The Sun. — London, England, 1823-12-25 00:00:00

- PARIS PAPEIts. 'MADRID, DEC. 13.—The organization of the Royal volunteers is going on rapidly in Spain. — The province of Avila has appointed a special commission charged with the enrolling and pro viding for the Royalist militia raising there: — This commission has addressed a circular to the Mayors of districts, and the curates of parishes, calling upon them to return, with all possible expedition, lists of the inhabitants from the age of 20 to ;,i0 inclusive. The only exceptions are persons already inscribed on the muster-rolls of the Royal volunteers, or who may notify their wish to be so inscribed, paupers, and ecclesiastics. These lists are to he used in fixing a tax, which is to be apportioned to the means of each inhabitant, and applied to cover the expence of arming and equipping the volunteers. The tax will be purely voluntary, and no person will be compelled to contribute. The commission is per allotted beforehand, that the repose of Spain, and the necessity of consolidating the throne of Fer dinand VII., by overawing the evil-disposed, and displaying an imposing national force, wil l prove to be motives sufficiently powerful to in duce every good Spaniard to concur in promoting an institution so eminently monarchical. The clergy are invited •to contribute. The sums supplied by these gifts will be deposited in the hands of an accountable agent, to whom the commanders of the different Royal volunteer corps of the province of Avila must apply, and make known to him the quantity of arms, cloth ing, and other equipments, which they May -require. The Restaurador observes—" The noble con duct of the junta of Avila deserves to be pointed out as a fine model for imitation. We hope that all the other provinces, anxious to cotnpete, in zeal and love for the King and country 'with Avila, will hasten to follow the example thus set, and we shall soon see whole legions of faith ful Spaniards forming in every part of Spain ramparts against treason and revolt." The ships of the line San Pablo and San Bias, and three corvettes, are fitting out at Cadiz. This expedition is destined for the Pacific. With this maritime reinforcement, the Vice-Royalty of Peru will soon'be enabled to destroy the revolu tionary army of Chili, as well as that of Terra- Firma, which is now ravaging those fine coun tries. M. de Casa.trujo has been indisposed for some 'days. There is no longer any doubts respecting the 'promises made . .by the clergy for taking upon themseves' the payment of the public debt. The Government relies on the same promises for the loans which are on the eve of being concluded lvith foreign banking-houses. The clerks employed under the Government of the Cortes, win) had stopped at Cadiz, have been ordered to leave that city, and to go to other points of thew Peninsula. faints, Dcc. e3.—The Piedmontese Gazette gives bulletins of the health of King Victor Emanuel, the last of which, dated the 15th, says ---s" His Majesty slept well during the night.— head-uch "continues, end he cumplains of a pain in the! left breast ; but at seven O'clock -these symptoms were sensibly diminished." .It is reported at Madrid, and the news will not fall to obtain credit beyond the Pyrenees, that the people of Grenada had proceeded as a mob to the prisons of that. town, and assassinated., more thanl2oo Constitutionalists. The most eer .tain anti recent accounts from Grenada, Malaga, nod all the province, do not soy a word on this event, and the report is-entirely false. Dan 'Vic tor Saez has prayed the !King to accept the mo tives of his refusal of the 'bishopric of Tortosa. The King has ,yielded to the wish or that virtu ! : ons ecclesiastic, and permitted 111 M to retire from Toledo, whore Don Victor Suez wilt discharge the functions of Canon. it is stated that he left the capital on the 6th.---( Echo du Midi.) General Viscount Clermont-Tottlierre, the fa ther of the Minister of the Marine, arrived yes terday at Paris from Rome, accompanied by the A bbil cottrel, .Conclavist of his .Eminence th e Cardinal Archbishop of 'T'oulou'se, appointed Bishop 'of Carystus, a partibus' iyidelium.. At 'their departure from Rome on the 6th, the state of the Holy Father's health not only was not alarming, but was much ameliorated since the ces sation of some periodical indisposition, which left the hope that the continuance of 'the reign of :Leo Xll. would permit the realization of all his pious plans for tlw happiness of his imMense flock. On the Gth the French Cardinals and their Con.: desists, the Viscount Clermont-Tonnerre and the Doke de Rohan, had an audience of his Ifoiinoss. —(L'Egoitc.) I From the ../tfoniteur of Monday, Non4/lci4l Fart.] PcnetoNAN, Iho. 13. 7 —The .battalion .of the Royal Army of Spain, which made part of the garrison of the fort of Figueiras, has left it to join the corps of Baron cl'Eroles, Captain-Gene re! of Catalonia. General Lloberas has made Iris sehmissiou to the King, as well as the troops that were at Tarragona when Barcelona capi. tulottcd. General Lloberas is now at.Reus: with part of these troops, which were inspected list week by Baron tl'Eroles. Yesterday (the 12th) M. Schneider, Colonel of the '2oth light regi.. meta, caused the following Order of the Day to be published:--- ' Subalterns and Chasscurs of the Twentiah—You have seen, during the campaign, with what stilicitude the best of Kings provided for all your wants with what munificence a Prince of his43lood, who was commissioned to command you, recompensed , tit e performance „of your: iglu dtaieS ; you see with what enthusiasm France receives her %raiders, tr.e tankful supports of the Monarchy. T have m more to say to you to induce you to continue your services under the banners which you have already tuadc illustrious. • " The Government of the King, religiously 'observing the sacred promises of the Monarch, orders that the discharges to which you have a right, shall he deliyered to you on your en trance into the French territory. You may return to, your homes or remain under your col Ours ; every where you will carry the faithful tradition,of the courage, of the strict disci. pilne of the army during tins war, and of its love for the BourhOus." Paints, Dcc. 21.—Messieurs tie Saint Hilaire and Quisounas are appointed Commanders of the Brigade of Infantry of the Guard ; M. de Saint Chamans a ill cammand the Dragoons and Chas- !ELECTIONS oiCOMMON COUNCILMEN. sours. We learn frem Spain that the city of Valencia has just presented a sword to Colonel Count d'Asrorg, as a testimony of gratitude, for the ser• vices which he had rendered to the city, and of the order which he has maintained in it since he has had the command of it. Cardinal La Fare arrived at Toulon on the 16th, on board the gabarre La Chevrette, on his return from Rome. FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND RWSSIA. The Journal des. M;buts gives an account of a work of M. Dupin, in answer to the Parallel be,' tweet England and Russia, by the Abbe de Pradt, in which be attempts to shew the humble destinies that await France and all the other Eu- ropean Continental Powers. England and Russia, according to M. de Pradt, will hereafter he the only European nations who will enjoy indepen dence, under the protection of one of which all the other nations of Europe must place them- selves ; and he strongly urges France to culti vate that of England. M. Unpin, in his answer, attacks most of the positions of M..de,Pradt, and particularly, that relating to the Protectorship of England; and in reply to M. de Pradt's as .ertion, that England cannot be happy but in doiog good to others, says— " England in her commercial relations with other nations does them good, when their gond agrees with her own—and evil as soon as she thinks herselfinterested either for her menu facturesor her policy. This is no reproach to her more than to any other power—for all nations have hitherto followed this line of conduct, They have only differed in the shades of their selfishness and cupidity. " The interests of commerce influence also in another man ner the policy of Great Britain; That nation, the views of which are very extensive and profound, knows perfectly that the superiorhy of its commerce and its strength depends on the happy balance of its institutions, the full enjoyment of all its liberties. Thus, even to these latter times, has she appeared little desirous to insure, on the Continent, the same benefit to other nations. • " In a very remlrkable Parliamentary inquiry on the trade of Ureat Britar, compared with that of other nations, Mem bers of, Parliament charged with the inquiry, asked merchants of„Lontlon, Do you not think that France, if she preserves her new institutions and Constitutional Government, will not find in them elements of prosperity for her commerce, which yhe has hitherto been without ?' ' Undoubtedly,' replied the ►k ilful merchants. " Englund, then, has no pecuniary, interest in the presenta tion by France, of her.present form of Government, and the liberties guaranteed by the Charter. She sees in them means by which we may struggle against the monopoly created by her manufacturing superiority. We do not say thence that England would help with pleasure to overthrow this fine mo nument—the eternity of which is our hope. We would only say, that she has no mercantile interest to prevent such a sub version. Her views in this respect should not be a motive to us to implore her Protector:lllp." After having established, says the Journal des Wats, the absurdity of the English Protectorship of M. do Pradt, M. Dupin considers the power of Russia in all its relations. This is the most novel part of his tract. 111. Dupin chews how inis t,iken Europe is in considering Russia as barbarian. The happy condition of the peasants, the Corporation rights of the t own's, the incorporation of whole nations accustomed to free i nstitutions, toe taste for science and letters diffusid among the Rtuisian Nobles, all lead Mons. Dupin to the conclusion that Russia is less backward in civilization than Austria; a con. elusion which will surprise some readers, but which is skilfully supported. , " What appears to me to deserve deep meditation (he says) is, the,spirit of the Russian Government, viewed in its relation to the great art of assimilating to its Empire the population of invaded countries. Since • Rome, the laws of which seemed rands for the conquest of the world, no country has been framed lika Russia to extend, and, above aIL . to ,preserve its conquests. Russia having seen itself destined, like ancient Rome, to compose her. Empire of a crowd of nations of dif. ferent religions, customs and languages, she has made it a rule to leave to each nation all the ideas that are. dearer to it than political existence." He then chews how Russian policy conciliates all religions, preserves every where the use of national idioms, leaves old customs standing, and even lends itself, as in Poland and Fin. land, to constitutional ideas. In painting the military and defensive power of Russia, M. Dupin has made us acquainted with a new institution which has not excited sufficient attention :—" The Emperor Alexander has eeneeived the idea of founding in different parts of his Empire, Military colonies, or rather castes.- In them all the male dill. dren ore born soldiers; they are to enter the army at the age of 15, and , remain enrolled till 60. In becomirig soldiers, according to the Muscovite law, they cease to be slaves. Thence, the military state, which in other nations is regarded as a time of servitude, has for them the double benefit of freedom and glory. • . “ The Monarch appropriates, from the domains of the Crown, the lend necessary for the establishment and subsistence of Abe colonised regiments. In return for the lands thus conceded, these warriors are,M support themselves and their horses, so long as they shall not be ordered out on any foreign expedition, ,By this means large armies will be kept on foot during the peace, without any expence to the Public Treasury. " The pay of these corps is to commence only when they shall he called out of their respective Colonies—this pay will be inn. lic. , .rate in proportion to the limited wants of a people newly co. Whiled, unacquainted with-luxury. This military population will bear arms without exception, and will be constantly exer t ieed. They will maintain their warlike spirit, like the stand, ing armies of the Roman Empire, at the most formidable pe tiod of their conquests. • * When this project shall have been carried into execution, empire will reckon three millions of males in its military colonies. From among these three millions, therefore, the Au. toerat of All the Ruasias will be able, by a simple Ukame, to make, all individuals march from the age 4)1'15 to 60, that is to say, "at least one million five hundred thousand soldiers. " At present 40,000 horsemen are thus colonised; a single colony not far from Petereburgh, near .Novogorod, reckons 70,000 trghting men. The total of the military caste, already consituted, is 400,000 soldiers." These (Intik are very carious ; but instead of 'refuting the opinion of M. de Pradt on the dangers with which the power of Russia threatens Europe, they only modify it. It is as a Barbarian Power that M. tie Pradt would have us fear the 'Empire of the Czars ; it is as a eivillied and polite power that this empire is worthy of all the attention, all the vigilance of Statesmen. __• _ • _ There is only one way of.maintaining the independence and the honour of European nations. It is not in the balance of power, often chimerical and always precarious, that we can find a solid guarantee. Nations Must henceforth hope only from their own strength, and, above all, their moral strength. We agree in this respect with 31. Dupin, when he says, " Let us, establish every where strong institutions which may be the re ciprottal guarantee of monarchs and subjects; let us favour the progress of science and arts, the instruction of the people, in dustry, and commerce. bet us render citizens happy and in telligent, that they may prevent the dangers which may threaten the State, and, in the time of need, die with enthusiasm in de ft:rice of at country which gives prosperity to their families, and guarantees the continuance of thut prosperity'to their posterity. .France may occupy the first station In the .noble career, which ,will be at once the security and glory of Western Europe; she May command by her example, and direct by her Intelligence. This is the natural part she has to act. This is the sole destiny worthy of her greatness." FARRINGDoN WITHOUT. The noun MAYOu arrived at St. Sepulchrei Chnrch a fevr minutes after twelve o'clock yeti terday, and the poll having been re-opened:,-- Mr. THOMPSON wished to call the attention of his Lora. ship to ,a circumstance of some importance to the different can. dilates. It appeared that some of the gentlemen of as poll-clerks were rather hard of hearing, and were therefore liable to commit mistakes, from not correctly marking the names given in by the voters; he had thought•it necessary to mention this fact, that some means might be resorted to for providing against the possible inconvenience that might result from the circumstance he had alluded to. The Lonn 3lavon.—lf any mistakes have occurred, I am very sorry to hear it ; but the poll-clerks should see that the names of gentlemen for whom votes were given were repeated audibly. Mr. SMITH, a solicitor, but who officiated as poll-cleric, oh served, that he conceived the allusion to hare been made to him in consequence of an error into which he had fallen yes terday, but which had been duly and openly stated and cor rected ; he however, take care that no similar inaccu kacy should occur through him this day, as he would n ot on ly eep his own cars fully distended, but would also see to the fact of the mouths of the voters being equally open to the due conveyance of sound. Mr. SAvaoE explained,' that perhaps the complaint now made had originated in the fact of two gentlemen having voted for him, which had been, in the first instance, incorrectly marked. The Loan MAYOR conceived it possible that Mr. Smith might find it difficult to insure the necessary distention of the mouths of the - voters. All that could be done was to give due attention to the names, as given in ; and thus, his Lordship thought, all mistakes might, with an ordinary degree of ease, be preventetl. The poll then proceeded, and continued briskly for upwards of an hour. Shortly after it had commenced, a circumstance similar to that noticed yesterday, occurred in a voter declaring his ina bility to read. 11 is Lordship read the names over to this gentleman in re. gular order as they ttood on the list; Mr. Butterworth was the 17th and last; the voter assented to the first sixteen whose names were read over to him, and his Lordship did not men tion that of Mr. Butterworth. On the recurrence of another similar instance, his Lordship haring, proceeded in like manner, and the circumstance agree ing in every respect with that above noticed, Mr. Buvrr.ltWOßTH observed, that his name had not been read over by his Lordship. The Loan 31avost.—'lour name, Sir, is the 17th on the list; and the voters hav ing assented to the names of the sixteen first read to them, cannot vote for any other candidate; "and are not therefore in the' slightest degree interested in thb name of the 17th gentleman on the list. His Lordship's attention having been called to the circum stance of some card. lying upon the table, in which the name of Mr. 13utterworth was inserted in the order of priority which the previous day's poll had given the different candidates, or dered them to be removed. Mr. BUTTERWORTH observed, that the list of names and .number of voters printed en the card complained of, was as correct as any that could have been prepared. The LORD MAYOR.—It is usual on these occasions to allow the official list only to lie upon the table, and I see no reason for making the present an exception. A third instance of inability to read occurring, his Lordship noir read over the whole of the 17 names on the list, and then that of each candidate,for the assent or dissent of the voter.— This gentleman, as all those similarly circumstanced bad done, gave his vote to the first 16 names read to him. of course omit ting that of Mr. 'Butterworth, which stood last on the list. On a Mr. Botten tendering himself as a voter, it was object- ' ed that his name was not entered on the parish books. The Lonn lk'Avon referred the question to Mr. Carter, of the Lent Mayor's Court office, whose legal knowledge would enable him to decide upon the objection raised with more pro piety than himself. Mr. Mitten then, in answer to a question put to him by Mr. Carter, stated that he had been four years a partner in the firm of Batten, Gillman, and Rotten ; 1 t he Wti% a free j man; that he paid his share of the rates chargeable to the firm, and that'such 'portion of them amounted to more than thirty . Mr. CAltTjat said that it was then immaterial whether or not his name was 'entered in the parish books—he was certainly en titled to vote: • The Loan MAY on, guided by this opinion, decided for the legality of the vote. tendered. 11.1 r. 1111 T TEItIVOItTii asked if his returning thanks to gentle men as they retired, who had given him their votes, was con. trary to any. order of his Lordship. The Loup Ill A yoit—l understood that the candidates had come to a resolution not to do no, as it might prevent the voters from being distinctly heard by the poll-clerks. Mr. BUTTEItW9IIIII—SO it was also resolved, I believe, my Lord, that no cards should ba delivered to voters as they came up to poll. A gentleman observed, that such a course of proceeding had not been adopted until Mr. Butteworth's friends had been seen giving cards to the voters us they entered the church. The LORD Mavon thought it desirable that voters should be distinctly heard, and certainly the less'noise the Candidates or their friends might make, the more likely was it that this de. aideratuhi will be attained. _ Mr. Iln TT E RWO tyrrt.—My Lord, I am no party to any of these resolutions; 1 knew nothing about them until this moment. The LOAD MaTon believed this laudable taciturnity of Candidates had been in general practice for some few years past. On the occasion of a ding's freeman presenting himself, he was rejected on the ground that his privilege was restricted to the advantage of carrying on trade in the city where he resided. Several similar instances occurred in the course of the day. Mr. litrrrEawonTu addressed his Lordship on a point of order. The parish beadle of St. Andrew's had given a vote one of the printed lists as he came up to poll, and on being re monstrated with, stated that he was ordered to do so by his Lordship ; he (Mr. Butterworth) protested against any such interfetence; and appealed to his Lordship, as an advocate for the impartial and unbiased exercise of the elective franchise, whether the officers ought to be allowed to interfere in any way. The Lona ilLtiroa had given no such order as that alluded to ; he had directed the parish officers to see that a sufficient supply of the official lists was laid on the table far the use of the voters. At half-put !five o'clock th chided, when the members app W.J.Reeyes, Esq. dbputy, North side - 515 Wm. Griffith - 475 Jomes erbok - 477 John Blackett ' - 461 W. A. Beckwith 461 e election in this ward was con eared us under : C.A. Savage - - 477 Wm. Patten - - 411 J. Webb Southgate - 41111 S. Roberts 419 G. Turner - - 423 T. C. Mansard - 430 - Young - 460 "henry Butterworth - 382 Alexander Galloway, - 373 Richard Taylor - Vinoent. Figgins - W. Vale, Esq., deputy, South aide - 496 This Ward returns 16 Members. - 450 - 444 On the numbers being announced, a violent uproar, in applauses and hisses, was manifested by different parties ou the names of Mr. Butterworth and Mr. Galloway being mentioned. The LORD MAYOR declared the fi rs t sixteen gentlemen to be elected. The various Members returned thanks. Mr. eitoox in doing so, observed, it was his int en ti on to have brought before the Meeting the subject of the co a l d ut i es , but at such a late period of the evening, a full and fair discus. sion of the subject could not be expected ; he would therefore defer it to another opportunity. It was, he observed, a very heavy impost on the citizens of London, and one which required their serious attention. Mr. SAYAGE, in reviewing his own conduct, said he had been placed on the Committee to inquire into the tithes within the city, and he was happy to say that in a neighbouring parish (St. Andrew's) the Clergyman had been defeat e d,. and by an Act of Parliament compelled to accept of one-third of his ori ginal demand. Wherever he found abuses he was ready to assist in reforming them. There was another thing which had long been a tax on the citizens—he meant the London workhouse_(loud coughing o—lie would contend that it' was, not intended that tins workhouse, which had exist. ed for near a century, should have been an impost on the city, and . yet it had cost it upwards of 86,0001. (coughing still); he was, however, happy to say that that establishment no longer existed (cries of No no I)_" I say," added Mr. Sav age 44 that it does not exist, for Sir W, Rawlins, the treasurer, has given up the deeds and seals of office." The Worthy gentleman thanked the inhabitants for their support at this election.— (Applause.) Mr. PATTEN said, when he first presented himself to the notice of the ward, he professed to be a friend to c i v il , piaiti. cal, and religious liberty, and he hoped that his conduct had been found commensurate with his professions, and that he was a declared enemy to hypocrisy.—(Great applause.) Mr. Butterworth was received with a mixture of applause and disapprobation. The Long MAYOR hoped that every gentleman would mee with a fair and patient hearing. Mr. BuTTrawoirrii observed, he had not anticipated the proud - majority he possed, and consequently was unprovided with a speech—(a laugh) ; but if they would - receive the honest declarations of a candid mind, he would declare to them that he would discharge hilduty to his constituents to the utmost of his exertions. He hoped, now the contest was over, that all animosity would be forgott e n, an d th at w h en again head the plea Sure of meeting them, that they would fi n d h e h a d not for feited their good opinion, nor the confidence reposed in him. Mr. GALLOWAY rose amidst great applause, which lasted for some time. It was his duty to make some observations on a subject in which their interests were concerned. The contest was not one of personal kind, but was one in which the best principles conducive to the welfare of the Ward of Farringdon- Without were concerned. He had no less than 378 flee and unsolicited votes.—(Cries of " No, No.")--He would still say, that the 378 who had thought him worthy of their suffrages, he begged to return his grateful thanks for the e x. ertions they had rendered on his behalf; and those who had voted against him, he did not doubt had done their duty, and given honest and conscientious votes—(applause;)—for those he also entertained great respect; there were two de grees of respect as there are degrees of other things --to those who had supported their principles, and those who had forfeited their principles to support a party. He had never been a candidate for their suffrages, for he had been brought forward and proposed, unsolicited, and thereby he did not trammel himself to any party of men. It had been endeavoured to mix bins up with irreligion, hut he was glad to say that their endeavours had proved futile. His creed was this—he loved liberty without licentiousness, and religion he esteemed with. out bigotry.—(Great applause.)—He did not feel it right to answer such interrogatories as had been put to him, because he conceived no person was entitled to propose to him questions upon so sacred a subject, as it would be laying down a pre cedent which would be most inju r io us to the Ward as well as to thepublic in general. Now the contest was at an end, his opponent—for lie would call him so, because he had that day declared to him so—who was very young, lie hoped would do his duty to his constituents, and attend to their nghts and in dependence ; and if he did so—if the inhabitants conceived he was a free asserter of their privileges, he (Mr. Galloway) would esteem him as much as he should hope to be; he should there fore not regret that he (Mr. 0.) had gone out, and Mr. Butter worth got in.—((Great applause.) THOMPSON said, he rose with mingled feelings of re. gret and pleasure —regret that a man should succeed upon such fanatical principles (applause and hisses)— and pleasure , that in spite of such fan a tici s m he sho u ld on ly h ave a ma j o rity of four. He respected Mr. Butterworth as a gentleman , and throughout the contest lie had behaved himself in a most gen tlemanly manner; he wished lie could say so much of his friends, who on the first day proposed to Mr. Galloway ques tions which they had no right to do ; and it was for that reason that he had called on the Lord Mayor to prevent such questions from being asked. When such questions were put, he (Mr. Thompson) expected to have seen a man with a long face; but he was surprised to see a short, punchy, full-faced man, who seemed more likely to be a votary of Bacchus than of the Deity. (Applause and hisses.) The Loan MAYOR said hissing was very indecent and un becoming in any person, and he hoped it would not be repeated. Mr.-TsioatPsosr said he was not surprised to hear the hiss ing of the party opposite. Mr. Butterworth's friend had said the King of England was not only the political but the theolo. gical King of hngland.—(A laugh.)—He did not know what that gentleman meant, unless it was that his .Majesty's seclu awitearecccanountteand f d or h b y y po li c i r s i s s t y u carried on theology. —(A day, that a person, whom he could name if it were necessary, S si o on fa w r l e a u g presenth . and who was often making long speeches at the Egyptian-hall, told him (Mr. Thompson) after he had one day left the hall, that be did not care a word about it. The object had not been to catechise Mr. Galloway, but to injure his reputation, and to ruin his interests. He (Mr. Thompson) would have asked the person who asked Mr. Galloway the questions whether be was a Christian, and he would answer yes. He would ask him again if he believed in what was called " St.' Athanasius's Creed ;" and if he answered yes, he (Mr. T.) would tell him to go home, get a keeper, and put on a strait waistcoat; if he answered no, he would tell him he was not a Christian.-- ( Laughter.)—The Inquisition was not established at one step, but advanced progressively, like the system of hypocrisy would if the Ward permitted other persons tit the same party as Mr. B. to be elected as their representatives. The inhabitants had been very negligent to let Mr. Butterworth come in, and to eject Mr. Calloway ; however, If Mr. B. acted free end Indepen. dently, and for the benefit of the Ward. the perry who eup } him. throughout the contest would in a short time desert him, and by next year he would have to light his battles against his own party. Mr. Thompson then submitted a mo tion to the effect that it was most daring for any man, or set of men, to interfere with the creed of an y man ; and that none but the greatest bigot would put those questions. The motion being put, was carried with a few dissentient hands. Mr. FEAUON then followed Mr. Thompsdn in nearly the same argument. If e proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Gallo, way, for his conduct during the time he held the office ; which was carried also with a very few dissentient voices. Thanks having been voted to the Lord Mayor, the wardmot e was dissolved. LANGBOURN WARD. The contest in this ward Was concluded yesterday, when the following appeared to be the state of the poll :-- Joseph Carter, Esq. deputy 157 William Rice Thos. Ayres - - 143 "—Haswell - Richard Dixon - - 141 "—Layton - Robert Elliott 153 Samuel Joyce I Benjamin Stubbing - 133 "—St e w ar t - John Hohnes Gibson - 133 *—Unwin Thomas Milroy - % 122 This Ward returns 10 Members, and of the above number he first 10 were declared duly elected. CRIPPLEGATE WARD WITHIN. - 129 "Mr. Gates =' 113 Mr. Herron - - 113 "Mr. Smith - - 113 Mr. Capel - 107 *Mr. Thorow, - - 142 - 110 - 109 Mr. Kerl . *Mr. Wilshire . Mr. Waterhouse . Mr. Field . Mr. Forsyth . - - 70 ~:tnyth _ r and This Ward returns 8 Me m bers,and of the above number the first 6 were declared duly elected. Fresh instructions were given to the Common Councilmen to obtain a solemn decision on the question of the increase in the number of representatives. Thanks were voted to Alderman Wood for his unabated assiduity in the performance of public services ; and the Wardmote separated. BREAD-STREET WARD. Samuel Hayward, deputy $7 John Hellen - William Mathie 61 Robert Burra Thomas Coleman - . 49 John Biden Matthew Topham Gibson 48 John Degrave Benjamin Blakesley .48 'M. E. Legge Jonathan Croker - 46 W. Lawrence John Southby Bridge . 47 This Ward returns 12 Members, of the above number the first 12 were declared duly elected. [Those marked thus • are new candidates] Mr. CROCKER, in returning thanks, said he should con. tinue that line of conduct which his constituents had sanctioned by returning him to serve another time. He should continue hls attention to the financial expenditure of the Corporation, and oppose such votes of sums of money as had been made re cently, on two occasions perfectly fresh in the memories of those who heard them. lie opposed the votes of money on those occasions, because he was convincedthat they were ill ega l, un constitutional, and, as the event had Proved in one Instance, utterly. useless. Finance was a subject to which he had devoted much time, and to that subject. which he conceived the Most important, he should chiefly , confine his attention.- I—(Applanse.) 1 Mr. BRIDOE, in returning thanks, expressed high gratifica tion that the Ward had returned him to serve with colleagues amongst whom so much good-will prevailed, and he hoped they would continue bound up together like a bundle of sticks, strong in their unanimity. Ile hoped they were coming into more quieetimes, when politi cs wou ld b e more dispensed with. Mr. LEGG E , the new candidate, would declare that he would not compromise his conviction, nor become either a subservient Ministerialist or an outrageous Radical. —(Applause.) Mr. LAWRENCE, the unsuccessful candidate then addressed the meeting, and said when the nature of the votes in the poll book were examined, it would be found that he had with him the sentiments of one-third of the inhabitants, who came for , ward unsolicited to support a candidate w h o put hirnself forward anon the principles of reform. Mr. Crocker had professed his strong attachment to every. thing that would promote economy and retrenchment in the civic expenditure, and was doubtless sincere in that profession. Now one of ie greatest sources of expenditure was the dinners of the Committees, where the eating and guzzling at the expellee of the city were enormous. He should therefore conclude by moving, that the Commcn Council should be instructed to support any motion for the re ductions of the dinners given to the Committees. To this roe .tion he should add another, on the subject of abuse, which was, that they should also support any m easure f or t h e a b ol i tion of the odi ous system of fees of office; instead of which re gular salaries should be given. —•These motions were put and negatived. Thanks were then voted to the Alderman for his conduct in the chair. A petition for the repeal of the coal duties was very numerously signed. - 911, - 97 - ea - 76 ood - - 47 : :/g - 44 - - 49 - - 10 OR THE STUN. GENERAL 2111 NA. Ma. EDlToll—your private CorreSpona er has ingeniously magnfed the extent to which carried his ENTRustas'it, i in unconsciously inildh ing the distance IT must have carried the SPanh Patriot. As one of nearly three thousand MotropoiAl Plymouthicans milibus unus), I beg to refer to the Map of " the Borough, Dock, and Sio'' house:" where he will find, that from Pier,l 3 arb 3 can, it is upwards of a mile and a quarter throP 44 the Leach Way" of procession ; and upwar d of three quarters of a mile through any of t h ` streets of " Neptune's Trident ;" to " The Royal Regency Hotel ; that is " His Majesty's late Royal Ifiglineis's whose principal entrance (a-propos of the Spanish Patriot) is in cc Armada-street, Theatre Royal' Cherry-garden. "* It should, also, have been known to your Cot' Andrew'ss to scrrlFoeei drinknoryr s ligrv p anotie o l snndngina,R;d:l withei seoy Infants ' Coronation enrDnaagt tottyeal gun- firin g 1:01, r,t which e T he ßells l g o t of ‘ o f the ju Old 1y C s ° o rP i rational Mother Chnrch of Saint Andrews, Gr e l th. y ormous sum of : fi a sor l afia f rni - it ia 'h gte ' c c ie a l i r i yetcivhiai always I ti s: V er t na o i t c ai rung t o a on h pn r d e p i oo it rfr Y te i ‘us snO ,p : tH ej e ty se it re gt i nt our ultra , rs e correcting the false colour given b y for Geo. of September l a t e for Go fired at noon, and th e , s hi pping at one. Itk concluding peals o f th e d ay were, howeve r, lose in those other y ears rung i n the evening 001,1 of 44 the Saturday b e f ore S a i n t James's Flo°`l. Geo. i. the 8 g the iio 2t , (this year, July 19th), in commenturaliofi the defeat of the formidable SPANISH Aam . " l off port, being one of the three several eighq eights of the year; 'viz. the fourth of Novti all6 night, for the discovery of the gun-powder P l°t in conjunction with the glorious Revolution, 1); the landing of King William (then Prince Orange), at Torbay, on the afternoon of I‘ l ° 4 day the sth of November, 1688: 2dly, ( P ee' tes tant Elizabe th's ßeli A gi c o c n e;s o io n n th (t e h l e 7 F th oo o n fdr Novemberas .9 d o 5 idly 1 s e 1: 1 50 ) a 5 :: which the vulgar error calls 1588 •' lastly, The above recorded defeat in cording to the adage of which occasion : " Trio Saturday; or, rather, Saturday night+ " Before Saint JAITICed flood : is eighty-4h°' B London, Dec., 1823. R. % S' So called from the princip a l St rcz t to it throe ft! being cut _ " Cherry Garden." _ -- NLAND TRADE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND the il le PETERSBURG/I, DEC.•IO.--The. Court H (jazci" contains the following article :-.^" A" chandize sent to China does not amoun t tos 0);I: lion sterling a-year. Their Carriage to Nigtc costs ahout three times the original purchase' The conveyance from Petersburgh to Nialci tls accomplished in live months, when no obstaci:': intervene. But if, as frequently liaPP en , s ,'„ e l , goods change owners in the mart of Nisc"%cii N .* ovogrod, a year may elapse before 60 v il settled ' their destination. The produce of Chi° leti nearly as long in reachina the Europai n °ar o' of tion between Peterburgh and Kiatcha elo n° g ig in l es s e s than tiro yeaarscnlrnercial .° The order°,7he to be given in November and contin ue , month of March. nsaA t tha t gorod opens in the month of A.ugust• his period the a large village situated 6,508 worsts troll' A the —A bridge separates the Russian sv it $ Chinese empires. Beyond . the Chinese village completely uninhabited. ", t he on the contrary, is inhabited dartle,boilt !Thole year.— These two villages "'rit,Bol treatin Each i 1728,s defended ` irl concludedeo r-1 s of large calibre. From 40,000 to 5 0,0 o ,„ of tea are annually imported by Kiatcha, one thousand of which is str t iot 1 111 ;, b e b q eyt u %s e ve n eve c en e . r a l o t I f pi T illery gored. En 1820 there were . sold l t tl it ly of 27,000 chests of Borg tea, indepenuelwis green in packets, called by the 1 1,05 01 y lozenge tea. The Russian ar est re la 1 ;1 lout of their trade with China. gone to o, merchants, furnished with imperial strsr repair to Kiatcha. The Chinese, 01 1 t h h i c c ti have created a privileged conwailf Na monopoly of the trad on their par t ' t in a, liah goods can reach e Kiatcha egceP e 00 ° 6 Russian mer chandise being al° fritri Bl. l . . There are regular markets in Chieel tbr oo ; to which, however, the natives on l y or to a Ti l e arr r e o n a l)l i a -r i ( t7 m Pekin toerli-chiaatticdhili P° e illle)l.°"lit Kiatcha in waggons." ------ N il IJOY C ANT; S; - IC .-1- ID -------- g.---A -1-V—e---ei‘. or tsvaullii ' Ll': tworf 4.1 0 ' le -struck Adonis of GO, paid his addresseS t° ; l or , ' vt1",, , 0 ° , tiliB Placc,fair, and forty." The, aids ,,,,, 1 0 0 ' 1 1 l';': o_n_w r ever, were-pre-enaged, and the " den 4l ,.., — v u eoet tit r' ! , 1 ' ti s 4 •g of course. Love, though , blind, i'l r o des o' ‘ ..oo' y sitgoted Strephon, doomed t o s uffer tbe lotion- la 00 0 I to 0 deferred," instantly set out to offer his regards t ° iflii , '%l! ss. to p 1. , .Al ful fair one ; but alas ! with no better su,— A ett', turbulent passions of an already reedeeteil t Ati,7 ba it/1 0 1f Or in an agony of despair he exclaim , O r n o ti d i r ll o joy at s ;'o l :o 4, fhein mar diming. waaal—(Anglic?, gentlenaan)--when. he plunged into the rive r ; v,hel,o°Yifil fn ... t lie natal)? prevented effecting his rash purpose?, 0, trar oivo of his tartan mantle, and by the skirts of ul a ,' ' speedily fished ashore.—(inverrias Journal./ Y I