The Sun. — London, England, 1835-12-28 00:00:00

•ar • • ‘NbS PRICES OF STOCKS THI:. tank Stock 212% 3 per Cent Red. 9 0 14 % :I per Cent Cons shut 31.4 per Cent. Ditto Red. —....,„........ ... New 3!,', per Cent New 3 per Cent Eank LongAnnuitiestoexpire Jan. 5, ISM l6 3-16 1 ,4 Oct. 10, 1650 — Jan. 5, 1860 — Jan. 5, 1580 — April 5, 1880 — Jan. 5, 1870 — Oninium Pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds lOOl-4 Ditto Account. Brazilian Bonds 83106 Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account ....... — Chillian Bonds Ditto Account 4414 Columbian Bonds 2714 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, :WI 32%16 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1525 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account Ditto, 18 per cent Ditto Account Neapolitan >ZDAYAT JNE O'CLOCK. India Stoek.., ! Ditto Bonds 2 3 pm • South Sea Stoek Old Annnities New Ditto — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... Exch. Bills, £l,OOO l4 16 pm. Ditto 500 l4 16 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bauk Stock for Account India Stock for Account — Consols for Account THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account ..... ........ — Portuguese Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto New Bonds 5:14. Ditto Account S.TK,t4 Ditto, 3 per cent. 54. M 4 Prussian Bonds — i I ` Russian Bonds, 182'2 — Ditto Account — 1 Ditto Metallic — Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1334 48f, 4 %!: v., i Ditto Account 49 8300,4% French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. 4 per cent. —f. —c. 3 per cent. —f. —c. i— Exchange —f. —c. :Dutch, 2t,, per cent. 554 i; I Ditto Account' j Ditto, 5 per cent 101!i% —., Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. British Iron Company 5O Mexican Mining Company ~... 531 t Brighton (Gibbs') Railway I Danube and Mayne Company 5 National Provincial Bank of England Per Share. 3436 3 0 , ;.4 314 31 ,4 2414 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS; DUBLIN, DECEMBER 24. 3 per Cent. Consols 9 0 14 Grand Canal Debs. ti per cent.., 84 , ,i Ditto Reduced - Ditto, 4 per cent sr)!! 3'(, per Cent. Stock 994 Hibernian Bank - Ditto New, IS3O 3ts; per Cent. Debentures 9l g, . National Insurance Co - Bank Stock 2lO City Debentures, 4 per cent... 78 Royal Canal Stock 34 Ballast Office Debentures, 4 Grand Canal Stock ---• ner cent - venom bag is drawn, and though she may still continue to hiss and wriggle a little, she will no longer be able to do any effectual mischief. We always looked for ward to the Municipal elections as decisive of the fate of Toryism. We knew that, however it might be with the counties, this was a test the faction could not stand ; and most triumphantly have our expectations been fulfilled. Wherever the independent voice of the people has been permitted utterance, there has it spoken out against the Conservatives. Henceforth, then, let us hear no more of a Conservative reaction in England. The cry can deceive none but the most prejudiced. Why, even in Leicester, where the faction from time immemorial have played so many strange tricks and antics, and where they have always boasted of their overwhelming, influence, they have been defeated—and this so sig nally, as to prevent the possibility of their ever again rearing their head ! In Bristol, where they were equally sanguine, they have received an equally fatal blow. In Norwich, too, which Lord STORMONT would have us believe, hates the " very mention of Reform," the Conservative cause has received such a shock of paralysis, as must henceforth leave it in the condition of SHAKSPEARE'S "lean and slippered pantaloon." In fact, the Tories-bid fair to be routed at all points ; and if the Post of to-morrow bring us such cheering intelligence as the Post of to-day, not the faintest glimmer of a hope is left to them. The counties will no longer avail them. Their influence there is more than counter-balanced by the influence of the Reformers in the Municipal districts. Thus the CIIAI , .±DOS clause is neutralized, and the tricks of the Tories recoil on themselves. Adieu, therefore, to all their convenient Councils of Aldermen and Burgesses. Adieu to their presents of fat bucks and hampers of wine, so instrumental in the return of some favourite Tory Member ; for the future they will adopt the discreet principle of " nothing get nothing give," and corruption being thereby deprived of its means, common sense and honesty will obtain the ascendancy. There are many points in which the Municipal measure is still imperfect, and which Ministers will, no doubt, take an early opportunity of rectifying ; nevertheless, even in its present state, it has proved quite sufficient to shatter the Tory fabric, and impart renewed energy to a Liberal Government. Of these additional means, thus placed by a generous and confiding people at their disposal, Ministers will, of course, avail them selves to the utmost. They will be firm, bold, and per severing, and not allow themselves to be scared by those imposing, but futile, shadows, which the Tories have such a happy knack in conjuring up, and flinging across the path of Reformers. If Government was strong last Session, it will be twice as strong the next. It need have no more apprehensions of waverers and apostates, for a dissolution will soon do away with all fears on this head. In a word, Ministers have the game in their own hands, and they have only to play it courageously, to play it successfully. The Times makes a clumsy attempt to-day to back out of the ridiculous position into which it has brought itself by the circulation, during the past week, of falsehoods, greater and more absurd than even those in which it habitually deals. Some body wish ing, no doubt, to try how far its credulity could he imposed upon, sent it secret information that Lord MELBOURNE was on a visit to the Duke of It lc ti MOND. A flood of light immediately bursts upon the dazzled eve-balls of the " leading journal." It proclaimed the important intelligence that Lord MEL BOURNE was "in communication" with Lord STAN LEY and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, without whose as sistance he found it impossible to carry on the Go vernment, and capered with joy at the glorious pros pect opened to the Tories by this unequivocal proof of the weakness of the _Ministry. Certainly, had , _Lora :MELBOURNE " put himself in commu nication" with either of the above-mentioned persons, it would have been a proof not only of weakness but of downright madness. Nothing short of insanity could have justified Lord MELBOURNE in proposing, as he is represented by the Times to have done, to throw overboard the appropriation principle, by the manly assertion of which the Tory Administration was over thrown and his own substituted in its place. And we may remark at the same time that nothing short of insanity could have justified Lord STANLEY or Sir J. GRAHAM in accepting any other proposal. This was so obvious that no one paid the least attention to the nonsense uttered by the Times on the subject. The Liberal journals, in fact, scarcely thought it worth while to notice, beyond a simple contradiction, a state ment which carried its own falsehood on its own face. It now turns out that Lord MELBOURNE, instead of being at the Duke of RICHMOND'S, was at his brother in-law, Earl COWPER'S, at Pansanger. Thus slips away the foundation of the fine, but alas, visionary fabric reared by the Times. We subjoin two articles from our weekly Contem poraries, the Bell's New Weekly Messenger and the Atlas, on the working of the new Poor Law Amend ment Act in the opulent and extensive metropolitan parish of St. George, Hanover-square, as exhibited in Mr. LESLIE'S pamphlets. We particularly recom mend the perusal of them to the Vestry-clerk of Lam beth, who upon a recent occasion, when violently abusing the introduction of the Bill into that parish, is reported to have said, " that the price it cost the rate payers to victual a pauper in St. George's Workhouse would not keep a dog in Lambeth," he will perceive that the rate-payers of St. George's paid 3s. id. for the diet of each pauper per week, under the old system in 1832, for the same diet-table which, under the im proved system of Poor Law management, now costs the rate-payers less than one-half that sum. How ever much vestry-clerks may dislike the new adminis tration, there‘cannot remain a doubt that it is working advantageously for the rate-payers and the, deserving poor. (From Bell's Wew Weekly Messenger.) • Mr. Leslie has favoured us with another pamphlet of his, entitled, " A Practical Illustration of the Principles upon which the Poor Law Amendment Act is founded, as exhibited in the Administration of the Poor Rate in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square," the perusal of which we would recommend to all such as may be disposed to question either the justice or the humanity of the new regulations. A clearer exposition of the case we have not seen ; here is no hollow sophistry, no rhetorical flourishes to draw the reader's attention from a weak ar gument ; Mr. Leslie states his case like an honest man, and convinces his readers by a simple arrangement of facts. We are anxious to remove the erroneous opinions that prevail with respect to the Amendment Act, which was intended to lessen the rate-payers' burthens, and im prove the condition of the poor. How far these objects are accomplished in the parish of St. George, and may be accomplished elsewhere, Mr. Leslie's pamphlet shows. In that parish the estimated expenditure for the third year of the new system is 33,2041., being 6,5991. less than the ex penditure of the second year of the new system, and 28,1211. less than the last year of the old sytem ! It is the vulgar error to suppose that such reduction has been effected by " starving the poor," by reducing their allow ance of meat and drink, by throwing them into a state of wretchedness revolting to humanity, and causing the work house to resemble the felons' cell, with the exception of its chains and straw. These are the representations of the old jobbers in the poors' fund, the penny-a-line con tributors to the press, and, we regret to add, the editors of some contemporaneous journals. These are the repre sentations which are blazoned in the columns of newspapers ; the representations of the lazy, the wicked, the dissolute poor." But what are the facts ? The very same diet table which was used under the old system, is used under the new ! Not a grain of meat does the pauper receive less than he received under the old system ! the quantity of bread is the same ! the quantities of cheese, pudding, soup, gruel and potatoes arc all the same ! The only thing we find absent is beer, and the nature of the liquid so Calle which was supplied to the inmates of the work house under the old system, may be imagined from the price paid for it, 4s. 6d. for thirty-six gallons! If the rest of the pauper's food were of a similar quality, good hog wash must be nectar and ambrosia to the " food" of the poor under that blessed old system, the downfall of which is so much bewailed ! An idea of the abuses in that system may be formed from the fact that the same diet-table, which in 1832 cost 3s. Id. for each inmate per week, is now obtained for less than one half the price ! That no unkind treatment is received by the poor in their applications for relief, is evident from the following regulatious :—" There is but one place where any relief can be obtained, called The Overseers' Office,' in Mount. street, where there are always stationed two officers, whose duty it is immediately to attend to every application ; they have have additional assistance within their reach, if re quired. If any case of urgent distress is stated, or any new application is made, an immediate visit from one of the paid overseers is undertaken ; so that while no case of real dis tress can pass unattended to, or neglected, except at the peril of the officer's loss of situation, so no impostor, by a plea of urgent necessity, can defraud the rate-payers." Is cruelty or starvation apparent here ? Are not these regulations particularly humane and kind ? What then becomes of the allegations of unprincipled brawlers, and of those who speak without knowledge of the matter, who have such fine sympathy for the paupers, and for the rate payers none at all ? _ _ We may next week have an opportunity of going through the whole of Mr. Leslie's exposition ; there are features in it that will interest all our readers, and facts that will sur prise a few. The admirable provision for the education of pauper children and the regulations respecting bastardy cases demand our particular attention. (From the Atlas.) A Letter to the Industrious Classes. By John Leslie. —ln this pamphlet, Mr. Leslie, a vestryman, and governor, and director of the poor of St. George's parish, Hanover square, furnishes a very lucid historical sketch of the poor laws of England, from the 43d of Elizabeth to the recent Poor Law Amendment Act. In this outline of the pro gress of the corruptions that grew up with the system, and the idle attempts. that were hitherto made to remedy them and prevent their recurrence, he brings together, in a very short compass, a body of facts well worth the consideration of every person concerned in the payment or the adminis tration of the poor's rates. The conclusion to which he leads is a complete vindication of the benevolont principles of the late act, the clamour against which he shows to have been raised, not by the rate payers or the poor, but by those who were personally interested in the abuses which that act swept away. An illustration of the old and new system de rived from this brochure will prove, in one striking instance, the correctness of Mr. Leslie's opinions. We must throw this into a tabular form, abbreviated from a table furnished by Mr. Leslie. The first column shows the period, the se cond the number of workhouse poor in proportion to the population of the parish (St. George's), the third the nuni ber admitted to the workhouse in the same proportion, and the fourth the actual amount of money allowance out of the workhouse rated per head of the population. 1795 to 1801-1 in 41-1 in 20...`-'s. 27.0. 1801 to 1810...1 in 53...1 in 29...t25. 10c1. 1811 to 1821.-1 in 54-1 in 27...45. 9' 7 0. • 1811 to 1811...1 in 71_1 in 33-si. 140. Year enrlng Lady Day 193.2. 1 in 06_1 in 9i)...55. 410. 1833...1 in 67...1 in `27...55. 7d. Half yearending Michaelmas, 1335...1 in 95...1 in 2.65... os. 10d. At Lady Day, 1833, a gradual return to the principles of Yueen Elizabeth's system commenced, and the last line (to 'Michaelmas, 1835) shows the incredible reduction that, under the new law, has been effected in two years. This is conclusive. The whole of the French Journals of Friday and Saturday have been received. Their contents are of little moment, with the exception of certain rumours which, we fear, arc entirely unfounded. Two of these are of an important nature. The first states that Admiral RousslN has been instructed by the Government to join Lord PONSONBY, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, in representing to tile SUBLIME PORTE the imperative necessity of rescind ing the secret treaty entered into with Russia for the exclusion of English and French ships of war from the Black Sea. The second asserts that the Citizen King, in consideration of the success of the French arms in Africa, has resolved upon granting an amnesty which will extend to most of the prisoners convicted of political offences. We trust that there is more than mere ru mour in both these reports. Something must be done to counteract the baleful influence of Russia in the East ; and previous to a declaration of war it is the in terest of the King of the FRENCH to reconcile all classes of his subjects to his Government. In the event of a war with Russia the French Republican party —strong in numbers, strong in zeal, and stronger in intelligence--might prove a dangerous foe to the reigning dynasty. Let the KING but appear to sym pathize with the disappointed of that party—let him draw a veil over errors by which he gained a Throne, and without which he never would have become a Member of the family of Kings—and we are very confident that he will be repaid by a gratitude as lasting as sincere. There can be no political use in display ing a power which cannot extend farther than the lopping off a few withered branches from the tree of Republican liberty. On the contrary, its growth would be increased by such a childish artempt to de stroy it. Had our suggestions been attended to, the amnesty now talked of would have been granted before the last anniversary of the days of July ; and the con sequence would have been, that France never would have witnessed the FIESCHI Tragedy. We asserted from the very commencement that the prosecution by the Chamber of Peers held out a direct encourage ment to the disaffected to punish their enemies without having recourse to the ordinary process established by the Charter, and only known to the Laws. When extraordinary tribunals are established for the trial of crimes already committed, it is evident to all thinking individuals, that the main object of the Government is not justice, but revenge. The people are not slow in comprehending this ; and as they know that they are equally privileged as Kings to dispense with justice, they too establish such extraordinary tribunals as pro mise to succeed in the accomplishment of purposes not more atrocious in rea4ty than those meditated by their rulers. The French Papers, on the authority of advices from Leipsic, state that the accounts from Poland are afflicting. The political and religious inquisition. still goes on. Russia appears to be inclined to impose upon Poland the Greek ritual. Several persons who have returned to Poland in faith of the amnesty have been sent into Siberia, not only without the form of a trial, but even without the Government taking the trouble to give the slightest reason or pretence for their banishment. Notwithstanding the treaty of Vienna and the representations of the Emperor' of AUSTRIA, large bodies of Russian troops have been established in Poland, and even in the pro vinces 'adjoining Austria. The Emperor NICHO LAS, in his speech to the municipality of War saw, deceived himself when he declared that the Poles could not. rely upon the sympathy of the Ger mans. All Germany, were it only for its feeling for its own interests, must be indignant at the attitude which Russia assumes in Poland. The same senti ments prevail at Berlin and in all Prussia. The latest news from Madrid is to the 18th inst. The Government was proceeding slowly but effectually in the great work of National Reform. The accounts from the North were, on the whole, very favourable. The timely arrival of the British Legion to the assistance of the garrison of St. Sebastian, was expected to• have the effect of obliging the Carlists to raise the siege. The Court of Peers held a secret sitting on Satur day. Its object wag to decide upon the sentences to be passed on the convicted prisoners of the category of St. Etienne. As yet the decision of the Noble Judges remains a profound secret. On Friday, the Duke of ORLEA/9/ left Toulon for Paris, having performed quarantine! 'The Duke's r - turn to France was not altogether voluntary, as despatches had been received by General CLAUSEL, at Mascara, commanding the immediate recall of his Royal Highness. So great a quantity of snow fell last week in va- MAILS. Arrived. Du . Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 2 France.. ..... . . .. 0 1 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 1 Hamburg f) 0 Mexico I 0 Carthagena 0 I Holland 2 Dublin 0 0 Jamaica 2 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands I 2 Waterford.. ... 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning........!) minute:: atter g. f Evening 57 minutes after 9 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THE GREATEST COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. THIS EVENING will be performed the New Grand Opera of THE SIEGE OF ROCHELLE. Count de Rosemberg, Mr. Seguin; Marquis de Valmour, Mr. Templeton Monta:ban, Mr. Giubelei ; Michel, Mr. H. Phillips. Clara, Miss Shirreff; Marcella, Miss F. Healy. After which, the new Grand Operatic Drama entitled THE JEWESS. Cardinal de Brogny, Mr. Warde ; Prince Leopold, Mr Cooper; The Grand Provost of Constance, Mr. Giubelei; The Bishop of Constance, Mr. Seguin ; Eleazar, Mr. Vandenhoff. Rachel, Miss E. Tree ; the Princess Eudocia, Miss Forde. To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime called WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. r . Harlequin, Mr. Ellar ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. 5,4 Turnour ; Haramscarom, Mr. W. H. Payne. Columbine, Miss G. Reekie. • , ORDER OF THE SCENERY. Master Fitzwarren's Counting-hluse, and View of the Thames. London in the Olden Times—Tolcer, London Bridge, St. Nary Overy, Winchester Palace, Old Bow Church, St. Paul's and Cross, CharinL cross, Lambeth Chapel, Westminster Hall and Abbey. Magic Appearance of Busy Bee,4e Genius of Industry. Court and Palace of King LongOlbarobonyo. Hall in Fitzwarren's House. Victoria-rood, loading to Kensington. Mile-end Omnibus, a mile in length, Victoria Ground and Gardens, from which will start the Aerial Ship, called the Eagle, manned by a brave crew, thiough whose skill and enterprise is discovered— The Comet, with such a Tail. Ulswater Lake, in Cumberland—Farm-house and Corn-field 3. Street and Shops. Inside of Mademoiselle Corsette's Show-room. Old Norwood set to a New Tune. New Beulah Spa—Display of Archery and Prize Dahlia Show. The General Railroad Office to all Parts of the World. The Railroad to the Moon—The Interior ot the Noun. Outside of a City Tavern. Tie Great Boar. Inside of the Thames Tunnel (a much greater bore. The Temple of Industry, thi ough which is seen— . The Lord Mayor's Show and Pageant—The State Barge of XWhittington, Lord Mayor of London. The unequalled attraction of The Siege of Rochelle and The Jewess, fur 33 successive Nights, and the increased demand for Places, has di rected the attntion of the Manager to the possibility of their being per_ formed with the new Pantomime; and, therefore, notwithstanding the magnitude and complication of the splendid scenes in The Jewess, ar rangements have been made by which this junction can be effected And, in order that the Perrormances may terminate at the usual hour %luring the Holidays, the Curtain will rise at Half.past Six. Stags Manager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction cf Mr. Parsons, of whom Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, and Places may he obtained. Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.—Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, Js. ; Gallery, ; Second Price, 11.--Upper Gallery, Is. ; Second Price, lid. 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE dir THE FIRST NUMI3ER FOR THE NEW YEAR of this popular Literary Journal, will appear on the 31st instant, and those who may desire to avail themselve's of this favourable op portunity for commencing it, are requested to forward their orders immediately to their respective Booksellers or Newsvenders. In dependently of forming a complete Register for each Year of the progress of Literature, Science, Art, the Drama, &c., this Journal contains the most interesting and original papers in Prose and Verse, by the first Writers of the Day, among whom will be found— Thomas Campbell, Esq. Theodore Hook, Esq. .John Poole, Esq.' James Smith, Esq. Barry Cornwall, Esq. T. C. Grattan, Esq. Hon. Mrs. Norton. Henry Colburn, 13, G Mrs. S. C. Hall. N. P. Willis, Esq. Miss Landon. Laman Blanchard, Esq. T. H. Bayly, Esq. Leitch Ritchie, Esq. Author of Corn-Law Rhymes. !at Marlborough-street. HAMBURG, DECEMBER, 1835. THE TICKETS of the 67th GREAT LOT TERY of the STATE of HAMBURG, selling most rapidly, and being newly cleared off, HEINE BROTHERS, the CONTRACTORS, Beg to state that NO TIME IS TO BE LOST in ordering, if desired to b• obtained before a RISE IN PRICE. To those remitting a 10/. note without delay, they will, on execut ing the order, remit a surplus of 2/. by return of post. To those remitting 201., they will return 41. ; and to those remitting 301., they will return 61., provided they be in time for meeting atten tion. But to any person coming too late, or after a Rise in the Price of Si., they will return his remittance, leaving the order un executed. Drawing 13th of next month. In the last 66th Lottery they sold £7,200 to Liverpool, £3,600 to Edinburgh, and many other Capital Prizes to Dublin, Limerick, Liverpool Hull, and various places in England, cotland, and Ireland. Schemes gratis. HAMBURG, DEC. 18, 1835. ON approach of the 13TH of JANUARY, theay of Drawing of the 67th HAMBURG GREAT LOTTERY, HEINE BROTHERS, the CONTRACTORS, Beg to recapitulate the Capital Prizes above 500/. which they sold to England, Scotland, and Ireland, during the last Six Lotteries :- 61st Lottery. A Whole Ticket. Sold to Edinburgh, £3,000 do. do. do. London.... 1,000 62d do. do. do. Beverley.. 3,000 63d do. do. do. London ... 1,000 64th do. do. do. Aberdeen. 3,000 do. do. do. Liverpool. 1,200 63th do' do. do. Limerick.. 3,600 do. do. to a Hamburgh house f t 1,500 for account of a London house _ do. Liverpool. 750 do. Liverpool. 7,200 do. Edinburgh 3,600 66th do. do'." do . do. do. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this clay at 30 minntes past Three o' Clock. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1835. GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF MUNICIPAL REFORM ! The Municipal elections took place on Saturday, in no less than two hundred municipalities, and the results, so far as we yet know them from our corre- spondents and other sources, are decidedly fa vourable to Reform. Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Norwich, Boston, Leicester, Wigan, Portsmouth, Bath, Bristol, Hull, Carnarvon, Macclesfield, Nor wich; Coventry, , Lincoln, Plymouth, Maldon, Sud bury, and many others, where Tory domination prevailed, and which we have not time to enume rate ;—all these important places, especially Liver pool, which has returned forty-four Reformers, and only four Tories, have acted precisely .in the spirit till,mkde on them a few days since—not merely hopes of the Conservatives, but by tti he dust, t so that The snake is more scarce a spank of h *- he is " killed," or at any rate, her aa2r-t‘'d-vO:4 / ‘l 4l v '4,11p 4 4 1 - 1111. „ 1 / 4 . • Zbt .; THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1831 rious parts of France, that the roads have been rendered all but impassable. PARIS, DEC. 26.—We have a letter from Bayonne, which says :—" The fort of Guetaria remains exposed to the violent attacks of the Carlists, and we may receive every moment the melancholy news of its having surren dered or been taken by storm. Three cannon, (an 18, a 24, and a 26 pounder,) are before the gates ; 2 howitzers and 2 other cannon are going to be placed at Azerregui and Übiri, and there is scarcely a single house which is not more or less dangerous. Twice a day the Commandant sends to ask assistance from St. Sebastian, but hitherto he has obtained only 80 soldiers, 10 artillery-men, 1,200 cannon cartridges, and 30,000 musket-cartridges. This aid, if well employed, might yet save this important position. But the Governor was wounded yesterday. Heaven knows to whom the command of this little force will be given. It is astonishing however that neither the Government at Madrid nor Cordova think Guetaria of suf ficient importance to make some effort to save it, for it can not be dissembled that St. Sebastian will be in great danger as soon as the Carlists shall be masters of that fortress. You may be sure that the day after their entrance into Guetaria, the parallel will be opened before St. Sebastian, for the siege of the former has caused not a moment's in terruption of the covered ways carrying on before the second. It would be melancholy to see such a refutation of the pro mises that M. Mendizabal makes at Madrid. An article in the Memorial Bordelais fully confirms the statements of our correspondent. It is affirmed that General Evans, at the head of his legion, is gone to Salvatierra to fortify that place, which is the key of the Amescoas. The Minister of War was still at Vittoria on the 18th. The Phare of Bayonne says that the equipages of General Alava had arrived, and that lie was expected in two days. 'We have no news from Africa later than the account sent by Marshal Clausel fromplostangnanem.-114 - essager, Dec. 26. Extract of a private letter from Madrid, dated the 17th inst :—" The reports as to Ministerial changes continue, but do not assume an official character, consequently it would be useless to enter into any lengthened discussion on the re-mod delling, of the Cabinet. One thing only is certain, that M Mendizabal intends to delegate a portion of his multiplied labours to men of high feeling and talent, but his choice has. not yet been made public. .We must wait for this as well as for the measures to be presented by the Government to the consideration of the Chambers. This species of pause has produced a degree of langour at the Exchange. Some mo mentary fears have been felt at Madrid from the movements made in Castile by the Carlist chief El Serrador. The alarmists pretend that he has arrived under the walls of Gua dalaxara. The importance of maintaining the communica tions with Arragon and France, which will be interrupted if El Sarrador succeed in gaining a fast hold of Guadalaxara, has determined the military authorities to send a considerable force to this point: The Government is determined not to suffer any attempts of the rebels to go unpunished. The levy is going on in all parts of the kingdom with the utmost ac tivity. To-day the regiments of the Royal Guard, which still kept garrison at Madrid, have taken their departure for Na varre, with four pieces of artillery. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARTS, DECEMEIiti '2B. Five per Cents., 1030 :30c. SOc Ire. se. lutif. Four and a Half nor Cents. 10:2f. Four per Cents., COI. ;Mc. Thrar per Cents., 79f. Ede, 90c. 75c. 70c.. Bank Actions, 2,1152 f 5Cc. Iterate ee Naples, 97f. 4Cc. 45c. 50c. Roman Five per Cents., 1003(±`% s . Spanish Actives, 49 49 34 Spanish Differes, 18 1774 RN. Passives, 14h74 .5 1 lA, : Retire Per pet. Espagne, Five per Cents., 1634. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101 1 4 101. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents , 8134. Portuguese Three per Cents. 5434 51. 5153 Wm Loan, 40Uf. cot. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25c. 55c. ; money, 25'. 5`234c. Tkree months, paper, 250 40c. ; money, 251 3734 c BOURSE THREE O'CLOCR.—The market has been very brisk to-day ; much business has been done, but, however, with a small fluctuation. At one time the Three per Cents. reached 79f. 95c., after having opened at 79f. 80c. ; they however re turned to 79f. 75c. buyers, and 79f. 80c. sellers. The Spanish securities have improved, notwithstanding some rumours that the affairs of Don Carlos's army were improving, and that a northern Power has given some encouragement to one of his agents : this, however, merits confirmation. The report of the reduction of the Five per Cents, is again on the carpet, which has occasioned a fall of 40c. on that stock. QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 108 f. sc. ; Three per Cents., 79f. 75c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. :Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, 25i ; Gueb hards, —; Differes, 18; New Loan, —; Actives, 49k-; Passives, 14i; Ducats, 97 70; Romans, 1011; Pedros, —; Belgians, 101 ; Dutch, —c. ; Haytians, 410 f. ; Miguels, 21 ; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian 13ank, ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 25 ; Five per Cent. Pei pe tuelles, 36k. Advices from Lisbon to the 15th inst. have been received. They state that there was much danger of the Ministry being ousted by the Cortes in the ensuing Session ; and that, although pressingly entreated to have recourse to a dissolution, the QUEEN had ob stinately refused. The QUEEN was in good health, and not a little anxious on the subject of her approach ing nuptials with the. young Prince of SAXE COBURG. This event has restored tranquillity in the Royal Family of Lisbon. Her Imperial Majesty the EX-EMPRESS of the BRAZILS, and her Most Faith ful Majesty the QUEEN DONNA MARIA, are now on the best possible terms. But it is very doubtful how long this may last. The QUEEN is in the hands of certain ladies of her Court, who, by humouring all her caprices, make her do just as they please. It is, however, asserted that marriage will effect a great change in these matters. We have received German, Belgian, and Dutch Papers of the latest dates. In Austria regulations have been made for admitting French and English po litical journals, without previous censorship. The Dutch Chambers have agreed to the law for restrict ing the importation of corn. FRANCFORT, DSc. 23.—Exchange on London, 151 a; Two Months, 15(1—Fran/fort Paper, Dec. 24. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Dec. IS. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Bank Sharei —Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 23. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BausseLs, Dec. 26 Actual Debt, 256 per Cent , Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. lOO% Loan of City, 183 Four per Cent 99% Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent l4O Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 114% —Brussels Papers, Dec. 26. DUTCH FUNDS—AmsTeaDam, Dec. 23. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 254 per Cent. 54% 55 Loan (1830) 5 per cent. Amort Svndic, 4% per cent 943( 94% Ditto, ditto, 354 per cent 78% 79 k Commercial Company, 4!4 per cent 12354 124 Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 17% Two months —Dutch Papers, Dec. 26. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Dec. 22. FOREIGN FUNDS. Bills. Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cost. 98;4 98 Ditto ditto :3 per cent. Ditto Bank Shares 1366 1364 Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Anglo-Russian Loan lO5 104% Paper Inscription, 6 per cent ..... Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates 'Portuguese Regency Bonds. 5 per cent 8214 82 Ditto, 3 per cent 52% 52 Dutch 2% per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 735y 73% Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France • EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Hametato, Dec. 22.-13 10 ; two months, 13854. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 15.—Two months, 11 41. CHRISTIANIA, Doc. 12.—Three mon th s , 5 10. BERLIN, DEC. t9.—Three m ont h s, 6 . 28 '.• ST. PETEKSBURGU, DEC• 1 1.—Three months, 10 11-32.• BREMEN, DEC. 18 —Too Too month s, 6 12 13. ' —Hamburg Papers, D. e. 2-2. SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, DEC. 28.—Wind W. S. W.—DEC. 27.—Wind W.— Arrived and sailed, the Emerald Isle, Macule, for Cork; Vic toria, Hodge, for Waterford ; Teazer, Airth, for Lisbon ; Eli zabeth, Mowbray, for Llanelly ; Elbe packet, Croft, for Cork ; Liverpool, Johnson, for Liverpool. The Lotus, for Hobart Town, sailed this morning. The John, of Shoreham, from Newhaven to Newcastle, on the 23d inst., off Dungeness, carne in contact with the Matilda, of London. Both vessels sus tained considerable damage. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind S. S. W:—DEe. 27.—Wind ind S. S. E. to E. S.E.—The W.—Arrived the Nautilus, --, and General Evans, Dace, from Santander. Sailed, the Louisa, ——, for New York. Re P aL YM ßlO T O H ll%fi D eld " ,.fro 2 m 7.— SLhampton, towed in dismasted, bound ' to Terceira. Sailed his Majesty's ship Stirling for the Pacific. —Wind E. E to C. E 2 . 5 5. —. 0. 1 : 1 1 n A d r r N i ; ed E. to E. N. E.—DEC. 26. the Firefly steam packet from the Mediteranean ; left Malta the 9th inst. ; Gibraltar the 18th, and Cadiz the 19th ; his Majesty' s s hi p E spo i r , f rom Lisbon, sailed the 14th inst. ; Indem n i ty , W oo d , f rom Deme rara, with loss of rudder ; da, Ogl e , f rom P a l ermo. Off port, the Victoria, Yates, from Cephalonia. HULL, DEC. 26, TWO, P. b3.—The Harmo n y. Th om p son , h as arrived from Davis' Straits; she got clear of the ice the 28th ult., lat 6 4 . long. 60. ; on the 10th, saw the Lady Jane, Nor folk, and Grenville Bay, distance about 18 miles, bearing N. W. On the 19th, saw the Abram almiut 12 miles off. The Hat mony drifted down the Straits upwards of 400 miles. The Master thinks the above vessels would get clear, WHALE SHIPS. (From the Second Edition of the Hull Rockingham, Satur day, four o'clock.) " We are happy to state that the Harmony, from Davis' Straits, has arrived this morning. " Loss OF THE DORDON."-Henry Groat, first mate, and Robert Meggison, second mate, of the ship Dordon, who arrived here to-day in the Harmony, from Davis' Straits, depose that the ship Dordon was totally wrecked on the 20th of October, in about 67 N. I. and 44 miles from the West Land the crew saved and divided amongst the following ships : Captain Willis and half the crew, with half the provisions, were taken on board the Abram, which ship had then 94 men on board; the rest was divided, taking their proportion of provisions between the Gren ville Bay, Lady Jane, and Norfolk, except them selves, who came in the Harmony. The Harmony got clear of the ice on the 28th of Nov. in about 62 50 N. L., and about 60 W. L. ; had not seen any of the other ships since the 13th of Nov., on which day the Abram was in sight; at 12 miles N.W. of them the Grenville Bay, Nor olk, and Lady were in sight, on the 10th, lying close together, covered in with canvass, about 18 miles N. W. ; have no sub sequent knowledge of the ships. When they got clear them selves, believed they might be the last ship.—Hull Rockingham. COURT CIRCULAR. Lord Glenelg left town on Saturday morning for Brighton, to have an audience of the King. His Lord ship remained at Brighton both Saturday and yesterday. Baron Blome, the Danish Minister, transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign Office. Sir Frederick Lamb left town on Friday for the seat of Earl Cowper, at Panshpnger, BRIGHTON.-SUNDAY. This morning their Majesties and the Court attended Divine Service within the Palace. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. R. Wood, and the Dean of Hereford preached from the 25th chapter of St. Matthew, 19th verse. " After a long time the Lord of those servants cometh and reckon eth with them." The Palace Chapel was also opened for Divine Wor ship. The officiating ministers were the Rev. Dr. Everard and the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson. His Majesty, accompanied by Prince Ernest, took his favourite carriage drive this afternoon to Shoreha►n. The Queen has not left the Palace for several days ; her Ma jesty, although quite recovered from her recent indisposition, is fearful of a relapse if she should take out of door exer cise in the present state of the weather. The Ministerial papers speak of the kindness manifested by his Majesty towards his Ministers at a late dinner party at the Palace, which they considered a sufficient an swer to Tory misrepresentation. Now, my Lord Glenelg has been there two days, and he still remains without any invitation to dine at the Palace. The King, accompanied by Lady Falkland, drove to Shoreham yesterday afternoon. Lord Gienelg arrived at the York Hotel yesterday af ternoon, and shortly afterwards was honoured with an audience by the King. His Majesty also gave audience to Captain Duff, Sir Charles Rowley and Mr. Thomas Attree. The Royal dinner party,- by invitation to-morrow even ing, will be a military one, the following officers having received the Royal commands to dine at the Palace : Colonel Chatterton (the Commanding Officer of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards), Colonel Walton (Com manding officer of the Coldstream Guards), Lieutenant- General Sir T. Widdrington, Lieutenant-Colonel Shaw, Colonel Gooch, Hon. General Phipps, Colonel Adye, Colonel Grey, and Major-General Sir A. Clifton. DEATH EXTRAORDINARY. Saturday morning, at her residence in Castle-street, at a very advanced age, Dame Corporation Tory, the last surviving branch of an ancient and very, very re spectable family. This event had been long antici pated by every body who beheld the old lady gradu ally declining under the vast accumulation of disor ders by which she has been afflicted for so many years, but she herself never appeared, until the very last, to have any idea of her approaching end. It is melan- Choly to have to relate that she continued the irregu lar and vicious course of life for which she had al ways been so notorious, up to the very hour of her departure. In her days of health and strength her most intimate friends could never discover what reli gion she professed, but, it is supposed, from her wish ing, in her expiring moments, to assign over a large portion of her property to endow Churches and say masses for her soul, that she had a secret leaning to wards Popery. She has left behind her a large fa mily of illegitimate children—there are no less than thirty-seven little Tories thrown upon the world al together destitute and unprovided for, after being ac customed to every luxury and pampered upon every delicacy. As no will has yet been discovered, her great accumulation of property will go, of course, to the heir at law. It is, indeed, pretended that the two priests who visited her during her last illness, obtained from her an instrument making over to them fifty thousand pounds each ; but she had altogether lost the use of her faculties, and been non compos mentis since the stroke of paralysis which attacked her about four months since, the validity of the do cument, should it be found to exist, will be disputed, and no doubt it will be set aside. The Mayor, who was the favourite child of the old lady, is, we under stand, utterly inconsolable at the bereavement he has suffered, and the loss of the splendid establishment from which he is expelled.—Liverpool Chronicle. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.—His Majesty's stea;ner Firefly arrived from the Mediterranean—left Corfu on the 24th ult., —Patras on the 3d Dec.,—Malta on the 9th—Gibraltar on the 18th—with mails. The only account of interest she brings is from Greece, and that is of little import. Montreal Papers have bean received to the 25th November, and Quebec to the 19th Nov. The Montreal Papers state that there had been a continual fall of snow, and the roads .were sufficiently covered to allow the use of the winter ve hicles. All the shipping had left the port, except a few barges and some oyster schooners. The Montreal Papers of the 21st Nov. state that "the Earl of Gosford came down to the Council on Wednesday, and gave assent to the only two Bills which had passed the two Houses—the Defraying the Washerwomen's Bills of the Gentlemen of the Assembly, and for tKansporting of the con victs. The House passed a resolution for appointing Mr. Roebuck the agent, in consequence of the failure of the Bill of his salary, which is to be paid out of the contingent ex penses of the 22,0001., so cheerfully granted to the Assembly for this and other purposes." Our other arrivals this morning are two French, two Ostend, one Dutch, and the Malta mails ; with very few ship letters. THE FrNDS. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 91i 4 for the Ac count, opened at the same price this morning, with little doing. The speculators are anxiously waiting the arrival of the Pre sident's message. Exchequer Bills 12 14 ; India Bonds 214 ; Bank Stock 2114 212 ; India Stock 256 257. In the Foreign Market the prices are much the same as they left off on Saturday. Spanish Active 484 ; Portu guese 831; Three per Cents. 541 ; Colombian 321 i; Mexican 38}; Dutch Two and a Half per Cent. 554 ; Five per Cents. 1004 1014. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols have been during the morning at 914 for the Ac count, with little doing. Exchequer Bills, 14 16 ; India Bonds, 2 3 ; Bank Stock, 211 k 212; India Stock, 2664. In the Foreign Market, the chief operations have been in Spanish Active, which has fluctuated from 481 down to 481, at present 484 4. Portuguese rath er l ower , 82 85i. Colom bian, 324; Mexican, 384 ; Dutch 24 per ents., 55k 4 ; 5 per Cents., 100i,i- 1014. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, gl THE FUNDS.--C . BRITISI - Stock 2ll 3 per Cent. Red 9 0% 3 per Cent. Cons 3y, per Cent. 3y¢ per Cent. Red 99 New 3% per Cent 100 A 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire 1860 l6 ►,q Oct 1860 Jan.lB6o USING PRICES. FUNDS. Omniain 3% pm FOREI G Austrian, 5 per cent — Belgian, 5 per cent 1 0% Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cant — Chilian, 6 per cent 45 Colombian, 6 per cent. 27% Ditto, 1824 3 2 ,, Danish Bonds. Gree , /3,,tis, 145, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent, J 825 'ertnlatc, 18'25, 6 - per cent India Stock Ditto Bonds ..... ...... 3 pm. ..... ...... _ , South Sea Stock .......... Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities 1... x. Bills, 10:01.„, Ditto SOO/ iii pm . _ . Ditto _560/ l6 Pm Bank Stock for Opg. ladia Stock tor Act. Consols for Act. FUNDS. rartuguese Bonds, 5 per cent Bl% Ditto, New Ditto 8 42 Prussian. 5 per cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per cent. —103% Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, 1834 4B Feenc'h, 5 per cent Exchangu French, per cent Latch, 2- per cent. 5 5 ,.; 9itto, 5 per cent . 101% DEATH OF LADY H. WILLIAMS WYNN.— We regret to state that this estimable lady breathed her last on Tuesday, the 22d inst., at Wynnstay, the mansion of her husband, Sir Watkins Williams Wynn. Lady Hen rietta Antonia Williams Wynn was the eldest daughter of the Earl of Powis, sister to the Duchess of Northumber land and Viscount Clive. She was a most amiable, bene volent, good Christian, and her death will be deeply la mented by the needy, ". whom she clothed and fed," as well as by numerous families of the highest distinction, with whom she was connected. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. LEICESTER. The Tories have been signally defeated and utterly routed. The old corporators are all gone ! Forty-two Liberals " fresh men," are triumphantly returned members of the Lei cester Town Council. We are delivered from the smiting oppression of our municipal Philistines. The burgess-roll numbered about 1,750 municipal electors. The Liberals polled about 924, besides split votes between Liberals and To ries, amounting to about 100. Nearly 300 electors did not vote, the majority of whose hearts, of course, were with us, but whom fear of worldly injury deterred from the free exer cise of their franchise. The ballot would set free these " thumbed men !" The mass of the inhabitants are over whelmed with joy at their riddance. The Tories, by violent party appeals, and every species of personal abuse, tried their best, and have thus been signally defeated. The poll is as follows : Voters. Liberals. Tories. Divided. L St. Martin's 307 135* 117* -- 2. North Margaret 3. Middle Margaret l6B 89 31 10 4. East Margaret l9B 93* 88* -- 4. East Mary 6. West Mary 7. All Saints Total * Including divided votes. The names of the successful Candidates are as follow--all the Reformers' lists being carried entire. 1. St. Martin's Ward. John Bailey, hosier NOMINATED BY THE REFORMERS Samuel Waters, coal-merehant Isaac Hodson, banker W. E. Hutchinson, chemist John Bankart, hosier 5. East (or Upper)St.Mary's John Manning, grocer Ward. Wm. Stretton, currier REFORMERS. James Shardlow, brazier J. Oldacres, worsted spinner John Cooper, draper. James Sargeant, hosier 2. North St. Margaret's Thomas Stokes, hosier Ward. Richard Harris, hosier REFORMERS. Edward Weston, hosier Robt. Brewin, worsted-spinner James Page , hosier Rowland Austin, grocer 6. West(orlower)St.M ar y's Wm. Biggs, hosier Ward. Thos. Wheeler, grocer REFORMERS. J. Houlden, cabinet-maker J. W. Noble, physician Wm. Rowlett, hosier Wm. Drayton, hosier 3. Middle St. Margaret's Jos. Chamberlain, hosier Ward. Wm. Dalton, hosier REFORMERS. John Kirby, hosier Thos. Paget, banker John Baxter, baker John Coltman, hosier 7. All Saints' Ward (includ- John Biggs, hosier inq St. Nicholas and the Jos. Foulkes Winks, printer Friars.) John Nicholls, gentleman REFORMERS. Jas. Pickering, carrier James Hudson, hosier 4. East (or South) St. Mar- J. Whetstone, worsted-spinner garet's Ward. S. Smith Harris, surveyor REFORMERS. Joseph Fielding, hosier John Mellor, gentleman Joseph Moore, surgeon Henry Highton, gentleman Thomas Nunneley, grocer Thos. Burgess, woolstapler On the final state of the ward polls being known in the evening, the Liberal constituency was excited to the hi g hest degree of triumph in a borough overrun with municipal taxes. They could scarcely believe their complete deliverance; and all was congratulation and rejoicing. The Tories, stung to the quick by the taunts of the Liberals on their last act and dying confession of sinister interest in voting away the town funds in services of pl a t e an d annu i t i es to old hack officers, got the old " platers" and pensioners to re fuse the votes, by the following published resolutions of a " Common Hall," on Thursday ; but it was " too late," and the Burgesses knew that this " disinterestedneis" resulted from the belief that the fraudulent appropriation of the money would be rescinded by the cold arm of the law. " At a Common Hall held the 22d December, 1835 , Richard Rawson, Esq., Mayor ; it was (amongst o ther things) resolved unanimously, that a piece of plate, of the value of fifty guineas, be presented to Alderman Firmadge, for his attention to the interests of the Corporation for a -long series of years. " Resolved unanimously—That a piece of plate, of the value of 100 guineas, be presented to Aldernian James Rawson, for his services rendered to the Corporation, and particularly in the stewardship or management of all the accounts con nected with the market revenue, without salary or allowance, and that it be accompanied by the warmest thanks and ac knowledgments of this Corporation. " Resolved unanimously—That a piece of plate, of the value of 300 guineas, be presented to Mr. Thomas Bur bidge, the Town-clerk, for his able and zealous devotion to the interests of this Corporation for a period of more than 23 years. " Resolved unanimously—That the pipe of wine 'provided for the use of this Corporation, be presented to the Leicester infirmary. " Resolved unanimously--That the current year's s alary of the Mayor, and the officers and servants of the Corpora - , tion, commencing at Mich ae l mas l as t, b e pa id to them; and the Hall was then adjourned to Thursday evening at sil o'clock. " At the Adjourned 'Meeting of the Hall, on Thursday, the 24th day of December inst., the following pro seeding took place : " At this adjourned Common Hall, Mr. Alderman Fir madge expressed his gratitude to the Corporati on for the vote which they had come to at the last meeting, e: ;pressing their sense of his past services, by the vote of a piece of plate of the value of fifty guineas, but finding that his acct .ptance of that handsome acknowledgment of his services was made a handle for doing injury to the General Conservative cal tse, he b eg ged leave respectfully to decline the same. At this adjourned Hall, Mr. Alderman rames Rawson acknowledged the kindness of the Hall in yeti/rig to him a 1 - ,ece of plate of the value of 100 guineas, for his ;past services ; but, as the same abuse of the grant Las been mac le in the pub lic mind, to the prejudice of the Conservative muse, he begs leave respectfully to decline the same. " At this Hall the Town-clerk expressed sit ailar thanks to the Corporation for the vote which they came to with so much liberality, with respect to himself ; but from the same mo tives, which have influenced Mr. Alderman Firmadge ,and, Mr. Alderman Rawson, he begs respectfully te. decline the same. " At this Hall a letter was read from Mr. Wm. Parsons, the steward of the Corporation, in which he thanks the Cor poration for their kindness towards him ; but respectfully de clines to accept the annuity which the Corporation granted to him contingently at the last Hall. " At this Hall Richard Rawson, Esq., Mayor, desired the Town Clerk to read the vote of the last meeting, with respect to the current year's salaries ; and from the same motives which have influenced others to decline availing themselves of the liberality intended to be shown towards thorn, he respect fully declined accepting the year's salary voted to him. " Resolved unanimously—That the thanks of this Corpo ration be given to the several gentlemen who have made these sacrifices to public feeling, and who have thereby mani fested their devotion to the Conservative cause to be far above any personal or pecuniary considerations. ( Signed) " THOMAS BURBIDGE, " Town Clerk." This coup was universally derided by the electors, as also were published addresses by the " Conservative Committee" previous to the election, who disclaimed all participation in the foul act of the corporators. Thus is the pestilential camp of the Tory corporators of Leicester blown up and utterly destroyed. This " notorious" body of self-elect, influenced not only our borough elections, but were the standing staff in all our county elections and the worshippers of the " Rutland interest." We desire' but one other result, the resignation of Mr. J. Hildyard, the " warming pan" of Mr. Sergeant Goulburn. The Ser geant and Mr. Gladstone may take their leave of our re presentation, and be assured that they will never again be the mock representatives of Leicester. The last election was barely carried by bribery and corporate influence. The ex-corporators, not being. able to dip their hands into the town chest or mortgage any more property, will not pay for the honour of Tory Members of Parliament. Leices ter is delivered from the domination of the Tories, and we may expect the freemen gradually to leave off the corrupt habits in which the corporation brought them up into political exis tense. The great majority of the freemen even rejoice in our success. Old gowns aro to be bought cheap if any London clothesmen want a bargain ; the ex-Aldermen and Common Council having discontinued their use for sack-cloth and ashes. A good joke is in circulation, that Mr. Thomas Bur bidge, the present Town-clerk, wrote to the old corporation on the acceptance of the Bill by the Commons, that the Lords had drawn the sting. Certainly the virus remained behind. The Act has proved :a rattle-snake to our dying body. We shall report to you our choice of Mayor and Aldermen. The most competent and intelligent inhabitants will be pre sented to the Government for th office of justices. LIVERPOOL. This has been unquestionably the busiest day that ever oc curred in the annals of Liverpool. The town has been in a state of the most feverish excitement from morning until night. It is well-known that this day (the 26th of December) is the day named in the Municipal Reform Act for the elec tion of the new town-councillors. Ever since the division of the town into wards took place, agreeably to the instructions of the Act, the Reformers and Tories have been busy pre paring for the great struggle consequent upon the change of system. It is well-known that the corporate estate of Liverpool is one of the heaviest in the kingdom, and the amount of its patronage is correspondingly large. The old corporation of Liverpool during the pre sent generation, has been little else than a family conclave ; every member of it, with the exception of . some half-dozen individuals, being related directly or re motely to each other. In principle it was essentially Tory, and a political as well as religious feeling stained every act of its career. It consisted—we may now speak of it in the past tense—of High Church and King men, who naturally bestowed their patronage and favours upon persons entertaining the same bigoted prejudices as the majority of the members. Everything about its constitution was vicious, and smelled rankly of the by-gone days of corruption. The members amounted in number to forty-one, who elected themselves, and of course elected none but those who agreed with them in po litical and religious feeling. The intolerant character of the late Corporation cannot be more powerfully developed than by stating one fact—that . though Liverpool contains about fifty thousand Dissenters, and nearly that number of Roman , Ca tholics, many of whom are equal in point of property, and im measurably superior in point of talent, to any member of the defunct Corporation, not one Dissenter or Roman Catholic, odi dist duc dur spe trci Boy Toi ing Mr. _ Mr. Wards ~~ sin( pas part they secu test and anna feed Parl mea the pres M~- Mr. Mr. Jami Mr. Mr. Mr.' Mr. ` C. Li Cl ay Halton Bake, Bell