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r I." . , 1835. we cannot bestowed ; with the n the con- it is CO' t solicitous !ination, or iffier in no ons of other ,acing then' deemed hy )rmance, 1 0 e ask, in all Lights --- and—t° do o f a lady's anecdote a! the hear t? gment of a s aught but iced by the , mperor n—it has 0 ;ban bad the the relation de Castilian' nola 101 0111f' YORKSHIRE ELECTION. WAKEFIELD, WEDNESDAY. The interest occasioned by the election here is intense. solte.Partjsans of both parties are doing their utmost. All of rumou rs were afloat yesterday and this morning, tki n gst others that 5,000 men were coming from Leeds, t„, a ,;erY Party anticipat e d a r i o t. M r . W or tley has been ulYPelted at some places —not the best mode of exhibit r: ° Pinion, certainly : still it is clear that the feeling of the i l Z a facturing p art o f t h e population i s very strong aga i ns t hiy 'rhe sup porters of Mr. Wortley now ma i nta i n t h a t Great are b e tt er t h an t h ey h ave hi t h er t o g i v en out. beet s influence has been quietly erted in his behalf, the moat of which cannot but be t felt ; pe still it is the opinion of w.i:t well-informed persons here that Lord Morpeth must ', and , hY a very considerable majority. The polling will 11 11 131 ,ace on Monday and Tuesday, and the declaration on dist ant, ilua Y• Some of the pollinr , places are about 70 miles Pi ii The constituency is Sout 16,000 in number. t o ttr ±s morning the nomination took place. At ten o'clock tilstige c oncourse of persons had assembled in front of the n i mnA , gs , exhibiti ng the respective colours of the different dates.ki The usual accompaniment of bands, banners 4 ~,P,i ' acards was a l so to be seen. " Morpet h an d R e f orm " F and Peace to Ireland"—" Morpeth, the "IC of Oppressed"----" Civil and Religious Liberty" 44 Clerical Legislation" —were among the most promi- With °f ,the mottoes exhibited on the " Orange side ; while f ! . ne " Blue" party, " Wortley and independence ts lint air hearing for both sides"—" Party politics ruin the " s e i ve 7, and a variety of other devices presented them m sufficient pl en t y . O w i ng t o th e politeness of Mr. 'ideci ll f' the Under -Sheriff, every accommodation was pro tide 4° ae Court-1 the reporters. The hustina.s were erected at tbe str ee i:house, and commanded a view own the 4104, through which th e processions, or rather the proces -1,0,d Mr. Wortley came with little show, approached. ls g b2erPeth arrived on horseback, with a cocked hat in Which h e a f terwar d s wore ; h e wa s greeted with kitl l -48tie cheers, which were renewed on his appearance the j Platf orm. The whole area of t h e open space aroun d to t „.° ll rt-hou se , as we ll as t h e street l ea di ng t o it f rom th e oftli tuatee-rooms, was completely crowded ; and the roofs of buildings were also covered. The num great Persons assembled amounted to at least 12,000 ; the I '''ainrity ofwhom exhibited the insignia of Lord tPetla. The Sheriff Writ, ahA "ellify HENRY ROUNDELL, Esq., having read the 1: e - ,i".,,,the usual formalities having been gone through, path . m .,",vill:roN then came forward to propose Lord Mor- Ithi e l — " after stating the importance of the object for tp re ,7, elector s were assem bled on the present occasion, Ora n . -Be ' his hope th a t th os e who composed the ocean of him ° e, and those who composed the section of blue before tivrT -11 d, in spit e o f th e i r great differences of opinion, all o i d idir, patient, and impartial hearing to whomsoever a del% P r esent himself to their notice. They were met in the 'ative cha rac t er , t o determine upon the merits of th ey es Pective can did ates , an d if th ey re f use d that hearing, 114 w euld lose that character of a deliberative assembly Ita r . 4l 4Ba tb arae the character of an assembly carried away by of ~feeling le and instigated by passion. He must th onfr e l ye, before he proceeded further, to remark that he keet °4 i t would b e muc h better to banish from such a Iltita t i f! as the pre s e n t anything savouring at all of im -},TI of moti ves , and refusing to allow that one IkPe l l6, l °w , ever opposed in opinion to another, may be that ,„1, 3 7 the same earnest and upright desire to do ). kin t ",,gich to him might seem proper.—(Cheers.) He ktl e :, s ° observe that he did think there had been some °fl l l, - ',.that feeling evinced on the part of the opponents top e d 410 ble Friend.--(Cries of " No, no !") Well he 411 413 t ; but he could not avoid saying, that when he ,hir ar d, or r ea d i n bl ac k an d w hite, imputations upon t iv es of his Noble Friend, in reference to the view lat e „..ue took o f certa i n quest i ons d ee ply a ff ec ting the laeC ts of this m i g ht y em pi re , it did seem to him that 44 8 n 'p ah utations w ere not quite in the spirit of fair aby and candour. It was not necessary for him to attempt fa n . i e lutation o f t h ose i mpu t a ti ons ; th e y might draw a atati ll h fer e i nce as to his Noble Friend's motives, from the the (1 ; which he occupied, and the stake which he had in atki l e , - , ur itY• Two grounds of objection had been urged to t i. 3l " e that N o bl e Ind i v i dua l —one, t h at h e was an enemy , a "girn fanner ; and the other, that his recent acceptance of lii te _P f ertant and laborious office in the State had deprived h is .e qualification for representing them Parliament.. * ere t ew Well, from experience, that their opponents the T r e.clently in the habit of taking to themselves f ake - c ent of an exclusive friendship for the British tonk e f'„and an exclusive will to do them good. But p ‘ 4I S be shown to be the case ? How was it to 411 ed k is ved ? By professions broken and promises unful the Y a constant reco unting of the difficulties in which rae o i ltish farmer was placed ? Under what, gentle- BntUnder the present Corn Laws ?—(Laughter.) th e An the same breath in which they said that Which Laws w ere totally ineffective for the object (le e i 'I had been proposed they should attain, they A nd that th e y wou ld no t a lt er th em . —(Cheers.) Whiere let hi m a ll u d e to another po i nt, b y t h e use o f ,L 1 their opponents had endeavoured to conciliate the dwill of the electors—h e meant the question of the Nal of the M a lt-t ax . T hey made professions and long eches beforehand, an d w h en they went into Parliament said as little as they could, and broke their often- Pe ated promis es . H e w i s h e d, then, to know which of e t WO men to be proposed to th em they would choose to 481:Zesent them.—(Cries of " Morpeth, be is the man for lie feebly o p pose d b y " N o , no .") Th e conduct o f hi s e ie b le Friend in Parliament, in objecting to grant them k ki re peal of the Malt-tax, had been most unfairly used tl list him on the present occasion, but he was confi nt that the electors would do their duty nobly. As Fri a e ,objecti on w hi c h h a d b een urge d aga i ns t hi s N o bl e 4 4 11 Q, on th e score o f hi s h av i ng accepte d a hi g h an d , g aunt offi ce , an d b e i ng th us prec l u d e d f rom g i v ing slit noon to the great interests of this mighty con- CeY, he wou ld as k, did G e ntlemen remember 1807 ? ke nt "` Was th e case then ? They had sent into Parlia °lle ~ n.lan barely twenty-one years of age, with only eas n , — Nutor, to represent the interests of the whole tet,„.. l of Yorkshire—(A cry of " Oh, you will never F m t, , ) that !"—the allusion of Lord Alilton applying to aase r al e r , ---to represent the town in which they were now Drel le ;,.' e . , as well as many others, which then had no re 'ePr Seated of their own. The West Riding was then r eePr e e —nte d by two-thirds of the services of one county t kit sentative, and by ten Members for the most unimpor- Il arli Plae es in the wh o le Riding. They had sent him to ‘ek re a ,ment in d ays i n w hi c h th e name of Reform was stittlwe'Y whispered ; and in which the party which now con ._te-er'eolthe opposition brought against his Noble Friend's nt e , t : ‘ e n , were in the Isabit of telling them that the repre lltlenCe system of this country was perfect—and, conse that the West-Riding required no further repre letif°,n• He held, however, that all the prejudices which agai n , ueen attempted to raise in the minds of the people lit ipw their favourite, would be of no avail against the tan ie ". and tri e d mer it s o f hi s Noble Friend. He no the last p o i n t t o w hich it was necessary he shouiei v du t i es His Noble Friend had been selected to fulfil the he °' One of the most responsible offices of the State — Cee a d been selected to go to Ireland by the King—(" By s Wer e d ell ' you mean," from the Blue party, who were an- Wh en °Y chee rs f rom th e Orange.) He was sorry that fan , is su ch an appointment had been made of _ a taxes'' \ ° -- -(a voice from the crowd, " Refused to pay the !fie 1.-.ll e was sorry that its mere mention should have f t.he 'e m - 2, c .rY which he was satisfied, from the appearance of loth was not in unison with the feelings of the ma- L e . 3 ' of those who composed it. When they hear of office tat Conferred on a man who was firmly resolved to work tn, ',ue cause of peace in Ireland until the bayonet was that into a ploughshare—( Loud cheering)—he was satis co„`"at if they reflected on that point for one minute, and grated the several excellent appointments which had the h ., ll -P l ace, they would acknowledge that foremost among Zim excellen ce s t oo d the appointment of Lord Morpeth. Cheers.) They all knew his private worth, and the un almil integrity of hi s c haracter in private life ; and they di tn i n " ; , he was convinced, feel that that worth could not be I'di e j: i ted7 or that character be in any way less estimable clad; b ' t assumed a public form. He begged leave to con l - 'M e " "Y Proposing the Right Hon. W. Howard, commonly t e ,, r ci Lord Viscount Morpeth, as a fit and proper person yk in 11:;rieisae,,,nt the West Riding of the county of or k r ui_ent. 1 , 1: W ALKER seconded the nomination of Lord Morpeth. 80;" Hon. W. S. LASCELLES proposed, and Mr. TROMP -Becended, the nomination of Mr. Stuart Wortley.—No , e r candid ate b eing propose d , Wi t r r d MORPETH then came forward, and was received Iv: e nthusiastic cheers. Gentlemen, electors of the elie st Ri ding, in presenting myself to this mighty meeting, o l eal and momentous as the occas i on i s o n which it is settibled, and the struggle on which it would seem we are ac tually about t o en t er , though this is the first time n.. t p o attar pti:osin.this plac e I h ave f oun d an op I opponent, and seen the t og e standards unf ur l e d for conflict, yet do venture myself that several circumstances have combined imp n der it l ess i ncum b ent on me than I have sometimes a n ined it wou ld b e, to trou bl e so l arge an d numerous an ten:i nce at any protracted length. In the first place, aria men ' lam not new to you.—(Cheers, and some chi e f °' " No, we have had you too long.") Indeed, . my 'tor th . d an.ger seems to m e to lie in my excessive staleness ; ';vitl ) i ) ., lBls my fifth appeal to the constituency of Yorks hire fivesub years that I and it is only three months ago w itted t o t h em from this place a statemen t o f my gene- Steed,slitical principl es an d con duct, To that statement I to do so now revert, because I have no reason otil t he electors of this Riding have changed their d opi lu'i--which I feel convinced they have not change any re *Lau I have changed mine.--qClieffs.) All tha I , 0 0 0 vs the much f r the ,eading o beo , /a erobi c 00 Id an elli „.:biec This v oi su cces s r e vorl I"°3 his abriclieoe toi . s l oue. 1 15' , 9, 1 E ; O r yrSAc -5 C.,- se. f „ Of l‘h-r aes l ' ' ; ‘ : 1 on 616 Ar •litens ive )n. irlie t ,verY in 3111 1 ° 51. : 4 0 1 ha ve gne `l pOli Cie SCr ! ‘v bleC t Of of t h r e is Sti s t he ea bef°' c corice i c a ,4 ' De of gi litY .ty or inegae aild' 1 5 ate law. be of CO o l s r lil a uthor 0f ,•d's. r l s t 'ol l3 ' `llO D art' • ce, /' rao ios 05 Co•,; :r joP c il d to ` t ion NO i t c hat tly _g ri 4 a pe rflef il bi a e li c u t of need explain must be limited to that short interval which has elapsed since I had the honour of becoming the object of your choice, and therefore in a prominent degree to the part which I bore in the opposition to the Government of Sir R. Peel, and to my acceptance of office (under " O'Connell" from the crowd)—under the Government of Lord Mel bourne.—(Cries of " O'Connell you mean," which were an swered by loud cheers.) But I have had an opportunity of detailing my votes and my motives of action on these points, both at the outset here in Wakefield and subse quently during a canvass through the other portions of the , Riding, beyond all precedent extensive and varied. And here, gentlemen, let me appeal to the manner in which I have been received as a proof that I shall retain your confidence. I have been, as it is well known through the wide limits of this Riding, among all varieties of toil, scenery, and occupations.—(Laughter.) I have been in agricultural districts among meadows and corn fields--(Laughter)--of which I had been told that I should not be so welcome there as in large and po pulous towns ; but I have only to say that I found both interests striving to outdo each other in the cor diality of their welcome. Let me appeal to the na ture of the welcome which has attended my steps—to the favour of the crowds which have poured out in all the streets, no less than to the kindly and honest greetings of the hills—to the large groups that gathered every where on my way, and to that which constituted the chief attraction of the whole—not the fluttering, gaudy banners, and the sound of inspiriting music—(Laughter from the Blue party), for I know that in these respects our oppo nents sometimes vie with us, and occasionally surpass us— but that which gave the real zest, life, and lustre to the whole—the associated consent and approval of a united and hearty population.—(Loud cheering.) I will venture to assert, that my recent Parliamentary conduct, and espe cially my acceptance of office—(" Under O'Connell," from the crowd) —has not been—l distinctly repeat, has not been unpopular with the great body of my constituents. Every fact, however, is disputed, and we are now told that there is a re-action in the country. A re-action ? If there has been any, it has been from comparative quiescence into vigorous exertion—from carelessness un der Tory aggression, to an organized resistance to Tory rule. Gentlemen, I own that I think it a fortunate cir cumstance, in the present struggle, not only to recipro cate to those gentlemen who immediately preceded me (for one of whom I need give no assurance of my undi minished friendship and affection) the courteous and kindly feelings which they have expressed towards me, but also that I have, in my fellow-candidate, one whose personal good qualities and blameless private life have long riveted my esteem. But as my Hon. Opponent and Friend has been so advised, stepping out of that sphere in which I should be the first to render him every homage, as to make this incursion into the West Riding of Yorkshire, I can only say that while I hope he may long live to ornament it with his presence, and benefit it by his residence, it is to its representation that I dispute his admission. I say, gen tlemen, that we must contrive to convince him—(A cry of " You can't do it," answered by " We will, though")— that he inherits the destiny as well as the name of the Stuarts.—(Loud cheering, and a partial cry of " Shame.") If some of you think there is anything shameful in that expression, you are very hard to please. We must, I say, tell him that he is a pretender, and that he has no rightful title to the seat which he seeks to fill ; and we must invite him, with all due politeness, to return to the Scottish fast nesses from whence he has in an unadvised hour made his descent upon our broader territory. (Laughter and cheering.) Gentlemen, the worthy seconder of my fel low-candidate, descending from generalities, has asked me whether the present Factory Bill has been of benefit to the masters and operatives of this country ? Am I to understand that he recommends the Ten- hour Bill, which ✓ I understand to be that which was most in favour with the operatives of the Riding at the time that the question was first agitated? The worthy elector also asked me, whether the Poor-Law Bill had been of use or credit to the country ? Why, Gentlemen, you heard the proposer of my Noble Friend state distinctly that he was identified with the Government of Sir Robert Peel ; and we all know that in Sir R. Peel the Poor-Law Bill found a steady and persevering supporter. The worthy elector also asked me whether the measure referring to the Marriage of Dissenters had been of benefit to the Dissen ters in particular, and to the community at large? It would be strange if it had been of benefit to them ; for that mea sure has never yet been passed into a law.—(Much laughter.) I trust, however, that we shall grow wise as we live, and that after comparing the two measures hitherto brought forward on this subject, the present Government will be able to introduce a measure which shall put on a basis satisfactory to all this most complicated question, and give in this, as in other matters, full and adequate relief to the body of Protestant Dissenters. Now, Gentlemen, I address myself to another point. In the course of the long canvassing tour which I have made of late, I have found myself to be the victim of several aspersions, some of which I think not wholly calculated to run current in such a well-informed and central quarter as this, but suited rather to those remote corners and retired glens in which they have been left ingeniously to lurk. I have to thank my Noble Friend who proposed me, for replying satisfactorily to some of them ; the rest seem mainly to be resolved into a belief of my being a creature of Mr. O'Con nell—(Cries of "So you are !")—and a friend—unduly a friend to the Roman Catholic faith. Now, first, with respect to Mr. O'Connell, who, though an eminent Catholic, is not the Pope, and with whom, therefore, the holding of any in tercourse is not yet a regular indictable offence by statute— (laughter)—l must really tell you, gentlemen, that I should not look on it as an evil, considering the present state of Ireland, if the powerful influence of any man who could wield it should be exerted on the side of order, good go vernment, and peace— (Some expressions of dissent, with a cry of " The death's head and cross bones.") I suppose that that interruption must come from enemies to order, good government, and peace.—(Cheers.) I know, however, that in the instance here referred to, that influence was not courted by any unworthy confidence, or any improper mea sure ; and if, gentlemen, possessing such influence should be of that dangerous character which some take such de light in painting it, I say that the best means of counter action lie—not in raising a hollow and senseless cry—not in fanning the bygone bigotry of darker days—but in re moving those deep•seated causes which give to the power we deny all its inordinate substance, and all its dangerous activity. Again, at some places it was said that I myself had become a Roman Catholic. I see you do not think that a charge which need be very gravely met. I can as sure you that it is not my wish to speak disrespectfully of the religious tenets of any part of my countrymen ; and I freely and fairly say, that while I am not prepared to join in all that indiscriminate and unsparing abuse (which some seem to think constitutes the sum of Christian charity), against a Church which, whatever may be its faults and errors, has given divines to be a light to the world, and formularies to be a guide to devotion, I yet must admit that there is much in it from which I deeply and radically dissent. So far as my own individual concern with it lies, I should ever endeavour, with all the energy of the conviction of truth, to give my utmost efforts in behalf of the cause of religion—that honest cause ; but the State must act for the benefit of all, and endeavour in the justest way possible to reconcile past ap propriations and arrangements with the pressing exigencies to which the present state of society gives birth. On the question now immediately at issue, r e specting the appro priation of any sinecure or surplus revenues the Irish Church to purposes of general religious and moral educa tion, I do not so much feel myself called on to enter into that, because I have scrupulously explained my views on that point. On this point depended that vital question which the House of Commons had to decide between Sir R. Peel and Lord J. Rnssell, and to this question alone I shall be content to leave the issue of the conflict between Air. Wortley and myself. The present state and futurepros pects of Ireland—that country with which my official duties must so much connect me, present a wide field upon which to expatiate on this occasion ; but I shall not delay you very long upon that point." The Noble Lord here proceeded to draw a picture of the prosperity of Yorkshire, and extent of its industry, as exhibited in its " forges gleaming in the most unfrequented glens," and other outward signs ; and then observed that he could not help reflecting that there was a land perhaps even more profusely gifted with every natural capacity of making her inhabitants wealthy, enterprising, industrious, and happy. It possessed a fine climate, a rich soil, spacious rivers, noble lakes, accessible harbours, and an excellent people, endowed by nature with high advan tages ; yet the beauty of that land had been marred by bad government, by the misery and crimes of men, and those who had been famed for so much excellence, had been but too often the actors of savage anarchy and unrepented bloodshed. The inference followed, that by a steady per severance in a course of just, impartial, kindly, and conci liating policy, by a redress of oppressive grievances, and a mitigation of conflicting distempers, we may succeed in in troducing a better order of things, with charity, repose, and tranquillity. And what are the attendants in their wake ?—a progressive growth of industry, and extension of capital. Ireland might then be what Yorkshire now was, and to that high consummation Yorkshire was now largely contributing.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was Yorkshire that sent out his Noble Friend Lord Mulgrave, whose happy fate it bad been to introduce the great mea sure of Negro Emancipation into Jamaica, and whose for tune it would now be to effect a scarcely less desirable mea sure in Ireland. What he now asked for the electors was, to associate with that Noble Lord, himself, as an humble, but zealous, devoted, and disinterested assistant. " The time is now come," continued the Noble Lord, " not for words but for actions. Gentlemen, what the issue of the show of hands may be to-day it might be presumptuous in me to prophecy, but it is Opt difficult to surmise. Gentle- men, if, after the exhibition of popular feeling, which I be lieve will meet them in the show of hands, our opponents have so far screwed up their courage as to go to poll, why then, viewing the matter calmly and dispassionately, I should regret that those who honour me with support, should be occasioned any expense by any proceeding on my part. But putting aside these prudential considerations, I . can tell our opponents, that viewing it as a struggle of principle, I quite pant for the conflict. Gentlemen, we have not wanting great incentives on our side ; the ap pearance and accent of my Noble Friend who proposed suggest those hereditary recollections of triumph which must occur at the mention of the name of Milton.—(Great cheering.) In every election occasioned by the change in the Government, the cause of good and economical Govern ment has hitherto met with uniform success. Manchester, the commercial capital of this part of England, wafts to you its stirring echoes. As to South Devonshire, I understand that a majority of 300 already gives happy omen of the re turn of that tried friend of civil and religious liberty, Lord John Russell.—(Cheers.) Why, then, gentleman, shall the emphatic voice of the West Riding of Yorkshire, so often the stronghold of freedom, be wanting to swell the general gale with a note more loud and commanding than the rest ? I draw other conclusions from this splendid assembly, from all these tokens of welcome, and from the blaze of colour around me. I leave my cause in your good and friendly keeping. You have not failed me yet ; you will not fail me now. You have not deserted the cause of Reform and Liberal opinions before ; you will not turn your backs on it now. I take my leave of you, confident that your exer tions will secure to us—first, victory, and then repose. Mr. WORTLEY came forward amidst loud groans and faint cheers. He said—Gentlemen and fellow-men of the West Riding of Yorkshire, last in the proceedings of the day, it has become my duty to present myself before you ; and I trust that I shall be permitted to take that step without appearing liable to the imputation of a descent up on my native Riding, which my noble Friend seems inclined to impute to me—(Cheers and hisses)--for I am proud to say, that whatever may be the claims of my Noble Friend upon the confidence of the meeting ; yet I think I can truly say, I can vie with hits at least in the closeness of my con nexion with the interests of this county.—(Hisses and cheers.) It was sufficient to overpower any man, to find himself called upon to appear before such a multitude as that he now addressed ; but on this occasion, although he felt sensibly his situation—(a laugh)—he felt that the cir cumstances were admirably calculated to impress upon that man's mind who was candidate for the representation of such an extensive district, the importance of the trust which he sought should be reposed in him. He felt the prouder also in standing before them, because he observed the peaceable, orderly, and ra tional demeanour which characterised the stupendous multitude ; and there was no need that he should add to the manly appeal of his Noble Friend, as the Noble Lord who proposed the other candidate permitted him to call him, as he was conscious that although there were many present who dissented from his opinions, yet he would have a fair hearing. It might be considered unavailing, after he had so repeatedly declared those opinions in the course of his canvass, to detain the present assembly long by a detail of what he had so frequently expressed ; but he was there to discharge a public duty, and he considered it imperative to state the grounds upon which he claimed their confidence, lest he should be misunderstood ; he should therefore trespass shortly upon them, in order to as sist the constituency he addressed in forming a judgment between his Noble Friend and himself, and in what he would say he wished to be understood that he did not seek to impute motives to any individual, as had been similarly observed by the proposer of his Noble Friend, who knew that he had no disposition of that description, and more espe cially towards him ; but he would not disguise the fact, nor hesitate to place it before the electors, that his Noble Friend attended here as connected with the Government which had been raised to its present post by the assistance of men against whose aggressions it was his ardent wish to rouse his countrymen.—(Cheers and disapprobation.) To the Noble Lord, personally, he attached no part of the blame which he attached to his position ; but it was a fact which he would use in the present instance, that he (Lord Morpeth) and his associates, had been raised to their present situations by those whom he believed to be their bitterest enemies. His Noble Friend had on previous occasions met him with two objections. First, that he had used the name of O'Connell as a bugbear ; and, secondly, that he had no right to question the character of the majority of the House of Commons, which placed the present Governmenf in office. To the first of these objections, he (Mr. Wort ley) answered that he had a precedent for denouncing O'Connell. He was not the first that denounced the tyrant demagogue of Ireland.—(Great disapprobation and faint cheers.) He had been denounced before, and not by him or his allies, but by the party to which his Noble Friend belonged ; for, in a speech which that man him self a few months ago termed to be bloody and brutal, that very party, when before in power, deemed it so im portant to make the people acquainted with his designs, that they went so far as to denounce him from the mouth of the Sovereign. He, therefore, had a right, of which he could not be divested, to make a similar appeal, to the sympathies of the country.—( Hisses and cheers.) The second objection of his Noble Friend - regarded his right to question the character of the majorities in the House of Commons, because they composed a portion of the Imperial Parliament—he was as sensible of the truth of this as his Noble Friend was, but he would answer him thus—that though he did not arrogate to himself the right to question the authority of the decisions of a Parliamentary majority, yet he had the right, when appealing to the source from which their authority was primarily derived, to urge the people to alter the composition of which he complained. To debate long upon the designs of those men who had effected a political change against the will certainly of the people of England and Scotland would be a waste of words ' • but he could not avoid stating that within the last few day s in that capital for which his Noble Friend was destined-- the man of whom he spoke had presumed to say that it was he who had overpowered the Representatives of England.—. (Groans and cheers.) Perhaps his Noble Friend was not conscious of the utterance of that language ; but he could assure him that the person he had spoken of had, in what he termed the Anti-Tory Association, stated that, in assist ing the present Government to power, he had overwhelmed the English representatives ; and he (Mr. W.) would n ow ask whether his appeal was ill-founded or unjustifiable ? (Hisses and applause.) When he asked those now as sembled, as he had done all others in his canvas through the Riding, whether they, as Englishmen and Protestants, were prepared to sanction the aggressions contemplated against their brethren in another part of the empire, and to further the ends of such individuals he had spoken of— (Loud disapprobation, and faint cheers} —he would main tain again that, no matter what his Noble Friend said to the contrary, this was a point upon which he might appeal to Englishmen and Protestants.—(Renewed groans.) H e would do so, because, although throughout his life he had ever expressed his wishes—his sincere wishes—to extend to all religious persuasions the civil rights to which they were entitled, yet he would resist strenuously, and to the last, the efforts of those who demanded, not an equality of pri vileges, but an appropriation of plunder.—(Groans.) He expressed n himse — lf strongly, but he considered himself justifi able His Noble Friend might say that he proposed simply to appropriate the useless property of the Church to the purposes of education ; but he would an swer in the words of his colleague, Sir J. Hobhouse, who told the people of Nottingham the other day, " That the Government could not last a week unless it conciliated the materials of which the majority of the Commons was com posed," and he would place that side by side with the decla ration of Mr. Sheil, who was one of those who assisted the Noble Lord in accomplishing this innocent appropriation, and he would ask any man of common sense—he would appeal to the people who heard him—was it likely that this oonciliation was to be accomplished by an appropriation to an indifferent education of an imaginary surplus ?—(Groans and cheers.) Would the man to whom he alluded be satisfied with any thing short of an appropriation to Ca tholic purposes—(Disapprobation)—the people throughout those realms will answer the question, and he could not believe that they were unable to see what was an obvious and unavoidable conclusion, that the persons who assisted in placing the present Administration in office, would be satisfied with nothing short of an appropriation to their own ends and objects.—(Groans and cheers.) He would therefore again say, that he was justified in making an appeal to those whose suffrages he sought ; and though his Noble Friend might flatter himself with visions of pacification, and might imagine by his votes and Par liamentary conduct to effect the conciliation talked of, yet b y the rules of comm on r eas o n he can b e answere d, that it will not be effected thus ; and if the object be to pro mote education in Ireland, it was questionable whether the first step to that effect should be a lesson in the art of plunder—this was one broad, intelligible, and distinct prin ciple upon which he had complied with. the applications made to him to undertake the present struggle, and he looked upon it as a struggle in which the population of the empire was vitally interested, and one upon which all eyes were set ; and he had too strong an impression of the loyalty and attachment of the Protestants of the coun try to their national institutions to doubt that in a case like the present ; where they were not called on to inflict any harsh measures upon their Catholic fellow-subjects, they in yy were rul whichdt h riserehatis threatened. Noble Fri o ed pposition to the aggressions with which t Heewn•od,s and alludeuldnow hisownc to another o w tl e ie re r point contrasted. The Nobl e L or d w h o propose d hi m sa id I I had arrogated to myself the title of the " farmer's friend." Lord MILTON said that he merely stated that this was generally done by parties with which he (Mr. Wortley) was connected, Mr. WORTLEY would, therefore, do the Noble Lord FOURTH CONCERT. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1835. THE ANCIENT CONCERTS. justice in assuming that the charge brought against his friends was that of arrogating to themselves the title of the farmer's friends. The Noble Lord talked of arrogating— arrogate was the word used, and he would now ask the as sembly, who had for years arrogated to themselves the mo nopoly of all reform—(Disapprobation and cheers)—he would ask his friends to cast their eyes upon the symbols of hostility displayed everywhere around them, and to read the words inscribed upon those emblems ; were they not " Morpeth and Reform ?" And whilst they were told that no man had a right to approach the precincts of reform but Whigs, his Noble Friend talked of their arrogating to themselves the title of the farmer's friend, a title which he would not reject, because he was the warm friend of his agricultural brethren, and those who had heard his sentiments in the course of his canvass were aware that he had used the same language in every dis trict through which he had passed.--(Cheers from the blue favours.) With regard to the Corn Law question, his opinion simply was, that the manufacturing popu lation were egregiously deluded in their expectations, and would fail to obtain any of those advantages which they hoped from a repeal of them, whilst such a measure would entail ruin upon all connected with the sister interests.—(Hear.) He had endeavoured to explain those views to both parties, and he had not formed them for electioneering purposes ; but after a long and strict ex amination of the subject, he believed that no benefit would arise to the community at large by a repeal of the Corn Laws, whilst it would ensure the destruction and ruin of two-thirds of the property of the country without confer ring any of those benefits which had been so largely pro mised, but which he believed would be so scantily obtained. He had said so much with regard to Reform, and he would now trespass upon the assembly for a few minutes in defen ding his conduct from some aspersions that had been cast upon it in a public print in a neighbouring town. The jour nal he alluded to formed an important portion of the press, and he must, therefore, necessarily consider the mere men tion of his name in that great organ of Whiggery to be a compliment of no mean order ; but he was bound to say that in it not only his name was mentioned, but Parliamen tary documents had been dived into, and his votes and speeches had been canvassed in detail. He, therefore, .thought it to be his business to answer the imputations which accompanied the honour conferred upon him. He had been told that his present conduct was inconsistent with his past, and he had been questioned in his can vas as to whether he was not hostile to the enfran chisement of manufacturing towns, and he had said that he never objected to that portion of the Reform Bill which gave the franchise to Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds. He acknowledged that he voted against the Reform Bill, and this was one of the few, if not the only vote which in the course of his life he had reason to regret.—(Laughter.) He was prepared for their de cision ; but he thought it no disgrace for any man who considered he had acted wrong to acknowledge the fact —and the real fact was that when he gave his vote against the Bill he was not hostile to the principles embodied in it ; but there was another vote of his to which he would refer, although it was not convenient for the publication alluded to to do so, he meant that upon the question of the transfer of the franchise to Birmingham for which he voted, although those with whom he was connected were opposed to it.—(Cheers.) With regard to the Re form Bill, however, he conceived that the main use made of it by his opponents was to draw from it the oppor tunity of asserting that those who had not supported it were not worthy of public confidence, or fit to approach the subject of Reform.—( Cheers.) One great objection he had to the Reform Bill was, the mode in which it was passed ; and he would undertake to say, that it was driven through the Legislature in a manner that was inconsistent with the spirit and practice of the Constitution.—(Great disapprobation.) If to have voted against the Reform Bill was a disqualification, he would not disown his vote given to that effect ; but he would say that it was honestly given, and he believed still that his countrymen were disposed to judge fairly of the principles he avowed ; and he could not for get, though the Whigs were now again in power, the short intervening Administration had done more to con vince the country of its capability to further the cause of Constitutional Reform, than the Reforming Go vernment of three years had done. The former having received the approbation even of those who were disposed to detract from their merits, in directing their energies to all those great subjects of Reform upon which the public mind was bent, he was a hearty friend to the course of those Reforms. The Church was what other human institutions were in some degree—imperfect, and he was prepared to remedy any evils that existed, taking care to protect its substance and establishment from the efforts of those whose object was its destruction. With respect to municipal reform, he was ready to approach it with im partiality, as he had no interest in it. He had seen the report of the Commission on this subject, and he believed that reform was necessary, and he was as ready to ap proach it as his Noble Friend. He left to that Nobleman the exultation which he expressed at the numbers in which his friends had appeared, and which he was aware great pains had been taken to obtain. The experience of elections proved that a show of hands did not ensure suc cess, and he rejoiced to say that at that moment they might boast of some success in a similar instance where a show of hands was with the same party as it would be at present. He gave his Noble Friend the benefit of the parallel, as far as it had gone—and it was likely to be still further pursued—and when the great test arrived, he thought that the case of his Noble Friend would be more nearly that of Lord John Russell than he would wish.—.. (Cheers and groans.) A show of hands was then taken, when the Sheriff de clared that the election had fallen upon Lord Morpeth. Mr. BECKETT DENISON then demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Wortley, and expressed his decided conviction of the certainty of that Gentleman's success. Mr. W. FAWKES felt equally sure of Lord Morpeth's success. The SHERIFF then appointed Monday and Tuesday for the polling days, and Thursday for the declaration. The meeting then adjourned until nine o'clock on Mon day morning. It was calculated that, at the close of the proceedings, there could not be less than forty thousand persons assem bled in the immediate neighbourhood of the hustings. It was expected that some disturbance would have taken place, but every thing went off peaceably. The fourth meeting of this Society was held yesterday evening in the Hanover-square Concert-rooms, under the di rection of the Earl of Cawdor. As long as the Royal and Noble Directors contribute the fatal gift of their services towards the arrangement and selection of the programmes of these performances, so long will they remain a century behind the learning and taste of the day. Madame Stockhausen wasted much neat and perfect execution upon a worthless and silly composition by Perez. Miss Postans degraded her fine voice and capabilities in attempting to get through a long, dull, and tedious scena from the " Giulio Sabino" of Sarti. Mr. Braham, unfortunately, was not in good voice ; and in the character of Cardenio, did such " horrid execution" upon the song " Let the dreadful engines of eternal will," that we were not a little rejoiced to hear the concluding lines, in which the singer bids us " and all the world good night." Mr. Hawkins (who has really a fine voice) was permitted to attempt the song "Jehovah crowned," the melody of which is utterly beyond the compass of his voice, and ought to have been given to a mezzo soprano. Tamburini executed but in differently the song in C minor, from the Orlando of Handel, to which the public have long been familiarized by the per formance of Mr. Phillips, in the well-known adaptation " Wave for wave." The Signor mistook the character of this song— the quiet, equal, and smooth intonation with which Phillips gives it is a far better conception. The orchestra gentlemen were oc cupied in laying open the latent mysteries to be found in the over ture to the occasional oratorio and the second oboe concerto, by Handel. Dr. Forkel, in comparing Handel to Bach, justly observes that much of what the former has written has become antiquated —a necessary consequence attending his yielding to the then fashionable taste of the day in the forms of his melo dies ; and th a t i t i s on l y f rom hi s c h ora l f ugues t h at t hi s great writer can lay claim to immortality. It is truly lamentable to see the least worthy of Handel's compositions usurping the place of the splendid legacies of his genius. With the ex ception of the short duet for the two celli, and the fugue which followed (afterwards published as one of his organ fugues), the whole of the concerto is beneath criticism in the form it now stands. The more pleasant duty remains. Him mell's exquisite and beautiful quartet was admirably sung, and the same may be remarked of the round of Buononcini—the musician who was thrust forward by the Aristocracy of his day as the rival of Handel The composition is melodious, and prettily put together, and was honoured with an unanimous call for its repetition. Later authors have not scrupled to plagiarize its expressions. Madame Stockhausen, in the exe cution of the song from Deborah, and Mr. Phillips, in the performance of the one from Theodora, highly distinguished themselves. The chorusses from Semele, Esther, Theodora, and Deborah, are severally fine specimens of Handel's great resources in this branch of the art, and would have been much better performed had the singers been less vociferous in their exertions. Lord Burghersh, we understand, presides over the next concert, and Miss Kemble is to make her first appearance in public. May we be permitted to inquire if this season is to pass over without the production of a single com position of Sebastian Bach, an author whose works those only under-rate who are ignorant of his profound and sterling merit? His motett in G minor (one of 8) is the greatest effort in vocal writing we are acquainted with, and scarcely one of the profession is to be found who knows it, or indeed any other of this writer's magnificent vocal compositions. There is a wide and marvellous difference of opinion between the Directors of this Institution and those of the Philharmonic Concert. The names of Mozart and Beethoven, it would seem, excite the horror and disgust of the former, in propor tion as they are the delight and veneration of the latter. The performance of the overture to " Cosi fan tutti" of Mozart did not excite the flutter of a concert bill. The sensitive feel ings, however, of the occupants of the Directors' seats were reserved for the secret beauties existing, supposititiously or otherwise, in the long and melancholy recitative emitted by Miss Postans. The room was very well attended. THE BALLOT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin-_I have long been an advocate for the ballot, and the result of the first day's polling for South Devon has strength ened my opinion that without it we cannot have a fair repre sentation. The following may not, at the present time, be altogether out of place. One of the arguments used by the opposers of the ballot is that it will be the means of introduc ing lying and deceit. Being a decided enemy to immorality, I should give some credit to Mr. Tory's opinion if he could convince me of the purity of the present system of voting. Without entering into the detail of his argument, I will briefly contrast voting by ballot with open voting. It is generally agreed that a conscientious politician believes his views of politics to be the best for the country, and his posterity. Upon this supposition I will proceed. A man in open voting is asked by his patron and sole employers for his vote for a cer tain candidate, to whose principles he is di rec tly o pp o sed : he, to keep his footing in society, and out of regard to his help less family, whose support rests on his situation, complies, in opposition to his conscientious views of politics. In this there is one present good, that of supporting his family, and one present evil, deceit and lying in voting against his con science—and one ulterior ev i l, that he, in supporting a man whom he believes to be an enemy to his country, is enslaving his posterity. In the ballot voting a man's vote is also de manded of him by his patron or landlord, for a candidate to whose views of politics he is inimical ; he promises, for the previously stated reasons in open votitg; but when he comes to the poll he gives it according to his conscience. Here is also one present evil, deceit and lying, and one present good, his continuance in his situation and supporting his family, and one ulterior good, that be is not basely injuring his poste rity, but, on the contrary, supporting a man who, according to his views of politics, will be a friend to his country. By this we see two good effects against one evil in ballot voting , and two evil effects to one good in open voting. The cases here stated, with their results, are applicable to the case of either Whig or Tory—applicable to any party that may be base enough to tempt a dependent to degrade himself so far as to vote against his conscience. If ballot voting is neces sary in club-houses and chartered companies, where all are nearly equal, how much more so where wealth and power are brought in direct opposition with a tax and rate-burthened population ? Your constant Reader, AN ELECTOR OF LAMBETH. SOUTH DEVON ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir—l yesterday recorded my vote at Kingsbridge, in fa vour of Lord John Russell, and soon afterwards took my de parture for Loudon. From what I have seen and heard I have no doubt but that the Tory candidate will prove suc cessful. Throughout the county the walls were marked with " No Russell," " No Popery," and similar epithets ; and bills charg ing Lord John with almost everything that is evil, were ex tensively circulated. Reports were also afloat calculated to frighten the electors of South Devon, and induce them to believe that Lord John would establish Popery, with all its train of persecuting hor rors ; but this bugbear to frighten the good people of South Devon is nothing compared to the tyranny exercised by the Tory landholders and parish priests over their tenants and pa rishioners. It is notorious that multitudes of landlords gave their tenants the option of voting contrary to conscience, or the sacrifice of their families, by quitting their estates. Hundreds, it is supposed, yielded to the claims of their families, and large numbers, known to be decided Liberals, voted for the Tory candidate, to save their families from ruin. A farmer, with tears in his eyes, came to solicit my advice under these circumstances. I hesitated as to the advice I should give, when he paused, and then exclaimed in an agony of desperation—" I am determined to do my duty and await the consequences." I could not but admire his patriotism. Is it right that men and their families should be placed in this dilemma ? I have ever been opposed to the ballot, but unless some other remedy can be found, from what the last few days have shewn me, I am convinced of its utility. I have seen flocks of poor tenants driven to the polling place like negro slaves to the market ; the squire and parish priest in their carriages, leading ; the poor tenants of the parish fol lowing ; and livery servants bringing ,up the cavalcade, like whippers-in, to see that none escaped. Is this freedom of election ? Can it be endured much longer ? Either let the country be given up to the aristocracy and parsons, or protect the tenants from worse than slavery. I hope the defeat in Devon will produce a remedy for this horrible evil. _ ......___..... I am, Sir, yours respectfully, Eastcheap, Tuesday Evening, May 5. R. PEEK. SWANSEA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I beg to inform you that a public meeting has been held in Swansea, convened by our Portreeve, in compliance with a very numerous and respectable requisition, at which an Address was carried unanimously, to the following effect : " Town Hall, Swansea, May 5, 1835. " To John Henry Vivian, Esq., M.P. " Sir,—ln the present state of public affairs, when a power ful party are straining every nerve to perpetuate various abuses and corruptions in our social institutions, it becomes the duty of constituents to encourage, by expressions of their approba tion, those Representatives who have steadily acted in the spirit of Reform. With this conviction, and with a desire on our part instantly to disavow, and utterly to repudiate, the sentiments of an Address lately presented to Sir R. Peel, the secret contrivance of a party here, small in number, but pur porting to be the sentiments generally entertained in these t own s,—We, a large body of your constituents , have, in the most open and public manner, this day assembled, to thank you for your manly and liberal votes in the present Parliament, and particularly for your support of Lord John Russell's mo tion for appropriating any proved surplus of the revenues of the Irish Protestant Church, after liberally providing for its spiritual wants, to defraying the charge of giving a moral and religious education to the poor. " Nor can we, Sir, permit this opportunity to escape us, of reiterating our thanks to you for the constant and watchful attention you have paid, to whatever would contribute to the advantage of this district of boroughs, or to the interests of your constituents. "It is not then, Sir, in the studied language of a compli mentary address, but in the sincerity of our hearts, that we offer you this tribute of our thanks, and express our ardent hopes that you may long continue the Representative, in the Commons House of Parliament, of the electors of the united boroughs of Neath, Lougher, Aberavon, Kenfic, and Swan sea.—Signed by the unanimous desire of the meeting, " THOMAS LEYSON, Chairman." LORD JOHN RUSSELL. An address was also voted to Lord John Russell, in appro bation of his late political conduct, which I shall feel much obliged if you will please to insert in your valuable journal. J. J. M. COPY OF THE ADDRESS TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD JOHN RUSSELL, HIS MAJESTY'S SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. " We, the undersigned inhabitants and electors of Swansea and its contributory boroughs, desirous of conveying to your Lordship our cordial concurrence in the sentiments contained in the speech delivered by your Lordship to the electors of South Devon, beg leave to offer our congratulations on the able and effective manner in which you have silenced and re futed the assertions of your enemies, and to express our con viction that every honest man must be satisfied with the avowal of your principles, and cannot but consider your Lordship en titled to his support. " With such an avowal on your part, we trust that the day is fast approaching when all party feeling shall in the State sub side—when all parties shall be emulous to excel in promoting the welfare of their country by the introduction of salutary measures for its improvement—by a firmness in resisting agita tion—by a determination to uphold its dignity, in never making a concession on the ground of expediency—by fearlessly re moving all grounds of complaint, and meteing out justice with an impartial hand to all classes of his Majesty's subjects. So long as your Lordship is influenced by motives such as these, we cannot but believe, that our expectations will be speedily realized, of seeing that Constitution, so wisely framed, but now so much impaired, again revive—of seeing it, under your Lordship's auspices, renovated, regenerated ; then, in deed, may we again boast of the blessings of our Constitu tion—then, indeed, may it again become in future ages, as it has been in former ones, the envy and admiration of the world. " That the address, when signed, be forwarded to J. H. Vivian Esq., M.P., with a request that he will present it to Lord John Russell in the name of this meeting.—Carried unanimously." BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. The 31st anniversary meeting of this Society was held yester day, at Exeter Hall. Lord Bexley, on taking the chair, con gratulated the meeting on the great prosperity of the Society, and stated that the receipts of the year had exceeded those of any preceding year, and that peace, and harmony, and love, prevailed throughout the whole Association. The Rev. E. Brandram, the Secretary, then read a voluminous report. The subject of it was to the following effect :—The receipts were larger than those of last year, or any former year, and the issue of Bibles and Testaments was proportionably great. In Paris, during the last year, 62,194 copies of the Scriptures had been distributed ; the year before 55,616, being an increase of 6,578. A French Bible Society had also been formed, and though it was small at present, they ought not to despair of it, when they considered what that of England was in 1804. The report went on to detail, at length, the progress made in Ger many, Prussia, Poland, Russia, and Sweden. Lord Teign mouth moved that the report be received and printed. The Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry seconded the resolution. Several other Gentlemen then addressed the audience ; and, after some routine business, and a vote of thanks to Lord Bex ley had been agreed to, the meeting broke up. The Catholic congregation of a village in the neigh bourhood of Frankfort, dissatisfied with the Priest sent to them, requested to have their former pastor returned, threatening that they would otherwise embrace, en masse, the Protestant faith. The preceding Clergyman had, it seems, made some reforms in the service, which led to a rebuke from the superior ecclesiastics, in consequence of which he resigned. GERMAN PAPERS,.. STUTOARD, MAY 1.-A Journal contains the folloking dress of the Municipal Council to th.e_sitizens of Stkitgitt_. The publication made a few days ago, of the treasonable gatis of Lieutenant Koseriz and his accomplices, excited, in an equal degree, indignation at their crime and its extent, and its just astonishment at their ignorance of the sentiments of the people of Wurtemberg. When the conspirators aimed at nothing less than the dethronement of his Majesty the King, the overthrow of the Constitution, and the establishment of a Republic, and further intended to give up to destruction our na tive city, whose support in their wicked plans they could not hope for, they formed a most erroneous estimate:of the fidelity of the people of Wurtemberg, which is too firm for such an atr • ocipus project to succeed. But experience teaches that, notwithstand ing the entire insufficiency of the means, attempts were, how ever made, which, though they turned to the ruin of the con spirators, might have produced very lamentable and fatal conse quences. In a case like the present, in which the King, th e constitution, and especially the city, were threatened, though only by a small number of foolhardy and perfidious men, the Municipal Council, as the legal organ of the community, un dertook to express to his Majesty, in a humble address, which was agreed to on the 27th of April, and presented the same day, its feelings on the danger, and the happy averting of it, as well as his Majesty's clemency towards the principal criminals. The address is as follows : " May it please your Majesty,—We have just learnt from the public journals the particulars of the treasonable plans of Lieutenant Koseriz and his accomplices, which have excited in us a mingled feeling, which we are unable to describe, of astonishment and grief at the boldness and infatuation of these wretches. Though their infamous plans which threatened everything that is dear and sacred to the people of Wurtem berg must necessarily have been defeated, by its loyalty and good sense, yet the base attempt to carry these plans into effect might have involved your Majesty and the whole coun try in incalculable misfortunes. We, therefore, gratefully praise Divine Providence for having enabled your Majesty to crush those plans in the bud, and preserved from all evil your Majesty and the country, as well as the city, which the con spirators intended to visit with special vengeance, because they could not depend on its co-operation in their favour. Th• apostacy and the crimes of some disloyal individuals, which is accounted for by the excitement and errors of modern times, cannot shake the firm reliance on the long-tried at tachment of the people of Wurtemberg to its Prin ces ; and as it is certain that it is the same people of which Duke Eleerhard, your Majesty's ancestor, once boasted, that he could sleep with safety in the most solitary forest, in the arms of any one of his subjects, we confidently affirm that, notwithstanding the criminalty of a few, love, gratitude, and fidelity to your Majesty and your august house, are firmly rooted in the hearts of the people ;of Wurtem burg. The magnanimity, generosity, and clemency, which your Majesty has on this melancholy occasion shown to the most guilty criminals appear to us a soothing and beautiful in stance of mercy. The memory of this noble action, like that of the princely words we just mentioned, will survive in history, and be transmitted from generation to generation. May it be at tended with none but good consequences, and may your Ma jesty enjoy, for the many benefits you hare conferred upon your people, not only the gratifying reward of your own conscience, but the universal and just approbation of your contemporaries and posterity, and may God be pleased to continue to give your Majesty and your august family blessings and happiness, and protect you against all misfortunes and adversity.—We re main, with unalterable fidelity and devotedness, &e. &c." His Majesty was pleased graciously to receive the feelings of loyalty and attachment to his person and family expressed in this address, and to thank the Municipal Council for this renewed expression of its approved sentiments. The Coun cil, convinced that on this occasion it has fulfilled the wishes of the citizens, does not fail to acquaint them with its proceed ings and the result. FRANKFORT, MAY 2.—Exchange on London, two months, ij.5.,1111 150..—Frankfort Paper, May 3. - TRIESTI, APRIL 25.—Accounts from Alexandria of the 28th March say that the plague seemed to abate, that the number of cases that occurred daily was smaller, but the symptoms were not more favourable. Accounts rom Constantinople say that the intended ceremony of the circumcision of the Hereditary Prince was deferred. VIENNA, APRIL 27.—Five per Cents., 1021; Four per Cents., 96i ; Bank Shares, I,34B.—Allgeineine Zeitung, May 2. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. (Further particulars of Tuesday's Races.) The King's Plate.—. Chantilly took the lead at a good pace, fol lowed by Revelry and Lady le Gros, to the new T. Y.C. starting post, where he declined, and Lady le Gres went in front. At the corner of the plantations, Chantilly and Bodice were beaten off, and Revelry went up to Lady le Gros's quarters, where she con tinued to the hill, in rising which she got to her head, left her, after running a few strides, and won cleverly by a length. 100 sov. Stakes.—Lord Tavistock's colt made running at a tole rable pace, followed by Gladiator and Mulebird, Fergus waiting till within 50 yards of the ropes, where he joined the leading horses. In the struggle up the cords his superiority was evident, but he did not win without receiving a few taps on the cheek to keep him straight. The 2,000 Guineas Stakes was won with such remarkable ease that additional remarks are altogether unnecessary. 300 soy. Stakes.—Olympic made play at a moderate pace, with Alexis in attendance to the turn of the lands, where he declined; Delirium and Bentley then went up, and at the Duke's Stand were leading. No other change of position occurred, and the favourite won easy by two lengths. OAKS. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Greatrex's Martha filly (taken) The Jockey Club Dinner was attended by twenty-five members. Newmarket, Wednesday. The Bildeston Sale Stakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft.; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. R.M. 3 subs. Colonel Peel's c. by Filho—Young Rhoda Pavis 1 Sir S. Graham's Mohair, by Camel, d. by Whalebone 2 Even betting. Won easy by two lengths. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old. D.M. 8 subs. General Grosvenor's Mousetrap, 7st. 21b .Pavis 1 Mr. Houldsworth's Felix, Bst. 91b Mr. Barrett's The Brigand, Bst. Illb The following not placed:— Lord Berner's c. by Oscar--Scheidam, Bst. 91b. Mr. Stanley's Mozart, by Figaro—Coquette, Bst. 111 b. Lord Lichfield's Gipsey, 7st. 41b. Duke of Grafton's Orpheus (Whizgig) filly—Manilla, 7st. Mr. Bloss's Matilda, 6st. 121 b. 7 to 4 agst Mozart, 5 to 1 agst Gipsey, 5 to 1 agst Felix, 6 to 1 each agst the winner and Orpheus, and 7 to 1 agst each of the others. Mousetrap made running, and won easy by a length. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; three years,'7st. ; four years, Bst. 101 b. • winner to be sold for 100/. &c. D.M. 6 subs. Duke Of Grafton's Florin, 3 yrs ..- ........... ...Rogers 1 Mr. Goodwin's Tritonia, 3 yrs The following not placed : Sir M. Wood's Lilka, 3 yrs. Mr. Osbaldestone's b. f. by Velocipede, d. by Partisan, 3 yrs. Lord Lichfield's Cajeput, 3 yrs. Mr. Hill's f. by the Duke—Tib. Betting-5 to 2 agst Tritonia, sto 2 agst Florin, 7to 2 agst Lilka (taken), 6 to 1 agst Velocipede f., and 7 to 1 agst Cajeput (taken). A fine race between the first two and Lilka, and won by a head. Winner claimed. A Plate of 501. B.C. Lord Orford's Paris walked over. DERBY. 2 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ibrahim 11 to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Coriolanus 11 to 2 agst Lord Orford's Ascot 13 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mundig 20 to 1 agst Mr. Grant's Knobstick Kingston-house Rooms, Wednesday night. The following important alterations have taken place in the Derby betting :- 7 to 4 agst Lord Jersey's Ibrahim 11 to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Coriolanus (taken) 6 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Ascot (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mundig (taken) 13 to 1 agst Silenus and Pucelle (taken) 15 to 1 azst Lord Jersey's Silenus 15 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Leopoldine 20 to 1 agst Mr. Grant's Knobstick 500 to 400 on Coriolanus and Mundig agst Ascot and Leopoldine. •AKS. 5 to 2 agst Preserve (taken) 7 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Eva (taken) 8 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Bodice 9 to 1. agst Mr. Mills's Hester 11 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Queen of Trumps 50 to 1 agst General Grosvenor's 'Mousetrap (taken.) CHESTER RACES, TUESDAY. His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. for three-year olds, 7st. 21b. ; four, 9st. ; five, lOst. ; six and aged, lOst. 51b. Thrice round, rather more than three miles. Mr. Wheeldon's br. h. Giovanni, by Filho da Futa, aged 1 Mr. Fuller's b. m. Lady Harrington, 6 yrs Sir R. Bulkeley's Lambkin, 4 yrs, .. Mr. Watson's b. c. by Mameluke Won in a canter. Fifty sovs., the gift of Mr. Geo. Strutton, of the Royal Hotel, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each for all ages. Grosvenor Course. Lord Derby's gr. h. Falconbridge, 6 yrs Sir T. Stanley's b. c. Intriguer, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Nanney's b. c. Cymro, 3 yrs 3 Also started Mr. Evan's b. c. Presto, 3 yrs ; Marquis of West minster's br. c. Bridegroom, 5 yrs ; and Mr. Fieldon's br. f. Vl olfrona, 3 yrs. Won by nearly a length. A Free Handicap Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 sovs. forfeit, for 3 and 4 yrs. Once round and a distance. (4 subs.) Lord Grey's (of Groby) b. c. Enville, 4 yrs Sir G. Pigot's ch. f. Miss Chester, 4 yrs Mr. Tome's b. g. Bedlamite, 4 yrs Won by nearly a neck. Sixty gs. (clear), the gift of the Members for the City. Heats, once round and a distance. Sir G. Pigot's b. c. Altamont, 3 yrs Mr. Nanney's hi. c. Sir William, 4 yrs The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. R. Turner's b. c. Fearnhurst, 4 yrs ;,; Lord Grey's (of Groby) b. c. Enville, 4 yrs ; Mr. Hamer's b. c. Limner, 4 yrs ; Mr. Tome's b. g. Bedlamite, out of Mischance, 4 yrs ; and Mr. Evan's b. c. Presto, 4 yrs. Won cleverly. MR. BULWER'S NEW WORK.—We are requested to state that Mr. Bulwer's new work, " The Student," is now published by Messrs. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, Hanover-square. Agents for Ireland, J. Cumming, Dublin; for Scotland, Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh. Government, we hear, have come to the determina tion to have the Green Park laid out and planted in a style to correspond with St. James's Park. An entrance for carriages is to be made from Piccadilly, opposite the Duke of Devon shire's, to the grand entrance of the new Palace. Buckingham Palace will then be nearly surrounded by plantations. • ;17 . -+