The Sun. — London, England, 1831-04-13 00:00:00

1 1 1RIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Some important alterations in the Reform Bill were announced last night by Lord John Russell The most important of these alterations is the de termination not to reduce the number of Members. " It was thought not desirable (Ire said) by many per. tens who were favourable to the principle of the Bill, that the Members of the House should be reduced in num ber. ,That subject bad been under the consideration of the Government, and the Government was persuaded, looliing at the whole subject, and toitnitling that a great interest was felt in it, that the number ought not to b e reduced. Ile was not prepared to say that this was of vital importance ; but the feeling of many Members of the House being favourable to the number remaining the same, the Government had been indtteed to relax in its determination on that point." Sir Edward Sugden having observed that "the resolution to alter the number of Members from what was originally proposed, and to retain the whole number, altered the whsle principle of the Bill," Lord John Russell, in explanation, " denied that any thing which had fallen from him could hear the construction that Government had the slightest intention to abandon any part of the principle of the Bill. What he had said was this he found, ben the Bill was in Committee, that the feeling of the House and the country to be in favour of retaining the whole number of its Members, he certainly should leave that question open for consideration ; but be had at the same time distinctly declared, that Government were determined not to alter ether the schedule A. or the scherinle )3. in any manner which could in the slightest degree compromise the prin oii4e of the measure which they had submitted to the House," The principle of the Bill, as far as we are able to understand it, is, that the representation snots'() be real, and not nominal or virtual, Sn the present state of the representation, a comparatively small number of individuals, through the machinery of rotten and pocket beroughs, return e majority of the Members of the Commons' Heesa. It is essen tial to a real representation, that the boroughs which cannot exercise the franchise independently, should be altogether disfranchised, and that too great a pro portion of the Members should not be returned by the smaller boroughs not altogether disfranchised. Schedule A. disfranchises entirely a large number of small boroughs; and Schedule 8., partially disfran chising a number of the boroughs, may be said to constitute the parts of the 13ill in which tha prin ciple is embodied. Whether, in order to preserve the number of representatives the same, as many Members as are to be taken frem the boroughs totally or partially disfranchised, shall be distributed among the counties and populous places —or whether h part of them only shall be so distributed, while the whole number of Members in that Belisle shall be reduced —is a question which does trot affect the principle of the Bill. That is sufficiently provided for, by allowing no places to return Members in which the franchise cannot be exercised independently; and, in providing,its apportioning the disposable represen tation, the property and population of the country should, as far as possible, be the guide. We confess, however, that though the retaining the number of Members the same may not be a departure from the principle of the Bill, it strikes us that the reduction of the number would have been productive of considerable advantage, in facilitating the dispatch of business. The House is too numerous. When all the Mem bers attend, the House is more like an assembly of the Atilt neat] Demos than a Legislative Body. At present, indeed, except• tYft qut scions of peculiar in terest, the attendance is very partial. But then this opens a door to management and intrigue in securing a partial attendance. A real representation would bring with it responsibility to constituents, and by consequence a regular attendance. A Member re turned by his o.‘n interest., or the interest of his friend, is accountable to himself or his friend; but a Metnbtr returned by a real constituency must satisfy both with regard to the nature of the votes he gives, lend his attendance. We wish it could have been found possible to reduce the Members of the House. We can ‘asily understand why, as England is the portion of the empire which contains, in proportion to its population, the gr, atest number of men in circumstance's allotting them to dedicate their Ali ties to the public service, a little apprehension should have been felt with regard to reduction in that euarter,while an increase was to take place in Ireland and Scotland. The fear is lest the weight of England in the representation should be unduly reduced. The other alterations are less essential, and, indeed, the speeches of Lord Althorp and Lord John Russell before the recess, when Sir R. Peel alluded to Tam worth, in some measure- prepared us for them. There is a difficulty in ascertaining what the popu lation of the boroughs actually was in 1821. For instance, a considerable part of Buckingham was not included in the population returns. In Triiro there haft also been an omission. When a borough and pariah have the same name, it is not always easy to draw the limits between the population of the borough and the . rest of the parish in which it is in cluded. With all the anxiety of the Government to obtain correct information as to the population of boroughs, accuracy had not, in all casts, been pos. bible. There , were four series of documents on which the details of the Reform Bill could be framed and corrected. First, there were the population re turns of 182! ; secondly, there were the corrections which had been made in them, in consequence of the answers to letters sent to evety city and borough, specifically inquiring. if the limits of them were the same as those given in the population returns ; ' thirdly, there were the memorials which had been prcsented .to the Home Secretary, complaining of the accuracy of the returns; and fourthly, there were petitions presented to the House, relating to the iimit or population of boroughs. To allow boroughs to show that they ought,in accordance with the rule laid down, namely, u certain population, not to be either wholly or partially disfranchised, is hut giving an equitable effect to the rule. The worst part of the business will be the delay, to which it can hardly fail to open a door. We can easily con ceive how several of the boroughs will boldly exaggerate their numbers in order to gain time. Lord John also intimated, that besides the alteration in the wording of the Bill " in respect to three or four points ' Of no material importance as to the principle, but of importance as to the practice, there would be some alterations, which he would explain to the Heuer on Monday ; but there were thre or four points connected with the notices .which had , been given of moving instructions to the Committee, and which had been under the. consideration of the Government. - The first' was as to freemen, and the light of Voting•conferred by servitude." • This, we suppose, is to meet the objection started to the .ex eluSion from the right of suffrage, of persons who have entered into apprenticeships in borough where servitude confers the franchise. Our readers will see, then, that the essential character of the Bill will not be departed from ; that the schedules A. and 8., es to which Mr. Joseph Parkes, of Birmingham, so a bly catechised the two Members for the county of WerWiek, deeming these the main object, are to be strictly adhered to. It is proper that this should be correctly understood, and we can see from the . use "lade of th e announcemen t i n th e h ouse last night, that an unfair advantage will be taken of the - chang e , by those . who have ant interest in misleading the Publie I question. In the course of the discussion to which the announcement gave se, .ome of the StOtelvmemtbers us rise, the convenient - themselves of sa that .. l e great tisakrity of the s4tch, counties'erm s? , C6. were against the Reform Bill. t : ch retuitrines,thlead'the small number of individual& woo or forty inetviduea present Members. Thirty county ..aes sieg the freehold qualification io prop taty s ; r p l" . iority, meet and pass resolutiousa gt e„„ Aeform per sandahis is modestly called a county meeting.. Th us, ;:flar instance, in the Aberdeen Chronicle, which ar "iitied'yesterday, there is an account of a meeting of . the great and populous (populous • fur a 'Scotchi Aberdein which -i co u n ty) county of $ as far as num ; ht have been held shed bers are concerned, mg public-house. To our astonishment) parlour of any has at several of these meetings the Reform Bill ly. been approved of—an i ns tance o f liberality high praiseworthy. The disfranchised boroughs in Eng . ; land are, no doubt, hostile to Reform, and the Scotch freeholders are hostile to it for the same rei;son, Chad keform deprives Atm oTantottorriand over Govern ment patronage. The 'Scotch counties, in the fair, =erase of the weird, in the prop( rtion of ttnety=itine ;n a hundred, are favourable to the Miniserial plan of Reform. The corrupt ,att?.! .Vobing Scotch oli garchy are hostile to i. *Mr. Keith Douglas said, " that the which the Reform Bill had excited in Scotland was both general and powerful, anti would have, he was afraid, very inconretlifi.nt consequences." Inconvenient to whom 1' to the jobbing oligarchy. As thef,tecotthMth people who, when once they nt.ic. atlytht.r.g. into their heads, ge nerally stick to it., we would not advise The dishp pointin:g them of the Reform, 'on whin" they have set their heart. That mithr, indeed, have very se rious consequences, tube particularly as the spirit actuating tirefil would be shared by their neighbours. It is much easier to raise the devil thin to get tid of him.—Morning Chioniek. The coune7 see, by our Parliamentary re• port, that Lord John Russell has announced it tie he intention of his Majesty's Misil=2ter's to propose a considerable departtrre ftoin the scheme of Reform which has beet) - :tUbmitted to the House of Com mon?, To the plan, as first stated, the nation has, we may well say unanimously, given its entire. and cordial, and most gra t e f u l msent. tltt it the entire; of the country have resterl, and tie - ettse of that noble prospectus of our future representative system, and for the sake of it alone, the confidence of the people of En:land has been reposed in Lord Grey's admi histration with a breadth and fttllees:e or generosity which no other Governffiht Within memory has ever enjeyed. Fretri The beginning the independent press has creled for the Bill—and nothing but the Bill. The people of England have joined us in calling upon those Members of Parliament on whin, ns its delegates, the nation had any to pass Me Bill, presented by Lord John itussell. At small matters of detail ) inVolving only such modifications of the original arrangements as local convenience and still less at such as particular equity bight require, we should have no thought of murmuring. 'Never. tlieless, with a ',lew to the firm support and con tintestitb of that national reliance on the consistency of his Majesty's Ministers, deprived of which they never will be able to carry any Reform hatever in the face of the great borough con-, federacy, or indeed to retain office at all, we think it right ts% ekpress our regret at any symptoms of yield ing on a point of certainly no mean importance. If we rightly understand Lord John Russell, the Ca binet are content to surrender the point of reducing the number of the members of the House, "if there should turn out to be a strong feeling upon it in the House." Why, of course, there will and must be a strong feeling. Of course every unit by which the muster-roll of the House may be augmented affords one additional chance of being again returned, to every individual at present a sitting member. We did n'ot believe, when the Bill for Reform was brought forward, that the King's Ministets were so exclusively anxious to consult " the feelings of the House," or so easily satisfied as to those of the British nation. However, we grant one proposition to Lord John Russell, and acknowledge that the alteration now referred to does not affect the essen tial principles of the Bill : it merely leads, and that of necessity, to a more close and solicitous obser vation by the people, of the conduct of Ministers Frith regard to its future stages. It is: but candid to declare at once, that if Lord Grey's Cabinet falter but for one moment in their allegiance to " the Bill" of Reform, we would not guarantee their power for a second moment, nor the re demption of their character by the Whig party in an hundred years to come. But we readily allow that they have not furnished sufficient cause for such an apprehension. If we .were disposed to be merry on a grave question, or at the expense of those who have heretofore deserved well of the country, we might take pleasure in holding op 'to notice the attempt of the Duke of Northumberland to dictate - to his northern tenantry what opinions they shall ex press upon the great measure of Reform. In truth, tit e regret sincerely this gross miscalculation of the nature of public opinion, and of the duties which freemen owe their country. We regret it the more because the Duke of Northumberland's kind treat ment of his tenantry has been such as to create for his Grace a powerful influence over the feebnis end• actions of a numerous body of men, whose signatures affixed to Anti-Reform petitions may thus serve to throw a false colour upon those documents, and to persuade people unacquainted with the fact that the sentiments submitted through such a medium to Parliament are those of the individuals professing them, instead of being those of the Duke of Northumberland alone. It ought to be manifest to his Grace or his advisers, that if he can on this occasion prevail upon his tenantry to prefer his wishes to their own On the - Reform question, and thereby to incur the general disapprobation of their countrymen, the same ascendancy which he now exercises to procure petitions to Parliament will, after the passing of the Reform Bill, be equally successful in canvassing among the same tenants, then, by virtue of their leases on the Northumber land property. prow oted into electors, for their votes in favour of whatever candidates may enjoy his Grace's countenance and good-will. This is not the only case in which the tendency of the measure to serve the general interests of Property against no property seems to have been wholly lost sight of. The following is the circular - a/hided 'to : • (ctacutita..)"" " The Duke's, Commissioners send to Mr: for his own and the signatures of the tenants of his bailiwick, counterparts of addresses to the King and the two Houses of Parliament, in respeCt to the present Reform Bill; the originals of which his Grace has signed, snd in the pro motion of which his Lordship-desires activity may be used, as a return is expected in a few days; trusting that all persons connected with him will join in the prayer of the petitions, which their neighbours also should have an op portunity of signing if they think fit. The Duke requires the names of tenants who do not sign, and hopes that they will not embark rashly in politics if they wish to place confidence in his opinons, which can only be truly learnt through his Commissioners: " Commissioners'-office, Alnwick-castle, April 5." • :(Times.) We do hope that,, in the event of the success of theßeform Bill, the good sense and independent spirit of the people of this . country will not tolerate the dictation of such things •-as self-constituted Is& cieties, to select and recommend eandidates.for their adoption. This would .be Only: to exchange the domination of the boroughmongera for another soft of domination, 'pretty ' nearly as injurious' . to the freedom of election. Nothing, indeed, can be too absurd, or extravagant,' not to he made a subject of " subscription" new-:-days; but it would surpass all ordinary bounds of the ridiculous in conduct, if the people were to take excessive trouble to get rid of the venal influence of One set of persons merely to place themselves, tinder that of others. It." Pat liamentary candidate Societies" should succeed in the metropolis, we should soon expect to see, in every town having the right of returning representa tives, a register-office for candidates opened, where every body of electors may be suited, according to their taste, with candidates, and, perhaps, on as com paratively " cheap and liberal" terms as families are I supplied by ether register-Offices with all sorts of servants. To be sure, in this way, one of the great objections to Reform will be removed ; we mean that which arises out of the Apprehension that the co lonial, commercial, and some ot her interestiwill not be sufficientlyrepresented in aParliament depending solely upon popular representation, and admitting no.per sons.through the wickets of close boroughs, which hitherto aff or d e d, by m e a n s of a golden key, such a convenient mode of access to East or West Indian aspirants , to Parliamentary honours. Much appre their . I,t,,t t ntiori has naked lyeen'entertained and expres.•ed lest such- persons, and other whose money may be ' approach to the i r v g e r rs ' their.bt‘ly • merit, shall able be oroc green -morocco' !s m ea a t k :of o S o t d . Stephen's' Chapel through' popular Suffrage; b u t, by making broad gateVray of [5 , a bargain with a " i'arlimnetitary candid a t e offi' ce. avid having their names Only registered, they may find their . w aY into the Senate with as much facility is if th e close bo „. roughs, and their s e isalit ' tl . 7la freights for estimating the pecuniary merits of candidates, had not been sweat away. Depots, containing patterns "ef Par liamentary. candidates of all sorts and sizes of intel lect, eloquence, or industry, would form a new branch of internal trade. There, by selecting the models recommended to thirsts thr, VeiSple . Who 'exer, cise the elective ft.'ail'ettise, iii evely place and dig triet, May be saved 'the. most. tilitiblessme part of their duty as electors - -that of thinking for them selves iri the Choice of repilesentative. It is to be hoped thtt the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the deficiency of his budget, may consider them a fl•ter subject of taxation than tra.n4fers of stack or steam boats; and thus the supplying Members to Parlia ment mai beCcine a source of revenue to the Crown, as well as a s 'urce of profit to the enterprising spe culators in that species of political merchandize. But then we may be asked wiry rot, in that r.'Sse, let the rotten boroughs Ars' corporations remain, whir t: *'mould, no doubt, do things on as cheap terms, and furnish as good and sound an article to the ” collective wisdom," and even pay a tax for the privileges of the monopoly ? To that we can give ho answer.—Morning Ilcrtifd. The tact or the insurrection having spread int o the province of Lithuania has been confirmed by all the latest accounts from the North of Europe re ceived to last night: Thie Accestion to the patriot cause is off th greatest importance, and, it is ttiought, may exercise, in the result, a greater influ ence upon the fate of Poland than any event which has yet occurred during the present struggle, not even excepting the glorious victories of the last days of March. The holes have been from the first looltieg towards that quarter with wistful eyes, and the Provisional Government found nothing se dis• piriting or .so disappointing to their calculations as the coldness with which their invitations to frater nity were received by their Lithuanian brethren. Every effort has been tried to produce an impulse in, and it was a rosin object of all the intrepid Dwernicki's movements to. approach the desired province.' There seems to be no,doubt but that the long-expected sympathy has been at last excited. The Prussian journals and letters state that Wilna, the capital, had completely thrown off the Russian yoke, and that a Provisional Government had been already organized. The fruits of this movement in the rear of the army of General Diebitsch must soon make themselves manifest. In other respects the troops of General Diebitsch are represented as being reduced to the most deplorable condition. They were lying in the fields half-starved and harrassed incessantly by the armed Polish peasantry. The letters from Prussia state that the Cossacks were flying into the territories of that Power for protection. It appears that General Skrzynecki was engaged in trying to effect some accommodation with General D:ebitsch up to within a few days of his setting out to attack the enemy, but that the negociations were broken off by the Russian Com mander insisting upon unconditional submission.( This alte:native was fortunately rejected, and the happy consequence has been that Poland is more likely to be in a condition to impose than to solicit terms. A letter from Paris states that the affairs of Poland, now that they are prospering, are likely to be thought of importance enough to be taken into the hands of the " Great Powers," in order to be effectually ruined. The report is, that the Courts of London, Paris, arid 'Vienna, are about to consi der; of course without 'consulting those most nearly concerned, whether they, could not still preserve the dependence of Poland upon Russia, by some juggle about the Au.orrat's making fair promises of tole rating a Constitution to his Polish subjects. The tried spirit of the Poles gives hopes that they will repudiate a proposition so insidious, and continue to try their fortunes by the-lot of war, rather than sub mit to be defrauded of the fruits of all their sacri fices by the treachery of diplomacy. We trust the report is unfounded —or, at all events, that the Bri tish Cabinet Will hive nothing to do-in the affair. The dreadful state to which the interference of such mediatois has reduced the independence of Belgium is conclusive as to its real objects in all cases where the stability of despotism is threatened. The latest accounts received from Portugal would had to the hope that a re-action was not very •dis tont in that miserable country. The French Go vernment, it is said, are likely to take up the cause of some of their subjects who have been barbarously and innocently punished by the orders of Don Mi guel. Some insurrectionary movements are also re ported to hare taken. place at Oporto. In Paris the new Ministry were daily acquiring strength, and the subscribers to the patriotic loan greatly increas ing. Things looked more stable and solid there than they have since the revolution.—Morn. Herald. It is with heartfelt satisfaction we referour readers to the proceedings in the House of Commons last night, by which it will be seen that the monstrous project of revolution, insultingly called Reform; is likely to fall to pieces in the hands of its framers. Already have the efforts of the friends of the Con stitution so far prevailed, that the intended aban donment of some of the principal provisions of the measure was unequivocally proclaimed in the course of the evening by Lord John Russell; and having thus palpably shaken the odious fabric of revolution, we have only steadily to persevere in the straggle effectually to demolish it. To what, it will natu rally be asked, are we indebted for these promising prospects to our long-revered and happy Consti tution? Primarily, we will fearlessly answer, to the effect of the exertiont of the friends of good order in the State : and secondarily to the .fears, , not to the justice of the Ministry. These imbecile men felt themselves tottering in their situations they saw that the good sense and real feeling of the people were averse to their ruinous projects; that it was impossible to carry their revolutinaury mea sure; that even -a dissolution of Parliament would not serve their unhallowed purposes;—and there fore,- rather than fall . sacrifices to their fearful de signs, and resign the places they: so unworthily fill, they, in the true . spirit- of Whiggery, have deter mined' to abandon the principal parts.of that atro cious -plan, by which they had solemnly decided to , abide, and -to stand or fall with its fate.- It will-be seen by Lord John Russell's declaration, that the GovertiMent . is ready •to abandon that part of the scheme which'diminishes the number of 'Members of the HouSe. his somewhat strange that this mo dification should have been simply announced as an alteration : per se,, which would goo° further, an& wouldnot : affect the principle of the Bill." As it appears to us, the disfranchising clause, hitherto considered by far the most important feature - of the measure, will be very materially affected ; on this point, howeverohe country will 'be enable to form a more definite opinion when it shalt.' be informed how the sixty-two Members, to he restored to the House, ire ro be distributed. The friends of - the Constitution will', feel no dissatisfaction that the timely submission of the Reforming Cabinet has de prived them of the triumph that awaited theM in the contest. The declaration of -Mr. Hunt into the full as important •as that of the- Noble Lord. Let-all who are in -doubt, let all who have been led away by the plausible philosophy of our. Liberals— let them, : we say, -read that declaration and profit by it. - The Bill, we have been told, is satisfactory to the country at large ; is approved by all classes. Mr. Hunt, whose dictum on such a point is worthy the assertion of all other Reformers put together, declares that the Bill satisfies--'those on whom it confers the- elective fralchi,e, and those only -Morning Post. . We r e g r et' to learn, 1w a gentleman who arrived in town last, night, from the North; that a most powerful feeling has recently disp!ayed itself amongst the men employed in the collieries of - Durham and Newcastle, in Consequence of the refusal" of the pit prOprietors to in crease,iirir wages. A Noble Lord, who recently visited Durham, (the, owner of extensive coal 7 mines in that neigh- . bon rbOdA), war, it 1 5 1 ./lildell, ' obliged to make a precipitate retreat to town, in oitter to avoid the turbulence of his workmen. The consternation amongst the proprietors of coal-mines is said to be greater than on any preVious . ca&On, its'there is reason to belieVe 30,000 well-drilled men can be assembled at an hour's hofice.• - FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. Crown-Office, April 12, 1831 %IRAIRERS RETURNED TO SERYE LN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. BOROUGH OF COLCHEITLR.--Wiltalß Mayhew, of Fenchurchs street, London, and Coggeshall, In the county of /*Atm Esq.. ' ifi thq rgtryiltAtiTy'err §pd.ttilWoode eleripn for the said horoug , so far. a{ rclates to the said Andrew Spottisivood, haying been, determine/to be i•o!4: BOROUGH OF MALTON.—Francis Jeffrey,: Esq.,, in the room of Si rJames Scarlett, Kilt., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds] Whitehall, March M. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Aichard ,Barnes, of Bar nard Castle, in the county of Durham, Gent. to be a Master Ex traordinary in the iligh Court of Chancery. Whitehall April 7. l'heKing has OCCIS pleased to grant unto henry Jelf, Esq., a Captain in the Army, and to Clarissa-Amelia Sharp, of Kin rarroch7, in the Shire of Perth, in North Britain, spinster, his Royal licence and authority that, from and after he solemniza tion of their intended marriage, they may assume, use, bear, and constantly retain the surname of Sharp, in addition to arid after that of. Jelf, and the designation of Kinearrochy ; and that the std Henry, Jelf may also bear the arms of Sharp, quarterly with those of Jelf. War Office, April 12, 1831. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. 'l'. E. Welby, from the 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Neville, who exchanges, October 14. _ _ _ 3,1 Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieut. B. B. NPMahon to be Lieutehant , arid Captain, by vlet Moll. who fe:lrea • .0. J H. CliisloW, Gent. to he Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Mahon, April 12. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain C. C. Coote, from the 49th Foot, to be Captain, vice Pasley, who eXchariges, Oct. 14. 3d Foot-E. M. Clarke, Ge.ut. to be Ensign; without purchase, vie,Ludbey, Mao resigns, Oct. 20. 13th Foot-Ensign H. Wade to be Lieutenant, withotit Chase, vice Chambre deceased. To he - Ensigns—Ensign H. T. Ilutehins, from 14th toot, vice Spread who exchanges, Oct. 28 ; T. Sewell, Gent. vice White, whose appointment has not taken place, April 12; G. King, Gent. vice Wade, promoted, April 13. 14th Foot-- Ensign R. D. Spread, from the 13th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hutchins, who exchanges, Oct. 213. 16th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase— Ensign F. Fairtlough, vice O'Dwylr, deceased, Aug, 21 • Ensign J. Bruce, vice Whitaker, who retires, April ie. To be' knsigns, without puithase- , -al: W. Ogilvie, tart , vice Urquhart, deceased, April II ; W. R. L Bennett, Gent. vice Bruce, April 12. 26th Foot , --Lieut, P. P. Neville, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Welby, who exchanges, Oct. 14. 31st Foot—Ensign,T. Fender to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Booth, deceased, Aug. l ; P. 'l': R. White, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Fender, Aug. 1. 3:kl.Foot—Ensign G. A. V. Graham to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Paterson, promoted, April 12. 35th Foot—Major G. Teulon to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Macdonald, who retires ; Captain H. Semple to be Major, by purchase, vice Teulon, April 12. 40th Foot—J. S. Wood, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Alsop, deceased, April 12: 41st Foot—Nett P BroWil to be Captain, vice Dawson, de. Ceased, Aug. 18.. To ht Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign' W. Morris, vide Boultbee, deceased, May 23; Ensign A. Fry, vice Smith, deceased, Aug. 8; Ensign W. May, vice Browne, promoted, Aug. 18. To be Ensigns, without purchase—J. Lawrie, Gent. vice Morris, May ;G. Montizambert, Gent. vice Fry, April 11; R. Butler, Gent. vice May, April 12. To be Surgeon—Staff:Surgeon A. Hamilton, M.D. from the half-pay, to be Surgeon, vice T. M. Perrott, who exchanges, April 12 ' 44th Foot—Lieut. W. B. Scott to be Captain, without purchase, vice Andrews, deceased, April l'2. 4.ith Foot—W. G White, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Campbell, anointed to the 49th Foot, April 12. 49th Foot—To be Captains—Captain G. Pasley, from the Ist Foot, vice Coote, who exchanges, Oct. 14 ; W. Pitman, from the 59th Foot, without purchase, vice Leith, deceased, April 12. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign J. L. Dennis, vice Fleming, deceased, Sept. 22 • Ensign J. Malcolm, vice Mathew, deceased, Sept. 27. To be Lsigns, without pur chase—Ensign C. Campbell, from the 48th Foot, vice Dennis, April 11 ; H. Rainey, Gent. vice Malcolm, April 12. 57th Foot—Major H. R. Hartley to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Shadforth, who retires ; Captain P. Aubin to be Major, by purchase, vice Hartley ; Lieut. T. Shadforth to be Captain, by purchase, vice Aubin ; Ensign W. Tranter to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Shadforth, April 12. R)th Foot—Gentleman Cadet A. J. L Peebles, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, April 12. 60th Foot—Captain J. C. S. Slyfield to be Major, by purchase., vice Macpherson, who retires ; Lieut. F. Marlton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Slyfield; Second Lieutenant C. 0. Leman to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Marlton; R. B. Levett, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leman, April 12. 61st Foot—Ensign H. Vicars to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heyland, promoted; C. F. Mayne, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase vice Vicars, April 12. 65th Foot—Quartermaster J. Elliott, from half-pay 43d Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Coleman, retired with a commuta tion allowance, April 12. 820 Foot—Captain E. G. Stokes, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice C. Mortimer, who exchanges, April 12. 87th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. Walsh, from the 89th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, April 12. 90th Foot—Bellingham G. F. Graham, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hobart, who retires, April 12. 2d West India Regiment—R. Hunter, Gent. to be Ensign, without purehaie, vice Crompton, deceased, Auril 12. UNATTACHED.—Lieut. J. R. Heyland, from the alst Foot, to be Captain of Infantry, by purchase, April 12. MEMORANDA.—The Christian names of Ensign Elliot, of the 79th Foot, are Edmund James, and not John, as formerly stated. Capt. E. Powell, upon half-pay Unattached, has been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of an Unattached Commis sion, April 12. e The appointment of Brevet Lieut. Col. It. Johns, from half-pay Ist Garrison Battalion, to be Major in the 69th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the sth inst., has not taken place. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Renfrew. W. M. Fleming, Esq. to be Vice-Lieuteriant. April 2. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lincoln. Royal South Lincoln Militia. C. Turner, Esq. to be Captain, -March 25; W. Torkington, Esq. to be ditto, April 7. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surrey. R. K. Escott, Esq. to be Deputy-Lieutenant, March 8. 2d Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia. A. Gardener, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Ramsey, resigned, March 31. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent, and City and County of the City of Canterbury. W. M. Smith, Esq. to be Deputy-Lieutenant; J. Every, Esq. to be ditto ; T. H. Longden, Esq. to be ditto, March 28; J. Bell, Esq. to be ditto, March 29; F. Bradley, to be ditto; J. Atkins, Esq. to be ditto, March 30 ; A. Akers, Esq., to be ditto, March 31; (1. L. N. Collingwood, Esq. to be ditto, April 2; T. Pa pillon, Esq.: jun. to be ditto; R. W. Blencowe, Esq. to be ditto, April 4. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent. West Kent Regiment of Militia. Sir T. H. Wilson, Bart to be Captain; J. Whitehead, Esq. to be ditto, April 4; D. Woodgate (and not W. Woodgate, as inserte.i in the Gazette for the Ist inst.) Gent. to be Lieutenant, Feb. 26 ; - Butcher, Gent to be Ensign; G. Fetter, Gent. to be ditto, April 4. East Kent Regiment of Militia. F. J. Cumming, Esq. to be Ensign, April 4. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex. Uxbridge Yeomanry Cavalry. C. N. Newdigate, Esq. to be First Captain ; H. De Burgh, to be Captain, Jan. 6; A. Greville, Gent. to be Lieutenant; T. Clark, Gent. 3 be ditto, Jan. 5 ; T. J. Hemming, Gent. to be Cornet ; F. Cox, Gent. to be ditto. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster. 'G. Boyer, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 15; S. H. Has lam, Esq:, to he ditto, March 30. Ist Battalion of Royal Lancashire Militia. W. Howitt, Gent., to be Ensign, March 23. 2d Battalion. Ensign C. Jones to be Lieutenant, March 21 ; Ensign G. W. Gurden to be ditto, March 22; W. Radcliffe, Gent., to be ditto, March 23. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. G. Emery, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 9_, J. Wilt shire, jun., Esq., to be ditto, March 17; R. Baker, Esq., to be ditto, March 19; C. A. Moody. Esq., to be ditto. March 19; Sir A. Hood, Bart., to be ditto, March 21. Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia. E. 8. Bailv, E. to be Captain, March 19; A. Warre, Esq., to be ditto, March 24 ; J. Wright, Gent., to be Ensign ; R. L. Cox, Gent., to be ditto • F. B. Tench, Gent., to be ditto, March 21. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk. The Hon. G. J. M. Major ; Sir .1. Astley, Bart. to be Captain ; the Right Hon. Lord C. V. F. Townshend, to be ditto ; J. Scott, Gent. to be Lieutenant; C. Loftus, Gent. to be ditto ; A. Gir. ling, Gent. to be Cornet ; B. Caldwell, Gent. to be ditto, March 31. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dorset. Dorsetshire Regiment of Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry. Cornet S. Cox to be Lieutenant, March 23; J. Firth, Gent., to be Adjutant, April 5; N. J. Trowbridge, Gent., to be Surgeon, March 21 Charborough Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry. J. S. W. S. E. Drax, Esq. to be Captain; H. B. Monro, Gent. to be Lieutenant W. J, Maxwell, Gent. to be Cornet, March 23. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM CLOSE, Goswell.street, apothecary. , BANKRUPTS. REESPOWELL, Llangammarch, Breconshire, cattle-dealer, to surrender April 26, 27, and May 24, at eleven, at the Castle Hotel, Brecon. -Bicknell, Roberts, and Fineh, New.square, Lin coln's Inn_ Vaughan and Bevan, Brecon. DANIEL and JOHN 13INGLEY ;SMITH, Liverpool, cotton. spinners, April 21, 22, and May 24, at eleven, at the Bell Inn, I Derby. Johnson and Wise,- Ashborne, ,Derbyshire; Barbor, Fetter-lane. WALTER MUIR, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, draper, April 19, May 6, and 24, at eleven, at the Half Moon Inn, Newcastle-upon .-Tyne. Wilson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Dunn, Raymond-build.ings, Gray's Inn. . . JOHN LAP AGE, Leeds, merchant, and FREDERICK LA. PAGE, Liverpool, merchant, May 2,3, and 24, at one, at the Cl are ndon Rooms,- Liverpool.. Chester, Staple-inn, London;' Davenport, Liverpool. JOHN COLTM AN READ, Leicester, tailo r , A pr il 1 9, at five,' 20, at twelve, at the Office of Mr. Richard 'roller, Leicester, and May 24, at one, at the White Hart Hotel, Leicester. Toiler, Gray's-inn-square, London ; Toller, Leicester. JOHN GILDER SHACKLES, Kingston-upon-Hull, linen. draper, and May 24, a t e l even, at the Kingston Hotel, A P ril 20, 21, Kingston - upon-Hull. Alderson, Chancery.lane, London ; J o h n son, Hull. DIVIDENDS.. T. a Alger, Eton, miller, April 22, at three, - at the Court of Commissioners -J. Lauriere, St. James's-street, jeweller, May 10, at ten, at the Court of C oram i ssioners;-J. Stevens,. Deverell. street:Warner-street, Great Dover-road, builder, May 3, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners --W. Wardle, and W. W. Wink, Bath, silk-mercers, May 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners -R. Jefferson, Pickering,.Yorkshlre, haberdasher, May 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners-R. Kerr and J. Little, Ipswich, tea-dealers, May 3, at twel ve , a t th e Court of C om missioners-M. D. and H. King, Falcon-street, wine-mer chants, May_3, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners-T. C. Williams, Norwich, tea-dealer, Slay 3, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners -R. Burbery and G. J. Wigley, Coventry, ribbon manufacturers, May 10, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners- R. Emmerson, Coleman -street packer May 3, at eleven, at the C o urt of Commissioners -M. Miles, Sickville-street, tailor, May 3, at twelv e , at the Court of Commissioners-O. Brown, May EASCX, merchant, May 3, at -eleven, at the court of Commissioners -N. Brown, Bristol, druggist, May 14, at eleven, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol-K 11. Waller, Bristol, timber-merchant, May -14, at one, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol- 1 - klarling, Chorley, Lancasffire, grocer, May 3, at twelve, at the Bull Inn, Preston-E. and R. Lumsdon, Monk wearmouth Shore, Durh am; chain-manufacturers; M ay 5; at one, at the-Monkwearmouth Shore Hotel, Monkwearmouth Shore- W., and C. Chadwick, Mumps, Oldham, Lancashire, ma ehine-makersi May 7,--at two, at tie Star Inn, Manchester-W. Tr,vls and J. Stopford, - Audenshaw,'Lantashire, uf tirers, May 7, at.ten, atthe St ar I nn , Manchester-NV. Hudson, Birmingham,, victualler, May 10, at twelve,,at , Wilday's Royal Hotel, Birmingliaro. . • - • - • * CERTIFICATES, MAY 3. . - W. Grant, Gosport, Southampton, silversmith-T. Ball, Lich. field-street, Westminster, dealer in fish-W. F. Bray, Liverpool street, New-road, St. Pancras ' dealer-F. W. Storrs, York, d e aler-W. Williams, Manchester, merchant- 7 W. Landry, Lime R eg is, Dorsetsltixe, printer. , PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Berrey and J. C.- Burton; Nottingham, lace-manufacturers • 'I. and H. 1 5 . Burt, Devizea, NViltshire, ironmongers —J. Bowers, St. Leonard's, and W. Rowe, Burton, Sussex, plaste rers—J. Boler and I'. Boddcy, Leeds, cabinet-makers—W. Izod and B. Evans, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, lead mer chants—T. Filler and W. G. Hardlev, Strand, wine.merchants T. Paliner, Great Sidrolk:straet Bea Vis. Barletuplace, Crosby , •rt,3le, Ning+stteet, *.itithw ' ark,,generak dealers4-.1. laston and Perrin, Maiylebone-lane - Oxford-street, wine mci-chauts—J. Wood,and J. Itackhami Long-acre, coach-builders —J. S. Harrison and H. Allwright, Bath, carvers—E., 8., I)., an,thlitC.e.heßa, c . d Frir em p, soap-manufacturers--P. Ball and J. Whitehead, urt, Milk-str e et, a gent s —A. W. Forbes and Co., Glasgow, and W. A. Parker, Demerara, dealers—J. Woodsand H. steel, Shelton, engraver's—S. B. and J. Bickerton, Oswestq, ,Shropshire, druggists,-,J. Laing and J. Younghusband i South Shields, Durham, ship brokers--G. and E. Davis, Leeds, opticians—R. Johnstone and J. Hunter, Chelmsford, tea-dealers Ilellyer and NV. W. Coleman, H y d e , I s l e o f Wi g h t , coal merchants—W. Whiteley and G. Wray, Hightown/and Mir field, L ee d s , painters—J. Caudle and P. Drake, Brightheln?- ston, chemists--B. Chapman and E. V. Southerner Leeds, mer. Albion Mill, Birmin g h am, m ill ers— R . chants—R. Page and E. Blackrnore, Liverpo o l, corn commission agents—J.,'Bristol, haberdashers—A. H ow d en an d R., and H. Arrowsmith, Manchester, merchants— wine-merchants—H. D awson an d T . ,G P r. . o a sN n sv d ai ind H l i vg e e ngt Fowler,ap n , i Turner, London-wall, dealers in dry-saltery--T. Warham, deceased, and J. Perkin, Potter Newton, 'Yorkshire, stone.mer chants—T. Barber, T. Walker, deceased, R. Cheslyn, and 'l'. Barber and D. Frecth, S. Erect!), deceased, and J. Smith, It. Cheslyn, T. Barber, D. Freeth, and J. Smith, and the said R. Cheslyn and S. Campbell, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. SEC ON ) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. 1M PERI A L PA R JI ~ THIS EVENING. lIOUSE OF LORDS. Lord WYNFORD sat as Deputy Speaker, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. Lord Hoon tank the oaths and his seat. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition from Cambri geshire in favour of ,Reform. Lord ROLLE presented a petition from Exe►er against the Reform Bill. The Noble Lord concurred entirely with the prayer of the petition, expressing his opinion that the repeal of the assessed taxes and the malt duties would have tended much more to the benefit of the people. Lord SKELMERSDALE presented a petition front a congregation in M inchester, against slavery. Lord KING presented petitions from Spafields and several other places to the same effect. Lord FEVERSHAII presented a petition from Wig town, in favour of Reform. Lord GOWER presented a petition from the Stafford shire Potteries, praying for the removal of the duty on muriatic acid. The Bills on the taiale were forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned at Twenty Minutes before Six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair precisely at Three o'clock. Mr. LITTLETON moved for a new writ for the county of Sussex, in the room of Mr. Walter Burrell, de ceased.—Ordered. Several private Bills were forwarded a stage, and others read a third time and passed. A new Member took the oaths and his seat. Mr. CALCRAFT presented a petition from the inha bitants of Wareham, praying that they may be allowed to stnd a Member to Parliament. The Marquis of CIIANDOS presented a petition from an individual in the Isle of Wight against the Reform Bill, and a similar one f►om a place in the county of Bucking ham, and also another to the same effect from Chipping Wycombe. The Noble Marquis then presented several petitions from various places in the county of Buckingham, praying for an alteration in the poor laws. Mr. COOPER presented a petition from Sligo against the Bill for Reform. The lion. Member said he fully concurred in the prayer of the petitioners. Mr. PRITTIE presented a petition from the High Sheriff, Magistrates, and other inhabitants of the county of Tipperary, complaining of the distress that existed, end praying that .the House would pass an efficient Bill for a Reform in the representation of the people. Lord FRANCIS OSBORNE presented several peti tions from Cambridgeshire against negro slavery. Mr. WESTERN said he had to present a petition frOm the county of Essex, for Parliamentary Rerortn. The peti tion Was agreed to at a meeting regularly convened by the Sheriff, and he (Mr. IV.) was of opinion that whatever means might be made use of to get up petitions against it, the sense of the people of England were decidedly in favour of the measure. He was sorry to hear the Noble Lord agree to make some alterations in the Bill. What he wished for was, the Bill—the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill.--(Hear.)—He hoped Alernliers w..uld not consent to make any, even the least alteration.—(Hear.) Mr. TYRELL must bear witness to the unanimity of sentiment that prevailed at the meeting in favour of Re fol m. Whatever opinions he might entertain ,towards this Reform Bill, or he might say, from what passed last night, this reformed Reform Bill—(Hear)—he should re frain from expressing until another opportunity. Mr. WELLESLEY said he had never tried to influence any one of his tenantry to take a part in favour of Reform or against it. The feeling of the county of Essex had been most unequivocally expressed in favour of this great public measure. He bad already delivered his own opi nions on the subject, and trusted most sincerely to see the Bill passed. Mr. STANLEY said, he very much regretted that the Paymaster of the Forces was not then present, as it ap peared from what he stated in the House last night, that much misconception prevailed both in- the Hous.! and out of it.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Stanley) could positively affirm, that it was not the intention of Ministers to de viate from a single principle of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He would repeat, that it was not the intention of Ministers to deviate from a single principle of the measure as at that laid down.—(Hear.) It was a great misconception to suppose that it was not the intention of Ministers to dis franChise boroughs 'not containing a certain population. —( Hear, hear.) Not one of those boroughs whose popu lation did not extend to a certain amount would escape the sentence of disfranchisement, or being in part disfranchised. —(Hear, hear.) But all that was intended by his Noble Friend was, that if it was the decided opinion of the House that the number of its Members ought to be more than those proposed by the Bill, such an augmentation would not be taken from those boroughs pr , posed to be disfran chised, but from large and populous towns now unrepre sented.--( Heard Sir E. B. SUGDEN said that the principle of the measure was to be gathered from its details, and as the Hon. Member (Mr. Stanley) had said if the Members of that House were not to be decreased, that the Govern. ment would take care not to restore say. of the boroughs that were to be disfranchised, as ori ginally proposed, but would give these additional Members to other great and populous towns, the prin ciple would be essentially changed. It was a new Bill to be considered in its own details. Mr. CAMPBELL said the principle of the Bill remained untouched. Was the principle of the measure to reduce the number of the House of Commons ? No ; it was to put an end to the nomination of Members of the House—to put an' end to rotten boroughs—to put an end.ter corrup tion—and that prineiple•icniainedlontoueired by any new explariatione. According to the statements of the Noble Paymaster, Schedules A. and B. remained entire, and if they remained . entire, • the "principle of the measure was not affected.—(Hear, hear, heat.) With regard to what had been said about birth , and servitude, the Noble Pay• master had not said that they were permanently to be retained, but that there was ground for an exception in case of those who had acquired a title to the freedom of the several corporations to which they belonged, and in virtue . of :which during their lives they were entitled to a share in the elective . franchise. With regard to the popularity of the measure, although he might not have had the experience of the Hon. Member for Preston, he had yet visited various counties in England, and according to his experience, persons of all ranks, the high and the low, the rich and the poor, all exclaimed in fuvour of the Bill. In the county of Shfford there was a meeting called by a requisition, at the head of which were the names of ten Peers, and which was attended not only by persons of great opulence and , distinction, but also of the lowest orders, who hailed the prospect of having speedily restored to them what they justly esteemed the birthright of every Englishman--a voice in the representation of their country. Mr. O'CONNELL said the Hon. Member for Wey month had laboured much to show that the principle of the Reform Bill .had been very much infringed and altered. The principle of the Bill was not as that Hon. Member had endeavoured to show, to create a separation between the landed and . the manufacturing interests; but of putting an end to the nomination to boroughs, and to the entire system of odious traffic in their purchase and sale. Now bow was this to be carried into effect, if not by mcertaining.population ? The Noble Paymaster of the Forces had proceeded upon the returns of 1821. That was the only matter of detail, and the only alteration now proposed was by reference to later documents, to vary from that scale, when it was found to be incorrect. "The principle of the Bill was to get rid of, not 'the distinction between the manufacturing and landed interests, but of the notorious system of the manu facturing of Members of that House, and of Members to the other House as well, of getling Peerages by means of re turns to that House—of getting rid of expences for elec tions out of the proceeds of future elections. There had been men, and there were now men to lie found, who bed trafficked for Peerages in this way, but that traffic would be put an end to for ever by the operation of the Reform Bill. It was on this account that there had bt4n lrritatiNt in some places on the subject, .•because the Bill went to de stroy for ever the trade in boroughs, and leave men to their own resources for the attainmentot station and dignity. lie regretted to hear what the Honourable Member for Preston had said in the House last night, but. he could not believe that those Of whom he spoke were the geniiins reformers of Englanch—CCheerai) The gentine reformerS of Engdmil wire all deCidedly in favour of this Bill. They knew, if the Bill pii6ed, pOpular men of pepu'ar principle', and with disinterested views, Would he likely to be returned to that House—men who would ameliorate what wanted amelioration, but, at the same time pre,erve as most sacretl the right of that House to correct whatever it might observe to be necessary, not only in that House—not only in oilier places, but in the House of Lords, where it was necessary. Lord VALLETORT could not be brought to believe that the principle of the Bill would be advantageous t o the people of England. He had understood, from what the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite bad stated, that the sixty-twO Members, which it was proposed to reduce the number, were to be added to towns, and none to be given to counties. Mr. STANLEY said, what lie meant to have stated was that no Moab r should he given to those boroughs that were originally intended to be disfranchised, and that the Members would be given to large and respectable bodies of constituents. - Mr. NORTH wished to know, as the Bill was to undergo great inedifieation, whether those modifications,. or similar modifications, were afterwards to be extended to the Scotch and Irish Bills, for it was only caleulated to deceive the House to attempt to say that the principle of all the Bills was not alike. Mr. STANLEY said, that the modifications of the Enlists Bill did not at all affect its principle, and could have nothing to do with the other Bills. • ' Mr. HUNT said that the Hon. Me - tuber for Weymouth quet-d him as a good authority on the present occa sion ; it was only about a week ago that the same Ho nourable Member had told the House that lie was no authority at all, therefote he (Mr. II.) could not feel much flattered by Mm compliment—(Laughter.) With regard to what he had said last night, he was fully per suaded that he had then said nothing but what was correct, and what he was prepared to substantiate. He did not go into facts. • An Hon. and - Learned Member opposite (Mr. Campbell) said -he had been travelling about in various parts of the country, and had collected what he considered to be the correct feeling of the people, and that that feeling was in favour of the measure. He (Mr. H.) thought the information he had collected quite as much to he depended upon. He had travelled through Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and also Lancashire, on' an invitation to meet great bodies of his constituents, and from them he had collected the information upon 'which he had proceeded. He had this day received • from his constituents a confirmation of what he stated yester day—that they had held a meeting since he was there, at which they had agreed to a petition, praying, as they had prayed, for an extension of the suffrage—a suffrage to al) such as they enjoyed themselves-and -that . was universal suffrage in the extreme He was sorry ,ati Honourable Member (Mr. O'Connell) should have felt hurt at what he had said.—(Hear, hear.) — He had often felt hurt to hear him speak.—(Laughter,) And as to what had be en said about bartering for seats in that House, on his side of the House, he had. heard as much said about such conduct on the other side of the House. When he was among his constituents the first question he put to them was, whether they con sidered the Bill brought forward as likely to benefit them? They said " No." The next question was, whether they were satisfied—they not enjoying the right' of voting in the return of Members for Parliamento have that right delegated to those who paid . ten pounds —and their answer was, decidedly not--those were the very last persons whom they should wish 'to have to choose representatives for them; they would rather have persons in considerably higher an I more elevated stations ; not boroughmongers, borough proprietors, or shopkeepers, but persons of an entirely different character. As for himself, he hoped he should always be allowed to state what he considered to be right in that House, because he " would rather be • a dog,. and bay the moon," than till a seat there, - 'and not state what he conscientiously believed to be the truth. Every man who had lived in Preston, if he ever slept in a hay-loft, hail a right to vote for the return of a Member of Parliament, and they a, wished the same universal suffrage 'to'be extended to MI. deeply did he regret to find'that the Hon. Member fair Waterford was so altered in 'his language--that Meats , her who was returned on the express und ers t an din g that he would advocate universal stiffiag4 and vote by ballot. For his own part, if he . were about to suffer on a scaffold, the last , thing he would call for would be universal , suffrage and vote by ballot. As' for the Honourable Member for Worcester saying he (Mr. H.) was the worst enemy Reform hall— he (Mr. Hunt) believed he was the worst enemy to that sort of Reform that would satisfy the Hon. Member. General GAS COYNE considered it absolutely necessary that the House should distinctly know, before the motion was made for going into a Committee,. what was to be done with the number of Members who, by the preamble of this Bill, were to be disfranchised. Fur his own park he really did nut understand it. Lord ALTHORP was not in the House when the • Noble Lord who had brought forward thi's Measure made. some observations upon the point raised by the Gallant , General. lie had no hesitation to state what the feeling of the Government was upon it. On looking at the dif ferent schedules, and also at the different town, Minis- , ters had found that, consistently with the rule they had laid down for theMselves some additions to the numbers they had proposed would necessarily have to be made. They did not intend to depart :in the slightest degree from the principle of the Bill ; but owing to the discovering little inaccuracies, they found that they should have to increase the number of Members to some little extent, though nothing like that of 62. They had never considered the num hers an essential part of the Bill, though they were determined, if they could, to carry the . proposition: of reducing the numbers. Supposing, however, ft should turn out to be the opinion• of the Honse that the Members should not he diminished, undoubtedly his, Ma- • jesty's Ministers would not think that so great an in road on the principle of the Bill as to cause them to throw it up, but they should be prepared to submit to the House such populous towns as in their judgment ought to have the return of those Members given to them. With respect to the rotten boroughs intended to lie disfranchised, they woul.l think it an entire dereliction of the principle•of the Bill, if any one Member should be allowed to be returned from them, were from nomination boroughs. (LEFT SPEAKING.) REFORM MEETING •IN SUPPORT OF HIS MAJESTY'S. MINISTERS. (From the Inverness Courier.) A public meeting was held in the C • ourt-hoase here this day (Wedneday), of freeholders,heritors, and commissioners of supply; to consider of the . Ministerial plan of Reform. The county. gentlemen present were Sheriff Tvtler, Lovar, Mackintosh, jun. of .Macliintosit, Culbockie, Olenmorriston. Foyers, Inches, Aberarder, Abertarff, Bairain, CUl duthel, Finga . sk,'Eskdale, Colonel Rote, of Castle hill, Mr. Edwards, Sheriff-Substitute, and Mr. Gollan, of Gollanfield. Aftersome' ..delay in the expectation of a, fuller attendance - of heritors, the meeting proceeded to elect a Preses, when T. A. FRASER, EFI. of Loiat, Was unanimously called to the• chair. A letter from Mr. Macdonald,.. of Clan lanald, was then . read, in which he ,states that " the measure which will engage you pa Nyetinesday hai my most zcalous and unconditional good wishes:" BIRTHS. w_".—_ -_--- , the lady of T. Hill_ At his house in Gower-street, the lady of Mr. Serjeant Russell, of a son. • . On the 22(1 of March, at Seville , the wife of R. Ford, Esq., man, t Es he cF l , lt o h f a in s s o t. n a a t n( M i h il o l ir W . all, Poplar , of a son. 'of Edward WOod,'..sq., J. H. Fife, Esq., of Lo„ng- MARRIED. , • , acre, to t t o h e Maryl 2 h Ann,ins t. at third St d B:1 1 1 ; 1 74, r Montpelier. House, Kentish Town. • . . . At St. Mark's, Kennington, C. Hall, Esq., of Ewell, Surtej, to Ann Stevens, eldest dauFh,ter of Mrs. Tayler, of the Clap. ham-road. ~. . . , DIED. . • . On the 11th inst. Louisa, youngest d a ughter of Andrew Ed ge, of; Essex-street. - At Nantes, Mary Rose, relict of the late Benjamin • ' Chart ' . ery, Esq.; of Bristol. • -• • . ' • - -. ', • • • . - May-fair Cattierin 9 On the 11th inst. in Hertford-street, • e . o_ phia, wife of Captain the Hon. Get:lT& li reulett, ,N. ' and elde4 daughter of Sir G. Dallas, Bart. -In •Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, Mr-. 4. 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CO( of ANCI a$ possible The ab farin g gel superior q A/1 45., on a atat Children or Scarlet (lineal * , e rnaciatioi have the produced sist e d by DROPS and Gen every day as much pet suaded me4liately Sold at Bottle, o f included ; Chyrniet, Royal Ex