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d /4-4 ,A 4. //9.4 :, < Y• \ • - , • '4 - ;.RA W ; •• • • - . 7 ,-14 : 411g5 , ( - .• " ) , •r'•lp • . . y 7/ • ' te, " 1 ", 4r - -?; • i ' C FI, 4.61 . , Id. tW4 " •• NlriA LQIN fti. Nr. ASSEMELY •of the MAYOR, Nit, AL DERMEN, and BURGESSES of the ch:-lUGII of PORTSMOUTH, held in the Council SI4, fiber in the N ew G u ildh a ll , on T ues d ay the Bth day bob, 1831 on t h, "li, That an Address be presented to his Majesty Dl c j tyt Subject of the important measure submitted by his It tfo Governm en t t o t h e H ouse o f C ommons f or C 9 to jo Parli ament , express i ng t h e sent i ments o f th e Pli t r h ra tlon there(M, and their cordial approval of the b ril) P"ell and that the Address now read be adopted. Ro t , see], That a P et i t i on b e a l so p resen ted to the PEti, en,l°! of Common s t o th e l i k e p ur p or t, and that the 1 ,,," now read be also adopted , and piesente by the - uers for the Borough. 7 D. HOWARD, Mayer. tip erl ,!ved, Th a t th e cor di a l Th an k s o f t hi s Meetingbe ° Poq l t i a l t h Mayor for h a ving assembled the Corporation To e P r esent - important occasion. - HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE ) ; I yEt , KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THC,LAND NI PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. h i ItIMBLE PETITION OF THE MAYOR, AL DERMEN, AND BURGESSES OF THE BO r sKtw..OUGH OF PORTSMOUTH, t urn 'PresZ l NThat from the earliest period of boroughs being t ? , i in Parliament, the borough of Portsmouth has re ,the Members ; and that the right r f Election bath been • hat ; )° r, Aldermen, and Burgesses only.. :%ti4 it ur Petitioners believe that the Elective • Franchise was i , 111 4 .,, ti 1 .tbe Body Corporate as a trust for the benefit of the i kt . !!3' at large and not for themselves or for their personal . Th at !Altar interes;s. !kit es he.ordiaily approving the comprehensive and efficient tri.ea -401% [lpught forward by his Majesty's Government , for !le d th e IfZit d u e t re io It epresentation of the People, and satisbed, if car .° effect, it will tend to preserve our ancient and most va ami . promote the happiness and prosperity , Your petitioners, rom _ f these considerations, are klhng that tl er,l exclusive privilee establish be merged in the more Th at `, nchise proposed to be ed. Nily as ardent admirers of the British Constitution, and Sr!itltt attaelie.l to its several interests, honouring their Sove ilithvQlding in unfeigned respect an illustrious and hereditary well . as paredeel concerned for desirous e of ex brel,eres.ele'tiliTen;ntirers t garng n tiy of iteo,m Reform proposed, and rues it maturledaavo7rfionallyeadpopted. hie tioefore your Petitioners humbly pray that your Honour. 4 1 T att en e t YlaY be induced to regard the unexampled call s,° eo n ,,'°n from all classes of the community ; that taking tteration the defective state of the Representatise *4llich has i i evils attending it, and the general dissatisfaction Use wi „ c;ce sarily been occasioned thereby, your Honourable 0 4, 11 re ", In the exercise of its wisdom, allow the imp the Pliblrg the ' 4 lely aPlbmitted to it to pass into a law ; and tha_t, te by hp ave t t fiZtion of so necessary a measure, the country _ ay be consequences of adhering a sstem condthi 6 , 4(1 th at e . o l) tnion as incompatible with theinterests of the State;, "illy th "le House of Commons may be rendered more effec. e Re presentativei of the People. And, as in duty bound, &c. ASSIZES:-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) le 'attention of his MA MC Depart • ado!), WWell v iii speecni NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-LANCASTER, MARCH 7. No. 12.009 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1,i31. PRICE D. low Arms, Clithero, and April 19 at eleven, at the Swan Inn , Whalley. Hurd and Johnson, King's Bench-walk, Temple ; Hall, Clithero. JAMES EADE, Byworth, Sussex, tanner, March 15, at ele. ven, ;22, at twelve, and Aprill9, at eleven, at the Court of Commis. sioners. Helhard and Hastings, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn. WILLIAM BYRNE, Trinity-place, Charing-cross, army agent, March 11, 18, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Hodgson and Burton, Salisbury-street, Strand. THOMAS JANES, Cross-street, Finsbury.square, window blind-maker, March 15, at eleven, 29, at twelve , and April 19, at eleven, at Court of Commissioners. Yates and Sydney, Bury-street, St. Mary Axe. JOHN WRIGHT, Studley, Warwickshire, maltster, March 22, at five, March 23, and April 19, at two, at the Union Hotel, Birmingham. Holme, Frampton, and Loftus, New Inn; Bart lett, Birmingham. GEORGE SAVILLE and MATTHEW SAVILLE, Ashton under-Line, Lancashire, drapers, March 21 , 24, and A pr il 19, a t nine, at the York Hotel:Manchester. Milne and Parry, Temple, London ' • Crossley and Sudlow, Manchester. YORICK JONES, Manchester, merchant, March 23, 24, and April 19, at two, at the Palace Inn, Man c h es t er. P er ki ns and Frampton, Gray'sAnn.square, London; Lewtas, Manchester. JOSEPH ELVIN, Hautbois, Norfolk, corn-merchant, March 21, 22, at four, and April 19, at ten, at the Bell Inn, Norwich. Clarke, Richards, and Metcalf, Lincoln's-Inn -fields, London ; Dye Norwich. GEORGE LEES, Little Dean, Gloucestershire, maltster, I March 23, 24, and April 19, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn, Bristol. Byrne, Cooke's-court, Serle-street, London; Lucas, Newnh am, Gloucestershire. 'expression of their feelings on the subject as would en sure to his Majesty's Ministers ultimate and perfect suc cess in this most wise, most just, and most politic mea 'sure, which they had so laudably brought forward. Mr. LITTLETON, in explanation, said that in the very last conversation he had with Mr. Huskisson about Reform, he expressed to him his conviction that the time was come when a complete Reform, at least in Scotland, was necessary.—(Cheers.) No man ever had a greater respect for the sagacity of that deceased gentleman than himself ; and though during a long period of his life h.. had been an opponent of general measures of Reform, yet. notwithstanding, he (the Hon. Gentleman) was forced-to look at his views in connection with the circumstances in which that lamented gentleman lived.—(Hear, hear. hear.) He was not the helmsman. that would have allowed the vessel of the State to hare been struck by a sea, and thrown upon a rocky coast, when he saw the tide of things required him to carry her off; and the Hon. Gentleman could not hut suppose that if the lamented gen tleman had been now living, he would have been an advocate for the pres nt measure. This was the firm conviction of the Hon. Gentleman, hut at the same time be disap. proved of the practice of bringing forward the opinions of a person not now living, for the purpose of having it conjectured on which side that individual would have voted had he been alive. just rights. Did not the present measure deprive many of • his Majesty's subjects of their just and clnstitu tional rights—those rights which had descended to them from their ancestors. He wished much the Lord Advocate were now in the House. He had listened with attention to his speech, and would say that. it was difficult to answer. He had looked abaut to s.e how that diffi culty had originated. Certainly it was difficult how it would produce effect. The :Learned Lord designated the Star Chamber and Ship Money as part of th, insti tutions of the country, but he (Mr. P.) was at a toss to know how the Noble Lord could establish that proposition. What was the course of the revolution- which laid smooth its clarions Constitution ? Why, the House of C,'omtnons endeavouring to grasp to itself all the power of the State? Measures of a similar nature were now brought forward by the wretched insanity of his Majesty's Ministers —(Cheers from the Opposition.) (LEFT SITTING HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. JOHN SANDILANDS SMITH, St. Michael, Worcester shire, glore-manufacturer, March 17, 18, at eleven, and April 19, at ten, at the Crown Inn,Worcester. Cardale and Newton, South square, Gray's-inn, London ; Parker and Smith, Worcester. JOHN SAYERS GRAY, Manchester, wina.merchant, March 91, 2e, at nine, and April 19, at two, at the Star Inn, Man chester. Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Manchester. 'lle Loan CtrarlFELLoa took his scat on the Wool sack shortly after Five o'clock. Lord RADNOR presented a petition fro'm a parish in Yorkshire, in favour of Parliimentary Reform. The Watling-street Roatls' Bill was read a third time and passed. HUMPH AEI' BROWN, sen. and HUMPHREY BROWN, jttn. Tewkesbury, carriers, March 9:2, at six, and April 19, at eleven, at the Hop Pole Inn, Tewkesbury. Bousfield, C hatham- Orr°, Blackfriars ; Byrne, Cooke's-court, Lincoln's Inn, Lon don ; Winterbothain and Weedon, and Brookes and Hayes, Tewkesbury. The Marine Mutiny Bill, and the Transfer of Aids Bill, were read a second time. The Richmond Lunatic All= Bill passed through a Committee, and was ordered to he reported. The Farl of SHAFTESBURY brought up the report of the Committee on the Frauds or Creditoreißill. SECOND EDITION. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT and others brought up the Army Mutiny Bill from the House of Commons. Mr. TOMLINS brought up an account of Foreign Wool. „ tql OM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. Adjourned at Twenty Minutes past Five o'clock till tc morrow. t he Lord Chamberlain to the Queen, Queen's-House, th, The offic e St..lamea's, March 8. 4 ,p , n g..roon g i o o f t t lw arg i l . a n ng p attending her Majesty's 1 pear in their respective tttt°4. with re n gula e tion tr i owsers ; ant all other gentlemen are es t ° appear in the usual Court dresses, with breeches and 31 PE RIAL PARLIAMENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF COMMONS. DOVER ELECTION. Mr. LEGH KECK. brought up the Report of the Dover Election Committee, which declared the sitting Members duly:elected,: but that the petition against them was neither frivolous nor vexatious. STOCKBRIDGE ELECTION. Lord EASTNOR brought up the Report of the Committee which decided that the sitting Members bad been duly elected. ANSWER OF HIS MAJESTY TO THE ADDRESS, PRESENTED THIS DAY, BY THE CITY OF LONDON. hr,, , kin Brighton, Feb. 14, 1831. ti, 41 )04 fc, ,, '?s this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight I t • 'Nor-General Charles Dalhiac, Knight Commander 0)41 Hanoverian Guelphic Order. After his Majesty thanks the City of London for their loyal and faithful Address, his Majesty ex presses satisfaction that the citizens of London have qbd,,, Lord Chancellorl Feb. 25. inelt enk has appointed Robert Tregoze Tanner, - mtekr "ami in the coun ty o f Gl ouces t er ; G e nt. to be atra ordinasy in the High Court of Chancery. a 0 1 ding to ill, but th!,7,4c. of the Da= bail and DTP. - it attemPt raioi 'ops had 10 0 ar tax on A t Or le tariff: pre' utility a.° cis , Ts of State , hr oull bt due was at d seized ''' ed him of loc. !Y, and pl o ot agent P,r° co d ellers w ho nsurgents , • de• ime of ru e ' at consternaf tot departure o /Octe ilaints wer e t el Governinelliof ails and Jfij e ite , r in Italy I. `" t here i n Modena _ O 4 clubs are u c e 60' ed that t: 0 0 inforrnatif tbel ,s os ,ry sensatu°4 tba !xception to a d be m"eth plans _ ,urea are Ade pt Is well org.- g 0 hortly en l fi e pir • Cortina n e 1 11 kind in th rlneelt that the L , h - ou r o r eprinciPa l .. .cc s . • In the ot ll e nches ? i f e t a b r o; !icrl.o d be t military uitable P ac :aximiwn• Bank Sha r 95 7 951 9-18„, 5 P; rch-Dtic"`; ft",, e y e sterd ler i a cenza• to •ing deer , 13 eC". ,cll t InterloL• c ote" Jointed J. fixed in thc adOcentre ef lot nts of the Bate ordf,f:sit. 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I ' ot eil to #, h e sePtititt Auth° — Pr fam e d d D an e n L °re thist Las tllcS°66w Klu e r,s',foB) , eW ~ t i B lf 0 1311 1 s, le r 0 lA, r oopt,''forFe ,c`ic0i d 0, 0 4. 4 ,401 0 Lt tO • Nillg cf. 11'4ri;t. C B, 01 11C 1 11 0 1 ' 4 10 °° $ 6 14 I' l o6. 0 x15 21 : 2 ) ... $ OOO.ll T _ th e The Ch Whitehall, Feb. 9.6. 4 ,0044 4 ,,, e . aneellor has appointed William Egerton Jeffreys, 'alsttr' t .` , of Shrewsbury, in the county of Salop, Gent. to be •"Xtraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. 11 8 ttp.T Crown Office, March 8. Oa o , ERRED TO SEIM IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. = }tCi p MILBORNE PORT—Richard Lalor Sheil, of Lein. .ez l ii t % l ll the city ' of Dublin, Esq. in the room of George rtol ls i"g. Esq. who has accepted the office of Comptroller of gatL C,r,xiold to the Lord Ytt Lieutenant of Ireland. ent.Es—Sir George Montgomery, of Macbiehill, ',tett t o Chilt rooM of Sir James Montgomery, Bart. who has ac. H Hundreds. hut E xcellenc Dublin Castle, Feb. 18. th Lord Lieutenant has been pleased to th e followin g Gentlemen e to be High Sheriffs for the pre , Macartney, Lissanoure Castle, Esq. Bushmills. Cllo.;; - ' -, K. Harris, Ashfort, Esq., Tynan. C. Browne, Browneshill, Esq. Carlow. Knipe, Erne-Hill Esq. Cavan. ;.§tuddart, Clonlerlau, Esq. Kildysart. t lYde, jun. Castle-Hyde, Esq. Fermoy. A. R. Stewart, Ardshouse, Esq. Dunphanthy. Mussenden - Larclitield, Esq. Downpatrick. (,•!?Ina t „„f J. C. Coghill, Belvedere-house, Bart. } - (‘'way " j ! ",,A. B. Brooke, Colebrooke, Esq. ' Ballydonnellan, Esq. Aughrim. Lisnaskea. the Park, Esq. Killarney. yq Av Kildangan Castle, Esq. Monasterevan. In" a ,YleY L Esq jun Newland, Knocktopher. 4 6 - - L'• RolleSton,Frankfort Castle, Esq Monegall. . "'tick ir ne, Jamestown Lodge, Esq Drumsna. • Croker, p, a jb, J.4' 0 41—.1 aguard, Esq. Limerick. kayoki.th- n s ir ,; ,O X, Foxhall, Esq. Tullamore. Jlellew, Bart. Barmeath, Dunleer_. en Castlelackn, Esq. Rathla k t• es Tr e eston, GormiFtsto ß w a t i l ly C e l y tl . e . , Balbriggan. } r .b4 , Jciopi . 'l,- Hill, Esq. Carlow. 11,,° ° "-.11 - 1 - ' 4 H. Na . ughten, - Esq. - Roscommon. .12'"kta r ; ° ti ne; jun. Fortland, Esq. Dromore-West. VtW °ll 0-..."°n. C. O'Callaghan, Shanbally Castle, Clogheen. o \‘!erfora'r J. R. Banbury, Bart. Speer Royal Castle, Aughnacl y. '„ttnea t iZl,„ l . . Gumbleton, Curriglass-House, Esq. Waterford. W'r . .r.....\ -- ."- 0 11. A. C. Browne, Galston, Westmeath. Boyd, Rosslare, .Wexford. L. Proby, Glenatt, Arklow. telh ,(:'4ll,tiroent War Office, March R lk-q !'" ' e .. , by of Light Dragoons--F. S. D. Tyssen, Gent. to (,_.lt,,,,,._.Purchase, vice Watson, who retires, March 8. vice of Foot—Lieut-General Sir C. Wale, K.C.B. to Foo. General Lord C. H. Somerset, deceased, Feb. 25. p ls tZ'lenant n t :ign and Adjutant J. N. Blood to have the rank "Dt '.arch ,Ito b e . Lieut. J. H. Cr a ik, from the half-pay of the 15th r . q t r ilifr,l, - r ie utenant, rice W. Metge, who exchanges, receiv. } ooL e nce, March 8. Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice oo t , . the 12th Light Dragoons, March 8. 6 ps hi e la fi a tdent. 11. G. Jarvis to be Captain, by purchase, h , by who retires ; Ensign E. Kelsall to be Lieu. e 4 lth Y OUroiL u ale, vice Jarvis; C. 'F. Stanley, Gent. to be En re'MYai, 00t.... vice KeLsall, March 8. Ne e . vic e .r a t,tin Hon. H. B. Grey, from the half-pay, to be ljareii•trorkman, who exchanges, receiving the dit. 4. ftnS'wfmindl a,Z th e h and Veteran Companies--Captain W. sweet. t a o " - PaY of the 90th Foot, to be Captain, vice i k e)e 46th Foot, March 8. 4 'ol s ilo b e , ,".—Major R. Burdett, from the 10th Light tle• Lieutenant . Colonel of Infantry, without purchase, ( !t. 494 4.1 th p p pit tillt—The name of the Cornet appointed to the Guards, on the 15th February last, is Lord t l itxt -41 ------ ,1 1 , 4 6;g :I RAN Dum .:Wmf1 3 1z, March 8. Majesty has been graciously pleased , 44 Q, e o r l t e he v 41st Regimen j t e o s f Foot being in future styled •-ok rit elsh Regiment of Foot. 1 , 44105 signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of on t , Somerset. I „ " s ion 4; i cti., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 8. e u• by the Lord 'Lieutenant of the County of t kip ) ; ,Es Norfolk. • c . si g, to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 22. by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Ross. Deuty Lieutenant, y i p , Nued by the Lord Lieutenant e of the County of h ert, Surrey. NO rt h 'to to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 31; J. W. tp be ditto, Feb. 10. • h vic 4 r % Royal Surrey Militia—J. Grover, Esq. to be t nbt et, removed to the Line, Feb. 10; 'l'. Harbroe, tolelit f r, vice Phillips, resigned, Feb. 4. Ca mai "rreY Yeomanry Cavalry—W. B. Ravenhill, ellt. t o b n ; A. Francis, Gent. to be Lieutenant ; J. W. BleWh Pi4e"' ri tO b e C° _ !net ; T. James Gent. to be Surgeon ; W. As s i stant-Surgeon, 'Feb. 23. h1, 4, 01, k1 Re tr e ,d by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kent. t tler,,a to 1 V!' Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet R. W. 0 14, 4 % y e}). ~leutenant ; E. Hussey, Gent. to be Cornet, vice ( 414 1 tr oo 1 -• t q t t ' e kl ti .. l ll ; of Yeomanry Cavalry—The Hon. J. D. Blih , t? tor' ("eat Brown, Gent. to be First Lieutenants ; ih 4 lio„ het, 1 , • to be Second Lieutenant ; W. Gladdish, Gent. 1..4 4 (h ie Tr eb, it . t'a, °° ,,,, l ! ° f Yeomanry Cavalry—Charles Viscount Mar ; C. W. Martin, Gent. to be Lieutenant; to (At h Tr: to be Cornet, Feb. 13. N tr C o „,,u,?P of Yeomanry Cavalry—SirGeary, veobt. tu t kW. K. Child, Gent. to bo Lieutenant ; l t , t 4t i t ° 4lcs Cornet, Feb. 16. • dtlt, I ,,rriesd a lZP of Yeomanry Cavalry—William Pitt 1, ki k. cb, 1 7. to be Captain; 13. H. Harene, Gent. to be Lieu. ' , ' *r t rd , Tro t , C ti ,P b of Yeomanry Cavalry—P. H. Dyke . the 4,1 a• be Captain ; H. Dyke, Gent. to be Lieu. ins; tient. to be Cornet Feb 21. 8110 led by the Lord Lieutenant , of . the County of Leicester. Cheilyn to be Captain ; t, tli t i o tosi, n ' e to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Tupman to kt oi Hurst to be ditto; H. 0. Fitzgibbon, Gent. NON, S i • gn e d by the Lord Lieutenant of the County . 1 1 t , ~, t iti t" l 9 eri„d .0! Northumberland_, t' i' 4 ' i ve ) , t4 q. to e lt Scott, Esq. to be Captain; W. tsq. dit t o C. V. Loraine, 10 4 I ,° ditto ;. R. Fabler Gent. to be Lieutenant; Esq. to be ditto ; W. ent 0 be ditto ; M. Hawdon, Gent. to be En. ,tentt 8t , rent. to be ditto, March 4. 'Pied by the Lord Lieutenant of the County hir e y_ of Rnfrew. (kent.'37°lnanrY Cavalry —Cornet A. Keir to be Lto h . , Cornet G. Robertson to be ditto; D. Craw kit, ,ornet, Feb. 5. • ,T)t c , ger. IJOLJOIItATION OF INSOLVENCY. • C hq„.A OopER, Mayfield, Derbyshire, cotton 11,Tirlt;h1,A813todkvv:ii7rilli '‘.ll,P,TCHYifax, ENLARGED. . `.t LSON straw-hat.manufacturer, a. at eleven, at the Magistrates' Office, P.W N KRUp TCY SUPERSEDED. -J.,' Liverpool, boot-maker. 4 ckks'ol/T r„,,KRUPTS. • A t ,„, , le,4 ) °kr, su'rOreli.j Church passage, Lothbury, Len. § , ,,y (2 ,,, , ,„4,t the C oo l er march 25, at ning, 29, and April kOte l ' tit M ar , WITT, , L l 4 of Commissioners. Kearsey and yton Gate, Kingston-upon-Hull, 2 2; at six kt94tock Halifax, and April 19, at eleven, at the E,dwards, Bouverie-street, i`,th;'''' 1 108 4 :"ax• ti v% S, Live gt „t s , h e ; rt eildon.rPoo „shoemaker, April 6,7, and 19, at It, 51 ' A n ft LolsThdr ms, Liverpool. Cott, Li ver p oo l ; Ch es . 4 I - • -wp er _ Sa bden- Bridge, withi n R ea d , Lan ' Mph 30 2 at five, 31, at tend at the Brown REFORM. Mr. PHILPOTTS presented a petition from the city of Gloucester, in favour of the measure of Reform proposed by his Majesty's Government. The Hon. Member stated that all party spirit in that city appeared to be sunk, and all persons joined in common cause in expressing their gratitnee to Ministers, and their determination ta do all in their power to support the measure. The Corporation were also to a man unanimous in favour of the plan. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES presented a petition from the females of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, praying for the abolition of Colonial Slavery. On the motiwn that it be printed, a discussion arose as to the unnecessary expence it threw upon the country by printing so great a mumber of petitions on the same sub ject. In which discussion Mr. Spring Rice, Sir John Newport, Mr. Duneombe, Mr. Hurt Davis, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Nicholson Calvert took a part. _ - . Mr. HUGHES HUGIIES said this was the first time any objection to the printing a petition from females was ever made, he should therefore certainly press his motion to a division. The SPEAKER said there certainly was no rule made by the House respecting printed petitions, bat it was under stood, to prevent expense, Hon. Member:: would not press for the printing of many on the same subject. Mr. S. RICE would not press his objection, but hoped that those whn toted for the printing would not, when the estimates were brought forward, Object to their mag nitude. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and .the House divided, when there appeared— For printing the petition Against it Majority —3l Petitions were presented from Hythe and Folkestone, praying for Parliamentary Reform. Mr: HUNT presented a petition from Stockport, pray ing for annuallParhatnents, universal suffrage, and vote by ballot. It was right he should inform the House that this petition was agreed to before the plan of Ministers was known, for•since then the petitioners had agreed to another petition, in which they expressed their unani mous approval of the plan proposed.—(Hear.) The parish of Christ Church last week voted a petition in favour o 1 Radical Reform. They had, however, had another meeting, at which they agreed to abandon their former petition, and expressed their delight and ap probation of the plan proposed by Ministers.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Hunt) had within the last few days had a great deal of conversation with the citizens of London, and even moderate men were bald enough to asset t, that if the measure were not carred, they were ready to take up arms and assist his Majesty's Ministers forward in it.—(Heart) Mr. lIUNT also present d a petition from Lamhrt' , , which stated the peitioners most sincere thanks to Mi nisters, and their concurrence in the plan proposed. The petitioners stated that they trusted afterwards to the magnanimity of the House to give the protection of the vote by ballot.—( Hear.) The HON. MEMBER then presented another petition from Stockport, stating that the petitioners were ready to assist Ministers in their glorious struggle, for the purpose of overthrowing the bareughtnongers. Mr. BENETT presented a petition from Caine signed by the corporation and all the respectable inhabit ants, who expressed their admiration of the plan of Re form, and that they had no doubt it would prevent anarchy and confusion in the country. The Hon. Member presented a similar petition from the householders of Devizes. Ile cordially agreed in the prayer of the petition. Lord G. LENNOX presented a petition from Chi chester, which expressed the greatest satisfaction that his Majesty's Ministers had so nobly redeemed the pledge they had given the country. • Mr. Kielty and Mr. J. SMITH bore testimony to the respectability of the petitioners. Mr. ADEANE presented a petitition from Cambridge,. in support of the measure of Reform. Captain BOUVERIE prcsenteda similar one from Salis bury. He could bear witness to the satisfaction which the plan proposed by Ministers had universally diffused throughout that city. Colonel TRENCH hoped that the House would not be bullied into any fanciful measure of Reform—(Hear) —but that they would decide that question by justice and common sense. The Hon. Member then alluded to the speech of Colonel Jones, at the Crown and Anchor, and also to a speech made by Mr. Hill, an attorney at Salisbury, ' which he describ?d as calculated to promote revolution. Mr. LITTLETON protested against those who opposed the measure, using the term "revolution." He knew that the great county be represented, from one end to the other, was unanimous in their approbation of the plan proposed by Ministers. Sir G. CLERK thought after the speeches of the First Lord of the Admiralty last night, and of the Lord Advo• rate on a former day, that no one could look on the pro posed measure as one to amend and reform the repre sentation of the people, but that it went to alter all the institutions of the country. He was not afraid the middling classes had any desire for a revolution, but he did look on the plan as fraught with danger. Mr. KENNEDY said that the measure proposed by his Majesty's Government, had given the most general and universal satisfaction to the people of this country. There ought be a few persons found who would object to it, but if they came forward With an attempt to oppose it they would find themselves prodigiously overwhelmed.—(Hear, hear.) —According to the infor mation of the Hon. Member, those who denied the greatest Reform were satisfied with this measure—so much for the good sense, proper feeling, and wisdom of the people. —(Long and continued cheering. )--He rejoice! that this debate had been prolonged to the period ja bad—he rejoiced to have heard the opinions expressed in favour of it that had been stated, and he was sure that those opinions would be re-echoed from one end of the kingdom to the other. He was confident that when the resistance to the measure that had been of fered to it in that House was made known to the whole country, the only effect it would have would•be to lot the country to come forthwith ouch an Sir CHARLES WETHERELL could only judge of what the late Mr. ,Huskisson would have done on the . present occasion, had he been alive, from what he had heard him from time to time state in that House, and from what he was reputed to have said ; and in his opinion unless Mr. Huskisson had thought proper to capsize himself, and every political view he had ever entertained or expressed, he must have opposed the measure. So also stood the case with respect to the late Mr. Canning, because unless that gentleman had acted directly in opposition to every thing which he had said on the sub ject of Reform, he never could have approved of bringing forward the present Bill, The very last time Mr. Coi ning spoke in that House on the subject of Par liamentary Reform, be stated that he never would agree to a general measure of Reform. Therefore unless both he and Mr. Huskisson were there, and were prepared to eat up every syllable they had ever said on the subject of Reform, nothing could induce him to suppose but that they would have stood opposed to this jacobi nical Reform Bill.—(Roars of laughter.) Sir G. CLERK said that when the subject of repre senting Scotland came regularly before the House, he should be ready to state what he knew and thought upon it. Though the Honourable Gentleman opposite had said Mr. Huskisson was not the helmsman that would have allowed the ship to have been struck improperly by a destructive sea, yet he was per fectly confident that that gentleman, had he been alive, and steering at this time, he neither would have approved of the conduct of the officers or have assisted the unfortunate crew opposite to have taken a course calculated to swamp and destroy the vessel of State altogether.—(Cheers, and laughter.) Mr. Alderman WAIT [MAN spoke in support of the petition. The Order of the Day was then read. Mr. PERCEVAL rose to offer to :the Bill brougl t forward by his Majesty's Ministers for Parliamen tary Reform, the most determined opposition which was in his power. If the debate had been deferred for many nights subsequent to that, and had he been en abled to catch the Speaker's eye, he would have persevered, and would not have allowed the Bill to lie brought into tl.e House without expressing his honest, determin .d, but constitutional opposition to it. He rose with the firmest, the most undoubted, and unwavering con fidence, that the moment that this Bill. was passed• into a law, the death-blow of the Monarchy of this country was struck.—(Loud cries of hear, hear, and laughter.) He had not the shadow of wavering on the subject; that was his honest and firm conviction; and therefore all his power would be unceasingly employed, in order to defeat the measure, and to check the progress of the Bill. Every Hon. Member in that House knowing the purpose of the Bill, and knowing its tendency, was called upon . for : the sake of the country, for the sake of disabusing the public mind itself, to say all in his power. to counteract this mad and pernicious measure. He was fully aware that he rose to address the House under peculiar disadvantages. He dare say that the Members would believe the truth and honesty of his con viction, but still be was aware that he would he looked upon as the son of a Tory Minister, himself the holder of a sinecure place, and sitting for a close borough, but notwithstanding this prejudice he assured every Hon. Member that his opposition to this measure, however decided and unequivocal, was founded upon the fullest conviction which he entertained of the unconstitutionaln ese and impolicy o(this detestable and frightful measure of his Majesty's Ministers. The Hon. and Learned Member for Dundee had taken upon himself pretty roundly to assert that those Members whose seats in that House were likely to be affected by this measure were in a state which almost incapacitated them for speaking or voting on the measure. Thesesentiments were worthless and impotent in :that House. No man was fool enough to listen to them, but he would recommend that Hon. and Learned Member to be more cautious of his language upon such a subject. He gave the lie direct to such assertions. They were great unconstitutional falsehoods—(Hear, hear).— and he dared all the authority, the Honourable Member believed it was not much himself, but he dared all the au thority in the House ehher to justify or prove them He respected the Hon. Gentleman who lately took his seat in that House. His high reputation, his age (superior to his own), and his distinguished station, as an officer of the Crown, undoubtedly moved him (Mr. Perceval) to treat that Learned and Hon. Gentleman with the greatest personal respect, but when he took upon himself to arlyance in that House positions so untenable and so unconstitutional, he (Mr. P.) would not spare terms sa hick he thought ought to be used in such an occasion. —(hear, hear.)—This measure, so far as be could see, was to be carried by force.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—The Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland bad furnished the House with a definition of a revolution. It was that which might be brought about either by force foreign to the constituted authorities of the country, or by. what went to subvert the joint leading features of the Constitution—the King--the Lords—and the • C onte mons. Now, taking this as a proper definition of the term, he would say that the measure was certainly attempted to be carried in that spirit which meant tl tyi r ipanc e oootl iefy: tli ooyt t peo l ricfalserob.eisradrsagEp:sit:isovdigponaeafuenrioenliitadfdf,hter that i aaere r oldt i t i si unststagreletitte.roaesphddoe,r_ support epef t eano l ep i tortn e i oavcfhrteoetni uoil m ihnahodtd e saaf menaces er a el c uom e oKshfe s e:rriouent cias o hgtoet soo f e.,f lot‘tHn:aeeeesn speech excitedphc ready eeeeh a r aeoct b d s ahp l n ho and he also alluded particularly to the present state of that violent and profligate thing the Daily Press of England.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He • would repeat it that corrupt and unprincipled thing the Deily Press of England. He had been accused of being a blind bigot, blind as he was, he had still sufficient sight left to look about him. With the permission of the House, he would read the language of the Morniny Chroz;iele some years ago, a paper conducted, he ir.u,t say , w i th great teeut. Speaking of the speech of Lord Grey, w h en he said, h e would stand or fall by his order, the Morning Chronicle said that the order of Lord Grey was the main stay and of the Constitution. He wo u ld a l so refer to a prop paper lately established—he meant the Ball ot , which was edited by a gentleman of considerable notoriety and great talent. Speaking of the Reform Bill the Editor said,— " Oh, but this terrible Reform Bill i s to l ead to the full sovereignty of the people, and deprive the Lords of their great power. And what he would ask would be meek more to the credit of the peo ple?, Why should, there be " one law for the la bourer and one for the rich?"--(Loud cries of " Yes, anyw Honourable yes.") This Paper went on to say, t h at " we should be almost inclined to forsake advocating th e cause o f ReforM, if it did not do away with the la of pri Hew if there would ask kne had Mem berrnogeonfiturteh.a"t House, not been for a great length of time a superstitious regard for all its vested rights. H e would ask any one how far the cause of vested rights should be considered at the present , day ? For his own part he considered the throwing down of the vested rights in the manner proposed by the present measure, as having a great re volutionary tendency. The Noble Lord who had brought forward the measure had talked a great deal of the power of the Press, and spoke of what they demanded as their - - • confidence in his Majesty's Ministers; his Ma jes!y concluth s by observing—" You may rest assured that I shall always consider the measures which may be proposed to me, either in my Executive or in my Legislative capa- city, with reference only to their tendency to maintain the honour and dignity of the Crown, to support the true principles of the Constitution, and to promote the union and happiness of my people." - - THE MINISTERIAL REFORM BILL. SPIRIT of the PRO VINCIAL JO URNAL S (From the York Courant.) The development of the Ministerial plan of Parliamentary Reform, made by Lord John Russell, in the House of Commons, on Tuesday last,. and which has engrossed its attention on each subsequent evening, has produced an unparalleled sensation throughout the country. 'lo every sincere friend to his country —to every advocate of wholesome Reform, it has proved a source of much congratulation. We believe it has far exceeded the most sanguine expectations of those who have placed the greatest con fidence in the present Government. It goes, we had almost said, to the full length of probing to the bottom corrupt influence, and purging the House of the representatives of the people of that power which has so long been exerted to neutralize their wishes. Tlve--Bill wholly disfranchises sixty boroughs. Of the boroughs totally disfranchised those in Yorkshire are, Aldborough and Boroughbridge, which will take from the county four Members. Of the boroughs which are to send in future only one each, in this county are—Northallerton, Richmond, and Thirsk, making in the whole a reduction of seven Members. The additions to the representation in this county are, two Members for the county itself, making two for each Riding, in all six; and giving to Leeds and Sheffield two members each ; and to Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, and Wakefield, one each, snaking ten addi tional representatives in the county, from which deduc ting the seven disfranchised, leaves Yorkshire in the actual Possession of three additional representatives. If any of our . readers have ever observed the commencement of preparations" for taking down some old, unsightly ruin, which had long threatened to fall upon the heads of those who passed by it, they would perceive that no sooner did the sounds of the chisel, the mallet, and the axe, begin to echo in its hollow recesses, than they were almost overpowered by the chattering accompaniment of the foul and hateful birds, the screeching owls axd the flickering bats, which have been disturbed from their long and quiet possession of the tottering edifice. The taking down of this rum would form no unapt simile of the opposition to the Reform measure now pending in the House of Commons. All those whose constitutional influence will be destroyed, and their nominees who will thusbe sent to the right about, have opened in full cry against the Reform which would remove for ever the ruins and the dilapidation among which they haves° long sat in violation of the cbvious spirit and constitution of the peoples' representatives. Whilst, however, the interested and the corrupt may rail against Reform both loud and long ; and whilst they may endeavour to excite the . alarms of revolution, of the destruction of social order, and whatever other chimeras dire," their morbid vision may affect to see, the people will hail the plan, as it is in truth, as the only one which can avert those evils which its opponents would have usbelieve will result from it. Were the plan of Ministers to be received or rejected by the honest suftl - ages of the people of England, the weeks' debate would have been spared--every mind would have conceived its fitness, every heart would have exulted at the offer. Whence then arises this strenuous opposition ? From the very fact of the necessity of that Reform it advocates, and the want of that voice in the Senate, which through their representatives, it would give them. In the mean time, how ever while the bontest is pending, whilst the mortal grapple between Reform and corruption is going on,--that people have a duty to perform. It is not their province to stand stiff, and merely vent a faint wish for the success of their cause. They ought to come forward, in numbers, outnumbering all for mer popular assemblages; in zeal outdoing all former enthusi lstiphtiiarctiatl asm ; in perseverance exceeding all former determination; thus ought they to come forward to strengthen the hands of the Go. tsheee guilt. m a seems to tcoileni: theawakened, r y , oetfroirprlkibsu,:wi it vernment, against the mightiness of corruption, and the awful loudness of their firm approval, to shake with a misgiving fear, been n harnessed hel wd are glad to perceive that meetings of this description have already must not be confined to the metropolis---it is the cause of the na. tion, and the nation must take it up --and as a portion of that nation, maintain her chains to the second cliy, by being not long behind on to the first, in a bold, an unequive,!al, and an uncompromising ex pression of her sentiments 01: the occasion. (From the Liverpool Albion.) Ministers, if they have disappointed the hopes of the country on the great subj ect of retrench rnt , have far exceeded the expec w;3l not say the wishes-- o f th e m os t sangu i ne Re still greater—the momentous q u es tio n o f R e f orm tations—w e • f o rmer on the in Parliament. The measure which Lord John Russell, as the organofthe Government, brought forward, on Tuesday evening, io full and efficient. It is complete in all its parts, and nobly ' in re den the pledges which Earl Grey and his colleagues gave to the country when they took upon themselves the direction of ü blie-affairs. The Bill proposes to give to the people of Eng land a direct and substantial, instead of a virtual and shadowy, representation. It is, in short, a second Magna Charts. (From the Stamford Champion.) The Ministerial plan of Reform will be by this time known to all our readers—it is the talk of the whole nation. So noble a plan was never before devised to remedy the abuses in the re. presentation. Meetings are ever y w h ere i n th e course o f b e i ng h e ld to support it. The excellence of the measure is seen and felt by all, and perhaps the best proof of the vast advantages the public may expect from it, is in the character and conduct o those who have yet opposed it. The boroughmongers are moving heaven and earth, or rather earth and hell to defeat it, but their efforts are ridiculously futile. The voice of the people will pre vail. Hundreds of thousands of men it is said will march upon London if the boroughmongers can prevail upon a majority to vote against it. Nevertheless these country reformers will not be wanted. The population of London will be quite sufficient to strike fear and trembling into the hearts of the creeping crea tures who still stick close to corruption. 'What are they? What c an they do ? L et us look at them in detail. (From the Boston Gazette.) .We refer' with triumph to the respectable list of intelligent tradesmen, who have nobly come forward to support the Go vernment in a plan which offers the only alternative to a war of the King and the i people against the boroughmongers. We are supporters p o n f . informed that it s intended to propose an address to his Ma jesty, and petitions t o P ar li ame nt. The Reformers ex ult, and prop er l y, for the measure i s a triumphant one for thei r be classed as revolutionists, whose principles,. even if adopted, must lead to th e h orrors of a continental war , in creased taxatio n , n t c n i e p i l r es in the and R Reformers e opponentsrs are nowon onlythe staunch and misery ; but which principles, should the country feel in dignant at their selfishness, must end in a dreadful convulsion, if not civil war. (From the Caledonian Mercury.) The announcement of the Ministerial plan of Reform has been received in the metropolis, and throughout the country at large, with but one exception of feeling—that of enthusiastic joy and delight, united with gratitude to that bold and upright Ministry, with the noble originator of the plan at its head, and to our most patriotic, liberal, and generous Monarch, who has crowned it with his sanction and approbation. Insthis place, scarcely had our pen given utterance to the recommendation of the same plan, when its adoption was announced (as might be seen in our Saturday's Pap er ) by, the Merchant Company and the Incorpora tion of Hatters, both of which meet this day, the first at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and the latter at half-past six this even ing. A public meeting of the citizens at large, it will be seen, is also sum moned for Wedn es d a y. L e ith a l so me et s , we b e lie v e, this day. This is as it should be. Every town and village t hrou g h out Scotland o ug ht i nstantly, we repeat, to f o ll ow thi s example, and in termission to th e Three Estates of the realm. Never, in the po litical history pour in a t n h c e e r n at dkingdom, and petitions spseot nobleons vi a i p t r h i o z u e th held l out to the longing dciires of (malt% . _ COMMITTEE ON THE ST. MARTIN'S, BIRMINGHAM, BURIAL-GROUND IMPROVEMENT ;11-tl. At the sitting of this Committee this morning Mr. FitSlcell, of Birmingham, whci stated that he apoeared, together with Mr. Edmonds, for the rate , payers, Applied Jim the adjournment of the, Committee for a week, in conseqiiCuce of the indisposition of Mr. Edmonds, on whose great talents hie Opposers of the Bill mainly relied. In making the application Mr. Ittizaitli tlei occasion to state, that on Friday last a meeting took place at the Astice Room In Birmingham, for the purpose of t a king into flirt/Wenn; sideration the opposition to this Bill. Mr. Edmonds and himself appeared as the formal parties at that meeting against the Bill. Tile meeting was most numerottaly attended, he would not say by the wealth of the town, tut by the flctteat and industrious inhabitants of if. At that Meeting himself and lift% Dirrionds were again instructed to persevere in opposing the Bill, arid tear:- lotions were passed deelaring the ectermination of the meetingio oppose the Bill to the utmost as being an improper measure, and one that was calculated greatly to burthen the rate-payers of Birmingham, and the resolutions also returned thanks to 3!essrs. Russell and Edmonds, for the opposition' they had alreatik given to the Bill, and authorised them to go on opposing it till fine Bill was disposed Of. Mr. WHATELEY, who appeared on behalf of the promoters of the Bill, opposed the applicatidil, denying that either Mr. Ed monds or Mr. Russell appeared for the rate.paYers of Binning ham, and contending that before the Committee they could only be considered as principals, the Committee allowing Itrl persona to appear as agents except a Parliamentary agent or a .barrister, at-law. He therefore trusted that the Committee would not accede to the apPlicatiOn,' thereby putting his client s t o a grea t . , • expense. The Comstrervat decided that the pfottlofees of the Bili Were entitled to proceed in order to frame its preamble. the 'object of the Bill was to enable the trustees of St. Marlin 's btitylnttgfeknid in Birmingham, to 'raise an additional sum of money, by in creasing the rates, inn order to pay off incumbrances which had been created under the Afit for enlarging the church-yard of St. Martin's. Those incumbrant'es originally amounted to upwards of 11,0001. ; part had been paid oft, and there remained at the present moment 7,0001., with interest, uniitifildated,. the payment of which was the object of the present Bill. For the Wiz . - pose of improving the church-yard of St. Martin's, "certain por tions of land were bought by the trustees. In order to make the church-yard more complete and better adapted for its purposes, an exchange of land took place between the trustees of the burying ground, and the Commissioners of the! town of Bir. mingham. At the last sitting of the Committee lith:ae discus sion took place as to the insufficiency of this exchange, and Wit. nesses to clear up that point were to be brought forward to-day. Mr. Kempson, a surveyor of Birmingham, proved that one yard more of laud was given in exchange withl the Trustees of the burial ground by the town Commissioners than was received. Mr. Arnold, a solicitor of Birmingham, and vestry clerk, was next examined, and gave evidence to a similar effect. Mr. RUSSELL addressed the Committee. He submitted that the preamble gad not been proved, inasmuch as the best evidence as to the giving and taking of the land, had not been brought forward, that the parties had acted contrary to the Act, and hail exercised authorities which they had no power to do. The pre amble as altered would bear most grievously upon the lower class of the rate-payers in the town of Birmingham, in his opinion, and he conceived it to be the duty of the Legislators to take into consideration the circumstances- of the industrious poor much s more than those of the wealthy. Mr. Russell con cluded by earnestly entreating the Committee on behalf of the rate-payers of Birmingham to declare that the preamble of the Billwas not proved. The parties were ordered to withdraw, and on their re admission were informed by The CHAIRMAN—That the Committee had taind the preamble of the Bill proved. The:Committee then adjourned to to-morrow at one o'clock,'when it will proceed with the different clauses of the Bill. FRACAS at the COLLEGE of SURGEONS. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) The most extraordinary scene took place yesterday in the Royal College of Surgeons that ever occurred there, anti probably one of the most violent measures adopted, and a greater stretch of authority resorted to by the President and Council of the College against the respectable Members of their body, than was ever recorded of the ruling authorities of any corporate body whatever. The circumstances were these : A short time ago an order was issued by the Lords of the Ad miralty, excluding from attendance at the Levees the Surgeons and Assistant-Surgeons of his Majesty's Navy, which has given very great offence to the members of the profession at large, more particularly as it has subsequently been intimated that at no very distant period the army surgeons are to meet with the same fate. On the 14th of last month, just before the annual Hunterian Oration was delivered in the theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons, the members met and passed unanimously two resoltktions ; one to the effect of deeply deploring that such an order had been issued, and the other that the President and Council should. be requested to petition the Lords of the Admiralty that the order might be wholly and immediately rescinded. The latter resolution was delivered to the President in the theatre, who pledged him self to lay it before the Council at their first formal meeting for the disposal of business. A few days ago an answer was re turned to the Members that the Council could not act upon the resolution, "on the ground of irregularity." This answer greatly incensed the Members. At this season of the year a course of lectures is delivered in the theatre.— The tickets of admission to the Members state that the doors shall be opened at three o'clock, and that the lectures are to be delivered on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at four o'clock. Mr. Wakley announced in the Lancet of last week the answer returned to the Members by the Council, and invited the Members to meet in the Theatre yesterday as soon as the doors should be opened, to discuss the propriety (before the time for the lecture to begin) of petitioning either the Lords of the Admiralty or the Lord Chamberlain for a redress of the griev ance of which they complained. The Council, on learning this, published circulars and sent them to the Members, saying that on Tuesday the doors should not be opened till a quarter before four, and that they were determined to use every possible effort for the purpose of preventing the Members publicly discussing the sub ject they complained of, or indeed discussing any other subject in the Theatre. In furtherance of this determination, the Council procured a party of the most powerful bodied Bow street police, and had them in attendance. As soon as the doors were opened, the Theatre was crowded to the utmost excess in every corner instantaneously. Immediately cries for a Chairman were raised, and that as the Council had insulted the members by attempting to prefent the discussion, the discussion should take place, and that there should be no lecture. In the midst of the confusion, the President, followed by the Lecturer, many of the Council, and their solicitor, took their stand upon the floor of the theatre. The Members called out from every part of the theatre that no lecture should take place, nor should any of the Council be heard until they had concluded their discussions. The Bow-street officers were then called in, which doubly infuriated the mem. bers. They were directed to take Mr. Wakley out of the theatre by the President. They advanced to him, and he was immediately clung to by scores of the Members, who unani mously declared with himself that he should not go out, neither should one of the Members be removed from their own theatre until the utmost violence was resorted to. The officers on this refused to lay their hands on any of the members and withdrew. Efforts were again made by the Presi dent and the Council to obtain a hearing for the Lecture, but all proved ineffectual. They then left amidst groans and cheers. Silence having now been obtained, one of the members was elected chairman, and Mr. Wakley addressed the meeting on the subject of the order of exclusion already alluded to.— One or two other gentlemen spoke; and a resolution having been passed unanimously that a petition should be presented by them to the proper quarter, praying for the abolition of the order, the Secretary of the Council was sent to Mr. Wakley, who put a paper into his hand, re quiring him, by order of the Council, to leave the theatre. Mr. Wakley refused to go. The Secretary imme diately afterwards exhibited a placard, calling upon the members to quit the theatre, which only added fuel to the fire. The Bow street officers having got and indemnity from the Council and their solicitor, for any consequences that might fellow their inter ference (without which they refused to act) rushed towards Mr. Wak!ey and some others brandishing their staves, and seizing those gentlemen in the most violent and outrageous manner. Having refused to go out a general scuffle followed, when the officers and an immense number of gentlemen tumbled headlong from the body to the floor of the theatre. Mr. Wakley's clothes were literally torn to ribbons; his coat, waistcoat and shirt were reduced to actual rags. As soon as he was conveyed to the outside of the door he was released, the officers saying they had no charge against him, and he at once gave the last who had hold of bins into the custody of a new police man who happened to be passing near the College at the time. Soon afterwards all the members left the Theatre but subsequently Mr. AVakley appeared at the public office at Bow-street, to prefer his charge against the officers for assaulting him. In the end "(the Magistratessill three being on the bench) refused to hold the officers to bail, but left Mr. Wakley to indict them at the next Sessions, undertaking that the officers should be then forthcoming to meet the charge. The officers stated to the Magistrates .that during the time the examinations were going on, there were from•2oo to 300 surgeons surrounding the office door, and that there could not have been less than from 500 to 700 in the Theatre. This will, of course, bring to issue a legal decision on the question whether the theatre belongs to the Members or to the Council, exclusively of the College. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) It being announced that a lecture was to be given yesterday at the College, and an advertisement having also mentioned that the doors were to be opened at three, and the lecture to commence at four o'cl.-ck, Mr. Wakley, in a number of his Lancet, MU. mated that it would be a good opportunity to discuss the griev ances of the army surgeons, previous to the commencement of the lecture. In consequence of this intimation, the Council of the College issued an order, which Mr. Wakley facetiously ob sarved must have been the composition, not of the Council of the College, but of the Secretary's cook. The crder wa• to the effect that the doors were not to be opened till a quarter before four, in consequence of which an immense concourse assembled on the outside, and the rush resembled that at the pit of a theatre when the doors are opened. The Council and Lecturer having taken their seats, a call was made by one party for Mr. Wakley, and by the pupils for the Lecturer. A great tumult consequently arose between the two parties, which lasted upwards of half an hour, at the expiration of which time the Lecturer withdrew, unable to be heard. Mr.Wakley then began (a ch a irman having been appointed) to discuss the grievances of naval assistant-surgeons being refused admission to his Majesty's levee, and pi:xeeded at great length on this topic, together with that respecting the insult offered to the members. At this juncture Mr. Balfour, the Secretary, entered with a large placard, desiring the theatre to be cleared. This order not being complied with, but hissed and hooted; six or eight officers entered, to enforce . the order, and Mr. Wakley, accom. panied by a large body of gentlemen, were turned out of the theatre. Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Mr. STANLEY are to be (if they are not already) appointed Cabinet Mi nisters—a handsome but by no means disproportioned tai• hute to the abilities which they have displayed on this momentous question of Reform ; and, in the case Of the Right Hon. Gentleman, an acknowledgment of the discre tion and the energy wain which the administration of the affairs of Ireland has been carried on since his acces sion to office. It is not long since we expressed our opi nion that the Chief Secretary and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ought, at all times, to be Cabinet Ministers, and this new appointment of Mr. STANLEY is perhaps the first step to such a valuable improvement in the fraine of the Administration.— Times. Mr. Justice James Parke entered Lancaster on Saturday even; .ing, and immediately protOded to the Castle to open the Conn; mission., His Lordship attended Divine Service Tzterday, ace coMpetixl by the High Sheriff, / 1, Pe Wonky,, • (the first. , Catholic Sheelfr in this county since the passing of the Relief Bill) Mr. Justice tlttledale did not enter the town until yes terday evening. This Meaning the business commenced in the Crown Court, before Mr. Justine Littledale. The calendar con tains the names of feel prisoners, nine of whom are charged with murder, Olsen with rape of the •010 et aggravated cleseripticn. and a considerable number With very extensive forgeries. The Crown Court Seat occupied during the greater pact of the day hi trying cases of friennianghter, which, as is usual in - thite eonnte, make a conspicuous flgt1:1,111 the calendar. _ Mr. Justice*PA RICE presided oft the Civil side. The entryof " causes is the striellest thee has Men kneetee fbr many years (only ninety-six), and Vet: fex of them are likelyto possess much interests Bdtpard Foden, aged 23, Wee incitcted for aiding and assisting . .Toseptl 1.7C3” in killing and slaying 04n - suel Leach at Manchester• on the 12th of espell last. ' • Mr. A NISTRON baying stated the eee for the prosecun tion, said that the Prisonef eeetild have been EitoWit 'to trial at 'the last. Assizes, when Dean end two others *eke convicted el; this ward sentenced to six months' inteeleonment, but he had ale scrinded, nett seas not apprehended until after the Assize;. James Leatli, the bcothcr of the deeceeeti, swore that on the morning of the - filth Of Aiwa last be heard that his brother was . going to fight a pitched Wile with Joseph Dean, neer Atinches ter, and he went to see the figlin When he fret to the field vstsere it took place he sate hie brother inci - ,Dean fighting.— Trie.erisstner and another man, narked Plant, acted as seconds for„tfie de eased, and two men, neetised cip and M'Geary, were Deanne siecende In the course of thebattle, about the 10th round, there Was 4 Cry et' font play nu the part of Dean and the prisoner, amid Plant t e rse hold of deceased and sale they would take him out of the ring, Whielt they did. The other seconds ,t that d o t ' evrfib a e u ge ii:t:zsetoe cea hen sed. a l' i t i t cpd ring he h i n stimo e7 and.oe s: : : t i f t: :l: ,o l : t r i i, l 7 i et: againl h,iolr six r if t again : r e ah : irt i a s o t i t t e hi a t k l t e , : w l e l o e h r i taken n ni :' v g h:;:cih nr thew th.se a second cry that Veen had again acted unfairly by kicking nee that If the fight were not centiened Dean otherhold shouldc:l deceased,seconds hav 3a t hi h da tt stakes. Plent then said "if Leach fights coy more he shall fight for love.atel net for money." The fight was then renewed and continued up to the MI round, when deceased fell senseless, without a blow, and was carried out of the ring by the prisoner and another man, and taken to a .surgeon. .The deceased died on the nith April. The prieoner and Plant-acted as seconds to the end 6f the battle. Cress-e) grditte4 IN Mr. DUNN-The prisoner and my brother were good frieride. I don't think the ptisorter nwett my brother any ill-will. I think they prisoner would serve my brother rather than assist any one to do grits an injury. The eristmer behaved with great kindness to my brother when 'he fell .senselesseand took leen to a surgeon. When Plant said that my brother shount not fight ene longer for money, the prisoner did not say any thing. Tbere were a great many persons present at the fight— above a hundred, The prisoner would have stopped the battle twice, but the other "monde would not agree to it. When the prisoner Wished to stop the fight, my brother did not appear to haft - been much hurt. I did not know that the prisoner was to have anything to do with the fight until I got to the ground in the morning. HENRY Oh LlFil-1 am a surgeon at Manchester, and wis called in by the Corener, on the 14th of April, to inspect the body of the deceased; I intent many bruises upon the head and body: They were such bruises as would be occasioned by falls or blesiee from a fist. Upon opening the body, I found that the vessel of the' brain were remarkably full, and that there was a considerable extrave,sation of blood upon the brain. The lungs were much inflaniedi and there was a. considerable quantity of blood and water within the cavities of the chest ; I attribute 14 death to the injuries sustained from external violence. Cross.examined—l was net present at the fight, and know nothing as to how those bruises Were occasioned ; I attribute the death to the Menses on the head; I do not think the bruises on the body would have occasioned death. Mr. DUNN submitted to his Lordship that there was no case to go to the Jury—there teas no evidence that the deceased had received during the battle any blows on the head, and the evi dence of the surgeon was that the blows on the head were the sole cause of his death. The only evidence that the prisoner acted as one of the seconds was, that he assisted to take the de ceased out of the Ong when he fell senseless, and that on two oc casions he interfered to pot a stop to the battle, and there was no evidence that the prisoner encouraged the deceased to continue the battle, or had given him such advice as seconds were usually in the habit of giving on such occasions. .It was true that all persons who were present at a prize fight were guilty of man slaughter when death ensued, if they encouraged the fight either by si/ente or by taking an active part, but in this case the prisoner was not, according to the evidence, as guilty as the one hundred persons who looked on without saying any thing, for he interfered to put a stop to it. He (Mr. D.) also submitted that there was no evidence to sustain the in dictnient charging the prisoner with " aiding and assisting" Dean to " kilt and slay" Leach, tint on the contrary the evidence was that the prisoner did every thing to prevent any injury - to Leach. Mr. ARMSTRONG was about to reply to the objections when he was stopped by His LORDSHIP, who said he thought there was a case to go to the Jury, as the witnesses swore that the prisoner and Plant acted as secret& to the end of the battle. The prisoner, having been called upon for his defence, said he did all in his power to step the battle, when Dean was guilty of foul play, but that Dean's seconds threatened to ill-use him if he did not allow the battle to continue. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said, that by law all per sons who were present at a pitched battle were guilty of man slaughter when death ensued, and it was not necessary, in order to convict the parties, whether spectators, principal, or second, to prove any malice or ill-will towards the deceased. The Jury . having deliberated for a few minutes, found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy. Mr. DUNN begged to Mention to the Court that the pri soner hail already undergone imprisonment since the 3d of Sep tember last. His LORSHIP said, the Court taking into cOnsideration the recommendation of the Jury, and the length of imprisonment which the prisoner had already suffered, was inclined to pass a lenient sentence. The sentence of the Court was, that the pri soner be imprisoned two calendar months in Lancaster Castle. Benjamin Schofield, aged 27, and Peter Ashton ' aged hi, were indicted, the former for killing and slaving, and the latter for aiding him in killing and slaying John Thomas. • The Jury found Schofield Guilty, and Ashton Not Guilty. Samuel Wheeldon, aged 23, was indicted for killing and slaying his wife Lucy, on the 11th December last, at Manchester. Atter hearing evidence Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE stopped the case, and said it was too slight to go to es Jury, and the pri soner was acquitted. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There are only moderate arrivals of all kinds of Grain. this week. The Wheat trade for English parcels firmly maintains Monday's terms ; in foreign there is little doing. Barley remains as last reported. Beans and Pease are unaltered. There is a fair trade far Oats, at the terms last quoted. Flour unaltered. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English ...« 1,460 qrs. 2,440 qrs. 3,650 fps. 3,1656ack5. Irish . - 2,970 Foreign - - brig. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have a Lisbon Mail this morning, which sailed on the I27th ult. No other arrivals of consequence. THE FUNDS. Tho Funds are exceedingly heavy this morning, in conse quence of an express from Paris, which is said to have brought the French Itentes nearly '2 per cent. lower-52f. 25c. It is also stated that France is on the eve of a war with Austria. It is evident, according to a statement in a French paper, that great activity has been displayed for .irne time past in the War De partment at Vienna, and according to the orders given, the mili tary force is to cons:st of as follows :—ln Italy, 92,KIImen ; in the Germar. Provinces, 90,1,00; in Gallicia, 76,00; total prepare. tions of Austria, 264,000 men. Consols, which lett off yesterday at 751 i for the Account, have receded to 74% 75, ith a gloomy market at present. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. It is reported that the Austrian Ambassador has left Paris. We have seen a private letter by the Express from Paris stating that the fall in the French Funds is not to be attributed to war, but to financial difficulties. It is reported that the French dividend will not be paid. French Itentes, 52f. 20c. 1511111.5 H FUNDS. Ditto, Reduced, -- Ditto, New, 64% s Four per Cent (1826) —. India Bonds, 1 3 Exchequer Bills, 14 16 Bank Stock, India ditto, 202 :3 3 per Cent. Cons. 754 Ditto, for the Acct. 74% 5 3 per Cent. Red. 3% per Cent. Yi 34 FUNDS Greek, 22 4 Mexican, 35% 11% Peruvian, 13% 14% Portuguese, 43 4 Prussian, Rowan, 88% 7 . g Spanish, IF% % Buenos Ayres, . Chikan 2034 21% Colernisian, 15%, 16!4. Danish, ;A!,:, French 5 per Cent—. Ditto 3 per ('ent. 'ALF-PAST ONE. The Funds have continued falling, and Consols have been as low as 74% for the account, which is a fall of one per cent. since the opening price, when they were at 75% ; at present they are 74 .5. A great deal of business has been done. A letter received by the express from Paris states, that the heavy fall of two per cent. in the French Rentes is more attri.. buted to the miserable state of the finance, than a war with Austria. The report current in the early part of the morning, that the Austrian Ambassador had left Pans, is not true. Upon the whole every thing in the City looks very gloomy, and great fear is entertained that peace will Scot long maintained. In the Foreign Market little doing'at present. It is reported that the French Government have it in agitation to make a loan hi the Five per Cents. iTHREE O'CLOCK. Consols, 748 57. FOUR O'CLOCK.-CLOSING PRICES. Consols 75 Danish 57 Ditto for Account 74 Grt ek, 1825 .— Brazilian Bonds.. 56 Mexican, 1825 — Buenos Ayres.... Chißan Ditto .... Columbian, 1844. Peruvian l4 Russian B7 Spanish .. . ... HIS MAJESTY'S LEVEE.--About one o'clock this afternoon the LORD AIATOM and Sheriffs, ia their State carriages, and nearly the whole of the Alder • men, and an unusually numerous body of the. Common Council, in carriages or glass coaches, passed in procession along the Strand, on their way to St. James's, to attend his Maje,ty's Levee, for the purpose of presenting the loyal and grateful address agreed to un inicnonsly at the Common Hall held en Friday last. For the first time this morning the City Police appeared in their new dresses, which are similar to those worn by the New Police force. On the cellar of the coat are woven the city arms, with the letter distinguishing to which district they belong. The letter A representing the first district. Their appear ance is certainly much improved. The wine-trade have been alarmed with an a w p i p n re e h w e o n u s l io d u be th c a t t lar t g b e e d p u r p o o p n os about three weeks ago. No vote f or this batu has y thee t theirad s ci to it c io k t:al duty upon the duty will not take effe ct..—Tit.e.i. passed the House of Cutn inoni c and until Jl. a t s specially d onteaken t FONEIG