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

GENERAL ELECTIONS IN THE COUNTRY. DEVON (SOUTH).-NOMINATION. EXETER, JAN. 14.—The nomination for the southern division of this county took place at the Castle-yard, yes terday, before R. T. Bishop, Esq., the Under Sheriff, the High Sheriff, E. P. Bastard, Esq., being unfortunately ab sent, owing to the death of his brother. The precept having been read, R. W. NEWMAN, Esq., of Mamhead, now rose to propose the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, which announcement was received with long continued cheering. Captain BULLER, R.N., seconded the nomination. STAFFORD H. NORTHCOTE, Esq., proposed Sir John Buller. Sir E. S. PRIDEAUX, Bart., seconded the nomination ; and there being no other candidate, Lord JOHN RUSSELL now rose to address the electors, and spoke as follows :—Gentlemen, in appearing before you as a candidate, it is my good fortune to have acts, and not professions, to refer to.—(Hear, hear.) It is my good fortune, because we all wish to correct abuses in the coun try—we all wish to preserve the institutions of the country —we are the friends of liberty, and we are all the enemies o? licentiousness.—( Cheers.) But, gentlemen, as long as we all keep in these general terms, it is very difficult to see what a candidate, seeking to represent you, may wish to hold as his sentiments and his opinions.—(Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, what I wish to allude to. is not any representa tion of mine to-day, but I refer to the conduct I have pur sued in Parliament during a long series of years—l refer to acts which I have not the wish to propose, but acts which stand now enrolled in the statute-book of the United King dom.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, when I appeared before you the first time, it was your wish to obtain this—that the members of the Commons' House of Parliament should be nominated by the people, and not by individuals.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, it was then opposed—it was then contended that the people had not a right to elect representatives on their own part, but that it ought to remain as the privilege belonging to certain individuals, which they might exercise or dispose of for money as they pleased.—(" No, no," from the Tories.) Now, gentlemen, we have got rid of that which I call an abuse, but which they call one of the sacred and venerable institutions of this land.—(Cheers and laugh ter.) Because, gentlemen, we have got rid of that which I call an abuse, to know exactly what you mean by it ; now I meant those close and corrupt boroughs when I used the word abuse.—( Hear, hear, and cheers, above which arose from the Tories the cry of " Tavistock.") Now, if any gentleman wishes to bear anything about Tavis tock, I will mention that before I have done my speech.—(Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, if you will al low me to go on—we have obtained a redress of that grievance, we have obtained a reform in Parliament ; and the Reform Act, with all its power in the country, is now in the keeping of those who formerly opposed that reform. —(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now, gentlemen, you will recollect that they predicted from the Reform- Act a gene ral revolution—that the Crown would be taken off the King's head—that the Church would be destroyed—that the fundholder would lose his property—that there would be a general anarchy and confusion.—(Hear, hear.) But now they pretend to keep sacred this very Reform Act.— (Cheers and laughter.) Now I ask this question, do they believe in their prediction or not ?—(" To be sure they do.") If they do not believe in their prediction, I say, what becomes of their political sagacity, and how can you believe; in future, in any of their predictions or their poli tical opinions ?—(Cheers.) But I say, if they still be lieve in them, how can you believe in their present since rity, when they say they will keep that Reform Act in violate ?—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) That, gentlemen, is one of the- questions which occurred to me in the present state of affairs. Gentlemen, I had the honour of being a member of that Government, of which Earl Grey was the head "and chief.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, Earl Grey came forward, when he entered the Ministry, with no elaborate professions—no preliminary manifestoes—but with three simple words, Peace, Retrenchment, and Re form.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, to the plan implied in these three words Earl Grey conscientiously adhered ; he has preserved peace—he has carried into effect retrench ment—he carried into operation reform ; and then, gentle men, I shall venture to say that he preserved peace withont any sacrifice of national honour.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He carried on retrenchment—(" What has become of the fortresses in Belgium ?")—he carried on retrenchment without any abandonment of the national faith—(hear, hear).—he carried on reform without the disturbance of the national tranquillity. These, gentlemen, were the pro fessions, these were the acts of Earl Grey ; and I will say now, as I have ever said, that there never was a Mi nister, who united to a more incorruptible sense of what was due to public justice, a more conscientious love of public liberty.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Gentlemen, the course of that Government of which Earl Grey was the head, has been interrupted ; but, gentlemen, the vir tues of that Reform Act which Earl Grey was the author and means of carrying, are yet to be reaped.—(Cheers.) There is still nothing which, in the next session of Parlia ment, if Parliament had not been dissolved, would not have been carried out. It was necessary to take into con sideration the question of Corporation reform. It was, in the opinion of the late Government, necessary to restore to the people the due control over the funds, and over the election of Corporations.—(Tremendous cheering.) It was necessary, in their opinion, to carry into effect the reform of the Church, such a reform of the Church as, preserving the Church establishment, and strengthening that establishment, would give more to those who labour More, and less to those who labour less.—(Long-continued cheering.) Gentlemen, it was, in the opinion of the late Ministry, necessary to propose remedies for the grievances under which the Protestant Dissenters of this country still labour.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, it was likewise necessary and it was the greatest difficulty of all, to apply a remedy to the deep-seated and long-en during grievances of the people of Ireland.—(Reiterated cheers.) Gentlemen, upon all these subjects the late Ministry would have been prepared, at the opening of the session of Parliament, to have proposed measures to that Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, it has now fallen to -the lot of other Ministers to bring forward such mea sures as they may think fit to propose. Gentlemen, with regard to these other Ministers, I have no hesitation in saying, that not agreeing with their principles, they are not likely to have my confidence ; but, gentlemen, this I will say, that no consideration of -party, nor any other con sideration whatever, will ever induce me to vote against any measures which I think may conduce to the benefit of the country.—(Three cheers for Lord J. Russell.) Gen tlemen, I think I heard in the crowd, and I mentioned it before, some one calling out the word " Tavistock." —(Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, the borough of Ta vistock was one of those close boroughs, in which an indi vidual had the nomination ; it is now a borough in which, like the other boroughs opened by the Reform Act, the right of election rests in the people themselves.—(Hear, hear.) It is, I believe, a borough quite as capable of mak ing a choice of good Representatives as the borough of Ho-. niton, or any other borough in England.—(Laughter and cheers.) Gentlemen, Ido not mean to detain you on the present occasion with any further explanations on my opi nions—they are so well known by the part which I have hitherto maintained in Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) I will only say that I shall continue to maintain the same princi ples which I have hitherto done, the same opinions whica made me propose to relieve the Protestant Dissenters from their grievances—the same opinions and principles which induced me to propose the Reform Bill to Parliament, in order to give the people a real representation—these prin ciples and opinions will continue to be the guide of my Par liamentary life, so long as I shall be honoured by the con fidence of any portion of the people of this county.—(Loud and continued cheers.) Sir JOHN BULLER next rose, and was received with mingled cheers and disapprobation. He said that it was perfectly true, that every man's public life must have a beginning, and he was only in the commencement of his. He could not, therefore, refer to his acts, but must base his pretensions on professions. He then proceeded to pro fess himself a Reformer, in the usual style adopted by the new Reformers, and promised to support the present Mi nistry as an independent man, without giving them any general pledge of support. There being no other candidate, Lord John and the Hon. Bart. were declared duly elected. As soon as the election was over, Sir J. Buller rode in procession round the city. Lord John dispensed with that honour ; but he was escorted to the hustings by one of the most numerous and respectable cavalcades ever seen in Devonshire, composed chiefly of stanch, honest, and re spectable yeomen, some of whom had come forty miles to join the procession. ESSEX (SOUTH.) CHELMSFORD, THURSDAY NIGHT.—The polling com menced this morning at nine o'clock, and has been conti nued throughout the day. The Conservatives are using their utmost exertions to swell their numbers on this day's poll, in expectation that the friends of Mr. Branfill, the Re former, ' will decline the contest • but I am well aware the idea is fallacious. The Reformers know too well the strength • which they have in reserve, and what is due to their own cause, to strike their colours till the last moment. Mr. Bramston resides near this town, and therefore has, of course, great influence in the neighbourhood, so that Mr. Bramfill never expected much success in this district ; he trusts to his friends in his own neighbourhood, and at Brent _ wood and Romford, for that majority which is to show the Conservatives that the people of Essex will not submit to have two representatives of that body forced upon them. If the Reformers bad been earlier in the field, there • ~.., 7 , -_ ~:.N THE SUN, LONDON, FEIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1835. could have been no doubt of the contest ; but they hesi tated so long in deciding who was to be their champion, that the Conservatives had the advantage of a general canvass, which Mr. Branfill had not ; and thus they ob tained promises from a great number of electors, under the impression that no other candidate would come forward. Many of those who have thus promised, deeply regret it but, for fear of being pointed at by their Conservative neighbours, have not courage to obey the dictates of con science. As some of the polling places in this county are thirty or forty miles asunder, the general state of the poll, proba bly, will not be declared till to-morrow morning ; or, at all events, at such a late hour to-night that it will be impossi ble to reach you in time ; but, according to accounts which I have just heard, the Conservatives ha - ire a majority. The Reformers talk of doubling their exertions to-morrow. KENT (WEST).—NOMINATION. The nomination of the candidates for the representation of the Western Division of the county of Kent, took place yesterday morning at Penenden-heath. The three candi dates, Mr. Hodges, Mr. Rider, and Sir William Geary, numerously attended by their friends and supporters, left Maidstone in procession, soon after ten o'clock, and ar rived on the heath shortly before eleven. Many thousands assembled ; and although the contest is expected to be an extremely severe one, the greatest order and good humour prevailed between the friends of the rival parties. The writ and the Bribery Act having been read, and the other usual formalities gone through, The High Sheriff (GEORGE STONE, Esq.) shortly ad dressed the meeting, requesting a fair and impartial hearing for all parties. Mr. WELLS then came forward to propose Thomas Law Hodges, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent that division of the county in Parliament. Mr. Hodges had long been a tried friend of the people, and for thirty or forty years (in days when reform was not so fastionable or so popular as at the present moment) he had been a steady and uniform opponent to the abuses which had crept into the institutions of the country. A firm and consistent friend to the constitution itself, he had ever been a stanch, vigilant, and anxious reformer of its abuses ; and the same observation might apply to his view of the established Church. To the indefensible enormities of pluralities, sinecures, and non-residence, Mr. Hodges was a determined enemy ; but whilst he would do everything in his power to cleanse the establishment from those abuses, he would be careful to do nothing that should endanger its permanent stability. There was not in the kingdom a man who had more fully discharged his duties in Parliament.—(No, no, and cheers.) There was not in the kingdom a man more firmly attached to the con stitution as settled in its original purity in 1688. He had therefore, great pleasure in nominating such a gentleman as a candidate for the representation of that division of the county.—(Cheers.) Mr. JACOBSON seconded the nomination. The question was, whether the electors would take the originators of re form—those who had taken the labour oar—those who had struggled to urge forward the great cause of reform against all the adverse currents, seen and unseen, which were op posed to its progress—or whether they would prefer the supporters of a political party whose utmost claim to the title of reformers was that, sometimes submitting to occa sional expediency, they had now and then yielded, what they found it was impossible for them to hold.—(Cheers.) Mr. RICE then came forward to propose Thomas Rider, Esq. ; and in recommending that gentleman to the notice of the electors, he only felt it necessary to refer to his votes in the House of Commons during the last two sessions of Parliament.—( Hear, hear.) All whom he was address. sing knew the motto of the Men of Kent," Brave men and true."—(Cheers.) He would only exhort them to stick by their motto at that critical time. Let them be brave enough to resist intimidation.—(Cheers.) Let them be brave enough to resist brjbery.—(Cheers.) Let them be brave and constant to those who had been true and con stant to them. If they did their duty, the Hon. Baronet who then appeared to contest the election with their two late representatives, would never again present himself upon that heath, as a candidate for the representation of that part of the county.—(Cheers from the Blues.) Mr. HENRY NORMAN had great pride and satisfaction in seconding the nomination of so honest, so zealous, and so consistent a Reformer as Mr. Rider had always proved himself to be. Should Mr. Rider again obtain a seat in Parliament—and he (Mr. Norman) had not the slightest doubt that he would—he would recommend him, looking at the past policy of the party now in power, and also at the faint and vague promises which they had re cently put forth to take his seat upon the opposition benches. But if the Government of Sir Robert Peel should bring forward any proposition for the institution of the vote by ballot—any proposition for the reform of the Church—any proposition for the commutation of tithes, they might ex pect, upon such measures, to find in Mr. Rider a firm and consistent supporter.(Cheers.) But he (Mr. N.) con fessedthat he had no confidence in the professions of reform which the present Cabinet had been so industrious to pub lish. When he looked at the materials of which the Ca binet was formed—when he found amongst its members such men as Lord Stormont—(hisses and cheers)—when he found amongst its members such men as Sir Edward Knatchbull--(At the mention of that Right Hon. Baronet's name the Purple party proposed and gave three hearty cheers. These were answered by groans and hisses from tne Blues, and the general confusion became so great as to prevent the speaker from concluding the sentence. After some delay he was enabled to proceed.) He looked upon the appointment of Sir Edward Knatchbull to a seat in the Cabinet as most interesting to the electors then assembled, because, knowing what that Right Honourable Baronet's political principles had always been, his appointment as a Minister of the Crown might be taken as an indication of the feelings and intentions of the Government. If they returned Tories to Parliament to support a party, whom he could only regard as pretended Reformers, the Reform Bill itself would not be safe—(Cheers)—and their de scendants, in after generations, would have to cry shame upon them—(Oh, oh.) He would tell them why. He firmly believed that no human power could now permanently arrest the march of good government in this country ; but if the people once forsook, though but for ever so brief a period, the vantage ground they had attained under the Reform Bill—if, for instance, they should now return men to support those who, during .a long political existence, had always opposed the progress of reform and improvement, their children or their grand children might have to pur chase with their dearest blood the repossession of that bold and desirable position which. the people of England then occupied—(Cheers.) Sir P. H. DISE then came forward amidst mingled cheers and hisses, to propose Sir W. Geary. In nominating that young and Honourable Baronet he was directing the attention of the electors to the son of one who had repre sented them in several parliaments—(Cries of " He was a Reformer"), and whose honest and manly conduct had gained for him the cognomen of " Independence"— (Cheers.) He (Sir P. H. Dike) was satisfied that if the present Sir William Geary should in that instance be the object of their choice, they would find that the true Kentish spirit of independence had not evaporated from his veins —(Cheers.) If they elected Sir William Geary, he woulil go to parliament as the unfettered representa tive, not the delegate, of his constituents—(Cheers.) If he (Sir P. H. Dike) did not believe "measures not men" would be Sir William Geary's motive of action when he got into parliament, he assured the meeting upon his honour that he would not stand there as the humble sup porter of his cause.—(Cheers.) As regarded the institu tions of the country, Sir William Geary's object would be to improve, correct, and amend, not to break down or de stroy.—(Cheers.) With respect to agriculture, the par ties attached to that depressed and suffering interest might rest assured that they would find in Sir William Geary a firm and determined supporter. Upon these grounds he had the greatest pleasure in proposing Sir William Geary as a fit, a very fit person to represent that division of the county in Parliament.—.(Great cheering from the Purple party.) Mr. BERINGS seconded the nomination. In Sir W. Geary the electors would find an active and independent representative, a ready remover of all abuses, a ready adopter of every measure calculated to give freedom to the people, and stability to the Government ; a friend to agri culture, and not less a friend to the tradesman, whose inte rests, in fact, could not be separated from those of the agri culturist.—(Cheers.) Not to trespass unnecessarily upon the time and patience of the meeting, he would simply add, that in recommending Sir William Geary to their choice, he was recommending one who would support all those real independent principles which were most conducive to the general welfare and prosperity of the country—one whose motto would be, " My God, my country and my King."—(Cheers and hisses.) No other candidate being proposed, _ . Mr. HODGES came forward amidst great cheering. Having then for the fourth time in little more than four years stood before the electors of Kent, as a candidate for their suffrages, it could hardly be supposed that he should consider it necessary to enter at all on any declarations of what were his political principles. He would only say, that what those principles had been through life, they continued still to be, and would certainly remain to the termination of his existence.—(Cheers.) For the reason he had stated, he should not consider it necessary to trespass upon the pa tience of the meeting for more than a very short time, more especially as he was informed that before the proceedings of the day terminated, he was to be subjected to a very severe catechisation by a gentleman who was present. It had been said that he (Mr. Hodges) was a pledged man. He could only say, that hitherto no pledge had been demanded from him, and no pledge had he ever given. So much for pledges. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to defend himself at some length, against a statement that had been published with respect to him in the Maidstone Journal and the Kentish Observer. He knew not whether the writer of that statement were present on that occasion ; but if he were, he begged to tell him to his face, that a more complete tissue of misrepresentation and falsehood he had never read in his life. He (Mr. Hodges) had written an answer to the statement, and had sent it to the editor of the Kentish Ob server, and if that gentleman conducted his newspaper ac cording to the spirit of his own motto, he would not refuse to print and publish it that day. He should not have al luded to the circumstance at all, except that, upon such an occasion es the present, misrepresentation and falsehood, if not contradicted, were too frequently believed.—(Cheers.) He came next to the distress of the agricultural interest. They had been told that the Hon. Baronet (whom he hoped alviays to be able to call his Hon. Friend) was to be consi dered as exclusively the friend of the agricultural interests. Sir Wm. GEARY—I never said so. Mr. HODGES—No, no ; but it has been said for you. — (Laughter and cheers.) He (Mr. HodgeS) had long been of opinion that the time was - arrived when some substantial remedy should be afforded to that suffering interest. En tertainihg that opinion, he had always voted for the repeal of the Malt Tax, and should always continue to vote for the repeal of it.—(Cheers.) He had been accused of op posing the motion made by Lord Chandos at the end of the last session ; and it was perfectly true that he did op pose it, but his reason for so doing was because it was per fectly well known that sufficient time did not remain to go into the inquiry that was purposed. Besides the subject had been most amply, most fully gone into in the preceding session. He confessed that he for one was anxious not for further inquiry, but for something in the shape of a substantial remedy.—(Loud cheers.) But when he op posed the motion made by Lord Chandos, he distinctly stated to Lord Althorp that the distress of the agricul tural interest was of a nature so urgent as to render it imperatively necessary that another session of Parliament should not be allowed to pass over without its being deeply considered by the Government.—( near, hear.) He came next to the subject of tithes.—( Hear, hear.) Kent en joyed the enviable distinction—the proud pre-eminence of being the greatest tithe county in the kingdom.— (Laughter and cheers.) If it could be supposed possible that any man could enter Parliament without wishing to see the system of tithes completely altered, and the burden of them considerably reduced, he (Mr. Hodges) would at once declare that that man was not a fit person to go into the House of Commons as a representative of the county of Kent. He (Mr. Hodges) was a tithe-owner himself, but God forbid that he should suffer any private interest of his own to stand in the way of what he knew to be a national blessing.—(Great cheering.) Another sub ject to which he wished for a moment to advert, related to the claims of the Dissenters. He should be glad to learn from the present Government what substantial relief they proposed to give to the Dissenters—how far they intended to remove the grievances and disabilities under which that intelligent and valuable class of the community was now labouring.—(Cheers.) He was himself a Member of the Established Church, but he lived in the same neighbourhood with a great body of his Dissenting fellow-subjects, and he was strongly and decidedly of opinion that they ought to be placed upon an equal footing with their other countrymen. —(Cheers.) There remained but one other subject upon which he was anxious to make any observation, and that was the subject of influence. He had been told that he was to be severely catechised that day for having exerted undue influence amongt some of the electors.—(No, no.) Upon that point he would only repeat what he had said two years ago, namely, that if there were one single elector who had been improperly persuaded by any agent of his, he hoped and trusted that that elector would not give him his vote. —(Great cheering.) He should consider it not an honour, but a deep and indelible disgrace, if he were to obtain a seat in Parliament by such means. The Hon. Gentleman hav ing concluded his address, The Hon. Captain KING appeared in front of one of the waggons occupied by the friends of Sir William Geary, and expressed a wish to put a few questions to the Hon. Can didate who had just spoken. The HIGH SHERIFF observed that it would be more con venient that the meeting should hear the addresses of all the candidates before any questions were put. Mr. RIDER then came forward, and was very cordially received. He stated that the sentiments which he pro fessed to the electors when they first did him the honour (,f making him their representative, remained unchanged, and would continue to Guide his conduct in Parliament, if he should again have the honour of being seated there.— (Hear, hear.) He was still a zealous Reformer of every abuse, both in Church and State ; still anxious to give to every Englishman' those civil and religious liberties which he prized most highly himself, and which he believed it would be to the advantage of all, that all should possess.— (Cheers.) He would not detain the meeting by alluding to those electioneering reports, chiefly anonymous, and thre fore unworthy of notice, which had been industriously cir culated within the last few months ; but one or two observa tions had been made, to which he could not help referring. It was very well known that there had been of late many dinners which were called Conservative dinners— (Laughter)—in different parts of the country. At one of those dinners, which took place at Maidstone, the Ho nourable Baronet who now appeared as a candidate for the representation of that part of the county, and for whom he (Mr. Rider) had the very highest esteem, declared (so said the report in the newspaper, at least, and it was very well known that he, Mr. Rider, could have no other source of informatioa) that society was divided into two classes— Destructices and Conservatives.—(Cries of " Oh! oh !") He (Mr. Rider) did not in general quarrel with hard terms; and he could always make great allowances for after-dinner speeches ; but in the instance to which he had just referred, he must leave it to those whom he had the honour to ad dress, to settle the application of two words—" Destruc tives" and " Conservatives." He declared that his wish was not to destroy the institutions of the couutry—his efforts were directed no further than to remove the abuses by which, in the lapse of years, those institutions had been surrounded. In a second speech, delivered at Tonbridge, the Hon. Baronet triumphantly asked who was the first Reformer ; and he answered himself by saying,—" Sir Robert Peel.—(Oh, oh !) Sir WILLIAM GEARY.—I asked who was the first Re former of the law ? Mr. RIDER thought that he had correctly stated the substance of what was reported to have fallen from the Honourable Baronet ; however, to remove all doubt, he would refer to the newspaper in which the report was published. The words attributed to the Honourable Baronet were these —" Who began to reform where reform was most wanted ?"—( Here the Honourable Gentleman paused for a moment, but immediately afterwards con tinued)—" namely, in the law"—(Great cheering from the friends of Sir Wm. Geary.) He (Mr. Rider) really did not understand the triumphant tone of that cheer, be cause the words.he had just read involved no contradiction of what he had just stated ; because, if reform began where it was most wanted, namely, in the law, and Sir R. Peel was the author of that reform, then, of course, he was the first Reformer. But the fact was, that the Hon. Baronet was mistaken when he supposed that Law Re form began with Sir Robert Peel. Sir Samuel Romilly was the originator of Law Reform ; but every one of his propositions upon the subject was defeated and thrown over board. Why ? Because Sir S. Romilly was not a Tory. —(Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel afterwards adopted the very suggestions that he had formerly helped to defeat, and brought them forward as his own progeny.—(Cheers.) After some further observations upon the speech of Sir Wm.'Geary, and also upon a speech made by Lord Mahon upon the same occasion ; and after expressing great doubts as to the sincerity of any professions of reform that might come from the present Government, the Hon. Gent. took a rapid review of the measures carried by the last Adminis tration, and then came to the subject of the Church. The present tithe system was one of the great abuses which he was most particularly anxious to see redressed ; and he trusted that the time was not far distant, when some bene ficial change would be adopted.—(Hear, hear.) He could not believe it to be necessary, either for the stability of the Church, or the advancement of religion, that a clergyman should endeavour to become the leading political partisan in his parish.—(Cheers.) He did not believe that the clergyman would render his religion more respected, by lending the sanction of his name to public meetings, and by raising dissensions amongst his parishioners, to whom he was bound by his duty to teach the doctrines and practice of peace.—(Cheers.) He did not believe that the pluralities, which formed a prominent feature in our Church Establish ment, could be any assistance to the cause of religion—. (Cheers)—nor could he think that those labourers who stood idle in the market-place all day, should have benefits showered upon them in excess, whilst the labourer in the vineyard was allowed but a scanty pittance.—(Great cheer ing.) Such were his opinions upon the subject of religious reform. The Hon. Baronet had declared that he would give no pledges. He (Mr. R.) never gave a pledge in his life.—(oh, oh !) He begged that he might be heard to the end of his sentence : he never gave a pledge in his life which he had not thoroughly considered before hand, and the fulfilment of which he was not convinced would be most advantageous to the country.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He defied any man to say that the pledges he had given, he had not performed.—(Cheers.) Having said this much, he left his cause in the hands of the electors. If it should be their pleasure again to elect him as their Representative, he should consider it the highest honour they could confer upon him, and he should cheerfully engage in the labours attendant upon it ; if, on the contrary, they should think proper to withdraw the confidence that they had hitherto reposed in him, he should quit their service, if not without regret, at least without reluctance, and should again retire into that private life from which he had only come forward with the view of serving his country.—(Loud cheers.) Sir WILLIAM GEARY then came forward, and was re ceived by his own party with the most enthusiastic cheers. Two years had...elapsed since he last stood before the elec tors of that division of the county as a candidate for their suffrages ; but during that period he had found no reason to induce him to change his political opinions.—(Cheers and hisses.) He feared at that time that all the fair pro mises that were held out to them were not sincere, and he regretted that his anticipations had proved correct.—(Cheers.) He defied any one to say that the nation generally was now in as prosperous a state as it was then ; and would ask whether they, the agriculturists in particular, were not in an infinitely worse situation ? The broad principles upon which he meant to regulate his political conduct, should he attain the high hononr to which he was then aspiring, would be these--to steer clear of party and factious vio lence—to weigh well the merits of every question that might be brought forward, and on all occasions to give a free and independent vote, according to the best of his abilities.—(Cheers.) With respect to the local interests of the county, whenever -any question arose in any degree affecting them, he should deem it his duty to consult with those who, from being resident on the spot, might be en- Shied to give him the best information ; and according to their suggestions and advice he should regulate his con duct.—(Hear, hear.) Upon all great public questions he claimed the privilege of exercising his own judgment— (Cheers.) He would not go into the House of Commons prejudiced or predetermined to take one side of par ticular questions. He would hear fairly the arguments to be adduced on either side ; and on all occasions he would give a conscientious vote, according to what should appear to him best calculated to promote the general prosperity of the country.—(Loud cheers.) Something had been said about the Reform of the Church ; and as his views upon that subject had been very much misrepre sented, be would take the opportunity of declaring them openly and fairly before that assembly—(Hear, hear.) He would co-operate most cordially with those who would carefully and diligently set about the reformation of the abuses which existed in the national Church Es tablishment ; and he would do so for this reason—to strengthen the Establishment, and to cement the bond which ought ever to connect the civil and religious polity of this country.—(Cheers.) He would only add, that he dif fered diametrically in opinion with a gentleman who lately presided at a meeting of the friends of his two honourable opponents.—(" Name, name.") Well ; he had no hesitation in naming the gentleman—Mr. James—who gave it as his opinion, that if every bishop and clergyman was in his grave, we should be every whit as moral a people as we were at present.—(" So we should.") With respect to tithes, he might say that he disapproved most completely of the present mode of collecting the ecclesiastical revenues. —(Hear, hear.) It was a system most prejudicial to the interests of the agriculturist, by checking the outlay of ca pital in the improvement of land, and equally injurious to religion by promoting quarrels amongst those between whom there ought never to exist a shade of difference.—(Cheers.) He left it to all present, after what he had stated, to judge whether he was, as he had been represented to be, a deter mined opponent to the reform of any abuses.—(Cheers.) With respeet to the agricultural interest, be would assert, without the fear of contradiction from any human being, that they had not a heartier well-wisher than lie was. He conceived the malt-tax to be a most obnoxious and preju dicial impost, particularly to the interests of that county.— (Loud cheers.) A great deal had been said about the present Ministers, their past measures, and what their future policy was likely to be. Upon that point he would only say that he was determined to give them a fair trial—(Confusion) —and if he found them proposing good measures, correcting old abuses, in short, if he found them acting in the spirit of the address put forth by the Prime Minister, he should support them.—(Cheers and hisses.) However the election might terminate, it would be with the best feeling in his mind towards his two honourable opponents ; and he trusted that the same kindly feelinc , would prevail among s t a ll w h om h e saw b e f ore hi m . —( Loud cheers.) He did not come there to abuse those who were opposed to him—(Hear, hear)—he gave them all credit for good intentions ; but differing materially from them in political opinions, he felt it to be his duty to come forward to oppose ,them at the present crisis. —(Cheers.) Whether returned or not, continued the Hon. Baronet, I trust I shall ever continue to be upon those good and friendly terms with you all that I have always hitherto been. Before I retire, I must say that I do not know one single instance in which intimidation has been used on my part.— (" Oh, oh !" from the Blues.) Then I will only say that if any man has been so influeneed, I here absolve him from his promise ; but I do not believe there is an instance in the county.—(Loud cheers.) Captain KING then come forward to put his questions to Mr. Hodges. After some dispute as to the manner in which they should be put, they turned out to be these :- Ist. Will you give an unqualified resistance to any en dowment:3f the Roman Catholic priesthood in Ireland ? 2d. Will you oppose all measures tending to sever public education from the free use of the Holy Scriptures and re ligious instruction, whether in Great Britain or Ireland ? Mr. HODGES—My answer to the first question is this, —that I always lamented, and have ever since regretted, that at the time when the Roman Catholic Bill was passed, that which I considered an act of justice and of the soundest policy,—an act calculated, in the highest and most eminent degree, to advance the progress of the true Protestant religion, was not performed,—l regret, and always shall regret, that a decent provision was not made for the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland. With respect to the second question, I presume that, by public educa tion, my Gallant Friend means a system of education that has for its ,object the benefitting of all classes of our fellow subjects. Now, undoubtedly, if there be any class of our fellow-subjects objecting to the whole use of our Bible, I can only say that it would be a perfect delusion to imagine that they would embrace any opportunity of public in struction, if they were forced to read the Bible which we profess. The same questions were then put to Mr. Rider, and the same answers returned. A person here came forward to put questions to Sir William Geary ; but, after some delay, it turned out that he was not a qualified voter ; and, consequently, the High Sheriff would not allow him to proceed. Mr. WHITE, speaking from one of the side-waggons, said, " Sir William Geary, you know me ?" Sir W. GEARY—Yes, Mr. White ; and I will answer any question you may please to put to me.—(Cheers.) Mr. WHITE—WiII you do your utmost to strike off all useless pensions ? Sir W. GEARY—If that question should be brought for ward in the next Parliament, and should I be there to ex press an opinion upon the subject, I shall pursue the same line of conduct as your two late representatives did. Mr. HODGES and Mr. RIDER explained that they had not resisted the first motion brought forward by Mr. D. W. Harvey, upon the subject of pensions. Mr. WHITE—WiII you do the utmost in your power to remove the Bishops from the House of Lords ?—(Groans.) Sir Wm. GEARY—No.—(Cheers.) Mr. WHITE—WiII you do the utmost in your power to remove the disabilities of the Dissenters ? Sir WILLIAM GEARY—Yes. Mr. WHITE—WiII you vote for their admission to the Universities ? Sir WILLIAM GEARY—I have told you already that I am a true friend to civil and religious liberty ; and when the subject to which you refer comes under - the considera tion of the House of Commons, if I should be there to attend to it, I will bestow upon it my best consideration. The Hiun SHERIFF then proceeded to take the show of hands. The show was decidedly in favour of Sir William Geary ; but between Messrs. Hodges and Rider it was difficult to judge. After going through the ceremony a second time, the High Sheriff declared the show to be in favour of Sir William Geary and Mr. Rider. Mr. HODGES immediately demanded a poll, at the same time expressing himself perfectly satisfied with the fairness of the Sheriff's decision. Thanks having been returned to the Sheriff for his fair and impartial conduct upon the occasion, the vast concourse dispersed in the most orderly and quiet manner. LINCOLNSHIRE. ANOTHER TRIUMPH OF REFORM. SOUTHERN DIVISION.—LINCOL N , JAN. 14.—Yesterday the nomination of the candidates for South Lincoln took place at Sleaford. Although it was known that there would be no opposition to the Reformers (the Lord Lieu tenant, Earl Brownlovv, not daring to bring forward a Tory, as was once threatened), the town was as crowded with the hearty yeomanry of the county, as if there had been a contest. After the usual preliminaries, the Hon. Mr. Clifford proposed Gilbert John Heathcote, Esq., one of the late members, in an excellent and most patriotic speech ; Mr. Calcraft seconded the proposition. Major Allis, after enumerating the great benefits the country had derived from the Whig Government, proposed Henry Handley, Esq., the other late member, which was seconded by J. A. Peacock, Esq., an eminent banker. No other candidate being proposed, the Sheriff, amid the shouts of the multitude, declared the gentlemen duly elected. Mr. Clifford, who proposed Mr. Heathcote, belongs to a noble Catholic family, and, as the colour worn by his friends was orange, which streamed along with the blue and white of Mr. Handley, it was observed by a wag present that it was a rare and most felicitous occur rence, that so good a Catholic should be so determined an Orangeman. Both the members addressed the people, pledging themselves to maintain the same steady support of liberal principles which they had heretofore done. Af ter being chaired, they proceeded to their respective hotels, where 250 individuals dined with Mr. Heathcote, and an immense number with Mr. Handley. As the latter gen tleman is one of the chief leaders of the agricultural party in the House of Commons, he was earnestly requested by the assembled yeomanry to bring forward the repeal of the malt-tax in the ensuing session. Gentlemen from every village and district in this division of the county pledged themselves to get up petitions for that purpose. The utmost enthusiasm prevailed. Whatever Conservatism may effect, by virtue of the Marquis of Chandos's clause, in other counties, it can have no effect in this important agri cultural district. NORTHERN DISTRICT.—The nomination takes place to morrow. Mr. Corbett has been brought forward by the Conservatives, on the retirement of Mr. Heneage. He will, I apprehend, have not the smallest chance. Mr. Pelham, who has been a strenuous supporter of the late Administration, of the great principles of reform, of the claims of the Dissenters, and of every other measure of civil and religious liberty that was brought forward bona fide, is impregnable. He was at the head of the poll last election by many thousands ; and the other candidate, Sir William Ingilby, is only objected to on the ground of the extreme Radicalism of his politics, and the singular speech he delivered on the malt-tax. WARWICKSHIRE ( SOUTHERN) DIVISION. WARWICK, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14.—The town has been alive to-day. At about ten this morning a very considerable number of freeholders had, arrived, among whom were many of our most opulent and influential agriculturists, with a good show of electors and non-electors of every class. The County-hall was nearly filled. Up to this morning, indeed, there was a general expectation of a contest. Three days ago it was reported that John Halcomb would have been pushed forward as he was' for the borough ; and even last night a story became current that brother George, from Devonport, would pounc e u p on us thi s morn i ng . These tales, however, were disbelieved by the best informed ; but it was seriously expected that Sir Gray Skipwith, a mo derate Reformer, and a man universally respected in the county by all political parties, would again have stood forward. The business opened at eleven o'clock, and Sir John Mordaunt was proposed by the Hon. C. Percy, of Guy's Cliff, and seconded by W. Dickin, Esq. E. C. Sheldon, Esq., was proposed by Bolton King, Esq., M.P., and se conded by J. R. West, Esq. There being no other candidate, the Sheriff declared them duly elected. Sir John and his colleague addressed the electors ; the worthy young Baronet declaring himself a " reforming Tory," not bound to any party, and willing either to sup port or oppose Ministers, as they may bring forward mea sures calculated to benefit the country or otherwise. He may be called a moderate Tory perhaps, but we do not admire him the more for his admiration of the Ministerial manifesto. Mr. Sheldon is a thick-and-thin Reformer in Church and State, for repeal of malt-duty, equalization of Church revenues, abolition of pensions and sinecures, &c. The two new Members (new in Parliament) were cheered and loudly hailed by their respective friends. WILTS ( SOUTH.)—NOMINATION. SALISBURY, JAN. 14.—The election for Solith Wilts took place this day, when John Benett, Esq., of Pythouse, was proposed by W. Wyndham, jun., Esq., of Dinton, and seconded by Henry King, Esq., of Chilmark ; and the Hon. Sidney Herbert was proposed by Thomas Grove, jun., Esq., of Fern House, and seconded by Alexander Powell, Esq., of Hurdcott House. There being no other candi date proposed, the High Sheriff, Thomas Bolton, Esq., de clared the above gentlemen duly elected, on which they returned thanks. The assemblage was very numerous, and much disapprobation was expressed by the populace at the circumstance of Mr. Herbert having joined the Adminis tration of Sir Robert Peel. YORKSHIRE. EAST RIDING.—The election of Members to serve in Parliament for the East Riding of Yorkshire, took place at Beverley on Tuesday last. Colonel GmmsToN, of Grimston, proposed Richard Be thell, Esq., of Rise. HENRY BRADLEY, Esq., of Melton, seconded the nomi nation. J. GRIMSTON, Esq. of Leswick, an old reformer, pro posed Beilby Thompson, Esq. CHARLES `'Noon, Esq., M.P. for Halifax, seconded the nomination. No other candidate being proposed, RICHARD BETHELL, Esq., addressed the assemblage. He took for his guide the manifesto of Sir R. Peel ; the coun try he said wanted repose, and with his Government they would best find it. To the late Administration he, when he could, gave his honest and independent support. The ques tion of Reform had been finally settled—(Shouts of no, and yes) --it had been settled in a constitutional manner. He would not support any measures which should tend still further to overpower the other branch of the Legislature, by a preponderating weight, on the part of the democratic. P. B. THOMPSON, Esq., next addressed the freeholders and others. He had been the impartial supporter, but never the instrument, of the late liberal Ministry. Their acts, fortunately, required not his feeble praise. From the measures they had carried, and the promises they had ful filled, he was justified in saying that their cause lived in the hearts of the people of England—(Loud cheers.) He had, on several occasions voted against that Ministry, par ticularly on granting relief to the Polos, and on the Mar quess of Chandos's motion for agricultural inquiry. One strong ground on which he solicited their support was, that he had ever been a respecter of public opinion—(Cheers.) The SHERIFF having called for a show of hands, de clared that the election had fallen upon Richard Bethell, and P. B. Thompson, Esqrs.—(Loud and continued cheers.) The Members, girt with their swords, remounted their horses, and proceeded, accompanied by their friends, to their respective hotels, from whence they shortly addressed the public. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, JAN. 14. GULLIN V. GULLIN. This was a petition by a lady and her husband that a sum of 2001. which stood in the cause in her name, should be paid to the latter. kr. KNIGHT felt a difficulty here, as the sum was pre cisely 2001., whether the lady should be examined as to her consent to the payment. Should her examination be necessary there was another difficulty, as she was not yet of age. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said the consent of the lady was only dispensed with when the sum to which she was en titled was under 2001. ; but that he felt no difficulty in taking her consent, although she was not of age. Mr. KNIGHT then said the lady should be produced to consent. EARL OF SHAFTESBURY V. DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. Mr. ROLFE stated that the late Duke of Marlborough, grandfather of the present Marquis of Blandford, by his will, made in 1812, bequeathed a term of 500 years in cer tain estates upon trust to pay the Marquis an annuity of 1,0001. till he should attain the age of 25, if his father should so long live, when the same should cease, and he become entitled to an annuity of 2,0001. And he added, I direct my executors to pay the legacy duty on all an nuities and legacies herein given and the discharges for the same." By a codicil made in 1816 the Duke revoked the annuity of 2,0001. and directed the trustees, in lieu thereof, to pay the Marquis an annuity of 3,0001., to commence from the testator's death, which took place in 1817. The object of the present petition was for payment of the legacy duty out of a fund in Court, part of the late Duke's per sonal estate. His HONOUR said the second annuity was a mere substi tution for the first, and therefore subject to all its incidents. He had decided the same point in another case. PETERS V. GROTE. Mr. KNIGHT stated that there was a large fund in Court belonging to a Mrs. West, who was unfortunately insane, and confined in a lunatic asylum. Her husband, Mr. West, had a situation in the West Indies, where he resided. He had taken no notice of various applications by Mrs. West's relations for payment of her necessary expenses. He had, on a former occasion, petitioned the Court for a sum of 8001. out of the principal of Mrs. West's money, for the purpose of applying it towards her support ; but although he ob tained the money he had applied no more than 2001. in the manner the Court had intended. The next friend of the lady now petitioned for an advance out of the capital of 5001., to be applied in payment of a considerable debt which was already contracted on account of her maintenance. His HONOUR made the order. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 15. THE KING V. ANTROBUS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied for a trial at bar in this case, which was a criminal information against the She riff of Chester for refusing to execute the judgment of the Judges in Assize in the case of Garside and Mosely. The Learned Gentleman was about to state some grounds in support of his application, when Lord DENMAN observed that the Attorney-General ap peared on behalf of the Crown had a right to a trial at bar. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thanked their Lordships. The object of the information was to ascertain what was the true state of the law as to the liability of the Sheriff of Chester to execute the judgment of the Court. He wished the trial to take place at as early a period as possible, because it was not unlikely that the same question might arise before the next Assizes. ---- Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE--The judgment e r.,..unot be en tered up till the fourth day of next ' - r 'lm, and there may be a writ of error brought, or a ne w t r i a l grante d , so t h at t h e trial may not. `lecide the matter before the next Assizes. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would consider the matter, and make another applicatien for the appointment of a day for the 4i4L COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 15. GIBBONS It. THE EARL OF HILLSBOROUGH. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS stated that this was an action on a bill of exchange, tried before Mr. Justice Gaselee at the last London Sittings, when a verdict was found for the de fendant. The defence set up was infancy ; and to prove the infancy Lord and Lady Amherst, the latter of whom was grandmother of the defendant, were called. They stated that the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, the parents of Lord Hillsborough, were married on the 15th November, 1811, and that the defendant was born within a year after, which would make him under age at the time he accepted the bill in question. The plaintiff, not suppos ing there could be any mistake in this statement, took no steps to investigate the fact ; but he had within these few days received information, which he believed to be correct, that Lord and Lady Amherst were erroneous in the date they fixed upon for the marriage of the defendant's parents. As the marriage took place in Ireland he believed some time must elapse before they could obtain a certificate of it, and what he now applied to the Court for was a rule for a new trial, conditional on his being able to procure such a certificate of Lord and Lady Downslire's marriage as would entitle him to it. The Court would consult Mr. Justice Gaselee upon the fact of there having been evidence of the date of the birth of Lord Hillsborough, independent of his parents' marriage► and in the meantime the plaintiff must search at Lambeth for the license of the marriage of Lord and Lady Down° shire, which would be returned to the Archbishop of Can% terbury if the marriage took place in England. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday the application of the parish officers of St. Clement's Danes, for an order of affiliation against -Captain Hamilton, was dismissed. The mother of the child swore that the circumstances which gave rise to this proceeding occurred at the Ben Johnson public-house, near Stepney Church, in the month of March, 1833. It was conclusively proved, however, that the vessel, the Madeline, of which Captain Hamilton is the commander, was at that time, with the Captain on board, off the Western Islands. This contradiction of the woman's story was established by the coincident evidence of the ship's log, of the cabin boy, and of the Custom-house entries. UNION-HALL. Yesterday a lengthened investigation took place before Mr. TRAILL, respecting a burglary and robbery committed at the residence of Mr. Evans, at Clapham-rise, and Ste phen Joy, an acquaintance of a female cook in the com plainant's service, was charged on suspicion with having been concerned in the offence. The short facts of the case were as follow :—On Mon day night, or early on the following morning, Mr. Evans's house was broken into, the thieves having bffected an en trance by boring a hole in the door leading to the kitchen sufficiently capacious to admit the whole of a man's arm. The piece of panel cut out was immediately underneath the iron bar which went across the door, so that it was sus pected the parties who broke into the house had a previous knowledge of the different fastenings to it ; and after having once accomplished the boring, they experienced little diffi culty in getting into the house. They then proceeded up stairs to the parlours, and took possession of all the plate they found there, taking care, at the same time, to break off the silver laps of the cruets and stands, leaving the glass behind. They also visited the drawing-rooms, from which they took several articles, and amongst them a number of foreign coins. They also regaled themselves with wine, a nd left all the decanters empty ; and although they must have been in the house for some considerable time, yet they managed to go to work so quietly, that none of the inmates heard them. Upon the discovery that thieves had been in the house, it was subsequently ascertained that the female cook, who had been in the complainant's service about three months, had some male visitors at the house without the sanction, or indeed the knowledge, of her master and mis tress, and that on Christmas-day the man Joy was there with her, and, it seemed, had an opportunity of seeing the various fastenings to the door which was subsequently bra ken open. He was taken into custody near the Yorkshire Stingo, in the New-road, where he was at work, and tried to escape at the time. When the prisoner was secured, be had a couple of clean shirts in his hand, and immediately exclaimed to the policeman that he had not stolen the linen. The policeman told him that he was not suspected of steal ing linen, and asked him if he knew Clapham Rise. His answer to this question was, " I do know Clapham Rise , but I'm no housebreaker." This expression he used before the policeman said one word to him about Mr. Evans's house havin g been broken into and robbed. The cook was here ordered out of the office, and when the prisoner was examined in her absence, he said that he first became acquainted with her when she was living in Thames-street, and that he was in the habit of calling et the house where she lived as servant. He gave a very vague account of the manner in which he ascertained that she was living at Clapham Rise, and how he found out the complainant's house on Christmas Day. He declared his innocence of the offence imputed to him, and said that his wife could prove that he was at home and in bed the whole of the night when complainant's house was robbed. The cook was also examined, in the course of which she admitted her former intimacy with Joy, and did not deny that he was with her the whole of one night when she lived in Thames-street, when the family were out. She had not seen him for some months until he called at Mr. Evans's on Christmas Day, and she invited him into the kitchen, and he remained with her from about twelve o'clock until two o'clock. She did not send for him, and was not aware how he found out her new situation. The prisoner was remanded for further examination. THAMES POLICE. GUNPOWDER ON BOARD Siiirs.iesterday C a ptain Tomsett, the master of the Mount Stewart Elphinstone , East Indiaman, from Calcutta, now lying in the eastern bason of the London Dock, was charged with having some gunpowder on board, contrary to the Dock regulations. William Judge, a surveyor of Thames police, sa id he went on board on the arrival of the ship, and found a pound and a half of gunpowder in the cabin. The Captain said a pound belOnged to a Passenger, and the remainder was a small quantity he had inadvertently left in a horn. Mr. BRODEMP said it was right that the law should be enforced, for the ignition of that quantity of gunpowder ill a closely-packed dock might have sacrificed property to an immense amount. As there were no aggravating eircunr stances in the case, he would reduce the fine from .51. to 20s• Another master of a ship was also fined 20s. for a similar offence in the St. Katherine Dock. The General Steam Navigation Company's mail' packet, the Ramona, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom' House, yesterday, at one o'clock, P. M. Also the B e lfast, from Calais. CAUTION TO SPORTSAIEN.—Saturday last Po" trick Hogan, a young lad, was killed upon the spot at GreeGr een' hills, in the south liberties o f Li mer i c k , b y the accidental die' charge of a fowling-piece. He was in the act of assisting a gentleman from town over a hedge in pursuit of game, vibe ° the latter in ascending handed up the gun to his guide, but a t that instant, by some unforseen accident, the charge exploded" and the effect was mortal. Same day, Samuel Robbins, 0 1 of Captain Robbins, of Suir Castle, was on a fowling exet 11 ;"„ sion, when in the act of loading a double-barrel detonating g°l" one of them exploded, and the contents lodged in his breast' He died on the spot.—Belfast News Letter. BIRTHS. On the 15th inst., in Eaton-square, th e L ady Agnes Bylig , of a son. On the 14th inst., at Leyton, Essex, the lady of the Rev. C. Laprimaudaye, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., in Upper Grosvenor -street, the Countess V ° Lawarr, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., in Great Ceram-street, Mrs. George Saints" bury, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., in Grosvenor-street, Mrs. Brogden, n• daughter. MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, Denis Le Mar" chant, Esq., eldest son of the late Major-General Le Marchant , Sarah Eliza, fourth daughter of the late Charles Smith, Esc!" - Suttons, Essex. On the 12th inst.. at St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, Mr. Job Cockle, su rgeon , Lambeth -street, London, to Susanna Harp er eldest dau g ht er o f Willi am Harper, Esq., of Falkenham, late ° Stratton-hall, Suffolk. On the 13th i ns t., at S t. John's, Hackney, Mr. John We st , t Hatcham, n ear N ew - cross, Surrey, solicitor, to M ar i a nna, elde s t daughter of W. F. Baker, Esq., R.N. cil On the 23d ult., at Farley, Wiltshire ' the Rev. John Ce Grainger, to Margaret Bewicke, younge s t daughter of th e late . I °'" Smart, Esq., of Trewhitt-house, Northumberland. On the 14th inst. at St. Giles's, Camhzsrwell, Mr. J osiali Westley, of Bri x ton-hill, to Miss Caroline r,ohmein, of the forinef place. DIED. 'to On the sth inst., at lA'asanne Henry A. Cerjat, Esq" Lieutenant-Colonel of tile Inniskilling Dragoons. On the 13th at Hastings, Elizabeth, the relict of the la . t : James De B urg h, o f West Drayton, Middlesex, and Gaulstow n, the county of Westmeath. On the Bth inst., in Staples Inn, Love Stuart Tulk, aged 87. ip On the 9th inst., at Walthamstow, John Tole Corbett, Esq" his 40th year. f th e On the 10th inst., at Crake-hall, Yorkshire, Frances, w if e if e ° Rev. R. 1 1, ) osanquet, Rectory of Bolingbroke-with-Here b y' thir d the 't ocess o f Li nco l n . On the :?.oth ult. at Leghorn, Joseph Burgess Spencer% son of the late Air. Edward Spencer, o f Billiter-street, Lone aged 19. On the 7th inst., at Kendal, Agnes, relict of the late Rev. Ittreclt Wilson, A M., formerly of Emanuel College, Cambridge, Vicar of Brodsworth, near Doncaster. 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