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Paid. .......... two 55 27i die . 100 IS 41 I.ln 100 10 61(11s 400 SO 7i ill. 40 20 Si dm 00110*Staa. _ 100 10 2i di. e1e914 4 %. 1: et , - .1 qespii,„ - ..• - Eta Stitifilt WOO. ARGYLL ROOMS. The ROYAL MASQUERADE !by expects desire, and positively the latu in London Ras Beeson., THIS EIik:NING, June 27. For Domino, (n.raater, and other Ticket., and Boles to view the Masquerade without swg nil In ete Motley Group. apply to the Committee at Mr. Charles Wriihrs, Opera Colonnade, who will supply the Wines on the occasion. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. Dude, the especial Patronage of his Most Gracious Majesty. Tomorrow Evening, WEDNEADAY, June 2W, the Amusements will manse* with a GRAND CONCERT, In Two Acts, in the superb new Con...ert Room, at Half-past Eight o'Clock. Poimipal Vocal Perforrners--Mlss Stephens. and Miss Poem.; Miss Love, tf the Theatre Royal, Coveniirsiden (her second appearance'. • and Madame Corne r s ; Mr. flesh a, Mr. Sinclair, and Signor De Magni. ' • Mr. C. Taylor, Mr. Ploracastle, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Tinney, and Master Barter. . _ . . . _ . Meador of the Rand, Signor Spagnoletil. Composer and Conductor, R. Bishop. dewten the Atte of the Concert a new Military Dlrerthwenent, called III: SOLDIER'S FESTIVAL. Leal'? of the Rand for the Ballet, Yr. Rothe. The Fntertilnment, will conclude .vlth A GRANT/ DISPLAY OF FIRE-WORKS. At the conclusion of which Mr. Littleton will Fly from the top of the Firv.worit Tower to the Extremity of the Walk approaching the Covered Wass, eeveloped in Showers of Fire. MliiTratlr, of the King's Ancient Concerts, is engaged, and will silsortly make her appearance. Woes open at Seven o'Clock.—Concert commences at Half-past Eight. Admission 4s. Particulars respecting Admission Cards for the Evening, and Private 11.0./... fur the Season or Nightly, may be had upon application to Mr. Airdrews, Bookseller, Bond-street. Cast.on.—The Pub& trill please to take Notice, that all Songs offered far Sale ma the outside of the Gardens are spurious. Copies of the Songs may be had In the Gardens. TOe'aasessn Pares commenced publishing yesterday mom. tog at a quarter before .ix o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY, JuNE 27, 1226. The French Papers which continue to arrive still furnish us with farther particulars respecting the affairs of the ltrAziis. We subjoin several extracts on that subject. [From the Etoile dated Sunday, June 25.1 RIO DE. JANEIRO. Mae 3. 1 4 te two Chambers have commenced their session. The follows ing is the decree convoking them : As we see the day approach which is fixed by the Constitution for the installation of the General Legislative Assembly, and as it is proper for the public felicity of the empire that this Assembly aho..ld exercise Its soon as possible its important functions, I have Ctought fit to appoint the 29th of the present month, at nine o'clock in the morning, for the first meeting of the Senators and Deputies, in ti eir respective Chambers, in order that they may proceed to the prelminary observations indispensable for the solemn opening of toe Assembly. •' Joseph Felicien Fernandez Pinheiro, Member of my Council, Moister Secretary of State for the Aff'sirs of the Empire, will at. tend to this, and cruse it to he printed ai.d published, that it may be carried into execution. '• Given at the Palace of Rio tie Janeiro. 25th April, with the signature of his Imperial Majesty, countersigned "J. F. F. l'twitErno." The two Chambers have had five preparatory sittings, employed, among other things, in verifying the powers of the Mentbers, and restilatiug sonic details of the ceremonies. The Chamber of De puties mustering at first only 5) members, whereas the Constitu t requires N (one more than the half), debated a long time whether it could verify the powers of the members: but the arrival of more members removed the uifficulty. In the sitting of the 2d May. the Government sent a message. inviting the two Chambers to attend the mass of the Holy Ghost en the 4th. The opening speech was to be delivered at the latest on the 9th of :4 ay. CONSTANTINOPLE. MAY 23. The Commissioners appointed by the Porte to go to Bucharest, and thence to the frontiers of Russia, to treat with the Commissioner: eir that Power on the pornts still in dispute, have not yet departed. but they were preparing to quit this capital. In their suite are Noti Effendi, as Secretary, and Esser Effendi, as Interpreter, with wl tan Amik Effendi Is associated. They are all Turks, which seems to confirm the resolution raid to hate been adopted by the Porte not again to invest any Greek with public functions. We It lee learnt nothing new from the Morea ; it does not appear that Ibrahim has directed his efforts, as it was said he wealth against Napoli di Romania. He must wait at Patras for reinforcements. Every thing is preparing at Napoli di Romania to make a vigorous renstance, and it is thought that the division of the heroic de fenders of Illissolonghi, which, according to the accounts received by the Porte, made Its way through the Egyptian 'Tey, and must hate arrived 'at Corinth, wind necessity go to Napoli di Romania. MADRID, el t; NE 16. The Captain of a ship• who arrived on the 7th of this month at Santan.ler, from St. Thorne's, says that when he left that Island, at the latter end of April, it was currently reported that several iftsurrections had taken place in the interior of the province of Ve- ACIUCt.I. which had been followed by massacres. That the Royalist party, taking advantage of the disorders and of the absence of lioli var.thed openly declared itself, and sent to ask assistance from Cuba. That in consequence; he Spanish Admiral Laborde had sailed from the ft avannah. with several frigates, escertirgs body of troops, and that as. he passed Porte. Rico, he took Ito reinforcements, intending, as it was supposed, to proceed So some part of the Terra Puma. The Board of Commerce of Bilboa has just presented three trin adores to the provinces of Biscay. It is not certainly known whe ther these vessels are destined ageinst the smugglers or against the Constitutionalists. flowerer this be, the General I►eputation doe* not cease to have cartridges and other ammunition prepared, and to Idle the augmentation and equipment of the corps of Royalist To lonteent, by means of are,extraordinary contribution raised upon the inhatAtanta. Independently of these measures of defence, it has been thought fit to adopt other precautions, such as the imprison ment of some Constitutionalists said to be accused of correspondence with the refugees: The Deputation of fluipuscoa,which is assembled in a preparatory :ante, to emulate the subjects to be discussed in the General Junta which will take place next month at Fonterabia, has placed among the question.' to be debated there, that of the departure for Madrid of the Deputy General, notwithstanding the opposition of the de patatb•t or the province, when he was called to the capital as In v-what of the Police, and his disobedience at St. Sebastian and To ; 1 6 1 , to the resolutions of the seine ileputaitons, respecting the elec. [From the l'ilote.] PAWS. JUNI: 23. l'lte Emperor of Brazil on thr :10th April named the Mar. Qum of Abrantra a Peer of the kingdom of Tortuga; theism* rot:loam Is announced to 23 °Our Marquives, 40 Count% 13 Thahops, and to 7 others, viz. the Duke de Cadoval, President, u.e Duke de Alaises, the Cardinal Petriareh,ffice•President, the ArehbiaLop Primate of Adrianople, Elves, and Evora. We observe in the Times of yesterday, what that jour nal denominates a full and accurate report of the Election for the county of Durham, of which it hail before given an unfair and curtailed account. We are not disposed to dis pute the well-earned reputation of the Times; but we must do ourselves the justice to remind the journalist tha t the report of Mr. LAMBTON's speech (the part to which the Times referred) was given in our paper of Monday Inc 19th inst. word for word as in the Time, of yesterday, except the expression " much cheering," which we used in oesd of "immense cheering" in the commencement. if we may judge from the language which some of the sustteccssful Candidates at the Elections hare used, either in the course of the proceeding,:, or since the termination 4Or the contests, there will be a greater number of disputed returns on the present occasion, than at any Election which loss taken place for a considerable period. Though we can not attach much weight to the complaints of the losing pirties, tl.ere are some cues in which they seem likely to vo tkr out a pretty strong case ; and it may he found rather o.t:icult, perhaps, for some of the winners to make good !:r c!aitns to the representation of the pl.iceo for which they bare been returned. If half of what has been stated about the Coventry Election can be made out by Messrs. Moore and Eeetc c, there is no doubt that the House of Commons will set aside the election of their opponents. If fort: has actually been used—if the Sheriff has placed himself, as has been said, at the head of a mob--if the Returni:tg Officers have displayed so marked a partiality as has been alleged ; not only would the election be void, but we should think the Corporation and great part of the Electors had been guilty of conduct, not less destruc tive of freedom of election than that which gave occa sion to the disfranchisement of Grampound, and we should scarce hesitate in condemning, the guilty part of them at least, to a similar fate. It is to be hoped, how ever, for the honour of the country in general, and for that of Coventry in particular, that these charges will, in the end, resolve themselves into the usual manoeuvres of such contests, and that the excesses which have taken place will be found to have been nothing but the ordinary consequences of popular license; countenanced, perhaps, (naturally enough) by the adherents of the respective Can didates, when displayed in favour of their own side of the question. But while we indulge this hope—while we ex press our wishes and our expectations that the Corporation will clear itself of so foul a stain—while we deprecate any prejudgment of the question, and refuse decidedly to publish any exparte statement on this subject, we con sider it due to the honour of the country, and absolutely imperative on the Corporation themselves, if they have any regard for their own character, or for that of their present Representatives, to come fosward Men early date, to answer the allegations of their opponents, and to remove, if possible, the u n favourable impression which tke Public has received concerning the successful Candidates. 'We may judge, by the conduct of COOBETT at Preston, what hopes there would be of preserving any degree of freedom of election under a system of which such a man as that should be the artizare This man, who has declaimed so much for freedom of elec tion, has placed himself there at the head of a mob, and has at least countenanced proceedings which are infinitely more inconsistent with freedom of election, than any of those abuses against which he has been so long in the habit of declaiming. inconveniencies there certainly are in our plan of Elections—inconveniencies which are susceptible of remedy, and which will no doubt in due time be remedied; but the system which the Radical party have proposed would be attended with inconveniencies of a still more alarming nature ; and a better proof of tl:e fact could not be given than by a reference to the Elections at Coventry and Preston. While these have been the results of Elec- ' tions in which the populace have been left to themselves, there are sotne in which it has been found necessary for the civil authorities to call in the assistance of the military, for the purpose of preventing the mob from employing phy sical force to overcome the opposition of the more respect able and peaceable part of the electors, who, though not less numerous than those opposed to them, are less disposed to have recourse to such measures, to maintain that in. finence which their superior education and independence ought to secure to them on such occasions. Some of the Opposition Journals, however, have taken occasion from this also to accuse Government of improper conduct. In the farmer case, where no interference in the Elections had taken place, these writers accuse Government of supine ness; in the latter, where they have actually interfered, in cases where it was absolutely necessary, they exclaim against their measure, also, as unconstitutional. A Morning Paper has quoted a discourse of Lord M ssrt ens's, in which he argued that the armed force should in no case be allowed to interfere in Elections ; that all elections were void in which such interference took place; and that the law never supposed it possible that the civil force could he overpowered, and therefore could never authorize the in troduction of the military. Lord MANSFIELD himself evidently saw the weakness of his own argument; for, whether the law supposes such a case or not, every one knows that such a case may occur, and does often occur, at many other periods besides that of a General Election. If the Ic w does not provide for such a case, the law is im perfect; but the law does provide for well a case, as Lord Nlewsei sell and the writer of the article in question must have been well aware ; and the only question at present must be, whether or not the circumstances of the different cases justified the interference of the military. At Carlisle, little doubt can be entertained on the subject; and at Weymouth and other places, we have no doubt but suf ficient reasons will be given for the steps which have been taken. To say that the tni:itary never can be called in, is to affirm that a General Election is a legal state of anarchy. The Journal alluded to affirms that the military arc not under the command of the civil authorities. Now, even admitting this to be the case, would it be the duty of a statesman to allow all the consequences of the non-inter ference of the military to continue, without attempt ing a remedy ? Perhaps the armed gendarmerie of France might be a more constitutional dessniption of force ; perhaps the Magistrates ought to be made the com manders of such a force; perhaps it would be proper, in short, to unite the powers of the officers of this military force with those of the civil Magistrate. Some armed force must be ready on such occasions, and an armed force, whatever name it may assume, is essentially military. Is our contemporary prepared to make any proposal of this sort ? Reasoners on politics, when they attempt to blame a measure, ought to point out the proper course to be adopted instead of it ; they ought not to affirm that things arc badly done, if they are not prepared to show how they could have been done otherwise.—While we are on this subject, we may just allude to the remarks and plea santries which some of the French periodieals have ha zarded on the proceedings at our General Election. The idea of Electors living, travelling, &c. at the ex pense of Candidates—the tumults, the vulgar pleasantries, the coarse squibs, the browbeating of such men as llewe— the personalities which pass among the Candidates—the forced humility and condesccnsionof the higher ranks to their lowest inferiors—afford an inexhaustible subject for the dis play of their wit, and will not soon be forgotten on the Elst side of the Channel. With all this, however, we are I tint disposed to exchange our system for theirs; and though it has its defects and its weak sides, we are satisfied that it is a' system which may, perhaps, be improved in some slight particulars, but which leaves us nothing to envy in other countries, and which it would be well, perhaps, for France, if its population had made sufficient advances hi constitu: clonal knowledge to enable it to imitate us. CITY, 51oynty EvrxiNG. So trifling were the transactions in the English Funds to-day, that it proved almost a holiday. The only quotations were 79ii, and confined to a few bargains. The Four per Cents of-1828, 94. In Scrip and other Stock no transactions. Exchequer Bills and India Bonds Bs. to I Is. premium. There was more activity hi the Foreign Market, occasioned by some heavy sales of Mexican Bonds which caused an iirmethate decline of 3 per cent. in those securi ties; they subsequently rallied, and lef t u f' i n an i m p rove d con . dition C•dombinn and other South American Securities were not affected by the rumours afloat against the Mexican. The only transactions in 31ir.e Shares hate been in the Brazilian, at 2 and I discount. THE BRITISH PRESS. - " S lab - 7 . I sCO . • 4. RTI ES. Lady Warburton gave a grand entertainment yesterday, at her house In Albemarle -street, to their Royal Hiphoesses the Doke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Marchione 94 of Cholmondeley and Lady Charlotte Sey moor, Lord and Lady Grey, Mrs. P. Bold, Mr. Dickson, ?sc. In the evening her Ladyship had o grand assembly. The Marquis of Lansdown entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at Lao-'clown House, Berkeley-square. Countess Cowper has Issued cards of Invitation for a root on Thursday nest, at her house in Little Maddox street, Hanover-square. General Otway had a dinner party yesterday, at his house In Devon shire place. Dowager Lady Bromley entertained a select party of fashionable. yes terday, at her house in Berkeley-square. Mrs. Nisbet entertained a large party at dinner yesterday, at her house in Portman-square. MOVEMENTS. The Duke of Bedford arrived in town yesterday, from the seat of the Earl of Essex, Ca.hiobury Pork. The Earl and Countess Spencer left the seat of the Earl of Essex, Ca shlointry Park, yesterday, for their seat in the Isle of Wight. Sir Thomas Ormsby, Bart. arrived in town yesterday, from his seat, near Colchester. Lady Charlotte Onslow left town yesterday, for Guildford, Surrey. William Hale, K-q. and the Hon. Mrs. Hale and family left town yes terday, fur their seat, King's Warden, Ilerts. Lady Halford has left town, for her seat, Westow Hall, Leicestershire. William Markham, Esq. arrived yn-Aerday at his house in Prince's street, Hanover-square, from Yorkshire. Risht Honourable Thomas Grenville arrived in town yesterday, ' from Drupmore. B. D. Cooke, Esq. arrived In town yesterday, frem Doncaster. The Earl and Countess of Falmouth arrived yesterday at their house In St. Joules's-square, from their scat, Tregothnm. Cornwall. Arrivals at Fe.don's New Hotel, St. James's- :—Captain Beres ford, from a tour; T. R. Kemp, Esq. from his seat, Deal Park, Sussex. Departure. tram the Pslteney Hotel, Albemarle-street:—The Earl of Fife, for his seat in Scotland; Captain and Mrs. Dillon, for Paris; Wm. Hunter, Esq. for Cheltenham. Slr Philip and Lady Gray Egerton and family left the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, yesterday, on a tour. Lord Charles Fiteruy has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for his seat In Suffolk. ARGYLL ROOMS. Last evening Miss Graddon had a numerous muster of her friends, at her benefit concert at these rooms ; upon the occasion of which she announced, that impressed with a deep sense of the obligation she was under to the author of the Freitag:az, the music of which introduced her as a successful debutante to an indulgent public, it was her intention to produce the whole of Mozar.'s Requiem. in honour of the memory of Carl Maria Von Weber. The merits of this imperishable work are too well known to admit of comment here. further than to say that Miss Graddon's exertions were ably seconded by a very powerful orchestra, and by the vocal talents of Messrs. Atkins and Foster, Master Bailey, Master Nicholls, and a numerous chonis. The overture to the Fecirrhutz, was also very well done, and the:adagio tended to pro duce a strong sensation ; it being heard with still greater interest, now that the hand that penned it will write no more. Miss Graddon gave the chamber scene, also, in a moat effective manner. In 4 4 Coming through the Rye," she assumed a degree of archness which we shall be happy to see introduced into an acting character. Iler voice is greatly improved in power as well as sweetness, and she alwa”i sings in tune. Madame Pasta sang a duetto buffo with signo De liegnis. with the highest effect ; while in " Di tanti palpiti," she surpassed herself ; we never heard her in finer voice, though her olfactory nerves were P owerfully assailed, as well as those of all around her, by an unlucky escape of gas from some part of the rooms, which at least had the merit of keeping the company from fainting. Mr. Nicholson gave a delightful Concerto on the flute, and Mr. Moschelee played his recollections of Ireland, in which the melodies are Introduced with admirable judgment and effect. illiss Graddon was disappointed of two gentlemen an nounced for the occasion, and upon the spur of the moment Broad. hurst was called upon to sing " John Anderson my .10, John," which he did in a masterly manner. Mr. Boclisa and Miss Wool rya were announced fora duet on the harp, hut bills were die. tributes, in the rooms, informing the company (drolly enough) that in consequence of Mr. Buchea's burning his finger, the duet could not be played, but that Mr. Chattcrton had kindly consented to play a concerto, which lie did really in very good style, but we must remark that the effect of his exertions would be even greater if he would use less of action, and not o'cratep the modesty of na ture. Il'e were delighted to see the veteran Clementi at the piano forte, and to observe the pleasing recognitions of his younger hut not higher gifted rivals of the present day. Mr. Att wood presided at the organ, and directed his Coronation Anthem of " I was glad" with his wonted ability. The band was led by Mr. T. Cooke with much stendinese and effect ; his son Grafton playing the oboe: he is a student of the Royal Academy of Music, and is highly talented. Upon the whole, as our readers will see, Miss Graddon afforded her friends a great musical treat, and we had con siderable pleasttre in seeing the rooms an well filled. LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL JUNE 24. . . We have had a better demand for British Plantation Sugar this week. although prices have receded about Is. per cwt. on Brown and middling sorts. The finer qualities have maintained filth price, and about 1,100 hhds. sold. A few bags of tine White Ben gal hive been sold at 735. per ewt.; 100 boxes of Yellow Havan rsh Sugar sold at 275. In Molasses about 400 puncheons have been sold at 21s. 9 , 1. it 225. for Demerara, and 245. for St. Vincent. About 100 casks Jamaica hare been sold by auction, and hU cssks by private sale, at steady prices. Ginger is lower; a small lot of Barbadoes has been sold at 655. In Cocoa or Pimento nothing done. In Rom about 200 puns.; Jamaica and Demerara hneetreen sold, say 40 Demerara at 2s. 10d. for 26 O. P. lOU Jamaica lire flavours at 3s. a 3s. 3d., the remainder at low prices, being old Import parcels. In Dvewood, only 25 tons Campeachy Logwood sold at fit. 12s. 6.1. ; 35 tons Cubs Filmic at 81. a rigs. ; and 50 tons Spanish and Brazil at 61. per ton; 30 tons solid Nicaragua wood at 191.195. ; tons of small at 10/. ; and a small lot of earner/rod at 16/. per ton. On Thursday last 250 cheats of East India Indigo were brought forward by auction ; but about 121 chests only sold, at about 9d. below the prices of last month, prices being from 3s. 911. a 7s. 2d. 14 scram' Carraccas sold at Sc. sd. a 7.. per lb. duty paid. In Hides about 0,000 have been sold, say 2.1190 Bnenos Ayres Ox and Cow. price not named ; 1,600 ditto, salted, at 44d. ; 4,500 dry salted Brazil at 51d.; and 350 salted North American at 30. per lb. Ashes are dull, only 200 brls. )Montreal pot sold at 225. a 225. W. per cwt. In Rice, 600 casks Carolina were offered by auction, but only 350 sold at Ifts. a 17a. and 250 bags Bengal at 13s. a 18s. fid. In Turpentine 1.200 barrels sold at Bs. 3.1. a 9s. per cwt. In Tar nothing done. Quereitron Bark is enquired for ; 30 Idols. 18 brls.of Philadelphia sold at 13s. pd. a 145., and's, few casks New York. but inferior, at 9s. Nothing doing in Chineal. Madder Roots, Galls, and Safflower. are neglected. The only sale in Shumac is 50 bags Sicily at 12s. 6d. per cwt. Olive Oil is dull, and little or nothing doing in it. Some fine Venetian Cream of Tartar has been Rohl at 80s. a 84s. In Brimstone and Flarilla nothing doing. About 100 bags Saltpetre sold at 235. fal. a 255. per cwt. Nothing doing in Nutria Skins ; a small lot of 140 dozen Chinclifili Skins have been sold at 21s. per doz. Cotton has continued dull all the week, and has declined Id. to Id. generally: the sales are about 9,41)0 bags, consisting of 3,250 bags Uplands at 6d. a 73d.; 1,400 New Orleans at 64d. a 9el. ; 1,600 Alabama at 64d. a 74d.; 150 Sea Islands at 12r ; to 1911. anti 10 bags at 2s. 31(1.: 100 Stained Sea blinds at 64d. all d. 400 Pernambuco at 190. a 11d.; 1100 Maranham at 94d. a 10 . ; 150 Bahia at 94d. a UN.; 200 Pars at Bd. a 84d.; 100 Demerara at 80. a 104 d. ; 600 Egyptian at 74d. a flAil.; ISO West India at 7d. to 94d. ; 10 Carthasena at Cp.; 200 Surat at sd. a sitl.; and 150 Bengal at 511. a bid. Of which 500 American and 200 Brazil have been taken for export, and 1000 American on speculation. 500 Sea Islands and 400 La Guayra are advertised for public sale on Friday next. The account of the Duke of York's health yesterday was, his Royal highness is a great deal better. The Royal Duke was visited yesterday at Mr. Greenwood's villa, at Old Brompton, by his sister the Princess Augusta. His Royal Highness took an airing about five o'clock on Sun day afternoon, in the grounds, &c. adjacent to the villa, in 'his close carriage, for about tutlipur. Sir Henry Halfortl and Sir James M`Gregor attended his Royal Highness, as usual on Sunday. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester entertained the' Princess Augusta and a select party at dinner, on Sunday, I at their residence in Park-lane. The Princess Sophia joined the party in the evening. Mr. Huskisson has arrived in town from Liverpool, and transacted business yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his residence in Downing-street. On Saturday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, the Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council had a meeting at the Council Office. There were pre sent Lord Gifford, Lord Colchester, and the Right Hon. Sir George Rose. Their Lordships were occupied till about four o'clock hearing Plantation appeals Despatches were sent ofFon Saturday from the Foreign Office, to Sir Charles Stuart, at Buenos Ayres. " Lady Cochrane still remains at Brussels, where her Ladyship will continue to reside until after her approach ing acoouchement. When her health and strength is suffi ciemly restored, she will join his Lordship."—Aforning Chnoliele.—We have the best authority for contradicting the above statement. Lady Ccchrane did indeed leave I Brussels for Geneva on the 18th instant, in consequence o( the illness of her daughter, but her Ladyship is not nea r I her accouchement, n or p er h aps i n t h at way which `• ladies wish to be who love their Lords." Richardson, Goodluck, and Co. ln cr to call the attention of their Friends and the Public to the Last Lottery that will ever be drawn in this kingdom. The Scheme contains Six Prizes of 30,0001. with various other Capitals, the whole to be drawn in one day, the 18th of next month. Tickets and Share., in variety of Numbers, see on sale by Richardson, Goodluck, and Co., at their u:d•established office, 104, Bank-buildings, CornbilL 11BISTOL. SOMERSET ELECTION. Mr. Hunt left Believer on Saturday evening, in ordet to visit his friends in this city, who have publicly expressed, in the strongest manner, their hope of his triumph over Sir Thomas Lethbridge, of whom they say " th-y are heartily sick." Before Mr. Hunt was within four miles of the town, he was greeted by crowds along the roads. He had taken • chaise and four at Wells, at half.past six, having promised the people of Brit. tol that he would be with them at eight o'clock. Ac a little before nine he reached the bridge leading into the town, and proceeded slowly, for the crowd had increased to incalculable cumbers, and the whole town resounded with cries of " Hunt for ever I " Down with Lethbridge !" &a. As he advanced, those next to the chaise took away the horses, an universal cry of " Draw him to the pe destals I" being raised, and drew the vehicle up to the spot, where it would appear the population of the whole town had assembled. All the windows of the houses within sight of the pedestals were tilled with male and female spectators, and perhaps never, since the time Mr. hunt entered London from Manchester, was there exhii. bited a stronger welcome or ■ more intense curiosity to see him. There could not have been leas than between 10,000 and 12,000 people collected, although the notice of his approach had been given but an hour before. He stood upon the pedestal, and spoke nearly as follows : " It k now fourteen years, my friends, since i first appeared amongst you, and ever since that period I have dedicated myself to the service of the public; I have uniformly, and without for a moment deviating from the professions I had made to you upon this pedestal, advocated and in other ways laboured for the protec tion of the rights and liberties of the people of England. Have you, in any one instance, found that I deceived the expectations I then raised ? (Cries of "No, no.") Very well. There masa time, but the prejudice is removed, when it was said that I wished to pull down the Constitution of the country ; aye, to pull down the country itself. (Laughter and cheers.) It is now eleven ye,n since I addressed you, find there are, I see, in this immense crowd some of the glorious minority of 235, who distinguished themselves by a signal effort to place me where I could have had an oppor. tunity of serving you in earnest, by opposing those measures by which the country has been brought to disgrace, and to the verge of ruin. (Cheers.) I see there has been somebody at work since I was here (looking at the windows of the Bush Tavern, which had been broken in by the ProtheTOC party), and they can't ray that it was Hunt's mob that committed thia havock. (Laughter.) No. Other parties can do mischief, and we can lament the em dition of our country. and still hope for her redemption, without breaking her laws or giving excuse for fresh acts of an oppressive nature. Gentlemen, I have had something to do at Ilchester, within this last week. (Cries of `• Aye, you have been at Leatherbreeches.") Yes, I have been telling him what he is ; I hare been drawing his character. lie Inn sat six days for his picture ; and although I have painted it in all its deformity, we have had no broken heads, nor even broken windows. (Cheers and laughter.) Why, for. merly, when any violence happened to be committed, the cry was, " It is Hunt's mob !" hen any drunken attorney or Remo broke a lamp (loud laughter), it was done by nobody bur " Hunt's mob!" NVell, they can't but say now that the mischief is de ' parted from amongst you, and they most acknowledge that the spirit remains entire. (Lou d cheers.) But now to the business on which I appear amongst you. I am fourteen years older than when I first addressed you from this pedestal. I have, you see, grown grey in your service. Illy bodily strength may not be so great as it has been ; but all that 1 have suffered has never afl'ectej the climate of my mind. I a si still the same—still hound to you by the ties of affection and patriotism, and still determined to aid you in the great—l fear the desperate struggle—desperate, because there appears not to be the shadow of hope, for the recovery of what we have been daily losMg. (Immense cheering.) I have received let. ten from Bristol and Bedminster, informing me that there were vast numbers in that extensive neighbourhood ready to go to the poll for me (Cries of " Yes, a thousand of us are ready"), and anxious to see me. such a contest as that in ',tech I am now engaged, my friends, never was known. I have bad all the magistrates, all the parsons, and all the attorneys against are, because they all know that my exertions tend to check the impetuous growth of their wealth upon the vitals of the hard working poor. I am not an enemy to the magistrates, the clergy, or the attorneys. There are good as well as bad amongst them, I really believe (laughter) ; but I am an enemy to the injustice this , naturally arises from the system on which they act, which extends itself through all the branches of tire community. (Loud cheers.) I am the enemy to corn laws, to game laws, and to all laws that mark a degrading contrast between the lazy and the industrious. They know that if I were in the House of Commons, th e y wou ld sand a chance of losing, if my exertions would avail anything, not the proper, but the lawless power which they Milict upon the peo ple. (Cheers.) It is far from my wish to pull down the rich to please or to serve the other ranks of society, and the slaves know Illy politics are, that every man, from the King to the beggar, shall have his rights, and I ton resolute of purpose. 51y religion is, that we all worship God as we please, and I am sure that will please God. I asked Mr. Dickinson, and the other person at ll chewer, what good they had ever done, or contemplated, in their lives, to their constituents, and they were mute. They might have said, with truth, dist they conttibuted all in their power to lay the most grievous taxes upon your should, es. Yeu are aware of it, and they have been able to bung to the poll no more than 1.300 freeholders. !slow, when I stood for the representati.m of Bristol, Mesace. Protheroe and Bright brought up thousands, and I en teinly was far behind ; but thin it cost those gentlemen upwards of 100,000!., while it cost me, for the first attempt Illf. 10s., and fur the second 22f. IN., besides the labour of addressing the electors. (Loud laughter and cheers.) Did those gentlemen ever endeavour to remove a tax ? I told you how it would be 14 years ago ; that if you did not relieve yourselves you would be taxed on, and that if you grumbled you would be sent to gaol. Have my words come true? (Cries of " Yes, yes, the manufacturing districts show this.") Every district chews it ; every man who is obliged to work for his bread has experienced what I have said to be true. What prospect is there for you of alteration, while you allow your selves to be misrepresented in the House of Commons. The only tax that has been taken off, has been taken off at the suggesion of Ministers, not at that of the Whigs. Of those no parties, I al ways told you that I considered the ‘Whig the worst. A Tory is a man in place, who gets out of your pockets all he possibly can ; a Whig is a hypocritical Tory, who wishes to do the very same thing. (Roars of laughter.) Now, the freeholders of Somerset are able, it they please, to put in amongst this band of real and hypocritical Tories, a man who is determined to expose them both ; and it' they do not, they will have no right to complain. They will be taxed ; they may grumble, but if they do, they will be sent to gaol. This will inevitably await the skew of resistance, until the people are determined to be free. (Shouts of applause.) There must be high and low, rich and poor; but the honest bard-work ing man ought to have all the conveniences of life, and some of its comforts. (Cheers.) That is what I contend for; and if he is sober as well as industrious, he ought to be able to put by a little for a rainy day, when agr creeps upon him, instead of sinking into beggary, the ban and accursed attendant upon the mal administration of the laws. (Applause, which continued for some moments.) I shall go to Bath from this, and from thence to Frame, and from thence to Ilchester, to meet my friends Mr. Dickinson and Leather-breeches. (Laughter.) And if the free holders do their they, I shall seen be at the head of the poll. The young, the able• and the healthy can walk ; those who are feeble can ride, and those who have no votes can subscribe to convey those who have. (Cries of " we will, we will !") 1 shall wait for you at Ilchester, notwithstanding the astonishment of Sir Thomas at my keeping the county in agitation, and his foolkh expectetiun that I would take his hint, and let him take his seat without an effort to push him from the stool which be has so long usurped. About a fortnight before tine election commented I met him in the Temple. Ile was looking about for some other pampered slave, with hia squinting glass at his cye.— " Ali. how do you do, 51r. llnnt ? ' said he, with his church yard voice; " 1 have not seen you for a lung time." " No, Sir Thomas," sail 1, " but you will soon have that gratification pretty frequently." `• Indeed !" said he. " Oh, yes," said I, " we shall meet each other every day for fifteen days, as soon as the county election begins." (Laughter.) " G oo d God ! Mr. Hunt," said he, " surely you can't mean such a thing ?" "Surely 1 can," said 1; " with the blessing of the Lerd, we'll meet at the poll." " Good God, Mr. Hunt, the expense of such a thing will be dread ful. It will cost you thousands, and also put us to as enormous expense, and ifter e ell you cannot succeed." " Oh." said I. '• the money has been already subscribed, and the freeholders wish me to remove you (Loud laughter), and I intend to do it." Ile then !tinted to one diet I might find no difficulty in getting into Parlia ment for a rotten borough, and my reply was this. l'ott had me in your county gaol 2 years and 6 months, and you and your brother ungistratee treated me in the most cruel and cowardly manner. You turned the key of my prison door against toy family, when they travelled 150 miles to comfort me. Well, they went home, and then you revoked your order of exclusion, and they returned ; hut soon after they were im the spot again, you again cast a barrier between us. (ernes of " Shaine !") Three times has this speci es of torture added to the bitter severity of my sentence. IVell, I did not forget it. There are some things which can never pass from the memory, for the heart's blood is mixed with its exercise. I exposed the county gaol system ; I banished your favourite gaoler ; I cashiered some of your arbitrary and cruel body ; I drew down the public abhorrence upon your acts ; but I owe you more, and therefore' 1 shall give you, with the blessing of' the Lord. fifteen days of it, within view of that very poi where you goaded your prisoner. (Laughter and loud cheers.) My friends, I do not know whether you have observed it, but the moment a man who Orontes the rights of dw el l o s s contes t , e t h e t s a l t h . , e t a l f s rs o rb a o g t ho f o rward , the Whigs and Tories instantly give up their humbug differences, and unite to keep l a e n rb d r T ee o c ri bra yhtitm:e, out.fo Ti Let i t a lie th rb e rc e rc e he in s. was called to account at of eils for his conduct in Parliament, and the hallooing he got reminded me of a dog with a tin kettle tied to his tail. (Laughter.) Ile said upon the occasion that lie had to objection to he compared to the animal in so deplorable a condition. as he really endured a great deal. But now the case in altered. If he ensures in at all, it must be at Mr. Dickinson's tail ; so that Dickinson must he in this instance the dog, and Leatherbreech. a must be the kettle at the dog's toil. (Roars of laughter.) There is one thing at which you must all rejoice —I mean the defeat of one of the dirtiest tools of the House of Commons by the men of Surrey (loud cheers). who have trundled him out of Parliament just like so much rubbish. But afer ail, I do not see how. under present circumstances, the relit House of Commons will differ from the last. All can say for niteelf is, that if you give we an opportunity, I shall endeavour to do what your late Illembe n not done, or tried to accomplish. Indeed, I fear you may el another seven years' slavery. The House of Commons , undergo a change while th e p eo pl e are l azy and trearherou themselves. It is the nature of man to retain and to es power, and the people sink easily into delusi on . Iv you get together an d d r i n k, y ou will, if you are ask ed , down a house; but what are you capable of doing for the Rep o , sending a man, in whom you have a reliance, to Path/Act (Cries of " every thing ; we 11 subscribe ; we'll go to I lcheter vote.") lithe people of Bristol will refrain for three days f guzzling beer and gin, more money may be collected than its., , be nnccssary to send up five or six Milt pendent men of their c to Parliament. (Cheers.) Perhaps it will be said that Hunt been reading you a lecture on morally, as many a parson d oe , hour or two before he gets drunk. t Laughter.) I as k yo u as the language I have al wayxused ? (Cries of " yes, yes tom ', ;:n certainly do (not as my friends the parsons do) pra ct i se 10 ; preach. (Cheers from all parts of the crowd.) Mr Hunt cor! eluded by calling upon the multitude to make every tabu to brin, tip voters to the poll, and assured them, that whatever 'iv.. the result, he should appear amongst them upon the Same Slab;tet at the text election. Mr. Hunt then retired to the Bush Tavern, from whence he off to visit Bath and Fs one, preparatory to the grand tflonsetsi next week. PRESTON ELECTION. PREMTOW, SUNDAY, Jr !It 23. The state of the poll yesterday (Saturday) evening, a: the din t , was (fu.reenth day) : Stanley . . 2TIM I Barrie . 1 449 Wood 1721 Cobbett . . os.; leaving to Mr. Wood a majority over Captain Barth of tios hundred and seventy-two. The polling continued till seven o'clock We had the usual speeches frost the Candidates in the evening. 31r. STANLEY congratulated 31r. Wood on the probability r i t success, with the same cordiality as he would Captain Barrie , the latter gentleman should be elected ; they were both geutleme:, and lie should be happy to have either of them as a colleague. 31r. Woo D exulted in his expected triumph over the Tory Can. dilate and Tory principles, disclaimed all connection with the band of armed ruffians, denied that he had given his consent toths introduction of the military, and promised to act in Parliament ac cording to the wishes of the elector,, should he be retumed by them, an honour which he had no doubt of obtaining on Moeda). Captain BAnaix.—Gentlemen, my voters have been prevented from coming up this day also—the usual tricks have been played against me. Nothing but foul play has been used against me during the election. I'll bring those who are guilt) of it before a tribunal (the House of Commons), which will upset thetr ir. justice. 1 am not yet driven ft om the contest. Ido not yet ce. epair of success. I'll not give up till the last moment. Mena I have never struck my colours to a foreign enemy on the vaitr, and I'll not douce 'cm now to a Radical on lane—d—u ;Lc (Hum.) Captain COLQUlT—Gentlemen, I have often told you of 31% Wood's unfitness to serve you in Parliament. I) ty after day re 'hews himself more and more incLimi etent—e.en his Liverpn4 friends have deserted him. Ile ha., notwithaand ng all its tricks. but a small majority over my friend Captain Barrie; but etea though he should be returnee, he wont sit ma-y hours before he n.ust give up his seat to my Hon Friend. He is ame e miter poor creature—and cannot yr u—though you nay be sure he does n t moan to sere you, or any oth:ra—his only object hut serve himself. Did you ever hear a loyal s ntiment in his speeches? Can you thin trust him ? He does roth ng but gn from house to house, and talk cant to the old. women. Captain Barre is the only man worthy of your choice—if you support him he n v:r will de sert you—l have known hint for many years. and I have known him unchangeable ever; if you elect him, you'll have reawn to b, proud of your choice; let our cry then be, " True blue, the g, ol cause, Barrie and victory." (Hurray.) CORBETT popped his head out of his pot-house at tight o'clock and began to. " Cleave the general ear with horrid speech." I send you " a taste of his quality"— " Gentlemen, Mr. Stanley is a vain, paltry, empty creature, more silly than a greet, girl; I beg the girl's pardon—no girl is more silly—no girl can be so silly. Gentlemen, I have done mu c h good to you by my coming; I have sweated your tyrants, and have bled them. I have made the silly Havonrale threw fif teen thousand pounds among you, and that's no joke; for though these Lords have too much land, they have not too much meaty. (Hum !) I have tickled the Captain too; I have made him dance to some tune ; he must have pledged his half-pay to keep open house for you, and now, like the steer hal-pars in London, be must live on plates of beef and goer of gin for the next seven years. (Rees of laughter.) As to Mr. Wood, I could not dove any money out of him, for the poor devil had none to spend; but his father, ratty Wood—the miserly o el sug..r.baker of laver. p'o'—l have extra:ted from his purse what a hundred-hers p wee lectern-engine could not d aw from him—l have made him a end 7,0001. (Laughter.) These are what I have done for put oo.:, gentlemen. But I have done more—l have kept o.lt the Tory t a-eater, Captain Battle, by helping ycu to return iVocd, wl out I should certainly rather see your Het resentative than the Tory. Not that I like Wood either ; I only dislike him heist of the two. But ycu shall not be carried with either one or the other of them, Gentlemen. The electioe is not worth a straw. I'll have it set aside next April, when I'll bleed our opponents again, and you'll elect for your Representative the only man who has the Abell, the heart, and the head, to serve you and his country—myself, Gentle. men, myself. ( H urra. ) This septennial tore is at last drawing to an end. To-morrow (Monday) is the last day. The polling will commence at eigit o'clock, an hour earlier than usual, and close at three. aptate Barrie may lessen 11'ood's present majority, against him. fee cannot get ahead ; he is determined to dispute the return, on the ground of the obstruction given by the bludgeonmen to his vcters, and the violent exclusion of them from access to the hustings from Cobbett's entrance. Cobbett also promises to dispute the re:urn at his own expense; he threw out a bait for a subscrip• tion to defray the expenses of his petition, but it did not take the Prestonians would not bile; any thing but roast beef and plumb pudding, things which Cobbett can't afford to give them. This election (Preston) is decisive, as to the quest on of the utility of Universal Suffrage; that unlimited extension of the elective franchise flourishes here in all its glory. That fiat oufte theny of the reformer, exists hire in a practical shape; its practical effrete are clear, positive, palpable. Eve y male above tee age of 11 years, who has resided in Preston six months immediately preceding the election, and has not received parish relief for te tele moth, previous to it, is entitled to a vote, on taking the t s oaths. The most visionary plan of reform wou:d rot extend the right of voting to a wider degree thin this. The poorer classes being the more nu mercum in Preston, as elsewhere, constitute, of course, the majority, the great majority of the Electors; iu tac , , tie actual election rests on their voices, and on theirs alone—•he right of returning a Re presentative is theirs—but see how the right is exercised—took at the practical effect of the exercise of this universal franchise—the majority of the electors are workmen depending for the support of themselves and families on the labour of their hands, some hired by the day, none for longer than a seek—the moment their employers (the nianufacturers) dainties them, they are ruined—they must be. come parish paupers; a' d then their independence and their right of voting vanish at the same moment. It is scarcely necessary to add that their ignorance is most profound, and that they are uh•o• lutely unable to form a judgment as to the cLoice ot Candidates. An election comes, and with it some political quack, who promises to re lieve their distresses--and wins their hearts with his inflammatory humbug. Suppose the mass of them, in defiance of the influence of their employers, to vote all one way for their popular favourite— the majority of their numbers sends him into the fluuse—Wham a Hunt or a Cobbett, or some such needy and unprincipled adventurer, o hose object and whose interest it in to make them the tools of his political vanity, or seditious designs; or, more probably, to sell them for a place or pension. Thus, then, sup. poeiag them to exercise their elective right in the mast pure and independent manner, their ignorance and inability to make proper choice defeat the very object of universal suffrage, namely, a more pure and indepepdeot representation of the pro. pie, and this would be the case even 'bought they voted by ballt. as the ballot would only enable them to vote in that independent manner In which I supposed them to vet: without it; but the supposition of a population of poor wo,kmen voting against the wishes of those employers on whom their subsistence depends, is most abeurel ; the thing cannot occur. Fear of pauperispl will influence the timid voter—wealth will bribe the avaricious— food will attach the starving wretch—drink will entice the pro. fligate. The candidate that speeds most money, and has most influence among the masters, is almost sure of success. Tiros their the universality of the suffrage, extended to the nose of poor and dependent residents, defeats its own object. Purity of election, and the independent exercise of the elective franchise, is weakened by being divided among the mass of the people, ors in the more expressive language of Mr. Canning's beautiful illustration, " Unlimited extension of the right of suffrage would dissipate and exhaust its virtues ; as the circle that spreads from the stone cast into the water extends itself till it embraces the whole surface of the pool, and is lost in its own diffu sion." This has been precisely the case in the election of this borough. Cobbett was the favourite with the majo rity of the electors. If they could have voted according to their wishes they would have returned him; but in comes the influence of the wealthy employers—threats of dismissal front work compelled many to vote for men they disapproved, and de terred mauy from voting for the Candidate whom they would support if' the dared—bribery purchased the votes of othere—pro- Insion of food and liquor operated on more—and political prin ciple and honour were forgotten. The Reformer of yesterday voted to-day for the Tory—the Tory supported the Whig against the Reformer—the Whig supported the Tory agents' the Reformer—and the Reformer supported the Tory against the %Ilene. Tee Dissenter voted fur the Protestant ascend ancy-man against the advocate for religious liberty, while the zealots' Roman Catholic Rive his suffrage to the Unitarian Candidate against the Chnstiten. The electors who voted for one man in the morning fought against him in the evening—reel the patriotic drinker of Cobbett's beer abandoned his political idol when there was no more drink to be got from him—broke his pro mise to" the fine animal," and, after swallowing some of the Tory I grog, would not scruple to break his (Cobbett's) head into the bar, I "I► 10 1 t a. 'li