The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-05-11 00:00:00

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l' Friday morning the Prince of liesse.llo/60
attended by Baron tPNaghten and Count Beites
arrived at the Crown Hotel, Portsmouth,
afterwards, accompanied by Lord Howard of re,
ham and Sir Edward Thoriihrough,,pr
the Dock-yard, where he was received, st
entrance of the Conselissiower'i hawse by Ilia, jl
Sir George Grey, !init. end Governor Gifford; of
the [Loyal Naval College. His Serene Ilighte,;
having partaken of a handsome cold collation .•
oat
Sir George Grey. was conducted by Sir George t,
inspect all the various interesting depsiefnenti
rf
the Dock-yard, its the course of which his Steil
Highness expressed his perfect astonishment
high gratification. His. Serene Highness It%
embarked from the King's Stairs, ace
Admiral Sir Edward• ThorLi _ti rough, sir Gail
Grey, Sir Archibal4.3,Dickson, Captain Atsziolk
and Captain Hall, and went on board the
t;
Qie
Charlotte, of 108 guns. Captain Boger, be •
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the flog of our Naval Commander in Chief. Th.
moment his Serene Iligh.loss hail 'wended the thip't
side, en appropriate sal•re was. fired frogs tbelhip,
and Capt. Roger pyramided to show his Serene Wm,
ness every part of that- fine noon of war, in ahicbtr,
Serene Highness evinced the must lively ant, inqvisi.
tire curiosity-: he deacentjetitesen to the wagssinc_.
At the nick-hay hit avow. ilig4"es* (Owl does net
speak English) met with a most agreeabletinliskA.
ligent Officer, Dr Lizarette, whose j!erfact km„.
ledge of the French laaguago gatet.hira ow%
'unity (as his Serene lii.oo,e,.sts• freedom and ep,
descent/on gave him lilPril ) to contribute lerlrh
to the infornsalion ,of his Servos. 111,ihness,
t. the internal . arrangements, economy, 66,
Ciialine, and order established in our ships of ear—
llis.Serene Highness, filly sati.fsed with his
tli.omtrerked under a . salute, and wok;
I,ieutenent-Governmeat,heuse to din.. With feint
lio.ward. Sir Edward Thorntiroottfl, Sir Gen. Cie!,
and other distinguished Officers were present. .A 4
half-past eight on Saturday moroing his Sneile 110.
ness and suite kW the•Crnw -1 Motet, and embei,d
from South-sea-besch, no board the Commissiones
yacht, which proceeded immediately to laud ta.,6*
the isle of Wight. It is his Serene Ilighnes:'•
tion, we understand, to visit such parts of thst roma*.
tic and delightful spot as lie in the vicinity of St.
lens, Ityde, Cowes, &c. intending to embark *girt
in the yacht, and proceed to Southampton, In,' i:leate
to Winchester on.. Saturday night. His Serve
highness returns to his Royal Consort at the Quail
Palace, this day.

Lord KINNA/RD• left Brussels on the 2d last.
his return to England. -
The heirs of the late Marshal Beevntee have be
adjUdged by the Cour-Royale of Paris, to paper
sum of 11,000 francs, claimed by the lendlord
house which was occupied by that Prince in MS.
It appeared that be had hired a mansion at Bookie,
but after a very short residence, was ordered of to
the German campaign, and in the hurry of his de.
perture, forgot to discharge his residence, sad the
landlord kept it unoccupied for thirty.threersoetho.
The Journal des Debats,9om pa res the_seatesee with
one parsed by an English Court (by the way, ws •
never heard of it), in which a hackney.coachrase re.
covered a fare of six months of a Noble Lord, eke
hired him, and told him to wait, haring
.gone to
France without discharging him.
IMPORTANT QUESTION Or BURGH REFORM...4i
Saturday, at ten "o'clotit, a Committee of the Privy
Council assembled at the Cockpit, Whitehall, to
take into consideration the petition to the KING is
Council, of the late Magistrates of Aberdeen, prayire
for the restoration of their ancient eledive franchise,
and also of the Petition of the Burgesses, of Guild,
and a very numerous and respectable body of de ia.
habitants, praying for a new Sett (Constitation)d 1
the Burgh, for regulating the future elections of their
Magistrates•nd Town Council.—The Members of Vs
Committee who attended, were more than wadi's-
meroes. They consisted of the following persons:— ,
The P.:4d of HAR.ROWEIT (President), the Lotto Coate 1
CELLOR, the Earl of Liverteo.tx, Lord hi xtvitt.t,
Sir WILLtAss GRANT, Sir WILLIAM SCOTT, the Vim
CMANCELLOR, the SOLICITOK-GENERAL,Mr.BOAGGE
BATHURST, and the Lotto ADVOCATR of Scotland.
Counsel having been ordered to attend on both Pete
lions, Mr. WARREN and Mr. Serjeant Come
heard on behalf of the Magistrates, end Sir SAMUEL
Rostus.x and Mr. NI ONCRIEY for the Burgesses. Is
the Course of his speech, Sir SAMUEL iteMILLT
that perhaps he could Mot express himself more strong.
ly in suwort of the Petition of the Burgewe, and of
the necessity of a radical change in the Cvng(lioli"
of the Burgh, thau by reading the Declared( n er No.
nifesto which the Magistrates themselves, previa,-
to their retirement from office in September last,
had, after stature deliberation, printed and pt..bishads
In that paper, these very Gentlemen, wise now oe•
peared as Petitioners fdr the restoratiottlf Me for'
:tier mode of election, stated as their decided opielaor
" that the present mode of election of the Tow*
Council, and management of the town'. affairs, Ire
radically defective and improvident, tending to give
to any individual or party an excessive and unnatu-
ral preponderance, and to foster and encourage asys-
tern of concealment; that some change oulht to be
effected in the manner of electing the Council, and
en effectual confront given to the citizens over the es•
penditure of the Public Funds, and that to the oh'
sence of such checks in the Constitution of the Yolk
they ascribed the heavy calamity which has hepatitis
it." Mr. WARREN being heard in reply, the Cosa
was cleared, bat the result of their Lordships' drlihe'
r idols on the Petitions will not be declared till it ha'
been communicated to his Royal Highness thi.PßiNiCe
REGENT. Toe decision will be important, as it trots
no doubt, form a precedent in the future determins-.
lion of all Petitions 'to his MAJESTY in Council re-
specting the elections of the Magistrates of the 110)11
Burgit4 of Scotland.
On Saturday a circular letser was sent to betwe'a
two and three hundred persons, in tie nsme of
wr
JOH?! EAMER, requesting them to attend at the
Town-hall, in the Borough, between eleven and ones
upon business ef a particular nature. The idiice
was crowded4' and the public business con,iderahlf
interrupted bi- ate persons who had, received t"
letters.