The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-12 00:00:00

STATESMAN. '

Ni-flic CLUB OF CHESHIRE AND THE ADJA-

CENT COUNTIES.

Comma, Orr. 9.—On this day the Annual General
Meeting of the Cbezhire Whig Club was held at the
Royal Hotel, Chester. it was annonneed that the Chair
weuld he taken at half after three o'clock for the dispatch
of beefiness, and dinner was fixed fur foe presieelv.
Several Members of the Club having assembleti at the
lionsefixed for boldinr the Meeting:
• Lord Calms was called to the Chat r,and the Secretary
(Mr. Swaawick) proceeded to report the proceedings
which had takeh place since the last Meeting, from
which it arneared that there had been doting that time
many candidates for admission.
A lost conversation took place on snhjeete connected
with the bnsinessof therneeting, daring which ample tee-
• downy was borne by hoed Crewe. Earl Grosvenor, Mr.
Davenport (son of the Member for the County), and
whets, to the abilities and ell'-etive exertions of their Se-
cretary, Mr. Swanwick. That Gentleman was re-
appointed to the office of Secretary for the ensuing
rear.
la the coarse of the distnasion, Mr. Tampa. of The
ifamehrster Grardiun, intimated to the fleeting, that
many Gentlemen in Manchester were anxious that a lo-
cal Committee of the Whir (lob should he established
in their neighbourhood, for the purpose of initiating
new members; he was convinced that were such *Com-
mittee once appointed, it would be found that blanches- I
ter and its vicinity contained a much greater number of
gentlemen attached to iVhig principles than was at pre-
sent generally supposed.
After a short coareesetion, Walrus decided that such a
Committee should be appointed, and Mr. Taylor, Mr.
Phillip', M. P., and a few other Gentlemen were ap-
pointed Members of it.
The Secretary read the following Letter from the Dean
of St. Asap,' :
Sta.,—Permit MP to trouble You with my apologies
toite Fttotirlent and Members of the Whig club for not
making my appearance at it to-morrow.
".'lt is an Institution I most highly respect; bnt at the
age of 77, and with a lameness that namely Confines me
town elbow chair, personal attendance becomes out of
the enrollee,.
" "l'he principles npnn which I understand the Club is
fonmletl, see those in with+ I was born and bred, and
io the earlier part of my life, I had an opportn-
eity of vindicating.. It is with a degree of pride I shall
always reflect, that in my person, and at my rislc, that
great bulwark of civil liberty (the right of Juries
to d.termine in matters of lilt l both the law and fed)
was completely Established.
" If I might venture to urge a recommendation tb the'
CIO,. it would fie for them to publish a general declara-
tion of the ground on which they have established
themselves, and the objects they have in view. Amongst
the..., a Reform in the Representation of the People in
Parliament will probably be a leading one ; and another
pe limps, of eqnal, if not greater importatice--a diminution
of the overwhelming influence of the Crown, without
which a Reform in the Elective Franchise can be of lit-
tle avail; for as long as the Minister has every thing to
g;ce that
tomingely changed, if, however reformed, or however es-
te! de I. we can look fora completely virtuous repre-
seer .tion.
4 I Omuta probably have said more on this 'Object,
had I been aide to attend; but I really think some gene-
rd deel.ration necessary, if only to secure mime' those
insolent misrepresentations which have appeared in the
public. prints.
" Gentlemen who are present will, I trust, ix-
ruse these few oh ions; and be assured my warm-1
est wishes are for their success.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,

" Yonr very obedient, isun;lsle Servant.
(Signed) " W. D. SHIPLEY.
" Rodryddan, October /Rh."
It was decided that the Meeting should adopt inch a,
Resolution, and that the Dean of St. Asaph should be
requested to assist in drawing it np.
At sit o'clock about eighty Gentlemen sat down to
an excellent dinner ; among *bell' were Lord Grosvenor
(Pre.i.lent), Admiral Tollemaclae. (VieePresident), Lord
Crewe. Lord Delgrave, Mr. Phillips, M.P. Mr. Wil-
liams. M P. for Lincoln, Mr. Wickatrad, (I ligh Sheriff,)
Mr. Toilet, Mr. Davenport, the Ilonourable Mr. Cum
tiff-. Mr. Williams(Sub Sheriff), Mr.Swanwick, (Secre-
tary.) &c.
The cloth having been removed, Nen Nobis Domaine
Was .uni.
'7'he PRESIDENT then gave "The King," which was
drank with load applan•c.
Tin, near roast wan The Royal Family, and may
ti•ey never f,rget the principles which seated them on
0... Throne."
The PRESIDENT, in proposing this toast, sap d a
11.,1 e that they never would forget those principles It
tv a. known to all around him, that a King should reign
e•slv for the benefit of his people; and, indeed, when
tt.ev eonsidered the great personal advantages which a
Iticuarei, gained from his situation, it was nut too smolt
to expeet that be should pap attention to the wants
end utshes of his subjects. lt was ailnays found that
ti ose Rings who did regard the welfare and happiness
of their people' were afterwards repaid by their love and
affection. Gelmeped and trusted that the present Royal
V imi!vt would keel this in their constant recollection—
(in rl A use.)
Song—" God save the King."
In proposing as a tout " The Principles of the Con-
st!vtion of MSS,"

The CaitRUAN said, that the Club having been formed
end .npported upon those principles, it was unnecessary
f=ir him to enter into any explanation of them. He
honed the spirit of this free country would extend itself
eve, all other countries, and keep alive in all hearts the
sacred flame of rational libertv.—(Applause.)—Much had
hcert done in 16P1 towards the establishment of rational
bberty ; yet it was to be wished that our ancestors hail
de,- still more. When, however, we consider the diffi-
cit'ties which the great men of that day had to contend
when it was recollected that they lived under a
corrupt tiovernment and a tyrannical Court, it must he
foe levied that their efforts had been great, and that
much, very much bad been gained. Ilad their conduct
been followed up and acted tmon by their siiccessors,
there would have been no necessity for such dubs as
that he had the honour of addressing, for liberty would
wow he en firmly established, it would so pervade the
breasts of all men, that any meeting to keep its flame
alive would be useless.—(Applause.) —This, however.
nnfortnnately, was not the case, and.. therefore the toast
evt,irit he proposed became necessary; for unless those
principles were revived, their situation would heroine so
cl•plorahle, they should heroine stink, that in a short
time they would be unable to assemble even as a Whig
Clith.—(Applause )
The next toast was—" The People—may they know
their rights, and knowing assert them."
The Noble PIESIDSNT observed, that by. this toast it
was meant that the people should assert their rights con.
stitittionally, and in a proper manner. There was one
ituonrtant right of the people which had recently been
muelt abridged—he meant the Right of Petition ; he
• hoped, however, that the law which restricted that sacred
relit• would in a short time be greatly 'shied, if not
altogether done away with. After this explanation ou
part, he hoped that no objection could be made to the
toast.—(lt was repeated, and drank with load and reiter-
ated applaut-.]
Song—" Rule Britannia."

The PRESIDENT said, the next toast he had to pro-
pose was " Lord Erskine and Trial by Jury." In pro-
posing this he could not help declanog, that ke felt
inech reluctance in attaching say name, hoe ever tiLle,
to:such a toast. The name of that ilinsteious character.
time late Mr. Fox, was this year omitted fur that reason.
and not in conspqnence of ant difference of opinion en-
tertained between him (Lord Grosvenor) and that great
man relative to the late war. He was not now going to
enter into that question; the Tate war was a matter of his-
tory, and its policy or inspoliey had erased to be a mat-
ter of doubt. lie said thus much, lest the club should
suppose that the omission of Mr. Fox's name, was to be
attrthnted to him personally. Ile was unwilling to at-
tech names to great questions; they were a club formed
not for the present time, but as an example to future
times, It was, then, to principles they were to look,
and not to names.—(Applause.)—ll hen, however, they
considered the great character of my Lord Erskine—
when they recollected Lis exertions in the case of the
late unhappy Qneen as well as the peculiar and nerd-
vatted manner in which his name was bound up with the
question of the Trial by Jury, be thought the present
toast ought to go as an exception to the rule upon
which, generally, he (Lord (lrosvenor) wished to act. ,
ThP Walt was received trills much applause. •
Lord CREWE rose to propose the Memory of his late its
lustrions friend,• the Right Hon. Charles James Fox.
His Lordship said, that early in life he adopted the prin-
ciples of Mr. Fox, and had steadily maintained them.
He agreed with that great.' man in thinking that the
American was one original sin, and that it, nett to the
misconduct of Ministers, was the main source of all our
soliseqoent &throttles. He hoped, therefore, that his
Noble Friend (Lord Grosvenor) would PIMP him if he
proposed "The Immortal Adertory of time Right Hon.
Charles James Fox."—(Loud cheers.) '
The PRESIDENT said, that he proposed the toast with-
the greatest pleasure; it was only for the reason' al-
ready stated, that he had omitted to give it.
The toast was given from the Chair. and MO tisk'
,
great acclamations.
The PRESIDENT said, the gull toast. he hail 11406-'4
pose was—" strong bold ot.Liberty,--a Free ress.
—lt had, he said, been well renaatked that liberty ware
" like the air we breathe ;" there had been recruit and
severe restraints laid upon the Peen; bat it was to him
extraordinary, that Ministers should think those re-
straints necessary, when it was notorious that at least
four-fifths of the public Papers were some way or other
lender their contend!, and in their favour.
• This toast was received with loud cheers.
Kong—" Life's a bumper."
The PRESIDENT next proposed—
" The essential form of Liberty, a full,, fair, sod free
Representation of the People in the Commiess' House of
!parliament."
The question of Reform was, he said, one notes which
a variety of opinions were entertained, but when it was
spoken of in that Club, it could not he sneposed that
they were for going to the extremes of it. In pro-
posing that toast, for instance, it could not be supposed
that he was for Annual Parliaments, or Universal
Suffrage. He did not mean that Representation should
be equal throughout the country; no one could expect
to equalise a great speedos of that nature permanently.
How far the Leeislature might be inclined act go with
the question of Reform he did not know *Rhos was
convinced that they would soon see fy.of do-'
ing something, in order that the•pregleaseight be more
fully represented. The toast then given and
drastic with load cheers.
Admiral TOLLEUACIIS (the WialOresident) now rose
and was received with great applause. Ile said he would
preface the toast which he was almost to propose by say.
leg that he felt much flattered on being honoured wilts
the place of Vice President en the occasion of his first
attendance at the Club, and be felt an additional pleasure
in betagehrted to propose the health of their noble
Presidia/A epgibe subject of Retina, he declared him-
self entirely in favour of that ineasure.—(APpittuakife—
He might differ with many as to the mode of lariagieg
Reform about. There were many who were for partial
and temporising measures, but with those lie did not
agree.— (Applause.) Ilea as for a general Reform [con-
tioued applause]; a Reform that would represent pro-
perty, and represent the people. To effect that, he saw
no other means than purity of election—that the people
should be not nominal bet real electors—ihat the voters
should go to the poll without the possibility of being
bribed or influenced, and then all • ity fur canvass-
ing would be done away with. Placemen and Pension-
ers would not be then selected, but men of abilities and
integrity to watch over the interests of time people, and
to uphold the cause of public liberty.—(Applamme.) The
Gallant Admiral concluded by proposing tile health of
the noble President, which was drag,: with three times
three, amid loud and long continued cheers.
His Lordship returned thanks, mod in a kn./ and able
speech, a report of which we must reserve till Monday,
expressed his sentiments on the various ',objects con-
nected with occasion of the Meeting. He concluded
by proposing
The Whig Club of Cheshire and the adjacent rosin.
ties—and may its example be speedily followed in oilier
districts," (which was drank with applause.)
Song—" Glorious Apollo."
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Mr. DAVENPORT then rose and said, that there wasewa
stronger proof of the progress of steady principles than the
fact that they had gone forth into counties where germ
of them did not before exist. Had the example of that
Club been followed in other counties, three was nothing
either in or out of Parlitunent which would so strongly
operate in producing that change u bids the country so
lung demanded.—(Applause.)—But unfortunately the
present was not an age of political triumphs. It would
appear that many Gentlemen considered the difficulty of
the undertaking as a dispensation from the duty of
making any effort. Where, he would ask, was the diffi-
culty of raising an independent spirit in any comity??
And here he would allude to smite friends opposite, two
or three of a bunt bad collected the scattered friends of
freedom in their district, not to he tried*" the test of
any political catechism, in which many of them might
di.agree, hat rmitstering them under the broad banner of
England's Constitution. which began with William and
ended with the Act of Settlement. If asked what their
objects were, he would answer—to amend what was
wrong; man had a right to exercise his faculties in ame-
liorating his political as well as civil condition. Ile
might with truth assert, that those who instituted that
(lob considered nut the triumph of local principles.—
They were considered as second•ry objects ; the primary
ohjeet was to discharge a great political duty—that of
asserting the liberties of the country. The Hun. Bent.
next adverted to the Cheshire County Petition to the
House of Commons—u Petition not coached iu fawning
language, but boldly complaining of grievances, praying
a reduction of taxation, and an abolition °fuseless places,
and a diminution of salaries. Toat Petition was sent
forward; it stated the wants and wishes of the people,
out the sordid objects of a few needy courtiers, shin
were always careless of the fate of their country if they
could butt promote their own selfish objects. An Hon.
Gent. (111 r. Trafford, we believe) had, ut a Pitt Dinner,
called that Meeting a pretended Meeting—it was at the
sometime said, that the taxes of England were a benefit
;yid not an evil. Let the Hon. Bent. attend there next
leeting, and if his sayings should be as genuine as
those, they would no doubt be set down amongst his
other claims to public confidence and public gratitude.—
(Applause.) Ile would appeal to those who heard him,
whether that County Meeting had not been nneneronsly
and most respectably attended. A Rev. Bent. (Mr.
Watdsley) bad slandered it, and baring done so, it was

only left for its supporters to expose its Revere:Wl calum-
niator. The Rev Aleut. had declared the Meeting illegal
The High Sheriff, being • young man of spirit, and
having his wits about him (a laugh). sas at no lose
to defend the Meeting from the imputed charged of it
legality ; for he happened to have one tef the Acts ; one
of the favourite six, he believed. in his pocket, from
which it appeared that the Meeting was perfectly legal.
It was quite natural that any Gentleman who moved
resolutions in opposition to the old Tory Faction should
meet with witch abuse. and he (Mr. Davenport) came
la for his full share. With respect to the Reverend
Gentleman, be (Mr. Davenport) had no objection if lie
should meet with that preferment which, no doubt. his
extra-parochial duties would entitle him to in an-
other quarter. The Tory Party had drank his health;'
they held him in adosiratien. and worthy (be preowned)
of clerical preferment; and for whati For bar*
gone to prevent a meeting of 2,1100 of his fellow-sub-
jects from petitioning fur relief from unparalleled die-'1
tresses; fur scattering charges, against that Meeting,
which he could not support; which charges were die-
proved in the face of upwards of 2,000 persona--
With respect to the present state of the Agricultural In-
terest, he was aware that one part of society profited by
the distresses of landed proprietors; and it was some
satisfaction to him, for the difference of his income. to
see that the poorer classes of society were living in a
state of comparative conifo:t. The lion. Gentleman. ad-
verting to the question of Reform, said lie felt it neces-
sary to say a few words which had been delivered against
its supporters—and among others on the Liverpool
stage, by • gestleman weber Lariat( retired for 4, mo-
ment, lately re-appeared as a principal performer. To
be sure it was better to be governed by liveliness thee
by dtilleran, and let Mr. Carmine's merits be what they
eight, God knows he was not going to defend them, k
*as something to know that he was meet cordially de-
tested by all the Wormed party. The Right. flow
Gentleman had, like Falstaf '. justice, the art of wrest.
pg the tree caste the wrong way. His sopitistriee„how-
epee, were most compietelyexposed by the powerful pen
or Mr. Cotkett. Mr. Cannon asked—" if you reform
the 'Commons, whet do you do with the Lords?"—
That was • sousethieg like a man, who toalog asked
to ere over his dissolute babies refined to do so, as .he
did not know bow his wife would like it—the wife and '
the Lords being the weaker parties. The Right Hon.'
tlentleman mast certainly know their Lordships better
than to suppose that they would enter into a systematic
quarrel with the House of Commons—whose business it
was to vete the supplies. That compliment to their
Lordships was pethaps intended as a return for the
obiigstion of. titre having thrown out his Catholic Dill
in the course of the last Session. Dot the most over-
whelming of all the Right Honourable Gentleman's as.
sertions was Where be asserted that the patronage of the
Crown operated as a counterpoise to the influence of the
Press. There he took them at epee to the dark ages ;
for, let it be observed, to what extent that reasoning
would go; if the principle were once admitted. then
nothiog short of oppression would take place—lie would
reason by brute force and not by public opinion. His
object seemed to be—
" That a maw must be strong, .
If be means to do wrong."
If he were asked by any one how far he meant to carry
Reform? lie would a'sswer in the same way that he would
to a physician who might ask what quantity of medicine
be would take fur any complaint /—lie should say, just
stated; as might be necessary to impart • healthy action
to t wed part, and no more. In conclusion, he
red a kind and conciliating disposition to the
Chi should approximate rather. than diverge.
always adgering to those main points upon which there
coolti be no difference of opinion among the friends of
the Coastitation.—The Honourable Gentleman sat down
▪ general cheers.
The Passinewr Shen gave "The Health of Mr.
Davenpoet, witi mmatvibuted by hie exertions to the
prosperity of the Club."
The Honourable Gentleman returned thanks.
The next toast was —" The cotes of Civil and Reli-
gion.
Liberty allover the world."
Song --•• Tyrolese Mr."
The company continued together in the bands of
harmony till • late hour.—Several other excellent.
speeches were delivered. for • hich we have not room at
present, and which it would be treatise with injustice to
abridge. We shall therefore postpone till our next, a
further accoant of the proceedings.

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LONDOS:

SATURDAY RYININO. OCTOBER 12. 1832.

STOCK MICILINOP:. TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There is very little basinrss doing in the Stock Ex-
change this morning.--Coasols at present are 8l j.—The
Beek has advanced the money to liovernmetst to pay
those who dissented from the New Four per Cents. but
the flovernment has judged it best to apply a portion of
the Sinking Fund to pay them off in right instalusents,al-
- which the Sinking Fund will ramie its operations in
full, and we are assured the purchases will be equal to
four millions.

About I I o'clock. the New Chili Loan appeared on
the Marker, in the Royal Exchange. For a length of
time past we never witnessed so great a ronfusion. Nu-
merous were the bidders, followed up by a crowd of at
least two hundred persons, slanting about, from one
part of the 'Change to the other, bellowing out as if •
menagerie of Balls and Hears was let loose on the pub-
lic. The premium the Loan bears, up to this hour, is
9 per cent, and therefore the article is eagerly sought
after. A great deal has been done in New Spanish
Bonds, which have lowered this morning.

rnili,SS—Nev Spanish. 7le 1--01(1. SS —New Prussian.
90e —OW. el—Russia, SU—Danish, Sl—Neapolitan 62e
Cuinsobisn, Oa Scrip. 931.

PERUVIAN LOAN.

A Loao of one million two hundred thonsand pounds
sterling. has bees contracted, for the service of the State
of Peru, with their Excellencies John tiarcia Del Itio,
founder of the Order of the Son, and late!y Minister of
State for Foreign Alf Aim and General I'aroisien, fours-
, der of the Order of the Sun. and Officer of the Legion of
Merit of Chili. Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers

Plruipoteuu•ry tram the Peruvian liuverumeet, tor hitt
purpose.

'sated in bonds, pars.
bieTthoeuazmorarrn.tooffotohee Lohuanaditrei.4ll be
two hundred, aril tire
oter
Abeparrilinagnainoteuireostf
taitc:lipme
cpadh
air
year,
poundsy:si n
es
dtatori
at the DE nking house of 31stsrs.
rate of 6 per cent, per annum. The interest will he
engl,sethac
Eyelet. Walker, Maltby, Ellis, and Co., free of all et.
pens.. The first payment to take ;slice on the l h
day of April next. The Lutetium' are to he
paid into the Banking-honse of S lessrs. Everett, Waller,
Maltby, Ellis and Co. at the toll Joint' periods: leper
Cent. on the 17th instant; 10 per Cent. ost the 134 .f
November; 20 per Cent. on the —th of January 111
per Cent. on the 14th of February ; 211 per Venture'
12th of April ; 8 per Cent, on the 12th of May. the
Rondo, with Dividend Warrants attached, will bedr.
livered on completing the last payoumt. The reremes
arising from the Mint and from the Customs will be
mortgaged to secure the payment of the laterest,tad
ltedessoptiqn of the Loan ; the Bonds trill he paid of at
Far. in equal portions each year dank gdd years, cata
mencing in 1826, and ending in Itk The pretest
debt of the State of Pem fall" short of S millions sus
half dollars, being about the amount of this Loan, rime
extent of the resources of Perm is too well hum t.
require any relation of them; the annual act Fission of
the Mint on an average of dive years, is abut R dsdo.
sand dollars, or 33 thousand poomds ster.slog.
Pastis papers have come to band, to the 10th instant.
They have brought no other details of Be non's sun.
tioe than that Ise died with firmness. and exclaimed sa
the scaffold, •• Lung Live Liberty!" Tim gharge 'glue
Colonels Fabler anti Dena, who wore a mated sees
days ago, alto who are still detained at the' Prefecture of
Police, is said to be nothing more than "eirpitios"
of their having . taken part in a plot to promo the es-
cape of the fog{ youths sonteaud to death for the I. ,
chelle conspiracy. The prosecutions instil (wed by be
King's Advocate in Parts against the Mitt it aid other
publications for articles charged with a tendency to
bring the King's, Government and religion into dine •
pute, have all been defeated, not by the reed ictsofjori w,
but by the decisions of the Correctional Tribimal, elm
pronounced that the authors bad only sued a right el..
cured to them by the law of the 25th of Man .h last, that
of fairly criticising the acts of the Government. The
King has given his andlence of leave to M. Casa-Irsje.
Ambassador from Spain ; after which, the new Amber
sadur, the Disks of San Luenzo. wes admitted to pre-
"rot his credentials. lie was dressed in the uniform of
the Spanish militia. AI. LEMAN meMber of the Clam-
ber of Deputies, has addressed to the Keeper of the
Seals a complaint against M. Maness, Procureisr• Ge
aeral at Poitiers, with the view of protteediagagsinst;tbst
Magistrate for his allegations on the Sanwa conspi-
racy. M. L.sfitte intends to publish a memorial on the
subject; and his colleagues in the Chamber, who 1: to
been equally inculpated by Al. Maggio, are also Jeer
mined to proceed against that magistrate, and to
publish memorials iu support of their complaint. Thal
intelligence from Madrid seines down to dieStl
The Constitutionalists fairly admit that on the 18th elit.;
a party commanded by Colonel Taboenca suffered a
defeat on-the frontiers of A Triggs. It consisted of only
800 men, and fought for six boors against five or six
thousand Insurgents, whose overpowering saperiority
compelled ft last to retire, with tho loss of its cont..
mender, who was taken prisoner with the head of his
Staff, whilst mcoanoitering the ground at some distant"
from his troops. The first Royalist aceouats stated him
to have been immediately shot, bet later ones "Met"
him to have died of his wounds on his way to thy
Sus d'Urgel. This is the :alien which was magnified by
the Ultras into a great victory gained over Mina him.
self, who, it was asserted, bad either perished in the
contest, or was so closely blocked op by superior forces
at L.risla, that he could not long avoid surrendering
with Isis whole army. These reports are reiterated Ly
the Royalists ; whilst the Patriot,. who do not suss dis-
posed to conceal the real state of their affairs, maintain
that Aline was not engaged in the conflict; sod that, fir
from being surrounded and confined within fno walls ef
Lerida, he hail no sooner heard of 'fabaeorta's disaster,
than be gave directions to march 'pond Ceuta,
in order to strike an important blow. The Qi et,
alone, after exulting in the alleged sit Write of ho
Royalists over Mina, adds, that the troops of the Frenclt
Army of OS ion were to be reinforced by six ileFi'
meats, and pretends that it would lie midi to take tar
field by the 15:h of the present •Alooth. I Accounts from
Cadiz state that seven vessels (rout 11a naps had ar-
rived, reels of which had the Yellow 0 'ever on board.
and that the negligence of the uflicers 4 if health was se
great, that the crews had beau allowed to communicate
with the shore, and symptoms of that t lreailfil disorder
hail made their appearance at the poi t of St. Mary's.
Much alarm was felt, and preparations were suaktog
to
repel an evil, which a h as, but an earl •er degree of rare
might altogether have prevented from' nee sorephial
a footing on the Spanish soil.
FRBNCII FUN Mg, Oct. ,er Cent. Ca,mt
.
opened at 92f. :We.; sited 9•21. s...—Beek !Ito:
1659 f.— Neapolitan Five per Cent" . Elebe,!!
on London, one moult, '2sf. 45e. ; three ditto, ='.l.•
3Uc.

O 0 ieol N. ,
Our readers should be informed. that a great part of
the guineas and half guineas ard s •ven shilling pieces
are not of the fell weigh!. The t mister Barkers."'
well as the Bank of 1.7.1.;:1and and t! e tits-gatherers, arc
very scrupulous in tattine thee, are d thereby create as
much difficulty as possible in th 4 passing of gold, is
order that people may conceit that paper is better Ago
gold. But, the Sovereigns are all 0 f full weight ; and.
the others are of full weight too if they he new or aoy
thing like new. The Bank of tt gland will scarcely
issue any gold but Sovereigns; Ie st, by aed bye the
country Bankers, when compelled Is • pay is gold. will.
doubtless, pay away the old got'. When, therefore
we take gold, especially of country !Bankers. we 111"11
be careful to see tit..t the g. Id is t f full weight ft
these people will get rid of the gain vas and half gamer
and seven shilling p'eces as soot: as ponibl'ne
again remind oar I, s Irv!, the, its the p meet raw+,

oe, every this% that depends Go the sets of
ear roYerament, pest be of stoetrtahs valve. and can
offer nose but au uncertain security. Thp value of Gold
does sot depend es the acts of one greenest: it is a
thing offited value, is consequence of the concurrent
will ',the whole world : and therefore this value le cer.
tsis, lad offers a safe security. We know very well, that,
cowParatiftlY Waking, very few persons will take our
%dries?, es to the hoarding of gold; but, it is sufficient for
es to offer it, sad leave it to be followed or not as the
Hader choose!.

Mr. Coss'Tr will be at Weyhill Fair, and will dine
st Andover on the 1 Ith inst.; at Newbury Fair on
nmesday the 17th Inst.; and at Salisbury Fair on
Tuesday the 22m1 inst.
ja *amber column will :be found such a demi-official
oam, as Is usually even at certain stated periods, of
the prodsee of the taxes for the year and for the quarter
immediately before *terminated, and that for the corres-
ponding seems of the preceding year. From this
gamut, it appears that, in the Revenue of the
Isst year there
,is a decrease of 8,83.11.; and, i• the
II eeeeee of Molest quarter, a decrease of no less than
8055931. Notwithstanding, however, this lamentable
miagotl, the hirelings of the T ry affect to congra-
ledge each other, and to triumph over those who fore-
Weil &serious deficiency ; though they mist be aware,
tint if the thing gee on in the warit is now proceeding.
sutler triumph oft similar kind may be its ruin. For the
groun.ls on which Bre, console themselves at present on
acceent of the last quarter's decrethipiiii have only time to,
relic oar readers to the statement is /Orb copied from a'
Illeisterial paper.. On examining the,prodoce of the
Excise Ditties, of which we regret we have not room for
the detail. and in which it will be observed the principal
dfileinej, appears, we End the following ars the arti-'
chi is which the decrease In the last qnarter has
mkt. place: Beer, 19,256/.; Coffee and Cocoa, P. 7021.;
Cider. Perry, mid Verjelea, 6723/4 Glass, 1,0781.;
Hilts and Skins. 26.248/.; .!Tdosemes, 1,1601.; Malt,
1.033,765/. ; Paper, 5,6131.; Printed Goods, 35,5691.;
Salt, 79,2041.; Vinegar. 1,652/.1 Wire, 1„177/.;
making a total decrease of 1414,157/. The articles
in which any increase eppeare are Auctions, 2,5771.;
Bricks and Tiles, 11.6641.; Candles, 3,42114 110101.
37.4911.; Pepper. 11,0141.; Soap. 6,776 ; British Spirits,
81,18111.; Foreign Spirits, 28,6101.; Starch, 5,7831.;
Stone Bottles, 2651.; Sweets. 3224!.; Teas, 119,27 W.;
Tobacco and Snuff. 70,6471.; and Wine, 12,9971.

Yesterday at half-past one o'clock a Board of Ohm
Lords of the Treasury was held at the Tre•ssury Ch ego
Mrs, at *bleb the Chancellor of the Exchequer tebb
preient. • • .
The Portuguese Ambassador visited Mr. Cad
yesterday.
Lord %Iscariot Sidmouth and family passedllßseas*
Derchester on Tuesday last, on hie way to Lalwarelk
Castle, the sht of the Right Honourable the &crofter
of State.
. On Fri•lay last the Lord Chancellor, Colonel Task
• Hr. Lawrence Peel, and Mr. Seymour, formed a shad-.
ice party at Lulwarth Castle, and after an excavate
tae's sport they partook of the hospitality of the Right •
Hon. the Secretary of Stale.
?Ids itworatag it ten o' clerk-Ms Mord 1111 &am Vlas
Deka of York visited Drury•lane Theatre, tow the par•
pose of reviewing the alterations and improvfidsents to
the interior, with which he expressed himself much gra-
tified. _

Count de Santa Ross, the celebrated Piednientese re-
fugee, arrived in London yesterday mousing.
The Breperee of Braude kart given orders to pnh'ish at
Warsaw, the Papal Bull of the 2lth of June this year,
against the Carbonari. This order is addressed to the
Committee of Public I nstrnetion, which bas accordingly
published the Bull in the newspapers of Warsaw.
A letter front Lyons states, that on the let instant, a
Police Commissary of that town, conformably to an
order of the Prefect, entered a Freemasons' Lodge (of
the Alisraim fraternity), at Tarare, and seized all the
papers, registers, Atc.
Weary by the American papers which we last received,
that the United States' squadron in the Mediterrean
consists of the Constitution, the t' stark, and the No:t-
uck The iccounts in these papers negative the absurd
story that the Americans are about to procure an island
is the Mediterranean. 'Pie Americans know well, from
ear example, the folly of forming colonial establish-
nients.—Letters from American ships attribute this
report to tie English, who spread it, they say, to excite
against Them the Jealousy of the Turks.
Intelligence from Hydra to the 3d of September,
states, that three Turkish vessels had been raptured by
tle Hydriots. They had been dispatched for the pur-
chase of Christian slaves in the Mores, as soon as it was
hewn that pert of the Ottoman forces hail penetrated
into the Peloponneens; and, besides the large sums of
money which were destined for tl. 4.t purpose, the captors
fonod on board official hati-scherifs and letters of recom-
mendation to the Seraskier, drawn up in the name of the
Sultan, and signed by the Pacha of Smyrna, and by the
Kiaja Bey at Constantinople, authorising the Captains
of the vessels to carry ou their horrid traffic! It is,
therefore, evident that if the Mores had been subdued,
its inhabitants would have been doomed to the calamities
which overwhelmed the ill-fated population of Silo, not-
withstanding the amnesty which the Porte had instruct-
ed its Pachas to proclaim.
TAXATION BY STRAIII.—A steam engine is about to
he erected at the Stamp-office, for the impose of work-
Dig stamps with greater case and rapidity.
An alteration will take place, on Monday next, in the
arrival and departure of the London and Holyhead mail
from this town. On and after that day the mail will an•
rive from London at nine in the morning, instead of ten,
and will set out for the metropolis at five in the after-
noon, instead of foie, which will afford to merchants
and manufactorers two hours additional for replying to
letters by return of mail. Mr. Hart, one of the contract-
ors, has also in consequence made arrangements with the
Postmaster-General, for the establishment of a new mail
from hence to Kidderminster, through Dudley and
Stouhridge, which n ill depart soon alter the arrival of
the London mail, and return in time to forward letters
to London the same afternoon.—(Dirmiagham Paper.)
The Bridgewater St. Matthew's fair was well supplied
with every commodity. There was a large supply of
stock; fat cattle averaged from 51. to 7s. tit. per score,
and met with a brisk sale; Iran cattle, which were in
abundance, remained at a late hour, and scarcely any
true sold but at low prices. There were not so many
sheep penned as at former fairs; fat sbeep only fetched
from 3d. to 4id. per pound. Horses which were of a
very indifferent description, few goal ones being to be
met with, were mostly led away unsold. There was a
larger supply of cheese than ever was remembered, for
they could not find room until a late hour to pitch it:
hest old cheese sold at the low price of from 2/. ss. to
21. Us. per cwt.; seconds, from 13e. to IL 13s. per ditto;
harm per side, sed. per pound. The fair was infester
with a rang of juvenile delinquents, mostly natives ot
Bristol.—(Briarol Obsercer, Oct. 9.)

Years es
1821.

8.763,1
Excise 26,471.:

Stamps ..... 6,14080
Yost Oleo 1,139.00(
Amassed Taxes 6,297,777
Lend Taxes..." 1,217.851'
Miscellaneous 297,964

ao.sts,so

I°°l* Increast
~100

1ffir470,700 704,90
26,940,322:
8,234,694 107,707
LULU( 12,00&,
3.9'71,129
1401939 40,103
370.1.098' 72,144
80,519.070 949,9381
Deduct [moue

Decrease on the Year
Qra.-Witied 10th Oct.

14,029,912 13,217,31.

1921.

I 82?.

Customs 2,844,23 i
Excise ...........

litamps ..., 1,025,16..
Post Office 342,00.1
Assessed Taxes 793.63k
I
Land Taxes...
Miscellaneous 01,222

2.011.887
7,329.99;
1,674.303
360.0041,
653.22F.1

I Increase

aeereas

a 25,041

318,648

01,614

942,53.3

18.831

IDecrcp•

819,229

163,2111
94.41

•
49.2531
18,000
140.39$
41,970
33.260"

198,2031,003,b03

Deduct lacreave 198,203

Decrease on tbs. Quarter 280,598

ARREST OF AN ENGLISH MERCHANT IN

FRANCE.

The following letter was yesterday received in London
The gentleman to whom it relates is ai English mer-
chant, and the author of that elegant and admired little
volume, The Russian Anthology. Whatever be the re-
salt of his arrest, the case cannot fail to be highly inter-
esting:—

CALAIS, Tuesday, October 8.
I regret exceedingly that the lateness of the hour pre.'
vents me from entering into detail. 1 have now on*
time to inform you that our excellent friend, Roaring,
was stopped un Sunday morning, when on the point of
going on board t►e packet for Dover ; his trunk takes
to the Hotel de Ville, and ransacked by the Comtnissaire
de Police, who to4k therefrom several letters, amongst
others, a despatch from the Portuguese Ambassador at
Paris to the Portuguese Ambassador in Landon. These
being all placed ander a seal by the Mayor, hl. Bedard,
were kept by Lim, and Bowring's passport and permit of
embarkation taken from him. He was then told that be
must remain here till the pleasure of tiovernment was
known. That pleasure was communicated by telegraph
this morning, and stated that " Bo mring was to be ar-
rested and sent to Boulogne, to be placed at the diaposl•i
tion of the Procurenr du Rai, and that the papers of
every kind must be sent to Paris forthwith."
Thu., you see all the rights worth possessing trampled
under foot without the smallest ceremony—the despatch
of an Accredited Ambassador openly intercepted—and a
British merchant not only withdrawn (ruin superintend-
ing his affairs, but thrown into a loathsome prison to
boot. lam sure it is quite neon sssss y for me to point
out hew you may make this affair available for a thou•
sand useful purposes. I trust Bowring's friends will nut
allow it to injure his personal concerns.
I will, by the next conveyance, send you a copy of
B.'s letter to Sir Charles Stuart, in which the matter is
,et forth at sufficient length to enable you to form a to-
lerahlejudgment on the affair.
There is no charge whatever specified against our
rrientl! Is this, or is it not Ultra•royalist law ?