The Sun. — London, England, 1834-12-25 00:00:00

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(le s, Ite 3 , cv of ri pockets, Atheists, and bludgeon-men, led on by sedi tious knaves ? Nay, not so ! but good and loyal citizens dragged from their business by a great necessity, and excited into action by the most crying law of nature— the law of ,elf-preservation ! having for leaders such men as Mr. "Merchant" CRAWFORD, Mr. " Banker" GROTE, Mr. " Ship-owner" CLAY, and other " re spectable" abettors. Yes—crisis or no crisis—such men have at last been brought to see the expediency of forsaking for a season the quiet of their counting-houses, and of actively intermingling among, and making com mon cause, with the people to force from the KING'S councils the mob of Tories that now seek to wiisper treason against the people to the Royal ear. Yes, face to face they met, but not a blow was struck ; this was a species of rabble for which the To ries were not at all prepared, for he had been a bold man among them who durst say that the honour, or in dependence, or property of the citizens of London was not in safe keeping when represented by the dis concerted Triad just named. The Tory leaders, we are sure, in their deepest fit of political hostility, would never countenance a doubt of it ; they knew that these were not the men to give blows, or to whom blows were to be offered. Their hopesfell still-born to the ground— not " a row" took place. A few broken heads, or half a dozen black eyes, judiciously distributed among the " Constitutionalists," would have been worth to them and their cause a goodly price indeed ; nothing could have better exhi bited the rabble rout of the Liberals. But the Libe rals, inoculated with a little of the Tory virus-cunning, saw that a slice of ruffianism was requested at their hands, in order to martyrdise the Tory cause. The hint corresponded neither with their habits nor their intentions, and therefore was not understood. Words, not blows, are the respectable weapons with which Liberals propose to achieve their triumph ; none other must be used. We trust that the people will be warned of the shallow tricks that form a part of Tory warfare, For instance ; the same paper that gave this P;:ntle hint, insinuated also another, less broad Ir.::naps, but equally forcible. " Nothing," it u ays, "we state frankly would be to us 10 2 , surprising than that the anti- Royalists whq threaten to intrude upon this day's meeting 'L'itould mean to employ the weapons of cla mour, violence, and, very possibly, even personal out rage, rather than permit an assembly of which wealth, intelligence, and character, &c." We need not quote the rest. The sly rogue !—how much is wrapped up in this little sentence. 'With what frankness (these are the times of frankness, " 'We thank thee, Jew, for that word") he points out the very weapons, which it might not have occurred to the dull brains of the Liberals, were best to be employed. With what true womanly shrewd ness are the decried means particularised, lest wits not equally sharp should fail to suggest them ! AN TI- ItOYA LISTS, too; what a glorious revival! how animat ed are the scenes which spring up freshly to the imagi nation at that name ;—insurgents, rebel forces, King's troopers' skirmishes, all in fine meMe. And that is to be the cry is it ? Anti-rogalists ! Can the people be so addled as to pervert or misunderstand the inten tion of this revived epithet ? No, no, most Loyal Thunderer, it will not do the device was shrewd, but it will not answer, be. assured. The people will not fight ; there is no occasion for it at all ! It will be quite sufficient to talk the Tories down. The retirement of Mr. WILLIAM BROUGHAM from the representation of the borough of Southwark, has, sve are happy to find, led to the invitation of Mr. D. W. HARVEY, by a large and influential deputa tion of the electors, to offer himself a candidate for a seat for that constituency in the ensuing Parliament. ] De e s I' regretting, as we do, the retirement of such a tried reformer as Mr. BROUGHAM, it is no common c ause of gratulation to us to see his seat, in the re formed House of Commons, likely to be occupied by so able, so intelligent, and in every respect so stsr thy a successor. Mr. HARVEY'S principles are well known. He is a bold, uncompromising, out and-out radical Reformer, with a proper respect for the Institutions, and a veneration for the Constitution of the country. His fearless exposure of the tricks of the Tories, with respect to the noble Pauper List, and his avowed determination to support the reform of the municipal Corporations throughout the kingdom, have leagued against him the Conservatives of Col chester, from the representation of which he now retires, rather than contest his re-election with a party ready to resort to the grossest bribery and corruption for the Purpose of unseating him. We confess lye shall not regret the ingratitude of the electors of Colchester, if it lead to the return of Mr. D W. HARVEY for one of the metropolitan boroughs. We have been long of opinion, that Reform suffered greatly from many of the ablest advocates of liberal principles, being, it were, partially lost to the country, by representing obscure boroughs in Parliament, instead of being at the head of large. intelligent constituencies. For this rea- Son we deem it very fortunate that Mr. HAR VEY is about to be returned by the elec tors of - Southwark as their Representative. He is an active business man, intimately acquainted with all the great questions which interest a metropolitan, constituency, and just the person to stand boldly and firmly at their head, in case of any great unforeseen emergency. As an able lawyer, he is intima.iely acquainted with those reforms which are nee' zsary to the sound constitution of our courts O justice, and which were advocated by Lord IinoUGHASI during his Chancellorship. That he may be able with every facility to attend to his new constituents, Mr. HARVEY has taken up his residence among them, where he will be found on the spot, ready to consult them, and be consulted by them on all occasions. This was wisely determined ; for we do not entertain the least doubt of the certainty of his being elected. Of the value of such an acquisition to the Reformers of the . Metropolis, as the services of Mr. HARVEY, we should say more, were it not, in a great measure, counterba lanced by the unexpected and lamented retirement of Mr. WILLIAM BROUGHAM. It will be seen by the list of those who have been returned for the several City Wards, that the Tory party has nothing like the strength or influence that was imagined, in the City. More than two-thirds of the newly elected Common Councilmen are Re formers, though it was confidently predicted it would have been otherwise. We have received the Paris Papers of Tuesday, in Which we find several long and able comments on Sir ROBERT PEEL'S address to the constituency of Tam- Worth. The French journalists are almost wholly agreed that a Tory Cabinet cannot stand—even the minister:alists do not hesitate to declare that the citizen King looks with apprehension on the appointment to office of such men as the Duke of WELLINGTON and the Earl of ABERDEEN. The Journal des Debats, of which little TRIERS is still the great luminary, takes it for granted that the Toty Government is on the eve of dissolution. The sham liberality of the new Premier is assumed as a proof of weakness which must prove fatal to the Conser vative party. We do not place any great stress on these opinions of the French journalists, merely be cause given on their own authority. Foreigners in general know very little of the state of public feeling in England, and we have, ere now, had occasion to point to the Journal des Debats as not better in formed than most of its Parisian contemporaries. Nevertheless M. TIMERS is perfectly in the right on this occasion. The Tory Government cannot uphold itself in England. It wants the confidence of the people, without which Sir R. PEEL himself declares no administration can conduct the affairs of this country. We also find in these papers, that M. DUPIN meditated re signing the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. in consequence of the insult offered him by the recent vote for refusing him the payment of his salary during the prorogation. On consulting, however, with his friends respecting how he ought to act, they were of opinion, that as the vote of the Chamber referred solely to a question of money, it would be unworthy of him to take any steps in consequence of it. After some reflection, the President agreed in this, and the consequence is, that he will not resign for the present. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN FRANCE. A Marseilles paper contains the following recapitulation of the votes in the 13 sections of that town: — Reformists Orleanists Majority in the mass in favour &P 4:„ e Consequently, if the Reformists 434 different sections• Ciections had not been divided into mist. 0 - Li the nomination would have been refor- I !.`„ of the 21 Municipal Counsellors elected, 14 are Refi-tinists and 7 Orleanists. , . . . . The Peuple Souverain, of Marseilles, gives the result of the :Municipal elections at Grasse, department of the Var, viz. out of 14 Counsellors elected, 10 are Reformists, and 4 Or leanists. The Moniteur states, that at Agen, department of Lot-at- Garonne, the Constitutional opinion had obtained 13 nomina tions out of 14, notwithstanding the combined efforts of the Carlists and Republicans ; and it contains accounts of other similar results. THE FUNDS,-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. This being Christmas Day, it is kept as a close holiday in the city. The Royal Exchange, Stock Exchange, Lloyd's, and most of the public coffee-houses are closed. Our arrivals consist only of one French and one Ostend mail, with the express from Paris, and without a single ship letter. The British Funds left off heavy yesterday, owing to the general opinion that in a few days Parliament would be dis solved, which caused a great scarcity of money in the city, and Consols left off heavy at 92 for the Account. The decision of the Stock Exchange Committee, that the new Spanish Loan in future be negotiated in the Stock Ex change, as well as all other Spanish Stock, made but little im pression on Spanish Bonds, which left off heavy at 544 L. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS TOM-HOUSE, DEC. 24. Young Benjamin, Bettings, from St. Michael's ; Trader, Steward, St. Petersburg ; Madeline, Hamilton, Canton ; Se sostris, Yates, Madeira, Madras, and Cape of Good Hope; Achille, Inglis,Tagouray ‘ ; Kingston, Treadwell, Cullandbay. ENTERED - OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. Abercrombie Robinson, Scott, for Madeira, Madras, Cal cutta, and Canton ; City of Hamburgh, Wittingham, Ham burg ; Market Maid, Stocks, Antwerp ; London Merchant, Mowil, Rotterdzrn ; Indemnity, Woodall, Demerara ; Alex ander Waugh, Hobart Town and Sydney, N. S. W. ; Friends, PUBLIC MEETING—COUNTY of MIDDSESEX. In pursuance of a requisition from the freellold6l electors of the county of Middlesex, addressed to the She riffs, requesting them to convene a public meeting for the purpose of taking into consideration the present political state of the country, the Sheriffs have appointed the meet ing to take place at Lieutenant Hall's Riding School, Albany-street, New-road, near the Diorama, on Monday, the 29th day of December next, at 11 for 12 o'clock precisely. WINCHESTER ELECTION. NORTH HANTS DIVISION. Mr. Knight has withdrawn from the contest, leaving our present members to walk over the course. This must he heavy news for the Dictator's ear, that in the very county in which he resides, and of which he is the Lord Lieute nant, the cause of the Tory party is so desperate that the chance of the election is not worth contending for. A meeting of several gentlemen, friendly to the cause of Mr. Knight, took place this day, Dec. 24, in this city, when, after a deliberation of several hours, it was thought ad visable for him to withdraw from a contest in which he had not the least hopes of succeeding. Both of the present members have issued their addresses to their constituents ; Mr. Lefevre invites the electors to examine every vote, and scrutinize every action of his Parliamentary life, feeling confident they are in strict accordance with the principles which first recommended him to the electors of Hamp shire, and which have twice received the sanction of their approbation. THE TAMWORTH MANIFESTO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—The Tamwnrth Manifesto is so wrapped in ambi guity that I trurit ybti, of Abilie of yotie contemporaries without loss of time, give a translation to the public, expla natory of that precious document, as the present Parliament will, in all probability be turned out in a few days, and a Tory-Reform improbably elected by force, bribery, intimida tion, and hot by blows, and even bloodshed. I ask the people of England if they are so imbecile, or so blind, as not to see the fallacy, design, and imposture of the following r—" I have taken another course, but I have not taken it without deep and anxious consideration, as to the probability that my opinions are so far in unison with those fs,f tile constituent !bud,/ of the United Kingdom, as to ena ble me, and those with whom em tibOut to act, and whose sentiments are in entire concurrence with my own, to esta blish such a claim upon public confidence, as shall enable us to conduct with VIGOUR and success the government of this country " by kicking out the present Reform Parlia ment. " This speaks voluttiot." 'rho dissolution will take when all the Tories and Ultra-Tories are mustered and furnished with tools from the*Treasury, to agitate the nation for two months, commencing a deadly war against Re formers, by bribery, corruption, and the Treasury purse, in order to obtain a majority of Tories in the Commons I-louse of' Parliament to reform the abuses of the nation. What an insult !—vide manifesto—to fetter the prerogative of the people, and to tell them that they shall have no free ellulte; but must select their 'representatives from 0116 90O don, and one section only, of public men. In short, the whole manifesto, when fairly analyzed, will prove whether the author deserves to be trusted first Minister of the Crown—with a " fait trial," or to take his trial at the" Old Bailey," at t6OofhthOtiaoa to him at a meeting of the citizens of London. lie says, speakinc , of the iterOfffll " With respect to the Reform Bill itself, I will repeat now the de claration which I made when I entered the House of Com mons, as a Member of the Reformed Parliament that I con- , sider the Reform Bill a final and irrevocable seittement 15( 8 great Constitutional question —a settlement which no friend to the peace and welfare of this country would attempt to disturb, either by direct or by insidious means , " Yet in the face of this assertion the .eformed Parliament is to be turned out, and the fate of the Reform Bill left in the hands of those men who opposed it in every stage. When the projected dis solution takes place, to obtain a Tory-Reform Parliament, then will the Manifralo be stigmatin'il as a document of in , aolent duplicity and falsehood. SAILOR. PORSTMOUTIT, DEC. 23. A number of the friends and supporters of Vice Admi ral Sir Charles Rowley, K.C.8., and the electors of the borough generally, were invited to attend a meeting con ♦encd for this evening at the Beneficial Society Hall in Portsea, to meet the Admiral. _ _ The meeting was for seven o'clock, but, long before that hour arrived, the friends of the new candidate for the suf frages of the electors of the borough had taken good care that all persons, who were not either on the committee of Sir Charles Rowley, or were known to be favourable to him, should be excluded from the Hall until the temporary platform, erected for the convenience of those who pro posed to address the meeting, as well as a considerable space immediately around it, had been thoroughly packed. The consequence of which was, that the friends and supporters of Messrs. Carter and Baring, the present Members, a nd who attended the meeting, in order to hear the grounds on which Sir Charles Rowley claimed their support at the ex pected election, were by such means entirely precluded from expressing their sentiments on the occasion, or of tak in-, a part in the meeting, if it should appear to be necessary. Mr. Jour I'. GARRETT (the Chairman of Sir Charles Rowley's Committee) having been called to the chair, the business was opened by his reading the advertisement of the meeting. Several attempts were made, by various I..ersons friendly to the Admiral, to address the meeting, but the opposition was so strong, that for a considerable time. nothing but the greatest noise and confusion prevailed. Mr. H. DEACON next attempted to say something to the meeting in support of the Admiral's claims en the electors, and of the resolution which he had to propose ; but so thoroughly indignant were the meeting at the pro: - ninent part he at tempted to take in the proceedings of the evening, that nothing could be heard but cries of " Off, off —turncoat•—• rat—rat—rat," with various other significant epithets. He, however, proceeded to read the resolution amidst all the clamour and confusion that prevailed, but it was ut terly impossible to hear the precise words. From all we could gather, it was a resolution to the effect, " That the meeting was highly gratified by the prompt manner in which Sir Charles Rowley had responded to the call that had been made on him, and that he was entitled to the cordial and earnest support of the meeting." A show of hands having been obtained in favour of the resolution, the Chairman, in a most glaringly partial and improper manner, declared the resolution carried, without giving those who were against it the opportunity of ex pressing their opinion in a similar way. The scene which here ensued beggars description. Loud cries of " Put the resolution," by a most decided majority, accompanied by every demonstration of just indignation at the conduct of the Chairman followed, when it was found that the resolu tion was declared to be thus carried by.the Chairman. During the uproar Sir Charles Rowley attempted to address the meeting, but not a syllable could be heard, ex cept by such as were immediately at his elbow. Find ing, however, that his endeavours to obtain a hearing were perfectly fruitless, Sir Charles, accompanied by the Chairman, who had by this time vacated the chair, left the room. Upon this being observed, there were cries from all parts of the room, calling on Mr. Lang, an active and zealous friend of Messrs. Carter and Baring to take the chair, and which he expressed his readiness to do, and proceeded across the room accompa nied by several friends for that purpose, but on his attempt ing to get on the platform to take possession of the vacated chair, he was most grossly attacked by a party of ruffians, (for they are unworthy of any other name) who had re tained possession of the platform, for the sole purpose of preventing the electors of this borough from doing what the independent electors of Devenport did at a meeting called by the Right Hon. G. R. Dawson, the new Secretary of the Admiralty, and which ended in his signal defeat. Such we say was the virtual effect of the meeting to-night. If the Gallant Admiral grounds his claims to the support of the electors of this borough to being able to say " ditto" to all that is contained in the memorable address of Sir Ro bert Peel to the electors of Tamworth, and, in fact, the Gallant Admiral's address says no more, then his chance of election is remote indeed. The people of Portsmouth are not to be gulled by such Reformers as Sir Robert Peel, or those who are associated with him in the Government. He cannot for a moment suppose that the Gallant Admiral will persist in his canvass after the demonstration of this evening—but if he should have the hardihood to go to a poll, he may rest assured that there is no prospect for him but defeat. We would advise his Majesty's Govern ment to recall the nominee whom they have kindly pleased to order down, to save us the trouble of thinking for our selves, and send him to take an fresh lesson from the Tam worth Baronet. A SIMPLE TREATMENT OF DROPSY.—ATI intimate friend of mine, a timber-merchant in London, was very ill of the dropsy, and, at the suggestion of an individual, he took oatmeal mixed with a little water, the effect of which upon his complaint was very salutary ; the dry quality of the meal appa rently absorbing the water in the system. It is conceived this hint may be useful to suffering humanity.--1 P. BOURN. Leadenhall-market presented a grand display of meat of all sorts yesterday, in addition to the prize oxen and sheep, all of which was of prime quality. The lambs were unusually fine, and the poultry and wild fowl were in great abundance. Coaches filled inside and loaded outside also, with Norfolk turkeys, arrived in the courseof Tuesday and yesterday, in prime condition. Newgate-market also presented, a grand show, and both markets were crowded with curious persons, who are generally attracted to the market in QlriA mas time. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1834. Per Quar er. Wheat, White LEWES MARKET.—Dec. 23. s. d: to s. d. Per Quarter. s. d. to s. d 41 .. 0-. 43 0 Oats IS 0 20 0 38 1) .40 0 Pease 0 no lt 2f3 , 0 , :1:33 0 Oil Cake...l3'. ts. per Thousand. Red Barley CH ELTEN 11 A Per Bushel. . 4. d. to 8. d ‘Vbeat Barley . Oats 2 6' 3 3 Beans. Pease .. Hay 3l. 15.; M MARKETS. J'cr lb. Beef Mutton Veal Pork ... Lamb to 4 1 . 10;. r tvn. d. to t.. 6 7 6i 7 7 8 6 7 0 0 BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, Dee 23. Wheat, fr 2 lb. Barley, imperial quarter Do. Grinding, 491 b. Oats, 391 b Old Beans, 66 1 4 lb New ditto New White Boiling Pease, 3 imp. bush. ..22 0 22 6 Ditto Grey ditto HULL MARKET.—Dee. 'M Wheat, Old 38s. 448. 465. New ...... 38:. 404. 444. Foreign —B. —s. —s. ....In bond.. —8 —s —4. Oats, Poland —s. Ns. 9.15. Old 18: ins 246. -- small or Feed.... --s. 17s. '224....... ...... .. .--s. 22s 21-3. F,.reign Barley, Norf. & Suf ... 2tis 20s. 325. L'nc. & Vold —s. 32s : 3:. - Fore . gn Beans :its. 26,, 38s. Foreign —: --s --o. Pease White...«• —4: 365. 425. Grey —s. 30s. 345. Tare: —I. —s. —s Foreign Ita.eseed. in b1nd......n0ne MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COUR'I. BASINGHALL-STREET, TO-MORROW. (From the London Gazette.) M. H. T. Grove, tailor, Great Surrey-street, Christchurch a W Farmer, jeweller, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden , W. Spring, plumber, Great Pm tland-street, Portland-place 4- 2 1 11 11. Dakin, cheesemonger, High-stree', Southwark -... 2 2 G. Houghton, saddler, Hertford - street , M a y fair 'F. Wilkin , on and Co., bill-brokeis. Sackvi le-street, Piccadilly 1 1 C. F. Oppenhcim, merchant, Leatienhall.stree'... 2 1 On Saturday, a man named Cater, of Acethorpe, near Louth, who was working in a chalk-pit at Coach Grange, was suddenly covered with a quantity of chalk, which, having been undermined, fell with an awful crash. The poor fellow was dug out as soon as possible, but so dreadfully mutilated that his life is despaired of.—Boston Herald. On Tuesday last, a young woman named Brod dell, residing at Aisterby, near Louth, and who had come to the latter place on a visit to her friends, after saying that she was tired of living, took a quantity of arsenic, from the effects of which she died soon after.—Boston Herald. END OF A PRIZE-FIGHTER.--Paddy Flynn, for merly known in the prize ring, has been shot in New South Wales, having i adopted the sporting profession of a " bush ranger," and n making his escape from a policeman was brought down by a leaden messenger.—Sunday Paper. One of the younger branches of the family of Louis Philip, when questioned on points of geography, persisted in calling the Philippine Islands the Islands of the Robbers, which are, in fact, in the same ocean. He has been punished for his mistake. On Monday evening, as Captain Bainbridge, of Park-street, Grosvenor-square, was in the act of lifting in his arms one of his two sons who acecmpanied him, that the boy might, have a vit:w of the prize meat exhibited in the shop of Mr. Giblet, i n Bond-street, the swell moi,, by whom he was surrounded, contrived to rob him of his gold watch and seals valued at ninety guineas. AWFUL BEREAVENIENT.---Mr. William North, of !lough, near Sleaford, has, in the short space of eleven days, lost three of his children in rapid succession,_ viz., Be tsy, on the 14th ult. aged 14 y ears ; Rue'oen, on the 19th ult... aged 7 years ; and Sarah Ann, on the 25th ult., aged 4 years. Thus have the younger branches of this united and interesting family been cut off by death almost at a stroke. I N CENDIARISM.—A fire took place between five and six o'clock on Thursday morning last at the village of Loughborough, near Stow, in the rickyard of Mr. Meadows, a farmer of that place, and destreyed two straw and one stub ble rick, but fortunately, through the exertions of the labour ing class (in particular be it spoken to their praise), the corn ricks were saved. Every person was seen with a pail in his hand endeavouring to extinguish the devouring element, until the arrival of the fire-engine from Morten-in-the-Marsh, when happily it was got under. We cannot speak too highly in the praise of the worthy pastor of the village, the Rev. C. Jeaffre son Baldry, who was seen using every exertion during the whole time. Mr. Otway was likewise at his post, as usual, and has succeeded in capturing a youth, named Moses Weston, on suspicion of setting the ricks on fire. A private examina tion before our sitting Magistrates has been gone through to day (Thursday), and he will be again brought up for re-exa mination on Wednesday next. That it is the act of an ineen i diary there is no doubt.—Gloucestershire Chronicle. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. Forrester, M‘Hoffie, for Tobago ; Jane, Sanderson, Gibral tar ; Waterloo, Haughton, Antwerp ; Emma, Eugene, Syd ney, N. S. W. ; Thales, Gaithe, Sierra Leone; Hugh John son, M'Nabb, New York ; Bonne Angla, Franc, Ostend ; Francis Jeffery, Fleming, Leghorn; Belle Alliance, Petrie, Brussels ; Annechuna, Vander Wycke, Amsterdam. Lord Dudley Stuart entertained a party of friends at dinner, on Tuesday evening, at his residence. Several Polish officers of distinction were among the guests. The Noble Lord has just concluded a canvass for Arundel, where his Lordship will tgain, it is understood have the Duke of Norfolk's int,:rest. Lor - ,i and Lady Maynard arrived in town on Mon dal, from Brighton, to be present at the marriage of their eldest daughter, the Hon. Miss Maynard, with Adolphus Capel. Esq., son of Lady Capel, and nephew of the Earl of Essex ; which ceremony took place in Grosvenor-square the same day. TIIE LATE RIGHT HON. SIR W. KEPPEL, G. C. B.—This Gallant General has been in the service fifty six years, having entered the army so far back as 1788. He selved in North America and the West Indies, and attained the rank of Lieut.-General in 1803 ; Colonel Commandant of the 60th Foot, the 14th of April, 1806 ; Colonel of the 67th Foot, 1811 ; Colonel of the 2d or Queen's, 1828 ; General in the Army, 4th June, 1813 • Governor of Guernsey, 1827, vice General the Earl of Pembroke. Sir Wm. Keppel was for several years Equerry and one of the Grooms of the Chamber to his late Majesty, of whose Privy Council he was sworn a member. It was the death of this distinguished officer which at Paris was the cause of sending for by express his collateral relative the Earl of Albemarle, who inherits his property. Mr. Bonham, just appointed storekeeper of the ordnance, it is understood, is to fill the office of ministerial whipper-in, in lieu of Mr. William Holmes, who is abroad. The Earl of Eldon, according to his invariable practice for years, ordered, some days ago, all his Christmas bills to be paid in advance. His Lordship's tradespeople ex press their grateful acknowledgments for this consideration, which, in many instances, proves of great assistance to the more limited dealer. The most inveterate of the Peers of France against the Editor of the National is M. Barthe. The cause is easy to be conceived. It was by this same editor, M. Rouen, that M. Barthe was sworn. a Carbonaro. Apostacy never cuts jokes. —Le Corsairet SANDWICH ISLANDS.—We have seen an account of tie shipping which arrived at the Island of Woahoo in the nalf year ending 1833 ; and as every opportunity of bringing before the British public the fast improving condition of these luxuriant islands, the most interesting of all Cooke's discove ries, is our duty, we make no apology for giving a slight detail of the latest information we have received concerning them. Of American merchant vessels there arrived during the time above stated 8, British 1, Sandwich Islands 1, Prussian 1, Spanish 1, Otaheitan 1 • in the whole 13 vessels ; aggregate tonnage 2,473, navigated by 235 men. Of American whaling vessels the number was 53, tonnage 18,930 ; men 1,411; Bri tish whaling vessels 13, tonnage 4,800; men 391 ; barrels of oil on board the American vessels 78,560; barrels of oil on board of the British vessels 13,720—Canton Register, May 6. _ _ MAIL AND COACH ACCIDENTS.—In consequence of the frost, the roads in the neighbourhood of town have been so slippery that numerous accidents have occurred. On Tues day evening as the Bath and Bristol mail was proceeding out of town at a rapid pace, when near Kensington turnpike the leaders slipped and fell. One of them was so much injured that it was compelled to be immediately killed. The mail proceeded on to Hounslow with the two remaining horses. On the previous evening an accident, which had liked to have proved fatal to some of the passengers, occurred to Moody's Windsor coach as it was coming to town. When passing St. Mary Abbott's-terrace, near Lord Holland's park, Kensington, the horses fell into a hole which had been negligently left open, half-way across the road, for the purpose of repairinr , the drains belonging to No. 4 in that terrace, and it was found impracticable to extricate them until almost the whole of the harness, which a few days since cost 25 guineas, was cut to pieces. The coach was prevented falling into the hole, but the horses were much injured. Providentially none of the passengers were hurt. THE LONDON MAIIKETS.—For years past there has not been witnessed in the metropolis such a Christmas show of the good things of this world, such profusion, and the quality unexampled. Who shall describe them with justice ? At the west end of the town the barons of beef, the saddles of mutton, the house lamb daintily dressed, with its skin half pulled off its shoulders, like the costume of modern hussars, and ornamented with spiral embellishments of its own fat, at tract the gaze and wonder of the epicure. The prize oxen and sheep of every description, covered with fat, the glory and admiration of cooks and dealers in dripping ; long rows of tur keys, of all sizes, ages, colours, and prices ; geese of all weights, from six to twenty pounds ; capons, fit to line the fair, round belly of Shakspeare's Justice, all ranged in goodly array, attract the eye ; and probably, ere this be read, will have gratified the taste of our readers, The finest beef in the market (not being prize beef) and the best cuts, are not more than Sd. per pound-61d. with boiling ; turkies from ss. to 40s. ; some extra-fed prime turkies, weighing nearly 40 lbs., have been sold from five guineas upwards •, fine large geese, weighing 12 lbs., have been bought for about 75.. and small geese from 3s. tid. to 6s. Ducks, fowls, and game of every description, have been cheaper and better than for many years past. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Wellington gave a dinner last evening at Apsleyehouse to the following members of the Cabinet : The Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Rosslyn, Mr. Secretary Goulburn, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Ellen borough, Sir George Murray, Sir Henry Hardinge, the Right Hon. J. Herries, the Right Hon. A. Baring, and Sir E. Knatchbull. Count Jenison, the Bavarian Minister, Namick Pasha, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Ottoman Porte, and M. TridOupi, the Greek Minister, visited the Duke of Wellington yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Haddingten, Mr. Burge, the agent for Jamaica, and Colonel Doyle (from Jamaica), had interviews yesterday with the Earl of Aberdeen, at the Colonial-office. Lord Granville Somerset and Mr. Herris visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Lord Pitifterald visited Mr. Secretary Goulburn yesterday at the Home-office. Viscount Melbourne arrive': town last evening from the Duke of Richmond's seat at Goodwood, gus;j:. Departures.—The Marquis Camden, on Monday, for ‘;!' seat Wilderness-park, Seven Oaks, Kent; the Right Hon. J. Planta, for Hastings. BRIGHTON, DEC. 24. Yesterday the King gave audiences to Rear- Admiral Warren and to Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Otway, after which he en joyed a carriage airing to near Shoreham and back, accom panied by Lady Sidney. The Queen was not in public during the day, although in the enjoyment of excellent health. Prince George availed himself of the fineness of the weather, and took a walk on the West-cliff. His Royal Highness was accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Wood. Miss Hope Johnstone (as Maid of Honour to the Queen) and Captain Sir John Woolmore arrived at the Pavilion yes terday afternoon. Lord Western, Sir John Shelley, Colonel and Lady Isabella Wettiym General Phipps, and Sir James Hope, had the honour of dining last evening with their Majesties. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans, the Ladies Turnour, Lord and Lady Gage, Sir A. and Lady Dalrymple, Mr. and Lady June Peel, Mrs. George Dawson, Lady Mulgtave, Earl and Countess of Clarendon, and most of the nobility and gentry of the place, paid their respects to their Majesties in the course of yesterday. Lord and Lady Thynne, Lady Kennedy Erskine, and the Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, are amongst the recent arrivals. The Duchess of Glocester is expected this evening at her residence on Brunswick-terrace, and the Princess Augusta and the Land ravine of Hesse Homburg at the Pavilion, on a visit to their Majesties. His Majesty will, it is expected, go to London on Saturday next, and return here the same afternoon. THE LATE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. The following is the reply of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester to an addres of condolence from the inhabitants of Cheltenham : " Bagshot Park, Dec. 15, 1834. " Gentlemen,—l thank you for your kind and affectionate address. The justice you have done to the memory of the Duke of Gloucester, and the sympathy you have expressed with my affliction, have touched me to the heart. " You, to whom his piety, his charity, his benificence, and his illustrious example of the observance of every duty were so well known, can duly estimate the loss sustained by his family, his friends, and his country. " Be assured, gentlemen, that the feelings you have thus communicated to me, as well as my recollection of the regard which the Duke of Gloucester entertained for the inhabitants of Cheltenham, must ever lead me to take a deep interest in the prosperity of that place. ( Signed) " MARY." CLIFTON BRIDGE. TO MR. THOMAS MOTLEY. DEAR Sia,—Your projected bridge, in its more perfect form, I have again examined with great pleasure, and with in creased conviction of its fitness for the singular position which it is intended to occupy. Considered in relation to its mechanical principle, and its sustaining power, the arch you propose to construct is most satisfactory, and will, I am persuaded, combine in a higher degree than has ever yet been effected elegance, lightness, stability, and magnitude of span. Nothing can be more con clusive with respect to its mechanical character than the con venient and economical fact, that it will be erected securely without centering, and that the approximating halves will not depend in any material degree for their own support, or for the support of any load which may be placed upon them, on any resistance at the vertex. Every portion of each half of the bridge becomes as it is inished a bent lever, and the whole of such half, consequently, may have its power determined, by considering it as a series of such levers, or as one very extended lever, of which the line of abutment is the shorter extremity. It is obvious, however, when the lines of pressure are traced, that I t 7 this particular arrangement traction to a considerable extent occurs, that, therefore, the diagonal braces occu pying the parts of an 0ru,...°7 bridge, for the purpose of resist ing; the thrust of the upper portion; 4- the arch by their weight alone, afford essential support without '11.7 the arch at all. In this application of the solid sides of the spac,.! 44 be crossed is to be found, I apprehend, one material principle upon cn,....'h the extraordinary lightness of your mode of construction depends. The most accurate attention which I have been able to di rect to the examination of your intended bridge, has not enabled me to discover any well-grounded objections to it; and, assuming the sufficiency of the abutments, both for thrust and traction, the adequacy, by trial or calculation, of the sub stance of every part and of their junctions, and the excellence of the strong, tenacious, elastic material which you propose to employ, the firmness and security of the fabric cannot be disputed. With these views of the essential qualities of the arch, and my admiration of its appearance, as stretching across the valley, at once beautiful and romantic, of the Avon, I cannot but entertain a very ardent wish that they upon whom rests the decision may be induced to adopt it. The structure will, I am persuaded, do honour to the present advanced con dition of practical mechanics, and the taste of the influential inhabitants of Clifton and Bristol, and will even prove orna mental to natural scenery of a description so splendid, as to render almost endurable the ordinary ponderous productions of art. That you may succeed is the belief, not less than the wish of Your's most faithfully, GEORGE BIRKBECK. 38, Finsbury-square, Dec. 16, 1834. As it has been maintained that with an equal weight of iron your arch is as strong as a chain bridge, it has been asked, what would be the case if the weight were greater ? To this it may be answered, that the strength would in the same pro portion be greater. Expansion and contraction would, of course, in such a structure as has been proposed, take place to a considerable extent, but without any damage, or even in convenience, provided the junction of the two halves of the arch were effected with reference to this alteration. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Earl Craven, at his seat, Coomb Abbey. Worcestershire, froth Woolhampton ; Lord Gardiner, from Melton Mowbray ; Colonel Gore Langton, M. P., at his seat, Newton Park, near Bath, from Cheltenham ; Lord Albert Conyngham, at Brighton, from his seat, near Canterbury ; Sir John Dal rmple, Ha r t., at his seat, Oxenden Castle, Scotland, from a tour ; Affs, Mrs:, and Miss Buttonsha%c, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermvn-street, from their scat in Kent ; Captain and Mrs. Hanmer, in Grosvenor-street, from Chatham ; Mr. and Mrs. M ac d oune ll, in Regent-street, from Scotland ; the Ri g ht Hon. Thom as Peregrine Coln :Pap in Upper Harley-street, from Torquay. DEPARTURES. The Marquis Camden, for his seat, Wilderness Park, be. n " oaks, Kent ; the Right Hon. J. Planta, for Hastings ; Lord Forrester, from Melton Mowbray, for the Duke of Rutland's seat, Belvoir Castle ; Lord Brecknock, for the Marquis Cam den's seat, the Wilderness, Kent; Mademoiselle d'Este, for Brighton ; Hon. Wm. L. Melville, for his seat in Surrey ; Sir Henry Fane, Bart., from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Lincolnshire ; Lady and Miss Malcolm, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for their seat, \Varfield House, Borks ; Wm. Abbott, Esq., from ditto, for Hants ; Captain Estcourt, from ditto, for Yorkshire ; T. R. Thellusson, Esq., from ditto, for ditto . the Right Hon. J. Pierrepoint, from ditto, for Wilts ; the nev. Mr. Wagner and the Rev. Mr. Cook, from ditto, for Brighton ; Capt. Ainslie, from ditto, on a tour : Sir Ed ward Barnes, Bart., from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Yorkshire ; Capt. Patterson, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Hall Dare and family, from Nerot's Hotel, for Essex ; James Daly, Esq., M. P., from ditto, for Dunsondold, Ireland ; C. Hyde, Esq., from ditto, for Berks ; Sir Edward Owen, from ditto, for Deal. The Lord Chancellor will take the case of Lady frewley's Charity on the first cause day in next term, when Mr. Justice Littledale and Mr. Baron Parke can attend. Sir George Murray left town yesterday, for Scot land, for the purpose of canvassing his constituents. The Duke of Wellington is expected to pay a short visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield, during the holidays. Since the summer Hatfield-house has undergone great Improvements. The noble apartment called the cloisters has received the addition of a retiring saloon at each end, fitted up in strict conformity with the stye of archi tecture of the noble mansion, viz., the Elizabethan age, and co rresponding, In particular, with the fine marble hill, with stained glass windows, armorial trophies, &c. A splendid ball is expected to be given the latter end of the ensuing month. On the 12th of last month two-thirds of the houses of the great Hungarian market-town of Jazzo, in the county of Abaiyva, were destroyed by fire. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence was commissioned by his Majesty, as Captain of the Royal George yacht, to escort her Royal Highness the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg to this country. His companion to Calais was Captain Fremantle, late of the Challenger frigate. The company assembled at the Portuguese Minis ter's, in Baker-street, in honour of the approachin g nu pti a l s o f his Royal Highness the Duke of Leuchtenburg with her Ma jesty Queen Donna Maria, consisted of Count De Leikem dorff, Prussian Charg , 6 d'Affaires, Count Ludelf, M. De Ba court, French Charge d'Affaires, the Messrs. Carbonell, the Secretary to the Portuguese Lact '' ation, &c.e. The Earl of Chesterfield, the new Master of the Stag Hounds, vice Lord Lichfield, returned to Chesterfield House, from Brighton, the day before yesterday. Sir Robert Peel, in his address to his Tamworth constituents, says he is a decided enemy to unmerited pen sions. Was not Sir Robert a member of the Duke of Wel lington's Administration when the attempt was made to quar ter two junior Lords of the Admiralty on the country? As Sir Robert concurred to this attempt, he must, from his en mity to unmarked pension!, have considered these function caries as having merited the provision intended for them at the public expense; Sir Robert, therefore, can perhaps point out the eminent services rendered by them to their country. A new Counnission of the Treasury has been issued, the following are the commissioner' ,--The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Ilart., first Lord and Chancellor of the Exche- Suer ; William 'Yates Peel, Eta Farl of Lin co ln, Vi scoun t tormont, Charles Ross, Esq., Williafti 1. Oladstone, Esq. CAA ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon between four and live o'clock, a 9 Robert M'liougall, of the Minories, Was crossing the road opposite the Royal Exchange, he was knocked down by it ditto, *hid! Mit over his body. Ile was instantly conveyed in a state of filSetiiihility tO a neighbouring surgeon's, where, after lingering for a short time In the most exertieiiilirig torture, death put an end to his sufferings. He has left a widow and larqe family to lament his untimely fate. The number of the cab could not be ascertained. STEAM EXI'LOBIoN Stititit 1 / Aftplirst, LIN COLNSIIIRE.—On the night of Thursday, the 11th instant, about eleven o'clock, a tremendous explosion was heard by the inhabitants of South Ferriby and Ferriby Sluice, Lincolnshire, occasioned by the bursting of the §teatil boiler belonging to Mr. F r anklin's corn-mill, situate at Ferriby Sluic e , and about a mile from Ferriby. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, with their in fant child, had a most providential escape, having just the mo ment before removed from the window, which was blown in by the explosion, and a mass of bricks driven dirt)* with the greatest violence, splitting a table and chair to pieces. Mr. Franklin's son, who, together with another young man, had been attending the engine, had tll9O a marvellous escape, hav ing but a moment before left the mill and entered the house to obtain a candle, and was talking to his father and mother in a corner of the room, the windows of which were driven in. A servant lad had a most narrow escape, having gone for a battle of straw, and being on his return when the explosion took place, most providentially was sheltered by the wind mill ; had he been three yards either one way or the other, he must have been killed by the flying bricks. The broken boiler was found in a Yield near the mill, at a distance of about 150 yards. It had been separated in the same manner as the one which exploded at Hull, leaving the bottom on the fire place. The engine was driving at 401bs. to the square inch ; the safety valve was set at solbs., and, of course, had never acted ; and the boiler was said to be capable of carrying 7olbs. ; there was more than sufficient water in the boiler. It was erected about three years ago, since which time, it had been used as occasion required ; when there was not sufficient wind to work the mill, it took the mill works. A galloway in an adjoining stable was killed by the falling upon it of the materials of the building, but there was no loss of human life : not an hour be fore, a farrier and several others had been bleeding the pony, which makes the escape of life still more remarkable. The damages occasioned by the accident is supposed to be about 2001 . The property, is ,pot insured.—Hull Advertiser. THE MARKETS. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Dec 19, 1834, made up from the:Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eng'ant and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 405. lid Oats e2s. 4d. 1 8ean5........375. Barley IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. 41s. Rd. 1 Oats -.N. 4d. 1 Beans ........ .3Ss. 4d 8ar1ey......... 9dl Rye DUTIES UN FOREIGN CORN. Vheat 4ss. ed. Oats ..... «.. 19s. 9d. Beans 123. 6d. Barley l3s. rd. Rye COAL MAR Per Ton. a. d Adair's P.ensham Main l7 3 KET.—Dee. 24. Per 'fon. & d. Walls End Killingworth ' 1 6 Walls End Northumberland 20 6 Walls End Perkins 2O 3 Walls End Riddell's Walls End Russell's .B 6 Walls End Walker 2O 9 Walls End Braddyll 3 0 Walls End Hetton 23 n Walls End Lambton ?.l 0 Walls End Lyons Walls End Stewart s Chester Nlnin IS 0 Deana Priinroac Hplywell °O- 6 111edomsley, unscremed, Stan hope and Tyne Company 17 0 Ord ri ltedhugh l7 0 Pontop Windsor lB 6 Pic tor; 17 6 Sir ipcote l7 6 'Canfield West Hartley Wylam Walls End Bell, Robson Sr Co 2U 9 Walls End Bewicke and Co 2I 0 Walls End Carr and C. , l9 :1 %Valls End ( lark and Co.- lB 6 Walls End Durham Walls End Gosfieh 2'2 0 W ,Ils End Heaton 2l 9 Walls End Hilda ..... 20 6 Walls End Medomslcy kun screened), Stanhope and Tyne Compaby l7 Ships arrived since Dixon'siitttierknowl Walls En.l Adelaide . 2l 6 Walls End Auckland '2o 0 Wa Is End Gordon ..?' 6 Walls End South Durham 2l 6 I.Va'ls End Tees 6 Walls End St. Helen's Tees 2l 6 Walls End West Hetton Cowpen Howard's Netherton Main Hartley New Flockton, Milne, and Co IS 6 Sturge's Gawber Hall ... ..... last market-day, 79 "'RY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. k Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. Abingdon.«.✓.« s. to s. 54 60 35 49 56 58 56 64 34 48 54 6ti 3e 54 42 58 50 55 42 60 56 68 38 42 30 53 36 50 54 58 38 44 to 6 . 6 . to 8. 34 ; 22 30 28 34 2 3 30 40 10 22 32 36 26 30 24 32 23 27 36 40 26 31 28 33 ,20 30 26 32 23 26 25 32 2i 27 31 42 ! 28 34 34 44 22 30 29 31 22 30 22 86 !28 32 30 33:93 26 33 40 28 32 28 36!20 24 26 22 32 28 32 17 28 24 30 19 32 28 36 21 27 21 22 20 02 24 29 Andover 13, rmingham.......—. Br' dport Cirencester Fad Guildford Hereford High wort h Maidenhead Monmouth Reading Southampton Strand Tewkesbury Uxbridge Wanainster -,. Windsor ---.. W. rccster iii 48 30 57 32 52 '; 58 A, £0 6. 36 ?1.7 -.. 42 - 40 - 4$ 34 42 34 40 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Sir Robert Peel, on Tuesday evening, at the Man sion-house " Entertainment," denounced the doctrine of his false friend the Times of " Measures not men." Sir R. Peel and the Times are made for each other. The crafty Baronet has not been an inattentive obser ver of our Contemporary ; and even if he were not na turallvdisposed to observe Rochefoucault's maxim—ln your intercourse with a friend, consider always that he may one day be your enemy—he must have witnessed that our Contemparary has betrayed in turn all who trusted to it, and that while appearing to be devoted to one whom it is serving, it is carefully availing itself of the confidence reposed in it, to collect materials to be turned against him at a fitting period. Sir Robert can dis cern the wolf in sheep's clothing—he foresaw the use that. would be made of the maxim by the "Leading Journal," that it was a mask for the purpose of ulrimately be , traying and destroying his Administration, the Judas Print having in turn abandoned every Government when approaching its fall. "Men, not Measures," is the most convenient doctrine of the subtle Premiers he knows that he can cater for the one, but not so easily „:nply the other. Sir R. Peel repudiated the doe trim: of his recent Tamworth address at the Mansion houseet di n ,:er 7 Circumstances are changed, and with them the po li c y of the Premier. Since the publication of his Election Squib he has rushed into a mob of Tories, so well described by our contemporary the Courier, as a Ministry " literally crammed with the most violent and rabid partizans ofthe Orange faction" —Lord Roden, Sir Edward . Knatchbull, and Colonel Percival! Does the insane • .Baronet think that such men can govern this enlightened na tion Well may the Courier suggest the propriety of a writ de lunatico inquirendo. An exposition of the intended policy of such a Government is absolutely worthless. We are not, therefore, surprised that the shifty Premier has gone on another tack, and told the Lord Mayor to look to his men, and not to his mea sures. " Ido not agree (said the slippery Baronet), with the views of some persons, who are supposed to support the Government on the ground that we should look at the measures to be proposed, and not at the men who offer them." This was palpably aimed at the Times. Only last week, that recreant Journal was in a fit of ecstacy with the false position as sumed by the Westminster candidates, Sir Francis Burdett and Colonel Evans, which now, however, amounts merely to this—that the Members for Westminster will accept any good measures from Tory Ministers, but do their utmost to turn out the political cheats at the first fitting opportunity. Sir Robert Peel is too wary to found his Administration on Measures. Such a sandy foundation would soon give way. He is sensitively aware of the miscarriage of his Address to the Electors of Tamworth, and that it has miserably failed to impose on the Re formers. In consequence of the explosion of the sham Reform plot, the new Premier has been forced to construct his Cabinet exclusively of Tory mate rials. Now, therefore, the supple Baronet hauls down his Reform flag and hoists his original Tory colours. The old ship is brought out of ordinary; and manned with the old crew. Such a crazy hulk will never pass down the British Channel and be mistaken for a steamer. In the absence of Sir Robert Peel, the Tories vainly imagined that an affec tation of liberal opinions would force themselves on the country, notwithstanding the load of their politi cal sins. But Sir Robert Peel has unadvisedly cut the ground from under them. Now that we are told that men, not measures, are the rule of faith, let us see what are the opinions which the new Ministers and their present journals formerly entertained of each other. First, who are the men ? We give the rank and file of the whole Tory regiment, as far as known we select the new Cabinet :- 1. Sir Robert Peel First Lord of the Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. 2. Duke of Wellington Pew e, 8 to 8. 3. Earl of Aberdeen 4. Lord Lyndhurst ...... 5. Henry G oulb urn Home Secretary. 6. J. C. ll: t erries - 7. Sir Edward Knatchbull Paymaster of the Forams. B. Lord De Grey -2 . 9. Sir Henry Hardinge 10. Lord Maryborough Post-Master-General. 11. Lord Rosslyn President of the Council. - 42 12. Lord Wharncliffe 13. Alexander Baring President of the Board of Trade. 14. Lord Ellenborough President of the Board of Control. 15. Sir George Murray Master-General of the Ordnance. We will now enumerate some of the subalterns of this bitter Peel-and-Wellington Cabinet. 16. George Davizon Secretary to the Admiralty. 17. Sir Geo. Cockburn 18. Maurice Fitz gerald Ditto. 19. Sir John P. Beresford Ditto. 20. Sir Charles Rowley 21. Lord Ashley 22. Yates Peel 23. Lord Lincoln Ditto. 24. Lord Stormont 25. Charles Ross 26. W. E. Gladstone 27. Sir George Clerk Secretary of Treasury. 28. Sir T. Freemantle Ditto. 29. Viscount Lowther Treasurer of Navy. 30. Lord G. Somerset Chief Commissioner ofWoods,&c. 31. W. Praed 32. J. Planta One of the India Board. 33. Lord E. Somerset Surveyor General of Ordnance.. 34. Sir Edmond Owen Clerk of Ordnance. 35. F. R. Bonham 36. Colonel Perceval 87. Stuart Wortley 38. Lord Mahon We will now enumerate the political lawyers, in their profession respectable, in their politics most offensive. 39. Sir Edward Sugden ... Lord Chancellor of Ireland. 40. Sir James Scarlett Chief Baron. 41. Frederick Pollock Attorney-General. 42. C. Follett Solicitor- General. 43. Sir W. Rae Lord Advocate. The household troops complete the battle-array of Toryism. 44. Lord Roden 46, Lord Jersey Lord Chamberlain to the King. 46." arl Howe Lord Chamberlain to the Queen. We may add, to make up the two dozen, that the Marquess of Salisbury is " talked of " for Ireland, and Lord Londonderry for Russia I These are the chosen Men of the .Times—the known and tried friends of liberty, domestic and foreign—the enlightened advo cates of the reformation of our social institutions in Church and State--the pacificators of Ireland 1 We wonder that the ink Is not frozen in the pens of the writers in the Times, whsle they are vainly and impu dently seeking to palm off' such a gang on the liberal electors of the United Kingdom. From thine own mouth shalt thou be convicted. 'We will to-day re flesh the memory of the Times with a chronological series of elegant extracts from its characters of the new Premier ; and in succession with the late and recent estimates of the political reputation and capacity of the other Men newly drafted into the Wellington corps of Liberals. We will hereafter present our readers with Knatchbull's character of Peel, and Peel's character of Knatchbull—with the observations of the Times on Lyndhurst, and of Lyndhurst on the Times—with the Standard on the Peels and the Red Tapists—the Times on the Standard, and the Stand ard on the Times. The first striking portrait of Sir 21.obert Peel by the Times, was drawn on the 7th May 18.27. The " Leading Journal" thus describes the Peel and Dawson party :—" The more accurately this gentleman (Peel) is measured, the more moderate we begin to suspect will his dimensions be found, &c. We speak the common sense of the country in in af firming, that when the dust which these oldcast horses of the Government have raised by restiveness andpranc ing otia road which is strange to thern,shall have sub sided, it will be discovered that their numbers are but few, their paces feeble, their condition miserable, and the prices which they may again be bought at little more than what are current in a knacker's yard." On the 6th of June, in the same year, the Times thus estimated the oratorical Premier as a " useful executive officer," but in Parliament " a speaker of that tribe which fluctuates between the .third rate and the second. We never heard a sentence or expres- __ ;‘, • :z: L V