Star. — London, England, 1831-02-01 00:00:00

THE KING'S COURT. BRIGHTON, JAL 31. Their MAJESTIES yesterday, as usual on the Sabbath, „ c e present at Divine Worship in the morning in the Pa i ice Chapel, attended in the same pew by the Landgravine c f HESSE, PRINCE GEORGE of CUMBERLAND, the Duke of DEVONSHIRE (Lord Chamberlain), and the Bishop of CH 'CHESTER. The Duke of SUSSEX was prevented from being present on the sacred occasion by a cold, which had confined his Royal Highness to his room, after the Palace e ntertainments of Friday. The Chapel was literally crowded by Nobility and Fami lies of Fashion. At the close of the service, their MAJEs •ri Es withdrew, by the private communication, to the Palace, where they remained, and did not pursue the accustomed ride. The weather, in truth, was intensely cold, with a eutting blast yesterday, deterring fashion from the rides and walks. After divine service, the Kt tic , honoured Sir BT AN MARTIN with an audience. The following left their names at the Palace yesterday:— The Marchioness of Wellesley and Miss Caton, the Marquis and Marchioness of Carrnarthen, Sir Geo. and Lady Berkeley, the Countess of Cuhampton, Mr. C. Beddingfield, Mr. L. Bowser Mr. Thomas Chaplin, Captain H. Byam Martin, Honourable Captain W. Gordon, R.N. Captain and Hon. Mrs. Pechell (from Castle Goring), Admiral and Mrs. Sotheby, Mr. and Mrs. Digby, Lady E. Harcourt, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Egerton Mr. and the Misses Gent, Mr. Temple French, Mr. E Fairfax, Lady Caroline and the Misses Barham, Sir C. Mus grave, Sir Robert Otway, Captain and Lady Elizabeth Fielding, Mrs. Murat Sitwell, Captain Sullivan (A.D.C.), Mr. Vivian, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Lushington, Mrs. Charetie, Mrs. Burge*, Mr. Mrs. and Miss El. I,on, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon, Mr. and Miss Ashton, Mrs. Blachford, Alto. Grattan, Sir John and the Misses Shelley, Sir Robert Otway, and Sir Robert and Lady and Mr. J. Wilmott. The departures from the Royal York yesterday and this morning, include - - - Lord Rathdowne, and the Dowager Lady Ellenborough and daughters. From the Albion—The Marquis and Marchioness of Do,,whire, Sir John Hawkins Whitshed, Lord Harrington, Lord and Lady Gage, Lord Liverpool and the Misses Jenltinson ' Sir John blidley, Colonel Riphinatone , Major Scarlett, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, Colonel and Mrs. Kennah ; the Sheriff of Sussex, Mr. Sanctuary and Mrs. Sanctuary. Her MAJESTY is quite free from the slight cold by which she was attacked about the middle of last week. His MA JESTY enjoys excellent health, and looks better than he has done for some time. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX has been. slightly indisposed since Saturday, but is now nearly well. Prince GEORGE of CAMBRIDGE walked for some time yesterday on the Promenade, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. HERVEY, under whose tuition the young Prince has re cently developed a very superior intellect, and great progress in his course of education. Prince GEORGE is not only a great favourite with their MAJESTIES, but with the public in general, from his amiable and condescending disposition : he danced with great spirit and animation at the late ball for several hours. The Scotch Greys will shortly relieve the sth Dragoon Guards in this place. Their MA J EST lES Will visit Ireland early in the ensuing summer. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, Earl and Countess of CAR LISLE, the Bishop of thimmEirrza, General and Mrs. ELLICE, Captain and Mrs. ELLICE, Mr. and Mrs. WAL TER BURRELL, had the honour of dining with their MA JESTIES yesterday. Earl GREY has arrived this day. Three p. m.—The QUEEN at this time is enjoying a car riage airing. His MAJESTY remains at the Palace, where a Council will be held at four o'clock, to be present at which Lords GREY and HOLLAND arrived in time to dine with their MAJESTIES yesterday. Lord A LTHORP came in this morning. We are happy to say that the Duke of SUSSEX is much better. Amongst the richest divines at the Grand BaU at the Pa vilion on Friday, were those of— Mrs. Dames nirvana, Lady Elisabeth Harcourt, the Doehess of Roxburgh, Lady Dusan, lady Wigram, the Hon. Mrs. Burton, the Muchioneu of Downshire, Countess of Chiehsatsr, Common Munster, and Lady Shelley. The departures for town this day have been very nume rous. The disappointment felt and expressed by many, who, from rank in society, and long service, considered themselves as much entitled to be invited to the late grand ball at the' Pavilion as many who were there, cannot be attributed to a desire on the part of their Majesties to exclude such indivi duals. Their Majesties wished that every one in Brighton who had a claim to the distinguished honour of being at the Royal party should be invited. Their Majesties, or the Lord Chamberlain, could not be supposed to be acquainted with every one in Brighton and the vicinity, and if any individual has cause to complain, it has originated in an unintentional omission or mistake. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland entertained the Duchess of Kent, Prince Talleyrand (the French Ambas sador), Count de Ludolf, the Neapolitan Minister, Count d'Aglie, the Sardinian Minister, Duchess de Dino, Duke de Valencey, the Duke of Gordon, Countess Ludolf, the Marchioness of Stafford, Lord Hill, Sir John Conroy, and Lady C. St. Maur, at dinner on Sunday, at their residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. Prince Leopold has been entertaining grand dinner par ties at Claremont daily since last Thursday. The Russian Ambassador, Princess Lieven, and a select party of the No bility and Gentry have been staying at Claremont since last Friday, on a visit to his Royal Highness. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Goderich, Viscount Althorp, and others of the Cabinet Ministers, left town yes terday morning, to attend the Privy Council held in the af ternoon by his Majesty, at his Palace at Brighton. The Prussian and Spanish Ministers had interviews with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Prince of Orange visited the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland yesterday, at their residence in the King's Pa lace, St. James's. Haar BABA.—A late Arnerican paper says, that the United States will shortly be honoured by a visit from an illustrious traveller, who cannot but excite much interest— namely, the accomplished Persian, whose residence in Eng land as Ambassador, formed the basis of the amusing volumes of Haji Baba, and other works. Sir John Perring, But, died in Burton -crescent, on Sunday morning. Sir John commenced his Parliamentary career as Member for Romney ; he was afterwards re turned for Hytbe, which place be represented in several parliaments. In 1803 he was elected Lord Mayor; and at the time of his death was Alderman of th e ward of Broad street, the second on the list of Aldermen. He was in his 66th year. ELECTION OF CllANszaLetx.--The proceedings of this Election finally t erm i nate d yesterday morning. At one o'clock, the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and several of the Al dermen, accompanied by Sir J. Shaw's committee, arrived at the ball, and the sheriffs then proceeded to the hustings, u hen the Common Sergeant announced the number of voes polled by each Candidate, and declared the election to hare fallen upon Sir James Shaw, Bart. Alderman and Scri vener. Thanks were then voted to the Sheriffs for the able 41 4 impartial manner in which they bad conducted the be& i.e,. of the election ; after which the Hall was adjourned thl Thursday next, when the Livery will re-assemble to t nu Assistant Bridge-master, in the room of Mr. (,:ilwan, deceased. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. NOT EXCLUSIVZ. Frees the Message. des Chastbra elf Saturday. PARIS. Jett. 29. The two sittings which the Chamber of Deputies has just devoted to a general discussion of the policy hitherto followed, or to be followed in future by France, have not, as appears to us, taught any thing new to France and Europe relative to the subject of discussion ; for the questions of peace and war, and especially the affairs of Belgium, remain en tirely in suspense. The present Ministers, as well as their predecessors, had already repeatedly declared, that they would not expose France to the chances of a general war, in order to recover our ancient frontiers. The speakers on the side of the opposition, as well as on that of the Cabinet, re peated under other forms the arguments brought forward in preceding discussions. As for Belgium, the first animosity of the Congress is remarkably allayed. It has perceived the injustice of the declarations with which the last diplomatic note was received. A proposal has been signed by fifty members, being about a fourth of the whole num ber of deputies, for the election of the Duke of Nemours. The Belgians do right to persevere, notwithstanding the notes of French and foreign diplomatists. Our refusal of the Duke of Nemours and of the union will render the deli berations more national and more independent, if it adopts, notwithstanding, either of these two resolutions, which, since the refusal of the Duke of Leuchtenberg is confirmed, can alone keep out the Prince of Orange. NAPOLI DI ROMANIA, DEC. 10.—It is publicly known that the President can no longer rely on subsidies from France, and that the treasury is empty, or at least on the eve of becoming so. A recent fact is adduced to prove this. Colocotroni had to receive a large sum for himself and his troops. On going to the Commissariat-office, he could ob tain only 11,000 talaris, which he indignantly refused, kicking the bags of money which were before him, and leaving the office precipitately. The President being informed of this scene, ordered fourteen thousand talaris to be paid. The bags were immediately placed on mules, which were respectfully led to the door of the old chief of Cantena, aho deigned to accept them. This time it is England that will assist the Greek Government. It is said that 500,000 francs have arrived at Corfu to be remitted to it. At the renunciation of Prince Leopold each of the three Powers promised, in a special convention, to furnish this sum by way of loan, but for one year only. Notwithstanding the season able arrival of this sum, the Government will be obliged to pay the third part of the quarter in paper, for a multitude of unknown expenses, which are inconceivably great for so small a state. Totmox, Jwx. 21.—Orders have just been given for all the ships in the port to take in provisions for three months. They are twenty-three in number, including those in corn mission, the immediate equipment of which has been already ordered. They are to take on board above four thousand recruits. who are to come so Toulon, to be conveyed to Al giers, where they will form the third battalion of the regi ments now there, and raise them to the compl e t e war establishment. This puts an end to all the unfounded re ports of the evacuation of the country spread by the journals. We learn that the regiments in quarantine at Toulon are affected with the small-pox, which spreads daily. PARIS ' JAN. 29.—We announced yesterday, on the au thority of some of our letters, and after the London jour- nals, that the cholera morbus had. appeared at St. Peters burgh. This news is not confirmed. A person well in formed, and who her constant intercourse with Peteraburgh, from which city be receives letters twice a-week, has to day given us the positive asstuance that this cruel disorder has not yet manifested itself there. We are happy to be able to contradict an account which may have caused uneasi ness in some families. SPIRIT OP THE JOURNALS. Casorricsz...—lt is the interest of France and England to be on friendly terms with each other: and we really do not Dee why the two countries should go to war because the Belgians wish to be united to the French. There is a menial difference between one people wishing to be united to another, and one people conquering another. The Bel. glans were torn from the French, and it is not unnatural that they should seize the Pint favourable opportunity to renew the connection. But, however this may be, it were to be wished that Ireland did not tempt the French to presume so much as they do on our helplessness. The French take it for granted, that where six out of seven parts of the peo ple of a country are exposed to the mortification of beholding the reli gion of the seventh pan established as the religion of the country, with one-tenth of the produce of the soil, sod immense estates besides as. signed to it, the six remaining puts, who pay for this establishment, onset be well acted to the Government. Thwe is a cause for every thiag. When we want to know the cause of the disellietion of Ire la4 we may ask ourselves why Scotland is well Abend ? Would Scotland bare been well Abend if treated as Ireland is treated. Will Inland ever be well &acted till treated as Scotland is nested I' ! Trust.--It is our deliberate conviction that a reheat of Parlia ment is our only security a revolutionary overthrow of the Church and State of SbgLnd Beyond all question, if the Whitt Ministers be not now supported, a Tory Government—or rather bastard - - Tory—would stead a good thence of honsediately succeeding to office. Au Administradon of pure Tories, indeed,--that is, of Tories through prejudice or fanaticism, but, according to their lights, or blindness, boosts withal,—could not, we believe, - be formed. The party is itself fast crumbling to decay. Its numbers are limited —its intellectual capacity still mere limited—du public feeling estertaiss4 towards It fails not far short of derision. What're, Cabinet shallseMmt (we speak of an event which,we touch _ not likely)—whower may supplant that of Lord Grey, by poisoning the Royal said with chimerical fears of reform, will be tied to the stake, and complied M act upon a system adverse to nay species of reform. Then ht Ring William look totted him, and examine what power an such anithstry summand to support a scheme of government so antrum., sup by his people. Is At reseal Perliment to be relied upon ? Newska l ly no t . Th e Duke of Wellington* as the swiss of the eosin, massed upon a harkrun between him and the sallemeath Hat what beeloppmed sines ? Why, Ragland has spoken : towns and memdes, rich wiper, the middle classes every here, insisted, net like the whig iiinistme, spirant re form, but, as a fres pee* ought to do, thq say with ens vela they twist omit. If the Ring listens* thessausis el Assume and Mimosas& nee, his Ms joy lean ass to swim trim be soh en age as this, weal be to both repeated, in Ilf*ml, a leases which Prorithess seems to have thawed mint ether mates, expressly that ask may have the wishes se pelt by it. his sat the imam el a ef En& I land, es et any essernth, that his peek skull wilki ti sat ten it be far his benison that thm shad& moll Ma with semenstmaces or mur murs. The people of bend hot a eight to whet they ask—to re dress el grievances, and se a q:e whet the abase of power. The Lto their in Stag hoe a right die same epee L which he affords them proteedosi t and is the destrine of ettramodtadee, that he can claim no mere. If the people, despoiling of sedans of grievance, fteso the regular chase* Auld hese hshank he themselves (and thus ere days la width Ina ebbe. hove ened), what will be the mournful remit In the =when el a period so hepp admilmes P--Why the intend Madam of th e DMA monarchy will all bath been din. turbid, and its best iissithedens enbvened, that a mummy hides might mod Ufapre a bit meths the experiment of tyrannising ever Lag H=uns.--fist alas seems to pervade them load sinks of /Di. oink, and emniptimi, the pet Coryeratises throughout Ithigknth at this moroest, left She day ef " reform" may restore to the people those rigida they f an usurped, and these franchises they have most gamely abused. In many of those Gironde= the =lts a chigM e inia k bets of Parliament, which was originally in the or in the community at large, have, in bre of timer boss wrested altogether from the perk., and kept is the dale peommiso of a select few, who Mae a meet prob able traille in the art and mystery of repremetasiss. Many of times usurped's. have bees essibmed from time to time hy amid= of Com mittees of the House of Cammesa—for these tribunal have, in lest themselves to the nanvowleg of the elective &make, at yak in Arnie those, and thereby aimed much of the pulls abehief, which only a booed and Judicious phis of reheat can repair. They have cheese to adept Dr. Brady. aboard translation of the word esemmaritor in' the aid &men, width trassledos was net the math of ipso bet of design. By reetbeg these charters wades the `• t" thrown upon them from the lantern of the ingadres Doctor, they have practically ' , done them into English" in a way which squally violates the mennuction of language and the principles of the Constitution. Thus, is many imams, what Camerae saurpatioa began, Leghdative ignorance or ememdlin Va senepleietli, and the rights which. from Uwe immemorial, had to the nmeemeity of the boroughs, ham bees tramierred toe few wins rawly enjoy cue/lades Vamoose ef me or two debates * peat fandlies, who nominate tea Moms whom the venal deans ere Amsted to return : and yet seek beemighe an said le be ted ! We are aware that sue originally crear sss fo i r a useful purpue, and Met Weems in maw times of our history Produce* MIN highly boosildal to die nation. They ware $ peva. amid by Royal aridemity, when the feudal system at its Wake to amotereet the power at the Mil Berms, who often ree,d tww stun Be the lemeeign lama The Morten which ea franchised 111 1 P jadlM of wide oneesidng some ash or made at a time when the coltivatess of the sell wore the vaimis and serfs of the Aristocracy, raised up greet and_ powerful bodies of men, whom im munities and privileges wore bayed fens, and ettendned by, the King, and whose Weems wire in esilielen with the Lords of the feudal system. But time atopeoste bass hew 'Wired their use fulness—dory have samtived dee mettosiltp whisk meted them. They engirt to have boss swept away with the Andel system oat of which they pow. They have sot only closed Mbe mmdel, but they have sem* bosoms a some et Fill fothasal W etetY• The !Impales of the elestim nmeniee is one—the inrying of local taxes. whit& act tan eals egonniered the most dioesputable manner, is samba. The dimmimet the fundeetpdalic shields, is • third grievance, for which mmy orthose Coqemdens me enewesabla.— and, generally speaking, the ezemplee et extrwmpansetpdsdhei potion, venality, and corr u pti o n, wind* they exhibit in pia ceedings, have most in jur i ous memetimmese on the mosaic des park at large. They are, in short. the admit Aspepo OWN of the State, and can only be cleansed by the beam of a .womb. sedum Posy.—The Than of yesterday renews its sup~eas in behalf of the gentle Whig Reformers, whose lima is said to depend upon the toleration of honest Radicals. The diandarii appeals to the honest feeling of Protestant Tories in behalf of the sense kneed Cabinet against the thunder of the Ti.... The Courier meddles de hi favour ot a somahing which it professes not to understand. and goonods all its lopes upon the assumed assistance of Peel and Wellington.— The liny Chronicle assures us that the mountain has, after many throes and pangs, been fairly delivered of a bantling, which is already gone to Court, to be approved of by his Majesty.— The Banothase, whose hostility to Brougham is at least candid, assures as that, du people will never allow another men's child to be fathered on them, &oink:sienna:, it as • Tory wolf in Whig clothing—a de ' formed transformed, whose sole merit will be novelty, but whose birth may tend to perpetuate the Grey family job to the twentieth generation .-- Titus on the last day of the first month of the °SEAT TEAR Owe, we are assured by all the Government Press that to prop an honest Cabinet, radical end protestant tortes, royal favour and the popular will, are in dispensably necessary. Yet, strange to say, each party must be on its guard a gai nst the other each must overmatch the other—each must nevertheless tolerate the other, and be at one and the same time poll mein herdi, as the French are to Lord Palmerston, in order that an honest cabinet may hold together in spite of oind and weather. The Reform bubble may burst, but woe to its projectors. Earl Grey must either attempt to preserve or pull down the Constitution. The par ties who surround him must make their choice between Gon and BOA but of both he cannot long secure the favour and support. To please the ruses and people he must sacrifice his order. To stand by that order, he must go against the stream which he professes to follow—against the people whose sovereignty he is bound to obey. In either case he must stand a convicted Quack. The great something will prove a little nothing, and the credit obtained upon false pretences, once blown upon, will render his Government as unpo. pular in England as it is popula r among her foreign enemies. Abetted he may be loved, because he is not feared. At bane he may be feared, but he cannot be loved ; and be will never earn his country's confidence. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Tads, Opinions, sad Public Idjaertioas connected with this great Na dorsal Question. (Ti bt antinsded until a Plan Iv brought before Parliamest.) It is an undoubted fact, that during the American struggle, the leaders of Congress offered to return to their allegiance, provided a Reform of the House of Commons was effected ; but they preferred the chances and temporary miseries of a contest to the legislation of so corrupt and inadequate a re presentation, even of the people of England. The offer was scornfully rejected by the Ministers of that day, and hence the boroughmongering faction, not only dismembered the empire, but by that and the subsequent wars, spent, ab sorbed, or wasted in a few years, above 3,500 millions ster ling, or more than the value of all the real property of the United Kingdom. After the borough faction have divided among themselves the chief part of the public debt, and the ennrmous taxa tion of the last forty years, it seems they are now confede rating to obtain indemnity. For what have the enormous establishments been created, but to satisfy their insatiable greediness ? and for what have such wasteful jobs in every form been undertaken, but to profit them, and satisfy their demands ? Value one hundred boroughs at 30,0001. each, and the worth, three millions, is not one farthing in the pound of the money which directly or indirectly has been extorted by the proprietors from the public. Any proposi tion for indemnity ought therefore to be resented, as the climax of political audacity. They have already obtained 1,000 times too much. In Cornwall alone, out of twenty boroughs, not less than eighteen are under private patronage and controul, and there are only two where even the semblance of free election re mains. The town of Walsall has already asserted its claim, by preparing a petition to Parliament to grant the elective fran chise to their " borough and foreign," the population of which is about 15,000. A meeting was held at Salford, on Monday, for a similar purpose. The misdeeds of the Liverpool electors will be subjected to a severe scrutiny on the meeting of Parliament. Several individuals who were active agents of Mr. Ewart, the sitting member, have been served with notices to appear before the Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to try the merits of the petition against that gentleman's return. It was stated, at the Manchester Reform Meeting on Thursday last, by Mr. Potter (which places the nature of our representation in an instructive light) that, by the census of 1821, 102 boroughs, returning 204 members, had an aggregate population of 186,370, while Manchester, with a population, by the ume census, of 187,031, was without representation. Were there a new census, Manchester would be found to bare a population equal to that of 130 boroughs, with 260 representatives. Of the boroughs, 25, returotag 50 members, had only 348 voters. The gentlemen who propose to establish an association in Edinburgh have printed a prospectus, from which it appears thit, tliough by no means all agreed on the minor details of reform, yet on the following points they are unanimous, viz. —A wide extension of the elective franchise; the abolition of all the rotten boroughs ; shortening the duration of par liamiitts vote by ballot ; retrenchment in every part of the natiosiel expenditure ; the abolition of all taxes on know ledge ; and free trade with all nations. Basun Ltrox.—General Adams and Captain Bastard underwent the following examination on tendering their votes :—" Major-General George Bowden Adams, of Bow denothar Tomes, Devon, claims to vote as a freehold tenant, burgess tenure in the borough, and answers as follows: Does not know how low the property has been in his pos session ; say some years, but will not say if two months ; declines answering any questions. Does not know who was present when the deeds were executed ; does not know whose possession the deeds were in ; they are not in his own, and will not answer ; declines answering how much value be gave for it. Declines answering if ever be saw the property ; declines to say in what street it is • declines an swering whether it consists of a dw elling-house or a field ; does not recollect when be was admitted a bargees. Voted for David Lyons, Esq. and allowed. —" Capt. John Bastard, of Sharphon, Devon, captain in the Royal Navy, claims to vote as a freehold burger., paying burgass-rent. Declines to say where be paid the rent, or when ; declines to answer if before Friday last ; &climes answering if he has the deeds; declines answering if he gave any consideration for the property ; has had posesesima some years ; declines to say when he was put in possession ; declines to answer who has the deed ; declines to say if he received the rents; does not remember the date of deeds, or who offered the property to him ; declines to answer who he delivered the deeds to; declines to say if he ever saw the property, or where it is. Allowed by the portreeve on be half of Mr. Lyons. Protested against on behalf of Mr. Attwood, on the ground of not having property in the borough." Yesterday, pursuant to requisition, a meeting of the in habitants of Reading was convened by the mayor, in the Town-hall, to take into consideration the propriety of pe titioning parliament on the defective state of the represen tation of the , and on the numerous mischiefs and grievances resurt e iZ li therefrom ; and also for the purpose of obtaining a rational, practical, and efficient reform in the election of fi t to serve in the Commons House of Parliament. The mayor (J. J. Blandy, Esq,) took the chair. There were also present, Mr. F. Palmer, Mr. C. Russell (the two members tit the borough), Mr. Monck, Mr. Marsh, Mr. B. Simonds, Mr. Salmon, Rev. Mr. Richards, Rev. Mr. Valpy, Mr. H. Russell, Mr. Harris, Captain Hall, Mr. Weedon, &c. The hall, which is large, was completely filled. —After some observations by Mr. Mosce upon our cri minal code, and upon the oppressive operation of the game laws, the speaker proceeded to read the petition, observing that there was one thing omitted, to which be hoped some speaker would advert—he meant the vote by ballot.—The petition was adopted. On Tuesday a very numerous and respectable meeting of freeholders and heritors in the county of Roxburgh was held in the county ball of Jedburgi., to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for an extension of the elective fan - chise in the counties and burghi of Scotland. Sir T. M. Brisbane was called to the chair. Sir W. Scott said, the Scot- A members of Parliament are professedly sent to a certain house to "wce k and labour" fur the public benefit, yet the Scot ish public havens little to do with sending theni thither,as they have with the elevation of the Grand Seignor to the Mosnud. —ln the large and important county of Lanark, said the hon. I baronet ; they have only about 200 voters for the member i l who is to represent all their opinions and interests in Pa liament : in the rich and thickly-populated county of Pe: :1., the number amounts to little more : and the freehold:.a of the whole country taken together compose but 3,500. 1 repeat then, we must relax the cord, the chain by which we are bound—we mu-t call in to our aid the public voice, not only for the sake of the public, but our own sakes, whether as freeholders or representatives ; for where is the voter who feels comfortable under the posses sion of his onerous privilege ? Where is the Scotish mem ber, whether for county or burgh, who goes into Parlia ment with the conscious power and dignity that accompany the free representative of a body of free and independent elec tors ? The hon. baronet concluded by reading the first reso lution. Mr. William Bell se-ended the resolution in an able speech; and Sir F. W. Elliott was happy to have this oppor tunity of adding his contribution to the general expression in favor of parliamentary reform.He was delighted to see the pro gress it had made in the interval of a few short months. He was delighted to see such a meeting of the landed proprietors of this county, combining in the sentiment that a Reform in Parliament was necessary. Several other Gentlemen spoke in support of the resolutions, after which a petition was pro posed, and unanimously adopted. It prayed for such as ex tension of the elective franchise as would be conducive to the welfare of the country, but left the details to Government. A meeting of the inhabitants of Lostwithiel was held at tlie Old Palace, in that borough on Wednesday, to consider of petitioning Parliament in favour of a reform in the repre sentation. The attendance was numerous and respectable. Wm. Westlake, Esq. was called to the chair, and a petition was proposed, which, after stating the absolute necessity of a general measure of reform, for securing the peace of the country, redressing the public grievances, sad procuring the adoption of such measures as are calculated to remove the existing distress, and restore the national prosperity, states it to be the firm conviction of the petitioners, that no mea sure of reform will be either effectual or satisfactory to the country that shall not do away with the borough-syste:n. rt resolution in favour of the vote by ballot was proposed and adopted by the meeting, with three dissentients only. —ln compliance with a requisition addressed to the Magis trates acting for the division of the New Forest East, a meeting of the inhabitants of the town and neighbocrlicod of Lymington was held at the Assembly-room in the Angel Hotel, on Saturday last, H. C. Lys, Esq. in the chair, when petitions to both Houses, praying, among other matters of reform, for election by ballot, and " a total prohibition of personal canvas, " were agreed to—that to the Lords to be presented by L ord Holland, and that to the Commons by Lord Althorp. A meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Abingdon was held on Thursday last, to consider of the propriety of ' petitioning Parliament on the subject of reforming the repre sentation of the country. The meeting was numerous and respectable, and a Petition, proposed by Mr. T. Fletcher, and seconded by Mr. Richardson, was unanimously agreed upon.—Reading Mercury. We understand that a petition in favour of parliamentary reform has been prepared at Banbury, and is most respectably signed. In that borough there are only 18 electors, much the greater part of whom has always consisted of non-resident friends of the patrons, their tenants, clergymen who have held livings of their gift, and persons in business with whom they have dealt; so that any of the rest, who might happen to be refractory, could easily be out-numbered. The number of signatures to the reform petitions of this town exceeds 1,000. In this list are included probably nine-tenths of the respectable and intelligent inhabitants. Inverness Courier. The County of Down has led the way in Ireland on the subject of Parliamentary Reform. A Meeting of the Free holders of that great county was held some days since, the High Sheriff in the chair, when several excellent speeches were made, and resolutions entered into, strongly exi ressi% e of confidence iu the present Administration, and of an earth's; yet temperate desire of Reform. Walsall, Bilston, and all the populate unrepresented towns in the mi Hand and great central manufacturing districts, are holding Meetings of a similar object. NAVAL INTELIAGENCE. MAUI Amin= Taus D&,.—Dublin, 1 ; Waterfeed, I ; lloltAnil, I g France. 1. POITSIOOI7TIe. J AM. 31.—Arrival the Meistoe, Bagetm►, from Ja maica; Heitman, from Barbados ; sad Amity, from (itbrai•ar. _ Poems, Jas. s;.—Arrived tbe George, Proton, sod Ruby, flail, from Newfoundlond. &flowrs Cam, Jas. St.—Arrived the Lively, Ford, from Cbastne; and —, Niebolls, Iron Malaga. _ _ _ _ _ Daum. Jan. 112.--Arrived the Elwaser:Reed, from St. Andrew's (N. 8.) ; Priem* Cotton, from Primo Edward's Island; Quebec Trader, Lamb, from Qssebee ; Rapid, Gomm, from Caul& ; and Nelsen Way,-fens Loaders. Tbe RogSsis, hems St. Jobo's has arrived off Orb, with damage. A Wt. traospon, auppoard to be the Arals. from Berhasioes, was off Cork 26th The ISsabeth sad Harsh., Folly. from Sante to Loader, wts drives so shots 9th alt. as Glibirakw, sod Mad with water. bedew NIS The Lady No vesa Waryl sbrs Pelham pan, from Palmooth e arrived at Bor. The Book* 111•Doosi4, from Sas Joho(lti.) has arrival off the 1