TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER proposed •• The health of their noble Chairman," which was drank with great applause. Tll. CHAIRMAN 114111, he hoped they would accept the thanks of a plain but sincere mail, who wag ever ready to devote liim•elf to the Sl.l vire of his century (applause), who had no Pllll'l' wish than to 11811 his friends happy, and Ire peoplc prove, olio and ft er . ( pplanse.) Song—"'Tire standard cf liberty floats through the world " In the chorus of " Down tyrants fall," the voice of its. Drake of Siisst.l was partieulau ly audible. The Chili mutt said, that the neat toast poetised upon him more 111811 ally courr he had yet gisen, ow Mg to its connexion with the comity in which they had assembled. In proposing the toast, need lie add that the individual war " Their worthy and long tried representative, 310. Colic r" ( Loud chisel ing.) Mr CIIKE remitted thanks at creat length. ThefttaiHMAar next pro; osed the healths of " The Mem bers for the City of Norwich." Mr. W. ' , MITI' returned thanks on behalf of himself and his worthy colleague (Mr. Gurney) who was absent. " A speedy and effictual Refotm in the Representation of the prairie in Parlianient." 'I his toad was drank amid the most rapturous cheering. The Duke of St say: rose to propose the next toast, which frim the relative situation of their Chairman to the gentleman col o sob the object of it, would, he was sure, be more gratifying to both when given from any °Met quarter than the chair itself. Every person who had the honorr and pleasure of being ac quainter(' with the family of their noble chairman, could not fail to know u hat were its peculiar c aractetistics. Talent, warmth of heart, sincerity of feeling, and urbanity of manners were its tPstinguishing marks (loud cheers.), and in no member of it were those qualities more visib'e than in the noble representative for the borough of Arundel. He should now propose to them the health of " Lord Viscount Bury. (Great applause.) Lord Belay said, that the tnanner in which the company had received his name was highly gratifying to his feelings. as it gave him reason to believe, that they approved of his public condom Ile expressed los satisfaction tit seeing so ninny independent gentlemen of his native county ranged around him in support of the principles of Mr. Fox at a time when the sevete pressure of distress hat. compeller( sir many others to sacrifice the princi ples which they Iwo adopted on their entry into public life. lie was sorry, however , to observe, that Ministers had flourished and grown great at the very period that the country had been( int poveriehed by the system which they had pursued. That system wish In divide those whom they had to govern—to set the agri culturist against the manufacturer, and the manufacturer against the agriculturist—to employ spies, to calumniate their opponents, and to degrade the :loyal fancily in the estimation of the king. dorm (Cheers.) The minor', measures which they were daily pursuing could only be connteracted by withholding the supplies and cutting down the expenditure by which they were supported• This he had constantly endeavoured to do by voting with Mr. Hume, upon nis different motions for economy and retrench • talent. The noble Lord, after declaring his opinion that the adoption of the principle,: of Mr. Fox coved alone lead to better days. got down amid loud cheering. To st.—'• Lord Holland, the representative of the name and principles of Mr Fox." flie Chairman then proposed the health of " An honest man, Mr-Hony wood, the nwniber our Kent." Mr. HON rivnou remined thank,. The Doke of Nizfolk proposed die heahh of Mr. James Macdonald, M.P." (Ctintinued applause.) Mr. MacnoNaim knew not what was left for him to say ; im sintich as every ground had been already occupied %his so much ability, that he could not find even a corner into which to thrust himself. Soinetiiiinz had been said in the course of the evening about " tile pilot ;hat weathered the storm." Now they were not met to celebraie his efforts in weatheiing the storm, at a time when the storm was raging above, arid beneath them : they were not met to alk idly about die prosperity of the coun try, at a time when ruin was staring them all in the C:Ce, and despair was Untainted in every countenance. They were not met to boast of the achieventents of the country in behalf of the liberties of the air 1.1, in sn hour when that country hail become a by-wind of reproach among all the nations of the continent, for the liberties it had sacrificed, the treaties it had violated, and tae monaisee it had falsdied. Neither were the met to laud the Inessed consequences of the Pitt s) stein, at a moment when it was crumbling int) piece-, mouldering into atoms, and leaving " not a *neck behind l" No; but a debt, which exceialed in amount all the metallic currency of the world. 'fo such sublime inconstenmeiee tiwy had nut the folly to aspire. Their object was to cherish and keep alive the animating principles of British freedom. To accomplish that object, they assembled under the name or a man ist.o vies nut ihriiaps faultless; for perfection, as bad been well observed, was not the lot of humanity ; but who sincerely loved the people, and desired their happiness, who was the uniform denouncer of war, and blend of peace ; whose 'Mod ass as muck distinguished for its energy, as his heart for its tenderness; who never entertain•el one mean or selfish thought. but tiveil anti acted alone for the wellbeing of his country, and the anietioration of mankind. Were not the pre sent time* whets it was expedient to hold up to public imitatton such merits and such virtues? Let the meeting contrast with the manly Coilr..elt %hid) he would hese given, the shabby. shuffling counsels which bail been exhibited during the last six gem.. Let them contrast with his constant and undeviating rectitu••e the bold etaituachmente and Wee caimpliances--the biome rung sk.eneeCt. and abject entreaties of which the alinistere of the Crown, daring that pe.its!, had repeatedly made use.— (!ould they iore.et the permanent peace establearnienc, which impudence to utihe 4111 , 1; peopesed to inflict upon the people ? Could—lie would not e.y the pi, sent coniparty—but could even the friquentere of Pitt Dinners ever erase from their nwollections the paltry shuts to %Lich their patrons vete, might idle; night, reduced thring the continuance of the campaiati which Al r. Hume carried on against them last session, for time purl ow of reducing within dila:tit bounds the pence expenditure of the Snit?. Mr. alatalimuld pioceeded u. eXvCrli,C Ihe tiix Arts, aud declared that while a wicked iluuster possessed in. /Weave enough to eatry such ' awe, there was no real preventive tri.aitist abeolute tiesputisiti—for such a state ut things there was tad) one nn etty, and HIM was an t Itietent rennin to Parliament. Atter poii.tiiig out the degrasling totoltiet of the Eligi'sit go vs nintent w isle affairs of .Norway, Saxony anti Genes. he con. clotted by riyuig, that if the people hi England should allow thew. violent malt istions. of public Oberty to pa., be in Vaal althinti uhpre,bing /),Ch Le . :i,nutlutl “gaiilnt ihn,. v. 111) COlll Ihittrd abeam. t eit owe ronstitution will soon niatergo a very imterisi cleinat Mow!. it was now in a bud zitiutitat. tor it had a te;ireseittatioa a loch was not in union. with either the wishes ur the wants of the people ; but in the case which lie had joist posed, it would be a std. worse eitua,ion, the game would be up with ti, the toutury mould have nu rCi.r , nlitliie system wliateve.; but would be govettied entirely by the Avoid.. Iloa v woof>, at toe request of the East of Albeinarle. favoured the company with tau song of •• Whilebappy in my native .a Hit Liman Wiliam and may the English soldier net er forget his rights and dgzi s as a citizen." Tottst—" Sir T. licevio alt.! the Steward," 'l . lln I tit Al.B S.lll KULL in giving die net and last town, •"f lie I. .die of tile County," returned the etinilany his thanks his tie. site l siat irliteit they had given him its toe chair, add trishaws! ma great matelot:non at 1111Xl.ng CO I,uinerou , and reqw•ctable au twavaubly ea me gentry anti yeoulauty tit Narks k. N tlu Lokiship then qUitted the chair, and atwompanied his - - - Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex out of the room, amidst the loudest and most enthusiastic cheering. The company immediately . afterwards separated. it being at flea' timeabout one o'clock or. Friday morning. AJIERICA At PAPERS. New YORK, DEC. 27 —The British sloop of wai Wind, Sir Charles Burroughs, commander, arrived at this port on Tuesday, from Portsmouth. To the politeness of her commander we arc indebted for the London papers to the evening of the 10th ultimo— all that were in the vessel. The Iliad had just arrived at Portsmouth with the royal squadron from Calais, when she received orders to proceed to New York. and was Oespatched in three hours' notice, with a letter from the Mar. quis of Londonderry to Jas. Buchanan, Esq. British Consul at this place, relative to one of the chief clerks in the Navy-office, London, who had absomded with a considerable sum of public nur‘ey, and sailed fur this port in the Comet, which arrived on Thurs day last. An officer came up to the city o a Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock, and in one hour and a half the man was taken, and nearly all the pro perty stolen, amounting to about 100,000 dollars, was recovered. The Hind come up yesterday morning, anchored in the East River, and fired a salute, which was returned by Fort Columbia, on Governor's Island. The cause of the visit to this port of the British sloop of war Hied, was briefly noticed in yesterday's Gazette. The following is an accurate account of the matter : " A person arrived here on Thursday last, in the ship Comet, Capt. Griswold. from London, who had been cushier in a branch of the British Navy De partment for 29 years ; his sudden disappearance from his desk excited an alarm : and upon an exa mination it was discovered that he was a defaulter to the amount of 18,0001. sterling After searching in vain for him, it was ascertained that he had pur chased a bill of a broker in London, fur 8,0001. sterling, under a fictitious name, on a mercantile house in New York ; he likewise brought 50 shares of stock of the Bank of the United States, besides other property of his own, he took with him in the above.menti ,ned vessel. " The British Government, svithout delay, de patched a sloop of war in pursuit of the above pro perty, with instructions to the commander to pro ceed to New York, where she arrived on the 25th inst. wi t h documents directed ta Mr. Buchanan, the Briti-h Consul for Otis port, %vim immediately called upon the house above alluded to, and was infortned that the bill of 8,0001. had Oeen that day arceptell. It was now time for the Consul to art. He pro cured the aid of two Magistrates of the Police, who, with the Consul, traced the defaulter to a boarding house, where he had taken lodgings but not finding them suitable to his views, had shifted to another, whither they repaired and found him with his wife in a private room. One of the Magistrates having introduced himself in a way to prevent alarm to the lady, proceeded to relate such p a rticulars of his case, in accordance with truth, and in such a manner that it produced his confession of the whole affair. His de•ail of the causes leading him to this disgraceful act (although eloquent and interesting) would oc.. copy too much of the columns of a newspaper The property above mentioned was delivered up in less than three hours after the arrival of the said sloop of war " New YonK, DEC. 29.—A diplomatic fracas took place at Washington a tires days since, between The representatives of the Courts of St. James and St. Cloud. We received a letter from ‘Vashington, dated on the 23.1, giving an account of the aflitir, and written by a gentleman who was present : but it was accompanied with a request not to publish it. —The matter, however, is before the public, and our prudence has prevented our being the first to give the news. It appears that George the IV. kind Louis the XVIII. waxed warm on the subject of the slave trade, each claiming the honour of being the first to terminate it, and to neither of which the honour actually belonged—the little republic of the United States being the first to sct the example. However, these two august potentates lost their temper ; George drew his sword, and Louis his rapier ; but the . Emperor Alexander, famous as a mediator, in terfered, and there the matter ended. The account in the Adtwate is incorrect as to the time of its occur rence, and is withal too highly col tired. The atlitir took place of4denner, as they n ere returning from the Presidentilable. A noble Earl, it is said, has written a letter to the King on the present state of public affairs, mat the distressed situation of the cout try. wh.ch he intends, as a Pear of the Wolin, to lay btfore his Majesty previous to the meeting of Parham - ctn.—The letter occupies much conversation in the political circles at the west end of the wan, and takes a dis tinct view of the subject from that of the Marqt.is of Titchfield. 27 F11.1.►1 TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, lax. 21. The King hav been plea ed to pre-en• the Rev. W. Spencer Vhitc!ock►, Clerk, Mot ter of Arti. to the Vicarage of Gran) y, in the county and diocese of Lincoln, void by the death of the Rev Dr. Doughot. BANKIII.::'TCY ENLARGED. W. Edwards, Chadian), Kent. linen draper, from Jan. 42 to March 11. BANKRUPTS. W. Mann, Thompson, Norfolk, farmer. Solicitor, Mr: Harbor, Fetter Lane. .1. Thurbon, March, Cambridgeshire, draper. Sul. Mr. Me redith, Lincoln's Inn New Square T. Gallon, Leeds, stuff merchant Sol Mr Makinson. Middle Temple. C. Lea. Haywood, Shropshi e, maltster. Si. Mr. Hicks, Gray's Inn Square. A. Morcott. Warwick, draptr.ls. Messrs. Merl. k and Co. lied Lion Square. .1. Buckland, Chard. Somenietshire. miller. Sol. Mr. Hine. EMICX Court. Temple. J. and T. It. Pigram, Maidstone. Rent, grocers. Sols. Messrs. Amory and t o. l'htogni ton Street. C. Tattier. Horton Klrby, Kent. farmer. Sol. Mr. Collins. Great K night , itter Street, Doctors' Commons. W. Fell. Winkington, Cumberland, broker. Sol. Mr. Falcon. Temple. T. Edwards, Brighton. merchant. Sol. Mr. Warne, Leaden hall Street. H. Valentine, Hatfield. Hens, miller. Sol. Mr. Bond, Ware. It. King, Coventry Street, Haymarket, grocer. sol. Mr. Callon, High Street, Nlatylebone. DIVIDENDS. Feb 16, R. Dawson. Norwich. linen draper-15, J. Lavender, Leominster, Herefordshire, mercer-5. R. llomb), Bernard street, Foundling Hospital, plumber—l 6. J. Bryant, A.stin. friars, merchant-5, W. Cross, Lombar I Street. hanker-IY. J. Nicholls, Fareham, Norfolk, batcher—t 3„ .1. t Ades. Worri.-ater, woollen draper—lS, E Baines, Leicester, who .1 Junes. Mount Street. Lambeth, and J. ll..lones, Kent Road, linen drapers-19, S. Humphreys, Charlotte Street, Portland Place. merchant-14, J. Pitt, Cheltenham, upholsterer. VESL I:Y.4N MISSIONS. The Animal I .oeeting o. the Q teen-street branch Mission ay S•ieieiv was held iii the Greet Qiieen-street Civilly!, in Monday evening last Ily the report made a t the i neeiin4 of the Mili, , :flivi, conducted by the Parent Society, it appe ire:l that the Society base extensive Mis• slams, conducted by the Parrot Society. it appeared that slit SociAy have extensive Missions in the West Indies. a 2 the negroes ;in Ceylon and Cinitiobnital Indi . ; in West and S ,nth Africa. New Sou h Wales, Van 13:ettiait's Lind, and other parts of the world. It teas Wiled that llie Society employs in this svmk one hundred and fi:ty Nlissionaries, toilependeni of Calitechia.s and oilier schoolmate 31LeiltS, and that the number of pc r• sons connected wit I them in religions society, on the chose Miss on,, 's upwar Is of 28,000, who for the most p 1•1 e been cooverted Inuit Paganism. Taw 'mintier of children tJu*lit the principles of 1 of Christianity and useful knowledge in tile Schools connoted with those Missions, and superintended by the Nlis ' aries, was stated to be, in the I-land of I Ceylon. 5000 ; in the West Indies 42'27 ; and in the Island of Newfontulland 9517. The contributions to I tit? present Society were Las' year upwards of 2ti,0001. being upwards of 80901. more than had been raised for Weft btllCirldelit ptirplis,S in any h ttttt Cr year ; but still leasing the stetieral Treasin y iii a large advance. owing; to the extent of the Saciety's operations. The Nleeting was addressed by several Mintsiers and Gentlemen, who enlarged upon the necessity of increased exertion to sup port institutions which were producing effects so cheer . ita4 among the idolatrous nations of Ceylon, India, Ninth and West AifiCd, tile N -grit Slaves of the %Vest Indies, and the destitute se tiers of New South %Vales, Van Dieman's Lind, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. WESTMINSTER HALL-NEW COURTS OF LAW. ••• The Hall s now entirely cleared. Toe coronation HaliCres, &c. winch was tattld by Lord Go yilyr, a• Lod Great C1121111)Cl13111 01 England, to Nlessis. Page and Co. an I by them disposed of hy ...tenon, have been taken away, and the keys of the Hall returned to LoroG wydyr. Westminster Hall is to be open to the itiarrss and egress of the puinic as liereminre ; but as there are some considerable repairs to be perfected, a is not expec Cil that the Hall can he conveniently opened as n,uai he ore .be Hieeting ul P under the dorction of the B 'apt of Works lidse alr.ady commenced loie f laumirs There ale malty of t.e wilidows in Iva repaired ; tile renovating illOl COlOllll4 01 such parts of 'the walls could not be g.n ar %virile use galleries reioatited, have to and tin li..4ures that med its ;Ipm:it' :Voce the sear, o: nit Lord ClilliCtilot and Ille K. 11 4 .1 B itch J Oflge ire to (Sc a- 410 placed uud.r liar grand #4IIIOJW iu reonva rd niche,. The Law Courts are nor to he restored within the Hall ; with the vitf•leroit 01 11le 5100 e *l4lrvas, - * Imo 1414* C,otrtsof hi It tlnrf,ul list I) icily of %violeli are sun 6:21:11 aide of the it ill 11. 11 e. Ille wall hr rulilrls Blear. The arrainteimiltr for toe er c.iost of the (Nouns 114%e Arra ly c•owstittitcrti. I nay be 1•113 n Uli »,..ters 10 be vie afo . ol 10 a kir Will tine Sualle 10111t10101. 1.0'1114 Henry toe S. vernir'• ctianel slot St. \l u s Clloliell. Tiii iecuprrrs I)l:(,)kat's 41.41 Ciilivo•-hooilsr!‘. oil Iht I.ll . ite wale crllart„ (\lr. B liamy's) and of rya •iia• or of to: . Aparliiirii,4 in the s nor 1111,110:is, itsr AkeilliV •Crtrtil i the 01 %Volk. with 00 let . % 03 41 or as ts.lTl' a, p:001111k. Toc plan.. of 10e la , e Nlr. iati hose Lrrn partia , h foi. lowed, Ins the o hole •re by, and Wirr the direct lii of, Mr S anv, 11 be aeon ecu, who 111 aitaciied 111 the 11 -, Ard I ., te .Irsiattull, u, irlf cl :our new Cow's; 11.00 1y,..b0 the land Com.eel or, the ‘ ' lce mcv. ttttt t use King's &c. .15d 101 the instificat ; " - to. bad Tile o hole to he I . tine s, i h the present Com.* of C. P ...s 0110010 the western w 11.- I, as well as Inv weir a, feet benne tars 111 El- 11111141 alts. ToloNe 610 . 13. i 1011 N are 0 41v begun aftervue conielioono o. to.; ties..ut lern,. q 9 I