The Sun. — London, England, 1835-01-02 00:00:00

happiness which a tolerant religion and equal laws ad minister to those who live under their sway ; let him • dwell upon the excellence of that Church which re cognises the right of the poor and needy to the bene fits of spiritual instruction, advantages necessarily ex cluded from a voluntary system ; nor let him forget to demonstrate how the laws of England are frame: l upon the acknowledgment of the perfect ee;: mt i ty o f Britons in all matters connected with tl.le protection of their persons and property. But ? aoove all, let him ask whether it is reasonable VI Imagine that a Duncombe, a Lushington, a H:.rvey, a Grote, or an O'Connell will guard those rights and privileges with greater care and zeal than a Peel, a Wellington, a Lyndhurst, a Knatchbull, or a Baring. Let the uninstructed and uninformed be thus enlightened as to the real nature of the approaching contest—that it is not a struggle between parties contending for the possession of place and power, but a vital issue between religion and infi delity, Monarchy and Republicanism, order and anarchy. Finally, let Conservatives of every class and order be firmly united. Surely when men of the most opposite opinions combine under the false and delusive cry of " Reform," which, when proceeding from such lips, means " dangerous and useless innovation," the Conservative Reformers of the land may associate, regardless of petty differences, existing for the most part in name rather than in reality. Surely when those who declaimed most loudly against the “ impatience" of the " Destructives " now hold out the hand of fellowship to their former foes, and proclaim " all differences at an end," the men who merely differed as to the best mode of preserving the institutio ns o f th e coun t ry , t h ose w h o cons id ere d e the Reform Act a wholesome measure, and its equally conscientious oppcnents who regarded it with fear and apprehension, may now meet on one common ground, and consider what is to be done for the safety of the State. Barren consultation, however, will avail no thing. Energy, activity, union on the part of the electors of England, are indispensable. If we are now defeated—if, with the sacred name of the King for our watchword—if, with the patriotism, the intel lect, the property of the land arrayed in our behalf, we remain inactive, or suffer our determination to wax cod, the bad, the turbulent, the factious will speedily seize the 'vantage ground : and, when it shall be too late—when our institutions may have either crumbled into dust or been violently overthrown, our welfare and our liberties numbered with the things which here, but are not—then a bitter but fruitless repentance will be our portion. We shall look back to the days of our happiness and glory, and remember, with sorrow and self-reproach, that firmness, courage, and energy might have preserved those blessings to us and our children. —Morning Post. It would be impossible to form a comprehensive ;, r just opinion upon the t en d enc i es o f th e p ressn s cris i s without taking into account the daily intelligence from Ireland. If the spiritual church be the general rock of salvation to Christians, assuredly the temporal church of Ireland has not been a rock of salvation to Governments ; for it, and the questions arising out of its circumstances, as compared with those of other churches, have proved a rock on which many succes sive Governments have split. The measures of sys tematic hostility against Irish Protestantism—against property, and law, and authority of every descrip tion—the moving and predominating spirit of which wr expressed through the language of noctur nal havoc, aid the effect of which was to force peaceable families throughout the southern coun ties to barricade their houses, or to abandon them, compelled Lord Grey's Ministry last sum mer to propose a renewal of the Coercion Bill. Through some juggle, not yet sufficiently exposed, the Repeal faction appear to have been allowed no in significant share in the enfeebling of a law which had been designed and ought to have been fitted for the crintrol of their outrages, and the frustration of their projects. Lord Grey, disgusted at the mingled mean ness of some of his subalterns who had stooped to take counsel from O'Connell, and the knavery of others who had dared to meddle by crooked and in sidious contrivances with the regular march of the Government, threw up his cards and resigned. The Irish Church question having unhappily been left as much afloat as ever by some proceedings which took place not long before the prorogation of Parliament, the difficulty of arranging that im portant question by the late Ministry after Lord Spencer's death, which Lord Melbourne himself, we believe, admitted, and the shape of impossibility which it assumed in his Majesty's judgment, were the occasion of overthrowing the Cabinet which succeeded Lord Grey's. O'Connell and his apprentice agitators are employing due means to perpetuate this source of trouble and vexation to the British Crown ; and by fixing the desires of their credulous dupes among the people upon objects altogether unattainable, except by the surrender of Ireland bodily into the hands of O'Connell himself and his priests, to insure under every phasis of rational government, the spread and aggravation of that sentiment of hatred which they have been long and diligently labouring to inspire against England, her authority, her laws, and her re lig,ion. Dr. API-laic, who in scorn of the precautionary provisions of that law which gave civil emancipation to the Catholics, presumes to sign himself " John, Tuam," has again put on (when indeed was he stripped of it?) his well-worn habit of a political intriguer. He has, under the name of a letter to his clergy, issued one of those ecclesiastical tirades, so frequently, ar,d too successfully, circulated by the Popish clergy, tq de bauch the loyal feelings of the Irish Catholic:„ t o in flame the moderate, and make the ignorant ap,:, irrita ble frantic. What business these prete-lid.ed Minis ters of religion have with the weapons of political in cendiaries—what part of their profes ee iunal duty it is to undermine the natural influence property over elec tors—to obtrude the priest lv:Aween the voter and the candidate—to render the Fai , Jst the sole guide of the voters conscience in the, 'Purely to rporal question of " whom he shall chorese for his representative," we at least are unable to Imsvier, though Popish casuistry will, no doubt, ersst over such practices the same hypo critical colour ing as it has used in every age, when the spirit 'and decency of mankind were shocked by its encroachments upon the temporal affairs of State, and by its desperate efforts to hold in thral dom the common sense and free agency of its congre gations. In fact, this scheme of turning a political into a religious duty, and thereby bringing the con duct of every elector within the jurisdiction of the priesthood, is the standing demonstration of that very species of iniquitous cupidity and ambition, which has in alI times past provoked and justified the extreme jealousy of free and wise Governments towards the Popish hierarchy, as an institution in the nature as i d essence of which worldly ambition is inextricably rooted ; and therefore it is that, under any conceivable circum stances, the grant of political power to such a church would be utterly inadmissible in a free State, as being in its action dangerous to civil liberty, and in its triumph subversive. Some means must be taken to cut away this morbid power from the Irish Roman Catholic Priesthood, for it aims directly at the ruin of all au thority but their own ; and for the attainment of this great good, education would seem the natural and ap propriate instrument. But here again the same double toothed monster meets us, for the priests exclaim against any instruction but that which, under their exclusive care, serves to confirm and extend their fatal supremacy. But Dr. M'Hale stands not alone in his attempts upon the constituency of Ireland. He attacks this super stitious ignorance— O'Connell their personal safety; and only mark the ruffianism of this man's conduct. He finds the Knight of Kerry a candidate for the repre sentation for his native county, which he served in Parliament for more than 30 years,—in no one year of which long period had the Knight flinched from or relaxed in his support of that which he had originally declared to be the one great object of his public life, viz., the emancipation of the Catholics. In 1829 he and the other friends of that important measure saw it carried successfully through Parliament, and O'Con nell's return to the House of Commons in the year following as one of its bitter fruits. What was the consequence ? Why, that in the year 1832 this very O'Connell so worked upon the fears and other evil passions of the Catholic electors of Kerry, as to throw out the Knight of Kerry from the seat which he had dedicated, through good and ill re port, to their service I But what of that ? Wh a t is now the conduct of this heartless conspirator against all that is most excellent in Ireland—a g ainst 4 1 we ace, the freedom, and the laws ? Knight has been, except while d - r-r --1 - iie of Kerry snort time in office, a resident and useful '''-'ealord, and employer of the po or , an d an extiislye planner of improvements thro ug h ou t th e e_ country. He has been a liberal and an emancipator all his days. But what does O'Connel? He flies down from Dublin to Kerry, for which the Knight has commenced his canvass. He denounces everywhere the " Orange Knight of Kerry"—him who has ever been the bitterest enemy of Orangeism. The agitator goes on and tells the electors " every one who dares to vote for the Orange Knight of Kerry shall have a death's head and cross-bones painted on his door !" which is neither more nor less than threatening them with assassination ; and we know well with what bloody certainty such threats from such a quarter will be executed. So with regard to Mr. Totten ham, candidate for New Ross—" Whoever," says he, " shall support Tottenham, of New Ross, his shop shall be deserted—no .man shall pass his threshold. Put up his name as a traitor to Ireland—let no man deal with him—let no woman speak to him—let the children laugh him to scorn and further the ruffian declares " that he will enforce the system of exclusive dealing in every part of Ireland where he shall find it necessary I" We ask the people of Ireland, will they submit to an inquisito:ial and revengeful tyranny like this ? If, from the dread of murder or famine, they dare not raise a cry against such brutal degradation— if they will vote thus with the knife at their throats for the Parliamentary tools and lackeys of such a mis creant, we appeal from them to the people of England and to the Ministers whether they will seer their fellow-subjects of the sister island to be tormented by this system of organized ruffianism, avowed by one Irish Catholic lawyer, and furtively promoted by confederates in priestly garb ? The forthcom ing- Government of Ireland, we hope, will not be like that which has terminated. There will be no truckling to O'Connell or his gang , • there will be no bullying by O'Connell ; there will be no stupid and peurile attempt to govern Ireland through the co-ope:- ration or instrumentality of men who profess the first object of their lives to be the separation of the two countries, and the breaking up of the empire. Lord Haddington, who goes over as Lord Lieutenant, is a sensible and liberal nobleman, and a friend to religious liberty, from whom need be apprehended no offee to the principles of British justice. But more effi cient, and indeed superior, offie of Chief Secretary has been given to Sir H.-J.o.y Hardinge, a clear-sighted and resolute MP:, who knew how, when he formerly governed Ireland under the Duke of Norumberland, to re.ratn the turbulence of Orangemen on one hand, by b makine- the highest m em b ers o f their body bow down to the authority of the magistrate, and on the other, to repel the audacity and defeat the disloyal plots of the agitators by measures which proved that he knew his men. We augur, as well from the wild fury of Mr. O'Connell, which looks like the agony of intolerable fright, as from the justice, vigour, and temper of the Govern ment, that better things may soon be expected for Ire land ; and we do not hesitate to express our conviction, founded on no delusive basis, that the present Ministry will introduce a measure or measures for the settlement of the Irish church, far bolder, broader, and more ge nerally satisfactory than their predecessors tv9uld have dared to contemplate. Such is the persuasion with respect to one great branch of reform, on which, enter taining it conscientiously as we do, we claim credit from our countrymen for honesty in our reliance on the Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel. When we are disap pointed in such a hope, it will be time enough to ac- cuse us of that of which alone we can ever have been guilty—viz., ill-placed confidence. If we are deceived, we know how to punish those who deceive us.— Times. THE PRESENT CRISIS. (From the Christian Rtftwiner.) Sir Robert Peel has returned to England, and accepted the Premiership, the Duke of Wellington falling back into the Secretaryship for Foreign Affairs. One of the Premier's first movements was to endeavour to bring over to his Ministry Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham ; in this he signally failed : both these gentlemen have taken means of. assuring the public of their continuing bona fide Reformers. A Cabi net, however, is formed, consisting of anti-Reformers, amongst whom are the regular Tory band of Lords and Commoners, and their satellites, the trading politicians with whose names the country is too familiar, certain deserters from the Whigs, (why not in this class Lord Lauderdale ?) and, to crown the whole, a Kentish Knight who has long been the beau ideal of rural intolerance, and Lord Roden, the fanatical Orangeman, who would stop the educati o n of the people if Catholics and Dissenters are to partake in it, and convulse Ireland for the sake of preserving bishops without priests, and priests without people. This is a manifesto of the designs of the new Go vernment ; but Sir Robert Peel has thought proper to make a declaration of his principles, in an address to the electors of Tamworth, in which he would appear to wish to set himself off as a Reformer ! His terms are artfully selected, and there is a vagueness in them which will allow of any course of conduct, any shifting and any retrocession. He will give the Dissenters what they have refused, and will refuse them what the late Government was preparing for their acceptance. He over looks the Irish Church, and has not had time to consider whe ther the English Church needs any reform. The address of the Premier can impose upon no one who is not willing . to deceived ; and, in truth, there is an air of timidity awl oistrust about it which betrays the penman's mnsci " sr f...ss of the slip periness awl. danger of his position. ThL ro is a plain answer to Sir I? . .;b ert : e ith er h e i s a Refo - - - ,nor, or he is an enem y t o refor-, 1 ; if he be a Reforinc;-, when and how was he con y` tetl ? for, up to the 1 .. - ast moment, he opposed the Reform 411 and the Reform Ministry; if he be an enemy to reform, here is the ktency, not to say honesty, of his using language which is meant to conciliate and gain the support of the mass of the people, who, he well knows, are bent upon reform in the genuine and full sense of the word, with regard to both Church and State? To support a tottering administration recourse has been had to a few City politicians, at the head of whom is the Lord Mayor (Winchester), and these tried to get up a Tory meeting in London, but were beaten by the wisdom and firmness of some eminent bankers and merchants, and were obliged to content themselves with a feast given to Ministers at the Mansion House, where Sir Robert again explained his principles, but with an evident tenderness to the Tory feelings of some of his associates and admirers. An address to the King, approving his abrupt dismissal of true Reformers, and asserting, at the same time, an eager desire for some reform, has been exposed and carried about for signatures, and the authors of the document arc quite overpowered with joy at their success in procuring five or six thousand names out of tie hundreds of thousands of the metropolis, though they have not scrupled to admit names of persons from the country, and even of lads from college. Meanwhile, the Londoners are pozhing daunted, and it is hopeful, with regard to the triumph of the people, that the Governor of the Bank Qf 'tngland has consented to be the fourth reform candidate for the repre sentation of the City. Up to this ti.:(te, (Monday afternoon, Dec. 29th,) the dissolution of Parliament has not been pro claimed, and we have been ;A: opinion that the Ministers would not venture upon su„-,,:n a measure : the general opinion is otherwise, and b..i . tire the present page is under the eye of the reader, the first Reform Parliament may be no more. In that else, we doubt not, the people will do their duty. The aspect of the country is, upon the whole, satisfactory. Conservative gold may corrupt some, and Conservative influence gain over still snore, without endangering the return of a majority of friends of the people to Parliament. The conflict, whenever it comes, will still be a serious one, and upon the honest elec tors of the kingdom it depends whether the victory shall he certain and complete. No thorough explanation has yet been given of the dismissal of the Melbourne Administration ; we know little more than the Sic volo, sic jubeo. Lord John Russel has told the Devonshire electors a little, and Lord Melbourne has told the Derbyshire Reformers something more ; but, until the meeting of Parliament, we shall not know " the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.". One fact we learn from Lord Melbourne, and that is, that the overthrow of the Ministry was partly owine , to the violence of the Dissenters in demanding a separation of Church and State 1 Let this be a lesson to them for the future. Certain young inexperienced men among them, together with a few wild speculatists, raised the Separation cry, against the advice, remonstrance, and warnings of many whom they knew to be firm and fearless Dissenters, yielding to none in abhorrence of a secular and domi nant church. The mischief sprung from not distinguishing be tween an abstract principle and a practical measure, proposed without regard to times and means and risks and dangers. We make these remarks not to censure sincere, though, in our judgment, imprudent zeal ; but to remind Dissenters, who now feel the necessity of union in their common cause, of the in dispensableness of joining moderation with firmness, in order to secure their righteous end, the establishment of perfect free dom upon immoveable foundations. A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL.—BeII, a Scotch book seller in Philadelphia, who flourished during the revolutionary war, published a number of pamphlets, and some books, which he sold at exorbitant prices. A person came into his store store one day, and asked for a pamphlet of less than one hun dred pages, for which Bell asked a hard dollar; whereas a hard half a dollar would have been its full value. The person was surprised at the exorbitant demand, to which he made some objection. Bell took the pamphlet from the counter, and was about to place it on the shelf, saying, with a pompous and sig_ nificant air, " Sir, this book was made for gentlemen." This tickled the vanity of the purchaser, who, not to lose his claim to that proud title, threw down the dollar and took up the pamphlet.—New York Booksellers' Advertiser. GENERAL ELECTION. THE METROPOLIS. CITY. The Reformers of the City are on the alart : their ex ertions to meet and subdue the influence and manoeuvres of the Tory faction are unremitting ; and, if appearances may be trusted, their success will be complete. Meetings have been held of the householders and liverymen' of the Wards of Bishopgate Within and Without, of Dowgate, Candlewick, Wallbrnok, Bridge, Cornhill, Broad-street, Lnngbourne, and Lime -street ; the meetings of the Tower, Aldgate, Billingsgate, Queenhithe, and Vintry, were held last evening—at the White Hart, Bishopsgate-street, where Mr. Deputy Peacock presided ; at Burke's Room, Change alley, where Mr. Travers presided ; and at the Old Trinity House, Water-lane, where Mr. Drinkall presided. At each of those meetings (all of which were crowded to a most in convenient extent) the four Liberal candidates, Mr. Alder man Wood, Mr. Grote, Mr. Crawfurd, and Mr. Pattison attended, and were received with a warmth and enthusiasm that must have been gratifying to them in the highest de gree. Resolutions to the following effect, though perhaps not precisely in the following words, were severally agreed to at each of the three meetings : " Ist. That the present crisis demands more imperatively than any other period, the firm co-operation of all classes of electors in the United Kingdom, in a zealous maintenance of the right of the people to representative Government, as op posed to oligarchical despotism, and the electors of London in particular, to put aside all feeling of predilection, and to unite in the choice of four Representatives, with reference only to their known determination to sustain and carry into full effect the great principles so largely vindicated by the Reform Bill. " 2dly. That this meeting having heard declarations of their principles from the four Reform candidates,—Messrs. Wood, Grote, Crawford, and Pattison,--are satisfied with their deter milation to carry into full effect the principles of the Reform Bill in its application to the correction of every abuse both in Church and State, and therefore this meeting pledges itself to use every exertion to promote the election of the said candi dates by every effort in its power." Mr. Alderman Wows stated that no one had received the intelligence of the dissolution of the late Parliament with greater surprise and astonishment than himself ; for although he had been told that a dissolution was probable, he could not bring himself to believe that the Tory A r ministration wouldresortto . att be so rash as t o - Hea hear)—yet he had been credibly ine .urmed' by It—(a gentleman' in Gloucestershire, where . - vating his . Chri i ,re (Alderman Wood) had b e en Q .:,:istn dinner, that in the event ( an d h e mus t observe . that his informant was one who might be almost considered an authority upon the point)—that in the event of such a number of Reformers being returned to the House of Commons at the present election as should disturb the peace of the gentlemen now in office, another dissolution would certainly take place in the month of March next. — (Cries of " Oh, oh.") If that should be the case, it ,would be such an arbitrary measure of power as ought not to be endured ; because nothing could be more intolerable than for a Government, by repeated dissolutions, to endeavour to control or set at nought the free choice of the people in the election of their representatives.—(Cheers.) It was unnecessary for him to enter into any profession of princi ples ; his opinions were well known—his conduct during a long period of service was before the electors. He would only promise, that what it had been in times past, it should continue to be for the future.—(Cheers.) Mr. GROTE from his earliest years had been atta c hed to the principles o f re f orm an d good government ; and to him it had been a matter of triumphant exultation to see the mighty spring and burst which those principles, within the last 'ten years, had taken in the public mind.--(Cheers.) The names of Roden, Stormont, Knatehbull—(Groans)-- were perfect guarantees against any institution, either in Church and State, being touched or amended.--(Hissing and groaning.) Those were not the persons to be en trusted with the destinies of the British nation.—(Cries of " No, no ; we won't have 'em !") It was said that they were about to assume the masquerade of reformers— (Langhter)—that they were about to take the course which they had prevented the former Government. from pursuing. Whoever else might believe such pretences, he was sure the citizens of London would not.—(Cries of " No, no ; we are not so easily gulled!") Should he again have the honour of a seat in Parliament, he should stedfastly oppose them.—(Cheers.) Mr. CRAWFORD hoped that as political circumstances arose be should always be found to rise equally with them, and that he should ever be faithful to the service of his constituency and to the cause of reform.--(Cheers.) It was as a commercial man he had first sought the suffrages of the citizens of London, and he still hoped to have it in his power to render them essential service in that charac ter.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. PATTISON, who was very cordially received, trusted from what he had seen, that he should not long be consi• dered an untried political man amongst them—(Cheers.) What his political sentiments were he had already stated in his address. They might be shortly comprehended in these words—a firm and unflinching attachment to reform—a detestation of all abuses in Church and State—a desire to abolish the Septennial Act, and to establish Triennial Par liaments—a partiality and a determination to support every proposition for the institution of Vote by Ballot—and an anxious wish to see some measure adopted to effect a com plete and satisfactory municipal reform--(Cheers.) To the present Ministry he should give his firm and unshaken op position--(Cheers.) Itswas stated by the friends of the Liberal can-"m ats that the result of the canvas of th e c it y ha(l..o"n to give them a majority of promises in the nroportion of nearly four to one. It is unders+- ....pod that some of the electors who ought to be Ref— indifference, v e expr esse d a d eterm i na ti on not to vote. This ca- ssrmers, either from lukewarmness or ...not be too strongly deprecated. WESTMINSTER. Last night a meeting of the friends of Colonel Evans was held at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street, to make arrangements for securing the Gallant Colonel's re turn to Parliament, as representative for Westminster. The meetinc , was adverti se d to ta k e p l ace a t seven o ' c l oc k precisely ; but the chair was not taken until nearly eight o'clock. Mr. PEOUT was called upon to take the chair. Mr. MicinE moved the first Resolution, to the effect that the meeting approved of the Parliamentary conduct of Colonel Evens as their representative, and pledged them selves to use their best exertions to secure his re-election. Mr. SI3IPSON expressed his satisfaction that a Tory had cone forward, as it would lead to the final destruction of the hopes of that party in that city. The Resolution was then agreed to. Mr. ARBER moved the thanks of the meeting to Colonel Evans, for his independent conduct in Parliament. Mr: DUFFEY expressed his approbation at the conduct of Colonel Evans ; and, above all, at his refusing to sign the declaration of Lord Ebrington, for keeping the late Ministry in place. Tire Resolution was agreed to. Colonel EVANS, who was received with loud cheers, felt perfectly satisfied as to the result of the contest—if they bad any—with which they were threatened. He was con vinced that the people of Westminster would not suffer themselves so far to be misled, as to return one who was opposed to the reform of the institutions of the country.— ( Hear, hear.) He wished to speak with the greatest re spect of the character of one under whom he had served ; but he could not help expressing his indignation at all the power and authority of the country being placed in the hands of that individual.—(Hear, bear.) However much he respected that individual, it was useless, nay absurd, to deny that he (the Duke cf Wellington) had advised the Crown to turn out the late Ministers, and place all the power of the country in his own hands.—(Cheers.) He begged to state that, should he be returned, he intended to take serious notice of this matter ; and, therefore, at once cautioned Tory gentlemen, lest they should charge him with being taken by surprise. He did not deduce the same in ferences from the manifesto of the Right Honourable Ba rnet at the head of the Government as others did— (Cheers)—or anticipate that the Right Honourable Baro net would prove a Reformer. Indeed, in it he expressly states that he would not accept office on condition of proving an apostate to his former principles.—( Hear, hear.) What could the Dissenters expect from the Government, when they were told in the declaration that the writer of it would never consent to admit them to the Universities.— (Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel, in his address, stated he would uphold the Irish Church. They had all read, within the last few days, of what had occurred in the parish of Rathcormac, in the county of Cork. The late Government recently had a census taken of the population of Ireland, and from it it appeared that in this pa . rish of Rathcormac there were two thousand nine hundred ' Catholics, and twenty-nine Protestants ; and of the latter thirteen were members of the family of Archdeacon Ryder, who commanded the military on the occasion. —(Cries of " Shame !" and groans.) Thus, it appeared that the 2,900 Catholics had to contribute 1,5004 a year (for that was the amount of the tithes), towards supplying the .spiritual wants of only twenty-eight persons.—(Cries of " Shame.") On that melancholy occasion, when the attempt was made to obtain the tithes by force, more persons were killed and wounded than there were Protestants in the parish.— (Oh, oh!) The sophisms that were put forth in support of- that monstrous abuse—the Irish Church —were most extraordinary, and he would venture to say that they could not find such an abuse as that Church existing in any cow., Iry on this side the Hellespont.—(Hear, hear.) • A Mr. WHITEHEAD came forward, and charged Col. Evans with having unintentionally misrepresented Sir Ro bert Peel, in saying that that Right Honourable Baronet refused the admission of the Dissenters to the Universities. He (Sir R. Peel) had promised that they should have all their just rights conceded to them.—(Oh, oh I) Colonel EVANS said that no doubt the Right Honour able Baronet was a man cif great talent 1 and by the exer cise of that talent as a sophist he had succeeded in his ad dress, in framing some sentences which would bear any in terpretation he was pleased to attac'h to them. A committee was then appointed to conduct the Canvas sing, and other arrangements connected with the election. At this period Mr. Thurston, Mr. Crouch, and other gentlemen, as a deputation from the election committee of Sir Francis Burdett, entered the room, and presented the following resolution to the Chairman : " At a meeting of the friends of Sir F. Burdett, held at Richardson's Hotel, Covent Garden, on Thursday the Ist of January, it was resolved that the meeting had assembled to make arrangements to ensure the return of Sir F. Burdett to Parliament, and not to oppose Colonel Evans; on the con trary, as a decided union of all reformers was of the utmost importance at that period, it was their sincere wish that the gentleman should be again one of the representatives of West minster, and that they would co-operate with the committee of Colonel Evans to secure his return." This announcement was reccivcd with loud cheers, and a number of the leading members on Sir F. Burdett's committee were elected, at their own request, on Colonel Evans's committee. On the motion of Mr. SIMPSON, a resolution was carried that the meeting would co-operate with the other corn mittoe, to secure the return of Sir F. Burdett. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meet ing broke up. MARY-LA-BONNE. A very numerous public meeting of the electors of this borough, was held last night at the King and Queen public house, Paddington, for the purpose of hearing from two of the candidates, Sir Samuel Whalley and Henry L. Buiwer, Esq., an exposition of their puttied sentiments. Mr. LANCE tuts called to the Chair. Mr. HAYDON moved the first resolution. It was very clear, from Sir W. Home's past conduct, that he was not a man suited to them : of this, one fact alone would be suf ficient proof : in sixty divisions, most important in their results, not only to his constituents but to the country at large, the warth t y knight had only been present four times, ;lame.) A barber's block would be a much biter representative than such a man, ivir. PATON seconded the resolution. Sir S. WHALLEY, on rising, was hailed with loud cheers. The act which disposed of his seat was a most sudden and unauthorized one ; unauthorized, because it was without the sanction of the people, or their Representatives.— (Loud cheers.) Happily, however, for the people, the men who were now set over them were well known-they were tried men—there was no mistake about them—(a laug h) they had certainly committed the mistake of thinking the people would accept their Reform professions, but they soon threw off even the mask of Liberalism, and Lord Stormont was the first to denounce the very name of Reform.— (Hisses.) The asses laid aside the lion's skin, and stood confessed.—(A laugh.) It would be an insult to the people, to suppose for a moment that they would submit to be go verned by that good General, but worse than mediocre Statesman, Wellington, or be deceived by the rigmarole professions of Sir Robert Peel. His own principles were well known ; he was an advocate for the Ballot, for Tri ennial Parliaments, and for the extension of the suffrage, for the attainment of cheap justice, for the promotion of public education—in short, for the perfect reform of all spe cies of abuses, whether in Church or State. The Hon. Knight sat down amidst three rounds of applause. Mr. H. BULWER was received with cheers. He was an independent English gentleman, not without education, and who had served his country in Parliament for three years, during a period unexampled for its importance and its results.—(Cheers.) He had voted for shortening the duration of Parliaments, for the Ballot, and he had de clared his decided opinion as to the necessity of an exten sion of the Elective Franchise. He entirely concurred in the sentiments uttered by his Hon. Friend as to the neces sity of giving the earliest and closest attention to the just demands of the Dissenters, and to reforming a Church which sent out the parsons as the leaders of bands of sol diers, and which, in the name of God of Peace, was at this moment sacrificing the lives of our Christian brethren as victims to its grasping avarice. —(Cheers.) In reply to a question from an Elector, whether, in the event of their departing from their principles, and a ma jority of the people required them to resign, they would do so, both gentlemen answered in the affirmative. The Resolution declaring the two candidates present the fittest men as Representatives for the borough, and pledg. ing the electors to return them free of expense, was then agreed to with acclamation. The two candidates then proceeded to meet another party of electors. FINSBURY. The political excitement which has been rapitry on the increase in this district since the probability of a speedy dissolution of Parliament became manifest, has attained its utmost height ; and the friends of the different candi dates have - been actively bestirring themselves. Three meetings of the friends of Mr. Hobhouse took place yester day evening. The first place at which Mr. Hobhouse met the electors yesterday evening was the Macclesfield Arms. The Hon. Gentleman recapitulated the opinions expressed in his printed addresses, and avowed his stedfa4 determination to adhere to ti t tem off."l-iontionsE then proceeded to the Vernon Arms, Southampton-street, Pentonville, where he expressed his determination to give the present Ministry his unqualified and uncompromising opposition, and stated that he should vote for a retrospective revision of the Pension List, for the purpose of striking out all those pensions which had been granted for unmerited services.—(Cheers.) He was opposed to the imposition of church-rates, whether direct or indirect, on the Dissenters. Mr. MUST moved a Resolution to the effect that at the present crisis it was of the utmost importance that none but persons of decided and thorough reform principles should be sent to the Commons' House of Parliament. Mr. CHANDLER seconded the Resolution, which was put and carried unanimously. Mr. FIS H move d th e seco nd Resolution, which was agreed to unanimously ; and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, and three cheers given for Mr. Hobhouse, the meeting separated. The next place of meeting was the Wheatsheaf, Kenton street, Brunswick-square ; but we are sorry to add, that the same cause which rendered the procedings of the first meet ing unsatisfactory, greatly impaired the harmony of the last. A GENTLESIAN begged to ask, whether the charge made by Mr. Wakley, in his letter to the editor of the Morning Chronicle, and which appeared in Tuesday's paper, was or was not well founded ? The statement was, that Mr. Hob house, after the last election for Bath, had published the poll-books. Could Mr. Hobhouse deny the fact ? Mr. HOBHOUSE indignantly disclaimed having had any participation whatever in the proceeding. On his word and honour as a gentlemen, he had.. never been privy to it in any way, directly or indirectly.---(lmmense cheering.) A Resolution expressive of confidence in Mr. Hobhouse was proposed, and, we believe, carried ; after which the Hon. Gentleman, accompanied by his supporters, retired amidst the warmest plaudits of the electors who had assem bled on the occasion. SOUTHWARK. RESIGNATION OF MR. BENJAMIN WOOD. A meeting of the friends of Mr. B. Wood having been announced to be held at the St. George Tavern, Old Kent road, yesterday evening, our reporter attended ; but, before the hour appointed for takinc , the chair (seven o'clock), it was whispered about that Mr. Wood intended to resign. Shortly after the appointed time, Alr. WOOD himself ap peared and addressed the meeting, which, be said, circum stances that had occurred during the day had rendered a matter of mere ceremony. Having consulted with his friends as to the present posture of the borough, there were unani mously of opinion, that it would not be advisable for, him just now to contest the borough. The reason for his resig nation must be obvious to them : the struggle was a strug gle of principle, notof individuals ; and as there were already two other candidates before them professing the same prin ciples which he held, and as both had already been Repre sentatives of the people in Parliament on those principles, it was considered that his coming in might have a tendency to divide the constituents, and open the icay for a Tory candidate. Thanks were then voted to Mr. 13. Wood, and the meet ing resolved itself into a committee to aid in the return of the reforming candidates for the City. A numerous Meeting of the friends of Mr. D. W. Harvey was held last night at the Queen's Head Inn, in the Bo rough. Mr. Partridge was voted into the Chair. Mr. HARVEY rose, and was received with tumultuous ap plause. He must confess, that he never, in the whole course of his experience, remembered so much ready compliance as he found in his canvas of this place ; yet he would not con ceal that he had met with some gentlemen, even at this ad vanced period of the public contest, who seemed in a sort of terror, as if they knew not what political obligation was, or if they did, wanted experience to point out to them the mode in which they ought to discharge it. He was sorry to find, not only here, but elsewhere, including alike those who possessed the franchise of old, and those whose acqui sition of it was of recent date, that the mighty importance of political duty was not sufficiently appreciated. Let them remember that all eyes were directed towards them ; that they were standing amongst a population of a million and a half of men, who, in the short period of ten days, would have to acquit themselves of a mighty obligation, by setting a splendid example—who, within that space oof time, must either declare, " We, the people of England 'will be free," or hear the epitaph of freedom—(Great cheering.) In this case, the Court and Cabinet had dissolved the Parliament because it was too independent for them ; and they rec koned on obtainin? a Parliament that woud be sufficiently servile for their objects. He did not desire to level distinc tionS i all he desired was that they should not level the people. a wished tO see equal laws applied to unequal conditions. Sir Robert Peel told them the people wished for quiet, that they wished agitation to cease ; true—but would Toryism make them quiet ?—(Cries of " No") In dustry should be unburdened, and tx . fair play. Mr. Harvey next spoke of the necessity that existed of ;91brm ins- the abuses in the Church. He liked to see pious men administering at the altars raised to the Deity throughout the country ; but it never was intended for individuals to be riding over God's heritage, and bearing away each some 30,0001 or 40,000/. a year, a sum more than sufficient to spread the light of religion over the whole kingdom. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. _ _ The nomination of the candidates is fixed for Monday. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.-JAN. 1. The Grand Jury were sworn in this morning. Mr. Raw linson, in the absence of Mr. Const, presided. James Robertson was indicted for robbing a person un kncwn, in St. James's Park, on the 16th of December. The Jury did not, require the Chairman to sum up, but pronounced a verdict of Not Guilty. J. Nathan was convicted of stealing a cloak. It was attempted to be shown that the prisoner was in sane, and it appeared that he bad been confined in an asylum. The court sentenced him to one month's im prisonment. The other cases were for trifling petty thefts. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A French gentleman attended to state the result of his inquiries after his wife, who had eloped with a clerk of the French Treasury, named Schan. Schan it seems was a very intimate friend of the appli cant, and about the beginning of November last he took advantage of his absence on a journey to Rennes to carry off his wife and two children from Paris. The matter did not reach the ears of the injured husband for some days, but he ultimately traced the guilty pair to London, and obtained a letter from his own Government recommending his case to the notice of the Government here. Mr. Capper, of the Alien Office, was accordingly instructed to assist him, and it being understood that the wife was sojourning in the district of this office, Roe, the Guildhall officer, was employed to trace her. Roe found she had been lodged at a house in Finsbury-circus. She was described as a tall haughty woman, about thirty years of age, while her para mour was a very small spare asipificant looking personage with a brisk walk. - took Roe now reported to the Magistrate that the the lodging about the 10th of November, and went away on the 18th, her luggage, in seven trunks, being conveyec: away in a cart with a white horse. Nobody about the house had observed to whom the cart belonged, nor where strangers were going to. No tidings of them could be gained among the steam-packet agents or elsewhere till they accidentally fell in with a town cart drawn by a white horse, the driver of which at once remembered doing the job for the foreign'gentleman and lady. He said he was first ordered to go to Back Church-lane, and from thence he was directed to the St. Katherine's Dock, where he put the parties and the goods on board the Ontario, New York packet, which sailed that day. lie was recommended to the job by Mr. Jensen, at Messrs. Dovaux, merchants, in Fenchurch-street. Roe immediately went to that gentle man, who said he had assisted the parties to remove at. the instance of a friend at Paris, who wrote to him, but he refused to tell that friend's name, or give any further ex planations whatever, and even threatened to kick the of ficer down stairs. The carman described the parties and the two children precisely. Sir PETER LAURIE said Mr. Jensen's conduct was very unreeling. He did not suppose a respectable man could be found who would not commisserate the sufferings of a husband and father treacherously deprived of his children. as well as his wife, and who had travelled 500 miles to gain intelligence of them. He should send another messenger to request Mr. Jensen's attendance upon him. Fester, the Marshal's man, was despatched to Fenchurch street, but he soon returned with the message that Mr. Jensen was not in the way, and that he was told it was not probable he would come except a warrant was issued. Sir PETER LAURIE regretted that he could not give the applicant (whose name did not transpire) any farther aid. It was clear the parties had flown to New York. He still hoped that Mr. Jensen would, for the sake of his character, give the applicant every information in his power. He was very glad to see a mutual understanding established between the the English and French Governments to facilitate the apprehension of criminals who succeed in getting out of the country. The gentleman thanked the Magistrate, and retired. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Charles IVilliana, a tall thin man, blind of an eye, wearing a black curly wig, and following the " profes §inn" of a strolling player, was charged on suspicion with stealing a small cart drawn by two dogs, together with a large deal box, containing a number of dresses for theatrical representation. John Prateli a young man who described himself as a member of the theatrical profession, and the prisoner entered into a speculation together, owing to the decline of the drama in London, to start off to the cutlntry and try their fortune there. As their finances were not - ;:.! a very flourish ing condition, they determined on travelLZ in the most economical manner, and to this end procuis.:: l a small cart and two dogs to draw the whole of the thea trical paraphernalia, and also a supply of provisions, to obviate the necessity of paying for extravagant break fasts and dinners at the different inns on the line of their route. They visited several places in Surrey, and although their efforts were not what might be termed " crowned with complete success," yet they managed to keep the wolf from the door, and, taking all things into consideration, as the complainant expressed it, had a very fair run of business. They then crossed into Kent ; and, with a determination to get up some of the most sterling dramas, engaged three or four other actors, and to do the thing with spirit, hired a room at one of the principal inns for the performance, instead of going to a barn, and pro ceeded to bill the town from one end to the other. These exertions on their part put them to additional expense, and when the night of performance arrived, they had the bitter .disappointment of playing to empty benches ; the money taken on the occasion not being sufficient to pay for the hire of the room, putting out of the question the expense atten dant on concluding engagements with the two actors who , were to do the first line of business, besides the musicians and other extras. This failure was a blow given to their theatrical speculation that they could not possibly recover, and in their hurry to leave a town where they met with such discouragement, the prisoner took advantage of the state of confusion into which matters were thrown, and, harnessing the dogs to the cart; shouldered the deal box, containing all the stage properties, bundled it into the vehicle, and started for town, leaving the whole of his thea trical brethren in the lurch. The complainant gave instant pursuit to the runaway, but the latter contrived to get into town, where all trace of him was lost, until within the last few days, when he was discovered in Royal Tent-court, Kent-street, where he had taken up his abode at one of the fourpenny lodging houses in that quarter of the town. In formation was given to the police of the circumstance, and the complainant having persisted in pressing a charge of fe lony against the prisoner, be was taken into custody. The dog-cart and deal box, which he was accused of stealing, were brought to the office also. The Magistrate, on hearing the nature of the charge, said that it appeared to be a squabble between two unsuc cessful actors as to which was entitled to the cart and its contents. Prisoner—That is all, Sir ; this is done out of spite be cause I did not stop in the country to share the obloquy cast upon us by the country bumpkins, who termed us a set of " diverting vagabonds," and I was glad to get back again, as it was "no go" to stop any longer, and I was in dread of starvation. " Here I am," added he, " once more in London, and no power on earth shall ever induce me to go into the country again on a theatrical speculation." Complainant—Deliver up my box and the property in it, and I have no wish to proceed against you. Mr.; prisoner here requested that the box might be opened. The moment the lid was thrown up the interior exhibited some taudry theatrical dresses, an old suit of armour, and some other trifling articles. The complainant rammed his hand into the box, and taking up a rusty old garment exclaimed " This here Roman toga is my property, and I'll swear to it. I've worn it scores of times in character, and I can prove I bought it second-hand of old Flart in Holywell-street."—(Laughter.) Prisoner—That may be yours ; but you tell a crammer if you mean to say that all the dresses in the box are your own. You know well that I borrowed most of them before we started from town. _ _ _ • Here a scene of recrimination took place between the parties, when the Magistrate discharged the accused, ob serving that it was evident there was a joint ownership in the property, and that they ought to have eettled their dif ferences without bring the case to a police office. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 31.- Our Cotton Market to-day has been a little more active ; the sales amount to 2,500-bags, and at an advance of /d. per lb. upon last week's prices on American descriptions. THE ARMY (From the Limerick Chronicle.) Lieut.-Colonel Claik, K. H., is this day engaged rual;_ k g in the anual inspection of the clothing and accoutrements rfw squadron 7th Dragoon Guards i n thi s garr i son un d er :AV Nugent. The 9th regiment is the only one on recerd who ever re fused to be Light Infantry ; after the battle of Salamanca. in which the 9th greatly distinguished itself, a proposal was made to Lieutenant-Colonel, now Sr John Cameron, K. C. 13., th at the 9th should be made a Li g ht R eg i ment , to which this justly celebrated officer made the following reply :—" That 9th had gained all their honours as a heavy regiment, such they shntu, remain as long as he had th e h onour o f codimand" .: ing them." MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. FIELD MARSHAL—H. R. H. the Duke of Gloucester' G.C.B. and G. C. H., Col. Seo. Fus. Gds., Governor of Portsmouth, &c., Bagshot Park. GENERALS—Rt. Hon. Sir W. Keppel, G.C.8., Col. 2 F., Gov. of Guernsey, Paris ; Freeman, formerly of 16 F. LIEUT.-GENERALS--Sir A. Fitz-Gerald, Bt., Dublin; Fel" gusson, E. I. Comp. Serf., Dunfallendeg, N.B. MAJOR-GENERALS—StirIing, Lieut.-Gov. of Cork, Mussel burgh; Hon. G. A. C. StaFylton; J. P. Murray. MAJORS—Bunworth, 86 F., DeiDerara; Clibborn, R. Art. , Trinidad; Fraser, late 1 R. Vet. Bn., Palma. CAPTAiNs—Langton, Coldst. Gds., NbWton Park, neat Bath ; Mansell, 39 F., Calcutta; Deckner, 1 W. I. R., ° ll passage from West Indies ; Coote, h. p., 18 D., Fortarling ton; Macnamara, h. p., 78 F. ; L. J. Hay, unatt. ; Lit": rini, h. p., Malta Rcg., Malta; Biggs, h. p., 57 F . ' Wexford. LIEUTENANTS—Curaine, 10 F. ; Rawlins, do. ; M‘Gratbf 16 F., Florence ; Beatty, 31 F. Kurnaul, Bengal; Fry, 41 F. ; Rose, 45 F. ; Sutton. 49 F., Fort William, Bengal; Purdon, IL, Mr. Corps, Gambia ; T. Stockwell, R. Mar.; Farrant, R., Mar. Art. ; Shillito, h. p., R. Mar. ; Collis b. p., 34 F. ; Birth°, late 1 R. Vet. Bu. ; Fisherrow ; late 3 It. Vet. Bn., Clairmont, co. Mayo ; Scobell, unatt• (late of 95 F.) SECOND LIEUTENANTS AND ENSIGNS—Kerr, 1 F., drowne d near Athlone; Byers, do. ; Bernard, 26 F., Meerut, Bengal; Johnson, 63 F., Madras ; Purdy, h. p., R. Mar. ; Jose Smith, do. ; Shockledge, late 3 R. Vet. Bn., Edinburgh; Lewis, h. p. 53 F. ; Munro, Sappers and Miners. PAYMASTERS—Mac Kay, h. p., 21 F., Jersey; More, b.p. , 28 F., Wexford. ADJUTANT—Barber, late 6 IL Vet. Bn., Windsor. QUARTER-MASTER Maxwell, late 60 F., St. Svalt France. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT—Murray, Comm. Gen. h.P.; Butler, 'do. ; Palmer, Assist. Comm. Gen., h. p. ; J. Finlay' Dep. Comm.-Gen. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT—Surg. Dr. Whistler, h. p. Staff; Assist. Surg. Dr. Archibald, 40 F., Calaba, BombaY; Assist. Surg. Dr. Hunt, Staff, Ceylon ; Apoth. Williams. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK Wheat. Barley. l Oats. 110,.iis. *T ..../a it'. I 1 illi l: i e u r l, !2 , t , t i a___ter. .. 40 8. to L. _ll. 3 8 0 . ...s. to 2 8 1 . ....s. to 4 s o . .1. t° ' .., 11rigg.....---..,....„ 40 52 3) 36 15 22 30 35 -- .......'thrillfle-----. — 3, 3n 22 37 40 5 1 Chard ---- 40 46 24 30' 18 22 86 40 3'2 t ltintingdon....— 42 80 26 31 21 25 37 40 -7., 1 4 i 2 - 0 3 - 2 2 10 2 . 2 2. 4 4 • 34 35 40 37 ... . . .- 4 E L, , , : t ig o, S . .itton. _ ,...... • 38 .7 4 Lynn-. ~..... 3'l, 49 26 ' 32 93. 24 32 31 32 84 Newark ----............ 36 44 23 33 17 26 36 41 --- Nottingham .....-- 40 45 j3l titi: I t l2 26 35 42 5 etlerly‘roligh --- 31 40 253 35 .1.: 25 33i 42 -- ..„, Plyinc,t,th —...... 40 50 30 34 20 2 3 P:mtetiact.......... 67 43 -.., 27 43 ..... '3leafor I -- - , -; 65 70 136 ns 22 28 11 45 Upping haw ......-,... I 3 3 '39 25 29 20 30 36 46 Wisk-tt, ......--- 145 —I 20 1113 .—_____•..../ CHELTENHAM MARKETS. I'er Bushel s. d. to s. ii I'e, lb. a. tl7. Wheal .... .......... ... 5 0 6 0 Beef 6 4 Barley o.its Bean. . 4 6 5 0 Pork Pease • 5 0 7 U Lsml, 0 ii,jr __....., L LEDS CORN MARKET - Dec. 30 Wheat, tst•irfolh anti Slltiffik t 60111. --- York. and Lincoln. 60Ih. Barley ; , •orfolk and Siifrolk • 28s. to 3•25. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire -- Grinding nein), Oats, I'litatne lettling, Fur. 1:).d. to 13d. l'ng, 9,t to 10 , 4,1. per stone. Shelling Itanese c ..l, I.:nglisli, 25i to 27. ••• Fttreign, —I. t.. —4 spy !Ow -.........." LIVE RPOOL COItN EXCHA NGE.—Dec 3n. , t , t , , WHEAT, Ellgllsll, '',‘ hite, per 701 b. - " - Rea , ..... ... 6 0 . 6 6 Scotch, Welch, am; Manx Irish, White ... 6- 0 6 6 Red Foreign OATS, English, Wets):, and Scotch, i ~r 451 h.... ..• •-• 3 A 0 8 - •-••••••••••••• Irish Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter .1. 1 . 0 36 Scotch and Irish, per limbs. Feeding 3 5 3 ' BEAUS, English, per Imperial quarter 'IS 0 42 Irish, &e. "4 0 3/11 b I °reign '36 0 39 0 . PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 42 0 48 t i ..--.--- Foreign FLourt, English, per 28 0 1 b. 33 0 42 " - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per I.lolbs IN• lAN CORN, per I , loti .„, 35 1 RYE, per Imperial quarter'*.2 0 A „ NALT, per Imperial quarter 52 0 62 " I memo* ccc ti MAIN (Of the Week ending Dec. 29 l• Wheat. I Oats. 1 Ilarley Flour. I Oaten-- , ,try Ur a, Or;. Foreign, Brls.l Irish, &c Seks I 1. 03 .. i., 3,136 5.422 i 6:30 61 I 5,8h9 5_,...1;..., SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET.—Dec. 31 sr' The supply of Beasts, Sticep, Calves, and Porkers, to th s day's Pl ket was moderately good. There was a tolerably numerous attent la , i % of town and country buyers, but the trade was dull, at the 1'0,1 ,0 prices iy.,r stone of 81b. to sink the (dais : bee: Mtitt9n 3 2 4 4 I Pork 3 6 3 " . 0 i Beasts, 33 ' • Sheep, 2 48S; Calves, 41; Pigs, 70. A great porde' ) the supply lett the market unsold RO M.FORD MA RKET —Dec. 31. di. P. ti. lUS. 41. to. 41. too , !Svc 1.. a 8 Minton. Sucking Calves, 14s. to 245.; Quarter old Store Pigs. 84. to 12s. Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 11/. tts. to 13/. Ds. Supply limiter!, and trade very ctuil. __..—.../. I.E ‘'‘i ES NI Alt K E'l.—lln. JO. Beef Mut to . ) 3 8 4 6 I Pork. 3 0 3 v,bef A moder.,:e supply; trade with the primest Beef and Mut.on ga* brisk, but otherwise dull. o n the dissolution of Parliament the power of re,e rs to frank lett s ceases until a Memb er i s re t urne d a t the u h r e ...7 neral Election t. the House of Commons, who, having; power to frank, the 15 ,:ivilege is resume d by th e i r L o rdshiP be This circumstance being ~:ade generally known will, save Peers the trouble of application.. to frank letters at, wont. We are assured that, by the two roads from P 0 dington to the city, the different' cmnibuNes start not less 61 800 times a day. f THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII.—" In the tale n t human passion in past ages, there is something of int e .,bis s even in the remoteness of the times. We love to feel VLt e s us ' the bond which unites the most distant eras. ,P.'; nations, customs, perish - the affections arc immortal ' l ,se are the sympathies which unite tke ceaseless generations. i r r Fist lives again, when we look upon its emotions • i t lives he our own—That which was ever is." These (observes ! lit) Examiner) are Mr. Bulwer's words; they seem to express,',,, origin of the work before us. We have pleasure in add in edi that they express also the triumph it has achieved. Secure i, this noble sense of the immortality of the affections, Mr. is t , wer, by simply moulding upon them the manners of the ps,s, the great influences.of the scene and the time, has acc e 7 l l plished the object he proposed. The passions of eight e ' centuries ago come from him with the life and freshness of t b °; day. " The Last Days of Pompeii "we take, indeed, W one of Mr. Bulwer's finest works. It has a singleness Of P U O 3 pose, and a sustainment unequalled in any of his rev ° writings. of Ea4•f, MAI?1?IED. On the Ist inst., at St. Pancras Church, Joseph Lax, • N is , Litfield-place, Clifton, to Sarah Frances, daughter of the laic thr.niel Barton, Esq., of Corsley House, Wiltshire. etb s On the :?.oth nit., at St. James's Church, Jonathan WeYln i f a pis Esq., of the Old Jewry, to Helen, youngest daughter of 4--- Rigby, Esq., of Golden-square. DIED. On the Ist inst., in Lower Brook-street, Lady Henry Fitzrof' On the 31st ult., in Woburn-square, Charles Johnson, EA . the General Post-office, aged 59. On the Ist inst., at Bayswater, Susannah, wife of John 0 16 Esq., of Newman-street, aged 63. On the 30th ult., Malcolm, youngest son of John Barclay'Yl Hornsey-lane, aged 27 months 0 1 ,/ On the 29th ult., at Mulbarton, in his 79th year, the Bef: .- Beevor, D.D. third son of Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart., lad_ Hethel and of ' Bircham Newton with Tofts, and Vicar of Ne ingham, all in the county of Norfolk. On the 20th ult., at Shanklin Parsonage, Isle of Wight, f ato both Whitewood, aged 75, a faithful domestic in the family Rev. Archdeacon Hill for 56 years. tb . At Dorchester, J. Willis, Esq!, Deputy Lieutenant fo r county, and formerly a Captain in the Dorset Militia. D• P g i i At Wyke Regis, near Weymouth, the Rev. John Dupre, formerly • Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and Head Maw' , Berkharnpstead School. On the 26th ult., at Emscote, Miss Elizabeth Field, fortneril Jury-street, Warwick, aged 62. 0 On the 22d ult., at Burton's-buildings, Warwick, James aged 34. On the 23d ult., aged 92, Mr. John Headley, of Evesham• On the Bth ult., in his 63d year, Joshua Lant, Esq., fortoe r ' Allesley, Warwickshire. for °r On the 21st ult.,_aged 88, the Rev. Isaiah Phillips, wh0;,4,0" :he Jews "' wards of 40 years officiated as principal reader at t . gogne, in Birmingham. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOLT . at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. 't 1 ~ \ RE alon, r)ld BIRTHS. tbg On the ;;,,,'Ol ult., at Mannheim, Gra n d D uc hy of Baden' 0 0 the lady of Lieztenant-Color,el Stepney Cowell (late Co'date Guards), of a son. 10 0' On the Ist inst., at Lady Colchester's, Montague-place, B square, the lady of the Hon. Ph;lip Henry Abbott, of a daus l3 : o o On the 30th ult., at Kemp Town, Brighton, the lady of To Read Kemp, Esq., of a son. On t'se 30th ult., at Bath, the lady of H. M. Chadwi.-- , of Mavesyn-Ridware, Staffordshire, of a son and heir. uolf On the 30th ult., at the Rectory, Farnborough, Hants, th e of the Rev. Charles Eckersall, of a daughter. 11°' On the 30th ult. in Sussex-place, Regent's-park, the Mrs. Edwaid Fletcher, of a son. * 91 On the 29th ult., at Southgate, the.lady of John Camek of a daughter. TEE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1835. 1