The Sun. — London, England, 1835-01-17 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX ELECTION. From our Second Edition of last night. MIDDLESEX HAS DONE ITS DUTY!!! In consequence of the place Mr. Hume occupied upon the poll, the neighbourhood of King's-cross was crowded from an early hour, and during the whole day every statement of the poll was received with great acclamation, in consequence of the gradual rise of the favourite candidate upon the poll. At near four, great interest was excited by persons arriving from a distance, who eagerly inquired into the probability of Mr. Hume's return. The good humoured smile was instantly raised upon the countenances of all, from the assurance that Mr. flume's services were still at the command of his country. Mr. Hume arrived at his committee room about three o'clock, and was received with loud shouts of congra tulation from the immense multitude assembled. It was arranged that the Honourable Gentleman should address the people assembled from the balcony belonging to Mr. Adams, of the Tile Manufactory, immediately opposite the Committee-room. Mr. Hume, as he crossed the street, was received with several rounds of applause, which were again repeated when he appeared on the balcony. The cheering upon Mr. flume's coming forward was so en thusiastic, that it was some minutes before he could address , the assembled multitude. As soon as silence was obtained, Mr. Hu is addressed the crowd as follows :—Gentlemen, I am not surprised at all at the anxiety and interest which I see excited in the course of this most important struggle.— ( Great cheering.) Gentlemen, as far as I understand the state of the poll, I am at least 300 a-head of the Tory candidate.— ( Great cheering) For my own part, Gentlemen, it would have been a matter of utter indifference to me, whether I had or I had not been above that gentleman, because after 25 years of public life, I could have retired to my own home, where I am always happy, instead of continuing in the turmoil in which I have been so many years engaged in order to advance the public interest—( Tremendous cheering.) I can only assure you, gentlemen, that if it had not been for the important struggle in which the people of England were now engaged, against the party who have ever opposed all good measures, I should not have taken one-twentieth part of the trouble I have done in the great cause of the people.—(Tremendous cheering. ) In order, gentlemen, to judge of the importance of the struggle we are now making, you have only to look at the efforts that have been made against me on the present occa sion.—( Cheers.) I will venture to say there is not a single engine which the Tory candidate, or the Tory Government could put in motion, that has not been exercised against me. Cheers.) It is lamentable to me to know and to state to you how many honest men have come to me and said, " What shall we do ?—We have been called upon, and threatened— and told if we do not vote against you and for Wood, we and our families shall be ruined for ever."—( Tremendous groaning. ) This shows the great importance of the ballot to protect the interests of the country.—(Tremendous cheering.) At the present moment, I consider the struggle in which we are engaged, a struggle whether we shall have those who have fattened for ages at your expense—whose relations and connections are saddled on the taxes of the country— ( Hear, hear)—whether you will allow the overgrown rotten establishment of the Irish Church, the food of so many of the titled nobility—whether you will allow these as the means of political corruption—whether we are to have improvement in the courts of law—any mitigation of taxes ; in short, whether you are to have civil and religious liberty extended all over this empire? This is the struggle in which you are en gaged, though I have been the humble organ in your hands.—(Hear..) Gentlemen, I cannot look to this election, without thinking bow lamentable the disgrace it shows, in reducing the glorious majority of 3,200 which I had in opposition to a Tory candidate at the last election, by nearly 1,000. Of these a number have changed their opinions, and some have been compelled by peculiar circumstances to vote ; but I have had a great majority of them against me, and voting for Wood, crying out " Wood for ever, and no flume !"—( Hear, hear.) They did not know they were supporting the very men that oppressed them, and that they were joining their voices to take from the people of England and themselves the sacred rights--( Hear, hear,)—to which they were entitled by the constitution, and which I hope you are determined to have in spite of the Tories and all your enemies.—( Cheers.) By the paper which I hold in my hands, I find the numbers at the present election, as far as they can be known, to be for— Byng 3,167 Hume 2,871 Wood 2,505 leaving a majority of 366 in my favour.—( Cries of " Bravo, bravo I" and "It is enough ") It is enough, gentlemen, to carry the object. lam pleased with it, but I wish that it had been ten times more, in order to show those who have so poisoned the King's ear, that there has been no re-action in this county; but nevertheless it is a great victory.—( Cheering.) Yes, gentlemen, it is a victory, and I trust that we shall yet mar= shall a majority of 100 in that House where only your complaints can be constitutionally carried, and where I hope that the Lords will be brought down to their own proper bounds, so that the people may have an amelioration of their grievances, and a reform of all their abuses. The struggle which you have now been fighting is a struggle for this—whether the Peers and the Aristocracy, who stopped all reforms during the last Session —who stopped, the paltry I will call it—( Cheers)—the paltry boon that your Dissenting brethren should have their sons edu cated at the Universities, in order to allow of their competing with Churchmen in their different walks in life ? They are the same parties who also stopped that improvement towards re forming the Church of Ireland, by which the collection of tithes might have been carried on in Ireland without the shed ding of blood.—( Cheers.) The House Commons passed that measure by an overwhelming majority, though they were lately cashiered ; but it was thrown out by that body who are now trying all in their power to stop all the reforms by which I think all the best interests in Church and State, the best inte rests of the whole country, would be protected.—( Cheers. ) I agree entirely with every word that fell from Lord Durham in his speech at Glasgow.—( Immense cheering. ) I know not how any man can call himself a Reformer who admits, or can allow, any known and pointed abuse to remain a single day longer in existence.—(Hear, and great cheering.) We have been dallying with our enemies. The late Government were afraid of the Tories—they knew that they had the entire possession of the Court—that they had the ear of the King, and they truckled to them instead of throwing themselves upon you—the people. --( Immense cheer ing.) I hope that a very few days will show to the nation who are its friends in the House—who are willing to drive the Duke from that place which he has usurped. lam delighted that you have sent the Duke's eleventh lieutenant away, and that in spite of all obstacles thrown in your way by the aristocracy—( Hear, hear, and cheers)—and the whole weight of the Church.—( Groans.) It is a clear proof, however, my friends, that the prayers of the Church upon this occasion have been of little avail. I hope you will not forget the way in which the power of the Church has been exercised in this county upon this occasion. Every man of you, in every parish, should make it your business to enquire into the way in which the clergyman of your parish has acted.—( Heal', hear.) When you see the immense power which the clergymen has in a country parish, you will wonder at our victory, and see that it was no wonder that we should lose some voles M Bedfont, Enfield, and other country parishes. In London your societies teach man to think of what is going on—they tell them who are their candidates, and what are their opinions.—( Hear, hear.) Conviction is brought home to the minds of all who attend those places where a good man holds forth, and good Reformers are thereby made. In the country no such ad vantages are to be found. The farmers and the labourers, by being insulated and so widely separated, become the prey of those masters upon whom they depend.—( Cheers.) I trust that the consequence of this election will be that we shall know every man who supported the Tory, and such a Tory 1—( Laughter.) If he had been a man fitted for the station of your representative, you all well know the situation in which Mr. Byng is at pro sant. He cannot be expected to do all the duties belonging to your representative, and what a precious colleague you would have sent him, had you sent the Tory ? Then what can you say to the 2,505 persons who have supported the eleventh Lieutenant of the Duke's Guard ? Why, that it is an insult to the common sense of the county; and you ought without delay to adopt such measures as shall mark the in ' ducements which have been held out to them to vote on that side.—( Cheering.) I can tell you that the purse of the Tories, and they are able to make a purse by having rich incomes arising from the abuse of your property—( Great cheering)—it is a death's struggle with them, and they will rather risk the half of those riches in order to save the whole—when you look at who has been your opponent, and who I am—(laughter)—no wonder then you laugh, Gentlemen, but I dare say you have seen the bill of " Who is Hume ?"—as if you had not all known me for the last 25 years. Gentlemen, I therefore beg you to listen to me for a few moments. I stand before you elected—brought amongst you by the wishes of a large portion of the constituency. You have now returned me three times as your representative, and I have always continued the same line of public duty, sometimes supporting the Ministry, and sometimes being opposed to them ; but at all times, and at all seasons, setting my face firmly against the return of the Tories to power —of those men who, in the course of a few years, loaded you with taxation, which is now almost pressing down the industry of the country—of those men who have always been benefitting the few at the expense of the many. —( Great cheering.) I have always been doing my utmost to obviate the evils they have brought upon the country, to reduce all useless expenditure, and to put an end to all sinecures, and those gross and multiplied pensions given to persons who have probably much less right to them than you—( Cheers. ) I will not, gentlemen, mention many other points which I could advert to, but this I will say, that I defy the bitterest opponent I have to mention any motion or measure that I ever brought forward, which had not in view the promotion of the interests of the people, and the reduction of the overgrown power of the aristocracy.—( Great cheering.) I have ever fearlessly pursued such conduct—(cheers) —I have truckled to no party —(cheers)—neither Tory nor Whigs.— (Cheers.) I have excited, no doubt, the jealousy of the Whigs, and that may be all, but I am the bitter enemy of the Tories; they know that, and they have therefore made me the object of their most bitter attacks.--( Cheers.) But here I am among you, gentlemen, in defiance of those attacks, trinmphant.—( Cheers.) I have been told, gentlemen, that the people are fickle,--( Cheers,)—that some of them are so, lam sorry to say,—( Cheers,)—but why are they so ? why, from necessity.—( Loud cheering.) I am, therefore, anxious to carry through the other important measures of the Reform Bill, in order to make the suffrage of snore value.—( Cheers.) The Tories know very well that I will advocate the Ballot—vote for Triennial Parliaments— and that I will advocate such measures as are calculated for the public good,—knowing that they have opposed me THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1835 COURT OF CHANCERY.-JAN. 16. Daly, Michael Lane, Patrick Curtin, John Collins, Michael ' Collins, and Wm. Cashman, came by their deaths. I think in the first instance it will be sufficient for me, as it will be necessary for you, who will have to state it in your verdict, to describe the manner in which they came by their deaths (I do not mean to say by whom), and I shall therefore read over to you the evidence of the doctors, examined. Mr. Foott here read the evidence of the medical gentlemen, and after referring to the nature of the wounds inflicted said, I shall not follow up the Acts of Parliament made for the suppression of riots, but merely state that the 34th Edward 3d was the first law made on the subject, not only in England, but in Ireland also. The Coroner then read the Riot Act, after which he read from " Russell's Criminal Law" several extracts, and then continued :--Now, gentlemen, I believe that the evidence' before you fully establishes that on Thursday, the 18th of December last, there was an assem blage of people congregated together for the purpose of op posing the collection of tithe. I believe it is also proved in evidence that the military force were attended to the place, and on the Tallow road were under the command of Cap tain Bagley, Captain Collis, and Archdeacon Ryder. It is also in evidence that, after some expostulatory expres- ' sions from Captain Bagley, (which I am sorry were not at tended to,) the Riot Act was read, and there was some time passed without any active part being taken by the ma gistrates to disperse that asssmblage so congregated ; and if they could not disperse them, then, they should have ap prehended one or more of them, as the Act required. But, unfortunately, as if by permissive right, the military, com manded by the magistrates, proceeded to the spot where the lamentable occurrence took place. They proceeded along the road, the people going through the fields (some of them I suppose along the road), when all again met at the widow Ryan's concerns. The evidence is sufficient to show, and indeed it is admitted on both sides, that many persons who heard the Riot Act read went to the yard, and therefore knew it had been read. There is evidence that Mr. Ryder had a right to enter the widow Ryanshaggart and make a seizure, as it was admitted by her that tithes were due to the amount of 4/.165.-2/. Bs. to Mr. Ryder and 21.85. to Captain Collis. She promised to pay Mr. Ryder that sum ; therefore her promise to pay was sufficient to constitute his right. Mr. Ryder also called on M'Auliffe, who gave him some promise which he did not like, and he then swore him on a book, which brought the time down to the contact between the military and the people. The military came down the bobreen, and found themselves opposed by a cart in the,passage to the widow Ryan's, and found themselves also opposed at the haggart, the people keeping out the military and the military endeavouring to enter. Here a long strug gle (a brave one on the part of the people) occurred, the military forcing an entrance at the point of the bayonet, and it was in consequence of that forcing that the wounds and deaths from the firing took place. I shall now draw your attention to the other side of the question. It has appeared in evidence that the order given to the military was for the purpose of aiding Mr. Ryder and Capt. Collis in removing corn already distrained. That order was given on the 17th December ; but, gentlemen, we have no evidence before us of the slightest description that a seizure or distraint was made at any time previous to the 18th, on the goods of the widow Ryan. The only evidence of distraint being made was that four men were in the yard, and when asked what brought them there, they said they were drivers ; but that was no evidence of the fact at all. I have an observation to make on Captain Pepper's stating that from the time of the reading of the Riot Act to the time the firing, was over an hour and ten minutes, You have it from Ambrose, one of the men wounded, that the assem blage continued for about half an hour from the time of reading the Riot Act, until the firing ; another wit ness states it to have been two hours. It is for your consideration more than mine, whether there was not such a permissive act on the part of the Magistrates in not stopping the mob on the Tallow road, so as to have pre vented all which has occurred, and whether such passive ness on the part of the Magistrates would not have made it necessary to read the Riot Act the second time. A considerable error into which the Magistrates fell was their having stirred one inch from where the Riot Act was read. They should have surrounded the people, and taken them, or some of them, into custody, and not allowed them the permissive right of going to the widow Ryan's. Gentle men, if I err in my definition of the law, it is not from my heart, but from my head. I consider it my duty to draw your attention to the evidence of the first witness after the Doctors, namely William M'Auliffe. In the course of his examination he said he was standing at his door, and, after the firing had terminated, three soldiers got inside the stacks and ran to the east side of the haggard and fired three shots into the orchard field. But it is a question whether the soldiers at the left of the cart had it in their power to fire across the yard. The evidence given by the soldier shows that such a thing was possihle. Gentlemen, 3ou heard the testimony of the officers, and I hope that every man who heard them will acquit the military, as they were obliged to obey the orders of the magistrates, and I take it that the officers ought to be discharged from the acts of that day ; for if they did not obey the orders of the magis trates they would lose their commissions. You heard Ma jor Walter say that after they fired, a man leaped on the cart and said, " Come on, boys, they fired all," and endea voured to repel the soldiers from the cart. Lieutenant Alves said it was impossible to force the cart or haggart with the bayonets. You have this already in evidence, and M'Auliffe was not altogether contradicted, but he was, con ditionally, by the officers. In M'Auliffe's evidence it ap peared that three soldiers fired from the ditch into the orchard field, but you are to consider (if you believe they did) that they had not time enough to permit their blood to cool, and must have done so in the heat of passion. Gentlemen, you have al ready heard the evidence read over. It is, therefore, unneces tary for me to remark any further on it, and I shall leave the case to your consideration, and whatever decision you come to, we shall receive with the greatest respect. I did omit to state that during this very long and serious investi gation, (and which in justice to my brother Coroners I should, have mentioned) in the description of the law, I never saw them lean to the right hand or to the left, but go straightforward in the discharge of their duty. I cannot avoid observing that Captain Collis and Mr. Ryder were assisted by Captain Bagley, and made him, their organ. Therefore, Gentlemen, I conceive it to be my bounden duty to include them in whatever verdict you return. These two gentlemen came forward in the most honourable manner, and avowed themselves participators in the act. On the question as to the entry of Captain Collis into the yard, we cannot say how far he went—that he merely and fortunately got into the yard, and out of it by good fortune, is all we can discover. . The Coroner having finished, the Jury retired at twelve minutes past one o'clock to the police barracks. After the Jury had retired, Counsellors Forsyth and Wood objected most earnestly, and for nearly an hour, to the whole tenor of the Coroner's charge, and stated that they would avail themselves of those objections to set aside the whole proceedings in the Court of King's Bench. Their objections were, first, the total omission in the charge of any notice of various distinct grounds of legal de fence whichwould have made the homicide justifiable. Se condly, that other legal grounds of defence were erroneously. stated—that it was erroneous to state that the Magistrates were bound to remain on the road where they read the Riot Act for an hour without leaving the spot, or that the quitting the place was a permissive right to the mob by the Magistrates to go to the haggard, and yet not to be liable to be dispersed under the Act, for that the mob continued the same mob, notwithstanding their change of place. That the case was put to the jury as if a rescue of a distress was necessary to be established ; whereas, on the contrary, the resistance to an entry to make a distress was sufficient. Many other points were warmly urged, which our space will not permit us to advert to more particularly. THE VERDICT. At half-past six o'clock the Coroners entered the Court, and having called for the Counsel on both sides, informed them that there was no likelihood of the Jury agreeing as to their verdict. The majority had agreed, and had an hour and a-half previously sent to them (the Coroners) an intimation to that effect, but they (the Coroners), not wishing to receive from the Jury a hasty verdict on so very serious an investigation, chose to leave them in delibe ration some time longer; and would have still continued to do so but that the Jury had sent them word that if not relieved they would burst the door. Under these circum stances it was their (the Coroners) desire to have the opinion of the Counsel as to whether they should receive the verdict of the majority, or shut them up till they had become unanimous. _ Mr. F. M`Carthy, on the part of the prosecution, said that he should be satisfied t o receive the verdict of the majority. Mr. Forsyth, in his capacity as Counsel for the defendant, would give no opinion on the proposition submitted by the Coroner, but as an individual he would offer no objection to their receiving the verdict of the majority. The Jury were then (about seven o'clock) brought in, and their names called over. Thirteen were for returning a verdict of Wilful Murder, two of Manslaughter, and eight of Justifiable Homicide. Upon the nine inquisitions being executed by the three Coroners and the thirteen Jurors, Messrs. Scannell, Gall wey, and O'Sullivan conferred privately. They were in terrupted in their conference by Mr. Wood, who inquired of Mr. Scannell, now that he (Mr. Wood) could announce himself unreservedly as being of Counsel for the three Ma gistrates involved in the verdict, what course it was in tended to pursue on the prosecuting side? Mr. SCANNELL said that he presumed the Coroners' k ne w their duty, and it was not for him to instruct them, Upon which Mr. Coroner JONES said that he and his brother Coro ners did know their duty, and, without reference to the gentlemen at either side, they were resolved on performing it independently. We are, said he, sworn to do our duty, and that duty we will go through as becomes the office we fill. The CORONERS then took charge of the inquisitions, ex pressing their intention to act promptly upon them, not withstanding the intimation by Counsel for ti-e accused that it was their intention to take the sense of the Court of King's Bench on the verdict. FROM LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, DEC. 22, 1834. The King has been pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon William Webb Follett, Esq., his Majesty's Solicitor General. FOREIGN-OFFICE, J. 13. The King has been graciously pleased to approve of Mr. Peter Quartin, as Consul at Gibraltar for the Roman States. CROWN OFFICE, JAN. 15. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN VISE NEW PARLIAMENT. CIRENCESTER.-Joseph Cripps, Esq. ; Lieutenant-General the Right Honourable Sir Robert Edward Henry Somerset, G. C. 8., commonly called Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset. CA ROMA NSHIRE.-Wilham Edward Powell, of Nanteos, in the county of Cardigan, Esq. CA RDIGA N.-Pryse Pryse, of Gogertham, in the county of Cardigan, Esq. CHELTENHAM.-The Hon. Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley. Ca tut xcKFE ac us.—Peter Kirk, of Thornfield, in the county of the town of Carrickfergus, Esq. GLOUCESTER ( EA gT ). —Christopher William Codrington, Esq.; and the Hon. Augustus Henry Moreton. GLOUCESTER (WEST).--The Hon. George Charles Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley ; and Henry Somerset, commonly called the Marquis of Worcester. LIMERICK.-William Roche, of Genges-street, in the county of the said city, Esq. ; and David Roche, of Carass•house, in the county of Limerick, Esq. STROUD.-George Poulett Scrope, Esq. ; Charles Richard Fox, Esq. TEWKESBURY.-William Dowdeswell, Esq. ; and Charles Han bury Tracy, Esq. to the uttermost on the present occasion ; but—in spite , of all their exertions—l am triumphant.—( Great cheers.) If the people have only the ballot to protect them, they may defy the whole power of the Aristocracy.—( Cheers.) Gen tlemen, you have again placed me, for I have no doubt that I am far above the Tory candidate in the proud pre-emi nence of one of your representatives, you have done so not because my name is Joseph Hume, but because the person bearing that name has ever acted, not for the good of the few but the millions.—( Cheers.) Since the period of the dissolution of the late Parliament, I have done everything I could against the Tories.—( Cries of " Bravo.") I have exerted myself for the cause of the people, and left no stone unturned that was calculated to hurl them from the height they have now attained.—( Great Cheers.) I shall not be surprised, by and by, to hear Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington claim the high honour of being Radical Reformers.—( Great cheering.) The people now have got the essence of Reform, and it is their duty to take care and keep it.—( Loud cheers.) If my lamented friend, the late Major Cartwright, was now alive, and could see the connections and descendants of the late Lord Castlereagh claiming the right of being Reformers, he would say that the day that he never expected had arrived.—( Cheers. ) They should alter those laws which tended to press upon the industrious classes, instead of pressing upon the property of the country--( Loud and repeated cheering.) I say, then, that this is the time for every man of you to look forward, and if your representatives will only do their duty, you will soon be ten times happier.—( Cheers.) You shall have those advantages and ameliorations to which you have a just right --you shall claim the right which the Constitution gives you, and I tell you that you may expect great and im portant results to follow from the next Parliament.—( Cheers. ) But you must not expect any thing good till the Duke of Wellington and his squad are removed.—( Hear, and cheers. ) I have had a paper put into my hands, the Morning Chro nicle, where it is said that many good Reformers would not vote for me, because I said I would not take good measures from the Tories.—( Loud cheers.) I differ from that paper in saying they were " good" Reformers. I say they were sham Reformers, and it is time to unmask them.—(Great cheering.) I saw a man at Hammersmith vote for Wood and Byng, and I know there are many who have been equally regardless of their duty.—( Cheers.) It is important at this moment that you should send men into the House of Com mons who will relieve the burdens that press on the poor man. The class that suffers most at this moment is that be tween the middle and lower classes.--( Cheers.) In that class three-fourths of the taxes are raised ; but you may expect happy days in England yet, if you will only be true to your selves. There must be an entire change of taxation, for at pre sent the interests of the industrious classes are samificed to those of the landlords. —( Cheers.) The corn laws were passed in the days when the deputies of the Peers filled the House of Commons.—( Great Cheering.) The late Ministers knew the necessity of altering them, but they had not sufficient confidence in themselves to undertake the task. Hitherto, therefore, they had been oppressed by those laws, but they might soon expect a change. The farmers about Ux bridge have strong objections to me, because I want to alter the present corn laws. They are ignorant that it is a ques tion between the landlords, and not between the tenants. lam myself a landlord—l draw my income from land. I am, therefore, at least, honest in my opinions.—( Cheers.) Tam desirous that every man holding a monopoly should lose it, and that people should not live on , the fruits of the industry of others. I will not detain you fur ther, as you may suppose I have no great love for the Tories. I defy them, as I have defied them every hour. My words constantly have been, " Union amongst Reformers, and down with the Tories."--( Loud and re peated cheering.) I repeat this ; and Ido so with conscious confidence that I am advocating the best rights of the people, and that the people will support me.—( Cheers.) Many, I am sorry to say, have not done so ; they have been supine, and have allowed the enemy, by their superior influence, to occupy the ground. I trust the time will come when in every parish there will be two or three patriotic reformers who will organize reform clubs, and be prepared to meet the enemy.—( Tremendous cheering.) By this means only can we meet them fairly ; they have committees in every parish, and the clergymen are their presidents.— ( Great uproar.) I beg to say that there are some ho nourable exceptions, and some have come and given me their support in spite of all obloquy and risk from the over bearing hierarchy. Most of them, however, look up to those in power for favour by infringing on the rights of the people.—(Loud cheering.) Let there, then, be a com mittee in every parish; let there be meetings from time to time; let them canvass every man who has a vote ; and let every man clearly understand his duty, and take care that we are not again put to the trouble and annoyance we have been put to on the present occasion. Every man should consider that the interests of his county depends upon his own vote, and if they did so they would obtain their just rights, in spite of all the efforts of the higher ranks and aristocracy of the country. They must also get the remedy of the ballot—an extension of the suffrage—but, above all, there must be union. I can only say that if the battle is to be fought another time—and I un derstand there will be another in March next--( Loud laughter)—you must be prepared. I say, again, let every man canvass, for I can tell you the Tories will die hard. It is a death-struggle with them, and I hope we shall soon see the rattles in their throat.—( Cheers and laughter.) Having stated my opinions, it now only remains for me to thank you, which I do from my heart—not for myself, but for the cause in which we are engaged. As long as you are true to yourselves, that cause must prosper; and I can tell you that I shall not consider that the House of Commons will be doing its duty to that cause, unless they stop all supplies till the Tories are out.—( Great cheering. ) I am not deficient in loyalty to the Monarch ; but consider that the exercise of his prerogative is intended only for the benefit of his people.—( Immense cheering.) He is appointed for their benefit—for the people are not made for the King, but the King for the people.—( Renewed cheering.) He is appointed to carry on the Government according to the laws ; let me not, therefore, be mistaken when I say that I support the prerogatives of the Crown. I only do so where I see them exercised for the interests of the community. On this occasion I challenge that right—( Cheers)—for I do not know what right the King has to keep all the offices of Government in the hands of one man for a whole month.—( Tremendous cheering for many minutes.) If this were allowed, he might esta blish despotism in the land.—( Loud cheering.) The struggle is beginning.—( Hear, hear .) I again call upon you to take notice of the conduct of your Representatives, and to be prepared against the March election.—( Great laughter and cheers.) I will only promise for myself that I will go on in my old wa) —I will do my best ; and if it is not always the best, I assure you, at least, it is well meant—(Hear, hear, and tremendous cheering. ) I entreat you to maintain a state of peace, subordination, and tranquillity—and do not give the Tories any ground for infringing your rights. On Monday we will go to Brentford, and as you have laboured to obtain my triumph, I hope you will be present to grace it, and show by your nio deration, good sense, and prudent conduct, that you know how to acquire your rights, and to maintain them.—( Cheers. ) Major REVELL also addressed the multitude, and congratu lated them upon the triumph they had just obtained. He hoped that on every future occasion they would also do their duty, and show this country, and the whole world, that they were not behind their fellow-electors in their love of re form, and their anxiety to spread the principles of civil and religious liberty.—( Great cheering.) The immense multitude then quietly separated, at ten mi nutes past five o'clock, after giving three cheers for Hume and Reform, three groans for the fallen Tories, and cries of "we will meet them in March." FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. George Byng, Esq. 3,472 Joseph Hume, Esq 3,102 Thomas Wood, Esq. .. With the exception of Uxbridge and Bedfont returns. Mr. HUME, after leaving King's Cross, proceeded to his head Committee-room at Charing-cross, where a very anxious multitude had assembled. The calls for the Hon. Gentleman were so great, that he was obliged again to address them from the balcony of the " Salopian." The Honourable " Member," we may now say, was loudly greeted, and accompanied to Bryanstone-square by a large number of carriages and gentlemen on horseback, with flags, &c. After the Honourable Gentleman left, the Committee made arrangements to go down in procession to Brent ford on Monday next. A great .number of gentlemen enrolled their names upon the spot. The list is to be kept open till six o'clock to-morrow. Mr. HuME returned his most cordial thanks to his Committee for their exertions in the cause of Reform, and departed with great approbation. CHURCH REFORM.—We can state upon what we consider unquestionable authority, that a Committee of Bishops has been appointed to consider of a plan of Church Reform, including a commutation of tithes, preparatory to the subject being submitted to Parliament by his Majesty's Minis ters.— Worcester Journal. CORONER ' S INQUEST. —Thursday afternoon Mr. Stirling tie coroner, and a jury, assembled at the workhouse in Little Gray's Inn-lane, to inquire concerning the death of a male child which was found in the house, No. 2, Verulam buildings, Gray's Inn, with its throat cut in a most horrible manner.—Mr. Peregrine Fernandez, surgeon of Lamb's Con duit-street, had examined the body of the deceased ; it had two wounds, which seemed to have been made by a pointed instrument, on each side of its neck, and the windpipe was entirely divided. The wounds were the cause of the child's death ; it was a full-grown infant.—Ellen Charlotte Beacon, fifteen years of age, lived with her parents, who reside at No. 2, Verulam-buildings ; on Tuesday last, about five minutes past seven o'clock, as she was going from her father's kitchen to the chambers of Mr. Potter, which are on the second floor of the same house, she picked up a bundle on the landing place of the ground floor, near to Mr. Hunt's door ; she car ried it to her mother, who on laying hold of it felt the head of a child; her mother cried out and sent for a policeman, who took possession of the bundle, which witness was led to under stand contained the body of a child.—Rice, an inspector of the E division, had ascertained that on the evening in ques tion two women and a man were seen standing near No. 2, Verulam-buildings. One of the women was about 20 years old, five feet five inches high, rather.pale, and was dressed in a light gown and white straw bonnet. The other woman ap peared to be nearly 40 years of age, and about five feet high. The man was dressed in black, about 20 years of age, and very short. They were in deep conversation, and the per. son (his informant) could identify the young woman.—Verdict, " Wilful murder, against some person or persons unknown." SPICER V. JAMES. This was an appeal from the Vice-Chancellor. The suit was originally instituted by the creditors of an intestate against the defendant, Mr. James, an attorney, who had been permitted to take out letters of administration to the estate. A decree was taken for an account in the usual form, and the parties went before the. Master, when the de fendant, in the first place, claimed to retain the whole of the debt due to himself, in his character of administrator, to the exclusion of the other creditors. The plaintiff, on the part of the creditors, opposed this claim. The Master, after an inquiry into the circumstances, disallowed the de fendant's claim, and reported that he was not entitled to re tain the whole of his debts. The question was then argued before theVice-Chancellor on exceptions to the report, who allowed the exceptions, and gave Mr. James liberty to pay himself out of the estate before the distribution among the creditors. Sir W. HORNE and Mr. BETHELL were now heard in support of the appeal. Mr. BARBER appeared for the other side. The LORD CHANCELLOR dismissed the appeal, and ordered the Vice-Chancellor's decision to be confirmed. JEKYLL V. LORD MONTFORT. This was an appeal from the late Master of the Rolls. The question arose out of the marriage settlement of the late Lord and Lady Montfort in 1772. At that period a house and land, held under lease from the Dean and Chap ter of Westminster, was conveyed• to trustees for the pur pose of securing the rents to Lady Montfort during her life, with a reservation of such sums, from time to tune, as were necessary to pay the fines on the renewal of the lease by the Dean and Chapter. In 1810 the trustees, with the consent of the Dowager Lady Montfort, granted a lease of the premises to her son, Lord Montfort, at a rent of 2101. a year. His Lordship shortly afterwards erected a very large and expensive house on the land, in addition to the former one, but without the concurrence or approbation of his mother. In 1830 it became necessary to renew the lease, and the Dean and Chapter then claimed an increase of the former fine, proportioned to the increased value of the property, from the new erection made by Lord Mont fort. Lady Montfort died a few months before ; but it became a question with the trustees, how far Lord Mont fort could legally claim from them any portion of this addi tional renewal fine, which arose out of his own act, and of which Lady Montfort had not during her life enjoyed the slightest benefit. The matter being reerred to the Master, it was reported that the fine should be paid, as before, by Lord and Lady Montfort. The Master of the Rolls, when the matter was brought before him on exceptions, thought that the Master had been in error in the report ; and that, as Lady Montfort derived no benefit from Lord Montfort's improvements, her estate should not be made to suffer for them. Against this decision Lord Montfort now appealed. Mr. BEAMES supported the appeal. The LORD CHANCELLOR affirmed the judgment of the Master of the Rolls, with costs. The Court rose at half-past three. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A boy named Chapel, who is called " Fighting Bob," was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with baying rescued a gang of young thieves. Isaacs, a constable, stated, thz,t a gang of young vf. ga bonds were in the habit of plundering the orange merchants in Thames -street, and it was no small vexation to those who were robbed that the thieves, by underselling, con trived to get a great many customers from them. On Thursday afternoon, witness, who had been on the watch, apprehended three of the gang, who had helped them selves from some orange chests, and was conveying them to the place of confinement, when the prisoner, who is only 15 years of age, walked up to him, and said, "What the h-1 are you going to do with these here boys ?" " To take them before the Lord Mayor," replied the witness. " Before the d—l," said the prisoner, " they don't want no Lord Mayor. Let them bolt, or I'll floor you." At that moment the young man who had seen the robbery com mitted interfered, to prevent a rescue, little expecting what sort of a customer he was to meet with. The instant he appeared the prisoner gave him a couple of running blows in the face, which completely stupified him, and down he fell. Witness was then obliged to let go the thieves, in or der to defend himself from so desperate an assailant, and the prisoner fearlessly struck at him, saying, " I'm blowed if I an't able for you, at any rate." Witness hit in return, and found to his surprise that he was engaged with a person of great power as well as skill. There was scarcely a bit of the officer's body that did not receive notice that a skilful artist was at work. At length three policemen got hold of the young ruffian, who fought with both legs and fists, and they with difficulty succeeded in dragging him to the station-house. The thieves effected their escape. The young man who identified the thieves, and pointed them out to the officer, had no recollection of anything after he was knocked down. Prisoner—Vy, it was because you pitched into me, as I pitched into you. You don't think I was a going to take your blow for nothing ; what for ? The LORD MAvoi---What are you, prisoner? Prisoner —What are I ? Vy, you see trot I am—a poor, young, helpless orange-merchant.—( A laugh.) Officer—He sells the oranges he steals at tlia very doors of those he robs. He is the most dreadfullest ruffian in the whole city, and he an't afraid of no man. Prisoner—That shows I an't got nothing to be afraid on. I wouldn't a touched none of you, if you didn't try to vop me ; and I warn't a going to bolt from sich an old war mint as you. _ _ The LORD MAYOR said that the prisoner must find bail. Prisoner—Bail ! for what ? I only stood up for myself. I won't find no bail. I won't trouble my friends for sick a trifle as this. He was then committed to tLc Compter. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. John Archer, a deputy costerm - eriger,Va;Charged with having given Thomas Harris, a travelling mutton-pie mer chant, a couple of black eyes, last 'Wednesday evening. The complainant on the evening in question was solacing himself with a pint and a pipe in a public-house in Peter street, and " discoursing with another gentleman on poli tical matters," when the defendant intruded himself on their conversation, called him a son of a lady dog, with other " unnpprobrious" names, and ended with striking him a blow on the nose, which blackened both his eyes. In confirmation of this statement, lie said he had brought Jack Wilson, a gentleman who got his living in Oxford street by the sweat of his broom. The witness having been introduced, after duckin g to every one in the office, said, " All I nose o f t hi s hereial tercation is, that this here gentleman riots the complainant vos a conversing with Bill Hobbs about the helection, wen in comes tother gentleman and sings out that it was werry well known that Tom Harris was a turncoat, for he only turned Vig last veek cause Mr. Food's 'Committee wouldn't engage him to carry von of their boards. Then this here gentleman said he never hatted in no sitch a vay, for he know'd as this here Government couldn't stand without they came forward vith more liberaler measures for the country. Jack Archer says, it warn't the size of the mea sures vot so much consarned the poor man, as it vos the price vot they charged the beer in 'em, and be know'd werry well if the Duke didn't adwocate all them things vot the people wonted, sitch as vote by ballads, hannual .suf fring, and uniwersal Parliaments, it would be all up his back. So they gets from von pint to another, and as von couldn't conwict tother, the prisoner hits the plaintiff: a re gular stinker." The MAGISTRATE said it was silly to quarrel under such circumstances, and advised the patties to retire and settle the matter amicably. This advice was adopted, and the " politicians" shook hands and parted. IRELAND. CLOSE OF THE GORTROE INQUEST. WEDNESDAY-FOURTEENTH DAY. At eleven o'clock the Court assembled, when the Jury answered to their names. Previous to the business being entered on, Theobald Pepper, C.C.P., addressed the Court, and said that did the gentlemen consider it necessary, be should produce the orderly who accompanied him on the day of the affray, for the purpose of proving the fallacy of James Daly's evidence, a witness produced on the part of the prosecution, who swore that he (Mr. Pepper) ordered a dragoon to follow him, and cut him (James Daly) down with his sword. The effect which the statement had produced in the country was of very serious consequence to him, so much so that one of his men, while passing ,along the road the day previously, had been accosted by a number of persons and called a " murderer." Therefore, if he (Captain Pepper) did not contradict the statement of that man (Daly) it might en danger the lives of him or his party. The Counsel on both sides acknowledged they did not believe the statement in any one particular. Many of the Jury spoke in the highest terms of the conduct of Mr. Pepper and the party under his command, and all agreed that there was not the slightest impression on their minds of Mr. Pepper being in any way guilty of such an act. CHARGE OF THE CORONER. Mr. Coroner Foott then proceeded to charge the Jury. He said—Gentlemen of the Jury, after a very arduous ex amination of witnesses on both sides this inquiry is very nearly brought to a conclusion, and it is now in duty to call your attention to the facts produced, which I shall do in a very brief manner, and not take up one-fiftieth part of the time expended in the examination of any one of the witnesses produced. You have been here assembled to try how Richard Ryan, Wm. Twomy, Michael Barry, John WAR-OFFICE,I6. . _ JAN. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Cornet W. Scott to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hobson, who retires, Jan. 16. G. Grogan, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Scott, Jan. 16. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. G. A. F. Cunning hame to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bishop, who retires ; Cornet C. A. Lucas to be Lieutenant, by purchasa, vice Conynghame ; J. Campbell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lucas, Jan. 16. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—R. T. Montgomery, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cocksedge, who retires, Jan. 16. 3d Regiment of Foot—W. J. Dorehill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sayer, who retires, Jan. 16. 7th Foot--Ensign R. M. Best, from the 64th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Acton, who retires, Jan. 16. 13th Foot—Ensign G. King to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tinling, promoted in the 3d Regiment of Foot ; J. C. Whish, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice King, Jan. 16. 18th Foot—W. G. C. Caulfield, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Costerton, who retires, Jan. 16. 39th Foot—Lieut. T. H. Kirkley to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Mansell, deceased, June 1; Ensign W. H. Viney, from the 40th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Kirkley, Jan. 16. 40th Foot—Major A. B. Taylor, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Paymaster, vice R. Moore, retired upon half-pay ; Ensign P. C. Edwards, from the half-pay of the sSth Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign (repaying the difference), vice Viney, promoted in the 39th Foot, Jan. 16. 54th Foot—Major 11. Macdonald, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Major, without purchase, vice Moore, promoted, Jan. 16. 56th Foot—Ensign H. B. Barclay to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hunt, deceased, Oct. 28, 1834; Ensign J. H. Burnall, from the half-pay of the 60th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Barclay, Jan. 16. 60th Foot—Major-Gen. Sir J. Maclean. K. C. 8., to be Colonel- Commandant of a Battalion, vice General Burton, deceased, Jan. 7. 64th Foot—E. J. Coxe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Best, promoted in the 7th Foot, Jan. 16. 94th Foot—Capt. G. T. Finucane r from the 2d West India Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice :Mackie, promoted, Jan. 16. 2d West India Regiment of Foot—Captain W. Graham, from the half-pay of the 50th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Finucane, appointed to the 94th Regiment of Foot, Jan. 16. UNATTACHED. Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. Moore, from the 54th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Brevet Major W. Mackie, from the 94th Regiment of Foot, to be Major, without purchase ; Lieut. R. Fawkes, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, Jan. 16. BREVET. The under-mentioned Cadets, of the Hon. the East India Com pany's service, to have the temporary rank as Ensign during the period of their being placed under the command of Col. Pasley, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining :—Gentleman Cadet R. Pigou ; Gentle man Cadet J. H. Burke, Jan. 16. MEMORANDUM, Captain F. C. Ebhart, upon half-pay Unattached, has been allowed to retire from the Army, with the sale of an Unattached company, he being about to become a settler in the Colonies. Jan. 16. BANK OF An ACCOUNT of the LIABILII of ENGLAND, front the 21st Oct( pubbshed pursuant to the Act, 3 a LIABILITIES Circulation' 118,012,0001 Securities Dep:;sits ENGLAND. rim and ASSETS of the BANK über, 1834, to the 13th January, 1835, Ind 4 W. 4, cap. 93, sec. S. .£30,597,000 Downing-street. Jan. 15. 1835. £33,131,000 BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. EDMUND SANDELL, stay-maker, Bristol. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE JOSHUA, currier, Brownlow-street, Drury-lane, to surrender Jan. 22, at twelve, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Haslam and Bischoff, Copthall-buildings ; Lackington, official assignee, Basinghall-street. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, innkeeper, Godstone, Surrey, Jan. 27, at one, and Feb. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pancras Lane, official assignee ; Dignam, King-street, Holborn. WILLIAM STIVENSON, dealer in timber, Princes-street, Westminster, Jan. 22, at two, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hamilton, Berner's-street ; Whitmore, Basing hall-street, official assignee. JOHN CA RNLEY, upholsterer, Kingston-upon-Hull, Jan. 27, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston- upon-Hull. Holme, Frampton, and Loftus, New Inn, London ; Birks, Hem ingfield, Barnsley. JOHN ?MARSTON, grocer, Nuneaton', Warwickshire, Jan. 27, and Feb. 27, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Harding, Birmingham; Parkes, South-square, Gray's-inn, London. JOHN NEVATT, tailor, Petworth, Sussex, Jan. 27, at one, and Feb. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Harrison, St. Mary-at-Hill, London; Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street. WALTER RAYMOND, ship-owner, Streatham-place, Brix ton-hill, Surrey, Jan. 23, at twelve, and Feb. '27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Baxendale and Co., Great Winchester street, London ; Goldsmid, official assignee, Basinghall-street. WILLIAM INGLIS, currier, Hounsditch, Feb. 3, at two, and Feb. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nias, Copthall court ; Clark, official assignee, St. Swithin's-lane. JAMES WIGAN, music -seller, Edgeware-road, Jan. 27, at two, and Feb. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Borradaile and Ashmore, Kin's Arms-yard. FRANCIS MOORE, jun., vinegar -merchant, Westmoreland place Walworth Common, Jan. 27, at one, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Official Assignee, King's Arms-yard ; Gauntlett, Queen-street, Cheapside. GEORGE BAGLEY and JOHN EVANS, warehousemen, Lad-lane, Jan. 27, at twelve, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee ; Ashurst, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. BETHELL NORRIS, chemist, Oxford-street, Jan. 23, at ten, and Feb. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turner and Son, Percy-street, Rathbone-place ; Graham, official assignee, Copthall-buildings DIVIDENDS: J. Millet, senior, market-gardener, Fulham, Feb. 9, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Z. Pulbrook, shoemaker, Great Surrey-street, Feb. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Talbot and H. Francis, brokers, Threadneedle-strcet,s Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Nicholson, scrivener, Bradford, Yorkshire, Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. R. M. Raikes, merchant, London-wall, Feb. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. R. Parker, harness-maker, Rupert-street, Haymarket, Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. G. Cubitt, lime-burner, North Walsham, Norfolk, Feb. 13, at five, at the Angel Inn, Market-place, Norwich. S. Bennett, grocer, Bath, March 19, at eleven, at the Commer cial Rooms, Corn-street, Bristol. T. Hutton, fringe-manufacturer, Newgate-street, Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. B. Tummon, painter, Sheffield, Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Sheffield. CERTIFICATES.—FEB. 6. G. B. Sawyer, builder, Leicester-square. R. Bailey, bookbinder, Wooton-under-Edge. A. Bray, horsedealer, Red Lion-yard, Holborn. J. Wyld, hosier, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street. H. Dakin, cheesemonger, High-strcet, Southwark. A. Shears, silk-warehouseman, Friday-street, Cheapside. G. Upton, scrivener, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire. 111. Tiley, hatter, Bath. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Neale and S. Rails, pawnbrokers, Yeovil, Somersetshire. J. and A. Smith, bakers, Hastings, Sussex. W. Robinson and E. Hall, coopers, Sheffield. T. Coupe and Co., bleachers, Hodge-lane, Lancashire. W. Rhodes and Co., victuallers, Fountain-court, Strand, as far as regards R. C. Rhodes. L. and C. Evans, paper-makers, Viers-mills, near Oxford. T. Churton and Co., manufacturers, Norwich. J. Givens and Co., ship-builders, Monkwearmouth, Durham, as far as regards J. Givens. H. F. Mellins and T. Horne, jun., Great Tower-street. T. Carder and J. Skinner, coal-merchants, Narrow-street, Ratcliffe. T. Coldwell and W. King, chemists, Bristol. J. B. Miller and B. G. Miller, millers, Romford, E ssex . J. and W. Alexander , butche r s , Bromley, Kent F. Cocks and Co., button-makers, Birmingham, as far as re gards F. Cocks, jun. C. Rittson and J. Lawrence, hat manufacturers, Bristol. G. and H. Allender, hatters, Chester. H. King and Co., merchants. C. J. Hall and Co., brewers, Romsey, Southampton. W. J. Hebert and G. Archer, stationers, Chancery -place, Cam berwell. Yesterday afternoon a pretty full attendance of merchants and others connected with the East India china trade took place at Lloyd's Coffee-house, in consequence of the declaration for sale of the Vansiitnrt, of 1,311 tons, built at Calcutta in 1813, for the service of the East India Com paPY, in Which she has performed ten voyages. The vessel was stated to be one of the finest ships in the service, and her armament of guns complete, and being in excellent condition for the East India and China trade. It was stated that the vessel had cost 120,0001., but she was put up at 9,0001., beyond which there was not a single bidding; and the -vessel was in consequence withdrawn. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Philadelphia, Dec. 13. Sir,—lt was my intention to have devoted this letter to the subject of the United States' Bank, but the excitement which exists, and is daily increasing, in reference to French affairs, seems to render it proper that I should give you such details and opinions as are connected with the events of the last week. The President's message, as I anticipated, is popular. It not only meets the approbation of his friinds, but, in very many instances, of his opponents. There is a war-spirit in the Ame rican people ; and if the Senate of the United States were, at this moment, favourable to the Administration. I entertain ne doubt war would be inevitable, unless the French Chambers made (and that promptly) the appropriations for carrying the treaty into effect. In the House of Representatives the Committee on Foreign relations are with the President. To them the subject is re ferred. At the head of that Committee is Colonel Wayne, of. Georgia. He is a gentleman of respectabletalents, courteous manners, and a disciplined temper. He possesses the chivalric feelings for which the southern men in the United States are pre-eminently distinguished. Although he is of the dominant party, yet he is far from being of that degraded class which is transferable, or manageable at the beck or nod of any indivi dual, however exalted may be his station. My opinion, there fore, is, that Colonel Wayne, as Chairman of the Committee, will not act hastily. It will be his duty, however, to m ake_ such a report as may be in conformity with the instructions of his colleagues, a majority of whom are decidedly in favour of adopting the President's measures. The Senate, on the 11th, elected, by ballot, their standing Committees. They are all anti-Administration. At the beau of the Committee on Foreign relations is Henry Clay. To this Committee is referred so much of the President's message as relates to foreign affairs. Mr. Clay was Secretary of State during the Presidency of John Q. Adams. This gentleman has long been a leading member of Congress. He presided with great dignity for many years over the House of Represen tatives. He is known in Europe as one of the negotiators of the treaty of peace, made at Ghent, between Great Britain and, the United States. Mr. Clay has an intimate knowledge et the affairs (foreign and domestic) of this country. No man better understands its resources. No man has higher or more correct notions of individual and national honour. Mr. Clay' on these points, is not theoretic or visionary. He will denounce in unmeasured terms the conduct of France in refusing to pal the amount admitted by the treaty to be due to this country. But he will, I have no doubt, condemn the President for the attitude of menace which he has assumed in his late a nnual . message to Congress. The policy which he may recommend in the Senate Hill, probably, prevail in that body. It is in i debate that he is most powerful. As a public speaker, he has few equals, and is surpassed by no man in the nation. He is' at times, playful, but logical. He has great command of lan guage, and is seldom at a loss for a word. His voice is strong, and pleasing, but appears to be a little impaired by the use 0 ' snuff. In his appeals to the passions he is vehement. Whe n excited, he is, occasionally, rather coarse ; but at all other times very gentlemanly. He is a bold and fearless statesman , reckless of consequences when he has once taken his stand. His friends are of the most devoted kind, and place confidenc e in his judgment as well as in his patriotism. Such are the characteristics of Henry Clay. He cannot, therefore, fail to have a commanding influence in the present posture of public affairs. He, as well as other members of the opposition, it ' s said, are guarded in their expressions as to the course they mean to pursue in reference to France. But, from his gene - , ral character, I entertain no doubt that if the h o use shoala pass a bill, authorizing letters of marque and reprisal agains t France, he will vote against it under existing circumstances. Our advices from Paris are of date the 10th of November; We have no certainty that a new Ministry has been fort - nett' nor that the Chambers have been convened. I continue to think that nothing will be done in Congress previous to the Ist of January. The Senate will not move in French affairs until the House of Representatives have acted ; and they' undoubtedly, under the advice of the President, will stispetT adopting any definitive measure before they ascertain, with some degree of certainty, the fact whether the Chamber will 0: will not grant the means for carrying into effect the late treaty., The non- committal policy (as the Americans te r m it) o f the Opposition in Congress is greatly embarrassing to the Ad ministration party. War measures at this moment are po pular with the people, but that popularity is, in a great degree' the result of a momentary impulse, operating upon the Mas s which are uninformed. The silence of the minority, and the disclaimer which they enter, as to the responsibility to contemplated policy, tends to increase the apprehensions o f th e majority, and to render them cautious in their movements. There is another consideration which will be brought to bea r . upon this question before it is decided, and that is the presi dential election. The northern and eastern sections of the country are the manufacturing districts ; the south and south west are the great agricultural districts. They produce the bulk of the American exports, consisting of cotton, tobacco, rice, naval stores, and some wheat. A war would promote the manufacturing interests, because large navy and army sup; plies would be required. The means of procurin g them mu st be imposts and loans. The people of the United States will n ot sustain long any Administration that resorts to a land-tax; Heavy duties upon foreign goods operate as a bounty upon the home production. Here the interests of the south a nd th east conflict : and if the former were as calculating and as money-catching as the latter, they could never be brought to unite in war measures. These conflicting interests, however' are deeply interwoven with the presid en ti a l e l ec ti on , and soil influence the decision which is to be made on French affairs. The opposition in Congress will continue to fight behind s masked battery. In the Senate, the committee on Foreign, relations will make no r e p or t respect i ng F rance . If urge' (by the friends of the President) to act, a motion will be mad e ' by some one of them, to refer so much of the message as re lates to the difficulties with that country to a special cony mittee. That committee will be chosen by ballot, an d tb l e i Opposition, who possess the power of designating them, 151 elect Administration men. If they are not urged to act, th e ii will wait the decision of the house on this exciting topic. „ the house passes a bill authorizing reprisals, th a t bill, wh e ; sent to the Senate, will be referred to a speci a l comm ittee, 3- in the case above stated, consisting of the friends of the Pr e ` sident. The object of this policy is two-fold : First, To keep the antagonist party in a state of doubt all uncertainty as to the final vote on the proposed measure, an thus throw upon them all the responsibility of that measur e ' whatever it may be. Second, To compel them to develop their whole proje c t; thus enabling the opposition in the Senate, w h o are a ° jority of the body, to become the assailants, i ns t ea d of being the defenders of any plan. In this p os iti on they ha ce nothing to do but to alter, amend, or rej ec t, as th e y plc and offering no substitute, and therefore prese n ti ng no poi'' for attack. i st These views lead me to the conclusion ex p resse d i n my . 1 letter,—that nothing definitive will be done until late in Jr nuary, and that the subject will be either laid on the tab's until the next session, or rejected without offeripg a su bstitut e ; This conclusion; however, is on the presumpt ion th a t Fra nce does not adopt any measure calculated to increase present es" citement in the United St a t es . Sh ou ld s h e l ay an embarge's or, under the influence of ill-advised councils, reject, by decided vote, the desired appropriation, and that informatie(;: reach here in February, the aspect of affairs may be change.' and the current of public opinion may drive even the OpPe' / ' Lion to adopt a belligerent policy. i The finances of the country are in an unexampled s tate prosperity. On the Ist o f January next, the United S tate s' v t have paid off the whole of its national debt of every description. It will have remaining in the treasury, over and above all 4; propriations, about 500,000 doll ars . Th e G overnment o_, l we 7,000,000 of bank stock, worth in th e mar k et at l east 7,500,1nt dollars. Thus possessing a cas h f un d o f 8,000,000 dolialL . owing not a farthing of debt, an d a surp l us revenue for the r suing year of from 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 dollars m o re, ari,,,st i t exclusively out of imposts an d t h e sa l e o f pu b l i c lands. I'. state of prosperity is not w i t h out i ts i n fl uence upon speculatl ; aspiring, and restless men, who, in times of war, seek lucre° contracts or military fame. The President continues to believe not only th e Frol a c c h , Ministry but the King i ns i ncere i n t h e i r pro f esaions o f a g, sire to adjust the dilculties between the twc., countries ; 11e I',. therefore, anxious that C ongress shoul..l authorize rePr's- y, o f and his whole influence will be us' - ,1 to procure the passag e the law. Philadelphia, Dec. - 2 wl . Sir,--I hear nothing from th e c ity o f Washington ealo,lllol in the slightest degree to change the opinions expressed I f . l ll oo , letter of the 13th u l t . respecting F rench affairs. ,The te, gressional Committees on foreign relations, at the last 0 00 had made no report. Th e part i es are evidently vvatchigholC movements of each othe r . Th e war spirit, however, I t is gaining ground. But the friends of the Administra hope and believe that the French Chambers will v it rri the appropriation for carrying the treaty into effect. J . : e & thing like legislation will be suspended until the Presided.,te receives further advices from France, which are daily exP e 'ii ii % Nothing was done in Congress during the last week age° in any manner the foreign concerns of the country. THE GENEVESE TRAVELLfi TIE S. te On the 14th inst., at hi s seat, Manby Brigg the lady ° f to Hon. Ch ar l es A n d erson Pelham, of a son and heir, both of ' l " ° I, h are going on well. On the 12th inst., Mrs. Richard Bentley, of New Burline°' street, of a daughter. - MARRIED. , rto On the 15th i ns t., a t Offchurch, the R ev . Ernest Al'" ) sr Waller, youngest son of Sir' Wathen Waller, of Pope's taig eit Twickenha m , B ar t., an d G.C.H., to Miss Louisa Wise, Y ° . daughter of th e R ev . H enry Wi se, of Offchurch, Warwicksln..ievok, On the 14th i ns t., a t A spa ll , i n S u ff o lk , R ayner B e llmar, ";!. o leo of Earl Soham, to Sophia, eldest daughter of the late John Esq., of London. lED. On the 14th i ns t., a t Coo m be House, Surrey, Frances 1014 relict of the late Righton. Michael n elo T or I On the 13th inst., in Sloane-street, A Ars. Ann liatier, re lict 0 the late John Watier, Esq. Merl On the 6th ult., at Hallowell, M a i ne , U n it e d States of A e ~, aged 81, Sarah, wif e o f B en j am i n V aug h an, Esq., form ru London. 0 - 'll 1 - George g' _Ai the Ist of September, at Calcutta, Captain s- r acer Bathe (Hon. Company' s S erv i ce ), o f S t. M ary Abbott's-t er Kensington, in his 39th year. a ce ° 11 On the 15th inst., at T o tt en h am, M rs. J ane Watson, ' Thomas Williams, Esq., aged 33. ov er° On the 7th inst., in his 80th year, after many years ol nth bodily suffering, J o h n Fletcher, Esq , for more than half a ce t wice the respected p ro p r i etor o f the Chester Chronicle, and vrh° filled the distinguished office of Chief Magistrate of that London YO'''' f'' Printed and P u bli s h e d b y MURDO. YO'' at The Sun Office, No. 112, Stigma' RAST HE C O URT INDIA C( That the RATE o f l ASH for BILLS up ci erathe present date L I engal sic% Rupee, ar ' o r Bombay Rupee. PUBS TO BE UANT C hancery, ma d e i 'if th Kith the a pprobatio n o f e bil ourt, in th e ittipton-buildings, Chan Anua, 183 bet ween la T w o Lo t s' A FREEHOLD HC street, Ox ford -street, ai Numbered 71 and 72, The Freehold Premis Fourdrin, and many ye Warehouse, and ar e at et Rent of 130/. a year an unexpited term of 31 Printed particulars Chambers, in Southar Coles, solicitors, Girdle Solicitor, No. 2, Harco 11_arnilten, solicitor, Bee BRIXTON -111 For E D I ING UCATING , for the LEGIT NECESSITOUS PE tte r nnt,days more esp ec ially H:4 Royal Hi Her R oyal /lig His G race the th e The Half -yearly Gen Brixton Asylum, Bid s =to n on et Eleven o'clock prec welve, and close at Tt Notice is hereby give' to the Sec retary f or t h z 1 9th Institution oval be h e ld day of F e b ruary n cisely, to read the to cotfirm the same'' a' EDWAII sp 7, iertti mbers, I Watches wed ' Loos. , Sheffield F the late 11r. Wm. 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