Star. — London, England, 1829-10-07 00:00:00

SCIENCE and FASHION on the CONTINENT. HEIDELBERG, Sur. 19. For several months past the necessary preparations have been m aking here for giving to the German savzns, naturalists, and physicians, who are this year to bold their eighth meeting in our town, a worthy reception. Our Government is zealous for every thing likely to promote the sciences, and has directed all its care to this object ; our Sovereign, too, prides himself on account of the protection he has granted to this Association. The inhabitants of the town take the warmest interest in it, and the Members of our Museum have instantly tendered their fine building tor the holding of the Sittings. Even before the day for the opening was fixed, we had the pleasure of seeing literati, not only of Germany, but of "very part of Europe, arrive. The Privy Councillor Tiedman has been chosen Principal Ma nager by the Assembly. He yesterday opened the Sittings solemnly by a speech on the progress of natural medical sciences, their pre sent state, and their influence upon the well being of society. The Second Manager, Mr. Privy Councillor Ruelin, stterwards read the names of the Members present. We shall mention, among the rest, Count Sternberg, of Prague (the celebrated author of a System of Antediluvian Plants); Dr. de Specs, from Oren, in Hungary ; the Rev. Dr. Brown, of London ; Drs. Coddington and Whewell,of Cambridge ; M. de Ferussac, of Paris ; Lobstein andVolz, of Strasburg; Klehman, of Petersburgh ; Escholz, of Dorpat ; de Fremery and Quetelet, of Brussels ; Schroeder and Vanderkock, of Utrecht ; Lohman, of Liege ; Lichtenstein and Ritter, of Berlin : Trevianns, of Breslau ; Goldfuss Harks and Ness d'Esenbeck, of Bonn ; Oken and Vogel, of Munich ; Trevi ranus, of Bremen ; Ruppel, of Frankfort ; Kreysig, of Dresden ; Duleereiner, of Jena ; Froriep, of Weimar ; Ch. and S. Gemelin and Scbubler, of Trebingden ; Schnurrer, of Vajingen ; Harmer, of Zurich; Studer, of Berne ; Liebig, of Giessen; Meyer, of Offerbach ; Koop, of Hanau, &c. During the first public Session, the Privy Councillor Wrmit, of Ik e da% discoursed on the dangers and effects of arsenic ; Professor Trevianus, of Breslau, communicated the experiments of Dr. Giappett, respecting the effects of cold upon vegetables. Different sections were afterwards formed In klineralogy, Geognasy, Physic, and Chemistry; Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, and Physiology. CASSEL, Barr. 25. His Royal Highness the Elector has conferred on Mr. John Adam Rieger, the Bishop of Fulda, the Grand Cross of his family Order of the Golden Lion. Dubbing a Catholic Bishop a Knight of a Military Order is perhaps as novel a phenomenon in chivalry as raising a Jew to a Barony. TOULON, Senswasa 25. M. Sake, the inventor of phonography, or musical language, is at present at Toulon. A commission assembled on board the bomb-vessels L'Acheron and Le Vulcain, for the purpose of making experiments in this system of communications, and of trying if the clarionet can replace the speaking-trumpet, and su persede it with advantage to shipping. A medal is to be struck at Berlin in commemoration of the capture of Adrianople, On one side is the inscription " Hadria stopolis Victricibus Rnssoruna Copils dedita d. 8 Aug. H. V."— and on the other side, " Auspicilsgloriorissimis Nicola I. Imp. et ductu Jo. Comitis de Diebitsch Babalkansky."—(Adrianople sur rendered to the victorious Russian troops the Bth of Aug. (old style) 1829, under the most glorious auspices of the Emperor Ni cholas I, and the command of Count John de Diebitach Sabal. Unity. MR. HumE.—From Montrose, dated on Friday after noon :—" A report is in circulation here to-day, that our present Representative in Parliament, Mr. Hume, is about to retire from public life, in order to enjoy the sweets of domestic retirement. Be this as it may, Sir JAMES CsiorEon, of Southesk, Baronet, has this day waited personally on all the members of our Town Coun cil, for the purpose of soliciting their suffrage, in the event of a vacation taking place in the representation of this district of burghs. From the powerful influence which Sir JAMES possesses, it is very likely he may be successful. This circumstance has created a great sen sation in our town, as such an event was not anticipated until Sir JAMES dropt in' among our electors this morning." Whatever may be the defects in the New Police, the New Post Office regulations, which came into play at the same time, appear to work admirably, especially as to the more early delivery of letters, which has been expe dited in most parts .of the town beyond even promise or expectation. Mr. Dixox, a native of Whitehaven, now residing in New York, is president of the St. Oeorge's Society in that city, a most respectable association composed wholly of Englishmen, united for the patriotic purpose of pro moting the interests of such of their countrymen as emigrate to that of the United States. In Phila delphia, another gentleman, also belonging to White haven, presides over a similar society. The knowledge of these facts may be useful to poor persons seeking their fortune in the United States. Several humorous inscriptions have been chalked upon the empty watchboxes, such as " a Peel box ; " To be let ; " Removed to the workhouse ;" " Inquire at Colonel Rowan's," &c. Some of the London Papers, perhaps considering these instructions, anticipate that the new police will be military spies, and they rail away about espionage as if the system of NAPOLEON were already organized, and all that every body said or did would be told at head quarters ;—but if it were so, what would be the conse quence ? Would any Englishman be the worse ? As long as the press and trial by jury remain to us—as long as the constitution, impaired as it is, shall endure, we have nothing to apprehend, if every word and action of every inhabitant of London, or of every subject of his MAJESTY, were reported. A spy system in Great Bri tain could not be adopted but to its own disgrace and dis comfiture. It could not operate but to be despised.— Tyne Mercury. We hear from Whitby, that great dissatisfaction exists amongst the shipping interest, from Mr. Sadler having neglected, in his two hours' speech, to show how blubber, the staple manufacture of that port, is affected by the operation of Mr. Huskisson's " reciprocity system ;" and his guests insist that, for so kind hospitality as he received, he ought at least to have pledged himself to bring forward a motion, in the next Session of Parlia ment, to put down the " free trade" in COAL Gns, by which their interests are to be so grievously damnified. — Tyne Mercury. PRACTICAL DEFINITION.—A celebrated dissenting preacher at Norwich, in Norfolk, named Wilkes, was re markable for many peculiarities, and amongst other things for the manner in which he educated his children. One day he thought it necessary, to give one of his sons, who had been a little refractory, a notion of the torments which await the wicked in a future state. The boy was ordered into the kitchen, where was prepared a large fire for cooking, and actually placed before it in a dripping-pan for an instant, to give him an idea of hell tames. A ban mot from Botany-bay may be considered a no velty, and we extract the following :—" An edition of Bailey's Dictionary having been some time since put up at an auction, the Vendue master observed, that it was a new Bailey. lam glad of that, with all my heart,' replied a bidder, for most of us have had enough of the 014 Bailey." THE ARMY, The 41b (or Royal IriSh) Dragoon Guards, now stationed at York hairacks. were inspected on Saturday, in a large field near Lincroft, by Major-General Sir H. Vivian, When they passed through their various evolutions in a mamwr which chewed the perfection of their tactics. Their appearance also was strictly soldier-like,and would have met with the approval of the most pre cise martinet. The opinion expressed by the inspecting General was in accordance with these characteristics, and will, no doubt, be a matter of pride and a cause of emulation with both officers and men. Lieutenant-Colonel Ross was directed by Sir H. Vivian, to express to the 4th Dragoon Guards his perfect approbrion of their appearance and movements in the field ; and above all, of that good conduct on the part of the men since the last inspection, which was equally a proof of the respectable and soldier-like spirit that exists amongst them, and of the great zeal anti attention of the offi cers and non commissioned officers in maintaining the excellent discipline of the regiment. After inspecting the books, the barrack rooms, &c. the Hon. Major De Roos and Lord Southampton honoured the officers with their company at the mess.—Turk Herald. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE 4IND HIS TEN4NTS. NEWARK, °vivant. 5. This morning the town was, at an early hour, in an unusual state of agitation. Crowds were moving before eight o'clock towards the Castle and Falcon on the London Road, and at half past nine o'clock a procession was formed, consisting of • large body of horsemen and a great number of the Blues, wbo went to meet Sergeant Wilde at Balderton. At ten o'clock the Sergeant entered the town in his carriage, accompanied by 4r. lull, the barrister. He was drawn round the town by the people, and upon his reaching the booth in the centre of the place where the Ileet ing was held, &must. Bakens, Esq. was called to the Chair. The CHAINMAN said, that the object of the Meeting could be best explained by the Report which the Committee bad pre- pared. Mr. Mecum (the Editor of the Newark Times) then read the following Report : We, the undersigned, being a Committe of the Requisitionists, convetung a Meeting of the inhabitants of Newark, do present the foihwing tepurt of facts for their consideration : About the itild of September the greatest consternation prevailed amongst the inhabitants of the borough of Newark, iu conse quence of the delivery of a 1 trge nua d of notices to quit to such of the electors as, during the late election, gave their votes for Mr. Sergeant Wilde. Demise: such a mea•ure s vio lation of the freedom of Election, an ititiiitgement of the liberty of conscience, and a proceeding highly prejudicial to the prospe rity of the town, we call together such of the inhabitants a, were pleased to attend. Amid the excitement and agitation which prevailed at a crisis so alarming to the independence of the borough, it was impossible to ascertain with any degree of accu racy the precise extent of the evil, and public feeling readily ascribed to the Duke and his agents several notices to quit. which) had Iron given to :heir tenants by persons known to be themselves occupiers under the Duke of eel tain crown lands, and thus sot, ject to his influence and cnntroul. The Mayor having refused to call together the inhabitants, or to allow them to meet in the Town Dail, we thought it advisable ourselves to convene a Meeting, and to erect a temporary build ing suitable to the occasion. Feeling that the honour and character of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle was seriously affected by the proceeding. adopted in his name, we deemed it our duty to forward to his Grace an announcement of the intended Meeting, together with a respect ful letter from our Chairman, intimating that every accommo dation should be provided for himself and friends, should it he his intention to favour the Meeting with his presence. We have to acknowledge the receipt from his Grace of a reply, which we submit to the Meeting, inviting its attention to the extraordinary principles which it avows and attempts to justify : Clumber, Sept. 28, 1829. Ste—l am much obliged by the e mipliniettrary manner in which you have invited me to attend your Meeting on the sth of Octo ber, although, upon reflection, I think you must perceive that it would be utterly impossible for me to attend a Meeting of the na ture described in the printed advertisement. If I rightly understand the object of the requisitionists, it is to assert the cause of freedom and independence• No man on earth values both Inure than I do. But as I respect the liberty of others, so must I demand that others shall not attempt to interfere with that freedom and independence which is my right as well as theirs. According to my interpretation of the advertisement, yeu meet to deliberate upon an interfertoce between my tenants and me. Is it presumed then, that lam not to do what I will with my own or that I am to surrender my property, and the iuht•reut r . ghts be longing to it, into the hands of those who desire to deprive me of it? This is the simple question; to which I answer, while the laws of England exist and are respected. I shall permit no clamour. nor threats; nor even force itself, to deter we from doing as I way think tit with my own property. My advice to those who deceive themselves with the notion that they are acting as becomes fret-born Englishmen, is to maintain the well-balanced scale of even-handed justice, and nut blindly to engage in an unjust crusade against any man or men (especially when those men tbem•elves are the real friends of genuine freedom and the constitutional rights of the people) merely because they may he the possessors of title or property. Your invitation to the meet►ng is made with so much politeness that I have replied to it as it deserves. In conclusion, I must remind those of the inhabitants of New ark who suffer themselves to be led to suppose that they have CaUlle of complaint against me, that neither I nor my ancestor. have ever been oppressive or tyrannical landlords. The very reverse is the well-kuovru fact. it us the town of Newark has on sli occasions found ready and prominent benefactors ; by us the de serving poor and needy have always been regarded with steady kindness and consideration. and not to suit the mere purposes of the day. When we are found to deviate from this course, then arraign tit; We should merit correction. But whilst we are your friends, your constant and best friends, we naturally look for entire con fidence and a grateful co-operation, nut an assumed distru►t and a faithless disunion. I am, Sir, your's, &c. NEWCASTLE. Mr. Samuel Bristowe, Chairman. We considered it also our duty to send a similar letter to Mr. Sadler, in order that, as in the character of nominee to the Uuke, his name could nut fail to form the subject ut observation at the proposed Meeting, he might have the opportunity of explaining, if such proceedings bad been taken with his concurrence, end if not, how fat the electors might calculate upon his co-operation in their endeavours, by application to Parliament or otherwise, to proctire redress and protection. The Committee cannot but regret that a period of nine days, since the letter was transmitted to this gentleman, has been al lowed to elapse, without their having been honoured with a reply. Although so large a portion of the inhabitants of this borough glory in having given, during their last election, their suffrages for Mr. Serjeant Wilde at their own peril, and are prepared to abide the consequences, be they what they may, the Committer felt that, in justice to the noble and m.nly declarations of the learned Serjeant, they ought to invite hint to attend the proposed Meeting, that he might witness the spirit by which they are still animated, and himself see that persecution cannot subdue their love of inde pendence. They were also anxious e for his presence, that they might have the benefit of his acknowledged talent ; and they accordingly transmitted to that gentleman a letter of invitation to the Meeting, which immediately received the following reply : Bowes, Southgate, Sept. ES, 1829. My Dear Sir,—l beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, announcing an intended meeting of the inhabitants of Newark, for the purpose of taking into consideration the circum stances of the Duke of Newcastle and his agent having given upwards of two hundred notices to quit to persons renting pro- perty in Newark, and who declined to vote for M. T. Sadler, Esq. at the late election. I beg to assure you that I appreciate very highly the honour the electors of Newark have conterred upon me by their invitation to attend the proposed Meeting ; and, it is scarcely necessary to add, I shall, with pride and pleasure, obey their call. lassure you, Sir, that the deep interest I take in the honour and welt are of Newark, induces me to entertain very strong feelings respecting this very extraordinary proceeding ; but I admit it may be thought the expression of them at present would be premature there may be some who suppose it t o be posae that, at the pro posed Meeting, the serving of 200 notices to quit upon a class of persons distinguishable from the faller tenants only by their having refused to vote for his Grace's nominee at the late election, may be accounted for on proper grounds. While I shall not deny the existence of such a possibility, I re gret to say, that the inference from the facts at present known ap pears to he lamentably unfavoutable to the character of the pro ceedings ; and should such inference prove to be correct, no honest man can doubt, that the attempt to dispossess tenants of their houses, and probably with them the means of support, because they have conscientiously withheld or given a vote, is a gross abuse of power and property to the purpose of oppression, and a perver sion of the law into an instrument of cruelty and injustice, for punishing men for performing the duties it enjoins. Allow me to express my best thanks to you for your obliging communication, and to assure you I remain, with respect and re gard, your very faithful and obedient servant, THOM AS WI L DE. To Samuel Bristowe, Esq. Newark. • The Meeting will recollect that tke letter of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle was written with reference to complaints of an at tempt on his part to controul the electors by direct intimidation. By the explessions contained in his Grace's reply, it therefore but too clearly appears his Glace holds the monstrous opinion, that such a power is one of " the inherent rights of property, of which he cannot be deprived as long as the laws of England are respected." Under the circumstances of such an avowal, we have thought it right to take an possible measures to ascertain the nature and ex tent et the property in favour of which his Grace makes such ex traordinary pretensions. In the fist place we find that the principal part of the property of the Duke, by which be has been enabled to controul the borough, consists of Crown lands, held upon leis. from his Majesty's Com milsiosiers of Woods and Forests, under • which, besides about 50 houses and tenements within the town Of Newark, of different sizes and descriptions, besides the lordship of the manor, the faits, s. markets, fishery, and tolls of bridgei, his Grace possesses NO*. l 15s. C rown land, commencing with tbe castle, and passing down both Ades of the river, dames Avenbasn aid Stoke' to Markham hAdilts,iliones diverging into the lordship of Faradoo, and cos- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. M.in.s AminEn Tim Dar.—Dublin I—Waterford I—Hol- land I—Lisbon 1. The Albona, Lewis, from London, is not arrived at Limerick, as stated yesterday. DEAL, OCT. ti.—Wind N. W. by N.—Arrived the Sarah, Roost, from Quebec. Arrived from London, the lire, Buckpitt, fur the Mauritius, and Somersetshire, Ross. for Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 6.—Wind N.N.W. FALMOUTH, OCT. s.—Wind W. to N. W.—A rrived his Majesty's Ketch Vigilant, from Lisbon—sailed 40th September. DOTSR, OCT. 6 —Off the port, the Daphne, Smith, front Buenos Ayres, and Blanche, Train, from St. Kitt's. BRISTOL, OCT. s.—Arrived the Dawn, Bland, from Quebec. Lazaroos., OCT. s.—Arrived the St. George, —, and Man chester, from New York; James Cropper, —, f r om Virginia; and Matilda, --, tram Africa. Off the port, the Capernicus, May, from Ntw York, and Sophia Pate, —, from St. John's, N.B. The Doris, Hough, fell off the blocks in the Ktrig's Dock Basin, received some damage, and is now in the Graving Dock. B , Oct. 4.—Arrived the Sir William Wallace, ---,from St. John's, N.B. WATESTORD, OCT. 4.—Arrived the Agenoria, Murphy, front Quebec. COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. Monday night a rather numerous meeting of gentle men, chiefly medical students and others connected with the me dical profession, was held in Leicester-plate, once the Sans Sauer of Marks Dibdin. The Meeting was called together for the pur pose of taking into consideration certain alleged abuses in the go vernment and management of " the Royal College of Surgeons," and also for the purpose of ascertaining the opinion of the profession at large on the neceuity of forming a new College. Mr. WHAM, M.R.C.S. took the Chair. Dr. Sian and several other Gentlemen addressed the Meeting. Dr. Sias in the course of his speech observed, that he did not mean to say that the funds of the College were dishonestly spent, but they would give no account of their funds, which circumstance of itself was sufficient to generate suspicion. He (Dr. Sloe) had that day conversed with a friend who held in his hand receipts for twenty-one years subscriptions paid to the College—and who. during all that time, bad never been able to procure the least infotmation relative to the application of a single shilling of the ample funds at the disposal of the Council ; that friend, however, had pledged himself to go with the re ceips in his hand to the House of Commons, aril, in the Lame of the .profession, demand an explanation. That the funds were ample would appear from the Mowing statement :—There were about 8,000 living Members of the College, the subscrip tions of whom amounted to 177,4081.; for the Museum of the College 15,0001. had been allowed ; was also granted by Parliament for the College, making a total of 217,4081.; all this was independent of Council fees, resignation ditto, Army and Navy Assistant-Surgton's ditto, annual sub scriptions of Members, &c. he might safely assert that the minimum of the annual interest on the funds amounted to 10,000i.—(Ilear.) If a body, public or private, did what was right with the funds at its disposal, it need not be afraid of comineto the light ; again, it was asserted that the Court of Examiners received only half-a-guinea for each attendance; they did receive half-a guinea certainly, but it was for each diploma granted, so that each Examiner put in his pocket 15 or 16 guineas fur about two hours' attendance of an evening. Corruption (continued 11Ir. See) courts concealment. By the 18th by-law, the College held out a promise of protection to all its members. This was perfectly ridiculous ;it was a mere pretence to induce the ignorant to become members. Some little courtesy, at one period, certainly was shown the mem bers, but it was merely administered—as many of Use gentlemen present had given bread-pills to nervous patients—with a view to divert. Mr. Ske concluded by reading extracts from a great variety of letters from medical men resident in all ,pans of Eng land, promising hearty co-operation in forming a new College, upon a sound and independent basis, and characterising the " ma nagement" of the present Royal College as without Charter, " arbitrary, illiberal. and disgraceful," &c. Mr. Sloe then read the outline of a plan, and moved its adoption. Ur. Ern heartily concurred in all that had been said regarding the necessity that existed for the formation of a new and indepen dent College. A Committee was next appointed, and the plan ordered to be printed, and circulated amongst the profession throughout Eng land ; and that the Committee report to another Meeting, to be convened as soon as possible, for the purpose of adopting final mea sures for the establishment of a new College. to be denominated " The British College of Surgeons in London." The term " watch-house," it appears, is of too de grading a nature to pass the lips of a new policeman, who, instead of it, speaks of " the station," the " guardhouse," and " the depot." COUNTY FIRE OFFICE RETURNS.—We are re quested to state, that all Persons who in 1828 and in preceding years bad been seven years insured, may receive their usual Re turns of 20 per Cent. at the Office in Regent-street, or from the respective Agents through whom they insured. Accounts from the Orkney Islands state, that Captain Ross, in the Victory steam-ship, had touched at Icelandburgh, on his way northward, all well. The season was mild, and the water more open than usual. Lord CLONDROCK landed at Waterferd last week from his elegant yacht the Scorpion, of 100 toes register, and is gone on a visit to his brother-in-law, Joni( Coxaseve, of Mount Con greve, Esq. One of the buildings in the interior of Lambeth Palace recently fell down, the beams and timbers being quite rotten. Saturday last, apples sold in Kendal market as low as twopence the pannier, of 16 quarts. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—Saturday a duel took place in the neighourhood of Dundrum, between Captain T-- and a Mr. H---. We understand the Captain received the message, requiring him to retract a letter :he bad written, but he declined. Previous to the parties taking their ground, the Capt. was requested to make some apology for the offensive letter, which was pe remptorily declined by his friend, Mr. S--, who intimated, that had his friend been disposed to retract any thing hr had written, he would have dose so before he came to the ground, but certainly not there. The parties accordingly fired, without any material mischief, when Mr. friend requested an apology, which was again declined; whereupon it was proposed to reduce the distance from twelve to ten paces. A second shot took place without effect, when both principals requested their seconds to load again, which they declined, declaring they would not longer remain on the ground. It was then agreed that the seconds should remove their principals from the ground, which was done accordingly, and here the matter terminated.—Dublin P. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Om 7. We had scarcely a buyer at market, and not a sale has been effected; therefore, the prices of Wheat, Barley, aid Oats, must be quoted nominally as on Modday. IMPOILTATIONG UWE MONDAY. Wheat, English (qrs.) . 1 ,500 Barley, Foreign Irish • . Oats, English . Foreign . 5,150 Foreign . Barley, English . 1,070 Irish . Irish . . Fluur (sacks) COAL MARKET—Tins DAY. . 1,300 200 • . 930 H.u.v..ravr Ostg—Tbe Coal Exchange was not very mime. rosily attended by swamis today ; but Coals generally were in good demand. •There was a fair ge supply of Sunderland and Newcastle Coals at market, 39 ships having arrived slam Monday last, making a soul on the week's arrival of dlhips. Ships arrived during the month . . ...... 117 Bea Wallsend Coals .... g 6. CI& Slt. M. Ckher sorts STs. Id. '• • • Ships at Market tinning a circuit r. and the borders of be township, through the lordship of Balderton, over the Beacon Hill till it again reaches tl river; thus forming a girdle completely round the town of the most fertile land, which, with the exception of two considerablo portions that are now let to influential families in the town, is divided nut into closes of from two to live acres each, awl let out into one, two, or three lots to different electors within the borough, according to the extent of their influence and real in promoting the political views of the Duke within the borough; a part of which closes are again sublet, creating a similar influence in favour of the Duke's nominee. To such as are unacquainted with the situa tion and circumstances of Newark, the extraordinaty power acquired by the Duke from possession of these Crown lands, would appear incredible; but their immediate contiguity to the densely inhabited part of the town, renders a portion almost India. pensable to every merchant, tradesman, and shopkeeper ; parti cularly so where the staple products. as in Newark, are meal and malt.. In regard therefore to the possession of property so useful and so valuable, the power created by the fear of losing it on the one hand, and the desire of acquiring it on the other, affords a powerful and almost irresistible temptation to the prostitution of the elective franchise. so long as the power of dispose, is allowed to remain in the hands of a Nobleman, who, viewing the property of the Crown as if it were his own paternal estate, say-, 's Have I not a Tight to do what I will with mine own ?" and oho con siders the privilege of controuling election' one of "the inherent rights" which belong to it. Within the circle or belt of Crown land surrounding the town as before mentioned, the Duke of New castle possesses property to some extent, consisting of both land and houses. This property is held from year to ye.r, without lease, the tenants of which, u, an unisrstanding, which has grown up from communications with the Duke's agents, that they would not be disturbed in their occupations, hive considerably nal' proved it. The Duke by this means has acqqited the power of fining the tenants for their integrity in voting, tar greater th.e, the usual and wholesale influence which property can confer. liming stand •the description of property for which the Duke so ttiumphantly claims the might of •• d ' g what he wid will his own." we have proceeded to see what the degree of influence it conferred, and the principle by which he appeals to hove heat guided in applying this maxim upon the present occasion. In the first place., such his been the overwhelming power created by the fear of losing their respective portions of the ('town land, that 136 of the Duke's ininiediate tettant. of that deip , ton of property voted for the Duke's nominee, without taking a ct ot.ht of subletting+, the numbers of which we are nut enabled to useer tain in the abort space allowed for the making of our report. At the same time, only tour of such tenants had the courage to vote for Mr. Sergeant Wilde, and each of them has been rewarded for his integrity by the receipt of a notice to quit. The principle on which his Grace the Duke of Newcastle has exercised his sup posed rights in regard to his own private property may be in ferred from two eases now before us, in both of which the tenants had expended more than the value of the freehold upon subat 111;131 erections, for the purposes of business, on the property, in the full reliance upon the honour of his Grace, and the assurance of his agents, that their possession would not be distuibcd, and in the event of their quitting the premises, that a suitable allowance would be made for the iniprovements.--whereas these gentlemen have both received notice to quit. in one of the.e cases, a rival tradesman is promised to be rewarded fur voting for Mr. Sadler, by the possession of the premises, so that he should have the advantage of his rival's shop and his customers; and the other gentleman has but too much reason to believe, that the Duke is only waiting for the expiration of the notice to reward a mote pliant disposition with the full benefit of his refract , " y tenanie improvements In respect to the Duke's houses at Newark, the rule by which he and his agents have given their notices shows but too plainly their definition of " the inherent rights of property," as, without one single exception, as we believe, every tenant of the Duke. who voted for 11r. Sergeant Wilde, has received notices to quit ; while not one of Mr. Sadler's, nr rather the Duke's, voters, has r. centred one. In Balderton Gate, where the Duke has several huuses, only one of the Duke's tenants voted for the Sergeant, and he has received a discharge. Not to weary the patience at the. Meeting by referring to every street, we nerd only observe, in Clinton-street, all the tenants now renut . g there who voted for Mr. Sergeant Wilde (:our in number), have received notices to quit ; and none of the others who voted for Mr. Sadler. In Constautinopte sod Cotton-square the same. In Depot-yard, out of twelve now residing there, who polled at the last election, all the seven who voted for Mr Sergeant Wilde have received no tice to quit and not one of the reniai ll it tg five who polled for the Duke's eominee. In lien and Chickens-yard, a similarly marked distinction is observable ,as also in Mil-gate, Lincolmrow, Water lane, Tomlinson's-row, and Tallent's-row, &c. &c. In Slaughter- House-lane, the only person who voted for the Sergeant Is Thomas Dell, who has received a notice to quit,notwithstanding that be re• sided in the same house six years before it was purchased by the present Duke's Grandfather, and nutwithstandmg that he is now 77 years of age, 52 of which he has lived in the same house, never having been, during that time, a day behind with hi■ rent, and owing none until next Michaelmas day (old style). Ile has always borne a good character, and lived out of that time 24 year. with one master, and 20 yeas with another, and against him there has been no worse imputation than that of having, on the last election, voted for Mr. Sergeant Wild, We are happy, for the honour of the Borough. to have to report that there dues tint exilic the least pretence for the proceeding of the Duke, on account of the backwardness on the part of the dis charged truants in the payment of their rents; they were princi pally old, respectable, and well-paying tenants : in most of the cases, no lent whatever will be due until the ieth instant, and, in the remaining instances, nut more than one half year's rent, which will be duly paid. With the preceding statement of facts we had intended to con chide our report, but the extraordinary assertions contained in his Grace's letter to our Chairman. compels us to further explanations. unless we were to allow the inhabitants of Newark to labour untie' the unmerited imputation of ingratitude to his Grace. We confidently appeal to the experience of our fellow townsmen for the truth of our assertion, that we are not indebted to hi. Grace the Duke of Newcastle for soy of those act• of beneficence to the poor, or utility and liberality to the town, tor which, in his letter, he takes credit ; on the contrary, the arbitrary and exclu sive principle by which the letting of his property has been go. veined. has impeded the march of improvement, checked the pr.•- grew of wealth, and confined (for election purposes) within narrow and inconvenient limits, a town which, front its local situation, the fertility of the surrounding country. and its proximity to the bat markets, is well calculated to become, and despite of every impe diment, is, to a considerable extent, the granary and storehouse of a large porton of the manufacturing districts. The acts of hr nevolence adverted to in his Grace's letter are, like himself, entirely unknown to the inhabitants : he neither contributes to their Ow . rules, nor does he promote their trade ; he hiss in their recollec tions only from the periodical visitation of his rent collectors, asul in the rare case of defalcation in tent, it is exacted with the -art.t • est severity ; particularly so if the unfortunate efaulter is wiper- - ted of holding sentiments adverse to the Duke's political influence in the borough. dhe Duke has also long been accustomed to pro- • vide the town with Members of Parliament, which, from the power the Crown lands have given him, be has been enabled to get elected, and, although they have uonunally represented the town, they have ever been sensible to the promution of its in.tere•ts, hold ing their seat but to swell the number of his Grace's claims upon the Minister of the day, fot the advancement of his own persenal and family Mutest; and so completely have such reembeir been the I.uppete of the Duke, that, at his pleasure, lie has displaced aed replaced then► without notice to, or the knowledge of, these to whom they were nominally indebted for their elevation. Had I the conduct of the Duke been such is in his letter he is pleased t-• represent it to he, his propetty and virtues weidd have been surely sufficient to collier influence within the borough equal to every just aid rational expectation, without attempting to at ..goon his tenams into a compliance with his will, by the present undisguised atten•pt to reduce the town to the degraded condition of a tot:et• borough. We repel the supposition that those tenants of the Duke %eh voted for Mr. Sergeant Wilde, held their property upon conditions of giving to bit Grace the disposition of their Vott s. a Contract which, in every case. would subject both parties to ct: mina) punishment, and if proved extensively to exist, would subject the borough to disfratichis-meat for general corruption. But the Committee call upon the inhabitants or the bortinii, tit all parties, to repel the intiutation, resist the present attcmpt to enslave them, and to join hand and bears in asset tins the hoooeit tat the inhabitants, and the independence of the beitoogb. (Signed) SAMUEL DRISTOWIL and Others. Mr. T. Gttsos again came forward, and said that previous to hi. moving a resolution, he wished to say that be had been an inhabi tant of Newark for upward. of So years, and during that long time .i tenant of his Grace. l.le row came forward because 5 red.hut had been,as he thought, unfairly fired at him first, because he tea. a Whig, although up to a recent period be had not procl.itated his sentiments in public,—an error of silence of which be trusted be should not in future prove gmity. It waiskilown that be was a tenant of his Grace the Duke ut Newcastle for a part of hi. crown property on which he had gone to loin: expense in makisig erections of different kinds. To quit this tenement he had now received three notices, because, as his Grace said. be was at iibe rt y to do what be pleased with hi. own. True, be was, to a certain extent ; but be thought the DOW. power over his own was limi ted like any other man's, and that. he was restricted when be at tempted to do other personsan injury—(Hear) The Duke bad declared an unwillingness to oppress any body, yet what was it but oppression to eject tenants because they voted according to their consciences? It was bit policy at one time to support ilia i. I MI. I I I, 1M f . 1;