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.4!.. var." .„...._ "'count rannerston, datedThisbOO, July 22, 1835 : h an9lave the honour to transmit to you r L or d s hi p a copy an d tration of a note which I have received from the Duke .0f Painleila ' giving o ffi c i al notice of the decision of the Portuguese Government an en , to c ons id er t h e treaty o f 1810 at enter int o 'after the 31 st of January, 1836 ; an d propos i ng to the b negociati ons f or a new Treaty of Commerce, on asis of reciprocity in commercial intercourse, with re ferenc3 to imports 'as well as duties, on the footing of the most favoured nations. " I add a copy of the answer which I have returned to this communication me earl , his E xce ll ency h av i ng requested from note." an y official a c k now l edgment of the receipt of his TKr Enclosure, No. I.—(Translation.) DUKE or PALMELLA TO LORD HOWARD DE WALDEN. t_ undersigned, &c. &c., has the honour to announce Brita nn i c Lordship, the Envoy Extraordinary, &c. &c., of his ll'althanfunlic‘..lll.ajesty, that the Government of her Most the majesty ‘ thinkin g it their duty no longer to defer fulfilment of the resolution many years since adopted, ole "Jecting to the continuation of the Treaty of Com oofee of 1810, between Portugal and Great Britain, has th fie to the resolution of wholly suspending it, in virtue of ",,powers enunciated by the 33d article of the said treaty. 16'4 Ministry of his Britannic Majesty is aware, that in jear 1 825, in which were completed the fifteen years 'id du ra ti on ?f this treaty, the undersigned, who then 'i t : i t the h onour to hold the post of Ambassador of his Most thjulhis Majesty to the Court of London, had orders from 80vereign to make a similar declaration, which was tPhr:rePtlY admitted by the British Cabinet, as was equally ll_ °Proposition which the undersigned had subsequently the 44eur to make of a new treaty, the negociation of which r'eeded so far, that the two Governments were nearly li vol e z e d upon its articles ; a negociation which was only red i e n off on account of the political events which occur his N ,. P. ortugal, in consequonce of the lamented death of i 'aiesty the King, Don John VI., which at the time -nuuced the two Cabinets to reserve, to a more tranquil ep och, and one more suited to them, all discussions upon coin me _ . reial matters. rthis . e n Years have now elapsed since that period, and, in te,,,L nt erval, besides the continually increasing manifest of making a change in the stipulations of the treaty 1 4 18 , 10 , there has occurred the decisive fact, of the B.ri „if !,t-Tovernment on its part having annulled the stipulation tvi'udr 26 th article o f th e b e f ore - ment i one d Treaty, b y iheavvin -41, g the p re f erence i n the payment of duties which vmes of P ortugal enjoyed upon entry, in the ports of to n g l iond si nce the year 1703, thus deprivng Portuguese MFre e of t h e most important advantage which it en ed m the British dominions, as is clearly proved by the 4 ' 114 14 it'll which took place on this matter in Parliament. . 4e d these reasons been insufficient to induce the Go iotroMent of her Most Faith Majesty to adopt the reso f declared in this note, sufficient cause for it would be d ° is a c od in . the unanimous opinion, manifested not only in the . th usslon of the two Legislative Chambers, but also in Fo e repeated representations of Portuguese engaged in oc te_Mer ee universally above all, the principle at this day . ated would have been sufficient for them, that treaties to °M . ioerce ought always to be temporary, since the com eretal Ito., interests of nations are in their nature . variable, and thi s or chance themselves according to circumstances ; thin r y prin eiPle aing applicable, in the existing state of wh'); in an ev id ent manner to the Portuguese monarchy, ch a „ e eo nornercial r e l a ti ons h ave un d ergone a very nota bl e of since the p er i o d i n w hi c h was conc l u d e d the treaty o still '‘.cirmea 10, by the separ a ti on o f B raz il, w hi c h at t h at t i me T;, u portion of the said m onarc hy. tot a gat Go ernment of her Most Faithful Majesty, far from ' , "Fognizing th e advantages which should result to Por lisir.em its commerc i a l re l at i ons w i th the dominions of tlie nraa.3 — .lio Majesty, ha s a li ve ly anx i ety to promote aiu t a nd to see th em prosper , conce i v i ng, t h at i n or d er to , i t d es t e 's end, it i s essent i a l t h at t h ey b e b ased upon prin 411id o f mut ua l a d vantage, and d i vested on either side of Pliiih ts as of injustice or inequality, in order to avoid com liaeod more or l ess j us tifi a bl e , an d not to cause treaties, tost i , i e d to keep a li ve b e t ween t h e two nat i ons feelings of di s al cordi a li ty , to b e t h e or i g i n or pretext of unpleasant Put es Th • undersi gne d, we ll assure d t h at t h e C a bi net of h i s to a,.. nnl e Majesty a g rees w ith th ese pr i nc i p l es, h as or d ers l`ish,"luaint Lord Howard de Walden,, with the view of Fait kin g it k nown to hi s G overnment, t h at h er Most 4eedi lt Majesty is desirous of coming to an agreement, as 3' a s possible, with his Britannic • M a j es ty, u p on a serlt'• e atY or Convention of Commerce, having for its cip ro !" 111 iiisis the holding the two nations in a state of re keel', as far as regards the admission of their respective *ga a jl e , ll °no, and the payment of all kinds of duties, on an irh with the most favoured nations. lh at ~e Gover nment o f h er M ost F a i t hf u l M a j esty proposes Lop e- ?egociati on on t h e a b ove - ment i one d b as i s, if , as they 41 at e l t be adopted by his Britannic Majesty, be imme reduced to form, either in Lisbon or London, as I, 4l) Pear m os t conven i ent. ti ol ' i t oer e every motive for hoping that such a negocia llihill be brought to a close antecedently to the term tf 1 6 , 4 is int en d e d to fi x f or t h e exp i rat i on of the treaty 114 t ' 0 ; and w i th the view of, in all probability, obtaining alibi res ult, as well as to avoid the possibility of British Ocri a T B sufferin g prejudice in any kind of speculation un tki4ihen by them on the faith of the treaty still actually qopf ti g i ' the Go vernment o f h er M ost F a i t hf u l Majesty is fti °,ni that it w ill su ffi ce to announce the final cessation s aid., tre a t y f or t h e l ast d ay of January, 1836, on 'lft e i o uaY it will cease to b e h e ld i n force, such being the , c ommunicati on which th e un d ers i gne d h as rece i ve d litta o make t o th e E nvoy E xtraor di nary, &c. &c., 0 nnic Majesty. -r (Jile und er signed avails himself, &c. &c. ol a 'Tried) DUKE OF PALMELLA. (:)f N ecessidades, July 21, 1835. Enclosure, No: 2. I"l°Waan DE WALDEN TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE 11 DUKE OF PALMELLA. I Np t e andersirned has the honour to acknowledge the re lhe note addressed to him of yesterday's date, by qite °f Palmella, &c., making to him the of noti 15v °I the intention of her Most Faithful Majesty's I)4 t e u rn l e nt to consider the treaty of commerce between 410,4 and Great Britain, signed in 1810, suspended in fr o and the 31st of January, 1836., Ltllt 11,,iI'ndersigned will lose no time in making known to ‘ ls _l l Government the decision of the Portuguese Ca -`tQ, ;NI Will convey to Lord Palmerston, &c., their de tvillethil;Z:ressecl . in . his Excellency's note, to proceed forth toi Nis negotiation of a new treaty of commerce, upo d n sc ion reciprocity, and regulating the reciprocal a an i or t . ant an produce of the two countries, as well as the nl ost ° 1 ,. duties payable on all imports, on the footing of iv oured n Ltions. The undersigned, &c. HOWARD DE WALDEN. tish un, J (Si gned) y 22, 1835. l‘ R•t AT Y OF PETERSBURGH. ‘rr orn --.... tg. the A - PPendiX to . 1" oplit4,l, Vol. I. of Mr. Quin's "Steam Voy down the Danube.") 21, R I " age E TIVEEN RUSSIA A ND TURKEY, CONCLUD ED 91..:. PET JANUARERSBURG/1 BY ACHHET PACHA ON THE ' Y, 1834. Th e (TRANSLATION.) I 'IY b t n°st high and most puissant Ottoman Emperor, high enefactor and master, on the one part, and the most II th u d most magnanimous Emperor of all the Rus las kspire%oth.er, animated by the desire with which they are de lk Il i by the sincere friendship, cordiality, and confi- Iliti, e ) , !nat h app i ly t , eert ' . exist between them, to arrange defi- Nw a H . am point s of the treaty concluded between the . i l ' Ol Powers at Adrianople, which have not been hi -4a tio carried into execution, have named for this p t urp t o h s e e ti ttO ni eir Pl enipotentiaries —th a t is to say, his Majesty b Ailit;'4`l ,olperor, his Excellency Mouchir Achmet Pac a, °Nli,,stY Counsellor of the Seraglio, Ambassador Extra -44 r'Y of the Sublime Porte at the Imperial Court o tl eit - D a ' k c- &c., and his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, of toxcellencies the Count Nesselrode, Vice-Chancellor lat+Aj En Vire, and the Count Alexis Orloff, General of 4avLT, Aide -de-Camp of the Emperor, &c., who, after the aireolprocally shown their full powers, have agreed on - " w ing Articles -- 1 Th e i ARTICLE I. 'lbli B l "" high COurts having deemed it necessary to es- f ; Acir• a l ' as has been already stipulated in the treaty o q l t i h, t/° „Ple, a line of demarcation between the two empires , fd is ' past, such as may henceforth prevent every species . hot l i,, Pl ite and discussion, it has been agreed that a line iqtltr ed ".be traced that should completely obstruct the de ons which the neighbouring tribes have been in the 11404,•°f committing, and which have more than once corn 'etlt. lEe d the relations or neighbourhood and friendship tiobeeen the two empires. Accordingly, and as Commis tairle,,ra on both sides have examined the localities, and ob tont: the necessary information for this purpose, the two ke4 t 4e ting parties have resolved to proceed to the settle- Ivi to of the frontiers in such a way as that the object to ti , laid down in the treaty of Adrianople should be 1/410,7"e1Y fulfilled ; and with that view they have trk e " e 7 ll ., With common accord, the line which may be seen e itv. tr in red on the map which is appended to the present C . onfr,.._ vimably to the fourth article of the treaty of Adria- J treaty, under the dominion of the Sublime Porte, as may be seen by the map, of which two copies have been made and collated by the plenipotentiaries of the two Powers, and which, considered as forming part of the present treaty, are to be subjoined to it, as evidence of the manner in which the future limits of the two empires have been settled. After the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, and as soon as posts shalt have been erected by the commissioners named on both sides, according to the line traced on the map, from one end to the other, the Russian troops shall evacuate the territories situated be yond that line, and shall retire within the, limits which it prescribes. So also the Mussulmen who inhabit the in considerable territories which are comprised within the line that passes by the Sandjack of Ghroubhan and the extremities of the Sandjacks of Penskron and of Djildir, and who may wish to establish themselves within the ter ritories of the Sublime Porte, shall be at liberty, within the term of eighteen months, from the date of the ex change of the ratifications of the treaty, to arrange the affairs which attach them to the country, and to transport themselves to the Turkish States without molestation. ARTICLE 11. By the instrument executed separately at Adrianople relative to the Principalities of Wallachip and Moldavia, the Sublime Porte had undertaken to recognise formally the regulations made, while the Russian troops occupied those provinces, by the principal inhabitants with reference to their internal administration ; the Sublime Porte finding nothing in the articles of that constitution which can affect its rights of sovereignty, consents *henceforth to recognise formally the said constitution. It engages to publish in this respect a firman, accompa nied by a Hatti Sherif, two months after the exchange of ratifications, and to give a copy of the same to the Russian mission at Constantinople. After the formal recognition of the constitutions, the Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia shall be named, but for this time only, and as a case entirely peculiar, in the manner which was agreed upon some time ago between the two contracting Powers, and they will proceed to go vern the two provinces conformably to the constitution, in pursuance of the stipulations above mentioned. His Majesty, the Emperor of Russia, wishing to afford a new proof of the regard and consideration which he enter tains towards his Highness, and to hasten the moment when the Sublime Porte shall exercise the rights which the treaties secure to it over the two provinces, will order his troops, as soon as the Princes shall have been named, to retire from the two provinces. This point shall be exe cuted two months after the nomination of the Princes. And as a compensation is due in all justice for the ad vantages which the Sublime Porte grants as a favour to the Wallachians and Moldavians, it is agreed and ordained that the annual tribute, which the two provinces ought to pay accordinc , to the treaties, shall be fixed hencef or th a t s i x thousand' purses (that is to say, at three millions of Turk ish piasters); and the Princes shall take care that this sum be annually paid, counting from the Ist of January, 1835. It is agreed between the two Courts that the number of troops, which shall be employed as garrisons in the interior of the two provinces, shall be fixed in an invariable manner, and with the approbation of the Porte, and that the latter is to give colours to the garrisons, and a flag to the Valacho- Moldavian merchant vessels which navigate the Danube. I` . ; he journey of arrangements o'clock of a e a great a nd said that theion, eveningfivlao breezes. Ar )theray, from e of Norfolk, it. 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Or e l. aeat69 1 I 2 t 3 3 ar 1 I 3 dr ntea IreCC' r r 't futur e o f monel ired 11 I. hire. nes iverPoo , tIY au) iverr— m ARTICLE 111. , With respect to the desire manifested by his Highness to execute scrupulously the engagements which he has under taken by the third Article of the explanatory and separate Act which is appended to the Treaty of Adrianople, and by the Treaty of Petersburgh relative thereunto, H. M. the Emperor of all the Hussies is most willing to afford to the Sublime Porte new facilities for the execution of the engagements imposed by the Acts abovementioned, and it is accordingly agreed : 1. 'That altbOugh it has been stipulated by the second Article of the Treaty of St. Petersburgh, that the Sublime Porte shall pay annually, and during eight years, one million of Dutch ducats, it shall pay only five hundred thousand ducats per annum. • 2. That the Sublime Porte be no longer obliged, as it has hitherto been, to pay in the month of May, each year, and at one time only, the whole yearly sum, and that it shall henceforth pay the five hundred thousand ducats by degrees, but the entire sum within the interval from the month of May one year to the month of May in the ibllowing year. 3. That his Imperial Majesty renounces his right to demand the difference, which arose at the period of each payment of the portion of the indemnities for the expenses of the ‘var and the commercial claims, between the price at which the Sublime Porte paid the ducat in Turkish piastres, and the real value of the ducats. 4. That moreover, his Imperial Majesty, taking into consideration the embarrassments in which the Treasury of that empire has been lately involved, consents to the im mediate defalcation of two millions of ducats, which is the third of the amount of the indemnities for the expenses of the war. 5. That, considering the defalcation above announced, and the other arrangements already mentioned, the sum to tal of the indemnities amounts to four millions of Dutch ducats, of which the first portion to be paid in one year, as one account, consists of 500,000 ducats, and which shall be paid from the Ist of May, 1834, to the Ist of May, 1835, and the corresponding portions in the followin g years shall be paid in the sa me manner un til t h e whole debt be dis charged ; but upon the condition that the assurances, gua rantees, and facilities stipulated by Articles 4,5, 6,7, and 9 of the Treaty of St. Petersburg shall preserve down to that period all their force, as if they bad been inserted word for word in the present Treaty. CONCLUSION. In virtue of the powers which have been given me, I have concluded the present Treaty, which shall be ratified by the contracting parties, and the ratification of which shall be exchanged at Constantinople, within the term of six weeks, or sooner if possible ; I have affixed to it my seal and sig nature, and I have delivered it to their Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries of the Court of Russia at Petersburg, in exchange for the counterpart which they have delivered to me. Done the 18th Ramazan, 1249. YORK BRIBERY COMMITTEE. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Alle gations, contained in the Petition of certain Electors of the City of York, presented to this House on the 30th day of June and the 14th day of July last, and who were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them to the House, have examined the matters to them referred, and have agreed to the following Report : Your Comthittee proceeded to examine witnesses on the subject of their inquiry, and they find it has long been the practice at York, that after the election the Members should pay a certain gratuity to their respective supporters in the poorer class of freemen. The existence of this prac tice rests ilia - on general notoriety, and was proved in par ticular by an individual voter, who stated that for the last sixty years he had himself received such a gratuity as often as the occasion arose. It appears that in the earlier part of that period every freeman received, on his application after the election, the sum of half-a-guinea from each Member if he had voted for both, or of one guinea from the Member for whom he had exclusively voted ; but that about the year 1807 these sums were raised to one and two guineas ; that the payment was thenceforward known by the name of " the guineas," and that it was publicly made, though not until some time had elapsed from the close of the election. It further appears that it was customary before the election to set down in writing, on behalf of each candidate, a considerable num ber of such poorer freemen as were disposed to be his supporters, and to retain them in the capacity of runners, or messengers, at a payment of about ss. a day, which was termed " running money :" it amounted sometimes to as much as 21. 15s. per man, and was paid to the voter immediately after the election, without prejudice to his subsequent claim for the guineas. This immediate payment was, however, discontinued in 1830, in consequence of the Act 7th and Bth Geo. IV., commonly called " Lord Al thorp's Act," which disqualified persons so employed for money from voting at the election ; but it appears that .those candidates, in behalf of whom voters were set down in the election which occurred in that year, paid to such voters the sum of two sovereigns and one respectively. At the election of 1831 it does not appear that any such pay ments were made. Your Committee having endeavoured to trace the pay ments previously made to voters at elections for York, pro ceed to report on those which, having occurred in con nexion with the contests of 1832 and 1835, are the chief subject matter of the petitions to which their attention has been directed by the House. At the former election (1832) there were four candi dates, and the state of the poll was as follows : Mr. Petre Mr. Bayntun Mr. Lowther Mr. Thomas Dundas . One of the recent Members, who was regarded as having been unfairly led into a heavy expenditure at a former. election, and who was both personally and politically po pular, was returned without setting down any voters on this occasion, neither did Mr. Moms Dundas engage at ..2 - 1.., .. 4 ..e . e. tumtrutis --hie6.,., c r ui Ine-geherm committee decided that such of those voters as had given one vote to their candidate should receive one sovereign, while to those who had voted for him alone three sovereigns should be paid ; and although these snms were ostensibly paid to the two classes of voters, as having served four days and twelve days respectively, in the capacity of mes sengers, body guardsmen, bill-stickers, runners, and con stables, your Committee are of opinion that these desig nations were, with some exceptions, only colourable, and that the sum of about one thousand pounds so disbursed was for the main part really paid in consequence of the votes which the parties had given, and not of any effective services which they had bona fide performed. It must be further remarked, that the sum so expended by the com mittee was made good from the same source that the other expenses of the election proceeded from. It was in like manner proved by Mr. Anderson, the principal agent of Mr. Petre, that recourse was had on his side to the prac tice of setting down ; that this practice was a well under stood promise of a payment to be made after the election ; but he asserted that it was only resorted to by the friends of his client, in consequence of its having been commenced by the opposite party. These two, witnesses were agreed that from the time the friends of Mr. Petre followed the example set by those who employed Leadley, voters began to transfer their names from the books of Mr. Lowther to those of Mr. Petre. Your Committee cannot close their remarks on this con test without observing that, during its course, a system of intimidation wholly inconsistent with freedom of election was , pursued by .the party opposed.to Mi. Lowther towards the friends of that gentleman ; in illustration of which they will mention that one of his committee-rooms was forcibly entered by a tumultuous assemblage, countenanced, if not headed, by parties whose situation particularly bound them to refrain from being mixed up with such outrages. That fire-arms were seen among the crowd, and that the friends of Mr. Lowther, entertaining apprehension of the serious dan ger that might ensue to him, finally urged him to leave the city. On another occasion, a supporter of that gentleman was subjected to so aggravated an assault, that he had not yet recovered from its effects. In 1833, a vacancy having occurred, one gentleman only Mr. Thomas Dundas, offered himself to the electors, but on the day of election two freemen of the poorer class put Mr. Lowther in nomination. The numbers on the poll were as follows : Mr. Thomas Dundas Mr. Lowther 846 No illegal expenditure appears to have taken place on this occasion. At the election which occurred in January, 1835, the two late Members having resigned their claims, three candidates presented themselves, who were then placed on the poll. Mr. Lowther 1,499 Mr. John Dundas Mr. Barkley 919 The petitions referred to your Committee contain an al legation that liquors were freely distributed at this election, and, as one of them adds, at the expense of Mr. Lowther. In proof of which allegation no evidence has been brought forward, nor has the allegation been sustained that unusual drunkenness prevailed on this occasion ; but it was proved that several voters were conveyed to the polling booths in a state of intoxication. In reference to an allegation of the petitioners, that Mr. Lowther's return was occasioned by money distributed among the poor freemen, it is necessary to remark, that the altered situation of that gentleman on the poll at this election may be partly accounted for by the circumstance, that the Blue party, as they are locally designated, had ben divided on the former °evasions, but were now united in his support. The same individual, however, James Leadley, as appears by his own evidence, was again em ployod in setting down the names of voters at the house in which the principal Committee of the Blue party was held, which Committee was constantly attended by the candi date's principal professional agents ; and he stated, that al though he had no accurate knowledge on the Subject, he supposed that between seven and eight hundred names were so enrolled. It further appears, that about the middle of April last, letters, to the number of about six.hundred and eighty, containing coin, were transmitted through the York post-office, for the greater part of which receipts ivere taken on their delivery to the parties whose addresses they bore ; that many of these letters, which were opened in the pre sence of the letter-carrier and others, were seen to con tain two sovereigns, and that they were addressed exclu sively to electors who had voted for Mr. Lowther. It appears, therefore, to your Committee, since no other payment is traced to have been made in consequence of the act of setting down which occurred, and since that act was universally considered in York to imply a promise to pay, and since its employment by the same party had been followed by payment at the preceding election, that this transmission of money through the Post-office was the completion of the undertaking, which had been virtually entered into by the Committee of the Blue party with the electors, and that the money so sent was accepted by those electors in acquittance of that engagement, and without re ference to services actually performed. A further payment was subsequently made by means of a parcel left at a coach-office, containing towards forty packets, that appear each to have contained two sovereigns, and it is remarkable that among those voters to whom these packets were addressed, and whom they were re ceived, were persons, some of whom are designated as farmers, others as cow-keepers. It is also established by the evidence, that the said James Leadley, shortly before the day of polling, set down the names of a large number of voters, with the understand ing that if they gave plumpers for the Blue candidates, on the first day of polling, they would be paid for holding up their hands at the county election, and that they were so paid accordingly. Further evidence w as a dd uce d b e f ore your Committee, proving that many leadinr, members of the opp os it e or Orange party--supporters of Mr. John Charles Dundas— were also implicated in illegal pecuniary transactions, to which, however, they appear to have had recourse reluc tantly ; and as they state in self-defence, and concerning which they have shown much readiness to facilitate the in quiries of your Committee. By a departure from the usual practice in setting down, the voters who presented them selves on that side were informed that they were not to consider this registry of their names as a promise of pay ment, but only as an engagement that if services were re quired, the persons so set down should be employed. And it appears to your Committee an important fact, as indi cating the effect of the system upon the result of elections at York, that although not less than 372 persons consented to be set down on these terms, about 150 others refused to accede to them ; and having presented themselves for the purpose of supporting Mr. John Dundas, did nevertheless, in consequence of such disappointment, subsequently trans fer their names to the opposite party. Of the 372 voters so set down, 55 were employed in what were regarded as real services for the seven days, during which the personal . canvas s of the candidate lasted, and each were paid at the rate of ss. a day. The services of about twenty of them appear to have consisted in daily attendance upon the candidate, who, it should seem, according to the practice of York, is gene rally accompanied during his circuit by a large body of his suppor.ters, many of them paid for that purpose ; such a practice, however, even if legally conducted, appears likely rather to produce disturbance than any beneficial result. The whole of the 372 were considered to be subsequentlY employed at the election for four days also at ss. a day, in the following manner :—On the day of nomination, it was their business to attend the candidate in a procession, through the streets of the town, which is called " riding the challenge," or to hold up their hands in his favour when the Sheriff took the sense of the electors on the names of the candidates. During the two days of polling, they were regarded as being employed in bringing up voters to the booths, or in carrying messages ; but it must have been difficult to furnish in this manner even ostensible em ployment for so large a number. The fourth day's wages of these electors were earned by their attendance at the declaration of the state of the poll, and at the .hustings. Your Committee have adverted to these details of the em ployments in which the voters set down for Mr. Dundas were employed, in order to show the nugatory and colour able nature of the services supposed to be performed at the elections for York. The above payments are proved to have been made by the directions of Mr. Dundas's prin cipal agent. It is right to observe, that Mr. Barkley and his sup porters, from the commencement to the close of the elec tion, protested against all illegal expenditure. One of the petitions referred to your Committee by the order of the House contains an allegation that Mr. Bark ley would have presented a petition against the return, if he had not been deterred by the attendant. expense, and it does appear that such a proceeding was contemplated by that gentleman, and was abandoned by him partly on account of the expense, partly by reason of the uncertainty of the re sult. The same petition alleges that, but for the unlawful practices set forth therein, the candidate, whose name stood first on the poll, would have been the last and lowest. Your Committee have not the materials wherewith to test this allegation, but they think it right to observe, that if the circumstances contained in the present Report had been established by legal evidence before an Election Committee, and so as to bring them within the provisions as they un doubtedly are within the intention of the laws provided for such cases, more tban one thousand voters_ mustlavo been ~" ~.. ivuutu effieges nave ueen estauusneu uy mune, - may be classed in the following manner. Householders, a Freemen. few perhaps Total. Freemen. Persons identified as having re ceived money-letters Persons who received money parcels Persons identified as having been set down for Mr. Dundas and paid as stated above 27 6 1,011 a See List No. 1 b See List lq(;:2. c See List No, They have no information which enables them to distin guish accurately the freemen and the householders in the general constituency of York. Your Committee, therefore, finally report, that while on the one hand the illegal disbursement o f money customary at elections f or Y or k, originated in the payment after the election of a fixed small gratuity, which probably did not much, if at all, affect the state of the poll, and while they are disposed to draw a distinction even between the larger fixed payments that have been made there, and the bargaining of votes for large amounts by the competition of candidates before the election, which has obtained in otter boroughs of the county : still, on the other hand, they decidedly think that such a practice is not only incon sistent with purity of election, but is also now become of late years highly subversive of the correct expression of public opinion, since they cannot but perceive, that if two candi dates with equal pretensions presented themselves at York, one of whom should countenance that practice, and the other refrain from it, an unfair advantage would be given to the party engaging in such unlawful proceedings, and that such advantage would decide the election. Although, therefore, they perceive a growing disposition among the respectable inhabitants of York to put down these practices, your Committee must declare their opinion that the existing laws, as applied to the present constitu ency of York, are wholly inadequate to secure fairness or purity of election in that city, and they might have thought themselves called upon to recommend, that in the next session a Bill of partial disfranchisement should be introduced ; but, considering that the exposure which has attended this inquiry, and the fear of consequences likely to arise from the repetition of such practices, may have the effect of introducing among the freemen and other electors a stronger sense of public duty, and of thereby entitling them to a continuance of the trust which has been hitherto reposed in them by law—they will confine themselves to the report of the abuses which have been established before them in evidence, leaving 'the provision of remedies that may be required, to the consideration of Parliament. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, SEPTEMBER 10. Parliament was this day prorogued by his Majesty in per. son, the session, which commenced on the 19th of February last, having been protracted to the unusual extent of pre cisely seven months. The attendance of ladies was not near so numerous as we have been accustomed to witness on similar occasions—a cir cumstance to the production of which the lateness of the season and the cold and uncomfortable state of the weather must have greatly contributed. At one o'clock Lord DENMAN sat as Speaker. Prayers were read by the Bishop of BRISTOL. Amongst the Peers who had assembled, we observed the Duke of Buccleuch, the Marquises of Ormonde and Chol moadeley ; the Earls of Roden, Rosslyn, Devon, Shaftesbury, Leitrim, Denbigh, and Minto ; Viscounts Melbourne, Dun cannon, and Canterbury ; and Lords Wharncliffe, Fitzgerald, Lyndhurst, Teynham, Strafford, Glenelg, and Auckland. A great number of the foreign Ministers were stationed immediately behind the Treasury Bench. The Earl of RODEN presented petitions from a parish in' Somersetshire against any measure that would have the effect of dividing the united Church of England arid Ireland ; from Mr. Robert Hall, of Norfolk -street, Strand, to the same effect; from Drogheda, against the Irish Municipal Corporations Bill; and from the guild of St. John the Baptist, Dublin, praying their Lordships to preserve the Protestant religion in Ireland, and not to sanction any measure that would be the means of destroying the union between the two countries. At a quarter before two o'clock the discharge of artillery and the clangour of the trumpets announced the approach of his Majesty, who entered the House, attended by the us'ial cortege. Viscount Melbourne bore the Sword of State, the Earl of Shaftesbury the Cup of Maintenance. - The Commons were immediately summoned to attend ; and the Speaker, accompanied by a considerable number of Mem bers, soon after appeared at the bar. The SPEAKER delivered himself to the following effect : " May it please your Majesty, we, your Majesty's faithful Commons, attend in obedience to your Majesty's commands, at the close of this unusually protracted Session—a Session, also, of no common or ordinary circumstances. Your Majesty, in opening this Session, was graciously pleased to say, that the estimates, which your Majesty had been graci ously pleased to direct to be laid before the House of Com mons, were lower in amount than on any former occasion within your Majesty's experience. The estimates still con tinue to bear the same character, evincing a general and sincere desire to advance in a steady and progressive manner the promotion of economy, so 'far as that object may be effected without impairing the efficiency of the public service, towards which the most anxious attention has been directed. Arrangements—in consequence of that gene rous and noble act, the abolition of slavery—have rendered it necessary to effect a loan of 15,000,000 L, to afford that com pensation which was to be awarded to the owners of slaves; and it is most consolatory and gratifying to state, that this loan was formed under circumstances and on terms which afford fresh proof of the stability and prosperity of the credit of the empire. Unhappily, Sire, the condition of Ireland has not been such as to make it expedient to leave the people of that portion of the empire the unrestricted benefits of a free Con stitution. An' Act has therefore been passed, by which pro vision is made for the prompt trial and punishment of parties in cases where disturbances occur, and powers have been granted, authorizing strong measures to be adopted in places where an infraction of the peace of the country has been com mitted. A measure thus uniting moderate provisions with a vi g orous enforcement of the l a w may reasonably be expected to be efficient in commanding general respect, because its pro visions are drawn up with due consideration for those against whom they may be directed, and because, being conceived in a mild but firm spirit and temper, they are the better calcu lated to preserve the peace of the country. The means of im proving the municipal corporations of England and Wales—of establishing an efficient police—and of reforming proper local courts, have occupied much time, and we have studied, with unwearied attention, how we could most successfully adopt a plan suited to the increased intelligence, wealth, and numbers of the people, how they might most beneficially exercise the right of popular election, secure the services of those who were best qualified for the performance of public duties, and provide for the impartial administration of justice, the main tenance of order, and the enforcement of the law. These are amongst the great questions considered by us in the course of this long Session, and your Majesty's faithful Commons will be amply repaid for their protracted arid laborious exertions if their deliberaticins have conduced to the real contentment of the people, and to the renewed vigour and permanent security and establishment of the important and invaluable institutions of the country. I now, on the part of your Majesty's faithful Commons, present your Majesty with the last Bill of the Ses sion. It is entitled An Act to apply a sum of money out of the Consolidated Fund, and the surplus of the ways and means, to the service of the year 1/335, and to appropriate the supply granted in the present Session of Parliament,' to which, we, with all humility pray your Majesty's Royal assent." The Appropriation Bill, the Capital Punishments Bill, the Fines and Recoveries Bill, the Letters Patent Bill, and the Grand Juries (Ireland) Bill, then received the Royal assent in the usual form. His MAJESTY (who looked remarkably well, healthy, and ruddy) then delivered his most gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, which we gave yesterday. The LARD SPEAKER (Lord DENMAN), by his Majesty's command, then► said— " My Lords and Gentlemen, "It is his Majesty's royal will and pleasure, that this Par liament be prorogued to Tuesday, the 10th of November next, to be then here holden ; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday, the 10th of November next." HOUSE OF COMMONS, SEPTEMBER 10. The gallery was not opened till 20 minutes past 1 o'clock. On our entrance, we found Mr. F. SHAW presenting a petition from Malallide in fa vour of the Church of Ireland. MALT DUIES. Mr. BLAMIRE presented \peti T lions from five districts in Cumberland, all having the same object, viz., to call the atten tion of the House and the Government to the impolicy and the injustice of the restrictions on the process of making malt, and praying the House not to separate, or to allow another session to commence, without affording relief. He had every reason to hope that, during the recess, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would turn his attention to the subject, and if sa tisfied, would afford relief without delay. Mr. PUSE Y presented a petition from Berkshire to the same effect. Mr, AGLIONBY supported the prayers of the petitions, which were then laid on the table TIMBER DUTIES. Mr. G. F. YOUNG presented a petition from William Tindal, the Chairman of the Shipowners' Society, praying that House not is sanction the recommendations of the Committee upon the Timber-duties. The petitioner stated, and he (Mr. Young) was sorry to be able to confirm him, that the depression and difficulties of the shipping interest continued unabated, and it was his firm conviction that if the recommen dations of the Committee were adopted, the result would be the displacement of British tonnage, and the throwing many of our seamen out of employ. In these sentiments ho most fully concurred. Mr. BLACKBURNE presented a petition from the Re corder of Lancaster, complaining of the Corporation Commie. 1 that lie had been very cruelly treated. As a Member of that Committee he (Dr. Bowring) assserted that the close of the Committee was most abrupt and precipitate; and be complained that the proceedings of that Committee had been hermetically sealed to the public by an Honourable Member exercising his privilege of exclusion. lie complained also that no means had been taken by the Committee to obtain evidence, nor were those witnesses who were in attendance called. He declared that he would never again consent to be a Member of any Committee or tribnnal, the proceedings of which were secret.--( Hear.) Lord DUDLEY ST UA RT defended the conduct of the Committee, and stated that evidence enough had been re ceived to show that General Darling was not cognizant of the ill-treatment to which the soldiers, as -it had been al leged, were subjected. The Committee was perfectly justified in closing their labours, and assuming that there was no farther evidence, as the gentleman who conducted the case stated to the Committee that he had no more evidence to bring forward. _ _ i%tr. WAKLEY said, on the last day an amendment was proposed and rejected—the Report was then agreed to, but subsequently when many Members had left the Room, the Report was amended by the addition of two paragraphs. Mr. SHAW thought it was exceedingly improper to bring forward such a subject in the absence of the parties interested. Mr. FRE SHFIELD defended the conduct of the Com mittee. They were not obliged to wait for the attendance of Members, there being a full attendance of Members to conduct the business. Mr. AGLIONBY contended that the functions of the , Committee ceased when the Report was agreed to; the ad ditions made subsequently were not done by the Committee. Mr. WA KLE Y presented a petition from Chichester, and from Kingston, praying for a full commutation of the punish ment of the Dorchester labourers; also one from St. Andrew's, Holborn, for annual Parliaments, vote by ballot, and universal suffrage. As the trade had now been taken up by some per sons very near that House, he would rest upon his oars.— ( Laughter.) Mr. RUTHVEN gave notice for next Session, that he would move for a Committee to inquire into the law of Joint Stock Companies, and the law of salvage in Ireland. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice, that very early next session, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the purpose of abolishing Imprisonment fer Debt, unless there was a prospect of the former one being brought in in an other House. Mr. S. RICE had formerly presented a petition for the re lief of the civil disabilities of the Jews—he had not been able to comment upon it, but he hoped he would be able to bring the matter forward , in the next session. Colonel PERCE VAL wished to take that public oppor tunity of withdrawing certain charges he had made upon Dr. Foley, a Roman Catholic clergyman of Dingle—he was now assured that his information was wrong. The Deputy Black Rod then appeared, and commanded the immediate attendance of the House in the House of Peers. At about a quarter of an hour the SPEAKER returned, and taking his seat at the table read his Majesty's most gracious Speech, the Members standing in the meanwhile, and having concluded, the Members severally shook hands with the Right Hon. Gentleman, and immediately left the House. COURT CIRCULAR. His Majesty went in state yesterday to the House of Peers, to prorogue the Parliament. The Royal procession was formed at half past one o'clock. In the first carriage (drawn by six greys) were Sir T. H. Curteis, the Exon in Waiting, Captain Courtenay Boyle, R.N., Hon. F. Byng, and another Gentleman Usher in Waiting. The second carriage (drawn by six bays) contained Sir Robert Otway, Groom of the Bed chamber ; .Colonel Cavendish, Equerry ; Master Stephenson, Page of Honour; and the Silver Stick in Waiting. In the third carriage (drawn by six bays) were the Hon. G. S. Byng, Comptroiler of, the Household ; Sir Charles Rowley, Groom of the Bedchamber • Colonel Bo wa t er , E querry; and Sir William F remant l e , Treasurer of the Household. The fourth carriage (*awn by six black horses) contained the Earl of Ilchester, Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard, and Sir George Seymour, Master of the Robes. The state-coach was preceded by the Marshalmen, two and two ; the Footmen in state liveries, two and two ; and a party of the Yeomen of the Guard, in their Coronation costume. The carriage was drawn by eight cream-coloured horses. The King who wore a naval uniform, entered his carriage at 20 minutes before 2 o'clock, attended by the Earl of Albemarle, Master of the Horse, and the Marquis of Queensberry, Lord in Waiting. The band of the King's Guard played '6 God save the King" as his Ma. jesty left the Palace. A detachment of the Life Guards escorted the Royal procession. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess and the Princes of Saxe Weimar, viewed the procession from the Colour Court-yard. His Majesty returned to St. James' at 10 minutes before 3 o'clock, wearing over his uniform a mantle of purple velvet, with the Star of the Order of the Garter epabroidered on the left breast, and an ermine cape. The Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain received the King, and preceded his Majesty to the State Rooms. His - Majesty had a dinner party last evening at St. James's. Amongst the company to meet their Majesties were the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipps_ ,that, Baron Gersdorlf, the Saxon Minister ; the Dukes of Dorset and Buccleuch, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Mar quis Conyngham, Lords Wharncliffe, Maryborough, Ducie, Adolphus Fitzclarence, and Elphinstone, Lady Wharncliffe, Sirs Joseph Maclean, Charles Rowley, and Robert Otway, Rev. Dr. Kuper, and Colonels Drummond, Bowater, D'Oyley, and Cavendish. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess, the Princes, and Princesses of Saxe Weimar, and Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, and attended by Lady Kennedy Erskine, Miss Bagot, and the Earl of Denbigh, visited the Diorama and the Colosseum yesterday afternoon. The Royal party went in three carriages. The Princess Sophia visited their Majesties yesterday. The King gave audiences yesterday to the Marquis Con yngham and the Earl of Albemarle. 'Prince Erncst of HesscPhiiippsthal, accompanied by the Earl of Denbigh, went yesterday to the House of Peers to witness the ceremony of the Prorogation of Parliament. The King will hold a Council this day at St. James's. A deputation from the Committee of the Swan River Asso ciation, accompanied by Captain Irwin, late acting govenor of that settlement, wait e d upon Lord Glenelg at the Colonial office upon business connected with the colony. The Belgic Minister visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday. The Lord Advocate of Scotland visited Viscount Melbourne yesterday. _ Lord John Russell has been indisposed during the last few days. His Lordship was, however, better yesterday. YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL. YORK, Tuesday Evening. The absence of the Royal party, and the uncertain state of the weather, appeared to have some effect upon the at tendance of this evening's concert, as the noble. room in which these performances take place, although well-filled with fashionable company, was not crowded to excess. The following was the programme of the performance : PART I. Sinfonia Eroica... Aria, Signor Rubiiii—Tu vedrai (II Pirata) Bellini. Duetto, Mddlle. Grisi and Signor Lablache— Dunque io son . Rossini. Song, Miss Postans--Rose softly blooming Terzetto, Madle. Grisi, Signors Rubini and La blache--Ti parli l'amore (Otello) Song, Mrs. Bishop—Lo, here the gentle lark ; Flute obligato, Mr. Nicholson ... Bishop. Grand Concertante Quartetto, with orchestral accompaniments, Messrs. Mori, Seymour, Tol becque, and Blagrove Aria, Mdlle. Grisi—Dall' asilo della pace (L'As sedio di Corinto) Sting, Mr. Phillips—Ye mariners of England Sestetto, Miss Kemble, Mrs. Bishop, Miss C Novello, Signors Rubini, Lablache, and La blache, jun.—Alla bella Despinetta (Cosi fan tutte) PART 11. Overture (Midsummer Night's Dream) Mendelsohn. Song, Mr. Braham—Alexis ; accompanied on the Violoncello by Mr. Lindley Duetto, Signors Rubini and Lablache—Se inch nassi, a prender moglie (L'ltaliana in Algicri Rossini. Song, Mrs. Knyvett—Auld Robin Gray Aria, Signor Lablache—Largo al factotum Reeit.ed aria, Miss Masson—N on pi u di fi or i ; accompanied by Mr, Willman on the Corno Bassetto Aria, Signor Rubini—Adelaide; accompanied on the Pianoforte by Mr. Knyvett Glee, five voices, Miss Novello, Miss Kemble, Messrs. Hawkins, Phillips, and Machin— When winds breathe soft... Aria, Mdlle. Grisi—Stanca di piu combattere Finale (Overture to GUillaume Tell) Rossini. The names of Beethoven, Mozart, Spohr, and Maurer, are each a guarantee for good music, as they severally possessed too strong and independent a genius to write for other purposes than the advancement of the science, and the gratification arising from so noble an exercise of their skill. Rubini, in Beethoven's exquisitely beautiful cantata of " Adelaide," distinguished himself as a musician of no ordinary merit, and identified himself with one of the most lovely productions of that immortal and gigantic genius. This singer does himself great injustice by the attractions with which he invests the music of inferior composers, and to those who have not_ the high pleasure of hearing him execute sonic choice specimen of a truly great musician, however astonished they may be by the extraordinary com pass of his voice, and the extreme facility with which he commands every part of the scale, yet they can have but little idea of the power he possesess over the feelings and sympathies of his audience. No singer uses more frequent t ly the voce vibrate, and no one with more certainty of success. Grisi and Lablache so completely captivated the audience that great efforts were made to in fringe upon the very excellent regulation adopted by the Committee, that, of forbidding the encore of any part of the performance. Had not this resolution been very strenu ously adhered•to we know not to what hour the concert might have been protraded. Ural= and Lindley in the' t opinion it is uesiranie to attain. ine concertnum- for wur f violins, compcsed by Maurer, is an excellent specimen of the genius of the writer, and was most admirably performed and vigorously applauded. We have before noticed it at some length, as it has been performed this season in the • tropolis. Mendelsohn's overture, and thsoinfonia by Beetho ven, met with great attention and kv.airP e ived by the audience ; but each composition,i,sq 9 efa fli rk e public to claim a detailed analysis, tkistl‘pta n Ych eAtiail 'l l ' for ma king the observation, but iti - jll,ilei j t w•oul& *tit ble to. omit one or two of the mov so/otlk - .oirif as the "Eroica" of Beethoven, in rcippeOieis rasare not like the Philharmon rreith a ll 'encei so patient or attentive to instr tatingsic 'Bu scribers to that far-famed establish "---1.-iTispeliposer carried on, the art of orchestral writing to A•thaitStiPtlbich has hitherto been unrivalled, for although Spohr may exceed him in particular dispositions of the harmony, yet this last-men tioned composer cannot approach near Beethoven in the epic writing of the art. To understand and fully to appre ciate the music of Beethoven, it is necessary to become ac quainted with the peculiar features of his style, which is; the unerring index to his mind. No composer indulges so often in complex ideas, or the carrying on of several mo tives at one and the same time, and no one at times pur posely makes them so mysterious and difficult to be under stood and'retained in the mind by the use of a variety of measures, alterations of the rhyme, and enigmatical posi tions of the harmony. The " Eroica" sinfonia, in many places, exemplifies these brief characteristics of this great man's style, and, of course, it was caviare to the great mass of auditors present. The new ballad, or convivial song, " Ye Mariners of England," composed by Neukomm, and sung by Mr. Phillips, was coldly received, nor did it de serve attention from the class of visitors present. The me lody is inherently but common-place, and the singer's splendid talents on this occasion were rendered useless. Why did he not follow the example of Rubini, and select some movement of Spohr, Cherubini, or neethoven 9 Wednesday Morning. The patrons of this great undertaking could not but realize their warmest expectations in witnessing the large, and highly respectable assembly which, this morning, ho noured with their presence, the second performance of this Festival. The oratorio of The Messiah which, if we except the Israel in Egypt, is the happiest and most stupendous production of the prolific genius of its author, is ever the most popular performance at the provincial Festivals, and it is a composition now so generally known and so integrally . a part of our national music, that its omission at so remark able a meeting as that of the York Festival would doubtless cause great disappoint men t t o th e numerous amateurs of the neighbourhood and counts'. This oratorio was the attrac tion of this morning's performance, and it was certainly produced in a manner of unparalleled grandeur. The whole of the nfdditional -accompaniments, the work of Mozart, were made use of on this occasion, and a farther additional score for the immense brass band had been supplied by Mr. Kearns, the gentleman whose talents were called into requisition for a similar pur pose at the late Festivals of Birmingham and Westmin ster Abbey. The interior of the Minster on our entrance . . presented a sight of overwhelming beauty and sublimity, and the appearance of the assembled thousands from the highest point of the orchestra was magnificent beyond cori ception. Imagination could not but go back and reflect upon the circumstances attending the first production of this immortal composition—the apathy of the amateurs of those days to its merits, and the undeserved mortification of the composer. The constant repetition of this work, and, the breathless attention given to the many solos with which it abounds, and the simultaneous rising of thousands to its matchless chorusses, is an involuntary tribute of admi ration to the sublimity of the subject and the splendour of the composer's genius. The songs were rather unusually distributed amongst the singers, and in some instances gave the appearance of novelty in their execution. Made moiselle Grisi had assigned to her the difficult bravura, " Rejoice greatly." Thiz lady g ave th e scen a w i t h g reat effect, a n d her perfect articulation of the rapid divisions with which the song abounds, sent forth with the thll power of her magnificent voice, produced a murmur of approbation throughout the crowded audience. She also avoided the error into which she had fallen yesterday in the too florid and brilliant style of her cadenzas ; and, although her alteration of the received text at the close of the song might be conceived by some rigid Hande lians out of the school of that master, her general conception of the movement was exc&lent, and its execu tion deservir ' s of the highest commen d at i on. M rs. Bi s h op sang the celebrated recitative, " There were shepherds," with exquisite feeling and perfect intonation. The all but inaudible whisper at the words, " And they were sore afraid," w as so l uc id an d di st i nct as to be heard at the furthest point from the orchestra. Mr. Braham, although rather flat in the opening song of the Oratorio, gave the aria, " Thou shalt dash them," with a power and precision which is yet unrivalled. The genius of Mozart, in the orchestral arrangement of this difficult song, has invested it with the utmost variety of effect. The execution of the scene, " The people that walked in darkness," by Mr. Phil lips, is the perfection of vocal performance. The pure in tonation and exquisite pathos, the distinct articulation of the florid divisions, the absence of all effort and affectation, place him in the first ranks of his profession. Miss Postans; in " 0, thou that tellest," and Mr. Hawkins, in " He was despised," severally distinguished themselves, as did also Mesdames Knyvett, Masson, C. Novell°, and Kemble, in the songs assigned to them. • Mr. Machin pos sesses a quality of tone which makes its way in a Cathe dral, but that of Mr. Bennett's is more effective in the Concert Room. The chorusses were given with great power and effect, and the additional accompaniments 'to the score added a depth and weight to - the whole, which, in so large a building, proved of incalculable benefit in sustaining and carrying out the intentions of the compeSer." The employment of the great resources of the orchestra in -• the chorusses, " For unto us," the " Hallelujah," and " Worthy is the Lamb," was perfectly overwhelming-, -and • at the eloe of each 'the audience appeared actually en tranced by the sublimity of the scene before them. . - The company assembled at the Minster this morning, was much more numerous than at the morning's perform ance of yesterday-; and we could scarce perceive a vacant space in the side aisle galleries. The patrons' gallery was as honoured by the presence of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, and was otherwise filled by per Sons of the highest ralnk and dis tinction. It is not knoWn'ut present what is the result, in a pecuniary point of view, of the perfor►nances up to the. present tnne. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. PUBLIC PETITIONS • THIRTY-EY:6IIM REPORT. 13TH AND 14TH AUGUST, 1835. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS-74 petitions ; 32,442 signatures. ATTORNIES CERTIFICATES.-7 petitions; 149 signatures. DORCHESTER UNIONISTS-90 petitions; 144,830 signatures. EJECTMENT OF TENANTS-4 petitions; 938 signatures. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BlLL—Against, 44 petitions; 8,793 signatures. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL—In favour of, 70 peti. tions ; 75,882 signatures. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL (IRELAND)—Against, -3 titions ; 24 signatures. NEWSPAPER STAMPS.—For repeal of Duty, 123 petitions; 48,763 signatures. I,ST Hoasli DuTtEs.—Against Farming the Duties, 12 petitions; 423 signatures. SALE OF BEER BlLL—Against, 3 petitions; 144 signatures. )4,70: QUEEN'S EA TR E.-Mr. Soane's drama of _ Zarah, is nightly delighting the crowds that flock to this theatre. The scenery, independently of any other attraction, quite enough to repay a visit. Many judicious alterations tfil7s have been made to render the piece more effective. Thci : acting of Mrs. Nesbitt is a rich treat, and the morris dance in the fair scene, is excellent. The musical farce of The Water man followed, and gave Mrs. Honey an opportunity of delight. ing her auditory with her excellent personation of Tom Tug.' Really this lady hits it off admirably, not only in this but iif' that pretty fairy operetta, The Guardian Sylph. Mr. Isaac Pocock, the dramatist, author of The 1 Miller and his Men, King Arthur and the Knights of the 114 Round Table (his last production), and a variety of othele 7 : dramatic pieces, died suddenly and unexpectedl7 on Sundayi the 24th of August last, having been seized with apoplexy while returning from a short walk on his estate at Maiden- : 4 - 14 tvr" head, Berks. A curious relic, shaped like a dagger, made of bone was found imbedded, at the depth of six feet, in the oliff - of . ' Skipsea, near Bridlington. There can be no doubt that it is . F) one of the weapons used by the ancient Britons at an early , ric period, when in a state of barbarian.—/lull Observer. z , JPO' MONUMENT TO WICKLIFFE.—The inhabitants of Lutterworth, where this great man lived and died, and where he carried on the important work of his translation of the Holy Scriptures, have long been alive to the duty and propriety of raising some memorial to their former illustrious Rector ; and a few gentlemen of that place having formed themselves into a committee to carry the design into effect, 3001. have been already subscribed. It is proposed to erect a monument in the chancel of the church, the estimated ex- Er; pease of which is at least 5001. or 6001.—Leicester Chronicle.'''' A REMEDIe FOR GRIEF.—The Marshal de Mon- : L" chy maintained that the flesh of pigeons possessed a consoling virtue. Whenever this nobleman lost a friend or relation, he said to his cook, " Let me have roast pigeons for dinner to. '-, day. I have always remarked," he added, " that after baying eaten two pigeons I rose from the table Murk less sorrovid.".,