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/ 1 - ~"° AT a Public MEETING of the Inhabitants of Greenock, field in the Town Hall on Wednesday, the 27th day of April, 1831, the following Address to the King was, on the motion of JAMES RAMSAY, Esq., seconded by Thos. Tu ftNE it, Esq., unanimously agreed to. "'l'O THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. :iosT caukcious sovuitLlGN, " 'We, your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the inha bitants of the town of Greenock, in public meeting assem bled, beg to approach your Majesty with the expression of our heart-felt and ir.creased devotion to your Majesty's person, and of our continued attachment to your Govern • tnent. " When we contemplate the disastrous consequences which would inevitably result from the rejection of the plan of Reform, lately brought forward by your Majesty's Ministers, we, in common with the great majority of your Majesty's subjects, hail with gratitude the constitutional measure of dissolving Parliament which your Majesty has been graciously pleased to adopt for the special purpose of ascertaining the sense of the country on this question : a step eminently calculated to tranquillize the minds of the people on a subject to which their attention has been directed with great and increasing anxiety. " While the proposed Reform will confer the most im portant and substantial benefits on your Majesty's subjects, the dissolution of that Parliament by which it was rejected will, we confidently anticipate, insure its ultimate success ; and the promptitude with which your Majeity has exer cised your undoubted prerogative, not only evinces your eineere and paternal solicitude for the best interests, and your considerate regard for the just demands of your people, but will serve to exalt the high opinion heretofore entertained of the wisdom by which your Councils are governed. " While we humbly tender our dutiful thanks to your Majesty for your wise, liberal, and patriotic conduct on this important occasion, we continue to pray that your Ma jesty's reign may, by the blessing of God, be long and prosperous, over a free, devoted, and a happy people. " Signed by the Chief Magistrate of Greenock, in name and by appointment of the Public Meeting, this twenty seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one years. " JOHN FAIRRIE." On the motion of Mr. TURNER it was then unanimously agreed that as John Fairrie, Esq., the Chief Magistrate, was about to proceed to London, the , Address should he confided to him, in order that it might be presented by him in person to his Majesty. AT a MEETING of the Town Council of Greenock, held within the . Council Cham bers, on Tuesday, the 3d day of May, 1831, the fol. lowing Address was, on the motion of ROBERT BALNE, E.q., Junior Magistrate, unanimou.ly adopted, and or dered to be transmitted to the Chief Magistrate, now in London, to be by him presented to his Majesty : " TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, " It is with the most lively feelings of loyalty and at • tachment, that we, your Majesty's dutiful subjects, the Magistrates and Town Council of Greenock, most res apectfully beg leave, at this eventful crisis, to address your Majesty. " We humbly offer to your Majesty the tribute of our heartfelt gratitude for the inestimable benefit you have conferred upon the country, by promptly dissolving a Par liament which, on the important question of Reform, had shewn a determination to oppose the enlightened views of your Majesty's Ministers, and to disregard the just claims and expectations of the people. " We hail with unfeigned joy this patriotic and well timed exercise of your Royal Prerogative, regarding it as a signal proof of your Majesty's anxiety to promote the freedom and happiness of your subjects, as an unequi vocal testimony of your• continued confidence in the able and enlightened men who now direct your Majesty's Councils, and as a sure presage of the speedy restoration to the people of those just rights which a powerful and corrupt Oligarchy have so long withheld from them. " That your Majesty, by the blessing of Almighty God, may be long spared to witness the happy results of your wise and liberal policy, and to enjoy the affections of a free and devoted people" to whom you have justly endeared yourself, is our most sincere and heartfelt prayer. " Signed in name and by appointment of the Council, by the Junior Magistrate of Greenock, in the ab sence of the Chief Magistrate, this 3d day of May, 1831. "ROBERT BAINE, Junior Magistrate." AA'l'a MEETING of the Trades and other Inhabitants of the Town of Greenock and its Vi cinity, assembled in Procession on Thursday, the 13th of May, 1831, ROBERT BAINE, Esq., Junior Magistrate of Greenock, in the Chair ; The following Address was unanimously adopted, and agreed that it be signed by the Civiirman in name of the Meeting, and presented to his Majesty in person by Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart. the Member for the County. "TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, " We, your Majesty's most faithful and loyal subjects, the Trades of the town of Greenock and its vicinity, this day assembled in procession, respectfully approach your Majesty's Throne, to express our warm approbation of your firm and patriotic conduct in dissolving the late Par- liament. " We are deeply convinced of the necessity of Reform, and we feel grateful to your Majesty for giving to the Electors of the United Ki►;gdom an opportunity of return ing Representatives, who will speak the sense of the people on that important question. " Under the present system of Election in Scotland, the people have no voice in the choice of their Represen tatives. We are therefore prepared to expect that very few of the Scotch Members will support the Ministerial plan of Reform ; but we trust that great and wise measure will now be carried without their :tit, and that this and every other part of the United Kingdom will at length be freely and fairly represented in Parliament. " We pray that your Majesty may long reign over a free and a happy people. " Signed, &c. &c. " ROBERT BAINE, " Junior Magistrate, Chairman." Thereafter the thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to the Chairman for his conduct in the Chair, and to the following County Gentlemen for the countenance they had given to the Meeting by their presence, vie.— Sir Michael S. Stewart, Baronet, M.P. Captain Houston Stewart, R.N. Robert Wallace. Esq., of Kelly. P. Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. Lieutenant-General Darioch of Greened:, and John Shaw Stewart, Esq., advocate. A vote of thanks was also proposed and carried unani mously to Messrs. John Walker, James Walker, Samuel Jack, and James Peace, the active Committee of the Trades, for the able manner in which they bad made and conducted the arrangements connected with the business of the day. IN the morning of Life, when the blandish ments of passion " take the reason prisoner," it is an evil more to be lamented than wondered at, if, in the vortex of deceptive pleasure, the unhappy traitor against the laws of nature pays in lonely disappointment a fearful exaction for his rebellion in the compromise of his mental as well as bodily powers. To all persons so circumstanced as to require the professional aid of men of experience, whose time has been for twenty years studiously and suc cessfully devoted to the complaints arising from nervous debility, whether natural or acquired, GOSS and CO. proffer the most consolatory assurances. The youth who has enervated his frame by the strangely fascinating sin, which the poor victim of folly will too readily comprehend without further description, may find relief from his mistry, and be kindly taught to regain his lost place in the scale of creation. The sufferer who, from another extreme of in dulgence, has with unbashlul forehead, wooed debility, may learn to renovate nature, anti repair his a bused con stitution. The man of pleasure exposed to and suffering lrorn Lues Vencres, however aggravated by malpractice of the quack, or the concealment from diffidence, may find a certain restoration ; and finally in cases where the delay of a connubial pledge has almost extended disappointment to despair, they offer to the married female those hopes which she can reasonably appreciate.. ALcssrs. GOSS and Co. are to be consulted, as usual, everriT day, at their house; and patients in the remotest parts of the country can be treated successfully on skserib ing minutely the case, and enclosing a remittance for Ad vice and Medicine. No difficulty can occur as the Medi cine will be securely packed, and carefully protected from observation. GOSS and Co., M.R.C. Surgeons, No. 11, B:.uverie-street, Fleet-street, London. * 4 . 4 Just published (Twentieth Edition), 1. The Egis of Life, a familiar commentary on the above Diseases. —2. The Syphilist, a popular treatise on Lues Venerea, Hygeiana, addressed exclusively to the Female Sex. May be had at 23, Paternoster-row,. London ; Porter, 72, Grafton-street, Dublin; 86, Trongate, Glas gow; at 9, Calton-street, Edinburgh; Wrightson, Bir mingham; Duffield, Bath; Reid, Bristol; Weller, Chel tenham ; Loder, Brighton ; Wood, Huntingdon ; Hatt, Cambridge ; Trewman, Exeter ; Deck, Ipswich ; Hobson, Leeds ; Gore and Son, Liverpool ; Semler, Manchester ; Plitt and Todd, Sheffield ; Bacon and Co., Norwich ; Haldon and Lewndes, and Slatter, Oxford ; Brodie and Dowding, Salisbury; and of all Booksellers..—Price se. each. BURGESS" NEW SAUCE or general purposes having givers such great approbation, and the demand for it continuing to increase, JOHN BUR GESS and SON beg most respectfully to offer this their best acknowledgment to the public for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great convenience in all climates has recommended it to the most distinguished foreign con nections, who have all spoken highly in its recomusenda tion.—lt is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappointment to Families, all possible care has been re sorted to by each bottle being sealed upon the cork with Wigs- firm and address, as well as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be genuine. JOHN BMIGESS and SON'S long established and much-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES; continues to be prepared by them after the same manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many years. Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of the Savoy steps, London. The original Fish-amuse Warehouse. CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, 71, LEADEN- HALL-STREET. MR. THURNELL respectfully solicits the Nobility and Gentry to inspect the largest and best-selected Stock of Cabinet and Upholstery Goods in England, at the CABINET-MAKERS' SOCIETY, 71, Leadenhall-street, City, which Society is enrolled agree ably to Aet of Parliament, and founded for the support and encouragement of industrious Mechanics, who all com bine to produce only the very best Articles, provide for its Members in sickness, old age, and burial, and for survivors at death. By order of the Trustees, THOS. HASLER, Secretary, 71, Leadenhall-street, City. Full size mahogany four-post bedstead £3 15 0 Ditto tent bedstead Ditto with furniture 3 15 0 Bordered straw mattress to fit Hair mattress to fit Featherbead, free from dust Three feet six featherbed Four feet six hair mattress 2 10 0 Four feet six best ditto, in tick 3 3 0 Four feet six flock bed and bolster Six japanned chairs in oil, any colour... 1 6 0 Best japanned dressing table Ditto wash-hand ditto Common ditto 0 8 0 Ditto dress'ng table glass, two drawers T , :hest feet est mahogany dr awers ' Three feet six ditt o Mahogany box 0 15 0 Mahogany night convenience Ditto with three steps Ditto bidet and pa n 1 6 6 0 6 1 1 Bed room sofa bed s t ea d, ma tt ress to fit, with top 112 0 Ditto ditto ...... F r ench bedstead, jap a n ne d 2 2 0 1 12 0 Five feet mahogany four-post and furniture, French B a mboo tent bedstead d ra peries and silk fringe Servants' chest of drawers l4 14 0 Mahogany Pembroke table 2 2 0 Mahogany dining table 1 16 0 3 3 0 Eight mahogany chairs 5 lo 0 Ditto soarto match 6 10 0 Cellaret sideboard 6 10 0 Pedestal ditto . Set of four feet mahogany dining tables, 11 feet 6 l ong ,14 10 0 Small ditto, patent 8 10 0 Music stool, in morocco Sandwich tray Butler's ditto Eight Trafalgar chairs lO 10 0 Ditto drawing-room, each Drawing room couch Best horse-hair cushion Commini ditto ........................... , . . sz; al tables, in 100, card, and l9 0 0 ... . Rosewoc.- Ditto ditto .............................................. — 2 l 10 0 El e gant drawing-room curtains 6(3 0 Rosewood caddies, of fancy wood, from 18s. to Imitation ditto, Canterbury Mahogany ditto 1 12 0 Japanned rosewood choltionee r 2 10 0 Ditto ditto ... ......... 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Lord )pointed 'ord, has nchester le death rred th e of the lie Dean by the he Rev. of Dil onferred Beans. s. to s. 31 -- 50 52 36 36 42 46 s. d. s. d. 00 00 56 6 0 50 60 59 66 7 2 86 00 0 0 73 76 00 110 10 6 11 0 II 0 11 6 00 00 Oatmeal• -...., 38 40 40 44 48 --• 43 44 .... ...... 31111trY• marker, prices stil l . Imp. ..X.O • 2 „ o' 2 - „ 0 110 , 0 1 1° 18.*. lay, except ans rattler le average' he average' tge. Pease rage. lie:ills. 44s Od 42s Od 40s Od 1. to IL Id. 0 10 0 0 0 0 19 0 9 0 6, 1 3 lgton, of $ Id, Surrey' lady of the of the Rifle A, Esq. for. Nrhitehurst e d, Esq., cj t, Esq. so!! the count , of Bronir are, 11. g i 't cm Beclvie l ! of the la.' ire, Pz is yle, county [oPe, IL G IL i y ear, Mt' I', AT" T°lll //--T - • ••-, RJ \ al . 0 I 0 . • • • • I; ' lett\ 2 ; ftif ' l 2 ,l ;FP' •Arii . , •tj: • ! ,(3 : tti c„,- • .t 7 t• / 1- , ~co. • . • • . - ) ) : -,,• * , • 'l•ic‘.‘,79 kigt -4,„„ • -Nl . O 1 1 , 11!,A No. 12,074. ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET -HOUSE. THE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is notv OPEN. Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue, One Shilling. HENRY HOWARD, R.A., See. NOTICE. THE EXHIBITION oftheNATIONAL REPOSITORY, GALLERY of the ROYAL MEWS, CHARING-CROSS. PATRON—THE KING. The FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of this IN STITUTION is now OPEN DAILY. Admittance Is.—Catalozue h. T. S. TULL, Secretary. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S FETE. rICHE EXHIBITION of Flit - if and FETE, at the SOCIETY'S GARDEN, will take place on the 22d of JUNE next. Tickets will be furnished to Fellows for themselves and the members of their families, upon application at this office. All other Tickets must be applied for to the Com mittee, by Fellows of the Society. The price of Tickets will be to Fellows for their per sonal admission, 21s. each, up to the day of the Fete; all other Tickets will be 21s. each to the Sth of June inclusive ; after that day, and to the 15th of June inclusive, I!. I Is. 6d. ; and subsequently V. 2s. N.B. In all cases the name of each person for whom a ticket is required must be given. 21, Regent .street, May 21st, 1831. FAMILY LIBRARY, No. XXII. This day was published, with numerous Plates, ss. T HE LIVES OF SCOTTISH WOR THIES. Just published, with Thirteen Engravings from the cele brated Designs of Raman, ss. FAMILY DRAMATISTS, No. IV., being POPU LAR ENGLISH SPECIMENS of AZSCHYLUS. John Murray, Albemarle-street. BONE MANURE. BONES for MANURE may be had as below, ground to any size, to admit of their being drilled into the Land at the same time, and by the same Machine, as Seed or Corn, and can be shipped in any quantity to any part of the Kingdom. The above Manure being now in general use, JOHN HUNT begs to acquaint the Public, that for their greater accommodation, he has at all times on hand, and can supply them with Drills, and every other description of Improved Agricultural Im plements of the best manufacture, which are warranted to perform their work well ; and those Gentlemen who have not hitherto used Bones as Manure, either Drilled or Broadcast, are invited to make a trial of them. Twenty Bushels are sufficient for an Acre, however poor the land may Ire, provided the Drill System is adopted. The price of those ground to (lost, 2s. 3d. per bushel ; half inch 2s. ; one inch, Is. 8d Two horses and one mau can sow and manure 10 Acres per day by Drill ; its cheapness, there fore, as well as superiority, durability, and saving of time, is a striking feature in its favour. Oil and Alkali for making Compost, Woollen Rags, Soap, Ashes, Sze. Gyp sum, Salt, and Rape Cake, for Manure. Families sup plied with Soap at the wholesale prices. JOHN HUNT, Soap Maker and Bone Merchant, High-street, Lambeth, Surrey, near the Archbishop of Canterbury's P.-:sre. COLLECTION OF RENTS, DEBTS, AND GENERAL AGENCY. MR.. WILLIAM SMITH informs his Friends and the Public that he has removed his DUBLIN OFFICE front Mary-street, to No. 29, Kildare street. The following rate of charges Mr. S. trusts will give satisfaction, when it is considered that the per tentage here mentioned covers travelling and all other charges - , except Postage and Stamps. Rents in Ireland, if in the country parts and the total rental under £lOO 10 per cent. Over 100 and not £'2oo 8 Over 200 5OO 6 Over 500 1000 5 1000 If in Dublin or Cork one-half of the nliove. Debts if in the Country and under £lO 12 per cent. Over £lO and not 20 lO Over 20 50 5 If in Dublin or Cork one-half of the above. Procuring the Execution of Leases, Deeds, &c., in any part of England, and registering Same in Ireland 2 Guineas Like in Like in France All matters of General Agency conducted at proportion able rates. --- Commands (if by letter post-paid) directed to Mr. William Smith, 29, Kildare-street, Dublin; or 40, South. mall, Cork, will be promptly attended to. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1831. TO ARTISTS. THE FIFTH A NUM. EXHIBITION - 411 of the HANTS PICTURE GALLERY, South oupton. H. BUCHAN, Proprietor, informs Artist, that n consequence of the British Gallery not closing till the - 23!h of May, that Pictures will he received at the above Gallery till the 20th of June, instead of the 20th of May, .s per Circular addressed to Artists. All Works of Art s-nt hy Messrs. Smith and Co.'s Waggon, from ; Gerard 11311, Rising-lane, or the Spread Eagle, Piccadilly, will go free of expenee. If any reference is required, apply to Nlessrs. Rowny and Forster, 51, Rathbone.place, Oxford.. street. DANK OF ENGLAND.—Its Conse quences and Tendency developed ; in a Review of a Historical Sketch of the Bank of England"—with Strictures upon the Fallacies and Calumnies of the Author. The Review commenced in the New Mercantile Journal of May 17, will be continued May 24, and concluded May 31. f merit in the result which they were now met to celebrate. As to the aft& of the measure, the prin. ,iples had gone forth, and there could be no doubt of the result of the constitutional and patriotic con duct of his Maje ty, in turning a deaf ear to pre tended friends and whisperers, who sought to pison I,is royal ear ;—those boroughmongers, who pro fessed themselves the only supporters of the Crown, but who supported the Crown as the ivy supported the oak, but which was, in fact, supported by it.— (Applause.) He (Sir F. Burdett) had not given sufficient credit to the public, under the trammels they wore. He had not expected they would have made the sacrifices they had made. From the Peer to the poorest man in the kingdom, all had sacrificed their private to their public interests, in order to triumph over the foes of the Constitution. .But this country had always been one and the same. It ‘Nm a farce to talk of novelties and new doctrines. It was not true ; any one acquainted with a single page of the history of this country must know that one spirit had ever animated it—the spirit of free dom; and although it now were the shape of Par liamentary Reform, it was the same principle which had actuated our forefathers in former times, who had defended it with the sword, but which we, hap pily,.were not compelled to have recourse to.—(Ap plause.) The people of England wished to guard their property, their lives, and their liberty. This was the only struggle in England at this moment. Instead of supposing that the attainment of the great object before them would produu distrust and dis sati-faction, it seemed to him that, on the contrary, there was every reason to suppose that the country would be satisfied. A House of Commons, cleared from the foul stain of the boroughmongers, and con sulting only the interests of the public, would require less of those talents, which, it was said, the present system imported into the House. Supposing all the talents of the country were brought into the House of Commons by the boroughmongers, what benefit did the public derive from them ? It was as if a man went to law, and was congratulated that all the ablest men at the bar were on the side of his adversary. — (A laugh.) There were few cases in which those Talents (and the bulk of the borough nominees were not men of such decided talents) were applied in in any other way than to promote the views of their patron or their own fortune. Would not the House of Commons, under such circumstances, be better without talents; and could not tile people of Eng land appreciate honest principles without those splendid talents which glittered for the purposes of deception ? Therefore, he believed, in the hands of a Reformed House of Commons, the task of legisla tion would be easy. Instead of its being an arena for political gladiators to display their skill in, for the amusement of the people, the House would pursue one object—the public good; and instead of long debates and discussions upon every public question, there would be only amicable arguments and rational discussions as to the best means of promoting the public' welfare.—(Applause.) The Hon. Baronet concluded by thanking the electors for the support they had given him, and declaring, that whatever circumstances might occur, nothing should separate him from them, or induce him to withdraw from any public duty they might think proper to impose upon him.—(Loud and continued cheering.) A gentleman named Newton then sang a spirited national song, composed by Mr. T. H. Stirling, and set to very appropriate music by Mr. Walther. Mr. DEVILLE proposed the health of their other able and indefatigable representative, John Cain Hobliouse, Esq.—(Applause.) The health of Mr:HobhOuse was drunk with three times three, and great cheering. Mr. HormousE said, although they had nominally met to celebrate the anniversary of the day which bound his Hon. Colleague and the electors of West minster in close connection, not to be severed ex cept when it could be no longer useful to the par ties, or to the community at large, yet he could not but feel that on this occasion the y in realit y had as. s o e fiis mtbrledto express great nation having joyg had in name,—a real, an d effectual, and representa tivetheir at the certain prospect in fact, what it had long system, the only source of good government.— (Cheers.) Most of the persons whom he had the honour of addressing had witnessed strange pro digies. They had been accustomed to marvels— they had beheld the rise and downfall of empires— such mighty events as would cause those who con sulted the history of the present time to consider all that had passed before as almost worthless.— Since lie had last the pleasure of meeting the elec tors of Westminster in that room, events had oc curred worthy to fill the most important page in the history of the greatest nation of the world.— Since that time a King of England had de scended to his tomb, a circumstance which had pre pared the way for important changes. Another King had been hurried, not to death, but into exile, accompanied by no reflection that could console him for the loss of the glory, which he might have obtained on the throne which his misconduct had lost him. He fell a victim to the madness of i believi g that the many were made for the advanta g e of one. Scarcely had the dynasty of the Bourbons, so often tried and found wanting, when other passed the s!ruggles arose on away,Continent, land whilst they were still occupying the attention of Europe, the great struggle commenced in this co untry.. — (Cheers.) It had been u rge d, as a mat ter of reproach to the Reformers, that the demand for Reform had acquired additional strength from the events which had recently occurred abroad. Tn his opinion it was a subject of honest pride to Eng- lishmen, that when they saw their neighbours mak i„g a g reat stride towards the attainment of liberty, t h e y determined not to be left behind. (Applause.) Th e French nation had cashiered an apostate treacherous king. When the English people saw t h e French—that great, gallant, and polite people, as they were called by the historian Hume—writing their page`in the great book of liberty, 'they would also inscribe theirs, and show, that what the former were doing by force, they would do by aw.— (Cheets.) Our triumph was ofequal • with theirs. We had not importance hi cashiered a King, but, on the contrary, cherished We• had not had occasion to fight with our m 1:flow-citizens in arms, but by the ways of peace h d happiness. The form a arrived at the goal of 'Whey were taunted with wanting a revolution. wanted it not; — the; had gained it, • d and sought to have oh ;,tined it ages ago, for it was the completion of .what their ancestors strove for, but were prevented from attaining by had accidental circumstances.— The people at length overthrown the party which had been dominant for more than half a century ; and it would be their own fault if "-I it became predominant again. It was a m ost gratifying circumstance to know that count only six Far „ am _ e y Members had been returned to the Parliament about to Reform. From the assembl e, who were opposed to Welsh counties there were seven representati ves of the same mode of thinking, making o nly thirteen county Members for England and W w ales who ere opposed (he would not say to Reform, hot) to which the that particular plan of Reform (Cheers.) peopleof Engl a nd said should take place. What answer could the Anti-Reformers now give to the appeal w hi c h t h e ici ng h a d made to the peopl e ? It would require extreme audacity to enable a man to people of En vote against a measure which the England h a d d ec l are d so d e cidedly in Prom favour of a calculation which had been made it • was ascertained i that n the new House o, Commons there would be 392 supporters of the PRICE 713. Bill, and a minority of 266 opposed to it. But how was this minority composed ? 141 of its members were scheduled. A minority of 266, if hacked by the people, could not be withstood by any Ministry ; but it was a different thing when they were backed by nobody. Lawyer Scout sa'd, That every man should contend for his, and gentle men who were scheduled would contend for theirs. In fact - , they felt they were making a last fight for their seats. They wished to die gallantly fighting, and to have it inscribed over their tomb that even that most flagrant instance of corrupt nomination, a Gat ton, found in them champions bold enough to defend it. It was not a little curious that two barristers, one practising in the. Court of Chancery, and the other in the King's Bench, had been sent into Parliament to oppose the Bill, and to defend the actual breaking of every law which had been passed for protecting the representation of the people in Parliament. Ar• Irish lawyer, in addressing his constituents, had en deavoured to console the friends of corruption, by telling them, that amidst the general wreck of event thing corrupt, there was still one man (himself) left, whose efforts might do much to stem the mon strous torrent of revolutionary innovation.—(Ap• plause and laughter.) When he should next meet the electors of 'Westminster, he hoped it would be to congratulate each other on the consummation of the great work. He could not conceive it possible that any person in the closing scene of life, which tried all men, could look back to his past conduct with greater satisfaction than the illustrious man now at the head of the Government.—(Cheers.) He had begun life as a Parliamentary Reformer, and he would end by being the instrument to bong about a great national and healing measure. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by thanking the com pany for the honour which they had conferred upon him, and resumed his seat amidst loud cheering. " The health of the Members for Middlesex" was then drunk. Mr. BYNG, in acknowledging the compliment, observed that throughout his public life he had Con stantly acted upon the principle that Government was intended fur the beneilt of the many, not the advantage of a few. He was now about to see that principle carried into effect. Mr. HumE had devoted, and would continue to devote, his energies to the service of the people. He wished the people not to rellx in their exertions until the Bill should have received the Royal assent. They might then have their jubilee.—(Applause.) " The Livery and Representatives of the city of London" was the next toast. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN returned thanks. A gentleman named TIPPER, as we understood, here rose at one of the side tables, and attempted to address the meeting, but the confusion which his ap pearance created rendered it impossible for him to be heard. After the lapse of a few minutes, he made his way to the top table, and once more essayed to make I imself heard, but in vain. Cries of "off, down," and " hear him," resounded from all parts of the room. The gentleman succeeded in making it understood to the few near him, that he wished to know what sum had been given by the patriotic fund committee towards defraying the ex peaces of the Reform candidates at the recent elec tion at Buckinghamshire. After standing on the table for about ten minutes, Mr. Tipper was pre vailed upon' by his friends to sit down, and order was re-established. The next toast was, " Lord .John Russell," a►►d thanks to him fer the introduction of a great con stitutional measure calculated to restore the country' to prosperity and happiness," which was drunk with much applause. The CHAIRMAN then said, that one of our great est poets had declared " An honest man to be the noblest work of God." Further an tha same writer observed— " But all our praises why should lords engross? " Rise, honest muse, and sing the man of Ross." There was in the room one of the most honest of men and oldest of Reformers—Thomas Hardy.— (Cheers.) Whilst they were praising others, let them not forget the man who had risked his neck in the cause. He proposed the health of " Thomas Hardy,'! which was drunk with enthusiastie applause. Mr. HARDY could not make a speech, but begged to thank the company sincerely for the honour which they had done him, and to express his satisfaction at the present state of affairs. He had lived to see great changes, but the greatest of all was to behold a King and his Ministers turn Parliamentary Re formers.—(Much cheering.) In 179-1, under the infamous government of Pitt, Dandas, and Grenville, he and Messrs. Horne Tooke and Thclwall were ac cused of high treason, for advocating the very cause which was now triumphant.—(Cheers.) Mr. BUCKINCMAM proposed " The Liberty of the Press," which was drank with three times three. The next toast was " Colonel Evans and the elec tors of Rye." Colonel EVANS returned thanks, and gave as a toast,—" The heroic Poles, and may their glorious struggles in the great cause of liberty be crowned with success." T e healths of " Messrs. Blackburn and Evans," t h e har r iste r ß, were then drank, and those gentlemen returned thanks. The last toast propose,' from the cha:r was " The public-spirited Electors of the United Kingdom." S;r F. Burdett and most of the individuals at the top table then left the room amidst continued cheer ing. The company soon after broke up. SIR WAL'I'R SCOTT.—It is with infinite concern that we announce, in contradiction of the news paper statements, that this distinguished writer and . , ex cellent man still languishes in a very precarious state. Be has had an attack of decided apoplectic tendency. Mr. LOCKHART left town for Abbotsford at the beginning of the week, immediately on the receipt of a letter from his lady, containing the alarming intelligence of her illustrious parent's illness. The accounts have been rather more favourable within these few days. Major Scow, we be lieve, is still in town.—Court Journal.—There is not one word of truth in this statement. It is quite inconceivable how these fabrications (for they are no better) are so greedily swallowed by the editors of sonic of the London newspapers, or what purpose is to ha served by the renewal of them, after they have been so frequently contradicted, except to give alarm asd annoyance to the worthy Ba ronet's friends. ED. C. M.--Caledonian Mercury. We are all Reformers now even the gallant Colonel LOWTHER, one of the Members for Westmore is for " Constitutional Reform." What the gallant C,olcnel means by " Constitutional Reform," we do not profess to know ; but we believe that it is such e species of Reform as would suit the " Constitntion" of the boroughtnongers, at the head of 041 stand the noble house of LOWTHER. What a contrast is exhibited in the conduct of Lord MIL. I , oN and LOWTHER. The former stands before his grateful country ready and anxious, at whatever trouble and ex pense, to sacrifice the borouf , :lt interest, of which his own family have a largo share, on the altar of his country the latter clings to the expiring sy,tem with the tenacity of a leech, and nothing but the strong voice of the people of all classes, supported by the patriotic ardour of the KINq, could' have driven these usurpers of the people's rights from those strong holds in which they thought themselves securely intrenched. We were prepared for much that has happened in other places during the present election, but we did not expect that the great borough autocrat of the nOrth would have been obliged to succumb in West moreland, and to suffer repeated and ignominious defeats in ComberlantL--Leeds Mercury. BRADFORD MARKET.—•The demand for goods continues brisk, particularly for those of a low qua lity, and there is a little improvement in price, but not sufficient to enable the manufacurer to replace the goods sold, at the present price of wool,--Leeds Mercury. DISEASES OF THE SKIN. This day was published, the Third Edition, corrected and enlarged, price 15s. in board!, of APRACTICAL TREATISE on the DISEASES of the SKIN, arranged with a view to their constitutional causes and local characters, and in cluding the substance of the Essay on these subjects to which the Royal College of Surgeons awarded the Jack sonian Prize. • • By SAMUEL PLUMBE. Senior Surgeon to the Royal Metropolitan Infirmary for Children, &e. &e: Sec. 1. Comprises those Diseases which chiefly affect and disfigure the face, together with Ringworms of the Scalp, Scalled Head, &c. 2. Leprosy, Scaly Tetter, Dandriff, and other Chronic Diseases. 3. Eruptions of a salutary influence on the Constitu tion of an active character. 4. Itch, the Humid Tetter, Mercurial Eruptions. 5. Scorbutic Eruptions, Thrush, Purpura, Scorbutic Erythema, &c. 6. Fish Skin Disease, Warts, Syphilitic Psoriasis, &c. Printed for I'. Cadell, Strand ; and Air. Blackwood, Edinburgh. _ _ Of whom may he had, 1. An ESSAY on RINGWORM of the SCALP, and SCALLED HEAD. 1 Lird Edition. price ss. in boards. - . 2. A POPULAR and Impartial ESTIMATE of the value of VACCINATION, price 3s. 6,1. in hoards. Mr. Plumbe ►ias removed to No. 7, Bedford -ptace, Russell •square. NESTIVIINSTER PURITY OF ELECTION DINNER. Yesterday the friends of the Westminster Purity of Election held their anniversary dinner at the Crown and AnchOr Tavern, in the Strand ; Sir FRANCIS BURDETT in the Chair. The Honourable Baronet was supported by Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Byng, Mr. Alderman Waithman, Mr. flume, and other public characters. About 250 persons sat down to an excellent dinner. After the cloth was removed, the CHAIRMAN gave " The People, the only source of legitimate power." Tune—" Britons strike home." The CHAIRMAN then gave, " Our Patriot King, and 119 a y he live long to support the Constitution of Old England."—(Three times three. Great and continued cheering.) Air—" God save the King." The next toast was " The Queen, - and the rest of the Royal Family." Tune—" Rule Britannia." The CHAIRMAN then gave—" His Majesty's NE nisters, and grateful thanks to them for the zeal and ability they have displayed in the cause of Re 'arm." (Three times three. Great cheering.) " Hearts of oak." ~uue-' The next toast proposed from the Chair was— " The Patriotic Peers of the Realm, whose splendid sacrifices in the cause of Reform deserve the grati tude of the people."—(Three times three.) Mr. STURCH then rose and said, that when be entered the room he had been unexpectedly re quested to propose the health of their worthy Re presentative, Sir Francis Burdett.—(Loud ap plause.) After stating this, he begged a favour for himself, that he might detain them for two minutes, whilst he read a little bit of a printed paper whi c h he had found in his library, relating to the election of Sir Francis Burdett twenty-four years ego. It had gone to the printer's in his (Mr. Sturch's) own handwriting :—" To the independent Electors of Westminster :—Genilemen, a glorious occasion pre sents itself of serving the cause of freedom and our country, of rescuing this ancient city from disgrace, and at the same time of doing ourselves honour. Let us recollect for a moment the mode by which the Members of the House of Commons were returned in purer times, before corruption had made it the interest of individuals to obtain a seat in that assembly. The honest electors of those days did not suffer themselves to be c oaxe d and wheedled, or bribed , to give their votes to me . principled candidates, who, wit h fair promises in their mouths, had nothing at heart but to ser ve their own selfish purposes ; no, they assembled as became freemen, and sent to Parliament the men of their choice to be their real representatives. Gen tlemen, let us do likewise. Let us embrace the opportunity we now have of freely electing a man, who, beyond all other men now living, has proved himself worthy of our confidence, as the det erm i ne d foe of corruption, and the firm friend of freedom and humanity--who solicits no vote for himself, and who is unsupported by, arid unconnected with, any political party. Which of us, gentlemen, upon such an occasion,can be so base, so false tery himself, as to wait to be canvassed ? Let the glorious act be our ow n . Let us draw the eyes of the whole kingdom upon us; let us set a noble example to mankind; let us, as one man, proceed immediately to the hustings, and secure the return of Sir Francis Burdett ; let us convince the world that his great and disinte rested exertions, in and out of Parliament, are re collected with gratitude; that his meritorious sacri fices of time, and health, and property, for our sakes, are not forgotten, and that we are determined to have at least one man in the House of Commons who will be the fearless advocate of justice, and through whom the voice of the people will be heard."—(Loud cheers.) He (Mr. Sturch) was one of the committee who issued that bill; and he asked them, whether they believed that the gentle man who now filled the chair was the same Sir Francis Burdett held up in that bill ?—(Cheers, and cries of " Yes.") He (Mr. Sturch) was sure they would agree with him, that he was the same man in every respect, except that degree of know ledge and experience which so many years could not fail to give. He should propose " The Con sistent advocate of the rights and freedom of the people, Sir Francis Burdett."—(Three times three; great and reiterated cheering.) Sir FRANCIS BURDETT addressed the meeting from the table. He said he felt grateful fee -this notice on public as well es on personal grounds. The contest was now nearly over ; and if ever they met again, it would be to congratulate each other on the attainment of a great public good : all were nearly agreed ; it was difficult now to find an opponent. — (Applause.) We had now only to reap the harvest; but we ought not to forget those who had led us oe, at the risk of their lives and their liberties. Amongst these ‘l;;;hisc:ld, and venerable, and ve nerated friend, John Horne Tooke—(Loud cheers) —nor ought they to forget their old, respected, and venerated coadjutor, the late Major C ar twright: -- (Applause.) Th ere were ot h ers w h o h a d met them here wh en th ey were a sma ll b an d , asse mbling under some risk a n d d anger ; b ut t h ose me n, who bad gone bef ore t h em i n t h e same career, h a d t h e ir share GENERAL ELECTIOY. eNO/?, the /A..I7PTON, 3fAr 23. Reformers in this county is now forTmit'delyvitor3 o,i and legally completed. It has been gazetted try the Anti-Reformers theooielves, wh o have de ramped, and left the field to their triumphant con querors. And what now becomes of the declaration which the Earl of Westmorland made in the House of Lords, when he boldly asserted that the petition presented by Earl Spencer, from the county of Northampton, in favour of the Reform Bill, did not express the opinion of the county ? Will not the Earl of Westmorland now repent him of the puling petulance with which he entreated their Lordships to believe that the freeholders of Northampton did trot deserve the imputation of being friendly to that evolutionary and destructive measure? Some Lords Lieutenant of counties may be vise, but verily some are otherwise. Amid-t the many great and signal triumphs which the Reformers have achieved - , f late, this triumph in Northamptonshire claims a faremost place. It has been a triumph of principle over :y a t e rfl j u n . ; n e r c t e s a r n ,— d i o n f t ti n t! e a s t o y n , 0 --o ver f duty o , i ,e, ,11 %;(1. corrupt :1_ tion,—and of virtue over money. The Aristocracy the Clergy threatened, exhored, and died every thing but pray, and the beroughmorgers ge nerally declared that they had money enough and to spare for all p ur p os , s ; on the other hand, the Reformers contented themselves With shouting their war-cry of . " Reform and the country's good," and honestly told the freeholders that, with regard to money, hey had scarcely enough to defray the eecessary and legal expences of the election. And yet this county has returned two Reformers, of whom, Lord Milton, has neither canvassed theirs nor even shown himself among them, turd who is per,onally unknown to the vast majority of the per ioons who had voted for him. Llrd Althorp will he chaired to day, and with him Mr. Wentworth Fitzwilliam, as the representative of his father, if he can procure leave of absence from Cambridge, whither the news of the resignation of the Anti- Reformers has been forwarded to him by express. It is impossible, by description, to give you any no tion of the appearaece of this town. Every access to it is crowded with Reformers from all parts of the county, who are hastening to be present at the triumph which has been so hardly and so dearly earned ; and rejoicings and congratulations resound throughout the town. PEJI3 R 0 KE SHIRE. Owen Greville 1,7GE3 1,693 Slum majority '7s For there remain of eases ef voters referred to the assessor's booth within the last two days— . For Greville ll7 Owen fit Majority ot' cases for Grevillc fi which, on an average, will give 46 good votes more for Greville ; so From sham majority of Deduct Grcvillo's obstructed votes, with the corrupt view of delaying the poll so as to preserve Sir John at the head Will leave a majority of anly 29 • which ::ill be extinguished on Monday. The most vexations delays prevail in the booths.. Every impediment and delay are thrown in the way of Mr. Greville's voters, hundreds of whom have been for several days waiting to be polled. It is now determined to tender the votes with a few pre liminary questions, so as to save delay; and if the Sheriff or his frippish underlings entertain prepos terous questions, the voter shill leave the booth, for which the Sheriff will be made accountable. Both candidates havedeclared their determination to keep the poll open to the last day. This will present the severest contested election in the United Kingdom. AYRSHIRE. (From the - Caledonian Merc ur y.) _... This day (May 18), after a protracted struggle, in which every inch of ground was disputed, the election for the county terminated in favour of Co lonel Blair, by a majority of 37. Some disturbance having been anticipated, the Sheriff secured the at , tendance of two troops of cavalry, who were sta tioned in the barrack-yard, ready to - act on five mi nutes' notice. After the election was over, in consequence of the violence of the mob, it was found expedient to conduct Colonel Blair from the Courthouse to the steam-boat, under an escort of cavalry, on which occasion every one of his party were more or leis hurt by stones thrown by tire mob. Colonel Blair himself had one of the small bones of his leg broken, besides receiving a severe contusion on his head. When the parry got on board the steam-boat, the deck of the vessel was mediately covered with showers of stones from the mob, and every person ran below but the man at the helm, who was severely pelted, and had to cut the cable to get off, no one daring to unloose it. on shore. (in the return of the party of soldiers from this piece of service, we observed the helmet of a serjeant fairly knocked in, and another poor fellow with the front of his helmet much indented, and the whole of his breast, as well as the neck of his horse, covered with blood, which appeared to proceed from his forehead. There only now remained the Lord Justice Clerk, his son, and other two gentlemen in durance, and a carriage with four horses having been procured, the party drove off on the Cumnock-road, protected by ten or twelve dragoons; and, although his Lordship was followed a good way out on the road, no injury was sustained, although stones were thrown. When the military had retired, the mob took advantage of the opportu nity to smash every pane of glass in Major Neill's house in Wellington -square. This gentleman had voted for Colonel Blair, which the ruffians thought a sufficient excuse to act thus. The house of Ma jor Montgomerie, in the square ulso, shared a like fate about the same time; not one whole pane of glass escaped, and the sashes were also smashed. Seeing there was no prospect of the mob behav ing any better, the cavalry were again called out, as it was evident a similar visitation was intended for every one of Colonel Blair's votera who could be conveniently come at. The mob, about eleven o'clock, proceeded to the house of Mr. Mur dock, the Fiscal, which is situated about half a mile from town. The work of destruction was not long in being commenced, the garden gate was torn fronts its hinges, the shrubbery rooted up, a large garden seat broken to pieces and scattered on the road, and all the windows demolished. An attempt was then made on the house of the Sheriff, but the cavalry being prepared to receive the marauders, they deemed it prudent in this instance to retire. The mob then returned to town, and in .passing down Sandgate they broke the windows of Mr. Gibson, accountant in the Bank of Scotland, and one of Colonel Blair's voters. It being by this time nearly twelve o'clock, and the vagabonds worn out with the exertions of the day, and no one at hand on whose person or property they could wreak their vengeance, they slipped off, All was quiet on Thursday morning at six o'clock, and we did not hear that any renewal of hostilities was expected. On the arrival of Colonel Blair and his party at Ardrossan, a crowd collected, and gave them a most uncourteous reception. Stones were again thrown, and bad not some of the better disposed of the crowd interfered, the whole party would have been thrown into the sea. They then took refuge in the inn, hot the mob continued outside to behave in the most riotous and disorderly manner until twelve at night. Special constables were engaged to defend the inn. About two o'clock the mob had dispersed and Colonel Blair and his party were enabled to , depart quietly. Mr, Lade, of Port Glasgow, one of the voters, died in the steam-boat betwixt Ayr and Ardrossan. He had been previously in very bad health. A gentleman who came in the Largs steam-boat describes the dinner scene, as one of the most strici n gtoa g f Ie white te n iloo.l e sp v e, e e r w ‘ i % hn 'i o t witnessed. s t ed. adjoining mos a t One of t table alp, aadr i the voters tmr, t their, hesds bound up with bloody handkerchiefs. - Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Ayrshire to a friend in London, dated May 10 yesto., :ford. ablio.