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art. ) hav e de ty of thimt .acter of to nd to :ripta ndea andg, fear 1 the its of ntry, n the rders antsy night omes pre- it the t the ation Irbed ;ores, ins of every poses 4th, i d is , and nary, juris- r the rards, e ex- vould orne. ,ly no the The mere f the , and ards. is ac lexed con the rhuq, Aish reme t the But died large his ,000 r, so illion !al of aent, the ff a r- meat n to on at ravia nieki rern ven- hich 'heat pur- corn tars. 160 150 15S 125 rted, was ,and Jail" son DOVER, MAY 23. NEW PARLIAMENT. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, MAY 23. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. Lord Althorp Lord Milton Cartwright Knightley . . _ 1423 Besides votes remaining undecided by the Assessor • For Althore and Milton 344 For Cartwright and Knightley l5B CORNWALL COUNTY ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Never was I more astonished than to see it gravely asserted by a correspondent in your Paper of Friday last, that Sir R. Vyvyan was almost an idol in Corn wall, and that no other person but Sir C. Lemon could have turned him out ! ! ! 1. As for Sir R. Vyvyan's popularity (except amongst members of the High Church and Ultra-Tory patrons and burgesses of our rotten boroughs) I never heard of it, until I opened your Paper half an hour ago. Should the assertion, however, of your Correspondent be correct— should the Hon. Baronet really be " the idol" of Corn wall, I can only say that the freeholders have a very strange way of manifesting their idolatry. At the two great county meetings which were held at Bodmin in January and March last, and which were attended by a very large majority of the most respectable gentry, yeomen, and tradesmen of Cornwall, the mariner in which Sir R. Vyvyan's name was received, must have been anything but agreeable to himself and his Tory friends. At the nomination of election, too, his reception by the free holders was not a bit more flattering. He was hissed, hooted, and told " to come that day six months ;" and on his attempting to raise the No Popery cry (as he had threatened in the House of Commons), he was fairly laughed down and rebuked into silence. 2. With respect to the assertion that " no other person but Sir C. Lemon could have turned him out," your Correspondent is equally mistaken. It was the CAUSE that triumphed. Any respectable gentleman of the county, pledged to " the Bill," would have been returned in preference to Sir R. Vyvyan. In fact, scarcely had the dissolution of Parliament been announced, when Messrs. Pendarves and Peter received pledges of support from at least three-fourths of the county, and it was only in consequence of the threatened expenses of the contest that the latter gentleman was induced, by the advice of his friends, to retire, and to make room for a richer can didate in the person of his friend and brother Reformer, Sir C. Lemon. I am, Sir, your constant reader, May 22, 1831. A FREEHOLDER OF THE WEST. His Grace the Duke of Wellington arrived on Saturday at Walmer Castle, and it is reported that he will remain there until the meeting of Parliament. The Marquis of Douro, Mr. Croker, anti some ether friends are with him. Prince Esterhazy arrived to-day from Calais, with a numerous suite, and proceeded for London, on a vis't to his son the Austrian Ambassador. Captain Stanhope arrived here last evening from Lon don, to attend a public dinner to be given him this day, in a field near the town, by his new constituents. The weather is very propitious, and the friends of Reform will no doubt make a very strong muster. COURT CIRCULAR. The:T MAJESTIES, the Landgravine of HESSE Hon- BottG, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Princess AUGUSTA, Prince GEORGE of Cambridge, and party, ar rived at the Queen's Lodge in Bushy Paik, about twelve o'clock on Sunday. The illustrious party attended Divine Service, which was performed by the Rev. JOHN MERE NETHER, her MAJESTY'S Chylain in Ordinary. A defense was served at two o'clock, after which the KING and QUEEN and their Royal and distinguished visitors drove out in pony phaetons in Bushy Park. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND subsequently joined the /loyal party, on their return to the Lodge to dinner. The Marquis and Marchioness of ELY, and the Rev. JOHN UEREWETHER, had also the honour of dining with the KING and QUEEN. Their MAJESTIES, and the whole of the party, left the Lodge about nine o'clock, and returned to their respective residences. The KING gave audiences yesterday to the Hanoverian Minister, the Duke of DEvowsuraE, Earl GREY, and the Earl of CASSILIS. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the PrinceFs SOPHIA Partook of a dejeune with the QUEEN yesterday, at the Palace at St. James's. The Duke of CUMBERLAND and Prince LEOPOLD visited her MAJESTY yesterday. Their MAJESTIES entertained the Duke of CUMBER.- LAND and a select party at dinner last evening. The QUEEN, accompanied by the Duchess of SAXE Wientau, took an airing yesterday in a carriage. Prince LEOPOLD had an interview yesterday with Earl GREY, at the Treasury. Lord HOLLAND left Holland-house yesterday for St. Anne's-hill. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds itTeapoiitan Brazilian Bondi se old Bonds 61% Peruvian Bonds .... Prussian,Portugue Buenos Ayres Bonds 4 -2 Chilian Bonds— eiolornbian Bonds — JJitto, New Ditto, 1ee2.4 Danish Greek Bends — ------ 181.13 — Ditto, 1825 atiathziala — Exchange . ..... —f. --r. Mexican Bonds 3O 3 per cent....... 65f. 50, Ditto. 1825 3 9 1/ Exchange 251.30c. PRICES OF IRISH STOC an k Stock _ICS, DUBLIN, MAY 19. iSt. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 ner cent. Gov. Stock, 3 % ', per cent. 88% National Ditto — Ditto, New 89% Patriotic Ditto — I per Cent — I Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3!<, percent.... 86% Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock — Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent ...... Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings HAILS. • Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg 0 O Brazil ►► Buenos Ayres O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 1 France 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 I Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 9 minutes after 1. I Evening... 32 minutes after 1. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. A thin attendance and nothing done of any consequence; nor is it probable that ' there will be much betting for some time, till the sensation consequent upon Epsom Races has subsided. T he defeat of Riddlesworth has not shaken the confidence of his be ing f or th e St . Leger—he is in as good repute as ever, 7to 1 taken. Zany will no doubt come stronger into the betting f or this s t a k es ; and Incubus is likely to have a respectable place . ia the odds. Independence was backed for even money against the field for the Manchester Cup, to be run for this week. The settling for the Derby and Oaks will take place this day at Tattersall's. THE COBURG THEATRE.—Last night a c hange of performances and a holiday treat was prepared for the visitors at this house, which reflected great credit on the spirited manager. The pieces were Derwent Vale, Or, The Old Soldier—a pretty piece, and well played, Particularly by Mr. SEaLE. Martha Willis, the Maid Servant. This latter piece is deserving of the attention of the heads of families, both as regards their children and servants. It is written by Mr. JERROLD and display con orderable energy and dramatic skill. The entertainments %e luded with a nautical mclo-drama, founded on a terrific tlecdote, e n titl e d th e W rec k o f th e Leander, 50 ; or, "ha Coral Bank. The house was well attended. NEW CITY THEATRE.—The appearance of ao .celebrated an actor as Mr. KEAN at this little theatre l i n Which, we b e li eve , h e h as b ecome j o i n t p ro p r i e t or w i t h „, I r. Cu.srmArr) attracted a crowded audience last night. Th e Play se l ecte d f or th e occason was the g. Merchant of V enice," and Shyloch, the character in which be first 4 t l rNt upon the audience at Drury-lane, afforded him in th e Present instance a scope fur the display of talents which time has not since impaired. It is not the mere language of compliment to say that Mr. KEAN never performed with roore of his characteristic energy. His health hag evi dently undergone considerable improvement, and if his acting has not experienced a similar change, it must be that the size of the theatre has brought his powers into More effective contact with the passions of his audience, for \ certainly the impression was more intense. Mrs. CHAP. BAN, who undertook the character of Portia, for the first time, acquitted herself with much propriety, in a very 4 ilcult undertaking. When the curtain fell upon the fourth act there was a general call for Mr. KEAN, who, k i lter some delay, came forward and addressed the audience. tie expres , ed his gratitude for the reception which they , r h ad giv en hi m a t th a t th e mo s t p r o u d mo m en t of his life. 'be great theatres, he observed, after attempting to mono- P ° l;se every thing but talent, were sinking fast into decay, a ad the public would have to form its opinion between ti I ° ll 4 and the competitors which their decline would give rise to. As one of these competitors he appealed to the taste and lib era lity o f th e City of London, believing that Y would be able to vie with the great houses, if not in e 'b e t et, i n t h e power o f pro d uc i ng a musem en t. M r . KEAN retired, amidst the applause of the audience. SIR WALTER SCOTT.—We learn from a gentleman who was last week at Abbotsford, that Sir 4 ArirEs. has almost completed his romance of " Count p. Ohert of P ar i s ." T wo vo l umes wer e in types; a few 1 8 " Only were then wanting to complete the third and lilt volume, and the illustrious Baronet, with restored 44,an 41 tit and unabated cheerfulness, was dictating to his , e uensis in hi s own marve ll ous curren l e cu lamo style, greely altering or retouching a single sectence.—lnrer -4s Co ur i er. `V it is said th a t an hi s t or i ca l s t a t ue o f King ~,LtiAm IV., seated in a triumphal car, chisseled by an vr.. llt sculptor, will b e pl ace d on th e p e di men t over the "at gate at the entrance to Hyde Park from Piccadilly. IierI ) EATII OF A GIANTESS.—Died l a t e ly, in scribed year, Susaria, daughter of ROBERT BOYD, of l ow near Seaford. Though bor n of parents rather be yea L ne middl e siv, this extraordin ar y girl, when nineteen i ni :_° l,l , weigh e d stone ; she measure d seven f eet one Her in length, and twenty-three inches across the chest. if era fi i g d t:te was remarkably well proportioned.— Coventry ebwl- eta - • LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1831. The elections are now all but at an end, and with them terminates the last faint hope of the Anti-Reformers. They can now no longer talk of the factious spirit of the Liberals ; no longer delude themselves with the idea that a re-action in favour of the Boroughmongers is likely to take place ; the whole empire has solemnly and unequivocally recorded a verdict of guilty against them, and all that now remains for them to do is, not to move in arrest of judgment, but in mitigation of punishment. Even Sir ROBERT PEEL has at length discovered that his opinions on the question of Reform are diametrically opposed to those of the community, and evinces no slight anxiety to back out of the false position into which circumstances, combined with his own defective judgment, have thrown him. Do we blame this disposition on the part of the Right Honourable Baronet ? far from it, there is always hope of a Statesman who has the manliness to confess that he has been in error ; it is the obstinate and the bigotted only who luxuriate in their infirmity, and are proud of their pig-headedness, who are beyond the pale of itnprovement, and from whom nothing favourable can be expected. Our only fault with Sir ROBERT PEEL is, that he has been so slow in finding out the error of his ways ; that he has refused to look steadily at the signs of the times'; and has attributed that spirit to faction which more or less influences the mind of every sentient being in the Empire. The mention of one Anti-Reform Baronet—though we hope and believe he is so no longer—reminds us of another, Sir R. VYVYAN, whose popularity in the county of Cornwall, it seems, from the letter of an intelligent Correspondent, who signs himself " A Freeholder of the West," we have greatly over-rated. Of course we take this opportunity of doing justice to the Hon. Baronet, and expressing our regret that we should ever have been the means (however innocently) of attributing that popularity to him, which, as we have now learned from good authority, he never possessed. Messrs. PENDARVES and PETERS are at present, we understand, two of the most popular gentlemen in Cornwall, and this because they are expressly opposed to the politics of Sir R. VYVYAN. The correspondent of a Morning Cotemporary, speaking of the Pembrokeshire election, says, " the most vexatious delays prevail in the booths. Every impediment is thrown in the way of Mr. GREVILLE'S voters, hundreds of whom have been for several days waiting to be polled. It is now decided to tender the votes with a few pre liminary questions, just to save delay, and if the Sheriff or his underlings put undue interroga tories, the voter shall leave the booth, for which the Sheriff must be made accountable. Both candidates have declared their determination to keep the poll open to the last day. This will be the severest contested election in the United Kingdom." Possibly so, and will terminate in the same way as the memorable Northampton shire and Dublin elections. By the French Papers we learn that the Go vernment have decided upon sending a Special Commissioner, with troops at his disposal, to the different disturbed districts in the west of France, the object of whose mission is to pacify the country, by employing concilia tory means, and afterwards, if necessary, force ; but yet without having recourse to the extreme measures which the law permits, " and which would now create more obstacles than they would overcome." The Allgenzeine Zellung states that it is at length determined that the soldiers of DwER NICKI'S corps shall be sent in several detach ments to Transylvani a and Moravia ; and that Laybach is assigned to General DWERNICKI and the majority of his officers as their abode. Under the head of St. Petersburgh, F ran kf ort Papers insist stoutly on the determination of Russia to carry on at all hazards the war with the Poles. " Our Government is now seriously resolved to put au end to Polish insurrection, and no longer to tolerate a state of thin gs which, while it ruins Poland , may become flange_ rous to the neighbouring countries, and weaken the due influence of the greatness and power of Russia on the affairs of the world. Even should the entire army confided to the command o f Count DIEBITSCII be destroyed, which is im possible—even should the events of the war take the most unfavourable turn, masses of troops are at this moment in motion, which are doubling, to make up for the loss, to make the Russian name respected, and to give Europe security against the intrigues of a dema gogical party, which everywhere fztns the flame of insurrection, and was not unconnected with the insurrection in Poland. The EMPEROR will never negotiate with rebels, or recognise revolutionary principles, and submit to the so vereignty of the people, to which the visionariet. at Warsaw would so willingly do homage." RIO DE JANEIRO, MARCH 12.—Yesterday mornin2. at. three o'clock, their Imperial Majesties arrived in per. fact health at the palace of Bona Vista, on their return from their visit to the province of Minas Geraes. A decree of the Legislative Assembly, sanctioned by th, Emperor, orders that in the province of Bahia no slay( residing either in a town or the country, shall leave horn( without being provided with a ticket, dated and signed by his master, overseer, or superintendent, stating th, name of the slave, his country, a description of his person, the place to which he is going, and the time for %Odell the ticket is to be valid. _ _ VIENNA, MAY 12.—The soldiers of Dwernicki's corp, are sent in several detachments to Transylvania and Mo ravia. Laybach is assigned to General Dwernieki, and the majority of his officers, as their abode. All the indi vi lu ds belonging to this corps receive from our Govern ment, so long as they are in the Austrian territory, p ay according to their rank, and on the same footing as the Austrian army, upon which they will have to subsist ; arrangements will be subsequently made with the Russian Government far the expellee thus incurred by our treasury. A French courier from Paris has passed through hen on his way to Constantinople, he is said to be the Beare, of letters of recal for Count Guilleminot. It is also said, that the same courier brought farther instructions to the French Ambassador here, respecting the proposal for a general reduction of the military force. It does not how ever appear how such a plan can be carried into effect in the present state of things, though here, as every where else, a diminution is very much desired. VIENNA, MAY 13.— . Four per Cents. Aletalliques, Bank Shares, 1,018. ST. PETERSBURGH, APRIL 24.—We cannot sufficently express our surprise here at the slighting manner in which foreign Journalists speak of the power of Russia since the campaign in Poland ; and we remember that they spoke in the same manner when natural obstacles and the weather impeded the war against the Turks at its outset. But we remember, also, bow quietly these talkers changed their tone and lauded the military glory of Russia to the skies. Accordingly, nobody here doubts that the abuse they have hitherto lavished will soon be changed for panegyric, and that the greatness and conduct of Russia will be again extolled in Europe as they were before. Our Government is now seriously resolved to put an end to the Polish insurrection, and no longer to tolerate a state of things which, while it ruins Poland, may become dange rous to the neighbouring countries, and weaken the due influence of the greatness and power of Russia on the affairs of the world. Even should the entire arms , confided to the command -of Count Diebitsch be destroyed, which is impossible —even should the events of the war take the most unfavourable turn, masses of troops are at this moment in motion, which are doubling, to make up for the loss, to make the Russian name respected, and to give Europe security against the intrigues of a demagogical party, w hi c h every where fans the flame of insurrection, and was not uncon nected with the insurrection in Poland. The Emperor will never negotiate with rebels, or recognise revolutionary principles, and submit to the sovereignty of the people, to which political visionaries at Warsaw would so wil lingly do homage. All proposals tending to such an object will, therefore, be disregarded, though made with the best intentions, and in whatever manner they may be supported. Peace cannot return to the Poles except by their submission. We very confidently believe that this is not distant, though the journals declare the Polish army to be invincible. It is evident the Emperor will shortly go on a journey. The affairs of Belgium continue to engage the attention of our Cabinet, which, as it seems, powerfully supports the claims of the house of Orange to Belgium. We have received, by express, the French Papers dated yesterday, from which we take the following : WARSAW, MAY 10.—It was reported here yesterday that General Diebitsch, at the head of an expeditionary corps, had advanced, on the side of Raelzyrnin and Niopo rent, upon the faubourgs of Praga ; but the report is not confirmed. A report was a'so spread that General Sluzy necki had obtained considerable advantages, and that the right wing of the Pulish army had extended itself again as far as Wierpiz. The Austrian Observer states—By letters from Lem burg, dated the Gth, we learn that General Rudiger, having learned that the corps of Dwernicki had laid down its arms, had quitted his position at Kolodno, and directed his march upon Radzivilow, where he arrived with his corps on the sth. It is asserted that he had received orders to march towards the Bug, to put himself in com munication with the divisions of General Rosen, and to ensure communication with the environs of Brzesc, Lu holm, and Wlodismiiiz. Revolts had broken out on many points, but a corps of 5,000 insurgents had been attacked and dispersed by a corps of Cossacks, the chiefs made pri soners, the revolt stifled in the birth, and the route of Brzesc by Kowel again opened. We have by the Jamaica packets, Papers to the 16th of April. The contents are of some importance. It is said that war had been de clared between Bolivia and Peru. The ground of contention is said to be, that the province of Arequisa, in which the port of Arica is situated, is anxious to obtain it as a sea-port, and get hold of it either by fair or foul means. This the Peruvians naturally resist, and do not think o f allowing General MUSUERRA, who was routed in Cauca, to take possession. The traitorsLOPEZ and OBANDO had arrived at Chagres, and sailed some days previous for Carthagena, with the avowed intention of joining MONTILLO. The state of that unfortunate and distracted country is becoming worse daily, and must continue so, until some military chieftain of talent and deter mination is placed in the supreme command. To talk of civil authority among such a set of demi-savages is ridiculous. Major-General Sir WILLOUGHBY COTTON had arrived out. Considerable damage had been done to th e colony for want of rain. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY 23.-Wind — E.—Arrived the Science, from Van Diemen's Land. Arrived, and sailed for Ports mouth, his Majesty's ship Prince Regent. POILTSMOWTH, MAY 23.—Light airs. —Arrived his Ma jesty's ship Savage, from Lisbon, with despatches; his Ma. jesty ' s ship Caledonia, from Plymouth ; William and Mary, Betts, from Gallipoli ; Ann, Row, from St. Michael's; Lep pisigo, Loader, from London, for M aur iti us an d C ey l on. FALMOUTH, MAY 22.—Arrived the Spey packet, from the Brazils ; sailed from Rio Janeiro 18th March ; Bahia, 30th ; and Pernambuco, Sth ult. ; Edgar, Thornton, from Aux Cayes ; Eliza, Woodhall, from Smyrna ; Cornhill, Florence, from Gallipoli ; Diana, Holmes, from Constan tinople ; and Themistocle, Mirtene, from Leghorn. BRISTOL, MAY 23.—Arrived the Faith, Cornish, and Trafalgar, Reggan, from Genoa ; Trena, from Nantes. PLYMOUTH, MAY 22.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Harpy, from the Havannah. HASTINGS, MAY 23.—Arrived off port the Amelia Wilson, Allen, from the Mauritius ; Henrick, Johan, from Havanna b. DA IiTMOUTII, MAY 22.—Arrived the Meridian, Cow per, from Gallipoli. Off port, the Lord Lowther, Fowler, from China. Arrived in the Channel the Pigeon packet from Jamaica ; sailed 16th ult. from Carthagena, and Crooked Island 23d ult. Off the Wight, the Marquis of Huntley, Ascough, from New South Wales ; sailed 24th December. The Henry Carter, Mangles, from Port-au-Prince to Falmouth, was burnt at sea the 25th March. The crew arrived at Nassau. The Admiral Mooriom, Morrison, from Demerara, is supposed to be arrived off Dartmouth. The Gaspe, from Jamaica to Bristol, is wrecked ou Heneage. Most of the cargo saved, and carried to Turk's Island. THE REWARD OF MERIT.-We learn from a correspondent that the subscribers to the Falstaff news room at Lincoln have unanimously elected his MA JESTY a inernher of their establishment ! The worthy host Was so tickled with the compliment thus paid to his house, that he treated the entire company to a most regal looking sirloin of beef. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). COURT OF CIIAN.CER Y. ELOVESI ENT. --STA FFORD V. STAFFORD. In this case two young ladies are wards of Court, am' in consequence of the warmer feelings of nature having• began to lay hold of their minds they have occasioned con siderable discussion in the Lord Chancellor's private room Yesterday, at the rising of the Court, his Lordship state that on Saturday last he had received an instruction that one of the Miss Staffords had eloped from the school. mistress in whose care she had been left. She had left letter, simply saying she had thought proper to qui. het present residence, but that she was safe. His Lordshi . at the same time was asked whether any thing and what could be done in the way of recovering possession of tha young fugitive ? He knew of nothing that could he done. or that he could authorise, except that of an applicatio, to be instantly made to the solicitor, and also to the ju nior barrister who had been employed in the caust on behalf of the young ladies, and the former of whom in particular it had been stated, bad been paying his addresses to the now absent Miss. This enquiry, hi. Lordship had ordered to be made, and he was surprised that in the course of yesterday lie had not hail any com munication made to him on the subject; he, however, de sired to have it stated in Court this morning what the twt gentlemen alluded to had to say on the subject. The SOLICITOR - GENERAL said, that Mr. COtton the solicitor was now in Court, and that so far from his being to blame, he was the gentleman who had conveyed the information to his Lordship. After "some conversation between the bench and the bar, it appeared that his Lord ship had received the information of the elopement from two parties, one of whom only he had seen. Mr. Cotton stated that yesterday afternoon he hail ascertained the holy had gone off to France to her mother, and supposed to be accompanied only by a female servant. This fact had been communicated by the solicitor of the mother. Mr. C had been no party to the elopement whatever—on the contrary the instant he heard of it he waited on his Counsel and subsequently in formed his Lordship of it. A gentleman at the bar also stated that the barrister who had been alluded to knew nothing at all of the departure of the girl until some time after she had escaped. His LORDSIIIP expressed his conviction that neither the solicitor nor the barrister were implicated, and here the thing for the present rests. ROLLS COURT. His HONOUR, the Master of the Rolls, was occupied the whole morning with the case of Armstrong v. Arm strong, which contained no point of public interest. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. The Court was occupied until our reporter left with arguments on Pleas and Demurrers, none of which were of the least public importance. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. itANDAMUS.-ALDERJIAN SCALES V. THE LORD MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF LONDON. Sir JAMES SCARLETT moved for a rule to spew cause why a mandamus should not issue to the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London, directing them to swear in Mr. Michael Scales as Alderman of Portsoken Ward. Sir James stated that he had affidavits showing that Mr. Scales had been elected&lderman of that Ward by a large majority, on the retirement of Sir James Shaw ; that the Ward was now without an Alderman to its great inconvenience, and that Mr. Scales had applied to be sworn in, but the Court of Aldermen had refused to do so, without assigning any reason. Certainly a great deal of evidence had been gone into as to Mr. Scales's charac ter, &c., but they could fix on no reason fur the refusal, none having been given by the Court. Lord TENTEADEN-Take a rule. LIBEL.-TIIE KING V. BONTOFT. In this case the Attorney-General obtained a rule last Term against the defendant, who is a bookseller in Boston, Lincolnshire, for publishing libels on the character of a clergyman of the name of Robinson, who is curate of that town. The libels were contained in publications put forth by the elefendant, one of them entitled " The Pink and Staunch Advocate of Slavery, and Defender of Abuses in Church, State, and Corporations." One of the passages charged as libellous was this :—" Shortly will be published (for the use of the fair sex), the Ad vantages of Early Seduction, or a Guide to Ruin. A Novel. By a Journeyman Lecturer." Another paragraph was this :—" Our highly esteemed friend, Squib, has lately been on a shooting excursion near Lin coln, when he waited on the Editor of that enlightened Paper called the obscene Herald, to present for insertion a paragraph written with his accustomed ability to vilify the Blues, &c." Another paragraph wis as follows : bßrt ` eeu ' ons A utpd,lieintedas s oot h ifni o n, rt g time ago St. Matthew, the Immaculate, was shooting at Fishtoft, when some villain wilfully and ma liciously by chance frightened some birds away, which he was about to shoot at. The Rev. Gentleman quietly ad monished the scoundrel by shooting at and wounding him in the arm." Another• said—" On pretence of religion, Squib frequently nips (squeezes) the hands of females, and snakes them repine." In others be was charged with sending females to the country on a very par ticular errand, and hoping they would lay in a good stock of health, and that he bad pleaded his minority in discharge of his debts. Sir JAMES SCARLETT this morning proceeded to show cause against the rule. He observed, that this rule had been obtained on the affidavits of the Rev. Gentleman and others, that they believed the charges to apply to him, and giving a general denial of the fact of Mr. Robinson's being a bad character. He (Sir James Scarlett) would have liked the Rev. Gentleman to have been a little snore ex plicit in denying the charges which had been directed against hin►. The Learned Gentleman in support of the named charges, a produced iiy, w ho deposedgreat m thatany affidavits, dlavvaists,o frighteningn frosna rooksmari from some trees where Mr. Robinson was shooting, when be shot the deponent in the arm ; others from different females whose virtue he had attempted, although he was a mar ried man—one Mary Ann Prescot stated that be (the plaintiff) bad addressed her in the market-place of Boston in the day time, and asked her to meet him in the church yard at night, or to accompany him to a house of ill-fame, when l i e would give her five guineas; that he followed her round the market -place till she escaped in the shop of Mr. dot dischargeet or l‘nvea:t l the t: rule. Barber, who corroborated this part of the affidavit, and furth er s tated that be bad often seen the plaintiff in the market-place waving his hand and making other signs for women to follow him. Ellen Bennisalenied that Mr. Ro binson's conduct was what a clergyman's ought to be ; she idieeprowsehdenthasittehewhenadt out t en o triedn errands, to seduce iying h t e o r e b n y tie fo e llo b l e t r in t g o the church -yard, and stating that he would take care of her if she would meet him ; on one occasion he slipped a tsohillbiencraisnhtoamheerd hoafndhasima,etlifr,ibea,swhheenNsviales thablinbinrrhieedotniglalint and a parson u;, hotherthete!arefeesa lbi affidavits eegtlerde e nt o thb s ea t v a d t ee e d ptoa v nk e ee r n y nt d placeigustingsand ties a t brothelsparticulars, " other plaintiff--one deposed that she had been bridesmaid at a solicited t, followed on thc same side. wedding at which be officiated, and that he attempted to wntajakgshetsliberties with bet!,,aatndshteoTlpiacesrLsauetaaadrnefeuld-ineeGrraetoln,tsainenemds she isao_t mented strongly ► on these facts, and concluded by praying Th e ATTORNEy•GENERAL, in support of the rule, eon that the af!id wits on the other side were the gross perjury, and a conspiracy against Mr. the t if ch a i ) e i s t a , t ry ' such judgment. to be submitted ahe v it s o e truthshe o f the of most th e charges a l o l ri fagn persecutiont ed u ssi shameful l tui i incontinency, abuses ,clg their Mr. Robinson had distinctly denied in hi f s r p a a r u ffi e d s -: , and as a o a i v al o tti u n a a l e s d nt n o e l fstyaei,litsso;ali wilfully. l w f ufli'l• which Wag thath f a o d r not denied them, the charges were . (aut(et:Tsr ridiculous e li dd; : e' u ic fe y.. ee l o v c v i n s e t t l ec i l r rv s nea tt a mn rnafdfein,dkuee inconsistent that they would, if examined i nto , destroy themselves. I : oe f a r hffi . is ß da o vo b ri i td n si s t o ola n nti l bo ia on i t l hh fu es r i t di l ,e i a e sd r , most t himself as a clergyman of the Church ought,and 'Be h o ped the Court would make the rule absolute. took time to conontirsoiwtr,li COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. PRISTWICK V. MARSHALL. This was an action tried in Hilary Term, before Mr. j i ptice Bosanquet, wherein the plaintiff obtained a ver dict upon a bill of exchange for the amount of 261. odd, accepted by the defendant. Mr. Serjeant CROSS obtained a rule on a former day to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial, on the ground that the drawer and endorser of the bill was a married woman , therefore the document was illegal, and the ac cepter not liable. Mr. Serjeant ANDREWS, in a long argument, showed caus e against the rule. . _ 111 r. Justice BoSANQUET read the evidence from hi, notes , from which it appeared, that on the trial it was proved that a person nam e d Bi c k ersta ff , t h e propr i etor o f a boarding-school, received the daughter of the defendant as a pupil, at the terms of 40 guineas a year. At the request of the defendant, and with the knowledge of h e r husband, Mrs, Bickerstaff drew the bill ip her own name, and endorsed it, with the authority of her husband , and in the presence of the defendant who accepted it. Bickerstaff, who was then a traveller in the house of the plaintiff, took possession of the bill, and presented it tr his employers with others which he got discounted When the bill bee inw doe, it was presented but was no• paid, the defendant taking advantage of the fact of its having been drawn and indorsed by the wife of Bickerstaff whereupon the action was brought by the plaintiff for th( recovery of the amount. The husband was examined fo , the plaintiff, and he distinctly proved, that at the requeo ,r the defendant his wife had drawn the bill and indorse(' it the body of the bill was in his writing, he gave his wife authority to do so, but she did not indorse it in hi , presence. Mr. Serjeant CROSS, in support of his application, con tended that the name of the holder of the bill not being indorsed upon the back of it, was sufficient to set asid, the verdict and to allow of a new trial. The COURT held there had been sufficient shown that the plaintiff was eßtitled to a verdict. The husband had been proved to have been the principal mover in the trans action. He had drawn the body of the bill, and by his authority his wife had signed and indorsed it, and be, it , possession of that fact, procured cash for it of his em ployer, the plaintiff; therefore it was quite clear the vet-- diet ought to remain undisturbed. The rule was these fore discisarged. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK A mail from Rio de Janeiro has arrivetl,whicirsailed on the 18th of March ; also one from Jamaica, which sailed on the 16th of Apt il. (From the Rio de Janeiro Papers.) By the last news from the mines, it appears their Im perial Majesties had arrived at the city of Ouro where it is supposed the journey of their Majesties would terminate. On the 22d the Emperor addressed the miner@ and the Brazilians in general:— " Miners,—This is the second time I have had the pleasure of finding myself amongst you, the second time the love which I consecrate to Brazil has conducted Inc hither. Miners, Ido not address myself exclusively to you, the interest is general, I speak to all Brazilians. There exists a disorderly party, who, taking advantage of circumstances selely appertaining to France, endeavour to deceive you with invectives against my inviolable and sacred person, and against the Government, with the intent of representing in Brazil scenes of horror, and covering her with mourning, with the interest of placing themselves in office, and satiating their ven geance and private passions in despite of the welfare of their country, which is never considered by these who have followed the revolutionary system. " They write without disguise, and call the people to a confederation, and endeavour to screen their crime by the 174th Article of the fundamental law, which governs us. This Article does not permit alteration in the essential part of the said law. " Can there be a greater attack against the Constitution, which we have sworn to maintain and defend, than to pretend to alter it in its most essential part? Is this not a manifest violation of the sacred oath, which, before God, we all voluntarily took? Ah ! dear Brazilians, I do not address you now as your Emperor, but as your most cordial friend, do not suffer yourselves to be deluded by doctrinis which are as deceitful as they are pernicious. They arc only conducive to your perdition and that of Brazil. They never tend to your felicity or that of your country. Assist me to support the Constitution exactly as it stands, as we are sworn to do it. I confide in you, and you may confide in me. " Constitutional EMPEROR, " And Perpetual Defender of Brazil." Their Imperial Majesties are expected here on the 20th. (From the Jamaica Courant of April 12. ) _ _ We learn by the Hyacinth, from Carthagena, that affairs in that quarter continue to be in a very unsettled state, and such was also the case at Santa Martha when his Majesty's ship Sparrowhalch sailed ; from the feverish excitement throughout the whole country businemr was completely at a stand. Extract of a letter from Santa Martha, March 28 : " I have just been informed that a courier has arrived from Carthagena, announcing that the Liberals -are in possession of all the gun-boats. Two men-of-war were off Carthagena, to afford protection to the British residents in case of necessity. The Boca Chica is taken by the same party.' (From the Courant of April 6.) We learnt yesterday that war has been prod limed be tween Bolivia and Peru. The grand contention is said to be, that the province of Arequi , a, in which the port of Arica is situated, is anxious to obtain it, and the Peruvians refuse to give it up. The accounts from Silesia state, that the frontiers on the side of Poland are closed, as in the time of the plague. A French Paper received by the mail this morning states, that commercial letters were received at Paris, stating (by an extraordinary courier) that the Poles had gained a considerable victory over the Russians ; had this been the case we should have received it by the Ham burg steamer, which is arrived. THE FUNDS. The proclamation of the Emperor of Brazil to the miners appears to be a singular document, as if a revo lution bad been attempted in that country ; it particu larly alludes to the French party there ; the Emperor does not appear to lie on a bed of roses. _ _ The accounts from Colombia via Jamaica confirm the letter in our city article of Saturday last, that all was anarchy and a civil war expected. Consols, which left off yesterday at 83i for the Account, opened at the same price this morning, and at present may be quoted 83i 1, with little or nothing doing. The Foreign Market is void of interest. HALF-PAST ONE. We have been favoured with the following extract of a letter from Carthagena of the sth of April, to one of the first commercial houses in the City : " CARTIIAGENA, APRIL s.—We are under the disa greeable necessity of communicating to you a lamentable account of the state of this department. General Lague keeps us in close siege ; he has cut off our supplies of pro visions, and although three-fourths of our population have left the city, the scarcity of necessaries is very distressing. He b as a powerful force under his command, and will,we fear, succeed in his projects ; our only hope of relief is from the capital, if they cannot send us troops, we shall not be able to hold out much longer. Matters look better at Bogota. It was reported that Louis Urdineta had been successful against Flores. If true, he will soon be able to put Obando down, but so many unexpected events take place in this country, that it is useless to attempt an opinion as to probable results." Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 83i to for the Account, have since improved to 83k. This rise is attributed to a scarcity of stock and it being a ben: account, fur we have no political information to cause an effect in the funds either way at present. Great surprise is manifested by our city politicians that, by the late arrivals from the Continent, we have no news of importance from the theatre of war ; but it is much feared that a storm is gathering which will burst suddenly on the unfortunate Poles—may Heaven avert it ! The information from Bazil states that some kind of disturbance has taken place at Rio, but of no importance. The Emperor has returned. Exchange 21. Consols are 831, for next time the same. The Foreign Market is void of interest. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols, 83t. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols B3? Danish 63 Ditto for Account 831 Greek, 1825 22 Brazilian Bonds.. 61 Mexican, 1825 391 Buenos Ayres.... Peruvian ... Chilian Ditto .... Russian 944. Columbian, 1824 11-4 Spanish ...... THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) HAY MA RK ETS.—(At per Load of 30 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to .f. 2 15 New Meadow, Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 2 10 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ...... Clover Hay 3 10 5 10 Oat Straw.-- XI 12 to £1 141 Wheat Straw 1 Ili 2 0 Clover liay ss. per load higher, Straw 2s. per load lower than last quoted ; prices otherwise stationary. Supply moderately good, and trade rather dull. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow flay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow , and Itye. grass H ay 315 4 4 n Clover Hay (extra ne)...£5 s... Generally Oat Straw ...—.XI Bto £1 121 Wheat Straw 1 12 1 16 Best Meadow Hay 4s. per load higher than last quoted; prices otherwise stationary. A short supply, and a steady trade. HUDDERSFIELD MA RKET.—The cloth mar ket, on Tuesday last, was moderately brisk. The lower descriptions of German wool are in good demand. The low fancy trade is dull, but there is a brisk demand for fine waistcoatings. On the whole the prospect is cheering. The merchant manufacturers appear to be all busy.— Leeds Mercury. SPIRIT OF TIM PUBLIC JOURNALS. The elections for England, we believe, have ter minated, with the exception of Pembrokeshire. We were told over and over, about six weeks ago, that Ministers durst not dissolve the last borough r t t cr e it n ri s a is r it l a i aonmfe circumstances tF tsi t a b t ; e—l a tt r° coup ( i , i ie o ) under hat the eople England, the "good people of England," were against the trumpery Bill brought in by Ministers ; —that to best c he n soo: sit.oluai forth, ue reiolid,rlbliolyNa 150 e e t t lte s olt tooitsoiTelegs House of bi ‘ oa v oft i o - itect fs amilies too oa i rnme sts would s, iu the name of the people of England, and to tax the same people ad libitum, for the supply of places and pen sions to be enjoyed by members of the 150 families ; —and that, in short, the country wa: so enamoured of close boroughs, as to " ensure" a Tory Parlia ment in case of Minineers daring to appeal to the people. From others we were ed fist' by bearinF , that a dissolution of Parliament wou ld " con vulse" the empire from end to end,—that there would be death and desolation in every county of Great Brit and in Ireland a regular civil war. Well, what wee our answer to all this ? The friends of lii‘ertv said, that if the existing Tory Parliament would riot agree to the Reform proposed by Mini sters, and sanctioned by our gracious King, why, it would be the bounden duty of his Majesty's Ministers to a , certain how far the sentiments of the English nation might coincide with those of the Tory House of Commons, in rejecting the Bill of Reform ; that nothing could be more indecent than for a string of borough nominees to start up in their places night after night, and pretend to be expressing the public opinion, when they merely deeldmed on behalf of their own usurped seats, arid ought to have been considered as so many hired agents of the sys tem of monopoly and plunder ;—that, in short, the cry about convulsion in this country, and of insurrec tion in Ireland, was all pure fudge; the sole aliment of either being hatred of the Government, and the single act of dissolution being, in the eyes both of the English and Irish nations, the strongest claim that could be offered by the Ministers to popular gratitude and esteem. Well, who was right, we ask P Has England been disturbed ? Has Ireland been thrown into rebellion ? Have tine people of the two countries proved their attachment to the " good old" rotten system, by returning a majority of the tribe to Parliament ? Quite the reverse. There never, we believe, occurred an election in either part of the United Kingdom, wherein so little of actual violence was had recourse to, for the sample reason, that on the average the Reformers were to their enemies as a hundred to one ; arid where Englishmen are so unequally matched, the weaker party has too mach pr'udence to provoke a battle, and the stronger too much spirit arid good nature to accept it. Then what have been the returns ? Wherever the field was open, arid the will of the electors had Ur play, in ninety-nine caves out of every hundred, the borough monger candidate was thrown nut, and the Re former chosen. What revolution can follow from events like this ? A nation cannot rebel against it self, nor against a King. in whose footsteps it faith fully and respectfully advances. William IV., watching the aspect of the world, saw what ante lioranioes his people ought to look for. Observing the signs which were abroad among. that people, his Majesty saw that the'r judgment concurred with his own. When the borough-faction pre-ented it self as a definite and angry obstacle to the accom plishment of desires entertained by King and people, his Majesty said, in the language of the Constitu tion," We must get rid of this block which impedes our common journey." He appealed to the people of Englend, and they have generously an swered him, as they would have done had their brave Monarch cheered them from the quarter deck against any other armed foe. The result is, as Mr. Bankes himself inform ; us, that '` the Bill, the whole Bill, is carried" through the House of Commons. The majority which supports it to the bar of the House of Lords cannot but have its due weight with that Right Honourable assembly, who have never, since the Revolution, placed themselves in obstinate resistance to the people. An attempt, however, is making by the desperadoes of the Tory press to engage the Lords in a meluncholy conflict with an unanimous nation, by calling on them to reject the Bill after it shall have passed the House of Commons ! ! And yet these fools boast of being friends to the church and the aristo cracy, while they strive to plunge both into men-, sures equivalent to a declaration of war against the people of England! Where, let us ask these fanatics, or traitors—(for* treachery we suspect to be at tile bottom of such advice)—where are there materials for a contest to be maintained by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, against the King, the Commons, and the nation ? According to the Tories, the great charm of our present Constitu tion is, that the several powers and orders of the realm co-operate, and must cc -operate in the election of the national representatives. 'Why, then, the great body of the aristocracy, including the House of Lords itself, must have united with the freeholders and freemen of tile kingdom in appoint ing the Members of the new House of Cominons about to meet on the 14th of June. Do the Tory journalists wish that the aristocracy should eat its own acts, and quash the proceedings of an assembly which itself Las now concurred in nominating ? A pretty piece of consistency, to be sure ! And if the new House of Commons has been chosen, not through, but in spite of, the influence of the aristo cracy, then, by virtue of all the Tory doctrines, and if their panegyrics on the Constitution as it is be not altogether insincere and ironical, a Reform is wanting, which shall invest the general mass of pro perty with a more wide-spread and more certain power over the composition of the House of Com mons—such a power as in fact it is the object of the Ministerial measure to bestow. The House of Lords at all events is much too wise to place itself in direct. collision with the country, or to bring its own constitutional prerogatives into distrust or obloquy with a reflecting people.—Thies. While the elections in England have been more than usually peaceful, the Scotch Papers, received yesterday, bring accounts of scenes of violence in the northern part of the island, of which we have no example here. The supreme Criminal Judge of Scotland, who left his seat on the bench empty, to vote as a freeholder of Ayrshire against the Minis terial candidate, had a narrow escape. " Mr. Lade, of Port Glasgow," says the account in the Cale donian Mercury, " one of the voters, died in the steam-boat betwixt Ayr and Ardrossan. He had been previously in very bad health. A gentleman who came up in the Largs steam-boat describes the dinner scene as one of the most striking he ever witnessed. One of the voters was lying a sat apartment, hadthei most o co f rp ti s m e se in wi a to n he v a n d il s bound up with bloody handkerchiefs." At Dumbarton the ferocity of the mob was as conspicuous as at Ayr. The violence at the Scotch elections is a pure waste of combativeness, to borrow a word from the craniologists. The question of Reform had been already decided by the result of the English elections; and as the people have nothing to do with elections in Scotland, while the freeholders are deeply interested in upholding the present corrupt system, there was no danger of the returns being mistaken for the sense of the country. Some na tions will not fight when there is occasion for it, while others are ready to light when there is no occasion. We wish the Scotch could transfer a little of their fierceness to the Italians, for they have always had enough and to spare. It is . a matter to account for the diversities of national cha racter, but, however acquired, they seem to be al most indelible. The contrast between the two na dons in this island, speaking the same lanetri . ige,.. ,,s l living under the same Government, e is /jn f i : ll :l;`;,,, marked at this day as it Was :f t have t always been, Crowns. The English are, an temper. The Scotch remarkable for CQOiISCSS and