DECEMBER 16. BETiIAUL-GREEN POOR. TO THE EDITOR. Sley—ln obedience to the injunction of your corre spondent, under the signature of " a Feicnd to Truth," (3 strange name by the way for a friend of Mr. Mer ceron to write under), I have forborne to notion his eilision, in order that the public might more indiscii minutely susoend their opinion until after the issue of the " criminal prosecution" then pending. This hav ing been gone through—the mountain bung delivered, I may be permitted to eondo.e aide Ai.. Merrell/II on Ins suc cess. That a verdict of (lenity should be recorded against the respectable and piebeir-spirited gentlemen who had Me wed various weighty ni!sdoings to Mr. Merceron, was a miter of course. " The greater the truth the greater the libel' is a well-known maxim of law. If I were to call Biil Soaines a pickpocket, and Bill Sonnies were to indict me, I must be found guilty; but it is clear that the public would n it think Mr. Some& the less a pickpocket ou that account : and it is equally so, I . presume, that no one think Mr. Met-- ceron less a nsisdoer on account of the verdict he has procured. Curiosity led Inc to be piesent at this trial. I witnessed the unusual shamefacedness with which Mu. Attornertieneral, as counsel for Mr. Mercerois. unfolded his rase —the disap plowing look with which s.ord Elienieurough advised such a prosecution not to bepurmel —the diffident grace with which Mr. Attorney-Gener el pleaded ins client's object in prosecut ing to be the vinditatiu.t of his character. The indignant observation of the Chief Justice, that such was nut the way fur Mr. Mcrreron to s indicatii; his character. To shut out the defendants front Cue ponmilety of proving the truth of their assertions; the { A lit n challenge of the defendants' counsel for an oppoithinty of justifying, I also heard. Having witnessed all tiu.se Ihu."'. , *IOW repeat my condolence to Mr. Mer- Ccruim 011 SI:40& a sat CeSs. Rcturniag now to the letter of this " Friend to Truth," which, in truth, I take to be no other than Mr. Merceron hiniself, I (menet but admire the :Wawa with which he can ti,,ns sue nut to ilelteie the uninformed into a belief that all the stathnents h. the Police Report arrfacts. Certainly Ido not mean to attempt any such thing. Mr. Nlerecroifs own eviti-nce makes tip no insiguificatit part of the report; and that evidence says and unsays thiii,s so often, that a great pat t u ust or ee”ati ily nut be facts that a person who basso lalsuied his oats solcmis testimony, should not scruple to 'env the truth of the statements of others, is only to be ex pected I Hs fie:iials are things of 1.011T3C. But hesays in a short time " e y ditb.,"nt light" shall be thrown on the 920. What mbraddlerent lights? If he goes on in this way, lie mwe hituself eaditait it in the true light at last, for there will be sits rah,. itgat aft. Away with hii "fib and sophistry !"—Of the fluid raised for the pan:, tee 921 - at least stands naked and exposed to the wto in as full a light as a meridian sun can bestow. It nes laid out by him in the payment of his lawyers bill, for ticruiding hint ugabolt crrblia vusecitburts that need tint be reacated, lint the facts of which are on record! In such a cause it is seen that the terrors of an iudictment. vanish into a snore bugbear. It is thought an honour to be indicted by Mr. Merceron for libelling him. vain will he endu your to rally his coadjutors by the avipcat "that lie has bees fait/Oil and rfiluable to th. as!" IL. must clear tip the mystery which hangs uses the 9151. Vion4ing to the poor, if he would avoid further Mitigate re darks. And he must a better tale than the ureaking into his counting ; horse and stealing his recriets, if he Would satisfy his neigh bours of his having duly disposed of the, 12,0001. Intechapel.• A. B. DISTRESSED CASE OF SMALL-PDX. A poor sailor was lately teim , l in a street near Whitechapel. very ill with the emillatait Small Pox. A centleman passing bye put mini into a hackney coach, and paid his fare .o the Small Pox Hospital at Pancras; the covliman drove into the field at the front of the house, where he put down his fare and left him. The resident surgeon went out to hhn, and althinigh lie came uithent auy recommendation, yet his ease was so severe that he received him into the hospital, where lie was recovered of the sciall pox and also of a far inure den gerons mortification, and on the Tilt instant appeared to the Committee to express his thanks: and being entirely di stt• tote, a small subscription r. as raised for him, and the stew. arda were ordered to supply him w,th some article,. of apparel. He states t himself to have been paid off from the Berwiclt,7 I, Capt. Brace, about three months since, caught the disorder at Plymouth. where he spent all he had received, and tra vs ned oa foot during etzlit dams to London in a very dl state; lodginft in the open tield.s and under hedges at night. The poor 1111.111 , after so loge a resideuce and recovery at the hos pital, could scarcely express.his gratitude befike he took his departure. We are sorry to find by the bills of mortality, that the casual small pox is very general, notwithstanding all the pre cautions SO irepuntly recommended to house-keepers not to receive ally person into their families until they Lave been tither vaccinated, or recovered from the disease. . EA ST- INDIA 1101. WE. Wednesday a lie.teral Coart was hell at the India-house, stinanoned specially for the purpose of laying irethre the pro prietors the military arrangetn,tuts anti political irew.cia!lons which led to tn.. law glorious cmielosion of the Nei a 11 war. The Ch,inuan, iu opening' the business of the day, sug gested, as the documents were very voinininnii•, and a full enortimity Itad been given to the proptietors to inspect Oleo', that only the three letters, Nos. 11, 12, and 13, Anion' be read. Tins suggestion was approved of, and the letters mentioned by the Chairman, %%Inch comprised all the material occur rences from the breaking out of the late war to its termina tion, were read by the clerk. The Chairterati then proposed that a resolution of thanks to the Governor Gener tl, the Marquis of Muting!, for the talent and ability he had displayed in the late war agaiust the Ne pattlese government, and fur the energy, and prudence which he manifested in applying the resources of tin- Company to that desirable object, which the Court of Direetois had :.greed to on the tour of November, be approved by the Ge neral Court.---The motion was carried 4111411i1110051y. The thanks of the Court were ,theu voted unanonously to Atajoe General Sir U Ochterlony, to all the tinkers, Euro pean and native, who had served in the Nepapl war,: and the nott-rommilisioned'offieers and privates.' The resolution ails • Court of Directors of the oth instant, for granting medals thp,olliccra who bad and shall hereafter distinauish themselves in .the Vkl'e, together midi lutedetailed 'regleatioin felpkting the eiicuaistaire-. Under which sick Markets( Merit shimild be granted, was put ens the dintt and aireedl4o- . The (Anur don adjoUrned.- ,• _ _ • CITY AD DRESS - To MIS ROYAL M/0111NRM THE Flint OT WALES. avarr OF TICE UNITED KINGDOM SF GULAD AND IRELAND. The humble Address and i'etinn of thea.mal Mayor, Aldermen. and Common: of the City of London. in Common Council magmbled. May it please your lt , .yal Highness. We, his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, ia Common Council assembled, humbly approach your Royal riighut•ss to represent our national sufferings and grievances, :mil respectfully to suggest the adoption of measures which tis e conceive to be indispensably necessary for the safety, the quiet and prosperity of the realm. • We forbear to enter iuto details of the afflicting scenes of privations all sufferings that every where exist. The dis tress and misery which for so many years have been progres sively acetimulatink, have at length become insupportable-- they are no longer partially felt nor limited to one portion of the empire—the routine' elal, the manufacturing, and the agricultural interests, are equally sinking under the irresist able pressure—aud it has become impossible TO find employ ment for a large mass of the population, much leas to bear up against our present enormous biwthens. We beg to impress upon your Royal Highness that our present complicated evils have nut arisen from a mere tran sition from War to Peace, nor from any sudden or accidental causes; neither can they be removed by any partial or tent porrry expedients. Our grievances are the natural effect of rash and ruinous warn, unjustly commenced and pertinaciously persisted in, when nor &Ronal object was to be obtained ; of immense sub sidies to foreign powers, to defend their own territories, or to cotaniit aggressions on those of their neigh6ours ; of a delu sive paper currency; of unconstitutiottid and unprecedented military force in time of peace ; of the cuexampled and in- creasing tuaguiturd• of the Civil List; of the enormous sums pail for niunciiteil pensions and sinecures; and of a long course of the most lavish and improvident expenditure of the public money, throughout every branch of the Goveruinent ; all arising from the corrupt and inadequate state of the Re presentation of the people in Parliament ; whereby all cm &Motional coati mil over the servants of the Crown his been lost, and parliaments have become subservient to the will of ministers. We cannot forbear expressing our grief and disappoint ment, that, notwithstanding your Royal Highness's most gracions rem JJJJJ esdation of econe:ny, at the opening of the last Session of Parlissnent, your ministers should have been found oppodsig every proposition for lessening the national expenditure; anti that they should have been able to obtain majorities to support and sanction their conduct, in defiance of your &nal Hsgliness's reconraendatiou, and the declared sense of the nation ; affording another melancholy proof of the cornipt state of the representation, in addition to those Nets so often stated and offered. to be proved at the Bar of the House of Commons, in a" lsetititM presented in 1/03, by the Honourable (:buries, now Lord Grey, whereby it appeared that the great body of the people were excluded tom all share in the election of members; and that the majority of that honourable house were returned by the.proprietors of rotten boroughs, the influence of the Treasury, and a few powerful families. - _ We eau, Sir, no longer support. out of our dilapidated re. sources, as overwhelming load of taxation; and we b bly submit to your Royal Highness, that nothing but a reforma tion of theNe abuses, and rest,riug to the neople their lust and constitution:ll.6ld iu he electing of ineniber , ,of parliament, cm afford a 'leeway against their recurrence r calin.the up prelemsions of the people ; allay their irritated feelings; pre. veu: those inisfortunes in which the nation must inevitably be involved, by an obstinate and infatuated ,idlieretsce to the pmcseut system of corruption and eatraraganoc. We, therefore, humbly pray your Royal Highness to wpm hie parliament as early as possible, and that you will be gracionsiy pleased to recommend to their immediate con sideration these important nutters, and the adoption (deuce cares for a!).)listhing all useless places, pensions and sinecisres; for the reduction of our present enormous military establish ment ; for tuakmg every practicable rednetimi in the public even-Inure ; and restoring to the people their just share and weight huhu legislature. (Signet, by ordi .of the Court) HENRY WI To which Address and Petition Lis Royal Highness was pleased to return the following answer:— It is with strong feelings of surprise and velvet that I re ceive the Address and Petition of the Lord Mayor, Alder men, and Cotu;nons of the City of London, in CoinntoU Cann cil assembled. Deeply. as I deplore the prevailing distres and difficulties of the country, I derive the consalation from persuasion, that the great body of his Majesty's subjects, antwithstand hug the various attempts which have been made to irritate and mislead them, are well convinced, that the severe trials which they sustain with such exemplary patience and f,rrtitode, are chiefly to be attributed to unavoidable causes; and I contem plate, with the most cordial smisfution, the efforts of that enlightened benevoteseer which-is so usefully and laudably exerting itself throughout the kingdom. I shall resort with the utmost confidence, to the tried wis dom of Parliament at (hr time which, upon the frailest con rdgration, I have thought. most advisable, under the present circumstances of the coiintry aisil I entertain a perfect eon. viction , that a firm auJ temperate ad , ninistration of the 6.1% (ailment, assisted and supported by the goal scow, pablic spirit, and loyalty of the nation, will effectually coiraterart those preiteedings which, limn whatever motive's they may origiaate, are e Maw:lto retake 'lcier:ion - ivy difficulties . the means of produciug permanent and irreparable calamity. • Mr. Harvey's popularity as a Common Councilman of tilt. \Val of ii shops:ehte, ison the decline, through his opposing Wauhillilll . % Petition for Reform, in the last COllllllO9 Council. A curious circumstance was disclosed tit tit wet hie( of the Ward last week, by n Mr. Lair , -that a Mr. Harvey. waited on hint (Lam:eine), and ; lulling 2000.1. in the hands of the Committee Electors, he would have any chance of bring returned *fib hie Francis Burdett !" The parish Officers of Luton, Beds, have very_ properly re. corded in their vestry book. dee, inthistc . e, crudity, and in. divendenice ofG. Worley, a labouring man of that parish, he having breneeht op fifteen children without receiving relief row the parish, but inane insishsoih-b), as m. 414.14114 when Ise roc dreg I los. • be afterwardioseitt to the vestry, owl totursed the-103. with ;kooks fordte. . l of the esiis. . Laamitre and &keit, itheth'er by, •• at Wesbattler ----- - LeoPali BANKRUPTS. Macsarrzta T. of Delakay.oreet, merchant, Der. at G•tild'l.lll. Att. Mr. Humphries, Serie-street. LANCASTEK R. of Castle -court, Birchin.lane, ship-broker, D. Ve. 24. Jan. 21, at Guildhall. Atts. Blunt and Co. Btalsou J. R. of Rusall-place, Pitsroy-square. Co See-house, tnerehant, Dec. 14, 24, Jan. 21, at '"' Mr. Rirington, Penchurelt.street-buildiam. LEAN J. 11. of Fenchureh•street. and City Chatnlxat. batman.- broker, Ux. 16, 17, Jan. SU, at GtnidhaV. Atts. Kiley ANY OO2 Famival's..inn. Ct.Aac W. of ‘Varley, York, madman, % t Dee. 17, , Jam O s /r- Halifax. Atts. Wiglesvorth aad Co. Graes-ina. DICK IE J. of Plymouth Do*, mercer. Dee. 17, 11, JO& Plyntoutl) Dock. Acts. Mr. Makinson. Temete COLEMAN J. of Leominster. Herefordshire t DieneS 4 rdwalr. • tn. 19. Jan. at Leominster. Atts. Darke &Co. C Powtt.t. T. of Leominster, Harefozdahire, Dea l 17. • Jan. el, at _ - • PEARSON r cart*. liottaYwat.i. Jan. 21, at PEECTI 21. at WIDIBEILET pool. Att. SLUMPS 19. 40, . CHAVE T. Exeter. Rl:ltWOi' Q. Jan. rowiiir , 30, Jan. Si. Jan. liaaratir nalL Atm. Ansticiand Co. Testi,le. " HADWEN W. of Lancaner, sail.cloth..manufaeturer, Jan. 21 St ft. at Lancaster. Atm. Bell and Co. Cheapside. CALDWELL J. of Bolton, Lancashire, or:mon-dealer, Dee. In, 2e,. Jan. SI, at Bolton. Arts. Adlinron and Co. Bedford-roar. • DIVIDENDS AT GUILDHALL. Amos J. and Sutherland C. of St. Helen's place, more:banes, Dm. Us ; Ansell.C. A. of Carshalton. Surrey, paLes-makse, Doe. 31: • Branscombu W. of Plymouth. tams, Dec. 31. . • Combas J. and J. of Shadwell, Dees SI. Dawes J. and Co. of Pu 11.1141, Dec. Si. Dickinson J, of Guildford- b • o . Dee, 24. Homan J. of Fenchurch street, u . Dee. 31. Jackson G. of Swan.street. Kent- bur. .fnettw. Dee. LI. Labrow V. of St. Jolut.atrott, deuggut, Dec. 31. Nash W. of St. MarrAze, tea - dealer , Jan. 11. - Smith 11. G. of Norwich, victualler, Dec. 31. Thompson F. and F. of Paternoster-row, brokers, Dee. 21. Whatelly W. of Lawrence Pountney.bill, merchant. Dec. 31. DIVIDENDS IN THE COUNTRY. Adair S. of Bristol, haberdasher, Dec. 31. Bowelich T. and II Willts;of Bristol, hat manufacturers', Jan. 2. Cropper T. of Warriazon, tinalyamerehmte Jan. 3. Cropley S. of Falkingkam. Lincubwhim, inn-holder. Dec. 31. Evans C. of Higlwrove, Glaucmorshire, bankers, Doe. 31. Griffiths W. of Bak. hatter. Jan. 2 . Homer H. A. of Tatinton, linen-dram. Dec. MI • Kidd W. of Newcastle-upoa.Tyue, linea-charw, Doe, 54. Priday W. of Quldgiey. Gloucestershire, Widow, Jam Stevens, J. of Cheltenham, victual*. Dec. 30. CERTIFICATES, DEC. 31.—H. *Opp of Potrnalre-terrace. Kenningtoo.road. mariner—T. Cobden. of Cto • •1133PC01C16— T. Gou4y. .1 Cloromes-lane, Lgubaseiduser, Hale, of Pleet.rfreet. boot-maker.D.• Klrt. rate of Cireus.street. Nme-ioad; Imberdmher—ft. Kirkham. of Mmaimilild. sHkullsamallelmemiu,4l. Marsoin, of Leadenhall-atreet, tuarehagtrJ. ilarchtt val TAT.= of Liverpool, merchants—J. and B. Shier . of R. Randall. of Colettian-street, Blsekwoh-hall , ,hoottu--IL late of Bread -street, Cheapetle linen meraant--j. and J. son, of Newcastle-upon-ryas. irworhantr.l. Wells alod W. ton, of Liverpool, merchanie7C- WiSinv of Binnio&hal2) plates. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thasagean and Co. of WIIIRSWeeet, spirit merchants. Bolo* irtid Heath. 03 - pragpoct. lioroudit, chememongers. &maw Cora oot. drWirgiog • biscuit-bakers. , atm:Mier. .7. • ilesiere- • W. Mai . G of ~drapers. . . • Haim and ' . • k.street, i t icti ? nee k . s . Louis Ind 'Londab, • • Lys and Tim-kw Landon. Melealf and umbra" of lU:hope-gate-street, hackne7men. Pyke and Crooke, of Bernstainle, rneofers. Spencer and Bellinginno, of Deptteird, rum-makers. , 0211111WD IN LAST SANWA V' G AZI? DIVIDENDS GUILDHALL; Aldbert I. and Co. of , urethan* Jan. 11. Ewer W. of Litde Los merchant. Dec. Sit 4. •Preernan J. of Hattati-gardeti;tay „. Doc. 3. -11orneman H. F. of chteedi-stwet, Cheapaide. merchant, Dec. rt. Townsend- E. of Maideft-lase, Coranstarden, roenthank Dec. 14. DIVIDENDS IN THE COUNTRY. Allen S. of Stapleton, Glantiester. parchment mannfitctorer, Dec. 23. Blackburn W. of Purlano.Saddleworth, York; merchant, Jan. Evans T. of MollooUth, MIXOLT, Ike. 18. - Ge w ell J. of klieviagh 3 4. Stdfolh. Storer. Dcc. 16. ;my M. and J. of Bridpurt, DOTACt. net-manaactur.mt, Dee. st. Hammond ll;raid T. of Itugeley. Staffinishire, scedzmen, Harris W. of St. Austell, Cornwall, maluter, Doc. 50. Lockwood W. of Lanchester, Jan. 6. /thither T. of Salford, Lancashire, inn-keeper, Dm. 31. Pollard J. of. Bridgewater, potash nutnufacturcr, Smith J. of Bradford, YorkJiire, grocer Doc. 3V. Whitehead J. of thuy, woolienagumfacturer, Dee. ito. Whjers H: of SlVLOCihead:Lincolmlirc, grozer„ Jon. 1. • cL•RTIFICATES, DEC. 28.—J. Brolhury, of Chatham. cabin, t maker..--E. hum, of Birmingham, wo;o l !...o.draper.—H. Conic, of Austin-Friars, insurance-broker.—M. Croke!. T. B. t. and ,Matchers, of Chipping Norum t bankvr3.-11. I.lanthfl, Glionorganslors, Ellis, of Heath grocer.--T. Halley. of Newcastle upoa Tyne, met-. . u. Joyce, of Fordinbrithm.. Hampshire., tick loar.ufac- Lewis, of Almley, Herefonlabire, wool dealer.—C. Mayor, Portmart-apare. carpenter.—S. Prior, of t. Sams, of Milford, Penibrok- - Pcmbrokorhire, shopkeeper.-- - scrivener.--F. Wont, W. Wert, of Sheer- FlQlligje LONDON 4.64eTE, AdesAy, Mb Gazette spawner, Unit tire ss -02g lir D. Oa&teeny bas been eppea.tten a • I and' Prince r Catt Grand "er end Dr. Monson. Ph gitneerdinerf bribe Priam t. T. of Leominster, Herefordshire, mercer, Dec. IT, Ih, et, at Leoalinstm Aug. Doke and Co. Chaise.rry.lane. IN R. of Doncaster. butcher, Dec. 20, 21, Jan. 21, et DO4l- - Atts. Lancia' and Co. Grays-busopere. 'wEt.r. J. of Plyinstock, Demoshio. Itildlster. Dee. 116,,?, tt, at Plymouth. Au. Mr. Blake, Chericete.strett. D. S. of ilinuley, Yorkshire, innkeeper, Dec. *6, 31, Jaw. Barnsley. Att. Mr. Bartlett, Bo th otew.eltaer. ILET It. of Liverpool, hosier. Dec. 7,3, Jon. 21, at UM- Au. Mr. Forrest, LiverpooL c it. T. of Micklebring. Yorkstdre, mortepacteireOer, Det. r, Jan. 21, at Worksop. Atts. Exley sod Co. Furniverbdon ! T. and 8. of Exeter, perfumers, Dec. 20; 21, Jam 21, at T. Acts Mr. Boman. Broad. street, roam S. of Kingstanley, Gloucestershire, brewpr, Dee. 13, in. 21, at Bristol. Att. Mr. Parses, Tonple. r .1. H. of Sunderland near the Sea. chip-019er' Dec. ;11, m. 21, at Sunderland. Au. Mr. Maggio% Hattortet• I S. R. and B. P. RIDZING; of Lfverpeol, brokers, in. 21, at Liverpool. Atts. Lowe and Co. Sputhaceppoi — Tat. EY W. of Laughboromb. Leicestershire mnkeeper. Dec. Jan. 21, at Loughborough. Au. Mr. B romley, Grafeirrp, M. of Purim, Stailbrdshire, miller, Jan. 3, 44 21. al Acts. Awoke and Ca. T etnnt +nonce, of I.latulat, Giarnorgant ore, Ellis. of }I eI1; Su,seit„ grocer.--T. Hadley. of Newcastle upo:t Tyne, 41sult.—.A. D. Joyce, of Fend/abridge.. llampabire, tick :par Lewis, of Almlcy , Herefordshire. wixd dealer.—C. 111 of Sompreet-street. Portniew+ruire. rarrenter.—S. Prior, of I% ley, Hesefortleliire, Slues, of Milford, Penrt shire, grocer.—W. Sales, of Pembrokeshire. shop& S. Thomperof Newcastle upon Tyne. money scrivener,-F. • Little &rob aR, Staffordshire, lead onelter.—W. Viet, of nose, Kent, brewer. P.4II.TNERSHIk Whitt and W Wilson and. Ot of MOW' wursted4pinnertt. Hanky sad Vase%r, ol AGWoolie, nealtifaelarus..