The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-09 00:00:00

YD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, DEC 7.—Wind W. to S., moderate.—kcrived tht Parsee, M'Kellar, from Calcutta ; Hobe, Dotl o ., from Memel ; Campobello, —, from Richibucto ; 1 ranstons brill fiom Santander ; Margaret, Shackland from ‘; Jane, Lee, from Cork; Ann, White, froM Belfastt ;huger, D av i s , f rom ditto ; Jane, Daisley, from Limeriek. And proceeded for the River the Cardiff (packet), JtThes, from Cardiff; Adventure, Jersey, and Sarah, 'Rogers, from Liverpool; Union, Nowell, from Newcastle; and Hero, Cobb, from Manilla. B.—Purser, M'Kellar, from Calcutta; Jane, Daisley, from Limerick; Shakespear, —, from Shields ; Libra, Martin, and John, --, from ditto. Came down from the River, and remain—, 7.—Creole, Tulloch, for Rio Janeiro ; Endeavour, Jokes, for Marseilles ; Regent (packet), Houghton, for the Cape of Good Hope. B.—Marquis Wellesley, for Grenada ; G o .a d vy, for ; Emma, Hood, for Jamaica; Adelaide,; Camillus, —, for Demerara ; Penelope, Huntley, for Ja maica ; Emerald, —, for Tobago ; and Ralph, Bernal, for Jamaica ; and proceeded the Herald ( S.), Pile, for Cork. PORTSMOUTH, JAN, 7.—Wind N. W. ; 8, W. to S. W,._ The Sovereign (transport), from Gibraltar to this port, was on shore on the Owers last night, but got off with assistance. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7. —Wind N. W.—Arrived the Reform, Selkirk, from the Cape of Good Hope; Gratitude, White, from Barbadoes ; Natchez, White, and Choctaw, Foster, from New O r l eans ; F ame, from Mobil e ; P r i ncess Victoria, Paul, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Persian Blanchard, from B a th urst ; A nn , J o h n st on , f rom Newfound l and ; John Beggs, Turner, from Africa ; Redbreast, Miller, from Con. stantinople ; Exquisite, Bayes, from Smyrna ; 'Mischief, Downs, from Naples ; Venetia, Andrews, t‘ri.:,in Palermo ; Ellen, Clare, from Marseilles ; Camoens, tkrnes, from Oporto ; Duke of Athol, —, from Charente ; , V,fred, Delafarge, from from ditto ; Jane, Granby, from ditto ; ditto ; Arrow, Willis, Emma, Krawse, from M eme l . CLYDE, JAN. 6.--Arrived the Leonore, Smit, Savannah. Charleston. MARGATE, JAN * .1 lived off port, th e Jane, Wade, from RAMSGATR A 0 . N•B . —Arrived the Clementina, New Y or k. OFF THr. WIGHT, JAN. 8. —Arrived the Toronto, rom New Yolku,a,c" the S overe i gn, from Gibraltar, after being f on shore. Db .ml, J AN. 7.—Arrived, th e F ace, Shaxton, from Lon don', Garonne, fro'. n London. ---,from Cadiz ;and Lady Vaughan, —, CORK, JAN. 6.—Arrived, the Pous Ali, Draves, from Quebec ; Margaret, Watt, from St. Petersburg ; f r om the from London to Ceylon ; Prince Regent do. from the Mauritius ; British Lady„ from Prince Edward's Isles; Comet, Morton, from Halifax ; Lion, Harris, from Miramichi : Barbadoes, Bowen, from Quebec ; Albion, Poole, from Leghorn ; Doris, Seton, from Messina ; Elbe (packet) Crofts, from London ; and Parmelia (transport) from do. WATERFORD, JAN. s .—Arrived, the Alexander, —, from London ; and Confidence, Angel, from do. LIMERICK, JAN. 3.—Arrived, the Effort. Hutchings, f rom London. s. —The Limerick Lass, Oakb, from do. GALWAY, JAN. 4 .--Arrived, tlo:, Violet, Murray, from London ; Mary, Malloy, from do; and Providence, Whit. taker, from do. THE MART.:ETS(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The past ,- eek's arrivals of, Grain and Flour were inconsi derable, n'lld the trade for every article remained dull, at the pWhereviour, M on d ay ' s rates. This morning the fresh supply of t, Barley, Beans, and Pease was tolerably good, but of Oats scanty. The quality of the Wheat samples was chiefly te'ader and secondary, and the millers showed very little dis "position to purchase ; a few fine parcels obtained last week's terms, but all other sorts were very dull. Barley sold slowly, but good is not lower. Beans met a slack demand at last quotations. Boiling Pease remain on the market without buyers. Grey Pease are dull, and rather lower. The prices of Oats are firmly maintained, but the demand has been limited. There was a fair trade for Flour last week at former prices, but to-day the bakers manifest no disposition to purchase. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat. Red (old) 565. 645. Beans, Small (new) .......... 389.425. White (old) 60s. 7es. (old) .......... 44a.505. - -Red (1836) 44s 50s • -- Tick (new) ............ 348 365. (old) 405.445. - Harrow (new) 36s ISs Brank(old) 428.46s ..... 345.388. Oats, Feed ........................ 2Ss. 328. --- New ................ 245. 278. - Poland .................... 25. Firie 525. 555. Superfine 565. 6(13. White (1836) 465. 528. . . ine 548.585. Superfine 60s. 645. -- --Foreign free _s. --s. ltlye .345. 3As. Barley --- ' , Ss. Ms. .---- Grinding ..30s. it Malting 365. 338. -.... is. Malt 465. 55i , ,, Scotch 3O --- Fine New.. 60s. f - ',.is. Irish.. .......... '2.35. Pease, Grey, New 3(1,1 .. 38s. Flour Town (per sack) 52s ..---- Maple New . ......... ~ .ds. 40s. .—.seconds 46i ---- White ...38s. North Country 42i --.... Boilers ...... 4'2s. 44s Bran lO, 245. 30s, Potato .. , ........... 301.323. s. 32s New New 26, ARRIVALS OF 'GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English .......... .... 1 7,950qrs 4,51 G qrs. 1ri5h.,,,,,... 50 - 903 qrs. 2,971 sack; .... -- Foreign . 2,550 k 977 .............._._..::: • .......... " - - 4,079 _ SMITHFIELD MARKET This day's supply was very good, and the sale was dull at little Idteretion from the prices last quoted :- PRICES PER STONE OF BLB. TO SINK THE OFFA LS. S. d. to s. A. s. d tot 4. Interior Beasts 22 2 4 Inferior Sheep ............ 2 4 6 becond quality ditto 2 8 3 2 Second quality ditt0....., 2 8 3 4 Prime large Oxen ...... Prime Scots, &c..,,,,,,,,, 4 2 4 4 Southdown Wethers Large coarse Calves...... 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs 3 2 3 8 Prime small ditto ... ...... 48 5 0 Small Porkers Suckling Calves each`...l6 0 32 0 Quarter old Pig teach) 12 u 20 0 SUPPLY, AS PER CLERICS sTATE3IENT. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pies 3,070 1 23,VA 148 332 About 550 of the Bean; came up the St. Alban's road ; about 800 up the other northern road s; ahoul 560 (including Irish) from the western and midland districts about 930 from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire ; about 100 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marsheg, &c. in the neighbourhood of London. NE'; GATE AND LEA At per stone, s. d. to s. d, nee. inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior middling 2 6 210 --- middlin prime large 3 0 3 4 ----- g prime prime small 3 6 3 8 Pork, large 'Veal 3 8 4 4 DENHALL MARKETS. by the Carcass. s d.tos d. 24 2 6 28 2 2 34 3 8 :i 6 4 4 4 6 410 NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CORN MARKET.—Jan. 7. We had a large supply of Wheat from the farmers to-day, but no fresh arrivals coastwise, and the sale was brisk at the prices of last Saturday. The arrivals of Barley are very limited, and in some instances Is. per quarter more money has been realised. Our supply of Oats was again large, and the whole sold freely at last week's rate. Malt continues a slow sale. Rye is exceedingly dull, and prices Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. In Beans or Pease there is little passing. Flour is in more demand, at our quotations. New. Old. Wheat, Northumberland 39i. :)9s. ...... 56s 65,1 --- Norfolk and Suffolk sis 64s ....... 565. 63,. 51 '. 1 ....... .4. 594 --- Berwick and Scotch Nis. 425.. ..... —s mss : —B — • ---- Foreign Nye, Norfolk and Suffolk ---- Foreign _ 9 ---1 . ...... ...8. ---5 . $. Barley, Malting, N or f o lk a nd Suffolk— 33;:55, 2ts . 115....... __ 5....... .1). --- Grinding and Feeding `.. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk .395. ifts ....... ...9. --s. g. -.., —s. ...„. .. beans, Small 395. 435.,.. 384. 41% ....... • ---- Tick 4 0s. lls. . ... —s. Pease, White ---- Gray —..s. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ...... ------' ---- Feed .... 20s. 235.. ..... 1265.-28, 4. --. Foreign s --s ... --s• —s.,„ Flour (p er sack) —s. —5....... 435. 4°s. ------=,- - Out of sixteen cUldren baptized on Sunday week, at the parish Chure: o , Bingley, fourteen were males. We regret '‘o learn the death of Sir Robert Burnett of Lets, Bart, Thi s tru l y respec t a ble and e xce ll ent man died on T l . l .esday m orn i ng a t an advanced age ; a n d i s suc ..eeded 'E'Y his son, now Sir Thomas Burnett.—_ Ab er d een Journ a l . 1 , T -RE WEATHER. Since our last the weather h as be ,r mild and open in our immediate neighbourhood ; but ne snow still rema i ns t hi c k upon t h e ground in th e south, d the London mail is still several hours behind its time each da3'. The com mun i cat i on w ith the metropolis, how ever, is now perfectly open.—Scots Times. w THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RA IL - L t v l. •• -"' - - The line of railway, from the station in Lime -street, me P" 1, to that i n W a t er - street i n this town, ha s b een da asured, by order of the Directors, within the la s t f ew ti. Y; and its length is ascertained to be thirty miles and nrei7quarters, and tbirty-three yards.—Menichester Tintcs. e are glad to observe that the Town Council have lak e to en.up the question of Post-Office abuses. There is no Rwilin the empire in which they arc more flagrant than in w ill b Ye hav e reason to b e li eve that a searching inquiry, e Post-Master-General.—Hull vent' A I nstituted by th e P ost -. G a —Hu ll Ad er. An ab d %inkcirculationthat th • House -absurd story has been in th e j" . ° use of Hull have obtained a new charter f rom cioubtlresoswll)L It is utterly without foundation, and h as Y ounger B een concocted for the purpose of keeping th e Hull Ach e rot hers quiet at the assembling of Parliament.— rttser. -In k c , I Ty, • • ISWA ' 7-, u —s we have LD S ' J INNI:R.-In our preceding co this int me n an erestlec, / • c n an ` a mple report of the proceedings at refer "ee t o a i ne etlng, which, whether it be regarded in variou s p eak s.;lntiments and opinions delivered by the which pre ile •;-irs, or to the harmony and enthusias m lightfift and ebetil,reughout, was one of the most de fo:l3id any oth er e r ring we ever witnessed. Our limits Oswald speak so weciiiiark than that we never heard Mr. come was given t oe :eihre, and that the most cordial wel_ propriety of all ciasse:royr observation which indicated the diality and energy, the preßsee forme rs support i ng , w ith cor - The best effects will f ollow ntiit, enlighte ne d Ad m i n istratio n . wisdom, lib era lity, a n d independ demonstr a ti on of politici i l the exce ll en t Ministers vtb o n Z-'n, honourable alike to country, to the worthy R epreaent r a u t l i e th e destinies of the the five hundred Liberal electors ..v i .. of our city, and to declared their undeviating 1-, here att , Glasgow who them Scot s to Reform.— Scots Times. •On Saturday evening a fire broke out in some farm • buildings at Newton-curn-Laxton, whi c h destroyed forty tons of st raw, a considerable quantity of live -stock, and all the farm-building, the property of Sir Thom as Stanley, Bart. —Chester Courant. On the 26th ult. a poor maniac, well known for going about the country in a state of nudity, died in the parish of Ross. His name was supposed to be John Mack • enzie, and he was originally from the Long Island. The singularity of this person's derangement was, that he would suffer no clothing to be upon him, even in the depth of winter.—lnverness Courier. THE FUNDS.--(THIS I)AY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. I‘; . ew York Papers were received this metnint tv th r . 11th December, (rrom the Papers of the jOth Dec.) " ItEmmta - s.-Although business is drawing to a close yet the excitement in the city has in no way abated this week. We have had a succession of marine losses, such as have nutty occurred in the sftrad spice of time. Wall street has suffered nost severely. It, iA estithated th a t nearly 700,000 dollars hoe fallen Oil the Various offices ; add tts this at least .300 *§o Uninsured ; so that the total may be set down a a million of dollars. The discussion in relation to banks and money continues ; but to all ap pearances things are getting easier. The trade of the city falls off of course as the winter commences, and we cannot expect any change for two months to come. " MoNEv.—The meeting of Congress President's Mes sage, domestic Exchanges, and the discussion relative to Banks, have all affected more or less the Money Market. There is evidently some relief among the merchants. This has been caused by the fact that the Banks have distributed their favours with a 'more even hand, There has been a very large amount of bills on England received here from southern cities, which has come into market, reduced the !ate of ktilange, and contributed to help the Money Mar ket. The United States Bank of Philadelphia has also ex. tended its discounts very largely. " EXCHANGES.—The sales for foreign bills for the packet of the Bth were, for cash on England, 8i 91 ; principally at 9 ; France, 51. 25c. to 25 30 ; Export of specie this week, 7,126 dols. ; Bank Shares, 117 to 1171. The American Papers contain a report of the Secretary of the Treasury of great length ; also the report of the American Navy for the last year, which states that in all the departments activity and an increase in the ships had taken place. Our arrivals this morning are three French, one tend, and three Lisbon mails—the last one by the Ranger, sailed Jan. 1 ; one Brazil mail ; the Express sailed from Rio Janeiro November 10 ; Ship letters from Barbadoes, Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 2, and Calcutta, August 15. The Cape of Good Hope papers received, state that his Majesty's ship Leveret had arrived in Simon's Bay, and had reported the capture of a slaver on the Mosam bique Coast. " AFFAIRS or THE FRONTIER GRAHAM'S TOWN, OCT. 13.--The Lieutenant-Governor returned to Graham's Town. Since his departure he has been engaged in ascer taining the actual condition of the border farmers ; and we are assured, on good authority, that the result is—they are in a far more deplorable condition than he ever imagined them to be. The frontier continues still in a most unset tled state, from the depredations of the Caffres." We have received Bermuda Papers to the 25th October. By a proclamation which appears in these Papers, the Hon. House of Assembly was called to meet and proceed to business on the Ist day of November. In the colony they are already short of twenty-five thousand hhds. of sugar, and about eight million pounds of coffee. We have numereus arrivals this morning from most parts of Europe, as well as from the West Indies, and Africa ; but neither Lisbon nor French mails bring much news of importance. The great fall of snow in the North of Spain has for the present impeded the operations of the Carlists' and Queen's troops. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at 901 for the Account ; for Money, 89k. Exchequer Bills, 21 22 ; India Bonds, 10 11 ; Bank Stock, 20912101 ; India Stock, 2551 2561. In the Foreign Market the Spanish Active is 251 ; Passive, 7i : Deferred, 111 ; Portuguese, 481; Three per Cents,, 301 1 ; Colombian, 271 28 ; Mexican, 26 27 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 54g. HALF-PAST ONE. In consequence of a failure this morning in the Consols market, and the person's account having been bought in at 91, Consols still continue buoyant at 908 for the Account, which takes place on Friday next,. Consols for Money, 898 ex. die, ; Exchequer Bills, 22 prem. ; India Bonds, 12 prem. ; Bank Stock, 210 ; India Stock, 262 ex. div. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active was at 26 ; at present, 2.5 i ; Passive, 71 ; Deferred, Ili 12 ; Portu guese, 481 ; Three per Cents., 31 ; Colombian, 28 ; Mexi can, 27 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54i. A commissioner from the Chilian Government has ar rived in the Brazil packet to make an arrangement with the bondholders for the payment of the dividends. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, flOi. Sir Robert Peel passed through this city yesterday (Friday) afternoon, on his way to Netherby, the seat of Sir James Graham, Bart., from whence he goes to attend the Glasgow dinner, on Friday next.—Carlisle Journal. THE KIRTON IN LINDSEY MURDER.—NO fresh particulars transpired at the examination on Thursday week of John Dimsey, the supposed murderer of Marshall and his sister. The prisoner would give no account of himself. A reward of 201. by the magistrate, and 1001. by the Go vernment, and an offer of free pardon for any accomplice who will cause the conviction of the actual perpetrator of the horrid deed, have been for some time announced. Marshall was 69, and his sister, Deborah Hutchinson, 75 years old. We regret to learn that the late extraordinary vicis situdes of weather have produced a greater degree of illness than has been experienced in the metropolis since the last memorable influenza(. The notorious Joseph Ady has been writing letters to the inhabitants of Derby, offering his services in recover ing large sums of money on receipt of ss. for his trouble.— Derby Mercury. The immense lime-tree at Winnezeele, in the canton of Cassell, which was several hundred years old, 36 feet in circumference, has been rooted up by the late storms. It was held in great veneration by the inhabitants.—German Paper. Jack, the celebrated ourang-outang of the Garden of Plants, at Paris, died on Tuesday morning last, at 5 o'clock. A Montreal paper of the 29th November says : " The ravages of the wolves in the township of Pittsburgh, near Kingston, have been so alarming that a general hunt to destroy them was to take place yesterday. The inhabi tants of Kingston and its neighbourhood were requested by advertisement to turn out en masse. The number of men necessary for that purpose is one thousand, as the line ex tends ten miles." The frost has been so intense during the last few days that the navigation of the river is much impeded. It is almost impossible to give a description of the frozen state of the river Ouse. Between Howden-Dike and Booth- Ferry it is a representation of Greenland in miniature. The stupendous rocks of ice near the shore, and the prodi gious masses floating in the river Ouse convey to the ima gination of the beholder some faint idea of the situation and suffering of the ice-bound whalers in the arctic regions.— llnll Advertiser. We cannot preserve our gravity when we think of this great Peel demonstration. Dr. Patrick 111‘Farlane, the eloquent advocate of Catholic emancipation, is to sit beside its fiercest denouncers, without recantation or ex planation on either side. Mr. Leckie Ewing is "linked and allied in office" with the friends of Negro Emancipa tion, neither party having yet given in to the other. M r. Charles Stirling, who abominates free trade, is colleague of Mr. Leadbettcr, who procures Lord Brougham's Lectures. on Political Economy for the Mechanics' Institution. Prin cipal Maefarlan, who in the meeting in the Assembly Rooms timed the resolutions hostile to the Irish national system of education, is there ; and so is Sir D. K. Sandford, who moved the amendment which was carried against them. The editor of " Bl ac k woo d' s M agaz i ne ," w hi c denounces Peel's Bill, is there along with the author of that mea sure. Bailie Bain, who is said to be opposed to addi tional endowments, is snugly ensconced among the mem bers of the church -extension society. And what is this crowd of many hired incompatibles met to do ? To tes tify their admiration of the character which our readers will find powerfully and truly pourtrayed in Blackwood's Magazine, in the Peel Papers, No. V. Nor can his wor shippers say that they have now confidence in him : the extracts from Fraser's Magazine of the present month show the distrust with which Sir Robert Peel is still viewed. They point at a line of policy, which, if openly propounded at the banquet, would inevitably occasion a blow up. And this is to be an imposing festival ! a joyous meeting! The Tories will cheer Sir Robert as their champion, but they will remember that he allowed the Tories of Manchester to do the same, after he had betrayed them.—Glasgow Angus. LIBEL LAW.—We fully concur with the Warwick Advertiser in the following remarks on the action for libel lately brought against the Leamington Chronicle :—" The case has excited great attention among the liberal inhabit ants of Leamington ; and public meetings have been held for raising a subscription to defray th expenses in curred in defending the Chronicle. We rejoice to see a spirit which is highly creditable to the parties concerned ; and we feel assured the public appeal, on an occasion in which the public are so much concerned, will prove effec tual. Who should support the public press but those for whose aid its mighty power is in daily operation ? While th e Law of Libel is suffered to remain in its present in comprehensible state, what individual, or what property, can be safe ? Every statute ought at least, both in the spirit and the letter, to possess the character of rationality. As the Libel Laws stand at present, the only certainty is, that they are excellently adapted to the spirit of personal malice, and to throw money into the pockets of needy mem bers of the legal profession. We make this remark without any personal allusion, itnd we think no one will dispute its truth.' 303. 353. ;5.283 555. 50 s. 45= I Is. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1837. LITERATURE. , REV OL U MOATS 44 A.,..Y . 1 : 0;;: 1608 to the end if 1835. In 2 Vols: ✓ By TV. IVAzi6:47, Liiiicloh; R. Bentley, 1837. Of the liihriheig ‘'iildliat . i; 'i 4 .4itt . i:,ii iii . . - .1.111. -- ieit of tl. claims of Don Carlos, Mr. Walton deserves to occupy the place of honour in the very first rank. His worl; displays a degree of patient research, of curious in formation, of skill iii tho dill tit detail i ifild an elevation of style, Ivhich all hut raise it to the dignity of an historical composition: We cannot, therefore, but regret that so much valuable labour has heen sa crificed in an evanescent struggle between parties, nei ther of which will be either injured or benefited by it. The war in Spain will be long orer, before either the Carlists or the Christinos will allow themselves to be instructed by the perusal of Mr. Walton's book ; and as for the people of England, our Government has already decided upon the course which they are likely to pursue with respect to the belligerents. Had Mr. Walton not been blinded by his preju dices, or led astray by his visionary enthusiasm in fa vour of the Spanish Pretender, he never could have drawn such strange conclusions from the premises which he himself has laid down in his introduction. He there rightly states, that by the ancient Constitu tion of Spain, the will of the Cortes was the supreme law of the Monarchy—that they set aside the testa ments of the Sovereigns, and even changed the order of the succession by their mere motion—without assign ing any other cause for so doing than their zeal to pro- mote the public good. He further admits that the ancient Kings of Spain could not levy taxes—impose ordinances—declare war—make peace—or enter into alliances, offensive or defensive, with Foreign Powers, without previously obtaining the consent of the Cortes. This is strictly true. Hallam, in his History of the Middle Ages, asserts that Spain was the first country in Europe, in which all the necessary elements of a strictly representative Government were developed and perfected ; and that such was the extreme vigilance, on the toad of the people, that the King was not allowed a more unlimited power than is usually granted to the Presidents of Federal Governments elected for life. From the accession of the Emperor Charles V., however, the Kings gra dually encroached upon the liberties of the Cortes, and in process of time stripped them of their most valuable privileges. To obviate the necessity of summoning them to vote supplies, they created mo nopolies to the ruin of trade and commerce, and the destruction of the ancient barriers which protected from invasion institutions so dear to the memory of the Spanish people. Nevertheless the direct power of the Crown was always less influential than that ofthe Juntas in most of the Provinces. It was therefore through them that it exercised its chief authority, and though it made the people wretched, it failed it its efforts to enslave them. There were besides certain grave questions which it never dared to decide upon without the consent of the Cortes, and to whose sole jurisdiction it judged them to belong. Of these the most momen- tous was that of the succession to the Crown. On the death of King Henry IV., the Cortes set aside his will, and changed the succession from the deceased King's daughter to his sister, though that Princess had previously taken the oath of . allegiance to the in fant Queen, as did likewise the great functionaries of the Kingdom. In the reign of Philip V. the Cortes decreed the non-eligibility of females to the Cro wn ; and again in that of Charles IV., they met to annul that law, thereby proving—before the accession of Ferdinand Vll.—that they considered themselves fully competent to change the succession in any manner they pleased. This, in our opinion, decides the ques tion of the legitimacy of Isabella 11. We give up at once the will made by Ferdinand on his death-bed in favour of his daughter. We are indifferent to what he might have done under any conceivable circum- stances, persuaded as we are that he had no more right to dispose of the Crown of Spain than have we to dispose of the imperial diadem of Austria. Spai n neither belonged to Fredinand nor to his family ; and were it the will of the people to rid the country of every Bourbon upon its surface, there is not an honest man in Europe acquainted with her history from the accession of Charles IV. to the present moment, who could lay his hand upon his bosom and pronounce the deed an infraction of the principles of eternal justice. The Bourbons from first to last were the curse of Spain. Charles IV. was a doting idiot—the tool of his wife's acknowledged paramour ; Ferdinand was not a jot better; and of Don Carlos, it is enough to say that he was one of the very first to abdicate all claims to the crown in favour of Napoleon, as is attested by his signature attached to the Convention of Bayonne—. a circumstance which, if we remember rightly, is par ticularly set forth in the memoirs of Godoy, the Prince of the Peace, but of which Mr. Walton appears to have no knowledge. We may, without any injustice to the Author, pass over his vivid descriptions of the civil war in the Basques since the rising of the Carlists in these provinces. The various events are too fresh in the minds of our readers to render a recapitulation of them desirable. With all its faults, we again repeat, that Mr. Walton's book is by far the best that has yet appeared in this country, respecting the civil polity and present condition of Spain. But for the spirit of petty partizanship which pervades it—which blinds the author to the crimes of the Government, and leads him to cast all blame upon the Cortes —these volumes would have formed a valuable addition to our modern literature. The work is embellished with handsome portraits of Don Carlos and his late Consort, under the style and title of King and Queen of Spain and the Indies. On Tuesday morning last a single man, named John Johnson, was found in the snow at the village of Streatley, near Luton, dead. It appears that he had come from Streatley to Luton on the previous day, to assist in clearing away the snow to allow the Ampthill waggon to pass ; and that he remained all day at Luton drinking with a companion, who, on their return, left him to perish in the snow, within a short distance of their homes. It was strongly suspected that the deceased had been the victim of some foul play from his companion, as they had been heard quarrelling as they passed the turnpike ; but this was not borne out by the evidence before the Coroner, and the Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."—Bed fird paper. LEWES.—Since our last account a huge mass of snow rolled down with great force on the ridge of the chalk pit, and carried away the roof of a granary, in which was stored a quantity of wheat belonging to Mr. Hilman. The immense accumulation of snow on the top °file Downs has rendered it necessary to block up the road beneath, till the danger i 3 removed. A great number of men are still employed in cutting away the snow from the top of the hills ; it rolls down in heaps into the road, and is thence thrown into the river by workmen below. Several days will probably elapse before the road can be opened. A brig in the river was very much shattered by the fall of snow, which stopped the na vigation. The following is a statement made by Mrs. Sher lock, one of the parties extricated from the ruins of the cottages :—" My daughter-in-law and I were sitting by the fire at about a quarter past 10, dressing and washing the children, when Mrs. Potter came in, and told us to be quick and dress the baby, for we must go, as they expected the snow to fall on the houses every moment. She had been gone about a minute or two, when it came over at once pitch dark. We were all flung down. I fell close to the bed, and I could feel part of the bedstead come over me. My daughter-in-law, I think, fell with her head against the chest of drawers. She moaned very much. After some time the baby moved and cried.. I pushed it on to her, and said, Jane try and give the baby the breast.' She said, I've done that for the last time, mo- ther.' I after that heard the noise of people overhead ; I slipped my band along and laid hold of hers, and told her to keep up her spirits, for I heard noise of spades above, and I was sure they would dig us out. She made no answer, but only squeezed my hand hard, and gave one scream—she was dead. I then lay as still as I could till we were dug out."—Brighton Paver. BRIGiiTOStNDA* . . We ba t e great pleasure in stating that the Queen is a great deal Veifer sorry oo report that the Du chess of Gloucester has p utt sorry niAti; and is not so well to-day. Their Majesties did not attend bin worship to-day, neither did their Royal relatives. The Bishop of Worcesiel vI r6i ct ipp w . Baron Ompteda arrive calidflYri:46W,at the York Hotel. The royal dinner invitations on Friday elegitik, General Lord Lynedoch, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Daly, lion. Captain Patiltt; Earl and Countess of Errol, Lord F. and Lady A. aordtiiii iittfcl PqM€YEIT, Sir B. Stephenson, and Mr. and Mrs. G. fiatitsOn. Yesterday evening—Lieut.-General Lord Howard of Effingham Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Bradford, Major- General Sa. Jat.per Nicholls, Major-General Sir Charles Pratt, Lieut.-Generai Sir W. Pringle, Major-General Sir Arthur (,;lifton, Major-General Sir Charles_ Doyle, Sir L. Otway, General Sir Samuel Dickens, Hon. (learn) Phipps, Hon. Captain Paulett, Colonel Sir James Reynett, and General Lord Lynedoeli. His Majesty honoured Mr. Newton with another sitting yesterday for his miniature. The Kinc , gave audience yesterday to the Marquis Co nyngham and Sir James Reynett. Among the calls at the Palace this day arc—General Phipps, Sir J., Lady, and the Misses Lloyd, Colonel El phinstone, Lord Howard of Effingham, Major-General Sir Loftus and Lady Otway, Major-General Sir C. Pratt, Earl and Countess of Wicklow, Lieut,-General Sir W. Pringle, Mr. and Lady Katherine Stewart. The Duchess of St. Alban's had a splendid party on Twelfth Night. Dancing was kept up till three o'clock in the morning; The company included—Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the Earl of Errol, the Duchess of Cannizzarro, the Earl and Countess of Rosse, Lady C. Capel, Lady C. Stewart, Lady Fitzwygram, Lady Fremantle, Lady Tier ney, Viscount Cantalupe, Misses Burdett, Beauclerk, and Gibbings, Lady Manners Sutton, &c. A composition from the pen of Horace Smith, Esq., was read by the Duke. A gentleman of the name of Foord has recently invented a fire escape, and yesterday morning, by permission of his Majesty, he was allowed to make an experiment in the Pa lace grounds, in the presence of Sir Benjamin Stephenson, Sir Horace Seymour, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and several of the Royal suite. The construction of the appa ratus appears to be simple but effective. Mr. Foord says that twelve persons might be removed from a third story in a minute. Prince Edward ascended in the seat, as did also Sir Horace Seymour. • His Majesty witnessed the experi ment, and afterwards honoured Mr. Foord with an audi ence, and expressed his Royal approbation of the invention. We perceive by the circulation of some handbills that it is intended to get up a hurdle race. Several gentlemen, who take an interest in the amusement, are exerting them selves to carry it into effect, and the Marquis Conyngham and the Earl of Errol have consented to act as stewards. COURT CIRCULAR. The Saxon Minister arrived in town on Friday from Brighton. His Excellency transacted business at the Fo reign -office on Saturday. Dispatches from the Governor of St. Lucia, Trinidad, and Antigua, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday, on a visit to the Earl of Limerick, at his scat, South-bill Park, Berks. Mr. P. Thomson returned to town on Saturday, from a visit to Viscount Palmerston, at his seat, Broadlands, Hants. The Hanoverian Minister left town on Saturday, for Brighton. Sir H. Hardinge arrived in town on Friday night from the seat of Earl Stanhope, Chevening, Kent. The King will leave the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, on the 29th instant, to be in town to open the Parliament, which his Majesty will probably do in person, and will sub sequently proceed to Windsor. The Duke of Norfolk is gone to Arundel Castle ,o entertain a few select friends. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, forty per sons of rank dined at the Duke of Rutland's table. The grand fete was attended by all the neighbouring nobility and gentry. _ Prince Esterhazy and Prince Nicholas returned to Chandos House on Saturday evening, accompanied by the several distinguished foreigners who are on a visit to his Excellency. They left Belvoir on Thursday ; and on Friday they (lined and slept at Burleigh, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter. The marriage of the daughter of Prince Esterhazy takes place at Easter in the Royal Palace at Vienna ; the Emperor gives the lady away. It is sup posed that his Excellency will remain in this country until nearly the middle of March. The Duke of Devonshire entertained several mem bers of the Cavendish family at dinner yesterday, at Devon shire house. His Grace has granted a plot of land at Chesterfield, for the purpose of building a church thereon. The Duke of Northumberland caused a plentiful supply of venison to be distributed to the poor families at Launceston, for their Christmas dinners. The Duke de4Vlaille, Peer of France, who was one of the first Gentlemen of the Chambers to Charles X., died on Thursday in Paris. _ _ The Marquis and Marchioness of .AilesbUry have been entertaining Lord and Lady Torrington, Count and Countess Daniskiold, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, and a select circle of friends during the Christmas holydays. The Marquis of Camden, with the Earl and Coun tess of Brecknock, have been seeing company during the holydays, at The Wilderness, in Kent. On Thursday the marriage of the Marquis de Mon tcsquiou-Fezensac to Mrs. Strickland, who was Mademoi selle Finguerlin, took place at Paris, in the chapel of the Chamber of Peers. The Earl of Lindsey is fast recovering from his late accident. The Earl and Countess Brownlow have arrived at Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland. The poor of Normanton and Frieston have had a large quantity of coals, blankets, &c., distributed amongst them by order of the Earl and Countess. The Earl and Countess of Burlington will leave Eastbourne the beginning of next month. The Hon. C. C. Cavendish, M.P., has been on a visit to the Noble Earl for a few days. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have been dispensing their liberality to the numerous tenantry of Brethy and its neighbourhood during the last month. The Noble Earl and Countess will remain at Bretby until after the race ball on the 23d instant. The Earl and Countess of ,Tersey since their return from Drayton have been entertaining visitors at their scat, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire. Lord Loftus has arrived at Eaton Hall, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, where a numerous party have nssembled. The Noble Marquis has declined presiding at the Metropolitan dinner. Lord Hatherton regaled his numerous tenantry at Teddesley in a sumptuous manner, on the coming of age of the Hon. E. K. Littleton, his Lordship's eldest son. Beef, bread, coals, blankets, &c., have been distributed to a great many poor families of Teddesley and neighbourhood. . . Lord Suffield and a party arrived in town on Satur day last, from Gunton Park. Lady Charles Fitzroy left Burlinzton House on Saturday last, to join her Lord at the Duke of Grafton's seat, Thetford Hall, in Norfolk. Lord Norreys arrived in town on Saturday from Wytham Hall, the seat of the Earl of Abingdon. Lord and Lady Maryborough have arrived at Fern hill. Slindon House, the seat of the Countess of New burgh, has been the scene of great festivity. Amongst the recent visitors at that noble mansion have been the Prince de Polignac and his son the Prince Armand de Polignac, the Earl of Newburgh, Colonel and Lady Dorothy Leslie, Mr. and Lady Cecil Delafield, Sir 'H. Webbe, Sir Charles and Lady Pococke, &c. Cards, music, and the enacting of charades, have constituted the amusements of the evening. The Princess de Polignac was prevented by the inclemency of the weather from joining the festive circle. Baron and Baroness Maltitz returned to Norwood on Friday night, from a visit to Viscount Palmerston. The Baron was at Ashburnham House yesterday, and was ex pected to leave town to-day. Letters have been received from Paris, which state that the return of Count Pozzo di forgo to London to re sume his diplomatic duties will not be before the meeting of Parliament. _ _ The christening of the infant daughter of the Earl and Countess of Brecknock, the Lady Frances Sarah Har riet Pratt, took place on Thursday at the seat of the Mar quis Camden, Wilderness*Park, Kent. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Rochester. The Marquis had afterwards a party of twenty at dinner. Captain K. B. Martin has been appointed by the trustees Harbour-master of Ramsgate, in the room of the late Captain Woolward, R.N. The Hon. William Bingham and Lady Harriet Baring have left Park-lane, on a visit to Lord and Lady Ashburton, at The Grange, in Hampshire. Mr. V. Harcourt and Lady Elizabeth are gone to Newnbam Hall until the meeting of Parliament. The Countess of Plymouth has caused seasonable necessaries to be distributed to the industrious poor of Sevenoaks, as is the worthy Countess's custom at this pe riod of the season. The Marquis of Hertford and his extensive suite, occupying four carriages, remained at Nice a month, and thence took his departure for Milan. The Earl of Yar nroirthitiff Iterdship's eldest son, who rarely visits England, did not aecinipatty i4smible father to Italy ; lie remains in Paris for the faslaidtrabler is e, which will close at the end of Ilial6lli. Earl Granviilt fistiri4' o ;7 feet his home in Bruton-street to the I . 4'ord.Chancellor, should bu'sine'ss of importance call hitii in Frirgland in. the spring, his licavelship will remain during his stay 14iiih' hiS Noble brother-in-l*w f at Devon shire House. His Lordsiiip , will give some brilliant fetes olpring the carnival at the house Of Fanbassy in the Rue FaKM!, S. Honore, to which all the respectable English who are reSident in Paris are expected to be invited. Sir J. Langham's ifittusion, Whitehall-place, has been again taken by the Earl of' Mansfield, for the approach ing season. Lord Howard de Walden's new mansion at Lisbon has lately hcen put into a state of complete repair ; the Noble Envoy, however, generally resides at his pleasant villa at Cintra. The Conservative Club-house, though so recently erected, is still under repair ; and though the works have been going on for the last six months, doubts are enter tained whether it will be in a state to receive the members by the meeting of Parliament. Sir C. Cockerell, Bart., expired at Sezincote on Friday morning. In consequence of the reduction of prices at Drury lane, an average of more than 2,600 persons paid every evening during the last week. John Barnett arrived in London from Paris on Thursday, for the purpose of superintending his opera of Rosamond, which is to be brought out at Drury-lane Theatre without delay. There was a rehearsal on Saturday of the first Vocal Concert, which takes place this evening, when some fine classical caopositions were performed. The first conecrt‹.4 the British Musicians will take place on Wednesday ; the m►.ac intended to be performed will be rehearsed this morning. The Gresham Prize has been awarded to the Rev. W. H. Havergall, A.M., Author of " Cathedral Chants," &c., for the best approved sacred vocal composition. Bochsa is at Dublin, and performed last Monday before his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of Mulgrave with the greatest success. The Countess of Westmoreland has arrived at Rome, from Nice, to pass the winter months. _ . The Duke de Blacas, who accompanied the late King Charles X. to Holyrood House after the revolution of July, is about, it is said, to leave Vienna for Paris, in order to dispose of his estates in France, and to take mea sures for the liquidation of the debts of the Duchess of Berri. The Earl of Lichfield, the Noble Postmaster- General, is still indisposed from an attack of gout, at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-square. When, he is conva lescent he will return to his scat at Shugborough, and not occupy his mansion in St. James's-square until after the meeting of Parliament. Her Graco the Ducheos of Atholl, with part of her suite, arrived at St. Adaman's, Dunkeld, on Saturday last, from Leamington, where sho bad been sojourning for a short time. Her Grace appears in excellent health. It is worthy of remark that on Christmas-dA7 the united periods of service in the family of the only four z. , f her principal servants who sat down to dinner, part of the esizblishment not having arrived, amounted to no less an aggregate than one hundred and seventy years. The Hon. A. Willoughby, the Misses Willoughby, and visitors at Grirnsthorpe, drove into Bourn on Wed nesday last in four Russian sledges. The Earl of Lindsey, we hear, continues to be con fined to his bed from the extensive effects of the late acci dental burning of his back, and will certainly not be able to take his scat in the House of Lords at the opening of the Session of Parliament. Two ladies of Primrose-hill, Bath, have, during the past week, eloped from their husbands. Lord Sussex Lennox resigned the appointment of Postmaster-General of the Windward and Leeward Islands, because the climate of Jamaica did not agree, it is under stood, with his lady ; the appointment was a highly lucra tive one. The Lieutenant-Govenorship of Pendarvis Castle has been discontinued. The officers of Plymouth garrison have bee❑ enter taining the inba - bitants of that town with amateur thea ;ricals. A vacancy has occurred in the number of Commis sioners for the Board of Control, by the demise of Sir Charles Cockerell, Bart., M.P. for Evesham. Sir Charles was in his 82d year, and is succeeded in his title and es tates by his only son Charles Rushout, now Sir Charles Cockerell, who married a sister of the present Lord Foley. The eldest daughter of Sir Charles was united last year to Lord Dcerhurst. His Excellency Count D'Aglie, the Sardinian Minister, is passing the winter at Turin, where the Countess and the younger children reside. Count Moiran, who has removed from Hill-street to the Stable-yard, will remain as Charge d'Affaires until the Count returns to England. . The Earl and Countess of Kenmare are on their way from Italy to their beautiful seat near the Lake of Killarney. Lord Francis Russell, son of the Duke of Bedford, is on his voyage home from the West Indies in the Belvidera frigate, in which his Lordship has been serving three years as Lieutenant. At Buckhurst Park, Sussex, the seat of Earl Dela warr, much gaiety prevailed from Christmas-day to Twelfth night. The Countess of Plymouth, Lord Cantelupe, and other branches of the family, were assembled. The Earl of Essex was to have entertained Viscount Melbourne and several of the Ministers at Cashiobury Park during the 'holidays, but the state of the weather prevented his Lordship from leaving town. The Duke of Wellington, on leaving Badminton, proceeded to Woodford, near Kettering, on a visit to the Hon. C. Arbuthnot, where his Grace stayed until Sunday morning. The Earl of Harborough has, as is his invariable custom at this severe period of the season, given the' poor of Saxby and four neighbouring populous parishes a plen tiful supply of beef, coals, &c. On Monday last, Earl Fitzwilliam caused ls. 6d. to be distributed to every poor widow and resident householder in the vicinity of Lincoln, whether paying rates or not. It was a welcome gift at this inclement season. Paganini has arrived at Marseilles, where, it is said, he 'intends to give concerts. A new comic opera, being a version of the Posid /on, of Adam, is to be brought out immediately at Drury lane Theatre, where, among other novelties, a new tragedy from the pen of Miss Mitford, entitled Otho, is also to appear. _ _ _ _ ** The Hon. Mrs. William Cavendish, with several members of her family, will leave town to-day, on a visit to Lord and Lady Granville, at Paris. The Chairman of the Customs transacted business on Saturday at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Office, in Downing -street. Lord Western has resigned the Chairmanship of the Essex Quarter Sessions, in eonsequnce of ill health. Lord Crewe has left Fenton's Hotel, for Crewe Hall, where his Lordship has made many improvements since his accession to the family honours. The late Peer had been an absentee nearly 20 years. General Sebastiani, the French Ambassador at our Court had an - audience of Louis Philippe on Friday, on his 'arrival at Paris. :We believe that the appointment of a Lord of the Admiralty will become vacant by the nomination of Sir Charles Adam to the command of the fleet in the Mediter ranean. His, successor at the Board has not yet been named.— United Service Gazette. J. B. Praed, Esq., M.P. for Bucks, continues very seriously indisposed at his seat at Tyringham. He is at tended by Sir Benjamin Brodie and Dr. Robertson.— Northampton Herald. Despatches were forwarded on Saturday from the Foreign Department for Lord Durham. Despatches were forwarded on Saturday from the ndia Board for the Governor-General of India. So violent was the wind on Monday morning last, that the Union Railway coach, which runs between Stock ton and Middlesbro', was blown from its station at the latter place, and reached Stockton in 15 minutes, a distance of four miles.— York Courant. Typhus fever has made its appearance at Fort Wil liam, and there have already been several deaths. It is too probable that this calamity was caused by absolute want and starvation. A meeting of the inhabitants was called, when about 30/. were collected, including contribu tions from the heritors. This has afforded partial relief, but it is already exhausted. Oatmeal is selling there as Iii;411 as 265. Bd. per boll, and in some places so dear as 32s.—hz verness Courier, The Caledonian Canal was frozen over last week at Bannavic Locks, so that the steam-vessA was unable to proceed. About eleven o'clock on Wednesday night, a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. G. F. Clark, of North Ferriby, by a member of his family, who happened to be later than usual in retiring to rest. An alarm was imme diately given, and the neighbouring farmers, with their ser vants, hastened to preserve such stacks as had not taken fire. The amount of damage is estim a t e d a t b e t ween 9001. A nd 1,000/., which is covered by insurance in the Manches ter Fire-office, by aeverley agent. There appears no doubt that this extensive destruction has been the work of an in cendiary.—Hull-Advertiser, - S /es: _ GREAT PUBLIC DINNER AT "0-TAcett : 4" GOW TO JAMES OSWALD, ESQ., r Vi: Aar ";..3 On Thursday, the sth curt., upwards of four v ., . gentlemen of the first respectability in Gie..sgnw and 411 nYi lS " ‘ mediate neighbourhood, entertained their m ach-respected representative, Mr. Oswald, to a Public Dinner,in the Ton tine Exchange Rooms, the use of which had bt. en .hand somely given by the Proprietors and Subscribers for the oc casion. Lord William Bentinck, the other representative, .had, of course, also been asked to dine when in Glasgow lately, but the state of his Lordship's health prevented Lim reom accepting the intended honour. By the hour appointed flee the dinner (five o'clock), the company had all ta•ken their :daces, and in a few minutes thereafter, the Chairm an, Sir Join) Maxwell, of Pollock, Bart. , a ccom p anied by Mr. Oswald, Mr. 3illon, M.P., and a number of other distin guished individuals; entered the _HA amidst the loudest: cheers of the company. Mr. A. G. Spiers, of Culcreuch, late M.P. for Paisley, with Mr. John Dennistoun (brother to the patriotic Member for Dumbartonshire), and Mr. Walter Buchanan, eminent merchants, acted as Croupiers. Professor Milne acted as Chaplain. After all the a esual standing toasts, " The King , " " The Qu een," and " The Princess Victoria," which were drunk with great applause, Sir JOHN MAXWELL gave the next toast of " The People, the only legitimate source of power." It was the healths of themselves of course, and they would drink it as they pleased. He had ordered a bumper, however, to the toast„ and he hoped they would take it off.—(Great applause.) Tune—" The Triumph." The CHAIRMAN next gave " Lord Melbourne and his Majesty's Ministers. May their conduct realize the just expectations of the people." The CHAIRMAN craved a most particular bumper. The toast which stood next on the list that evening, was the health of that.distinguished gentleman on his right hand, Mr. Oswald.—(lmmense cheering.) Tune—" There's nae luck about the house." Mr. OSWALD was received with tremendous cheoring, which lasted for some minutes. On silence being restored, ho said be had so often received from them so much kind ness, partiality, and indulgence, that he could not now find words to express his feeixgs ; but they would believe him sincere rviiNl he said that be felt grateful for the honours they had generously conferred upon him. He could not say more than that from the boi!um of his heart he thanked them. They were all aware that he was not capable of making what was usually called a speech, and were he to attempt it he would only fatigue them, with but adding any thing either to their gratification or instructioih He, there fore, would not attempt what was called a speed:, but on the present occasion he might be expected to make' a few observations on the prospects of the Reform cause of this moment.—(Cheers.) When they did him the honour of electing him as one of their representatives, he regarded it as one of the highest honours they could confer upon any individual ; and now, after four years' service in Parlia ment, he was well aware that he had to crave their in dulgence—perhaps he might say their forgiveness—for many defects in his conduct ; but if he had deviated from any rule which they might have laid down as the Tight one, or in any way not acted up to his professions, they would, he trusted, impute it, not to dishonesty on his part, but to an error of judgment.—(Cheering.) The question before them, in the mean time was, " what are the prospects of Reformers ?" And here he would begin with what,had now become a very fashionable term with their opponents—re-action.—( Hear.) They were every day told that there was a re-action in the country—such a re-action as would completely, in a short time, change the Government by putting out the men at present in power, and consequently, as supposed by many, change also the principles on which that Government was Connected. He did not 'know very well in what way this word " re-action" was defined ; but this he knew, that in all the addresses, made in all places, by those who styled themselves Conservatives, but who he took the liberty of c Bing by their ancient name—Tories—in 1;0 case had any man belonging to that party lately come forward to seek ,;tie favours of a constituency without, in the very' first pa raga'aph of his address endeavouring to prove to them that he was a reformer.—(Great cheering.) They declared that the Reform Bill having now passed into a law, they will yield is it the most implicit obedience—that they re joice in it, and that they will do all in their power to sup port it.(Laugh,:er.) Now it did not appear to him that was what he would .call re-action. But, while they pro• fessed this to be their (kith, he was afraid they had ulterior objects of a very different .11:.nd in view ; for he found in all the addresses issued by the C b. nse t r r ‘ a •at e ‘•ie s c so a r ll T C Conservative must call them—in all the demonstrations demonstrations, that had taken place in the country without one single exception, he had found tn,e persons connected with them to consist of those who, when d2e Reform Bill was proposed, opposed its principle, and when passing through the legislature resisted, with the greatest ' determination, every clause of value in it from beginning to ei2cl.—(Great cheering.) He was, therefore, led to believe that when they professed their attachment to the Reform cause they had ulterior objects in view, and that, could they get into power, they would tell the people of this country that the Reform Bill was a mistake, and the sooner it was done away with the better.—(Hear, hear, and cheering.) But in truth what the Tories called re-action was the homage they paid to the cause of Reform—(Cheers) —an homage which they rendered with great unwillingness. They were obliged to yield in some degree to public opinion ; and here he could say, that, however, in some parts of the country, and in some constituencies, there might appear to be a difference • of opinion, he nevertheless felt cure that when this country was called upon—and it might be so before long—to give an opinion as to whether it would support those whom it brought into power, viz., the present Administration, pledged to Reform, as an Administration who, while they professed to support Reform, were in their hearts against it—when that trial came he believed this country would emphatically say, " We will not permit, in any shape, a Tory Government—(Great cheering)—we will not allow a Tory Government to rule over us."—(Cheers.) He thought, therefore, that this re-action was a matter that they need not be afraid of. Ile was quite sure that, so long as the Reform Acts remained in their l : resent force —so long were the liberties of this country in perfect security.—(Great cheering.) He had no doubt that great efforts would' be made, and were even now making, to do away as much as possible with the effects of those Acts ; but the good sense of this country would make all these attempts futile ; and he believed that even if for a time the couutry were: led away by the professions of those men who used to be called Tories, it would soon leave them unsup ported, anu be no longer misled by their pretensions.— (Cheers.) At' that Reformers had to do was to remain firm to their principles ; and they would, before the lapse of any gnat length of t ime, find that the country would give a stronger support that ever to any administration, let it he composed of whom it might, that went on the prin ciples of Reform, and that administration would see that Reform Act was not to be regarded as a dead letter, — meant, when framed, to be of no more use that it was of importance only as the means to a groat end.—(lm mense cheerizg.) There was one point which he could not omit noticing. The Tories were constantly asserting that they had along with them the great preponderance of the nobility, of men of large possessions, and a very large proportion of the intelligence, and almost all the whole respectability of the eenpire, and with this profession, they would wish it to be believed, that they would go on increasing in numbers till they had a majority of the whole community. But, they would perhaps find, that even with the great pre ponderance of the nobility, and with the support of a great majority of the landed proprietors, they yet did not possess either so much of the property, intelligence, or respectability of the country as they imagined.—(Cheers.) There was one point too on which they committed the greatest possible mistake. If he pnderstood their profession arights, they said, that if their plans were followed out, the wealth, respectability, and intelligence of the nation would be set against the great mass of the community. Now, if an y plan could b devised more ingcnioas or absurd than an other, it was to proceed upon this prinriple. Ile might be doing them an injustice ; but he would add that if they pretended in their day to govern the country, the best they could do to promote that object was to ;show, on all occa sions, that they had the happiness and prosperity of all classes of the community at heart.--(Loud cli!'.ering.) He would only further state on this sui,ject, that it a7'l not ap pear to him that the prospects of Reiarmers were in any way bad. He remembered the day when sixty Reforiners could scarcely be mustered to attend a meeting in Glas gow ; and lie now found himself addressing a very large assembly, indeed, of his fellow-citizens, all actors in the cause.(Clicers.) And so long as the feelings and princi ples which actuated that meeting were in existence, the re action so much talked of would do them no harm.— (Cheers.) He would pass over many topics on which he might feel inclined to address them, as his , sentiments generally were so well known to them all, ti,et it would be unnecessary to enter upon them ; but there ;vas one point the most prominent of all others at the present- mo ment, to which he would for a little direct their attention ; that was, what was to be done to bring the two Houses of Parliament into unison with each other?—(Cheers.) All other subjects sunk into insignificance compared with this. He would be 41 vain and presumptuous man indeed were he to attempt to bring forward any project for settling this matter—to solve the problem which was admitted by every person to be one of the -greatest difficulties. It was not for him to say what should be done ; but this he would say, that, situated as the House of Commons now was, something, must be done to bring into harmony the two Houses of the Legislature.—(Load cheering.) He did not know how it was to be effected, but this he knew, that startle as men might when an organic change was spoken o 1 it was quite clear that this country could not long go on without a change.—(Cheers.)• They talked of a crea tion of .Peers ; but he never could see how that could be I