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cannot be of use :to the ste.e, and cannot gain a good distinction for himself. Already he has faltered, and displayed the resolution to recede; and thus the very chief of A nti.reformers betrays, by his wa vering, that the title Is too powerful to be stemmed--and that he Is him self prepared to be carried away before it. Other individuals there be in the like predicament, and these right many—But " peace to all such !" A word must, however, be said of a corporate body, which has much disgraced itself in the contest—Cambridge University and the clergy thereof. A great majority of the lay.voters were for Reform, and a much greater majority of the clerical were against it. As we should deeply lament any ill-placed and unjust spirit of re taliation, we hope and trust the heads of the clerical body will, by their wladom and moderation, save the church. lf , indeed, the right revi.. rend bench should unhappily pursue the course now repented of at the University—if they should sec themselves in hostile array against the whole nation's wishes—then indeed would our fears wax great, not for the fate of the Reform bill. but for the fortunes of the English (*hutch. There is another most important consideration, which it is fit to state, as a warning to the honest and respectable members of the Lord; House against the stabile nets of factious men. These may sot venture to attack the Reform Bill openly in front ; but they will try to take it in flank. They will not oppose it, or move any thing against it; but they will certainly vote against the Government on every thing else, in order to throw ont the Govetement and the Bill also. They will hardly move an amendment on the address to the King; but they will get up little motions against the Ministers—they will try to throw out whatever is proposed he the Government— they will oppose the Chancellor's Law Reforms. and Lord Mel bourne's Satiating Act, and whatever else they can hope to defeat. Let the Lords beware of all sue,. tricks—for ?sides they are. All of their manoeuvres mean only one thing—hostility to the Reform BilL The meaning of every thing the Opposition will say, is—" Throw out the Bill :"—the meaning of every . qttestion they will put, is—" Throw nut the Bill !"—The meaning of every vote they will give, is— •• Throw out the Bill!"—They may affirm, and vow and swear, and smite their breast, shed abundant tears. and heave deep sighs, and call GOD to whness that they have no enmity to the King's Govern. anent; and are not prepared to give any opinion on the bill, until it comes before them ! Heed them not—turn away the ear from their cry—all they do really mean is to get your votes aga.nst the Ministry, and then they reckon on the bill, the hateful hill, being lost for ever. All who wish well to the House of Lords and the Constitution must carefully be on their guard against such devices. The loss of the Bill, as it is, means nothing more nor less than the removal of the existing Ministry—or rather, it means a great deal more—but it at any rate means this. Every one of its members will be out of the King's service on the morrow. And now we come to the point at once—Who dares advice his Sovereign to form a Minisuy of New. castles and Peels, Lowther. and Knatchbulls ? They may bare a narrow majority of the Lords--of the Commons the great majority is against them. We say nothing of the impossibility which any such Government must find of carrying on the Government in the House of Lords for want of debaters—we say nothing of the storm of public indignation, which must break swiftly on the heads of such a Ministry. We assume that every thing out of doors will be profound peace—. that the people of all tanks will stand patiently by, and see the coin. bat joined in Parliament without a murmur—we speak only of that combat in that Parliament—and we ask, how a Government can go on with all the members for cities, towns, and counties all over England, deeply pledged against it—and a large majority against it, even taking in the nominees of Peers? Would the anti-reform and mock-reform Ministry venture upon a dissolution—the third within twelve months? This question is easily answered in the negative. If, therefore, the Lords wish to preserve their present eminent sta tion—if they wish to prevent those divisions between the two Houses of Parliament, which, if the testimony of history is to be relied upon, would, probably, end in their own discomfiture—if they wish to avert the renewal of "troubles in England—they will ponder well, and long, and calmly, before they plaice themselnes in collision with a reforming sovereign—a reforming House of Commons—and a reforming people. If the Lords negative the Bill, it is quite obvious that the natural course which the Commons have to pursue, is to stop the public bu siness, and refuse the supplies. Here, then, the Loads are at a dead lock—what are they to do? We will suppose, for argument's sake, that they succeed in turning out the present government—or in dia. gusting them so, that they throw up their offices.—ln come the feebles again—and if, under these perilous circumstances ; the feeblest dare to to accept office, they have but one step to take, namely, to dissolve Parliament. We ask any calm and unprejudiced observer, what would be the result of such a proceeding? It is obvious, it must be the re. turning of a House of Commons twice as reforming, and ten times as radical as the present. For if the country is, to a man, for reform now, what will It be when irritated by further opposition—by the turning out of those ministers who bad promised them the boon they so anxiously desire, and by the coming back of the rule of the feeble., which they so much abhor. Thus, then, the last State of the House of Lords would be worse titan the firat—they would find themselves equally without supplies, and without the means of carrying on the bu siness of the country— and in a state of exasperated hostility with the people and their representatives. In the time of the civil war in England, we find it stated, that in the year 1646, " The majorities of the House of Lords and Commons dif fered from each other upon almost every political topic ; and it was only by the reluctant and ungracious yielding of the former that public business was at all enabled to proceed . " What was the consequence? We turn to another page of the same history, and we find that, " On the 6th of February, 1649,. it was voted, that the House of Peers in Parliament is useless, dangerous, and ought to be abolished." The misery and distuabances which followed these dissensions in the dif ferent branches of the Legislature are well known to all. Then came the iron rule of Cromwell—the merciless restoration—the tyranny and folly of the Stuart brothers—nor was England destined to enjoy tran. quillity or happiness till the period of the revolution at length gave her a constitution which had the support of the people as well as of the Court. These are the facts which we learn from the history of our own coun try, and those of other lands afford us the same lesson ; namely, that an unwise resistance to the just wishes of the community is sure to entail iiisery upon the country, and more especially upon that branch of hs Governntnt which stands prominently forward in the ungracious cam of refusal. Blay such times and such scenes be far from up—we feel confident they will be so ; but it' any thing could bring diem upon us, it would be any rash determination of the Upper house of Parliament against the opinions of the other estates of the realm. THE TALLY YYSTEM. Petitions to Parliament are to be immediately got up against the tally system in the city. The trade is carried on by persons who deal in almost every article of domestic economy, front the en:We to the wain —tea, coals, linen, Sheffield goods, silks, fete, &c. They keep in their employment numbers who travel throug : ,l) the working neighbourhoods, hawking from house to house samples of their various g oals. with the tempting offer of taking payment by the low instalment . of Is. Cid. or 2s. per week. Their customers are gcrerally of the female sex, whom they ! persuade to purchase by the argument that the trifle can never be missed from the weekly (-tunings. The payment goes 011 well enough while the husband, who knows nothing about the mat ter, continues at work; but his employment tailing, he is hunted after and harassed by rascals who live by summoning to the several courts, on the terms of " no cure no pay," and never cease till they succeed iu locking him up in gaol, where the expense of his subsistence costs, in most cases, more than the whole amount of the debt, during his twenty or forty days of confinement. One of these limbs of the law has been known to summon for one tally man alone, thirty persons in one day, and has received the sum of 40L out of court at one time, paid in by the unfortunate debtors. The truth of this statement can be confirmed at the different prisons which receive Courts of Requests debtors. It is said that at the debtors' prison in VL'hiteeross-st. during the last 12 mon ths,upwards of 100 have been cont. witted at the suit of tally-shopkeepers alone, and that 30 of that number were arrested by one man. But tit: misery is not confined to those who purchase : it is the practice of tally-shopkeepers to get hold of others by way of security, and thus two are often confined for the same debt. If the wife of a poor man is given to drink, she gratifies her pro pensity by plidging the tally article. The pawnbrokers, however, now in most instances refuse to lend on such commodities, as the day of redemption seldom arrives, and they are consequently " vic timised" along with the original victims. One of that body declared that he had forty pledges from one woman, all, he believed, got front various tally-shops, and without the knowledge of the husband. The injury is nut confined to the poorer classes. The dressy wives of les pectabli shopkeepers deck themseves front the tally-shop for monthly instalments to a large extent, and the .irst intimation the husband re ceives is from a attip of parchment. lt is in fact impossible to describe the misery entailed on whole families by this mischievous method of trading. So convinced arc the commissioners of the great distress to which it gives rise, that in very few cases they order more than Gil per week to be paid into Court in liquidation of the debts. With regard to the quality and description of the articles sold in the tally trade, they are generally of the worst kind, being for the most part obtained at sales of bar krupts' effects, and the stale and refuse stock of warehouses—stock I not saleable by the fair natter. The product of the evil within the lot l few years has been enormous, and We correction of it will, it is hoped, go hand-in-hand with that of the vile truck system, which it rivals in ha pernicious consequences. Alderman Wood and Mr. Hume were prevented front taking up the subject in Parliament last session, by the sudden cloffe•of the business; but they are determined to salt the atten tion of the House of Commons to it as early as possible in the ensuing session. We understand that no less than seven members of the Stock Exchange have been unable to meet their differences, besides those already announced. They bass not, however, been declared ; and, as their liabilities Fe not great, the probability is, that the greater part will be able to make pri ate arrangements with their creditors. ~' PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. PLYMOUTH WEEKLY JOURNAL, MAY 26. His Majesty's steamer African, Lieut. J. .Harvey, arrived cek Seam tiny from the Mediterranean, last from Falmouth, where the her mails. She kit Falmouth on her passage out on the Stb sod, after touching at Cadiz, Gibraltar, and Malta, arrived at on the 211th. On her return homewards, she arrived at Malta RN the Si May, and at Gibraltar on the 11th, which she left on the 141 h. The Rainbow was at Corfu, where she relieved the Palate. TM Phi. towel left Gibraltar on the llth for Naples; the Melville fret Pliesso on the 14th, so also the Britannia, Kent, and as a eauliss. On the 13th, the greater :part of the tigeh that lurked about the garrison and bay were to aniV is ei board the English polacre brig North Star, 'chin so mom there to Algiers, and the same evening they weighed anehoe raw the awl of die Wasp. It was expected that the Spanish wheals% ets *Lk of the unceasing exertions 011 our part to rid the gerriseo of the Constitutionalists, would soon reopen the cummuuication througli the lines with Spain ; but It appears that they declined doing so until a Spanish General Officer, who had taken refuge in the garrison, and as English officer, in the Hon. E.l.C.'st service, who had takoic .... = oldie part in the late attempts, had left. The former lay ad could not be found ; the latter, being a British subject, asset, Wo understand, be ordered out of Gibraltar. A 12-gun brig, soder Ihtsain papers, was lying opposite the Custom-house, and belonged. It was suppoeed, to the Constitutionalists. It was requested to be de- Mined by the Truman Government, to whom the circumstance had been communicated. The Constitutionalists, it would appal., have worked themselves up to a pitch of desperation, and talkal openly of another attempt in the course of the year. The lion. Mr. King (son of Lord Elng,) and Capt. Anstruber, 73d regt. came home passengers in the African. Ilk Majesty's sloop Harpy, 10 guns, Commander J. P. D. Laroont, arrival on Sunday from thell'est Indies , having left Jamaica on the 4th of April. She has completed a period of three years' service en that station ; and although constantly in the most unhealthy parts of it, has only lost two men front the epidemic of that country. This may, wider Pnovinzues, be attributed to her being so much employed at sea. The island of Jamaica had been suff'ering from the scarcity of dour; the small pox, too, had made its ap. mr. ance with considerable virulence, and was supposed to have been Introduced by a vessel from Saint Thomas's, which bad put into Alorant Bay. A very fortunate supply of vaccine matter had been obtained from Cuba in season : much to the honour of the Spaniards, this is particularly eared for by the medical authorities in theft remain. ing colonies. Sir Willoughby Cotton had arrived and taken the command of the troops. The remainder of the 91st regiment may be :hourly expected in England. The following was the disposition of our squadron at the time of the Harpy's departure : The Win chester, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Culprit's, was at Port !Zand was to sail on the following day with the Bishop of Ja ell, on a visit to the north side of the island ; thence she will pro ceed to Bermuda, and thence to this port (Plymouth), to repair the damages she sustained in getting ashore; her detention in England will not probably exceed three months, when she will return to her sta tion. The Blanche was at Nassau, takhig on board provisions for Ja maica, the squadron having for sonic time been upon half allowance!of bread and flour; the great shipments from the United States for Eng. land caused this scarcity, and flour had risen to 30 Spanish dollars per barreL The Shannou was at Bermuda for the Wile purpose. The Aler. my and Monkey were at Vera Crus ; the former may be expected home neat month. The Ranger, from the Gulphof Mexico, had gone to Der. muds to refit. The Grasshopper, Commander Erskine, was at Puerto Cabello; the Hyacinth, Commander Oldlcy, and lama, Commander Stewart, at Cardiagena--in consequence of fresh commotions In that unhappy country • the Bparrowbawk , Commander Mayne. at Santa Martha; the Rose , Commander Pilkington, at Maracaibo; the Chant- Sun, Commander Cotton; at Chagres ; the Centel's, Cominautler 110- tham, and Falcon, Commander Smith, were at Pod Royal. the latter intended for New York, with specie. The Kangaroo schooner, Lieut. Hookcy, was a: Jamaica refitting, having sughrod very severely from bet voyage on the Coast of Brasil. By a letter from his Majesty's ship Philumel, which arrived at Tou lon on the 7th inst. we learn that the following was the disposition of the Mediterranean fleet on the 30th of April: At Malta, Britannia, 120, Capt. W. J. H. Johnstone, with Admiral Alalcolni's flag flying ; Ganges, 84, Capt. G. Burdett; Kent, 78, Captain S. Pyin, and Mel. Mlle, 74, Captain C. W. Nesham. In the Archipelago, Madagascar, 46, Captain K Lyons ; Alligator, 28, Captain Sir C. York; Raleigh, 18, Commander A. Hawkins ; Pelican, 18, Commander J. Gape; Bernet, 10, Commander E. Wodehouse ; Mastiff, 6, Lieut.-Can. J. Wok, and Meteor. 8, Come If. Copeland. At Tripoli—Scylla, 18 : Connuander, J. Ilindtuarsh. At Corfu—Rainbow, Captain Sir J. Franklin ; and Procris, 10. Conimantlet W. Griffiths (act.) At Con. stantinopk Hind, cutter. The Russian squadron was at Pores. His Majesty's brig Wasp, 10, Commander B. Popham, sailed from Malta, on the 26th April, lot Libialtar. The duties heretofore performed by the Clerk of the Cheque and storekeeper in his Majesty's victualling yards arc to helm-necked] con. solidated In the office of storekeeper. In conformity with this arrange. ment we understand that Mr. A. Brady, Clerk of the Cheque at Dept. ford Victualling Yard, is appointed storekeeper at Cremil Point, Stonehouse, to perform the duties hitherto performed by Messrs. Bal. cock and Janes; and Mr. T. T. Grant, Clerk of the Cheque at Wee.' vil Victualling Yard, is appointed storekeeper at the saws yard, to per. form the duties hitherto performed by himself and Mr. Mends. The salary of tthe Clerk of the Cheque at Weevil, was 4001. and 501. was allowed him forj house rents. These alterations will therefore effect a saving to the amount of 8501 annually in these two yards. All the stores arc to be cleared from the old victualling yard by Aug. 1. in the intermediate time the whole of the buildings will be sold. The burning cliff at Holworth, near Weymouth, isnow becoming an object of particular attention. Fissures have, within the last fortnight, opened, discharging vapour, at another part, about five hundred feet to the westward of the long line of apertures which have for some time past been in active operation ; and we have no doubt, from ... personal observation at a recent visit, that this additional irruption o f vapours will prove at least as interesting as at any preceding period since its first discovery in March 1827. Such a succession ea changes of aspect and materials as have occurred during the dine above stated, with the uninterrupted discharge of vapour and occasional appearance of fire, form such an era in geological research, as well as In natural history, as cannot fail to Interest the man of science, and, while it engages gene. yak the attention, must make a deep and effective impression on the mind of the philosopher. Mirtima.—At nu period do we remember so much success as at pre. sort attends on mining speculations in our neighbourhood. Besides a number of tin , copper, and lead mines, now In profitable working within twenty milesi of Plymouth, several others are in a promising Mate of progress. Among the latter, a lode of silver lead, recently cut In the Barton of Tinnell, near Cargreen, may be presumed to take the lead in importance, as there is no doubt of its being a continuation of the famous South Heave lode, (worked on the opposite side of the River Tamar,) which made such princely returns to the Bectulaton Mining Company. INTREPID CONDUCT AND RESCUE racist Daowxixo.—On Saturday evening last, as Mr. Hingston, jun. of Son theide-strect, Ply mouth, was passing through Richmond IValk, he saw a number of per sons collected at the watcr.side, who were endeavouring to render as sistance to a buy about ten years of age, struggling in apparent ex haustion on the surface of the water. As none of them could swim, their efforts were likely to prove ineffectual, bad not Mr. Dingston, on coming up. inuttediately thrown off part of his dress, and plunging into the water, laid hold of the poor boy, whom he thus gallantly rescued front impending death. WRESTLING ON THE Hoe.--The Whitsuntide sports commenced on Monday last, and the weather !teeing been very favourable, the at tendance on each day has been numerous and respectable. The sports, tinder the superintendence of Pulkinhom, have given general satiafac don, end much spirit has been manifested. l'ilonelay, and the greater part of Tuesday, were passed in making standards. Alas. Ill'KeasT, AND TIM DOUBLE-SIGHTED BROTHERS. This family, who have excited so much admiration, have been exhibit. Ina their astonishing powers at the Freemason's Hall, and to several families of distinction in these towns, since Monday. Mrs. 111 , Kean called at our o ffi ce and gave us a spe cimen of her powers, which cer tainly astonished us : she stood at a distance with her back towards us, and accurately told the time by two watches, described them whether gold or silver, the number of web, the colour of the stones in them, and the engravings on the stones. Several other articles she described with perfect ease. She has two sons who possess the same faculty of " double sight." The performance is cer,ainly wonderful ; there did not appear to be any collusion between her and her husband. If rrac. Ike has brought them to the knowledge they p os se ss , there never hap pened, in any case, the attainment of more perfection. Poarsuonria—The Doneg al , 78, Captain Dick, arrived on Thum day from the Downs, to remain at Spitliead until the departure of the squadron, of which it will form one, under the command of Sir Edw. Codrington. The Wellesley, 74, Capt. Rowley, was towed out of harbour for the seme purpose on Monday, by the Columbia steamer. As the Asia, Captain liyde Parker, (the flag-ship of the Commander in. Chief at this port,) will constitute one of the squadron under Sir F.d ward Codrington, and will go out of harbour in a day or two, for that purpose, the Spartiate, 76, will, in the Asia's absence, receive Sir Thomas Foley's flag ; this ship will not, however, enter any men. Coon. Foley. a Lieutenant, and a boat's crew of t h e A s i a , w ill be left behind, and a party of Marines only, will be attached pro t ese p oro to the Spartiate. PLYMOUTH CORN RETURN, MAT 24.—Average, Wheat, 72a 4d ; parley. 35s Id ; Oats, 26s 2d.—Currency, Wheat, 32s to 74s ; Batley, IW to 36; Oats, 22s to 31s. The Markets continue in a depressed state, with very little vari at i o n tO note un the prices of the preceding week ; the recent arrivals of flout coastwise, principally from the eastward, cause the dealers generally' to act with caution in their purchases, anticipating a reduction hi ' Price. I .•1 1 . 2 MABRIJID.—JA ikesish Ks. Robert Peabey, grocer, IL lMllli gr Jr 'li nt of thieselisose Tuesday, at St. Andosw's thumb, Mr. G. Choi* d llkooter, to Miss Pike, of this swim Get , P4rotto Widiskid, "Ws Of J. Whiteford, Natty Town Clerk sod Abington of this Bousogh—at Sidmouth, Muria, widow of the late J. Damns, solipsa—Aass Susan, the faisat tt;of the late Mr. J. llotame—wtleg r e=tal, Mr. R. D. , R.N. 44—in Mrs. Jenidna, wilb of W. Jenkins, Rarj il th=y Pay 011esat the Isle of Wight, 65, E. Roberts, Esq. Commander, R.N. DERBY REPORTER, MAY 26. - - WILL4III2IIIIING AT WIRLIWORTII.—On Whit Wednesday, the various rills in Wirksworth were decorated very prettily with the flowers of the season. The one in Bt. John-street was very ingeniously and tastefully ornamented. It bore a represented= of Moses the rock, and the water running out. A variety of inscriptions ad mottos were formed, with daisies and other flowers, which presented a ray pleasing appearance..—There were two rills elegantly set outin the Dale - one at the bottom with a representation of oar Saviour,which was very alifully delineatcd,with an inscription on one side "Drink and thirst no more," and on the other, " Christ is the spring of life" The upper till very evidently showed more dlsnhty. and was considerably more extensive: Adam and Eve were neatly fignred with white daisies, standing one on each side the tree of life, hearing an inscription " Illeesetl be the Lord of Hosts, lie is 00D." Another rill was clothed in a very neat manna on the Northern-end, which was praised by every beholder. The whole of thou were thought to surpass any thing' of the kind at Tissit,gton, and no doubt the Wieksworth well-droWng will be In future honoured with the attendance of the nobility and gently around.—The well at Coney Bank was also so beautifully embellished with flowers that it was not put into the back ground by the neighbouring wells at Wirksworth—Moses, and the children of Israel, were ted with daisiex, and tasteful ' adorned with other flowers. On re E s lro n centre at the top,, GOD save the King and Queen" was formed in red daisies, and " Reform and Liberty" in white daisies, with several other inscriptions, dud produced universal admiration. " Goo save the King" was inscribed on every rill, that was dressed in Wirkswort h. GRAND FESTIVAL AT LEICESTER. -4 public dinner to celebrate the triumph of independent principles, was lucid in the New Cricket Orounit yesterday. M. B.bington, Esq. the intimate friend of Wm. Evans, Esq. 91. P. for the Borough, presided on the occasion, and was supported on his tight and left by T. Paget, Esq. 91. P. for the county, Wynn Rills, Esq. Al. P. for the Borough • Gisborne, Esq. bro. thee of the member for Stafford. Admiral Tatham, and is great number of the most respectable inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood. W. Evans, Esq. was unavoidably absent. The number of electors who sat down to dinner, consisting of roast beef and plum-pudding, was about , hrce ihousand persons. The tables were anauged in ad. mini& order. and the utmost satisfaction every where prevailed. An excellent band, and a choir of 2150 in number, added much to the pleasure of the day by the performance of the national anthem and several other favourite airs, which were responded to by the voices of the asr-embkd thousands, with a fervour and feeling quite enthusiastic. A gallery on the right and left of the choir was 6Ued by some hundreds of fashionably dressed females, who seemed to take a lively Interest in what was passing before them, and whose appearance added much to the joyous scene. It is calculated that not less than twenty thousand persons were present, anti it is gratifying to say that not a single unpleasant circum stance occurred, to east even a gloom over an event quite unprecedented at Leicester; and which, we believe. has had no parallel in any pro. vincial town In the kingdom, Birmingham Political Dinner, last year. excepted. Perfect harmony and good feeling reigned through. out the day. The weight of beef provided for the occasion, was three thousand pounds; and pudding, two thousand five hundred pounds, in snaking which there tas consumed thirty stones of flour 904 lbs. of bread, 2010 ohs. of suet, 800 lbs. of plums, 400 lbs. of sugar, 1600 eggs, 260 quarts of milk, and six gallons of brandy, exclusive of spices I We have been told on good authority, that an individual, residing not a thousand miles from Sheffield, received a short time ago a letter fruit , a town on the east side of the kingdom, of which he is an elector, enclosing not a Norwich crape shawl for his wife, but a 601. note, which he was instructed to retain if he chose to vote for two most un popubr candidate., or to return it if he was otherwise disposed. The Indignant elector returned the bribe, either because his snare " Inde pendence," being just turned into May grata, be did not care to saddle her in such service, or because ho had objections, as well to the weather as to the hill, whim he was expected to encounter at his journey's end. Illr. Denison has published an address. delaratosy of his intention to take his wit for the county of Nottingham.—A new writ will there. fore of course be issued for the borough of Liverpool on the mating of parliatnent. AlAllßlED.—Charles Herbert White, Esq. of the Sth Light Ben gal Cavalry, to Georgians, fourth daughter of Sir W. C. Bagsbawe, of Wonnbill Hall. DIED.—At Southwell, Notts, John Leseroft, Esq senior major of the Derbyshire MilLia.—.lllr. Samuel Towle, at the house of his bro. tha, B. Towle, Esq. of Borrowash. DUMFRIES COURIER, MAY 24. - - -- On Saturday evening, the Grand Committee of the seven Inempora. dons met in thc 'fades' Hall, and after divers spirited speeches and' " lots" of disssion, agreed that the whole of the Trades should muster at an early hour on Monday morning, and proceed in a body to Gasstown, with drums beating and colours flying, for the purpose of esawilng General Sharpe and the Annan delegate to the scene of action. I Accordingly the younger part of the Trades departed at seven o'clock, followed by a countless crowd of spectators, and at eight the masters and journeymen followed with insignia waving, in marching order. That no mistake or confusion might arise, an express was sent to Annan and Hoddam Castle; and at the time appointed General Sharpe was seen approaching in an open carriage, accompanied by Sir Patrick Maxwell, Mat. Mr. Murray of Murraythwaite, and Mr. Hotchkis of Edinburgh. The Annan delegate. Mr. Scott, Provost Irving, and Mr. Parrish, brought op the rear in a handsome vehicle • and instantly the horses were loosed front the carriages, and the pa rti es drawn into town by we know not how many pairs of brawny and willing arms. After a few minutes' deliberation, the procession was arranged with military peed. sine; and the reader may judge of the numbers that attended, when we state that the road front Gasstown to the Old Chapel—a mile and 1. we should suppose at least—was one dense mass of human beings. Alto. gether the procession had a very imposing appearance, and far exceeded as we have been informed by very old inhabitants, anything of the kind that ever was witnessed in this town. No fewer than forty-three banners waved in the air, some of which were splendidly emblazoned; the hats and button-holes of the whole group, whether members of the trades or spectators, were profusely decorated with knots of Line, and in proof of the enthusiasm that prevailed universally, we may here state, that even the manes and heads of the watemien's hones, and not only these, but the deckles that bring buttermilk to town, were all, as Davie Gellately would have said," bray, brew ' • " with blue ribbons. At one part of Lochntabergate in arch, formed of flowers, was thrown across the street, front which depended a tasteful crown of the same material ; at almost every window were seen bevies of elegantly dressed females; the handmaidens enjoyed a peep from the attics, while such as lacked better accommodation leant against the chimnia: on the house tops; the boys had laid the woods under contribution, and fanned the air delightfully as they moved along; and, altogether, General Sharpe's entry into the town of Dumfries was, in every sense of the word, a niumphal procession. Of the total number of persons that attended it is impossible to form a guess, far less a correct estimate ; our own population was of course greatly swellal by importations from the country, and perhaps there is no exaggeration in the statement which, we tindersuird l is made by many, that the crowd antounted in all to from six to eight thousand persona. Between eleven and twelve the two candidates, accompanied by the Shoff, and other gentlemen, walked to the Court House, and, :al though no vecidert occurred, a few blackguards behaved very badly. When Mr. Douglas had seated himself, the yelling, hissing, and uproar commenced, and thought die Sheriff. General Sharpe, and several gentlemen, earnestly besought the audience to allow the pro ceedings to go on. it was all to no purpose. The clerks, notwithstanding that every word was inaudible, pro. ceeded with the formalities. such as reading the writ, the bribery act, administaing the oaths, ate. While the delegates were thus getting themselves qualified, the uproar, which had partially subsided, again commenced with redoubled violence, and the groans whitin were loudly respondedto by the yelling flout without, and the sounds which broke on the ear were the wildest that can be well imagined. Shouts of " Bribery," " Perjury," &c. &c. were beard front every part of the house, and many extremely unseemly allusions were made to the influence of a certain great nobleman,—particularly as regards Lochmuben. The votes were then taken, when the delegates from Kirkcudbright, Sanqultar, and Loehmaben voted for Mr. Keith Douglas, and those from Dumfries and Annan in favour o; General Sharpe. Mr. Douglas then ruse and spoke a few sentences, but the yells, groans, hisses, and exclamations with willed he was received, would have utterly overwhelmed the voice of the most stentorian-lunged orator that ever fretted his bout on a hosting% The Sheriff; after an effort to make himself heard, stated to the u semblage that the business of the day was concluded, and however much they had disturbed others, they themselves had certainly not been interrupted. Be hoped they would retire in peace and quietness. (Loud ;ties of " Let him nut go to Parliament and say he is our re. presentative."—" Bribery."—" Let us have the Lochinaben delegate.") The Sheriff again spoke--if they really wished to promote the meet. sure which they appeared so ardeut to obtain, the best course to pursue was to show respect to the law as it was now constituted--they would thus prove that they were worthy of receiving the benefits which the legislature might bestow. The audience then gave way, though reluctantly, and mingled the confusion of their exit, with many unseemly remarks regarding Loch-' molten. Mr. Douglas, with the delegates who voted for him, retired by a back door, which leads to a street i n t h e rear o f t h e Cour t-house, and immediately entering a carriage, which was in waiting, drove of with all speed. General Sharpe was met at the door of the Hall by a mass such as never before lined Buceleueb-street. Every head was untovered—every hat waved in the air; and the cheering was hearty aitbi e am &am* An does Hiewthest, banners, emblematical ot the psi ammo, “ flattered la the breese," and the greetinp from t h e Me sex. oho lima the windows, was most enthusiastic. —The gallant aural mikend the people haul the window of the King's Arms Inn 16, was ookestemt to ohm to the proceedings at Lothmaben, ram; hid kW Ms the eludes, and to the dragoons who were lying thyme slim Glebe town with loaded unbitten In less than six month s be Gamma to be in Pediment, when be would hare a long sto r y to NI nraut Lochmaben. In Scotland it is otherwise as rcgardr. th e MOM s but, including both counties and burghs, the acceraio o f k the m of Ministen will not be len than fr om e i g h t to tot en Unspered with the statistical complexion of the La par. As an Mediu for the burghs, are all made in t h e situ k higssille to spark with arithmetical accuracy ; b ut so fez as lo el Ibilowlag may be taken as the Tabular return : thi FOR REFORM. COUNT IE4 I Argyll - - Mr. Campbell 2 Buff - . Mr. Morrison . Mr. Sinclair • Mr. Rope Johnstone . Mr. Mauls . Mr. C. Grant . Mr. Coder Ferguson • Mr. Adam . Mr. Thill 3 Caithness • 4 Dumfries - 6 Forfar . 6 Inverness 7 Kirkcudbright 8 Kinross - 9 Orkney • 10 Renfrew • 11 Rose-shire - - Sir Michael Shaw Stewart . Sir Francis M'Kenzie. or Mr. Mr. M'Kende of Kilroy . Sir Hugk Innes - Sir Anw Agnew INV ions. 12 Sutherland • 13 Wigtown 1 Aberdeen . - Mr. Rosa 2 Anstruther. Mr. Johnstone 3 Ayr . Mr. Kennedy 4 Dysart - . Mr. Fergusson. 6 Glasgow • Mr. Dixon, or Mr. K. Finlay. Jedburgh . Mr. Stewart. 7 Perth - - Lord Advocate. 8 Selkirk . - Mr. Gillon. 9 Stirling - . Mr. Johnstone. 10 Tain . . Mr. Loch. 11 Wigtown - Mr. Edward Stewart. Doubtful--Crontartyshire and Fifeshire. MARRIED—At Craigends, Wm. Sonar, Esq. banker in Ran. burgh, to Miss Lillis Cunningham, of Crsigends. DIED—At Wallacehall, Robert Macmillan ' Esq..—At Milatield, near Annan, Mrs. Margaret Parrish, 85.—At Edinburgh, Mts. J. S . Ferguson, of Isle, 82.—At Petcrsburgh, Virginia, J. Walk er , E N . • native of this place. DUBLIN MORNING REGISTER, MAY 24. The number of persons who have emigrated from Ireland this year has been greater than at any former period, and the infl ux seems to have no other intermission than is created by the paucity of shipping offering to take passengers. The tide appears to set almost entirely to. wards British America, and the old feeling in favour of the states to be quite abandoned. There is now lying at the Brickflelds, a very fin e ' vessel, MO tons burthen, built by Mr. Knight, and launched but about three weeks. She was scarcely noted to sail for Quebec, when more passengers were offering than even with her ample room she could take. She will clear out, we understand, in two or three days, taking with h er over three hundred persons, men, women, and children, whose pr e . paradons for embarking themselves and whatever moveables they can transport, present a scene of great bustle and industry.—Southern Reporter. Major Rose, who commanded the military In Marion-square on Fri. day night, was examined yesterday morning at the Head Police.c&e, and deposed that he arrived opposite to Mr. North's house on Ftidsy night, with six dragoons, when a person appeared at the balcony wit it a gun in his hand, which he presented at the crowd and discharged; that immediately after, he (the witness) heard that a woman was shot ; that when the shot was fired, he and the six dragoons were opposite to the house, and that there was a detachment of the 29th infantry opposite to Mr. O'Connell's house, (next door to Mr. North's,) and another detachment at the distance of a few doors, on the same side; that there was not the least danger of any attack on the house ; that there was no rioting ; that the crowd consisted of respect able persons, two-thirds of whom were women ; that a window was broken immediately before the shot was fired, and, he added, that he did not expect that any person could fire on the crowd on so trivial a provocation. ANOTHER WOMAN &WT....Miring the night of the illumine. dons, a poor woman named Mary Redmond, was shot in the face by a Mr. Armstrong, who was firing from the back windows of his bottle In Holles.street, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock. An in. vestigation into the case took place yesterday in College-street once, when Mr. Armstrong was bound in 500 L and two sureties in 1001. each, to stand his trial at the Sessions Court. (The name of the person charged for firing out of the house of Mr. North, is Arm strong also.) On Friday morning, between two and three o'clock, a party of the Queen of Spades' followers, attacked the houses of Denis Ml3labon and Thomas Dineen, two of Mr. Arthur's tenants, at Ballydae, in the county of Clare, bo th of whom were severely beaten, and sworn to give up the ground held by them, In ail days. The small farm NM by them is in the possession of Bl'Mahon and his family, for thirteen years, taken by them on being given up by a defaulting tenant, who left the farm, and came to reside in Limerick, heavy in arrear—Liew• rick Chronicle. A poor widow, with several children, occupying another small fats on part of Mr. Arthur's estate, was als o visited about three weeks ago, and notice left warning her to give up her holdings to the former eta. pants from whom the interest was purchased by her husband's family 24 years ago, and not having complied she was again visited a few nights after, and sworn to give up the lands, but not having dose se, the poor woman having no place with her family to go to—oo Tues. day night last, these legislators paid her a third visit, with the evident intention of murdering or ill treating her, but she escaped by con cealing herself under the bedtick where she and her mother lay. The fellows lit a candle, searched the house, and with a pistol threatened to shoot one of her children unless she discovered where the mother was, but disappointed they departed, with a threatening warning, hay. ing previously broken some of the furniture—lbid. Foam Oxen or Rossia.—Professor Fischer, of Moscow, has de scribed two new species of fossil oxen, from Siberia. Thebes lotifroes, with a large forehead, horns straight at the base, palate much dilated, and the dos conaliculalus, having toms very close together at their base, and separated by a straight deep channel. Tiraxarxwixo Noricts.—Several notices to the growers of to. Wow in this city and its vicinity, have been served within the last few Idays, threatening to destroy the crop in case the process of transplant ing shall be proceeded with. These are signed Lady Clare. The reason assigned for this conduct is, that the great quantity of manure used for tobacco will prevent the cultivation of a &nation crop of poutoes, and that a scarcity of provision next season will be the consequence.—Sib. kern" Journal. MARRIED. —At the Castle. Dublin, Francis MAN, Esq. of Derryearne Leitrim, to Letitia Frances, daughter of the late H. B. &epney, Esq. of Durrow, King's County—ln Kilkenny, Harriet Eleanor Wandcaford, daughter of the Marquis of Ormonde, to Robert Fowler, Esq. son of the Bishop of Ossory DIED.-1n Baggot.street, the Rev. John Crossly Seymour George Oliver Webb, Esq. of Webbaborough, county Kilkenny. BIRTHS. The 26th inst the lady of the Rey. E. Tagart, in Torrington.square. of a daughter the 26th inst. in Caroline -street, Bedfotd.aquare, S. George Oardotn, of a daughter—the 25th inst. at Tannington, Suf• folk, Mrs. J. Barkers of a daughter—the 27th inst. in Upper Gower. street, the lady of To. M. Waters, Eaq. of a daughter. MARRIED. Thursday, at St. George's, Hanover-equare, F. C. Knowles. El• eldest son of Admiral Sir C. Knowles, Bart. and K.C.B. to &nma• fourth daughter of Sir G. Pocock, Bart.—the 26th inst. at Chrbt church, Surrey, Mr. H. Bartlett, son of T. Bartlett, Es q. of Tetgn mouth, Devon, to Susanna, the elder daughter ; also Mr. H. HadLml. of Holborn-hill, to Sarah Ann, the younger daughter of Mr. D. Mat. thew, of Upper Thames-street—the 26th inst. at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Mr. G. Hunter, of Bury-street, St. James's, to Elizabeth, eldest &Ile ter of the late Mr. Butt. of Bond-street. DIED. The 25th inst. at Great Surrey-street, Blackfriara-mad, 31. C. Sur ners, tea-dealer, in his 44th year—the 26th inst. G. Cowie, E'q. of Upper Clapton, aged 70—the :sth, at Watford, Hens, R. Clutterbuck. Esq. in the 59th year of his age. NIMGATE AND LgADENHALL—THIS DAY. By the Carease.—Per stone of Btbs. 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