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

" Our honoured and respected guest Edward John Stan ley, Esq. " On the announcement of the health of Mr. Stanley, the company immediately rose and cheered in a continuous vol ley of some minutes' duration. This burst of enthusiasm having at length subsided, or rather, exhausted itself— E. J. STANLEY, Esq. addressed his attached constituents to the following effect :—After the very flattering manner in which you have been pleased to honour one whom you have three times chosen to entrust with the representation of your wishes and the advocacy of your interests in Par liament—l may safely assert there has been no re-action in this quarter of the country.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, when we met the other day at Knutsford for the purpose of no mination, we were told that an opponent was to be brought forward against us—we were informed that our cause bad sunk in the estimation of the electors and that Toryism was in the ascendant in North Cheshire ! But when you, my friends, male your appearance, the boasters became crest fallen and like one who had burnt his hand, dropped all thought (if ever such thought was seriously entertained) of opposing your wishes. It has been said, Gentlemen, that a great re-action has taken place throughout the county ; but this meeting enables me safely to negative that state ment so far as this division of our county is affected by the assertion. Yet, although there has been no re-action here, and although the cause of Reform is still as dear to your hearts as when you first chose me for your Re presentative in order to the attainment of that great object of our mutual desire and mutual exertions, it cannot but be admitted that some change has taken they have discarded all their own principles, and declared that the opinions which we have always professed are those which they really hold. But let us shortly examine their claim to these virtues they arrogate to themselves, and see whether some of the revilings they cast upon us may not, with more propriety, be retorted on themselves. Who, after having through his whole life, perilled his character in op posing Catholic Emancipation, and, two years after, having attempted to destroy his former colleague, Mr. Canning, on account of his advocacy of that question, dropped him self and his party through the dirt, at the heels of O'Con nell, the conqueror of Clare ? Sir R. Peel and the Tories. Who taught the people of England and Ireland that justice must never be expected from Toryism from a sense of right, but that character, consistency—and every thing even that they hold most sacred as vital in the Constitution, may readily be wrested from their fears ? The Tories. Who repealed the Test and Corporation Acts, when the alter native was consistency or defeat, though they had always declared they were the great belwarks of the Church ? The Tories. Who, in 1831, declared the Reform Bill the annihilation of England's flag and fatal to the existence of the Church and the Throne, and yet, in 1832, when the possession of place was only to be obtained by such pro fessions, declared their readiness to administer the blow provided only they might be the executioners? The Tories. Who, in 1834, rejected an arrangement for the settlement of tithes, which would have been accepted by the Irish people, because they said the plundering Whigs meant to rob then of 25 per cent., and yet the next year proposed nearly the same adjustment, only robbing the Church of 30 per cent.? The Tories. Who called the system of national education a nursery for Papists, and a mutilation of the Word of God, yet when secretary for Ire land, the very next year, proposed to double the grant ? The Tories. These have been their acts for the last nine years. I might multiply them if I went further back, but I leave it to you and to the people of England to say, to whom the epithets which have been applied to us are most applicable. These then are the men who denounce the Ministers as dis honest and incapable—and who yet rest their recommenda tion of themselves to the country, on their readiness to adopt that policy, which, through the whole of their po litical and individual existence they have denounced as re volutionary and destructive. Yet it has been the fashion of late with some people—friends to the cause of Reform to imagine, in the exuberance of their zeal, that Reform would be advanced by the temporary admission of the To ries to office. Trusting to a speedy ejection of that party, and a resurrection of ardent Reformers in the full pleni tude and place, ennobled to sweep down all opposition in the way of the attainment of the objects they have iu view. But, gentlemen, let me remind you that this expe riment may he dangerous ; and it is easier to keep them out now that they are out, than to turn them out after they are in ; and, although it is quite certain the spirit of the people would nut endure the continuance of the Tories at the helm of State, yet the getting ridding them might entail more evil on the country than a prudent man should consent to see inflicted. This subject reminds me of a de bate in the reign of Charles 11. on a Bill for the exclusion of the Duke of York from the throne. A Member argued in favour of his succession that if they did not like him they could easily get rid of him ; to which another Mem ber replied— " I hear a lion in the lobby roar ; Say, Mr. Speaker, shall I bar the door And keep him out ? Or shall I let him in, To see if we can turn him out again ?" —and as I think the Tories as dangerous as the lion, I de not wish to run any risk for the sake of doing that which is already done. Again thanking you for your flatterini reception, allow me, gentlemen, to remind you, that you must not permit your activity or energy to sleep—you must prepare to meet the combined and united efforts of your o7ily opponents. Be satisfied with what you have obtained, rather than dissatisfied that 3ou have not ob tained all you have wished. Remember that every step in advance plitits your feet more firmly, and gives you an im proved prospect of the eventual attainment of the much that we all desire. The object of Ministers is to improve and ameliorate our institutions—they seek to preserve and defend, not to destroy them. Finally, gentlemen, it be hoves you to exert yourselves to the utmost—to be ever watehfui at y our posts, and to be really at all times, in or der to the establishment of your rights, and the enjoyment of the blessings of good government, and intelligent and impartial legislation.—(The Hon. Member resumed his seat amid the acclamations of his auditory.) The PRESIDENT-1 have now to propose the health o" the gentleman on my left, Mr. Wilbraham, who was for merly Member for the county, and is now Member for the Southern Division. lam sure none present can be more entitled to a hearty welcome among us than he is, for we owelim a heavy debt of gratitude, and more especially the Dissenters, for his steady support of the Bill for repealing the Test and Corporation Acts. " Mr. Wilbraham, and the glorious Burgesses of South Cheshire, who at the late election successfully repelled Tory intimidation and monopoly."—(Much cheering.) GEORGE WILBRAHAM, Esq., immediately rose, and on the cessation of the renewed applause, with which he had been warmly greeted, spoke as follows :—Sir, of the nu merous testimonies of confidence and kindness which I have received from this county, and they have not been few, believe me, none do I appreciate more highly than that you have now bestowed on me. I came here to sup port our friend Mr. Stanley, but I am not unknown in this room, for I see many friends whose zeal placed me in Parliament as one of the representatives for the whole county. I have now to congratulate them on their suc cess in having secured the return, for the third time, of so worthy a Member of the House of Commons, and although I will not yield even to Mr. Stanley in my zeal for yOur interests, yet, I am free to confess that in his youth, talent and activity, he is more fitted than I can pretend to be, to advocate the wants and wishes of this commercial district. However proud lam of the satisfaction of being again among you, gentlemen, I am yet more proud that I have never disgraced your former confidence. Not one pledge I formerly gave you, have I failed in redeeming. I remember that this portion of the county was always all but unanimous in its favourable feeling to the great cause of Reform, and, if I may form an opinion of you from what I have this day witnessed, it is very certain there has been no re-action in this quarter. I have not risen with an intention to occupy your time with a de tailed examination of our foreign and domestiC policy ; but there is one subject upon which your representative has most ably enlarged, and to which I am anxious for a few moments to direct your attention. There is no country to which we owe so heavy a debt as Ireland. I am old enough to remember the inducements held out by Pitt (and I believe in that respect he was honest) to persuade the people of Ireland to consent to the Union. I remember that he urged them to give up their national Legislature and in dependence only in exchange for civil equality with the richest and freest nation in the world. They agree to the exchange—or it was agreed to—and then it was dis covered that the existence of certain penal laws presented insurmountable obstacles to the fulfilment of the contract. Some years subsequently, however, these penal laws were repealed, and then, when it was demanded that the prin ciple should be carried into effect as respected the ad mission of Irish Catholics into the municipal corporations, that justice ;was refused because they were Irish and be cause they were Catholics. I know, gentlemen, that it is one of the devices of Toryism at the present time to ex cite the latent feeling in many English minds against the professors of the Catholic religion ; but I believe and sin cerely hope they will fail in such attempt. It is our duty. to lay aside all feeling which partakes of prejudice. I will say unhesitatingly that if I were an Irishman, and the Go vernment of this country were systematically to refuse justice to Ireland, I should certainly feel myself called upon to vote for - a repeal of the union with England. But lam exceeding the bounds within which I had fully intended to restrict my observations : I will therefore bring myself back to the legitimate subject of remark by telling you that no Member of the House of Commons filling so high and im portant an office as your honourable representative, could devote so much of his time to the local interests of his constituents. In furtherance of those interests Mr. Stan ley shall always command my zealous assistance • but I shall be much more proud to join with him in carrying out the great principles of the Reform Bill, and to support our liberal and enlightened Ministry so long as they shall co-operate with the Legislature in granting that justice to Ireland as a right which was so long vainly solicited as a boon. Gentlemen, for a long time I considered this as one of the worst Tory counties in England, and I remember the time when no man, not even that patriarch of Cheshire Re formers, the venerable father of your Memloer—Sir John Stanley—dared, in the face of the county, avow himself a Reformer. With the permission of your President, Gen tlemen, I call upon you to drink to the health of— " Sir John Stanley, the Patriarch of the Cheshire Re fortners."—(Great applause.) Mr. STANLEY—Gentlemen, with the deepest sense of the honour you have conferred on my father, I beg, in his name, to return you his sincere thanks. His age has pre vented him from being here this evening, but his heart is with us, and his best aspirations for the success of the great cause in the promotion of which he has, during a long life, laboured. Thirty years ago he dared hardly mention the name of Reform in the face of the county of Chester ; yet, a ii r o o t le t of n, A Eoglesea.—(Cheers.)s, l now, one of hi s sons i s t h e representat i ve o f Ch es hire, and n re r r o The C HAIRMAN and proposed may t h oes Toriesthe nextof s toast— rd " b J e o s s n ep u l n i taught to know the meaning of the words ' frivolous and vexatious. " rising th t o o se respond, was loudly cheered. H e sa id h e was one Mr. ERO THERTON , on wh anxious that all c l asses o f Reformers shou o lti were be extreme ly united in that which th they were were extreme,ernba embarked. d. was sure Although onetle g o r f e t a h t os e cau s e in whoseopinions place in the representative character of the Legislature ; and it is our duty to ascertain what the difference really is, to what extent it may fairly be said to exist, and to what circumstances it is really attributable. We have a majority of Reform Members from Ireland ; we have a majority of Reform Members from Scotland ; and we have a majority of Reform Members from the English towns. But we must admit a falling off in the returns from the English counties. Now certainly I, as the Representative of a English county, cannot be suspected of undervaluing the importance of that portion of the Legislative body ; but I trust I may be permitted to say, that before the return of county Members can fairly be taken as demonstrative of p ihlic opinion, we are bound to enquire if public opinion has been independently expressed by those who sent them to Parliament—what description of electors have so sent them—and whether such electors have freely exercised their franchise, or have been swayed by superior powers. Lord Sandon, at Liverpool, taunted the Ministry that the Tory gain in the counties was the true index of public opinion, and that the state of the county representation had always been the means of forming a correct calculation of the state of public opinion. I will not detain you, by ob serving how this might have been perfectly true in the days of Gatton and Old Sarum, and yet not offered the best test in the altered state of the constituencies ; but I would take leave to remind the Noble Lord, that the Reform Bill, so far from increasing the power of the popular party in coun ties, considerably added to the landed and aristocratic influ ences, and weakened the expression of independent feeling. It must be admitted on all hands, that 501. tenants-at will are necessarily dependent voters, and that it matters but little whether they are Tories, Whigs, or Radicals, if their well-organised bands can at last be marshalled by the stew ard, and brought to the poll to do the bidding of their land lor'ds. Would I deprive these men of their right to vote ? No ; I would trust to public opinion for the correction of the evil to which I have directed your attention, protest ire-, however, in the meanwhile, against the votes of these dependant tenants•at-will being admit ted as evidence' of the popular feeling in the Constitution of the Representative ouse of Parliament. At the same time, I would warn the landlords, that their time may come—and come far more speedily than they are disposed to imagine—when this en gine on which they now rely be turned against themselves. The Irish forty-shilling freeholders were, for a time, the auknissive slaves of their imperious masters ; but the me meat came when, bursting the bands of enforced servi tude, they turned upon their creators, and achie‘ed the in dependence of their country. The Tories will be wise if they view their position before they test public opinion by the coerced votes of their tenants-at-wig ; for I contend that, to , ,vever county members, who arc indebted for their seats to description of voters, may represent the landlords, the squires, and the clergy, they cannot truly be said to re pri•sent the people, The Tories boast, that they have on their side a majority of the aristocracy and of the church ; they dial boast they had the Throne, but that was the last Parkament, and they may possibly think such majority om nipotent ; for lam sorry to say, the Tories, with their aris tocratic and clerical friends, have ever indulged the uncon stitutional propensity of considering themselves in a state of despising 'and contemning the people. Nor is this the first time in the history of England, that the gentry and the church have opposed themselvcri to the interests, wishes, and intelligence of the people, and to the Government of this country. At rio time were they more united, or more determined in their union, and their purposes, than they were in their endeavour to dethrone the present Royal Fa mily, when the Whigs held the reins of administration, on the accession of the House of Hanover to the throne of these realms. Then, as now, the Whigs were as bitterly re viled by a majority of the aristocracy and of the clergy— then, as now, the Whigs, confident of the cordial support of' the crown, and relying on the good sense and public spirit of the great towns, defeated the Tories. Nor are we warranted in the supposition, that the Tories are more scrupulous now than formerly. Their transition from passive obedience to rebellion was nothing to them, nor will it be greater trouble to these convenient politicians to renounce despotism fur radicalism in the first instance, in order to exchange radi calism for despotism as an ulterior and eventual measure. There were no means to which the Tories of that day did not resort in order to expel the House of Hanover, and to restore the Stuarts, with all the evils to which that restora tion must inevitably have given rise, and it may in reason be expected that the Tories of our day will be equally in different as to the means of which they avail themselves for the attainmeut of their purpose—a resumption of that power of which public opinion has happily deprived them. I have endeavoured to show you the real state of the representa tion of which the Tories so largely boast—whilst the whole kingdom is against them, with the exception of the county members, and their dependent, not to say, coerced voters. And yet the empire is to be governed for the good-will and pleasure of the English counties, which, being interpreted, is the goodwill and pleasure of the lords, the squires, and parsons. Do you, however, recognise the justice of this dispensation? And are you prepared to submit to the in troduction of the method of redressing the evil of the tyrant Majority, of which Sir Robert Peel complains so loudly ? How a representative Government is to be carried on ex cept by means of the majority, or how the supremacy of that majority can justly be called tyranny, I leave Sir R. Peel to explain ; but Sir Robert is enamoured of the converse of this position, having always advocated the government of the people of the United Kingdom, by a tyrant minority— or, in other words, by Tories—for the purposes of Toryism. How sinful, and criminal, of the Whigs to desire, for in stance, that Ireland should be governed by and for the ma jority of her population ! The minority are discontented —but, then, the majority are . perfectly content. The Tory system of governing Ireland by a minority, has been tried for six hundred years. Were the people satisfied with the experiment ? I think not ; and, that now, for the first time, Ministers are testing the opposite theory, of governing Ireland by and for a majority. The Tories have vainly en deavoured to bind Ireland by the tie of fear ; and her Ma jesty's Ministers are now seeking the guarantees of loyalty and attachment by the influence of love, affection, and gra titude. Has not the effort -been a successful one? When I assert the affirmative, it must not be taken as a mere and unsupported assertion ; for we have the evidence of the judges of the land, to that effect—of judges, who are up right and honourable men, but who, certainly, are not over well affected to the present Administration. I will not say that they who were sent to curse returned to bless ; but I will say, that by their account of the business at the Assizes, and the general tranquillity of the Island, the success of this attempt by her Majesty's Ministers to govern Ireland by and for the majority of the people has been most satisfactorily established. It is for you to say whether, in order to oblige a certain party, the Government should try back, and establish the system which has been hitherto fatal to the best interests of both countries. No, 'gentlemen ; the Government is disposed to act up to the declaration which it made in answer to the advocate s f or a repea l o f t h e U n i on ; t h ey d eem it impera tive on the Imperial Parliament to render that justice to Ireland which she would be entitled to expect from a do mestic Legislature. Believe suthis is no time to be in sensible t o t h e r i ghts and wronges, of Ireland—it is on Irish grow id that the battle of English lib er ty mus t b e fought— they have s t oo d b y our side as firmly in the senate as in the field ; and their eloquence and t their valour has more than once turned the a ue o n f e :i n e o o t ry b or defeat. Let Orange ism triumph then, and it will iron heel of Toryism tramplinr, e long ere we feel the our other freedom. Their cause is ours ; and if motive, let your selfish fears for your own interests bind you, he a rt and soul, in the cause of " Justice to Ireland: , tice to Ireland" is our outpost ; if t h at b e taken, 128 may ere lone. witness the restoration o f th e ancientwe sys tem, that of governing by a tyrant mi no rity —and froth which evil a Reforming Administration has so lately_de livered the country. I have recently examined the speeches of our opponents at their party meetings, and the abuse with which they teem seems common only of Billingsgate and of Toryism. In no other society could language so disgraceful to the speakers be uttered, or if uttered, tolerated. Truckling slaves, robbers, plunderers, dishonest knaves, and such soft terms, are amongst the gentlest epithets applied to our poor selves, by the teachers of Christian charity. They only are honest, wise, loyal, and virtuous. Now it is some consolation to see that these wise and virtuous men have paid that homage to our vices, that 'RE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1837. no reasonable man could say that his party wanted more than was just, reasonable, and practicable. He addressed them as Reformers, assuming that they were all desirous of having all those measures of Reform—all those great principles of liberty—carried into effect, which had been adverted to by their worthy chairman, vice-chairman, and the gentleman who had responded to the toast of " Civil and Religious Liberty."—(Cheers.) But, however anxious he was to see these great principles carried out, it was one thing to feel an anxiety for these measures, and another to consider the time for carrying them into effect.—(Hear.) And therefore, though a Radical Reformer, he was never found fighting against his friends.—(Cheers.) Although he did not at all times consider that his friends the Whigs went far enough, they never found him fighting with the TorieS.—(Cheers.) He could assure the meeting, that he as sincerely desired success to Lord Melbourne's Govern ment as any gentleman present.—( Hear.) He felt as grateful as any man to Earl Grey for the Reform Bill. But although he wished the success of one Government, and felt grateful to another for its measures, yet could he not support the one and feel grateful to another at the expense of the rights and liberties of the people. Therefore it was that whenever it was put to him, whether he would sup port the measures of the present Government, or the more extreme principles of which he was a conspicuous advo cate, he felt himself called upon to espouse the latter.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) At the same time he was gene rally a supporter of the present Government, when more liberal measures were not to be bad, determined to have all he could get for the people, if he could not get all he wished.—(Cheers.) He knew nothing was to be had from the Tories worth having, and therefore he opposed them.—(Cheers and laughter.) there were men, however, among Reformers who acted differently, and opposed the Whigs, though they knew nothing could be obtained from the Tories—men who, acting the part of the flesh-fly, would pass over all the sound parts of their friends, and settle only upon their sores.—(Cheers and laughter.) He was not one of those Reformers ; he knew the difficulties the Whigs had had to contend with, and he should not op pose their measures until he saw a more reasonable pros pect than he did at present of carrying out those great principles which he advocated. It was his opinion that at the present moment the Radicals might destroy the Whig Government, but they could not form one of their own. When they were in a condition to do so, he would be candid enough to tell the Whigs that be should no longer support them.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Brotherton then stated that he was a practical Radical ; and after speaking of some of the measures of retrenchment and re form which he thought were more immediately called for at the present time, sat down amidst loud cheering. The Rev. Mr. ASPLAND, of Dukenfield, proposed " Mr. Wyse, M.P. for Waterford, and may we soon have a system of education based upon principles truly national, having no regard to either sect or party." Mr. YSE (when the long-continued cheering with which he was received had subsided) said that, connected as his name had been with what he had long considered the first question for advancing the character of this country in the scale of nations—connected especially as it had been by the gentleman who had just sat down, not with the interests of sect or part?, but the interests of every man in this great empire, no doubt that he felt honoured and proud, not with that vain sentiment that belonged to ambition, but that he was engaged in a great cause which had in view the ad vancement of the interest and happiness of every part of the empire where there were fellow-men.----(Cheers.) He eared not what might be the weed awarded to him so the deed be done.—(Cheers.) He rejoiced that it had found ;i place in a meeting like this, where they were met to celebrate the progress of Reform. What Reform could be lasting which was not based upon the wishes and had not a place in the hearts of thinking men ?—(Con tinued cheers.) It was nothing surprising to hear that the Emperor of Russia had attempted to extinguish, the language of Poland—:t was nothing wonderful that the Jacobins of France, when they attempted to pull down one despotism to establish another, should attempt to strike education—it was not to be wondered at that the task masters of America should he equally opposed to it—it was not singular that in Ireland, under the reign of Tory ism, that they shou!d have exiled the school-master, when they were desirous to annihilate a nation's rights. But if it was necessary for the measures of Toryism to put out the light of intelligence, so it ought to be the first work of Reformers to enlighten and re-illume the land.—(Cheers.) What had they to conceal ? If their deeds were good, let them be known to the whole world. If they held the power of Government, they held it by the will of the country; and the more intelligent and enlightened were the people who gave that power ; the greater the honour to hold it, for the honours given by a nation uninstructed and un enlightened were not worth having. It was only when a nation was able to know and appreciate its rights, that. it was worth having to bear its destinies.—(Cheers.) The first duty of a Government was to bring out the resources of the country. And how were they to do this, unless they taught the subject how to make the best use of himself ? And how was lie to do this, unless the best means were given him of instruction? The people must be taught to see that instruction and intellectual advancement were ne cessary to their well-being in society, to regard it as their duly constitutional food. We must proceed by making the people feel that it was not mere charity to be doled out in bonnets and stockings, but that it was a right to which they were born as an inheritance. He (Mr. Wyse) was one who understood the difficulties with which Mini sters had had to contend in his own country, in giving them a national system of education ; and be knew that greater difficulties must stand in the way of it in this country, until the people we ripe for it, and could appreciate its advan tages. But he was one of those, in a question of such im portance, who thought a Government might safely go in advance of the age, and, looking over the beads of the people, legislate for posterity.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Not that he would advise the adoption of a system, however, in which all could not conscientiously concur, for he would be the first to oppose any encroachments upon the con sciences of his fellow-men.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Had he so soon forgotton how he had had to struggle for conscience' sake in his own country ? Mr. Wyse then proceeded to compare the state of education in this country with that of other countries of Europe, as shown at the late meeting of the British Association at Liverpool, at which he said this country had been laughed at in scorn for her imbecility in this respect. Alluding to the present Ministry, he declared his intention of support ing them. He trusted that they would legislate for the people, and that the people would give them the means of carrying out their measures. It had been said, he re marked, that the Chandos clause of the Reform Bill had given the majority of county representation to the Tories. _Such ho believed was unfortunately the case. What then ? Should he say, take the right away from the fifty-pound tenant at will of voting ? No. The towns were more ge nerous in supporting reform, because they were better edu cated. Their intercourse with each other and with strangers was greater, and they became necessarily more enlightened. Give the counties the same education as the towns, and they would behave as the towns.—(Hear.) Mr. ROBINSON next rose, and proposed " The health of Dr. Stanley, Bishop of Norwich," which was responded to by the Rev. Mr. Howell. Mr. STANLEY proposed " The ladies ;" after which, The CHAIRMAN gave " The health of George William Wood, Esq., M.P. for Kendal, the consistent and en lightened advocate of the interests of commerce." Mr. Wool) returned thanks in a brief address, iu which he alluded to the course pursued by the Tories in raising subscriptions to petition against the Irish returns, which he characterised as an iniquitous conspiracy. He con cluded by proposing " The Town and Trade of Staley bridge," which was responded to by Mr. D. Cheetham. The health of Mr. Thornely, M.P. for Wolverhampton, which was acknowledged by the Hon. Gentleman, who declared himself in favour of the Ballot, and expressed his belief that the late elections had proved more fully than previous ones in necessity. The CHAIRMAN proposed " Charles Hindley, Esq., and may commerce may be freed from the restrictions which fetter its activity. Mr. HINDLEY was enthusiastically cheered on returning thanks ; but his address was very brief, owing to the late ness of the hour. The healths of the Chairman, Mr. Ashton, and the Vice-Chairman, Mr. Cheetham, were then drunk ; and also the healths of Mr. Ellison and the Stewards, which were severally responded to. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The health of James Hey wood, Esq., and the Reformers of South Lancashire." Mr. HEYWOOD returned thanks. After which, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Four Hundred Re spectable Workmen who built that Hall" (the Foresters' Hall) ; and the company separated at a late hour. LAW SITTINGS. ROLLS' COURT, WESTMINSTER. Sittings appointed by the Master of the Rolls during Michaelmas Term :—Thursday, Nov. 2, Motions; Friday, Nov. 3, Petitions in the General Paper ; Saturday, Nov. 4, Monday, Nov. 6, Tuesday, Nov. 7, and Wednesday, Nov. 8, Pleas, Demurrers, Causes, further Directions, and excep tions ; Thursday, Nov 9, Motions ; Friday, Nov. 10, Saturday, Nov. 11, and Monday, Nov. 13, Short Causes and Pleas, Demurrers, Causes, &c. ; Tuesday, Nov. 14, and Wednesday, Nov. 15, Pleas, Demurrers, Causes, &c. ; Thursday, Nov. 16, Motions ; Friday , Nov. 17, Saturday , Nov. 18, Monday, Nov. 20, Tuesday, Nov. 21, Wednesday, Nov. 22, and Thursday, Nov. 23, Pleas, Demurrers, Causes, &e. ; Friday, Nov. 24, Petitions in General Paper ; Saturday, Nov. 25 ; Motions ; Monday, Nov. 27 (at the Rolls), Short Causes after swearing in the Solicitors; Causes, further Directions, and Petitions by consent, every Tuesday, at the sitting of the Court. ILLUMINATIONS IN THE CITY A gentleman came to the Mansion House yesterday, and presented to his Lordship a petition, praying that his Lord ship would exercise his influence to prevent a general illu mination in the city of London on the 9th of November. He stated that the petition was signed by upwards of 180 of his fellow-citizens, 150 of whom occupied houses in the line through which the procession was to pass, and amongst them were some of the most wealthy and influential men in the metropolis. The petitioners expressed a firm hope that th e precedent of 1832, when a general illumination was upon th e point of taking place, but was superseded by the enlight ened proposal of building almshouses, would be followed, and felt convinced that her Majesty would be delighted at the idea that the sum of 150,0001. would not be wasted in gas on the occasion of her visit to the city of London, where the hearty welcome of warm and loyal hearts awaited her. The applicant observed that the petitioners were the more strongly induced to make this appeal by the fact that the present Lord Mayor had at the time of the former in terposition of the civic authorities expressed himself in the strongest terms against the folly and danger of an illumi nation. The LORD MAYOR said that his opinions were unchanged upon the subject, but he apprehended that the public feeling was so strong as to outweigh all sober considerations. Al ready vast preparations had been made, and it appeared to be determined upon that the young Queen should have as much light on her way home as she would have on her way to the Guildhall. The applicant submitted that much greater preparations had been made in 1832, and the interposition of the Lord Mayor and the Court of Common Council had succeeded in completely putting an end to the idea of lighting up. The LORD MAYOR believed that the Post-office and the Bank, and all the great public offices, intended to illuminate. The applicant said that the inhabitants round St. Paul's had assured him that nothing would give them so much sa tisfaction as to find that the illumination was dispensed with. The Loan MAYOR—WeII, I am of opinion that the il- lumination ought not to be general, at any rate ; but I must refer you to the Lord Mayor Elect, who will take my place on the Bth of November, and to whom the question will more properly belong. The applicant then waited upon the Lord Mayor Elect, who came afterwards to the Justice Room, and produced a resolution of the Court of Common Council of the 23d of October, to the following effect :—" This Court request the Lord Mayor Elect to consider the propriety of illu minating the portico of the Mansion House, and of issuing an intimation to the inhabitants of the City, in, the line of her Majesty's procession, to illuminate their houses on the 9th of November next." The LORD MAYOR said that, in his opinion, a recom mendation to the effect of the resolution should be sent to the inhabitants. He should, however, mention what, had taken place to the Police Committee as soon as possible. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. John Newman, Esq., a barrister, was indicted for assault ing Richard Samuel White, a solicitor. The defendant, having taken his place in the dock, was called upon to-say " Guilty " or " Not Guilty " to the indictment. Defendant—l plead " Not Guilty," but I admit horse whipping the prosecutor. Mr. CLARKSON, for the prosecution, rose and said—Gen tlemen of the Jury, the assault of which my client—who is old enough to be the defendant's fatter—complains, is one of the grossest nature, committed in one of the public streets of London by the defendant, who came behind the prosecutor's back', and then struck him. (Here Mr. Clark son was much affected, and after a short pause, said) Even now—aye, even at this moment, I am anxious that the de fendant should have an opportunity of reconsidering the cuurse he seems bent on pursuing.—(The defendant shook his head.) I still trust that the will spare the feelings of a most honourable and excellent family. He ought to be the last person to even insinuate a syllable to their prejudice, after having sought to make the daughter of the complain ant his wife. Even now I say, if he will say that he is guilty, and will enter into recognisances to keep the peace in future, I shall recommend my client to consent, and I am sure he will willingly do so, to that course being adopted. The defendant—Can I address the Court now ? lam anxious to do so. _ . The CHAIRMAN—UntiI within the last few minutes I had no notion of the nature of the case. After what has taken place between you and the prosecutor's family, you are; as a gentleman, bound not to breathe a syllable against any member of that family. I can only add that if the offer just made to you is not accepted now it cannot be accepted at all. The defendant—l am taken by surprise. I have no Counsel. I admit I have no defence in this Court. The whole matter must and will be brought before another tribunal ; but as a false account of the transaction has already sppeared in the Joh', Bull newspaper, I wish the case to proceed. I admit, however, that I assaulted the prosecutor, but not, as stated, with a bludgeon, but merely with this (holding up a thin black cane). I did not come behind and strike him in a cowardly manner. There was nothing whatever in my conduct either unmanly or un-English. The CHAIRMAN—WeII, then, Sir, the case must pro ceed. Mr. CLARKSON continued—The prosecutor in this case is a solicitor of eminence residing in Lincoln's Inn Fields, where he carries on his business in partnership with a Mr, Carew. His private residence is in Tavistock-street, when his wife and daughter live with him. The defendant paid his addresses to the prosecutor's daughter, who, after some time, accepted them ; but not with the consent of the pro secutor. After this state of things had continued for a con siderable time the young lady of her own free will, and with the full concurrence of every member of her family, discon tinued the connection then existing between her and the de fendant. The complainant after this felt it his duty as a father to retain some letters which the defendant had writ ten to his child. Part, however, of their correspondence, he returned to the defendant. The defendant will see by my brief, which is a very long one (it appeared to consist of about three quires of paper), that the whole of the cor respondence is set forth in it, that I am fully acquainted with all the fact; of the case, and I hope that on conside ration and reflection he will not do as I understand he in tends, namely, drag this young lady into the witness-box ; that he will not so far wound the feelings of her whom he once intended to make his wife as to bring her into this Court to give evidence. I regret to hear that he has subpoenaed her here for that purpose. Defendant (in a violent tone)—That is false. The CHAIRMAN—Sir, as a banister and a gentleman, you ought to know better. Mr. CLARKSON—His own attorney has served the young lady with a subpoena to attend here. Defendant—l say again that it is false ; but this is all of a piece with the system of hypocrisy and lying that has been pursued towards me. The CHAIRMAN—DO pray, Sir, observe that decency and respect towards the Court which is always shown Ly persons in a humbler station in life than your's. Defendant—l shall pursue my own course. You may commit me if you choose. The affair is now one of cha racter, and I am determined it shall be fully investigated. The CHAIRMAN—As to committing you, I should be sorry to have recourse to such a proceeding. Mr. Richard Samuel White, the prosecutor, was a soli citor, and resided in Tavistock-street. An acquaintance existed three years ago between his daughter and the de fendant. On the 13th of July, he was proceeding from his private residence to his office in Lincoln's Inn-fields when, in passing through Woburn-place, he was attacked by some person behind him, who struck him a violent blow on his back. He could not tell with what the blow was struck. On turning round he saw the defendant, who began talking in the most vehement manner. Witness fell down, but he believed that was the effect of accident, and not from any blow he received. He received one blow on his head which cut completely through his hat. (He here pro duced the hat.) He endeavoured to reason with the de fendant, but he was in too violent a state of excitement to attend to anything he said. He called witness a hypocrite, a liar, an anonymous letter writer, a tyrant, and a coward. He said he had sought the opportunity to insult witness, and told him he might go and lock up his daughter and thrash his wife. The defendant then put several questions relative to the manner in which he first became acquainted with the pro secutor's daughter, and the conduct the prosecutor pursued towards him. The CHAIRMAN at length interrupted him, and said— Has this young man no friends who will point out to him the irreparable mischief he is doing his own character by the course he is pursuing ? He is outraging the feelings of every man of right mind in Court. lam sure that every honest man must not only feel annoyed but absolutely in a state of agony. Defendant—After that observation, Sir, I feel convinced that you are not in a state to try the case at all. You may go on as you please. I shall not proceed further with my defence. The CHAlRMAN—Whatever opinion you may have formed from the observations I have made I can assuro you that when it. becomes my duty to sum up the evidence and address the Jury on this case I shall do so calmly and dis passionately, but in the present stage of the proceedings I cannot help giving expression to nay feelings, which, as a man and a gentleman, I entertain.—(Here there were loud marks of approbation in Court.) The CHAIRMAN rising, and evidently much agitated—l am sorry I made the last remark, from the manner in which it has been received. I beg there may be no repetition of this conduct. The defendant proceeded to cross-examine the prosecu tor at great length, lout the answers elicited had nothing whatever to do with the case before the Court. At his request a series of letters between him and Miss White were read. They were of the description that love letters generally are. In one of them he threatened to horsewhip the prosecutor. The defendant, on this letter being read, said, " I deny it ; I certainly did write a letter to Miss White, in which I called her father a cowardly hypocrite, a tyrant, liar, scoun drel, and blackguard, and said he deserved to he horse whipped ; but I did not threaten to horsewhip him. To the prosecutor—Did your daughter show you that letter ? Prosecutor—No, she did not ; but she told me it con tained observations of an opprobious kind. The next letter put in and read was one from the de fendant to the plaintiff's daughter. The moment the Chairman began reading it, the defendant said, " I do not wish that letter to be read ; the greater part of it is foolish nonsensical trash, which lovers might write to each other, but which ought never to go forth to the public. The CHAIRMAN (after having read a part of the letter) said—l do not consider its contents trash and nonsense. On the contrary, it is one of a very different description. The letter was read : it contained an urgent request to Miss White to call upon him (defendant) at his chambers, and which it appeared she afterwards did. Defendant4—Yes ; and there we both of us took our solemn oaths on the Holy Gospel to be true to each other, and to become man and wife ; and afterwards, to strengthen our resolution, we took the sacrament together at a Church at Hastings. Other letters of defendant to Miss White were read, which stated that prosecutor was a hypocrite, and ought to be shot. The prosecutor, in reply to questions put to him by the defendant, said his daughter was very much terrified and alarmed on the receipt of these letters. The next letters read were some anonymous letters sent to the defendant, which the prosecutor admitted had been written by his clerk, and at his dictation. The prosecutor said the reason he sent those letters anonymously was, that he did not wish to renew any corre spondence with the defendant. He had previously opened eleven letters sent by the defendant to his daughter. He had a doubt at that time as to the defendant's intentions towards his daughter, and as to her feelings in respect to him. He never, in the course of his professional practice, knew an instance of a gentleman expecting a fortune with a lady, who was not prepared to make a settlement upon her in return. He did not know that persons in needy cir cumstances were the greatest fortune-hunters. Another letter of the defendant's to the young lady was read. After alluding to the oath she had taken to marry him, he warned her not to damn her soul by refusing to do so, as she would assuredly go to hell if she did. The whole correspondence read embraced a period from January. 1833, to the time when the assault was committed. The reading of it occupied upwards of six hours. It was certainly, taken altogether, of a most extraordinary nature, but it is impossible in the limits of a newspaper to give even an outline of it, as it included not only letters that passed between defendant and Miss White, but also letters be tween him and several of her relations and friends. The case for the prosecution closed at ten o'clock. The klefendant, when called on for his defence, admitted that he had no answer to the charge of assault. The other matters would be more fully investigated before ano ther tribunal. He regretted that the case had not long ago been settled by a reference to mutual friends. He still entertained the highest respect a?.d regard for Miss White. He had made an ass of himself in pursuit of her, and was sorry for it. Whether he should trouble himself further about her he did not know. He had submitted the whole case to his friends, and they all censured the con duct of the prosecutor ; but at the same time they all re commended him to plead guilty, and make an apology to the prosecutor, but which he had felt it to be his duty not to do. He regretted some expressions in his letters to Miss White, and still more the publication of them that he feared was now inevitable. He was harassed by thoughts that he could not banish from his mind_ when he committed the assault upon the prosecutor. He then went into a long rambling statement of all that had taken place between himself and the prosecutor's daughter and her family, all of which, however, was but a repetition of the letters previously read. The defendant did not conclude his address to the jury until nearly midnight. He then called Mr. Hunt, whose evidence related only to the manner in which the defendant ultimately ascertained that the prose cutor was the writer of the anonymous letters of which he complained. Defendant's clerk was next examined, but his evidence did not in the slightest degree relate to the case before the jury. Mr. CLARKSON replied briefly to the statement made, and evidence adduced on the part of the defendant. The CHAIRMAN summed up the evidence. The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty. The Magistrates then adjourned to a private room, to consult together before they passed judgment on the defen dant. After an absence of half an hour, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to pass upon the defendant the sentence of the Court, which was that he be imprisoned one month in the House of Correction, that he pay a fine to the Queen of 501., and that he do enter into recogni zances, himself in 2001., and two sureties in 1001. each, to keep the peace towards Mr. White and his family for 24 calendar months. • The trial lasted until one o'clock in the morning. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, OCT. 27, 1837. Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Sunday next, the 29th instant, for her late Majesty, the Queen of the Netherlands, viz. : The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Sunday, the 12th of No vember next, viz.:— The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Sunday, the 19th of November next, the Court to go out of mourning. WAR OFFICE, OcT. 27. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut.-Colonel B. Harding, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bre vet Colonel J. Hay, who exchanges, Oct. 27 ; Major C. Kearney to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Harding, who retires, Oct. 28 ; Captain F. C. Griffiths to be Major, by purchase, vice Kearney ; Lieut. R. D. Dunn to be Captain, by purchase, vice Griffiths ; Lieut. W. Persse, from the 4th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dunn, Oct. 28. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet E. Dyson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Bomford, who retires ; E. D. Freeman, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dyson, Oct. 27. 17th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant W. Hackett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Church, who retires; Ensign 0. P. Bourke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hackett ; Gentleman Cadet E. Croker, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Bourke, Oct. 27. 20th Foot—Captain B. W. Nicholson, from the hall-pay of the 30th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Bolton, who exchanges, Oct. 27. 22d Foot—Lieut. A. Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hawkins, who retires ; Ensign H. Y. Parker, to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Campbell ; E. Dunbar, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Parker, Oct. 27. 60th Foot—Lieut. M. E. Harworth, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Johnson, who retires; Second Lieutenant W. G. Rose to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Haworth ' • G. A. Hicks, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rose, Oct. 27. 61st Foot—Capt. J. B. Thomas, from the Ceylon Rifle Regi ment, to be Captain, vice Parke, who exchanges, Oct. 27. 72d Foot—Lieut. R. I. Ackland, from the half-pay of the 79th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Adair, promoted, Oct. 27 ; Ensign T. F. Simmons to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ackland, who retires; J. Armstrong, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Simmons, Oct. 28. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain G. T. Parke, from the 61st Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Thomas, who exchanges ; Lieut. C. H. Roddy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Powell, who retires ; Second Lieutenant W. J. Kirk to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Roddy; J. B. Stevelly, Gent., to be Second Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Kirk, Oct. 27. BREVET. Captain C. J. Fitz Gerald, of the 76th Regiment of Foot, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE OCT. 27. Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieutenant T. Drummond to be Second Captain ; First Lieutenant R. K. Dawson to be ditto ; First Lieutenant H. Pooley to be ditto, vice Briscoe, deceased ; Second Lieutenant T. Webb to be First Lieutenant, vice Pooley, August 18. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain F. A. Griffiths, to be Adjutant, vice Willis, promoted, Jan. 22. WHITEHALL, OCT. 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Pearless, of Easi Grinstead, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. EDWARD SPELLS, baker, Southminster, Essex. THOMAS OAKLEY, printer, Blandford Forum, Dorsetsbire. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. EDWIN WALKER, WILLIAM JOHN WALKER, FRE DERICK WALKER, and PARKER NEWTON WALKER, clothiers, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, from Nov. 10 to 17, at eleven, at the Pack Horse Inn, Huddersfield. BANKRUPTS. MARY ANN STEVENS and ANN OLDROYD, boarding house-keepers, Bedford-square, to surrender Nov. 2, at twelve, and Dee. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Alder manbury, official assignee; Crowder and Maynard, Mansionl'housc street. GEORGE SANDYS HEYWOOD, wine-merchant, Exeter street, Strand, Nev. 7, at eleven, and Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall- street, official assignee; Dangertield, Lincoln's-Inn -fields, London; Brinton, Kidderminster GEORGE RE \ILL, linen-draper, Southwark, Nov. 3 and Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Bisinghall-street ; Hook er , B ar tl e tt' s -buildings. AMBROSE PRICHARD, builder, Emscole, Warwick, Nov. 17 , and Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Lansdowne lintel, Leatnington -Ot fors. Ewingion, Learoing,on-Priors ; usn‘No y it ' • rth Stal ) l e-ii" London. JOHN SMITH, victualler, Nottingham, Nov. 4, and Dec and Fox ; at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn Nottingham. Lowe, Nottingham; Willett and Campbell, Essex - s treet, London. WH G o ldsmi ILIAM CLAPHAM, licensed victualler, Strand, N°°'°/' 3 , i ' and Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Court of B ankru p tcy. Ironmonger-lane, official assignee ; Nias , Copthall-court. Strand, THOMAS GILES, joiner, Leeds. Nov. '2, at ten, and Dee. 8, at eleven. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London; Naylor, Leeds. Derby slue,LAK, cratepap nufacturer. Heafield, Nov. 17 S and Dec. 8 - rooms, Manchester. Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, London; Lingard, Vaughan, and Lingard, Heaton N orris, Stockport 2 0,0° ROBERT WALL, linen draper, Great Yarmouth, No Dec. 8, at ten, at the Duke's Ilead , lnn , Great Yarmoutho Tolver n • Ila s " kips, Bloxam, and Stocker, New Boswell-court, Lond; and Preston, Great Yarmouth. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Nov, C. Butler, Tonbridge ware manufacturer, Tonbridge 14, at twelve—M. Haffner, carpenter, Cannon-street, S. Georß.:' . Nov. 20, at twelve—J. George, coach builder, London-wall, I N , 7, 17, at one—F. Vouthier, merchant, Rue de Clery, Paris, 1 % . 1 ° / ' ~. at eleven—W. Beattie, pocket book maker, St. Paul's Chur_c.',, yard, Nov 17, at twelve—C. Boldero and Co., bankers, Cornfhind'.. Nov. 17. at half-past one—F. Smith, linen draper, Cra w ° e .. street, Marylebone, Nov. 18, at twelve—T. Marshall, cheese' monger, High-street, Whitechapel, Nov. 18, at one. In the Country. at J. Prince, leather dresser, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, No 20! Wells, lio., three, at the Rutland Arms Inn, Bakewell—E. Burrows, malt9°_,,r: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Nov. 20, at twelve, at the Rutland Air: Inn, Bakewell—C. Baker, timber merchant, Back -of-the AVa'is Southampton, Dec. 7, at one, at the George Inn, SouthamPtr a t C. Neale, chemist, Leamington Priors , Wa rwickshire, Nov. ,I one, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Prior3--J. I3rearly an. Co., corn millers, Wellfield-mills, near Rochdale, Lancashire, N°. 20, at ten, at the Court House, Wakefield —J. and E. Ba i r i botham, cotton spinners, Chew-moor, within Lo stock, Lancashire! Nov. 17 at one, at the Commercial Inn, Bolton—J. Burwell and H. CroOkes, cloth manufacturers, Huddersfield, Nov. 21, at two, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. CERTIFICATES.—Nov. 17. R. Felton, licensed victualler, Black Horse Tavern, Victuallin- ev en ny office-square, Tower-hill—J. Williams, upholstere r, Aberg d .. 3I , Monmouthshire—J. Brown, tobacconist, Alanchester—C. C well, baker, Deansgate, Manchester—T. Bishop , builder, Ashant°n-- under-Lyne, Lancashire. HIPS . W. and R. Gough, je PARTNERS weIIers, BirmDlSSOLVEDingham—J. Wilk i ns on an d Co., brokers, Leadenhall-street (so far as regards F. Wilkinson; ) J. and T. Lines, farmers, Hoo End, Hertfordsh ire—S. Daw y e n• and S. Daw, jun., ropemakcrs, Heathfield, Sussex—E- Johns° and Co., dress makers, Dover-street, Piccadilly—W. Cliftomiti and R. Clifton, corn merchants, King's Lynn, Norfolk —J. '„, W. J. Bunnett, blind manufacturers, Bridge House-place, Newt, ton, Surrey—W. Gresham and J. Miller, attornevs-at-law, Castw,; street, Holborn—G. Humphreys and J. Warner, drapers, S i !, port, Shropshire—W. Hewins and E. Sylvester, farriers, tet ton—H. and M. Warner, schoolmistresses, Birmingham. "'lei; penstall and Co., woollen drapers, Sheffield, Yorkshire —T. sands and Co., merchants, Liverpool, (so far as regards J. HodgsnmP SCOTCH SEQUESTRATI)N. 31 JAMES COTTON, grocer ; Charlestown, Fif es hire, Oct and Nov. 14, at twelve, at Ross' Inn, Bridge-street, Dunfermline" PRICE OF SUGAR ~ . The averag3 price of Muscovado Sugar, from the returns Tat" in the week ending the 24th of Oct., 1837, is 355. 104(1. per Cl i exclusive of the. Duties of Customs paid cr payable on the 1111Prtg.. tion thereof into Great Britain. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENC CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 28.—At a congregation on Wednesuiv last the following degrees were conferred:— BACHELOR OF DIVINITY. Fell° The Rev. Richard Parkinson, St. John's College , . c P;,, of the Collegiate Church of Manchester, and Hulsean turer in this University. BACHELORS OF ARTS. oI Edward Dominick Geoffrey Martin Kirwin, Fellow King's College. William Adolphus Carter, Fellow of King's College. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE' • Arrived the Sparrowhawk cutter, Edw. Heneage , Es d M.P., from Tangier, Barcelona, Lisbon, and Vigo ; P asse ,i. the Rowena cutter, Geo. Simpson, Esq., to the We stward' Arrived the ship Falcon, Capt. Middlemist, fitted ai d yacht to take the Hon. H. St. John Mildmay, his lad ii Y an w i son out to Madeira ; they are now at the Marine Pei" waiting for a favourable wind, when they will immediate Yd embark. This ship was built for Lord Yarborough, 811 was the pride of the port ; his Lo r d s hip a t length gave „Pe his foreign excursions, and as she was too large for ti',o t short trips he now takes inside the Wight, he sold her '0 the Messrs. Baring, for whom she has made one voyag e China and has not been home above a fortnight ; they pro teed from Madeira to Marseilles. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AT THE MARINE 1-10TUL. g a Lady Acland ; Cameron, Esq. and F a mily • Lady a • riot Mellish ; Miss Knight ; Miss Gifford ; Ric h Baylie and Family ; J. Hambrough, Esq. and FamilL; Lord Ashburton ; and the H o n. H. Mild ma y with his 1-1 3 " and Family. Sir G. Seymour Bart., leaves Norris Castle for town Tuesday next. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.-Yesterday a c°W ' in passing along Holborn, took a fancy to visit the oil wn re d . house of Butterfield and Co. Her owner objected, n rl applied the lash with an unsparing hand, " But the cow she would a shopping go, Whether hcr owner would let her or no," and in she walked to the back shop, and examined all th e Afte t oil cans with great attention and apparent delight. gratifying her strange curiosity, she, in evident contemPt -t the frightened oilman, turned tail and walked gravely (. without doing any harm. -C -fe " The Naval Keepsake," containing a new of Nelson, with Original Anecdotes, Notes, 8 4 e" e ii " The Old Sailor," with seven engravings, is ann °u " - (0 0 for immediate publication by M r . C o lb urn . The verY n i.he of Nelson is dear to the heart of every Englishman . in seamen loved him, for he was one of themselves , b 0 the theory and practice. The nation confided in him, for the rulers well knew that he would uphold the honour of hi , country. Let the young officer trace his career, fo, ° ' t he first entering the Navy, to the period that he laY W ill coffin made from the mainm a st o f L'Orient, and he Z o io• find a splendid example which nothing should deter him D or endeavouring to emulate. Difficulties may present th selves—dangers may threaten—obstacles, apparento surmountable, may obstruct the way. Nelson ha s s-- ro s that patience, perseverance, and prudence, can overe- 80 them all. A more appropriate gift t o the young s h e rde• than the above cheap little vo l ume , cou ld sca rcely -- wised. The eminent pr o f essor o f surgery , Th om as fl arris° t v o ' Esq., M.D., has b een e l ecte d professor of anatfltilLy Trinity College, Dublin, in the room of Professor g a r go r ney, who re s i gne d i n consequence of ill-health. P le- t ioa Macartney's spl en did museum of comparative anatomy morbid preparations is now at Oxford, having been P t he chased by the heads of that University. They we , i re preparations made during a long experience , anTh n ed University refused to giv e th e P ro f essor what h e de their value. A proviso is made in the present e 3s r e'll e get all preparations s h a ll b ecome t h e proper ty of the the Board p a yi ng a ll atten d ant expenses i n getting the -Dublin Paper, 0 v.' SILVER EDGED PLATED si ; o 0 T. COX SAVORY offsrs for selection, arranged in his The Rooms, a most extensive variety of CORNER DISH% COI' Set of Four varies in price from Seven to Ten Guineas. •_noer, SAVORY, Working Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watch' 47, Cornhill, London. oh° N.B.—The Handles are made to remove from the Covers , l oos may be used as Dishes ; thus the Set will form Eight Dishes' required. --------- BIRTHS. ift g s ht Ho O n n . i t , h w e ly 2 B 6 a tl tem in a s n t : , o a f t a K aa e u ln g i h ar te sh r , Northamptonshire, the On the 26th inst , in York-terra . ce, Mrs. Reginald Bray' of daughter. rcise ll ' On the 22d inst., at Highgate the wife of W. T. ni eba Esq., surgeon, of a daucrhter ' On e of 2..): ( t t h aug in h s t t e . r ,:at Hampstead, the lady of C. F. j g • F L :: Esq., surgeon, of a son. Ge O na n ti t y t h h , e 16th inst., at Wellington-place, Limehouse, '• -r-• CAnte so On the 26th inst., at Maple Hayes, Staffordshire, the of Uxbridge, of a dau ht On 26th • the lust ,at Ashfield Lodge, Suffolk, th e Right 11°13. Laxly Tharlow, of a . son and heir. MARRIED. areig' On the 24th i ns t ., at Limekilns Lana r k s hire, Woronsow A ~,,eft Esq., of the Inner Temple, London, barrister -at-law, t ° , 1 "' youngestn daughter of the late A. Graham, Esq.' of Limekill,:_rry, beth,. DI. A., the 26th inst., at 'lolls, the Rev. Joseph Atarkbain qii,.. ,elNdreicsatr daughter of Notingharn of the late Wm. Barwick, Lodge, Norfolk. shEirseq,.,toorooll ALA , ' On the26th inst., at Worth, the Rev. Charles Buckner, sr Chi eldest son of the late Colonel Buckner, C. 8., of W Y ke ' ne s , . Ge°. Chester, to Georgiana Mary, youngest daughter of the 14. e I. B. Bethune, LL.D., Rector of Worth, Sussex. ~ _l3 lc On the 25th inst., at Marylebone New Church, hr,r l 5 e sh uttl e- Esq., of rowers Gifford, Essex, to Hannah, relict of '. worth, Esq., of the East India Company's Service. .................-------- _____ _------ + D I E D . Oilab e "" On the 2th inst., n Leih-street, Burton-creseerrt, daughter oft he late J. Gaitskill, Esq., of Surrey- plac"e*. o . tl l o S te on gthe 25th inst., at Walcot - p l ac e, Lambeth, Job a P yens, Esq., aged 27. On the t1.2t1 inst., at Dryb r h Abbey, Sir David.Eoli.n,ie,iovi ° f On the 26th hst., ill Gauygstreet, 11ath, Catlierine!i, 'servi ce ' the late Benjamin Roebuck; Esq fth Madras COI' ~ 0 the Madras ast Indies, aged 75. i yorlis hire' E On the 23,1 inst., at Tyershall House , near Bradfora, Henry Sitnons, Rector of St. Paul's Cra Kent. o bey ts ' R. g On the 23d inst., Thomas Samuel eldest son of .31r , l a te of Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, aged 19. On the 21st inst., at Greenwich, Ann, only of th e Wm. Cramp, Esq., formerly of the same place. danghter , G o t y London: Printed and Publi.bed by i110111)0 Yl)1?I' oe c ouP 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, of Middlesex.—Saturday, Ostober 28, 183.