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Bible that the iuvitations in these writings might not be wholly ineffectual; and our watchful police sent out on the night of the 30th of April strong detach ments to patrol the roads in our territory; and one of these patrols in fact encountered, on the road to Aschaffenburg, a number of men completely armed and equipped as prescribed in these writings, and though they made a show of resisting with their loaded fire arms, they were arrested and brought hither for examination. There appears to be no doubt that these people, who ale said to be all re sidents in the village of Niederrad, belonging to this city, suffered themselves to be deluded by the writings in que-tion. We shall communicate in due time the re-ult of the investigation. Accounts have been received to-day that one of the distributors of these writings (a Frenchman, it is said) has been arrested near Budingen. He was sent to Gies to for exa mination. There is reason to expect that others, we ate sorry to say Germans, will he soon taken. We received to-day the unexpected intelligence that the differences between the Government and the Assembly of the States in the Duchy of Nassau, respecting the domains, did not promise to end favourably, and that the Duke had been induced to adjourn the assembly sine die. STOCKHOLM, MAY 6.—The scarcity which un happOy afflicts several of o,ur western provinces has attiacterl the attention of the King. Public works on a more extensive scale than usual will be under taken this summer, especially in West Gothl-ind, to employ the poor labourer, and measures are taken 'to employ at Warnenas all who desire to work at abe fortifications. The public 'has been invited to enntribute for the relief of the distressed, and the King and the Royal Family have as usual sub scribed very largely. A Royal re•cript allows the importation, duty free, of 20,000 ions of barley, at Gottenbiirgl;, Uddewallah, W:liberg, and Halm-tadt, fur sowing; -and another ri script prohibits the distilling of brandy from the let of June to the end of September. A fortnigh,'s very dry weatht r caused serious ap• 'prehensions respecting the labours of the farmer; but copious rains have fallen lately, and dispelled those alarms, and all the accounts from the pro- Tinces are favourable. The free people of colour in St. Bartholomew's, } t a t .• ) ;-ig petitioned his ,Majesty to place them in all respects on an equal footing with the whites, his Majesty has for the pe=enr, and as an approxi mation to the complete fu,filment of their wishes, valved is great tvldition to the rights they have .hitherto eni.yed, and the denomination of free ?rople of colour i 3 no longer to be used in offi c i a l documents and :proceeding , .—Hamburg Papers, May 13. " ' HAMBURG, MAY 13.—The following is from the Prussian Stale Gazette of May II : According to intelligence received yesterday from Lemborg, General Dwernicki, with an army of about 5,.500 men, and four pieces of artillery, has been driven ont of Volhyaia by the Russian General Rud;ger, and forced to seek refuge on the Austrian lerrirtily, between Kusiatyn and Brody. General _Dwernicki was obliged to give up arms, ammunition, rand horses, for the purpose of being immediately lhanded over to the Russians, and he and his ad lherents have in the first instance been sent through 'Transylvania to Hungary. :The Austrian Observer to the 6th has given no ititell;jence of Dwernicki's reverses. A Leipsic Paper contains the following : L E mom;o, APRIL 28.—General Dwernicki has been forced to yield to the united force of several Russian corps. After having been beaten on the 18th instant at Boromel, after having lost 11,000 men, in a series of engagements that occupied nine , days, and having been driven 30 German miles southward from the point at which he crossed the 13a-4, nothing remained to him yesterday, but to take refuge, with the remnant of his corps, on the Aus timn -.territory, near Tarnopol. It stems to have been in consequence of the un expected arrival of the Russian army lately stationed in the 'rurkiclu province., that D.vernicki became 'unable to twist the overpowering force brought to ract against him. BORsI7N-lIALLE, Fouß O'CLOCK.—Large supplies of t v;ieat continue to arrive, but there is only a de mand for hot Bohemian samples. Rye has ex perienced a fa, l l in consequence of large gales by auction. During the first six days, il4 cargoes of corn passed the Sound, of uliich 55 were bound to Brit NI), and 23 to Dutch pOrig, Weight Rix dollars. Silesian Wheat .- ,- )fl to 125 135 to 11.1 Anhalt, white ll5 to I.?' lOl to 150 red 117 to 127 110 to 155 Mecklenburgh .-- to -- 9O to 1`...)3 1,064. acs of wheat have been imported, 466 ex pot, ed, and there remains stock in hand about 3,000 lasts. • y e . sterday stocks w ere high, on account of the rise in the French fonds ; but to-day, in con,equence of the reaction at Faris t prices have declined.— Di scout It two p•-r eonk• A .riglo-Danish Loan, 3 per emt ~ 59 , ... . . ........ £B , i A,-,gll Loan Htunburg. It ussian Loan Polish ,Bonds 9O !Austrian Bank Shares 1050 Ditto Metalliques New Austrian 4 per cent. _New Hanoverian 5 per cent E 'clot4o: Reporter. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. I - !ambuYg, s:ay 13 . -13 . 8 N ; Two months, 13. 7q. E erEn Ma"; 1t;. —Three months , b. `2O l / 4 • p etersbUirg h , A yril •>',.--11). 27-3'2. , ~,,,,,,,d x. ,,,, u , y 13.-11.92 3-10ths to 11. 95; two months, 11. fen to WI. 87 5-14_41. .0n the day of the 1.-,Tampshire election, Sir 3.‘.2',1FS MACDONALD, in aildresqug the elective. spoke of one of the late Members (Mr. Fr.vanN., - ,) as being politi cally dead ;" the populace. seizing the idea, forthwith knocked to etlier a decent kind of coffin, with which the paraded tl , e streets of Wine' t ester in mock solemnity for A nnie hours, and in the evening committal the supposed -rbarepcacle of their late Member's political corpse to the Liav,es, ;Inder the windows of the George Inn. A NOISING GRANDMOTHER.—Died, at - '46,4 plain, o n the 9th current, in the 89th year of her a•,4 i.xay Mun3.Aar, having been born in August, 17 42 . g. Her el test daughter was married to a serjeant in the Royal -4„ept, and, after remaining a few )ears in Scot -42d Vet land, thi ',, t ,so.glied for the West Indies along with their younger elsild, • - %454 eliie , -t daughter had been left to the their art iv.il. 'I sfaur. , rantlier, and was afterwards rnutKil4' rate of her . fir ''''''t i 4 the 4ied Royal Perthshire Militia, who -married to a private in Regiment ; she smart li lilt rwise became ser. , /1319, and consequently the it "Bell , Ireland in 1818 of xtursic e if her daughter fell to ' - hu I °L of old MARY, b f . r ' i d : ll"ghter in lir: turn seal gr a ,. ,d,,,,,,ht.r. Thi.. great gra. so m an i, d a private in the Royal Pr.-thhhire M ilitia, w i d y a a g , -at great grand .,,„„ ( =NORGE DOUGLAS, MIK . ,y,.,1 the shelter of her h.:spit:We i T , Of for the o n, hl. l4en aP nontlis of his life. Thus Me.AY his ha, - . 1 four fiat rixteen , aria in her own house alter stir teas thirty generations h . with the exception of her granil-datagh;er, years of ag", soon found her way under her sheltering wh o l'kewitat i d a widow fifty four years ; she had an win g . She hive , and took great pleasure in relating the excellent .--- Menlo." ' Perth Courier • lain of other ye - iitz ',. onday) evening, about a quarter Yesterday (VI , n exceedi n gly dense multitude as past 5 ,.,, en xembled nea r 11,. o'clock, ~, "' of the Bogside, with a drum and `fife, a larg e b anne r a i 't . cribed " Long live the King and Constitution, is'go," eh, and Reform," and bearing on vo l e ante ni, wit , ikra- ':ed hat and belt, r. - itli the words 4 . Q j . % IITIC,, trilt. ~ oplana lanes, th e w." Tie multitude proceeded i n processio n u p the p,„ vt , le, down Cowhog, round by t and Wapping, and down • --l e -street, up 8ridg....,,,r, 70y. '-set -, alter which t, ey entered the gates and P;asbnii"'"'', -h t h e principal 'reet,, pl a y in g 44 F • archeei tart:ll4 ~a, ‘. . A., . go in' , tied tilt near nine, ~., , aw s. day. &c., , i: , 'nog anal groaning alter breght itely. These perambulations tone, l •snt Captain made a full pause at the fa, 'if Co"poration "A i .en thy:* r g ,` Alto . , ' 'ay.. . , ogg t_ eal , to vi . ~‘ where they pr i oef . Elie, a-kenui.i, sump. ,-' vengeance tit. iDie effigy of the ba' : ''''' captive e" d f honour termed ga a. 1 it, on 11 - ... ,5 the gtor o . .„,,,.„ 60 , . a ca.,,,;_nine tails, by a sweep ; in w hi p . , ' V°- ee itti. do t , . - r ed to be some Thestroke o f bitter satire, w. `Ch victim of popular odic. " there see' , 0 fathom. tessgenerally occupied by , were onablL , to th e eminence i „ en boisw‘• „ me d timid the shouts and jeers of tine ' "d e" s " -- : n the w hile playing " 'rhe Rogue's n ano a" - • d bhalre yourself." and persons pre.. 'hue eig ht th " s , --., t o the devil an -rt./ ,fr„,,,tna,. we Lundy, a.. pnpuiT, dirt. tech," and " Th• re Could not be less . scut id Otis LITERATURE. LIFE OF SIR T. LAWRENCE.--2 Vot e . Losnos, 1831. This is a very ent erta i n i ng p i ece o f bi ogra ph y , copious in information, reple e with anecdote, just (for:the most part) in criticism, and penned in an easy agreeable style, though now and then a dash of pedantry occurs in tile shape of new-coined phrase And quaint antiquated epithe.s. The leading merit of the work, however, is its fairness. The biographer is undoubtedly a staunch admirer of the late Presi dent of the Royal Academy, of his moral worth as a man, and his consummate courtly elegance as an artist ; still we do not find that be bedaubs him with any fulsome panegyric, or stations him on a pedestal above his deserts. Sir Thomas is represented to be what every one knows that he was, an accom• plished gentleman, and a first-rate portrait painter. Of his early life we are presented with many curious sad minute particulars, especially of his career while at Bath, when he constituted for a time the lion of the place, though we must confess that these details are , dwelt on to an extent beyond their worth. The second volume is incomparably the best and most readable, and the letters of Sir Thomas Lawrence, of which we have an infinite variety, are extremely interesting, as denoting the charac'er of the man and the critical skill of the artist. Had Mr. Witham completed his memoirs in one volume we think he would have improved them, however, even as it is, the book forms a welcome addition to our stores of biography. We give the following interesting details of the married life of Prince Leopold and Princess Charlotte " Th Princess is, as you know, wanting in elegance of deportment, hut has nothing of the hoyden or of that boisterous hilarity which has been ascribed to he ; her manner is exceedingly frank and simple, but not ru.'ely abrupt or coarse ; and I have, in this little r. sidence of nine days, witnessed undeniable evidence of an honest, just, English nature, that reminded me, from its isnme diate decision between the right and wrong of a sulj-et, and the downrightrwss of the feeling that governed it, of the good King, her grandfather. If she does nothing gracefully, she does every thing kindly. " She already possesses a great deal of that knowledge of the past history of this country that ought to form a part of her peculiar education. " It is exceedingly gratifying to set that she both loves and respects Prince Leopold, whose conduct, indeed, anti character, seem justly to deserve those feelings. From the report of the gentlemen of his household, he is consi derate, benevolent, and just, and of very amiable manners. My own observation leads me to think that, in his be haviour to her, he is affectionate and attentive, rational. and discreet; and, in the exercise of that judgment which is sometimes brought in opposition to some little thought lsssness, he is so cheerful and slily humorous, that it is evident (at least it appears to me so) that she is already more in dread of his opinion than of his displeasure. " Th.ir mode of life is 'toy regular : they breakfast together alone about eleven ; at half-past twelve she came in to sit to me, accompanied by Prince Leopold, who stayed great part of the time ; about three she would leave the painting-room, to take her airing round the grounds in a low phaeton with her ponies, the Prince always walk ing by her side : at five she would come in sit to me till seven ; at six, or before it, be would go out with his gun to shoot either hares or rabbits, and return about seven or half-past; soon after which we went to dinner, the Prince and Princess appearing in the drawing-room just as it was served up. Soon after the dessert appealed, the Prince and Princess retired to the drawing. room, whence we soon heard the piano-forte accompanying their voices. At his own time, Colonel Addenbrooke, the Chamberlain, pro posed our going in, always, as I thought, to di-turb them. " After coffee, the card-table was brought, and they sat down to whist, the young couple being always part ners, the others chancing. You know my superiority at whist, and the unfairness of my sitting down with un skilful pl ; I therefore did not obey command, and from ignorance of the delicacy of my motives, am recom mended to study Hoyle before my second visit there next week, which, indeed, must be a very short one. " The Prince and Princess retire at eleven o'clock."— p. '73-76. " Her manner of addressing Prince Leopold was always affectionate as it was simple ; My love ;' and his always Charlotte.' I told you that when we went in from dinner they were generally sitting at the pianoforte, often on the acme chair. I never heard her play, but the music they had been playing was always of the finest kind. " I was at Claremont, on a call of inquiry, the Saturday before her death. Her last command to me was, that I should bring down the picture to give to Prince Leopold upon his birth-day, the 16th of the neat month •' * " From the beginning to the close of the interview he was greatly affected. He checked his first burst of atTec tion, by adverting to the public loss, and that of the Royal Family. f Two generations gone !—gone in a moment ! I felt for myself, but I have felt for the Prince Regent. My Chat lotte is gone from this country—it has lost her. She was a good, she was an admirable woman. None could know my Charlotte as I did know her ! It was my happiness, my duty to know her character, but it was my delight.' During a shot t pause I spoke of the impression it had made on me. Yes, she had a clear, fine understanding, and very quick.—she was candid, she vas open, and not suspecting, hut she saw characters at the glance—she read them so true. You saw her ; you saw something of us—you saw us for some days —you saw our year I Oh ! what happiness—and it was solid—it could not change. for we knew each other—except when I went out to shoot, we were together always, and we could he together —we did not tire.' ‘• Towards the close of our interview, I asked him if tile Princess at the last felt her danger ?' He said, 'No; my Charlotte thought herself very ill, hut not in danger. And she was so well but an hour and a half after the deli • very ! —And she said I should not leave her again—and I should sleep in that room—and she should have in the sofa-bed—and she should have it where she liked—she herself would have it fixed. She was strong, and had so much courage, yet once she seemed to fear. You remem ber she was affected when you told her that you could not paint my picture just at that time ; but she was much more affected when we were alone—and I told her I should sit when we went to Marlborough House, after her confinement. Then,' she said, •if you are to sit, when you go to town, and after my confinement—then I may never see that picture.' My Charlotte felt she never should." FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY. The present number consists of Francis's well known translation of Horace---a bungling affair, and certainly unworthy of republication. However, it i 3 the only decent translation of Horace we know of. FAMILY LIBRARY, So 21 . Containing an able introductory Essay on the Greek dramatic poets, followed by a spirited trans lation of some of the best plays of iEschylus. LARDNER'S CARINET LIBRARY AND CY CL PCEDIA. Both these works are too well established iii public opinion to need any extended notice from us, we therefore merely observe that they are worthy of (tit tag and industry of their editor. THE METROPOLIT-41V: A very adoilrable first number—in fact, one of the most promising wg have ever seen—remarkably judicious in its choice of topics, and ham in it , mode of waring them. Mr. Thomas Campbell, ,he celebrated poet, is tine avowed editc_r of this Magazine, ond contributes an intelligent paper on ge tgraphy. DIVINES of the CHURCHof .JIYQZ.4ND• VoL. VII.—LONDON, 1831. This is, if not the most valuable, decidedly one of he rn rst valuable, pi cloclern compilations. None hut the best and soundest Divines are selected for re,-publication, so that the reader may be sure that he matter and the doctrine are both sound. The present volume contains the writings of Dr. Barrow, the favourite author of George LIBRARY OPT HE FINE ARTS— SPORTING M 4 GAZINE. T w o useful walks itt their way, though posseAs• i ng pp very striking attraction for the genpral reader. ROXBURGSIIIRE.-JEDBURGII, MAY M. TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUN. SIR,COMYIViIIg it to be an incumbent duty every man owes to the public at large to expose a set of wren who, devoid of all sensibility and shame, re.ort to the most shabby tricks to prolong a system of corruption and infamy under which this nation has groaned fur nearly 150 years, for this purpose I have to request you will give priAcity to this letter. Notwithstand , ng the indefitigable exertions made by the Anti-Reformsrs, the germs of Reform are dissemi nated through every quarter of this country, and ere long it is londly tru , ted the cheering sounds sill be heard in every village and hamlet from this border to John o'-Groat's House. In Howick, a populous and manufac turing town of this district, the people have met of late in large bodies, and Jeri aro! their sentiments in favour of die Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the 1-1,11;" at the same time expressing their detestation and contempt Of those men who wi s h t o continue to prey, a s t h ey h ave hitherto done, like locusts irpon the blood and vitals of the nation. In the close burgh of Jedburgh, where the people are under the direct influence of corrupt rulers, placards appear every mo rn i ng u pon the conspicuous parts of th e Town-hall, calling up o n the inhabitants, as they value every blessing, to rally round King William, th e d ar li ng of his people, and support him and his judicious advisers in the truly great and patriotic measure of R-form. In short, every town of this part of the country is almost unanimous in favour of the important measure; and it may be confidently asserted, that at a singe nod from the Monarch who now fills the throne, "fifty thouund swords would leap from their scabbards" in execution of his commands. I shall now give you a specimen of what the Anti- Reformers are capab'e of performing. On Saturday last the first number of the enclosed Miscellany was banded to the bocks,dlers of Jedborgh and the neighbouring towns of Howick and Kelso, for sale. As soon as this was whis pered about the town, the whole gang was in the utmost consternition. They immediately laid their wise heads together, and resolved, if possible, at any rate, to prevent its further circulation, anal crush the work in its infancy Is order to accomplish this honourable design, they waited upon several of the booksellers, who are unfortunately de pendent, and prohibited them from selling any subsequent number of the work, under the pain of their high dis pleasure and the withdrawal of their patronage. One of the booksellers, owing to his dependent situation on these wretches, has been forced to comply with the above Alge rine mandate. Now, Mr. Editor, it was only a few weeks ago that this sordid and interest e d faction widely dispersed, gratis, in the border countiEs, "An Address to the Scottish Landed Proprietor■," in which they attempted to show that all the advantages of representation have been reaped most abundantly under the present system. But what causes this malicious and vindictive interference to assume a blacker dye is, that I am assured the individuals hold high officiol situations in this county under the present Government !! ! In fact, the highest leg d functionary in this county is moving Heaven and earth against the success of the Bill. But, oh ! for one hour of lord John Russell's Bill to gag their mouths in eternal silence ! It is not by talent, weight of public property, or public confidence, that the functionaries of this county have won their way to power. There is nit a ma❑ among them whose name would ever have been heard of, save for the all-powerful force of influence in Scotland,----neither would the annihilation of the whole group occasion the smallest sensible chasm in society. There is evidently nothing which could raise such men to power, or sustain them in it, but the influence which mere office gives : which works like the steam-engine, by the quantity of fuel that feeds it, without any dependence on the skill of the workman's hands. With these remarks, I remain, Mr. Editor, Your most obedient serrant, AN OUT AND-OUT REFORMER• At the QUEEN'S Drawing-room, on Thurs day, which was most numerously attended, whilst the distinguished persons were rapidly passing the throne, and when L”rd BROUGHAM, in his turn, had made his obeisance, the Kisa said, is rather a loud tone, " My LORD CHANCELLOR, will you dole a favour ? Will yon ask the Judges and some of the leading barristers to dine with me? Make the day compatible with their con venience; but I request that it may he soon." Lord BROUGHAM bowed acquiescence and passed on. THE EARLDOM OF MUNSTER.—On the ac ceAsi,n of his MAJESTY to the throne, the title of Earl of MUNSTER, which, as Duke of CLARENCE, he enjoyed in the Irish peerage, merged in the Crown. A point was then rained whether the title, having thus become extinct, was to be deemed one of the three Irish peerages which must become lost by extinction before the Crown can create a new Irish peerage. The question is set at rest by the creation of the Earldom bestowed upon Colonel FtrzcLa- RENCE. It is understood that the Noble Eirrs father-in law, Lord EGREMONT, has settled all his disposable pro perty on him, in order the better to support his dignity. The manor of Wymondham, from which the EGREMONT fam lv derives its name, has been settled upon the Ea!' and Countess of MUNSTER. THE MARQUIS or ANGLESEA.--We lament to state that his Excellency continues to suffer acute pain from his recent attack from tic douloureux. His Lordship is so severely affected as to be compelled to com municate his sentiments, in writing, to those about him. His Excellency is at present staying at the Park. and we trust we shall be able spec lily to announce at least some mitigation of his extreme sufferings.—Dublin TimeB. We have to congratulate the empire on the glorious fart, that in Tipperary Kerry, Clare, Limerick, Waterford—immortal Waterford! Cork, Kilkent.y, Carlow, Wicklow, Dublin, Wexfot d, Meath, Louth, Kildare, the King's County, the Queen's County, Galway, Mayo, Rua. common, Antrim, Armagh, Londonderry, Down, and Donegal, there will be none lint Reformers, supporters of the Bill, elected! In Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Longford (we hope), Westmeath, and Monaghan, there will hr one Reformer returned from each, and if there were candidates, we have no doubt but that the corruptionists would be totally rout , d in these counties. In Fermanagh and Tyron e alone are the 'Lilies victorious.—Frecman's Journal. ST. PANCRAS REFORM MEETlNG.—Yes terday morning a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of St. Pancras was held at Mr. Fatß- LrE's spacious premises in Augustus-street, Cumberland_ mat ket, Regent's-park, to take into consideration the pro priety of voting a grateful address to his MAJESTY in tes timony of admiration of his patriotic conduct in referring the great measure of Parliamentary Reform to the sense of his people. HENRY REVELL, Esq., in the c hair. The meeting was addressed by Colonel JoNEs, Mr. 13LakgMAN, Mr. STA LLWOOD, and several other able speakers, and an address of gratitude to his MAJESTY, founded upon several resolutions, was unanimously agreed to amidst the most rapwrous applause. Messrs. 131-NG and Huste, the county Members, were rvquested to present the address to the KING at the next levee. Thanks were voted to the Chair man, and the meeting dispersed. In some parts of' Ireland a duel is considered a neces , ary part of the proceedings at an election, quite as much so as the erection of the hustings., or the reading of the writ. We have heard of a borough where, sonic veers ago, the returning officer, a lover of sport, always, on the approach of an election, took care to pr ov id e duel ling pistols, with quantum stiff: of powder and ball, which w e re deposited in a chest, regularly labelled, and 'Axed in a conspicuous situation in one of the poll-booths, for the accommodation of the candidate. and their friends. The pugnacious spirit of Iri-lunen seems to have been in creased rather than diminished of late years ; and it may b e a question for Earl GREY and his colleagues, whether t clause should not be introduced in the Irish Reform Bill, providing that, in certain cases, arid under certain circumstances, the ceremony of taking votes should be dispensed with entirely, and the representatives returned by " wager of battle." " THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN. " —There was in the last Parliament a p irty of Enelish county Members, who ea!d-d themselves " the country gentlemen." It consisted of nearly 50 individuals; some few wlic , e principles aeenrd e ith theirs being admitted to enrol themselv e s, altho not actually coursty Members. This ~ a rty met during ie s itti ngs o f P ar li amen t t w i ce and 48 tv thrice a week to deliberate on the part which, as a body, they should adopt and act upon in politics. anti their u-ual places of assemlly were either 4t Sir E. 1 4 :NATc.ttauLL's, Lord CitaNnos's, or Sir RICHARD VIWYAN'S. It was this party which in a great measure, by their opposition, up' set the Duke of WELLINGTON'S administration, which planned and prompted Sir IL VYVYAN'S amendment, and which advised General Gasconnes celebrated amend inent, that terminated so unluckily for them in the disso lution of Parliament, and the consequent defeat of all their plans. Of this party, so influential a few weeks since. here will be in the next Parliament, at the very utmo 4 , not more than six or riven Members—via., Lord CITANDOS, Lord MANDEVILLE, Lord G. SOMERSET, Lord I tec ESTRIF, two of the Lowritrita, and the WyrrNs. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ELECTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) At the Owe of the poll ytsterclay (Monday) the Mem. hers were Althorp - - _ . 2,447 Milton - - . 1,928 - Cartwright - 1,795 . . Knightley - 1,279 - . Lord ALTuostr, in expressing his thanks for the support they had given him, said he did so with the greater plea hure as he considered it to amount to an expression of their approbation and support of the measure introduced by his Majesty's Ministers.—(Cries of " No, no," succeeded by much louder and more general cries of " Yes, yes.") Some persons said no, hut why then had be been supported in the manner he was ? It was known that he had been fur years the advocate of Reform. It had been industriously circulred that it was the intention of Minia,ers to make great alterations and modificatior.s in the Bill He dis tinctly denied that such was the fact. Ministers were determined to admit of no alterations which could in the slightest degree affect the plain and simple principles upon which the Bill was founded Having brought forward the me ,sure, after the best consideration, and finding it approved of from one end of the kingdom to the other—, (Cries of " No," followed by energetic shouts of " Yes yes")—they would not now desert that cause which had gained them the approbation of the whole country. He mentioned thus much because he was anxious to disabuse the freeholders of the rumour which had been industriously circulated, that it was the intention of Ministers to greatly alter the Bill. Mr. CARTWRIGHT said, he had again to thank them for their exertions, and were it not that they had sent back that day many of his voters upon copious and foolish objections, he should have been much higher on the p.. 11. There were now no less than four hundred votes undecided in the Assessor's booth, of which, at least, one hundred and thirty were fir him ; awl, when to those were adddrd the number yet unpolled, he felt himself p.r fectly justified in continuing to keep open the poll. In this unexampled contest, in which be was opposed by the in. fluence of two Peers, he was determined to give the county a full opportunity of expressing what were its opinions on the subject of Reform, and from the number already polled, whatever may be the issue, it was clear that a most numerous awl respectable portion of the county was opposed to the measure. The Bill, if pa-sed, would open a door to fraud and duplicity. There h.d been a great deal said about the large sacrifices made by certain Peers in giving up their boroughs, but it might b,• very convenient to Earl Fitswilliain to resign Higharn Ferrars, if by so doing he could m ike a borough of that county; and as to the Marquis of Cleveland, he was to be made a Duke in a few days. Sir C. KNIGIITLEY said that county presented an ex ception to the conduct pursued in most others, for there was a feeling of independence in it which no power on earth could quench. Their answer to the appeal of Mi nisters Was a relaonse of indignation at this iniquitous measure. If it were true, that in the event of their find ing a majority of the House of Lords against them, it was the intention of Ministers to create new Peers- in order to force this Bill, then he would Fay the Ministers were traitors to their country.--(Loud expressions of indigna tion, and cries of "It is you who ate a traitor.") No, he was loyal, and was trying to preserve the Crown in spite of itself and its evil advisers. The Hon. Mr. WENTwoaTir observed, that if ever they had seen, as be had done, a salmon when first hooked, and when it was possessed of all its strength, they would know that it would lie perfectly quiet; but when its strength wus becoming nearly exhausted, it would sud denly jump up in the air some seventy yards, and then fall back quite dead. Such was nearly the case with their opponents, they had jumped up the other day, and now they lie lifeless. They had been told that there were a great many votes yet undecided before the assessor, and he was glad there was, for from all he could see or hear he be.ieved a majority of them would be decided in favour of his father. The Hon. Gentleman had complained of the captious objections taken against his voters, but if he had looked around he would have found quite as many cap tious objections on the other side. The Hon. Gentleman had talked of a relation of his wishing to make a borough of that county. Now, if the independent interest was so great and so strong as the Hon. Gentleman himself said, he should like to know how this would be possible. In conclusion, he thanked them for their support of his father. The following spirited address by Lord Althorp to the freeholders of the county of Northampton, in reply to the calumnious attacks made upon him, was pubished last night : " An article in the John Bull newspaper, partly copied from the Albion, has just been brought under my notice, whict makes a severe, and, I admit, a plausible attack upon my conduct. I feel it, therefore, due to my charac ter to state the facts of the case as far as I am concerned, leaving it to the public to judge whether I am liable to the imputations contained in this attack. " The first fact stated is, that I wrote to Mr. Cartwright a letter, which is quoted ; this fact is true. The second fact sta , ed is, that Lord Spencer's tenants have been can vassing for more than three we, ks previous to lost Wed nesday or Thursday for Lord Milton ami myself. This is not true. I defy any man to prove that any of Lord Spencer's tenants did canvass for Lord Milton and myself previous to the 6th of May. It may be true, though I do not know that it is, that two of Lord Spencer's tenants, without my knowledge or authority, asked some persons in their respective neighbourhoods to reserve their second votes ; but in no one instance did any tenant of Lord Spencer mention the name of Lord Milton previous to the 6th of May, the day on which he was proposed. The third fact stated is, that Lord Milton an] myself are bosom friends. This is perfectly true ; but it does not follow that we are in the daily habit of communication and cor respondence, anti it does happen that at the time just about the Dissolution of Parliament I had no communication with Lord Milton, and he never mentioned to me any thing that he was doing respecting the election for this county. I was, therefore, entirely ignorant that he was using any means to produce a contest in the county which I represented. " The fourth fact stated, is, that a card was issued on the 4th of May its: my name, canvassing for myself, and stating that Lord Milton was to be put in nomination ; of this card I never heard till Sir Charles Knightley showed it me on the day of election ; it was printed at Peter borough, forty miles from where 1 was, without my autho rity and without my knowledge. " I will now state the different steps which I have taken on this occasion. On Friday the 22(1 of April, the day of the prorogation, or possibly the day previous, I wrote to Captain Spencer, who was in Northamptonshire, to desire him to tell Sir Wm. Wake, Mr. Bouverie, and Mr. llaribury, that a dissolution of Parliament would imme diately take place ; in this letter I said nothing more whatever. I received an answer front Sir Wm. Walte . by return of post to say that this county was so equally divided in political opinion, th tt he did not think another Whig candidate could be proposed with any probability of success, and that we were also all living on such terms of intimacy with Mr. Cartwright, that it would be very dis agreeable to do any thing hostile to him. lie stated also that Mr. Bouverie, and Mr. Ilanbory entirely agreed in this, and that Mr. tranbury had been applied to, to stand, but had refused. I answered him immediately that I en tirely agreed with them in opinion as to the state of partie s in this county, and that I had no wish whatever to disturb Mr. Cartwright. It was on the receipt of this letter from Sir W. Wake, an d in answer to a note from Mr. Cartwright, proposing when the days of nomination and election should take glare, that on Monday th e 2 5th of April I wrote the note to Mr. Cartwright, which has been ref, rred to as forming the grounds of a charge of duplicity against rite. I have d wa ys considered Sir Wm. Wake, Mr. Bouverie, and Mr. Hanbory, as my principd ftiends and supporters; and although, undoubtedly Lord Milton is so also, it never occurred to me that he hat been doing any thing fur the purpose of producing an opposition to Mr. Cartwright, excepting pt:rhaps the application to Mr. Hanbury, which 1,, Sir Win, Wake's letter I knew would nut have any ( K ee . In the meantime, the freeholders of Welling. borough signed a paper, sating their resolution to sup ine, and any oth er candidate of my political opinions, f expence. M r . 'Hil l sent me these resolutions, ‘ P i ee h t ic fm h ro were signed on the 25th or 26th, and which were pt ' in the Northampton Paper, a n d I t hi n k 1 re ceived them on the 27th. I wrote to Mr. Hill in reply, that I had no right or wish to interfere in the selection of a colleague to myself; that all I asked for was, that the freeholders should re-elect me. I afterwards received similar applications from Kettering, Long fluckby, and I believe Tuwces'er, to which I gave similar answers. At tie end of that week, the (lay before I left town, I heard a rave,: that Sir J (met Laugh (in was ready to offer himself fur the county. I immediately stated that I did ❑ot think he would succeed Übe ; and that I knew my principal friends did not wish for any opposition to Mr. Cartwright. As a Pon as I c-itne into the county, I found a strong feeling of excitement prevailing, and a great wish that some candidate should be brought forward; undue these cireuinst , noes, thinking it very possilile that some one would be proposed on the day of nomination, and that a contest would consequently arise very suddenly, I wrote to Lord Milton, via Monday the 2d of May, to ask hin, to whom I ought to apply at Peterborough, in order to bring up the freeholders in my interest in that part of the county, in case a contest should suddenly arise. But I did not ask him t , , take any one single step towards a canvass, or preparations in any way for a contest. Lord Milton, however, besides giving me the answer to the question which I asked him, told me, that upon the receipt of my letter he had written to Dr. Skrimshire, of Peterborough, to form a committee, and this committee, I find, again ex ceeded his instructions, and printed, and perhaps circulated the card on the 4th, to which allusion has been made. " On the day of nomination, the 4th of May, I found that there was a resolution to propose Lord Milton as a candidate. I used every effort in my power to prevent this being done, and succeeded in my endeavours; but in doing this I offended many of my mast zealous supporters so much, that several of them who usually have honoured me with their company at my election dinners, absented themselves from my dinner on this occasion. After the county meeting for the nomination had ended thus, I con cluded thst there would be no contest; and on the next day was surprised to find, on my recurs home from riding, that a letter, not indeed of a very encouraging description, had been received from Lord Milton, and that it was de termined by some of the freeholders, over whom I had no controul whatever, to propose him. " These are all the circumstances of the case in which lam concerned. When the contest arose, and when a great political principle was thus put at issue, I had no choice but to contend as eagerly as I could. " I said I admitted the statement against me in the John Bull to be a plausible one, but if any one thinks that there is any improbability in the statement which I have now made, I ask him does he not think it much mere im probable that with the opinion as to tlie state of parties in this county which I expressed in my private letter to Sir Wm. Wake, with the knowledge that my principal sup. porters wished that no opposition should be made to Mr. Mr. Cartwright, I could have any desire to provoke a con test, to put my own seat in some degree of hazard, and cer tainly to involve myself in a great and unnecessary expence. I have the honour to b ,, , Gentlemen, Your most obedient and bumble servant, Northampton, May 16, 1831. ALTHORP. DOWNPATRICK, MAY 14. (FROM A coititasPONDENT.) The interest excited by the contested election for the county of Down is deepening as the struggle draws towards a close. The greatest exertions are making on both sides. One thing, however, is perfectly evident, that if there were anything like freedom of election in the county, Mr. Crawford would he returned by a majority of six to one. But this is far from being the case. The most unjustifiable means are resorting to, short of bribery. to effect the return of Lord Castlereagh. His Lordship has had recourse to the trick of awakening the dormant feelings of pat ty. When it was found necessary to carry Catholic emancipation, and he had the inducement of place to put common sense into his head, he was must elo quent, and even enthusiastic, in lidding up the purity of the Established Church and its ministers, as the only effectual bulwarks of that institution. " If," said he, " the Protestant Cliutch stood not on her ow❑ defence— if she did not rest on the character of her ministers, and upon the purity of her doctrines, she was ❑ot worthy of those exclusive privileges which some of her anxious sup porters had allotted to her " Such were his liberal senti ments in 1829. In 11-431, when even the timid a, be coming bald, and the Tories are anxious to take shelter in the ranks of Reform, this young Lord ventures to oppose liberal opinions. This, in the present instance, is easily accounted for. Ile became perfectly aware that his con duct in voting against R , -form had rendered his pohticai character odious to the people and he look ,d about how st he might excite a re-action, in his favour. To effect this, he cared not for respecting principle; and, though the sentiments to which I have above referred were before the world, lie had the hardihood to raise the " NoPopery" spirit ; to pronounce that Reform would destroy our '• Monarchy and religion," and to declare, that the same Catholics whom he praised so unreservedly are now to he viewed as the enemies of the State. The scheme, how ever disreputable, has produced considerable effect ; and, in some instance., lie was able to poll all the Ptotestants on an estate, whilst Catholics to a wan supported the Re form candidates. Besides this, the remnant of the al Tory squirearchy played the very despots with their te nants ; and all the terrors of bailiffs and agents were brought into full play. Notwithstanding there outrages against honesty and justice, the spirit of the truly inde pendent men of the county his borne them proudly up in the contest, the issue of which still remains doubtful. This, to some English readers, will seem but slight cause of congratulation, compared with the glorious example of independence which they have themselves exhibited or witnessed, and which have already settled the contest be tween the Reformers and the borough faction. But I can assure them that, circumstanced as this county has been, the honest men of it are entitled to high praise, and the effott made by them must have the effect of removing much of the odium that cannot bat fall upon it for the support already given to the Tory candidate. I was yesterday unable to write you the state of the contest. I shall now mention, in a very few words, the principal occurrences since my last. I mentioned that, on Thursday, up to post hour, the majority for Mr. Crawford was increasing. At the close of the day it amounted to 81. Yesterday immense efforts were made; and Lord Castlereagh gained rapidly on his opponent. In the even ing the gross poll stood as follows Lord Arthur Hill - - 1447 Lord Castlereagh . 873 Mr. Crawford - 817 This (Saturday) morning the parties came forward with a determination to contend to the last. The forces of Mr. Crawford were more vigorous than yesterday evening; and up to this time the majority remains pretty nearly as it was last night. I fear Lord Castlereagh will be successful. The election will, I believe, not terminate till Monday; and to-morrow will enable the contending parties to mus ter all their forces for the last struggle. The Paris letters announce a rise of full three per cent. iu the French funds on Saturday, for which the reasons assigned are, that the Bank of France has agreed to pay up the instalments on tke new loan ; and also the belief that the perplexed state of affairs in Belgium was about to be brought to a close by the electio❑ of Prince LEororm to be King of that country. Combined with these causes, the French Government is said to have established better prospects of peace in every quarter of Europe likely to call for its interference. The Paris letters, however, do not all agree in giving this explanation of the rise in the funds, but some of them ascribe it to adroit management on the part of M. CASIMIR PERRIER, whose popularity is, as they contend, daily threatened with a re verse. One thing is certain, which is, that the Minister could not possibly have produced all this effect front his Own means solely, but must in a great measure have had the monied interest with hint. Whether that suKtort will enable him to stem his political difficulties also, re mains to be ascertained. The rise of the French funds, from their lowest point of depression, is now more than 20 per cent.— Times. ROUNDHEADISM REDIVIVUS-THE MAR QUIS OF LONDONDERE.Y TUKNED CItOMWELLIAN.-A pleasant story is in circulation respecting this illustrious Nobleman. It is said that at one of his interviews with HEPBURN, the !eider of the pitmen in their contest wiri the coal-owners, and, we believe, a Ranier preacher, the latter observed that he never entered upon the considerati , of important matter,, like that in dispute, without fir. , praying to God to give him right direction; a nd lie in sisttd upon their otTerin , up a supplication to the Deity. for sae guidance, bcfore the conf erenc e begat. he Nublt t:i e l p with al o, s s ee t , i c. by him, that the ith is i brother tler n Marquis, it is said, piously joined in the actroomf aprhaayewri. hill !int it doests not appear that he , at an y rate, " ought thi Lord s e ems, alsahe• 'ie' ' to have cont. n from coal-owners, b his conductin the affair.—Durhatn Chronicle. PUBLIC ENTRY OF NIR. O'CONNELL INTO KERRY. (From the Tipperary Frcu Press ) On Monday Mr. O'Connell, ar,ompanied by Mr.' W. McSwe e ny and Mr. W. J. O'Connell, entered Tralee. Mr O'Connell was met at Abbey I) aley, even miles from Italee, by the trades and 300 gen tlemen on horseback, and at least 150 in carrages and other vehicles. On the arrival of Mr. O'Con nell in the front of the procession the air was rent with shouting and applause, which was responded to from the neighbouring hills. He then mounted a chair, most elegantly trimmed and tastefully de corated with orange and green silks, surmounted by a figure of Hope; the mottos in gold letters were not the least attractive of its embellish ments. Here he addtessed a few words to the assembly; but his feelings overcame him, and he sat down, and the procession moved on. De scription would fail short of reality in attempting to giae an idea of the sight which here ;mese-Wed itself. The trades had an entire set of new colours (painted for the occasion), which had a most imposing effect, and those of them who were not " colour bearers," woie wands and laurel; each gentleman on horse back had a wand, from the top of which hung an orange arid green ribbon. The gentlemen in the carriages had the same, projecting from the carriage windows; and the peasantry, and others, carried beautiful broad-leaved green bows—so that the caval cade, which now consisted of 20,000 persons, as it moved along, resembled something that might have been related in fable, rather than anything in reality, that we have seen in this part of the country. His brother, John O'Connell,of Grena, Esq. sat with Mr. O'Connell on the car. On entering Tralee, at the Rock, there was a triumphal arch, encircled with wreaths of gold, with the motto " Ceadmelafaultharonght," and a chain across, which Mr. O'Connell cut with a sword, handed to him for the purpose by Mr. Wm. John O'Connell.—(Here was long and loud cheer ing, followed by a volley of musquetry from all parts of the town, and responded to from the neigh bouring hills.) The procession then passed Dayls'- place, round by the Assembly-mall, where another triumphal arch had been erected, tastefully deco rated with orange and green, containing the words— .. This is my own, my native land." At this state of the proceedings the procession had a " fair spell" appearance, owing to the waiving of handkerchief-, otange and green sashes with different mottos worked in letters of gold, stream ing from the windows, or archly displayed by the bewitching and fascinating daughters of "Kerry's own kingdom." Here, too, Mr. O'Connell was much affected—the words, " This is my own, my native land," burst upon him, and he could not but give vent to his feelings, which he did, by placing, first, his hands upon his heart, and afterwards extending them, and looking to wards Heiven. At the corner of the Mall the procession halted, ranging right and left, and open ing a passage in the centre for the cars to pass through. The trades, with their colours formed a sort of canopy, or arch, under which the car passed, and every person with his hat off saluted the Libe rator, in solemn silence, as he passed through, close to the house of his niece, Miss O'Connor. He alighted at the Chamber of Commerce, from the balcony of which he addressed the meeting at some length. The trades afterwards paired off to their rtspective homes. From the Chamber of Com merce Mr. O'Connell went to the house of Miss O'Connor, where he and a numerous party spent the evening; and where he and his Committee entered into arrangements for hie election. At an early hour on Tuesday morning, Mr. O'Connell returned by Listowel to Limerick, from whetice he immediately set off for Thurles, by Ne nagh, where he was met by thousands from the in terior of the county, try whom he was cheered. From Nenagh to Thurles the same crowds conti nued to press upon him. He addressed the pea santry at different places, advising them to peace and a due obedience to the laws and constituted autho rities. THE LIBERATOR IN THURLES. About nine o'clock on the evening of Tuesday, Mr. O'Connell made his public einry into Thurles. accompanied by Mr. Stephen Eg,,m, of Rasrrea, The greatest anxiety was evinced previous to his arrival, by the various rerpeciable depu tations from Clotimel, Tipperary, Cashel, Car rick-on-Suir, Feathard, Templemore, Roserea, &c. &c , assembled on that day in Thurles, for the purpose of offering him such support as would effect his triumphant return for this county. After the Liberator had addressed the immense multitude in the street from the balcony of he Market-house, he entered the large Assembly room, is here a splendid dinner was laid, served in Mrs. Boyton's best stile, and to which about 150 gentlemen sat down. J. Roe, .Esq. of Roesborough, presided. Coons .11or Fogarty and N. Maher, Esq. were the Vice-Presidents. Mier the cloth was drawn the Chairman gave,—The People, the King, the Royal Family, &c. &c., which were drank with due honours, and after a very eloquent preface, he gave the health of the Liberator; it would be impos sihle for us to convey an adequate idea of the enthusiasm winch was manifested by the meeting, or of the surpassing eloquence of Mr. O'Connell in returning thanks and in bidding !are well to Tipperary—it was on the whole one of the most interesting and affect ing of incidents, in the course of an address , in which eloquence, poetry, and the best feelings of the heart strove for mastery, he took occasion to pass on Messrs. S. Egan of Itoscrea, and N. Maher of Thurles, a high and merited eulogium for their patriotism ; to the former gentleman he attributed the first invitation he received from this county. Mt. O'Connell appeared fatigued, retired early from the meeting, and left Thurles next morning for Kerry, for which county his return is secured. DISTURBANCES IN CLARE. In consequence of the disturbances that unhappily exist in some districts in the counties of Clare, Gal way, Roscommon, and Tipperary, the following pro clamation appeared in the Gazette of last night : " ANGLESEY. " Whereas, by an Act passed in the 54th year c4' reign his late 1114-sty George the Third, entitled Act to provide for the better execution of the taws in Ireland, by appointing superinternliN magistrates and ad d.tional constables in counties, in certain cases,' it ie amongst other things enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the Lord-Lieutenant, or other chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, for the time being, by and with the advice of the Privy Council of Ireland, to declare by proclamation, that any county, county of a city, or county of a town in Ireland, or any barony or baronies, or half barony or half baronies in any county at large, to be there in specified, is or are in a state of disturbance, and requires or require an extraordinary establishment of police. " And whereas it bath sufficiently appeared to us, that the county of Clare; the baronies of Leitrim, Longhrea, Athenry, Clonmacowen, Longford, Kilconsell, Killyan, Ballymoe, and K'ltarton, in the county of Galway ; the oaronies of Moyearne and Athlone, in the county of Ros common ; and the baronies of Upper Ormond and Lower Ormond, in the county of Tipperary, are in a state of di.turbanx, and require extraordinary establishments of police. _ _ . " Now we, the Lord Lieutenant, by and with the ad vice of his Majesty's Privy Council, by virtue of the said Act, and the powers thereby vested in us, do by thin our i p i ro ro cla ni % ononf Leitrim,ifi.lae that g t i l r e ea s , a i , ( 1 1 t c h o e t u i r n y ty , c o Clare ac( ; )w t e l n i n 1 3 , dlyinoe, and Kilt a rton, in ; 11Y t a hebaroni e s o f Ill o y carne no d Athlone. and the baronies of Upper Ormond and L ower Orinond, in the county of Tipp racy, ale in a st a t e o f disturbance, and require ex traorlinary esiabli s h inents of police. " Given at th e C ounc i l Chamber, in Dublin, the 10th day of May, 1831. tie f r countyd, i t i h l ,e, oe f tie Galway r o ie u l n ', ty lti n ' o f Roscommon ; " PLUNKETT. " JOHN RADCLIFF. " C. G UILLA MORE. " H. JOY. " CHARLES BUSH. " F. BLACKBURNE. " WILLIAM M‘MAIION. "E. G. STANLEY. " God save the King." Rumour states that a settlement of not less bun 8,000/. per annum, provided by the Lidy's Noble! other, accompanies a recent elevation to the Perrage. OiMMIIMMI P' ,~ Bank St 3 per Co 3 per Ce 3 por ( Ditto Ti New 3!.. 9 per Cc 4 B ank Ce Lc Jan Oct 1 Jan. Jan. April Jan. ?RICE Austria Brasilia &leans C iitian aplomb' Ditto, 1 Danish Greek 13 Ditto ? 1i Guatinu Litt° 1 United Arrived 0 A o o si e Cz 1 D O El I Fi O G Hlt Morning L° The Reform never re can be E Rubs will be The I the cons ceeding fate of I the figh are rich Refer done bet hasten t Sub-( Mes.i Smith, Ransom market ; Marten, Strand ; Duckett surer's, Sub above I , the Con Treasure 1 - t The now en particu column of Ref encour we pen to the that M great al Lordsl had, an selves 1 as the House as men no mo would rate I —to li faith w respect and ris they h: The whethE COKE ashamt many 1 and re they di nion fidenc( honest THOR tion tc Reforr they al not ev Lords of so last lated This on tho for hi man refutec surdit' From passio discer► lighter falsell( candk Instea( convir themsi while Far fr, cause. arden t what childr4 in mil dates, racter desery to rest to his