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but to the electors being unable to tied any other' candidate. In Northamptonshire, Lords Althorp and Milton continue to gain on Mr. Cartwright. The Tories are greatly enraged at losing one of the seats in that county, and are even abusive. It will require better evidence than that of either Mr. Cart wright, or Sir Charles Knightly, to persuade the world that Lord Althorp, one of the most straight forward and candid of human beings, would inten tionally deceive, even for election purposes. In Es4ex, Mr. Wellesley continues to gain ground, and Colonel Tyrell has no chance whatever. Bucking hamshire affords the solitary exception of pseudo- Reformer or Tory, under - Reform colours, for pur rmes of misleading, being at the bead of the poll. But Buckinghamshire, according to our contempo rary (the Slandard), is worth more than all England Had Buckinghamshire placed a Reformer at the head of the poll, while all the other cennti'es returned Anti-Reformers, our contemporary would have deemed the loss of Buckinghamshire of more mo ment than the triumph in all the other counties. The feeling of England is only to be ascertained in Buckinghamshire. But let us hear how our inge nious contemporary arrives at his conclusion that Buckingham is better than all England. " This election, indeed, may be said to furnish an un vxceptionaLle test of what the feeling is throughout the country upon the important question at issue ; for it is impos-ible to point out any circumstances distinguishing Bucks from the other counties of the kingdom, in which it did not seem to furnish a more favourable field for the revolutionists thin for their opponents.' The demand fur /Worm has been said (and truly in some sense) to be the consequence of the inattention of the Hou•e of Commons to the petitions of the people. No county in England pe titioned more unanimously, or in stronger terms, than Burkinghatnshire, against that Bill of 1829, which has proved the fountain of all the distractions and calamities of the country. " Again, the cry for Reform is said (not without reason either) to have been aggravated by the distresses of the agricultural class : few counties have suffered more than iuckingliarnshire, or felt mere keenly the general inflic tion; witness the unhappy scenes in the neighbourhood of Wycomb in the v 'ry last autumn. Lastly the King's name has been boldly abused to gild the revolutionary scheme by the successors of those, who something less than two centuries ago, in the same way as sumed the King's name for the destruction o 1 his throne. Yet the King, as his father of blessed memory used to write himself, is ' a Iluckinghamshire. Gentleman,' and possesses, by the right of his high station and his popular character, a commanding influence in the district extend ing almost to the town in which Lord Chandos was so tri umphantly elected. Thus has the good cause triumphed, in spite of resentment, of suffering, and of the illusion of Royal influence. ;' But it will be objected that we must overstate the fact—that it seems impossible, when other counties have in so many instances returned revolutionist Members, that Buckinghamshire must not be an exception. We deny the inference. No act of corruption has been alleged against Lord Chandos. The possibility of his employing any harsh or oppressive influence is proved by his charac ter, and confes4ed indeed by his opponents ;—thst, great as the Buckingham and Chandos property may he, its influ • ence is not paramount, has been acknowledged by the fact that the county was contested. No; all the advantages that Lord Chandos brought to the poll were his personal virtues, his talents, and the popularity which these have justly earned for him. The rest must be ascribed to the identity of his political opinions with those of the men of Buckinghamshire." The people of Buckinghamshire were not, per haps, aware of their paramount importance—of the space they are destined to occupy in the public eye. Men of Yorkshire, Devonshire, Kent, Lancashire, Somersetshire, Northumberland, Cumberland, Lin coln, what are ye to the men of Buckingham ? This saered spot still preserves the fire of Toryism. Alas for the rest of England. "It is impossible to point out any circumstances distinguishing Bucks from the other counties of the kingdom ;" and yet there must be circumstances distinguishing the other counties of the kingdom from Bucks, otherwise we presume Tories would have been at the head of the poll in them also. But if the other counties are dis tinguished from Bucks, Bucks, one should think, must be distinguished from the other counties. The Marquis of Chandos is, no doubt, personally po pular in Buckinghamshire, from his frankness and affability, but still we are persuaded that these qua lities would not have gained him the head of the poll or even his election, had proper arrangements been made in time. But the truth is, Mr. John Smith was invited by gentlemen, who did not think of securing more than one candidate. Mr. Greaten made his appearance only at the twelfth hour, and as he would spend nothing, and local arrangements could not be made for enabling the freeholders to do the business themselves, as they have done in Kent and Essex, the continuance of the contest subjected Mr. Smith to a heavy expence, without affording to Mr. Grenfell a chance of succeed ing. Under these circumstances it was not the interest of the friends of Mr. Smith to continue the contest, and Mr. Grenfell did well in abandoning it. We are not sufficiently acquainted with the county to be able to say what the exact strength of the Reformers is; but we should think that a few active gentlemen, had they commenced in good time, could have secured two Reform candi dates. Middlesex yesterday returned, as was antici pated, two Reform candidates, Mr. Byng and Mr. Hume. The latter, in answer to a question, made the following important statement :—" He had no doubt (indeed he knew) that suspicions were circu lated by the enemies of Reform, that delay and alterations in the Bill were contemplated. It would be the first thing, he was assured, which Ministers would bring before the House on its treetieg. The electors had seen him in the last House of Com mons do every thing which he could to assist Mi nisters, and to push forward the business of the Session, in • order to enable them to appeal to the country. If they should elect him now, he would bring the matter before the House, should any delay take place; but it was highly satisfactory to him to say Mat a Cabinet Minister had assured him Mat no delay or alteration had ever been intended, and that the Bill would be brought before Parliament forthwith."—(Great cheering.) Middlesex, as well as well as Warwickshire, has returned Reformers for all her places.—Morning Chronicle. Whether the Clergy have acted wisely for them selves, in acting in direct opposition to the sense of the nation, time will disclose. The voice of the People has been unequivocally expressed in favour of the whole measure of Reform. The panic of the priests, in the instance of the University of Cam bridge, forms no exception ; for the opinion of the people is not to be collected from any one class, arid least of all from a class, the bulk of which is always found arrayed against improvement, and which, in this instance, was notoriously actua'ed by what it blindly imagined interested considerations. The total majority over Mr. Cavendish was 176 The majority of priests alone for Mr. Goulburn was 247: thus demonstrating t hat the result of the Cam bridge election was wholly attributable to the hos tility of the great body of the Clergy to Reform. It would be unjust, however, not to observe, that more than half of the supporters of Mr. Cavendish and Lord Palmerston were clergymen, and distin feusisilteld by their su p er i or i n t e llig en ce, as is incon bevinced b y t h e fact, that of the 18 Profes sors 13 voted i n their favour. The large proportion of the corrup6onists co nsisted of the Clergy of the Isle of Ely, Suffolk, and Essex : the latter of whom are making strenuous unavailing ex ertions to involve that count_y a 7 i r ly the disgrace they have heaped upon their University.--211orning Chronicle. We have always advocated the arc utmost glad to extent of find freedom in political discussion —we the present Government acts upon that The boundless license which the Tory principle.fihas taken, in speaking of the Ministers and th r e7r " m s ures, affords an example of practical freedom ofde.a -' cu ssion, which the Tories themselves , when in power, never allowed to their opponents. Who can forget the battery of . ex-o.fficto informations which Sir James Scarlett, i n the pride of his Attorney- Genrralship, and inspired with the " liberal" spirit of the Wellington and Peel Administration, brought to bear upon an Opposition Journal? Who can for get that, in one instance, he obtained a rule for a criminal information for a libel on the then Lord Chancellor; and, when he ascertained the nature of the defence on which the alleged libeller intended to rely, changed his mode of proceeding, abandoned his criminal information, and filed an ex-qfficio, which allowed him advantages over his opponent that his original and less unconstitutional mode of prosecu tion would not permit him to wield for the destruc tion of his victim ? Such persecution of opinion was unknown since the days when the Star-chamber attempted to establish its odious tyranny over the human mind by making all freedom of sentiment a crime against authority. Let us now see with what degree of decency and moderation of language the party to whom Sir James Scarlett has attached him .elf, are supported by that portion of the Press which they admire and patronize. In a recent number of a Morning Paper, which has distinguished itself by a wild and furious opposition to Reform worthy of the cause it advocates, we find the following passages :—" The King's Ministers are determined there shall be no fair election in any county or borough where the minds of the multitude can be excited, and their hands armed against candidates opposed to the Ministerial measure. For the first time in the history of this country we behold the ripening spectacle of a King's Government hallooing on a ferocious rabble, to destroy, by physical force, the existing institutions of the kingdom. This con junction of the powers appointed to administer the law with a brute force, which is stirred up to sub vert the law, creates the most fearful crisis that ever threatened that law—and all that it has hitherto protected and sustained, for the happiness, tranquil lity, and glory of this great nation—with sweeping destruction." Now if Sir James Scarlett and his Anti-Reform friends were in power, and such lan guage, or any thing like it, were applied to them by th • Press, would not the lightnings of ex-officio vengeance be instantly directed against it, to intimi date or destroy ? What can be more atrocious, in the way of political accusation, than to charge a Government with "hallooing ou a savage rabble, to destroy, by- physical force, the existing institu tions of the country ? " But we rejoice that Mi nisters have the good sense and magnanimity to treat all such licentious aspersions with profound disdain. When the bounds of good taste and de cency are so grievously violated by writers who, not content with setting truth at defiance, use lan guage as coarse as the charges it conveys are out rageously unjust, the only mischief done is to the Press itself, which is made the foul medium of extravagant malice and incredible defamation.— Mosning Herald. A Sunday Paper, remarkable for not being always over-scrupulous in the nature of its assertions, im putes, whimsically enough, to the Lord Chancellor, his having influenced the late Cambridge election— fl tat, by shutting up his Court to enable gentlemen at the Bar to vote ; and, secondly, by having him self canvassed in favour of the two Ministerial can didates. Than this, the high Tory advocate could not have made a more unfortunate or more ground less hit—the truth being, that Lord Brougham, in ' stead of having been the friend, was (unintention ally enough, we admit) one of the most effectual opponents of the candidates who, doubtless, had his good wishes. And how, and why so ? Because Lord Brougham, himself a zealous reformer, has not only stripped his own hands of the tempting means which his immediate predecessor had of in fluencing Cambridge voters, but, by his threatened curtailment of patronage, has converted friends into foes, besides having so bestowed his remain ing patronage as not even to have secured the gratitude of common forbearance in return. When the Cambridge poll comes to be published (which it will be in a few drys) the nature of Lord Brougham's support will be pretty clearly demon strated, as well as the motives—as well of gratitude and resentment as of expectation—which influenced many, to whom, at other times, the wishes of a' Lord Chancellor would have been commands. It will then be seen how many Commissioners of Bankrupt, and their connections, voted not so much against Lord Palmerston as against the hand which threatens their worse than useless office with anni hilation—how many of the, few whom Lord Brougham has served have recorded their gratitude; but it cannot be seen how many clerical expectants there are who would have voted differently to what they have done had there been still a Chancellor upon the Woolsack not so indifferent of his pa tronage as to hand it over to the Bishops.—Morn ing Herald. The reign of terror continues with all the success that the advocates of revolution hoped for and pre dicted. In very many places candidates hare been deterred from coming forward on the day of elec tion, not only on considerations regarding themselves personally, but for the sake of their friends, whose lives as well as their own were endangered by the ferocious determination of hired mobs; whilst, in others, the friends of the Constitution, after a long endurance of savage outrage, have been forced to retire from the contest, from the impossib lity of the electors in their favour being enabled to exercise their right of suffrage. And yet, strange to say, we are unblushingly told in certain journals that these unexampled atrocities are no more than might ordinarily be expected on the occasion of a general election—atrocities so enormous, and so utterly subversive of all elective rights and constitu tional privileges as we fearlessly assert never before disgraced the character of Englishmen —and which of course cannot fail to engage the earliest atten tion of the new Parliament. All the elections car ried by violence and outrage must be pronounced void and invalid. As a specimen of the effects of the system pursued by our revolutionists, we copy the following official acknowledgement from the London Gazette of last night : " Crown• Office, May 9, 1831. " County Borough of Carmarthen. " The Sheriffs of the County of the said Borough have returned the writ to them directed, and that from the up roar, tumult, and violence which prevailed at the election, they have been unable to execute the said writ." Of the infamous proceedings at Northampton we yesterday received the following account : " Northampton, Monday, Three o'clock. " On our arrival at Kettering a well-dressed individual, accompanied by a standard-bearer with a tri- coloured flag, came up to the carriage, and having ascertained that we were about to vote for Cartwright, immediately gave the word to his companion, To your station ' The tri coloured standard-bearer then placed himself at the head of a rabble of about two hundred, who marched out of the town, and taking up their position on each side of the hill, saluted us with a tremendous shower of stones. Provi dentially, by hiding our heads, we escaped with our lives, but we are dreadfully bruised and the carriage destroyed. An express is gone to Wedon for the military. " All Lord Milton's voters have tri-coloured flags and cockades. 'Damnation to all Parsons' is the cry that salutes every black coat that appears in Oundle."—Morning Post. A defeat has been sustained in Buckinghamshire by the return of one Anti-Reform candida , e, and a severe defeat it is, to all outward appearance ; but on the other hand, the defeat is, in reality, at tributable not to the absence of Reform feeling on the part of the people of Bucks, but to the ab sence of necessary liberali.y on the part of Mr. Pascoe Grenfell, and to the circumstance of no coalition having been formed between him and Mr. Smith. The defeat was well deserved from everything that we can learn on the subject ; hut it, nevertheless, would not have proved a defeat had Mr. Grenfell, or his Committee, had the courage to keep the poll open to a later day. Many of the freeholders who were prepared, and at their own expense, to go down and vote for him, are most indignant at the conduct which he h as pursuedi and where he, on the occurrence of a new election, to stand the r, suit of a poll, we are confident that he would stand much less chance than he did twoqr daysquarter rthe at ag oof b e i ng returne d . F rom every o ther i-t news most f avoura bl e . There is a contest Northampton, u but the tLords Althorp and Milton are at th e head the h ia e v e n, n i u o m d p o h u b o t r , R w e i f l o l r t h i ; y a p c p o e n a t r i s n uI t oe be o t l Inno; less ds certains o, 1 Oxfordshire v . for the Reform candidates there, also, are at the top of the poll, and will, no doubt, maintain their advantage. The greatest triumph, however, is that which has taken place in Cumberland, which has hitherto beer) the very seat and hot bed of Toryism ; and where the name of Lowther has, for years past, been as potent a talisman, as Aladdin's lamp. Lord Low ther has resigned, and after an ineffectual struggle to maintain his ground ; and in Lincolnshire, the election of the Reform candidates has t,,lcen place without any one daring, on opposite grounds, to attempt a contest with them. The Middlesex elec tion took place yesterday, and exhibited a glorious unanimity in the cause of Reform. There was no opposing candidate; and the election commenced and ended the same day. By the bye Mr. Hume gave a flat contradiction to the Tory lie, which has been extensively circulated, that Earl Grey would not take the earliest opportunity, after the assembling of Parliament, to re-introduce the Reform Bill. Delay, indeed, the introduction of he Reform Bill ! The man must hate lost his senses who could have conceived for a moment that Earl Grey would be so lost to his own honour, and to the welfare of the country, as to imagine such a proceeding. In Ireland the elections proceed most favourably, and we refer to what has taken place in Dublin as a proof that the Anti-Reformers have no more chance there than they have had, or will have, he re . In Scotland the people seem determined to adopt a very summary process with those electors who have not the good of their country at heart ; and there also, we have little doubt, that Reform, though at a low ebb with the small body of electors, will bring to the new Parliament a considerable ac cession of supporters.—Aforning Advertiser. FRANCE. " AGRAVE SUBJECT;" OR, THE STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION. To the EDITOR of the MORNING CHRONICLE. PARIS, MAY 7, 1831. SIR,—To-day we have a grand but an unpleasant matter to discuss! I should be almost happy to avoid it—but we have no party purposes to serve in the Morning Chronicle, except it be the party which loves truth and justice and principle. The Govern ment has been guilty of a great act of folly. It has raised the question of whether those who made the Revolution are satisfied with its fruits ;—and they have received a decided negative !1 'I his act, on the part of the Government, evinced temerity and not bravery—and a harunt scar= indifference to the state of public opinion. M. Casimir Perier has acted like a man who was too confident in his own strength—and too resolute on carrying through his own . system. He has tailed—and that failure is an event in the history of France !! you may be sure of that. Now let me explain the history of this affair, as briefly as I can, but as fully as its importance de- serves. Your readers will recollect that a law was passed during the late Session of Parliament, which directed the institution of a " Decoration," to be conferred on and worn by those who should be indi cated by the Commission of " National Recom penses" as those citizens who most distinguished themselves by their bravery and disinterestedness in the Revolution of July. To the Government was left the duty of deciding on the form and size and fashion of the decoration ; but the thing itself was decided upon by a law, and was passed, as all laws are, by both Houses of Parliament, and then re ceived the Royal Assent. The decoration thus es tAlished was not a Royal, but a National Decora tion. It was not the King, but the Nation, which thus expressed its gratitude and love. To wear such a decoration was, therefore, indeed an honour, since it was conferred in the name of thirty-three millions of emancipated and regenerated freemen This mode of establishing the decoration was wise and noble. It was worthy of the Revolution, and of those who made it. Although the law had passed some months, no progress was made in the affair. It remained a dead I letter. Those who had risked their lives, their liber ties, and their properly, in the days of July, re mained unrewarded ; and the public became weary of waiting, and disgusted with the delay. This was natural, and the delay was culpable. At length M. Cassimir Perier became Minister. He found the law unfulfilled, and the intentions of the nation not carried into effect. He resolved on paying imme diate attention to the subject, and prepared in a few days the form of the decoration —arranged with the Commission the colour of the riband, &c. Szc, and then sketched out an Ordinance, which declared that the decoration was " given by the King !" and which required that all who received the decoration should rake the oath of " Allegiance to Louis Philip, and fidelity to the Charter !! !" To state that the deco ration was " given by the King" on that decoration was false; and more than that, the falsehood altered the character of the decoration, which was, in fact, " given by the nation," and rendered a national honour a mere regal act of favour and bounty. Nothing could be more insulting to the decoration, and more at variance with the spirit as well as lever of the law; and nothing could be more revolting to those who made the Revolution. For, let it never be forgotten, that although the Revolutio n ado p ted Louis Philip because Republican Institutions were promised to be attached to, or rather form the base on which the Throne was to be erected, yet that the Revolution was never made for, nor in the in terest of Louis Philip, and no one ever dreamed of him (except his own small party), until after the Revolution was completed. A King was adopted not as a King, but as the head of a Republican Government—and not as a King hereditary, but as a King elective ; and not as a King to reign over France, but to be a third power in the State, which should act in concert with those Republican Insti tutions which were most solemnly promised to the Revolution of July ! To this act of folly, then, on the psrt of M. Casimir Perier, in substituting the words " Given by the King," for " Given by the Nation," there are objections on the score of prin ciple, which no sophistry can get rid of, and which no modern or ancient Royalists can explain away. But there is another clause in this Ordinance at tached to the distribution and wearing of the decora tion, which is still far more objectionable, and even infinitely more unwise and illegal ! It is the clause which requires that those who wear the decoration Shall take " an oath of allegiance to Louis Philip, and of fidelity to the Charter." This condition M. Casimir Perier thought was the masterpiece of good generalship on his part ; and if ever he rubbed his hands and looked pleased in his life, it was when the King wrote " approuve" to this Royalist Ordi nance. M. Perier hoped by this measure to be fur nished with an argument which would avail him at all tunes against the statement made in ten thousand forms every day that he lives, by ten thousand organs of public opinion ; and feeling that the Re volution is not complete, and that those who made it arc not satisfied. He hoped to be able to say to the Republicans of July, "Why you have sworn allegiance to Louis Philip —you have sworn fidelity to this Charter which yet you profess to consider so imperfect, and how can you now fly in the face of this oath you have takeu before hod, and to the King, and to France ?" The establishment of this rule, that an oath must be taken, was there fore a conquest for the Centres, a conquest for the Rentiers, a conquest for the rise in the funds, and a conquest for this Ministry of the "juste milieu!" When the ordinance appeared, there were at tached to it the names of 1,528 citizens belonging to the department of the Seine, who had been ad judged by a Jury of their fellow-citizens as most deserving of the gratitude of France, and therefore entitled to wear the order of the "Cross of July 1" Remember, then, that these 1,528 brave men have, been decided on by a J ury , b y t h e H ous es °I Parliament, by the King's Ministers, and by the King himself. All these have declared—have eve" signed their names and put their seals, even the Royal Seal, to the fact, that they are the most de serving, meritorious, citizens who distinguished thwailves in the days of the Revolution ; who hazarded life, limb, and property in the cause of liberty; who fought to their knees in blood again t the hired soldiers of the fallen dynasty, and who triumphed over the enemies of their country, and established the cause of liberty on the ruins of despotism. This fact is the most important of all ! These 1,528 men are entitled to the honour and gratitude of France ! The law has decided that military honours shall be paid them ; chat as they pass along the streets and appear in public, all France shall honour and bow to them, and that those who wear the national decoration of the Legion of Honour shall not even take prece dence of these 1,528 citizens ! and let it be borne in mind that the men have not been selected at random I—that thousands who laid claim to the honour have been refused !—that out of the tens of thousands who fought in July, these 1,528 have alone been deemed worthy, by their inimitable and matchless valour and patriotism, of carrying on their breasts th's national decoration—and, therefore, that we are not to be cajoled, either by the Moniteur or the Debats, into the belief that these men, so honoured by all France, are all of a sudden " violent demagogues"—" unprincipled Jacobins"—or " dan gerous and turbulent citizens !!" This is too late ! —such accusations as these will not now be believed. The Commission of National Recompenses !—the King's Government !—and the King himself! have all united in selecting and approving the selection of these brave and noble men, as those most en titled to whole to thee of France.honour,spathy, love, and gratitude of the Well, then, these men, when they read the Or dinance which declared that those who wore the Order of Decoration must swear" allegiance to the King, and fidelity to the Charter," expressed their astonishment and disgust I They asked what the law said on the subject ? and the answer was, " The law is silent !" They asked what right had the King to impose conditions which the law did not impose ? and to this inquiry there was only the reply that " the King was the fountain of honour and reward," and had a right constitutionally of im posing such conditions ! But this hollow subterfuge was met by the reply, that this was very true with respect to honours and rewards emanating from the King, but that it was not applicable to the present reward, which was a decoration established by law —a national honour, and not a regal ore. But this feeling did not evaporate in either astonishment or disgust, for a deputation from these brave and vir tuous citizens then waited on the Commission of National Recompenses, as well as on the Govern ment, and explained, most respectfully but firmly,' that those whom the nation had honoured refused to take the oath, and would never take it—first, be cause it was illegally demanded ; and second, be cause it was in opposition to their principles and opinions. This protest on the part of these brave and virtuous citizens was disregarded. The illoni teur, the Debats, and even Le Temps were engaged day by day to fight against the opposition of the 1,528 protestors—and they were called ugly names —their principles held up to scorn and derision — and those who made the revolution, and had been selected as entitled to the gratitude and honour of the whole nation, were denounced in the official arid demi-official columns of these papers as the most un worthy and dangerous men !! For some days past the matter has remained in this position ! M. Casi mir Per:er, who mistakes obstinacy for dignity— and sounds kr sense—has refused to give way ! He has said, that if they did not like to accept the " croix de Juillei." on such conditions, they would not have it at all ;—that it was their loss and their dishonour—but that the Government would not yield. In vain have the best friends of order and liberty remonstrated and entreated. To give way would " prove timidity and alarm," in his opinion; and he has got hold of the idea, that the decisions of a Government must resemble those of the Medes and Persians. Poor man ! he forgets that this was the ruin of the Royalist cause in 1830, and this led to the overthrow of the Bourbon dynasty. Baffled in all attempts to adjust this question, at length the citizens, whose names appeared in the Afimiteur as those entitled to the decoration, re solved on holding a meeting. An assembly was yesterday convoked in the large salon of the Grande Chaumiere, in the Passage du Saumon, of those whose names had been so published; and out of 1128, at present in Paris, one thousand attended the meeting! None were admitted but those entitled to the decoration, and the citizens were arranged in divisions according to the arrondissements to which they belonged, to avoid confusion and prevent mis take. Four hundred are at present in the depart ments, and could not therefore attend, especially as 300 and upwards are at present soldiers or officers in the army, and are therefore distributed all over France. For the first time since the Revolution of July, one thousand citizens of those who most dis tinguished themselves were assembled in the same room, to discuss the question of whether they should swear allegiance to Louis Philip, arid fidelity to the new Chatter ! Nine months had passed away since the memorable events had occurred in which they all so greatly distinguished themselves ! Some were without legs, others without arms, others were still delicate, and suffering from wounds they had re ceived—and they now all met together to decide on whetherandtheprogrammetojustifythemofJuly fulfilled developed, swearing alle giance and fidelity to the present order of things in France ; arid, without one exception, all the thousand decided in the negative!!! Now, after this, we must not be told that there are no Republicans in France ! After this, we must not be told that those who are for marching with the Revolution, and who are dissatisfied at the foreign policy of the French Government, are not those who made the Revolution in July ! After this, we must not be told that the Revolution is accomplished, and that France only desires order ! All this is false. The meeting of yesterday has proved it ! It has demonstrated it beyond the possibility of doubt The ren tie: s may raise the Funds—the lovers of ease arid quiet, and things as they are, may pat M. Ca simir on the back, and bid him take courage, though they know that in July last they hid themselves in cellars, or garrets, or water-closets, and would do the same again in moments of commotion or danger ; but we see that those who made the Revolution— who must know why they made it—have unani r m soLofo e l Avu u t ehi s ts l de y t thF e e ,h s o pic o mi l arp v eoc e e esot d sri on n ongt o f ,ot t h t te o hi er t a o k cw e hna t hr breaststee r o ; at b h u ttofthe ey a e l l dt e e g he i o a a n ry a c e t e ro t en o . July 1" one veteran was pre sent who assisted at the taking of the Bastille in the first scenes of the first Revolution ! His name was Decombis! " Citizens," said he, " I was happy enough to be among the number of those who assisted at the taking of the Bastille! I received the decoration which was established to commemo rate this remarkable event, and I was never asked to take any other oath than that of fidelity to the people!" When he said this, the Salon rung with applause, and for fi ve , m i nutes no cry was h ear d but " Bravo," and " we swear to be faithful to the people !" The meeting was unanimous, quite una nimous—not even one solitary dissentient voice— all, all resolved on wearing the riband in their coats, which had been fixed upon as the riband of the new order ; and M. Decombis was requested to distribute among those present the riband which had been pur chased for the occasion. Whilst this meeting was taking place in one part of the city, the Editor of Figaro, who is one of the 1,528, was arraigned at the Tribunal for a libel on the Casimir Pericr Ministry ! When he appeared in Court he was ornamented with the riband of the Cross of July ! The Judge inquired of him, With what riband he was adorned ?" a 'with that of July," was the reply. This led to a discus sion. The Attorney-General required that those who wore the riband should take the oath no ," was the answer," we will wear the order, but the oath we will not take I" The Attorney. General became irritated. Both the editor and his advocate b o ldly asserted their resolution—a minute was made of all that passed—and I may as well add, though I shall have occasion to refer to it more distinctly to-morrow, the editor of the Figaro was acquitted of the charge of libel brought against him by the Ca simir Perier Administration ! The Attorney- General declared, that those who wore the Cross of July, without taking the oath, would be dealt with according to law ! What nonsense is this! If the affence be a political one no Jury will condeinn them ; and if it be a mere matter of correctional police, how curious a spectacle it will be to see one thousand of the bravest and most virtuous citizens prosecuted by the Government of Louis Philip, for having worn a national decoration conferred on them by thirty-three millions of freemen, because they had not first taken a regal and a monarchical oatwh ! Should Casimir Perier risk undue prosecution, he will become an object of ridicule. Thus, France has established National Associa tions to defend the Revolution ; and, though they arc opposed by a Perier Administration, they con tinue to exist and progress, in spite of destirutions which that Administration dare not follow up; and thus France has established a national decoration, which those entitled to it will wear without comply ing with the illegal requisitions of a retrograde, or at least stationary Cabinet ! If anything could convince M. Perier that lie does not understand the revolution, these facts would do so. If anything could make him believe that those who made the revolution require that it should ad vance, these facts would do so. If he were not the slave of his own prejudices and blind to the errors of his own system, he would yield to the millions, and not oppose a torrent by a feather. The party which supports his system never did and never would risk either4ife or property in defending it. He knows that quite well—and yet he persists in a cruel in difference to the fate of Belgium—and a criminal inattention to the miseries of Poland, and contents himself by saying, " Be ye warm—be ye clothed," for " 1 am warm and I am clothed, but I have none for you." And now what will he do ? Will he retract the ordinance, and make another more legal and na tional ? That would be wise, generous, manly, and just ! But will he do so ? I fear not. Will he appeal to the tribunals, and insist on the oath being taken ? The tribunals will decide against him. Will he allow the matter to remain unsettled, and a nstional honour, established by law, to be thus con ferred and thus distributed ? Should he do this, all France will condemn him ! No —no, let us hope that he will feel that he did not understand, and that he does not understand, the revolution isfJuly ; and let us hope he will yield to public opinion. One word before I conclude ! Do not suppose from all this, that those who made the revolution wish to dethrone Louis Philip ! No, no; they only wish that he would march with the revolution ! and sooner or later he will find that he must do so ! ! Your obedient servant, 0. P. Q. THE YOUNG DUKE.—Of this new novel, which has alre,nly run a triumphant course, a contempo rary journal thus speaks :—" This sparkling production as • sumes an unusual degree of interest in our eyes; not only on account of the originality, brilliancy, and acuteness manifested throughout the work, but because we regard it as nearly the last of its class. The ' Young Duke' affords in fact a mirror of that Epicurean era of blended refinement, sensuality, and fashion, of which we are tempted to consider ' Don Juan' as the standard epic, and ' Vivian Grey' as the standard novel." Extract of a letter dated Lima, January 8 : Affairs are going on prosperously in Lima. The city is decidedly improving, and fast augmenting in population. The administration is the best that has existed in that country. Vice-President LA FUENTES is every day ac quiring increased and deserved popularity. He is able, active, discerning, and decisive. The 'Ministers PEnE MONTE and PANno are honest . , and highly talented. Pre sident GAMARRA had gone from Cusco to the Desagua dero, in order to have an interview, on the 15th of De cember, with SANTA Crum (President of Bolivia), for the purpose of adjusting some diferences which had arisen between the two Republics. It was confidently expect d that the tranquillity under which both countries were silently recovering from the effects of war, would be preset ved. THE MORTIMER MURDER.-On Thursday last, THOMAS MILES was committed to Winchester gaol for the murder of CHARLOTTE BILLISIORE, at Mortimer, on the l3th of November last. The shocking details were given in this paper at the time. Oar readers will recol lect the mutilated state in which the body was found. MILES is a sort of half idiot, and was always suspected, but no evidence could be procured against him. The wretch has since confessed that lie met the poor child in the event inn, on her return from school, and a sudden though cltne into his mind to murder her—that he seized her by the throat and strangled her ; he fell on her body and broke her leg ; wh.li life was extinct he cut one leg off, and afterwards cut the body to pieces. —Reading Mercury. A most melancholy event happened at Bot tesford, near Belvoir Castle, in the afternoon of Saturd,iy week. It appears that the floor of the privy at the Bull Inn at that place, composed of wood, and which was over the vault, three or four yards in depth, bad for a long time been in an insecure state, and at the time above men tioned four children from nine to twelve years of age went into the place, and were dancing upon the floor, when it gave way, and the whole of them went down with it, and were all suffocated in the soil before any help could be obtained. One of the children was the daughter of Mr. DAVID Hoe, the landlord; one the daughter of Mr. GEE. sox, grocer; one that of Mr. Jostx SurroN, felltnonger ; and the other that of Mr. DAWN, Breather-hills, near Barrowby, who the day previous had come to her aunt's at Bottesford, to receive her education. An inquest was held on Monday, at the Red Lion, before Mr. CLARICE, Coroner. Verdict—" Accidental Death." Under the conviction that no country in Eu rope is as little known as many parts in the interior of Spain, Sir ARTHUR, BROOKE, was determined in his re cent tour (of which an account is just published) to ex plore the wild Sierras, no less than the towns and villages of the peninsula ; particularly as regards those spots which the genius of CERVANTES and that of La SAGE have consecrated to fame as the scenes of some of the adven tures in Don Quixote and Gil Bias. The other portions of the Baronet's volumes are occupied by descriptions of the mountains and towns in Barbary, and of the state of so ciety in the latter. A disturbance took place during the election at Wigan ; but it was fomented by the lowest ruffians, an I was soon quelled by the exertions of the authorities and constables. Several persons were much injured. The Manchester Chronicle, in allusion to these lawless pro ceedines, says—" It is generally believed by the respectable inhabitants of Wigan that this disturbance is the effect of the advice offered by Mr. Huse; on a recent visit to Man chester, when he recommended that the people of Wigan should give to the electors a constitutional squeeze,' if they refused to vote for the popular candidate." WRIT DE LUN'ATICO Monday, Messrs.Wii ITMA RSII. JACOB, and VVINsTost, Com missioners of Lunacy, and a most respectable jury, assem bled at the establishment of Dr. WARBURTON, Whitmore house, West Hackney, to inquire into the lunacy of Miss SOPHIA ELLISON a lady of fortune,who has been confined in that establishment since March, 179 H, a period of upwards of 32 years. Dr. WA anunros stated, that in March, 1798, Mies ausosr, the subject of the present inquiry, was placed in his establishment, by her father, then living, and who continued to visit her rip to the time of his death, which took place in a few years after. She was, at the period of her being placed there, about 32 years of age ; and then, as well as up to the present time, laboured under a delusion of mind amounting to lunacy. She fancied that several men of distinction were in love with her. Ile had never perceived a lucid interval in her manners. Mr. DUNSTAIN, a surgeon, had attended Miss ELLISON since 1802. On that morning he visited her in company with Mr. IlErirrar,n, the superintendent of the establishment, and while in conversation, she called Mr. BENFIELD her husband, and said he was the Duke of CLARENCE.. Lucy GILLAIID had attended Miss ELLISON for the last ten months, and considered her decidedly insane. She was in the habit of writing a number of letters to a Co!onel BATES, to whom she fancied she was married, and several tnembers of the Royal family, and generally signed her name " Baroness TRUELOVE." Miss ELLISON was here introduced to the Jury-room ; she appeared not more than f her real age, 64, and seemed to be in the enjoyment of the most robust health, and cond ucted herself with the tt h t d o .ouo t the questions q o u f esthti hesitation,o u n n s ffooofruttnuh found FLeisoi4 was, and had been, a lunatic since that Miss g nc r : e tte a ii t il ee nadi t sy. p .iso ro 7 p uer r : i a e c t le y yf., ; n b oT u t t lite h h e e j r us a lr n iyg s ,h w t e we r s s i naJualnya,glinBao2b,aranadffsiirnec.apable of taking care of herself or EXETER MA. Beef (score)-- —.9s. Od. 9s. 6d, E7tutton 5 0 6 Veal and a amb--0 6 0 8 Perk 4 0 (1 Geese (each) 0 6 0 Ducks (c0up1e)......2 0 3 0 Fowls 6 2 6 .KETS.-31ay 6. Wheat (bushel) —9s. Od. 10s. 7d. Barley 4 6 4 8 Oats °ll 3 9 Beans 6 6 0 Butter (lb) 1 1 3 Eggs (15) 0 1 0 Potatoes (peck) —0 0 0 6 BIRTHS. On the Bth inst. at Bro m l e y of a son. ___ House, the Lady Sarah Murray, On the 9th inst. in Baker-street, the lady of T. Wilson, FAO of a son. On the Bth inst. at Cheltenham, the wife of Captain Macau, of the 16th Lancers, of a sou. On the Bth inst. the wife of J. B. Kelly, Esq., of the Inner Temple, of a son MARRIED. On the oth inst. at St. John's, Hoxton, Mr. J. D. Rock, of Islington, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Frederick Roope, of Hoxton. On the ith inst. at Wa'worth, Mr. F. Hopkins, of Ilishopsgate - . street-within, to Mary, eldest (laughter of Mr. R. Gresham, 01 Charlotte-row. On the 10th inst. at Islington, J. G. Pifrard, Esq., of Tyndale place. to Jemiina, youngest daughter of the late W. Sabine, Esq. of Islington. On the 10th inst. at St. James's Chur c h, G K V an HeythUY st he 24th i'Ze daughter 'l rfn Lient . Fl t he l t Hon. Col. Ln op a u n • e y r 's ß s e e d r f v o i r c d e : stpciailillah, c Russel'-square. e t l On the 10th inst. at Islington, .1. Colling, Esq., of Upper Bed ford-place, to Elizabeth, on l y daughter of the late A. Weston, Esq., of renchtirch-street. DIED. On the 9th inst. Thomas Flashman, F,,q. of Ely-place, Hol born, aged tug. On the 10th inst. in Angel place, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate, Ann, relict of the late S. Nash, Esq. On the 10th inst. Jane Priscilla, wife of Mr. U. Price, 0 1 Kin O g n the 9th inst. a Snowhill, t Chelsea, 57. the wife of Mr. Wrentmore, Charles-street, St. JLlnes's-square, aged 46. PRINTFD AKD Pt:BLAMED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT rtl V' ()Prim 11.2, Slitman, Lotax),v. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Currant of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The purchases of the West India Sugars at public sales and by private contract last week were about 2000 hhds.and trs.; the market was dull, but no reduction can be stated in the prices. The stock of West India Sugar is now 8,345 hhds. and trs., being 7,030 less than last year. The stock of Mauritius is 38,356 bags, being 79,208 bags less than last year. The delivery last week was 2,064 hhds. and trs. of West India, being 731 less than last year, and the delivery of Mauritius 7,833 bags, being 4,332 less than on the corresponding week of 1830. At the close of the market the estimated sales this day were 1,100 hhds. and trs., including the Barbadoes sale,• which went off at market prices. The chief show of net Sugars were parcels fit for refining, which met a ready sde ; there is no alteration in prices. In the refined market last week there was little business done; the shippers bought sparin,ly, and the holders were so anxious to sell, that the prices receded about 6d. ; the finer goods were also dull, but no alteration could be stated in the eurr,ncy. This day the Hamburg steam-boat arrived ton late to give an impulse to the market, it remains dull at the small decline we have stated, fine goods also heavy. Molasses 235. 3,1. EAST INDIA SUGARS —2,431 bass Sam damp yellow sold at full prices 153. a 17s. 6d., Mauritius Sugars fully supported the last prices, but the sa l es la s t w ee k w e re inconsiderable. This day 3,627 bags Mauritius Sugar sold with briskness at 6d. to Is. advance on former prices. FOREIGN SUGARS.--There were no purchases of Ha vannah Sugar last week, the sales of Brazils are some yellow Parnams 10s., Para Muscovades 15s. 6d. a 225. 6d. for brown to good bright yellow. This day 150 chests Brazil, chiefly ord. white Rios were offered at public sale, but we believe the whole were taken in. Average price of Sugar, 11. 6s. 0-1;a1. per cwt. COFFEE.—The quantity of East India Coffee by public sale and by private cvntract last week was nearly 6,000 bags, good ord. Ceylon 398. a 40s. 9d., good ord. o ld 13 itavia extensively at 425. a 43e. 6d. ; Mysore 475. a 495. ; 400 bags Brazil, fine ord. 445. ; mixed ord. Bahia SSs. 6d. ; good ord. Sr. Domingo sold at 405., fine-ord. 425. The quantity of British Plantation Coffee offered was quite inconsiderable, the prices could not be stated at any alteration. This day 45 casks Jamaica Coffee, low good old. broken 445., a very good ord. 465. 6d. a 478. good mid. not sold. The market looks more firm than last week. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The only sale of Hum reported are proof Leewards is. Bd. Brandy is very dull, and the best marks of 1829 were reported so low as 4s. 4d., there have since been some purchases at 4s. 6d., the market is in con,equenee more firm. Geneva is still neglected. More sales of secondary marks of Brandy Ss. 10d. and 4s. HEMP, FLAX„tti D TALLOW.—The Tallow Market is still in a nominal state. 'We insert the latest prices paid, the dill rence b,tween the prices for parcels on the spot, and for delivery in September is now only about 2s. per cwt. In Hemp or Flax there is little variation, INDIGO.-T h e late orders received appear to be fully executed ; the market has, in consequence, become very dull. Rice.—At a public sale last week 230 brls. Carolins Rice sold at 335. ; Bengal Rice 14s. a 16s. ; cargo 1 Hors.—The froit of Friday night is reported to have injured the Hop.bines severely ; the Hop Market is in con sequence more firm. TEA.—There is rather more doing in the market, but without alteration in prices. PIMENTO.—This day 539 bags Pimento went off a shad, lower, good 414. a 4d. Coccia.—This day 102 bags Grenada Cocoa, good quality 4.55. a b Is. _ Oni,s.—The reports of the Southern Fishery yesterday were late and very favour Me, but the Sperm Oil is in such few hawk, that the ace unto had no effect on market prices. The accounts of the Sealing are also very favour able. Linseed Oil is dull, and rather lower. Common Oils steady. SILK.—We have little alteration to note in the market; advices from the country state more business was done during the past week, but without any advance on our pies nt low quotations ; the arrivals of Italians continua free. TOBACCO —There are some inquiries after Tobacco, but no saes to any extent. Corm:v.—The CoVon Minket remains steady. The late put chases are 650 Surat, ord. 41 . 14. ; good, sd. ; 130 I3engal, fair, 40., good, 4 d. ; 30 Bowede, good fair, 6-kd. ; 280 Pernams, fair, 7id., good 71d. FRUIT. —There were extensive transactions in red Smyrna Raisins last week, at 389., 395., and 40s. ; the latter is now the lowest quotation. EAST INDIA SALE.-500 tons Company's Saltpetre d. to lid. per cwt. refraction, 38s. 64. a 405., all sold; 1 700 bags Uusifted Pepper, tool light 2 d. ; mid. heavy 24 1, bought in ; 554 bags Cloves, good Bourbon, mid. 9,1., bought in ; 650 chests Mare, fine bright Bencoolen 4s. 94. a ss. 3d., Amboyna, very good seconds, 41. sd. a is. 64., mid. and ordinary; 4s. 14. a 4s. 3d., mouldy 31. 10J. ; 85 casks Nutmegs, good unsorted 3s. aSa 4d.. ; 160 chests Cassia Buds, good 87s. 64. a 905., weak 775. 6d. a 78s. 6d. After the India Sale, 56 casks Nutmegs, lair 2s. 1 141. a 3s. Id., good 3s. 44. a 3s. sd. ; 54 casks Macc, good 4s. 2d. a 4s 6d., mid. 3s. 104. a 45.; $7 bags Bencoolen Cloves, good I Id. a 12d., ord. 7d. a 9d. Saltpetre is Ss. a 4s. per cwt. lower. Mace is 4d. t o 6d. per lb. lower. Cloves 24. a 3d. lower. Nutmegs little varied. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK• Wheat. ' Barley. I Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. s. to 8. s. to s. s. to s. 's. to S. BOE ton., 68 31 26 39 Gainsborough 61 37 26 41 Grantham 70 77 44 47 24 30 42 4 6 Grimsby 58 70 30 36 18 26 34 40 liorricastle 6O 66 30 40 21 27 36 40 Lincoln 68 74 44 47 22 28 40 4"4 „; Spilsby ~6 0 70 28 40 22 28 36 'it' Stamford 64 77 4t 45 23 24 37 -r„ 62 74 36 45 24 32 38 4 6 LEWES MARKET.—May 10. White Wheat (rer quarter)--.X3 15 0 to 16 6 Red 3 10 0 3 12 0 Barley 1 5 0 2 0 0 Oats, New 1 7 0 1 10 0 Oats, New Oil Cake, New 1 5 0 17 0 1 1 14 0 12 0 0 per th, i is o rousand. MANCHESTER, May 7. . ' The attendance was not large, but we had a liberal show of samples. Wheat is 3d. to 4d. ,er bushel lower, and difficult to quit. Grinding Barley is full 2d. under the prices of this dal week. The sale of Oats is languid, at Id. to 2d. below the last quoted prices. Boiling Pease remain nominal, and Beans are Is. per quarter lower. The demand for Malt is very limited, and it is with the greatest difficulty that the currency subjoined can be obtained. Sack Flour is Is. 6d. cheaper, and Barrel Flour P. under last week. Oatmeal is likewise Is. per load lower. Wheat, per 701 b. 10s. 3d. to 104. 9d. Red 9s. 9d. to 10s. 4d. Barley, per 601 b. 5 0 5 9 Oats 4 6 4 7 Beans, per Imperial quarter Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 6 0 Malt, per 6 imperial bushels 5O 0 51 0 Flour, pet Saak cf 2801 b. 54 0 58 0, NORWICH. May 7. Our market continues to be well supplied with Wheat froo the farmers, and several parcels of foreign were offered; good fresh-thrashed samples have been taken off pretty readily, 8t about Is. per quarter below last week's prices. There were no buyers of foreign Wheat today. Barley and Oats sell heavilY, at a reduction of Is. per quarter. Beans and Pease are nominally the same in price. Flour is Is. per sack lower. Wheat (per qr.) .... 60s. 695. 711 s. I Beans (per qr.) 38s. as. Barley 30s. 40s. 4 4 25. Pease, Grey...—. 40s. 440. Oats —... 284. 39.5. 3.5%. Flour, fine (Ter .nele) 51. 53.. CAN JL4y We had a fair supply of NVheat, but the demand being mited, the same met a slow sale at Is. per quarter cheaper. Wheat, white 70s. to 765. —a. to —B, 565. to 725. —s. to , Barley, Malting 38s. to 48s. Grinding.. 3es. to Ws. Oats VI ••••••••••••••••••••NINIVO 255. to 22a. 0 1, 10,...•••••••• to —s. Beans 3 6 25. to 40s. Old 3es. to 4614. Pease 38s. to 425. 355. to 41:18,_ "IC THE Maj NVEnxiesm ieceh4 TI the strpp), into his N Artie] BLUE CL( BLUECLO DUCK CL( FLANNEL BLANK El SHIRTS. .. BLACK Sl] CAT'S FOR SHOES ..... BUTTONS THREAD, BOY BLUE CL( BLUE CIA SHIRTS.... SIIOEq Samples C!othing. & seen at this Each Ts and be. deli and the Pe: his behalf, Foln LA Office, and paying for IMPORT :I CUI. ENJ "- Tool turalists, hand RICK The. SE( reduced pri been used o their late F ford-on-Av • B. E. ha the notice TENTS, F adapted foi terms, and Garden Ne TarpaulingE the conveni dark-lane, .days. To preys is BENJAI if Tooley-st 'CABINET No ,best. selectee England, at ,Leadenball ably to Act And encours tine to prod Members in at death. Fnil size mat Ditto tent be Ditto with ft. Bordered stri Hair naattrcs THE NEN Physician an extenciv , in the moat Bess. The: gative, the; secretion o 06tructior moved; an, strength tc suffer from dige.tion, The Bill , graved in sold at Ni Sanger, 15 street, Dui 21. 6d. G OSH A Non-i ing from H and baneful tinism, &c. tions on Se interesting in Part H. subjects, el By GO, " Omnibus " Sin " Its 2. The arising fror Weakness, very extens 3. 11Y( Complaints Irritation, nitions on stances, sy Sterility is tant cases it " Quo ft. " Whither The abo , noster-row, street, Edi Bath ; Reid Wood, Hui ter ; Bacot Leeds ; Go Platt and Dowding, each. Messrs. every day, parts of th, scribing rni , Advice and of the wort will b e sec] nervation. GOSS a «treet, Fitui 1/