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delaying inquiry. where it was allege d gross corruption bad prevailed. That was merely on intimation t he intention of an[individual mem ber, nothing more; it was not what could or ought to stop the pro ceedings of - the house. There was complaint, and it became that house to institute Inquiry into its truth. Sir C. FORBES said that the peculiarity happened to have been found out at Evesham—it had been discovered • but if there wen to be inquiry, there ought to be inquiry into all the 'boroughs—Bletchingly, Gettan, and Malmesbury, if they pleased. At all event*, let Dot the house be so partial as to fix on one borough, while similar practices prevailed almost everywhere. The house should act impartially by adopting some general principle and not to fix on one unfortunate. bo rough. The hon. member would like to be shown the borough where, it they were put to the test, the same corruption had not existed fur the last fifty years, if the same inquisitorial means of examination were re sorted to to find it out. Put the electors on their oaths, and what member could put his hand on his breast and say he was pure, and that white he stood forwent to take the mole out of his neighbour's eye that he had not a beam in his own. The hon. member would certainly vote against the measure. He wished that some hon. member would stand up in his place and move that a writ should be issued forthwith. The house knew how they were now, but they did not know how they might be. His Majesty's Oevernment ought to have been the last party to have said that this House of Parliament was not always ready to do its duty to the country and itself. Lord J. RUSSELL expressed his astonishment to hear the hon. ban. declare his acquiescence ton general measure of reform, and that at the same time he should object to this measure, partial as be styled it. which had reform for its basis. Lis lordship had once thought that to transfer the franchise from a corrupt borough to another larger borough, was progressing towards reform ; he advocated this some years ago, but the hon. ban. would find that would not satisfy the people now ; and that notwithstanding the promised measure of reform, it would be necessary for the house to deal with every act of corruption in the mean time as they came to their knowledge ; but considering the state of public business, and the value of time, although he was sensible that the subject should be disposed of at the bar of the house, he would in preference to the motion of the noble lord, have subjected the question to the consideration of a committee. Mr. MABERLV said, that the remark which bad been made by the lion, member, who denounced all boroughs as being corrupt, called for some observations from him. Abingdon, which he had the honour to , represent, was as pure as any borough in the kingdom. (A laugh.) The hon. member bad asked where was the man who could upon oath lay his hand on his breast and declare his purity. He (Mr. Maberly) would present himself as ono ready to take that oath; t directly or indirectly, or with his knowledge or concurrence, no corruption had taken place on his part or on his behalf. It was unfair to take advan tage of the liberty of language to make auch an attack. Sir C. FORBES in explanation said that he meant that all boroughs and all counties were alike, although he had named Abingdon fi rst, he had only done so beginning and going through A 3C, meaning to infer that there were none to be calculated upon to be exempted. Sir C. WETHERELL said, that as the Hon. Member for Abing don had defended the A. boroughs from the stigma Imputed to them by the Hon. Baronet, and nu one else appearing for the other letters A. they being disposed of, he (Sir C. Wetherell), representing the B. bo rough that had been quoted, was called upon to rescue the B.'s from the general and sweeping imputation. —(A laugh.) For the borough which be had the honour to represent, he could pass his word fur his constituents to a man, that they were beyond the reach of imputation. [The Learned Gentleman indulged in a number of ludicrous allusions to the speech of the Hon. Baronet, which excited so much merriment in the House, that the jokes were very Imperfectly heard in the gallery.] The House had been promised that a measure fur reform was to be brought forward, and that, although it was to be brought forward by the Right Hon. Paymaster, it was avowed as the measure of the Go vernment, and was to have the support of the Ministry; but what was the house to do with the Government measure ! The 1-louse would be giving away its Independerce, and would practice meanness if it waited one moment for the Government measure fur Parliamentary Reform although they had been told that it was to be brought forward by the Paymaster. The Learned Gentleman did not mean by this remark $ treat the Right Hon. Paymaster lightly ; but he only meant to himself that in that House he was only to be conmend as one bee of the Commons. We ought to punish corruption wherever ors found it. The question might not to be referred to a Committee oo.the bar of the House was the only place at which it ought to be disposed of. The Right Hon. Paymaster might have said that he himself had been disgusted that at the last disfranchisement the right bad not been trans ferred to a large town. but the Hon. Paymaster had no right to say that the people of England were disgusted on that account. The Learned Gentleman hoped that the house would act for its independence and not wait for the measure of Reform. Mr. BULLER, who had been a Member of the Committee, rose and said a few words in defence of the borough. Corruption had not been proved against the resident electors, and he would oppose the motion. Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY said he would have been culpable if he had not paid the just tribute of respect to those whom he had the honour to represent, if he had not !ken to contradict the general espereistu that bad been made by the Hon. Baronet, that there was not a borough free of corruption. He (Sit John Wrottesley) had been elected by the suffrage of 10,000 electors, and he could say that he sat in that House with the approbation of all of them. While he was on his legs he would add, that he, nevertheless, coincided with a portion of the sentiments expressed by the Hon. Baronet, that the poor man, who received his ten guineas for his vote, was not more to be blamed than those of a higher sphere, who disposed of theirs for patronage to themselves or Sir C. FORBES begged leave to explain. He only said, to take the list, beginning at A. B. C. and proceed, and he would like to sec how many there were that were not corrupt.—(Cries of no, no.) —Ho knew that there were exceptions, or be himself would have been implicated in the charge.—(A laugh.) The SPEAKER rose, as the Hon. Member was about to proceed, and told him he was out of order—he must confine himself strictly to explanation. Mr. FEROUSSON disapproved of the distinction that had been en deavoured to be marked, because that a measure wa► to be brought for ward by the hon. Paymaster•OcneraL The present motion had been purely enough brought forward. Certainly, as was stated, corruption had not been proved against the resident electors, but it had been proved before the committee, by the. two persons named Jacks and Howe, that they had taken the money the same as the others had. He approved of the proceedings against the borough. The modou was agreed to with some hesitation, without a division. C The Marquis of CHANDOS then moved for leave to bring in a bill to disfranchise Evtsham. PARISH OF WICKLOW. Mr. GRATTAN moved for a copy of the report made by the Bishop of Dublin to the Duke of Northumberland. on the union of the psrish of Wicklow. Sir J. NEWPORT seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Mr. O%OH MAN M AVON rose to bring a circumstance before the house, which would show the situation of the corporation of Dublin. The SPEAKER called the hen. member to order, who sat down. AMBASSADORS AT PARIS. Mr. HUME in rising said the object that he had in view was to bring before the house a motion in order to lessen the expenses in the depart ment of our embassies to Paris. There had been one Ambassador there who in one year cost 33,0001. and lie was convinced that when • state ment of the aggregate expense for years was brought before the house, it would be found to exceed what the house would be inclined to sanc tion. The present Ambassador had 11,000 L and besides we had a Con sul-General at a large salary. This department of expenditure had al. ways been conducted on an extravagant scale. He had opreed the mo tion when a grant was asked to build chapels, end to pay clergymen to perform religious duties, at stations where Ambassadors resided, but he had not been successful. Had the honourable Secretary been in his place he (Mr. H.) intended to have put some questio n s to him on the subject of Consuls, and chat alteration the hon. Secretary meant to make in that department. There were consul fees chargeable on ell ships, and so fat that was right, and the owners of the ships knew that they were liable to those fees. and their amount was defined. Ihe hon. member wished to see the system of paying salaries to Consuls abolished.— There were always persons resident sufficiently respectable to fill that situation wherever we had to send ships, who would be willing to per form the duty for the fees. Where the duties were arduous the emolu ment would be proportionably large, and where the emolument was small, the duty would require less attention. lie knew several differ ent places where highly respectable individuals offered to discharge the consular functions fur the fees only. He then moved for a return of the sums expended in the purchase of the residence of the British Embassy at Paris, and in the annual repairs thereof, since the year 1214. Also for a return of the salaries given to Consuls, Vice. Consuls, and others in France, since the same year. Also an abstract of the exports to, and imports from France, since 1814. His object in moving for at !..itter return, was to shew how greatly the diplomatic and other expenses were out of proportion with the paltry trahe hitherto carried on bet...een France and England. Ile hoped that the salutary measure of eq...lising the wine duties would be the commencement of a better system. Olen much laughter was excited by the snoring of an hon. member, v tr., bad fallen asleep in the members gallery.) Lord ALTHOIIP said that the question of the consular establish blishments was under the consideration of his noble friend. Mr. HUME moved fur a new writ for the borough of &hash, eke present member having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The report of the committee of ways and means was brought up. On the motion that it be read, Mr. HUME said he took this opportunity of stating that he should to-morrow oppose the vote of supply on the army estimates, unless an explanation were given by Government of the increase which bad lately taken place in the military forces. The report was then read and resolutions agreed to. The report of the excise acts was brought up, read, and agreed to. The report of jhe customs acts was brought up and read. Lord ALTHORP, in miller to a question put by a member, said that an alteration had taken place with respect to the duty on Cape wine. Instead of raising the Cape:wine to the same duty as other- wines, it would be raised only to 2s. 9(1. a gallon for the next two yeata. Mr. BERRIES observed that it wee importast for the pasties Ws. rated that the definite resolutions of Government on each of their ma• lures should be made knows as early as possible. Mr. O'BRIEN objected Ie the aston-beat duty. While the tax would be nothing' ihr the deb as, it might prevent many a poor Trish Mama from gabbro his breed foe six months. He w = that Government would keep op the present free comma between Ireland and this country, eepedauy in the present state of Ireland. Mr. WHAMS expressed the map opinion. Mr. H UMB maid, the proposed tax would create great want of em ployment on the 'rotten coast of Scotland. There were now thhty.er forty steam-boats na viga ting tbe Clyde. In consequence of the ere of communication at►beded by the steam naation, all the coast from the Clyde southward had become active. The manufacturers of kelp bad greatly increased. No tax could interfere more than the present with employment of the manufacturers. He was confident that that part of Scotland had dam more from the invention of steam navigation then from any other invention whatever. He was of opinion that the taxes on both steam-boats and carriages should be taken of A Malatya observed, that the tax would not fall on the steam-boat proprietors in the least, but wholly on poor working people, to whom a free navigation wet most necessary. Mr. SADLER said, that the poor of Ireland had claims to a cheap emigration to this country. Before that emigration was impeded, some act should repress the culpable emigration which exported from Ireland so much of its capital annually, and in consequence of which the pool labourers, on whom the present tax was to fall, were obliged to leave their country—(Hear.) Mr. BWART condemned the impeding of communication. Sir R. BATBSON said, the proposed tax was both impolitic and un profitable. He agreed with the member for Newark that a tax should be laid on absentees instead; and a property tax wee the one which would best reach that most useless tam Mr. H. HUGHES opposed the tax. Mr. FITZGERALD said, that the duty would amount to a po. hibition on many of the Itish labourers, amounting to three hundred per cent. of the price of passage The labourers could now pass from Ireland to Glasgow for fourpeoce a had. He should approve of a general application of taxation to machinery in opposition to manual labour. Mr. R. COLBURN objected to the repeated calls made on the Chancellor of the Exchequer for a property tax. If the tax were to reach only wealthy Individuals, the income derived would be inadequate to the expectations entertained ; if it were to go down to the lowest grades, it would be a most grievous and oppressive tax. At the con. dusion of the war it bad been rejected by that house.. unfit for a time of peace. Mr. H. SUMNER said that the steam-boat tax was not of an amount to prevent the exportation of one single Irish labourer. It would, therefore, diminish their gains, and would add to the charges of the English maritime counties, which had partly to support them while they passed through. hlr. WARBURTON regretted exceedingly that such a tax should be id on the country in which steam navigation had been invent ed when the invention was still in its infancy.— The West of imposing a tax on passengers would be to put down many of the steam-heats. This tee, coupled with the diminished duty on the export of mils would, be feared, lead to a part of out steam navigation being performed by the sea.porta of the Netherlonds. Lord ALTHORP said that It was impossible to take off taxes with. out imposing others. There was not one branch of industry on which taxation did not press, and from which it was nut most desirable to re. move it. The present tax was not unjust, when all the land carriages were subject to taxation. With respect to the changes which he had made in Ms measures, he had certainly made several : but he should have considered it wrong not to do so, after objections which appeared to him reesonablc had been offered.—(Cheets.) Mr. PRYCE said, the tax on steam boats down the river would greatly interfere with the recreations of the inhabitants of London. lie begged to call to the attention of the noble lord, that certain ruin would full on the towns of Margate, Ramsgate, and Gravesend, if the tax were persevered iu ; and he hoped the noble lord, in the same spirit uf consideration fur the people and public opinion, which he had ehewn respecting other taxes, would abandon this tax. —( Hear, hear.) Mr. TENNANT said the tax on steam boats so far from being u be nefit to stage coaches would he injurious to them. Many persons went from town by steam and returned by land; and he waa confident the tax was in reality a tax nu stage coaches. lie objected to the tax on principle—it was a tax on atoductive industry. He was himself con. limed with a set of ailveaturers in scam. (A laugh.) Ile was a member of the luland Steam Navigation Company, which would be greatly in. ' jilted by the tax. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON hoped the noble lord would abandon the tax. If he could see the 'lumbers of the middle and bumbles classes who availed themselves of swain auvigation, to escape from the dean atmosphere of London fora day in a week, he would abandon the tax. The passage ut present to Gravesend was one drilling, cunsequently the tax was 100 our cent. The Hon. Alderman read a knew from a person concerned . in a new steam packet boat, which, he Raid, should either be sold abroad or broken up if the tax was persevered in. The I patseugers rould not like being counted like droves of cattle, sad if tit, tax were insisted ou t it would be betterto lay it on the vessel, in proportion to her size and steam poser. Mr. SHAW said the tax would be a very great obstruction to the intercourse between England and Ireland, which all those who wished to preserve the union of the two countries should rather endeavour to promote. He hoped the Noble Lon. would, on consideration, with draw the proposition. (Ilene, hear.) Mr. P. THOM PSON raid the question before the house was, taking off the duty un coals, which would be an advantage to steana.boats, and he thought it would be better to defer the arguments on the tax on steam. boats till the subject was brought before the house: (hear, hear.) The most extraordinary argument he ever beard was that of the learned gen tleman, who said the tax on steam-boats was a tax on stage coaches. If the hon. gentleman bed consulted his constituents, be would find, that when steamboats were introduced, there were petitions from the stage. coach owners for a protecting tax on steam-boats: (hear hear.) Lord STORhlteliT said the injury to the Weatem Islands of Scot. land by a tax on steam would be incalculable. They sent their produce to market by etearn-boats, and had nothing to do with stagamaches, fur the protection of which the tax was to be Imposed, many of them nor having roads on which carriages of any kind could travel. When the noble lord saw how partially the tax must operate, he hoped it would be abandoned. Mr. Alderman WOOD said he had no particular objection to the tax, but what he had heard ha that house. He thought the Isles of Scotland should be exempted from the tax, and he would make a motion on the subject ; and he would also make a motion to take from Scotland 200,0001, a year they note received as a drawback on malt which they never paid in duty, and which was in facts dead robbery on the coun try—the repeal of which drawback would make a substitute for the steam-tax. The noble lord should slow take off 700,0001. from salaries, otherwise he would greatly disep l eiint the public, and by making that reduction he would be enabled to take off the duty on glass, which would be a great benefit to the community by increasing employment. (Hear, hear.) Sir GEORGE CLERK returned his thanks to the honourable Al derman, for the care he took of Scotland, and begged to assure him that be should second both motions. (Hear.) He hoped the honour. ahle Alderman would extend his benevolence to Ireland, and he would be ale to find the same substitute there by the abolition of the draw back on hilt. Ile was toe more convinced by the discussion the :ruble lord's propositions bad received, that it was impossible to relieve the country by any commutatiou of taxes. This the honourable mem *ea fin Callingtou had said, and the attempt confirmed his opinion._ The noble lord had already given up the tax on the transfer of property, and now raid be was ready to make a great alteration in the Cape wine tax ; and when he saw a deputation that would wait on him on the lotion trade, be believed the noble lord would abandon the tax on =non. (Hear, hear.) Sir CHARLES BURRELL said he had received a letter from a steam-boat owner, greatly disapproving of the tax on steam.boats, and giving an opinion that e tax on the passage money at a fixed rate per cent. woulu be better than the mode proposed. He thought steam car riages were full as proper an object of taxation as stage-ouches. Sir CHARLES FORBES thought the noble lord was in danger of sharing the fate of the man and his ass, and by endeavouring to please every one to satisfy no one. He thought the tax on scam-boats fair and reasonable, and should give it his support. Mr. AsTELL hoped, as the noble lord was taking off the duty on slates, he would Age take off the duty un tilts, which was necessary, to prevent that manufacture being injured. The resolutions were agreed to, sad a bill ordered to be brought in by Lord Abhor!) and Mr. Spring Rice. Lord ALTHORP moved that a member (we could not hear the name) be added to the East India committee. Mr. ASTELL objected to any addition to the members of the Com mittee. Mr. HUME said he did not hear the name of the hon. member pea posed to be added to the committee, but thought it most extraordinary that the Chairman of the East India Company should object to any name being added, and he hoped the noble lord would persevere. The question was put and agreed to. Mr. k.V ANS moved that leave be given to bring in a bill to prevent the application of corporate funds to the return of members to serve in Parliament. Leave gi ven. Mr. O'GORMAN MAHON said it was not unnatural that, after the leave that was given, he should call the attention of the house to the conduct of the corporation of Dublin. He had a petition to resent from a person named Adcock, whose father and grandfather were freemen of Dublin, and who was entitled to his freedom: but being refused, was obliged to apply to the Court of King's Bench for a mandamus to ad. mit him to hisfreedom, which he obtained. He then paid his 'dads sioll fees, which the corporation pocketed, and then refused him his free. dom. The citizens complained that the persona sent here as represents. fives were merely the representatives of the delinquent corporation, and not of the people of Dublin. The petitioner had contended with the corporation at law for many years, but was obliged to relinquish his Id** ollestauf the meperados" I hmeimm to lamilseda mums of tight fetid* to it, they bests, Wei* Opaline who hal no d mho, bat piffigid thansehus at elestleme lir el leepwation andieitin. SHAW mid, whoa the dm. samba per notice at the prams. olds pilau, be (Mr. Shaw) asked Wm what it wee about. to the bon. awaits replied, " as matter what the peaden's =l B 7lll mom Iwo brass bows* yea sod me." (A lairgh.) He wasemom ffiwhim la Warn the ism is asPiff M a Po ad*, or a spook laMi suU mak ler the purpose if gratkaang a bran betwmowths hownombie .amber and himosiL Thme went aemr UN shams be Dabilkerimpahlog the pandpg lihaitsnts of M lisnsu WAITS)/ AN said, the radii eantalissl 'mighty ammatione whoa Wham& ; he would saw* whether Irtimafil be resolved by the boom The play *el deemed ffir a dhiffiso, bat the piles eras with. drawn, ind-sedes iI GTONmo (arils menooteden on'a faun M.& Led IBRIN mov4 dot a pad* ho Want* on Yd. t;rig sat osseplablog el the paean et bribery at the i b, O'GORMAN MAHON emenisil the wed*. Sir R. mous or iamb( *opl** etes kolloliott lobo hod no phew,* %Mita to esophla Mr the pratioWhigitt net oVitiore been pememted, and *MI. not be If Sto ON. was task reasirli dower should ham brought his chugs in time to be by the Dlrhose. . S. RICE thought the petition was a matter of public con. am and ought to be printed. Mr. HUME said the petition respected the public interest, and therefore should be printed. Mr. WILKS hoped the House would accede to the motion, sod allow the petition to be printed, CURTEIS thought there was no sufficient reason for printing the petidon.—(Bar, hear.) Lord EBRINGTON said, as the sense of the house appeared to be against printing the petition, he should withdraw his males. O'CORMAN MAHON said he could not coosillt tors min being withdrawn. The Hone. divided. Ayes, for printing the petition Noes, Majority against printing . - 17 PSTITIOW PROs. Lead .1. RUSSELL presented a petition from the inhabitants of Crete. claiming the inter feren ce of that House for eke posimaire. Mr. HUME asked how this petition could be roithrod, as it was from Turkish subjects? Lord .1. RUSSELL replied, that they auddmad disuassims Y. eluded in the treaty of 1827, which pulsated the The SPEAKER said if that fest nes4smad its form was objectionable ; it toilllMMllkl with • and concluded with appealing " to the reuwsu ad the lovers ell liberty, and the protectors of i. " they musk to appeal to the British nation through that Lord J. RUSSELL said, that under sea titoosserocoo he shield withdraw the petition. Mr. O'GORMAN MAHON regretted that the petition was to be withdrawn. France did not reject the petitions of foreigners. He hoped that the brave Poles would approach that House with their peel. dons, for England bad connived at the partition of Poland. Lord L. GOWER said, such petitions would be of very inconvenient tendency.—Petidon eventually withdrawn. Lord J. RUSSELL presented petitions from Wootton Bassett, Ac. for Parliamentary Reform ; also a petition from Huntingdon, for the repeal of the assessed tucs. Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER presented a petition from St. Martin's-In-the-Fields on the subject of the Vestries BBL Mr. HOBHOUSE said it would not affect that pariah as was imagined, as be should be enabled to show in the discussion =Monday, vote A MIT sanstaaus. Colonel DAVIS gave notice that, to-morrow be should move that the Army Estimates be for three mouths, instead of the usual period. lord L. GOWER prevented a petition from Ilagistrates of Galway respecting the kelp trade. Mr. 808/MUSE brought in the Bill to alter and amend the laws regarding apprentices In cotton-manu.actorles.—Read a first time. Adjourned at Half-r Myren o'clock. PANOItAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPI It E. LEEDS PATRIOT, FEB. 12. Mr. Marshall presided at the recent Reform meeting with the greatest candour to every one, and credit to himself. After a few n► canary and preliminary observations, the first resolution was proposed by Mr. Rawson, in a sensible and manly speech. We feel great plea. sure in recording this opinion of Mr. Rawsoo, and trust that hence forward he will diligently eschew Whiygery. It would be an invidious task to select specimens of the speeches, when all that were delivered were really excellent. The leaven of Ra dicalism seemed to have transformed the speakers into new men; but in justice to Mr. John Clapham we must allude to his address. It would have done credit, and very great credit, to any man, as it most samrsdlitild t? him. Mr. Richard speech was a good one, and was also exceedingly well delivered; but be did not confine himself to the subject metier of his resolution, which when resolutions are presented seriatim, invariably ought to be attended to. Come we now then to the address of Mr. Wailes. It was argumen tative, manly, and conclusive. The learned gentleman did not leave the and-ballot men one single resting place...be left them no means of escape. Perhaps Mr. Wailes's speech was more cheeringly received than any other, and it well deserved to be so. In the first pima it was :tally a good Kpeech, and well delivered ; and in the second place. it Is a glo rious thing in these times to see a lawyer uncontaminated with the srdal pleading of his profession, or the ambitious desire to please the powers that be, and throw himself with a real Englishman's fulness of heart amongst the people, to be the advocate not only of the r rights, but also of the rights of his fellow men in every quarter of the civilised world. Mr. Forms eloquently seconded Mr. Wailes, and introduced the following anecdote s—" But of all places he ever knew for corruption and bribery, was a borough a short distance from this town, namely, the borough of Knsresbro'. He would read to the meeting the era mlnadon of one of the free and Independent English voters for that borough, at the last election, when for the first time the rights of the inhabitants were fully tried and contested for. It was a specimen of the good old English practice which was handed to him the other day by a gentleman of the highest authority. It was the examination of one of the Duke of Devonshire's voters by Mr. Blanshard, counsel for the independent candidate, Mr. Entwistle, of Foxholes, near Roch. dale. They should bear the thing in all its naked deformity, for one fact was worth a hundred speculative opinions : Counsel.— What is your name ? Voter.—John W--. Counsel—Are you a burgage holder of Knaresbro'. Voter.—l am, Sir. Counsel—ln what street is your burgage property situate? Voter... 4 really, Sir, do not know. Counsel.—What sort of a house is this of your ? Voter.—(With a good deal of besitation).—Sir, I really never saw it. Counsel—What is the name of your tenant? Voter.—l really do not know. Counsel.—What is the rent of your house? Voter.—Sir, I do not know. Counsel—Did you ever receive any rent ? Voter.—No, Sir. CounseL—.Where do you live, Sir? Voter.—At Market Leighton, Sir. Counsel—How far may that be from Knaresbro'. Voter.—About forty miles. CounseL—By what right do you claim the ownership of burgage property in linaresbro' ? Voter—By this deed I hold in my hand. Counsel.—When did you get the deed ? Voter.—This morning, Sir. Counsel—When are you expeded to give it up? Voter.—This evening, I belkve. Counsel.—Now, then, John answer me fairly, have you ever even read that deed ? Voter.—No, Sir, I have not. Counsel—l shall ask you no more questions. Let them contrast the English mode with the method of voting by ballot, and how would the former sink iu the comparison. Would there then be any honest, sturdy English farmer, like this man, with his LOW acres, to ride forty or fifty miles to cheat the inhabitants of England out of their rights and, privileges ? (_L oud cheers.) Lusts Coax Maazrv .— We have had a very moderate supply of all grain to this day's market, and having a thin attendance of dealers, the trade has ruled dull ; in the value of wheat we note no alteration.— The best barleys obtain full as good prices ; but middling sorts are dull, and rather lower. Oats area halfpenny per stone dearer, and shelling one shilling per lad higher. In beans or other articles we note no alteration. Waxernars Coax MARKET, FRIDAY, 11.—Our arrivals today are very small A reduction of one shilling per quarter must be quoted on wheat of the finest descriptions, and more on second and infe rior sorts. Barley, cats, and shelling are fully as dear. Beans steady, as also other articles. AfARR/ED.--Thomas Webb, Esq. of the firm of Messrs. Swine and Webb, merchants, Huddersfield, to Mary, eldest daughter of Peter , Rymer, Esq. DIED.-63. Mrs. Shepherd, wife of T. Shepherd, asq. of Pontefract. CHELTENHAM CHRONICLE, FEB. 17. Assivat.s.—Count Soholsk!, Si: Richard and Lady Phillips, Mr S. Slay, CoL Powell, M.P. Col. Eyes, Major Chalmers, Rev. Mr. Assow, Mr. Coulson, Captain Anstice. At a Osrand M of the Wallas Manufacturers of the County cif ok o w eetor , geef e Wl Esq. in the Chair. it wee Resolveli, Thol the ummtheineses of this essoty deeply intersited is th e jidee ei Mel ; waif op Male dime i t s generator eflpower, w e e on lied to mai so Maps' simpra with the mem.• a t h e North, wile Arab It at a pulse ill° per amt. lam than ourselves : tide Mi meos. ht the oniegibr thal opemis_s se a lend tax, tends to di. odoielf pithy , to brew yogis, male impels the nosesseM implem ent of marital - in the al awl oraglommelthileure of this aunty. " Th a lami se we sew, en the very precincts of the Flinn of Dam, le theeltifera with of coal, we feel convinced that we esenimmeraste with its proximity: we ad. Z i t al widens of t di th wil :TE prien of Tweet coal, the striking face, t h et theiffinishbe end Mawr& wit = i yidd mu markets a large p ro , portico of their supply , not the heavy transit charg es ne . mustily resuldigm a conveys's@ baady one hundred miles. This shapely of obtaining so bulky es odds item such a distance, whilst raisin coal is produced, as it was, ebbed we ewe very thresholds, we ascribe entirely to the notorious monopoly which prevails amongst the coal-mamas of the Forest, and the high rate of charge which their rail roads exact. " That the projected Steam Carriage Road from Foxes Bridge, i n the Forest of Dean to Parton Pill, whilst it opens to the market a ran district of oral hitherto inaccessibk, secures to the public in its maximum charge, a considerable diminution as compared with the present Rail. roads ; but that this saving is a mere trifle compared with the advan tages which we may reasonably expect to derive, front opening the en . the coal works of the forest. GURNEY'S &roam Cratamort....-Curiosity VW on the tiptoe on Monday last, in consequence of an announcement that the new steam intended to run between this town and Gloucester, would be carriagett e xhibited at the Mootpellies Spa. A large concourse of people the walks during the middle of the day to enjoy so novel a t, and the carriage, which was affixed to the engine, was filled with and gentlemen during several journies round the drives. The experiment May be considered as completely succeseful, sod we understand it will I Non be permanently established on the road. If we may judge from is speed the first time it arrived front Gloucester, though by no means impelled at the rate it is capable of maintaining, that distance will be ed in about three quarters ofan hour. Mr. George Webb all has purchased thirty saes of land adjoining his estate in this county, far the putpose of enabling his more humble talents to procure a small portion of garden at the same cost as theh richer neighbours. To every gentleman of landed property, we would ay—" go, and do thou likewise,* The Cheltenham Petition in favour of Parliamentary Reform, which ha already received upwards of 1,000 signatures, will be forwarded to Lord Aldtorp on Dlonday next. Lest week Petitions against the Tithe System were presented to Par. &mem from Almondsbury, Yate, Horton, Old Sodbury, and other r OM in this county. In the House of Commons, on Wednesday, Sir B. W. Guise presented Petitions from Stroud, against the House and Window Tax, and from Chipping Sodbray, in favour of Reform. Geoncrstan TRITE Burs Ceus.—Tee Annual Meeting of this Club was held at the Bell Hotel, in this city, on Friday the 4th inst. under the presidency of R. W. Johnson, Raq. There were present on the occasion R. Bransby Cooper, W. Goodrich, Wm. Cother, Thos. Davis, Chas. Church, J. A. Whitcomb; Esqn. the Rev. R. Halifax and R. Jermyn Cooper, Ae. &c. and other influential gentlemen of this city. The late fall of snow, succeeded as it was by thaw and heavy rain, occasioned a most extensive inundation in the low lands in this district within reach of the Severn. Those parts of this city adjacent to the river were completely under water, and much inconvenience was expe. rimed by the inhabitants, but we have nut as yet heard of any serious =or loss of life. For seve ra l days travelling was very much im. wing to the flooded state of the roods. The Milford mail, which ought to have reached this city before five o'clock on Wednesday Assess, did not arrive here till nearly twelve hours after its time. It motional several delays on the road, one of which woe of the most S is abott " tte m s;ilts j on this ill !d a e l° o D f ig =ta, th e whee sea the llibire.alge in akar well in such a manner that advance is retreat was at the moment impracticable. The flood was rising rapidly at the time, and the four horses turning round, were swept over into the stream and all drowned, whilst yet attached to the Mail. The chymiana employed by the' Board of liaise have been for tome time engaged in a course of experiments for the discovery of a test by which the presence of certain mineral poimem mtuel in malt liquors might be detected, and Lore we are assured, bees completely successful. DISPENSARY BALL:I0 no former publicatisithas a mar pleasing duty devolved upon us, than to record the complete success of the =fancy and full dress ball on Thursday lest. at the Assembly The use of that splendid establishment was gratuitously if. forded by , the spirited and liberal propdsew be th e Welt of the hospi. tat; and we were truly rejoiced to see that the Inning et &shies, and the bPitign With u, e of dunity, on this munden, woos hoM in band.— Such wan the interest invited in favour of the Insdhaties, am the large room was literally crowded with the rank, bias% sail iiiiiinwomef Cheltenham and its neighbourhood, while the straraithe et the OND. mittee and Mr. Marshall, M. C. were emegissowe wed earewrittiog throughout. ASSENBLY ROOMS.—The Subscription Ball, on Monday lest, was attended by a numerous assemblage of rank, beauty t and fashion ; indeed, such is the spirit with which these elegant sad pepaler amass. meats have been supported, that we do not exceed the bounds of truth in stating, that even the summer series of balls has not received more encouragement, or infused more gaiety into the refined pleasures of le beau monde. We are happy to announce that the enclosure of the New Burial place, wh 4 ch contains an area of upwards of three acres, is now com pletely finished; and from the efficient character of the Committee which has been appointed, we hope a chapel will shortly be built for t he performance of the funeral service, conspicuous for taste, swayful. e ra, and economy. EXETER ALFRED, FEN. 15. A public meeting for reform was held at the Guildhall, Barnstaple, on Saturday sennight, which was attended by about 260 persons. John Erq. was called to the chair, after which several gentlemen ad dressed the meeting, and a petition was adopted. Mr. Symes, of Ilton,dug from his garden last week a peck of very fine new potatoes. They are of a peculiar sort, and with - Industry and care may be dug throughout the year. The contract for wheat at the Victualling-office was taken on Friday, as follows s—Mr. Linden, 600 qrs. at 765. Mr. Frain, 300 qrs. at 70s. Mr. Boswarva, qrs at 78s. 6d. NEWTON ABBOTT, Fan. 12.—0 n Friday last the inhabitants of Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel bald a meeting, for the purpose of petitioning the legislature for a Reform in the House of Commons, which was numerously and respectably attended-1116d. Turner, Esq. Portreeve in the Chair when resolutions were adopted unanimensly, in accordance with the under-mentioned petition " That your petitioners are deeply and anxiously impressed with alarm at the unparalleled distrets.d state of this once happy, prosperous, l a nd flourishing country. " That, in the opinion of your petitioners, these evils, and many others, which have long afflicted this country, have been produced by the wasteful expenditure of public money, by the enormous expenses Incurred by long and unnectssaiy wars, and by the expenses of support. big, unnecessarily, a large standing army during fifteen years of undis ' curbed peace ; and by the extravagant and unmerited salaries, sinecures, and pensions, paid to public men, their wives, their daughters, and re lations; which evils never could have arisen had the people been fairly and fully represented in Parliament." PARRIED. —John Saxon Esq. to Mary Hyde. eldest daughter of the late Captain Edward Kend all, R.N. of Ipplepen—the Rey. P. Phill. potts, fellow of Ring's college, Cambridge, to Mary Henry Penelope, oral daughter of the late U. Hughes, Esq. of Grovesend, IRD.—At St. Ives, Thomas Tremeanse, esq. aged 50 years, one of the aldermen and comptroller of the customs of that place—at Pen ranee, Mrs. Rawlings, wife of Captain Rawlings, and sister of George John, Esq. of that place—Mrs. Padden, wife of Capt. Paddon, R.N— Major Charles Moss, royal artillery, son of Captain Moss , R.N. who was killed in the battle of Cor s i: m gen—at the New London Inn, Exeter, Au us Von Gravels .an cal is the Prussian weir s . The d arrived at the above se on the 2d of August, from Falmouth, to which place he had come by the packet from Lisbon—at !tinplate, Joseph Whiteway, Esq. ag ed 61—at Dawliah, Mrs. Wey mouth, relict of the late John Weymouth, Esq. I • 7. , It :, 1 , s. A: I k 7 COAL-EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. In consequence of the intended abandonment of duty on " sea-borne coals," only seven new ships have entered the port of London since Wed nesday l ast; but a considerable number are lying near Gravesend. The Coal Exchange was thinly attended. Ships arrived during the month During the week Best Welland Coals S4s Gd 43s Od tither aorta Ships at Market. 41. •• The Proprietors of THE Braa, with a view to contribute th eir mite in aid of the various great questions now pending, make • lea/tor of their column, to insert Resolutions of Public Meetings at HALF HEIR USUAL MODERATE RATE OF CHARGE, Wad as 7MR STAR is in established circulation throughout the United Kingdom, the ad' vantages of suck reciprocal consastaileations between Ful:k Wits must be obvious. The copy of suck resolution, may either be sent per post, or through the Printers of local Newspapers.—ln the Pomo. valuta. skew its oonsnottlienting on January 1, will be found the bat. and often the only account of the prareedhigs of such Meetings, 'thigh has appeared in any London Paper. ............. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-DIORRO"• doming •H. fix. I Afternoon ... Lowoow Ptinuel and rubliabed by JOHW MAYNE, at dal Stan Orricz, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar.