I I , Mincine-lane, , Street, Bucklersbury, stationers, at Guildhall.— Dec. 30. J. Kirton, Gray's Inn-lane, scrivener, .at Guildhall.—Jan. 6. W. Warne, Bedford street, Covent-garden, shoemaker, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30. Hugh Taylor and J. Vining, Bristol, grocers, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol.—Dec. 30. W.Verrsll, Uckfield, Sussex, grocer, at the Star Inn, Lewes,--Dec, 27. C. Abel, Haselworth, Suffolk, surgeon, at the Angel Inn, Halesworth.—Dec. 27. M. Fischer, Leeds, mer chant, at the Hotel, Leeds.—P. Homes, Stourport, Worcester, grocer, at the Guildhall Coffee-house,Worcester.—Dee. 30. J. R. Wilkins, Holborn-hill, linen-draper, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30. o.Ben nett, Norfoik-street, Strand, taylor, at Guildhall.—Dec. 16, J.Mac Namara, London, merchant, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30, J. F. Nunnev, Clare-street, Clare-market, victualler, at Guildhall.—. Dec. 30. J. Reay, Mark-lane, wine -merchant, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30. E.Lewis, New Bond-street, haberdasher, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30. J. James, Dime-street, merchant, at Guildhall.—Dec. 25. W. Knight, ef shot, miller, at Guildhall.—Dec. 30 J. P. Greaves, H. Sharp, and F. Fisher, King's Arms Yard, Coleman-street merchants, at Guild 2. W. J. Edwards, Rotherhithe, pawnbroker, at Guild hall.—Jan. 2. S. Nolbrow, of Bishopsgate-street, mariner, at Guild hall. CERTIFICATES. Mowbray and Co. Durham, hankers.—John rrencli, Northamp ton, ironmonger.-Rlchard Black well and Samuel Needham, Mino ries, raerchants.—Charles Cobham, J udd-street, Bronswick-square, musical instrument vendor.—Henry Ssokes, Throgmorton-street, merchant.—Charles Barker, Ilanginn•shaw, Lancashire cotton-ma nufacturer.—Joseph Hight, Two Waters, Herts , farmer. —John Smith, Feversham, Kent, shopkeeper.—Sparks Moline , Billeter lane, merchant.—John Nichol, Old Jewry, merchant.—Walter Nichol, Old Jewry, merchant.—Nathaniel Cherry, Hanwell, Ox fordshire, miller,—Abraham Garnett. Liverpool, merchant—Hum phrey Levy, Denzell street, Clare-market, glass dealer.—Francis Knowles and John Sawyer, Sheffield, merchants. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. and A. Peebles, Dunfermline, Scotland, drapers.—T. W. and B. Thornton, Great Guildford-street, Southwark, tanners.— J. Fleet and F. Cousins, Queen-street, Cheapside, vellum-binders. —H. Underwood and H. Dyett, London, merchants.—R. and J. Adcock, Linton, Cambridgeshire, maltsters.—J. J. and A. Old- Lani, Brook-house, Holborn, irontnongers.—J. and T. M a t teson, Tokenhouse-yard.J. Grams, J. Yates, J. Greaves, jun. P. Yates, and J. Clark, Liverpool, brokers.—W. Timson, sen. and S. Wright, Water-lane, Thames-street, wine rnerebauts.--0. Alder, sen: W. Hassell, and G. Alder,juu. Kingston tcou Hull, mer chants. Monday, the Prince Regent held a Court at Ca: Itoa-house; to Which Mr. Bagot was introduced, on being appointed nisterlo the United Stares of America, when his Excellency had an audience,, and took leave of the Prince. M. Canova. the Artist, was introduced to the Prince Recent on his arrival in England, and most graciously received. -Count Uardenberg was also in troduced,•and had an audience. We ein another pl,,ce a note addressed by Vis. Castlereagh to the Allied Ministeis, on the 11th of September, enforcing th e policy and jtit!ce of the restitution of the objects of art, Plundered by the French nation, The subject, from the fre quency of its discussion, has lost much of its original interest; Yet this note, from the srouLd principles it contains—the liberal, enlar'ged and conciliatory views it presents, is highly worthy of perusal, and will cause, no doubt', much satisfaction to a large portion of our Evaders. Both as to matter and manner, we consider it a perfect model of diplomatic correspondence; and it has inspired us, we confess, with a very high opinion of the talents and liberality of the noble writer. The Lords Coinmissioners of the. ' Treasury have direct e d printed instructions t o b e i ssue d f rom the, principal (ace for the affairs of taxes, to the district commissioners for the general purposes of the Property Tax Act, authorising them, under certain conditions, to 'educe the assessments under schedules A. and B in proportion to the reductions bunajide made in the rents of the current year; in consequence of the depreciation in the value of agricultUral produce. Special meetings of the said commissioners will be genet ally held in their respective di4tricts, fol . the purp(le of carrjog this measure into eilista REGISTER. 787 date n9tice will be given on the church•dooer of -the days places of such meetings, as is usual respectinl , , aperals in the affairs of tales. Tuesday the Lord Mayor proceeded in state from the \tan. sion House to Guildhall, to hold a Court of Aldermen ; when his Lordship addressed the court as usual, it being the first in the Mayoralty I•he thanks of the Cm.rt were voted to the late Lord Mayor, and ordered to be ornamentally written on vellum, framed and glazed. and presented to him., It is reported, that the Directors of the East India Com:-any propose to grant a large sum, instead of prize-money, to the forces engaged in the late war with the Napaule in consi deration of the valuable provinces added to our In hair empire by the victorious operations of the late campaian. From the proceedhigs of the Protestant Disserveis it appears, that our Government has paid all due attention to the important object of procuring protection lot teat .ersee cuted class, the French Proteshints \Viten our Govt.r nment was first applied to on the subject of the religious rersecutious in the south of France, they ass ired the P otestant S ciety, " That it has been the invariable object of the British y;overn ment, and of their Allies, to support, and, on ever% suitable occasion to assert, the nrinciples of Religious le—ation Liberty.; and that, in their recent communications oith the Government of France, they have brought forward •hese ciples as the foundation of their policy and of thei, jest exaec tations; and that therefore they are using their best e,t m ts, to arrest the progress of evils which they most deeoly deplore." The Protestant Society has, nevertheless, expie,s,d it de erne'- nation not to relax their efforts till some oeriti.in. tit security shall be afforded to their suffering and unoffending boob. en We !leg' et: to learn that a great derti of d:so ess 2 evads at present in Sp' talfields, owing to a stagnation of the Silk Fade. Were arguments necessary, in order to interest a fit itisli Pt we nileti is in the sufferings of ~nv class of their fello,v-othjects, only quote a single pa-sage from the eviden-e nn Meiloi c oy ; and, indeed, to the honour of the inhabitants of that ttstrict, , and as an example to the manutac turin r poor in other pa• is of the country, we think the'fact we ate gorog to adduce cannot be too extensively . known. In speak in.. ; of the poor of Sprtal field-, Mr. H.,le states as follows I know, at one time, there were individuals sent up iron Nottingham, with a view to effect something like what they were doing there; and .hat they have been more than Once excited to riot during the last war; yet they were always vet % quiet I be,ie% euo lust. ace is a be found where so multitudinous a poor coo .., , e 4 ree to 4 erhe in so small a space, with so little inconvenieuce to ihcrr tier4h_curs." We ' must not ow it to add, that Mr H. attribues this no state of things to the diffusion of moral a d reir l ooi.s kn wiedge among the lower orders, oy means of Sund ,Y Schools and thee Institutions of a similar- tendency.--NA e ate glad to find, that It ,respectable Society, which di, ects its chic f attention to the dis tressed poor in this quarter of the town. has :nude a spec., - 11 ap peal to the Public in their behalf. Need we, in doong his paragraph, express a persuasion, that our fair countrywomen are too humane and patriotic to atlord the least encouragement to the produce of foreign looms, when su meritorious a node of our own weavers are almost starving for want o. emproyment. 'The Corporation of Bristol has voted the freedom of that city to the Duke of Wellington, which is to be presented to his Grace in an appropriate box, elegantly ornamented. The Duke of Portland, with, a liberal consideration of the severe pressure of the tunes upon the farmer, at two separate times, reduced the rents of his extensive estates in the neigh bourhood of Newcastle, '25 per cent.; and very recently has intimated his intention of making a farther !eduction of In per cent. in order to enable them to bear up under the extreme deeression of the rreakets. Lord Castletnaine has reduced the rents of his tenantry in the Baronry of Kilkenny West, and in oi'ier places ,n the county of We;•,tmeath, one-third, one-tMit th, and so on in proportion, ai appeared necessary, in the opinion of tw impartial tnen, ap pointed by his Lords hip - fur that purpose. —Alit oat A letter from Athhoy, in the county of Meath, dated Nov. 12, *ices ! , that the Earl ef Darnley and Mr. Bligh have made a -coneideorble reduction in the rents of their Bata sla that CUIAII • to. THE NATIONAL n -street, tnereitant, at Ouiidhall.—Dee. 80. S. and S. Slytb, of a nd Molton-street,ehinatuen, at Guildhall.—Dee. 30. T. Edwards, and 1 ne-lane, broker, at Ottildhall.—Dee. 30. J. F. and W. Street, the