The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-01 00:00:00

MORNINo SUN stould the tie said the 1.; , 3' were assembled to discharge an important . duty „„,,?.... y2t9t discharge it as became Englishmen, i ann men d. of g ates, ho (Uheers and uprcar.) Unless the heart, the . (al 1.- (cheer w were they to decide on their respective claims ?— and, uproar, and great con usio . th e s ' lll ' sin g h f n ) Hear him, p ros , 0 3' s ould better know ( Cheers )—t hose who disap prob:otiot him would have the better reason to yield their disap lioe re ss , a—(U proar)—and those who approved of him would f _ o o tis to justify their choice. Defeated in the House o (ij in Z ar ° ; the Minister of the Crown appealed to the people— Porteat p o rted „ ')—and by the people they would, they must be sup a; lelPhatieall ar)—for the cause in which they sustained defeatVl y the L 'eY der e people's own.— ( Great cheering.) Why were totoy to at ed? Because they preferred the interest of the oar.) the interests of the few.—( Great cheering And till ; the Wile eause they showed themselves determined to consu it of eing of the whole community, rather than the pro the), s . mall class of else community.—( Choirs. ) Because the y :trove to increase the poorman's loaf, rather than to swell andreerzoll of the rich.— ( Tremendous cheering and uproar,. 'seek • of " Poor-law.") He would reply to that, it they be , /set s on si etit ; but he must take in order the different sub (Cheer; which \ he was bound to address his constituency.— ky on f :i The Ministers of the Crown said, " We will not nonl , resh he will not add to the burthens of the ' LrY l whit t by illft, v ie . s , abolishing monopoly tow , will provide for the wants of the State ; and add to the er 's an „i s , , tments o tle piop s. f I , 1 t "—(llear, hear, and tumor,)s, T he upholders of monopoly stood against them as one de • "l upr e l s oar) • l'his, then, was the question for them to horee e t: -a S imple question ; but it was ore which came t oe „o e the b osoms, the feelings of them all. Would they ~...%,ien mo , hopolists or would they have the anti-monopolists? hi s n at. the ) ' Let them choose, then, between him and t s ott a ,t,: en ,t•--(Cheer s ) Take, if they would, Tory Minis bet th e the isever-to-le-f orgotlen sliding scale.—( Cheers. ) cr eme ;Y must recollect that they must take with them in skti Ho taxation and grinding monopolies.—( Great cheering.) 'affr aes • Friend of his, who was a candidate for their the "''' had stated that he did not believe that . reduction of the duty on sugar would relieve the ileitelle farthing.—( He ar . ) He was glad his Hon. t hough t 1, a 3 there, f or h e (M r. Cl ay ) wou ld s t a t e whyhe . Ries of ,': w ould benefit the people.—(Cheers and uproar , %liter, for 9 0 on, Sir ; d on ' t b e a f ra id.") :sugar cost this 4e s. a , Its duty 200,0001. a-year. The price of sugaewas ti 'auf t w e t ' l ast year. The price of sugar under the propera %so, tce overon•ent never would t e ' xceed 355. He said, b een i si —et if the measures proposed by the Government had Nine operation last year, it • Id have saved the people three fo ri s of rrio - would ) Let them never rget th heY•—(Cheers, and uproar. trade i n a t the Cori, laws ! were made to prevent foreign te s tl ld ha ten ' . Good Heavens ! was it possible th . at . such laws teseri ne ve l been invented in uch a country as this ?--( Great ett r the7;' 'Ce s rft was the one article the countries nearest . to t heir r "'re able to supply to us, and corn was the article Look ulcer" told them they never should trade in.—( Cheers. ) 1 3 . 4d a . t: he sliding scale which put at one time a ls. duty or uproar 4 corn, and at another 50s.—( Great cheering and Ices ') There was danger in every hour that those his tcontinued.—( Great cheering.) He would tell them . (Cre a p t ie l ! el l ul'ort the Corn-laws if they would listen to him. they se e -P " ar • ) It they would not listen to him it showed to p r r e afraid of the t th (Great uproar.) He wanted • event h su . i 4 a) „, onest men from becoming paupers. (Great cheer itto „ lie would tell them that the Poor-law, when brou e ht 414'4s:rise n w i t h the Corn-laws, were as dust i n t h e hav e it they had extensive trade they must necessarily rholl4 Increased wages, let them mistrust the man told , e teetn he would o pose the Poor-law ; hut effer..would maintain the Core-late p s - .—( Great cheering. ) He S o ' You the shadowand ' I b tance —( Great cheer g, )i, not t,e substance.—(Great s • hel l He would tell them the Poor-law was not a party ques say itatto that man was a base a wicked man who attempted to utte r waz • — (Cheers.) He ' would tell them that he would th ey ( I:etUr n , to the old Poor-law--(Great uproar)—for if tike s •" it would be returning to an abomination ten law, that than ever existed under the new Poor elidth"Prear- ) Thu last gentleman who addressed them bro ught a t the measures" of her Majesty's Government were lose) forward for a clap-trap purpose.—(Cheers and up the ) He (Mr. Clay) would like to know what it was to t o ,:eople s-: r e , of England for what purpose they were brought ftith a et c, if they benefited th( Cheers and hisses.) forw ard ' God if the Tories came into power they would bring (Ale "exactly such clap-trap measures ; and if they did so he coul i k'LaY) would be the first .to support them. But they for a-sets Jibe dare not . They relied for support on the very Claes elie e •" ° se nefit those monopolies were created.—( Great (.1 Ping *" b I hadsaidthat he had accepted place. , er efe ome oi y sleet s _ rred to that because he would not shrink from the sub shon,,(Ckeers and uproar.) He would tell them that he had 'a have failed inhis bounden duty to them if lie Le h n °t done so He did it to carry out the principles The eld i n common with themselves.—( Great cheering.) ,qo,erosornent he accepted office under the present ili 4 "'lent the Duke of Buckingham had declared pifi ‘,.. _ leech , " That now they had appointed Mr. Clay to an (Tr e 1 0 the Government, they must carry the Corn-laws. the the cheering.) He felt proud in being a member of la,,e:lirresseilf Government—(Cheers)—who brought forward •lte v . .." 1 9r the repeal of the Corn-laws.—(Cheers.) fe ts i o hot one of those who thought it was good to make pro . - tied t u i but bad to carry them into practice.—(Hear, hea d i, I . e atit a , ee l's%) Did any one suppose that it was an a 41e e to him in accepting office ?—(Cries of " No, no.") flett od a i s ,sPeaking of himself, b u t on w h at ot h er su bj ec t c ould Week date sp ea k? He would tell them that for four years, li on by week, he attended a Committee of the Ile 4 of Commons on the metropolitan improvements. fo rmes d tell them that amongst those improve fo the first was the noble street that was to . be of i Vhrough the Tower Hamlets.—(Cheers, and cries hat e ' I,:, fl en are we to have it?") The people Of the Tower the is 1 required a place of public resort—he would ask oteti„woether he was not better enabled from the position he Il ia ried to give them the Victoria Park ?—(Loud cheers. ) s," l' re l , i)sition was first suggested by an Hon. Friend of be (1 4 e of themselves, and he would answer, how 1. 111 e3r h.., Clay) had worked for it.--(Cheers and uproar.) tetaje st - , 1 that Park at the gracious consideration of her t i c tie 3% that the advice of an intelligent and patrio oe tuber of the Government, Lord Duncannon. But i t er ward r 9,t y) doubt d if that ever would have been brought 44 it " I ' o had e t strenuously exerted himself Ask':(eries _„ . 2ir s? hear," and cheers.) He thanked 14. _ to e h av ,_o l Hear, heard him, and assured li fe m that if h e " : 4 SO patiently_ . hi,eeetith subrnissio not succeed, h uld retire into private e • .v' t o life from which their s i s trst calks , ti to that priva e p • 1 " nun• fines ,,- Hoursow then presented himself, amidst very ) 41 ,: t reg e t "" r ing, to address the meeting. Had he 1 sh oet , el ned the pledge he had given them that t eieer s )'"" appear before them that day ? (Loud i reti re i Attempts had been made to induce him to ee hadreel the cont • • 'l 'fl ence had been used, t. no , . est, and Mintsteria in u h , ii___ co rossi ,_ Slesitation In saying, in • order tat he might A t struggle. But h e l'i l e, o to withdraw from the present , l'es, 4rl 1,. triumphed over their • difficulties, and he now (41tea. -I ' ll self fe 1 I f this Borough.— l ot .1 t h ee . ar.essly on the peop e o __ _ repaid hi s rin g , . e And he knew that he would be that tehfi de nwould further add, h e until he ce•—( Cheering.) He Tower Hamlets ans woule n „,,, s _was the representative of the .s (Cheers el;seeeproor.rse to appear upon that hustings .—( Cheers throughout — their li ter ' dealt f • _The present Ministry had not, adopted t r Fer a l „ . alrly with the country. They had never . eie the Fri nciple ut theirsfo tl e purpose of serving themselses. th at 44 trust (he Partie leo, th orn ans of the Government were opposed to him cre its hou et P!°h) because he was known to be no t ,kiate f or 14 , his political principles than any other ' tors l ito , 0 di v i de „ the borough. He called upon.the .(Great 44 t 4 ter.) i Te liberal interest, bat to return him.. r iY '''e was sincere advocate for free trade be, 4 ,, puti, as an at teh " r saia t j' eu • of the Government ; but though much had t h . i .° ° l as the question of free sugar, they were not 4 tr 4 ,l, 13 ue caught by that trap That question waspapeared oot o 14 -be oneof ... .- a -.(N ) He an un lao Premi sin - minor importance.— oo e t aria Keg a dvocate, however, for a total repeal of the . Gorn tod ktriehors,e believed that such a repeal would materially ten ht iet fou4the condition of the people. It would enable them ss i te isho„", of the evils of the new Poor-law for he care - •" (1 br e - a Po or-1 •if could obtain employment !s a ed . 7 ,, aw the people it JPreui v ' 0 one could doubt that the present Poor-law was b y " 1 4 h e e measure • and if its evils had not been always felt the th ee e atlse St had' mit e eesele not been carried . out in all its rigours that ie .ka s Lav e :7_ l . - -e( Cheers. ) For his part, he wished . the he 1,1 4 7ebt of such a law should be left in all cases it s " t itlesti on wl of the local guardians. With regard to , core e i . of religions libert • he advocated that liberty should d a h l Wrip_ r eter,,,_ ~ . ), . 11 0 , "Alhe4 n "1 tor he did not think that any man shonn his e g o erto ont _Pon such a subject. He should do . everything 1 .. d e at tging In d a l ' , end to the cruel practices of impressmen- d an eipl e e s t attext: array and navy. J 34 above all lie was the . a r v in o : f orth f0,,,,_ _beton of the suffrage, upon true Conservative p le h te a ; hilt persuaded that the safety of the State would be Lion Vie. pi g creating a safety-valve for popular feeling. t as H s _ %Id e e hornpson's) opinion taxation and represen a- If e - 414;7 co- extensive.—( Cheers and uproar.) He would ten t ' s ," s ita.ty s l r e s ,e give the elector the protection of the Ballot. na b l'uatet, h''''',els had been put furward in favour of certain h ad s'e Kan i l l ' no one could have stronger claims of such a of th:costrih n 4 L!,ossessed, because he was the son of one who e ag, ii .' Uati o , :vci . in a great degree to awake the sense Co st th e culainst the restrictions on trade, and especially ersiiobel p erier nonopoly.—(Cheers. ) to , t es , 0x then proceeded to address the meeting ( ti rll ti te Z•ers it ., s alld hisses. He wished first of all Ili: (411 41 - 'rd J• Russell had been returned for the city. t h e cipl eo. I eel then proceeded to state hi . s own views and 11, ga ted „, e had supported that Reform Bill which enabled 'll l ,l n-rnrarthere that day, and in practical liberality th at ler), no Y..leld to any gentleman who had addressed them. „... h e use he bore was, he trusted, a sufficient pledge hi w as iav , Who ear, h e °arable to the principles of religious liberty sve w ould ar t and cheers)—arid he had never met a Ilan G ov al so f g a o further than he would upon that subject. ie (g t ertiro ent v ehrable to the commercial measures of the lie en ie ll.) ' sued to the overthrow of all monopoly. 7• With he ,„s vete regard to a question upon which be had ti o . ' l :s•ht L moth misunderstood—he meant the Ballot -100, as ri a l ve had doubts as to the expediency of its adop 14%eincerY of the best Reformers had theirs ; but Oct' s% ,was he that there should be should be some i f eeg himsel f s against intimidation much of which ao et _`' . teen lately , and not far from that place—that es _lit th s sier nt y, wit e oiall eans could be found for counteracting it h e a ll resp eet e ! , he ,should support such a measure.—( Cheers. ) epi r 'as e on '-° %Qat most important Act, the New Poor-law, b een andlihced it had bn brought forward with a good aped in in ajOod intention, but he had no doubt that it had g en t hat th";.1111Y instances, carried out with harshness er i d aL w as ee . e kv e • satisf • " Le principal cause why it had not given he tit ) , ss action. He would vote for a mitigation of the sat Is h ad w that law. With regard to the Septennial Act, tit: l ' s h 11° oh'e t . 4 th at 1 e ion to vote for its he f ours ' 4 ve t . at was in his opinion but a ques es(,,a th Y„, minor importance, inasmuch as it would tl4leara te :' no Parliament ever lasted for seven years. he r . ) Colonel F Tho r ev e r ere Fox concluded by sayieg that, uhle hed eve s re _returned or not for the borough, he th e recei ved culelbber with gratitude the kindness which he t i,„ pr one _ 0 am. se so many of the electors, and he would have 7 hu•Ticrrisociousness that he had not flinched from his i es i r a ; lle; L ' i etti Pettly avowed to them his sentiments. (irs,!., sc d that ore, who came forward amidst cheers aud k . CObe.„ (u r he had been charged with being a Tory in to I° 4 N . a i d ° arn) _ Now he appeared before them as !rhe n 'e s former life aietral reforme!, and he In IS3`3, 11111. svl4eittifig their suffrages, o r t h o of thhaadt published assertion. I an address, - w eB eot, i l t e had put forward 'the same opinions as at tru e and p ow had been said, that lie had voted for . „ e : and lie nall for Middlesex, but the statement was un -1.4.;0Ud , hee _, had constantly voted for Hume and yng B . y t ,,,` sJohn i t u us ri g? , He had also signed the requisition to qi,ttlay voted se to stand for' the City, and he had th 4 tt a,te s . ll _ at the earliest hour for the .Reform can. e t c he was ' called Upon that gentleman who had stated a k r _ a reformer in d to come forward .i.iletieo of honour and disguise, 'to 1 ,, 3 ° r " Nan, .. retract the statement he . had made. mi wi d ',C s n e• ) The name of the gentleman was t he t' il 'avi the all, arid he again appealed to that gentleman )1e -I ghts of ,lum nY.—(Uproar.) He was an advocate for u s _ Wish ed ,_ the people and the principles of free trade. aiZtl ie t ' o see the Corn -laws abolished, and to find that 1 e that eamporary adoption of a fixed duty, every restriction , shoul d tr a 4 e 1 1 1 corn %%eh als o s.. should be ultimately done away with. eero,___Woldd Increase the revenue, and add. to the Oak t Wisb ed P ee Ple• He was the enemy of all monopoly— _ _ 4,_ for a. total rev' iison of our commercial code, so 41 111 a le! "necessaries f life should be leftuntaxed, " l et si t • e ° 4 Y I mPoltd upta luxuries, —( Hear , heart) With regard to the ;Poor-law, he should advocate a repeal of its harsher enactments; he should for instance endeavour to put an end to the clause which separated man and wife. 'I he next question to which he should call their attention was that of Church-rates—(Hear) — to those rates he should endeavour to put an end. He was an advocate for household suffrage, for a repeal of the rate-paying clauses, and for triennial Parliaments. He thought the Ballot was necessary to the protection of voters who had hi therto been oppressed and coerced in discharging their duty. In short, he would devote all Isis time and attention, if re turned to Patiament, to represent fully and fairly their inte rests.—(Cheei s and hisses.) He offered himself to them single handed, and not as nominee of the Crown, but throaing him self upon their independent choice.—(Cheers and uproar. ) Mr. ROBIN soN came forward amidst some cheering, mingled with groans and hisses. Ile was as sincere an advocate of the rights of the people as any one could be. He stood there unconnected with any other candidate or any official au thority during the course of his life ; the only party whose interest he should now consider would be the people. — (Cheers, and cries of " What do you think of the Corn-laws ?") He did not wish to say anything harsh of their late representatives, but he could not help observing, that whatever care Mr. Clay and Dr. Lushington• had taken of the interests of the people, they had not neglected their own.—(011, and confusion. ) With respect to Mr. Clay, his only objection to him as one of the Members for the Tower Hamlets was two , th m a a t sters —he was a placeman, and could notserve he could not serve the people and the Government.—(Cheers and uproar.) But even suppose they should return Mr. Clay to Parliament again, Was that a reason they should return Colonel Fox, another placeman, with him? —( Uproar.) Was it lit, was it decent, that that large and influ ent ial borough should be converted into aWhig nominee borough? 'The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to say that on various ocsion during the twelve years he had sat in Parliament he ca s had voted for popular measures. He voted for re moving fifteen millions of taxes from the people, and for imposing a tax on property. He had supported Dlr. Tennyson for shortening the duration of Parliaments, and he had opposed military flogging, while he supported the motion brought forward in the House of Commons by Mr. Buckingham, the late Member tor Sheffield, which had for its object the putting an end to forcible impressment in the navy. He had supported the abolition of negro slavery, and he had concurred in the vote of twenty millions for that purpose ; but after having approved such a vote, how he would ask them could he now vote for the importation of slave-grown sugar.—(Cheers and uproar.) He had also voted for th protection of children from the cruelties of the factory system. But he could not support the Govern ment in their new policy, for he believed that that policy had been attempted for the sordid purpose of maintaining themselves in their places. He believed that the days of that GoveViment were numbered, and that the knell of its dissolu • tin hpel been sounded yesterday in the City , th e g reat metro polis dp: commerce, and that it was reverberating at this moment thrcuyhout the entire British empire. A f l ow of har.ds having then taken place, the num bers were declared to have been 4 in favour of Mesfi'S. P. Thompson and Hutchinson amidst the cheers of the greater part .of the meeting. A poll being demanded on the part of Messrs. Clay and Robinson, and Colonel Fox, it was ordered that it should com mence on this day at eight, and close at four o'clock. A vote of thanks having then been passed to the Returning Officer the vast assemblage quietly dispersed. FINSBURY. The nomination for the borough of Finsbury took place yes. terday morning at twelve, on Clerkenwell-green. The hust ings were erected on the steps of the Sessions-house, and from the great deficiency of space were exceedingly inconvenient. Every accommaation, however, was afforded us that the limited space would admit of. Shortly after twelve o'clock a procession, with banners bearing Mr. Duncombe's name, and accompanied by music, arrived on the green, and was loudly cheered by the crowd ; and at a quarter after twelve Messrs. Duncombe and Wakley arrived on the hustings, and the pro ceedings commenced. The Returning Officer having read the precept and Bribery Act, and gone through the usual formalities, Mr. Nxcuot.soN stepped forward and said that we had ar rived at a most important crisis. Ministers taking into their consideration the distressed condition of the people, had proposed certain measures to relieve their distresses. Finding themselves foiled in their endeavours to alleviate these distresses by a fac tion of monopolists, they hail appealed to the people. He had to propose to them as a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament their old friend Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esq.—(Loud cheers)—who had served them to their heart's content for six years It was an important thing to them all to have cheap corn and cheap sugar, and they could not do bet ter to secure these things than to return those who would vote for them.—(Cheers ) Mr. Duncombe had always attended to their local interests. There was no greater or more effectual advocate of civil and religious liberty.—(Cheers.) Did any suffer under the lash of the ecclesiastical law, which ought to be removed from the Statute Book—(Loud cheers)—Mr. Dun combe always came forward to rescue. —(Cheers.) All class interests were well protected, but they wanted a man to pro tect the interests of the poor, and who would do so well as Mr. Duncombe ?—( Cheers.) Give the industrious population of this kingdom fair play, and the country would flourish and the people become happy. He begged to propose Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esq. Mr. HEWITT seconded the nomination. When he first came before them he brought with him the character of a friend to the poor and to civil and religious libel ty—that character he maintained ever since his connection with the borough. He was peculiarly fitted for the representative of a great borough by his urbanity, his integrity, and his industry. He had always been opposed to Tory and monopolist principles. He had always advocated the great principles of humanity and benevolence—(Cheers) —and he thought that no punishment for political offences ought to bear the stamp of vindic tiveness upon it.—(Cheers.) Had his opponents dared they would have opposed him, but they knew his straightforward character, and had not Oared to come forward.—(Cheers.) Mr. Tinsta assi proposed Thomas Wakley, Esq.—(Loud cheers.) He Ras not vain enough to suppose that they wished to hear him. They were well acquainted with the indefatiga ble zeal of Mr. Wakley in the House of Commons. He was always present there early and late to oppose corrupt and to support good measures.—(Cheering.) It was a proud thing for Finsbury that, although the Tories had caraied the i r opposition into almost every borough:of the kingdom, they had not ventured to start a Tory candidate there.-- ( Cheers.) There had been a shadow of a shade of opposi tion in the person of a Mr. Tooke.—(Cries of " Oh dear.") But he had appeared only to vanishlike a falling star, and he had gone to Reading, where he had met with what ought to be the f.tte of all political tricksters. He had been turned out.— (Loud cheers.) It had been alleged against Mr. Wakley that he had not sufficiently supported the Ministry; and, on the other hand, he had been accused of giving them too great support. Now it was his opinion that it was the duty of a Member of Parliament to support any measure which he thought might be for the interest of the people ; and if they referred to Mr.Waltley's conduct, they would little to find com plain of, but much to praise.—(Cheers.) Mr. Wakley was entitled to their support and praises if it were only for his conduct in regard to the Dorchester labourers.—(Cheers.) He therefore proposed Thomas Wakley, Esq., as a fit and pro per person to represent the borough of Finsbury in Parlia ment.—( Loud cheers. ) Mr. BECKWITH seconded the nomination, and said it was their dutp to send to Parliament Members who would not ssup port either of the dominant factions, Whigs or Tories, llszt who would support measures for the good of the people.— (Cheers.) If they had had an extension of the franchise, which they ought to have had, they would not have seen the trickery which they had witnessed in the city yesterday.— (Loud cheers.) Mr. Wakley would support the extension of the franchi e, and therefore he seconded the nomination. — (Loud cheers.) There being no other candidate, the returning officer pro ceeded to put the names of INlessrs. Duncombe and Wakley. Every one present held up their hands for them, and Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esq., and Thomas Wakley, Esq., were declared duly elected as Members to serve in the next Parlia ment for the Borough of Finsbury. After the declaration, a Mr. PATTISON stepped forward, and attempted in vain to obtain a hearing. Mr. WAKLEY, however, stepped forward and obtained him a hearing. Mr. PATTISON then said that it was no matter who was re turned to Parliament, if they were true to themselves. The present question was not between the large loaf and a small loaf, but between a loaf and no loaf at all.—(Cheers.) The accursed Corn-laws had been inflicted on them by the landed aristocracy, both Whig and Tory, who had only legislated for themselves, and never for the people. In 1815 the Corn-law had been thrust down the throats of the people at the point of the bayonet, and ending that law did not answer the purpose, they had adopted the sliding scale, to slide the money out of the pockets of the people into their own.—(Cheers, and cries of " Question.") The question was, were they to eat bread or not.--(Cheers.) If the ports were thrown open for provi sions of every description, they would have a revenue that would be more than sufficient to pay all the taxes out of the duties paid on those provisions alone. —(Loud cheering.) Mr. DITNCOMBE then came forward and said—A brother elector had rightly told them that there were questions before the people that deeply affected their rights. It was upon that question that he had asked their suffrages.—(Cries of " You are returned.") He congratulated them on the disso lution of the late House of Commons.—( Hear, hear). That House was the most dissolute and venal that had ever existed. It had lasted one year longer than it ought. Will any gentleman tell me any beneficial reform which emanated from that House ? Look at the Poor-law. Amendment was nowhere more required than in that law. His Hon. Friend and himself had in vain laboured to effect improvements. If the last House had been bad, the next would be worse. The Queen had appealed to the people. It was for the people to return such measures as they thought ben eficial. faking the City of London as a sample of the elections, that city had disgraced itself. There were questions of the deepest interest befoi e the people, and they shouldhave returned four Members who were favourable to them. If Lord John Russell should prove to have been defeated, it was no reflection upon the Noble Lord. He had been proposed as the advocate of great commercial reforms, and if rejected the disgrace would rest with those who rejected him.—(Loud cheers.) The aspect of things was very diflerent in Finsbury.—(Hear, hear.) They had been told by a jobbing lawyer that he and his friend misrepresented that borough. He announced his intention of purifying the borough. But the intended puri fier of Finsbury had gone to Reading ; and he had been sent back at the bottom of the poll.—(Cheers.) In two months there would, he believed, be a Tory Government, but let not the people despond—they could never be governed upon the old principles of Toryism. The day had arrived when the representation of the people had slipped from the hands of the Whigs, and he believed that soon the Whigs would confess that the representation was a delusion, and propose a new and more extended Reform Bill. Neither his Hon. Friend nor himself would flinch in the approaching struggle. If they were thought to do so—at least he could speak for himself —he would be prepared to resign his trust into their hand.—(Tremendous cheers. ) He would not occupy their time longer, but conclude by thanking them for the kindness which had been shown to him by the electors of that borough.—( Cheers. ) Mr. WAKLEY would very much like to know if the meet ing believed one-half of the good things which had been said of himself and his friend ?—(Laughter.) Their en deavour had been to pursue that line of conduct which had met. in the first instance with approbation. He (Mr. Wakley) had given offence to some by the support, and to others by the opposition, which he had offered to the Whigs. It was not easy t please all, but it was; easy to pu-sue a straight-forward and independent course intimidated by neither party.—( Hear.) A great deal had been said about Finsbury being a Radical borough. He would rather call it an independent borough. He (Mr. Wakley) would rather retire from the representation than tie himself to the coats of either of the great factions.—( Hear, hear.) He went into the House an independent man, he came out of it independent, and now appeared before them unfettered' by party. —(Cheers. ) An individual so situated must have great weight in the House. Did the electors know William Gregg ?—(Laughter.) That individual had attacked the characters of himself and his Honourable Friend by public advertisement. Had he (Mr. Wakley) ever attempted to raise his own character by depressing that of another ?—( A voice on the hustings, " Yes.") An individual " Yes." Let him come forward and state the grounds of his statement.—(Loud cheers.) Gregg stated that the borough was not well represented. He said that no great measures had been proposed by them ; whilst lie him. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY L 1841. self had befriended the little sweeps, by preventing • them from crying " sweep." The Honourable Gentleman then read a paragraph from a printed document of Mr. Gregg's, demanding, among other things, where were the warm and public baths proposed to be established in Fins bury.—(Hear, hear hear,.) He was glad that the Conserva tives had not troubled them with any opposition on that occa sion—(Hear, hear) —that they had not put them to unneces sary expense when they had no chance of success.—(Hear, hear.) Now, what would he the result of the corning strug gle? The result depended upon the people. He had gene rally found that John Bull was a very intrepid Reformer• when he was hungry. If he bad got a rump-steak and a pot of porter before him he would not stir himself ; but when the plate was empty, and the pot upside down, he assumed an irresistible position.—( Ilear, hear.) It was said that the ma nufacturing and commercial interests were placed in an hostile position. Nothing could be more ridiculous. Could the in terest of the farmer be injured by promoting the national wealth ?—( Hear, hear.) It was impossible. There were taxes imposed that did not go into the public Exchequer ; it was such taxes that they should seek to abolish. There were millions which went every year into the pockets of the landowners. — (Cries of Hear, hear.) These individuals went to France or Italy, because the climate and the music of those countries were better suited to their tastes. But all the while they were sucking the life's blood of the country.—( Hear, hear.) It was a disgrace to this country that any law should be passed to give protection to the wealthiest class. That law he wished to see repealed. It existed for the exclusive benefit of the aris tocracy, and as such was unjust to the whole country. In the borough of Finsbury there were '260,000 inhibitants, and 13,000 electors—too great a number to be intimidated. In the borough of Harwich, there had been a severe contested elec tion. Two Members had been returned for that borough, but what were the number of votes polled at that election? Why, the two successful candidates polled only ninety-four votes. The scenes witnessed in the city on the previous day were truly disgraceful. Many were forced to the poll. What was the remedy for that? The only remedy was to extend the number of electors, and establish the ballot.—(Hear.) He was happy to inform them that he had been elected on that occasion with out cost—(Hear) —and in that respect his supporters had set an example worthy of being followed throughout the kingdom. The Hon. Gentleman retired amidst loud cheers. A vote of thanks was then given to the Returning Officer, and the meeting separated. MEMBERS ELECTED. Anti- Mono- Monopolists. polists. BATH. Lord Duncan"... J. A. Roebuck, Esq.* POITTEFILACT Lord Pollirigton* R. M. Milnes, Esq. DERBY. E. Strutt, Esq Hon. J. S. Ponsonby MAIDSTONE. A. J. B. Hope, Ese G. Dad, Esq.* READING. C. Russell, Esq. * Viscount Chelsea* . TADIWORTII. Sir Robert Peel Captain A'Court.. PETERBOROUGH. Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam Sir rtobert Heron TAUNTON. Right Hon. H. Labouchere... ..... ... E. T. Bainbridge, Esq . ... HASTINGS. Right Hon. J. Planta ... .. Robert Holland, Esq.. EYE. Sir E. Kerrison HON ITON, Colonel H. Binllie F. A. Al' Geachy, Esq.* LEICESTER Wynne Ellis, Esq I Easthope, Esq ..... YARMOUTH. C. E. Ilumbold, Esq. W. Wilsher, Esq WORCESTER. Sir T. Wilde J. Bailey, Esq. BRIDPORT. H. Warburton, Esq T. A. Mitchell, Esq.* DIIDIIUIIST. Sir H. B. Seymour'. BRISTOL. P. J. Miles, Esq. Hon. F. Berkeley lIAItWICH. J. Attwood, Esq.* Major Beresfol d DURHAM. T. C. Granger, Esq.* ......... •••••••• Capt. Fitzroy* CItICKLADE. Capt Howard . J. Neeld, Esq. . - WALLINGFORD. W. S. Blackstone, Esq. NEWCASTLE-ON-Tr RE. W. Ord, Esq. J. H. Hindc, Esq CHESTER. Lord R. Grosvenor J. Jervis WELLS. W. Hayter, Esq. R. Blakemmore, Esq. YETERSFIELD. Sir William Jolliffe SANDWICH. L. T. Troubridge H. Lindsey, Esq STA3IFORD. Marlois of Granby Sir George Clerk CIItENCEsTER. T. W. C. Masters, Esq.... ......... W. Cripps, - GRANTHAM. G. E. Welby, Esq. Hon. F. Tollemaehe EAST RETFORD. G. H. Vernon, Esq Captain Duncombe _ _ CAMBRIDGE. Non. C. M. Sutton ... Sir A. Grant BEDFO RD. Captain Polhill H. Stuart, E3q . _ ST. ALBANS. G.'jtepton, Esq.* Lord Listovi ell NOTTINGHAM. Sir J. C. Hobhouse C. H. De Larpent, Esq.* WINDSOR,. J. Ramsbottom, Esq. Ralph Neville, Esq..' _ WEYMOUTH. Lord Villiers G. W. Hope, Esq. LEWES. S. Harford, Esq." H. Elphinstone, Esq.'" 1 BRIDGEIVATER. H. Broadwood, Esq. 'f . S. Forman, Esq.* . . K NARESROROUGH. A. Lawson, Esq. ... W. B. Ferrand, Esq.' NORTHAMPTON. R. Smith, Esq.... R. Currie, Esq. ANDOVER. R. Etwall, Esq Lord W. Paget* NEWARK W. E. Gladstone Lord J. Manners' COVENTRY Right Hon. E. Ellice W. Williams, Esq. CIIIPPENHAIIi. Joseph Nee ld, Esq. Captain Boldero . • IIYTIIE. --- --- Stewart Maijoribanks * CHILISTCHURCW. Sir G. 11. Rose ... YORK' H. R. Yorke, Esq.' J. H. Lowther, Esq. WINCHESTER. J. B. East, Esq. B. Escott, Es(l. * BURY ST. EDMUNDS. Earl Jermyn Lord C. Fitzroy SHREWSBURY. George Tomline, Esq B. D'lsraeli* LINCOLN. Colonel Sihthorp W. IL Collett, F.sq.* N EWCASTLE- U EDER-LINE. Buckley, Esq.''' J. Q. Harris, Elq.* - SUDBURY. Frederick Villiers, Esq.* D. D. Sombre, Esq.* ....... GATESHEAD. Wrn. Hutt 1 ... Those marked with an a3terisk are new Members for the places which they represent. MARYLEBONE ELECTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) This enlightened borough has this day presented a most dis graceful scene of riot and annoyanee to the peaceable inha bitants, owing to the employment (by the Tory Committees) of the refuse of Gees-court, and other equally infamous locali ties, who, to the amount of hundreds, were employed to pa rade the borough, and attack with bludgeons all the unfortu• nate parties whom they might meet dressed in the colours 01 the Liberal candidates. Many broken heads are the result of this shameful and most disgraceful affair, and it has taken the majority of tke 1) di vi,ion (from their general beats) in order to suppress these vile outrages, alike disgraceful to either side in the important moment of a general election. MARSHAL VICTOR.—" SOUItZ (Upper Rhine), June 22.—1 think it my duty to recal to your mind, that after the Duke of Belluno quitted the Ministry, that Noble Marshal, having been appointed to the E►nbassy to Vienna, but accepted by the Austrian Goverument only by the name of Marshal Victor, commissioned me to declare to Viscount Chateattbriand, at that time _Mi nister of Foreign Affairs, that he would never consent to renounce for anybody, still less for foreigners, a title which he had obtained by his sword in the service of his country.—Count DE LUSIGNAN, formerly Aide-dc- Camp to the Marshal Duke of Belluno."—Le Con z ditu- Coned, June 28. LEITH RACES.—On Friday the races over tile Sands of Leith, which were revived by subscription some years ago, commenced about ten o'clock, and continued up to nearly five o'clock. There was some excellent running, and the number of spectators assembled, not withstanding the chilliness and damp of the weather, amounted, as we should suppose, to up wards of ten thou sand people. We regret, however, to state that the sports of the day were marred by a fatal accident. One of the horses, ridden by a boy, bolted and ran over a youth, who, we understand, was taken off thc Sands dead. ELECTIONS TO COME LIST OF CANDIDATES, NOMINATIONS, AND DAYS OF POLLING. LANCASTER COUNTY (SOUTHERN DIVISION).- Election day, July 7. HA LIFA X. -Election, July 2.-Candidates -C. Wood, Esq., E. Protheroe, Esq., Sir G. Sinclair. EAST SUFFOLK. -Candidates-Right Hen. Lord Hen niker, Sir C. B. Vere, A. S. Adair, Esq. Polling day, July 9. WEST KENT.-Candidates-Sir E. Filmer, Bart.. Vis count Martham, T. Hodges, Esq. Polling days, July 9th and 10th. EA Sl' NO RFOLK . - Candida' es -E. Wodehouse, H. Burroughes, Esq. Nomination, July 10. Polling, July 12. CARDIGAN COUNTY.-Eleetion day, July . 8. LINCOLN - (LINDSEY DIVISION). - Nomination day, IJuly 5.• Candidates- Lord W(rsley, R. C. Christopher, C. H. Cust. SALOP - (NoRTH Division). - Election day, July 5. Candidates Sir R. Hill, Bart., \V. Ormsby Gore. SALOP-(SouTII DivisioN).-Electien day,.July 6. Can didates-Earl of Darlington, and Hon. R. Clive. HAMPSIIIIIE-( SOUTH DI VISION ). - Election day, July 5. Candidates-J. Fleming, II C. Compton, Esq. YORKSIIIIIE--(\VLsT RintNc ). -Polling day, July 3 and 9. CARDIGAN.-Election day, July 2. Candidates-Prysc Wyse, Mr. Harford. DENRIGH-(CouNTY).-Nomination day, July 7. Can didates-Sir W. W. Wynne, Hon W. Ilagot. CHESILIRE-(SouTii). -Polling days, 13th and 14th July. Candidates-G. Wilbraham, :Esq., Sir Philip de Mal pas Grey Egerton John Tollemaclle. WESTMORELAND.-Election day, July 8. Candidates -Lord Viscount Lowther, Hon. Col. Lowther. MONTGONIERYSIIIRE.-Election day, July 6. Candi date-Sir W. \V. Wynn. No opposition expected. STIRLING. (Falkirk District of Burghs).-Election day, July 2. STIRLING (CouNTT).-Eleetion day, 12th and 13th of July). FALKIRK DISTRICT.-Election day, July 2. Candi dates-W. D. Gillon, Robert Bailie. WHITEHAVEN.-Election day, July 2. Candidate- M. Attwood. CUMBERLAND ( WESTERN DIVISION). -Nomina tion day, July 10. Candidates-E. Stanley, S. Irton. KENT (EASTERN DIVISION).-Nomination day, July 5. Candidates- Sir E. Knatchbull, J. P. Plumptre. SUFFOLK (WEST).-Poll day, July 9. Candidates -A. S. Adair, Lord Henniker, Sir C. Broke \ ere. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (NoRTH).-Nomination day, July 5. Candidates-Earl of Lincoln, C. Rolleston, Esq. PERTH (Con NT 0.-Eleetion day, July 6. GREENOCK.-Nomination day, July 5. Polling day, July 6. Candidates-R. Wallace, Sir Thomas Cochrane. REDFORDSHIRE.-Day of nomination, :July 5. Candi dates-Lord Alford, W. Astell, Lord C. F. J. Russell. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY.-Election qty, July 5. Candidates-Mr. Young, Dupre, Mr. Scott Murray. CAMBRIDGE COUNTY.-Day of election, Julys. Can ' didates-Right Hon.. E. Yorke, R. ..I.'Xaton, Esq., J. P. Allix, Esq. CHESHIRE (NORTH). -July 5, at Knutsford. Candi dates-E. J. Stanley, W. T. Ei;erton, Cornwall Legh. CHESHIRE (SOUTH). -July 10, at Chester. Candi dates-G. Wilbraham, Sir P. Egerton, - Tollemache, Esq. CUMBERLAND (Raw). - Nomination day, July 5. Candidates-Mr. James, Hon. C. Hewaid, Mr. Stephenson. DEVONSHIRE (SouTilauN DivisioN).-Day of nomi nation, July 6. DORSET COUNTY.-Election day, July 6. Candidates -Lord Ashley, H. C. Sturt, Esq., G. Bankes, Esq. DOVER-Day of nomination, July 1; election, July 2. Candidates-E. 11. Rice, Sir J. Reid, Bart., J. Halcombe. DURHAM (NORTH). -Day of polling, July 7. Candi dates-H. Lambton, Hon. H. Liddell. ESSEX ( SouTH).-Day of nomination, July 5. Candi dates-T. W. Bramston, G. Palmer.; FLINT (Con Nrv).-Day of r.omination, July 5; days of polling, July 8 and 9. Candidates-Hon. E. L. blostyn, Sir S. Glynne. GLOUCESTERSHIRE (EASTERN Division.)-Day of nomination, July 5. Candidates-Hon. F. Charteris, C. W. Codrington Esq., Sir John Wright Guise. GLOUCESTERSHIRE (WESTERN Divssior.)-Da y of nomination, July 8. Candidates-Hon. Crawley Berkeley, R. Plagdon Hall, Esq. HANTS (NoRTH).-Day of nomination July 6 ; polling,. July 9. HANTS (Sourii).-Pay of nomination, July 5; polling, July 8. HEREFORDSHIRE.-Day of nomination, July 5; day of election, July 8. Candidates-T. B. Baskerville, Joseph Bailey, jun., R. Hoskins. HERTFORD (COUNTY). -Day of election, July 8. Can didates-Lord Grimstone, Mr. Smith, Mr. Alston°, Hon. G. Ryder. HERTFORD.-Day of nomination, July 5 ' • polling, July 8 and 9. Candidates-Hon. H. Cowper, Lord Mahon, Sir M. Farquhar. IPSWICH.-Day of polling, July 2.-Candidates-Rigby Wilson, G. Rennie, J. C. lierries, Fitzroy Kelly. ISLE OF WIGHT.-Day of nomination, July 5. KENT (WESTERN DivissoN.)-Election days, July 9 and 10. Candidates-T. L. Hodges, Sir E. Filmer, Lord Marsham. LAN CASTER.-Day of election, July 1. Candidates-T. GI., en, Esq., J. Armstrong, Esq. LANCASHIRE (SouTH).-Lord Francis Egerton, R. B. Wilbraham, Esq., Charles Townley, Esq. Nomination day, 3d July. LEICESTERSHIRE (SouTri DIVISION).-Day of nomi nation, July 10. Candidates-Henry Halford, Charles W Packe. 51 ALDON.-Day of election, July 2. Candidates-Quen tin Dick, J. Round, T. N. Abdy. 510NMOUTH CouNv.-Day of election, July 5. Can didates-Lord Granville Somerset, Octavius Morgan, Esq. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (NORTHERN DIVISION.- Day of election, July 8. RUTLANDSHIRE.-Days of polling, July 9 and JO. Candidates-Ileathcote, Hon. C. J. Noel, Hon. Mr. Dawnay. SALFORD.-Days of election, July 1 and 2. Candidates -J. Brotherton, Esq., W. Garrett, Esq. SUFFOLK (WEST.) -Day of nomination, July 9. Poll ing, July 15 and 16. Candidates-Lieut.• Col. R. Rushbrooke, H. S. Waddington. SUSSEX.-The nomination takes place on Monday, the sth of July, at Chichester. \V ARR IN GTON.-J. J. Blackburn, Esq. ; Alderman Kershaw. Poll day, July 2. WELLS (SomEitsET.)-July 9. Candidates-W. G. Hay ter, Richard Illakemore. SURREY ( WEsTERN DlvlsioN.)-Day of nomination, July 6. Candidates-W. J. Denison, James Protter. YORKSHIRE (WEST Ittniata.)-Day of nomination, July ; days of polling, July 8 and 9 . Candidates-Viscout Mor peth, Viscount Milton, Hon. J. S. Wortley, E. B. Denison. DEVON.-(NORTHERN DIVISION )..-Polling day, July 5. Cand dates-Sir T. D. Ackland; L. W. Buck. DUDLEY.-Polling day, July 2. No opposition expected. DUM FRIES.-(BoRonors DISTRICT).-Pilling - day ,Jul y 2. Candidates-Sir A. Johnstone ; NV. Ewart. DURHAM-(Souris).-Day of nomination, July 6. Poll ing, 9th and 10th. Candidates-J. Bowes, Lord H. Vane, J. Fairer. HUNTINGDON (CooNnr).-Polling day, July 10. Candidates-E. Fellows, G. Thornhill. LA UNCESTON.-R. P. Collier retired. NORTHUMBERLAND (SouTH).-Day of nomination, July 5. Candidates-M. Bell, S. Ogle. SHOREHAM,-Poll-day, July 2. Candidates -C. M. Burrall, Lord E. Howard, W. Goring. SPILSBY.--Poll -days, July 8 a n d 9.. ggy,ht• J THIRSK.-Nomination-day, J u ly 1. Candidate - J. Bell. odnfai nomination, Jas. Howard. uly 1. Oanditlate-Hon July 7. Candi dates-T. Houldsivorth, H. i( - - ASHTON-Polling day, July 1. Candidates-Hindley ; -Karrop. LUDLOW.-Day of nomination, July 2. Candidates- Salway, B. Botfield, J. Arkors, E. Charlton. DROITWICH.-Day of election, July 1. Candidates-J. Packingliam: WORCESTER (Ea sT).-Day of election, July 7. Candi dates-J. Barneby, J. Taylor, Hon. George Foley. WARWICKSHIRE (SOUTHERN DivistoN).-Day of nomination, July 5. WARWICKSHIRE (NORTHERN DivlstoN).-Day ' nomination, July 6. ABERDEEN.-Nomination day, July 6. Candidates- W. Junes ; A. Bannerman. ABERDEEN (CounTv).-Candidate-Captain Gordon. BODMIN.-Day of polling, July 1. Candidates -Major Vivian, Sir S. T. Spry, Earl of Leicestor. 1311IDGEN ORT 11. -Polling day, July I. Candidates !. T. C. Whitmore, Sir Robert Pigot, F. J. Howard. CHATHAM.-Polling day, July 1. Candidates-Hon. G. S. Byng, Lord Dufferin. TYNEMOUTIL-Day of election, July I. Candidates- W. Chapman, H. Metcalf. WILTS (NORTHERN DIVISION).-Poll day, July 9. Can didates-Sir F. Burdett, 'W. Long. 1 (FROM A COILRESPONDENT. ) ELGIN and NAIRN (Counties)-Election day, July 1 9. Candidates-Sir Alex. Duff and Major Bruce. 1 FALKIRK DISTRICT OF BU RGIIS. -Nomination day, July I ; poll day, July 2. Candidates-W. D. Gillon and 1 W. Baird. C A 11NA 11 VON (Borough).-Nomination day, July . 1 ; 1 poll day, July '2. Candidates Lord G. Paget and W. B. 1 Hughes. CARNARVON (County).-Election day, July 7. Candi , date-Pennant. TOWER-HAMLETS' ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF-THE SUN. Sin—The Tory, or Robinson party, have determined on voting for Hutchinson, a lawyer, and pretended Ra dical, in the hope of throwing-out Clay and Fox, in which I am afraid they will succeed if not made gene rally known. • I am, Sir, &c. Limehouse. A REFORMER. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. DEAR Sin,—Al.ow an anonymous writer to tome before you in a friendly manner. The writer appeals to you as a friend, having experienced this in a thousand instances by your valuable exertions in behalf of the working classes in this borough. No public journal in the empire is perused with greater pleasure in Nottingham than the of one you have th re honour to be editor ef, viz., The Su one your leading e marks respecting the result of our late election, when that apos • tate Walter was returned, went to the very heart of the writer of this when you conclud ed y our valuable piece by truly asserting that y ou mourned over the l ost character of Nottingham. Thank article Yea, the writer on the glorious God the scale is turned; we have returned to our senses : we have s o seen you the t o e r f r a o y or u of r us our i t t h v a a leading 1 tr ys result of this contest. The booths for taking the poll were actually bee eged by five o'clock this morning . with at least one thousand electors fav ourable to your opinions ; our spacious market-place, considered the largest in the kingdom, was ' actually covered by seven o'clock with electors determined to oppose monopoly ; the poll commenced at eight o'clock, and by a quarter past it was announced that the proprietor of the weathercock had taken his flight, amidst the congratulations of at least ten thousand. The sole cause of his return a the late election was the lukewarm spirit that prevailed amongst the Liberals, they thinking it was impossible for a Tory to be returned, but, to their bitter mortification, they were deceived ; 110 circumstance that has occurred since 1812 caused the Liberals so much grief. Poor Walter's clap trap Poor-law move has been carried out to its full extent in this contest, but the old birds were not to be caught with his chaff a second time. A very large procession, got up by this apostate's party, was exhibited last Saturday evening, three donkeys in the midst mounted by sweeps to resemble the three Poor-law C,ommiisioners, ausi large bastiles placed in the front signifying these were the works of the Whigs, when, in fact the sole e :inse of these bastiles is the result of that damned monopo liz.;ng Corn-law, supported by such charaetera ;is we have this day put to flight. Hoping you will favour us with a tickler on this triumph early as c onvenient for retrievin g our falhw cbs, man", the writer begs to conclude. One of your very sincere well- wisbers, and A SUBSCRIBER FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. liotting'ham,,Jime 29, 1841. It is with true vexation of spirit that. we have of late.. noticed the narrow-minded and frivolous.objections which an inconsiderable portion of the Irish bar have raised against the -appointment of Baron Campbell, on the sole ground that he is of Scotch extraction. Our surprise, however, would have been far more circumscribed, had their senseless ululations against the new Chancellor arisen only from that body of hot-headed and untamed young barristers, who, like the hounds about the midriff of John Milton's " Sin," bark never-ceaselessly around the precincts of the Irish Courts, having no briefs to bark upon within. This would have been nothing uncom mon, nor would it have created in us surprise, for so long as the moon and sun endure, " cats will mew and dogs will have their day." But that which struck us with no less astonishment than regret, which " rather in sorrow than in anger" grieved us, was. the announce t in the Irish Journals that a professional man, who from . his years; respectability, and long practice, had been honoured with .the venerable cognomen of "Father of the Irish bar," was the ringleader and promoter of this host of turbulent heroes, who, dignifying their minds with no generous principles, cry out upon a man of great and sterling learning, because, not having been born within sound of their Kilkenny cow-horns, he is appointed to adjudicate in their Courts, and discharge the duties of the Chancellorship. Mr. Dickson, upon his in vestiture with so patriarchal a title as the above, should surely have adopted something like benevolent and pa triarchal feelings. From his long intercourse with men, he ought to have got something of that capaciousness of mind which keeps a man out of the narrow hampers of sectarian bigotry, and endows him with that large and philosophical spirit, which abjures as it would Ge henna, all villainous, narrow, party sririt. But this has not been the case, and when old age has once rooted its principles and prejudices, no power on earth is likely to effect a conversion, or succeed in alluring such a mind to stretch en infinitesimal in favour of a better practice, in such a case, all that can be done is to meet your adversary with the weapons he has • himself selected, and with a sword out of ins own armoury beat the concession out of hire. Nov,ne of the Lurie?relqed fay this gentleman and 1 - JP:4W , As party, is a vociferation that there is no precedent for a Seotebman having held a seat, or having been invested with sanction to sit, in the administr44tio4 of any office in Irelanti ; that from thue immemorial, the Irish have invariably had none but their own follow countrymen in any office in the laud, and that the in. trusion of a stranger is a thing unheard of, and unsanc tionable by any former authority. This we deny; and if the energy which has prompted them to this issue bad rompted them to look over their books before they had wade so absolute an assertion, they would certainly have abated somewhat of their rashness. To look over the list of Irish Chancellors with satisfactory scrutiny, we have not yet been able, but bavo no doubt, on looking into the origin of some, that they will afford us and our opponents plenty of precedents The " "Aber Ilibernite " is not at our elbows, but taking the first volume at hand, viz. " Beatson's Political Index we find instances of almost, we should say, stronger co gency than a more direct precedent of the Chancellorship would supply. Their force arises from the fact, that even in the religious ranks—ranks where an intolerant spirit has always been carried to the fiercest extreme, admitting in no state or country intrusion in any shape or way — there have been several instances, which we could mul tiply on searching, of Scotchmen filling seats, and those seats of great dignity, in the land of Ireland, proving that a freer and more liberal order of sentiment existed in the generally bigoted Church than among the en lightened thinkers of the independent Irish Bar. Without further comment, we shall plainly lay them before our readers in catalogue shape, as instances upon which to.ponder :- -BISTIOPS'OP IRELAND. BISHOPS OF DOWN AND CONNOR. The thirty.seventh Bishop of, Down .and Connor was James Dundas, in 1612. He was Chanter of Moray, in Scotland. Robert Echlin, the thirty-eighth Bishop of this See, in 1613, was a Scotchman. BISHOPS OF RAPIIOE. 1611. Andrew Know. Translated from Orkney, in Scotland. 1633. John Lesley. Translated from Orkney, in Scotland—translated to Clogher. 1681. In this year Alexander Cairncross was Bishop of this See, formerly Archbishop of Glasgow, in Scotland. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD' S MAGAZINE. The dissolution of Parliament furnishes Maga this month with a theme for exceeding exultation. Great results are anticipated from the elections, not less, in deed, than the triumph of the Tories, and the utter discomfiture of the Whigs. The writer, however, of the " Whig Dissolution"—for so the article is entitled— will find, ere long, that lie has been somewhat prema ture in his rejoicings ; that, in fact, he has been shout ing before his party is out of the wood. Even while we write these words, we learn that the first great blow has been struck against Toryism, by the triumphal re turn of Lord John Russell for the City of London. How many provincial elections will be influenced by this one ! How many political waverers will it confirm — how many over-sanguine zealots of the faction cause to heap 'sackcloth and ashes on their heads ! For the triumph of Lord John Russell, be it remembered, is not simply the triumph of a Cabinet Minister, but of the chief and most influential opponent of monopoly— the direct impersonation of the free trade principle— that principle which the Tories are sivorn, to resist to the last gasp. Well may the faction hate the Govern ment, whose most efficient leader has just achieved so signal a -victory ! The present diatribe is penned in a spirit of mingled hate and exultation infinitely amusing. After anticipating the immediate advent of the Tories to power, it proceeds to abuse the Whigs for having di rected " the whole influence of Government to force through a measure which deprived the poor of England of their best inheritance"—the writer forgetting, ap parently, or not caring to remember, that the New Poor-law was supported by the Tories quite as zea lously as by the Whigs, and that the latter could never have carried it if it had not been for the support ac corded them by the former. The article closes with a recapitulation of the awful calamities that must immedi ately result from cheap bread, which the writer regards as a national visitation inferior only to the plague or civil war. High-priced provisions are, he considers, our salvation, and inordinate taxation the one groat blessing of blessings for which we cannot be too grate ful ! The " Colmans" is a lively, rambling notice of the recently published memoirs of this family. Here is some diverting stage gossip : Actors are curious people. Smith, better known as " Gen tleman Smith," from his subsequently performing such charac ters as Charles Surface, &c., made it an indispensable condi tion in his engagements that. his face should " never be blackened," nor. was he ever to be " lowered down a trap," as the first might disguise his beauty, and the next might en danger the elegance of his legs. On the first night of Alacklin's performance of Shylock, the crowd in the upper gallery press ing on, a man ran with such haste down the seats, that he fell over the edge, and on coming on one of the chandeliers, carried it down with him, a eircumstace which broke his fall, but destroyed the chandelier the man was much hurt, but re covered at the • hospital. In Rich's time, a similar accident happened, but the poor fellow had a broken limb, and recovered with difficulty. Rich, in compensation, gave him the freedom of the pit for life, adding, " provided he would never think of coming into it in that manner again." In 1773, Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer was produced. It had lain for some time at the theatre, and Colman had pronounced "that it could not possibly succeed." Such is the wisdom of the wise. It succeeded prodigiously. Johnson roared with laughter at its performance, and all England followed his example. The Doctor was sententious and oracular in his judgment—" Sir, there is no comedy for many years that has so exhilarated an audience—none tilat has so much answered the great end of comedy, that of making an audience tr.erry !" During the per formance, Goldsmith was wandering in the streets, to be out of the sound of the horrors of condemnation. It is similarly told of Rossini, that, his Barber of Seville having failed, through an imperfect rehearsal, on the first night, he sat in his lodging on the second in terror. About the time of its conclusion, his terror was augmented by the noise of a crowd in the street. Ile threw himself under his bed. 'The chamber was soon full of people, and lie was dragged out. They had come from the theatre to carry him before the audience, who would not sepa rate until they gave their plaudits to the maestro. lie was Berne along in triumph to the stage, And overwhelmed with acclamation ; lie had made the finest modern opera in the world ! Goldsmith's genius was unquesti , nable ; but, un fortunately his follies were equally so. After seeing fortune more than once within his reach, he was too indolent to seise it ; he sank into vexation of heart` from vexation of heart into. poverty; and from poverty into diease, and died at forty-five, but two years after having produced the most successful comedy of his time, and with a brilliant theatrieel career before him. " Plato's Republic " bears traces of De Quincey;s pen. It is by no means deficient in thought—but that thought is of a character ill-suited to the tastes of 11fagazine readers, who, generally . speaking, are impa tient of the subtle and the abstract in speculation. "'file World of Londott" dPieribes the characteristic peculia rities of the different quarters of the mat Babylon. The writer lays it down as an axiom not to be contro° verted, that Russell-square is decidedly and hopelessly vulgar, and that no real gentleman can be expected to know aught of its geography. Mr. Croker asserted the same thing in Parliament some years since. " Ten Thousand a year" is at length showing symptoms of a wind-up. Gammon, the best drawn ch4raeter in the tale, is already disposed of, having taken himself off by poison to that mysterious realm which is the ultimate destination' of . all attorneys ; Titmouse is dispossessed of all his prOperty, and the Aubreys ar e once as session of their own , Weain in suppose the next Part will finish the Story . , and give full &tails, pf the marriage of Kate .Aubrey, and the rejoicings at Yatton for the resto ration of its legitimate proprietor. The story is one of considerable ylgour, and portions of it have greatly in. ta-ested us, but it hisbeenspun out to such an intoler able length, that to PPM P to the close. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. A new tale, under the title of " Richard Savage," is commenced in this number. It is from the pen of Mr. 'Whitehead, an d 0r , 61 14 with much spirit. The poet — for we need scarcely say that it i 4 n° 6lo J o ll4soll'§ frientl to whom the tale refers—is his own autobiographer, and sketches his early school days with it vigour and vivacity ca l cu l a ted to recomm end him to the favour of the public. The life of Savage affords abundant scope for fiction. It was full of strange and sudden vicissitudes ; and thought spent ehiefiy i n London, scarce a day elapsed but brought its own stirring incident. That the mkt was an ant impo s t o r no longer admits of a doubt, Boswell hivincr brought forward sufficient evidence of the fact 'to condemn him before any court in Christendom. He possessed, however, great natural powers; was strongly im buednaiimore . than one opportunity of with the poetiFatl tTuyerament, withogt L p i pg olsp, lutely a poet ; earning honest distinction, which lie threw away with the scornful, desperate recklessness peculiar to his cha racter. But for the immortal biography of Johnson, acquainted, his me frith I,yelloll7i ry 1r been enshrined misfortunes frg b tt r e c n i u ln h o n t s l ga i n i a rn lg, so ; but he lives, deathlessye page. whiteheaa, we predict, will' tura Savap's citreprlt/ ItZ44- ate 'l,lO V 44 • . • SCOTCHMEN IN IRELAND. men excellent account, and furnish us with a tale such as we "do not often meet with now-a-days. The present chap ters of " Guy Fawkes," are an improveme n t on th e l ast ; but the story halts too often. "An Apology for Noses" is a clever, rhymed bagatelle, illustrated by an engrav i ng which exhibits a proboscis of the dimensions of an Irish bludgeon'. Sterne's Slaukenbergius would have envied the possessor of such an enormity. ~" Merrie England in the Olden Times" contains several oLe ballads, re- . markable for the ease and ingenuity o i t rhymes. The " Undertaker's Song," in particular, is humorous and ec centric enough to have been written by O'Keefe. In " Tim Hogan's Ghost," the rich broad humour of fami liar Irish dialogue is brought out with excellent effect. " Excursions at Home and Abroad" alludesjustly and pertinently, to the restless, vagabondising propensities of John Bull, who insists on seeing all that is to be seen in the Old World and the New, for no other purpose than to gratify his spleen, and grumble at his own silly curio sity, " Azenor,- the Pale" is a simple French ballad, paraphrased by Miss Costello with skill and elegance. " County Legends" is one of Ingoldsby's most successful essays. It is light and airy, and replete, as usual, with arch allusions to the mummeries of the old Catholic Church. A fierce English Crusader has had the misfor tune to break his foot-page's head, twist his wife's neck like a worm, and cut an offending Prior into four quar ters. For these crimes he seeks absolution from the Pope, who cheerfully accords it him, till he learns that he has slaughtered a son of Mother Church. Then his Holi ness is all righteous indignation, as will be seen by the subjoined extract, with which wa close our notice of the Miscellany : " Now nay, Holy Father, now nay! Less penance may serve !" quoth Sir Ingoldsby Bray. " No champion free of the Cross waa he ; No belted Baron of high degree ; No Knight nor Squire Did there expire ; , He was I trow, but a bar;-footed Friar ! And the Abbot of Abingdon long may wait With his monks around him, and early and late May lookfrom loop-hole, and turret, and gate, bath lost his Prior—his Prior his pate !" Now Thunder and turf ! " Pope Gregory said, And his hair raised his triple crown right off his head— " Now Thunder and turf ! and out and alas, A horrible thing has come to pass!! What I—cut off the head of a reverend Prior, And say he was only (1! !) a bare-footed Friar !'--- What Baron or Squire, Or Knight of the shire Is half so good as a holy Friar ?' 0, turpissime ! Vir nequissime ! Seder atissinte — qu i ss i me !_i ss i nte Never, I trow, have the Se; vi servorum :lad before 'em Such a breach of decorum, Such a gross violation of »torum benorunz, And won't have again Seecula sceculorum ! Come hither to me, My Cardinals three, My Bishops in partibus, Masters in Artibus, Hither to me, A.B. and D.D. Doctors and Proctors of every degree ! Go fetch me a book !—go fetch me a bell As big as a dustman's—and a candle as well— I'll send him—where good manners won't let me tell !" "—Pardon and grace !—now pardon and grace !" Sir Ingoldsby Bray fell flat on his fece— _ " Med culpa I—in sooth I'm in pitiful case ! Peccavi ! peccavi !—l've done very wrong ; But ray heart it i is stout, and my arm it s strong, And I'll fight for holy Church all the day long ; And the Ingoldsby lands are broad and fair, And they're here, and they're there, and I cant 't tell you where, And holy Church shall come in for her share ' Pope Gregory paused, and he sat himself down, And he somewhat relaxed his terrible frown, And his Cardinals three they pick'd up his crown. " Now, if it be se that you own 3 ou've been wrong, And your heart is so stout, and you arm i sso strong, And you really will fight, ike a trump all day long;— If the Ingoldsby lands do lie here and there, And holy Church shall come in for her share,— Why, my Cardinals three, You'll agree With me, That it gives a new turn to the whole affair, And I think that the Penitent need not despair ! FRASER'S MAGAZINE. Fraser opens this month with a prose essay under the comprehensive title of " The Age .we Live in." The essay is ingeniously reasoned, and defines the character of the age as being neither classic, romantic, nor utili tarian, but a union of all three. This is not the case. The tendency of the present day is decidedly to utilita rianism. Faith is no longer in request, works are every thing. The imaginative, to which we were so passion ately addicted twenty years sinca, has lest its charms ; we are now all for the practical and the matter-of-fact. But perhaps the leading feature of the age is its hurry skurry character. Our chief desire is, not that a thing should be done well, but that it should be done quickly. The "go a-head" principle is all in all with us. To succeed in whatever we undertake, we must rattle along at railway speed. There must be no halting—no taking time to consider and weigh our progress ; we must tear along, straight onward, unfalteringly to the end. Even in the more solemn business of legislation, we require nothing so much as rapidity of movement, and hence the contempt into which so many of the more cautious Tories have fallen, as slow, formal twaddlers, who do not understand the temper of the times in which they live. The subjoined remarks are as just in principle, as they are neat and concise in expression It's an Age of Travel then—the levelling and locomotive principles combine. It the press works the steam-engine, the strain-engine works the press ; and we all think the more we shall see and understand each other, the more likely we are to find out error ; the age of travel, then, calls itself the age of truth. But this is as great an error as any of the rest ; truth lies more in solitude than society ; but truth lies every where, if we only seek it; the leaves of the forest unfold it—the stars of the sky give it out—the waves of the sea purify each other as they run over the clear, cold sands. Yes, there is truth every where ; and there is truth in man, though man is a mys tery ; and there is enough of truth for us every where, and enough for our happiness, though not our knowledge. But we must travel—we must roam every where—we are restless, over-fatigued, over-excited—we hate simplicity—we are like those tos s ing on their beds after the night's fever, and seeking fresh excitements in proportion to our debility and our de bauch. Well, these we get in travel—we pretend to benefit by it—we see nature in her largest scale, and we think on nature lies truth. So it does, but how do we get at it? How does all this operate? How is the age affected? For this, after all, is the question. Take fifteen out of twenty tra vellers that we sec every day, and ask them, are they happier, or wiser, or more virtuous for their travels? Who goes abroad for such old-lashioned purposes? Who brings with him from the old bright lands the oldbright lessons they inculcate? Ask him who has trodden the snows of Zembla or the sands of Senegal—ask him who has traced the Caucasus or tracked the Pyramids, how far has he turned to good account all his wan derings ; how far has he imbibed that healthful, moral feeling, which the spirit of right travel imparts, and which, in enabling us to compare other countries shows the blessings of our own ? But no matter, we must all be travellers. " Stories of Science" are a series of humourous poems rhymed after the rattling, dancing Ingoldsby fashion. The " Condemned Cells" contain a striking story of an approver. The scene is laid in Newgate. We like this series of tales, for they have all a useful moral purpose in - View, and do not—as has been too much the case of late—throw a false halo round the head of vice. The writer's remark that in many cases of public executions " the wife and children of the offenders are the only par ties really punished," is a sad fact that there is no im pugning. The " Three Great Epochs" is again re sumed, but the story has lost much of the interest that attached to the earlier Parts. The Life and Writings of Dean Graves" is a tame, heavy article. The " Greater and Lesser Stars of Pall-mall" furnish us with some re miniscences of the execrable Judge Jeffries, and the still more execrable Colonel Kirke—of whom old Pepys has given such a graphic account in his delightful Diary of his Residence at Tangiers. We consider Kirke to have been, without exception, the most finished miscreant that ever wore the form of humanity. "On Men and Pictures" is a diverting account, half-critical, half-quiz zical, of some of the more modern French paintings. The Number closes with some account of the recent Sayings and Doings of the Scotch Non-Intrusionists." of the " Blue Belles of Eng land The eighteenth chapter METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE. a sentimental cavalier, i‘ir.lto " i i n fe tr , who e t 9 h; e r a e s a a d n e t r p arle among those ceru leantneieckdeorf time, the the dolce lingua of his tongue. He forms one of a party at ladles by adoring the divinity of Tetrarch, and the that fastidious lady's, Mrs. Gardener Stewart, and almost entrances le C nr o y ns m ta tl n r e ti e, m l v ) r ut ni t a b k a e t s , gal'ant a in ve ti t; questionable answer to w hi c h will be developed next August, The " Irish Barrister" takes " Mr. justice I3urton" for his study this month, and, with his usual judgment, limns out his character clearly. , The Judge was a sound lawyer. Stanley's continuation of the " squire of River Hill" forms a thoroughly dark picture, like Alc)ilk LPWIS's loaends. A shrewd vein of satiricism .And sport runs through " Forty-one tons of Indigo." The humour of the tale turns upon a large drysalteez mistake of a Scotch chandler's letter, ordering to be re mitted to him "forty-one p ons we i g h t of indigo. " In stead of " pons, i 071.9 are shipped to the worthy Donald, whose sagacity in the Cue turns the mistake to most admirable account. Was there ever such a thing as a misogynist ; they say Euripides was one, but his beauti ful Alcestes belies it, and we do not see that the author of the " Woman-hater" strengthens the mal-doctrine a with. The " Stolen Kiss" we leave to Secundus. There is a sweetly-drawn picture of " The Young Member's Wife"—art, perhaps, tfaa painfully true. A fiery spirit sweeps through the " Memoirs of an Italian Exile," and a bold, b r i g h t pen i nd i tes them. " M r. M arra bl e ' s Management" is about as well managed by its author, as Mr. Marrable manages his own affairs, DUBLIN UINIVERSITY MAGAZINE. The worst feature in this periodical is its desperate Toryism. In the political diatribe headed the " Crisis," this spirit breaks out in most intemperate style. We are told of " the diabolical wickedness of the wretched I nPn who new hold a convulsive grasp of the reins of power," just as if the Tory faction, for whose delight and edification such coarse Billinsgate language is used, were in themselves spotless and immaculate 3 The Whigs may not be all that their best friends could desire them to be, bvlt compared with their opponents, they are pi , odigies of patriotism. Think of the system pursued by the Tories during the days of Pitt, Perceval, and Castlereagh ; think of their Gagging Bills ; of their huge standing armies ; of their unVenchable love of taxation ; of their Test and Qorporotion Acts, Peter loo massacres, &o. tuihi4sseti reader think of those things, and be will be not a little astonished at the perverse, anti-national spirit that could prefer a Tory to a Whig Government, "Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dra goon," dashes forward at his usual rollicking, slap-dash pace. Some of the military reminiscences recorded in the present chapters of this clever blography l des.NIT high praise for their liveliness and , t gr4 l .' b i ? P, etv.CY C'f 41; scription. " Our 1 ortrait er . y • e its this month a b a lf , lolsrth portrait &title pres Ont Lord Chief Justice There are two or three sprightly prose sketches in the present Number of this periodical ; and among them is one on " The Miseries of Moving," which is evidently penned by one who is well acquainted with the troubles and annoyances—whose name is legion— of moving a whole house full of children and furniture from one domicile to another. The " Continuation of Coleridge's Christobel"—a perilous experiment—shows some poetic promise. but it is much too lengthy, and occasionally the diction is verbose and inflated. The " Tendency of Public Opinion in the Nineteenth Cen tury" is the production of a thoughtful observer of the times. • " Extracts from the Diary of a Country Clergy man" would have read with more spirit if it had been less diffuse in manner. Some of the descriptions are by, no means amiss. As a sample of the poetry of fn s Number we quote an Address to a Child, which is i;rom the pen of Mr. O'Briun : The year like thee is young, love, And mid its vernal bowers, Thou seera'st the sweet spring's fairy, The genius of its flowers. With beauty on thy brow, love, And gladness in thy smile, Thou art blooming with the fair buds Of thy native northern isle . The roses thou has culler', l ove , Where the honey , "lekers sip, In fragrance scare, excel, love, The coral of 'thy lip. Though summer birds are singing In many a joyous tone, Each lisped word of thine Has a music of its own. Mid Nature's fairest works, love, l'hy ‘ lrlros.cope be cast, Tb" ate as calmly bright, lov e , Thy future like the past. No happier fate I wish thee; And thus from hour to hour, Still may the bud's sweet promise Expand into the flower. _ MORNING SUN Bushe, to which is added a memoir of this eminent law yer, from which we leara that he was one of the best speakerson the popular side, in the Irish House of Com mons, and was one of that small, intrepid, unpurchase able band of patriots who held out resolutely to the last against the Union. The "Far East" is a sketchy notice of some recent volumes of travels in Japan. The ex tracts in this notice are are well selected, and just of the fitting length. From the " Anthologia Germanica" we quote a fanciful little poem by Uhland, entitled " Spirits Everywhere." The imaginative reader will be pleased with the subtle feeling . and novelty of the leading idea, which the Reviewer somewhat harshly calls " a con ceit" _ _ _ A many a summer is dead and buried Since over this flood I last was ferried ; And then, as now, the Noon lay bright On strand, and water, and castled height. Reside me then in this bark sat nearest Two companions the best and dearest ! One was a gentle and thoughtful sire, The other a youth with a soul of fire. One, outworn by Care and Illness, Sought the grave of the Just in stillness ; The other's shroud was the bloody rain And thunder-smoke of the battle-plain. Yet still, when Memory's necromancy Robes the Past in the hues of Fancy, Medreameth I hear and see the twain With talk and smiles at my side again ! Even the grave is a bond of union ; Spirit and spirit best hold communion ! Seen through Faith, by the Inward Eye, It is after Life they are truly nigh ! Then, ferryman take this coin I pray thee, Thrice thy fare I cheerfully pay thee ; For, though thou seest them not, there stand Anear me Two from the Phantom-land ! SMALLWOOD'S MAGAZINE. BRITISH MAGAZINE. This Magazine affords little sebpe for criticism, for it contains few original papers, consisting chiefly of corre spondence on religious matters, ecclesiastical intelli gence, University news, &c. The only article in the present Number worth attention is a " Sketch of ono of the 'Working Clergy," which is evidently the produc tion of a clergyman. NE PORTING MAGAZINE. We have here another portrait of " Coronation," the famous winner of the Derby ; and also an engraved sketch of a " Scene on the Road-side," which reminds us somewhat of Morland's homely, familiar country sketches. The " Sporting Intelligence" of the month. appears to be as accurately, as it is minutely, given. SPORTSMAN. There are two spirited plates in this Number—once is a portrait of " Coronation," the winner of the last Derby; and the other is a representation of the " Cham pion" yacht. which gained the prize at the last grand sailing match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club. With regard to the literary contents, they all, of course, bear reference to sporting matters. The most amusing papex is " Piscator's" account of the mode of angling on tke borders of Devon and Cornwall. BELLE ASSEMBLEE. There is a very touching portrait here of a 'young " Widow," engraved by Robinson, from an original painting by Boxall, which Mrs. Wilson has 'made the subject of some agreeable stanzas. This portrait is the best feature in the present Number, whose, prOse tales are of the average order of common-place,. FARMER'. MAGAZ' I NE Is embellished with two engraV,ags, one of which, " The Deer-Stalker liefreshing,' 'exhibits a picturesque, sylvan back-ground. In the litrJrary department of the Number, we find an intelligent view of the past and pre sent state of agriculture in N'orthumberland. HE PRESIDE;•IT STEAM-SHIP. Captain Hosken, of the Great Western, has given the following opinions respe'Aing the investigation which had been instituted by Mr. Buchanan, the British Con sul at NeW York, touching the circumstances under which the President left New York on the 11th of March " Some of the opinions given in the course of the in quiry I differ from most distinctly, and those opinions would, no doubt. have a strong, though very erroneous impression on the public mind, if allowed to pass with out notice from some one placed in a similar position to me, who, from very mr..ny years' experience of all de scription of vessels, sailing and steam, have had oppor tunity of forming a. good judgment on the subject. " The opinions to which I allude are those of Captain Cole, of the packet-ship Orpheus, who, by the report, said, that the President then must have been shipping seas heavily and fast—that probably these huge bodies of water worked through into the engine-room or fire room, and extinguished the fires. in which case tho steamer would have been comparatively helpless." " That the President was shipping water there is no doubt ; but I do feel a perfect conviction she did not ship sufficient to extinguish the fires. The fire places are put upon the platform of the fire-room, and the -plat form put upon the bottom of the ship (in the Great Western—the President's, I think, higher)—the open ings to the engine and fire-rooms are so small as to render it quite impossible that a body e f water sufficient to over flow the fire-place could find its way below, even with imprudence ; but with the necessary precaution, in such weather, of battening the hitches, &c., down, the supposition of such a result is perfectly chimerical. Cap tain Cole's opinion, appears (by the report) to have been coincided in by other gentlemen, certainly good sailors; but with every respect for Captain C. and those gentle men, I must say, they are not competent judges in this. steam-ship case. " I fully and entirely believe a good steam ship the safest vessel that ever went to sea, and there are nume rous instances where they have been placed in situations couldesc H ap e e r .. l A ia c j a e s s e ty, i s n Indies. s d l u l i r p i during gw were ee lyinglast in n tremendousc Carlisle s.l e hurricane from which no sailing ship, however well managed, s po te i a n m t er oce s u p r i r t ed fire at a ß n arbadoes l t o o st or stranded ; the Spitfire split her cables and put s i i n lips th dl e veram W a e an s y t. , sea in the face of the hurricane her decks were swept, , her boats Bay—the and paddle-boxes washed away, yet she never had her fires extinguished, but weathered it all by means of the steam power, which alone saved he r. If the engines are damaged, s till steam-ships are safe and good sea-boats with their sails. I was once, in the Great Western, compelled to stop the engines at a moment, in a heavy gale of wind, which was heaving her on the eastern edge of the bank of Newfoundland.. Immediately got storm aft sail on her, and for two hours„ the time we were stopped, she Jay to beautifully, as; snug and as dry us any ship I was ever out in, in simi lar weather. I do not know the exact proportion or losses between sailing and steam ships, but I ant quite sure it is in favour of steam. lam not called upon, nor do I feel justified, in giving any opinion respecting what; may have happened to the above water, President, which I yet; believe, is possibly a log working about at. the mercy of the winds and waves. Captain Re.berts is a. sailor, with o e nergy . - fcharacter and resources from long experience, which strong ~ is a inducement for hope th at the President will yet be heard of. The steam-ship Columbia was entering the port of Boston when the Acadia departed. The Columbia had thus made the passage out in 121 days, decidedly the quickest passage ever yet made across the Atlantic,— Liverpool paper. DUTCH MAIL. THE HELDER, JUNE 25.—We learn that his Majesty, the Emperor of Russia, has given notice to our Government, through his Envoy at the Hague, that the Grand Duke Con stantine, his Majesty's second son, will shortly arrive at the Helder with a squadron, and that he will observe the strictest incognito. His Imperial Highness serves as midshipman on board the Aurora frigate, which bears the flag of the squadron. The Government has, in consequence, instructed the different authorities to respect the desire of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, and orders have been given to the naval stations, not to salute the Russian squadron on its arrival in the roads, except , in the manner usually observed to ships of war. ST. PETERSBURGH, JUNZ 18.—At the proposal of the Mi nister of Finance, his Majesty the Emperor has signed a de.. eree prohibiting, without any exception, the importation of all kinds of provisions which are put into 'reach hermetically closed, in order to preserve them for a length of time, and which are liable to be spoiled by contact with the air, anises they are inclosed in glass vessels.--Journaidd 84; Petirs"ri June 19. DUTCH FUNDS.—Aturrianem, Awe 28. Money. Elite. A ctual Debt, 7.!Li per Cent aim., ditto 5 per cent. Amon Syndlo,4,a percent,..... Ulm, ditto, 5 ,4 per cent............ C omm ercial Company, 4)( 2 per cent .......... Ditto 0835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ..... Loan 1837, 5 l'er cont. 9 6% 97K Exchange on London, One month l2 10 Twomonths Dutch Papers, June 29. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vtxxxi, Jinn 21,, 'r Cents. Bletalliques - i .. Five Four'per Cents.. Three per Cents Bank Shares le Zoitami:lTZ:ig: •••••., ; I~~ + a nrs - ;4;" 4 , 1 ~,e, t 41 'ti f f ino „ ." .;~ `: