The Sun. — London, England, 1831-05-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, Sir Richard Vyvyan, the cock of the borough mongers, vell not crow again. The rhetorical Baronet has spun his last peroration. He has been beaten to pieces in Cornwall—in Cornwall, the wasp's nest of rotten boroughs—and two Reform candidate., Mr. Pendarves and Sir C. Lemon, have been returned for that county. This is a victory. worth putting on record, since Cornwall was pre cisely the scene whereon the Anti-Reformists had anticipa• ed the discomfiture of the public cause, and where they had assured themselves that the pee r Sir Richard would have shown forth with a deal brilliancy to Lord Chandos. The interests of Re form are elsewhere proceeding with unFoequerahle power. The representation of Dersetslere vanish e , from the wondering eyesight of Mr. Bankes, who was hourly expected, when the last account.: came away, to resign a desperate contest . In I re l an d , the Lord Mayor and Mr. Perrin have got so f ar a-head of their opponent s (the inefficient Orange man, Mr. Moore, and the Recorder, who has un questionably no right to be a Member of Parlia ment), that a report . of the resignation of th e two last named gentlemen is already circulated, and prett y gene rally believed. The county of Meath h as returne d Lord Killeen and Sir Marcus Somerville, both s e rene ly pledged to Reform, as has the Queen's county Sir H. Parnell and Sir Charles Coote. The b e arer of the inauspicious name o f C ast l ereagh might as well be entombed with the last holder of that unhonoured title, as where lie now is, with any view to a seat for the magnificent county of Down. Lord Arthur Hill and Mr. Crawford are all len thready triumphant over him. ' There was, we must confess, som e met h o d i n t h e rav i ngs o f t h e .Marques cif Londonderry a few weeks ago, when his Maj, sty went to th e H ouse of Lori's to announce that there must be a d'ssolution of Parlia ment, and consequewly a new election for Downshire Sir Charles Paget, a thoreueh Reformer, has defea , ed his antagonist tor the Welch counts of Carnarvon. Thus, with regard to the numbers and character of its friends, the fate of the question is completely settled, and the Parliament is indeed as near he 7 ng reformed as any measure is near being law for which little more remains to be executed than the formality of affixing to it the Royal assent. For the effects of Reform, with which we are so loudly threatened, — viz , its destructive tendency to the Church, to the float c,-s, to the throne, &c. &c.,—we look upon all such trash with pity, as the audible and old womanish sobbinge of those who have lost their last ticket in the lottery of corruption The Church will, doubt less, follow the example of the State, and reform herself, as a guarantee against revolution. There is no destruction in that, but much security. The financial resources of the realm will nut be exposed to such squandering from the folly, or to such de predation from the knavery, of jobbing Ministers and they profligate and insatiable supporters. There will be fewer wars rashly undertaken, and ignorantly and improvidently conducted : there will be no esta blishments kept upon a scale of such needless and monstrous prodigality. The colonial system and the commercial system will be suffered to throw off the shackles of numberless monopolies. There will be no interested oligarchs to interpose between the Crown and the country—to misrepresent the King to his people, and them to himond todomineer overboth by sowing jealousies between them. The Monarch will he secure, because the people will no longer be plundered or trampled on in his name, for the bene fit of irresponsible depredators. Such is the ruin about to be wrought upon us by Reform. How ever, the task of its honest advocates is not yet en tirely fulfilled. Some struggles are still carried on by the Ultra-Tories, with unrelenting, because des pairing obstinacy. In Northamptonshire it is per fectly disgraceful that Lord Milton should not, long before now, have been placed on an eminence, alto gether inaccessible to the utmost efforts of the Anti- Reform faction. We tell the el?ctors of that county without disguise, that the stain upon their whole body will stigmatize each individual among them, and hold him up to opprobrium in every society through out England, if Mr. Cartwright, an avowed suppor ter of the boroughmongering system, be returned by them in preference to Lord Milton, who throws open all the privileges and exclusive indulgences of the Aristocracy, and generally invites the plain Eng lish yeomen to partake arid exercise them in common with the proudest gentlemen of the realm. Nor is it merely in approbation of the cause espoused by men like Lord Althorp and Lord Milton, that we call upon the upright voters of Northamptonshire to support them. It is also to prove their utter con demnation of :he means resorted to by the enemies of freedom, to wound her through the sides of her noble representatives, that they ought to hasten to the poll. Evety Englishman ought to protect the injured, and to visit injustice with signal retribution. We need but refer to the iniquitous calumnies pro pagated arrain.r the honour of the people's candi dates at Northimpton, as a proof how void of truth and principle is the wretched faction opposed to it. Subjoined is a statement which demonstrates clearly the falsehood with which Lot de Althorp and Milton have been assailed, and which, in our judgment, renders all other motive superfluous for engaging every independent freeholder to press eagerly to the poll, and vindicate the right of feeling of North enipronshire. " A SHORT STATEMENT OF FACTS RESPECT ING THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CONTEST. (From a Correspondent.) " On Wednes.day, the 3.1 of May, the nomination of candidates for the county took place at North ampton. At that period Lord Althorp had no belief that any opposition would be off-red to Mr. Cart wright, and certainly had no intention of offering or of encouraging any himself. On Thursday Lord Milton, in nswerto a letter from Mr. Dickens, of Daventry, (and which, by having gone round by Iton, must have been addressed to Lord Milton previous to the nomination), informs Mr. Dickens, that as Mr. Hanbuty would not stand, and a‘i a desire continued to be expressed by the friends of Reform for the return of two Members favourable to the rnew-ure, he would be ready to serve if elected, but that he would not become a candidate; and to the above declaration Lord Milton adheres to this day. A handbill to this effect having been publishe on the same day at Northampton, Mr. Abbey, Lord Althorp's agent, immediately called on the printer to know by whos , - authority he acted ; and learning from him that the hand bill bud been authorized by Mr. Luca., of Buckby, a gentleman who had no connexion whatever with Lord Althorp or his family, tie a:certitinett from him that it had been determined upon by the friends of R form to propose Lord MI on on the day of election. It having been intended by the kends of Mr. Cartwright to propose Sir Charles Knight ley in case a seiond candidate should be started on the side of Reform, and information laving been received by Mr. Cartwright on Thursday night that -Lord Milton was to be nominated, Sir Charles wa , accordingly declared a joint candidate with Mr. Crtwright ; and it was upon that junction, and not before, that lord Althorp united with Lord Milton. So little was a contest in Lord Alt horp's contempla tion, that on the day after the nomination, a steward of Lord Spencer, together with one of his Lord ship's tenants, called on Mr. John Davis, (an agent of Lord Cliiden)'at Banbury ' to tell him that all was settl e d at Northampton, and that they were then on their Way to Worce•iter, to assist Captain Spencer in hie e l ection."—Ti ntes . Cornwall has been added to the Reform counties. We expect soon to learn h that Dorsetshire is al -o s ecured. We regr et t at at No r th am pt on , yesterday, Mr. Cartwri g h t , at t one o'elock, on the day' Lord s poll, was five a-head of Milton. There is no dissembling the fact, that ther e i s lion for the boast of the Anti-Reformer s , sth somea that founds.. North amptonshire is one of their strongest holds. The strength of the Anti-Reformers was_ of course well knOwN to Lord Althorp, and he was thence led to decline the taking any steps to carry two Reformers. The Reformers of Northamptonshite, however, thought their honour concerned in car rying two Reformers, and accordingly canvassed for Lord Milton along with his Lordship ; a step which has afforded the colour for the most absurd charge of double-dealing circulated so industrious'y in this metropolis against- his Lordship. Neither Lord Althorp •nor any other individual could compromise the right of the Reformers of Northamptonshire to attempt the r e t urn o f b oth Mem b ers; and h i s Lord ship would justly have laid himself open to Coe charge of assumption, had he chosen so to dic tate to the freeholders. The event will prove whether the inaction of his Lordship on the com mencement, or the determination of the Reformers to try the chance of a contest for both Members, was founded on the most correct estimate of the strength of the respective parties. His Lordship can hardly he blamed, if he had his doubts, for remaining at first inactive ; and he surely can still less be blamed for depar ing from that line of conduct the moment the Reformers were determined on a contest. It temains for the Reformers to justify their deter mination by showing that, strong as the Tories are, the strength of the honest anti independent free holders is still greater. The Anti-Reformers have constantly boasted of their strength in Ntsrthamp rottshire. We would fain believe that the friends cif civil and religions liberty are still stronger. Northampton was long the head-quarters of the nonconformists. Surely the numerous Dis senters still to be found in that part of the country will not be found swelling the train of the High Church Parsons and their representative, Mr. Cartwright ! In Ireland the elections are going on as well as could be wished for. In Dublin there is now no possibility of the Anti-Reform candidatss succeeding. In the county of Down, Lord Castle reagh's own tenants, almost to a man, " declared they would not he controulled by any despotic or undue influence in the exercise of a constitutional right," and polled for Mr. Crawford. His Lordship 'sill be thrown out to a certainty. In Wexford Lord Valeatia has fallen to the bottom of the poll. In Queen's County two Reformers have beets re turned. Mr. Wyse and Mr. Hutchinson, both Re 'ormers, have been returned for Tipperary. Its Monaghan two Reformers have been returned.-- 21fornhrg Chronicle. If the Earl of Aberdeen had continued to the pre sent time to fill the important office of Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the insults of Don Miguel to the British nation, and his repeated and gross violation of the rights and liberties of British subjects, would have not only remained unnoticed and unatoned for, but, most probably, the sufferers would have been ex posed to additional vexations for daring to complain, while the dastardly usurper himself received sub -tantial marks of the favour and sympathy of our Government, for no other reason that we could ever di rover than for showing to the world, on every pos sible occasion, that he held the power of Great Bri tain in the most ineffable contempt. The formal de mand of redress transmitted by Mr. Hoppner, our acting Consul-General in Portugal, to the Viscount de Santarem, states that " many of the grounds of complaint advanced by his Majesty's Government are of recent occurrence; whilst others, comprising the repeated, and, till now, neglected demand of com pensation for injuries inflicted upon British com merce, as well by the unjust seizure of British vessels, as by the non-observance, on the part of the Portuguese Government, of the stipulations of the treaties existing between the two coun tries have been the subject of much correspon dence between his Excellency and the under signed." In reference to this passage we must observe that, if the Duke of Wellington's Admini stration had done their duty in peremptorily requir ing and energetically enforcing full and satisfactory redress for the insults and injuries to British sub jects and British commerce of an earlier date, those of " recent occurrence " would not have happened. Thus great vexatious would have been spared to our merchants, and to other subjects of Great Britain, residing under the protection of national faith in Por ►ugal—many hindrances to commerce itself would have been effectually removed—and the honour of the British flag would have been vindicated, as it always ought to be, before the impunity of insult led to repeated acts of still more insolent pnivoca (inn. To a mind like Don Miguel's no argument could prove the propriety of doing reparation for wrong, but that which is backed by such a demon stration of vigorous operations, to enforce the claim, as even his stolid faculties could not misunderstand. There is no battery ofprotoeoli and doeuments,eharged and fired off as it might be by the most skilful of diplomatic artillerymen, that could have made him stverve from his " firm purpose" for a moment, un less he saw that paper battery supported by the broadsides of a few vessels of war about to try the mettle of his heroism by a more substantial test. The document which produced the required con cessions on his part was submissively regarded and complied with, not because of the justice of its de mands, but because of the servile terror which its threats inspired—for it opened to him the prospec tive view of the "meteor flag of England"—the insulted, the dishonoured flag—floating on its mis sion of vengeance in the Tagus, and surrounded by the thunder-clouds of battle. Already the crash of a throne raised in fraud, and perjury, and blood, re sounded in his ears. His coward instincts prevailed over his inveterate malignity, and he submitted to humiliation, which is the proper and t:atural conse quence of that injus•ice which obstinately resists every argument but force. The fact is, Don Miguel believed the old British lion was sick— peradventure dead—and, like his long-eared brother in the fable, lie mai liberal of his kicks. At length the lion roared, and shook his mare, and the assumed courage ~f the Inlly evaporated in grotesque terror and trembling submission !—Morning Herald. Triumph, in the cause of Reform, crowds on triumph. Cornwall,—elose as the county has always been reckoned, and Tory as its partialities have always been,—is now to be included in the noble list of tho.e which hare returned Reform Members ! Sir Richard Vyvyan is politically dead,—he has been defeated in his own county, and most gloriously defeated. He only polled about one-half of the number of votes fueely and volun tarily given for his Reform antagonists ! And is not this a triumph I Vyvyan and Gascoyne thrown out ! Was there ever any thing more noble ! _ Is it not now time for the Tories to lower their flags, and bend to the voice of all England ! lint this is not all. Dublin—corporate, close, and hitherto anti•national Dublin—has followed the example of London, and returned two Reformers ! Here is another triumph as glorious—nay more glorious than that which we have mentioned.— Perrin and the Lord Mayor are returned in opposition to the Anti-RefoimerA, and all Ireland, with a few exceptions, will follow the example.— In Scotland the cause of Reform, as we mentioned yesterday, is valiantly supported, and will, no doubt, ultimately triumph. So popular, indeed, is it, in every respect, that the supposed dereliction of the cause of Reform, by the Lord Advocate of Scotland, has brought down upon him a greater volley of in dignation, than, in the course of the discussion of this most momentous question, we ever remember to have been poured forth upon any Anti-Reformer. Is there any drawback upon these exhilarating re turns ? One, and only one•—and that one has been produced by a calumnious statement, which has operated for the moment on the non-resident voters, but which we anxiously hope will ultimately fail in the attainment of its malignant purpose. We need not observe that the case to which we advert is that of the county of Northampton, where Lords Althorp and Milton are opposed with ail the bitter ness and calumny of a party contest by Mr. Cart wright and Sir Charles Knightley. The two former were lulled asleep by the certainty of their• return, and the two latter, as we mentioned yesterday, have gained in consequence a temporary advantage; but although Northampton still is, and always has been, a Tory county, we cannot for a moment believe that the independent freeholders will permit it to be set s oz e n , in the . same list as Buckinghamshit e, and some c°1l" which have either returned two Anti-Reformers, or stultified themselves by return ing one Anti-Reform and one Reform Member. No ! This must not be; but in order that the enemy may be defeated, the freeholders must hasten to the poll. There are now but a few days to pas , before the close of the poll ; and delay is not only dangerous, but may prove the defeat of Lord Milton. Cord Al!horp :s no doubt safe. Before closing our summary, we beg to point the attention of our readers to the dignified reply of Lord Alt horp to the c dumnions insinuations of the Anti-Reform candi dates. The Noble Lord has represented the county during the last twenty-five years, and is as incapable of breaking any pledge which he may give, as of taking any unfair advantage, even of his opponents. —Morning Advertiser. The good cause of the Constitution, opposed as it has been by all the artifices of our revolutionary Ministry, and the brutal force of hired mobs, has been more successful than could have been antici pated. In England, the advantages gained by the revolutionists are attributable mainly to that orga nized system of outrage which has in so many in stances deterred the honest voters from coming to the poll, and in some even been productive of fatal consequences. In Ireland the same system of terror is pursued; but we are rejoiced to be enabled to state that the utmost efforts of the revolutionists in that unhappy country are likely to be counter acted by those of the long recognized true friends of the Constitution. In Scotland, every thing is going on as well as the best supporters of our ve nerated institutions can wish, as will be seen by the following extract from the Glasgow Courier, to which we have much pleasure in giving insertion ;-- Victory after victory crowns the meritorious and patriotic exertions of the conservative party in Scotland. Edinburgh, Hadd:ngton, Sterling, and Perth shires have returned Members to Parliament opposed to the wild theo retic plan of Reform broached in the Ministerial Rill; and to these we have now the pleasure of adding our own county. Lanarkshire has re-elected the non. Charles Douglas—the Whigs have been beaten to the dust—and " a Douglas, a Douglas" is once more the rallying cry of the true friends of the King and Constitution, within the broad marches of Clidesdale. " This triumph, however, has not been gained without a severe struggle. It was ruffianlike in the extreme. They have brought indelible disgrace on themselve4, their country, and that cause which they profess to support Brute force has not yet overborne the law in this country; but the outrageous conduct of the Lanark Reform ruffians gives us taste of what we may expect when " nothing hut the Bill" becomes part of the British Statute Book. The real strength of the country is now beginning to show itself. All the vapouring of the factious and furious lusters after innovation and revolution is beginning to disappear before the sober sense and awakened energies of the honest and reflecting portion of the community ; who fear God, honour the King, respect the laws, and have a deep — stake in the welfare of their native country. We rejoice in the triumph of such principles; and in the new Parliament, notwithstanding the feigned exultation of the Ministerial Pres., it requires no seerlike gift to prognosticate that the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill,' is a cry without meaning ; and that the Bill will never again be heard of in its former shape." By letters received in town yesterday evening we understand that Mr. Leigh, the brother of Sir Robert Leigh, has died in consequence of the violent treat ment he experienced at the Wigan election.— Until further particulars are known, we terrain from any comment on this melancholy occurrence.— Morning Post. RE ti ORM. SPEECH of the REV. MR. GISB ORNE at the STAFFORD COUNTY ELECTION. (From the Wolverhampton Chronicle.) The Rev. THOMAS GISBORNE then addressed the meeting. He was aware that it might seem some what strange that lie should appear on the present occasion; it was totally contrary to his habits so to do; it was now fifteen years since he had taken a prominent part in any meeting of a political nature. This statement, it was true, was of importance only to himself, but he made it in order to show that nothing but an imperative sense of duty could have induced him so to depart from his usual habits. The High Sheriff had stated the cause of the meet ing having been convened ; it was occasioned by the late dissolution of Parliament, and the necessity of electing representatives for a new one. Though a dissolution of Parliament so shortly after its as sembling was always undesirable, it seemed in the present instance unavoidable, because the late Ad ministration had not, nor had the present, possessed that ascendancy in the House of Commons, which enabled them to cary into effect the great measure which appeared necessary to the welfare of the country, even tholigh the object now principally be fore the public eye, was one which was known to have received the sanction of the King, turd the warm approbation of the nation at large. Such being the state of things a dissolution had been un avoidable; they were now met to nominate fit per sins to represent the county in the new Parlia ment, and he (Mr. Gisborne) had been induced by the importance of the occasion to come forward, to propose as a fit and proper person their late Member, Mr. Littleton —(Applause.) " From the bottom of my heart," said the Rev. Gentleman, " and from the conviction of my judgment I do this. I recom. mend Mr. Littleton to your choice as the tried and faithful servant of the county. Much I need not say i n his behalf, for you all know that he has conducted himself in all county questions in a manner which must give the fullest satisfaction to his constituents —must shew that he is a person to whom your inte rests for the future may be safely coidided. Were this a common occasion on which I was addressing you, my task would be already fulfilled, but in the present conjuncture another consideration is predo minant; you have a right to know what will be the conduct of your representatives in reference to the great measure of Government,--a Reform in the representation of the people in the House of Commons. Though there appears to be no probability of a contest for this county, yet we may consider that the nation itself is involved in one great, single, mind universal contest, namely, between the supporters of the late Reform Bill and its op posers. I am wrong in calling it the late Bill—it is the present Reform Bill—present to the recollec tion of all, and must be present to the minds of your representatives in Parliament. Reform is a wide word. It comprehends every degree of ameliora tion; from the minutest point, even to that were we verge on revolution. It is therefore most important, on an occasion like the present, to define what Reform is, and what Reform we desire. We do not, S:r, de sire a Reform grounded on theoretical speculations or metaphysical problems. We claim a Reform de serving of the name—not one subversive of the pre sent order of society. We do not think it con• ducive to the moral architecture of the State, that the roof should be placed on the ground, and the foundation at the top. We do not require that the body politic should be placed •with its head nn the earth and the feet in the air. We do not wish that property and intelligence should be made subordi nate to a mere arithmetical combination of individuals. Neither on the other hand shall we be content with a Reform so slow and inefficient that its progress will be scarcely seen. We shall not be content with a measure which will only smooth the surface of our grievances, and call itself moderate Reform. The Reform which will satisfy the country must neither resemble a torrent, nor must it be like a sluggish stream, whose scarcely perceptible progress is marked only by the advance of the bubbles which float on its surface. We wish our repre -entatives to advocate such a real efficient removal of existing evils, as shall preclude the necessity of any further Reform. Let all that is desirable, if t p l o ir s n sib ir le, be isearch to search of fisuact h once. a we syste A m nd where shall ofßeform Its vital principles will be found in the Bill introduced into Parliament last session. Even from the short postponement of the great measure one advantage will arise; namely, that the people will be enabled, at leisure, to examine its leading fe a tures, and con sider with calmness its probable efficiency. I here add a few words on the proirisions of the Bill. First, it disfranchises, totally or partially, certain . homes, which in the course of time have sunk into insignificance and decay. The Constitution originally provided that representatives to the Senate should be sent, not only from the great divi sions of the kingdom, the counties, but also from such towns as from various circumstances were con sidered to have a claim to this distinction. It is Ft principle too obvious to be denied, that the fran chise so conferred, was intended not for the indivi 'foal benefit of the place, nor of any set of prsons connected with it, but that it was ,given on the broad principles of public good. The privilege of representation then, is a public trust for the benefit of the entire community. It is fit that it be con tinued as long as any good purpose is answered by it, but no longer. Still less should it be suffered to remain if its continuance be found subversive of the welfare of the community. Nov, in process of time, certain boroughs have become decayed, and have lost that consequence which gave them a claim to ,he distinction of representation in the House of Commons; or they have been thrown into compa rative insignificance by the rise of other places through the influence of commerce ; these places, in their turn, then, claim representation on the same ground which gave to the others that distinction in Former times. Is it not, then clear, that the privileges of representation should be withdrawn from places where it produces no beneficial effect, and new and rising places be elevated into the distinction. We once had a useful class of ships, those of sixty tons burden. They were great and important vessels then in our naval service. In the reign of Eliza beth, the vessels which defeated the Spanish Ar mada were those of sixty tons. Such, too, were the ships which were so effective under Drake and Hawke. But times are changed. Our ships, like our towns, become larger; and the result is, that those of sixty tons are removed from their rank in the service—they are disfranchised, like the ancient and decayed boroughs thus alluded to. Now there was nothing improper in the removal of these ves sels. They were respectable vessels in their way-- like the disfranchised boroughs. There is no more ground for the charge of breaking trust in this dis franchisement than in the withdrawing of the minor vessels from their station. Again, the commanders of these very vessels would be promoted to the charge of larger ones; and such, doubtless, will be the case with some of the Members for the de cayed boroughs, if they have talents and character fit for the public service. But there are yet bo roughs of another description—close boroughs— boroughs under the command of certain indivi duals. And here I freely adrnit that this anomaly in our representative system, whatever be its Nubs, is chargeable on all political parties—all have shared in the evil, be it what it may. — Monstrous injustice I that a single individual should be able to send as many representatives to Portia-. rnent as the great and populous county of Stafford ! Another evil arising out of the last,and one no laws can prevent, is that such boroughs are subjects of com mon bargain and sale. There is no mode of pre venting those who possess the power of nomination from transferring such boroughs from hand to hand like sheep or cattle in a fair ! This species of 'do mestic slavery, inevitable under the present system, is itself a sufficient motive to induce us heartily to advocate the cause of Reform. We want not such a Reform as inflicts a gentle castigation on a bo rough which is so very unlucky as not to conceal its corruptions or which transfers its franchise to an ad joining hundred—not such a Reform as, proceeding in the majesty of moderation promises about the year of our Lord 3,000 to present a pure House of Commons. But the disfranchisement of these bo roughs creates a void in our representation. How is this to be filled ? In the first place, the Bill pro posed gives sixty-three additional Members to the counties. The number itself bears a large propor tion to the total of new admissions, and when we consider what county Members usually ate—that they are universally country gentlemen of large landed etares, connected with the peerage, or at tached by station to the institutions of their country —it would seem that this provision alone would suffice to prove that no injury could arise from the enactment of the Reform Bill. Many large towns will, however, partake of the extended franchise; _ . towns inhabited by a manufacturing and commetc,al population. These form an important portion of the strength of the empire, and may be depended on to supplisteady, sound, and able representatives— undeviartag vindicators of liberty. Then, as to the mode of drawing the line of demarcation between the boroughs retained and these thrown out, a spirit of impartiality is shown. This line is regu lated by the population retbrns of 1821. These returns were made without any idea of being mis appbed, and their accuracy was proved by the experience of other returns. In such a mode, it will of course happen that the borough whose population was immediately above the number fixed on would he not much in advanceof one immediately below. This objection is obviously worthy of notice. Then, as to the qualifications of voters, by the proposed Reform Bill. In the counties, the forty-shilling freeholder. will retain their right, and to their number will be added, surely with justice, c o py holders aad leaseholders to a given value. I rejoice that the low rate of freehold quali fication to every man t h e chance o is f o p b r t e ai e n ?: t e g d 'a a vote. it gives In towns, the elective franchise is proposed to be conferred on renters to the amount of let. per annum, and when we con sider what kind of houses in large towns let fcr 101. it will be seen that this rate is low enough to be within the reach of the fair expectation of all in dustrious individuals. Thus the franchise is placed high enough to exclude those who are devoid of in dustry—lea enough to be generally attained by those who have their own and their country's best interests at heart. Such, then, are the leading features of a Bill which has been stigmatised as revc lutionary ! but which I would call a preventive of revolution.—(hear, hear.)—No revolution can follow such a 8,11, A that k our thankful hearts daily except indeed one which may be compare d to tnat %,% acknowledge in the wise order of nature—a revolu tion from darkness to night But the opponents of the Bill have still their rt sources—they subdivide their alarms. They say to the landholder, "if the Bill passes, the value of your land will sink to no thing ;" to the freeholder, " your securities will be annihdated;" to the Peer, " you will be stripped of your t ides ;" to die Clergy, " the Church will be demolished;" I know full well the effect of a catch. word. It is received by the multitUde in the place of argument ; it, saves all trouble of investigation. Let us, however, look to realities. Be not led away by a name. Exercise your judgment, and be riot influ enced by words, but by sense. I will tell all the classes it alarms that the measure proposed is con servative. Neither will I disdain the title of mode rate Reformer. I assume it as our right; properly understood we are so, because we would prevent Re form from being immoderate. We are conservative Reformers. One point remains for me to notice in connexion with the profession to which 1 belong. I refer to the alleged danger of the Church Establish tohthe effect. i true tei rtgu on edtrirtdahsmeoelfda laity, thetmCo Establish ment; consider m treh n a d onfti ofEt this salcananl matter.dl °R both tithlNl ever perfect. No piece of human machinery can go on for ever without ex amination and repair. The dust of ages lies in our palaces and our senates —nor are our churches free ; but let that dust be carefully cleared away, and the beauty of the institutions will not be dimmed ; it w ill shine the brighter for the reparation. This, h o wever, is not the ti me or place for this inquiry. I o nly allut!‘ to the subject to lead to the observation, that if the national Church needs no purification or defence, it will be better placed for both under a reformed Parliament than under a corrupt one ; for will arty one assert that the Members returned by cor rupt means from de caye d boroughs, are the per -1 others opiorranl y et: returnedcteof the Ch urc h ? Are not the to judge o f t h e pur i ty of the fro m towns and counties e persons andr whose f r i en dl y feelings the Church wo uld most willingly selrely ?--the tt;rll per sons doc trine ofb ea sifairly give the fairest judgment on ecclesiastical as well as other matters. Whatever changes such men think fit to make in any of our national institutions will resemble the removal of wooden pri”, to replace them by a buttress of granite. Thus much I have thought necessary to say on the question of Reform, standing forward as I do to propose the election of Mr. Littleton, its warm and zealous advocate. For the conduct of this gentleman, the past gives a pledge for the future ; and I am sure you will feel that his election will be a tribute justly due to him for the benefits he has conferred on the country at large. I therefore beg to nominate Mr. Littleton as a fit and proper person to represent this county in the ensuing Parliament.—(Th e Rev. Gentleman here concluded an animated and admirably argumen tative speech, of which we have thus attempted a sketch, and which was frequently interrupted by loud and repeated plaudits.) Sir EDWARD D. SCOTT seconded Mr. Gisborne's nomination, but would not attempt any expression of his sentiments or feelings, which he felt to be un called for, after the splendid display of oratory they had just heard. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, (From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.) PORTSMOUTH, MAY 15.—His Majesty's ship Hyperion, 42 (late guard-ship at Newhaven), Capt. Mingaye, arrived at Spithead on Thursday, towed by his Majesty's ship steam-vessels Confiance and Columbia. She was towed into harbour yesterday under orders to be paid off. The Confiance returned to Sheerness on Friday. At Spithead—St. Vincent, Galatea. In Harbour—Asia, Wellesley, Royal George, Pallas, Hyperion, Rattlesnake, Pearl, Recruit, and Brisk ; Columbia and Alban steam-vessels; Starling, Highflyer, arid Raven cutters. Its Majesty's ship Wellesley, 74, Captain S. C. Rowley, will go out of harbour to-morrow, and his Majesty's ship Asia, 84, Captain Hyde Parker, will follow in a few days. His M.jeEty's ship Spartiate, 76, it is believed, will be commissioned for the re ception of the flag of our Commander-in-Chief. His Majesty's ship Donegal, 78, Capt. John Dick, may be hourly expected at this port; she was to have sailed on Tuesday from Chatham to join the squadron which is about to assemble at Spit head. His Majesty's ship Prince Regent, 120, Captain J. W. D. Dundas, will sail from Chatham for Spit head on the 25th inst. and his Majesty's ship Cura coa, 42, Capt. David Dunn, will also sail from the same place for the same destination, as soon after as she can be got ready. Vice-Admiral Parker has hoisted his flag on board his Majesty's ship Alfred, Captain Mansell, at Chatham, which ship will ac company the Prince Regent to Spithead, where the Vice-Aam;ral will be second in command, under Vice-Admiral Sir E. Codrington. PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, &C.—Lieutenant W. H. Henderson, of his Majesty's ship Barham, is appointed to his Majegy's ship Dublin. Lieut. C. Edmunds, of his Majesty's ship Talavara, is ap pointed to the Barham, vice Henderson. Lieut. C C. Birkett is appointed to his Mjesty's ship Talavera, vica Edmund. Lieut. C. S. Timins is promoted to the rank of retired Commander, at 7s. a day. Lieut. J. H. R. Wilson is appointed to the Telegraph at Putney-heath, vice Eldridge. Mr. W. Drake is appointed Purer of his Majesty's ship Pylades. Mr. W. Watt, Assistant-Surgeon of his Majesty's ship Curacoa, is appointed to his Ma jesty's ship Prince Regent, vice Gordon. Mr. J. M'Kittrick, Assistant-Surgeon of his Majesty's ship Wellesley, is appointed to the Curacoa, vice Watt. Mr. J. Lambert, Supernumerary Assistant-Surgeon of his Majesty's ship Asia, is appointed to the Wellesley, vice McKittrick. Mr. Symes, Assistant- Surgeon of his Majesty's ship Maidsrone, is pro moted to the rank of Surgeon, and appointed to his Majesty's ship Jaseur. Mr. Halliday is appointed Secretary to Vice-Admiral Parker, who will be se cond in command of the squadron to assemble at Spithead, under the rommand of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.B. Lieut. Robert Puny, late of his Majesty's ship Hyperion, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Galatea, vice Keppel. Lieut. Prosper Ambrose has super, , eded Lieut. W. M. Sinich in the superintendency of the Semaphore, at this port. The following. Midshipmen passed their examina tion in navigation this week at the Royal Naval College :—Mr. Richard S. Hewlett, of his Majesty's ship Victor; Mr. John Harris Rogers, late of his Majesty's ship Manly; Mr. Geo. J. R. Snow, late of his Majesty's ship Monkey ; Mt. (ieorge William Bentham, late of his Majesty's ship Primrose; Mr. Patricit Campbell, late of his Majesty's ship Rattle snake; Mr. Charles Francis Wade, late of his Ma je.ty's ship Victor ; Mr. Edward John Salter, of his Majesty's ship Prince Regent. His Majesty's ship Galatea, 42, Captain Charles Napier, C.B , is refitting at Spit head with all pos sible dispatch; it is reported she will sail for Lisbon in a few days. She will be paid to-morrow. The Amphitrite, transport, Lienienant Cooley, Agent, received on board on Thursday a detach ment of the 47th Regiment, under the command of Major Sadler, for Leith. She will sail the first fair wintl. The Parmelia, transport, Lieutenant Sanders, Agent, sailed on Thursday from Gravetiend fur the Island of Ascension, with stores. The Wanderer, transport, Lieut. Young, Agent, may be daily expected from the Mediterranean, with two companies of Royal Artillery from Malta. We learn by letters from Barba foes, that the Marshall Bennett, transport, Lieut. Ward, Arent, will leave that Island the first week in June for England with invalids and returned stores. Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, K.C.B. arrived from London, on Thursday, and re-hoisted his flag (red at the fore), on the following day, on board his Majesty's ship St. Vincent, 120, as t ow mander-in-Chiet in the Mediterranean, on which oc casion the customary salutes were exchanged. The St. Vincent was paid advanced wages yes! erday, and is expected to proceed to her destination on Tuesday. Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, K.C.B. in Majesty's ship Britannia, may be looked for in England about the end of July, when it is believed she will take the flag of our Com mander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, G.C.B. The progress of his Majesty's ships Waterloo, 120, London, 90, and Monarch, 84, on the stocks at Chatham dock-yard, are for the present suspended. The county, from one end to the other, takes the grea'est interest in the ensuing election. Thousands are preparing in all quarters to march for Lanark on the 13th. Report says that the Stratbaven loyalists will be accompanied with a band of music. Those in the Lark ball district by the Dalserf band. Newtown of Wishaw, Stone Iron Works and Carluke, by the Wishawtown band. Limnahagow by their own band. The people of Lanark and New, Lanark by the band belonging to the latter place; which will make a very noisy cavalcade, and the thousands said to be coming front other gum ters will make the scene numerous, grand, and imposing, if conducted in the same orderly manner as the late Glasgow procession. To see such a multitude voluntarily congregated for the praiseworthy object of testifying their loyalty to the KING, and respect for the executive Government of the country, must be highly gratifying to the lovers of good order.— Glasgow Chronicle. Among the numerous instances of devotedness to the cause of freedom at the late Stamford election may be mentioned the following poor elector, who desired to give his vote " for his KING and country and Mr. TENNYSON," was in arrear for his rates, and had no means of raising the money. He applied to another Blue (why should we withhold his name?) MATTHEW LEADLE, who, for his heroic services abroad, was re warded with a Waterloo medal, to lend him the needful. Poor MATTHEW was richer in honour than in purse and could not. " However," said he, " the KING has given me this medal, and I prize it beyond any thing else I possess ; why should I not now part with in the KING'S cause ?" He took the medal from his neck, pledged it, raised the money, paid the poor elector's arrears, and away both went to give another "plumper for Tswqrsokt.”.—Stani ford News. NORTHAMPTON ELECTION. The Anti-Reformers have set np a cry against Lord Altborp for having lulled, as they assert, Mr. Cartwright into security, by the assurance that no opposition 'was intended in the county of Northampton. The fact is, Lord Althorp never made any such assurance, and never could have made it, for this simple reason—he could not know what was the intention of the Northamptonshire freeholders, or how they might be induced to act even at 'he eleventh hour. The charge is of the true borough inonoring stamp ; it could not have emanated from any man who did not think that the freeholders were at the disposal of the leading men of the county, or rather at the lisposal of one man The charge, in short, against his Lordship amounts to this—he is accused of not joining with the Tory candidate and late Member, Mr. Cartwright, in an attempt to deprive the county of the right of choos. ing its own Members. The probability is that Lord Altborp. holding as he does the important office of Chan cellor of the Exchequer, would have gladly avoided a con test, anti the loss of time consequent thereupon, and he may have intimated as much to Mr. Cartwright; but it is monstrous to suppose that his Lordship could have ever assured his honourable opponent that there could be no contest. We are told, however, that Lord Milton has been carrying on a furtive canvass. The truth is, Lord Milton has never canvassed at all, and to this very day has refused to become a candidate, though he has promised to serve if the freeholders should return him. The borough. mongers always look upon the candidates, or gentlemen likely to become candidates, for a county, as every thing, and the great body of the freeholders as nothing. The freeholders, however, of the county of Northampton have determined to teach them another lesson. The borough mongers are so angry at this that in their rage they bring all sorts of absurd charges against their noble opponents. The characters, however, of Lords Althorp and Milton stand too high to be affected by such conduct. Their words will be believed by the people at large, even though Lord Brudenell should destroy another hat in attempting to convince the freeholders that they are unworthy of belief. As for the election, we entertain little or no doubt that it will end in the return of the Reform candidates..._ The out-voters are hastening to Northampton from all parts of the country in the interest of the two popular can didates, and they will secure the victory. How much the friends of Cartwright and Knightley dread the attendance of the London out-voters may be inferred from the dis graceful fact that the placards calling a meeting of them for this evening (Monday) were all regularly and syste matically torn down in a few hours after they were posted ! —Mo rn ng Herald. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis". 10% . d. for the 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from y i d. to 134 d. below that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—May 16. , New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —e. 70s. fine —8.1055. Old Ditto Ditto —s.fine -.3. New Foreign Ditto 59.5. 70s fine —B.llos. Old Ditto New White Clover 4os. 60s. fine —s. 70s, Old Ditto DUI New Trefoil . Old Ditto —s. 503. fine —s. 651. —s. 20s. fine —s. 40s. —s. 15s. fine —s 20s. 10s. 251. fine 30s. 355. —s. —s. 50s. fine 561. —s. —s. 565. fine 58s. —s. 60s. tine —s. 635. —s. 755. fine 80s. 82s. —s. —s. new 20s. 255. 40s. 455. new —s. —s. —s. 50s. fine —s. 565. 445. 465. —s. fine —s. 70s. fine —s. 955, English Carraway Foreign Ditto .5... Voriaiid, .(per Quarter)—.....— Rye Grass Ditto Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing — Canary Seed, New—. "itto Old —s. —s. --s. fine —e. White Mustard Seed—(per 8u5he1)..,...... —s. Ss. 168. fine ....s. Brown Ditto —s. Bs. 17s. fins, —s. Turnip Seeds, Rounds ~ —s. —.s. —s. tine 14s. Green and Red Ditto ' . —s. —s. —s. tine 18s. Tares, Old _ —s. 255.. 365. tine —s. Ditto New...,.. --s. —s. fine 425. 4fis. Rape Seed, English, fine (per Last) 364 38/. --. Foreign .—i. —4„ PRICES OF HOPS.—May 16. 81 Os 91. 53 to 13'. Os. 7/ 12s. 81. Os. to 81. 10s. eeex Ditto W. Os. 91. Os. to 101. Os. Fatrllam Ditto. Fine —0/. Os. 9/. Os. to 171 Os. Seconds 0/. Os. 71. Os. to 9/ N. 3/. Os. 71. Os to 91. N. 61. 12s. 71. O. to 71 12s. 61. 18s. 71. 104. t& 81. Bs. Kent Pocket Syesex Ditto Kent ilagi Sussex Ditto Essex I)itto_ PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown _ 6a. v Refined 6 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 11 0 Rape Cake, per ton WHITECHAPEI. HAN %IARKEI'.—May 14 Hay --.... 50, (Id. to fit, Ott i t love, fio.. Ad. to 110 s. Od. Straw* 34, Od. to 38, IM PRICE OF POTATo ES.—May W. 01. Os. to 4( Os. per ton. 31. 5.4. to 3/. 15s. ditto. 0/. Os. to 41. 14s. ditto. 31. ss. to 31. 10s. ditto. Scotch Reds Marsh Champions ()anonles and Shaws RAW t: rer Stone. 6.d. to.. d. I 4est Heifers& Steers:). 6 2 8 I DES. Per Stone s. it. to s. d. Ordinary 110 2 0 Minket Calf 6 6 each. SHEEP Long Wool ........ 4s. Od. to 6s. Od. Lambs„,...---. SKI NS Short Wool—. 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. Is. 6u. to 9.5. 4,1. Lk:AT H Kit Per lb. d. to d. Tanned Horse Hides— 15 18 Swinish Ditto 18 22 I'cr dozen. Calf Skins-88i to 401 b. 15 19 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 20 24 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 19 21 iutall Seals, Greenland 21i 221 K ET.—May 16 walls Paul I Ambton...... 423. Od. W Its End Stobart's.—.. 29 0 Walls End Tee 5.....—...—.. 38 6 Cowpen ••••••• 'WO 30 0 Fordel atain--.,........ 27 0 turtle) .........—..................... 30 0 Llangennech Coal .......... 33 0 New Flockton, Milne and Co. —........... 30 0 Smithson's In and.......... 21 0 Wall's End E1gin............. 23 0 Ponto,, Trader ..,—........ 23 0 l'antield Trader.......,....... 24 0 Boundary 5ma11.—............ 17 0 Old Etherley 5ma11..... 20 0 Li): ,oid, 13%—unsoni. 47. PRICES OF Per th. d . to d. to 561 b... 16 22 to 1161 b..... 17 23 Dressing 14 16 Fine Coach Hide 5.,,..,, i 7 161 Clop Hides, 35 to 41)1b. 13 141 Ditto 40 to 451 b 14 Isa Ditto COAL MAR Od Liddell's M in 25 0 tint's Itelhugh 20 0 Ousten Main onscreen. heap ...—......—......... 21 0 ► ['CLAW l'ontop Windsor...—.... 23 6 l'aoliell VV‘lain ............".,•—....—... 28 3 1 WallsEndliewieke&to. 41 .0 Ditto Iturraton —....... 38 0 Ditto Monkseaton....—. 29 0 Ditto t ,,, aretti................. 32 0 Walls End nii1,4411',....,. 42 n Walls End Russell's— 42 0 ,hips at market, 604—.—.Sliti SCOTCH MARKETS, HA DOI NGTON CORN MAnK or.—May 13. Though Wheat sold heavily, there was no material alteration in the prices —average price near 10d. lower. Same remarks ap ply to sales of Barley, the average price being within a few frac tional parts of last week. Oats sold readily, the advance on ave rage being Is. 6d. Pease and Beans sold readily—advance on average of the former 2s. 2d., and on the latter near Is Wheat. Barley. oats. Pease. Beans. First 7os Od 45s Od I 3ts 6d 463 Oil 46s Od Second 64s Od 4Cs Od 303 td 423 Od 41s Od Third There were 336 qrs. of Wheat in market, 243 whereof were sold. 93 Unsold.-0 Grey. ~...21. 19 s. Od. 0-12ths. A varagi Colt I supply of eavy sale, T MARKE . Wheat in ch ►t rather 10, :T.—May le market ( rarer prices )f this day, than those Barley. Oats. Pease. 38s Od 32s Sid 46s Od 3-1 s Od 28s Od 40s Od 32s Od 24a Od 366 Od Beans. 46g ed 40d Od 365 Od DALKEI There was a small which met with a he of this day se'nnight Wheat: First ice, Od Second 6os Od Third 503 Od We can state confidently that reports in cir culation, as to Lord DALHOUSIE having been put under arrest by the Governor-General of India, are discredited in the quarters best informed as to these matters. What has served as a foundation for these reports, is a slight coolness which at the time prevailed between Lord War. BENTnicx and Lord DautousiE, owing to some tniscon. ception of the latter; bitt the admirable temper and sound sense of Loid WILLIAM soon enabled him to restore a good understanding between himself and Lord DAL. HOUSIE. For some time past there have appeared, from time to time, rumours of disturbance in ditnrent parts of the North of India, which have had no existence; and it is conjectured that the object of these rumours, that of the arrest of Lord DALltoustr, is one and the same, to operate on East India Stock.—Morning Chronicle. MR:MS. At Herne-hill, Mrs. Arnot, of a daughter. On the 11th in6t. at Windsor, the lady of Colonel Milman, Cold. stream Guards, of a son. On the 11th inst. at Windsor Ca Ale, the Hon. Mrs. Erskine, of a daughter. On the 16th inst. at Dulwich, the lady of Samuel Page, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst. the lady of Wm. H. Hooper, Secretary of Greenwich Hospital, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 14th inst. at Streatham, Robert Read, Esq. of Totten. ham, to Elizabeth Ann, only daughter of the late Wm. Shone, Esq., of Guildford-street. On the 13th inst. at Ipswich, J. Head, Esq., to Mary, second daughter of the late T. Howard, Esq. On the 10th inst. at Abzrdeen, J. Kilgour, Esq., to Jane, second daughter of u. Forsyth, Esq. Aberdeen, late of St. Fe tersburgh DIED. Ea O n i , i ,a t s h h e ir l e. t3ththienstte.aattteorf k a iiB tet b v ro d u n i y e s r : Sir bactrtHelinodilteyLHeigalhl: iEn'i(lN.ew Ormond-street, aged 62, Anne Isa bella, relict of the late J. Mackenzie, Esq., of forridon. on the 14th inst. Bedford square J. Itaine, Esq., M.P. - , aged 68. On tile 11th inst. Mrs. Lawless, wife of B. E. Lawless, Esq., of Harcourt-street, Dublin. On the 16th inst. at Hackney, Mr. E. Clarke, eldest son of C. Clarke, Esq., of Dulwich. On the 11th inst. at Midhurst, Helen, the youngest daughter the of Mr. Vvardroper, of that place. I H st . h Le il i i ; s h t. , At Kampter, in the East Indies, Nov. 27, Captain J. Myers, Bart..o n ith Regiment Native Infantry Madras, youngest son of the late S. D. Myers, Vicar of Mitcham, Surrey. PRINTRD AND PVIDASIIED BY MURDO YOUNG, Al Tub SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON, 4t T" I Commar at Ten o WED SATUI Calling c Parcels r Piccadill Wharf, t be taken formatioj Haymarl cadilly ; George ] N. 8.- eliinery 1 by whicl eengers, each, in Fore Cal PANTE JL attt the Put which w reception that this other, nr Proof 13‘ modatiot Painting either sa Pi hitt Pantechi This TH Ju-t pub FAM] LAW E: ONL' This dii' rrH BO To whic the dicta Joseph I General authentic " The extant.". No. the &.co HISTOI Henri street. DESE TO BE D° yards of Montpeli ing dran store-roc sets, goi aid ever TWO C PAR The I fully lak &c. ; ala enclosed perfectly t rw maker, ] (Inking sive Pre Patti applicati Chelteni Part perty, if VAI Within the Noon at An Lrage TH Trosteet RON, 1 therein thereof, River, possesse The well kni unneeee dual of There h ice-how on the accomn Fishery Wilted years v trade to disposeC junctior For 1 Thomas. Edinbut Messrs. Edinbu cemditic point ()I Gc AN ing froi and hal tinism, Lions of interest in Part subject: By " OMO II t Mee !Very parts seribis Advice of the will be servati G,O street, 7