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MONDAY, July 29. Advices were received on Saturday evening from Jamaica and the HaTannah. At Jamaica there were British manufactures to the amount of six millions sterling, but without any market where they could be sold, on account of the totat cessation of the in- tercourse between the Island and the Spanish set- tlements, on account of the success of the arms of Ferdinand. It was thought that the Independent party would be ultima it-ly successful, notwith- standing the present state of things, but no rational conjecture could he formed as to the period whvn such a favburabte change would be produced, and in the mean time Jamaica was grievously suffering from the extinction of her trade with the iiuigii- hourtagrontinent: Irish beef was at 91 dollars the barrel, although at New York it was at 2% dollars, and the freight between Jamaica and New York at less than one dollar, but it could not be shipped for the United States because the footing on which the communication between the British West India Islands and the Republic should be allowed had not been determined either by the President or Congress. At the Havannah, the intercourse had not been stopped with foreign ships, but orders to prevent such communication were expected on the arrival ot the new Governor, who was daily looked for. Admiral Apodaca, the present Governor, was pre. pared for his departure as soon as his successor should make his appearance. A great quantity of specie had arrived at the settlement, and principally from Carthagena. American papers to the 1st inst. arrived on Saturday, and those of as late a date as the 6th this morning. By the former it appears, that in British manufactures, almost the only article ot demand at New York, was tine cloths, and so great was the deficiency, that the price of a coat was ten guineas, hats were at ten dollars of good quality. Trade was not iu such a. of total stagnation as it Is in some situations of Europe, but the float- ing capital by which it was supported is in a great measure withdrawn by the inordinate appetite to involve money in the new National Bank, from shares in which all foreigners have been excluded. Notwithstanding this circumstance, a large capital has been engaged in the East India trade, and the small port of Salem alone has equipped 26 ships on this remote destination. In the whole 115 vessels from republican ports are employed in that commerce, under most advantageous circum- stances, and many of them are now at Amsterdam, Hamhurg,and other European ports with, return cargoes. Great profits had been derived from agri- culture, and producev £ eneraJJy in America is very *&b. The flour, the growth of the United States, plains at Cadiz between ten and eleven dol- lars a barrel. »^of the 6th some misunderstanding is i »i° place between our countrymen THT DU01]'^5. the United States on the Lakes. Ihe rniiaaeiphia Mercantile Advertiser of the 1st July, has, in large Utters, that things look squally on the Lakes. The Albany papers have stated I that a very considerable number of sailors had passed through that city on their way to Lake Erie, that the circumstance had attracted little attention at the time, but that h could now be accounted for; the depositions of five Americans, the com- { manders ot trading schooners on the Lakea.are then given, stating, lhat they had been tired at, de- tainer?, and searched by British cruisers anc! that the pretext was louking out for deserters from the royal navy. The following paragraph appeals in the Ameri- can papers of the 6thLetters from Philadel- phia, received at New Yofk, state, that Lavalette has safety arrived in the former city. How exqui- site must be the sensation of his wife and of his noble minded enemies Wilson, Hutchinson, and Bruce, when the news shall reach their ears. Their united exertions have rescued from the fangs of monarchical barbarity, one whose only crime was difference of opinion from his oppressors. Again shall this worthy man press to his bosom that wife to whom he owes his life—and again Shall his daughter receive a parent's benediction. In con- templating a scene like this the souls of Hutchin- son, Witsuif, and Bruce, will expand beyond the narrow confines in which their bodies are inclosed, and triumphantiy riot over the puny efforts of des- potism to enchain them. Would to heaven that the gallant Ney, the accomplished, Labedoyere, had been equally fortunate!" The following is an extract of a. letter from Rio Janeiro, dated May 21;- fn consequence of Artigas having burnt some villages belonging to the Portuguese, they have been making every exertion to fit out an expedition against him, and on the 28th they will be ready to saii, and great confusion must be the consequence in the River Plate. Buenos Ayres having made peace with Artigas, by last accounts, they will also take a part in the campaign. The expedition that goes from hence consists of two ships of the line, two frigates, two sloops of war, two brigs, and about tr transports pif different sizes, having on board 3,500 troops, extremely well disciplined, and in every respect in the highest order. Their des- tination is not quite certain, as one party here wish them to be landed at Maldonado, while others are 8,fraid of meeting with bad weather, and wish them to be landed about Rio Grande, and to enter the Spanish territories at the same time as the troops from St. Catharine's, St. Paul's, &c. What the whole army will amount to, when assembled, it is difficult to say, but probably 7000 men. Artigas has, to oppose them, about 2000 regular and 4000 irregular, but well armed cavalry, all accustomcd to the climate t'node of fighting, and able to bear e*e?y privation. That they will take posses- ion of Monte Video there can be little doubt; but that they will succeed in keeping quiet possession of that country I think very douotful; and they have great reason to be afraid of desertion when the troops begin to feel the hardships ot the cli- mate and mode of living, so different trotii svhat. they were accustomed to in the Peninsula. Our accounts from Monte Video are up to the latti ult. ami from Buenos Ayres to the 18th.— They had gained some trifling advantages over the Lima Army, and were very busy in sending rein- forcemehts;into the interior. "One of onr London traders has very impru- dently chartered his vessel to the Government, to carry troops and stores as far as Maldonado; but it is to be hoped ht wiit be able to get off, as it might have serious consequences at Buenos Ayres, should they hear that English vessels were allowed to be employed against them. People interested in Buenos Ayres are extremely anxious for the arrival of Commodore Brown and his squadron. Hii presence there might be of the greatest conse- quence. The officer at present there is by no means fitted for that station, and he has -a}ready quar- relled with the Government. Tiiiswar with our neighbours is occasioning the most serious reflec- tions. The country round Monte Video and along the River Plate is, fur some hundred miles, one continued plain, in.which the Portuguese infantry will have to encounter a bold enterprising enemy, whose force consists principally of cavalry; and should the Portuguese be obliged to confine them- selves to Monte Video and other fortified places, it would not surprise thinking people here ii Artigas, with his cavalry, should penetrate into this country, and destroy Rio Janeiro. There will be no troops left to oppose him." It may be recoUccted that Bonaparte's Generals used, at the siege of Cadiz, mortars of a larger size than were ever before seen being unfit for the purpose of throwing shells, they were filled with lead, when it was found they carried a distance 01 three miles over the bay into Fort St. Mary. One of these mortars, which weighs 1,300 tons, was brought to England, and lodged in the arsenal at Woolwich, where a model of it w.it made and sent to the Prince Regent. It is now in the gardens at Carlton-honse. The extiibuion of this extraordi- nary instrument of war has been delayed till a suitable bed of brass was made for it to be placed in: this has recently been comjdeted with appro- priate military and national devices. Alter due consideration it has been resolved to place it in St. James's Park; the workmen in consequence commenced digging the foundation on Thursday, near the iron railing, exactly opposite the centre arch or carriage way of I he Horse Guards. They- continued at work nil last Saturday evening, when they had finished a wooden foundation, consisting of five elm planks of about four inches thi.tk, mea- suring in length eleven feet nine inches, and six feet ten inches in width,.and-crossed planks under them of similar dimensions. On the top of this foundation it is to be paved for the reception of both the heavy pressures. At the Commission Court in Dublin, T. Hunter, a Hearth Collector, stood indicted, for that he, being an omcer, intrusted hy the Chief Commis- sioners of Excise with the collection of the taxes arising to his Majesty in St. Peter's parish, Dublin, for the year ending the 5th of January, 1816, did, knowingly, fraudulently, and unlawfully, furnish false.statements and returns of the sums of money collected and received; lby~. him, as Siiich dfficer, knowingly, falsely, and fraudulently representing persons to be in arrear for taxes, whereas he, liefore received the same, against the peace and statute. The Solicitor-General, on behalf of the Chief Com- missioners of Excise (at whose instance this prose- cution had been carried on), stated the case; which he confirmed by evidence. Baron M'Ckliand charged the Jury, who, after retiring about half an hour, returned a verdict of Guilty. The traverser was sentenced to one year's Imprisonment in the gaol of Newgate.
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r LONDON. THURSDAY, Jvty 23. THE Junon frgate is arrived at Plymouth a from Jamaica and the Havannah, laden -—- with a. considenbJequantity of specie for Government and private individuals. She sailed from Jamaica the 17th June, and from the Ha. vannah on the Mth. She does not bring any thing new. ————— A letter from Piris, dated Saturday list, upon tllt-, state of commerce, observes, that the stagna- tion continues.; colonial produce is in little de- inand.; cottons have fallen in price, and coffees are in no request: but sugars have experienced a slight increase. The prices of liquids are very variable. There are feeble hopes of a good vintage. Hence the possessors of brandies d.nd spirits keep up the prices, or rather refuse to sell. If warm weather 'Ir should come, and be ot any continuance, these prices will diminish considerably. The tempera- ture of the last fortnight in July will be decisive. The magazines are full. There was some want of foresight in the system followed-in this respect. Merchants were eager to procure goods: without insuring a sale, and the sacrifires required of the French people having necessarily diminished the Dtio u a 'o,,s consumption, all speculations have fallen in value. This result, though a-natural one, has alarmed the capitalists, and made them hoard their money.— Hence the crisis that is felt at present, which af- fects equally wholesale attd retail trade. "Itwouldbe curious to examine the causeof this crisis being common to: all commercial nations, none of which bave, like France, experienced a total separation from the rest for ten years, and two invasions in ten months." Private letters from St. Helena. state that Bona- parte has. been subjected to some additional re- strictions. This seems to correspond with the report, that since the sending off the last dis-' patches he had been detected in a correspondence with some persons, with a view to regaining his liberty and escaping to America. The Chichester picket arrived at Falmouth the 53d inst. from the Mediterranean. She brings in- telligence that Sir Thomas Maitland was expected to be at Malta on the 25th June. The contagion had ceased in Corfu and Calabria, but continued to rage at Cyprus and Alexandria. The accounts received by this conveyance state, that the harvest \la.s been very abundant on the northern shores of the Black Sea, and a great number of vessels, laden with grain, have t, arrived at Malta from Odessa, to look out for markets in the Mediter- ranean for the disposal of their cargoes. The ap- prehension of scarcity is now in a great degree diminished, by the prodigious exuberance of the southern territories of the Russian empire.
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FRIDA y, July 26. y Lord Exmouth, with the whole of bis squadron, passed Portland yesterday evening, with a fine breeze from theN. W. The Expedition is admira- bly fitted out in all respects, and it is to be hoped will effectually fulfil the objects of its mission. Algiers, though strong, is more exposed to a British squadron than Tunis. It contains about 100,000 inhabitants. Tunis, though by no means so populous, is stronger, its fortifications being three miks in circumference, and standing nearly CD, y six miles from the sea, but communicates with it by means of a large lake, navigable for boats. It is commanded, however, by the surrounding hills; and though large sums have lately been laid out upon its works, yet the citadel, begun by Charles V. is but weak, and is exposed to batteries from a rising ground near it. The first place of attack would, indeed, Ue the port, or Goletta, which is strongly fortified against a naval assault, and openly exposed to bombardment from a hill close by the ruins of ancient Carthage: but if this place is destroyed, it will be many years before their piratical shipping can be secured from an enemy. By the last accounts from the Brazils it appears that the Buenos Ayres Government having wedk- ened its defence: at home by repeated reinforce- ments sent out to their Generals, the Portuguese have availed themselves of the opportunity of sending against the people of Bueuos-Ayres ex- peditious both by sea and laud, amounting to about 10,000 men. Vinfegas, who was equally the enemy of the Government of Bftenos Ayres and of the mother country, has entered, it is said, into a I.aaue with the Portuguese, to assist them in gain- ing possession of the River Plate. The project of giving this part of South America to the Portu- guese originated wj>h the intermarriages between the houses oj Spain and Portugal. Letters from the Brazils observe, that in case the Portuguese obtain possession of the River Plate, the Americans, in respect to trade, will be treated as the favourite nation. The last advices from the East In lies, dated the 3.d of March, announce the commencement uf hostilities by Gen. Ochtorlony, who had passed three strong places of defence, and was advancing directly on Catamnndu, the capital, as if deter- mined, by one decisive stroke, to put an end to the war. This appears a bold measure in the face of such an enemy, but theG-ueral has doubtless well weighed the consequences. Jamaica papers to the 8th of June inclusive ar- rived this morning. The Registry Bill appears to be the general subject of attention and apprehen- sirin. The Editor of the RoyalGazette says-" On tae subject of the Registry Bill, we learn from the Agent s dispatch that the West India interest had not ha. up to the 4rh of April, any conference wtrh bjs Majesty's Ministers. but as we perceive by rhe public papers that thctr attention was other wise fully engaged, we trust we shall all have abundant reason to rejoice a.t a still further delay. We are requested to insert .f^owine paragraph from this letter, for the information of the parties concerned: 'Iam sorry to say that my hopes, faint as tj,e_ werCi 0f relief to the sufferers hy die fire a* ^°r»-RoyaI, are ex- tinguished, Mr. Vansittart having informed tne that, after 1 consulting with Lord Castlpreagh on the fubjpct, it is their joint opinion that the present state of the public finances vill not nerrriit them to acce(le to our reqllcst-' M Bolivar's Expedition.—Off the East end, on Wednesday, the Marian spoke a schooner, from the. Spanish Main bound to Montego-Bay, the Captain of which stated, that he had seen an official letter from Gen. Bolivar, announcing the eaptuie of Margarita, Cumana, and Barcelona; and that the Independent forces, which amounted to 5,000 men, were proceeding on for the Caraccas."
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SATURDAY, July 27. Pari* papers tip to yesterday have been received. Gen. Mouton Duvernot was condemned on the 19th inst. at Lyons, to suffer death for high treason. > the General's wife, implored lie King's clemency, hut his Alajesfy replied, th.it he could not grant her request much as he pitied her situation. The Due d'Angouieme is gone to Aix, in Savay, to meet bis uncle, the King of Sardinia; a journey, which nny have somewhat of apolitical object, the French mal-contents being supposed to lurk tiers ofPiedmant.—The French functionaries have, it would seem, been forcing the public, who con. tributed to the loan of too millions, to makllC a voluntary renunciation of their claims. The Mi- nister of Finance has been obliged to reprimand these zealous agents of Govfrnment.—Ati the French Postmasters on the frontiers have received positive orders not to suffer any Newspaper printed in the Netherlands to pass the frontiers, upon pain of being dismissed from their omces.—Some of these papers observe, the Barbary corsairs swarm in the Mediterranean, attacking every Christian ship, and making every Christian a slave. They are said to have made a rich harvest: we trust it is their la-st The British power is upon the septs i her arm is on the deep, and will soon be felt in vengeance, terrible, fatal, final. According to Thursday's papers, another horrible case has been taken cognizance of by the Court of Assise at Nismes. On the Sd of July, t315, the town of Uses had hoisted the Bourbon standard. Several of the 1 neighbouring Communes immediately rose to pu- nish it for its loyalty. A gentleman of Uzes, of the name of Nicholas, with some gendarmes wh»m he had organised, was deputed to the rebels to induce them to return to their homes. At the bridge of Arpaillafgues he came up with them, and getting off his horse, assured them he came in perfect peace. One of the rebels bade him cry Vive I'Em- pereur!—" Never," exclaimed the gallant Royalist, the Bourbons or death!" A sibre blow was im- mediately aimed at him. He parried it off. A coward rebel from behindimrnediately discharged his musket at him, and lie fell dead. The rebels pillaged him, and seized a, fine sabre, which the Sub-Prefect at Uzes. declared should be the reward of him who should be proved to have been the assassin. Two actually contended for the prize! The assassins ha.d hitherto remained unmolested, Three of them, however, were at length appre- hended and brought to trial. One was condemned to death, and allother acquitted by the Judges, seven of the Jury finding him guilty, and five not guilty. Two-thirds of the Jury most pronounce a person to be guilty before the Judges can sentence him to punishment. For some time past there has been mention made in most of the foreign papers of a meeting of the Emperors of Austria and Russia, and the King of Prussia, at Carlsbad. One of the Paris papers i says, this meeting appears to be the result of a secret article of the Treaty of Holy Alliance, by which the Sovereigns had agreed that, when ^hey should not be agreed upon all the points, reference should be had, not to the Ministers of the three Powers, but to the Sovereigns themselvc5;" Thismorning were received Halifax papers to the 4th inst. from which the following is the only news worth extracting:— Halifax, July 3. On Thursday last his Excellency Sir J. C. Sher- brooke, the Governor-in-Chief, embarked on b ard his Majesty's ship Niger for Quebec, which bhip sailed on Saturday afternoon. "Vice-Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin arrived in the Samarang from Boston. Major-General G.S. Smith arrived at Halifax on the 1st. and had taken the usual oaths as Go- vernor of Nova Scotia and its Dependencies. We are concerned to state, that on Friday morning last, at two oMock, the transport ship Archduke Charles, Captain Brown, from Quebec, bound to this port, having on board six companies of the Nova Scotia Militia, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Darling., struck on a. reef of rocks near Green Island, to the eastward of this harbour, and almost instantly bilged. Of those on board, we are happy to state, but eight persons perished— four privates, two women, and two children. "On Monday afternoon the survivors arrived here in several vessels belonging to eastern hare hour which went to their assistance. By this dis- tressing accident the persons who survived have been deprived of every article of their baggage, &c."
RDISTRESSED STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
YvESI)AY, July 30. Uozening-street, July 29.—His Royal Highness the prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his M 'jes'y, to appaint Lieut.- Gen. George Earl of Dalhousie, G. C. B. to be Lieutenant-Governor of the province of Nova Scotia, in America.-Londull Gaz. The arrivals from Paris to-day contain little of importance. They give a. letter from the Prussian Ambassador at Paris to the Prussian Consul at Rouen, announcing, that the Emperor of Morocco has fitted out a small squadron destined to cruise against the Russians, Prussians, and Austrians. His Moorish Majesty will therefore, it is supposed, be among the number of those who are to feel the weight ot the Christian Powers. Spain is fortify- ing Ceuta in the contemplation of a war with Morocco. Sir Robert Wilson and Mr. Bruce re- ceived orders to quit France wa Friday morning. j They were escorted to Calais by a Captain Gf Gendarmes. The three persons (patriots of 1816) condemned to death, were tu be executed on the 26th. Ttie Dey of Algiers has United all the other Barbary Powers in his causes. At La-tache, a town belonging to the Emperor of Morocco, several Christiana have been assassinated^ the Ships in the harbour burnt, and their crews sent into slavery. Some disturbance took place lately in the South of France, at CastreS, about 83 miks eastward of Toulouse, on account of the rise in the price of corn. The Mayor, attended by a detach- meat of the National Guard and a brigade of Gendarmes, proceeded to the spot and haraiigufed the people, but was obliged to deliver the corn at the fixed price. Notwithstanding this conces- sion, pare of the corn was carried off without being paid for, and the National Guards joined the people. Tranquillity was, however, finally restored, j and twelve of the Guards were arrested and sent to prison. Tli(i rise in the price of corn, which caused this ferment, appears to ha.ve been the result of the apprehensions entertained of a bad harvest, in consequence of the long series of wet weather. — —. We regret to hear, that in the continued in- disposition of our amiable and beloved Princess, her illustrious Lord and the nation are alike dis- appointed in the hopes to which the first symptoms so fondly and so universally gave rise. In plain language, her Royal Highness has experienced a miscarriage.—(Morning Post.) R DISTRESSED STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Yesterday a numerous and highly respectable public Meeting took place at the City of London Tavern, to take into consideration the present Distressed S:ate of the Lower Classes, and the most effectual Means of extending relief to them. The Duke of York in the chair. His Roval Highness imryzediiktoy proceeded to open the busi- ness of :he meeting by observing they were called together to consider, and as far as possible to alleviate, the present distress and sufferings of the labouring classes of the com- munity. These distresses were, he feared, too well known t< all who heard him 10 require atiy description audi all that he should add to the bare statement of them, was the expression of his confidence, tint the liberality which had been so signally manifested in the cause of foreign dis. tresses, would riot be found wanting when tli« direction of it was to be towards the comfort and relief of our own countrymen at hotue. (Lend applume). The Duke of Kent rose and said, the immediate ohiect of ..tlte meeting was to laise a fund, in the subsequent accu- mulation and mnnageasPnt of which many ulterior arrange- ments might b<r projected, snd from which charity might soon emanate in a thousand directions. He doubted not that every cnunty and every tovrn would be quick to imi- tate the example of the metropolis. The noble Duke felt gratified at seeing so great a concourse of his countrymen assenibiad together for inch a benevolent purpose, and additional gratification: at seeing by wholll they were supported. He couhl not but remark that the presence of a gentleman high in his Majesty's councils (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) *as a satisfactory pledge that the pur- poses they contemplated had the countenance and sanction of the Government. After a few other remarks, his High- ness read the fonowiog resojution:—"That the sudden transition from a state of extensive warfare to a system of peace has been productive of a stagnation of employment, and a revulsion of trade, deeply affecting many classes of tbe community, and causing in particular districts, many instances of great individual distress." Mr. Harniati seconded the resolution, and expressed his cordial concurrence with all the observations of the ¡lIu3. trious mover. Lord Cochrane then oitered himself to the attention of the meeting, and was received with loud damour, ill whicJ, it was impossible to distinguish whether those who hissed or those who shouted approbation constituted the majority. Having succeeded in gaining a hearing, he stated, that what he wished to impress upon the minds of those whom he hud the honour to addres< was, that the preliminary re- solution which had been read !ty an illustrious Duke was altogether founded in fallacy. The existing distresses could not be truly ascribed to any sudden transition from war to peace. Could it be pretended that it was peace which had occasioned the fall in the value of all agricnl- tural produce P or could any man venture to assert that the difficulties and sufferings of the manufacturing classes iisid an y other cause than a prodigious and enormous burden of taxation? (Loit&appluvse.) But not to content himself with a mere assertion of his own belief, lie had brought oiliciat documents to prove the correctness of his state- ments and if he shoufd be wrong, he saw the Chancellor ol the Exchequer near him, who would have the opportu- nity of correcting his misrepresentation. (A laugh) Lord C. then observed, by a return which he held in his hand it appeared that the net revenue Of the country was between 61 and 6.3 millions, upwards of 40 millions of which was absorbed by the interest due on the nation:,1 debt. It was this that bore down the population of this country it was from thisorigin all the mischief proceeded aiid it was upon a recognition of this fact that the resolu- tion in question ought to be founded. The insupportable load of this taxation; principally, caused by a system of profuse expenditure, and the prodigality with which large sums were lavished Upon individuals, was ,the gri1¡¡t evil which required to be cured. The sum of 11,573,0001. was the whole ot the surplus of the nett revenue which re- mained to be applied to the genera! services of the state; and how, he would beg to ask, was the deficit to be sup- plied with a virw to the remaining expenditure ? He had taken no notice in his estimate of.the charge* for sinecures, or the bounties on exports and imports; and yet the returns upon which he went, exclusive of these charges, shewed a deficit for the ensuing year of3,¡OO,OaoJ. Were those who beard him prepared to make this good ? [t was, he believed, undeniable that nothing could equalise our revenue with our expenditure but the putting down entirely the army and navy, or the extinction of one half of the National Debt. But when he looked to the actual receipt of the last quarter, and found a falling off of 2,400,0001. which, with a corresponding decrease in the three succeeding quarters, mint create a new deficit of. 10,000,0001. and added to the 3,500,0001. to which lift had alluded, would form a surn equal to the whole amount of the boasted Sinking Fund hs felt that.itVas worse than-trifling to suppose we could go on upon the present system. He spoke not now upon conjecture or loose calculation; he had brought his authority with him these were the records from which he derived his statements, the official returns of the Treasury and if fal»e, the Chancellor of the Exchequer wns present to contradict them. He was glad, he confessed, to see him, tor those who heard him were, no doubt, aware that it was not always in the House of Commons that a Minister could discover tne genuine sentiments of the people. (Loud applause.) Ii, therefore, no other person should .move an amendment, he should tèehHris duty to propose an omis- sion 0/ that part 0} the resolution which ascribed the dis- tressed state of the country to the transition from a state of war to a state of peace, and to state the cause to be an en- ijrfjKius debt and a lavish'expenditure. (Continued ap- plause.) He had come there with an expectation of seeing a Noble Duke (Duke of Rutland) in the chair; and with some hopes, as ho took the lead upon this occasion, that it was his intention to surrender that sinecure of 90001. a year which he was now in the habit of putting in his pocket. (A laugh.J He still trusted that all who were present, and were also holders of sinecures, had it in their intention to sacrifice them to their liberality and their justice; and that they did not come there to aid the distresses of their country by paying litiff a crown per Cent, out of the hun- dreds which they took from it. (Loud applame.) If they did not, all he could say was, that to him their pretended charity was little better than a fraud. Without, however, taking np more time. he should move his amendment, with this one additional observation, that it would be a disgrace to an enlightened meeting, and particularly to a. meeting which might be considered as comprising an aggregate mass of the property and intellect of the country, to place a fallacy upon the record of their proceedings, and to build all their following resolutions upon an assertion which had no foundation in truth. Mr. Knowies seconded th0 amendment. Mr. Wilberforce said, he was himself too much of an Englishman, and had been too long engaged in political transactions, to feel any surprise that those who fett warmiy on such a subject as the present should be anxious to give expression to their sentiments but he could not help thinking that, upon cool reflection, the Noble Lord would be ot opinion, that their own object would be better at- tained if they confined themselves 011 this occasion to the distinct question under consideration. The Noble Lord said the country was in a crisis, and would they apply a mere topical remedy but he might ask the Noble Lord if tie would refuse to assuage the pain of a distemper because he had it not in his power at once to cure it radically (Applause.) To him the existing distress appeared to be a distemper'which ratb«r e&Ugsi,fyt isamsdiate *Ue*ifttien, thnn for a speculative of its tfacsS. f?e tRoogili the most charitable aud manly course to be pursued—vtfts to unite cordially in the general cause of finding employment and encouragem nt for our suffering tellow-citiaens. For these reasons he felt, extremely desirous that the Noble Lord Would be induced to withdraw his amendment. Lord Cochrane expressed his willingness to withdrat? the amendment he had moved, if the Hon. Gent, or any respectable man in the room wuuld declare, either thatthe ameiutnleut was false, or that the Original, resolution was false., ,| Mr. Coates agreed with the Noble Lord in thinking that this was a ihonieiit when the eyes of the public ought"to be opened to their real situation. The itmendiHent bannonisei entirely with all the opinions which lie had been able to foriu upofi the subicct. Mr. Wilberforce, to whose humane j character he was nappy to pay Ins acknowledgements, had I attempted to get rid ot the amendment by a sort of side- wind ilmt to his judgment there was no incompatibility between the object of the Meeting and the amendment. 1 here was nothing irrevaleut in it it naturally-grew out of the course adopted by the Chair; and in which a cause of the prevaifing distresses was distinctly specified. The question really was. whether they wotiid found all their Suture proceedings upon error and mis statement, or upoli incontrovertible lacts. Another question was, would they j be satisfied to patch up. ibe wounds of the country for ii short period, Or seek to remedy tht- disease in its spring and in its sources, before it became still more aiarming and incurable? The Duke of Kent said, he bad orfered the resolution as it had been put into his hand and if he had conceived there had been any mention made of a course upon whicl* a difference of opinion could exist, he hoped they kiieW him sufficiently to believe that he should have been incR" pable of requiring their assent to it. He begged, therefore no w to propose an omission of all that part of the resolution which had any reference whatever to the Caiise ot the present distresses. ( Loud clamour.)~H a knew the Noble Lord well enough to be assured that he would agree wiili him at least in a declaration as to the fact. Their common object, he believed, was to-afford relief, and to admit of its necessity without assigning either one cause or another. For his own part it had not been his intention to attend » politicfll discuiosion. The Noble Lord would have ampin oppoituuities in another pkice 10 prove the correctness of tils statements* He himself pretended to ttf) ability of that kind, but should be satisfied if he were deemed able to du- bate the cause of charity and humanity. (Applause.) Lord Cochrane said he had no objectioti to withdraw his amendment. The Duke of Cambridge said, after being 23 years absent from his native land, it was with feelings of particular (jC4 light he saw luniaelf this di!,y in the midst of Britons, met to consider and alleviate the distresses -of their -unfortuuato brethren. .( Load applauses.). He could not withhold his tribute of gratitude trom the late Member lor Bedford (Mr. Whilbread), who had at first viewed a former institution as a visionary project hot calculated to do good, but oil seeing his mistake, he came m uifolly forward to the meet- mg, and besides a very liberal subscription, advocated it* interests with that enlightened energy and powerful ei»~ quence, which had endeared his memory to every British heart. (Loud applauses.) He'returned his warmest thanks to the Noble Lord, for the handsome manner in which he had withdrawn his amendment. The object of the meet- ing was indeed of the first importance. Our countrymen were suttering: the most poignant distress. He was confi- dent he would not plead their cause in vain, when he remembered the godlike generosity with which the country bad alleviated the anguish sustained abroad by lhe caia- mtttes of war. (Appluiists. ) He had just returned from a -country which had been benefited- by their getierous aid! Germany had felt, and Germany acknowledged, that Britons-sympathised with, and stretched iqrth their hands in relieving distress. It was impossible (and he could not for one moment entertain the idea) that less commiseration should be felt at home for our brethren, who had borne the heat and burden of the d'ty, than for strangers.—> (Loud cheers.) ° The ameuded resolution was then pat and carried; as also were the following rhat it^tnay be confidently expected, that ihose who are able to afford the means ot relief will contribute their ut» moat endeavours io alleviate these sufferings. That though it be impossible for any Association to at- tempt the general relief of such difficulties, yet that it h m u been proved by experience, that extensive benefits may be derived from the co-operation and correspondence of a Society in the metropolis, encouraging the efforts of indi- viduals associating in different districts, for the relief wf their several neighbourhoods. That a subscription be immediately opened, and con* tri but ions generally solicited. That subscribers of one hundred pounds and upwards be added to the Committee, A gentleman, whose name was not known, suggested, as a desirable mode of relieving the present condition of the laboitTing classes, the allotment of small portions of crown and forest land^ to particular amities upon condi- tion ot cultivating them. (A voice here exclaimed, yes: and church lands too). II The Duke of Kent observed, that this suggestion would be more properly referred to the committee. A person insisted on submitting the following resolntion —" That this meeting, deeply commiserating the distressed condition of the lower classes, and being willing to do all that justice may require for their relief, do most earnest!? recommend to every holder of a sinecure to sacrifice it 011 tins occasion." (A loud laugh). The Duke of Kent said if this suggestion were-communi- cated to the committee, it would also meet with due atten- tion. (A laugh). The Bishop of London moved a resolution of thanks to the illustrious Duke who had honoured them by takinp the hair. Lord Coclirane again stepped forward and gained the attention of the room. He said, nobody could differ with, regard to the nature of the object which they now had in, contemplation and it was..a consoling thought that thcra were still, some individuals in the couotrywho had-the means of extending relief to their suffering countrymen, but the bulk of the people stood in need of relief, and had not the means of affording it. If any had the means, it was the tundnolders; and lie trusted they were prepared to/lay down a thifd, or -even a half of their property. He should submit another resolution to the following import: "That the EightHon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his Majesty's Ministers are the only persons able to afford efiectiial relief to the distresses of the country." This, motion was received with a mixture ot applause and dis-tpprubittija. Mr. Waters maintained, that nothing but political causes -that nothing but the nelsnous system which bad beea pursued for the last 25 years had produced the distress which at present afflicted the country. The Archbishop of Canterbury begged leave tocall back the attention of the Meeting to the motion before it, and which he had no doubt would be unanimously adopted.- This motion, the most Reverend Prelate added, was not intended in any degree to interfere with the motion of the Noble Lord. Loud cries of—" Put Lord Cochrane's motion first, for if the Motion of thanks be disposed of, the Duke of York will leave the Chair, and the Noble Lord's motion will not be.put at all." The Duke of Kent declared that there could be no intention to get rid of tire Noble Lord's motion by aiiv JtIde-wind.( Hear, hear,) Mr. Barclay seconded the motion of the Hight Rev. the Bishop of JjondfDii, to which Lord Cochrane assured the Meeting he entertained no objection. The Duke of Kent put the question, which was carried by great show of hands, but amidst loud cries of Lord Cochrane's motion; and his Royal Highness the Duke of York immediately withdrew. A general cry was then raised—" The Duke of Kent to the Chair." His Royal Highness addressed the Meeting. Having he said, pledged himself, on proposing the last resolution, that there was no intention of getting rid of the Noble Lord's motion by any side-wind, be telt bimself in a very awkward predicament. But," added his Royal High- ness, I hope that, as liberal Englishmen, you will consi- der my situation, aud who I am and that, after my illus- trious relatives have retired from the Meeting, yon will not insist upon my taking the Chair for the purpose of pressing the declaration of a political opinion; but that you will commend py motives, and do justice to those feelings which determine the propriety of my immediate departure."— (HClIT, Hearl) r This Address was received with shouts of applause, and. his Royal Highness bowed and retired.—The scene of con- elusion* however, did not end here, but increased in every part of the room. Several persons ascended the chairs and tables at the Same moment, to call for a new Chairman. Some required Lord Cochrane to take upon himseif to preside but subsequently, a Mr. Mortimer was proposed and voted 11) the Chair. He, when called upon, was not to be tound, upon which Lord Cochrane retired, walk- ing along the tables acros the room, on leaving which, he in his turn was pursued by hisses and groans, for deserting (as it was termed; those who wished his proposition to be taken into consideratioa. The meeting shortly after broke up. After the resolutions were all passed, a subscription was immediately opened at the head of which is the Prince Regent with a donation of 5001. followed by the Queen. Dukes of York and-Cambridge, SOOt. each, and in a short imie nearly td.OyOl, were subscribed.