The Sun. — London, England, 1835-12-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, I)ECEMBER 30, 1835 NAL S, D 'sole time that greater satisfaction and more equal justice Would be secured to the public officers generally. The accompanying Report of the Secretar y of War will put you in possession of the operations of the de p artment ni ed to his care, in all its din ersified relations, during the Past year. .._lam gratified in being able to inform y ou that no ur rence has required any movement of the military farce, except such as is common to a state of p eace. The .Cervices of the army have bee n limited to their usual duties at the various garrisons up on the Atlantic and in n(l frontier, with the exceptions stated b y the Secretary 1 ° I Var. Our small military establishment appears to be equate to the 'purposes for which it is maintained, and it form s a nucleus around which additional force may be collected, should public exigencies unfortunately requii e any increase of our military m eans. The various acts of Congress which have been recently passed in relation to the army , h ave im p roved its condition an rendered its organization more useful and efficient. L t is at all times in a prompt state for and vigorous ac tion . , and it contains within itself the power of extension to any useful limit ; while, at the same time, it preserves that knowledge, both theoretical and practical, which education alone c a n give, and which, if not acquired and preserved in time of peace, must be sought under great disadvantage in t inle of war. , The duties of the Engineer C or p s p ress heavily upon that branch of the service ; and the public interest requires an addition to its strength. The nature of the work in which the officers are engaged render necessary professional know ledge and experience, and there is no economy in commit `.4l.7 to them more duties than they can perform, or in as -81 gning these to other persons temporarily employed, and ' O O often, of necessity, without all the qualifications which such service demands. I recommend this subject to your ac,ttention, and also the proposi tion submitted at the last ) !ssion of Congress, and now renew ed, for a re• organization of erected th e Topographical Corps. This re-or g anization can be enected without any addition to the present expenditure, asd with much advantage to the public se rvice. The bra nc h of duties which devolves upon these officers is at all tim es interesting to the community, and the information furnished by them is useful in peace and in war. Much loss and inconvenience have been experienced in nsequence of the failure of the Bill containing the ordi nary appropriations for fortifications, which passed one bra nc h o f the National Legislature at the last session, but wks lost in the other. This failure was the more regretted, not only because it necessarily interrupted and delayed the progress of a system of natioaal defence, projected imme u,iately after the last war , and since steadily pursued, but also because it contained a contingent a ppropriation, in serted in accordance with the views of the Executive in aid of this important object, and other branches of the national defence, some portions of which might have been most usefully applied during the past season. I invite your early attention to that part of the report of the Secretary of War which relates to this subject, and recommend an appropriation sufficiently liberal to accelerate the armament ,of the fortifications , ag reeabl y to the proposition submitted nY him, and to place our whole Atlantic sea board in a corn- Plete state of defence. A just regard to the perma nent in terests of the country evidently requires this measure, but there a re also other reasons which, at the present junc ture, give it peculiar force, and make it my duty to call to the subject : your special consideration. The present system of military education has been in operation sufficiently lone. to test its usefulness, and it has given to the arrny a valuable body of officers. It is not alone in the improvement, discipline, and operation also ex of the troops that these officers are employed ; they are te tas i v elr engaged in the a dministrative and fiscal concerns of the various matters confided to the war department ; in the execution of the staff duties, usually appertaining to Military oajanization ; in the removal of the Indians, and in the disbursement of the various expedit of roads, and n ures growine . out of our Indian r elations ; in the format n ion i th e improvement of harbours and rivers ; in the construction of fortifications ; in the fabrication of much of the materiel required for the public defence ; and in the preservation, distribution, and accountability of the whole ; and in other miscellaneous duties, not - admitting of classification. These diversified functions embrace very heavy expe b usndi i- ture of public mon e y , and require fidelity, science, and ness habits in their execution : and a system which shall secure these qualifications is demanded by the public inte - rest. That this ob j ect has been, ia a great measure, ob tained by the M ilitar y Academy, is shown by the state of ' th e service, and by the prompt accountability which has generally followe the, necessary ad of military educatio n vances. Like all oth, no er Political systems, present doubt, has its imperfections, both of principle and p rac tice ; hut I trust these can be improved by rigid inspections, and by legislative scrutiny, without destroying the institution tself. Occurrences to which we as well as all nations are liabl the e, both in our inter nal and external relations, point to necessity . of an-efficient organization of the militia. lum ogain induced by the importance of the subject to bring it ~a) your attention. To suppress domestic violence and to repe; foreign invasion, should these calamities overtake us, we mu at rely, in the first instance, upon the great body of the comoueity, whose will has instituted, and whose power Must support, the Government. A large standing military for ce is not consonant to the spirit four insti lessons tutions, fornor . to the feelings of our countrymen ; and he of - met days, and enormouso of our own time, show the danger, as well as the expense, of these permanent and extensive military organizations. That just medium which avaaids an inadequate preparation on the one hand, and the dangef and expense of a large force on the other, is what our constituents have a right to expect from their Government. This object can be obtained only by tile maintenance of a small military force, and by such an o rganization of the physical strength of the country . a s may bring this power into operation whenever its services are required. A claa ,slscation of the population offers the most obvious means of „effecting this organization. Such a division may be II Made as will be just-to all, by transferring each, at a p roper p eriod of life , f rom one class to another, and by calling first for the Services of that class, is qualified wh er for instruction or action, which, from age, fo r the duty, and may be called to perfor m it with in succession will be ready least injury to themselves or to the ps to require addi ublic. Should the danger ever become so in a ti ona l, f orc e, the other classes for the call. And if, in addition to this organization, vo luntary associations w ere encourag nd ed, a i n ducements held out.for their formation, our militia . would be in a state of w hen we are at pea ce, is the pro- ' efficient service. Now, per time to digest and establish a practicable system. The object is certainly worth the experiblessings of ment, and w a or repula th the lican ex pense. No one appreciating the government, can object to his share of the burden which , such a plan may impose. Indeed a moderate portion o n f the national funds c ould scarcely be better applied carrying into effect and continuing such an a rrangement, and in giving the necessary elementary instruction. We are happily at peace ayith all the World. A sincere desire to continue so, and fixed determination to give no just cause of offence to other nations, furnish, u nfortunately, no certain grounds of expectation that this relation will be un interrupted. With this determination to give no offence is associated a resolution, equally decided, tamely to submit to, mine. The armour and the attitude of defence afford the best security against those collisions which the ambition, or interest, or some other passinn of nations, not more jus- tifiable, is liable to produce. In many therecountri3 it is co dered unsafe to put arms in the hands of eople, and to' instinct them in the elements of militarit iy s recollected knowledge. That fear can have no place here, when that the people are the sovereign power. Our Govern ment was instituted, and is supported by the ballot-box, not by the musket. Whatever changes await it, still greater changes must be made in our social institutions, before our political system can yield to physical force. In every aspect, therefore, in which I can view the subject, I am impressed pith the importance of a prompt and efficient organization o f time militia. Tiv: plan of•removing the a boriginal peo United ple who yet rte e main wi t hin the settled portions the country West of the Mississippi river, approaches its consummation. It was adopted on the most mature con sideration of the condition of this race, and ought to be persisted in till the object is accomplished, and prosecuted with as much vigour as a just regard to their circumstan ces will permit, and as fast as their consente improvement can ' be obof a tained. All preceding experiments for th the Indians have failed. It seacnis now to be an .esta . - klishecl fact tl'at they cannot live 'in contact with a eivi lized community and prosper. Ages of fruitless endea vors have, at length, brought us to a knowledge of this principle of intercommuniastion witb them. The pet we cannot recal, but the future we cad provide for. Inde pecdently of the treaty stipulations into whiala we have en tered with the various tribes, for the usufruetnary rights they have ceded to us,. no one can doubt. the moral etatY of the Government of the United States to protect, and if possible, to preserve and perpetuate the scattered remnants of this race, which are left within our borders. in the . . al 1 e discharge of this duty, an extensive region in the sa. est haa been assigned for their permanent residence. Jt has been divided into districts, and allotted amongst them. :Many Lave already removed, and others era preparing to go Many with the exception of two small bands, tiring in Ohio and Indiana, not exceeding 1,50,0 persons, and of teen Cherokees, all the tribes on the east side of the Mississipi, anti ex tending from Lake Michigan to FloPida, • have entered . into engagements which will lead to their tagiAphintation. The plan for their removal and re-establishment is founded upon the knowledge we have pined it of their chen a- racter And habits, and has been dictated by spirit of larged liberality. A territory eaceeding ...relinquished. h as been granted to each tri i n exteiat that be. ,Of its eh ' asnate, afad capacity to support ;iti igd,lurs Foraltte tion, the representations are highly favourable. To these districts the Indians are removed at the expense of the United States ; and with certain supplies of bloating, arms, ammunition, and other indispensable articles, they are also furnished gratuitously with provisions for the period of a year after. their arrival at their new homes. In that time, from the nature of the country, and of the product raised by them, they can subsist themselves by agricultural labour, if they choose to resort to that mode of life ; if they do not, they are upon the skirts of the great prairies, where" count less herds of buffalo roam, and a short time suffices to adapt their own habits to the changes which a change of the animals destined for their food must require. _Ample ar rangements have been set apart for the maintenance of schools ; in some instances council-houses and churches are to be erected, dwellings constructed for the chiefs, and mills for common use. Funds have been set apart for the main tenance of the poor ; the most necessary mechanical arts have been introduced, and blacksmiths, gunsmiths, wheel wrights, millwrights, &c. are supported among them. Steel and iron, and sometimes salt, are purchased for them ; and ploughs, and other farming utensils, domestic animals, looms, spinning wheels, cards,- &c. are presented to them. And besides these beneficial arrangements, annuities are, in all cases, paid, amounting-in some instances to more than 30 dollars for each individual of the tribe, and in all cases suf ficiently great, if justly divided and prudently expended, to enable them, in addition to their own exertions, to live com fortably. As as a stimulus for exertion, it is now provided by law that, " in all casss of the appointment of interpre ters, or other persons employed for the benefit of the In dians, a preference shall be given to persons of Indian de scent, if such can be found, who are properly qualified for the discharge of their duties." Such are the arrangements for the physical comfort, and for the moral improvement of the Indians. The necessary measures for their political advancement, and for their se paration from our citizens, have not been neglected. . The pledge of the United States has been given by Congress that that the-country destined for the residence of this people, shall be for ever " secured and guaranteed to them." A country west of Missouri and Arkansas, has been assigned to them, into which the white Settlements are not to be pushed. No political communities can be formed in that extensive region, except those which are established by the Indians themselves, or by the United States for them, and with their concurrence. A barrier has thus been raised for their protection against the encroachments of our citizens, and guarding the Indians, as far as possible, from those evils which have brought them to their present condition. Summary authority has been given, by law, to destroy all ardent spirits found in their country, without waiting the doubtful result and slow progress of a legal seizure. I consider the absolute and unconditional interdic tion of this article am on g this p eo p le as the first and great step in their amelioration. Half-way measures will answer no purpose. These cannot successfully contend against the cupidity of the seller and the overpowering appetite of the buyer. And the destructive effects of the traffic are marked in every page of the history of our Indian intercourse. Some general legislation seems necessary for the regulation of the relations which will 'exist in this new state of things between the Government and people of the United States, and these transplanted Indian tribes ; and for the establish ment among the latter, and with theieown consent, of some principles of intercommunication, which their juxtaposition will call for ; that moral may be substituted for physical force; the authority of a few and simple laws, for the tomahawk; and that an end may be put to those bloody wars, whose prosecution' seems to have made part of their social system. After the further details of this arrangement are completed, with a very general supervi sion over them, they ought to be left to the progress of events. These, I indulge the hope, will -secure their prosperity and improvement ; and a large portion of the moral debt we owe them will then be paid. The Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the condition of that branch of the public service, is recommended to your special attention. It appears from it, that our naval force at present in commission, with all the activity which can be given to it, is inadequate to the protection of our rapidly increasing commerce. This consideration, and the more ge neral one which regards this arm of the national defence as our best security against foreign aggressions, strongly urge the continuance of the measures which promote its gradual en largement, and a speedy increase of the force which has been heretofore employed abroad and at home. You will perceive, from the estimates which appear in the Report of the Secretary of the Navy, that the expenditures necessary to this increase of its force, though of considerable amount, are small compared with the benefit which they will secure to the country. As a means of strengthening this national arm, I also re commend to your particular attention the propriety of the sug gestion which attracted the consideration of Congress at the last session, respecting the enlistment of boys at a suitable age in the service. In this manner a nursery of skilful and able bodied seamen can be established, which will be of the greatest importance. Next to the capacity to put afloat and arm the requisite number of ships, is the possession of the means to man them efficiently ; and nothing seems better calculated to aid this object than the measure proposed. As an auxiliary to the advantages derived from our extensive c ommercial marine, it would furnish us with a resource ample enough for all the exigencies which can be anticipated. Considering the state of our resources, it cannot be doubted that whatever pro vision the liberality and wisdom of Congress may now adopt with a view to the perfect organization of this branch of our service, will meet the approbation of all classes of our citizens. By the Report of the Postmaster-General, it appears that the revenue of that department during the year ending on the 30th of June last, exceeded its accruing responsibilities 236,206 dollars ; and that the surplus of the present fiscal year is esti mated at 476,227 dollars. It further appears that the debt of the department on the Ist of July last, including the amount due to contractors for the quarter then just expired, was about 1,064,381 dollars, exceeding the available means about 23,700 dollars; and that, on the Ist instant, about 597,077 dollars of this debt had been paid; 409,991 dollars out of postages accruing before July, and ,187,086 dollars out of postages accruing since. In these payments are included 67,000 dollars of the old debt due to banks. After making these payments, the department had 73,000 dollars in bank on the Ist instant. The pleasing assurance is given, that the department is entirely free from embarrassment, and that, by collection of outstanding balances, using the current surplus, the remaining portion of the bank debt, and most of the other debt, will probably be paid in April next, leav ing thereafter a heavy amount to be applied in extending the mail facilities of the country. Reserving a consider able sum for the improvement of existing mail routes, it is stated that the department will be able to sustain with per fect convenience an annual charge of 300,000 dollars for the support of new routes, to commence as soon as they can be established and put into operation. The measures adopted by the Postmaster-General to bring the means of the department into action, and to effect a speedy extinguishment of its debt, as well as produce an efficient ad ministration of its affairs, will be found detailed at length in his able_and luminous report. Aided by a reorganisation on the principles suggested, and such salutary provisions in the laws regulating its administrative duties as the wisdom of Con gress may devise or approve, that important department will goon attain a degree of usefulness proportioned to the increase of our population and the extension of our settlements. Particular attention is solicited to that portion of the re port of the Postmaster-General which - relates to the carriage of the mails of the United States upon rail. roads constructed by private - Corporations under the authority of the several States. The reliance which the General Government can place on those roads, as a means of carrying on its operations, and the principles on which the use of them is to be ob tained, cannot too soon be considered and settled. Already the spirit of monopoly begins to exhibit its natural propen sities, in attempts to exact from the public, for services which it supposes cannot be obtained on other terms, the most ex travagant compensation. If these claims be persisted in, the question may arise whether a combination of citizens, acting under charters of incorporation from the States, can, by a di r'ect refusal, or the demand of an exorbitant price, exclude the United States from the use of the established channels of communication between the different sections of the country ; and whether the United States cannot, without transcending their Constitutional powers secure to the Post Office Depart ment the use of those roads by an Act of Congress which shall provide within itself some equitable mode of adjusting the amount of compensation. To obviate, if possible, the neces sity of considering this question, it is suggested whether it be not expedient to fix by law, the amounts which shall be of fered to railroad companies for the conveyance of the mails, graduated according to their average weight, to be ascertained and declared by the Postmaster-General. It is probable that a liberal proposition of that sort would be accepted. In- connection with these provisions in relation to the Post office Department, I must also invite your attention to the painful excitement produced in the South, by attempts to cir culate through the mails inflammatory appeals addressed to the passions of the slaves, in prints, and in various sorts of publications, calculated to stimulate them to insurrection, and to produce all the horrors of a servile war; There is, doubtless, no respectable portion of our country men who can be so far misled as to feel any other sentiment than that of indignant regret at conduct so destructive to the harmony and peace of the country, and so repugnant to the principles of our national compact, and to the dictates of hu manity and religion. Our happiness and prosperity essentially depend upon peace within our borders —and peace depends upon the maintenance, in gc.ocl faith, of those compromises of the Constitution upon which the Union is founded. It is for tunate for the_ country, that the good sense,_ the generous f e eling, and the deep-rooted attachm e n t of the people of the neassloeholding States to the Union, -and to their fellow citizens of the game in the South; have given so strong and impressive a tone tothe sen timents entertained against the proceedings of the misguided persons who have engaged in these unponstitutional and wicked attempts, and especially against the ess;ssaries from foreign parts who havo dared to interfere in this maasr, as to authorize the hope, that those atternpts will no longer be perf4tpd it. But if these expres sions of A i m public will shall not be stifiaielat to effect so de sirable a rekalit, pet a doubt can be entertained teat the pon slaveholding States, au P.r from coun tenancin g the slightest interference with the constitutional richts of the South, will'be prompt to ettereise their authority hi sumo-Gee-4w, se far as in them lies, whatevee calculated to produce this evil. -In leaving the care of other branches of this interesting subject to 06 f3 t dt e authorities, to when, they properly belong, it is nevertheless peeper lor Congress to take such m ea su res as will prevent the Y os t-Office Depti:lme rit, wirick "ido sitsts.4 t foster amicable intercourse and tresPliellce between o all ike an tnpmbers of the confecleracy, from being used as an instrument of an opposite c haracter. The General Go „vernment, to which the great trust is, confided, of preserving, inviolate Ihe relations erettied amon the States by the Con -o. stitution, is especially bound to avoid in its own action, any thing that may disturb them. I would therefore call the spe cial attention of Congress to the subject, and respectfully gest the propriety of passing such a law as will prohibit, wi der severe penalties, the circulation in the Southern States, through the mail, of incendiary publication 3 intended to in stigate the slaves to insurrection. I felt it to be my duty, in the first message which I com municated to Congress, to urge upon its attention the pro priety of amending that part of the. Constitution which pro vides for the election of the President and Vice-President of the United States. The leading object which I had in view was the adoption of some new provisions, which would secure to the people the performance of this high duty, without any 'ntermediate agency. In my annual cornmunictions since, I have enforced the same views, from a sincere conviction that the best interests of the country would be promoted by their adoption. If the subject were an ordinary one, I should have regarded the failure of Congress to act upon it as an in dication of their judgment, that the disadvantages which be long to the present system. were not so great as those which would result from any attainable substitute that had been sub mitted to their consideration : recollecting, however, that propositions to introduce a new feature in our fundamental law cannot be too patiently examined, and ought not to be received with favour, until the great body of the people are thoroughly impressed with their necessity and value, as a re medy for real evils, I feel that, in renewing the recommen- I have heretofore made on this subject, I am not transcending the bounds of a just deference to the sense of Congress, or to the disposition of the people. However much we may differ in the choice of the measures which should guide the Administration of the Government, there can be but little doubt in the minds of those who are really friendly to the republican features of our 'system, that one of its most im portant securities consists in the separation of the Legislative and Executive Powers, at the same time that each is held re sponsible to the great source of authority which is acknow ledged to be supreme, in the will of the people constitutionally expressed. My reflection and experience satisfy me, that the framers of the. Constitution, although they were anxious to mark this feature as a settled and fixed principle in the struc sure of the Government, did not adopt all the precautions that were necessary to secure its practical observance, and that we cannot be said to have carried into complete effect their in tentions until the evils which arise from this organic defect are remedied. Considering the great extent of our Confederacy, the rapid increase of its population, and the diversity of their interests and pursuits, it cannot be disguised that the contingency by which one branch of the Legislature is to form itself into an electoral.college, cannot become one of ordinary occurrence, without producing incalculable mischief. What was intended as the medicine of the Constitution in extreme cases, cannot be frequently used without changing its character, and sooner or later, producing incurable disorder. Every election by the House of Representatives is calcu lated to lessen the force of that security which is derived from the distinct and separate character of the Legislative and Ex= ecutive functions, and while it exposes each to temptations ad verse to their efficiency as organs of the Constitution arid laws, its tendency will be to unite both in resisting the will of the people, and thus give a direction to the Government anti-re publican and dangerous. All history tells us that a free people should be watchful of delegated power, and shoUld never acquiesce in a practice which will' diminish their control over it. This obligation, so universal in its application to all the principles of a republic, is peculiarly so in ours, where the formation of parties founded on sectional interests is so much fostered by the extent of our territory. These interests, re presented by candidates for the Presidency, arc constantly prone, in the zeal of party and selfish objects, to generate in fluences unmindful of the general good, and forgetful of the restraints which the great body of the people would enforce, if they were in no contingency to lose the right of expressing their will. The experience of our country, from the formation of Government to the present day,_ demonstrate that the people cannot too soon adopt a stronger safeguard for their right to elect the highest officer known to the Constitution, than is contained in that sacred instrument as it now stands. It is my duty to call the particular attention of Congress to the present condition of the District of Columbia. From whatever cause the great depression has arisen which now. exists in the pecuniary concerns of this District, it is proper that its situation should be fully understood, and such relief or remedies provided as are consistent with the powers of Congress. I earnestly recommend the extension of every political right to the citizens of the District which their true interests require, arid which does not conflict with the pro visions of the Constitution. It is believed that the laws for the government of the district require revisal and amendment, and that much good may be done by modifying the Penal Code, so as to give uniformity to its provisions. Your attention is also invited to the defects which exist in the Judicial system of the United States. As at present organized, the States of the Union derive unequal advantages from the Federal Judiciary, which have been so often pointed out, that I deem it unnecessary to repeat them here. It is hoped that the present Congress will extend to all the States, that equality, in respect to the benefits of the laws of the Union, which can only be secured by the uniformity and effi ciency of the Judicial system. With these observations on the topics of general interest which are deemed worthy of your consideration, I leave them to your care, trusting that the legislative measures they call for will be met as the wants and the best interests of our beloved country demand. Washington, Dec. 7, 1835. ANDREW JACKSON. NOVELTIES IN LIT ERA TURE.—The Poetry of Life, by Miss Stickney ; The Philosophy of History, by Schlegel ; The Vow of the Peacock, by Miss Landon ; Democracy in America, by De 'Focqueville ; The Student, by Mr. Bulwer ; The Naval Service, by Captain Glascock ; James on the Educational Institutions of Germany ; Hogg's Travels and Mr. Lodge's Peerage for 1836. The above are published by Messrs. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, and may be had of the booksellers through out the kingdom. WINDSOR CASTLE BY MOONLIGHT.—TiiIs en graving, which appears in that costly volume, the " Book of Gems," is from a painting by Hofland, and illustrates a beau tiful passage in the poetry of the chivalrous Surrey. The " Book of Gems" contains fifty-three of the most exquisite engravings that have ever appeared ; fifty of them being illustrations of some of the bewitching fancies of fifty Eng lish poets. , Pen and pencil truly vie with each other for mastery in this volume, and, magnificent as are the selec tions here made from the pages of the great immortals of a past age, the painters come into a full share of the praises that will be awarded to the work by every mind in which the sense of beauty is not utterly extinguished. . • THE NEW NOVEL OF MY AUNT PONTYPOOL 18 entitled to take a permanent stand among the first novels of character of the day. Two of the-best and most sus tained portraitures are Colonel Adair, and Lord Meth wynn ; the former the model of a poor, proud, honorable, and gentlemanly soldier, whose ideas of what is correct. and regular have been strengthened by military discipline ; the latter a polite, good-natured, sensible, man of the world, who acting up to the direction of Polonius, is never false to any one because he is always true to himself. The female characters are drawn with great tact and delicacy. SERIOUS AND MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-011 Saturday evening, about seven o'clock, a very singular and affecting accident occurred to a man named Nelson Abbott, a foreman in the London Dock, and his wife, an aged couple, residing in Ratcliff-highway. • It appears that Ab bott and his wife had just left their room on the second floor of the house where they lodged, with the intention of proceeding to market, when the man made a false step, and was precipitated from the top to the bottom of the stairs. His wife, in endeavouring to save him from falling, missed her grasp, and also fell down the stairs in like man ner. The noise alarmed the inmates, who found the old couple lying in a state of insensibility at the bottom of the stairs—the man, as far as external appearances went, ap parently uninjured, but his wife had her head cut .open, and received other injuries of a very serious nature. Messrs. Hopko and Betson, two respectable surgeons, were imme diately called in,' who found Abbott to he quite dead, and it seems he never moved or spoke after the accident. The surgeons then attended to the woman ; but on learning the fate of her unfortunate husband she became quite frantic, and tore the dressings from the wounds. When she became shore calm she was removed to the London Hospital, and yesterday she was Pronounced out of danger, and was ena bled to walk home. • -- --- CORONER'S INQUEST.—MOnaay evening an in quest was held at the Doyly Arms, Blucklancl's-lane, Chelsea, before Mr. Stirling, on view of the 'body of Mr. John Ford, aged 56, late butler in the service of the Dowager Countess of Browulow, which situation he had held for a number of. years, who put a period to his existence. Witnesses were examined, whose testi monies went to prove that the mind of the deceased had for some months past been in a low dejected state. The surgeons described the nature of the wound, which had divided the windpipe, carotid artery,. and all the principal vessels, and must have caused death in stantaneously. The Jury expressed themselves satisfied, and returned a verdict of " Temporary derangement." FOOL-HARDY EXPLOIT.—On Friday last, at Backford, Cheshire, a man who bad been drinking at a public-bouse, allowed himself, for a wager of 145., to be fastened to the sails of a windmill adjoining the village ; the point to be determined being-, whether he could re main in that situation until the sails should have per formed eight r evolutions. Having a ccomplished the feat, the sails were stopped, and the man taken down. lie wa s found unhurt , bu t almost in a state of insensibility and On being carried to a neighbouring surgeon's and bled, was little the worse for . his fool -hardy experiment, which, however, he expressed his determination never to repeat. ro. . r tio w ho fastened him to the sails, and the miller who permitted it, would h av e looked very foolish if the man had died, and they had been sent to 'prison fot: man- §l4llglltPF,7,,Pfer?ool 4ferCUrg! • He tligitglit the happiest life vas OW, a a mail Qi buStness, with some - literary pursuits .for his . amusement ; and that, in general, no one could be virtuous or happy that Was not completely employed. .eDte. at has id do y and f Re en at- invite I..ise of much with steps is re f the ag its agent, ►C nr;e of would public erved. ported of the sitive ic and s feel vindi- a have The y bava 3asure, 'e been ibition, nsfitu step of gives When Le dis of th© rtainty fail to exer- enance taining landed le re be de antives ild de mduct. the pa people. )ocl the rtance, !xcited, r Con sary in Ins said which public may be e given ply ira : which ye dis- he pre ?ect to pecu t prin roversy esulted ion be of the Arnent s Rigs to poney :•,b 'es of xercise .ntnent w of it op ; sourco ber and luences ze them to the of the ike the ny dis ingress. o likely it body. catedlr thority cal no wances salaries s could romote RA the PRICES OF CA.i . oCK STOCKS ; ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. Price per Paid. Share. A nitwit. 0 64 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham...Average 97/. 18. s. sh. A - 61. Ashby .de-le-Zouch Average 1100/0/. sh. F 4 i - . ... M...... Basingstoke ..• 1 51 . sh. ,035 . B rec knock and Abergavenny 150 1. 101. 251 . sit. oalph. 12!. 10s. Birmingham, 1 share 17 4.00 1 „ ....... Ditto and Liverpool Junet.... loo/. sh, all pc 31 610 ....... Bridgewater and Taunton ...JOU sh. all pd 0 401 Cheliner and Blackwater . lOO/.0/. sh. sh. 10. 50 401. Coven tr y lO I o'l ... ... .roydon Average 31/. os. 100. alt. 3i. 10s. 1/ alley lOOl. sh. 7 1001. sh. 12 61. De Tlyt• • Danube and Mayne ell/. 10s, 4d. 5/. pd ......... Ellesmere and Cheater Average 133/. sh. 6 ......... 43!. Eretvas.h. .. lOl. sh. 4 03/. Forth and Clyde Average 4011 . . :i;e3. sh. 6( ./ 1 . 101. Grand Jit^o .--- lo'l. sh. 2: Gr a nd Union lON. sh. qlll I 1,5 -I .... 0. ... Grand Surrey lOOl. sit. 2 0 . 00 0/. 41, per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO4 3,(' 0 0, ....... . Grand Wes!ern ... 10 1. sh. all pd t'.oo DI. 125 . . Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4,1. 2 960 . . i ..... . G l ouc ester anti Berkley lOW. sh. I'7l9ins Grantham UN. sh. 2 0,233 1/. 106 I bidders fit Id Average 57!. Os. 6d. sh. 100 ......... K ea singtan 100 sh. all pd. 2%223 IL Kennet anti Avon, Average :39/. Bs. 10d. sh. 2.97 204 h e eds and Liverpool 100/. sh. I 8 515' 10/. Leicester l4O/. sh. Dl7 41. Leicester and Northampton... Aver i 3/. 103. 550 5/. per cent. Liskeard and Looe Union e 5 lAvera .4 42 sh. I7s. s all ph. d. 70 144/. L o ughborough 0,409 1:1. i.lonmouthsitire lOO/. sh. 251 9/. Melton Mowbray 1001 sh. 500 25/. Mersey anti Irwell lOO/. sh. 3 +.OO ......... Macclesfield ' 1001. sh. all pd. 100/. sh ' 047 13/. Neath 100 -; .. . ..... Nene Navigation Bonds -1004 sh. I,W. pt. 1,7 30/. O xford 100/ 0/. sh. . sit. 512 '2l. Oakham 13 2,400 4/. P e ak Forest Averag e about 781. sh. 21,1 1 .8 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. :33/. 16s. Sti. sh. 5,609 5/, per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 500 81. Shropshir, 125/. sh. .:00 , LIZ ' Somerset Coal l5O/. sh. 45,1:00/. 61 per cent. Ditto Lock Fond Stock ..... ....... 1,21 10s. sh. 3C-1. Stairord anti Worcester 12 4 5/. sit. s. 5700 00 11/.. Shrewsbury 300 n. Stourbridgel4s/. sh. 2,647 IL 111,i. Strat ford-ottvoit ...Average 791. 9s. B d/. sit. . sh. 5 33 12/. Swa nsea OO 3,702 11. Severn and Wye and Railway... Av. lo 35/ 04 sit. . sh. 2,60 , -Ist, s 2/. Ills. Tren t an,l Mersey, 1 share 8,149 ... ...... Tit aines and Medway... Aver. 19/. ss. Sd. sh. 1,0005h.1 . 13 1 Warwick and Birmingham . 1001. sh. 1,0 , 010).3 930 10s. W ar wick and Napton lOOl. sh. 6,000 3/. 103 Worcester and Birmingham...A v. 781.85. sh 5,01 D 253. Wilta and Becks .. Average 071. 100. 8d 25/. sh . sh. 800 61. Wyriey and Essington 1 120. .„, . W 1104 isbeach lO5l. sh. sh. 903 1 . 4 Wey and Arun DOCKS. 2,600 Er 13 n• c• Comtnerci - I I ,063 sh - • " Stock 193,6672/. 4 per c ent East India Stock 3,238,3 1 01/. 50s. p. et. I .on don Ditto Bondi Stock 1,350,1'.001. 5/. per ct. West India Average 147/ 9....0 r :31. fix. 4 d. Bristol 630244 Stock - 5/Iter cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 110 5 .352.752 3 p r cent. St. Katharine 500,003 41 per cent.. Ditto Bonds • 10; 1 200,000 4 r er cent. Ditto Bond s for 10 y ears Sh o reham Harbour 23 ........ Deptford Pier .0/. oh. 3/. pd 2-.1 BRIDGES. ~.• 0 1/. Hammersmith 5O/. sh. 23 7,0'31 ......... Soittliwark, Old Av. (13/. 2s. W.. sh. 2 1,700 14 153. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. , 01. sh. 14 5,0 D, . ....... Waterloo lOO/. sh. '2 5,000 . 11. :Is. Ditto, Old Aoouities of 81. ... ..... COL pd 24 5,000 195.:21. Ditto, New Ditto of 71.... 'O,OOO/. 51. per cent. Div° Bonds 5,816 He. Vauxhall Av 'ral.,e 491. Os. Od. sh. ASzURANCE COMPA '..ES• 2,000 ;31 Ic's Albion 54,001 5 Paenrde,e,:.l Alli an ce, British & Foreign 100 /. sh. 10/.101 ll'i 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5 24.000 11 per sh: A tlas .501. sit. ' , I. sh. 5/ 53/. pd 105 . p.I 131 1, , .. , , Ash. 4 ?. Birmingham Fire 20,009 6 14 per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 40' 12,1:00 / per cent. Brit sh Commercial 501. sh. 51. pd 5.1. 5,000 Si. percent. Clerical, Medical, &c. Life, 1C 11 sit. ,2/ 10s pd :;; 4,000 '2l 105 County 1001. sh. 10/.151 42 10,000 ss. E: le ( - 5 per cent., 2,00 Economic Life lOOO/. sit. 250/. pd 315 2,271 51 1 . per cent. European Life .0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 23 Ditto, New 'OZ. sh. 2/. pd 1/.128 1,000,090/. 7 !. per ct . ' Globeock 151 1001. s 20,000 11. Guardian h. :V St .pd 25 tFire 5 p et. , p ct. l Hope , 50/. sit. Si. pd 6 42 , 4 00 , Lire 00 5/. 71. 6,1. Imperial Fi r e 5001. sit. 50/.101 120 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 91 Slicer cent. Indemnity Marine .... 1 , 0/. sh. Si. pd 151 2,0:20 31 lOs Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life 291 10,000 Itis, Law Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 20 3,900 London, Fire .5/ sh. 121. 103. p 1 151 31 Or Lot-Oen, Ship 05/. sh. LI. 10s. pd 131 3,4,0 it !I. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sit. 21. pd 217 s 6d 250,00 1 Is. 141. Protector Fite - 201. sh. 2/. 11 116, id 2,500 14 Provident Life ICOI. sh. 10/. pd 1111 100,00'1 s s . Rock Life .0/. sh. 2/. IA Oil. 1 039,000, Si. 'per cent. _ 92 Sun Royal Exchange Sto - k... 92 - - Sun .......................... 00/. 511. 6,000 6 per cent. University Life ' 51. pd 5 50,0 , 1 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life "/. 101 0 JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 Au,trala•ia 4O/. sh. 491. pd Io,lloel 10 rer cent. Bank of Birmingham SC/. 1. sh. 10 1. pd 10,1010 10 per cent. Bit minglutrn Bank 50 sh. Si. 18,000 2 per cent. London and VV estminster...loo/ sh. 15/. pd 3,000 Lancaster lOW. sh. 20/. pd i'5, 0 00 6 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. p d -20,0.10 71 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool/ 1001. sh. 101 pd Discount .20,0/0 6 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 7•01 pd 20,000 ti per cent. l'rovincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sit. 25/. pd 00, (0 . National Bank of Ireland 5' /. ll4. 101 10,000 National Provincial Eng. ...100/. sit. '231. pd 10,00) 10 per cent. Gloneestersbire 50/. sit. 5/. pd 0 000 ......... Hampshire 501. sh. 51. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 11 12s Bath 2O/. sh. 16/. 101 5,000 61. per cent. British 404 sh. LW. pd 51.1tercentl Ditto " .5,000 /..„ i ~,,. 5..3 Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd SD 5/ lOs Birmingha m 4,2:%0 2/ Os Bristol 0 . sh. 1,500 ......... Brighton 2 7:,0 • ......... D 01. Ditto, New .IV. sh. 18/. pd 2,171 5 per cent. Brighton Gene ral ' sit. all 101 4,000 : 11 . Continental Cansolidated •••"101004 513/. pd 1,130) 104 City of London 1, , 00 Cl. Ditto, New 4,1 1 00 4/.los. Equitab le 4Ol. pd European Si pd Of 00 ' 5/. per cent. Imperial O5l. oh. 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet . 231. sit. 201. pd 2,:330 6!. per cent. independent '3o/. sit. alptl 1,5 0 0 Leeds .. "0/ sh. 1./. pd 9,1)!.() 3/. per cent. Phoenix 5( 1 /. sh. 391. pd 1,000 4/. per cent. Itateliff 1001. sh. CO!. 101 4,11 i) South Metropolitan s°/. sh. .13/. pd 5,200 5/. per cen t. United General .. 5O!. sit. 451.101 210 5/. per cent. Warwic k 50/. sh. 400 115 s Wakefield "5/. oh. 2, , I. 0 3/. Westminster Chartered 50/ sh 10 50/.4 p shd 6,003 12 s . Ditto, New ... SCO ......... Yarmouth WATER WORKS. • 4,500 ......... Birming h am 25/. oh. 25/. pd 33 5/. East London lOOl. sit. 1 1,1 1,500 2/ 105 0r.,m1 Junction ....Aver,v,:e -11/ 13s. 4d. sit. 2,000 2/.- Len lOOl. sh. 2201. sh. 3 388 10/. -Liverpool Bootle '2l lOs New Ri v er London Bridge Water Annuities 6,433 1 /. M anc hester and Salford 1,500 1,000 4 per cent. S o u th London lOO/. sh. 1 (4, 00 3/. West-Middlesex ....Average 634 lbs. 9d. oh. 5 1,360 1/ Hs YorIRONk Buildin Ag ILWAYS.Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. t] R ......... Bristol and Exeter 0,1 660 Bolton and Leigh lOO4 sit. 10 2,000 Clarence 2,,i11) 19s. Forest of Dean 30,000 t ' rand Junction 100/. sh. 401. pd S 30,001 Grand Western ll O l2 sit. 5/. pd It 2,00 liartlepeol 1004 sit. 100/ pd 60 0,100 Hull and B elby 504 sh. 11. pd 2. 2,1410 Leeds and Selby, 100 sh. 120 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....5f I. sh, all pd 48 5.100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/. sit. 100!. pd 215 Ditto Quarter Shares "51. pd LO London and Brightoa pd ii Ditto ditto (Gibbs') -.00/ sh. 1/. pd 0; ~ London and Bla.ckwall Sc'!. sh. :I. p:1 31 Lando , and Dover London and Gravesend 30,00,) London 3 per cent. Loudon and a aa n ,,, t aci l Greenwic h sini.rmtnai i . : tnno : i . ~ .........1 : c 5. 0 ) C 1 1 1 ' . .. 1 , s 5 i11 i ... 1 , 711 .4 5 1 1 1 1 11 ... . 1 1. 0 1, 1 4 : 3 1 276 25,018 25,018 • 20, , Ot) . London anti Croydon '2l. pd 21,000 Northern and Eastern lO 'Z. sh. '2,NO North Midland lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 7t, 0,5(0 Preston and Wigan 3O/.101 1 101 Preston and Wyre '6Ol. sh. 11. pd 'CO 0/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 243 WO MINES. ......... Albion Copper '5/. sh. 2/. pd Alten 151. sh. 101. 10s pd 1) .... Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. lam-1004 sh. all 101 5, Ditto Subscription '5/. pd 6 801..n0s l5O/. sh all pd 133 Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pin :l5/. sh. '2Ol pd .8 Macaubas & Cocacs United Ditto St. John l)el Rey .0/. sh. 714 pd ft Cata Branca iii. pd 6 Cantionga Copiapo . O/. 01 lO/ rci Bolivar Copper Company 201. 01. 201. pd 11 Ditto Scrip 'IL pd f Britt.: Iron 5Ol. sit. 50/ pd 3 British Copper ,/ sh. 3i 1. pd Columbian, iss. 5/. pin. 551. s l2 h. / 544/. pd I English 11 5,2 t General Mining Association...2o4 sit, 15/. I'd 1 Mexican Co:npany 1001. sh. 513/. pd Polherou Consols 11'!. sh gl. pd 11 Real del Monte, Unregistered ll Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 151 United Mexican, iss. '2 pm..... 40/. sh. all pd LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29. Number Dividend CANALS. 20,9110 3,57•5 2 - _ _ ;51 141 140 IGO ..1001.8.1. 2 s'o ft. 1,000 45, , 00 8,000 4,000 0,000 2,0010 M,OOO 31. s. ',O o ;100 ... ..... . AOOO 10,030 10,0 A 1/. 111 s. 0,000 14,500 I/. 211,000 6:155 2,00 u 1,500 30,000 DA o Scrip Ditto Subscription 9/. pd Ditto New Scrip 5l ixl Union Gold, iss. 2/. ss. pm.... 221/. AVcst Cork sh. 40/. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. L- radon, with Bronze Ticicet 75gs. sit. London University 10 el. sh. all pd ......... . R usse ll 25gs. sh. •••• •• King' College 1001. pd 'MISCELLANEOUS. 10,030 10s. Australian Agricultural....lon. sh. 2W. pd 1,0:0 11. Auction 31 art... 3"1, :,I_l ti th ,0 ......... British American Land Company, 131. Pa 10,000 0/ per cent. Canada C omp any 100/, sit. 20/. pd 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan ..................... ~ City Bonds, 4 per cent 15,000 11. percent. General Steam Navigation ...IN. sh. 131. pa let. per cent. Hudson's Ray Stock .. .l% ]l. 14011d011 Com. Sale Rooms rev, 15i. sit. New Brunswick Land Company 2•21 pd 2,7,4 5/. per c nt. Reversionary Interord , - ..e.,.100/. sh. 1001. Id '2,033 Si. per coot. Ditto NCAY .. . .................. 100?. sit. 4:,/. pd 4,4410 Thames Tunnel 50/. sit. all pd 10,000 van Diemet.'s Land 1001. sh. 161, pd 5,f 00 ......... 1,000 1,500 2,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, NOVEMBER 21, 1835. • BANKS. ,`OO,OO l /. 61 p. et. Ban% of 5.-7cotl.old 931. Cs. Rd. sh. all pd ,000,0 If /. 54 p. et. !loyal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd ,500.0 V. ti r . et. British Linen Company 100/. sh. :11 pi ,000,0)i 1. 61. p. et. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd ,00d,1t 0/. 5 p. ct National lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 000,0 x 4. 5!. p. et. Glasgow Union 2.501. sh. 501.1 d 000,110/. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 301. pd INSURANCE COMPANIES 256.0005 h 5 0. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 11. pd - 7,590 sp. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 101. ;11 - ln( ,(100 sp. ct. hisurance Co. of Scotland...JO/. oh. all pd 50,000 6p. et: North British 2OO/. sh. 10/. Pa lAO sp. et. Caledonl:9l Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 5,000 rp. et. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 101. pd, 100,000 4p. ct. %Vest of Scotland %, 104. 0 nfiscELLANE.ous 4,810 ~,. .... rip,. rod tillas 11n. Cana1...5014 sh. all pd 111 . .t0 Allocated 051.:h. all Ist 5,409 4 pee cent. klairib..loint'4l.6ols Water....2st sty, all pd CATTOA) Iron Company '2501.s t. alt pd 2,anosh. 14 per cent. Shotts Iron Fotimtery... 304 sh. 3 , /. pd I ° ooo 3 per cent. FAilnbork, , h & Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 16/. pd 4,500 10 per cent. FAil Ilbll TS li , Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 4,450 10 pz , r cent. Glasgow Gas '2sl. sh. all p 0 730 6 per rout. Leith Coal Gas 1 , 000 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dllkeith 1: ailway...so/. sh: 3,000 SI per cent. Equitable Loan Company ...,251. 5h.01.4. pd. i i alit SPIRIT OF TiII:PUBLIC JOURNALS. knock up a pernicious monopoly, and to appoint town councillors in whoM they have, whether a well or ill founded confidence, for the management of their own affairs, in conformity with their own local comforts, is the index of a commensurate, or of any, disposition on the part of burgesses generally to turn such a change to the account of political party by voting for O'Con. nell's vassals in matters connected with the general government of the empire, because .they voted against the petty tyrants of their own towns—the man who thus argues must have a prurient fancy for non sequiturs, Theburgesses who name the town-councilmen consist, in a very large proportion, of persons who, so far as concerns Members of Parliament, have no elective fran. chise whatever—non constat that the burgesses who are not political electors, composing a vast majority of the whole, have any sympathies on questions of general politics with those who are so. They constitute. h poorer class of the community. They naturally, ab me on good grounds, some on bad, look with, Sharper jealousy and distrust at the 101. homeholder, who in. respect of political privilege is placed upon a level below which they are themselves depressed, than at the capitalist er gentleman whose house is rated at 1001. a-year, and who is the most certain and liberal em ployer of the said poor class, of burgesys. The only order of burgesses from whose conduct any fair .infe rence can be drawn, as to their effective support of any description of general politics, are those who have already exercised their political franchise in favour of a Conservative or Whig-Radical Representative, and of such the country,knew the temper an:l inclination as well I) , Fore the election for town-councilmen as since. The discovery, however, of a Ministerial tri umph over Conservatism„ in the just. and natural hos tility of an ill-used town or borough population to the local monopolists by whom they have been in jured,. is one of those fortunate mares'-bests which may serve to help out the; Christmas merry-making • but we are mistaken if it will survive Twelftlt-day.— Times. It is in vain that the Tory organs seek to suppress their rage and vexation at the splendid and unparalleled victory of the Reformers in the overwhelming majority of the Municipal Elections—a victory which has once more put to flight all the vain but pleasant illusions of" re-action" which the cant of the No-Popery cry, and the occasional gain of an isolated county or borough election had hitherto contributed to.sustain. In spite their efforts their mortification and despair burst At in every expression, and the sullen and studied si lence of the "thundering"escribes, who are wont to bluster and swagger the most loudly on similar occa sions, is perhaps still more significant than the awk ward explanations and ill-contrived imaginings with which other oracles of this fallen faction seek to dis guise an unpalatcable truth, and to draw a veil which may serve to conceal, at least from Tory eyes, the lecided and irreparable losses which their party has • -el. Never since the Great Reform Bill has Jere been so unanimous, so decided, so triumphant an effort on the part of the Reformers. In every part of the country the spectacle has been presented of 'a great and enlightened people shaking off every sense of indifference or apathy, casting off the degrad ing fetters of Tory domination, and placing under the safeguard of acknowledged Liberals those municipal in terests which Toryism has hitherto so generally me nopolis-ed and abused. From this general enthusiastic expression of public opinion, the Tories may learn that the day of their power has passed away, and that the cherished notion of a Conservative re-action is nothing but an idle dream—while the friends of the people, and above all those Liberal Ministers whom the votes of the National Representatives have replaced in power in spite of the minions of the Court, and the intrigues of a lordly faction, may learn where their real strength is placed, and be convinced, if the fact required con firmation, how great is the dependence which they may place Upon the people if they arc but true to themselves and their cause. For our own parte we in fer from this glorious manifestation the happiest results to the Liberal cause, which is no other than that of just and equitable govern ment —we infer that the resolute will be strengthened in their resolves, the timid reanimated, and the wavering secured and reclaimed—we in'F.tir that admitted principle will walk hand in hand with a de cided and vigorous policy, and that the progress of those reforms which the voice of- the three Kingdoms demands at the hands of the Government will receive a fitting impulse from this triumphant effort of .the people. The most sceptical must now be convinced, that if occas:on require it, an tippeaLto the people on behalf of a vigorous and reforming, policy can be made with the Certainty of a successful issue, and the weaker minds Who might be disposed to stir out of the plain • ht-forwerd path of energetic reform in the vain - c ope of conciliating an impracticable Opposition, may now learn that every consideration of expediency as well as of principle, counsel a bold and manly no• licy, as the one called for by circumstances, as in deed it has ever been the course best adapted for WAR-OFFItE, Due. 29. preserving the affections and respect of the British 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet W.Persss to be Lieu- C P o c -Te c t ' PE'. Cochrane,teesait, by purchase, vice Mande , who retires; W. Drysdale, G ent . people. Since we last add r e ss e d our readers u p on t o Cornet, 6 b t e nit, T im e b n y t o p f ur D eh r ze o , o N ns lce 29. this subject, we have received repo rts of the follow-_ ing elections, for the details of which we must refer Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vandelcur, Ycho retires A. F. be ing Torapson, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase , vice Cochrane , Dec. 2 9 . them to another part of our paper ;----Bath has re9:h - ll_iese n,, ni nei r i o to n f r k i ' ,,T oot—Licut . . t t s l . I Ensign eron to be Captain, by pur lar Gen an t t to t turned 25 Reformers to 17 Tories ; a t Brid g north the ‘e whole 12 are Reformers ; Bridport has e l ec ted 15 Re- be Lieutenant, by purchase,wbo le vice Heron; R.t-1. E. Morgan, Hartman formers out of 18 Councillors ; at Chesterfield, the be Ensi g n, by , purchase : vice Hartman, Dec. 29. numbers are, Liberals 9, to 3 Conservatives; at Co!- ch 3 as t , s . t I , .' i o c o e t— A u e s a ig r n y t , \ p c. o, 2 ,, ,l o a t u e l d e tino bethe L s i s eu ti t t en F ant, without pur- G'regory, from half-pay 14th Foot, to' be Ensign,ooj; Ensign W. chester, 12 to 6 ; at Deal, they are all Liberals ; at 29. Denbigh, there are 9 Reformers to 3 Tories ; at Dc 3 e ' : t ° Se le cijeealtta-lSrt.j deceased, October 2o orN.Hynes to be Adjutant, with the Derby 31 to 5; at Durham the day is Won-14, to 4 ; rank' ) of Ensign,' lt v Hereford is represented by 15 Liberals and 3 Torie s ; 39th Foot.P:,,ign H. A. Strachan to be —ELieutenant, without Lichfield by 17 of the former and 1 o f the latter ; purchase, vice Sjiewart, deceased, June 2 ; Ensign . A. it. Marshall, Toryism of the Town riondhaliz!-oat'eai.,7l,gn D. r Jones 27th i Foot, to be to be r Ensign,vice29 Strachan, Dec. . Ludlow by 1 2 Reformers , the Tor eu to Ensign, b y tenant, by purchase, Council amounting to a cipher ; inMaldon, also, the vice belme , who retires; W. Gore, Gent., ; whole are Reformers ; in Nottingham the reform into- 'purchase, vice Jones, Dec. 29. 59th Foot—Ensign E. B. Napier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, rest has a majority of 12 in the C ounc il, the nuo'aers vice Davidson, who retires; Ensign H. W. Gordon, from the Bth being 27 to 15 ; from Oxford we learn the na'a‘ority is Foot, to be Ensign, vice Napier, Dec. 29. decidedly Liberal ; Reading has 14 RefOrmer j s in the 64th Foot—Lieut. M. J. Western to be Captain, by purchase, n Council and 4 Tories ; at Shrewsbury the ) i e numbers vi l f;e o Ni r T e e t s iz t . , e ,r s; Ensign n J. Smyth, T.Krkwood, to be Lieut., i . Gent. to be Ensign, by are 17 Liberals to 13 Tories ; at Tewkesbury the Pu-rha.se, vice Kirkwood,; J. 29. 67th Foot—Captain J. Elgeo, from half-pay Unattached, to be whole 12 are Reformers ; at Tiverton we have 16 Liberals to 2. Tories ;at Truro 16 to 2 ; ap h as t t if,e r , , ,t vic L A , l o r t illir .1 111a. j ir, 1\ -, ,i to rs r t e o t t ir e es c upon . half-pay, Dec. 29. a n ‘‘ b k y pu to rel b l e ase i li ce u. Warwick 15 to 3; at Winchester 10 to 5 ; Wood who retires, Ensign N. C Cap ta in 4 , to 2. The accounts also state that, at tenant, by purchase, vice Myers, Dec. ; Ensign and Adjutant Worcester 3 Robertson ,to have the rank of Lieutenant, Dec. 30 A. T. Beaumaris, Carnarvon, Chester , Doncaster , Lancaster, - aantten, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stack, Preston, .Rip d Dec. 9* on, Saffron-Walden, Sandwich, an 7•2 h d Foot—Lieut. C. W. Meadows Payne to be Captain, by Stockport, the Liberal cause has triumphed. At v_ t i i ;xi s , c aen t, t -re by ,r p a u v r e c n i , la l is s e ho retires ; Ensign lion. C. Stuart to be Exeter, the preponderance, though slight, is stated to , vice Payne; Gentleman Ca et H. S. be from the Royal Military C2oilge, to be' Ensign, by I nv- . be on the Liberal side ; at Newport (Isle of Wight) the numbers, we arc informed, are equal ; and the cha , s 3 e t , h ve ot Stu L ar f l) e l e v. 2 ,‘ 9, . ,e.. idra:m to be Captain, without purchase, only places in which the Reformers have failed, as far vice Hill, deceased; Ensign: R. Campbell to be Lieutenant, vice Kleiman; Dec. 19; Gent. Cadet. E. Se.-ell, from the Royal as our reports hitherto go, besides Dover, which we mentioned yesterday, are St. Alban's, Hertford, Kid- ati n li d ta N r i7e C st ol i l , T a , to be Ens , ign i. v . iu , Camplirli, Dec. 29. ...toler, Gent, to be Ensign, by derminster, Lynn, Marlborough, Newark, Stamford, purchase, vice Cameron, who retires, Dee. 29. and Wenlock ; these trivial defeats, however, are lost amid the mighty record of the general triumph, while the pompous manner in which they' are proclaimed and detailed by one or two Tory prints, which have care fully excluded all the reports of Liberal victories—that is to say, all the accounts of nineteen-twentieths of the, Municipill proceedings from their columns—affords a most amusing and ridiculous picture of the subterfuges to which even the boasted oracles of " three-fourths of the people of England" are reduced in their desire to support the cause of a faction, which, in common with their own apostate columns, the people they have be trayed and libelled, have so signally and utterly repu diated.—Morning Chronicle. The nature and operations of the Common Coon , cilman returns in the cities and boroughs throughout England on this recent election do not seem to be very clearly understood. It is called by the Whig- Radical prints a political triumph over the Conser vative cause, on those political principles which haste constituted the ground of quarrel between Sir Robert Peel's party and Lord Melbourne's party, since the Reform Bill was passed. This is an egregious blun der. The contest was between the nos-governors of municipal bodies and those against whose local inte rests, and to whose unjust exclusion from the benefits for which corporations had been originally instituted, the system of misgovernment had been carried on. The principle of corporate self-election was fraught with every species of abuse which could be perpetrated with impunity, where none were responsible, all might plunder, and plunder they did, ill frequent cases, with a vengeance. The respectable portion of the inhabi tants of every town, who saw the malpractices but could not remedy them, and the lower order of inha bitants, who saw but could not share them, were alike incensed at the peculation of funds and perversion of privileges which took place before their eyes ; so that, generally speaking, the corporation of a borough had few or no friends but those whom they admitted anion'," b their members, or could influence by patronagn ter . te . i ror. When the Municipal Reform Bill watt; brought in, little difference cf opinion existed ( I Thyond the pre cincts of each mansion-hones or tosvn-hall) as to the urgent expediency of abolishing the old and execrable system of self-declaim, and restoring the fiscal and ad ministrative power of the 'municipality to the hands of the iutlstpendent people at large, for whose advantage the charters of incorporation had been almost invari ably granted. In the principle of such a reform the greater portion• of the press was agreed. Some distill guiahed members of it went even further, our contem porary, the Standard, declaring loudly in favour of a total overthrow of all corporations, because of their long course of misbehaviour. Our own feeling was strongly expressed from the first, in recommendation of opening the monopoly, and letting into the rights of local go vernment the great body of those who were to be sub jected to its burdens—whose interests were to be af fected by its laws—and who were likely to be capable of exercising it beneficially for themselves and others. Questions necessarily arose upon the level of the quali fication, below which it seemed vain to look for the ca pabilities essential to a burgess, and dangerous, to the public, to suppose them. Upon the whole, it did not seem to us that the point was badly fixed at rate-payers who had for three years successively discharged the demands upon them for local taxes, low as the rate might be, and almost fractional the amount of taxation. That high and low among the inhabitants of towns ap pear by the late returns to have combined against the old and exclusive monopolists, is anything but a matter of astonishment. Wrong had been ve r y l ar gely com mitted, and this was the eale medium of effectual redress. But he who jytqqs "4. Whig-Radical conteinpo priek hay tc), the CQUGIUSWIi that a desire tt? susta FROM TaAST NISFIT'S - GAZETTE. At the Ccurt at Brighton, the `22:l clay of December, 1835, r.arsENT, The. I:ing's INlost_Excellont:ldajcsty in Council. lii 31"ai , t-ty was this day pleased to direct the Clerk of, the Council to correct the following technical errors in the warding of the borough of Neweast:e-on-Tyne, under the Order in Council of the 4th insiant:— _ . . Ihe words, " thence northward, along the manors and along the east side of Carliol-square," to be made, in each of the two places in which the words occur in the said order, " thence northward, clang the manors and along the went side of Carliol-square ;" and he words, " thence to the said angle, and northward and westward along the boundary line," to be mvit, " ihnice to the said angle, and northward and eastward along the boundary line." B AT R ST. R'Hi7'F.tl ALL, DEc. 24. The Lords Coinrnssioners for the - custody of the Great Seal have appointed William Francis D'Arey, oT Newton Abbott, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be Master Es'aaordinary in the High Court of Chancery. straig FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 9.9. Thc King has been pleased to apprinre of Mr. George Handers as Consul at Cork for Her Most FaithCtil,Majesty. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. n. Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Captain G. Phillpotts to be Captain, vice Hulme, placed on the Retired. List.;: First Lieut. G. C. D. Lewis to be Second Captain, vice Phillpotts ; Second Lieut. R. G. Hamilton to b.?. First Lieutenant, vice Lewis, Dec. 5. .• ...... Second Lieutenants with temporary rank, to be Sceonil Lieute nants with permanent rank—J. Cameron; J. P. Hawkins; J. H. Freeth, Dcc. 12. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset ]st Somerset. Regiment of Militia—lL B. Norman, Gent., to be Ensign, Nov. 10. BOROUGH OF PORTSMOUTH. ERRATA.—In the Fifth Supplement to the Gazette of Friday last, page 2454, col. 2, published on Thursday, the bo'andaries of All Saints Ward are described as passing through the old borough of Portsmouth, instead of the new borough of occurs in four different places. 'Port" nouth, which IV Os 154 Os z/ 4501. BOROUGH OF KINGSTON:TT:LION-HULL. - - ERATTA.—In the Order in C3uncil of thelith instant, for di viding the borough of Kingston-won-Ann into wards, &c., for " Edward Vernon Harcourt, Esq., ' read "Egerton Vernon Har court, Esq.;" and for " situate to the. east side of a line to be drawn northwards," in the-setting out of The boundaries of the ward No. 5, read " situate to the west sido of a line drawn northwards." [This Gazette also contains an Order in Council of the 4th inst., relating to the Borough of King's Lynn, a wrong document having been inserted in the teecond. Supplement to last Friday's Gazette in its stead.] . DECLARATION INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM BUCK, victualler, Hamthersmith. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WINCHCOif3E - HENRY SAN' ILE HARTLEY, music. %Mei-, Upper Glauee3ter-place, Ref=ent's Park. BAN KUTIPTS. JOHN PARRY, draper, Llanrwst, Dcrbig'usliire, to surren der Jan. 20 and Feb. 9, at three, at the Commissioners' Ro s oms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and We.ltherall Temple, London ; • Seddon and 11Ia. w son , Manchester. JONATHAN FOX, grocer, Barton-upon-Humbc;r, Lincoln shire, Jan. 15, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull. haw - , 'Ely-place, Holborn, London ; Thorney, Hull SAMUEL LLOJ . iD, calico-printer, Manchester, Jan. 2, and Feb.. 9, at teu, la the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Cop pock, C10.'0. - ,, A id-row, St. James's; Coppock andWoollam, Stock port. IY.LPII STEVENSON and JOHN ADAMS STEVENSON, I.tiaihen-w'are manufacturers, Cobridge, Staffordshire, January 6, aid February 9 at twelve, at the Albion Inn, Hanley. Bishop, Shelton-hall, Staffordshire Potteries; Price and Bolton, Lincoln's Inn, London. DIVIDENDS. • At the Court of Bankruptcy, llasinghall-street. J. G. Gyles, Shoreditch, Jan. 19, at half-past ten—W. Swann, linen-draper, Bungay, Suffolk, Jan. IS, at eleven—W. Lank sltear, jun., Little Chelsea., Jan. 21, at two--T. W. Brighton, draper, Jan. '2l, at eleven—W: Ayling, chemist, Great Portland street, Jan. 21, at twelve—E. Ottey, jun., wine-mcrebant, Savage gardens, Tower-hill, Jan. '2l, at one—J. lllirdon, saddler, Euston place, Jan. 23, at twelve. -In the Country. W. Travis and Co., bat-manucaetnrers, Audenshaw, Laneasbive, Jan. 2'7, at twiive, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchestzi-.... S. S. Slater, corn-merchant, KingStov-upon-Hull, Jan. 20, at one, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull—W. Levett and Co., grocers, Kingston-upon-Hull, Jan. 20, at one, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull—J. Gardner, woollen-manufacturer, Llan gollen, Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manches ter—J. Potter and Co , calico-printers, Manchester, Jan. 21 . at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, :Manchester—J.. Lloyd, linen draper, Liverpool, Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Commissioners' 'dooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES—JAN. 19. E. Morris, leather-dresser Wrexham—S. W. Harrison and Co., scriveners, North Shields—J. Bradley, bookseller, Liverpool—S.. Reed, grocer, Eastbourne—ll. Bulgin, bookseller, Bristol—lL Robinson, coal-merchant., Nutileld-place, Bryansfon-square—D. Frazer, ship-owner, Finsbury-square. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. • H. Slater and H. Wallwork, "cotton-dealers, Blackburn—J. Churchill and W. J. Beazeley, basket-manufacturers, Liverpool— G. Sell()lcs and Co., bankers, Manchester, so far as regards J. Tetlow—C. Wilson and G, Blackler, linen-drapers, Fore-street— G. F. and E. T. Mountain, druggists, Preston—M. Herregan andi J. Quin, fishmongers, Glasshouse-street, Westminster—R. and J. Brown, plumbers, Lewes, Sussen.—.T. Frankland and Co., mercers, Whitby—J. and J. J. Boon, plumbers, I3ath—R. Millingtcm sod Co., merchants, so far as regards R. illillington and J. Bartow—J. and IL Stoneley, market-gardeners, Twickenham—J. Faailey and T. Breit, surgeons, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire—J. Wolpell and C. Udall, auctioneers, Winchmore Hill, Middlesex—T. Keating and J. J Saner, chemists, St. Church-yard—d. Robinson and, W. Selby, brick-burners, * Hampstead, Isle of Wight—W. I-InglnA and J. Roberts' sUow boltma.kers,* INlanehester—J. Scholfield aAd W. Whatmonili, slaters, Heywood,‘ Laucultire—T. Gladstone And LO. loan, lamp-manufacturers, Liverpool—C. 'Worsey and W. Tf,riipson, wool-dealers, Cannock, St-...ifordshirc—E. Elam. a": 14 Pope, grocers, March, Isle of Ely. of a .05 40 15+ 12 '9 04 t'6l 224 47 be uul Oen hat Ltes And the, • (..! at and the 1 of un- rern- eing, e the ation ihich Thus Is of CGII-