The Sun. — London, England, 1835-11-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador, and M. de Bourqueney, the French Charge d'Affaires, visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign-office. Messrs. Wilson and Green, from the Hackney Saving banks, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Melbourne In Downing -street. Sir Edward Codrington transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Postmaster-General and Sir Henry Parnell had in terviews yesterday with Viscount Melbourne. Baron Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, and the Turkish Minister transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. BRIGHTON-THURSDAY. Yesterday morning his Majesty again sat to Mr. Newton for his miniature ; he also honoured Colonel Walton, Rear- Admiral Sir Robert Lewis Fitzgerald, who was knighted t his day, and Admiral Sir Robert Otway, with a long au dience. In the afternoon his Majesty, attended by Mdlle. ( rEst e took a carriage airing along the upper road to Shore . Il atn, returning by the sea. The Queen and Prince George, attended by Prince Er 4eati the Earl and Countess of Brownlow, Hon. Miss Mit chell, Lord de Lisle, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Charles Tharnton, and Mr. Davis, rode out yesterday morning on horseback. In the afternoon Prince George walked out in c omPany with his Preceptor. The D uc h ess o f Gl o ucester, attended by Lady Falkland, t '4( a carriage airing at noon yesterday. Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, the Misses Her- Colonel 'Walton, and Rear-Admiral Sir R. Fitzgerald, i'„ad th e h onour o f di n i ng with their Majesties last evening. The Queen's private band attended. The calls yesterday included the Marchioness and Ladies ' 4 nwallis, the Hon. H. Turnour, Captain Campbell, R.N., , 0 10nel and Mrs. Tonson, Colonel Sir Neil Douglas (Aide ,e-Camp to his Majesty), Sir F. Lamb, Baroness d'Omp led; Major-General Sir Arthur Brook, and General Count and Countess Stahremberg. This afternoon his Majesty, attended by the Countess ~ Brownlow, drove up North-street to the westward for a c arriage airing. Th e Queen, accompanie bye Earl and Cuntess of nrownlow and the Hon . Mis s Mitchell, this morning talked from the north gate of the Pavilion to the Chain p ier, where her Majesty promenaded for a considerable v i ttle. This afternoon her Majesty is taking an airing in ' carriage, accompanied by Prince Ernest and Lady The Princess Augusta, accompanied by Miss Wynyard, i cek a carriage airing to-day as usual at noon ;as did also lthe Du c h ess of Gl o uce s ter, accompanied by Lady Herbert T aylor. Pri nce G eorge ro d e ou t a t one o'clock on horseback with t he Rev. Mr. Wood. Sir F. Chantrey was this morning honoured by his Ma- J e stY with an audience. Sir Neil Douglas, Lieut.-General Capell, and Sir F. liantrey have received invitations to dine with their Ma- J e sties this evening. A Privy Council will be held at the Palace to-morrow afternoon. PA.SHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. (.; Sir H enr y P a rn e ll, at Whitehall-place, from Paris ; Lieut- I Pleral Sir Thomas Dyer, from the Continent; Mrs. p4l di ariltev, from ditto • Major-General Sir Theophilus Pritzler , o tto ; Admiral Connelly, in Harley-street, from ditto ; f 'v. Sydney Smith, from ditto; Lord and Lady Rossmore, I r°ll l ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Aylmer, from ditto ; Sir George l 02 e, from ditto; Lord Davy, in Park-street from ditto. DEPARTURES. b ile Earl of Guilford, for Waldershare Park ; Sir Robert , Isrla n d, from Thomas's Hotel, for Paris ; Sir George and OdY Prescott, for ditto ; Sir Robert and Lady Gore Booth , I ' the Continent ; Lady Charlotte Greville, from Hanover ttare,Hanover- ar ; for Paris; Lady and the Misses Kinnaird, for ditto; lie Earl o f Ch ar leville, from St. George's-place, for Charle 'lel in the King's County. PAVILION THEATRE. The opera of Cinderella was produced here last night , I ° r the purpose of introducing Miss Farsons and Mr. Crow, al e of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, in the characters of C inde re ll a an d.Dandini. They were both most favourably „ . e ceived, and the whole of the piece went off greatly to the 7l l sfa.ction of a crowded house. The person of this lady ` ti = admirably suited to give effect to the part chosen for her e6 ut—as, to a remarkably graceful form, she adds sylph - D "'e action, and a countenance at once intelligent and highly ` 4l eresting. Her voice possesses considerable compass and , melody, but she seems to want practice, or something to give it fulness and flexibility ; still her performance a ' S altogether promising and satisfactory. Crow's singing (1 acting as Dandini was spirited and correct. Edwin 4 s the F e /i x , and he never appeared to more advantage. W West enacted Pumpolino with a gusto entirely his :0, and elicited an enthusiastic encore by the style in leh he gave the bravura of " Ye tormentors , wherefore ,434' ye ?" The chorusses, quartettos, &c., were, with one ioleption, all encored. A better Pedro than Farrell is not " found. HIGH SHERIFFS-IRELAND. With the Returns of the High Sheriffs made this year, ;ft x eral and, we think, a not ill-grounded dissatisfaction Is t's. The recent appointments appear to have been de • ' l nined, not by the wealth and respectability of the parties, to e by their station in the country, neither by the fitness of e men for the duties of the office ; but the selection seems to have been entirely influenced by party politics. It would ,era that the going-Judges had no other object, than to : ettre a li s t of sheriffs throughout the country, composed of Orangemen. Is this wise ? is it prudent ? is t just ? is it even 'legal ? Surely such proceedings, so ; a ught with mischief and peril as they evidently are , w i ll ot be passed over in silence. f a , - La defe n c e of this judicial favouritism towards the Orange C4ti°ll, one of their journalists,' the Mail, has had the /(lihood stoutly to deny the acts of partiality proved ;t'aitist the goino-Judges, declaring " that there are very ZRoman Catholics , and still fewer Radicals, in Ireland , " 0 , from p ro p e rty or station, possess the qualifications or ile chara c t er necessary for the office." The Dublin Even- Post plainly pronounces this assertion " a rank false . Our Contemporary does more—he proves the un -I.olltll by actual cases, by evidence of facts and persons -4 O fs triumphant and irrefragable. " We shall for this ly says our Contemporary, " take the smallest, or one p a t he smallest counties in Ireland—Leitrim. The three I) l nes returned for this county are—Westby Perceval, A. tt er eY, and E. Tennison. Now, what are the qualifications these gen tl emen ? G rea t territorial possessions ? If our , )7thority be correct, and we have no reason to doubt it, ~t one of these gentlemen possess a single acre of land ki 'nis county, nor are we aware that they are land pro hetors in any other. What other qualifications, then ? Al a "Y are—and no doubt they will be glad to acknowledge Vact—M as t ers o f Orange Lodges." e o , , t appears that in Ireland "territorial possessions, ac `ung to Orange usage, form no item in the qualification d it a High Sheriff." The mode, too, of appointing them el's widely from that observed with us in England. In Gr aud the going Judge selects three names from the Panel, and the County may be ignorant of the t ee tien, until the names appear in the Dublin Gazette. f t , all events, we are not aware that the Judges declare Cal the B enc h th e names which have been selected, nor I°, % ve know, if he even did, whether the county can ques %o t he list. In England, the system is to nominate the its in the Court of Exchequer, publicly." f t , t may be remarked, with reference to the qualification b ll , o ar English Sheriffs, that only a few days ago several ‘lemen were se t aside in various counties, on the ground 11 11 ' 4 being possessed of a sufficient property qualification. t tv t la the r u l e of appointment in England forms the ex -1)4% in Ireland ; the only Nualification required there t the possession of Orange principles. KIS DAY,) AYES. s after last too 1r large penalties, led a rule to ea', rmation was [mstances. Th e , tber, 1834, w ent 34 bales of be itterdam. Thep one of the bag s bay berries o c ,at,' ax vomiea. u ll , D be full °filo' s made, and the ocnd that the in; these goods were m any place I for having the ty. A i‘jr. TIRED, the rule. rDel liable to a du* f 2s. 6d. per lb' laid. Had t heY ration, the other lan they had O'', lied upon the u o I the Naviga ti ; ) iportation o f tV, rum any Part • „ which Rotterd a , no cireumstanl this country, a° d the Court di? )AY.) rrived the Je° i ! from Berbice, ffilson, and Nig e l from Fayal ; Arrived from 18 rd-bound for the i Übes ; Heel er ' 'enwick, for Vl' and the m0m..., tiver and rema , ' hard Hill, FOS' d the Gazelle, line, Daniel, fret,' loft the Dernier' )unn, from 14el. Sariome, Yaricell' ensamente, ----' -ick Young, 13'e -a Leone ; LTn 1, from Merge,' =bus, Cobb, o°o Id the Sir Niratki nti States, ----, ohn Taylor, ,:f; Andrews, P' .rente. in a N. W. strong anna, Belize, a li st Indies ; and to 001, was driven ° P as driven on shore 3 DAY•) rain this week, alia, itinues without an nand as of late, 35:: and Oats witholP Flour. 9 S. ) (o'3. 4,360 sac .' r. he trade was some BE OFFA s. d. to!, 2 4 - 2 6 , 3 4 1 4 0 4 3 0 4 4 e 4 A „ v gs each) 10 U 14 SIE NT. ditto 1 ditto 'ethers I FiS lARKETS. s d. to d i or 67 2 ing ti 4 .3 0 ' 4 0 i " 6 • 4 JAY). O' CL t • for the ACC O ; , 11 1; the sanle '° 14; India Band s, 55fr 256 i. el s Bonds have b e now 484; 511 Colombian, co-and-a-Half P" Spain's Speen 4 , was of a most tye provement in tween Lord A P ..n t a ; ting the EroPer the Reelau: r e his intentions !rid. 'AST 01 0. ' o f hat the Q u eeo ed, although 't Ist by telegrap h ating during th e that the know' r § s of the Qtle e ;s the Bulls bec' t4B ; at B a re ad, hourly ex peed as may be qunte,a; ; Omnium, dia Bonds, 2 of, 'hree per c e t ," a ll di two and a'm O'CLO Cir*, Government 0 '" n of the nell t 1; 0 branches of t 1, silk, and flay omplete reteio aat there ar e , • ghley, BiegZ )yed in weanin the vic'''ss employed i% O; yed in 27 raw. ( l istrict eroPig f e a , cture.-110 If the Bra.dl se steadily,. t ,0 e ncement or t j ,, imes per we e d :a has lately in : a standard vf, : l„ r i terature, , of this %Teo'''. t last, the 11 " li e to turn UP I 'd any degree 1 Fri day, t ' s tn brought uP ti A 'e shillings a s in that par' an unusua , ce of the larO )m St. Pet Their carg° e, immense. T , are consider" , A sail of ul ° thstanding tb' enerally, not °ULOGNE BACHELOR'S BALLS. s, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 444 1 " -Having re-copied from the Morning Chronicle a it tt dent grossly maligning our conduct, we request as an °f justice your insertion of the accompanying refutation. We are, Sir, your obedient Servants, For the Stewards of the late Bachelor's Balls, (Signed) J. C. SYMONS. on Col. L. (the individual excluded) with the expression of this determination, together with a letter designed to explain the circumstances. Our friends having conferred with Cap tain Gronow, the second of Col. L., and failing to arrive at any adjustment, the affair was, at Captain G.'s request, referred to the arrangement of seven French and English Gentlemen of the highst respectability and honor (five of whom were married men and consequently not subscribers to the ball), and who kindly consented to act, and accordingly approved the re solution of the Stewards as satisfactory to the honor of both par ties, and which being accepted by Col. L. terminated the affair. We have received from the other party concerned, a formal acknowledgment that the statement contained in your columns is incorrect, and that nothing occurred which could, in the slightest degree, affect our honour in the misunderstanding we Have alluded to. We are at liberty to show this document to any one who feels the slightest curiosity on the subject, but from motives of delicacy we refrain from publishing it. The assertion of your correspondent that upon demanding an explanation of the Committee he ( Colonel L.) was re ferred from one to the other, each in turn excusing himself, and making liberal profession of respect, &c., to the Colonel— is a deliberate, groundless, and malignant falsehood. The charge upon us of extreme youth, though equally un true, is inoffensive, and was probably uttered simply from a love of lying ; whilst our position in society and family con nections render us perfectly indifferent to the opinion of an anonymous scribbler. But whilst individually concerned, we might have treated your correspondent with mere contempt, we cannot but recollect, that the respectable portion even of the female society of this place, has been long and frequently assailed by the malevolence of cowardly slanderers, to whom the columns of the London press have (as on the present occasion) been most culpably accessible ; and to whose venom they alone give importance, and render obnoxious to the peace of society. Bearing this in mind, we feel that we should be remiss in the discharge of a high moral and social duty were we to pass unnoticed the present attack on our character and conduct ; or to forego our best endeavours to detect its author, and inflict on him such chastisement, as every honourable man desires to see bestowed on the liar and the coward. , We beg to subscribe ourselves, your very obedient servants, ROBERT C. CARTER, A. G. DE PREVILLE, E. DU SOLIER, J. C. SYMONS. Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nov. 16, 1835. NORWICH-MODESTY OF THE TOWN-CLERK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The Members of our Corporation who belong to what is termed the Market Committee, met a dad• or two since to audit the accounts, after which it is usual for these gentlemen to have a dinner ; and, as a matter of courtesy, they invite the Town Clerk and Chamberlain. The former gentleman accepted the invitation, and yes terday when his yearly bill against the Committee was examined, it appeared that he had the extraordinary modesty to charge a fee of .six shillings and eightpence for attending the Committee at dinner Your obedient servant, Norwich,, Nov. 19, 1835. BRISTOL. X. Y. Z. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia—l have this moment read a list of . the names of eighteen highly respectable gentlemen who attended the dinner given to Lord John Russell, handed you by " A Merchant of Bristol." Why he should have omitted a single name of the 450 that dined with him I cannot imagine, as the whole were men of respectability and' character. I have hastily set down the names of a few other gentlemen known to myself, of equal respectability and property to those mentioned by him. I should have preferred handing you the whole list, if time had permitted ; -but this, in ad _ _ lition to the " Merchant of Bristol's" list, will be sufficient o prove the falsehood of the assertions in the letter of Beta" in the Times of Friday last. I am, Sir, Nov. 18. A LOVER OF TRUTH. Richard Ash, Esq.—A gentleman of large independent fortune. John Addington, Esq.—Ditto, ditto. Messrs. Richard Bligh and James Brown—Partners in one of the largest wholesale linen houses in Bristol. Mr. J. T. Ball—A highly respectable maltster and hop-dealer. B. Belcher, Esq.—lndependent gentleman. Mr. Thomat Carlisle—Wholesale warehouseman of large con-. nections. M e ssrs. W. H. Castle and T. Rees—Extensive brewers. Joseph Coates, Esq.—Gentleman of fortune. Messrs. Thomas Drake and John Drake—Tanners of the largest extent. Messrs. R. Fiske and J. Wills—Extensive wholesale grocers. Mr. G. Gerard—Corn. factor. Messrs. W. Harwood and W. Harwood, jun.—Extensive wholesale grocers. F. Halliday, Esq.—lndependent gentleman. Mr. W. Hier—Sugar-refiner. Mr. J. W. Hodgetts—Wholesale ironmonger. Messrs. W. Johnson and H. Johnson—Oil-merchants. John Keene, Esq.—lndependent gentleman. Mr. J. W. May—Corn-factor. Mr. S. Mereweather—Wholesale fruiterer. Milford, Esq.—lndependent gentleman. Mr. 11. Morgan—Brewer. Mr. H. Pritchard—Oil-merchant. H. Proctor, Esq.—lndependent gentleman. Mr. T. Rankin—Wine-merchant. Messrs. E. Ransford and E. Ransford, jun.—Hat-manufac- turer3. Mr. C. Read—Wine-merchant. Richard Ricketts, Esq.—Gentleman of large fortune. Alfred Ricketts, Esq.—Ditto ditto. Mr. Opie Staite—Brewer. W. Tothill, Esq.—Gentleman of fortune. Mr. Harman Visgar—Orchill-manufacturer. Mr. S. Waring—Merchant. J. Wade, Esq.—lndependent gentleman. R. P. Williams, Esq.—Ditto ditto. MEDICAL MEN.-Dr. Lomax, Dr. Williams, Joseph Lans downe, Esq., James Prowse, Esq., E. Humphage, Esq., and F. Terrell, Esq. ATTORNEYS.-J. Livett, Esq., J. P. Hinton, Esq., G. P. Hinton, Esq., W. P. Hartley, Esq., E. Rankin, Esq., C. Savery, Esq., Brooke Smith, Esq., Francis Short, Esq., S. S. Wayte, and J. Wason, Esq. Colonel Jerrard and Captain kaquil. EARL MULGRAVE.-It being understood that his Excellency was approaching Cuslaeridall, on Tuesday, the 27th ultimo, numbers from the town and from the neigh bouring glens, both Protestants and Catholics;assembled on Glenariff shore, and received his Excellency with enthu siastic signs of respect and affection.—Freeman's Journal. The Right Hon. C. Tennyson, M.P., continues to suffer from indisposition, at his seat, Bayons Manor. Property considerably exceeding 150,0001. has been left by the late W. Tyler, Esq., steward to the Earl of Egremont ; 50,0001. is bequeathed to the "sole will and dis posal of his sister, Mrs. Gould, and nearly the whole of the residue to her sons and daughters. O'CONNELL NATIONAL FUND FOR 1835.—The sum raised in this city has amounted already to about 8501., and will be increased by the returns from the parishes in its immediate vicinity, in a few days, to 1,0001., being nearly double the amount of the contribution of the last year.—Cork Reporter. THE BISHOP OF DERRY.-011 Sunday week, Bishop Ponsonby acted as one of the collectors, at the open ing of the new, Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the City of Derry. Such conduct as this, forms a most gratifying con trast with that of the intolerants of Dalkeith and Paisley. Died, on the 17th instant, at the Pavilion, Hans place, after a protracted illness, the Hon. Lady Charlotte Denys, only sister to the last two Earls of Pomfret, in the 69th year of her age. THAMES TUNNEL.-LYesterday Redschid Bey, .Ambassador from the Sublime Porte to Paris, accompanied by Mahomed Nourri Effendi, Minister of the Sublime Porte to this country, visited the Thames Tunnel. They , examined minutely the works, and entered the shield, with which they expressed their astonishment at the security afforded by it to the miners under the bed of the river. The erection of the new shield is proceeding satisfactorily. Poo it LAWS.—We are glad to find that the City Commission Grand Jury have declared in favour of the in troduction of a system of Poor, Laws into this country, for the protection of the aged, the infirm, and the able-bodied who cannot obtain a livelihood by labour and eirployment in the existing order of things.—Freenzan's Journal. GRAND ATLANTIC RAILWAY .--A preparatory meeting was held in Dublin on Saturday, relative to the proposed line of railway through the counties of Meath, Westmeath, Longford, Roscommon, and Mayo to Blacksod and Broadhouse harbousr, with a branch from Tulsk, by Tuam into Galway. PROJECTED NORTHERN RAILROAD.—A meet ing was held at Navan, on Wednesday last, relative to the Northern Railroad, to change the coast line originally in tended, to that of an inland line—the Marquis Conyngham in the chair. RAILROAD FROM EXETER TO BARNSTAPLE.— The shares for the Bristol and Exeter Railway having been filled, a meeting was held on Wednesday, to consider the propriety of carrying the railway from Exeter to Barnstaple. DERRY, AND THE TAMWORTH HYPOCRITE.— There is, it seems, a cogent reason why Sir Surface should take leave, for 'a week, of his characteristic cunning, and throw himself boldly, for that period, into the arms of the Rodenites. Mr. George Dawson wants a seat in the House of Commons, and it would be desirable, by all means, to reinstate him in Derry. This, we are told, is the hidden motive of the proposed invitation to his brother-in-law.— .Freentan's Journal. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO SIR FRANCIS FBEELING.—The idea of marking, by some memorial, the respect for Sir Francis Freeling, Bart., Secretary to the Post-office, appears, by communication w . th each other, to have floated in the minds of several functionaries of the Post office ; it remained only to be mentioned to receive the warm and cordial approbation of all consulted. Under TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. NI 1r.... 0UT attention has been directed to an article inserted in 14, e olurfins of the 13th inst., and thence re - copied into the of o „ It t journals of England, containing a false representation itt„o h l conduct as Stewards to the late Bachelor's balls, and utri e 7 m :zersing our character as men of honour and Ahi l i . coted at a meeting of the Subscribers to the Balls, to Ivitl e i l,TheY themselves issued invitations, we were vested alone 'ue Power usually assigned of excluding improper cbarac- S i Having exec uted the functions of an office arduous and of t heaszint in no ordinary measure, to the general satisfaction o lvri c 1 !0 int ereste d i n i ts di sc h arge , we can readily afford to kitte"oat one ti c k e t, ou t 0f350, which ought to have been ad- Itie rlt (l ) Was refused in the haste and pressure of other arrange ' whe n presente d f or s i gna t ur e, at a late hour of the day Alich th e l ast b a ll was given. Stele apology or satisfaction was demanded of the two English te , ,., ards, in consequence of which a meeting of the four indi rtis was convene d o n the following day, when so far from \‘ , ll vl dually shrinki n g from the responsibility of our joint act , caninaously agrecd to remain in this, Qs in all other cases, c 0 cart and together, and deputed two Gentlemen to wait THE SUN, LONDON - , FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1835. such circumstances, a meeting of the heads of the various departments was held on Thursday the 12th inst.,—pre sent, G. R. Huddlestone, Esq. ; Thomas Lawrence, Esq. ; George Louis, Esq. ; Charles Newton, Esq. ; M. •B. Peacock, Esq. ; Thomas Ross, Esq. ; Robert Smith, Esq. ; Daniel Stow, Esq. ; and C. D. Wagstaff, Esq., at which the following resolutions were then severally proposed and adopted :—" That the memorial to be pre sented should consist of plate as an heir-loom." " That a Committee of three gentlemen, the chairman being one, be appointed." " Mr. Peacock and Mr. Stow appointed by lists of two names handed in by each gentleman present." Proposed by Mr. Smith, and seconded by Mr. Stow, " that Mr. Louis and Mr. • Peacock should be appointed joint treasurers, and that an account be opened in their names at Messrs. Childs, bankers, Fleet-street." Proposed by Mr. Peacock, and seconded by Mr. Ross, " That an immediate subscription be opened." The party then sepa rated.—illorning Paper. The Marquis of Lansdowne, besides allowing an equivalent for all improvements made on his Irish estates, takes off 25 per cent. from the present rental.—Freeman's Journal. DEVONPORT.—It is pretty generally understood that Devonport will petition for a Municipal Charter, ex clusive of Plymouth.—Dorset Chronicle. The sum of 4001., to be paid by a musical firm to the compoger of the opera of the Siege of Rochelle, is said to be contingent on its running forty nights. Last night it reached its 19th representation. Mr. Wilson's engagement is understood to have been originally for five weeks only, as principal tenor in the opera. Miss Shirreff, who has ac quired much histrionic fame by her performance of Clara de Rosemberg, will be the heroine of the forthcoming new opera, the Bronze Horse. DEVIZES ELECTION.---The Reformers should be reminded that by the statute of sth and 6th William IV., c. 36, sec. 2, passed the 25th of August last, the time of taking the poll in boroughs at contested elections is limited to one day only. The polling to commence at eight o'clock in the morning, and to be kept open till four in the after noon. Devizes will be the first borough under this new law. • IRISH YEOMANRY.—The Secretary at War has announced that a gratuity of one month's pay for eighteen months of service will be granted to the permanent ser geants and drummers of Irish Yeomanry who were in pay on 31st March, 1834. The arm's of those corps will be now ordered into store, and the whole establishment ex tinguished, much to the benefit of the public peace. ANCESTORS.—The number of ancestors a person has is astonishing at first sight ; at first two parents ; in the second four, the parents of his father and mother ; in the third eight, the parents of his two grandfathers and two grandmothers ; by the same rate of progression, 1,024 in the tenth ; and at the 20th degree, or at the distance of 20 generations, every person has above 1,000,000 ancestors, as common arithmetic will demonstrate. We are requested to state that the result of the meeting of the creditors of Mr. Chambers, the late banker in Bond-street, at the Opera-house, on Wednesday, was a unanimous resolution to adopt an arrangement with Mr. Chambers, which has for its object the conclusion of a litigation carried on for ten years, and the immediate reali zation of Mr. Chambers' property, and its division amongst the creditors. Commons often disturb the more grave deliberations of the Lords. But it is'on an important division that the Stentorian capabilities of the Commons are heard to most advantage. I have often heard the triumphant party give such rounds of applause on the Speaker's announcing the numbers, as literally made the ears of Hon. Members ring again. When Sir Robert Peel was last Session defeated on the Church Appropriation question, such was the exultation of the liberal party, that some of them, not content with hur raing at the top of their voice, actually took off their hats and whirled them in the air.—Random Recollections in the Muse of Commons. We have learned with sincere pleasure that the sen tence of transportation upon Captain Dickinson, of the Madras army, has, upon a representation to the highest authority of all the circumstances, been remitted. This cannot fail to give satisfaction to the friends of Captain Dickinson, as well as to his brother Officers, by whom he was much esteemed. . At the tithe-audit of the Rev. Mr. Stretfield, vicar .of East Ham, he (the vicar) invited his parishioners to dine with him, when, unsolicited, he returned them five per cent. on the amount of their tithe, having made a very con siderable reduction the previous year. Such good acts ought to gain publicity. TUNBRIDGE WELL S .—Notwithstanding the ad vanced period of the year, when it is customary for nearly the whole of our fashionable visiters to leave us, either for the sea coast or metropolis, we can still boast this year of many distinguished residents—amongst whom are the Earl of Ripon, at Boyne House ; Lady M. Bentinck, Olden burgh House ; Sir William and Lady Hutchinson, W el lington-place ; Lady Dampier, Calverley-place ; Lady and Miss Brisbane ; Sir Robert, Lady, and Miss Milnes, Grove-hill ; Lady and the Misses Keane, Dudley House ; Sir John and Lady Hamilton and family, Mount Sion ; Mrs. Admiral Hardymaa ; Mr. and Mrs. Morier ; Mrs. Inglis, &c. An inquest was held on Saturday, at the Sussex Hotel, touching the death of Lieutenant-Colonel McLachlan, of the Royal Artillery. It appeared that the deceased died from the rupture of a vessel near the heart, in a fit of coughing, whilst in a confectioner's shop on the parade. A verdict was returned of " Died by the visitation of God." Civic WlT.—Since the election of Mr. Sheriff Salomons, the City wags say there are three Gogs in Guild hall--Gog, Magog, and Syna-gogue. _ On Saturday night last some persons broke into Sir Stratford Canning's residence at St. Leonard's, where they set out supper, and having regaled themselves with all they could find, afterwards departed with the fragments.— BrightOn Gazette. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Tuesday last; as Captain Robert Baillie was taking a fence while hunting with the Duke of Buccleuch's hounds, his horse unfortunately made a false slip, and bolting head foremost into the ditch on the other side, broke its neck in the fall. The noble animal died almost immediately.' We are happy to learn that its gallant rider fortunately escaped unhurt.—Caledonian Mercury. A Box Poznanski, the Polish violinist, has just returned from Paris, where he had the honour of playing before Louis Phillippe, at his Majesty's own request, and afterwards gave a public concert. On being asked by a friend what he bad cleared by his concert, his witty and laconic reply was " my pockets." A waterspout of unusual magnitude was the grand magnet of attraction to the Cockney gazers at Mar gate one day last week. It burst over the cliffs, to the great astonishment and alarm of the starers at this pheno menon. LES MILLIONAIRES.—His Majesty 'King Louis Phillippe is said to be the richest private individual in Europe. The Rothschilds, it is supposed, could at a week's notice realize four millions, but the Citizen King could command eleven millions. Hannah More once expressed a wonder to Dr. Johnson, that the poet who had written " Paradise Lost," should write such poor sonnets. The Doctor's reply was, that " Milton was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock, but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones." Wednesday morning a boy employed in the flock mills belonging to Mr. Nutt, of Cleveland--street, Fitzroy square, having incautiously approached too near part of the machinery, which is worked by steam, he was drawn within the wheels, and his body was literally torn to pieces. Half an hour elapsed' before he could be extracted, and the poor fellow died about three minutes afterwards. The Lieutenant-Governorship of Carlisle, which has become vacant by the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Farquharson, late of the 42d, will, it is understood, not be filled, according to the recommendation of the Parliamen tary Committee on Military Establishments and Garrisons. Lieutenant-General Hon. J. Ramsay retains the Governor ship of Carlisle. Letters from Kiel state that the interview between the Emperor Nicholas and Lord Durham at Kiew was very short and cold. The report which the Ambassador will have to make to his Court can only encourage the per severance of Lord Palmerston and the British Parliament. —Constitutionnel. _ The wife of an Irish labourer, residing in Grey hound-court, Saffron-hill, was yesterday delivered of three children, one girl and two boys, who, as well as the mother, are doing well. In a gale of wind, a few days since, in the Bristol Channel, the brig Blessing, of Swansea, Tidbolt, master, came in contact with a schooner, which immediately went down, and all on board perished, excepting the mate, who fortunately leaped on board the Blessing. The brig after wards carried away her bowsprit, and became so distressed that she got on shore at the back of Peterain Point, but her crew took to the boat and were saved. The stock of sugar in the principal ports of the kingdom is said to be nearly 25,000 hhds. less than at the corresponding period of the last year. PAY FOR SPORT.—We learn that a few days since, as the Rector of Donegore was indulging himself in the pastoral recreations of the chase, his horse was taken from him and sent to the pound, for trespass, by a parishioner, who said, though he did not wish to prevent others from hunting over his property, he was determined, as the Rector compelled him to pay tithe, that his Reverence should pay him for trespass.—Northern Whig. CONSUMPTION OF FOOD IN LONDON,—Of the quantity of cattle sold in Smithfield market we have the most accurate returns, and find that, during the last twelve months, the numbers were 156,000 beasts, 21,000 calves, 1,500,000 sheep, and 20,000 pigs. This does not, how. ever, by any means form the Total consumed in London, as large quantities of meat in carcases, particularly pork, are daily brought from the counties around the metropolis. The total value of cattle sold in Smithfield annually is calculated at 8,500,0001. It ,is supposed that 1,000,0001. a year is expended in fruits and vegetables. The consumption of wheat amounts to 1,000,000 quarters annually ; of this 4-shts are supposed to be made into bread, being a consumption of 64,000,000 quartern loaves every year in the metropolis alone. The annual consumption of butter in London amounts to about 11,000 tons, and that of cheese to 13,000 tons. The money paid annually for milk is supposed to amount to 1,250,0001. The quantity of poultry annually consumed in London is supposed to cost between 70,0001. and 80,000/. that of game depends upon the plentifulness of the season. There is nothing, however, more surprising than the sale of rabbits ; one salesman in Leadenhall-market, during a con siderable portion of the year, is said to have sold 14,000 rabbits weekly. The following is a statement of the naval forces that the different Powers have at this moment at the various stations of the Levant :—France has 1 ship of the line, 1 frigate, 7 other vessels ; total 9. England 5 ships of the line, 5 frigates, 7 others ; total 17. Russia will soon have 6 ships of the line, 4 frigates, 2 others ; total 12. Austria 1 frigate, 3 others ; total 4. Egypt 6 ships of the line, 4 frigates, 12 others ; total 22. Turkey 1 ship of the line, 5 frigates, 6 others at Tripoli, and 16 vessels of different rates off Albania ; total 28. This makes nearly 100 ships of war. To these may be added some vessels fitting out by Sardinia and Genoa. The Burgess Lists at Weymouth present a roll of near six hundred names, from which it is anticipated many will be deducted when the revision takes place, and many added which have been omitted. A canvassing has com menced, and it is expected there will be numerous candi dates for civic honours as well as for civic emoluments, pro vided by the Municipal Reform Act.—Sherborne Journal. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 17, 1835.—Arrived the James Watt steamer, Jamieson, commander, from Corunna, which she left on Thursday, the 12th, where she landed 15,000 stand of arms and ammunition. The country was very tranquil in the vicinity of Corunna, where little commerce at present exists. This place is made head-quarters for the Gallician volunteers. They are raising 12,000 in that province as their proportion of the levy of 100,000. The men come in from the country in high spirits. The people repose great confidence in the continuance of aid from Eng land. The French man-of-war Jean d' Arc was towed out of Corunna harbour, and went to sea on the 11th instant. The James Watt proceeds to-morrow for London, where she is expected to be freighted with clothing, &c., for Spain. She brings no passengers. Yesterday afternoon, between the hours of three and four o'clock, as a man in the employ of Messrs. Jones, Ri dout, and Co., of Friday-street, Cheapside, was riding on the shafts of a waggon he was driving along the Commer cial-road, he fell off, and before he could scramble out of the way, the hind and fore wheel passed over both his thighs, crushing the bones in a most dreadful manner. The poor fellow was taken up and placed on a litter, and con veyed to the London Hospital in the most excruciating agonies. It is feared that amputation of both limbs will be absolutely necessary. A whale was recently washed on the domain of Sir Thomas Gooch, at Benacre, Suffolk. It was so much de composed that it was difficult to determine to what species it belonged. Sir Thomas collected the perfect cranium, with the connecting upper and lower jaws, the vertebrae, and a few of the ribs, and placed them in his pleasure ground at Benacre-hall, for the investigation of the naturalist. RUSSIA AND THE OTTOMAN PORTE.—A re markable proof has lately come to our knowledge of the subjection in which the Ottoman Porte is held by Russia ; and as we do notnemember to have seen the anecdote in print, we shall relate it here. The entrance of the Bos phorus from the Black Sea is defended by two forts, which having fallen into decay, it was proposed in the 'Divan that they should be again placed in a state of defence, upon which one of the Ministers represented that such a step might be regarded as an act of hostility to Russia, and that it would certainly be displeasing to that power. This suggestion called forth the anger of the Sultan, who,;re minding his officious servant that he, and not the Russian Emperor, was the ruler of Turkey, ordered the works, which it was estimated would cost about 20,0001. sterling, to proceed forthwith. No sooner, however, had the Rus sian Ambassador learned what was in contemplation, than, alarmed at this unwonted manifestation of independence, he represented to the Sultan that the finances of the Porte were not in a condition to warrant so large an expenditure. We are unable to state the nature of the Sultan's reply— but the forts have never to this hour been repaired.— Brighton Gazette. CAPE CA.vEm.---A gentleman, residing on the Coombe, at Dublin, summoned a female neighbour of his for illegally detaining a small dog, which he alleged was his property, but which the lady insisted as strenuously belonged to herself. The respondent appeared in the board-room with the disputed animal in her arms, covered up with the folds of her cloak. i She cross-examined the complainant at considerable length as to the age and marks of the beast ; after which she extricated the dog from his hiding place, threw him triumphantly on the floor, and re ferred with much confidence the matter to the decision of the bye-standers. However all her rhetoric proved unavail ing, for after a protracted investigation the dog was awarded to the complainant, as the man who had originally made him a present of the animal appeared as a witness in his favour, and deposed to that effect. JUSTICE.—We lately called attention to the reward offered by the Lord Lieutenant for the apprehension of the miscreants concerned in the wrecking of the houses of a number of Roman Catholics in the parish of Killyman, county Tyrone. The Standard, the authorized Gazette of the Peel-Wellington Ministry, does not hesitate to pro nounce this " a most infamous proclamation." Hear this, Catholic Ireland—hear it, all you who love justice and a fair administration of the law—and thank Heaven that the Orange and Tory faction no longer possesses the power of misgoverning Ireland. Let it never be forgotten that the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan—the itinerant moun tebank, who has been crusading through Great Britain for nine or ten mouths past—is the Rector of Killyman, where the aforesaid wreckers were guilty of the atrocities which upon the report of the Earl Of Caledon and the local ma gistracy, the Lord Lieutenant sought to punish by what the Tory organ calls " a most wicked and infamous procla mation."—Waterford Chronicle. LORD STOWELL.—(From the Newcastle Journal.) —ln a paragraph copied from a London print, which we inserted in our paper last week, it was stated that " Lord Stowell entered his 92d year on Thursday week, on which occasion the Earl of Eldon came from his seat at Encombe to spend his birthday with his brother, as usual, at Early .Court." There is a small error in this statement, which we are enabled to correct ; the venerable Peer entered his 91st year only at the recent anniversary of his birthday, when he completed the 90th year of his age, having been born in or about the month of October in the memorable year 1745, when the rebellion in Scotland broke out. There are some circumstances connected with his birth of so curious and almost romantic a nature, in an hiitorical point of view, that we think our readers will not be dis pleased with a short narrative of them. At the period alluded to (1745) the whole country, particularly in the north, was in the greatest state of alarm, and the approach of the rebels to Newcastle Was almost daily expected ; the town walls were planted with cannon, and the gates closed and fortified, and every practicable measure adopted to withstand a siege ; and many of the inhabitants, who had the means, retired into the country. Mrs. Scott (mother of Lord Stowell) was at this time far advanced in pregnancy, and the family were very desirous to have - her removed out of the town, but egress, in any common way, was next to impossible ; their residence was in Love-lane, a narrow street adjoining to the public quay, and the town-wall, at An unusual large quantity of fine codfish have been caught along the coast at Littlehampton during the last fortnight, and sold at unprecedentedly low prices. This plentiful supply is attributed to an improved method of taking them, which has been introduced into this part by some Coast Guard men who have come up from distant places on the coast in the West of England. Last Saturday evening, or early on Sunday morn ing., a most melancholy occurrence, attended with serious loss of life, took place about the seventh lock of the Grand Canal. As a family, whose names, we have understood , were Geraghty, were proceeding home to Clondalkin in a car, upon which was placed a barrel of beer, the horse in . the vehicle walked into the canal at the above place, and all the passengers, five in number, were drowned. There were two young pei§ons, and - three adults ; amongst the latter were some women. The horse was also lost. The unfortunate circumstance was first discovered by the fact of the barrel of beer having been noticed floating in the canal. —Dublin Freeman's Journal. STENTORIAN CAPABILITIES OF TIIE MEM BEr.s.—I have spoken of the noise and confusion that often prevail in the House when a fourth or fifth-rate speaker is addressing it. When a popular Member belonging to either party is on his legS, he again is sure, especially if speaking on a party question, to be applauded to the echo by those who hold the same principles as himself. For example, Sir Robert Peel may at all times rely on the vociferous ap plause of the Tories ; Lord John Russell on that of the Whigs ; and Mr. O'Connell on that of the Radical or Movement party. In applauding their respective favour ites, Hon. Membe rs g i ve full play to their lungs. Their cheers are sometimes deafening in the House, and are often distinctly heard at a great distance from it. In the new Hollses, which are near each other, the cheers given in the that time, ran along the quay, between Love-lane and the river Tyne. In this emergency it was contrived to have some sort of a basket, in which Mrs. Scott was to be placed, and let down from the top of the wall, on the out side, to the quay, where a boat was in readiness to receive her, and by which she was conveyed down the river to Heworth, a village about four miles below Newcastle, but on the south side of the river Tyne, and in the county of Durham ; she arrived at Heworth in perfect safety, and shortly afterwards was there delivered of twins, a son, named William (Lord Stowell), and a daughter, named Barbara. The two children were christened at All Saints Church, Newcastle, on the 15th of October, 1745, and the entry in the register book is as follows :—" Baptized in October; "•N. 18th—William and Barbara, twins of William Scott, Hoastman. Certify'd by the Rev. Mr. Leonard Rumncy, Curate of Jarro and Hewortb, oc casioned by the present rebellion." TITHES.—We have just heard that Mr. Rea of Ballycoen, near Tagoat, has been thrown into prison, un der an attachment from the Court of Exchequer for tithes, at the suit of the Rev. Mr. Elrington. It appears that there are twenty-three similar attachments out against as many individuals in Mr. Rea's small parish, who hourly expect to share with poor Rea the horrors and damp of the dungeon. Well, the modern representatives of apostolic meekness and self-denial may torture the body, but never can break down the honest resolve of an injured and op pressed people, to suffer death rather than acquiesce in the propriety of paying an iniquitous, blood stained and anti christian impost.—Western Independent. HAYDN AND THE ENGLISH NAVAL CAPTAIN. —During his stay in London, a Captain of the navy came to him one morning, and asked him to compose a march for some troops he had on board, offering him thirty guineas for his trouble, but requiring it to be done immediately, as the vessel was to sail next day for Calcutta. As soon as the Captain was gone, Haydn sat down to the piano -forte, and the march was ready in a few minutes. Feeling some scru ple at getting his money so very easily, Haydn wrote two other marches, intending first to give the Captain his choice, and then to make him a present of all the three as a return for his liberality. Next morning the Captain returned, and asked for his march. " Here it is," said the composer. The Captain asked to hear him on the piano-forte, and hav ing done so, laid down the thirty guineas, pocketed the march, and walked away. Haydn tried to stop him, but in vain—the march was very good. " But I have written two others," cried Haydn, " which are better ; hear them, and take your choice." " I like the first very well, and that is enough," answered the Captain, pursuing his way down stairs. Haydn followed, crying out, " But I make you a present of them." " I won't have them !" roared the seaman, with a nautical asseveration, and bolted out at the street door. Haydn, determined not to be outdone, has tened to the Exchange, and discovering the name of the ship and her commander, sent the marches on board with a polite note, which the Captain, surmising its contents, sent back unopened. Haydn tore the marches into a thousand pieces, and never forgot this liberal English humourist as long as he lived.—Hogarth's Musical History. MONEY MARKET.—(Thursday Evening.) The extension of business by the London and Westminster Bank, which is about to open branches in different parts of the town, and even in the suburbs, is thought likely to lead to important changes in the state of banking in the metro polis, though much doubt is entertained whether they will be attended with any great practical benefit either to the parties concerned.or to the pv.blic. They can only expect to become for a short time the depositories - of the floating circulation of the neighbourhoods in which the banks are placed, without acquiring any large balances, on which the profit of banking principally depends. They may become lenders, too, to some extent to the tradesmen in their re spective districts, and at a good rate of interest ; but in this the risk, from the difficulty o ascertaining the state of cre dit, would necessarily be very considerable. Mere profit, therefore, can scarcely be, in the first instance, the object of the Company in question_ Hence there is an impression that it is power rather than profit which the directors have in view. Though the prospe et is a distant one, they probably conceive that whenever the time shall arrive for another negotiation for a charter bet wieen the Bank of England and the Government, they may be enabled, by these and other means, by the extension or their business and well esta blishing themselves in public: confidence, to acquire influ ence sufficient to prevent :another charter from being granted: The experiment be watched mean time with some curiosity by the moniied interest generally. About 520,000/. stock was again purchased to-day on account of West India disputed claims,. at 91-g- to 9 ; but, notwith standing that this makes ab o•ut 1,000,000/. sterling which has been laid out. within the last eight days, no advance took place in Consols, but, on the contrary, as soon as the investments were effected th tey fell f per cent. The large amount of Omnium recently- converted into stock, with a view of receiving the discoui it, appears now to be coming upon the market whenever e ilk opportunity occurs to dispose of it with advantage. This was the only cause assigned to-day for the want of inf Lue.nce on Consols from these transactions. The quantity of Omnium remaining out being comparatively small, 1 iargains to any extent are sel dom transacted in it, but bu siness was done to-day at 38 to 4 premium, the closing quot at ion.-21foriting Paper. Last week the lace fact oi .y belonging to Mr. Miller, in Barnstaple, was broken bat o, and property to a very con siderable amount wantonly it ijured, by cutting at least se veral hundreds, if not thous:al ds of yards, of expensive silk, blond, and cotton lace, whicl ► were on the rollers of the machines, in process of ma nufacture ; and not only the finished article, but the thr(3a ds and warp were also cut to pieces, thus, for a time, th ro wing above forty hands out of work, besides the loss to the• -proprietor, even if the lace be at all reparable. The work i• a, .ide seems to have been carried on with much deliberation,, as the lace and warp on each of the machines on the floor, an nounting to thirty-one in num ber, were mangled in a sim ili ►r way. No clue to the detec tion of the person or pen ions has hitherto been obtained. Mr. Miller has offered a r( 3V ;ard of 501.—Dorset Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY 1 k::FFAIR,--OR Monday morn ing, considerable excitem( m t was caused in the neighbour hood of St. Saviour's, by a report that two persons had either been poisoned, or poisoned themselves. The fol lowing are all that we 'were able to learn last even ing :--It appears that a Pr ench gentleman, named Marin, called on tome persons near St. Saviour's, and stated that a young lady was lying dead in a field close by. On accom panying the gentleman to ti le spot pointed out, the state ment was found but too true ! The deceased was instantly removed to the nearest hour ; and Mr. Marin, apparently much distressed, was led to his home by one of the wit nesses of the strange affair. The Constable of St. Helier's being applied to, quickly repaired to the lodgings of Mr. Marin, who stated than on Saturday evening, about eight o'clock, he left St. H clier's, accompanied by Miss Bethell. He had previousi y taken the precaution to pro cure some laudanum from ; several druggists. They had then both swallowed aqt ntity, and had gone into the country where they remainedl all night ; but seeing the poi son did not operate, he hat)/ left her in the field, and pro ceeded to town on Sunday in. orning;', when he procured an additional quantity of laudam gym, together with a little ar senic. On returning to the 1 ady, they took the laudanum and part of the arsenic at dif 6 :rent times. In the course of the night, Miss Bethell ex; ?i red ; but Marin, having vo mited several times, found si ength sufficient to enable him to walk to the nearest house, and procure assistance, as be fore stated. The Constab hs, we understand, had Marin taken to prison, on learnin g the particulars here detailed. A Coroner's Inquest will b 'e held on the body of Miss Be thel' some time to-day.--J( 7sey Argus. SCENES IN THE HOL ESE.—I shall allude to only one more scene of this kin(' I. It occurred towards the_elose of last session. An Hon. 3 Member, whose name I suppress, rose amidst the most tren icndous uproar, to address the House. He spoke, and was received, as nearly as the confusion enabled me to j' idge, as follows :—" I rise, Sir (ironical cheers, mingled w ith all sorts of zoological sounds) —I rise, Sir, for the pu rpo; 3e of stating that I have— (' Oh ! oh !" Bah!' and , sot Inds resembling the bleating of a sheep, mingled wit h la, ad laughter.) Hon. Gentle men may endeavour to rut nit down by their unmannerly interruptions, but I have: a .y to perform to my con-- (ironical cheers, loud coughing sneezing, and yawning ex tended to an incredible lergth; followed by bursts of laugh ter.) I say, Sir, I have .con st ituents, who on this occasion expect that I--(cries 4)f S.,hould sit down,' and shouts of laughter.) They expect, Sir, that on a question of such importance—(` ind loud laughter, followed by cries of Order, order,' froi n the Speaker.) I tell Hon. Gentlemen, who choose to conduct themselves in such a way, that lam not to be put down by—(groans, coughs, sneezings, hems, and variou s animal sounds, some of which closely imitated the yelping of a dog and the squeaking of a pig, interspersed with pea is of laughter.) I appeal-- eCock-e-leeri-o-co !' The imitation, in this case, of the crowing of a cock was so remarkably good, that not even the most staid and order] .y Members in the House could preserve their gravity. The laughter which followed drowned the Speaker's , cries of (‘ Order ! order !') I say , Sir, this is most unbec' ) fl i n g co nduct on the part of an assembly calling itself dc Bow-wow-wow,' and bursts of laughter.) Sir, may as k, have Hon. Gentlemen, who can--(' Mew-mew,' at d renewed laughter.) Sir, I claim the protection of thr, C h a i r . (The Speaker here again rose and called me - . ' Or der ! order!' in a loud and angry tone, on which th.e uproar in some measure subsided.) if Hon. Gentlemen. Ivill only • allow Inc to make one observa tion, I will not trespass further on their attention, but sit down at once. (This was followed by the most tremend9us cheering in earnest.) I mly beg to say, Sir, that I think this a most dangerous an d unconstitutional measure, and will therefore vote against :it." The Hon. Gentleman then resumed his scat amidst d e t ifening applause.—Random Re collectious of the House 0,1 Sommon.:. MR. HUME. (Further extracts from " Random Recollections of the llMise • of Commons.") At the head of the country liberal party stands Mr. Hume. He is entitled to be first noticed, both on account of his being the representative of the most important county (Middlesex) in the country, and also on account of his great influence with Reformers in all parts of the land. Fl is, in person, about the middle size, and of a stout and firm make. There is a tendency to corpulency about him. He is a man of great physical strength, and can endure an incredible amoutit of fatigue. He thinks nothing, as I have elsewhere said, of sitting for weeks and months in succes sion, in the House, almost from the time of its meeting till the adjournment, to.say nothing of the number of speeches he delivers,—of which I shall have to speak presently. The only occasion on Which I ever heard hiM particularly complain of exhaustion, was at the clOse of the contest for Middlesex in the beginning of the present year. He then confessed he was fairly " done up ;," and added, that he would not again encounter the same anxiety of mind, and undergo the same amount of physical exertion, as he did on those two days, for 20,000/. And no one, acquainted with the circumstances, need wonder at the observation ; for in the first place, he was quite unprepared for such a struggle. He never dreamed that his opponents had been moving heaven and earth, for weeks previously, to oust him, and that they had succeeded in gaining over to their side a great many of those who had formerly proved his staunchest friends. In the second plane, his committee had misunder stood each other, as to some important steps which should have been taken to insure his return,—the consequence of which was that the first day his opponent was several hundreds a-head of him on the poll. This of course doubled his anxiety Xll that night and next day as to the result—an anxiety which very nearly approximated to despair. In the third place, the season was the middle of winter, and after being kept a groat part of each night with his com mittees at different places, he had to drive in breathless haste through the day, fro& one polling station to another, where he was, as soon after the close of each day's poll as possible, obliged to address the electors at considerable length, and with all the strength of lungs lie possessed. When I say that for eight or ten days before, he had been . almost constantly employed in addressing large assemblages of the electors and non-electors of Middlesex, it will at once be seen that to speak so often and at so many different places during the two days of the election, as he had occa sion to do, was no easy task. All circumstances considered, the mental exertion and bodily fatigue which Mr. Hume underwent at the last election for Middlesex, were such as might have shaken the nerves of the strongest minded man, and tried the most Herculean constitution. It is no wonder, therefore, if he should have shrunk back at the bare con templation of other two such days I have said that in person Mr. Hume is of a stout and firm make. He is short-necked, and his head is one of the largest I have seen. , His hair, which is dark brown, mixed with grey, is always long and busby ; his face is fat and round, and his complexion has that rough yet healthy-like aspect which is so common among gentlemen farmers. He is beginning to get slightly furrowed with wrinkles. The impression which Mr. Hume's physiognomy invariably creates in the mind of a stranger, is that of a man of strong nerves and great determination of purpose. This is exactly his character. He is quite impervious to ridicule or sar casm. He cares not what quantity of abuse—however virulent in quality—may be heaped on him. All the ridi cule, nay, all the calumny in the world, will not divert him from his purpose, if satisfied in his own mind it is a com mendable one. And as it is impossible for his enemies to force or frighten him out of any course he intends to pursue, so, in the infinite majority of cases, it is a most difficult matter for his friends to persuade him from it. There is not a man of purer motives or greater integrity in the House ; but his self-willed disposition has occasionally done mischief to the cause he has so much at heart, and in more than one instance perilled its success—at least for a time— altogether. While giving him the fullest credit for un bounded zeal in the cause of the people, and for the purity of his intentions, it must be clear to every reflecting per son, that bad be persisted in bringing forward either of the motions of which he gave notice soon after the beginning of last session—a vote of want of confidence in the Peel Ministry, or for stepping the supplies—the effect would most certainly have been to defeat the objects of his own party. It was with the greatest difficulty, and not without the most urgent solicitation from the most influential men of all classes of Reformers, that he was prevailed on to re linquish his intention. I know of no man who has more improved as a speaker than Mr. Hume. He is a striking instance of what may be accomplished in this way by mere dint of perseverance. When he first entered Parliament, which was in 1818 or 1819—I do not recollect which—he was one of the worst speakers in the .House. •He not only stammered at every fourth or fifth sentence, but his lan guage was in the worst possible taste. It often outraged not only all the acknowledged principles of English gram mar, but his sentences were often left unfinished. Now, however, without any pretensions to beinc , a first-rate speaker, Mr. Hume acquits himself, when addressing the House, in a highly creditable manner. He speaks with much ease, and always expresses his thoughts with great clearness and propriety ; often with considerable vigour bf language. His style is not polished or flowery. Though celebrated all the world over for his love of figures of arith metic, I never yet knew him use a figure of rhetoric in any of the innumerable speeches I have heard him make.. On the other hand, I may state, that I scarcely ever knew him make a speech of any length, into which he did not intro duce a greater or less number of arithmetical figures. He takes a pounds, shillings, and pence view of almost every subject. Mr. Hume's voice is strong and clear ; its tones have occasionally something musical about them. If, instead of allowing himself to fall into a monotonous way of speaking, he had carefully cultivated the natural capabi lities of his voice, so as to modulate it according to the subject, I am satisfied he would have been a much more effective speaker than he is. His gesticulation cannot be said to be graceful ; neither is it awkward. When he intends making a speech of some length, he carefully lays his hat, which is always full of papers, on the seat close to the spot on which he was sit ting, and exhibits, as he rises, one or more Parliamentary Papers, most probably connected with the " estimates," rolled up and firmly grasped by his right hand. With these papers, so closely rolled up as to have the appearance of a solid piece of matter, he often, in the course of his speech, strikes the palm of his left hand with sonic force. If he is sa,ing, or imagines he is saying, something particularly good, he stretches out his right arm to its full length, and whirls the roll of paper with considerable energy in the air. When he intends to be brief in his addresses to the House, he does not trouble himself about the locality of his hat, and seldom takes any papers in his band, unless he intends to read something to the House, when he uses an eye glass. His gesture on such occasions chiefly consists in gently raising and lowering both his arms at the same time, very much in the way a person working at a double-handed saw does. When lie rises again, to give an explanation of a personal nature, Mr. Hume always puts his hat under his left arm, that part of it into which his head goes front ing honourable members on the other side of the House. In such cases he . uses no gesture at all ; he stands stock still. H. 8., the celebrated political caricaturist, (rave a most graphic sketch of him with his hat under his left arm, as explaining, when called on for that purpose by Sir Robert I'eel, in April last, what he meant when he charged Sir Robert with acting dishonourably in the course he was then pursuing. In almost all Mr. Hume's low -, speeches, he repeatedly intimates that he is about to conclude long before he does so ; sometimes, perhaps, before he has got half through his address. The only symptom that can be depended on of his being about to resume his seat, is that of his givincr glance to his hat. He always concludes in two or three sentences sentences after he has done that . I think I am within the mark when I say, that Mr. Hume speaks more in the course of a session than any other three members put together. He takes part in almost every discussion that arises in the House ; and when the House is in Committee, and he has the right of speaking as often as he pleases, he addresses it with a frequency which would appear incredible to those who have not witnessed it.. On one occasion, in May last, when the Miscellaneous Esti mates were under consideration, he spoke no fewer than forty times in one night. He is not a man of very superior talents ; but. every thing he says is characterized by strong good sense. If he never gives utterance to any thing brilliant, he never de scends below mediocrity. He is well-informed on matters of general polities. His memory is very tenacious. He is of an easy and agreeable temper. I neve': yet knew him, notwithstanding the loads of the coarsest per sonal abuse I have seen heaped on him, lose his temper. He acts on the scriptural rule of not rendering evn for evil, or returning railing for railing. It is principhs and measures, not persons, that he attacks. He has been of great service in advancing the popular cause. His zeal and exertions on behalf of that cause are almost as great out of the House as in it. Nothing but the most robust con stitution could have stood the labours and fatigues he has undergone in the cause of civil and religious libei.ty. In his dress Mr. Hume is always plain. He usually wears a blue coat. During last session, he chiefly wore a tartan waistcoat and light-coloured cassitnere trowsers. Ilis waist coat is always double-breasted, and is usually close but, toned up to his chin. lie is in his fifty-eighth year ; butt from his healthy appearance and strong constitution—tbu , !. more surprising as he resided for many years in India- - joined to his temperate habits, there is every reason to 1r , e ,. lieve that he may live for a long period to come.