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... - 0 , beginning to decrease cOpsiderably. :Thst :,.,amber o f deaths from the 17th. to the 314 of As. by this disease, on the Island of Bombay. walk 311, Females 226, total 637 . Ther Minster of •, s , from other causes, daring the last month kaguA) was 631, making 1171 total deaths in Ist. Letters from the northward had brought igence, that numerous cases of the Cholera ;,bas had occurred at Ncllore and the neighbour- It had also reached .Bancoote to the south- latest accounts from Ceylon, in these papers, tiller of a favourable description. The seizure Pretender to the Throne and his Prime Minis known in this country some time ago, had been lcied with• the most - beneficial consequences, in .ig the rebellious spirit of the natives. In every lace, the people were ha:wing to tender their iision, and . deliver up their arms. In llcwahette, lost rebellious of all the provinces, all hostility 'Ay ceased. NAVAL INTELLIPENCE. xorrit,' B RVA AY 13.—Wind NW, fresh s ar.d clear weatherer-Sailed the Duke of Kent for Lisbon ; Lady Louisa • patket, for Ja , both with 31411 s; sad his. ;Majesty's ship SPA Ala cruise. trssiourti, FENNUANY 15.—Wind S.W.--Ar the Waterloo, A LSAGER, from London for Ben- Nestor, THEACER, from ditto, for Madeira, ks, and Bengal ; and several others, outward Several ships are in the owing, particulars m n. GLIM into harbour, his Majesty's cutter IoN, from a cruize. Sailed the HOUND cutter, TIZe. 4BAY, Fru. 14.—S:died the whole of the out bound ships, with the wind from the Eastward. Ai., Front:Any 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed this ng for the River, the Cirlar, TAYLOR, from Ben -Bcc. and Juliana, dort.v from , from Batavia.—Re his Majesty's shipi Sevzsix, and Amphitrite, moo, fer Pernambuco. ,msc..vto, FXBRUAIty 15.—Wind W.S.W. AT. the ketch Charlotte Dorothea, Ihosx, from Imo to Antwerp, with wine, leaky. NoNGTON, Ftu. 1.5.--The ships that sailed yes ' with troops for the West Indies. are eipected back this evening with the flood-tide, as the las shifted to the S.W. The L.izabetli, BALL, Sunderland to Plymouth, ran on shore last ig on the Shingles, but was got off this morn uld proceeded. tts, FEB. 11.—Sailed his Majesty's ship TRIBUNE. FAST, FEBRUARY 12.—Arrived the Aletarider BEARNS, from New York, iri 18 days : she ; on the point of Carrickfergus Bank at three :k this' morning, but was got off and brought the roads. We have not heard whether she rc ' any damage. Amphitrite, JENKINS, from St. Michael's to I, w•as wrecked on 'lliursd.iy night in Barn Bay'. The Crown, through the Arroavvt-G num., has imed the i m mediate presentation of one of the most /lie livings in Norfolk, on an alleged improper let between the patron, and the clergyman lately lied under bib presentatton. luwassa Anann.s.—The Marquis and Msrchionen of iron Bury St. Edmund's ; the Earl and _Countess of 'pry, from Cobham-Lail, Kent ; Lady and Miss Cameron, 4anct. ROA Heti. C. Yorke, M.P. iron. Bormin- Iftru. Armitraa--rw:, te-.s Dowager of Normanton, for Ditch ark, thfortLs! Lord and Liddy lluntingfteld, for their Streik ; tit rolt Widges and family for Bath ; the Ron. Russell, for Oxfordshire. • ' may-LANE TBEATRL.--•We rirrat much to state ilme of Miss Parana 's Tragedy of Stvitz t erland ight. The first act proceeded with but slight iprobation, the second was less fortunate, occa. 1 applause broke out in the two last acts, but arum fell in the midst of great confusion. The Tie produced a pause, but the call for the Ma r commenced immediately after in the pit; as rchestra played before. the Farce the uproar in !..d, and sometimes whimsically modulated it to awl piano of the instruments. The began in a general clamour, Mrs. BLAND was men off at once ; in the interregnum the d itage was tercel with orange peel ; a second effort was made,, :qrs. BLAND, KNIGHT, and another performer "?(tired ; peels and whole oranges were levelled at and siter some had reached their mark, the made a retreat. Still the Mana g er was sum 4, h u t h e k ept , w i t h at least sufficient steadi behind the cur t a i n . I t was now obvious that !arse would not be suffered to proceed, and at 'til Mr. STEPHEN Khania appeared. His mis- I was soon performed to the following purport: Limes AND GSNILEXCN-4S is for you to prescribe laws, i our duty to obey them: I cannot but regret the failure "piece: we have brought forward several novelties this 49 , ail of which have been honoured with your approbation ; oar m , therefo re for an instant doubt of your kind (filo : towards u s : this tragedy, since it has not roved equally •snate, shall certainly be withdrawn." te audience w as p er f ect ly sa ti s fi e d, r e sum ed th e i r i humour, and took care, when the Farce began, reward the Performers by their applause, whom had been compelled, as the only mode of at 'lng the er.d in view, to treat with temporary 4 - 3 of their displeasure. The Prologue, which ''.ell &livered by RAZ, possesses poetic merit, tar limits will not permit its insertion.—We have isf giving any sufficient idea of the plot of Tragedy, if any detail could be required, of a -loin-lance that has run its course; we can only ltion that the action lay in the days of the Swiss eglc against the Austrians; that its principal 'fie was the Canton of Underwalde, and that a 'a chamois hu n t er , t h e descendant ;of a noble fa• lover, a patriot, and a warrior, was Mr. art: Was the hero; that Mrs. GtovErt, Mrs. M. 114ii.i.sso, Mr. H. JouNsoN, and Mr. were employed ; and that in thc.last act dies. Miss PORTER has, in this instance, unt,iccmful experiment ; but we should re 'tnu with double regret if we thought so trivial talc . tans likely to discou rag e h er f rom f uture ef ;LI Igeraluse pf the - . S tab 11. : c ast, b o, 3 gu! Av;ast r , jd• rat' the tw , lac itt e l de F ovinc rn° ;area ru,N f p,ca, TAN, ti )lAdrai trand. irka3al V.: CTI Tom svrd-b , DEA ~,:air main h I:AN rued t Irdea LYM thy trutl vinci h; from. 5 tttninp T ' or's BEI I Maw& struck the caved The zalie The Lime, Nub; etic Er: Fr Lift, Ir! ?Id ke, Sol E bftV to fail ltt ri 'apps ienal ; the coi tiger i the orc mire, sell to 4rce I siren •:1 - erty zatd :2 Fa tai t q th rd c 4, ;cc:: 0 re ? I f ° at-, 1 Lyt Vit t H. N. 474:, +:4 :t 42$21LINSTIM ELECT OM SECOND DAY, • At ohtecicloci ye. :erclaiosoinlng iletnisinisi bf &Election was resumed. -.Tile Hustings, competed liith the erection at the last contest, is most incon venient; but, the High Bailiff has taken the precau , tion of Writing to each of the Gentlemen proposed Oti Saturday, to ascertain whether he was to consider him a Candidate or not, in order that he might take the necessary steps to reimburse- himself for the et. , pense. To this Major Cartwright has replied by disavowing having offered himself as a Candidate, but stating, that he throws himself on the electors, and as willing to obey their call, and support their interests, to the utmost of his power, in whatever situation he may be placed. Throughout the early part bf the day the polling went on but slowly, and without .any of those de monstrations of popular effervescence which have usually marked the arena of elections for Westmin ster. The friends of Major Clitwright, indeed, early announced their determination of relinquishing the labours of .the canvass to those who were seeking their own personal aggrandisement, rather than the public good. Neither was the irritability of the po; pulace excited by the presence or announcement of a total Candidate (notwithstanding the prophecy of Sir Francis Burdett), so that every thing went on with great quietness. Several of Mr. Hobhouse's voters came to the poll, preceded by blue and yet-, low, and o th ers by- pink banners , with the inscrip tion, " Hobheuse and Purity of Election." The Earl of SEFTON, Earl NUGENT, Lord ARCHIBALD HA MILTON, Lord WM. RUSSELL, Sir CHARLES WOLSD. LEY, Sir GODFREY WEBSTER, and Mr. LAMBTON, were on the Hustings, in the High Bailiff's box, great part of the day. At four o'clock the poll closed for the day, and' the numbers stood as follows : ilobhouse - Lamb Cartwright - - a 247 • - - 171 - 21 Mr. Hoeitouse then came forward to address the assembled multitude, and was received with pretty general applause. He said he had to thank them for this fresh proof of their confidence in him.— Their cause, the cause of the people, .was 76 a-head of the other highest Candidate, which, considering it was only the first day, was a great cause of triumph; and he had not the least doubt, but their superiority would be much greater on the following day. They would, perhaps, be pleased to hear, that the large and populous parish of St. James was then coming up to the poll, with one of its chief parishioners, their worthy Representative, Sir Francis Burdett, at its head—(Applause.) Ile had listened with considerable attention to the speeches of the different Gentlemen proposed as Candidates on Saturday, and, as well as he could hear, for cries of "No Whig, "No Whig," which every where resounded, there were one or two of their observations which required some comment. The Honourable Proposer of the Whig Candidate told them but little of Mr. Lamb. but then he told them a great deal about Sir Samuel Romilly, a name, he would allow, which never could be mentioned without respect, and he felt some difficulty its allud ing to it, for he had been brought up in a school where he had been taught to pay some deference to popular opinion. He thought, however, it would have been more to the purpose, if the Hon. Proposer had spoken less of Sir S. Romilly and more of Mr. Lamb. All who heard him, would agree with him, that some introduction on the part of Mr. Lamb was absolutely necessary.. But in every speech, in every placard, in every advertisement, it still stood coupled with the great name of Romilly. This, he feared, was only an artifice. The seconder of the proposition for Mr. Lamb (Mr. Evans) first set out with an attack on Major Cartwriht—that is, if the Newspapers re ported him tru ly; and next, with respect to himself (Mr. H.) he dubbed him a Revolutionist. Now, " the very head and front of his offending"-was, the having written a book, in which he asserted that the English nation had no ri4ht to force a despised and rejected Sovereign upon France—(shouts Qf applause). But it was singular to hear the advocate of p a Whig Candidate inveighing against Revolutionists, for the Whigs were continually mi l king about the Revolution of 1688, and, indeed, without this, they had not a rag to cover their nakedness—(laughter and applause) —and whenever they were asked to do something, they invariably answered with talking . about what they had done. This Whig advocate, in his speech on Satiliday, had also attributed to him the having described the battle of Waterloo, as " the carnage of St. John." This, however, was utterly false—they were not his words, but those of the Quarterly Re view ! They ull knew what the Quarterly Review was; it was a book published every three months, in order to tell lies, rather in a decent form, for the benefit of the Court—(laughter and applause). With respect, however, to the expression attributed to him, though he disclaimed having used the words; he would say thus much, that with all his admiration of British valour, he thought it had never been em ployed on a more unfortunate occasion than at the battle of Waterloo—(much applause, with some dis approbation). To return to the seconder of Mr. Lamb, it was strange that he did not get his Whig lesson better before he came to the hustings ; for his great leader, Earl Grey, had spoken decidedly against the battle of Waterloo. He feared, indeed, Mr. Evans was not a Whig of 1797, but a covered courtier. He came now to the Hon. Candidate himself. " Now, Mr. Lamb," continued the Speaker, " you have said that you gloried in being a Whig ! GOD knows, Gentlemen, what a man may come to glorify himself for—( laughter). Shakespeare has made one of his simple ones say, I thank GOD for my dettishness; and in the same way I suppose thtlion. Candidate thanks Con fur his Whigewhness I—There were, how ever, Whigs of various denominations. Some of them, even the Hon. Candidese's brother, had voted for the, suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.— Others, who would not 'vote for the suspension of that Act, voted an indemnity to the Mi, the consequences of having susp en ded when he told th em he was a W , be, them nothing. There were not a few of Who took part with them (the people), thi all did at ; and, doubtless, a remnant of should be raved, as well as a remnant of class. But Mr. Lamb also calk(' himself the people. A plague of such friends '" say and called he this backing his friends hkket Ittek indring grit idt.latnia laic, be did not 11kb bies(Mr. H . s) pritteiples. He coda tell them, trimiever‘that it Was a pit di' then!, Only, that he did notilkek He did not like his deelaratiott that be was no party min, and that he neVer Would be one. , ! —(Applause, Qith some hissing.) Mr. Lamb's objection tohim, on aceount of, having been chosen' in a room, containing fifteen hundred persons, was eery odd, when he - himself had been chosen br a cabal, in a private room ; and whore the only other person heard of; was " James Macdonald, Esq. Chairman."—(Laughter, and hissing.) . He would ap peal to those present on Saturday, whether, *hen the Honourable Gentleman was put in nomination, there were seven hands-held up for him. That, however, was a matter which would not trouble him much, for no doubt he thought the only proper place for the nomination, was one of the great houses in St. James's-square. (Applause.) Some persons bad hinted the possibility of his being a Ministerialist ! and the Courier,—" You all know what the Courier is, Cxen tlemen,"—(o yes, very wel)—the Courier, in speak ing of their comparative merits, or rather, perhaps, he should have said de.meritt, says, that of the two, he would sooner they elected Mr. Lamb ! Who would doubt the veracity of the Courier in this ? And what would be now their opinion of Mr. Lamb's politics? (Applause, with much hissing.) The Morning Post of to-day, had repeated much the same thing, and had called him (Mr. IL) a Jacobin. This was another proof that-Mr. Lamb was chosen, as not very objec tionable to either the Whigs or the Ministerialists. I am, however, well content to be a Jacobin, and he shall be the coalition Candidate. Mr. H. then re tired amidst very considerable applause, mingled with some disapprobation. Lord WILLIAM Boum, nett presented himself, we supposed with the intention of addressing the Electors in favour of Mr. Lamb; but he was received with such a volley of disapprobation, that not one syllable of the few 'words he uttered could be heard. He kept his post, however, with much determina tion; and it was not till several of his friends repea tedly urged it that he ;eared. The Hon. Mr. G. LAMB said, that all his opponent had to boast of was a superiority of about 70. This, after the triumphant promises that had been made, he considered a complete failure. It often too hap pened, that those who ran fastest at first were soonest out of breath. It should be recollected, also, that Mr. Hobhouse had been in regular training for three months, and had been as it were, dieted to the occa sion—(Laughtei)—whilst he, .on the contrary, had been brought suddenly and unprepared before them; but though Mr. Hobhouse might have a little ad vantage over him in the first round, when they were got a little further, he would find him more of a glutton than he seemed to expect—(Laughter and applause.) He' had told them he (Mr. Lamb) had been brought there by a cabal ; but it was quite im material by whom he was brought, so that he had but a majority of their votes in the end. There was not one of the insinuations which he had heard thrown out against him, to which he had not a most satisfactory answer to bring before them.— He had called the coupling of -his name with that of Sir Samuel Romilly an artifice; but was his own name ever mentioned but as the friend of Sir Fran cis Burdett? "My prototype," continued Mr. Lamb, " is Most unfortunately not able to appear, but what can be said of his, except that not content with hav ing so often himself received your suffriges, he would force another upon you of his own choosing ? (Hissing and -applause.) He had told him that he (Mr. L.) was a White Now, though he himself had been before them, three months, yet, when he came to the Hustings, he found it necessary to explain his principles. Really, he should be inclined to say, that if he had not done it before, he could not imagine what he had been doing all the time—(Laughter.) He had said, that he was not a party man. If by a party man was meant one that was to give up one jot of the rights of the people, he woul d repeat the declaration boldly, and say, that he too was no party man—(Great applause.) But he was not so vain as to think that he could be of much avail without able coadjutors; and provided these coadjutors were ho nest men, he did not see where was the disgrace ol being of their party, (Applause.) It was possible, in deed, to propose measures so absurd, that no other Members in the House could be found to' second them ; measures which nobody agrees to, which no bedy understands, and which . nobody brings into notice, by thinking them worth opposing, (Laughter and hissing.) ',Mr. Hobhouse had told them too, that a portion of his friends had voted fcr the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. To this be might very justly reply, by advising them to :make no family re flections, ( Laugh:cr.) That measure, the Suspension , of the Habeas Corpus, ever had, and still has, his most decided reprobation. He was a friend to eco nomy, and to civi/ and religious liberty, and being so, he held himself entitled to be stiled a Whig, and the friend of the people, (Great applaust.) • Mr. EVANS and Mr. HUNT now came forward to gether, and as neither seemed inclined to give way, • considerable uproar ensued. At length Mr. Evans • retired,and Mr. HUNT said, he should not detain them five minutes. Other friends of Major Cartwright were desirous of addressing them, and therefore it would be presumptuous in hiin to do so. The other Can didates had the start of them to-day, it was true, bat urmorrow, the Major's friends should be the firdt to address them. They-had heard Mr. Hok heshoe—they had heard Mr. Lamb ; and he hope, that if they were the friends of liberty and Ma jor Cartwright, they would hear every one patiently, (Great ap*rute.) • Mr.: Lamb had told them he was the friend of moderate reform, and they all knew what that meant. He hits told you manfully what be means; whilst Mr. Hobhousc has satisfied himself with telling you What be -does not mean. And my opinion ii, .that in the end you will at last find the lars6 as good ai the mnstonl—(inughtei, nral some kissing.) The utmost-we know of Mr. - Hobhouse is, sif Francis Burdett, be stiottid ifittbdtte* Mena bah to Mat anti 11 i cause, and to the liberties - of thi people. Bir Charlet Wolseley intended to address them. Arid also Mrs Northmoit, -of Exeter, and, if agreeable to their wishes, Mr. Gale Jones—(No, I No Jones!) ' As M. Hunt retired, Mr. EVANS again presented himself at the same moment With Sir CHARLES WOE. SELEY, and all again was uproar for nearly a quarter of an hour. Mrs Tstxtwata. too, taking advantage of this dispute, mounted the rostrum, at the other end of the hustings, and continued speaking a tonsia Bearable time to a select posse at his feet. At length he retired, and Mr. EVANS following his example, Sir CHARLES WOLSELEY said, a little while ago, to use a Westminster phrase, he was "in a 'huh, but having the Electors before him, his heart in the right place, and devoted to liberty, he did not fear any thing—(l-I=a, Wolseley for ever !) Ile came there with the intention of proving Mr. Hobhouse a poli , tical humbug—(Hissing)—and Sir Francis Burdett equally so—(flissing, and cries of " 1" with much laughing). Sir Francis Burdett was one thing to-day and another to-morrow, and Hobhousebeing his cavrt child, was exactly in the same predicament. When he was asked the other day whether he was a friend to Universal Suffrage? he said, " No:" now he would read them a proposition for a resolution, made by that very Sir Francis, in the House of Commons, on the 2d of June last, and then they could judge of his consistency. " That it is expedient and necessity to admit to a participa tion of votes for Members of Ptarliamtnt, all such persons as are of the male sex, and sound mind, and of the age of twectptrae years, who shall, for a limited time, have lived in one pla-e, either as a hour...keeper or a lodger." —Now (continued Sir C. Wolseley), if this meant any thing, it meant Universal Saffrage ; and what, then, did Sir Francis mean, when he said no? He had seers shameful proceedings both on the part of Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Hobhouse, and his Rump—. (Laughter and great disapprobation)—proceedings, within the last six weeks, which had opened his eyes completely. What' did Mr. Hobhouse mean, when he talked, on Saturday, of being " tortured ?" why, that he could not bear being asked what his political creed was. It was the question which tortured him, the explanation required. Those, he would say, who would not support an old friend, were not to be trusted. They were." snakes in the grass." He would, of the two Candidates, Mr. Lamb and Mr. Hobhousit, recommend them to -vote for Mr. Lamb--(Hissing, and vehement cries of " qf r)—as his principles were more intelligible. Sir Charles then retired, amidst considerable disapprobation, and made way for Mr. WooLLER, who said, that while we could speak freely, we must speak the truth, or we were unwor thy the name of Englishmen. They had before them three Candidates on whom to exercise their judgment, and he hoped they would exercise it severely, for we were no longer in a: situation to be paltered with in a double sense. We had been borne down by a rod of iron, by those who thought that as the blow had been so long delayed, it was impossible to reach them ; hut let them beware, tic. The Whigs and others talked to them of moderate Reform ; and, from their want of success, he should think they were searching for the Philosopher's stone—(Laughter and applause), so long had they been searching ter what cannot be found. These Gentlemen could not bear to hear the rough roar of the Swinish multitude, it was ea inci vility grating to their delicate ears. He warned them against relying on those who, having drawn from the budget of Major Cartwright all the weapons they have used, turn round upon him and tell him he is unable to use them himself. Mr. Wooller con chided a long and energetic speech with observing, that whilst he lived " No rich or noble knave Should walk the world in quiet to his grave." It was quite dark whilst Mr. Wooller was speaking. When he had done, Mr. I lunt came forward, and he supposed, as- it was so late, he hoped they would excuse Mr. Jones till the next night. This good joke excited a violent burst of laughter, and the assembly dispersed in high glee. Tll.ltu DAY. State of the Poll this day at one o'clock : Mr: Hosuovn - - 396 Mr. &o at - 20 Major CARTIVRICIIT - - ES EARL GPYY and MR. HOBIIOVSE.--+A rumour is afloat, th.lt in - consequence of the application of the epithet Apostate," in the Report drawn up by ;At-. Ilonnoumes Committee, to EARL GREY ' as head of the Whig party, General FFROUSON and. Mr. Lima- TON! called upon him, Mr. lionnousz, personally at his house, to know whether this epithet had beei used with his sanction; and if it had, to require either a recantation or a disavowal. Mr. Hasuousi denied that he had ever applied such a term to the Noble Lord in question, or had given his sanction to its use. Thus the matter ended. We are concerned to lean', by the West India Mail of yesterday, the death of the Governor of St. Kitt's on the 15th ult. Last night a dreadful fire broke out at the exten sive manufactory of Mr. DALBY, fellmonger, Old Ford, near Bow, in Essex, which totally destroyed the whole of the premises, together with the valuable stock and machinery, to the amount of £7,000 £2,500 of which was insured. The fire was occa sioned by the too great heat from one of the fines of the drying-stove. It was happily extinguished about two o'clock this morning. The horses were saved. ErrcurroN.—This morning, at eight o'clock, Jobs Corderoy, aged 20, for burglary; and `John Fellow, aged 21, for stealing in the dwelling-house of Messrs. Morgan and Sanders, Catherine -street, Strand, were, pursuant to their sentences, executed in front of New. gate ; they were perfectly resigned, and met their fate with fortitude. After banging the usual time, their bodies were-given to their relatives for intetment....... Fellows had been unwell for some days past, and last' night , his •father obtained permission to sit up with hurt his cell, where he remained till his un - called forth ascend the fatal affecting— , Mr. of i • CY . . inisters, from that . he , comes under the wing`of Sir Fraticis Burdett, fortunate son was called forth to ascend the fatal it; and so, but I will always lift-mthand against Westminster. platform. Their 'separation WILS truly affecting in fact, told being made. a rotten - . Borough. ?'hope . the Whigs,' A. leiter was men 1:4 night by Corderoy to Mr. of the Whigs i , from whet they sewheite; will cmite to 'ttre Peopk ; 1 &Min to be 4ilivered to his parents, the contents of though thg. ad if they tiov they will be:received , with open arins. which, in one particular passage, conjured them to of the Whigs !New, (lentlaserwwhith da yon likibestnlflobAdifir.i wain others from keeping evil company and breaking A f every other Haidseisels No Whigrl Ate)'. I was hOt goirtg'to 'all the Salibith. - Janies - ,Ejerto s s,.:7ho was expected to elf a Mend you which of th e candidates' ?ow like hest, but tole' l'iivt:s tit ator l / 2 5 'WO 'thetn at is Arryiteil for one ir he would or rastani..(ll/iws4.-Etrough 1 ftdugh 1 Mr. iftsiit' 'Vele ) ri dal' owl to some pftfticulAr citcnnt iends ?-... 44 A. then; lifter eulogizing Majoreatwright; shortly-sifitc; tide - irk g 'Ont &this case.- R ~~1 II