The Sun. — London, England, 1835-01-16 00:00:00

PERTHSHIRE ELECTION. On Monday, January 12, the nomination of the candi date for the representation of Perthshire took place. Mr. Maule left the Salutation Hotel, Perth, about twelve o'clock, and proceeded to the hustings, accompanied by Viscount Duncan, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Mr. Oli phant of Condie, Mr. Nairne of Dunsinane, Mr. Camp bell of Olenfalloch, Mr. Nairne of Drumkilbo, Captain Aytoun of Glendovan, Mr. Kinloch of Kinloch, Mr. Drummond of Strageath, Mr. Stewart of Atholl Bank, Mr. Henderson of Blairstruie, Mr. Martin of Newhouse, Mr. Condie of Pitquhanatrie, and a numerous body of proprietors, tenants, and feuars. He was no sooner re cognised, than the air rung with the most prodigious cheer ing, which lasted without interruptien until Sir George Murray, the other candidate, some time afterwards, ap proached the hustings, when the most appalling noise, hiss ing, hooting, and every symptom of aversion, were shown by the vast mass in front of the hustings, which could not be less than 8,000. The Master-General of the Ordnance was accompanied by Viscount Stormont, the Hon. John Gray, Mr. Smythe of Methven, Mr. Belshes of Invermay, Captain Moncrieff of Barnhill, Mr. Richardson of Pitfour, Mr. Small Keir, advocate, Mr. Arnott, St. Magdalene's, and the usual staff of the Tory party. The candidates having mutually greeted each other, and the Sheriff having taken his station, and read the writ for the election, and the Act of Parliament against Bribery, he then called upon the electors to proceed to the nomination of a representative for the county in Parliament. Mr. SMALL KEIR then presented himself and proposed Sir George Murray, which was seconded by Mr. Arnot, St. Magdalene's, who, very judiciously, did not attempt a speech on the occasion. Mr. NAIRNE of Dunsinane then presented himself, and spoke to the following effect :—Gentlemen, in coming for ward to nominate the Hon. Fox Maule as a fit representa tive for the county of Perth—(Cheers) —l am sure that Mr. Maule will not belie the favourable opinion you have formed of him, nor disappoint the hopes which he has excited in your breasts—being a man of the strictest honour, the soundest constitutional principles, sincerely de voted to all our valuable institutions, and seeking only to promote the best interests of the country, and the happiness of the people.—(Cheers.) Mr. Maule's object is not to destroy, but to improve—not to impair, but to invigorate ; not to subvert whatever is valuable in our institutions, and most dear to our affections, but only to remove those de fects which mar their utility, and defeat the objects which they were intended to secure.—(lmmense cheering.) Mr. CONDIE of Pitquhanatrie seconded the nomination. Sir GEORGE MURRAY then stepped forward, amidst the most frightful yells, hissings, and groans, which rendered every effort which could be made to catch the scope of his oration entirely futile. During the speech, which he per sisted in addressing to an unwilling audience, several hand fuls of sand and shingle were thrown upon the hustings ; and the Sheriff, Mr. Maule, and the Lord Provost, fre quently interfered to preserve order : but as long as the Gallant General spoke, the greatest confusion, and noise, and hooting prevailed, to the most unparalleled extent, without the slightest interruption, so that it is quite im possible to give the smallest particle of what he may have spoken. Mr. MAULE then presented himself, and was received with prodigious cheering, and waving of hats, which con tinued for several minutes. When the cheering ceased, the Hon. Gentleman addressed the assemblage in nearly the following words :—Gentlemen, it has been said that I am a stranger in the county. If I am a stranger, I ask you what becomes of the boasted argument of our oppo nents, that a re-action has taken place in the public mind on the subject of Reform ; for, if I am a stranger, the gratify ing reception that I have everywhere met with during my canvass, and still more the cordial welcome I have received from you this day, must be attributed to the cause I uphold. Gentlemen, I stand before you, on public grounds—as a friend to Reform in the true sense of the term—ready and willing, and, I may add, desirous, to work out the Re form Act, in its real and genuine essence.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, my gallant opponent has stated that my politi cal opinions coincide with those of Sir Robert Peel and his own.—(Laughter.) If they do se, I should like to know how long this similarity has existed.—(Loud cheers, and laughter.) It is not more than for six or even five weeks, that these gentlemen have entertained these opi nions, which they were, in fact, driven to adopt, by the force of public opinion.—(Cheers.) But, Gentleman, I entirely concur in one thing expressed by Sir Robert Peel,—and it is this, that the country is tired of political agitation ; but at whose door can the charge of renewing such agitation be better laid than at Sir Robert Peel's ? —(Hear, hear, and cheers.) In November last, the country was in a state of tranquillity which it had not known for some time before.—( Hear.) Trade was re covering from the shock which it had received, through the agitation antecedent to, and consequent upon, the pass ing the Reform Bill ; and the people, resting in hopes of obtaining speedily these improvements to which they looked, and knowing that the Melbourne Administration was one in which they could repose their full confidence—(Cheers) —were beginning to draw their attention from public af fairs, and to fix it on their own, when suddenly that Go vernment vanished from under their very eyes.—(Loud and long-continned cheering.) Then followed an act, which I take this opportunity of stating, that I consider to have been as unconstitutional as it was unprecedented in the annals of this country,—l mean the Duke of Wellington's holding the key of every office in the State, and occupying every avenue to the Crown.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, it has always been my opinion, that, much as the Duke of Wel lington has done for this country, in fighting her battles in the field, he never has had any true or proper knowledge of the state of public feeling in it.—(Loud cheers.) And no greater proof of this ignorance can be found, than in his attributing the peace and tranquillity of the country, at this trying moment, to any confidence which the people had in him.—(Loud cheers, and laughter.) The real fact is, that this was owing to the moral intelligence which exists among the people—to the general information diffused amongst all classes, and the knowledge of their own strength, as given them under the Reform Bill, which gave them the constitutional means of obtaining redress for every grievance.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, after this an Administration was formed, amongst whom we might have expected to see some traces of a Reformer ; but if you look over the list, you will not find one individual amongst them who did not oppose the Reform Act from be ginning to end ; and one of the first acts of that Adminis tration was, to dissolve the first Reformed Parliament, and to produce that agitation which they now pretend so loudly to lament.—(lmmense and long continued cheering.) As I think it impossible the country can place confidence in men, who, for the sake of getting into power, have deserted the avowed opinions of years, that is an additional reason why I stand forward upon the present occasion to oppose one of their Cabinet.—(Cheers.) I have stated on my canvass, that if I have the honour of being elected Re - presentative of the County, you will find me a zealous friend to the im provement of the institutions of the country, as far as con sistent with the character of the Constitution ; and an ad vocate of economy and retrenchment in every branch of State expenditure.—(Loud cheers.) I may add, that the I nc a i n t eres ts of the county, if committed to my charge, shall not suffer from any want of attention on my part.— (Cries of " Hear, hear," and loud cheers.) Notwith standing the assertions of our opponents, that the reformed Government had done nothing for the people, we have obtained many great and beneficial measures at their hands. Much, however, remains still to be done. Amongst the measures which we have obtained (speaking as I do in this city), I must beg to allude to the Scotch Burgh Reform Bill. And this naturally leads me to consider, amongst those which are still in abeyance, a measure of the same kind, which the late Ministry contemplated to confer upon England ; and I am the more anxious to draw your atten tion to this, as it is the only real matter of reform in Sir Robert Peel's address to his Constituents at Tamworth, on which I can lay my finger,—and as, by his mode of disposing of it, we may judge what we have to expect from him as a Reformer. All he says is, that he has no inten tion of recalling the-Royal Commission, issued by the late Government to inquire into these matters ; but he reserves to himself the right of considering the report, and granting the reform or not, just as he sees fit.—(Great cheering and laughter.) This is another reason, gentlemen, why I have no confidence in Sir Robert Peel or his Govern ment.—(Loud cheering.) Next, as to Church reform, I am opposed to Church patronage.--(Cheers.) In the Church of England there is a wide field for proper and salutary reform, which, as a member of that establishment myself, I am most anxious should be entered upon as soon as possible. Most sincerely do I wish that those who have the ordering of that establishment would set their own hand to the work, as by far the most tender that can be applied to it ; but if they do not, they may rest assured that the Parliament will take the matter up and deal with it.— (Cheers.) In regard to the Church of Irela nd, I have elsewhere expressed my opinions very distinctly. I believe you will concur with me in thinking, that there is no country under the sun for which the hand of Nature has done so much, and in which that of man can be so little traced in the way of improvement.—(Loud cheering.) I am an enemy to all pensions generally—(Cheers)—and more especially to any which would have the effect of re cognising the authority of the Pope in this country. — (Great cheering.) The subject to which I shall next allude, is one upon which, as it affects my Honourable and Gallant Opponent, I should wish him to hear every word that I 'say.: It is the relief of the Dissenters. (The whole assemblage here observed perfect stillness.) During m y canvass, I have all along made a point of avoiding allusion to this subject, except to the extent of stating my o wn opinions on it ; but as I stated in my original address that I conceived the _Dissenters to have been ill-used at the hands of their late Representative, I feel bound, in his presence, to defend the charge.--(Great cheers.) As I was on these very hustings at the time, I could not be mis taken as to the statement which Sir George Murray made, that he was a friend to the admission of Dissenters into the English Universities.—(Cheers.) I acquit him entirely of having pledged himself to Mr. Wood's bill, or the bill of any other individual, introduced, or about to be introduced, into Parliament, regarding the Dissenters ; but he certainly re cognised the principle, that Dissenters ought to obtain ad mission into the Universities ; and, as a proof of his libera lity, I may mention a circumstance which has occurred to my recollection at this moment, and it is this :—one of his own supporters, by way of consoling me for our defeat, said to me, " I believe you will find our man as good a Whig as your own."—(Cheers, and laughter.) Gentlemen, Sir ' George Murray voted against the second reading of Mr. Wood's Bill, and left me no other alternative than to assume that he was adverse to its principle.—(Vehement cheering.) Gentlemen, in consequence of that, I, as an elector, could not have supported him ; and his conduct must now be judged by the constituency to whom he has appealed.— (Immense cheering.) Before I part with this subject, let us compare Lord Stanley's mode of acting on that question, with that of Sir George Murray. Hir Lordship had ex pressed himself adverse to some of the details of the bill ; yet, recognising its principle, he gave it his support on the second reading.—(Great cheering.) I shall now state my own opinion upon the subject. As a friend of civil and re ligious liberty, I recognize, in this Protestant country, the right of every one of choosing that path in religion which he considers most conducive to his comfort here, and his safety hereafter—(cheers)---and I shall be always an advo cate of any measure, having for its object the relief of the Dissenters from those civil disabilities and temporal incon veniences, which they suffer from a conscientious difference with the Established Church of the country.—(lmmense and universal cheering.) The next point, Gentlemen, to which I shall draw your attention, is the vote by ballot. My views on this subject may differ from those of many here present, but that is no reason why I should not lay bare my opinion to you on it. The object to be attained by ballot is to secure secret voting ; and I shall be sorry to find that any considerable portion of the people of this great and free country, should deem it desirable to have permission to do that in the dark which they would be ashamed to do in the face of the world. But supposing secret voting to be established, I should very much doubt its having the desired effect. For these reasons lam not an advocate for what is understood by the term ballot ; but should intimidation, whether from high or low—should bribery, or other undue influence be found to impede the Elector in the exercise of his privilege, a remedy must be forthwith sought ; and if I have a voice in the Legislature, I shall support any mea sure tending to give protection, and a full, free, and fair re presentation.—(lmmense cheering.) With regard to the duration of Parliaments, you are well aware that the Sep tennial Act was passed in the year 1716, for a temporary purpose ; but, by some means or other, it has since continued to be the law of the land. I hold that a period of seven years is too long for any constituency to place confidence in a Representative, or the nation to trust its interests to any one Parliament. I hold, therefore, that the Act ought to be repealed.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then thanked the meeting for their attention, and retired amidst loud, long, and continued cheering. The candidates having retired from the hustin g s, three cheers were given for Reform, and the Marquis ofßreadal bane, the latter being unusually loud and long. A deputa tion from the Trades, thereafter waited upon Mr. Manic, with an address, to which he returned a very gratifying answer. COUNTY OF EDINBURGH ELECTION. EDINBURGH, ;TAN. 13.—The nomination for the county took place this day. A few minutes before twelve o'clock, the rival candidates took their places on the hustings, at tended by their friends, and were received with loud cheering by their respective parties. The day was very fa vourable, and the multitude assembled might amount to between 12,000 and 15,000. Sir JOHN HOPE, of Pinkie, after bestowing some high encomiums on the character of Sir George Clerk, proposed him as a fit person to represent them in Parliament. Mr. GEORGE COMBE, of Redlands, seconded the nomi nation. Sir GEORGE DALRYMPLE was received with immense cheering. He said that the last time he had been on the hustings on a similar occasion, his Hon. Friend, Mr. Mur ray, of Henderland, acted that part to him which he was about to act towards another. They could hardly expect that the present Government would follow a liberal course of policy ; else, why did they change the last ?—.(Cheers.) They could hardly expect that ultra-Tories would go the length of rooting out the evils of, and reforming, the Eng lish boroughs—that they would reform the abuses of the Irish Church. His Hon. Friend, Sir G. Clerk, was a ser vant of that Government ; and, under present circum stances, not a fit person to represent the county in Parlia ment.—(Cheers.) But the person whom he (Sir John) proposed to them was one on whom they could depend as a staunch Reformer—Mr. James Gibson, Craig, jun., of Rickerton.—(Great applause.) He could not be consi dered as otherwise than a decided Liberal, when it was considered from whom he was descended. He was the eldest son of Sir James Gibson Craig, the much-valued and long-tried friend of the people.—(Great applause.) In one of the Tory public prints, Mr. Craig had been called " Toni Thumb." He (Sir John) never liked to indulge in com parisons, and never under-rated his opponents, for the best of all reasons, because if he beat them there would be no great merit in it ; but if " Tom Thumb" beat him, be would be beat out of the field altogether.—(Laughter.) Mr. FINNY, of Swanston, seconded the nomination. SIB. GEORGE CLERK came forward amidst cheering and hissing, and could not for some minutes be heard. He begged to state to the electors, now that the Reform Bill was the law of the land, he would, as he had declared when before them upon the last election, act up to the true spirit of it. —(Hissing and laughter.) He perfectly concurred with Sir John Dalrymple in the sentiment which he quoted from Mr. Murray's speech on the last occasion, that the Bill (although,' however, a final settlement of the question) was looked on as merely the means of securing good government for the people. In that sense he (Sir George) was prepared to act in its true spirit—to enter into a careful examination of the institutions of the country, with a view of correcting those abuses which time and other causes had introduced into them, but not to weaken their efficiency, and destroy them ; but, by removing those abuses, to fix them more firmly in the hearts of every class of the community. He de clared himself as true a friend to civil and religious liberty as any gentleman on the other side of the hustings ; and should be ready to inquire into those abuses which did exist in the Church Establishment of Ireland, for the pur pose, by so correcting them, of extending the means of re ligious instruction, connected with the reformed religion in that part of the United Kingdom ; but he would not agree to any proposal to withdraw from that country ,the means of Protestant religious instruction.—( Hissing and cheer ing.) Neither would he agree to any proposal to reduce the number of the clergy in that great city—(Hissing)—and if Mr. Craig and his supporters were prepared to do so, let them state it openly and boldly ; and if on that ground he is to obtain the suffrages of any of the electors, to such persons he (Sir George) could offer no claims of support. The Ministers whom his Majesty, in the exercise of his prerogative, had chosen, now appealed with confidence to the people to give them a fair trial, and to judge of them by their actions. They had set forth the principles upon which they meant to act, and he (Sir George) considered they had the strongest guarantee that they would act on those principles ; because his Majesty 'William IV., who gave them the reform of which they were so proud, declared that he would still continue to act on those principles ; and they might be certain that no man would be admitted to his confidence whom he did not believe would act on the same principle.—(Hisses and cheering.) Mr. JAMES GIBSON CRAIG presented himself amidst tremendous applause. He considered that at this momen tous crisis it was the duty of every man to waive personal considerations, and to consider in what way he might best serve his country. He came forward as the nominee of no man—as the private friend of no man, but as the friend of the people—(lmmense applause)—and he was willing to stand or fall in defence of their rights and privileges. He had been taunted by his Honourable Friend as having been put forward as the nominee of Sir John Dalrymple. When he (Mr. Craig) started for the county, Sir. John was many miles distant, and for some days was not even aware of his intention ; and his reason for coming forward as a candidate was that he knew that the spirit of reform was still alive in the country, and that it was of importance to undeceive the Government as to the idea of a re-action, and more especially to prove that it had not taken hold of the people in such a county as Mid Lothian.--(Loud cheers.) The Government now in power had come forward with high pretensions of liberal measures, and intentions of Reform ; and he would simply ask the electors if they could, after their experience of the men who formed the present Administration, believe that they were sincere in their professions?—(No, no.) But even supposing they were to believe them sincere, that, knowing the political cha racter of those men, did not exhaust the question. It was known from their conduct that, although they pro fessed themselves willing to amend what they might choose to consider abuses, yet what in the eyes of every true re former were proved to be abuses they had ever upheld. Look back to their conduct in the Reform Bill ; and he (Mr. Craig) wished that they had heard his honourable op ponents defence of that conduct. He (Sir George) now told them that it was from no factious or selfish motives that he opposed the Reform Bill in all its stages ; how then he ,could use his utmost efforts to withhold from the electors the privilegge they now enjoyed, he (Mr. C.) was THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1835. at a loss to understand. The same professions of liberality and Reform they had heard from every member of the pre sent administration, but would the electors trust them ? (No, no.) Would they trust to their Corporation re forms ? Would they willingly trust to them an inquiry into vested rights, as Sir George Clerk would call them ; but as he (Mr. C.) would call them, tiie vested abuses of Corporations—(Great applause.) Would they trust the redress of the abuses of the English and Irish Church Establishments to those who termed the inves tigations now going forwrrd as sacrilegious ?—(No, no.) Would they intrust the further progress of liberal measures over the Continent to those who have been the intimates of Don Miguel, the supporters of Don Carlos, the allies of Russia, and the other despots of Europe ?—(No, never.) Were they willing to belieue that these men had any real intentions to promote the freedom of mankind, who op posed so long as they were able the abolition of slavery ? —(Huzza !) He (Mr. C.) had declared himself, in his addresses to the electors, a determined opponent to the present Government ; and his reasons for having done so might be summed up in a word—he was a determined Re former, and he had no faith in their promises.—(Great applause.) In his canvass, be understood that he had mis represented—that he was going into Parliament pledged vexatiously to oppose every measure of the present Govern ment, whether beneficial or not. lie trusted that it would be considered unnecessary in him to deny such a state ment ; that the electors had better faith to put in him than to believe that he would ever be regulated by factious or party motives, and that they believed he would support every measure brought forward for the good of the country, come from what quarter it might—but he would honestly tell them that his opinion was, that the present Government would not have much of his support on those grounds, as it was by means likely they would afford him an opportunity. Although be was late in commencing the canvass he begged to state that he had the most confident hopes of success.— (Huzza.) Every exertion was used against him, but still the good cause was so strong in the hearts of the people that he was satisfied it must triumph. At their great meeting lately the Tories said that they were playing their last card. He (Mr. Craig) believed the game to be up with them notwithstanding ; and he was quite sure that if they did win the last trick by that last card, it would turn out to be the " curse of Scotland."—(lmmense and long-continued cheering.) The show of hands called for by the Sheriff was almost unanimous in favour of Mr. Craig, upon Sir John Hope de manded a pall. The polling days to be to-morrow and Thursday. Thanks being voted to the SherhT, the crowd quietly dispersed. to protect the lives of the people, and to assist in the pre servation of the laws. Messrs. SCOTT MOLLOY and P. COSTELLOE, who had been proposed as candidates in the early part of the day, returned thanks for the honour which had been conferred upon them, but begged leave to withdraw from the contest. The SHERIFF put the question, and declared that the show of hands was in favour of Messrs. Fitzsimon and Evans. The other candidate demanded a poll, but it being then half-past five o'clock, the proceedings terminated for the day. WEST SUFFOLK. BURY ST. EDMUND'S, JAN. 15.—The election of two representatives for the western division of the county of Suffolk in Parliament commenced this day at Bury St. Edmund's. The former members, Sir Hyde Parker and Charles Tyrrell, Esq., having signified their intention to retire from the representation, four gentlemen offered themselves as candidates—viz., Lieutenant-Colonel Rushbrooke, of Rush brooke Park ; Hart Logan, Esq., of Kentwell-hall ; Henry Wilson, Esq., of Stowlangtoft-hall ; and Mr. Hales, of Herringsworth. Colonel Rushbrooko and Mr. Logan are Conservatives. Mr. Wilson thus addressed the electors in soliciting their support :—" The character under which only I can be publicly known to you, and which, therefore, I must consider as the basis of this flattering application, is as a decided but temperate friend to reform. Believing that truth and the public weal are identified will moderate though decided opinions, I can never look to mere party for measures suggested by the purest patriotism. Sincerely attached to the institutions of my country, I hailed the late great measure of reform in our representative system as a means to purify and thereby perpetuate them, anti I am anxious to see that measure carried out in its results in an honest love of the object, and at the same time with a chas tened and sober zeal." Mr. Wilson refused to make any pledge to follow up any particular measure, if returned to Parliament. Mr. HALES declares that be is a Reformer. Mr. WADDINGTON proposed Colonel Rushbrooke. Mr. PHILIP BENNETT, Jun., seconded the nomination. After a speech from Colonel Rushbrooke, Mr. TYRELL proposed, and Mr. Po wELL seconded, the nomination of Mr. Wilson. Mr. WiLsoN then addressed the electors. Mr. 11.1APLETOFT proposed, and Mr. POOLEY seconded, the nomination of Mr. Logan. Mr. LOGAN also addressed the multitude. Sir H. BUNBURY proposed, and Colonel CAMAC se conded, the nomination of Mr. Hales. Mr. HALES next presented himself to the meeting, after which The HIGH SHERIFF called for a show of hands, the ma• jority of which were in favour of Mr. Wilson and Colonel Rushbrooke. A poll was then demanded for the other candidates, which will take place on Monday and Tuesday next. YORK (NORTH) NOMINATION. YORK, JAN. 14.—This day the nomination of the candi dates for the North Riding of this county took place in the Castle-yard at York. J. B. S. MORRITT, Esq., of Mokeby Park, proposed the Hon. W. Duncombe. Sir W. FouLis, Bart., of Ingleby Greenhow, seconded the nomination. ...... W. WOESLEY, Esq. of Hovingham Hall, proposed Ed ward Stillingfleet Cayley. Esq. FRANCIS CHOLMELEY, Esq., of Bransley, seconded the nomination. Colonel CHOLMELEY„ of Howsham-hall, proposed James Walker, Esq., of Sand Hutton, a young gentleman of Con stitutional principles, who had just come to his property, and who had some ground to stand on.—(Cheers.) TIMOTHY HUTTON, Esq., of Clifton Castle, seconded Mr. W.'s nomination. The Hon. W. DUNCOMBE stood forward and was re ceived with cheers. They had assembled that day to de termine whether or not the King's prerogative should be supported. His Majesty, after giving the Whigs his un flinching confidence for four years, found them no longer capable of carrying on the Government of this country. — (Cheers and hisses.) He (Mr. D.) would support from his heart the correction of real abuses, whenever and wherever they were proved to exist, and every measure cal culated to improve the condition of the people.—(Cheers.) He believed that the agricultural and shipping interests of the country were in a better position now than they were when the Whigs were in power. Although an abolitionist of every abuse, he would not support any measure calcu lated to destroy our valuable Constitution, and would ever be found to support the Throne and the Church, and to preserve, as far as possible, both domestic and foreign peace, which would tend to advance the happiness of the people and the national prosperity. E. S. CAYLEY, appealed with confidence to his conduct in parliament as a proof that he had not betrayed the trust reposed in him. Mr. Duncombe had said that the Whig Ministry had the unflinching confidence of his Majesty ; but he ought to have added they were not proof against back-stair influence—( Applause.) He did not doubt the King's prerogative, and bowed to it. He had supported the Whigs in most of their measures, because he thought they were right, but when he thought otherwise he opposed them. He had, to the utmost of his power, upheld the agricul tural interest, and would support the present Ministers, if he found them adopting measures calculated to benefit the country ; but he had no confidence in the supporters of a Metternich, a Polignac, a Carlos, a Don Miguel, a Nicholas, the dastardly destroyer of unfortunate Poland—(Cheers.) JAMES WALKER, Esq., solicited the honour of becoming one of the representatives for the North Riding, solely on the ground of the principles which - he held—viz., to uphold the Throne, the Church, and the State. He would sup port the agricultural and the shipping interests, the latter of which the Whigs had left to the tender mercies of the reciprocity system. He was an independent man, and sought not for favour or place. A show of hands was then called for. The greatest dis play was for Mr. Cayley, and the next for Mr. Walker. In consequence, Mr. Duncombe demanded a poll, which will commence on Monday next. DUBLIN COUNTY ELECTION. (From the Dublin Evening Mail of Wednesday.) Yesterday the election for this County commenced. A little after 10 o'clock the Court-house at Kilmainham was thrown open, and a few persons entered. It could not be said to be crowded at any period (luring the day. Mr. CALLAGHAN proposed Christopher Fitzsimon, Esq. Mr. NUGENT seconded the nomination. Mr. ARABIN proposed Mr. Evans. The Hon. THOMAS BARNWELL seconded the nomination. Mr. TAYLOR proposed Mr. Jamos Hans Hamilton. Mr. KEMMIS Seconded the nomination. Mr. FITZSIMON and Mr. EVANS then addressed the electors ; the latter gentleman was frequently interrupted by interrogatories as to his conduct with regard to the Kingstown bill, non-attendance at the meeting of members in College-green, &c. Counsellor HAMILTON next proceeded to address the electors, and was received with much applause. He was not afraid to speak of the political principles of Mr. James Hans Hamilton—(cheers)—who stood prepared to fight the Conservative cause.—( Hear.) His object was con servation, and not destruction. He was not one of those who would drive the people to madness, and then let them be destroyed.—(Cheers.) Mr. Hamilton would be anxious ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF CORK. ( Abridged from the Cork Evening Herald of Monday.) The variety of interests, as well as the universal excite ment invariably consequent upon an election scene—the number of the candidates, and the many sources through which their respective claims and influence ran,—all con duced to bring together a large multitude, this morning, as early as nine o'clock, at every avenue by which the City Court is accessible. About a quarter before ten o'clock the doors flew open—not forced in, but yielding to the pressure from . without ; and, after a few seconds, every inch that could afford room for sitting or standing, even in the most perilous position, was covered. Mr. JAMES MURPHY proposed Mr. Callaghan, ssconded by Mr. THOMAS LYONS. Mr. W. CRAWFORD proposed Dr. Baldwin, seconded by Mr. R. DOWDEN (R.) ABRAHAM MORRIS, Esq. proposed Lieutenant-Colonel Chatterton. The nomination of Colonel Chatterton was seconded by T. S. REEVES, Esq. WILLIAM H. GREEN, of Lota, Esq., proposed Mr. Ley cester, seconded by Mr. TRAVERS, of Clifton. Mr. CALLAGHAN said,—Citizens and Electors of Cork, it is the King's will and pleasure to take the sense of the people on the question, whether the Anti-reform principle shall be carried into effect or not ?—whether a Ministry are to govern a people who arc determined to support the abo mination of a Church Establishment ? That is the grand principle to be tried. Now that you value the democratic principle, I ask you, do you mean to give it up, or to pre serve it ? I rest assured that the love of country is too strong within you to be beaten down by the gold of the Tories. I asked, on my canvass, for no exclusive vote for myself ; no, I sought the same for my late colleague, Dr. Baldwin ; and I was eminently successful. This will show that the Tories cannot suborn the people to forfeit their rights. - Dr. BALDWIN spoke at some length. The principal topics of his address were tithes, Repeal of the Union, the present aspect of political affairs in Europe and America, and the contest now pending. After concluding, he was followed by Colonel CHATTEIITON, who rose and said,—Fellow citi zens, To enter into an extended detail of my principles would only be a useless trespass on your time and patience. In my public address I have avowed those principles in support of which I would go into Parliament. I therefore proceed as soon as possible to the poll, for I am desirous to prove to all, that the anticipations formed by my most esteemed friend and colleague, and myself, will quickly bacome realities. Mr. LLYCESTER rose, and the greatest confusion recom menced. He persisted, however, in delibering his senti ments, which we regret we often lost in the noise ; the tu mult became fearful ; misslns were flung from the grllery and struck both the worthy Alderman and Mr. Sheriff White. Mr. FALVEY harangued the Court, which was dissolved amidst great clamour. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 25. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sllll,-I am sorry to tell you that the Tories, taking advan tage of a few stones being thrown at obnoxious persons of their own party, who had been very active in their provoca tions to the Liberal party, had called in the soldiery ! I met a troop of Lancers going into Stourbridge about half-past one o'clock, headed by a Yeomanry Cavalry Quartermaster of Halerowen. The Reform candidate for East Worcestershire ( Cookes and Russell), were popular in the highest degree, whilst the Tory candidate, Mr. Horace St. Paul, was power fully supported by the tenants of the great landholders in the Tory interest. No doubt was entertained of the ultimate suc oess of Cookes and Holland.—l am, &c. Birmingham, Jan. 15, 1835. T. B. CAMBRIDGE, THURSDAY, JAN. 15. The polling for the county commenced this morning, when the friends of the four candidates, Messrs. Townley and Childers (the old Reform Members), and those of Messrs. Yorke and Eaton, the two young Tories, began to pour along Parker's Piece in streams, towards the hustings. The main strength of the Tories is near Cambridge, about Royston, and Newmarket, and they have pushed forward with the utmost force to obtain a majority, by coalescing, which they have done, but to no very great extent, over Mr. Townley. Mr. Childers, whose extensive property is in the Fens, has gone to rally his friends in that quarter, whilst Mr. Townley, his colleague, 'remains here. Mr. Childers is expected to bring with him, as the result of this day's poll, a triumphant majority over 'he Tories. At the close of the poll, Mr. Eaton only appeared on the hustings, but did not address the electors, the others being absent. Indeed it appeared that they absented themselves out of courtesy to Mr. Childers. The friends of Mr. Townley, however, assembled at the Red Lion Hotel, when that gentleman addressed them from the windows. Mr. TOWNLEY, after noticing the absence of Mr. Childers, spoke in the highest terms of him as a colleague. He ad mitted that the poll appeared more flattering to their oppo nents than themselves ; but he believed, from the marks of kindness they had received on their canvass, that Mr. Childers would bring with him a majority from Whittlesea andWisbech. —( Cheers.) He believed the Reformers would return him and his colleagues, as they had done formerly. He expressed himself too fatigued to speak at any length, having had a most arduous canvass, and he had also great exertions to undergo in making arrangements with his Committee. Mr. Townley was loudly cheered as he retired. LEW ES, JAN. 15. The nomination of two Members for East Sussex took place this day at the hustings, erected in front of the County Hall. Mr. Curteis first made his appearance at ten o'clock, and was preceded by upwards of two hundred yeomen on horseback, with beautiful blue banners and flags. He was accompanied by T. R. Kemp, Esq., M.P., for Lewes, Colonel Elphinstone, M. P., Colonel Elwood, Major Curteis, M. P., and H. Sharpe, Esq., and followed by about twenty carriages. The Hon. C. C. Cavendish followed shortly afterwards, accompanied by the Hon. General Trevor, Sir Charles Blunt, M. P., T. Partington, Esq., Davies Gilbert, Esq., and the Rev. H. Treback. A very considerable body of horsemen, and a long line of carriages, with pink banners and flags, accompanied the Hon. Gentleman. The entry of both gentlemen was particularly imposing, and enlivened our beautiful town. The High Sheriff, the Hon. R. Curson, then commenced the business, and after the usual preliminaries, called upon the gentlemen present to elect two Knights to serve in the ensuing Parliament, upon which our worthy Member, ( Mr. Kemp) in a very excellent speech, nominated that staunch Reformer, H. B. Curteis, Esq., which was seconded by Colonel Ellwood, whose accomplished lady is the sister of Mr. Curteis. General the lion. H. Otway Trevor then, in a most ener getic speech, nominated the Hon. C. C. Cavendish, which was seconded by our representative, Sir Charles Blunt, Baronet. Proclamation was then made by the Sheriff, but no other candidate was proposed, (although it had been threatened by the Tories, to the last hour, that they would do so) and the two late Members were again installed by buckling on the swords as the representatives of Eastern Sussex. The Mem bers then returned thanks for the honour conferred, and the trust reposed in them, and the chairing immediately followed. Thus has terminated the last of the Sussex elections, and that without returning one Tory to Parliament. The men of Sussex have taken a bold stand in the country, and the seat of Royalty has given an unequivocal proof of what kind of reaction has taken place. Previous to passing the Reform Bill the Duke of Wellington might have formed a Cabinet from the rotten boroughs alone ; but since that pe riod the free and independent electors have had men of their own choice, and they will no longer be stigmatised as slaves. WORCESTER.-JAN. 15. (From a Correspondent.) If the triumph gained by the Tories in too many places be of the same description as those in Worcestershire, a short time will greatly reduce the number. The changes in our county give three Tories for Reformers—Bailey, sorthwick, and Barnaby, for Davies, Hudson, and Foley ; and one Re former for a Tory—Phillips in the place of Godson ; giving an apparent majority of two against the people. For Droitwich there can be no doubt of Foley being placed in Barnaby's seat, upon an appeal to a Committee of the House of Commons, the latter having polled under protest eight no toriously bad votes, and his majority was only three. The steps to ensure this being done have already been taken, and wagers of five to one have been offered on the result,--but no takers. In Evesham no doubt is entertained that reform principles would have been triumphant, had Mr. Hudson not most unac countably bolted the night before the nomination. To the election for the city of Worcester it is wished to direct particular attention. The constituency consists of 2,400, and is liberal and sound at bottom ; Mr. Robinson polled 1,600; Davies and Bailey each above 1,100, the latter 17 more than the former; the question may be well asked, how in such a constituency an uneducated and ignorant Mon mouthshire tool of the pension -fed Beauforts should succeed in ousting such a man as Colonel Davies ? The fact is, the Li berals were too secure. Not a pint of beer was given away, not a lawyer engaged, and many liberal voters thinking the Colonel's majority would be reckoned by hundreds,were out of of town ; others again impressed with the same belief, to oblige some special friend, promised one vote to Bailey. These gentlemen have given ample proof of sincere repentance for their culpable step. On the other hand, every Tory was at his post; hosts of law agents were retained, who, to a man, actually voted for their employer. An innumerable number of public-houses were opened for all who thirst after strong drink, and to the eternal disgrace of our city the bait partially succeeded. Bailey polled about 80 freemen receiving parish relief, Davies not more than 10 of the same class ; Bailey also brought from London, Bristol, Birmingham. &c., a numerous body of freemen who have for upwards of a year been residents in these places. Add to all these, the fact, that persons were got to personate and swear to any question, not only absentees, but the very dead. Need it be said that the matter will not be allowed to rest here —no, it will be brought before the House the very first day of the Session, and this at the expense of the constituency—their true and real representative, Colo nel Davies, will be put to no expense. Many cases of inti midation, and several of bribery, might be proved ; but a scru tiny is what is resolved on, to erase the name cf " Joseph Bailey," and insert in its place that of " Thomas Henry Da vies." ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND, JAN. 14. ELECTION FOR THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF NORTHUMBELAND. As the Hon. H. T. Liddell, who came forward to contest this division of Northumberland with Lord Howick, had re tired, nothing remained to day but to re-elect the former re presentatives. CHARLES WILLIAM BIGGE, Esq., of Linden, proposed, and PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY, Esq., of Twizell, seconded the nomi nation of Lord Howick to represent this division of Northum berland. Lord Howtm addressed the electors at great length. First, he was opposed to any further changes in the constitution of the House of Commons, by which he meant, the repeal of the Septennial Act, the extension of the suffrage, and the vote by ballot. The object of representation was to give the popular will such an influence as to secure good government, without the latter being liable to the violent and sudden movements of every temporary popular impulse, and this formed the grand distinction between the famous republics of antiquity, in which every question was immediately decided by the people, and the modern system of government through the medium of popular representation. He appealed, therefore, to the electors, whe ther under the present system of septennial parliaments the votes of the late House of Commons did not attest, on the part of the representatives, a deep sense of their responsibility to the constituent body, as well as their zeal in reforming abuses, and advancing the interests of the country? 'Why, then, shorten the duration of parliaments, by which the repre sentative was enabled to become practised in the business of legislation, and a uniformity was secured to the regular go vernment—or extend the suffrage, when under existing cir cumstances, a parliament was secured sufficiently expressive of, and dependent on, the popular will ? The vote by ballot was supported on more plausible grounds. He had experienced a good deal to prove how extensively sinister influences biassed the votes of the electors : but still he preferred (unless he saw further proofs of its necessity) the present system of manly, open voting, to the secrecy which would enable a man to break a promise with impunity. Above all, no great changes could be effected without great and dangerous struggles ; and it would be injudicious to hazard the peace, and impede the gene ral commerce and regular legislation of the country by such struggles, unless under a corresponding necessity for them. After alluding to the acts of the Reform Administrations, his Lordship deplored the dismissal of Lord Melbourne's Govern ment ; and highly as he valued the prerogative of the Crown to choose its advisers, he knew the equally undoubted right of the people's representatives to express their want of confidence in those at the head of affairs, and when he saw such mon as Lord Roden in the new Ministry, he should feel it his duty on the first occasion which presented itself, to give a vote against any motion expressive of confidence in Sir R. Peel's govern ment. He would vote for a reform of the corporations of the kitigdom, for the reform of the Church of England, so as to render it what it should be, a valuable instrument of religious instruction, and of the Irish Church, which presented the ano maly in great part, of churches without congregations. This is a meagre outline of his Lordship's speech, during which he was often cheered. W. BURkELL, Esq., proposed, and W. CLARK, Esq., se conded, the nomination of' Lord Ussulston. The latter shortly addressed the electors, but he is not happy in his manner of rendering himself intelligible to a public assembly ; and all we could gather was, that he was a Conservative now, as the Constitution had been changed, although he bore a name connected with popular rights, both in ancient and mo dern times. He would support the present Ministry. Lords Howick and Ossulston were declared duly elected. The Hon. H. T. LIDDELL then spoke. He had offered himself to oppose Lord Howick, in order to support the pre sent Government, and for the very reason given by Lord Howick, of the intention of the latter to oppose it. Why not give it a fair trial ? Lord Melbourne's Government had lost the confidence of the country. It was no more like Lord Grey's Government, than a tree in winter, naked and leafless, was like a tree clothed in the exuberant foliage, and laden with the fruits, of the summer. As the storm from without stript the tree of its foliage, so the pressure from without had shorn Earl Grey's Government of its beams, and had stript off, one after another, its brightest ornaments, till at length its Chief was carried away, and nothing was left to recommend it to the confidence of the country. He deprecated Lord Howick's opinions as to the Irish Church. If it was a church without a congregation, why not sweep it away entirely?—why did Lord Grey only remove ten bishops ? He had now no animo sity to Lord Howick, and it would give him (Mr. Liddell) satisfaction to hear from Lord H. that their private friendship was unaltered. Lord Howicx replied, that he with pleasure would state, his friendship for Mr. L. was unchanged; but Mr. Liddell had mistaken what he said about the Irish Church. He did not say it was entirely a church without a congregation, but, in a great proportion, it was so. When it was first established its members were one-third of the population; now they were only one-fourteenth, namely, half a million Protestants to seven millions of Catholics ! The Bishop of London had stated that a Church Establishment was to extend the blessings of religion amongst the people, and particularly the poor. How could it be said that the Irish Church had done what it was intended to effect, or how could its disproportionate reve nues be defended in its present state, when they were applied to the support of churches in which there were no hearers? As to Corporation reform, if the House of Commons would not vote for their reform, that would be an argument with him for a further reform of the House itself. After an animated reply, of which this is a very imperfect notice, thanks were voted to the Sheriff, and the assemblage in front of the hustings quietly separated. Thus a Whig and a Tory are again returned for this division of Northumberland. GERMAN PAPERS. ST. PETERSBURGH, DEC. 28.—His Majesty the Em peror has been pleased to order, by an Ukase, date Kowno, Dec. 1, that the Ukase of Sept. 13, 1833, which is in force till the 13th (Ist, by the Russian calendar) of Jan., 1835, allowing the importation of corn free from foreign countries in all the ports and custom-houses of the empire, shall continue in force for 1835 with respect to the ports of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azoff, and the Danube. The navigation this year was open from the 24th of April to the 13th of December, or 235 days, which is fourteen days more than in 1833. The number of ships that ar rived at Cronstadt was 1,815, of which 344 were in ballast. Of the 1,501 with cargoes 786 were laden with corn and other necessaries of life, so that the number of those which had cargoes of a different description was less by 135 than in 1833. Forty-six ships remained for the winter at Crons tadt, and thirteen at St. Petersburgh. The number of ships that sailed was 1,812, of which 1,365 with cargoes, and 447 in ballast. The steam-boats from Lubeck made twenty voyages. Passengers arrived by the steam-boats, 1,082 ; departed, 106 ; passengers by ships, 888 ; departed, 628 ; total ar rived, 1,970 ; departed, 1,644. ST. PETERSBURGH, DEC. 31.—Prince Luzzo, the Greek Ambassador, and Mr. Wilkins, Ambassador from the United States of North America, were presented on the 28th to the Cesarewitsch Prince Alexander. ODESSA, DEC. 19.—1 n the country, at some distance round Odessa, the snow is already very deep ; but here we have had only rain, which is very advantageous to the ground. The temperature is almost as in spring. PRUSSIAN FUNDS—BERLIN, JAN. 9. St. Schuld. Sch. 4 per cent. Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 96% 95% FOREIGN EXCHANGES On Amsterdam, 250 florins, 2 months l4O Hamburg 300 francs, 2 months 1523( London ll. 3 months 6 24 - - I) ris 2 months SO 11-12 —Petersburgh...loo rubles, 3 weeks 3O 1-12 —Prussian State Gazette, Jan. 10. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 13. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ::4% to 55 A isort Syndic, 4% per cent. 93% to 94 Ditto, ditto, 33% per cent. 7 6 1,4 to 76% Loan (1830) 5 per cent. Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 173 Two months PRINCE AUGUSTUS OF PORTUGAL.- - His Royal Highness and suite left the Clarendon Hotel yesterday morn• ing, in two carriages and four, on a visit to their Majesties at the Pavilion at Brighton, where he was expected to arrive in time to join the Royal suite at dinner. The Prince, it is expected, will return to-morrow, and on Sunday or Monday he will take his departure for Falmouth, when he will emark, on his way to join his Illustrious Consort at Lisbon, where pre parations on a splendid scale are understood to be making for his reception. The Prince has not seen his august sister, the Duchess of Braganza, since he escorted her in a Brazilian ship of war to Rio Janeiro in 1829, when she was wedded to his Imperial Majesty. Nothing it appears can exceed the costliness of the trousseau prepared for the young Queen. The celebrated Lingire of the Rue de Rivoli, at Paris, has had the selection of the embroidery, India muslins, &c., for the august bride, as well as the Court and ball-dresses. A considerable number, however, of her Majesty's dresses 'nave been prepared at Lisbon, where, of course, the national taste will be best understood and gratified. His Royal Highness continues in mourning for his lamented father-in-law, the late Emperor, Don Pedro ;heis a slight-made personage, about five feet nine in height, and of highly-prepossessing de meanour. His Excellency Namik Pacha, Rear Admiral Sir H. Parker, Count Seckendorff, Mr. Vail, American Charge d'Affaires, Hon. Col. Hutchinson, &c., inscribed their names in the Prince's visiting-book yesterday. EAST SURREY ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l eannot but return you my thanks for the extraor dinary expedition and correctness with which you have re ported the proceedings at the East Surrey Nomination to-day, in your Evening Paper. I had not thought it possible it could have been out in the Evening Papers. I remain, your obedient servant, A. W. BEAUCLERK. 12, Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, Jan. 14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The Committee of Messrs. Briscoe and Beauclerk having observed with the utmost satisfaction the extraordinary dispatch, and very accurate manner, with which the report of the particulars connected with the nomination of the Candi dates for this Division was given in your Journal (appearing as it did in the evening of the same a y), feel it a duty incum bent upon them to offer you their sincere and unqualified thanks. In paying this tribute, so due to the excellent manner in which your paper is conducted, proved, as it is, by the extraor dinary precision with which the several speeches made on this occasion were reported, (the paper having been received in this room only three hours after the Meeting terminated,) the Committee feel they would be wanting in liberality, if they did not offer this testimony of their approbation. Reiterating these sentiments, they have the honour to re main, Sir, Yours, most respectfully, H. RICHARDS, Secretary. Committee-room, Crown Inn, Croydon, Wednesday evening, Jan. 14, 1835. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. .• Sir,—l had but just returned from Brentford when The Sun of this evening was put into my hands ; and though in some degree acquainted with the celerity of the public press, I could not have believed, had I not seen your report, the possibility of putting in print, in so short a time, such full and accurate report of the speeches and proceedings this day at Brentford. As one of the parties concerned, I offer you my thanks for the extraordinary exertions made on this occasion, so highly creditable to your Establishment. I remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, JOSEPH HUME. Bryanstone-square, Monday, half-past 6 o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Leuchtenberg, attended by his suite, left town yesterday morning for Brighton, where the Duke will remain at the York Hotel, which has been prepared for his reception. The Duke was expected to dine with their Majesties at the Pavilion last evening. General Alava, the new Spanish Minister left town yester day for Brighton, to be presented to the King, by the Duke of Wellington, his Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Duke of Wellington left town shortly before 9 o'clock yesterday morning on a visit to their Majesties at Brighton. Mr. Colquhoun and Mr. Hill, of Tortola, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Office. Earl Powis had an interview yesterday with Mr. Secretary Goulburn at the Home Office. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial Office to the Governors of the West India Islands. BRIGHTON. JAN. 15. His Majesty and the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg took their usual carriage airing to Shoreham yesterday. Their Majesties entertained at dinner— The Marquis of Camden, Earl of Brecknock, Gen. Gas coigne, Rev. P. Dodd, Sir J. and Lady Whitshed, C a ptain Pechell, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Pechell, Captain and Mrs. Campbell, Admiral Sir Tremayne and Lady Rodd, and Vice- Admiral Sir Otway. The Princess Kugusta has recovered from a slight indispo sition which has confined her Royal Highness to the Palace for two or three days. The Duke of Wellington, accompanied by General Alava arrived 'about two o'clock from town at the York Hotel. The Duke of Leuchtenberg is hourly expected. His s uite, consisting of Baron Boileau, Conde de Mechant, Marquis de Feakala, the Conde de Sa Bandeira, and M. Mendegallia are expected to arrive with his Royal Highness. His Majes ty's Pages are in attendance at the Royal York to receive the Prince. - The Dowager Lady Clinton is hourly expected at the York Hotel. The Prince de Leuchtenberg and the Duke of Wellington are expected to remain here two days. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, JAN. 13.—Our Government has renewed with that of Prussia the convention abolishing the droit D'Aubainc. We have rer son to believe that the Commercial Commis sion will go to Paris towards the end of this month. We are informed that the fine city of Bruges, whose ex' cellent port and quays, now deserted, present so melancholY a spectacle, is on the eve of experiencing a new loss. Messrs. Senave, brothers, great ship-owners, will this w eek remove their house to Amsterdam. The two last large t , slips belonging to them, the " Nautilis" and 4. Gouverneur , have just completed their cargoes for Holland. JAN. 14.—The ball at Court yesterday evening, was ex' tremely brilliant. It began a little before eight, and did not end till two in the morning. Their Majesties retired at half-past eleven. By a sentence of the Tribunal of Brussels, dated the 12th, M. Lefebre Meuret, senator, was condemned to pal to M. Louis de Bethune, the sum of 35,000 francs, a s bw lance of an account. A letter from Antwerp of January 10, written to the " Journal des Flanders," says that the Government he s just consulted the Chamber of Commerce of that city to have its opinion on our present commerce with Holland , and in the system to be adopted towards that country. The general debate on the Budget of the Foreign De" partment was closed yesterday.—Brussels Papers, Jan. 15 1 WIESBADEN, JAN. 10.—The a ssem bly o f th e E sta tes 0„ the Duchy of Nassau was ope ne d t o -d ay b y t h e Mi n i ste r o f State, Count Wallersdarf, with a speech in which h e stated that though it was not possible to give the Assad bly the financial statement for the year just expired, whi'.ll 3, however, would be prepared as soon as possible, he hr,a the satisfaction in the meantime to be able to say t h a t th e state of the Treasury was so favourable, that instead e t the expected deficit there would be a considerable sur plus to be employed in the service of the present year. fl e e added that the Duke hoped to he abl e , i n t h e course °` the Session to give them an accou n t o f t h e change in th e tariff of Customs, if the nego t i a ti ons now on f oot for join ing the German Commercial Union, should end in the es" sent of Nassau to it in manner conformable to the interest s of the Duchy.—Frankfort Papers, Jan. 12. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 17.—What I said in my le st letter of the pacific sentiments of Mehemet Ali is fully confirmed. On his return from the interior of the country he had a long conference with the English Consul-Genera l, after which he sent for all the diplomatic agents of the other Great Powers, and declared to them that he bad considered the representation s th ey h a d made to h i m, a nd held himself bound to attend to them, as the Porte shove" itself willing to settle all points in dispute by amicable to' rangement. He would therefore have all the steps considere d as not having been made, which we had taken with the view of obtaininc , the assent of the European Powers, in cas e he should declare himself independent. He accordingly solemnly promised never to recur to this intention, but 0 respect in future the supreme power of the Sultan. At the same time he acquainted th ose gen tl emen w i t h the Imperi.°i Hatis-Scheriffs by which the arrears o f t r ib ute d ue by Wel were remitted ; adding, that he would henceforward Pola tually pay the tribute to the Porte, would evacuate the provinces, towns, and villages, not ceded to him by the treaty of Koniah, and recal his son from the arlq!, which last circumstance would cer t a i n l y convince the Per ''' and the Great Powers, how serious he was in his assurance!' and how greatly he desired that everything should be se' tied amicably ; otherwise he would have Ibraham in SYr iti where his presence would be necessary, if he had any s ecre t i purposes. Such are th e so l emn promises made by Mehem et Ali, on the 25th of November, in that conference. The English Consul General writes, under the date 0f the 26th November, a detailed note to Lord PonsonbY ° n 4 . the subject, and adds, that the stay of the English ge r ' near Smyrna at this season probably contributed to indu ce this sudden change in the Pasha's sentiments, and to gel: vince him that the threats of England were serious. 1 t tsi r s , said that th e y ma d e hi m apprehensive for the safety of 'd navy, which he has formed with so much expense exertion,—Lord Palmerston's instructions to the Efig h) 7 Ambassador he re , an d t o t h e C onsu l General in E :gYP " being to act with energy towards Mehemet, anf d , if n e. cessary, to use coercive measures, if he did ',. t ot give 017 his notions of i n d e p en d ence . Th e Por*.„ is, w ith rer son, extremely gr a t e f u l, and exprexpresses its gratitude in a note to the ambassadors, inV:plyto a communica t l stating their effo r t s to prese.P.!' e peace in the East. o, circular howev er sa y s , " i flatters itself that the Fog' r will continue the goo will in future, and grant it their sup' port in case of need." Th ese wor d s s h ow t h at t h e Dn. does not impli'eitly confide i n M e h emet ' s d ec l arat i o n ; it may have reason for this distrust, for it is well ILI ° , is here what activity prevails in the arsenals of Alexaa'r e , and Cairo. Whil e h e speaks of friendly inte ntion's', all a ,, r d calls from Syria, he i s sen di ng par k s o f arth' e est vast quantities of amm un iti on to Aler,p o . The g r us s steam-boat the " Nile," lately come from England, taken on board at Cairo ninety fieldo:ileces, and all the r e' quisite material, an d was t o go to Syria. It i s to i Abrahim from Syria. The state of that province is e r• l it to and whoever h as th e c hi e f command will find it &° In pacify the inhabit an t s . O n t h e 14th of November a ste A boat arrived at Suez from Bombay, in fifty-t wo days 0 brought word th a t th e tr ib es of Yemen had submitt ed Mehemet Ali.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan. 11. Per e C n rt E . Bank Stock ..... 3 p , per Cent. Red: !per Cent. Cons unto Red. Cent 4 Per Cent. Bs is s s e e r sank AIIIIU ti an . 3, 1860 Oct.Cct.lu is m , Jan. 5 1860 Jan. 3, 11180 April 5, 1880.— Lan. 3, 1870 P- O] A s bni Ana En Bondsooce cenonFoodnudnFs. Bends, it Us tDig l i t ii ( ; t r att ia7 noo A BrazilianciouDul o i ii t tm t t oo Acc ou n t c i c ° u ru e t t n ... .!155 Ayres Bon Ditto Accou n t., Chillian Bonds Ditto Account.' olumbian Bonds.: Danish 13onds bitto Ac coun t. . Crock Bon d 5 ...... Ditto Bonds,. 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Bennet Miss:Shiner ; S tate), Mrs. C To conclud KING At an which Mr. Arthur, MI Mr. Harley ; GYneth, M THE THIS E' h omet " a tne; Zeir, .uir na Glubilei: Mil Philip, Mr ,Mr. Baker ; ( The Duch Justine, Mrs. /44 e, Mrs. C To con, "4411LEQu H arlequin, liatth„s A sEcw. o'clock POLL THIF public .. . . _ __ _ -, _,_ _ _._ By th, readers Tat 1 Nowi, f°r is to t Su rrey u fey ha, ember vvho se t, even the to vote Unh api i°rtunat te rn to , appear trust t countie ra nge reform, PR] I