The Sun. — London, England, 1831-04-18 00:00:00

r arde were the army 1 0 men of ,re yester.. and some Emperor ta of Rm.- ) brought I,r 12,000 Drganised, regiments idy in six trd. We ;itation at harbour, Govern at Polan kly if the were no AGAIN ! ! ! Lily ex- hie way Lot being 'olangen. n Russia >amoglia, lered the ngen last , een sent first of ea in the tral Lili 'Bavaria, irn from 1 alliance en ships, 'and, and argoes of The ex ree, not imports- xen sent ) such a shortest tuber of required try, and bas been ;hat two ; of light dinesa to ing the sterdatn. ielegra net with cement ied tariff nable to They Chinese RI L 1 ) ) 6 ):51yi 4 there !cove ries on the patient nr there ) 'lied. oil' eon- 3:4 pte. ... 8.5% 6.18 pm. 6 18 pm, 6 18 pm„ -.4% 207; !LOCX. •••••, •••. tO!4 86% -f. -c. 5t3C 50 '. 25t. E W, 31. 'ening Raid, ;rand 3 and Ivan- reach ctory Aug- ived, of to y be n. F. 'tout Lines -0 the that o be ill off learn seen vard 'hey ~I 1 are to consist of the Caledonia, St. Vincent, Prince #egent, three-deckers, Asia, Revenge, lknegal; Talavora, Melville, Sparliate, and another in another column will be found some letters ad_ dressed to Mr. HuruE, on the subject of HUNT'S . lat e absurd remarks on Reform. These letter prove that he has been in error—we suppose we must adopt a cautious phrasP, or we could readily find a more applicable one than this. It is our stttled conviction that such a desperate blundering quack will never again be allowed to make his ap pearance in the House of Commons. THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND (From the Aretecaltle Chronicle.) . The announcement in our last week's Paper of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland using his influence and authority to procure petitions against the cause of R e f , c m, produced, as we expected, a strong feeling of indignation throughout the county, which was not a little heightened by the various reports of the solicitation and intimidation which had been resorted to to procure signa tures; and by finding that the prayer of the petition, in stead of being, as announced, for a more moderate Re form, was, as will be seen from a copy inserted below, against Reform itself —or, if it could not be avoided, for as small a degree of it as possible. This feeling was at first certainly very strong, but has since a good deal abated, ~ from this attempt to avert the current of the public senti ment in favour of Reform having proved an titter failure ; SA a proof of which it can only be necessary to state that the 'petition lying in this town, in spite of his Grace's gfeat influence and power, and in spite of the elec tioneering interest and assistance of the Tory Member for the county, has not yet received 100 signatures. A greater miscalculation of the public feeling was probably never made. We subjoin a copy of the petition and of the - circular which accompanied it; they are curious in their Way, and well. worth perusing as specimens of the feeling Which prevails amongst the titled enemies of Reform. TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. . We; your Majesty's loyal subjects, the undersigned nobility, Magistrates, gentry, clergy, and freeholders of the county of - Northumberland, beg leave most humbly to assure your Majesty of our unfeigned attachment to your Majesty's Royal person, and to our free monarchical Government established at the revo lution of 1688, and confirmed by the accession of the House of Brunswick. We deplore, therefore, with proportioned regret, the possible success of a proposition recently submitted to the House of Commons, under the avowed sanction of your Ma jesty's Ministers, having for its object the entire abolition of the ancient Constitution and usages of Parliament. We pre sume most humbly to suggest to your Majesty, that a mea sure so extensive and overwhelming is not warranted by any practical and proved grievances resulting from the actual state of the representation of the peoph, and we contemplate with dismay the sacrifice of chartered, statutable, prescriptive, personal rights, to a capricious innovation, which, in its imme diate or ultimate results, must impair the dignity of the Imperial Crown, destroy the harmony of our mixed legislation, and . establish a dangerous precedent for the confiscation of private property and the subversion of public institutions. We, there , fore, most humbly pray. that your Majesty will be pleased at once to discountenance or .annul this must perilous and oppressive proceeding, and by adhering with hereditary firmness to the great principles of the British Monarchy, maintain alike the ex isting rights and privileges of all classes of your Majesty's sub jects,'and the essential and indispensable prerogatives of the kingly office. - And your Majesty's petitioners will most humbly pray, &c. TO THE HOUSE OF. COMMONS. The petition of the undersigned nolZity, magistrates, gentry, clergy, and freeholders, humbly sheweth, that your petitioners have learned with dismay, that a Bill is now pending in your Honourable House, having for its object the absolute subversion of the ancient usages and established constitution of Parliament. That your petitioners have heard no sufficient reason, founded upon practical and proved grievances, for this hazardous ex periment, whilst in a capricious and summary violation of the legal rights of large portions of his Majesty's subjects, they can discover abundant cause for alarm, as to the future security_ of every private tenure or public institution — Your petitioners, therefore, pray _that your Honourable Hou se . will entirely reject, or essentially alter this proposed enactment, have a due regard to the indispensable prerogatives of the Crown, to the harmony and co-operation of both Houses of Parliament, to the varied and complex interest of this great em pire, to the sanctity of charted rights, and to the hereditary pri vileges of freemen of all classes. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c. , •We hare received from various parts of the county ac c,unts of the urgent means taken to procure signatures to these petitions, of which the following extracts will afford perhaps a sufficient illustration. One correspondent writes as follows :- 4 . His Grace's agents have been canvassing and making every exertion in the neighbourhood to procure signature, but without much success. The farmers, on.his Grace's estates, who evinced any reluctance to comply with their demands, were told that they were authorized to make a list of those who refused, who would incur his Grace's displeasure; and the cottagers who re fused, were given to understand, that they would be deprived of their half.acre allotments. Many of the farmers purposely went from home to avoid seeing the agents, but in several instances their wives and daughters were prevailed upon to sigh for them." Another correspondent informs us, that at one of his Grace's Courts held last week in a village near this town, a number of poor persons who had been summoned for small debts, were pre , vaned upon to sign the petitions, many of them without know ing what they were signing for." Another says, " The messenger who was sent with them to this place, (a village near Ponteland), was drummed out of the village.' We hear from another, " every means have been used here to procure signatures ; threats and intimidations have been resorted to, and , thotAgh the petitions profess to have come from " nobility, gentry, and freeholders,' many cottagers and la beurers have been compelled to sign them, under a threat of being tsrried out of their cottages, or discharged." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. The following bulletin has been received at Warsaw, from General Skrzynecki, dated at Diembe.Wielki, April 1: " General Lubeneki, at the head of the advanced guard, pur sued, since this morning, the corps of General Geismar and the corps of General Rosen; the first Was defeated at Wawer, and the second at Diembe-Wielki ; the cavalry of Lubenski fell upon the Russianinfptry, braving the difficulty of the thickness of the wood on his right and left, and at each charge we dis persed whole battalions. It is still difficult to state the loss of the enemy, already 3,000 men have laid down their arms; we do not know as yet the number of killed and wounded the number of prisoners will be more considerable, as the inhabi tants of the villages and our soldiers are continually picking them up. The 4th regiment of Cuirassiers has taken from the enemy three colours, which I shall send to the National Government, With some thousands of muskets, 30 caissons and chariots laden With baggage, and others filled with articles of luxury belonging to the Russian Generals have ;Wien into'our hands. The attack Was so impetuous thatthat thepnemy had only time to burn part of his magazines, and was obliged to abandon the rest. But th e most precious conquest was the hospital of Minsk, where we found 12u Poles dangerously wounded; they will be sent to Warsaw. The express this morning from Paris is of some consequence, and it confirms what we stated in our city article of last Friday, _it , a letter from Frankfort, that the Austrian answer had arrived to the French Government, and that the Austrian troops would retire from Italy the moment the revolution was over. The private letters from Paris this morning are of a more favourable description than we have received for some time past. They are of a very pacific nature, and assert that no war will take place on the Continent ; and it is also expected that nego tiations are on the tapis to settle the affairs of Poland. But what Puzzles our speculators the most this morning is five vessels sailin g with sealed orders. The Dutch mail does not bring any news of consequence. The Hamburg and Dutch steamers have not yet arrived. THE FUNDS: Consols, which lett off on Saturday at 78 3 4 for the account, °Pened at the same price, soon after went up to 75% 9, and for Money 79 , 4 U. In the foreign market little or nothing doing. HALF-PAST ONE. We have letters from Antwerp of the lath April, which state all was perfectly quiet there ; but the erecting of new batteries, and the consequent movement of cannon, mortars, and balls, have rather created some alarm, and several families are leaving the city. The Polish Government have stopped the barges on the rivers laden with wheat, and pay partly in money, and the rest in bonds for their contents. We have a report that a body . of Poles were cut off by the Russians. Some letters have arrived to.day from St. Peters bu!.llh, alhough the communication was said to be cut off. 'mile days ago we stated that the French Government had Franc e an Inade a proposal to ours to take possession of the Schet, and and Prussia were to take , the Belgian fortresses u ld ntil the affairs of that country were settled. We are now informed that in a recent Cabinet Council it Was d etermined that our Government should not consent to this pro- Posal, therefore we,do not imagin e th a t th e fi ve s hi ps go i n g out With sealed orders are for that destination. Consols, which were in the early Part of the morning at 78%ii Dr the account, have since improved to '79% to %, and for money .. th . r_hf Hamburg and Dutch steamers have not as yet arrived. former is anxiously looked for, as it is expected to bring late 7gn'tnation from the theatre of war. is little or nothing doing in the Foreign Market. THREE. O' CLOCK. Consols 79i I. POUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES Consols .„ Ditto for Aeconnt 79k i Greek, 1825 — Brazilian Bonds.. Mexican, 1825 S6I Buenos Avres..— Peruvian Chilian Ditto .... ' Russian B9 Columbian, 1824 14 - Spanish .... 16 COURT CIRCULAR. „"e tier Roy a l Hi g h ness t h e D uc h ess o f K ENT enterta i ne d :', Duch of GLOUCESTER and adistinguished par 'inner on ess Saturday, a t th e King's Pal d ace, n at Kensingtonty at. ,The Duke of CUMBERLAND honoured Lord KENTON his company at dinner on 'Saturday evening, at his residence in Portman -square. A numerous party of the nobility and gentry were present to meet his Royal Hig h Ress. - Th e Duke of SUSSEX, the L an d grav i ne of IlEssE Hcatatrac, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and the Princess Soritta, visited: the Princess AUGUSTA yesterday, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. Prince LEoroLD honoured the performance at the Italian Opera-house, on Saturday evening, with his presence. Sir HENRY PARNELL ' has been re-elected for the Qttevn's County, iiirhot_aopposition. A (Jar/Asa ~. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHAI;II;k Last week's arrivals of all kinds of English Grain were mode rate, but of foreign Wheat there was an immens•_• arrival. This morning there is very little English •Grain fresh up; but a good many more foreign.vcssels with Wheat The millers appear in great uncertainly about making purchases of Wheat, and as they were indisposed to take even a smal! portion of the preserit supply, the prices may be reported at 2s. per quarter lower for all sorts of English and foreign, and tender parcels are quite un saleable. Barley fully supports its former value. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats find buyers readily, and rather exceed the terms of this day se 7 nnight. The Flour trade is very dull, but the price is unaltered. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIT. Wheat, Red (old) -s. -s. : Beans, Small (new)... 425. 4438 -White (old) -9. -s. -Red . 1 J430) ... 545. 62.5. - Tick (new).... 3 6 s 38, --.- Fine r4s. 06s. • (old) ....388. 40$. --- Superfine.. 68s. 72.5. - Harrow (new)3Bs. 40s. ----White (1830). 511 s. 665. - Fine tiqs 7.2; Brank ... . _.................-s. --8. - Superfine 74s. 711 s. Oats, Feed Foreign free 50s. 711 s. --- New 0 4s. iris. 345. 425. - Poland -8. ..s. 265. 31s. ------New 265. 30s. 345. 375. -... Potatoe New 445. 48$. ------ New 3s. 31s. 011 g. (Fs.-:-- Scotch als." 33.5. 70s. 'n. -- Irish Zs. 27s 30s. w 365. 38s. Floitr Town (per sack) 60s 6,55. 'my.... 383. 425. -- Seconds 545. 58 8 ~ 38s. 408. - North Country 48 8 . p s 425. 445. Bran Rye Barley -- Fine - Superfine Malt - Fine New Pease, Grey Ne% - Maple Ni - White -- Boilers ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. ' ~ , z ._. ..,- ;,:. From Whence p , D 3 2 rD r . g ro ;. r Qrs. Qrt. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks Aldborongh 152 393 75 20 w 100 Boston Bridlington Chichester Clay Cowes — 151 . Colchester ll9 7 , 732 0 13 1 1 7 5 5 , &1 1 4 0 63 , 11 Harwich 4 Leigh 447 74 102 128 21 31 A Maldon 407 55 270 608 - 1 136 752 Eexter — 3 50 12 (h busby Hastings Hull — 1120 Ipswich — 1605 24 453 Kent 546 16.2 155 9.24 225 32 1021 Lynn — 842 428 Padstow Southwold — 735 Spalding Stockton Wells — 140 830 42 Weymouth Wi.sbaach — 2140 135 Woodbridge B7 136 30 35 - 321 Yarmouth — 1284 903 1035 Banff' — 410 23t55 2730 7217 11397 1532 252 5917 IRISH. , Cork — 610 Limerick — Sligo Wexford — 790 Youghall — 2385 100 FOREIGN. Alexandria lll4 Ancona Beauvoir Bogense Bourdeaux , 1103 _ _ _ _ Brake Cherbourg — 400 _ _ _ Dantzic Elsfleth 420 _ _ Genoa 5430 —.. _ _ Hamburg BlO 510 50 Holbeck Landscrona I 1000 La Rochelle 520 _ _ _ Leghorn Lubeck I 550 Lucon Marans Marseilles 1855 —* Nantes 2813 880 200 New York Philadelphia Rotterdam 945 380 Spain 15267 , 318 Sables d'Olonne 830 Stockholm — 36 Trieste Wismar — 3780 Coastways — 120 ——— Total 57958 110572 7217 117746 1532 299 111147 15:32 DS 01 1, 0-7 299 i PULS: AGGREGATE Rye, 37—Tares, QUA N' 199-I rTITY o Linseed, ustard, l I , OTH , 240-1 ER Al Rapese ts. 90. 13147 ,r. SMITHFIELD MARKET. This day's supply of Beasts was rather great, of Calves mode rately good ; of Sheep, Lambs, and Porkers, limited. The trade throughout was very dull, with Mutton at an advance 2d., with Veal at a depression of from 2d. to Bd. per stone ; with Beef, Lamb, and Pork, at Friday's quotations. ?mess PSK STONI OF HMIS. TO SINK THE OFFA LS. S. d. to s. d, S. d. to 8. d. Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 8 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 0 Prime small ditto—, 5 6 7 0 Prime large Oxen 3 8 4 0 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 4 U 4 4 Prime small ditto... 5 2 5 6 Inferior Sheep 210 3 0 Large Hogs 4 6 310 Secondquality ditto 3 2 3. 8. Small Porkers 4 6 410 Coarse—woolled ditto 4 0 4 8 Suckling Calves I2s to 32s.eat.h. Southdovin Wethers 4 8 5 0 QuarteroldPigs I2s to 18s.eacb. SUPPLY, AS risk CLBitE'S STATENLENT. - Beasts. !Sheep and Lambs.' Calvci. Pi". 2,879 15,500 120 I 160 About 15 of the beasts came up the St. Alban's Road; about 60 up the other northern roads; about 150 (including Irish) from the western and midland districts ; about 2500 from Nor folk, Suffblk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; about 110 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c , in the neighbourhood of London. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. , Seel " 6 4 0 I cl Veal Mutton ° 8 4 2 Pork 3 0 410 Lamb -- ss. 4d. to 7s. Od. MR. HUNT. The following letters in reply to the Member for Pres ton's late observations upon Reform, have been addressed to Mr. Hume, by gentlemen of the very first influence and respectability in Manchester and its neighbourhood : TO J. HOME, ESQ., M.P. DEAR SIR,--I take the liberty of writing you, in consequence of the extraordinary statement of Mr. Hunt on Tuesday night, re. lative to the feeling of the Lancashire peopleon the Reform Bill. He says, that during his late visit ihto Lancashire, he found the people generally opposed to the Ministerial Reform B 11, note .1 beg to say there never was so infamous a falsehood uttered in the House or any where else. The opinions of the inhabitants are most decidedly in favour of it; in proof of which I might mention that public meetings have been held in every principal town in the country, and in nearly all the villages, at all which the most tinqUalifled approbation was given to the measure. I have been invited to attend several of those meetings, and can testify as to the disposition of the people. I will venture to say, that if the inhabitants of Manchester were to meet to-morrow, the same feeling would prevail, and it is a shameful libel on the Lancashire people for Hunt to have stated what he did ; but his speech at Peterloo was in the most extrava gant style imaginable, he said all he could to set the people against the Reform Bill, but without effect. We think he must be sanctioned by some of the Ultra Tories, and that they are making use of him to revile the Bill, but I do hope he will be put down, and not allowed to stand up and so grossly insult the people of England. I remain, with great respect, your's, &c. RICHARD POTTER. TO 7, HUME, ESQ., M.P. wish to trouble yoti with a remark or two on the ob servations which Mr. Hunt is reported to have made respecting the feelings of the working classes on the Reform Bill. I took part with the electors of Preston in the return of Mr. Hunt, and warmly supported them in their struggle on that occasion. • In the paper which I conduct I have advocated unequivocally the doctrines of Radical Reform ; and Ido not find that my advo cacy of Lord John Russell's Bill has detracted in the slightest degree from my popularity with the radical reformers. Besides, we have a paper published in this toWn as you, Sir, are, I believe, aware, which is not only the org a n, but the property, of an asso ciation of working men, the Trades' Union ; and this paper, which has wide circulation throUghout this 'radical district, has also been the advocate of the Bill, and continues to be so. Mr. Hunt, therefore, is completely in error respecting the feelings of the people in this part of the country; as indeed he might have learned from the meeting qj radical reformers, who met to drink political toasts with him on the evening which he spent last week In Manchester • on which occasion the Ch a i rman , an d every other individual who addressed the meeting, with the exception of the Hon. Member for Preston himself, expressed a cordial wish that the Bill introduced by Lord John Russell might be come a law. If these facts can be applied to counteract the effects which the boroughutongers seem to anticipate with so much glee from the peedi of Mr. Hunt, you may make what use you please of them. Manchester, April 14, W. J. eagerly TO THE EDITOR OF THE , e and also a sincere watch the arri strinciples upon of s. which every page Six; Being one of the thousands who SUN ' admirer o i f fe t r he o m f a th il e co m ac an h ly w , h i i n e d h e b po ri o n d g e s o y f o , u a r o i d ,ag o r north country v n a P s i t inrt ma u j ni or tY ity of writingthe f o s f..,:. a i,o d_ i;; T :ii which it is conducted, and the profound talent h r ad etu7'red -bte to lay before , ol u i t the displays, I sentimentsemb embrace e thean people, on the all-engrossing subject of Reform. a p o o g rt o u a n in it t i ed es w of if re ft o t s oo e , so w o h fi i m ch er f i e fs w , o h t a h v er io s g ha j v u e st tour to " John-c -(boat's." I can assure you then that from --, minds are in active employment upon it. Innumerable men's duals, of wealth and respectability, who were formerly hostilelad -- Reform, are now the most strenuous advocates for it: to trates and Town Councillors, who were hitherto as averse la g - to it as they would be to put their feet into boiling water, now do not only yield to the necessity and expediency of it, but really, with a candour and honesty which is creditable, embrace it heartily, from a conviction of the general good which will attend it. Lairds and ladies wear new aspects. Verily you would suppose their faces to have been metamorphosed, having, instead of their for mer' domineering visages, assumed placid and benevolent looks. Now really this is pleasant. it tends to inspire confidence and mutual good will, and utterly destroy animosities, jealousies, and causes of ill will. The generality of the people take a calm view of the question —view it in all its bearings and, like wise men, pursue that course which tends best to the common weal. A few busy, i n . termeddling, carpish vermin there are, whose sentiments are as little attended to as the buzzing of the common Mr. These indi viduals startle at the measure as an innovation; but what does Bacon say, " Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. And, if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter thingsion to and the better, what shall be the end ?" This is a serious quest, difficult to nswer. Should Isis Majesty's Ministers be defeated, which God forbid ! the tocsin has only to be sounded, and thousands will pour from the heath-clad hills and fertile valleys of the north, with the clay more unsheathed, ready, willing, and able to march in defence of their King, Constitution, and their own just rights. God avert the necessity'. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Inverness, April 14. VER A.X. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(TMS DA Y t'rto!if LL t'4. DEAL, APRIL I 6 AN'n 17.)—Wind modefite:•? 4 Affitedi And sailed for the river, the Pelatbpd, Cl,yton„ from thi Marit!tine; and the Providence, O'Brien, from London ,or Madras. , PORTSMOUTH, APRIL In ,ven 17 —Wind N.N.W. light and variable.—Sailed his Majesty's ihipi Arladtfi; Natitilus, Savage, and Despatch, with sealed orders, to be opened otr the Lizard. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 16.—Arrived the CollingwoO L Snipe, from Bengal, sailed , Ditli November- Thornas Naylor, Hannah, from Has annah ; Highlander, 31'Kenzie, from St. Michael's ; and the Mars, Hickson, from Marseilles. HOLYHEAD, APRIL 16.—Arrived offport the Kelsick, Wood, from Singapore. DOVER, APRIL 17.—Arrived off port the Eagle, Greaves, from Colombia river and St. Helena. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 14.—Arrived the Leander, Gill, from Philadelphia. The Dryad, Miners, fcoC - ii tdridori ha* arrived at Colombia River. The Isabella, Ryan, from London, was wrecked at the en tnnce of Colombia river on the 2d May; crew and part of the cargo saved. REFORM IN PARLiAMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—A most respectable meeting took place yesterday at the King's Arms, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. About 300 of the most resp2etable gentry and landholders were present, and upwards of a hundred tenants of Chandos Leigh, Esq. Their venerable townsman, Richard Sinai'bone, Esq., filled the chair, and deli_ vered one of the most eloquent and forcible speeches in favour of the grand measure of Reform I have eve'r heard: Many other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and all returned thanks to his Majesty's Ministers for their perseverance in endeavouring to do away with the borouglimongering traffic. After which a congra tulatory address to our gracious King was numerously signed, and a subscription entered into, which, when I left, amounted to Z4l. 15s. lid. for the purpose of erecting a monument to the ho nour of King William the Fourth, and to our present Ministers. You will oblige me, Mr. Editor, by inserting the above in your Paper i and remain, your very humble and obedient servant, April 17. SAMUEL BUTLER. RADICAL .AND THE HON. W. 11. PERCY, COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE. TOTHE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SIR, Permit me to turn from the consideration of that measure which is to stecide the fate of my country to a subject which al_ fects my own character. I ans not anxious to be distinguished by any false attachment to the punctilios. of life; but I trust never to be slow nor indifferent to those points of honour which mark the brave man. I have never desired to attack any one covertly, nor have I ever shrunk from personal responsibility for all I may have done or said when the demand has been made on me, nor will I ever shrink. An assumed name was not taken by `me to wound the feelings of others. I first addressed you, Sir, with my own signature, and would have continued to have done so; but you were pleased to give me my present mmi de guerre. and at your instance I have preserved it. My letters have often been written openly in the club of which I am member, and I have never made any secret of writing them. Indeed, I have been highly blamed for my incaution, and have received the cen sure of my friends for refusing to attend to the counsels of secrecy. Having unfortunately wounded the feelings of a son by a sad—and I will avow, without hesitation, a most unpardonable —mistake, I did not hesitate, the moment I was assured of that mistake, to make all the reparation in my power, or to offer all the satisfaction that might be required of me. Another son felt that I had imputed improper motives as to the hospitality of his father, and sent, as he felt he was called upon to do, an old bro ther Officer as his friend to call on me. I refer to that gentleman whether I shrank from responsibility, or sought to protect myself under the disguise of an assumed name. Feeling that Iliad not done wrong, I put myself at once into the hands of one who, both as a soldier and a gentleman, enjoys the esteem of the world, and is of a house more ancient than that of which the ho nourable Commissioner of Excise is a scion. It is not that lam to speak of myself, but without fear of contradiction I may say, that my conduct was satisfactory both to the principal and his friend. My disguise is so little preserved, that it has not con cealed me from the honourable Commissioner, or he could not have alluded to a circumstance of my life for which I feel no shame—for which I need not blush, and which 1 never attempt ed to conceal any more than my real name. I was driven from that profession in which thirty years of my life passed, and, as I hope, without a stain: yes, I was driven from the army—but how? By an act of injustice which I could not resist. I re ceived the greatest insult that could be offered to a commanding officer. An order which I felt called upon to give for the main tenance of discipline was directed to be torn from the orderly book, in the presence of my own officers and of the field-officers of the garrison of Dublin. Was there any thing left to me but to retire ? Of that order lam not ashamed. It might have been imprudent, considering the feelings that then reigned at the Horse Guards—but de mortuis nil nisi bonum. It was not an order, I feel confident, that would have lost me the protection of the Duke of Wellington, had he then been either ray colonel or the commander-in-chief. That order, at some future and befit ting period, I shall re q u es t y ou to give to the public, and to its judgment I shall resign myself. It lost me no private or military friend, though it released me from the acquaintance of many young officers to whom I had shown too much kindness. A ra dical and an emancipator, as I ever was, I could not look for jus tice,in former time?, at the Horse Guards. Of the Honourable Commissioner's inclination for business, I certainly know nothing, but of his aptitude for it I ma y pre t en d to form some opinion. Some fifteen years since, I stood on the same hustings with him at Stamford, and from the exhibition he then made of inability as a candidate, I feel authorized to infer he is as inefficient at a Board as he was on the hustings. To the worthy independent electors of Stamford, I will leave thedecision of my correctness or incorrectness , as to judging of either the aptitude or inclination for business, of the late nominee of the Marquis of Exeter. After the exhibition I there witnessed, and the reputation he then enjoyed, any farther acquaintance would have been studiously avoided by me, and particularly as, from my entrance into life, 1 had an unconquerable aversion to fine gen tlemen and those who are commonly thought men of fashion. There is certainly no positive reason why the Hon. Gentleman should not be employed in the civil service of his country ; but is it not strange that so many scions of nobility should have an aptitude for business, and an inclination to receive the public money ? Only examine the compositivpi of the 13nsmi of Excise. Lord George Seymour, Ch7iirman Sir Francis H. Doyle, Bart., Deputy. Alexander Campbell, Esq. Sir John C. Mortlock, Knt. Hon. Charles R. TrefUsis. Viscount Lifford. • Woodbine Parish, Esq. William Plunket, Esq., Hart Davis, Esq. • Hon. Berkeley Paget.' Hon. Wm. Henry Percy. Thomas Harrison, Esq. Can a dozen Commissioners be absolutely required for the ma.. nagement of the Excise Office ? A salary of 1,4001 a year is very convenient ; and the affixing a signature, and a few months' attendance in the year, no very great or painful exertion. is not almost every appointment marked by Parliamentary influence and rotten borough possession ? I have no personal object in view,—no private malice to indulge in ; and shall fearlessly continue to perform ray duty by the public! as long, Sir, as you consider my effbrts as advantageous, and that my letters are favourably received. I court no one, I fear no one. RADICAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sta,—The Magnate of the North,: not content with hie first circular, has, through his head Commissioner (Sir David Smith), who, at his demand- , -at his particular instance —w as created a Baronet, issued a second. It is to direct his vassals, as he would have them to be, to withhold the promise of their votes, until they receive proper directions from his Grace's Corn_ missioners. " Several S freeholders E estates having often si g . C J on )(SECOND the D CIRCULAR. Duke's nified their wishes before an election to know his Grace's senti_ . ments, the Commissioners take occasion to express their hopes that the tenants will not promise their votes until a dissolution has taken place, and they distinctly know all the candidates who may offer themselves for the representatives of the county, which Mr. -- [that is, the bailiff] will please to communicate to such gentlemen as have votes. (Given) at the Commissioners'-office, Alnwick Castle, AprilB, 1831." Mark, Sir, the cautious wording of this circular. His Grace is so desirous of meeting the wishes of the freeholders, who are his tenants. Hii Cal missioners, of whom Sir - David Smith, Bart., is the Chief, communicates the paternal anxiety of the magnate Percy Smithson : so great a personage must have at least a Baronet to issue his commands. What will the minor nobility 'say to such an application of their honours? It IS only a proof of the absurdity of such distinctions. Caligula made his horse First Consul. The Duke of Northumberland, however, appears to be, to use a northern expression, a very sagacious person ; he is evidently apprehensive of a dissolution of Parliament, or he would not desire that his tenants—freeholders—should not promise their votes. He ap. pears to know the King better than many of those vain creatures of the Court or of the faction who are opposed to the people, and who assume to announce to the public, for the purpose of in timidation, that his Majesty will not consent to dissolve the Par. liament, if in the Commitee the principle of the Bill of Reform be the least deviated from. I give great credit to the Duke for his sagacity. I firmly believe that the King will readily, cheer. fully dissolve Parliament if the character of the Bill be at all changed. I have seen his Majesty in danger, and am aware of his sang !raid, and I believe he will be as imperturbable to the cries and tears of foolish women, however near in blood, as he was indifferent to the danger of cannon -balls and shells in the village of Merxem. It is with pleasure I recollect the Royal observations in the tower of the church of Merxem. I have not yet forgotten the counsel which was given to me by his Ma jesty on marching offthe piquets to occupy St: Ferdinand's Dike. His Majesty is incapable of wavering —he will never abandon his Ministers. The King who could reason as he did in contem plating Charles's portrait, will not vacillate, will not desert those to whom he has given his confidence. Let only others perform their duty as the King will perform his. April 16. RADICAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The faction was assembled by Sir Robert Peel on Satur day, at his residence in Whitehall-place, to take into consi deration the motion of General Gascoigne for the preservation of the present number '658) of the Members of the House—and to plan proceedings against the Bill. The result was, that General Gascoigne was to be supported, and every eflbrt, was to be made by the enemies of the people, to drive the present Ministers from their post. It was determined that there should be a division on every item of schedule A. The Speaker having de cided that the whole was not to be taken into the considera tion of the House, but every town seriatim. Thus the enemy will be enabled to protract their warfare, and indulge in their malignity. Did Mr. Hunt receive a summons of attendance? It is said, that in a conversation he had in the House with Mr. Goulburn on Friday, he was beard to observe, 1 have done your cause more good than any one." -Is this passible?—lt must be a calumny both against the people's Member for Pres ton, and the Primate's for Armagh. As the faction conspire against the people, so must it be vigi lantly watched, and the conspirators made known to the public. It is now no longer a contest for office—a division of patronage and the emoluments of place—but it is a struggle for indepen dence—for the existence of corruption and oppression, or the establ shment of purity and liberty. It is not only whether the i British empire sto enjoy the blessings of freemen—but the world. The fate of the brave and virtuous Poles—the fate of all those of the continent who are panting for the benefits of repre sentative Governments in Europe, depends upon the success of the Reform Bill. Let Englishmen then do thei r duty. It is not only to prevent another general war which shall arrest the pro zress of civilization and the amelioration of the condition of mankind, but to avert all the horrors of a civil contest at home —to save our own hearths from rapine and blood. Do the enemies of Reform in their fatal blindness imagine that the spirit of the people having been aroused will tamely settle down to bear still quietly all the evils from which they desire to be relieved? Can they expect the fierce Scots will relinquish without a fight, those rights of which they have been so long deprived, and which they now so loudly demand, and of which the promise has been made to theM ? Will the agitators of Ire land, now lulled into inactivity by hope, not awake infuriated, and burst out in acts of such violence that shall not only repeal the Union, but separate the two kingdoms? The Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill, is the cry of the country.. Let h b o e) w , they conspire against the people. they April 18, will have, CO-RADICAL. -:, TRIAL OF MR. LUKE DILLON FOR SEDUCTION AND RAPE. .COMII(ISSJQN COUB T, DUBLIN, APRIL 14 (Comtensed frbin the Irish Papers.) Never' since tbe celebrated case of " M'Garhan v. M`Guire,' did we observe pttblie interest so intensely ex• cited as or! the Dresent 9ccasiorl !. We are Cotriineed that had the Court house i;e . A. time® tile extent of its Fife . sent dimensions, it would, in the 4;a9 , very fzT mi ' nutes, have been literally crammed in every pari. At fite minutes - to ten o'clock, -the principal actor, st al! events, the prieffary cause of 'all this excitement, the prisoner, Dillon, was renioed Born Newgate into the dock, when, without stopping for a Incinek,. be at once advanced to the bar with an air, if not callous, certainly of unblushing, confidence. The• prisoner's hair was dressed is the Most fashionable style—the ringlets ad justed with the Most stirclied attention to effect, and his toilette altogether such as thigl/t tr.s . ./e raced a far different occasion than that in which he was not' placed: He was dressed in a suit of full black, with white kid gloves. His person was • highly prepossessing, and his age might be about 23 years. The Judges, VANDELRIia and Ton gigs, having taken their seats on the Bench, and the Jury having been empannelled, The Clerk of the Crown said that the prisoner stood iudicted for that he, on the sth day of November last, in the first year of the reign of his present Majestyi in the parish of St. Mary, feloniously did assault Anne Frizell, and with force, and against her consent, did, &c. To this indictment the Frisoner pleaded Not Guilty. _ _ Mr. BENNETT, K.C., conducted the prosecution, and having addressed the Jury at great length, called the fol lowing witnesses:— Miss Anne Frizell was the first witness called. She was led into Court by Air. Dwyer, the barrister, who assisted her upon the table. She appeared to be deeply affected. .She was examined by Mr. WFsr, K.C. At the desire of the Court, and with permission • of the prisoner's Counsel, Mr. West was permitted to repeat her answers, which were as follow :—I um twenty years old, and the eldest daughter of my father and mother. There are ten children, seven of whom are sisters. I lived in England about two years. I w:O• there at school in a convent at York, and Was also between seven and eight years in a convent in France. After I left the French convent I proceeded to tn, papa, who was then in Tours. I returned to Ireland, front France, in the year 182 S, with my father. He resides at Stapolin, near Hawth. He has also pro perty in the county of Wexford. Here Miss Frizell was asked to look round, and see if she could recognise Mr. Dillon. With some difficulty and persuasion she was prevailed on to turn towards the dock. In consequence of being somewhat nearsighted, she said she occasionally wore glasses, and was requested to put them on when about to identify the prisoner. She then moved her eyes slowly round, and when at length they rested on the prisoner, she broke out into an hysteric exclamation of " Oh !" and precipitately turned round to the bench, as if terrified, raised her hand, as if pushing some object from her presence. She sobbed aloud for some minutes, and then became more composed, and in a little time appeared as if stimulated with resolution to pass through the painful ordeal. The examination of the witness was resumed—About ..wo years ago I became acquainted with Mr. Dillon. I am related to Mrs. O'Reardon, the wife of Dr. O'Reardon, of Molesworth-street. I was in the habit of meeting Mr. Dillon at Dr. O'Reardon's. I was invited to Dr. O'Rear don's in the latter end of the month of October last, when, on that visit, I went with the Doctor and Mrs. O'Rear don to an evening party at Mrs. /Mcdonnell's, at Stephen's green. It was in the evening of the last day of October. I met Mr. Dillon there on that occasion. His manner appeared to be respectful and rather affectionate towards me. There was something very particular in his manner towards me that night. He appeared to be very fond of me. He told me he had been in London from the spring. Dr. and Mrs. O'Reardon, Mr Lynch, and Mr. Dillon, returned home with us to Dr. O'Reardon's. Mr. Dillon was in conversation with me that night. Told me that he was about departing for London in a day or two, and inquired if I had any commands for England. I said I thought I should have a letter, and requested he would call for it, and he promisethhe would do so the next day. I told him so, because I wished to see him, and also to send by him a letter to my aunt at Bristol. I did not see him the next day, because When he called Doctor O'Reardon denied me and Mrs. Reardon to him. I Raw him on Thursday, the 4th of November, at Dr. O'Reardon's, and on that day he accompanied Mrs. O'Reardon and me on a visit to Captain Frizell's, in Cipel-street. He returned with us to Dr. O'Rear andt upon the invitation of Mrs. O'Reardon, remained to dinner that day. There were six or seven persons at dinner. Mr. Dillon remained till eleven o'clock that night. I had a conversation thatfevening with Mr. 'Dillon, and he asked me to walk out with him the next day, as he had something particular to say to me. His manner to me on that evening was, as usual, respectful and affectionate. I told Mrs. O'Reardon of my engagement with Mr. Dillon to walk out with him the next day. He ' appointed to meet me at one o'clock ; I accordingly met • him on the next'day, Frith'', the sth of November, in Kildare-street, near Clare-street, and walked towards the country from Mount-street. It was not a wet day when we set out, but it afterwards turned out very wet. We took shelter in a cottage near Mount street. The people of the hotise were in the cottage. We remained there two or three hours; ; it rained the whole time. Before we came to the cottage we had talked a good deal, in the course of which Mr. Dillon asked me to marry him ; I said if, papa consented I would feel very happy. I told him if money was his object, , papa could not afford to give me any considerable portion, as he had a large family ; he replied that money was not his object, that the attainment of my affections was the sole object of his wishes—that he had enough to support him and me, and very considerable expectations from an uncle in Eng land. This conversation was before we came to the cot tage for shelter, and while there it was renewed. We were in a room in the cottage in which there was no person pre sent. Mr. Dillon kissed me twice in the cottage. As it was still raining, Mr.'Dillon proposed to send for a carriage, and it was three-quarters of an hour before the carriage ar rived. The carriage drove off from the cottage with Mr. Dillon and me, and while in it he again renewed the sub ject of the marriage, and begged of me to marry him pri vately, and then go to England with him, as he was sure, he said, that my father would not give his consent to the marriage. I thought, the carriage was going to Moles worth-street, and did not know it was going any where else. The carriage stopped at a house which appeared to me to be a hotel. Mr. Dillon get out, and when be re turned he said something about a message lie had to leave in the house. The carriage stopped at a second house, and he asked if I would take some refreshments, but I said I would rather go home. TO which he said, as it was past dinner time then, I had better go in and take something to eat. I said if he promised to bring me home immediately afterwards I would, and he promised faithfully to do so,— I t was t h en a bout five o'clock. I was shown into a b ac k room up stairsby a young man. I did not sec any f ema l e during the whale time I was in that house, nor did I see any other person in the house but the young man. There was no fire in the room, and the man asked Mr. Dillon would he have a fire in the room, but I said on no account as I was going away immediately. Did not take off my bonnet all the time. Mr. Dillon ordered some fish: almost i mme diately afterwards fish was brought up. l am a R oman Catholic, and believ e M r . Dill on i s one also. Mr. Dillon ordered some Port wine, which came up. I ate a little of the fish, and Mr. Dill on ate a l so., About a quarter of a n hour after the fish came up, I asked him to come away, H e said he would go and see if the night was fine, and get a carriage. He took his hat with him. It was about half an hour after we had come to the house when he went out. He remained about ten or fifteen minutes out, and said, as the evening was fine, we might walk home; but he said, as I had not taken any punch, I should take some wine and hot w a t er , an d b egged of me to take it. I sa id I did not like wi ne an d water ; but he said, as I was coldl should take it. li e h e ld i t up to my mouth, put tieg on e hand to the back of my head. I told, him I would pleased hi m , an d not to sp i ll it on me. His this occ as i on was very affectionate indeed. I dt4e:ci:r if on i at bou t t half of the tumbler. Mr. Dillon said that wine was very b a d, t h at i t had a sweet taste, and asked did I not per ce i ve i t? 1 said I did not perceive the t t a l: s ked t e e. After drinking the wine and water, I begged of e 1:1 1 int r eu i ee n gi troaleitrt would t o smeui r c epk o md m : iiax e a: , nvetden h hi Imz t Ift b avteoh e dli Inteedteso. sick, ki mer: buth eph next wasielmxo tnu thing h t : 0 yn fi eg r y t nt drinkthat duantthat unwell ae lt l lr aliss occurredwkt on i n ebtw e er . , Hr then mixed rime in a glass, but not mine. I did not I. Ine wipe so and. He water, said I was onlyf ee ling fancied myself it . hr room ni a e been o above o bliged to sit down aga i n, and became quite faint. I then s l e o l st a o l l n a bed in co e . I nscio t us tng n a s s f h where I w o o nr r wt w w h io l e ra ho t ,cw h b a : cl k hbaead onie f m t n ight before I recov ere d my consciousness, and found my- ef upo that a ns i b ee nsitting. I had no consciousness, knowledge, or recollection of how I got from the room where we had been s itti n g, to the room where I found myself in bed. I found Mr. Dillon was in bed with me. (Here svitness became greatly agitated). I asked Mr. Dillon where I was ? and jumped out of bed. He told me to be quiet. I ran over I iioiding against a wall. There was no li g ht in the room. I urea, to get t o t h e door. Mt. Dillon got out of bed when I sat., something which I thought was the door. Caught me by bSili arms, and said it was all over then, and I might as well he I screamed as loud as I could.— When I jumped out of uti3 I lien vile petticoat on. 31 , stays were off. I cannot say ti 11 4 they were taken off._ The - only dress I had on was my peifinvet chemise, aria the cap that I wore the day before. MY boote were taken off. Mr. Dillon dragged me away from the door, and threw me on the bell. When dragging me from the door he cursed end swore'. He hurt my arms when dragging me. When thrown upon the bed I resisted as strongly os possible. He was MA dressed. (Here witness described, with great reluctance, patticulars Which are unfit to pub fish.) Mr. Dillon put his hand upon my Mouth to prevent my screaming. I jumped from the bed again, when he follor:fed Me, and said if I would not scream he would marry me in tlit morning, and bring me to Mr. Ken rick, the parish priest of his own parish, and swore to God he would do so. Ile dragged Me to the bed again and held the bed-clothes over me. I still con tinued screaming, and entreating of him to let tee get up. He afterwards came .into the bed, and there renewed his violence. The door was locked. When morning came, he allowed me to get out of bed. I found my clothes on the floor, and one of my boots torn. It was not in tlia state when I went to the house in the evening. Mr. Dil lon left the room first, and I did not see any other, person in the house that morning. After Mr. Dillon left the. room, I went down stairs and found him reading a news paper in the room in which we had been the evening be fore. said, sa ‘ ii v l, e ' l 4 e Co ft t M h e e P h o o ri us , : n to d g, l t h vt e , i r l . l br l ing le y an ou to Mr. on hip arm. We walked up Dorset-street, and he called a coach, and we proceeded to Hardwick-street, where we stopped at a horise.i at which lie knocked and returned, saying it was a very unfortonate.:eircumstance, Mr. Kenrick was, gone to the country and world not he at home till evening, hut that be would call then and arrange every thing with Mr. Kenrick for our marriage the next day. While going to Hardwick-street in the coach, he said all would be ar ranged, and to keep secret what had occurred. I_begged of him to come to Marlborough-street-chapel, and per haps a clergyman there would marry us. He laughed and said no clergyman but Mr. Kenrick would marry us. He assured me he would marry me, and begged-of me not to tell Doctor or Mrs. O'Reardon what bad occurred, and asked me did I think him such a villain as not to marry me. He promised to meet me the next day (Sunday), at twelve o'clock, in Clarendon-street chapel, and he would marry me there. The carriage drove to ,Clare-street, and I got out, and Mr. Dillon conjured me again not to tell what had occurred, and parted from me with a kiss. On arriving at Dr. O'Rear. don's I was very faint. It was between eight and nine o'clock. The door was opened by the cook. I went to Mrs. O'Reardon in about a quarter of an hour after I came in. Told Mrs. O'Reardon that I had been married. That there had been violence used to me, I then showed my arms to Mrs. O'Reardon, who was at the time in bed. I then said to Mrs. O'Reardon, " Oh, Maria, if you had known what a villain he is, you never would have let him into your door." Mrs. O'Reardon fainted. Mrs. O'Rear don's state of health was very bad, and I wished to dis close it to her by degrees; but during Saturday and Sun day I disclosed the facts to Mrs. O'Reardon, and that Mr. Dillon had promised to meet me on the next:fay (Sunday) at Clarendon-street chapel. Oa Saturday I went to Home's Hotel in my papa's car, accompanied by a ferna,le servant, and inquired for Mr. Dillon. On Sunday I went to Clarendon-street chapel, accompanied by Dr. and Mrs. O'Reardon, but did not see Mr. Dillon. After returning from Clarendon:street chapel I wrote to Mr. Dillon to Home's hotel, but Aid not get any answer. I - sent it by the penny-post. On Monday morning I went again to Home's hotel, inquired for Mr. Dillon, but did not see him. I never saw him since I got out of the carriage the morning I was:left at home, until this day. Went on the Sunday with a Mr. Mahony to a house in Hardwick -street, and did not find any such person as Mr. Kenrick, a cler gyman. When I went home I communicated to my mo ther what had occurred. I showed my arm to my mother and sister. My father was not acquainted with the cir cumstance until the 23d of November. I communicated it also to Mr. Glynn, a clergyman, and to a friend, Mr. Corbett. The witness was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Serjeant O'LOGIII.EN, is the course of which she admitted having written is letter, of which the following is a copy, the day after the atrocities described in her evidence in chiff. " My dearest Dillon,—Our car came in to-day. Fortunately papa did not come with it. I was wishing to see you, so I went to Home's, but you were out. I cannot tell you what torture I have been in since I parted you. You may imagine I am nothing better; you may guess the rest. If you value my life, my ho nour; every thing depends upon you. I have thought of some thing that will, I think:, do. I will see you to-morrow. When I see you I will I was obliged to tell Maria (Mrs. O'Reardon) we weremarriecl. She is exceedingly ill. The Doctor thinks I was at a lady's in Gardiner-street, a Mrs. Dwyer's. He went to Mrs. Callaghan's himself, so I could not say I was there. For God's sake meet me to-morrow, about twelve o'clock, at the end of the street in Dawson-street, and I will, at least, be a little happier ; for lam miserable now. Buy me a ring, and for Heaven's sake arrange every thing. Recollect who you had (these words were scratched out). I am not to be trifled with. lam sure papa would blow my brains out were he to know it. , I therefore rely on yoursolemn promise last night; and, once more, be punctual to the hour to-morrow. Really, lam almost dead with grief. In deed, my dearest Dillon, on you depends my future happiness for life.- Yours, "Saturday night. "ANNA." " Luke Dillon, Esq., Home's Hotel, Usher's-island." In her further cross-examination she affirmed that she wrote to Lin► in these affectionate terms, because Mrs. O'Reardon told her if she called him a villain or a wretch he would never come hack to her ; and that she wrote the letter for the purpose of bringing him back. After she had been under examination and cross-exami nation upwards of five hours, her mother Mrs. Frizell, and Mrs. O'Reardon were examined, and they corroborated her, testimony as far as they had any knowledge of the facts. For the defence, the keeper and servants at the hotel, or house where the outrage took place, were called, and their evidence went to show that no outrage had been committed, but that the lady was a consenting party. In their cross-examination, however, they prevaricated a good deal, and admitted that they had visited the prisoner in Newgate. The defence having been closed, Mr. Richard Morison was called, and be deposed that the principal witness for. the defence had robbed him whilst in his employ, and was not to be believed on his oath. This closed the evidence on both sides, when Judge TORRENS charged the Jury in a most compre hensive and !utninous manner. His Lordship concluded at twenty minutes to ten o'clock, when the Jury retired, and, alter remaining shut up in their room for one hour and three.quarters, they returned a verdict, finding the prisoner Guilty, but strongly recommending him to mercy on account of his youth.. Judge VANDELEUR, without making any observations on the nature of the recommendation; said it should be taken into consideration, but his Lordship did not hold out any hope of mercy. The moment the verdict was announced, there was a loud clapping of hands •in different quarters of the gal leries, which demonstration was met by cries of " Shame, shame," from the other parts of the Court. The moment, however, the noise had ceased inside, the first manifesta tions of feeling were recommenced by the vast multitude outside. On the verdict being heard by the prisoner, he bore it with apparent firmness. He was then conducted back to Newgate. The Court rose, and adjourned to twelve o'clock next day. FRIDAY. This day at twelve o'clock, Judges VANDELEUR and TUREENS proceeded to call the books, and record the sentences on the various prisoners convicted at the present Commission: After all the others had been disposed of, Mr. Luke Dillon was placed at the bar. He was dressed in black, as before; and on being asked by the Clerk of the Crown the customary question whyjudgment of death and execution should not pass against him? he replied in a low, but rather firm, voice, that standing in the awful situation in which he did, it was not for him to arraign the verdict of twelve men on their oaths, and he should therefore bow with submission to the sentence of the Court. Judge Torrens then proceeded in a most impres sive manner to address the prisoner. His• Lordship began by remarking that he was glad the prisoner had not at.. tempted to arraign the verdict of the Jury, for he was hound to say a more respectable, a more pains-taking, or a more intelligent Jury, he had never seen ; and be war bound in justice to them to declare that their verdict met the entire concurrence of the Court. They had accom panied their verdict -by recommending the prisoner to mercy, 'on account of his youth, which recommenda tion the Court had promised to take into , con sideration. • They had given his ease the most anxious consideration, and the result, added his Lordship much affected, is, that consistently with its duty the Court cannot attend to the recommendation of the Jury. His Lordship then proceeded to comment on the conduct of the prisoner, and the disgrace he had brought on the eldest bora of the children of such respectable parents. From the deep laid plan and ingenuity he evinced in the perpetration of the foul crime, in which he added fraud and seduction to that of violation, it was quite im possible the Court could hold out to him any hope of mercy. And after exhorting him to use the short time he had to live in prayers to the Almighty, and in attending to the instructions of the excellent ministers of religion by whom he would be attended, his Lordship proceeded in se tremulous accent to pronounce the awful sentence of the law, fixing Saturday, the 7th of May, for his execution. Mr. Dillon is only 22 years of age. He belongs to e highly respectable family in the county Roscommon, and would, in a few years, by the death of a wealthy relative, have become possessed of a handsome property. During the Judge's address he firmly grasped the iron bars in front of the dock, and after its termination he appeared anxious to address the Court; but after looking up for a few ,i m l o o m w en im ts ‘ , v, un an ti d l, s he ile c n a tl t y igl ie t the eye tin,d - into o t f the hedo tdges T , he made iie Court appeared to be crowded with many of his friends, several of whom wept bitterly during the progress of the Learned Judge's affecting address. THE REFORM BILL. (FROM A CORRESrONDIENT.) The Bill is a new one, exclaim its opponents ; the Bill is a new one, echo the unthinking part of its supporters ; how? when? Schedule A. professes to include all bo roughs whose population is below 2,000; does the exclu sion from schedule A. of Buckingham, which contains 3,465, alter schedule A., or confirm it ? Schedule B. professes to include all boroughs which are above 2,000, and below 4,000 ; does the exclusion of Truro, which, reckoning St. Clement's and Kenwyn, has 11,239 ; and of Tamworth, which has 7,285 ; and Westbury, with its 7,846 ;. and Morpeth, with its 4,431 itihabitants, alter schedule 8., or confirm it? ,If the correction, not of the schedules, for they do not require correction, but of the names which have been erroneously included in the sche dules, do not make the Bill a new Bill—what does? What other alteration do Ministers propose? But they will tolerate an alteration, it said ! And who are to make it? The opponents of Ministers ! The opponents of Ministers cry out on the novelty which they must pro pose and carry, or it will not be proposed or carried at all • They say, " Give us time to consider your. new Bill ;" while, if it be a .new Bill, it must be . their new Bill. " You take us by surprise,' they cry— " you offer us one measure for a second reading, and another in Committee." Is this sheer stupidity, or merely barefaced impudence ? " Who, Messieurs, offers you another measure? Who ever talked of offering you another ? , Ministers have only said, that, if you com pel them to accept of another, so long as the second does not differ essentially from the first, they will not throw it up. If you have a new Bill to discuss, its novelty must be of your own making—what right, then, under Heaven, have you to complain of it?" " But," exclaim the friends of the Bill, "we have lost our rallying word; we have no longer the Bill, and nothing but the Bill." "Softly ! If the alteration, which Ministers declare shall not in duce them to abandon the measure of Reform, had been forced on them, would you, Gentlemen Reformers, have said they did right in abandoning the ineasore on that account ?" They might dissolve Parliament." " Doubt less, they migl:t ; but what say you to Ireland ? Could a dissolution be resolved on, while Ireland is in its present state, without serious:; , endangering interusts, wl;ieh nothing short of absolute nkessity oug ht to induce a wise Government to put in jeopardy ?" But—and this is more to the purpose—what harm will accrue from keeping the number of Parliament up to the old standard? What powers of deliberation are possessed by 600 that are' not possessed by 658 ? The rotten boroughs are to be disfran chised, the close boroughs are to be opened, the oligarchy are to be pulled down, the people are to be exalted, in the Bill, which the Ministers are willing to carry, equally as in the Bill which they wish to carry. Nothing is lost to freedom, nothing is gained to illiberality by the alteration. If it win over a couple of amen of weak men who deem it of importance, and a couple of dozen of shuffling men, who seek, by its means, to cut a falling party, in peace's name let not those, who are to profit by their desertion, quarrel with 'such easy terms.—Morning Chronicle. The inconvenience resulting from the stop page of the issue of half-sovereigns at the Bank is much complained of in the city. If the quantity of silver is too great compared with the ordinary demand for circulation, it should be Melted down again into bunion, rather - than force out an additional quantity to supply the pace of the smaller gold coin. The profit derived from the present high seignorage is quite sufficient to cover the expense of the new process. It seems quite absurd that because a quantity of silver, circulating much above its real value, has been thrown back upon us by our colonies, for which it was intended, the Bank is to take arbitrary means for forcing it into the home circulation ! Why not, on the same principle, enffer us to have double - sovereigns only, instead of single ones, and compel us tn'tke making payment of all lower amounts in silver? One mode would being as reasonable as the other.— Morning Paper. ta ttthe i e v r sa"e cannot t Refo rm ito Tha atvrßahiconstituteill, lna d itl i tv s a eer s p t p o r ot the seeme v teheHin o noc f the proposed a e to i House d owfr tO co,p a frn d omrpeotpnrsei,nse inas much much as we suggested that very alteration soon after the Bill was introduced into Parliament. The diminution of the number of Members was one of the provisions of the Bill to which we objected, on the ground that the present 'number was not too great for an asseml , ly intended to re present all the various interests and v?.rieties of opinion of this great empire, and also bicausewe thought suet; dimi nution might operate as a precedent to further reductions of the number, until the House 'should become More like a Venetiisn Cduneil than a full'and popular represen tation of the CoMmons . of •Englarui.—Morning Herald. SALE OF SHIPS OF WAR BY AUCTION. —On Wednesday, pursuant to as order of the Commis. sinners of the Navy, seven vessels of war were put up for sale at the Navy Office, by what is termed " Dutch Auc tion," in the hall of the Navy Office, Somerset-house. The Commissioners at the sale were, Sir ItonEar Se ' , twos and Mr. DuNnAs. The prices obtained were— the Hecla, put up at 3,0001., knocked down for 1,990/. ; the Infernal, put up at 3;000/.,' sold for 1,910/. ; the Camilla, set up at 1,2001, brought 1,100/. ; the Pan dora, put up at 1,500/. sold for 900/. The other ships were not sold—they were thus put up and disposed of—. the Sampson, put up at 3,500/., stopped at 2,500/. ; the Camel, put up at .5,0001., stopped at 3,0001. ; and the .1: ) , °thee, put up at 2,500/., set aside at 1,5001. The whole sale did not occupy half an hour. WROE, THE PROPHET, IN BRADFORD.— The intention of this notorious impostor to preach in. the Israelites' Chapel at Bradford, on Sunday last, had been announced to the public by placards on the walls ; and at the appointed time '(one o'clock) a great crowd of people were collected at the place. The Prophet made his ap pearance, and commenced his harangue, but was inter rupted by a man who read from a newspaper an exposure of his immoral conduct at Ashton and elsewhere. This produced a violent commotion in the Chapel, which was crowded, to excess (while hundreds remained on the outside), and , tbe profligate preacher was dragged out of the place by the infuri,ted assembly - . He suffered every species, of indignity. Ills heard was pulled off by hand fuls, and it was . witk extreme difficulty that he escaped with life from the fury of the populace, and took refuge in an adjoining house. This, however, did not prove an asylum ; but after some of the windows of it had been broken, he was escorted through a dense crowd of people, by a number of police officers, to the' New Inn, from whence he escaped in the course of the night. The weak, simple, deluded followers of this false prophet are now re joicing that he has been thought worthy to suffer persecu tion " for righteousness sake."—Leeds Mercury. The ,following dramatic novelties are an nounced for the , coming week evening the Adelphi re-opens, where Messrs. Mamma and YA:r,zs have an nounced themselves "41t Home." The former will pre sent hie visiters with a second volume of his " Comic Annual," adorned, as heretofore, with " new designs' and "humourous cuts"—the latter with a inonopolologua. intitled " Yates in Italy; or, the Handsome Bar. maid," in which he will personate no less than nine chat racters ; and both will assist in the last entertainment, a Aiiapolologue, called " No. 26 and 27; or Nest-door Neighbours !" in which they sustain eleven personations. This evening, also, that excellent actress, Mrs. Gnovest, tikes her beneOt ,at the Queen's Theatre, on which occa sion Madame •Ysnars will appear in two of her favourite characters—as Julian, the page, in " .Duke fn. a Day," and Fanny Bolton, in " The Grenudier." Miss guitav will also`appear in the former piece as Aline. At Cogent-garden, to-morrow, will be revived MAsst , wrii's pray.Cof The Maid of Honouni", in which Miss FANNY KEmBLE will, . fur the first time, sustain the part ,of Camiola. The play throughout is strongly cast. We believe this play has not been performed since 178 when it was reviver! at Drury-lane Theatre by the late ATV. P. KEMELE. At the Surrey, this evening; a new drama will he produced, called " The Bohemian Maher." On Wednesday, the veteran ELLISTON will play Young Mea dows, in " The Deaf Lover ;" and on Thursday, SAeoap in CUMBIRLAND'S comedy of " The Jew ;" and for Sa turday, the anniversary of SHAKSPIARIeS birtb-day, a ;: promised. Gran d have f t h e event. ait MS. play, which:be ,will shortly ead etyini: eGli a; io d i ir r cg itiy m ,:faij m i p t. TaT r ' ► entitled Te. .49 ,a,