The Sun. — London, England, 1831-03-26 00:00:00

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Is not the re could fad.-- -meeting that it pported by the , 3 o mmons , would sued re t u rning h" s goodneee 11 the Test Act , last not lesst? —(Tremendous gat doWO Pro- CLAPHAM COMMON. TO BE LET, By Mr. REID, °n•ir.-Lary and Successor to Mr. JOHN ROBINS, the revenue while they henefitted the subject by bold reductions of fiscal imposts on the articles of genera 3 consumption. The produce of a small postage upi,n all publications whatever, would, when combined with the duty on advertisements, brieg in an increase of the re venue. That such a system was practicable was placed beyond doubt or question, by the fact that it had been long in operation in France, and in several of the German States, and in the United States of America. In France all kinds of publications might he transmitted by post from Paris to any part of the kingdom, at the rate of ten centimes or one sous per sheet, and there, as in other pimp, Imola and information of every description were seat by post. Lord ALTHORP said, that such an arrangement would require a very large increase of the posting establishment, and that, on the occasion of the Reform question, it was complained that the mails were overloaded with the news papers. _ . (Of Warwick House, Regent-street,) Very Eligible RESIDENCE, adapted 1 the accommodation of a Family of the first stability with offices of all descriptions, coach-hout t I t i tibl es, farm-yard, and out-buildings ; excellent produi h e kitch en - gar d ens , wa ll e d roun d ; green-house, ho , %se, &c., surrounded by a beautiful lawn and pleasu: i rn cle; meadow land, enclosed by park paling , the w hole about THIRTY-SIX ACRES. To be vi ewe d by ti c k e ts, which with particulars may h of Mr. Reid, No. 170, Regent-street. No. 12,024. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1831. PRICE 7D. CITY REFORM MEETING. REFORM MEETINGS IN SUPPORT OF HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. and now he was sailing with the tide it was not likely that he should change his opinion. If the people stuck to the cause it must be carried.—(Hear.) GEORGE GROTE, Esq., hanker, said his Majesty bad by his conduct endeared himself to the hearts of his subjects. All former - Ministers had been composed of tax-drawers, who occasionally threw a few crumbs among the people to pacify their discontent, but Earl Grey had nobly se parated himself from the unholy alliance of the borough mongers.—(Cheers.) G. W. NORMAN, Esq., was announced as the next speaker, but the meeting hearing the name of Ward only, and supposing him to be the City Member, raised such a yell, that until the Lord Mayor explained the mistake not a word he said could be heard. He supported the reso lution', SURREY. e&pital Family Residence, with Excellent Garden, Offices, Pleasure Ground, and Land. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, By Mr. REID, 80 u-in-L a w and Successor to Mr. JOHN ROBINS, It is impossible to describe the enthusiasm which the great Reform Meeting at the Mansion-house, to-day (Fri day), has excited in the City. We may say, without exaggeration, that this meeting was decidedly the most numerous, and, in every way, the most respectable ever held in the metropolis. The hole-and-corner men, the rich noodles, and the cunning interested scamps, who signed the anti reform declaration, are quite chop-fallen.— One and all, we believe, they would give any thing, ex cept their money, if they could wipe out their names from that damning document. The best plan they could adopt, would he at once publicly to acknowledge their error, to read their recantation on the Royal Exchange, and ask pardon of their insulted fellow-citizens. This many of them have done in private. We have heard more than one of them cry peccari ; but this will not do—it must be peccanimus, and that, too, uttered in one grand chorus by the whole body of these "miserable offenders."— As we prophecied yesterday, they did not show fight at the Mansion-house to-day (Friday). • This conduct forms a laughable contrast to the valiant declarations which some of them made a few days ago. They were then for baring the red arm of war," and valiantly talked of op posing " the vile revolution" by their voices, their trea sure, and, Heaven save the mark !—their blood. What a " lame and impotent conclusion" all this braggadocia has ended in ! By the way, this word revolution puts us in mind of an anecdote which we have heard, and which ac counts for its frequent use of late by a certain class of politicians. It is said, and we have no doubt truly, that many of those who have so frequently rung the changes upon it, both in and out of Parliament, had sold Bears of Consols. Poor creatures! we pity them most sincerely —thus to be beaten, both as gamblers and politicians, is, indeed, lamentable. The Funds have risen, and the Re form Bill will be carried.—Morning Herald. !clings of mitted by of the par se le Dn of the t poi ) m of the Co.o' t, this tneenag she inciples rfeetiOrl Or Sw o ca lculate d of that ids his tiu: of our fel l ?! ' one and is : l ure vehic b , origin, pill and, atowe )ns of the 13' CITY MEETING. (Concluded from our Paper of yesterday.) Sir Joirti LUBBOCK moved a resolution thanking the King for bringing forward the measure, which was calcu lated to secure the best interests of the people. [At this moment Mr. O'Connell entered the room, and was received with loud cheers accompanied by hisses.] Lewis Lt.ovn, Esq., (a hanker) cordially concurred in what had been said on this subject, and thought this a most.,, glorious era in the history of England. Nothing like it had occurred since the revolution that had been brought about by one Kim! William, and now we had another William bringing forward this measure. He asked were the noble and brave people of England not to have an honest House of Commons ? Give them a Parliament that would honestly apply the funds placed at their die. posal, and then the difficulties of the country would dis solve like a cloud.—(Cheers.)—The Hon. Gentleman then seconded the resolution, which was carried. Alderman VENABLES stood forward to propose another resolution. He felt confident of the benefits that would be derived from the proposed Bill. It had been said that the present system worked well, but there were, he knew, many lamentable instances of bad results from the system. The worthy Alderman then referred to ;,11 meeting held in this Hall, at which he presided in I 526, the period of the panic, when commercial distress was so prevalent, and he concluded that that unfortunate event was the result of the corrupt system of representation. E. CALVERT, Esq. seconded the resolution. (Of Warwick House, Regent-street,) A . Very Eligible FAMILY RESIDENCE, fitted up in an elegant manner, adapted for a Fa- Y of Distinction, with appropriate offices for domestics, l ' al ervatory, hot and green houses, excellent stabling and t' l , 4t. „°fficez, beautiful pleasure grounds, extensive gravelled 411 41 ,mb with a branch of the river Wey flowing through, his stored with fish. The views highly picturesque, enhanced by a grand amphitheatre of hills, present a delightful scenery, with interesting rides and drives various directions ; neighbourhood select, and a short dista nce from WINDSOR. The whole containing about P, FORTY ACRES, p rrn ing an extremely eligible Residence, in excellent re 4t!r, and adapted for a Gentleman fond of field sports, I ng in the vicinity of Lord Qnslow's Hunt and other 1,n (18 , with capital angling. s ticulars ma be had of Mr. Reid, No. 170, Regent .lre et, y J. PATTESON, Esq., proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman,which was carried with three times three cheers. The Loan slAvoa returned thanks. de'd or, ste' res t ude to t el h e g an j Lord Ma'g r o ter ; i ce him g r re g, nding of ti der° ig fP',,ro t° the b y Mini. , i ken - who wer ldlY e o who had b ° p ie efit of the r o ly . 1 t o whic rso n tie from a P e A te :onstitutiorw neeting. tioo. •ond resoll i o ` t to he was a l li t the Id meet with An address to the King, and petitions to both Houses of Parliament, in favour of the proposed plan of Reform, were agreed to, and the LORD Maros. announced that they would lie for signature at the Mansion-house. The meeting (after giving three times three cheers for the King, and also for Reform), was then adjourned. DERBYSHIRE. COUNTY OF DERBY. NT a PUBLIC MEETING of the Nobility, If Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants 011 ` 4 e County of Derby, held the 22d day of March, 1831, r :tlant to public Advertisement, s ir CHARLES HENRY COLVILE, High Sheriff, Is 019 gales.-•'' ael's. rt, Smith , ft° lia, Hanvorth' s [This, Riviera DAY.) • supply , a" d s pa ad y !al, and Pld e an d dull 0 , co g, h her 6101' Hz orFA; d. t L o s 6 0 o „ , 0 0 0 tto 0 0 47, alves 3 IS / 6 ,v 0 tto : 5 3 5 4 ;0 4 6 h ''''''' e :;c1 1 . Fai.t olB '' 'ENT. . d. tq 6 4 ° CO rd TISII 1{ gl' from t h e 'owns in 99 , ' 41d , sew 3 7 0 0 0 , :PACS PRE4 f. :b• 66. PAY.) )'CLO Cl ar';tb Kr old gp . ifin ot one per °°' Earl Grel iee of given u" j tir ia i toprov e ter m , eft off Y e ? d ,ia but " I , re' which, ansed a re ° rBl. tla "t e and theY, Several ".0,0, red the APie corning °riot' to the P EST 0 4 of th e ri t" 4 . s% Air it. T )sed to ve ,de for th e , $$ alarm, al'uttoCef; iog 1 - 10 / d o / c ause t he a or o v =ain la p rs ll ' ,d. bo re • f r ao; c coar o oJ o to a t he * t ip on on %e a e It the e ia l° l ,hall he . r 1 01 '; e for the' bra ;ociatioo 0,10 9th a C ' l°° ti te that " ra"l ;- h a d e vs c cei v eet haver O 1 in :oPP • Doe , t be g ,erY No e ', be g 're w it ' re o ied • t the ir Ci‘. pRIC S > i 5,1 5 ,• ; .• 16 ; NP UN , it of r ; b: , to 1 1„ o o ,t Ytc d pt be ; D P re , )" 4titu er . l o, t be ,sent an° i li' t be r iv , 'T ed • liti ve you' d t he s ' c ' ,1) 16 o:1 °:11e :11 6" , 1 1 1)° : 01 ;on, '' " c 01 11 :, lo ge, io bet . t he re/ t ' ber t °() ditooo 00 , A WI AT 0, 'OU S° ' oos• The in the Chair, following Resolutions were unanimously passed, viz.-- the motion of his Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, h seconded by Sir GEoltdE CitEwE, Bart., 4 4 ,1 t esolvd—T the hat the following Address having been read "Pproeved, same he presented to his Majesty. THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, Pr:e, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, inhabitants of ,`,° o l) ty of Derby, at a Meeting convened by the Sheriff, humbly th u l l ne to express our grateful feelings, and offer our warmest in, C 43 for your Majesty's incessant eflbrts to secure the peace sf th welfare of the nation, and promote the comfort and happiness l tf a e more particularly thank your Majesty for the formation oft Administration, whose members, as the honest redemption 'nen, eir Pledge on entering into office, have proposed to Parlia ar,_`, also the gracious approbation of your Majesty, efficient and I,la,“tres for improving the representation of the people ; a trounded on the true principles of the Constitution, approved 4 ii k i i e nation, and admirably calculated to advance the moral and Re o e ctual character of the constituency ; to restore to the House 1 4 , k_ i nMons the lost confidence of the people, and to support and ~$0 ate every branch of our glorious Constitution. kl ay ':e Most fervently hope that these wise and salutary measures )51,,1t be prevented from becoming the law of the land ; and that , e a lajesty may be blessed with a long and prosperous reign °Yal, united, and fairly represented people. And your pe- O r , jts e will for ever pray," &c. L ' motion of Sir GEORGE CREWE, seconded by E. S. CHANDOS POLE, Esq. Ib ttemi veil—That this Me e ting expresses its convi c tion to k ,i f the Reform so g enera lly ca ll e d f or i s es senti a l t o t h e illii t ar e of the country, a n d it s approval of that zeal and til e ' n ee with which his Majesty's Ministers have brought ,trestion forward in fulfilment of their pledge. 45 t Petitions in support of these measures of Reform Presented to each House of Parliament. 'e Motion of Jour BEAUMONT, Esq., seconded by H. S. WILMOT, Esq. li tt il t : m°l 'ved—That the Address to his Alajesty be pre id by his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. 1) 11 :: , Resolution was carried by acclamation. t he Motion of H. S. WiLstar, Esq. seconded by Pin t{ DELL, Esq. b c , th e 'eleed—That the following Petitions be presented to 1)% Houses of Parliament, and that his Grace the Duke ti t . "onshire he respectfully requested to present the Pe qi:,l to the House of Lords, and that Lord George Caven li e be r equested to resent a similar Petition to the 4.l : l'll o 7i T so u lt t eC : l4 : olMtlEn t,i o 7;as p also carried by acclamation. mp iih l GHT HON. THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND [ HE p AL IN PARLIAMENT ASSENII3LED. CLERGY ON OF THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, opp r : at GY, FREEHOLDERS, AND INHABITANTS THE COUNTY OF DERBY, ts..lstiLY StiEWETII nat your petitio ' ner t l io awar e that., of f oi l i o time t to time , various_ c o es have crept into tf,l44hs, which have a ten i d n' e a n c e t v it t e o impede c io t ra a fa n i d r, j y ti s s tzm an oS '''.'t . h;TP i r , esentation of the people . in the Huse of Commons, are of perfectly convinced that a Reforms in the system, I rte which that Right Hon. House asembled, is be t":.,,.?,e_caessarynd , and that the election of Members for rotten j e n o o st vez l eg r nta r lo o n ss o . f many populous places, tlVat under these circumstances your petitioners rejoice to 11 3 ,. 1 ( , c a l his Majesty's Government have given this important t t 'eh w _te and pro m pt a tt ent i on, an d h ave propoun ded a plan e n Properly wei g h e d, di scusse d, an d re gulated, bids fair I' chat the root of the } evils complained of. Your Petitioners it•l'ktplya_.efore implore your Right Hon. House, that you will I , sZtst i r ," dispassionately enter upon the consideration of the th n er t , ltS every detail, and usejthe utmost of your wisdom and e,,,;," complete a law whereby the third estate of the Realm, tati ll elis of Engl a nd s h a ll b e re presented in Parliament i n a f actory, and effective form. Our wish is to promote, as ),,,tell o r,ts should do, the welfare and protect the just rights of rti 4 kl h ' men of all classes and denominations, and whilst we t e.er fully consent to any sacrifice . which public necessity co require, we are Most anxious to preserve inviolate Z4tryltution which has not only been the blessing of this o" the admiration and the envy of surrounding nations. th e do t petitioners will ever pray, &c." Motion of his Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, to 11 . eg, Ave SeCOnded by H. S. WILMOT, Esq. 81s oh d--That the Thanks of this Meeting be given " No ) "es Henry Colvile, High Sheriff fur the County t o o ON, Yi f or hi s h av i ng ca ll e d t h e M eet i ng, f or t h e t rea t i on ) ' , and ind e p en d ence h e h as man if es t e d up o n the b Ni a nd for the ability with which he has discharged n of the day. 'emlution was also csrricd by acclamation. CHARLES HENRY COLVILE, Sheriff. PING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. S til e s -1 ::' 401 /T11, MA RCH 25.—Wind E. fresh breeze.— Oh 418 Majesty's ship Royalist, for Plymouth. ;:;; I ttn, MARCH 24.—A bale of cotton marked 4 'l Was picked up off St. David's Head the 21st 441. two bales marked " Swooton, No. 323, S. 12," was picked up the same day about three miles I,4'e Smalls. kooTtr o r MARCH 23 —Wind E.—Arrived the Pro it t r agg, P from the Mauritius. a -I ; so cx, tacit 22. The cargo, except the bricks of th e Harriet, Atchison, hence to Demerara, 14 near Port P a t r i c k t h e 13 t h i nst ., h as b een go t , It t sent to Gl asgow. N'el,Ti, COUNTY OF DONEGAL, MARCH . 19 —A S 4 tt,, lost in B oy l ag h B ay on t h e n i g ht o f th e 12th *re 4 ' o" all on b oard drowned. The masts, and part of Iti f elc, have b een was h e d on s h ore , an d p ar t o f th e 1 11 4 i) boat, w i t h " Robert and Isabella, of Maryport, ~ N,p' . „.4 613 ', master," p a i n t e d on i t . , l irt o , - : ° e'rlt, MA Rcit 24.—Wind E. S.E.—Arrived the :Ye W eppell, from P ernam b uco . S a il e d hi s Ma ' VitP Gannet, for Bermuda ; and Exmouth, Warren, Neroen's Land. 41 te ril zAN cr, MA RCH 24..—Wi n d E .-- A rr i ve d t h e , fro:elle) from B enga l , sa il e d t h e 20th of Novem b er, ;t ; t ql t , t . " S t• Helena th e 2d u l t. t ab f 0 MARCH 23.—Sail e d th e F or t une , Craw -00: . o mhay. s , l O l " , An, Mmicit 24.—Arrived the Sarah R o l e tone, Ltlvitw, from New Orleans. P MARCH 24.—A vesse l h as b een l ately l ost o gee ; Yre W ater ; flour, butter, and lard, hav e b een picked k l ti tA )4 4 lt of la r d is marked " T. M. Murphy." p jbt ti:" , ISLE OF M AN, M ARCH 22.—There is no the 4, 4 t th e Vessel l a t e l y wrec k e d un d er M ang h old Head, Itl,4l,lle°w, of P res t on. ► MARCH 22.—The Jonge J aco b, Hese istlle A le(' to Newcastle, was run foul of last evening t ori, i 7 ar ch Hull s t eamer , an d was with diffi cu l ty % 4 tet y ci :°l'e; the c argo h as b een d isc h arge d i n t o li g h ters t, rn aged stat e . P u RG, M ARCH 21.—Th e rea d s an d th e r i ver ie e. °tit the entrance to the harbour is blocked up • It* , he brr nu ng, De B oer , f rom H am b u rg, put i n t o )t:e Weued fur London, lost anchor and cable. ,11 1 t1 the 17" Vie!, I3risin, front Charleston to Plymouth, "o t , a reakwater on Wednesday and bilged. ),..th t °lll, lo 4 tl 7 l ,' At iller, from Perth, was driven upon the kttaetle u "day night, and will probably be wrecked. )ter_ Ullapool, and the Freemason, Stornaway, v Wrecked, near Ullapool, the 13th inst. 11 1, r k i le 'ecolltllS from Leicestershire represent i k t of th att l i ar , peope in favour of Reform as most decided i Ll e• e l The universal cry is, "It shall be carried TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have to request that you will contradict, in the most positive manner, that part of your report of the late Kentish County Meeting, in which you make me say, in answer to Mr. Larkin, that I derive 1,0001. a_year from borough influence; I stated, on the contrary, and I appeal to the recollection of all present, that, upon my honour, whether or not I had any such influence, neither I nor any of my family have ever, directly or indirectly, received one shilling for it. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Albemarle-street, March 26. MAHON. SPAIN. EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED MADRID, MARCH i t. The Extraordinary Gazette and Supplement of the 12th contain the details of the death of Manzanares, who was betrayed and killed in the Sierra Bermeja on the Sth inst., and give also an account of the surrender of 400 Constitutionalists at Beier on the same date. As we have as yet no particulars of the last event, we cannot form an exact opinion on the position of affairs in that quarter : 1,200 was the stated number of Constitutionalists who left the Isla, which being the case, there are still SOO men carrying on the revolution, not including the 300 who landed on the 4th near Malaga, of whom no further tidings have been received. We are left very much in the dark respecting the details of the progress and position of events, but as the post from Cadiz, which arrived this day, states that city to be quiet, and as Malaga by the last accounts was the same, I am led to believe that the attempt will prove a failure. If it prove so the Constitu tionalists have missed their object by the narrowest chance in the world ; the insurrection had the most exten sive ramifications. The garrison of Cadiz was ripe for revolt, and only awaited a movement on the part of the people to declare themselves. The immediate cause of the assassination of General Oliveira was this : he had affiliated himself into several secret clubs established in Cadiz for the purpose of intriguing against the Government, by e lecting to confraternize in their opinions. Becoming thus perfectly acquainted with their operations, he divulged them to the Government. One of his letters fell into the possession of the conspirators, and his instant death, ac companied by a precipitation of their measures, became the only course to be adopted. Orders have been sent to Cadiz, for the arrest of all these persons, who, I believe, constitute the most respectable portion of its community. The streets of that city are patrolled night and day, to se• cure tile Government from another attempt. The failure of the plan is attributed mainly to an officer, who acted as a principal conductor of the movement, who, immediately on the death of the Governor, gallopped off to the Isla, and told his coadjutors at that place that the revolution had been effected at Cadiz, thereby neglecting to secure success to the first step, and rendering the second prema ture, and, as it has in part proved, disastrous. General Quesada, who arrived :he same night at Cadiz from Xeres, immediately proceeded alone to the Isla, where he was made prisoner, but was afterwards set at large. He re turned to Cadiz, and, as will be seen by the Gaceta, col lected his troops for the pursuit of the Constitutionalists, who, in the meantime, finding the Cadiz attempt was un productive, left the Isla on the night of the 4th, in the direction of Tarifa, to surprise that place, and form a junction with the corps of Manzanares. He overtook and attacked them at Bejer ; the result of which action was the surrender of 400 of the mutineers. The Council have decided on shooting them all ; but I think they will not carry this resolve into execution, and that it is merely in tended as a display of firmness to intimidate all factions. It was stated within the last three days, that a Military Commission had been established here ; but though I know it was in contemplation, it has not yet taken place. The French who reside here are in a most awkward po sition. I consider their lives to be far from secure, from the hatred which is openly expressed by the lower orders against them. Every number of the Gaccta most point edly alludes to them as the fomenters of the events, in cluding us, at the same time in its animadversions for a like conduct in protecting, and, as they call it, assisting the expedition of the Constitutionalists who were collectel, at Gibraltar. The French are all under surveillance, and, as an instance of the feeling towards them, the Marquis de Villa Campo was last week expelled the country, at twenty four hours' notice, by a personal order of the King, for dining with the French Ambassador. The French Em bassy are denied admission at almost all the principal houses in Madrid. In fact, they are avoided as if they carried infection with them. Eight or ten Frenchmen have been arrested for singing the Marseillaise ; at least they are charged with so doing. B. C. -- I have procured the Gaceta of to-morrow. You will see that the remainder of the Constitutionalists have in trenched themselves in the Sierra Bermeja, and that the Royalists occupied on the 6th the town of Cesares, in the neighbourhood. One thousand dollars (2001.) have been offered for the apprehension of the assassins of Ge neral Oliveria. An elopement has taken place at the West end of the town, which, from the peculiar eircumstdnces of one of the parties (the lady) in connection with a cele brated Duchess, has created a good deal of chit-chat. STANDARD NOVELS, A COMPANION TO THE WAVEALEY NOVELS. —The second number of this in teresting publication, which is to appear on the Ist of April, will contain the whole of Goown-i's celebrated story of " Caleb Williams." Among the various designs that have been entertained in accordance with the extended taste for reading which manifestly distinguishes the pre sent period, the plan of a carefully edited and uniform col lection of our best novels and romances current during the last 60 or 70 years,—that is to say, subsequently to those of the somewhat lax school of FIELDING, 831OLLETT, and STEANE,—presents public claims of no common order. It has been too long the custom to regard these latter productions as exclusively (with the single recent exception of the Waverley novels) the standard works of fiction of the country. The forthcoming series of "Stand ard Novels and Romances" will no doubt prove the means of dispelling this illusion, and of exhibiting, on a com parison, a succession of scenes from which life and man ners have been equally well reflected, and where wit and humour have been refined by decorum into fit acquaint- ance for all readers. Devised with an express view of the roost extensive popularity, the publication now announced will strictly include all the requisites conducive to that object—portability, uniformity, accuracy, graphic as well as typographical beauty, and above all, smallness of price. It is intended thus to provide a resource of rational and re fined amusement for all—to produce such a library of en tertainment as every person of moderate means may afford to purchase, every gentleman and man of taste may be glad to possess, and every family may be satisfied to re ceive, without hesitation ou the score of morality. Alderman WAITIIMAN was received with cheers. He impressed on the minds of the people the necessity of exer tion in support of the Ministers. He thought the late ma jority, though small, was matter for great exultation.— (Cheers.) Every man ought to enter into the field as if the battle depended on his own individual exertions. Who were the parties in this great contest ? On one side were the King, his Government, and the whole people of Eng land..---(Loud cheering.) The other party were com posed of the borough proprietors. It was said by one per son—he believed Lord Robert Seymour—that a man who got into Parliament by means of money would sell his vote when lie could.—(Cheers.) Of all the meetings in this Hall that ever he (Mr. Alderman Waithman) had ever attended, this was the most numerous, respectable, and wealthy. Could any body say that they had met to de stroy the Constitution?—(Cries of " No," and cheers.) They had now a specimen of the wealth and intelligence of this great city to give a distinct negative to so gross a charge. It had been asserted that the proposed measure had alarmed the monied interests. The attendance of the respectable bankers and merchants whom he then had the honour of addressing, was a complete answer to that as sertion. They, on the contrary, looked to the support of the measure as their best security. ROBERT RICKARDS, Esq. diEred from those who re presented the proposed measure as one of a wevolutionary tendency ; on the contrary, he thought it was one that would ensure the stability of the Throne, the prosperity of the country, and the happiness of the people. IsAAc SoLer, Esq. expressed his belief that the pre sent state of the country required the proposed measure, and for the adoption of which the people would for ever feel grateful. KGENTLEMAN (the only person who held up his hand against any of the resolutions) wished to address the meeting, and gave his name Captain Biden. On his as cending the platform he was loudly hissed. He said, if you expect to put me down by clamour you will be very much disappointed.—(Go on.)—l feel the present is a time when men are called upon fearlessly and manfully to express their sentiments as I do. lam one of a glori ous minority.—(Laughter. )—I ask you how you can confide in his Majesty's Ministers when all the measures they have brought forward were concocted in folly, brought forth in ignorance, and lost by their own weakness.--(Hisses.)— I say, how can you confide i❑ men who have betrayed the true and most powerful interests of the country? As to their proposed plan of Reform, he would ask was it right to rob the innocent ?—( Here the hissing was so general that we could not hear the speaker for several minutes : when something like order was restored,' he said)—The proposed measure will undermine a Constitution that has been the boast of Englishmen for ages. Was it not un der the blessed Constitution that we obtained the glorious victory at the Nile.—(Laughter.)—Was it not under that Constitution the illustrious Wellington gained the victory at Waterloo ?—(Go home.)—That illustrious warrior, who, in his opinion, was the fittest man to guide the helm of the State.—(The speaker went on in this strain for some few minutes, and concluded by proposing three cheers for Old England.) PASCOE GRENFELL, Esq. M.P., read the Address to his M ijesty and the petitions to both houses of Parliament, and in an able speech called upon the meeting to adopt them. Mr. O'Connell was here loudly called for by one party, and Alderman Thompson by another. Mr. O'CoNNELL came forward and said, I have only to thank those who have done me the honour to call upon nie, but I respectfully beg leave to remind them that I have no right to address the present meeting, and I there fore trust that my refusal to obey the flattering call I have received, will not be construed into any want of regard for the honour conferred upon me.—(Go on, go on.)__ I fear to go on, and am afraid to s•.op.—(Laughter, and cries of proceed.)—l will venture, then, to say a few words.—(Cries of Na, no—Alderman Thompson.).—. Well, Gentlemen, if my voice is not permitted to be heard here, my ♦ote shall be elsewhere—(Cheers)—and my spirits will be animated by the exhibition I have witnessed here to-day—a feeling that raised this nation to a pin nacle of glory—a nation that was the first to establish free institutions—that realized the dream of the poet, who said— [Here the cries for Alderman Thompson were renewed ; and a gentleman said, I have the Chairman's authority for saying that Mr. O'Connell is perfectly in order.] Mr. O'CONNELL continued—Now that I have the per mission of the first Magistrate of the first City in the uni verse, I will briefly avail myself of the opportunity afforded me to express my gratitude to his Majesty's Ministers for the measures they have proposed. Although an humble advocate for Reform, allow me to say that no man more honestly and devotedly attached to the cause of civil and religious freedom ever stood before a public meeting. PAscoE GRENFELL, Esq., rose to order. The Learned Gentleman had no right to address the meeting, he not being either a merchant, banker, or tradesman of London. ... „... The CHAIRMAN wished to explain to Mr. O'Connell, that the gentleman who opposed his addressing the meet ing did not do so from any disrespect to hitn—(Hear)-- but because advantage might be taken by their eneinies, who would say that the meeting was not what it professed to he—one of the merchants and bankers of London. Mr. O'CONNELL bowed to the decision of the Chair. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON regrotied that the terms of the requisition were such as to deprive Mr. O'Connell of the opportunity of addi4ssing the meeting, and the meet ing of the gratification of hearing him deliver his senti ments on the important subject that had called them to gether. He should feel unworthy of the station he held as one of the representatives of the City of London, if he bad not come forward on an occasion like the present, and declared his sentiments to one of the most numerous and respectable meetings he eve,. had the honour of at tending. He congratulated them on the numbers and respectability of the meeting, and could not omit offering his respectful acknowledgments to the Lord Mayor, for affording the merchants and bankers of London an oppor tunity of publicly expressing their sentiments on the present important occasion. His acknowledgments were also due to the honourable and respectable gentlemen who had signed the requisition. He was the more obliged to them because before the present measure was brought for ward in the House of Commons, they had entrusted him with a petition in favour of Reform, and on presenting that petition he stated to the House of Commons that the majority of the merchants, bankers, and traders of London were anxious for Reform. It was a source of proud satisfaction to him to receive on the present occasion a confirmation of the opinion he had ventured thus early to express. During the eleven years he bad had a seat in the House of Commons, he had supported every measure in favour of Reform—(Hear)—when East Retford and other corrupt boroughs were proposed to be disfranchised —but finding all attempts at Reformation opposed, he was in his Own opinion justified in advocating the present measure, all minor ones having failed. He should sup port the Bill, because he was convinced it would give se curity to the throne, and was a measure of justice that would satisfy the body of the people.—(Cheers.) Mr. Alderman WOQD had been alibis life a Reformer, (Abridged from the Derby Reporter of Thursday.) OA rumlay last, the expected meeting was held in the County-hall, according to the appointment of Sir Charles Colville, High Sheriff, made in acquiescence with the requisition which appeared in the public payers of the last week. The Duke of Devonshire, who had arrived from London expressly for the purpose of being present on this important occasion, was received with peals of applause; and repeated cries of Reform for ever, and down with all Tory opposition, were heard from the crowd that was assembled at the doors, eager for admission. The High Sheriff came upon the hustings, which had been erected for the occasion, attended by the Noble Duke, the requisitionists and many othergentlemen of the county, exactly at twelve o'clock ; and at the same time the hall doors were opened for the admission of the public. The acclamations were animated and of long continuance. The hall was completely filled, and it is calculated that the floor and gallery will contain between three and four thousand persons. There were some hundreds without the doors, who could not obtain admission. We may justly cha racterise the meeting as unanimous ; there was but one feeling among the assembled multitude, and that was in favour of Parliamentary Reform, and entirely in unison with the views of his Majesty's Government. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE moved that the Sheriff should take the chair ; and the motion being seconded by P. Gell, Esq., of Hopton, was carried by acclamation. The Stir RIFF, having taken the chair, addressed the meeting :—" We are assembled this day to consider a subject of the most vital importance to every Englishman —the due and effective representation of the people. Since the accession of the House of Brunswick, no measure has been brought before the country of so much moment as the restoration of our valued Constitution to its ancient and legitimate state.—(Cheers.) First, let me intreat you not to introduce any extraneous subjects. The topic for this meeting is Reform, and Reform alone.—(Continued ap. plause.) Next let me urge you to unamity. Be but of one party, and that party your country ! In her inter. ests all our interests are involved. We are all one nation —one great partnership. May our resolutions this day be for the benefit of the firm.—(Applause. ) The Duke of DEVONSHIRE rose to move the first reso lution, but he was so cordially greeted by the cheers and plaudits of the whole meeting, that he was unable to pro ceed for several minutes. Coming forward, he said, be fore so great an assemblage of the county of Derby, he rejoiced to meet those with whom he had always agreed in political sentiments and opinions ; he rejoiced, also, in the prospect of agreeing with those who had hitherto been always politically opposed to him, but whose zeal on the present occasion was equal to, if it did not surpass, his own ; supporting, also, and belonging to an Administra tion composed of persons to whose principles he had been • through life attached, he had, indeed, satisfaction in witnessing the sanction given by the Ministers of the Crown to the noblest act of public justice ever conferred on the people, and the corresponding feeling of support and patriotism which their conduct had called forth in the country. It was not necessary for him to enter into the detail of the plan of Reform brought forward by his Ma jesty's Ministers : its peculiar merits were, that while it excludes no class of men and no species of interests from its operation, it takes property as its foundation, and rests the general stability upon the state which every one whom it affects must posses in the general welfare ; it is also highly valuable, as it includes a great mass of intelligence dispersed through various ranks and branches of the com munity, which have hitherto been altogether without any share in the choice of those men to whose discretion and judgment the national destinies are entrusted; and it will certainly tend to promote and encourage national in dustry. A man, his Grace observed, will feel a just pride in referring to his elective franchise, not merely as the in strument of his political power, but as the reward of his meritorious exertions and honest respectability.--(General cheering.) The Members of the Aristocracy, he said, had sometimes been considered in an unfavourable light by the people; for much of this they were indebted to the man ner in which the present constitution of Parliament has enabled them to interfere and dictate in representation. ..._(Hear.) —It was time, he said, that they should be re. lieved from these privileges, in fact, detrimental to all par ' ties ; it was time for them to descend from this false posi tion; let them occupy their own ground ; let them stand on their own merits.—(Great cheering.)—" I have no fear, said his Grace, that the people of England will be unjust to the aristocracy of England united by mutual kind feelings and good offices, and not by close boroughs, and mock representatives.—(lmmense and continued cheers.)—He, the Noble Duke, for one, would be very sorry to think that his connection with his countrymen was stronger through his burgage tenures of Knaresbo rough, than through the friendship and independence of that highly respectable body of men by whom he was then surrounded, the freeholders, yeomen, and inhabitants of Derby. Whose burgage tenure;, said his Grace, I expect, and I say it with sincerity, and without affectation, I hope I shall very soon be called upon to resign.—(This disin terested and animated declaration was received with rap turous applause )—But, continued his Grace, the esteem and good-wili of the inhabitants of this county, I ven ture to wish I may long, very long retain.—(Deafening cries of " Hear, hear," and " you shall, you shall.") --We have had, he said, recent proof that the House of Commons, constituted as it now is, will not con sent to relieve the country from any impos t, when th e slightest sacrifice is required on the part of so m e g r eat in saken t n e rest s a . r m ß n al ( the th e eagerness the Friday Government, under y, with the motive of impairing their strength on the g r eat question of Reform, ought to be a powerful h int t o the country, cover a last, a to dis puted commercial arrangement, but, i n realit y , not to relax in its ardour for Reform, and its efforts in sup port of the Ministers.—(Great and long-continued ap plause.) As there were many other gentlemen present who were anxious to address the meeting, he would then take his leave. I shall leave you, said his Grace, when the business of the :day is concluded, and return to my place in Parliament, where I hope to promote the public interest, and do my duty by the side of my sovereign, whom I am now more than ever proud to serve, but I shall carry away with me the recollection of your recep.. tion, and your patriotic enthusiasm. I shall not fail to record them as real testimonies of the merits of those great measures of Reform, which are now under the solemn consideration of the Legislature. And I exult in having having had an opportunity afforded to me, and I trust it will be afforded to many others, of having my conduct, whether in senates or in courts, refreshed and invigorated by a closer connection, and a more intimate alliance with time great body of the people."—(llis Grace sat down amidst the most enthusiastic applause, and the loudest and most general expression of the approbation of the meeting.) When the ferment had subsided, the Address to the King was read, which was received with three time s three cheers. E. S. CICANDOS POLE, Esq. then presented himself, and said, I beg leave to second the motion with all may heart.—(Applause.) When the Sheriff requested a show of hands in favour of the Address, the whole body of the people moved simul taneously. When he asked if any disapproved, he was answered by cries of " Where are they? "—(Cheers.) Sir GEORGE CREWE said, lie had for many years ad hered to the principle of Reform, and, as a proof of the gillgefi t i 9( WI C9lTigti9P) Giltild DAY) without tsWJI a story, that during the last ten years, he had been offered a seat in Parliament for various close boroughs, which he had four times rejected, for he had determined in his mind never to sit in Parliament fur a borough, as boroughs were constituted.—(Very great applause.)—With respect to the minciple of the Bill he most cordially approved of it, but it was possible, that there might be persons who would think that in some points of the detail it might be amended --(Hisses, and cries of " we will have it as it is, no alterations.") He begged he might not be misunder stood : contract, or extend the details as they might, he was ever ready to support the principle, and it was his ad miration of the principle that had induced him to take part in the proceedings that day. He should conclude with moving two resolutions, and an Address to each House of Parliament, which be felt assured would meet the approbation of the meeting. JOHN BEAUMONT, Esq. could not resist the solicita tions he had received to attend the meeting, to second the measure so ably proposed by his friend, Sir George Crewe, he had not, therefore, hesitated to respond to that call.— He would take the liberty of congratulating the inhabitant• of this country, and the country generally, on the measure of Ministers, a measure dear to the hearts of us all, brought forward at a time of peculiar interest, and under the aus pices of a Sovereign who was entwined around the hearts of his subjects.—(Applause.) JOSEPH KERRY, a framework knitter, of Belper, ob jected that the preamble of the petition to each House of Parliament excluded a large portion of the meeting. - The petition assumed to go from the nobility, the gentry, and the freeholders of the county; but he begged permission to move that it should also go to Parliament in the name of the inhabitants of the county of Derby.—(Applause.) The HIGH SHERIIT said that the amendment was very proper, and that it met with the concurrence of the gen tlemen around him. He wished to know who seconded it ? Wtwast MEAIZIN, a frame-work knitter, of Do field, seconded the amendment, and it was carried with con tinued acclamations. HENRY SACHEVEREL WILMOT, Esq. moved that the petition to the House of Lords, be presented by his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and that to the Commons by the county Members. This was seconded by P. Gym., Esq. amidst vociferous shouts of " No Mundy ! no Mundy !" The names of the Duke of Devonshire and Lord Geo. Cavendish were put singly and received with immense plaudits. On the name of Mr. Mundy being put, a very few hands were held up. On the negative being put, rela tive to the petition being entrusted to Mr. Mundy, the sense of the meeting was strongly expressed by hisses, ejaculations, and the holding up of hands. It was then intimated by the High Sheriff, that no per son had been nominated to present the Address to the King. The Duke of Devonshire was named, by the spontaneous voice of the meeting, in three peals. E. S. CHANDOS POLE, Esq. made the regular motion, that the Address to his Majesty be presented by his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. This was seconded by Sir G. CREWE, and carried by acclamation. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE moved that the thanks of meeting he given to the Migh Sheriff, for his able, judicious, and intelligent conduct in the chair. This was seconded by Sir G. CREWE, and carried unanimously, with loud cheers. . _ The HIGH SHERIFF said—Gentlemen, I cordially thank you. It is my earnest desire to fulfil the duties of that anxious and responsible office which I hold. For one year my time is yours ; your approbation, when it is sup ported by my own feelings that I have done what is right, will be my highest recompence. The meeting broke up with three cheers for the King, which was loudly called for by the meeting. TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. On Saturday the Committee, appointed at a public meeting of the friends to the diffusion of knowledge amongst the people, held at the City of London Literary and Scientific Institution, waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer as a deputation, to consult with him on the regulations of the proposed new Stamp Act. They were headed by Doctor Bit kbeek, Mr. Charles Buller, M.P., and several gentlemen of literary and scientific eminence. Doctor I3taKexc IC said (as we are informed), that from what he knew of his Lordship, it was unnecessary to say one word to hint upon the advantages to be derived from the diffusion of knowledge amongst the people, and upon the necessity of the general diffusion of political know ledge and good government. The Committee would not, in the present case, say any thing upon the duty on paper, or upon the proposed reduced duty on advertisements, ex cepting as regarded the latter, that they believed a further re duction of the stamp duty of newspapers would be necessat y to give the public the entire benefit of the reduced duty on advertisements, because the existing journals could devote but a certain space to advertisements, and it must be a considerable increase of the field of circulation which could produce to any very important extent an additional induce ment to advertising. The reduction of the stamp duty, however, being but a penny and a fraction, there was no ground for supposing that the price of newspapers could be reduced more than one penny. Competition had at pre sent, they believed, from inquiries they had made upon this subject, brought down the price of the commodity to a minimum rate, and the public could not expect a reduc tion which would be a loss. The proposed stamp duty would keep these vehicles of information as far as ever out of the reach of the great mass of the community, whom it was desirable that these media, as well as a vast many others, should pervade. It placed an obstacle in the way of all attempts to give them instruction on political and moral subjects, which instruction was of the greatest importance to them and the whole commu nity, including the Government. He adverted to the g reat mass of surreptitious publi ca ti ons w hi c h arose f rom the demand fur political information amongst the people, and the high price of the regular journals occasioned by the stamp-duty. The stamp-duty operated as a protect ing dut—a smuggler's premium, of betw een one and two hundred . per cent., for the circulation of publications characterized by ignorance and fanaticism. The regula tions against political pamphlets prevented men of pro found knowledge obtaining access to the minds of the labouring classes of the community. He was informed, for example, that Dr. Arnold of Rugby school, and Dr. Whateley of Oxford, intended to write tracts for the in struction of the poor. Mr. Mill, Mr. George Grote also, men of the highest attainments in moral and political science, and other philanthropists, were willing to write for the instruction of the poor on such subjects as the doc trine of wages and others, which it was of the greatest importance to the whole community to have better under stood. These gentlemen would not break the law to over come the obstacles to the diffusion of knowledge amongst the people, and the field was therefore exclusively occupied by the ignorant and necessitous, who wrote for profit, or were impelled by fanaticism. Were the stamp-duty en tirely removed such publications, which he was assured owed their sale entirely to the reduced price at which they were sold, would be superseded by other journals present ing a much wider range of information, since it could be proved that the people preferred those publications which gave the greatest quantity of new facts to those which were exclusively devoted to political disquisitions. This intelligence could only be obtained in the requisite extent and variety by a combination of skill and capital, which was of itself a powerful security and knowledge against extravagance of conduct. He adverted to the securities for truth which free competition would afford. He then adduced numerous facts .to show the immense increase of sale, and paper-duty and advertisement-duty, which would result from the entire removal of the stamp-duty. It might be shown from a knowLy.lge of the means and habits of the people that the capacity to purchase gratifi cations which do not form part of what are considered ne cessaries of life extends from certain points in proportion to the cheapness in a greater than a geometrical ratio. Thua, if in any town or place composed of the average relative proportions of the different classes of society there are found one hundred persons who can purchase a work sold for one shilling, there will in the same district be fouad more than three hundred able or disposed to purchase a thing for sixpence ; more than a thousand able or dis. posed to purchase a work for threepence, and so on. This fact, thus generally stated, might be established by a great body of evidence by a Committee of the house having the power to force the attendance of witnesses, and the will to elicit their testimony. And were the authors of financial measures accustomed to possess themselves of a knowledge of the state and habits of various classes of society ; were they accustomed not to rely solely on the opinions of those who are governed by blind routine or swayed by CiWOter hatereets, they mild more freitiviady increase One of the committee said, that even so, conclusive evidence might be adduced to prove that the Government might derive considerable profit Irma the arrangement. The increased expense would be only on the main roads, and in some fevz of the larger towns. All the subordi nate agency for distribution would require no additional agency whatever. The average cost for parcels sent irre gularly by mails and coaches was three halfpence per pound, or 14s. per cwt. for every hundred miles. The weight of the larger printed paper was about 40 lbs. per thousand ; the carriage, therefore, would be five shillings per thousand, sixpence per hundred, or less than a penny per dozen. Supposing Government charged a penny post age for each paper, the profit for the distribution of every thousand papers for 100 miles would be 3/. IBs. 4d.; but this was on a supposition of a maximum rate of carriage, and there could be little doubt that Government could by con tract have them distributed to the land's end, and to all intermediate distances, for a much less sum. According to the last Parliamentary Returns, it appeared that from London alone between 10,000,000 and 11,000,000 of newspapers had been transmitted to the country through the post. Lord ALTHORP asked whether individuals in the country would not object to the increase of the postage? Dr. Bnexistzcx said there would be no additional charge. The newspaper proprietors would here, doubtless, in the same way as at Paris, make arrangements for sending their papers by post. The profit do the sevenpenny paper, for example, was a penny and a fraction. A penny would pay for the postage charge, and the fraction would pay a com mission for the collection of subscriptions. Lord ALTnottr stated, with rererence to the price, that he anticipated that the increase of the advertisements would he such, that many of the newspapers would be enabled to reduce the charge. One of the Committee replied, that from the inquiry they had made, they had no reason to expect such a result. They had, for example, enquired of the proprietor of the Examiner as to the reduction which would be occasioned by the alteration of the stamp-duty. That gentleman had stated that since the reduction of the duty was only a penny and a fraction, the charge for the paper could not be reduced twopence without great loss. They had al ready as many advertisements as could be inserted with out encroaching on the space necessary for other matters, and therefore no reduction could be made in the price of the paper on account of any increase of advertisements. Now the case of this one paper was doubtless, the case of most others. Lord AUTHOR? said he did not consider the Examiner a criterion, as it ‘vas.a paper of the character of those pub lications to which Dr. Birkbeck bad adverted, as written for the advancement of opinions rather than for profit. His Lordship said, that in the present state of the revenue he could not hazard further reductions. He went entirely along with Dr. Birkbeck in all he had said, on the ne cessity of the complete diffusion of information amongst the people; aed he admitted that the measure would riot afford any increased facilities to those publications which would derive ne profit from advertisements and were not written for profit. The suggestions with relation to the Post-office he considered deserving of inquiry. But with relation to the stamp-duty, he was not prepared for the present to promise further reductions. Mr. CMARLIS Bur.r.xa said that he must take the liberty of reminding his Lordship of his recent statement about the expected increase of the revenue. Lord Avrnoas replied that that increase was a con tingency. It was urged to his Lordship that it was of the utmost importance that the increased facilities for information „should go pari pass's with the extension of privileges. It was said that the circulation of English journals abroad was restricted, and actually suppressed by the high pries occasioned by the duty, and by pernicious post-office regu— lations ; and thereby English ideas and modes of thinking were prevented from having their fair influence in forming the opinions and feelings of the civilised world. They also complained of the duty on foreign books, and the postage charge on French and other foreign newspapers. After lengthened conversations on thee. and other topics Lord ALTHORP promised to give every attention to a variety of documents submitted to him by the Committee. We understand that it is in contemplation to form a per manent society, to obtain the removal of all fiscal and other impediments to the circulation of knowledge throughout the world. THE WHOLE BILL, AND NOTHING BUT THE BILL. (FROM OUR SHEFFIELD CORRESPONDENT.) This has indeed been a joyous day (Thursday) of con gratulation, not so much because the people of England have a majority of one on the second reading of the noble charter of William the Fourth, but from the universal determination it has given rise to, of securing by every legal means, the return of Members, in the event of a dis solution of Parliament, that will vote for " the whole Bill and nothing but the Bill." It is most devoutly wished here by all classes, that Ministers, on the Committee, will not yield one iota of the measure. If they find they can not carry it entire, that they will throw themselves on the loyalty of the people by dissolving the House, the majority of the Members of which seem unworthy the name of Englishmen, and will he long remembered by their consti tuents, especially those who can boast of having any. The humbler classes here, duly appreciating the high compliment paid them in the House of Lords on Monday night by their late representative, Lord Brougham, are forming themselves into committees for the purpose of aiding by every means in their power, the glorious cause, the success of which all true-hearted and virtuous English men have so much at heart. At a meeting of the Council of the Political Union, held this (Thursday) evening, the subject was eloquently, spiritedly, and manfully advocated and recommended in a letter from a Number of intelligent mechanics assembling at Mr. Ellison's, pledging themselves to contribute weekly to enable Yorkshire, should a dissolution take place, to return four Members, free of expense, who will support " the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill." Indeed, such is the enthusiasm which prevails, that not all the wealth of India could secure the return of Mr. Duncombe, and such like milk-and-water gentlemen as Mr. Be thel 1, The next four Members fur this county are already de cided upon, viz., Lord Morpeth, Sir J V. B. Johnstone, George Strickland, Esq., and R. M. Beverley, Esq., whom the people will carry into Parliament in defiance of all the boroughmongering, banking, East India and Canadian monopolies that exist. It is hoped here that the names of the majority and mi nority will he exhibited in every newspaper in the king dom, and that millions of copies will he printed on slips, and stuck up in every public room and factory in town and country, to enable the people to know their friends from their foes. We understand that the spirited example set by the friends of the Bill at Mr. Ellison's, has also been warmly adopted at old Coxon's, Knowles's, and other houses, as well as in various large manufactories. In short, we never recollect on any occasion such an unanimous feeling as prevails at present, and when Lord Morpeth and Sir J. V. B. Johnstone again visit their constituents in this quarter, such will be their reception that they will have occasion to recollect the day as long as they live. We may also add, that the Political Union is about to issue a manifesto, calling upon the members and their townsmen generally, to rally round the standard of their illustrious, reforming, and patriotic King and his amiable Adelaide, to preserve them from the fangs of a disappointed and expiring faction, by exerting their influence in securing the return of Members whose motto shall be—" England expects every man will do his duty." SUPPOSED DEATH BY EATING LAUREL. —A n inquisition was held at Headingley, on Tuesday last, on the body of GEoaciE ASKET, a child three years old, whose death is supposed to have been occasioned by eating laurel, but as no direct evidence of the fact could' he obtained, the inquest was adjourned till Monday next, in the hope that a sister of the boy, five years old, who was similarly affected, would recover, and be able to give some information upon the subject.— Wakefield Journal. The Rev. WASHBOURNE UVEDALE, 8.A., Vicar of Alarkby and Kirrnond, Lincolnshire, has been presented by CHRISTOPHER Maxon, Esq. to the vicarage of Stixwold, near Horricarstle, vacant by the death of the Rev. Wes. Dlvlnisu.