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Le !aietl Arran purr folio' niste ooun :Ito the ? ' 3 P 4, ..t P. 11,k 41 Ytir of atrdl 7,0 vrtr. 'll cp‘ lon art ra€ COI to net Ita int of vra ma fof all if 4.; in F.( ci th to T Il t) vi c Jt 01 tl 1 1 1 n s to a it Id al FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Lr Temps asserts that the French Government have re 'toed to confirm the last protocol signed by Prince Talley -Ind and the other Ministers in London, relative to the Arrangement of the debt of Holland and Belgium. Other J ournals say the refusal is on the line of boundar y . The following are extracts from Saturday's Paris papers: At half-past 6 o'clock the King held a council of Mi nisters, which lasted till half-past 1 o'clock. After the c ouncil the King transacted business with the Keeper of :he Seals. - The King gave audiences to Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, the Abbe de Pradt, and Count de Celles. There are accounts in town of an insurrection in Gal ,cl.l to favour the cause of Poland. " KING OF THE BELGIANS. " The Government has received the following telegraphic spatch :-- His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours was elected Kira of the Belgians in the sitting of the National Congress .t Brussels, on the 3d inst The Duke de Nemours obtained •7 votes ; the Duke de Lettchtenberg, 74 ; and the Arch .l:,ke Charles of Austria, 21.' " Orders had been given to the Artillery Corps, by the )iinister of War, to prepare and equip 100 field batteries, of six pieces of cannon each, for the end of January. These orders having being • xecuted, Marshal Soult has just ordered 7,0 other batteries to be formed, by which the artillery will be carried to 900 pieces of cannon, with their horses.—Journal 'll C'onancree. The 13th article of the Constitutional Charter confers epon the King of the French the supreme command of the tortes by land and sea, as well as the right of declaring war at:d making treaties of peace. It provides, after the 2d pa ragrqh, that' no foreign troops shall be admitted into the ser lee of the state, except in virtue of a specific law." It is to conform to this article that the Ministerof War has proposed to form a foreign legion to be employed out of the conti nental territory of that kingdom. France contains German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese refugees, which it is their interest, as well as hers, should be reunited; the events of ar, and even those of peace, might bring a great number of others from the different countries of Europe. It is, as was well said by the Minister, to listen to the voice of hu manity. We add, it is to follow the counsels of political foresight, as well as to open a military asylum for patriots of all countries, who could be distributed by nations in a le :ion. We applaud this thought : it is to restore to France the honourable right of hospitality which has been contami ::ated by the diplomatic notes of the accomplice of Venni,— ;t is to announce to the people of Europe that the sympathy , f the French nation is not less in deeds than words.— onstitutionnel. " The following is from the Courrier de l'Ain:—' A t•airier from Turin brought to Savoy on the 26th ult. the important intelligence that the Prince de Carignan has been acknowledged heir to the throne, has received from the King ,1 Sardinia the title of Royal Highness, and has been ap isointed Generalissimo of the troops, in the room of the Aus :inn General Antucci. This is a cheek upon Austrian in :'ilence, and a triumph of the national and liberal opinion of the country. To rumours of the march of Austrian troops towards Piedmont have succeeded reports of strict neutrality. The disposition of the people and the army continue the same. In Savoy there are 5,300 Piedmontese soldiers.' " The Constitutionnet, after describing the nomination of he Duke de Nemours, and recommending the French Go vernment to sanction it, as the only means of saving Bel gium from anarchy, proceeds thus :—" It appears almost certain that England will not precipitate herself into an un just war, to violate, to the injury of her commerce and her repose, a right which she has herself loudly proclaimed— that of non-intervention ; and if England remain in penes, which is the Continental Power which will dare to defy France ? As to the rest, we throw out these reflections in haste, and reserve ourselves until the determination of the Cabinet of the Palais Royal shall be known." " The Quotidienne says—' The Polish Diet sent last month to Vienna Count Michselowsky, whose mission was kept secret. It is asserted that this Envoy was charged to offer the throne of Poland to the Duke de Reichstadt, who in this case would have united Gallicia to his new States. The Cabinet of Vienna is said to have declined the proposal, its views respecting the Duke de Reichstadt being quite differ ent. This Prince, it is added, is shortly to have an important post assigned him in the army of Italy.' " The Augsburg Gazette states that in the Rhenish pro vinces a great quantity of calf-skins are being bought up for France, probably for the purpose of making knapsacks. " CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—Stir Ivo OF SATURDAY, Fzs. 5. " Presidence of Monsieur de Lessert(Vice-President.) " The sitting commenced at two o'clock, when the Chain ber, according to the order of the day, proceeded to the re ports of the commission on petitions presented to the Cham ber by Deputies and persons not belonging to the Parliament. " After which is announced the nomination of a commis sion for the examination of the question of (amortissentent) the sinking fund. Not a minister at half-past 2 o'clock is in his place, perhaps to avoid a menaced intsrpellation of Mw. Mauguin relative to the news arrived this day from Belgium, of the nomination of the Duke de Nemours to the throne of that country. M. Dupla enters the house looking very much preoccupied and pale in the face. General Lamarque stalks to his place with a large packet of papers, containing, per haps, his improvisation. The ministers enter at 25 minutes to 3in the following order :—Barthe, Soult, Laffite. Ge neral Sebastiani arrived the sixth. " The two or three first petitions (when the report of the commission was read) passed without much notice; but the deputies weighed somewhat seriously on that respecting the liberation of transports, and the treatment of criminals im prisoned. " The President announced that the Minister of War, (Marshal Soult) for the presentation of a project of law, would succeed at the tribune. This project was for the esta blishing of relief and pensions for officers and troops of the army; likewise some innovations on the present system of pensions for wounds, &c. " After which the reporter of the Government Commis sion reed the King's ordinance on this subject. The reading of the project of the Minister of War and the ordinance has taken so much time that it is suspected nothing will be said to-day upon Belgium. It is now 4 o'clock. SPIRIT OF TIM JOURNALS. Cason Icte.—We lament to say, on the authority of accounts which we have recently received from Ireland, that the meet serious an. prehension, for the peace of that country en to be entertained. We were disposed to receive inch accounts with dart t but we have ar rived at the painful conviction, that they are only sin, isil tended. The most vigorous measures are evidently cilia far, both et eemilletiess nod eoernoi Avesnesesn--Projected between the Assad Daises of Russia and the Duke of Orleans is the senses lons hollows which we have to communicate—sude the Lee et Mod inssinniess is the pan of the Citizen King—such his anxiety to secure the throne of Frame to himself and his successors, by an Aimee with a powerful family—such hi imitation of the conduct of the man, whose son and nephew he dreads as neighbours, quite as muchasNapolson ever dreaded the Due d'Enghisn, or any portion of the exiled Royal Family of F1112(11 But to come to facts, which are massively in our possession, and a knowledge of which we derive ilOll3 a source on which we place the ut most reline& The mission of the Doke de Mentsmart, it semis, elid tux wholly relate to Poland ; oe rather, lb speak pg: g r e t ry Pehma formed no part of his aegociations, moist ha • of view. His commission was, to demand from the Anomie Nikississ the hand of the young Grand Duchess, only *lrma yeses it( age, for His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans, son of the Citizen King ! On this ground the indifference which the Gown. meat of the King of France has manifested towards the people of Bel gium and Poland is easily explained. He has been looking more to the accomplishment of his own wishes, than to those of the people who have placed him on the throne; and, in consequence, no decisive step has been taken hi favour of either. bl. Pozzo di Borgo, adds our cot. respondent, whose diplomatic talents are well known, supports, by every means in his power, the projected alliance. of which the successful issue would confer upon him an influence at Paris, as a family ambassador, of which, hitherto, he has only enjoyed a pan, and that part :he mere re ward of hie talents. The affair which we now mention—all secret and unknown as its authors imagine it—has got wind among smite nimbus of the Chamber of Deputies; and some of those who belong to the WS, and who see in this projected alliance with the Autocrat of Russia the complete overthrow of all the liberal promises which were made in July, are determined to make the matter public in the tribune—a result which the intrigues and caresses of the Citizen King have only hitherto prevented. We shall not add a word to the above intelligence. The tendency of it will be easily understood by our readers, as well as by the people of France ; but we cannot help remarking, that it furnishes a convincing proof of the bad faith which we lately began to discover in the proceedings of the Government of France, and, in our opinion, if it be worth any thing, a rad omen of the downfall of the nascent Orleans dynasty. Times.—As the Belgian Congress consists of 200 members, the young French Duke has failed to obtain even a half of the national re. presentadves in his favour. He only =cads his rival by 20 votes, and as the name of the Archduke Charles was evidently thrown in for an election manoeuvre to divide the interest of the latter, and all the votes given to his imperial Highness were to be considered as due to the young Beauharnois, the difference between the supporters of the two young Princes would only be two votes—a number far too small to give any decided indication of the sense of the country even though Congress I were to be considered as the expounders of the national will. The choice will appear still less to be the unbiassed expression of Belgic sentiment, when it is considered that the French Government had officially an nounced its intention of considering the election of the Duke of Leuch tenberg, as a declaration of war against France. Those, therefore, who voted for bisiberene Highness, did so at the certain sacri fi ce of the pub. lic tranquillity, and the probable loss of national independence,—an al ternative too appalling to allow any freedom of choice to timid or prudent men, whatever might be done by the rash and the daring fraction of the Congress. But why nad we reason further on a choice which must necessarily be annulled by the French Government itself ? Its Minister for Foreign Affairs has officially and solemnly declared in the name of his master, that Louis Philip would not accept of the sovereignty of Belgium either for him self or his son. The proceedings, therefore, at Brussels, are of no con sequence if there is a particle of integrity, honour, or good faith, in the King of the French and his counsellors. They have hi the rto laid claims to these noble qualities, which we have seen no ground to dispute, and till we learn that they have accepted the offered Crown, we shall still believe in their sacred pledges. The young Duke is a minor— only, we believe, 16 years of age. He cannot be compelled to be a King without the consent of his father. Though the Belgians have elected him, they cannot force him " to serve the office " sad have no power to make his father violate his word or depart frOm his engagements. Let us, therefore, repose confidence in the pledges of Louis Philip, not withstanding the declaration of M. Van de Weyer about his altered purposes. By the way, where did M. Van de Weyer, who was lately London, and who ought to know something about this country, get the fact that the people of England had threatened not to pay the taxes if war were declared ? Heara.D.—With regard to the reductions that the present Ministers have proposed, we are of opinion that they will not, and ought not, to satisfy the public. We do not wonder that Sir Henry Parnell ex pressed his disappointment at finding that, with the exception of from 15,0001. to 20,0001. no saving has been made to the nation upon the high estimate of the former Administration. lire country does not wish to deal pars imoniously with the King, but it wants c' Chap Government . " The public will not think the sum of 110,0001. for the privy purse of the King and Queen too much— nor perhaps the expenses of the Household, amounting to 1110,000 L—. nor the sum allotted for Royal &melds', fixed at 25,0001; but they will surely object to the additional sum of 130,0001. to the Great Officers of the Household, whose offices are nearly sinecures. They will also object to the 75,0001. for pensions--and with reason, for the claims of all State pensioners ought to be subject to the control and ad. judication of Parliament. If plebeian pauperism be subject to the con trol of the Magistrates, surely patrician pauperism ought to be, at least, under the regulating authority of the Great Council of the nation— the constitutional guardian of the public purse. We hope the Com mittee will deal with this Civil Liu in Mal a manner sea just economy requires and the necessities of the esemity eismend. Tiaras.—We are not singable he &airfoils, doe high plans about the Court, which email as poiltimidneles, and coposially sines extensive patronise beings to meet et thorn, ought to be ellosd only to a class at noblemen in elremnstanses to reader, them indspoodent of salaries, which prim hard upon the public. Why shou/d sew like the Duke of Devonshire posit thmeedves to recent so much per annum for dressing their erevants in the Royal &woke, spending that time in gay aosembain at Court, and attracting the eyes of men to a station, which, if naosiled by wage% might be arse et enviable dignity and er o lendour ? We deem it mere bed taste, or want of leflecdon, in the h aristocracy, than regard far money, that they consent to such humiliation • but we are sure that the Sovereign and hips Queen would feel the absence of all that cumbersome appease's of leedly retinue about them, to be as valuable a release from intrusion, as the people would consider the reduction of their salaries a very sensible riddarice from expense. Csaorricxz.—lt has been with feelings of great satisfaction that we have noticed the Lord Chancellor's notice reseeding an amendment of the Bankrupt Laws, not doubting that his - Leedeldp will, in dealing with that important subject, evince the same generous diaregardo a f ib ot &lel patronage which has characterised all his proceedings since his as. sumption of the Great Seal. As respects the power of Government over that profession, the members of which constitute by far the most important crass of the community in the way of p -asmal influence, the great relinquishment of patronage contemplated under the new arrange. meats is deserving of all commendation; and when we call to mind the thraldom in which Lord Eldon held the profession, making even the Coif a token of Ministerial favour, wears an air of great magnanimity, and affords strong assurances of a better order of things. COURT CIRCULAR. - - - The Duke of Cumberland left town about eleven o'clock, on Saturday morning, on a visit to their Majesties at their Palace at Brighton. Divine Service was performed yesterday morning before the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and their Royal Highness's Household, in their private apartment at the King's Palace at Kensington, by Archdeacon Potts. The Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle, Lord lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, has appointed Win. Beverley, Esq. of Beverley, Vice Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and town and county of the town of Kingston-• upon-Hull. It is a fact, honourable to British enterprise, that there are no less than thirty-three periodicals in the English language published atCalcutta alone. Amongst them are two annuals, a number of magazines, a Literary Gazette, and-several newspapers. Many distinguished natives are contributors. Prince Leopold left town on Saturday for his residence at Claremont. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock yester day afternoon, at the Foreign Office, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Durham, Viscount Ahhorp, the Right Honourable C. Grant, Lord Holland, and the Earl of Carlisle. Viscount Goderich was absent from the Council, having left town for Hastings, where his nephew, the son of Lord Grantham, now lies dangerously ill. The Council broke up at half-past five o'clock. Prince Talleyrand, the French Ambassador, and Monsieur Bermudez, the Spanish Minister, had interviews with Vis count Palmerston on Saturday, at the Foreign Office. THE SOLDIER'S Who comes there ?" said a sentinel to a person coining near his post. " A friend," softly said a timid voice. " Advance, and give the parole." The same soft, timid voice said, " Love." " Love," said the sentinel, "is not the parole, and you cannot pass. It is more than my life is worth to permit you to pass. "Ah I this is cruel indeed, not to allow a sergeant's wife to pass, to take, perhaps, her last farewell. I beseech you to let me pass ; ere the morning's battle take place, let me spend this night in his company. 1 have travelled thrty miles to see him." " Pass, friend, 'all's well." It proved her last farewell. _ _ _ ILICAIf AMP TARZWILL. " At myfereseeliiray yew may sear," I sin Lam, " but shwa them farewells tell, 1 , 11 bid you farewell torimirpar, That / may through the wbeiefare THE KING'S COURT. BRIGHTON, Fan. 6. Their MAJESTIES attended divine service this morning at the Royal Chapel, attended by the Bishop of Chichester. The two young Princes of CAMBRIDGE and CUMBER LAND, the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, the MA RG RAVINE, tthe Princess AUGUSTA, and the Royal suite, were present. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, Earl of Uxsainus, Lord ERROL, and a number of nobility attended at the Royal Chapel, the body of which was crowded with fashionable)). Their Majesties looked remarkably well. The Duke of CUMBERLAND returned to the Pavilion at five o'clock Yesterday evening. The Duk . eof Devonshire, Lord and Lady MARYnottonall, Miss 13AGOT, Sir Robert and Lady OTWAT, and the Earl and Countess of BELFAST, had the honour of dining with their . _ Majesties. The Earl of ALBEMARLE WSS amongst the snivels :yesterday. The MAJESTIES drove out yesterday in a carriage and four, with their usual retinue. Their MAJESTIES took their usual carriage airing on Friday also. Prince GEORGE of CAMBRIDGE, accompanied by the Rev, Mr. HAItY EY, Prince GEORGE of CUMBERLAND, and his tutor, rode on horseback yesterday for some time. Most of the Royal Family and Royal suite were in pub lic, either on the drive or promenade. The Duke of SUSSEX is convalescent, but has not yet left the Palace since his late indisposition. The number of calls at the Palace for the last two days were numerous to a degree ; most of the nobility and gentry of Brighton and its vicinity paid their respects to MAJESTY. The list is too numerous to insert. NOTICES OF MOTIONS AND ORDERS OF THE DAY. THIS DAY, FEL 7.-01DEIS OF THE DAY. Refills Duties Aet—Conimittee thereupon. Postmester.fieneral Bill—Second Reading. Ways and Means.—Committee. Supply—Committee. TUESDAY, TEL &-DOTICES OT MOTIONS. Sir John Newport—State of the First Fruits Fund in Ireland. Mr. Alderman Wood—Bill to prevent spreading of Canine Matinees. Mr. O'Brien—Bill for the Relief of the aged, helpless, and infirm Poor of Ireland. Mr. Hunt—. Address to the King, to grant a general pardon and amnesty to the unfortunate agricultural and other labourers who have been tried and convicted at the late Special Commissions ORDER OF THE DAY. Roman Catholic Charities Bill—Second Reading. THURSDAY, PEE. 10...--NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Sir John Newport—Bill to prohibit plurality of Benefices, and Bene fices held in oanneendass with Bbhopricks. Mr. O'Connell—Bill for the effectual and radical Reform of the abuses in the Representation of the People in the Commons House of Parliament. Mr. Hume—Select Committee to inquire into the duties of the King's Printers in England, Scotland. and IrelaM, the authority by which they are held, and how far the public interests are promoted by them. Lord Viscount Althorp—To refer Accounts and Papers relating to Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace to s Select Committee. Lord Viscount Althorp—To refer Accounts sod Papers relating to the Rideau Canal to a Select Committee. WILDTIS Or THE DAY. Taiisles Regulation (Scotland) Bin—Second Reading. Tansies Relief (Scotland) —Second Reading. Tansies Amendment (Scotland) Bill—Second Reading. Settlement of the Poor Bill—Further Consideration of Report. Labouring Poor Bill—Secood Reading. Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Bill—Second Reading. FRIDAY, TEE. 11.-011LOZILS OT TEE DAT. Money Payment of Wages Bill—Second Reading. Colonial Trade Bill—Second Reading. Building Act Amendment Bill—Second Reading. Liability of Landlords Bill—Second Reading. Oaths before Lord Steward—Further Consideration of Report. NOTICE Or MOTION. Lord Viscount Althorp—Bill to prohibit the growth of Tobsoco in Ireland. THE CHURCH. OXFORD, Fan. S. Saturday the following Degrees were conferred : •••• DOCTORS IN DIVINITY. Rev. John Antony Cramer, late Student of Christ Church, now Public Orator, and Principal meet of New Inn Hall. Rev. Charles William Stocker. St. John's College. In the course of the same morning, Dr. Cramer was admitted, with the usual solemnities, by the Rev. the Master of Balliol, Pro-Vise. Chancellor, to the office, Ac. of Principal of New Inn Hall, vacant by the death of Dr. Blackstone. 'The office is in the gift of the Chancellor of the University. Thursday the following Degrees were conferred:— Bachelor and Doctor in Divinity, by accumuladen.--The Hon. and Very Rev. Edward ( trey , of Chiba Church. Dean of Hereford, and grand er. compounder. Master of Arts—Rev. John Osselee, St. John's Bachelors of Arts—William Irving, Jesus College ; Henry JtWatkins; John Vincent ; Philip Twells ; Worcester College ; s eX Asada, Student of Christ Church; John Hopton, Brasennose College. Wednaday Thomas Tyssen Barely of Queen's College. and Thomas Johnson Ormerod. Oentlernan.Comtuoner of Brasennose College, were elected Fellows of that Society. Thursday Mr. Nicholas Pocock was elected an Ezhibitioner of Queen's College, upon Mr. Michel's Foundation. The Rev. Octavius Swale Harrison, B.A. of Queen's College, is pre. seated to the Rectory of Stawley, Somerset. CAMBRIDGE, Iris. 5. The following Gentlemen of Cambridge Universit , were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, at 11, on the 23d ult. Thescoss.—Henry I. Lloyd, 11. A. Henry Thomas Buckaton, B.A. Douglas Cooper. B.A, Urban Smith, B. A. and Henry Heatheots, S.C.L. Trinity College ; John Hodgkineon, B.A. St. Jobn's College ; and It. H. H op e, S.C.L. Trinity Paisays.—John Young, 11. A. William Webb. BA. and Arthur Willis. BA Trinity College; Thomas B. Adams, B.A. and T. G. H. Luekoek, B. A. St. Jonn's College; C. F. Bsgshawe, BA. Corpus Christi College; and J. R. Holder, B.A. Christ's College. ICCLEHASTICAL PIOIIIOTIOXI. Rev. F. G. Burnaby, M.A. of Odes Coßep, Cambridge, Vicar of Lowesby, Lticestembire, to the Vicarages of &rlaton and Plunger, in the same county; pawn the Duke of Rutland. Rev. J. G. Durban, B.A. to the Vicarage of Newport Pagnell, Bucks; -, the Lord Chneellor. Rev. Henry ?Wilk M.A. Prebendary of Ely, to the Vicarage of Wialsech ; patrols, the Biebop of Ely. Rev. Thomas Kaye Ilsrasy, M.A. Prebendary of Lincol and Rector of Coningsby, Linednehlre, and of Normanton, Au , to the Archdeacoury of Lebeessr, in the diocese of Lincoln. Rev. HemlfltWll, to tbe Roam of Goodistb, in the county of Demo, void by the Asedi sd the Rev. William Churchyard ; patron, Wm. Chugs:bye* Eati. Lad Crofton has appebted the Rev. Geo. Oakes &EA. of Cafes College, Cambrilie, one of his Lordship's Earl Paaktt has presented the Rev. Jos. Payre C r i . la At il . " Recter , of St. Tails, Cornwall, to the perpetual Curacies of ChWington and Searing tee St. Mary, in the county of Somerset NAVAL INTELLIgiNCIL Mai A Mona Tun Dot.—Dublin. l ; Waterford, 1 ; Sweden. 1; Holland. 1; Flanders, 1 ; From 1 ; Lisbon, 1. Dam., Fan. 5.....W1ad N.W.—Arrivad from the Mom Me Dabs of Imes, —... and sailed far Bombay sad china • Far ter Bengal lied China, and remakes, sad ha bee n with as rather • Eugene. Gerard, for Bahia ; and Alert, far St. !Rebut's. P.11014;0411. Fan 5 and S.—Wind R.—Sailed the Wu. Graves, and fi= ge. ,Dacre, for New Beath Wales ; sod tin Brinson crampon, ter FALMOVT/I, Fan. 4 and S.—Wind N.W.--ihdled the Sandwich gasket, for Lisboa; sad Lira peaks. fee the Brasile. itessoons, Fut. S.—Wind N.W.—lislisd his Majasty 'a alp Ariodne,fer Milford. Arrived his Majesty's ship Royalist, INS Lis boa. in is days. The Royalist brhugs a report of a pegekr eautoodoe at Lashes; wend collages with state had been mom of the city, sad 011211/0611 arrests had taltiE. Bosoms% Fear. 11.--Arrived the , Rep iron St. Mi. cheers; Boveady, 11Msr. sad Oadsie _Nem Tolibel. The dye asserts that the nephew of Tburiow enjoys a sinecure connected with bankrupts of 8,5021. per easels ; sad that the son of Eldon, who enjs seven sinecures Borth 12,6931. obtained from his father Thurlow's sinecure in re-' version. Yet the unreformed House of Commas is re ferring legal reforms to committees of lawyers ! PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Foots, °pintoes, sad Public Exertions c aneeted with ibis great Na tional Question. ( To be owitimod wall a Plan be brined before Pt:Mamma) SUMMARY OF BOROUGHS. azrzosze. Members. Vhenry 2 Edward VL .. 20 CILIATON Members. By Henry VIII. . 3$ Edward VI. .. • . ZS ... ... ... 4 James 1.... James 1.. 11 Charles I. .. 18 72 biufes 1 1. -- 143 72 Total restored and created in those reigns 215 The following passage in the able Worcester petition merits special attention, as a sarcasm extorted by the silly observation, that voting by ballot is un-English, as though folly alone was English, and wisdom un-English. No stronger reason against the ballot can exist with some men than that it is the death-blow of bribery and all undue in fluence ; but this is the very reason why it should be sup ported by every body of sensible petitioners, and be de demanded as the sine qua non. Past Parliaments have proved a curse and scourge only, because election by ballot did not exist. ss Tear petitioners are aware that vote by ballot is disliked—is dreaded by th e boroughmongering aristocracy and other traffickers in seats in your Honourable House, because it is tin-English. Your petitioners certainly must allow that the borotighmongering system at elections, with all its flagrant train of evils—bribery, perjury, and other accursed practices, is not UN-English— that persecuting and ruining whole families by the boroughmoagering faction, because the heads of such families have been pewits of in tegrity, and voted from pure motives, is not un-English, but pecu liarly English ; your petitioners are also aware that a - lavish and exces sive expenditure—that an over-bearin system of taxation—that an astonishingly large national debt, &c. &.. are things which are not un- English, but peculiarly English ; and the sooner your honourable House makes them un-English the better." The same Worcoster petition contains the following ob servations era the Pension lista : " Here your petitioners mike one remark, —they think it a little strange that ,your honourable house should occupy so much of your valuable time, session after i•casion, in discussing measures to de prive the poor industrious, famishing labourer and artisan, when out of employ, of a scanty parochial pittance, and yet it should never occur to the recollection of your honourable House, of the necessity and propriety of taking away the pay from that long, griev ous, and disgraceful list of State Paupers, who have fastened on the vitals of the country, not one of whom . but is otherwise well circum stanced in life, and the generality of whom have not rendered the state any real levier. Your petitioners, with all due submission to your hon. house, conceive it more disgraceful to be a state pauper than a parish pauper, inasmuch as the former Is the cause of a great portion of the distress, wretchedness, and starvation of the latter." PROGRESS OF INCENDIARY FIRES. Fires, which for a considerable time have alarmed the in habitants of Whitchurcb and the farmers in the neighbour hood of that town, are, we grieve to say, being repeated ; and notwithstanding incessant watching, the offers of immense rewards, and the utmost activity of the local magistrates and resident gentry, scarcely a week passes but the property of some person in the neighbourhood of that town is consumed by fire. A person is stationed in the tower of the church all *ht, who, from that elevation, is enabled to perceive the first token of flames, and he immediately alarms the inhabitants by tolling the bells. On Wednesday morning the person on watch discovered a fire on the property of Mr. Huxley, of Darnford-hall. It proved to be a bay-stack standing alone, a few fields' breadth from Mr. Huxley's house ; the bay was nearly consumed. During the excitement caused by the fre quent fires, numbers of threatening letters were sent to various individuals. The author of two of these letters has been dis covered ; his name is Thomas 8. Richardson.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. Finns 1N DEABTSIIIRE. — Derbyshire still continues to present the awful effects of incendiarism, and we are sorry to add, that the perpetrators have escaped the vigilance of the nightly watch, who are thickly scattered in different parts of the county. On Sunday morning last the ancient hall of Elbaston, about three miles from Derby, the seat of the Earl of Harrington was discovered to be on fire; but by the timely arrival of the engines from the different parishes, the flames were subdued. The housekeeper's apartment, including some valuable china, linen, and furniture, however, have fallen a sacrifice. This conflagration is assigned to accident, but the cause remains a mystery. At Ashton-upon-Trent, not a great distance from the above mansion, the same night, a fire was discovered in the farm-yard of Mr. George Moorley; but by the timely arrival of the fire engines, which had been so useful at Lord Harrington's, and the assistance of the villagers, this was also subdued ; but not until about 15 quarters of barley and the entire roof of the barn were consumed. This has, doubtless, been the work of an incen diary. A man bas been examined on suspicion, and is re manded. A fire broke out in a farm yard close to the turnpike gate, near Fareham, on Thursday morning, about one o'clock, which consumed a barley rick. There were 20 more ricks in the yard, which must have been destroyed but for the exertions of the neighbours, who, with the assistance of an engine, extinguished it without - further damage being done. It is supposed to have been the act of some incendiary, two Assn having been seen in Fareham,. who went into a public home to light their pipes.—Brighton Herald. Early on Tuesday morning, a fire broke out on the pre ' miser of Mr. Ridgway, at Adlington, the whole of, which were burnt to the ground, and all the produce of the farm consumed. Four cows, a mare in foal, and a valuable three year old colt, perished in the flames. It is supposed to be the work of an incendiary.—Sloskport Advertiser. CORN-EXCHANGE--THIS DAT. Oats are the only grain of which we have a good supply, and with them we fled the trade' cry heavy. and as inclination to lower prices. Bosley is very short in quantity, owing to contrary w oda, and may be quoted at 2s. higher than on this day semaight. We have scarcely any Wheat In the marker, notwithstanding which the trade is very dull, and last week's prices. Pori and Beans remain steady in prices. Flout Is 'still at lase week's quotations. Wheat.new,Kent, Reset 7Gs 84si Peas, Grey . :iGs 42s Old . —s —s 1 Beans Small . . 42, 46a Suffolk. (White) .: 74s 8211 lick . 364 411 e Norfolk & Sue (Red), 66. 7114' Oats, Potato, . 284 34a Rye . 30s 34s Poland . 26s Us Barley, 42. 44s ..Fine 46s 601 Feed . . 22. us Peas, White . 42s 4 4 s Flour, per sack, . . eh 66 Boilers . . 46s 494 Rapeseed . 436 £3B per last altlVAll. Wheat, English (qn.) - MN Barley, Foreign . - no Irish -..— Oats, loglials - 13.1b3 %Min - - - 1.U3 Irish - - 20,64 Riley. English - - 4,334 Foreign Irish - - - --I Flour (sacks) 6,367 SMITHIPIRLD.-THIS DAY. caTTLI AT MAUI? $ Dooms, 2A7l—Sbeep, 90,59 S—Pi so, 140—C.oloot, 310. flood ....... 60dtods id Pork .......... a ild So 0d Memo .... 4. 9d do Id I Lomb ..... -01 Od Is Ild Tod. Is Ild to es 01 0.7 (pet load), .12 11.. to it 4 Ot. Own, Al lb. to IS as.-. Wow, il lb. to /1 111 . 1 . COAL-EXCHANGE—THIS DAY. B=toe sow Mips wore eatioed for Isle wig, aall the supply of Cool woo bat atedeeate i of Newcoode * s al tesi t u te wee sabot apply at imolai& The Coal Midway woo well Ohm waived *Ma, the Loath Daft lb. week Ihst valuta Cash IS Id Ile Of - Cotter mess ... fie id lits id ads et Mob% 74. 1. 1 1 r. . S r- It P I at of Rd 1; at at 7• at ad