The Sun. — London, England, 1837-10-28 00:00:00

LITERATURE. ON AND TVES'I ; MINSTER REVIEW. Hooper, London, . This i s incomparably the best lB37 Number we have yet seen field.l3f this periodical. It ex p a ti a t e s over a wider embraces a greater variety of subjects ; and disc usses them i n a more to l erant sp i r i t , an d w i t h more freedom from th e pre j u di ces o f c li que , t h an it h a s done si ne e its commencement. The article on " Armand Carrel" leaves not hi ng to b e d es i re d, w h e th e r on the score of sty l e or spirit. It is the pro d uct i on o f an aevowed ad m i rer o f t h e repu bli can F renc h J ourna li s t, out e is , uY no means indiscriminate in its eulogiums. e e nad no idea, till w e rea d this memoir, of the influ nee that C arrel exercised over the m i nd o f young .Fr ance. 'We knew of course that he was a clever ° Pular Journalist, and that his " National" was as '"uch dre a d e d b y the Court as it was i n esteem among the Movement party-we say, we knew this, but not t hat he ex erc i se d suc h a paramount sway over hi s countrymen, both in P ar i s and the provinces, as to be re g . arded by them as the future Premier, in the event— which just previous to Carrell's death was considered Inevitable --of a c h ange i n th e po liti ca l s ystem of Louis pi il liPPe. Th e su bj o i ne d extract conve ys a vivid idea of ' his c h aracter as a public writer. " He " never, " says the Reviewer : Separateddered himself from his newspaper. He never.consi tows it one thin g , and himself another. What was said by a t . n _P pee to a newspaper, he considered as said by . a man to . a , and acted accordingly. He never said anything in his r-Per to a a „, , or of, any man, which he would not have both and thought it right to say personally, and in his pre f.lee • ' e e• r He insisted on being treated in the same way, and I l i otea a,. ll Y Was so ; th oug h t h e necessity in which he thought f ore of repelling insult had involved him in two duels b?- rsi ,'!_s last fatal one. Where danger was to be incurred 1 1 7' e n a arbitrary authority, he was always the first to seek it. ver'inmver hesitated to throw down the gauntlet to the G.o it nt, challenging it to try upon him any outrage which Ka:rneditating against the liberty or the safety of the State. 4: as this a mere bravado ; no one will think it so who knows unscrupulous are all French GovernMents, and how e f ' e l a Y t t o commit an imprudence rather than acknowledge . a &L eis : • Carrell thwarted a nefarious attempt of the . Paler yi„e try to establish the practice of incarcerating writers pre- L' le to trial." " A n English gentleman, who had occasion to visit t v; arrell a year or two before h i s death, b ears hi g h e sth nony to his moral courage, prepossessing man '', and modest self-confidence : i n ; l knew Armand Carrell as the most powerful journalist fi l oof r a e ce, sole manager of a paper which, while it keeps • f rom all costeric influence, and from the actively revolu ati:oll7y part of the republican body, has for some time been toer ealy republican ; and I knew that he was a vigorous, cor letic man of action, who would always have courage l and iishuct in an emergency. Knowing this much of him, was of thed into the National cflice, where I found six or seven tall innumerable redacteurs who belong to a French pap . er, mil ! dark-haired men, with formidable moustacaes 41 11 Y of th e republicans have taken to wearing), and looking . tree "lY republican Carrell was not there, and after waiting t' me, 'rile, was intrcuuceo to a slight young man, with ex itelY polished manners, no moustaches at all, and apparently Crt for a drawin-room than a camp. This was the corn 11:leder-in-chief of those formidable-looking champions. But w as impossible to be five minutes in his company without Perceiving that he was accustomed to ascendancy, and so ac listorra2d as not to feel it. Instead of that eagerness and im „ettiosity which one finds in most Frenchmen, his manner is ~y -It reinely deliberate ; without any affectation, he speaks in a 8-,,r t,cf mca.ured cadence, and in a manner of which the quiet eilphasis' are more characteristic than of any an I know." °f th e political article on " Parties and the Minis try We spoke some days since in The Sun ; there is, I. :erefore, no nee d t o en l ar ge on the subject. " Miss a rigwick's W or k s " is a notice of the fictions of a z dY who i s sa id t o b e more popular just now in Ame ,ea, th an any ot h er i n di geno us author of the day. The Reviewer whom we suspect to be Miss Mar t'tnean—observes of Miss Sedgwick that her various e4 aracter s male and female, in her later fictions , are a ll dra wn fresh and glowing from the life ; that she C opies no one, but paints from her own vivid itnpres ainos of things. This is high praise. The criticism ° n Mrs. Trolloppe's novels is most appropriately ar gued ig R. O. D.," for it lays on the rod in the most remorseless fashion. It is, however, far too severe in its Strictures on " Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw," the tendency of which is excellent—namely, to pourtray i t he strongest and sternest colours, the horrors of LuiCry, as that accursed system still exists in the h en , states of America. Mrs. Trolloppe is one °I th e ‘,„ - most nervous, masculine novelists of the da y , ith a singular penchant for the repulsive, and with rst- rate powers of caricature ; but to charge he r with t' S s indelicacy is—to adopt the language of Swift's ° , u hnems to say the thing that is not." In the 1441 " of " Theodore Hook's Works," the Reviewer Z t a out in too grave and formal a fashion, just as if of w ere about to indulge us with a dissertation on the 11 1.11 in of evil. We perceive that he repudiates the et , - " ° a of Hazlitt being competent to sit in judgment e ur comic writers ; whence we conclude he has b ever read his criticisms on Congreve, which, next to 1 r ' Johnson's, are the soundest and acutest in the anguage.Hazlitt often errs in his opinions on books in his " Lectures on the Elizabethan dramatists" h ut seldom or never from ignorance or inability to a ppreciat e e t h em . His mistakes, in nine cases out of t ll ' are th e resu lt o f w ilf u l n ess, and a restless desire Y things in a way that no one else has said them. IC to would rather have been guilty of a blunder than a ep Tlll e°n-place ; b u t h e had unquestionably a keen I , ll Preciati on of true humour, as distinguished from the el y conventional, and had lie been living now, o th e << hav e been foremost to insist on the merits of 4, 1 ' 'Pickwick Papers." The Reviewer, we think, b' l er rates Theodore Hook, when lie pronounces him ,3 )e little b e tt er th an a mere f arce - wr it e r. He has A 1 .. 1 humour of the first quality ; but if not, then have h tl I "Phanes and L uc i an n o humour—Plautus no li t ,T c 'ur--and though last, not least, Walcot and Foote 4 4 , 0 4 ' 41 0u% As for his constant habit of quizzing the of :ed dist r i cts o f Bl ooms b ury an d R usse ll-squares — etch low geography Mr. Croker publicly expressed tke v i g n orance in Parliament—never was fairer game— e'r `vas ridicule more justly applied, as was shown J vse t[r `circumstance of many of the inhabitants of wait kluaree quitting them in alarm, and " stepping d," horror-struck at the idea of remaining kek e er , a place, w hi c h a f as hi ona bl e w it, for the joke's Ike % °yd pr onounce d vu l gar. R ents, t h e R ev i e wer lke e r i e : VS, have fallen, since Hook thought fit to Pr eof a t - Bloomsbury-square 1 Is not this a sufficient ti k i tt that hi s " satiric arrows " had been a i me d at t h e ma rk,' l4 .t e l y and st ruc k borne to the hearts of the in julgar ? If we ex ce pt these few, unjust stric tele "e article in question is most ably written, being "Rti 'o:4gorous, acute, and occasionally impassioned h it_Ji E c luent in it s tone. The writer is clearly young, 4 hasli s . t;tl th e ster li ng stuff i n h i m, an d w ill ere l ong w i n eht it]e t 1 C guished name i n t h e li terary wor ld. Th e art i c l e t ongregatio na l Dissenters" is the best in oad u nber Q, • There is nothing in the last Edinburgh - Qrte r l , y Review s th a t comes near it in energy Iv• e ei t i and thought. We quote one or two remarks oh, , c en . almost be mistaken for apothegms by /I T ; to'co.:llCh.e sentences marked in Italics appear to th wi e " t " a world of just and subtle reflection. „, t e 44. 6 r " we should premise, has been speaking of at t , g influence of Dissent : Opinion is the ef st of , a• l at • "er S• Thoughts are the spiritual parents et ia i 41 I v e r : s or e ll ' ; the invisible creates things . seen . . '• Pp e d Vas at work. The fate of a nation is t el . ! or e fit its thoughts. In the convictions of of e z tnhoen actions of men." Of the re al ea c h . t ilt= articles we have merely time to say, t e P r i t , g"Qd of its kind. -te e ti • , ce ko t i Yqt„ - , - „ s* terilazy is expected over from Vienna qls leeting of Parliament to resume his diplo .Y;lllos,os., at: the Court of St. James's, which functions t intend to relinquish for some . years. urd lee a linin g has and been appointed Recorder i‘n bury. BIRMINGHAM AND LIVERPOOL BANK SWINDLERS. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 27. The final examination of Palmer (who was remanded yes terday week), closed this evening—it occupied nearly the whole of yesterday and to-day. A mass of evidence was brought forward, evidently proving his connection with the four persons in custody in Manchester. Yesterday, a Solicitor residing at Sheerness, stated that W. C. Abrams, who consti tuted the " Banking Company" at that place, hard con sulted him relative to his establishing a Bank for the purpose of discounting, in which there would be four partners, but their names did not transpire. At a subsequent meeting he men tioned to Abrams the circumstance of a gentleman from Bir mingham (Mr. Lloyd, of the National and Provincial Bank), making enquiries relative to bills of the Sheerness and Queens - borough Bank, signed by him, and his surprise that he should have issued bills before opening any establishment, to which Abrams replied that be had got into a " scrape ;" that he certainly had signed such bills, but had sent them to a friend in London to negociate ; that he was afraid they had got into bad hands, and rather than be mixed with such a " lot," he would go to London and meet them before they wore due. From that day Abrams had not been seen in Sheerness, to which place an officer from Birmingham bad been dispatched on Tuesday ; he traced him to between Chatham and Dover, but could hear nothing more of him. Mr. Thomas, of the Manchester Police, produced the plates which had been found in the possession of Kinnear, from which the bills of the " Flintshire District Banking Com pany" were printed, and those tendered by Palmer were proved to have been worked from the same ; that was also proved by the engraver of the plate, residing at Manchester, who recog nised " Jones" in custody there, as being the person who em ployed him to engrave the plate, which he subsequently altered, taking out the words, " Kent, Surrey, and Sussex," and in serting " London and Westminster Banking Company ;" he deposed also to having printed the bills. A Widow who keeps a Huxter's shop at Flint, also recog nized Jones and Donaldson, alias Kinnear, the former as having in May last engaged a bed and sitting room at her house ;that a short time after they both came, but stayed but a day or two ; they stated that they should occupy the parlour as an office, but she never saw any business transacted, nor were there ever any books ; letters did not come addressed to either of them, but in the name of Watkins . and Co. (the name which appeared in the Flintshire District Banking Company's bills) ; that they left ready directed covers to put all letters in, which the postman was to take and forward ; she had sonic recollection of one of those covers being addressed to some one at a cottage near Cheltenham. The Postman deposed to the same effect; such a cover has been found on Palmer, together with a bill-book, cheque-book, small ledgers, in which is a regular entry of transactions with Kinnear ; a letter also from Manchester, with no signature, in which the various banks and persons were alluded to by figures, to which the key was produced. The production of these papers leave no doubt as to his connection with the party, although he will have no knowledge of them. He was committed for " obtaining money under false pretences," and will be indicted with the others for a conspiracy to defraud, &c. Palmer, it is ascertained, was known in London about three years ago as a bill broker, and has been in a solicitor's office. He is evidently well versed in the law, as well as in the bank ing business. The committing magistrates were Richard Spooner, and Francis Lloyd, Esqrs., both bankers. Messrs. Spurrier and Haines were employed by the prosecutors, and at the close of the examination Mr. Spooner complimented Mr. Joh❑ Suck ling upon the creditable and talented manner in which he con ducted the defence. During the proceedings the prisoner was continually in corrultfttion with his solicitor, and at times made objections upon legal points, in which he was generally cor rect. He made application for bail to be taken, which was allowed in 2,000/. (double the amount of the liabilities), two persons in 1,0001. each, or four in 5001. with seven days' no tice. Having understood in error that he was committed to take his trial at the quarter sessions, he stated that he preferred a Judge at the assizes, and that he would try what could be done at the QUCCIfe. Bench, where the matter couldbe decided in an hour. A " Flintshire Bill" he paid has been dishonoured, and ono of the " Sheerness" becomes due to-morrow. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE PARTIES CHARGED WITH SWINDLING. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.-This morning the prisoners were again brought up for examination. The Court was again crowded to excess. Mr. Potter, salesman to Messrs. Mars land and Co., of Manchester, deposed that on the 16th of Oc tober he sold to the prisoner Dawes woollen goods to the amount of 451. 11s., which were sent on the following evening to Messrs. Howell and Jones, College Lane, Liverpool. Mr. George Croppes, cashier to Messrs. Marsden, stated that the prisoner Dawes paid for these goods by a bill for 901., drawn by the Sheerness and Queenhorough Bank, receiving the ba lance in cash and Bank of England notes. Mrs. Mary Par kinson, Seymour-street, Liverpool, deposed to the fact of the prisoner Kinnear having lodged at her house in Seymour_ street, and passing under the assumed name of Donaldson. The lodgings were taken by the prisoner Jones. Kinnear left on Friday week. Witness delivered a trunk which had been placed in the sitting-room by the prisoner Kinnear, to Mr. Whitty, Superintendent of the Liverpool Police. Mr. Tho mas, Superintendent of the Manchester Police, deposed to con versations which had taken place between himself and the prisoners Dawes and Wood, in which Dawes stated that he had received the 901. bill from Wood, and she admitted such to be the case, explaining that he (Wood) had received it from Kinnear. Mr. Whitty, of Liverpool, produced a number of letters, signed by Wood, (whose handwriting was identified), and the prisoner Dawes, addressed to Kinnear, under the as sumed name of Donaldron. The letters were not read, but were understood to relate to the bill transactions, and impli cated other parties not yet in custody. Mr. Thomas produced an envelope and letter, enclosing some Sheerness and Queens borough bills, and a memoranda describing the bills paid to the South Lancashire Bank. This letter was found in Kin near's trunk, and identified as the hand-writing of the prisoner Wood. These were the only additional facts elicited, and the prisoners were again remanded until Wednesday, when it is probable they will be finally committed. Mr. Foster, the Magistrate, informed them that in the meantime every facility Would be afforded to them to consult with and receive the advice of their professional friends. He also placed at their disposal copies of the depositions taken against Palmer at Birmingham. An application was made to admit them to bail, which was refused. TRIAL OF GEORGE DAR YELL. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. —George Darwell, clerk to Mr. Wol stenholme, cotton broker, whose very recent apprehension for embezzling a large sum of money, upwards of 8,0001., the property of his master and others, was this day placed at the bar. It will be recollected that the prisoner had given the money to a woman named M'Lean, residing at Manchester, with whom he had some years ago an intimacy, the result of which was the birth of a child ; but that it appeared, on the investigation of the case at the Police Court, on Darwell's ap prehension;:that she had at the same time received a handsome annuity from a merchant at present residing in America, in consideration of his being the father of the same child. The evidence was the same as was given on his apprehen sion ; and as he had at that time made a confession of the cir cumstances of his guilt, coupled with the production of hie pocket-book, in which he had kept an accurate account of the sums he had paid the woman Maclean, it is unnecessary to enter into it here. He was of course found Guilty. His late master, Mr. Wolstenholroe, and Mr. Smithurat (who was the principal person defrauded) and others, gave him an excellent character, and recommended him to the lenity of the Court. The deep penitence the prisoner had expressed since his apprehension, and his conveyance to Mr. Wolsten holme of property to the amount of about 1,0001., which he had saved, besides a sum of 4,0001., or upwards, which the woman Maclean and her husband had also conveyed to Mr. Wolstenholme and those defrauded, joined to the recommenda tion of the Jury, appeared to have weight with the Learned Recorder, who sentenced the prisoner to 12 months im prisonment. The Lord Chancellor has appointed 11 o'clock in the forenoon on Thursday next to receive the Lord Mayor elect, and signify her Majesty's approbation of the choice made by the livery of London, after which ceremony the Lord Chancellor will give the usual breakfast, it being the first day of Michaelmas term, to the Judges, Queen's Coun sel, &c., at his residence in Bruton-street. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Wednesday last on the body of Ann, the wife of George Whitmore, of Norfolk-street. coach-body-maker. Henry Hawley Clarke, of Fargate, Sheffield (being one of the Society of Friends), affirmed—Yesterday morning, Tuesday, the 17th, about nine o'clock, a young woman came to my shop and asked for white mercury. I told her I de clined selling it without a witnes. She said," You need not be afraid. lam not going to kill myself." rthen asked her what she wanted it for ? She said to kill some mice, as she was almost devoured with them, and they ate everything she left about. I asked her if she was aware of the strength of . it, and also how she was going to lay it for them. She told me she was going to mix it with some oatmeal, as a neigh bour had recommended her. I asked her how much she would have, and she said threepennyworth. I stated that that was a large quantity ; she must not make it strong, otherwise the mice would not take it . She said she had an immense quantity of mice, and she would take that quan tity, and it would serve her more than once. I then gave her an ounce and a half, and wrapped it in a blue paper, labelled " poison" in Roman letters, and wrapped up in a second paper, Before she left, I said. to her . in a joking way, " I hope you are not going to take it ; if you do, you will get me into a mess." She turned it off as a joke, and said she was not tired of life. She then left the shop. She appeared perfectly rational and composed, or I would not have sold it. Her conduct and manner were such as to warrant me in selling the mercury without a witness. There was no appearance of temporary derangement. Ann Harrison and Elizabeth Harrison, with whom the deceased lodged, and other witnesses, were examined, as well as the husband of the deceased, but they could not at all account for the rash act, except it arose from jealousy. The jury returned a verdict of Felt, de sc, and' the deceased, under the coroner's warrant, was interred that evening, between the hours of nine and twelve o'clock, without the rites of Christian burial.—Shetld Iris. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURD A -V, OCTOBER 28, 1837. THE QUEEN, BRIGHTON, OCT. 27.—The weather continues very un settled ; it has rained incessantly all the morninv,:but to wards the afternoon it ceased, and the Queen, accompanied by the Countess of Mulgrave, rode out in a pony phaeton with outriders, proceeding up the Marine Parade. Miss Dillon and Miss Paget followed in another pony chaise. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by Lady Mary Stop ford, rode out shortly before the Queen left the Palace. The Royal dinner invitations for this evening are limited to the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray (Private Secretary to Lord Melbourne) and the Hon. Wm. Cowper. Th e Queen honoured Sir David Wilkie with another sitting yesterday for a picture of State. Last night crowds of persons congregated near the theatre in expectation of seeing either the Queen or the Duchess of Kent attend the performances, as her Majesty had been graciously pleased to command that the play of Hamlet should be performed. In this instance the credu lity of the Brightonians proved iiighly beneficial to the managers, for they flocked to the theatre in great numbers The front of the theatre exhibited in variegated lamps the word " Victoria." Mr. Kean played Hamlet with great eclat. The fund collected to erect a monument in commemora tion of the birth-day of her Majesty, when Princess Vic toria, amounted to about 4001. Mr. Laurence Peel, soon after her Majesty's accession to the Throne, gave the muni ficent sum of 5001. towards the erection of an additional wing, to be called the " Victoria wing," to the Sussex County Hospital. A town meeting was held this after noon relative to the disposal of the Victoria fund, when it was unanimously resolved to hand over the amount in aid of the construction of the additional wing, which, it was presumed, would be gratifying to the Queen, do honour to the town, and be beneficial to the cause of humanity. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Gloucester came to town yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House, Piccadilly ; and, in the afternoon, her Royal Highness left town for Gorhambary, near St. Alban's, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Vcrulrtm. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Princess Augusta of Cambridge, took a drive in the Regent's Park yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Capt. Stephens, left town yesterday afternoon for Gorhambury. Dapatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department for Lord Ponsonby, at Constantinople ; for the British Charges d'Affaires at St. Petersburgh and at the Court of the Schah. • Despatches from the Governor of Ceylon were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Downing street, for Lord Melbourne, at Brighton. Captain Back, R.N., transacted business yesterday at the Admiralty Office. Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, and Sir Charles Vaughan transacted business yesterday at the Foreign office. Lord Glcnelg has gone out of town. Viscount Palmerston went on Thursday to his seat, Broadlands, Hants, from Brighton. Lady Theodosia and the Misses Spring Rice, were ex pected in town, last evening, from Ireland. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGEN CE . ARRIVALS. Colonel and Mrs. Maberly, in Upper Seymour-street, from Paris ; the Judge Advocate-General, from Brighton ; Mr. Broadwood, M.P., on Carlton-terrace, from the Continent; Sir William and Lady Herries and family, from ditto ; Lady William, in Grosvenor-square. from Paris ; General and Mrs. Evans, in Bryanston-square, from ditto ; Lord Petre, in in Mansfield-street, from ditto; Mrs. Henry Nevill, at Grove's Hotel, Albemarle -street, from Godstone, Surrey; Lord Ossulston, from a visit to Earl Grey, at Howick Hall ; Mr. Poulett Thomson, in South Audley-street, from Earl Dur ham's seat, Lambton Castle, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chevalier Hummelauer, in Chandos-street, from Brighton ; Mr. Phillimore, in Portland-place, from Newmarket; Mr. Under- Secretary Backhouse, in Cadogan-place, from St. Leonard's, Sussex ; Lord and Lady De Saumarez, at the St. James's Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from ditto; Messrs. R. B. Blundell, T. Bold, H. and E. Littledale, at ditto ; the Hon. Judge Perrin and son, at ditto, from Dublin. DEPARTURES. F. Blackford, Esq., from the St. James's Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, for the Isle of Wight; J. Sterling, Esq., from ditto, on a tour ; Hon. David Plunkett, from ditto, for Brighton; Count Jean Baptiste Metaxa, from his brother's house, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, for Cheltenham ; Count Anastase Metaxa, from ditto, for Paris; the Hon. Archibald Macdonald and the Misses Macdonald, on a tour of visits in Shropshire. CHANGES. Lord Wm. Lennox, from Inverness, for Gordon Castle; Lord and Lady Valeutia, from Brighton, on a tour; Lord William Russell, from Frankfort, for Berlin ; Lord Eliot, from Port Eliot., for Cornwall ; Lord Leveson, from Chatsworth, Derbyshire, for Castle Howard, Yorkshire ; Lord Forester, at Millie Park, from Buxton Wells; Lord Nevill, from Tunbridge Wells; Lord Bandon, at Castle Barnard, near York, from Dublin; Lord and Lady Dunmore, at Dunmore Park, from Falkirk, N. B. ; Mr. Hope, at Ruston Hall, Ket tering, Northamptonshire, from a tour ; the Earl of Chiches ter, at Stanmore Park, from Lewes ; Lord Ducie, at Wood cheater Park, Gloucestershire, from Cheltenham ; the Dowager Lady and the Hon. Mrs. Rushout, at Wausteid House, Essex ; Lord and Lady Sandes, at Elynhall, Nor folk, from St. Leonard's-on- Sea. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta is ex pected to remain on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowa ger, at her marine villa at St. Leonard's, until March next. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is ex pected at Kensington Palace, on the 6th Nov., from the scat Of Lord Dinorben, Kimmel-park, St. Asaph. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service at Canterbury Cathedral twice on Sunday last. In the even ing his Royal Highness dined at the mess of the 20th Foot, in the barracks, and took his departure from Canter bury on Monday morning, for his marine residence at Dover. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, who was appointed Deputy Ranger of Bushey Park by the late King, has had his appointment renewed. The Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, wife of the Hon. Captain Campbell, brother to the Earl of Cawdor, has been appointed one of the Women of the Bedchamber to the Queen. Mr. Richard Wildman has been appointed Recorder , of Nottingham, in the place of Mr. Amos, who succeeds Mr. Macaulay in the Supreme Council at Bengal. Mr. Fortunatus Dwarris has been appointed Re corder of Newcastle-under-Lyrae. FROM A CORRESPONDENT. —An English gentle. man remarkable for his gallantry, has recently been paving ' his attentions to a young lady of the highest respectability, great accomplishments, and amiable disposition, and niece to a gallant officer, to whom, by the friends of the different parties, arrangements were supposed to have been made for their union, and between whom there appears no doubt to have existed the most fervent affection—to the great sur prise of the friends of the much injured young lady, without previous intimation, has contracted an alliance with an old lady beyond the age of three score years and ten. This mysterious and extraordinary mode of proceeding, it is said from some cause or other, the gentleman was bound to adopt. The circumstance, of course, will occupy further attention.—Saunders' News Letter. [The origin of the gentleman here alluded to is one to which we believe so much mystery has always attached. The young Lady is niece of General Sir A. —, and sister of the High Sheriff of a Southern Irish County.] TfTHE COMMUTATION ACT.—The favourable working of this Act has seldom been more fully exemplified than in the extensive and valuable parish of Henbury, near Bristol, where a Meeting to consider of a commutation of tithes was held on the 21st inst. The questions as to the amount of rent-charge to be paid to the Vicar and to the respective tithe-owners were fully discussed with that good feeling and temper which are so desirable in meetings of this kind. The discussion resulted in agreements with all the tithe-owners except one, for rent charges, amounting to 1,5421. 4s. per annum ; and an offer of 2501. per annum was made for the tithes at Charlton, for which 2751. was required from the impropriator. Thus it appears that at the first meeting for the consideration of the question, there was a difference of only 251. per annum on Tithes amount ing to 1,8001. per annum, and it is probable that this small difference will be adjusted at the adjourned meeting.— Bristol Journal. A very curious case is recorded of feigned blindness by Mahon, a French writer. A young conscript was sent to a corps blockading Luxembourg. Having passed the night at the advanced posts, he declared himself blind the next day, and was sent to the hospital. The surgeons used the most powerful remedies, and were convinced that the disease was feigned, as the pupil contracted perfectly. He assured them, however, that he could not see, thanked them for their care of him, and asked for the application of new remedies. He was sent to the superior' medical officers of Thionville. They were also convinced that it was a fraud, but hearing the course that was pursued, they determined on a last trial. He was put on the bank of a river, and ordered to walk forward. He did so, and fell into the water, from which he was immediately taken by two boatmen stationed for that purpose. Convinced of his blindness, but unable to explain the dilations and contrac tions of the pupil, the surgeons gave him a discharge, but warned him, at the same time, that if the disease was feigned, it would prove of no avail, as it would sooner or later be ascertained that he was not blind. They offered him another if he would confess the fraud. He hesitated at first, but being assured that they would keep their word, he took up a book And read,--Foreign Quatterliy FALL OF CONSTANTINE. (From the Toulonnais.) The steamer Chinzere, Captain Jannin, arrived this morn ing, and brought, as we hoped, the official report of the cap ture of Constantine. As we already stated, the army arrived before Constantine on the 6th, and encamped at Mansoura. From thence, the first arid second brigades were ordered to Koudiat-Aty, to reach which point it was necessary to cross the Oued-Rum mal. This operation, from the water being extremely deep at the time, was the longer and more difficult, as the siege artillery had to execute the same movement. The weather having at last become fine, on the 10th the batteries were unmasked, but the rain coming on again the fire against the place could not be opened on that day. The army of the Bey was posted behind the mountain of Koudiat- Aty, and harassed the soldiers engaged in throwing up the works preparatory to the siege. The firing commenced on the 11th, and the next day, a breach having been opened, General Damremont was going to reconnoitre it with some officers of his staff, when a canon ball cut him in two, and the army was thus deprived of its chief. General Perregaux, while in the act of ordering the body of the General to be removed, was wounded by a mus ket-ball, which carried away part of his nose. Lieutenant-General Vallee, the commander of the artillery, took at that moment the command in chief of the army, and ordered the breach to be mounted. On the 12th and 13th four assaults were ineffectually made upon the place, our troops being each time obliged to retire. Finally, at the fifth attempt the brigade of Nemours succeeded in entering the city, where a most sanguinary conflict ensued, as a regular siege had been laid to each house. The Duke de Nemours attempted to stop the carnage, but could not succeed. The infuriated soldiers killed every one who offered resistance. Fi nally, our troops became masters of the city, where they await the instructions of the Government. The Duke de Nemours gave orders that all the surgeons who were not strictly indispensable for our wounded should be sent to Achmet to take care of the Arabs. The Prince de Joinville reached Constantine on the 15th, 48 hours after the action. He had with him 3,000 men, com manded by Colonel Bernelle, and a convoy of provisions, which were received with satisfaction, as they would shortly have been wanted. We cannot as yet calculate with any certainty the number of killed and wounded on both sides ; but it is, unfortunately, too true, that General Damremont, and Colonel Combes, of the 47th, who commanded the 4th Brigade, have both been killed. Colonel Lamarociere was dangerously wounded. General Perregaux remained at his post, notwithstanding his wound. The number of Arabs who perished in Constantine is esti mated at 6,000. The Bey's army has suffered no loss, but has taken to flight, and the tribes hostile to Achmet will no doubt complete its destruction. Our wounded are to be sent to France, and the sick will be eft in Bona. It is not true that General Vallee has called for reinforce ments. A letter written by General Perregaux, and referred to in the Eclaircur de la Mediterranee, states that the fighting in the town lasted from eight o'clock in the morning until noon, and that it was necessary to storm every house, one after th e other. The garrison consisted principally of Kabyles from the neighbourhood of Bugia. The Bey remained outside of the place. A considerable quantity of provisions was found in the city. Le Commerce, in its Supplement, publishes the following letter from Toulon, dated the 22d inst.:-- The first brigad e , comman d e d b y t h e D u k e d e N emours , having been chosen to mount the breach, took up a position in the suburbs, between the gates of Bab-el-Djedid and Bab-el- Oued, which are separated only by a distance of from 60 to 80 yards, some companies occupying the cemetery placed in front of the gate of Bab-el-Gabia and the stables of the Bey. All the efforts of the besieged were directed towards those three points, which were defended by batteries, whose fires crossed each other, and commanded the avenues leading thereto. In the meantime, the brigade of General Trezel, placed behind the soldiers employed in the works, for the pur pose of protecting them, was vigorously attacked by the army of the Bey, and resisted all the attempts made by the latter to dislodge it. That corps is said to have suffered considerably in these repeated engagements. " The General-in-Chief, accompanied by M. Perregaux, the Chief of the Staff, by General Vall6e and all his staff, approached the cit y, under the fire of the artillery, to see if the breach was practicable, when a cannon. ball struck Dam rcmont and mutilated his body. General Perregaux was wounded severely in the face by a musket-ball, but, neverthe less, continued his service. General Valk, the senior officer, took the command-in-chief, and immediately ordered the as sault. Our troops, on receipt of the order, instantly rushed towards the ramparts, and maintained themselves for some time in the breach ; but being exposed to a most deadly fusil lade, and finding the resistance too strong to be overcome, were obliged to retire ; the artillery cor.tinued its fire ; other ineffectual assaults were made, and the garrison defended itself with so much obstinacy that it was found necessary to post pone all further attack until the next morning. " Our letters do not state whether these reiterated attacks were made by the same brigade, or whether each brigade was sent forward in its turn. It is however probable, as there were five assaults, that the brigade of Nemours was the first to enter the place ; that each of the four brigades made a separate attempt, and that the first twice mounted the breach. "On the 13th, the breach was more practicable. The Ge neral being afraid lest the troops should become discouraged, and the provisions fail, if the siege lasted some days longer, held a council during the night, at which it was resolved to day t , h . e two Th e g a a r t ti o l s le t ry had . carry de th m e ol p is la h c e e d attheanypric enclosureseon the south-west, and the first houses of the city were laid open the connecting next to view. Our troops, excited by the resistance of the be sieged, and the painful losses they had experienced, rushed under a heavy fire, and successively carried all the batteries. with fury towards the breach, and established themselves in it The ramparts were taken, but the city still held out—for the Turks are not in the habit of capitulating. Our troops had behaved with extraordinary gallantry, but here a most horrid butchery commenced ; it was necessary to take the houses one after another, and the carnage was frightful. Such a scene has not been witnessed since the siege of Saragossa — our exasperated soldiers gave no quarter. We are ignorant of what occurred at the gate of Cantara, through which the remains of the garrison and the population might effect their escape, although that passage was com manded by our battery of Mansoura. The Duke de Nemours did all he could to prevent the sacking of the city, but it was impossible for his orders to be executed. " The army was installed in the city on the 14th. General Vallee, who probably was not acquainted with the instructions given by the Government to General Damremont, has written for orders, and will wait for them in Constantine. " On the very same ground where the chief of the squadron Richepanse, and the captain of engineer Grand, were killed last year, we lost the brave Colonel Combes, of the 47th Regiment, one of our best superior officers in Africa, who had repeatedly commanded a brigade . M. Lamoriciere, the Colonel of the Zonares, has been dangerously wounded. Our loss is estimated at 1,000 killed, and between 1,200 and 1,500 wounded. The official despatches only state our loss at 300 killed and 300 wounded. The latter are to be sent to France. " The besieged are said to have had 6,000 killed, besides a number of inhabitants, who fell victims of the first moment of exasperation of our soldiers. The Aga demanded the cessation of hostilities ; but, as we have already stated, it was impossible to stop the carnage. The Duke of Nemours could only place at the disposal of the Bey a few surgeons to take care of his wounded. " The Bey had still, after the taking of Constantine, be tween 10,000 and 12,000 men, but already, on the 14th, de sertion commenced in his army, which the tribes inimical to his gorernment will no doubt completely annihilate without . . the 'aid of our troops." The Constitutionnel, in a second edition, states from its own correspondent at Toulon, that the loss of the French army at Constantine may be estimated at more than 3,000 men. The inhabitants, without distinction of ago or sex, were put to the sword. General Trezel has been wounded, and Colonel La moriciere's life is despaired of. (From the Extraordinary Supplement to the Ilioniteur of Thursday.) " CONSTANTINE, OCT. 12.—N0 satisfactory answer being given by Achmet Bey to the summons of the town by the Go vernor-General on the 11th, the assault took place this morning with the greatest bravery. We have numerous losses to deplore, and my first despatch Hill send you the exact number of the killed and wounded, and the names of the offi cers. The Chief of Battalion, Seugny, of the 2d Light, died in the breach, as did the Captain of Engineers, Hacket. Among the wounded are General Perregeaux, Colonels Comber and Lamoriciere, the Chiefs of Battalion Dumas, the King's Aide-de-Camp, Vieux, of the Engineers, and Captain Richepause. Fortunately several of them are only wounded slightly. " CONSTANTINE, OCT. I6.—The following is an abstract of a letter sent to the French Government by General Vallee from Constantine on the 16th of October. General Perregaux. w Chief of the Gene ra l St a ff; was woun d e d , b ut not dange:isly, in the head, at the moment when General Damremout 'received his wound. On the 15th Colonel Combes di , ;(7l from the effect of wounds received during the assault. The loss of the French is stated at 97 killed and 494 %wooded, among whom are 15 officers killed, and 38 wounded, more or less severely. In consequence of the measures taken to terminate the con fusion inseparable from a capture by assault, Count Vallee states, that tranquillity has been re-established in the town. Achtnet Bey, who endeavoured, by negotiations, to stop the progress of the attack, had not renewed the negotiations since the occupation of Constantine by the French. The reports of the Arabs respecting his present position arc very conflicting. It appears, however, according- to the most probable accounts, that, abandoned by most of his adherents, and despoiled even of his treasures, he had retired several days' march from Con stantine. Lord and Lady Frances Egerton are expected at Bridgewater House from their seat, Worshr Hall, in Lan cashire, ter the season. The town mansion of the Noble Lord has undergone great improvement during the absence of the fltmily in the country. The Earl of Chichester, accompanied by the Dow ager Countess of Chichester, and the Ladies Pelham, will leave town to-day for his seat in Sussex. The Noble Earl and family arrived in town to attend the nuptials of his sister, Lady Catherine Pelham, and the Hon. L. John Bar rington, which were solemnised on Thursday. Tile Marquis and Marchioness of Saldanha, are ac companied to this cototry by their two sons and daughter. PRESENTATION OF CIVIC TESTI MONIALS TO MR. CHARLES PEARSON. On Thursday one of the most gratifying exhibitions took place in the Mansion-house ever witnessed. On the re tirement of Mr. Charles Pearson from the Common Council, the Lord Mayor and Corporation, including gen tlemen of all parties, passed an unanimous resolution to present that gentleman with the thanks of the Court, for his eminent public services, his high talents, and his private worth, which were ordered to be most splendidly framed and glazed. At the same time a subscription was entered into by Members of the Common Council, of one guinea each, to present a piece of plate, with a suitable inscription, to Mr. Pearson. The Lord Mayor having in very hand some terms presented the former, Mr. Clienees PEARSON said that, the vote of thanks having been passed unanimously in an assembly of gentle men of every shade of political opinion, it would ill be come him to respond to the honour in a speech wearing anything like the appearance of a party triumph.— (Cries of " Hear, hear.") As, however, the very terms of the vote, as well as the inscription on the splendid testimonial of their favour with which the kindness of his late colleagues was that day about to honour him, recorded their approval of the consistency of his public con duct while a member of the corporation, he perhaps might be permitted, without incurring the charge of egotism, to glance at a few of the particular measures he had supported while in the Court, although some of them had been op posed by gentlemen who had now the manly candour thus to record their approbation of the sincerity and zeal by which his conduct had been influenced.—(Hear, hear.) It was upwards of 20 years since he first had a seat in that Court ; and he viewed with the most lively satisfaction the very important changes which had been wrought in public opinion, and the great improvement in the moral and poli tical condition of the people which had taken place since that time. When he came into the Court, in consequence of the extravagance of their predecessors, the funds of the cor poration were in so dilapidated a state, that besides having borrowed immense sums from private individuals, and in curred a very heavy debt to the Chamberlain, a communica tion was made to the Court through a worthy' Alderman, that the baker refused to credit the Corporation for the bread furnished to the gaols of the City, and that unless the Cham berlain pledged his personal responsibility for payment, the prisoners must be left destitute. A rate upon the citizens was then threatened as the only remedy ; but some of the public-spirited Reformers of the City, with whom he was proud to be associated, enforced certain measures of eco nomy, retrenchment, and Reform, by which the revenue of the Corporation was increased, the expences diminished, the debt paid off, and the foundation was then laid of that state of prosperity which now enabled them to do without any county rate, and furnished means of effecting many im portant objects of public utility, which could not then have been even the subject of their contemplation.—(Hear.) The packing of the special juries for political purposes had long disgraced the city, and the selected list was got up under the auspices of officers of that Court. The practice was said to have been hallowed by time, and it was deemed impossible to alter it. It was his (Mr. Pear son's) good fortune to grapple with the system, and, by dint of perseverance, and with the support of the Common Council, and the assistance of the public Press, he was enabled finally to triumph. The packed list was entirely discarded, and the Master of the Crown Office was compelled to take his Special Juries for the trial political offences from the whole list of Jurors furnished by the Common Council out of their respective wards.— (Cheers.) Before that time the city of London had always been selected as the battle-field of State prosecutions—by means of pliant Special Juries a trial and conviction were almost synonymous terms ; but this weapon of corruption having thus been struck from the hand of the Attorney- General, ex-officio information for libel might be said to be abandoned, and the city of London had not since been made the theatre of party or political persecution.—(Hear.) The late Lord Erskine, whose honest and eloquent exertions, in defending the lives and liberties of his fellow-subjects had made the cause of trial by Jury his own, looked at that time upon his (Mr. P.'s) efforts to reform the Jury list as an im practicable attempt, and that distinguished individual said to him, " Young man, mark my words, the good you seek to achieve will be spread over so large a surface that no one will feel the obligation to acknowledge it ; The evil, on the contrary, will be felt by the few who now profit by the sys tem, and they will never forget or forgive your interference." But that venerable and valuable man was mistaken in his prophecy ; for this day, after a lapse of nearly 20 years, the gratitude of the public was manifested by the presen tation to him of this splendid testimonial of an enduring remembrance. The reform of the Jury List, in 1819, led him to investigate the abuses of the Secondaries' Office. The unfortunate portion of the public were then subjected to the most frightful oppression, and the Corporation having sold those appointments for enormous sums of money, were unable to controul the conduct of those who followed them, and these repaid themselves their advances by extortionate exactions from persons whose misfortunes placed them within the reach of their arbitrary power.— (Hear.) Feeling what countless evils flowed from the irre sponsibility which attached to a purchased office, he pub licly declared the:: if he were the survivor of either of the gentlemen who then held the office, it never should again be sold. He had kept his word, and perhaps be might say it was principally through his exertions that this cor rupt practice of making an office of the highest func tions (both executive and judicial) an object of merchan dize and sale, was scouted from the court, and the places are now filled by gentlemen annually appointed, who per form their duties under the immediate controul of a Com mittee of the Corporation, and whose judicial decisions might stand without disparagement, by the side of those of the Lord Chief Justice of England himself—(Hear)—a pretty good proof that the appointment of even a judicial officer may be safely left to the free and unshackled choice of such.a body of men as he was then addressing.—(Hear.) He had cheerfully united with his colleagues in support of all , those measures of public improvement which had passed during the eventful period of the last twenty years—the re peal of the Test and Corporation Acts—Catholic Emanci pation—the Acts for Parliamentary and Municipal Reform had all received his humble but zealous support, when the subject of these measures bad been mooted in that Court. . A friend had that day placed in his hand a book containing a speech made by him in the Common Council in the year 1819, upon what were termed Lord Castlereagh's Six Acts for fettering the liberty of the Press, for impairing the efficiency of trial by Jury, for pre venting public meetings of the people, and taking from them their ancient sight of keeping arms for their protection, and for otherwise abridging the liberties of their country ; on perusing that speech, he was proud to find that, boy as lie was when he delivered it, it did not contain one sentiment which in after life he had found occasion to change, or a single expression he had any desire to retract.—(Hear.) But a remarkable evidence of the change which public opi nion had undergone was to be found in the circumstance that in the year 1817 he endeavoured to get erased from the monument the inscription which imputed to their Ro man Catholic fellow-subjects the burning of the city in 1666 ; but, though that inscription was notoriously the production of bigoted intolerance in a factious age, and alth o uf n i ts utter falsehood was matter of historical proof, Y',,t in the year 1827 so strongly was the public mind ensimed with kindred feelings, that his proposition failed from the want of a seconder; yet in the short space of ten years, when he again made the proposition he could not find an op ponent.—( Hear.) Almost the same might be said of his motion. for the admission of Jews to the freedom of the city ; it is true they were years in accom plishing that object, yet had they not been rewarded by having seen two most distinguished members pf that pro fession filling in a manner that had never been excelled, the important office of Sheriffs of London and Middlesex ? (Cheers.) He begged in conclusion to observe, that as he had served in that Court from a sense of duty to those who had elected him, he had been induced to retire from it from a similar sense of duty to himself and family, that he might devote his undivided attention to the pursuits of his profession.—(Cheers.) But although the official con nectieen which had so long subsisted between them, was 'now dissolved, they might assure themselves that they would always hold a place in his most grateful and affec tionate remembrance.—(Hear.) If at any period he had expressed himself in strong and, as they might appear, harsh and unkind terms, to a political opponent—for, as they all knew he did occasionally hit rather hard—.(a laugh) —he now emphatically expressed his sorrow if, in the warmth of discussion, he had given any unintended pain, for, in the language of the poet, he might say, " Who, for the poor renown of being smart, Would, plant a thorn within a brother's heart ?" He had now only to add, that the conviction so delicately expressed in their resolution, that nothing would ever tempt him to forsake the principles he had so long professed, could scarcely fail to be realized. If anything were needed to keep alive those feelings, he had only to r ecollect that da y 's proceedings ; and wherever fortune might hereafter place him, he should always look back, with the liveliest sensa tions of satisfaction, to his many valuable and much es teemed connections in the Corporation of London, which were and ever would be most dear to him. His heart was full, and he could not help it—( Hear, licar)—towards them and their principles—their kindness to him, their devotion to their country. As friends—as citizens—and as patriots, he felt attachment never to be weaned, or changed by any change of fortune—fidelity which neither bribe nor threat could move or warp.—(Mr. P. sat down much affected, continued cheers.) Mr. FLETetna then rose, and in eloquent terms narrated ,the proceedings of the citizens in subscribing for the mag nificent candelabrum, in sums which they were compelled to limit to one guinea each, and requested the Lord Mayor to present that additional testimonial of civic gratitude to Mr. Pearson. The LORD MAYOR had, he said, a great and heartfelt satisfaction in complying with the wish so feelingly expressed, and in a very kind manner made the presentation, which Mr. Pearson acknowledged in a similar strain. PUBLIC DINNER TO E. J. STANLEY, ESQ., M.P. FOR NORTH CHESHIRE. (Erom the North Cheshire Reformer.) STALEY-BRIDGE, THURSDAY.—The Reformers of North Cheshire resident in the neighbourhood of Staley-bridge, Dukenfield, &c., desirous of sLowing a mark of respect to their highly-respected county representative, E. 3. Stan ley, Esq., invited him to a public entertainment yesterday at the spacious building belonging to the order of Royal Foresters, and called the " Foresters' Refuge," in Staley bridge. THOMAS ASHTON, Esq., of Hyde, presided. On his right hand sat E. J. Stanley, Esq., and on his left George Wilbraham, Esq., the Member for South Cheshire. Amongst the company were Joseph Brotherton, Esq., M.P. ; Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Thornely Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Wyse, Esq., M.P. ; G. W. Wood, Esq., M.P. ; James Haywood, Esq„ of Manchester ; the Rev. Thomas Brooks, of Hyde ; the Rev. Mr. Howell, of Stockport ; the Rev. R. B. Aspland, of Dukenfield ; Thomas Ellison, Esq., of Glossop ; Samuel Ashton, Esq. ; J. Howard, Esq. ; and many other gentlemen professing Liberal opinions. The cloth having been withdrawn, The CHAIRMAN gave in succession the healths of " Her Majesty," " The Queen Dowager," " The Duchess of Kest," and " The Duke of Sussex after which he called upon Mr. Bayley, the Vice-President, to give the next toast. The VICE-PRESIDENT said, that it appeared to him that the company were met for a two-fold purpose ; first, to pay a compliment to their honourable representative ; and secondly, to promote the advance of those great principles which as Reformers they had so much at heart. He felt assured that the toast would be received in a proper manner by the meeting ; the toast was " Lord Melbourne and her Majesty's Ministers."—(Loud cheers.) In order to show the claims of the present Ministry upon the thanks of the Reformers, he could contrast the actions of the Reform and Tory Administrations. For a period of seventy years the Government of the country had been in the hands of the Tories, and he would ask any person to show, during that period, any one great public measure emanating irons a Tory Administration which had for its characteristics the welfare of the people. It was but six years since the Administration of Lord Grey came into power, and the principles upon which they took office were " peace, retrenchment, and reform." Had those principles been carried out or not ? Had peace been preserved ? What was the aspect of affairs at the time they took office ? Why, the Tories de c lar e d that th e y would - not be able to preserve the peace for six months. Yet it had been preserved ; and eight millions of taxes, pressing upon the industry of tile people, had been repealed, and the general taxation had been reduced to an extent not ex pected by the most ardent Reformer. The manufacturers had been benefited by the destruction of monopolies and taxes, which ground industry and injured the tradesman, and the eternal blot of slavery had been removed by the Reform Administration. They had found many other minor reforms which were carried into effect by the Government of Lord Melbourne. They had reformed the Municipal Corporations, by which Bill, as his friend Mr. Coppock (of Stockport) would tell the meeting, such had been the effect which it had produced in the borough in which he resided, that Toryism, in which the borough had been bound for the last half-century, was now laid prostrate, never to revive.— (Cheers.) Notwithstanding the shades and differences of opinion that existed amongst them as Reformers, they could not but express a wish for the maintenance of Lord Mel bourne in office. On that they must sink all their views as Reformers.—(Hear, hear.) And if they could not get all they wished for in theory, let them, as wise men, get all the good they could practically. He had heartfelt satisfaction in proposing " The health of Lord Melbourne and her Majesty's Ministers."—(Loud cheers.) E. J. STANLEY, Esq., on being called upon by the Chairman, rose, and as soon as the vehement plaudits with which he was received had ceased, observed that he had not intended to have said anything in acknowledgment of the present toast, because he had not the honour to be one of her Majesty's Ministers. But, as he was r.onnected with the Administration, he felt that he outiat to thank them for the very flattering manner in wh'.eli they had re ceived the proposition so ably submitted to their attention by the Vice-President. The appletuse of such an assembly as that he had the honour of addressing, was the best in centive that could be offjed to those charged with a heavy and important duty, and sure he was that the Members of her Majesty's Government would feel .the compliment appropriately- as lie did.—( Hear, hear, hew.) The gentleman who had introduced the toast to their notice, had drawn a striking contrast between the profes sions and the performances of the Tories and the Whig .s . Into any details of the kind it was not his intention to enter ; but he could not help adverting to the very different position occupied by her Majesty's Ministers on the acces sion of their Sovereign, and that of the Tories on the Re cession of William the Fourth to the Throne. They would now have to meet the first Parliament of their Queen under widely altered circumstances from those of the Tory Mi nisters, in the first Parliament of the, deceased Mo narch. For forty years the country had been subjected to Tory Administration ; during that lengthened period the Tories had been omnipotent—for good or for evil. It was, therefore, but fair to regard the then state of the people as the result of their labours—as consequent on their acts of commission or of omission. Nor could it be deemed unfair if, turning our attention from what was the condition of the people, as produced by Tory rule, in 1830, we were to contrast therewith its present state at the end of the seven years since the accession of the Whig Ministers to office. At about this period of the year 1830, just seven years since, William the Fourth succeeded to the throne of his accestors, with all the popularity usually consequent on such an event, and that popularity considerably increased by the predilection so natural to a country like our own, in favour of a sailor-King. Under a Ministry, at whose head was the hero of a hundred battles—a man, whose glory was of an admiring nation—the Monarch was un able to accept the invitation of the citizens of London, on account of the unpopularity of his Tory advisers.— (Cheers.) At that time England, or at least most of the southern counties, were in a state approximating to rebel lion—dissatisfaction generally prevailed, and tumults were of frequent occurrence. In Ireland there existed a deep feeling that the Act of Emancipation which had been wrung from the fear not the justice of their oppressors, had only exasperated the former spirit of hatred and animosity against their religion—and that there was a determination as far as possible on the part. of their rulers to make that Emancipation like the former permission to Catholics to become members of the Protestant Corporations practically void and nugatory. Ireland, devoid of confidence in the Goeernment, was discontented. Compare with this state things the present aspect of the United Kingdom. N otwitristanding the distress consequent on the great commercial and financial embarrassthent during the past year, he never remembered a time when the conduct of the people was more exemplary or consistent with the character of rational beings. Our youne. Queen was happy in the onjoyment of a degree of popular affection beyond that of any Sovereign for centuries past : she might be truly said to live in te hearts of her people, and, at. this moment the loyal citizens of the metropolis were vying with each other how best to welcome the coming visit of their Queen ; for they knew her to be the Sovereign of her people, and not the mere head and instrument of any class, act, or creed. Ireland was for the first time beginning to believe that law may be justice, and that government may be protection. He honestly conceived this to be a fair ac count of the state of matters at the two periods to which he had referred ; and though the present Ministry had not been enabled to grant all that have been wished or ex pected, be would ask that enlightened assembly if they were prepared to dash from their lips the certain good which at present existed for uncertain gains which might never be ob tained. Not being a member of the Cabinet, he had no means of knowing what were the intentions of MinisterS in the ensuing session of Parliament ; but he was confident that they would propose such measures as would entitle them to the support of an enlightened people, and that their object world be to promote civil and religious liberty to the utmost of their power, by giving truth and vitality to - the Emancipation Act and Reform Bill, to give increased security to the Throne by an impartial administration of justice, and establish all our institutions on the firmest basis, the love and affection of the people.—(lmmense cheering.) Although there might be some persons who would regret that they had not yet obtained all they wished he thought wise men would thankfully accept all they had received as so much gained. Reform measures, it should always be borne in mind, were not easily carried against the hosts of enemies who were interested in tile continued existence of ancient monopolies, abuses, and who opposed every difficulty to the constitutional advances of a reforming administra tion. In conclusion tile Hon. Member again thanked them for their cordial reception of the toast, and begged to assure them that the future course of Government would not be unworthy their past efforts, nor undeserving the continued confilei c ic iv e ll o a t n . adnni6nitiegliloificsnLiblearttlywyt(hGerweaot cheering.) rldover., , The Rev. JAMES - 13noogs responded to the sentiment in an answerable address of considerable length, with which we hope to enrich the columns of our ensuing number. The PRESIDENT —I have now to propsse the health of the gentleman on my right hand, who has honoured us with his company to-day and who has thrice been chosen the representative of the Reformers of North Ctv,:shire—