The Sun. — London, England, 1835-01-06 00:00:00

d to you , c City. Great sate ene 'Laugh' nds 218 been ef -10 doubt majority Lt I ever confer a jority of a retired pearing, Maryle l'e Hon• ilso your in repre istrict of rough of till eon- A cry of onet --• n refer dissent- Id enj°l I 0 1 open t° for the r hea . a trust° sumac o_l et ) rotio . t bad, 1" o allay ) thos e d nO' the ' lt ' he w ag c h the be hada , 1 time as Attorney-General, and he had performed his duty despotically.—( Cheers.) Ask the poor re who had been imprisoned, and were io waol for selling uro.c.filffa .publications, who 7:".is tileir prosecutor, nd they would answer Sir William ilorne.—( Groans.) He had insulted the feel ings of the electors by exhibiting placards inscribed with " Vote for the man who has struggled for your rights." He would ask them'when he had struggled for their rights, especially for the rights of the poor man. He had voted against the ballot, and he had pocketed their money. lie had not even attendei to his duty as the representative of the borough ; for at a meeting of electors, which took place to petition agalfAt Passing of the Sabbath Coercion Bill, et petition was en trusted to Sir W, Horne, and never presented.—( Groans and hisses.) Th e same P ir W. Horne had insulted them last Saturday at a meeting at Paddington, for in answer to a question by Mr. Paton, he replied*" If I had you in any other place but this, I would treat you as a football, and kick you out."—( Great uproar.) As he had talked of kicking out, e trusted the electors would kick him out. He tells us he did his duty. Was he not paid for it as Attorney-General ? He was i l l° Reformer, and he has n o t s t rugg l e d f or y o ur r i g ht s . H e ad become a Reformer in the same sense as Peel and Wellington had, he had voted for that cl ause of the Reform Bill by which three-fourths of the in habitants were deprived of the right of suffrago, While it was his especial duty to take charge of every clause as A ttorney -General. He might have a good private charac ter, - against that he would say nothing, but he conceived that they wanted a man able to beard the tyrant in Parliament, and be would ask the Irish if they had found such S than in him who voted for the passing of the Coercion bill.—( Hear. ) As he had proved him not to be a gentleman, he would now prove him t o b e no l aw y er , f or h e h a d d ec l are d to t h e crown t h at of the vestry was an illegal body, w hi c h was reverse d by th e C our t King's Bench. The electors were now determined to have two tried men, and they had looked abroad with Some solicitude for men fit to represent them in Parliament, and no man was objected to by the Committee who was a fair bbMr. You ng ' s p re t ens i ons were b roug h t b e f o re t h em, ut they had failed concerning . the elective franchise. The piledges r equ i re d o f the Candidates were these,—that they anould agree to the vote by b a ll o t, th a t th e y. s h ou ld f avour Sho rt Parliaments, a further extension of the elective franchise, and the reform of abuses both in Church and State. Mr. teung's address was rejected because it was unfavourable to the extension of the suffrage. He had more complqinq against Mr. Young than Sir W. Horne. The latter had been asked if he would vote for the ballot, to which he had returned a decided negative, as likewise to the repeal of the corn laws. who was his backer in all this ? Why Mr. Young, who was Chairman of his Committee. If Mr. Young be altefermer, Let him leave the field to Sir Samuel Whalley.—(Cheers.) a.here were no rotten boroughs for him to go to, it was true ; but still Mr. Young might go to some distant borough, and get into Parliament, and learn to become fit for the borough of Marylebone. He (Mr. M.) would tell him, that he knew nothing o f th e l aws o f hi s countr y, if he really thought that the vestries had nothing to do with the elections. He could if he had time give a list of the votes of Sir Wm. Horne against the people. What was the first act of the Tory Administration ?—Was it not blood ?—Look at Ratheormac. Was not that massacre perpetrated by the ad vice of the Tories.—( Immense uproar.) ( A voice from the erowd—" Will your friends support the interests of the work ing classes, and give every one a fair remuneration for hit labour?") Ask the candidates themselves. They had the cri o untry now looking at the m , an d if th e y did no t return two tried men to Parliament, they would be much to blame. Upon the show of hands taking place, there appeared For Sir S. Whalley For Mr. Bulwer All For Sir W. Horne For Mr. Young The show of hands being declared in favour of Sir Samuel Whalley and Mr. Bulwer, a poll was demanded on behalf of the other candidates. The poll commene'es to-morrow at nine o'clock. GREENWICH. This Borough has entered into the election contest with great spirit. The nomination was fixed for 10 o'clock, and as early as 8 the people were all alive, and busking themselves in the colours of their favourites. The candidates are Mr. Barnard (the late member, and Mr. Angerstei n , in the reform interest. Mr. WolverleyAtt woo 4, s on of Mr. M. Attwood, late Member for Whitehaven, stands epon the Tory side. Mr. Barnard's colours are, as before, a dark orang e ; those of Mr. Angerstcin are light blue ; while those of the tory are a blood-red, or crimson. From 9 o'clock this morning the town was crowded by parties of all colours • the blue s , h owever , ev id ent l y pre d om i nate d , w hi le the buffs' Came next; none with the crimson appeared without a shout of derision. About 10 o'clock Mr. Barnard and his friends proceeded to the hustings in front of the church in a num b er of car r i ages, an d was louly cheered as he went along ; he was "followed by a long procession of his friends carrying a profu sion of flags with various devices, such as " Barnard and inde pendence," " Britons, strike home," &c. They took up their position in front of the hustings. Next followed Mr. Mt mood and the Tory Committee in the same manner also with a profusion of flags. Their devices were " Attwoo,l and Reform in corporation abuses," and others equally dez,elving. In about half an hour they were followed by nr. Angerstein, who walked to the hustings with a proce:dsion at his back of nearly half a mile in length, all of thq persons in which wore his co lours. If all were electors and gave him their vote we should think he was quite safe. He was received with the most deafening cheers —he is decidedly the favourite. Before he arrived there were several fights between the buff and crimson P ar ties, in Which the latter got much the worst—several of their largest and most lying flags were torn t o pi eces , a f ate Well deserved, for as far as we could see they were the ag gressors. The candidates having all taken their places on the natings, the business was proceeded with. The precept and writ, together with the Act against bribery and corruption, having been read, and the oath administered to Mr. Fisher, the returning officer, that Gentleman came for ward, and requested the electors to give every Gentleman a Patient and attentive hearing, and not to disgrace themselves as they did at the last election.--( Cheers.) Mr. ALEXANDER then came forward to propose E. G. Bar 'lard, Esq. That Gentleman had come forward to request the 'ler-port of the electors of Greenwich, and, as an earnest for receiving that support, he r e f erre d b ac k to hi s con d uct i n :Parliament since he had been returned there. He (Mr. A.) aPpealed to the electors of Greenwich, whether Mr. Barnard had not, during the two sessions he had been in Parliament, acted less to the principles he professed at the last election; supporting every thing that was calculated for the people's gnod, and furthered the great "cause of Reform.—( Cheers.) tie had supported Mr. Ilarnard at the last election, and as a Constituent elector, I .le - felt himself bound to support him on the Present occasion, He had faithfully supported the borough, and the people, and he hoped they would never desert him. A cry had been raised of had the Whigs done ?He thought that question was fully answered by the great assem blage that was congregated that day. Had it not been for them thr_ borough of Greenwich would never have been in a condit 4 . oll to send Members to Parliament. He trusted that the electors would do honour to themselves and their coun tq, by returning Mr. Barnard to Parliament..—( Cheers. ) Mr. MOLINE seconded the nomination of Mr. Barnard. It 'was necessary for him to say but little, but what he did say, be could assure the electors, came from his heart. What was the conduct of the present Government? Why, they had pro mised everything, but as yet done nothing but dissolved the late Parliament.—( Hisses.) The country was in tint unsound State, that the G rea t D u k e o f W e lli ngton —( L aug h ter)— h a d en obli ge d to come f orwar d an d f i ll God knew how many P` a ces.—( Laughter.) Now, this shelved him there was no necessity for all these places, to pay the occupiers of which e Working Bee was obliged to labour.—(Great cheering.) The persons holding those places bad handles to their names ---,they were styled " whator Duke,"—" Right allHonour al)les," and God knows —( Laughter. ) Notwithstanding this, he thought no more of them than he should of taking :,..Pinch of snuff.—( Great laughter.) They filled no g rea t er 'ace than himself, and had no better name.—( Laughter.) 14 : 1 1 was the situation in which the country was placed, that were obliged, to send all the way to Rome for a gentle ato supp or t the Duke of Wellington.—( Laughter.) The resent Government had promised to do a great deal, but they be done nothing.—( Hisses.) And for his own part, when n changed their principles as they did their clothes, he c o uld have n o confid ence i n th em . —(G rea t c h eer i ng .) "'eat bad the present Ministry told the people ? why, when ? at of office, that no Reform was required, but when " a, that som e little was necessary—( Hisses.) He trusted the People would not believe them, for he could assure them the j at h Was not in them---( Cheers.) The people had nothing () „ i de but to split all minor differences, and they would h ave all they wanted--( Cheers.) It was a pride and pleasure to 'lra to second Mr. Barnard—( Cheers. ) then forward, and congratulated the l e M H A MMOND came tet eters upon having then the greatest boon of congratulated se nd a Member to Parliament. He had the honour to be tit forward to propose to them a man whom in his conscience e would say was the most fit to represent that borough in ar liament.( Cheers.) He had no doubt he would be there • ) and if so, it would be to protect the interests of the Working classes—(Cheers)—whose interests had been so A egle cted in the late Parliament. He referred them to Mr. 4egerstein's Address, in which he said he would do all in his krer to do away with all nomination boroughs.—( Cheers.) r e as Greenwich to be insulted by having a nominee sent into d P re sent them ?—( No, no.) He hoped not, indeed he had no doubt of it. Had he (Mr. H.) had his will, there would have 4 1 7 nno electors in Greenwich.--(Cheers and hisses.) He was also a determined foe to all sinecures which were paid with ( a l eY taken f rom t h e poc k ets o f t h e wor ki ng c l asses.— w ar l e ra.) He had no o bj ec ti o n t o goo d men b e i ng re 'Led, but he could never see any reason why my Lady A, ?r her Grace of B, or Miss Coo should be supported from the ~i'ard-earned workings of the pr.—( Great cheering.) Then `,a,tee the determination to be an enemy to all unjust taxation— Z e z a e t s he would ask was that? was it not just the fixing of .tic upon th e wor ki ng classes which the rich ought in jus nf e t o I,- r (Cheers.) Th en h e wou ld as k hi m w hy it was oaEt England, either he or th em happened to dissent from the Church i ., gland, th ey we're to be deprived of the privilege of bring. Sur up their sons to any profession 'hey pleased ?—( Cheers.) y the ttme had come when every one might think its he hi l t s ed, without having to pay a penalty for that.—.( Cheers and s es. ) The next question was that of the Tithes, which pressed so fa e heavily the farmer ; and aga i n f rom hi m it d escen d e d els poor workman to whom, after paying the tithes, the the. was was unable to proper wages, and was driven to bu t ° " b ' "se•—(Uprear.) They had been ca ll e d di s l o y a l, ,_ he would ask what Would make Mr. Angerstein disloyal? tte was a man of large property, and, therefore, he would not ue a destructive, or a disloyal man—he knew that his property VIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUART 6, 1835. would only be safe whileleace and tianqniiliv reigned in the conntiti . r tliefiforel was hiyal man. The neh cry was • ha Church in danger." He thought he need 'say no more on that subject, than that the Church was in no danger; but he would say the pockets of the parsons were in some danger.--( Cheers.) Such men as his friend Mr. A. were the men to send to Parliament ; if he was sent to Parliament the interests of the working classes would be his peculiar care.—(Cheers.) He would tell the minister that no mow should he taken out of the pockets of the work ltig Elii§§ei tilt the rich had paid their share.—( Great cheering.) He was addressing the most loyal people in the country—(Laughter)—and they would prove it so by sending the proper men to represent them. Mr. Angerstein said he would support the shipping interests ; he was a shipowner, and he trusted when Mr. A. went Into Parliament he would give him a lift.—( Laughter.) He would ask the watermen of Greenwich, the worst used body of men in the borough, who had they to get up and take care of their interests when a Rail way Bill or a Steam-boat Bill was passing ?—let them return Mr. A., and then they, at least, would have one. They wanted a man who would work out the Reform Bill, not one who would put it on the shelf. It had been said that Mr. Bar. nard had done his duty in Parliament, and he (Mr. H) must say that he ean§Cientiiiiisly thought he had—(immense cheering) —and he would not be honest if he did not say so. Mr. Angerstein was a man of independent principles, and would not coalesce with any one ; he thought he was the most proper man for them, and therefore he had great pleasure in pro posing JohnAngersteln, Esq., as a fit and proper person to re present them in Parliament. Mr. SIIERWIN said, Mr. Hammond had so exhausted every subject, that he had nothing further to do than to second the nomination, which he did most willingly, and with great plea sure. Mr. PERKYNS came forward to propose Mr. M. W. Attwood, and was received with loud hissing and noise. -He merely proposed Mr. Attwood as n pioper person to represent the betettgh of tlreenwich in Parliament. Mr. Youiso seconded the nomination, and congratulated the electors that they had such a choice before them. He was a man who would take care of those great and glorious parts of our constitution, which were yet left.—(Hissing.) Mr. Attwood was a man who was perfectly capable to take care of their interests, and could take a general view of the great in terests of the natien, tii Willeb he would bring capacity an I talent. tie was an honest man, and was willing calmly an I temperately to consider any abuses which might have grow.) up through time.—( Hisses.) He would not propose or second the nomination of a man who would remove the landmarks of our glotlrAlg dotlStitutioti—( Hisses)—which had been the glofy of our country, and fixed deep by the wisdom of our ancestors. With regard to the venerable fabric of the Established Church, he would never be the man who would come forward to dese crate that venerable fahrie.( Hisses,) He world not come forward to propose as a candidate a man that would not advo cate the claims of the Dissenters.—( Cheers.) Mr. Attwood was the friend of the Dissenters.—( Great confusion, and cries of, " No, he is not.") It was a foul calumny to say that he was not—( Misses)--anti those who had pill forward that calumny were obliged to seek darkness for their purpose.— ( Groans and hisses.) He did not secol-d the nomination of a man unconnected with the bOrough. Mt. Attwood was the Chairman of the General Steam Navigation Company.— (Much confusion.) The titbd was rag - arriving when the eon dititln the productive classes must be taken into considera tion, and if he thought that Mr. Attwood would not advocate their interests with the utmost ability, he would be the last man in the world to stand upon those hustings to second his . nomination. Why did he say this ? Because he considered the productive classes were the elements of the commercial prosperity of the country—( Cheers)—of its national strength --(Cheers)—and he longed for the time-when they would be placed in that state of comfort which their patience and industry so justly entitled thesti to fill—( Cheer§ and confusion.) He was Satisfied that the sound principles of his friend Mr. Attwood, would be approved by the majority of the electors of Greenwich—( Cries of " We don't think so, if you do.") Firmly believing that the sentiments he had stated were those of Mr. Attwood, he boldly came forward to second his nomi nation, as one of the Representatives of the Borough of Greenwich, in the ensuing Parliament. He doubted not that a prosperous gale would send his vessel into port, and that it would discharge a productive cargo—(Great cheering, anal c onfusion:) Mr. Bimten-then came forward to address the elector amidst immense cheering. He thanked them for their well come ; he accepted it as an earnest of his Suceess 3 as a re ward for his past labours I and an 1 - 2iinaregenient for his r t e- ture exertins.—( Great cheering.) He stood before the electors of Greenwich for the second time, after two years spent in their service, a candidate for the high honour of re presenting them in Parliament. He came there, not with professions to catch their good opinions, but to hold up to them his Parliamentary conduct, as the test of his watchfulness over their interests in the Commons House of Parliament. He trusted that if the electors of Greenwich arproved his conduct, they would support him. There had been several meetings held in the borough, at all of which his conduct had been approved.—( Great cheering.) Such being the case, he felt no doubt that the electors would support him —( Cheer ing, and cries of " We will.") It had been said that he was a Destructive.—( Cries of " No, no.") He was no such thing. Providence had showered down on him its blessings. He bad some property—he had children to whom he wished to see that property descend untouched ; that would never take place if he was a leveller.—(Loud cheering.) He was a Reformer in every sense of the word. He wished to see the working classes happy; he wished to give to the poor man such a share of the comforts of this life, as would make him unvevious of the comforts of the rich.—( Enthu siastic applause.) He had been sent to request the suffrages of the electors, before his work was half done ; and long ere the seven years of his apprenticeship had expired. If the electors again sent him to Parliament, he would, as he had always done, stand forward as their friend and servant. He would do all in his power to perfect the Reform Bill; the shortening of Parliaments, and the vote by ballot, and the introduction of measures calculated to protect the interests of the,poor man. If the electors sent him again to Parliament, he would support re form of the church, and of every abuse that existed._ (Cheers.) His cry was " measures, not men I" But honest men—men politically honest—(Applause)—he had supported the late Government, and why ? Because he believed them honest. That they had done all in their power for the wel fare of the people, and were trying to do more, when they wera removed from that eminence which enabled them to consider and act for the people's good.—( Cheers.) Little did the electors know the obstacles that had been thrown in their path.--( Cheersland cries of " We do.") Should it ever be said that the supporters and framers of reform were tiot the best men to protect it, and to bring forth those fruits which the people were so anxiously looking for. (Great cheering.) Would the electors of Greenwich— would the people at large entrust it to the hands of men who were against the very principles of reformation.—( Cheers and cries of " No, no,") On the one hand the people had the spirit of reform, on the other nothing but the letter.— (Great cheering.) Great Britain had long been in the en joyment of peace ; but what, he would ask, had been the state of the working classes in that land possessed of every blessing ? Why, the labouring man, both in the agricultural and manufacturing districts, could hardly keep themselves from starving.—( Cheers and hisses.) If Reform was allowed to proceed, much good wouldrbe done, but if if was stopped at the commencement, the hopes of the country would be blighted for ever. If the electors trusted him again, he would do all he could to perfect so great a work—( Loud applause.) He had a claim as a tried reformer and their re presentative, over the other two candidates. The electors had approved his conduct, he had voted according to the pledges he had put forth; and that approval was a stimulus to him to use further exertions. He was sure the electors would not abandon him.—( Cries of " No, no, never.") It never could be said that Greenwich, which drew its first breath from the Reform bill, had abandoned its first reform representative.— ( Cheers.) He never could believe it, till he saw the brand of infamy stamped on their character, as %plainly as he saw the fatal record of their sworn foes.—( Enthusiastic applause.) Mr. ANGERSTEIN then came forward and was loudly cheered. He stood before the electors as a candidate for their suffrages, not on any local interest, but from the solici tations he had received from every side. He presented him self perfectly unconnected with Government, or either of the other candidates. If the electors accepted him as their Re presentative, he pledged himself to perform to the best of his ability the different duties he had professed. He stood before them a Constitutional Reformer; King, Lords, and Commons independent.—( Applause.) Such were his sentiments ; the reforms he had proposed in his ad dress to the electors he still continued to approve. But his views of reform were not confined to those alone. He was a Radical to a certain extent. He was a Radical, not in the ge neral interpretation, because he was no Destructive. He would expound the sentiments he professed. First,with respect to no mination boroughs. It was once his lot to represent a nomina tion borough, for which the full equivalent had been paid. Dui ing the time he did so, lie felt great. pain ; and since that period, he had objected to such a system of representation. Then with respect to sinecures. He objected to them from beginning to end. His opinion was that no individual should have a sinecure, unless he had performed an equivalent duty. With respect to unmerited pensions, it was unnecessary to say a word, as that subject was included in sinecures. Then with respect to unjust taxation. He thought every individual would admit that it was his interest, as well as theirs, to oppose such taxation. He would be the last man to assist in imposing taxes that would be injurious to the people.—(Great cheer ing.) That taxes of some nature must exist, no man could doubt. The nation had incurred a debt, and that debt must be paid. Then, with regard to the Dissenters—there was one point on which they ought to be relieved. They ought to be admitted to the Universities, because in not being so, they la boured under positive disadvantages. Their claim, however, to be excluded from church rates and taxes, he could not con sent to, because he considered them so closely connected with tithes, that they could make no difference between them. With regard to the church, it had not a more sincere friend than himself, and in the reforms he should propose it would be his study to secure its best interests.--( Cheers.) He thought however it was an injury to the Church that one individual should possess two cures--eyery income ought to be sufficient to support a gentleman—( Cheers.) With regard to the shipping and commercial interests he should be a very bad re presentative indeed, if he did not do everything in his power to promote its interest--( Hear, hear, and cheers.) At the last election for the Borough, he was in bad company—( Loud laughter).—but his opinion then was the same as now, and as he trusted it ever would continue. There was a coali tion on the last occasion, by which, he believed, he was scot to the wall.—(Cheers.) He presented himself on the present occasion perfectly independent.—( Great cheering.) He pre sented himself there at the solicitation of the wealthy classes tf the borough. Pledges he had never made, and nevi *child a fang as lie estistede—e(lleer.) He had not solicited one vote.—(Loud cheers.) He had net even made a single visit to an elector in the place, and if he had the good fortune to be returned as their representative, he would say, with pride, that there would not be a more independent Member than himself in the House of Commons.—( Great cheering.) If the electors took him now, they should never have him again unless he went to the House of Commons unshackled and en joying their full confidence.—( Great cheers.) Mr. Aetwoon then came forward to address the electors, amid cheers and much confusion. It was with feelings of mingled diffidence and pride that he presented himself to the electors on the present occasion. That diffidence which every man must feel when he considered the very high nature of the honour he was about soliciting at the hands of the electors of Greenwich. He felt the proud satis faction too which every man must invariably feel who had received from to large a proportion of the electors of the borough, those marks of approbation which it had been his fortune to enjoy since he had presented himself to their notice as a candidate for one of their representatives in Parliament. —( Cheers.) It had been well observed by the proposer of one of the candidates, his rival, that electors were assembled there that day to exercise a most important and constitutional privilege-4 Cheers.) They had met there for the purpose of selecting, from those who had presented themselves to the notice of the electors, candidates whom they should deem the most fit to represent the interests of the important borough of Greenwich in Parliament, and also those of the country at large.—( Cries of You wont, you wont, and laughter.) Those persons who had done him the honour to assume his colours on the present occasion, had abstained from interrupting the other candidates when they addressed the electors, and he trusted that lie should be received with the same liberality by their supporters.—( Cheers and cries of "You shall, you shall.") Under any circumstances and at any time in the most prosperous and happy state of the country, the duty of a Re presentative was one of deep and grave importance ; but how much more arduous was that duty at the present moment, when the :condition of the country was far from happy, and when the circumstances of the people were very far from being prospei Chce ing.) The discontents which he regretted were continually taking place, in mar y districts too strongly proved the bad condition of the people,—( Cheers.) In Ireland scenes were daily occurring which proved the necessity of the strong interference of the legislature.—( Cheers and hisses.) At the present time, above all others, it was most essential that men should be elected who were deemed the most competent and the most determined to discharge their duties.—( Great cheering.) The electors would see from the observations he had made, that he was most sensible of the nature of the arduous duties that attached to the high office he had solicited at their hands,:and they would also see that he was highly, sen tib:e of its responsibility. He was sensible, too, of the labours that he undertook, and being so, if they should honour him by electing him one of their representatives, they might depond upon his performing its duties with a reference to their good and that of the public in general.--( Cheers.) The principles upon which lie presented himself to the electors were those of independence and honesty.--(Loud cheers, and cries of "It won't do 1") He gave full faith to the statements of the other candidates who opposed him. He attributed full credence to the statements of their friends, and he claimed for himself an equal belief in the sincerity of his statements, and in his determination to carry them into effect.—( Great cheering.) If ever there was a Candidate who presented himself to a body of electors free from bias or party prejudice, he was that inan.—( Cheers. ) If ever a candidate presented himself to a constituency—de termined to obtain for the people the advantages which they had a right to obtain—he stood on equal ground—( Great hissing)—if ever there was a man who could claim the title of " a friend of the people," he claimed it.—( Cries of "you may, but yOu Wont get it," laughter.) If one consideration was better than another by which his Parliamentary conduct could be tried (if returned) it would be trying most manfully to obtain for the middle and working classes every possible advantage they could claim.—( Great uproar.) These were his send- Merits, and those on which he stood, and nothing—there was no coneectioti or leterest of his which could ever entice him for a moment to swerve from the advocacy of their cause.— (Laughter.) Statements had been made—representations had been put forth to the effect, that he was a friend to all abuses and corruption.—( Great uproar.) Those who knew him— those of the electors who had given him their confidence and friendship could toll them how false the charge was.—( Some cheers and great hissing.) His determination was, if re turned, td do all in his power for the removal of all abuses and every corrupt part. Hie iideavours would be to place all the institutions of the country on the most per fect system of purity, which could by possibility be introduced.—(Cries of "Mention abuses you will o pose.") He was indeed obliered to the gentie2 an wh ..° had that question, because it gave him an opportunity, of he would avail himself, to declare to the electors what his sentiments were. The principles which he held were these— that all pensions and sinecures ought to be based upon—the reward of merit—(applause)—of merit they were the proper reward. Literature and science had been of incalculable ad vantage to society and the country generally, and, many of those engaged in such important services often made nothing for themselves. For such services he thought—to those who had rendered such services to their country without benefit to them selves—pensions ought properly and exclusively to be applied. That principle was laid down in the last Session of Parliament by Lord Althorp in a resolution which was carried—in the principle of that resolution he entirely concurred.—( Cheers.) Having stated so much, he would ask them whether he ap peared before them as the friend of pensions, sinecures, and abuses. With respect to the general question of Reform .—to the introduction of improvements into the Administration of the country and its institutions, he thought there was o reason why the affairs of the country should not be conducted with the same prudence—the same economy, as • the electors themselves —as every honest and sensible man would conduct his private business.— ( Cheers.) He did not see why corruption should be a neces sary part of our constitution.—( Much uproar which lasted for some minutes.) He knew the reason of those people crying out so ; they were the friends of those who had misrepresented him, and were ',merely anxious that he should not be allowed to state his sentiments, for for they knew that by so doing, he would give the lie to all that had been said against him.—(Much hissing.) He had told them the principles on which he was prepared to act, in the reform of the institutions of the country. They had been told—and that with truth—that he was a sincere friend to every thing that was good in the Constitu tion.—( Great uproar, which lasted till M essrs . A ngerste i n and Barnard, entreated a hearing, for the satisfaction of fair play- ) Mr. ATTWOOD then proceeded. It was because he was friendly to every thing that was good in the institu tions of his country, that he was fully determined to de the best that was in his power and ability to reform everything that was bad. If there was any institu tion in the country into which it was more neces sary to carry reform that one was the religious establishment of the c eintry.—( Great cheering.) No true friend of religion or of that establishment would like to perpe tuate the abuses—the acknowledged abuses—which had crept into that Establishment through time—( Great applause, and cries of all " flummery.") With respect to the Diss senters from the form of the Establishment, his most ardent desire and disposition was every way friendly and favourable to them, and it would be his endeavour. if returned, to remove those civil disabilities under which they at present unfairly laboured. Upon those two great questions he had stated to them fairly, and at the same time most expli citly. the principles he entertained, and by which his conduct would be guided, if elected—( Cheers, much hissing, and cries when will that be.) The friends of the other candidates had stated that they' supported them because they were the friends and active supporters of the interests with which that borough was so intimately connected. Fcr those interests it would be found that he was a most determined stickler. He would give his best energies and abilities to them, not only for their sakes, but for his own, for he was most largely connected with those interests him self. He did not put that forward as the sole ground of his hopes, but as one upon which he had a fair claim to consideration at their hands. [The speaker was here interrupted by much laughter, occasioned by the • en trance of a sweep at one end of the Meeting, and a miller at the other.] Mr. Attwood resumed. This was the most important constituency in the kingdom, and with it was connected that branch of the national force upon which the national welfare de pended.—(Continued cheers.) Within the limits of the borough—within the sight of the electors—there stood one of the noblest of institutions, which was the pride of the country— he meant Greenwich Hospital. That hospital was the true model of a pension list—(Laughter.) He persevered in what he stated. It was the only model that he could allow to be a good one.—(Great uproar, chiefly from those who wore the crimson colours.) Ho perceived, from the disposition of the meeting, and from the inter ruptions he now met with, that he was tiring them, therefore he would not detain them longer than merely by stating that it was his intention to have by his explanations re lieved himself and his friends from the odium which had been cast on them by misrepresentation.—( Uproar.) He entreated them not to take his character from those who misre-. presented it, but to hear his principle from himself, and then jute. Should they elect him as their representative his best energies and all the abilities he possessed would be devoted to their service. A show of hands was then taken by the High Constable, when there appeared : For Mr. Barnard About half. Angerstein All. Attwood Nearly a third. The Returning Officer then declared that the Election had fallen upon Mr. Angerstein and Barnard. A poll was then demanded on the part of Mr. Attwood, and also for the other parties. The HIGH CONSTABLE then stated that the poll would com mence on Thursday at nine o'clock, and finally close on Friday at four. Mr. HA 111110 ND then moved a vote of thanks to the High Constable for his impartial conduct on that occasion, which was seconded, and carried unanimously. The conduct of the. High Constable reflects great credit on him for his politeness, while that of those under him deserved as much censure. It is asserted in certain circles that the Duke of Richmond will shortly receive a lucrative appointment abroad, by the especial desire of his Majesty. His Grace's recent visit to Brighton Pavilion, known to be by command of the King, appears to countenance the rumour. His Grace has a family, we believe, of 10 children. WESTIVIINSTER. This nay being appointed for the nomination of the candi dates for the representation of Westminster, at half-past one &clod Colonel Evans, accompanied by Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, and the gentlemen of his committee ; Sir Francis Burdett, and his friends; and Sir Thomas Cochrane and his supporters, attended the hustings, preceded by the High Bailiff Mr. Morris. At twelve o'clock the whole space in front of the hustings was densely crowded but, with very few exceptions, the conduct of the multitude was very orderly, till the appearance of the candidates. Colonel Evans first appeared, and was received with loud cheers, which lasted for some minutes. Sir Francis I3urdett and Sir Thomas Cochrane followed. The moment Sir Francis ascended the hustings, the crowd, as if simultaneously, uncovered, and the cheering was deafening. Sir Thomas Cochrane met with a very different reception. As soon as he came forward, hissing, hooting, yelling, groaning, and all s or t s o f no i ses , commence d, and continued during the whole time the High Bailiff was engaged in reading the writ, the Bribery Act, and the request for a patient hearing of the several candidntes. We are obliged to state, that the arrangement on the hus tings was very ill managed, particularly as regarded the re porters for the public press, who were huddled promiscuously with the crowd ; and consequently it was impossible for them to do justice to the several gentlemen who addressed the electors. Mr. DE YEAR came forward to nominate a fit and proper re presentative for the city of Westminster.—(Cheers.) He had always come forward as the champion of the people, and at times, too, when others were afraid to express even their political opinions.—( Cheers.) He had sacrificed his domes tic comforts, he had sacrificed his fortune, and he had sacrificed all that was dear to him for the benefit of the people.— ( Cheers.) To Sir Francis Burdett they were in a great measure indebted for the Reform Bill, for if he had not boldly stepped forward in time of peril, had he not honestly advocated the cause of the people, they never would have got the Reform Bill at all.— ( Cheers.) He had no doubt they would be told, and, indeed, Sir Thomas Cochrane had declared at a certain meeting, that the Reform Bill was a very good Bill, if it was entrusted to proper hands.—( Great hissing.) He should like to know who were the most proper per sons to carry out the provisions of that Bill, those who had all along given their opposition to it, or those who had always supported it ? Every one would say, those men who had been the advocates of Reform.—(Loud cheers.) He should therefore conclude by recommending the electors of Westminster to set an example to the constituents of the uhitel Kingdom, by returning to the House of Commons two reform members.—(Loud cheering.) He therefore pro p-Asd to the electors of Westminster Sir Francis Burdett, as a fit and pi-oper person to represent them in Parliament.— (Cheers.) • Mr. LYNDON felt very great pleasure in seconding the no mination of Sir Francis Burdett. That Hon. Baronet had never sought place, or pension, or honours of any descrip tion, not even to he Governor of Newfoundland.—( Cheers; and " That is a slap at you, Cochrane.") He would not de tain them longer, knowing that they would be impatient to hear the Hon. Baronet himself; and he should therefore con clude by seconding the nomination of Sir Francis Burdett. Dr. BAINBRIDGE came forward to propose the nomination of a gentleman, who, upon the first occasion when he had the honour of proposing him as a candidate, was, as far as re garded Westminster, comparatively an untried man, and who, when he had again the pleasure of soliciting their suffrages for the same Gentleman, came before them under different circumstances, having been tried and approved of —they would anticipate him in saying Colonel De Lacy Evans.--( Tremendous cheering.) He (Dr. B.) did not ask their suffrages merely upon pledges that his future conduct in Parliament would be such as they would approve of, but he could confidently appeal to the past, to the high talent which he had invariably displayed, to his undeviating zeal, and to his unceasing exertions in promoting the interests of the electors of Westminster, as well as of the British people at large throughout the two last Sessions of Parliament.--(Cheers,) He wonld ask them, whether in any one instance Colonel Evans had betrayed the confidence which they had reposed in him at the last election.—( Cries of " No, no r) He thought he could state, under any circumstances he had not disappointed the hopes or expectations that the elec tors had formed regarding him.—( Cries of " No, no.") It would be unnecessary for him (Dr. B.) to enter into any detail of Mr. Evans's parliamentary conduct, because the facts were well known to all of them.—( Great cheering.) It might be prudent, however, to mention two or three ques tions upon which Colonel Evans had taken a prominent part. First; with respect to the assessed taxes, Colonel Evans had given a notice o !motion for the next session, for the total repeal of the window tax; and there could be no possible doubt that be would renew that motion, the instant he was again returned to Parliament.—( Cheers.) On several occasions he had endeavoured to extend the constituency of tlie byrepealing the rate-paying claus e alt oge th er , but in this he !gad been unsuccessful. Upon Mr. Tennyson's of the , Septennial Act, Col. E vans h a d spoken in his favour, and to,. in ou motion for the Repe... l . name was to be found in th e ino voting b wld ?,!io C_ lo onm - 1 e rity. On Mr. Grate's motion for . also find his ( Col. E.'s) name in the Ma: rY ballot, they it the re. Evans had brought in and passed through the sZ NIs F mons, a bill to exempt Westminster from the abomins- le s Y!' tern of voting in vestry, as practised under Mr. Sturg.: B Bourne's Act. That bill went through the House of Commons, ' and had passed a second reading in the Lords ; but the Tory Lord Wynford moved, and he was sorry to say the Whig Lord Brougham seconded its rejectiou.—(Hear, hear.) They would also recollect, no doubt, a motion for the revision of the Pension List. Upon that occasion Colonel Evans was at his post, and his name was to be found in the minority.—( Hear, and loud cheers.) Colonel Evans was prepared to farther a more extensive Church Reform than the late Ministry were inclined to grant, and with respect to the question of Corporation Reform, he was sure Col. Evan's services would be useful to the constituency of Westminster. Could they expect,or was it reasonable to expect from the present Government the consummation of their great measures of national improvement, which every one believed to be essen tial for the purpose of placing on a solemn and firm basis the future liberty, prosperity, and happiness of the people of this country.—(Cheers.) No, as reasonably might they expect the wolf to lie down with the lamb, or the sweet notes of a nightingale issue from the throat of a peacock.--( Cheering, and loud laughter.) Sir Robert Peel, forsooth, had dared to tell the people that he would save them from destruction, and that the people were all insane, and were about to .com mit suicide. Was this true No and he thought he might very properly return the conipliment by sayiug, the Tory party were now in a desperate coneion, and had b ee n cutting their own throat s f or th e l as t si x months. They had been described as D es t ruc ti ves , b u t it was the Tories who were the real destructives—those were the very men who were not ouly traitors to the people, but= who, for the sake of place, power, and plunder, would endanger the stability of the monarchy itself; and these were the men who were endeavouring to pluck from the Crown its brightest diadems, namely, the respect, love, and v eneration of the people.—( Tremendous cheers.) What was the course for the electors of the Empire to do ? The two classes of Reformers, the Whigs and Radicals, should at this perilous juncture take that course which was usually taken by a man and his wife who had been quar relling.—( Loud laughter.) When they were intruded upon by a busy and officious neighbour, the first impulse was to kick him out of the house and then to become as friendly at any two parties could be---(Loud laughter)--so he would ask the people to go and thrust from the Government the intruding Tories who had come in with their unso licited advice—( Continued cheers)—and this could only be done by their sending into Parliament such men as were known to be the earnest opponents of Toryism, and who were inspired with Reform principles.—( Cheers.) Believing, as he sincerely did, that Colonel Evans would continue to be that which he had already proved himself to be, the able and unflinching Representative of the opinions of the people of Westminster.—(Loud cheers). He had again the pleasure of proposing that gentleman to them as a fit Mr. d r. pro s. pe ws r oN rop e r a e m se e nt r a o t r i t s v - e ard to to se ,s r e v c e on t d her he inal nomination of Colouel Evans. Upon the first occasiCn when that Gentleman had been proposed, he (Mr. S.) w as i ns pired w" - .4 1 hope, upon the second occasion he was inspired with confidence, and upon this occasion he was inspired with a c er t a inty o f suct Zs• — ( Cheers.) Upon previ o u s occ as io n s th ey h a d t o reef to the Gallant Colo ne l as th e l a t e represen t a tiv e f oe R ye , b ut upon this occasi on th e y cou ld re f er to hi m as the fete representative f o r W es t m i ns t er —(Ch eers )--and he wished to ask th e assembled multitude before him in what had the Gallant C o l one l di sappo i nte d t h em ? — (L oud cr i es of " No thing, nothing, nothing.") Kverythinx that he pledged himself to he had tided upon(Hear, hear,) Why did he c ome f orwar d i n t h e fi rst i ns t ance Why, it was to send adrift a Gentleman who was at one time a denouncer of the flogging system—( Groans and hisses.) At another time he was an advocate for its con tinuance. Therefore, if' there was iiptift that opgasion for the electors coming forward to support Col. Evans, ltd would ask what ground the gentleman on the left (Sir Thos. Cochrane) hnd to come forward now ?—( Cheers and hisses.) Did the candidate on his left advocate flogging ?—(Groaning and uproar.) Did the candidate on his left ever order the la .Ch to be inflicted ?—( Great uproar, and cries of " Let's flog him.") Was he to go into Parliament for the express purpose of supporting that system of degrading We shall give the conclusion in a Second Edition, together with the speeches and the close of the POLL at the City of London Election. Apthorpe, the seat of the Earl of Westmoreland, was very gay last week. His Lordship gave a grand dinner on Thursday, in honour of his seventy-fifth birthday, to the Duke of Wellington, the Earl and Countess of Lonsdale and other branches of the Lower family, Lord Burghersb, &c. The Duke and other visitants leave to-day to join the party at Belvoir Castle. Some men at work lately, in a sand-pit, on the road to Chateaudun, in France, found a petrifaction resembling a part of the top of a palm tree, about three feet-and-a half long, and a foot-and-a-half in girth at the base, which went gra dually tapering to the other end in the form of a club. On being struck it sounded like a bell. In the same pit there have been discovered petrified bones of anirials, and, some very singular river and sea-shells, which have attracted the atten tion of geologists. TIIE PRINCE OF ORANGE.-The •" Pilare" (an Antwerp Journal) says--." We learn from an atOie ntic source that the proposed visit of the Prince of Orange, England will certainly take place. His departure is ii • a f 9. r Satur day, Jan. 3. , / 1 • CITY ELECTION-FIRST DAY. STATE OF THE POLL—TEN O'CLOCK. Wood Pattison Crawford... Grote 735 Ward Lyall Wilson ios ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Wood Pattison Crawford 1,643 Grote Ward Lyall Wilson 1,233 TWELVE O'CLOCK. Wood Pattison Crawford 2,574 Grote Ward Lyall Wilson ONE O'CLOCK. Wood Pattison Crawford 3,359 Grote Lya.ll 2,722 Ward Wilson 2,682 TWO O'CLOCK. Wood Pattison Crawford Grote 4,147 3,927 3,895 3,977 Lyall Ward Wilson 3,211 ......... 3,208 3,157 A VOICE FROM DOWNING STREET, " Vox clamantis in deserto." (SIR R T P L LOQUITUR.) Gone are all my hopes:of place, Like the blush from C—k—r's face ; Gone my last faint chance of steerage. Like poor Manncrs Sutton's Peerage ;* Gone my hope e'en of a " trial," Gone with Wilson, Ward, and Lyall ; All is gone, except my candour, (As the goose said to the gander) For my curst, capricious fate, At the age of forty-eight, Has scarcely, 'mid the vulgar din Of low Reformers, turned me IN, To thrive on place's fat domain, Ere she turns me our again. Was ever such a luckless set As form my destined Cabinet? Think of brother Yates, poor fellow ; Vane, our party's Punchinello— To say nothing of the Duke, And Sugdcn with his new peruque ! Think of Goulburn, Knatchbull, Murray, All rushing town-wards in a hurry, One from this place, one from that, Each as ravenous as a rat For Treasury prop, yet doomed, despite His keen, official appetite, To hurry back, blaspheming sore, From Downing-street's half-opened door, As hungry as he was before ! 'Tis no hypochondriac's whine, This presentiment of mine, For yet a month, and out we go, Hand in hand, forlorn and slow, Like Father Adam, with wry face, From the Paradise of place. Well, thank Heaven, tho' grieving deep, 'Tis not for myself I weep ; I, with pleasure, quit this riot, To enjoy domestic quiet ; But, my country, when I think How thou'rt fixed on ruin's brink ; How one rascally Whig shove May send thee headlong from above, Right thro' stupefaction's fog, Into revolution's bog ; When I think, too, of the clan Of Scotch Reformers, and of Dan Whisking round with startling whiz ! That infernal tail of his ; When I think of this, my fears Call forth my patriotic tears, And I bid fair, mid Whiggery's glee, To weep to death, like Niobe. But, hold; enough !—come hither, John, Tell Tom to put the horses on ; I'm sick of office, sick of home ; So d—n them both, I'll back to Rome. " So the S qui :e no Baron was made, Nor at preseni a Baron is he • And I think it may b 3fel y be said , That a Baron he never will .be." PETER. PINDA . VInE Xsop's Fables. " They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow,: Thro' EDEN took their solitary way." MELTON MOWBRAY, JAN. 4. The Marquis of Hastings, one of the leading Meltonians of the day, has imported into this country, at considerable expense, a great number of foxes from France, the coverts in Leicestershire having been neglected and ill stocked. They are procured through an agent at Boulogne. If they are purchased in London the odds are you " meet an old friend with a new face." His Lordship has now a crack pack of honnds : they meet on Wednesday next (7th inst.), at Bunney. We have several " Freshmen" joined us this season, all bold riders. Amongst the foremost, the young Marquis of Waterford, stated to be the boldest rider in Ireland, and certainly shines here, and shows more intrepidity than judgment or discretion. The Duke de Richelieu supplies very indifferently the vacancy in our " Corps Etranger" by the absence of Matuszewic. This place is quite full, and all is gaiety. SHIPPINP INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JAN. 5 —Wind E.—Arrived from the river and sailed the Argo, Bruce, for Mogadore. The Dcal pilot cutter remains. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind E. to PLYMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind E.—Arrived the Unida, Haux well, from Teneriffe. FALMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind E., fresh.—Arrived the Unani mity, Herbert, from Oporto, lost boats, bulwarks, &c. STANGATE CREEK, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Gazelle, Strachan, from Taganrog. DovEa, JAN. 4.—Arrived off port the Prima Donna, Buchanan, from Zante, after being on shore. PENZANCE, JAN. 4.—Arrived off port the Restoration, Stobie, from Tarragona ; Carl Johan, Loderburg, from Trapani. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Harmony, Widdicomb, from Quebec. Off port the Trinacria, —, from Messina ; and Spar tan, —, from Palermo. CLYDE. JAN. 3.—Arrived the Europe, Noble, from New Bruns wick ; and Avalanche, Sinclair, from Newfoundland. CORK, JAN. 3.—Arrived the Cyrus, Robinson, from Quebec. GLASGOW, JAN. 3.—The Mount Stewart Elphinstone, Small, sailed from hence the Ist instant for Bombay, and put back yester day to repair, having been in contact with the Janet Towers, Walker, for Bain - mks, cut her down nearly to the water's edge, carried away foremast, &c. The Mount Stewart Elphinstone towed •her into port. The Times, Bowen, from Hull to Hamburg, struck on Schilling the 30th ult., and was abandoned by the crew. POST-OFFICE NoTtcE.—His Majesty's brig Espoir, for the Lis bon mail ; letters in time to-morrow evening. His Majesty's brig Goldfinch, for the Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres mails; let ters time to-morrow evening. M intrign, or FOOT E. DUBLIN, JAN. 3. An account reached town ,:pis morning announcing the mur der of Mr. Foote, yesterday, wit:L i n sight of his own dwelling at Rossbercon, on the Kilkenny side of New Ross, which is in the county of Wexford. It may be recollected that about this time twelve months this unfortunate Gentleman, who had reached his 72d year, was waylaid and fired at in the same place. He WBO then so severely wounded that his life h.id been for some weeks despaired of, and he had but recently recovered from the effects of the injuries then inflicted upon Itirn, It is stated that as he was passing through a small lane, immediately adjacent to his own house about three o'clock yes terday afternoon he was attacked by some ruffians, who mur dered him in the most brutal manner. His brains were lite rally beaten out with stones. His lifeless and mutilated body was quite cold when it was discovered by his servants. At the time of the murder four of Mr. Foote's labourers were working in a field a short distance from the scene of slaughter. The town of New Ross is merely divided from the village of Rossbercon by a river. The tragical event had excited great consternation in the entire neighbourhood. When the post left last night five persons were in custody charged on suspi cion. Mr. Foote was a member of the Irish Bar, but had not practised for many years. He was brother of the late Lundy Foote, the principal of the well-known firm of snuff mauufac turers of that name in this city. On the occasion of the pre vious attack on the life of this ill-fated gentleman the outrage was ascribed to a conspiracy against hi m connected with land letting.' His Royal Highness the Duke of Leuchtenberg, it is expected, will take up his abode while in London at the Clarendon Hotel, in New Bond-street, where we believe apartments have been engaged for him. The William Fawcett steam-packet (not the Monarch) having on board the Portu guese Minister and M. Mendizabel, will sail to-morrow fcr Ostend, where the Duke will embark with the Conde Ficalho and Baron la Bandeira, the Commissi.ners despatched by the Portuguese Government to Munich. The Duke, after a brief sojourn at Brighton , will p roceed to Falmouth, cre there is a small squadron of men of war waiting his arrival. The Bishop of Exeter has written two letters to Lord John Russell, controverting his Lordship's recent state ments respecting the rejection of a measure for abolishing tithes by the heads of the Church. ,2 Z PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4. We are heartily at work here in the good cause of -Reform, and we have no doubt we shall 'be successful. Mr. Bonham Carter, and J. T. Baring, the late Secrotary of the Treasury, will certainly be returned as members in the new Parliament, though the head of the Admiralty, Sir Charles Rowley, is getting very angry at finding he will not be successfid, and is doing some things, which, we are sure, is foreign to his honest disposition, in order to endeavour to make his position better, and his needy followers, and inveterate Tory supporters, find ing this disposition in him, are letting fly every malignant effort to terrify weak-minded persons to forsake their promises and principles in order to get their idol, a placeman, returned. A nautical parson does not threaten, but he intimidates by dis honest insinuations ; all the pensioners who came under his quarterly inspection, that, though they might not Ipse their pension, yet that it would be much better for them that they should vote, for the Admiralty Lord. Is this common honesty ? A clerk in the Yard has the assurance to send word openly to a workman, that if ho does not vote for a Government man, he will most certainly be dismissed. The wives of the Dock yard officers go about to their tradesmen, and if they find the unfortunate wight does not vote for Rowley, they forthwith take away their custom. To what will all this lead? Why, certainly, to the Ballot ; and much as we are for the principle, that no Englishman should possess a privilege unless he can, openly and fearlessly, exercise it, we must give it up, if we find that intimidation will compel him to make an improper use of it, in one against his inclinations, and must cover him with the shield of the Ballot, in the shape of black and white balls, so that even his wife will not know how he has expressed his sentiments. We could say a great deal on this subject of tyranny and threats, and practised even in the morning of the Sabbath-day, but the promulgation of the facts would compromise the comforts of deserving individuals, and, therefore, we must be quiet and the instances of such disho nourable interference must for the present be untold. Napier, the Portuguese Admiral pensioner, promised last night at a meeting of his friends to go to and stand by the poll to the last moment. This is right—it will divert the votes from Rowley—as for Napier himself, he is an honest fellow, but he has no principles whatever—we beg his pardon, we mean political ones. On that great stage he is a perfect weather cock. Our day of nomination is to-morrow (Monday,) and the polling will be taken on Tuesday and Wednesday—it will be a very momentous election. The Hon. Lionel Ashley is here to canvas for Rowley. Can it be true that this young roué and run-away midshipman has got two sinecure appointments in the new Ministry ? Is there such an office as Private Secretary to the Privy Seal ? THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. HAY MARKETS.—t At per Load of 36 Trusses CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £.l 15 t. XI 0 New Meadow Hay 4 5 5 0 Useful Old Ditto 4 5 4 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clover Hay Oat Straw.. t:1 Bto £1 10 ; Wheat Straw 1 12 1 13 SMITHFIELD Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay 1.3 15 o £4 0 New Meadow Hay Uselid Old Ditto 4 in 4 l 9 Fine Upland Meadow and aye-grass Hay Clover Hay .extra fine ......a 510 . Generally ....... 4 0 . 5 5 Oat Straw ...... .. ‘I 4t, £ I 6 I Wheat Straw ....—..... 1 8 1 1 i IZUNGERFORD. CoarseMeadowHay XI 15 to £4 0 New Meadow Hay - Useful Old Ditto 4 5 4 :0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clover Hay 4 1(1 . 5 t)at Straw £0 oto £0 0 I Whet Straw COAL MAR Per Ton s. d Bishop Main l6 6 Chest, 31,11 , 1 l6 9 Fast/Percy IS 0 Hebburn Main 2O 6 Holy well l9 6 Ord s Iledhugh l6 6 Pontop Windsor l7 6 Picton South Hartley Tantield %Vest Hartley WYl.n Walls End Bewicke and Co 2l 3 Walls End Brown's.., .. 23 3 Walls End Carr and C" l9 0 Walls End C ark anti IS 6 Walls End Gosforth ....... 121 3 W Ps End Heaton 2l 3 Walls End Hi1da....... Wals Env! Jesn old Walls End Killin:worth W ills End Lancheston, Stan hope and Tyne Company Walls End Newmarch 2O 3 Walls End Northumberland Ships an iced since 1 MET ...lan. 5. Per Ton Walls End Medomsley Sun screened), Stanhope and Tyne Company 20 0 Walls End Perkins 2O 0 Wails End RAdell's Walls End Walker • • 2 ) 6 rraddyll's Richmond Main 2! 0 Wall; End B•addyll 22 3 Wal's End Hetton 42. Walls End Lambton Walls End Russel's He ton 22 6 W..nls End Stewart s. D . zon's Butterknowl.... . 19 Walls End Adelaide Walls Encllltutterknowl R'a'ts Paid Gordon 2l 9 Wahs End South Durham Walls End Tees Walls End St. Helen's Tee: „ :1 0 Walls End West Hetton :20 9 C )wpcn Howard's Netherton Main l7 6 Hartley . Neville's I.lanelly Killingwort ) Trader 2O 9 last market-day, :16 S. d. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURI. BASINGRALL-STREET, TO-MORROW. (From the London Gazette) M. n. R. Fraser, wihe-merchint, Brompton R. M Stephenson and Co., civil-engineer, Great Ormond-street 1 12 Saturday afternoon, as Lady Dalrymple, of Winn pole-street, was about to step into her carridge, which was in waiting for her at No. 14, Cumberland-terrace, Regent's_ park, the horses, from the barking of a dog, suddenly started off at full speed, and pursued their course with frightful velo city through several streets. The coachman, who did all in power to stop the career of the animals, was, by a tudden jerk, thrown from his seat into the road, pitching on his head with great force. He was picked up covered with blood and 'quite insensible, in which state he was placed on a shutter, and con veyed back to her Ladyship's house, when medical aasistance was procured, but he is still in a precarious state. Police constable Atha, 135 D, at the risk of his life, sprang forward and stopped the horses in Paddington-street. The Earl and Countess -of Haddington (daughter and heiress of the Earl of Macclesfield) left Berkeley-square on Tuesday, on their way to embark at Holyhead for Dublin, where his Lordship will assume the Viceroyalty of Ireland. The Lord Primate (Archbishop of Armagh)' and the Com mander of the Forces act as Lords Justices until his Lordship's • arrival. The Duke of Wellington, who was 'pteveitedjoin ing his relatives at Hatfield-house on Christmas-day, is ex pected to honour the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury with a visit this day, and returns to town to-morrow morning. The Duke of Montrose gave another grand, dinner in Grosvenor-square, on Saturday, to the Earl of Sefton and a party. - - The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, Earl awl Countess of Kerry, Lord and Lady Fitzmaurice, Lady T. and W. Hale, Sir Thomas Fellows and family, Mr..Neeld, Mr. Talbot, Mr. P. Methuen, &c., were present last.week at the annual ball at Chippenham. The ball-room was taste fully arranged and brilliantly illuminated. At twelve o'clock the supper-room was thrown open. After supper the dancing was resumed, and kept up to a late hour. The Earl'of Kerry gives a military ball at the same place in the course of the present week to the Chippenham troop of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, &c. The Marquis of Douro has returned to his post as Commandant of the garrison in (.luetnsey. Prince Esterhazy is ready to set out on the shortest notice on his return to London, which he will probably do as soon as the new English Ministry is formed.—GermanPaper. Gosford House, N. 8., the splendid seat of the Earl o f Wemyss and March, is a scene of mueh hospitality during the resent festive season. The family will not leave the North 112. town until April. The El;.rl of Essex entertained Viscount Melbourne and a party a t !Eimer yesterday evening in Belgravesquare. The Earl d _Albemarle has taken Bute - House, .Pe tersham, as a tempe.rary residence, on leaving the Sind-house at Hampton-court. . . The following is thy' list of Lords of the Bedchamber as far as . completed :—Lotii Amherst, Lord O'Brien, Lord Byron, Viscount Ashbrook, rot 'd Adolphus Fitzclaretice, Lord Verulam, Lord Sheffield, Lord. Sidney, Sir P. Sidney, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Tullamore.--.. One vacant.) Lord and Lady Dinorben are entertaining his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Sir . Richard and Lady Bulkeley, at their hospitable seat, Xi mall-park, near St. Asaph. The Royal Duke is expected t o remain in Wales until the close of the present month. His .Royal Highness's visit to the principality was delayed till Christmas, owing to Lord Dinorben and his family having beere,travelling on the Continent. Sir Robert Peel will give a grand official banquet to the Foreign Corps DiPlomatique on Thursday next. The various avocations of the Right Hon. Baronet will prevent him from personally attending his election this week at Tam worth. Sir Philip Sidney, one of his Majesty's sons-in-law, is to be created Lord Dudley and Leicester. We understand that Lady Cowley's health is daily improving. His Lordship is makin g preparations for his de. par ture to assume the embassy at Paris. Lord Granville's funetions having ceased, the last despatches from the French capital were from Mr. Aston, our Charge d'Affaires there. The Noble Lord who has been at the trouble to ad, vertise his matrimonial infelicity, unaptly eno.ugh dates his n tification from " the Union." The Count de Lannoy, brother-in-law of the Duke of Ursel, died the day before yesterday at his town-house—. Brussels Paper, Jan. 4. The death of Philip Fogarty, Esq., jun., . of Joy Lodge, Borris-o-Leigh, occurred on the 13th ult., at a fox. chase, where this young gentleman, as usual, took the lead, which he kept for three miles, with only one stirrup, over a severe country ; but, unfortunately, in clearing a deep fence, he burst a blood-vessel, and shortly afterward expired.-. Dublin Paper. Wm. Gregson. Esq., has been appointed Under Secretary of State in the Home Department. Mr. Gregson is the gentleman who, in conjunction with Mr. Henry Hob house,'prepared all the Bills for carrying into effect Sir R. Peel's law reforms, when Hew Secretary. A SERGEANT STApBED BY A SENTRY.—A sergeant of the 89th Regiment was severely stabbed by a sen tinel in the garrison of Fermoy, on Christmas night, under the following circumstances :—The sergeant had been infring. ing a military order, and was challenged by.the sentry; but disregarding the challenge, the sentry arrested Kira., In a few minutes the sergeant attempted to escape,. toe' sentry pursued and stabbed him in the right side. :';:flictAwfortet, enterd the region of the heart, and the wound ialike t lx to ' • It is supposed that if the sergeat • - ed Court-martial • the sergeant fq : bcocbetlictilifir isone iiii i tyr rThe the sentry for leaving his post n pursuit of his F s entry belongs to the 94 th Regiment' . No =or - ,~