The Sun. — London, England, 1837-11-03 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL MUNICIPAL ELECTION. LIVERPOOL, Tuunsoar.—The Tories are eo...ii-hearted a the def, at which they have experienced in the Nluiiicipal Pant lection, just over. For months past all the pew er of th:. Las been exercised in threatening, coaxing, end bribing 11 ° timid and doubtful electors ; and in consequence of the Impression which th e y t h oug h t t h ese acts had had upon the outtlectors, they boldly d ec l are d that they would carry fourteen false of the sixteen wards. Th e resu l t , h owever, showed bor. L were their ca l cu l at i ons. The result of this election may VL'e considered, w i t h out doubt, the greatest triumph ever n i n,ed by the Ref ormers of L i verpool, and most clearly esta 80snes the fact, that were this borough free from the old eon -111,e:11c], the corrupt freemen, its late excellent Member i i tt l rutra Ewart, and Hovvard Elphinstone, would now be the rug Members for this great commerci it town. The result ,this glorious victory is great indeed to the Reformers, as it .I,IIIY establishes their majority in the. Town Ccencil for ano ther four years. The present contest was perhaps ono of the itstins.rpest contests ever fought by the two contending parties, batriatell beaten Tories admit that they never before fought and narder thant they did this. The following shows how gnally they party are Leaten : Tory FI NAL STATE OF THE POLI. 3 lsjority. P.cform Majority. Gross No. polled. .111 r, ilotsoNnoo. 1, Everton Ward. 2 l‘lr. 3 Quayle*7 258 Mr. Thor N nh o n • i 2, Scotland Ward. 9 0 Mr. liorsjall* . . 217 No. 3, Vauxhall Ward. --i; Mr. Preston* ll4 3 b. Case* ... Mr. Pr anklaNnocl**4,..St. Paul's Ward. ---2: . - 163 Arr. Winstanley* 155 No. 5 Exchange Ward. f Mr. Sends* ' 204 Mr. He; worth 193 No. 6, Castle-street Ward. --. Mr. Birch (No opposition) . . No. 7, St. Peter's Ward. Mr. Priestley* Air. Sandbach* No. 8, Pitt-stre e t W ar d. 24 Air. Rathbone 111 r. Aspinall* No. 9, Great George's Ward. 21 Mr. Coorer* - 172 Alr. Ea r l,* No. 10, Rodney-street Ward. Mr. Lassell M. Wright* No. 11, Abercroruby Ward. 14 Dr. Carson Mr. Gladstone* Mr. No. 12, Lime-street Ward. 5 Blackburne Mr. Lace* — 253 No. 12, St. Anne's Ward. 75 Mr, s rcao , 214 V r. Davies* No. 14, West Dolby Ward. 9 Mr. _Lawrence* Mr. Holt No. 15, South Toxteth Ward. Iklr. Platt Air. Smith* l'29 No. 16, North Toxteth Ward. 5 Mr. Duncan 232 Mr. ShPppar~* 4 T oles e l ected. Reformers elected l 2 C our , ( ,,e marked thus (*) were not Members of the former T "e". Those in Roman are Reformers, and those in Italic 4A s ,„ —4 INGS MUNICIPAL ELECTION. The R , h ave in the late con test h eiormers n been most triumphant tYik ere • The Tories had succeeded in former years in car ol' rh e a majority of their own partizans, but the cordial union A 10 c i,,. Reformers, and the active exertions of the Reform s alej`in, ha7e this vear secured the wishes of the Liberal .o k Thd contest ended as under EAST WARD. James Emary (Reformer) 326 William Duke (Reformer) Thomas Foster (Tory) 214 Rene W illiam L. Yates (R e f ormer ) 206 te r : le cted, be a ti ng F re d er i c k Ti cehurst, the pet of the Con jorir,ves, a n d Th omas Hickes—the latter by a large_ ma -11,,fY• A little more exert i on wou ld h ave returne d a fourth tanner in the stead of the old jurat, Foster. WEST WARD. fo 14e34 rs. Stephen Purtland and Charles Dendney, b o th Re iillners, were returned, beating the Tory, James Rock, by a le maj or i ty. v ot ° 7 the resu l t o f t hi s e l ect i on, t h e Reformers gained four vi, 4 in the Council, gaining Duke, vice Hannay; and Yates, Tieehurst. For the future Mr. Planta had better look to his ,4the late contest chews clearly the real feeling of the town, ther e is little chance of a second vote of censure on the Home liiii,, t rarY for putting such men as Messrs. Duke and Man (.:o4e7i i nto the Commission of the Peace; nor will the the B or gto elect as Alderman a comparative stranger to 1 1 ther mhs and an Ultra-Tory, instead of a man returned in° ,c'w-townsmen, at the head of the poll, to represent tue Corporation. -L MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, THIS DAY. (From the Bristol Gazette.) STATE OF THE POLLS. BEDMINSTER INARD. o , LI BERAL. CONSERVATIV . u .l l ll Drake, Returned. I No Opposition. E. ei kne . Y the foregoing it would appear that out of the 18 va l. the Liberals return 10, viz.—Bristol 4*, Bedminster AyDl, St. Pa u l' s I St. James's 1, Redcliff 1, and . St. jr and Jabob 1; and the Conservatives 8, viz.—Clifton 4, Cliltagustine 2, Redcliff 1, and St. Michael 1. It' the .1 fur the j () ) 1 l ast Week be added to their present 8, and taken from The iber 10, it gives 9 for each. v. Declaration will be made on Friday at the Guildhall. 11.P.1.41z----Xlessr Fi'op Fiske, and Prust fur the three years, lilt, ! lar wood . foro ' n — e ' year to ' supply the vacancy occasioned by u ek being an Alderman. ns I make it, to 02'2,657/. His. 10d., in place of only six oases, and J 65/. So much for the candour and the pure immaculate adnil nistration of the Post-office under Sir Francis Feeding, end the attempts made by him and his approvers to run inn down, and fasten upon me a criminal information for libel. But it is the system I have always dealt with ; and have only resorted to the exposure of those who were the official organs of that system, and I h eir defenders and a;provers, when I saw - it to be necessary to do this, in order to strengthen and confirm my own position. In order to do this at the present moment, and to prove how little Postmasters-General really did know of what was going on—for ignorance and inefficiency have been my chief allegations against them-1 shall here quote the evi dence given by th Duke of Richmond when he was Post master-General, before the Select Committee, for the reduc tion of salaries. The Committee sat in 1831 ; the Re turn commences with 1829, and includes 1536. The Duke's office was bestowed on Lord Conyngham in 1834, so that his Grace had ample time to inform himself', and correct any error of judgment he might have fallen into. His Grace thus expresses himself :—" The Secretaries, both Sir Francis Feeding and Mr. Free ling, who is the Assistant-Secretary, are very efficient and zealous officers—and I must say, from what I have been able to see, that the Post-office Establishment of England is carried on in as perfect a manner as possible." Again— " I do not pledge myself that there may pot be some im provement practicable in the English Post-office, but I found there were safety and security to the public, and that it was under very efficient management." Those who have attended to the discussions and disclo sures which I have had and effected, will judge now whe ther the Post-office of England was then, or has since been, carried " on in as perfect a manner as possible ;" and whether those compelled to use it have found " safety and security to the public, and very efficient management ;" and whether the Duke of Richmond and his successors in office, with all the advantages of rank, station, and emolument, and with two publi c Secretaries and a private Secretary, paid all three by the nation, as they have been—or myself, without any one of these advantages,--have been ab!e best to comprehend and exhibit in true colours the real state of what must designate as a wasteful, confused, self-suffi cient, and highly discreditable Public Department. One of two things cannot be denied—either the Duke of Richmond and his successors knew of the deeds brought to light by my Return, or they did not. , It is not my pro vince to incline to either view of the question—the time will come for its disclosure. It is enough for my purpose to exhibit, in the meantime, by the abstracts appended hereto, that in eight years, 10,293 cases of loss, disappoint ment, purloining, and abstracting of money, have occurred in England and Wales alone—for the Irish and Scotch plunder Returns are not yet circulated—and that the amount involved in this astounding expose. is no less, as I make it, than 618,9511. 15s. 11 id. ; besides 696 cases without their amount being stated. The questions for the nation are—Shall we be subjected longer to Postmaster-General's law, and to this base sys tem ? Shall we be chained-to this grievous monopoly, which, being held in spite of us by irresponsible hands, violates our seals with impunity, and prys into our family and domestic concerns and secrets, endangers the credit and respectability of commercial men, and commits whole sale robbery upon our monies, when entrusted to its care? Shall we have no redress ? Will the Executive Govern ment compel the Post-office to make good the sums which the Return I am commenting on shows to have been en trusted to its care, and lost to the rightful owners—or must they be losers, and go without, redress at the hands of a revenue monopoly ? Will the Ministers of the Crown sanction the continuance of this odious system—or will they apply themselves, fearlessly and immediately, to find a remedy for the evil ? These, Sir, arc proper questions to be put, in both Houses of Parliament, to the Ministers of the Queen. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT WALLACE. A RETURN of the Number of Cases which have occurred from Jan. 5, 1829, to Jan. 5, 1834, in cash Year, of LETTERS, con taining MONET, BILLS, or NOTES, which have been Secreted or Purloined, in whole or in part, by any Person in the Employ of the GENERAL. POST OFFICE, after being put into any Post Office of GREAT BRITAIN or• IRELAND, directed to LownoN, in so far as this may be known, with the Amount found deficient in each Case, and in each Year respectively. Years. I Number of Contents of the I Amount deficie n t Cases. Letters. in each Year. 1829...... None 16'30...... 1 101. Bank Note £lO 0 0 1631 None 1832 2 . 5/. Bank Note ''-- 285 0 0 2301. ditto 1833 3 151. ditto 50/. ditto 70 0 0 i Sovereigns 6 I 1 £365 0 0 A RETURN, in detaa, of the Number of Cases which have oc curred from Jan. 5, 1829, to Jan. 5, 1837, in each Year, of LETrEns. Franked or Unfranked, addressed to Persons in LON DON, DUBLIN, or EDINBURGH, or which have been applied for through the GENERAL POST OFFICES of those Cities, contain ing Money, Bills, Bank Notes, or other Propert, which have been Secreted or Purloined by any Person in the Employment of the Post Office Department, with the Amount thereof in each Case in each Year respectively, as far as relates to LONDON, in cluding ENGLAND and WALES. Number of Description of Amount Years. Cases in Property in each in each each Year. Case. Case. - 18'29 1 Bank Note 1630 5 Sovereigns Sovereign Bills of Exchange Bank Note Bank Note 1831 3 Bank Note Bank Note Bank Notes and Bills } 2,185 15 9 of Exchange 1832...... 1 Bank Notes 1833 5 Bank Notes Bank Note Bank Note Sovereigns Sovereign -- .1 15 £3,213 11 9 From th would appear l ECTION OF COUNCILLORS• Th (From the Worcester Journal.) ti Oecti on of Councillors in the room of those who go out tlific°" a nnually on th e Ist o f N ov e m b er t oo k pla ce in the r"t Wards this morning. All Saints was the o c n i l . Ward b t este • 'it 4 , for which Mr. Cripps was proposed a ill . y ididate, t hkt oll I‘l'nulay expressed a wish to decline. It ' be seen n R 4l '4l ll' l, l ' st of the late members have been re-elected ; the new mtati b -er s, in the place of those who have resigned, &e., being ~P',.,lshed by Italic. kl4 l .11Ttit'S WARD.-51essrs. 'John Hall, Daniel Georgn, C1,4,1?-4'464 Crane. I,g4q' W ARD—Messrs..Knapp, Lee, and John Grove. a... '',ICHoLns WAliD.— Messrs. J. W. Lea, alld'. H H or i n l e. WARD. —Messrs. F. T. Williants and t j uhri - L' l NTs' Waao.—Four candidates ; thr e e fi rst elected. i i Nh abi a ll, 210 ; John Powell, 187; 1 Wil liam Dolphin Cordon Cr;pps, 18 1; John Sunnnerfield, 164 ; 11 , 1 sll- C ‘e43 l ll ' ca n re Credible inform ed that the friends of t he Davis, have been . treated with a hand_ c hr "'Et, beer, &c., at the various Inns ' and the bells of re nor; ringing a merry peal in honour of his -° ` l to politi ca l sentiments of Mr. Da s c are under .o Ultra -Radical. 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1335 183 1334 1835 1836 1829 POST-OFFICE. ...... 4.0 TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN._ ___. I '''•-- 37 „ KELLY, OCT. 31, 18 n A • YOU have ever been zealous in advocating an e r OVH - 3 ti: ll :til Urtil s Y s s , t;m in the Post-office Derrtna u e f n u t, um and made =nice th c o r , ~, -, your Paper the ready vehicle of iI I I I Y I Its 'subject, I beg leave to request . a place, on an i' ll4 i;? Y ' f ur the Abstracts I send herewith, which will Nig, -7 contrast the Return made to an Order of the )14iNN7- ?vciU.nnions moved for by me in 1834, and another ; tli t 41i that mc . b first Return had the very same object in ts''. 4 . 4 , 't 01 18 37, and in fact comprehends l i l'i lt „. Period five years of to t s ~,, ,- 4 , lt _ ura of 1834 will prove the allegation I so often oil Ttied ' in the House of Commons, and which was hi l tlet. sa for ..bly by Lord Lowther, of the systematic ilt l q ttl- 4 0 ' i sl! c u Pst- - offiee Depi . ir . tm . ent,.t . o furnish coin 114,111'tit i't:riltion, when the possibility existed to evade I t q l .t i h t t it h e e tu .. N you have a copy of for 1834 would have 4 10 4 7, „ ''lle appalling results s are exhibited in that e tir til t C r il a remedy might easily %ttttl ti n e' aniount of losses preventedhave been found, ciu. which have 1 N 4 ,, 4 it" ; but it suited the Post-office to under evade . a giving 1 4, 4t4 ti l i etu tu--- and to shelter themselves pre kb' ,tl4l,,34lllrchension of the import of the Order for the 1 -4 ' 4, 14 • A N o an d tL. serv.e u their purpose. kit , ' ' and ~"(- country had dust throw in their eyes as l ik r 4r 1 s llv it to be prudent to de.i.t . until I had set 119"tly rely to f or kagain—toascertain if h t. 1,1•0. I had been 11 4 51110 f ,i` lT 'e, or was in error—as to the dreadful ireuutl t hi l l°4 w it t s lu nder I had ascertained to my . own_e i n_t i.h . ougb aft I vas 4„,,g.r ) in" on all over the three king',lon', k'''' tiNt,Ybstlie Ret Ili.") il-i te,l l l ( , l o4;" ss ie a d n ' t :iy t the defenders of Sir Francis Frecliii,g the faeeo t f u. thc Commons of the m ot% c u re tha n i' ' adverted . uttl P. til Y bix MS, the said notable evasive return ex- N a ti 18 0 eases, .amounting to 3651., whereas the re ' ' for t/ •• d of years, shows fifteen , s 4tv lil ll t w s a t i t i ld e r : ) lll o7/. I . l a s e . 9 8 717 This great discrepancy appears ; t e I ,‘"Q 0,1" I ng it the way the Post-office chose to con -1 P R ' e.l 4l)l. ( ( b ‘er i the House of Commons, but which any t ' , e 1- '"7, 111 "Pal — (meat would have construed as the Order u ttil it t. ttirT, last been done. Had this been the . case, 1 . op -4 , 1834 would have shown 5,689 cases of ii . 7 abs -traction, or plunder from letters, amounting, 1830.. 1331.. 1832.. 1333.. 1834.. 1835.. 1836.. Besides Jewellery, Powers of Attor ney, Lottery Tic kets, &c. &c. £13,533 17 10 10,293 1E618,951 15 lli The Dukc and llnclress of Sutherland, accompanied by the Marquis of Stafford and the Ladies Leveson Gower, will arrive at Stafford House, this afternoon, from Lanes Hall. Their Graces will accompany her Majesty to the civic banquet at Guildhall, on the 9th inst. Yesterday a general meeting of the proprietors of Vavixliall Bridge was held at the George and Vulture, Comilla), for the purpose of considering the report of the committee, and declaring a dividend. The report stated the satisfaction of the committee at being able to commu cate the fact that a very considerable increase bad taken place in the amount of the receipts, which were 1411. 9s. Bd. more this year than last. A dividend of 10s. was finally declared, and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. W e a re now experiencing all the rigour of wintry weather—rain, sleet, and hail, alternately driving people from the streets to the chimney corner. Hailstones mea suring two inebes in circumference were picked up in Carrick on Friday last by a friend of ours.—.4yr Observer. THE SUN, LONDON, ') AY, NOVEMBER 3, IS DINNER to SIR W. L. S. TNELAWNY Bart., and SIR WM. MOLES\VORTH, Dart., M.P. (From the 1 Bri'on of this Day•) On Monday last, pursuant to athertiscap;!.t, the-e was a grand muster at Oliver's Hotel, Podmin, of the I;beral Yeomanry of the hundred of Trigg, in the Eastern Divi s!on of Cornwall, to do honour. to the °Weal the above stzarach, well tried, an 1 dctermiaed Reformers. The meeting was rendered more interesting from its being known that a handsome silver cup was to be presented to W. K. Norway, Esq., of Wadebridge, p c dons to his temporary absence from the country, as a mark of esteem and gratitude to that gentleman by the Reformers (.1 the Hundred of Trigg, for his able and jade • fatigable exertions in behalf of reform. Notwithstanding the rain which poured down• nearly all day, there was a very large attendance, and above MO gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner provided by Mr. Oliver, and served np in good style. GEonGE COTSFORD CALS., Esq., took the Chair, and was supported on his right by Sir William Trelawnv, Bart., John Rundle, Esq., M.P., E. Tre . lawny, Esq , T. Woolleombe, Esq., and W. K. Norway, Esq. ; and on his left by Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P., J. T. Leader, Esq., M.P., Rev. D. Stephens, E. Duppa, Esq., D. P. Hoblyn, Esq., A. 0. Molcsworth, Esq., &c. &c. On the cloth being drawn, the CHAIRMAN said—l pro pose her Majesty Queen Victoria—may sl:e never forget that the people, truly represented, are the only 'egi!imate source of power.—(Three times three, and one cheer more.) The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I have to propose—The health of an illustrious branch of the Royd Fatdly—;he Duke of Sussex, that Prince of Reformers, with the Lo nours.—(Tremendous cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—The next toast which I beg leave to call your attention to is that great aed important cause for which we have been struggling so many yeari—The cause of Reform.—(Cheers.) The CllAlRMAN—Oentlemen, I must now call your at tention to the immediate business of this day. I must tell you candidly that I have been taken by surprise, for I did not anticipate the honour of sitting in this chair this evening. You will then pardon, I trust, any mistakes that I may be guilty of committing in doing the duty which I am called upon to perform. You may rely that my heart is in the work, and what I say I really mean.—(Cheers.) I am about to propose the health of my honourable friends on my right and left band--" Our late representatives"— (Tremendous cheering)—and deeply do I regret that I can not call them by that name at the present time.—(Conti need cheering.) Gentlemen, for every event that occurs in n t t o his longerwo - rld there i s areason, sitting as representatives npa Parliament a s m ay e ' that their is u our own fault.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, we must share the blame, for we have been guilty of the error, and without alluding to any individual by name, or in the slightest de gree, I must say that the mistake has originated with the Reformers of Cornwall.—(Hear, hear.) Some gentlemen have proved apostates to their creed—( Hear, hear)—and shame and contempt be with them !—(Cheers.) Others from lukewarmness or from mistaken views of our late re presentatives, have forfeited, in a great degree, the high station which they formerly held amongst us ; but I am confident in my own mind that they see their error, and we will be the last not to forgive it.—(Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I will give you• the health of our late repre sentatives —those well-tried, honest, independent, fearless servants of the county of Cornwall.—(Tremendous cheer- ing.) I challenge any man present to state one indivi dual case in which he would wish that they should missy tile votes that they have given in their respective places in Parliament.—(Loud cheers.) However, they may have been beaten by the chicanery of the Tories, by priest craft, and other things of that description—(" Hear," and cheers)— s till I say they can look th e i r f ormer cons tit uen t s in the face with a clear conscience. I should like to know whether our noble opponent can do the same at this pre sent moment ?—(Hear, hear.) I very much doubt it, though the means of saying so is not in my power ; but we know, and every individual in this room knows, that undue influence has been at work—(Hear, hear, hear)—and had • we but the money to enable us to go to a scrutiny, I feel certain that hundreds of their votes would go for nothing. —(Hear, hear.) But to dwell longer upon this subject would be out of taste on my part. Our late representa tive on my right is still with us, and I am sorry that he does not maintain his former position ; but our friend on my left, we have not lost him, for he is still ours as much as if he was with us—the decided, the straight forward, the honest, fearless advocate of Reform, and able still to drive our adversaries from the field.—(Loud cheers.) I give you Sir William Trelawny and Sir William Molesworth.— (Enthusiastic cheering that lasted several minutes.) Sir WILLIAM TRELAWNT, on rising, was received with several renewed rounds of loud and vehement applause. Silence having been obtained, he spoke to the following effect unexpected and the unwished-for invitation which has called me here to-day, worded as that invita tion was, in the most flattering and kind terms, and com ing as it did from a body of the yeomanry with whom I have struggled for political rights during the last thirty years ; that invitation, coming as it did from a body of Englishmen who have offered to sacrifice their persons and their purses, and by whose kindness so humble an individual as myself was able to take the high and ho nourable station in representing this county ; receiving, I say, an invitation from such a body, I accepted it with the greatest p ro mptitude.—(Cheers.) I said, rather unge nerously, perhaps, that the invitation was unwished for. I said that because it may be the means of stirring up ugly and useless reminiscences of our failure in this county —(No, no) —and such a meeting as the present must have given trouble to many of my friends who attend from dis tant places to-day.—(Cheers.) Your kindness has over whelmed me,and I feel that I can never repay it.—(Cheers.) The honour of holding the station that I did hold entirely upon your means—for let it be known I should never have thought of coming forward but for being called upon by so numerous and respectable a body of yeomen—and the honour and pleasure of acting according to your wishes, will be handed down to my posterity as the proudest thing of which they can boast.—(Clicers.) With regard to our late failure, I attribute that entirely to the chances of war. I blame no one whatever, and I must say that I believe the defeat which we suffered from the Tories was not because there is any re-action in your vice, s—(Loud cheers)—but it was from the defects in the Reform Bill.—(llear, hear.) That Reform Bill, long as we struggled for it, good as we thought it, has not done so much or worked so well as we thought it would.—(llear, hear.) - 1 must ssy this is either a representative government or it is not ; if it is a repre sentative government it is a mockery to say that the con stitutipn of the present constituency is good.—(Loud and continued cheering.) In order to promote a further Reform, I would recommend you to agitate— agitate at all your meetings, at your vestries, your markets, your ordinaries, in the field and by the fire-silo ; struggle on again for .Refgrm in Pal liament, for you have not got it yet.—(Loud applause.) I have said before that this invita tion was unwished for by me ; I wish it also to be under stood that I accepted it the more readily because this is the most central situation in the county; and this may almost he called a county meeting ; but if this meeting should be followed up by meetings in other towns in the Division, I must say publicly that I shall not be able to at tend. 1 felt it to be my duty to attend this ; but if every town—and I have a great many very deserving kind friends in every town in this Division—should follow your example. and ask me to a public dinner, then I must respectfully de cline attending. As I understand that there are a great many very good speakers present, and as I am not any longer your representative, and have no account to give of any votes that I intended to give in Parliament, I most re- ' spectfully return to my former position.—( Cheers.) Sir Wm. MOLESWORTII ) Lart. , M.P., on rising was re ceived with oft-repeated marks of approbation, which, hav ing in some degree subsided, he said—" Gentlemen, I feel much obliged to you for the manner in which you have, as one of your late representatives, drunk my health. It is true that I still have the honour of representing a great and important constituency ; and I can say, that as long as I am a representative in Parliament, though not your representative, I shall always be ready, always be happy, to offer you my humble services. —(Loud cheers.) I take with pleasure this opportunity of expressing to 3-ou my sincere and heartfelt gratitude for the confidence which you reposed in me during the five years for which I had the honour of being one of the Representatives of this division of the county. I do assure you I felt the deepest pain and regret, when I found that I could no longer hope to represent you ; when I found that some feeble-minded, though . possibly good-intentioned men, yielding to their habitual unsteadiness and puerile fears, would no longer afford rue the assistance without which 1 could not hope for success.—( Hear, hear.) That my reasons for not coming forward again as a candidate were valid, is unfortunately proved by the events which have just occurred. For if even m y honourable friend could not succeed, what hopes of suc cess could I have had? Words can hardly express my sorrow and vexation at the result of the late contest in Loud When I consider the force o Tory party, I am not surprised thit they should h thf a i v st e hce n r ° e ut Y.— turned one representative : the choice which they have made is honourable to thcni, on account of the moral and Intellectual qualities of their candidate ; but that m y honourable friend—the steady and uncompromising friend of the people —was last upon the pal is indeed a s ubject of deep and bitter regret.—(Lnua cheering.) Though we are defeated, still the independent ycomacr) of the county have but little cause for self-reproach. We did all that was in our power, but the enemy was too strong. We may console ourselves with the retletion that our fate is s; m l ar to that of most of the counties in which there has been a contetted electioo.—( Hear.) Out of gve and twenty county contests, the Liberal party was defeated in twenty-threa—(Hear)-- , art 1 ir the same causes of defeat continue to exist., probably at the nest gcnertil election, hardy a single Reformer will be returned from the agricultural districts of England.—,'H .ar.) Yon may. perhaps, consider this opinion somewhat exaggerate!, but late events seem fully to justify it.—(hear.) The last elections were supposed to take place under circumstances singularly favourable to the popular party. A new rei;:-!e had commenced, a young Queen was on the Tlirctne, to youth and inexperience had excited the sympathies of the people.—(Hear.) In every quarter the report was indus triously circulated, and believed-that her Majesty was im bued with the most liberal notions, and placed the most unbounded confidence in her Ministers—',Hear)—some even of the highest in rank, and supposed to be most liberal in principles, and independent in the exp..ession of them, condescended by these and similar means to iellucnce the fancies and the prejudices of the pc plc—in short, to vote against the Ministerial candidates was everywhere de nounced as an act almost of treason.—(Neer.) Yet, not withstanding all this—notwithstanding all the greet influences which a Ministry can and always does exert in a general election, none but the'lireling sycophants of a base Press, or those feeble minded persons who view facts throuji the distorting medium of their wishes, can deny that the Liberal party has been defeated. And when the results of this general election are compared with those of the preceding one,— when it is remembered that the Court, Crown, and Minis try were hostile to us ; and hostile, too, with that activity and unscrupulous profligacy by which the miniuns of such a Court,—the flatterers and hangers on of the aristocracy— (Hear, hear)—the baso and servile mjority of the clergy— (Tremendous cheering)—in short all the tribe of the plun derers of the people whom we designate as Tories, are, and ever have been animated, when they think place and power are in danger, then indeed, compared with our past victory, is our present defeat a signal one.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The causes of our defeat are most evident. It was occa sioned by the unprincipled intimidation exercised over the votes of the electors—( Hear, hear)—by the unwearied ex ertions of the Tories in the registration court3—(Hear)---- and lastly, by the general political apathy of the people.— (Hear, hear.) Until the two first causes are removed, ex cept in periods of extreme political excitement, defeat will only succeed defeat. For I trust that Reformers will not have recourse to counter intimidation ; though undoubtedly, if it were exercised by the masses upon those above them, the effect would be irresistible, and the power of the Tories annihilated—(Hear, hear)—but it is only the ex tremest necessity which at the last moment would justify the use of such means.—(Cheers.) In the registration courts, the Tories have a great advantage over the Re formers, on account of the superior wealth of indi% iduals of the former party, though undoubtedly the aggregate pro perty of the Reformers is far greater than that of their opponents. Moreover, the selfish views of the Tories afford them stronger inducements to expend large sums of money in elections than those persons whose only motive to exertion is the public good.—(Hear, hear.) Now, what in your opinion is the remedy for these evils ?—(An elector, " The Ballot !" tremendous cheering.) The Ballot alone will enable the elector freely and conscientiously to vote in accordance with his wishes.—(Hear, hear.) The Ballot will render the exertions of the Tories in the Registration courts useless—(Hear, hear) --for though they would still be able to place their dependants upon the register, they would no longer be able to control the votes thus made ; and at heart these dependants are most of them Liberal.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Without the Ballot lam con vinced nothing can be effected. I, for one, am strongly in favour of many reforms. I wish for Triennial Parlia ments—(Cheers)—for the attainment of which I think the Ballot is necessary ; an extension of the Suffrage to . all householders, at least.—(Cheers.) I am most anxious for a good system of general Education—(Loud cheers)—and a complete reform of the Irish Church.—(Tremendous cheering.) These are questions of paramount importance, which ought now and ever to he agitated and discussed ; and which, as they are of the utmost consequence to the progress and well-being of the community, ought, in the minds of all sincere friends of the people, to outweigh every consideration of a party nature. Public men should be estimated by the people in proportion as by their acts, in or out of power, they work for the attainment of these mea sures ; and the possession of political power by persons hold ing Liberal principles should be valued, not (as some seem to think) as a good in itself, but as a means of effecting these Reforms, and carrying on civilization.—(Loud cheers.) To the party here assembled for the present purpose, amongst the desired Reforms, the 13:111ot must appear the most urgent, for you have just felt the undue influence— (Hear, hear)—the un:crupulous intimidation exercised by the Tory landlords. Ycu have witnessed how the Aristo cracy of this county compelled whole bands of tenantry to vote against their inclinations. The tenants were men fully as intelligent, and as well fitted to pass a judgment in political affairs as their landlords were—(Hear, hear) — they are men who ought to be as free as their landlords— (Hear, hear)—nevertheless, they were forced to the poll, compelled to look upon the elective franchise—upon the highest privilege of a free man—as a curse—(Hear, hear) — or to expose themselves and their fstnilies to the malice of the persons upon whom they arc dependant. I cannot con ceive how any just person, after the late elections, can he sitate any longer upon the subject of the Ballot.--(Hear.) A person who is blind to the evils which result from the present representative system, or who will not adopt the only remedy for these evils, ought neither to be designated as a Liberal, nor to receive the support of Liberals, nor to be treated as a political friend by the Liberal party. — (Cheers.) What line of conduct will her Majesty's Mi nisters pursue with reference to this all-important question? (Hear, hear.) I sincerely trust, both for the sake of the popular cause, and for their own sakes, they arc now pre pared, without hesitation, to declare themselves in favour of the Ballot, and to use every means in their power to make secret Suffrage the law of the land.—(Cheers.) By , - thus acting, they - would excite enthusiasm among the eation.• By proposing the most effective remedy to the evils of the present electoral system, they would be justi fied in callingopon the people for support.—(Hear, hear.) On no other terms, at present, can the people justly be called upon to make one single effort in favour o f any Ministry. For now that the electors have experienced in its fullest extent the hideous magnitude of the evils of the present system of Suffrage,—have seen the demoralization and corruption consequent upon the undue influence of the Aristocracy, and are convinced by repeated experience that neither feelings of honour nor sense of moral reprobation will prevent the greatest portion of that, class front being guilty of thew critnes—(Loud cheers)—l contend that, with these feelings and these convictions, liberal electors would not he bound either by interest or by any higher considera tions, to make -exertions and suffer the sacrifices conse quent upon such exertions, for the sake of maintaining an Administration who would remain unpledged to the Ballot. —(hear, bear, and cheers.) But if the Ministry should be wise enough to declare in 'favour of secret Suffrage, and should find it impossible to carry this measur either on account of the oppositian of the body of bereditAry legisla tors, or on account of the numerous friends and relatives of that body, who, through the vices of the electoral system, are returned fur most of our counties and smaller bo roughs, and who in mockery are termed representatives of the people—( Hear, hear)—:f by the efforts of these merce nary men, Ministers should be defeated, then let there be an appeal to the nation.—(hear, hear.) In my opinion that appeal would be successful, for I most firmly believe the electors sufficiently value their electoral rights, and es earnestly desire to exercise those rights in freedom, and when the opportunity is offered,. will fearlessly and actively work for the attainment of that end.—(Cheers.) Without some decided step ; without some act that will rally the people of England around the present Administration, I cannot refrain from coming reluctantly to the conclusion that the period cannot be far distant when the Tories will re• usurp power.—(Hear, hear.) Every one knows that a short time previous to the death of the late monarch, it was ge nerally believed that the present Ministry could net much longer retain office. With a small majority in their favour in ihe House of Commons—with a large and determined majority against - them in the House .of Lords—(Hear, beer) —they were unable to carry any measure of import ance, and all their schemes for the good of the people sere invariably mutilated and mangled ; save, therefore, in the disposal of patronage, the Tories, in reality, go verned the country.—( Hear, hear.)- The Tories, then, were only waiting till the feebleness of Ministers was rendered strikingly apparent, in order to seize the reins of office, which the Lite Monarch would gladly have confided to them.—(Hear, hear.) The demise of the Crown opened a new prospect, and the friendS of the pre sent Ministry indulged in the fondest anticipations es to the ensuing elections ; they boasted the elections would give them such a majority as would overcome all opposition. What has been the result ?—(Hear, hear.) 'lle majority fivour of Ministers has diminished to the smallsst pos sible number ; anti when tl:e numerous election petitions are taken into contitlciation—wben it is remembered that at single elections the Tories arc generally successful on account of their superior organization, and the greater fdtee which they can bring to bear upon a single point, it is appa rent that this majority will soon be destroyed. It is with unfeigned sorrow that I state this to he the result of my sincere conviction. I cannot, under the influence.of my wishes, alter this .belief ; nor, in my opin.. on, can any ad vantage be derived from endeavouring to blind ourselves to the dark prospects immediately before us.—(Hear, hear.) I do not mean to attiwk or accuse her Majesty's Ministers --(Cheers)—no advantage can result from it at the pre sent moment. I wish them to retain power, even if all that is to he gained thereby is the proper distribution of patronage in Ireland.—(Cheers.) But this I deem impossible ; and unless they contrive to awaken the slum bering energies of the people, their doom is scaled.—(Hear, hear.) In such a crisis as this, men of superior intellects followed by disgrace.—(Loud cheers.) ;low Ministers will act, I cannot pretend to say, though I must conies, that. my fears are greater than ray hopes.—( Hear, hear.) Daric, therefore, as are the immediate prospects of the Liberal party, still I am •n no way whatever inclined to despair or even to dcaibt of the ultimate success of the good cause.— (Cheers ) 1 put firm faith and trust in the intelligence of the people.—(Cheers.) I am convinced of the gradual, and even rapid prog-ess of Liberal principles among the masses—(Continued cheering)—but the masses have not as yet been accustomed to depend upon themselves ; they have, from the remotest period, been misgoverned by the aristocratic classes, and compelled to take their leaders from these classes alone.—( Hear, hear.) In these leaders they have been disappointed ; and not knowing, as yet, whence to select them, they are in a state of political despondency.—( Hear, hear.) Fortunate!y their prejudices in favour of the Government of an aristocracy are gra dually fading away, and becoming extinct.—(Cheers.) The salutary conviction is every day gaining ground amongst them, that both that portion of the aristocracy which at times profess to a certain extent liberal opinions, and assume the name of moderate Reformers ; and likewise that other faction which more boldly avows its hostility to the people, and its dread of popular influence ; both the one and the other on account of their prejudices, their selfish ness, and their want of sympathy with the people, will never bestir themselves in the people's cause, and consequently both arc equally unfit to be the rulers of this great nation. —(Cheers.) The period will arrive, and neither the petty strife of fictions nor the political profligacy of individuals can prevent its speedy arrival, when the people will place confidence in themselves, and select their leaders without reference to the aristocracy ; then, indeed, will be the triumph of the popular cause. The Hon. Baronet resumed his seat, and the whole room rose and greeted him with loud and long-continued applause. The CHAIRMAN—I now call your attention to a toast which is to me most painful, because I am about to re quest your kind wishes for a substitute for a man who never wanted one while he served you ; but at the same time we have got one that I should venture to recommend to you again—a Right lion. and Right Gallant Friend of mine, a countryman of ours—(Cheers)—a man who stands high in his professional career—a child of Cornwall, that Cornwall may well be proud of—(Cheers)—and one of whose political character I am satisfied she will not be ashamed of.—(Cheers.) I have seen him repeatedly in public meetings ; I have heard him express his political opinions, and I venture to assert that they are in perfect accordance v.ith his predecessors.—(Cheers.) Deeply as I may regret the change for " auld lang sync," still lam delighted that it has fallen into so good bands ; and 1 must remind you, countrymen! that we arc under deep obligations to this gentleman, inasmuch as he was a friend in time of need, and when, perhaps, if it had not been for him, this division of Cornwall might as well have been in Schedule A— (A laugh)—and cur votes as Cornishmen must have been neutralise'd. That they are so how is not his fault, but ours. I know that the most earnest wish of his heart was ;o sit as the colleague of Sir William Trelawny.—(Cheers.) That he attempted to creep in under his colours, I will deny is this company ; I will maintain it with my life's blood.—( Loud cheers.) That there are erroneous opinions existing—that some suppose that he did true, but sink ing the Chair entirely upon this question, I beg leave to assure you that such is not the case. I know full well that at the time he was first brought forward, I was written to, among many other individuals, to be up and doing. I said, " No ; I stir not one foot or hand till Trelawny is safe."—(Cheers.) I had my friend's handwriting (Sir W. Trelawny's) that he was content to go to battle. They went in company ; if they have lost, whose is the mistake? Not the individuals who struggled on your behalf; it is the mistake of the constituency, and not dicks. I deny alto gether that there was any by-play on the part of my Hon. and Gallant Friend, and every word of mine may be put on public record, and if any one doubts what I say, I wish them to waive my place in the Chair, and I will meet them in any way to settlo the question.—(Cheers.) I hope that my Hon. Friend's substitute will as well fill his place.— ( Hear and cheers.) I am a most decided Radical, and though my Gallant: Friend rmly nit go quite so far, I re member he said very fairly in my presence " if the majority of those who return me to Parliament wish that I should advocate the Ballot I will do it."—(Loud cheers.) He says he will yield his own opinion to the majority of his constituents. That being the case, I think we may accept him and receive him as a decided, pledged Reformer in every sense of the word.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, he is holding a very precarious tenure, for the Tories are ready to trip him up as they tripped up my lion. Friend (Sir W. Trelawny) here. They may have given, for the matter of gaining thoc—and I have no doubt that they did—some of their votes to Vivian ; they threw those votes into the scale for Vivian, for the sake of overthrowing Trelawny. —(Hear.) But I hope and trust that the choice they have made is a Scotch bargain—(Laughter)—and I hope further that every man will be up and stirring.—(Cheers.) We must organise ourselves, as our friend said, into a force to meet a counter force, which is immense. They have the money, but I trust, that we have the heart, and that at a time when heart will beat money.—(Cheers.) And with that, I hope and tru,t, that with the strong phalanx of Reformers in this room, we shall prove victorious. Let every man subscribe his mite in person, and in purse, and then let the tocsin of war be sounded, and then we shall see whether we cannot man-handle them.—(Cheers and Laughter.) With that feeling, and knowing that my Right lion. and Right Gallant Friend will back you in every thing of that sort, I propose the health of Sir Richard Hussey Viaian.—(Three times three.) J. Hooren, Esq., briefly acknowledged, in the absence of the lion. and Gallant Member, the complimentary terms in which the Chairman had proposed Sir H. Vivisn's health. The CHAIRMAN said the time is growing short., and tho evening running away. We have much to do yet. lam ;oing to call your attention to a toast to an Hon. Guest present, which I know you will drink with the greatest pleasure. The well-known hospitality of Cornwall treats a stranger as a brother—(Cheers) ;—but in this particular he has claims paramount upon us to the claims of a bro ther. lam about to give you the health of Ma. Leader.— (Tremendous cheering, which lasted for some time, and cries of one cheer more for " Young Glory.") Gentlemen, I have not yet done with Mr. Leader. I feel it necessary to make an apology to him ; but claiming kindred with him— a brotherhood in the cause of reform—l know that he will have a family feeling, and forgive what I may say.— (Cheers and laughter.) Ti.e Hon. Gentleman is here, and thanks to the Ri. formers of Westminster, Sir Francis Bur dett is not there.—(Great cheering and laughter.) Now, of all the positive antipodes that I can by possibility ima gine, there must be an immense distance between my young and lion. Friend on my left, and the dirty old —(Tre.. mentions cheering and Laughter, in the midst of which we lost the conclusion of the sentence.) Gentkmen, I would not trespass longer on your time, nor would I claim the privilege of the station which I now occupy for keepit.g you listening to me, but that the feeling of the day is para mount in my mind. But when we come to talk of young, bold, and gallant be.arins, in an honest cause, and worse than dirty decrepitude, I must be allowed to remark upon it. I cenvassed the city of Westminster once for Mr. Elliott, and I went to every public-house, and God knows it was a service of danger then to utter a word against Sir Francis Burdett. If I oily asked for a vote for Mr. Elliott, I was bundled into the streets ; but it' I only said " your second vote for Burdett" that brought me back again.-- (Laughter.) Now, 113 w does that man stand with re spect to those people who would have sacrificed every thing for him ? He is a renegade, an apostate, and every thing that is bad, everthing that is disgraceful to a man, for he not only had his own political opponents, or he pretended to have them, but he misled hundreds of thou sands, and brought them to the scaffold or very near it. —( Hear, hear, and cheers.) And now he has ratted, or worse than ratted. and he is as the dust on the street.— (Cheers.) The Tories have him now.—( Continued cheer ing.) We all avoid a sting, we all avoid a nastiness if we can, but these men hug it to their bosom.—(Laughter.) Can they lock upon the traitor who has now resorted to their camp with anything but suspicion? And if he lives, —which I might almost say God forbid, with common charity—he may yet rue the wrecking of himself.—(Cheers.) That brings me back to my position—the object of my contrast—and may he continue so, and may I always speak of him in contradistinction to the man that I have just described-1 give vett the health oF Mr. Leader. (This toast was receited with the most unbounded applause which was long repeated.) J. T. LEADER, Esq., M.P., ascended the table, and was greeted with the most enthusiastic reception. Ho said, I thank you sincerely for the very gratifying manner in which you received my name. As lam personally a stranger to most of you, I can attribute your hearty we!. come, and with pleasure I attribute it, sot. Iy to your Lip. proving and concurring in my political opinions.—(Loud cheers.) It is al;‘ nys a pleasure to me to be present at public meetings of my fel:ow-citizens—they are good schools for forming amongst the people habits of political examina tion and discussion.—( Hear, hear.) The tame has passed when public affairs were discussed only in the apartments of the rich and powerful—when Government was a mystery veiled from the gaze of the community—when the manage.. ment of the people's affairs, and the guidance of the people's opinions were considered to be the peculiar and exclusive in possession of political power show their real greatness; whilst inferior minds sink into that losigniticance for Ivineb nature originally intended them. In such a crisis as this, a bold and determined policy is the only prudent one—the only one like!)• to he successful.—(Loud cheers.) With it even failure is attended with honour—(llear, Lear)—on the other bawl to attempt to conciliate foes--to pursue a tem— porising policy, is the conduct of the most feeble-minded-- is the sure forerunner of destruction, ard it is invnrighly lot ,1 above RETURNS and ABSTRACT it The Amount of Monies, Bank Notes, Bills, &c., Purloined each Year, was While tic Number of Cases, and Amount in which Convictions hare taken place were Cases. I 1 Cases. - - , 1829 957 £5 . 0,619 9 31 1529 1 £lO 0* 0 1830 1,103 51,851 7 41 1830 5 632 16 0 1831 1,386 94,340 901 1831 3 2,215 15 9 1832 1,247 63.892 0 6. 1832 1 25F0 0 0 1833 996 56,951 10 - 9 1833 5 75 0 0 5,689 £322,657 16 10 I 15 £3,213 11 9 ;TRACT 1 , 11031 RETURN, 1837 Number of Cases. Amount of Monies,. Bank Notes, Bills, &c., purloined each Year. Besides the following Number of Cases in which the Amount is not dated. Year. £50,619 9 3 51,854 7 4 91,340 9 0 68,892 I? 6 56,951 10 9 74,859 17 10% 46,811 18 5% 79,655 12 0% 1:523,955 5 11 Un en tered Cases. £17,627 7 54 • 29,053 9 7 19,879 19 7 11,871 16 4 £81,432 12 11i Twopenny Posts. £3,573 1 7 1 2,187 15 2 775 17 8 853 13 8 322 7 9 I" 919 3 4 1,291 16 2 3,605 2 6 CESSION THE QUEEN. BRIGHTON, THURsDAT.—«'e are happy to stale that the Queen is in excellent bea4l , , but her Majesty has not left the Palace today. The Poyal C vriage was ordered at half-past two, but the order v - as cottaermanded, in con. sequence of the gloomy appearance of ail weather. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. has not taken her accustomed drive to-day, but most of the Royal suite have been in public. The Queen will enterta:n a select anl diAin,:ti:shed party to dinner this evening. The calls at the palace this day comprisel :—Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond, Lient.-Coloael Edward Wildman, Hon. Mrs. Stapleton, Captain and Mrs. Pechell. Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, Lieut.-C•donel Edward Angelo, Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. and Lady Smith, H on . Captain Poulett, and Gen. Sir Frederick Wetherall. The Royal dinner party, yesterday evening, by invitation, comprised the Earl of Chichester, Lady and Miss Foley, Earl of Surrey, Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, Lady John Russell, and Colonel Wildman. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to direct Sir H. Wheatly to forward the sum of 50/. to Mr. Tidstone (the collector) towards the erection of Christ Church, which is now being built in Montpelier-road. Hcr Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent bespeaks the performances at the theatre this evening ; but her Royal Highness is not expected to be present. The preparations for the dinner at the Town Hall, in celebration of the Queen's arrival, have been superintended by an active Committee, and have been very well arranged. The large room is, of course, used on the occasion, and the tables laid across the room, which has a novel and very agreeable effect. The high constabl e , w h o , as t h e chief officer of the town, presides, will be placed at the head of the table, under and between the portraits of King William IV. and Queen Adelaide. His table reaches to the principal entrance (which will not be used), at the bottom of which Mr. Edward Hill Creasy, who seconded the nomination of Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, will take his scat as deputy chairman. There are tables to the right, and left of the Chairman, and six others across the room. Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, Sir David Scott, Mr. Scott, the vicar, the clergy, and gentry occupy the right-hand table, Captain Pechell, with seine of the magistrates and gentry will occupy the left-hand table. Over the Chairman is the word " Victoria" in gas, and the Royal Arms ; over the Deputy Chairman are appropriate devices in gas, and a transparency of the Queen, with a view of the chain pier. The whole of the room is splendidly decorated with flags. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had an in terview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing street. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge house. The Duchess of Cambridge took a carriage drive yester day. Mr. Scholefield, M.P., Mr. Attwood, M.P., and a depu tation from Birmingham, had an interview yesterday, with Viscount Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. Major-General Napier, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, Sir Harris Nicolas, Mr. Skegg, and Mr. Gough, had an interview with Lord Glcnclg yesterday, at the Co lonial Office. Major Campbell (from Sierra Leone) had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, in Down ing-street. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, transacted bit siness yesterday, at the Foreign-office. A deputation from the City had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Home-office. The Rev. Henry Law had an interview yesterday, with Viscount Melbourne. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. Madame do Tessier and suite, from the Green Park Hotel, Rceadilly, for Hampton Court ; Mrs. Blaquire and suite, at ditto, frcm Cheltenham ; Lady de Clifford, in Carlton-gar dens, from Richmond ; Lord Leveson, at Devonshire House, from Chatsworth ; Lord Lowther, in Cleveland-row, from Paris ; Lady Willi ams , i n G rosve nor-square, from ditto ; Lady Sussex Lennox, from Boulogne-sur-Mer; Lord and Lady Sefton and family, in Arlington-street, from Brighton; Mr. and Lady Caroline Townley, in Tilney-street, from ditto ; Mr. and the Misses Wilson, in Dover -street, from Suffolk; Sir James Clark, Bart., in George-street, Hanover-square, from Brighton ; the Hon. Henry Liddell, M.P., at Pe-cy's cross, Fulham, frcm Ravensworth, Durham ; Lord Abingcr, in New-street, Spring-gardens, from Abinger Hall, Surrey ; the Rev. John Peel, at Mivart's Hotel, L , wcr Brook-street ; the Right Hon. Sir Charles Vaughan, G.C.8., from the Hague ; Lady Theodosia and the Misses Rice, in Mansfield street, from Mount TreLchard, county of Limerick; Lord Seymour, in New -street, Spring-gardens, from a tour; Lord and Lady Denman, in Portland-place, from their seat, Dove dale Hall, Derbyshire; Lord Charleville, in ISt. George's place, fr.nn a tour; Sir Harford Bridges, Bart., in Burling ton-street, from Radnorshire. Hcr Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint the Rev. George Trevor Spencer. D.D., to the Bishopric Of Madras, vacant by the death of the late Dr. Corrie. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Co lonial Department for the Canada•, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward's Island. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Co lonia' office for the Earl of Gosford, Governor of the Ca nadas ; and for Sir Francis Head, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. The Duke of Wellington returned to Aimley-house this morning, and to-morrow, his Grace will leave town for Gloucester, to attend a review to be held there on Monday. The Earl of Derby and the Marquis of West minster are to attend the Queen to Guildhall, on Lord Mayor's Day. The Earl of Munster has arrived in town front a visit to the Earl of E,2 - ,rennent, at Pctworth. The Countess of Wilton left Eaton House, near Manchester, on Friday, for Melton Mowbray, where she wid be met by the Noble Earl. Lord Archibald Seymour, second son of the Duke of Somer6et, arrived in tcwn yesterday from a tour. Lord and Lady Stanley are on a visit at Lathom House, the scat of Lord Skel►nersdale. Yesterday a Deputation of Middlesex Magistrates, inchtding the Chairman, Mr. Hall, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. Retch, appointed. by a resolution of a County Court of Magistrates, waited on Lord John Russell at the (Mee of the Ilome Department., on the sul jcet of altering and improving the New Prison, Clerkehwell, and generally upon the state of the county prisons. The conference lasted a considerable time, but it is understood no definite arrange ment was come to. The Duke of Newcastle is entertaining a party at Clumber Park. The Noble Duke will come up to town to be present at the delivery of her Majesty's speech on open ing the Session of Parliament. _ _ _ The I)ukc of Hamilton has arrived at his scat, Elamil:on Palace, ater a long absence on the Continent. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland is expected to leave Dublin Castle to-day, for town. His LordAip will sojourn at the Clarendon Hotel, during his stay in London. Lord George William Russell's return to England, on leave of absence, from Berlin, will not take place until the Spring. The Duke of Sutherland is inspecting the vast im provements now making at his seat in Derbyshire; and also the rebuilding of Trentham, His Grace and the Du chess will be both present at the civic fete on Thursday n ‘xt. The Duchess will be in the suite of her Majesty as Mistress,of the Robes. Mr. Hope, son of Viscountess Beresford, is making groat improvements at the Deepdene, bought of the l►te Duke by his father. His brother, Mr. Adrian Hope, has removed from Carlton Gardens to a villa at Hammersmith, ►wile his mansion is undergoing re-embellishment. At St. Leonard's on Tuesday the weather was so exceedingly unfavourable, that the Queen Dowager could not take her usual exercise. Thursday morning her Ma jesty walked on the Parade for upwards of an hour, and afterwards drove through llastings. Her Majesty's health continues to improve. The Duke of Devonshire has delayed his departure from Chatsworth for a few days, in consequence of the ar rival of some unexpected guests. The Earl and Countess of Burlington intend pass ing the Christmas at Holkar-hall, where they mean to enter tain a party ; they will return to Belgrave-square about the end of January. The Earl of Lichfield will receive next week at Shugborough Park, his seat in Staffordshire, a large party, consisting of the Duke of Beaufort, Earl of Chesterfiel - d, Lord and Lady Forester, Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Lord Suffield, Count Alfred D'Orsay, Hon. Robert Smith, &c. A GAMBLING HOUSE.—A gaming -house, in the style of a London " has lately sprung up, like an Upas tree, in the city of Edinburgh. .In the last number of the Scotsman there is a com plaint of the inequality of the Excise-laws as they affect the Scotch and English distillers. The Scotch distillers have f r equentlyrepresented the a ll ege d h ar d s hi p of the i r case to the Treasury. edford, accompan i e d b y L or d rle Lords Duchess of the o f Henry Russell, left Woburn Abbey on Thursday last, for the Royal Hotel, Leamington Spa, and during their sojourn visited Mr. General Balfour, at Douglas Villa. Lord and Lady Maryborough have arrived in Park , lane from a visit to the Duke of Wellington, at Wainer Castle. 957 1,103, 1,386 1,247 996 803 598 634 7,729 2'85 358 522 452 1,617