The Sun. — London, England, 1831-01-20 00:00:00

S DAY•) STATE OF THE COUNTRY. (raon OUR CORRESPONDENT.) order made three pere, n ' roliowing - tor o! the • Mr. Act° Mr. Georg! When he cl lel ised of CO'. Mrs. Wort rix, who t° ° ,, - . as made for °1 ivers. Truer: CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 19. ic ti nother fi re occurre d i n t hi s ne i g hb ourhood last n i ght. l eo ri te ont b e t ween seven an d e i g h t o ' c l oc k, on High ,' lb . a rm, at Horningsey, about six miles dist Int, be le::lng to, and oc c upi e d by, th e Rev. T. Musgrave, Fel ri4 t'f Tririty !:;61:e . ge, and ofi t iciating minister of the pa ' Three wheat and bean stacks were consumed, and 4:others partially damaged ; but by great exertions the i le ja , got tinder without extendi n g to any of the adja 3ct tidings.No doubt is entertained of its being the incet diary ; and it is remarkable that such a ~IDitY should h ave befallen Mr. Musgrave, who is justly 4 e ' l ned fo r hi s l ib eral i ty of sent i ment, as well as for the • 'ral excellence of his public and private character. t, an orders ] ttion. Any'; alarri TirrsTAßLE, NEAR CANTERBURY, JAN. 17. upon thelli% 4 n alarming fire took place on the premises of Mr. !ffects to 14 : :"rge Hayward, at Bostall-hill, Whim !stacks this morn sat the hotr44,ll,:tt two o'clock. The barn, stables, and , were all of by $ d jil „ I ' l ," ; seven horses were burnt to ashes ; four men i.treosnitatoar,i.-004-4e1.18 victims to the devouring element. Mr. Hay- pc insured in the County Fire-office. The fire is i t e d e e t d ed to i e ll or t, 'A a r ,lms e he_eduto be the work of incendiaries, as three men boo pl ayi, " 4 ' 4ct seen lurking about the premises for the last four tat the questioning several of the men about the wages ion of eheod,Zl,,ljetnises. It is understood that Mr. Hayward has a the dece , li el o ,c h D En g -machine, and in consequence of his taking it solvent h do 'oth ret - i i and secreting the same, Mr. Hayward has had On the 0 o rn fetters, that unless be brought forward the the Court , '. w ll 'ehinl 'i theyi saying, would set fire to his premises. Although ants to del. . )1 engi n he ~ ~... .es front Canterbury were on the spot about sed to o t 0 " II lu . ' ,:--' quarters of an hour alter the fire broke out, and - ed. o fph 1 PPlied with water, they were of no effect, as the 1 the I°,d ,t ° '"f the premises were burnt down to the ground, , r was serl" " , ith great difficulty the dwelling-house was saved. thin faro - A r e/yard of 1,000/. has been offered to any person who lip t , lLe d. 2l t g a t v i , all give information of the offender or offenders. pehire, (EXTRACT OF A LETTER.) ared that • ' JA! r. RISLEY, DERBYSHIRE, JA.I6. lire servic eet 1., I, t night, between eleven and twelve o'c!ock, the re eight tilcip,ct able Yard in th e p ar i s h o f O c kb roo k, b e l ong i ng to a re and with'ilittli,triv farmer and maltster of the name of W a lk er , w a s rriginel ei!,tit itio er 'd to be on fire. The flames rapidly spread, and (Sir B.s6 4ri Yed a wheat-stack containing about ten quarters, and endent ef t ; i tayi n "tack abo u t t wenty , w ith a waggon an d h ove l ; 1 ut ment of ,Pr e ,4 f ° the exarti ons o f a la'i our i ng man res idi ng ma th e tart or ,o ° lie,. t ", assi s t e d b y t h e i n h a bit an t s o f O c kb roo k, & c . th e it to be ohe ° a ct , : and buildings were but little injured. There can ',hey were bo t h `d o ubt of thi s b e ing wilfully done, as I understand was t 0 ire e4 i v Y alker an d ot h er f ar m er s in th e nei g hb o u r h oo d b a d (the 10tho ed threatening letters from Swing.' " toned oo 41 4 ,„ :e-Clianeelleitllataut,! half-past five o'clock, on the morning of the 13th the Lea r rp'c''''/Ini.'t was discovered that a barn, belonging to Mr. li, for they'r're. 4 1 ? Smith, of Hill-farm, Polstead, Suffolk, was on ner, troJ'\lsf go regret to state that the barn, with sixty coomb s d a bullock s h e d, an d severa l ro d s o f h au l m , were ‘Ve e k 3 l : 4 • o air. Smith h a d some stac k s b urne d a b out s i x to p o t 0 se% in consequence of which he employed a man ten in no!' , "le premises, who did not quit till five o'clock.— tierald. Court. ~1 0 1. 4 ich the e d '° . ,,ll4 4l . 4 e 4 ph es t er Chronicle of Friday says—" We have rourteen 4 trr i wed( another fire at Tilstock, near Whitchrch, early ifferent t' o ji \v ete 4 sday, by which a cottage and an a joinng shed lovenly c r, e,,e .0 - etu e . s t ie r;Ted, but have not heard the name of the owner in u accord ` , 4 qh rtw Yesterday morning, the driver of the early tif or ►a* tl , bu ry coach to this city brought intelligence that he n law P , o f \Vh• " fires, before day-light,between Newport and liber t) 'k hutch • ._,,{ e after • The driver of the coach which arrived in ;ht to o' of t i Noon confirms the intelligence, and states that one •ty seeki s g e • 44:7 1 Was on th e prem i ses o f M r . Whi t fi e ld , o f Heath , above ot ear 'Whitchurch. uire int° oo l f rrid a rest Pei thj Y t evening, about six o'clock, a large stack of straw, ght get I I ", ;14/Id4l tY to forty loads, was discovered to be on fire at bea tt v isiith.roear about two miles from Driffield, on the Scarbo ent, da resp ec o 1 1 , th e t belonging to Mr. Dixon, of Harpham. This eeynd stack that has been hurried this week in the ivrer ths i t ,J, , 4 41 `11 Court o c io l briffield. The first, on Monday night, was des. th on Fay ng, !ertairred d r ough Y th ein selv r , Nrt greattroye exertion, d Of half e one rid av was sed. Both even are, i no lf ,uch Oil th e acts of an incendiary, as they stood in fields Y t titell ed with any dwelling, and had lately been thrashed ed, it iy thing t O l,l Rochinyham. here sh°,, t o longer D' IRELAND. v ) ti , po eLlt, (From( the Morning C'hronick.) S DA y'l a 14 4. ; JAN. 17.—The first county meeting in favour tito i°le ntt c - 2. of the Union was held in the Court-house of rotherot e r:J4, arl ' i r a t on the Friday. The HIGH SHERIFF pre la tvere v_.t, rid c onsiderable. v number of the gentry were pre raa resP_ l t ti :lre ,vaerl.ocated the repeal, against which no dissentient judgloe ° hr ,,, a ,1,5e1• This should not, of course, be regarded t h 'lss n i u r ti u o ° l of the prevalence of an opinion favourable to ntlignien . ' O tr ot i „ n __° of the Union amongst the great body of the ;micro !° ll il to r , tic } , 0 7 gentry, for many of them, I know, are most it whi t ~,r ° 2 of th y Posed to it ; but it must be regarded as a sytnp n , t,`Patogresa of the question amongst the higher ol i o agpe4tt..coounty meeting, convened by a High Sheriff, pl,,l s lati v unanimously praying for a repeal of the them I t :ce e di ng* unton. The most remarkable feature in the re Pr esen t • vvas the avowal of O'Connor Don, one of the attves of the ted W 3s that, dthe tid t ,"111g a _ , co unty, 1 110 un der influence of meeting. t 4 aeivoena personal observation, he had become a de txßzs• 4ton-A ate for repeal. O'Connor Don, during the 4As, Co.hel r,putatYjeriods of Irish agitation, uniformly enjoyed eo ~ ip e r ve h e is °of a moderate and rational politician. I so ambitious as to sacrifice his opinions o at c° s ; t ° retain not the mo his seat; and therefore his adhesion is nndatthi t „ T O Ao t ;'! important by the more reflecting portion It to pi - j og , 1 4 4 , • onists. f or sing J.. t i nt - Ns / . T , Gov' ti, erfe r v . 0 0 CLOCK. —The magistrates have reef, o coire 11, at prey with the parochial meeting at the Arena. d tiv e , 14 but ) ]. going on, and is the most numerous of any fall - to r recentl d o . th e tit y. —rattan, lately represcnta veaunp. s of k at ttlg Yof Dublin, attended, and took the chair. d t die'l issue he took occasion to denounce the last procla to gre 3 ,4l l ' 1 A ,Pe41 04 by the Lord Lieutenant, and the subsequent t hat ' l 'l o ' ° f the • d , ir a te , meeting at Haves's on Saturday, by the m uch • j ( 10 ) trip al °g under }•' dit ss n l . er hon , er authority , while he expressed be o n jc p tit io at respect for th M • of ' l 4l l i ns ex „ r e aliquot of Anglesea. Some B ou rr of t esuVe of the same opinion were . adopted n _ flo e , jale en ' i n l meeting. Mr. G. said he might not r; v ificr, ce t i t :lat h e r: n t s lo the proceedings at this meeting, but P .orti e g % of c idered the unconstitutional and illegal pro- The I t,ed I. and th e Administration . Several Protestants id circo,, t i t t Reconded resolutions , person avowed w atilP fo t 1 7re ntl , 0 b e tmehi and one and displayed a list of five hundred whib ed ---Drotest ue-wa _ t o , o tend ants and Orangetnen—inhabitants of the Unix were I • advocates of a repeal , l i e sa i d, all decided • ater.)'o' requir'la b ut ri d e ' Lew r• Connell and M r . S tee l e h ave at !id , y them 4 'tee ~I,ingt at em has t y e t he iaddressed it nvitation of . the parishioners, o f the,_ o r pro pric s oc re s P eet t r i t e : see, v in i h the r r ed, he th' f . ten , o tor a the " the liceriti .......,—._ ~ .i . k w --------. - learned that a iitti t i o4 e were going to press, we . ' l . , t ~,,i t t‘) bi 3 mAJesTr, praying for a commutation of d ''ter, , e i r :ee of death passed against the incend G ia u r a u;s ai a a n n. V 4ter P d rePared for signature.—Brigh to n was held at t task / i it Y It Court of Directors . r tioa In Ilou,e, when Lieutenant-General the lion. k. 1111141:rTb'eAr,hatarAN, K.C.8., was sworn in as 4 011, 4 n, -in-Chief of the Company's , and second . yards". Council Fort St. George. The General 4 ~ . at . I :::a: teetirnd u i:d with the Directors at the City of Lou... Y e ' a Court of Directors was held at t ( th „' a 4 li kl i p t d'' la House, when Captain ALEX. NAIRNE, of feral" t hrti, en Ifyd, took leave of the C h c . i n u a rt . previous \k, ;. , .1 st. Helena, Bombay, and C i V 'io 411 ' the last few days some men from ;1.,4, moth have, c a o n n i r ‘ e y n e ceflpfcklin g herrings awl drying '114)), at iloston understand the speculation is 1 , 1 , ‘) ., Pt. " a very good one. IN'l''''"'urtE--Tliere has just been placed in 'tst k ,'' tile se , A s of ~ venal s Chapel, Westminster s 1 ' tr,, l , tre puke de MotexrEsrstrft, brother of Lou! t! \ir t : 1(41. of the French. This statue was executed o o k . '''tstAco, 1 1 , Is p,... Tt the eminent sculptor, by command . r f (1„r" 'LIP, when Duke of Orleans, and last in Enl„- 'Of h e buke died in this country in 1807, aged 32 l't . ' Th 14 1.1. , r _ . e work consists simply of the statue of the i. th t 11 7.'-t!rnhent, on a low table tomb. lie is v i este i d . ~,,?4,teivilt:))l4l_inr(?bes, with a coronet encircling i his ic l n eaf a , f tt. td ; , 1 , 4 a 1, which rests . on . his breast,. rich foliage, lig Orleans, issuing from ric At,t s aion of in ' Il i4 t til;lacot'ks:tihnre_n7hifsfe. f a h n e iy artist' s purpose appears to h beauty and form, to conv . ey. 4 44 11 e 4m e ti of in the inclination of the head, and its ,y.) ~,, t . - tarpufi'lthillow, a sentiment of the . most i perfect ti i e. it '•' he has succeeded the public will deter ). . h , ' c o , 1 ! said that Alr. WESTMACOTT'S intention in w e. .., , ;0.0441'9,0%iti0n was to revive - the simple but impressive 0 1 , k o .4(1 tl l : l , le ior l e t l t i e l the 1 3th and 14th centuries, as he was of 0 3 t pit qy th _e r t if to . the mild beautiful sentiment which ge sd4eterizes that period of sculpture,. and to the 1. 1- ) l ' O I ' P tr y : f ul 15 ' ef tk 4411,d requentlY imposing forms in their draperies, 14 te a. tl t _''t p ee 'oe advar,ced knowledge in the human figure quo 0 ~t ' v eh ,eot day, a most effective and, in a great degree, fi: 0 „ 41pk,"aeter of monument ' ' 'd be , opened to the 5 tft ° 4 11 , t k k hih ij . 111 e Prelent nlon ,sou; f d op a part of the 0 4 ~ ,_ ti,, ; " 4 1 of last • e a °t ument ornie go 4 Pi, N e , .ibkri ye rat Somerset -house. An elegant I I , 4,, , , b Ption, written by the late Dean of Westmin- W , e t ll added, mg'. d cbea tte :4 l ~ Licen- °tre y bt. cc' i n e is faro a g ive. , iu ,01 Oh 35 or 83 10 9 they tio not' or he de' iatne`j pot el he Je r i it i° ' rolecutl:i ro e. to P it ill Pt 1° 'O O T COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Suss/A visited the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND yesterday, at their residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Russian Ambassador, the Swedish .Minister, and the two Commissioners from Belgium, Messrs. SYLVAIN V A N OE WIYER an l VILAIN, had interviews with Vis count PALMERSION yesterday at the l'oreigir-office, The Bishop of LoNnoN had ,i n interview yesterday t 4 ith - Viscount Gonmucir at the Colonial-office. Sir HERBERT JENNER, the King's Advocate, trans acted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Earl GREY, as First Lord of the Treasury, gave the first Cabinet dinner to his colleagues last evening, at his residence in Downing-street. The CHANCELLOR. of the ExcuFAzunt entertained a select party at dinner, at his residence in Downing-street, on Tuesday. BRIGHTON, JAN. 19. Her MAJESTY, accompanied by Prince LEOPOLD, the Countess of ERROL, Lady MAYO, Miss MITCHELL, Lord MAYO, Sir ANDREW BARN.A.RD, Sir PHILIP SIDNEY, the Earl of Exam., and a numerous suite, took an airing on horseback yesterday as far as Hove, and returned by the western road to the Palace, at half-past four o'clock. His Gr tee the Duke of DEvossinnE, the Earl and Countess of BELFAST, Earl and Countess of CARLISLE, Lady C. BUTLER, Capt , tin and the lion. Mrs. PECIIFLL, bad the honour of dining with their MAJESTIES. The Royal party was increased in the evening by a select few. The Queen's private band was in attendance. VA SIIIONABLE INTELLIGENCE, ARRIVALS. The E..rl of Morley, at his scat i❑ Devonshire, from a tour ; Captain and Mrs. Barton, in Grosvenor-street, from Hastings; Mrs. Booth, in Cavendish-square, from a tour ; Captain Bytig, in Eaton-square, from Wrotham Park ; Mr. and Mrs. Shewell, and family, at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, from their seat, Sutton-place, Surrey ; General Harcourt, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Windsor; W. S. Poyntz, Esq., M.P., at his seat, Cowdray Park, Sussex, from Migham House, Berks ; Mr. and Mrs. Forrester, in Regent-street, from the Continent; Mr. and Mrs. Leigh, at Osboine's Hotel, Adelphi • Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, and family, at ditto, from Wisbech ; Mr. Cantby, at ditto ; Mr. Walker, at ditto ; Mr. Oteway, at ditto ; the Earl and Countess Beauchamp, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Caven dish-square; Colonel John Doveton and Mrs. Goveton, at ditto; Le Marchant Thomas, Esq., at ditto; Thomas Hughan, Esq., at ditto ; Thomas Reeves Thornton, Esq , at ditto ; Captain Lowe, at ditto ; Lord and Lady Waldegrave, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-streets, from Twickenham ; Captain Nutt, at ditto, from Surrey; Col. Johnston, at ditto, from Paris. DEPARTURES. The Duke of Devonshire, yesterday, for Brighton; H. G. Knight, Esq., for East Rettord, Nottinghamshire; Capt. and Mrs. Simpson, from Dover-street, for Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. It. Grant, for their seat in Lei;!estershire ; Captain Locke, from the British Hotel, Jermyn-strect, for Portsmouth ; Johx Fisher, Esq., from ditto, for Oxford ; Captain and Mrs. Higgins, from Brook-street, for Dover ; John S. Earle Sawbridge Drax, Esq., and Mrs. Drax, from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish_ square ; Henry Gilliat, Esq., and .1. Gilliat, Esq., from ditto ; T. Coltman, Esq. and J. Coltman, Esq., from ditto ; Colonel and Mrs. Bishop, from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies. streets, Hants ; Major Hughes, from ditto, for Melton; Count Redern, from ditto, for Berlin. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR gave a grand entertainment to twenty-two members of the Court of Aldermen and their Ladies, and to several of the first mer chants and bankers in the city. To-morrow, one of the dinners to the Corporation in lieu of the Guildhall dinner, which an accident caused to be postponed, will be given at the Mansion-house ; and on the 26th the second will take place. Invitations have been sent out in the names of the Loan MAYOR and Sheriffs. In the list of our causes, this week, before the Edinburgh Court of Session, an action of divorce appears, at the instance of Lady LENNOX, or MA ILI ANN PATON, as the lady calls herself, against her husband Lord WIL LIAM LENNOX.—Edinburgh Evening Post. A meeting of the St. Katherine's Dock Com pany was held yesterday, and a dividend of 1 per cent. declared for the last half year. It is r►ot, perhaps, very generally known that the present King of the FRENc:ir offered himself to ➢lr. PITT, in 1805 (the year preceding that statesman's death,) to be placed at the head of affairs in Mexico. We learn from the Stirling Advertiser that the Ex-King of FRANCE was last week enjoying the hos pitality of a noblema❑ in the ❑eighbourhood of Falkirk, along with several members of his family and Court. A number of the surrounding gentry, we understand, met them at a grand ball, which exhibited more than the brilliancy which a falle❑ dynasty may be supposed to dis play. it is said, that so pleased are the Ex Royalists with the 'Vale of the Forth, that they have been looking out for a suitable residence there, in which to spend their spring. CHELMSFORD, JAN. 17.—1 n the parish of Ovington, near Clare, forty acres of rich land have been given up by Mr. LONG WELLESLEY fur the benefit of the distressed agricultural labourers in that district. Twelve acres have already been distributed; and the Rev. Mr. Fishes, the clergyman, has agreed to relinquish his tithe upon the land which the generosity of the owner' has thought fit to iclieve from rent. — Chelmsford Chronicle. The important events on the Continent, the death of his late Majesty GEORGE IV., &c., caused a great excitement in the public mind. One vendor of London Newspapers (AV. 11. SMITH, 192, Strand) issued to his customers, in the year 1830, no less than 1,664,000 news papers ; 338,792 were sent by the early morning coaches or by special express ; 112,021 were delivered in London ; and 1,213,181 sent through the General Post office, or in parcels by the Royal Mails. The special express sent by NV. If. S. with the intelligence of the death of his late Majesty GEORGE IV., was the first to convey it to thirty three towns, and preceded the Government messengers in Dublin, &c., by several hours.—Morning Chronicle. At the seat of the Duke of RICHMOND, at Goodwood, in Su'sex, the family vault in the chapel has over the entrance the inscription Ultima Doinus; i. e. the Last House, which gave rise to the ensuing sarcastic impromptu : .. Did he who edified this wall Not read, or not believe St. Paul, Who says there is, where'er it stands, Another house not made with hands Or may we gather from these words, That House is not a House of Lords." YOUNG AND HIS BOOKSELLERS.—ToNsON and LINTOT were both candidates for printing a work of Dr. YOUNG'S. The Poet answered both letters the same morning, but misdirected them. In these epistles he com plains of the rascally cupidity of each. lie told Totisos that LINTOT was so great a scoundrel that printing with him was out of the question ; and writing to the latter, decided that TONSON was an old rascal, but, es:c., and then makes his electio❑ in his favour.— Taller. THE SCOTCII PRESBYTERY.--A meeting of the Preshytery was was held yesterday, at St. An drew's Scotch Church, Commercial-road, when the case of the Rev. Mr. IRvING was again discussed. A Report of the Committee appointed to investigate the question at issue between that Rev. Gentleman and the Preshytery was presented and adopted. A proposition was made that the whole of the proceedings, in answer to the declaration recently put forth by the Rev. E. IRVING and the Elders of his Church, should be forthwith published, which, after several gentlemen had expressed their sentiments in support of this measure, was carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. JARDINE, who had begged to stand neutral, as he had but recently become a member, expressed his fear that the proceeding would be attended with evil conse quences to the Church of Scotland, and the cause of Re ligion generally. After the Rev. Mr. MILLER. had re plied in support of the proceedings being made public, the locating broke up. It appears that report has been premature in assigning a certain Duke as the original of the character of Lisborough in the novel of " Mothers and Daughters ;" a character which might just as fail ly be appropriated to a noble Marquis whose domestic happiness is known to be of a very questionable nature. Much of the disrepute i❑ which the marriage state in high life has fallen is attri butable to the too often sordid nature of alliances in that class ; and it may be shrewdly guessed that the author of this new work has himself been a personal sufferer from Om arts of female match-makers. If this be so, he has taken a severe revenge. SPANISH POLITICS.—Affairs in Spain, under King FERDINAND, seem to be conducted much in the sime manner as they were more than a century ago under Pamir V. Don FRANCISCO DE VELASCO, having presented a petition to the King of SPAIN, received n o answer to it. He then presented one to the Cardinal DE Pon-roe:A anEao, which was equally neglected. He ad dressed himself in the third instance to the President of CAsTir,E, who said he could do nothing. At length he applied to the Duke D'HARCOLIRT, the French Ambassador at Madrid, who refused to interfere. " What a Govern ment!" said VELASCO " here is a King who will not speak, a Cardinal who will not hear, a President who cannot do any thing, and a French Ambassador who will not do any thing." This description of the Government soon became a by-word in all companies. REFOItM WEST KENT. 011 Tuesday last a meeting, pursuant to notice, of the inhabitants of that part of the Wesr ei n Di vision of the county of Kent, which is comprised within the North Division of the lathe of Ayles ford, was held at Rochester. The meeting: was most numerously and respectably attended, and there was a considerable number present of the neighbouring farmers. SAMUEL BAKaR, Esq., having been unanirrioftsly called to the Chair, stated the vast importance of the subject about to be discussed. Mr. BENTLEY then addressed the meeting. H e congratulated them that the united voice of the people had at length so imperatively demanded the Reform of the House of Commons as to render it hazardous for that House, or any Ministers, longer to oppose it. Fortunately for the country, th ere was no reason to apprehend any opposition from the men at present in power, as some of them h a d long since expressed th e ir conviction of its neces sity, arid all had taken office under the pledge of endeavouring to carry it; and though woeful ex perience had taught them how little dependen ce was to be placed upon the professions of publi c men, still, when the novel arid momentous circumstances under which this pledge was given were considered, as well as the disastrous consequences that wouhi result from from its violation, it might for once, h e thought, be safely relied on. Of the disposition of his Majesty to promote Reform he entertained no doubt. The concurrence of the other two branches of the Legislature might, with reason, be ques tioned, as no instance was known of any body of men voluntarily dispossessing themselves of power; but he begged to remind them that a power exists in the present day, which, if properly directed by the almost irresistible influence of the Press, would prove more than a match for the unconstitutional power of the Oligarchy—he meant the power of public opinion. This power, which, till lately, was comparatively unknown, had effected as great a revolution in political, as the steam-engine had in mechanical science. It is this power (said Mr. B.) which will encourage the timid, and confirm the wavering reformer. It is this power that will break down the usurpation of the boroughmongers, and teach those gentlemen that they are no longer to do what they will with their own. And it is this power that will proclaim, both to the Lerds and Commons, in language not to be misunderstood, that the na tion is impatient under their misrule, and will tole rate it no long er . I n p re p ar i ng t h e pet i t i on which he was about to propose, the framers of it had confined themselves to the prayer for Par liamentary Reform only ; not that they under valued the importance of other reforms, such as the abatement of taxation, the economical expenditure of the public money ; and, above all, in his opinion, that Reform which he had often advocated, and which he should continue to advocate whilst he had the power, until success crowned his exe: tions— the alteration of the tithe laws ; but because they considered, that if the House of Commons be once reformed, if the citadel of corruption be once car ried, the demolition of all the out-works of pro& gacy must necessarily follow. Neither had they re commended any particular scheme of Reform ; not that they were indifferent to the merits of the various ones that had been proposed, at the head of the list of which was the ballot—(Loud cheer ing)—and the arguments in favour of which ap peared to him incontrovertible; but because, as there existed some little difference of opinion amongst the friends of Reform as to its details, it was judged proper to insure unanimity by intro ducing those topics only upon which all were agreed. If I am asked, (added Mr. B.) what is the cri terion of an effectual representation, I answer, un hesitatingly, when the House of Commons become the faithful guardians of the public purse. hen, and not till then, may the Reformers con,ider their labours complete.—(Repeated cheers.)—Mr. Bent ley then proposed and read the petition. "TO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " THE PETITION OF THE OWNERS AND OCCU PIERS OF LAND AND OTHERS, INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH DIVISION OF THE LATHE OF AYLES. FORD, IN THE COUNTY OF KENT, " Humbly showeth,---That your petitioners beg leave to express to your Honourable House the grief they experi ence at the present disastrous and agitated state of the empire: the poorer classes are, in some parts, totally desti tute of employment; in others, most inadequately remu nerated for their labour; whilst the enormous weight of taxation, imposed upon every portion of the community, is becoming insupportable, and daily aggravating the general dissatisfaction and distress. - 4C Your petitioners plainly avow what they implicitly believe—that had the people of this country been fairly and properly represented in Parliament, the evils of which they now so justly complain would have been averted ; for your petitioners cannot regard the conduct of former Houses of Parliament, without the conviction, that as, on the one hand, systems of Govermreent too expensive ar.d influential have been invariably supported —so, on the other, the real interests of the country have been mani festly neglected. i ‘ Your petitioners affirm, that the state of the repre sentation is most defective, depriving the possessors of pro perty and intelligence of almost all share in the election of those to whom the office is entrusted of protecting and promoting the welfare of the empire ; they being, under the existing system, principally and most unconstitutionally nominated by Peers, wealthy Commoners, and close Cor porations ; or elected too frequently by means of practices gross, degrading, and corrupt. " Your petitioners receive, in common with the coun try at large, the greatest satisfaction from the repeated de clarations of the present advisers of the Crown, of their determination to act, upon all occasions, with the most rigid economy ; yet your petitioners are convinced, that nothing short of such a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament as shall secure to the nation a full, free, and equal representation, can afford a certain and permanent remedy for the present evils. " Your, petitioners, therefore, earnestly pray your Honourable /loose to take immediate steps for the at tainment of this most esential object, as the only means of alleviating the distress and allaying the dissatisfitc tion which now so unhappily prevail over the United Kingdom, and of reviving our industry and restoring our national tranquillity." Mr. H. PRENTIS, in seconding the petition, con gratulated the meeting upon the rapid and imnor• tant change that had taken place upon the subject of Parliamentary Reform.—(Hear.) The public opinion now was, that not only should there be a Reform, but that the period had actually arrived when that Reform should be effected; and it was a memorable one, for we had just seen a Ministry driven from its place of power by the mere force of public opinion, because the head of it had declared, that so long as he was at the head of it, there should be no Reform of the abuses in the state of the representation.—(Cheers.) The great argu ment used against Reform is, that the present sys tem works well, and that the people are virtually repretented. He denied both propositions.—(Hear.) Mr. Prentis then referred to Lord Grey's cele brated petition in 1793, and the table appended to it, and asked whether the system had improved re cently ? It had been stated in the House within a f ew years, and not denied, that the majority of Members was returned by less than 3,000 electors ; and 140 boroughs returned Members to Parliament, forty of which had less each than 5,000 inhabitonts, and the remaining 100 less than 3,000 each ; and it had been very lately stated, that the majority of the whole House had been returned by the nomina tion and influence of less than two hundred per— sons.—(Loud cries of " Shame, shame.") Corn wall returned forty-four Members to Parliament, and the population of the whole returning boroughs did not equal that of a good sized manufacturing town. Nottingham, for instanc e ; an d S cot l an d , w i t h i ts extentocuntry, [its wealth, population, and intel ligence, returned only one more Member than the single county of Cornwall.—(Shame !)—And in Scotland even the decent appearance of an election was hardly preserved. It appeared, indeed, from a statement made only last week, that a borough election in Scotland was a degrading and disgusting mockery. Mr. Prentis then referred to a speech of Lord John Russell upon Reform, in 1822, and read an analysis of the divisions then lately made by Loid Milton and Lot d JOlOl Resell upon popular (pies tions, from which it was ev id en t t h a t t h e ak re b er s for populous places were outvoted by those foe small bormiglie. Here, then, would he take up his posi tion, and say ihere was positive proof that the people were nemt fairly represeetedz. -that the Government of this country trusted too little to ptlic opinion, and too much to influence anti p itronage.—(liear2; The country writhed beneath taxation; but we !mist be taxed on, because, if majorities were kept toge ther by influence and patronage, that influence and 0 , fronage twilit only be efflerielutte by money taken from the pockets of the people.—Tear, hear.) It was impossible, then,. fur any nstry to do justice to the country under the pre- - sent system. Lord Althorn had declared " that the day for goveming this country by patronage wax past."—(Hear.)—He really thought, that if matters did not mend, the name of the House of Commons should be changed—call it a Legislative Assembly, or the Lower House of Parliament-, or a wise or au honest House of Parliament—(No, no)—but do not call it the Commons House of Tarifa- meat, for ihat it is not.—( Cheers.)--He did not, however, confine his notion of Reform to merely transferring the franchise front small and curt-opt places to populous towns; he considered that no Re form would be sufficient that did not reach the pre sent mode of electioneering even in open places ; it had long been bad, and it was gradually becoming worse. Ile verily believed, that if some alteration did not take place, it would in a few years be im possible, morally impo;sible, for any man possessing the feelings and principles of a gentleman to engage in a contest, either as a candidate or partizan.— (Hear, bear.)—lf the triumph of principle, as it was called, was to be found only at the end of a course of corruption, debauchery, extravagance, and riot, he would leave the House open to profligate and political adventurers, and it would be for the man of honour to serve his country it) some moee cre ditable but less ostentatious station.—(Cheers.) — He agreed with his friend Mr. Bentley, that it was not politic to suggest any plan; but he could not help offering his own opinion that that Reform would be beneficial which placed the elective fran chise upon a simple, certain, and extended b:sis.— (Cheers.)—Mr. Prentis then referred to county elections, which were too often mere questions of money, and spoke of the Yorkshire election in 1826, when, as was stated, 100,0001. had been spent by the four candidates, without a contest ; and argued in favour of giving eopyholders and bow: fide lease holders the power of voting for Members of Parlia ment. Before he concluded, he had a word to say about the new Ministry. His friend (Mr. Bentley) was suspicious of public men—not more so than himself; he had seen so much hollowness, nicking, and shuffling in public men—such a profusion of professions when out of place, and such a lack of performance when in —(Hear, hear)—that he was slow to give his confidence to a Ministry merely be cause it was new, and had the current of popular opinion in its favour. lie could not, however, dis guise from himself, that, in the present Ministry he saw considerable talent—(Hear)—unity of opinion —(Hear)—and not a little of that weight which attaches to the integrity of private character : he remembered also that they stood pledged, fixedly pledged, to the adoption of plants of peace, retrench ment, and Reform. They mu't not, cannot shuffle with us; we have then) (continued Mr. P. with much energy) before the high tribunal of public observa tion—(Hear)—bound, indissolubly bound, to the adoption of those measures which they, over and over again, when out of power and place, declared to be the only measures that could effect the salva tion of the country.—(Hear.)—Those pledges have been again and again renewed ; they have declared that the effort shall be made ; and by the success or failure of that effort they would stand or fidl.— (Hear.)—But they have declared further that they rely upon the support and confidence of die people (Hear)—and that they will not fall without a direct appeal to the people.—( Hear, and cheers.)—Let us then come forward and support them with meet ings, resolutions, and petitions ; let us show diem that we will give them prompt and vigorous assist ance and encouragement in effecting a sound, thorough, and c onstitutional Reform in Parliament. We ask for a fair Reform, and we seek no more.— (Hear, hear, and :cheers )—Mr. Prentis concluded by seconding the petition. Mr. LARKIN—Ever since 1 was capable of forming an opinion, I fancied I saw a great anomaly in what was called the re presentation of the country. I ob served that the opinion expressed within the House of Commons was generally in direct opposition to the opinion without, and that the Members spoke the sense of the people of Japan or Constantinople, as much as that of the inhabitants serl observed petition of tion, this country— afterpetition ( pr il es e e a n r. t ) e — d, l co h m a‘ p 'e laming of grievances, without ob taining any redress. 1 have seen the Habeas Cor pus Act suspended, Gagging Bills passed, the Six Acts followed ; but for tine last thirty years, I have never recognized tt single act of grace or kindness emanating from either House of Parliament towards the middle or lower classes of the community, or a single inquiry instituted 11 I order to ascertain the cause of their distress.—(Hear.)—One uniform system has been acted on by the Government— n'amely, to advance the interest of the few at the expellee of the many.—(Hear.) --L or d Chatham was so convinced ot• time sad state of the House, that he declared, that unless they reformed themselves within, the people would refotm them without, with a vengeance.—(Hear, hear.)—Mr. Pitt, before be became warped by office, declared, that, nhile the House was so constituted, no honest Minister could serve his country. Mr. Burke, before he became a pensioner, expressed the s ame op i n i on. Th us, fifty years back, the wisest of tnen thought Reform necessary for the salvation of th e country. F or t h e want of it at that time tine nation was plunged into a ruinous war, which has entailed upon the country a b ar nh en which weighs down the strength and cripples the energies of the nation. The cause of Reform was retarded for a time by time lamentable occurrences which sprung out, of the said French Revolution, and tarnished an event which, in the first instance, was hailed with enthusiasm by Eng lishmen. It soon revived front its dormant state, and is now demanded by a voice so loud and so general that no Minister can disobey—(Hear)— and when obtained, I sanguinely look forward for instantaneous relief to the labouring classes. Dis trcee, beyond the power of human beings to bear, exists beyond. contradiction. Numer ous causes have been assigned —some have ascribed it to over production — (Hear, and a laugh)—some to over population—(Hear, and a laugh)—but if they were honest, they would tell the people that it mainly wa s caused by over-taxat i on — ( Cheers, and a laugh)—and as a proof I will relate a few facts. In 1817 a Finance Committee was formed, at the head of which was Lord Castlereagh, and they reported that the establishment of 1792 M as the standard to be approached, as sufficient to protect the interest and maintain the dignity of the country. Now observe how near they have approached that standard. In 1792, the entire Revenue was about s eventeen ; iu 1829, fifty-six millions; in 1792, the whole charges of the Civil and Military Government (exclusive of debt) was 6i- millions; , to 1829, twenty-four millions. The charge of col lecting was, in 1792, one million; in 1829, four millions. I will now appeal to the landowners and farmers whom I see around me: they have been se verely pinched, and although I feel for the distress of all, yet I fear if they had not felt, we should not have had their support as Reformers.—( Hear.) I say t no repr oac h ; I am happy to fi n d t h ey are acting hias in u n i son w i t h their fellow-subjects in de manding a change in that system which has worked mankind.—(H ea r, hear ) In 1792, s s w o t t b r it ldi d l for of quarters of corn, at 40s. per quarter, have produced a sufficient sum to have dis charged all the claims on the country. In 1828, 19 millions of quarters, at 31., would have been re quired. The great cause of the distress is taxation, and the remedy is a thorough Reform in the Com mans House. I understood my friend, Mr. Prentis, to say that he doubted whether any immediate relief would he afforded. This is the only ob servation he made that I (Flier with : a reformed 1-iort.e evuuld insist on a very large reduction in the enortncus establishments kept up for the purposes of providing for the junior branches of the Aristocracy—(Hear)—and the re.lations of borough mongers ; a reformed House of Commons would nay td!orf the existence of those shameful Pension Lists on whiCh Pukes and Ear;s are mean enough to quarter their triUtt:e7e, and sister—(Shame, shame)—although they knovt- the money is wrung from the sweat of the poor man's brow.— These great reductions would allow taxes to be taken' off frean those articles that affect the produc tive classes emplopnent would be more plentiful ; the demand for labour ittcreaed, and the middling ant v7orking classes become again content - . Let us remember that it was not formerly the fashion to reckon the Aristocr?f:y a nation e. strength.—(Hear) —lt has been justly said, that the breath that made them may make others ; but that " A bold peasantry, the nation's pride, If once destroyed, can sever be inipplied.' . . It affords me Vera sathffaction to know that we have now Ministers VA id have made !I declaration in favour of Reform--; Rearjand we are blessed with a King who has given it his sanction. But difficult es will arise,and Ministers will require the aid of the people.---(Hear.)—The boroughromgers, pensioners, and placer trt will unite for the preserva tion of abuses. The Minister tan manage them if he proposes to lop off a few under-cierks---(Hear)— to discharge a few hundred mechanics from the dock-yards; their relations are not candidates far those situations.—(A laugh.)—But let him carry his retrenchments into the upper regions of office, then these gentlemen will endeavour to manage him. The Ministers must, therefore, be supported by the people, or Reform may be retarded, although it must eventually be obtained. Although I have alluded to the Aristocracy, let it not be understood that I have any wish to bring their order into con tempt. lam a friend to the Constitution, and I wish to see them considered as the Corinthian ca pital of the pillar. I only want them to remember that the people form the base—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—and if that is not preserved the pillar must fall, and the capital would crumble to atoms.— (Cheers.) —If the Aristocracy is not held in such respect as could be wished, I fear it is the result of their own conduct. I believe the people of this country by no means desire to pull down the order, or to disturb the property that they have legiti mately acquired—(Hear, hear)—but if by their capital they have purchased the birth-right of the people—(Hear, hear)—and poisoned the fountain head of public happiness—( Wear, hear) —if they claim the representation of the people in the Lower House as property—(Hear)—then I say of such property, and such only, would I despoil them.— ( Hear and cheers.) Mr. PRING then rose t move a resolution in fa vour of the ballot, witho► which he contended that any Reform in the electiv franchise would be in effectual. Ile dwelt fore y upon the evils of the present system as affectit the lowest tradesman, and after alluding particularly to the cases of Liver pool, Queenborough, Stamford, and Newark, pro posed the following resolution : " That this meeting is of opinion that the tnost effica cious mode of pieserving the purity of election is the vote by ballot." Mr. ScusEum,LlE, having seconded the motion, Both the petition and resolution were unani mously carried. Mr. BENTLEY then moved that the petition to the House of Lords be entrusted to the Earl of Darnley, to whom he considered the compliment was due, not only as a resident in the neighbour hood, but from his having always expressed himself in favour of Parliamentary Reform. lie oberved that his son, Lord Clifton, while in the House of Commons, had also voted in support of liberal measures. Mr. LARKIN seconded the motion, which was carried with applause. The Rev. Dr. JOYNER, a Magistrate for the county, in proposing that the petition to the House of Commons should be presented by Thos. L. Hodges, Esq., one of the Members for the county, in the course of an able and eloquent speech, observed that he was certain that the petition of that meeting could not be placed in the hands of a better advocate ; one who had long been a consis tent friend to Reform, who had advocated the mea .,ure front his early youth, through good report and through evil report, and at a time when the ques tion was unfashionable.—(Hear.) The situation of the question of Reform at the present time was far different from what it was in former years ; for. merly it was covered with obloquy, but now it is attended with glory ; even Princes and Nobles were changing their sentiments, and adopting opinions in favour of Reform. The Rev. Doctor, after some eloquent observations upon the recent events in France concluded, amidst much cheering, with some animated remarks upon the present distress of the poorer classes, which he attributed to the intolerable weight of taxation upon the industry of the country. JAMES Swill, Esq.' seconded the resolution, which was carried amidst cheers. The CHAIRMAN, after complimenting the meeting upon the unanimity of its proceedings, made some very sound and able observations upon the causes of the existing distress, which he contended, arose mainly from want of employment. A vote of thanks to the Chairman having been unanimously carried, and for which he returned thanks in a suitable speech, the meeting was dis solved. BEDFORD. On Monday a very numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants, burgesses, and freemen of the borough took place at the Shire-hall, at which the Mayor, T. G. ELGER., Esq., was called to the Chair. The two Members, W. H. Whitbread, Esq., and F. Polhill, Esq., attended; also the Marquis of Ta vistock, Sir Peter Payne, Bart., Sir W. Long, Knight, S. Whitbread, and R. Elliott, Esqrs., were present. C. StioßT, Esq., proposed the resolutions in a very brief speech (he labouring under indisposition) which had for their object the reduction of taxation, the doing away with sinecures and pensions, and a Reform in Parliament. Mr. J. ELGtat (Lrother of the Mayor) seconded the resolutions. Sir WILLIAM LONG made some remarks which had reference to the fundholders, who was, compara tively speaking, but little taxed in proportion to the landed interest, and proposed a resolution, which was ultimately withdrawn. He was seconded in his views by Mr. ELLIOTT, a non-resident freeman. The Marquis of TAvisToti: (who, we regret to state, evidently laboured under indisposition) ad dressed the meeting. His family always advocated Reform in Parliament, and he would suppo:t the present Ministry. This borough was very extraor dinary in its politics—at Huntingdon, at Cambridge, in Buckinghamshire, they, the Tories, now extinct in name, had always advocated corporate rights ; at Bedford they were against non-resident freemen. His father (the Duke of Bedford) held out no threats to his tenantry, the same as has been done at other boroughs. He (the Duke of Bedford) could walk through Bedford without being accused of hav ing interfered with election matters. His Lordship concluded a very animated speech amidst the plau dits of the meeting. Mr. RomNsoN addressed the meeting at some length, and detailed the various taxes that required repealing—the duty on tea, on soap, the whole as sessed taxes, &c., and showed in detail how the poor were taxed on every necessary of life. Mr. HOWARD addressed the meeting on the sub ject of taxation, and concluded with proposing a resolution, " That it was expedient that non-re sident freemen should be done away with" (which, Ne d oilo m esolution, however, was not ferried). He had asked a gentleman who had served the of of Mayor three times, of what use Corporations were, and he had told him of none whatever. Mr. HANKIN, solicitor, addressed the meeting, and stated that he was glad to hear the expression of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that " these were not times in which the country was to be go verned by patronage." He hoped that the expres sion would be acted up to in all the institutions of tic country. The Chancellor of the Exchequer bad also said, " that a great saving might be made io the collection of the revenue." He begged to cal) the attention of the meeting to the exrenecs of the Coast Blockade and Preventive Service. Let the ditties be reduced, and there would be no tempta tion to smuggling. He (Mr. II.) was surprised that at a meeting like this, not one word had been said about voting by ballot. He wished to take the sense of that respectable meeting on it, arid would propose a resolution against voting by ballot. The Marquis of T.tvlstrocK said he was about leaving the meeting, when Mr. Hankie told him that he was going to bring forward the subject of voting by ballot. lie had seen enough of electioneering, to make him favourable to any measure that would let the voters give their votes unbiassed, and he was favourable to voting by ballot. Mr. HENKIN resumed—He appealed to this meeting jf voting by ballot was indigenous to the English soil. It was an American custom—it was a French one. Let every Englishman vote in the open daylight, and let him be protected in giving his honest vote. Sir PETER PAYNE, Bart. addressed the meeting, b e said, for the last time, as a non-resident freeman. He should propose an amendment to Mr. Hankin's resolution; he should propose a resolution " that it was the opinion of the meeting that triennial Par liaments and voting by ballot were the only secure and good Reform." Ultimately the resolution respecting voting by ballot was omitted in the petition. Both Members pledged themselves to support the prayer of the petition and the present Ministry. The thanks of 'he meeting was then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated at fout o'clock, p.m. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.---W 8 much pleasure in announcing, that the petition for Reform, agreed to at the la►e public meeting of the house holders and traders in Glasgow, has received upwards of thirteen thousand signatures ; and we have no hesitation in expressing our belief that the signatures to it will soon out-number those at the Edinburgh petition.-- Sots Time!. The Reform meeting, which will take place at Lincoln fur the county on Friday se'nnight, will be very numerously attended—particularly by the great bodies of yeomanry from the Wolds and the South. Some gentle men of the highest character for patriotism and constitu tional principles will appear on the hustings and throe• their support into the scale, and assist the people in ex pressing a decided tone on this all-important subject.-- Boston Gazelle. A meeting has been held at Dartmouth, JoHrT TFAGE, Es 1. in the Chair, at which it was determined that, " inasmuch as the present Ministry have pledged themselves to the support of a Reform in the Representa tion of the people, the case of that borough shall be imme- di ttely presented to Parliament, as the strongest prod illustrative of the necessity of an improvement in the Se preientative system." The thanks ef the meeting were also given to Lieutenant-Colonel SEALE, and Sir H. WILLOUGHBY', Bart., for their unwearied exertions in maintaining the civil and municipal rights ef the inhabi t tnts. —Exeter Alfred. COUNTY OF ANTRIM REFORM CLUE.- It will be recollected, that a Committee was appointed at the late Belfast Reform Dinner, to make arrangements tin the formation of a Club, or Political Union, in this town, for promoting the objects of Reform. The Committee have called a general meeting of all persons, in the county, who approve of the object. There certainly never Nvas a time when such a society was more desirable. The cause of Reform, i❑ Ireland, is thrown, altogether, on the North ; and Belfast is only acting in its proper place, by assuming an attitude by which it may be enabled to give union and energy to the Reformers in this part of the king dom. We have been long recommending such a measure ; and we feel the utmost satisfaction in seeing it about to be adopted. —Northern IVhiy. COUNTY OF DOWN REFORM MEETING.— A requisition for calling a meeting of the county of Down has been put forward. The list of signatures is numerous and highly respectable. The intelligence, wealth, and extent of that county, reader it of the utmost moment to the cause of Reform, that a strong petition should go forward from it, to strengthen the hands of the Ministry, now that the great measure, with which the peace and in dependence of the empire are so intimately connected, is about to be submitted to the deliberation of Parliament. The demand for Reform has been circulated, from town to town, and from county to county, throughout the whole extent of England and Scotland. We hope the example of Down will be followed by other counties ; and that the North will show, that it adheres to those principles of civil liberty, which it has so long and so anxiously fostered. —Northern Whig. 4 TILE BALLOT.—There is no longer need ul . much anxiety respecting the cause of the ballot. It is nut now a fosterling, requiring to be nursed and tended, with cautious delicacy. It can go abroad, in its own strength, and tread down the molehills which its enemies would pile up to oppose its progress. We verily believe, that, in any popular assembly in the kingdom, it would b., impossible, not only to stigmatize the ballot, but even to turn aside the question, by any device that could hr resorted to. At two or three Reform meetings in England, attempts were made to cushion it, by Mt; who would not venture to attack it openly ; but, when brought fairly forward, it rose superior to all pretexts and to all opposition. At the Armagh meeting, on Monday last (for the fact must be apparent), the leaders seemed to discover a wonderful sensitiveness about excluding the name of the ballot from their resolutions. Theme was ra. ther more of the Aristocracy of the metropolitan city tak ing part in the objects of the day (and we are glad to see it) than at a former meeting in the same place, where the ballot, and the ballot alone, was made the subject of pe tition. On the late occasion it required a little softening of terms to make Reform agreeable to some delicate con stitutions ; but so thoroughly convinced were they, that it would be a vain thing to call together a public meeting of the city of Armagh, to petition for Reform, and nut give the ballot a place, that the principle was prominently and distinctly urged, though the name was kept out of view. But, even this was scarcely sufficient to role the tempest of the popular mind. A general cry was raised for " the ballot ;" and it was not until after considerable explanation that those who preferred going direetly for ward to the one important end, could be satisfied to adopt. resolutions which had even the semblance of overlooking this radical principle of Reform. In fact the ballot has become irresistible. Let it only be fairly, unhesitatingly, and distinctly thrown before a popular assembly, and we have little fear about any opposition which it may have to encounter.—Northern IVhig. A schoolmaster in Limerick, setting forth his claims upon public support through the medium of that most recommendable channel, an advertisement, makes known to mankind, that, " from his earliest years he felt the bent of his genius to be directed to a bold and genteel running hand." It is reported to us that, on the occasion of the recent marriage at the Pavilion, the Reverend Vicar was requested by the respected Bishop of the Diocese to be in attendance with the parish register, in order that the marriage, the ceremony of which was about to be solemnized, d, lord mightsh w therein fully reinwsifim by s 2 Go recorded. t Inmak e in . g this request cap. 146, which includes the following enactment:— Sec. 5. And be it further enacted that the several books wherein such entries shall respectively be made, and all register books heretofore in use, shall be deemed to belong to every such parish or chapelry respectively , and shall be kept by and remain in the power and cust o dy of thei Rector, l'icar, Curate;or other dflciating Minister of each respective parish or chapelrias afore said, and shall be by him safely and securely kept, Sec. The Rev. Vicar, however, seemed to view the application in the light of an indignity ! and intimated that he should take the advice of a friend on the subject. He did so, and subsequently communicated to the Bishop to the fol lowing effect :—That he had consulted his friend, and that they were of opinion that he could not, consistently with the dignity of his office, attend the bidding. In due course, as we hear, the Rev. Vicar was informed that his MasrsTr did not wish him to be at all ioc: h nv e nienced—a communication, the dig nified spirit of will be re-echoed in every honest heart;--and on the day of the illustrious marriage , Mr . Jour' PococK, the parish clerk, obeyed the direction of the Bishop, and at tended at the Palace with the register's Brighton Guard. • % I I'A