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the Papal government. The fine illusions which were made of Italians, and above all the Sardinian subjects, at the acces sion to the throne of Charles Albert, are dissipated like a light fog before the sun. There is no longer a thought even of an amnesty for the individuals compromised in 1821. POLAND. Commercial letters, arrived this day by an extraordinary courier, tend to confirm the happy news that we gave yes terday of a considerable victory having been obtained over the Russians by the Poles. Between the intelligence of Yesterday and that of to-day, there is a contradiction but upon on e point : it appears that in place of a single battle, there live been two grand successive battles, and that in both the Poles obtained the victory—a victory more important and more decisive still than was supposed yesterday. Let mil :eat in heaven that it is thus.— Le Constitutionel. The Gazette de France says—" We are assured that the cholera morbus has broken out at Thorn, in Eastern Prus :ia, and at Lemberg, in Gallicia." Commercial letters from St. Petersburg state, that the ussian officers of the Court, and other nobles of the land, ire clothing, arming, and equipping, at their own expense, :r• army of 100,000 men, to march against the Poles. According to accounts from Warsaw, the Polish Govern ment, on learning that Austria had disarmed Dwernicki and his soldiers, and delivered up their arms to General Rudiger, sot off couriers to Vienna with a protest against this decision. The Polish government, on hearing that Austria required the disarming of Dwernicki and of his troops, with the intention of surrendering their arms to Rudiger, protested against the decision of the Austrian government, and in stantly despatched couriers to Vienna. We dare not affirm that Austria, in that circumstance, has openly violated the rights of nations. VI EN NA, MAY 11.—The reverse of the brave Dwer nicki excites here more and more public attention. Private subscriptions have been entered into to render succour to the poor Poles,who will be obliged to make a long and fatiguing route, deprived of all resourses. In nearly all grand so cieties, the ladies have subscribed for them. A report is spread now that the Emperor was disposed to render liberty to General Dwernicki and all his soldiers, on condition that the Polish Generalissimo would set at liberty an equal num ber of Russian prisoners, as many officers as soldiers. It is said that an Austrian agent left to that effect yesterday evening for Warsaw. General Sierawski's division has again begun to act on the offensive in the palatinate of Lublin. It was intended to support Dwernicki's operations ; but now. it may fall back on the right flank of the Generalissimo, and thus augment the force of the principal army. The Polish Government, aware of the importance of the Lithuanian insurrection, has determined on supporting it at any price. A corps of 10,000 men, detached from the prin cipal army, is advancing at present towards the northern flontier, under the command of General Krukowietzky. WARSAW, MAY 9.—Gen. Prondzynski, Quarter-Mas ter General of the Polish araq, has addressed to the Chief of the Etat-Major of the Russian army, under date of May lbt. and in the name of the Polish Generalissimo, a letter, in which he has declared to him that the Imperial Ukase against the Lithuanians, who, brothers of the Poles, have taken up arms to deliver their country, obliges the Polish Generalissimo to make known to Marshal Dicbitscb that the execution of the penal dispositions con tained in that Ukase, will draw, on the part of Poland, retaliation against the 16,000 Russian prisoners, who are in the power of the Poles,and against all those whu,by the for tune of war may fall into the bands of the Poles at a later period; they will render themselves responsible, to the eyes of contemporaries and of history, from the terrible conse quence which will immediately follow the execution of the Ukase. The effects of the cholera sensibly diminish in the military hospitals. There have been but few persons in the city attacked by that frightful disease, and the greatest part are already cured. The physicians affirm that this plague will pass lightly over Poland." BELGIUM. The following is the Protocol of the Conference held on the 17th ult. at the Foreign Office, London : " Present, the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia. Upon the opening of the Conference the Pleni potentiary of France declared, by the express command of his Sovereign, that France acceded to the Proforal of January 20, 1831 ; that the approved of the boundaries fixed in that act for Belgium ; that She recognised the neutrality as well as the inviolability of the Bel gian territory ' • that she would acknowledge the Sovereign of Bel. glum only when that Sovereign should have acceded to all the provisions and clauses of the Protocol of January 20, 1831; and that, according to the principles laid down in that Protocol, the French Government considered the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as corn. pletely separated from Belgium, so that the said Grand Duchy should continue under the Sovereignty and in the relations which were assigned , tj it by the treaties of 1816. To this declaration the French Plenipo. tertiary added several observations on the nature of the exchanges or territory, which, in conformity with Article 4 of the Protocol of the 20,h January, are to be effected nodes the mediation of the fire Courts between Belgium and Holland, in order to afford the mutual advantage of a complete contiguity of posse.. Mons ; on the constitutional regime ensured to the Grand Duchy of L uxem b ourg b y t h e trestles of 1815; on the measures that might be adopted with regard to the latter country; on the peculiar situation of the Duchy of Bouillon, and, generally, on the means for the execution of the Protocol of January 20, 1831. The French Pie hipotendary, finally, again expressed the ardent and Invariable desire which his Government has constantly manifested to act in harmony with its allies, and to concur with them in the maintenance of general peace, and the treaties which form the basis of it. This corn. munication, therefore, received by the Plenipotentiaries of the Four Courts, with unanimous and very sincere satisfaction, gave them occasion, on t h e i r p art , to dec l are, that they very well knew how to appreciate duly the spirit and aim of the risme. They consider it as the happy result of the principles laid down in the Protocol of klatch 17, in consequence of the first observations, to which the Protocol of February 19 had given rise on the part of France. Greatly as they re gretted even a momentary diferecce of opinion between them and the French Government, they now congratulate themselves upon finding that France, by the declaration of her Ambassador, continues in the position which she has taken with so much utility in the midst of her allies at the London Conferences, as she declares her adherence to rite principles on which the 19th Protocol is founded, and which are all deduced from the Protocol of January 20; and as the thereby consolidates the union of the Great Powers, smelt union presents the best guarantee of a general peace. With re card to the further observations with which the French Plenipotentiary a:coinpanicd the above declaration, the conference, after consideration, have unanimously agreed, Ist,'That the discussion on the exchange of ter mery which might take place between Holland and B,lgium was only to he assumed now as a project, but that it can only be opened with advantage t'n.ll we parties immediately interested therein shall have acceded to the terangemtnis which must follow the separation of Belgium from Holland, and whet, the labours of the Commissions for the demarcation shall have completely cleared up the question relative to the exchanges of terri tlry, and, consequently, have facilitated the solution of is to the five P " .4 m. Secondly, That, as the main principle of the five Powers is to respect trestica, it !. evident that the stipulations of the treaties rzlmive t,, the (.rand Duchy of Luxembourg must be executed.— Thirdly, TLat in consequence of the same principle, the Plenipo-1 tzntiaries of the five Courts at the London Conference shall pro. c.ed to sit examination of the treaties in existence relative to the Duchy of Bouillon, in order to state upon the observations made by the Pl:ilipmentiary of France, wh at may be peculiar in the situation of that D uchy, st) that a due regard for this situation may be observed in the the application of which may be required towards the Duchy I Luxentb)urg. (Signed) " lisvnanazv, WESSENDERO, TaLLLYRAWD, PAL ME run ox, Bc LOW, Luevxw, 3Lauzewicz." POR TUGAL. Aheady, fo r a l ong time, France has threatened Don Aliguel, without any result. England has not made so much noise, and she has obtained her end much quicker. The satisfaction demanded has been granted with all the cowardliness that might have been expected from the mise rable wretch who sullies the throne of Portugal. Since he i .4 W that they were of such good composition, he has taken to the ministerial journals, an aspect of warlike spleen. The /fug! des Debuts expresses itself now with a solemnity lidom .•=momis truly imposing. We know and remember that there ap peared in that journal, articles of the same kind upon Aus tria ; at first upon the intervention of Italy ; then after the intervention business, for the case when she failed in regard towards the Italian patriots. Austria has passed the bounds, and nothing has resulted. It will not be the same for Don Miguel, who has neither force nor courage. Bat it is for that reason even that it will be necessary to take upon our selves a tone less high. When we shall have brought Don Miguel to reason, we shall not have mach of a subject to be proud of. It is one of those exactions such as we prac tised formerly in regard to barbarous pirates. There will be much shame in supporting insults from parties of such a low stamp ; there will be little eclat in the reparation which may be obtained : it requires something better than that, to obtain for us the consideration of Europe.—Courrier Fran , wig. " A person," says the Globe, " whose station in society enables him to acquire a knowledge of the proceedings of the Cabinot of Madrid, writes on the 9th instant from that capital, that measures will shortly be taken in Spain, both political and financial, of a very unexpected nature ; and that it is wore than probable an arrangement will be entered into, between Spain and her ancient colonies, to the full sa tisfaction of both parties." The last arrivals from Lisbon announce that a French fri gate, of 60 guns, had entered the Tagus, and that another, of the same force, was hourly expected, with the Com mander-in-Chief of the squadron. Don Miguel was to be summoned as soon as the whole force was united. He is to be allowed 24 hours to decide upon acceding to the terms proposed by France ; and, if he refuses, the ships are to do their duty. TURKEY. The Augsburg Gazette says—" The progress of the in surrection against the authority of the Sultan becomes daily more dangerous. Nothing but a decisive victory can save him from destruction, for already 60,000 men, under the command of Ali Bey, have entered Sophia, resolved to march upon Constantinople if the Porte sh ou ld not imme diately comply with the demands of the insurgents, wiihout reserve. The insurgents require—lst. the disbanding of the regular troops; 2dly. the re-establishment of the Janissaries; 3dly. the restoration of all the property of the Jannissaries slain, or yet alive; 4thly. the restoration of the privileges of which the Ulemas have been deprived ; stbly. the suppres sion of the new system of taxes ; 6thly. a compensation for all the loosen sustained since the overthrow of the old insti tutions, and for the expenses of the war. These conditions the Sultan is unable to grant ; and his accepting only one of them would most certainly cost him his throne and his life. The troops that can be disposed of do not exceed 10,000 men, I who are, moreover, in a wretched condition." A letter, of April 18, received from the frontiers of Wa • luchia, informs us that the Russian garrisons of Moldavia and Walachia were evacuating those provinces, where they left but few troops, and advancing across the Pruth towards I Poland, under the command of General Roth. It is thought that those troops are only intended for Russian Poland. SPIRIT OF THR JOURNALS. TIMES.— On Belyistm—The apprehended conflict between th Dutch and Bel glans, at Antwerp, has been postponed; and perhaps fo ever prevented, by the timely interference of the French envoy. It i pleasing to see the French diplomatic body co-operating so zealously and faithfully with our own, in restoring order, or warding off hostilities. The present Belgic ministry, which appears to consist of more reasonable men than any ministry which has enjoyed office since the Brussels revolu. don, has made reports to Congress on the state of the foreign and domestic relations of the country. The attempt to open a negotiation with the Dutch Government for the settlement of their common differences, was itself a great step towards a more promising state of things. We have already mentioned the known purport, and actual extent of the nego clations with Prince Leopold for becoming King of Belgium. The Belgic Minister observes justly, that neither the Belgic Regent nor the Belgic AI inistryhad thiaown to bestow. Thedeputation toLondon to con sult thcPrince'sdispsitloteon the contingeneythat it might be offered him had no mission to offer it. It was, in fact,invested with no official character from the Regent, but held all its power from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and could not bind the government by any of its acts. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, and could not bind the government by any of its acts. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has promised further in formation on the subject in a secret committee, and we shall recur to it as soon as we have room. In the mean time, let Prince Leopold spindly make up his mind " to be or not to be" a king; fora representation was, on Friday, laid before Congress from a friend of the Prince of Salm-Salm, a Gaman Liberal, declaring that his Serene Highness would accept of the Belgic crown if it were offered him. This explicit and candid offet excited, strange to say, a great deal of hilarity in the as sembly. TI MES.— The Elective Franclaiee..—We have received letters on the subject of the proposed elective franchise in towns and counties, which may be thought to merit attention. Our opinion continues ad. verse to the admission of voters who are not in some degree independent of a landlord's vindictiveness or caprice. A tenant at will, no matter how large his occupancy, cannot be an independent voter under any circumstances, in respect of those premises, or that farm, from which his landlord has the power of suddenly expelling him. It is no answer to refer us to the forty shilling freeholders, and ask, are they " independent?" We are not bound to defend any given class of electors because we find reasonable ground of objection against a different class. It may be quite tr ue t h at fo r ty shilling freeholders are, generally speaking, by no meanualified to give in dependent votes, but they are already In possession of the franchise, and it might be very difficult to prevail upon Parliament, at this mo ment, to deprive them of it, or on the country to sanction such a de. hrivation. Again, es we re told by another correspondent, who signs imself " An Essex Land lord," a 101. householder, liable to be ejected in six months, is no more a free agent than the tenant at will of a farm of 100 acres True enough; and if the Legislature were to adopt the advice of our correspondent, specifying seven years as that unexpired term, which every man must have to qualify him for the exercise of his franchise, we do not see that much ev il could arise from it; but on the other hand, that, combined with a mo dification of the stamp duties, facilitating both the execution of long leases, and the addition of supplemental ones, before the expiry of the old, the leasehold and derivative interests throughout the country might be considerably strengthened. Let it be well understood, that the actual existence of qualifications to which a sound objection might be made, cannot by say means be urged upon a statesman, as involving him in the necessity of either abolishing them, or of gre atly adding to their number. POST.—The Eisettiofte.—The Northamptonshire election has reached its close in the return of the' Reform" candidates, a result brought about by means entirely worthy of the great cause in which the government is embarked. With It terminate the elections for England and Wales; those for Scotland and Ireland are nearly concluded; and it is now unhappily but too plain that the House of Commons about to assemble will contain a considerable majority pledged to ' the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill.' This result may be traced to various sources; and first among them, in fearful promineney, is seen the " bludgeon and brickbat" system--the system of mob indmidation and terror. Till now we would not have believed that atrocities such as those which have disgraced many districts during the late elections could be associated with the name of Briton ; still lees, that men or education and intelligence could, in effect, give their sanction to these murderous excesses, perpetrated in , the King's name ! and consent to be 1 raised by such means to a seat in a deliberative assembly. How have these practices contrasted with the language held by our Gracious So vereign on the dissolution of Parliament!—with the desire he then ex ' pressed that the calm and dignified sense of his people might pronounce on the most momentous and vital question that ever was submitted to the decision of a Nation The Duchess of Kent visited the King and Queen on Sa turday. A conference on the affairs of Belgium was held by the ministers of the The Great Powers on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office. There were present the Russian, Austrian, and Fieneh Am bassadors, the Prussian Minister, Count Matoushewitz (on a special mission from Russia) the Baron de Weissenburg (on a special minims from Austria) and Viscount Palmerston. The conference lasted shoot three hours. In three weeks such a Parliament will meet as England never before was blessed with. We hope to see a standing order made and enforced, that no mover shall speak above half an hour, sad no debater above a quarter. Without some sucb regulation, the And-Re formers may be as obstinate as Mr. Cartwright, at Northampton, se Mews. Shaw and Moore, at Dublin, and keep the hopes of the nation in abeyance fur many months. Two hundred speeches on the lose Sine. of the bill, besides points t in the committee, may otherwise furnish Gee thousand discourses of one hour each, which, at six per eight, would employ thirty.three weeks in speaking and bearing 1 One dinner.lielf per night has hitherto been all that the appetites GC outubsol boot required. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The perforators of this house were on Saturday not a little surprised ,to lad that Mr. Dunn, the treaeuree did net make his appearance 'at the accustomed hour of 1 o'clock. ' Souse of the lees provident in a profession not remarkable for much forethought In pecuniary mat ters, became exceedingly alarmed, when another half-hour passed away without any prospect of their salaries being forthcoming; and their alarm was not abated by perceiving that Mr. Liston, one of the star", whose claims are the first to be answered, was DOW waiting with anxiety among ins fellows for the liquidaron of his weekly claim on the theatre. Rumours in abundance were immediately propagated to account for this unlooked-tor occurrence, and some went so far as to say that the great diminution of the receipts since the dissolution of parliament had left the treasury without funds. Those speculations were, however, speedily set at rest by Mr. George Robins, Mr. Dunn, and Mr. Rills, the solicitor to the theatre, who entered the green-room at 4 o'clock, and assured the performers that all demands would be paid as heretofore. Alr. Robs, in a few words addressed to those assembled, stiked, that a very serious dispute had taken place between Capt. Polhill and Mr. A. Lee, the acting manager. lie was happy, however, to say, that the delay which had taken place in the payment of the salaries of the per formers had not arisen from want of funds, but was entirely owing to the dispute between the gentlemen whom he had named ; and as there appeared to be no chance of an amicable arrangement, Mr. Lee had handsomely declared, that rather than be an impediment .o the payment of the es !arise of the performers, he would at once secede from the mansgement of the theatre. The only sacrifice the performers would be ailed upon to make, was the gratuitous performance one night at the close of the season, for the benefit of Mr. Lee. To this proposal the performers gave a ready and tiranimous assent, as a just compliment to the kind and gentlemanlike manner in which the manager has conducted himself during the period of his rule. We understand that the articles of separation between Captain Polhill and Mr. Lee were then prepared. and preaentcd to Mr. Lee for his signature ; but from a reason with which w e are as yet unacqua i nte d, that gentleman did not think proper to sign them, and the payment of the eidetic' was therefore necessarily postponed till Alooday morning. The immediate causes of the disagreement which led to these events have not been made public, but we have heard that the jealous rivalries of two fair vocalists had, for some time, created much dimension in the manage ment. The pretensions of Mrs. W. and Miss P. instead of being left to the jsdgment of the public, were decided by the sympathies of the co-lessees, and the result is probably now before us." SURREY THEATRE. A sew, grand, historicai,rliegoric7l,;LiTictorial drama, in six acts, was produced at this theatre on Saturday, entitled .Vapoisrow ; or, She Plaint of Ambition. Like that of Covent-garden, it seises on some of the leading incidents in the life of that extraordinary mtn, wi,ieh it throws together with considerable effect, producing, from the whole, a drama of very pleasing interest. This piece commerccs-- not with the outset of the military career of the hem, but takes those which marked its close, beginning with the invaeion of Rus sia; thence passes to the reluctant abdication of the Tuileries—to its revocation at Elba—the preparations for the grand struggle at Waterloo—the flight from thence—the deportation to S. Helena, giving aet various scenes at Longwood up to the last grand scene—his In all of these the author has succeeded in bringing out with much effect the prominent traits of the hasty yet decisive character of Napo leon. It must be allowed, however, that much was due in this respect to the ability with which it was represented by Mr. Osbaldiston, in whose hands every thing that the author did fur it was greatly improved. In dress, and much in manner, the picture which Oslialdistott gave was comet. if we except that it lacked something of that bodily restlessness for which Napoleon was remarkable. The piece was got up with very considerable and evidently not inexpensive attention to scenery and costume. The dresses of the marshals were very splen4id ; but that was all we could say for most of them. Mr. C. Hill, who personated Bertrand, seemed to have a notion that the dignity of a field-marshal consists in pressing his hand on his breast, and frowning at all who ap proach him ; and accordingly in that attitude he frowned away the whole evening. We think he was a good deal out of his line in this part. We have seen him sustain parts in light comedy with consider able ability. We have said that much attention was bestowed on the scenic decorations of the piece. We should mention two dioramic views —one of the invasion of Russia, and the other of the battle of Ilia ales; both of which were very well executed. The author, who, we under. stand,, is Mr. Thompson of Drury-lane Theatre, in order to give a sort of lively turn to some of the scenes, introduced by way of episode two characters, Bally 0' Neal and Bneism Tipperary, both of which, as far as the author is concerned, we must say were dead failures; and as they do not contribute in any way to the main story of the piece, we think he would do wisely to withdraw them alto. getter. Madame Simon did what she could for Sally O'Neal, but to no purpose ; if we except an Irish jig, which she danced with great spirit. The second Irish part was that of Basica Tipperary, and was represented by a gentleman who, from his tone and manner, we should say had been very recently drilled in the Terry Alt school of ,ite county ▪ Clare. The jokes assigned to this part were as flat as possible. That about Adam eating the apple was in the very worst passiulc taste, to say the least of it. By cutting out these two parts and pruning the piece of some two or three redundancy in other places, it would, we think, becomes favourite with those who are fond of military st.ectades. It was given out for repetition with a few dissentient voices, but the ma jority in favour of it was powerful and decisive. COURT CIRCULAR. On Saturday evening, the King gave a grand dinner to the members of the Nulli Secundus Club, composed of officers of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, or those who have belonged to the regiment. Among them war the Earl of Courtown, the Earl of Munster, Sir C. Morgan, and Colonel Frederick Fitzelarenre. The only exceptions among those present not belonging to the Coldstream regiment, were, Lord Saltoun, of the First or Grenadier Regimrnt of Foot Guards, and Colonel Bowater, of the first battalion of the Scotch Futile*: Guards. They were the only officers who wore regimentals.— Many of the old officers wore the old white regimental buttons on blue coats. The Club was established by the late Duke of York, when commander of the regiment. On dinner being announced, the King left the state rooms, preceded by Sir Frederick Watson, the Master of the /Luse bold, and followed by Lord A boyne and the rest of the company. On his Majesty's entering the Picture-gallery, the drums and fifes of the regiment struck up, " Oh, the roast beef of 04 Ragland." About eighty sat down to dinner in the Banqueting— room .be state plate was used on this occasion. During she dinner ' the bead of the regiment, in full regimentals, played a number of tine pieces A . Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the, Fast* Office, which was attended by the Lord Chancelkr, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lento° one. Lcrd Durham, Viscount MCI. booms, Viscounk Palmerston, Lord Holland, Sir James Graham, and the Duke of Richmond. The Council sat in deliberation about tw•o hours. After the breaking up of the Council, some of the Foreign An►basseurs and Ministers arrived at the Foreign Office, and had in•erriews with Viscount Palmerston. Despatches were received at the Colonial Office yester2ay morning from the Earl of &know% the Governor of Jamaica, and t. e other Governors of the West India Islands. Lord Poneonby had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. The Commissioners from Belgium transacted business at ' the Foreign Office on Saturday. Yesterday was the birthday of the Landgravine of Hesse Ramberg, when her Royal Highness completed her 61st year. Tla: tosanbas of the Royal Family dined with their Majesties and the Lane. gravies at Busby Part, to celebrate the event. 'the King and Queen, Joe Landgravine of Hesse Romberg, the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar and family. the Duchess of Gloucester, and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by the Earl and Countess of Erroll, Baroness Stein and Lady Mary 'Taylor, Lett the Palac.: at St. James's soon after 10 o'clock yesterday morning in four carrat , es and ' four for the Queen's Lodge in Bushy-park. The D u k e . D'oe. and Prime George of Cumberland, came to Bushy fuel their residence at Kew, to congratulate the Landgravine on the return of her natal day. Their Majesties, and the whole of the Royal party, spent the day and 'lined at Bushy, and in the evening returned to town. The Princess Augusti entertained the Queen, the Land ' gravine of Hesse Romberg, and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, at dinner on Satutday evening, at her residence in the Palace at James's. The Hanoverian Minister, and the Lail and Countess Howe, were present to meet her Majesty. Divine Service was performed vesterday before the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, arid their Royal Highness's House. bold, by the Dean of Chester. Prince Leopold returned to town on Saturday, from his residence at Claremont. The Landgraviue of Hesse Homburg and the Princess Augusta honoured the grand dinner party given by the Duke and Du then of Nordiumberlastd, at Northumberland House, ou Friday eve ning, with their presence, The Prince of Leiningen had an audience of their Ma jostles on Saturday, after which his Serene Highness called on the several members of the Royal Family. The Queen, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and the Duchess of Kent, honoured the performance of Madame Pasta, as Melia, at the Italian Opera House, on Friday evening. A meeting of the Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council was held at the Council-o ffi ce on S atur d a y, f o r t he fur thee hearbv of an appeal hom Bombay. " Lus atia n Row &damn v. Mullett Row Bajee, involving property to the amount of 900,0001 The Lords - present were the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Judge of the Admiralty Co ur t, and Lord John Russell. THE GENERAL ELEC'TION. -.....- MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. Nonhampionshire--Lords Althorp and Milton. Aberdeen (County)—Hon. Captain W. Gordon. Ayr (County)— William Blair, Esq. Caithness and Bute (County)leorge Sinclair, Esq. jun. Cavan (County)-51r. Maxwell; Air. Young. Clare (County)—W. N. APNamara, Esq ; M. O'Connell, Esq. Dublin (City)—Sir Robert Harty, Batt; Louis Perrin, Esq. King's County—Lord Oxmantown , Colonel Bernard. Louth (County)—Richard Shell, Esq ; Alexander Dawson, Esq. Niayo (County)—J. Browne. Esq; Dominick Browne, Esq. Roscommon (County)--A. French, Esq; O'Conor Don. Roxburgh (County)-11. Fransis Scott, Esq. jun. Sligo (County)--E. J. Cooper. Big ; Colonel PercerraL Wexford (County)—Colooel Chichester; Henry Lambert, Esq. STATE OF POLLS. Donegal (Courty), First Day. I Derry (County), 3d day. Sir Charles Style . . 68 Sir It. asteson - - 553 Sir E. /laves - - 58 Captain Jones - . 519 Colonel COnolly . . 45 SW. Syne - 348 Chichester . . 43 Pembroke (County), May 19. Owen . - - 1884 Grcrille - . - 1610 Abstract of the Remount& from 265 places in England and Wales, sending 506 Members to Parliament ; the who!e number of places being 268, and of representatives 51.'. For. Ago. 39 English Counties, r eturn i ng .. 80 (York 4) .. 71 6 II Welsh ditto ... ... 5 6 24 Cities (London 4) ... ... 42 8 - - - - 74 Counties and Cities .... 141 .. 71 Boroughs (not conipriscd In Schedules A and B) 152 ... 145 (Majority 185) 273 .. 22 Boroughs under controul a-d inBuenee• 167 (Majority 183) ... D4uct 56 Sehedul: A 43 Schedule B .., ... 40 ... ... 313 .. ... 100 .. 261 Returns receivd 3 Returns yet 00 Le 1311140 t .. • 5 ... , 1•1 , -. 12L 20 ... 108 14 ... 229 44 ... 19 21 - .. 218 65 .. 30 79 ... 29 67 . 2 201 3 268 total. Total numbers ... 513 .. ... 309 204 The a a e of the return up to Beturd ty morning, according to the best information we have b.en able to obtain, appears to lead to the fol lowing result: For. Agst. Engle:id and Wales .... •••• •••• 308 202 Ireland .... ..... 54 28 Scotland •. .. .. . ..... .. .. 7 12 387 242: Leaving an actual majority in favour of the cause of Reform of 125 • We have taken these 22 boroughs from the class above, and platod them under a w•parate head, as being in point of quality little distin gu'shed from the worst in Schedules A and B, their members being rc tained to them only on account of their population. The majority from the counties, chits, and open boroughs. is 18.1 in favour of reform. + Great Niarlyw (sermitiy), Northamptonshire, at.d Pembrokeshire. : Two since dead—Sir J. S. Yorke and J. Heine, Esq. NOZTHAMPTuN, SUNDAY 12 o'cLocx, MIT 22.—The contest is over. By the kindness of Mr. I). Hill, the counsel for Lord Althcrp, I am enabled to communicate to you the fact, that Mr. Cartwright and Sir C. Keightley hare given up the contest. The scrutiny into the votes at the Marlow election is going on ; but there is not much chance, we fear, of Colonel Clayton being elected, unless the populace votes" u they are termed, are admitted, which would decidedly turn the scale in his favour.— Windsor Esspress. The Lord Mayor, Harty, of Dublin, and Louis Perrin, Esq. ate duly elected to represent that city in Parlia-nent. The contest for Clare has closed, in the election of Major MacNamara and Alautic O'Connell. THE ChIMINALS AT NEWOATE CONDEMNED TO SUFFER DEATH NEXT WEDNESDAY. We feel great pleasure in giving place to the following letter, published this day in the Morning Herald —and we regret we have not room for the abla leading article in that paper on the same urgent subject. We shall insert it to morrow, as we feel it a duty to co-oi erate with our co temporary in that humane advocacy, for which be is so creditably distinguished. _ TO THE EDITOR. Sett,—The part which the Herald has long and most ably taken on the subject of Penal Legislation is my apology for a ftw general re marks on the case of these unhappy men. They are sentenced to die for crimes of theft—aggravated, certainly ; but still they are crimes alone of theft, and not charseterized by any murderous features, executed or designed. Your readers may not be all aware that this severfty is peculiar to England —to Protestant England I In Catholic countries offences of this nature are not punished with death. The ruler of Austria, for instance, aided by the counsel, or even Prince Metternich, spares the lives (traitors excepted) of all 1 ut murderers; and these are not executed until they have confessed t' eft guilt. Some time since, indeed, there was a resolution taken at V.enna to hang incendiaries—but it was scarcely acted on before it was aban. done& These facts I have from a most respectable inhabi•aot of Prague. Himself a Catholic, he expressed to me his astonishment at the sanguinary laws of the English " Protestant" Government, as be termed it. But be it remembered, that In America Protestantism has long since been absolved from this national disgrace. But what shall we say If even the Car of Muscovy, that despotic p3wer—that prototype, as the English have it. of nearly all that is bad, is an age before us in the science of legislation ? We should do well to improve our barbarous laws by taking a lesson from the 94th a Obth article of the Russian code, formed under the Empress Catherine. They run thus— " Art. 94 —lt were unjust to indict the same punishment upon t► e highway.robber as upon him who robs and assassinates. For the pub. lie security, therefore, it is evidently necessary to make some difference in the punishment prescribed for those several aimes." Again, " Article 96.—There is a country where thieves do not can. mit murder. The reason is, because while thieves ate there left to hops for transportation to the colonks, murderers are excluded from thus hope. , " Not long since, being within the Prussian dominions, I !amnia that laws there an mercy itself compared with the sanguinary code of Britain. Passing afterwards through the great commercial town of Hamburg, I enquired wheiter they hanged men for the crime of forgery—and was informed by a gentleman of high literary character, editor of one of the public papers in that city, that it was eleven years since any person was executed at Hamburg, ar.d then the offence was that of murder. In Holland similar inquiries were made, but still the laws of my own country. England, were considered by reflecting men as pre-eminent , for severity and injustice. An occurrence which I will just mention hap. pcn dat Antwerp, share I bad no acquaintance. A trunk of mine was ' left behind upon the public quay at midnight. The loss was not disco vered ill we I ad proceededBo miles further. A gentleman here undertook to make some inquiries, which I expected to Issue to no papaw ; it was, howeier, found, although bear ng no other mark than a parchment ticket ; and ibis, to our surprise, without incurring the sr•.tallest exp.t:se. But particular instances are unnecessary; It is an admitted fact that property is less liable to plunder in many parts of the Contitier.t than in England. Why is this? A different system of polias is rot the sole cause. What share, I aculd ask, is attributable to the uncertainty of punishmer.t produced by our " lottery-like-laws." which assign the penalty of death equally to almost every class of crimes, while the offenders hope to draw the prise of impunity ? But I contend that death is sometimes dreaded less than tither punislot rots which are more lasting. 01.1 y look at the langua,:e in Court of a culprit hanged on 31unday last, at Glasgow, for burglary. On receiving sentence he said, " I have your good-will, my Lord : death is sweeter than confinement: cowards die many times-1 wi!l die but oitce."t Such an occurrence should be borne in mind by logislators. And spin, look at the admirable reasoning of Sir Meredi:h in Parliament, which, in the short space of six octavo pages, shows the various hearings of the argument. .11 seems impossible to withstand his powerful eloquence. It is true eat a lived fifty years ago, when the science of cruelty aas in greater perfection ; but he still lives, and still a,waks, as does his great contemporary Howa►d, and him noble and conairent successor, Homilly—inimottal Duni s ! lam glad Mere. filth's speech is re-printed separately. and appears to be gaining exten sive circulation. Permit me to etch se a copy, and subscribe myself the public's humble and faithful servant, J UST ITI A. (We shall endrovc.ur to find room for Sir W. Meredith's admirable speech in our.next publication). • Montagu on the Punishment of. Death--181 '—vol. p. 11,3. t Glal;o:e Chronic*. His Majesty, with due solicitude for the welfare of India, Is, it is said, about to appoint the Rail of Munster to the Governor 11e. neraiship of India. Emigration to North America is going on at present with great rapidity. The Hamilton sailed fees Livapsol on the 13th Inst. with NO parsongers, and the Washington the ne=t day with 300, both bound to New York. MINEMINI