The Sun. — London, England, 1837-07-22 00:00:00

possible to hear one ward except those in his immediate neigh bourhood. Mr. Russett. ELLICE seconded the nomination. Sir JAMES DUKE then came forward, and requested an im partial hearing for all the candidates. Mr. Alderman Wows first came forward amid tremendous cheering, which lasted for several minutes. As soon as the cbe , ring hai subsided, the worthy Alderman addressed the inreting as follows:—Grottier electors, here I am again. (Tremendous cheers ) It is my great delight to be here so rally with you, --(Cheers.) This is what I like—once in three years is not enough.—( Great cheering.) I live among you, And you know my acts in the House of Commons. (Much cheering and confusion.) I ask you to point out any fi4t of mine in which I have deviated from the cause I pledged myself to pursue.—(Cheers, and much confusion.) If any gentleman hat anything to say against the course I have pur %tied, let him come on the hustings and state it.—( Cheers and 'Saproar, ) Give Me, Gentlemen, a fair hearing, and if you do 14.0 you !Mall have one yourselves, and no f play, _(Cheers, and much eOliftision.) Here an individual on the platform en- Veavour - ed to adzifees something to the worthy Alderm an, but Was prevented by thoit around him.) Let the gentleman ( aid the worthy Alderman) any other individual, come upon it)r , hustings and state his opinions; 1 can not answer him the!Ne. If there is any change at all, It Is among those who ate now opposing clamo ur, and do not liketohear me. •--(Great -eonfusion. ) wished to be judged ged even by na y enemies. 1 i..tve not the slightest objection that they should come forward and state what they have to say against me.— (Cheers and confusit..." I never told the Tories I was in . their favour—( Cheers)_.hough they have been kind enough on some occasions to vote for me.—( Laughter.) I will never desert you or nay princ:ples—(Cheers, and cries o f wr e know you won't") —and whe.? I am unfit to represent you, I will immediately give up my situaticn.—(Great cheer ing and confusion.) Gentlemen, these little interruptions are most agreeable. I have been at three or four public meetings, but they were all upon one side, but here there is a little to eitsite one.—(Cheers.) I know that you will re-elect me, and all that I ask you to do is to be early at the poll on Monday ,morning.—(Cheers.) Not all the influence to the world, frots: the highest to the lowest, shall ever alter my sen timents.—( (;;seers.) I will go to my grave with the same sentiments I hav,l entertained for the last forty years, and if any change should Sake place I shall not be myself, but only fit to inhabit Bedlassi.—( Hear, hear.) With respect to my colleagues, I am bound to say that no men have been more attentive to the: interests of the City of London than they have ; with regard to ail their acts they are before you. Their votes are known and it is for you to judge, whe ther we have acquitted ourselves properly fmr not. I feel great gratitude gentlemen for the honour that you have hitherto done me of electing me as one of your representatives. I wish to live in your esteem, and that is the only reward that I seek. The honourable Alderman concluded amid much cheering. Mr. GROTE then came forward, and upon presenting him self to the electors, was received with tremendous cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs, which lasted for seve ral minutes. After quiet had been in some measure restored, the Hon. Gentleman proceeded to address the electors as fol lows—Gentlemen electors of the city of London—( Cheers, and confusion, which prevented the Hon. Gentleman from speaking for some minutes.) I appear before you, for the third time, as a candidate for the honour of your suffrages.— ( Cheers.) Gentlemen, I appear before you with clean and pure hands. ---(Tremendous cheering.) I feel confidence in your judg ment and patriotism, and I entertain the strongest hope that I shall again be elected as your representative.—(Tremen dous cheering, and cries of " You shall f") Gentlemen, I know that it is a great honour to represent an enlightened constituency of 15,000 electors.—(Tremendous cheering.) Great, howeaer, as that honour is, it would have but little value indeed in my eyes, unless it enabled me to assist in pro ms:ting the. great, the all-important, and the overpowering work of Reform. Gentlemen, I appear before you with sen. timerats unaltered and unchanged. lam the same man, and I hold the same political opinions I held in 1835, when you first did me the honour to elect me. Gentlemen, lam sure that you are not changed. I am sure that you see that the contest upon the present occasion is the same, in circum stances and principles, as it was in 1835. We are still called upon to co.atend against the unclean spirit of Toryism. we have the same enemy to contend against, and the same foe to defeat and crush, and I am sure that the electors of London will not be found less faithful to their important trust than in former years.--(Tremendous cheering. )—I shall go into par liament, if again returned, to promote the same principles and opinions I have always held—to give protection to the elective franchise by means of the vote by ballot—to do all I can to secure household suffrage and triennial parliaments. Above all to promote the cause of civil and religious liberty in all its branches and in all its bearings.— (Loud and reiterated cheer ing.)—l shall go with a fixed determination to support the government of Lord Melbourne in all those sectary reforms which I hope ,they will orig;nate, and I can only express my strong w i s h an d h ope t h a t they may be so an i mate d b y t h e b eaut if u l countenance ofour gracious Queen—( Vehement cheering)—as to be more vigcrous and animated in the cause of the . people than they have Is.;therto been. I shall go with a full determina tion t o i mpar t equal rights and privileges to all the natives of those rea l ms , , e more gespecially our brethren in Ireland— (Cheers)--and not sp b e backw ar d in trying to expose ' those mis era bl e preten "e ii s e b t ywiiich th e T o ries seek to with draw e qua l r i g h ts from t suffering people. Gentlemen, I shall be f oun d your faithful' representative in the future, as I trust I have been in the past, prepared to uphold anything good in our institutions, but also prepared to co-operate in the more dif£cult task in removing what is odkius, and rooting out what is poisonous and incurable. You will find me a hearty Re former, and anxious to discharge faithfully the trust—the honourable trust—you have already conferred on me.' I shall be the advocate of every reform and every improvement which may be called for by the exigencies of the age or the wants of the people —(Great cheering.) Gentlemen,—My heart is in the people—it is them I desire to serve with all my heart and energies, and while they are pleased to elect me, I can assure them I will not ba backward in discharging honestly and faithfully my duty towards them.—( Uproarious applause.) Gentlemen, as I said before , the co ntest is now what it was in 1835, only that now we have one Tory instead of three, and I am sure that your good sense and discernment will vevent the representation of the City of London from being neotralized by introducing one Tory to nullify the votes of the thress Reformers.—( Hear.) I rely with unabated con. fidence upon /he result of the present contest, and I fully hope and trust that the Reformers of the City of London will appear early at the poll on Monday morning, and ratify by their votes the liberal sentiments and opinions for which upon all former occasions they have been so justly celebrated.—(Cheers.) Mr. Cat: W:ORD then came forward, and was most e .thasias tically cheered, He said—Gentlemen, I thank ycu for the cordiality of the reception which I have experienced from yr u. The state of this hall is a safe augury of the termination of the election, if many other circumstances did not confirm in my mind that result. This is not an occasion on which it would be possible to trace with any satisfaction the shades of difference of political opinions. We are met here to-day . in order that you may decide, by your votes on Monday, between Tory principles and a Tory Government, and Li beral principles and a Liberal Government. That is the O raly question at issue—an issue of which there cannot be - entertained the slightest doubt whatever, in spite of the agency which the Tories have employed ; for, gentlemen, if you had seen, as I have, the placards which have been ex hibited, where his satanic .majesty is called in aid to settle, y o u would b e di sgus t e d.—(Geoans.) We are united, and we I tat be f ree, so l ong as we h ave y o ur support. Gentlemen, you may all r emem b er t h at on th e IGth of June there was a great Con servative muster in Gray's Inn-lane.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Two thousand Tories were then got together, and a respectable individual was selected as the most fit and pro per person to be their generalissimo.—(Laughter.) Mr. ( st'orge Palmer, the elder brother of the Tory candidate, presided at that meeting, and had the assurance to tell the Company then present when he was safe from an answer, that lime Reform Members for the city of London were so many joints in the tail of Mr. O'Connell.—( Groans and hisses.) Wm. have had no opportunity to rebut thin ; the present is the first occasion, and I hope that gentleman is here to listen to what I have to say. The mighty mountain then was raised up, and the fruit of it you have exposed in the Tory candidate who has come forth.—(Laughter.) Gentlemen, it was my intention to have gone to some length—to have met a sort of challenge of defiance which my excellent friend, the Tory Mr. Palmer, has put forth in his defence.—( Laughter and cheers.) He says he has an advantage over me as a com mercial man, He represents himself as a heaven-born free man of the city of London.—(Cheers and loud lausister. ) I am not able to estimate tne degree of happiness that that circumstan:le gives to him, but ia all others I stand here as Mr. Palmer's coital in every respect.—( Loud cheers. ) My experience has not been gained entirely in the City of London ; but it is not the less valuable, because it is the re sult of toil in another climate.—( Cheers, and a cry of " It's tsil the bett er .") G ent l emen , I want t o b r i ng M r . P a lmer i Sh. I avant him to be honest and to avow his sentiments. I want him to tell you what lie thinks of the Poor-law Amend ment Aet.—( Cheers.) I will tell you what I think of it. In its principle, and in its workings, it is the most beneficial measure that ever passed the Legislature of this country. — (Cheers.) Without equivocation, without evasion, I ask Mr. Palmer to tell you whether he app roves or di sa pp ro ves of the Poor-lawthat Amendment Act, in its principle. That is the stkilking-horse isa las been made by the party around him ; but it horse upon which Mr, Palmer cannot ' ride.—( Loud cheers and laughter.) You will hear his RPntiinents I hope from his own principles He agrees with us retc.:mers on the general p o r of the Act, or he does not. Ilowds - er distasteful the vortex rof the Tories may be to his mind when he cornea on tres l e ti n s d •et it he is is y e o n o; listed by th; Tories; he has taken the bnioustm!itnyg,sa, fault if you do not make him serve, or turn him out.—( Vehe ment cheering.) JAMES PA TTISON, Es*,?. then presented himself, and was re ceived with th e mo st deafening shouts of' applause He said,—Fellow Citizens, I appear before you as a . Candidate again for the hoaltir of your suffrages, and I ask your support, from being conscious I have fulfilled every engagement I made with you from the time I first ap pe.ared before you. I shall continue, if you elec t me , faith fully to d o my duty to you, my constituents.—(Cheers. —( Cheers.) I undertook to be a Reformer in every sense of the or and I My votes are on record ; you have teen them trust you will every one of you say I have proved rny, self a Reformer.—( Loud cheers, and a cry of " and a stanch tile too.") I shall continue to pursue that course ; I shall cs , :sose Toryi sm which I shall ever consider a curse in the laud as long as I live.—_(Cheers.) My worthy friends who have preceded me have so fully into the different subjects that particularly interest you all, that it is unnecessati for tt,tti to say an ything portedl,oo upon_ them, I for one have anxiously sup ported Government, tllg Qovernment in whom our youthful Queen has placed implicit confidence, and let our rallying cry be, " The Queen and her Liberal Minis ters."—( Cheers.) Let that be the cry throughout the land, and I have no doubt that by the good example you-will set on Monday next, you will show to the British public that you arc determined to have individuals who support reform and liberal measures.—(Cheers.) Do as you did before. You set on the last occasion a bright example to the whole country_ and the country }manfully responded to it by returninz Liberal Members. I thank ycu gratefulli for the general en thusiasm with which myself and colleagues have been received, wherever we have shown ourselves. Gentlemen, in conclu sion, I can only say you will ever find me the firm friend of liberty, and the true friend of the people. The Honourable Gentleman retired amidst enthusiastic cheering. Josue HORSLEY PALMER, Esq , presented himself, and was greeted with loud groans and hisses, amidst cheering from his friends. He continued standing on the platform for some mi nutes without attempting to speak ; but at last proceeded to say, amidst great confusion—Gentlemen, the feeling that I am supported by a grant number of the electors of London assembltd on this occasion gives me encouragement to proceed in the contest about to commence for the intlependerwe of the City London, Gentlemen, as a new candidate, I claim at your hands' an IrnpErtlal hearing, but such does not appear to be your intention on tile titeseo ofeeasion. Still, I feel lam bound to etate to the public at large, through the Press, and those gentlemen who are able to report my opinions, what my feelings and sentiments are. I have been born a freeman of London. I hold my freedom by birth ; I hold the freedom of 150 years standing, and that entitles me to come before the citizens of London and solicit their votes as a candidate for the high honour of representing them in Parliament.—(Hear, hear, hear.) But Gentlemen, that is not the foun dation of my claim ; I come forth from retirement by the requisition of my, friends, claiminng no merit fur myself but for the cause I advocate, which is the catise of indepen dence. I stand forward confident that if by your favour I shall be returned to Parliament I should be able to promote the rights and privileges, end the commercial and general prosperity of the City of London.—(hear, hear, hear.) I take this opportunity of declaring my respect for every one of your previous Representatives.—(Hear.) I have no wish, neither have I the intention, to claim for myself superior judgment. You have had in the gent'emen hitherto representing you talent and experience, but I call upon them to lay agitation aside, and to direct their minds and energies to the commercial prosperity of the city of London, which you would find the benefit of, and if they would do so I should not oppose them. I say the prosperity of this city is not and cannot be promoted by agitation. I declare myself to be opposed to the principle of dictation that is now brought before the citizens of London by certain Individuals. Having thus stated my opposition to the course taken by your late representatives, I will now state what my own political sentiments are. My sentiments are loyalty to the Queen, and a firm determination to uphold the, institutions of the country in Church and State. We are bound to maintain and uphold them by every means in our power. I shalt uphold all the rights and privileges of the citizens of London, and their institutions, which are to be protected ; but while I uphold. them, I am willing y) give attention to all the just and equitable reform_ that are neces sary to be nsade.—(lncreased hootings and groans.) If you are determined to hear no more, 1 am sorry for it ; but I do assure you that if Igo to Parliament by your suffrajes, I shall go there with an anxious desire to do my duty, carry into Parliament perfect independence, and show that I am will ing to carry on every just, equitable, and necessary Reform. The Hon. Gentleman retie ed amidst loud groans and hisses.) A stews of hands was then taken for the several candidates, and after. some deliberation on the part of the Sheriffs— Sir JAMES DUKE came forward and said that, upon the full est consideration, he and his colleague were agreed that the show of hands was in favour of Mr. Aldermen Wood, George Grote, Esq., William Crawford, Esq., and James Pattison, Esq.—( Vehement cheerine.) A poll was then demanded, and the polling appointed to commence at eight o'clock on Monday morning, and finally to close at four on the same day. Mr. STEPHENS (of Bishopsgate) then proposed a vote of thanks to the Sheriffs for their impartiality throughout the day's proceedings.—( Cheers.) Mr. SCALES seconded the motion, which was carried with two dissentients. Sir JAMES DUKE returned thanks for the honour done to him and his collegues. They were conscientious in the discharge of their duty, and he was happy to say that their decision had met with the full approbation of the worthy Alderman who had proposed Mr. Palmer.—(Cheers.) The Hall was then dissolved. We cannot conclude our report without expressing our sincere thanks to the worthy Sheriffs for their kind atten tion in affording us such facilities in the discharge of our arduous duty as they did to-day—we wish their courtesy ex tended to their officers. SOUTHWARK ELECTION. (THIS DAY. The Nomination of Candidates for the borough of South. wark took place this morning at the Town- Hall, Southwark, in front of which the hustings were erected. The arrange ments made by the High Bailiff, John Holmes, Esq., for the accommodation of the several candidates and their friends, as well as for those connected with the public Press, were most excellent and judicious. At a few minutes past ten o'clock, the Tory party (Richards) took up their station in front of the hustings. Mr. Richards himself, accompanied by his lady, arrived in an open carriage and four, preceded by a large body of men, bearing crimson flags, and a large banner with the standard of England. The Hon. Gentleman was received with loud groaning and hisses from the assembled multitude. Messrs. Humphrey and Harvey shortly afterwards presented themselves-on the hustings, and were greeted with loud cheer ing. The mob appeared to be in high glee at the prospect of having a Tory candidate to amuse themselves with, and many jokes were bandied about at the Hon. Candidate's expense in the course of the proceeding, in which the popular air of " Turn about, and wheel about, and jump Jim Crow," was predominant. At half. past ten o'clock the High Bailiff having taken his seat, the usual proclamation was made and the pre cept read. The oaths against bribery and corruption were then administered to the Returning Officer ; after which, Mr. PERCEVAI. presented himself to the meeting. He had had the pleasure of supporting their late Member and present worthy candidate on a former occasion, and he now came forward for the purpose of proposing him to their no tice as their future Representative, and one who was well qualified to promote the great cause of Reform.—( Loud cries of t.' Hear," and cheers.) They were all aware that parties had been very nearly balanced in the late Parliament, and although they had not had the pleasure of hearing such ex cellent speches from Mr. Humphreys as from their other Member, yet he could assure them that no man had been more anxious to promote the good of the community or to advance the pro gress of a liberal and enlightened policy than that gentleman. Great applause.) He had thought that the borough of Southwark would not have been agitated on the present occa sion, the Tories having been formerly shown that their chance was hopeless. Why had they not come forward in a manly and open manner?—( Hear.) No. They had set the purse to work for the purpose of buying the borough if they could not get it otherwise.—(Cheers.) With their permission be should allude to some portions of the political conduct of Mr. Humphreys as their representative. He was the man who had supported Municipal Reform instead of the old corrupt system by which 24 men would misrepresent the opinions of 6,000. Alderman Humphreys had voted against that corrupt system, and Mr. Richards had voted in favour of it.— (Gioans and hisses.) That was the man who now dared to come forward and solicit their votes.—( Hooting.) If they wanted a Tory, why nut have an honest one, and not a Tory apostate—a man who was a Radical, a Whig, and a Tory, as it suited his purpose, and who would be anything, and " jump Jim Crow" for the purpose of seem iug a seat.— ( Great laughter.) Mr. Humphreys had supported the Irish Municipal Bill for giving equal rights and privileges to their Irish neighbours ; and Mr. Richards, as usual, voted the other way.—(Groans.) Mr. Humphrey had voted for the exten sion of the suffrage, and for the principle that a man who had not paid his taxes on a particular day should not be disfran chised. Mr. Richards had voted on the opposite side. The Bishops, they were aware, had more serious employment to occupy their time than to be discussing politics in the House of Lords. Mr. Humphreys had voted for their exclusion from thence, and Mr. Richards to retain them there. Mr. Hum phreys had advocated Church Reform, and Mr. Richards had invariably opposed it. Mr. Richards, like all other Tories, had also voted that Bishops should have from 5,000/. to 15,0001. a year, while he left the poor curate with a large family to starve upon 501. a year.—(Great groaning.) Mr. Humphreys was resident among them, and his interest was identified with theirs.—( Cries of " Hear.") He had been the first M mber returned to the Reformed Parliament, and he trusted he would be the first returned in the present Queen's reign, and thereby give to the public an indication of the support her Majesty would receive. —(Tremendous choering. ) The name of that. virtuous and exemplary and hopeful Queen cheered up all their hearts—they saw in her the regeneration and salvation of the country, and her conduct since she ascended the Throne, in retaining her present Libe ral Ministers, and dismissing all the old Tory courtiers, was an indication that she was determined to protect and promote the rights and liberties of the people.—(Great applause.) What would she think of the electors of Southwark, if after having appealed to her people they would now desert her and become apathetic ?—she would say that she had wrongly ' interpreted the feelings of the people. The name of O'Con nell was frequently in the mouths of the Tories—but he thought Mr. O'Connell had done all he could to support the present Liberal Ministers. Ile was sorry to see so much power in the hands of Mr. O'Connell, which was all owing to the apathy of the people of England.—( Cries of " Question.") lie wished the people of England to show that they were not dependent upon Mr. O'Connell or any other man whatever. He had heard that 100/. had been that day offered for 100 votes. —(Groans.) He hoped the honest electors of South wark knew how to treat that offer, and he would conclude by proposing to them as their fit and proper representative their late Worthy Member Mr. Alderman Humphreys. —(Cheers.) Mr. J. H. WARTER had great pleasure in seconding the nomination of the worthy Alderman. During the five years which he had served them in Parliament he ( Mr. W.) had watched hi s con d uct ; h e h a d c l ose ly scru tinized his votes, and fSO hniversally f oun d hi m vo ti ng w ith that party who were the great and su p g p lo oi ri t u q s o p f r the n eip ifer:epdro civil r i f and conscience,reliou andreligious l e or liberty.— _ (Ch!ers.)h e He had been during the whole of l.hat time the consistent snppowiiir pf ever's, meas ur e .. wag great to rally round such a gocm.i good W.) aerefr 7 ,: pßilefi Q n s tand M onday , a manfully Y' ser d his brother ekPirs eemlidate. llP tet . them 4fiord him a hearty isupport wouldo ltim the ajg t i a n u i s n e t° of P t a li r o lla p l e P o r p il l t e l w ltse true principles of freedom..—( Cheers.) Upon the I Wu 91 Ole prgeo Veetion throughout the country depended 1 7 THE SUN, LONDON, SAI,, the * existence of a Liberal CI eere.) If the people * only roused therriiel‘es, add did the r duty, that Mi nistry would be strengthened in the r ext Parliament; if they were not, it would be woe to the country. He was sure, how ever, that this independent borough would set a good es amp'e.—(Loud cheers.) and was 'oudly cheered. He M s r a . id C. he A i N va n s aa p s r o o N ud th o e r n ti a i p e p d e u a t r y ed, which had devolved upon him, but he was sorry for the cause of his being put forward so t prominently--that cause was the withdraw al of Mr. Da vis f rom Borough. Having on the last occasi o n had the p leas ure of seconding the 'nomination of Mr. Harvey, he felt it to be his duty to himself, his neighbours, and the cause of Reform, to stand forward in a position for which he was not well fitted.— ( Cheers.) He, then, had to propose that Mr. D. W. Harvey was a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament.— Harvey they were supporting r u t p y p r.t ing Mr. ( t h C e h c e a e u r s s . c ) f bes throughout the country. Every one was aware of his transcendent abilities , a ll of which had be en ex erted in the cause of liberty.—(Cheers.) He hoped they would support him, and not be caught in a Tory trap, which was laid for them at the last hour,—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Richards attempted to gain popularity, and probably some stray votes, by saying he was for the total repeal of the Poor law Bill. Now, there was not a man in England who was more strongly opposed to some parts of that Bill than he (Mr. A.) was, but there were some path td' It Whith,Nyre very rod , and it would be impossible to repeal them. He did not Ln.." that Mr. Richards was sincere in his declaration. Mr. Harvey had not deceived the borough Once he had been. co l -e lec t e d with it.—( Cheers.) He had come forward upon independent principles, and had fairly acted upon them up to the present time.—( Cheers ) At a time like that, when the enemy was in the field, he hoped the electors would not only support sup. port Mr, Harvey, but also the worthy Alderman.—( Loud cheers.) Since he had been on the hustings, he had been taken aside by Mr. Curling, who on former occasions was their friend. lie was solicited for Richards, and was told that if he would give his support to Hervey and . Richards, it would be made worth his while.—(Loud greens ; and cries of " That's like the blasted Tories !") If Mr. Richards . were to give him all he had in his store, and his carriage to take him home, he would FlPt sqpport him. , .s(Cheers l and if Well done, Charlie 1") He was sure they were anxious to bear Mr. Harvey. He would therefore only propose D. W. Harvey, Fsq. as a fit and proper person to represent the borough. Mr. WVOU seconded the nomination, as a duty be gyred not only to himself bet to his neighbours. No man in the country deserved well of it more than the lion. Gentleman, who had acted in Parliament with the utmost independence, and had never turned his coat. He was sure the borough of South wark would never return a turn-coat—one who could be pur chased by tho highest bidder. Mr. C. BAIA - may, the late Member for West Surrey, then came forward to propose Mr. Richards, and was met by hoot ing and hissing from every quarter. It was several minutes before he could be hoard ; and it was in consequence of the request of Mr. Anderson, the proposer of Mr. Harvey, that silenne was obtained. " Hear this eentleman," said Mr. Anllerson, " it is Mr. Barclay, of Corn-bill b notoriety."— ( Great uproar.) Silence bein g having been obtained, Mr. Barclay proceeded. When he formerly addressed the consti• tuency of the Borough, though he was then unfortunate enough to held opinions that were not approvcd'by the majo rity of the constituency—( Cries of " And never will")—at that time the electors gave him a patient hearing, because they believed that whatever opinions he professed, they were honest ; and that, profrsQing• them. he would never fear to maintain them.—(Loud cries of " Oh, oh ! you won't make us believe that.") Upon the present occasion he came forward to give the electors of Southwark an oppor tunity of exercising their elective franchise, and he was asto nished to hear the gentleman who proposed Mr. Humphrey complain that such an opportunity was to be given. lie had complained that the party which he represented had thought fit to disturb the peace of the borough,where there was a strong feeling foreign to the opinions entertained by the late Members. —( Cries of " No, there is not.") Those who had preceded him had said that this was a most important pet iod, and that it was of the utmost consequence to consider who should repre sent the borough of Southwark.—( Cries of " We won't have rats.") The electors said they would not have Tories.— ( Cries of " No turn-coats.") Well, they .would, by the pro posing of Mr. Richards have an opportunity of returning two gentlemen of opposite principles to those entertained by that gentleman, and greater consequence and weight would be given them in the Senate if they were returned by a majority of the votes of the electors, than if they had been returned without a struggle. Those who were of a different way of ' thinking to himself were placing the Queen at their head.— ( Cries of " Your party wish to place her at your head, but its no go ;" great confusion.) He was sure the electors wished to hear what was said on his side.--(Cries of " No, no, we dont ; you have said enough already.") If he spoke un wisely, he should be only injuring the cause he attempted to support.—(Cries of " You had better be quiet, or you will".) The first cry on the other side was the Queen and her Minis ters. Now he would just ask the electors, and in that he should have one of their former Members with him, what the Ministry had done ? (Cries of " More than you have, or ever will ; you would not permit them to do more ; they have not given us all vinegar.") First of all, they turned against the man they had formerly elected as Speaker, and elected ano ther for the purpose of trying how many votes they could get. Now what had the country got by that job? They had to pay a pension of four thousands pounds a-year for that.—(Great ups oar, and loud cries of '‘ Put him among his own grain.) They had elected a man for Speaker who had not a leg to stand on. He was going to give it up, and the country would have to give him a pension. What did the present Ministry next do? Why they brought forward measures which they had opposed two or three years before with respect to Ireland. '[hey had been deluding the Radicals by professions while they were looking to the Tories for support. They say the Queen is a Reformer.—(Cries of So she is, God bless h er .") Them we had been denounced for opposing Universal Suffrage. Wily, universal suffrage would be for their own individual in terest, because every man they employed would vote for thorn, —(Cheers.) The electors would d e rive n o b ene fi t f rom the introduction of the Ballot, because it would only be giving an opportunity to some s n ea ki ng sn i ve lli ng scoundrel to lie or tell the truth at his own convenienc e .—( Ch eers an hooting.) He (,Mr. Barclay) had had twenty years' ex P e s i ence in Parliament, and he had nev er b e l onge d to any extreme - party ; he had never been that is called an ultra-T sy (Laughter.) He had got nothing for th e course he hatiti--- sued ;he wanted nothing, and expected nothi ng . He would tell the electors throughout the country to look well to the men at present in power, and who their late representatives had supported. Look to their practices—look at By n ea nephew and his brother, the one with a peerage and the other with a place.—( Uproar and cheers.) In coming forward to nominate Mr. Richards, he (Mr. Barclay) had no interests at heart but the interests of the borough. He had no political object in view, as he bad retired from Parliament. —( Laueh ter. ) It had been said that the electors had been taken by surprise by the introduction of Mr. Richards. So mu c h t h e better. They could not be canvassed by Mr. Richards's friends, but could vote as they pleased.—( Hear, hear.) Every man would now come to the poll unsolicited, because there had been no time to canvass or to exercise any influence whatever. If the electors wished for a shif t i ng, - shuffling Government, let them support their two late Repre sentatives.—( Uproar, and a cry of " You made them shift.") They were Whigs one day, Radicals another, and Conserva tives another.—(Laughter and hissing.) It was tru e t h at i n 1832 Mr. Richards supported the Rform Bill. But what had the constituency throughout the country done ? Why, in the first reformed Parliament they had returned one half fte_ formers and one half Conservatives, representing fairly and honestly the opinions of tile people. The opinions of half the people of England had changed, and Mr. Richards had only done the same as half the constituency of England had. H e saw the danger of those principles he first advocated, and, like an honest and upright man, seeing the danger of those principles he had cast them off, and was now sup_ porting the Conservative principles of Reform.—(hear.) A person in the crowd got up, and having roared out with all his might created great confusion. He said he was an ultra-Radical, he was an ont.and-out Teatotaller—away with Toryism from the Borough Mr. Barclay, after having failed to obtain a further bearing, retired amidst groans and hisses. Mr. NTT, the vinegar -merchant, seconded the nomination. He had great pleasure in giving Mr. Richards his fervent sup port, us he really believed him to be a man who would sup port the interests of his constituents, and uphold the Constitu tion in all its branches. These were times in which it behoved every man to speak out his sentiments, and he was happy to embrace that opportunity of declaring them, as they were such as he would maintain until the day of his death. He and his fam.ly were residents in the borough for upwards of half a century—( Question, question)—and he was a friend to the Constitution in Church and State.—( Hisses and Groans.) All he would say on the present occasion was, let every candidate have a fair and impartial hearing, and if they disliked the sen timents of Mr. Richards they had a right to reject them ; but he was justly entitled to a patient hearing. Mr. HUNIPHREY presented himself amidst loud cheering. He felt much delight in addressing them, particularly after the splendid display made by Mr. Barclay, who had the hardihood to say that if there was no excitement in the Borough, the returned Members would be too much at the disposal of the Government. He had also said that he (Mr. Humphrey) could do nothing for his constituents. He said the Ministers were sometimes Whigs, sometimes Tories, and, when it served their purpose, staunch Radicals; forgetting that they never commanded his vote, unless for the benefit of the community at large. Ile said the Whigs had created a batch of Peers, but what did the Tories do? Their first act, alien they got into office, was to raise Mr. Baring to the title of Ashburton, and Mr. Scarlett they made Lord Abinger ; and if they lost the present election, they would also lose the power of rais ing others to the House of Lords. He wanted nothing from the Government; and if the borough of Southwark would return Liberal Members to Parliament, it would give them the opportunity of bringing useful measures to maturity.— ( Cheers.) He was asked, was he for Universal Suffrage? His answer was, yes, and for an extension of that suffrage. — (Tremendous cheering.) That would give Mr. Barclay, who had now only six votes, no less than 600.—( Cheers.) He was charged at a meeting by Mr. Richards, that he could not sup port his constituents, btv put his stake in the borough against that of Mr. Richards, and it would appear that his only stake was his counting house. He hoped they never would be so debasedas to allow a man of illibetal principle s t o re p res ent them. It had been asked what had Mr. Humpliery done? He bad voted for the Imprisonment for Debt Bill, and he must say the efee;itiqtl of Mr. Richards was the most factious that he bad eye!' s'ilne&scd. Ile had r,ernaifiect 1.1 .9 714 o.Vtqr night 1444 0-1 bad been completely mutilated ,' an 4 at last: the dgatla qf the nut a step to 44 progress.. jf Nir. Richards Wag;Wag; so great a friend to tit e' people, why should he wish to put them In prison . Perhaps he considered it th e b es t wa y to get rid of ') those who opposed him. It bad been said the resent Minis. 'TIRDAY, JULY 22, 1837. had d e iT een by had o tb n e e ali :ns been disselas a d by Sir R. Peel at tershad done na . hey - ve,,:t Was not expected, and by the in_ a fl tt ho u m'e e do n loam c ' t e e e . o ni ift°tuh thwarted whene n fsa w :C: N h'o l am i Minister ter and of 'the Crown a certain num ber of min. were returned who wenald otherwise never have got into Parliament; and who never 'can get in again. —( Cheers.) ti e was perfectly satisfied. eclat the bold constituency of that country would never allow themselves to be inveigled or carried away by the persteasive argument that they ought to return the Tories. How was it possible for them to do to ? They must have been changed within the lait twenty years, Mr. Barclay, when he first came forward, was not returner: as a Tory, but as a good Reformer, What was the result ? Mr. Barclay knows well that the first time he voted against the corn laws, that vote cow,nietely annihilated him from the affections of the people. Lek at Mr. Richards' colours, and what were they ?—why, they were the very colours of the King of Hanover.—(Great uproar.) The Constitution which his brother proclaimed he intended to disturb, and Mr. Richards now held up the Orange colours with th e bl ac k mar k on them, He would not detain them much longer as he 14.3. S not a public s,•eaker, but be had as good a heat and as good intention; zl an) man who might address them, and his ef%rts would be always exerted kr the benefit of the great bulk of his fellow countrymen.—( Loud cheers.) If he was again returned he would go to Parliament with the full determination - • Out every reform which the T , carry meant pretend to advocate as well as those to which they would object. In conclusion, he trusted they would give every candidate as patient a hearing as they bad given him ; because if they did not do so, it would go forth to the world that they were factious, and would not hear both sides of the question. He hoped that all those he saw aroma) him would come to the poll at an early hour on Monday morning, and give their votes to them who were best deserving of them. Mr. Ifeetvast then came forward, and was received with great applause: He appeared before them with unmingled pleasure to restore into their hands the trust he had received with pride, and which had been unsullied in-his hands. It was now well nigh three years since that great constitutional trust had been reposed in his hands—the greatest trust which the constituency of a free State could confer ; and they did this, not because he was circumstanced like one of their late Mem bers, or as it would seem, like one of their present candidates, closely linked in the local interesta of that place, advancing their oomrnerce and trade by I c i ng id „tifi el with its advan tages, but because throune- out no incoeiiderable portion of his litre he had been strenucusly and ulster all circumstances,in cloud and in sunshine, the undeviating advocate of popular rights. —(Cheers.) Whst was, then, his recommendation, was, if possible, still more strengthened, because, during a period of unexampled test he had shown to them that he was not the creature of a party—that he was not there for the purpose of execratingToryism, or being bound to the car of Whiggery.— ( Hear, hear.) He had endeavoured to realise in his seat in Parliament what appeared to him the fit attributes of a free representative of,a free, and generous, and enlightened con stituency.—(Great applause.) He did not therefore ap pear before them to review his remoter conduct, or even to trouble them with that which was so recent ; but to express to them his sincere regret that the trammels of custom were so far binding that they were not a t atte, to follow out t h e di ctates o f common sense. When an ;il e i t e i r ot , i h, of ejectm en t was b roug h t to recover a h ouse f rom ano enlornung g li ini p m r s a s c e t s ic s e io i n v , as an t d ba x t vh h e e n w t h h o e attemptedparty ap peared hCaot e ,the to get rid of another should first open his case. He should have wished that the late Hon. Member for Knaresborough had been placed in that situation in order to shew his claims to his (Mr. H.'s) seat. In the present proceeding, then, they witnessed the cautious trade of Toryism, and even Mr. Pott for the first time opened his principles, after having allowed them to slumber for the last twenty:years.—( Cries of " Hear, hear," and hissing.) He regretted that Mr. Richards had not been called on to open his declaration of rights to the Grand Jury before them, in order to show his right and title to that seat which they had conferred on him, and for which he wss again a candidate. He did not want to retain what he had no light to possess, but he was in possession, and that was nine points of law—( Laughter)—but surely he was not to give up possession merely because he was desired by a man who was disowned by another place.—( Cheers and laughter.) It was only that morning at eight o'clock that he had learned there was to be any opposition, and he learned that by a message from Mr. Curling, which he must characterise as one of professional ingratitude, for there was no one more beholden to bins as Member for Southwark than Mr. Curling and his family.—( Loud cheers.) He would not waste the time of the meeting, by commenting upon conduct and an object so insig. nificant.—( Loud cheers.) If he were called to an account for his expressions, he would be found to be one who would not retract them, for they were true._( Cheers.) He had as yet.been unable to learn whether it was his particular scat which was wanted for Mr. Richards, the ejected of Knares borough. l however, took it for granted that it was a scramble, and they would take what they could get.—(Cheers and laughter.) He was sorry that they had not given Mr. Barclay a more patient hearing, for before he had done, they must have heard from him some reasons for his re-election. At the time when he made up his mind rather to sacrifice his seat than his independence—(Cheers)—he met Mr, Barclay in the Lobby of' the House, and told him the determination to which he had come. Mr. Barclay's answer was, " I am sorry to hear that such is your intention, for though I dif fer from you in almost all things, I admire and like your independence.—(GrFat cheering.) I like to see a man of your intrepid spirit rising in the Legislature of the country, and, in the face of an almost overwhelming majority, fearlessly advocating popular rights."—(Cheers.) Such being the opinion of Mr. Barclay, he had a right to suppose that there was no hostility in his mind to his ( Mr. Harvey's) scat. It was said that there had been a coalition between him and Mr. Humpbery, in order to keep out Mr. Richards. He denied that there was any such coalition ; but he would tell that Hon. Gentleman, that there was a determined spirit in every parish in the B oroug h, t o k eep i t f rom di e _ gratin; abroad, itself with Toryism.--( Loud cheers.) lie said Tory ism ; far Mr. Richards could not be allowed to strip himself of the only rag of decency which he. had left._.(Louj laughs ter.) Mr. Richards was said to be a Reformer. He would test him then. If he was, as was boasted for him, a good Reformer, let him come forward and vote for Humpheryeand ila (Laughter.) The add ress put f ort h f rom M r. Richardse _._ had been well studied--it had been thought of ever sincethqsalissolution of P ar li ament —i t h a d b een prepared for a longtime, and hawked to every man who had a pocket to be plundered—(Cheers)—or to eny one who could be either Whig or Tory, or anything Ciao; and they had at last done the late Hon. Member for Knaresborough the holiour to select him.—( Laughter.) The worthy, consistent candidate claimed credit for the support he had given to hint (Mr. H.) on his motion for an enquiry into that spawn of an aristocracy, the he and she pauper list—(Cheer' and laughter) —but if he was entitled to any claim for a seat for Southwark for coldly going out with about two scores of Members in favour of that en quiry, how much more entitled to their gratitude was he who had laboured so hard to bring all the iniquities of that abominable List to light ?—( Loud cheers.) Mr. Richards claimed to be the friend of the poor—but he ( Mr. Harvey) would ask who had given more of their time and at tention to the welfare of the poor than he had done in the Committee of last Session ? — (Cheers.) That Committee was a packed one—it was swamped—and when a motion was made for adding only five names to the list, in order that the poor might have some fair play, who was the man to oppose it more strenuously than tho Hon. Member for Knaresborough ? lie had another claim, namely, that he wss a friend to religion, and that was a sanctified claim ; but it was to be supported by an Act of Parliament, for he was for allowing 131sly:ps t 0 ,.! moderate sum of 10 0001. a ear. Another instance of his anxiety to ameliorate the condition of the poor was. that he voted in favour of a system of poor-lies for Ireland; bat when a clause was to ha introduced to lock up the un fortunate of that country in State Bastiles, and to deprive them of their religious consolation, the Han. Member for Knaresb.)- rough gave it his strenuous support.—(That's only clap-trap. ) Ile wished to draw their attention t.) the magnitude of the day's proceedings. It had been said by a rag-manufacturer that he could not appear on the hustings, but he would ask that worthy, had he any claims on him ?—( Groans.) At all events he thought he could make a better runaway than the rae6orna nafacturer.—( Laughter.) N ow was t h e t i me--when thc har vest of Reform was ripe —to choose proper Representatives. He did not want a seat for any sinister motive—he only wanted it to serve his country—and was he to receive ingrati tude in return I He had heard Mr. Richards, who had al ways given his vote to the best of his judgment, say that he ought to be in Parliament, and that he had been ill-treated by his enemies. Let there be no misunderstanding. It had been said that there was a coalition—no such thing ;he had not so much as a placard, nor would he have one. He stood forward on the principle of justice and of li berty.—( Loud and repeated cheering.) He defied the paper-maker, who boasted of his lands, and who gave 6001. to support the Member for Knaresborough, and who sneered at him when his back was turned. Thy d 5 God his head was grey and bald from hardship and study. It would be rather comical to see him with his heal wrapped up in horse-hair, cry out " Harvey and the Queen." He could announce to the world that there was a grand conspiracy at present set on foot by the Tories.—(" Hold your tongue ;" " Shove him down.") The head of it was a man Who, if he was not in a high station, would have been sent where the Dorchester labourers were.—( Hear, hear.) They could not mistake that' - he meant the Duke of Cumberland.—( Hear, hear, and groans.) His cause was in their hands, and he hoped they would return two Reformers to press on, and retard the progress of Toryism. Looking at the conduct of his Hon. Colleague, he must give him credit for every vote he had given in his place in Parliament. They were told by Mr. I3arclay that he had done no good for them ; but if every list of bane volence was looked over, his name would appear as often as that gentleman's. It was a mean, dirty boast, and used only as a clap -trap, for he was deriving wealth front the poverty and misery of the people, and then he doled out a miserable pittance in return. The eyes of the world was upon them ; and, if he was defeated, it would not be a personal' defeat, but one of Reform.—(Cries of " Hear," and cheers.) He wanted to know what a man who voted against Re form wanted among the electors of Southwark ?—( Hear.) The Tories were insinuating themselves everywhere, and they ask the people what has been done for them ? He would answer, very little.—(Cheers.) But they should advance slowly. The Tories insinuated that the King was lukewarm, and that the Hanoverian Queen was against Reform, hat they now had a Queen who was reared up under the ros, tering care of' an affectionate mother, and if the Tories thernaelvel iAostlle to the question of Reform, the Reg* should lhruw a mantle over her and protect her frQtn ho attacks of her enemies, After a few mere c."..!,:!rvations the Han. Member retired amidst. tilueb cheering. Mr. RicHARD S next presented himself, but he could not be heard amidst the cries of—" Apostate ! Go to the ling o,c• Hanover." The multitude then eernmencel shout- jeg. and crying out—No rats here, go to ICnaresborough go to the devil; look at your nurse (Mrs. R. sat at a distance in her carriage) —no Tories never no more. During this time Mr. Richards stood trying to be heard, but to no pur pose. A man in the garb of a clock-smith was raised on the shoulders of the crowd, and proceeded to address the people, declaring. ho was a tee-totaler.—( Cries of " Come over, end take Richards' place.") Mr. Richards al r the ti n e reste d very composedly against a post, vs:siting till the c-mfoion should subside. The High Bailiff in vain inter. posed; but without success; at length Mr. George Corner came forward and said that Mr. Richards was entitled to a hearing, for he was considered the tom-fool of the House of Commons, and if they would only hear him, they were sure of a fine treat, (roars and hissing; " Is there any t.ne who would take his likeness?) Mr. littifeeartv and Mr. HARVEY severally claimed the at. tention of the meeting in favour of Mr. Riebards. This had the desired effect, Mr. Rictimins then showed that the former Mernt!Pr fur Co4hcster, and his colleague, had done well to literkter *4 - II would Oct. be -wa to have bias retire with The time was when a lair heaHnossepij ha 0J • • s iven to every Can. didate. H e was aritiatig 4 : tend himself and would bow to their dee.ielen (N A The learned member for Colcheltee.., " , I)—The former member for Colchester had said he had;spent no money in the general contest, why did he spend a fortune there, and not put forward a placard on this me, ien because he felt himself secure, and wanted to melte South_ wark a close borough. —( Cheers.) lie had seen a placard with a coalition which was carried through the City.— Hiv.es.) Who was that who hissed—was he a disciple of O'Conneli ?—( Great uproar.) Why should it be imputed to him that he was no longer a candidate for Knaree borough, he denied that he was no'. He was charged with having his name coupled with that of the Queen, which was done on a placard belonging to the former Learned Member for Colchester. Hs admitted the power of the Hon. and Learned Member's eloquence, but he denied that ho had or was capable of stating facts—(Groans)—and if ho could be heard he could prove it. The Learned Gentleman had been heard fully and with attention, and he merely claimed the same indulgence. lie appealed to the honour of the gentleman who had moved and seconded ,his nomination —wh o had bestowed much to relieve the poor of the borough—the lion. Member of Colohester.—( Cries of ` No," and great uproar.) He held in his hand a copy of a speech delivered in 1 824.—(Cries of "is that the Times 2") Then he should speak without the paper. He wished to touch on a question of importance to every one, and he only asked them to examine both sides of it. On the question of the Poor-law Amendment Bill, Mr Harvey had said that able-bodied men were not entitled to re lief, and that they should be left to themselves. They should recollect that he had no connection with any newspaper as the lion. Member for Colchester had.__(" Give him Faq. play.") (Mr. Harvey observed that he was not the Member for Col chester.) Mr. Richards replied that he:had been called the Memb( Knaresborough. He was for the Qu en Ltd ii - wAy, He had beeen arraigned by the Hon. Member for Col:f t : ester, and he pleaded not guilty, fur ho strenuously Petted himself for amending the Poor Law Amendment Bill, particularly the clause for giving relief to able bocii.ed men, and against which both the Membere for the Borc.,ugh were at the time. He was ill used that morn:4lg- by the charges and and by the flowery l a n guage of the HonourableMembers as well as by the vociferating a his partisans, but he had no doubt that his friends come forward at the proper season, and give him their streteaous support. The present Members had supported the Whig Ministers for their own private objects, while he was always opposed to them ; he was opposed to them in cv.!,y stripe whoa the gocd of the people was concerned, and he would never be found to join those whose acts, what ever their motives might be; were of a revolutionary ten dency.—( Hear, hear, hear I and cries of " What is the number of the Orange Lodge you belong to ?") He would leave . it to the m to say w h o t h e l earned gentle man was - who denounced him as a " Tom fool." If they would submit to his dictation, and judge of his conduct, they would see that he was the " Tom. fool" of the borough. He hoped that by their votes they would teach him a lesson, and to be more discreet in future. He had been charged with being absent on voting an addition of five members to the Poor-law Committee, but this was purely an accident. He was a resident merchant among them, and he would ask them, was it their interest to return an Alderman who was connected with the City, and not with the borough. Neither of them had any interest in the borough, and yet the rejected of Colchester was fool hardy enough to walk over the course. It was true he had not built an inn, but he had purchased a building for which he gave 10,0004—more than that, there was no mortgage upon it. He WdS sorry he could not go into a detail of the candidate's speeches, for he could refute every charge that had been brought forward. After apologising to the High Bailiff for detaining bins so long in the chair, he said he was determined to go to the poll, and know whether the Borough was to re main in the pocket of an attorney, or to give it to a man who had deserved it, and who had the very great satisfaction of not being refused a vote since lie commenced his canvass. The thou BAILIFt then put the question for the several can didates, and there appeared a great majority in favour of Messrs. Humphreys and Harvey. The candidates briefly re turned thanks, and Monday next, at eight o'clock in the scorning, was appointed to commence the poll. A. short time back a horse, called the King of Trumps, then the property of a gentleman in Norfolk, leaped a brook with fifteen feet water, and hurdles on the other side four feet and a half high, making in all twenty-four feet, car rying 12st. He was sold to a gentleman in Surrey, and can be backed to carry 18st. in a leap against any horse carrying a similar weight. There is at present growing in the Strawberry Gar dens, Church -street, Sculcoates, a cabbage lettuce measuring three feet in circumference and one foot in diameter. It is about twelve inches high, a remarkably fine, healthy, and vigo rous plant, and has not run to seed.—Hall Observer. In October, 1835, an interesting female infant, clothed, and clothes with it, was found in a hopper, in a ploughed field, at Pentrekenrick, near Oswestry. The child was taken to Oswestry House of Indwary, and the circum wanco advertised in the Shrewsbury Chronicle, but no trace of the brutal parents has ever been discovered. PIT r's OPINION OF SCOTT.—Through %%drat channel or in what terms Fox made known his opinion of the Lay, I have failed to ascertain. Pitt's praise, as expreszed to his niece, Lady Hester Stanhope, within a few weeks after the poem appeared, was repeated by her to Mr. William Stewart r.ose, who, of course, communicated it forthwith to the author ; and not long after, the , Minister, in conversation with Scott's early friend the Right Hon. William Dundas signified.that it would give him pleasfire to find some oppor tunity of advancing the fortunes of such a writer. " I re member," writes this gentleman, " at Mr. Pitt's table, in 1805, the Chancellor asked me about you and your then situa tion, and after I had answered him, Mr. Pitt observed, He can't remain as he is,' and desired me to look to it.' He then repeated some lines from the Lay, describing the old harper's embarrassment when asked to play, and said, ' This is a sort of thing which I might have expected in painting, but could never have fancied capable of being given In poetry.' "—Lockhart's Life of Scot!. MALE KNITTERS.—FiIe universal practice of knitting is not, it seems, confined to the fair .sex in Germany. I have been told that farther north, and in the • electorate of Hesse, the men, during the long winter evenings, turn their spades into knitting needles, and ply them over. the cottage lire, while the women spin. " This shocks roar English pre judices, does itnot ?" said my informant, " but is it not much better than spending the dusk hours in the beer house ?" After all, prejudice apart, why may not a man make stockings as we ll as shoes?—A Summer in Germany. THE PHYSICIAN PHYSICKED.—Some time ago an eminent Scottish physician requested an equally eminent surgeon to acc9mpal,y him to see a distinguished but a slip pery patient, which he readily acceded to. The patient was exceedingly polite to both the medical gentlemen, shaking hands with them, and bowing them out of the room in the most affable manner. Soon after this professional visit, the same physician called again on the surgeon, requesting him to accompany hiM to see another patient. On their way thither the surgeon cibserrod, " I hope this patient will behave more liberally thin the last did." " Why," said the M. D., Did he not give_ you a fee ?" "Not a was the reply. " Excellent," said our Scottish Galen, with a toss of the head ; " why, he borrowed two guineas of me to give to you I" Many incredulous people still contest the fact of the showers of toads, the existence of which, nevertheless, has been proved by numerous observations. A phenomenon of this kind has just occurred in the commune of Beaucou dray. Explain it, comment on it, deny it as you will, we affirm that on Sunday, the 9th inst., at eleven o'clock in the morning, during a heavy shower of rain, the avenues of the Chateau de Beaucoudry were suddenly covered with an innu merable quantity of small toads that fell along with the rain. These animals covered the ground as completely as the sand usually covers the walks of a garden newly sanded. We picked up several, and all of them seemed in no way to differ from the common toad. We shall not forward our observations to the Academy of Sciences, but we positively affirm to have seen what we relate, and' several persons, whose testimony is deserving of confidence, saw it as well as ourselves.—Paris Paper.• It is said that the receipts of the Grand Junction Railway, the line frpm Birmingham to Liverpool, were 5,0001. for the first week, and that the receipts last week amounted to 7,0001. NAPLES, JULY I.—The Queen Dowager set out yesterday with some precipitation for Manfredonia, after hav ing lost in the course of twenty-four hours her two fir.t ladies in waiting, the Baroness de Schmucker and the Duchess San Theodora, who both died of a sudden attack of cholera. The epidemic is extending ,along the coasts of Castelamere and Sorento, and has made dreadful ravages in Capua and in the surrounding country. The King and his Royal Consort appear every day upon the public promenade. He is residing at pre sent at the Palace of Capo di Monte. This morning his Majesty, accompanied by the other members of the Royal Family, went to the Church dedicated to the Patron Saint of the city, to invoke his intereoision against the wages of the cholera. The . quantity of salmon caught at the different fish ing stations from Spey to Findhorn, during the week, has been unp,reeedently groat, The take at Lotsiemouth, on the morn ing of Monday last, was greater tha n t h at o f a previous season and at Speymouth tha number taken in one day amou e uted to tl;ougands, The insect generally knqwx% 14 this county by the name of the " red gtn". very prevalent among the young wheats in u., - ,te.rsil parishes in this neighbourhood. It is state_ tlitit More than half the crop will be devoured in 4=V 1 1 014 & — .Devizes Parer. ty >. • .14 *ler- H AR WI C:1-LuirEll‘N*k.11,7,--z:Li,;' - A7Y.4 ) (FROM OUR C OURESP ON.D'.' HARWICH, FRIDAY EVENING,4 e yi r g ive you the closest state of the poll i 111‘44pNo an ticipte, gi%ing everything. against us vve can question. here. fore, if some nulgt extraordinary change does not tako place, the election is safe. Toy e • Herrl6 ....... 73 80nham.........,. } THE FUNDS.--(THI8 DAY,) fz i V/ I'Y, 4 T WV, VV Ci U (.-W, The settling of the Con A 30. ..C2OIIM VitTht off yeetkyrd a y without the lent difficulty, and tb..! !tars were the ltaires, but to no great extent. . t}le canry of tho a.krtion cnnuntitti9i!:,„ %cgs reetive t t at thn Plint.l4 tOiChtlge b6?,70-4i told eO,, hal PeueisTti nn ofticill 1t4.4111 0 1ft rolutitik; Id the Moi" J on whilt thel wirrOgi Kllct to Ow How e sho r tit, Aq the ef& e t, tp, 111.1F3Ve thn NealilAn Stock khr.lut 4 eer coati t grOxt anxiety Witt kit by the hohlgPS of these 40 entitles, to ascertain th intents of then n official clospatchea, Upon the whols t expected that they aril qf feivArgbj e tendeaq, 'FIRE FUNDS. Theilfeney Market was very firm during yesterday, end discounts were easily obtained,. The Foreign Exchanges it , (ho course of the afternoon wep t steady, and good bills were scarce. - Consols, closed `, , t;sterday at 91+ for the Account, " welle d this morning ;A 91i 4 ; Money, the same. Exche4r.er Bills, 46 48 ; India Lioi,ds, 46 48; Bank Stock, 203 x 20 9; Indi a Stock, 257 money. It* the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at 191, ex-Coup ons , opened a t 20.1 with Cour,ons; Portug uese , 40,3- 41 ; Three per Cents., 251 i; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52k rov- ed The Con.ol Ma r k e t i s buoyant, and IT i 4 n.ip P PAST ONE. since e ly part of the morni ng f rom 911 to 91-' 1 ; at prese the nt may be quoted at 911 2 ; Exchequer Bills, improved, 47 49; India. Bonds, 49 ; Bank Stock, 209 210, In the Fo,-cit.r.n Market, the P.ccounts from Bordeaux of the retreat of the Carlists from Viencia has had an effect on Spanish Stock, which was in tb mornin!..! 201 to 20k, at pre sent may be quoted pith the Coupons ; Portuguese, 41 ; Three Per Cents. ) '25 5-6 26 ; Mexican, 26 ; Peru vian, 26; Colombian, cq- ; Dutch Two-and 7 a- Half •per Cents, 524 Spanis'a Passive, 51. .Deferred, 74 All tranquil in the, Ciry respecting commercial affairs ; nQ thing thought of I , ,at the elections. THREE O'CLOCX Consols, f: J r the Account, 914 1. A fruiterer, residing in the Quartier des Invalidcs, who had been for some time separated from his wife, wishing for a reconciliation, made an appointment with her a few days since, in a neighbouring wine-shop. He received with delight the caresses of his child, but, thinking he saw something in the manner of his wife which made him doubt her sincerity, he became thoughtful, and left the house. The woman was uneasy at his' nut returning, and sought him in the neighbour hood, when, passing the Pont de Jena, she observed him sit ting on the parapet, his feet hanging over the water. She asked hint what he was doing thCre, when he replied that he was waitinr , there to bid her good night, and immediately plunged into the river. His body has not yet been found.— Galignani. A violent thunder-storm burst on Friday in the higher parts of Nithsdale, and was heard dying away in the distance, and again returning in every form of multiplied re verberation among the mountains around Durisdeer ; copious showers filled up every interval between the peals, and in some instances the plumps were so heavy that they lodged partially the corn-crops on the richer descriptions of soil. In Annandale thunder was also heard, and on Saturday Dumf. les was similarly visited.—DunViies Courier. Wednesday morning, a little past nine o'clock, smoke was observed. by a boy passing, to issue from the house of William Bragg, of Bradford Abbas, and but for the very ready and prompt assistance of the inhabitants, the fire must in a few minutes have attained such a height as to have ren dered the destruction of the dwelling inevitable. It is much to be lamented that this is a repetition of those diabolical acts of incendiarism to which Bradford has been for some )ears unfortunately subject. The mouldering elements of the fire were secreted between the side timber and the wall-plate, precisely as was the case in the destruction of a dwelling house, about two years since. The dwelling of Mr. Smith adjoins, and would, in all probability, have fallen, had the fire spread. Within the last seven years no less than three de structive fires from incendiarism have taken place in Bradford. —Sherborne Journal. SULTAN MAIIMOUD.—As this was the first oc casion on which I had seen the Sultan, I leant eagerly forward upon my cushions to obtain a good view of him.; and I saw before at the distance of fifteen or twenty yards at the utmost, a man of noble physiognomy and graceful bearing, who sat his horse with gentlemanlike ease, and whose countenance was decidedly prepossessing. He wore in his fez an aigrette of diamonds, sustaining a cluster of peaccek's feathers ; an am. pie blue cloak was flung across his shoulders, whose collar was one mass of jewels, and on the third finger of his bridle hand glittered the largest brilliant that I ever remember to have seer,. As he moved forward at a foot's pace, loud shouts of " Long live Sultan Mabmoud I" ran along the lines, and were re-echoed by the crowd, but he did not acknowledge the greeting, though his eyes wandered on ail sides, until they fell upon our party, when a bright smile lit up his features, and for the first time he turned his head, and looked long and fixedly at us.— The City of the Sultan. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter are ex pected to leav, tcvr next week for Brighton, where they have taken a marine riga for the season. Doctor Murray, the late Lord Bishop of Quebec, was buried on Tuesday at the cemetery on the Harrow-road, is tl e family vault of the Earl of Galloway, who attendAl as chief n ourner. This is the second Bishop who has recently b •en interred at this come' e j , as the late Bishop of St. Ca itl's ( Lord J. Murray) was removei a few days before from the chat (1 vault in Audley-street, and re-interred, by the late Lady Hay Drummond, in the fa.nily vault of the Bishop of Roci ester in the cemetery catacombs. We understand that the beautiful new chapel building in this ground is now very nearly completed. Field-Marshal Count Emanuel Mensdorf, who is expected to arrive in town daily from Vienna, on a Complimen tary mission from the Emperor of Austria, is the widower of the late Princess Sophia Frederica of Saxe Coburg, and brother-in-law to the Duchess of Kent and the King of the Belgianv, there are various reports current on the opium question, but we cannot discover that any of them is deserving of credit. It is said that an edict arrived from Pekin on the 21st inst , which contains instructions on the subject : but the contents of this dispatch are as yet only known to the governor and his colleagues.— Canton Paper. Preparations are in progress in George's -square, Glasgow, fur the erection of the monument to the memory of Sie Walter Scott. It is, we understand, to be a pillar about a hundred and twenty feet in height, surmounted by a statue, and will be a great ornament to that part of the city, which is already adorned with the statues of Sir John Moore and James Wets. The quadrangle of the Exchange is now finally co.npleted, the arch over the northern passage to Buehannan street having been finished a few days ago. We are ignorant of the plan on which the Custom-house is to be built, but we trust it will be worthy of the noble bridge in its vicinity. The exterior of the House of Refuge is now finished, and, sur mounted by a small, though elegant spire, ornaments the east ern approach to the city b y Duke-street. We m a y al so men tion that St. Stephen's Ch urch, which was lately burned, has been rebuilt, with the additional improvement of a very neat spire in place of the belfry by which it was formerly surmounted. The Necropolis has undergone numerous improvements duriNe, the spring and summer, and affords the most pleasing walk in the city.— Scottish Guardian. .... . On Sunday last, at about two o'clock in the -after noon, a hackney-coachman, passing down the Rue Richelieu in Paris, had the misfortune to run over a poor woman. He immediately stopped his horses, helped to put the poor woman into the carriage, and drove to the nearest police office. A medical man was then immediately called in, who declared that the woman had not been seriously hurt. The Paris paper which relates this little anecdote adds, that the coachman's name was Million, his employer's, Dcscrranges. In Circassia sugar is made from the walnut tree, and is considered a valuable remedy for diseases of the lungs, and general debility. It is obtained by piercing the trunk during spring, just as the sap is risin g , from which a c l ear , sweet liquid flows, which is left to coagulate. An eminent dealer in Lancashire, writing to a gen, tleman, resident near Salisbury, says that he has comkireed his catalogues, and found that thi same marks and qtP'►ities of wool that went off last year, in June, at 2.5. 7d. and 2s. Bd., this year sold at Is. 7d. and Is. 81. ; and sana:Aes taken from the bales, in examining the wool, last year sold at 2s. 7 1 ,-d., went off this year on the average at ls. 54cd. It ig to be remembered also, that there is nearly half of last year's stock on hand, and a still larger importation this year. The revival in the demand for goods will of necessity be very li mited, after such a desperate revulsion as we have experienced. A young fanner In the interior of France, had lately agreed to elope with the daughter of one of his nei;►b.. bours who had refused to give his consent to their marr;ake. Everything was arranged, buts it appears our young Loth.ario had forgotten that secrecy was an important point affairs of this kind. He had confided his projects to en% or two of his particular friends, who, singularly etttmgh, 'were no more dis creet than the individual most IP:wrested 'in the prevention of publicity. On the appoint - A evening he was at the window of his inamorata, the t'.'embling fair olio alighted at the pre arranged signal, anti sprung upon the pillion of her lover's horse. But before the party had proceeded far the gentle is ly began to apply a cudgel most vigorously to the shoulders of our amorous swain, who was some time before he discovered that his travelling companion was no other than the brother of the object or his affections, whose well-nerved arm inflicted at sound correction upon the would-be gallant, and extorted &or ' him a achnn promise to abstain from all such attempts for the future, Earl" on,ltonday morning a young lady of grea t respectability, p' rsonal charms, and held in universal high esti mation, guided her residence in Potter-street, in thi s town , and took refuge in the arms of her lover, who had p rov id e d , I:mat-chaise for the purpose; the happy pai r were speedily conveyed to Kimholton, where they were united. The fortu nate swain is a Mr. Daniells, a short time since connected! 111 1 5 town. —Bed,fird Chron, with a drapery establishonq ill