The Sun. — London, England, 1831-03-16 00:00:00

HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THETIS. COOOURT MARTIAL on the CAPTAIN, OFFI CERS, and CRE If' of H. M. S. TILE T IS. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15. A Court Martial assembled this day on board his Ma jesty's ship IVellesley, composed of the following officers: Captain ROWLEY, President. Captain Wellesley, Captain Senlipuse, Captain Grey, Captain Phillips. Captain Dundas, Captain Martin,. Captain Parker, to inquire into the circumstances and cause attending the loss of his Majesty's ship Thetis, on the sth of December last, at Cape Trio, and to try her Captain, officers, and ship's company for the same. The Court met at nine o'clock, and opened at half-past, when the members were sworn and witnesses mlled over. The Judge-Advocate then read a letter from the Lords' Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy, ordering the assembling of the Court Martial for the purposes above stated. The Court having heard several letters of great length from Captain Burgess to Admiral Baker, and from Admiral Baker to the Ad miralty (the particulars of which have been detailed at length in the London Papers), Captain Burgess obtained permission from the Court to read his own narrative, witten since his arrival, and more immediately detailing the unfortunate proceedings which led to the present Court Martial. It contained nothing but what has already been before the public, and from the evi dence of Mr. George Gowdy, Master of the Thetis, and Lieutenant Otway, it appeared that on the evening in question the weather was very rainy, dark, and cloudy with a stiff breeze, the ship was under easy sail, and the deck at the time the ship struck under the command of a young gentleman named Mends, wbo had not passed his examination as a Lieutenant, but who, however, appears to have been competent to take that charge. The Captain bad slightly altered the course from that laid oat on the charts by the master, who did not take notice of it be cause he thought the Captain was as good a judge as him self, being a much older officer. The evidence of these two witnesses tends to prove that the loss of the ship may be mainly attributed to a current setting on this island, and which till now was unknown. At the time the ship struck, the master from his reckoning supposed the ship to be nearly thirty-three miles from the shore. These two (witnesses occupied the Court the whole of the day, but the evidence was so uninteresting that we have merely given the most condensed form what we could obtain. The Court adjeurned at four o'clock till the following day at nine o'cicck. COURT CIRCULAR. 'The Duke of CUMBERLAND honoured the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club with his company at dinner Jut evening, at the Thatched House Tavern. The Prince of ORANGE visited the Duchess of Cum /sr:m*l4n on Monday, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Ministers of the Great Powers assembled yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, for the purpose of having a conference with Viscount PALMERSTON. There wrre present, the French, Austrian, and Russian Ambassadors, the I `russian Minister, and the Baron DE WESSICNBURO, Minist. er from Austria. A C a binet Council was held at three o'clock, at the Foreign , Office, which was attended by Earl GREY, the M arqu i s , , sf LANSDOWNE, Viscount ALTHORP, Lord DuRILAM, Viscount MELBOURNE, Viscount PALMER.. sroN, Viscc `tint GODERICH, the Earl of CARLISLE, the Right Hon t . 3. GRANT, the Duke of Rieftmorin, and Sir JAMES GRAM AM. Some of the Ministers, Members of the Upper House, lett the Council while the Ministers were in deliberation, a Commission, after attending for the purpose o f form.ing seliich they rejoines.l their colleagues. The Council bra np shortly before five o'clock. 'The Spanish Minis,., t e transacted business with Viscount at the Foreign Office. tILERSTON yeaterhy . ntlem!n, headed by Mr. Seam; A det t t i itation of , ff ish GC. Rica, rjAwsoNo and Sir ARTHUR CHICHESTER, l ad a Nei?' enee with the CitAr7cELLOit of the Excoz- Quaa Yestel,.d a y at the Treasury. REFor CNI MEETINGS IN SUPPORT OF HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. (From the Scotsman.) fa r fi ; e are literally overwhelmed with the petitions for Ite ia and accounts of public meetings, which are pouring upon us from all sides. Such ardour, such unanimity, oich a spontaneous and simultaneous movement of popular feeling, never has been seen. Our coternporary, the Ob server, says, that the Contents are t? the Non-cozAents ps a hundred to one. In our opinion they are as a thousand to. one ! In fact, so far as we can find, nobody has whis pered a doubt as to the wisdom of the Ministerial liefool Bill, except part of the Town Council of this burgh, the constituents of Mr. William Dundas! While the whole people are rejoicing, they have the glory of standing alone, and mourning over the sepuiklicia 9f Gluon and Old Sarum, and the untimely fate of sham-voting and &o selling ! It is a beautiful illustration of the close system, that all the Deacons, that is, all the members of Council who owe their seats to the choice of others, are in favour of the measure, and a!1 the selffelected against it ! With out this exhibition to refresh our memories, we might have forgotten what the close system was. It is near dying out, but . 6 even in its ashes live its wonted fires." It will be seen, however, that petitions or addressee have been seat up, or are preparing, com the following towns or public bodies, viz. from—. The Inhabitants of Edinburgh. The Royal Burgh of Kingliorn. The Inhabitants of Arbroath. The Inhabitants of Haddington. The Inhabitants of Bathgate. The Proprietors and Householders of Portobello. The Magistrates and Inhabitants of Musselburgh. The Guildry of Cupar. The Guildry of Perth. The Glovers of Perth. The Convener) , of Portsburgh, and the llammermen, Tailors, and Bakers of Portsburgh separately. The Chamber of Commerce in Edinburgh. The Incorporation of Bakers. of Mary's Chapel. liners. ;onnet-mal The Society of Barbers. The Guildry of Cupar Fife. The Inhabitants of the Southern Districts are to meet on Tuesday. There is to be a meeting in DJkeith on Monday. ST. GILES'S CAMBERWELL.—The inhabitants of St. Giles's, Camberwell, will meet this evening at six o'clock, at the Grove House, to petition Parliament upon the present subject of Reform. WARD OF BILLINGSGATE.--A meeting took place yesterday of the inhabitants of the Ward of Billings gate, in the vestry room in Botolpb-lane, Mr. Alderman Brown in the Chair. Petitions were agreed to in sup port of the important measure of Reform, and it was re solved that the Lord Chancellor should present it to the House of Lords and Mr. Alderman Thompson to the Com- mous. WARD OF ALDGATE.—Yesterday a numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of this Word took place in the Committee-room in Mitre-street, Mr. Al,fern an Thorp in the chair, at which a petition was agreed to, to be forwarded to the Houses of Lords and Commons in favour of the measure of Reform, and that the Lord High Chancellor should present it to the House of Lords, and 111 r. Alderman Wood to the Commout. ST. SEPULCHRE'S. —Yesterday a meeting most nu merously and respectably attended, was convened at the City of London Tavern, of the inhabitants of St. Sepul chre, at which Mr. Bedford, the Churchwarden, pre. sided, to petition Parliament in support of Lord Join; Russell's Bill of Reform, and it was agreed that his Grace the Duke of Norfolk should attend to it in the House of Lords, and Mr. Alderman Waithinan in the Commons. ST. MARY, ISLINGTON.—A most numerous and respectable meeting was held on Monday evening, the 14th inetant, at Canonbury Tavern, Thomas Wilson, Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of supporting the Reform Bill. The meeting was addressed by several gentlemen, every one of whom expressed himself with much satisfaction, and, indeed, every resolution was put and carried unani mously. There were from 700 to 800 persons present ; several hundreds went away, not being able to gain ad mittance. This is th e first Reform meeting that has been held in the parish for many years. BELFAST. —There is a requisition lying in the News room, for signature, requestin g the Sovereign of Belfast to call a meeting of the inhabitants, to take into considera tion the propriety of presenting an address to the Mi- D istry, expressive of their g ratitud e for the liberal and sub stantial measure which has been recommended for the a doption of the le g islature. This judicious call u p on our townsmen, has been already res p onded to hy a consid era bl e number of respectable and influential individuals.—Northern Whig. Three men named JAMES CROSS, PATRICK Doßriar, and W. DOHERTY, were executed at Ennis on F r iday last, for the murder of Balucirr 111'N.A.ItAitA. It appeared that the deceased a be about to affiliate a child on PATRIC‘ DO/11MT T, end the two other prisoners went toner bouo at night and dragged her out of bed, the that upon her repebting the dewinination to affiliate the of the ruffians ehot her. cLild o n Door Falr, one SCOTCH REFORM BILL. A BILL TO AMEND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND. [ Note. —The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted serveeWfe c h t ii e vn r e e t, a Whereas wherebyt he Laws Commons greati h hHi the eionhucsro eengyoueflCommittee.]ialtiee,itParliamentchese a election nd af of abuses ur ses. o Me hta m l a, have de been s ea er t n o e occasioned: and whereas it is expedient and would be for the evident utility of th e su bj ec t s w ithi n S cot l and t h at those defects should be remedied, and especially that the right of election should be extended to persons of property and intelligence, and the mode of conducting elections be better reeul ted and or_ dered ; be it the re f ore enacted, by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and w ith t h e consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the time when this Act shall come into operation, and in all future Par. liaments to be assembled, there shall be fifty representatives re turned for Scotland to the Commons House of Parliament of whom twenty-eight shall be for the sever a l or conjointed shires or stewartries hereinafter enumerated, and twenty-two for the qualified a o t l u f i several burghs and towns, or districts of burghs and towns here inafter shall jointly wholeo b in e tl i yt electors returnlec to enacted, rs . i t nn h e a t isbi t oe h tml e i b t es w rh shiresoitroes all enumerated or described. Peeblesrflee,l asParliaments, ahnedreSlakafti anti the directed, shall vote together as the electors of one shire for such Member, and in like manner the two shires of Ross and Cro marty, and the two shires of Dumbarton and Bute, and the two shires of Nairne and Elgin, and the two shires of Clackmannan and Kinross shall each two of them jointly return one Member to Parliament; and all the qualified electorsin the manner hereinafter provided shall vote or be entitle to vote together for the return of such Member in each of the two shires hereby for this purpose united. And be it enacted, that from and after the time when this Act shall come into operation, the district of burghs, consisting of Easter Anstruther, Pittenween, Wester Anstruther, Kil renny and Crail, shall no longer return a Member to Parliament, and these places shall, in the matter of such elections, be held to i be parts of the shire or county of Fife. And be it enacted, that of the twenty-eight representatives 1 hereafter to be returned to Parliament by the separate or com bined shires or stewartries of Scotland, one shall always be re turned by each of the counties or stewartries following, and no others : namely, one by each of the counties or stewartries of Aberdeen, Argyle, Ayr, Banff, Berwick, Caithness, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Fife ' Forfar, Haddington, Inverness, Kincardine , Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Linlithgow, Perth, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Stirling, Sutherland, and Wigtown, and that one Member shall also be returned by the two shires of Peebles and Selkirk jointly, oneby Dumbarton and Bute, one by Elgin and Nairne, one by Ross and Cromarty, one by Orkney and Shetland, and one by Clackmannan and Kinross. And be it enacted, that of the twenty-two Members to be re turned for the several or combined burghs and towns of Scot. land, two shall always be returned by Edinburgh, including Portoburg, Canongate and other contiguous suburbs, two by Glasgow, including Calton, Gorbals, Anderston, and other contiguous suburbs, one by Aberdeen and suburbs thereof, one by Paisley and suburbs thereof, one by Dundee and suburbs thereof, one by Greenock and suburbs thereof, and one by Leith, north and south, and suburbs thereof, together with Portobello, Musselburgh, and Fisherrow jointly; and one by each of the districts or classes of burghs specified in an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, " An Act for an Union of the two Kingdoms of Eng land and Scotland," and hitherto in use to return Members to Parliament ; provided always that the district of Easter An struther, Pittenween, Wester Anstruther, Kilrenny, and Crail, shall, as hereinbefore provided, no longer return any Member ; provided also, that Aberdeen shall not, after this Act shall come into operation, form a part of the district to which it hath belonged, and the town of Peterhead shall be added to that dis trict, and all the qualified electors it contains shall be entitled to vote at the election of Members to serve in Parliament, along with those in the other towns of which it consists : provided also that Glasgow shall in like manner no longer form a part of the district to which it has hitherto belonged, and the town of Kil marnock shall be added to that district, and all its qualified elec tors be entitled to vote at the election of Members to serve in Parliament, along with those of Dumbarton, Rutherglen, and Renfrew : provided also, that Dundee shall in like manner no longer form a part of the district to which it has hitherto be longed, and that the whole right of election for that district shall, after this Act shall come into operation, be in Perth, St. An drew's, Forfar, and Cupar of I , ife : provided also, that the town of Falkirk shall be added to the district hitherto consisting of Lin lighgew, Selkirk, Lanark and Peebles. Providedalso that the town of Cromarty shall be added to the district hitherto consisting of TaM, Dingwall, Wick, and Kirkwall. And be it further enacted, that all the persons who at the passing of this Act shall be on the roll of freeholders of any stewartry or county in Scotland, shall for the term of their na tural lives, and so long as they retain the qualification on which they are now enrolled, be entitled to be registered and to vote as hereinafter directed, in the election of a Member for such county or stewartry : provided always, that from and after the pasting of this Act, no person shall acquire by succession, purchase, gift or otherwise, the s right of voting, either in counties or in towns, except by one or other of the qualifications hereinafter press scribed and directed. And be it enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act every person being of full age, and not personally disqualified by law, shall be entitled to be registered as herein directed, and thereafter to rote in elections for counties or stewartries, who shall, when he claims to be so registered, be the actual owner on a complete permanent and indefeasible title of land, or of a dwelling-house or dwelling within such county or stewartry, which land or houses shall jointly or separately be of the yearly value of not less than ten pounds, after deducting any feu duty or other consideration which he may be bound to pay, or to give, or account for, as a condition of his own right. And be it enacted, that every person, not being personally dis qualified, shall in like manner be entitled to be registered and to vote in the election for a county or stewartry, who, when he claims to be registeted, shall be in possession on completed titles in virtue of an expired comprising, or adjudication, or proper wadset ; provided these rights be not taken away by a decree of declirator of redemption, or by voluntary redemption, renune Oiatiffil, or adjudication : es: who shall be an heir apparent. pc,s seasinti 911. th" ttle of hi s predecessor, or who sbelt bp. zljneessetece claiming on the title of his wife or po ssessin g after h er death ily the courtesy of Scotland, the land or dwelling-house on which such parties respeetiyely ciztjav being always situate within the county cr stewartry, and of the yearly value of not less than ten pozeisds, after deducting any feu duty or other consideration which he may be bound to pay, or to give, or account for, as a condi tion of his own right' And be it enacted, that ter i anle in laqs or in dweiling-houses, cr in both, shad also be entitled to be registered as hereinafter di, direeted, and ' to" vote in elections for counties or stowar. tries, provided each tenant shall, when he claims to he regisleieil, be in possession, under a regular written lease for a period of not less than nineteen years, or on a lease for the period of the tenant's or the landlord's life, and the subject or subjects which he so possesses shall, jointly er separately. he truly rented at not less than Arty you yeatiy, and the Subject or subjects being within the srewattry of county in which he ulairsis : Provided alWays, that the said tenant be, at the'time of his so claiming to be registered, in actual possession, and shall have been so for at least two years immediately prior to his so claiming or being registered : provided always, that where any farm shall be let to two or more joint tenants for a rent exceeding one hundred poun d s per annum, two of the said joint tenants shall be entitled to be registered, and to vote az after direeted, provided bosh shall Le actually in possession, and resident on the said farm, but no mere than two votes shall in any case be allowed on such joint leases, tvliatever may be the number of tenants oe'the - fent of the farm : provided elso L thet where there are two or more joint tenants in Any lease, the indi vidual or individuals entitled to vote as above ! shall be deter mined by the fact of there being first named in the body of the I join; !,ease. And be it epiu.4ed, that in elections for counties or stewartries, _ I w here two or more persons .are interested in the subject frem which the vote arises, as life-renter and as fiar, the right of , e ,ring shall be in the life-renter, and not in the fiar ; arid where Ithe subject, being of less value than to adbrd a live yearly return to each co-proprietor of ten pounds, is held by heirs-portioners without division, the right to vote shall bel o ng to the eldest heir portioner happening to be male, or to the husband of the eldest heirsportioner being a female, and married. . And be it enacted, that froM and after the passing of this Act, the Members who are to be returned to serve in any future Parliament for the city of Edinburgh, or for any other single town or burgh on which the right of reternieg is Member or Members is by this Act, conferred, mall no longer be elected by the respective town coapcils of such burghs or towns, but directly by the several indivlipals on whom the right of electing Members to serve in Parliament is by this Act conferred : provided always, that where the election is by districts or sets of burghs or towns conjoined, the right of mi nomination shall no longer be in the town cncils or other Corporations of the said burghs or towns, or in delegates ap pointed by them, but in the individual voters to whom the right of election is by thie Act extended ; and the Member to serve in Parliament shall be returned according to the majority of indi vidual votes given in the whole district per capita, without re. gard to the separate majorities which may exist in the several towns or burghs. And be it enacted, that every person shall be entitled to be registered as herein directed, and thereafter to vote at elections for any of the burghs or towns, or districts of burghs or towns hereinbefore neeistic.ned, who when he claims to be registered shall have been for six months iremediately preceding, and shall then be in the actual personal occupancy, either as proprietor or as tenant, upon a written title of possession of a dwelling-helm, or part thereof, within the limits of the burgh or town, of the annual value of ten pounds: provided always, that it shall be sufficient proof of the said value that the house so possessed is actually rented at, and has truly paid that or a larger sum, or stands rated to the King's or to local taxes at not less than the said sum, and has truly paid all such rates and taxes. And be it enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act every person conceiving himself entitled to vote at any election for a 'Member to serve in Parliament, shall state his claim, and the grounds of it to the Sheriff or Stewart of the county or stewartry within which the subject or, which he means to claim is situate, such claim to be made within the court-house of office of the Sheriff or Stewart during the ordinary 'hoer? for business, or at such other time or place as the Sheriff or Stewart shall by public notice appoint for that purpose; and such claim shall he stated in the first instance by the party per sonally, and the party shall . then suppqrt and make good his claim by exhibition of the writings, or a regular extract there of, on which his title depends, and by such further evidence, either as to the title or the value, or any ether material circum stance, by &contents, witnesses, certificates or otherwise, as the Stewart or Sheriff rear reasona bly require; provided always, that it shall be competent o any other person, who shall be registered as hereinafter directed within the same shire or town, to make before the Sheriff or! Stewart, and to object to the appearancemaintain ally mina' disqualification that ma claim of any such claim ant, as well as to pe y attach to any such claimant; provided also, that all such elainis shell be presented one calendar month at least before any election for a Menilser o f Parliament for the place for which such claim is presented, And be it enacted, that whenSheriff' Stewart shall be the or. satisfied that the claim is well founded, and that no personal dis ability has been proved against the claimant, he shall forthwith enrol the claimant in a xegister book, in the form as nearly as iota be of the schedule (A.) herennte ennexed, and setting forth distinct manner the date, place, shire, sts.‘wartry, burgh, or town, this came and calling of the claimant, the characte r of landlord, tenant, or otherwise, in which his claim has been al lowed, and the name pr the desctiption of the property on which it is founded; and the said Sheriff shall sign every such entry in the register, and furn i s h an era, copy of it to every claimant who may require it. that each Sheriff shall within And he it enacted, Act, make up and complete an months after the passing of this 18 so registered as above, alphabetical list of the whole perso n s to which all persons which shall be the list or register according shall be admitted to vote as hereinafter directed at any election he said which may take place after the expiration o ft months, and before the first da y of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. c Sheri fo ff And be it further enacted, that thereafte r ea an h d bere thshalle ones in every year, in the month of October, tenth day of the month, gi y e public notice, by adve rt i seme nts in serted in the newspapers and affixed to the church doors of the . or different churches of this county, that he will proceed to u and complete his said register of voters ona certain day, not mo rect e than sisfeen days after the date of such advertisements, and shoe II therein require all persons, on orbefore such day, tointimate any alterations they propose to be made in the said register, on ac count of the death, change of residence, qr other disgpalitication that may have occurred in the case of any registered voter, and where the intimation is not given by such registered voter himself, one week's clear notice shall be given to him by the Party Making the intimation ; and the Sheriff shall affbrd all parties having interest, due opportunities of being heard; and after sufficient inquiry into the facts shall correct and complete his register accordingly, by striking out the names of those who have died er become disqualified, and inserting the names of those who have succeeded to or acquired qUalifications since it was last made up or adjusted, and such Inquiry shall be complet. ed, and correct such register finally madeup, before the.firSt day of December in each succeeding year, and shall be the record or register according to which all votes shall be allowed or rejected at any election that may take place between that date and the next succeeding annual correction; and alphabetical lists of the names entered on such shall be printed under the inspection of the Sheriff; and furnished to such voters, or other persons as may require them, upon payment of sixpence for each copy so furnished. !And be it enacted, that the judgment of the Sheriff' or Stewart shall, so long as it stands, be conclusive of 'the claimant's right to be registered and to vote : provided always that it shall be com petent for any claimant who is rejected, to submit his claim to the reconsideration of the Sheriff or Stewart himself, and to re quire, if so advised, the verdict of a jury on any disputed facts, which jury the Sheriff shall in that case proceed within weeks to summon and assemble, in such manner as Sheriffs are now empowered to assemble juries for the trial of criminal cases within their jurisdiction; and it 'shall be competent to any other registered voter within the same shire, to appeal against the act and decision of the Sheriff', admitting such claimant by summary petition to either division of the Court of Session, provided his apnea' proceeds solely on a ground or grounds or law, in which petition the claimant objected. to shall be cited as respondent ; and it shall also be competent to any person whose claim has been rejected, to appeal to either division of the Court by summary petition, provided his appeal shall pro ceed solely on a ground or on grounds of law, lie being bound to call as respondent, any party on whose opposition before the sheriff or stewart the rejection may have taken place : provided always, that if in either case a party shall appear in defence of the sheriff or stewart's decision, the case shall proceed according to the usual practice of the Court of Session in summary cases, and where from there havingbeen no opposition before thesheriff or stewart there shall be no party to be called as respondent, or where when called no respondent shall appear, the appeal shall nevertheless proceed ex ate, it being incumbent on the appellant to satisfy the Court that the judgment is erroneous in law before the said Court shall alter the decision of the Sheriff; and the costs of such proceeding shall be borne by the appellant in all cases where no appearance is made against him : provided also, that no alteration of the Sheriff's judg. ment shall affect the merits of any election actually com— pleted and carried through before the date of such alteration, ex cept in so far as effect may be given to such alteration by any Committee of the Commons House of Parliament to which a pe tition against such election may be referred: provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be held to limit or restrain the powers of such Committee to take into consideration the validity of any vote or claim for registration admitted or rejected by the Sheriff, and to alter the register, poll, or return accordingly, in so far as concerns the election petitioned against. And be it enacted, that from and after the time of this Act shall come into operation, on occasion of any election for any county, stewartry, burgh, or town, the Sheriff or Stewart having, as hereinafter directed, appointed a place or places for taking the poll or receiving the votes, every person whose name shall appear in the last corrected register,_ and none other, shall be entitled to vote for the election of Members to serve in Parliament, and it shall not be competent to inquire on that occasion into any other facts except those of the party ten dering the vote being truly the individual mentioned in the said register, and of his not having previously voted in the course of that election : provided always that the inquiry into these facts shall on this occasion be confined to the putting to the person so tendering his vote, if the Sheriff or Stewart shall think fit so to do, an oath in the form in the schedule (B.) to this Act annexed. v ca o n te di :at such h r e r l e e ti t s i t o e i r , d o ! voter,oaths put g against any st bri p t , e r r s y 7 a t i eld o e t ri t i r ig us t t h ed e Provided also that the Sheriff shall, upon the request of any possession now competent to be put to any elector, aild no person refusing to take any of the said oaths shall be pe.mitted to vote at such election. And be it enacted, that writs for election of Members to serve in Parliament, shall be directed as heretofore to the Sheriff or Stewart of the county or stewartry within which the election is to be held ; and where the election is for a district of burghs or towns lying in different shires, a writ shall be directed to the Stewart or Sheriff of each county or stewartry which contains any burgh or town of the district ; and the Sheriff or Stewart shall endorse on the back of the writ the day on which he received it, and shall within three days thereafter, name and publicly an nounce a day, which day shall not be later than twenty-one days after that on which the writ was received for the election for his county or stewartry, or for any burgh or town within his juris diction; and shall give due intimation thereof by advertisement in the newspaper or newspapers of most general circulation in such shire or district, and by printed notices, to be affixed on the doors of all the parish churches within the county or stewartry, when the election is for a county or stewartry, or of all the parish churches of the burghs or towns, when it is for a burgh or town or district of burghs; and such advertisement or intimation shall give notice not only of the day or days of elections, but of the particular place or places at which the votes are to be taken. And be it enacted, that on the day of election the Sheriff or Stewart shall, wherever the registered voters shall exceedfive hundred in number, have two or more separate places for taking the poll, or one place, as nearly as may be, for each five hundred voters, each of which places shall be under the per s on a l c h arge either of the Sheriff or Stewart, or of a substitute appointed by him for whom he shall be responsible ; and no poll shall be kept open more than two days, and only between the hours of nine of the morning aed four in the afternoon ; and each Sheriff or Stewart in charge of each polling-place, shall bring with him either the original or a certified copy or duplicate of the last corrected re gister of voters, and shall proceed in receiving or in rejecting votes according as the name of the claimants shall appear, or shall not appear in such register, and shall record each vote in a poll book, and subscribe his name to each page of the said book before proceeding to make entries on any succeeding page ; and each substitute Sheriff or Stewart officiating, shall immediately after the poll at his lolling-place is closed, make up and sign, a report in the form of the schedule (C.) to this Act annexed to the Sheriff or Stewart of his county or stewartgy s (but not to their substitutes;) and when !the election shall be for the conjunct shires of Selkirk and Peebles, Bute wad Dumbarton, Nairne and Elgin, Ross and Cromarty, or Clackmannan and Kinross, the report or reports shall always bees:lade to the Sheriff of Peebles and not of Selkirk, to the. Sberiff of Dumbarton and not of Bnte, the Sheriff of Elgin and not of Nairne, the Sheriff of Ross and not of Cromarty, and to the Sheriff of Clackmannan and not of Kinross, Anil be, it enacted, that the Sheriff or Stewart (but not his sulastittite) having received the said report or reports, shall, when the election is for the county of which he is Sheriff or Stewart, or for that and any other coeety united, forthwith pro ceed to check and examine the vete,: • and reports, by comp ar i n the votes as reported with the register book, or otherwise, whereg he shall think this neceepary, or where any candidate shall re quire it, and having ascertained the result of the total majority of votes, he sliall'openly declare the said result and make pre eiamatice of the Member or Members elected, and shall forth. with make a return in terms of the writ, under his hand and seal, tp the Clerk of the Crown in England, of the person orper sons who shall have been elected : and if the votes shall be equal, he shall make a double return. And be it enacted, that where the election is for one burgh or town, sending a Member er two Members by itself, the said re ports shall be made to the Sheriff of the shire within which such burgh or terse stsafs be Situate; and where the election shall be for a district or set of burghs or towns lying in different shires, the report shall in like manner be made in the first instance to the Sheriff,: of the several shires within which any of the said nurglie or towns shall be situate; and thereafter the Sheriff§ of tho' shire or shires within which the less considerable towns or burghs shall besituate, shall transmit the reports made or received by them to the Sheriff of the shire within which the most eons'. :losable burgh or town of the district is situate, by whom the re. turn of the person or persons duly elected shall be made, as above, to ses. , Clerk of the Crown in England, And in order that no doubtsmay existas to the particular Sheriff upon whom this duty shall„ hi the last case, devolve, be it enacted, that the Sheriflof Caithness shall always receive the reports and make the - retiiro (*GT the district in which the burgh of Wit k is si. tuate the Sheriff of I nverness.shire, for the district in which Inver. ness is situate; the Sheriffof Elgin, for the district in whiehElgin is situate; the Sheriff of Forfar. for the district in which Mont. rose is situate ; the Sheria! et Perthshire, for the district in which re:AL is situate; the Sheriff of Fife, for the district in whieli Dninfernline is situate; the Sheriffof Ayr, for the district in 'which Kilmarnock is situate ; and the Sheriff of Haddington_ shire, for the district in which Haddingtam is situate • e and ar the Sheriff of Lanarkshire, for the district within which Lan k is which Dumfries is situate ; ani the Sheriffof Wietown , for the situate ; and the Sheriff of Dumfrieshire, for the district within district within which Wigton is situate; and the Sheriff of Ayr, for the district in which Ayr is situate, or to vote at the election for ale county or stewartry, in respect And be it enacted, that no person shall be admitted t o cl aim of any property situate within the limits of any burgh or tow n , entitled to send, or to contribute towards sending a Mem ber to Parliament; nor shall any person he admitted to claim, or to vote in the election for any Cowl* or burgh in respect of any property not situate within the limits of the said town or burgh. And be it enacted, that with regard to each and all of th e towns and leirghs hereby entitled conjunctlY or several to sen d Representatives to Parliament, the limits of all such towns and burghs and the boundary between them and the adjacent county, shall be determined as to this matter of voting at elec tion, not by the limits of the royalty, regality, or other territory or liberty thereto belonging, but by th e terminations of the streets or continuous or nearly continuous buildings,commonly known and reputed as constituting the said town, or the continuou s suburb s . thereof, althoegi, distinguished by different names, or situate with, in separate territories or jurisdictions; and if any dispute uppr , this subject shall arise before the Sheriff at the time of tion, the said Sheriff shall summarily inquire into and decide on the matter, which decision shall be final and conclusive, as to any reei tra. the right of the party who may -rote in conformity to it at . any election which may occur before it is superseded it shall ay meat of any superior tribunal : Provided always, that . rill times be competent for any five of the registered voters 1 such burgh or tqwp a or adjacent county, by Summary petition apnly to either division of the COurt of Session to altersuch_ fboun by the juag. de cision of the Sheriff; or to fix and specify the whole line o - dary between the said town and county, according 1.0 meaning of this Art. And be it enacted, that no Sheriffbr Stewart, or Sherlffor Stewartto Substitute, shall he entitled from and after the pas , ing of this Act, to the true vote at an y election fora Member to serve in Parliament for th est of which he is the Sheriff or Stewart, or far any burgh or tovsn:or district of burghs or towns, lying partly or wholly with in such shire; and no Judge of the Court of Session or of the Court of Exchequer, shall be entitled to vote at any such election for airy Shire, burgh, or town, or diStrict of burghs or towns in Scot land. And be it enacted, thet from and after tbe 'missing of the A c t , no person shall be eligible to represent any county or stewartrY: who shall not be the proprietor of a land estate in Scotland of the value of five hundred pounds a year, or be the heir apparent to such an estate: provided always, that all persons who at the time of the passing of this A ct Were qualified to be elected at' Ilepresentatives of any shire or stewartry, shall continue to be eligible as Such Representatives fpr the • term of their natural lives, and so long a:: they retain the qualification of which they were then possessed. And be it enacted, that it shall be no objection to any person , otherwise qualified, who shall be elected to represent any place in Scotland, that he is the eldest son of a Scotch Peer. And be it enacted, that if any Sheriff, Returning Officer, or other person whatsoever, shall wilfully contravene or disobey :WY of the provisions of this Act, with respect to any matter or thing which such Sheriff or other person is hereby required to do, he shall fur every such offence be subjected in a pen a lty o f no t less than ten pounds, nor more than one hundred pounds, to be roe. scrod by suremerY petition anti complaint to either division of the Court of Session, by any person who may sue for the same, with full costs of suit, and shall farther be liable to an action of damages at the instance of any candidate, registered voter, or other person aggrieved by his misconduct, who shall in such action recover all such damage as he may be entitled to, either at common law, or byemy Act or Statute now in force. And be it enacted, that if any person shall, in any of the pros ceedings preparatory to or at any election, be guilty of any per- jury, subornation of perjury, falsehood, forgery, or other crime, such person shall not only be liable to be tried and punished as such offenders may now be tried and punished by tie laws and practice of Scotland but shall farther be liable to be prosecuted for damages at the instance of any candidate, registered voter, or other person aggrieved by his said crime. And be it enacted, that if any person whose name is in the last corrected register, but who, at the time of any election shall be in the enjoyment of any office by law disqualifying him from voting io any election of Members to serve in Parliament, shall notwithstanding presume to vote in such election, be shill not only be liable to all penalties and forfeitur es to which be would have been subject for that offence by any law existing before the passing of this Act ;e return at the electi on i n which such per but in case of a petiti on to the House o f Commons against th tee,soe wshallith such he voted, cos, t o h b i his v b o y t e h shall im p a i b d e struckto any petitioner, i b ri y o the il er, as Commit. t is the h t i t t enacted,tee s hal i s thatepm Jest. every thing by whi c h this Ac directed to be done by a Sheriff or Stewart may be lawf u lly done by his substitutes, unless where it is other w i se expressly provided. sam A e nd Co b m e ln i And be it enacted, that every person claiming to be registered, shall at the time of making such claim pay to the Sheriff or Stewart ofticiating the sum of one shilling, and every registered voter s hall, when tendering his vote at any election, make p a yment of the like sum of one shilling to the acting SliSheriff'Sheriff'or Stewart : Provided always, that out of the money so received the Sheriff or Stewart shall be bound to defray the whole expens e of preparing and adiusting the register, and keeping and providing c , books and _J oe (04 Wino LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1831. Brussels Papers contain a spirited proclamation of the Regent of Belgium, in which he states that be will defend to the utmost the rights and privi leges of the Grand Duchy,pf Luxemburg. This Proclamation, which is signed by all the Ministers, says, "we began our revolution in spite of the treaties of 1815 : we will finish it in spite of the Protocols of London :" BRUSSELS. PROCLAMATION OF THE REGENT OF BELGIUM. INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF LUXEMBURG. " FELLOW CITIZENS,-.—l have sworn to maintain the Independence and integrity of the Belgian territory. " I shall be faithful to my oath. " Do not suffer yourselves to be induced by promises or terrified by threats. " The Congress has protested against the acts of the Congress, at London, which a great power itself considers only as proposals. The nation which has been able to vanquish the Dutch armies will maintain the protest of its representatives. We began our revolution in spite of the treaties of 1815 • we will finish it in spite of the protocols of London. " Luxemburghers, you have been for these three cen turies Belgians, like us, and you have shown yourselves worthy of that name. _ _ _ " Ever since the reign of Philip the Good, your efforts, like ours, have had for their object a common nationality. " In 3815, you had for the first time chosen connection With Germany, but you have continued a line under the same institutions as the rest of Belgium. " In the Grand Duchy, as well as in the other Idelgic provinces, King William has broken the social compact which united him to the Belgians, and has released them from their engagements by violating his own. " War has decided between him and us; the legitimate authority is that which the national will has founded. " You are not strangers to our combats aad our victo ries; you have spontaneously associated yourselves with the Belgic revolution, and the names of your volunteers are inscribed in the history of our days. " You already enjoy, as far as circumstances will per mit, the benefit of the revolution. " The most odious taxes are abolished. " You have yourselves removed your Communal Au thorities, and your affairs are administered by men of your •lawn choosing. " Your Deputies have concurred in giving to Belgium the Constitution which governs it. hav‘e‘ Yb been have fi,r n i ( 5 4 forgottenyears the y i t c he ti ms.vexations Fear t o h f ew return you e tur nof the Dutch system of taxation, which has ruined your manufactures and your agriculture. " The men who speak to you of legal order, and who excite among you civil war, are the agents, the accom plices, of the overthrow of the Government. They have lived by all the abuses, and they regret them. " Reduced to itself, separated from Belgium, France, and Prussia, hemmed in on all sides by lines of Custom houses. Your province, by constituting itself apart, would be the most wretched country on earth. Luxemburgbers, remain united and firm. In the name o f Belgium, accept the assurance that your brethren will never abandon you. " The Regent of Belgium, E.L. SURLET CIIOKIER. " By the Regent." (Here follow the signatures of all the Ministers.) ROME, MARCII I.—We are here waging a bloodless war. The Romans are still in Civita Castellana, the Pro vincialists in Otricoli. It is said the only object of the insurgents in advancing, was the deliverance of the indi viduals imprisoned in Civita Castellana for their political opinions, and that as these prisoners hare already been released by the Pope's orders, their object is attained. m o w think they wilt not come to Rome, especially as the re port of the Austrians gains ground, and has in fact a half official character, as it comes from persons of the highest rank. The Buonaparte family, especially the Prince of Mont fort and the Duchess of St. Leu, have employed all the means in their power to induce the two sons of the latter who are with the insurgents to return to Reme. Hitherto they have not succeeded in their object. VIENNA, Illaactr s.—Four per Cent. Metalliques, 69 ; Bank Shares, 946. The Express from Paris, which we hate ex tracted from the Times of this morning, contains (from the Moniteur) six Royal Ordinances, appoint ing the new Ministry, of which M. CASIMIR PERIER is appointed President. Baron Louts suc ceeds LAFITTE as Minister of Finance. The news from Warsaw still continues cheering—indeed we might almost say full of hope. The Prussian State Ga zette contains a Russian account of the battle of Grochow, in which the Russians claim the victory, but admit a loss of from 4,000 to 5,000 men ; and add, that the Commander-in-chief found it necessary to allow his army two days' rest after the battle. The St. Petersburgh Papers also--a circumstance strongly in favour of the Poles--speak now, for the first time, of an insurrection which broke out last autumn among the mountaineers of the Caucasus, on hear ing of the French revolution. The insurrection, however, it is stated, was quickly suppressed by the Generals P- ANKRATJEW and EMMANUEL, in a manner glorious to the Russian arms. We anticipated something of this sort some weeks singe, and added that time would fight for the Poles pretty nearly as well as the patriots themselves. It would not surprize us to hear shortly of a diversion in Finland, where we hear, on good authority, much popular dissatisfaction exists. The Hamburg Papers state that Austria is taking every active precaution possible to secure the tranquillity of her Polish possessions. The Reform Bill has been read a first time, and is now before the country. Very little was said on its introduction; the opponents of the measure re serve themselves for the second reading, by which time they may probably recruit their powers of de clamation, but their arguments, we suspect, were wholly exhausted during the seven nights' debate.— The boroughmongers, in vulgar parlance, are indeed " hard up;" they tell us that a boroughmonger's right to nominate Members for a rotten borough is a vested right—a property, forsooth I—as if this pretended right was any thing hut a daring usur pation. They tell us also that a rotten borough is the only high road to public life for men of talent,—truly, the boroughmongers have so narrowed the high road that lead 3 to Parliament, that men of talent would seldom find any other access,—but when they have been so introduced, it has mostly been for boroughs, whose proprietors, like the Duke of NORFOLK, the Marquis of CLEVELAND, the Duke of DEVONSIEIRE, &c. have seized the first moment to lay them, a splendid offering, on the altar of their country. They who oppose the measure are boroughmongers, who nominate themselves or their tools, jobbers in legis lation, men whose talent is found only in their pocket, who buy their seats, to sell themselves, and barter away the best interests of their country, that they may share the plunder of the public. They talk of " the Constitution," and preserving " the institutions of the country," meaning thereby the preservation of the rotten boroughs, that bo roughmongers may continue to ride rough-shod over the people,—then with brazen trump, they bray forth their patriotism ! which never yet ex tended beyond themselves and their fellows, and is rely like the moral honesty of some other worthies, with whom they may appropriately cbaunt in chorus, " I like to seem honest, though I cheat when I can, But when I can't cheat, I'm a true honest man." Seeing the measure must pass, the borough mongers are preparing to attack the details in the hope (vain hope !) of being able to deprive the Bill of all its virtue, and leave it nothing but a name. The people of England, however, will be satisfied with nothing but the ENTIRE measure brought for ward by Government, unmutilated by amendments to save or serve the boroughmongers, whose inte rests have always been, and always must be, directly opposed to the best interests of the country. Sir ROBERT PEEL has declared Le will not move any amendment—this duty, it is therefore presumed, will devolve on Messrs. TIVISS, GOULBURN, CROKER, or some other minor myrmidons, whose political talents are in excellent keeping with their political integrity, and who (to take them at their own esti mate) are—capable of any thing ! S . r CHARLES WETHERELL, with his usual acuteness, anticipating the result, began by making his last dying speech, which he will continue at intervals, till like a dying swan, his voice sounds the last knell of the boroughmongers, when the Bill shall pass amid the deafening cheers of the House, and the grateful plaudits of the country. There is little doubt the Learned Gentleman will, in New. gate phraseology, " die game," or, in borough mongering phraseology, " die in the last ditch ;'i but die he will, unless released in spite of himself, from the degradation of sitting in Parliament, the nominee of a borouglimortger, he can condescend to become the representative of his countrymen : but " while there is life there is hope," and we are unwilling to forego the hope, that the Learned Gentleman may still give his " posthumous" sup port, to what he has been pleased to term " a posthumous Bill," snd be counted at last among its supporters. The boroughmongers are judges in their own cause,—sit in the House,—and are, as it were, in possession of the citadel, from which they will only be driven by the most determined perseverance. Let the efforts of the people then be steady, un_ ceasing, and unanimous, until by "a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," they destroy the hydra, which if they fail to crush, will not fail to crud► them. The struggle is momentous; but the triumph will be more proud, more lasting, more beneficial and salutary, than any the nation has yet achieved, and compared with which the glories of Waterloo will sink into the shade, and be lost in utter insignificance. The prayer of the Petition of the Merchants and Ship-owners engaged in the Colonial Trade is one which we are sure is not likely to be disregarded by the Government. It is as follows :—" That your Honourable House will resist all propositions which may be submitted to it, subversive of the British colonial, shipping, and manufacturing interests." The House, and the Ministers, would, indeed, be culpable, if they were to attempt to subvert such important branches of industry as those in question ; and we greatly lament the prevalence of the impression that any such interests are either despised or neglected by his Majesty's Ministers. We believe the very reverse to be the fact. The principle upon which the Government is acting, in commercial as well ai in constitutional matters, is this very simple one—that the public good is to be preferred to private interests, be they who, or what, they may. If the interest of the British consumer be that he should be allowed to buy a good instead of being forced to buy a bad article —that the Baltic traders should have fair play against the traders with Canada—and that the re commendation of the Parliamentary Committee of 1821, so long unaccountably neglected to be acted on, should be carried into effect, it is, upon the prin ciple referred to, perfeclly clear, that any supposed interest of the Canada traders ought not to inter fere with justice being done to the public. By the reduction of ss. per load on Baltic timber, the land owners, and the public in general, will obtain that commodity at a cheaper rate than heretofore, and, at the same time, the revenue will benefit by the augmen tation in the colonial timber duty, for the purpose of equalization. The shipping interest will be a gainer some degree, by the reduction in the price of timber for ship-building, and for all the purposes of °rained life, and the inhabitants of this country wil l all bl at gainers in a great degree, although the duty is 33 ' . to be reduced to 30s. per load, as Sir HEN° PAW NELL, and other financiers, have so stronglY real mended, but is to be fixed at 50s. per load. Now, what claims has the Canada trade to pre' fer, in opposition to this measure of an otherwise Mr doubted beneficial tendency ? None that we cas di perceive, and, of th e j us ti ce o f t h ose pretens i o ns, som e to a monopoly, i n h er c h ar acter of a British co lon y; beyond theim ag i nar y pretens ions of Calla may be formed by reflecting on the fact that Ca i ! has cost us, first and last, sixty millions sterll already, and that the annual charge, on her se c°ll l on the British treasury, is full 600,000/. per str° u "; which yes' progress if the plan of fortifications in i n , the e : f progress has been made, be persisted s hort he pence of these alone will probably not fall three millions ; and these circumstances eug h _ . „, t • t el t more especially to be borne in mind since pare ' is called on to perpetuate a system oft azri°l/ which the British public have for years lost s binit floods million and a half per annum. e si to The truth of the matter is,—and it is no n° , t he attempt to controvert it by idle assertions abe%ies, magnificence of a colonial empire,—that like Canada, which furnish the mother countrY t titer with revenue, nor a military force, only t , If facilitate the destruction and waste of capiteLte, Canada were, at this moment,an independest'77l,o we should possess every commercial advant a g e we now have with respect to h er , and nei ther ° al' shipping, our manufactures, or our commerce/ sustain the slightest loss. The United Steir c h the best possible proof of the readiness wit h do our manufactures are received in all par" ° t iisit world to which they are valuable, on account lo t cheapness and excellence; and no man, in the degree acquainted with trade, supposes tha t fact of Canada or Jamaica being colonies 111 1 0 1 influence upon the sale of those cottons O u r a lso o ware, in the vent of which the greatness kingdom in respect to other Powers mainly ee erl o r It is hardly possible to expre , 3s suffieiee tlY 4 0 0 1 disgust at the ignorant abuse which was olj ee the occasion of the meeting at the Freeman e' Tavern, at those illustrious philosophers an d 4 ;0 1 men who have been labouring for the last fift)Stio to augment the wealth and prosperity o f ,fe.' Britain, by the application to her peculiar eirroceH stances of those principles which political °leo,/ has demonstrated to be true in the abstract. W.. e e . it is disgraceful, that a man of a good traderso; ing, like Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, should O fi rior llto his audience at " their common disreg e 'iii• the theoretical and visionary dogmas of phile s , eP t lie cal Statesmen, whose advice would prostra'e A s p dust the shipping and colonial interests 7 B ' e ; ° he So the boroughmongers say, their property ,e,",. prostrated in the dust by the Reform Bill , them, Russell's Purge is what Allhorp's Pa T one ' to the Canada timber monopolists. To b° ,1 and the other justice is hateful ; but theY i be nevertheless alike be assured that justice Ot'rott done by the Government, and that peculiar istetios will only be set aside, so far, and no further, fbe the interest and safety of the public require' e ttir colonial interests will not be neglected, ° t or verted, but they must be taught that there are "ope• interests somewhat paramount to those of 010/3 lists. SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS FROM LLOYD'S. :j DEAL, MARCH 15.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W. bIOVP fresh in squalls.—The outward-bound remain. It'''. thc Lord Nelson, Wilson, from St. Michael's. pi 0 ' FALMOUTH, MARCH 14..—Wind S.W. tO •*:o;itir strong gales with violent squalls.—Put back the packet, for Halifax and Bermuda. /O r LIVERPOOL, Maacat 147—Arrived the Vests , 0 0 vun, and Majestic, M'Keller, from New Orleans +' Coggans, from Mobile; Acorn, Luce, from D a y G A 0 0134 Sylph, from Madeira; Constitution, from Salon; fialis Christie, from Tarragona ; and Eola, Sanno lll4 Barcelona. copies of entries, and all the other expenses not otherwise pro vided for of carrying this Act into execution, and shall also keep an exact account of the whole sums so received and expended, to be at all times open to the inspection of any registered voter. And be it enacted, that all booths or other places constructed or prepared for taking the polls, shall be so constructed or pre pared by contract with the candidates, or, if they cannot agree, by the Sheriff or Stewart, at the joint and equal expense of the several candidates ; and the clerks employed in taking the poll shall be paid one guinea per day by each of the candidates at such election. And be it enacted, that all laws, statutes and usages now in force respecting the right of elections, the qualification of elec tors, and the actual election of Members to serve in Parliament for that part of Great Britain called Scotland, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, in so far as they are altered by this or in any way inconsistent or at variance with its provi sions provided always, that the same shall be in force in all other respects whatsoever. SCHEDULES TO WHICH THE PRECEDING ACT REFERS. SCHEDULE (A. g Date. Plan, o g' )3 ., 0 P I 5 , moo. • ro 4:1 SCHEI I, A. B. d o so l emnly swear, in the Register for description in the same words that I have not already voted game Property. ULE (B.) , that I am the individual described as A. B. of [here insert as contained in the Register], and at this Election in respect of the DAT AT OWX O'CLOCK. TRICKS OF STOCKS THIS itaa Stock 3 per Cent. lied 8 per Cent. Cons. ...7634 3 4%%% 3'4, per Cent shut Ditto Red "'shpt Is7ew3%per Cent 83 NrsU 3 per Cent. Ann. 1736 .... - 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan 5, 1860 shut Oct. 10, 1859 shut Jan. 5, 1860 l6 3-15 Jan. 5, 1880 ~ - April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 --- PR.ICES OF FORNIGIN FUNDS Austrian Bonds B4 Brazilian Bonds • 57 Buenos Ayres Bonds — Chilean Bonds .... 20 % Colombian Bonus ....... Ditto, 1824 , — Danish Greek 80nd5....... ........... , — Ditto, 1826 — Guatimala — Mexican Bonds — Ditto, 182.5 — New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 2 4 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities shut New Ditto per Cent. Ann. 1751 Bills, £1,000...17 18 16 pm. Ditto ............5{ 18 16 pm. Ditto Small l9 17 pm. Ditto Commercial. — pm. Ditto Advertised pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for April 12 ...76% 34 6 THIS DAY AT ONZ O'CLOCK. Neapolitan 62 :Peruvian Bonds I Portuguese Bond* — Prussian, Old !Ditto, New — ;Russian s39 16panish„ lit2l 18 l6 0:3. 'French Rentes, sp. e. —t. —c. Exchange ....„ —f. —c. 3 per cent —f. —c. -- Exchange DOUBLE SHEET ATLAS. CONTAINING UPWARDS . OF FORTY SQUARE FEET OF LETTERPRESS, AND EQUAL TO FOUR OTHER NEWSPAPERS. THE ATLAS of MARCH 27 will be pub lished, without extra charge, on a DOUBLE SHEET, to give the FULLES T REPORT that can be accomplished in a Single Newspaper, of the IM PORTANT DEBATE on the SECOND READING of the PARLIAMENTARY REFORM BILL. Should the Debate be continued into the following week, and re quire more than the ordinary space devoted to Parlia mentary Reports, A SECOND DOUBLE SHEET will be published on Sunday, April S. To prevent disappointment, Orders should be given immediately to any Bookseller or Newsman in Town or Country. Advertisements for the Double Sheet must be sent to the Office by Thursday evening. Printed and published in the Strand, on Saturday after noon, and forwarded by post so as to be received within 200 miles on the following day. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We regret that from want of apace we are unable to insert T. B.'a Letter on Lunacy. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY') Cc 'RN EXCHANGE. 0 00 0 01 The tempestuous weather has prevented the few 0 011 i were expected, and our supplies are therefore e%tr ie do/ particularly of English Wheat. We have very the market, and the prices remain nominally as OP ..I .;;3oc oottr' ARRIVALS. I 13arley. Oats. 205 qrs. 1,745 ( 1 0 ' /to* English Irish Foreign I 5—,690 Wheat. 460 qrs THE FUNDS.—(THIS 0 C iv tio CI TY, TWELVE t o Madras Ga ze tt es t o th e 15th N o v, and 13°,a)s, $ ° 18th Nov., hav e b een rece i ve d a t the Nat' American Coffee.house. (From the Madras Papers.) f otis His Majesty' s 26th R eg i men t, a t the date o accounts, had all saf e ly arrived at Calcutta , b ils considerably fro m th e c h o l era . , beg lOs Os All the Bengal Papers state that the ehn ie '" d prevail to a most alarming extent in Calcutta, 2°104%l"" sorry to say th a t f ever b eg i ns t o p reva il to a Sitt° ,ol4 BOMBAY. —The Sumachar, of the 25th i° 3— 'to tains the following :-- t f s lre es do m " The choler a and pl ague h as b e en raging A. t UPI a ten os t inhabitantsdegre ande, hadit vas i Ie reported t'" t hat of ' prey tot 4 csw disorder." By the Brougham, Lieutenant Pemberton hse-otsfefr, round from Chittagong from Ave over thet th ° 0 11 ; The news from Ave is very satisfactory, olurie:isign standing between that Court and the British stated to be very gratifying. On Thursday l(Fromast the th Honourableßom bay P t a h p e e r G . 0 ) ye rii.44or re cop t il r t a: be to the Presidency from Poonah. The above Irced ll ll l o ol the death of his late Majesty, and a notice is 2 '!' 1Y " • ti{ Government for the ceremony of proclaiming the Fourth. THE FUNDS. $ o 1.•• root, Our Funds this morning have experiencea f r ton n evi tnent in consequence of the arrival of an esp.rese 0f the d " e at with the o ffi cial account of the formatO rog el ' l de French Ministry, a s !art the French Rentes. Consols, which left t ° aaa TIA at 764-1, opened at 7644 for the Acca lP foto up to 761; since which they have receded tu late accounts from Berlin, with no favourahli,oleo. the Russian armies, is much in favour of the nArP , Nothing doing in the Foreign 11 I ' 6 ' ar , tr . - 00 3 HALF -P -45 ,01P 0 0 0 Consols, which were done in the earlY Pe r t ,,, IA Atte well as a considerable iliestsoto iug at 76, reached 76;1, since which there 1 f the at 764 to for the a c cou nt ;' the movem °gelinr:oool trian troops is th e cause o f th e market hav,i_ng iog At f In the Foreig n M ar k e t th e re is nothing au c 7 t OC.P"" Consols, 764 (T I ajndT A W E r i N je yt MARRIAGE by special license, The Committee n' e tiO n VA I j elie r s_i . ttin A g Meml E i t e: : ) .,i d il u ov l na y s. elected, and that theelatietol,../ IN g T i have ‘tev e nH i nei t :shoite airpytAtia r . 51,er: Park, g ) osori u ti v s ni: n vt in. 1:0 t oft e: a tiOl ot e at h T a of the Earl of GALLOWAY, b the Lord Ow' y 0; by next Monday brother fl' of Lord —LLENBOROLJGH, tO the r r bi CHAII PAGNE GRAVES. n „ I MARCH OF REFORM .1,014."°0,,g130.-_, current betting at White's Club -house (]early ett,_, o to Ultra-Toryism) was a few days since nearly gwoab against Reform. 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