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STAIE OF POLLS, AND NAMES OF MEMBERS RETURNED. MIDDLESEX CLOSE OF TIIE POLL. Byng. Home. Wood. Pownall. .Bedfont Bethnal-green 494 ... 561 ... 278 ... 253 Brantford 333 ... 316 ... 267 ... 262 Edgware lB3 ... 168 ... 230 ... 205 Enfield 392 ... 346 ... 317 ... 277 Hammersmith 735 ... 693 ... 554 ... 529 Hampstead 152 ..• 134 ... 280 ... 272 King's Cross 584 ... 541 ... 573 .. 541 London 337 ... 311 ... 551 ... 439 Mile-end 659 ... 610 ... 477 ... 439 Uxbridge 193 ... 172 ... 187 -- 166 Westminster 429 ... 391 ... 550 ... 478 Total... 4736 4341 4543 4120 SUSSEX (E. D.) FIRST DAT. Cavendish (R) 1,434 I Darby (T) 1,965 Curteis (R) 1,343 I Fuller (T) 1,507 SOUTH DEVON. FIRST DAY. Buller (T) 1,032 I Bulteel (R). Parker (T) 1,027 SOUTH HAMPSHIRE. FIRST PAY. Fleming (T) 2,125 I Ommanney (R) 1,756 Compton (T) 9,111 Staunton (R) 1,823 NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. !SECOND DAY. Houldsworth. Knight. Foljambe 87 72 64 13 12 6 78 59 36 70 59 74 Nottingham (close). Nuttall (half-past one) ......... .... Mansfield (one o'clock) .......... ... Retford (twelve o'clock) ...... ... Majority for Houldsworth (T) 202 Majority for Knight (T) BB EAST KENT. RESULT OF THE FIRST DAY'R POLLING. Knatchbull. Plumptre. Rider. 518 391 308 846 781 454 677 632 530 335 287 210 652 512 329 Ashford ...... Canterbury ... R.amsArato •a lt .o!'"?'"Y ntingbourne Close of the poll 3,048 2,603 1,831 WEST KENT. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL, SECOND DAY. Geary. Hodges. Filmer. Blackheath 682 523 634 Bromley 237 168 216 Cranbrook Gravesend -13 325 325 Maidstone Rochester Seven Oaks Tenterden Tonbridge Total 3,561 3,329 3,196 SUFFOLK (WEST) Auo. 4. R ( usbbrook T FIRST DAT. ) 1,981 Bunbury (R) Logan (T) 1,994 Wilson (R) LANCASHIRE (SOUTH.)—FiasT DAY State of the Poll at Manchester at six o'clock:— X__Lyerton (T) 6 ,229 Stanley (R) ... 5,140 Wilbraham (T)......... 6,052 Towneley (R) ESSEX (SOUTH) AUG. 4. CLOSE OF THE POLL. J. W. Bramstono (T) 2,512 IC. C. Branfill (R) 1,550 G. Palmer (T) WARWICKSHIRE (SOUTH) Auo. 4. Sir J. Mordaunt (T) I E. J. Stanley, Esq. (T) Returned unopposed. YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING), Aua. 3. Morpeth 10,442 Strickland Wortley 9,578 WALES. CARNARVONSHIRE, AUG. 2. J. R. 0. Gore, Esq., (T.) Returned unopposed. SCOTLAND. WICK BURGHS. James Loch, Esq. (R.), returned without opposition. KINCARDINESHIRE. Hon. H. Arbuthnot (T.), without opposition. COUNTY OF BERWICK. Sir H. P. Campbell, Ban. (T.), without opposition. PEEBLES —TEN O'CLOCK. Mr. *Kenzie in by a majority of 10. STIRLINGSHIRE. CLOSE OF THE POLL (FIRST DAY.) Forbes ............................ 740 ........... Abercrombie . _ ...... f0r....F0rbe5.......... . ........ 731 Majo. 9. COUN rity TY OF PERTH. FIRST DAY Lord Stormont (T.) 1,438 Hon. P. M au l e (R.) 1,305 AYR BURGHS. Lord James Stu ar t t (R .) DAY. 168 Mr. Johnstone (T.) 145 SUTHERLANDSHIRE. Hon. W. Howard (R.), returned without opposition. DUMBARTONSHIRE. CLOSE OF THE POLL (FIRST DAY.) Sir James Colquhoun (R.) Captain Smollett (C.) Majority for Colquhoun, 25. RENFREWSHIRE. CLOSE OF THE PULL.—FIRST DAY. Houston (C) Stewart (R) Majority for Houston, 96. SELKIRKSHIRE.—AtinusT 2. State of the poll at Selkirk. Majority for A: Pringle (T) ROXBURGHSHIRE, AuG.RsT DAY. E hott (R) 745 I Scott (T) IRELAND. DUBLIN.—Aro. 3. O'Connell (R) 2,915 Hutton (R) I Hamilto n (T) DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. CLOSE OF SECOND DAY'S POLL. Shaw (T) Lef roy (T) 7 7 56 167 Stock (R) l5l Mr. Ser gt . J ac k son (T)BANDON 133 I Mr. Cavendish (R) Bl ATHLONE. John O'Connell (R), returned unopposed. CARRICKFERGUS. Kirk (T) SECOND DAY, FIVE O'CLOCK. 430 1 Rennie (R) The latter is since returned. DUNGANNON. Viscount Northland (T), returned unopposed. Brad NEWRY, AvG. 2. 7(R) 2lO 1 Ellis (T) ARMAGH, AuG. 2. Ca CLOSE POLL. -.Try (R) 235 M F R idd (T) 203 LONDONDERRY. Sir R. A. Ferguson (R) i s returne d , h av i ng b eaten R. Daw -81:11b7 a majority of 75, the numbers being 212 to 137. BELFAST. SECOND DAT'S POLL. Gibson (R) 692 1 Tennent (T) 725 Belfast (R) 665 I Dunbar (T) DROGHEDA. Sir W. Somerville (R) returned. GALWAY, 4 p.m. Lynch (R).. Blake ( R) .. Daly (T) Burke (T). 448 376 262 ... - LIMERICK, 5 P.M. W. Roche (R) D. Roche (R) W. Monsell (T) T. M. Wilson (T) DOWNPATRICK. Ker (T) .................... . 46 1 Keown (R) 39 ELECTIONS FIXED. CHESHIRE (S.D.)—Aug us t 7. G. Wilb ra h am, E sq. ; Sir P. Egerton, Bart. ; E. Corbett, Esq. CUMBERLAN D (E. D.)—August 7. Sir J. Graham, Bart. ; W. James, Esq. ; Major Aglionby. DzyorisnisE (S.D.).—August 4.—M. Parker, Sir T. Bul ler, and J. Bulteel. Yosksuiss (W. R.)—August 7. P. Thompson, Esq. ;, Bethell, Esq. ; H. Broadley, Esq. ./cilium (N. D.)—A ugust 7 . H. Lambton, Esq. ; Sir W. Chayter, Bart. ; Hon. F. Liddell. RESULT of the ELECTIONS up to YESTERDAY. English Ci t i es and Borough. Reformers. T or i es . . ............. 193 Counties Scotland 22 Ireu n d 3 Total 248 NIDNAPPING A SIIERIFF.—DUBLIN, AVG. 2.-- A most singular story is afloat in town to-day of the kidnap- Ping the Sheriff of Waterford, with the election writs in his pocket, by the eccentric Marquis of Waterford. They were both h ll e a s lk . i ng on the Quay, the day being warm, when the Marquis P i ta% invited the High Sheri ff to partake of a glass of iced eil2o,,Pagne. The Sheriff accepted the o ff er, requesting that his r , s hiP would delay it until he went to the Post-o ffi ce to get any e Iletters Which might have arrived for him. He did so, got .1. election writs which had arrived by that day's mail, rho tiwarn into his pocket, went on board, and neither the vessel, courtolft.lrquis vras Neebtaxquis, nor the Sheriff have been since heard of. The about to sail for Norway, and the first ac 'lf the se 6 Party is expected to be from the inhospitable shores fn. t h e gig:Jack. On dit that the Marquis is gone to seek m2b.oeeanic ishrneat of Tom Steel's theory, that there is a iloth c i e. Apsage between the Maelstrom and the Gulf of to t he Queen's at will be done to return the Members pursuant Urba intacte. prOClßMatioll is what puzzles the natives of the "41Arning Post. DUBLIN-THURSDAY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) This day's prospects are most brilliant. The tide is turned in the city, and the Liberal candidates are now at the head of this day's, if not of the gross poll. About twelve o'clock they had a majority of 46, which majority went on increasing to 61, at about two o'clock. For this I can myself vouch—f or t h e following I cannot, that at four o'clock the majority was so great, as to overwhelm the Conservative majority of 108, or thereabouts, on yester day's poll, and give a clear excess to O'Connell and Hut ton of 45 on the gross poll. I cannot vouch for the cor rectness of this report, not having been at the hustings myself since three o'clock. But it is extremely probable ; inasmuch as seventy frivolous objections were yesterday taken against Liberal voters, which have been, for the most part, to-day decided by the Assessor in their favour. This deci s i on , w i t h the steadily increasing majority which I wit nessed myself, corroborates the report just alluded to. At all events, all doubts are now removed of the success of the Liberals ; and the only question now is —will the majority be so great as to put a stop to petitioning ? It is impossible to say what the Tories, in their desperation, may think pro per to have recourse to ; but of this you may be assured, that circumstances are greatly changed now from what they were in 1835, when they last had recourse to such means. In that year the viciousness and partiality of the municipal taxation operated against the Liberal candidates, because the householders and other inhabitants of Dublin, dissatis fied with the mode of rating, had declined paying nrmy of those taxes, in the hopes that Reform would, in a short time, Correct the abuse. By this means it was that O'Connell and Ruthven lost their seats. The people have now, however, learned wisdom from experience, and have paid up all arrears of taxes ; so that not one single vote already given for Reform can be rejected on that ground. And there is a very large number of poor householders— honest, independent creatures—who have their taxes ready, should their votes be required to-morrow, or next day. On the other hand, the Conservative poll is, in this respect, beyond all question vicious and defective. Their bribery and wholesale purchase has not been confined to freemen, but has extended to many poor tradesmen, as I mentioned yesterday ; and the undue influence of the faction, steadily practised for some time past, can be proved to demonstration. In other parts of Ireland, tht work goes bravely on in deed. Armagh has got a Liberal representative, Mr. Curry ; Athlone another. Most of the Reform Members for the South of Ireland in the last Parliament will'be re turned again, notwithstanding all the efforts of the party ; and the prevalent opinion still is, that Ireland will give be tween seventy and eighty staunch Reformers to the new Parliament. The county of Wexford is safe, notwithstand ing secret canvassing and preparations to oppose the late representatives. The present High Sheriff is suspected of having lent the influence of his office to the efforts of his Tory friends on this occasion, from the fact of his having fixed the election for the 14th of this month—nearly, if not verily—the most remote day he could name. The friends of Mr. Stock have rallied considerhbly in College this day ; and would, it is said, make a glorious stand, but for the treachery of some under-officials, to whom the canvass of those voters, supposed to be under the in fluence of Government, were entrusted. But of this more hereafter. It is only necessary to observe for the present, that Ireland is the only country in the civilized world, where the employees of Government have dared to oppose the wishes of their masters with impunity! IRELAND. The Dublin Evening Post says—With regard to the Irish elections, we have the satisfaction of stating that Ath lone has returned John O'Connell ; Armagh, William Curry ; Cashel, the Attorney-General ; Drogheda, Sir VV. Somerville ; Dundalk, Thomas Redington ; Londonderry, Sir IL Ferguson ; Mallow, C. D. Jephson ; Carrickfergus, Mr. Rennie. Eight Reformers, including the " disseat 'llene' of two Tories—Matthew from Athlone, and Kirk from Carrickfergus. Dungannon has returned Lord Northland, the son of the Earl of Ranfurley. His politics are stated to be doubted ; but we imagine a " strong" Whig Government may claim him. The only unmitigated Tory returned is Meynell, for Lis burne—Lord Hertford's pocket borough of Lisburne. We shall refer to the other places still in contest by and-bye. The majority for O'Connell and Hutton, we have the gratification to add, is momentarily increasing. It will be observed that, in the above return, the booths in which the Tory strength lay with freemen—W, for instance—west and Hamilton are nearly exhausted, whilst they are lag ging behind in M, li, C, D, K, and Q, &c. - Ono o'Clock.—The Reform Majority still rapidly in creasing. Amongst those who voted for O'Connell and Hutton to-day are Baron Richards and James Pim, sen. Half-past-Two.—Majority for O'Connell and H utton, 82. Four o'Clock.—O'Connell and Hutton are now in a ma jcrity on the gross poll of nearly 20. WEST RIDING-THURSDAY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) FIRST DAY. Total Number of Voters. Morpeth. Strickland. Wortley. Huddersfield 2lBB 909... 9OO 614 Halifax 2321 1099 1084 509 Saddleworth ( Quick) 657 ..... .... 317 313 lBO Leeds 38 3 9 BB6 856 1563 Bradford 3856 1829 1785 939 Sheffield, 2 p.m 2645 962 917 753 Wakefield Barnsley 1389 557 542 449 Skipton ll6B 4ll 407 286 Donccster lB9l 634 6lO 672 Snaith 1123 235 203 568 Keithley 9 99 409 4Ol 282 Settle 1445 3BB 373 733 Koaresboroug,h 1556 371 324 704 Pateley Bridge Dent SECOND DAT.-AUG. 4, 11 A.M. Huddersfield Yestorday passed over tolerably peaceable. There were occasional contests in the streets, and a few windows broken ; but the Tories, backed by Oastler's mob, were cowed and abashed by our own independent clothiers pour ing in from the neighbouring districts, decked with the co lours of their favourite candidates, a great majority of them, as you will see from the state of the poll at this station being for Morpeth and Strickland. The deadly and un fortunate contest on the nomination day at Wakefield, last Monday, has produced a paper war between the leaders of the opposed parties ; but whoever examines impartially the candid statements of Mr. Fawkes, with the laboured re plies of Mr. Becket Denison, and of Mr. Ja:res Wortley, ex-Member for Halifax, would at once pronounce a verdict in favour of the Orange party. Good men of every party must regret these excesses, and ought to reproes them with all their influence ; but, does it appear that the Tories acted thus, when in one contest for this borough they sent Mr. Clough, their solicitor, to pay 151. for fines and ex penses inflicted by the magistrates on the rioters, who were secured in the disorder that occurred here this day week ? Was it not, in fact, saying to the ignorant multitude— "Go lads, we will pay th piper !" (FROM ANOTHER CORkESPONDENT.) Morpeth... 9,849 I Strickland...9,s49 I W0rt1ey...8,669 (From the Bradford Observer.) The Blues have put out the following, as the General State of the Poll, but it is manifestly incorrect : Morpeth —.10,265 I Strickland-9,918 I W0rt1ey...9,551 The following, we believe, to be somewhat nearer the truth : Morpcth... 7,035 1 Strickland...6,B34 1 W0rt1ey...5,877 Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, the metropolis was visited with a tremendous storm of rain, vihich continued, without intermission, nearly half an hour. From the violence of it the streets were, in many parts, deluged ; the gutters of houses overflowed, and the water poured from the roofs into the rooms, which were greatly damaged. In low parts, kit chens, cellars, and ware houses were inundated. It is feared great damage is done in the metropolis. COAL HOLE TAVERN STRAND.—This old esta blished and highly respectable place of public amusement con .. tinues to draw from all quarters. It is crowded every night by Noblemen and Gentlemen, who, we need hardly say, evince the highest gratification from the well conducted and unrivalled convivial meetings. The singing is, as it always has been, of the first order. The wines and spirits aro of the choicest quality. CITY OF DUBLIN.—The Orangemen made a great show of fight yesterday, and brought up some of their best men. A great bevy of the Latouchcs, and Mr. Guinness, the brewer, were amongst the number. We congratulate these gentlemen on the enviable station they have, for the first time, assumed in the City of Dublin, as adherents to the Orange Resolutions of January last, and subscribers to the compact of opposition against her Majesty's Government. Hitherto they were regarded as amongst the chiefs of the Liberal party.—Dublin Evening Post. The neighbourhood of Eddlesborough, Bucks, has been thrown into the highest state of excitement within the last few days, in consequence of the following dreadful as sault :—A labouring man residing there hag been drinking at a public house in the village until a late hour; on his return home he quarrelled with his wife, and, what is not at all un usual in such cases, from words they came to blows, when the man inflicted such injuries on his wife that her life is despaired of. He threw her on the ground, and, when in that helpless condition, kicked her severely. He was immediately taken into custody, and without delay brought before the Rev, Wil liam B. Wroth and Captain Gilpin, two most active magis trates, who have remanded him until the fate of his wife shall he known. The most eminent medical men that could be ob tained were in attendance, and, we regret to say, anticipate the most serious consequences. ABERDEENSHIRE. (From the Aberdeen Herald.) At twelve o' s clock, a large concourse of people had as sernbled in Castle-street : and before the proceedings com menced, there was a considerably greater numb .r present that even on the day of the city Election. Sir Thomas Burnett, accompanied by Sir A. Leith Hay, yr., of Rannes, M.P. ; Sir John Forbes, of Fintray, Bart. ; Sir Alexander Bannerman, of Elsick, Bart. ; A. Bannerman, Esq., M.p. ; General Hay, of Rannes ; Harry Leith Lumsden, Esq., of Clova : H. D. Forbes, Esq., of Balgownie ; Anthony M'Tier, Esq., of Durris ; J. M. Jerard, Esq., of Midstrath ; J. Burnett, Esq., of Kenmay ; J. H. Burnett, Esq., W.S. ; Captain Burnett, R.N. ; A. Forbes, Esq., of Ainsley ; James Forbes, Esq., of Echt ; John Booth, Esq., of Rose bank ; A. Farquharson, of Finzean ; Alexander Forbes, of Rothmaise ; George Forbes, Esq., of Springhill ; and a number of his friends and supporters, hurriedly called together, left the Committee-rooms, Aberdeen Hotel, about half-past eleven o'clock. When he took his place on the hustings he was tremendously cheered. Captain Gordon, accompanied by the Covener of the county ; Mr. Morison, Balhagarty ; Sir H. D. Elphinstone, of Lo , ie, Bart. ; Captain Dalrymple ; the Rev. Dr. Morison, ° Banchory ; H. Lumsden, Esq., of Tilwhilly ; and a number of his sup porters, walked up immediately afterwards, and were heartily hissed. The SHERIFF having read the writ, a id ti e Act against bribery, Mr. GRANT, of Tillyfour, proposed the Hon. Captain William Gordon as a fit and proper person to represent the county of Aberdeen in Parliament.—(Hisses, groans, and a few cheers, among which Mr. Grant disappeared.) Mr. Moitisosr, Balhagarty, seconded the nomination. Sir ANDREW LEITH HAY then stood forward, and was received with a simultaneous burst of cheers, and cries of " Bravo, bravo."—Electors, you ought to recollect that your own respectability and the respectability of this great county are at stake. The decision you are to come to on this oc casion is of the most vital importance. Are you degene rated from the ancestors who made this country illustrious ? Do you forget that the same blood runs in your veins that flowed in the men who fought at Harlow, Corrichie, and Alford ?—(Great cheering.) As far as time will admit, I will call on the electors—l will fly from one end of the county to the other, raising the beacon fire of public opi nion—(Laughter from the gentlemen whose dinner had been spoiled)—and stir them all up to recollect what is due to themselves at this important crisis. —(Cheers.) I will tell them if there ever was a moment when not only the electors here, but in all parts of the kingdom, were called on to exert themselves, it is the present.— (Cheers.) In support of their liberties in favour of the Church—(A laugh from the Tories)—l knew it would be so. These gentlemen all pretend to be great supporters of the Church, and they bring forward the Church from no political feeling. They are all pure, sanctified, amiable, and holy supporters of religion.—(Roars of laughter, and hisses from the Rev. Dr. Morison.) I shall only detain you by a few words on the part of my excellent friend, Sir Thomas Burnett.—(Great cheering.) He is no new man in this part of the country. His family is known among you for many generations, as one of the oldest and most respectable in this or any other county. We will be told by our opponents " This is all very well, but who will sup port you ? We have all the wealth and respectability in the county." I deny the assertion. There is as good blood in our veins as they can boast of. We will be told that we are attempting to raise up the democracy against the aristocracy of the county. We have a good deal of aristocratic feeling among us, too ; but the best sort of aristocratic feeling surely is to contend for the rights and liberties of the people.—(Cheers.) They may be richer than us, but are they better?—(Great cheering, and cries of " No, no.") You arc too intelligent and too well edu cated to allow yourselves to be thus imposed on.—(A laugh from the Tories.) Ay, they laugh at that, too. They have been brought forward to laugh, and they are pretty well drilled, but unluckily they always laugh at the wrong time.—(Roars of laughter, and sulking from the Tories.) I propose Sir Thomas Burnett, of Leys, Bart., as a fit and proper person to represent the county of Aberdeen in the ensuing Parliament. Sir Andrew retired amid the most enthusiastic applause. Sir JOHN FORBES seconded the nomination of Sir Thos. Burnett, of Leys, Bart. Captain GORDON then presented himself in front of the hustings. Since 1 last addressed you, the Ministry of the Crown has been changed.—( Roars of laughter, hisses, and cheers.) We have to deplore the great loss this country has sustained in the much-lamented death of his late most Gracious Majesty. I think the country sustained a heavy loss, fur his Majesty's constant aim was to promote the happiness and welfare of his people.—(Cheers.) OF the measures brought forward, I have on all occasions supported the Government in their endeavours to resist all change in the further extension of the suffrage—(Cries of " Did you vote for the Reform Bill ?")—and, on all other occasions, when Government was deserted by its friends and officials, I came to their assistance with my vote.—(Hisses, and a few cheers.) But I u n if orm ly gave m y d ec id e d oppos i tion m c e i a e s n u c r y e s o f t c o n u d r i n g highly-valued weaken t institutionsstability ainnd Church impair the fliealeand State ; and, e ncou r age d as I have been by th e reception which I h a v e ex p er i ence d t h roug h out t h e county, I shall consider myself justified in continuing to act on those prin ciples, as heretofore.—( Hisses.) Sir THOMAS BURNETT then addressed the electors. The cheers were so loud and long, amid the waving of hats and. handkerchiefs, that the Hon. Baronet was unable to proceed for some minutes. He said—Electors of Aberdeenshire ! I am this day a candidate for the honour of representing you in Parliament..—(lmmense cheering.) I come forward in consequence of an application from a numerous and re spectable body of electors, and I cheerfully comply with the request. I do not well see how Captain Gordon or the gentleman who has proposed him, can complain of having been taken by surprise, when an advertisement appeared for several weeks in the public papers, calling on the electors of Aberdeenshire not to pledge them selves, as a candidate would come forward in the Liberal interest.—(Cheers.) It took some time to make the ar rangement, the result of which is that I appear as a can didate to-day—(Cheers)—but, during the time these ar rangements were in progress, the friends of the Gallant Captain might have driven from one end of the county to the other and not seen an agent on the other side.— ( Loud cheers.) And think the Honourable and Gallant Captain will allow that I did him sonic service in spar ing his feelings from the annoyance of expected opposi tion, and saving him the trouble of a personal can vass. When I was asked to be allowed to be put in no mination, the Committee stated, fairly and openly, that, us I had mentioned in my address the different points on which I might differ in opinion from some of the best Re formers, and that I must be allowed to retain these opi nions, the Committee, after this explanation, in the most handsome manner possible, declined asking me for any pledge beyond what every enlightened and liberal candi date would be at all times disposed to give. Neither was it for me to take offence because I was not the first applied to, as I am and hope I shall be at all times ready to come forward in aid of the Liberal cause, and to enable the elec tors of such a county as Aberdeen to record their votes on the Liberal side.—(Cheers.) Captain Gordon stated, in his speech, that he had always paid great attention to the local interests of the city.—(Tremendous hisses and groans.). I should like to know what kind of interest lie took in regard to the School Bills of Aberdeen ?—(Great cheering.) It is unnecessary for me at present to say any thing to you in regard to my views on that question or any other. You know my political opinions quite well, and, if I have the honour of being returned for the county of Aberdeen, I shall consider it my greatest privilege to be thus afforded an opportunity of advancing the Liberal cause.—(Loud cheering.) In order, however, that the fullest explanation of my views may be obtained, I shall make it my duty to sec as many of the freeholders of the county as the short time will admit of, and 1 hope to see such a muster of friends as will convince my Hon. Friend that he will not have the great majority he seems to anticipate. lam not much surprised at the disappoint ment which our opponents seem to feel, for they, no doubt, thought that we were attempting to play off some joke such as they did on my friend, Mr. Bannernaan, the other day.—(Roars of laughter.) But I tell them fear lessly, that we shall go to the poll, and there, too, we shall poll to the last man.—(Much cheering, with a few solitary hisses, and an occasional groan from Mr. James Edmond, and one or two more of turncoat notoriety.) A show of hands was then called for by the Sheriff. About fifty Tories, situated near the front of the hustings, held up their hands, amidst the hootings and hissings of the crowd, for Captain Gordon. For Sir Thomas Burnett almost every hand in the crowd was raised amidst loud cheering. The Sheriff declared the vote to be in favour of Sir Thomas Burnett, of Leys, an announcement that was received with deafening cheers. Captain Gordon having demanded a poll, the Sheriff an nounced that the polling would commence on Thursday. VICTORIA THEATRE.—A lively little one act bur letta, entitled Woman's a Devil, was produced at this theatre on Thursday night. The principal characters were sustained by Mr. John Parry, Mr. and Mrs. F. Mathews, and Mrs. Honey, who has two pretty songs allotted to her in the part of Lady Brilliant. " The fine young English Gentleman," and The Smile that is beaminm," composed by Lewis Leo, to words by H. V. Smith. The piece was very successful, and was announeed for repetition amidst much applause. Fanny Ellsler appeared at Vienna on the 19th ult. in La Sylphide, and was received with the most rapturous en thusiasm. 11'dile. Taglioni arrived in Paris on Friday last. She has refused to appear at the Academie Royale, as she is to set out in a few days for St. Peteraburgh, THE SUN, LONDON, SATMIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1837. DINNER to J. PARKER, ESQ., and H. G. WARD, ESQ., at SHEFFIELD. On Saturday afternoon the two representatives for this borough were entertained at dinner in the Tontine Inn, by a numerous party of their friends and supporters. Dr. Knight in the Chair, supported on the right by John Parker, Esq., and William Evans, Esq. (the candidate for North Derbyshire), and on the left by H. G. Ward, Esq., and William Ibbotson, Esq. ; Benjamin Sayle, Esq., and John Sykes, Esq., occupied the vice chairs. After the cloth was removed " Non nobis Domine" was sung by a party of glee singers, seated under the orchestra. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " The Queen," stated that the loyalty of those over whom he had presided on former occasions was sufficiently well known to render any more than simply proposing the toast unnecessary. As Queen Victoria is the highest in rank, so may she be distinguished by ail the virtues and accomplishments of the female cha racter. May her reign be long, prosperous, and happy.— ( Three times three.) Song, " The Queen." The CHAIRMAN next gave " Queen Adelaide." " The Duke of Sussex, and the rest of Royal Family." The CHAIRMAN then, after an able and eloquent speech, proposed " The healths of John Parker and H. G. Ward, Esquires?' The toast was received with great enthusiasm. l'lr. PARKER, amid loud cheers, returned thanks. On his arrival in Sheffield he found a holy alliance combined against them. He found what was represented to be a formidable opponent in the field. But his friend Mr. Ib botson had broken down and shivered to the winds that holy alliance, and the state of the poll had decided triumph antly that such alliances were not likely to exercise much influence over the people of Hallamshire. He believed that the spirit of Reform was as strong as ever in this district. For the grounds of this ho need only to refer to the final state of the poll, and to the immense crowd who had as sembled in front of the Tontine at the conclusion of the previous day, which he looked upon as a matter of congra tulation, partly to himself and to his colleague, but which was of far greater importance as proving the great interest they still manifested tin the cause of sound and wholesome Reform. He had no doubt that the same spirit would still continue to actuate them, and that in every succeeding election a similar result would show that the men of Shef field took a deep interest in the cause of good, sound, and constitutional government. He considered that the oftener a representative came among his constituents and explained to them his past conduct, and the grounds on which he soli cited a continuance of their support, the more likely would he be to answer the expectations of those who had sent him there. He sat down amid much cheering. Mr. WARD, on rising, was received with the greatest enthusiasm. He said he looked upon this election as very important to the domestic peace and welfare of Sheffield. Formerly their struggles had been divided among their own party and townsmen ; he therefore trusted that the union embraced and adopted by all classes of Reformers on this occasion, and the happy result of the election, aided by that union, would put an end to all civil strife and animosity. The Reformers here had shown that union was strength, and that, like the bundle of sticks, when separated and di vided, they might be broken or twisted, but when united and resolute, any frown which could be brought against them was insufficient to break or even to bend them. He lelt satisfied that nothing but a dereliction of principle on the part of their Members could ever be found snfficient to destroy that sympathy which existed among them. Such derelictions of principle had taken place among public men, which had been the cause of deep regret to the friends who formerly had supported and admired them.—(Cheers.) He believed there was a similarity betwixt his Hon. Col league's opinions and his own, which would likely make that sympathy and union prove lasting. He considered himself in advance of Mr. Parker in very view points— (Cheers)—much fewer than would otherwise exist were Mr. Parker not connected with and a member of the Government. As for his own :part, he was an inde pendent man, and by the kindness of the people of Shef field as independent a man as any in the House of Com mons.—(Cheers.) He did not allude to his independence in a pecuniary point of view—(Laughter)- . —but to the in dependence of his principles. He was in advance of the Government on many points, and was always ready to act as a pioneer for them. In returning Mr. Parker and him self they had returned two who were likely to work out good and wholesome reforms, as the caution of the one would temper the boldness—some would call it rashness— of the other ; and their being returned as colleagues might not inappropriately be termed la belle alliance. In this respect they were similarly with some other great towns ; with Leeds, for instance, where they had Mr. Baines, an old Whig, and Sir W. Molcsworth, who might almost be termed the leader of the Radical party in the House of Com mons. He had represented nobody's opinions but his own since he came to Sheffield. On many points he was ad vised to keep quiet previous to his coining here, as he was assured that the extreme views he was considered to enter tain on some questions would be unsatisfactory to many consistent Reformers in Sheffield, who were not inclined to go so far as he did. Had he come to personify the old man and his ass, reserving part of his opinions from one party and speaking them boldly out to another, he would justly have been looked upon with distrust, and would have pleased nobody. He had preferred the more manly and straightforward part., and the result had shown that he was right in so doing.—(Cheers.) He came among them as a man who thought before he spoke. The conduct he had pursued as a candidate had met with their approbation ; and he hoped that his conduct as their representative would never be such as to induce them to come to a different opinion. He would endeavour to identify himself more with his constituents by coming down frequently among them, which was the best way to temper his own opinions into unison with theirs. He would visit them at least once a year, and give an account of his stewardship. He con cluded by thanking them for the honour they had done him, co njointly and individually for the kindness they had shown him since he first came among them, and trusting that further acquaintance would increase the mutual respect they entertained to each other. Mr. Evetes (candidate for North Derbyshire), in pro posing " Earl Mulgrave, and Justice to Ireland," referred to his Lordship's conduct in Jamaica, when the abolition of slavery was to take place—one of the most trying times for a Governor of that island since it became a British colony. On that trying occasion, his candour, his manliness, and hi s sympathy for the unfortunate slaves, recommended him to his country as a man worthy of their highest esteem an d deepest gratitude. With all these commendations in his favour, Government could not have made a better choice of a representative in Ireland, torn with faction, and racked by the most grinding persecution and the most bitter political animosity. He need only refer to Lord Mul grave's past conduct, which had brought about the present tranquil state of Ireland, to prove that he had fully an swered the expectations formed of him. The call for jus tice to Ireland was much louder and more general now than he (Mr. Evans) ever recollected it to have been. Ile had always been an advocate for the rights of the Irish peo ple ; and, in 1826, when Member for Leicester, lie had sup ported Catholic emancipation in the House of Commons. How could this country expect her manufactures to be consumed by the people of Ireland, or to flourish in that country, when property was not safe ? How could she ex pect a reduction of taxation when so much public money was needed to keep up a standing army there to suppress disturbances among a people who wou ld b e equa ll y qu i e t were they afforded equal laws and equal justice with the people of this country ? Or how could they expect them to stand forward in our defence against a common enemy when we had always treated them as a conquered nation ? The Tories no doubt were in power when Catholic emancipa tion was granted ; but they would not see the necessity for it until it had been rolled against their very doors, and the voice of the people compelled them, from prudential mo tives, to yield to their call ; but their subsequent conduct to the Catholics had proved that they were not in earnest ;vhen they passed it, and were in direct opposition to their own Bill. The people of Ireland, therefore, must look to Lord Mulgrave and the liberal men of England to grant them those rights they were fully entitled to demand.—The toast was drunk with loud cheers. Mr. WARD rose to propose a toast which he had much pleasure in introducing to their notice ; it was " Lord Melbourne and her Majesty's Ministers." He could wish to see them advance beyond the line they had laid down for their conduct, agreeing with them as he did on many points, differing with them and going farther on others, but still looking upon them as the pilots of Reform. They had a very difficult part to perform, opposed as they had been by the influence of the Court and the aristocracy, a great part of the Church, and the two Universities. Under these rely—(Cheers)—as circumstanc es they had only the people on whom they could expressed in their own House. He regretted they had not seen the expediency, not only the expediency, but the justice, and not only the justice, but the absolute necessity, of their stepping out more boldly and taking the place in front of the movement party of the country. He could wish to see them doing something for an extension of the suffrage. He hoped that the Ministers would read the writing on the wall afforded by the present elections, and that they would see the ballot was imperiously called for under the present circumstances.—(Loud cheering.) Lord Mel bourne's Government must either be continued, pro ceeding cautiously but steadily, or if they were forced to resign, from the people withdrawing their support and confidenee from them, a Tory Administration must in evitably succeed them, retrograding and undoing all those measure s from which the people had already derived so much benefit, and opposing any other which had the cha racter of Reform stamped upon it. The Government was even at present in advance of the people in many respects. In many parts of the country that intelligence which he had found so abundantly displayed in Sheffield was ut- , terly wanting ; and therefore, although they were prepared for great measures of Reform here, if the country as a whole did not .support the Government, they could not be expected to progress too fast. As Members of the Government many of them had expressed their own op nions boldly ; for instance, Lord Melbourne, when he had spoken his own opinions in the House of Lords, had dis played as much liberality of sentiment as any one pre sent, and that too under circumstances of the greatest difficulty. If the present Parliament were not so Liberal as he could wish in the support of Ministers, and another dissolution took place, it was difficult to calculate what might be the consequence. It should always be borne in mind that they had, great tr ou bl es t o strugg l e w i t h, and that the great object to which they all aspired was the leading principle of Lord Melbourne's Government. When they appeared to vacillate, to move out of what might be considered the right path, or appeared even to stand still, he could make full allowance for their difficulties. Another strong argument for supporting them was to be drawn from contrast. What would be the consequence of a Tory Go vernment getting into power ? Lord Lyndhurst, the confi dential friend and adviser of that basest of men, the King of Hanover would come into power. The King of Hanover —as he himself said by the grace of God, but, as he (Mr. Ward) would call it, by the grace of the devil—had com menced his reign by destroying the Constitution of the Ha noverian people, and could we expect anything less at his-, hands than a destruction of the Magna Charta ? This first despotic act of his reign would likely come under the consi deration of Parliament ; and if it were right 100 years ago to set aside the direct line of the kings of this country on a religious ground, it might be a serious question for Parliament to take steps to prevent him on account of his awful right ever succeeding to the throne of this country. — (Loud cheering.) Mr. Ward concluded by repeating his confidence in her Majesty's Ministers, and concluded with proposing the toast. It may appear invidious in us to mention any of the speakers at the above dinner, in particular when all were so good ; but we cannot resist saying that the speech of Mr. Evans, in proposing " Justice to Ireland," was one which proved that his mind had been cast in no ordinary mould. The appeal he made on behalf of injured Ireland proved him to be a politician who had studied the subject in all its bearings ; and hard, indeed, must have been that heart which was not roused into a kindred* feeling by the eloquence in which it was clothed. We trust the electors of North Der byshire will return Mr. Evans to serve them in Parliament, and secure to the county talents of a superior kind, a friend of liberty in every shape, and the unflinching opponent of tyranny, oppression, and injury, in every country, and under any circumstances. Ireland will find in him a warm friend. —Sheffield lris. NORTH DERBYSHIRE. Wednesday was the day fixed for the nomination of can didates to represent the northern division of the county in Parliament. The Tories, presuming froth the known fact of the ill-health of Mr. Gisborne, the talented Member of the Division since the passing of the Reform Bill, that Le would be obliged to retire, have been exerting themselves, ever since the last election, to prepare for the present. They presented a requisition to Robert Arkwright, which, at first, it was understood, he accepted, but after wards declining to stand himself, the Tories took as substi tute his son, and no pains or expense have been spared by them. OFFLEY SHORE, Esq., proposed the Honourable George Henry Cavendish as a fit and proper person to represent the Division. GEORGE ANDREWS, Esq., seconded the nomination. THOMAS GISBOBNE, Esq., was received with enthusias tic cheers by the Reformers, which overwhelmed the fainter efforts of the Tories. He began by asking who Mr. Ark wright the Tory candidate was, and then exposed the utter unfitness of the Conservative& candidate. Mr. Gisborne concluded by saying, " I tell you, with perfect confidence, that you will carry the election of the two Liberal candi dates in this contest—(Loud cheers and Tory uproar)— by a large majority.--(Renewed cheers.) lam exhausted, and I am, therefore, unable to do more than state, that I have sincere satisfaction in proposing Wm. Evans, Esq„ as a fit and proper person to represent this Division in Par liament.—(Loud cheers.) JOSHUA JEER, Esq., seconded the nomination. W. J. BAGSHAWE, Esq., then proposed Mr. S. Arkwright. M. MIDDLEToN, Esq., amid continued uproar, seconded the nomination. The Hon. G. H. CAVENDISH said, I have known Mr. Arkwright long, and I dare say he believes the principles he asserts to be the best for the country, as conscientiously as I hold the same 'opinion of mine. But, gentlemen, al though I am ready to allow Mr. Arkwright has a right to his opinions and to submit them to you, I am anxious to have a fair stand-up fight. My opponents have laboured to impress you with the idea that_ your independence is threatened, that the Duke of Devonshire wants to monopo lise the representation of this division, and that there is a compact between Mr. Gisborne and my family to make it a close borough. As affects the Duke of Devonshire the accusation is ridiculous. His whole life belies it. On what action of his can they lay a finger that affords it the slightest countenance? Was he not one of the foremost when the Reform Bill was proposed to liy down any Parliamentary power he had till then exerted ? He said, now is the time, since we have a Reform Ministry, to show that I hold sin cerely the principles I have always asserted, and I will show it by relinquishing any Parliamentary influence which I pos sess, and placing it in the hands of the people. And, gen tlemen, I have often heard the Duke say, that for what crer power or political influence he had lost, he was well rewarded by the esteem and good-will of his neighbours, which he had gained. I have been told that the Duke of Devonshire's tenants have been required to vote contrary to their principles for Mr. Evans. I distinctly deny this. —(Cheers.) After some remarks ors the system of mingled coercion, and of brutalization by beer, acted upon by the opposite party, Mr. Cavendish said—To such expedients I will never have recourse. I had much rather lose my eke tion.—(Cheers.) You have been told by our opponents that we are O'Connellites. I have given my consent to measures relating to Ireland, which I believe to be just and right ; and I will not suffer myself to be turned out of my path because lam called an O'Connellite.—(Cheers.) I will endeavour to pursue the path of equal justice to all, to do what is right and just, and, supported by my conscience, I shall care very little what names may be given me. Do not listen to them when they tell you we are Destructives, because we wish our institutions to be strengthened, their usefulness to be extended, and the rights of all to be maintained ; because we desire to preserve to the rich all their honours, rank, or privileges, as far as they are compa tible with the interests of their countrymen ; to give to the middle classes every facility for commerce ; to secure to them a proper control over their local affairs - ; to give to them a due share in the legislative councils ; and to give to the working classes an interest in our institutions. These are important benefits which may be cheaply obtained ; and thus, in a time of real danger, our throne and institutions may be preserved inviolate and safe, guarded by the hearts of a happy, free, and undivided people. W. Evans, Esq., was received with cheers. He said that there was no coalition between him and Mr. Caven dish, and denied that lie had urged his tenants to vote otherwise than as they wished, and proceeded to avow that he was a Reformer. He concluded by saying—lf you re turn me I shall support her Alajesty's Ministers zealously while I believe they act for the interests of the people of this country. You have performed a distinguished part on former occasions, and I am sure that no menaces, threats, or compulsion will prevent you from using your right, and no temptation of beer or ale, means which I deprecate ex ceedingly, and consider to be demoralizing and insulting, will induce you to desert your old colours and your old prin ciples—(Cheers)—and you will distinguish yourselves as lovers of freedom, reform, and good government, by your acting as men, and returning two Liberal Members to serve you in Parliament.—(Loud cheers.) GEORGE ARKWRIGHT, Esq., then came forward amid cheers from the Blues and considerable uproar, which con tinued so much that he was very imperfectly heard. He said, it had been asked what pretensions I have to come before you ? I come forward at the request of nearly 700 electors of this division ; as one born and bred and residing among you, and having the interest of all classes at heart. I have not been brought from the further end of the county, nor because I am the cousin of the Duke of Devonshire, nor the brother-in-law of Mr. Gisborne.—(lncreased up roar.) A slight attempt has been made to do away with the impression that a coalition has been formed ; but I per sist firmly, notwithstanding Cie attempt to deny or apolo gize, that no one can disprove the coalition. Allusion has been made to the obtaining of votes by intimidation , Some subordinate agents of the Duke of Devonshire have been going about with a letter of his Grace (so we understood the speaker), using it to cause the tenants to believe they would suffer if they did not support the coalition. In one case a voter had promised me, but he was intimidated by some of the subordinate agents of the Duke, and after wards said be dared not give me his vote, though he wished to do it.—(Uproar.) I am an independent candidate, of no party or faction ; I do not pledge myself to support a Whig, nor do I pledge myself to support a Tory Govern ment ; my sentiments are such as attach me to the Consti tution and institutions of my country. lam for the Church, against O'Connell, and the Irish agitators. I think the Poor-law wants alteration, but ought not to be repealed. The HIGH SHERIFF declared that the show of hands was in favour of Mr. Cavendish and Mr. Evans. Mr. BAGSHAWE, on behalf of Mr. Arkwright, demanded a poll, which the High Sheriff appointed to take place on Monday and Tuesday next. an Act passed on the 30th June, the disgusting spectacle of the pillory is abolished. URIBERY AT NORWICH. ( Abridged from the Norwich Mercury.) The sale by public auction of the votes of the Norwich Electors, falsely called the Election, and at which certain partizans acting in the name and on the behalf of the Marquis of Douro and the Hon. Robert Scarlett were the successful bidders, bas occasioned a feeling of shame, dis gust, and scorn, in every honest mind towards all the agents in this nefarious traffic, which cannot be exceeded. Il ls ad mitted that no case upon record ever. equalled the atrocity of the bribery. It is admitted that very . nearly one-fourth of the constituency were bribed with hard money. II is admitted that not fewer than five hundred . men on both sides were cooped—that is mewed up at public and private houses in the villages of Norfolk, where when gorged and intoxicated, they fought, rioted, end slept themselves sober, only to plunge afresh into renewed excesses far somo three, four, five, or six days, as the case might be. It is admitted that shopkeepers and householders, ap parently respectable in situation and manners, her gained away their franchise for solid sovereigns. Nay, we could name professional men whom the world and the world's law has left so bare of substance and of right feel ing, that they have sold themselves with as little reluctance as the neediest handicraftsman out of work, whose starving family extenuates his offence, It is admitted that the sum laid out in the last two hours far outgoes all former in stances of this profligate prodigality. We have it from the individuals themselves that they received forty and fifty sovereigns a-piece. We know one instance of a fellow, a housekeeper and tradesman, who took thirty from one party and forty from the other for which he voted, and kept loth. Another took 151. and 301. in the same manner. We have heard that a man actually received one hundred pounds, thought it insufficient, and as the time of closing the poll drew nigh, and the actual superiority was not ascer tained, demanded and received thirty-five sovereigns more. Another is stated to have gained 1251. in the same way. These anecdotes are coupled with such terrible relations of the influence, the persuasion, the•me nace, and actual privation of employment on the part of men who ought to be, and in the ancient States who would have been, ignominiously thrust forth from the city and the society of honest men, that the mind sickens with disgust at the passions which are thus enlisted to uphold the per sonal and party importance of the principal actors in this scene of political depravity and depravation. It stands recorded in the evidence on oath given before the Bribery and Intimidation Committee of the House of Commons (question 5,236), that before the election of Lord Stor mont and Sir James Scarlett in 1832, there never was any direct bribery at elections for Members of Parliament in Norwich. It sorts well with the corruption of the times that such example should commence at the return of a man soon after to be raised by a Tory Administration to the office of Judge—to administer the law, so virtuously observed in the case of his election. It sorts well with the retribution which universally follows eren in this world, that the Lord of Abinger and Nor wich, who assumed the Angels which supported the Arms of the Norwich Corporation for the supporters of his own shield, that on the Noble Judge's first circuit he should be summoned as a witness in an action for bribery at his ()en election, and should know that action to be compro mised by the defendants at the cost of 6501., in the Criminal Court of this city, when lie was presiding at Nisi Prins. A sum amounting to the enormous total of from FORTY TO FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS has been lavished in this work of moral destruction. It is sonic relief to the mind to know, which we learn upon sufficient testimony, that the Marquis of Douro has expressed a strong sense of the misrepresentations by which he was inveigled to lend his name to such practices, and some feeling of the disgraceful indignity thus grafted upon his house, together with no slight apprehension of the con sequences upon his noble father's mind. He did indeed express the virtuous determination neither to join in any procession or other rejoicing, and to quit Norwich for ever; but this just feeling was unhappily overruled. There is yet a way open to redeem the loss of character and to prevent its perpetuation. This way is to relinquish a seat at once which entails upon him the everlasting infamy of becoming " the representative of the basest constituency in the United Kingdom by the basest instrumentality." It becomes the upright part of the community to take some decisive steps to bring all the circumstances---we repeat it emphatically— all the cii cumstances under the cognizance of the Legis lature, who we hope will devise some means of stopping the contagion, for contagious it is to an extraordinary ex tent. We have distinct dates. It has been sworn that. it began in 1832. See to what it has grown in five little years! And alas! what a load of guilt has it heaped upon the consciences of those men who began and have so rapidly completed the corruption of their fellow-citizens ! The following is the substance of the defence put forth by the Norwich Gazette, the advocate of the party accused, on the clearest evidence, of bribery, which, for the extent of its atrocity, is perhaps unparalleled in the annals of political profligacy :—" Nothing," says the Conservative's .Counsel, " is raised so loudly by a baffled crew of vote poachers as the cry of Bribery, bribery, bribery ! This is indeed the very acme of Blue and White humbug. It is what their friend O'Connell calls beating 13annagher,' and Bannagher, as the Irish tradition goes, beat the d—l.' That there is a great deal of Whig zeal as well as of Radical honesty in all this, we do not deny ; but it may p r;:aps be worth a thought, on the part of those immacu late hunters for cases of electoral frailty, that zeal like theirs runs risk of outstripping discretion ; and honesty such as they have to brag of may chance to turn out I.mt a poor sort of bargain, if taken at their own valuation. The game of s'lowing up an erring neighbour's faults is one which two sides can play at. And certainly it is a prudent caution to those whose windows are made of glass, that they of all people should beware of throwing stones, especially, as the Rev. and facetious Sidney Smith says—' especially when their own panes are so very large.' If, however, bribery and corruption be objects of such unaffected abhorrence with the Whigs of Norwich, let them but once begin their im partial and veracious labours, by the publication of names and such like good-natured and patriotic expedients for per sonal exposure, and they shall not want for " justice more perhaps than they desire." Why, it is notorious and indis putab!e that, at the very first hour of commencing their canvass, they displayed the means through which they in tended and' hoped to win the election, by acts of ruffianly cooping and direct bribery. As to the corrupt practices of the party, we have heard that some of them can ha posi tively proved by written engagements." Is not all this far rago of insinuation a .d bullying confirmatory of tho briber's crime ? EXECUTION OF JOAN OF ARC. On the 10th of May, 141.2, she was taken from her prison under an escort of 120 men at: arms, and appeared dressed in female apparel, while on her head was placed a mitre with this inscription, " A relapsed hlretic, . n .apos t ate, an idol: e.." heE was supported by two D. m nican friars, and, in p issing through the street., sl excl aimed, " Oh ! Rouen, Itquen! must thou be my last abode I" The Cardinal of Winchester, the Bishop of Terouume, Chlincellor of France, the Bishop of Beau vais, and the other Judges were seated upon a scaffold, w iting the ar rival of Joan of Arc. When she appeared, ski was heavily fettered, and, as she mounted the scaffold, her fit, a ap peared bathed in tears. Her funeral sermon was then preached by Nicholas Midy ; a discourse, which, had his conscience not been totally callous, he would have trembled to pronounce in the face of Heaven, as he stood confronted with the innocent victim about to be murdered with his consent and concurrence. The infamous P. Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais, then pronounced the sentence of con demnation, at. the end of which he invoked ih mercy of the secular judges, who were seated on a lower scaffold. Before she descended from the scaffold to mount the fatal pile, Joan turned round to the Bishop of Beauvais, and extend ing her fettered band towards him, " You," she exclaimed " arc the cause of my death ; you promised to restore me to the church, and you have delivered me up to my en e m ies r Joan then knelt down, and implored the mercy of the Supreme Being : she called upon the ecclesiastics an d all around her, solemnly to assist in her prayers. Nor, though her last moments were attended with circum stances peculiarly awful, was her ungrateful Sovereign forgotten. No further sentence was pronounced by the secular tribunal, except the words " Take her away." The executioner advanced trembling as he came to receive her from the guards. She asked for a crucifix, and an Englishman pre sent broke a stick and formed a sort o f cross, w hi c h s h e too k , and after kissing it pressed it to her heart and ascended the fatal pile. Before it was lighted they brought a cross from a neighbouring church, which at her earnest request was placed before her. As soon as she felt the fire ap proach, with her usual humanity she warned the priests to retire. The pile was raised very high, so that all the spec tators had a full view of her, in order that any doubt of her death might be prevented. The fire was removed as soon as she was ,upposed to be dead, that the people might have an opportunity of seeing the body. As long as she retained the power of utterance, the sacred name of Jesus was heard to issue from the flames. The sobs and groans which the violence of her anguish extorted from her, alene interrupted her ejaculations. Her heart was found entire, after the rest of her body was quite consumed. The Car dinal of Winchester ordered her ashes to be collected and thrown into the Seine. So perished the unhappy Maid of Orleans, at the age of nineteen.---James s Memoirs of Celebrated Women. On Friday last, Southrepps was visited by one of the most tremendous storms ever remembe re d. It commence i about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, and continued about half an hoar, Oaring tl at time the rain fell in torrerta, accompanied with hail and ice, destroying turnips, corn,'&o. to a wonderful extant.—Norwich Gazelle.