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BANK OF SCOTLAND. On Tuesday came on the election of the Onvernor, De puty-Governor, and the Directors of the Bank of Scotland, when the following Noblemen and Gentlemen were una nimously elected, viz. : Gov ERNott —The Hight lion. Gird Viscount Melville. lizrere-tiovennon —Toe lion. Lord llatgray. ORDINARY Diattcrotts—John irvini, Esq. tv.s. ; F ranc i s Walker Drummond, of Blorthornden, Kri.; Rolsert m enr , e ,,, o f Trinity, Esq t Gror.r.e Mercer. of liorthy. Esq.; Alexander monypenny. Ear W.o• ; Ja.nra s.7ntt., Esq. Are tumult James Triter, I;iq. id IVosulhotisrlre ; Sir William Arbuthnot. Bert; John Blackburn. Esq. of Killearn: Thomas Kinnear, bankor; Altai - soder Voting. of illarburn, Esq.; Hector AltDottald iltt ebstum. Esq. P.C.S. El Ylkontsi N ART DIRECToRS Orere the Doke of Mon trose: the Rig:it Ilan. the Karl nt Kellie; the Right lion, the Earl et i;lisgo• ; Sir Alexander Maitland Bitrion, of Clifton H3ll, net ; sir Ai-sander E-bh. of llATulston and Ifinnottar, Knight "Inshal of Se.stl.smi ; William .11olina - on, of latthrisk, Esq.; David WCIVIVT.I, of I ienbrae. Esq.: James Donaldson, of Brough ton Hall, rt-,1.; JA.llel Hope. Esq. : Peter Wood. Esq n . er ci t ant. Leith Hebert Duodas, of Beeehwood, P.C.S.; Al'dterMrson , gag. :harlotte-aquare. After the election. o' the 'notion of Sir Robert Dundas, of Beechw.md, Bart. the cordial thanks of the Proprietors were unanimously given to the Ordinary Directors, for their great exertions and very proper conduct during the late i m portant and dangerous crisis, and for the judicious and seasonable accommodation they hail given to the public daring the unparalleled period of anxiety, calamity, and distress, in the period alluded to. Great expectations are entertaineet respecting the Mas querade at the Opera I louse, on Thursday night, as the most brilliant preparations are making for the gratification of the company. Dueness is Set r a 11 4 1.--IrCsinderstand That up waeds of 31,00 a/. worth of rich silks, satins. gauzes, ha-' leo de tote, grog des ludes, shawls, &c. i&c., are now selling without the lease reserve, by commission, for the relief of the distressed Spitalficl.l4 manufacturers, at Shears met Co.'s, 120, Regent-street. The goods are warranted to be of the most fashionable description, and will be sold for less titan half they cost making. The stagnation in the lace trade is beyond all precedent. The di criers, ulna have hitherto been in the habit of ptu chasing lace from the persons who manufacture it, being *vial& to e:Feel rates of their stocks in hand, have declined purchasing. On Saturday last it was really distressing to see the number of poor persons who came from the sur rounding villages to Aylesbury for the purpose of selling tic produce of their industry, anxiously soliciting the 1. rs is purchase, but almost invariably without suecees. They were obliged to return to their cottage's with heavy hearts and gloomy countenancos, carrying back with them their lace, instead of the necessaries of life they have been accustomed to boy with the cash which the sale of it pro• duceel. From the improvement of machinery, lace is so much reduced in price, that the best hands at lace-making, who formerly earned ss. or Ins., can now earn no Inure than '2s. tiel. or :Is. a-week ; and the distress is increased by the low rate of agricultural labour, few able-bodied men receiving more than from is. to lus. per week, whilst to numbers a still strialkr pittance is doled out by the pa rish.—litirl's Gazette. G[, SGOW, MARC It 31.—This web die price of coal on the hani-s of the Avon was reduced to 'is. r , ton. A fine main has lately been opened, which is yielding, abuntlanct! of superior coal. Were the proposed rail-way immeiliatcly commenced. it wciild do incalculable good to the tants cf Glasgow and its vicinity. It is not too much to ray that the price of coal would fail nearly one-half.— Greenock .4114% A model of a bridge, upon a new principle, by Dr. Crow, late of Bishop Auckland, will he exhihitul in the Library of the Literary and Philosophical Society, on Fridar and Saturday.—A'eu•ca.lle Cwirant Satarday. As toe.% siaN Rs I.i c.—Yestt rday afternoon, the work men employed at Anehmead Quarry, inutrkiss-road, lately npctird, thif. , out of a putrifaction of wood, embodied five fect and a half deep in the body of a rack, a horse-shoe, which, thunc.th in a mutilated state, may y, t be deemed in good phaervation, cotoddering the immense time it must have lain depo!dted in the stratum where it was foand. lr is appsrcitly silver, or an alloy of precious metal, and ap pears to havti.boan_wal executed. how long it may have remained there is mtreinely donbtful, but that it is of very great antiquity is certain ; and the discover• of such an ar ticle in the bosom of the salid rock may well warrant the supposition of its antediluvian existence; but this we leave to the solution of the geologist and antiquary, who have thus found a new field opened for their researches. This relic is in the possession of Mr. M'Rea, spit it dealer, Mid-quay, who rents the quarry.—Greenock Advertiser, allure' 31. firsts NATURS..—A cow, the property of Mr. Wm. White, farmer, Crutch, parish of Suby, on Tuesday se'nnight calved a calf with two heads. The two necks projected from the shoulders, and were formed beautifully: It lived for three days, and when milk was given to it took it with both mouths, and oht n it roared the sound pro ceeded from both. It was dissected by a medical gentleman in Cie neighbourhood; the twn necks had all the organs, bloat vessels, &c. necessary, and had it not been neglected the night it was calved, no doubt was entertained but it would have lived. A SEtCIMEN or EAR, ' NIATCRITV.—Mr. G. Price, of Campden, ihnicestershire, produced a sh...er-ho; 23 months and two weeks old, bred an fed by himself on Swedish turnips and cabblee, which was slaughtered at Stratford upon-Avon, by Mr. W. Tasker, sett. on the 17th ult. and weighed as fo!!owst—Weight when alive 11. score 611 w.; carcase when dead, 9 score; head and pluck, :6 lbs. ; skin, with the wool on, 1 score I:lilts.; loose fat, 19iilbs.; intes tines, &c. 1 score 'Abs.; blood, 711b5.; loss from evapora tion in cooling, 1:3 jibs. NOTI:ING CAN BE MORE. TECE AND BETTER SAID.— he of the wistst men of his age, the American, Franklin, after an exp,•rictice of nearly a century, gave it as his opi nion, that ninetten-twtittieths of the diseases of mankial were caused by over-feeding. A HE I:VAIt AND A Silt REAR.--Whell the late King re:lsiCnt'd Doctor Johnson, he also pensioned " Sheheare." tme one remarked " that the latter did not merit it." " Pooh," said Foote, " when his Majis:y pensioned the b, -bear, he could not avoid doing the same by the She ', are also." on Sunday, in the church of St. Marti in the Fields, a middle-r,c(l gentleman publicly read his recantation from the errors of the Church of Rome. RIETIM EXTRAWIDINARY.—On Friday morning, u a VOT woman, named Catherine Duff, was passing over Fes- Pe% brillge, Dublin, on her way to the Lying-in Hospital, she war taken ill, when most fortunately Dr. J. P. Davis was accidentally passing, and who afforded every humane assistance in bringing into this life of care two tine boys, who, with their mother, were by the Doctor removed in a carriage to the Hospital. WeaTti ea.—During the last week the weather suddenly changed from the mildness and warmth of sum mer to all the intense cold and storm of the depth of win ter. At eight this morning the ground was covered with snow to the depth of three and four inches; and during the whole day there were constant showers, accompanied with high winds, drifting the snow with the utmost seve rity. We learn from travellers who were out early this morning, that the fall is !may in this country; and the hills in the distance have been for some days invested with their wintry mantle; and yet, we grieve to say it, there are many families in town who cannot obtain a barrel of coals for love or money. During the past winter and lately, there have been both gross mistnanagement and inattention—either on the part of the coal-merchants, or of the several families, in neglecting to secure an ample' provision of this indispensable article of domestic comfort. —lnverness Courier. A Pole was a few days ago assassinated in the Rae du f:qq, Paris. It is reported that he had been a considerable winner at the gambling houses in the Palair Royal, and had been watched thence by some desperadoes, who eiVectixl the horrid deed in search of the booty. Ile was immediately carried to the Morgue. On Tuesday last, the iron cheat which was stolen out of Mr. Kirsopp's office, llexham, a few weeks ago, was dis covered in a draw-well, in Hexham Haughs, by a little boy, who was amt sing himself by throwing stones, when the sound of the stones striking against the chest led to its discovery. When taken out, the lid was found to be broken in many places. The late valuable contents of the chest, it is needles to add, had been removed. REPRRSENTATION OF THE CITY. Yevterday • meeting of several of the friends of Mr. Alderman %Valthman took plate at the Horns Tavern, Doctors' Commons. for the purpose of 'kiting such prelimiurry steps an were deemed ne ws. nary, in order to secure the election of the worthy AWerntan to reprtt•nt the City of London in th e n eat P ar l iament . At one o'clock about 35 gentlemen had assembled, and Mr. Far ELL took the chair. The Cita!smelt observed, that the object for which the pre sent meeting bad been convened was one of great public im portance. It was, in the first place, with a view to serve the interests of their old, we ll.tried, and faithful servant, Mr. Alderman Waithman but they had a higher object even than that—naively, to support the gr ea t i nterests o f t h e City of' London. ( Hew; hear.) Ile believed that the latter were so intimately connected with the life, objects, and pursuits of their friend the Alderman, that while they were promoting the one, they should be equally serving the other. Much would depend upon their exertions. and the promptitude with which they should snots them. At this moment four candidates fur the City had publicly avowed themselves. This meeting, however, had nothing to do with other names. If they were convinced that Mr. A Id:ar t:inn ii - aithman would honourably discharge his duty in Perlis meat. that he would uphold the rights and intere s t s o f his fellow. ritirens. anJ continue to pursue the same honourable course which had hitherto marked his public career, it was sufficient to justify their utmost exertions in his behalf; and he hoped they should meet with such co-operation from their fellow-citizens as would glee them the most sanguine prospects of ultimate success. Cheers.) _ Mr. Gat.t.Pwar thought it necessary to obeerve that the thin at:endance of the Meeting was ascribable to the circumstances that, in the first place, a few only of the Alderman's friends had been apprised of it t and in the next place, from its happening or. a Monday. many a those who on another day would have been pre sent were out at town. It was deemed advisable that a prelimi. navy meeting should be convencd, to consider what steps ought to be adopted to serve the interests of Mr. Alderman Walthman, and he thought inure reliance could be placed on the activity of a hew than on that of a larger assembly, many of whom would neces sarily be strangers to each other, and therefore less capable of co. operation Ifs would, however, auggsat that a lariat massiag. shomild hereafter be convened, to ascertain the sentiments of their fellow-citizen' with regard to the object they had in view. The cha racter and public conduce of Mr. Alderman Waithman was too well known to require any extraordinary development from him ; but he thought that not only the City of London, but the people of England, lied a great duty to discharge, in securing the re. tarn of the worthy Aldermen (Waithinan) in the next Parliament. They hail had him before them for a perirel of more than thirty years, during which time he had displayed such temper, con sistency, ability, and real, as no longer to put his value in env store of doubt. (Cheers.) As Common Councilman, as Sheriff, sit so Chief Magistrate, they had telly tried and ascertained his merits; and while sitting in parliament for a short period, as the Representative of this city, he had on every occasion clearly mani. Tested his ardour and attachment to the interests of his fellow. citizens. Now that he had retired from business, he was in a con. dition to gOve to the citizens of leardon the whole of his time, which, valutble as it was, would, no doubt, be cheerfully accorded to them, if he could only have the opportunity to serve them, and promote those great public principles to which his life had been steadily devoted. Fur the purpose of furthering their object, he (Mr. Galloway) would suggest that a preliminary Committee should be appointed, to take those adequate measures that were necessary to insure the return of the worthy Alderman. Mr. Deputy REEVES said he could have no wish to refrain from moving the resolution which had been placed in his hands, but that it was the wish of the worthy Alderman that any resolution of the kind should come from an individual living out of the Ward of which he was the head. Some delay here took place, there being no person !n the room who lived nut of the Ward. Mr. tixt.Lowair observed, that if this were a public meeting, a piece of etiquette might be worth regarding; but belrgrnerelv a private meeting, he thought it unnecessary that any time should be wasted about such a point. Mr. Deputy Itt:EvEs accenlingly moved the first resolution, which stated that Mr. Alderman Waithman, from his long con. nexion with the Corporation, rnd his able and a.ssiduours discharge of its highest and most important offices, was eminently qualified to represent the City of London in Parliament. .Me. Tito MAS PAYNE in recommending the resolution observed, that he slid so from a sort of right, having twenty-six years ago been one of the hest who brought the worthy Alderman forward. Lie was now and had been for many years represented by no less than ten individuals in Parliament, and no one had given hint greater trisisfaction than Mr. Alderman Waithman. lle had watched the worthy Alderman's conduct both in that House and out of it, and the result of his observation was. a thorough convic tion that no man in the country would do hitisself credit if he did not support the worthy Alderman at the miming election. (Cheers). This and the Issllowirg resolution were unanimously adopted : " That it's well-tried services to the rause of ccristitt,tional tree. dom, and a public life of more than 39 years, spent in the main. tenance of she rights and liberties of his fellow citizens, justly en. titled him to that !support from the Livery of Condon, which, while it appreciated his past devotion to their interef.ts, might confer upon hint the opportunity of contributing still further to the prosperity of the trade and commerce of the metropolis." A Committee was then appointed of all the persons present, wish liberty to told to their numbers, for the purpose of securing Mr. Alderman Waithman's erection. A deputation then waited on the Alderman, who was in another part of the house, to request the favour of his attendance. On his entering the room he was loudly cheered. The CHAIRMAN informed hint that the present preliminary Meeting had, from their krfowledge of his long tried and faithful services as a public man, once more thought it desirable to bring him forward as their representative in Parliament ; and they hum bly trusted that he would see, under till the circumstances, that there were such grounds for their conduct, and that such feelings accompanied the Resolutions of this day (though merely those of a preliminary ,Meeting), as would induce him to denote some part of that health which seemed to have been restored to him, to the high interests of Ins fellow-citizens; impressed as they were with the conviction that, in thus calling upon him to come forward. and pledging themselves to use their utmost exertions to promote his return, they were espousing not only the cause of Alderman ll'a!thrnan, but of public liberty and independence. (Cheers.) It was therefore hoped that the Worthy Alderman would accept this call, Ind it would then become his friends, in every part of this great city, to insure by their exertions the ultimate triumph of that MSC which was inseparably co , nected with his name. (Cheers.) The Resolution,' having been read, Mr. Alderman Warr tiara,: observed, that it was not without great doubt and hesitation that he consented to have himself placed in the situation of a Candidate to represent the City of London in Parliament. It was true he had suffered a very severe mdispasi. tion, but lie was now happily restored to health, an that there was no impediment on that account. But he considered it a very se rious thing for any individual to solicit the suffrages to represent in Parliament so large and important a body as the Livery of Lon. I don, consisting of nu less than between twelve and thirteen thou sand persons; and he never should have ventured to place himself in the situation of a candidate, had there not been a strong indica tion of feeling in his favour. Having been solicited by a very respectable number of the Livery in his own ward, and having . re ceived a great many tend e rs of su pp or t from persons in carnage other parts of the Metropolis, with many of whom he had rte ac quaintance. he was led to believe that his other services had been so far appreciated that, considering his consistency and his princi phis, they did think him fit to become one of their Representatives. If his election depended upon the personal influence or exertions of himself, he should despair of success, and should not have come forward; but when he considered that the Liverymen of London had theft own rii;hts to maintain, when he considered that their first and principal right was the exercise of the elective franchise, and that in t heir representative was reposed the protection of their rights, liberties, interests, aid general happiness;—when he considered all these circumstances, he felt that it was not his cause &10n..., but the cause of the Livery themselves; that it was more the cause of the Electors than of the individual placed in the situation of the elected. (Cheers.). They must all have felt how little reliance was to be placed in promises and profesaiona; and be must candidly declare, as an ISlector, that lie should not con fi de in any promises from a candidate, unless, indeed, mune other teatimonlala could bar offered, in order to warrant a confidence to be placed in them. Al'hen they had witnessed the cumber of mal-practiccs that had been carried on, when they had nen the number of individuals who held seats in Parliament concerned in the most des picable jots that ever disgraced a community, and when they beheld the proceedings which took place in private com mittees of the House of Commons, could they be surprised that those individuals would hesitate to obtain scats in any manner, however dishonourable? They all knew how seats were purchased. and could it be expected that such persons would nnt, in that situa. don, at all times prefer their Den interests to that of the public ? In short, during the last &salmi of Parliament, so many proofs of this must have been seen by them, that he was assured, whoever they might choose for the future, they would use that circumspection in ' their election as would give them reason to expect that they should not receive that kind of conduct again. (Cheers.) With respect to his own former exertions, there were many persons present who re collected hint for many years; and to them he would say, that al. though they now approximated in public feeling, yet they had passed through times of great peril and difficulty, times when it was hardly safe for an individual to deliver his opinions in the manner lie was now doing, and which required no ordinary courage to stand up as the advocate of public interests; but he had encountered them ; he had always stood staunch to his principles. He no eoubt had formed on various occasions many erroneous opinions, but no man could say that he ever departed from public principles. Principles never changed; and if they now agreed more generally in public opinion than before, he thought it might be very justly said that circumstances had rather moved towards him than that he had moved or bowed himself towards circumstances. (Cheers.) He could add but little more. They knew him well—they knelt his past exertions. It would be impossible, by dwelling upon them, to give them a different character; whatever they were, it was upon them he must rest. Unless his put conduct were a suf. ficient security for the fidelity of his future actions, lie had no se. curie to offer. (Cheers.) flaring gone so Ear as to express their opinkn of his fitness for the Important situation of their Represen tative, and having called upon him to become a Candidate for that honourable distinction, be had only one thing more to add—that was, that the success of their wishes, or of his, must entirely depend on their own exertions. If gentlemen would undertake the matter seriously and in right earnest. be had no doubt (from what be had witnessed o f_publie feeling) that success must attend their carts. (Cheers.) He had received a great many letters from several id& THE BRITISH PRESS. viduals who could not attend the meeting, bot who *dad th a n. selves to use their beat exertions in the cause. He hod only now to thank them fur their good opinions anything he amid say far. ther would be extraneous ; he must either deal in premises or pro. fes%ions he therefore threw himself entirely Into their hands, hoping that after the exertions which they had already mada—nay, he was certain, he should not want their most active co.operations in order to effect complete success. (Cheers.) It wu then proposed that a subscription should be collected but_ Mr. GALLOWAY thought it would be better to defer anything of the kind until a general meeting should take place. Thank, haring been voted to :he Chairman, that gentleman made his acknowledgments, and the Meeting adjourned. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. kfuterion L're, Esq., on behalf of himself and the Right Hon. Thomas %Valium, commenced an active canvass at Weymouth on Thursday. accompanied by a very numerous amemhlage of free. holders. There is not, we believe, • more loyal county than Dor. set in the whole kingdom—nor one, perhaps, that has more shown its approval of the measures adopted 'by die present Ali biters. We record this fact as a credit to the Dorset people,who have more than once publicly expressed their determination to elect such Members only as pledge themselves decidedly to oppose any further conces sions to the Catholics. 31asiterton Ure, end the Right Hon. T. li'allace, are therefore certain of their election; as are also Mr. Iowa! Buxton, and Mr. Williams, for the town of Weymouth. Considerable sums have been wagered Tattersall's, at on the Northumberland election. The betting is Ato 4 Lidd e ll against Bell-6 to 4 against Lord Ilowick-7 to 6in favour of Beaumont —6 to 4 Beaumont and Liddell against Howick and Bell. The requisition to Mr. Sergeant Wilde, which on Saturday last was reported to have been gi-en up, has this week been revived, an.l it is now said renewed exertions we making to procure addi tional signatures. Mr. Sot den will again offer himself to represent the borough of New Shoreham, in the next Parliament. Mr. J. Smith will again 14150 claim the suffrages of the freeholders of the Rape of Brantber. In respect to the Fermentation of the county. it is currently re. ported that Mr. Cutlets wishes to entire from Parliament. If an, it I I , is thought Mr Cavendish will be permitted **walk over the ceurearl At Lewes. the respective friends of „pr. Kamp and Mr. Donovan I confidently earculate MI returning !bah rndemen. Strenuous exer tions are making by the partisans of Sir Godfrey Webster, at Chi. cheater, to oust Mt. Poyntz. It is thought, however, they will prove unsuccessful.—Swithompron Herald. RIADINO ELECTIOS.—During the last fortnight an extraor dinary sensation has been produced in this borough by the cir culation of a variety of handbills from the Radical Press, im puting to Mr. Edward Wakefield, the candidate on the Blue sat rest, a course of conduct altogether at variance with that gentleman's professions, and calealated to subject him to the most serious legal proceedings. Seven or eight, or more, of these virulent handbills were officiously distributed during the tem porary absence of Mr. IVakefield from the borough, and his return was looked for with great anxiety, as the charges made against him were of a nature not to be passed over, either by the candidate or by the electors, in a light or trifling war. From first to last, it was plainly insinuated, that Mr. Wakefield had been a party to the gross and revolting deception which is said to have been practised on Miss Tomes, if Cheshire ; and the electors who had promised him their support were naturally most desirous that lie should at once adopt the only measures which could actisfactorily prove his entire innocence, and show that there was not the slightest foundatien in truth for the de grading reports which had been circulated so industriously, and so evidently to his injury—we do not mean m -rely to his injury as a candidate to represent this borough in Parliament, but also to his injury as a gentl e m a n, as a f at h er, as a man. n Tuesday 31e. Wakefield returned to Reading, and a large party of about three hundred, comprising many gentlemen of the first respect. ablity, and a great number ofelectats, assembled to meet him at time %%line !hut, Duke street. The room was crowded to excess, and many individuals were unable to obtain talmittance. On Mr. Wakefield's entrance, he was welcomed with enthusiastic cheers, which were continued the longer, because a vast majority of the meeting evidently regarded him as a man, who, instead of flying front the serious accusations preferred against him, had given .a strong proof of his perfect inrocenee in the anxious speed with which he had hastened to subject himself to interro gatories, and to put his calumniators to the test, by instituting against them such pr,:ceedings as the laws of' his country pointed out. Mr. Wakefield not only most solemnly declared his utter ignorance of the transaction in question, previous to its taking place, but he pledged himself to do every thing in his power to give his assailants full opportunity to prove, if they were able, the justice of their insinuations. He spoke with the deepest feeling ; spit while he commiserated the situation in which Mr. Turner had been so cruelly placed by the temporary loss of his child, in a manner which excited general and heartfelt sympathy, he excused himself from becoming the accuser of his own son. He expressed himself that the question with respect to himself in particular should be most thoroughly investigated; and he again pledged himself to entirely cleanse Ina character, which had been so foully assailrd, by taking the most strenuous measures to bring his libellers betbre the constituted tribunals of their country. The announcement of this determination was received with general cheering, and gave perfect satisfaction to the meeting. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S CANVAS. Yesterday was a proud day for St. Ives; it presented one of those interesting scenes, peculiar to the British Isles—an entire people, as if animated by one spirit, conscious of their rights, cheerily marching tent, to greet the arrival of their Representative. tits welcome was ten times more glorious than the triumph of the warrior. Ills office, like that of the General, is to defend the rights, the homes, and the privileges ' his countrymen, but here the simile ends, for his " are the ways of peace." It is good that the sword be turned into the plough-share. The triumph of the law is better than the triumph of arms; so are the labours of the Senator who legislates for the benefit of his country ; who at all times advocates the cause of truth ; who bends not to power, and yields not to flattery, or the snore solid eorruptives of a Court—more valuable to Society than the most splendid achieve. ments of the most distinguished warrior. The people of St. Ives on this occasion seemed anxious to vie with each other in the manner in winch they could beat certify their high opinion of Lord John Russell's conduct as their representative, and to show what sacrifices they were ready to make to secure to the county the benefit of his services. It was known some days previous that Lord John was to dine with a select party of friends at Mr. Hamnioni's, of Fenstanton, and that he would commence the canvas of St. Ives on Friday morning, and every preparation was made to give him a hearty welcome. At halt'-past ten a party of freeholder, set out on horseback to meet hint, and were preceded by the Cambridge and St Ives hands, with two elegant bannera—the one a bright azure blue, with an inscription in letters of gold, of ‘• The Inuependent Freeholders of St. Ives," surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves; the other, a deep purple, with the Russell Arms emblazoned on it. The horsemen wore large blue favours or sashes, and their horses were decorated with the same lively material.— The cavalcade extending a considerable length, had a very imposing appearance, particularly as it crossed the bridge. The procesnon was led by Mr. Fisher and Mr. Day, to the point where the London road intersects the Cambridge one, at which place it halted for a moment to await the arrival of Lord John, who came on horseback, accompanied by Mr. Hammond, Mr. Peare, and several other gentlemen ; 'his appearance was greeted with loud accl a m a ti ons b y a l arge concourse of spectators : as soon as the shouting had saniewhat subsided, Mr. Fisher addressed his Lordship in the following terms:— I beg leave, my Lord, on behalf of myself and my brother free. holders here—independent freeholders of the town of St. Ives— to assure your Lordship, that it is with feelings of the greatest saiisticion that we once more meet your Lordship in our neigh. bourhood. We hail with pride, as well as satisfaction, the arrival of your Lordship in a cause which most deeply interests us—a cause which has for its object the promotion of the best interests of the county—arid not only of the county but of the country at large. It is then, my Lord, with not a little exultation, that I make known to your Lordship, that a resolution was lately passed, at a numerous and most respectable meeting of that freeholder,. which I shall now read to your Lordship-- " That entertaining the highest opinion of the talents and charac ter of our worthy representative. Lord John Russell, and highly ap proving his political ,aniduct in Parliament, it was resolved unani. mouldy, that, as s small mark of our great respect and esteem for his Lordship, as many of the freeholders Its can conveniently attend shall meet and escort his Lordship into the town of St. Ives, on the morning of Ina canvas." Mr. FISHER, having read the resoletion, continued—l will not detain your Lordship longer, but merely add, that besides giving our votes and interest to the cause, every exertion shall be made on our parts, individually and collectively, to bring it to a successful issue. So that or may have the inexpressible satisfaction and plea. sure of again returning your Lordship to Parliament as our repre sentative (Cheers.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied in the following terms GEKTLE MEN,-1 receive with gratitude this mark of your re gard—l am aware that you rate my services far too highly. But I am rejoiced to find that the freeholders of St. Ives prize highly any exertions, however trifling, which are made in the behalf of liberty; in behalf of the people. (Cheers.) It has been said that I have thrown out an unfounded charge again at our opponents, of endea vouring to compel the freeholder to support the coalition. The ac. cusation I made is but too true. At St- Neots, a respectable trades man has been ordered _to give up a swell vices of garden gro u nd, which he rents under Lord Sandwich, because he intends to vote as he thinks. (Shame.) It is impowdble not to pity many poor freehol. dere. who are di ',tied between the fear of ruin sod the guilt of giving a dishonest suffrage. But the greater our pity for them, the greater should be our indignation against the oppression of those r h o threaten to crush all who will not vote for the coalition. The spirit of an Englishman revolts at it. The voice of every free holder who as sires to be called independent, should be raised against it. (Cheers.) if he does not now exert himself, he will forfeit all freedom of choice for himself and his children. The procession then returned in the same order, but the num. bent of the pedestrians increased st every step ; and though in ad. vance of the horsemen, when we had ascended the wr . per. eeived that " the living mass" extended quite up b t f o id g Crown. Indeed it was a lively prospect which then burst upon our view ; the windows crowded with elegantly.dressed women the waving of thousands of hats, unmounted with favours or blue inscriptions —tbe shouts of the people—tint arrninnnn annting in the air—the sound of musiwthe floseese oldie rlay--all combined to render it one of the most enlivening sps we rensuniser to have witnessed. _ _ ►iut yet there was one cloud that hovered on this fair horizon the speck of opposition was still visible on the sun's disk, and was represented on the marten by wiz bridgespertera, with tri-eigaitred favours in their hats,—already primed by morning libatiore, quaffed to the health of Lord ;tlandeville sad Biro Fellown, at the sign of the Wilkes's Had. These gentlemen, thus fortified, shouted in favour of tacit patrons; but they were tidily laughed to silence. It excited no great surprise to see the It.:presmtatires of Toryism wearing the tri-colnorcd cockade, for they ore said to he fond of revolutions; brit their being rankest under the sign of Jonn caused some little merriment. " ! how nre the glories of 45 fallen," sighed an ancient freeholder; but it was not en, far " mine host" had dressed John, on each side of his sign, with a new blue coat fur the occasion. The procession then passed the front of the Croon Inn, and down the Dulloelt M oket, to Mr. Day's house, where the Noble Lord alighted to breakfast with that gentleman. Lord Milton min after arrive -A in a travelling chariot and four, and wan warmly greeted by the populace. Mr. W. WELLS attended the box of lined Miaton'e carriage, and addressed the meeting in a tone of peculiar energy ; he had, he observed, been for twenty years labocring in the cause of inde pendence, therefore it was with pride of heart he witnessed to-day the noble spirit whi c h th e gent l emen o f S t . l ees h a d man if este d. (Applause.) Ile ought not to say gentlemen only, for he was proud tolare that the !allies of Si. :vest were equally alive to the good cause. It would show to the world, that the peoF:e of St. Ives were sensible of their rights ; that they duly appreciated the privi leges of Englishmen t. nod that they had spirit to maintain them. Mr. Wells then descended amid the good humoured applause of the multitude. Lord John Russell and Lord Milton havin t shortly afterwards presented themselves at the drawing room Windows, were again *reefed with tumultuous applause, amid shouts of " Russell for ever." Silence being obtained, Lord Jong again briefly addressed the crowd. He was anxious before they separated to express to them the high and grateful sense he entertained of his reception at St. Ives-.-n reception which proved that the arts their adversaries had elsewhere practiled had not prevailed with them ; that against them the enenes of corrup don would be powerless. (Applause.) Their adversaries had grounded th4r cause on appeals to the fears and the meaner pas sions of thellectors ; but the conduct of the people Of St. I Vest that day would 'wove that ?KIY rested their cause on a different feeling—on right Engthibrferllng. ((heers.) The Nrittle Lad observed a few of lila opponents mastic ; they were certainly not namenntiquid had get intbwkeprner t hut he believed they were rather apt to get into holes pad corners. (Laughter and ape plause.) But still he believed they were not quite en much in love with taxation, as to be offended when he ex?ressed his desire to see them relieved of a portion of the burihens with which the people of England are oppressed. (Applause.) He deprecated in strong terms the power—s power which he would always oppose —exercised by the officers of the army, in II time of peace. of flog. log that partioWthtpeople of England which *as employed in the defmasalluttry. (Cheers.) The Noble Lord tencluded by again IfOleseing the delight he felt at the manner in syli!elt he had ben receited at St. Ives, as well as by the noble sp'-rit which lie was so happy to see m an if es t e d b y i ts inhabitants. l'lte shouts of the people, and cries of Russell fee ever, continued long after the Noble Lord had retired from the window. About forty freeholders then sat down to a splendid breakfast (hospitably provided by Mr. Day.) pees ions to the commencement of the canvass.—The dishes, cold mews. pastry, and confections, were in great variety and perfection. We observed present, besides the Noble candidate. Lord Milton, J. Roper. Esq., Captain Du. berly, G. Pryme. Esq., the Rey. Mr. Holland. W. Feats, T. Hammond, Jas. Forster, (lliggleswarle), E. ;llartin, T. E. Fisher, Matt. Tebbutt, Eaqrs., &c. The banquet was enlivened by the performance of some excellent airs by the band ; but neither the fascinations of the music, nor the hsmitsble cheer of the worthy host, could detain them long at the table. and the Noble Lord and his friends shortly rose to commence the canvass, which we under stand was successful even beyond the hopes of his most sanguine friends.—Huntimpfon Parr. Lord John Russell canvassed Huntingdon on Wednesday, and Godmanchester on Thursday last. SALFORD CHARITIES. On Tuesday last, being Easter Tuesday, the annual meeting for the election of parochial officer* for the °muting year was held at the parkh table, in the collegiate church; the Rev. C. I). AVray, one of the chaplains, in the chair; when those gentlemen were elected without opposition or observation. 'Pie hooka containing an account of the receipt* and disbursements of the Salford Charities were then submitted to the meeting ( which gave rise to sonic dis eussion, in the course of which Mr. Pilling asked Mr. Henry Ma gna (one of the trustees) whether any disbursements of money were made by any other persons than the boroughreeve and con stables. Mr. Burgess replied in the negative. Mr. Pilling said that certainly an impression had prevailed to the contrary, and he suggested the propriety of publis!ting as an nual report of receipts add disbursements, like the published by the select vestry of Salford. He was perfectly aware that the cha rities were now properly administered by the trustees; but every one was not aware of that. and it would be as well to take away all pretence for imputations of misconduct. 111 r. Burgess said he thought the trustees would not feel any ob jection to the publication of such anaccount • certainly for Ilia part, he felt not*. Mr. Brotherten observed that when Mr. Burgess said that none of the charity money was expended, except by the churchwarden and overseers, he meant, of course, to confine his observation to the present time; and, with that limitation it was, no doubt. perfectly true; but, certainly, some years ago, very great irregularities hud prevailed in the disbursement of the money. From the year 1794 t :be year 1007, though the income of the charities amounted to at least 1,1001. a-year, not 300/. a year was ever expended by the church. warden and constables; and the way in which the 5. - counts were kept at that time might be judged of front the tact that in one place in the books, there was an entry on one side, "To rents received, 5,000/.." and on the other side, in one line, " By disbursements, 4,0000 Besides these, there were some leases of property under very suspicious circumstances. A large plot of land in Oxford road was sold to the late Mr. John Gilbert. at 2Ati. per yard, which was re-let at a greatly advanced rate. About 4,5110 yards of this land was afterwards let by Mt. Gilbert to the Rochdale Canal Com puny, for 1091. Os. per annum during the term of his lease (which was for ninety-nine yenta) p but the('anal Company being desirous of purchasing in fee, and having a power to do so under their Act of Parliament, agreed to give 271. fia. od. a year extra (hiring the continuance of the lease; making altogether 1361. 12s. lid.; but instead of paying this amount to the &airy, at the expiration of 31r. G ilbert's lease, they ore only to pay Gs!. 2s. Ilid. for ever; so that the interests of the charity had evidently been sacrificed in order to make a good bagain for Mr. Gilbert. There wart another plot of land, containing upwards of 11,000 yards, which had been conveyel by the trustees themselves to the Rochdale Canal Com pany I yet, somehow, the charity received from it only about MI. a year, whilst an individual derived from it upwards of 1,0001. per annum. These statements gsve rise to some discussion amonTtt the gentlemen assembled, several of whom expressed a hope that the Commissioners appointed to investigate public charities would take care to scrutinize the prc:eediogs which had taken place with regard to the Salford cksritles. The Meeting then separated.—Manchester Guardian. MARRIAGE:3 AND CEIRISTENINGS.-At the Collegiate Church, in this town, on Sunday and Monday last, the number of marriages was 35, and of christenings 1.51. On the same days of the last year there were 63 marriages, and 198 christenings; making a deficiency in the number of marriages of 28, and of christenings VT.—Manchester Guardian. SOCKING ACCIDENT.—MtI. SWUM WidOW Of the late Mr. Surtees, of Medomalay, near Durham, surgeon, was unfortunately burnt to death in the night of Saturday last. She had gone up stairs to bed some time after her servant, and it is believed had fallen with a candle in her hand, which had set her clothes on fire. She was found in her lodging-room on thefollowing morning in a most shocking state, ber body being literally burnt to a cinder. DESTRUCTIVE Fist.—On Sunday evening, as early as half.patt seven ' the inhabitants of Crown..treet. Sun-street, were thrown into an alarm by the breaking out of a fire at the house of Mr. Richardson, grocer, nearly opposite Long-alley, but, by the arrival of i‘everal engines, and the exertions of the firemen, the flames were confined to Mr. Richardson's house, which, however, is entirely destroyed. DLVONPORT.—The Vigilant, 12, Lieut. Mareslith, ar rived here on Thursday, with Mr. Tillieote, n King's Messenger, and despatches from Vera Cruz; she has also brought a small freight of specie on merchants' account. The Arigilant left Vera! Cruz on the sth and the Havatinah on the 2341 of Feb. The Pyre. mus, 42, Captain Gambier, was lying at the former place; and the Dartmouth, 42, Captain H. Pundits, at the latter; the Ferret, 1(1, Captain Hobson, sailed from the llavannsh on the 23d of February I for New Providence and Jamaica. Our squadron lied captured three Spanish slave vessels bound to Cuba. The Spanish ('ammo. dore La Borde sailed from the Havannah on the 19th of February, with a squadron of five frigates, having troops on board, alto were to be landed on the north side of Cubs, atter which the ships were to cruise off Carthagena. The Mexicans were collecting a force at Campeachy, Err the purpose of attacking Cuba, in which the Car. thaginiana, it was said, had offered to join. A new tariff of duties had just passed the Mexican Congress, whereby the import duties were reduced one half. Alvarado was nearly (inserted by its inha:l bitants, who had returned to Vent Cruz, from whence they hail been driven by the destructive fire from the Castle of St. Juan d'Ulloa, previous to its surrender. The Castle bad been repaired by the Mexicans, and put in a very fartnidable state of defence. T ra d e was very brisk, but the speculations of the British Mining Compa. nies had there a very gloomy appearance ; great quantities of ma chinery had been landed, and forwarded to the interior. Mr. Bul. lock, (of the Egyptian Hall Museum) with his family, had just arrived at Vera Cruz, as superintendent of the mines; but the large waggons, &c. he took out with him had become useless, the badness of the roads preventing them from being conveyed to their destination. The Vigilant is reported to have brought home the new treaty concluded between the Mexican Government and the British Commissioners. The Vigilant left this port on the 11th of September, with a messenger and despatches for Vern (2 ra i d u u r :r y i a rn n a g a a the is nn her , galepsahseaa4cAe auk e st a te ' s ' e v ri her eae cli r mast:. er t n e n al tl P e c ' a ta m a e a h a o w m ea e w it her ; rigged as a ketch.—Dm/epee! Tekrarid. ON THE PRACTICE OF THE INSOLVEA: DEBTORS' COURT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. March dl, lbat• Ste—When i last addressed you on this subject I hati no intention of again intruding myself on your valuable columns, discouraged as I have been bi my ill success, and impressed with the notion that the learned CoMminioners of this Court had neither time nor inclination to attend to anything I might suggest ; bat having this day heard the Chief Commissioner observe that the late attention of the brokers of the Court " was at all events o',e step tostart, a reformation of the pract:ce," evhieb, as near as I can re collect, were his very words, it occurred to me that he in tended, when the Act was made permanent, to throw the whole of this peculiar practice open to such of the profession as chose to present their admissions, and duly register in his Court their certificates as they cob tamed them from the Stamp-office, and, where rims eery, their re-atlinissions, as well as to require al entry of the names of their numerous clerks, diet the number employed by each attorney might be transmitted to the Commissioners of the ILvenue; that be meant to allow the attornies to transact their own business without the in.% re ference of messengers, and to have the tetnie seeurity fee costs he in the superior Courts, the attorney and the inso)- vent being alike protected ; that such documente* be annexed to every schedule. according to my fce'mer sug gestions, as must (for I venture to speak with no uncer tainty) with perfect ease at once expose and defeat the present infamous practices, openly carried on by means of fraudulent and fictitious arrests and surrorders, am! especially of proceedings conducted in person- that is; b:r the desperate agents, and, if possible, mote desperate crew,. who infest the London prisons ; that the mere nearing ap parel of the insolvent, his wife, and children, be no longer embraced in the broker's valuation, which id sufficiently profitable to them without these articles ; that the present form of the balance sheet sbothl be rendered more Intel- ligible, and, where prisoners kept no booki or could neither read nor write, that some more concise and sim ple form be substituted ; and, among other things, tle.t an opposing credit or should not publicly stave tlie opportunity, as at present, of receiving 4 greater propor tion of his debt and eons than other creditors, contrary to the very spirit of the Legislature. If the learned Chief Commissioner contemplates these alterations in the practice of his Court, which it is to be presumed noth!ig but the multiplicity of his engage me nt s co uld h ave prevented him from doing long since, respectable men, having ituritioutm ml the prejudices of going to a prison, and being able to do so with perfect safety to their persons, will cheerfully attend) the Fireetice, to the exclusion of the present uncertificateit attornies, and their well known agents, who are every thing but eerr,s—his time would no longer be occupied in tracieg the machinery of schedules, or, as at Ws day, with applications to seinen(' thtir attornies—the very pos sibility of such men conducting business et all being removed by the bare entry of their names, with the date of their certificates, and by a similar enfty of their clerks, those persons also being necessarily conned to the attorney's office at stated salaries, subject to the regular duty. These agents, of whom so much has been said, in. stead of watching the tetiortunate debt& at the sponFing house, Judges' Chambers, and prisons, must turn their at tention to some honest source of livelihood, and thus ren ,kr the Law Society almost as useless as the one for the Suppression of Vice, and, what is of no small importance. render it no longer worth while for certain wen-known persons to get thetuselve; detained year after year u pri soners, to enrich themselves at the expense and upon the absolute ruin of the unfortunate debtor. When the Chief Commissioner shall have accomplished this, his Court will be a refuge for the deaetving objects for whom these hu mane Acts of Parliament were passed, and himself 4111 receive not only the thanks of the profession, but of every wellwisher of his country. Trusting that my humble efforts will not prove aline thee ineffectual, ! am, Sir, Your obliged and obedient servant,_______ A PRACTITIONER; Acopy of affidavit of debt—of the Sheriff's >xauaat—d•tbe bail piece, and its No.—and a copy of the notice of eurrectder—be• bides those already required. STATE OF TRADE. Trade, we SIT happy to state, has somewhat revived in Leith within these few days. There have been several arrivals from foreign ports, and considerable bustle en the quays. The approach of the season for the spring aailinr will materially contribute to enliven the port. Malmesbury fair on Tuesday last was attended by the graziers and (lentos from most parts of the weatesn cow , - ties. The oxen, of which there was a very large shell . were chiefly of the Devon breed; there wets also a grew: number from Glamorganshire, and sonic Herefords. A more heavy fair with regard to sale, perhaps has not taken place within the last two or three years. In the morning lk/. and 191. were demanded for oxen, which, be fore the close, would gladly have been sold at 16/. and 17 '. Many of the leaner kind were obliged to he driven bark A distance of a hundred miles, for want of purchasers. There was also a number of sheep, among which were some short ones ; but for the latter no one seemed disposed to buga;!l. On the whole it was a very bad fair for the seller: Al though all parties connected with agriculture seem to anti cipate the approach of a malevolent crisis, as arising out of the recent infraction of the money-market, or the pro bable alteration of the currency, yet it appears that few are apprehensive of any lasting impression sufficient to de preciate the value of landed property ; nor chew any dis position on the part of the tenantry to defer the time fez making new contracts, where their leases are about to ex pire, in order that they may witness the event. On the contrary, applications for farms are made with as much set licitude as ever. We wish that it were in our power t announce the /east improvement of the state of trade in this town ; but such is not the case. Every one seems to be looking forward with anxiety to the eventful sth of July, when, under various restrictions, and u pon payment of certain duties. silk goods of foreign manu f acture may be introduced in„to England. We fervently hope that the result will not prove so ruinous as is generally anticipetetl. We believe that the silk weaver and manufacturer of brood goods will feel less than the throwster, who, we fear, will be a great sufferer. In the mean time the state of our mechanics is truly deplorable, applications for relief daily increase, and, but for the seasonable supply received this week from noble and generous donors, the funds raised for their relief would have been soon exhausted. We have been at some paha' in endeavouring to form a correct estimate of the present state of meny of tilt neigh bouring districts, from personal observation and inquiry, and are sorry to say, that the result is by no means satis factory. In Congleton, nearly , the whole of the labourink population is destitute of employment, almost every mill is at a stand, and their only support is derived from the con• tributions of the benevolent. Trade, at Leek, which a few weeks since bore a consoling aspect, is again in a deprrseed state. As to Sandbach, we may almost go to the extent of saying, that, with little exception, parochial aid is the only means by which t h e silk throwsters, who formerly lived on their earnings, are now maintained. It is, indeed, high time that a change for the better should take place.—Mae. cleffield Herald, April 1. A number of young English Excise officers are doing duty in Scotland, being sent down to supply vacancies and learn distillery service. _ The number of unemployed weavers in Hamilton now amounts to five hundred. Mr. Brown, factor to his Grace the Duke of Hamilton, continues to give employment to numbers in digging and levelling ground in the neigh.. bourhooS. On Saturday last a basket was sent by one of the Exeter coaches, directed to a gentleman at Teignmouth, which on being upacked was found to contain the dead body of a new-born infant. An inquest has been hell, and the Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against sonic person or persons unknown. Strong suspicion attach es to a female in Exeter, and we trust the steps taking will lead to the discovery and punishment of the unnatural mother. Claude Seurat, the living skeleton, passel through Dover on Tuesday, en his way home. to France. 1 ~. , ; 1 ii V t. I I