The Sun. — London, England, 1835-01-12 00:00:00

__._..• earn. ) b allot, d Mr. flume And in out Leers.) ,roper, s--- the 1-0 4 n d his d De !stvac- .ll Dna arc in ntrne'¢ F.t wag 1 rill atil ) M r ; be BO' partial all niv t y asbc ate. _ Per , {GT° Will b ° I ' 3 d ,, ) r 7 ' he - t il ea W I . r tb°ll' 01 1 13'Y qll B/i6' W° °(l ICS , ..mm& to preserve the country these reform ceded. Mr. Wood will concede them whess, eenessoey,_( s . :ewe be liberally cons .e thefts timely consideretiore arid Another Laughter, afid cries of 'eighty years.) He will, on the other hand, de fend niarifully all the institutions of our country.—(Loud Vaughter, and cries of 0 Hear.".) Perh a p s l am t oo ain for y ou, b ut when I wss ' in Parliament I vo t e d f or th e t . s eforin, Bill, wh en i t was not only not the feeling but not the "'mien to support Reform.—( Cries of " Then you have turned Your co at") Anoth er reason w h y I s h oul d b e h eard is, that ü be 'rill abst a i n f rom all personalities. Nick-names should never n, u sed, nor p arty di stinctions. I would rather that all should u nite under one sacred banner, calling themselves liberal Con aervatives.—(Laughter and cries of "No Conservatives.") are th e best measures which improve the state of the country. Hear)—and th a t G overnment i s t h e b est which attends not only to the wishes but to the wants of the people.—( A i'L e e—" Cert a i n l y ; b ut was that the case at Rathcormac ?") mention this merely to recommend Mr. Wood.—( Hisses.) thc'u all hate tyranny ;sodo I : but what-can be greater tyranny an to say the Kin; sh a ll on ly c h ose hi s Mi n i sters f rom one e f t "cif peopl e . Let the Ministers only ha ve a f a i r t r i a l.—( C r i es No, no, th ey h ave b een tr i ed and found guilty. " ) Have Pin ever known a Gnvernment that was peieect, and had not damnin; faults ? I tell you, " from Middlesex to M i s t kl and u Groats, I'd pi c k a h o l e i n a ll t h e i r coats. " —( G reet laughter i'seproar.) G ent l emen, for your own spy - hear me, for if do not, Mr. Hume, who will e' r Seak after me, cannot be r,,„eard in fairness.--(Latslete-r and groaning.) Th e G a ll ant 7 il ight wh o addressed yol; has read to you from his book a t : ° which be. has very well conned. But ,when he told you the lat e G overnment had taken off so much taxes. why did he not tell yo u w h at t h e present Government had done hot leaughter and groaning.) Th ey , f rom t h e oar 1815, reduced less then 30 millions of taxation.—( Gies of " Oh, oh," Rend much laughter.) And it has been ae' nowledged by their ernies that they had done so reach, that the late? Govern gent had very little left i nem to do,—(" H ear ," a n d l ou d e a s nin g' ikfentieen has also been made about a priest and a fott,"Y murder at Retheormac—(Groans for the Tories.) re.en, I beg to say that that horrid scene took place be ttle the present Government came ) nitt power—( Vonifetous e th B i f g " no," and great uproar. Gentlemen, a pleasing 11tY.now devolves on me (for I have stated that I would say personal, and have resisted the opportunity, although e field was wide for me, of saying any thing upon the tneelts ofe field of the other candidates) ; but the duty now devolves hiss. of seconding the nomination of Mr. Wood--( Hear, 1 and great uproar.) I voted last year in favour of Mr. Yngi and I believe a more honourable and censistent gentle -411 does not exist in the kingdom—( Great applause.) My vot e s ., s tands on record, and Ido not therefore state it now to vote Popularity. I shall, on the present occasion, split my t;lste with Mr. Bynss. One word more—( No, no.) trust oft , r. Wood will give you—( Uproar, hissing, a . nd " Off, t "' 1 I trust he will give you no pledge, but that if you t re urn him to P ar li ament, he will go in free and unshackled, a id o n Vhat he w ill d o hi s duty honestly, fairly, and consistently sneers Is country and hi s const i tuents—( Uproar, hisses, and some . ) Sir Jotter BYNG then came forward and said—Mr. Sheriff, jeferdienion, and Brother El ectors ,—l b e li eve the cause of BYng's abse nce i s genera ll y known, and requires no ex- ' f t: , r nation f rom me • I trust therefore t o your i n d u l gence to and me, his brother, to address y ou on hi s behalf.—( Hear beti:d cheer s .) G entlemen, I must first express my gratification Mr. Byng has been again proposed to you by a gentleman Whitbread_ the honourable and respectable name of Samuel been Cheers)--and it also delights use that he has Who seconded by the e'en of that respectable gentleman by s h vr a he Was proposed so far back at 1807.—( Cheers.) [Mr. ' r iff Raphael here observed that he had omitted to ask iwthether there was any other candidate to be proposed, which `Dwas his duty to have done. C r i es o f " N o, no " ; an d e ereh is o ne too , many already. " ) Sir John Byng resumed t detain ntlemyeo% verya s I have n o t th e power o f e l oquence, I shall long, but I shall do what will be more e li c_ ri e ptable to you, I sh a ll b e exp li c i t and s i ncere. The worthy ithas told you that you are ca ll e d upon to exerc i se a most _ t portant duty, th a t i s to elect two gentlemen not only to re the interests of this county, but of the United King onmi;ein Parliament. Before I presume to ask a . single . vote think behalf of my brother, I shall anticipate a question which I might be very fairl put to me.--( Hear, hear. ) You orYe beard that Mr. Byng has been afflicted with blindness l,e time since, but I am happy to say that, by the blessing t o 7,1 )(1 , his sight has. been by a successful operation restored el th mi ll•— : ( Great cheering.) This you have heard, and °ugh it is known to his intimate friends, it is not generally, ,Ith o . although it is most desirable that it should be known whether ' 8 likely th at he will be abl e t o appear i n hi s p l ace i n Par inainaenti and to do his duty by y ou .—( H ear h ear .) I don't s: Whethe r h e i s lik e l y to appear in the course of the tess'ells but what is most important, will be fit to ap ;par on the day Parliament meets.—( Hear, hear.) I am iny to say, th a t so f ar as man can answer for himself, ~, se so distant a pe r i o d, if h e i s returned by your kindness and 'Lie blessing of God, he will be there to do his duty to you to his co untry .— ( T remendous chee ring.).—And I hope, Gent to as I have had the good fortune to be returned by --111 Y c onstituents, that I will be there to aid him.--( Shouts of ).—lt is not necessary for me to tell you that Mr. Y n g is as much as ever the advocate of reform.—( Hear, elteers.)—His most earnest wish is, that those just expec reatons which the passing of that Bill raised should be rea tiled ; he does not wish that it should be a mere empty :`, -- , t rm•--( Cheers. )—Mr. Bvng was a Reformer so far back as e Year 179 3, when that measure was first brought forward in and a British House of Corr mons, by Earl Grey—(applause)— : i n the l ast P ar li ament he was the last Member of the t : 21511 hand o f f orty who voted for that Reform, when it was • not °ray unfashionable, but dangerous for a man to state that ' w as a Reformer.—( Loud cheering. Need I tell you, VR eti tlemen, t h at Mr. Byng is the sincere ) friend of civil and igious liberty, in the widest and most comprehensive sense pthat word ; and the first vote that was ever given by him i' in the year 1790, for the repeal of the Test and Corpora l:" A.ets—(great applause)—when that measure was first to forward by Charles James Fox.—(Loud cheering.) an Light --e year 1805, when the question of Catholic Emancipation '• first brought forward, up till the time it was carried in 8 • 29 , Mr. Byng was never absent on any one division, but w 'ls always present at his post, and voted in favou r o f th e fi e y 9 Ch eers.) Is t necessary that I should t e ll you That i he has at all times been the friend of reform—if so, I will only say that i n 1806, w h en t h e slave trade was abolished, he elpad Lord Grey in that which was the forerunner of the tf:seat please re of measure of 1833, wh en aga i n h e h a d , b y your f avour, the assisting that consistent and great man, Earl Grey. Cheers.) I find by the attention you have paid me that ;Im'Y task is an easy one, and that you do riot need me to say C! in favour of my brother: but this I will say, that even Youngest member returned to the House was not more kixious to nut on his armour and fight the good fight in the cause qth . e PeoPle.—( Cheers.) It was his intention to have re such Urea into private life at the last dissolution ; but he felt that at an i mportanti crisis it was not the hour—it was not the t une for honourable man to leave his post—(cheers)—that It was a time which called upon every one to be up and doing. ah are hi s f eelings, and such will be his conduct, if, as I e not a doubt (Cri es e will, , you return him again t o hi s o ld pos i t i on . — of " W ' we will 1" and great c h eer i ng .) Gen _ hlie.‘_"en, I will not trespass longer on your time. I can leave of ea se in your hand s —i n th e h an d s o f t h e ki nd feeling the electors of Middlesex.—( Cheers.) I can assure you, 1 3 ::: u a v g in a g in return him, you will confer on him the highest ,Ptinour he ever coveted.—( Cheers. ) Not one of you can say the whole time he has been your servant, he has Zer done one selfish act.—( Cheers.) He seeks no title or hl/oh considers the title of your [representative as the est one that could be conferred upon him.—( Cheering.) Mr. Hems then came forward, and was received most en orlisiastically. The cheering totally drowned the small party pi p t he " Woodites." He proceeded—Gentlemen, I have the stsltSure, now of meeting aeain those who did me the honour, Leese last election, to send me as their representative to the itVl Reformed Parliament. I appear here sooner than I ex , le t e led, considering the length of Parliaments as now Consti es:".—( Cheers.) I c an assure you, gentlemen, that I h a v e Cat happiness—( Here ther e was some uproar , got up aga i n tit 'Wood' s party. One man distinguished himself above the ; Mr. • Hume said to him, " If that gentleman will hold se e . ( rsilgue now, he will hav e an opportunity of speaking after s s e Gentlemen, it affords me the g r ea t es t satisfaction to see 1 1 ' 4 here, because I meet you with that confidence which an honest man can meet those who deputed him to a duty which s t 7,has well performed. When you sent me to Parliament to teen that great fourth Charter of your rights, the Reform sited I told you t h at t h at Bi ll would be useless, unless it was all - "„ s as a means t o o bt a i n a ll t h ose re d uct i ons an d re f orms of or tit f "'uses which you required, and whi c h I cons id er necessary . s , su ss Preservation of the peace of the country. I can as eseiuY?n, gentlemen, that there has not been a motion made, 81 ve of those I made myself, for the purpose of effecting t Y t re tronehment, o r th e re f orm o f any a b use i n Ch urc h an d a fits for whi c h I h ave not vote d —and I am perfectly ready s aY that I stand here unchanged. My opinions, gentle kel:4,ll%y be unkn own t o " T om W oo d' s " men —(L ou d to the " and cheering,)—but th are not unknown country generally, and all that 1 ask is that they will soiliet for a short time, so that they also may learn them.— ;,,.!teehter,) I stand here, gentlemen, unchanged in any mot that I have ever expressed before you. My conduct does e t require explanation. As to what I have done, you and the Bantry It large are to be my judges ; shall I arraign your con ereoo w hen yon called upon me to come forward—to come g l w Pt YOU ?..—( Cheers.) I came there as a Reformer—l had hopa been a Reformer—l am a Reformer—and, Gentlemen, toidi to die a Reformer.—( Great cheering.) Am I to be thehave always, at all times—and in all places—opposed . Tyr have I to be told that that party is to stop me in i'cporiner course ?---( Cheers, and cries of " No, they cannot ene'ts) Gentlemen, I stand before you the uncompromising of Tories,—(Cheerine.)--- o f those men who ever since esi ends ar elseen in public life—have shown themselves the g rea t of sinecures, pensions, and every other abuse. I wish je st t i s ,, k ° from th e i r h an d s t h at power wh i ch they have so un itito' as sumed.._( Cheers)—the power o f p u tti ng th e i r h an d s (Lit Your P oc k et and helping themselves at your expense.— ha °u u g ht er• ) One of the gentleman who has addressed you sre ,asked you only to give them a fair trial. Gentlemen, varielive tried them for the last sixty years. and we have in pest.% found them anxious to uphold every sinecure, - sion, and useless place—indeed every abuse which had • I condemned by the people. (Loud cheering. ) s zlY they have had their trial.—( Cheers.) The City of Tr_tion has tried them and found them guilty.—( Cheers.) ri we m etropolitan boroughs have tried them, and are they not s l c) , s uPon their trial in this county, and I do not for a moment th 'lot what your verdict will be.—( Cheers.) Are you not `palsn hold Ref ormers who forced Reform upon the Duke of te e e—gt°ll—(Cheers)—and his squad ?—Cheers and laugh ', And are yo u to be frightened ? No I—(Chee rs .) I Frightened tiy h. set icf bull dogs with Tom Wood 4t their head.—(Cheers and laughter.) The example of a few men here, who make a noise and disturb the proceedings, is exactly what we had a very good sample of in the first re formed Parliament.—( Chee.is and laughter.) We had a fac tion there of about 150 Tories, who did everything In their power to prevent improvements. . T)teee teaS, ei. single question or motion to glte,hey right, or to curb abuses, Which the Tory faction did not oppose to their utmost.— ( Cheers and continued clamour from Mr. Wood's supporters.) I appear hear to avow myself one of those who opposed the Tories—l come among you as one who has fulfilled his promi ses ma d e at the lest nein,. and dries of " You have.") I wont into Parliament deier,mined to root out all the abuses that destroy the co4tree4egheeiS. 3 1< am proud to rity I opposed the fakiiin Plant tho. TnrtifiB,---4Tie mendotis cheering and uproar.) I supported every measure of improvement and placed civil and religious liberty in the best situation we could.---( Cheers.) What is the cause of our being here today ? This is the last struggle of thaw who are azieioUS iti maintain the unholy power they formerly. had:3-.llond Cheers: ) Who think that by bribery find ba 4 M bald tae et infamous means to ob tain a niqdfity in the next Parliament, and thus resume the r tea place the county again in that state of degradation irom which it has just recovered.—( Great cheering.) I trust no such thing will take place. I have a perfect confidence that those 2,208 e l ec t or s, who at the last election placed me at the 11;:m8 of the poll, will again return me triumphantly.— ( Loud che er i ng an d u p roar .) I voted for the Reform Bill— took it as it was, and since then I voted for improving h.— ( Cheere, ) I tieteil for extending the suffrage, and I would WA allow any borough with less than 200 electors to semi a re presentative to Parliament. I voted for shortening Parlia men4.-s.—( Cheers.) We have now annual Parliaments i we have had no less then feet. hi the hist fotir years ; this will Glight the Radical Reformers to the heart.---( Cheers and laughter.) But we have had these elections not With a view of bettering our condition.--( Cheers and uproar. A voice, " it is Wood's friends.") Friend or foe, they are disturbing the rnee!ing.. Away with them (renewed uproar). Let the Men remain. [A man with a placard on his hat.] Ike has something on his head I wantto notice —( Cheers. ) I have only to regret that I have fulfilled all the assurances I have given —I have made the Bill as perfect as I possibly cetildi If We have not sutteeded it has been owing to the opposition the Tories gave us—( Cheers)—not in the HouSe of Coremons—there they were the fraction of a faction—( Tre mendous cheering)—but in the Meuse of Peers and be hind the Throne—( Tremendous groaning.) There it was that impediments were thrown in our way, and Lord Grey was unable to carry into effect those reforms which he deemed necessary—(cheers)—end which, gentldenen, you and I will yet insist on hatliig.—( Tremendous cheering.) I come be- We you as one who, in the situation of your representative, have done my duty, aye, fairly, faithfully, and perseveringly done my duty.--( Great cheering.) If you have changed, I have not changed.—(" No, no.") I went from you a Re former of Church and State—determined to reduce pensions, sinecures, and all the other means by which the Tory Aris tocracy have fattened for ages upon the people.—( Cheers. ) I have done my beet—l have attempted and have succeeded in reducing the house-tax and other taxes to the amount of three millions and a-half. I will just make a remark upon what fell from the seconder of Mr. Wood. He said, " Did not the Tories do as much ?" But just before they went out of office they said economy and retrenchment had - been paired down till the institutions of the State could scarcel) be car ried on, and yet since that declaration five and a half millions have been taken off.—( Tremendous cheering.) So much for Tory statements.--( Cheers.) I declare I would as soon believe Sir R. Peel or the Duke of Wellington as I would the Lord Mayor of London, and him I would not believe one word.---( Cheers.) There was an example of Tory honour— the Lord Mayor promised faithfully and honestly, if they would duly elect him, quietly and without dissension, they should have all their common halls, &c. But what dickhe do? The moment be got into the saddle, he forgot every promise and pledge. I don't know whether to call this conduct honour able or dishonourable.—( Cheers.) I therefore ask you to look at Sir Robert Peel. As for Wellington, he has not yet spoken —we have only the deputy of Velllington ; it is Wel lington who rules, and what arc Tory promises and Tory systems good for? Only to lull the country. But, thank God, we are not to be lulled. The lion is up. We will tear in pieces the whole Tory faction, and send it in shreds through the air. Gentlemen, I come before you to ask for your suffrages—the first act, please God I am returned to Parliament, of mine, will be to vote for ousting the Tories. Why do 1 say so, viz. because I have.no confidence in men who, for twenty-five years, have been steeped in the miseries that have oppressed my country and placed it in that state of degradation from which the last four years have been recovering it. lam pointed at, Gentle men, as a Scotchman, and a word for that. One of Tom Wood's bull-dogs says he does not like Joseph Hume. He says the reason why he does not like Joseph Hume, is because he is a Scotchman—( Laughter.) Why, if there is anything more than another, it is that I belong to the United King dom, whether it be Scotland, Ireland, or England.—(Loud applause.) lam not one to raise my voice for the old family, and to talk of the old established stock, but I can assure you that Tom Wood is of the old Tory breed. I have nothing to disguise, and I come forward to call things by their proper names. I have friends among the Tories, and friends among the Whigs, and occasionally I don't agree with either of them; but I have raised my voice alike against oppression, whether it affected England, Ir e land, S co tl an d, or t h e olonies.— ( Loud and continued cheering.) We are surrounded by the most shallow pretenders. The Tory press is unable to find any objection to me, except, as Tom Wood says, lam a Scotchman. I tell Tom I pride myself on being a Scotch man. I tell him I pride myself on coming here to have held the high and distinguished honour of being the member for this metropolitan county--( Cheers)—and for owing that, not to my connections—thank God—not to any Tory clique, but to those men who have had the power of judging of me, and who have said if you will take the position we will place you in we will ask no pledge of you but your past conduct, and cheer fully take you for our future Representative—(Cheers) —a n d if lam the only Scotchman who has been returned for the metropolis, I challenge the whole Tory clique to say they have done more than me.—( Applause.) I hear a gentleman say behind me, " Canada," and allude to some letter. Now I have a word to say on that, and this is an episode which 1 trust you will listen to. lam challenged to it, and I am ready to meet any challenge offered by any gentleman. Gentlemen, the Upper Canadas in the year 1793 obtained a charter—an Act of Parliament passed, granting them a House of Corn- DIMS, a Senate., and a Governor to rule over them, to be ap pointed by the King. That act gave them the power to assess taxes, to distribute and arrange the expenses, and to carry on the business of the country, civil and religious ; and what will you think of what I have now to tell you—that under that Tory rule those men have been slaves ever since. They are in the situation exactly in which you were before the passing of the Reform Bill.—( Hear, hear. )—They are in a most corrupt state. Those who are appointed are Excise officers, and others of that description, I believe, to the extent of nine-tenths in Lower Canada, and twenty-five out of thirty in Upper Canada. What was the consequence? Why, they sent home petitions. I received their petitions, and I applied to the Colonial Minister to grant them justice. I have therefore been assailed in the House of Commons as the common receptacle of complaints ; but, thank God, if it be a complaint, whether from the East or the West, no man who has ever been oppressed, has ever been driven from my door, I can safely state.—( Cheers.) And is it nothing that the uncle of the late Lord Castlereagh of Six- Acts' notoriety should admit in the House of Commons that I was the most useful man who had ever been in the House of Commons—the man who kept him and others at their duty so rigidly, that they dared not do anything improper without the dread of being called to account.—( Great applause)—Lord Goderich attended to the petition of 38,000 men, to his cre dit be it said, which I placed in his hands from Upper Canada, and so convinced was he of the propriety of it that he recalledlhe Attorney-General and others home to shew that at least justice should be done to the oppressed.--(Loud cheers.) When he retired, and Stanley succeeded, one of his first acts was to send back one of the delinquents, and actually to promote one of the others to the Chief Justiceship of Nova Scotia.— ( Groans.) I did my duty in the House of Commons with respect to those two steps, and I said, If Stanley is to re sume the old oppressive system—if he is to deny you the rights of your fellow-men—as oppression drove our brethren of the western world, when they rejected this Government —if you will not take a lesson from them—if you will not give them . the benefits which they are entitled to—if you keep them down by faction of Tory :oppression, the time will come when they will take the same step which America did. Well, then, the correspondence has been published, and my letter the Tory press gave, except the last p ar a gra ph. I have refused to answer th attacks made by the Tory press—if I had yielded to that, I might have had nothing else to do; but in the House of Commons I have defended myself. I ex plained to Mr. Spring Rice, and that was the paragraph in my letter to which I allude. I hope they will take that as a lesson, but, at the same time, let every community, every country send their 'petitions home. I cannot doubt but that a Reformed Parliament will see justice done to them.— ( Hear, hear.) Now, this is the charge of Upper Canada, and these are the means which they take of attacking me— calling me Scotchman, and so on.—( Laughter.) Why, they are too paltry to take notice of; and I only take notice of them because I have been appealed to. Now I come to the point. If there is any act, and I have beard only one mentioned—a gentleman at a public meeting said I was only exerting myself to get into office. Now, if ever O, man took the wrong way to get into office, God knows I have taken that road.—( Cheers and Hear, hear.) Since I entered public life, with a fortune competent to my wants, I have ever disclaimed hold ing office. I have thought I could be more useful to my country sitting in the House of Commons as a common Mem ber, than in joining- with such rotten materials as they have in office. If the time should come when honest men will act in _ office, then there might be a power with which I could act; but with an influence behind the Throne, which has ruined Lord Melbourne—l won't say with what honour—let my honour be not united—an influence which has acted in the re- fusal of those acts to which the Throne was pledged. As to the disappointment of the people at large, let no man believe that Lord Grey was taken into office by choice.—(llear. ) He was sent by the people. Therefore don't let yourselves be mistaken. lam content to go on less rapidly than I might 'wish but let us go ou prosperously ; and forget not that men were in office who were doing justice, and that during the last six months, ever since June, a secret plot existed, and I would ask you, if whilst men are doing all they can, an under current comes, and the moment there appears a little re-action they are to be swept away, what security are the public to have— ( Hear, hear.) What was the re-action ? Why it was only a little discontent on the part of myself and others. We claimed the rights which the Reform Bill gave the people, and when we were complaining that we had not got them, they .Iqo sTiti,l.,*))OV - , ivfO , . like tools, thought we were d iscon t en t e d w ith c is ii then and a dissolution of parliament takes place—Loud cheers. Now, what is the c onsequence ? Why, Whi gs an d T or i es , with heart and soul join and say we objected to the Whigs it is true, but shall we, therefore, because the Whigs were not doing enough for us, throw ourselves into the hands of the„ tert44l,, i* will ilte ttg nothing at all. Cries of No, no.") No, we Rite net ga'll 60,1, hlt Vie s svill unite G with one voice, and sa y d own w ith th e T or i es . enita* I take the bull by the horns. The Tories have done every thing that men could do, either by fair or foul means. As far as the influence of authority could go they went at the last election, and what did th e y ge t by it?—1,494 vo t es f or t h e Tory, sViiiht the tmbought and the unsolicited men came fora and anti g4O hid net leas than $,21fl votes,—( Cheers.) Now, 1 say, are you changed ?—(Cries . of No, rid.") Has the re-action taken place which the Tories fully calculated upon ?—(Repeated cries of " No, no.") If it is so, in God's name I am not your man, for I will never go into the House of Commons but as a Reformer. The Tories say they arc . Reformers, but Ido not believe one word of it. How grati fying is it to nie, Who lave stood before -my country, branded with the epithet of a bestructive, featly to destroy the country, aid all such titles as these—how gratifying is it to the nOW to find that the Tories have changed their names, like ano ther class of persons who become ashamed-of their names, to Conservatives, and are pleased to call themselves moderate reformers. I know, gentlemen, what is the majority of the opinions of this country, and you are to decide whether—for your eountry— Reformers are to go into Parliament or not—( Hear)—who will carry on the measures of Reform or whether you arc to send a Tory like Mr. Thomas Wood, who will support the good old Tory systerri. What is your choice? Your choice lies between your tried representative, Mr. Dyng-s—although he is not so respectable a reformer as I he Was a reformer long before I was in the field, and I think his longer standing entitles him, if any there are who look upon my services as having been more useful than his—entitles him worthy of being placed in Parliament ; for my own part I have net lost my elitm—l have done all I could—l am willing to do what is right and proper now to carry on reform in Ch,r:.h and State. I will not atop with introductions into the Universities—l will not stop until all my dissenting brethren have civil rights equal to any other men.--( Loud cheers.) I will not cease until I see sinecures in the Church put down.—( Hear, hear.) I have been the humble instrument in the House of Commons of putting an end to all sinecures - in the navy, military, and other departments, and is it to be thought that I as a Reformer, having acted throughout so consis wady, can stop without saying we must put an end •to every sinecure in the Church ? Gentlemen, your intermits require it, and it • must be done. —( Loud cheers. ) I believe that is the question nosy to be settleet, and which it is most important for the public to try at this moment. lam a friend to civil and religious liberty—l am a friend to economy—l am for reforming even the present House of Com- . mons, by the extension of the suffrage and the vote by ballot. (Cheers.) And further, as I am reminded, lam for cheap justice; and I beg to tell you, that when it is asked what the late Administration has done, that they put down sinecure situations in the Court of Chancery to the amount of 96,000/. per annum.—( A voice—" Who increased the Lord Chancellor's salary 1,0001. a-year ?") That was done against my vote, both in committee and out of it. lam no party man, for I have opposed both Whigs and Tories, and will again if necessary. My only point is, are the measures proposed beneficial to my country ?—( Cheers ) Therefore that gentleman who so challenges me is just like the rest of the Tories—he mistakes his mark, and will not be convinced,--( Cheers.) What choice have you? Your choice is between Reformers and a Tory.---( Cries of " Reformers, and no Tory.") Mr. Wood's family, I believe, is most respectable, but who is he ?---(Mr. Hume here drew a placard from his pocket, headed " Who is Mr. Wood, of Littleton ?" which caused some mirth.) I was not aware, though often asked by gentlemen who came to me—who is this Mr. Wood ? I saki he is the son of a gentleman I have long known in Parliament as a supporter of the Tories and of the Castlereagh and Wellington Adminis trations • but I was not aware of the claims of the g a ll an t officer— officer it appears he is—being the 11th Lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington's Rcgt. of Guards.--(Laughter,) Why, I ask, is his militaay rank sunk on this occasion? (Hear.) I believe it is because he knows that a red-coat gentleman is not much approved by the electors of the County of Middlesex.—( Cheers.) You have to decide between a junior officer of the Duke of Wellington's regiment—and you know what Lieuts. are, and what they have the power of doing against their Colonel.—( Laughter.) This paper goes to tell you what he is. He is one connected with the late Lord Castlereagh of Six Acts notoriety, and he is the nephew of the present Lord Londonderry. Why, Lady Caroline Wood is principal bedchamber-woman to the Quees.—( Laughter, and uproar.) Do I mention this as a dishonour ? It is one of the most honourable situations a lady in this country can hold, yet a gallant gentleman behind me ( Capt. Burton) says it is disgraceful to mention it.—( Renewed laughter.) Is any thing to be concealed from you? Tell me what company a man keeps, and I will tell you what he is. I tell you who are his relations. I ask, will you commit yourselves into the hands of a lieutenant of the Duke of Wellington ?—( Hear.) Ido not deny the Duke's military talents, but I speak of him as a civilian and a minister, and he ham himself declared that he is unfit for ollice.—( Hear.) Therefore be on your guard. You might as well elect Sir Robert Peel himself as this gentleman. His other relations are one of them Under Secretary of State for Ireland, and Sir Henry Hardinge is Chief Secretary. He is a relation of Mr. Wood, I believo--- Mr. Woon—Yes, he married my aunt.—( Laughter—a voice, " He lost an arm in the Service.") Mr. HUME—No man can speak higher of his services as an officer than I do. I chew Mr. Wood's connection with the Tory Administration, and therefore when he comes forward, and states his desire to act independently, I say to you, Beware !—( Hear, hear.) I cannot support such con nections ; but if this county likes to elect a Tory, let it he so, but will that lessen your burdens? Will that relieve taxa tion? Will that put an end to abuses in Church and State? —( Hear, hear, and cheers.) I thank the person who pub lished this placard to enlighten the public. The gallant gentleman not only holds office under the Tories, but is posi tively identified with them.—( Hear.) I must correct an error Mr. Fvler fell into. He declared that the murders at Rathcortriac were committed in the time of the Mel bourne Administration.—( Laughter.) Why, it was a month afterwards ; and I tell you more, it could not have been committed under that Administration, because when a Bill for commuting tithes for ever in Ireland had passed the House of Commons, and sent up to the Lords, the Duke of Wellington rejected it—(Groans)—and at that time an Hon. Member in his place in the House of Commons asked when peace was thus proposed between the Church and the people, whether they would deluge the country with fire and sword to collect tithes, Lord Althorp said, " I will give you my word and the word of the Administration, after so fair and good a measure, calculated to heal the sufferings of the country being rejected, we will not allow the military to be used for any such purpose."--( Loud Cheers.) It was after the admission of the Wellington Administration this occurred, though I may be told that the Administration was not formed, but the Duke was the Administration. He was Secretary at War, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Colonies, and everything ; and I think most unconstitutionally so, but a question will arise upon that hereafter.—( Hear, Hear.) If it be possible for the King to keep one man his sole Minister for a month, why may he not as well send for Lord W. Ben tick, and give him the reins of Government for a year?— The late law officer of the Crown has already proved the ille gality of these proceedings, and it will not rest here.--( Hear. ) Gentlemen, I have done my duty to the best of my power ; if you send me back, I can do no more.—(Cheers. )-_I shall use my best energies, not to support this or that party, but— ( A voice in the crowd—" We will send you to Canada.")_ - I hope before that time that you, my friend, will be trans ported.—( Great laughter and cheering.)—lf lam again re turned, I shall endeavour to deserve your good opinion. You have thrice returned me; and if I am defeated, I shall be defeated without disgrace. The disgrace will be upon you, Gentlemen, and I shall leave the matter in your hands.-- I have no hired agents in every parish—(cheers)—l have no Committee-rooms presided over by Tory magistrates—(ap plause)—l have no clergymen to go about canvassing for me.—[Hear, and cries of " Shame !I—Gentlemen, I shall now leave the matter in your hands. I have done my best for you in the House of Commons, and if you send me back I shall find sufficient opportunities of doing it again, and my first will be, " Down with the Tories."—[Tremendous cheering.] Mr. Woon then came forward, and was assailed by hooting, hissing, and groaning, mingled with a few cheers. When silence was, by the exertions of the Sheriff, in some degree restored, Mr. Wood proceeded :—Gentlemen I have a favour to ask of you—it is the first I ever asked, and perhaps it may be the last—(laughter, and cries of "very likely")— that is simply to hear me.--( Cheers and groans.) Gentle men—about 30 years ago my father stood upon these hustings for the first time he ever came forward in public life ; but not on such an important occasion as that on which I present my self.—( Groans and errs of "go home, Torn.") Tom Wood, as they choose to call me, is now before you, and asks you for a fair hearing. Gentlemen—before I enter on the many topics on which I wish to address you, allow me to answer not only this bill (holding up a large placard) but other things that have been personal to myself.—( Hear.) Gentlemen, I say personal to myself, because what concerns my father is personal to me.—( Hear, and some ch eers .) G ent l emen , it i s true that he is 'a Colonel, but he is colonel of the Middlesex. ( Hear, and a laugh.) There is another point to which I wish to allude—it was mentioned by the gallant knight who nomi nated the hon. gentlemen beside me, that I had acted unbe comingly in not having followed the usual precedents on these occasions, because I spoke to somebody in the crowd.—( Cries of " Yes," and " Off.") The gallant knight told me thay are electors, and I therefore thought there was n o h arm in ad dressing them.---( Laughter, hissing, and great confusion. ) Gentlemen, my friends have urged me to set forward my in dependence ; and how am I to do it if you do not hear me ?—( Cheers.) I know that words go for very little, but the Hon. Gentleman has alluded to the point of my aspiring to office.—( Laughter and uproar.) Now, gentlemen, I can oely say on that point that I shall never accept office of any kind.—( Great laughter, and cries of " Who would give you office —yo u have not brains enough ?") Allow me now to ex press my gratitude to this gentleman (turning .to Mr. Hume) for having brought this handbill here. I heard there was such a thing on the walls, but you must be aware that I could only take notice of what is brought here by some gentleman. —( A laugh.) But as you, Si r (to Mr. Hume) have brought it here, I address m yself to what it contains. (Hear, hear, hear.) with your leave, gentlemen, I shall read it—( Great laughter, and cries of __ " Why did you not get your speech off? " ) It commences " Who is Wood—Torn Wood ?"--(Loud laughter and cries of be is good for nothing")—" of Littleton"----( Laughter and cries of--" of little good.") Is that right, gentlemen ? lr A NTTTARY 12, 1835. DAY .i - " , t F,oro'S of laaghter:, ) " Whei dad what is Tom v , Great laugitier d." rye 'T'o'ry: A Lieu tenant with the rank of Captain in tdd tirettiitßer Guards, of which the Duke of Wellington is Colonel." All tiial #4 fief.' fcctly true, gentlemen.—( Cries of " then you must obey orders.) Gentlemen, I may tell you the reason why I went into the army.—[shouts of laughter.] When I was a boy— CContinued laughter, uproar, and. much confusion]—l saw the atten4trs of my country returning covered with laurels, and it was my &Aldan to cls.t.serTe that honor, although aware that the profession of a soldier is ititabotible with properly per forming the duties of a Representative hi Parliament.— ( Cries of " Then you must retire.") Gentlemen, I shall never appear, should you elect me, in that profession unless my services are required in the defence of my country, and when that takes place I shall retire from your service in Par liament.---=( Great clamour.) The bill goes on—" very active 'canvassers in the Captain's caAtse—no doubt by orders from the Horse Guards." Gentlemen, you itatat be aware that these persons act under the orders of the Sheriffs of the County, and cannot be under the control of the Horse Guards in any way. (Cries of " They are," and much confusion.) " The son of Colonel Wood, the former Representative of the County of Brecon—the advocate of the Tory party"--( Loud cries of " True yes, yes")—" and the supporter of the late Lord Londonderry, of Manchester massacre, and Six Acts notoriety".—( Loud cries of " True," and great groaning.) I am sure that that noble and lamented man_(" No, no,") — lamented because of the misfortunes which hefel him, grieved as much as the Hon. Gentleman for the unfortunate event— ( Cheers.) His mother, Lady Caroline Wood, is sister to the late Lord Londonderry, and principal BM-chamber Keeper to the Queen.—( Laughter.) Gentlemen—she is my mother— Allow me to say a few words (the Hon. Candidate was a little affected.) Gentlemen, I consider it is no dishonour that my mother should be admitted to the Royal presence of the Queen.—( Loud laughter.) His sister is married to Sir H. Hardinge, and that gentlemean is also his uncle. Gentlemen— that is true.—( He threw the placard behind him with great force. Laughter.) Gentlemen, excuse me for having said so much about my family, but this is the first time my character has ever come before the county. I will now proceed to de clare my principles.—( Ironical cheers.) Gentlemen, I came here prepared to bear much—l am prepared to hear all names applied to me, but I will accept of none. lam neither Ultra- Tory, Tory, Whig, nor Radical.—( Great laughter, and cries of what are you? a mere nullity, end not for us.) I came here supported by these friends—l came here as an independent man, to take my own cause._ I shall answer for no man's conduct but my own, and if I swerve (I entreat you to hear my words, and remember them), if I flinch from them, fling them in my teeth, and see whether I can appear before you with the same confidence as Ido now.—( Laughter.) I con fess, gentlemen, to come forward on constitutional princi ples.---( Groans.) Is there any man who does not know, who does not feel, what the British Constitution is 2 (Cheers, groans, and loud laughter.) I entreat you to hear me. It is the first time I have come before the world. —(" Go home, Tom; you would be better with your mother." Laughter. )—I care not for the result of the election, but I wish to put my character fairly before the world.—( Cheers and errs of " - You have none.") Having stated what the British Constitution is—(" Not yet")—l am prepared to make another declaration. With all solemnity I entreat you to hear me. lam prepared, having established what the limits of the British Constitution are, with all sincerity—with all the sin cerity of an honest man, to enter the field of Reform. lam prepared to work in that field with all the diligence, with all the assiduity of an honest labourer.—(Laughter.) As long as there remains a weed in that field unfooted, I will labour still. But beyond the limits of the Constitution no power on earth will move me.—( Groans, and cheers.) And now, gentleman, as to the spirit of Reform, lam not ashamed to seek for that spirit amongst the Reformers of antiquity.-- [Lang hter. ] I acknowledge that the improvements of the age, and the increase of knowledge, will force us to accelerate our movements, but at the limits of the Constitution we must stop. I will shortly, honestly and explicitly apply myself to some questions of considerable interest. I will begin with a question in which our Dissenting fellow-countrymen are more particu larly interested. I have been asked what lam to do with respect to Chnrch rates. I will vote for the abolition of Church rates, provided some provision is mid:!, for the maintenance of the Church from some other branch of the revenue. I should i; an apostate to the Church to winch I belong--I should not be a true friend to my country if I consented that the rights and properties of the Church were to be infringed. As long as I live I will abide by those principles. I will maintain her rights—( Hear, hear, hear.) I look upon her as the most sa cred, one of the most useful, and to me the dearest of our institutions.—(" Oh, oh.") Allow me again to draw your at tention to our Dissenting fellow-subjects. I am prepared to relieve the religious scruples upon the subject of marriage ; but, I confess, I am not prepared to leave that most holy ceremony to the caprice—the transient caprice of any man— there must be some civil regulation to sanction that most holy of rights.—( Cries of " Oh, oh 1") Allow me, whilst on the subject of the Church, to draw yonr attention to another sub ject which is not foreign to it, I mean that of tithes. lam prepared with the best abilities I possess to enter into the con sideration of the question with a view of establishing a just and equitable commutation of tithe. Ido so because I am anxious to remove those angry feelings which arise on the collection of tithe—feelings which tend to promote any thing but true religion, but I must again reserve the right§ and properties of the Established Church.—( Oh, and cries of " That won't do.") I wish somebody would give me a lead— Mr. BARCLAY—Are you prepared to remove the Bishops from their seats in the House, and to vote for the admission of Dissenters to the universities? Mr. WOOO--1 am desirous of drawing your attention to those questions which more peculiarly apply to the present time, and in doing so I find the Bill passed last Session before my mind, I mean the Poor Law Bill. Allow me to say that I consider that measure to be founded upon uncon stitutional principles. Ido not approve of a commission possessed of arbitrary power, without adequate responsibi lity. I consider some of the enactments of that measure bear severely upon our poorer countrymen, and if I am in Parliament, I will endeavour to assuage those severi rifles, and to reconcile the Bill with constitutional prin ciples. Upon this subject I have the authority of the gentleman who stands behind me (Mr. Whitbread), whose generous spirit, practical knowledge, and enlightened mind, has been applied to this subject. There is one subject upon which, thank Heaven, I am relieved from expressing myself— viz., to the West India Colonies. The word slavery has been erased from the English language, and we have made a pre sent of it to our continental neighbours. lam not aware of any other subject on which it is necessary to address you. I have drawn your attention to the Pension List—l will not shrink from it—l will not enter into any enquiry con cerning pensions. —(Tremendous groaning and hissing. )-- I will do what the Whigs did. Ireland—Gentlemen, upon this subject I know much—_l have spent many years in that country. I have some local knowledge of it, and really at this moment I am so overwhelmed with the difficulties con nected with this subject,that I know not how to express myself. With respect to the Irish Church, I know the necessity of some legislative measure, but I fear the effect of every mea sure which should establish a precedent in Ireland which I a m not prepared to carry into effect . in England—( Hear) Notwithstanding the allusions that have been made by my Hon. opponent to different parts of the empire, I consider them all as one country, and I for one will never consent to their separation. I will endeavour to unite them in closer and stronger bonds. I have spoken with all since rity. I rely upon your judgments—if you consider me un worthy of the post I aspire to the object of my ambi tion, for were I Member for Middlesex, I would be satisfied.—[Cries of " I wish you may get it."] Ido not say myself that I expect it, but my friends tell me I have a good cause, and I mean to act as if I had. —[ Great Uproar.] Gentlemen You are becoming impatient I am not a finished orator.—( Cries of " You are finished," and laugh ter.) This is all I will say upon the subject of Reform. I hope my words will be treasured in your memories. I wish them to be so, and if I flinch then fling them in my teeth, and you will see whether I can bear the disgrace.—( Hear.) Into whatsoever hands the sacred trust shall be reposed— whether in those of my Hon. Friend Mr. Hume, or in those of the brother of the Gallant General Byng, or in any one, may your Representative act for the welfare of his country ! May he endeavour to conduct the vessel of the state, charged as she is with all your interests—with your properties—with your own lives and those of your children. May he con duct her with steadiness, moderation, and evenness. May the vessel, already having passed the falls, keep in the full stream, avoiding the rapids, winding the deeps and shallows. May she go on into the ocean of national prosperity, and there ride the pride, the envy, and the admiration of the world.— ( Considerable cheering. ) Sheriff RAPHAEL then came forward, and put the names of the candidates to the shew of hands. For Mr. Byng, all hands were held up, and great cheering. For Mr. Hume, an immense number, with loud and and tremendous cheers. For Mr. Wood a very partial show, which excited much laughter and groaning. The Sheriff then declared George Byng, Esq., and Joseph Hume, Esq., duly elected. A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Wood, which was fixed to commence on Thursday morning at nine o'clock. Captain BURTON, R.N., (the rejected candidate of the Tower Hamlets) wanted to speak, but not being an elector, was not permitted. Sir Jonat GIBBON then presented himself, but was received with so much noise of disapprobation that he could scarcely be heard. He had heard Mr. Hume's speech, but when a man did not practice what he professed, he did not care two-pence for Uproar.) He had no personal enmity against Mr. Hume, but was his political foe on the ground he had stated. Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY came forward amidst much cheering, and expressed his hope that the metropolitan county would follow the example of the boroughs and the City (If London. —[Cheers.) He knew something of Mr. Wood, and respected him as a private friend; but could not support his pretensions on the present occasion. They could never find a faultless man, but he would ask had not Mr. Hume done his duty?— [Cries of "He has.") Ho trusted they, and also Eng land, would dismiss every unprofitable servant—[Hear, liear)—and shew a determined front against men who, with peace on their lips, stirred up war, and robeed the Sovereign of theibrightest jewelof his Crown the affections of his people.— ( Cheers.) What would the King think of such men, or could they ever restore the love of his people to him ?—( Hear.) Let them, then, return such men to Parliament as would by proper reforms secure the stability of the throne, and the happiness of the country ; and in doing so, they would re turn, he had no doubt, Hume and Byng again.—( Cheers.) Sir P. LAURIE said he was glad to hear Sir S. Whalley speak so respectfully of the King, and if be had voted at Marylebone he weuld have voted for him, for he was not a sham reformer, like two others, but would "go the whole 0 A , A )Fg."—( Laughter.) Mr. Hume was a Scotchman as well as ---,self, _but Mr. Wood had the misfortune not to be born in 'Laughter.) He believed Mr. Hume to be re -- -' knew him personally, but he sups orted taurkably honest, for • ' blood had been shed in the Whtgt, and O'Connell sal. Ireland during their reign, than under any ministration, he:was certainthat Peel's government would . stane, u: cause Mr. Byng would support it—( Sir John Byng—" No, no.") 1.. e knew his cause was good, a nd h e h o p e d that they would all vote for Mr. Wood—( Hisses and groans.) Mr. WHITBREAD said lie should have been happy to have answered Sir Peter Laurie's speech, but he knew not against what party he directed his observations--Hear and laughter. lle should shortly propose thanks to the Sheriffs, and three cheers for them. The motion was instantly agreed to. Mr. Sheriff RAPHAEL returned thanks. He was sincerely and deeply grateful for the kind and honourable manner in which they had supported their Chairman—[Clicers.] They had endeavoured to obtain for every candidate an impartial hear ing, and he was happy to say that he had succeeded in a great measure. He would now adjourn proceedings to 9 o'clock on Thursday morning, and the final state of the poll would be made from these hustings at twelve o'clock on Thursday morning.—( Cheers. ) The several parties then quitted the ground amidst the cheers of their respective friends, and the vast multitude dis persed at about half-past two o'clock, in the most orderly and peaceable manner. We cannot close the proceedings without expressing our thanks to the Sheriffs, constables, and, indeed, all who were concerned in the arrangements for the accommodation afforded to the press. The hustings were erected by Mr. Thornton, and reflected much credit upon that gentleman. In consequence of the length of the proceedings of the Middlesex nomination, and the lateness of the hour at which the proceedings at Lambeth closed this after noon, we are compelled to defer our report of the latter for a Second Edition. THE GLORIOUS DEFEAT OF MR. BARING'S NOMINEE, AT MALDON. (FROM A CORRASPONDENTO We cannot refrain from congratulating the reformers of Maldon upon the great victory they have obtained over the Tories in North Essex, in securing the return of that true reformer and friend to civil and religions liberty, Mr. Lennard, who, lulled by the promises of the Tories, as to their not intending to bring forward a second man, had not instituted a canvass. •Mr. Baring, however, imagining that be could dictate to the Freemen of 'Weldon as well as to North . Essex, sent down his son-in-law, Mr. Mildmay, backed by a heavy purse, subscribed by the Carlton Club. Notwithstanding, however, the intimi dation and unsparing bribery resorted to by the Tory land owners, to induce the electors to vote against their con sciences, Mr. Lennard was returned by a majority which will prove to Mr. Baring, that the Reformers of Mallon are not inclined to follow his example of tergiversation. We understand that the result of this election is likely to have the effect of rescuing the Reformers of South Essex from the threatened chains of Tory bondage, by the election of Mr. Branfleld, a staunch Reformer, who, from his sound and practical knowledge of the subject of tithes, has been re ceived most flatteringly by the electors throughout that division, and will no doubt oust the Tory who has been attempted to he palmed on them. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A new importation from the French, in two acts, entitled The King's Seal, was produced on Saturday night with ambiguous suc cess. The plot turns upon the ambitious designs of tlw Marchioness de Verneuil (Miss E. TREv.) to become the Queen of Henry the Fourth of France (CoorEa). The wise Sully (WA itnE) had, however, for reasons of State, urged the Monarch to wed the Princess of Tuscany. The Marchioness, suspecting the fact, in a moment of jealousy and rage, opens a letter of the King, sealed with his signet, which proves the truth of her suspicions. The Marquis de Baseompierre, who is the bearer of the letter, and is also a lover of Louise de Balzac, the sister to the Marchioness, is anxious to save her from disgrace. His page, Gaspard ('Mi s s TAYLOR), accordingly applies so Bertholdus Defies (W. FARREN), an en graver, to produce in all haste a duplicate of the King's seal. The engraver recognises the seal as the work of his own hands, and hies to Sully to apprise him of the fact. In the meanwhile he had locked up Gaspar/ in his laboratory, from which he is released by Lena (Miss Munr.AY), the daughter of Bertholdus. Gronihind ( HARLEr), his servant, had overheard the conversation beween Gaspard and the engraver. Sully and Bertholdus are taken before the King, who, is at a masked ball given by the Marchioness. It had been agreed that the latter should recognise the King by a cer tain costume. His Majesty had changed his dress with a former lover of the Marchioness, and she unconsciously admits to him her attempt to forge the seal, and avows her only attachment was for the crown of France, and not for Henri Quatre. The King throws off his disguise, and at the intercession of Sully, forgives her. The piece concludes, secundunt . artent, with a brace of mar riages, and cries of " Vive /a Reine." The incidents were suffi ciently numerous to arrest attention, and the dialogue was at times smart and pointed. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JAN. 11.-Wind light —Arrived and sailed for the river the Alert and Monkey, Cargill, from St. Michaels ; Rossia, from Odessa; Elizabeth, Douglas, from Rochfort. Arrived and sailed the Chase, from London, for Havannab ; Euphemia, Simpson, from Newcastle fur the Mediterranean, has been supplied with an anchor and gone to Ramsgate. Came from the river, Jan. 10, the Antigua, Planta, for Antigua; Scotia, for Charleston; Black Nymph, for Sierra Leone ; Aquila, for Bristol ; Isabella, for Sligo ; Fame, for Malta, and Maria for Cork. 4 P.m. Passed through from the Westward the Shannon steamer. Arrived and remains with the outward bound, the Swallow, Phelps, from London for Naples. PORTSMOUTH ' JAN. 10.-Wind W.N.W. to W.S. W. S. W.-Passed by the Royal George, Wilson, for Calcutta, sailed June 11, and St. Helena, Oct. 19. WIGHT, J AN. 10. —Arrived off Tecunson, Lydam, from Charleston ; and the Royal George, Wilson, for Calcutta. SOUTHAMPTON, JA N. 10.—Arrived the Emma Zoller, Wood ward, from Quebec. TORBAY, JAN. 10.-Arrived the Faith, Jones, from St. Mi chael's, lost bowsprit, &c. LivEnroot,, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Margaret, Ludlow, from Maracaibo ; Washington, Benson, from New Orleans ; Indepen dence, Lye, from New York ; Venus, Kirkley, from Pugwash ; Endeavour, Douglas, from Quebec ; Sir William Wallace, Haunch, from Miramielii ; Patriot, Law, from T! ieste ; Georgiana, Wylie, from Messina ; Thames, Luggart, from Lisbon ; Excellent, Hanson, from Denia ; and Commerce, from Seville. Off port the Arab, from Valparaiso ; Antelope and William Russell, Bruce, from Pernambuco ; Cochlan, from Savannah ; Troy, from Charles ton ; Sherbrooke, from St. John's, New Brunswick •, British Tar, Richebueto ; Esther and British Heroine, from Quebec. The Hope, Seggie, from London to Kirkaldy, was on shore near Flamborough Head, 10th inst. The Swallow packet from Vera Cruz, arrived at Havannah 17th November, and was repairing on the 24th. H. M. schooner, was lost the 3d November on Key Island in the Bahama Channel---offieers and crew saved; she had on board 270 negroes taken from a slave vessel she had chased on shoro--70 were drowned. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Corn reported last week were good, and of Flour considerable. There *as no variation observable in the trade from the previous Monday. This morning the fresh supplies of most descriptions of Grain were moderate. The finest parcels of Wheat were readily sold at rather better terms than last Monday, and other qualities firmly maintained their value. Barley, if fine for malting, is also rather scarce, and grinding qualities meet buyers at last quota tions. Beans remain steady at previous prices. Pease of both kinds are unvaried in value. 'I here has been a fair trade for Oats to-day, and last week's prices have been rather exceeded for fine qualities. In the Flour trade there is no variation to notice, except thot the best town-made is more in demand. RICRS ON 11 , AILD OF SHIP. Nheat, Red (old' -- White (01d'... —v. —s. .--- Red i8:34 4os. 4•25. -- Fin, 425. 43s Su; erti e... 446 455. Wh to (1634) 435. 455. Fine 46s 51s -- Superfine sos. 545, Foreign free Rye 4os Bailey ''.2s 24: Grinding 'Nis. 3 I, -- Dialling . 33s Malt . 445. 50. Fine New srs. 625. Pease, Grey, New ..... 365. 40i, --- Maple New 4o.s. 4:is. -- White 345. 40s. -- Boilers 405.4-4:. Beans, Small ,new) -- (old) 'lick (m:w (old) , 373. 3' Harrow odd) ...... 3 4 5. •it's. Brant; —e —s. Oats, Feed New 196. 0 35 -- Poland New Potzttoe -- New 2 3A. :273. --- Scotch llSr. 2Sr. Irish les l9s. :240 Flour Town ,per sack) es. 425. Second.; North Country 3Qa.:44. Bran THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 92 for the Account, opened this morning at 92,E ; Exchequer Bills, 42 44; India Bonds, 22 2.3. In the Foreign Market there is also an improvement. Spanish, which left off on Saturday at WA, is at present 55 1 ,4 3 / 4 ; Portu guese, 874 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 92% THE FUNDS.—C .USING PRICES. FUNDS. India Stock ,261,6 Bank Stook "23 per Cent. lied 91% .1 per Cent. Cons 90% per Cent. :”.4 per Cent. Red New :3%, per Cent 4 per Cent.. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire JAIL Ntio 17 1-16 Oct If3W l6 15.-16 Jan. 1860 16% Ditto Bone, , —.2l South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities ...... EL 131113, In Oitto 5'71 , Ditto W . / 44 pro. Bank Stock for Act.. ••• •• India 1-tuck for Opg. ..... Consols for Opg. 1. OREICiN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent — Portuguese Bonds, spa cent. SN Belgian, 5 per cent 6l Ditto, New Ditto B7l, Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cont — Russian Bonds, 3 pot cent ....10714 Chilinn, ii per cent — • Ditto, Metallic Columbian, 6 per cent ..... .... Span.sh, 5 per cent PhY4 9itto, 1824 ' — Ditto, is. 3 5414 Danish , :rcei: Bonds, 1825,5 per cent - Exchang, .. ............ ..... :23f. 40c. 14, exican, 3 per cent , 18:25-- j French, :1 per cent l7f. 50c. D i , to, 18'25, 6 per rent s 114 Dutch, • :2 , per cent. ....... ........ 54'4 /i x Jrian, 6 per cent ...... li NITED STATES. (From the New York Gazette of Dec.'4.) PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. A quorum of both Houses of Congress was formed on Monday. Committees were appointed to wait on the Presi dent, who the next day at twelve o'clock sent in the following Message : . • ph : LOW-CITIZENS OF THE SENATE, • Am) ;;OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES : In duty at th e o p en i ng o f your present SCE sin it gives gives nie pieb :Ul T t o congratu l ate you aga i n upon t h e o prosperous conditiofi of lir bel ove d country . Di v i ne Provi ‘. (Ince has favoured us with jit‘ s . neral health, with rich rewards in the Acids of agriculture and in Beery branch of labour, and with peace to cultivate and extend the various resources which us trust • free institutions our joint deliberations to preserve them may b employ the virtue and enterprise of our ict)... :z ens. Let that in surveying a scene so flattering w ~,,,, t crowned with success. Our foreign relations continue with but few eg'et;tions to maintain the favourable aspect which they bore in my' jest an nual message, and promise to extend those advantages which the principles that regulate our intercourse with other naliQnS are so well calculated to secure. The question of the north-eastern boundary is still pending; with Great Britain, and the proposition made in accordance , with the resolution of tho Senate for the establishment of a line according to the treaty of 1783 has not been accepted by that Government. Believing that every disposition is felt on both sides to adjust this perplexing question to the satisfactiot. of all the parties interested in it, the hope is yet indulged that it may be effected on the basis of that proposition. With the Government of Austria, Russia, Prussia, HoZand„ Sweden, and Denmark, the best understanding exists. Com merce, with all, is fostered and protected by reciprocal go.'d will, under the sanction of liberal convention or legal provisions- In the midst of her internal difficulties the Queen of Spain has ratified the Convention for the payment-of the claims of our citizens arising since 1812. It is in the course of execu tion on her part, and a copy of it is now laid before ;col for such legislation as may be found necessary to enable those in terested to derive the benefits of it. Yielding to the force of circumstances and to the wise counsels of time and experience that Power has finally resolved no longer to occupy the unnatural position in which she stood to the new Governments established in this hemisphere. have the great satisfaction of stating to you that in preparing' the way for the restoration of harmony between those who have sprung from the same ancestors, who are allied by com mon interests, profess the same religion, and speak the same languege, the United States have been actively instrumental. Our efforts to effect this good work will be persevered in while they are deemed useful to the parties, and our entire dis interestedness continues to be felt and understood. The act of Congress to countervail the discriminating duties levied to the prejudice of our navigation in Cuba and Porto Rico has been transmitted to the Minister of the United States at Ma drid, to be communicated to the Government of the Queen. No intelligence of its receipt has yet reached the Department of State. If the present condition of the country permits the Government to make a careful and enlarged examination of the true interests of these in:nortant portions of its dominions, no doubt is entertained that - their future intercourse with the United States will be placed upon a more just and liberal basis. The Florida archies have not Ye; been selected and delivered. Recent orders have been sent to the agent of the United States at Havanna!' to return with all that he can obtain, so that they may be in Washington before the . 4 3t ssion of the Supreme Court, to be used in the legal questions there pending, to which the Government is a party. Internal tranquillity is happily restored to Portugal. The. distracted state of the country rendered unavoie:ible the post ponement of a final payment of the just claims of o,nr citizens. Our diplomatic relations will be soon resumed, and the long subsisting friendship with that Power affords the strongest guarantee that the balance due will receive prompt atten'ion. The first instalment due under the Convention of inilemnitv with the King of the two Sicilies has been duly received, and an offer been made to extinguish the whole by a prompt payment ; an offer I did not conceive myself authorised to accept, as the indemnification provided is the exclusive pro— perty of individual citizens of the United States. The origi— nal adjustment of our claims, and the anxiety displayed to falfil at once the stipulations made for the payment of them, arc highly honourable to the Government of the two Sicilies. When it is recollected that they were the result of the injus tice of an instructive power, temporarily dominant in its ter ritory, a repugnance to acknowledge and to repay which -would have been neither unnatural nor unexpected, the circumstances cannot fail to exalt its character for justice and good faith in the eyes of all nations. The treaty of amity and commerce between the United States and Belgium, brought to your notice in my last annual Message as sancti one d by t h e S enate , b ut t h e ratifications of which had not barn exchanged, owing to a delay in its recep tion at Brussels, and a subsequent absence of the Belgian nister of Foreign Affairs, has been, after mature deliberation, finally disavowed by that Government as inconsistent with the• powers and instructions given to tho Minister who negotiated it. This diavowal was entirely unexpected, as the liberal principles embodied in the Convention, and which firm the ground work of the objections to it, were perfectly satisfactory to the Belgian Representative, and were supposed to be not only within the powers granted, but expressly conformably to to the instructions given to him. An offer not yet accepted, has been made by Belgium to renew negociations for a treaty, less liberal in its provisions, on questions of general maritime. law. Our newly established relation with the S u bli me P or t e promises to be useful to our commerce, and satisfactory in every respect to this Government. Our intercourse with the Barbary Powers continues without important change, except that the present political state of Algiers has induced me to terminate the residence there of a salaried consul, and to sub stitute an ordinary Consulate, to remain so long as the place continues in the possession of France. Our first treaty with one of these Powers—the Emperor of Morocco—was formed in 1786, and was limited to fifty years. That period has al most expired. I shall take measures to renew it with the greater satisfaction, as its stipulations are are just and liberal, and have been, with mutual fidelity and reciprocal advantage, scrupulously fulfilled. Intestine'dissensions have too frequently occurred to mar the prosperity, interrupt the commerce, and distract the govern ment of most of the nations of this hemisphere which have se parated themselves from Spain. When a firm and permanent understanding with the parent country shall have produced a formal acknowledgment of their independence, and the idea of danger from that quarter can be no longer entertained, the friends of freedom expect that those countries, so favoured by nature, will be distinguished for their love of justice and their devotion to those peaceful arts the assidious cultivation of which confers honour upon nations, and gives value t o h uman lif e . In the meantime I confidently hope that the apprehensions entertained that some of the people of ti.ese luxuriant regions may be tempted, in a moment of unworthy distrust of their own capacity for the enjoyment of liberty, to commit the too common error of purchasing present repose by bestowing on some favourite leaders the fatal gift of irresponsible power, will not be realized. With all these Governments, and with that of Brazil, no unexpected changes in our relations have occurred during the present year. Frequent causes of just complaint have arisen upon the part of the citizens of the United States, sometimes from the irregular action of the constituted subordi nate authorities of the maritime regions, and sometimes from the leaders or partisans of those in arms against the established Government. In all cases representations have been or will be made, and as soon as their political affairs are in a Fettled position it is expected that our friendly remonstrances will be followed by adequate redress. 'The Government of Mexico made known in December last the appointment of Commissioners and a surveyor on its part to run, in conjunction with ours, the boundary line between its ae:ritories and the United States, and excused the delay for the rosons anticipated—the prevalence of civil war. The com missioners and surveyors not having met within the time sti pulated by the treaty, a new arrangement became necessary, and our tihargo d'Affaires was instructed in January last to negotiate in Mexico an article additional to the pre-existing treaty. This instruction was acknowledged, and no difficulty was apprehended in the accomplishment of that object. By information just received that additional article to the treaty will be obtained, and transmittod to this country as soon as it can receive the ratification of the Mexican Congress. The re-union of the three States of New Granada, Venezuela, and Equador, forming the Republic of Colombia, seems every day to become more improbable. The Commissioners of the two first are understood to be now negociating a Pig division of the obligations contracted by them when united under one Govern ment. The civil war in Equador, it is believed, has pre• vented even the appointment of a commissioner on its part. I propose at an early day to submit in the proper form the appointment of a diplomatic agent to Venezuela. The im portance of the commerce of that country to the United States, and the large claims of our citizens upon the Govern ment, arising before and since the division of Colombia, render it, in my judgment, improper longer to delay this step. Our Representatives to Central America, Peru, an&Brazil are either at or on their way to their respective posts. From this Argentine Republic, from which a Minister was expected to this Government, nothing further has been heard. Occasion has been taken, on the departure of a new C'Onsul to Buenos Ayres, to remind that Government that its long-de layed Minister, whose appointment had been made known t 9 us, had not arrived. It becomes my unpleasant duty to inform you that this pacific and highly gratifying picture of our foreign relations does not include France at this time. It is not possible that any Go vernment and people could he more sincerely desirous of con- ciliating a just and friendly intercourse with another nation than are those of the United States with their ancient ally and friend. This disposition is founded as well on the most grate ful and honourable recollections associated with our struggle for independence, as upan a well-grounded conviction that it is consonant with the true policy of both. The people of the United States could not therefore, see without the deepest regret even a temporary interruption of the friendly relations between the two countries, a regret which would, I am sure, be greatly aggravated if there should turn out to be any reasonable ground for attributing such a result to any act of omission or commission on cur part. I derive, therefore, the highest satisfaction from being able to assure you that the whole course of this Government has been characterized by a spirit so conciliatory and forbearing as to mak e it impossible that our justice and moderation should be questioned, -whatever may be the consequence of a longer perseverance on the part of the Freneh Government in her omission to satisfy the con ceded claims of our citizens. The history of the accumulated and unproveked_afressT . ns upon our commerce committed by authority ofrthent, °ring Go vernments of France between the years Soir#4 181 7 has been rendered too painfully famil i ar to Americana to make its