Star. — London, England, 1831-03-11 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S COURT. The Queen held her second Drawing-room and Court yes :et-day, which was numerously attended. The arrangements ,ere the same as those at the celebration of her Majesty's birth-day. At one o'clock the Queen received the ministers of the (;erman Protestant churches in London, in the drawing room of her private residence. Her Majesty was attended by Earl Howe, the Queen's Chamberlain, the Earl of Errol, her Majesty's Master of the Horse, the Countess of Mayo, the Lady in Waiting. The deputation was beaded by the Rev. Dr. Kuper, the Rev. Mr. Schwabe, Mr. J. G.Tiarks, and Mr. Ausse. The Rev. Dr inperpresented and read an siddress to the Queen to which hsr Majesty was pleased to return a most gracious answer. At one o'clock the King received the Duke of Sussex, Pre sident of the Royal Society, and the following Officers and Members of the Council : Colonel Fitzclarence, Sir Astley Cooper, Mr. Barrow, Mr. G. Rennie, 1)r. Philip, Mr. Da vies Gilbert, Mr. Professor Barlow, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Pond, Or. Roget, Mr. Children, Mr. Lubbock, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Vigors, and Mr. Konig . The deputation was re ceived in the royal closet. The Duke of Sussex addressed tl.o King on the importance of the Institution, to which his Majesty replied, promising his support to so laudable and national an establishment, and enrolled his name in the• hook of Records of the Institution as Patron. The Mace •yas carried before the Corporation, which was presented to the Society by King Charles the Second, it having be lunged to the House of Commons summarily dissolved by Oliver Cromwell. The same members and officers of the Royal Society then went to the Queen's residence, and presented an address to her Majesty on her accession. Her Majesty, who was at tended by Earl Howe, the Earl of Errol, and her ladies in returned a gracious answer to the adthess. The Queen proceeded to the state rooms to hold a Draw ing-room, accompanied by the King, and attended by the officers of state and other attendants. Her Majesty took her station in front of the throne. The King stood to the right of her Majesty, attended by Lord Byron, as lord in waiting, and the Honourable Sir Henry Blackwood, as groom in waiting. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Catherine Jenkinson and Sir John Conroy, arrived in ] =tote in two carriages, escorted by a party of life Guards. Her Koyal Highness was received by the King's Guard with presented arms, the band of thefirat regiment o Foot Guards " Gou save the King." Their Majesties first received the Royal Family, the Fo reign Ambassadors and Ministers and their Ladies, and those who have the privilege of the entree—viz. the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Augusta, the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, and Prince Leopold, the Russian Ambassador and Princess Lieren, the Netherlands Ambassador and Madame Falck ; the Austrian, French, and Brazilian Ambassadors ; Madame Bermudez, the lady of the Spanish minister ; the Swedish minister and Countess Bjornstiernr. ; the Neapolitan minister and Countess Ludolf, the Prussian, Danish, Sardinian, and Bavarian mikisters ; the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Lord Chancellor, the first Lord of the Treasury, the Secre taries of State for the Home and Foreign departments, the' Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Control, the Lord Chamberlain, thi Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Marquis Clanricarde, captain of the yeoman guard, Lord Foley, the captain of the gen tlemen pensioners, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Paymaster of the forces, the Judge Advocate-general, the Attorney-general, the Vice-chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, Lord Hill, gold-stick-in-waiting, Colonel Cavendish, silver-stick-in-waiting, the Master of the cere monies, and Mr. Monk, the exon-in-waitiug. Among the general company were — Duke—Rutland Daches.ses—Roaburgh, Dowager Richmond, de Dino Marquisses—Downshire, Ely, Londonderry Marchionesses—Londonderry, Downshire, Lansdowne Emds—Relfast, Ilchester, Newburgh, Leitrim, Selkirk, Charlcmont, had ;lor.Vcrulam, Mansfield, Stanhope, Jersey, AmhersOlountcharles, ear.-intry, Aberdeen, Spencer Cc intcsses —Tankers-Me, Selkirk, Morton (Dow.)Verulam, Bathurst, Delasarr, Carlisle, Aberdeen, Mountcharles, Amherst, Haddington, ikbester, Mansfield, Dowager of Warwick, Mountmorris, Charlemont, t ae an, Errol, de Sails, Rother Viscounts--Sidmouth, Maynard, Encorphe, Sydney Viscountemses—Combermere, Tumour, Maynard, Sidmout h . Lords--Foley, Byron, Bexley, Hill, John Russell, Arden, James O'Bryen. Somerville, Sahoun, Tenterden, Wtn. Lennox, Loughbo rough, Brabason, Mahon, Marcus Hill, King, Villiers, George HW, Rendlesham, Douro, Grimston. Right Honourables—Chaties Grant, Robert Grant. Honourables—Mrs. Elliot, Miss Maynard, bliss Emma Maynard, Mrs. Edward Moore, Mrs. John Talbot, Miss Turnout, Mrs. Phil. lip., Miss Lavendish, Miss C. Cavendish, Mrs. Rushout, Lady Hope, Mrs. F. Pleydell Bouverie, Mrs. yartsittart, Mn Grant, Mrs. Vil. tics, Lady Cockerell, Captain Grey. Captain George Campbell, Hugh l'holniondelev. Count—S. Paul. Bishop--Gliichester. Eadica—Howard Douglas, Dowager Arundel, Hulse, Bridget Beurcrie, Isabella Douglas, Mildutay, Trotter, Gertrude Sloane Stan ley. Caroline Murray, Georgiana Murray, IVlrymple, Sarah Amherst, Denman, Faruboroogh, Juliana Annesley, 31ontiord, iVrottraley, `lactulan,t Hill, King, Isabella Blachtord, Westphal, Crernorac, Caroline Bathurst, Dowager Kinloch, Warburton, Douglas, Dowager Shefteld, Caroline Dundas, Charlotte Greville, Ridley, Elizabeth Steele, Lucy Eleanor Lowther, Sewell, George Seymour, Jane Peel, Phipps, Nugent, Bateson, Wharnclifre, Nicolson, Elizabeth Palk, James trilryen, Quentin, Harriet Hamilton, Howden, Coote, Loughborough, Cecilia U nderwo od, Dowager Kilmaine, Franklin, Jolliffe, liendlesham, George Murray, Glynne, Imhoff, Paul, Elizabeth Murray,: Eliza. eau Clements. Mistres.ses—Filzclarencc, Whatley, George Leigh, Davies, Arthur Stanhope, Riley, Stanley, Cavendish, Beaumont, Nugent, Standish O'Grady, Mellish, Henry Murray, Sophia Vansittart, Col. Wilson, Fa!wards ValigLan, Listtr, George Digby, Stepney Cowell, Pettigrew, Kemys 'Pyrex, Baring, Gardiner, Cuff, Gaily Knight, Roberts. Parse, Paul, Edmund Currey, Smythe, Hughes, Wentworth Beau mont, A. G. Stapleton, Hamer, Chambers, Howard, Fuller, Henry Moreton Dyer, J. Bullock, Usther, Bettie Mathew, Moore, Fan. shave, J. A. Smith, Coulson, Basil Hall, Tennyson, Henry Clive, Vansittart, Leigh, Bell. Misses Whatley, C. Williams Wynn Harriet Williams Wynn, F. Cavendish, Di ac hf cr d, Seymour, Addington (2), Trotter, Orby Hunter, Mai:: Murtay, Edwz , rds Vaughan, Murray, Nugent, Matilda Pio, Sloane, Stanley, Frederica Slo a n e S tan l e y, H ope , Giff or d, C oc k. er:11, Mash, Harriet Mash, GI) nne Mary lill}nne, Usher, Emily alcraft, Mary Irroitesley, Douglas, Helen Douglas, Harcourt Douglas, Hu ;le :113,liew, Nina de Sala., Hulse, E..Ussher, Gardiner, Lava Gardiner, Mildmay, M. Mellish,Vanshawe, Swettenham, Je tnima Beaumont, Vansittart, Louisa Vansittart, Stopford, lorry, Ridleys (2), Tennyson , Paul, King, Kinloch, Baring, Na na:lft Beaumont, Posey. binythe, Elliot, Raeson, Palk, Quentin. Sirs—Coutts Trotter, John Paul, Andrew Halliday, G. Nayler, W. Williams Wynn, G. B. Pocock, J. G. Cotterell, Wm. Pym, Richard Bulkeley, Dudley Hill, James Scarlett, John Sewell, Geo. Philipps, Richard Vyvyan, Charles Lemon, H. L Baker, M. Ridley, Charles li. Coote, Antony Hart ' Henry Jervis, John Dean Paul, Robert liateson, Charles H u l se , Edward Stracey,J. S. Forbes, Wm. Dundas, G. Wilson, Stephen Glynn e , G. Cockerel. Deans__Chichester, Iltr. Doctors—Kuper, Schwabe, Sleuth, Grey, Spry. Rev. Messieurs—Charles Mackie, Evan Nepean, Allen Cooper, J. Ward, llnah's Busse, 0. G. Tiarks, A. Egerton Brydgea, G. Pea , ock, Archdeacon Cambridge, Edward Moore, Provost of Eton. Doctors— Macmichael, Southey, Roget, Merick, Steinkopfil Ilesssieurs--Charles Hancock, Edwards Vaugham, Brantle, Pulman, 11, P. M.P. Paul, AVilkie, R.A. Orby Hunter, &a John Baker, A. W. Blanc, Gaily Kni g ht, J o h n F or b es , J. Bullock, 1141- Aard Stanley, Henry Oliver, M.P. Frost, Mills, Heave, Edmunds, Lubbock, Philips, C Bosanqu e t, W oo d s , C o l egrave , C. K emys T ynte , harks O'Ntil Corry, Vizard, Augustus Knipe, Tisdall, Edward , P. Pleydell Bouverie, Graydon, Shipley Conway, Antrubus, Laski., Charles Mackin non , M.P. Pettigrew, W. Hughes Hughes, 11 .1 ) . Raine, Riley. . I, !mirals—Harilyman, C.B. Horton, E. D. King, Sir Richard Ring. tienerals—Sir 11. Douglas, Sir W. Houstoun, Sir W. P. Carrol, Cal 'raft, Clltherow. Sir G. Nugent, Sir R. BP Farlane Fred. Maitland, ' 1 " ,11 . Sir J. Campbell, K.C.H. Ed en , M‘ Bean, Earl of Cavan, Arm strong, Sir Wm. K. Grant, Milner, Cuppage, Sir R. Wilton, Vincent, Hoc. Phipps, Need, and a great many other naval and military *Seen. The following wore presented: Countess of Selkirk, by Viscountess Hampden Miss Douglas, by the Countess Dowager of Morton Lady Isabella Douglas, by her mother, the Countess of Selkirk. Lady (Howard) Douglas, by the Countess Dowager of Morton. Miss Trotter, by Lady Trotter. Miss Orby Hunter, by the Marchioness of Westmeath. Countess of Charlemont, by the Countess of Carlisle. Miss Biting, by Mrs. Baring. Mrs. Stanley, by Mrs. Darner. Sir Andrew Halliday, Deputy.inspector of Army Hospitals, ou his promotion by Earl Howe. Mr. Chides Hancock, on being appointed Exon of the Yeomen of the ricard guard (vice W. R. Whyting, resigned), by the Marquis of Clan. e. Colonel Sir Charles Thornton, on receiving the Guelphic Order, and to kiss the Queen's hand. The Judge Advocate General, by Lord Melbourne. Miss Helen Douglas, by the Countess Dowager of Morton Viscountess Combennere, by the Marchioness of Westmeath Lady Trotter, by the Du chess: of Gordon Miss Edwards Vaughan by Mrs. Edwards Vaughan Miss Harcourt Douglas , by the Countess Dowager of Morton Viscount Sydney, by the Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Lady Paul, by the Countess of Verulam Hon. Mrs. Neave, by her mother, the Dowager Lady Arundell. Lady Nicholson, by the Hon. Mrs. Elliott Mrs. G. Leigh, by the Marchioness of Westmeath Mrs. Davies, by her mother, Mrs. Whatley Lady Williams, by Lady Fances Hotham Lady Cecilia Underwood, on changing her name by iris Majesty's I most gracious permission, by the Countess of Wicklow Hon. Mrs. John Talbot, on her marriage, by Lady Wharnchffe Lady Mildmay, by the Dowager Countess of Ilchester Miss Sloane Stanley, by the Countess of Carlisle Lady Jolliffe, by Mrs. Berkeley Paget Countess of Cavan, by the Countess of Errol Lady Coote, by the Countess of Charlemunt Miss Mildmay, by the Dowager Countess of Ilchcster Sir George Bartholomew Pocock, Standard Bearer in the lion. Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, by Lord Foley Miss Mary Glynne, by Lady Glynne Mrs. Pettigrew, by Lady Monttord Mrs. Bettie Matthew, by the Countess of Errol Lady Gertrude Sloane Stanley, by the Countess of Carlisle Mrs. Paul, by the Countess of Verulam Lady Glynne, by the Countess of Denbigh • Mrs. Coulson, on her marriage, by Lady (Sanford) Graham Sir John Dean Paul, by the Earl of Verulam Lady Wrottesley, by the Countess of Denbigh Lady Denman, by the Marchioness of Lansdowne Mrs. hlellish, by the Marchioness Dowager of Lansdowne Sir Count Trotter, Bart. by the Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Lady Elizabeth Steele, by the Duchess of Montrose Sir George Philipps, by the Duke of Norfolk. Miss Paul, by the Countess Verulam Mrs. Baring, by the Marchioness of Lansdowne The Countess De La Wan, by the Countess of Plymouth. Mrs. Henry Clive, by the Duchess of Northumberland. Mrs. Standish O'Grady, by Mrs. Berkeley Paget. Lady Sewell, by the Vircounteas Tumour Mrs. Charles Kemys Tynte, by the Dowager Countess of Morton. Lord Grimstoo, on his appointment to the Herts Yeomanry, by the Earl of Verulam Hon. Lady Hope, by the Viscountess Hampden Lady Bateson, by the Marchioness of Downshire Hon. Mrs. Pleydell Bouverie, by Lady Bridget Bouveric. Dr. Macmichael, on his appointment of Physician Extraordinary to the King, by Sir Henry Helloed Miss Hope by Viscountess Hampden Miss Giffor d, by the Marchioness Dowager of Lansdowne Dowager Lady Shahid, by the Countess of Ilchtster Sir William Pym, by the Earl of Roden Miss Glynne, by Lady Glynne Mr. Godly K night,: by Lord St. Helen's Miss • Bateson, by the Marchioness of Downshire Mrs. Edmund Gurrep, by Lady Isabella Thynne Mr. Edward Stracey, by the Earl of Shaftesbury Miss Hulse, by Lady Hulse Mrs. Bell, by the Duchess of Northumberland lady Macfarlane, by the Marchioness of Lansdowne Mrs. Nugent, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Ely Mrs. Galley Knight, by the Countess of Surrey Miss Corry, by Mrs. Beaumont Lieut.-General Sir William Houstoun, on his appointment to the Grand Cress of the Bath Mrs. Stepney Cowell, by Lady Caroline Dundas Miss Kinloch, by Dowager Lady Kinloch Col. O'Malley, lltlth Regiment, by Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Otway Mrs. Smythe and Miss Smythe , by the lion. Mrs, Dawson Darner Lady Lucy Eleanor Lowther, by the Marchioness of Westmeath Mrs. Fuller, by Lady Rendl esham Mrs. Henry Moreton Dyer, by the Dowager Lady Arundel Lady Juliana Anneslcy, by the Countess of Illountnonis Mr. Lister, on his marriage Mrs. J . B ullock, by Lady Imhoff Dowager Lady Kinloch, by the Dowager Countess of Morton Mrs. Lister ' on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. Villiers Mr. Hope, M.P. by General Sir A. Hope Mrs. Riley, by the Hon. Mrs. Edward Moore Hon. Philip Pleydell Bouverie ' by the Earl of Radnor Lady Caroline Murray, by the Countess of Mansfield Mr. Paul, by the Earl of Verulam. Mrs. George Digby, by the Dowager Counters of Ilchester. Mr. Brande, by Sir Henry Belford. Mrs. Hughes, by the Marchioness of Lansdowne. Miss Pusey, by Lady Bridget Bouverie. Rev. A. Egerton Brydes, by Lord Tenterden. Miss Tennyson, and Alias Clara Tennyson, by Mrs. Tennyson. Mt. Antrobus, by the Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Miss Gardiner by the Countess of Haddington Count St. Paul, by Prince Esterhazy Mrs. Pease, by Lady Imhoff Lady Georgians Murray, by the Countess of Mansfield Captain Douglas, 3d Guards, by Major-General Sir Howard Douglas Miss Nina de Sells, by Countess de Solis Mr. Graydon, by General Sir John Doyle, Bart. Mrs. Tennyson, by Lady Caroline Dundas Miss Mary Wrottcsley, by Lady Wrottesiey Lady Caroline Bathurst, by the Dowager Countess of llcheater. Captain,Houstoun, Grenadier Guards, by Lieut.-General Sir W. lloustoun Lady Hulse, by the Countess of Morton Mrs. Cuff, by the Dowager Lady Kilmaine Mr. St. John Baker, by the Hon. William Ponsonby Mrs. Roberts, by the Marchioness of Downshire Mr. Mills, by the Earl of Errol Lady Westphal, by the Countess Amherst Hon. Miss Cavendish, by tl;c Marchioness of Westmeath Earl of Leitrim, by the Earl of Charlensent Lady Montford, by the Viscountess Turnon Mrs. Fanshawe, by Lady Dalrymple Mrs. Gardiner, by the Countess of Haddington Rev. Evan Nepeao, Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of Gloucester, by Col. Higgins Hon. Mrs. Grant, by Lady O. Murray Lady King and Miss King, by the Marchioness of Lansdowne Miss Bertie 3lathew, by the Countess of Errol Miss Fanshawe, by Mrs Fanshawe Miss F. S. Stanley, by the Countess of Carlisle Rev. Dr. Spry, by the Archbishop of Canterbury Mrs. Howard, by Lady Surrey Hon. Mrs. Philips, by the Marchioness of Westmeath Mrs. Wentworth Beaumont, by Mrs. Beaumont Lady Hill, by the Countess of Albemarle Hon. Mrs. Edward Moore. by Lady Jane Peel Miss Nugent, by the Marchioness of Ely Countess of Mansfield, by the lady in waiting Lady Elizabeth Palk and Miss Ptak, by Mrs. Asibur Stanhope Mrs. Col. Wilson, by Lady James O'Bryen Lady Elisabeth Clements, by the Countess of C'hulemont Miss Elliot, by the Marchioness of Lansdowne Miss Harriet Williams Wynn, by her mother, Mrs. W. Wynn Mrs. Sophia Vansittart, by Countess Bathurst Lord Tenterden, by the Lord Chancellor Dowager Lady Kilmainc, by the Lady in waiting Lady King, by the Countess Dowager of Morton Lady Lucy Pusey, by Lady Bridget Bouverie Lord George Hill, by the Marquis of Downshire Lord Marcus Hill, by the Marquis of Downshire Lady Harriet Hamilton, by the Countess of Aberdeen Lady Franklin, by the Dowager Countess of Morton Lady G. Murray, by the Duchess of Roxburgh The ladies who were presented to her Majesty were pre viously presented to the King. Messrs. Dobell and Heise, the state pages, were in at tendance on his Majesty. The King gave audiences to the Marquis of Winchester and Earl Grey. Last evening her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Victoria, attended by Lady Charlotte St. Maur, Baroness Lehzeu, and Sir John Conroy, visited Drury-lane theatre, to witness the performance of the Brigand. SUPPORT OF MINISTERS. ALDURMAN CHRIS. OPHER SMITH AND HIS WA RD. — A requisition, signed by thirty-ono inhabitant howeholders of Cordwainer's Ward, having been presented to their Al derman, Mr. Christopher Smith, begging him to convene a meeting of the ward, to consider the propriety of a public declaration of approval of the plan of reform proposed by his Majesty's Ministers, he has been pleased to decline it in the following terms :—" Gentlemen—l had the honour to receive, on Saturday, your requisition, desiring me to convene a meeting of the inhabitants of the ward, to consider the propriety of a public declaration of approval of the plan of reform proposed by his Majesty's ministers. —Believe me, Gentlemen, nothing can be more painful to my feelings than to be under the necessity of refusing to comply with the wishes of so many respectable inhabitants of the Ward I have had so many years the honour ef pre siding over, and my reason I will shortly state :—I ant no enemy to reform, and many parts of the Minsters' plan I approve, but some of the provisions of the measure t con demn as arbitrary, unjust, and uncalled for—that of inter fering with the rights and privileges of the citizens of Lou don, which, when I was admitted to the freedom, I was sworn to protecialnd preserve. How, then, can I lend my aid to an act, the object of which is to annihilate those immunities and privileges our ancestors so many years enjoyed.—l have the honor to remain, gentlemen, your faithful servant, (Signed) C. SMITH." " Adam.street, blank 7. " blesses. Hammon, Nelson, dm" On receipt of this letter the requisitionists themselves pub lished a hand-bill, inviting the inhabitants to meet this day. ALDERS° ATE WA RD.—A requisition, signed by upwards of 100 respectable inhabitants of this ward, was yesterday presented to Sir P. Laurie, Knt. Alderman, to call a meet ing for the purpose of addressing both Houses of Parliament in favour, of the Reform Bill introduced by His Majesty's Ministers. The Alderman oppoitiod the Meeting to be held to-day. ST. Gttes's IN THE FIELDS, AND ST. GEORGE'S, BLOOMSBURY.—Yesterday afternoon, a highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of these united parishes was held at the Freemason's Tavern, for the purpose of addressing his Majesty, and petitioning both Houses of Parliament to sup port of the Ministerial plan of Parliamentary Reform. Mr. Alderman Vaithman was unanimously called to the Chair. Mr. Wakley and Mr. Rogers, late Churchwardens, Mr. Tooke, a barrister, of Bedford-row, Dr. King, Mr. Mills, Mr. Estleby, Mr. Templema.n, and several other able speakers, addressed the meeting in moving and seconding the resolutions, which were carried unanimously, amid rap-1 tarot's applause. ST. MARY WHITECHAPEL.—Yesterday morning, a nu-1 merous meeting of the inhabitants of this parish was held in the church, for the purpose of expressing their opinions on the proposed plan of Parliamentary reform. Mr. John John son, the churchwarden presided ; Messrs. Coates, M'Cann, Jenkins, and other gentlemen, addressed the meeting in congratulation and support of L ord: John Russell's measure ; an address to the King, with petitions to both Houses of Parliament, praying that the Bill may pass into a law, were adopted, amidst loud cheering and applause. ST. SAV lOU ICS.—Yesterday a numerous meeting of the parishioners of St. Saviour's, Southwark, took place in the vestry -room of the church, for the purpose of giving expres sion to their feelings on the grand measure of reform, which has passed the first reading, and to support petitions to both houses of parliament, that it may be speedily passed into a law. Several of the parishioners addressed the meeting on the subject, and resolutions were passed declaratory of the high sense of gratitude due to his Majesty's Ministers by the country for their liberal and enlightened conduct, which well deserved the support of the nation at large. LAMBETH ILLUMINATIONS IN THE CAUSE OF REFORM. —A misunderstanding has occurred amongst the inhabitants of Lambeth, respecting the proposed illumination. On Wed nesday a number of bills were circulated about the parish, intimating that the illumination was postponed until the measure of reform was triumphantly carried ; that the notice was premature, and without the sanction of the proper au thorities. Yesterday other bills, dated March 10, were dis tributed about the Marsh and Wall-liberty, stating that an illumination would take place ; that the postponement was an invention of the enemies of reform : consequently a general illumination took place in the New -cut, Waterloo road, and Oakley-street, and of no ordinary nature. Nu merous houses were brilliantly lighted up with variegated lamps and transparencies, in various forms ; the Coburg theatre appeared conspicuous among the rest. RICH 310 N D (YORKSHIRE), MARCII S.--(From a COT respondent.)—The proposed measures of reform have been nceived by all parties in this town with feelings of the greatest satisfaction, and I have every wagon to believe, that in the course of the .reek public meetings will be held in many of the adjoining towns and parishes, to declare that the plan submitted to parliament meets with their hearty approbation. CA N TER BUK T.— On Wednesday evening a respectable Meetiug of the lion-resident freemen of Canterbury assem bled at the Hand-in-hand, Holborn, and unanimously agreed to petition the House of Commons, praying that they would pass the Reform Bill into a law. Lord Fordwych was re quested to present it. This contradicts a paragraph now going the rounds of the papers, which states that the non resident freemen of Canterbury are highly indignant at the part of Lord J. Russell's Bill which is to deprive them of I their franchise. Ma ticiik:s•rEtt.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester, convened by the boroughreeve and constables of the town, was held in the Town-hall, on Wednesday, to adopt a petition to parliament, and an address of thanks to the Throne, and to his Majesty's Ministers, for the intro duction into the House of Commons of the ministerial plan of parliamentary reform. On no public occasion, in our re membrance, was there assembled so numerous a body of in dividuals within walls of any public building in this town. The boroughreeve of the town, James Burt, Esq. was called to the Chair, and the two other authorities, Mr. Braidley and Mr. Birtles were also present. Petitions to both (louses of Parliament, expressing the approbation of the meeting at the reform hill, and praying that it may pass into a law, were laid upon the table, and were inszantly signed by hundreds of persons. CuEs•rEtt.—lwmediately on the announcement of Lord John Russell's measure in favour of reform, a requiition • was presented to the Mayor, requesting him to call a pu:.)lic meeting, fur the purpose of thanking his Majesty's Minis ters for so nobly redeeming their pledge, and of pledging themselves to support the measure by every constitutional means. The Mayor presided, and was supported on all sides by the members of the Corporation and the influential gentlemen in the city. The general enthusiasm which has been excited in favour of this measure is utterly indescriba ble, and, should it fail, the re-action will be terrible. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MARCH B.—The Mayor of Newcastle has convened a public meeting, to be held at the Guildhall on the 10th instant, " to consider the propriety of sending a loyal address to his Majesty, gratefully acknow ledging the approbation and support he has given to his Ministers in bringing forward the bill of reform introduced into the House of Commons by Lod Juhn Russell; and also to petition both Houses of Parliament to support the bill." From the present spirit of the people, who are du termined to do all in their power t:► • id the King's Ministers at this eventful crisis, there can be no douLt that the meet ing will be most numerously attended. At the towns of North and South Shields similar meetings are about to take place. Cu E 1... E NliA NI —A me ins was held yesterday, at the Imperial Pump Room, of the inhabitants of Cheltenham, which was very numerously and respectably attended, foi the purpose of addressing- his Majesty, expressive of their approbation of Lord John Hoesell's Bill of Reform. Colonel Berkeley took the chair, and after many speeches, declaratory of the object of the meeting, resolutions to the above effect were unanimously ag reed to. SOUTH ANI PTON, M A IZC 9.— A petition in favor of Par liamentary Reform was this day carried unanimously, at one of the most crowded and respectable meetings ever held at the Town-hall here. The Mayor in the Chair. Lord John Rus sell was requested to present the petition to the House of Commons, thereby omitting to confer thi.: honour upon (en own Members, who, it is understood are adverse to reform. The utmost joy prevails here at the piespect of reform being at last successful. The bells have been riming great part of the day. llt MilllES.—Monday, the Seven Incorpei ations of Duni f:ics met in their Common Hall, and without a single dis senting voice, an Address to his Miijety, warmly approving of the large and liberal measure of Reform introduced into the Commons House of Parliament, was agreed upon. SPIRIT OF THE JOURN4LS. Times—There has been something most peculiarly disgusting to in the late prolonged—and we will not bay imptcperly prolonged—dc. bate on the approaching Patna nentary n Mull. That disgusting menet relates to the terms in which the rotten boroughs, and the persons con- nected with them, are spoken of. Hitherto it has been usual, in alluding to theta abominations, to adopt a style of cautions and measured language; but we observe that the enemies of ftiOttll in the present instance avow and defend openly and unblushingly the property of boroughs. Can any one conceive such a consummation of profligate impudence as this ? Fur what is meant by the possession of a rotten borough ? Why, the right of nominating persons. who, wider the name of Representatives of the People, are to sit itt Parliament, and vote away the public money ! if this can be tolerated, any thing can be tolerated. No, the rotten boroughs tare for ever dune with ! But there is another point connected with this subject, which we would ad. vise the enemies of the Reform Bill cautiously to et.n.,ider :—Are they doing no injury to the sacred character of actual property, whilst they represent as such the detestable corruption of nominating members of parliament? They may, by this language, sink the security of pro perty to the level of rotten boroughs, but they cantiot raise rotten bo roughs up to the consequence and security of real property. - - HE itatn.—lt would be very extraordinary if the borough proprietors and their nominees did not fight hatd for a system under which they had long enjoyed a monopoly of the " good things" in Church and State. It would be still more extraordinary if they could, by any pro. cm of reasoning induce the people of this country to believe that the peculiar advantages which they have so grossly abused they should be allowed any longer to possess. It is in vain for the botoughntor.gers to express a most sensitive and zealous regard for the preservation art t!.e Constitution." They who never allowed the Constitution to stand in the way of the gratification of their own political ambition or cu. pidity, will not obtain credit for this new-born attachment to its en dangered principles." Only think of the principles of the Constitution being endangered by a measure which is to substitute a real for a mock representation of the people of England !—a measure w hich presumes that the original theory of the Constitution, when it spoke of represen. tation, in whicb the people were to have a voice, only meant a system of aristocratic nomination, in which the people were to have no voice. —Such is the boroughmongers' interpretation of the theory of the Constitution as tar as the elective franchise is concerned, and their practice has been an apt illustnstiou of their doctrine. But ti.ey cannot defend that practice :without admitting that corruption is neces sary for facilitating the business of Government. If a Government be honest, we cannot understand what need it has of corruption ; and if it be not honest, we do not see why it should be supported at all. The " public debt" of this country, which has exhausted by anticipation ages s of the public revenue, and crushed the productive industry of the land beneath a mountain of taxation, is an instance, and a melancholy one, of the corrupt facility with which affairs a state have been here. toforc managed, to the detriment of national interests. A real repre sentation would have thrown serious obstacles in the way of iniquitous wars and profligate expenditure, and thereby mad: it more difficult for I I a bad Government to ruin the country. Cs aOsICLE.—Few speeches delivered upon the question of Reform have told more effectively than that of the Member for Hertford, who, in a tone of so much good-humoured raillery, descanted upon the value and importance of the votes of Members sitting for rotten boroughs. It may be that such Members, or some of them, are men animated by the loftiest and purest principles of patriotism, and that it is (however hard a thing to imagine) a real concern for the maintenance of the Monarchy, and the privileged orders of the State, which prompts their resistance to the proposed meuure. But without any un. charitable estimate of individual motives, it is nut surely io be tin., gotten how deep a personal interest these men have in the FezFemation of the present systemi nay, In postponing for the brief tom of their own lives, or a shorter period, the great :did auspicious change now under consideration. What, we ask, would Income of such Men as Mr. Lion'burn, Mr. Horace Twiss, Mr. Croker, Mr. Ci.uremiy, et hoe vogue omne, the phalanx of orators and statesmen strayed against reform in the late debate, under a reformed parliament ? Would not they sink into total insignificance—would any of them have th!: smallest chance If obtaining °facial distinction or emolument ; nay, how should such people tind their way into the legislature at all ? It is, therefore, a little too much for men of this stamp, alt more or less (Lot ta use the phrase offensively) political adventurers, that is, neon engaging In politics as a profession—it is a little too much for ti:eut to ex pect that much weight or importance shall be attached to their th- Inure protestations of alarm and apprehension for the Lappiness mitt good goveraotent of the country, while people having a deep real stake in that country look with hope and confidence to the measure. It is said that 51r. Baring means to propose eiminbiting by a nuncly the number of boroughs to be distrauchived. The proposition is every way worthy of his understanding and statesmanlike qualities. But a man of spirit would feel little desirous to present, unchanged tl.e con stitution of an assembly, in which his reception has been so far !lime of what even a regulated amour propre might expert. - POST.—The cheesernongers butchers, shoemakers, and gin-serene. of whom the Common Coun cil the city of London happens chiefly to be composed, having condescended to take the present Administra tion and its revolutionary project under their spectre' protection, be. thought themselves that it would be a very excellent and vastly clever thing to draw out of the mouth of the Sovereign some expression in favour of the ministerial scheme for changing the Constitution, in order to vindicate,—not the constitutional fitness, (for even the Cm. mon Council are sages enough to know that this is imps*. Bible), but the mere veracity at least of the assertion by which Ministers have b 0 repeatedly insulted and disgusted both Houses or Psriinment, with respect to the personal wishes and conviction of his Majesty m fa vour of their measure. They accordingly crammed their Address to the King, from one end to the other, with Reform, Reform. It latently contained nothing else but expressions of the conviction or tite worthy traders aforesaid, that Reform is indispettAble. and that " the I:an in. troduced under :he sanction of 3iinisters" is the best of all iitegint.blet plans of Reform. N.IVAL I %TEJ.I.IIiENCE. MAILS ARROWS THIS DAY—DAblin, 1 ; Waterford, 1 ; Rana u g 6, 1 ; France, 1. DIAL, /.611.C11 10 —Wind S.S.F. to SE--The outward bound sailed this morning, but the Warren Hastings, and most of them have put back. Arrived the MardAtre, Wtlbill , (rem Messina ; and the Sprightly, Newlan, front St. Michael's. PORT*IIOIIII, MARCH 9. Arrived the Prince Regent, —, from Malta. Masten 10.—Wind S —P.,ssed by, the Lord William Bernina, from Bengal—sailtd 24th October, Madras 9th Member, Care of o),1 Hope 4th January, and St. Helena 21st. Sailed his Majesty's slit Ganges, fur Plymouth. I LTIWUTH, NIANCH 8. Atrived the Ileso, Jolly, from IL quijadc. MARCH 9.—WMd S.W.—Arrived the Ashburton. Benet, from Mtbiilla • Reward, Goss, from Palermo; and Gratitude, Dugdale lions St. ' Sebastian's. FALMOUTH, MANCH 9 —Wind W. S. W. to W.—Arrived the Eleanor. Dickinson, front Galtippoly ; Rapid, Utak; from Napes; Susan, Alexander, from Cattbagena ; and John Daniell, Richard.. from St ville. Arrived from Port:mouth. and sailed, his Majesty's ship Onyx, for Rio Janeiro, with despatches. SoUTHADItION, :Ratios 9.—Arrived the Peace, Byron, from St. Michael's. POOLS, MARC,. 9.—Arrived the Dolphin, Hampton, from Lisbon. TORBAY, MARCIE 9.—Arrived the Speedy, Yolcher, from St. NU chart's. FALMOUTH 31-tacte S.—Arrived the City of Genoa, Port-au-Prince. ~ from Batsvot., Maacu B.—Arrived the Caledonia, Ainsworth, from Ja. male.; Charlotte, from St. John's (N. 8.); George the Fourth, from St. Michael's ; and Brothers, from Genoa. Livaarooi., MACH B.—Arrived the Majestic, Mazwell, from New Orlean ; Shaw, Davis, from Mobile; and Osford, Prince, from St. va• nab. Off the pert, the Paragon, from Jamaica. 4!