The Sun. — London, England, 1835-01-31 00:00:00

- DINNER. TO MR. HUME. About 120 of the freeholders of Uxbridge and its vicinity, met yesterday at the Town Hall, Uxbridge, to celebrate the return of M r . H ume as t h e i r representat i ve . Th e T own H a ll Was very t as t e f u ll y d ecorate d f o r t h e occas i on , w i t h laurels and ribbons, and the sides of the room were graced with several appropriate mottoes—such as " Home and Reform"—" The glorious 3096"—." Civil and Religious Liberty"—" Reform In Church and State"—" Education to All." At the end of the sril room immediately behind the Chairman, there was a bent star, circumscribed with the name of " Hume and the 3096" electors by whom he was returned. At three o'clock nt • Hume arrived, and the dinner was shortly after served up. a. As soon as the cloth was removed, Ring, CHAIR MAN , M r . T. Murray, rose to propose " The n -ng• and may he never forget the principles that placed his family upon the throne of these realms." If they had not a reforming King, they could never have a reforming Ministry. The late Reform Ministry his Majesty had been pleased to d ismiss, and had taken to his ceuncils men in every way op posed to Reform—but with the franchise which the people now enjoyed, if they did not get such measures as they Wanted, they would soon turn any Ministry to the right about. - -(Cheers.) If th e y wan t e d goo d measures they must choose men who would support them—men who would obtain for them a good, cheap, and efficient Government.—( Cheers.) Toast drunk with t h ree t i mes t h ree. Song..." God save the King." , The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The people, the only legi timate source of political power."—( Great applause.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed, " Civil and religious liberty over the world."—( Great cheering. ) The CHAIRMAN said he rose with great pleasure to propose a toast wh.;ch he was sure would be drank by every one present with equal pleasure ; namely, " The health of their worthy re presentative Joseph Hume."—(Tremendous cheering.) His Past conduct was the best pledge of what his future conduct would be.---( Cheers.) He regretted to say that Mr. Hume had lost several votes in this district, but he himself could best explai n the cause. He had lost many from the farming in terest, because he was supposed to he their enemy, and wished for a free trade in corn. He had lost many an honest and ird supporter from his occasional opposition to the late inistry and he had lost many among the innkeepers an d Publicans,; because he was supposed to be the means of placing very oppe essive tax of 50 per cent. on their licenses. He doped to b e allowed to say a word or two of the late candi te—the sapling Wood—( Great laughter)—whom the 3,096 _° nobly l opt f rom the Torybranch. and who, as a Tory, would, ?e hop e d, b e a l wa. i's kept for under-Wood—( Cheers and l aughter) — so that he quid never supplant the British heart °f oak, Joseph Hume.—(lornense cheering.) Mr. HUME rose amidst loud and repeated cheers, and said— entlenssa, I assure you it affords me much pleasure at any time to m eet any portion of the commnity, but on no occasion more so than I do on the present. I say so, because in this district I have been comparatively weak in the number of totes, at w hi c h, h owever , I am not much surprised when I Consider the nature of the suffrage, and the influence used against me. With all this, I consider that this district has done well.--( Great cheering.) You have brought me more 'sport than I calculated on, and consequently I feel grate `nt to those who have laboured so zealously in my cause.— (Great cheers.) There are times when a man is compelled to speak of his own actions, and this is one where I am called neon to speak of subjects connected with myself, but also C onnected with the great questions you and I support. I conside; the struggle that is just past not one in which Jo seph Hume individually was concerned, hut one which was to decide whether a reaction had taken place in the coun try---( Much cheering) whether those who so nobly sup- Ported the late Ministry in the great struggle for Reform li gainst the united efforts of the Tories, were now to be ea.st aside—whether, in fine, you had changed your opi li of ° l , l s• as has been alleged, and, as I believe , the ears nis Majesty have L'een poisoned with the tale. The st ruggle w as t o ascertain whether all this had taken plac e. I believe there is not an indieidital in the kingdom whose defeat Wo uld gratify the Tories more than` that of your humble servant. -- (Tremendous cheering.) I consider, therefore, that the struggle was not a personal affair between individuals, but I should be so indeed to think that thre su g h me an y in j ur y should b e done to that cause which for many j'ears I have for warded, an d w hi c h i s now at t h e p o int o f co mp2etion, to an laxtent which cannot be at present estimated. I stl'ould be t ur rY if through my individual person any injury shouL l be voile to th a t cause.—( Cheers.) It was therefore with greas satisfaction I saw myself supported by so numerous and inde teodent a body of the electors of Middlesex.—( Great cheer mg.) The struggle just past shows the necessity of rallying round those whose great aim is the happiness of the country, ° ridwhose great object is to defeat the monopolising power of r e arist ocr a c y. N o thi n g but union amongst reformers can any way frustrate the attempts that are now made to retain t he e helm of the country.—( Cheers.) It is true, as stated by the worthy Chairman. that I have lost a number of votes in this strict, but why ? Many of those who enjoy the suffrage believe i s t , to be a right—something connected wit h themselves, which th en may dispose of at their pleasure, which they may give away at the request of a friend or by favour. Th is is the light in which many view their suffrage, instead of consider mg it a trust reposed in them by the Constitution , not for laeir owl/ sakes, but for the benefit of the unrepresented mil -504.-4 Great cheering.) A man is no more at liberty to grant his vote to A or B, if in his conscience he does not con sider him to be the fittest person to represent him, than a man would be at liberty on entering a jury -box, to pledge himself t° give a verdict for or acminst the prisoner.—(Cheers. What could be said of an individual who would thus solicit a jury_ isi ,s n , who would Say to him, " the case before You is o ne in which I am interested, and I request as 4 particular favenr that you will attend not to the evidence or to the fitness of ti•se object, but that jou will give your verdict rMY personal accoost, either as a favour, or for the favours b; w 11 1 do y ou ." I w ouls! ask any man with English feelings in - ‘ 3 bosom, what would be iris conduct if such a request were Made to him before entering a jury-box? If his indignation would allow him to speak, ; vo ssld he not say , " I am fl i nt a traitor ; I will not violate the sacr,'d trust re p osed in me ; not vote for or against any indivic;:: al ; I will hear the eviden ce, i I w ill j u d ge upon it, an d I w ill then give my vote ho nestly an d accor di n g t o my conscience."—( Groh' cheering.) maintain that the nature of the suffrage is not wet: tinders it s ° °d• There are many men—but I am sure there is tios °n,e h e r e Present—who are induced to vote against their own fees. lags, merely because they say they cannot help themselves. se n eh men are unworthy of the name of Englishmen, unworthy ai the f ranc hi se th e y a b use , an d on ly worthy to be, what they are, slaves.—( Great cheering.) We have had too much 0 1 4 UChing to Tory power. We have borne too long the burden the Tories, and can only blame ourselves for the manner in hleh we have done so.—( Great cheering.) I regret to see ss ° country oppressed with taxation to support such men— men who are called upon by their own individual interests to buP'anncort nsions, and sinecures, ad all other extravant t he pe of expenditure. We have n borne this too long, and e sense of its injustice, I rejoice to say, is one of the tfiln i ts of the Reform Bill.—( Immense cheering.) Before t hat Bill little importance was attached to individual votes. "ere was not recollected that it was by units that great numbers "era made up, and that it was only by union we can carry any f v eat7enterprize.—( Cheers.) Many persons, not understand lAg th e object I had in xiew, disapproved of my occasional op- POt'ition to the late Ministry. I am confident that I have lost Many votes in consequence of this ; but I am proud that I have lout many votes on that account. I went into Parlia . Tent, n ot support any one set of men.—(Cheers.) My to was to a timd to the interests of say constituency, but not r allow their inte'Yests to stand in the way of the general in terests of the country; and consequently, my vocation was to Put down all monopolies which were held for the a dvantage of afese at the expense of the' country. Monopolies are t he bane ‘ 3 ..f this countr y.---( Cheers.) It was the monopoly of t he p eers, in the B r iti s h Parliament, that enabled them to pension ',!Fmselv es an d th e i r re l a ti ves o n the public.—( Cheers. ) quit prevents the spread of commerce, but monopoly ? My first act was to raise my voice against monopolies. I look upon them, not as the representative of Middlesex, but of the peo te of the United Kingdom and of the colonies of Great Britain. any of those Colonies have any complaint to make, it is as mu ch my duty to protect them as any of yourselves.— (C heers.) With these opinions I am not surprised to find that s everal important bodies of men consider me their enemy. But there are questions to which I am considered hostile because ti leY are not rightly understood. I come for instance to the ttestion of the Corn Laws. Men are actuated by two mo 'yes, either by the love of notoriety, or personal considerations. 48 a landlord my income depends 'upon the amount of rent I r eceive, Is it to be supposed, therefore, that a man gifted w ith an ordinary portion of common sense — and I am said to took to my own interest to a great degree—(Laughter)— would support a measure :vhich could so deeply injure himself? But the farmers are preposseesed with the idea that I am the th ere of the f ar m e r and the lentil : SS). interest. It is true that ere would be no mistake if the ) said t he "landed interest" °i nk .• I am an opponent of the landed interest, but it is equally true that I am the friend of the farmer. I l'Cfer you to the Periods of 1819, 1820, and 1821, when I warned tit 4 country against P ee l' s Bill, an d sa id t h at as th e y were a b ou t to alter :be value of property, and unless they reduced the expendi ty'e of the estate according to the rise in the currency, they would to that extent i ncre ase taxation. I said that with Europe i to compete with us, we could not go on as we were ; but the isnly object of the landlords then was to keep up false f l° Pes, in order to get a higher rent. The prices came down Spite of all their efforts, and the consequence was, that the farmers were ruined by their contracts. Was this the case or re ?---( Cheers.) Let the farmers look back, and say if they :se prosperous. There was a succession of ruinous attempts to obtain land, in the hope of higher prices ; but experience 'iloved them that they must come to the same price that corn f etched in 1792, before there were any corn laws at all. , I Call upon - those who arraign my conduct to look back and say, if I di d n o t foretell what would be the consequence of those la ws, and if t:' , ey would not have been better had they followed a,Y advice ?—( Cheers ) For the last five years I have annu tY brought forwa."d a 1114601) for the repeal of the Corn 1. ' 4 % . v5• I call them irsiudiciossa, Upon the communication I s ith other coun t r i es mainly depends the prosperity of Eng nnd• The power of the land is limited-sahat of commerce i s unlimii ed ; and with the enormous debt, of wieieh we must PaY, the i n ter es t, it is the interest of every man that the end oo uld be epread as lightly as poseible. If, therefore, I can Ppr,ove, th at b y - every extC l s ion of commerce we increase em '°Yinent at hol.ne, and that the c o nsumer of p ro p ert y abroad ! e ontributes half the value o f that pro l , load we have to -erty to the taxation of ' 4 country, Pay. clear that they lessen the • The it is Corn Laws c ou ld not k eep up the prices thus* am acre ainjurious on both h an d s , an d t h e country suffered. ~eocito for the r e p ea l o f t h ose l aws- 1 would place the in corn on the same footing with other trades. Any f ar 'lligent person must see that I am the best friend to the ' n er• I would have steady prices at all times; not " ups and downs," whieh must eventually prove ruinous. Thus, in advocating a change, I have shown that it would net injure the farmer, and I come to the persons who would be injured— the landed proprietors. They have in extreme circumstances, had the prices raised to an unnatural state, and rent in pro portion. They are unwilling to come to that state they must come to at last, and which I know they must - &Mae' to. It is therefore, that they represent me as the enemy of the farmer— an assertion as unfounded as others which have been issued against me.—( Great cheering.) There was a charge made against me by the Innkeepers. If any man is more ill-used by the Innkeepers than another, I am that mare— ( Hear, hear, hear.) From the year 1818, I have taken their part On the Committee of that year, I endeavoured to relieve public-house keepers from the interference of the Magistracy. Upon that Committee I advocated the relief of the innkeepers, and instead of being blamed for what has taken place, I ought to receive credit. I was not about to interfere with the finan cial arrangements of adding 50 per cent. to their licenses, in consequence of the reduction of another tax ; but I thought it better that there should be a system of licensing in proportion to the business done, and that the man who received 101. and he who received 100/. annually, should. not pay the same. ( Cheers.) I expected much opposition from the innkeepers, in consequence of those ungrounded accusations, but there were many brilliant exceptions, and some in whose houses were the Committees of my opponent, gave me plumpers.— ( Cheers.) The opposition, therefore, was not general, though to some extent. I will next come to the opposition I have given the late Ministers.--( Hear, hear.) I never gave any opposition for which I could not account.—( Hear.) I belong to no party, but I have generally been able to vote with the late Ministers, because they were the friends of the popular rights. I have therefore generally associated with the Whigs and opposed the Tories.—( Cheers.) After the pass ing of the Reform Bill, the people expected to derive the ad vantages from it that were promised.. Year after year passed and the Whi g s were dallying with the Tories—on the con trary I had sufficient knowlede to believe that no terms could be used to make the Tories support liberal measures.--(Loud cheers.) I considered that Earl Grey was not a Minister in favour at Court—that there was not in the whole Court a single individual who was not hostile to his Adm;nistration— the Clergy and the Aristocracy held the ear and counsel of Majesty—l knew that Earl Grey's Administration was kept up by the people—that they were carried back in the month of May, 1832, on the shoulders of the people, and I considered that they ought not to slumber in their duty to the peeple.— ( Great cheering.) Their pusillanimous conduct encouraged the Tories, and I will ask, do they not now find themselves opposed by many of the' very men whom they themselves pro moted. When I saw Earl Grey forcing Coercion Bills upon Ireland, instead of giving good government, and abolishing a sinecure Church—when I saw him passing a Bill by which the civil rights of all Ireland were superseded by the voice of one man, and the Courts of Justice were superseded by Military Courts' Martial—was it not time to raise my voice against such abuses ?—( Cheers.) I did so, and lam ready to avow my reasons. Ireland was misused—she had been suffering under the rod of arbitrary power for ages, and the people of this country are called upon to maintain 30,000 soldiers to keep her in sub jection, instead of conciliating her by doing justice, and making the people of Ireland as good and quiet subjects as those of Scotland. If I raised my voice against Ministers, it was from the honest conviction that they were pursuing a bad course. They were dilly-dallying, till they were kicked out by the Tories. I told the late Ministers what would happen, but they would not attend to the warning. We are called De structives, and it is said that we wish to destroy the constitu tion. We wish no such thing ; but we wish that the sinecure Church of Ireland should be put down—that those who do no duty should receive no money—( Cheers)—and that those who work should be amply paid.—( Great cheering.) We do not wish that two men should be employed to do the work of one. —( Cheers.) If this is to be a Destructive, we are Destruc tives—we are Destructives of all abuses.—( Cheers.) The time was when to be a Reformer was considered a disgrace, but now we are all Reformers—( Cheers and laughter)—it will be no credit soon to be a Reformer—even the Tory Administra tion are reformers, some of whom even from their cradles hated the very word Reform.---( Great laughter.) These men are now coming round, and sailing under the wing of Reform. They say they only ask for a fair trial.—( A laugh.) They have been tried and found wanting. I am willing to leave their character to any tribunal in England, and I will be guided by their opinion,. only let it be an open Court.—( Cheers. ) The Whigs were not consistent—even Lord Brougham and Lord Althorp, who opposed the Six Acts when out of place. Why did they not repeal them ?—( Great cheering.) On the conti",‘FY , they showed themselves zealous to support them— but I tote them, over and over again, that they were negligent of their duty, and I told them to what such proceedings would lead. They delaj7d Corporation Reform, and now the To ries were the gainers b y their dela y . Look at Exeter and Leicester, and Ipswich am; Yarmouth, and other places. Why take two years to inquire into tit: state of the rotten corpora tions ? They passed a bill fi Scotland, by which 67 rotten corporations were swept away, and what Vas the consequence ? At the last election, with only one excei.:lion ; —that of the Elgin burghs—Scotland had done its duty.—( te reat cheer ing.) I therefore think it a just ground of complaint that they should take two years to make an inquiry, when everybody , knew that no inquiry was necessary. The last House of Com mons was the m ust subservient I was ever in ; and if q ii rl Grey desired to carry efficient measures, he might have done o. But he was afraid of the -House of Lords—and I ask whether it was in the power of the Peers to stop: reform ?—( Great cheering.) There is another point I wish to allude to— namely, the course I took on the question of the Russian' Dutch Loan. If I had been fool or hypocrite enough to be led into the noose laid on that occasion, I would be unworthy to be your representative. They should recollect that tho treaty under which that payment was made, had been entered into by the Tories, and was conditional upon the union of Belgium and Holland. By the separation of those countries, the condition was destroyed, and I w - as of opinion that the treaty ought not to be renewed. Lord Grey's Government preferred to pay the money rather than risk the peace of ELI — rope by a quarrel with Russia and Austria, and perhaps they were right. When the Tories found that I blamed them for renewing this treaty, they brought forward a motion to discontinue the payment. I asked Sir Robert Peel if he were Minister would he save this money ? What did he say ? He would not promise.—( Great cheering.) This was the touchstone by which to try him.—( Renewed cheering.) Then came the motion. I said I disapproved of the proceed ing, but knowing the object of the knew I would say, though I siew it to be black, it was white, in order to keep the Tories out of office.—( Tremendous cheering.) This was a trial of strengt?' between two parties. When afterwards Lord Grey retired anu Lord Althorp refused to continue in office, in order again to keep Tories out, I wrote a note to Lord Althorp, calling upon him to resume office, and telling him, that as the author of the Reform t om . ill, he was bound not to retire till the benefits expected from that Bill were carried into effect, which could not be the case unless he remained a member of the Government. In a few hours this note was signed by the ma, jority of the House of Commons, Ws shows that I was not an opponent of the late Ministry.—(Cheam) There are two other points on which I wish to give some explanation. It is well known that I am a friend to civil and religious liberty, and I hold that no Dissenter, no matter what may be his creed, should be deprived of the civil advantages of the other sub jects of the Crown. To deprive a man of his civil rights for such a reason, I have always held to be tyranny in the highest degree.—( Great cheering.) I hold that no roan should con tribute to the support of a Church of which he is not 4 , Will ber ; and, further, that the Established Church of this coun try has ample means to support itself. I therefore opposed the motion of Lord Althorp on the question of Church-rates, the only question being whether we should pay them out of our waistcoat, or out of our breeches pocket ? The Disseoters themselves agreed with me in rejecting that measure. 'Rey also agreed with me in rejecting the inefficient measure of Lord John Russell, upon the subject of marriage. I said it was omplexing and rendering more intolerable, by new regulations, w h at : fould be more easily borne under the old rules, to which people w ,re accustomed.—( Cheers.) R. Peel is trying to break the I ; . t_talanzlitof the Dissenters, but ha will not suc ceed. They can,: , nt expect to get what they want frAin those men who have all their ,:yes opposed them.—( Great ahegr ing.) The Dissenters - „ I ;: not be satisfied with less than complete and entire emancipa:sion.—( Cheers.) For 25 years I have been a Reformer; I can searu's:'lv expect to see ;:.: all accomplished that I wish ; but while I . LP.: I will not let the progress of Reform stop.—( Cheers.) lst keep advancing—nothing is more dangerous than to retire. The question is, whether the Peers are to retain their power to stop all Reform, or whether the people are to have measures essential to their welfare ? The late Administration had mea sures in progress which would gradually have satisfied the people.—(Great cheers.) Ere long I hope to see them again in their places, determined with more energy and perse verance to carry those measures forwards. —( Loud cheer ing.) But we must not be too sanguine—our too great confidence on the present occasion, risked the election. We must be prepared for a contest, and perhaps sooner than is expected, for be assured the Tories will die hard.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member again impressed upon the electors the necessity of forming district committees, if they wished to oppose the Tories successfully. The Tories had their e asnmittees, presided over by the clergy, and why should not the Reformers imitate their example, in preparing for the contest ?--( Hear, hear.) The struggle that was com ing would be a death-struggle, and every man should consider that the fate of the country might depend upon his single vote. After a few other observations, the Hon. Gen tleman concluded by thanking them for their support, and con gratulating them on the event of the election.—( Cheers. ) Sir JOHN SCOTT LILLIE, on his health being proposed, rose to return thanks. He did not consider himself entitled to any particular distinction more than any other elector—he had only done what -he considered to be his duty. They were met to celebrate q gr*t tFiumph—a triumph, in his opinion, better deserving of celebratien than any foreign victory we had ever gained.—( Cheers.) For what was the consequence of all our victories, but the burdening us with a debt which it is almost impossible can ever be honestly paid, and the cons verting the free institutions of this country into one of a most despotic character. This, on the ether hand, was a civil triumph over corruption, bribery, and intimidation, and vvgg more creditable to the country, he would repeat, than any fo reign victory that was ever gained. The Gallant Knight trait commented at great length on the speech of the Rev. J os h u a peg, which was a speech of blood, unworthy of a clereymen, and eenaltidel by returning thanks for the honour the company had ilone . hir,o, C. F. BARCLAY, Esq. on his health being proposed rose to return thanks. He said that he bad not been sparing exertions in the aq.use of reform, in which he had acted only a -nberdinate, but he hoped a 7ealous part. Mr. Hume had riot 4 in any respect since he %VP 41st electp4 for kliddleses : change, _ -^ continued true to his principles the elector 6 and as long as ua ^f expense, Thg Torie 4 wera would return, him free iY). CHM( .pied; t Smith, junction. V.) ni of the e filed for f the will rig of the states in t of the for the Oxford, to go to and 13ar rative, in I captives informa- Court as pn coming wove of a orted that id of four, e of 251. ; purred in been paid tition was be taxed B prayed. SC.) .d Koop'•r goods sold n which a had been plaintiff to and a new the rule. authorised .contended re in a for the plain econgn►sed of the pre- e trial, the ited on his In between a question dge to the had given farm at the him in the tle had been Ise why the exeral writs t aside, and. Loney 106 , 44 i from the •id als why Thos• *.t the rule, f fraud and Court could e warrant of y amwerett. D AY. ',SINGER ti,.. the bellraari the privilege of all sales fendant had y had fount ( Lvilege could lund for the trial, which ad upon the tied by the lm contrary contrary 9 had obtaineo at all events now arrived by the Cor' I the exclu -ged. for rr,moving esev i , 7 ;tiEssiolg , saying, that s Lord of th e had mad' r the Easter', had. They taking it t° all influenc es harged. Ferrewest , t. Society of connecting e to no 'drua ll .I . y tw' j ycal n. Court ° t',oat will en' which, cow lartics. double the as 47. F or Ireland, an in that coup' introducil a- to 54, an te Wexford a the bubli° mment, for le county h of a ve t. / le of the appears bl are now oil' ping, led, o ale A. Aner icl in.(ested ° iculars as to ay contra ft one of t o f ing his 1 00 . 0 d of the cl ap ;nor of sei,'„ier virons, atn -n d nhabited, : 1 00 and gard e :toned to tbe rie I the Rue - e Lad even soy ere filled o' le them. horse-dea le Smolens l ‘ ° ; ended, dur acip l le 0 , 0 tP, „ my years Uv io le few niol'l,wd:l s to Versai il 4' oss his isla air rtakin , ; 0 5 0 J the neces e covered t tory in tb° 0 xl a b s ent fr i9 t o himself 0 1 3 d greed to, hmeral. Tress up 3 .`" 01e , proper e the bar° io firrangd, iter t the defall 01 # . che co ,er s hould .e e t ye to turt i e g, inked hi ols e l s 'found 3 r ied ey had call Thy :',oehrann) ;ommittee,.ol, no other o ' o ol yam ;'' as fOr subStittl „''i produce etiot anot' A er, „ r o' ;hic:n r,l l e , " iorrnea b) 'his pla n „ e cv uldech i 5 r f oi The pia ° 5 arc anti paP er r t this Pa ib itt ith sti in di L J a l be r e nee" ar th e Y i tg! ° vessels. ,i 514 (his Loruscr ro aninittee, ^ +R -.-~~ 71 I . / THE 1T LONDON, SATI.TIMIY. JANUARY 31, 1835. " scotched, not killed." They were a most formidable party, and might be compared to the spider,,who having been driven from his weli, _watched his opportunity to crawl back to it again, .atid -- proceeded to avail himself of all its snares and taps ntithenit loss of time.—( Applause.) The political web which enfolded the whole country in its meshes was spun by parsons and magistrates, not forgetting the corporations. The Tories had crawled back to their filthy web to plot against the community at large. The Tories were united, as all persons were who had a common object in view. The object of the Tories was plunder and rapine and personal aggrandizement at the expense of the „community at large.—( Applause.) The Tory system might be described in two words, " exclusion and monopoly." He feared the Tories, because they had as sumed the new character of Reformers ; as a writer of old said, that he feared the Greeks most when they offered presents. He would take this opportunity of stating a fact, which he be lieved bad not been publibly announced. Previously to the first session of the Reformed Parliament an Hon. Member, whom the Government had assisted at his election; received a copy of a circular signed by Mr. Charles Wood, Earl Grey's private Secretary, stating that his Lordship meant the Reform Bill to be a final measure ; which was much as to say that the march of Reform should be stopped. If Mr. Hume was aware of that circumstance, it was a sufficient excuse for his opposing the Government. He concluded by pro posing, as a toast, the health of the electors who, unbiassed by promises and threats, returned two Reform members for Mid dlesex.—( Applause.) Mr. H. CARPENTER, on his health being drank, returned thanks, and proposed the following teast i--" Cheap laws, cheap religion, and a good and cheap government," which was drunk with great applause. Mr. GEARY, on his health being proposed, returned thanks on behalf of the Dissenters, and concluded by proposing as a toast " Education to all," which was drank amidst loud cheers. Mr. BAILEY, a Quaker, wished to know whether Mr. Hume approved of the denunciations used by the Catholic Priests in Ireland, against those of their persuasion who had - voted for the Knight of Kerry ? Mr. HumE said that he thought the Clergy of all persuasions ought to abstain from mixing themselves up in political con tests. No Clergyman, whether Protestant or Catholic, should dare to intimidate an elector. He must however say. that he believed that the Clergy of the Established Church used means as strong, perhaps stronger, than any used by , the Ca tholics. After a few other toasts had been drank, Mr. HUME again returned thanks, and desired them, to be prepared for the next election, till when he bid them good-bye. 'the Hon. Gentleman then left the room, and was escorted through the town by an immense concourse of people, who, after accompanying his carriage to a considerable distance, se parated at his request, after giving him three hearty cheers. LITERATURE. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE, D URING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Vols. 111. and IV. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1835. We noticed at considerable length the two first vo lumes of this work, which brought down the history of the French Revolution to the period of the death of Robespierre, and .the conclusion of the reign of terror; two more volumes are now published, embracing the period of the Directory and the Consulate, from the rise of Napoleon, to his assumption of the Imperial Crown of Charlemagne. To these new volumes we may accord the same praise that we bestowed on the former ones, namely, that they are, with here and there an exception, penned in a spirit of uniform impartiality. Mr. Alison has too lofty a no tion of the qualifications that should characterize a historian, to degrade - them by exhibiting any intempe rate party bias. The portions of his history which we least approve, are those relating to the conspiracy of Georges, Pichegru, and Moreau. The author has taken evident pains with this part, and made a despe rate effort to show his impartiality ; but without suc cess ; for no one can read it without perceiving, at a glance, that the drift of his remarks is to convert the suicide of Pichegru into a murder, and fix the re sponsibility on Napoleon. Now we should think that the remarks of the Emperor himself, to say nothing of .those of Montholon, and a host of other testimony, would be quite conclusive on this point. When the former says, " What had I to gain by the murder of Pichegru ?" we allow at • once the cogency of the reasoning, more especially when he adds, in a spirit that will come home to all ambitious minds, `" A man of my character does not ace without sufficient motives." Yet Mr. Alison labours hard to show that the death of Piehegru was necessary to the imperial elevation of Napoleon ; forgetting, apparently, that Pichegru, mixed up as he was with the worn-out Royalist party, could not possibly have thwarted the First Consul in any of his ambitious schemes. His day was past. lr a IYAS known throughout France to" have lent himself to the in trigues of the English Government, and that one fact . must for over have neutralized his powers of mis chief. Had Napoleon been bent on crushing any one, Moreau, influential as he confessedly was, would have been his Victim : for he was not P. man to be balked' in his career by . any temporizing notions of policy, But to turn to another subject. In his estimate of Catherine the Second, Mr. Alison, is any thing but impartial. His attempt to make her out a great sovereign, in the same sense that our own Eli zabeth was great, is a rank failure. Pass over, as he may, in a few brief sentences, her flagrant improprieties as a woman—considering them, perhaps, beyond the province of ail', historian —he has no right to pass over the fact, that site ryas nnt9rms, in the sense only that a Buccaneer is notorious, and that her scheme of government was one founded on the most flagrant robberies and avoliati9ns, True, she increased the dimensions of her empire, but she did not increase the welfare of her subjects. At best she was only half civilized. The savage predo minated in all she said 'or did ! OliP' was a com pound of Messalina and Semiramis—libidinous as the one—reckless and ambitious as the other, It was she who ordered 7'e Daions for the unparalleled massacre at Ismail—she who depopu lated whole towns and villages to swell her triumphal journey with Potemkin, when she went to meet her discarded lover Stanislaus. Of all these points Mr. Alison makes not time slightest men tion, fie FqmpTpilep gply that Catherine Was a successful Queen, Yet this queel l aseencle4 the throne by the murder of her husband I If these are sove reigns worthy of historic praise, who among them de- . servp ; condemnation ? These are the chief defects w hi c h, on a 1444 y inspection, we have met with in . Mr. Alison's history. Io all AttleF Fe§wt§ 119 does every justice tO subject, and speaks of the Code Napoleon, just as we 01014 tian expected from an historian of his research and inteiligetieJ, FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. THE PAVILION, BRIGHTON, JAN. 23, 1835. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon Edmund Lyons, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy, and Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. WHITEHALL, JAN. 24. The King has been plc ased to present the Reverend Patrick Jo'n Macfarlane to the church and parish of Dion, in the presby tery and county of Perth, vacant by the death of the Reverend Alexander Is2ale. The King has also been pleased to present the Reverend James Begg to the church and parish of Libberton. in the presbytery and county of Edinburgh, in the room of Mr. William Purdie, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 30. 3d 'Regiment of Dragoon Gnards.—Cornet F. Garratt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Evans, who retires ; J. Roden, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Garratt, Jan. 30. Bth Regiment of Foot.—Lieut. J. Longfield to be Captain, by purchase, vice Maitland, who retires ; Ensign J. Hilton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Longgmld ; A. A. Malet, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hilton, Jan. 30. 9th Foot—Lieut. J. Donnelly to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hill, who retires ; Ensign M. Glasse to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Donnelly ; E. Vaughan, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Glasse, Jan. 30. 22d Foot—Ensign W. G. Sheppard, from the half-pay of the sStli Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Austen, deceased, Jan. 30. • _ 41st Foot—Ensign C. F. M'Kenzie to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fry, deceased, May 23, 1834; Ensign► J. Diddep, from the half-pay of the 60th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice M'Kenzie, Jan. 30. 42d Foot—Lieut. C. Dunsmure to be Captain, by purchase, vice Raynes, who retires; Ensign A. Cameron to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dunsmure; H. D. Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cameron, Jan. 30. 68th Foot—Ensign A. ainwaring to be Adjutant, vice Mac pherson, who resigns the A djutantcy only, Jan. 30. 70th Foot—Captain C. Boyd, from the half-pay of the 2d Regi ment of Foot, to be Captain, vice C. O'Neill, who exchanges, re ceiving the difference, Jan. 30; Serjeant-Major R. Kaye to be Quartermaster, vice Wilson, deceased, Dec. 12. 71st Foot—Ensign W. Speer to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Impett, promoted in the Ist West India Regiment; Ensign W. M. Stewart, from the half-pay of the 62d Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Speer, Jan. 30. 80th Foot—Lieut. R. E. Fullerton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Every, who retires ; Ensign C. R. Ilderton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fullerton ; Gentleman Cadet W. H. Tyssen, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ilderton, Jan. 30. 97th Foot —Lieut. D. M'lntosh to be Captain, without purchase, vice Budden, deceased, Sep. 27. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant J. Impett, from the 71st Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Deckner, deceased, Jan. 30. . . Feb. 9, at ten, and March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank rupc,cY• Y.,..ane, Argyle-street, Oxford-street ; Graham, official assignee." - Copthall-buildings. ROBTMT JOHNSON - , merchant, Byker, Northumberland, Feb. 'Fs, at eleven, and March 13, at one, at the Bankrupt Corn inissiou Rooms, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Tilsons, Squance, and Tilson, Coleman -street, London ; Brockett and Phillipson, New castle-upon-Tyne ; Allison, Richmond. The Rev. THOMAS FISHER, the Rev. JOHN FISHER, ard MARY SYMONDS, bankers, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Feb. 16, and March 13, at twelve, at the Hastings Hotel, Ashby-de-la- Zouch. Few, Hamilton, and Few, Henrietta-street, Covent- gar den, London : .Moulsey and B ar b er , D er b y . STEPHEN BOND, wine -merchant, Westmoreland -street, St. Marylebone, Feb. 10, at one, and March 13 at t we l ve , a t th e Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee; Wadeson and Dingwall, Austin-friars. HENRY HAVERS, linen-draper, Hadleigh, Suffolk, Feb. 10, at two, and March 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ' Burt, Aldermanbury ; Waithman, official assignee, Basinghall strcet, London. THOMAS JENNINGS and THOMAS JENNINGS, jun., livery-stable-keepers, Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington, Feb. 10, and March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arms-yard, official assignee ; Jones, Gray's Inn. square. WILLIAM JACKSON, silkmanufacturer, Macclesfield, Feb. 16. and March 13, at eleven, at the Macclesfield Arms Inn, Maccles field. Lowe, Garey, and Sweeting. Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; Brocklehurst and Bagshaw, Macclesfield. WILLIAM BATCHELOR, grocer, Portsmouth, Feb. 10, at two, and March 13. at twelve, at the Royal Oak Inn. Portsea. Hiscock, Portsmouth ; Dyne, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. JAMES FREDERICK DICKSON STEWART, coal-mer chant, River-street, Pentonville, Feb. 10, at twelve, an d M arc h 1 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pancras-lane; Williams, Old London-street, Mark-lane. JAMES COLLINS,' linen-draper, St. Swithin, Worcester, Feb. 20, and March 13, at twelve, at the offices of . Mr. G. P. Hill, Worcester. Smith, Chancery-lane, London ; Hill, Wor cester. GEORGE FORSTER, edge-tool manufacturer, St our b r id ge, Worcestershire, Feb. 11, and March 13, at eleven, at the Vine Inn, Stourbridge. Rickards and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields, Lon don ; Thomas, jun., Walsall. HENRY WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, horse-dealer, Balsham house, Balsham, Cambridge. Feb. 13, at twelve, and March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, Nicholas lane, Lombard-street ; Turquand, Copthall-buildings. THOMAS WALKER, silk-manufacturer, Fort-street, Spital fields, Feb. 6, at half-past one, and March 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee; Hudson, king street, Cheapside. • WILLIAM HENRY CLARKE, wine-merchant Budge-row, Feb. 9, at two, and Ma:rdh 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Biggs, Great James-street, Bedford-row ; Goldsmid, official-assignee, Basinghall-street. . JOHN BOUTCHER FOSTER, brick-maker, Lower-road, Islington, Feb. 13, and March 13, atone, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Haddan, Philpot-lanel Goldsmid Basinghall s t ree t, offi cial assignee. FINE ARTS, We have been just favoured with a sight of a print of the Hon. Mrs. Norton, which though like, has rather too tragic, and Siddonian an aspect. It is from a painting by Parris, and possesses considerable merit as an engraving. The following gentlemen were yesterday called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn :—James Mitchell, Esq., Thomas Martin, Esq., Arthur James Johnes, Esq., the Hon. Henry Barrington, Charles Otter, Esq., Joshua Ryland Marsham, Esq., Wm. CayleY, Esq., and John Peter de Gex, Esq. Thomas Wood, Esq., Deputy Alderman of Cord wainers' Ward, was yesterday unanimously elected Alderman of the same ward, vacant by the the death of Christopher Smith, Esq. hislifeQh John (the g o e n k l only t Y i ' M t e ll i ef t ever vee r itt i 4 s e P nZi t ) B , lll all hunted once, w•it late hou hounds in the immediate vicinity of London. " What did you think of the field ?" Ito him, oipoctirg i r gRIMPOing, rich, " Why , " he replied, "one-half of thein seemed to me candidates for the tread-mill. If I had been thrown from my horse and he had got loose, I should never have expected to see him again." — Nimrod, in the New Sporting Magazine. The yeomen of the guard obtained their singular and pqpular avellat„inn of beef eaters from the weapon they •Oarri... .41141 .er . t with a broad blade was formerly called a to;iye de tcf,Ti - otri Os'AlilSlan'ee" ( to the tbilgtne of an ox, to;iguedo'liceqf As the terms 'hitlbdteer: and musketteer are dei'ived'fFutu halbert qqd ratisk:et, so tonge 7 4 c -befeeter would fq994 frqp tpnyf dc WA Which would be abbreviated into blfeterrr • ..., UNATTACHED. Lieutenant J. Harris, from the 61st Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Jan. 30. BREVET. Lieutenant-Genral Sir H. Fane, G.C.R., to have the local rank of General in the East Indies only, Jan. 30. GARRISONS. Serjeant-Major M'Donald, from the 79th Regiment of Foot, to be Town-Major of Montreal, with the Rank of Ensign while so employed, vice Rooth, who resigns, Jan. 30. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northampton. S. A. O'Brien, Esq., to be, Deputy-Lieutenant, Sept. 8. CROWN OFFICE, JAN. 30. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ASIITON-UNDER-LYNE.—Charles Hindley, of Dukinfield, in the parish of Stockport, in the county of Chester, Esq. ANDOVEa.—Ralph Etwall, Esq. ; and Sir John'Walter Pellen, Bart. BLACKBURN.—WiIIiam Fielden, of Foniscowles, in the county of Lancaster, Esq. ; and William Turner, of Mill-hill, in the said county, sq. 13URV.—Richard Walker, Esq. . _ . BEVERLEY.—James Weir Hogg, of Bruton-street, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. ; and Henry Burton, of Hotham, in 04 county of York, Esq. BRADFORD.—John Hardy, of Portland-place, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. ; and Ellis Cunliffe Lister, of Manningham house, in the parish of Bradford, in the county of York, Esq. Bovrosr.—William Bolling, Esq. ; and Peter Ainsworth, Esq. CASHEL. —Louis Perrin, Esq, CLONMELL.—Dorniniek Ronayne, of Ardsalla, in the county of of Waterford, Esq. CHRISTCHURCH.—George William Tapps, Esq., of East Close s in the county of Southampton. CHESHIRE (IYoßTH),—Edward John Stanley, Esq. ; and Wil liam Tatton Egerton, Eaq. CHESHIRE (SOUTH).—George Wilbraham, Esq. ; and Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egfrton, Bart. CLITHEAOL—JOhn Fort, pf Read-hall, in the county of Lancas ter, Esq. Fir ESIIIRE.—James Wemyss, Esq., of Wemyas. GREAT YsitmoUTH.—Thorna.s Baring, of Bishopsgate -street, in the city of London, Esq. ; and Winthrop Mackworth Praed, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq. GREENOCK.—Robert Wallace, Esq. of Kelly. HUDDERSFIELD.—.John Blackburne, Esq., of the Middle Temple, London, one of his Majesty's Counsel learned in the law. HALIFAX,—Charles 'Wood, of Ilickleton, Esq. ; and the Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley, of Wortley-hall. HAMPSHIRE (NORTH.)—Charles Shaw Lefevre, of Heckfield park, Esq. ; and James Winter Scott, of Rotherfield-park, Esq. HAMPSHIRE (SOUTH).—John Fleming, of Stoneham-park, in the county Southampton, of Esq. ; and Henry Combe Compton, Manor-house, in the same county, Esq. IsvERNEss-sHiar.----The Right Hon. Charles Grant, of Glenelg. KING'S LYNN.—The Hon. William George Frederick Cavendish, Bentinck, commonly called Lord George - Bentinck , and the Right Hon. Sir Stratford Canning, K.C.13. KERRY,—Morgan John O'Connell, of Grenagh, Esq. ; Frederick William Mullins, of Beaufort-house, both in the said county, Esq. KNAEESBOROUGH —Andrew Lawson, of Aldborough, in the county of York, Esq. ; and John Richards, of N 9, 13, Cadogan place, in the county of 111iddlese; 4 EN, LymiNol: o N.---- , Jcain Stewart, Esq., of the Albany, in the city of Westminster; and William Alexander Mackinnon, Esq., of New town-park, in the county of Southampton. LIVERPOOL.—DudIey Ryder, commonly called Viscount Sandon ; and William Ewart. Esq, LEITRIM.—The Hon. Robert Birmingham Clements, commonly called Viscount Clements, of Rynne, in the said county of Lei trim ; and Samuel White, of Headford, in the said county of Lei trim, Esq. LANcAsHIRE (NO 4T44),--,The Right Hon. Edward Geoffry Stan ley, commonly called Lord Stanley ; and John Wilson Patten, of Bank, in the said county, Esq. LANCASHIRE (SOuni).—The Right Hon. Francis Leveson Eger ton, commonly called Lord Francis Leveson Egerton ; and the Hon. Richard Bootle Wilbraham. LANCASTER.—Thomas Greene, Esq. ; and Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq. LEEDS.—The Right Hon. Sir John Beckett, Bart. ; and Edward Baines, Esq, MONAGHAN.—Edward Lucas, of Castleshane, in the county of Monaghan ; and the Hon. .Henry Robert Westenra, of Ross more, in the said county. MANCHESTER..-.-The Right Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson ; and Mark Philips, Esq. MACCLESFIELD.—John Ryle, of Park-house, in the said borough, Esq.; John Brocklehurst the younger, of Hurdsfield-house, in the said borough, Esq. MA LTON.—The Right Hon. Sir Charles Christopher Pepys, Knt.; and John Charles Ramsden, Esq. NORFOLK (EAST).—The HQ% ligratio William Walpole, com monly called Lord Walpole; and Edmond Wodehouse, Esq. NORFOLK (WEST ).—Sir William John Henry Browne Folkes, Bart. ; and Sir Jacob Astley, Bart, NEW RAnwoa.--Richard Prive t Esq. No aTIIALLERION.—WiIiiam Battle Wrightson, of Cushworth hall, in the county of York, Esq. NEwroßT.—William Henry Ord, of Whitfield-hall, in the county of Northumberland, Esq. ; and John Heywood Hawkins, of Big nor-park, in the county of Sl-'slerl Esq. OLnifAil s =49l.lll Fit 3 lclen, tisq. ; and William Cobbett, Esq. PETEESFIELD.—Cornthwaite John Hector; Esq. PREsrow.—Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, of Rossall, in the county of Lancaster, Esq. ; and the Hon. Henry Stanley, of Knowsley, in the same county. PORTARI.JNOTON ! , ,Geqr Lionel Dawson Darner, Esq. PAisLay.,,Alexander Graham Speirs, Esq. of Culereuch, PONTEFRACT.—John Gully, Esq. ; and John Savile, commonly called Viscount Pollington, Po aTssiottn!..--John Bonham Carter, of Ditcham, in the county of Southanipton,Esq. ; and FraneisThornhill Baring, of Belgrave square, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. QUEEN'S COLT NTY.-Sir Charles Henry Conte, of Ballafin-horse, in the said county, Bart. ; and the Hon. Thomas VOitey % of Ah beyleir-house, in the said enmity, RENFREwstitlt•---SiS bl.Aw Stewart, of Greenock and BlaclE4ll, Bad. RADNOESMEE.-,WAltgr. Wilkins, of Maeslough-castle, in the county of Radnor, Esq. RlPON.—Major-General Sir James Charles Dalbiac, of CAverk. dish-square, in the county of Middlesex, K. C. H. ; Thc h mai Pem berton, of Lincoln's-inn, in the county of IMicUklesex, Esq. one of his Majesty's CopAity l I - lou ; Thomas Dundas ; Alexander Speirs, of Elderslie,' in the county of Renfrew, Esq. ROCHDALE. --John Entwistle, of Foxholes, within the borough of Rochdale, Esq. SHEFFIELD.—John Parker, Esq. i and 441e* Silk Buckingham, STOciroa.r.---Henry Marsland, Esq. ; and Thomas Marsland, Esq. ScAarioamm4;—Colonel Sir Frederick William Trench, Knt. ; Sir John I,7;nAe ll lieropde Johnstone, Bart. SLlGO.—Edward Joshua Cooper, of Markree-castle, in the said county, Esq. ; and Alexander Perceval, of Temple-house, in the said county, Esq. SLIGO (BOROUGII).—JO4 ntrtiP2, E*q. sALFolip.--bseo l Brotherton, Esq, Tniasx.---Samuel Crompton, of Wood-end, near Thirsk, in the county of York, Esq. fitErroan..,-:Charles Earl of Euston; and Francis Baring, Esq. TIPPERARY.—Richard Lalor Shell, of Long Orchard, Esq, and Robert Otway Cave, of Castle Otway, Esq. TRALEE.--Itharice O'Connell, Esq WAxasIETA---Pa*l GA.l,elh of Lnpaet.hall, in the county of York, Esq, WurrßY.—Aaron Chapman, Esq. WicAN.---John Hodgson Koarsley, of the borough aforesaid, and of Higher-hall, within Westleigh, in the parish of Leigh, in the said county, Esq. ; and Richard Potter, of Broughton-house, in the parish of Manchester, in the said county, Esq. WICKLOW.—James Grattan, Esq. ; and Ralph Howard, Esq. ' WINCHESTER.—James Buller East, Esq; and William Binghtrz Baring, Esq. WARRINGTON.—John Trelind ntackluon, Esq. Yoaxsiutax Bethell, of Rise, in the county of York, Esq. ; and Paul Beilby Thompson, of Escrick-park, in the county of York, Esq. YORKSHIRE (NORTH).—The Hon. William Dnncornbe ; Edvmd Stillingfleet Cayley, ' YORKSIMIE (WRlsiTilltiJorge William Frederick Howard, com- monly called Viscount Morpeth ; and Sir George Strickland, Bart. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. ANTHONY HARRIS SMITH, grocer, Newci.ac l' e, - ,,jhei Tyne.• JAMES CRISP, Sydney-alley, Leicester-square. JOSEPH' liOR RINGTON, plumber, Fordingbridgei Hamp shire. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. THOMAS MORGAN, timber-merchant, Eigne, Herefordshire. BANKRUPTS.___ P1111 . 41E 441g14Y, MO?, 'l4ekiiistou, Surrey, ti surrender I '-I -I,_-. DIVIDENDS. J. Griffith, wool-broker, Cateaton-street, Feb, 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. .T. Dawes, W. Noble, R. H. Croft, and R. Barwick, bankers, Pall-mall, Feb. 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. E. B. Broughton, tailor, Southampton-street, Covent-garden, Feb. 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. C. Mosley, victualler, Tower-street, Feb. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. W. Aughtie, jeweller, Cheapside, Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy : \ W. Sadler, provision merchant, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. H. F. Foley, surgeon, Windsor, Feb. 23, at eleven, At the Court of Bankruptcy. . . J. Cochrane, bookseller, Waterloo-place, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ~ Feb. 24, at J . , 14, Cutten, coaoh.maker, ...ester, Feb. 26, a t e l even, at the Swan Inn, Chichester. , w f. ar Pail a s n o : n neiae J, Se meant, and C. B e t on , s t one merc h ants, Albion Southwark, Feb. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrupts, CERTIFICATES.—FEB. 20. T. R. Blayncy, flannel manufacturer, Newton, Montgomeryshire. R. Currey, cattle-dealer, Lillswood, Northumberland. R. Legg, coal-merchant, Exeter. B. Fieldhouse, innkeeper, Kinfare, Staffordshire. J. Perry, linen-draper, H oundsditch. J. Biddle, factor, Birmingham. C. F. Oppenheim, merchant, Whitechapel-road. J. B. Gabegue, silk manufacturer, Spitalfields. S. D. Evans, upholsterer, High Holborn. R. Morris, merchant, Liverpool. S. P. Wright, painting-brush manufacturer, Hatton-garden. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. J. Bayes and J. K. Bayes, surgeons, King's Lynn, Norfolk. • A. Fraser and W. Fraser, drapers, Manchester. W. Meredith and J. Adams, watch chronometer spring makers, Goswell- street-road. W. Wardleworth and G. A. F. Steen, fustian manufacturers, Manchester. J. Chappell and Co., fustian shearers, Manchester (so far as re gards M. Armitage). G. Perton and J. Kemp, hooks and eyes manufacturers, Bir mingham. R. Maybank and W. Wickham, butchers, Pimlico. J. Hunt and W. Figgins, silk-manufacturers, Macclesfield. J. Gamble and S. Gamble, worsted spinners, Bradford, York shire. S. Taylor and W. Jenkinson upholsterers, Halifax. H. W. Godfrey an d J. T. 3iattingley, cabinet-makers, Henley upon-Thames. . H. Maudslay and Co., engineers, Lambeth, (so far as regards H. Maudslay.) J. Blakie and P. Bannerman, advocates, Aberdeen.f L, Skeate and W. 11'..Mer, chemists, Bath. W. Pitman and Co. surgeons, Andover, Hamp s hi re . J. Halimarke and W. Mason coach-makers, Long- a cre. J. Walsh and W. Bo uc h er , linen-drapers, Bristol. W. Keay and J. Keay, bootmakers, Wellington. W. Lowe and W. Smith, hosiers, Nottingham. W. Horton and G. M. Horton, needle-makers, Birmingham. J. Coates, jun. and Q. Rhodes, attorneys, Ripon, Yorkshire. T. Smith and R. •A. Peacocke, land surveyors, Bradford, Yorkshire. STATE OF THE POLLS. COMBINED COUNTIES OF ROSS AND CROMARTY. Mr. Mackenzie of Seaforth (a Reformer) is returned by a ma jority of 41 over Mr. Mackenzie of Applecross. This ►s the last of the Scotch elections, with the single exception of Orkney, where Mr. Traill (also a Reformer) is secure. At the close of the Poll for Ross and Cromarty the numbers stood thus. Mr. Mackenzie of Seaforth had a majority at Stornoway of 51 At Tain At Janetown _ _ _ He was in a minor:ty at Ullapool of At Dingwall At Cromarty Majority for Mr. Mackenzie of Seaforth ••• 41 BRIGHTON. --- A King's messenger arrived here on Thursday with de spatches for Sir Herbert Taylor, which were immediately laid before his Majesty. The communications of late between the King and his confidential advisers have been very frequent. Thursday forenoon the King gave audience to Rear-Admiral Sir William Parker and Captain Sir Henry Duncan, after which his Majesty drove out on the road to Shoreham, accom panied by his daughter, Lady de Lisle. The Queen, accompanied by Prince George, Earl Howe, Miss D'Este, styli Miss Hope Johnstone, drove to the entrance of the ct• i z-.:n Pier, where her Majesty and attendants alighted 4,4 walked for some time. Lady Mary Fox, Miss Bsgot, Lord De Lisle, and several of the Court party joined her Ma jesty in her promenade. The Princess Augusta, accompanied by Miss WyL f a r d, drove out in the cour se o f t h e a f ternoon. Her Royal -Highness is now convalescent. The, dinner invitations to the Palace - yesterday were con fined to the following personages : --Sir Charles and Lady Ogle, General Sir Charles ar.l.t Miss Dalbiac, Captain Sir Henry Duncan, Rear- Admiral Sir William Parker, Baron . Ompteda, and Sir James and Lady Whitshed. Baron Ornpteck took his departure on Friday afternoon for town. }l4 Ekceilency is a great favourite at the Palace. kriaengst the latest arrivals are Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, Sir Charles and Miss Dalbiac, Lieutenant-Colonel Mair, and Lieut.=General Sir Thomas Montressor. There is every reason to suppose that the Court will return to St. James's Palace on the 23d of next month, where their Majesties will sojourn for about three weeks, and then proceed to Windsor. The Grand Falconer will, it is said, shortly exhibit his hawks here. His Grace last year delighted the lovers of fal conry on more than one occasion during his sojourn at Brighton. The Countess of Winterton is about to give another grand ball at her residence on the Parade ; the day is not yet fixed. Several more entertainments are on the tapis. NOTTINGHAM JUNIOR COUNCIL ELECTION. (From a Second Edition of the Nottingham Review.) The town of Nottingham has this week been the scene of a contest which has excited greater interest than any corporate election for many years. The turn has been given to it on the long mooted question of an enclosure, or appropriation of the common fields of the town. Notice was given on Friday last, in the usual manner, by the crier, that on Monday the elect or , would take place ; and on Saturday, a hand-bill, bealt„g the Town Clerk's signature, was published, annour,,eing that bribery was an offence punishable by law. The circumstance,that no candidate would bffered of po litical opinions in accordance with thou,. ottb-e majority of the electors of Nottingham, and he,th the annwanced candidates be ing of Conservative polities, both of Ole same Profession (the law), and both young men of ',amines well known in Notting laaira, caused considerable interest. On Monday forenoon, by nine o'clock, the doors of the Town-hall were opened, and the burgesses began to assemble ; at a quarter before tell o'clAok Mr. Parsons and his friends ar rived, and too){ their• place on the bench on the left hand of the ohf4l a jw minutes afterwards, Mr. Percy an d hi s f r i en d s entered the hall, and were loudly heered, taking their station on the right hand side of the bench, the place Wing imme diately completely crowded. Mr. SAMUEL ROBERTS, .30,„,, proposed M r . Willi am Par sons, and was seowi c ci Mr. Edward Gregg, solicitor. Eirl. proposed Mr. Edmund Percy ; Dr. J. M. B. Pigot, seconded the nomination. The question was then put to a show of hands, which the Mayor declared to be in favour of Mr. Percy. A poll was demanded, and was,inca ct pios with directly ; the votes for Mr, p too sCPIA ilgoa:nao Kodominant, and before noon the. FOCA cu '4 O. wasp increased to los. a vote. At t6iPo'ao,c4 the pea was adjetirimi. FRIDAY, FAVTH AND LAST DAY.—This morning the polling was feeb!e, during four hours not 100 presenting themselves to vote. The burgesses from Birmingham and Worcester were brought up, the farmer for Parsons, and the others for Mr. Percy ; there were also individual electors from Castle Don nington, Chesterfield, and many market towns and villages of all the adjoining counties, as well as from Derby, Leietester, Loughborough, Mansfield, &c. Several members of the'•So ciety of Friends voted also for Mr. Percy, whose majority kept constantly and progressively increasing, and at one o'clock' he vats 81 . a. head of his oppon en t. At half-past one o'clock. at the time that many or the peo ple were at dinner, Mr. W. Parsons entered the hall, and ap prised the Mayor that he declined all further contest, express ing himself courteously to the successful candidate for the manner in which he had conducted the contest. The numbers were the summed up, when it appeared that 99 had voted this day; 31 for Mr. Parsons, and 68 for Mr. Percy, making the total number of 2,793 burgesses polled. The numbers were declared to be— Percy Parsons Majority for Percy -- 81 The oaths of office, and of supremacy and abjuration were then administered to Mr. Edmund Percy, and the declaration under the repeal of the test act, after which he received the congratulations of his friends, and was loudly cheered on leav ing the hall. .11r. E. PERcY appeared at the window of the Barley %ow Tavern, 'and congratulated the burgesses on the triumph they had achieved. At two o'clock the bol's of St. Peter's rang a mean peal to announce the termination of a contest, which it is ;aid has cost from 4,000/. to 5,0001. RICHMOND (YORKSEIRE). We have been here in all the hustle of a contested election, I mean the North Riding—trainers, music, shouting, and fight ing. The Iriumph of the Reform party was most marked and decisive. At the last election Mr. Duncombe's majority over his Whig opponent was more than 1,500, which induced Von and his party to believe that they could easily bring in a se cond man. They accordingly hunted out a Mr. James Walker, of Sandhutton, near York, a young man who had an abound ing Toryisth, and a large fortune to recommend I:lb.r. : nothing else was wanting, but mark the result. Mr. Duncombe's ma jority over Mr. C4ley is reduced to 166 ;and Mr. Cayley's over Mr. 'Walker's, that is, Reformer over Tory, is 675. This triumph is the more remarkable when the character of the con stitneney is.considered: Here is a thinly-peopled and totally agricultural district--a decided majority of the great land_ owners, and nearly all the Clergy, are for Duncombe and Walker —they have active and paid agents in every town,—all that money and influence unsparingly used can effect, is done_ Lord Feversham (Mr, Duncombe's father) alone has 800 te, nants, all of whom are voters. Mr, Cayley is poor, and aad no paid ageuls, and yet look at th e issue The Tory -,,arty, on the second day of the election, became their colour s 4 e ll they looked exceeding blue. Our Rector, Mr. Piarnes, was Chairman of Duncombe and Walker's committee, orange and. blue. Songs, squibs, and addresses were 'unsparingly dealt forth. The orange band, gavP mortal offence to the Tories by going and playing 1 "'"tor':.: their com;nittee-room at Raw's, as soon as it wal / -"I", that Walkei Would be beaten, " 0 dear, what can the - •'"ratter be !" SHIPPING-(THIS DAY); (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JAN. 30.—Wind S. W., light.—Arrived and sailed the Nordlgset, Brueham, from Messina for Hamburg. Ar rived from the river and remains with the outward-bound the Eleanor, Butcher, for Barbadoes. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 30. —Wind S. to S. S.E.—Passed by the Mangles, Carr, from China; Aurora, Dawson, from Cal cutta—sailed the 11th August, Cape the 24th November, St. Helena the sth ult., and Ascension th e 12 t h . Sailed the General Hyd, Aplin, for Madras. PLvmouiti, JAN. 29.--. Wind S. S W.—Arrived the Sea Lark, Hale, from Terceira. FALMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Wind S. S.W., moderate breezes.-- Arrived his Majesty's ship Viper, from Lisbon —sailed the 18th instant; and Day, Huelin, from Monte Video. COWES, JAN. 30.—Arrived the Morning Star, Linton, from London for Madras. ISLE OF WIGHT, JAN. 29.—Arrived off port the Mangles, Carr, from China—sailed the 20th August. Mauritius the 9th November. St. Helena the 17th tilt., and Ascension the 24th ; Aurora, Dawson, from Calcutta; John Stamp, Young, from Bombay; and Antonie a n d Cornelie, --, from Batavia. POOLE, JAN. 29.—Arrived the William Kelson, Robbins, from Newfoundland. TORBA v, JAN. 29.--Arrived the William, Cobley, from St. Michael's. PENZANCE, JAN. 30.—Arrived off port the Cenderncerning, from Batavia--sailed the 18th September. LivERPooL, JAN. 29.—Arrived the Blakely, Jackson, from Mauritius ; Royalist, Mackie, from Savanilla ; Intrepid, Stewart, from Demerara; Liberty, Brown, from Newfound land ; and Albatross, Foster, from Faval. CLYDE, JAN. 28.—Arrived the Helen, Nickol, Demerara. The WoodbillN Mair, from Galway to London, was on shore on the Isle of Arran the 28th instant, and nearly full of water.. • The Regina, Gregg, from Liverpool, was wrecked on the Caller Rocks, Barbadoes, the 7th ult.—crew saved. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Mauritius, dated Nov. 6 :—" Captain Carr, of the Mangles, reports that the Chinese Government have refused to receive L-Jrd Napier as Consul at Canton; that he was ordered to lerve the coun— try ; and that the trade with the English was F.,topped for tie present." VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS TOM-HOUSE, JAN. 30. Britannia, Beline-, from St. Mickel's; Four Sisters Tre naync, St. Michael's ; Brunette., Runson, Cutania n'ad Nassau; Brothers, Davis, Madeira; New Manly, Tyack., Odessa ; Ann, Kopp, Nassau; Swiftsure, Wild, Cape 0( Good Hope ; Nep tune, Languehart, Cherbourg; Laurel., Ives, Cadiz; Mars, Martin, Rio Janeiro. ENTERED OUTWARDS POI?. LOADING, JAN. 30. Manchester, Lewis, for Maur:Aius; True Love, Coulton, Cape Coast: Ceres, Bloznteld, Honduras; Ann, Virtue, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land; Brothers, Lyel, Elsinore nad Petersburgh ; Re" oration, Hobie, Gibraltar ; William, Broad, Corfu and ?Ante • Jabez, Tindall, Constanti no pl e an d Odessa • H ouffaton-le-gpring, Brown, Elsinore and Peters burgh ; Colh, Elsinore and Petersburgh ; Mary and Betsy ca op: ,'I 11 Amsterdam. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. JAN. 30. Ramona, Strannack, for Rotterdam ; Wm. Joliffe, Downie, Hamburg; Jonge Jacobs, Bauwers, Ostend and Ghent; Bocklebank, Strannack, Ostend ; Prince Frederick, Hart, Rotterdam, S. C. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, JAN. 30. The Lastie, Clemenson, Baltic. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURE:3 AT THE SOOTCH WHARFS, HOARE'S WHARF, JAN. 30.--Arrived, the " Ornament of the Seas," the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Com pany's steam-ship Dundee,, 1,200 tons admeasurement, and 300-horse power, Corr:alander Wishart, from Dundee, the most extensive nu , ,,: t for linen manufactures in Scotland. There was a crAsiderable number of passengers; indeed suc cess has 1 . ; :oerally rewarded her unequalled exertions since her glorioUs - commencement ; and Wishart, the special favourite, al a commander, of the Earl of Panmure, the long-tried ae.- vocate of reform and of civil and religious liberty (and it will be gratifying to all, save the abettors of mis-government and public plunder, to learn that the Noble Earl, the most dis tinguished " Live, and let live" of the present day, is recover ing, though but slowly ), remains in statu quo—second to none.—Jan. 30, no departures or advices. DOWNE'S WHARF, JAN. 30.--No arrivals. Sailed, the Montrose and London Shipping Company's smack, Eagle. Andrew Mearns master, for Montrose ; and the Bridport and London Shipping Company's smack Lark, Richard Swain master, for Bridport, both with cargoes of merchandise.--No advices. MILLER'S WHARF, JAN. 30.—Arrived the, Aberdeen and London Shipping Company's smack Regent, Lesslie Lawson, master, from Aberdeen, with a general cargo. No departures., Advice.—The Edinburgh and London Shipping Company's smack Superb. Mein Anderson master, at Leith, from Lorolon, with a cargo of merchandise. LEITH AND GLASGOW WHARF, JAN. 30.--No D . /rival s or departures. Ad v i ce .—Th e Leith, Edinburgh, a,-Ad Glasgow London Shipping Company's smack Eagle, clecrge Todd master, at Leith, from London, with a cargo of merchandise. LEITH AND BERWICK WHARF, JAN. r .. 0 arrivals or departures. Jan. 30. Advices. — Tke I3erwick and London Shipping Company's smack Comm-..,ree, William Crow, master, and schooner Lively, J. Farmer master, arrived at erwck upon-Tweed, from London, the former on the 27th, B and i t he latter on the 28th inst. THE M ARKETS -(THIS DAT). COVENT GAR T h",re was a good supply to th v.ds dull at nearly last week's prii DEN MARKET, is morning's marktt, but the trade - s. (1. to s: 0. Cotat•oes (cwt.) Ca'-bages, White (12) 0 (1 0 0 Ditto Red. Ditto Savoy Endive 1 0 2 0 1 - I , :rse !aclisti(lno:4l e) 3 0 5 11 3rocoli 1 3 2 0 Celery 0 9 1 (i Carrots 12b diches).„ 3 0 (3 o ' I' . ' reips Coleworts or Greens 1 (1 3 0 Leeks 1 0 1 11 For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8 '2 0 English, Forced . Pine Apples (lb.) ..., h 0 10 0 Filberts s. it. to s. d. Spinach (half.siere)... G 6 . 13 Apples.— ........... 2 n 5 0 Pears ............ 3 6 7 0 0 6 1, Onions for pickling. 0(1 0 0 Onions I 0 211 Sweet Oranges (100) . 7 0 12 CS Seville Oranges 9 U Lemon, Walnuts .... ..... I 6 2iv Span. Chestints (peck) 4 0 ti 6 French ilittn 1 0 4 (11 Frencli Walnuts 0 0 (') Ir Spanish , iazlenuts 4 6 0 Brazilian Nuts = Ti 4 Small Sallad HAY MARKETS.—(A CUMBEI Coale heavy Lowland Meadow Hay • 5 to •••. X4 ii ,t 4 S S7ew Meadow H ay . . ........ Useful Old Ditto ••• .... - - :•-........,..........• •. 410 , 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grask /4.‘y ~.„............ ..... . 5 5 5 10 Clover Hay . .......... ... 4 0 5 5. Oat Straw..., et 10 to.; f a ;21 Wha:ASlraw.........a. 114 '. 10 SMIT1iF11:1,11 Coarse heivy Lox u.al• Meadow Hay ...,...-... ......... ..........r3 15 to £4 0 New MeadoN-iaily Uselt.l 01,,1 Ditto .......... ....„ ei „...... ". c , U , );iand Me a do w an d !lye-grass Hay ..... ~.. ...... .... 0 5 5 Oat Straw Clover Hay extra fine ..... .t:5 Pl. Cre ;erally., ...... .. t.l 6to£l 8 I Wheat Straw V ICI 113 HUNGERVOIID. CoarAe Meadow Hay 4 0 Ugo New Meadow H a y -15 to .£ .... '. 0 4 15i ral Old Ditto 4 5 Foi, Upland Meadow and llye•g ras , H ay 4 10 5 1 Clover Hay 5 Oat Straw ~......t0 oto .f 0 0 I Whe a t Straw .. ....... .... 4 It) .1 § 1 12 t per Load of 36 Trumses.) ItI,A ND, Ii