The Sun. — London, England, 1837-02-20 00:00:00

SCOTTISH REFORM MARTYRS A meeting was held this day at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for the purpose of raising a subscription to erect a m onument to Th omas Muir, Thomas Fyshe Palmer. William Skirving, Maurice Margaret, and Joseph Gerrald, the Scottish martyrs who bad suffered in the cause of Parliamentary Reform, in the years 1793-4. The meeting was very numerously and respectably attended. At ono o'clock the Chairman, Joseph Hume, Esq., M. P., appeared on the platform accompanied by several Mem bers of the Committee, and was received with much cheer ing. - Among th e gentlensen immediately near the chair, we observed Mr. Warburton, M.P., Colonel Thomson, M.P. Sir William Molesworth, M.P., Mr. Brotherton, M. P. Mr. Wallace, M P., Mr. Potter, M. P., Mr. Wilson, M.P. Mr. Williams, M.P., General Palmer, M.P., Mr. Thornley, M.P., M. Scholfield, M.P., Mr. J. Gully, M.P., Mr. Otw a y C ave , M.P., M r . E vans , Mr. M‘Leod, M.P., Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., Mr. J. Wilks, M.P., Mr. Villiers, M.P., Mr. Gillon, M.P., Mr. J. Craw ford, Mr. Fergus O'Connor, Dr. Carpus, Dr. Wade, Mr. Fearon, John Towel Rutt, Mr. Thatcher, of Boston, Ame rica, Mr. Murphy, &e. &c. Mr. HUME said be was much gratified at seeing so nu merous a meeting upon the subject which was to occupy their attention, because it was one of the very greatest im portance to every man. They had met to take into consi deration the conduct and sufferings of men who had been the pioneers of Reform—of men who had led the way to those improvements in the Government which had lately been obtained.—(Cheers.) They had seen monuments erected to conquerors who had not contributed much to good government or the happiness of the people— ( Hear, hear)—then the question arose whether they had not been tardy in manifesting their gratitude to those who put themselves forward in times of difficulty and danger, for the purpose of obtaining measures for the happiness of the people.—(Cheers.) They had to look back now 44 • years, when these days of danger existed, and he saw around him many of those who were experimentally ac quainted with the history of Reformers in those days ; but all present would do well to read over those documents which had been published and were distributed at the • door. They would there see how justice and law had been perverted in Scotland in the cases of the men whose names were before them. He had been anxious many years ago, when they raised a monument to the . memory of Major Cartwright that the same honour should have been done to these glorious names, but somehow or another the matter fell through. The question was now very apropos, for it would lead Reformers to know what had been done under a Tory Government, and what they might expect if they should again allow the country to be cursed with a Tory .Government.---(Long continued cheering.) In the year 1782, when the question of Reform was brought forward by Wilks and Sawbridge, Mr. Pitt and the Duke of Richmond stood forward as the warm ad ' vocates of as large a measure of Reform as we had since obtained. The Corresponding Society was formed for the purpose of carrying out those same principles as were advocated by Mr:Pitt, for the purpose of obtain ing an extension of the suffrage, without which we could never have obtained good Government. Judge then of the disgust with which they saw the same Mr. Pitt, as Minis ter, punishing by transportation these men for advocating • the same principles which he advocated only a few years before—persecuting them to death.—(Groans.) In the sentence of transportation for fourteen years upon Mr. Muir turned . out, in effect, one of death. The first of these unfortunate men was Mr. Thomas Muir, the whole of whose history was such a catalogue of mis • fortunes as perhaps no man in the world had ever equalled . in so short a time. This was the first victim.—(Cries of Shame.")—Thomas Fyshe Palmer was the next. He was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Ile served out his time, but died on his way home, having been subject to the same species of treatment as common felons. The next was William Skirviug. He was tried on the 6th of of January, 1794 ; he was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. Arrived in New South Wales ; and on the Ist of March, 1796, be died from the sufferings and privations be had been subject to ; he was therefore com pletely murdered by the treatment which he had received. The next victim was Maurice Margarot, a merchant in London. He was tried on the 13th of January for sedi tion —was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. He lived to return to this country in 1810, and he died shortly afterwards, broken in constitution—ruined in fortune—and a martyr to the cause of Reform. There were gentlemen present, who personally knew the great zeal that that per son had displayed in the cause of Reform, and they would state it from their own personal knowledge.—(Cheers.) The next was Joseph Jerrald, a barrister—be was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. He lay in Newgate for a year, and if, in the course of that time, he would only have changed his principles, he might have commanded any terms from the corrupt Government of the day. He had too high a mind to do so—he was sent to Botany Bay, _ and there he died.—(Cries of " Shame, shame.") To none of these unfortunate martyrs in the cause of Reform could . the meeting give the least consolation—they were long since at their last account—but it doubtless might afford great consolation to their surviving relations. With respect to Mr. Muir, the only relation of his that he (Mr. Hume) knew of was his nephew, a Barrister, who was present to assist at the proceedings of the meeting. Skirving had a son, who had a family, and was living at Fife ;:and doubt - less to him the funds that might be collected at the meet ing would be of great assistance. Margarot's widow was : still alive, and doubtless was in the receipt of only a small income. He had only named these few individuals, be . cau se the resolutions which would be submitted would give au opportunity to the different gentlemen the Committee bad selected to explain their views on the several objects worthy the attention of the meeting. He (Mr. Hume) would only suggest that this was not a new question, for in Parliament it had been brought forward by Lord Lauder ' dale and Mr. Adam, and there was only one man found to second it. In the House of Commons Lord Lauderdale had moved for papers upon the subject, but that motion bad been rejected. He (Mr. Hume) had communicated With Lord Lauderdale, who stated to him that he enter _ tained the same opinion now as he did then.—(Cheers.) tf any gentleman would take the trouble of looking at those opinions, they would see how completely the whole • priuciple of justice was perverted when these unfortunate men were condemned. He (Mr. Hume) had written to Mr. 'Adam, who had sent him the debate that took place, and '• any person reading that debate would see that every por -lion of the proceedings that took place was not only illegal but cruel. It was therefore for the meeting to testify their - opinion of such proceedings as these. He would now read the .closing speech of Earl Grey on the debate. What does he there say of Mr. Pitt, and the others who had been Reformers ? Mr. Grey said—" That Mr. Pitt had . acted en their principles at the meeting at the Thatched House in 178 . 2; that the doctrines promulgated from thenc e by Mr. Pitt and the Duke of Richmond were of the same tendency as those maintained by these two unfortunate gentlemen ; nay, that the Duke of' Rich mond had gone greater lengths than either of them, in recommending universal suffrage, and telling the people that they must depend on their own exertions in procuring Parliaraentary Reform ; and that the efforts of the Noble buke and Mr. Pitt, in 1782, on that subject, might be re garded as having produced the exertions of Messrs. Muir and Palmer in Scotland. But what was the result? The Noble Duke and . Mr. Pitt sat in. his Majesty's Cabinet, and gave their-sanction for carrying into execution the sentences Passed on Mr. Palmer. and Mr. Muir, that they should be banished for fourteen years, and doonfed to live with the .outcasts of society."---(Hear.) Ile (Mr. Hume) did not believe there was a Reformer in the country who would not respond t o th e proceedings of that day ; and should mo numents stand to William Pitt and Henry Dundas, the men who had conducted all those infamous proceedings against the early Reformers, and had put ill force the whole Power of Government to check Reform—should these mo tuinents stand, and the men who were the sufferers be passed by in silence ?—(Cries of " No, no," and cheers.) • it was owing to their efforts that they bad arrived at their pre ow sent happ y pos i t i on, i s which they were progress i ng f ast ' tards attaining those reforms that the martyrs had contended for—(Hear)---and hoped that the di las procee s of to-day would convince the Tories that the Reformers to • 'I Oman were united.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Member for :outhwark had said a few nights ago that " the Tories cted w i t h the malignity of one man. " It was upon that ' tfilej stood ; an d b y t h at t h ey succeeded. Let Reformers .- °now that example, and by union let them show they were I, e qual in strength to the Tories. They might have , 41 a differences, but those diff erences wou ld n ot a t sil 'a prese n t moment manifest themselves.—(Hear, hear.) r conclu s i on lie would s a y l e t one h eart actuate a ll Re , l_c:vonersi and then' be had not t h e sma ll est d ou b t t h ey uld triumphantly succeed and carry through all those u'r,'!ung ref orms w hi c h were at present so much wanted. saleers.) Sir s . oh i tio n IV. M OLESWORTII, on rising to move the first Re , was rece i ve d w i t h l oud and long-continued cheer ' - "g• H e sa id he was truly grateful f o r time kind manlier whi c h hi s name was received. Th e C omm i ttee h av i ng • zeleetea ifim to move the first Resolution lie should coin -1..„%h oiv yreadi ng i t f or t h e meet i ng. It was this : ! th e 7( l - 1. That while as Reformers we hail with satisfac , e! . ,of the great principles of good goyernment, awe thus ar!ticipate their complete and not distant triumphs, we • ili ase ,`! ) !7k vpth admiration and gratitude to the heroic conduct of sas4',l,7a,l,.pCatriets who, in days less happy than our own, were His frie : ui th rights and martyrs in time cause of the people," fortunate men Mr. Hume had stated the history of the un rate ; he had told whose memory they were met to commemo rnanner meeting of their sufferings, of the ienels acindwfhaimeliliethey were torn from the bosoms of their sh ores a an s, and how they were sent exiles to the unknown country ; bow they were placed amongst miscreants, ruffians, and creatures, the very out casts of society, and this they suffered, who were the ad vocates of the people's cause.-- . --( Hear, hear.) Their ear nest hope, however, was, that the period would arrive when their intelligent fellow-countrymen would do justice to their sufferings. Skirting in his reply to the Judge who condemned hlm, said, " that his conso lation was that these Acts would be Tejudged." He (Sir W. Mulesworth) was glad to see so large, so respectable, and so intelligent a body of people met for the purpose of re-judging that iniquitous sentence—to prove that the men so condemned were innocent—that their memory was held in veneration, and admired by their descendants ; and that those who suffered with a manly fortitude would be held in grateful recollection by ages yet unborn.—( Loud cheers ) They were met also to fling back upon the corrupt Judges who then sat in the judgment seat the condemnation of all good and virtuous men. The men of whom he spoke suffered in the people's cause, but since that period there was a vast effusion of knowledge and of instruction. Power was rapidly passing from the hands of the few to the many—(Loud cheers)—and each day proved the pro priety of giving to the people an entire control over their own concerns. Political opinions were now freely ex pressed, which in those days would not dare be uttered.— Opinions were freely discussed in the assembly of the Com mons of England which it would not then be safe to avow.—(Loud cheers.) Thu political principles for which these men were the sufferers were in a fair way now to triumph ; and, as Gerrald said in reply to the sentence, " the principles which he advocated were the principles of truth—they were eternal—they would withstand the rude blast of tyranny from every quarter—they were sure at last to triumph, and they would strike root into the most un favourable soil."—( Loud cheers.) Such was the cause which he (Sir W. Molesworth) now advocated ; they were the principles of freedom and of representative ' Govern ment. In his opinion the only security for good Government was to give the people a complete controul over the national revenues. He believed that the poor man as well as the rich had an equal interest in good government—the same interest in the maintenance of peace, and in the accu mulation of capital, and therefore should have an equal voice in the Government of the country. He thought that all classes of the people ought to choose their representa tives—that these representatives shauld be selected by the whole body of the people. He was the friend and advocate of short Parliaments, and of Universal Suffrage.—(Cheers.) It was only the other day he was asked in the House of Commons, whether or not he was the friend of Universal Suffrage. Now he in reply said he hoped the day was not far distant when all the people would have the right of choosing their representatives. He considered that if the people had a share in the making of the laws, they would be satisfied with such as would receive the sanction of the Legislature, because, if they happened to be bad, they would be aware that they were themselves a part of the Constitution—that those who passed them were their friends, and that though they might be of one opinion to day, they might to-morrow, when they would see good rea son, change their opinion. The martyrs of whom he spoke held the opinions which, at the present day, were so popular, and he had a confident hope that at no distant day they would be universally adopted, and favourably received in the highest quarters. Not only did they advocate Universal Suffrage, but the shortening of the duration of Parliaments. The shortening of the duration of Parliaments is necessary in order that their representatives might be made strictly responsible. They were all aware that that was a question which would shortly be brought under the consideration of Parliament. He feared he was trespassing too long upon their time.— (No, no!) But these were the principles advocated by them—Universal Suffrage and the shortening of Parlia ments. The one, in order that the people might choose their own representatives, and the other in order that those representatives might be made responsible. Still another thing was wanting, namely, to enable the people to choose their representatives freely, and to do that it was necessary they should choose them in secret.—(Cheers.)—For that purpose, and above all, they should strive by every means in their power to obtain vote by ballot.—(Great cheering.) —lt was a question at the present moment of the most vital importance. The electors of England were, generally speaking, men in dependent circumstances, and it could not be expected that they would sacrifice themselves and their families. Let them ask the electors of any town in Eng land, and they would one and all tell them, that unless they had a vote by ballot, the exercise of the franchise was but a burden imposed upon them;—(Hear, hear.)—Upon that subject they should agitate and petition until there was one universal cry throughout the country in favour of the vote by ballot. He begged to conclude by moving the first resolution. Mr. H. WenateaTow, in seconding the resolution, ob served, that from what had been said by his Honourable Friend who had last addressed them, they mast have pretty well collected what was the, front of the offending of those honourable martyrs. The front of their offending was that they were Radical Reformers—(loud cheers ;)—there were pretended offences charged against them, such as that they had sold Toth Paine's works—but the head of their offending was that they were Radical Reformers—that the contended for shortening Parliaments, and for the ex tension of the suffrage. For that it was that they under went these sufferings, and for that it was that they were . called together that day to bear testimony to their martyr dom. Let him remind them of the cruelty which had been excited by that passion of fear. The exertions of these men on behalf of Parliamentary Reform alarmed that great party, the Tories, who had thriven upon exclusive ness. They were under an apprehension .the fruits of that exclusiveness would by Parliamentary Reform be torn from them, and for that it was that these glorious martyrs were persecuted. He would remind them of the sayings of the Tories in the present day. Why, they quoted from the works of gentlemen who had travelled in the United States, and they talked of the tyranny of the democracy. Was there ever tyranny like that—the expulsion from their country—chained together, like felons ?—( Loud cries of "The Whigs, the Whigs," and much confusion.) He would allow that there might be instances of the same kind —(Tremendous cheering)—hut was there ever tyranny to exceed that of sending men, for advocating Parliamentary Reform, chained together like felons, to pass their lives in wild and desolate places, away from their families ?—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. W.) had heard their Honourable Chair man taxed in the House of Commons with having com mitted a dishonourable act because he had attended meet ings, and there excited the public to do acts he was not prepared to do himself. Now, compared with the crime with which he was taxed, that of Mr. Pitt was infamous. He (Mr. Pitt) was:a Reformer, and in the year 1782, together with the Duke of Richmond, he called upon the people to support Parliamentary Reform, and he then turned round on them and became their persecutor ; and he it was who sent those people, who only acted in pursuance of hid ad vice, to those desolate places to pass their lives in misery. He wished he had the power of raising in their minds those emotions which the conduct of those men called for. Look at their self-devotion—look at the manner in which they had come forward to take their trial for conduct which they thought they were compelled to pursue for the public good. He called upon them to come forward and raise monuments to their memory, and support any of the de scendants of these men if there be any left in poverty. Raise monuments, so that they might point to them, and say to their children, " The>e monuments were raised for sufferings in the cause of the people, which led to -your enjoying what rights you now have. Go and do likewise."—(Cheers.) A poem had been-put in his hands which was composed at the time by a man of great. emioence, Dr. Southev.—(Laughter.) Yes, by Dr. Southey ; he would read the poem, and then they would judge for themselves. The Learned Gentleman .read the poem on the " Martyrs of Freedom." He preferred the opinions of Dr. Southey of those day to some of his late ones.—(Cheers.) He called upon them to come forward, and let these fine lines which he had read animate them to do their duty in the cause of Reform, and for the honouring of these men, who deserved to be immortalized. VINCENT;a working man, said he had great pleasure in seconding the resolution, because he thought these men, whose names had been so often mentioned, were pure de mocrats, and he was glad to see so many present, for it .proved the progress of democratic principle since 1793 and 1794. These men advocated universal suffrage, annual parliaments, and the free mode of voting, without which no useful Government could Lc carried on.—(Cheers.) In those years the successful atruggle made by democracy in . France had a great influence on the public mind in this country. Various Associations sprung up at that period, communications were held between France and Eng land, and Muir, Skirving, Margarot, and Gerrald were some of the men who formed the advocates of the rights of the people.—(Cheers.) It was not necessary to look to the principles of these men; it was enough to know they were the advocates of the rights of all men, and justice to their memory never could be effected, or to the principles they advocated until hereditary and exclusive government should cease—(Cheers)—and the people became pos sessed of that which was their undoubted right. These men were the advocates of those principles of justice at which many pretended to sneer, and at the name of which traitors to the cause of liberty and mountebank demagogues laughed.) lie claimed Muir as a. democrat, because. he advocated annual Parlia ments, and upheld the principles of one of the mestpower ful writers on civil Government that ever lived.— (Cheers.) He need not mention the name of the immortal Thomas Paine.(Great cheering.) Ile bad no hesitation in svyin , , that 19 out of twenty persons who read Paine's Rig! is of Man, would not only be delighted - with them, but recommend others to do so.—(Cheers.) Ile claimed the rest of these persons as democrats, because they were associated for the purpose of procuring equal rights and equal representation.—(H ear .) lie was glad THE SUN, LONDON,, FEBRTTA RY 20, 1,i37 to say that there could be no disunion with reference to this subject, because all were united in the great cam of jus tice for all.—(Cheers.) He was proud of the assertion made by Sir W. Molesworth, but he was prepared to sup port vote by ballot, universal suffrage, and annual Parlia ments, and he could assure him that the Working_Man's Society would do all in their power to support him in such a glorious undertaking. He supported the resolution, be cause it advocated the cause of the democracy, and he hoped that the time was not far distant when this country would be a democratic republic.—(Great cheering.) Mr. WALLACE, M.P., then came forward, amidst loud cheering. He said he would claim a patient hearing from them for a short time by stating, in the first place, that he had followed shortly after the political martyrs, and that he followed them in all their steps.—( Hear, hear.) He bad been sent to the first re formed Parliament, and before paying his constituents his annual visits he always gave them two months' notice, and told them to elect another if they did not approve what he had done.—(Hear, hear.) This couree he had adoptbd for four years, and he should do so again at the close of the Session, unless the people took care that the King should send them to their constituents earlier.—(Cheers.) Hav ing made this apology be would read the resolution he had the honour of proposing. It was this :- 2. That among such Patriots, we recognise, as worthy of p liar distinction— THOMAS MUIR, THOMAS FYSHE PALMER WILLIAM SKIRYINO, MAURICE MARGAROT, and JOSEPH GERRALD, who, in the years 1793-4, were the victims of a Tory Government persecution in Scotland—under the forms of justice—that we ap prove of their principles ; honour their public conduct, and will commemorate their deeds and sufferings by public monuments, in the capitals of Scotland and England. The men whose names he had now read, and who he was sure must be foremost in the feelings and hearts of every honest and true reformer, were sacrificed to the laws of their country; to which he (Mr. Wallace) belonged. He should say not sacrificed by the laws, but sacrificed by the judges who had construed the laws in order to condemn the pa triots.—(Cheers.) They were condemned for sedition, and one of them asked the presiding judge what sedition meant ? The Judge would give him no reply—.he was sent before a packed jury and was condemned to pains and penalties far being guilty of that which the Judges on the bench,COuld'' not describe. He (Mr. W.) had told them it had been his . rate to follow close on the heels of those illustrious patriots, and had been chosen by a section of his countrymen to re present them in Parliament ; and he now had the satisfac tion of knowing that a document'he 'then held in his hand was to put an end to trials for that indefiried thing called . " sedition."—( Hear, hear.) He had marched on steadily and steadfastly until he had the honour of being se lected by the first law officers of Scotland to second him in bringing into Parliament " a Bill to amend an Act of his late Majesty for restricting punishment for sedition in Scotland—Bil to be brought in by the Lord AdVocate and Mr.Walace:"—(Cheers.) Some of the speakers who had ; preceded him had alluded to monuments which had been 'erected in Scotland to the persecutors of the martyrs ; but if they looked around their own metropoliS they would see Monuments to Mr. Pitt, the Duke of York--(hisses)- , and very soon they would see one to the Duke of Wellington.—(Groans and hisses.) But where would they find monuments to patriots until they themselves should erect one ?.--(Cheers.) It was true there was a monument to an illustrious Englishman, Major Cartwright—(Cheeri) —whom they must all revere ; but there was no monument -to such a phalanx of patriotism 'as was to be found in the individuals whose names he had mentioned: Those who had erected the monument to Dundas had done the people justice, for they had placed a full-length statue of Dundas on the top of a monument, causing him to look at the aris tocracy of the land, and turn his back on the people.— (Cheers.) One of the martyrs, Mr. Thomas Muir, on his trial, said— My Lords, I have only a few words to say. I shall not animadvert upon the severity or the leniency of my sentence. Were I to be led this moment from the bar to the scaffold, I should feel the same calmness and serenity which I now do. Itly mind tells me that I have acted agreeably to my conscience, and that I have engaged in a GOOD, a JUST, and a GLORIOUS cause,—A CAUSE WHICH, SOONER OR LATER, MUST AND WILL PREVAIL, AND, BY A TIMELY REFORM, SAVE TIIIS COUNTRY FROM DES rßucTrox." And such was the cruelty of those who had the sufferers in their power, that orders were sent for delivering them into separate hulks,—the Prudentia and the Stoatstaus— they would not allow the same friends to be together ; they were in irons among the convicts, and were-ordered to as sist in the common labour on the banks of the river. Mr. Muir was associated with about three hundred .con victs, among whom he and Mr. Palmer slept after their arrival. In the course of the trials, a point was raised whether the judges had the power of transporting the persons convicted of sedition as the .Court had no jurisdiction -beyond Scotland, and on that occasion Lord Justice Clerk said, "the constitution of this Court is such that it has an inherent jurisdiction in the trial of such crimes, independent altogether of statutory enactments." Did man ever hear of such a libel on law or justice—and he was sorry to say this had taken place in the country to which he belonged. In the course of the trial Margarot who was his own Counsel said— " Q. Did you dine at Mr. llocheid's, at Inverleith; in the course of last week ? " Lord Justice Clerk—And what have you to do with that sir? " Q. Did any conversation take place with regard to my .rial ? " Lord Justice Clerk—Go on, sir. " Q. Did you use these words :—' What should you think of giving him a hundred lashes, together with Botany Bay ?" —or words to that purpose? " Lord Justice Clerk—Go on; put your questions,, if you have any more. Q. Did any person—did a lady—say to you, that the people would not allow you to whip him ? and, my Lord, did you not say that the mob would be the better for losing a little blood ? These are the questions, my Lord, that I wish to put to you at present, in the presence of the Court: deny them or acknowledge them." They were all aware that Tories, of whom they that day had heard so much, were about to hasten a dissolution of Parliament. Ile knew they were making great efforts to bring about such an event, with the hope, be supposed, of introducing into Ireland the same system that had been pract:sed in Scotland in 1794.—(Hear, bear) He was sure, if they found it practicable, they would not fail to do so ; but he trusted such men as he then addressad would take care to defeat them at the hustings.—(Loud cheers.) Now, with regard to the question before the meeting; lie should express his hearty concurrence in the sentiments ut terel by' Sir W. Molesworth- - --(Cleers)---4nd in order to unsure their success he trusted they would be ,prepared freely and manfully to register and exercise their. votes ; and he was certain if the illustriops individuals. whose memory they were met to honour were now ;alive, even with the. small share of Reform already obtained, they would be an oruamcut to the British Parliament,' and be there manfully asserting the liberties of. the •people. j The Hon. Gentleman resumed 'his ' seat amid loud cheers. Mr. Git.Lotc, in seconding the resolution, said he hailed that as a bright day for his native Country, when those who long since suffered in the people's cause would have justice done to their memory In a. meeting of Englishmen..— ( Hear.) He trusted that the, proceedings of that day, in which the Representatives not only of Scotland but 'of England also.took a part, would lead to_ blot out the foul. and.d.tmning,spot in the annals of Scottish history.--.-(Laud cheers:). 'He.Trjoicrd-peculiarly as-a - Scotchman, that the men who-had' at nulearly.feriod suffered in .the Callte of freedom, were now about to have the stamp of their coun- tries' approbation affixed. to their memories ; but'lle . was sorry to think that in the capital Of Scotland mondrfients of a I cry different character were to be found; ' He feared if any stranger were to visit Edinburgh he would find many splendid monuments about which he would na- rurally snake inquiry ; he would naturally ask were they erected to the memories of distinguished heroes, such as, Wallace, or as Bruce, who had vindicated their liberties in the field, and who did not rest satisfied until they struck down. the enemy who would force their sway on the Scottish soil.—(Loud cheers.) Was it to such men as Fletcher, of olden times, or as Hume in the present day—( Loud cheers)--who had advocated their liberties in the Senate ? Was it to such holy and such pious men as Knox, who had thrown off the trammels of super stition, and protested against the corruption of religious Courts, and who with zeal and judgment fought the good fight of freedom ? Was it to such men as Watts, who diffused peace and • happiness by his mechanical genius and skill, in transporting to foreign countries the manufactures - of Great , Britain ? No, it was to no such men the monuments :were erected, but to the apostate politician, to the greatest foe of his native country, both at home and abroad—to the advocate of those measures which entailed upon .them the National Debt, the bitter fruits of which they were now reaping —he meant to Wm. Pitt, a man who had led the way in which Muir and his friends followed, but who afterwards resisted the motion for inquiry into the cruelties practised upon the political martyrs.--(Cries of shame.) Advancing further, the stranger would ask to w h om was th e next beautiful monument erected—to that builder of palaces and fosterer of corruption in every form, George the Fourth, and, as if there had not been sufficient in the miseries of the people to perpetuate the memory of Dundas, they should have a monument rased to his memory.—(Crie s of "Shame.") At no distant period he hoped he should be able to point to the Calton-hill, and say—"'!'here stands a monument to those martys of the darkest days of persecution, erected by the honest Reformers of England."—( Cheers.) He would not detain them by any detailed allusion to the history of those men—it was well known to all of them. It would be sufficient for him to say that the crime of which they Vad been accused was that of ad- vocating - Parliamentary Reform—the flit and equal repre sentation . of the Penple in their Own House, and for telling every man that these Representath'es, instead of support ing.the cause of those who sentithem there, were leagued in the coalition against thorn, and were combined for their injury. Mr. Fox had well observed that these men had been punished for the alleged crime "et sedition by a pro cess unknown to the law of 'Scotland. Witnesses had. been called upon to give evidence contrary to all the rules of law, while those who had appeared on the other side were brow-beaten and persecute:l. The Jury was a partial, packed, and perjured one, and were predetermined to convict, although they had sworn in the presence of their Maker to decide impartially ; and, last of all, there was the brutal and blood-thirsty Bench.—(Loud cheers.) In short, they were all men who had set at nought all the forms of justice, in order to con. vict the prisoners —all determined anal prejudiced partisans ; and even one of those in flmmous men who presided, had al luded to the wholesome Tory specific for putting down remonstrance among the people, and keeping them quiet by blood-lettinss.—(L ou d and continued groans.) Such were the outrageous judges who presided at the trial of these men in, 1793. Such were the Manchester Yeomanry in the massacre of later times—(Cheers)—and well had it been said by Mr. Fox, " God help the country which has such judges."—('fremendons cheering.) Such then had been the crime of these men—such was the infa mous and reprobate tribunal by which they had been tried —amid such were the grounds upon «hich they were now met to pay their tardy tribute of respect to the memories of those men.—(Applause.) The eloquent tongues which had pleaded in their cause had long been mute, and the hearts whose strongest pulsations were excited by their anxiety for the happiness of their feliow-countryinen no longer beat ;.• but he hoped the Reformers of time present day would not forget the services of those brave and perse cuted men.—(Great cheering.) Arr. RUTT was then called upon as having belonged to the Society of 'the Friends of the people. He spoke in a very low vine of voice, and at a considerable distance from where_ we were placed, so that it was scarcely possible to heat; a whole sentence.. He said.he could .boast of having had a personal acquaintance with those two groat and good men' Muir and Palmer. He had visited them in their. priion hulk, and he was proud indeed to contrast it. ; with the great meeting which was then met to do honour to their memories. ---(Hear, hear.) He had also visited Muir in Newgate, and found hanging over hiS mantelpiece the portrait of Dr. Price, a fitting ornament for Mr. Muir's room, whether in prison or palace. He had ,only a few days ago almost the last letter ever written by Mr. Muir, in, his hands. In it he said, " The greatest affliction that presses upon my mind is to leave such a number of personal friends, and not be alloWed to remain to assist them in the great and glorious cause in which they are engaged." He viewed with the greatest satisfaction such a large meeting, met for the purpose of honouring the memory pf bia friends. Mr. VERGUS- O'CONNOR. then presented himself to the meeting,. amid, much cheering,- which lasted for several minutes. 'He .was the best general who turned to the best advantage, that which occurred in his presence, and in doing that he was happy to call in aid the assistance of the worthy Man who had lately. addressed them.—(Cheers.) It was not his intention•to throw the apple of discord into the meeting, but- he. was in hopes that so favourable an opportunity as the present would not be allowed to pass away without those sentiments which had been so loudly viodicated.( Hear.) If they tendered the olive branch to -those who formed their political opponents,- they did so without compromising one single principle that they pro fessed.—(Cheers.) If there was any disapprobation mani fested, or mixed up with the applause when he presented himself, it'reminded him of twothings, that he-was of some value to his own party, and was viewed with some terror by those who opposed, him: Cheers.) In his opinion, the meeting should do something greater for those martyrs than erecting cold and inanimate marble to their memory.— (Cheers.) After the speech of Sir W. Molesworth and that of the working man, it was not fit that they should he silent.—(Cheers.) Every society ought to be able to stand upon its own merits ; and how miserable must he the situa tion of the man who had built his amusements on theiruin of others ? He asked the Whigs to uphold them, and throw off th e suspicion that the meeting had been got up to put a cock in the old hat.—(Great laughter, and cheers.) The present was the time for the people to come forward, not to break the fly upon the rack, but to do justice to themselves.— (Cheers.) The same mind which carried the Reform Bill might have carried all that they sought—they were not to throw away their rights, or their giant strength, upon the pigmy measures which had been brought for ward.—(Great cheering.) Sir W. Molesworth had conic forward boldly and manfully declaring that he was the ad vocate of Universal Suffrage. and • Annual Parliaments.— (Cheers.) If there was any ,enemy .to Universal Suffrage in the room, he would tell them that the working man who had just addressed them had no vote, though he was per fectly competent to have one. They wished nothing im practicable, but they were not going to give up triangular measures for their rounds . and Squar e s.—(Ch eers .) N or were they to be decoyed by a set of jugglers.—(Great cheers and much confusion.) He did not wish to weaken the cause, but he wished the Union to be strong and holy. Three parties in the state could not exist—one or the other of the• parties must give way,.or be driven out of the field.—(Cheers.)—The Whi gs wan t e d t h e assistance of the Radicals.—(Cheers, and cries of question.)—He would come to the question ; if they erected monuments to these individuals, let them be plain and simple, and erected in their minds.—(Cheers.)—To win men's hearts they must win their minds.—(Cheers.)—Raise the monument, then, on universal suffrage, and there would arise a consti tution that would laugh at. the . attacks of party.— ( Cheers.) —He did not dread the. • name of party, but he dreaded that Monster under which these men had suffered-'---the law ; and if they had been the keepers of that law so, why not come down and tell them that the trans fer of power into the hands of the Whigs had kept that blot on the Statute book.-----(C ies of " Hear, hear.") This he thought was the question.—(Question,- Ques tion,. and hisses.) He believed the only offence he had given them was in • naming the Whigs.—(Cries of " Off, off.") He was following Mr. Gillon and the other gentlemen wile had spoke before him.—(Great uproar, and deafening shouts of " Off, off.") Ile would only ask was not the meeting called fo' the purpose of strengthening the power of the Whigs ?—(lmmense groaning and hisses.) Do not then call him impracticable, because he would teach them a road to beat the Tories at once. His amend- went would go further than the resolution and do more good for the cause of justice and humanity. He thanked them for their patient hearing.—(Laught er .) However •he might differ from some of th em , h e never lost his good humour. He would, then, conclude by proposing as an e. amendment—" That the meeting Lein convened for the purpose of doing honour to Messrs Muir, &c., is of opi nion that these gentlemen were victims to an unjust and cruel law, which could not have disgraced the statute book, if the right of Universal Suffrage had been conceded to the people, and in order to prove the sincerity of this meeting in its hatred of that power which stretched a bad law for an unjust purpose, be it re solved, as the existence of those political parties in a State is at variance with the general interests of the commuaity, that in order to establish a real, undisguised, and honour able union between the Whigs and Radicals, thiS meeting ieOetni'se.universal suffrage as the only basis of a-free Con stitu:ion."—(Much cheering and confusion.) Mr. BELL seconded the motion, amidst great confusion. Ile was proceeding to make some remarks which, in conse quence of the loud cries of dissent and approval, we were unable to catch, and at length was called to order by The CHAIRMAN, who said that it was not fair for any person to come there, to put an end to their proceedings by introducing subjects not properly connected with the proceedings. Let such persons, if they chose, call a meeting, at which those matters might be discussed. Mr. BELL, however, persevered, and the confusion still continuing, Mr. O'CONNOR came to the front of the platform, and, as we understood,' withdrew the amendment. The original resolution was then put and carried. Colonel THOMPSON came forward to propose the next re solution. He said the great secret of success was not so much to gain a victory, as to know how to use it. The people had obtained a victory in the Reform Bill over their enemies, and he hoped they would not be foolish enough to forsake the vantage ground which they then gained. For a long time justice was not done to the memory of the Scottish patriots, but honest men seldom fall in vain, and the proceedings of that day might act as a wholesome warning to those who 'would be' inclined in the present day to coerce the people, as Palmer and Skirving, and - Margaret and Gel-raid were coerced of old. He trusted the peopl e wou ld pres e n t a firm front to their enemies ; and should a dissolution of Parliament come, that the elec tors would - recollect the vast amount of injury to the com munity inflicted by their oppressors. Let no private consi deration, then; stand in the way of the public good, and let no personal motive induce a single elector to barter his country's freedozn.—CCheers.) Ile wished to have monuments in the .metropolis of both countries ;- in Edin burgh, because, it was the scene of the martyrs' sufferings, and in London, because it would act as a warning to awe, who would endeavour to oppress the people.- -Meer, hear, hear.) He was anxious to have an op portunity of addressing the meeting, because ho might be able - to tell them some thing, at least of one cf the martyrs. Mr. Palmer• was a fellow of the same college at Cambridge, in which he (Colonel Thompson) after wards was. .He sat in the same. scat ; he ate at -the same table ; from Which he was sent, becatiSe he had done that in; former times, which he (Colonel Thoilipon) would hive done as soon as he arrived at ma- tu. e age. He believed these . was no one at that meeting who would blame the acts of these men. He was sure their was no one to object to their conduct, and though they were long gone to that bourne from whence no traveller -returns, their memory would live -in the affections of a grateful poste rity. He could see:no necessity for raising a pyramid to these men----a two foot stone, or a plate of brass, recording their memories, and those by whom it was erected, would, in his opinion, be sufficient. They had heard some poetry to day, and he would suggest that a stanza, written by the poet-laureat, shbuld be-engraved on it —(Cheers.) Mr. POTTER, M.P., in seconding the resolUtion, observed that his father resided in a small village in Yorkshire; and he had often beard him express his indignation at the man ner in which - these men had been treated. The Hon. Member concluded his rarnarks, which were very imper fectly heard, by expressing his hearty concurrence in the resolution. Pr. WADE was a member of the same University with the Rev. Mr. Palmer, one of the sufferers, and f e could speak to the extraordinary magnanimity and courage whieli Mr. Palmer had displayed in the University of Cambridge. They might not, perhaps be aware that it would be ruin to a man to show his independence or liberality at that Univer sity It was the hot-bred of the aristoer acy, of political Bishops, and of the regal privileges of. primogeniture. He could liken:. them to nothing hut a certain as sembly in India called " The 'Flings," who strangled all their enemies. —(Hear,' hear.) Mr. Palmer had tl ere stood up for liberal opinions, and . be stood almost alone. Even in the present day he knew a most distinguished.and virtuous young man, who, because he was a Jew, was de prived of all the advantages which these establishments were calculated to confer. In the seam way the D4se ,ters were excluded, and also the Catholics, whose ancesto's founded those UniVersities - , and a. branch of Whom, the .le suists, had introduced Greek literature into those establish ments. These persons were, forsooth, to !ra ;so the advantages of the university, because they could not swallow oaths snit! Morrison's pills,H(Langhter and cheering.)—They must unite for the sake of the people out of doors. The whole empire must unite to obtain universal education, end they must not rest till all parties, whethe r Dissenters or not had admission into the Universities,— (Cheers.) He - honoured Palmer for abandoning the Church of England, rather than abandoning his principles ; lie .wished to see thC Church of England separated from the State.—(Continued cheering.) He was in the abstract, though a Christian, an advocate for the voluntary principle.—(Cheers.) What had St. Paul said ? " Where there was liberty, there was the Spirit of the Lord." The inference therefore was, that where - there was not liberty, there was not the Spirit of the Lord. It was the Church, and the Church alone, that had caused the disunion that had taken place between England and Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) lt depended upon the meeting whether the cause was rendered a good one or not.--( Hear.) If the cause was rendered a good ,one the monuments that would be erected would be the resurrection of the whole people.----(Great cheering.) He considered . these • five martyrs to represent the five great principles of Radical Reform, and also one far ther principle , right—that of independence of all political party. `These martyrs had been persecuted by the Tories, because they associated with the working classes, but now the Tories associated within themselver -(Cheers.) They said that they were unworthy of the ropresentation because the Devil bad en t ere d i n t o th e s:vine.—(Great laughter.) The Devil, if he mistook not had a peculiar stye, which he supposed lie dared not men tion for his own flock in this country.—(Laughter.) (We shall giVe the conclusion in a Second Edition.) From the • improved state of the barometer during ' the midlle of the past week, there was a corresponding im prove rent in the public health; but the great and sudden change on Friday night has again caused several cases of cough and cold, and some instances of rheumatism. As a natural conslquence of the mutability of the weather, the influenza, previously very much on the decline, is again, , to a certain ex tent, putting forth its power. ' No less than 150 deaths have taken place within the borough of • Frome, during the last three weeks, fr om t h e effects of influenza alone.—.6evizcs Gazette. No fewer than one hundred persons have died in Norwich during the last week, fifty of whom were buried on Sunday.—. Burl Herald. The influenza is prevailing to a fearful extent in this island (Isle of Man). There is not one family free from the disease,. which has proved mortal in several instances.— Mona's Herald. During the last three weeks a great number of horses, sheep, and cows, have died in our neighbourhood of the influenza.— Taunton Courier. There is still a great mortality in Berlin. The number of persons suffering from the grippe had decreased to one-third; but within these feW days, the weather, too, being very fine and dry, the cases have increased i►► an extraordinary manner.— German Paper. We understand that the number of funerals which took place in the borough of Stockport on Sunday last was 731. Of the 52 prebendal stalls in Lincoln Cathedral during the last 400 years, 51 of them have produced bishops, and every diocese in England has, during the same time, had bishops who have been prebends of Lincoln.—Lincoln Ga zette. It has been stated. from authority, in the Isle of Man, that the Government arc about to plac.3 an Admiralty steam-packet, for the conveyance of the mail between that island and Liverpool. —. Cumberland Packet. A cotton-manufactotv, on a most extensive scale, is abOut to be erected in the immediate vicinity of Newcastle, and which, it is believed, Is ill be a great benefit to the poor ofthe town.— Tyne -111:ereury.. At a dissenting Meeting-house in Exeter on. Su nday-• • last, the Clark's place being supplied by a rustic deputy, `the latter, in a most audible voice, gave notice that a petition for the ABOLIATION of Chtirch-rates was lying for sig nature in the room behind. The elopement-of a young naval officer, highly re spectably connected, - with a pretty daughter of a publican in this town, has caused some little talk for these last few days. It appears that the parties had been secretly married some time. The young gentleman has incurred the serious displeasure of his ffiends.---Brighton Herald. At a fire in New York, a gentleman rushed up stairs through the crackling flames, and brought down an infant, which he snatched from the burning cradle, and handed it to its mother. " May the blessings of St. - Patrick light upon you for saving the little crater I but won't yer honour be good enough to go up again, and save me a barrel of flour what's in the pantry ?" _ The Doncaster town council have voted 3301. ou of their funds towards the ensuing Doncaster races.—Don. caster Gazette. Thomas , UnderwoOcl, Esq., late in the Collectors• office, Dublin, has been appointed Comptroller of Customs at Chepstow.. We are enabled to announce the appointment of the following, Barristers to Reeorderships :—Mr. Jardine to be Recorder of Bath, Mr. Chilton to be Recorder of Gloucester, and Mr. J. G. Smith to be Recorder of Hereford. The new packet ship Mcdia!or, Captain Champlin, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday night, in the unusually short passage of 16 days from New York, The Columbus, the New Yolk packet of the Ist lust., was off Liverpool on Saturday night. She was ex pected.to reach the port by ten o'clock. Tier letters and papers will be in town to-morrow. His Majtsty's revenue steamer Vulcan has been unable to leave the port of Poole, in consequence of all the Lands on board Mpg laid up with the influenza.—Dorset Ll/4ronicle. The Siamese twins are - in. Wilmington, Delaware, Chang hag fallen in love with a young girl there. She'says that she is willing to marry him, but objects to taking Eng, too. John Minter Hart, the convicted bill forger,- was a native of Dover. The Dean and Chapter of Lincoln-Cathedral have protested against the Report of the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners. They object to the suppression of the prebendal stalls, asserting, that the prebendaries form a hi g hly p ro p er an d use ful link between the higher and lower grades of the clergy.— Lincoln Gazette. The Radicals of 'Gainsborough are about to peti tion the Government for a charter of incorporation.--Lincoln Gazette. • Sir George Crewe, B ar t., has, presented the church of Smisby with a splendid corm-minion serviee.—Dirby Mercury. A wild wag of a tailor, in Baltnnore, thinks it must be mighty cold in Abingdon, " for they have no thermometer there, and it gets just as cold as it pleases." Mr. Ormsby' Gore, who has for some time been suffering from a severe attack of influenza, at his residence in Portland-place, is, we are happy to say, so far recovered . that it is expected he will be able to resume his Parliamentary du ties in a few days: M. de Morlincourt, who inherited the property of Sir E. Hailes, died at Passy four dad's ago. lie had married the daughter of the late Admiral de:Cercy. Mr. Rennie having been u►ider 'the necessity of rc signing the Professorship of Zoology, King's College, Mr. Thomas Bell, the distinguished naturalist, li:s been appointed to.the vacated chair.—Medical Gazette. ' . The following noti ce , whi c h 'has just been issued by the East India. Company from their Establishmerit in Leadenhall.street, is of importance to :the . Tea Trade ) " Application having been made for an extenilon of the prompt of the tea sale held in Deccrnber If4st, the Court of Directors of the E as t India Company do hereby giv.e notice that the prompt . is accordingly postponed from Friday the SI March, 1837, to the 14th April, 1837, on condition that such of the buyers as shall avail themselves of the postponement do on or before the 3d March pay a further deposit of one pound per chest, the balance of which may remain due- after payment of such deposit, being chargeable with interest at the rate of five percent. per annum, the customary f ees not ly:ing charied." Two cases of suicide, in both of which a xcrdict Feb Uf o de se was returned, are reported in the .1)04,0a Gaiette of last Thursday, BRIGHTON.-S UND 1 Y. The Queen attended divine worship in the Palace Chapel this morning. Neither the King nor the Princesses were present. The Countess of Mayo, as lady in waiting, an :I the Rev. Mr. Wood, deputy clerk of the closet in waiting, iccre in the royal closet with her Mijesty. The Alciating ministeis were the Rev. Vicar and the Rev. Dr. Everard. . The latter preached, from Genesis, e. iii. v. 4 and 5 The choir sang King's service in C, and. , an anthem fr o m the drill chapter o f Isaiah, composed by Dr. Woodward. The King, accompanied by Lady Whariteliire, drove Litt this afternoon ; but . the rain coming on, his Majesty was in_ duced to shorten his drive. Yesterday morning his Majesty drove out with the Duchess of Gloucester, and also in the afternoon, accompanied by the Marchioness of Cornwallis. The Queen also rode out yesterday morning with the Countess of Mayo ; and in the afternoon her Majesty paid her promised visit to Lady Pennant, sister of the late Lady Howe. Major-Gen. Sir B. Stephenson left vesterday for London. The Duchess of Gloucester has finally determined on leaving Brighton for Gloucester House, on Friday next. We believe the Princess Augusta will remain till their Majesties take their departure. • The royal dinner invitations on Friday evening comprised Lieut.-General Sir J. Taylor, Marchioness and the Ladies - Cornwallis, Sir Percival Hart 13 ) ke, Lord and Lady Wham eliffe, and the Hon. Captain Paulet. Yesterday evening, their Majesties entertained at dinner Mr. Campbell, Lord and Lady G. Seymour, Sir Hamilton Seymour, the Danish Minister and Baroness de Biome, Hon. Wm. and Mrs. Ashley, Marquis of Bristol, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Bayley, Mr., Lady Sarah, and Mica Bayley, Captain and Mrs. 'Davidson, and Lord and Lady Wharnclitrc. The following called at the Palace yesterday :—Major-Gen. Sir Octavius Carey, Sir Percival Hart Dyke (on leaving), Col. Riddell, Hon. Gen. Phipps, Major J. Trelawney (on leaving), Lieut.-Gen. SirJ. Taylor, and Lord Howard. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury left the Bedford Hotel yesterday for their town residence. Sir John Walsh left the Norfolk Hotel yesterday for his seat in Berkshire: Lord Douglas Gordon Halyburton left the Norfolk yesterday for town; Lady Douglas is still at the Norfolk. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of . Kent and the Princess Vittoritrattended Divine Service yesterday forenoon in the Chapel at Kensing ton Palace : the service was performed by the Rev. Joseph Jackson. In the afternoon Divine Service was performed be fore their Royal Highnesses and their Household, by the Rev. J. R. Pitman. Prince Estcrhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Spanish and Belgian Ministers, and the French Charge d'Affaires, trans acted business on Saturday at the Foreign-office. A Cabinet Council was held at half -past two o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord 'Glenelg, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Howick. The Lord Chancellor joined his colleagues soon after four o'clock. The Council sat till five o'clock. .Lord Hill had an interview with Viscount Melbourne on Saturday in Downing -street. Dispatches from Sir Carmichael Smyth, Governor of British Guiana, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Viscount Melbourne entertained the Lord Chancellor, the Bishop of Killaloc, Mr. Luttrell, Dr. Holland, and Mr. Se riior, at dinner on Saturday, in South street. The Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Douglas, G. Hallyburton, Dr. Lushing ton, Messrs. Grattan, Handley, Jepl►son, Charles Cavendish, and Ponlett Scrope, dined with the Noble Viscount last even- Speaker of the Hous e o f C ommons h ad a dinner party on Saturday at his residence in Carlton -terrace. The Judicial Committee 'of the Privy Council sat on Sa turday. The case of Swaine's Patent for making Mineral Waters artificially was heard. Mr. Wigram and Mr. Shoe supported the application for an extension of the term of the patent; Dr. William King, of Brighton, and Dr. Granville, were examined. Lord Lyndhurst, on the part of their Lord ships, extended the term of the patent for seven years. Mr. Baron Park gave judgment in Kirt Munder Ray v. the East India Company, and Mulfurinee Mohun Thakoor. Their tiordshipg Would not call upon the Respondents to reply, but affirmed the decree of the Sudden Dewanny Adawlut. The Lords present were Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Brougham, Sir J. Bernard Bosanquet, Sir Jamei Park, and the lion. Thomas Erskine. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT j CHESTER TR WANCIJES TER. .DE CUP, P.P. 15 to 1 agst Tom Shipriaan—taken 16 to 1 agst Elizabeth 16,t0 1 agst Catherine 17 to 1 agst Diana 17 to 1 agst Friar Tuck —taken IS to 1 agst Master of the Rolls 18 to 1 agat Philip 20 to 1 agst Vesper—taken 4 to 1 agst Chasse 8 to 1 agst Sylvan 9 to 1 agst Tamworth—taken I to 1 agst Traveller to 1 agst Stockport—taken 2 to 1 agst Hampton—taken 4 to 1 cast Whaley—taken :4 to 1 agst Bubastes LADY GRANVILLE'S BALL. Lord and Lady Granville gave on Friday night, at Paris, their first ball this season, which surpassed in splendour any of the preceding ones, on account of the ball-room having bcn entirely newly decorated. Amongst the company were .the Austrian, Russian, Prussian, and Belgian Ministers; the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours; Prince Paul of Wirtemberg; the Duke and Duchess de la Tremouille; Duke and Duchess de Cazes; La Duchesso Desclignac, &c. ; the Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh ; the Marquis of Anglesey and his daughters ; the Duke and Duchess de Coigny ; the Countess de Flahaut and her daughters ; Sir George and Lady Dash. wood; Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Darner; Mr. and Mrs. Brins ley Sheridan. Amongst the beauties were remarked Mrs. Sheridan Miss Kinnaird, Miss Cochrane, and Miss Dicken son. Duchess of Sutherland did not appear, as she was confined to her 'room with the grippe. (Frortv our own Corresdnndent.) PARIS, FEB. 18 ._.,At Lady Granville's ball laSenight your expresses were very much talked of, in cot - ince - Lien with the Parliamentary debates, which always excite the liveliest inte rest in this country. I need not te ll you that the Reception Rooms at the British Embassy in Paris era: the most elegant and commodious, and the best fitted to the purposes to which they are applied of an y i n t h e cap i ta l . During. Lady Gran sille's absence in England they have undergone .the most com plete repair, and I may safely say t h at t h ey last night exhi -1 • bited a scene - which was never equalled on any former occasion. The splendour of the ball-room was literally dazzling from the mere profusion of light, not to speak of the throng of beauty assembled in it from all parts of the world. The proportion of English was not, I think, so overwhelming as on former occasions, and yet they probably outnumbered all the foreigners put together, The Prince Royal and the Duke de N:!rneurs arrived about midnight, and when I came away, at 3 o'clock, the animation was still at its height. The bu sineSs of the supper was conducted with all that minute atten tion to order, regularity, and comfort which constantly prevail at Lady Granville's parties, and which distinguish them so favourably from .most of the other great assemblies in Paris; not even excepting . the great balls at the Tuileries. From the crowded state of the rooms, the large range of conservatories which connect the whole suite with each otler; became, by their - freshness and fragrance a delightful retreat from the almost stilling warmth of the dancing and supper rooms. It is in vain to attempt to enumerate the notables who were present. After the English and the . French, the Spaniards and Americans were naturally the most prominent. On former occasions Lady Granville has been most unjustly ac cused of laving down some general principle of exclusion. The task of selection must always be a most difficult and thankless one, and of course it is not easy to satisfy the un iavit,d but that they have been improperly passed over. At all events, us far as political opinions are concerned, there was iii the reunion of last night the most perfect impartiality. \Vhig and Tory, - Doctrinaire and Cotegauche, Estatutoist and Cons:itittional, Feder a l and-Republican, might ail be seen c bowing each other in most admired disorder ; and unless the writer :n the Times, who lately heaped so much abuse •on Lord 'and Lady Granville, by whom - the character of Great Britain is so admirably supported in this country, proposes to engage in a, series of revolting personalities, I do not see how it is - pos s ibl e . for him- to lay any ground for his charge of partiality, which,. if carefully inquired into, might poss i bly be traced to his own private feelings of disappointment awl mortification. • - • The Duke of Wellington will give several grand dinners in this and the following week at StrathEieldsaye. The Duchess of St. Alban's will give her farewell ball at Brighton this evening. The Duke and Duchess in tend returnin g to town for the seas o n i n th e course of thn present week. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort are enter taining a numerous circle of sporting friend 3 at Badminton. Mr. Culling Smith, her Grace's father, left town on Satur day, on a visit to the Noble Duke and Duchess. A private letter from St. Vetersburgit- states th a t Lord Durham is shortly about to leave that catnt a l for England. in consequence of the climate of IZusiia. Lol ag ree i ng w i t h h i s constitution. On Saturday evening Sir Robert Peel gate his second Parliamentary banquet to-the Marquis of Chandos, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Stanley,. Lord Redesdale, Lord Lynd hurst, Viscount Canterbury, Lord Francis Egerton, Sir Ed. ward Knatchbull, Sir :Hugh Purees Campbell, - Sir Charles Coote, Colonel Wood, the Hon. Thomas VeSey;'Sik2Stratford Canning, Sir Genrue Clerk, Mr. Pemberton, Mr. G. Knight, the Hon. Colonel liraut, Mr. Hobhouse; • Mr:'W-.'-adtalstone„ and the Elan. Mannem:Sunort. The flon.•C. E. tilt M. P., was prevented' by th e _ d eat h- of his eldeEt daughter from joilAing the party. - • ~ : On Saturday a dinner was, given by. Sir R..Douldn to the American Minister and his lady,"the Iron. Mr..and Mrs; Eden, the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, Adaiii-ai: Sir' Th - ernas TrrwOrid i g - e, Bart. ; the Hon. Mr. and' 51144'. Siiitk:aii,-Gono rat Sr Toomas OTallaghan, and Mr, 116ikau; - T of the vacant Judgeship of the Co.. mon undeci&J, though the most p reva l ent rur. i our The still is, that the Saliciti.us neneral tak es it, an d t h at his Lost is fleas g stil u l p 0 .n to br... filled 1?y &Team Wilde. - The obstacles to this a , ran.c moot are P4Fliwnemtarv, and m a y or mi . ). - nOile - got over. 'rho (Am' oandidates named are Sir W. Horne, Air. CoKniiin, Mr. Starkey, and Mr. Wi g h tinan . T he matter must, luTcver, be decided before the commencement of the Norfolk_ Circuit, oni thQ 4th of March,