SMITHFIELD CLUB. Annual Show at Sadler's Yard. and preserved dry, in the above procces; and of a useful manure, applicable to the same uses as rape or malt dust.-Messrs. Cooke and their priced catalogues of implements, and Fisher, some remarkably fine Swedish turnips; cattle selling tables; and also their offer of a premium of ten guineas, for the best paring plough, for superseding the breast plough on rough and stony land. They also shewed some fine and perfect specimens of hemp that were prepared by a new process, in the short space of five minutes, after being cut from the ground.-Mr. Leonard Phillips, specimens of Mangel Wurzel roots and seeds; several pota of true Fiorin Grass, some of whose strings were seven feet long, from single joints planted in April last! Friday morning, Dec. 16, the cattle and implements, &c. arrived in Mr. Sadler's yard, Goswell-street, at the usual hour, and although it had been announced that the Show would not open until the afternoon, a considerable crowd surrounded the Repository gates during the forenoon, and increased greatly afterwards, notwithstanding the gates remained shu', the deluges of rain that fell, and the notice "no admission." It seems essential to the character and fairness of the decisions of the Judges, on the comparative merits of so many almost equally fine animals, collected from such At the dinner after the show, Mr. Melvarious quarters and persons, that strangers lish observed, that the pleasure which genshould on no account intrude, during their tlemen had experienced, in taking an occainvestigation, and this can only be effected sional lounge through the office, yard, and by allowing a whole day to those neces-premises where the various agricultural and sary and previons arrangements before the Show should be understood to open. The yard was on Saturday uncommonly crowded the whole of the day, and it seemed a general opinion among the many experienced breeders, graziers, salesmen, butchers, and amateurs, who examined the several animals, that a better or more interesting show of fat cattle had never been made in London. The successful candidates were, Jos. Als, for an ox...... 2, 16, two -- Beache, an ox...... 17, one Amt. 20 gs. 5 gs. 20 gs. 19, three 35 gs. 15, one George Dodd, 4 pigs....15, 20, two .... Jefferies, an ox.... 16, one James King, an ox................ 5, two 10 gs. 5 gs. 40 Robert Masters, 2 oxen.. 4, 17, two 55 10, three 20, one 16, 1, two 9, one 295 gs 35 gs. 5 gs. 55 gs. 10 gs. gs. The Implements, &c. exhibited were Mr. Wilson's 4-horse portable thrashing machine, principally of iron; the horse power and the thrasher moving about separately on wheels, from which it is not necessary to remove them when connected for thrashing. Mr. John Manton's very small drill bow churns, for making small quantities of butter, in a very few minutes.-Messrs. W. and D. Bailey's cast iron rick supports, stable drain grates, pig troughs, plates for mill stones, and tall park fence of iron. Mr. Lee, specimens of his patent prepared flax, without having been steeped, in four different stages of its process: the last most beautifully soft, fine, and white, obtained in only six hours after the flax had been cut from the land! Also, a specimen of the valuable chaff, for cattle, that is separated useful implements, &c. are deposited for examination, had suggested to them the idea of entering into a subscription, for enabling Messrs. Cooke and Fisher to fit the subscribers, and to keep it furnished up a reading room, for the accomodation of with new agricultural books, periodical of leisure might have the opportunity of works, newspapers, &c. where gentlemen meeting and discussing on topics connected with the rural and useful arts. COURT OF CHANCERY. Orders of Professional Importance.—Mr. Bell begged that his Lordship would make an order which would tend greatly to the furtherance of business, and would peculiarly accommodate gentlemen behind the bar. What he proposed was, that it should be ordered that every Solicitor should in every notice of motion intimate to the other party, whether the motion was to be made before his Lordship or before the ViceChancellor. Mr. Cook having seconded this application, The Lord Chancellor assented to it with this reservation, that it should be competent to his Lordship, where he should see cause to order such motions as were purposed to be brought before his Lordship, to be carried before the Vice-Chancellor. it had been mentioned to him from vaThe Lord Chancellor then stated, that rious quarters, that great facilities in the carrying on of business had of late years taken place in the Courts of Common Law, in consequence of the printing of the cause lists, together with the names of the Attornies on either side. This had never hitherto been the practice of the Court of Chan cery, the consequence was, that, in many instances, neither Solicitor uor Solicitor's Clerk attended, and the Court was deprived of the means of knowing even who the Solicitor was. To remedy this evil, his Lordship intended to make an order, that in future the lists of causes in this Court should be printed, along with the names of the Solicitors on both sides. The Judges have lately determined, that persons employing their sons as clerks, shopmen, or warehousemen, are liable to be charged for them as such: and also, that attornies are chargeable for such clerks as are articled for a less period than seven years. Articles of the Peace. December 22.-At the rising of the Court of Chancery, a motion was made, by a junior Barrister, the like of which no man in the Court remembered, although the junior Barrister, who made the motion cited a precedent in point, in support of his motio. The motion was for admitting the Lady and wife of a Noble Lord (Dto exhibit before the Chancellor Articles of the Peace against her husband, to compel him to give sureties of the peace, on account of ill usage to the wife, in the amount of one thousand or fifteen hundred pounds; as the husband was in the receipt of fifteen thousand pounds a year, and had considerable future expectancies. The Lady read the articles, with the register, under the Lord Chancellor's seat; after which his Lordship perused the same; and, after a short interrogation of her Ladyship, in a low voice, and without oath, ordered the motion for a reference to the Master for settling the surety bond to be allowed. The Lady came in and went out very privately. PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY. CHAP. II. Affairs in Canada-Peace of Ireland Property Tax-Catholic Question-Army Estimates-Spanish Subjects. HOUSE OF LORDS. Nor. 14. Affairs in Canada.—The Marquis of Buckingham moved for papers referring to a Court-Martial on Captain Barclay, &c. for the loss of the British Flotilla on Lake Erie. His object was to establish whether the Ministers, or Sir J. Yeo, or Captain Barclay, or who else, was guilty of those negligences, or crimes, by which that misfortune had happened to the British arms. The fact was, Capt- B. found his flotilla deficient in men and stores: he requested a re-inforcement; it was refused. The campaign opened with the formid able force of 150 British seamen, and the effect was produced which had been expected. The British flotilla was blocked up in Amherstburg by the American force, nearly double that of the British. Provisions then became so scarce, that not only the army and navy, but part of the inhabitants were obliged to live on small rations from the British stores. In this situation Captain Barclay resolved to break the blockade for the purpose of getting provisions. He engaged the enemy with that skill and intrepidity which distinguish British seamen, and gained the wind of them but the superiority of the enemy's force finally prevailed. The result was, the unavoidable and complete surrender of our flotilla. He concluded by moving, &c. Lord Bathurst expressed a hope that the Noble Earl would be induced to concur in an opinion, that it was not expedient to produce the minutes of the Court Martial. Not that the proceedings would disclose any fact to the public they ought to conceal, but that it would disclose what was and navy, before they enjoyed any opporhighly prejudicial to men in both the army tain Barclay had found it necessary to call tunity of making their full defence. Capfor a Court Martial, and in the course of the proceedings there were allusions to the conduct of General Proctor, which would render it necessary to bring Gen. Proctor to a Court Martial. If so, how could Government, consistently with justice, decation, might deprive the General of part liver the general order, which, by publi of his defence. ville and Lord Melville, in which the After some remarks from Lord Grenformer advised his Noble friend to withdraw the motion: the Marquis of Buckingham complied. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Lieut. Col. Palmer brought the subject of the late Court-martial, held on Colonel Quintin of the 10th Hussars, repeatedly before the House, by moving for copies of papers, as-Proceedings, &c. The general sense of the House seemed to be, thut military matters were not proper subjects of debate in that Assembly. Peace of Ireland. Nov. 18.-Mr. Peele obtained leave to bring in a Bill for continuing and amendng the two Acts of last Session of Parliament for the better preservation of the internal Peace of Ireland; the principal new feature of which, was to enable the Lord Lieutenant to appoint Magistrates and Special Constables to act in more than one county in cases of disturbance. Supply.-Property Tax.. of the Greek Church, to whom the religious instruction was confided, and that the Jesuits were interdicted from interfering, in the smallest way, in religious matters. The Hou. Baronet concluded with moving for Copies of the Resolutions of the Roman Catholic Prelates assembled at Dublin on the 17th January, 1799, and some other papers on the same subject.—Ordered. Army Estimates. same privileges in Russia that they did in The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the times of their greatest prosperity; but the order of the day, for the House going he had omitted to state, that in every Colinto a Committee to consider of the Supply.lege of Jesuits, in Russia, there was a Priest Mr. Grenfell was happy to look forward to the expiration of the Property Tax on the 5th of April next. If it was necessary to renew that tax, or continue any part of it, he hoped provisions would be made to do away, or soften down the severity of the inquisitorial part of it, and to make it as easy to the feelings of individuals as it was oppressive to their pockets. It ought also to be made more equal. It was unreasonable that persons, of from 2001. to 5001. income, should pay in proportion as those of 1000l. or 10,000l. a year. There ought also to be in the Act some restrictions on the Commissioners, to prevent their dis closure of the income of individuals. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, he should be prepared to answer the Hon. Member when the question came before the House. At present it was his intention to move, that a sum, not exceeding eight millions, be granted to his Majesty, to meet the bilis drawn on the Treasury for the Extraordinaries of the Army.-In answer to a question from Mr. Tierney, whether two millions more would cover the whole of the extraordinary expense, he said, as far as he could judge, two millions more would make the whole good. He considered the expense now would be two millions a month less than last year. When we should have brought the American war to a close, our expenses would be still further diminished. At present, however, they must look for great exertions, and provide accordingly. Resolution agreed to. Catholic Question. Nov. 21.-Sir Johu Cox Hippesley regretted that he could not move for a Report on the Ecclesiastical Rights of the Crown, as it was not in such an official state as to be accessible to any motion from him. He regretted also that he could not move for another paper, which related to a subject which, on its being first mentioned by him, in that House, had excited nothing but ridicule he meant the Bull for the Restoration of the Order of Jesuits. The most gross misrepresentations on these subjects had been made in Ireland; it was astonishing, indeed, how much the lower orders of that country were industriously kept in a state of ignorance. A gentleman who had been called the Historian of Ireland (Plowden ut who was more remarkable for his voluminousness than his fidelity, had stated that the Jesuits continued to enjoy the Lord Palmerston moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee, and Mr. Whitbread could not consent to the Speaker's leaving the chair, until the House should receive some information that might force was which the political situation of enable them to judge, what the amount of the country required. He thought it necessary that it should be communicated as to the state of Europe. By a written e signed by Lord Castlereagh, and by Lord W. Bentinck, we had become parties to the treaty between Joachim and the Court of Vienna, on the ground that his force was wanted before time could be allotted to the framing of a formal treaty. He wished to enquire, too, whether a treaty with Spain had not been entered into, and ratified in August last, which had never been produced? Likewise, whether a paper, purporting to be a proclamation from Prince Repnin, which had been published in all the newspapers, calling on the people of Saxony to submit to the Prussian Government, but which was stated to have been since recalled, and which certainly bore upon it the stamp of authenticity, was or was not a fabrication? He was desirous the House should know whether the honour and character of the country had been committed to an act so unjust in itself, so disgraceful in its motives, so mischievous in its example. He could anticipate no permaneut tranquillity, when he saw Geuroa united to Piedmont, Venice to Austria, Belgium to fiolland, Saxony to Prussia, and Poland to Russia. Upon all these topics, explanations were yet to be received. The news from America must naturally incline the House to ask, were the negotiations at Ghent still proceeding? The Chancellor of the Exchequer did not think himself at liberty to give an answer to many of the questions put by the Hon. Gentleman; but it gave him great satisfaction so say, that the conferences at Ghent were not broken off. With respect to the engagement with the King of Naples, it to reduced Officers. £427,000 for defraying the expences of the in and out Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, and the Royal Hospital of Kilmainham. £100,000 for defraying the expences of te Volunteer Corps in Great Britain and Irela d. £150,000 for defraying the expences of the Local Militia. £237,000 for the service of Foreign Corps in the employment of Great Britain and Ireland. £14,000 for the charges of the Royal Military College. £15,000 for the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea. £72,000 for allowances to retired Army Chaplains, the Chaplain General, &c. £50,000 for Medicines, Surgical Materials, and Hospital Contingencies. £25,000 for the Compassionate List. £100,000 for the Commissariat Establishment in Ireland. £200,000 for the Barrack Department in Ireland. Spanish Subjects. Nov. 22.-Mr. Whitbread rose to move for certain Papers respecting the delivering up of some Spanish subjects, who had fled for protection into Gibraltar. Two gentlemen of some consideration in Spain had fled from thence, and had taken refuge in the garrison of Gibraltar: the Governor, as he should contend, most improperly, most inhumanly, and most unjustifiably, had given them up to the Spanish Government. On the 4th of May, and on the night between the 10th and 11th, that atrocious act took place, which was a scandal and disgrace to the Spanish Govern ment, he meant the arrest of Deputies, many of whom were dragged from their houses and imprisoned; others, aware of the arrest, fled,-were pursued by armed troops and taken; but others escaped, and got to England, notwithstanding the most active vigilance of Sir J. Duff. Amongst the most distinguished who gained an asylum in England, was the Marquis Matterosa (Count De Torreno). He was pursued by an armed force; but succeeded in getting into Lisbon, and from thence to England. His mother, who was living at his country seat at the time of his flight, died through fear. Two persons had fled to Gibraltar from Cadiz, and Sir J. Duff desired that General Smith would give them One of them, Coraire, was a friend of the Editor of a Spanish paper, which published reflections on the British, but that could not operate to his prejudice, as a libeller. The other was the author of two works, one a Hebrew grammar, and the other called "The Inquisition unmasked." This latter work, no doubt, was his crime. This was not the first time the Government fled for protection; on one occasion they of Gibraltar had given up persons who had had withheld a person. A baker at Cadiz, in the year 1801, was summoned before a magistrate, and he took the opportunity of committing murder: he stabbed the magistrate on the bench, and immediately fled to Gibraltar. A demand was made of him, but he was not given up. Mr. W. then stated, that Sir J. Duff had leut himself as an instrument to the Spanish Government on this occasion, for he called the masters of all the merchant vessels lying at Cadiz before him, and made them take an oath that no Spaniard was on board their ships; notwithstanding this case, one, named Estrada, escaped, and is now in London. He concluded by moving, &c. Mr. Vansittart assured the House that Government had no interference with the proceedings of the Spanish Government in their recent conduct. He remembered that a question was put to Lord Castlereagh in the month of June last. In the July following, Lord Bathurst found that certain subjects of Spain had been delivered up. His Lordship wrote to the Governor of Gibraltar, desiring that whatever communications might have passed between Gen. Smith and the Commandant at Cadiz, should be transmitted home. The letter of Lord Bathurst desired, that, for the future, no person should be delivered up without first consulting the Ambassador at Madrid. POLITICAL PERISCOPE. Panorama Office, Dec. 28, 1814. Peace is our dear delight. Were it possible so far to suspend the conviction arisiug from history, we could willingly flatter ourselves, that Peace should triumph over all the earth; and take up her abode, not again to be banished. We cannot, in this instance, believe against conviction, and we acknowledge an anxiety of no small force, till the result of those consultations, on which depends the lasting tranquillity of Europe, be publicly proclaimed. If any thing consequent on them, or attached to them, has induced the British Ministry to a hasty peace with America, we are heartily sorry for the cause. As to the peace itself, we must wait till the terms of the treaty be known: if they prove just and honourable, the pact will be lasting; if hard on either side, an opportunity of renewing the quarrel will soon occur. That America will, ere long, divide into three separate States, is a prevailing opinion, and receives countenance from recent events in that country; we conjecture that it coincides with Mr. Madison's own foresight. The Northern, (or as they are also ealled, the Eastern) States of the Union have protested against the war of America against Britain in the strongest terms, from its very beginning, and before it began. They refused to let their militia go out of their own province to invade Canada; and they ought, in consistence with their principles, to have resolved sgainst the building of ships of war, and privateers in their ports. This they did not resolve; but finding themselves left without protection from the General Government, they determined on calling a Separate Congress, to meet on the 12th day of December. Of course, we cannot yet know whether it did meet; whether it were well or ill attended: or what steps it has taken, If this Congress should continue its sittings; if it should resolve to meet yearly; if the people should obey its injunctions; then is the separation of the States east of the Hudson river, including New York, effected. Should this not take place, to its full extent, yet the example is set; the feeling is brought into exercise, and on the next opportunity, the plan will be realized. These States will not long suffer themselves to be out-voted in the General Congress, by the Southern States, on every question, without resorting to some vindictive measure. The business will do it self, sooner or later. From that danger, perhaps Mr. Madison has escaped for the present. 40,000 : 600,000 400,000lb. at 10 cents Hats-on beaver 1 dollar, castors 75 cents. and rorums 25 cents. payable by manufacturers Cotton yarn, spun by aid of ma- ' chinery, worked by steam or water, 400,000 spindles, at 25 cents. Leather-sole, neats, harness, calf, horse and hog, kid and seal skin, 18,000,000lb. averaged at 3 cents. Goat and sheep skins, tanned with sumach, or otherwise, to resemble Spanish leather, at 50 cents. the dozen, and all other skins tanned or dressed with alum, averaged at 3 cents. per lb. rolled and Iron, 300,000 tons of pig, at 1 dollar 100 000 tons of castings, at 1 dolla 50 cents. . 100,000 tons of bar, slit, at I dollar On beer, ale,and porter, 6,000,000 gallons, at 1 cent.. Furniture-tax, excluding beds, bedding, kitchen furniture, carpets, and curtains of domestic manufacture, and family pictures, and excluding also from the operation of the tax, every person whose furniture, exclusive of the above articles, does not amount to 200 dollars. The estimate is made on a supposition that the United States contains 300,000 families. Families exempt, as possessing less than 200 dolars' worth of furniture, 259,000. 100,000 540,000 60,000 300,000 150,000 100,000 60,000 |