farther time fur refeetion on the subject, it was or-
detect to lie oa the table by a vote of 67 to 64.

Ag an indication of the spirit of political indepen-
dence whi.li spreads among the higher classes of the
inhabitants of Scotland, we present our readers to-
day with an abridged account of the proceedings
that took plice at lidinburgli on Saturday, at the
dinar in cel.bratiou of the memory of ilr. Fox.
In hailing the prospect opening on the friends of that
Constitutional liberty and order, of which Mr. Fox
bad lung been the strenuous champion, Mr. CRAM-
srocs, a distinguished advocate at the Scottish bar,

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of whose powerful eloquence we regret oar scanty
limits restrain us from affording. an adequate spe-
cimen, took occasion from a surrey of the United
States, and of South America, to direct his attention
nearer hone, and reinai k on the bright light "that" said
lie, " had burst on the nations of Europe, which 'oefore
had sat under the shadow of deepest night. Spain, Por-
tugal, and Naples, burst sudden and magnificent in
the splendour of liberty ; and they had lived to witness
its glorious dawn. It may, indeed, be overcast—
clouds may arise to darken the horizon, hut he trusted
they were bat morning clouds, soon to pass away. Is
it the dream of enthusiasts those principles they were
:net to avow and commemorate ? Is it a chimera that
these principles were calculated to promote he interests
of the country and exalt the dignity of the human race:"
The same generous feeling appears to have pervaded
the meeting., and give. the pleasing promise that the
friends its tl north will no longer suffer their bre-
thren of the south to bear away the palm in the noble
struggles for whii h they are now preparing in
the work of Reform, and in ameliorating the condi-
tion of their common umpire. Every fresh exertion
wade in Scotland by the advocates of independence,
has prodw-eit a new accession of supporters, and their
triumphant effort at the County Meeting of the ree-
holder s of Lanark, to a detail of whose proceedittL%
we to-day with pleasure refer our reader-, must
prove the presage of the happiest results. No-
thing can more cumpietely manifest the sense
of the country re.pecting our present weak
amid niiscliievous Administration, th:..n the de.
fection seen in Scottish counties, where adherence
to the Ministers of the day has hitherto been con-
sidered as much a point of duty as of interest.—
The members of the Pitt Club of Edinburgh twill
their meeting the same day, but appear more re-.
markable fur a display of their numbers on the ycca-
shin than tither of their spirit or talent.

Prince Cimitelli, Ambassador from the Constitn-
tiou.rl Government of Naples at this Cour►, but who,
from the impolicy of Ministers, has not had an audi-
epee of his Majesty, yesterday received a letter from
the King of Naples, written by his own Irani, re-
quiring 6i, innncdiate attendance at Laybach, to assist
him in the conferences he has to endure with the de-
spotic Sovereigns there assembled. The Prince sets
out on the journey forthwith.
The EdimbeirgA Commit of Saturlay last, received
this tuortiiirg, states that the reports in the London
journals respecting the death of the Earl of London-
rimy are corrohusrated, if not confirmed by letters re-
ceir.d by a nubleurau in Edinburgh, from ireand, ries
Purtpatrick. From the date of the letter (the sth in-
stant.) this journal adds that his Lordship must have
thud on the 4th, or early on the morning of the 5:1;.
We ourselves, have received no acconnts from Ireland
to day ; but, we think it proper to remark that the
Dahlia paper's of Thursday, the 11th which attired
yesterday, and which had an uncommonly quick ps.-
cage, take no notice of the above event, of which, had
it occurred at the time reported, they could scarcely
have been tinappriz...l.

Mr. Canuinileft town early yesterday morning for
Paris.
The Address of the Females in Newcastle and its
vicinity to the Queen has received 6,3.11 signatures.
--(Newcast Chrouirk.)
Sir Charles tireville and Mr. Mills. the members for
the Borough of IVarwick, have, it appears, declined
the Lonour of iweseuting to the Queen the address
which had been voted to her Majesty, at a public
meeting of the Burg ntl Inhabitants of that Bo-
roligh. Lo c,toserctice of the refusal of their repre-
sentatives, the Committee appointed for carrying in.()
effect the resolutions of the pnialic meeting, have de-
termined to proceed to Lotion, and personally pre-
sent the address to her Majesty.
Sr. ALBAN'S ELF., Tios.—On Saturday the Pull
finally closed at 12 o'clock, when the Mayor de-
clam! Sir Henry Wright Nasal' duly elected ; the
numbers luring for

Sir 11. W. Wilson. 909
Charles Ross. E,‘l. 159
John Er,thope. ksq. In

We have received from Ne►v York, the important
Treasury Report referred to in our last, respecting the
Finances of the l'nited States. From the estimates
of the expenditures and receipts for the years 1'1•20
and I s2l, whic:a this repo.t contain•, it appears that
the Revenues have fallen off in a very alar►uing man-
ner. The deficiency in December Is2l is computed
at seven millions four hundred thousand dollars.

►ROM TIIE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCES.

" The receipts into the Treasury for the present year
Om holing monies received fr,mi loans) are stated at
16,819,637 dollars. The payments into the Treasure
during the fourth quarter from the same sources, are es-
timated at 3,4311,1111 dollars, making the total estimated
revenue of the present year 211,219,637 dollars; which,
added to the balance in the Treasury on the Ist day of
January las!, at:not:l6l)g to 2,076,607, makes the aggre-
gate amount of 22.32t1,211 dollars. The expenditures for
the same period are estimated at *25,061,-113 dollars.
" There will, therefore, according to this estimate, he
a balance against the Treasury, on the Ist day of next
month of 2,638,11;9 dollars : the receipts from the cus-
toms having fallen greatly short of the amount at which
they were estimated in the last animal report.
" The estimate of the expemiiture for the year 1921
was 2.1,000,000 dollars; the receipts estimated at
16,60900 dollars.
" Mr. Crawford, the Secretary of the Treasury, re-
commends a loan."
The question of the Missouri territory being admitted
into the American Union, has given rise to much dis-
mission. It is expected the measure will be warmly op-
posed in both Houses, on accouut of the Constitution of
that State with reran) to the Slave Trade; the importa-
tion and traffic in slaves being still allowed in the
Missouri.
The Committee appointed to report respecting the
Petitions presented to Congress on the subject of the
tariff, have reported unfatourably fur the Petitioners,
who wished a higher rate of duty on British manufac-
tams. No change in the import *duties is now expected.
OLD BAILST.—This morning there was no case of
any public interest. The sessions are expected to
close early this afternoon.

TUE STATESMAN.

ANNIVERSARY OF MR. FOX'S BIRTH-DAY.

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On Friday, the friends and admirers of •the princi-
ples of the right honorable CILiRIAR Mutt! Fox met
in the Waterloo Hotel, Regent Irridge, lo comme-
morate his memory. Between 400 and 500 noblentenl
and gentlemen came forward, but the room not being
large enough to contain them, upwards of 100 dined
in an adjoining apartment, and were accommodated
in the large room after the cloth was removed. The
Barr of Ilbsslyn took the Chair, supported by Lord
Hondas on the right, and Mr. Lambton, member of
Parliament for Durham, on the lett. sear his Lord•
ship sat Sir Henry Monereitc, Bart. of Weliwood ! Mr.
Barrrett, M. P. ; Messrs. Cranstonn and Clerk, ;advo-
cates, &c. Lord Olenorchy acted as croupier, sup-
ported by Mr. Stewart *Kenzie, of Olasserton, Mr.
Kennedy, of Dnnure, and Mr. Ferguson, of Raith,
Messrs. Jeffrey, Brant, Cockburn, Monereiff, &c. filled
the different stewards' Chairs.

After dinner, " Non \obis, Domine" was sung by
Messrs. Templeton, Lees, &c.
The Chairthan then gave The King. He after-
wards gave 'I he Queen, and all the rest of the Royal
Family.

His Lordship said that the next toast he would pro-
pose was in honor of the illustrious individual whose
memory they were met to celebrate. He would
not gr•itify his private feelings by dwelling on
the amiable qualities which distinguished and
adorned hhn in private life, the placibility of his
disposition, the warmth of -lils affection, and the
constancy of his friemiship. They were now to eon-
%bier the political principles that governed his public
life as a statesiti3n, in the adoption and perpetuation '
of whirlifthey would have the safest guide and best stay I
in their conduct, and to which alone they co ild look 1
with confidence for the possession of the tights and
liberties established at the Revolution. Mr. Fox was
endowed with an enlightened mind and comprehensive
nederstandinz. Ile traced for himself a line of poll.
tical ditty awl pursued it with an unwearied persevr-
r once and magnanimity. He never swerved flow it for
the kntpeations of power, or the seductive allurements
Itf popular opinion. No man formed a truer estimate
' of the different branches of the Constitution—no man
was a firmer friend to the legitimate and comoitn-
tional rights of the Sovereign, and no man in tile a
firmer resistance when any attempts were made to trench
`upon them. It was to his exertions that the country
owed, in a great degree, many of the renovated and
1 re-established rights of the Revolution I and it was
from an imit,ttiJit of his'resolution and independence,
anti a coiatexion of all classes of the people, that they
were to look for a preservation of their rights
and privileges. In the came of the people he was
I a tried and steady advocate, and when the kinOy
power le I to incroachment, he kept a vigilant
watch, and was ever prepared to resist the inflitence
of the Crown, when exercised at the expense of the
people. Ile was a firm asserter of the independence
of Parliament, and felt the necessity of a I lose cor-
respondence with the body of the pesple. lie felt the
necessity of confirming time intercourse between the
reprt•sentatives and their constituents, on that alone
the preservation of the authority of Parliament, the
protection of the people, and security of the whole
state depends. To maintain the dignity of the Crown ;
to support the privileges of Parliament ; to purify the
administration of the laws for the benefit and security
of the people ; to re• train all branches of the (lover m•
ment within its due limits, w..s the end and object of

Mr. Fox's political life and opinions. No man was
a more determined and hold supporter of free and
public discussion on public measures. The great
measure by which he provided for the security of the
public press, the great organ of public discussion,
remains a monument of his regard for the interest of
his 'votary. It now remains to congratulate this part
of the country on this great public meeting—the
numbers, the character of those which composed the
meeting, gave them a right to pride themselves, and
the assembling of such numbers as were there met,
gave the best example, and surest pledges, to the pub-
lic and the cou,ary, of their faith and attachment to
the Constitution and the laws, and their determined
resolution to support the just rights of the people on
all occasions. Perhaps there never was a period of
more awful interest than the present, n !tether they
extended their views to Europe at large, or confined
them to their domestic situation. Abroad, they had
to lament peouliarly the combination of arbitrary
l'rinces against the liberty of the world—
(.lpplausr)—anal nho particularly threatened
with danger all those nations who placed
their hope and security in a representative
givernment. At home, they had to lament the de-
privations and difficulties which all clases of the
con:infinity felt; anal he grieved to add, the still
greater misfortune, in the just discontent witis
many of the proceedings of his Majesty's Govern-
ment.—(Applause). After the unwarrantable pro-
ceedings in the House of Lords, the country now
*timed with much confidence and hope to the
conduct of the House of Commons, and expected
a different line of duty from them when they met.
—(.Applause.) The spirit of honour, independence,
anal loyalty, animated the meeting, and afforded a
striking and beneficial example to the country to
stand forward as the defenders of their riehts and inte-
rests, and the asserters of the privilege of free discussion
on all public measures. The present meeting would be
a pledge, that when occasion respired, they would be
found in the first ranks of resistance to all wild and des-
perate theories of government, threatening alike' the
safety of the Crown, and the subversion of all order and
liberty among the people.—(Applause.)—Hariag stated
generally to the meeting the principles of Mr. Fox, he
kit flattered to avow and would endeavour always to
maintain, similar printlittles, and to deserve the approba-
tion sod teeniest* of countrymen. He now would
propose--
'rise immortal memory of Charles Jaunts Fol."—
" Here's to him that's awn."—

" The Rights of the People, as established at the Re-
volution in 165S."—(Three cheers.)
" The Liberty of the Press, the best security for the
liberties of the people."—(Three times times.)
" The Duke of lork and the Army."

1a giving this toast, his Lordship was desirous of do-
ing justice to the illustrious individual, for the impartia-
lity and liberality with which that department was con-
duuted, without regard to private or political feelings.—
(Loud cheers )
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