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' tile rather • ra s voga / the ' o ot l e P t he arts ©a l is met The arts' in loo tsy the Iple'Tbis clic. in a 11 cc' r sow; ate ly ing G ter, , a , ieroas v< ci erif li 3 r e v e ors ken dro,ll—hut ast er, the rough ° l l a P c Of by olve • h s to ban" COURT CIRCULAR. His Majesty, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, left St. James's shortly before six o'clock on Thursday evening, on his return to Windsor Castle. I. The Duke of Cumberland . nonoured the Carlton Club with aso at dinner on Th urs d ay even i ng. Th ere were present the Marquis of Chandcs, the Earl of Shaftesbury, v, counts Hereford and Strangforcl, Sir Robert Fitz Wygram, Sir Frederick Tre.nch, &c. Van de Weyer,. tbe Belgic Minister, visited Viscount 4 azerston yesterday at the Foreign-office. m Visc ount Melbo urne atten d e d yester d ay at hi s o ff ic i a l resi nee in D owning -street, for the first time since his appoint itt to office. The Hon. William Cowper has been appointed tme of the Private Secretaries to his Lordship. 170 Lord Nugent bad an interview yesterday with the Right ,n• Charles Grant, at the Colonial-office. on 'ard Holland entertained some of his colleagues at dinner Lo Thursday even i ng, at Holland House, Kensington. His I'l3/lip transacted business yesterday at the Home-office. WINDSOR. AraiL 24 . - --Yesterday evening, at a little past eight o'clock, majesty Taylor. arrived at the Castle, accompanied by Sir Herbert : 1 : 6 Queen rode out in the afternoon in a pony-phaeton, 4 7, r aPanied by t h e L an d grav i ne o f H esse H om b urg, and paid ,it to the P r i ncess A ugusta at Frogmore. p3-day their Majesties did not leave the Castle. 4 ord and L a d y Frederick Fitz-Clarence, and Dr. Kuper, fired at the Castle on Wednesday. e Landgravine visited the Princess Augusta this morning. The health of the Princess Augusta, we are happy to learn, much improved since her arrival here. th i e Hon. William Ashley paid a visit fo their Majesties Morning. DOVER. ( 44 Grace the Duke of Wellington arrived here yesterday r ' 11 _ r srlaY), from Wilmer Castle, at eleven o'clock, and was t ;;;,ved at the Harbour-house to f by a guard of honour, and the s alurom the western heights. Grace i mme di ate l y h e ld an d pres id e d at a B oar d o f t h e s'ultraissioners for Dover Harbour, at which it was determined cwoplete, with every dispatch, the important works carry op at the South Pier, and a contract was entered into with . " 7 , 4 M'lnt os h of London for that purpose. c Commissione rs di ne d i n th e even i ng a t th e Y or k H o t e l, () ! I I Whenc e the Lord Warden returned early to Weimer Cie, with the intention of proceeding to-day towards Strath '4Ye. IT NIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. FORD APRIL 24.—Yesterday Henry Halford Vaughan, j•A. of Christ Ch urc h was e l ec t e d F e ll ow o f O r i e l C o ll ege . esterday evening the Hon. Mr. Bruce of Christ Church, M ert :t: Gamier, of Exeter College, were elected Fellows of % h al lo Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells held an Ordination on 1 0 4 Y last, in his Lordship's Palace at Wells, when the-fol g persons of this University were ordained : . 1 ". Richard Cavendish Townsend Boyle, Christ Church. Charl es J ames Fox, B. A. Magdalen Hall. Joh n Har vey H ar di ng, B . A . M ag d a l en H a ll . qn. Stuart Hippisley Horner, B.A. Exeter College. it e , nr Y James, B.A. Balliol College. °oert Wilr James, B.A. Pembroke College. E t 1 7 Ringsmill, B.A. Trinity College. N:tward Spencer Phelps, B.A. Wadham College. tcholas Watts, B.A. University College. TEWKESBURY. ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDEN. j FINAL CLOW OF THE POLL. .\lr. ii ) . s eph Smith, a Reformer Rickford, formerly a Reformer, but now a Tory Majority 207 LITERARY NEWS. On. " 01 the most piquant literary attractions of the week is fo o „ e sketch es an d R eco ll ec ti ons " o f t h at established public T a te, " Paul Pry." tigcomAlNE, OR THE MAN OF REFINEMENT.—PubIic atten been again directed to this celebrated book, by its trii t 7 r e -publi ca ti on i n " Colburn's.Novelists"—tbe most ele 14e c ollectio n o f mo d ern wor k s o f fi ct i on yet pu bli s h e d . The ) etl ing numbers comprise Mr. Bulwer's renowned produc- Pelham, or the Adventures of a Gentleman," complete N o, J 0 volumes, for 10s. and Lady Morgan's delightful Irish , r h _ o'.Donnel," complete in one vol. for hillings. I vor , e Ninth Part of Mr. Burke's importanta nd s much desired 1 1 , 3 ; the " History of the Commoners, or Landed Gentry," p4biliesst made its appearance. The subsequent parts will be The Fourth quarterly, until the completion of the undertaking. Pourth Part of Sir Jonah Barrington's national work, ko, H istory of the I r i s h U n i on ," i s a l so j us t p u bli s h e d. T wo th e ‘a tarts will c om pl e t e th e wor k, w hi c h i s embellished by tx,/loic forty portraits, an ot h er ill ustrat i ons, o f t h e original Vlsive editior tie he Public are" just presented with a new and cheaper edi- Boo : : _l i ,that hi g hl y useful manual, " The Lady ' s Own Cookery rjt containi ng no less than 1,600 receipts, the result of . O bservati on on the culinary art, by a lady of distinguished -% assisted by all her gastronomic acquaintances. F ASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. haP ). ° Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and family, at White (Gardens, from their seat in Scotland ; Sir W. Sandys, m r k `e.n-park Hotel, 103 Piccadilly, from Peterhouse College, t 4 --ri dge • the Earl and Countess of Belfast, from Chertsey ; e c)r ge Rush, Esq., at St. James's Hotel, Jermyn.street, from It e r l ; George Alxander Hamilton, Esq., at ditto, from Jam e ; Sir Ed war d S cott , B art ., at F enton ' s Hotel, St. 3,1,1135-street, from Cheltenham ; Frank Cutler, Esq., at , 9 413 tty s Hotel, St. James's-street, from his seat in Suffolk ; Parry, at the Lisbon Hotel, Dover-street, from Lea the '`", Berlinarwickshire • Sir Edward and Lady Deering, at ton Hotel, ' from Kent ; Robert Throck mor t on , %. ` 1 1 5 ., at ditto, from Berks ; Lady Acton, at ditto, from ditto ; theyand Mrs. S e yb r i g ht, i n G rosvenor - s t reet , f rom B at h ; fro lli ' ar chioness of Lansdowne, at her villa at Richmond, th est ,, t he Earl of Il c h es t er ' s seat , Abb o t s b ury C ast l e, Dor t'claarr ; H. H. Wright, Esq., at igorley's Hotel, ,'Trafalgar e from America ; H. D. Nevill, Esq., of the Royals, at 4 ' n Rev. G. S ee k er, at d i tto, from Hampton Court ; Rev. 4.44' 15 x, at ditto, from South Littleton ; William Sheddon, ;, at ditto, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Batson, at ditto, % ht. Essex C. D. Savage, Esq., at ditto, from Yarmouth ; ditt r o siti , 4 J. Ually, 51st regiment, at ditto ; J. M. Grant, at .Lr9nt a tour ; Captain Nettervill, at ditto, from ditto ; Missh, from the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. C. Miss - r , lB ° , in St. James's-street ; Captain Pellew, from Paris ; Dls e „ `..,,rrington, from ditto ; Viscount Mahon, in Grosvenor -84.--h„.' 'tom the Marquis of Salisbury's seat, Hatfield House ; " l imn Abdy, in Hill-street. B ? IN DEPARTURES. 1) 4 : rhilip and Lady de Grey Egerton, from Jermyn-street, Net.l" l : Lord Claude Hamilton, from Bentley Priory, for r eef .set ; H on . M r . an d M rs . Ri ce T revor , f rom Stratton elh,ls for Ba rr i ng t on P ar k, O x f or d s hi re ; M r . an d M rs . 147.herlayne, f rom F en t on ' s H ote l, S t . J ames ' s - street, f or oh, ll ntY Park, Hants ; Captain Forbes, from ditto ; Lieut.- •khrt Bell, t o assume t h e comman d of, the 48th Regt. ; W. ,bel) r sq., from Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle -street, for '4 , l ; '"'r e ; Major-General Sir Charles Dalbi a c, f rom Port kajo-rscluare, on a tour ; Sir John Ogilvie, Bart., on a tour ; ua a , and Mrs. Ty n t e , f rom C o l one l Wood's, Stratton-street, tiot ; e ar ; Visc oun t an d Vi scoun t ess L a k e , from Crawley's. s,ez. 14 A lbemarle-street, for Aston Clinton ; J. G. Price, ltaeht . P. 2 for Sandwich ; Captain Patteson, for the Con aad i t ; J. M. Fecto r , Esq., for Keosney Abbey, Kent ; Mr. Pal;s• Villie rs Sh e ll ey , or Mansfield, Surrey ; Viscount 4 t ,Y , on a tour ; Sir John Sh e lley, B ar t., f or N ewmar k e t ; for '• Pitzclarence, for Windsor Castle ; Lord de 8003, ft)). f.;41.1 Cowper's seat, Pansan,ger, Huts ; Champion Dymoke, Lit,„'ll,olderton • the Rev. Mr. Worsley, to Little Ponton, bo . : ol nshire ; ' Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, from Batt's Hotel, ditt'er-street for America ; Hon. Captain Osborne, from frob, ° ' !"'r Slade ' Land, Sussex ; the Bishop of Worcester, `doo r Burlington Hotel, to Brighton ; Thomas Edward t our e ' RN, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's -street, on a to o t i Saptai n an d M rs. J ones, f rom B roo k -street, to B r i g h - N4 o i • Gibbings, Esq., from Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar ; r o, for Cork ; R. Lane, Esq., from ditto, for ditto ; L. P' i .Esq., from ditto, for Scotland ; Captain Aldrick, for ~''.Lrom ditto, for Plymouth ; R. Hay, Esq., from ditto, p4ry u ln t burgh ; Captain Hyde, E. I. S., from ditto ; G. S. parr y sq. M. fo r k gnto, fo C am bridge ; Edward Beaden, Esq., from ditto, N o ' d e , at s ; the Hon. W. C. Henniker, from ditto ; Abraham q., from ditto, for Portsmouth ; C. and J. Grundy, from ditto, for ditto. THE NEW POOR LAW. %b To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. un—,---As some of your contemporaries are constantly carp- Itet:ll4 e ndeavouring to find fault with the New Poor . Lat d v tO th; t hink it my duty to send you the printed book published N )e , -B a Parish for the last year. Under the old system, the 441 „" i ture varied between 1,200/. and 1,3001. per annum, Dari,i"ere were generally 120 paupers on the . books. The pi, l h Was also in debt. I persuaded the parishioners to adopt 4104- pas also similar to the general principle of the . new Act a th e time before the Bill was introduced to Parliament, and totarriThlet herewith willwas show tire rezul—viz., that the oil, ex penditu re for 1834 only 524/. 3s t . 11d. We had antlern re at difficulty at st ar ti ng , v i z ., th a t th e ou t-p au p ers b e i ng a e es, our workhouse would not hold them and their families tted hour We therefore took temporary lodgings for our *cri t P e,. n r who were in the house, and then offered the able- bodied f ew 'nod, and lodging within its walls, making the offer to nod, week ; but none of them would come in, so that 1;411.91,1401y shortened our pauper list, and the able-bodied iiiie work for themselves. Thus we saved the expense of build 'o4'l3r a ddition t o our workhouse, brought the system sooner ho s . ° t P i . er atien at th e cost on l y o f t h e l o d g i ngs, an d we have eep tiO 4 "en our age d poor i nto the house aga i n, with the ex- Pep t e, of tho se w h ose friends have provided for them.—The Inn of this parish is about 4,300 persons. Hat% er re main, Sir, with respect, your constant reader, ne, Staffordshire, ALPHA. April 21, 1835. DEVONSTITRE ELECTION. (FROM OUR PLYMOUTH CORRESPONDENT.) • MEETING of the FRIENDS and SUPPORTERS . of LORD JOHN RUSSELL, at PLYMOUTH. LORD VISCOUNT EBRINGTON being present. This day (Thursday) a' meeting , of Lord John Russell's Plymouth District Committee, consisting of upwards of 130 gentlemen and others, his Lordship's friends, was held at the Mechanics' Institute, in Princess-square, Plymouth. The Meeting was both numerously and highly respectably attended. We should think that upwards of 300 gentlemen were present On the occasion. About half-past twelve o'clock Lord Ebring ton entered the meeting, accompanied by Geo. Wm. Soltan, Esq., the present, and Richard Bayley, Esq., the late Chair man of the Committee; John Collier and Thomas Bewes, Esqs., our borough Members, and other gentlemen. His Lordship was greeted on his entrance by the cheers of the assembly, which continued for some time. GEO. WM. SoL TAN, Esq. having taken the Chair— The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting as follows :—I have much pleasure in informing the committee and the other friends of Lord John Russell, that the returns of the canvass received this morning from the country parishes in this district are highly satisfactory.—(Loud cheers.) It behoves us, how ever, not to relax in our exertions, but to place Lord John Rus sell high on the poll, so as to show to the people that the elec tors of the south of Devon are fully sensible of his worth and excellence. ( Continued cheering.) Our opponents are wealthy, influential, and active. Statements the most un founded, and imputations the most base, have been made against us, and even the sacred temple of religion, has been profaned to disseminate principles adverse to our interests. —( Cries of " Hear," and cheers.) The country at large looks forward to the result of this election with the utmost anxiety. I therefore call on you to secure the result of this election—the independence of the South of Devon.---( Cheers. ) Our opponents have endeavoured to further their cause by abuse of Lord John Russell--but our cause needs none, it stands on noble ground. It cannot but be highly satisfactory to all present; to see a Nobleman now associated with us in the (good cause—(Loud cheers)—and though he has ceased to be one of our representatives, that he has not ceased to take an interest in our welfare.—( Continued cheering.) The statements which the meeting will receive from the Noble Lord will be highly gratifying. I cannot but offer our thanks to the patriotic people of Manchester, for the way in which they had come forward, when they heard of the factious op position, offered to Lord John Russell—in a few minutes they subscribed 5001. Let this example stimulate us. Let every man take up the cause as his own. Let not one leave this meet ing, without making a firm resolve to secure to Devon her lasting independence.—( The Chairman sat down amid loud cheers.) Lord: Viscount EBRINGTON, M.P., then rose to address the meeting, and was hailed with loud and continued cheering. As soon as it had subsided, his Lordship spoke as follows: After the kind and flattering terms in which your Chairman has introduced my name, and the manner in which you have been pleased to receive it, I feel that no apology is necessary from me in presenting myself to you.—( Cheers. ) Besides, the sentiments which we entertain with regard to the imme diate object of this meeting, I feel an additional claim to ad dressing you, after the honour you did me when I was last with you, by presenting me with the freedom of your town. It is then as one of yourselves, both as a citizen of Plymouth and as an elector for the Southern Division of Devon, that I stand forward to congratulate you on the return to power of the Mi nisters who carried the Reform Bill, and who now desire to carry out its legitimate results. For those objects the town of Plymouth made a noble and determined stand, and sent to Par liament men who had always stood forward in defence of the rights and liberties of the people.• I say I congratulate you on the return to power of men pledged to carry out the first fruits of the Reform Bill. I congratulate you also on the opportunity now afforded you to manifest to England and to Europe at large, that no change has taken place in your senti ments, by again conferring on the author of the Reform Bill that honour which he values so highly. I have the satis faction to state to you that notwithstanding all the calumny that has been used, all the misrepresentations which have gone forth, and to the propagation of which I am sorry to say some gentlemen have lent themselves who must have been satisfied of their absurdity and untruth, in the shape of newspaper pa ragraphs, and anonymous handbills.—l say, notwithstanding all this, I have the satisfaction of stating to you that from all the information which I have received, no reason exists to doubt that the cause of Liberty and Reform will triumph on this as it has on so many former occasions. —(Loud cheers.) To so intelligent and respectable an assembly as this, it would be useless for me to reply to those anonymous slanders, more especially as my Noble Friend who is the object of them will before the day of election take an opportunity of address ing the electors of this district in this place, and of stating for himself his views and principles, and of calling on you to judge not by the slanderous and anonymous aspersions I have referred to, but by his own declaration, coupled with his past political conduct. That party who claim all the religion, and all the loyalty, as well as all the talent and rank of the country, tell you that it is the intention of my Noble Friend to over throw the Established Church in this country. They ground that imputation on the resolution proposed by him, and carried in the House of Commons, on the subject of the Irish Church. On that subject I have not taken my opinions from hearsay, but my connection with respect to property in that country, has enabled me to form my own opinions on the subject from personal observation. At the last public meeting held in this county, relative to the relief of the Roman Catholics, I stated as I do now, that the existence of a Protestant clergyman, draining tithes from a parish without a church in it in which to do duty, and without a parsonage house—of a clergyman without a Protestant parishioner before whom he could perform the service of the Established Church, even if he had a resi dence and a church—l stated that the existence of such a thing was a scandal to the religion which it was its object to disseminate. I had seen the existence of such things in Ire land. To that statement I adhere. It was in consequence of that opinion, which has been since confirmed, that I supported the resolution of my noble friend. And what does that reso lution amount to ? That after full and ample provision for the spiritual wants of the Protestant Church—and that in a better manner than it is now provided for—for with all the wealth of the Church, the spiritual wants of the Irish Protestants are not now sufficiently provided for—that the surplus funds to the establishment of schools for the purpose of promoting scriptural education—schools which should be common alike to the Protestant and the Catholic, according to the plan of my Lord Stanley, approved of by the Archbishop of Dublin and other heads of the Church in Ireland—a plan which, ex cluding those points of Scripture on which Protestants and Catholics disagreed, yet retained all that infinitely greater and more important portion in which all Christians concur— this is the system of appropriation which was proposed by my Noble Friend. It was not, however, proposed to obtain the surplus by taking any part of the income which any cler gymam now living received from the Church, but as sinecure livings drop in, to appropriate them to this plan of national education.—(Loud cheers.) I put it to you, as Christians and moral men, whether such an appropriation is not better calculated to promote real religion and true morality, than that which gives large incomes to clergymen for duties which they cannot perform, and exhibits them as ministers of the Gospel only in name and in emolument. So much, then, for the sacrilegious plunder of the Irish'Church. For myself, I am, and always have been, a very sincere friend of the Church of England. But I stated long ago my opinion that the honour as well as the usefulness of the Church would be advanced by a better distribution of the funds—giving greater incomes to the working clergy, reducing those of the less efficient dignitaries. When I made that proposition, many years ago—it was received as my Noble Friend's has been—l was denounced as a sacrilegious spoliator of the Church of England, and accused of a desire to subvert the whole establishment. I have lived to see the day when the same treason has been propounded by the very heads of the Church itself—l have seen them propose a measure for bring ing more nearly to an equality the revenues of the Bishops, and augmenting small livings at the expense of the sinecure dignitaries, and a Tory Administration approving of this plan. And I do not despair of seeing the time when the persons now so loudly denouncing the proposition of my Noble Friend will be among the foremost to acknowledge its benefits. Another charge against my Noble Friend and his colleagues in the Mi nistry is a supposed alliance with Mr. O'Connell. Ido not stand up to defend the language of Mr. O'Connell; no man has re gretted more than I do that his talents and influence should have been misapplied as they have,in promoting agitation and violence in Ireland. I feel less scruple in stating it here, having not shrunk from doing so in his presence in various discussions in the House of Commons. You have seen that the head of the Administration has stated that any support which Mr. O'Connell may give to the Government has not been purchased by any conditions made by that Government, either directly or indirectly with him. If, in consequence of the changes which have taken place, and the measures which have been propounded for the pacification of Ireland, he is disposed, without any conditions, to alter his course to that Government—l put it to you whether any advantage would have been gained by the Government— or whether they would ever have been justified in repu diating the support which Mr. O'Connell may be disposed to give them? The Government do that which they believe is right, without reference to Mr. O'Connell on the one hand, or the heads of the Orangemen on the other. Let them do so— let them steer that straight and upright course which will tend to the happiness of Ireland ; and if, in doing so, they can ob tain the support of Mr. O'Connell, they would be guilty of folly, which would not only incapacitate them to administer the affairs of a great country, but even those of a parish vestry, if they allowed themselves to be swayed by any false shame or personal hostility to be diverted for a moment from doing so. 'I have thought it right to say so much, because I am aware of the gross misrepresentations which have gone forth, and which has, I fear, in some cases produced effect. But lam con vinced that this is not the case with you, from the course which you have taken, and the principles which you have so consistently maintained in support of civil and religions liberty. I ought perhaps, therefore, to apologise to you— (cries of " No, no," from all parts of the room),—More especially as I hope my Noble Friend will have an opportunity himself on Thursday next of :explaining to you fully the whole of his public conduct. I hope, Gentlemen, you will impress most deeply on every elector not to judge of my Noble Friend by misrepresentations of his enemies, but to hear from himself his explanation of his own conduct, and of the intentions of this Government, and then let them judge for themselves and give their votes, as they may consider they ought. (The Noble Lord sat down amidst loud and continued cheers.) W. HODGE, Esq., of Devonport, next addressed the meeting, and referred to the cry raised by the Tory party of the Church being in danger, and clearly pointed out the fallacy of the cry. He then noticed the Irish question, and attributed the whole of the grievances of which Ireland now complained to misgovernment, and instanced the great benefits which i tliE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1835. would accrue, by the establishment of national schools in that country. In conclusion, he galled ,wpon them ,not,, to oppose Lord_John Ruisell l S establishing schools in Ireland, as they would enable the people of Ireland to become good citizens, arid to think and judge for themselves.---( Cheers. ) ThomAs limas, Esq., M.P., Said; after the address of th e Noble Lord, I shall sa y littl e , l e st I should by any means en feeble it. I cannot, however, but take this opportunity of congratulating you on the removal not only of an obnoxious, but on the re-instating Of a Ministry who has our entire confidence. Among the first is Lord John Russell. I feel convinced that all persons present will use all their exertions to secure his Lordship's return. Most perfectly do I concur in all that has fallen from the Noble Lord sitting by me on the subject of the Irish Church. We are told that the late Ministry were turned out by a factious opposition—l canaot find this out. The divi sions on which the late Ministry were in a minority were all on vital principles. Had we wished to have been factious, we might have been so on the Malt Question. The Speaker concluded by declaring that he should always act up to his principles.—( Cheers. ) JOHN COLLIER Esq., M.P., spoke to the effect follow ing :—I can have very little to say to you on the present occasion. My votes will best prove to you what principles I profess. When I last had the honour of meeting you, I said the Reform Bill would work well—it has worked well in dis placing a set of men who were not deserving the confidence of the King or the people.--( Cheers.) It was not a factious opposition, as my worthy colleague has very properly said, that turned out the late Ministry. On the Speakership, the addresses, and other questions, they were in the minority. On the question of granting a Charter to the London Univer sity, they were left in a minority hardly ever before known-- there was about two to one against them. Look, too, at the appointment of Lord Londonderry to the embassy of St. Pe tersburgh—the sense of the House was expressed, and Lord Londonderry resigned—they could not stand against it—for the sense of the House was the sense of the country. But we must have your support on the present occasion.--( Cries of " You shall have it," from all parts of the meeting.) If you do not return the man who has deserved so well of you and your country, it will be a disgrace to you. I cannot sit down with out saying I think there is a debt of gratitude due to my Lord Elri irigton for his attendance here this day, and for his general conduct and character as a Reformer. I had the honour of supporting Lord Ebrington by my vote in 1819. Until then, there was scarce an instance of a Reformer being returned for the county. Lord Ebrington has stood forward on all occa sions for the people, particularly at the time the Reform Bill was rejected by the Commons. Mr. Collier concluded by moving a vote of thanks to Lord Ebrington. THOMAS BEWES, Esq.-, M. P., with much pleasure seconded the resolution. GEORGE LEACH, Esq., of Devonport, was then loudly called for by the meeting. He rose and spoke as follows :—I con gratulate the lovers of freedom, and of civil and religious liberty, on the assembly I see around me. As a native of this division of the county, I feel anxious that we should not dis grace ourselves by displacing Lord John Russell. Mr. Leach then referred to the Irish Church question, and speaking of Toryism, said its sun had set for ever. H e conc l u d e d b y stat ing that Lord John Russell merited our support, and that if he could judge by the feeling expressed by the meeting Lord John had the advantage.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. After which three cheers were given for Lord Ebrington. LOl2l EBRINOTON returned thanks ; after which the meeting broke up. . .... Previous to the separation of the meeting thanks were given to the Chairman. Lord Ebiiugton left this place (Plymouth) this evening for Tavistock, where his Lordship intends addressing the electors. On Saturday his Lordship is to be at Okehampton. Lord John Russell is to be here (Plymouth) on Thursday next to address the electors. The returns received to-day are, we underitand, decidedly in favour of Lord John Russell. To-morrow Mr. Dawson intends dining with his Devonport friends. Mr. Parker, the candidate for the southern division of Devon, as well as Sir J. Y. Buller, M. P. for the southern division, intend being present on the occasion. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. FRIDAY, APRIL 24. (From a Second Edition of the Nottingham Journal of yesterday.) " The re-election of Sir John Hobhouse, in consequence of his having accepted the office of President of the Board of Control, took place this day in the Exchange-room. After the usual preliminaries had been gone through, Lord RANCLIFFE, in a short but animated speech, proposed Sir John Cam Hobhouse as a fit and proper person to repre sent the town of Nottingham in Parliament. THOMAS WAKEFIELD, Esq., seconded the nomination in a speech, during which he commented on the present state of political affairs, and on the ability and principles of the Right Hon. Baronet. No other candidate being proposed, Sir John Hobbouse was declared duly elected. Sir JOHN HomousE, Bart., M. P., on presenting himself, was received with cheers, when he said, that if it was gra tifying to the Noble and Hon. Gentlemen who had pre ceded him, to be permitted to speak to them on that oc casion, it was much more so to himself, and it was with honest pride, and true unmixed joy and satisfaction that he came before them. After what has been called a fair trial —he meant a parliamentary trial—they, the electors, had been pleased to confirm their original choice. This was the third time they had invested him with the highest trust that could be reposed in the hands of an English man—the delicate, the difficult, and the honourable trust of representing an enlightened community in Parliament.— ( Loud applause.) In nine months he had presented him self three times before them, and in four years he had been nine times before large constituencies of his fellow-subjects; and it was a great pride to him to have found, on these re peated occasions, so many of his countrymen willing to repose so important a trust in his hands. He hoped he had con vinced them of his sincere desire to do his duty in the best posiible way. Great events have taken place since they last elected him ; they had sent him to Parliament to do his utmost to displace the late Administration, which he knew the electors of Nottingham distrusted, and which he believed the country considered were not entitled to their confidence. Without the slightest reserve, and without the slightest pretension, from the first moment he entered the House of Commons, be had declared he was one of the men who did not intend to give them the fair trial which they pretended to solicit, and his whole exertions had been employed to overthrow that Admi nistration, because he considered they had already had that fair trial, and were too well known, and, in fact, better known than trusted. His whole life had been spent in a dreary con templation of their misdeeds; he was satisfied that the electors of this town were well acquainted with them, and the verdict they were called to deliver, was not as a re ward for future measures of good, but it was something not unlike punishment for their former conduct. To have continued the late Ministry in office, he considered would have been not only highly detrimental to the best in terests of the country, but would have fixed a stain upon public morals. After ridiculing the pretensions of Sir Robert Peel's Administration to be called a Reforming Ministry, he stated his conviction, that had the late experiment succeeded, it would have been injurious to the progress of Reform and the prospects of the people. He then referred to the short but sharp struggle in the House of Commons (of which he thought the people must approve), and the manner in which the Oppo sition had succeeded; he considered that it was not only a good cause, but that the contest had been well conducted, and that the battle had been well fought.—( Applause.) He was con vinced, as Lord Melbourne had truly said at Derby, the Re formers could not afford to be disunited ; for by this time the people of England must be convinced, that divisions of Re formers had given advantages to the common enemy, and it was only by the admirable union of all Reformers in the House of Commons, that they had succeeded in compelling the late Ministry to resign.--( Applause.) It is well known that some of the Government do not hold the same opinions as have been expressed by some of their allies in Parliament ; but, said he, I am bound to pay a just tribute to those men who have so gallantly, so uniformly, perseveringly, and successfully fought the battle in the House of Commons. Nothing could be more admirable or more honourable than the conduct of these Reformers ; and if I may be allowed to give a hint to you, and through you to the people of England, I would declare, that it is only by a continuation of this con duct that the Ministry has the least chance of remaining in power--( Hear, hear)—it is only by the support of the popular Representatives of England, of Scotland, and of Ireland— ( Cheers)--who have only done their duty to their country, that we can remain in office ; and for myself (continued Sir J. H.) whatever others might do, I will not forget their services— and as I was willing to fight with them in the day of difficulty, I trust that I and my colleagues will have a proper sense of their merits in the day of triumph. It is only by this union that we can hope to face the great difficulties that now sur round us.. Do not deceive yourselves • I do intreat you, and those great constituencies now appealed to by my colleagues, to consider the vast obstacles we have to overcome. You are all aware of the hostility of a large majority in the Upper House of Parliament, and of the many influential classes op posed to you and your views ; you are aware that the late dis solution of Parliament (by means, I am afraid, which honest men would blush to employ) effected a great change in the representation of the people. The late Ministry succeeded in bringing to the House of Commons a body of men, who will now form the most powerful Opposition that ever sat in Par liament, except that with which I was connected, and which now occupies their places on the Ministerial benches.--( Hear. ) How are we to contend with that Opposition? I will tell You how the present Administration intends to make head against that formidable minority, and why we hope to succeed.—(Cheers, and bear, hear.) In the first place we intend to be true to our own characters, and those assu rances which we have given to the people : whatever may Le the event, by p ursu i ng suc h a li ne of conduct, we hope to secure from you and our own consciences, that approbation which, aft er a ll, must b e t h e proper reward for those honest public men who shall endeavour uncompromisingly to do their duty. I can assure the Noble Lord who proposed, and y! Honourable Friend who seconded this domination, that we do not intend to truckle to any party in the State whatever — ( Cheers)—but we shall fearlessly propose good measures, carry them if we can, and if we cannot, let the fault and failure rest upon the heads of our adversaries _( Cheers, and hear, hear.) For myself it is a matter of perfect indifferenc. , whether or not •I continue to be a Minister of the Crown. I care not for that high station, for high it may be called, if it enable me to st - Tve you more effectually, except inasmuch as it extends the sphere of public utility.--( Hear, hear.) And in accepting the office which his Majesty has conferred Ron me, knowing as I do the frailty of that tenure—remembering. what occurred in November last--( Hear, hear,)—l am aware that we have more obstacles than ever beset an Administra tion, but f will topeat that with you and the honest consti tuencies of England to back us, we are net afraid-..we are sure that one way or the other we shall be able to accom plish the great object we contemplate in holding the reins of power; to do justice to Ireland—( Hear, hear)—and that we shall also accomplish, in this country, those simi lar reforms which the increasing state of intelligence in this nation so imperiously demands ; that we shall proceed with no intemperate haste, but with a steady determination, in the course you have been pleased to approve ; and shall, by being Ministers of the Crown, show that we only continue the ser vants of the people—that we know our duty to our fellow countrymen, and knowing that duty, we are resolved to dis charge it.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet then pio ceeded to thank his auditors, in eloquent terms, for the kindness and respect with which he had been treated; assuring them, that whatever might be the result of the present politi cal struggle—whether he might be driven, by the opponents of the Ministry, shortly to meet them again, or not, he should meet them with a mutual good will—or at all events he would endeavour to show, that he set a proper price on their good will, and those suffrages by which he was again enabled to take his station as one of the representatives of the people. In conclusion, he had merely to inform them, that most of his colleagues who were now away from London, he hoped would be elected : of Lord John Russell's return for Devonshire, he trusted he might be permitted to say, he was all but certain, at least he knew every exertion would be made to secure it. Under these circumstances, in the absence of so many of his colleagues, he should feel it his duty, immediately on leaving that room, to return to his post, and while there, he trusted that they would find he would not only be performing his own duty, but that he was also doing their's. The Right Hon. Baronet was greeted at the conclusion of his speech, by three times three cheers, and after receiving the congratulations of his friends, the meeting separated. [We beg to express our thanks to the proper authorities for the excellent accommodation afforded to the gentlemen of the press.] YORKSHIRE ELECTION. WEST RIDING. LEEDS, TIIURSDAY EVENING.—This day has decided what had hitherto been doubtful, whether we should have a contest for the West Riding. We are to have one. The Tories met to the number of about 150 at Wakefield this morning, when George Lane Fox, Esq.. of Bramham Park, was called to the chair, but what passed afterwards is not known, the reporter of the Leeds Mercury, and all not hearty in the cause of Mr. John Stuart Wortley, having been requested by Mr. Beckett Denison to withdraw before business commenced, as he con sidered the meeting one of a private nature. This is certain, however, Mr. Wortley, who is Lord Wharncliffe's eldest son, and the defeated candidate in Forfarshire at the late general election, arrived in the course of the morning, was hailed with great cheering by the assembly, announced his wil lingness to accede to the desire of his friends, that he should stand on the Tory interest, and subsequently pub lished an address, " venturing " before the electors " as a candidate." His friends in all parts of the country will now doubtless be arriving for the approaching fight. Ever since . Lord Morpeth's acceptance of office was known, the Li berals in Leeds and other places have been actively engaged in making preparations for the battle, which the Tories murmered about, but only announced a contest as likely really to take place in a miserably small placard at Leeds, on Tuesday morn ing. At a numerous meeting of his Lordship's friends in the Rotunda of the Coloured Cloth Hall here, yesterday evening, James G. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, it was unanimously resolved—That this meeting entirely approve of Lord Mor peth's conduct as their Representative in Parliament, and that the most active and persevering measures be adopted to secure his re-election for the West Riding. By to-morrow it may be expected that the Liberals of the whole Riding will be aroused. The accounts from those places which have given returns to Leeds are very favourable, and the Reformers expect confi dently to gain a victory over the enemies of reform in this its strong-hold. BRISTOL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Being a constant reader of your most excellent paper, and being also well aware of your truly valuable assistance to the cause of Reform, I venture to send you the following ac count, hoping that you will, in one of your earliest papers, in sert a feu, remarks, to stir up the Reformers of this city, and by that means to convince our fellow-countrymen that we are not so much under the iron rod of a Tory Corporation as is generally supposed. About ten days since a few friends began a subscription of sixpence each, to give a piece of plate to Lord John RusSell, as a trifling acknowledgment of his ser vices in turning out the late Ministry, which was believed would realize perhaps about 151. ; but I am happy to say it is taken up now so warmly, that a meeting held last night at the Full Moon Tavern, Broad-street, it was found that there was already about 1201. in hand. We are still going on, and on Saturday an advertisement will appear in the ./Ffer cu) y, calling upon all the collectors to exert their utmost be tween that and next Thursday, when another meeting will be held, by which time, I am convinced, THAT IF YOU WILL REN DER YOUR MOST POWERFUL ASSISTANCE BY STIRRING UP THE BRISTOLIANS, we shall be able to present him with a piece of plate worthy . both of the givers and the receiver. I hope you will excuse the liberty I have taken, and believe me, Your's most truly, April 24. H. P. P. S. There is also a subscription going on, to be sent into Devonshire to further his return. When I saw the list 110/. was down ; that was yesterday morning. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—As a member long connected with Wesleyan Methodists, I cannot believe that any means whatever have been or will be used by any Wesleyan Preacher, to influence the Devonshire Electors to turn out Lord John Russell. The Wesleyans as a body, with many others, are deeply in debted to that Noble Lord for his exertions in defeating the attempt made by Lord Sidmouth to curtail their privileges. This they can never forget. Mr. Jabez Bunting's name has been used by the Patriot Newspaper, in connection with the Bishop of Exeter, for some sinister purpose. Mr. B. has always been a liberal minded gentleman, he is a staunch friend of tba Church of England ; so is Lord John Russell, and so am I ; but this can be no reason why the abuses of that Church should not be reformed. This is also the opinion of the majority of Churchmen themselves. Away then with the old bugbear cry that the Church is in danger. By returning the Noble Lord to Parliament, the Wesleyan Methodists of De vonshire will be only adding another proof that they are the true friends of the Church and of Constitutional Liberty. Your obedient servant, Bristol, April 24. JOHN WESLEY HALL. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. OFFICE of the LORD CHAMBERLAIN to the QUEEN, Queen's House, St. James's, April 22, 1835, Notice is hereby given, that the Queen will hold a Drawing room at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the 30th instant, at two o'clock'. The cards of those ladies who intend having the honour of being presented to the Queen must be sent to the office of the Queen's Lord Chamberlain before twelve o'clock on Tuesday, the 28th inst. At the Court at St. James's, the 23d day of April, 1835, PRESENT, The King's most Excellent Majesty in Council. His Majesty having been pleased to deliver the custody of the Privy Seal to the Right Hon. John William Viscount Duncannon, the oath of Keeper of the Privy Seal was this day administered to him, and his Lordship took his place at the Board accordingly. At the Court at St. James's, the 23d day of April, 1835, PRESENT, The King's most Excellent Majesty in Council. His Majesty having constituted the Right Hon. Sir C. Christo pher Pepys, Knt. Master of the Rolls ; the Right Hon. Sir L. Shadwell, Knt., Vice-Chancellor of England ; and the Right Hon. Sir J. Bernard Bosanquet, Knt. one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, Lords Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was this day pleased, in Council, to deliver to them the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; and the said Lords Commissioners did, thereupon, take the Oaths appointed to be taken, instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and also the ath as Lord Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal At the Court at St. James's, the 23d day of April, MI PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. His Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare the Right Hon. Henry Constantine Earl of Mulgrave, Lieutenant-General and Governor-General of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 23. His Majesty having been graciously pleased to deliver the custody of the seals of the duchy and county palatine of Lancaster to the Right Hon. H. R. Lord Hollafid, the Oath of Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster was this day, by his Majesty's command, admi nistered to him accordingly. WHITEHALL, APRIL 22. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing the Right Hon. George Baron Auckland ; Rear-Admiral Charles Adam ; Rear- Admiral Sir William Parker, K. C. B. ; Captain the Hon. George Elliot, C.B. ; Captain Sir E. T. Troubridge, Bart. ; and A. Primrose, Esq., (commonly called Lord Dalmeny) to be his Ma jesty's Commissioners for executing the office of High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the domi nions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging. The King has been pleased to grant the office of Solicitor-General for Scotland to John Cuninghame, Esq. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, Aram 23. The King has been pleased to appoint the Duke of Argyll, Lord Steward of his Majesty's Household, vice the Earl of Wilton, re signed. WAR OFFICE, APRIL 24. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Lieutenant C. R. Archer to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fane, promoted ; Cornet F. Meynell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Archer ; C. P. Ib betson, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Meynell, April 24. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards. Assistant-Surgeon J. Munro, M.D. from the 7th Regiment of Foot, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Foster, promoted, April 24. Ist Regiment of Dragoons. Brevet Major R. S. Wilkinson, from the half-pay of the Royal Marines, to be Paymaster, vice H. Allen, who reverts to the half-pay of the Irish Artillery, April 24. 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. J. Childe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pulteney, who retires ; Cornet E. Morant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Childe ; T. Bernard, Gentlema n , to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Morant, April 24. 14 th Regiment of Light Dragoons—C. E. Doherty, Gentle man, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Leeson, who retires, April 24. 1.5t1i Regiment of Light Dragoons—F. Sutton, Gentleman, to ' be Cornet, by purchase, vice Doherty, whose appointment has not taken place, April 24. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—E. C. W. M. Milman, Gentleman, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Monck, who retires, April 24. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieut. the Hon. G. A. F. Liddell to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Rowley, who retires ; J. H. Blair, Gent. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Liddell, April 24. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign F. Nicholson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bathurst, who retires • J. E. Sharp, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nicholson, April 24. 21st Foot—Lieut. R. G. Williams to be Captain, by purchase, vice Schaw, who retires; Second Lieut. A. Blair to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Williams; W. Domville, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blair, April 24. 45th Foot—R. Maunsell, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Erskine, who retires. April 24. 60th Foot—Lieut.-Col. the Hon. H. R. Molyneux, from the 67th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bunbury, who exchanges. April 24. 66th Foot—E. M. Davenport, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase vice Currie, promoted. April 24. 67th Foot—Lieut.-Col. T. Bunbury, from the 60th Regimen of Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Molyneux, who exchanges April 24. 87th Foot—Lieut. J. Du Vernet to be Captain by purchase, vice Hay, who retires ; Second Lieut. W. Radcliff to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Du Vernet • A. Murray, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Radcliffe. April 24. 89th Foot—Lieut. R. T. Healy, to be Captain, by purchase. vice Jones, who retires ; Ensign F. R. Palmer, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Healy ; A. Pigott, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Palmer, April 24. 92d Foot—Capt. H. Mackay, from half-pay 27th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice B. Duff, who exchanges, April '24. 94th Foot—Ensign C. Leckv, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray, who retires ; P. dill, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Lecky, April 24. UNATTACHED. Capt. H. Fane, from 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Major, by pur chase; Ensign J. Currie, from 66th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, April 24. To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces. J. Sinclair, Gent. vice Blakeney, appointed to the 67th Regt. of Foot ; J. Watkins, Gent. vice R. Bell, who resigns, April 24. STAFF. Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. Campbell, on the half-pay Unattached, to be Town-Major at St. Helena, April 24. MEMORANDUM. The Christian names of Ensign Pugh, of the 90th Regiment of Foot, are Charles Vaughan. Major W. Morris, upon half-pay Unattached, and Lieutenant H. Fry, upon half-pay of the 100th Regiment of Foot, have been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of Unattached com missions, they being about to become settlers in the colonies. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon G. Mann, from the half-pay of the 93d Regiment of Foot, to be Surgeon to the Forces, vice H. Franklin, who retires ; Assistant-Surgeon J. Foster, M.D., from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Surgeon to the Forces, April 24. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex. The Hon. R. Curzon, jun., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 16. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Perth. Deputy Lieut. H. H. Drummond to be Vice-Lieutenant, vice Sir A. M. Mackenzie, deceased, April 14. The Hon. W. Rollo, Sir J. W. P. M. Drummond, the Hon. W. Drummond, D. Dundas, jun., Esq., W. E. C. Wood, Esq., and Capt. G. W. H. Knight, R.N., to be Deputy Lieutenants, April 11. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Essex. East Essex Militia—D. F r de, Esq. to be Captain, vice Blake, resigned, April 6. West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet F. Palmer to be Lieur tenant, vice Bury, resigned ; W. J. Hamilton, Gent. to be Cornet, vice F. Palmer, promoted, April 6. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM CH EET HAM, gunpowder-merchant, Austin-friars. JOSEPH NOBLE, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. JOSEPH PENRICE and MATTHEW ANDREW, Man chester-warehousemen, Old Change. GEORGE WARD and EDWARD WARD, carpenters, Chan cery-lane. BANKRUPTS. ROBERT WILLIAM SAVAGE, dealer, Great Ryder-street, St. James's, to surrender May 5, at eleven, and June 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official as signee ; Parker, Fish-street-hill. THOMAS LEIGHTON TERRY, vintner, Cornhill, May 1, at twelve, and June 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gould, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate Within ; Goldsmid, official assignee, Basinghall-street. DANIEL TYE, cattle-salesman, Weybridge, Surrey, May 1, at one, and June 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Smith, Son, and Merriman, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury. WILLIAM HOGARTH, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 15, at eleven, and June 5, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Gibson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London. THOMAS I3ACKHOUSE, plumber, Wakefield, Yorkshire, May 1, at ten, at the Court-house, Wakefield, and June 5, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Preston, Tokenhouse-yard, London ' • Whitham, Wakefield. THOMAS BROW ET T, tin-plate-worker, Northampton, May 11, and June 5, at eleven, at the Angel Hotel, Northampton. King, Tokenhouse-yard, London; Markham, Northampton. DIVIDENDS. B. Norris, chemist, Oxford-street, May 18, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Inglis, currier, Houndsditch, May 18, at half-past ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Austin, builder, Singleton-street, lioaton, May 18, at half past ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. B. Linthorne and J. Joliffe, merchants, Crewkerne, Somerset, May 18; at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. J. Cooper, tailor, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. T. F. Norton, lodging-house keeper, Stoke Newington, May 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. S. Speight, chemist, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, May 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Nevatt, tailor, Petworth, Sussex, May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. B. Courthorpe, painter, Regent-street, May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Horsley, merchant, Billiter-square, May 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 13.—Diver, chemist, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, May 20, at eight, at the office of Mr. Palmer. T. Holdsworth, wheelwright, Leeds, May 15, at ten, at the Court-house, Leeds. J. Collins, linen-draper, St. Swithin, Worcester, May 18, at twelve, at the Shakspeare Inn, Worcester. S. Winterbottom, clothier, Fernlee Yorkshire, May 18, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester. H. P. Curtis; scrivener, Romsey, Southampton, May 15, at one, at the George Inn, Winchester. C. Wright, innkeeper, Dover, June 8, :at one, at the Bell Inn, Sandwich. CERTIFICATES, MAY 15. J. Goodburn, silversmith, New Kent-road. J. Eades and W. Bearley, chemists, Birmingham. E. Knape, cattle-salesman Walsoken, Norfolk. J. Cranky, upholsterer, Kingston-upon-Hull. W. 0. Attree, draper, Newbury, Berkshire. W. Sedden, flour-dealer, Eccleston, Lancashire. T. Jones, broker, Liverpool. B. Shadgett, carpenter, Loose, Kent. J. Croser, ship and insurance broker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Gower and H. Vince, linen-drapers, King-street, Covent garden. T. Syers and J. Jackson, tailors, Clayton-square. M. E. Murnin and T. F. Murrow, provision -merchants, Liver pool. T. Cobb and Co., bankers, Banbury, Oxfordshire. C. Brown and R. Tudor, boat-builders, Wapping. J. Haselden and Co., engineers, Windsor-terrace, City-road. T. Brammer and I. J. Morris, flannel-dealers, Lillypot-lane. M. B. O'Connell and W. Chave, bacon-dealers, Liverpool. W. Pearson and G. Brown, cabinet-makers, Manchester. T. Pearson and J. Metcalfe, cabinet-makers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. R. Wall and J. Mayhew, linen-drapers, Beccles, Suffolk. J. Fry and A. Keen, curriers, White's-ground, Bermondsey. , W. Gibb and J. Allan, gin distillers, Manchester. W. Maginnis and Co., glass'manufacturers, Manchester. S. Emerson and Co., milliners, Bristol. B. Seeley and Co., booksellers, Fleet-street, as far as regards B. Seeley. THE GREAT FAIR AT LINCOLN. This day (Friday, April 24) the Great Fair terminates, and during the last five days the confidence and hopes of the farmer have been on the increase, the greatest activity in dealing has been prevalent, prices have given satisfaction, and even the agriculturist is beginning to perceive how largely his interest is protectgby the well-being of the other classes. The com mon rem among all parties has been, that there is a cheer ing prospect of better times. The demand for woollen manu factures has brought the price of sheep to a high standard, and yet allowing the carcase to be sold at a reasonable rate : and the vast mass of sheep which by daylight had filled the streets, lanes, squares, and paddocks, were speedily transferred to the buyers, and were moved away several hours earlier than usual. Forty shillings to fifty shillings was the general ratio of price, and on Thursday night, the improved aspect of the farmers' affairs became the subject of mutual congratulation. It was amusing to hear it asserted, that it was owing to the increased stability of a Government on popular principles. The Beast Fair, on Friday evening, was thronged at an early hour by buyers, eagerly meeting the coming stock, and striving to get the first opportunity. The show extending into the heart of the city, and the clamorous endeavours to obtain the bargain, strongly recalled to recollection those days of' fearful expenditure, when army contractors forced such unna tural prices, in the markets. Before twelve o'clock, every head of cattle was moving out of the fair, instead of linger ing until four or five o'clock in the evening, and slowly and sulkily taken home unsold. Let the cause be what it may, a most wholesome and cheering change has manifested itself ; nor is it asserting too much to say, that one great circumstance is the prospect of an honest Government producing a more contented people. The vote oh the Malt Tax has convinced many who had boasted when the Tories were appointed in November last, that the Tories always stuck up for the farmer and would cause better prices ; instead of which, however, every week's market day exhibited greater depression in the price of corn, mid every fair served to increase the gloom. No sooner is a popular Administration fairly seated, than con fidence is established, and purchasers become freely disposed to invest their money for a future profit. It is not in a single instance only, that the improvement has occurred, but the horse, the sheep, and the beast markets, are all equally altered for the better; and the tradesmen find an important benefit in this happier change that seems likely to produce "better times." Let more relief be given to the consumer, by re moving taxes that limit consumption, and the sun has not yet stone on a country which can supply a larger amount of hap piness to all classes, than this " Isle of the Ocean." Nearly 50 persons are now confined in Devizes Bridewell for offences against the game laws. SPORTING INTLLIGENCE. NE WMARKET CRAVEN' MEETING. Thursday Night. All the stakes decided this afternoon were won so easy as to render description superfluous; but we should t.orrect an error in the first race, in which we placed Medea fourth auri Griselda fifth. These positions should be reversed. Friday. The Grosvenor-square Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for foals of 1832 ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. D.M. 5 subs. Lord Verulam's c. by Emilius--Varennes Conelly Gen. Grosvenor's f. by Lamplighter—Blue Stocking 2' 6 to 5 On Varennes. Won by a length. Subscription Plate of 50/. ; for 3 yrs old, 6st. ; four yrs, Bst. 51b. five yrs, Bst. 131 b. ; six yrs, 9st. 41b. ; and aged, 9st. 81b. D.M. 12 subs. Lord Lowther's c. by Reveller, 4 yrs Wheatley Mr. Forth's Lucifer, by Lottery, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Houldsworth'S Tullis, by Emilius—Torelli 3 Also started :—Lord Exeter's Datura, 6 yrs; Mr. Peel's Rosalie, 5 yrs ; Mr. Payne's Skimmer, 4 yrs ; Sir M. Wood's Splinter, 3 yrs ; Mr. S. Stonehewer's b. f., sister to Zulima, 3 yrs; Lord Berncrs'' f. by Lamplighter, 3 yrs ; and Mr. Mills's ch. f. by The puke, 3 yrs. —4 to 1 agst Lucifer, 5 to 1 agst Skimmer, 5 to 2 agst Tric Trac, sto 1 agst sister to Zulima, sto 2 agst Rosalie. Won by a length. The Port Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for four yrs old;. colts, Bst: 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. T.M.M. 4 subs. Mr. Batson's Plenipotentiary receives the forfeits. Sir M. Wood's Flatterer, by Piluley, 4 yrs, withdraws his stak es, CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES, APRIL 23. The Champagne Stakes of 20 sovs. each, p.p., with 20 sovs. added, for two yrs. old colts and fillies. The winner to give two dozen Champagne to the Club. Three quarters of a mile. 10 subs. Mr. Piarse's b. f. by Waverley—Swiss's d...W. Pierse 1 Mr. Dawson's Fair Jane Mr. Fox's Laura Four others started, but were not placed. A good race. The Fillies' Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft. One mile and a half. 7 subs. Mr. Fox's ch." f. by Memnon ... Templeman 1 Mr. Attwood's Calista Mr. Edmundsond's Rosamond 3 Four started, but only three were placed. The Foal Stakes of 25 sovs. each, h. ft. for colts and fillies. )Tew T. Y. C. Three quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Mr. Jaques's br. c. by Waverley Cartwright 1 Mr. Smith's Silvio 2 Mr. Metcalf's br. f. by Voltaire Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, h. ft., for three yrs old. Two miles. 7 subs. Mr. Jaques's Burletta, by Actaeon Cartwright 1 Mr. J. Smith's Margaretta, by Actmon Mr. J. Smith's b. c. by Actaeon A Gold Cup, value 100 sovs., by a subscription of 10 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added. The surplus to be paid to the winner. Two miles. 8 subs. Duke of Leeds's Zohrab, 4 yrs ...Templeman 1 Mr. Stapleton's Burletta, 3 yrs In addition to the above, three others started, but were not placed by the Judge. A good race. CURRAGH MEE77NG, TURSD4Y, APRIL 21. King's Plate of 130 gs. for mares ; three yrs old, 7st. 71b. ; four yrs, Sst. 71b. ; five yrs, 9st. lib. ; six yrs, and aged, 9st. 41b. Four miles. Mr. Hunter's ch. f. Lupin, three years old, gst. 71b... 1 Mr. Jackson's Summerhill, 3 yrs... Mr. Dickson's Fiction, 4 yrs Mr. Lang's Zinc, by Zealot, 3 yrs ; Lord Miltown's Lodola, 4 yrs; Mr. Pottinger's Dame Quickly, 3 yrs; Mr. V. Blake's Cheat, 4 yrs ; Mr. Disney's Brace, 4 yrs, did not start. Won in capital style. Madrid Stakes of 25 sot's. each, for two yrs old. Old Two-yr-old Course. Second horse to save his stake. Mr. Hunter's Emu, 7st. 101 b W. O'Brien 1 Lord Milltown's gr. c. Argirio, 2 yrs, Est. Mb ...... ... 2 Mr. nynes's Barefoot, Bst. 61b - 3 Mr. Ferguson's The Colonel, Bst. 2110 Six others started but were not placed, and three others did not start. BETTING IN THE COUNTRY, APRIL 23. CIIESTER TRADE Cur, P. P. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime (offered) 11 to-2 agst Lord Westminster's Abbas rolirza,offered (6 to 1 taken) 6 to 1 agst Sir J. Gerard's Manchester (taken) 8 to 1 agst Mr. G. Cook's Red Rover 9 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Lucinda (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Wheel4on's Giovanni 13 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Nell Gwynne (taken) 16 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Solon 18 to 1 agst Mr. F. R. PAce's Buccaneer 20 to 1 agst Mr. Nanney's Rateatchet (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Young Tarragon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. R. Turner's Fearnhurst (taken) SUN EXPRESS.—We were on Monday, on the ar rival of the mail, favoured by Messrs. Rutherglen & Co. with an Express edition of The Sun, containing the proceedings in the House of Commons on Saturday night till the hour of adjournment. The newspaper Fess is under the greatest oh ligations to the proprietors of The Sun for their exertions me: this and similar exciting occasions during the portion of the Parliamentary session just terminated.—Glasgow Free Press of Wednesday. We have to express our acknowledgements to Messrs. Smith and Co. Edinburgh, for the Second Edition of The Sun, containing the official list of the New Ministry, and: a full report of the proceedings in both Houses on Saturday. For their indefatigable exertions on forwarding expresses, and transmitting intelligence through the country, the 'proprietor and agents of The Sun are entitled to the best thanks ui the community and the press.—Aberdeen Advertiser. MRS. SHELLEY'S NEW NOVEL, " We cannot, observes the Morning Post, better embody our opinion of this new work, by the author of " Frankenstein" than by saying that it seems to us a softened reflection of the elevated and ennobling philosophy of one of the most original thinkers and eloquent writers of his own, or, indeed, of any day—the author of the " Thoughts on Man," whose burning eloquence Mrs. Shelley would seem to have inherited, and with whose pure and generous philosophy her pages are deeply imbued. The delineation of the varieties of female character, their origin, and their influence, is exquisitely drawn, and more than one of the portraits is equal, in expression and ira finish, to any with which we are acquainted. Three bills drawn from abroad on the Treasury in Downing-street, and duly accepted, were presented yester day at the Bank and refused payment, the answer of the clerk to the party presenting them being "no effects." In a few minutes notice was sent to the owner of the bills that if again presented they would be paid, which was done in the course of the afternoon. This is all that has transpired on the subject, but mucii conjecture has naturally been exercised on so remar kable an event .?.s a stoppage of payment on the part of the Government, which is, according to mercantile usage, the true character of the affair. A refusal to pay on such grounds can bear no other interpretation. The owner of the bills might not have been found after the first ,:ender for payment; he was not bound, at all events, to pi event .'!lern. again ; and they might have been noted for non - payment , as .in the instance of any insolvent trader. The prevailing c6njecture on the matter is, that owing to the late factious proceedings in Parliament, the portion of the supplies to which these bills refer has not; been voted ; that the clerk at the Bank desk could make no other reply until he had reported the case to the Board of Directors, and that they have determined to take . up the billsn though not strictly regular to do so, rather than suffer so awk ward a circumstance to transpire as the non-payment of drafts. on the Treasury. In itself, owing to the smallness of the sun: it is a matter of no importance, but as an indication of the con sequences likely to follow, if the struggle of parties in the House of Commons is allowed to suspend the essential business of the country, it is highly worthy of public notice.—Morn ing Paper. COUNSEL FOR PRISONERS.—III the course of a trial in the Crown Court at the Gloucester Assizes Mr. Watsoia said he hoped that Counsel for prisoners would soon have the, right of addressing the Jury. Mr. Justice Parke replied, " I hope and trust they never will ; it will be the ruin of counties —the expenses will be enormously increased—business wilt never be got through—and it will be the worst thing that ever happened to them. At present the Judges (we the Counsel for the prisoners, which they would then cease to be. I hope that I shall always, as I have done, carefully watch over the in terests of the accused." LORD BOLJNGBROKE.—WitII the exception of a. brief memoir by Goldsmith, no account we believe, has yet: been given of the life of St. John, (the celebrated friend of Pope, and rival of Harley,) Earl of Oxford. It is a defect ira modern literature, that no adequate biography of so distin guished a statesman, philosopher, and man of the world should. exist. The announcement of a new and circumstantial me moir will therefore be hailed with welcome. The period st which Lord Bolingbroke lived was one of the most eventful modern history ; so that, independently of the interest arising; from the main subject of the work, its pages will present nu merous sketches of the famous contemporaries of St. John. THE HON. MRS. NORTON'S NOVEL.—We are requested to state that the Hon. Mrs. Norton's Novel, " Th 4.2 Wife and Woman's Reward," will be published on Wednesday next by Messrs. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, Hanover square. Agents for Ireland, J. Cumming, Dublin ; for Scot land, Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh. DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A CAT.—About ten days ago, a person of the name of Stewart, formerly ia the revenue service, in a thoughtless frolic, swung a cat fr . / the tail ; the animal turned upon his hand and tore it. The, arm soon after swelled considerably, and the unfortunate malt afterwards showed symptoms of hydrophobia. He was takers to the hospital, where every attention was paid to his afflictinp; case, but nothing could save his life, and he died on Saturday morning.—Belfast Chronicle. ESCAPE FROM HUNTINGDON PRISON. Wednesday morning, about nine o'clock, John Gunton, ono of the prisoners, under sentence for an assault, in the county gaol,. contrived to make his escape from the prison. He was, within a few minutes after gaining his liberty, pursued by thl turnkey and others ; but, having the start of them, contrived to keep a-head, and, passing over the enclosures between the gaol and Hertford, took the bank of the river, and continues! his course towards St. Ives, where Cole and another assistant joined in the pursuit. Finding himself hotly pressed, an! with little chance of escape except by sonic desperate effort, he plunged into the river at a deep and broad part, and swam across, and thus succeeded in baffling his pursuers for a time. He was last seen in the Fens near Romsey, and it is to be hoped will soon be brought back to his old quarters. He is a bargemen of St. Ives, 24 years of age. His term of impri sonment had nearly expired. A reward is offered for his ap. prehension..:—Cambridge Chronicle. MAGNOLIA SOULANGEANA.—A remarkably fine specimen of this beautiful plant may now be seen in the be. tanic garden of Messrs. Crowder, opposite Christ Church. It presents about 250 flowers, is in height about five feet, and his stood in the air open unprotected during a period of five years. —Doncaster Gazette.