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CTORS. 1 LEGAL NOT TALK NO, 11.-THE CUMBERLAND TORY PROCLA MATION. Fellow Citizens,—Read the Cumberland Tory Procla mation, and judge for yourselves of the - principles of a party of which his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover is the acknowledged head. James the Second, Don Miguel, and Charles dLe, went great lengths in asserting their divine right, and in subverting by a stroke of the pen the constitutional liberties of their sub jects. .But the Duke of Cumberland out-Herods Herod. He boasts that be derives his power from neither Parlia ment nor people, but from heaven alone, and by his sole will and authority he deprives his subjects of all their es tablished rights. Can you vote for any one who looks up to that man (and all Tories and Orangemen look up to him) as their head. Recollect the Report on the Orange Lodges, where it appeared, that projects had been enter tained to set this man on the throne, in.place of your youth ful, beautiful, and liberal Queen Vicoria. GOD SAVE QUEEN VICTORIA, And preserve us from the Duke qf Cumberland. The 7th Number of the first division of the Collection of the Laws, published the Bth of July, contains the follow ing article : [Here follows the late Proclamation of the King of Ha nover, of which, as it has appeared entire in The Sun already, it is unnecessary to insert more than the portion to which the author particularly refers.] " This being the object of our endeavours, we have been convinced that in many points the Constitution does not co respond wills our wishes, which al e solely directed to the promotion of the good of our faithful subjects. Being resolved shortly to make known to our faithful people our views on this most important subject, tve do not hesitate to declare that we cannot find in the Constitution, which neither in form nor substance is binding on us, a sufficient gua rantee for the permanent prosperity of our faithful sub jects, whose welfare it will be our most earnest endea vour to promote, accordiny to the duties imposed on us by Divine Providence. Meantime, it is far from our in tention to take our Royal resolution on this impor tant matter, without a careful examination of all the sir cumstances. It is, on the contrary, our Royal will to de volve the most careful consideration to the question, whether and how far a modification of the Constitution must take place, or whether the Constitution should be brought back to what it was before the promulgation if the present Constitution, after which we shall convoke the General Assembly of the States, and impart to them our Royal resolution. Our faithful subjects firmly enjoyed kappiness and satisfaction under the ancient hereditary Constitution of the kingdom ; a bond of attachment and loyalty and confidence in their Sovereign, descending from generation to generation, promoted the happiness of the Sovereign, and the welfare of the subjects. We most ear nestly wish to establish such a happy state (f things. (L. s.) " ERNEST AUGUSTUS. " G. V. SCHELE. " Hanover, July 5, 1837." The plain purpose of this Proclamation is to announce the Duke of Cumberland's intention to destroy the Con stitution of Hanover, which is something like ours ; and to plunge the Hanoverians into the servitude out of which they had been rescued by a Prince who surely was no extravagant lover of liberty—his Majesty George the Fourth. It is just the same as if a King of England bad proclaimed on his accession—NOT that he was re solved to maintain the civil and religious rights of his subjects, as we have just witnessed in her Majesty the Queen's gracious declaration—but that it was advisable to shut up both Houses of Parliament, and to govern the country by his own Royal will, without any interference on the part of his people. The smooth phrases and fawning pretences under which this direful purpose is disguised, Lave been used by tyrants in every age, but happily on this occasion they will deceive nobody. The veil is so thin, so flimsy, that we see the uplifted arm, we see the dagger ready to strike. The eager haste with which the work of destruction has begun reveals in characters not to be misun derstood what is to follow. Scarcely landed in his new kitigdom, he sets at nought its recognised Constitution, and declares himself arbiter of the liberties of his people, intimating with very little circumlocution that they would be happier without any liberties at all. Such is the tenor of this tyrannical Decree. Surely this must be the work of s Satan and his brother Mephistopheles. What were Cumberland and Lyndhurst about, the day or two before the departure of the former ? Such prompt, decisive work of evil must have been the result of fore thought :—we will not suppose that, ere the poor King was dead, his heir had perpetrated the treason to his subjects. So short a time has elapsed as to make the conclusion irresistible, that not a moment has been lost in rivetting the chains of the poor Hano verians. In thanking God that we have escaped this Jesuitical Toryism, we cannot hut pity them. The Orange Tory, manifested in so plain a manner, should be a timely warning how we give life and strength to his Tory adhe ren.:s here. Let us think of the desperation and vindie tiver. ess which first their defeat must bring ; and bow their strength may increase his strength here. The hold, bad nowt] would stop at no measures that were feasible ; and might in his madness attempt some that are not. But forewarned is forearmed, and let us weaken him by weak ening his party. It is of no use to say that the Tories have respectable and high-minded men among them. Doubt less, such there are : but if their influence and authority in the country are to be made subservient to the pur poses which SUCH AN ONE can entertain, the evil becomes : greater, inasmuch as it is covert : and the blow is given ,without warning of its approach. The sleek plausibilities of this Proclamation speak too truly of the artfulness of its a mthor, but Britons who like plain and honest language will no t be deceived by them. Again we say, LONG LIVE OUR QUEEN : MAY WE NEVER SEE TL E DAY WHEN HANOVER SENDS US HER SUCCESSOR 70 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. A Brother Chip," as he is pleased to term him self, of- wine, makes you the medium of some remarks on a note that appeared in the Globe a few days since, which brief note lie, in " the profundity of his sapience" and re dundancy of his phraseology, dignifies with the fine title of an " Effusion.' This note of mine contained merely a suggestion, at which I do not think any sensible man or loyal subject could reasonably take offence. It is quite clear, however, that this second traieller does not rank amongst the former, and it is very far from being clear 'to me that he can with propriety be classed with the latter. am surprised that a person who considers " the discoveries of science, the productions of geniu s , a n d the inv e ntions of *ft," (1!!) the only fit recreation for his great mind, should so far condescend as to notice such an affair. It is also a matter of wonder to me, when he considered the " Effu sion" so " imbecile," that he did not treat it with silent contempt : this would have been the more dignified course. It does not seem to have occurred to him that his notice wonld immortalize it. He is a being of such a superior order that this, which to ordinary men is but an ordinary affair, is to him a very different sort of a thing. He is accustorved to contemplate everything with the mind of a genius, th.rough the eye of an artist. He takes up my poor - note. No sooner does he touch the paper with his scientific fingers, than lo ! it is transformed into an " Effusion." He 'does not even remark the paper—perhaps he did not give liimself time to.comprehend the evident burlesque applica ection of Earl Grey's memorable expression, " What would he be at ?" He surely would not take so much trouble for the sole purpose of applying epithets to me ? Ho does not refuse to wish health, happiness, and long life to our intmesting young Queen. It does not distinctly appear that lie will refuse to do so, even on his unworthy legs. No ; here lies the point :—Like a certain valiant knight, this second traveller will do nothing on compulsion. He will play " second fiddle" to no member of the body at which the sneers. The fact is, he is not a mere traveller ; he is a " principal." I beg to assure you, Sir, that I re gret that you should be troubled with such an affair. As far as I ani concerned, it is ended ; and I trust you will not deny me tile privilege of returning his epithets through the same channel they were sent, there being no demand Tor such comnooditie s amongst my connection. I dare say 'he does a good deal in that line, and may soon quit them. Should he not succeed in this, however, he cannot apply them more a p propr i ately than to himself —they fit exactly. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, July 17, 1837. A TRAVELLER. The ordinary meeting of th e H ort i cu l tura l S oc i ety was held yesterday aft erno' on Dr. Hender son , V.P. , i n t h e Cinkir. The exhibition of specimens was il very scanty, ow i ng to n -the recent show at the garde ns an t the weather. Mr. Dunsford, gardenere ufavourabl e s t a t e o f to Baron Di ras d a l e , exhiNted a valuable collection, Includingth e e e P e a e t v an. es t re b st i u s m d s u t r i latorio, or pitcher plant, in high perf ect i on ; e i duin, orchideous plant, containing fifteen fl very btiab perfection of cultiv:\tion ; as al so several balsams. From in From Mr. Errington, gardener to Sir P. G. Egerton, was exhibited two fine dishes of peache s, and two of nectarines ll ; , and from Mr, Flannagan, gardener to Sir T. Hare, dishes of ;peaches, nectarines, and grapes. Silver Knightian medals \were awarded to the preceding exhibitors. There were several iplants exhibited from the gardens of she Society, but none were .of particular value. The balloon which ascended from the Surrey Zoo 3ogi. cal Gardens on Monday descended at ten minutes after •eigkt o'clock at Tilbury Marsh, two miles below Tilbury Fort, Ess 'A.. 26 miles from London, and a short diaance below •Gra;resend, on the farm of Mr. William Stevens, nearly on 7the same spot as the late Mr. Sadler and Captain Paget , desetmded about 25 years' since after their ascent from the Mennaid Tavern, at • Hackney. The time occupied from :leaving the gardens to the descent was one hour and five I,aninutes. The voyagers were Mr. W. 11. Green and Mr. E. Spencer. ICES OF ELECTIONS. The following enactments with reference to the respective periods allowed for the election of Members of Parliament for counties, cities, and boroughs, were not in any way al tered or interfered with by the Reform Act, the 75th clause of which enacted that all laws, statutes, and usages, then in force, touching the election of Members of Parliament, should remain in full operation, unless inconsistent with the provisions of the Act : couNTIEs. With regard to proclamations or notices of elections in counties, the 25th George 111., c. 84, s. 4, enacts that im mediately after the receipt of the writ the sheriff shall within two days after the receipt thereof, cause proclama tion where the ensuing election ought by law to be holden, of a special county court, to be there holden for the I purpose of such election only, Sunday excepted, not later, from the day of making such proclamation, than the 16th day, nor sooner than the 10th day ; and that he shall pro ceed in such election, at such special county court, in the same manner as if the said election was to be held at a county court, or at an adjourned county court, according to the law now in being." TOWNS AND CITIES BEING COUNTIES. The notice of election to be given in towns and cities being counties, is regulated by the 19th George 11., c. 28, which enacts, " That the sheriff or sheriffs shall forthwith, on the receipt of the writ, cause public notice to be given of the time and place of election, and shall proceed to election thereupon within the space of eight days next after that of his receipt of the said writ, and give three days' notice thereof at least, exclusive of the day of the writ, and the day of election." BO4OUGIIS. The practice with regard to boroughs depends upon the statute 7th and Bth of William 111., c. 25, s. 1. " Every officer to whom the execution of the writ belongs shall forth with, upon the- receipt of the same, make out the precept or precepts to each borough, town corporate, port, or place, within his jurisdiction, and within three days after the re ceipt of the said writ of election shall, by himself or proper agent, deliver, or cause to be delivered, such precept or precepts to the proper officer of every such borough, &c., to whom the execution of such precepts belong ; and every officer (having received the precept) shall endorse the day of his receipt thereof, in the presence of the party from whom he received it, and shall forthwith cause public notice to be given of the time and place of election, and shall proceed to election thereupon, within the space of eight days next after his receipt if the same precept, and give fmir days' notice at least of the day appointed for the election." CINQUE PORTS. This Act, shortly after its enactment, underwent an alte ration with regard to the Cinque Ports, by the 11th and 12th William 111., c. 2, which enacted, " That the proper officer of the Cinque Ports shall be allowed six days from the receipt of such writ for the delivery of the precept." SPECIAL NOTICES. By the Act 11th George 111., c. 55,5. .5. the officer shall cause public notice to be given within New Shoreham, Bramber, and Steyning, by fixing a notice on the market houses, or the doors of the churches of the said towns, of the day of election, and shall proceed to election within twelve days, and not less than eight days. By the 22d George 111., c. 31, s. 5, notice is to be given within Cricklade, Highworth, Malmesbury, Swindon, and Wootton Basset. By the 4th George HI., c. GO, s. 4, notice is to be given within Aylesbury, Great Missenden, Wendover, and Had denharn. And by the 11th George IV., and the last of William IV., c. 74, notice is to be given within East Retford, Work sop, Tuxford, and 011erton, in the same manner as is pre scribed by the 11th George 111., c. 55, for New Shoreham. In Scotland the Sheriff is to give not less than 10, nor more than 16, days' notice of all elections within Lis shire, 2d and 3d of William I V., c. 65, s. 23. Orkney is especi ally provided for by s. 31. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. Yesterday a meeting of electors resident in the neigh bourhood of Brentford assembled at the Three Cups Inn, in that town, for the purpose of enabling Mr. Hume to state his views in reference to the coming election for the county. Colonel LESTER was called to the chair. Mr. HUME proceeded to address the electors. He took a review of the circumstances connected with his iutroduc- tion to public life, and the line of policy which he had pur sued for years as a public man. He then glanced at the origin of his connection with the county of Middlesex, and said that if he were again returned to serve in Parliament, he would feel it his duty to vote for an extension of the suffrage to all householders—that he would again give his vote in favour of the Ballot—and that he also would en deavour to shorten the duration of Parliament, by limit ing the time to three years instead of seven. He would also vote for the abolition of Church -rates, as he con ceived that if the property of the Church were pro perly managed, it wou ld no t on l y b e su ffi c i ent to re pair the Aurches, but a considerable surplus would remain to be applied to useful purposes connected with the Church. [The Honourable Gentleman was occa sionally interrupted by one or two persons in the crowd, who, by the way, were cheered on by three or four females who were said to have been paid for doing so, by the exclamation, " What do you say about the Poor-law ?"] He would now come to the question relative to the Poor- law Amendment Act. He voted for that measure because the principle upon which it was based was this—that the poor, hard-working, industrious labourer, should not be robbed of his earnings in the payment of heavy rates, in order that the idle and dissolute might be fed. From the evidence that had been taken in reference to the operation of the Act, it was clearly established that it had worked well, for those who really deserved relief got it ; and many who heretofore looked to the overseer for subsistence, now sought employment, and by becoming industrious became better members of society.—(Hear.) But if the Poor-law Amendment Act were a bad law, the Tories were as much liable to censure for the passing of it as the Liberals, for it was brought into Parliament with the sanction of the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, and was supported in all its stages by the Tories. The Hon. Gentleman then alluded to the colour of a placard belonging to Messrs. Wood and Pownall—it was yellow. Such was the colour of the flag which a vessel that had disease and pestilence on board hung out.—( Laughter.) This was to give notice that she was to be avoided.—(A laugh.) A gentleman named HAMMOND, one of the Guardians of the poor of the parish of Brentford, stated a variety of facts to show the great benefit which had been conferred, n o t only upon society generally, but upon the poor in particu. la r , from the passing of the Poor-law Amendment Act. Resolutions declaratory of the confidence of the meeting in Messrs. Hume and Byng, and of the determination of the electors to support these gentlemen at the ensuing elec tion, were then agreed to ; and thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meeting separated. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. Yesterday evening there was a meeting held at the King's Arms, Palace-yard, of electors of the parish of St. Mar garet. The meeting was very numerously attended. Henry Warburton, Esq., was called to the chair amid enthusiastic cheers from all the persons assembled. He observed that it now rested with them, at the commencement of a new reign, to declare whether they preferred to be governed upon the principles of the Tories or the Whigs—whether, in short, they preferred to be ruled as the people of Hanover were about to be governed, er upon the principles of liberty. Mr. PATrrsoN proposed that Colonel Evans and Mr. Leader should be supported by the inhabitants of this parish, as the representatives for Westminster. The resolution was seconded by Colonel WIIILAN. Colonel EVANs then came forward, and was received with .loud acclamations. It was, he said, his boast, that whatever qualifications he possessed as a soldier had been devoted to the purposes of liberty. With respect to the accusation of his sanctioning flogging in the Legion, he re marked that lie could not controul what was done in infe rior courts-martial ; that he had always by precept and example endeavoured to lessen the amount of punishment, and when he had a controul, as in general courts-martial, he never had sanctioned flogging—he never permitted it—and never had corporal punishment been inflicted by him, al though life and d ath were in his hands for more than a year and a half. He believed, he- said, that the, persons who were now to be found surrounding his house and at tacking him were those who had been bribed to go abroad for the purpose of deserting to the enemy, who actually had deserted, and upon whom the only punishment that he had inflicted when they did return was sending them back to England, at the very time that they were liable to be shot as traitors and deserters. These persons were carrying about caricatures. He believed that Sir George Murray, who was a very cool and collected man, did not sanction the proceedings of his Committee in this respect ; but this he be gge d t o say, t h at un l ess Si r G eorge M urra y disavowed the conduct of his supporters he should disclaim his ac quaintance. u o t hose t anee. H ti e le coneluded, amid loud cheers, by calling tp hose w h o w i s h ed to see the D u k e o f C um b er l a nd, the h ea d of Tory party, upon the throne, to vote against him. - Mr. LEADER next addressed the meeting. He entered into a very able statement to show the reasons which the Liberal party bad now to calculate upon their success at the next election, and to prove that many circumstances that were unfavourable to them on the last occasion had now ceased to operate. Sir Francis Burdett was defunct in Westmin ster ; the Tories, who had influenced the shopkeepers, were engaged elsewhere ; and the court party, that had been hostile was now favourable to them. The address of Mr. Leader was received with the marked approbation of the meeting. The resolution proposed by Mr. Pattison was adcpted, after which the assembly of electors separated. THE SUN, LON.DON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1837. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE. Parliament being now actually dissolved, and writs for a new Parliament issuNi, the constituencies are beginning to exert their best energies in earnest. Meetings, general and local are taking place in all directions. No less than four local meetings were held last evening in the borough of Marylebonc. A district meeting of Sir S. Whalley and Mr. Young's friends was held last night the Noah's 'Ark, Upper Usson street, Lisson-grove, where Mr. Young attended, an d ex plained his political principles. He had always advocated those measures which were understood to constitue tl,e Re former's creed—Vote by Ballot, short Parliaments, Church Reform, abolition of Church-rates, and of all sinecures and pensions not being the reward of actual services performed, the removal of the bishops from the House of Lords, and the doing away with the practice of vote by proxy. He was also opposed to the centralization principle established by the Poor-law Amendment Act. In answer to a question from an elector, Mr. Young admitted that he was a member of the Polish Refugees' Society, and had contributed articles to a periodical esta blished for the purpose of advocating the regeneration of Poland, and the suppression of the despotic power of Rus sia. —(Loud cheers.) A resolution was then moved, pledging the electors pie sent to support Sir S. Whalley and Mr. Ycun; at tLe hustings. A kr. ROGERS entreated the meeting to pause before they agreed to this resolution. He approved of Mr. Young's political principles, and believed him to be well qualified to represent the borough ; but it was a fact known to all that Air. Hall had many staunch supporters, and that that gentlemac was in the field first. If the Reform ers should unfortunately be divided the enemy would in evitably come in. He thought that there was no possi bility of preventing that result unless they at once united the name of Hall with that of Sir Samuel Whalley.— (Here the meeting vociferated " No, no, it wont do.") Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY then entered the room, and addressed the meeting at considerable length, pressing upon them not to make the present election a question of " men," but of " measures." The resolution to support Whalley and Young was hcn put and carried with acclamation. KENTISH TOWN. A meeting of Whalley and Young's friends was also held last evening at the Assembly Rooms, Kentish -town, at which those two honourable candidates attended, and after entering into a full explanation of their political prin ciples, a resolution was unanimously agreed to, pledging the persons present to support those gentlemen at the ensuing election. A highly respectable meeting of the electors resident in the St. Mary's district of the borough, was held last night at the Bazaar Tavern, King-street, Portman-square, Mr. Alfred Daniell in the chair. Mr. Hall attended and was very favourably received, as he was also at a previous meeting held at Chenies' Rooms, Foley -street. PERTHSHIRE ELECTION. 0,1 Friday last a public meeting of the County Consti tuency, convened by the Hon. Fox Maule, for the purpose of explaining his political sentiments, was held in the Salu tation-hall, Perth. The meeting was attended by electors from every district of the county, to the number of between four and five hundred, and the greatest enthusiasm was dis played during the interesting and able address which the Hon. Member delivered to his constituents. About half past two o'clock Mr. Manic entered the Hall, attended by George Stewart, Esq., Grandtully, Chairman of his Com mittee ; Captain Aytoun, Glendovan ; the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird ; Mr. Stewart, jun., of Ardvoirlich, &c. &c., and was received with several rounds of cheering. Mr. G. STEWART was called to the Chair. Mr. MALTLE rose amidst loud cheering, and spoke nearly as follows :—Gentlemen, Queen Victoria has been taught to know that the surest basis upon which her throne can stand is the affection of a free people. She has cast herself with confidence on her people ; and I hope that, by their first act, they will return that confidence in the same generous spirit in which it has been tendered. —(Loud cheering.) - Let the Reformers of the empire remember that a young and maiden Queen appeals to them for their support, which, as men, and as good subjects, they surely will not refuse.—(Cheers.) Reformers have been branded by their enemies as deficient in respect to their Sovereign ; but I trust their conduct in the coming struggle will show that their principles are mot only compatible with, but eminently favourable to, the development of the most affectionate loyalty. I have always stood before you as a Reformer, willing to renovate, but not to destroy. It has ever appeared to me that the Tories, by their obstinate re sistance to the just claims of the people, are more likely to endanger the safety of the State than those who support timely and considerate concession. For the last ttn.‘oetifSoltireelm,sier sions of Parliame n t th e cause o f R e f orm h as not progressed so rapidly as the coun t r y cou ld h ave d es i re d . The 'cause of this delay is ob v i ous , b ut t h e const i tuency of the kingdom 1 1,la ) ff a so s t • r e et islte , ction the p e l i e : 0 • 0 p p dl o oe ss u • e ba r tp, p t arte, apply dhasvo imn t the ge e vev remedy, ialrartied cold i the R : Bill, their l a b our was at an end. Gentlemen,if you are not tired of Reform—if you do not wish to revert to the ancient regime of the Tories—l call upon you to aid in bringing up the child of Reform which you called into exist ence to the strength and maturity of manhood ; for, if the infant be deserted, it must perish.—(Cheers.) —lf you fail in your duty now, the Queen may be under the painful necessity of calling to her Councils the very men whom the people have accounted as being their enemies.—(Cheers.) The question most deeply interesting at present, and on which the Tories rest their hopes of success in the coming elections is the Church. In the western district of this county I have found the Queen the Government, and my self, stigmatized as the enemies of the Church ; indeed, my opponents, their folly outrunning their discretion, have branded us as united Papists.—(Cheers and laughter.) It may be absurd to refute these calumnies here, althouli iu Devonshire such stories might b e cre dit e d.—(Laugliiir.) None of the parties accused have any intention to advance the Catholic religion. By doing so the Queen would . vio late the oeth which she has recently taken, and lose her throne—the Ministers would lose the confidenc e of the country—and I, while outraging my own convictions, would lose my own self-respect and the good opinion of the people of Perthshire.—( Loud cheers.) The principal topic of interest relating to the Church of Scotland •is that of Church extension. In 183.5 the General Assembly applied to Parliament for the means of extending religious instruc tion among ;the people, and the Government, as in duty bound, entertained an overture thus formally made. I hold it to be the duty of the Government to provide religious instruction, and other education, gratuitously for the poor. It was necessary, however, before acceding to the request that information as to the alleged destitution should be ob tained, and with that view a commission of inquiry was is sued. Without waiting for a further report than that which related to the city of Edinburgh, the Tories, veiling their political designs under a zeal for religion, recently insisted that a grant should be made ; and, because Lord Mel bourne refused to comply, b7anded him as an enemy of the Church. I hope that the Liberal candidates throughout Scotland will fearlessly explain the real state of the question and the good sense of the people will see though the flimsy hypocrisy of the Tories on this subject. I find from a speech of Lord Melbourne's, delivered the other day in the House of Lords, that funds arc to be provided for the pur pose of extending the usefulness of the church in Scotland. " I am willing," said his Lordship, " to do all I can to ex tend the benefits of the established system. There are cer tain funds in Scotland of considerable magnitude at the disposal of the Crown. These, and even more than these, I am willing to devote to the extension of church accommo dation, only it is necessary that a case of necessity be clearly made out before I can be justified in so doing. Now, these revenues, known by the name of Bishop's rents and teinds, belonged originally to the Catholics, and were afterwards enjoyed by the episcopal church, when prelacy was established in Scotland, and were subsequently for feited to the Crown on its abolition. They then became part of the hereditary revenues of the Crown, and formed part of the consolidated fund, but they now revert to her Majesty. The Queen, at the suggestion of her responsible advisers, is willing to surrender these revenues, to be applied in aid of religious instruction in Scotland, where it may be proved to be necessary, without calling upon Dissenters to contribute anything, or interfering with the public property of the nation. You have, therefore, this beneficent act, per fortned in a manner which, while it does not infringe on the rights of any one, benefits the Church ; and I trust that it will be viewed as a complete contradiction to the false ca lumnies with which the Government has been assailed on this point._(Cheers.) I wish now to notice the policy of the Ministry towards Ireland. We have seen the great be nefits which have resulted on this side the channel from Municipal Reform, and there is no doubt that similar ad vantages would be derived by the Irish, were it granted to them. Yet, strange to say, whether from a feeling of real alarm, or from envy at the good Consequences of popular local government in England and Scotl an d, t h e T o ries have, with the utmost inveteracy, for thr ee success i ve sessions, resisted this concession ! They have a l so i n the sonic spirit resisted the settlement of the Irish tithe question. By the government proposal the Xigy would have been secured in 75 per cent. of every 1004 of their le&al income, and enabled peaceably to attend to instructing their flocks ; but as the , case now stands, no clergyman there can call his income his own. We are now trying, by means of education, to infuse the light of Protestantism. We are educating : n , brotherly union the rising generation in the national schools, where portions of the Bible are read ; and is it not reasonable to suppose that bein g instructed in part, th e y will become desirous to know th e whole ?—(Loud cheers.) They arc learning to read, and they will also learn to reason. Give them the power of reasoning, and Pro testantism—if it be, as I firmly believe it to be, the truth—must eventually triumph. On these grounds I sup ported the Tithe Bill, and approved of the system of Irish education. With regard to the church of Scotland— though I . believe it to be the best of all establishments, as it possesses the most working and the most moderately paid clergy—there is still one part of its constitution of which I disapprove. The subject to which I allude is that of Church patronage. I hold patronage to be inconsistent with the intentions of the founders of the Presbyterian Church, and a means of creating disunions and heart-- burnings in parishes. Where I have been consulted in the disposal of the Church patronage, the wishes of the people, fairly and properly expressed, were my guidance.—(Much cheering.) I have stated my opinions openly and candidly ; and I would now beg to address a few words to you on the approaching election. Differing in political sentiments from Sir George Murray, I opposed him in this county, and would do so again, but we must all feel respect for that dis. tinguished man ; and to his merits as a soldier and a gen leman, I will ever be ready to pay a just t r ib u t e . My opinion of Sir George Murray always was, that he was more liberal than he cared to acknowledge ; and I re gretted to see so able an individual, involved in the tram mels of his party, advocating so bad a cause. I hold his opinions to be very different from Lord Stormont's—in comparison with whom Sir George may almost be termed a Radical.—(Great laughter.) From my own observa tion of Lord Stormont's acts in the House of Com mons, he is one of the most ultra of his party. He uni formly opposed the Reform Bill in all its stages, and has continued to resist every popular measure. As a poli tician, he is honest and consistent ; but he is of a bad school. To use his own words, he is, "in public and pri vate, always the same man." A pamphlet has just been put into my hands, entitled " Senatorial Traits of Lord Viscount Stormont, reflected from the Mirror of Parlia ment." In this publication Lord Stormont shows you, from his own words, the course of Parliamentary conduct which you may expect from him. When called upon by Sir James Graham —now, alas! no longer an advocate of Reform—t o say w h at were t h e i ntentions of those who joined in the various and vexatious motions for adjournment of the Reform question in the Parliament, previous to June, 1831,. these were his remarkable words :—" I have no hesitation in declaring that I was conscious, when I gave that vote, that I was stopping the business of the House.." Can any farther proof be wanting to convince the electors of this county that Lord Stormont is prepared to carry his factious opposition even to the extremity of involving in confusion the public affairs of this country, rather than permit the feelings and the wishes of the people to have due weight and consideration ?—(Cheers.) There are many other points in which he is a worse can didate than Sir George Murray. Lord Stormont, from the first moment he defended the rotten walls of Ald borough, has stubbornly resisted every measure of Reform, and he will continue to do so, for he is attached to the most ultra Tory party in the country. Consider well, gentle men, the circumstances of the times, and do not regard this as a mere personal question. Do not view it as a contest between " Lord Stormont" and " Mr. Maule," but make it one of principle. I would beg of every elector when he goes to the poll, or pledges himself to either candidate, to remember that the franchise is not his own, but that he holds it for the behoof of every individual in the State. He is merely a trustee for others, and in that character he must act. I may ask, what would be thought of the trus tee of one unable to act for himself, who discharged his duty with reference to his own personal advantage, and not for the benefit of the minor, or him from whom lie holds the trust?—(Cheers.) The elector stands in this situation to the non-elector. Let him give his vote for the general interests of the community ; not from intimidation, or through fear, or hope of favour, but honourably and freely as it was given him. (Loud cheers.) When the day of polling arrives, I trust that you will remem ber that you are giving your votes either for reform, or for the perpetuation of the dead lock which has hitherto retarded it. Remember also, that if Reform ers do not remain united, their fate will be that of the bundle of rods, which, when taken separately, are easily broken to pieces.—(Cheers.) If you fail in supporting your Queen, do net blame her Majesty, nor her Ministers, if they are unable to carry forward those improvements in our institutions to which you still look forward. Your Sovereign has declared her reliance upon her people. If the people prove untrue to themselves, on themselves will rest the disappointment ; but I cannot believe in any such results. I look forward to a co-operation between the So vereign and the people, which must be productive of the greatest national benefits.—(The Hon. Member sat down amidst great cheering.) The CHAIRMAN then stated that Mr. Mauls was quite prepared to answer any question which might be put. No question, however, was asked. Mr. RITCHIE, Ilill of Rutliven, said these were not times to be idle ; and every elector should exert himself to the uttermost in the coming struggle. The Tories, at the last election, had made many pretensions to be Reformers, but the electors having been deceived by Sir G. Murray, would not trust further in his promises, and he was rejected. They should put no confidence whatever in the professions of their opponents, but judge entirely by the past conduct of the candidates, as the only method of knowing what they might expect for the future. This rule would never lead to error. He would urge upon them the necessity of union and energy in support of Mr. Manic, who had so ably and satisfactorily discharged the duties of their repre sentative.—(Cheers.)_ The resolution having been seconded by Mr. John Gra ham, farmer, Cordon, was read by the Chairman, and car ried by acclamation. Th e Hon. ARTHUR KINNAIRD proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, Mr. Stewart, for his conduct in the chair, which was responded to with loud cheers. Mr. MAur.E begged to return his best thanks to the meeting for the reception he had met with ; and to assure them that it would stimulate his exertions on this occasion to secure the triumph of their cause.—(Loud cheers.) The meeting then dismissed, after giving three hearty cheers for the Queen, for her Majesty's Ministers, for the Hon. Fox Maule, and for the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird. PREPARATIONS for the GENERAL ELiCTION. liutt.—The two Liberal candidates, Messrs. Hutt and Wood, made a public entry here yesterday. We do not remember,to have witnessed, on any similar occasion, such an outbreak of popular enthusiasm as was displayed. The disgraceful misrepresentations of the Tories on the subject of the. Poor-law, had evidently failed in producing the de sired impression. In the faces of the assembled thousands no other feeling was discernible than. respect for the two candidates, and zeal for the Liberal cause.—Hull Observer. On Thursday there was a meeting of Conservatives to meet Sir Walter James and Mr. Wilberforce. In reference to the public appearance of these gentlemen, the Hull Observer says—Whatever may be said of the Tories gene rally, it must be admitted that they are great conformers ; they now disdain not, to bow to and court the " rabble," as they were once in the habit of calling them. This was ex emplified last evening, when, shortly before eight o'clock, Sir Walter James and Mr. Wilberforce, with Messrs. C. Bolton, Codd, Barkworth, and others, made their appear ance in a blue balcony, rigg ed out for th e occas i on i n f ront of the C ross K eys, i n the Market-pl a c e . The candidates, with their introducer, seemed full of exuberant glee, as was apparent from Mr. C. Bolton clipping the Queen's English more than is his wont, and in the vehement action of the Baronet, from the " potations deep" which they had taken to fortify them for so novel a situation. BRIGHTON. —NV e are most gratified to have it in our power to announce that the prospects of the total success of Reform in this borough are most cheering. The Tories, having little or no hold on the affections of the people, are endeavouring to attract them by the distribution 'of " beer tickets ;" and the Radicals are doing themselves honour, and vindicating their character as honest politicians, by throwing off the control of their leaders, now that they have discovered that the object of those leaders is to sacri fice the principles. of Reform to their personal enmities. ' • • Mr. Elliot i s re p or t e d t o h ave sa id if h e had only 20 supporters he would give them an opportunity of recording their franchise. We however doubt the cor rectness of that report ; and we are quite sure that if lie so expressed himself, it was under the influence of great ex citement and without due consideration. . • W e do declare most conscientiously that we would vote for our greatest personal enemy if he were a supporter of the Queen's Government, rather than admit Sir Adolphus Dalrymple to take his scat for Brighton, and sec the votes of our most worthy and indefatigable Member, Captain Pechell, neutralised, and his influence with the Ministry des troyed. --Brighton Guardian. LINCOLN.—The tocsin of intimidation has again sound, from the Tory camp in Lincoln ; and the votes of all who dare to record them contrary to the views of the, Washing_ borough, Sudbrooke, and Minster-yard clique, are to be scrupulously remembered after the election, 'We had hoped that this scandalous and unprincipled mode of re vengeful dealing would, at least, have been limited to, the few fanatics who fancy they have a prescriptive right to form the oligarchy of the town ; but we are equally surprised and indignant to find that threats have been held out of a general observance of the system, au4 thny upon the publication of the poll-book the names w iil he dissected ; and the parties marked for Tory support, or persecution, according tc their votes. Handbills of the most violent, mendacious, and scurrilous character have issu e d from the Tory press, which boldly acknowledge that such a course will be pursued ; and threats are h ld over the heads of all who refuse to vote for the Tory candi dates: We arc happy to know, however, that so far from this contemplated persecution having the desired effect, it has had the very reverse ; that men who had hesitated in giving the Liberals their votes, but who have too much honesty to sacrifice an important principle for the custom of one or two unprincipled aristocrats, have now come forward to support those candidates who will shield themselves and their fellow tradesmen from a persecution for conscience sake, by the advocacy of the ballot. WILTS, NORTH. —The Hon. P. P. Bouverie has an nounced himself a candidate on the Liberal interest, and has the best wishes of every► lover of his country fur his suc cess. A requisition, very numerously signed, has been presented by the electors of North Wilts, to Mr. Paul Me thuen, calling upon him to put up for their division of the county, in opposition to Sir Francis Burdett. WEST KENT.—We are rejoiced to learn that indications have lately been manifested in this division of an improved and more energetic spirit. A correspondent assures us that even in this agricultural district, where ignorance is too fre quently observable, and a consequent indifference to the exercise of political rights exists, that many honest electors are up and stirring, and that others are prepared to buckle on their armour and go forth to beat down under their feet the accursed evils which Toryism inflicts wherever it rears its oppressive standard. The puerile presumption of Filmer in challenging Mr. Hodges, the old and deservedly respected Member, has disgusted all right-thinking men who are not blinded by party spirit, and we believe that many electors who did not concur with this useful, able, and honest representative in all his political views will, neverthe less support him in preference to Filmer. If this youth were returned, West Kent would have the unenviable honour of sending to Parliament, as their representatives, two youngsters possessing no single qualification as legisla tors, and devoid, if not of every particle of political know ledge, at least of that matured wisdom which a prudent and thinking constituency would look for in the men to whom they were about confiding the representative trust. TOTNES.—The cause of Reform will - -be triumphant. Lord Seymour and Mr. Parrott are already virtually re turned. Mr. Parrott is sure of polling fifty a-head of Sir George Adams, Knt., in spite of tricks and intimidation. SCOTLAND. ORKNEY AND SHETLAND.—'nomas Balfour, Esq., the present representative, does not come forward at the next election. The cause that has led to this step, we under stand, is entirely of a private nature. KILMARNOCK.—Dr. Bowring's reception at Kilmarnock has been enthusiastic in the extreme. There is no doubt that he will have a majority, however severe the contest may be ; but the contest is now become one between the High Church and the Liberal party—the general question of political Reform being wholly merged in that between religious bigotry and religious tolerance. IRELAND. We shall to-day go more into detail than we have re cently indulged in. The Pilot—from the columns of which patriotic Journal we derive the subjoined valuable informa tion —assures us that not a single Reformer who sat in the last Parliament will be displaced by a Tory. Our well-in formed and spirited Contemporary asks, " what increased quota of representation shall we contribute to the stock of Constitutional liberty in the empire ?"—and then adds, " the answer to that will be determined by the number of Reform Members to be returned where Conservatives now repre sent, for we defy the Tories to show the least rational grounds for supposing the possibility of a Tory replacing a Liberal in any part of Ireland." DUBLIN.—Two Tories sit for this city. There is no place about which the Tories talk bigger, or boast with _more os. tentatious semblance of confidence about the certainty of the Corruptionists being returned again. It is but an " ostentatious semblance," for we assert positively, and we know it from a peep behind the enemy's camp, as well as a full knowledge of the resources in our own, that there is not a spot in Ireland, if a manly stand is made by two Re formers, where victory is easier or more secure. Hamilton and West, if they find a real contest certain, will not " come to the scratch." Neither West nor Hamilton have money to spare. The Liberals will GAIN TWO in the city of Dublin. LONGFORD.—We. are happy to find the good work is confided to Messrs. White. The contest on their part will determined--aye, and successfully—notwithstanding Lady Forbes has come over to influence her tenantry for the Tories. With confidence we assert—added to the Libe ral majority—Longford TWO ! Drogheda will give one, and Athlone one also. Mr. Benvenuto Mathew has not offered himself. There is no Tory candidate ; but with or without a contest, Athlone gives liberty one vote. QUEEN'S COUNTY.—The Liberal Club have determined to start but one Liberal candidate, not to give Coote oppo sition, it being perfectly understood that Coote does not coalesce with Vesey. Under other circumstances, the county could and would return two Liberals. Queen's County will now return one. So will Cork County, as there will now be no Feargus O'Connor up to betray the county to his relation. We can now add a most p;ratitying addition to our list of additions—it is Carlow. We are assured two will be added to our Reformers in that county and borough. CARRICIFERGUS.—We shall get one there. We are in the secret, but cannot yet disclose the candidate. But this we can assert—Carrickfergus will drive out the Tory and elect a distinguished Liberal. We come to the black North, and never were more delighted than to find, from undoubted authority, that the two odious Tories, Dunbar and Emmerson Tennent, will be kicked out there, and Mr. Gibson and Lord Belfast will be returned. Here are two Reformers added for Belfast. All these we class as certain. Sligo Borough, too, will return one, and turn out paltry Martin. So, how stands the list ? Dublin City .... 2 Longford County 1 2 Athlone 1 Drogheda 1 Cork County Carlow 2 Queen's County Carrickfergus Belfast Sligo Borough -14 These are independent of hopeful or doubtful, of whom there are some that may hit ; among these are Kinsale, Derry, Sligo, Coleraine„ and Downpatrick, and one better than doubtful may be called hopeful. We mean--- POUTARLINGTON.—Our readers recollect the Tory lie about this borough. The unjust domination of landlord being no longer to be exercised in Portarlington_and every tenant being now permitted to vote "as he pleases," and we all know how it will please the majority to vote—the borough is open, and we see nothing against the return of a Liberal. LOUTH.—We have great pleasure in stating that a gen tleman distinguished by every qualification suitable to the trust, and who might long since have been a Member of Parliament—we allude to Mr. Henry Chester—has con sented to be the colleague- of M. Bellew, Esq., one of the present excellent Representatives of Louth. CARLOW BOROUGH.—According to the LeAster Inde pendent, Mr. Maule's canvass in the Borough of Carlow has been very successful. lie proceeded on his canvass on Wednesday, accompanied by Messrs. Vigors, M.P., Ash ton Ycatcs, Thomas Haughton, J. P., and other gentle men. He met scarcely a refusal, even from those who hitherto had stood on the Tory side. There is a rumour afloat that Colonel. Bruen will abandon the county, leaving the Liberals a walk. over, and stand for the borough. He has no chance in either. Mr. Maule renewed his canvass on Thursday, and with the same success. BOROUGH OF YOUGHAL.—No doubt is entertained of Mr. Howard's return, the conditional promises to Mr. Nichol having been all revoked since the publication in this journal of the former gentleman's address. CITY OF Cotta.—A determination to vote for Mr. Cal laghan, and whatever other Liberal candidate may be selected. Coax CouNTY.—Nine-tentlis of the landlords of the county are either hostile or indifferent to Mr. Longfield. COUNTY TIPPERARY.— The Conservatives will hazard a contest in this county, and Baron Pennefather's son is the champion selected by them. SLIGO BOROUGII.—On Saturday se'nnight, Mr. John Patrick• Somers, the Liberal candidate for the borough, made his first public entry into the town. The Champion says there is no doubt of his return, and that the borough will be free from Mr. John Martin. SLIGO . COUNTY.-111C Chang)/On calls upon the inde pendent electors to bold themselves disengaged, as it is now certain that. a desperate effort will be made to rescue Sligo from the Tories. Roscomauorc.—D. H. Ferrell, of Beechwood, Esq., Fitzsternen French, Esq., M.P., and two other gentlemen have each subscribed 1001. to the election fund . for this county. This feed amounts to 1,0001. Capt. Taaffe and all persons connected with him in the collection of the stamp revenue in the counties of Longford and Roscommon have received positive orders from London not to interfere in the ensuing election. ATIILONE.—On Monday se'nnight, a m ee ti ng of the Liberal electors of Athlone was held in the Court-house, for the purpose of making all the necessary arrangements in order to secure the return of Mr. John O'Connell for that borough, Patrick Hanly, Esq , was in the Chair. Se veral excellent resolutions were adopted. DnanY.—Dawso n and Ferguson are struggling for vic tory in. Derry. Uh ! shame upon one of the most Liberal constituencies in Ireland, or who, at least, profe3s to he so, that a real Rei.Ormer is not in the field ; and Litton, by the aid of the execrable Beresfords, is contesting the ground inch by inch, with Leslie Alexander at Coleraine. But wherefore is it that two Liberal candidates arc not in the field 'to contest the county of Londonderry Leslie Alexander himself, being, as he now is, the pro prietor of the Ponsonby e.,tate, could return one Member. by joining the Liberal. party. And v.iil he be •me c t enough to allow the Bilx.-::.fords to insult him in. Coleraine, and not thresh them in the county ? Cap tain Jones has not an acre of ground in Londonderry ; he is the nominee of the Beresfords, and the Marquis of Waterford has declared that he will not give a shilling to maintain a contest. Bateson, who was drained pretty well during the last struggle with Lord Stafford, then Sir John Byng, would go back to the counts• Down if opposed ; but we must returnto this subject, and expose the trimming and treachery by which the Govern ment undermines itself. Donegal we must also notice. Is it not humiliating that a constituency that has but to will it, and Hayes and Canolly retire to domestic life, should make no exertion to reign over the bitterest foes of Ireland ? • KILKENNY.—We regret to learn that W. F. Finn, Esq., has intimated to the electors of Kilkenny that it is not his intention agaic to . collie forward as candidate. This an nouncement was made by him at a public meeting held on Friday. The Hon. Gentleman's reasons are not set forth. It is expected that Major Bryan will stand. DUNDALK.—There is only one candidate for Dundalk, and Mr. Reddington is the man. Of his return there can not be the least doubt, and we again pledge ourselves that the constituency will find in him a representative worthy of the fame of which they have so much reason to be proud. THE THEATRES. KING'S. Marliani's opera, entitled Ildeio - nda, was produced here for the first time last night. The weight of the music falls upon Grisi, who, as the heroine, went through her part with a degree of energy and passion unusually admirable even in her, from whom experience has led us to expect on all occasions the best possible ; indeed, never has this truly char Ming and express►ve singer more distinguished herself. In the air commencing " Ah si fugga," in the first act, after several b.us of staccato, she introdt:ced an upward chromatic run terminating in a shake, producing altogether one of the prettiest effects we ever heard ; the delicacy also with which she sung this aria, will make it very popular in her hands. The concluding scene, in which her lover, condemned to death, is restored to her, was another brilliant and crowning effort. Rubini has a part well suited to him, for where tenderness and devoted love are to be portrayed, who shalt compare with him ? Lablache, whom we were happy to see looking so well, has the principal portion of his music in the first act, and did the most for a part which does not afford much scope for his great powers. Nearly the same remark applies to Tamburini ; we may be quite sure that whatever he undertakes he will execute in a style of first rate excellence, and it must be aivatter of regret when ever his part is not sufficiently prominent to call forth all his talent. Her Majesty attended the theatre privately, and occupied her usual seat behind the curtain in the Duchess of Kent's box. Her presence, however, having been ascertained at the close of the first act, loud and con tinued shouts of " The Queen, the Queen !" proceeded a number of persons in the pit, accompanied by unremit ting applause for several minutes. Her Majesty being evidently disinclined to present herself, Costa gave the signal from the orchestra to commence the second act ; but the music being drowned in the pertinacious shouts, the Quacn at length rose, and, placing herself in the centre of the box, curtsied repeatedly with most becoming grace to all parts of the house, while the band played the na tion:d anthem. At the end of the third act the cheering was renewed, when her Majesty again came forward anti saluted the audience previous to her departure. SURREY. A new drama was produced here last night, entitled The Wanderiii„a Tribes ;or The Heir of Mowbray. The story is rather antiquated, and may possibly be found in the now neglected tomes of Lane and Newman. There are seve ral characters which aid the under current of the plot, filled by Yates, as a black footman, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, as a gipsy girl, &c. The piece h as ev id en tl y b een measured for the Adelphi company ; and if it did not fit so exactly as was intended the fault was rather with the wearers than with the cutter-out. Mrs. Yates had a scene, when, as the broken hearted girl, she returns, asking only to die at her father's hearth, in which she was as usual effective ; but, on the whole, was not so much so as see have before seen her. 0. Smith, as a thorough-paced stony-hearted gipsy vaga bond did it to the life ; but John Reeve, beyond his dancing and singing was sadly forgetful of his author. The piece, which is from the pen of Mr. Leman Rede, was on the whole very favourably received. INUNDATION AT BALTIMORE. (From New York papers received to the 26th ult.) By far the most destructive calamity with which the city of Baltimore has ever been visited has just occurred. The heavy showers of rain which recently descended caused a sudden and extraordinary rise of the waters of Jones's Falls, tearing up the mill-dams and wooden bridges which cross the upper parts of that stream, and bringing them down against the stone bridges within the city limits. The arches of the latter being thus obstructed and rapidly choked IT by the timber, plank, and other wooden fragments swept away from above the waters, rose with a fearful rapidity about one o'clock in the morning, spreading over a large space of the lower parts of the city to a greater or less height, and doing most extensive injury, as well to those districts as to the im proved property building on each side of the Falls. The loss was not, we regret to say, confined to property only ; number of lives were also lost, including, among other cases, a whole family of five persons—father, mother, and three children—who were awakened from their sleep at a mo ment's warning - to meet a simultaneous death. They were a German family named Weist. The first bridge of any con sequence over the Falls is about two miles from the city, where the road crosses the stream at the first turnpike gate. The gate-keeper, roused by the noise of the waters, left his house with his family and immediately awakened the occupants of three frame dwellings adjoining his own. He had scarcely succeded in getting all the families out before the bridge was swept off, carrying with it the four dwellings. At the Lanvale cotton factory much damage was done by the rise of the water, and the mill-dam swept away.' At Centre-street the falls take a somewhat abrupt turn, and here the work of devastation began to assume its most serious aspect. The large wooden bridge recently erected here was swept off entirely. The torrent here left its accustomed . bed, and coming down in a direct line over the. wall which ordinarily confines it, forced its way through some small tenements on the north side of Centre -street, and thence directly across the street into the distillery pre mises of Messrs. White and Sons. Considerable damage was done to the works, and some of the numerous buildings were prostrated, 'but the greatest items of loss, we learn, are in the live stock, no less than thirty to forty valuable horses, and fifty to sixty cows, having been drowned. The waters rose to .the floors of the second stories, and in the Falls the flood was here about twenty feet above its bed. The waters from Centre-street spread themselves over the low grounds as far west as Calvert -street, inundating all that part of Cie city. North-street was under water front Centre-street to very near Lexington -street. Holliday street was inundated from , Centre-street to near Orange alley. Bath-street was under water from Calvert-street to the Falls. The bridge at this point was curled away, and the banks of both sides swept. In Bath -street, near Holli day, a large mass of lumber, &c., collected, which caused the water to sweep away the fronts of the houses adjacent. At the corner of Bath and North streets the water•was six or seven feet high. The bridge at Pleasant-street was car ried away. In Harrison-street the water was about eight feet deep, and swept along with resistless fury. An im mense quantity of timber and fragments of bridges, which came down the stream, collected at Baltimore-street bridge, and so choked up the arches that the water rose to within a few feet of the pavement. About four o'clock the accumu lation became so great that the structure was unable t o resist the tremendous pressure against it, and a p ort i on of the upper side of the centre pier gave way and f e ll. into the distance of six or eight feet from the edge, carrying away the whole of the stone parapet and iron railing. The foot-bridge leading from the • Bazaar in Harrisson street, across the Falls to front-street, was swept away in the early part of the freshet. Most of the benches, blocks, & c ., in the market-house were carried off. On both sides of Market space all the stores were tilled with water, and large quantities of merchandise injured. In Second-street from Frederick -street to the Falls all the cellars and stores were inundated, and much injury done. The stein: bridge at Pratt-street, being below all The wooden structures which were carried away, and being composed of three arches, intercepted everything brought down by the cur rent, until an immense mass, consisting of fragments of mill-dams, bridges, fences, sheds, &c., was piled up arminst it. Like the stone bridge above it could not resist din im mense pressure, and nearly one-half of the structure gave way and fell. Un the eastern side of the Falls, except on the immediate margin of the stream, but comparatively little damage was sustained. A number of instance of providential escapes are related, which we have not now time to insert—one of them was the case of a boy, five Years of age, who was discovered floating on a bow, cud was rescued from the flood. The steward of l o t l o a x , i h r o o r rn ou w g i l ii i ci A l almfiese-cheoottrityL.7. bas s taken. onlyt o r n w e hich the animal weighed 1401bs. Imo► American Paper.