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ROCHDALE. 61 %-A few gentlemen of Rochdale beg your accept ance of the enclosed amount of seven guineas, which has been subscribed as a trifling acknowledgment of their obli_ gallon to you, for your enterprising exertions on many im- Portant occasio ns , in forwarding by Express the earliest intelligence into the country, particularly that of the resig nation of Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues, which gratify.. ing intelligence reached Rochdale by your Express edition of The Sun at one o'clock on the day following. On behalf of the Subscribers, I remain, your's, &c. TD MURDO Yormo, Esq., JOHN HOWARD. Proprietor of The Sun Newspaper. P.S. I b eg t o i n f orm you, that a Public Meeting has b een a „. held i n R ochdale, convened b y our Honorary Chief ta ‘ ; ?astabl e , in compliance with a very numerous and respec 'le requisiti on , a t w hi c h an a dd ress t o hi s Majesty was agreed upon, praying him to enable the House of Corn ips to carry i nto effect the reso l ut i on propose d b y L or d °" Russell, and agreed to by that House, for the appro priation of the surplus] revenues of the Irish Church. In about f our days, the address received the signatures of ' 516 persons, and it has been sent to Lord Suffield for pre sentation to his Majesty. A petition to the House of Commons, in favour of the resolution, has received the signatures of 3,559 individuals, a nd will be forwarded on the meeting of Parliament. On Easter T ues d ay l as t, th e T ory p ar ty p ro p ose d a li s t or names for Churchwardens, which was negatived by a 1 4 0 tge maj or it y , an d an amen d ment carr i e d, propos i ng Re b tr aers as w ar d ens f or th e nex t year. A poll was demanded \ l i the Tori es , w hi c h was grante d b y th e Vi car (th e R ev . ; Hay), who presided. The poll commenced this day, finsi to cont i nue eac h d ay unt il Th urs d ay next , w h en i t allY closes. The numbers at the close of the poll, at 4 o'clock, were-- For the Reformers For the Tories Majority in favour of Reformers lBl R ochdale, April 27, 1835. (From the Aberdeen Herald of April 25. ) we have much pleasure in directing the attention of our sera to an advertisement in this day's paper relative to The Sun newspaper . M r . Y oung , th e P ro p r i e t or an d Edi tr of that print, has lately received several handsome to kens„ of public approbation for his activity in forwarding b . iPl'esses ; and we trust that our townsmen will not be to ae kward in acknowledging their obligations to The Sun . 1. t he early information which it has afforded them at all the but more particularly since the commencement of tes late Ministerial struggles. Such gifts as have been towed upon Mr. Young by the Reformers of Manches terand other pl ace s are honourable alike to the receiver . cl th? dono rs . F or o ur own part we can say without any 4 t'slt a tion, that in earliness and accuracy of intelligence we 11 ; 4 never found The Sun excelled or even equalled by any 0 the other London papers. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. asliesterday the anniversary dinner of the Caledonian n Yaini took place at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Nate t o . en -street. At half-past six o'clock, the Chair was b'en by Si r G EO . M URRAY , i n th e a b sence o f th e M arqu i s Abereorn, w h o was t o h ave p res ided, but was prevented ,7„a domestic calamity. The room was very Lstefully i c o eo rated, and the pipers of the Dukes of Sussex and Gor -4611:rh0 were in attendance, played a variety of national When the evening. hen the cloth bad been drawn, i ts.. '"ie CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, the first toast which tie nve_to propose is one which, I trust, will never stand in j,' - ` l , of any recommendatory preface in any part of his Ma ?l,,,`Ys dominions—l am sure in this company it will be with enthusiasm. Gentlemen, I give " The King, elratron of this Society." Ne toast was drank with three times three, and the ational Anthem was afterwards sang in very excellent 6bY Messrs. Broadhurst, Taylor, and the other pro -7,,0nal g en tl emen presen t. The next toa s t wa s " The Queen"—three times three. &ne CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I am sure you are all too lant not to receive with pleasure the toast I am goinc , to r e Yen---I am about to propose " The Healths of the tic eess of K en t, the Princesses, and the other Vice-Pa tronesses of the Society."—(Cheers.) It is much indebted p,. t heir exerti ons i n p rom oting balls and other matters, ), 'Zia have contributed largely to the funds of the Society. e toast was drank with all the honours. Air (by Mr. wo adhurst), " My a in kind dearie." Olile CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, you are all aware how ard, o n all occasions, every bran c h of the Royal Fa- LL Y has been in promoting every charitable institution and N eblisln nen t. Among them the Duke of Sussex has been t n t icuous on all occasions. He presides over the High tis Society, and encourages, to the utmost of his power, fi ts institution, which is a branch of the Highland Society. p h il a z his Royal Highness who laid the first stone of the t Vue buildi ng w hi c h g i ves s h e lt er and support to the ehil -41 of this S oc i e ty.—(Cheers.) He has not of late been 11e of to attend our meetings, but he has not forgotten to ho diens by sending us the person who is always the appen- Lthe Highland Chieftain, the piper—(Cheers and i t T a ithter)—t o add to the enjoyment of the evening. The 11 1 st was drank with three times three and cheers. 141, next t oas t f r om the chair was her Royal Highness I t e Princess Victoria and the rest of the Royal Family. I , 4l !viks another of the tributes of respect and affection th e Society owed to the Royal Family ; and he was fit would be received with the warmest approbation,— "'lleers,) 4icrhe CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I am proud on all occa t's when it falls to my lot to preside at a meeting of my th i ng especially I am gratified in th i ng 80 o n an occas i on w hi c h ca ll s forth the ben evo l ence o f he c ountry as this does ; but I must confess that it is, not "tandingg these considerations and feelings, a disappoint 41:it to me, t h at I fill t h e c h a i r on t h e present occasion. I t t ilo s r nY expectation to have seen this chair occupied in a br 44 more dignified and suitable manner—filled by one (L t he most distinguished of the Scottish nobility— cheering)—by a Nobleman bearing a name la l eh stands proudly in the annals of Scotland, and which t t the head of a family equally connected with every por i: i: Of th e three kingdoms. Connected with each by pro f by and all th o se ties which endear man to his country, Ii ad hoped, Gentlemen, to see the Chair filled by the li aa ltr cluis of Abercorn—(Cheers)—and it was not until I • , entered this house that I was aware that a domestic amity had deprived us of the advantage of his Lord- Presence. However, he has done that which was k e , D est thing possible to renew the regret we should ex te,enee at his absence, by sending a most liberal donation gfty uineas.—(Loud cheering.) You will, therefore, A f i g l ailY unite in drinking the health of the Marquis of e rcorn, and to that I will add, may we always see our T 3i lity and the worthy men of the land coming forward " e has done to preside over similar institutions, and with ra ar liberality. ,he l toast was drank with great applause. T he CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, the next toast on my list to ° fle whi c h I h ave h a d the gratification of seeing warmly eeived i n every company o f B r i tons. I n every age an d everyy country, honour has always been done to those d p ra ,e Men who have stood forward to risk their lives in to . ' e nee of their country. Even in those countries which 4 sist of nothing more than pathless deserts and miserable 1 1 : 3, and w h ere th e ar t o f war i s no thi ng more th an a dis thpY of brute force and violence—even there honour is e to those who sacrifice their lives in defence of to 'r country. How much more then is honour due those who defend such a country as this, which t e i l Flevated t o th e hi g h es t pit c h of prosperity and in d'plg:erice, and every thing that can add honour and i a l l i tl ltY to man ; an d w hen that art, which, in a savage state he,,.. °th ing more than a display of brute force and cruelty , k i l cs niEs connected with all the sciences which invigorate to " ennoble courage—when even in the heat of battle, °tell are not f orge tf u l of what they owe to one another, and ...t ll °se generous feelings which ennoble the human mind m (-' , beers)— suc h, gentlemen, is the profession of those ( Co man the navy and fill the ranks of the British g army.— sold e , e , r in.) I m ell awae, th although I myelf am t o I: :'er, there is no w country r in the world which has s reason e Prouder of her defenders than Great Britain.—(Re cowed chee r i ng ) There is no country in the'world which to n boast of au;:a!: , thickly adorned with glorious achiev tieellts, both by sea and land, and therefore I give you, gen %ill_ en, Pro s p er i t y an d success t o th e A rm y a nd N av y o f 4,nit Brit a i n . —( A pp l ause .) T he ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Sir J. Campbell) said— suerritlemeo, I am about, to give you a toast, which I am e You will receive with enthusiasm—it is the health of rna r gallant and distinguished Chairman.—(Cheers.) We r 3 ' r egret the absence of the Duke of Sussex—we may loeguret the absence of the Marquis of Abercorn, but we oo . s t exult in seeing that chair filled by a countryman of c, t ,s , who does honour to the country that gave him birth. t-',entlemen, he has eloquently and truly described to you iLoe Profession to which he belongs. If such are its corn (CZerit Parts, must not he be " the bravest of the brave"— e , e ,")—not only illustrious in war, but adorned with t he arts of peace—as a scholar and an orator b h as ever been distinguished. Therefore, gentlemen, we ust rejoi ce t h at if others are a b sent, w h o oug h t t o h ave 1.1 Present, our gallant chairman has been ever at his p orn Applause.) I will not delay you longer by saying . more in his presence—it is enough for me to mention the name of " Sir George Murray."—(Tremendous cheering.) Sir GEORGE MURRAY—Gentlemen, nothing which I could say would be an adequate expression of my sense of the honour done me by my learned friend and distinguished countryman, and by the rest of the company present. It is a particular gratification to me that the toast has been proposed by one so eminently distinguished in his profession as Sir J. Campbell is. —(Cheers.) It is a proud thing for our country to see him in the high situation he so deservedly fills ; and it is a prouder thing still, both for him and for us, to know that he has attained to that eminence and high station, solely by his own merits, abilities, and perseverance. Gentlemen, I thank you for the honour you have conferred on me, and permit me to say, that if I am here repre senting the army, it is always a gratification to me to find the army with law on its side.—(Cheering, and laughter.) At this period the children supported by the institution, (fifty-six in number) were marched into the room and round the tables, preceded by the two pipers. The children were clad in the highland costume, and their neat and healthy ap pearance excited universal approbation. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the prosperity of the Institution. He was satisfied that they could not have witnessed the scene that had just passed before their eyes without expressing the utmost gratification.—(Cheers.) It was not necessary to say much in commendation of the ' Institution, for its object was stated in a very few words. The Caledonian Asylum had been Instituted for the support and education of the children of soldiers, sailors, and marines, dead and disabled, and the indigent Scotch resident in the metropolis, not entitled to parochial relief. There could not be any object in which Scotchmen ought to feel a deeper interest. From the success of the present Institution, it was evident that great results might be anticipated from small beginnings, if entered into with proper spirit and proper feeling. In the commencement the Institution had supported only twelve boys, and now they were enabled to support fifty-six—(Cheering)—six having been added last year. They received a plain and useful education, and the utmost care was taken of their moral and religious instruction. They were examined by the Presbytery of the Church of Scotland in London, as to their progress in this particular.—( Hear.) They might talk as they pleased of the progress of knowledge, and the en lightenment of the age, but, in his opinion, nothing was so valuable to a man, as a plain and useful education, such as that he had alluded to—(Cheers)—and there was no edu cation that could be given to man which would possess its full value, unless it was founded upon religion.—(Hear, hear.) In the Scotch Asylum both these objects had been attained ; and he need not add what was evident from their countenances, that the utmost attention was paid to the health of the children. He was delighted, and he was sure all present must be delighted, at their orderly and cre ditable appearance. They stood towards those children— in what he might call a foreign land—in the relation of their country and their parents ; and who, he would ask, would not be proud to come forward and contribute libe rally to support such an Institution ? (Hear, hear.) They should recollect that they had it from the highest au thority—an authority more than human, the authority of Heaven—that charity was the first of virtues. It was pleasing to see among the children several who bore medals on their breasts—these medals were to them as orders of Knighthood, or Waterloo medals—(Cheering)—they were proved badges of honour, and he trusted they were also. pledges of their future good conduct and success in life. Need he add anything more to induce them to support so valuable an institution ? He would give them—" Prosperity to the Caledonian Asylum, and may the Orphan never want a Friend." The toast was drank by all the company standing with great enthusiasm. Sir GEORGE MURRAY then - addressed the children, who bad remained standing around the tables, as follows— My young friends, before you leave us I wish to address a few words to you. You see here a proof of the deep in terest that is felt in your welfare. Be mindful, then, that you retain that interest in the only way you have it in your power, and by your good conduct be a credit to those who have protected you, and an honour to your country. The children then marched off, and at the door faced about with a precision which would have done credit to yeterans, and gave the company the general salute. Mr. JAMES GORDON DUFF, one of the Treasurers, then entered into a detail of the finances of the Society, which was, he observed, in a most prosperous state. He trusted, however, that the exertions of its supporters would not relax, as there was room in the building for fifty more boys, and upon the public they relied for the means of accom plishing that object.—(Cheers.) The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, we have drank the Army and Navy, and there is another profession, which is of the highest utility and importance, and the establishment of which is always commensurate with the progress of civiliza tion and the arts of peace. I mean that profession which enables us to settle our differences without bloodshed—that profession which gives protection to our lives and properties, and maintains our privileges by the only means which, I trust, it will be ever found necessary to maintain them, the force of argument and the power of eloquence.—(Hear.) You are all aware that the profession to which I allude is that of the Bar.—(Cheers.) That profession has been dis tinguished by its learning, by the liberality of its sentiments, and its high spirit of independence ; and it is most gratify ing to me that when proposing such a toast, I should be able to join with it the name of my countryman, Sir John Campbell, who sits beside me —( Loud cheers.) Nothing can be more gratifying to my heart, at all times, than to see Scotehmen advance to high and important stations, and filling them with honour to themselvs and to their country. Sucli is the case with Sir John Campbell, and I beg there fore to give you—" The Attorney-General and the Bar of England."—(Applause.) Sir JOHN CAMPBELL—Gentlemen, it is impossible for me to give expression to my feelings at the very high and most unexpected honour you have just conferred upon me. I came here as an humble individual to show my good will to the cause, and to do all in my power to further the ob jects of this Institution.—(Hear, hear.) I little thought that my voice should have been heard, or my name mentioned in this most respectable meeting ; but it would be impossible that my heart should not swell with feelings of exultation, when I find my health proposed by the dis tinguished Chairman who now presides over you, and my name coupled with the Bar of England. We cannot claim the high and proud distinctions conferred on the profession of arms, but still our profession is not without its merits, and claims to approbation in a free country. The Bar of England at all times has maintained its inde pendence, unawed by the frown of power, and unseduced by all the blandishments that might be held out to it. On every occasion innocence has found its protection and justice its meed, and it has been always ready to come for ward and protect the rights and privileges of its fellow countrymen. I am, Gentlemen, an humble member of that profession, and have had the good fortune by my zeal and industry, to rise to considerable distinction in it ; but the rewards of place and profit, are poor indeed compared with the reward I now receive in the approbation of my fellow countrymen.—(Hear.) Place and wealth, and power and titles are poor, when compared with the approbation of those we love and esteem.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have ever been proud of my country, and I have done my ut most that my country should not be ashamed of me. I return you my best thanks for the honour you have done me, and wish you all health and prosperity. The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Highland Society, the parent from whence the Caledonian Asylum had ema nated, and he would couple with it the President and young Nobleman of Scotch descent, but whose Pamily were now settled in Ireland, he meant Lord Castlereagh."—(Cheers.) Mr. M‘GlLLivaAv returned thanks on behalf of the Highland Society, which would be at all times ready to co-operate with the present in promoting the cause of bene volence and charity. The report of the Society, with the list of subscriptions since the last anniversary dinner, was then read by the Secretary. The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I am going to propose a toast which I trust will meet with your approbation. Let us recollect that this Society is intimately connected with the army, for it is the object of the Society to take care of the children of those who have fallen in defence of their country. The toast I am about to give is a military one, for I will not narrow my feelings or your minds to paltry politics.—(Cheers.) I will give you the health of the man who has led the British army to victory in every quarter of the globe.—(Loud cheering.) It is not the health of a Minister or ex-Minister, but it is the health of a hero— (Great applause)—of one who was never capable of placing the paltry interests of party in competition with tile inte rests and honour of the country—(Cheering)—whose name, when the name of all his contemporaries have sunk into o'olivion, will remain as a bright star on the page of British history.—(Tremendous cheering.) Gentlemen, I have already told you (humble as I am in the ranks of mi litary men) that I am a soldier, and that I venture to be proud of my profession ; but what shall I.say, gentlemen, of my attachment to my profession, when I tell you that it has been my good fortune to go into the field of battle with such men as Abercromby, Moore, and Wellington. — (Much cheering.) These are proud and honourable names, and what gives them the greatest lustre is, that they are as unblemished in private life as they are distinguished by great achievements. Gentlemen, I should not have pre sided as a military man at this table, and not have proposed to you this toast. I should have felt, when I went home, that I had forgotten that gratitude which I owe for myself and for my country.—(Applause.) You have received, as I anticipated you would, the name with those generous and manly feelings which put every consideration aside, and with these feelings I give you '° - The Duke of Wellington." —(Loud and continued cheering.) The CHAIRMAN next gave the health of one whom be characterized as having been a most liberal benefactor to the institution—" Sir Charles Forbes."—(Cheers.) Sir CHARLES FORBES returned thanks. The next toast was " Mr. James Gordon Duff, and the other Treasurers of the Institution." Mr. G. DUFF returned thanks, and expressed his readi ness at all times to promote by every exertion in his power the interests of the charity. The CHAIRMAN then gave, with some appropriate re marks upon the zeal of the Reverend Gentlemen, and his attention to the interests of the Institution—" Thsi Rev. John Lees and the Established Church of Scotland." The Rev. Mr. LEES briefly returned thanks. The next toast was " The Duke of Gordon and the other Vice-Presidents of the Charity."—(Cheers.) The Secretary then read the list of subscriptions to the Institution, which were received with loud and general applause. " The healths of Mr. George Lindsey and the other Directors," was then given ; and Mr. LINDSEY returned thanks. Then followed " Dr. Tweedie and the other Medical Officers of the Establishment."—" The Stewards."—" Pros perity to the Land o' Cakes." The CHAIRMAN retired about eleven o'clock, and shortly afterwards the company separated. DEVONSHIRE ELECTION. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Plymouth, Monday Evening, April 27. On Thursday next Lord John Russell will positively be here to address the electors at a public meeting to be holden at the Mechanics' Institute in Princess-square. The good cause is going on well in this district. Lady Russell will accompany his Lordship, both of whom are expected at Elford-house, the seat of Geo. W. Soltan, Esq., the Chairman of his Plymouth Committee, on Wednesday evening next. On Saturday last a numerous and highly respectable meet ing of the friends and supporters of Lord John Russell was held at the Red Lion Inn, at Kingsbridge, R. W. Newman, Esq., of Mainhead, took the Chair. The meeting was ad dressed by his Lordship as wall as by Lord Seymour, M. P. ; Jasper Parrott, Esq., M. P. ; Col. Seale ; Captain Allen ; Mr. Stuckly, and several other gentlemen, and resolutions were passed to further Lord John's re-election. To-morrow Lord John Russell is to be present at a public meeting of his friends and supporters at Brent. On Wednesday next Lord John Russell will attend a public meeting of his friends and supporters at the Exeter Inn, Mod bury. Lord Seymour, M.P. ; Jasper Parrott, Esq., M. P. ; Thomas Newman, Esq. ; and many other gentlemen, are ex pected to attend on the occasion. At Taunton, yesterday, a subscription was opened for the purpose of aiding the return of Lord John Russell. In a few hours the inhabitants had collected upwards of 601. Sir T. B. Lethbridge has, we understand, liberally subscribed the sum of 251. for the same patriotic object. Numerous additional subscriptions have been brought by this morning's post to the Westminster Committee, formed for returning Lord John Russell free of expense. A sum of 1001. was received from Stroud in Gloucestershire, the envelope containing which bore the following laconic and modest in scription :—" The electcrs:of Stroud, Gloucestershire, grateful for their political existence, 1001." A cheque for 351. 10s., being the amount of a public subscription at Cheltenham, has likewise been received this morning. The sum of 101. has been transmitted as a first subscription from the Gentlemen, who, under the whimsical title of the " Society of Codgers," meet nightly at the White Bear, Bride-lane, Fleet-street. We notice this last subscription the more especially, because there are hundreds of similar societies in the metropolis, where the tradesman or the professional gentleman seeks rational enter tainment after the labours of the day, and in each of which societies a similar subscription might be started with the best effect. The letters from Devonshire continue to give the most gra tifying accounts of the progress of the canvas. At the same time it is evident the struggle on the part of the Tories will be a desperate one:—they are resolved to die hard, and no Reformer can excuse himself from going to the poll. The prospect of Lord John Russell looks bright, yet still a single vote may be of vast importance. The Westminster Com mittee have made arrangements for conveying every elector who may apply down to the polling place and back, in the most respectable and satisfactory way, so that no voter need incur tile smallest expense, and his wishes, as far as practicable, will be consulted as to the time and mode of conveyance. BERWICK ELECTION. TO THE ELECTORS OF BERWICK, TWEED- MOUTH, AND SPITTLE. GENTLEMEN,--I almost lose sight of my own success in the high gratification I feel at the proof you have given of your determination to support those principles of Reform on which I first offered myself to you—on which you have now elected me for the third time—and on which alone this empire will consent to be governed. My canvas has been one continued triumph. You have done yourselves honour by standing firmly to your principles, and you have done it in such a way as has effec tually stifled all attempts at opposition to you--and to me as your Representative. _ _ _ Gentlemen, if I before felt grateful to you, I ought to feel doubly so now—be assured that I duly appreciate all you have done for me. It is almost unnecessary for me to add, that such as I have been such I shall continue to be. I am sure you will make allowance for the debility I still feel from my late long illness, and that you will excuse my going round to thank those who so kindly promised me their support in case I had wanted it at a poll. Trusting to your indulgence in this respect, I take my leave of you with renewed expressions of thankfulness and attach ment.--I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obliged and obedient servant, Berwick, Monday, 27, 1835. R. S. DONKIN. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. TAUNTON. The nomination for this borough took place on Monday morning last, Mr. Labouchere's acceptance of the office of the President of the Board of Trade having occasioned a vacancy in the representatio*. Hustings were erected for the purpose in the market-place, on which the two can didates, accompanied by their friends and supporters, ap peared shortly after ten o'clock. The crowd which had as sembled by that hour was pretty numerous, and increased rapidly. The Bailiff opened the proceedings of the day by briefly stating the object of the meeting. The Writ and Bribery Acts were then read. The Crier having proclaimed silence, and duly enforced the necessity of preserving it by ringing an immense bell, Dr. BLAKE presented himself for the purpose of propo sing Mr. Labouchere. They had always found him the friend of civil and religious liberty ; they had always found him regular in his attendance to his Parliamentary duties ; and they had always found his name enrolled among those of the men who had supported measures tending to enforce economy in the expenditure of the State, and to reduce tax ation.--(Great cheering.) Mr. BYNTEL s econ d e d th e nomination. Mr. BLATCIICOCK riominatedEJl)israeli. He was a stranger to the electors, he acknowledged ; but the name was no stranger to the country generally. It was coupled with honour, integrity, character, and talent—(oh, oh,) — and if these were not qualifications to entitle him to the honour of representing them, he knew not what were. Mr. LEE seconded the nomination. Mr. LABOUCHERE then came forward and was received with deafening cheers. He said—Mr. Bailiff and Gentle men, in asking you to lend me a kind and indulgent hear ing during the short -time that I shall feel it necessary to trouble you—l say that in addressing myself particularly to the friends of the opposite candidate, and requesting them to lend me a patient and indulgent hearing, I can only do so in common justice to them upon an understanding which I hope my friends will keep, that when it is the turn for that gentleman to address you, he will be received with the same patience and indulgence which I hope it is your intention to bestow upon me.—(Cheers.) I am proud to say that it has always been the custom as far as I have observed with the electors of Taunton, to grant to every candidate a fair and impartial hearing.—(Cheers.) I know no borough, indeed, more honourably distinguished, not only for the manly spirit of independence which ipervades it, but also for the fairness and courtesy, I had alMost said the high and gentlemanly feeling which has invariably been manifested by all classes of its electors.—( Hear.) 1 am more than ever persuaded that it is the true interest of this country on the one hand, firmly to maintain the great and known landmarks of her institutions in Church and State.—(Great cheering from the Blues.) But, on the other hand, I am firmly convinced that those institutions ought only to be maintained by rendering them com patible with the civil :and religious liberties of the people, in the evident sense of the ivord.—(Great cheering from the Buffs.) I cannot have listened to what has been said here to-day, or have observed what has taken taken place in the course of my canvass, without being convinced that there exists in the minds of many persons a serious alarm about the Church.—( Cheers from the Blues.) I can only say—and T do it with the most perfect truth — that I am an humble but sincere Churchman ; and no party motive-4 trust no personal ambition—will ever in duce me to do that which, in my conscience, I believe is calculated to overthrow the Church Establishment. — (Cheers.) But I am also persuaded that the time has come when the Church Establishment, in order to be safe, must be rendered compatible with the complete redress of every grievance of which the Dissenters have a just right to complain.—(Cheers.) I will now say a word or two upon a subject which recent circumstances have more par ticularly brought under the notice of the country—l mean the report of the Church Establishment in Ireland. I was told that I should find that a very unfortunate unpopular question here ; I was told that having supported Lord John Russell's resolution I should lose a great many friends in • this borough. However that:may be, I can only say, that I have so deep a sense of the state of Ireland—l look with such shame and dismay to what the effects have been of maintaining in that country the present Church Establish ment—l look back to the history of Ireland for the last two oenturies, and I find what during that period has been the effect of maintaining an enormous Church Esta blishment for the exclusive benefit of a small mi nority, and against the feelings and wishes of the great majority of the inhabitants. Looking at the neglect in this point of view, I can only say that had I known that, by voting as I did upon Lord John Russell's motion I should certainly lose my seat for this borough, I would ra ther never again be allowed to enter Parliament than have been false to my own heart—false to my own principles— false, as I believe, to the real principles of the Protestant Church of England, which are charity, benevolence, tolera tion, and peace.—(Loud and long-continued cheering.) What is the Established Church in Ireland ? For the in dividual members of it, and especially for those who minister its doctrines, no man entertains a, deeper feeling of respect than I do ; no man more pities or more sincerely compas sionates the unfortunate situation in which they are now placed. But what is the real state of the Church of Ire land ? There is a' small minority of Protestants congre gated almost entirely in the north, while the whole of the south and west presents this picture—millions of Catholics and only a few thousand Protestants.—(Cheers.) Yet in every parish of these extensive and most populous districts, there is a church and an appointed clergyman, not always a resident clergyman, who, I will not say collects, but at tempts to collect tithe from the Catholic inhabitants. This is all. The Church in Ireland consists of nothing more. In most parishes a clergyman, a clerk, and five or six pa rishioners constitute the whole of the Church. Can we suppose that Roman Catholics are not actuated by the same feelings as other human beings ? I admit that the Church is an instrument, and a very useful instrument, for the instruction of the people ; but I have sometimes heard it called a state and political engine. If it be a state and political engine, it is in my opinion an extremely bad one, and has most completely failed ; for instead of being a bond of union it is that which has put in hazard the integrity of the empire.--(Cheers.) Entertaining these opinions I give a hearty vote in favour of the resolution which pledges the Government not to deprive the Protestants of Ire land of the means of spiritual instruction—for wherever a Protestant congregation was found, ample means of spiritual instruction would be retained—but which pledged the Go vernment to this, that in the south and west of Ireland, where Protestantism is almost unknown, and where igno rance most prevails, this property, which at present is really doing no g o od either to the Protestant or Catholic, shall be applied—or at least the surplus of it, beyond that which is requisite to provide for • the spiritual wants of the Pro testant inhabitants—shall be applied to the purposes of general education, and thereby to the moral improvement of the great body of the people.—(Cheers.) That is the principle of common sense, sound policy, and true Chris tianity ; and I say again, that had I known that in voting for the resolution on which that principle was embodied I should certainly lose my seat in Parliament, I should have given it cheerfully, and been content to abide by the result. —(Cheers.) It sounds reasonable enough to say " measures, not men ;" but it is a doctrine which has always appeared to me to be of a most servile kind, for if it means anything it means this—that the people of England have no concern in the character of their rulers.—(Cheers.) I have always thought it a very foolish doctrine that you must abandon the strong holds of power to those in whom you cannot con fide—whose principles upon all matters of general policy are strongly and directly opposed to your own, and that the only check upon the measures which such men might think fit to introduce should be found in the Representatives whom the people should choose to send to Parliament. I have fairly told you—l fairly tell you again —that my object in Parlia ment is, not I hope for any low or personal purpose, but for the great interests of the country—to get those whom I can trust into power, and then keep them there, believing, as I decidedly do, that it is only when we have men of right principles in power that we have a chance of getting right measures. Gentlemen, I have no reason, therefore, to be afraid of appearing before you in the character of a holder of office under the Crown. Of one thing I can assure you, that you never will see me coming into this borough holding a disgraceful sinecure, or in the receipt of an unearned pen sion —(Cheers)—on the other hand, I never shall be, and never need be, ashamed of coming to you here, holding an efficient and honourable office under the Crown, when I can do so on terms perfectly compatible with my duty to you and the people generally.—(Cheers.) My friend Mr. Lee—as I trust he will still allow me to call him—said something about factious conduct in stopping the Supplies ; now, I will tell you what my conduct was on that subject. The only division on the Supplies we had was on the ques tion of the Navy Estimates. I will only say that I went down to the House on that occasion, and that, so far from stopping the Supplies, I lent whatever humble assistance I could—having been connected with the Admiralty myself— to Lord Ashley, by supporting him and voting against Mr. Hughes's motion for referring the Estimates to a Committee up stairs. To show that I had no factious motive in voting as I did, I can only say that Sir James Graham, who was friendly to the then Government, took the same course— (Cheers) —although it did so happen that Lord John Rus sell took the other. lam very glad to have had this op. portunit.y of expressing myself, as I hope I have d one t o Mr. White's satisfaction.—(Mr. White—" I am perfectly satisfied with your explanation, Sir, but the papers said very different.")—( A voice in the crowd—" How about Sir Charles Sutton, Mr. Labouchere ?") I shall be very happy to explain my vote on the Speakership. I certainly did think that, under the circumstances attendant on the meeting of that Parliament, it was of the utmost importance, the sen timents of the people having been appealed to, that the Members of the House of Commons should forego all pri vate considerations, and show on that meeting, to the Crown and the people, that they had not deserted the principles the majority of them had so recently expressed, by placing in the chair a well-known, a proved, and a tried Reformer.—(Cheers.) I must also say, with regard to Sir Charles Manners Sutton—towards whom I wish to make use of not a single disrespectful word—that his conduct was, to say the least of it, injudicious in attending the Privy Councils as he did.--(Cheers, and Oh, oh !) Of Mr. D'lsraeli, the gentleman who opposes me on this occa sion, I desire to speak in no terms but those of courtesy and respect ; I hope it is possible for gentlemen to meet and oppose one another on the hustings, without enter taining any unkind or disrespectful feeling towards one another.—( Cheers.) I hope you will come early to-morrow morning, and register your votes without delay ; and I re tire in the confident expectation of being again placed at the head of the poll by the same triumphant majority that has always supported me on former occasions. —(Loud cheers.) I entreat you, in conclusion, as a personal favour, as you have listened to me with kindness and attention, to extend the same courtesy to my opponent.—(Loud and prolonged cheering.) Mr. D ' ISRAELI then presented himself, and was very warmly received by the Blue party. A more courteous op ponent, or a more courteous constituency lie had never yet been placed before or brought into contact with. He trusted that, as he had made many friends during that visit to Taunton, so he should quit it without leaving behind him a single enemy. They had been told by his Honourable Op ponent that the Whigs would not yield one hair's-breadth to gain Mr. O'Connell's assistance. He was glad to hear it, as he considered Mr. O'Connell an incendiary in poli tics. The name of Mr. O'Connell brought him to the sub ject with which that individual was so intimately connected —he meant the Church of Ireland.—(" That's the point.") He could not understand the principle on which the Whigs would have the Protestant Establishment in that country. It really appeared then that they had offered a premium to the Whiteboys to destroy the Protestant population.— (Cheers from the Blues, and great hissing.) If congrega tions were to consist of a specific number ef souls—if forts - were not worthy to be sacred, but fifty were—he thought there would very soon be no Protestant congrega tion in Ireland at all. He looked upon the Whigs as a weak but ambitious party in the State, who could only ob tain power by linking themselves to a traitor. He ought to apologise, perhaps, to the admirers of O'Connell for this hard language. He (Mr. D'lsraeli) was his admirer as far as his talents and abilities were concerned, but he main tained him to be a traitor—and on what authority? The authority of that very body, a distinguished member of whom was now his opponent.—(Cheers and laughter.) Twenty years ago tithe was paid in Ireland more regularly than rent was in England now.—(" How you know?") He had read Oh !" from the same place.) I have read (conti nued Nlr. D'lsraeli, addressing the person in the crowd who had interrupted him) I havo read, but you have not.— (Loud cheers from the Blue party.) The fact was on re cord ; the Irish Church was now unable to collect its re venues. Whence came this but from agitation, and who had held out a premium to agitation but the Whig party ? —(Cheers ; a voice, " Didn't you write a novel ?") He had just been reminded that he had written a novel. He hoped that there was no disgrace in being an author, or in being engaged in the pursuit of literature.—(" Your a curiosity of literature : you are !") " I hope," continued Mr. D'lsraeli, " I hope there is no disgrace in having written that which has been read by thousands of my fel low -countrymen, and which has been translated into every language of civilized Europe. I trust that one who is an author by the gift of nature may be as good a man as one who is master of the Mint by the gift of Lord Melbourne. —(Loud cheers.) The difference is this : a year hence I shall still, if I am alive, be the author of Vivian Grey; but a year hence my Hon. Opponent will not fill the office he now holds, even though the salary is only 2,0001. a year.— (" You want it yourself, do you F) Not unless you wish to be always represented by a Master of the Mint.—(Loud cheers.) He would recommend his adversaries to take r ~ - . • . care that their attacks upon upon him were original. He really thought it evinced anything but a feeling of confidence in their own strength, to take away more articles from London newspapers, and make them charges against him.—(Hear, hear.) He was a man of such extreme good nature, and had such an innate love of fun, that had no other person been found willing or able, he should have been very happy to have written a lampoon himself against himself.—(Cheers and laughter.) It was unnecessary for him to answer the editor of The Sun.— (" Or, The Chronicle.) He had certainly written a novel, but he was not the puppet of the Duke of Buckingham, as The Sun had described him, while a fellow-labourer in the same vineyard designated him, next morning, the Mary lebone Radical.—(Cheers.) If there were anything on which he figured himself, it was his consistency.—(A voice, " And the novel.") At the conclusion of his speech, the Hon. Gentleman was loudly cheered by his supporters. The BAILIFF then demanded a show of hands. The re sult not being satisfactory a show of hats was taken, and the two Bailiffs, after consulting together, declaring it to be in favour of Mr. D'lsraeli. A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Labouchere, and it will commence to-morrow (Tues day) morning at nine o'clock. We have made every possible inquiry as to the probable result of the contest, and arc induced to believe that there is not the slightest doubt of Mr. Labouchere's success. 'the general belief appears to be, that the poll will be kept open until the expiration of the second day. Taunton, April 28. STATE OF THE POLL AT TWELVE O'CLOCK, FIRST DAY. Mr. Labouchere Mr. d'lsraeli Majority 293 91 -202 THE HORSE-GUARDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. perceive there are Six General Officers on the Staff at the Horse-Guards, viz. : Lord Hill, who has the Blues ; Sir W. Gordon, who has the 23d Regt., Quarter-Master- General ; J. M'Donald, who has the 67th Regt., Adjutant-General ; R. Jackson, who has the 81st Regt., Deputy- Quarter-Master- General ; Lord Fitzroy Somerset, who has the 53d Regt., Military Se cretary ; and John Gardiner, the Deputy-Adjutant-General. Now, I wish you to inform me, why the last has not got a Regiment ? April 28. A SUBSCRIBER. Perhaps you can inform me if those officers ever served except on the Staff—Lord Hill I know did. f IN Moi!Em " • - THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1835, 0 6 /4/ 7 - ---- DUBLIN. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The rage and dismay of the ousted faction may be easily discerned by all the lies they tell. Their passion is incoherent. In every column of their newspapers you meet some new in vention which contradicts that of an hour ago. Thus we are told by one unerring authority, that O'Connell is the author of all the Irish appointments ; and presently afterwards that he is outrageous against Lord Melbourne, and full of disgust and indignation at having been disowned and totally excluded from a participation in the construction of the Government. An other journal states that O'Connell moved heaven and earth to obtain the post of Attorney-General for Mr. O'Loghlen, and yet that Mr. Perrin's elevation to that office is solely attri butable to his exertions. The same authority is for both these statements, and therefore we have no choice but to believe both or neither. Consequently, unless Mr. O'Connell willed that the offices of Attorney and Solicitor-General should be occupied by turns, on alternate days, it would puzzle any Ministry, even the hair-splitting Tories themselves, to keep him in good humour. But it is also said that both those function aries are portions of his tail, than which a more palpable or deliberate falsehood could not be uttered or committed to paper. It is well known that Mr. Perrin might have walked in for the city of Dublin in 1832, if he would have consented to take the pledges prescribed by Mr. O'Connell; and it is equally notorious that he voted against the Repeal of the Union, and by his speech on that question provoked the wrath of Mr. O'Connell, and a numerous body of his friends, by en treating him to advocate some useful measure, and give over agitating the public mind on such impracticable subjects. The London journals are not at all behind their brethren of Dublin in the incoherence and extravagance of their state ments, which are not only inconsistent in themselves, but wofully at variance with the solemn asseverations of our best possible instructors here. Altogether, they are a precious gang, and the cause of " Pure religion and the Monarchy" must thrive in their holy keeping. It was a great oversight, which their zeal and trepidation committed, not to meet to gether first, and agree upon three or four fundamental untruths, on which all might ring the changes without any deviation from the main points. That would serve to give a colour and consistency to their fabrications, which now cross and jostle one another "in most admired disorder." But this Dutch Concert, in which every performer sings out his own lie, shows but one common principle among them, and that is an unanimous endeavour to frighten all the old ladies and gen tlemen in England with the name of O'Connell. A great effort is now making to retain Sir William Gosset in the Under-Secretary's place; and O'Connell's name, of course, is lugged in to promote the scheme. The Tories well know, that as long as Sir William presides, with his wonted urbanity, in that department, they can drop in and discuss affairs in general, hearing and telling some new thing every day. The advantage of ear-wigging the Chief Governor, through an officer with whom he must necessarily be in daily and confidential communication, is so precious, and capable of being turned to so many useful ends, both to the party and to individuals, that it is of the last importance to them to preserve it. Accordingly it is their first care, and they have set about it with characteristic cunning. The Standard opens the ball by declaring that 0' Connell insists on the removal of Sir Wil ham, and that Lord Melbourne still relucts. This is a dexte rous attempt to bully the Government, if possible, and deter it, in the first instance, from doing what is right. Should that fail, a foundation is already laid for another thumping lie about the paramount authority of Mr. O'Connell in all things per taining to the Government of Ireland. How like the manoeuv ring of the party, whose entire strength lies in the serpentine address with which it glides to its objects. But it will go hard with the Whigs and their character in Ireland, if they do not break through this artifice at once, reckless of detraction, and " - make the engineer Hoist with his own petard." DUBLIN. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) " The whole frame of society amongst us is disorganised, and the distrust, apathy, fraud, jealousy and contention, which prevail uni venally—as they derange the public will, and prevent the mutual co-operation of all classes, must necessarily prevent the country, whilst they continue, from deriving advantage from any partial measure, or emerging from its present depressed, if not degraded condition."—DOCTOlt DOYLE. such was the state of Ireland described to be, eleven years ago, in a letter recommending conciliation of parties; and addressed to the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, by a pious patriot, whose whole life and energies were devoted to th e welfare and improvement of his country. The language is perfectly applicable to the present period. At no time in the eventful history of this distracted island were hard words, jea lousies and strife more frequent, than at this moment;—when happily, the restoration of a liberal Ministry holds forth the prospect of a better order of things. In truth, Lord Mel bourne's Cabinet has great difficulties to cope with, in this part of the United Kingdom—difficulties which no policy, un supported by truth and justice, can possibly remove. There are here two parties, violently opposed to each other, and to that conciliation so essential to our national and social im provement. One is a component part of that greater body of men, composed of the most numerous and intelligent classes of the community, and generally called Liberal. The other is inferior in number and legitimate authority, but still posses sing the good things of the State, are consequently in the com mand of an influence and power capable of controlling, if not impeding, any measures of which they do not approve. Now, a great many persons think that Reform cannot be efficient, nor the country derive advantage from any Government, how ever well disposed to promote its welfare, so long as this latter party is permitted to enjoy any share of that favour in high quarters, which has been hitherto as it were their exclusive inheritance. And a cry is therefore raised against all the Tory retainers in office, from Sir W. Gosset, the public secre tary of the Lord Lieutenant, to the humblest placeman, whose situation is in the gift of the Crown. It is contended ;hat the best intentions of a liberal Cabinet have been, and may still be frustrated by the conduct of those officials, who are not changed with every change of Government. That this may have been true, heretofore, to a certain extent, and in some instances, there can be no doubt ; and the possibility of a similar occur rence in future may be very easily imagined. But as every gene ral rule has an exception, it is questionable, whether, in this in stance, the exception should not become the rule practically, so long as the public service be not really impaired—that is, so long as any public functionary, whose duties are not prescribed by public opinion, discharges the obligations of his office accord ing to the principles and instructions of those who employ him. As to Sir W. Gosset, be is said to bq a Tory, and that, as such, he ought not to be permitted to fill a situation under a Whig Government, to which situation, more than to any other in Ireland, is annexed the discharge of the most important duties of the Executive. These two questions ought to be maturely considered before the sentence of public opinion be pro nounced. Is this gentleman a Tory, in the evil sense of the word, and has he done anything, for which he alone should be responsible, inconsistent with what are un derstood to be the principles of the present Government ? If during the period of his holding office, under the Whigs, no proof can be given of a violation by him of their system of policy—if no fact can be adduced showing a disposi tion to do so—it surely would be unfair, as regards himself, and inconvenient for the country—for his office is one which cannot be often changed without c6nsiderable delay and de rangement in the progress of public business—to remove a public functionary against whose abilities or integrity there is not the shadow of an imputation. There seems to be too much of factious spirit in the cry, by no means universal, for extending to this gentleman's situation the principle of the change which has taken place. This country never can be tranquil nor happy, it never can be brought to that condition of national and social organization, the want of which was de plored by Doctor Doyle, and all who thoroughly understood its condition ; in fact it will never feel repose till 'every deno- 1 —I ..- • ' ' • -1; -. s }\ .‘ 111114 , - • ',.: - : • ) IC- - • , . . 1 . . *e:' - - . = N'fr' _ - , ~.,......, mination of party and faction be put down, or dikt£l•,-- - \<-fr objects than their prese n t v i ews ; an d t h e only 413,0ri' --'-'—' -"-- ' commendatory of public officers shall be talent, integri lida:).l impartiality. I have heard an h onest Whi g, w h o i s a Roman - Catholic, say he believed Sir W. Gossett posseised these qualifications, to a much greater extent, than many noisy pro fessors of liberal principles ; and he gave the following reason for his thinking so. " I was some time ago," said he, " em ployed with many others by the Whig Government in carrying into effect one of the Tithe Acts, and in the discharge of my duty I unwillingly gave some offence to a Protestant gentleman, who had been a sort of agitator, but who has lately become a Conservative. This professor of liberality went to the Castle, and complained to Sir W. Gosset of my conduct in the discharge of an important public duty, in the most aggravated terms. He was told to make his charge in writing, which he did in the form of a letter addressed to Sir 'William. That letter was immediately transmitted to me, with a request to report fully for the consideration of the Lord Lieutenant every circumstance relative to the affair out of which the allegations had originated. I lost no time in doing so ; and, fortunately, was able to refer to the Secretary's Office for direct evidence of the impossibility of the charges brought against me being true. Indeed, had they been true, I ought to be degraded, if not hanged. In the mean time, as I learned afterwards, the circumstance of the charges having been demanded in writing, or some other incident, suggested to my accuser the probable impropriety of the step he had taken, and he went again to the Castle, requesting to have back his letter, and that nothing further would be said about the matter ; but he was told there should be no compromise of so serious a charge ; that it was under investigation ; and that he should be informed of the result. The next information I had on the subject was, that my accuser had been informed of the perfect satisfaction which that part of my conduct misrepresented by him had given his Excellency ; and, in proof of that satisfac tion, I had the pleasure, by Sir W. Gosset's interference, of being continued longer in the employment of Government, and receiving more of its patronage than many of my col leagues. An apology was subsequently made by my accuser, who, I believe, was himself, to a certain extent, misinformed and imposed upon." This result of a collision between a. Papist and a protestant, Whig and Conservative, would show, not only that Sir W. Gosset is impartial to both, but that his sense of justice is much stronger than any predilection he might have for the latter; otherwise he would not have re commended the further employment of one who was to him a perfect stranger, and who certainly did not expect any favour - at his hands. I feel great pleasure in being able to make public this fact, at a moment when the fitness of a public officer for his situation is canvassed by a portion of the Dublin press ; because it is at once a proof of the candour and grateful feel ing of the gentleman who authorises me to do so, and of the probable groundlessness of the prejudice against Sir William Gosset, proceeding from the section of "a 'party who, if they were in power, would not, I fear, evince' so much impartiality. The cause of Reform is founded on truth and - justice—princi ples which, if adhered to, will be always triumphant, and can not fail to confer lasting benefits on Ireland. But if nothing he kept in view now except the ascendancy of party or faction, no Government can remove the evils that afflict us, nor im prove the condition of the people, by imparting the first re quisite for our elevation—that is a proper tone to the state of society. April 26. WINDSOR. On Monday the King, accompanied by the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, drove out through the great Park, and after wards paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, at Frogmore. Her Majesty has been confined to the Castle since Sunday last, from a severe cold. The Drawing-room has in conse quence been put off. Yesterday afternoon his Majesty and the Landgravine again drove in the park. Prince George, accompanied by Lord Byowrlow, rode out on horseback. The Lord Chief Commissioner Adam arrived at the Castle on Monday night to dinner. Lord Denbigh and Lady Caroline and her daughter, Miss Wood, called at the Castle yesterday morning to pay their re spects to the Queen. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence left the Castle yesterday morn ing for town. _ _ The Duchess of Cambridge is expected to arrive in England some time next week. To-morrow (this day), his Majesty goes to town to hold a levee, and returns to the Castle in the evening. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked and drove in the Parks yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday after noon, at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount Palmerston, the Right lion. C. Grant, Lord Hol land, Lord Auckland, the Right Hon. T. Spring Rice, and Viscount Howick. Sir John Hobhouse joined his colleagues while the Council was sitting. The auncil broke up soon after five o'clock. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Lilford, and Mr. F. Lewis, Chief Commissioner of the Poor Laws, had interviews yesterday with Viscount Melbourne, at the Treasury. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgic Minister, and Namik Pacha, on a special mission from the Ottoman Porte, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign Office. Sir Robert Wilson had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Charles Grant, at the Colonial Office. Mr. Spring Rice arrived in town on Monday night from Cambridge. The Marquis of Lansdowne came to town yesterday, from his residence at Richmond. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Baron and Baroness Dimsdale, at Mivart's Hotel, from Camfield Park, Harts ; Hervey Aston, Esq., at ditto, from Berkshire; C. J. Russell, Esq., at ditto, from Leamington Spa ; Mr. and Mrs. Holbeck, at ditto, from Farnborough, Oxon ; Hon. W. Ward, at ditto, from Essex ; Mr. and Mrs. Quirke, at ditto, from Devon ; Captain and Mrs. Henry Bathurst, at Gloucester-place, Portman-square ; the Hon. Champion Dymoke and Mrs. Dymoke, in Bryanston-square, from a tour ; William Woodhouse, Esq., Mrs. Woodhouse and family, and Mrs. Hervey, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; J. Moore, Esq., and Mrs. Moore, at ditto ; J. Simson, Esq., Mrs. Simson, and family, at ditto ; Captain Hinde, at ditto; the Rev. N. D. H. Newton, at ditto; R. Townley Parker, Esq., at ditto. DEPARTURES. The Rev. H. B. Wrey, Mrs. Wrey, and family, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; the Rev. G. 0. Miller and Mrs. Miller, from ditto; F. Wilder, Esq., and Mrs. Wilder, from ditto; George Warde, Esq., from ditto ; Lord Monson, from the Carlton Hotel, for War wick Castle ; the Bishop of Elphin and the Misses Leslie, from St. George's-place, on a tour ; Sir Edwin Stanhope, Bart., from Warren's Hotel, for Home Lacy, Herefordshire ; the Hon. William Bagot, from Batt's Hotel, Regent-street, for Berks ; Sir Robert Gunning, Bart., for his seat, Horton, Northampton; the Earl of Surrey, for Little Hampton; C. L. Stephens, Esq., for his seat in Suffolk; the Hon. Captain Trefusis, on a tour ; Lord Colchester, for Kidbrook, Sussex ; Sir Edmund Hayes, from the St. James's Hotel ; A. P. Cooper, Esq., for Northchurch, Herts; E. A. Perceval, Esq., for Hampton, Somerset. THE EMPEROR FEItDINAND.—The Courrier Beige publishes a correspondence from which we make the fol lowing extract :—" Since the Emperor's accession to the throne, he has experienced several nervous attacks, more or less serious; these attacks, to which he has been subject since his childhood, have increased in violence, not only in conse quence of the extraordinary activity which the Emperor dis plays in conducting the affairs of Government, but also from discussions, renewed every day, with Prince Metternich, and the emotion which Ferdinand feels at the critical information which he receives from his different provinces." NATIONAL GALLERY.—The boarding before the East wing of the new National Gallery, Trafalgar-square, was finally removed on Saturday, and the building was viewed from the ample space before it to advantage. It is inclosed with iron railing, and the winged figures, which were placed over the emblematic figures in the centre, and had a very awk ward appearance, have been removed and placed in niches at the back of the •portico. The mews are nearly demolished, and will no longer obstruct the progress, when entirely rased, of the South wing and the centre of the edifice, which will be built with all possible dispatch. In our paper of last week we noticed a suicide com mitted at Abergavenny by a private of the 12th Lancers. We have this week to announce another suicide in the same regi ment, when on their march from this town to Dorchester. A man named Shermingham, a corporal in the band, left here on Thursday, with head-quarters, as a prisoner under confine ment, on a charge of striking Sergeant-Major Tanner, of the same regiment. On their arrival at Alcester he was taken to his billet-house, where by some means he got a comrade's pis tol and shot himself.—Birmingham Journal. TAXES UPON NEWSPAPERS.—A very numerous and respectable meeting was held last night, at the Mecha nics' Institution, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the repeal of the Taxes upon Knowledge. Mr. Wakley, M. P. for Finsbury, was unani mously called to the chair. Among those upon the platform n-e remarked Mr. Feargus O'Connor, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M. P., Mr. Richard Taylor, Dr. Wade, &c. The great hall of the institution was crowded in every part, and we should think that there must have been at least 2,000 persons present. The meeting was addressed by the Chairman, Mr. Roebuck. Mr. O'Connor, and other gentlemen, who deprecated in strong terms the impolicy, as well as the injustice of such a tax, and Mr. Roebuck intimated his intention, if the subject were not taken up by some other member, to bring it before Parliament himself, in such a shape, that it should be considered a test of the sincerity of the present Ministry to grant effectual reform. Resolutions to that effect were unanimously adopted by the meeting, and a petition founded upon the resolutions agreed to, which Mr. Wakley was requested to present to the House of Commons. The meeting then separated, many gentlemen expressing a hope that similar meetings should be - held in all parts of the country, and that no means should be left'untried to procure a free and unshackled press. Last week an antique pot, made of the rudest clay, was turned up by some ploughmen in apart of the East Fen called Toadlands. It is evidently the( production of a remote age, and is worthy the notice of antiquaries, n 4o.qon Herald. to° I , erY' here