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{• - . _~ . __xr.. f--.-----. rRrCF.Of slit. KS der rt. Cons. 82! I I i 4 Cons. for Ace 82* * 3 per Cent. lied. 81} * * 34 pet Ct. 181$, 89i 3!, per Ct. Heil. 8911 per Cent. New, 91i 1 i 1 T FOUR O'CLOCK. 4 per Ct. 1826, 981 1 it f.'ng Ann. Jan. 1860,16 15.16 j Old Annuities New, .elOOO Rich. 81114 6 7 6800 Ditto e .8100 and 2200 Do. 8 9 FOREIGN STOCKS. Braxi'ian, 611. Chinn, 19. Danish for Account, 62. Mexican 1825, 38 ; for Acct, 381. Prussian 1822, 97 6/. Russian, 95} ; for Acct, 931 3; ditto 111, —. Spanish, for Account. 161. French 5 per Cent, 91f. 25e. Exchange, gsf 30c. Three per Cent, 65f 50c. French Scrip, 61 prem. PUBLIC Cl Rank Stock, 198 9i India for Acct. 204. MR, par Ipm Lowion flocks X 59 10; St. Catherine's. 178 10s City Can. £l9O Bank of Scotland, £167: British Linen. £350 Grind Junction. £243 Leeds, £395 Urgent's, £lB 101 IMPANIRS. Irish Grand Csnal, 73i Forth znd Clyde, £625 & Man.Railway,XB6 to/20 Cromford, £45 Gu irdian„ Albion Fire, £75 Alliance, 18 5s County, £4O Rolanos Mines, LI sn Steam Navigation, is. £6 151' THE A EV PNIN I ' 4 • STAR. lON DON . WEDNESDAY, MAY 18. 11is Excellency Lord PONSONBY, left town this after noon, on his return, it is supposed, to Brussels. This day at noon, the Ktr c. and Qu EEN arrived in town from Windsor Castle; and soon afterwards his MAJESTY held a Levee at St. James's Palace, which was very nume rously attended. The rejection of Mr. BAN KFS by his own county of Dorset, is one of the phenomena and memorabilia of the age. If the principles of his party were tests of truth—if the late wars were just and necessary—if the various en croachments on the Constitution were unavoidable —if PITT, DUNDAS, ADDINGTON, PERCIVAL. and CANNING were patriots—then for his support of them Mr. BANK ES deserved better of his country in his old age. But if, as many doubt, and as a better focal distance enables us to see ith more accuracy, the support was erroneous, passionate, or corrupt, while the consequences were palpably so mischievous and so tragical, then we ought to regard the removal of all such men from political power, as the act of inscrutable and all-seeing Providence. Messrs. BANKES, H. DAVIS, Gas- COIGNE, ACLAND, and a dozen others who are thus visited after forty years devotion, either to their country, or to mammon, remind us of the fall of WOLSEY, and the sublime sentiments regarding it, put into words by our im- , mortal Bard. Doubtless they and their friends can reconcile their political nets with public virtue, and about this we affect no dogmatical decision ; but we have no doubt, that if the balance often held by Mr. BANKES had inclined more to the people, and less to power, he would not have been thus rejected. His moral influence conferred a dangerous plausibility on his Parliamentary ora tions ; and though some of his votes will distinguish his memory, yet he was, in the main, one of the pillars of a system, at which history seems likely to point as a warning to future ages. The Northamptonshire election still lingers on. Mr. CARTWRIGHT has again gained the small majority of twalve neer his opponent, Lord MILTON, on yesterday's poll; but in point of fact, the majority should only have been eight, as there were four persons who tendered their votes for Lord MILTON and Lord ALTIIORP, just as the poll was about to close. The sheriff, however, refused to receive them that evening. We cannot too earnestly entreat the friends of the Reform Candidates immediately to hasten to the poll; as a respectable majority in their favour, on the day's poll, would, in all probability, induce their opponents to terminate the contest ; and with it, put an end to the ex pense now so unnecessarily occasioned to the parties. That the balance of the Reform question should ever even threaten an equilibrium in Northamptonshire—one of the central counties in England—and only a small distance from the soul of the Empire, is truly a little inexplicable ; and yet, although we believe Lord MILTON'S election quite secure, we must confess, we are not yet satisfied with his majority, and sincerely hope it will be increased. So unexceptionable a candidate should have rendered the county unanimous. Agricultural counties, and where the population is not in the close social contact, which the existence of large towns renders necessary, are not evidently the best informed in their political duties, or the most independent in the exer cise of their rights. The Squirarchy of Northamptonshire is said to be powerful ; and it is constituted of some, from proximity to London, who may be considered town-made Squires,— nouveaux riches —who, although possessing more worldly knowledge than others, are not so apt to sot on a plain spirit of independence, as the country made article, with all its attributed defects. The town made Squire is so anxious to assimilate to the next grade in our social system—the aristocracy—that, as in all such cases of imitation, the weaknesses and erroneous opinions of the Aristocracy become at once adopted by them, as the very distinction of the Order. The Church Aristocracy kiln in the same Clique; and thus has been hitherto con stituted that corrupting influence which, in certain districts of the country, has kept the people blind to the abuses of Government. It is perhaps difficult to explain, but it is true, that the Northern counties of England are the best informed. We hope, however, the County of Northampton will prove that all this reasoning is false ; and not brand them selves, by apathy in so glorious a cause, as degraded in the eyes of their countrymen;—for apathy in such a cause is real nitro! degradation. One of the most striking signs of the times, is the oppo sition of the chief part of the clergy to the Reform Bill, and the consequent unpopularity of their Reverences. What a miscalculation, to ally the cause of the Church with that of the Rotten Boroughs, and the corruptions of the State ! What a mischievous =iodation of ideas ! Never was fatuity greater—never infatuation more porten tous l Is there then any real affinity between the Church and the Rotten Boroughs ? God forbid But the Clergy themselves assert and maintain it,—and who are better *gee ? What a libel en the Church to say, as they , !RWIPIMMPF ~.~,_ k.4;* do, that the Establishment and the Rotten Boroughs must fall together ! Do the Bishops know that such is the cry of the Clergy, and do they neglect better to instruct them? What will the natural logicians, the people, infer—those who never learnt to sophisticate at our precious Universities—what will they say? We will not say what they will say; but they will draw as correct a conclusion from their syllogism on this subject, as any professor of logic ! In fact, the Clergy ought in no way to have meddled with this political question ; and, if seduced from the plain path of righteousness, it should have been on the side of their flocks and liberty. Perhaps they hoped to influence a majority, hut the results have proved that they deceived themselves; and they now ought to repent in sackcloth and ashes. Let them address the KING from their several dioceses, and wisely pro claim their loyalty and love of liberty. They will thus correct the error, and, perhaps, secure an oblivion of the past. The people are too good Christians not to forgive on repentance, and they will be received with joy into the confidence of the Reformers. But, if having sinned, they will not repent, then there is a text, with which they are as familiar as we are, but which it would not be polite to quote. Seriously, we are sorry for what has passed—our venerable Church has been betrayed by her own children—and the only course left to them is to confess the error, and present forth with dutiful and loyal addresses, in any terms which pru dence and conscience may dictate. Once more we must caution our Readers against the paid for articles, which are admitted into London journals, on the subject of Belgium. Their source is palpable, and the people of England must be on their guard, against their in sidious sophistry. What but intelligence almost super-human, and a respect for social order almost without parallel, could have restrained an excited people, during so many months of unsettled Government ? They yielded with good faith to the policy of foreign courts, exerted apparently only as a snare. They hare endured all the inconveniences of having their chief port closed against external commerce, the intercourse with which formed even a principal part of our London en tries. Yet they are taunted with being unsettled and disturbed. —lf even as much as pretended, who could wonder at it, or what just man could blame them ? No doubt, it has been intended, that the Cossacks should esta blish Asiatic tranquillity ; but, thanks to the Poles, this hope has been frustrated. We have seen letters from Brus sels, but ten days old, which give the lie to all adverse asser tions about that city ; and which state that perfect order has long prevailed. The government is mild and rational ; and no uneasiness is felt, except in regard to the manoeuvres of foreign courts. It is possible, by sounding alarms, to create the very jealousies which lead to anarchy ; but we venture to state, that no assertion could be MOSE FALSE, than that in a London Morning Paper of this day—that Belgium is verging to a state of anarchy, and a dissolution of all Go vernment. In Belgium itself no such state is felt or appre hended ; and if the assertion did not arise from deliberate wickedness, or a disordered imagination, it was corruptly inserted, to gratify some party, deeply interested in produc ing the result, which it pretended to deprecate. In a subsequent column we insert an unanswerable appeal of the Polish Government to the Governments of Europe. It ought to have its full effect in all countries, where justice prevails over intrigue; and we hope the British Adminis tration will answer the appeal, in such a manner, as to meet the wishes of the People of England. No question of commercial policy ought to cross public honour on such a subject. But it is so well known, that British commerce is more important to Petersburgh than to London, that the recognition of Poland, agreeably to the laws of nations, would not disturb an inter course so necessary to the well-being of Russia. 11l as we think of the Congress of Vienna, it never was intended to assign Poland, without the security of a Constitution, which was even named and granted ; the con dition, therefore, being broken, Poland returns to indepen dence, and to the protection of all the Powers.— But Prussia and Austria are also implicated ; and there seems to be danger of a general war, if the cause of Po land be espoused. This danger has doubtless restrained France ; but England is now in a position, also, to do its duty ; and the honourable espousal of the cause of Poland, would be the first fruit of our victory over the borough mongers, the sworn allies of despotism, at home and abroad. CITY, ONE O'CLOCK. A report prevails in the City, that the King of the French was about to abdicate the throne. This requires confirmation. In the Foreign Market nothing doing. Consols, which left off yesterday 82i 1 for the account, opened at 821; soon after went down to 82a ; were again done at 821 ; when it was reported that an express had ar rived from Paris, bringing the French Rentes considerably lower ; in consequence of which Console again receded to 82 : at present they aro 821. CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols are at present 82i for the Account, and for next time 82ai. The French Rentes come 6.5-50, about one and a half per cent. lower. . , The Dutch steamer has not as yet arrived ; consequently we have no fresh intelligence from the theatre of war to the present time. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing. His polite French neighbours will be inclined to set down poor John Bull as a greater monster than ever, when they learn, from our Court Circular, that the Queen's sister, during her visit to this country, is to be lodged in " the Devil's Tower." ROME, MAY 2.—M. de St. Anlaire, the French Ambas sador, has sent off his son to Ancona, to ascertain the truth of the report that the Austrians were making such impor tant repairs at the citadel of that place as to betray the intention of remaining there, and even to prepare to sus- I tain a siege, if necessary. That journey is, however, quite ; useless—the facts are too palpable. The first and third Chamber of the Cour Royale have heard M. Persil's statement of the case of M. Dumonteil, a Catholic Clergyman, who is suing for leave to marry. The Attorney General contended for the right of the Priests to marriage by the civil authorities. The Court, after an hour's deliberation, returned into the Hall, and declared that the Judges were divided in opinion on the subject. r . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. POLAND. We have news from Warsaw of the 3d of May. The Russian army was continuing its retrogade movement. The want of provisions was more and more felt in its ranks, which were daily thinned by disease. The Polish head quarters bad been transferred to Jendrezow, beyond Kalussyn. The accounts lately received of the retreat of General Dwernicki into the Austrian territory are unfortunately but too true, having been confirmed by subsequent intelligence contained in letters from Vienna, dated May 5. After a series of excessive fatigues and successful attacks against a superior force, the brave Dwernicki, pressed on one side by Rudiger, and on another by General Roth, who a:rived by forced marches from Moldavia, was obliged to seek protection beyond the Austrian frontier, and, there fore, he crossed it on the 30th of April, with a body of 5,000 men and 17 pieces of cannon. Dwernicki was unable to obtain uermission to retire in the direction of Zamosc. Had the Austrian Government yielded to this request, it would have violated the principle of neutrality. We have great apprehension as to the effect which this news must cause at Warsaw ; so much confidence was at tached to the name of Dwernicki. However, the Poles have made us so familiar with such traits of courage that we still entertain hopes of their bearing this fresh reverse with exemplary resignation. Besides, the principal operations of the campaign cannot be materially affected by the unsuccess-i ful issue of the expedition under Dwernicki. For more' than six weeks his separation from the main strength of the army had reduced his services to that of a skilful auxiliary chief. It is impossible not to contrast the generosity shown to' Dwernicki e troops, by the Austrian Government, with the revolting partiality of the Prussians towards the Russians. Compare the conduct of Austria with that of Prussia, which, not satisfied with stopping foreigners, and even Poles, who wished to cross her territory, to repair to Poland, receives every day the Russian soldiers expelled by the Lithuanians, leaves them their arms, and suffers them to re-enter the Russian territory as soon as they can do so with advantage. This is what foreign Cabinets call neutrality, and what ours consent to consider as such.-- A CIRCULAR, ADDRESSED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AT WARSAW To THE AGENTS OF THE POLISH GOVERNMENT IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Recent military events having freed the capital, and the whole of the right bank of the Vistula, from the attacks of the enemy, I deem it a duty to request you to use every possible effort to convey to the Go vernment to which you are accredited the wishes of the Polish nation. It is a received principle in Europe, that the independent exist tence of every country is founded on those rights which have once been recognized, as well as in the formation of a domestic force capable of protecting, and maintaining it. When the question of right is co-existent with that of fact, both yield to each other reciprocal support. The former existence of Poland, her relations with other states, are sufficiently known, nor can the three partitioning Powers question their historical accuracy, for they must to. 1 tain a recollection of the intimate relations which Poland formerly main tained with them, of the services that she rendered them, or of the reverses which she forced them to endure. lf, then, we consult the history of our country, or that of Europe, it will be seen that the right of the Poles to a national and independent existence is incontestable. It is true that at the close of the last century the three partitioning Powers, after hav ing confederated for our ruin, destroyed that independence; but tbat act has been designated throughout the world as spoliation and political crime ; that act could neither annihilate ancient rights nor create new ones. Titus, even after the success of the conspiracy of the three Courts, the voice oiEurope, in raising itself in favour of the rights of Poland, proclaimed them to be imprescriptible ' • but although they preserved their full vigour, they could no longer be exercised in the political world, invested with their external attributes. Recent events have changed this state of things. An insurrection, distinguished for its energy and exemption from every excess, has se vered the bonds which connected Poland with Russia. The kingdom is now subject only to a national Government, unanimously chosen by a Diet , the members of which, it is worthy of remark, were all elected under the Russian Government. That Diet has intrusted the public affairs to persons the most eminent both for birth and popu larity, and whose political career affords the best guarantee to Europe. The Diet has thus secured, in the strongest way possible. those monarchical institutions which the two Chambers have declared' as best suited to the wants and the wishes of the nation. The National Government of the kingdom encounters no opposition in the exercise of its authority ; its orders are executed with the utmost real, in every part of the kingdom unoccupied by the enemy. The Po lish troops, the armed representation of the opinions, of the desires, and of the power of the nation, after three glorious but deadly con- filets, after having sustained dreadful losses, have again completed 1 their full numbers. Their confidence in their own resources has increased them, and that heroic army responds to the hopes that the National Government reposes in them. We are now independent, in the strongest sense of the term, and the question of fact is no longer in opposition to the question of right. The dangers which may hereafter threaten us, and which to-morrow may threaten the li berty and the glory of other Powers in Europe, cannot in any respect alter our real position, nor can they prevent us from proclaiming at this moment that we are independent. It is, therefore, admissible for us to claim from other Governments the recognition of our independence—to claim it in the name of the most sacred rights, which Europe has un animously declared to be imperishable. If Belgium, which never ranked among states,—if Greece, whose political existence has been annihilated for ages,—have obtained, among all the uncertainty of war, the recognition of their independence. I ask if Poland have not stronger grounds for her pretensions,—that Poland, whose national existence, extinguished for a moment, revives with so much vigour, sustains itself with so much energy, and at the price of so many sacrifices,—that Poland, which, alone and without aid, has dated to combat with the giant of the North, and has already overthrown the illusion of her power. It would be vain, in discussing the question of Polish independence, to refer to the acts of the Congress of Vienna. The treaty of Vienna, when uniting the kingdom of Poland to Russia, assured to us a national individuality. and a conttitutior.al Government; it also aimed at extending this nationality to the Polish provinces in corporated in the Russian empire ; and this for the purpose of con• solidating the tranquillity of Europe. Such was the spirit of the treaty of Vienna. The Emperor of Rus sia has been the first to violate that treaty by overthrowing in the king. dom the principal constitutional securities, in smothering all national spirit in their Polish provinces, in prohibiting even the use of our lan guage. All our sufferings have been sufficiently exposed in the mani. festo of the Diet. The treaty of Vienna has then been, both in its ar rangements and their results. inadequate to the maintenance of peace. The violence of the Russian Government has provoked an insurrection, which has been followed by decisive events. A new order of things has arisen. The chain which attached Poland to Russia has been broken, the bond which united Belgium with Holland has been severed, but a short time previously, although the treaty of Vienna had guaranteed their perpetuity. The European Powers have, notwithstanding, recog nised the independence of Belgium, adopting a noble and elevated po licy. Why, then, animated by the same spirit, do they not interfere la our favour ? " The union of Belgium with Holland," says the Protocol of Lon -1 don, of the 19th of February, "is broken. Official communications have convinced the five Courts that the means originally destined fee' its preservation can neither re-establish it at present, nor preserve it hereafter, and that henceforth, instead of confounding the affections and the welfare of the two people, it could only excite passions and hatred which, from their collision, could only produce war and all Its , disasters. It does not devolve on the powers to judge of the causes which have destroyed the antient ties, but when they see these ties se. tared, it belongs to them to aim once more at the object which was proposed in their formation. It belongs to them to secure, in favour of the new combinations, that tranquillity to Europe, of which the union of Belgium with Holland formed an essential basis." The cause of Belgium is identified with ours ; and if there be any dissimilarity between the two, it is in our favour. Poland was foam* independent and powerful. The Congress of Vienna even contemplated the reestablishment of that independence. and of the integrity of the Polish territory; but as these views were counteracted by imperious circumstances, a new kingdom was crested, the limits of which were small, and which was united to Russia. On every occasion the beet intentions with regard to us were testified, by guaranteeing also the nationality of the other Polish provinces : the inadequacy of these dispositions towards Poland in general was clearly demos. strated—dispositions which may be considered as provisional. Ibe kingdom to which the Congress of Vienna had guaranteed a oonellio. tion was united to the most powerful despotic state. This allianoswas difficult to form; its duration was impossible, for it carried in bed' the seeds of dissolution. It may be urged in opposition to this, the Russia, that power so redoubtable to all Europe, can, even a ft er a des. perste contest, reduce us to submission, and pacific , by commissar. us. The peace of slavery—the peace of the timh—a pines essalb • nature as to excite a terrible war on the first favawalis egrollositY— can such a peace meet the noble sad dignified busdoes &as Euro pean Powers ? repeat it, every treaty is the consequence either of certain events, o r of certain political combinations. If other events displece these Mat mettle() them,if the combination he altered,— the contracting pa rt i, must modify their engagements In accordance with the new combing. tiona for the purpose of upholding the principles which they had at first proposed. The Congress of Vienna could dispose of Belo it! , conquered by the Allied Powers, and of Poland occupied by the It u .. sian armies. But Poland delivered—Poland which repels the Lunn.. roue hordes of the aggressors—bas a just right to claim admission Un o the great family of the independent nations of Europe, as Belgium has been there received, after having thrown off the yoke of Holland. Such are the principles that you will advanee—sueh are the atgu• ments you will employ to strengthen the demand you are authotnad make on the government to which you are accredited, the demand of 1!:e forma] and positive recognition of the National Government in ti:. kingdom of Poland, and of the independence of that kingdom. April 30. THE SECRETARY OF STATE. For Foreign Affairs, for the National Government ci Kingdom of Poland. BRUSSELS PAPERS RECEIVED THIS DAY. BRUSSELS, MAY 14.—A British Cabinet messenger i.a.scd ihrou g :, this city last night, with despatches from Vienna for London. The ab sence of Lord Ponsonby will not be long, for his Excellency has retained his apartments in the Hotel de Belle Vue, till his rcturn.—W. L an from good authority, that the English Minister, Lord Grey, has as. nounc.cd to our commissioners, that Prince Leopold would accept, if th.: integrity of our territory was guaranteed to us—that this affair might he amicably arranged by an indemnity to be paid by Belgium to Hulk. d. —He asked them what indemnity Belgium would he disposed to offer ? Our commissioners are said to have replied, that they had no instructions on this point; and it is affirmed that the object oh the dispatches brought by M. Han wand was to ask the Government f.l their instructions. We can positively affirm, that Lord Ponsonhy, before his departure, shewed a letter, announcing that the Prince e: Saxe Cobourg was inclined to accept the Crown—Belge. N. de Brouckcre. one of our Commissioners in London, arrived a. Brussels the day before yesterday. Prince Leopold continues to most favourably disposed : the great obstacle is no longer Luxemburg. but Limburg; and it is on this point that the negotiations now turn. M. de Brouckcre has come to Brussels for further instructious on this head; but has been anticipated by 111. Devaux, who act OW for London, on Monday night. Tie journey of Lord Ponsonby ii with the same view. The Government, as well as the whole Belgic nation, remains invariable ; and we arc assured that the instruction: given to M. Divaux are conceived in this spirit.—Courrier. For two or three days, the Courrier has talked of M. Robaulx as Minister. We are able to affirm that that gentleman does not at all aspire to the office of Minister: he has even declared to one of our edi , tors, that if an offer were made him, he would not hesitate a moment to refuse it.—Belge. The Journal of Breda announced some time ago, that the Belgic Government was inclined to enter into an arrange. ment with Holland. This news, which was repeated by all the Dutch journals has been received with joy in Holland ; and accord. l ing to a private letter from Amsterdam of May 8, it had a favourable effect on the funds. We expect, with impatience, the publication of the letter, addressed to the Dutch Government. It is destined to pre. duce a great impression in Holland. The police of Brussels, arrested the day before yesterday, a person designated as an exciter of disorder. He was arrested in a public. house, and it is said that he had about him 1,100 florins. ANTWERP, MAY 13.—The navigation of the river, which was in tercepted by the Dutch squadron, was made free again yesterday Alta i noon.—Brussels l'apers, May lb. MUNICH, May 9.—We are positively assured, that the Russian legation here has rteeived from Vienna official intelligence, that the Po. lish general Dwernecki, after having been defeated by Gen. Rudiger, fled with WOO men, into the Austrian tertitory, where they were die. armed. The Polish soldiers are sent to Transylvania, and the officers to different places in Austria. The cannon and arms were given up by the Austrian authorities to General Rudigcr. REauw, May 6.—Accounts from the theatre of war in Poland are very scamty • we have nothing authentic respecting the positions, or the strength of ;he two armies. In Wareaw the issue of a battle which was considered to be near at hand, was anxiously looked for. From St. Petersburgh we learn that the Emperor has positively dc. dined the media , ion in the laths of Poland, which England and France urgently offered ; and that the most colossal measures are or. dered in all Russia, in order, in a short time, to put down the insane• lion by force of arms.-411gemcine Zeitung, (Ssopplenseva) Miy 11. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. TIMES.—It is needless now to say much about reform. The be. roughmongers, indeed, are visibly losing all presence of mind, u every breeze which watts intelligence of a fre.h defeat of their facihr drives them closer to the rock on which they must inevitably split: like ill disciplined sailors, grown ungovernable at the hr. minent risk of shipwreck, they stave the spirit casks, get frightfully drunk, and yell fiercely, while they stagger into the gulf that opens for them. The scribes of the beaten faction have, within the last few days, become more abusive than ever. Of all men in England they have pitched upon Lords Althorp and Milton is proper subjects on whom to fasten an accusation of dishonourable deal. fig ; and, to bear out a charge not in itself the most credible, they very reasonably invite the public confidence by a string of nototii us falsehoods. We now publish a circumstantial answer, addrestd by Lord Althorp to the freeholders of the county of Northampton; and leaving, as it must appear to every honest and candid mind, no hem of the adverse charge undisposed of. This reply of his Lordship characterized throughout by manly simplicity ant) downright adhe rence to facts beyond all question, we leave to the calm perusal of our readers. In the mean time, are the Northamptonshire electors asleep? Are they dead ? or are they only indifferent and dead to the honour or Englishmen ? Why do they not throng to the hustings, and send in unbought votes to the Reform cannidates ? Are they like wretched Spaniards or Italians, that will not move in one brave ages for a Constitution ? or, like the more brutalized Portuguese, who reject the glorious gift when offered to them—and, snoring, in swinish terror, lie close within their sty, when summoned forth by the very trumpet that proclaims the feast of rational liberty? Baser than Helots are those of English "woman born" who know not what freedom means, and who feel not that its blessings are the right. ful inheritance of their children. So feel the men of Dorsetshire, at least, whatever may be the sentiments entertained at eittharoptoa• In Dorsetshire we have to announce a mighty triumph for the people. The men of Dorset have forced Mr. Bankes to resign the contest—a contest which, under discouraging circumstaotes , the stout old English Gentleman sustained with spirit and constancy, and admirable temper, to the last ; disputing the ground manfully while he had an inch to stand on, and yielding Mr. when nothing more could be accomplished. The spe ech of Mr. Bankes,on abandoning the field. is one which can scarcely Ivrea without exciting a wish that the speaker had not been a Tory. Mean , Portman and Caleraft have thus been returned—the first pair of Whig representatives for Dorsetabire for a longer period than any man living (as we hear) can rubember. The bill, we doubt not s will ha ve stanch supporters in both of them. The happy conclusion of this con• test leaves nothing to be hoped or feared in England—we mean as to the counties—.but for Northampton;—nothing but Northampton. Inra iw one additional emotion of gladness or of sawn. HEastsw.—The and.reformers have two things by which they con nive, in every place where they can stand a contest at all, to make the most of their strength, or best conceal their weakness—those two things are money and tactics. With the former, which has been most abun dantly subscribed for the purpose, by all those who have a pad" interest in the corrupt state of the representation , they bribe the dis. honest voters, and procure for themselves an d friends all the fad' lilies in the advancement of electioneering b us i nes s that a libera l &apply of the sinews of war can procure. Philip of Alacedon used to say, that an ass laden with gold could break through the walls of the strongest city, and certainly there have been, ever since the ( 1 0 341 commenced, many animals of this description, laden with full pail . , of that precious and potent metal, 1 seen trotting from the. ble, pot in Charles-street, to cities and boroughs, to realise, it Yaw ra l the sarcastic apophthegm of the crafty Macedonian, sod to Pia`.., e , that the best takers of towns are they that storm them al dr l! golden ammunition. How they have succeeded is befo" aid world. They have not, in general, found that the walls of cities Istwoughs. possessing any considerable number of electors, are 0) " 41 ; broken through by such means as the hostile towns were with shit, Philip was acquainted ; but still they have succeeded in a few, Pi very few places ; and in several others they have made a better Wea r : once on the poll than they could have done if they were not more In_ debted to the recommendation of Midas than their own merits. to their tactics, we admit their dexterity in this respect. It is a IT; of the tactics of the anti-reformers to set up candidates, wit ho chance of ultimate success. in such towns and counties as 04 they have just sufficient strength in to maintain, for a few do= tolerably respectable position on the poll ; and having polled °ld their osiers before the reformers have seriously commenced to display tstrs they resign. Their object is obvious —they wi sh to beivxgaow the new Parliament, to the state of the polls in thawa44,. where they have stood a contest, to show that }alio eP ial " overwhelmingly in favour of the Reform Bill as it has been Mune' ~, ► i` . ' I • it I', 1 ' 1 Lei MN 7 11 ?.n MI MN Pr,