The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-03-31 00:00:00

ITo xis EDI7VR 4: viz IirdTESMAN.

MR. EDITORt•--anint **Med two letters to
the. Committee of the •Stock Etchange, and . from
whom I cannot get a reply, I request you will be
good enough to insert in your Paper a copy of those
letters which are herewith transmitted to you, in
order that those Gentlemen may hare another oppor-
tunity of seeing in your Paper what they have al-
ready seen at their Committee.
jam, Sir,
_ - Your 'bumble servant,
R. G. BUTT.
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Yesterday a Court of Common Comte wail held
for taking jut° further consideritiout he iteport from
the Improvement Committee, recommending an ap.
plicaflott to Parliament for leave to *make it new
street, leading from Cheapside to Alderegate-stteet,
and for improving St. Martlit's.le.Grand,aud making'
a more conveniententrance into the Nietrepolit, from
the Great North road. •
1 Mr. PEARioL, previous to the distilralon
mencing, presented a Petition against the etea.itsra,
signed by upwards of fifty resphiable foltatsltants
of Cheapside, :Newgate-Streef, &c. complaining of
the injury they *.would sustain in .their Ovate pro.
perty, if the measure were edispled.• kr. P. oh.
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served, though he himself approoios of, 114 MR*:
sure, and was one of the' cimmittes wale-tecOM.'
mended it, he, had yet felt it flinty teAtittit.tldt
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Petition.
Mr. Or.omtm said, be ails, was in fetntretif
measure, yet having been' waited on by it'dePestioit
of his constituents, he felt bound in ditty, to state thel
circumstance. Private j‘nterest must, on iii 'oestio.•
• sions, give way to public good ; but though-ie.-Wei:
of this opittimi, he thought it was, at the seine time,_
hut justice that private injury should be compensated'
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as far as possibly.
The Petition was received, and ordered tenth. 4:
the table.
I The Clerk of the Coon read a cotistridttioation;,
which bad been made to ••the Postinister.conernis
' from the Committee Nat C 011441101 ireeothtnendl.nr
that the New Post-Otlee should be placed: so far
back in the plan as to come in a. direct liaq with the
houses 0.. the North side •of Newgeteort;:eer,
thereby a great saving of prltigte property Would. be
made.
i The answer of the Posttraters was read, *Win;
that the recommendation would be complied with,
and also•that the Chancellor of the Exchequer re.
commended as early an application to Parliament as
I possible, that the present Sessions might net be lost.
Mr. NS' ArrnstAN said, a propositionlutd.foitiprir
been submitted to the Court, and a Oren and veil.
m-- I mate laid before them for making a streetfroin reef
DrAllyMaßcH SO.—Arrived the Redpole sloop of war from Market, to communicate with the Great Ni,rtit roads
Portsmouth, with a convoys amongst them are the Rutkor, 'he should, on a future day; submit a molon to the
East Indiaisau, from Bengal; and the Hercules, Coin the South Court, for referring the Plan to time Improremerte
the whole of the homeward-hound vessels f-r Committee, with a recommendation, to see how fan
the River t and the Active hired-armed cutter, with dispatches! it would be practicable to carry, the proposed street,
for Admiral Yonne. along the line of the Fleet River, as, if that were
, possible, a great saving of private property would lee
PORTSNIOVTR, M•RCa SO.-LArrived the Edgar, Adraine, - • - . .
made.
Lady Shaw, hanger, Triton, and three other it-an-limits, with

Mom for the men of war butind to America ; and Cormoront,

ADJOURNED DEBATE.
Mr. S. DIXON then rose to call the attentier)
the Court.to the•bbsiness of the day ; he rejoiced at
the delay which had taken place, as it had affortfed
an opportunity of enquiring into the nivi it* Air the
question iiatrei Cottilderatinn. xe now coiled "'Ohio
Court to look to the proposed plan of the I.MprOre-
mint, and say, whether they did not think .the ex.
pence would greatly exceed the estimate, He. 4tild
not help expressing his surprise that the Commlitips
should have gone so much farther than it was *seal
for Committee to do, and hare had commuuktisipe

from the Dovns.—Sailed his 111+kit.sty's ships Aciefin rind Din-

mede. with u convoy for the Dlnns.—Catne into htorbour
Lis Suit tee, French frigate.—Went nut of the harbour his

1NT11,50 ship Bellerophon.—P. S. The Dnb ns convoy has

bras& up wain.

HARMiCH, M•RCH SO.—Ai-skeet the End Leicester packet,

from lieligelaad, with a Mail nod pawengers.

Extract of &letter from Gibraltar, dated March 4.
--•'" Thus place seems nearly to have recovered from
the efroctl of the late fever, as the trade never was
more h►isk •3r flourishing. The influx of specie is

withthe.Postmastgre-and Otheve„ without Arsd

municeting with the Court.; he thought the prper.
est mode of proceediat:, y ?OA
AugioL-tegethikr stoatsl4lf_ ttte„spySßAPtiatillhAiipts..- :
the City, and have tsketi their odvire hp 1
After mature consideration of th subject ,he tVak
persuaded that no place so colgewient for the pskrJ.
pose a.; that where the Post Oiliest at present stpo4
could be found, and if there "'iv; not at present' roots
for carry ing un the increased business of the esta-

rAtta3lleretYr
"7w • a . Weethan it did previous to the
' sickness. : had a violent gale yesterday from
the south-treat, which drove 25 vessels on shore in
the bay. soul amongst others a floating store belong-
-14119 LlSlitin and Co. loaded with coffee to the
amount or30',"0001. -The Duke and Duchess of
i BEI:WOAD Are here at present, OH their way to Gra- '
1 nada ; also Lord and Lady Ifitscuirtattoot, and
: Lord STRAIIIAMI. The Duke and his family pro-
I ceAllo hibtlisza, in the_ Volonloire, in a fiw days." 1

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blishment, abundance of room—might. be obtained
either towards Cannon-street or AlWilareVelOr.
Sberborn-lanes, and that at a very trifling expences'
Be then adverted to the proposition for taking so
large a sum as that proposed, the third of 1.80,0001.
ut of the Orpheus' Fund, and Observrd, if such a
easure were adopted the fund itself would be antli7
hilated by 1837.—This proposition was the. mere) -
astonishing to him, as it was the first time. he ki
ever known the Corporation to be called on to um.
tribute towards the expence of erecting a publik
building, for the public service, and which he .con-
tended ought to be paid for with the public money;
under these circumstances, he should conclude by
moving the previous question.
Sir C. l'incr seconded the motion. He had never
seen so strong a sensation occasioned amongst the
merchants on Change, on any occasion, than what
was occasioned on their hearing of the proposal fol..
emoving the Post-office. A meeting wa. immediately
ailed, a resolution declaratory -of the inconve-
niences which would result from it, was agreed td,
• and a deputation appointed, who waited on the
Board of Trade, and laid the Resolution before the
Board. He (Sir C. Price) had hoped this measure
would have some effect. He should now propose,
that precious to any determination being come to'on
' the subject, a meeting of the merchants, generally
should he called and their opinion token.
Mr. TADDY spoke in favour of the Amendment.

eiTARGIMIEWrARY RETURNS.—By accounts laidl
before Airtiament, it appears' that the sum ex-
pended by the Commissioners for the reduction of
the National Debt, in the year ending the Ist of
January, 181,4, was 15,521,3121. 13s. 2d. The
(which
purchased eats 26,161,3611., the interest on
twhich is 784,8401. 161.7 d.

1 According to an account laid before Parliament,
the number of three shilling tokens Issued by the
Bank of England, from the 10th of December,
1812, to March, 1813, was 3,008,983, and their
amount in tattle 451,3471. 9s. each token weighing
9dwts. llgrs., the silver of dollar standard. The
number of eighteen-penny pieces issued in the same
period was 1,510,410, the value 113,2831. Is. Gd.
eh weighing 4dwts. Ingrs. of dollar standard.—
o dollars wet* issued is the same peri0d.........101

v.vnr-LANE.—Lanst night Mr. RIES
exhibited his very powerful and uncommon talent on
the Piano Forte, in the favourite theme of MOZART,
Not pits andrai, wfth variations, which he introduced
with that •improvisotorial adaptation and rapidity
which astpuish the connoisseur and give delight to all.
These Oratorios now draw to their end : they have
been conducted throughout with a degree of science
and spirit which have highly recommended them to •
the best judges of the art.

Mr. JAcss sttso supported the previous question.
He had been informed by good authority that' ttte
present Post-office was fully adequate to the purpose
of the business carried on there, all the itthontetti.
ence complained of was, that the ayenues to it wets
inconvenient for carriages. Hs was convinced the
etpence df (he projected improsempitts wooitilor-ex-
ceed the estimate, and atzotter wil stabiti be that
many persons wonld be driteti out of the c;ty brit;
he called on thecity to haute befone.they adopted
measure which would go to emliatruss their finances
and thin their pOpulation.
Mr. WHITE was favourable to the measure.—
•Ministers did not now come 'to consist the city
whether the Post-office should he removed or not :
thpt was determined on, and alt the Court Nil to
&ens, was, whether they would accept. the advan-
tage which Government must afford' tab them for
tarrying on a great improvement ? Gentlemen seem-
ed to argue-as if the 'ost-ofice was only Wended,
for the-convenience of persons to the eastward of it,
meth e west ward.

At< COW-Garden there was a 'Grand Seleition
perforteed to one of the most crowded andienceal
ever witpessed, who -were all delighted with their
mesical festival.
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In consequence of the late depredations which
have been commftted iti the coalyards belonging to
varipoy_ barpcks, it hts been ordered that a sentinel
should be titnltantly . posted in them for their se-
euritg.
Jaho Weston and flenr,y Trundell, charged with
having maliciously maimed two of the assistant game-
keepers ip !Windsor. Great Park; on the evening of
the Bth of riebruary,lBl4.and for the apprehension
of whote eroward of 601. was ()trend, have been
-taken, and.ers,now„in confinement. One of them
IWaSlikbil its "SNOW* gardens, and the other at
Elth'lng t...t .
A mere, fro property
venor-street, was backed
itlth sine*.
tuolingdtm:roid)
'the

of M- SIMI') of Gros-

:menel Glorinde, 3141une, Alome) """ _« r ,
id it is believed, the Siring. .11, afire, ve property •of Mr. Strata., of Gros- for the-convenience of persons to the eastward of it,
he new house opposite rol4t. Jaiiiitsli tintar:street, was backed to go El milesin Eve hoer:, whereas the fact WWI, .that three-fourths of the !rt.
miocatlarly denominated alb
•Ittry:l a ritosith since. The animal started yesterday on the tern which-passed through it came from'the westward. . .
. • Huotingden:toid) and did 14 miles in the first hour, Were the names of Messrs. Drummond, Child, . ..:
it is said, has been given at tigh Nom 13 in-the wetland, 11 in the third, sod •the other 12 •Coifing, Gaoling., and others, who had a carte. N
re boxes for three disting
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: . ll' -57 minutes. ' Time was backedat 6 and Ito 4. The. spondence as extended as that lif anY mertbatotit in -1
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arrival in this country is-lir
igas.uolor s`ti Which is years old, was sold on the greund ;the city, forgotten, that their convenirtice-sonulduot , ' •
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