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;PREPARATIONS FOR A GENERAL ELECTION. 14= 'COU V ii NTY OF STAFFORD.—An address of Colonel Anson informs "_tike the electors that the gallant Colonel is prepared to : 1 : it ke the field. Lord Ingestrie, we believe, is also ready for Nattion ; so that a warm struggle for the southern division of striffordshire may be expected.—Staifordshirc Advertise:. 130RODGI1 OF STAFFORD —Robert Farrand, Esq., has :Zolready announced to the electors of the borough th:lt he ''4. intends soliciting a renewal of their confidence. Captain 1 Chetwynd, it is well understood, will again offer himself.— 4Vlalordshi,c Advertiser. z.. 369.11.0UG11 OF :NEWCASTI.F.--t. Peel, Esq., has deter r:,ixiined not to offer himself again for the borough. On tom';' a !minted address appeared from Edmund Buck ';, ley, Esq., of Manchester, announcing his intention of be ' c , ariing a candidate.—Staprd.shire Advertiser. t. TAMW OR Til .—Captain E. H. A'Court, R.N., becomes 1 ia candidate in the room of the Right Hon. W. Y. Peel, , who r e ti res f rom ill h ea lth, a nd with Sir R. Peel will hence support the Tories. Captain A'Court is the brother of Lord Ileytesbury. Mr. Townshend will offer in the Liberal interest. k 4 __ WORCESTERSHIRE.—An address has been issued by the A . ;, Hon. M ajor -G ene ral H. B. Lvgon, avowing his intention 4,,t once more seeking the suffrages of the electors of the • wes t ., - qm division of the county ; and Captain Wintin,Tton again offers in the Liberal interest. It is stated that an in ,. %itatien /Jag been addressed to Lord Deerhurst by the Conserva6ve party in this division to come forward as a ''' candidate, but that his Lordship declined ; and the ex !peetation appears now to be that the two present Mem ' hers will be re-elected without opposition. Mr. Cookes re 1, tires from East Worcestershire, and J. H. H. Foley, Esq., & offers himself as a candidate upon the same . interest.— ' Woreeste,• Ile;•ald. WORCESTER.—The " field" for the city, as yet declared, ,are Mr. Ba.lev and Mr. Robinson, the present Members, tland Colonel Davies, its late representative.—l•Vorcester Herald. g • , B A TH.—We have already heard of no. fewer than six . candidate, viz. :—Captain Scobell, Lord Powerscourt , - and Mr. Bruges, whose intentions have been already an nounced, H. W, Hobliouse, Esq., who is reported as dis posed to stand, and our present Members.—Bath Journal. STOKE- UPON -TRENT.—Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Bridges \..s have both issued addresses to the electors of this boroug h . q 1 1 DOVER.—There are three candidates for the representa tion of the town of Dover in the field—two Tories and one Liberal. The Tory candidates are Mr. Vector and Sir John Rae Reid, Bart., the sitting Members ; and the Li beral, Mr. lice, the late unsueceisful candidate. 7 --Dover Chronicle. ~. GLOUCESTER.—The Hon. Captain Berkeley, R.N., will ao•ain offer himself as a candidate for the representation of 1 ' this city. We learn that the Gallant Captain has resigned .- the command of the experimental squadron to which he vas ; recently appointed.—Gloucester Journal. WINCHESTER.—Mr. P. Mildmay, who represented Win -3' Chester in Parliament for nearly twenty years, and was un suoeessful at the last election, is again a candid ate. Mr. :, Ease, one of the present Members, comes forward again. Mr. B. Escott tomes forward as the other candidate, to supply the place of the Hon. W. B. Baring, who does not intend to offe: himself again.—Hampshire Chronicle. ... FALMOUTH.—Mr. Freshfield has issued an address to his constituents. We are are confidently assured that Sir Robert Rolfe will also again offer himself.—Fahnerttb Packet. LANCASTER.—Mr. Greg has arrived in Lancaster to canvass the borough.—Lancaster Guardian. SOUTH ESSEX.—Mr. G. Palmer, the present member, has addressed his constituents, soliciting their votes at the next election. PETERBOROUGH.—Mr. Surtees has personally canvassed the electors. Sir Robert Heron and Mr. Fazakerley are to stand for the borough. AYLESBURY.—This borough will have for its candidates Mr. Rickford and Mr. Winthrop Mackworth Praed (Co lonel Hanmer having retired) and Mr. T. B. Hobhouse and Dr. Lee. HIGH WYCOMBE.—CoIoneI Grey retires. The lion. R. Smith is a candidate. EXETER.—Sir W. Follett is again up, and Lord Cour tenay is spoken of on the Conservative side. Mr. Divett is also a candidate. OXFORD.—Mr. Maclean has announced his intention of again becoming a candidate for the representation of the city. Lord Norreys has offered himself as a candidate for :he county, and Mr. Harcourt's agent has, in the absence Jf that gentleman on the continent, declared Mr. Har court's intention again to present himself to tile electors. BRISTOL.—In the event of the retirement of Mr. Miles 1(one of the present Conservative Members), which is poken of, Mr. Kington will, it is said, start on the same nterest. Messrs. Bright and Bridges will, it is said, :omeforvrard as the Liberal candidates. Another Liberal :andidate spoken of is a Mr. Cox. SALFORD.—Mr. Brotherton has put out an address, in vhich he intimates his readiness to represent his present :onstituents in the next Parliament; and Mr. W. Garnett cave, at a recent meeting of the Salford Operative Associa ion, his consent to be put in nomination at the next election. SOUTHAMPTON.—The representation of this town will be :ontested, the Liberals having every chance of throwing )ut the present Members, in proof of which it need only le mentioned, that in a parish which has hitherto been :onSidered the stronghold of Toryism, a Church-rate was efused about a month since by an overwhelming majority. CHATHAM.—Mr. G. S. Byng, tile formerrepresentative Or this borough, will contest the election against Sir J. P. lieresford. LisKEARD.—Mr. Charles Buller will come forward again. Nonwicl4.—The Marquis of Douro, eldest son of the Juke of Wellington, stands here on the Tory side, in con :unction with Mr. Scarlett. Lord Stormont retires, SHOREHAM.—Sir C. M. Burrell and Mr. Goring have )oth addressed the electors, announcing themselves as toming forward again for their suffrages. The latter gentle man is a Reformer. WEST SOMERSET.—The present Members, E. A. San 'ord and C. J. K. Tyn i te, Esqrs., will again offer themselves o their constituents. CAMBRIDGE.—Mr. Knight and Mr. Manners Sutton lave addressed the electors of Cambridge in the Conserva kive interest. BluDroitT.—Mr. Horace Twiss retires, and Mr. War- Burton stands again. Mr. Jervis addresses himself to the Liberals, and Mr. Henry Baillie to the Tories. WlLTsmaE.—We do not anticipate any contest for •ither the northern or southern divisions of this county ; ,ior is it expected that any opposition will he offered to the Hittior. Members for the borough of Devizes.—Devizes IGazette. W AYEFIELD.—The Hon. W. S. Lascelles intends again to contest this borough with the sitting Liberal Member, Mr. D. Gaskell. D O RSETSIIIRE.—The Hon. W. F. S. Ponsonby, Lord Ashley, and Mr. Sturt, the present representatives, will ,gain offer themselves as candidates for this county at the ensuing election. •PooLE.—M r . G. S. Byng, one of the present members, ,esigns this borough, having been called upon to oppose Sir 1. P. Beresford, at Chatham, which town the former Hon. Gentleman represented some years since. Mr. C. Pon ionhy, eldest son of the member for the county of Dorset ;hire, has offered himself as a candidate, in the room of Mr. Byng. Mr. Ponsonby, in the right of his mother, .will be the largest landed proprietor in the county, the 4reatest part of his estates lying in the immediate vicinity ,f this town. Mr. Tulk retiring, Mr. George Phillips is Inited with him. 'Fhe Tories talk of bringing forward Sir John Walsh and-another Hon. Baronet, but it is still very loubtful whether these gentlemen will come forward.— Taunton Courier. ItocitEsTEß.—T. T. Hodges, Esq., having signified his wish to withdraw from the representation, a committee of seven gentlemen was formed on Thursday, for the purpose of acting on the wishes expressed by the Hon. Member ; and Sir J. 11. Carnac, chairman of the East India Com- Pany, is spok en o f as th e gen tl ema n selected as his successor. BOSTON.--A meeting was held at Boston on Wednes day last, at which resolution; in support of Henry Hand ley. Esq., M.P., at the ensuing election were voted.—Lin coin Met cury. _ ToTtits.—The news of the death of our much-lamented Monarch had scarcely arrived at Totnes, when both our Irepresentatives, Mr. Parrott and Lord Seymour, arrived also, which set the Liberals on the qui vine ; a meeting was immediately called at the Guildhall, and Mr. Parrott and Mr. Seymour addressed the meeting at some length. — ' Western T imes. : 1 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.—AIready have the Conservatives of this county set themselves actively to work. We have reason to believe that in the Northern Division a canvas was begun while his late Mjesty was yet lying on his death-bed, and - we are positively assured that it commenced before any certain intelligence . of the royal demise could .1 ilave reached th e county. L or d B ru d ene ll, it seem s, has : given place to L or d M a id stone, a son o f t h e E ar l o f Win chilsea. The Lib era l can did ate i s not ye t announce d, but there is no doubt of a con t est . If L or d Milt on s hould not . p r esent himself, a fittin g su b st i tute w ill, it i s sa id, be found .in the Hon. Colonel Watson, of Rockingham Castle. In tire borough, the old and popular member, Mr. Vernon Smith, a4U again come forward, and we arc happy to know that be will be joined by a second Liberal candidate, in the person -, of Mr. Raikes Currie.—Northamplon Mercury. , • 7 GR EE N Wm( ELECTION.—The approaching election for ',the borough of Greenwich is likely to be strongly contested. 1 5:The two sitting Members, Messrs. Angerstein and Bar 'i.t nard, are already in the field, and an active canvass is ";.,i inadtiii!.'• for the m in coalition. Their cards, with the names 'A coupled, are everywhere distributing, and the town is ~ ,,-covere d with placards of " Barnard ,t,a Angerstein," and of " Angers t ein and Barnard." Mr. Wolverley Attwood's party is not less active. Mr. Attwood avowedly comes forward on the Conservative side ; and it is said a gentle man, named Carter, of the same principles, will join with him in the contest. The last struggle was a severe one, Mr. Attwood being defeated by only 49 votes. SUDBURY.—It is evident that the representation will be contezt?d at the coming election, and ❑early balanced as parties are, the struggle will be, as it usually has been, a fierce one. Messrs. Bagshaw and Smith, the present Liberal Members, have declared their intention of coming forward again ; and Sir Edward Baines, it is understood, is ready to fight the battle for the Conservatives. Both parties begin to evince symptoms of preparation.—Essex Herald. - KIDDERMINSTER.—Mr. G. R. Philips retires, and Mr, Godson is at present the only declared candidate to suc ceed him. DROITIVICIL-Mr. Barneby withdraws from the repre sentation of this borough, and Mr. Pakington will be a candidate to succeed him in the same interest. It appears that Mr. Pakington is not to be allowed, however, to wal over the course. Mr. G a lton, it will be seen. has taken the field against him, at the invitation of the Liberal party, and, we are informed, with " every prospect of success." DUDLEY.-Mr. Meryweather Turner has put forth an address to the electors, announcing that he shall offer him self iipon the Liberal interest, and in opposition to the present Member, Mr. 'l'. Hawkes, who again comes forward. BEWDLEY.-Sir Thomas Winnington retires, and his son, Mr. 'l'. Winnington, offers as his successor. The Conservatives threaten a candidate, but as yet they do not appear to have determined upon their man. TEWKESBURY.—Mr. Hanbury Tracy has publicly an nounced his intention of retiring from the representation of this borough whenever a dissolution takes place, and the Whig and Reform interest are activ,ly canvassing the electors of Mr. John Martin, who has declared himself a candidate to succeed Mr. Tracy. Nor are the Conserva tive party less upon the alert. The Hon. Henry Horace Law, brother of Lord Ellenborough, comes forward on their support, and for whom, and the preSent Member, Mr. W. Dowdeswcll, every exertion is now making, with, it is said, the prospect of the election of both gentlemen. • SCOTLAND. KILMARNOCK.-It is rumoured that a relative of the Rut of Glasgow will start upon the Conservative interest, in opposition to Mr. Dunlop, for the borough of Kul. =mock. LEITH.—The Honourable James Erskine Murray, a Reformer, uncle of Lord Elibank, ha 3 announced himself a candidate here. LANARKSIIIRE.—AIexander Macdonald Lockhart, Esq., is again a candidate to represent this county in Parliament. HADDINGTON DISTRICT OF Btractis.—Sir Thomas Buchan Hepburn announces himself a candidate on the Tory interest. COUNTY OF PEEBLES.—Sir John flay retires on ac count of ill health. GLASGOW.—ShouId the Liberal interest remain united, there is, of course, not the most distant danger of the re turn of a Conservative for the city of Glasgow ; but it must be recollected that the greater majority Reformers can muster, the more beneficial will be the effect produced on public opinion throughout the country. Ministers have been hampered during Cie last two years by a powerful mi nority in the House of Commons, chosen under the aus pices of a Conservative Administration ; let the next House of Commons present such an array on the side of good government as will deter the Upper house from pur suing their destructive polley.—Glasjout Chronicle. Colonel Torrens has addressed, it is said by a Tory journal, the electors on the Reform interest.. PERTH.—Friday, Saturday, and Monday, Mr. Kinnaird canvassed the town personally, without further opposition than some anonymous Conservative placards, cautioning the electors against the premature committal of themselves. That interval was employed by the latter patty in applica tions to various quarters for a candidate to come forward upon Conservative principles ; the result of which was the selection of Sir Patrick Murray Threipland, Bart., of Fin gask, for that purpose. A requisition to that effect was signed on Monday, on the afternoon of which day a deputa tion waited upon him ; the result of which was the appear ance of a placard announcing his acceptance, which was next day followed by'an address explanatory of his political principles, and by a personal canvass.—Perth Courier. WALES. (From the Carnarvon Herald.) CARNARVONSHIRE.—LiberaI Reformers, thorough sup porters of the Whig Government, will appeal to the consti tuencies. It is no secret now that Mr. Ralph Gore is the pet of the Tories. We believe there is a strong feeling among even the Tory gentlemen that he is not the man for this county. The Whig interest is combined against him. That interest is so strong, that we believe the county will be carried in a canter against so weak a pretender. ANGLESEY.—The Members for the Anglesey county and borough are secure in their seats. Notwithstanding Tory boasting-s, the Whig majority in the county will be materially increased in the event of a contest. The honest, patriotic conduct of Captain Paget and Captain Stanley preclude any chance for a competitor. If Mr. Nlcyrick consults his own feelings, he will not be that competitor. If he consults the feelings of others he will only provoke a more mortifying defeat than before. Whatever course the Tories may choose to adopt, we can assure the reforming electors in both county and borough, that whenever the dissolution takes place, their Members will be at their post, ready and prepared to %indicate their common principles. FLINTSHIRE.—The Hon. Lloyd Mostyn again takes the field, and may bid defiance to opposition. For the bo roughs, preparations are. making to punish the apostacy of Sir Stephen Glynn, who, though returned as a Reformer, has relapsed into Toryism. Captain Morgan, of Golden grove, has been spoken of with every prospect of signal success. He has only to announce himself a candidate to ensure his success. He is an honest, unbending Re former, and deserves the suffrage of all honest men. We call upon the Flintshire Reformers to be up and stirring. Above all things, let them avoid dissensions and divisions. On union and action depends everything. These are strength ; whilst the opposite is weakness. We expect next week to give a good account of their doings. Now that the menace to their patriotic Member and the insult to themselves has gone forth, let them "kick the bull about." As Mr. Wilson Jones has had something to say to this trafficking, we expect the electors for the Denbighshire bo roughs will make an example of him. DErspioll.--In Denbighshire liberal candidates will be • brought forward, both for county and boroughs ; and with every prospect of redeeming that county from the reproach of being exclusively Tory in its representation. IRELAND—(IIETuuNs 105). DUBLIN CITY.-Mr. O'Connell certainly comes forward, and his probable colleague will be Mr. Leland Crossthwaite, or some other influential mercantile gentleman. The pre sent Tory Members will not, it is probable, come forward again ; Mr. Hamilton is understood to be sick of the ex pense of electioneerin g contests. The Government influence will now be given to the Liberals and decide the election in their favour. The Reform party will gain consideral4 in this country. The Tories admit a loss of ten, which will make a diffe rence of twenty .; but the more sanguine Reformers calcu late on as many gains as fifteen, equivalent to thirty votes on a division. LONGFORD COUNTY.—The result of the last election seals the fate of young Mr. Lefroy, who will be succeeded by a second ministerial candidate. The Reformers here have a clear majority of some hundreds. DUNGARVAN.—The Liberals have forwarded a requi sition to the Honourable John Plunkett, second son of the Lord Chancellor, calling on him to come forward, in place of Mr. Power, the present Member, who goes probably to Waterford county. YOUGHAL.--Thig is one of the few places where a change adverse to the Queen's government is apprehended. The Tories were beaten on the last occasion by a majority of only one ; since then they have been very active in their efforts to obtain a majority, and if care be not taken in the selection of the Reform candidate they will probably suc ceed. Mr. John O'Connell, the present Member, retires for Athlone, where be displaces Captain Mathew, a Tory. If one of the Ponsonby family start for Youghal and ob tain (as he ought, and no doubt will) the cordial support of the Duke of Devonshire, it is probable the Tories will make no snore than a feint of opposition. ATIILoNE.—Mr. Bonaventure Mathew will not come for ward again on the Castlemaine interest ; the new Member will be Mr. John O'Connell, who gets the undivided sup port of the whole of the Liberal party. DROGHEDA.—The Hon. Randal Plunkett will not come forward again, as on this occasion the Reform candidate, of whose success there cannot be the slightest doubt, will be Sir William Somerville, Bart. CORK COUNTY.—Mr. Longfield, it is very likely, will not come forward again ; indeed if be do he has no better chance now than then, and the Cork electors have been taught by experience to make sure that their candidates have the proper qualifications. Of Mr. Garrett Barry's re-election there cannot be the slightest doubt ; his claims on the Li beral constituency, his dili.zent attendlnee in Parliament, and his invariably voting for all good Reform measures, make it a duty on the part of his constituents to repose their highest trust again in hands where it is known to be safe. His colleague on the Liberal side will be Mr. Roche, of Trabolgan, a young Protestant gentleman of much abi lity and promise. LIMERICK COUNTY.—It is probable Colonel Fitzgibbon and Mr. Smith O'Brien will bo re-elected without oppo sition, LIMERICK CITY. --.`j will be 110 change here : al though Mr. David Roche is anxiou s to retire, stili it is understood that his constituents are desirous to retain his services, and he is too good a Reformer to desert the inte rests of his country at a crisis like the present. It is not yet known whether the Orange Corporation, under the auspices of Lord Gort, will have a candidate -or not.. His Lordship is, however, understood to be sick of opposition, and anxious to avail himself of some opportunity of sup porting the Queen's Government. CARLOW COUNTY.—The Reformers here will return both Mr. Ashton Yates and. Mr. Vigors ; and Colonel Bruen, who on one occasion in the House of Commons described his constituents as " savages," will now find an opportunity to discharge his duties as a good landlord, by staying at home amongst them, and endeavouring to re claim them. CAnLow.—The town will follow the example of the county ; and, in spite of abandonment of their prineiphn by a few (and a very few they arc) renegade Roman Ca tholics, will send Mr. Francis Brudn to the right-about. We do not know who is to be the Belorm candidate, but we have no doubt a good man will soon announce himself. SLIGO.-Mr. Slartin, the only Stanlevite returned from Ireland, gives' way to an.honest and more decided politician —a Liberal of course. CHURCH-RATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In my last I gave the state of the poll on Church rates, second day. The poll closed the following day with 352 Majority against the R,te ; the numbers beint4.— Against For Majority against the Rate - 352 A scrutiny was demanded, and we have now terminated by the Church-rate party giving in at a scrutinized majority of 133, having a majority of 174 good votes to examine. There is not a question but, if folly scrutinized, the majority of 352 declared on polling would be, to four or five, the majority of the scrutiny. Your's faithfully , Westbromwich, June 26, 1837. A. Half. past Five o'clock. ME SUN , LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1837. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. DUREIM, JUNE 22.--We lately reported the proceedings in Convocation, at the reception of the Royal Charter granted to the University; and last week inserted the Class Paper of the Examination for the degree of M. A. But we think it desirable to give under one view the degrees conferred, and the results of the final examination for the degree of B. A., of the examination for the degree of M.A., and of the annual Theological examination, which has just terminated. • At a - Convocation , holden June 8, when the Charter was read and received, the following degrees were conferred under the sanction of the Charter : Bachelors of Arts. Cundill, John; Pratt, Robert Forster; - Raymond, John Mayne St. Clere ; Hick, James Watson; Errington, Ralph ; Skinner, James ; Hills, George ; Watson, William Thomas ; Garnett, Thomas ; Gibson, John ; .Harrison, Charles Saw kins ; Bennett, John ; Robinson, Ralph; Thompson, Francis. The final examination for the degree of B. A., the exami nation for the degree of M. A., and the final Theological ex amination, took place at the conclusion of the Easter Term. The following is the result of the examination : EASTER TERM, 1837. Examiners for the degrees of B. A. and M. A. The Rev. Henry Jenkyns, M. A., Professor of Greek. The Rev. Charles Thomas Whitley, M. A., Junior Proctors. The Rev. George Henry Sacheverell Johnson, M. A., Tutor, of Queeies College, Oxford. The Rev. John Carr, M. A., Fe:low of Balliol College, Oxford. Examiners at the final examination in Th e ology. The Rev. Henry Jenkyns, M. A., Professor of Giiek. The Rev. Temple Chevallier, 13. D., Professor of Mathe matics. The Rev. George Stanley Faber, B. D., Master of Sher burn Hospital. _ _ _ Bickeriteth, Edward, B. A., Sidney College, Cambridge; Edmunds, John ; Johnes, Thomas William ; Milburne, Wil liam ; Morehead, George Jeffrey ; Nicholson, Mark Anthony. At a Convocation holden June 22, the Students in Theology who passed their final examination, were licensed under the Common Seal of the U n i vers ity, to present t h ems elves to the Bishop for ordination. At the same Convocation, the following persons were no minated by the Warden, and approved by Convocation, for their respective offices : The Rev. T. W. Peile, M.A., and Rev. C. T, Whitley, M.A., Proctors for the ensuing year. The Senior Proctor, John Thomas, B. C. L., and the Rev. Edwards Peacock, M. A., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, examiners at the first and second examinations for the Degree of B. A. 1837. The first Van Mildert prize has been adjudged to Stoker. The Hebrew prize given by the Rev. W. F. Raymond, has been assigned to Milburne. . The following subjects have been proposed for English Essays _ _ A prize of five guineas for the best English Essay, Ly any Bachelor of Arts or Student in Theology, " On the existence of a moral sense." A prize of four guineas will be given by the Rev. W. F. Raymond for the best English Essay, by any Undergraduate on the following subject The character of the historical narration of Herodutus compared with that of Thucydides." The Essays must be sent to the Warden on or before Mon day, Oct. 23, 1837. The first and second examinations for the degree of B. A., will commence on the 18th of October. The following books have been presented to the Universiny Library :—By the Rev. Dr. Prosser, Ploteni, Opera, 4to. ; by P. H. Nieklin, Esq., Philadelphia, America, Prolix's Pleasant Perearinations, 12:no. ; and the Rev. E. S. Th ur _ low, Rector, of i Houghton- le- Spring, has made a donation of 10/. in aid of the funds of the same Library. METEOROLOGY. (From a Correspondent.) That meteorology, or the science of the weather, has, from the earliest stages of civilization, occupied a large shar e o f attention from the philosopher, e q u a lly as f rom the husband man and mariner, the Pastorals of Virgil, and other writings of some of the most eminent men, both of ancient and modern times, sufficiently show. And yet, notwithstanding all th e application which thus, from its important relations with the interests of every class of society, had through succeeding ages been given to the' subject, and of the numerous discoveries in other departments of science which had, particularly within the last century, crowned the progress of investigation, me teorology presented a remarkabl e exception —as, instead of participating in the impul.sion common to the remainder of the physical sciences, it still continued stationary, or in the same state of backwardness as at first. As with the ex ception of the uncertain lights reflected from empiricis m or the changes of the barometer, the nature of the approaching changes of the weather, or the periods of thei r occurrence, still lay buried in the most impenetrable darkness; inso much, that any attempt to predict the changes of the weather, was, by the generality of philosophers, treated as ideal, or as being a thing which it was beyond the power of science to effect ; meteorologists having for the most part confined them selves to recording the occurrence of the most remarkable at mospheric phenomena, the variations of the barometer, the winds, &c., and to offering some vague conjectures as to the laws by which they were governed, &c. Thus, after the numerous failures which, even in the hands of the most distinguished men, as of scientific bodies, had at. tended the various attempts made to open this science, it was hardly to be expected that individual industry could suc ceed. And yet, however improbable such has bee n th e case , and this in a manner s o f u ll an d decided, that of the various discoveries made, or to be made, which are likely more than any other to render our age arid country memorable in the annals of science, these which have been lately made in meteorology, are probably destined to hold the first place. Which, it may be observed, together with solving the long disputed question, as to whether the moon exercised an in fluence on the weather? and to an extent it may be added, but little supposed by the leading philosophers of the day, in the affirmative—has, in the principles of calculation thence deduced,' succeeded in converting this, the meteoric action of the moon, into perhaps the most important acquisition to science and the general interests of society, as human: in dustry has hitherto been so fortunate to effect. We are led to these observations by an article which ap peared in a Morning Contemporary, which stated the success that had attended an experiment made by Mr. Murphy— already known to the public as the author of some works on Meteorology—of principles discovered by him, for calculating in advance the approaching changes of the weather, during the late months of April and May, or GI days consecutively, in Weather Tables prepared by him in the early part of the preceding month of March; and which, as stated, proved so accurate, that in more than one .instance when at, or imme diately preceding the changes of the weather, the indications of the barometer were at fault, the calculations, as marked in these Weather Tables, proved to be correct. And in addition to this decisive proof, as it may be esteemed, we have now to direct public attention to a similar table of his, for the present month, which appeared in a late Number (that of the 10th June) of that truly valuable journal, the Literary Gazette: and in regard to which it may be said that, with few excep tions, the weather of each succeeding day, to the present, has brought- a new and additional proof of its correctness: so as to place the certainty of the principles of calculation em ployed by Mr. Murphy beyond all doubt. And as by means of these discoveries—the result, as we are told, of many years' intense application—a new principle of safety by sea has been added to those already known, of at least equal importance as that of the compass—in enabling the seamen to sec in advance the periods throughout the year when danger from storm has to be apprehended; and thus that the shipping and commercial, equally as the agricultural in terests of the country, are like to be such extensive gainers thereby, we cannot conclude our remarks without recom mending Mr. Murphy as a fit object of public patronage and support, in the prosecution of his laudable undertaking; in, which extending the limits of science, of making it still further available than heretofore, to the interests of the many; and which, as they aro no more than the wages usually paid to merit, will, let us hope, not be allowed to go undischarged to him. As connected with this subject, see the report of a Parer by Mr. Murphy, which was read at the late meeting of the Meteorological Society, on the evening of the 13th inst., pub flatted in the ifitergril Ga;eete of the 17th June. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE AT BLAINA IRON WORKS, MONMOUTHSHIRE. At ten o'clock on Saturday morning last, these Works and neighbourhood were-thrown into great consternation by a lcud report which was found to proceed from. the mouth of one of the coal pits belonging to Messrs. Russell and Brown, which was folkwed by a thick cloud of smoke. These two signals at tracted the notice of the men who were at work on tho ccke yard adjoining the pit, and also persons on the opposite side of the valley. In a few minutes a large concourse of persons assembled on the spot, every one inquiring what was the mat ter. It was immediately discovered that an explosion of gas, commonly called tire-damp, had taken place in the untler ground workings, and the first impression on the minds of those present was, that all the workmen in the headings, and stalls were either burnt to death or sulFicated. One man, named Daniel Davis, descended the pit, with all the fortitude and willingness imaginable ; the overlooker of the colliery, Richard Buttery, hastened to the spot, and instantly followed Dank! Davis, and by their united exertions, soon brought up to.the surface of the pit three men in a complete state af ;ex haustion. The shock to those on the top was so great, that no one could be prevailed upon to descend the pit, excepting But tery and Davis, who, notwithstanding their exhaustion, occa sioned by the noxious vapour, immediately again returned on the carnage, and ordered the engineer to lower them into the pit, where they continued their exertions in sending up the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers. By this time a great num ber of workmen had collected from all parts of the works, and from the noble example set them by the above-named indi viduals,-several others followed with the greatest alacrity to render their assistance in getting the men up, which they did very rapidly : they had to contend with great difficulties; so dense was the smoke and the sulphurous vapour, that they could scarcely breathe, or derive any light from the candles, being obliged to grope for the bodies in the dark, that were !vine- dead, or is a state of insensibility, in the headings and stalls. By twelve o'clock, thirty-five Nlividuals were brought to the surface, eleven of whom were dead, and the others in a state of exhaustion and stupefaction. About half past two o'clock two more were brought up, one of them dead, and the other quite senseless ; however, the latter was so far recovered, as t, be able to give a clear account of the catastrophe before the Coroner. Too much praise cannot be given to Mr. Row lands, snrgeon to the works, and to his two assistants, Mr. Davis and Mr. Tuckett ; also to Mr. Alexander Brewer, the surgeon to the Coalbrouko Vale Works, all of whom were promptly en the spot, and by the combined exertions and un wearied attention of these gentlemen, the lives of twenty-four of the unfortunate men were saved. T. Brown, Esq., the re sident Manager of the works, was from home at the time, but his place was ably supplied by his father, IL-Brown, Esq., who was immediately on the spot, and it is due to him to re- ' ma .k on the intense anxiety and unremitting exertions be Manifested on the occasion, united with those of the agents of Blaina, and adjoining works. On Sunday evening another death was added to the list, making a total of thirteen • this unfortunate man was J o hn, th e b rot h er o f Walter Williams, one of the first brought up; upon his (Walter's) recovery from the effects of the vapour, his first inquiry was for his bro ther John's safety ; understandin g he was still in the pit, h e instantly desc e nd e d i n searc h of him : John, equally anxious for the preservation of his brother, was groping in the pit for Walter. Thus these two men were in a state of mind border ing on distraction, seekini , each other in this living grave. John was ultimately ,brought up alive, but in consequence of the great quantity of foul air inhaled by him during his search for Walter, nature was too far spent to rally, and he, no doubt, fell a sacrifice to his brotherly affection. The following is a list of the deceased:— David Thomas, single, aged 17, from Lianvair-y Bryn ; Edward Morgan, married, aged 58, from Blaina, left a widow and five children ; Thomas Harry, married, aged 75, from Blaine, left a widow ; Wm. Harry, his son, single, aged 19, from Blaina; William Lewis, a boy, aged 9, from Blaina; John Wilkins ; married, aged 22, from Frome Some, left a widow and one child; Wm. Jones, single, aged 22, from Nantyglo ; Win. Lawrence, single, aged 35, from Nantyglo ; Rees Williams, single, aged 19, from Blaina; Hopkin Hop kins, single, aged 29, from Clynmelin, in Pontneddoychan ; Thomas Evans, single, aged 53, from Denbighshire ; Thomas Edmunds, single, aged 34, from near Tavernspike, Pembroke shire; John Williams, widower, aged 37, from Battul, near Brecon. There were also three fine horses killed, and one much burnt, but which is likely to recover. INQUEST. On Monday morning, an inquest was held at the Whimsey Inn, before T. Hughes, Esq., Coroner, and a respectable and intelligent Jury, several of whom were thoroughly conversant with mining operations and totally unconnected with the Blaina Iron- , .vorks. The Coroner charged the Jury, and remarked with much feeling upon the frightful sacrifice of human life which bad occurred, and pointed out to them the necessity for a close and rigid investigation of the facts, with a view to ascer tain whether the masters or their agents, or any other parties, were culpable. They then proceeded to view the bodies, and when they returned, the following witnesses wore examined : Evan Jones, being► sworn, stated—_l am a collier, and have been employed at these works for the last eleven years. On Saturday morning last, I was at work at No. 4 heading of the New Pit; there were at that time about 35 men in that part of the working; the pit has been open about 9 months. No. 3 heading, the one adjoining that which I worked, was unsafe from foul air. Richard Buttery, the coal agent, had in con sequence prevented the men working there. Every exertion had been made to drive an air-course to it, which, were it not for the explosion on Saturday last, would have been completed, in a week or ten days, when the whole of the foul air would.have been cleared off. Every man in the work had been cautioned by the overlooker not to approach it with a light. I have often been told by Mr. Brown and the agent on no account to venture where the workings are at all unsafe without Davy's safety lamp. These lamps arc supplied by Messrs. Russell and Brown, the masters, and I never knew a workman refused one upon asking for it, The air was quite sweet and clear in every part of the pit. but in No. 3 heading, as I before stated ; John Wilkins and Thomas Edmunds came into the pit to collect some money for a fellow-workman who had met with an accident. I put my name down for six pence and they left me to go to the other workmen, they had each a lighted candle in his hand, and I believe they mistook their way and went into No. 3 heading ; in two or three minutes after they left me the explosion took place. I have no doubt in my own mind that they fired it. I do not not consider there is the least blame to be attributed to the masters and agents of the works.- John Wilkins and Thomas Edmunds were strangers to the new pit, and I suppose they did not know there was foul air there. As soon as I heard the report, I ran from where I was at work, but was too much overpowered with sulphur to know where I was going. I then fell down and do not remember anything more until I was on the bank of the pit in the afternoon, when some one was wash ing me. I considered that the pit was quite safe to all that were working in it, but not for strangers. Thirteen persons were killed by the explosion. Richard Buttery examined—_l am a coal agent to Messrs. Russell and Brown; have been a collier for 25 years, have been burnt twice, and known the nature of fire-damp well ; have been nine years in the service of Mr. Brown. Thu new pit has been opened about nine months. At the time of the accident 50 men were employed in the pit. There was foul air in No. 3 heading, but in no other part of the workings, the whole or which were well ventilated. I took all the men out of No. 3 heading about three weeks ago, in consequence of the foul air. I employed four men in driving an air course to get a vent to clear the foul air front No. 3. I was in the pit on Saturday with a safety lamp before the men went to work. Mr. Brown gave me a safety lamp, and ordered me to take it into the work every morning before the men went in, to ascer tain if it were free from fire-damp. I have always done so, except to the No. 3, which I knew to be unsafe, and have told every span in the work several times not to go near it with a light. I did riot put up a door or bay to No. 3, as it. would interfere with our working the air course, and every man be longing to the pit was aware that that part was dangerous. The air course is now within eight yards of No. 3, and I ex pected it would be worked through and the foul air cleared in seven or eight days. Every exertion has been made, and no delay has taken has taken ',lace, to remedy the evil since the foul air was first discovered, which was first done by my going into No. 3 with a lighted candle. John Wilkins, who was collecting far Robert Creese, asked me for work in No. 3, the week before last. I refused him, in consequence of the danger from the foul air. He has not worked the new pit for some time. Ten other colliers were examined, who were at work in the pit at the time the accident happened ; thev fully . corrobo ra t e d the evide...ce of Richard Butte r y an d Evan Jones. Abraham Rowlands, Esq., surgeon, examined :—.-I was in attendance on Saturday at one of the coal pits before stated, after a dreadful 'explosion had occufred from the fire-damp ig niting, during . the . whole of the time the men were brought up. There were about 35 men and boys, 1 1 of which num ber were quite dead when brought up to the top of the pit. One other, named David Thomas, expired in about an hour after being brought out, he was very much burnt, and re ceived a severe facture on the skull, from which his brains pro. truded. I did not think from the moment I first saw him he could possibly live many minutes. The fracture was of such an extensive nature, that it was impossible to save him. Ano ther person, John Williams, was insensible for a considerable time after being brought up; he afterwards revived a little, but was so much affected from inhaling the foul air and nol. ions vapour, that he was paralyzed. I attended him at his own house; bled him and used evety means my experience dictated. He complained much of pain in his chest and head on the evening and on the following morning. Ile died about 3 o'clock on Sunday rfternoon. lam happy to state that the survivors, in number 22 men and boys, who were brought up in a state of insensibility, are now doing nell, and are fast pro gressing ton ards recovery. When the whole of the evidence was gone through the Co roner summed up, and the Jury, after a short consultation, re turned the only verdict they could, accidental death, accom panied with the following declarttion :—" That it is our unanimous opinion that no blathe whatever is attributable to• the masters or their agents, nor is . there any fault to be found with the construction of the works or with the mode of work ingo. them." We cannot conclude our report of this truly disastrous event, without remarking on the sensation it has created in the neighbourhood ; so great a sacrifice of life at one time, has net, we believe, ever before occurred in the mining district of Wales. The anxiety of the colliers and miners in the various works was so great in the afternoon of Saturday and Sunday, that thousands congregated on the scene of suffering. To attempt the description of the anguish which was depicted on the relatives of the deceased, would be impossible, their cries were most heart-rending ; but amidst all this distress the ministerin g hand of comfort was cheerfully, liberally, we would almost say lavishly exended to all the survi%ing sufferers by Messrs. Russell and Bronn, the worthy proprietors of the Blain' Iron Works, SPIRIT OF THE PUBL 1 i; JOURNALS. Though we think it unlikely that Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's Copyright Bill, which was to be read a second time to-morrow evening, will ho further pro ceeded in until the next Parliament, c shall neverthe less fulfil our prom'se of calling attention to the strong claim of musical composers to that . protection which has never hitherto been granted to them. Mr. Bulwer, in his Act of '1833, to amend the laws - relating to dramatic literary property, has wholly • overloolzed a class of authors who contribute not only to give elevation and refinement to the operatic drama, bat who give to it its most delightful and attractive charm. This neglect, while it prevents public men of great mu sical genius from obtaining that high rank in the public estimation to which they are entitled, deprives them of their fair reward, by leaving the fluits of that genius to be gathered by every one but themselves. While a popular composer is awakening the enthusiasm and calling forth the admiration of the public by his production, the publisher, the singers, the theatrical managers are, each in their turn, enriching them selves at his expense, and putting the well earned reward of his talents into their own pockets, while he is left to. eat the coarse bread of dependence, and to struggle with the world as he can. Is this justice ? Is this the treatment which they ought to receive from whom all classes of the public derive amusement of the highest kind, and to whom they owe many of their happiest hours ? If it is intended by the new Copy right Bill to secure to every author the fair advantage of those talents with which he is gifted, how can its professed purpose he answered if the misled- author is disregarded ? Mr. Sergeant Talfourd has now ample time before him to revise the provisions of his Bill ; and we toast lie will so frame it, as to em brace those interests which, at present, are not iris eluded, in it. Songs and ballads, appearing as they do on a single sheet of paper, are apt io be consi dered as things of no account. An ample octavo, or a book of any kind, comes before the public eye with something like respectable dimensions, but a few printed notes expressive of simple sounds, on a disconnected sheet of paper, are considered by many as by no means of magnitude enough to com mand the prote c tiv e i n t er f erence o f t h e 'Legislature. We arc very apt to be carried away by false associa tions. The dealer in folios looks with contempt upon a pamphlet ; and in like manner, we suppose, a dealer in pumpkins would put no value on a green-gage. Whatever does not come recommended by size and bulk such persons pass over as beneath their regard. But magnitude is no test of merit. A single air, unimportant and siniple as it may seem, may be worth a moderate fortune, and, which is more, may produce it. An instance or two will explain this, and will at the same time, we hope, induce many to bestow some attention on a subject which they have not hitherto considered fis deserving their consideration. The late Madame Malibran was - some three or four years since engaged at the little theatre in the Haymarket, at a sarary of one hundred and fifty pounds a week, the only terms of her engagement being that she should sing the songs and ballads appointed for her that might be introduced in the performance of the evening. One of these songs was " The deep, deep sea," com posed by . Mr. C. Horn. So attractive was this air, that it was sung not only in London, but at every provincial theatre in the United Kingdom, and by the popular singers at conceits and public places. A net sum of at least 5,0001. wus pocketed by the managers and public singers ; the publisher did not draw less from the sale of copies than 1,0001. How much of all this came to the share of the composer? He got from the managers nothing I From the pub lic singers not a sixpence I He received•ten pounds, or thereabouts, from the publisher, and for that pro duce of his genius from which others had profited thus amply - this was his whole remuneration. But even this paltry compensation was munificent when com pared with to the dividend allotted to English compo sers on most occasions. The air of " The Light Guitar," by Barnet, was introduced by Madame Yes tris, and by other singers, into a variety of dramatic pieces, and drew many thousand pounds from the pub lic into their private purses : full 20,000 copies. were sold by the publisher, who then obtained from the pub lic two thousand more. And to what extent did the composer participate in these abundant gains ? He received 2/. 2s. ! ! a dividend of absolutely less than half a farthing in the pound, upon the net profit de rived from his musical genius by those who contri bute nothing either to the production or support of it. Is it, then, without cause that British musicians com plain of discouragement Are we to wonder that even so popular a composer as Mr. Horn should have been compelled to emigrate to America with a view to try his fortune in a foreign market ? It has been alleged that . there is ample public patronage at home to encourage musical talent. Very likely ; but of what avail is that patronage if all the advantages that should arise from it are defeated? What is it to a composer that he arrives at fame and distinction if the pecuniary benefit which should accrue from his la bours are thus intercepted ? Of what value would it be to an author that his works were everywhere read and admired if hawkers, and pedlars, and circu lating libraries were permitted to reap the profit of them, leaving .him to be content with the empty praise ? The injustice, in the present case, is not on the part of the public: it is on the part of the Legislature, which has hitherto withheld from musical composers that protection which it extends to intellectual property of every other kind. The Act 3 William IV., c. 15, should be enlarged, and such enactments introduced into it as may put an end to the evasion of the right which a composer has to the exclusive profit of his works, in common with other authurs in every branch of literature. The interests of our native composers moreover require that this protection should be ex tended to the works of foreign masters. But as Mr. Sergeant Talfourd is not likely to proceed further at present, we shall defer what we have yet to urge until the revival of his Bill shall again bring the subject be fore the public.—Morning Chronicle. There can be no absurdity greater than for the Tories to complain of the little that Ministers have gone during the last Session, when the Tories know all the while that they have been the only obstacles to the passing of nearly all the important measures intro, duced by the Cabinet of Lord Melbourne. If some have not been brought forward with the alacrity that would other Wise have been displayed, it is easily ac counted for by the fact, that Ministers were aware that although thy might carry the Bills by considerable majorities in the Commons, all the toil of drawing them, and passing them • thus far, would be but labour in vain, since, if not absolutely rejected, they would be miserably mutilated by the Lords. It is very well for the Times, with its usual hardy effrontery, following its bold and barefaced leader, and for " My Grand mother," with her usual senility, following anybody, to endeavour to make out an accusation of the kind by referring to such measures as the Imprisonment for Debt Bill, for instance ; but what can they say of the conduct of the Lords, who, aft e r th e Com mons had twice passed the Irish Municipal Bill, laid it' on the shelf for a mouth or six weeks at a time, and refused even to take it into considera tion ? This conduct of the " Obstructives" certainly afforded great encouragement to activity in bringing measures before and urging them through the Lower House of .Parliament. The Tory Peers, with Lord Lyndhurst at their head, first erect an impassable bar rier to the progress of public business, and then they avail themselves of their own act and deed in order to found upon it an accusation against Ministers. This, as everybody must see, is exactly the simple state of the case, and hence the absurdity (to say nothing of the baseness.) of the attempt to raise a cry that the Whigs have done nothing and intend to do nothing. The good sense of the country cannot be imposed upon by any such flimsy pretexts. The people of England, Scotland, and Ireland are too clear-sighted to be blinded by a little dust thus thrown in their eyes ; and they will do full justice, both now and hereafter, to the cernest desires and honest intentions of a Govern ment which-has only had the national good at heart, and which, in its efforts to accomplish that good, has been rc • sisted by a faction combined to attain the worst ends by the worst means. Be it remembered that it is only n few months ago, and during the present Session, that an alarm was endeavoured to be got up by the same parti:s that Mi►;iste►a were doing too much—that the State machine was going at a dangerous rate, and tli ti it was necessary to check its progress. Its progres has, indeed, been checked with a vengeance ; and those who have checked it, with admirable consisteney, no, assert, forsooth, that it is the fault of the present MI nisters that the advance lus been 2o slow. Wlit. they have brought the wheels of the State machin —, (which, according to them, was once goin much to' r r fast) to . a dead lock, they turn rou n d and blame thosk who were willing and anxious to proeeed at a safe P%. 2 " steady pace, but who were not permitted to proce e d a all. This is what the Tories call justice, and an ad. mirable specimen it is of the sort of justice that the , ' would deal out to the country. It creates in i.• Lno surprise ; true it is, the accusation is as deste Lute of truth as the accuser!, are of prineitile but we ate prepared for anything from that Tear- ter, and the friends of Ministers may rejoice the; their enemies arc driven to such desperate shifts of a: gument and assertion. We need not follow the Iffi me' of yesterday through its ostentatious but useless erne .--, meration of measures which Lord M 1' e oourne's Go -, vernment has been unable, from the obstinate resist ance of the Peers, to carry forward into law. Th.,. longer the list the m ore i t proves that nothine. wa o wanting on the part of Ministers to discharge th. . great duty they owed to the country, and the more i establishes the senseless perverseness of those who fo.'v: the mere purposes of party set themselves in opposi tion to changes which are admitted to he beneticia:. .. Even the Times calls some of the Bills " whole '; some," and affects to wonder that they were no persevered in, when it knows, as well as we do.A., that perseverance would have been vain anti fruitless in proportion as it was earnest and we! • nuous, What we have said has had reference to th '.. - general and not to the particular ci rcumstances i i -,,. which Ahe Government is placed. The demise of tin Crown was an unforeseen event which would hay, -..,_ disconcerted Parliamentary arrangements, even ha( ~. the Lords been acting in perfect accordance and har mony with the Commons. That they have not se acted is iio more the fault of Ministers, than it is their .• fault that our late lamented Sovereign was mortal. A we had yesterday an article in the Times accusing tie ' present Government of not doing impossibilities ii ' passing Bills through the brick-wall of the " obstrue- t : .- tive" Lords, we should hardly be surprised at seein :" another article in " My Grandmother" of to-morrco imeuting blame to Ministers for the inevitable dispel e sations of Providence.—Morning Chronicle. It is understood that the arrangements f or th : 4 Queen's Household are considerably advanced, and thy ' names of several ladies who have received appoint- ments near her Majesty's person are already circulated We know nothing of these matters ourselves, and w, give them as mere gossip :—" The Duchess cf Suther land, first in rank, is also foremost in official station, and, as Mistress of the Robes, stands at the head of Queen Victoria's family. The Marchioness of Lans downe holds the office somewhat curiously entitled, it, her Ladyship's case, ' Groom of the Stole,'* yet such " we believe to be the traditional and proper designatioe --'#: of it ; so at least was it in the days of Queen Anne. Subordinate to these two distinguished ladies, an( (if the shreds and patches of Court 'etiquette which •''' have reached-us be authentic) under the immediate de rection of the latter, are the ' Ladies of the Bed- Is chamber,' two of whom were stated yesterday tt ~ have been nominated in the persons of the Marchioness ffe of Tavistock and Lady Charlemont. Two maids i is of Honour have likewise been appointed—viz., Miss ..,* Pitt (daughter of Lord Rivers), and the Bishop of Rochester's daughter, Miss Murray." To none of these promotions, or appointments rather, in so far as .- concerns the individual merits or qualities of the., Noble Personages who have obtained them, -can any shadow of just objection be stated. The Duchess o Sutherland, with all the seductions of this world at her feet, has ever borne a decent reputation ; nor could! a woman be found, in whatever. rank of life, more.• shrewd or exemplary than the Marchioness of Lanse': downe. For her perfect guidance on such points,'' however, the young Queen of England, accor di ng to the remarkable expression of Sir R. Peel, already possesses, in the materials of her own character, some-7: -. thi n e , ~w hich art cannot i m it a t e , nor e d ucat i on - ; teach,"' and which of itself enables her, under these most trying circumstances, to dispense with the ' most experienced Counsellor. One question, how--- ever,which cannot be settled so easily to the satisfaction of -political reasoners, regards the con- :- stitutional bearing of such appointments as this' of Lady Lansdowne. Her Ladyship is wife to a member of the Whig-O'Connell Cabinet, and although 4 the spirit of monopoly, apparent in the appropriation of Cabinet and household offices by man an d w if e , may , interest none but th e co ll eagues an d po li t i ca l part isan-s4 pi of the Noble Marquis, and be a bone to pick for Whig- Radicals exclusively, the nation in general looking 0,,r0 and enjoying the scramble, we have still some busi-'f tress to inquire whether it must be admitted as a prin ciple in the future treatment of the Kings and Queens of England, that the occupant of the throne, whether:-- male or female, is at all ti mes , an d i n h ours whiele ought to be those of perf e ct p r i vacy an d f ree d om from ail restraint, to be surrounded rigorously by politicians. of both sexes, who are of one unvarying clique and. colour—viz., Ministers with the immediate rela tives, friends, and dependents of their especial party c '' ' Is it to be the law of political management for the future that an English Monarch shall have- no choice. in the selection of his or her domestic friends ?—that no other British subject shall have even oceasiona:, access to the Sovereign but th roug h a Mi n i ster i al, fiat ? The Whigs, indeed, att em pt e d t hi s species ci'. in-door dominion over some o f t h ose hi g h personages;; who preceded her pres e nt M a j esty i n t h e exerc i se o f the Royal functions ;. but in th e l au d a bl e effort theys,' . were defeated. Her M a j es t y oug h t , nevert h e l ess, t%,... understand what system of endurance it is that she •'; thus establishes against her own personal freedom to , all future time. She ought to be made aware that to:. the end of her life she cannot henceforth consistently., claim the enjoyment of that reasonable freedom which, ; :; throughout the whole of English society, is inherent', in every mistress of a family—to wit, the right of de. -1 termining what individuals shall possess the priyilege•, of being under every possible circumstance inmates of her home, and familiars of her retirement as of her table, and who shall be excluded from either, or from: both. The power of a constant inmate over the coin fort of an entire family, and in some respects over the, , independence of whoever is at the head of it, must be obvious to the whole world ; and this subjugation of,e the sacred recesses of domestic life, in the case of the ti 3 Sovereign, to intrusions which would b e re p e ll e d at once ll from the hearth of th e meanes t o f h er su bj ects , d oes , not promise much for the forbearance which the you»4 Queen Vieroria is likely to meet hereafter at the hands of those who have so commenced their proce - edinge. i. Once more, we disclaim in the strongest mariner any personal disrespect to the higher ladies of the house-a hold, albeit they are without exception Whigs, by Ole above, observations. Even although Queen Anne inay,,,, be quoted as an example of the political ascendancy which has heretofore been obtained over a weak and, subordinate mind by one of an a s pi r i ng an d imperious' . nature, the- Ministers, we trust, will not accuse us of . any greater disposition to affront her present Majesty, - by a humiliating compaiison with the daughter of James 11., than to libel the upright but somewh a t fidgetty Lady Lansdowne by imputing to her the selfish vices of the all-grasping Sarah, or than we have shown to put the feeble President of Lord Melbourne's C0m1.. : eil on a level with the first Whig statesman and hero - of the 18th century. Let, however, our youthful. Sovereign beware of this early compromiSe of her hide-, pendenee.— 7 'hires. Every rea,ier may not know that the " i on „ vestment of the scarf species, still worn by ecclesiastics botht of our Church and the Rarnish, has been extended to signitly the entire wardrobe of Royalty_a part for the whole. Thra an Offieer of the Stole is one who ostensibly has the car.: of all the King's or Queen's clothing. Among the discussions which occurred in the H0u.. 1 of Commons on Friday, one of the most striking, as,i f well ag, we must also add, one of the most astonishing ,r• was that raised by Mr. Fl um e, respecting the utility or inutility of thc Board of Trade, as a separate ay.:ti distinct dc , parkincut of the Executive of the countr,. \\ 7 e have every couVence in the integrity and pa triotic feelings .of the Hon. Member for Middl esex . If lie has not, m consequence of unwilling Nlinist ers , an d still more unwilling Pailiame:lts, accomplislmi