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THE GENERAL ELECTION. MEMBERS RETURNED. Dover —Right Hun. C P. Thompson and R. H. Stanhope, R.N. Pottenouth, April29—.J. B. Carter and F. T. Baring, Rum. Nishton. April 29.—Quintin Dick, Esq. and T. B. Lennart', Esq Wallingford, April 29.—C01. Hughes and R. Knight, Raq. Brackley, April 29 —R. H. Bradshaw and Capt. James w Nottingha. - a, April 29.—Sir Ronald Ferguson and Sir Thos. Denman Milb , nne Port, April 29.—Geo. S. Byng and Richard L. Skied Hereford, April 29.—Lord Humor and E. B. Clive, Esq. Abingdon, April 29.—John Maberly, Esq. t'ir,:ncester, April 29.—Lord Apaley and J. Crippa, Esq. Lichfield, April 29.—Gen. Sir G. Anson, Sir E. D. Scott, Bart. 'd'endorer, April 29.—Sam. Smith and Abel Smith, Esqrs Cambridge (Borough), April 29.—Marq. Graham and Lt..CoL Trench Amershani, April 29.—T. T. Drake, Eact. and W. T. Drake, Esq. Marlborough, April 29.—T. H. S. U. k.stcourt, Esq. and W. J. lankee, q. Pull, April 28.—Georgc Schonswar, Esq. and Wm. B. Wrightson, FA. Hastings, April 29.—Frederick North, Faq. and J. Asky Warm, 3s,b Hontham, April 29.—Earl of Surrey and N. W. R. Colborne, Esq. Ikaord (Borough), April 29.—Wm. H. Whidaread, Esq. and Fred. Romney, April 29.—Sir E. C. Daring, Bart. and William Ml*, & C., (l. nterhury, April 29 —butt. R. Watson and Lord Fordwich. Whitcharch (llama), April 29. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. and Hon. 11. G. P. Townahend. _ _ _ -- Witichiltes, April 29.—John Williams, Esq. and Dr. S. Lusk !Voile -clel, April 29.—tord D. C. Stuart and Alderman John Atkins. Itc:chinglcy, April 29.—Charles Tennyson, Esq. and the Hon. Geo. Portogby. Huhicintre, April 29.—Right Hon. Samuel Beckett and William Holmes, E‘q. Lewes, Aptil 29.—T. R. Kemp, Esq. and Sir C. R. Blunt, Bart. S!. Albans, April 29.—Sir Fras. Vincent and Mr. Godson. Wintisor.—Hon. E. Stanley, and John Rantsbottotn, Esq. Hindon.--John Wayland and James Stanley. U‘Alford.—W. H. Whitbread and F. Polhill, Esqrs. London—Aldermen Waithman, Wood, Thompson, and Venables. Preston—O. Wood and H. Hunt, Esqrs. Southwark—W. Brougham and C. Calvert, Rags. :::eyning—G. R. Phillips and B. Blount, Esqrs. Whitchurch (Hants) —Sir J. Scott, Bart. and Honourable H. H. P. Townshend. _ . Chipping Wycombe—Sir Thomas Baring and the Hon. Robt. John Smith. York— S. A. Bayntun, Esq. and the lion. T. Dundas. Bath—Lord John Thynne and Oen. Palmer. Rochester—Ralph Bernal and F. Mills, &qrs. BorouglibridgeSir C. Wetherell and M. Attwood, Esq. STATE OF POLLS. Rye, April 29.—CoL Et on'. 4 ; Pusey, 3 ; Pemberton, 3; Eimlth,2. Hertford (Town) April 29.—T. 8. Duucombe, 436 ; Currie, 396 ; Lord Ingcstrie, 354. Newark, April 30, S;" o'Clock.—Wllde, 762; Handley 672; Oresley, 536. Guinn), April 29.—C. F. Norton, 73; James Mangles, 2; 0. H. Sinner, 53; C. B. Wall, 43. 8. ton, April 29.—John, Wilkes, 207 ; G. J. Heathcuw, 200 ; N. Malcolm, Esti. 42. Shaftesbury, April 30, ht Day—F. C. Knowles,2s ; D. Trent, 25; 2. Penrityn, 9 ; Mabcrly, ll. Warwick, April 30, half-put five—John Thames, 223; Bolton King, 199 ; Sir C. Greville, WO. Yarmouth, April 30—Anson, 748 ; Rumbold, 748 ; Colville, 503 ; Miss, 497. Qaecnborough, April 29—Capt. Dundas, of the Prince Regent, hu onrossed the borough this day. Easter—Buller, 721 Buck, 539 ; Divett, 366. Norwich—Gurney, 1,944 ; Grant, 1,940; Wetherell, 792; Sadler, :31. Stafford—Campbell 100; Giaborne, 85; Hawkes, 81. Coventry—Ellice 473; Buller, 459; Fyler, 164. Hindon, April 29:—Weyland, 103 ; Stanley, 99; Twits, 21. We are happy to observe that the patriotic Baronet, Sir Godfrey Webster, has been invited to stand for Chi . nester, J. Smith, the late member, being a candidate foi Buckinghamshire. The other candidates are J. A. Smith, from Midhurst, and Lord A. Lennox; but the people resent the attempt to devote them to family in terests. James Lyon, Esq. of Dallington, has joined Sir R. Gut ting, in his desperate contest for the town of Northampton. They are opposed in the Reform Interest by Sir G. Robin son and R. Vernon Smith, Esq. who are very popular. Lord Althorp is so popular, that several towns and pa ifhcs have agreed to a paper like the following, for Wel :ing4orough ' Having viewed with satisfaction the honourable and steady manner in vitich our %coldly and respected representative, the Right Honour. aMe Lnrd Althorp, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has, with his Col leatto,:k. brought forward and supported this great measure, calculated to kettle the question of Parliamentary Reform, which has long, from the resistance of its opponents, divided the country with so much ran. eirous feeling, feel ourselves bound thus publicly to avow our deter mination to promote by our votes and interest, free of expense, the :lection of his Lordship, in conjunction with some other independent nobleman or gentleman, who will pledge himself to support the great cause of reform anti retrenchment. ' The returns of opponents are as follows; the two Smiths for S. Smith's Wendover, which the bill will disfranchise. The two Drakes for their Amersham, which is to lose a member. Messrs. Beckett and Holmes for Lord Lonsdale's Haslemere, which !s to he disfranchised. The two members for the Corporation •of Cambridge, under his Grace the Duke of Rutland, which is to be thrown open.— open. The two members for Lord Ailesbnry's Marlborough, , which is to lose a member. And the two nominee members for Whitchurch, which is to be disfranchised. Miles is, of course, returned by Lord Londonderry for New Romney, which is to be disfranchised: and Dick for Maldon, which loses a member. The other three are Atkins for Arundel, %% filch loses a member, and Lords Apsley and Eastnor, for the Corporations of Cirencester and Hereford. What a farce ! Such things the realm of England ! Such men the 3 oleyuardians of its constitution ! . Paget and his friends were on Thursday canvassing the town and neighbourhood of Loughborough; Bags are hoisted,with the inscriptions " Paget and Reform," " GOD -are the King," &c. ‘Ve are authorized to contradict the report, that Sir John Rod's carriage was broken by the Dover people. No such occurrence took place. The triumph of the cause was as , •:de:ly as it was complete. liontlay morning Sir John Shelley's address to the elec. !ois of Lewcs appeared in the Lewes Journal, in which the hm. baronet stated his anticipation of " the honor of being .;::in returned by a triumphant majority." Scarcely was the paper above referred to published, when the committee of John, who bad assembled at the house of the Misses Shelley, were informed by Lady Shelley that her lord had declined contesting the borough. This announcement caused rheas inconceivable mortification. The news soon spread like lightning through the borough, and was bailed with accla mation. A band paraded the town, and the general satis faction at Sir John's resignation was evident on almost every countenance. The gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood of South •aell, oil becoming acquainted with the retirement of Ad miral Sotheron, assembled with laudable promptitude, in the Justice-room, on ‘londay last. At this meeting Mr. Deni son delivered a clear and satisfactory exposition of his pnu riples and objects, adverting pointedly to the grand question .)f parliamentary retortn, with which the public attention is .1:W intensely occupied. At the conclusion of his address, 4 resolution was passed, declaring, "That John Evelyn Denison, Esq. v. as, in the opinion of the meeting, a fit and proper person to be chosen one of the parliamentary repre sentatives of the county of Nottingham." After an expres .4en of general approbation, the meeting was then dissolved, a pledge of re-assembling, in case any third candidate should make his appearance, for the purpose of exerting Personally their utmost endeavours to ensure the triumphant success of Mr. Denison. GENERAL ELECTION. WORCESTER, SATURDAY Evzx IDIGi.The anti-re-' former (Fitzroy), has made his retreat, seeing that the free men of this city were determined to return their old members. It is generally believed that Capt. Spencer will be returned for the county with Mr. Foley. YARMOUTH, SATUDDAY,MAY I.—On the close of the poll on Friday evening, majority in favour of reform, '219. Saturday evening five o'clock, close of the poll, majority for I l reform, 251. Messrs. Colville and Bliss left Yarmouth this morning at five o'clock. SHAFTESBURY, SATURDAY NIGUT.---The Shaftesbury election commenced on Saturday the 30th. The candidates' are Col. Maherley and Mr. Penrhyn, as the nominees of the Earl Grosvenor ; and Messrs. Knowles and)). Trent on the independent interest. These four gentlemen all profess to be reformers, but the electors think it inconsistent for reformers to be borough nominees, and consequently Messrs. Knowles and Trent are the popular candidates. On the show of hands, the majority in favour of these latter gentle men was overwhelming ; and, at the close of the day's poll, the numbers were for Mr. Knowles 26, Mr. Trent 25, Col. Maberley 10, Mr. Penrhyn 9, being a majority of 16 for Mr. Knowles, and 15 for Mr. Trent. These symptoms are considered as a prelude to certain victory to the real re formers, (of which the independent interest is exclusively composed,) are consequently in high spirits. The feelings against the Earl Grosvenor's interest has greatly increased since the last general election, owing to his having served forty of his tenants with ejectments and notices to quit, for not having then voted as his agents ordered them. NORTHUMBERLAND.—(Private Letter.)—Without ex aggeration, there is really an enthusiastic feeling in favour of the grand question of reform, in all parts of this exten sive county. It is true, Mr. Bell says he will persevere in a contest : his best friends admit, however, that he has not the smallest chance of success in opposing the popular can didates, Mr. Beaumont and Lord Howick. At Hexham, at ° Shields, at Alnwick— every where the cry is," Support the reform candidates; and no doubt they will be supported as they deserve. Mr. Beaumont (accompanied by Mrs. B.) arrived here the day before yesterday, and Lord Howick is expected in a day or two. His Lordship's address to the freeholders of Northumberland has appeared, and gives uni versal satisfaction to the friends of reform. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APR. 30.—(Private Letter.) —This Morning Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. and John Hodg son, Esq. were returned members for Newcastle by the burgesses. Having both raised their voices in the senate in favour of reform, they were loudly cheered in the Guildhall, when theyseverally adverted to that fact in their speeches to the assembled burgesses. Dr. Headlam was the proposer of Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. and in the address which he delivered, he gave a very able and eloquent sketch of the present state of the country, calling upon all who wished well to that country. and revered the King and the Consti tution, to support that constitution by providing " a pure representation of the people ; " which could only be done by sending to Parliament th o se honest members who, by their previous votes, had shown a determination to uphold the rights and privileges of the people. And in this respect the hon. baronet on his left band (Sir M. W. Ridley) had a strong claim upon them, for the truly independent and pa triotic manner he had on all occasions spoken his sentiments in the Commons House of Parliament. (Great applause.) Mr. Alderman Sorsbie briefly seconded the motion. After which Sir M. W. Ridley rose, and in a speech which em braced a variety of details explained his conduct in Perlis !lament during the late short but important session, the whole of which wee most favourably received. The Mayor of Newcastle (Archibald Reed, Esq. proposed J. Hodgson, Esq. as a fit and proper person to represent the burgesses in Parliament. The Mayor paid a high and well-merited com pliment to Mr. H. for the great attention he had devoted to the interests of his constituents, and to the country at large, by supporting those important measures which had been submitted to Parliament during the late session. The Mayor's address was very loudly applauded. Mr. H. Lamb seconded the nomination, observing that Mr. Hodgson, by his conduct in Parliament, had already great claims upon them. He (Mr. Hodgson) was in the prime of life, strongly imbued with business habits, and of great and persevering iudub iry ; so that, with his liberal principles and enlight ened mind, be (Mr. H. Lamb) might congratulate his brot'aer burgesses on the acquisition of such a man as their representative in these eventful times. (Great applause.) On Mr. Hodgson's rising the cheering was very loud. The honourable gentleman proceeded to give a very detailed statement of his conduct in the house during the late session. His address (and it is saying but little) was listened to with extreme attention, and freqnently during its delivery, he was greeted with the loudest applause. After the Sheriff had signed the return, according to form, the meeting (which was extremely numerous) broke up; and the two members were chaired round the town, conformably to ancient custom. The pleasing events of the day are to be celebrated by the members dining with their friends in the evening. It was intended that it should be a joint dinner, both the members dining at one house ; but, owing to some mistake on the part of Sir M. W. Ridley's committee, the old custom was departed from, and the honourable baronet and his friends commemorate the Newcastle election at the Turk's Head Inn, while Mr. Hodgson and bis friends do the same thing at the Crown and Thistle Inn. Gen. Gascoyue, Lord Lowther, and other anti-reformers, were burnt in effigy at Carlisle on Friday night. The reform candidates had made a triumphant entry into the city. PILESTON.—After the members and their nominators had addressed the meeting, Mr. Hunt asked for a show of hands on this question, whether the electors were satisfied with the whole of his conduct. In the body of the ball, there was only one hand held up in the negative. PEN a Ywn—Mr. Freshfield, the late member, and Mr. Stewart, who was an unsuccessful candidate at the last elec tion, are canvassing this borough. Sir C. Lemon having withdrawn, Mr. Weeding's friends are canvassing for him, that gentleman not being in the county. There are five candidates for Wigan :—J. Hodson Kears ley, Esq. one of the late members, who voted against the reform bill ; the Hon. Mr. Wilbraham, also an anti-reformer; Ralph Thickness (the banker) James Hardcastle, and Rich ard Potter, Esqrs. who are all in favour of reform. The election is fixed for Wednesday next. AsneuaToN.—Ashburton contested by Col. TOITeDB, a reformer, against Sir L. Palk, and we are proud to under stand that Lord Clinton has broken that coalition that in former times has crushed the independence of the people. OAKHAMPTON.—At Oak hampton, we are sorry to say the Savile interest has determined on sending two Tories. The electors have been accustomed to receive illl each for their votes, and the majority of the voters are not above a bribe SHOREHAM.—This election will take place to-morrow (Tuesday), when Sir C. M. Burrell. Bart. and Henry Howard, Esq. are expected to be again returned without the least opposition. SUISEX.—Our County Election will take place on Friday next, at Chichester, and as both the present candidates, Lord J. G. Lennox, and H. B. Curteis, Esq. are reformers, they will, we hope, be returned without opposition. Out of the twenty-eight members. to be returned for this county, it is pretty certain that TWIIIITY reformers will be elected ! GENERAL ELECTION. ESSEX —The county of Essex has for ages been regarded as one of the strong holds of Toryism ; its subdivision into 406 parishes gives it a strong clerical influence,and at the late general election the Tory candidate was placed at the head of the poll, after ono of the closest contests at any place in the united kingdom, the poll having been kept open to the latest hour allowed by law, viz.-15 days, during which .5,318 freeholders polled, about 600 of whom were resident in, or connected with the metropoils. The mutual good feeling which at present exists individually between the members of the two committees of Mr. Wellesley and Mr. Western, in con junction with good feeling, good sense, and public principle of the freeholders at large, is such as to insure a common interest for those two gentlemen, and the result of the votes, in the event of a poll, may be stated as follows, viz. For Mr. WESTERN. The whole of his last plumper ... Ditto of his split votes with Tyrell 1514 Diuo with Wellesley ...... ........ ... ..... •• • • 457 ___ And of Mr. Wellesley's lea ..... •• • • • 1500 Total for Mr. Western.. 4054 Foe Ih. WELLESLEY. The whole of last plump er - - 163 R . . Ditto of his 6plit votes With Mr. Western - - 457 Ditto ditto with Colonel Tyrell - . 200 - Of Mr. Western's 583 - - 500 And out of the 1514 who voted for Western and Tyra], at least - . . - . 500 Total for Mr. Wellesley - - 3331 Whilst Mr. TyreWs totality of votes at the last election will be reduced at least 1,000, leaving his numbers below 1,700, with a probability of its not being half that amount ; but Mr. Tyrell, his committee, and friends, will doubtless be too discreet to expose their weakness by the test of a pall. A series of resolutions were adopted at a meeting oft Kentish freeholders, held at Bromley on Saturday last. The freeholders, having a Bank Director for their chairman, de clared that Sir E. Knatcbbull, by his conduct on the reform question, has forfeited their confidence ; and, with a spirit worthy of the cause, solemnly pledged themselves to use every exertion, at their own expense, for securing the elec tion of Messrs. Hodges and Ryder, the reform candidates. TOTN£B.—At Totnes, Dartmouth, Beeralston, Plympton, and the other close boroughs, we feel the chains that en shackle us, and the curse which we seek to avert. How ITON.—At Honiton the contest will be severe—the faction seek to eject their valuable Member, Mr. Guest, the man who has sought to relieve the country from its burthens, and prevent corruption, is not, at Honiton, the man for many of the electors. The system of corruption that has so long I characterised this borough, aan see no evils in corruption on a larger scale. There are, however, many independent men there, and we trust they will feel their influence over the good sense of the people, which should make them duly ap preciate the services of such a man as Mr. Guest. THE 1 3COTECTIONS. The following, so far as we have yet learned, is the state of the present election contest in the counties and burghs : COUNTIES. ABERDEEN.—The Hon. Captain Gordon, voted against the reform bill. No opponent. Argyll.—Mr. Campbell, of Shawfield, in favour of the bill. No opponent. Berwick.—Hon. Captain Maitland against the bill. No opponent. Caithness and Bute—Mr. Sinclair, of Ulbeter, believed to be in favour of reform. No opponent. DUMFRIES—Mr. H. Johnston, in favour. No opponent. ELGIN AND MORAY—Hon. Colonel Grant, against. No opponent. FORYAR—Hon. Mr. Menlo, in favour. No opponent. INVERNESS—Right Hon. Charles Grant, in favour ; Colonel Baillie, against. KINCARDINE—Hon. General Arbuthnot, against. No opponent. KINROSS AND CLACIMANN AN snlzz—No candidate yet started. Late member, Hon. Col. Abercromby, in favour of reform. LINLITHGOW—Sir Alex. Hope, against. No opponent. ORKNEY—Mr. Trail, the late member, in favour, ex pected to stand. Ross—Keenly contested by Sir F. Mackenzie of Gair loch and Mr. Mackenzie of Seafortb, in favour; and Mr. Mackenzie of Kilcoy, against. St; ER LA D—No candidate yet announced. We are of opinion that Aberdeen, Ayr, Berwick, Edin burgh, Elgin, Kincardine, Lanark, Linlithgow, Peebles, Perth, Roxburgh, and Selkirk, in all 12 counties,will return members hostile to the bill ;—that seven, namely, Cromarty, Dumbarton, Fife, Haddingtoo, Kirkcudbright, Kinross, and Ross, are doubtful, and that the remaining 11 will send up supporters. DISTRICT OT BURRIS. EDINIIVIIG/IThe Lord Advocate in favour of the bill; Mr. R. A. Dundas, against it. Dumbarton, &c. contested by Mr. Dixon, advocate, Mr. Campbell Blythswood, and Mr. Kirkman Finlay. NAIRN, &c.—Mr. Bruce of Kinnaird has secured his seat, having the votes of Nairn and Forres. ELozw, &c.—Major Leith Hay, in favour. ABERDEEN, &c.—Captain Ross, in favour; Sir James Carnegie, against. PRRTH, &c.—The Lord Advocate sure of his election. No opponent as yet started. KILKENNY, &c.—Mr. Johnstone, jun. of Rennyhill, in favour ; Mr. Marsham, against. KIRIRLDT, &c.—Mr. Ferguson of Reith's election sure. Lord Loughborough is said to have just started. STIRLING, &c.—tlr. Johnston of Straitou, in favour. Election sure. SELKIRK, &c.—Mr. Gillon, in favour; Mr. Monteith, against. JEDEURGII, &c.—Mr. Stewart of Alderston, in favour; A. J. Dalgleish, against. We are authorised to state, that Provost Dunlop yesterday withdrew all opposition to Mr. Stewart of Alderston's return, and that the Town Council of Haddington are now unanimous in favour of that gentle man Mr. Stewart ins also secured Jedburgh. DUMFRIES, &c.—General Shairp, in favour; Mr. K. Douglas, against. The following gentlemen have announced themselves as rival candidates for county representation in Scotland, viz. Mr. Blair of Blair, and Mr. Oswald of Auchincruive, for Ayr; Mr. Morison of Auchintoul and Mr. Ferguson of Pit-; four, for Banff; Col. Douglas and Mr. Maxwell of Polloc, for Lanark ; Lord M. W. Graham and Mr. Colquhoun of Killermont, for Dumbarton ; Capt. Wemyss of Wemysa and Col. Lindsay of Balcarras, for Fife ; Sir David Baird, Mr. J. T. Hope of Luffness, and M. Balfour of Whittingham, for Haddington; Mr. Pringle of Whitbank, Mr. Lockhart, younger, of Borthwickbrae, and Mr. Johnson of Alva, for Selkirk ; Mr. R. C. Ferguson of Craigdarroch and Mr. Forbes of Callendar for Kirkcudbright; Mr. H. F. Scott and Sir Wm. Scott, for Roxburgh ; Admiral Fleming and Mr. Ramsay of Barnton, for Stirling. The following have again offered themselves, and no opposition yet announced, viz.—Sir George Clerk for Edinburgh ; Mr. W. F. Camp bell for Argyll; Sir M. Shaw Stewart for Renfrew ; Sir George Murray for Perth •, Sir George Montgomery for Peebles ; Mr. Hathorn of Castlewigg for Wigton ; and Mr. Macleod of Cadbell for Cromarty. The Landgravine of Hems Homberg, and a select party, dined with the Princess Augusta on Saturday. WHY AND BECAUSE.-Nu. VI. FOR THE STAR. f In imitation to( Blair e 121retentary Tract on General Nairn:ledge) War arc the borough proprietors now so obanxittuv a seeing that their system is not of recent date? 13Ecausr. it is only within the last hundred years, that. the systew fell into a train of operation, which served the proprietors at the expense of the pt °plc. and only within the laa forty yews that the operations of the system pm ceeded in such an accelerated ratio as ultimately to devour all industry, and extinguish the hopes of in‘hlitry Wftv did the system begin to operate perniciously n•ithb, a century, seeing that the rotten b.)romqh:: !trit anti:mien( ? BF.CAUSL the monetary resources of Goverumei.t were definite till the invention and introduction of the fuuding system; but the indefinite powers which that system gave Ministers of rewarding their adherents, led to tl.e organi zation of a subordinate system of patronage and bribery, which had no check hut an obtuse sense of decency, and no limit but the power of the people to pay taxes. Wily has so disastrous a system been arres►ed of this time ? BECAUSE it was fo:inil impracticable to increase the amount of taxation, which et•en aided by paper money, had a limit in its credit ; while it appears that without paper the taxes could:nbt be collected without seizing on capitals, in- • stead of merely taking them from profits. TL•c system had reached its limit, and could not be continm.ed without con• scantly increasing the means of corruption, which was ' found to be impossible. The majority of one year aliserbeil for life all the current means of Government, and then the majority of the next year made new demands, which could not be satisfied. Hence the numerous changes of admi nistration, and the apathy in regard to the snfferin"•s of trade and industry. Pam liament was insatiable, and the Minister could not extort more from the people. The sy ,- tem had worn itself out.' Wit was the paper-nionry, which grew up with the funding-system, and which was its instrumeitt, se sud denly destroyed? BECAUSE the system wa.i in ignorant hands, arid the Ministers of the day in enjoyment of princely salaries, awl besotted by the facility with which the system worked, imagined they might with impunity cut away the founda tions which superficially considered were factitious, though part only of a factitious system of funding effected by paper, and sustained by taxes on profits made out of riper prices. Wny did not Parliament correct the errors of tie Mi nister ? BECAUSE theta is confusion ins multitude of councillors —because a mere majority is no test of truth—because h large assemblies there are few thinkers—because some vices and accidents of the system, of easy correction, were treated as essentials,—and because mobs of men, whether in St. Stephen's Chapel or in Palace-yard, in the tapestry chamber or in the gaming -house, rush in crowds in the train of a leader, especially in that of a Minister who disperses golden patronage and honours among his followers. Wit v did not the men of sense in Parliament arrest the pernicious career of tlw Minister? BECAUSE the general opposition was divided into two parties—those who wished the system to work as long as it could, and who thought that paper-money under regu lation might sustain the system for an indefinite period, constituting the actual minority ; and those who abetted the Minister, because they hated the funding-system and ab horred the practices of corrupt patronage which it sustained, and these therefore swelled the beguiled ministerial party. Wiry have such general improvements in the face of tie country attended the funding system, and so much misery been simultaneously suffered by the middling and labouring classes? BECAUSE the funding system mortgages all the property and future industry of the country, which are assessed in taxes for the interest of the sums borrowed ; and then the expenditure of these sums, so raised, effects a display of public improvement, and of patronizing luxury in those who directly or indirectly enjoy the loans. Then the holders of land, and other property of the first necessity, are enabled to raise their prices, so as to indemnity themselves against the interest, or taxes, which increase of rice affects the mass of consumers, the middling and lower classes, who in consequence pay all the taxes, and, having no means of indemnifying themselves, have so severely suffered as to demand with one voice a change of so unjust and oppres sive a system. Wu Y is it expected that a reformed parliament will correct these evils? BECAUSE it is to be presumed that a body of representa tives of real electors, more frequently chosen, will not, from respect to those who choose them, dare to barter their votes for ministerial patronage ; therefore that patronage will no longer be necessary to obtain votes in support of measures for the public welfare—therefore that funding and high taxes will not be necessary to sustain establishments of all kinds for the- mere sake of patronage. Therefore that the public policy of the government trill not be controlled by majorities to create jobs, places, and appointments—in fine, therefore, that common sense and patriotism wilt govern the decisions of Parliament, and the executive Int free to pursue, fcr their own sake, all measures for the public good. WHY has the rotten borouyh system so exclusively favoured the system of bartering votes for latronage ? BECAUSE members who paid a price for their seats sere uuder no moral responsibility for their conduct, as they would have been to the free voices of inde; endont electors; ticause it would be reaaonab;e, that if :5,0001. was paid for a seat, the holder, should in some way, at Last, indemnify himself; and because, over and above the 5,0001. to be re gained in one house, the patron in the other house would have his 0%411 special claims ; and, therefore, the cost of such legislators to the country would be indefinite and incalculable. Wit Y are many of the Aristocracy and their dependents so alarmed at this great political reformation? BECAUSE they know best the amount of their own un hallowed gains, and their alarm is proportioned to the amount —the constitution with them means their advantages, and their facility of increasing them—their terrors are not for the public, but for their oun pi ivilegtx and influence. The ascen dancy of the public voice in the State, which when coolly obtained is the voice of reason and justice, and if erring, only on the side of magnanimity and 'benevolence, aced alarm no man for possessions honestly acquired, for honours merited, or for pokier or privileges usefully exerted—sand unless it can be shewn that the million exist for the sake of the few, as starved slaves for the support of pauipered•and diseased luxury, the reform bill will receive the support, even to death, of all honest and sensible men. 0 .• The writer f the above has previously favoured the STAR With oMee similar waist/ lions, eitAia have been generally into the Provincial Papers, and printed eeporatelyfor local oi..cidu. ties, by patriotic individuals; bat this Number is ti arch great tee.. perm, interest, that if mill be printed separately by himself, and asap be had of Bzooass, 421, Oxford -strata, or of Satawoon sad Co. Paternobtat-row, at One Shilling per awes, &rimy the period of the General Rieetion. It may 14 swims' thot if mill aid ihe cosin e/ Reforming Candidates, asea thei► Comssiams.