The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-01 00:00:00

;I, ti :em:On among the most distinguished of his literary Con poraries. Such exertions, if continued, without ::with ermissicm must eventually, and ere long, be crowned _ success. His aprearanc e this Month will not co ffer I, dilap-Y a contrast with the proudest of his t!ers for the hztilur of a kind reception by Magazine -reading world_a world, be it known, ke e •L ...1 more extensive and powerful than is . gene :, ra', l • . Y imagined I . f y } hoary Politicians. " City Sketches, j y an old citizen, 'would not discredit the genius o . f Boz. :sketches of City 11 fact, we Dave read few more amusing Tatritrxonial rife than Mr. Drinkwater Cobb's advr.mtures. The remarks on the " Count the S o e g u r's i,ife and Writings," to which a portrait of new ''' es 'n is prefixed, are just ; but they are neither i:tw„ll°',: startling. " The French Poets and Novel- To'44l,is an able review of the style and moral 'uency of the modern light literature of France. a-.ie writer thoroughly understood his subject, and, s a conse quence, produced a paper intelligible interesting to the merest E ng li s h reader. The literary notices are very numerous, and written with r s iderabl e care. We had almost forgot to mention 01 4 % 11°11 e of th e art i cles are excessively long—indeed a a u e vary :n . 'tgest may be read with ease at a sitting—a great &age Zifle li teratu to the m a j or i ty o f t h e lovers of Maga re. .1771-E . 11 E TR 0 P OLITAN MAGAZINE. Su ne Metropolit an h as come out to-day, robed in its " - llner dress and redolent of the sweetest flowers of 'plain, as w e ll as stored with more substantial articles in prose. It is an excellent Number. " Montgo tinaekm's Le cture on th e B r i t i s h P oets " appropriately ei a e . 3 the lead. N othing can be finer than his appre vritthi" nr more just , than his views. We fully concur to h im on th e su b ject of that lamentable indifference r e try Whi c h ati c characterises the present social stage, 6 6 t , Wit him also we indulge in the conviction that lest Ile neglect of poetical reading among us" cannot th e f or ever. The " Parliamentary Portraits," by e e author of " Random Recollections," are fairly t n a , ll dr awn, and will form the not least at er-e"ve part of the Number to general readers. co Alarry a t enr i ches the present Number with a eisnti,nuation of hi s Snarley-you, which, like everything e that leaps into life from his prolific pen, is some pr more th an a mere tale of and for the day—his 4uctions are not the ephemeral creation of an ordi th4rY wri ter. Ile addresses himself to the many, and VV man y rewa r d hi m with their enduring attachment. t i et e reg ret that we cannot notice the several papers in th ail, and are comp e ll e d, b y want o f space, to speak in genell y of a num b er, b y no means inferior either interest r" or pow er t o any o f i ts precursors. th h out the w h o l e N umber sp i rit and sense, 4 , l " ght g and wit, are abundantly sprinkled. - There is prop xcellent variety in it—something to please all ta st`:!s and well constituted minds. The , gay t h e th e grave, t h e i maginative and the common-place, a rn T i riled and t h e saturnine, the wise and the witty, soul ' 4 Invited to the Metropolitan May-feast, where fi uvra and reason wisely revels. t 4 b 4 o . Mar c h ant , t h e d r i ver of the Defiance coach wa ving I'ches ter, and k ee p er o f t h e N ew I nn T ap at Abingdon, l'tedbad a sum of money left him a short time since, depo three hundred sovereigns, part of it in a tea caddy, which hiesl3:LrPose_d placin g out at interest. On Monday se'nnight that Fife saw that the money was safe, but in . the evening . _ 0! t that it discovered, to the inexpressible grief of th e N o . was bt . 1 People, that the tea caddy and its contents had dis.ap alared• Imm e diate inq uiry was entered into, but notwith- C a ild ,ilt• the vigilance of the police, we regret to say that the l',. L t ' e as perpetrators of this robbery have as y et eluded pub- Isustice. Devizes Gazette. CCisEarl of D ur h am i s expected to return to this Country by th e 30 t h i nstant, and his Lordship's mansion in ,levela n d- row i s accordingly in a state of prep _arationfor_his t :eepti on. Mr. Milbanke, Secretary of Legation at re -I.4btirgil will be accr e di te d C harge d'Affaires at the Imperial curt during his absence. The Countess of Durham and the /1114' Viscount Lambton will accompany the Noble Earl. . 4 by a return, just made, of the fees and gratuities The:lauded and received by the officers of the House of Com tiohnB, in relation to the trial of the last Dublin Election Peti al-,;' we find that these taxes alone form an amount so enor- all l ' is ta both petitioners and sitting members, as must deter snait e s l ° l 4, not sustained by party treasuries or hereditary do seir , Irons either opposing a false return or defending a from the The total fees demanded by the officers of the . House . Al Ember `a° petitioners amount to 5541. 9s. 6d ; from the sitting washers 494/. 11S. — Bucks Gazette. 0 4 41 Tuesday morning Mr. John Cullimore, of Bid 'list"; committed suicide by hanging himself in a barn. he heaudnf.or.tunate genteman laboured under a monomania that Isi t h h taSured his Pa l mily in their fortune, which was totally ut foundation —Devizes Gazette. -th e • • . line w anniversary dinner of the Literary Fund Society, v. edeesday next, promises to be more than usually attrae d - T he Lord Mayor, Lords Canterbury, Morpeth, an hd Scenic (who have expressed their intention of being present) Grea t t " long list of distinguished stewards. The poets of j e ts Britain will be represented by Mr. T. Moore, the drama s eell e . e Person of Mr. C. Kemble, and several influential gentle this 'r ile City will also attend, to promote the interests of 40'4 7 c cellent and widely beneficial institution. to istance of four miles from Chesterfield, upon th o f 0,44 road, a grand natural curiosity presents itself, in ever y ; 41 of a large rock, springing from the earth, which in . teal i,',."Pect bears the resemblance of a toad, when that aril- Parti eu r a sitting position. This extraordinary production . is ° ite% r Y noticed by the passing traveller, as a singular endi ng It retains the appellation of the toadstone by the sur is 4g easant ry.—Doneaster Gazette. .Lt p . tends RESENTATION OP IPSWICII.—Mr. Wason in tious !) Move for a criminal information against the pugna . - fri end tittle gentleman Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, and by placing his Cl ateh s Cook, Dasent, Sparrowe, Pilgrim, Clipperton, Finch, the se v.Latici Bond, in the witness-box, to endeavour to prove Isilie}Citements he has made - respecting him ; but the truth of apt a . .r. Kelly denies. In Mr. O'Malley Mr. Kelly has an . bee, 18eiPle--the pupil follows closely in the footsteps of his thetatha Itrzible preceptor. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, e „has also defied Mr. Wason to mortal combat, more P L 'Y as the Learned Gentleman has declared that " in af these of Mr. Kelly's intellect, his own has grown." Both a nti ese chivalrous, by courtesy, gentlemen appear to have an cali s P a tlt llY to any other report of the explanation they are rel,-`suPan to make, than such as would proceed from the har tp,: of their pistols ; and, no doubt, they arc heartily cha that Mr. Wason chooses to adopt another course. To 1,4' Wason's indefatigable perseverance is mainly to be awl s h ed the Success of ridding the town of two such false repre . - d e s -t4t ives as Mr. Kelly and Mr. Dundas—to him the credit is s ° of having exposed the horrible system of bribery and cor lePtion, practiced by their electioneering agents, whom he . tj °l4 ght to condign punishment—and hence arises all this °ad-thirsty spirit.—Sufirelk Chronicle. ti , On Friday morning Mr. M. de la Taste, of the firm i i i 1 4 la Taste and Wright, of the Royal-square, Jersey, cut ,a throat in an outhouse, soon after which the unfortunate 0141r,ritlernati was discovered, and a medical man sewed up the ; but he only survived a few hours. At the inquest, 6. ( ' lame evening, it was proved that the accession of business to pre the death of an uncle had produced so much anxiety as I,4)r°3' upon his mind, and cause a deep depression of spirits. .1,7 t, Temporary insanity." —Jersey Argus.. aii,i t : l C loss amongst the flocks in the vicinity of Kes lute ,_ Slid other mountainous parts of this county, from abso et,. tileger and starvation, is truly dreadful and ruinous to the f 4 v_tipiers of sbeep farms. In some instances, out of flocks o see7asand in number, four hundred have died of the incle- . i e _Y of the weather and want of food. —Cumberland Pacquet )9 etnediately after the passing of the Reform Bill 8 , 14 catch counties were in the hands of the Whigs; at pre '444o out of that number are represented by Conservative ia su "; et% and gistr for several of the others will 2 a similar result at a future election. —Scottish Standard. Joseph Barnes, a respectable farmer at Aikton, great sufferer by thefailure ; t 4Il th lt:11: sCarlisle, in whose hands he had a very large deposit eos tier s _. • re s• as their stoppage, was taken in execution for a ke"rtble sum of money, and put into Carlisle gaol. The MechtNta, whose honesty was proverbial, has had his mind so tvitilst !lePressed by his situation, that on Thursday morning, rase,. from a state of great excitement, he cut his throat witha .... i ; rinin which he died before assistance could be procured. it 'fluerland Packet. l ' a FOU4AISGATt--Thie inhabitants of this town will 4Pproauet.among the foremost in testifying their joy oil . the 4 re se„Llng birthday of the Princess Victoria. Preparations d king for a splendid dinner at the Albion Hotel on that ti5OYO) ni l various other modes of rejoicing' are in contempla athe,s• _At Brous a bullock is to be roasted, and, with Arates of good cheer, given to the poor. linos 07Presentation, founded on the separate confes seet t Lord Denver murderers; Smith and Timms, has been Oat 4 : t '''°rd John Russell in favour of Varnham, who appears t boe s ,h ila llY to have been concerned in the diabolical act, al dossi7 an accessary after the fact • and a reprieve was sent 411) % " l'hurs daY• Smith and Timms will be executed to ot the A curious mistake occurred last Saturday; the people Plae, 11,eighborhood, thinking the execution would then take I llso ss flocked in crowds into the town ; and one printer, who . speeches under the same mistake, printed their last dying ap ise , givin g itral lee at th detailed account of their words, actions, an e execution.—Norfolk Chronicle. ROYAL ACADEMY-EXHIBITION. The annual exhibiti on o f the Royal Academy was opened this morning at the new building in Trafalgar-square. As want of room was, we suppose, one of the chief causes of its removal from S omerset -h ouse, we were somew h at sur prised to find that the same defect still partially exists. The picture-rooms are few in number, and this is not atoned for by their dimensions, which are nearly, if not quite, as limited, as they were in the Strand. What we had hoped to have seen was at least one magnificent apart ment, if no more, which should at once have impressed the spectator with a striking idea of the grandeur of a National Gallery. But we saw nothing of this ; but on the contrary, four or five ordinarily sized apart ments, the defects of which were rendered the more prominent by the approach to them, which is by far the most imposing portion of the builning we have yet seen. The Sculpture -room in particular is a miserable failure, being thrust aside in a corner, and possessing little more space or dignity than a cupboard. We fear that jobbing has been at work, and that the wishes of the public have been sacrificed to the interests of the Society. We may possibly return to this subject, but at present must content ourselves with a brief notice of some of the more prominent pictures, the immense crowd having prevented us from doing more than just glance hastily at them. No. 48. Portrait of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, by Briggs, is a correct, though too flattering, likeness. The face and figure are full ten years too young. The attitude however is remarkable for ease and grace. No. 68. Portrait of the Queen, is by the President, Sir M. A. Shee. The resemblance is good, but by no means striking. The drapery is very skilfully painted. No. 122. The Syrens and Ulysses.-1 his is one of Etty's most ambitious productions. The Syrens in the front ground are well grouped but there is a too lavish display of skulls and bones, and such-like physical hor rors. It would have been better to have given less to the eye, and more to the imagination. The colouring also of the back.ground, with its staring blue tints, is too tawdry and artificial. Parts, however, of the picture—especially the figures on deck—are painted with considerable vigour. No. 268. Poi trait of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, is from the pencil of Lilley. It is a capital likeness, possessing just the right sort of expression. No. 365. The Brothers, by Lance, is well coloured, par ticularly the sleeping figure of the old monk. No. 396. Kin? George the Third and the Dying Gipsey Woman in IVindsor Forest is. by Salter. It is a 'striking production, but justice has not been done to it, for it is hung in the worst possible light, and so high, that is it very likely to be passed by unnoticed. The expression of the gipsey's countenance is not to be mistaken. The damps of death are on it, and the eye is slowly settling into the last fixed, stony gaze. The figures of the children, who are standing beside the wretched couch; and of the King, who is consoling the dying outcast, and pointing to the heaven to which she is fast journeying, are in the highest degree effective. But the great charm of this picture, apart from the simplicity with which the subject is treated, is the chaste and quiet beauty of the colouring. There are no glaring lights—no harsh melodramatic contrasts ; effect is produced by the strictest adherence to the truth of nature. The woolly coverlid of the bed ; the dock-weeds in the fore-ground ; the sylvan character of the back-ground— these minutiae are worked up, and turned to account, with singular skill. In the whole Exhibition there are few finer paintings than this, which would besides attract notice, if only for the extraordinary likeness of his Majesty George the Third. No. 403. The Deluge is of course by Martin, as any one may see at the first glance. It is full of his usual man nerisms, splendidly coloured, impressively treated, but too much in the style of some of his former paintings. On the whole, the painting with its blue, ghastly lightnings, its spectral groupes, its sombre clouds, and red fires, affords a striking illustration of what, for want of some more appro priate term, we may call the material sublime. No. 50.5. The Battle of IVorcesler, by Woodward, is spirited, but strains too much after effect. The counte nance of Cromwell is not animated, but grotesque. No. 508. Portrait of Sir Edward Bruce, is one of Pickerskill's most animated paintings. No. 1161. Marble Statue of Si; John Malcolm. This is one of Chantry's most expressive productions. No. 1183. Mural Monument to the Memory of Mrs. Cole. Graceful and pathetic. It is by Sievier. No. 1'248. Marble Bust of A. Amos, Esq. This is a spirited bust by a promising young sculptor named Riley. No. 1271. Marble Bust (f Southey. The best like ness we have yet met with of the Poet Laureate. On Friday night the Members of the Reform Asso ciation, and of the Tradesmens' Reform Association, met at the Concert-room, 80ld -street, in order to hear the report of their respective committees, recommending Mr. Elphinstonc to the Liverpool Reformers, as one of the representatives of the town, at the next election. As the result of the meeting, we confidently anticipate a most numerous and respectable requi sitionito Mr. Elphinstone, without which a gentleman of, his acknowledged good sense and experience cannot be reasonably expected to allow himself to be put in nomination.—Liverpool Mercury. So great is the love of place that the situation of hangman for the city and county of Chester, which became vacant during last week by the death of that important func tionary, has been applied for by no less than four persons. The sheriff seems quite at a loss how to fill up the appointment ; some wags in the city have written to him to apply to the Go vernment for a commission to inquire into the duties and emolu ments of the offic.—Chester Courant. Sir Andrew Agnew, in defiance of common sense, as well as parliamentary experience, has given notice of his intention to re-introduce his Sabbath Bill, which he has hi therto signally and deservedly failed to get passed into a law. It is the peculiar propensity of dulness to attempt to regulate the conduct of others by compulsion, which it wants ability to effect by reason and fair argument; and when fanaticism is added to stolidity, it is amazing what would-be tyrants the combination makes of otherwise well-meaning men.—York Courant. A correspondent informs us of a curious circum stance which occurred very recently at Eton Wick. A shoe maker had broken his leg and was confined to his bed. Dur ing his confinement a duck that had been sitting on some eggs died, but the good wife, unwilling to let any hope of having a progeny of ducklings escape her, placed the eggs in the bed with her sick spouse, and the man has actually hatched three eggs, and the brood is doing well.— Windsor Express. On Saturday morning,. as a fleshcr was attending his business in the market at Glasgow, he suddenly drops d.wn and expired. . . _ An opulent farmer, residing in the High Peak, has 100 tons of hay to sell, but is waiting till a further advance of 21. per ton has taken place, the present price being 101. Average price of hay at the undermentioned places :—Derby shire, 101. to 121. per ton ; Sheffield, 71. to 81. ditto ; Man chester and Stockport, 71.105. to Si. ditto ; Uttoxeter, 131. ditto.— Sheffield Iris. • A Commissi on of L unac y was h e ld a t th e Km 2- s Head, Ross, on Monday, to try the state of mind of . Slr. George Bennett, of Dason, a gentleman of large property and estates. On the third day of the inquiry the solicitor for the petitioners abandoned the proceedings, hut the Commissioners determined to carry on the inquiry. On Thursday the Jury returned a verdict of weakness of mind, and consequent in ability to manage his own estates and affairs, which verdict the Court refused to receive, declaring that the Jury must decide whether Mr. Bennett were of unsound mind or not. When the Jury returned they gave the following verdict :—" That Mr. George Bennett was unable, from unsoundness of mind, to manage his various manors, &c., and had been so since the year 1832, but that the said Mr. Bennett was capable of managing himself."—Hereford Journal. On Wednesday Mrs. Bull, of Whitehall Croxton, the wife of a most respectable farmer, got up and churned the butter as usual, and then deliberately mixed poison in the food of two of her children, one two months, and the other two years old, afterwards taking a dose of poison herself. Mrs. Bull lingered only a few hours, but the children did not die before night. The wretched woman had been long in a de sponding state of mind, and had once before attempted suicide by hanging herself. She has left three children and a husband surviving her. On Thursday an inquest was held on the bodies, and a verdict—" That the children came to their death by means of poison administered by their mother," and a verdict of Insanity, as to Elizabeth Bull, was returned. —Bedford Mercury. REPRESENTATION OF HEREFORD.—Hereford has become, in the present week, the scene of election activity. After a long and painful course of " begging and praying," our Tory neighbours have at length succeeded in prevailing upon Mr. Higford Burr to enter the field of opposition, and to encounter that defeat which we look upon as certain to be sustained by any Conservative, whose ambition so far obtains the mastery over his reason, as to lead him into an election struggle, where the majority of the electors hold political opi nions at variance with his own. The majority return two Re formers as their representatives in Parliament, whereupon the Tories, or Anti-Reformers, express their astonishment that the minority does not return a Member. This feigned astonish ment reminds us of an anecdote, which affords a homely but an apt illustration of the Tory surprise :—A loving couple, who had lived all their days within the sound of Bow Bells, accumulated a fortune by their industry; so they left London, and, after an English tour, they finally settled in Shropshire, where they purchased a pretty box, and a small portion of land. A cow was purchased, and the Cockney couple were quite enraptured at their farming prospects. A maid-ser vant, with the rural name of Betty, was engaged mainly on account of her dairy qualifications —Shortly after the couple from Cockaigne had domiciled themselves in their new estate, a neighbouring lady called upon the mother of the maid-ser vant, when the following dialogue ensued:_" Well, Dolly, how does your daughter Betty get or: with her new master and mistress?"—" Lawk, ma'am," replied the dame, " these Lunnoners be the queerest folks I ever heard of; they use all the cream for their breakfast and tea, and they have scolded and turned Betty away, because she could not make butter without cream !" The illustration is complete.— Hertford Times, To the ELECTORS of WESTMINSTER BROTIIER ELECTORS,-Sir Francis Burdett has accepted the challenge publicly given by the Liberal electors of West minster, and has defied you to a contest of principle. It is my duty to redeem the pledge which I also have given ; and on this, the first vacancy in your representation, to afford you an opportunity of choosing between those Liberal principles which Sir Francis Burdett once gloriously maintained with your aid, and those directly contrary opinions which he now upholds with the assistance of the old and uncompromising opponents of every Reform. No one who has read Sir Francis Burdett's letter can doubt the nature of the struggle upon which we are now entering. On one side are all Reformers. Whigs as well as Radicals-- all the supporters of what Sir Francis Burdett designates as " a weak and vacillatin g Administration." On the other side is the whole force of the Tory party, leagued together in support of a candidate who would once have felt himself dis honoured by their alliance. It is for you to decide which shall prevail. Your obedient humble servant, JOHN TEMPLE LEADER. No. 8, Stratton-street, May 1, 1837. Ttlll SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1837 CHURCH RATES NOT A CHARGE UPON LAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In all cases where land is charged for a particular purpose, that charge is liable to be paid whether the land be occupied or unoccupied ; if a party leave the property with out discharging 'what be owing, the property of the incoming party is liable to be distrained to satisfy it ;* the contrary being the case with regard to Church-rates, plainly shows the charge to be merely personal. There is no inquisitorial law justifying a Churchwarden in making the Church-rate to compel any individual to disclose the amount of his in come, or declare his ability ; therefore a parishioner's abi lity is got at by assessing the annual value of the property he occupies; the law presuming the ability of an occupier of property of the annual value of 1001. to be double that of a person occupying but 501. a year value, and he is so assessed and charged, not on the property, but in respect of occupation —and should an assessed party leave the premises without dis• charging the rate, the next tenant cannot be called upon to do so ; and if property be unoccupied, no person is liable to be charged in respect of it. I am, Sir, yours, &c. Ilfracombe, April 27, 1837. R. W. D. * But the amount of the charge may be deducted from the rent, in case of the land being occupied by a tenant. QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sea—As the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Lon don were until very lately ignorant of their right of sitting as Commissioners at the Augmentation Board, it is not impro bable that others possessing the same privilege may also be unaware of their right, (especially Mayors of cites); therefore you will oblige by inserting the list of the Body Corporate, viz : The Lords of the Privy Council. The Lorda Lieutenants. The Custos Rotulorum. The Archbishops. The Bishops. The Deans of Cathedrals. The Judges. The King's Serjeants at Law. The Attorney- General. The Solicitor-General. The Advocate-General. The Chancellors of the Universities. The Vice Chancellors of the Universities. The Lord Mayor of London. The Aldermen of London. The Mayors of all cities within the kingdom. I am, Sir, yours, &c. ROBERT WILLIAM DICKINSON. Ilfracombe, April 27, 1837. REPRESENTATION OF lIITDDERS- FIELD. (From the Leeds Merevry.) The intelligence of the unexpected and lamented death of John Blackburne, Esq., M. P., was received at Huddersfield by the mail, on Saturday last. A vacancy being caused in the representation of the borough, as many of the electors as could be assembled on receipt of the painful intelligence, met, and deputed Wm. Brook, Esq., (the Chairman of Mr. -Black burne's committee,) and Benjamin Bradshaw, Esq., to com municate personally with two or three gentlemen of unques tionable abilities and decided Liberal politics. Mr. Ellice, son of the Hon. Member for Coventry, and Mr. Hill, late Member for Hull, have been spoken of. On Thursday, an address from Mr. Oastler, of Fixby, ap peared, stating, that a requisition from a number of the elec tors had been presented to him, requesting him to offer him self as a candidate, to which he says, " Unhesitatingly I an swer, yes, I will." He declares, that if returned, he will in stantly give notice of a motion to tear the accursed New Poor Law from the Statute Book ; and after a further exposition of his feelings, he concludes by saying, " if returned by your exertions, you must maintain me as your own." O❑ Thursday afternoon Benjamin Bradshaw, Esq., one or the gentlemen who, with William Brook, Esq., was requested to communicate with some of the Liberal party in town, ar rived from London, and strongly recommended - Edward Ellice, Esq., the son of the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P. for Coventry, hnd the nephew of Earl Grey. Mr. Ellice, jun., is an advocate for the ballot, triennial Parliaments, the Ministe rial measure for the abolition of Church -rates, and a modifica tion of the Corn-laws. The deputation have had an interview with Mr. Ellice, and he has consented to become a candidate provided he has a fair chance of success. On Thursday evening a meeting of the electors was held at seven o'clock in the evening, in the large wool-warehouse in Market -street, belonging to Mr. Samuel Eastwood ; John Haigh, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Bradshaw gave a brief ac count of the result of his own and Mr. Brook's proceedings in London, and of the political opinions of Mr. Edward Ellice, which gave great and universal satisfaction to the meeting, which was both numerous and respectable. Resolutions were moved and carried, approving of the proceedings taken to procure a Liberal candidate for the borough. Mr. T. A. Heaps moved, and Mr. William Bradley seconded, Mr. Hill, late Member for Hull, as a proper person to represent Hud derAeld. Mr. W. Winans then moved,' as an amendment, that Mr. Edward Ellice be requested to offer himself as a can didate at the ensuing election ; which being seconded by Mr. Tempest, was carried almost unanimously. A requisition to Mr. Ellice was then agreed upon, and the Chairman called the attention of the gentlemen present to the necessity of being active in the canvass. The requisition was immediately put in course of signature, and was signed by nearly all present. Early yesterday morning the friends of Mr. Ellice again com menced a canvass for signatures to the requisition, which bas been signed by upwards of 200 voters, and was dispatched by the mail yesterday. Mr. Ellice is expected in Huddersfield on Monday morning. There is a split among the Radicals, some having gone over to the Tories. Fearful that life may be lost by the pressure of the dense multitude which, it is expected, will be present at Greenacre's execution, should it take place amid the crowded population of the city, we once more advise the Home Office to consider well whether it ought not to exercise the power which it possesses of ordering the sentence to be carried into effect at Horsernonger-lane gaol. On looking to the Central Criminal Court Act, we find it provides that the execution of judgments on others than prisoners oil London or Middlesex shall and may be done upon such prisoners in the same way as if the offences were committed in the city of London. This is directory to the Sheriffs, but does not take away the power of the Crown to order the judgment to be executed in Surrey, where the crime was committed. At all events, we advise all masters and employers in London to keep their servants, ap prentices, &c., at home on Tuesday morning. Let them recollect what a destruction of life and limb took place at the Old Bailey on the execution of the persons convicted of the murder of Mr. Steele.--Horning Herald. NEWMARKET SPRING MEETING.—The most correct and impartial account of the movements at Newmarket appeared in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle of Sundays, April 23d and 30th. Bell's Life in London is the only sporting weekly journal published in London, at the price of five-pence, embracing racing, chasing, hunting, cricketing, aquatics, chess, and other sporting matter. Part V. of the Gallery of Conticalities is just published, price Threepence, at the Office for Bell's Life, 170, Strand, where may be had either or all of the four preceding Parts, at Threepence each. A YOUNG LONDON THIEF.—HC was a snub nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy enough, and as dirty a juvenile as one would wish to see ; but he had got about him all the airs and manners of a man. Ile was short of his age, with rather bow legs and little sharp ugly eyes. His hat was stuck on the top of his head so slightly that it threatened to fall off every moment, and would have done so very often if the wearer had not had a knack of every now and then giving his head a sudden twitch, which brought it back to its old place again. He wore a man's coat, which nearly reached to his heels. Ile had turned the cuff back half way up his arms, to get his hands out of the sleeves, apparently with the ultimate view of thrusting them into the pockets of his corduroy trousers , for there lie kept them. He was altogether as roystering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood three feet six or something less in his Bluchers.—" Oliver Twist" (By Boz) in Bentley's Miscellany, for May. FOUR NOVELS IN ONE VOLUME.—Mr. Pea cock's admirable stories, " Headlong Hall," " Maid Marian," " Nightmare Abbey," and " Crotchet Castle," are comprised in one volume of Mr. Bentley's celebrated series of " The Standard Novels." This exceeds in point of number of fic tions the volume of the same collection which included Mr. Beckford's gorgeous oriental romance, " Vathek," Horace Walpole's " Castle of Otranto," and M. G. Lewis's " Bravo of Venice." Such a collection of capital fictions is worthy of the high reputation it has acquired. It is unrivalled in any language. We are informed that the regulation of the Poor Law Commissioners, forbidding relief to be given to the able bodied poor at their own homes, was the subject of discussion at the Board of Guardians on Tuesday, just before the meet ing broke up. No resolution was passed, but it appeared to be the general feeling that the regulation ought not to be' en forced at a period of such general distress as the present ; and the Guardians separated with an understanding that means would be devised, before their next meeting, for affording the relief, which the distressed state of many of our manufacturing population renders necessary, without requiring the applicants to come to the poor-houses.Derb,y Reporter. MONEY MARKET. SATURDAY EVENING.—To those who are watching the p To gress of the great American experiment for establishing a pa per circulatiOn in this country, the announcement will not be read with indifference that bills to the amount of 1,000,001 )l. have been shipped by the packet which has just arrived, send which sailed on the 10th inst. This occurred also, which is very material to be observed, when it was not known what re ception they were likely to experience here, and when doubts existed, as some of the letters' state, whether they would ti currency at all. Those who believe, then, that the Unity d States Bank and other banks and joint stock companies in Ne w York, will voluntarily desist from sending when they find sue.h markets open, and so effectual a relief provided for difficulties a t home, must have minds provided with reasoning powers of a very peculiar kind. The crisis in New York, at the date of these ac counts, among the trading interest, had reached a degree of inten sity to which none of the previous accounts furnish any parallel. In the statements of failures they are so alarmiug, and describe the calamity to be of so sweeping and general a nature, as almost to outrage belief. Before adopting them implicitly, it seems prudent to wait for further intelligence; but it may be men tioned that one of the private letters, the credibility of which there is no reason to doubt, states that there had occurred near a hundred failures in New York alone, and estimates the total amount of them at not less than 3,000,0001. The classes upon whom the mischief has fallen are then enumerated in order; but, without any close knowledge of the internal state of that city, it may be inferred that the major part of these must be speculators and persons of no note, whose fall can ex ercise no influence beyond its limits. Such was the determina tion of the banks, whatever assistance they might give in paper, not to allow themselves to be run upon for gold, that notices had been given in some instances, and where it had not, the fact was well understood, that where customers pro posed taking specie they would be requested to withdraw their accounts. The premium on specie, whether gold or silver, was from Ito l per cent. The news from England, when it shall be received, that the bills and bonds have got into ready circulation here, will be among the most welcome, probably, that has ever reached the trading'community of New York. To the casualties under which our commerce with America is suffering, has been added one in another department of our trade—that with the East Indies, which is little inferior to it in importance. We refer to the stoppag e of the eminent house of Alarjoribanks and F errers , whi c h has taken place to day, and has added much to the distrust about private credit which before prevailed, especially as this is the second great house in that line which has stopped during the week. The cause generally assigned is the large operations in tea and silk, which have been fur a long time past of a most ruinous de scription.— Times. UNITED STATES. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL B.—The money markets and com merce have not yet recovered from the disastrous effects of the panic. No failures have occurred in Philadelphia, Boston, or Baltimore, since I last wrote ; but in New York several mer chants in a large way have gone by the board. The truth is, they have traded to an extent so far beyond their means that they no general measure of relief, such as the noble plan of Mr. Biddle, President of the United States Bank, could save them. I believe, however, that we have passed the worst ; and I emphatically repeat, that none of the old and respectable firms that have been known for steadiness as well as enterprise have failed. Neither are they likely, for they have prudently avoided not only all the bubbles of the day, but all connected with them. The transactions of Saturday last, amidst all this turmoil and trouble, are worthy of note. There is no dis puting the fact, that in New York and the South, and, by a natural consequence, in every part of the Union, the distress amongst traders is greater than at any period since the war. In Mobile and New Orleans it is dreadful, and the effects will conticue to be felt until after the next crop of cot ton—a long time to look forward to. Accounts have been re ceived this morninr , which state that Reynolds, Marshall and Co. have undertaken to carry on the business of Herman and Co., at Orleans. If true, this will greatly relieve the South. The other great firm that has failed there is Brander, 1114 Ken nie, and Wright. The flat-boatmen who arrive at New Or leans from Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas, and Mis souri, will receive nothing but specie in return for their pro duce. Intelligent merchants and bankers at New York, who give utterance to their sentiments through Colonel Webb, editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer (himself a man of sound commercial knowledge), are of opinion that the panic is at its last gasp, and that accounts by the next packet to England will be of a more cheerful complexion. A dreadful accident has occurred in the Illinois river by the concussion of the two steam-boats Tishihva and Wisconsin. The former went down, and all the passengers were drowned. The number is uncertain ; but twelve ladies of respectability are known to have perished. The ungovernable passions of the Southrons have given cause for a dreadful if not a double murder in New Orleans. Mr. Naylor and Mr. Brounagh quarrelled about some mer cantile transactions, met at Bishop's Hotel, and 'fired loaded pistols at each other. Naylor died from his wound on the spot, and Brounagh is not expected to live. As Naylor was expiring he faintly inquired, " Who is dead?" Some one an- swered, " Brounagh." " Huzza, huzza I " exclaimed Naylor, and instantly fell back a corpse. Mr. O'Connell's speech, denouncing the slavery of the United States has just arrived in this country. With some it has excited indignation—with others joy. It is a strong me dicine, and will have its effect. The question under discus sion, you may remember, was Mr. Hoy's motion relative to Texas. The Americans are of opinion that Lord Palmerston made noble reply, and that the British Government have be haved with great propriety in the matter. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 10.—NO more failures in Philadel phia, Boston, or Baltimore. In the two latter cities, real estate has suffered no decline as yet. In New York the failures continue : several houses went on Friday and Saturday, the two principal being that of S. and M. Allen, and St. John and Co. Their joint debts and lia bilities are said to be equal to those of the Josephs. The stoppage of the latter firm will probably draw several Pearl street houses into the vortex. Mr. Bennett, of New York, editor of the Herald, celebrated for the vigour and accuracy of its " Wail-street and commer cial reports," has made a calculation by which it appears, that up to Friday night the failures, during the present patlie in that city, were -5 Foreign and Exchange brokers, for Dollars 15,000,000 30 Dry goods jobbers 15,000,000 16 Commission, shoe, and clothing houses 28 Real estate speculators 20,000,000 8 Stockbrokers 1,000,000 6 Miscellaneous 93 Total. Total Intelligent merchants believe this statement to be about correct. It is a singular feature in this crisis that, with the exeiption of one very small country bank, which has merely suspended payment for sixty days, not a single American banking insti tution has failed! I do not refer to such concerns as Josephs', that was a private firm, but to banks founded on the publiclsnd general principles of American banking. I repeat, that up to this moment none of the old and pru dent houses have failed. The murrain is confined to such as were too speculative. Let the London, Liverpool, and Bristol merchants rest satisfied and assured that if their transactions are with the long-established and respectable firms who are contented with a fair trade and legitimate profits, such were never more firm than at the present time. AMERICAN MARKETS. Flour has fallen considerably. The best sorts arc published at 10 dollars, to 10/ dollars, and inferior at 91 dollars in New York. In this city it is still lower ; and merchant informed me, not an hour since, that he could obtain large quantities freely at 9i dollars. Exchange on England is 11 to 11/ premium ; United States Bank Stock, 115 to 115 i. A little has been done at 116. The cotton market is very heavy, and freights are as dull as ever they were remembered.—Morning Paper. CHURCH-RATES-ACKWORTH. On Thursday last a meeting of the parishioners was held' to make a rate for the ensuing year,—the Rev. R. W. Hay , A. M., Rector of Ackworth, and incumbent of Rochdale, in the Chair, who edified the meeting by reading an extract from some newspaper or other, about Church.rates—upholding the Constitution—and other matters ejusdeni generis. Captain WILSON moved- that a rate of 1,4 d. in the pound be granted ; and his motion was seconded by JOHN HEPWORTII, E sq. JOHN GULLY, Esq., M. P.,.then addressed the meeting, and remarked, that " the rate proposed is undoubtedly small, and so far it is gratifying ; but I disapprove altogether of the prin ciple of compelling men who conscientiously dissent from the Church of England to support an establishment from which they neither derive spiritual instruction nor consolation. I shall at all times be willing to contribute my proportion to the maintenance of the Church, because I am a member of that Church ; but I never will consent to enjoy any religious ad vantage at the expense of those who differ from me in opinion. I congratulate this meeting on the measure introduced into Parliament by his Majesty's Ministers, which, if passed into a law, will not, I am persuaded, injure the revenues of either bishop, rector, or curate; but will give stability to the Church,. by calling into life property at present dormant and unproduc tive, and allay that unseemly irritation and bad feeling so pre valent at meetings of this description." He concluded by moving that the meeting be adjourned to that day twelve months. Lulu HOWARD, Esq., F.R. S., a member of the Society of Friends, seconded the amendment, and observed, that although he disapproved of a compulsory rata, yet he could not go quite so far as his friend Mr. Gully ; but would always willingly con tribute his share towards the repairs of the Church, as he could enter it at any time he thought proper. The meeting having decided in favour of the amendment, a poll was demanded by Captain Wilson, which terminated the following day, by leaving the Gallant Captain and his friends, notwithstanding their unremitting canvass, in a minority of 45. Thus a new era has begun in Ackvvorth ; for so cheerfully have rates been hitherto paid, and so liberally dispensed, that v, during th e twenty years en di ng M arc h 1834, 1401. have been paid, by l 4 churchwardens for the destruction of sparrows I For the last three years, however, sparrow-law has been sus pended ; and, as if the abolition of the punishment of death in preventing crime operated on the feathered tribe as on man, a worthy farme r resident in the parish has declared that they do not commit greater depredations now than when a premium was offered on the head of each sparrow ; and that the rate is also consequently saved. It is whispered that a scion of the noble house of 'Wortley, is to be ono of the future representatives of Ripon, after the next dissolution of parliament. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE: CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 29.—0 n Thursday a grace passed the senate to petition the King for the issuing the royal mandate for couferring the degree of Doctor in Divinity upon the Rev. E. Stanloy, of St. John's College, Rector of Alderley, Che shire, the new Bishop of Norwich. The Rev. John Carr has been presented to the rectory of Brattlesby, by the Masters and Scholars of Balliol College, in the University of Oxford. On Thursday fAst the Rev. George Attwood, Senior Fellow of Pembroke College, in this University, was presented, by the Master and Fellows of that Society, to the Rectory of Framlingham•cum-Sa.xted, Suffolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Norcross. And on Tuesday last, the Rev. John Mills, jun., Fellow of P'embroke College, was presented, by the same patrons, to the Rlctory of Overton Waterville, Hunt ingdonshire, vacant by the Beath of the Rev. Francis Tennant. OXFORD, FRIDAY, APRIL 2'e.—The following degrees were ct Inferred : IN DININITY._Ryv. Lancellot Arthur Sharpe, Fell,lw of St. John's College; George Adams, Fellow of St. John's College; Rev. G eo3 „ge Paul Belcher, Worces ter CoOege. MASTEnE OF ARTS.—James Brace .Alexander, Trinity Col lege ; Chatles Goodwin Bethune, Tiii•Nity College ; Rev. Al fred Stackhomse, Licoln College ; Rec. James Boucher,Wor cester College; Alex. William Black, .Christ Church; T. C. Kingdon, Lincoln College. BACHELORS OF Airrs.—Henry Wood, S. • Edmund Hall ; John Alexander Clarke, Trinity College ; .Edv,•ard Tovell Graves, Worcester College; William Honey•Tooe Ripley, University College; Henry George Allen, Christ Church ; Robert Pargiter Humfrey, Lincoln College; Willisril Hill, Magdalen Hall ; Charles Davies Rees, Jesus College ; John Gough Clay, Jesus College. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF FRIDAY'S RACING. Handsc.ap.—Several false starts were made by the young ones, and full half an hour lost before the lot got under weigh ; they then started in good order, Avon with a slight lead, but all well togetlie: for about half the distance, by which time Brother to Mouc.he and the Ada filly were beaten off; the others kept in company to the ropes, where Florestan broke up the running, defeated s desperate rush made just at the finish by Foozool, and won cleverly by a length. Newmarket Stakes.—The first betting was even and 6 to 5 on Rat-trap; it then rose to 7 to 4 which was laid several times, and closed at 11 to 8 on him ' • 4. to 1 agst May- Day, 4 to 1 agst Troilus, and 10 to 1 agst V o loptuary. The race is easily described. After running togethe: a few strides Brother to May-Day went in front, but was not sut:ered to remain there long, as Rat-trap took the running from him .before they reached the new ground, was never afterwards caus,,ht, and won by a length with the most perfect ease. The four I N ere beaten clean off by the time they had travelled half the distal.. ne ; in fact, a more decisive victors has never been won. Rat-trap is by Bizarre, out of Young Mouse, an. l was pur chosed at the King's annual sale in 1835, for 90 pin eas „_• the dam was brought into the Royal Stud at the sale of Lors 4 Bur lington's horses. The Boyces have recently bought Biiarre for 150 guineas. D. M. race.—Even on Haveldar ; they started in line, and kept so into the cords, where Reuben and Champion singled themselves out, and after a set-to of great severity, made the finish a dead heat, Reuben afterwards walked over, and the stakes were divided. Before the races 10 to 1 was laid against Rat-trap for the Derby, 20 to 1 against Defender, and 2,000 to 40 against Brother to May-Day. After the Newmarket Stakes 4 to 1 was taken about Rat-trap, and 1,000 to 35 about Brother to 35 about Brother to May-Day, 10 and 12 to 1 offered against Acbmet. Muster and Chapeau d'Espagne left Newmarket on Friday morning in the caravan, which returns for Elis and Venison. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—SATURDA Y. ' CHESTER TRADE CUP, r. P. 5 to 2 agst Sir J. Boswell's General Chasse—take 3 to 1 3 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Bubastcs—taken 11 to 2 agst General Yates's Sylvan—take 6 to 1 8 to I agst Mr. Peel's Tamworth—take 9 to 1 12 to 1 agst Mr. Giffard's Traveller—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Whaley—taken 20 to 3 agst Mr. J. Allen's Vesper—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Barrow's Catharina—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. R. Price's Master of the Rolla CURRAGH APRIL MEETlNG—Thrußspir. The King's Plate of 100 guineas for horses, &c. ; three yrs, Bst. ; four, 9st 21b ; five, 9st. 101 b ; six and aged, lOst. Four miles. 31bs. to mares and geldings. Mr. Watt's br. c. Langford, 3 yrs Mocken 1 Colonel Westenra's b. h. Freney, 6 yrs Lord Mulgrave's ch. c. Exchange, 4 yrs ; Mr. St. Georges Con fusion, 4 yrs, and Mr. Somers's Normanby, 3 yrs, also started. Sweepstakes of .5 sovs. each, with 52.5 sovs added, for all ages ; the winner to be sold for 70 says. ' &c. Conolly's mile. Mr. Flenchy's br. c. Croughpatrick, 6st. 81b. Lord Milltown's ch. c. Beadhershin, 2 yrs, 6st. 81b 2 Mr. Knox's b. c. Emmett, 3 yrs, Bst. 31b 3 Mr. Connoll y ' s ch. c. Giles, 2 yrs, 6st. 81b Colonel Westenra Bonti Bok paid forfeit. FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs., h. ft., with 25 added. Second horse to save his stake. I%lulgrave mile. Colonel Westenra's b. h. '1 hump, 5 yrs, 9st, 31b Doyle 1 Mr. Watt's ch. c. Spec, 2 yrs, 7st ... .. . . ... 2 Lord Mulgrave's b. c. Quicksilver, 3 yrs, 7st. 131 h Mr. Osborne's Napoleon, Mr. Disney's The Elect, also started ; Mr. St. George's Water Witch, and Lord i%lilltown's The Crisis keen, paid. Challenge of the Wellington Stakes of 30 sons. each, anctss soya. forfeit. Three Year Old Course. Mr. Disney's ch. c. Dirdcatcher, 3 yrs, Bst. Mb walked over. Challenge of the Madrid Stakes of 25 sot's. each, and 5 sous. ft. Rathbride Post. Captain Gambell's b. c. Strongbow, 7st. 61b 1 Captain Digby's Richstadl, 6st. 101 b Mr. Osborne's Mercury, Mr. Holmes's Vigo, and Lord Mill town's The Cruiskeen. HAMBLEDON BUNT RACES-WEDNESDA r. fitel;rrner C ;CuP,th;iift - tithefVlembers of the Hunt, was won by Mr. Vine's b. in. Curdridge Lass, 3 yrs, in four heats, beating five others. A Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each, with 10 added, was won by Mr. Grnme's b. m. Margaretta, beating five others. Match, 40/. each. Heats.—Mr. Christmas's O'Connell beat Mr. Bacon's Brunette. _ . . Match, 501.—Mr. Weston's g. g. beat Captain Dawson's horse. COAL HOLE TAVERN, STRAND.—This old established and highly respectable place of public amusement continues 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 are of the choicest quality. One of the men employed in cutting the canal at Horbury Bridge, who had been recently engaged, and who usually slept in the engine -house, was found about three in the morning of Saturday last, near the engine, with his head dreadfully crushed. He lingered in great pain until five o'clock, when he expired.—York Courant. During the existing distress among the hand-loom weavers of Douglas, we are glad to learn that the Right Hon. Lord Douglas, with his characteristic liberality and attention to the wants of the poor, has instructed his factor, Mr. T. R. Scott, to procure temporary work for a limited number of un employed hands. The labourers are divided into three classes, but no person of bad character can get employment.— Glas gow Chronicle. Friday afternoon an inquest was held at the Mar quis`of Granby, South Audley-street, before Mr. Higgs, on the body of a woman unknown, who was taken out of the Ser pentine river on Wednesday morning. It appeared from the evidence of a labouring man named John Winniet, that he observed the deceased floating upon the water, on Wednesday morning, about half-past six, as he was passing over the bridge to his work ; be went to the Royal Humane Society's receiv ing house and gave information. The body appeared to have been in the water some days; the men got it out with long poles. The surgeon of the work-house said he saw the de oeased, who, from her appearance, was in the lowest state of destitution ; and there being no marks of violence on the body, is of opinion she threw herself in ; there was a quantity of gin and undigested food in the stomach ; her brain was very much injured, no doubt from her low condition and miserable mode of existence.—Verdict " Found drowned." Friday evening an inquest was held at the Black Horse Tavern, Kingsland-road, before Mr. Baker, the coro ner, on the body of a fine young woman about 23 years of age, which was taken out of the Regent's Canal on Saturday last. John Weightston, the keeper of Acton's Lock, on the Re gent's Canal, deposed that, between two and three o'clock on Saturday last, on opening the, lock to let a barge through, he found a difficulty in fitting one of the gates to its proper place ; and on putting down a boot hook, he raised the body of the de ceased to the surface. It appeared to have been two or three days, in the water, and he did not observe any marks of violence upon It. The deceased was dressed in a gown of silk or me rino (he did not recollect which), trimmed with black, a black silk petticoat. leather boots, black stockings, white straw bon net, and a red plaid cloak. The beadle of Shoreditch parish said he was present when the body of the deceased was exa mined, and no property or documents of any description were found upon her. In fact she had no pockets on, nor had she any thing whatever about her to give the slightest clue as to who or what she was.—Verdict, " Found drowned." MADAME DE STAEL.—It is asserted, by all her sex, that no woman displayed worse taste, and at the same time greater pretensions to elegance. Her head was surmounted with a mass of rags dignifie'd by the name of a cap ; her ill made dress of glaring, variegated colours, loaded with ab surd though costly trimmings, form a contrast to her dark, greasy skin. But she brought, as a compensation, a great store of wit.—Evenings with Prince Cumbaceres. Amongst the newest and most important discoveries in the arts, we certainly rank the recent invention of our local Conservatives : and from henceforward we cannot but regard them as regular M. A's. at least, in the most felicitous art of bribing. The idea of binding men over to a certain set of opinions and mode of voting, by a prospective penalty of losing their share and interest in a provident association, is certainly a very lucky hit.—Nottingham Review. We learn from Granville, that six English smacks have been captured by the French cruisers within the limits of the French fishing ground.— Gtzlignani's Messenger. The Eden locomotive engine, on the Carlisle and Newcastle railway, on Saturday last performed the distance from Milton to Carlisle (twelve miles) in ten minutes, being at the wonderful speed of 72 miles an hour.—Cumberland Pacquet. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS Since we last addressed our readers Sir Francis Burdett has taken the Chihern Hundreds, and stands again for Westminster. His address appeared in the Times of Saturday. Mr. Leader, who had announced himself as a candidate for the next general election, now resigns Bridgwater, and takes the field against Sir Francis. His address will be found in another column. Sir Francis Burdett now comes forward in his proper character of a Tory, and he will of course have the support of the Tories. We have heard, indeed, that some of the parochial Committees of the Tories are a little restive, being unable, all at once, to forget the days when the Hun. Baronet was in his "glory." But we have no doubt this divided feeling will be short lived. We would, therefore, have all the Reformers to make up their minds to the strenuous exertions of all the Tories in behalf of Sir Francis. Of course he cannot have the support of a single honest Reformer. Mr. Temple Leader, who in his short. Parliamentary career has already distinguished himself as an able and eloquent advocate of the cause of the people, will receive the support of all Liberal electors, and be returned to •Parliament by those who voted for Sir Francis before his apostacy. The Hon. Baronet tells the Westminster electors that they have changed, and that he has not. This 'reminds us of the well-known • anecdote of the madman, who contended that lie was the only sane person in the country. All parties in the kingdom have changed, but himself. The Radi cals, the Whigs, with whom he voted till lately, have, seems, changed. The -Tories, against whom he vosed till lately, have also changed, in order that his consiotency may appear the more honourable, and gone over to. Sir Francis. Those men against whom he exhaustod his vocabulary of abuse, and a rich one it was, are now the great " supporters of the laws, in stitutions, and Constitution of England," and in power would prove' " firm, capable, business-doing, and de cided," equal' to " the demand of the Times." The Hon. Baronet, however, tells us that he will still fight under the banners of Reform ; but though he may hoist fake colours, he will deceive no one. A man is known by his company. Sir Francis will be surrounded on the hustings by Conservatives, as he is now,supported by all the Conservative journals. "We earnestly call upon the Conservative electors of the city he has so long and so faithfully represented," says the John Bull of yesterday, " to crowd to the poll and place hint at its head, who has thus fairly, honourably, and boldly declared his sentiments and opinions He may choose to call the Conservatives Reformers, and the .Reformers Conservatives:, the Westminster electors mill take care that there shall be no mistake. And yet Sir Ftancis must gulp down some awkward, com pliments from his new allies before the Tories suffer him to settle quietly down in his new character of Tory. The Standard of Saturday intimates that the only part of the Hon.. Baronet that remains unchanged is the character of ~g entleman." " We have very great pleasure," says our Evening Con temporary,. "in calling the attention of our readers to the brave and manly reply of Sir F. Burdett to the pretended Westminster requisition. It will be found in another co lumn. Mr. Lockhart, in his delightful Life of Sir W. Scott,' mentions a quiet remark of the great poet, when some vulgar persons, in their admiration of the lion, seemed to forget the courtesies due to his rank as a man. ' Author as I am,' whispered Sir Walter, wish these good people would recollect that I began with being a gentleman, and don't mean to give up the character.' Just in the same spirit speaks and acts Sir F. Burdett ; patriot—demagogue—as be has been ; he began with being a gentleman, and don't mean to give up the character.' " However, between gentleman and gentleman there is often a wide difference, and we are indebted to the same delightful work for the " quiet" remarks of Sir Walter Scott as to the sort of gentleman he thought Sir Francis. The shrewd Scotchman, who seldom erred in appreciation of character, thus speaks of the Honourable Baronet in a letter to George Ellis, Esq., dated November 3, 1809 :—" The soi-disant Whigs . stick together like' burs. The ragged regiment of Burdett and Folkstone is under yet stricter discipline, for you may have observed that no lover was ever so jealous of his mistress as Sir Francis is of mob popularity ; witness the fate of Paull,' Tierney, even Wardle—in short, of whomsoever presumed to rival the brazen image whom the mob of Westminster has 'LA up." Sir Walter saw through the Westminster Baronet, and knew that selfishness and overweening vanity formed the staple of his character. He never possessed much intellect ; but he had at command the common places of Reform and a flosv of language ; and with the passing of the Reform Bill iis oc cupation was gone, for it deprived hint of almost the only subject on which lie could speak .so as to deserve attention. The secret of Sir .Francis's apostacy is the same selfish vanity which would tolerate no brother near the throne of mob po pularity. We have heard it said of the Ho nourable Baronet, by those who know him well, that he is so engrossed with himself that, though he has done not a few generous acts, lie never did one spon taneously ; the good he did was always suggested to - him by others. We can have no doubt as to the result of the contest. Sir Francis will be supported by all the Conservatives, and Mr. Leader by all classes of Reformers. We will not suppose for a moment that there are any Reformers who require to be told that on this occasion all minor differences must be laid aside. The battle is between Reform and Toryism ; and there can be no hesitation on the part of either Tory or Reformer. No Tory will support Mr. Leader, and the Reformer who should think of sup porting Sir Francis is a fit candidate for Bedlam. Driveller as the Honourable Baronet now is, he would still be not a little startled were he to see a single Reformer the dupe of his miserable attempt to defend his consistency.—Morning Chronicle. Sir Francis Burdett has thrown down the gauntlet to the electors of Westminster—he is about to re sign his seat, and again to appeal to the constituency which he had so long served with credit to himself and satisfaction to the country ; but whose sentiments lat terly he has either misrepresented, or shamefully ne glected to express. We are fond of an old horse, exen of an old clog, or anything which has endeared itself to us by the length and fidelity of its servitude—and this sort of feeling alone has induced us so long to spare Sir Francis Burdett, whose tergiversation has for some time back been so unequivocal and barefaced as to disgust every right minded politician. But when we find iim, as in the present instance, come forward and, with an ingratitude almost incredible, insult those who were once his best supporters, and without whose • aid he never could have sat in Parliament for Westmin ster, we conceive - that further lenity would be nothing less than a dereliction of duty, and that not to de nounce him would be to participate in his apostacy. We now therefore have no hesitation in proclaiming Sir Francis Burdett—not to use a harsh term—a de serter from the cause of Reform that he once advo cated, and the ally of the Tories that he formerly so successfully assailed. Sir Francis for a length of time has been steering for the point which he has now reached but he had not the courage before to throw himself — into the arms of the Tories ; he was deterred up to the present moment by feelings of self-pride, by a slumbering regard for principle by the remembrance of what he once was, from perpetrating ("act of po litical suicide. He has now, however, thrown off the mask, and the Champion of Reform of other days—the incarcerated patriot of 1810, now stands forth the unblushing supporter of Toryism. It is true that he may attempt to deny the imputation of apostacy, and endeavour to convince himself and others that lie is still the same unimpeachable character he once was—that lie still deserves the proud title that a grateful constituency once bestowed upon him when they designated him " England's pride, and West minster's glory"—but a little reflection will teach him and those whom he would delude, that his 'descent into the devious path of error, though slow, and Managed with considerable tact, has been complete and decided, His absence from the post of duty : his attempts to damage. the Ministry— a Reform Ministry, by the way—by personally attacking Mr. O'Connell, when that Gentleman was efficiently aiding them ;-and, finally, and above all, his making the columns of the Times the vehicle for conveying his splenetic and in consistent effusions to the public, are evidences which speak trumpet-tongued of his renegacy. His re signation at this juncture is a trick - worthy of, lan% in keeping with, such conduct. By :doing _