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Belfast Commercial Chronicle

Date of Article: 09/03/1812
Printer / Publisher: Drummond Anderson 
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MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1312 J Friday an Inquisition was held at tha Fox- un- j der- the- Hill, under the Adelphi- butfdings, Strand, I' upon the body of a man found dead in ihe most enunciated stats, in a narrow crevice in the foun- dation- work, level with the river. T< te body was supposed to have lain there far te i days, but being only skin and bone, it was not offensive in the least; nor were any mirks on the body. 11 wsis fodnd out, that about a fortnight ago the de- ceased Was seen in a tottering state, walking to- wards the place, and that his name was J. Par- ker. Verdict— Found Dead. It iflay Le mentioned as a curious fact, and tending in no snaall degree to the encouragement of the im- provement of peat bogs, that in an estate within Dum-' fries- shire, a bog of 150 acres, betwiy. t seventy and eighty years ago absolutely worth nothing, now yields an anaual produce, equal to within oOl. of the total t ent at that time of the whole estate of above 10,000 acres. In the village of Buckhaveri, Fifeshire, there are ab out ,51) families employed in the fishery, belonging to which there are 164 individuals of the name of Thompson ; of whom . ire descendants of James Thompson, who is still alive ia that placei HEKVEY 8fl0 Hogsheads Flax- Skd. a NDRF. W AIKEN has on Sale, 800 Hojsheads of j A NEW- YORK & PHILADELPHIA FLAX- SEED, j Gowth of the Years 1810 and 1811, of the best quality, am which he will sell oil moderate Terms. NEWRY, 21st February, 1812. 1. B. The iEOI. US is daily expected at this Port from Nto- YORK. ( 603 NURSERY- MAN DRONTHON DEALS. C A ROLES, OGLE & CO. ARE now Landing the CARGO of the Brig Vc, Uner- ring, from DRONTHON. 674) NEWRY, March 4, 1812. GILLESPIE, MACAN, & POOLER ARE landing from on board the MASSASOIT, from NEW- YORK, Flaxseed and Pot Ashes, Which they will dispose of on liberal Terms, at their Stores in Canal- street,— Also the following Goods;— New- Tori, Philadelphia, and Wilmington Flaxseed, imported in March last, 530 Bales Alicant Barilla, 121 Barrels Pot Ashes, 50 Tins Sicily Barilla, in Lump, 320 Bottles Prestonpans Vitriol, 40 Bales Cocoa Shell, 11 Hogsheads Jamaica S- ugar, Quebec Staves Bleaching Salt— Pine Boards— Bass Mats— and Steel. They daily expeft ISO Tons or SWEDISH IRON, well assorted; and a few Boxes KENSINGTON CANDLES. £ 68) NEWRY, Feb. 26. Pjl'HE ENTERPRISE, from NEW- YORK, is daily ex- Ji. pe& ed at this Port, with a Cargo of <)()() Hogsheads of Flaxseed. l. Ot) Bar- els Pot Ashes, and 20,000 harret Staves. TREVOR & SMITHSON CORRY. Ntwar, Feb 28. A PanSfl of Last Year's NEW- YORK FLAXSEED for Sale. . ( 645 RECTIFYING DISTILLERY, DUNGANNON. JOHN HATCHES., & CO. beg leave to inform their Friends and the Public, that they have communccd woik, and have now for sale. Brandy. Bum, and Gin, which, they trust, will be found equal in quality, to any made in this Kingdom. 570) February 14, 1812. AN APPRENTICE WANTED IT'O the WOOI. LEN and HABERDASHERY BU3I .1 NESS* by THOMAS V. RICHARDSON. DUNGANNON, Feb. 10. ( 536 AN APPRENTICE WANTED HO the WOOLLEN and HABERDASHERY BU- L SINESS, by ROBT. FULTON, I. ISBURN, Feb. 26. ( 637 COUNTY DOWN. H'it. i. um ? Jjsii.-, gs.~ I ' j ' O BE SOLD, by the SHERIFF Flaiptijf. I I of the COUNTY of DOWN, on | James Magim, J- FRIDAY, the Jfeth day of March \ Defendant. \ instant, at Noon, in the House of j - J Mrs. DENVIR, innkeeper, in Down- I patrick, by virtue of n Writ fieri facias. All the Right, Title and Interest of the Defendant, ill and to a Part the | LANDS of BALLYWOODAN; held und- r LORD BAN- GOR for a term of years.— Dated 3d March, 1812. 666) DAVID GORDON, Sheriff. COUNTY DOWN. * Executor, of Arthur M'Cokhell, > '; f > 0 BE SOLD by again, t H .' 1. the late SHERIFF Jonu Paxcon and JIobcrt Paxtik, f of the COUNTY of DOWN, at the House tVu. liam M Ci. sli. akd, / of Mr. JOHN PATTEI- TGUINST FC SON, Innkeeper, Dro- S a m e. / more, on SATUR- DAY the 14th day of March, instant, at Noon, by virtue of Writs of Fieri Facias, issued ill these Causes, all the RIGHT, TITLE, cr IN- TEREST of the DEFENDANTS, in and to a Part the LANDS of KILKINAMURRY, held by Defendant ROBIRT, for a Torm of Years.— Dated this Sd day of March, 1SI2. 653) WM. SHARMAN, Late Sheriff. FLAXSEED SC STAVES. THESUIsagRIKERSare l. anding, from the EDWARD, G. R OOWDALL, Master, from NEW- YORK, 48b; , I flaxseed, 49 Half Hogsheads, j 18, oca' Barrel S7 ' AVES, Which they offer for Sale. JOHN & HUGH BOYD, Newir, February 6, 1812. ( 523 FOR SALE, 6SO Hhds. New New- Tork Flaxseed, 200 Ditto, of last Tear's importation, ] 00 Barrels of Pot Ashes, latest manufacture, 50,000 Hhd. anil Barrel Staves, Per MASSASOIT. 10 Hhds. of Tobacco, 100 Bales of Alicant Barilla; Which, with a Cargo of Gottenbnrg TIMBER and PLANK, will be sold on reasonable Terms, by LAWFORD, T HO XSON, & CO. • NEWRY, February 20, 1812. ( 616 TO BE LET, From the 1 st clay of November last, AFARM of LAND, containing Thirteen Acres, Planta- tion Measure, situate at BALLYNAFZIGII, on the County of Down side of the Lagan, lately, in the Possession of Mrs. CAVAN, and held unuer the MAROOIS of Dust- << ALL, for the remainder of the original I ease, far Three Lives, all in being, or 41 Years, from May, 1794, or what- ever shorter time may be agreed on. The above Farm is pleasantly situated on the Banks of the La » » n, and within a few minutes walk of the Town of Belfast, by the New Bridge. Apylicatien to be made to CHARLES EASTWOOD, Esq. Castle Town, Dundalk, or to Mr. WALTER MAC- FARLAN, AUCTIONEER, Belfast. C91) Belfast, March 6, 1812. If the above FARM is not disposed of. on or before FRIDAY the 3 d day of April next, it will on that day le SOLD by AUCTION, at the DGNEGMILL- AR MS, at the Hour . of TWO o'Clock, subject to the stnltll Yearly Rent cf £ 6. TO BE LET, From the first of May nnct, NR » HF. DWEI. l ING- HOUSF, No. 10, Mill- street, at JL present Occupied by Mr. JAMES BOYD. Also, Four Acres of TOWN PARKS, on the Dublin Read ( or the In- terest in th- I. ease will be sold). These Fields are not five minutes walk from the White Linen- Hall, and great part of them have been manured since last crop.— Also, a large scope of well- enclosed GROUND, in the rear of Francis- etreet, with Four DWELLING- HOUSES in said street, iet to'Tenants at will; along Lease, with clause of renewal, can be given with these ' Tenements, which would he found an eligible concern for any person wishing to commence the Brewing, € « « on, or other business requiring room and a central situation; and having the advantage of the river running through the ground. Apply to the Subscriber, who is, as usual, well supplied with all kinds of Sole and Upper LEATHER, GLUE, and COD OIL. March 6. HU. M'KIBBIN. Jhree Pikes of excellent HAY for sale. ( 687 A FF. F.- SIM PLE ESTATE IN THE COUNTY OF DOWN, ro PS SOLD BY AUCTION, at tbe DONEGALT.- A " M i, He/ fa, t, on FRIDAY tbe ( itb Day of March Stojv••* » , " t ONE o'Clotl, - I, I H E Townlands of HOLY WOOD and KNOC'K- i MAGONEY, situate and being within four Miles of the Town of Belfast, Containing in all about One Thou- sand Acres; free of all ma. iner of Tythes; and subject to a very small Chief Rent only.— The Tuwr. land of HOIT- tvooD is at present very low Set, and will ri. e considerably. ' The MANSION- HOUSE is very large and commodious, - with a large range of OFFICES, of all sorts, and in cem- pl'te order; with a GARDEN, containing Eight Acres, walled in, and well stocked with all sorts of Wall, and other Fruit Trees; and the Demesne centains upwards of Two HundreJ Acres. For every information rcspe& ing the sirne, application to lie made to THOMAS L. S TEWART, Esq. Belfast, where the Title- Deeds and Rent- Rolls can be seen. 827) Dated Belfast, 1st January, 1812. ( j> The above Sale is Adjourned till FRIDAY th 13th March. APPRENTICE WANTED. \ I, A D of Genteel Connexions, wanted as an Ap- A prentice to the GROCERY BU- 1NESS. ill Belfast. ' Application to Mr. S. TUCKER, CBRONICLE OFFICE ; if by Letter, ( post paid). 456) Belfast, January 20. JOB 5 AND FLORIST, TJTAS at present, in his NURSERIES, an extensive Col- li. JL le< Sion of all sorts of FRUIT TREES, FOREST TREES, EVERGREENS, and DECIDUOUS Floweiing Plants. He has received, per ive vessels fiom LONDON, a great vaiiety of New and Curious GREEN HOUSE PLANTS, which, with his former Stock, Binke a very extensive collection.— The CHORCOKUS JAI'ONICA, to be had of him, quite a new and most beau'iful hardy Greenhouse Plant. His collection ofHeibaceous Plants is the most extensive in this country, and contains a great many rare and beautiful 60rcs :— Best SEA KALE, ASPARAGUS, and RED CABBAGE PLANTS.— The whole of the abovv will be sold ( according to quality) on the most moderate Terms. Orders received at the SEED SHOP, Belfast, and Goods delivered ( as usual) free of expepce. JJ^ Particular care is taken in Packing every Article which leaves the Nursery. 649) NUKSERYVILLE, COMBER, Feb. 29, 1812. In tie MiUer of - I " po BE SOLD BY AUCTION, HaWIATO. V is? Caksos, f JL on the 13th day of March bankrupts. f inst. otf the Premises, in Ajin- street, , —— ' Belfast, a L; « rge Ouantity of Ame- rican and Ntrwajr TIMBER, DEALS, DEAL COTS, and HANDSPCKHS. as rio, v lying in the Yard of said Baukrupts. And on same day will be Sold, the HOUSEHOLD JFUR- NITURIi of said Bankruptsi Arii on Some following lay'will be Sold, of which pre- vious Notice wili be given, the IN 1' SRES T of said JAMES CARSO.-, in TWO TENEMENTS in ANN- STREET, held under LORD DON EOALL, for an unexpired Term of about 56 vears, subject to a Mortgage Debt « f .£ 1,050, and in which Tenements are comprized, the Old- Stablished TIMBCA YARD of soid JAMES CARSON. WM. CRAIG, Assignee. Belfast, March, 1812. ( « 88 In the Matter of " I ' O BS SOLD BY AUC- ANTHONr GAIiyr, S I TION, on SATURDAY, a Bankrupt. T the 14th of March, at ONE — * o'clock, at Mr. DAVID M'COKB'S. Dromore, several Articles ot FURNfTUR IV; a well- toned PIANO FORTE- ana some FARMING UTENSILS. Also, SIX COWS. DAVID M'COMB,! , . JOHN O'NEIL, j Assignees Dated 28th February, 1312. A MEETING of the CREDITORS of the Bankrupt, is requested on the above day; and it u expe& ed, that all Per- sonsjndebted to the late ASTUONY GARVY, will pay tl. eir Debts to the Assignees, forthwith, otherwise proceediLigs will be taken to enfoice Payment. ( 675 Iu the Matter of ") THJURSUANT to an Order JOSEPH HALL, Eiti t H. of his Mdje » c » ' s High a Lunc. ic. f Court of Chancery in Ireland, - ' made ill this Matter, bearing date the 28th day of February instant, I will, on the 16th day of March next, at ONE o'Ciock in the Afternoon, at my CuAMileas, or: the INN'S- QUAY, DUBLIN, Set to the highest and laire* Bidder, All that TENEMENT or DWELLING- HOUSE, situate in LUROAN, in the County ol Armagh, with the DISI ILLERY, MALT- KILNS, and OF- FICES thereunto belonging, together with a FARM of LAND, containing 8A. 1R. 24. J held therewith, being part of the Estate of the LUNATIC, for three Yitars, or pending the Lunacy.— Dated this 28th iLy cf Feb. 1812. 661) WILL. HENN. COUNTY DOWN. Patrick Smttii, ' O BE SOLD, by the Plaintiff. j 1. SasaiFF of the COUN- The ExaevmRS of t'e late ! 1 Y of DOWN ( on FRIDAY, An ax Pattri ISON, Deceased, J the ISth day of March inst. Defendants. I at Noor., in the House of • J Mrs. DENVIR, Innkeeper, in Downpatrick, by virtue of a " Vrlt of fieri facias,) All the P. ight, Title and Interest of the Defendants, in and to a Part the LANDS of BaI. LYLAUOHLIN; held under the Hon. and Rev. DEAN of DOWN, with tocies quoties Clause of renewal.— Dated 3d March, 1812. 665) DAVID GORDON, Sheriff. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS— MONDAY, MARCH 2. CATHOLIC PETITION. General MATHEW presented a Petition from the Catholics of the County of Tipperary, praying for a repeal of the disabilities under which they laboured. The presentation of titis Petition was to him a most pleasing duty, because it proceeded not so much from the Catholics as from every one o/ his Constituents, whetner Catholic, Protestant, or of any other persuasion. Before he should move that this Petition do lie on the table, he begsed leave to make a few observations— he bad withheld this Petition for so; .; timj, because he thought it imprudent to press, ' t ir until the cessa- tion of the restrictions, and because the Catholics themselves, in sn aggregate meeting, had resolved that they would not press their claims until that period. The Catholics did hope, and they had reason to hope, that s uae change of men and of measures would at that wished- for period take place; but the Ca'tholics were unforturtueiy dis- appointed. The " new sera" had arrived, but their wishes, as well as the wishes of all good men, had not been realized. The peace and safety of Ireland were sti; i without au anchor : the Catho- lics were disappointed, and the empire w is in great danger. Since the change, therefore, which the Irish people expected ( he said the Irish- people, because, thank God, there was now no difference between Irishmen on account of religions opi- nions) had taken piace, he felt it liis duty no longer to dslav their Petition. The House had aheady heard from the intolerant Minister, tha- whenever favourable disposition to the Ca, tholics might arise in th* Prince Regent's niindt he then should make his bow. Such a de- claration never was, perhaps, in the List ry of the world, addressed to an enlightened Prince, nor against a liberal an< a high- minded people. Whatever were the hostile declarations or ap- pearances against the. m, he hoped, however, that his countrymen would still be temperate and steady ; he hoped they would not yield themselves to despair. The wisdom of his Royal Highaess might yet triumph over the bigotry and the poli. tical folly of their declared adversary, and they might yet hope for better results. He confessed his feeling towards the Minister w is little less than detection, and he pledged himself to exert what little influence he possessed, to accelerate the downfal of him and his odious band. He had nothing to fear, nor had he any thing to hope from the Minister, tin looked only to the appro- bation of the country j and sorry was he to say, that his ccuntty could tiot ba happy, nor England seeure, nor Europe, ner the world at peace, as long as tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer remain- ed in ofiice. When the General Petition of the Catholics should be brought forward, he would then further speak his sentiments on this most im- portant subject. Pie concluded by moving, That the Petition be now read, which was accordingly done, and ordered to be laid on the table. CROSS READINGS. [ l-' ROM AN ENGLISH PAPER ] " Last week as a fat lusty gentleman, not an hundred miles from P— II M—!!, was coming out of his house, tn apparent good health, he was seized " By the constable, and instantly con- veyed to Hertford jail, where he now lies in the closest confinement and double ironed: permission has been granted him to see some of his old compa- nions, in hopes of his being induced to give up his accomplices; however, he declares that he is un- able to face them at this moment. " We understand the M s of H has been at last persuaded Co accept t^ e high office of— " — Valet, or upper servant, where the wages are good, and perquisites allowed. He has a large family, who are^ handy men, and willing to undertake any jabs in the House, or out of the House. Inquire for Mr. Jeremiah Sneak, at tire private door of the Feathers Hotel, M— r 3— C. " His R. H. the P e R 1 has shewn great prudence and exemplary wisdom in not ac- cepting the services of the Friends of his early life," as he is now fully aware that " The unfortunate, weak, and mis- guided monarch, Charies II. owes all his misfor- tunes to the fatal advice of mistresses and minions. How happy the people of this country r. ow are, who live in days when such fatal events cannot befal them. " Lord C h has certainly accepted the of- fice of Sec y of S— e, and means t » prose- cute the war in Spain with redoubled vigour, his L p has engaged to send twenty thousand troops to — " Their graves : they will be followed by all the military in that country. " Report mentions that L— d Vis— t S h has written a letter to frie Rt. H > n. S— r P 1, in which he endeavours to feci the pulse of the Mi- nisters as to his own services being accepted in any way that may be most likely to administer comfort to his diseased country, by which its intes- tine commotions may be relieved, its wounds heal- ed, and to purge it of those lad humours which now corrode and fester its body politic. As yet, we do not understand that any positive answer has been sent to '' Dr. Solomon, the efficacy of whose medicines is too well known to need any encw- miums. He Is the only vender of Bragge's pills, and Hilefs drops. The Doctor may be consulted at his own house, in Wr. ter- Gruel- street, any time between the hours of 9 and 3. Letters must be post- p. iid. Please to enclose a £ L note, and < shilling, if an opinion is required. " The li— 1 of C n certainly retires " ——— The distresses of this poor mail am his family may be ascertained by irqtiiring at iht Calf's Head public- hoiwe, A n S— t P y the smallest donations will be thankfully receited. " It is now cor, fidentiy asserted that L— dV— t C—— h has not taken office, avid that the M ; r makes it a condition before his Lordship c^ me « into the Cabinet that « * A reasonable trial is to be granted, when a' fair price wiil be given, provided he is warranted sound. For further particulars, inquire of Paddy O'Raff- rty, ostler, at the sign of the Archer with two strings to his bow, Wil— t— ih N. 3. A few Irish cattle to be disposed ofj « The E— 1 of C******** y has been most anxi ous in his solicitations to the P R - t and the M r, to become L d S——— d of the H —!. " For, as Mr. Aire attic says, in Foote's Comedy, " I remember him well, he was a fellow wh% lost his for finger in stealing toasted chee. i out of a rat- trap." " One of the vacant Blue Ribands; rumour says, is destined for the E— 1 of L—— " He is a tnin ill- looking man, about 45 years o^ age, wears his own hair loose about his head, was dressed in a blue coat, and general- ly wears nankeen breeches; he has gone by vari- ous names, and frequently changed hit situation: it is supposed that he is not absolutely hired to his pre- sent master, but only ori a waiting job. He is fre- quently see. i at a pullic house, in W—— r. No greater reward will be offered, as he is a well- kn: iwn offender. " Ihe abominable tricks, outrages, and. depre- dations, which have Leen for such a length of time practised upon the ptiblic, to the disgrace and scandal of those who administer justice in the Me- tropolis, have at Lst awakened the energy of the Police Magistrates, and they are now ei'iployijg all their Runners to apprehend and bring to pun- ishment that very notorious charadler • • " The E— 1 of Y , on whom the refulgent beams of Pr— c—. iy favour so brightly shine, will shortly, we trust, lie elevated to the high situation which such services sojustjy merit. " The E— 1 of W .' d is not to keep his offi : he is about to retire from the elegant and polished circles of fashion, of which he his fir so many years been the ornament; in future he means to enjoy the otium cum dignilate which he will find in a country life, and the society of " 1 v/ o young baches, WHO, are willing to engage in a nobleman's or gentleman's family^ as governesses or teachers. They can instruct per- sons of all ages in the modern languages and the study of the graces,' as well as in elocution, dancing, the fine arts, & c. See. Inquire for P. Q. R. at Mrs. Diana Trusses's, No. 22, New Road. " We can assure the public that the Chancellor has no thoughts of resigning; on the contrary, lie has within these few days given orders for himself and his attendants, that all the—•— « — Of hats inay be made to look as good as new, shoes mended, coats turned so as to appear with the gloss on, and every article in the way of dress dons up in the best manner, by me, John Saveall, Chancery- lane. " Wanted, soma secondhand suits of black." FASHIONS FOR MARCH. There never was a time when the Scotch costume was so much adopted by our fair countrywomen, as at the present moment, for although the plaids have now given place to more elegant materials, the Scotch bonnets and feathers are decidedly the fashionable head- dress, both for morning and evening ; the former are suited to the dress; and the latter are generally composed of white satin silver chamhrey, with sup# rb plumes of s nail osttich feathers, ?. nd rosettes of silver at the side, much resembling bride favours, which have an elegant and distinguished cffect,. and are partica- larly adapted for the Opera. The hair is worn extremely full on it. tch temple, confined at the side of the head, with lai ^ e bouquets of flowers, to give as much width as possible to the appearance. Turbans ara still a very favourite style of head- dress ; and, we hope, will always have a prefer- ence, as there are few things more beautiful or becoming. Topaz, amethyst, and garnet, are the fashionable ornaments for the head, neck, and ears. White satin dresses are unquestionably the most elegant, as well as the most becoming, and now appear to claim ? decided preference in the circles of fashion; the bosom of the dresses are all worn very low, the sleeves short and exces- sively full, and trimmed round the bottom of the gown, with coloured painted wreaths or oVna- mented with artificial flowers: No train. Colour, ed satin, or velvet bodies, are considered perfectly genteel over plain muslin, or white satin dresses, with the coloured wreaths to correspond. Black and white lace, and crape dresses, are also worn; but we canr. ot admire the effect of the former, which neither adds grace or elegance to the ap- pearance, or are, in any way, becoming to the wearer, and we greatly regret to see them so much adopted. Light coloured satin pelisses are much worn at the Opera ; and for morning visit- ing, velvets and cloth are still fashionable ; the latter, completely military, \+ tth deep fur collar and cuffs, appear to be the favourite style. Spen- cers are also mucl^ worn, considering the season | of the year ; but we have no doubt in a short time they will* be the most prevailing. The shoes in I general are worn with the toes very pointed, and fastened with small gold or steel buckles. DRESS FOR THE FASHIOSABLK PROMENADES— A purple velvet pelisse, wi; h a fuil star. ding- up collar, worn carelessly open over around white dsess of fine French cambric; the pelisse trimmed with a broad bordering of braided ribbon, the same colour ,: s the velvet. A Minerva bonnet of amber- coloured sarsnct, with a long white ostrich feather across the front; the feather made r jund, and very full ; lortB^ ilapk lace veil, a- la rdigiouse; ; t chain neck- lace, composed of pearls, with a gold ornament depending in front, representing the Apolio Lyre, set round with a circle of pearls; a gold Lisbon chiti", with an eye- glass hanging be- ! low the waist. Plain gold oval- ring pendants,— i, Purple half- boots, ami York tan giovesi America or the We t Indies, or lo tl. e Llatld of New- lounillaml, or to his, Majesty's forts and settle neiits on the c. last of Africa, or. to the Island < lf iij, Helena, or 10 the British feuleiiienis or factories in the East Indie , the expoi. eis of such articles do flist nuke oath of thu irue < k stin'tioo of the s„ me to ihe places fir which they shall be entered outwards, be'me the tyury of tiia same shall iie m. nte, and ' to full and sutfi . lent se- curity by bond, ( except as herein alter excepted,) in the sati- fsclinii of tiie Connn ssinners of nis :\ j ijestv's Customs, to carry the said articles to, the places f, r which tliev are sn euietrd nuiwards, and for ilie pur- poses specified, and none oilier ; and such bond Shall not be cancelled or delivered up unlil ptoof he made to the satisfaction of the said Coioniss'inneri, by the pro- duction within a lime u> he " xed bv the Slid Coiinnis- sioner. s and specified in the b nid, of a certificate or cer- tificates, in such IQI'III and manner, a. i shall he direct- ed by tlie said Couiuiinsiiiners, shewing that the said articles sh:. ll have been alt duiy landed at the places, for which they'were entered outwards i But it is oui pleasure, nevertheless, that the lolbuvin^ article;, v z bar iron, white and tarred rope, tallow or mill •• reuse, tarpaulins for waggon covers, pitch, tir, and turpi:.-), tine, shall be permitted to he exported upon payment o the proper duties, without bond being emeicd into hi ihe merchant expor'cr, to any of the British phuta jions in the West itides, or to anv of '.. is ' Mi> i?> ty' settlements in So . th Anieric. i ; proyided the jncio. iir, exporter shall iir, t verify upon oath that the articles a, expnitej are intended for the use of a particular pi nna ; lion or settlement, to be named in the entry ouuvai Is iin! not lor sale, and that the said plantation or settle mer. t has not before been furnished wiili any supply o the said articles during the satne season ; and provide! also, that the exportation of the - aid articles shall in n< case exceed the value of fifty pounds sterling for m. j given plantation or settlement, whether by one or UH'H shipments within the same season. And the Commissioners ' f his Majesty's Customs » r toifivethe iiecessaiy directions herein a » lo ihem ir. tespeciively anpertaiu. By the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland A Proclamation: RICHMOND, STC. Wtiereas tiie time limited by our P'oelamation of the 24ih day of Jiilv last, proiiibiti. i£ the transporting into any parts out of Ireland, of any pig- iron, bar- iron, hemp, pitch, tar, rosin, turpentine, anchors, cables, cordage, masts, yards, bowsprits, oars, o„ ku: n, stieei- eopper, or other naval stores, will expire tile 2- tili day of January iutant: And whereas ii is judged expedient that the sitid prohibition should be continued some tie. ie longer: Now we the Lard Usutenant Genera! and Gene- ral. G iveinor oi lieiand, by and with the Sdiice of nis Majesty's Privy Council, do hereby order, require, prohibit and com nand, that n t person or persons . vhn5oever, do at any time for the space, ol S'.- t months from the date hereof, piesume to transport into any pji. ts eut of Ireland, any plg- trnn, bur- iion, hemp, pitch, t. ir, rosin, turpentine, anchors, cab!- s, cordage, masis, yaid-, bowsprits, oars; oakum, stieet- cnnper, sail cloth, or canvas, or other niivri stores, or do or lade any pig- iron, bar- iron, hemp, piicli, tar, losin, turpentine, alienors, cables, cor. ia « , niaits, yards, bowsprits, pais, oakum, sheet copper, sail- cloih, or CJnvas, or other naval store,, on board any ship oj vessel, in uider to transpoiiijig the same into any part beyond the seas, without leave or permission first hemg had or obtained from the Le. rd Lieutenant or Oilier Chief Governor ur Governors and Privy Council oi Ireland,- upon pain of incurring the forfeitures indicia ed by. an Act passed in Qreat Britain in t ie th rty- thiid year of his Majesty's leign, entitled, " An Act to enable his rvjajes'y to restrain the exportation ol ni- ** vs. 1 stores, and in ire effectually to prevent the c; tp , r- *' talion of salt- petre, arms, and ammunition, when " prohibited by Proclamation or Order in Council ," but it is nevertheless our plea. ore that iiClhin< herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to a iy of his Majesty's ships of \? ir, or any other ships or vessels or boats in the service of hisMajesiv, or em- ployed or freighted by his Majesty's Board of Ord- nance, oi bv the Commissioners nf nis Majesty's mvy • nor to preyent any ship or vessel from taking or having on board sueh quantities of naval stoies ns may be m^. ct- ssary for the use of such snip or vessel during the course of her intended voyage, or by licen- e from l. ord High Admiral of G eal Britain, or the Commis- sioners cjf the Admiralty lot the Utile being ; nor t0 th « exportation of the said several articles to Greai Bi. raii^ Oi to his Majesty's Yaida or Gairisoris, or to his'M. u jetfy's colonies an 1 plantations in America or the West Indies, er to Newfoundland, or to his Majesty's forts and settlements on the coast of Africa, or to ihe island of St. He'eni, or to the British settlements or factories in the East Indies: provided that upon the exporta- tion oi ajty of the said articles for ihe purpose of irada to Greai Britain., or lo liis Majesty's Yards and Garri- sons, or to his Majesties colonies and plantations in Given at the Council Chamber in Dublin die 2, day Ot .1 Hillary, 1812. e Ha tinaion. Vv e- t nenth. Norbuay. F anfcl \ V, Dovvae.. Hcnrj King. St. Geo O ly. VI aauiins SAVS f,. ts Mii:. u BELFAST CO MM FMCLAL CHRONICLE. PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS— TUESDAY, MARCH S. F5 ORDERS IN COCNCIF. Mr. BROUGHAN said, he rose in. consequence of a notice he had given to bring forward a motion affecting the state of our commerce and manufactures, a motion which embraced, so vast and so complicated a variety of detail, that if he had been awate of its extent at first, he doubted much whether he would not have consulted his prudence and re- linquished his understanding. With such claims to the in- dulgence of the House, h e would only preface his observa- tions with observing, that his object was to induce the House to go into a Committee for the purpose of enquiring into this important matter. He had to address himself to various descriptions of tWsolis, all agreeing that the voice of this eountry was raised in complaint, and he hoped alt were un- willing to say, that these complaints were without founda- tion, until they were examined. Great difference of opinion existed as to the causes of the present distress. Some dis- approved of the measures of 18* 6, which were followed tip Viy the Orders in Council of 1807. Others who approved of the further Orders tn Council, might disapprove of the , particular mode of relaxation which was adopted. Others r. gain, who regarded the original measures as a grand expe- riment of counteracting to the policy of Fra/ iee. would wish to examine its effects. There was another class, of which he musr acknowledge h; m* elf to be one, who, having con- demned the whole from the commencement, were willing t"> shew that the predictions were fulfilled even beyond their most desponding expectations. Last of all, there was a diss who, undervaluing the commerce and manufactures of the country, supposed that nothing was to be apprehended while agriculture was encouraged. To all these different classes he had to address himself, and he hoped they would ail con- cur in giving their ve. ices for inquiry. His objeit was to enquire into the result of the experiment of 1807, and to ascertain whether it had oppressed or assisted the enemy; whether it was not better that we should retrace our steps; • r, if we we'e to persist, that we should adopt a more effec- tual, intelligible, and operative mode of enforcing our mea- sures against the commerce of France? Unless they were prepared to tell the people that our present tviis were irre- mediable; that they were such as must be endured by pa- tience, lather than by hope, the House could not refuse the propose'! investigation. The system upon which we had so long professed to act, was, in the outset, retaliation.— What then was the system of the enemy upon which it. was a re- taliation ? To sum up all in one word, it was a system of host'litv to commerce, a wish to sacrifice the trade of France to the tlo" ruction of the trade of England It was true that, in some'n- oments, while suffering undsr the vexation of se- vere naval losses, Bonaparte had expressed a wish for "' ships, colonies, and commerce !! 4jut no sooner ha<* his mind re- sumed its tone, than he turned to the yro « ecution of his fa vourite policy of sacrificing his own trade to the ruin ef ours. Nay, he ( Mr. Broughan) was disposed to go further, and say that he had a hostility to commerce itself, without any view to us, as if there was something in its nature injurious to his views upon the liberties of mankind. The conscrip- ! tion itself was inconsistent with trade; it was a sacrifice of commerce to power, and the same disposition was manifested in the various measures pf his Government, as well as in his answers tn the petitions of his merchants. To them he had declared that " it was too late in the day to think of trade;" that the failure of their commerce was so much the better, for " he wou d have soldiers and peasants alone."— It wa « also to be collected froto the publication of his minister, Tal- leyrand, in which he maintain! d the superiority of agricul- ture to commerce since the stormy p" riod of the revolution; the latter having a tendency to unite men, the former to se. parate, to dispirit, and tranquillize them- His system was w r with commerce ; with commerce as with liberty'— with the mother as with the child ; with those principle^ which were favourable to the world he hated ; and inimical to the power he had usurped. He ( Mr. Froughan) was not ciisnosed to believe him ( Bonaparte), or his new made Duke, upon their own h ire avowal, for it was easy to sup- pose the case of a Prince and Minister of Fiance pr esenting such a ^ omponntl of villainy and fraud to ihe world, as to render lis the more guarded, in proportion as their vows and oaths were more positive and awful. Put the system of Bonaparte being, from the evidence of facts, such as he had described, tl- ew were'next to enqnire, what sy- tem it was natural for England to adopt on the other hand? The ob. vious policy of Fngland was to e'neour > ge commerce by all . means in her power, ai d to encourage. the trade of neutrals. Not of the neutrals most contiguous to France, and therefore most exposed to its power, but of that neutral which was stparatetl from France by an ocean, impassible to her, own- ing the swire int rests, and speaking the siine language with England, and being the only nation, beside ourselves, in which freedom could be found. It was lamentable to consider how entirely the reverse of those measures was adopted. We had not only not done our best to secure the neutrality of that- Power, hut we bad adopted a system against neutrals which went to oblige them immediately to declare for one side or other ' He should say nothing upon the negotiations still pending with that country, bur could not help regretting having heard on a late occasion that the hopes of a sticc s'- ful issue were repre- sented as slender. But looking to th- effects of the system we had pursued, they would find by the paperc ' aid before the House in 1809, that jbe whole of the imports and ex- ports of 1808, as compared with those of 1807, fell short » y no less an amount than fifteen millions. It fc as found necessary in 1809, to substitute a blockade to a limited ex- tent, which was done by the messure of the 26th of April in that year. This measure he contended was it. effect get- ting rid by one sweep of the Orders in Council. The prin- ciple was to cripple the French commerce, but this, bv open- ing an inlet to their commerce, defeated the principle. As to the flourishing representations of our trade in 1S09, he would set against'them the seizure of our vessels by the enemy in 1810, by which upwards of nine millions sterling was lost to this country. The seven millions Droits of Ad- miralty which we had taken from our Iriends and natural allies in the cour - e of eighteen years of war, was more than counterbalanced by this fatal seizure of Bonaparte. He de- nied that Bonaparte had gone on relaxing bis decrees after the paring down of our Orders in Council. In .1809 we te- lieved the pressure en his commerce, and in 1810 he came out with two measures, ten thousand times more strict and more pressing on his commerce and our own He ridiculed the Bark bill as an attack upon the humanity of Bonaparte, by persons who had always denied him the possession of # uch a feeling. He should next proceed to state th'e facts on which his inferences were built, though the numberless pe- titions preparing in many parts of the country, the list of bankruptcies, which was doubled sinae the Orders in Coun- cil, the list of the poor, which had increased in Liverpool to sixteen times its former amount, were fails, which would bear him out, even in the teeth of the returns upon the table. He would not shut his ears to the cries of the poor people; he could not be indifferent to the petitions which would shortly come from Warwickshire, Yorkshire, Nottingham- shire, and parts of Scotland; nor could he look upon the returns of Mr. Irvine as of greater authority; he might be called the saviour of the nation ; the Gazettes might be re- presented as mistaken j the country might be held up as flourishing, commercial, and gay, but it must be in defiance of all those proofs of misery which obtruded themselves daily before their eyes. But let them see what was the state of things in 1811, even by the documents ef Mr. Irvine him- self. The official value ef the exports for three quarters of the year 1810, was =£ 27,060,000. The official value of the exports for the three corresponding quarters of the year 1811, was oi ly £ 16.000,000, being a ( ailing off of =£ 11,000,000 ill the three quarters, and by calculation, a falling off of 14 or =£ 15,000,000 in the whole year of official value ; ora'odOt = t-. il, 000,000 real value. The answer to all this, it s- emed, vyas, thai, there had be^ n no considerable falling off in the exports, of last year, as compared with the exports of 1803. It would appear, however, that the " lifference- was only £ 2,000,000, and that the exports of the three quarters of the year 1810 were to the amount of =£ 9.000,000 less than the exports of the three corresponding quarters of 1 SO9. But he would go back to a comparison ot 1808; and the Houfe would recollect that that was the . very worst year of exports. The filli ng off of the export* of 1808. being « fils, 000,000, as comparedwith 1807. In the three quar- ters of 1808, the exports were =£ 18,0( 30,000. In'the three quarters of 1811, =£ 16,000,000, being a difference in real value uf * 2,500,0 « 0. With respect tu th* expo; u to- South America, the House had only the Custom- house returns, which could not be considered as a fair rest of ti e real trade By those returns it would appear, that the official value of the exports in 1811, to America, exclusive of the United States and the' West Indies, exceeded those of 1807 by eight millions. How little harmonious was this statement from the Custom- house, with the adual situation of the Country! Those who did nor pin their faith to Mr. Irvine's books, when they saw the wretchedness that prevailed in the Coun- try, could not help suspecting that those exports went to a j mark'- t not open to receive them. The great exc.- ss of im- I portation in the succeeding year strongly confirmed ths saspi- f c; on. He proceeded to consider th relaxation of the Orders |. • p. Council under the name of Trade Licences, a relaxation | which shewed a complete want of confidence in the success i of the original measures The increase of the Licence" was j prodigious In t807, T600 were issued; in 1811, no less | than 18,000, thus subjecting the whole foreign trade of the j country to a new system. What was the natural result cf these licences as they affeflel the c- nemy, neutral powers, and this country ? With regard to the. enemy, in proportion i to the extent of the licences v.- ia the principle of the Orders in Council abandoned. With regard to neutral powers, the j system tended to benefit those alene who were linder the ! influence of France, and to whom France looked for the i support of her Marine. With r. specS to this country, the j; effect on our shipping would be apparent, by a comparison of the British and foreign shipping which had been employed i in IS 10 By this comparison it would appear, that in that ! period the amount of foreign tonnage ant* foreign shipping j had more than ' doubled; being at the first period, 567,000 tons of shipping, and 29,000 seamen y . and being, in 1810, 1,138,000 tons of shipping, and 60,000 seamen. The Bri- tish ship- owners, as the memorials from Hull, Shields, & c sufficiently testified, sustained thereby, the greatest injury. A considerable diminution had taken place in the build ng of merchant ships. In 1S05, ships were built to the aiuou'it of 90,000 tons In ISiO, to the amount of only 61 000 tons. By the system that had been pursued, the trade had been thrown out of the harmless and distant power of America, into the hands of those near us, and ready to assist France in her hostility Nothing could be more annoying and inju- rious to the trade of this country than the, systematic, and every day's interference with it to which the Executive Go- vetnment had resorted. The President and Vice- Pr - ' dent of the Board of Trade, were at present the great merchants of the country, and not the residents in London, Liverpool, or Hull. They employed their mornings, not in devising the means of protecting British merchants, of annoying those of the enemy, or of diminishing" the hostility of neutrals, but in making assortments of Cargoes, an occupation to which, with all due respect to them, he conceived that they were wholly incompetent. He did not- object to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite on the ground of his political or natural but his mercantile incapacity. The habits of his life had as little fitted him for the task shsch he had undertaken, as a Right Hon, Secretary of the Treasury who had lately come out as an eminent poet, had in his ( Mr. B's) opinion be- n fitted by his habits for the task which he had undertaken. It w is really ridiculous to contemplate the Noble Lord at j the head of the Board of Trade, settling the various compo- - . • . . ... • .. ... .-•... .1. ... II [ rather than a', low and sanction them to he transported to : those ports in foreign shipping ? That the British shipping i was completely employed, was evident- fiom the increased I rate of transports, In 1/ S07 the rate was 19'. per ton ; at j present it was 25j. He understood also that at Hull, a place ( th; most likely to be aff- ded, there was not a ship which > was not eith- ir ajlually employed, or about to be taken up. j In this respect top, the trade with'the Spanish and Portu- guese settlements in South America, would be more a . Ivan- lageous to cl lis to this country than the trade with the Unit- ed " States, only from a 7th to. 23d part of which was carried on ill British shipping. When the commercial treaty of 1797 was concluded with America, it was on the footing of reciprocal advantage- By that treaty it was provided'that the duties in each coun-}| trv upon the importatio s from the other should be dimini- shed 10 per cent. upon the existing duties' No iooner how- ever was this treaty concluded, than America doubled her duties, which amounted to nearly a prohibition or British goods. By trading with the Spanish and Portuguese Settle- ments in South America, this country would get navigation, and it wou'd get; mercantile profits. Nothing could be more clear than the disadvantageous situation in which Great Bri- tain would have been placed, but for the Orders in Council. France would then have had the benefit of that trade from which we should have been excluded She would have amply furnished herself from America with all that she re- quired; with ruw materials for her manufactures, and par- ticularly with cotton, for the importation of which she had recently shewn the greatest anxiety What had been the origin of the Orders in Council ? France had said that there should be no trade to F. ngla- d. Our answer was ( an an- swer which we had the power to enforce) that nothing should go to France which did not come from her to England. — We had a right to say to neutral powers, that if they to- lerated the regulation of one of the belligerents inimical to out commercial interests, they must tolerate a regulation on our part in defence of those interests. Nothing hostile was intended towards America. On the contrary, every degree of attent- on a-. id kindness was shewn to her bv Great Bri- tft parts of a cargo. Sometimes determining that it should consist of wool, scissars, nails, and cotton twist; then bed- fating whether or nor to leave out scissars; and finally, per- haps, determining to omit the nai! « , and allow the scissars to be included. He did not impute any abuse in the granting of licences; he did not mean to accuse Government of par- tiality in that respect. But it was evident, that those mer- chants who were consulted by the Board of Trade en the perpetual changes that were taking place, m'Jst h ; v- v ry little cunninp, if they could nor make a probable guess with respect, to the projected prohibitions and admi » ions, which to them would be just as'great a bonus as any stoclobrokers wnuld receive, to whom the Chancellor of the Exchequer might communicate the terms on which he meant to fund Exchequer Bills, or to contract for the sale of the Lottery, The merchants also consulted by the Board of Trade were^ not such men as the Member for Worcester, or~ the VIem * hers for the City of London. No; those who were seen clearing outwards and inwards at the office, were generally neutrals and their agents, johbers, aad brokers from Duke's Place These were the persons whom the Board of ' Tradp thought proper to consult in their commercial regulation^. By the perpetual changes in their regulations, the enemy were continually enabled to an- tcinate and frustrate our wishes. Bufr the most deplorable effect which the new sys- tem had, was on the morals of those who were employed under it. It had been said, by a high anth'- rity ( Sir W. Scott) that it was a series of simulation and dis; miulation from beginning to end. It would have been still more ac- curately described, had it been called a system beginning in forgery, continuing iu perjery, and. conversant with every description of fraud and enormity. He described the nature; of the licences and the deceptions that were practised under them ( reading a circular letter which had been sent to va- rious merchants in London, from persons who actually pro- fessed to establish themselves for the sole purpose of making simulated papers) If this was. the kind of vi. 3ory which our commerce was to enjoy over the designs of Bonaparte, he disclaimed any share in the triumph. After dwelling at consoler- able length on these and similar points, he concluded by moving--" That a Select Committee be appointed for the purpose of taking into consideration the present. state of i the commerce and manufactures of the country, particularly | with reference to the Orders in Council, and the Licence Trade." Mr. ROSE was anxious to make some statements . of fact, which, be was persuaded, would do away all the effe. t of the arguments so ably urged by the Hon. Gentleman. He did not deny that the manufacturing districts of the court- try experienced much distress, particularly Birmingham, the trade of which place depends materially on the comieitioj) with America. But when the Hon. Gentlematf contended, that that distress originated in the Orders in Council, and was a ground for their repeal, he would ask him', wfiat were the facfts on which he founded that statement ? He would refer to the pap'- rs on the table; and he must observe, that the Hon. Gentleman questioned the accuracy of Mr. Ir- vine's figures, only when they opposed his statements, and not when they eeemed to support them. For his part he never knew the correctness of the Custom- house accounts doubted, nor could he allow that they were at all liable to the objeftioiv* of the Hon. Gentleman. What did these ac- count state? The Orders in fiouncil were issued in 1807. The accounts stated that in 1807 the general exports were =£ 35,800,000; that in 1808 they were =£ 31,800000; that in 1809 they grew to £ 50* 000.000 ; and. in 1810 they were =£ 45,006,000. All this was official Value, so that the in- crease in real value, was near =£ 30,000,009. The Hon, Gen- tleman said, however, that although the general exports might be increased, yet the particular exports to America were decreased. How was this borne out by the accounts ? In 1807 the whole of the exports to all America and the West Indies, amounted to =£ 14,000,000. In 1808 to £ 15,800,000. In 1809 ( in which year the non- intercourse a& took place iu America) to £ 19,200,000, and in 1810 to £ 20,418,000, making a difference between the years 1807 and 1810, of =£ 6, t> 00,000 sterling in the exports to all Amt. rica, and chiefly attributable to the increase of exports to South America, Did he then mean to infer that we oughc to be indifferent with respect to our connexions with the United States ? By no means. On the contrary, he had always said that the interests of Great Britain and the in- terests of the United States were closely connetftad— but it 1 was too much to expect that wc should allow America to treat us in a manner different from other countries. The Hon. Gentleman had been very witty in Ms description of the people who he supposed were consulted by the Board of Trade He cuuld assure the Hon. Gentleman, however, that j he was completely mistaken with respect to the company which he ( Mr. R.) kept; nor was the assortment of cargoes the morning's occupation of his Noble Friend and himself, j A considerable portion of their time was taken up in coll- j sidering what articles it would be safe and proper to allow { to be imported into this country. The Hon. Gentleman as- [ serted that the British shipping had been injured by the ays- J tem of licences. The accounts on the table, however, shew- j ed that there were 200,000 tons of British shipping, and | j 14,000 British seamen employed, mcfre than when the Or- ders in Council were promulgated. He admitted that the foreign shipping had ' increased in great proportion. But if foreign shipping had not been employed, what would have become of our commerce ? - How could it have been carried on with those ports which were shut against the British shipping? Would Government have been justified in let- mg the nwiiufiiiturss of the country perish in warehouses, ceeded to bum American produce at Sea, and th n issued the Milan Decree, wh'ch subjected to confiscation all neu- tral vessels that permitted themselves to be searched. It has been said, that the French Decr- es iiad been revolved ; but on no foundation. In a recent pris - cause, on a vessel called the Catherina Augusta, it was allowed that the Ber- lin and Milan Decrees had not been rescinded. An Ameri- can ves'el in ballast, from Charlestown, bad also been car* ried into Calais; and no longer agu than November last, the Capt.-. in and Owner presented a petition to Congress, praying their interposition, sue alledging that the vessel so. captured was taken on the sole ground of a supposed infrac- tion of the Berlin an- 1 Milan Decrees But the H.. use was rold, that there had been no condemnations in France under those Decrees. Of thlt he. could not apeak; but no one would deny that there had been sequestrations to a consider- able- amount It was pretty n^ . rly the Sarite thing. Every syllable which the Honourable Gentleman had uttered on; the subject of stimulated papSrs w„ s applicable to the'periad before the Ofders in Council anil Ehe 1/ ade Licences were issued; and he would state, without fear x> l contraciiiftion, that the latter had fraud complained of. iielorf was neces- ary for every Captain of a ship to take an oath at tb « Custoin- bouse, relative to the size of his ship and the - numberoft his men. This was discontinued, and he knew of r. o oath substituted. To all thow shocking perjuries which were formerly frequent in Doctors' Cymraoas, there was rfcw no temptation. He had inquired particularly into the subjecS, aud he was assured, by masters of neutral vessels, J chat they were not cailed upon to make any affidavits o. i the other side of tile water- Under these circumstances was it fair for the Hon Gen- tleman to come down and brand the notional character with ihe imputation of systematic p- rjury ? Were the Orders in i Council and the h'cence » kubi> Hs! ied, then indeed the country would return to that sV* emtof neutralization under which, perjurica wen. formerly . so freque. it. Reverting to the dis- tresses of the of the nnmi. faC; uters, he expressed his persua- sion that grear vts had been used to make the suffering in- dividuals believe that these evils originated in the Ord- rs in . Council. These persons hak certainly borne their distresses , with a patience and a fortitude which entitled their present, complaints to the niest indulgent attention— but it was im- . possible to convince him that the greater part of the iuijivi- . duals who put their names to a petition against the Ord'c. s ! in Council, were at ail aware of the mode m which'those | orders operated-^- and of this he was assured, that their suf- J feriugs would be materially increased, were those Orders re- scinded. The system. the Government had adopted was one of self- defence, they had n » alternative between having recourse to it and the entire renunciation of our trade. No douht our exports were lower this year than the last, but this fall ; had been the result of an excjssive exportation in the fot- ! mer. Though the amount of exports had been reduced j from last year, yet it was more by twenty four millions than I- that of 1805. and 1804 yet at neither o those periods had the i- pin of the country been contemplated as approaching.. [ He couid not perceive any room under such circumstances, | for despondency. The - market it was supposed we could ! not find in 1809, we had found in 18lO it was much extend- ed. He could moreover confidently. state, that it; the course [ of the last two months the Exchange on Hamburgh had i risen from 10 to 15 p* er cent, and this fact was in itself & 1. practical refutation df the doctrines which had been advanc- ed by some Gentlemen on the opposite side of the House in the Bullion Committee. America herself had always said that she did not expve- sly quarrel with the Orders m Coun- cil, but desired more particularly that sp much of our piror enactments should be rescinded as would give greater lati- tude to her traffic. But ^ ere the British Parliament to comply with the desire expressed by the Honourable Gen- tleman, then America, loosened from her present restirc- tions, would sweep awaf from our hands the whole Sraxili- an commerce, along with all that which belonged to the Northern parts of Eurspe. It had appeared, both from the conduct of our fiercest enemies, and from rh behaviour of our friends that the system so to , ch rep oSat-.- d by the Honourable Gentle- man was one « : f the greatest securities which the nation had lor her commeic , as tils neutral; trade carried, on before had been a complete corrective of fraud and perjury. It was something gratifying to the public mind to know that France,: after having compelled them into an adopt'on of those Orders by her tyratiical acts, had at last found tlieai falling heavy upon her own head to a vey considerale ex- tent It appeared by the returns of the French finance for 1 sOS that =£ 2,400,000 per annum accrued from the tustoriis; but for the commencement of the Orders in Coyncil that branch of the revenue died suddenly away, dwindling down to £ 460,000 in the year 1809. From that period, too, the revenue arrising'from their traffic had sensibly decreased, and though it iiad in 1810, arisen to upwards of jS2,000,000 yet that would be considered as an unnatural increase, be- cause it was swollen by the immense robberies which the enemy committed in the Baltic. In the French Bank Re- turns of 1807, £ 3 » , 000,000 was the amount of discount, and. it fell fast away until 1810, when there appeared an annual return of only £ 16,000,000. Her total amount of revenue arising from her commerce and manufactures, ac- cording to her most prosperous returns, was £ 54,000,000, while the return of Britain in exports a'ionc- was 10.000,' J00, On the whole, therefore, it appeared, that the Orders in, Council had occasioned a considerable decrease of the French revenue, and bad we not happily produced such a measure, the enemy might have become very dangerous rivals to the Lngtish. c > inmeice. Under all the disadvantages of being obliged to have recourse tb foieign shpis for the carrying on of ihe traffic, Britain had increased in strength and iu riches, while her enemy ha d become much more impover-. ished than at any other period. Therefore, under such a v. ew of the subject, he would give his Voice against tha pre- sent motion, as one wholly dangerous to the prosperity of the British commerce. Mr. CANNING, Mr. A. BARING, and Mr. WILHEMOACE, spoke in favour of the motion— which was opposed by Mr. STEPHENS and Mr. MUSKTJT Mr. G. JOHNSTON spoke in favour of the licencing system. ' Mr. PERCEVAL contended, that the Orders in Council were issued'in consequence of a declaration made by France, that we should have no trade with any nation on earth. In consequence of this declaration, we Jelt it necessary to de- dare, thaj fiance should. DOE tra. e with any nation iu the world, except us—( Hear, heir). He denied the mis- state- ment as to prohibiting the exportation of bark to France, because the regulation made here was, that no bark should be exported to France unless it- was accompanied with other articles. As to the distresses of the country, th - re were do- cuments before the House to shew that they were noj occa- sioned by the Orders in Council Adverting to tl^ e objec- tions which had been made by the H n. Mover to the clause in the licence:, stating, that notwithstanding all other docu- ments ondioard t* he vessel to which tbo licence was. granted, she wos bound to the port named in the licence, he observed that this clause was found out and tried by the present Ad- ministration, and read a minute from the Treasury of the occas: oti on which it was framed, signed by Lord Auckland, Lord Grenville, Lord H. Petty, Lord Temple, aud Mr. Corry —( Hear, bear t) Nothing indeed could be clearer than that the licence ex- cluded much of the perjury which, until the time of their being issued had existed. As to'the Committee of Inquiry, to agree to it would be to say to the- Manufacturers—" We are sensible of vour distresses, we pity you, and to show our sympathy, we will' put a total stop to the manufactures of the country." He trusted she House would not beli, ve that the continuance of those measures which the war had rendered necessary, had greatly injured the British revenue alone. On the contrary, it would be found that the French customs had materially suffered. Bonaaprte thought that France could better spare her trade than Britain could, and in pursuit of that universal dominion to which Great Britain had hitherto proved the greatest barrier, he was willing to annihilate the trade of France, provided he could also anni- hilate the trade of Great Britain. The embarrassment un- der which tha Orders in Council had placed France, were sufficiently manifested in the Address of the Senate to Bo- naparte, in which they confessed that they were excluded from the means of completing the arsenals of the Empire but by inland navigation, and expressed a hope that four or five years woidd enable that objeit to be attained. Thus it appeared, that whatever effects were produced on ourselves by the Orders in Council, the inconveniences tain. The conduit. of France towards America was directly || occasioned by them to the enemy were considerable. It had the reverse. Not content with the Eerlin Decree, she pro- jj beet) contended, that the Berlin and Milan Decrees had been I completely abandoned. This he positively den; ed. There had been no public Proclamation to that effeit. It had mere- ly been stated that they would cease, to operate, paovided Gpeat Britain gave up her Orders in ^ Council, or America consented to defend her rights, atid'to take care that her ships 5hauld be no longer denationalized. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded with stating his entire opposition to ! the motion. Mr. WHITBREAD declared that the speech of the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer was calculated merely to mislead j the House. He warmly supported the motion. Whether ! considered with respect to their dignity or their policy, or both, the House ought to agree to the appointment of a ( Csmmittee. At least, he trusted that they would come to a | menacing, if not a deci- ive, vote on the question. Mr. HERBERT argued in support of the question. Lord L. GOWER stated, that he had had for some time in his hands a Pe tition against the Ordfrs in Council, to the | Prince Regent, from the Staffordshire Potteries, but that | having declined to lay it before- the Secretary of State, he , had waited hi vain for three weeks^ to present it to the Prince I very much checked the .. perjury and | Regent in person. He should vote for the Committee. '. Befor£ llcefices were issued, it j Lord MILTON declared, that he was pt^ cisely in the same situation as tiie Noble Lord. Mr. BROUGHAM made a short but animated reply, af- ter which the House divided.— For the Motion, 14- 1— Against it, 216— Majority, 72. Adjourned at half- past Five o'clock. THATCHED HOUSE TAVERN. London? Tuesday, March 3. A Meeting of the' Protestant Noblemen und Gentlemen possessing property in Ireland, was this^ day held at the Thatciied House Tavern, St. James's- street. Earl Fizwilitam, in the Chair, for ihe purpose of signing a Petition to Parliament, in favour < f the Catholic Claims. Among the distinguished persons present, were — The Duke, of Devonshire ; Marquisses of Lans- downe and Dow nsiiire j Earls Eitzwilliam, Moira, Derby, Temple, Donough- nrore, D trnley, Eesbo- rough, & c.; Messrs. Grattan, Tighes, Paruell, La ' Fouche, Sir John Newport, & c. On the motion of Sir J > hn Newprtrt, the fol- lowing Ni blemen and Gentlemen were appointed as a Committee to carry the objedl of the Pertiion into effert : The Duke of Devijrishire, Marquis of Down- shire, Earl of Moita, Earl of Dartiley, Honourable George Ponsonby, Sir John Newport, and Mr. Robert La Tnuche, who are invested with a dis- cretionary power to add four to thoir number, if necessary. Mr. Tighe, concurring entirely on the objeQs of the Petition, conceived that these objects would be materially strengthened if the meeting was to address the Prince Regent. An Address would, in his opinion, have the effeftof awakening in his mind the recollection of some of those early friend- ships which in ancient times he had been in the- hab. it of indulging. Mr. Tighe had no intention of proposing an Ad- dress now, he merely suggested it for the con- sideration of the Noblemen and Gentlemen sign- ing the Petitions. He conceived that the charac- teristic and tenor of the Address, if necessary, sbou- id be this in substance:—" To beseech his Royal Highness to appoint sucii Ministers as should give him counsel for the benefit of the empire— to impress on his mind the necessity of removing all the civil disabilities which afFeft our fellow- sub- jefts, the Catholics of Ireland, which consequently produce discord among the people, and conduce to the weakness of the. kingdom.— Convinced of his RoyaJ Highness's regard to the interests of the people, to implore him to represent to his Mi- nisters the absolute obligation under which they lay to remove all the obstacles which impeded con- cession to the claims of ihe Irish Catholics."— Some such an address as this, be thought would be desirable in the event of the failure of the Pe- titions. The Marquis of Lansdowne concurred with the Hon. Gentleman in all he had stated, but thought it would not be correfl to interfere at present with the objetfs of the present meeting, which was merely to petition. Sir John Newport was of the same opinion, and concurred in the propriety of adjourning the pio- ceedings to a given day, when it might be ascer- tained what the Committee had done. It would not be fair to anticipate, or to interfere with ihe ulterior cbjefts, the piesent meeting was called together specifically for the objedt of petitioning Parliament. The Noble Chairman then put the question for appointing the Committee, which was agreed to. Sir John Newport afterwa'd^ moved that the Committee have leave to add to their numbers four persons, if tliey judge such an addition expe- dident.— Agtetd to. A man was found guilty, at the Hull Sessions, last week, of throwing a bottle from the gallery of the Theatre into the pit. He was sentenced to be kept to hard labour, in the House of Cor- rection, for five months, and to be imprisoned one month in a solitary cell. We are happy to find, that the price (" bul- lion has been, for the last fortnight, cpiisidrab'. y declining in the market. The price of ghieas, where such surreptitious traffic has been irried on, has fallen so near to the Mint denomiation of the value of that coin, that it is now stj- xely ^ worth the while of speculators to engage ii it.,- r- | In the same sp ice of time, our foreign oxciing'es | have most materially improved, and there ipvery " teason to believe, that they will continue improv- ing. MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS. . Though no further progress in the Miniteml Arrangements has been officially announce], it is understood that the new changes and amoinr. rnents will in a few days be declared. Lori Sid- mouth it is still reported, will coth? into th; Ad- ministration, and some of his political frienjls are to have seats in the Cabinet. The- office sp < k; n of fir his Lordship is that of President of tie Council, which he held under Lord GrenviHe's Administration. The Speaker is men ioned as likely to bp raised to the Peerage, and, in. that event, Mr. Bragge Batlmrst, it is said, will be his successor— Lord Melville is named as the suc- cessor of Mr. Yorke at the Admiralty Board, and the Earl of Buckinghamshire to succeed his Lord- ship at the Board of ContrOul.— Mr. Vansktart and Mr. II. Addington, it is stated, are also to have official appointments. Whether Mr. Ryder will retire, as was reported some time back, is a matter of uncertainty. Mr. R. Wellesley, it is reported, is abort to quit his situation at the Treasury board. Tl « reason assigned is, a declaration on his part that he would consider the Catholic question as an open one, and vote upon it according to the im pressions that might be made upon Him when it was brought forward ; on which he received an intimation, that his resignation would be accept- able, and would, in fact, be expected, i T. Cooke, Esq. formerly Under Secretary of State for the War and Colonial Department, ' is appointed Under Secretary of State for the For- eign Department, BELFAST COURSE OF EXCHANGE, he. March's— Belfast on London ( 21ds.) 8$ percent. Belfast on Dublin ( 61 ds.) 1 pe- cent, Belfast on Glasgow 7 6|- per cent. /*' » ", MARCH 5— 3| per cent. Gov. Deb. 72j$ 5 per cent. Ditto 101 £ Mirai. isu. Frb. 29.— s per cent. Consols 62f March 5.— Dub. on Lou. 8J 8'| Pbb 29.— Lon. n Dub ' 9| ARRIVED. MAILS SINCE OUR LAS:, DUE 2 • Br'DONAGUABSE . .... 0 A BY DUBLIN / 0 Monday, March <), lV ! <?. A very important Debate on the fVders in Council, took place in the House'of fJ'ommonj on Tuesday last, and of which as full i report is inserted as our limits would admit We re- gret to find that Mr. BROUGHAM'S motion for A Select Committee to take the subject into cou.- sideration, was lost by a majority of 7". The London Prints of the 4 h, do not contain arty other intellgence of importance. The Packet by Express, with the Papers of Thursday, con- tain the following- articles:— FA C KET BY EX PRESS. London, Thursday, March Mr. Hase, of the B. ink of England, waited on the Gentlemen of the Stock Evchatige this d;- /, with proposals for raising £ fj, 7^ 9,623 by N. ivy Five per cent. Annuities, in addition to the sutu of £ 5,431,700 subscribed in Exchequer Bills, to be funded jn the month of February last, making to- gether 3612,221,325, which is the whole sum pro. posed to be funded in 5 per cent. Stock . during the present year. Letters and Newspapers from Paris to the 1 t instant have arrived. The principal journals are barren of all intelligence respefling the Peninsula, and they seem cautiously to avoid any statements respeding the North of Europe, Private letters, however, say, that Marshal Berthier has already set off from Paris to take the command, ad interim, of the army on the Polish frontiers. The Emperor himself is expefted to follow Ber. thier in a few days, having signified it to be his intention to command in person— We may add— against Russia. By extracts from the Paris Papers,. it appeals the Russian and Turkish armies still keep- theJield. No intelligence has yet been received from Ge- neral Hill.— It is hourly expected. v It is again reported, that an embargo has been laid in the Danish ports, preparatory as it is sup- posed to the sailing of the Expedition against Anholt. We believe we may confidently state, that the Earl of Cholmondeley has accepted the office of Lord Steward - of the Household ; and we appre- hend the Marquis of Hertford will be appointed Lord Chamberlain, if he has not been so already. Mr Henry Wellesley, his Majesty's Ambassa- dor at Cadz, and. Mr. Adair, his MajeS'y's late Minister at Constantinople, and formerly at Vien- na, are wo anderstand, to be decorated with the Order of the Bath, in consideration of their di » plomatic services on their respective missions.— This mark ot the Sovereign's favour is, we aie assured, to be conferred in consequence of a special recommendation made by the Marquis i Wellesly to the Prince Regent, prior to the No- J ble Marquis's resignation of the Seals of the" Foreign department. It is now admitted that the Earl of Moira has definitively refused the Order of the Garter; proffered parti uiarly to him by the Prince Regent, as a special mark of his hi^- li personal favour and copsideralioD, BELFAST COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE. PUBLIC MEETING. A GENERAL. MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS to - Ok the HOUSE of INDUSTRY, will he held at the OLD COFFEE- ROOM. EXCHANGE, on WEDNESDAY the j 1 Ith inst. at ONE o'Clock, for rKti purpose of receiving the j Report of the present Committee, and Balloting for a new ' one for the ensuing year— It is requested that each Sub- j scriber will come prepariwj with a list of Thirty Names for j the next Committee, and that trine may be proposed but i such as can be relied on for activity and zeal for the Insti- tution. It is also requested that such other of ' he Inhabi tants as niav find it convenient will attend, that they may i he convinced of the utility of, the Institution. 696) Hotose of Industry, March 9. j Messrs. Didear, Rundall, and Hall, American Gentlemen, from London, embarked on Monday- evening at Plymouth, on board the Jane brig cartel, from Morlaix, having dispatches from the American Charge d'Affaiies in London, for the American Minister at Paris. They sailed direflly, and seemed in a great htirry to get over. A conversation took place last night in the House of Commons upon the difficulties that had prevented the presentation of'Petitions addressed to the Prince Regent, since the commencement of the Session. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, J in the absence of Mr. Ryder, to whose office of Secretary of State for the Home Department this business more particularly belongs, s'ated in ex- :' cnse, that It was used to present such Petitions at j Levees, and no Levees had been held. He added, j that if a particular opportunity of presenting them j had been requested, there would not have been any j hesitation to advise the Prince Regont to afford | it. From this explanation and assuranos we may at least entertain a hope that in future free access will be afforded to all similar Petitions. Com- plaints were, at the sarfie time made, of inconve- niences felt from allowing several great offices to remain so long vacant. Those of Lord Camber- lain and Lord Steward of the Household - were particularly alluded to. The Chancellor of the Exchequer answered the e complaints by stating' that those offices would be filled this day. ! . . BALLAST OFFICE,; Jti'V- "'• < f"' ; •' Mth February, 1812, ' IF HI? Contrafl: of JACSSON CLARK, for1 Supplying the I Corporation with BALLAST, having expired, s'licii Persons as wish to make a new Copfra$ for the above pur- pose, during the period of SEVEN Years, are desired to send in Sealed Proposals to the Bal'ast Master, on or befor^ i MONDAY the 9th of March next, on which day the Coul traftor to be declare I. Five Hundred. Pounds security wijKjie required. Further] particulars may be had at the Bailaic Office. ( 580 MOST DESIRABLE. SITUATION To be Let, mid immediate Possession of the Interest in tbe • Least Sold, - whereof -'. 4 /" ears o- i. expired ft'OK , M>-: " list, . ' " I IH AT Largf. and Comnio'ious D'y^ IXfNG- HPUSE, 1 » No. 5, Custom- hi. ule- qiu), in „ mplete rep iV, and fit for the reception rtf a Genteel Family, ( cs sUuai. ntt and ' convehtencies are too well known to require comment. Apply to the Suli.- criber, , I ' TH MAS EEENHEAD. Belfast, February 3. ( 483 TO I E SOLD, " B' ' "- pHH FARM of ROCKVALE, near Billynahinch, cn X which is a good Dw'ei LINO HOUSE, ' Vtficcs, and GARDENS, in good order at/ d repair. The Farm contains about Twenty IriA Acres, well- inclosed and fenced, and in good heart. It being contiguous to Billyniihioch and the Spa Well, . would make a desirable residence for a private family. The Rent is E o • v Guineas a year, for one g ® od life. Apply to JOHN A.' CALLA, on the Premises. 689) March 6. SLATES. JAMES M'CLEAN is Lauding, per the Sloop UNION' a CARGO of CAR DIQAIV SLA TES; WHICH, W1TII Imperials, \ lints: f Dutchess} SLATES, Ladies, § V Welsh ' ) Are for Sale, on reasonable Terms, at his Timber, Deal, and Slate Yard, Poultry- square. , ( 693) March 7. P. KEEN \ N, Working Jetkelter and Goldsmith, TJ) ESPECTFULLY begs leave to inform his Friends - iL'> V and the Public, that he has commenced Business at NO, 1, CORN- MARKET, Where he intends being constantly supplied with every Ar- ticle in l is Line, all of his own Manufacture From his ex- perience in Business, he presumes he will he enabled to exe- cu'e and s - 11 every Article on as moderate Terms as any House in LONDON or DUBLIN. Ifr COUNTRY WA TCH- MAKERS and CH APMF. N may depend, that any Orders from them shall be carefully attended to. ( SDS)' Belfast, March 9. ALICANT B A RI L L A, Of the latest Importation. 0IIN MARTIN & CO. HAVE FOR SALE, 5.50 HALES, OP PRIME QUALITY, AND IN MSB ORDER. ) • Ann- street— March 6. - AUCTION AT COOKSTOWN. TO BE SOLD, on TUESDAY the 17th Day of March' next, >! J'HF, DWELLING- HOUSE and PREMISES occii- L pied by tiie late Major HAMILTON,; h iu by LE'ise from Mr. S rtvvARr, of Killymoon, of which « ne good Life is in being; subjeit to the Yearly Rent of ,£ 1 . I5i The place is fitted up with peculiar. elegance, and' fit for the im- mediate recep ion of a genteel Family. Any one wishing to view the place, may apply to JOSEPH CHAMBERS, the Prop . outer, on the Premises. A Deposit . of £ 100 will be required on the Sale, and the remainder on p- rfe$ ing the Deea of Conveyance, wben . im- mediate possession will be given. x ( 608 TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, On the Premises, ( if not previously disposed of) oA MON- DAi', the 30th Mar. h next; {' EN ACRES of most excellent LAND, adjniniii£ the I Town of COMUER, . held by t^ rase for Three Young Livs. On this Concern arc Two Water Wheels, one occu- pied in spinning Linen Yarn, with complete Machinery; tbe other drives a Double Engine and Wa- h Mill, We'll cal- culated for the: half whi- e or brown beetling business.— From the command of water, the wiiole . is- well adapted'for ' an extensive Flour Mill, being situated hi the heart of a Wheat growing Country. For particulars, apply, to Mr. STITT, of Comber, who will treaf with any person disposed to pui chase, CpMbtR,,, 28th February, 1812. N. B. The Purchase- Money may remain on approved se- curity. ( JSS TO BE SOLD, ' T'HE FARM of MAGHERACLAY, in the Liber- 1 ties of Coleraine, containing 20 Acres or excellent Land, Iree from Rent; the property of ROBERT GIVEN, Esq Proposals will be received by Mr. ANDERSON, Bush- mills, who will give every information necessary. 556) .-•••• February 12. FLAXSEED.. C,) F\ N TFTOGSHEADS NEW- YORK FLAXSEED, '' ' JIJL last. Season's Crop, arrived per Hiiernia, Captain GRAHAM, direct from NE W- YORK, anu for Sale on moderate ' Terms, by HUGH WILSON 3T SONS. March 4, IS 12. ( 664 FLAXSEED &~ ASHES! :: 1130 Hhds. New yew- York' Flaxseed, 24 Half Ditto Ditto. 212 Barrels first sort Pot Ashes, FOR SALE, BY THOMAS S. FANNING, Donegal} Quay. Belfast, February 28, 1812. • 1* 541 COTTON WOOL BY AUCTION. JOHN MARTIN & GO. XWjriLL Sell by Amnion, on FRIDAY the ,13th instant ? > 7 at ' l'WELV I: o'clock, at their* Stores, 106 Bales New Orleans, 49 Do. Georgia, Of prime Quality Terms at Sale. MAC FA RL AN, Auctioneer. Atiri- street, March 5. _ J68 New Orleans and Bowed Georgia Cotton- Wool, ' Oak Bart, Cod Liver Oil, Barrel Staves, Jamaica Sugars,' New- York Flaxseed, Si. Ubes Salt, and Jamaica RFIM, in Hhds. Tor Sale, on reasonable Terms, by WM. SIMMS. March 4. ' (< 5G! COTTON WOOL, NEW TEAS, CLOYER SEED, & c. PHE SUBSCRIBERS are LANDING, per the VE- L NUS, 204 Chests ' Teas, assorted, .50 Sacks fine new Red Clover- seed, 10 Hogsheads Lump Sugar, Which will be sold cheap. MARTINS, HARRISON, & CO. Church- lane, January 20. ( 40i rX2" V FOR NEW- YORK, - dmericw Ship DR TAD, tjj& jF Burthen, 650 Tons, HENRY BACON, MASTER, Now in this Harbour, having just arrived from AMERICA, after a passage of 24 days, and will sail again for the above port about 25th March." The DRYAD has excellent Accommodations for Passengers — and those who wish to go out in this fine Ship, should make immediate application to GEORGE LANGTRY & CO. Belfast, February 28. , ( 65i. iVIA I JJEVV STEELE K< VS NOW ON SALE THE FOLLOWING GOODS 1 25 Tons of Irish Melted Tallow, SO Tons Cod Oil hi Casks, from 50 to 100 gal- lons each, 23 Tons Sicily Barilla, landed this week, 200 Barrels British Refined Rosin, 15 Puncheons Jamaica Rum ; Also, of his own Manulafiure, I 4- 00 Boxes Mould Candles, made up for exportation, [ 400 Boxes Brown Soap for do. ; 800 Firkins " lack and Green Soft Soap— Bleach- ers' Best Soap— Kensington Candles— Com- mon Mould and Dipt do. 583) Belfast, March 5. Wholesale Wool'en- Warehouse, ROSEMARY- STREET. JOHNSON & FISHER HAVE received by the CUNNINCHAM « OYLE,& C from LIVERPOOL, a large Supply of Broad and Yard- wide Cloths, Scarlet, Blue, and Grey Naps, Coalings— Waistcoiltings, . Woollen, Cotion, and Plush Cords, Patent Worsted Webs, tSfc- isfc. « 79) Belfast, March 5. CORK WHISKEY. TVj APIER and J3UNYILL, are now LANDING, SO Puncheons, very nice Quality ; Which, with every other Article in the SPIRIT TRADE will be disposed of on moderate Terms. 510) February 7. SAM. HEWITT & SAM. M'MURRAY, f> ESPECTFULLY beg leave to return their sincere v thanks to their Customers and the Public, for the very liberal encouragement they have experienced since their commencement in Business. They have at present on hands, a large- Assortment of SPIRITS and GROCERIES, toge- their with 1st, 2d, 3d, 4: h and 5th . FLOUR, fresh from their MILLS, at KNOCK, all of which they are determined to sell oil moderate Terms, for good Payme its. No 22, Princes- street— Belfast, Feb. 22, 1812. BOT) WALTER MACFARLAN, AUCTIONEER, j' TJT) ETURNS his sincere Thanks to the Public, for the I Jl V liberal encouragement he his received since his com- j mencement. in Business, which shali'be his study, by punc- | tual execution of their Commands, to merit a continuance of. I Orders received at his Office, No. 83, Ann- street. I j 579) February 13. STALLIONS, ' T^* Cover this Season, at NEW- GROVE, near Ballymena, | A at Two Guineas each Mare, and Five Shillings to the Groom :— RUMBO, j By Whiskey, out of Sp: net: a— for his pedigree at large, and 1 per ortnance on the Turf, see the General Steed Book, and Racing Calendar*. Also, at same place, at One Guinea each Mare, and Half- a- Cro-. vn to the Groom, . HERCULES, A Suffolk bred Punch, imported from the best stock in that j Country. ij Grass, & c. for Mares, at the usual prices.— All demand6 If_# or Covering and Keep, to be paid before the Mares are | taken away, as the proom is accountable. (,: 94 Birth. On Monday last, at his Lordship's hous-, in Portman- souare, London, the LADY of the Right Hon. Earl GREY, of her seventh sou and ( web'th child. _ The Public are respectfully inform- ed, that it is intended the following /&)£% WiSr N- E- traders Shall sail at tbe undermentioned periods ^^^^^ FOR LONDON, The aimed brig VINE, MoNTaoMERf. i,..., ISth Marc!, These Vessels being armed aiiii compietely'weii touiid Insurance by them wiil consequently be effected on the most reasonable terms. FOR LIVERPOOL, The KELLY, M'II. WAIN 11th March FROM LIVERPOOL FOR BELFAST, The NEPTUNE, DAVIDSON.... First fair wind. The JANE, BUSBY Seven days after. FR. OM LONDON FOR BELFAS T, The armed brig ST. PATRICK,- C AMI> BIILL, OII first delivery of the Teas from the Sales. For Freight, in London, apply t » Messrs. WM. & JOHN WHARTON, Nicholas' Lane; or, in Belfast, to R. GREENLAW, Agent, Who will receive an f forward LINEN CLOTH and other MERCHANDIZE with care and dispatch A few Stout Lads Wanted as APPRENTICES to the Sea. ro whom liberal Encouragement will be given. Married. At Be'lagby, on the 6th in » t. by the Rev. Audley Fan- ning, CONOLLY SKipror.", F. sq Captain in the Londonderry Militia, and eldest son of George Skipton, Esq. of Bush- hill, County Derry, to CATHARINE, oaly daughter ( and heiress) cf lohn » Spotswood, Esq. of Bellaghy, Comity Derry. On the 3d iust. ROBERT HENDERSON, Esq. of Rea, Co. Monagban, formerly of this Town .. FOR NEW- YORK, The Brig H E-' PSA, CAPTAIN WM. A. BAYLEY, Burthen 450 Tons, Just arrived, in 23 days, and wiil sail for the above Port about the fir^ t of April— For Passage, apply to ! SAMUEL MAJOR. | LONDONDERRY, Feb 28. ( 676 I FOR NEW. YORK, " J'YWSL • THE " VINE COPPERED . SHIP • . JOHN . WATSON, Burthen 650 Tons, SS^ I- SSAS. SAMUEL SANDERSON, MASTER, Will sail for the above Port the 5th of March next ; The JOHN WATSON is only two years old, newly | coppered, very high between Decks, sails remarkably fast, and is, in every respeCt, one of the finest Ships ever left this ; for Nevv- York. Those who Wish to embrace- ties favourable opportunity, will do well to apply immediately to Captain SANDERSON, ! at Mrs, M'COLLEY'S, Ship- quay; or to the Subscriber, who • engages that plenty of Provisions and Water shall be laid in ' or the voyage. SAMUEL MAJOR. I. ONBONDERRY, 2Sd Feb. 1812. ( 619 " FOR NEW- YORK, - j THE STOUT AMERICAN BRIO' I|| V MARY, FRANCIS BOPGS, MASTBR, | jp^ gY^. ( Burthen 365 Tons), ; Will he ready- to sail from PORTRUSH on the 10th ! Match ii- xt. ' For pi_ sage, Reply to the CA » PAIN ( who gave so much | satisfaction to tbe Passengers tvben he commanded the Ship IVest- | Point); or to the SUBSCRIBER, ivho giea out in the Vessel, , and vvho. Will have a plentiful supply oi good Provisions and Water tfh board-, ana see- every possible accommodation given to liie Passengers. - j - OEO, HAZELTON. I CoLasAitf, February 1- 7,1- 813. • 571 I R^- V F0R NEW- YORK, THE FINE FORTUNATE AMERICAN SHIP WE ST- POINT, Burthen 600 Tons, THOMAS HOI. DEk, MASTER, Just arrived from the above Port, and will sail hence on th » 10th of March next. Tne WEST- COIN T being a regul. ir Tra. ler, and so well established in the Passenger trade, it is unnecessary to hold out any further inducement. For passage, apply to Captain THOMPSON, or the Sub- scriber, who, as usual, will lay in plenty ot the best Provi- sions and Water for the Vmiage. N. B. To pievent disappointments similar to those of last Voyage, sucn Passengers as have 1 ceil agreed for, in Ame- rica, are requested to give in ti eir Names forthwith, as no application wiil he attended to after the Ship's regular num- ber be engaged. WM. M'GORKELL. DERRY, January 25, 1812, FOR MONTREAL, t^^ V. THE ISABELLA, CAPTAIN MORDY, Will be clear to sail the first fair wind after the 15th instant For Freight, apply to GILLIES & STOCKDALE. WHO IIAVIS FOH SALE, Russian Mais, Honduras Mahogany, Jamaica Rum. 678) Belfast, March 5. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Another ingenious Enigma has been received from Mr, • R. Anderson, and shall appear in our n" xt. " A Friend" shall be attended to. MISS BALFOUR respectfully informs her Friends, that - he has this day opesed a MORNING CLASS, in Which; she proposes to instruct a few Young Ladies in the Kp'inients of the LATIN Language. Attendance from Eight to Nine e'CIock, Mondays, Wed- nesdays. artd Fridays. TERMS— One Guinea per Quarter, and One Guinea entrance. ( 697) Belfast, March 9. TENERIFFE CARGO. ' if'HE Schooner Friends, EDWARD CONWAY, Master, is iL arrived this day, direct from TENERIFFE, with a CARGO of 140 Tons fair BARILLA, all in Lumps, and of a most supe tor Quality, Which will be Sold on reasonable Terms, out of the Vessel, at, the Lime- Kiln- Dock, by the Subscriber, HALLAWAY HAYES, Ann- street, Belfast, March 9, 1812. ( 692 TO BE SOLD, AN excellent well- inclosed MEADOW, within Sve minutes walk of the EXCHANGE, containing about five Acres; held immediately under the MARQUIS of DA- N^ R. ALL, for a long Term of Years, and low Rent. For particulars, apply at 12S, High- street. er- J) Belfast, March 7. FIORV FOR NEW- YORK, ' THE H I B E R N I A, HUGH GRAHAM, MASTER, Burthen 600 Tons, Just arrived, in 23 days from HEW- YOKK, and will be ready K> return about tiie first of April, with such Passengers as may embrace this most favourable. opportunity. The HIBERNIA is one of the finest Ships belonging to the United States;- and particularly calculated for the Passenger trade; being seven feet high between Decks. For Passage, apply to the CAPTAIN; or, to WM. & JOS. STEVENSON & COI February 28. ( 6S7 R NOTICE TO PASSENGERS. . THOSP. who have engaged their Passage *> v American Ship TRITON, D. SHERRY, Master, FOR NEW- YORK, Are requested to be in Belfust, . on Monday the 9th March, as the Vessel will proceed to sea first fair v. in-:! after. ROBT. & JOHN LUKE. EJftut, March 2. ( 659 , FOR NEWCASTLE & PHIL A- jM^ L DELPHIA, FFIPYTSL^ ' THE FINE STOUT AMERICAN SHIP Burthen 600 Tons, Will be clear to sail for the above Ports 5th March next. The ELIZA is very high and roomy between Deck « , sails fast, and has every suitable accommodation for tin, comfort of Passengers.. Those who wish to avail them- selves of this favourable opportunity, will please apply im- mediately, to Captain MCORKELL, at MRJ. M'COLLEY'S; Ship- Quay; Mr, WM GALLAGHER, Queen- street ( win, goes out iri said Vessel;) or, to the Subscriber, who pledges himself to put on Board, as usual, an abundant supply of the best Provisions acd Water for the Voyage. WM. M'CORICELL. DRR K y, February 4, IS12. ••'• ( Jo upwards of. .:: V • b; veto Deck: the Cabin apartment* are also sp- cioat, and ihted up iri a niaf si le. P. ssei rs going by this ship, may depenj upon every accommodation and attention during the Voyage, and upon a sufficient stock of Water, & c. b. ing put oh board. For Freight or Passage, apply to Captain PERKINS, at Captain SIMMS'S, Warrenpoiot; or, to CARLILES, OGLE & CO NE « VRY, February 21, 1812. A RISING STATES, " Captain STILWEI. L, r' dai!>' from PHILABELPHIA, and ( awa^ SW- swdl, lis'soon ai possible after her ariiva' be dispatched for the above Port, with whatever PassenirtTs may offer; and as the Passengers that went in this ve= se| with Captain STILWELL, last year, have engaged Pas. sajte' for a considerable number of theit. friends, early upplicatan will be necessary. ' Apply at the COunn'ng- Honse of Messrs! SWANZY WILSON, & CO. to the Subscriber, who expects by said' ° F ^ A. XSKED, NAVAL STORES, and BLAV. TTS. ' • ARCHD. LITTLE N UWRY, Febrwary 17, 18] '' 53- S FOR NEW YORK, The American Barque ED I FAR D, & M'G- R- nOWDALL,- MASTER, iriMoSttto* Burthen 450 Tons, Will be ready Tor Sea dn the ipth of March, and will s: iil first fair wind, after. She is Five Feet Eight Inches between Decks, and Eight or Ten Cabin Pass- u-.- rs could be com- fortably accominodatrd. Any Passengers wishing to embrace this opportunity, will please make immediate application to. the CAPTAIN at Warisnpoint, or to JOHN & HUGH BOYD. NEWRY, February 6, 1812. ^ -> 2- j NOTICE TO PASSENGERS? Hf ' nOSE Persons who have engaged their S^ ir^ fOP. • passage on board the American Barque EDWAlfD, G; R. DOWOALI, Muster, for NEW- YORK, will please be in NBWSY oil tbe 26th of March, JS she will sail the firs- faW wind after.— A i'ew Passengers could be acCo^ tnno lated,^' If ' immediate application be made to the CAPTAIN, at Wafrrt-' npoint; cr, to JOHN & HUGH BOYD; NEWRY, February, 25. WE the Undersigned CABIN and ST£ ERAOE PASSEN- GERS, on board the Ship MASSASOIT, rom NEW- YORK to NEWRY, return Captain WH1TTEN our siir r « and unfeigned Thjslts for his humane conduA and polite attention to us on the voyage ; and we think it but a small tribute, justly due to his merit, to menrion in this Public nianner, that we consider his professional kuriWled- i- e and unceasing vigifance not tp be excelled; • .1 we be^ leave to recommend this Gentleman and his Ship to those who intend crossing the Atlantic. JOHN Gfl. MOUR, PAUL BOGFI.', PATRICK HENRY, ' CHAS. M'i. OUGHLIN, WILLM. M'DERMOT, DENNIS CAREY, EDWARD HERALD, 600) DENNIS DOUGHERTY. , FOR NEW. YORK, . To sail first fair wind after the 20th March,. ' THE STOUT AND new AMERICAN SHIP MASSASOIT, s- 1- • ( Burthen 430 Tons.) This vessel is, in every retpeSi, well calculated fo yroni- liodate Passe. ngers, being six feet six inches between." dtiks, ( nly one year old, and a fast sailer. Such People as u'sh to ivail themselves of this favourable opportunity, Will please o make immediate application to the CAPTAINf'on Board it Warrenpoint, or to LAWFORD, TRONSON, & CO. NEWRY, February 19 ( go j K3- About Twelve Cabin Passengers can be taken. HAT MANUFACTORY. TJT) OBERT HALL begs leave to inform the Inhabitant « V of BELFAST, and its Virini'ty, that he has commence his Manufactory oT FINE HATS, 39,'. HIG'H- JTREEr. From his long experience in the Business, and the attei tion. he Will pay to it, he hopes to merit a sh. ire'of Publii favour. Those who favour him with their Custom, flia depend he wil! supply them with fashionable and service able HATS, qf the best Quality, for Gentlemen, Ladies and Children's wear— Be. AVfcR BONNETS, LEATHEB CAt'Ss & c. he will Sell on ' he lnwes' Terms, by Wholesuli and Retail - N. B. The highest pricas for Rabbit Skins NEW FLAX- SEED, ENGLISH & AMERICAN. GEORGE LANGTRY £ 5* CO. HAVE EQK SALE, 570 BAGS, - just landed from the South of Englanef, tfe growth of last year, and produced from real RIGA Flax- seed. 650 HOSSHEADS, imported per the Protcction^ and Hibernia, from New- York 090) Belfast, March 6. • TIMBER CARGO BY AUCTION. GEORGE LANGTRY W CO. WTILL Sell by Au& ion, at RITCHIE'S Dock, on MON * 7 DAY, 231 instant, at ONE o'Clock, the CARGt of the Ship Dryad, just arrived from WISCASSET, with ; very prime parcel, consisting of 490 Tons of PINE, 53 Tons of OAK, 120 Pine Plank, 173' OAR RAFTERS, 12,000 Oak and Ash Hogshead STAKES, and 3 SPARS. To be put up ill small Lots, and Terms declared at Sale. 672> ' Belfast, March 4. " PORK FOR SALE. r0 -) ^ PIERCES and BARRELS, prim- Quality ,) K), J JJ_ packed and ready for Shipping — \ pplyi to TURNI. Y & BATT, TWO HUNDRED and SEVENTY- EIGHT BALES, first Quality, ALICANTE BARILLA, daily expeflei. 670) 4th March, 1812. TENNENT, KNOX, 3c, C0. HAVE FOR SALK, New Orleans, and j COTTON WOOL, Mowed yzorgta, Virginia LEAF TOBACCO, Best and Secor. d Q0NGO 1EA, AND A FEW PUNCHEONS Strong well- flavoured WHISKEY. 438) Felfast, February 4. • The Public are respeClfully inform- u i"?**" vM Vv x that the following ti- SW ^• f. V REGULAR TRADERS Jgtekifas wm sail for their respeSive Ports, ^ fegtWif i with tbe fust fatr Wind after tbe dates mentioned : FOR LONDON, The armed brig AURORA, STARKS In a few days The armed brig DONEGALL, COURTNEY, 14 days after. FOR LIVERPOOL, The COMMERCE, BISHOP In a few days The CERES, SAVAGE Eight days after FOR BRISTOL, The WILLIAM, M'MULLIN 21st March. FROM LIVERPOOL FOR BELFAST, The FANNY, MARTIN.* 10th March. The MINERVA, COURTENAY... Eight days after. FROM LONDON FOR BELFAST, The Armed Brig GEORGE, IAMES CAUOHEY, Master, on delivery of the Teas from the Prompt. The Armed Brig FACTOR, M'NIECE 14 days after For Freight, in London, apply to Me. srs. ALEXANDER and WILLIAM OG1LBY, Abchurch- Yard. Gentlemen who have Linens to forward, will please send them to GEORGE LANGTRY l^ p A few Siont Lad* wanted as Apprentices to the Sea.. B EL FAS' r SI 3 IF N E V\ g. The armed brig Vine, Montgomery, is loading for Lon- don. to K. I> 1 in a few Jays. The Kelly, M'HwafH, is loading for Liverpool, to sail first fair wind after the 11th ins'. The armed brig St Patrick, Campbell, is loading at Lon- don for this port, ts sail on first delivery of the Teas from the present Sales. The Minerva, Courtenay, from hence, arrived safe at I. iverpoo! 5, h inst. The arir. ed brig Aurora, Starks, is loading for London, to sail in a few « Uys. The Commerce, Bishop, sails for Liverpool in a few- days. ' The Betseys. Neilson, for Glasgow; and the Margaret & Ni. ncy, GalLraith, for Greenock, are loading, to sail ill a few days. ' The Dispatch, Jamison, for Dublin, sails to- day. Tbe Diana, M'Cullum, at Glasgow; and the Bee, Rankin, at Dublin, are loading lor Belfast. The Schooner Friends, ED. CONWAY, Master, arrived in this harbour yesterday, . from Teneriffe, after performing her voyage from this port in eight weeks. Yesterday an excellent and very impressive Ser- mon was preached in the Fonr'h Presbyterian Congregation f this town, by the Reverend Mr. Acheson, taken from Luke ix. 56. " For the S-> n of Man is not come to destroy men's lives bu: to save them,"— after which a colleflion was made < in aid ef t'ne Funds of the Poor- House and In fit- j rna'ry, which, from the number who were pre. ent, was very considerable. As the day proved incle- | ment, many of the inhabitants of the town and t neighbourhood must have been prevented from | attending, donations from those wiil be thankfully I received by" the Rev. Mr. Acheson and William j Clark, .• q. Treasurer of the Institution. The Treasurer of the Belfast Charitable Society | acknowledges to have received from the executors | of the late Mr. William Mone tr, the sum of £ 50 sterling, bequeathed by him to that Institution. Cf :; nty < j Dozen Presentments. The Secretary's Office will remain open at Downpatrick for receiving Affidavits for Pre- sentments, until the Evening of MONDAY the 9th of March next;— and for receiving Account- ing Affidavits \ i . til MONDAY rhe 23d March— after which days, none can possibly be received. ' Downpatrick, 22d February, 1812, AH Accouating Affidavits must state that the work was finished six clear days before the Com- mission Day of the Assizes. | A CA' D* BELFAST COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER. At a Meeting of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures of Glasgow, held on the 14: h of Feb. 1812, KIUKMAN FINT. AY, Esq. in the Chair. The Committee appointed at a former Meeting presented their report on the subject of the East, India Company's Charter, which having been read and approved of, it was unanimously re- solved, 1. That by the Act 33d of his present Majesty, c. 52. the entite right of Commerce and Naviga- tion, in the seas and to the territories between the Cape of Good Hope and the S raits of Ma gellan, is vested in the Company ; but if not re- newed, this exclusive right will terminate on the I st of March, 1814, " after which they will re- main a Corporation, and may continue the Trade on the tame tooting as other British Subjects." 2. That, by the Act 37th of the same reign, c. 57- the privilege of trading to those countries, although denied to British Subiects, is permitted to Foreign Nations in amity with his Majestv. 3. That the Private trade which British Mer- chants were allowed to prosecute by the regula- tion of 1793, as an experiment of its future policy, is confiued to the actual possessions of the Com- pany ; limited to their own ships, under all the disadvantages of uncertainty, expence and delay; restricted both in the- kinds and quantities of the outward and homeward- bound cargoes ; remov- ed from the omtroul of the proprietors, and con- ducted in a manner which seems to have been in- tended to insure failure of success; but, that the in r- ase of this trade, under the pressure of ' all these restraints, proves beyond a doubt the extent to which it would have attained, had it been left to its free and natural operation. 4. That the Merchants- of ' he United States of America, availing them elves of the liberty which they have bsen allowed to enjoy at the expence of our own people, hi. ve prosecuted the East Indian Trade in a mar. ner, and to a degree which has ri - l ed the individuals, increased the national wealth, and ' upplied, as far as was possible, not on'y the Continent of Europe, but South Ameri- ca, the West Indies Tui key, the Foreign Ports of , the Mediterranean, and even Malta, with East- In- dian commodities; thus, by their industry, eco- i uomy, and dispatch, compelling the Company to sl. iink from ihe competition; employing British Capi'al in a trade which ' he laws of this country j prevent it.; own suhjeCls from using dirc- ftly them- i selves; and pos essing the incalculable advantage j of contesting, not with the vkiil and resources of i • British Merch : n's, but with the prodigality and ! neg'igence of a Joint Stock Company. 5. That the actual operation of the Monopoly thus appears to be directed not merely against Bri- tish Subjects, but in favour of Foreign Nations. 6. That no sati- faCtory reason can be assigned , against opening t'. e trade to China, because the f supposed delicacy of allowing a general interfer- i - er. ce with that people, is completely removed by the-^ liccess which lias attended the American traf- fic }|' and the same means which have enabled the Oriipan* to manage their affairs in China, may be Estabtijhed under the authority of Government, becaute joe idea! d- ffi: ulty of the colleCti m of taves, in the event of the trade being divided, is fully obviated by the known safety with which the duties are levied on articles of West Indian and American produce; and because the imagined hardship of depriving the Company of the only lu- crative branch of their monopoly, will be alleviated l> « the wealth, influence, knowledge, and expe- rience, which, in their united capacity, they will still be enabled to oppose to the unassisted efforts of private Merchants. 7- That the natural effefVof throwing open the Charter will be to excite a. fair emulation ; to bring all the produce of the jfast to its proper level in this country ; to enahl< M) ur Manufacturers to exett their skill and industry with advantage to produce new sources of trac!|;; and ihus to give full employment to the j> pef'ative classes of the community. > 8. That the ry tem of con/ ining the Eist Indian Trade to the Port of London, is unnecessary, un- just, and impolitic : unnecessary, because the du- ties may be collected with equal ease, and less loss by pilferage, in the otlt- pot » ; nnjut, because every mercantile place in the United K ngdom is entitled to ihe same privileges; and open commerce with India, is altogether imagi- nary ; because, the enterprise " of individuals is uniformly circumscribed by their means and sue- j cess ; because any evil of this nature is temporary, and checks itself; and because the very worst that can occur, in the event of the abandonment of the ; jj trade by the public, would be, hat matters again would return to their present state. 11. That at a time when the anti commercial system of France has been successfully exerted to exclude us from the Continental markets; when the prosecution of an expensive war, rend rs it necessary to adopt every means for augmenting the revenue; and when our existence as a nation depends in a great degree on the maintenance of our naval superiority, it has become not only high- , . . ly expedient, but indispen; iblv requisite, to open j ^ VMJJ-, up every legitimate channel of trade, for the pre- servation of our commercial, maritime, and finan- cial interests. 12. That this Chamber, fully satisfied that the injury arising from every monopoly must be pro- portionate to the extent of the trade thus confined : convinced of the importance, and even the neces- sity of a free intercourse with the rich, populous, and extensive countries in the East, as well those formerly acquired by the Company, as those late- ly subdued by his Majesty's arms; and dismissing the idea of all interference with the territorial rights and political privileges of the Company. Resolved, That Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, founded on the basis of these resolu- tions, be immediately prepared and presented be- fore the approaching discussion ; that the Report, accompanied by these Resolutions, be printed, communicated to Members of both Houses, and transmitted to every commercial and manufactur- ing town of importance in the United Kingdom ; that the co- operation of the nation at large be earnestly requested in petitioning Parliament to refuse the r, newal of the East India Monopoly ; and that Messrs. ICirkman Finlay, Chairman; James Dennistoun, Deputy Chairman ; James Hopkins, Alex. Carwpbell, David Connell, James Ewing, A. D. Carrpbeil, Francis Gat den, James IJuchannan, James Bucannan, jun. James Robert- son, and Dugaid B. mnatyne, be appointed a Com- mittee, with full powers to carry the above Reso- lutions into effect. FARMING SOCIETY OF IRELAND. if A question respecting the nature of light has I long divided the opinion of philosophers. Are | the effeits of light produced by certain undula SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1812. she invariably received her rents from the open c lsement of a window : to beholtl the arcana con- t t . lined within her own castle was an .. honour per- of an etherial medium, or by motion of par- I: mitted only to a favoured few. These rents were This day terminated the General Meeting, and Spring Show of the Soriey. The fat Cattle, | Sheep, and Pigs, havinr been arranged in their respective Classes on Monday, were viewed'on j Tuesday by upwards of 20') 0 spectators. On | Wedne- day, after the adjudication, they were placed in their order of merit, in which they remained for exhibition the ensuing day. The number- of fat Cattle was 38-; that of Sheep, 70. Every former Show has been exceeded by this, both as to the number and quality of- the cattle- j The Teeswater Cow, which obtained the Medal, was a prodigious fine Cow, uncom- monly fat. The long- horned Ox, which gained the first Premium and the Medal, was allowed, by all present, to be the most perfect that has ever been produced in Ireland, as not otily free from offal - in general, and more equally covered with meat of fine quality in all essential points, but as exhibiting altogether a stri! || tides moving- with an inconceivable velocity in t straight linf-- ? The latter was the opinion of New. f rigidly exacted in gold ; bank notes she considered i as so many circulating eeils, and extending piamj- | faflures as foreboding the ruin of the country.—^ moie satisfactory, as agreeing b- tter with the ob- How far she was correct in entertaining, those, servahle phenomena of the passage of light through ; j ideas our readers will judge. Though apparently various substances. M ( tter, he conceived, might !< uninterested in those circumstances which at ' ton ; and Mr. 1) : vy said ' hat he thought it was be arranged under four divisions— Solids, in which ;; times agitate the bulk of mankind— yet, when the the attraction of the particles exceeds the repul- ; idle distinctions of Hues and yelfows, prevailed, she EAST INDIA MONOPOLY By letters received from Bristol, we learn, that, at a meeting held tifrre on the 19th ultimo, called Ijy the Right Worshipful the Mayor, a Committee was appoint ed to procure information relative to the Trad of India, and to take the necessary steps for pro- curing to the Merchants of that City, in common with those of other ports, the privilege of trading to the Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, and to the Westward of the Streights of Magellan. We also understand the towns of Wales, and the Cloih Manufacturers of Gloucestershire and So- mersetshire, are to petition Parliament on this subje&. DUBLIN, Thursday, March 5. Hon. Dr C. Tr. och, John Knox, Esq Robert l. atouche, Esq. Rev. C. C. Bedford, Rev. Richard Wynne, Rev. George St. Geerge, Rev. Dr. Truel. We are sorry to have to mention a mirder of i very aggravated nature, which was committed in the city on Sunday night. Thomas Fowler, a black- smith, had been very importunate to get into the house of $ person of the same trade, named Fagan, in Swan- alley, who, from some reason, did not wish to admit him, and had the door shut when, he saw him coming to apply for entrance. Fowler went away, and the door was immediately opened, the people within re- solving . to send him off by violence, if he troubled them more with his importunities. He was not long On Friday eighteen Ploughs ap'- eared upon the field in competition for the Cup, which was won by a person who never before entered the lists; as was also the sccond Prize by another new Prac thinner. When the Ploughing Match was over, the So- ciety met at dinner, and ended' the day with much festivity, to which ( he vocal powers of Messrs. Spray, Jager, and Smith, who favoured the So- « ciety with their company, very materially coutri- I but id. | ' faring the entire time of the Show, the attend- " was numerous and highly respeCteble. The { Patron of t- he • Society,-- his Grace the Duke of Richmond honoured the Show- Yard with his pre- sence. A ballot for the admission of Members was held every dsy during the Show, and several new ones were added to the Society. Some mechanical improvements were submitted for inspection ; arnoi/ g others, a simple and inge- niously contrived Drag, for a loaded cart in a hidy country, seer- ed to meet genera1, approba- tion. An implement, which appears to be a good one, was also produced for reaping corn with ex- traordinary dispatch, to which the Society will ! give a fair trial in the harvest, but are us yet un- jj able to decide upon its merits of form. The Weighing Machine of the Society was, in many instances, resorted to, with great satisfaction. Some remarkably good Leicester and South Dovrn Sheep; were exhibited, also a few of the Leicester, crossed by South Down, and one of the first cross of the South Down on the native Mountain Ewe ; this Sheep was but one shear, and proved strongly the utility of the cross* On Wednesday the ballot for the Committee took place, when the following Gentlemen were elefted for the ensuing year: Earl of Meath, Chart s P. Doyne, Esq. Karl of l-' arnham, Richard Doyre, Esq. l. ord I, i, more, Richard Verschoyle, Esq. Sir• T. No wcomen, Bart. John Mansfield, Esq. George Gri'jrson, Esq. James Harvey, Esq. ' fhom s Going, F. sq. Samuel Sarnet, Esq James Chritchley, Esq. John Huttori, Esq. sive power— Fluids, in which these two powers were rq: ial— Gaseous substances, in. which the re- pulsive power exceeded the attractive, but not in j. that degree to destroy their aftion on each Other—- j an.' radiant or etherial matter, in which the re- ; pnlsive force of the particles separated them with j inconceivable velocity from each other, and im- j pelled them in right lines through space. The different effeCls of colour, Newton had attributed ! to the different size ot the particles, and on tiie same cause Mr. D. observed, it probably depend- ed that the radiant heat from the sun passed tng symmetry j thrnuppj, „| as5) whilst the rays of heat from culi- i of the Society o ', • , tJ m 1. > nary fire being larger, would not pass through, j I: teas the opinion of Newton, that the elementary j particles of matter, of all substances, were homo- j geneous; its different properties depending on the different arrangement of these particles. Mn Davy observed, if ever we are permitted to pen£- J tristc the my steries of nature, and to trace chemi- cal and mechanical causes to the same source, it i will probably be effected by a more accurate ac- quaintance with the laws which regulate the phe- nomena of radiant matter. EXTRAORDINARY MORTALITY. MR. DAVY'S LECTURES AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION, LONDON. This L ecture treated of radiant or etherial i matter, under the different heads of— rays, pro- | i| ducing^ light— rays, producing heat— and rays, ! pace, and, rushing up staird to Fagin, thrust it, burn | jj producing chemical t fleets. Mr. Davy observed ing, into" his' Mouth and throat, and then struck him that, in the French system of chemistry, the com. in returning, but instead of going up stairs, he went into Fagan's work- shop, and taking a small iron poker, he very deliberately made it red hot in the fur- On January 28th, at Bristol Hot- Wells, after a lingering illness of more than two years' conti- nuance, Ann Bowerbank, aged 23 ; and on Sa- turday evening the 9th ult. at the house of her brother, the Rev. T. F. Bowerbank, Vicar of Chiswick, Isabel Bowerbank, only surviving sis- ter, aged 22; following their youngest brether Edward, aged 23, and their sister Mary, aged ! 24, to the grave, within the short period of ten months. The circumstances- attending the deaths of these four young persons are very remarkable. Their brother Edward arrived ftom India, la- bouring under a deep consumption: his sister Ma- ry came from Bristol to see him, at Chiswick, but would notbepersuaded of his danger, until she had heard the decided opinion of the medical atten- dant to an indifferent person, for which purpose she concealed herself behind the curtain. " Now," said she, « I am satisfied—- I hope I shall not sur- vive him." She was taken ill the next morning, and, after twelve days, died, preceding the ob- ject of her tender solicitude to the grave by ex- actly a month.— Similar, but more awful, has been the fate of poor Isabel. For several months ( past it has beetl her repeated declaration, both by letter and words, that anxious as she might be to ! have health and strength to administer to the com- j forts of her lingering sister, yet, as soon as the scene of her suffering should close, life would be- come indifferent to herself. On the 5th inst. her stater wss buried. On Friday she accompanied her brother to Chiswick, where slie arrived with- out the least fatigue on Saturday. On Sunday, after a few hours of apparently trifling indisposi- tion, from which she appeared to be fast recover- ing, in the act of taking some refreshment, she raised her eyes, and, without the least change of feature or posture, immediately expiied 1— They were four of the six children of the late Rev. Ed- ward Bowerbrtnk, Rector of Croft and Barring- ham, and Prebendary of Lincoln. would, on rhe'eveof a contested eleftion, pant*, cipate warmly in the ebullitions of party spirit. On these occasions, she feared r. ot to encounter the fury of the mnb by decorating her windows with part)- Coloured ribbons, and appearing in a garment of the same colour— yet while her con- dnCt in this respeft would tempt one to believe she ad vocated this just and necessary war," as some have called it, she Considered the tax- gatherer and assessor in no better light than authorised public plunderers. To say that our heroine never did a generous aCtion, would be an injustice to her memory. Though she chose, rather to brave tlu missile weapons of the mob, than irradiate her m. msion, in commemoration of any public success — yet, when the remains of the brave 42d regi- ment passed through that city on their return from - Egypt, she aided for them a subscription at Carlisle by a donation of two guineas. Nor let it be said she was destitute of affeClion. Her only and faithful dollies'ic, an aged dug, often found a repast on the offals thrown out of a neighbour's doir. On these occasions she never refused to attend her social companion i. i the capacity of sentinel, to prevent any hungry and quarrelsome rival from d'ispu'iug the spoil. The bulk of her property, with the exception of some small lega- cies, Miss Jickson has bequeathed to Mr, Joseph Bowman, of Botcherby. with it across the face. The whole was done before j the astonishment of the persons in the room could j allow them to make the smallest resistance. Fagan, | in the utmost agony, rushed downstairs to the street, ) where, unable to'move farther, he fell upon his knee- , j and exclaimed " Murder !" He was taken to Meath- j street Hospital, but had expired before he could be j brought within the building. Fowler was pursued ' and taken. He is now in custody, charged, on the ; verdict of the Coroner, with the murder. The following extraordinary and barbarous tran- saction is stated to have taken place a tew days ago ; in the vicinity of Carrick- on- Suir. One in, in had tented a piece of ground from another, on which he ' had planted potatoes, and which, according to the agreement, were not to be taken from the field till the lent was paid. The rent was not paid, hut the own- er of tile potatoes, contrary to the express injunctions of the other party, was frequently employed in carry- ing them off. On one of those occasions the person from whom the field was rented, with three or four others, well armed, appealed on the spot, when < tli ot them fired on' the man, and wounded him so se- verely, th it he soon afterwards expired. Before his death, however, as we have learned, he swore infor- ii mations against all those by whom he had thus lost ; his life. | The house of Mr. Nugent, Barrack, near May- nooth, wis attacked, on Thursday night last, by up wards of twenty men, well armed— they only de- manded arms and something to drink. On the same f night they attacked Mr. Patterson's house, in which j they got a quantity of arms. Their leader called himself Captain John of the Wexford Carders." We are sorry to learn, that a few days since, some misguided persons, from the apprehension that the p ice~ of provisions in the country was enhanced by the facility of sending them to Dub- lin by the Grand Canal, made a cut upon that part of the line which passes near Edenderry, and let off the water. We learn, however, that the breach is now nearly repaired, and that the ECCENTRICITY. Ihe ana impolitic, became the superior economy and dispatch which j communication has been restored, prevail in the out- ports, are requisite to seeuie an equality in competition with Fore- go Nations. 9. That the very existence of a beneficial p. o- i yecution of the Last Indian Trade by this country seems now to depend on the restoration ot its fte^'. j com, ns it is proved by undeniable documents, ! that, if it be allowed to remain in its present li- j mited form, it will languish, decay, and pass into the hands of other States. 10. MURDER.— A Coroner's Inquest was held on the 12th inst. on the body of Mr Joseph Mycock, of Slate- house, Staffordshire, who was shot on Monday evening, the 10th, as he was sitting in a room by the lire- side, with his wife, the- remainder of the family being in a back kitchen. After an examination of ( evidence for three days, the Jury brought in a verdict of Wilful Murder against Benjamin Mycock, brother That the. danger supposed to arise from of the deceased; and he was committed to Gaol, by exc .- s. of sptculatiou at the commencement of an • he Coroner. binations of caloric and light with bodies, were described as if these substances were known to have a distinct specific existence, and wete capa- ble of combining with ponderable bodies, in the same way that ponderable bodies combine with each other ; but this he stated was the language of . hypothesis, which should always be kept dis- tinct from the description of facts. Various ef- fects of the radiation of light and heat were illus- trated by experiments. Black surfaces appear to radiate heat with nearly three times more inten- sity than polished surfaces of metal. If a polished tin vessel be filled with bailing water, and another v-' ssel of the same shape and size be also filled with water at the same temperature— if the sur- face of the latter be coated with lamp- black, it is found that, if two thermometers be placed at equ 1 distances from each, that oppos d to the black vessel rises higher and more rapidly than that placed at an equal distance from the polished I surface. The application of this principle in va- ! rious processes might be of much practical use ' in the heating or cooling of liquors.' The differ- j, ent effects of the radiation and infrangibility of i light were then described, and the discoveries of j Dr. Henchel were stated, by which it appears i that when the solar beam passes through the ' prism, beyond the visible rays at the red end, I there were invisible rays producing heat, the ther. j mometer rising two degrees Higher, at about half j an inch distance beyond the* visible rays at the j red end, than whe- acted upon by red rays ! At the contrary end of the spectrum, beyond the ; termination of the visible vidjent rays, there are ' found to be rays that have the power of chang- ; ing the colour of metallic oxyds, one end of the spectrum separating oxygen- from bodies, the r other separating hydrogen. In this respect the • power of the different ends of the spectrum ap-! peared to be analogous to the'different poles of! the voltaic pile, and to produce similar chemical I effects. The polarity cf light seemed also evinced by its effects in passing through Iceland crystal; also when light passes through other refracting substances, there is a certain angle at which one part of the rays only pass through, and the others are reflected. These different effects seem- ed to depend o: i the polarity of the particles by which they were attracted at one degree of incli- nation, and repelled at another. The supposi- tion which had been advanced, that the parti- cles of light were octahcdrous, each of which had a peculiar axis of polarity, would ag> ee wkh the phenomena of double refraction. ° Died, on the 10th ult. at Botchery, near Car- lis'e, at the advanced age of 90, Miss Margery Jackson, a maiden lady, who was for many years an inhabitant of Carlisle. Though in possession of a fortune of more than .-£ 50,000, her annual expenditure, with the exception of libations made | to Bacchus, certainly amounted to very little; yet, in many other respefts, did her character betray that unaccountable inconsistency which often ren- ders the human mind an objefl of erratic conjec- ture. It" she seldom or never sacrificed to the pleasures of the table, the more seduCtive attrac- tions of the bottle had her regard. Her usual beverage was brandy mixed with wine : the thin- ner potations of modern times she considered as a groof of the degeneracy of the age. In this prac- tice, however, she never lost the use of her tongue: this " unruly member" acquired fresh pliancy and renovated strength, by the application of her Ixioved Cogniac. But the missile of feminine vengeance was blunted by the thunder of forensic j eloquence; the talismanic influence of the law; could relax the muscles even of a misanthrope, j and irradiate, with a smile of satisfaction, the rigid j countenance of austerity i self— what is more, - t ; could even relax the purse- strings of her heart ; I then money had lost all its charms— it even in he r ' estimation, seemed to have lost its value. When she conceived her rights infringed, she spared no expence in prosecuting her cause in the higher and lower Courts of Judicature. Early prepossessed j with unfavourable notions of mankind, she kept herself insulated from the world— and although possessed of a masculine understanding, it had received no polish from education— nor did her after habits afford any opportunity of correcting the bias which she had unfortunately received. It was on money and not on men, that she de- pended in case of necessity ; this she esteemed the palladium of her security— of her happiness— the very Penates, or proteCiors of her existence.— Every tiling which Margery Jackson peifoimed exhibited the features of her mind, and a true de- cision of character. Nobly scorning to. mix with the herd of mankind ( whom she depicted as com- :| pdsed of a mass of viliainy), and equally averse ! to accommodate herself to the politer part of her species, by those cour'ly phrases which are general- ; ly adopted to smooth and facilitate the intercourse of social life, she invariably used that sort of Ian- ; guage which, in some respefts, might be said to be peculiarly her own, but savouring much of what • is commonly denominated Billingsgate rhetoric, in which she was in no inconsiderable degree eloquent, i For tpisy years during her residence in Carlisle^ The total amount of taxes, See in England, ap- plicable to the service of the public, amount, de- ducing the charge upon the Consolidated Fund, for the year ending Jan. 5,1810 =£ 27,748,807 9 1 SI 1 30,415,940 1 9 0 — 18 ' 2. 26,830,591 17 Lately, as Mr. T. Osbotu ne, First Lieutenant of the royal marines, was returning on board the ship Sarah, in Yarmouth roads, his hands being benumbed with cold, he requested to ba hoisted up in the boat ; a rope was sent down with a bow- line knat, to put round him for fear of an acci- dent, but this he twice declined. He was than hoisted up . along with two boys, who had been left in it to fix the tackles; but when nearly up, them the stem ring- of the boat drew- out, and in consequence thereof, Mr. Osbourne was precipi- tated into the sea; and the tide running very s'rong, he was instantly carried away and nev^ r seen after. Vesuvius had nor, on the 1.5th of January en- tirely ceased its eruption ; but it was so slight, that the feats of the inhabitants in its neighbourhood had been entirely removed. Occasionally loud explosions were heard ; and its crater appeared covered with burning matter. Crouds of specta- tors daily witnessed the interesting spectacle. A pearl fishery has been established iil t ie river Moldavia, which produces between three'aud four hundred pearls annually, as fine as ihofe of the East. The territory in which the fishery lies is the property of Prince Schwamen'oerg. A few evenings since, a labouring man in Headford, having gone to a public house in com- pany with two of his sons, for the purpose of taking some refreshment, happened to go into a room where there was others drinking, and be- gan to sing a song; but one of the sons having remarked that another of the company cou'. d sir. g better, the old man immediafeiy rose in a pas- sion, for the purpose of quitting the roonq, and had just got on the second last step of thi'stares, when he suddenly dropped down, and never after uttered a word. Harriot Magnes, otherwise Harriot Voice ( he woman who stole the child, some time ago in London), is committed to take her trial at the ensuing Assizes, on a charge of having two hus- bands. In consequence of an information, 100 guneas, which were fciund concealed under the windlass on board the Thomas and Mary smack of Wey- mouth, lying in Newhaven harbour, ha^ e been seized, together with the vessel. It is a generally received opinion that a French- man can live where an Englishman w; l starve : The following light breakfast, however, taken b/ eight French prisoners of war in passing through Swansea, will shew that Monsieur can enjoy the stlids as well a? John Bull:— Tea, l( i penny rolls, a round of toast 14 inches diameter and 1 inch thick, a shilling loaf cut in pieces, 100 pickled oysters, six pounds of beef, three quarts of ale, and seven glasses of rum. FUNERAL OF MAJOR- GES. CRAUFURD— Lord Wellington, to testify his high sense of M< jor. General Craufurd's great and distinguished me- rits and services, determined that he should be in- terred in the breach which he had so ably and heroically assaulted, as the highest honour he could confer upon him, The light division assem- bled before the St. Francisco Convent, where their late beloved Commander lay, at 12 o'clock, on the 25th of January. The 5 h division lined the road from thence to the breach. The Officers of the brigade of Guards, of the cavalry, and of the 3d, 4th, and 5th divisions, with Lord Wellington, and the whole of the head- quarters, at their head ; General Castanos, and all his Staff; Marshal Be. resford, and all the Portuguese, moved in the mournful procession. He was borne to his place of rest on the shoulders of the brave men whom he had led to victory. The Fic- id Officers of th^ light division officiated as pall- beaTers; Major- General C. Stewart ( Adjutant- General), was chief mourner, attended by Captain W. Cami bell, and Lieutenants Wood and Shawe, Aides- de- Camp to their late glorious Commander, and by the Staff of the light division. BELFAST: Printed and Published by DKUMMOND ANOIISON, fo » Self and the other Proprietors, every Monday, WtJnuilar, and Saturday. — Price of the Paper, when sent to any par* o( che United Kingdom, 8/. ' id. yearly, paid IB advance
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